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Rah for Togo!
Now for a treaty of peace.
Xebraskans used to pray for rain,
fiow they are praying for sunshine.
May la the month for sea fights.
Dewey also did It In the month of May.
It Is now "up to" Oyania to do some
thing that will keep the army in . the
same class With Togo's nary.
Omaha wants a modern fireproof hotel
very much, but It wants something more
substantial than a ten-story hotel on
paper.
Commercial club trade excursions will
do more towards creating a sentiment of
state patriotism than any other one
agency.
; Russian liberals will now demonstrate
that there is a real difference between
patriotism and loyalty to a form of government
Next to the .battle in the Straits of
Cores, Interest will focus on the political
battle that is to come off at Falls City
on June 1.
The Chicago strike is compelled to take
a back seat when the great guns roar at
sea, which shows that the reading public
discriminates between wars.
. The battle is not always for the strong
or the race for the swift, but in modern
warfare the long range gun with a good
man behind the gun does the most exe
cution. .
The Russian naval officers who per
mitted the capture of their vessels gain
no credit even from the enemy, but they
may think. "Better a live dog than a
dead Hon."
If. as Admiral Togo says, practically
no damage was done Japanese ships,
Emperor William's Idea that the war
was sent upon Russia for Its sins may
find wider acceptance.
St. Petersburg la awaltiug news from
Vladivostok before believing the Japa
nese account of the sea fight. But sup.
pose the Japanese should send the next
news from that place.
The corporation tax law of New York
has been declared constitutional by the
upreme court of the United States.
Th wag the law advocated by Presi
dent Roosevelt while governor of that
st a to.
Newfoundland will keep ' fooling
around with its laws agaiust American
fishermen until some western genius
1 roves that carp is better than cod, any.
way; and then It will regret that it didn't
permit those New England flnhermeu to
da as they pleased.
Fall River reporta a shortage in the
supply of weavers, may of whom have
gong to southern mills. Here lit another
factor working to make the "solid
south' a memory in a few years, for, as
rule, geographical location has little
effect upon the political conscience of a
Massachusetts roau.
A Philadelphia newspaper keeps be
fore it reader the names and telephone
numbers of the councilmen who voted
for the gaa franchise. An extra force
of 'phone operators must bare been em
ployed before the gaa company con
cluded that it did not want to fight for
what It could not get ,
MtMORlAL DAY
How many new graves of the men
who fought for the onion have been
made since last Memorial day? They
count Into the tliouHinxla and every year
the limn of the veterans are thinning.
Only a few years hence the lent soldier
of the great armies of the sixties will
have passed from the earthly scene, but
not from the memory and the reverence
of those who survive and who appre
ciate the valor and the sacrifices of the
preservers of the union. It Is not con
ceivable that the time will ever come
when our people will forget or will fall
to honor the deeds 6f the soldiers who
responded to the summons of Abraham
Llucolu and leaving behind all that was
dear to them went forth to lay their
lives upon the altar of country. ,We
do not forget the heroic men of the
revolution, who created an Independent
nation and established republican Insti
tutions in the new world. We shall
never forget those who, with eiual cour
age and sacrifice, preserved that nation
and more firmly established the Institu
tions for which It stands.
A loyal aud grateful, people will keep
green the memory of the union soldiers.
History will perpetuate the story of
their valiant deeds, their Invincible bra
very and their great sacrifices. In song
and story future generations will read
of their achievements .and find in them
inspiration to loyalty and patriotism. In
all the years to come Americans who
love their country and who revere its
heroes will observe Memorial day aa one
of the most sacred of the nation's holi
days. It Is a most gratifying fact that
throughout the country there Is a grow
ing sentiment favorable to giving this
day a more exalted character than It
has had in recent years. There is a dis
position to restore those tender memories
and associations of the day which
marked It In the early years of its ob
servance. The efforts that have been
made in this direction cannot fall to
have the desired results and the example
of the Nebraska legislature, in enacting
a law prohibiting games and other pop
ular diversions on Memorial day, which
will become effective next year, will
doubtless be followed by other states.
