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! flit; OMAHA DAILY BEE y MONDAY, JUNE 18, 1900. T t 4 1 The Omaiia Daily Bel B.. ROSEWATER EDITOR. - Entered at Omaha Poslofflc is Mond cuts matter. -- TERMS Or 8LBBCRIPTION. ' Dally H-e (without Sunday), on year. $400 Ially Bm and Bunday, on year Bunaay lift, ona year JW Saturday kit, ona year -W DELIVERED BY CARRIER. Dally He (Including Sundsy), rer week. 17c i-ially Be (without Sundayl, per week..l.io evening nee, (witnout ttiinuay), par week. Evening Be (with Sunday), per week. .100 . Sunday bee, per copy Addreaa complainte of Irregularities in d llvery to City Circulation Department. offices. Omaha T) Be Building. South Omaha City Hall Building. Council BlulTa 10 Pearl Street. . . Chicago lfrM C'nlty Building. New Vork-16"! Home Life Ins. Building Washlngton-tol Fourteen th Is tree t. CORRESPONDENCE. fVimmunlriilnm relating lu nrwa and edi torial mutter should b addressed: Omaha Bee, Editorial Department. - REMITTANCES. Remit by draft, expreas or postal order payable- to The Bee publishing Company. Only I-cent stamps received as payment of mail accounts, personal cnecas. Mirpi "j Omaha or eastern exchanges, not sccepted. JHK BEE PUBLISHING COMPANY. STATEMENT OF CIRCULATION. State of Nebraska, Douglas County, ss: C. C. Rosewater. general manager of The Bee Publishing Company, being duly sworn, says that the actual number of full and complete copies of The Dally, Morning, Kvening and Sunday Bee printed during the month of May, lie, was as follows: 1 Se-ttTO 1 SI.S4 I , aa.i . 17, aiAtw I Sl,oTO . ' 18 81.MOO 4 8i.!km . i aajwo t SUJtJO 30 HU.VAO ,, BO.OAO 21 ,. S1.0W 7..; j 81,4MH , JI Sl,Svtt I 81.IWO ' XI 81.M30 81.MO 14. S1.ROO io a , runt hlmao 11 ..... 81,AO M U3t,4ft U Hl.XZrO 27 81.KOO 13 ao.tMUl 81.ATO 14 S1.7UO 2 81,744) 15 81.KM 30 81 .AIM) . Jl 81.IMO Total tHW,870 Less unsold copies. ....... lo.feewi 'Net total sales...,,; VTM.MM Dally average .' 81,870 C. C. ROSEWATER, General Manager. Subscribed In my presence and sworn to before me this 4th oay of June, 1WX. (Seal) . M. B. HCNOATE, Notary Public WHEJ OUT wF TOWN. Sabsertbera Ieavlp the city tem porarlly ' shoald bar The Be mailed to them. Addreaa will be chaaged aa often aa reqaested. la the meantime we are all waiting Impatiently for the report of the water works appraisers. - While the ciar Is maintaining the army on Us, war footing the people may reap the harvest. . , Up to the hour of going to press the democratic council and the democratic mayor were still' 1n statu quo ante. Germans who threaten to starve be fore they eat American meat , should recall the analysis of Munich sausage. Now that a fatal fight has followed a base ball came that form of sport can be considered naturalised in Ken tucky. ' . When., all . manufactured' products bear the date of their preparation it may be foVirtTthat age improves more things than, w'jae. . Mr. and Mrs. Long-worth spending the week's end at Wrest park will feel Inclined to use phonetic, spelling in dating their letters,'' Now that spies are accused of selling German military secrets to the United States, it' must be admitted that this country has "arrived" as a 'world power. .... The rumor that Emperor William has promised to support the ciar in re pressive measures is probably Intended to react to the benefJt-of social demo crats in the fatherland.. Another representative of the "old school" of acting is deadbut as the style is changing so often It is difficult by this designation to tell his age. as It may only antedate Ibsen Ism. The offer of President Castro to re turn to Caracas as' private secretary to President'. Gomes shows that the former juler realise where the seat of real power Is sometimes found. Roman soothsayers have adopted a aafe expedient in attributing cancer to the pope. They can -with equanimity await his early or late demise, aa no one is yet able to' foretell the course of the disease. When the raier of Russia succeeds in selling his forest land to foreigners he may And . he hag Imported more trouble, aa few people not to the man ner bora -care to-hold property under Russian tenure. Another highwayman who has been operaUng with the gang of holdups In festing Omaha has been convicted and will pay the penalty by serving a term In the penitentiary. The criminal court 14 doing noma good work. More building improvement are In Immediate prospect for the Union Pa clflc car shopa at Omaha and before long the promise, to make these shops outrank all others In point of complete ness and equipment will be redeemed. General Manager Mohler is certainly entitled to the thanks of our. people tor the part he has taken In securing thee Improvement for our city. ' Omaha la keeping up with the pro cession