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! TIIK OMAHA DAILY BEE: Tv'EDXKSDAY, JANUARY 3, 1906. ,The Omaha Daily Kee B. ROSEWATER. EDITOR. fl'BLISHED EVF.RT MrtRNINO ' TERMS OK HCHSf 'RIPTION. fai1y Bee (without d'inily), nnyir..MW pally Res and Sunday our year ." Illustrated Bee, one year - ftnnday B, one year 2 s" Bhttsrday Ree, one year I-W J DELIVERED RT CARRIER . jlsllr Bn (Including Sunday) per week. .17c Pally Bee (without Bundayi. per week. .12c Rvenlng Bee (without Sunday). per week. 6c Evening Bee (with Sunday. per week... 10c tunday Bee. per ropv tc Address complaints of Irregularities In de IKery to City Circulation Department orncES. Omaha The Bee Building. Hotith Ornthi-City Mall Building. nunrll Bluffs-10 Pearl Street. Chicago 1640 t'nlty Building. Nw York 150 Home Life Inc. Building. Washington 5ril Fourteenth Street. CORRESPONDENCE. Communications relating to news and ed itorial matter should be addressed: Omaha Bee, Editorial Department. REMITTANCES. Rern't by draft, express or postal order, parable to The Bee Puhllshlng Company. Drily i-cent stamps received as payment of mall accounts. Personal checks, except on Dniaha or eastern exchanges, not accepted. THE BEE PUBLISHING COMPANY.. STATEMENT OF CIRCI'IATION. Stat of Nebraska, Douglas County, ss.: C. C. Rosewater, secretary or The Bee Publishing company, being duly sworn, ta.vs that the actual number of full and complete copies of The Dally, Morning, Kvenlng and Sunday Bee printed during the month of December. IP06. was aa fol lows: J SI.B-IO 17 30.030 t JM.T-IO 18 .H.HMO $ ao,w 19 ai,T7o 4 31.5SO 20 :,aao ( 8l.7e L'l S-J.O.TO Sl,fiUO 22 JJiMOO 7 HJ.M4 23 !M,MO t 81.HOO 4 30.05U &1At 26 31,780 i0 34,in W JW.2IO j..... ai.4) 27 aa,oi .1 31.TMO 3 Jl'i.tHM) LI 81,iftO 29 81.S-IO t4 ni,mm jo jw.oio IS....- 1,T30 81 ...JUMBO it a'j.Tto Total BJVI.H40 Lees unsold copies 10.HO8 Net total sales W71.HJM Dally average J. ,a-9 C. C. ROSEWATER, Secretary. Subscribed In my presence and sworn to before me, this 31st day of December, 190i. ifieaJ) M. B. HUNUATE, Notary Public, WHES OIT OF TOWfS. "ahacrlbers leaving the city trm porarlljr shoald have The Bee tailed to them. It la better than daily letter from home. Ad dress will be chanced aa oftea aa reaeated. Mr. Bryan received AgulnaWo, not with the glnd grasp of the Migrator, but with tho chilly hand of distant fcllow hl). That United States attorney plum Is "till hanging way up high, with several aspirants throwing rocks and uhaking the tree. The strained relations between Sena tor Dolliver and Governor Cummins may prevent them speaking as they pass 4oh other. The decision of the United States su preme court in the Howard appeal shows the wisdom of former Governor Taylor in moving to Indiana. Since terms of peace have been made by contending factions In Hieathitt county, Kentucky, the situation in rtiis sla does not seem so desperate. Kansas and Nebraska having renewed athletic relations, the students of the state universities can now pay off old scores without rushing Into print. In New York. Chicago, St. Louis, Mil naur.tr auu several oiner towus we might mention they don't call spring grand Juries on four months' notice. The New Year statistics published by Hie Omaha yellows are about as relia ble aa their circulation statements. A few millions more or less don't count. Between Chamlterlaln and Itediuond neither the conservatives nor HImm-hIs may be xrmltted to wage the coming parliamentary campaign ou the good old Issues. "What could Germany gain by war? is a question now being asked at Berlin probably as one of the results of the treaty following the fighting in Man churia. The call for a grand Jury to assemble In May will meet with popular approval, but Is not May a mtle lute for a spring house cloaniug? It usually begins fore Faster. In proposing an Immediate constitu tion for Russia, Count Witte seems to desire to cut the ground from uuder the reactionaries and the revolutionaries at the same time. With call money still flirting around the 50 per cent mark, life on the New York Stock exchange has apparently not been modified by the change of the date on the billheads. lr. Tllden Is serving his thirty-third year as a member of the Douglas County Board of Inaauity. A man with his ex perience should be able to scent a lunatic at loug range. N'ow that the holiday trade Is at its height In Moscow, the revolution pales Into Insignificance. This Is easily under stood in America, where women also rush to the bargain counters. The announcement from Pes Molues that Governor Cummins is to make a fight on newspaper correspondents may ba the governor's modest way of an nouncing bis retirement from active po litical life. S. Louts would hardly like to admit ' 'ruth of the statement regarding Its water supply made by attorneys for the state of Missouri In the Chicago sewer ranal ease but It raunot deny them Vrtitll tli court passes upon the matter. THE LARnR MTVATIQX Tin" new year opens without any se rious difficulty lift ween capital and Inltor, with the single exception of the conflict U'tween the Job printers and employers over the question of an eight hour day. and this Is not a mntter which will have 11 general Influence uiin in dustrial affairs, since probably not to exceed a score of thousand printers will be Involved and the number may even be less than that. The Issue between the coal operators and the mine workers. Involving among other things the re-og-nltion of the