This action of the legislature of our
state has been widely comroen.led. a
very good promise that It will b gen
erally emulated. Then the day will re
sume its true meaning and make its
right appeal to that popular sentiment
which It was Intended to create aud cul
tivate. Memorial day should convey to all an
Impressive lesson In patriotism. The
youth of the land should find In It such
Instruction in loyalty to the government
and such Incentive to devotion to free
Institutions as will develop In them the
highest qualities of good cltizeushlp.
The men who fought for the union were
not only heroic soldiers; they were for
the most part patriots of the highest
type and as such examples to be con
tinually' held: up to the attention and
the veneration of their countrymen. To
do this Is the true purpose of Memorial
day. ,.,' -
STKKL RAIL POOL DTSSULVTIOH.
Among current industrial events none
is more interesting or significant than
the dissolution of the steel rail pool, said
to have been brought about by pros
pective competition and the threats of
prosecution. According to advices from
Pittsburg, the headquarters of the pool,
the members had entered into a tacit ar
rangement to sustain the price of rails
for delivery to the end of the year at $28
a ton. Whether or not the price can
now be maintained at this figure ia a
question, but it would seem that a de
cline is probable, notwithstanding the
fact that the railroads generally have al
ready ordered rails for the year. The
dissolution of the pool Is very likely to
result In some of those engaged in it
cutting the price, which la unquestion
ably a good deal above what would be
a fair profit. It Is predicted that the
effect of the dissolution of the pool will
prove disastrous to all iron and steel
products, but this need not be taken seri
ously. Perhaps there will be a sliarhr and
temporary demoralization, yet a decline
In price will be followed by a larger de
mand for the products of Iron and steel
and In the end the trade will not suffer.
The significant point Is that the pool
was broken up by prospective competi
tion, showing that at least In this branch
of Industry It Is not practicable to estab
lish a monopoly. The creation of the
steel rail pool is the nearest approach
that has leen made to It, but It could not
stand against both competition and the
threat of prosecution. It Is a distinctly
satisfactory and encouraging Incident for
those who welcome every sign adverse
to monopolistic combinations.
PRKSIDEXT AKD lMMlORJTWN.
Reports eoutinue to come from Wash
ington which represent President Roose
velt aa favorable to some additional leg
islation for restricting immigration.
Credence should not be glveu to these
reports in the absence of some authorita
tive statement. We have heretofore. In
referring to this matter, quoted the
views of Mr. Roosevelt as expressed In
bis lust annual messbe, which cer
tainly do not show him to be in favor of
any radical policy of immigration re
striction and there is no reason to think
that he has changed his mind on the sub
ject since his message was written.
Recently there was held at the national
capital a congress of southern planters,
manufacturers and others, at which the
priuclpal subject discussed was Immi
gration. It was very emphatically urged
that the most pressing need of the south
Is more white labor, and it was pointed
out that the ouly way to secure auch
labor Is to Induce the eople who come
here from Southern Kuroie to go to the
states ,of the south. There is room In
that section for hundreds of thousands of
Italians of the class that come to the
Tulted States. It is an unfortuuate fact
that too many of these people congregate
in the large cltlea, but this can be over
come If proper effort is made for their
distribution, has been suggested to
congress. Something of this kind on the
part of the federal government can be
supplemented by the southern states in
the form of special Inducements to Im
migrants. There is room also In the
west for many thousands more people
from a I iron (1 who do ordinary lalor.
American prosperity and hard condi
tions of life abroad explain the large im
migration. As Preslde.it Roosevelt has
said, there is no danger that too many
people of the right kind will come to this
country. Our laws now provide for the
exclusion of those who are not of the
right klud and these laws are adequate
If properly enforced. We do not believe
that the president has Joined the ranks
of the antl-lmmlgrntionlsts.
reached Omaha It needa only a long pull,
a strong pull, and a pull altogether, a
they say at sea. to make Nebraska's me
tropolis pass all Its competitors In the
Missouri valley in the race for commer
cial supremacy.
A RFPKTITIOX OF TRAFALGAR.
One hundred years ago Nelson and
Villeneuve fought the battle which es
tablished the supremacy of Britannia on
the wave and checked Napoleon Bona
parte In his ambition for ruling a world
empire. The sea fight in the Straits of
Corea is a repetition of Trafalgar.
