Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, September 13, 1905, Page 4, Image 4
TILE OMAHA DAILY BEE! "WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 13, 1005. r Tim Omaha Daily Hee. B. ROBBTWATER, KDITOR. PUBLISHED EVERT MORNING. TERMS Or SUBSCRIPTION. rllr Be (without Sunday), one year..K0O i'ally Be and Sunday, on year HI Illustrated Bee. ne yar fi Sunday Bee, on mr iV Saturday Be, on I'r l.fAl T want lath Century Far rmr, on year. DELIVERED BT CARRIER. Felly Be (without Sunday), per copy... Io ally Be (without Bunday), per week. ..lie I'ally Be Evening fcv.nlng Be (Including Sunday), per week.. 17c Be (without Bunoay). per weea ic Be (Including Sunday), per reek li-- Sunday Be, per copy Ic Complaint of Irregularities in delivery should b addressed to City Circulation LHi pertment. offices. Omaha Tb Bee Building. South Omaha City Hall Building, Twn ty-nfth and M streets. lounoli BiurTs 10 Peerl street. (h lease 10 I'nltr Bu ldlna-. New Tork 16u0 Mom lit Insurance uilding. Washington Ml Fourteenth street, CORRESPONDENCE. Communication relating to new an 4 edt- Jorlal matter should be addressed: Omaha tea, Kalterlal Department. REMITTANCES. Omaha, r eastern xohangs. not accepted. THE BEE PUBLISHING COMPANY. STATEMENT OF CIRCULATION. Stat of Nebraska. Doua-las County. ss George B. Tsschuck, treasurer of The Heo Puhllahln Cnmnnni. ttelnv dulv sworn, ays that the actual number of full and complete copies of The Dally, Morning, Evening and Sunday Be printed during tli montn or August, lsuo. was as louows: 1 8K.OOO 17 30,000 18 3U,0ft0 1 81,470 20 M,(70 21 21,SU t 2H.OHO I ST.eso 4 89,040 I VttUK) 6 ao.ooo 7 U0.040 2i 30,000 23 30.110 24 30,100 26 80,110 I t 10 11 U 13 U 15 to Totals . .!itt,t!W ..ao,oso ..31.S10 ,.so,oio ..9,uo 28 31,720 27 20,u.tO 28 8O,lU0 2ft 3 11,230 10 ao.TIO SI 30,5ft0 .080,200 Less unsold copies . 11,410 Net total sales 018,834 Dally average au.40 . GEORGE B. TZSCHCCK. Treasurer. Subscribed la my presence and sworn to before m this 31 si day of August, lauo. (Seal) M. B. 11 UNGATE. . Notary Public. , WHKJf OUT or TOW. abaorlbera leaving, tbe vlty ttm lisrsillr altocild bat-ve The lie walled to tbesn. It 1 better than dally letter froam horn. Ad dress will b baased a attea as resiaeated. J?erhaps the printers are delaying that Anglo-Japanese treaty until the Itusso Japauese treaty is put Into type. It is to be hoped that the- platform to be promulgated by the republicans of Nebraska will hot be a string of plati tudes. John Browu s soul must be glad that It Is stilt marching when Kansas refuses to permit negroes to attend school with white children. ... ... ....... Perhaps if those former Omaha news paper men would Join Mr. Bryan in the trip around tbe world they might be able to escape the attention of Mr. F. Crowe. Utah deuiocr.au have inaugurated the campaign of Governor Folk for the pres idency. The governor must have left his mascot when he started on bis trip to the west. Berlin will have to do more than to raise the rate Of exchange If It keeps German cash from seeking some of the Inviting , investments now offered in America. If it be true that there are gold de posits in Manchuria the authorities at Peking might as well prepare a Quit claim deed to be executed to Great Brit in at the proper time. P. E. Her appears to have a good many irons in the fire and a good many more pipes to lay in order to connect his sixty-mile interurban with the top of his twelve-story hotel project The anti-machine machine constructed by the Fontaneile governors has been carrying on a still hunt for its candi dates, This is simply a revival of the gopher clan and dark lantern campaign ; If the 8outh Omaha overlap funding bonds are sold at a premium of $2,350, what will become of the premium? Will it be credited to the sinking fund or dumped into the general fund to be ab sorbed, with the next overlap. That Governor Folk of Missouri has entered upon tbe presidential race in dead earnest Is manifest by the demon strmtlohs at 8alt Lake City, wfcere he was received with open arras by the democratic Mormons, male and female. The advauce In the price of oil is said to have no bearing on the Kansas altua tion. Wbat can that state expect after If has placed Its trust in mere legislation rather than in the good will of the deal ers? A Japanese diplomut is authority for the statement that the assaults upon Americans at Toklo were not intended as an insult to them. In all probability the Amerlcaus did not think of this at the time or they would not hare dodged the rocks. Governor ardaman of Mississippi loses no opportunity to achieve notort ty. His latest surprise, constats in re fusing to make a speech at the launching of tbe warship Mississippi, and turning