THE OMAHA DAILY KKK: THUKSDAV. DECEMBER 21.. 100.1 Tiie Omaha Daily Bee. B. ROSEWATER, EDITOR. PUBLISHED EVERT MORN1NO. TERMS or SUBSCRIPTION. rally F (without Sunday). one fnr,.HfO Dally Bee and Sunday, on ear t m Illustrated Bee, nnn year 8S0 unday Bee, on year ! M Saturday Bee, one year 1 60 DELIVERED BT CARRIER. Pally Pee (Including Punday), per week. .170 Dally Bee (without Sunriar), per week.. 12c Evening Bee (without Sunday), per week to Evening Bee (with Sunday), per week. ..10c Sunday BVe, per enpy to Address complaints of Irregularities In de livery to City Clrrulatlen Department. OFFICES. maha The Bee Building. South Omaha-ltv Hull Building. Council Bluff-10 Tearl Street. 'hlcajro 1640 frilly Bulldlnr. New York 1W Home Life Ins. Building. Washington Ml Fourteenth Street. 'CORRESPONDENCE. Cnmninnlritlnni in tieva end ed Itorial matter should be addressed: Omaha ee, Editorial Department. REMITTANCES. Remit by draft, eipreM or poatal order, payable to The Ben Puhllalilnv Comtwnv. only 2-cent stamps received as payment of man account. Fcrannal checks, except on Ornaha or eastern exchanires. not accepted. THE BEE PUbI.18HI.NCi COMPANY. STATEMENT OF CIRCULATION. State of Nebraska, Douirlas County, as: . C. Rosewater. secretary of The Bee Publishing- Company, 'jetr d'llr eworn, aaya that the actual number of full and omplete copies of The Dally. Morning. Evening and Sunday Bee printed during Urn month of November, 1901, was as fol lows: i ntjofi 3 31.110 S R1.14A 31.TRO 2!.(1T0 30.MB0 7 sr.ira S 34.A10 3I.2W 10 81,000 11 31.5M0 1? 2n,nBO 33 314COO H Slt.lO u ai.4iio II 31.B30 17 Sl.TTO II SI BOO is xn.sno so ai.non n 31. son u S1.4.10 21. 32.KBO 24 at. MO 3 HU.4 26 20.HSO 77 S1.61M a .-umo 29 31.040 30 31, OHO Total U40,no Less unsold copies.". 10..T12 Nt total sales 930,238 Ir-uly average R1.20T C. C. ROSEWATER. Secretary. Subscribed in ray presence and aworn to bemre tnc this 1st day of December. 1906. S1 M. ' B; MUNOATK. Notary Public. WHEN OIT OF TOWlt. sahaerlbers tearing; tbe elty tern, porarlly should ka( The Be inalleil to tbera. It la better than dally letter from home. Ad. dress il l rhunjted ftes ssa reqai-atert. There Is no telling what a dny may bring forth In the federal building. Iri the Interval, one toon who Is enti tled to shake hands with himself Is the genial George II. Thummel. : The new United States marshal Is 4w of the few public men lu Nebraska who has had fame thrust upon them. There must have been method lu the madness of the New York convicts who turned Are fighters the building was totally destroyed. Considering the ease with which he "landed' it .hooltf hardly be necessary to note . that United StateB Marshal Warner Is a native of Iowa. Deputy United States marshals and deputy United States attorneys will have to draw lots as to which are to throw themselves overboard. It Is to be hoped Secretary Root may effect a modus vlvendl which will save Berliner from the neceasitj' of eating horse meat In place of sausages. UusHia, however, has two weeks longer than the real of the world to bring about the peace and good will populurly supposed to obtain at Christ mas. With the Kansas traluwreckers again active the people of the Sunflower state may find something to Interest them while Senator Burton keeps out of court. Since Iowa has taken both first and second prizes for steers at Chicago It Is evident that some farmers In that tate do something more than discuss the tariff. South Dakota land sharks who were fonvlcted. of fraud In Minnesota have filed notice of an appeal. If they are old enough they may have the luck of the late Senator Mitchell. People who admire a fighter will be pleased to learn that John R. Walsh will not -be penniless when his affairs are settled up. Even Mr. Walsh's op ponents admit that bo always fought In the open. - If Newfoundland persists in Its un friendly course Yankee fishermen may be compelled to favor better laws of trade with the Island, but, more prob ably, they will devise a scheme which will make the Islanders sorry they did not take what was offered. Ex Governor Dawes has been pro moted from captain to major In the pay department of tbe regular army, a precedent which all the other ex-governors would like to have Uncle Sam follow, with the privilege of being re tired on half pay and no work. The retirement of W. R. Kelly from l he headship of the Union Taclflc law department leaves another vacancy that will l looked at with covetous eyes by lawyers aspiring to high places. It is a place, however, that few lawyers will measure up to according to the stand ard el by Mr. Kelly. The Water company's hydrant rental i-lulm aggregating over $47,000 for the six month ending December SI has again been pigeonholed. In the mean