"If I am victorious," wired Rojest
vensky to the Runslan admiralty at St
Petersburg, when he reached far east
ern waters, "I will report to you. If I
am vanquished, Togo will inform you."
Togo hu's reported and his victory es
tablishes for at least one generation the
supremacy of Japan In the Asiatic seus
The great sea fight between Togo and
Rojestvensky, which took place almost
within sight of the entrance to the Sea
of Japan, will be memorable in future
ages and Its effect cannot fail to influ
ence the destinies of Asia and all the
world.
Togo had the same apparent inferiority
of numbers which characterized Nelson's
fleet at Trafalgar, but tills ascendency
was not real. Rojestvensky had a con
siderable lead in number of ships, of
men and of guns. The three squadrons
under him had an impressive but super
ficial superiority.
The Japanese commander had on his
side discipline, experience and skill. The
Japanese navy had been tried in half a
score of engagements, beginning with
the midnight dash into Port Arthur har
bor a year and a third ago, in all of'
which they had been victors. Togo had,
moreover, great advantage in choice of
battle ground and in a thorough geo
graphical knowledge.
While particulars of the respective ma
neuvers of the Japanese and Russian
fleets ore still lacking, the reported de
struction or capture of a dozen Russian
battleships and cruisers leaves no room
for doubt that the victory of Togo is
decisive. The defeat of Rojestvensky
destroys Russia's sea power completely
and permanently In the Orient and paves
the way for an early conclusion of a
treaty of peace that will give Japan
recognition as one of the great world
powers and the foremost of modernized
Asiatic nations.
Members of the steel rail pool have
agreed to disagree and disband, but the
American people are naturally very sus
picious. They will harbor a suspicion
that the dissolution of the famous steel
rail pool is not due so much to the dis
satisfaction of its members as the men
ace of an investigation by the govern
ment Into the operations of a combina
tion whose members met every year
and agreed on prices for the coming
year and maintained high prices In years
of industrial depression in the face of a
general reduction in prices of raw ma
terial and steel and Iron products.
County Commissioner Tralnor's pro
posal to unload the county hospital upon
the city does not strike one favorably
8t first thought, but on mature consid
eration it bus an attractive aspect. A
city hospital could be maintained at less
expense and with greater general effi
ciency for Its inmates. The proper
caier, however, would be a county board
of charities In coutrol of all the munici
pal aud county benevolent institutions,
and especially In charge of the general
distribution of relief to worthy families
who may be in distress.
Something o tears,
Washington Post.
Colonel Bryan announces Ms Intention of
taking a trip around the world for the pur
pose of studying municipal problems. The
announcement Is somewhat startling, as It
conveys an admission that there is a sub
ject In the world that Colonel Bryan does
not know all about.
Forestry Reserves la Idaho.
Springfield Republican.
President Roosevelt's most praiseworthy
support of the forestry movement Is fur
ther recorded by Ms announced decision to
create in Idaho five new forest reservea
and add largely to two others, the total
additional territory thus put under reserva
tion In Idaho being 4,235. ono acres. The
important feature of the decision Is that
It Is taken in face of vigorous opposition
from the Idaho republlcana, who are re
ported as almost solidly against the step.
It does not mutter much whether the
Great Northern extension is built ac
cording to the original program as a cut
off to Ashland, with a spur into Omaha,
or whether it diverges into Omaha with
a spur into Ashland. The effect will be
Just the same. The original object was
to create a diversion of traffic from the
Burlington territory In the South Platte
district direct to Minneapolis by way of
Sioux City, and that objective point has
not been lost sight of or abandoned.
The sailing yacht Atlantic crossed the
ocean in twelve days -so quickly that
the official reception committee was not
ready for It America still holds tuo
sailing record aud proves that the dis
covery of steam as a propelling power
did not drive the sailing master from the
western seas.
Within the last five years Douglas
county has contributed f820,4tio.05
toward the maintenance of state gov
ernment, aud the annual contributions
are gradually Increasing with the in
crease of wealth and imputation of the
two Omahas.
There Is a tide in the affairs of men
that leads on to fortune, and there is a.
tide lu the affairs of cities as well as of
men. Now that the tidal wave baa
The Way of the Transgressor.
Chicago Chronicle.