union. Is still to be settled, but there is reason to lelleve that the conference to be held a few days hence will result In an understanding which will avert a conflict. There was appre hension of trouble with the New York building trades unions that might have extended throughout the country,, but an arrangement has been effected which assures a prosecution of all building work In the metropolis during the com ing season nud this means a general pence letween the empfoyers and work; ers in those trades. This in Itself Is a most grntlfying situation, for there is a grent amount of building work through' out the country to be finished up in the present year and Its orderly continuance will contribute enormously to the gen eral welfare. The fact appears to le that the work ing classes in the United States are very generally, well satisfied with existing conditions. There Is every reason why they should be. Compared with the wage earners of any other country, the working men of this land are greatly prosperous. There Is employment here for all who want to work and the av erage of wages Is high. It Is true that we have people who are In poor circum stances. That is largely their own num. Waste and Improvidence are responsible for their condition, not a lack of opior- tuuity to earn a sufficient subsistence. It Is different In England, where hun dreds of thousands of people are desti tute because they have been unable to secure employment. There Is a very marked contrast letween conditions there and here and It Is a contrast which ought to receive the thoughtful attention of American, worklngnien. especially In regard to the testimony It bears to the superior merit of the American policy which promotes the, Interests of our in dustries and lnbor. It Is very much to be hoped thnt the existing friendly relations between cap ital and labor will be maintained and that the present year will witness no conflicts to unsettle and disturb the cur rent of Industrial affairs. The outlook for national progress and prosperity was never more favorable than It Is at this time. Everything that Is conducive to advancement we have In rich abundance. With industrial peace, allowing the full employment of all the working power of our people, the record of the present yenr should surpass In achievement any year of the past. A TtAR'S ISCORPOltATIUSS. The charters taken out last year in eastern "lutes, according to the figures of the New York Journal of Commerce, represented a total capitalization of over two billions of dollars. This Is very much nheail of last year and Is a very striking evidence of the country's pros perity. What It shows Is that there is still an enormous amount of capital in the country seeking Investment and which Is ready to go into enterprises that give a reasonable assurance of lie coming profitable. The statistics re ferred to are for the eastern states and need to be increased at least one-third and perhaps more In order to cover the entire country. It Is not an exaggeration, therefore, to say that the charters taken out last year for the whole country represent a total capitalisation of not less than three billions of dollars. Thnt is an h mount of money which the average mind will find It difficult to comprehend It completely dwarfs the national debt and when It Is considered that this enor mous Investment was made In a single year the fact appears almost Incred ible. What it means is not only a vast addition to the financial energy of the country, but also a great enlargement of the opportunities for the employment of labor. In a word. It Is an Increase In the working force and the productive power of the nation which It would not lie easy to overestimate. It Is scarcely necessary to say that the record has not been equalled In any other country and that at least In this resject the United States Is very decidedly in the lead. TO KTl'DV AMERICA MKTHODS. About the middle of this mouth there will arrive in the United States com missioner from China charged by their government with the duty of studying American political, military, naval, edu cational and Industrial methods. It is announced that on the arrival of the commissioners and their attenduuts at San Francisco they will be accorded all the courtesies usually bestowed upou visiting diplomatists charged with spe cial missions, the State department hav ing arranged to instruct the customs officers accordingly.- It would seem that no such arrangement should be neces sary, that the officials being informed of the coming of the commission, which has been communicated to our govern ment by the Chinese minister, no unus ual measure would have to be taken for its admission. If a European gov ernment sent a commission here to study conditions it would be receive! with every courtesy and consideration. The Chinese should be so treated without any speciul arrangement. The purpose of the imperial commis sion is to learn what there Is in Amer ican Institutions and methods which will be Instructive to the Chinese and may be adopted to advantage. It will get some valuable la forms t ton, but whether Its enlightenment will give the members of the commission a better opiulon of the American people, particularly as to the matter of their sense of fair dealing toward the yellow races, is n question. At all events the coming of the Chinese commission may result to our benefit and in this expectation it should have a cordial welcome. TIBRI.KS HITS 1HK All. O.T