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THE OMAHA. DAILY BEE: FRIDAY, XOVEmER 24, 1905. Tim Omaha Daily Bee. i E. ROUKWATER, EDITOR. i ' rVBUBHEO EVERY MORNING. TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION rllf Be (without Sunday), on year.. $4 00 1'elly He and Sunday, on year Illustrated Be, on year 2..V Sunday Bee. on year 1 f Saturday Bee. on yr 1.50 DELIVERED BT CARRIER. Dally P (without ftunday), per week. ..lie Ially H (Including Btindav), prr week ,17c JCventng Be (without fttindav). per wt: Fventng Be (with Bungay, per week. ...10c Sunday -Bee, per ropy be A id ram romptalnts of Irregularltle In de livery to City Circulation Lepartment. orncr.a. Omaha Th Bee Building. South Omaha-City Kail Building. Counrll Bluff 10 IVarl Street. Chtogo 1 t'nfty Building. New York 1WW Horn. Uf In. Building. Washington 601 Fourteenth Street. CORRESPONDENCE. Communications relating to news and ed itorial matter should b addressed: Omaha We. Editorial Department. REMITTANCES. Remit by draft, tspres or postal order. yabl to Tha Bee Publishing Company. Only t-cent stamps received an payment ot Jnall account. Personal check, except on Omaha or eaatern exchanges, not accepted. TUB BEE PUBLISHING COMTAN Y. STATEMENT OP CIRCULATION, of Nebraska, Pouglna county. ss: -,c;c- Roaewater, secretary of The Bee Publishing Company, being- duly sworn, ay that the actuaj number of full and complete cople of The Dally. Mornlnir. JKvenlng snd Sunday Bee printed during n month of October. 1905, was a fol nwi: 1 M.IOO 17 SO.O30 M,TOO R 3O.H30 ao.swn it sa,hii S1.SM 20 KO.020 si.sao n ai.BiA 81, BM 22 tO,0 1 U 2.4 IS a 8O.9T0 SO.OSO 24 so.ooo ts ei.ioo , 8L.10O SO. HMO 11 S1.10O 27 SO.SIO J so,no a 8i.)oo 1 SO.MO ;. SO.TOO 14 ,. AlJIlO 20 81,000 I JK,4IM U 80,000 SO.TOO Total mm, !. unsold Co pi ... 10.SS1 fcst total sale ' MS.B-tS Dally average SO.TIT C. C. ROSE WATER, Secretary. Subscribed In my presence and aworn to tiafor raa thl Slat day of October, 1. (Bl) M. B. HUNQATE. Notary Public. WHEJI OUT OF TOWS, abewrtfeers) Iraylaf the city tem-s-erarlly shew Id kevs Th Be k alias t theaa. It ia better tfcaa a atly letter trots aa. Ad hi will chaaugsd a sftea as raataV. In the meantime the aching void In the vacant councilmanic spat remains, wlthno one to draw the salary. From this distance It appears that the lemstvos cou gross ta trilling to Btnnd by Wltte only aa long as Wltte la willing to stand by It. 1 President Palms may be able to offer Intelligent sympathy to President Castro before ; the "rebellion'' - ou the Isle of Pines Is quelled. That .Cincinnati , opinion would Indi cate that the Ipterstate Commerce com mission keeps better posted about soap than It does about live stock. In charging Prince Louis $1,000 for repairing four of his teeth that New York dentist moat have endeavored to Talue royalty at Its own estimate. The Identity of the mysterious stranger who sent the mystifying tele grama ia said to have been uncovered, but there never was any mystery to it. King Haakon Inherits the name of a ruler of the fourteenth century, but it ia hardly probable that be Inherits the false ideas of royalty which existed at that time. erwi. i i mi The suggestion of the navsl board that two more gunboats are needed in the waters of China would indicate that the Navy department realises the "white man's burden." Th Invitations Issued to the "re formers" meeting In New York City would have been mors fitting bad New York made Its protest against Tam many more pronounced. In the end the plea of Secretary Taft for free trade with the Philippines Is that It would be better for the United States; but a number of Mlssourlaas will have to "be shown." With a sentence of two years for Ille gal voting, the first man to be convicted of election frauds in New York will still be out in time to prepare for the next municipal campaign. Governor Folk has summarily re moved one of the St. Lou! a police com missioners for pernicious inactivity In the suppression of lawlessness. Gov ernor Folk la Betting an example for other governors. By the way. of fate Colonel William Jennings Bryan was awarded a gold medal for a sheaf of rye exhibited at the Portland exposition. Rome people will expect him to send It back and ask for a silver medal Instesd. It Is all very One for the lawyers to berate the lawmakers for slipshod law making, yet nearly every bill presented to tbe legislature Is either introduced by a lawyer or drawn up by a lawyer for introduction by some one elae. The trial of Midshipman Meriwether shows that the fiction of the abolition of bssing at Annapolis doe not long de celvs even those underclass men who may havs believed it before they en tered the academy. Tbe supreme court has conveniently knocked out another batch of laws en acted by the last Nebraska legislature, It