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THE OMAHA DAILY BEEi MONDAY, JUNE. 4, 1905. Tire -Omaha Daily Bee E. ROS E W A T KR, EDITOR. Entered at Omaha Postofflc a econd class mall matter. TERMS Or SUBSCRIPTION. Tally Be (without Sunday), ona year. .14 00 Daily lie and Sunday, ona yaar Sunday Bee, ona yaar Saturday Be, ona yaar DELIVERED BT CARRIER. Dally Be (Including Sunday), par week. He Dally he (wlthaut Sunday), per week.l.o Evening Be (without Surday). per woek. as Evening Bee (with Sunday), par wk...inc Sunday Baa, per copy ........ ee Addrea complalnta of Irregularltlee In de livery to City Circulation Department. OFFICES. Omaha The Bee Building. South Omaha City Hall Building. Council Bluffe 10 Pearl Street. Chicago 1M0 Unity Building. New York IV Home Life Ina. Building. Waahtngton aot Fourteenth Street. CORRESPONDENCE. Communtcatlona relating to newa and edU torial matter ahould be addreaaed: Omaha Bee, Editorial Department. .REMITTANCES. Remit y draft, expres or postal order payable to The Bea Publishing Company. Only 1-cerit stamp received aa payment ot mall accouBta Peraonal checka, except on Omaha or eaatern exchangee, not accepted. THE BEE PUBLISHING COMPANT. STATEMENT Or PUBLICATION. State of Nebraska, Doulaa County, aa: C. C. Roaewater, general manager of The Bee Puhllahlng Company, being duly worn, aye that the actual number ot full and complete eople of The Dally, Morning. Evening and Sunday Be printed during the month of April, U. wa as follow: 1 SO.MO' SlMMI t..........4Iag ' M .41 I .......1V00 . 1 5,4o 4 V.....4,T8 U 49.840 l...-.......ai0 .'. ..4S.ST0 I ..jm .n ...dejwo i ,:....8s,io n. s,oo I..,... e,iov a nn,o I S1.400 . 14.1 ...S13K 10.. ........ .., ..81,480 U SO. .01,470 U..... .Y..31.330 81,020 U 1.1 TO J.. SalTO 14 ,...BS10 .... aajm U i...J,l09 10..,. 81,660 Total.'. 1,041.800 Leas unsold copl,.... iaTs Nat toUl sal........ l,0SS,Ms Dally average savs C. C ROSEWATER, General Manager. Subscribed In my presence and sworn to before ma this 10th day of April, 1904. (Seal) M. B. HUNQATK, ' Notary Public. WHEN OUT OF TOWN. Snbscrfber leaving thai city tern- . porarlly ehoald have The Bea tailed ta them. Address will k Congress is now turning into tnt, home stretch and the pressure for Ad journment will become stronger ' day by day. ;''.: ,:'.',,- It would certainly be too much to ex pect grief over the haVoc-wrought by the bomb to interfere with the royal bull fight at Madrid, 1 Nebraska's fields never, looked more beautiful than at this time, and the chief beauty lies In the promise of an other season of material prosperity. That , congressman . who committed suicide will have a credit mark at all vents for relieving' the house from the necessity of providing aa official funeral. v , - The cty council and the mayor have gotten"1 together' on one1 appointment ovetf.whlch. the' were deadlocked. The conjMderatfonVt however) tioee not ap pear oa the surface. The Texas live stock commission men who have bumped up against a $7,600 fine foe. the, privilege of Ignoring the Texas laWs against combination will hardly car to try It again. The unexpected , would - certainly have happened ; if f. the democratic World"-HeraId were not able to' find a candidate for the republican nomina tion" for senator whom It preferred over Edward Roaewater. Express companies and pipe lines are to be subjected to all the regulations made for common carriers. In this clause of the . rate bill lies much promise of relief from conditions that have , long oppressed the public. Omaha's building permits for May top off. another record, while the totals for 1906. so far are greatly in excess of the corresponding period of 1905 There Is nothing in sight to indicate any check on Omaha's building ex. panslon. , Paris is holding forth Inducements to folks looking for a dissolution of the marriage tie, but it is not likely the French will ever attain the facility and convenience that once pertained In (South Dakota. ! Sioux Falls can view the Parisian enterprise with eo.ua nimlty. . ' Some more definite identification will be wanted to make sure that the adul terated butter seised in New York came from Nebraska. Nebraska creameries and butter makers are doing pretty well Introducing real butter and are under no temptation to indulge in adulteration. Statistics show that British soldiers drink less beer than ever and a large proportion of them are total abstainers And yet the canteen is permitted in connection, with. all British army posts. Rational temperance work has here proved far more effective than lrra tlonal prohibition. Bleeping , car companies are elimin ated from the common carrier clause of the pending rate bill by the congres slona conferees. Those people who have abided the extortions and I neon venlences of the Pullman monopoly will cheerfully' agree that' the sleeping car is an uncommon carrier. The next . trust Attorney General Brown may be called upon to look Into is the family political trust, which has Its headquarters In the local 'demo cratic organ. This