time the city pays 7 per cent interest on Its debt and receives 2 per cent In return for tbe money on deposit, which U only another sample of high financ. fobcf or rcnuc oriMo.r. Mr. Garfield, cninniisslnner of the bureau of corporation, understands the force and valuo of public opinion. In his annual report he says that nut only is legislation dependent upon public opinion, but likewine moral standards In business and the rules of dally com mercial intercourse, which cannot be enforced by statute, nre created and sus tained by public opinion. "Current events,'' says the commissioner, "have strikingly demonstrated the tremendous reformative force of public opinion with out the intervention of law. Existing business methods will be changed In accordance with public opinion." Mr. Hughes, the lawyer who has un masked the operations of the insurance companies which have been under In vestigation in New York, also has faith In the power of public opinion. He suid In a recent Interview referring to the Investigations that they have aroused a spirit that seems to give hope that the American people have come into their own. "In the future thoy will demand better standards In both our financial and political affairs. They will demand that corporate business shall hereafter be conducted squarely and with a clean balance sheet." There Is unquestion ably substantial ground for these views. Public opinion in this country is an all powerful force when fully aroused, as it appears to bo at present regard ing corporations. But It needs to have constantly held up before It the evils and abuses which require correction and to be persistently stimulated to action. Otherwise public opinion Is apt lo be come lukewarm and indifferent. There is no doubt that we are to have reforms In the business methods of corporations and 'bettor 'standards In both financial and political iiffnirs, but If these are to long continue It is necessary that the public - sh'Ul maintain a careful watch and gunrriinnshlp of it interests. The people enn protect themselves against evils and abuses on the part of corporations If tl.ey will. The power to do this is wholly in their hands. The trouble Is that as a rule they do not exercise this power aid seem to realise that they possess It only when there Is some startling revelation of wrong doing that afTeet the entire public. B'OtSe COSD1TIOXS IN BVSSIA. The general strike in Russia was pro claimed a day earlier than expected and the grave conditions there are thus ren dered more serious, since there was a possibility that postponement of tbe conflict even for a day might have brought about a further delay had the government sought it As it is, the con test is now fully on and according to reports in a more aggravated form than ever before. The preceding strikes have Involved but a portion of the neonle. but the proclamation makes the conflict general, so that there is likely to be Industrial and commercial stagnation throughout the empire, with necessarily aiaasirous consequences to all interests and probably much bloodshed. How long the strikers will be able to hold out It Is Impossible to say, but whatever the time, it will undoubtedly be a period of great disturbance. So far as appears the government is not disposed to do anything in the way of conciliation. The purpose seems to be to firmly resist the strikers and to use all the power available to crush the ! movement. There la every indication 1 that the conflict Is to be relentless and destructive. THE GKKMAX TARIFF 1SSV. The latest advices from Wasbineton state that Secretary Root Is most ear nestly endeavoring to find a way to t avert a tariff war between Germany I and the Uaited States. As there Is only about two months and a h nlf bjoforn I the new German tariff, which dis criminates against American products, will go into effect, the secretary of state Is exceedingly anxious that something be done to at least postpone a situation which once created might become very troublesome, possibly producing be tween this country and Germany a commercial conflict that would be most damaging to both and seriously impair the feeling of friendship that now ex ists. It is reported that Secretary Root has been In conference with treasury offi cials with a view to ascertaining how far he can go toward proposing a tem porary arrangement with the German government, uuder which the operation of the new tariff may be suspended until congress can have an opportunity to act In regard to a new commercial treaty. It Is also stated that Mr. Root has been consulting with senators as to the possibility of the ratification of a reciprocity treaty, ehould one be nego tiated. There is, of course, no definite Information as to what the secretary of