might work a greet earing In printing if the court could deliver Its opinions is these cases before the time set for HubUabJug the volume et sessioa laws. rFKSintXT AM) TH CAXAl It Is Isrgr-I.v ronjpottire aa to what will be tlie position of President Roosevelt on the question whether the Panama canal shall be a sea level or look water way, but reports from Washington con cur in assorting that he Is not in favor of the sea level proposition. It Is also stated that there Is a good deal of oppo sition to this among member of con gress who have eipressed themselves on the subject. The reported objection of the president to the decision of the con sulting engineers Is on the ground that It would greatly Incresse the cost and delay for several years the completion of the wstcrway. This Is an objection which will appeal very strongly to the American people, out of whose pockets must come the money to carry on and complete this stupendous undertaking. It is understood that the vote in the board of consulting engineers stood eight to Ave on the question of a cunal at sea level, five foreign and three American voting fof sea level construc tion and five American members voting for a lock canal. Of course it must be presumed that the foreign engineers were wholly disinterested In reaching their decision, but there Is a disposition to criticise the Americans who concurred In that decision. Representative Mann of Illinois Is reported to have declared that Oeneral Davis and Mr. Hnrr had been guilty of treacherous conduct when they Joined the foreign members of the board In recommending a sea level canal, stating that both those engineers had been sent to the Isthmus nnd it was largely on their recommendation of n lock canal thnt congress had chosen the Panama route and appropriated funds to begin the work. The final determination of the type of canal of course rests with congress and It would be Idle to predict what Its deci sion will but If the president Is op posed to the sen level proposition he is very sure to have such a atrong public sentiment with him as will have great weight with congress. Meanwhile there Is a revival of talk of abolishing the canal commission and putting the direc tion of the enterprise entirely In the hands of the president. It Is announced thnt a bill will be Introduced In congress permitting the president to employ all the expert assistance he requires. If he wants to engage the services of some of the present commissioners he may do so, but he will not 1h bound down, as at present, by the views and recommenda tions of a commission of seven men which the daw requires shall be ap pointed. These complications necessarily have the effect to hamper and retard the prog ress of the cannl work, which has not gone forward as rapidly as was ex pected, and they also furnish an oppor tunity to those opposed to the canal and it is still asserted that the trans continental railroads are hostile o It to plan devlcea for obstructing it prog ress. - - - T. , TRdM PETKH TO PAUL, t f Pean Henry Wade Rogers of the. Yale law school has come to the rescue of the trusts and railway corporations in an article In opposition to federal regula tion published In the December number of the American Illustrated Magazine. The learned jurist and scribe makes this declaration: I dread any further concentration of power In tha national government. I think that In that way liua danger. I am of the conviction that the president has now all the power It Is wise to confer upon him and I should deem H unwise to give him the right to supervise the corporations and give the corporations of thla country added reasons for desiring to dictate who shall be nominated and elected to tbe office of president, or any added reasons for desir ing to control congress. I think the polit ical pendulum has swung too far already in the direction of a centralised govern ment, but the time Is certainly at hand when the people should put sn end In every state wnere It ezlnts end It exlsta In a numberto the corporate control over state legislatures, and laws should be enacted not as the corporations demand, but Sa the real Interests of the ccnmonwealth require. In the light of past experience and recent disclosures this attempt to stem the tide toward nationalization in order to galvanize the paralytic rm of state sovereignty is very much like sn at tempt to displace the breech-loaders and machine guns of our army with flint lock musketa and muzzle-loading can non. Only a few weeks sgo the Missis sippi state militia was called out to make shotgun resistance to the Invasion of Louisiana refugees from yellow fever and the governors of the gulf statea, trained in the old state sovereignty schools, appealed to the presideut to ex ercise national supervisory power for the suppression of