trust, however, may not be amenable to the law because It design is to promote political trades ratter than la restraint of trade. THE CONtERKNCK RATE BILL. The agreement or the conference committee leave the rate bill unim paired In Ita essential provisions and strengthened In some. The fifty-one amendments added by the senate, some of which are of great Importance, have been revised with extreme care, aa waa necessary notwithstanding the elabor ate consideration given by the senate. Most of the changes in conference, however, are of a detailed and technical character, needful to harmonize the meature and secure simplicity and ac curacy of phrase. No change whatever has been made in the paramount aectlon of the original bouse bill conferring the rate making power on the Interstate Commerce commission, and senate amendments concerning express companies, oil pipe lines, commodities and penalties have been actually perfected and strength ened. One notable particular In which the conference measure Is more stringent than the senate amendment relates to free passes. The amendment as it passed the senate was drawn so loosely and with so many exceptions as largely to multiply its effect In practice. The conference committee substitutes a sweeping prohibition of the giving or issuance, or the solicitation, acceptance or use of free transportation by any person for himself or another, and pro vides severe penalties for violations. It is now the accepted opinion that the measure will go on the statute book n substantially the form in which it has been reported out of conference. It is gratifying that all the sensational rumors of. stratagems and plots to emasculate the bill in conference that have been rife for the last two weeks are proved baseless, and that a measure marking so much progress is at last assured. FRESWENT R1PLETS CLAIM. President E. P. Ripley of the Santa Fe denies with all emphasis the exist ence of such abuses in that system as have been officially disclosed In the Pennsylvania, and declares that for ten years its rules have prohibited officers, not merely from accepting gifts of stock .and other gratuities, but also from buying stock of, companies dorhg business with the road. The existence of such? rules lias riot', been generally known, and is. at least proof that, the dangerous character o( the power over transportation When combined with proprietary . interest r. in ' competition with the nass of unfavored shippers has long been understood in railroad circles. " But the more material point as to I which the puolic may be pardoned for still entertaining curiosity is the ex tent to which such prohibitory rules have been enforced. President Ripley expresses himself as satisfied that there has been little or no graft of this char acter In his company. President Cassatt would doubtless have expressed him self In much the same terms a few weeks ago regarding the Pennsylvania. Yet It has been demonstrated in .the meantime that officialdom of that sys tem. Whose management haa been re garded as the model . among American railroads, is and long has been perme ated by the grossest side-line opera tions reaching Into the very center of the president's own official household. Asseverations like that of the Santa Fe's president may Indeed be accepted as Indicating that the system of pur chased favor, fraud and injustice af fecting injuriously the mass of ship pers, the general public and . railroad stockholders themselves, has not prosti tuted equally all the roads, and that western roads may bs comparatively free from It. The investigation of the Interstate Commerce commission is limited, Including only the relations of transportation to the coal and oil in dustries, and the partial drawing of the curtain as to them has resulted at once in disclosures that necessarily throw suspicion where perhaps there is no reason for It. AMERICANS IN MEXICO. The riot at Cananea, Mexico, appears to have sprung originally out of labor trouble, although complicated and ag gravated by feeling between Americans snd Mexicans. The earliest reports were overdrawn both as to loss of prop erty and the general situation, and hot headed people In the neighborhood of the frontier became excited. But the authorities .quickly took control of si fairs, and there is no reason to antlcl pate that the relations of close friend ship between the two governments will be' Impaired or any default follow In the enforcement ot all international obligations. Incidents of an unpleasant character are to be expected where such exten sive 'masses of American population and capital are domiciled In an ad Jacent foreign country so different as Mexico in language, customs and race, no matter how Intelligent and amicable the policy of the two governments may be. Very much depends upon the good sense and address ot the Americans. It is especially incumbent upon them as aliens to be diplomatic in their atti tude and dealings with the natives, for after all the security and success of our enormous Investments In that country