Mr. Machen, late of the Postoffice de
partment pleada that he did not know
he was violating the law when ha was
sharing In the proceeds of swindles per
petrated upon the government. It la thus
manifest that Mr. Machen prefers to be
set down as a fool rather than as a knave
and he Is, of course, entitled to that op
tion. The circumstance that he goes to
the penitentiary for two years more Is of
mora Importance than Mr. Machen's
casuistry.
i
Policemen and the Gin,
Baltimore American.
A very sensible suggestion made in the
convention of police chiefs at Washington
la that policemen should be able to shoot
before they are armed. A bull on a ram
page is hardly more dangeroua than a man
with supposed official authority to use fire
arms over which he has no control in pub
lic places. The safety of innocent and law
abiding citizens is of quite as much, if not
more, Importance than the capture of
escaping criminals. It would also be
prudent measure to have policemen taught
their legal rights In the matter of making
escape subject to death penalty for all
classes of offenses, and to be made strictly
to observe the limit of those rights before
the law. It is as well to make for those
charged with the enforcement of the law
to be the first to set an example of obedi
ence to it.
EMPLOYERS PUSH . FIGIIT
Chicago Firms Will Maka an Aggressive
Effort to Mot Business Wednesday.
GRAND JURY BEGINS INVESTIGATION
Alleged Attempt by Labor Loaders to
Icosr Money for Settlement and
Blacklist to Bo Looked
Into.
FAVORITE OP LIFE IS81RAXCE ME
The Bee Building- Is the Preferred
Headquarters In Omaha.
Letter in The Insurance Press.
In your issue of May 10 you ask who
knows of a longer list of life insurance
agenclea in a single office building than
that printed as located in the D. S. Mor
gan building in Buffalo. Here is one of
life insurance agencies, occupying offices
in The Bee building at Omaha:
1. Germanla Life. '
2. Fidelity Mutual.
3. Penn Mutual.
4. Northwestern Mutual.
6. New Bngland Mutual.
8. Prudential.
7. Provident Savings.
8. Washington Life.
9. Minnesota Mutual. ,
10. Guaranty Fund Life.
11. National Life.
12. Michigan Mutual.
Z. State Mutual.
14. 'Union Central..
This takes n' account of several guar
anty and casualty offices and Are insur
ance agencies In., the same building. The
Bee building, since its erection in ISM), has
been the preferred headquarters of life In
surance agencies In Omaha.
THE OMAHA SPIRIT.
Hastings Expresses a Willingness to
Join Hands for Mutual Benefit.
Hastings Republican.
The visit of the Omaha Commercial
club, Jobbers, manufacturers, wholesalers,
South Omaha Stock Yards association, and
prominent business men of both the two
Omahas, to this city last night, gave our
business men an opportunity to come In
touch with the Omaha spirit. And we
may here add that during the past year
there has been a noticeable awakening and
Improvement In the Omaha spirit. The
Omaha wholesalers, manufacturers and
business Inen have been evidencing that
united aggressiveness In the upbuilding of
Omaha as to quite favorably compare with
the Kan as City spirit which has made
the metropolis on the Kaw so famous.
Beveral years since It was our pleasure to
extend the glad hand to many of that
bunch of enterprising business men of
Kansas City and we thought them to be
about the nerviest, most persistent and
aggressive lot of boosters we ever came
In contact with. The Omahans seem to
be similarity affected and are to be counted
In the same class. Taken as a bunch they
are certainly about as lively a lot of
boosters as any one town could stand for
one night's visit.
For some time past It has been noticeable
to the outside world that Omaha's busi
ness men have been setting a more united
and determined pace to make a greater
Omaha. With equal railroad favoritism
there is everything In Omaha's favor to
become a much stronger rival of Kansas
City for mid-west prestige as a manufac
turing, wholesale, grain and stock market
center. In the matter of better railroad
facilities President Stlckney of tha Great
Western has somewhat lifted the ban In
this respect and more than anything has
awakened the Omaha business men to the
Importance of making their metropolis a
greater railroad aa well aa a grain center.
Omaha ia already one of the greatest stock
markets In the country and once it at
tains the Importance and prestige It should
as a grain and shipping market, then it
will make a more rapid growth than ever.