the deadly epidemic. Twenty-five years ago. when the para mount issue lu Nebraska was whether the Union Pacific should in compliance with lta original charter afford to the Burlington a junction with the trans continental road at Kearney, the advo cates of pro-rate in political conventions and legislatures were admonished that congresa alone had the power to enforce pro rate, and when congress was ap pealed to for redress the opponents of pro-rate insisted that tbe state legis lature was tbe only authority to give the redress demanded by the people. Tbua tbe people of Nebraska who favored fair play and competition were driven from Peter to Paul and back again until the Burlington had extended lta lines to Denver and the Union Pa cific bad annexed the Kansas Pacific. Prof. Rogers pleads against nstlonal supervision of corporstlons engaged In Interstate commerce in order that the trusts and rsllwsy corporations shall refrain from meddling with national conventions and tampering with con gress, while at tbe aame time he exhorts tbe people to emsnclpate themselves from corporate control over state legis latures when he must know that control of stste legislatures gives tbe corpora tions contivl over the United States sen ste. To give the railroads a free hand In Interstate transportation, which con stitutes perhaps two-thirds of all their traffic, while the other one-third of rail way traffic Is to be subject to state su pervision and regulation. would make the abuses from which the country Is now suffering at the hands of public carriers greater Instead of less. If It Is vital for the respective com monwealths that are now under cor porate domination to emancipate them selves, it ts more vital for the people of all the states to protect themselves from corporate aggression by national super vision, even at the risk of enlarging the powers of the president and trenching upon state sovereignty. GKRMA9 TARIFF RELATIONS Secretary Root is said to be manifest ing a great deal of Interest In the mat ter of our tariff relations with Germany. He does not propose to negotiate a treaty which cannot meet with the ap proval o, congress and it Is stated is sounding members when they call upon him as to their views on the subject ot reciprocity with Germany. What the re sult of his Inquiries Is of course is not disclosed, but the probability Is that he Is not receiving much encouragement. Meanwhile negotiations between the de partment and the representatives of the Oerman government are reported to be proceeding in an amicable spirit, the German ambassador being fully aware of the conditions. The attitude of the German govern ment appears to Indicate a very earnest desire to come to some sort of an agree ment or understanding that will avert a trade war and It evidently Is also the wish of the Washington administration to effect a mutually fair arrangement under which any serious disturbance of the commerce between the two countries could be avoided. The problem pre sented Is both difficult and delicate, but there Is still reason to think that the ne gotiations will not prove wholly futile.. PVRS KUOD VAMPAIQX. The campaign for pure food legisla tion Is being well maintained and there seems to be a more favorable prospect than ever before for a federal law to supplement state pure food laws. Sec retary of Agriculture Wilson recently expressed the opinion that such legisla tion Is certain to come, but powerful in terests, be said, that wish to make money rapidly at the expense of the peo ple, oppose It. These Interests have es tablished headquarters at Washington and will bring to bear upon congress all the influence they can command, but Secretary Wilson thought they would not be able to defeat the will of the people. It is stated that President Roosevelt will have a atrong pnragraph In his an nual message recommending pure food legislation, he having assured a com mittee that waited upon him that be fa vors !t. This will give added strength to the movement, which has been stead ily growing for several years In spite of the opposition of the interests referred to by Secretary Wilson. These Interests are how said to be more firmly united than ever before and consequently are expected to wage a vigorous fight against the proposed legislation. The advocates of a federal pure food law simply urge that it shall be fair to all interests and with full protection to the consumer, to supplement state laws "In order to require all food and drug prod ucts to be truthfully labeled and to be labeled to show whenever any adultera tion has been added or practiced In the preparation." They regard this as a proposition too fair to be denied and be lieve that such honest labeling will con trol the evils of adulteration and nils branding which have grown up in the commerce of foods