IHKHCAlt For once the late editor of the Ne brvska Independent and candidate for vice president of the United States by d fault. T. II. Tibbies, has struck th-5 nail o'i the head. In an address re cently delivered in Boston. Mr. Tibbies points out the wrongs inflicted upon the Indians bv the failure of congress to pi-ovlde adequate measures for their le gal protection after they have come out from the protection of the Indian agent. Under the law that permits certain heirship lands to be sold, declares Mr. Tibbies the greatest wrongs have been Inflicted upon some of those heirs. rartles get to gether and agree upon some one whom they will elect the probate Judge and for all practical purposes that Judge becomes head ef the Arm. When an Indian dl-s one. of these lawyers rushes to the probate Judge and gets himself appointed adminis trator of the estate and guardian for the minor children. Thus on Nebraska law yer has been appointed administrator and guardian In seventy-four estates. All of these estates are valuable. None of them Is less than 180 acres, and where there are several children several hundred acres. These lands axe rented to tenants and administered and no accounting has been required. Who can tell who the right ful heirs are? There has been no record of births, deaths and marriages. Rome of tho Indian marriages will be a hard thing to untangle. The government holds these lands In trust and this trust provides that at the expiration of twenty-five ears It shall deed them to the allottee or h's heirs. I hold that trust Includes the duty of the government to find out who these heir are, Mr. Tibbies has evidently taken a Wrd'seye view of the Winnebago and Omahn renervations and their surround ings, thnt have afforded a rich field lor land grabbers, grnfters and liootleggcrs, lc these many years. The question Is, will cenpress ever right the wrong and put a stop to the plucking of the t.ndinn while be is coming from under his b'in l;etV New Year's was celebrated In Savan nah, Ga.. by an emancipation day parade. In the meantime, every negro convicted of purloining a chicken Is summarily sentenced to a term In the Georgia penitentiary in order to make blm ineligible for voting, while any white man who is smart enough to steal a rallrond may be sent to the Georgia legislature, or even to congress. And there Is where the color line is drawn. By returning the cash advanced to Andrew Hamilton and not expended by him John A. McCall has earned the gratitude of all of the men who were not mentioned In Hamilton's report, and the famous Nebraska cigar box wr.y have a successor which will stand be tween Its holder and hard work. In the appointment of a A'on Moltke as head of the German army's general staff Emperor 'William shows evidence of considering the war talk at Paris of sufficient moment to recall to the Parisians one of the featu.-ea of the last time they were hurriMl into conflict. Conservative farmers may be de pended upon to maintain the record of Nebraska In the matter of grain produc tion until the progressives have adapted the theories of the experts to the pecu llaritles of the soli of the various parts of the state. The South Omaha exchange has unan lmouslr ratified the action of its ex ectttlve board increasing the charge of handling live stock. Had the board lowered the rate the ratification would not have been unanimous. Tho Imperial O. K. Baltimore American. The mikado was a trifle Blow in innklng tip hl mind about It, but he has decided at last and has officially gone on record as declaring that the war with Russia was' brought to a glorious conclusion. Lines la I'aylnar Flaeea. San Francisco Chronicle. Nearly 5.0U0 miles of railroad wore con structed during 1115. The more than 300, 000 miles which they supplement are doing a magnificent business, and the additions are likely to share in it. The prospects for further extensions in 190 are first-class. Helping- Hand to Wall Street. St. Louis Republic. Secretary Bhaw'a appeal ta western bank ers to have mercy on "Wall street hath a strange and unfamiliar sound. But as the greater part of the wealth of the country Is created this side of the Allegheny moun tains, it Is not so strange that we have of late had a great deal of money to lend to Wall street, and the financiers in that alley ought to have known that we would want It back. leadly Practical Joke. Chicago Chronicle. The fate of Claude A. Bagsby. a Notre Dame student, who was shot and instantly killed by a fellow-student whom he was pretending to hold up, should serve as a warning to young men who are inclined to practical Jokes of that kind. There are so many real holdups these days that the dan ger of aham holdups should be evident to everybody, especially if the Intended victim of the Joke la known to bo a person of spirit. Kxtmordlnarr 1'rednllty. San Francisco Chronicle. We are accustomed to regard the age of superstition as past, and with its passing wa aaaume that the credulity which is Its necessary accompaniment has been re duced to a minimum. The extraordinary experience of the shopkeepers of Provi dence, R. L, however, forbids us to felici tate ourselves on this score. Six weeks ago some one connected with a troupe of entertainers prophesied that between Ii- 1 ember lWh and frith there would be a boiler explosion In one of the Providence depart ment stores. The story spread like wildfire, and the result was the paralyiatlon of the holiday business of the big shops. It seems preposterous thst people should be so easily misled, but the fact remains that they can be, and tbe leas we say ftbuut lU super- of our fntbJars the Aae Limit Kad lialihn. Minneapolis Journal. The superintendent of the statf inploy ment bureau of Illinois snys: "The 4.'