In the Increase column of weekly bank clearings staUstlce. When It la recalled that the number of banks clearing here haa been reduced during the past year by consolidation of three banks Into one, the present Increase I must be short of what It would be If It J accurately reflected the whole Increase i of bualaeaa, : COSURtfia AM) THE TI5.. QCESTIOX Indications frfcm. Washington so far s the free psss question Is concerned point towards an ultimate agreement of the rate bill conferees to disagree, leaving the statute work c-n thla sub ject as It was when congress convened It has been maintained that the laws as they stand, and especially as they will be amended by the pending meas ure, against railroad discriminations, If actually enforced, would prevent most of the worst pass abuses. Ex perience has shown, however, that such prohibitions in general terms are not effective as to this practice. The two branches bf congress have occupied positions which, though widely diverse, should have been recon cilable in conference. The senate's pass amendment in Its final form In cluded so many excepted classes as to lesve wide open the doof for perpetua tion of old abuses, wJille the provision which the house Insisted should be substituted was so extreme as to ex cite reasonable protest in many quar ters. It. ought to have been possible to bring these extremes to a rational and yet effective prohibition of recog nised free pass abuses. , But such a result can at most be pre vented only temporarily. The-anti-paee movement, which has already' written Its purpose in the" statute books of several of the states, is now well .iugh universal and so irresistible that con gress wll Bn have to fall- In line with the state legislatures In accomplishing this reform in a thoroughgoing man ner. FtXAycIXQ THE CANAL. Congress ha adopted sound policy In the provision of the sundry civil ap propriation bill that the allowance of nearly $26,000,000 for work on the Panama canal during the ensuing fiscal year shall be made good to the treas ury by the sale of bonds. It la the only practicable way in which a treas ury deficiency can be avoided. ; So far none of the $130,000,000 bonds authorized by the original Spooner.act for defraying the ex penses of canal construction has been sold, but the entire cost, hag been met by direct appropriation from the treas ury, that is to say, out of current reve nues. Thus the treasury has 'been called on within three years to the ex tent of almost $76,000.000,. to reim burse the French company, to secure the Republic of Panama concessions and to carry the preparatory and con struction work to the present stage. It was due to this cause that there was a deficiency of $25,000,000 last year and $41,000,000 the year before, a deficiency which was. not serious be cause of the .large surplus In the treas ury three years ago, which surplns was not gravely, impaired by repeal of the remaining Spanish war taxes. With the sale of bonds to meet construction work for which appropriation Is made, the treasury- Income for the next year and a half is reasonably expected ' at least to-balance current 'o'uttfo' and probably to' produce some excess. It will necessarily be a long time be fore the benefit of the canal can be realised, as construction will require at least eight or ten years. The cost therefore should not be saddled opto taxpayers In the meantime, but rather distributed through bond operations upon those who will reap the' returns. The present generation has already paid far more than its fair proportion ate share of the cost, especially as the t.ublic credit was never before so high to facilitate the bond distribution and simplify the fiscal problem. THE WATER WORKS CASK.- -The decision of the circuit court of appeals, sitting at Minneapolis, revers ing the ruling .of the district court that the Omaha Water Board-had a right to regulate and fix the water rates,' notwithstanding" the rate schedule Incorporated Into the original franchise ordinance of the company, put the water ratea back where they were before the Water board sought to reduce them.' Although the attor neys for the Water board Indicate, a desire to appeal to the supreme -court and thus prolong the litigation and In crease their attorneys' fees,' this de cision forces the city to look, iff an other direction for ,a solution of it water problem. It must be admitted that if the city council or Water board had the right to determine and fix the charges to water consumers it wold..aot make much difference whether the city ever acquired the water plant, but if the water, works, franchise is a contract al lowing the water company to charge such, ratea aa It may choose, not to ex ceed the schedule therein