and drugs. Federal legislation can only apply to interstate traffic in food products, but If It establishes a fair standard and rea aonable rules regarding food products that are sent from one state to another it will become almost necessary to con form local lawa to it. Consumers nsk that they shall not be deceived or cheated In buying articles which purport to be wholesome food. They need pro tectlon against injurious adulteration, the use of poisonous substances in color Ing matter and preservative and they need protection against fraud In repre senting what they buy to be other than It is. As was said by Secretary Wilson: "Every Amerlcnn citizen has the right. when he takes his basket and pocket- book to market, to demand that he ahull have only pure artlclea." In bis address to the Bar association R. W. Breckenrldge baa borne down hard on the legislative lobby, but not too hard, considering the enormities of which It haa beeu guilty. Mr. Urecken ridge forgets, however, that there could be no legislative lobbyists unless there was somebody to pay their hotel bills and oil room expenses, not to speak of pass books, thester tickets and lncldeu tnls thst make legislative lobbies dan gerously powerful. To be plain about if. there could be no lobby if there were no corporations to employ a lobby. If Mr. Breckenrldge is in dead earnest he should direct himself to the exposure and punishment of their employers. We are now assured that the city baa money for milk teats; but that is notb ing new. Tbe special attorneys of the Omaha Water board have been making milk testa on the Jersey Water Works company cow for twelve months and they pronounce the milk as tbe most creamy and wholesome infant food they have ever tasted. Governor Mickey publicly admits thst Nebraska needa a new constitution and needs It so badly that he hesitates to call the legislature In extra session to subuilt auivnduieuts only because be is not sure the lawmakers would do their part. It Is true that the legislature proved disappointing In many respects In Its regular session, but that is no con clusive proof that It would again ignore the public needs when convened for that particular purpose. ... j In the campiUgn of lOOd one of the issues will te the snppression of the leg islative lobby. The most effective way to suppress the lobby would be to make its members register and file a photo graph with the governor and have their portraits kept before the people in the newspapers during the session of the legislature. The moth Is attracted by light, but the professional lobbyist thrives In darkness. The warden of the Ieavenworth peni tentiary says Hanker Illgelow Is In good health and has been given light work. Some day the "square deal" will reach the prison and the embexzler's work will not be In Inverse ratio to the mag nitude of his peculations. Grab It, Q.nlrk Washington Post. Ennuirli Coal has been found In the Phil ippine to supply the nation tor three cen turies. That looks like a scheme ot natura to Show Mr. Baer that he la not the whole works. Something Dolnar Ireatly. Chlcaso Tribune. The atate insurance commissioner of Min nesota any President Roosevelt ha agreed to act on a committee for the reform of the life Insurance business of the country. If thl 1 true there will be something- doing presently. Painful l.npsea of Memory. Chicago News. Those Insurance magnates have thor oughly trustworthy memories that 1. their memories can b trusted to break down and quit working when the question ng becomes too embarrassing. Within Hounds ot Belief. Indianapolis News. The Cuban authorities plainly Intimate that the amount of taxes paid by Amer icans In the Isle of Pines has been grossly exaggerated; and having some knowledge of how rich American pay taxes, this li not difficult to believe. Loolc Across the Border. Indianapolis News. Notwithstanding- the fact that Canada has government contrul of freight and passen ger rates, It will be noted that the rail roads up there continue to run trains and that their stock I quoted at fairly good figures on the exchanges. Cotnradea, Chicago Record-Herald. One hundred and seventy-two Alp-cllmb- era have been killed during the last year. We must add A'.p-cllmbing to Fourth of July celebrating, foot ball playing snd deer hunting as an amusement that ought to be limited to people who can well be spared. Paaalna- of Harkakln Tapestry. Boatun Tranacrlpt. Once In a while we get an actual glimpse of the age of ronance on the plains as It Blowly pa sees from the stage of American history. "White Beaver," famous guide and scout in his day, I reported dying at Cody, Wyo., and "Buflalo Bill" 1 hurrying home to say farewell to his lifelong friend and foster brother. The buckskin tapestry of the plains fade visibly. Home Rale la Cities. Springfield