.-ycar limit has gone by the board completely this year, and I don't expect to see It i-evjved. get lots of chIIs for turn over TO years of sge. The old fellows are not only will ing to work, but a a rule they are S'eailler and do not enjoy raising Cain downtown nights." Flood of Prltate Pension mils. Wushlngton Post. Between the assembling of the flfty-iiinth congress and the holiday recess Adjourn ment more than 7.000 private pension bills were Introducedj) In the senate and house. If this number were the sum totnl of such bills for the entire session It would be many more than there should have been any occasion for, because the states nanship of the national legislature long ago should have covered by general laws all merito rious cases, except possibly here and there an unusual Instance. But the session Is young, and those 7,000 are presumably the advance guard, the pioneer detachment of the oncoming host. A Youna" .atlon. Pittsburg Post. It serves to impress upon us our youth as a nation when we read that two real daughters of the revolution died during the last two days In Massachusetts. One of these was Mrs. Almlra Pierce Johnson, who died yesterday at Milford, aged 100 years and 6 months. Her father, Levi Pierce, served In the war of the revolution. On Sunday Mrs. Drusllla Hall Johnson died at Northampton, aged 100 -years. He father was also a soldier of the American revolu tionary army and was taken a prisoner and carried to England. In the lives of these two women and their fathers was embraced all the period of our nationality, as well as the highly Important colonial period stretching from the overthrow of the French power in North America to the declaration of our Independence. Chances Galore for the Roy. Atlanta1 Journal. The boy of tod.iy has little to fear that the field is becoming overcrowded In our own country, it Is Just being opened. It is for the young men who are Just begin ning to think what a wonderful world this is, to study well the achievements rf the past and to see in what manner they are to be Improved. Never did the world call more loudly, more insistently for young men with force, energy and purpose young men trained to do some one thing than to day. And every year that cry grows touder. more Insistent. But the times demand men of large, liberal, energetic minds, and the man who insists on doing business In the old-fashioned, humdrum way is as much behind the procession as is the man who Insists on traveling with an ox ieam in stead of by railway. TREA9IKY DEFICIT DECREASISO. Income Steadily Mounting Vp to the Outgo. Philadelphia Press. Secretary Shaw Is already fully Justified for predicting In his annual report that the fiscal year would pass without a treasury revenues have already swept away half the deficit. When December opened five months of the present fiscal year had brought a deficit of I12,000.00. A year ago the deficit ' for five months was r.!6,000,000. December this year up to Christmas has brought an excess of re ceipts over expenditures of $3,500,000. This sweeps away almost half the deficit. Expenditures for the month are about $2,000,000 more than last year, but receipts are enough larger to make up for thts and leave a favorable balance of $5,500,000. The excess of Income over outgo in December a year ago was less than half of this. De cember reduced the deficit a tenth I act year and this year one-half. The improved excess of expenditures over receipts is due to an increase. In both cus toms and internal revenue. In nearly equal amounts. Both are likely to continue. Customs receipts were doubtless influenced by the holiday trade. Internal revenue was not. Its increase reflects the general pros perity. When the last fiscal year closed in June with a deficit of $J4,305.uilO, it Is now probable that Income In the current fiscal year will more than equal expendi tures and bring a small surplus. When this Is the case any plea for a change in the tariff In order to provide more levenue manifestly ceases to have weight "DBATHKKIX OF STEAM." Expert Electrician gonad a Hew Xote la the Old gone New York Times. There is nothing particularly new l.i the mere announcement by President West Inghouse that the death knell of steam as a motive power In railway transporta tion has been sounded. We have been hearing that for a considerable time; but the announcement Is coupled with a series of arguments which it Ib Impossible to Ignore, and Mr. Westinghouse, by reason of his position as the head of a great electrical construction company, and the further fact that he has Invented a large number of electrical devices of great economic Importance, Is entitled to a hear ing. He believes the revolution In steam roids is to be wrought by the "single phase alternating current," which Is es sentially an American system, and that the third rail and direct current systems have brought In dangers In the use of electricity which will ultimately lead to their downfall. The noted electrical expert. In his com munication, notes that the use of the di rect current leads to electrolytic action, so that a sort of decomposition sets in in steel and Iron structures which become more or less electrified. In