the matter over to the Junior senator from that state. Money talks this time. The passing of Beach I. Ulnman calls attention to tbe fact that as early a 1800 there were men willing to pin their faith in tbe future of Western Nebraska even though Irrigation bad not been pro posed as the means of making the desert bWosi Hie a ro4 Remit br draft, express or postal order, narabl to Th B Publishing Company. Only h-ent ituniii received In payment cf mail aooeuata. Paraenal checka. axcect on MIST STOP ruRAGIKO O.V THE EHEMX For many years public sentiment in ill parts of tbe country has been grow !tiK stronger and 'stronger, against the iccoptance of free transport"'0"- in any ,'orin by public officials state, county mil municipal. Fass bribery is recog- ilr.fHl as one of the most pernicious sources of political corrupt lou and lt rohlbltion by legislative enactment is now demanded in almost every state of the union. In response to public senti ment many of the republican county onventions In this state have Instructed their delegates to the state convention that meets at Lincoln next Thursday to vote for the Insertion of an "anti-pass plank in the republican platform. This recommendation will, doubtless, be car ried out by tbe convention. So far as Nebraska is concerned, the nntl-puss movement is not new. More than twenty years ago the evils of pass bribery were pointed out by The Bee and legislative correction of the abuse was urged ' during almost every session of the Nebraska legislature. The Bee even took issue with the late Senator Van Wyok, who likened his acceptance of pusses to "foraging on tbe enemy,' and it was this foraging on the enemy that seriously Impeded bis re-election to the senate. Many of our public officials still con tlnue to excuse their acceptance of so called "pass courtesies" as "foraging on the enemy," but the people at-large do not take kindly to this mode of Justi tlcatlon nor will they take kindly to anti-pass platform pledges unless office holders and candidates for office show a disposition to do after election what they promised before election. Foraging on the enemy can be stopped only when the public officials and candidates for office, who travel on free transports tion, run the risk of being deposed from their office or relegated to private life, and It is an open question whether an anti-pass law could be enforced strictly unless public sentiment makes the acceptance of passes as odious as the acceptance of any other bribe. The most effective method of sup pressing pass bribery, however, would le a law that will either compel the railroads to carry free all public offi cialslegislative, administrative and Ju dicial in state, county and city to and from their homes and when traveling on public business, or if such a measure were fonnd to be. in contravention of the federal constitution, a law that would require the repayment of all transportation charges to the public offi cials under the above conditions. In any event, an anti-pass law should also cover delegates to political conventions who should be placed upon the same footing s excursionists and carried at nominal rates fixed by law. OCR OROWtSO XAVT. It is believed that the next congress, If It give heed to the demand for a re duction of public expenditures, will be i good deal less liberal in naval appro priations than was the last congress. While the American people are in favor of having a strong navy, believing with President Roosevelt that It makesfor the preservation of peace, there are many who think that the United States has reached a point in the development of its sea power that so well insures Its security and the protection of Its insular possessions as to render unnecessary so rapid a naval expansion as we have been making during the last twenty years. There Is no desire to call a halt to naval construction. That should not be done so long as other nations are steadily in creasing their sea power. But there la a feeling that we can now safely slacken the pace somewhat, especially in view of the fact that the government is finding it difficult to obtain men for the ships already In commission. It is quite prob able, therefore, that the Fifty-ninth con gress will be disposed to . keep down naval appropriations, possibly not ex ceedlng one-half of tbe appropriations of the last congress, as the most expedient means of reducing expenditures and ob viating deficit. At present the navy of tbe United States contains fourteen first-class bat tleships, two armored cruisers, thirteen first-class cruisers and three unprotected cruisers in commission. Thirteen battle ships are in course of construction, four of the larger class the Louisiana, the Connecticut, the Kansas and the Ver