specified. then there are but two ways in which the city-can secure lower ratea for hy drant service or private consumption. The city must either acquire the plant by purchase and operate it under mu nicipal' management, fixing the water ratea on such "basis as will cover op erating expenses and fixed charges, or it must maae a new agreement with the present owners of the' water works by which in consideration of passing the purchase option for the present and extending the contract for hydrant service, a new and mutually acceptable maximum schedule of ratea .to private consumers may be -provided. .Whether the city will find It profita ble to buy the works or not will de pend upon the appraisement for which we have' been waiting for three years, and whether purchase at the valuation established by the appraisers would permit of operation without loss at rates lower than those now charged. Even then should the appraisement be satisfactory to the cUy and unsatisfac tory to the owners of the water works, a long period of litigation would have to be reckoned upon, during which ex isting conditions would remain un thBgbd. Whether . the water com pany would be disposed to hold the city ' to an appraisement regarded by our people as excessive, or would in that event consider a proposition for extension and rata (reduction, is prob lematic, With the old ratea restored by a court order recognising the validity of the water works contract and the Water board enjoined from Interfering .with their collection, K becomes all the more Important that the appraisement now long overdue should be hastened so that we may know where we atand and take counsel on the next step. 1XDIAN TERRITORY TO DISAPPEAR. The obliteration of the name of In dian Territory, and Its merger In the soon-to-be-admltted state of Oklahoma mark a complete change of attitude towards the aboriginal races of this country. While the change from the time when the Indian was treated as permanently incapable of citizenship to the time when citizenship Is regarded as the ultimate aim of all dealing with him has not been sudden, it has gorVe forward rapidly In recent years. When Indian Territory waa'orlglnally set off. no one dreamed that there would ever come a time for lu inclusion in a great thriving, rich, highly civil ized commonwealth grown up atlll to the westward, or that it would b within the range of possibility thai such an outcome could be necessary or desirable either for Indiana or the whites. The fixed Idea was that the Indian must be treated as ward, de1 pendent or prisoner, or else removed entirely beyond contact and reach of the whites. The latter alternative was undertaken by setting apart Indian Territory. There Is no reason to be lieve that there was the slightest ln slncerlty'when it was declared on be half of the government In a treaty In 1828 that Indian Territory should be "a permanent home that shall never 1n all future time be embarrassed by having extended around it or placed over it the Jurisdiction of any territory or. state, nor be pressed upon by the extension in any way of the limits of any existing territory or state." How complete has been the revolu tion of conditions and conceptions of policy is now shown by the fact that the great majority of the Indian popu lation in the territory thus set apart themselves approve and welcome it abolition and merger of themselves in the mass of American citizenship. They 'take this step, too, with full knowledge that the change Inexorably means the loss of their identity as In dians. Hereafter the' completion of the process of breaking down tribal relations, of government maintenance and of all remnants of the old system, will go forward with greatly acceler ated speed. The law is supposed to be congealed common sense; but every once in awhile some court hands down ' a decision that knocks such an Idea "galley west.". ... That decision may be law, but ltJs far from being common eenan.. . .,. .. Both these propositions may be law, but they are mighty poor law viewed from the standpoint of common sense. These extracts are from the comment of a local contemporary on. a recent court decision. Reading them as here quoted one would assume at once that they referred to the rotation ballot outrage upon Douglas county voters as perpetrated by the district court on ap plication of the Fontanelles. The fact Is, however, they were Intended to re fer to the decision of the circuit court of appeals on the waterworks rate caae, although they would Just as well, if not better, fit the decision nearer home. In their arguments to the court ask ing for the rotation ballot the spokes men of the "antls" kept Insisting: that It was no part ' of the 'business of the republican state