the New York subway, he declares. Its direct current In stallation is bound to result In electrolysis to such an extent that the steel structural part of the subway ultimately will be de stroyed by electrical action. Some day a terrible accident will occur, due to electrolysis In the structure's material, and, the accident will be excused on the ground that the electrolytic action "could not have been foreseen." Mr. Westinghouse would adopt a system which would do away with this danger to a large extent. Furthermore, he argues that It is cheaper In Installation and maintenance, costing less than half as much as the direct cur rent system. Without entering Into the controversy between electrical experts at all, It seems llkery that the American system of using an alternating current will ultimately be the one adopted on American roads. It la In use en several of the long distance trolley roads of the west, where motors capable of hauling 260-ton loads at the rate of twenty-five miles an hour are in use. It ha the advantage, for loug distance communication, of requiring power sta tions not less than luo miles apart, and this would seem to settle the current ques tion in Its fsvor In any electrification of the steam railways. This Is the system which the New York. New Haven A Hsrt ford railroad has adopted for taking Its cars into and out of New York, and the order riven bv that company indicates its further extension, along Us lines tmeen New York au4 this ct. be- stltlon and credulity better for us. BIT9 OF WA'HHOTOI LIFE. Minor Seeaea aad Incidents Sketched a the Spot. A good many stories are floating around tho n.itlonnl cnpltol, but none has made such n hit In the senate cloak rooms as one offered by Senator Hale of Maine. Scnutor Hale was the leader of the anti war party In congresr when the trouM wall Spain was In progress, relates a correspondent of the New 01 k cu... i.j tslked and argued against war. and made nmny predictions, many of which have been verified, of the problems that would follow a conflict with Spain." The senator from Maine was In the confidence of tlv McKlnley administration at ail times, and attended most of the conferences that were held at the White House Immediately pre ceding and during the progress of the war. "I have one regret," said Senator Hale to a group of friends in the cloak room a day or two ago, "and I will take It to the grave. I participated In the conference held at the White House one memorable night when It was decided to order Dewey to leave Hong Kong and proceed to Manila In quest of the Spanish fleet. We pulled over the matter for a long time and then decided upon the form, which read sub stantlally: 'Proceed to Manila, find and deitroy the 8panlt.lt Meet.' That was all. I have pondered over It a great many times, and in my mind have wondered why It was that no thought was given, by any one to what Dewey might do after he had destroyed the Spanish fleet, for we all believed that he would destroy It. "It would have been so easy," continued Senator Hale, "to have added the order, 'and return to Hong Kong. or 'leave Ma nila at once.' It might have been that we would have been spared to a large extent the problems that have come up In con nection with our Insular possessions. Cer tainly we would not have had the Philip pines If Dewey had steamed out of Manila after his triumph there on May 1, 1898. We would have saved the millions we have spent on the Philippines, and In addition to this treasure we would have had spared to us the boys who lost their lives during the Philippine Insurrection srd since." The other day when a question of order was Involved In a vote In the house, "Charley" iAndis of Indiana entered the house hurriedly. Just as his name waa called. He looked around and then asked Acheson of Pennsylvania how Grosvenor voted. When the Pennsylvania member replied that the snow-bearded member from Ohio had voted in the affirmative Landls did the sume. Later Acheson asked Landls why he did that. Whereupon Landia told a story. He said that back in tho old days, when John Allen of Mississippi was the wit of the house, he came in one day in the same way and heard his name called Just as he entered the hall. He at once turned to old "Billy" Breckinridge of Kentucky and asked him how Taulbee from the same state voted. "Taulboe voted yea," said Breckinridge. "Yea," yelled Allen aa loudly as he could. Some one asked John why he wanted to vote the same as Taulbee did. "Well," drawled the private, "I always do that. Taulbee looks Just like my colonel In the wah, an' I follered him all through and never got Into any trouble." Senator Daniel of Virginia waa a confed erate soldier. He waa wounded at the battle of Corinth and ever since has had to walk upon crutches. He belongs to the courtly, old-time school of southern gen tlemen. The other day, as he waa entering one of the senate elevators, he accidentally struck the foot of the man In charga of the elevator with one of his crutches. "I beg your pardon, sir," he said with an apologetic bow, and then noting a Grand Army button on the lapel of the elevator man's coat he added: "I would not Injure an old soldier. There was a time, though, when I thought differ ently about that, especially If the other soldier was a Yankee. But we are all com rades now and I am Just aa proud of your button as you are." The soldier In charge of the elevator stopped the car between floors and thrust out his hand. The