depend in large part upon popular feel Ing. It Is safe to predict that the present strong government ot Mexico will deal summarily and effectually with the agitators and ring leaders who have raised mob violence " against life and property and will enforce order with aa Iron hand but its disposition only emphasises the duty of American so journers to keep on good terms. The Kansas City Live Stock ex change has resolved' Isi favor ot "a reasonable and practicable Inspection ot packing house products," without Imposing the cost ot inspection upon the packers. South Omaha commlb slon men are Interested the same as Kansas City commission men in pre venting anything that would materially Interfere with their live stock market either by prejudicing packing bouse products with the public or by unduly burdenlng'the packers. A SENSIBLE DECISION. County Clerk riaverly is to be com mended upon his announced declslou that he will so arrange the ballot under the primary law that. In selecting dele gates to state and congressional con ventions, voters will have a chance to regUter their preference either tor delegates singly or In groups corre sponding to the respective delegations. As a matter of fact, this Is the only practical way of conducting the pri mary election without disfranchising a majority of the voters and is strictly In accord with the letter of the law and with the intent of the law-makers, which was to facilitate rather than obstruct the free expression ot the voters. To require each person casting a ballot In the impending primaries to make 201 cross marks to express his choice for 83 delegates to the state convention and 118 to the con gressional convention would Impose a physical Impossibility, and the law never contemplates Impossibilities. It Is easily conceivable that there might have been a Judicial convention this year with another 100 delegates to be selected, in which event the ballot as arranged by County Clerk Haverly could be marked with three crosses as against 300 that would be required under the contention ot the mischief makers. Mr. Haverly's decision is, moreover, perfectly fair to all : In . that it gives all individuals or groups of individuals the same privilege of associating themselves in delegations to, be voted for by one cross mark, if they so desire The spirit of fairness manifested by County Clerk Haverly In standing up for a square deal In this matter will be hearily en dorsed by every republican who wants to see the republican party maintain its ascendency. : UNIFORM MUNICIPAL ACCOUNTS. Over in' Iowa the authorities are getting ready to put into operation a new law providing for the uniform ac counts in all the different municipali ties ot the state. The law, which is to go into effect July. 1, provides for a commission . to formulate ; a uniform system of account for all cities having more' thsn 5,000 population, and an nual inspection by a state auditor through similar annual statements from the accounting office of each city. The plan of accounting, when agreed upon by the commission, will become compulsory upon these cities beginning with April 1 of next year. ' This is Burely a distinct step In ad vance toward reform of municipal gov ernment. Several organisations, not ably the National League of . Ameri can Municipalities and the' American Economic association, have been work ing , upon , uniform accounting tor municipalities and achieving some headway, and this forward step In Iowa is the outgrowth of this agita tion. The plan is, doubtless, more feasi ble in Iowa than In most other states, for the reason that Iowa has so many cities of approximately uniform size and no city of overshadowing propor tions. The advantage will accrue in giving the basis for comparison as be tween different municipalities and en abling one to profit by the experience ot the other. It will be advisable for our Nebraska lawmakers when they meet in their next . legislative session to look care fully into the Iowa law with a view to adopting or adapting it for our own state. The county board is already acting upon the suggestion made by The Bee that the paved roadways through the country 'precincts be put in a condition of good repair, and this work is pro ceeding rapidly, so that very shortly the pavements under county Jurisdic tion will be practically as good as new. Another difficulty presents itself, how ever, in the fact that the roadways within the city limits, connecting with these county roads, have fallen into a dilapidated condition, demanding im mediate attention. The city council should take steps to co-operate with the county board to the extent of fixing up these bad links in the chain, so as to put the whole road system on a sat isfactory basis. It turns out that The Bee's mar conigram about the underground scheme to head off an endorsement for United States senator In the repub lican state convention, so that the sen atorshlp might be put back on the legislative bargain counter, anticipated the delivery of the written telegraphic message only