state has learned respecting the posi tion of senators, bnt it Is probable that he hag not received much encourage ment, it being pretty well understood that most of the republican senators are not favorable to itrnking nuy concessions to Germauy and do not see their way to entering into a reciprocity agreement with that country which would not Involve the United States in possible commercial difficulties with other coun tries. It is urged that if tariff con cessions are made to Germany we must in fairness make them to other coun tries, if they are aaked. For example, they could not very well be refuwed to Great Britain, which is our best cus tomer commercially, buying from the United States annually several times as much as Germany doea. Thla- matter will undoubtedly be urged Uon the attention of senators after the holiday recess, not ouly by tbe administration, but also by the in terests concerned, and these are of a character which ought to exert a good deaj of influence. At preaeut, however, the outlook is not favorable to any ar rangement involving any change In the tariff. It is said that all the New Eng land senators except two are opjiosed to any action at this session that would touch the Dlngley schedules at any point and It does rot appear that re publican senators from other sections are disposed to make any concessions to Germany or any other country In volving tariff changes. It seems a safe prediction, therefore, that nothing will te done regarding trade relations with Germany and If that country chooses to have a tariff war no effort will be made, so far as congress Is concerned, to avert it. RtFLUE OF POLITICAL FVPHUBATKS. The failure of Nebraska democracy to dominate the political affairs of this state is primarily, If not almost wholly, due to the downright dishonesty and lack of moral stamina of Its lending or gan, the Omaha World-Herald. That paper always has been a harbor of refuge and unblushing defender of every political crook, embezzler and grafter that has been caught In the act, or pried loose from public office for dls nonesry or disreputable conduct ' Back In 1S03, when the legislature by almost unanimous vote of men of all parties Impeached four state house fa cials, the World-Herald glossed over and condoned their misconduct in order to pave the way for a popular approval of the Scotch verdict rendered by a ma jority of the supreme court The wrecker of the Capitol National bank, by which the state lost 1230.000 and interest, found a harbor of refuge In the World-Herald, and while he wan In Jail Mas at ail times able to com mand lis sympathetic support which extended even to the sheriff, who al lowed the convict the privilege of run ning at large. Tie same scandalous patriality was exhibited by the World-Herald toward Joe Bartley before, during and after his trial and conviction, and Bartley's in excusable pardon by former Governor Savage was eulogized as the noblest act of a big-hearted executive. The affinity of the World-Herald to republican rascals and degenerates was again exhibited in its efforts to bolster former United States District Attorney Summers, one of themost rotten offi cials who ever held an office lu Ne braska. An honc9t opposition paper would have held these embezzlers, grafters and crooks up to public scorn and made political capital out of their misconduct for its party, but the Omaha political fence not only prosti tuted itself, but closed the mouths of democratic and populist leadera. The gyrations and misleading cartoons of the World-Herald relative to the re cent summary beheading of federal offi cials Is a reflex of Its sympathy with the Bartiey-Mosher-Summers class of reprobates. Its attempt to befog the peo ple aa to. the. true Inwardness of. their appointment and removal Is in keeping with its previous shameless perform ances. Heading between the lines, it Is an attempt to vindicate Summers and to glorify Assistant Attorney Rush, both of whom are birds of a feather, but tbe Intelligent masses of Nebraska cannot be deceived, and neither will thoughtful democratic leaders, who have been handicapped all along by the World-nerald's affiliations with repub lican crooks who have been repudiated and retired from public life by their own party. The natural effect of the refusal of the railroads to pay their taxes is the shrinking of tbe temporary state school fund and crippling of the public schools. The December distribution of the tem porary school fund for Douglas county, for example, is nearly $10,000 less this : year than it was a year ago, and it be-1 comes a serious question with school ! boards how to meet this unexpected de-! ficiency of Income. What the effect will be upon our public schools during the coming year if