senator from Virginia seized and wrung It heartily. "I knew you at Corinth, senator." he said, "and was familiar with the circum stances under whlcl you were wounded. I know you would like to know that the Yankee soldiers who fought In that bat tle were as sorry for the misfortune that befell you as your own' men." Dr. John Gordon, whose' resignation as president of Howard university has been accepted by the the board of trustees, made a statement today concerning his connection with the institution In which he says the deans of the various schools making up the university failed to co operate with him In his work, and this lack of support, with the indisposition of the trustees to assist him, made his resig nation necessary. Dr. Gordon charges that recent student outbreaks were Inspired by members of the faculty. He recommended the expul sion of troublesome students, but the deans of the various colleges favored suspension and were sustained by a committee of trus tees named to Investigate the demonstra tion against Dr. Gordon. This action. Dr. Gordon says, was ruinous to the discipline of the university and made it Impossible for him to remain at Its head. In the book departmenta of Washington stores In these holiday times a feature was made of works about President Roose velt. In one establishment an entire coun ter was filled with Rooseveltiana. A woman and her husband were passing this particular counter when the former said: "For goodness' sake. John, whoever dreamed that there were so many books about Roosevelt? Here's Leupp's The Man Roosevelt." and RUs' 'Roosevelt, the Cltlsen.' and 'The Speeches of Roosevelt,' and what's that book over there? 'The Invisible Man?" t wonder If thafa about Roosevelt, too?" "No, dear," replied John. "I think that's probably about Alton B. Tarker." Senator Warner of Missouri has at last secured a stenographer. He is the flrst re publican senator from Missouri since the early 'To's. and the result is that he has been overwhelmed with letters from the hungry and thirsty rank and file. Having no stenographer. Major Warner has been unable to answer the letters or even read the vast majority. On an average he has received 250 letters a day since his arrival. He has been here about thirty days. Hence he haa recelv 1 T.D0U letters. He and his stenographer will be busy from now until the end of the holiday recess trying to catch up with the procession. James B. McLaughlin Is the only mem ber of tbe District of Columbia bar who practices two professions almost daily. His law practice is highly lucrative, but he is an ordained Methodist Episcopal minister besides, aud he regularly preaches to several local congregations. Mr. Mc Laughlin U often called upon to perform the mirrlage ceremony, especially In the case of couples who visit Washington for the purpose of Joining hands. While prac tlclng law In Texas some years ago lie "mixed into" a court room fight, as a result ef whlrh he carries three bullets In hi bvdy to this daj. ntt 41. XOK 15 PF.ItlU What Haht Hate Happened and a Fntare Possibility. Baltimore American. It will doubtless be thought to be not the least anicng the recommendations of the prospective son-ln-luw of President Roosevelt that he was at one lime upon the verge of punching the nose of the dnke of Manchester at a time soon after his grace had become the son-in-law of a prominent family of Cincinnati, which Is also the city which Is honored by the resi dence and representation In congress of Hon. Nicholas Longworth, who will ere long become s part of the exceedingly in teresting family of the White House. Mr. Iiongworth rfml his fiancee, Mis Roosevelt, have been so much In the limelight that they are accustomed to It and expect It, and therefore any apology for discussing them. In spirit most chlvalrlc and admir ing, would be supererogation. Assuredly it was an act that will appeal to the entire American people, and possi bly some Englishmen, and certainly all Irishmen, to say nothing of the strenuous and athletic prospective rather-ln-lnw him self, to learn that the coming member of the domestic cabinet coolly, and under per fectly proper circumstances, sent word to a club where his grace was "shooting off his mouth" about the Longworths. that If his graco (not Mr. Lnngworth's phrase) would wait at the club until Mr. Long worth got his sister's wedding off his hands ho would promptly appear at the club and "punch" (that wus Mr. Ixmgworth's word) his grace's no.c. The duke had vulgarly refused, as n guest at the wedding of Miss longworth. to sit elsewhere than at the bride's table, claiming that thts was due him on account of his rank, though he well knew that rank Is unknown In America. After making a complete donkey of himself the duke took the duchess (nee Zimmerman) on his arm, and. In high dudi eon and the ducal carriage, deposited the duchess at home and thereupon went to the club to slander Mr. Ixingwnrth, but when the latter reached the club his grace had vanished and has since remained van ished. The tale Is national property, and it Is the more Interesting because It may have a sequel. It Is the intention of the doughty congressman to take his bride across the ocean for the wedding Journey, and It Is certain that they will be Invited Into royal and ducal society, to say nothing of earls, and barons, and counts, and the rest of them. It must seem almost Impossible that the congressman and the duke of Manchester can fail to meet, and the