a few hours. The for mal protest against convention nomi nation and argument for legislative manipulation has already appeared in the Examiner, the local weekly whose editor boasts that he gets his Inspira tion direct from the corporation politi cians. "Aromla' aad Aaoln.M New York World. The Coffin truat haa ralaed prices 26 per cent. The medical association la trying to agree on a minimum birth fee. From the ciadle to the grave the plain people pay. fait far Wsadtr, Washington Poat. After hla own short experience with a legislative body the eaar cannot help won dering how In the world President Roose velt rrianagca'to keep hla temper.' Better Walrk Oat. Chicago News. Soma repreeentatlvea .are going ta And out that holdrj u x EUT-&d JH1 Is not aa aafe an amusement for them aa It waa for the senators. The1 people hare something to aay as, to who gets re-elected to the house. ('f for Wonder. Indianapolis News. The discovery that we devote M per cent of the total cost of our government to mil itary expenses makes a thoughtful man wonder If we are really as , peaceable a people aa we pretend to be. Will Get the Parkagef PhilHdelphlS Record. The question how far the express com panies are able to control the action of congress will soon be demonstrated In the attempt to so amend the rate bill aa to ex clude these domineering corporations from Its restrictive provisions. Illaelwn of the lhela. Pittsburg Dispatch. The discovery that "Canadian" cheese comes from Indiana, some ''Elgin" butter from Minnesota and "New Jersey" chick ens from Iowa will not disturb a public grown accustomed to getting Ita Havana cigars from Connecticut or Pennsylvania, Opening Markets Competition. Chicago Tribune. The administration Is proving that it It In earnest In the war upon trusts. To accomplish a reduction In the price of the necessaries of Ufa to a reasonable figure tbe smaahlng of the trusts must he the first step. It may hot bring about the dealred result, directly, but It will reopen the markets of the country to honest com petition. Pip Dreams of Permanent Peace. Chicago Chronicle. During the late war Japanese gunners threw missiles with accuracy over high hills at objects they could not see. Now a mere boy In Germany haa discovered a method by which torpedoes can be fired around a corner. 8o Important are hla In ventions deemed that the . emperor hat ordered him to Berlin to placa them at the disposal of the Admiralty. Tet wa hear a great deal to the effect that the world la getting to be too civilised to tolerate war and that there la a good prospect of dis armament' by International agreement. l.et'a Give Thaska for Tale. Atlantlo Monthly. It has been stated by such authorities as Kelvin, Newcomb and Ball that the future of the sun's activity will be com paratively short not ' mor than 10,006,000 years and some have even suggested that the sun's activity already shows signs of waning. So far Is this from . being the case that only one-fourth ot our supply of energy has been expended, and three fourths are yet In store for the future life Of the planetary system. This opena up to our contemplation, a decidedly re freshing view of the future, and will give renewed hope ' to all who believe that the end of mundane progress Is not yet In sight. Not only should the future possibilities of scientific progress be vastly extended, but there will In all probability be the moat ample time for the further development of the races of beings Inhabit ing this planet. According to this view the evolution . of our earth Is still In Its Infancy, with the senlth of Its splendor far In the future. THE COPPER AGE. Demand Keep Pare with the la- creased Oatpat. New York Sun. Twenty-five years' ago the United States produced 77,000 tons of copper. The produc tion during 106 was practically 400,000 tons. or more than half of 'the world's total sup ply. The value pf. .last year's output may be given as eo.000,00&. The Bscs of thla jhefal re teadlly grow ing. It Is estimated! that by 1920 the re quirements of the world will reach 1,600,000 tons. The United States will probably hold Its present place In the-market. New de posits are opened from time to time. There are known districts yet undeveloped In the western mountains, and Alaska Is rich In copper. Mexico : and' Canada are copper countries and send the United States ore and matt for smelting, and pigs, bars and Ingots for manufacture. The Increasing supply of the metal prom ises to keep prices within reasonable bounds, while the Increasing demand fairly assures ample profits to the owners of cop per properties. NO available substitute has yet ben found for ita .use for electrical pur poses, and the employment of electricity increases from year 'to year. The day of copper haa come and .there Is every reason te believe It will be a long day. WANTED, A XfW MORALITY., Worship of Material Things m Menace 4a the Nation. Chicago .Tribune, Contemporary developments In th United States show that the moat urgent need of this country., la a new morality. There ta no