tbe railroads persist in their policy of staving off tax pay ments may readily be foreseen. It means either a higher school tax levy, t which is already oppressive, or a re-1 ductlon of salaries of school teachers, who are now underpaid, or a shortening up of the school term. What affects Omaha in this respect also affects other localities. Douglas county gets the short end of the apportionment of state school money this time. The school census takers out in the state seem to have been more energetic, or probably more Imaginative, than those who took the last school cenRus here. Hall county has carried off the award for prize corn in the Nebraska corn con test Every county in Nebraska, with few exceptions, would carry off the award for prize corn in a corn contest against all comers from any other state. City Attorney Breen declares that City Clerk Llbourn is engaged in play lug politics. They both appear to be chiefly engaged in playing politics, the only question being which will succeed in playing tbe most successful game. Umaha is still waiting for its twelve story sky-scraper, of which several have been projected on paper, but there is really no call for a twelve-story sky scraper in Omaha, where the earth is still within reach of tnot people. An Iowa banker who pleads guilty to receiving deposits while bis bank was Insolvent will be permitted to spend Christmas with his friends. Whether his victims will have anythiug to ieud for Christmas is not stated. Testimony would indicate that "Phil anthropist" Ryan taugbt the Wabln- ton Life Insurance company bad prac tices, n his advent Into that concern and Its participation in syndicate Mere simultaneous. Two Arena? Wide Open. Chicago Inter Ocean. The establishment of a separate naval academy for hnst-rs would be one way out of the difficulty; the establishment of a separate naval arndrmy for cadets who do not like to die too young would be another way. The Wnfar of the Centnry. Cincinnati Inquirer. An honest man In California lias Just paid for a collar button, worth So cents, stolen twenty-two years ago. Would he have been so punctiliously and mathe matically honest had he "cabbaged" a railroad or an Insurance company? Costly Consrreaslonal Privilege. Minneapolis Journal. 1'ostmaster General Cortelyou favors the revocation of the franking privilege, which costs the post office a loss of $20,ono. 000 a year. Of all the silly bits of patron age the franking privilege Is probably the silliest, and therefore the hardest to get rid of. Slse Makes a Difference. Kansas City Star. The auditing; committee will report that "Prof." Dougherty of Peoria, now serving a sentence at Joliet, Is $300,000 "short in his accounts." If he had been an obscure clerk and the amount had been small. It would have been said that he "stole" $10 from hi employers. Belated Vindication., Indianapolis News. The scheme of forty-five republican con gressmen from the beet sugar territory to unite with the democrats from the tobacco district to buck the Philippine tariff reduction bill is merely one more be- ' lated vindication of the theory of the late Winfleld Bcott Hancock. Serin 1 nellevln. Chicago Chronicle. According to Senator Millard (chairman of the isthmian canal commission of the senate). If he Is correctly quoted, the senate would be convinced by visiting the isthmus that It ought to pass a bill increasing- tho salary of every man who is compelled to remain In the canal sone. This testimony of a senator who has been thcro goes to prove that the conditions on the Isthmus are much worse than they have been represented. It may be that $10,000 la none too much for a press agent who Is able to paint them in roseate colors for the benefit of persons whose services on the Isthmus are desired. lit MIL1ATIU SPECTAC LE. Railroad Prcaaea the Button, a. Sen ator Changes Front. Kansas City Star. The president of the Pennsylvania Rail road company visited Washington Sunday and had a long conference witii the senior senator from Pennsylvania, who has al ways been considered unfavorable to rail road rate legislation. The next day the senator announced that he was "heartily In favor of rato legislation along the lines laid down by the president and by Senator Knox." According to a Washing ton dispatch this announcement was a "great surprise" and efforts were made to ascertain what had occasioned it. From various sources It was learned that the president of the Pennsylvania system had decided that rate legislation was In- ...It. hi. X tu.. .U . . flghtin'; U Ton r rronUo'nbaT cordingly been VhWfrawn. This fact was accepted as a goodV-and sufficient expla- nation of the change, of heart of the-senlor wwr. aii ui wnicn niigut De ratner mortifying to the people of the state