It Is seemingly apparent the Omaha busi
ness men are conscious of this fact and
thla is spurring them up to greater and
more enterprising efforts and the present
tour In a special train over the stata Is a
part of tha program. Thla enables tha
Omaha business man to not only get out
In touch with the retailers in the stata
and country of which Omaha Is tha natural
trade center, but It also enables Omaha
to more conspicuously and advantageously
advertise and command attention to its
advantages as a manufacturing and job
bing center. As Nebraska's greater me
tropolis tha people of this stata should
take mutual satisfaction in the upbuilding
of a greater Omaha for In proportion aa
Omaha prospers and grows, so in Ilka pro
portion will the state maka growth and
progress.
The fact that Editors Hitchcock of the
World-Herald and Bosewater of Tha Bea
are accompanying tha Omaha business men
on this tour shows that the power of the
press Is 'strongly enlisted with tha Omaha
Commercial club's efforts.
Tha special train will return to this city
at an earlier hour this evening, when tha
Hastings spirit will be more hospitably In
evidence In giving tha visitors a warm wel
come and showing them a good time in
the way of a drive over tha city and re
ception at Elk's hall.
It has long been tha expressed belief on
the part of the Republican that Hastings
and Omaha could mutually profit by court
ing closer ties and we are not aaylng any
thing about political ties, either. Rose
water and Hitchcock can look after tha
latter at tha ether end of the I Is a. .
CHICAGO, May 29. Renewed aggressive
ness on the part of the employers In the
teamsters' strike Is expected on Wednes
day. Taking advantage of the legal holi
day, which will come tomorrow, plans will
be formed for extensively Increasing the
amount of deliveries to be made from the
lumber districts. Down town business
houses, where strikes have existed, have
about 400 unemployed drivers. They can
not use them on account of the Inability
of the police department to furnish pro
tection for them and on Wednesday these
men will he sent to the firms In the lum
ber districts, which are In need of driv
ers and a strong and a determine effort
will be made to Increase the volume of
business done in that section. The lumber
dealers had 2no teams In operation today.
There was but little disturbance during
the day and none of the fights were suffi
ciently fierce to call for the Interference
of any large body of police.
Builders Will Xot strike.
Sixty of the teamsters employed by the
hardwood dealers In the lumber district
are now out and the softwood lumber deal
ers are tied up with the exception of one
firm, which continues to do business with
union teamsters. Notwithstanding the
shortage in lumber deliveries the building
contractors express themselves as hlghly
eonfldent that there will be no strike of
their men 'and no tie up In the building
Industry. In this they are borne out by
the statement of the agents of the vari
ous trades unions, which are to the effect
that no strike will be called by any union
on account of the delivery of material by
nonunion men. If the men object to work
ing with auch material they are at liberty
to strike. If they do not object they are
at liberty to continue at work. In the
event of a strike, however, by any num
ber of men in the building trades union,
their walkout will be their lndlvldusl act,
and will not be officially sanctioned by
the union, and men so quitting work will
not receive any strike benefits.
Grand Jury Begins Work.
The Msy grand Jury commenced today an
investigation Into the strike, directing its
Inquiry particularly to that feature which
Is said to Involve the payment of money
for an attempt to bring about a settlement
of the difficulty by a number of Isbor
leaders. It was also proposed to Inquire
Into the existence of an alleged blacklist
against the striking express wagon drivers
The general agents of the express com
panies were subpoenaed, but all of them
Informed the Jurors that they had no
knowledge whatever of the existence of a
blacklist, nor did they know of any meas
ures or methods that had been adopted.
The day failed to bring out any new or
sensational evidence and the Jury ad
journed until Wednesday.
Hearing In Injunction Case.
In the hearing before Master In Chancerv
Sherman T. J. Cavanagh, an official of the
Team Owners' association, denied the state
ment made by Robert J. Thome of Mont
gomery Ward & Co. and other men Inter
ested. In the present strike to the effect
that there was an understanding or con
spiracy between the teamsters and mem
bers of the Team Owners' association. The
hearing was marked, as usual, by numerous
squabbles between the opposing counsel.
Arthur Dixon, president of the Dixon
Transfer company, was the most important
witness of the afternoon. Mr. Dixon was
careful and plausible In his statements and
gave no positive testimony.