result may be a nasal tragedy such as the world has never known. While tho action of the congressman cannot fall to appeal to the president, who himself has been a disciple of Jlu Jltsu, It might be well, in the inter ests of International peace, to have the delicate matter adjusted previous to the White House wedding. It Is a matter for the finest diplomacy, for Mr. Longworth'a sudden launch from the shoulder at the duke's facial organ can well be predicted If the meeting should bo unexpected and If the entente cordlale be not previously established. If The Hague congress meets In the Interim, so much the better. An Important part of its work will be cut out. A MATTER OF TEMPERAMENT. American Hustle Wholly Oat of Place In the Philippines. New York Sun. Governor Luke E. Wright, speaking about conditions in the Philippines, says: "One of the greatest troubles that we have Is in holding the restless energy of the American administrator, either public or private, somewhere within speaking distance of the easy-going Indifference and slowness of the native of the tropics.". This touches one of the main obstacles in our national legisla tion on Philippines affairs. The local administrator in the Islands haa little or no patience with the temperamental tendency of the native to dawdle and to make life one grand sweet song of what strikes the active American aa disgraceful latlness. He haa an Innate conviction that the native should get busy, and believes that the sooner he does so the better It will be for him. Within certain limitations the argument la sound. But the Filipino, being a man of few and ample wants, does not readily grasp the situation acordlng to American physchology. He Is temporarily unable to see what he has to gain by longer working hours and more profuse perspiration. The same myopic affliction which hampers the work of the American administrators In the islands blocks national legislation in Philippine affairs In Washington. The American sugar and tobacco growers see three potential factors In the lsalnd: soli, climate and labor. These in combination makis industrial opportunity. They are therefore a menace to opportunity at home unless In some way politically restrained. Expert oculists like Secretary Taft, Gov ernor Wright and others have striven vali antly to fit these people with spectacles that would correct their myopia and give them clear vision and true perspective. But they refuse the treatment and argue that unrestrained opportunity would be seized Immediately, capital would rush to the Islands, the Filipinos would get busy and in a few years the sugar and tobacco Indus tries of the T'nlted States would become extinct. These difficulties will be adjusted In time. The local administrator will realize the fu tility of trying to "hustle the east." and the frightened American producer will un derstand that the word "opportunity" has one meaning with us and a widely different meaning with the Filipino. In time the temperamental difference will be better un derstood. ADM1MS I'll ATIOX (iKNKKAI.SIIIP. Flanking Movements In the Battle for Rata Herniation. Cleveland Leader. The president has a desperately tiiRKult struggle on hand. He must uf-i rely upon the power of aroused public senti ment to overcome the forces at the .service of the railroads and their allies. U U necessary Ciat he should bring ull his gen eralship Into play to rally the nation be hind him and crush the opposition under the weight of public opinion. ' In the eye of the world the Standard Oil company is the type and Incarnation of ag gressive, unscrupulous and succcssf ul monopoly. It stands for the ful fruition of all the Injustice the secret rebates, the more open favoritism and the corrupt and evil undermining of honest men's business Interests charged against the great com mon carriers. The Standard Is peculiarly vulnerable because It Is extremely un popular and guilty of manifold and flagrant offenses against law and Justice. So. like the skilled commander that he Is, the president directs a powerful attack upon the Standard Oil company's record and methods. He strikes through James R. Garfield, commissioner of corporations. His weapon Is publicity, with prosecution in the I'nlted States courts a prospective secondary means of attack. In the um overlug of the Stan lard s In iquitous dealings with common carriers the ailroads will be convicted before the bur of public opinion. If the popular v rdic l is in any sense still doubtful. The worst, be cause the most successful and dangrrous side of conspiracies to subvert the laws and work gToss Injustice, will be made so conspicuous that congress must ;;e twayed by the coming revelations. Kven the cor poration ssnators will bv stagB'Tot). il U OC4i flgntli.g. rr.Roi. sote. Mayor Johnson of Cleveland will pay .lon.roo fr ,,lHV fr j , daughter. Not eeiy fnmily has Its own angel. Nordic a takes a plate In the list of heroines. She extinguished a spoonful of flaming alcohol by stepping directly on It when she might have ;destrpprd, fainted and permitted tile Mar' tp go out Itself Aokl. the first Japanese ambassador ff Washington, will pn.bnHy bring with hi' 1 to this country his wile, who Is a GerniHn II.' wns educated In Germany and was sert to that country several times as minister. Nathan Wesley Hsle. a republican con gressman from Tennessee, can claim dr. sccmlrnce from Oliver Cromwell, and ens of his ancestors. General Nathan Tcwson, is s quartermaster genrral