mont having been launched. Six of these battleships belong to the 10,000 ton class, three are 15,000 ton ships, two 14,600 tons and two 13,000 tons displacement Ten armored cruisers and three pro tected cruisers are also included in tho list of new warships provided for by congress. Two of the armored cruisers will be 14,500 tons each, five 14,000 tons and three 13,000 tons. The three pro tected cruiser will be 0,000 tons each. When all of these new vessels are finished the American navy will conalst of twenty-seven- battleships and thirty one cruisers of all kinds. Tbe plan of naval development includes also coast defense vessels, gunboats, scouts, tor pedo boats and torpedo boat destroyers It is probable that the submarine bout will also have a place in nayul develop ment. Including the sum appropriated at the last session of congress our nava establishment represents an expenditure of moYe than $1,000,000,000. The American navy now ranks third among the nations of the world, and It has been' said that If the comparatively worthless ships were eliminated from the navies of Great Britain and France, as has been done to a considerable ex tent by the former, ours would rank.now as second in the list of the sea powers. ltoubtless some of our ships will a few years hence tie classed among tbe "inef fectlvea," so that in order to maintain the position we pave reached we must not entirely stop navy building. . It la very likely, however, that our progress hereafter will be less rapid than it baa been during the past twenty years. Nemaha- county republican have adopted resolutions endorsing the admin lstrutloa at President ItwMvtlt, and especially bis course in bringing about peace between Japan and Russia. This is looking backward. looking forward, the Nemaha county convention should also have endorsed President Iloosevelfs railway regulation and anti trust policy and rledged our senators and repre sentatives to its support without an "If or a "but." Ay ASTLVM Fun THS OPPRESSED- Despite the agitation for stricter im migration laws to heAd off the dread Invasion from Europe, agalust which so many various objections are entered,-the idea of America as tbe land of freedom, offering a refuge for. the afflicted and an asylum for the oppressed still persists. The latest manifestation comes in the form of an organization under the name of "American Society of Friends of Rus sian Freedom," with which several dis tinguished men and women are officially Identified, who are appealing for aid to take enre of the Russian political pris oners found in the Island of Sakhalin, who are to have their liberty at the hands of the Japonese government, with permission to leave the country If they so choose to do. Among these prisoners, we are told, are some of the noblest Russian men and women, guilty of no crime except working for those princi ples of freedom and Justice which form the basis of our political institutions. These unfortunate people, sentenced to long terms at hard labor, previous to their deportation had all been deprived of their property rights, and now that their freedom Is in sight find themselves without any means of livelihood and In many chscs unfitted, by reason of their imprisonment, for physical labor, or barred by ignorance of the language and customs of the Japanese from commer cial and professional employment in Japan. Tbe aim of tbe American society to which allusion has been made is to gather financial contributions from liberty-loving men and women in Amerlcn to enable the exiles to go where their abilities and education will render tbem useful members of the community. The Inference is that a great many of them will come to the United States, for where else should they go when return their native country is absolutely out of the question and no other country but the United States holds forth the necessary promise of a folr field to make their way In the world on an equal level with its own citizens? The favor of giv ing the downtrodden a chance to make new start thoroughly Impregnates the American people, and the asylum needed by Russia's politically proscribed will surely be forthcoming, as it was in the BO's for the banished revolutionists of France and Germany. Wonderful things have happened in Omaha. "No competition in want ads," declaims the fakery. Everybody who has a want can have it filled by drop ping a nickel in the hyphenated slot. But really, Is not the clatter that has been kept up by the fakery about want ads for tbe last, twelve months a re flection on tbe Intelligence of tbe people of Omaha? Everybody In Omaha knows that the fakery, morning, noon and evening, bas a smaller circulation in Omaha than either of the other Omaha dallies by from 25 to 40 per