The witness declared that 95 per cent of
his business is not affected by the strike
and that he could not afford to have his
men walk out, because the greater part of
nis business Is done outside of the strike
sone.
Express Companies Refuse to Yield,
NEW YORK, May Ifl.-The officials of
various express companies concerned In the
Chicago teamsters' trike will consider no
compromise of the dispute with their men
hub niaiemem was made today following
an informal conference of the express offi
cials in the office of United States Senator
Thomas C. Piatt, president of the United
Btates Express company, in thia city.
General Organizer Moynihan of the team
sters organization Said today: "We have
no intention of declaring a strike In New
York City."
ARMY GOSSIP IX WARHIKOTOX.
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Current Events Gleaned from
Army and Knvr Register.
Captain Frederick W. Cole of tha ouar
tern-aster's department, on duty at Fort
Moultrie, B. C, will be ordered before
rouri-martiai by direction of the chief o
Starr. Tha charges are not serious and
probably Captain Cole will come out of
the difficulty with a reprimand. The case
Is one which grows out of the Impatience
of the War department authorities o-er the
growing tendency of army officers to pay
no attention to official communications.
year or mora ago several officers In the
Department of the East were hauled up
with a short, sharp turn for falling to reply
to official communications addressed to
them from Washington. It was quite evl
dent that there was a lark of appreciation
of the Importance of paying heed to such
letters. The secretary of war then pro
posed to order three artillery officers be
fore courts to glva an explanation of their
carelessness, but It was decided to do
nothing at that time and to let the officers
off with a rebuke through military chan
nels. It wss felt that the publicity which
attached In some measure to those lnrt
dents would lead to an Improvement In the
attitude of the officers, but the situation
has not Improved. Army officers have gone
on and In many cases they have blissfully
Ignored the Inquiries addressed to them
from the War department or from other
sources of authority. It has been deter
mined that there shall be an end to that
sort of thing and that officers shall ac
knowledge official letters promptly and to
the satisfaction of the department or there
will be some recognition of the remiss
ness in a way which will be embarrassing
to the culprits.
The War department Is prepared to de
tail for service at the encampments of the
state troops this year only such regular
organisations as are at present on duty In
tha neighborhood of the state camps. The
fund for the transportation of the troops
under such clrcumitances !s meager this
year and It will require considerable skill
In the management of the existing ap
proprlatlon not to exceed the fund available.
For this reason It will not be possible to
go to any special pains to give the regu
lars a part In the maneuvers of the militia.
GpVERNMENT TO KEEP MONEY
Cash Paid on Fraudulent Riirlna
Will Sot Be Returned to
Applicant.
(From a Staff Correspondent.)
WASHINGTON, May 29-(Speclal Tele
gram.) Heretofore It baa been customary
for the government to repay the purchase
money, usually 400, to all persons whose
applications for timber and stone lands
have been rejected, regardlless of the
cause of rejection, but the secretary of
the Interior today rendered a decision
which will result In forfeiting to the gov
ernment all purchaser-money received with
applications which are afterward found to
be fraudulent. This decision will not only
result In many forfeiturea under .applica
tions now pending, but will have a strong
tendency to prevent fraudulent applications
in the future. A large bulk of fraudulent
entries heretofore made have been thoae
made at the instigation of persons desir
ing to obtain titles to large tracta of valu
able timber lands and with money ad
vanced by them for that purpose to other
more or less responsible applicants.
The law expressly forbids entries of this
character ar.d all purchase money tendered
with applications for that class of en
tries will hereafter be forfeited instead of
being repaid to the applicant as hereto
fore in all cases where the fraudulent
character of the application is detected.
WESTERN MATTERS AT CAPITAL
Readjustment of tha Salaries
Iowa Postmasters Co a.
tlnucs.
of
(From a Staff Correspondent.)
WASHINGTON, May .-(8peclal Tele
gram.) Under tha annual readjustment of
postmasters' salarlea these changes In
Iowa ara annaunced today: Increaaa.
Ames, tl.300 to $3,400; Sheldon, 12.100 to
11.100; Sidney and Valley Junction, Il.sOO to
11.400; Stanton, 11.000 to 11,100. Decreased.