had they not permitted his election with a full knoweldge of which "Pennsylvania" he would really represent in the senate. A DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE. Nebraska Official Paaaes I'p the Cam palan Contribution Box. Springfield (Mass.) Republican. Tho state superintendent of schools of Nebraska, J. I McBrien, has taken a proper stand regarding campaign fund as sessments, but falls to quite hold It. It has been the habit of the republican com mittee to assess the state officers of that political faith, and the superintendent of schools now makes a declaration of inde pendence. He holds that neither he nor his assistants, as representing the top of the state's educational Interests, should be under obligation to any political party. He proposes that his assistants shall con tribute nothing, but weakens his position by saying that as a republican, and not as a publio official, he will contribute an amount equal to 2 per cent of his salary. The practice of the state committee has been In .. .lot. . ., I .mount. wht,n 17. " Vi 1. r i Led. Here is th TscheduT. of tho "demand "c"""u . mane last year and how it was met Governor Mickey, $500, $500 paid; adjutant general. $40. $ paid; Auditor Searle, $250, $116 paid; Insurance Deputy Pierce, llo paid; insurance Deputy Pierce. $51. $51 paid; Land Commissioner EMon. $m m naiH. s.,r.i. B.i. n.,7..Tj ZZZ . tiM nid. Rtt- TV-.,, .,... ..' i 1300. 1300 n.id: st;,te R,,nPH..... ' I Brlen, $:"00, $70 paid; Attorney General Nor rls Brown, $200, $100 paid. , WOMEN IN THE INDUSTRIES. President Rooaevelt's Demand for an Investigation. Boston Transcript. A great deal of Interest has been de servedly aroused by the president's demand In his message for an Investigation of the ' condltton of women In Industry. The effect j of the factory system on the health of the women who are to be the mothers of the next generation is a subject which has long demanded the careful attention of disinter ested experts. More tliun 60 per cent of the 1.800,000 women in the manufacturing estab lishments In this country are under 21 years of age. The speeding up of machinerr. which seems to be the concomitant of effl- clency lu our present factory methods, is i thought by many to have a dangerous ef- feet upon the nervous system. If this U true the effect of high-speed, modern ma chinery on girls between the ages of 14 and 24 ought to be carefully Inquired into. Women are known to be more conscientious In their work than men, and will continue working at a pace that is ruinous to health when men would stop. Indeed, it Is a gen erally recognized tact that it Is easier to "drive" a woman than a man. The question of the employment ef women in factories does not often get a fair hear ing, for many people are anxious to meet It by saying that a woman's proper place Is at home and that she ought not to be in the factory at all. We cannot, however, arrive at the truth unions we face the facts squarely, and if we do that we must confess that the 6,CmO,0iiO women gain fully employed In the United Btates are working outside of their homes because they must do so to support themselves and oftentimes their families as well. If they are to work, it is our duty to sea that they work under conditions that will not under mine their health and the health of the coming generation as well. Every one who has a serious interest in social problems I will do well to urge support for th presl-I dent in his demand for tUs investigation. BIT" OF WAlllr;lT 1,1 FK. Minor Scenes ant Incidents Sketched on (he Spot. The Informal declaration of Postmaster iifiul Cortelyou In favor of kerphyr foui ih-rlass postmnster In office Indefi nitely Is a mighty tender subject to spring on the average congressman. These posi tions have been the prise spoil of member." of the lower house, and the hint of proba ble removal from tho pin counter generates nil kinds of congressional woe. If the cloak room talk In tho house may be taken as Indicative of the congressional view, nmny of the republican members, perhaps a majority of them, will be willing that the new rule should become effective after they have redeemed the pledges made In last year's campaign. A member from Illi nois said: "If I am not permitted to re deem the promises I made last year I shall have to retire from congress at the end of this term. On the other hand. If the presi dent will enforce his new policy rigidly, after I have redeemed those promises, I can stay In congress as long as I care to do rro. If it Is then understood In my district that anybody's promises In the matter of post masterships will be worthless, it will be Impossible to defeat me for renomlnatlon." Almost any middle west member will say that it Is the