cent, and yet we are told, with all the sublime assurance of the lightning rod peddler, that the only way to reach the people of Omaha is through the medium that has less circulation, and cannot there fore give as good returns as its com petltors if it wanted to. It may be able to make a greater showing. The fakery methods remind us of a circus lemonade barker, who cried out: "lleres your Ice cold lemonade, only 3 cents a glass, and you can see the California white mouse for nothing." Assistant City Attorney Herdinan, who has Just returned from the natural gas region of Kansas, reports that bis father, who resides within the gas belt, has a big bouse with gas light and a stove in every room and all tbe cook' ing for the household Is done by gas at less than $2 per month; in fact, there is so much gas that the people do not know wbat to do with it That is the trouble also in Omaha. But, turning from the ridiculous to the sublime, Mr, Herdman'8 glowing description of super fluous natural gas is suggestive. If Mr. Herdman or anybody else can Improvise a pipe line between Omaha and the nat ural gas fields of Kansas, Omaha will illuminate and skyrocket in their honor. Congressman Kennedy congratulates the republicans of Douglas county on the splendid material from which they can pick candidates for the county offices at tbe coming primary. This does not mean, however, that every can dldate who has filed bis name for county office possesses every requisite qualification. A man may be honest. tut incompetent; another man may be competent, but unreliable. There Is, doubtless, an abundance of good ma terlal to pick from, but republicans should take pains to pick the best Fate fought against Itusslu or Adml ral Togo's flagship would have been de stroyed before the treaty of peace was signed. Tbe investigation into this af fair, coming close upon the heels of the investigation into the Bennington disss ter, will afford an excellent opportunity for a comparison of American and Japa nese methods. The Board of Fire and Police Com mlssloners is now wrestling with the finance question. If the board would lay off the policemen who are now doing political police duty in civilians' garb, the finance question would be simplified very much. There Is a good deal more truth than poetry in the recent declaration of Rev. Frederick E. Hopkins of tbe Pilgrim Congregational church of Chicago, that the secret of social, political and re liglou -corruption cm be traced almottt every time right up to the habits and pernicious Influence of "leading cltl tens." Tbe republican estate convention could do many worse things than make Sen ator George Sheldon Its permanent chair man. Record Worth Trying For. Brooklyn Eagle. If Mr. Roosevelt succeeds In ridding the capital of grafters and Incompetents be will go Into history as the ablest and most different ot presidents. Grand Army' Master Roll. New York Tribune. The Grand Army of the Republic report a dlmunltinn of membership ot 14. '6 during the last year. But the order is atill vigor ous and flourishing, and Mil long remain so. It has now 232,456 names on Its muster rolls. ' RItsI . Prophets of Deapalr. Chicago Tribune. Mr. Rockefeller predicts hard times In 1907 and 1!T4 Herein wp see the difference between Mr. Rockefeller and Mr. Ftensled W. Lawson. The former does not find It necessary to pay advertising rates to get his predictions Into print. It rays to Ran and Lose, Minneapolis Journal. Alton B. Farker is said to hve drawn a Job with IIOO.OUO salary attached. It pays a poor man to run for president. Bryan Is rich, fat and happy. Farker Is on the sunny side. Farker and Bryan should both stand aside and give som other democrat a chance In 1908. What Solicitors Xealeeted to Tell. Indianapolis News. The mutallty of life Insurance, according to the testimony of Its operators, seems to be, as far as the policyholders are con cerned, largely constructive. These are the days when we are finding out a good deal more about life Insurance than tbe loquent solicitors have ever told us. The West for Blar Tilings. Baltimore American. The mighty west scorns to be outclassed by the effete east, even In the matter of hailstorms. The veracious reporter of hail storms In the east generally stops short at the goose egg size. Out in eastern Iowa last week there was a hailstorm that dropped blocks of Ice that were twelve Inches In circumference and that killed hogs. The man who saw these hailstones survived, however. Sedaetlon of the Railroad Tasa. Philadelphia Record. Mighty are the seductions of the railroad pass. They represent more than money. The member ot the legislature esteems his passes far more than their pecuniary equivalent. A railroad lobbyist can do more with