Sibley and Btuart. 11.700 to 11.600; Suther
land, ll.UlO to $1,100; Tipton, $1,900 to $1,800;
Wall Lake, $1,100 to $1,000.
No Trace of Yoasel.
SYDNEY, N. S., May a. Tha French
cruiser Troude, which has arrived hers,
reports that after cruising about tha Grand
banks for a week In search of tha missing
French fishing vessel Cousins Rennls, she
could find no trace of her. Tha cruiser's
officers have decided that aha bad either
struck an Iceberg or collided with soma
other vessel and wsnt to tha bottom with
all hands, 10 moo.
Orders have been placed by the quarter
master general of the srmy for 45.000
campaign badges to be Issued to officers
and soldiers under the provision of gen
erai orders issued some weeks ago as a
mark of distinction for service rendered
between cetaln dates In the Philippines.
Cuba and China. There have been al
ready some 15.000 requisitions made by the
military secretary upon the quartermaster
general for these badges, and the list does
not Ineludo those who are now stationed
in the Philippines, it being found that the
list sent from Manila was defective and
had to be returned. This will Interfere
with getting out all tha requisitions for
these badges by July 1 as was originally
Intended. The design for the badge Is
simple an deffectlve. That for the Philip
pine sen-Ice contains a typical scene of
the islands, so far as It Is possible to con
dense anything characteristic In the small
compass of the medal. The chief charac
teristics of this scene are sharp peaked
hills, a Filipino hut In the foreground and
the rising or setting sun, whichever It may
be, In the distance. The ribbon which
gos with the Philippine badge will be of
red, white and blue f hades. The Cuban
badge shows also a typical scene, the most
prominent feature being a block house.
The ribbon will be of red and yellow. The
badge representing China service will sim
ply show one of the city gates of Pekln
and the ribbon will be of yellow and white
In color.
A decision of Importance to the enlisted
men of the army is that relating to the
method of computing the 20 per cent In
crease for foreign service. In ascertaining
what Is the pay of a man drawing such
increase it Is held that It should be figured
on the pay the soldier Is receiving, includ
ing the Increase for certificate of merit.
This has tha effect of taking Into con
sideration the extra pay of gunners and
expert riflemen In reckoning the 20 per
cent increase.
A HATTER OF HEALTH
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Absolutely Puro
IAS HQ SUBSTITUTE
love ooslng from all his petals," are Inci
dents that lend picturesque variety to tha
news of one day.
John Kendrlrk Bangs has ceased to ba
the editor of ruck, and for the next few
months will devote his time to libretto and
play writing. He Is preparing to adapt
"The Taming of the Shrew" tor comlo
opera purposes.
Matthew 1. Allen of Guthrie. O., editor
of the Gathered Sheaves, a harvest home
religious Journal, has received a check for
$1,000 from Mrs. Carrlo Nation, the saloon
smasher, to be used in purchasing a new
printing plant nnd for establishing a new
temperance religious paper for use In the
prohibition campaign recently launched.
William E. Curtis, the omniscient news
paper writer, has come to the defense of
James Hazen Hyde and finds that, while
he Is not an Intellectual giant, he Is su
perior, both Intellectually and mentally, to
the average young man of his age and
condition In life. He sums up tha case
1th the opinion that Hyde has turned
out remarkably well for a rich man's son.
LAtnultiQ GAS.
Tess These men who are alwava trrlna
to kiss you make me very tired.
jess m too. There s nothing I admire
so much as a successful man. Philadelphia
Press.
'You needn't tell me." observed t'nnla
Allen Sparks, "that three-fourths of all tha
misery and crime la crused by whisky.
It's caused by the dorgoned fools that
drink It." Chicago Tribune.
'Hive you ever done anything vou re
gretted?
Yes, answered Benator Sorghum.
There havo been several occasions when
didn't ask for all I might have gotten
out of a deal." Washington Star.
Mrs. Jenks He's got oueer old-fashioned
Ideas about everything. He's an antiquar
ian, you know. i
Mrs. o Hull An antl-aauarlum. ehF i
Well, I m opopsed to them things, too. I
don't think It's right to keep fish cooped
up In gKsa globes. Philadelphia Ledger.
Mr. Yeast And you say'your wife allows"
you one drawer In the bureau for your
own use?