disappointed applicants for postmastershlpe that make him light for renomlnatlon every two years. "They are the fellows that are always after us," suld a .member from Indiana. "Five disap pointed candidates for pustmasterships will bring out an opposition candidate every time, and if they are good politicians and they usually are they can make a lot of trouble for ns." Bo It Is that when tho present hullabaloo over the new policy is analysed. It Is found to be based to a large extent on the unwillingness of members of congress to have tho promises they have made to constituents set aside. As a com promise they are nearly all saying: "Just give us a chance to make good 'this time. and then put on the screws." I White Busboy, secretary to Speaker Cannon, is one of tho best-dressed men at the national capltol. He Is a constant companion of Mr. Cannon, who is some what careless of his attire. Mr. Busboy is a handsome man; he wears a Vandyke beard, and, as a rule, affects a silk hat. Mr. Cannon and Mr. Busboy strolled into an uptown hotel last night. Two men were standing In front of the desk, one of them I a man around town and the other a stran ger. Mr. Cannon wore a slouch hat and his cigar pointed upward toward his nqse. Secretary Busboy was faultlessly attired. "Why, there's Speaker Cannon!" suid the man around town. "He's a handosmo fellow," said the stranger. "But who's the old duffer with him?" General "Jack" Weston Is believed to stand a chance of appointment js chief staff of the army. Should he be so fortu nate he will owe some part of his good fortune to the rugged honesty 'vhich he displayed on one occasion while talking! to the president. He heard that Mr. Boose- , scheme has several advantages over ln velt thought of pawning over Colonel ' surance Investigations, divorces and auto Humphrey In appointing a quartet master ' mobile killings. general, and ho Immediately called ut the I Congressman Longworth's grandfather vnue nouse. I came, sir," he a!d to the president, "to have a straight talk about the quartermaster generalship. I hear that you are thinking of passing over Colonel Humphrey and some persons are saying that you are proposing to do it be cause you had a personal quarrel with the colonel during the Santiago campaign and, sir, they will say what thoy will bo Justified In saying." Such a look as passed over the face, of tho commander-in-chief oi me army ana navy wnen this speech had -L fln,8hed m8t offlc"8 ld h.'the young men m the library field In the to see. But In an Instant it won a beam-I trior' 'iVinV "the "t1H w.r " hftwn 4m.4 ' tt, I pl.eident exclaimed: "By Godfrey, you're , gMt Weston, and 1 11 appoint Hum- phrey." Representative Sibley of Pennsylvania, according to a story told by one cf his friends, was a red-hot light r for the rights of the dairymen agnli, . tii; oleo margarine people. He fought uliantly for the passage of the oleomargarine bill. After it was passed he went out to tha district and officiated at a fair. He was , - -v - .a.... , IowerB. one of his admirers has recently mode referee In awarding prizes for the I - , . , . ' ..w.. done some figuring. For nearly half a best butter, solely because of his great .,. t,i..,, i?, . , . .v. win j . century Rochefort has written nearly every work for the bill and his expertness tniJo . .ri,u ,rl. ., , . . ... ... . . V . , , ! day a newspaper article. These articles, If dairy questions. He went about hi. work reprlnted In book form, would make a carefully and conscientiously, and awarded ,lbrary of ,t ,ea8t m volume8. the prize of course without inquiring the name of the maker. When they c.i.ne to look for the authorship of the prlit-win-ning butter there was a howl at Sibley's expense. It was the name of the most ctlebiated oleomargarine making concern in tho United Status. Perhaps the hardest warkmg government official In Washington is Frank H. Hltoh cock, tlrst assistant to the postmaster gen eral. Mr. Hitchcock, according to the records, has worked from 9 a. m. until midnight for three years, his only vacation thl tlm0 nslsUn of two days to vote. T" TT ' dront bv the wavslilo exhuimt.H in .. dropped by the wayside exhausted In the effort to keep up with him and he la !:nown in the department as tho "perpetual mo tion discoverer." The other day a western . w . . , " T L" Ji" reacthe ca"to1 dropped by the department and asked the watchman in charge If he thought Mr. HKchcock would be at the department after 4:30 o'clock. "Four-thlrtyl" exclaimod the watchman. "Why, you'll And this place open until midnight every day In (he year." "Great Scott! And a government depart ment." Postmaster General Cortelyou lias his own way of getting rid of visitors who stay too long. The other day a cailcr after