a 156 pass than with 150 in bills, The pass is an evidence of pull, and there is nothing that the American Is prouder of. Governor Folk will not use passes on his trip to the Lewis and Clark exposition, nor will he allow his staff to, for which reason he will be a little lonesome on his Journey. TEX MILLIONS A DAY. What King torn Realise on the Ab ence of Jack Frost. Chicago Tribune. corn planting in the United States is carried on usually from about May 15 to the middle of June, according to localities and weather conditions. The corn crop In most parts is -usually beyond th reach of frost by the end of September. The corn growing season, therefore. Is substantially the months of June, July, August and Sep tember, or, roughly,1 120 days. The government's latest estimate of the yield of corn In this' country this .year. based on the acreage planted and on the condition of th crop. Is 1,696,000.000 bushels. Corn Is selling around 63 cents on the Board of Trade. At, say, SO cents a bushel, the value of the estimated yield of corn this year would be 11,297,500,000. This value of, say, 11.200,000,000 Is built up by nature and man in 120 days. ' Each day's benefit to the crop, therefore, Is practically 110,000,000. Of course, the early days of th crop may be more beneficial than some of the others, and when the corn is maturing m tne fall time may mean more to It than at some other seasons, sun, tne proposition holds that the corn crop grows about J10, 000,000 a day. The season of early frosts is at hand. ana, juagea Dy the summer, the fall is likely to be a poor one. Practically all the cereal crops that could suffer from frosts are harvested, with the exception of corn, This is the time of the annual race between the maturing corn and th frost. A killing frost throughout the west this month would do millions of dollar of dam age. But th time in which th weather can do barm is short. In three weeks, at tha utmost, the crop will be substantially beyond the reach of cold. More than 80 per cent of the crop Is now out of danger. A yield valued at nearly 11,000,000,000 is al ready assured. Every day that passes without a frost adds another $10,000,000 to the wealth at this country. SIMPLIFYING GOVERNMENT AFFAIRS A Large I adertaklnar. bat Persistent Knocking; Gives Hop. Detroit Fre tress. nue th so-called Keep commission which was the outcome of President Roose velts idea that a radical reform should be introduced into th government's metnoas or doing business, has not yet begun work, preparations for It are under way and already some astonishing dlscov enes nav been made, that is. they will be astonishing to th world that Is not familiar with the ways of th bureaucrats, Not th least disconcerting of these dl coveries is the system of placing clerks at tasks without paying any heed whatever to their qualifications and of making pro motions without considering the ability of the person promoted. Ambition Is at discount and slothfulness at a premium. Competence is secondary to length of ser vice. Technical work Is done by low-grade clerks and tha rat of pay has nothing whatever to. do with th kind of work per formed. In short, the whole system is directly opposed to that followed in pri vat commercial life. Of course, th president made no state ment that It was his Intention to Interfere with tb system In, respect of these tilings Ills Idea was to standardise and improve, to eliminate red tap and simplify th procedure. Officially there wa no indlca tion that he was awar or th fact that th number of employes of the government is four times as great as Is necessary, That Is a condition which is th penalty of our political system. More rigid civil service rules would not better It. Bo Ion a congress makes th appropriations and congressmen have henchmen and constlt uents -so long will It endure. It Is not of record that congress, even a remorse lessly economical congress, ever limited th number of employes a department might have or rut down th salaries. Thar la no hop for Improvement in this direction. But if th Keep commission does the work that Is expected of It. It la proba ble that th method of making assignment of clerks and promotions will be changed so that salaries will be measured by th character of th services performed. similar work In different departments will bring similar returna. There will b re arrangement and readjustment, tut no de ductlons. That la beyond hop. ARMY GOSSIP I WASniJSGTO. t'nrrent . Frenfs Gleaned from (he Army and Xary Realster. Th war department has sent out to Fort Leavenworth the new signal corps' motor wagon recently doslgned by the Board of Equipment of the army signal office. That branch of the army recently purchased the mechanism of two types