Mr. Crlmsonbeak Yes, only one.
Mr. Yeast But how can you tell which
one is vours?
M'. Crlmjonneak w hv. because there are
fewer of her things In my drawer than In
the rest. Yonkers Statesman.
Archimedes had anonunced that if he had
lever long enough he could mova tha
earth.
"Suppose you go out Into the garden ana
ova a little of It with a spade, suggested
movf
his wife, who had become tired of his
everlaatlna dreamlnsr.
At which point. thinking
needea no expian
the Incident
tnatory diagram
to close. Chicago Tribune,
the' storr
he suffered
PERSONAL SfOTE.I.
A Chicago court set aside the Injunction
habit long enough to turn down a doctor's
bill for $100,000. The patient Is dead.
The man who la building many cyclone
cellars In Oklahoma since the great tor
nado's havoc calls himself "the under
ground architect."
About a twelfth of the population of
Greater New York visited Coney Island
Bunday. The population that attended
church Is not stated.
The son of Anthony Trollope, the novel
ist, has apparently inherited literary apti
tude. He Is about to publish a careful
biography of Mollere. -
The London slang, "hooligan," for Street
ruffian, has been adopted by Russians and
Germans, and a German paper refers to
die hoollgane," who must be suppressed.
This Is how languages grow.
Henry Cook Boynton of Cambridge,
Mass., who has been awarded the Carnegie
research scholarship by the Iron and Steel
Institute of Ixmdon, Is ona of the younger
instructors In mining and metallurgy at
Harvard. He la SO years of age, a native
of Plymouth and entered Harvard In 189.
A cheese maker In a New York town
drowned in milk while suffering from a fit;
a woman In a Pennsylvania city knocked
down In the street by the body of an elec
trocuted lineman; a marriage in Pennsyl
vania by 'phone of an Impatient couple; a
proposed blacklist of tainted money, and a
woman In Chicago applying to a marriage
THE RI.l'E AND THB GRAY.
Ftancls Miles Frlch.
By the flow of the Inland river.
Whence the fleets of Iron have fled,
Where the blades of the grave-grass quiver,
Asleep are the ranks of the dead:
Under the sod and the dew,
Waiting the Judgment-day;
Under the one. the Blue.
Under the other, the Gray.
These in the rohlngs of glory,
Those In the gloom of defeat,
A" with the battle-blood gory,
In the dusk of eternity meet:
Under the sod and the dew.
Waiting the Judgment-day;
Under the laurel, the Blue,
Under the willow the Gray.
From the silence of sorrowful hours
The desolate mourners go.
Lovingly laden with flowers
Allk for the friend and the foe:
Under the sod and the dew,
Waiting the Judgment-day;
Under the roses, the Blue,
Under the lilies, the Gray.
Bo with en equal splendor,
The morning sun-rays fall.
With a touch Impartially tender, '
On the blossoms bloomllng for all I
Under the sod and the new.
Waiting the Judgment-day;
Broldered with gold, the Blue,
Mellowed with gold, tha Gray.
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So. when the summer calleth,
On forest and field of grain.
With an equal murmur falleth
The cooling drip of the rain:
Under the sod and the dew.
Waiting the Judgment-day;
Wet with the rain, the Blue.
Wet with the rain, the Gray.
Sadly, but not with upbraiding.
The generous deed was done.
In the storm of the years that are tadlnt
No braver battle was won:
Under the sod and the dew.
Waiting the Judgment-day;
Under the blossoms, the Blue.
Under the garlands, the Gray.
No more shall the war cry sever
Or the wlndllng rivers be red;
Thev banish our anger forever
When they laurel the graves of Our detail
Under the sod and the dew,
Waiting the Judgment-day:
Love and tears for the Blue,
Tears and love for the Gray.
Browning, Ming & Co
CLOTHING, FURNISHINGS, AND BATS
Decoration Day
May hold some special attrao
tion for you and there may be
some special feature of dress
that you have forgotten.
We close our Btore at noon
for the balance of the day and
and if there is need from us
see us in the morning.
"Every heart has Its socret sorrow which tha world knows
pot," said Beau Drummel, "god often timet we call one cold
wbn they are ooljr sad.'
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