transacting his business began a general conversation. In about two minutes an at- tendant came into tho room softly, looked around and went away. Almost immedt- alely Mr. Cortelyou'a private secretary en tered, having heard from the attendant how the land lay. The secretary laid soma papers on his superior's desk, saying: "Those cases from the president are here and they are urgent." Mr. Cortelyou at once took up the papers and of course the visitor withdrew. Then the secretary came in and took away the documents, ready to use them when the next inconsiderate caller became tedious. The official register of the United States, the "Blue Book," which U about to be issued, gives a recapitulation of the em ployes in the different departments, the government printing office, and the officers of the District of Columbia, showing a total of 25,11 persons In the ai vlce In tbe city of Washington, receiving an aggregate compensation of $27,145,709. Tho employes are distributed us follows; Department of State, 120; Treasury, 6. SOI; War, 1.1M; Jus tice, 346; Postoffice, 1.169; Navy, 60S; In terior, 4,032; Agriculture, 1,609; Commerce and Labor, 1.394; government printing office, 4.364; government of the District of Colum bia, 4,M. Sand on th Cogs. Minneapolis Journal. Mr. John R. Walsh s newspaper, tiie Chi cago Chronicle, Is dead opposed to government-made freight rates, but that did not prevent John R. WalBh from going broke building a railroad from his stone quarries with the idea of compelling the Monon route to give him decent rates. Some way the editor and the owner of th paper r not geared up together. FIOHTISa l.n THIEVE. Haw the (Grabber Were hrckmated In chrnaka and Kansas. Cleveland Leader. Tardily. It Is true, but effectual. i. federal authorities have begun to punlfOi the stealers of public, land In Kansas and Nebraska. The frauds are as extensive and barefaced as these In Oregon, which brought Ignominy and death to a fnited States senator and conviction of felony to a congressman. And It was a woman, prac tically alone, who put a check to the law lessness. For years the wealthy cattlemen of Kan sas and Nebraska have been stealing public land. Where they could they boldly fenced It In and kept settlers out by force. Where this was Inadvisable they caused false homestead applications to be filed. A Mrs Osborne and her husband set up a home last summer on public land that had been thus fenced In. The cattlemen harassed and threatened them, but they refused to move. Then a gang of cattlemen went to the house. In the absence of Mr. Osborne, with the avowed Intention of escorting his wife across the county border. Mrs. Osborne, through a loophole, shot one of them In the neck with a repeating rlfin and gave the rest five minutes In which to get out of range. They went away. The thoroughly aroused woman at once began to collect evidence of the stealing of the land her home was en. She presented It to the nearest United States attorney in such complete form he was obliged to act. The guilty cattlemen were tried and con victed. It was the first time that any one had shown courage enough to brave the power and vengeance of the thle-es. Set tlers, as soon as they realliej their posi tion, had uniformly moved away to avoid danger and trouble. Mrs. Orbome having shown the way, some of them came back and appealed to the law. Now the authori ties In Washington have taken hold and In dictments by the wholesale are being brought In. Many of the cattlemen are likely soon to find themselves behind prison bars. The homesteaders of Kansas and Ne braska ought to erect a monument to Mrs. Osborne. PERSOXAI, ROTES. John Hawkes, a Cincinnati lumberman. I has Just returned from Europe after cross ing ana recrosslng 22S times. He Is known among travelers as "the old man of the sea." The former home In New Tork of Richard Croker Is to be sold and the name of the most powerful municipal boss since Wil liam M. Tweed will soon mean little In the city which he ruled. In possession of a thief captured in New Tork was a stolen Bible with this passage underlined: "I am become like a pelican In the wilderness and like an owl that Is in the desert." Now he Is a bird In a cage. One of the latest outbursts of literary genius Is the scheme of a New York syn dicate which agrees to "write you up" in tho newspapers for only $100 a year. Tho , as an art connoisseur of International reputation. Ho founded and endowed the Cincinnati art gallery, setting aside for Its tise $500,000 In ground rents. He had the most complete collection of Messing pic tures in the world. Edwin H. Anderson, who has Just been appointed New York state librarian, was at one time librarian to the Braddock library, Pennsylvania, and for ten years I wa8 at the head of Carnegie library, Pitts i burg.