fMaas.) Republican. Home rule for dhlo cities In the largest measure promlae to result from the recent elections. On this question It Is said that the mayors-elect of Toledo, Columbus and Cincinnati stand with Mayor Johnson of Cleveland, who has long been a vigorous exponent of this principle. And the demo cratic governor of the state will be in sym pathy with the movement. One of the cause of the overthrow of the republican state machine doubtless was Its long Iden tification with the effort, backed bv the public service corporations, to rule the cltie through the state legislature. RAILROADS AMI LABOR rIOV1. Trala Operative l.lnlnar I n i Strange Banners. New York Tribune. The railroad manager of the countrv ought to be extremely thankful to th. Brotherhood of Locomotive Enaineera for coming to their support in the enunciation of a doctrine for which the railroads hsve long contended, and more frequently nvaln.t their employe than anybody else. Jere miah Harris, chairman of the legislative Doara or the organization In New York, thus atatea the position of the brotherhood- me memnera of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers to a man are op posed to any legislation that will curtail the powera of their employers In respect to tneir earning capacity or diminish the freedom of their control over their ron- erty; therefore, the brotherhood onmui the Kach-Townsend law and will oppose any and every law that will give the con trol of railway rates Into the hand of the government or anybody other than the railroad owner and managers." Th railroad president will doubtleas welcome this aid against government con trol of rates, but they will by no means torget ua usefulness In other direction. -iTiniroi over their property 1 IAm.41,ln- which they are quite aa anxious to dm "v '"mi incursions by labor unions as by the government; and they may hence, forth be aa firm to keep their earning iwiiy unimpaired by high wages aa by low rates. We ran imagine the railroad president softly saying. "Oh, Harris, we thank thee for these words." The laisses fre theory with respect to common carrier I about th last thing thst a labor unionist might be expected to avow. It Is the negation of thst compelling force of public duty which I on of th chief allies of workmen in a railroad strike. When engag.-d in Industrial war labor leaders ar always loudly Insistent upon the common carrier's duty to serve the public. It rannot be allowed to knock off work when it I unable to secure em ploye to man it train. It muat pay th price and meet the condition demanded, however unreasonable. "Their' property" la pictured a public property which It holds In trust. At uc-h time w hear much about stolen franchise and watered stocks used to conceal profits and rob em ploye and the public. The demand for government ownership, not merely of the railroad, but of the coat mine, la atrong among the labor unioniata when It ap pears that through polltlca they ran con vert thrlr labor Into placeholdlng, with tha privilege thereto attached of doing little work for Urge pay. When they want to run the railroads, aay who may be em ployed and even who may give orders, tha assumption that the railroads are going to keep "control over their property" ia plu tocratic Insolence. But when the wool public think of taking a hand to aa that the railroads do not practice extortion, th labor unions are suddenly on the other side, 'fh extortion eeema to be all right If It la practiced merely on th public id if tU unkma can ahar th btuaflt OHO ABOtT KW VOHK, Rlnale oa (he arrent of Life In the Metropolis. Admiral Prince Loul and his .l-et have shaken loose from the glamour of New York society snd departed hence. News paper accounts agree in saying that the parting was affecting. No tesrs were shed, but a great many people, In paying their last visit to ths fleet were unable to separate themselves from movable article on th ships, which article are now treas ured as souvenirs. To give a list of the thing appropriated would fill a volume. They Include one rifle, elsbt rifle bayonets, with their leather sheaths, four helmet of th royal marines, about twenty sailors' cps. three danger signal lantern, on petty officer's sword, on P. 8 O. medal, a couple of small barometer, s lot of tool, two or three score of electric bulbs, several belts belonging to th roysl marines, numerous flag snd eating utensils by the doten. Colls of rope were rut Indiscrimi nately and canvas sail cut In lnany places and the piece csrrled off. No visitors Were permitted to view the prince s prlvsl cabin on th Drake during the vessel's stay.