under Genrgt Wahinloti. Guy C. Emerson of Boston, a well known civil engineer and politician. Is about : leave Boston to accept an Important gov. eminent position In the Department of thn Interior. In connection with the reclaiming of the arid portions of the west. A farrier in northern New Tork has named n bine ribbon calf after Congress man I.ngorth. who Is to become the president s son-ln-luw. On nesting Of this the Cincinnati congressman said: "Hni. My popularity seems to be Increasing." One of the despicable results of hazing at Annnpolls. ns evidenced st the court martial holding there at present, is the undermining of the veracity of the vic tims, although previous to this publicity the reputation of tho haied for truthful ness was admittedly of the best. Edwin C. Converse of New Tork, who owns a large country estate In Greenwich, Conn., and William J. Smith of Greenwich surprised the selectmen Isst week by of fering them f10.O( to bp spent on high ways this winter thst there might be no unemployed men In the place. Among the Christmas gifts received by William O. Rockefeller, son of William and nephew of John T. Rockefeller, and who will probably some day be the head of the Standard Oil system, was the present of $2.50. The $2.60 was the legal fee accompanying the service of a sub poena for Mr. Rockefeller to appear at the taking of testimony In the case of the state of Missouri against the Standard Oil company. Herschel M. Hogg, representative from Colorado, presides at gatherings In the cloak rooms In which good stories are told, being recognized as having more good yarns at his command than any of his colleagues. One he told the other day related to a brilliant lawyer of Reno, Nev.. who heoamo a sot. When he was on his last legs a man whom he did not like was elected to the bench. A dinner was given In honor of the new Judge, who opposed sending an Invitation to the lawyer, now so besotted. He was per suaded finally to have the lawyer Invited The last person to be called upon for a speech was the wreck, who said: "Twenty years ago I had a wife, children, the finest house In town, a carriage and the best practice In the state. At that time the gentleman whom we gather to night to honor was driving an ox cart across the plains. Ever Blnce that time I have been going down, down, and now I am In the gutter. He has been going up, up, until now he sits on the bench. And tonight I think we are pretty near on a level." MIRTHFI L REMARKS. The stakeholder had vanished with the coin. Hot upon his trail were the bettors. "whither bound?" asked the curious of them. "Bound to the stake." they made answer, and, lamenting more loudly than the mar tyrs of old, passed on. Philadelphia Ledger. Tho Girl-Oh. dear! I wish I were not rich. I shall bat to have people think that ours la not a love matoh. The Man Yes. I suppose It does look ss If you were buying me. Cleveland Leader. "I want you to understand, madam, that you are a mere fraction In this household!'' "Me a fraction! What do you mean by that?" "Why. you're the better half, of course." Cleveland Plain-Dealer. "People always feel suspicious of things with which they are not familiar," said the philosopher. "Yes," answered Senator Sorghum, "thst Is why nearly all of us have at one time or another expressed doubt and disapprobation concerning wealth." Washington Star. "Well." said the first physician, "what has that new patient of yours got?" "I don't know," replied the other, "but I'm trying to turn it Into typhoid fever. I'm great on that." Philadelphia Ledger. "Is your mistress at home?" "She will m If you'll come back In about three minutes, ma'am. I'm Just hooking her up." Cleveland Plain Dealer. "Mrs. Kearney," said the stranger. Inter rogatively. "That'a me." said the lady. "Weir ma'am, I'm sorry to have to Inform you that your son has been arrested for assault. "Fur a salt? Go 'long wld ye Shure. he wus nlver on the ocean in his iolfe." Phila delphia Press. PARENTAL SEXTIMEXT. Richard Benedict. The little things of life oft wring the hear And ere you think cause blinding tears to start: I know 'tis true, for I have grieved today, When Mary put her dolly things away. I winder If she knew how much It meant To all of us, the time and rare she spent In her tower room, where she was wont to play. The while she put her dolly things away. We know she washed and Ironed the little frocks. And then laid each In order In their box. And with them placed the dollies neatly dressed The dollies she had loved ao and caressed. I guefcs she must have hugged them once more. And putted them as she had done before. And crooned again her long-lost lullaby. Before she closed the lid with a lingering sigh. Perhaps she wept a little when 'twas o'er. For girlhood's days were gone forever- n'.ore No doubt remained, whatever one might say, For she had put her dolly things away. And we we mourn; at last we see It all: Our little girl has left us. past recall; A maiden holds her place from this sad day When Mary put her dolly things away! It's Funny that atory of "The- Laady Across the Aisle" by Ellis Parker Butler in January McClure's Magazine. It tells how the Irrepressible twins, in their wild and feverish anxiety 10 prevent Uncle . Jack, from being entangledln a matrimonial alliance, pro ducethe very result they are trying hardest to prevent. Reel kids romantio hero a lovely and lively heroine. All news stands, 1V, 1 a year McClure's Magazino ii t) Last -J Street, :t