of motor vehicle. The officers found considerable difficulty In obtaining Just what was desired ss most of the manufacturers devote their facilities and ingenuity to the construction of tour ing cars. One of the motor vehicles mas a Wlnton two-cylinder, 2-horse power chas- Is, which has been converted for use with the field telegrsph train for carrying line upplles and for general purposes In con nection with the Meld telephone and tele graph line. This wagon will be sent to Omaha, where the army signal corps will maintain a supply station, which will also be the headquarters of the balloon train. The other carriage Is an 8 to 10-horse power Cadillac, single cylinder chassis, de- Igned for telegrsph repair work, capsble carrying our men with the material nd the repair tools and equipped for mak ing flying trips, being a sort of trouble agon of the signal corps in the field. The returns received at the war depart ment regarding enlistments for the lln tho army during the past month show total of 3.712, ot which J.029 enlistments were made In the cities and the remainder military posts and In the field. They are classified as follows: Infantry (whlta). F92; coast artillery, 409; engineer bat talions, 32; cavalry (white. 93; Held artil lery, 90; United States Military academy etachments, 10; Infantry (colored). 132; cavalry (colored), 126; Indian scouts, S; Porto Rico regiment of infantry, Philip pine scouts, 84. The quartermaster general of the army as issued the new locker to certain bar racks which have not been equipped with that useful receptacle for soldiers' effects. The completed locker Is a fine speclmejt of workmanship. It is built of steel, covered with a baked enamel of the conventional rmy olive drab shade. It is six feet eight Inches high, one foot seven inches deep, and one foot eight Inches wide, with a shelf at the top and bottom. There are eleven hooks attached to the upper shelf. There Is a ventilator at the top and bottom of the door and otners at the back, Insur ing plenty of air for the contents. There Is a sloping top which will facilitate the inspection of the locker room and prevent the accumulation of old material in that favorite place of deposit. It will be im possible to secrete cast-off clothing and other refuse under the locker as It stands on the floor without any elevation. The door Is secured by a padlock. Captain George 8. Glbbs of the signal corps has returned to duty in Washington as the disbursing officer in the army sig nal office after a vacation spent In Massa chusetts, preceded by a period of service with the Massachusetts militia In the an nual encampment at Westneld. Captain Qlbbs will make a report based on his observations. The Massachusetts signal corps consists of a company of fifty-four men in command of two officers, the senior being Captain Stevens. The command was equipped with army signal corps appara tua which was used Intelligently and with good results. One interesting feature of the encampment was an automobile re connolssance, during which the devices for visual signaling were used, the helio graph by day and the acetyllne lantern by night. By this means of travel It was possible to cover a long distance In a short period of lime. and send back to head quarters full Information of the condition of the roads, the repairs needed . and similar valuable Information. It was found that reports couM be made in a much shorter time than when parties were other wise sent out to make us of the field tele graph. Captain Stevens attracted consider able attention on account of his enthusiasm for his work and the ingenuity he displayed In the Invention and use of a sort of plow which cut a thin furrow eight or nine Inches deep In the ground, and at the sama time imbedded and covered up th field telegraph and telephone line, thus pro tecting the wlr from discovery or injury. There were obvious advantages ot this method, which has Its undoubted value under some conditions, although it would not necessarily be of value In th regular establishment. No changes will be made In the regula tions relating to the conduct of post ex changes in the matter of the extent of credit which will be allowed enlisted men of the army. A the situation stands now, there may not be more than one-flfth of the monthly pay of a soldier allowed him as credit In his transactions with the ex change. It was suggested by an officer at Fort Stevens, Ore., that the regulations be amended to give the commanding officer and the exchange council discretion In this matter. It may develop later that the tredlt allowed a soldier at the post ex change may be safely Increased, but It is held, on the advice of the general staff. that th new regulations have been In force too