- Had the apartment been open to visitors there probably would not hsve been as much ns a chair lert in It by th time of the sailing of the vessel. Knthuslaam for th princely visitor wasn't quite unanimous. He was so bombarded with letters threatening his life that It was thought necessary to double th detec tive force to guard him. A body of half- baked students msrehed the streets yelling for Yankee Doodle and the spirit of 7, while 'longshoremen tried hard, and were only beaten off by th police after a severe right, to tear down the British flag ns It hung at the dock where his ship Jay; and now a dentist ha charged the prince 11.000 for filling four teeth. One of the 2M "able seamen" left behind by the fleet explained to an audience In a Bowery saloon how he got left. Orrul anl. I should say. Sir, for sn Kngllsh sailor to be left ashore with no mark against 'lm." walled Henry Olles of H. M. 8. Cumberland. "It's enough to break a man's 'art." Giles, able seaman, was a sorry sight. He had the remnant of a blue shirt on his back. One sleeve was gone. The other showed by lta In signia that e belonged to the starboard watch. HI eye were blackened and his nose swelled. "I axes you If It I the proper thing," he continued, "for one of 'Is Majesty's sble seamen to be left stranded 'ere without so much as a bob In 'is pocket an' carryin', aa I do, a medal for wot I done In Singapore saving an officer's wife from the hlnsults of a mob of dirty 'eathen? 'Ere, says I. as sny British sailor would, 'you let these loldles alone, or you'll "ear right off from H. Giles of 'er Majesty's ship, the Cumberland.' The queen was alive then, God bless 'er. Wot does they do? Pinks me In the heye with a bloomln bludgeon, an' put mo down flat: but hup I comes and scatters the lot. What does Captain Oreamlr do but recommend a medal sn I 'ad it until I went down with that shipload to Coney Island. 'Oo 'as a bob?" Glle. able seaman, waa thrust out and a kindly policeman gathered him In. New York Is evidently going opera mad this year. This stste of affairs was indi cated months ago, when Director Conrled foreseeing present conditions snnounced thst his season would be two weeks longer than usual. But even thla sop to the music-hungry people was not enough. Only last week the impressarlo at th Metropoli tan Ooera house sdded one night a week to hi three regular performances, which will give 101 nights and afternoons of music In the Broadway temple of that art. But since money talk more loudly than any Wagnerian climax that aspect of the opera season is running up Into figures that deserve the attention of Wall street snd the Insurance missionaries. Already the receipts for the subscription sales for th season that opened last evening are between 140.000 and $W,000 greater than those of the entire season last year, which held the record 1n the history of opera In New Tork. But the ante-opera season holds an even more significant financial fact than the quoted figures. To get into the famous "diamond horseshoe" the par terre boxes James Btlllman has agreed to pay $10,000 for the privilege of having a certain box to himself through the sea son. This is the greateat sum ever paid by any one man to enjoy the opera In a rented box in the Metropolitan. But It la In the social holy of holies. And when Mr. Stillmsn wants a thing a little matter of 110,000 doesn't stsnd in his wsy. Many non-New Yorkers associate Wall and Broad street with sit the financial strength of tbe metropolis. It la only when the agitation for an arcade over Nassau street is renewed that the real dignity of this narow and crooked little street Is brought to mind. A faint Idea Of ths mil lions on millions that rest In the strong boxas of Nassau's financial Institutions, snd ths colossal properties that are con trolled or directed by them, may be gained from the statement that the deposit In three nstlonal banks aggregate $285,0000. and their Joint resources are ll,3"O.O0O; four truat companlea have Joint resource tf $220,000,000 and. deposlta of $197,000,000. while the assets of two Insurance com panies total $792,000,000, and their Insurance policies In force $3,800,000,00). The asset of these Inatitutlons reach the grand total of ii.424.aoo.000. and they are but nine of Nassau's aeveral hundred financial corpor atlona. Ther la no gainsaying tha state ment that for Its length, the crowds that pas up and down Nassau atreet dally out number the crowda On other metropolitan streets; In fact, it Is one of the most crowded atreeta ot the world. Nor Is there anv dlRDUtlng thla other statement that the self-same street, aa regarda Its Inst I i tutlons, is financially the equal nay the superior, of much-vaunted wall street. popular Impression to the contrary pot withstanding. Transatlantic steamship have not yet reached their perfection. The America Is a wonderful hlp. and o are the Baltic and two other of Its type. The Cunard company ia to eclipse them all when the 800-foot turbine propelled ship are put in commission next year. Bine the beginning of tho era of steel construction the beat representative ship or the uunara com pany, up to these giant new onea now In proceaa of construction are these, with th datea given on which they were launched: Servta. 