convention to endorse a candidate for senator, clearly show ing, their hand to be against anytfelajf that would give the people a .voice in the senatorial succession. Tti is quite In line with the first compromise proposition the "antls" to put up a delegation for Douglas county, pledged to prevent, if possible, the nomination of a candidate for senator- and shows that this program has not yet been given up, the formal endorsement of father-in-law to the contrary notri:ii standing. . All the receipts from the inheritance tax are to go, according to the law. Into the permanent road fund of the county In which the estate goes through probate. This means that Douglas county will have quite a wind fall In Its permanent road fund which ought to be made to relieve the . tax payers proportionately by reducing the tax levy for road fund purposes from now on. Colonel Bryan declined to make a public statement aa to what Impression the Russian Parliament had made upon him. but he will tell what he ob served there In the series ofAround-the-World letters which he Is con tributing to The Bee. if you want a description of his-visit to the Duma at first hand you should watch The Bee for his letter from St. Petersburg. That much vaunted "record of achievements," which haa been circu lated broadcast each successive cam paign, will have to be revised In the light of the decision of the circuit court of appeals denying the Water board any control over water rates. The Transvaal aeems to have devel oped a race war la which the negro Is not Involved something Inconceivable In the United States. Silver "a Deal Horse. New York Sun. ' Tba democrats of the a late of Washing ton ar for WUUaor. J. Bryan, provided he recant on the fra stiver question, klr. Bryan haa spurned It with Nhi foot "a dead kors, he aaya. M wonder Tanuna Tibbies lobtu , askant ,'et". the ' tritmn who vowed that' ft all etttefs' abandoned Tth Issue he- woid battle, fur It to the bUtef end. It used to be his only capital. But the great commoner baa become the stanch conservative.' ------ .. ... focosaolete StatWttca. Washington Tost. " The doctor have catalogued eight differ ent rautea by which '. headache ar pro duced. f;ish! LJkewlst tush! Ther ar mora than eight different kinds of boos on the market. Caattna Weather rroofcet. C'hlcsgo Inter Ocean. From '.this on, and imtH further notio the ' weather, will warm UP. .We' nearly always have"wurmef'Wethef siting toward July than we have along toward February, but, of course, we arc not committing our selves to anything. ' ii.il ' iii' ' Slow Bat Bar Geias. Chicago Record-Herald. Let it be said for Chancellor Day that he doe not deny that 'ther are trusts. Five years ago he would probably have maintained that no such thing aa a power ful Industrial combination existed, little by little the world keep! gaining. Ofccdlear to Pwbllo Will." Springfield Republican. Senator Gearln of Oregon has proved th sincerity of his belief In the popular lec tion of United State's senators. When it ap peared that the legislature waa In doubt and that he might be returned to 'the sen ate aa a democrat, even though defeated In the popular expression, of preference at the recent , state, election, he sent on word that he would not accept a legislative elec tion opposed to the expressed desire of th people. This will not make him any less popular in Oregon. A Peeallar Eptdeiole. Baltimore American. There is a peculiar epldeml6 of sickness among counsel of corporations when the presence of officers Is desired at Investi gation or m court, and its prevalence, strange to say, seems to have attracted no special attention from th medical pro fession, as violent and unusual epidemics generally do. The low standard of the health of the country 1s also shown by th fact that .many eminent business man ar this summer driven to Europe for relief from nervous .trouble. Peril of Omr Time. New York Sun. Mr. Edison's promise to put th automo bile, within th reach' of everybody when th cobalt system of storage battery can b used raise a. doubt, whether the ma chine would hold its- vogue. The once pop. ular bicycle Is now almost a curiosity on th pike. Everybody wanted one when the coat of manufacture was high and th bicycle was regarded s a luxury. ' When all th world and his wife could ride the demand fell off. Mr. Edison think that "when the .price of , the Automobile Is re duced so as to place U . within; the reach of -all the hors will become a thing of th past." Is It not more likely that ther will be a reaction In, .favor of th hors among those who tire of the new toy? ' War la School Historic. r Cleveland Plain Dealer. On of th most Interesting features of the work of th Amaiican Peace society, which recently