short a time to give them a practical test and no material change In tha rules will be made for the present. A circular will shortly be published from the war department communicating to th service th fact that at posts which ara not regimental headquarters the officer In charge xt the quartermaster's department la Invariably a squadron or battalion quar termaster, and adjutants of th battalion and squadron are equally available for these details. It Is deemed necessary that there should be special attention drawn to th necessity of selecting for this work suitable officers, those who possess th requisite experience, instead of ' second lieutenants and young men of very limited knowledge of th duties Involved. This Is a subject which has been brought to the attention of the acting chief ot staff by th quartermaster general at whose In stance the circular described will be Is sued. Answering th Last Revelll. Boston Transcript. Not since 18H9, when th deathroll of th Grand Army of the Republic was phenome nal, has there been so large a number of deaths In a single year as there was last year, the total reaching 925, the total mem bershlp of the Grand Army now being 282,' 451 Within the next few years, however, It may be expected that there will be an Increased death rate, for th approximate age of those who served in the civil war will reach th allotted number of years ot man within the next decade. The pension roll showed a decrease last year of about .000 names, but the decline will not be as rapid In this as in th membership of th Grand Army, because disability increases with age, and there will be additional appli cations for pensions every year for som time to com. sjneeslng th Anelent Uats. Chicago Chronicle. So far from receiving any Indemnity from Japan, It is now Intimated that poor old China will be expected to reimburse th Japanese In som form or other for their expenditures of men and money In expelling Russia from Manchuria. Of course, ther Is some foundation for such a claim," but It would be mor valid if th Japanese bad undertaken th Job for Chi na's sak Instead of for their own. Ia point of fact, the benefit to China' was only Incidental to the Japanese campaign, which waa firlaiarUa uriy selfUU qtjrpr. V . A Mdtnig Made from pure grape cream of tartar, and absolutely free from lime, alum and ammonia. ROYAL BAKING POWDER PERSONAL NOTES. Lieutenant Fltshugh Lee, Lieutenant Philip Sheridan and Captain Ulysses S. Grant have been ordered to Washington for the social season as presidential aides. Everett B. Parrl, connected with the Maine United States Coast Survey, is the tallest man In the state, standing six feet seven Inches In his stocking feet, and weighs but 215 pounds. Speaking of the Russian envoys at the New York dinner. President Iladley of Tale is reported to have pointed th moral of the conference In one simple, direct sentence, "We admlr the man who can see that a straight flush is tinged with the sus picion of a bobtail." Frank H. Mayer of the Department of Agriculture, has been assigned by Secre tary Wilson to make a tour of northern China In the Interest of that department. He will explore tho Kuenlun mountain region, the original home of th peach, and he will make a special study of that fruit in Its original habitat. Justice Gaynor, whom th New Tork City fuBlonlsts have been talking of as a possi ble candidate for mayor Is a man with a peculiarity. He seldom-looks at aques tion from the point of view taken by other men. As a result, lawyers who offer an unusual plea or an argument based on grounds not generally chosen In law Ilk to take their cases before Gaynor. They are much more severe in England. A London publisher, bankrupt, has Just been reprimanded by the court for his manner of living. Tet his greatest dis sipation appeared to be that of giving ex pensive' dinners to authors whose friend ship was a business asset. Such a man as an omciai in a m insurance company would have received a salary of 1100,000 a year. The latest industrial exposition of wlda and general Importance Is the First Annual Advertising Show to b given at the Coli seum in Chicago. Ootober 11 to 18, 1906, em bracing all sorts and kinds ot advertising devices, schemes and ideas that can be demonstrated by display and practical argument. The success of the venture haa been assured by th ready and material response of experts and dealers in business promotion in all sections of the country, and the International scope and importance of the exposition is noted by the active Interest taken by advertising experts of Paris, Berlin, London and other European centers. The latter will Join with Ameri can advertising experts In giving addresses and lectures every afternoon and