1&S1. 115 feet long. H.7 knots. T.3S1 tonnage: I'mbrla and Etrurla, 18&4. 800 feet long, 19.6 knots. 1.127 tonnsge; Campania and Uucsnla. 18M. 62 feet long, 23 knots, 12.962 tonnage. Then cam the big. awift boats of th German company to snatch tha record for speed, tonnag snd comfort for pasaengera. Th new Cunardera, which will Increase th speed standard to more than twenty-nine knots, create a situation In ocean traffic that has no parallel aince 1M, when ths City of Nw York and th City of Paris, the flrat twin screw ahtpa to be aeen In the Atlantic service, ware hailed as "ocean greyhounds." Victories for the Iqaart Deal. Cleveland Leader. Brighter days are dawning In the public life of America. The sunrlae Is full of promt. Th war upon graft and foul play of all kinds la bringing many vlctorlaa for honeaty sad Justice. Every defeat suffered by corrupt gauga of thlsvea makes their resistance feebler. Th force of polltlca decency gain confidence and trength with their triumphs. AU thst ts fceedad Is per acvsianc. For Thin, Poor Blood You can trust a medicine: tested sixty years! Sixty years of experience, think of that! Experience with Aycrs Sar saparilla; the original Sarsaparilla; the Sarsaparilla the doctors endorse for thin blood, weak nerves, general de bility. What does your doctor say? We have no secrets! We publish the formulas of all our medicines. Md by tha . 0. Ar 0.. IwU, Haas. Also Maaufkoturars of AVER'S HAIR TIOOR-For th salr. ATBR'S l!LLS-Tor eenttipstlas. aTER'SCHBRRYPBCTORAl ForeosfbJ. ATBR'S AOUB CURB Ff malaria sad aga. GREAT KRAXKXKM OP SPKF.CH President Roosevelt's Trait Apparent In the Whitney Correspondence. Kansas City Journal. To the casual observer, the quality most conspicuous In President Roosevelt In any of his varied activities la hi unreserved frankness of speech. This quality has been commented upon by the distinguished strangers who have visited us from abroad. In describing It they usually prefer the name "democratic," chiefly because It Is essentially a strange trait to observe In the ruler of a great people. When th presi dent takes the trouble to Invite a guest to the White House, or to receive a friendly congressman, a delegation or anybody else. he enters directly Into the spirit of the oc casion with sometimes startling abruptness. He speaks freely and Invites confidences. But he never falls to convey a direct and clean-cut Impression of his views on the propriety of his guests' making publlo any part of his observations. What he wants made public or what he does not want made publlo he tells to th newspaper cor respondents, and the confidence Is re spected. It Is not at all strange that President Roosevelt should deny an Interview to Henry M. Whitney, candidate for lieuten ant governor of Massachusetts at the last election, who Is accused by the president of willfully misstating the substance of a former Interview In regard to the tariff on hides. In which the people of Masaachuaetts ar o much Interested. Mr. Whitney is reported to have quoted th president as opposed to reciprocity with Canada. The president charges Mr. Whitney with mis quoting him, and the two have been at swords' points for some time. A few days ago Mr. Whitney wrote to the president requesting a personal Interview in ths hope that the matter could be settled by mutual explanations. The president's reply to Mr. Whitney's letter fairly sissies. Not only does he deny the Interview, but takes occasion to blister the Massachusetts man thoroughly. The president Is indignant at a breach of what he considers a sacred point of honor. The letter is characteristic of Mr. Roosevslt and reflects his directness, his blunt re fusal to compromise with what he consid ers an unmanly act. Although Mr. Whit ney confessed that possibly h had misun derstood the president and would furnish copies of his speeches containing the al leged misstatements, Mr. Roosevelt dis misses him with the final sentence: "It matters little whether this wss due to a deliberate purpose of deception or to a lack In both your companions and yourself of a nice sense of propriety snd of the power of exact thinking and of correct apprehen sion and repetition of what was said." The rebuke Is scathing, but Interesting as re flecting the attltudejf the president on the subject of a violation of confidence. PERSONAL NOTES. J. I.sthrop Allen, who made th flrat band Instrument In the United State. Is still living In New York. He is 90 years old. Tbe son of a western railroad president Is much lauded for working for fdO a month. Perhaps It's all