- He Is one of the best known among L'nlted States. - . ' "The Right Honorable John," as Minister John Burns Is now called by his British friends, wrote a characteristic account of himself for the English Who's Who. Re ferring to his education he says: Battersca and at night schools and still learning. lnt0 the worId wlth a 8trugRle, ,truf gling now and prospects of continuing it." When Henri Rochefort first published his Lanteme, once a week, his articles were eagerly read all over Europe. Today his rantings are little heeded even by his fol Prof. Dlmltrl Ivanovltch Mendeleef, one of the world's greatest chemists, received Bir Joseph Cowley's gold medal recently at the meeting of the Royal society. The medal is esteemed among chemists a high honor. Prof. Mendeleef, who was born In Tobolsk, Siberia, In lfc34, possesses qualities of the most varied kind. He Is chemist, geologist, philosopher and educationalist united in one personality. Browning, King k Co aRIGIJUTORS AND SOLE MAKERS Of HALF SUES IN CLOTHING. Haberdashery Whatever is carried finds place here. Are've fresh, exclusive novelties gathered from the products of makers with a repu tation. Neckwear, bright with hut's and freshness of Holiday season. New Shirts, Gloves, Hosiery, Underwear, House Coats, Robes, Suspenders, Handkerchiefs, Hats, Caps, Mufflers, Cuff Buttons, Shirt Studs and Buttons, Fobs, eta It is impossible to mention all we have in ptock for the comfort and adornment of men and boys who would be well dressed. STORE OPEN EVENINGS. riitcenth and OMAHA Douglas Sts. B" NEB. I Br sway el tm trt NEW Wy ri.nTnn rr. " lb s employed by the railroad coniny new, I iiii(lerl.iiil." "V". li.- has charge of tbe puxsle ds-t partment." ' 'liir what ?" "He makes out the time-tables." Fhlla dei hla l-.lser. "Of course you are going to entertain this season." "t iliinno." answered Mr. Cumro. "Wc'f koIiip. to have a lot of things. Hut I'm Mi st if I t all It entertainment."- Washington 8t,ir. "You air wrung. KiliMi. Thev ilon't build dry doi ks to put buries in hen docking their tails. "-Cincinnati Enquirer. "You're not looking well tonight. Mr. Rownder. And It ss nly yesterday you told ni nu were feeling so rugged " "You are mistaken. Mrs. Brakes. 'Rocky was the word I iy h Cleveland Leader. Adam Zuwfox Y.ni u-d to drink In moiletatlnti. but I've alwuvs told vou It wssn't sat-'. Have ou quit it vet? Job Sturky Yes, I've unit drinking- itt moderation. Chicago Tribune. "Senator, would you personally accept a railway pass?" "No, Indeed. Mv serretnvv alwavs looks after that." Cleveland Plain Itealor. "What is your Idea of a reformer?" "A reformer." answered the wicked poli tician. "Is merely a man who Insists on ovei limklnir financial opportunities." Washington Star. 'Kmerson." said the Boston mother, sternly, "you've been In the pantry. I found your school books there. ".Mater," replied the wise boy, "I'm sur prised at your lack of acumen. You have frequently observed that I get as far away from my books as possible during recrea tion hours. Ergo. If my hooka were In the pantry, I must have been elsewhere." Philadelphia Press. THE EMPTY STOCKIMO. Baltimore American. Se the poor little children! How wistful they look In the windows at doll and at tov and book. How they hungrily eye that bright, glitter Uk store Of childish delights which they yearn for, the more They know are cut off from their slight, helpless reach That vainly such treasures their prayers would beseech. Those windows of toys, each tov a gem. Mean heaven andf all Its enjoyment to them. But outside In cold and In darknoss they roam, With no dreams to fill empty stockings at home. To them, the great Saint with his armful of toys To delimit all the souls of the girls and the boys, Whose linage they see In his coat of white tur. And his treasure-Jammed sleigh with Its team of reindeer, Is like the great angel with sword of bright tire, Who guarded the gates closed on Eden's desire. He means to them only forbidden delight. Shut out by their poverty out from the llcht; While the poor, loving mothers with empty hands moan With heart-break sob o'er empty stocking at home. Oh, charity sweet! stir the love in men's Hearts, That the season to all its dear blessings lmi-arts. Life comes soon enough with Its chill and Its blasts; Give tho children the Joy of their youth while it lasts. Let lives that are rich, with their blessings o'crflow. So Into each one some brightness may go. May the Christ-call, "It little ones come unto Me," The sln of this time and Its happiness be. Till through this great city, from basement to dome, There's no empty stocking left In a child's home! 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