need of -i new principles. The precept a ot the' Christian religion, which most of -the worst sinners profess to be. Ileve In, cannot be Improved upon. But morality la a condition of heart and mod of life, not a profession. Meaaured by thla standard many American buatneaa men have been and are being proved to be ruth less, savages. Sympathy, according to the accepted phlloaophlcal theory. Is one of the main roots from which tha moral sena of civ ilised man haa grown. Th moral sense began to be developed when the untutored cave dweller waa first kept from Injuring othera by a keen consciousness of the pain which a similar injury would cause him self. Certain American "captains of In dustry" and "high flnanclera" would aeem to tack even a rudimentary moral aenae, for no thought of tha mental anguish and physical suffering they were inflicting on thouaanda haa restrained them from crush ing competitors by the moat lawleaa and cruel methoda or from pitilessly robbing the poor and wldowa and orphans of fund placed In their handa In truat. Another of th chief roots from which th moral sens Is considered to have grown is the fear of our cave dwelling ancestors that If they' Injured others they would be visited with the stem dlaappro batl3n of their fellow tribesmen. They learned to consider wrong what they knew other would treat aa wrong. The public opinion which so powerfully influenced the aavage may aeem to have Often par tially Inoperative In the United State. But the public, aa well aa the high flnan clera, has been at fault. There haa been more worahlp ot material success than la consistent with good morale. Attending rather to tha else of men'a fortunea than to the way they were acquired and used the people have encouraged rather than re strained the growth of the belief that might makes right In high finance, whatever may be the correct principle In low finance. President Hadley of Tale some time ago proposed social ostracism aa a remedy for the evils of trusts. His suggestion has not been treated with deserved aeriouenese. Oatractam in the widest sense ostracism which would not only aend the possessors of stolen wealth to prison, but would make of all Ill-gotten wealth a aoclal gibbet, instead of pedestal would produce a great moral awakening among the exponenta of high finance. But the moral awakening must atari with the public When public opinion, aa strongly and consistently con demns brigandage by a captain of Indua try aa by member! of tha so -called "lower claaaea" of aoctety. It will speedily cas to b widely prevalent. KDWARD ROSBWATBR FOR SKXATOSl Mere Withdrawals In Order. Verdlgr Cltlsen (rep). Charley Green and Banker Wattles of Omaha have withdrawn from th senatorial rare. All that la necessary now for the people to secure their chek In th United States senate la for Norri Browa and Jo Millard to follow suit. Jo Millard haa been a standing candidate for the United States senate for the laat thirty year that we know of, and now that he ha tried to fill the office and failed h sflnuld grace fully step down and Out and maks room for the people choice, regardless of politics Edward Roaewater. No Permission Needed. Madison Chronlcl (rp.). Sorry, but we forgot to ask Editor Church's permission to support Roaewater for th senate. He haa established a strict censorship over the republican press of this district and whoever dares disregard th opinions of this self-appointed dictator may expect to receive a solar plexus blow from his big stick. Record that Comments Him. Mead Advocate (rep.). The strong and earnest approval In all sections of th state of the candidacy Of KM ward Roaewater, editor of Th Omaha Bee, for United States senator la th moat hopeful political algn that haa appeared In Nebraska for many a year. Th remark able expression In his favor hears every ev idence of absolute genuineness, and I the exact reverse of the manufactured "proas bureau" method. If any publlo man In Nebraska or In th west deserve such distinction that man la Edward Rosewater. He has demonstrated by a lifetime of consistent and unceasing battle hla seal and fidelity to th Interests of th people and to high Ideals In govern ment. His life-work haa been sn open book, for th pas of the great newspaper which he founded and built up ar a record day by day of struggle for reforms against every Influence hostile to popular rights. ' Hm ability, as well aa hla fidelity, I uni versally conceded. H la known . among strong public men throughout th country. Aa senator he would be Instantly reoog nlxed at Waahlngton aa a posltlv factor where others would have to serve a tedious novitiate to acqulr acquaintance and Influ ence. HI candidacy thna affords to Ne braska an opportunity which no other can didacy could present. In a broad view th present Juncture. Is pre-eminently opportune for Nebraska to aend Mr. Rnaerwater to th senate, for pre cisely those great vital Issues ar now up permost for settlement to the promotion of which he ha so long and so faithfully da voted hie abilities. It Is gratifying that the republicans and th people of Nebraska should be showing evidence of appreciation of the fact that It la largely due to men Ilk him that these Issues, tike rata eon. trol, corporation subordination and honest publlo service have been forced Into para mount place. Though thus brought to a crisis, th battle Is not yet fought out. If It Is to be thor oughly won, wisdom requires that real lead ers be put to tha front. 