evening during th show on the best and most in telligent methods for business promotion and exploitation. A MAN OF PEACE. Virile tonalities ot the President Make Him mm Effective Peacemaker. Lincoln Star. Theodore Roosevelt Is a fighter, and hence it Is that he has Influence for peace. It means something when a man who Is known to be courageous and ready to fight if need be calls for peace. EXIhu Root well says that such a man Is a "fitting emis sary of peace." The president has been much misrepre sented because or nis insistence upon tne virile qualities, and in national policies upon preparedness for war. It was nat ural that those who were searching for points to criticise or whose sincere view point is different from his should assert or fancy that he delights In war. But all such do him Injustice. No mor than the most extreme advocate or peace at any price or of the doctrine of nonresistanc does he take pleasur In scenes of blood. The main difference between him and them Is that he knows that war Is a pos sibility, that war Is a great fact of human experience Indeed, a certainty In th life of every community. He would take it Into account. He Is of th type of those to whom the community turns when war comes. And knowing what the terrors of war are. reeling in nis wnoie oeing wnac it is to stak all that is dear In life on th tests of war, he and all such men are th last to Invlt war, and th first to ward It off or to stop It when It has broken out. We have tbe paradox that th true man, th good man, the valiant man who is a man of war Is th best man of peac. Want to Then take any i TM a ucy people are relying this old standard 1 rt Ttoo-F th hair. . . IBB' CHfckBY PCT0kAL-t ocagna. r i in. ' " i lksflskk IPqw CO., NEW YORK. MAMFACTTRED IIVMBt'G. Amaslna Achievements ot m Railroad Literary Rnrean. Pittsburg Dispatch. A new contribution to the literature of the rate regulation controversy Is mure characteristic than convincing. The Atchison. Topeka Santa Fe management, falling to perceive th virtue of mod.-nt retirement after the recent disclosures of Its methods, states that It sent out to Its shippers through seven states and five ter ritories the question: "Do you favor giv ing the Inter-State commerce commission the absolute power to fix all lnter-state rates and to establish the relation of ratrj between all localities?" It asserts that It has received a 70 per cent response in the negative. Wherefore, It Is argued that western sentiment Is opposed to President Roosevelt's rate policy. " Showing to that effect Is a humbug, fur two reasons. In the first place, a poll rf commercltl sentiment that passes under th supervision of railway management Is foreordained to go In on way. Railroad shippers have enough regard for their busi ness health to make It certain, especially In the case of a corporation recently famous for the Hutchinson salt rat and the Colo rado Fuel rebate, that there will be at least a 70 per cent vot in accord with corporate desire. In the next place, th Atchison Officials took cafe to put the question In a form which Its customers could answer In the negative without straining their con sciences. No on la proposing to confer on the commission "th absolute power to fix all Inter-state rates." The represen tation made by th corporation that this is what President Roosevelt proposes Is a deliberate untruth. POINTED RJIARKS. "Ufa Insurance has preserved many families from the possibility of want," said the persuasive agent. - "Yes," answered the reluctant listener, "especially the families ot larg stock holders." Washington Star. "Who is that fellow In th stag box who la laughing so heartily?" "That's the author of the piece." "Rather bad taste." "Not at all. He never heard that com edian's Jokes before." Modern Society. "I can course.'' sell you pair of peacocks, of said the farmer, "but It's no more than fair to tell you that they're nretty noisy birds. and their noise Isn't a hit musical." ' "That's why I want 'em," said the man from th city. "The woman that lives next door to m keeps a parrot." Chicago Tribune. Cltlxen What possible excuse did you fellows hav for acquitting that mur derer? Juryman Insanity. Citizen Gee! The whole twelve of you? Cleveland Leader. He Could I call this evening? Have something to tell you. She Why. yes. Many are called, but few are chosen. Oakland (Cal.) Tribune. "My friend," asked his spiritual adviser, "have you no fears of the hereafter?" "Bless you, no," said the president of the great fiduciary Institution, glancing un easily at the news columns of tbe paper that lay before him. "It's my heretofore that I am afraid of nowl" Chicago Tri une. WHEN DILSEY COMES TO TOWN. 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