he's worth, and, doubt less, he doesn't think himself a hero Either a national calamity or a national blessing was the destruction by fire of 810,000 gallons of western Pennsylvania whiskey. Which it was depend largely. ot course, upon the quality of the whiskey. Oeneral Chaffee frankly desires restora tion of the canteen, but any member of the Women's Christian Temperance union la authority for the statement that the general doesn't know what h Is talking about. Sir Frederick Treves. King Edward's sur geon. Is th orstor of his profession. He is a man of Inexhaustible knowledge, with s fine delivery and a command of language which, were he In Parliament, would place him in the forefront of great speakers. Richard Le Oalllenne went to a publica tion office to get a check which wa due him for an article. "I am sorry," aald the cashier, "but I shall have to disap point you today. Tho. checks are made out but they are without the Hlgnature of our manager. He la III with the gout." "Ex tend him my sytmiathiea," murmured Mr. La Oalllenne. 'It must be very trying for him to bo so disabled. I Infer that he signs his checks with hi feet." Senator Augustus O. Bacon of Georgia, who recently returned from Europe, wara on the lapel of his coat a tiny watch not bigger -than a inan'a thumb. In spite of Its extremely dt-lliate mechanism the watch keeps good time. Senator Hac-on'a purpose In wearing it so conspicuously la to curtail Interviews with tedious persons. The man who can talk with the senator on any unimportant subject for any great length of time with the little watch atar ing him in the face and marking the pass ing minutes must be possessed of consid erable courage. Rpri I "iX U -"'- s7n-'' LAVGHIKG LINKS. First Cltlien Then w both bellev In municipal ownership. Second Cltlaen Yes, but w differ on tha point of which pnrty should own the municipality. Yonkers Statesman. "Does angels have golden crowns an' wear wings, pa?" "Why, X believe that Is the general be lief." "But you won't never be able to And out for sure, will you?" Cleveland Leader. "I suppose our friend will deliver a few speeches in congress?" "Y'es," answered Senator Sorghum, "he will deliver them, provided they ar or dered by the right people and paid for in advance." Washington Star. "Pa, what Is being Independently rich?" un, ii a ueins no nun inui yuu un wrnr old clothes without being afraid people will think you can't afford new ones. Chicago necora-iieraia. "I am agreeably surprised at the room you have given me," aald the manager of the theatrical troupe, with a patronising air. "it Is really flrt-c!as." "Ah," replied the proprietor of the hotel, "your room Is better than your company. Philadelphia Ledger. "So you're little Willi Woodby?" said the new minister, sfter Sunday school. "I called to see your mother yesterday, but, unfortunately, she was not at home." "Oh, yes, ahe waa," replied th boy, "but I guess ah took you for the Installment man. Tou look somethln' Ilk him." Phil adelphia Ledger. Th Sunday school lesson was on Sam son, the strong man: "Now. Willie," said tb teacher, "who was It brought down th house?" "Jerome!" promptly shouted th New York boy who read the papers Cleveland Plain Dealer. Shadbolt I had such a funny dream last night. Dlnguss What was It! Shadbolt I dreamed that I asked you for the money you owed me and you paid It -Chicago Tribune. "Are you the little boy who papa writes so many out sayings of children?" res, mttm." . "I suppone your nape, Is always encour aging you to talk?" "No, ma'am. Ha threatens to whip m if I even whisper when he Is writing his bright things th children have said." Judge. HIS PARENTS' OPINIOW. Chicago News. He's never been to college and has little use for books. Except th ones with lot of picture In. He's not a fluent talker, though you'd think It from hi look, But pretty soon we think that he'll begin. We don't know how he learned so much. You'd be surprised to see Whst marvelous Intelligence be show. It's Juat a source ot never-falling wonder, sir, to me, Tbe heaps of things our little baby knows. Some children are accomplished; they can do a lot of thing. And do a number of them fairly well. One dances to perfection snd another plays or sings. Or In some other manner may excel-. But not at two years, often. They're com paratively old. Our little akeeslcka now ta barely two. You hardly would bellev me, I imagine, If I told Tou halt ths things our little on csn do. I've heard of other babies that their par ent brag about. -They're prodigies, you'd naturally think. The fond and foolish father quit ballev it all. no doubt. But I lust smile and turn my head and wink. I'm not disposed to blame them for their foolishness a hit. They've got to make the most of what they've got. 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