'a Harmony with Roov1t. - Wayne Herald (rep.). Another Omaha aspirant for senatorial honors has withdrawn hi candidacy, being Mr. Oreene, who states that while he doe not altogether agree with Mr. Roaewater' views, he believes e I eonalatent. In har mony with the president and th, logical man to select for th plaoe at this time. Prorfcesr (hat Mar Com Trne, Loup City Northwest (rap.).; Charles J. Greene of Omaha ha with drawn hi candidacy for the United State aenat ta favor of Edward Rom water of Omaha." Now If John I Webster of Omaha will withdraw hi candidacy In ' favor of Edward Roaewater of Omaha, and Senator Millard of Omaha will abdicate In the In terest of Edward Roaewater of Omaha, ' with th Fontanel! club of Omaha, Will Ourley of Omaha and a few hundreds ef other people of Omaha also In line for E. R. of O., who are not at present enthusias tic lovera of Edward Rosewater of Omaha, then w may expect It will be Omaha solid for th nestor of Omaha Journalism. Stronger In Paver. Tekamah Journal (rep.). Burt county republican could do no on thing that would advance them more in th opinion of th people of Nebraska than to call their convention and select a delegation that will favor Edward Rom water for United State senator from Ne braska. Wonld Cot Ffgrore. Beward Democrat. Ordinarily when a man reaohea th ag of E. Roaewater he Is retired from po litic . activities, of necessity, If not by choice. But not so with Mr. Roaewater. Ha la still aa active a he waa thirty years ago, and If sent to th aenat would per haps cut mora of a figure than any on who ha gone from Nebraska for a num ber of yeare. Right la Mu. Utlca Sun (rep.). Charles Greene of Omaha, who haa been a candidate for United State senator for aome time, haa withdrawn from th race. He did the right thing when be made thla move because Roaewater will b the next senator from Nebraaka. The I.ogte of Create. Westlicha Press (Translated). Publlo Interest la centering more and mora in th candidacy of Edward Roae water for United States senator. Ona after th other hi opponent ar with drawing. Char lea J. Greene, who hold a high position as attorney and politician, haa followed O. W. Wattles, so that only Norris Brown of Kearney remain. Sen ator Millard aeem to pursue hla candi. dacy merely for the honor, and John I Webster has small proapect. Inasmuch as many of his frlenda ar abandoning tbelr efforts. The Fontanell club, too, has been making proposals, which Indicate th turn of publlo sentiment, and emphasise Rosewater a th coming man. That club ha asked hi campaign committee to give It half of the delegation and to let th candidate control the delegation for sena tor who gets tha largeat vote at th re publican primary. That la nothing leaa than a confeaalon that tha Pontanellea are not In a position to obstruct the choice of Mr. Roaewater. Inasmuch aa their active membership haa shrunk to about seventy-five alnce the votera repudiated their machine tactlca, It la easily aeen that they cannot do much damage to Mr. Roaewater. The organisation of Mr. Rosa water's supporters is going on systemat ically and with good results from all part ot th atate. From all parta of th aiate come report ef a genuine aenttment In bis favor. People who obeerve such event do not doubt that th uomlnation will fall to tha qn man In Nebraska who haa for years courageoualy opposed all truata and privileged combinations. Hi Intrinsic worth and unimpeachable reputa tion will bring htm aucccaa unless great urn of money should b spent to defeat him. . New York San. Among th beneficent uses of baae ball I th eaae with which a game of It at Wash Ing to a onabla th aergeant-at-erm of tha hona to wep upon hi quarry When Unci Joacphus need a quoruza. ROIND AROIT NEW YORK. Rlpnlea oa th t orrent of l.lf In th Metropolis. Apartment hotel ar a notable develop ment of Ufa In New Tork. They have multiplied rapidly In recent years. Har lem is full of them. They ar to be found a far aouth aa Waahlngton aquare. In th dlatrlrt bounded by Thirty-fourth and Fifty-ninth streets, Park avenue and Broadway, there ar aerenty-two of them, with an estimated population of nn.ono. "Tha tremendoua Increase In apartment hotels," says, a correspondent of the Pittsburg nispatch, "will be a matter ot record for future historian ef that city. How much of It was du to Inadequate supply of servants, how much to the re moval to New York of dwellers of other cities unwilling to settle permanently, and whether or net It was due In any extent to the American woman's Increasing dis like for housekeeping all of these are questions to be carefully eatlmated by