closedv lt-nnrtal sesslonrat Lak MohOnK. Is tTort that Is be Jug made to relegate narratives to a sub ordinate position In the school histories. Th claim 1 made that In historical teach Ing far too- tnoeh has baealald upon the military development of peoples and tx little to', th.eTVfl'biore potent .influ ences which hav ie& t national uphulld- 1nfv' The tendency now Is to minimise war (a th histories and to give more space to mot lnstructrva topmrr-.Th disastrous ef facts, of war upon victor as well aa van quished are being shown mora truly, 'and the fictitious glamor of glory Is twins;-removed from th bloody operations of th battlefield. Passing; of the Territories. Bt. Paul Ploneer-Prras. .';. It Is a rather impressive fact, that th passage of the statehood bill has opened the way to the creation; of the last state that ' will be carved out of the present areo of "Continental United State," un less here ar some further divisions. If Arizona and New Mexico should by any chance vote to unite their destinies for the sake of Immediate statehood ther would not remain another inch of territory, except Alaska and the tiland, from which to create ' new states. The District of Columbia, th Yellowstone park and such exceptional areas. It la safe to say. will always be devoted to their present pur poses and will not be made Into states. The filling up and conversion Into a sys tem of organic states of th whole vast expanse of the United States will have t&ken less than a century and a Quarter. Kentucky and Vermont led the procession through the portals of the original union in l?9i. end there haa not been a decade sine that those portals hav not been thrown open to admit on of more, other to the sieierhood. . . . , , orrOHTTlUTIKa l! the armt. frvniotloB from the Raakl Bectal " to tho Servloo. -. Baltimore American. .The War department and many of the distinguished officers of the army are in search of a remedy for desertion. Ther Is on to hand which, will help as much as any other device that can b thought of to stay desertion and create a proper spirit In the army. After ths West Point graduates hay been assigned there, will be a number of vacant commissions In the army. It s customary at this time of th year to detail a number of men from the ranks to take Instruction 'for examination for Commissions, and It is said that twenty will b so detailed In the next two months. Generally on or two men from the ranks ar chosen from those examined and th balance of th appointments ar given to civilians who. because of their Ignorance of tb common soldier, sre likely, hy their treatment of him, to prejudice hi mind against service more than his own officer succeeds In doing. By giving to the men who are fitted for It th promotion which th vacancies annually offer ther will b gradually established In the mind Of the army a feeling of self-respect, and outside of it a feeling of respect which It does not now possess. When men feel that they be long to a corps where each man by devo tion to duty may eventually rise te th highest rank, desertion will becom a thing of th past. Men will condemn It as they would anything else which they considered dishonoring and debasing. T give to a few men. backed up by Influences, commissions In th army at certain Intervals may b all right per a, but if it Is a barrier to th Improvement of th service it should not b considered for a moment. Th offloer who ordered the sergeant away from his vicinity In the theater had a view of the service which Is not confined to him, but It Is not th view which Improve th ssrvtos and makes real soldiers. Give the rank and file th assur an that they can rise to higher thing by devotion to duty and Interest In th army, and the complaints of desertions from tb army will soon c. it must, however, b a bona fid system, snd not the practice said to be common of sticking a roan In th army for a, few nonths in erder to promote htm from th rank,- MKPtflASKA BarOAI4l, CAVPAIQ Mot o. "w-Mad Coavert. Wsyn Herald (rep ). Edward Roeewater la In Europ. but his political record la Indelibly lmprd on th minds of th voter ef Nebrsska and Ms long and actlv career against railroad en croachments will go farther to secur his nomination and election to the VnneJ States senat than th "sounding brass and tinkling cymbals" ef some ef Ms opponent. Whr Kiperlene Coaats. Thurston Gasett (rep.). e What's th matter with Rosewater for senator? Tb only thing Hubbard can say against (?) him la that he la & year old. Talk about being "harml'y.s." If you can't rake up any old pills wors than that. Hub, we ar thinking Mr. Rosewater and almost any of his friends can take a box of about forty-five, without any particular uneasl nes on our part. "Old men for council