his. torlans. The average apartment In one of theae hotels conalata of a alttlng room, bed room and bath. From this average th number ot rooma la Increased to all and eight. From $2& a week for such ac commodation th price goes Up to $500 a week. Room In apartment hotel are mall, Ilk th rooma In all recently erected New Tork buildings; but there Is a maximum of comfort provided In this limited Space. Then the question of ser vice 1s settled forever. Th servant ques tion never ahowa Its head In any form. Th bellboy I nearly aa doe a the tele phone, and In some of these plaoes there ar valets and barber at hand. Life t mad ao easy that spec does not seem necessary." It has been computed that during 1906 on person In every 7,000 of New York' population committed self-murder, and that th largest number waa by Oermana, they even exceeding American-born. Shooting Is tha favorite method with men, with ga a close second, while women prefer the carbolic acid route. Despond ency claims about 10 per cent of th vio tlms, whll business losses, Insanity and III health follow cloeely with about II per eent each, It I not very strange that women should prefer Sunday to end their troublea, aa on that day hubby Is at home, whll men prefer Monday aa 'th day of th deed, probably because of a chance tor mature reflection on Sunday during a day succeeding th receipt of the weekly pay envelop. According to statistic com piled a a result of last year's period of self-annihilation, It Is shown that tha fa vorite time for ending atl woe la between t o'clock In the evening and midnight. Suicide on account of 111 health and In sanity ar common early In the morning, alcoholism and chagrin later In the fore neon, despondency in th afternoon, and disappointed love and family trouble late In th evening. Th subterfuge of a Brooklyn druggist to discourage negro patronage may prove costly. Tbe other day Francis F. Ollea, a negro, went Into tha atore and called for a glaea of Ice cream soda. Before the aoda was drawn for him h was informed that th glass would coet him II. Ollea de parted, and In a few minutes returned, de manding th soda, but wanted a receipt for It. Thla was refused, and in conse quence a summon waa lasued tor th druggist's appearance In court to answer a suit for 1600 for violation of the equallsa. tion law. Giles at on time was the pastor of th Allan African Methodist Episcopal church of Jamaica, !. I. Ball bond a la coupon for automobtliats who are liable to arreat under the New York state law ar th latest production. They ar issued by an Incorporated surety Company and are said to be perfectly good In law. The autoist pays 130 for a book of flv coupons that hold good for one year. Any unused bond may be returned to th company at $4 each, If presented not later than thirty day after th date of expira tion. Th courts have not as pat passed a formal opinion on them. One nt the moat Ingenious and mystifying Inventions which has recently aroused the1 curiosity of New York Is to be seen In th great two-ldd ahow window at tha ex treme north of tha Flatlron Duuaing. it conkiit f a round shell-like ball of a red dish gray color, about eight Inches In di ameter and suspended In th air. Two feet ta a miniature wooden cannon. Aa far aa th eve can make out th ball I supported by nothing v th air. No thri. .re anvwhar visidi. . nut tn sphere danoe nimbly about In pac not more than a cubic foot. Across tn moutn ef tho cannon trtche a tiny wire, which, ..nsrn rioea Inspection. I aeon to vibrate at Interval. Ther I alo a heavy Insulated wire running under the cannon, whose nas la concealed with pillow and merchandise. Someone suggested that an alternating air current and electro-magnet ar maa us of i .nnrine the etrance affect. It I need- leas to add that th affair makes a "bully" advertisement. Th. ffttetnm of th As tor family In havmg a pleoe of property which they own Jointly In soma aubatantlal way la revealed through k. aimr of nlana for alteration or both a.t.rtAe nri interior of the city home of John Jacob Astor at 844 Fifth avenue. New York. Theae alteratlona ahow that th cen tral wall which blaects the grand staircase and which ' was erected at the command of Mr. Astor to separata ber portion of the gray stone palace from mat occupiea oy her eon and family, will b removed com. pletely, thus giving to th Astor town house the largest entrance nan ana stairway oi any private residence In America. Two of The Doctor Asks - ' f "Are your bowels regular?" He knows that daily action of the bowels is absolutely essential to health. Then keep your liver active and your bowels regular by taking small laxative doses of Ayer's Pills. Just one pill at bed time is enough, just one. , ' , We have no secrets! We publish the formulas of all our medicines. ; Suae ATtl'S lam TIOOaWFoT ta Km, AtSA'S SAJularAKOAA-ger aa the Astors John Jacob and William Waldorf-own the Astor hoirse In common and they are particularly keen about their re spective aharea of the -profits of that hos telry. The lima atate of affair exlsta In the case of the Waldorf-Astoria, of which William Waldorf 'AStor owns th Waldorf aide, while John Jacob owns the Aatorta portion, and thee twin hotels ar divided by eueh a partition wall aa haa hitherto ex isted In the Astor home, wher th mother snd son live side by side. - While New York Is turning toward th great eoheme of drawing Its futur water supply from the Otaklll mountain, at an estimated cost of nearly $:W,000.000, It IS not generally realised that the new Croton dam In Westchester county, thlrty-flv mile from the city, which was started In 1R9J. I now finished. The area of the reservoir Is 1.436 acres, and of th watershed 171 aquare miles. The dam has cost $6,fK,r0, whloh does not Include the cost of destroying four village, the moving of three railways and the cost ot the land and highways. Th potal outlay has reached llS.000,000, , PERSONAL NOTES. John I). Rockefeller haa given to Miss Louise Kllne-Mlller, curator of achool gar dene, 1.(00 perennial planta and , shrubs to be used In beautifying school gardens. Francis MacMil)en.the American violin ist, who has been playing with great sue ceas for many years In Europe, will com to this country In the fall. , He left Ohio In his boyhood. Senators Tillman, Elklns and Cullom, th senate conferees nn th rate bill, had a meeting to discus procedure and all that. "I euggeat," said Tillman, "that a disin terested bystander be appointed to March ua for guns." ..: A St. Louis millionaire has jut given 12,000.000 to a worthy charity, and la much annoyed that his nam should have been mentioned In connection with tho episode. Th tribute la paid him- of emrUhng such mention here. j Baron Waldemar tTxkUlKa' member ot the Ruaslan nobility. Is In Cleveland. H can tree his ancestry' back to a brofber of Pope Clement II. H was ' once an athelat, but la making a tour of America In the Interests' of th Baptists tn his country. Slxty-eir'it members of the preeer.t con gress served In the civil war twenty-four senators and forty-four 'representative. There are eleven federal veterans and thir teen, confederates in th Semate; Forty three federal and twenty-AVer confederate ar In the bouse. They have a new designation ' for the president In congress now. They do not speak of him as "'the president" or as "the man In th White House." Instead they say, "The man up at l.SOO," and the explanation of It Is that, the White House la 1400 Pennsylvania avenue.' SMILING REMARKS. The Senator I hear that you aald ' th speech I made yesterday waa th worst I ever delivered. The Friend I did not aay that. The Senator Ah, I'm slad of that. Er what did you aayT The Friend I aald It was the worst speech anybody ever delivered. Philadel phia Press. "Why did you tell that poet to' hitch his Wagon to a star?" "That," answered the editor gloomily, "waa my polite way of saying I wished he'd got off the earth." Waahlngton .Star. "I don't object to hearing a matt brag about his ancestors," obaerved Uncle Allen Sparks, "If that'a all he haa to brag about. It comfort him and doesn't hurt the an eestora any. They're dead." Chicago Trlb- "Here! wait a minute," cried the pro- Jirletor of a restaurant. "Thla half dollar a bad." "Well," replied the customer, aa he hur ried out, r'ao was the dinner It pays for. Ooodbye." Philadelphia Ledger. '- '( Yea, doctor, one of Willie's eyes seems, ever so much stronger than tbe other. How do you account for ItT"-- "Knothole In the baae ball fence, most likely, madam." Cleveland Plain Dealer. Mrs. Jawback Doctor I've been feeling very 111 today. Dr. Bokeham Let me see your tongue put It out as far aa you can. Mr. Jawback Say, Doc, there'e not room for that here. Better take her out. in tha yard. Cleveland Leader. Confidential Friend How do you manage to hold your Job In spite of the notorious Irregularitlea In the management of your office? Political Heeler They can't Inveetlgate my case without exposing a chap that'a higher up. Chicago Tribune. . . SOME TYPICAL, MMKRlCKS. . St. Louis Olobe-Democat. Said th burglar, "I'm taking no chance. My victim I robe of his pants. , The man can't pursue; . He'll be pinched If he do: ' I've read up on freniled finance.'' ' ' An extremely unspeakable Turk ''' In Constantinople got work. r As chief of police , -. , He keeps all the peace; You see hla name la O'Rourke. An alderman named Mike McGulr Met Jones, an Inveterate guyer. Said Jonea. amid laughter. ' "Say Mike, you're a grnfter!" . . Mike got mad and said,, v You're a aen. tor!" , . '. On a rising young atateaman named Folk Fate played an abominable Jolk, , , Saying, "In nineteen .eight . You'll be candidate" And Juat then the poor man awolk! Run the aaw, "Oil and' water won't mlx.' We've believed It until nineteen atx, But Baptist John D . ' Ha emllea, and aes he, "In moat every trade there la trlx!" A muck-rake man In his wrath Saw an octopus crossing hla path. , Bald the man, "What tough luckl Thla cuss In the muck Takea a legal immunity bath!" Arm Oe.. LoweU. Mas. - fTWo'SCHJ tBYPICTOBAJ-Fr aoarU. aUoaff iS t8hi Bet aaalatlaaaasg a.