and young men for war" la a saf adage to fol low these days. Itrequlre th experience f years of rubbing up against th rough edges of this old world to fit one for the battle to be fought on the floor of the senate, unless, of course, one Is going In for graft. Most any young duck can choose which pile h will take. Too Hoeh rataalllaaa. CfNeill Frontier (rep.). Crouna of Omaha and Cum of Broken Bow ar two late arrivals for senatorial honor. Th people generally might hav looked with eoTne. favop en Judg Crouna I candidacy had the Omaha Fontanel! kept In the background. - As tor Currle, It look Ilk Nonis Brown had. too much of a toad In that section of the state for Mm to de velop a formidable following. Not Very Maay Left. l"tlc Bun (rep.). When Governor Mickey move to Omaha to become an Iowa farmer he will b about the only candidate left to contest with Ed itor Rosewater for the senatorship. Best Qaaliaed for th Place. Leigh World (rep.). Tli senatorial scrap goes merrily on. Ex Governor Crounse Is msklng a little stir and Norrla Brown of Kesrney still has his friends at work. While a few are trying to turn the sentiment from Edward Rose water, he seems to be gaining ground ev ery day and It looks more now than ever that he Is . the choice of the people for aenator. He Is the beat Qualified man In Nebraska for th place and his friends are enthusiastic (hat he shall get It. till Right Urt Oae. Bancroft Blade (rep.). . The Pender . Republic accuses "Rosa water of being an old man with one foot In the grave."' Judging from the pace he set for the boys In these parts the remain ing foot must be a mighty live one. . - - olid with the People. Madison Chronicle (rep.). Rosewater may not be elected te the senate by.th next legislature, but if, the selection was decided by a popular vote of th people Nebraska's veteran editor would go In with flying color. For tho ISaecales He Has Mad. Wlnsld Trlbun (Ind.). It begins to look as If Rosewater would win, csut. not frortl any personal magnetism, but, 'because of the enemies h haa made. He has been and is an Independent old cuss, but when one looks back: and thinks over the class of men In his own party he has fought and defeated. It Is hard to find a single case where th old warrior waa wrong. , ' ; - ' '; ' war Cry of the' ladlaas.' Loup City Northwestern (rep.). And itow .'Job L.- Webster, retires from th senatorial race and up bob ex-Governor ,Crouns s; new nsg In the senatorial race, having the Fontanell club of Omaha as godfather to the new sprout, with an "anythlnf-te-beat-Roseweter" war cry as Its slogan.'1 ' ' Everything; Above Board. Crleton Leader (rep.). Whatever anyone's opinion of Edward Rosewater may be, all must concede that he I going Into the senatorial fight In a businesslike way, having announced a month ahead of th primaries who his list of delegates will be. And we ar com pelled to remark that th list selected Is made up of pretty good men. It ' Makes th Foot Mas. Lincoln Journal (rep.). It Is doubtful if a successful warfare can be waged against Edward Rosewater in Douglas county. That he has many earnest snd enthusiastic enemlas I true, but their opposition Is not purposeful. Since the withdrawal of the two really formidable csndldatea there Is no On man upon whom Mr. Rosewater' enemies can unit with any hop of success, tarenso Crouna atllt has a following, but It Is not militant. Th man ha led a rather selfish existence, not gathering to himself frtonds who would be willing to sacrifice and suf fer In his behalf. He doss not constitute a 'mighty rallying point around which a political combination can hold a successful ghost dance. He Is In truth a back number, who should cheerfully yield, for th 'good of th party, to some one who has youth and strength and animation all elements of successful leadership. Buch a man a Will F. Gurley could wrest the plum from Mr.- Roewatr or at teaat give htm suck a run for his money as he would not for get to his dying day. . A younger man I long to see, With strength snd educstlon. To race with Edward of, The Be And save th situation.. , The fight comes on July the third, , It's shadow will not vanish; I haven't hsd my soul so stirred Since Dewey smashed th Spaulsh. A month ago I viewed th scene With solid satisfaction. Remarking then that Charlie Green Had cleared hla deck for action. And Wehatr's gun wss primed with ear, Tom Blackburn's far was smiling; Said I: "There'll b things doing there. The summer hours beguiling." Then Victor said: "Pa's going to run,"' And there was consternation; John Webster dropped his loaded gun - And ran like all creation. As on found with his neighbor's goods Who eke retrests sffrlghted, Green hastened to th open woods And hasn't sine been sighted. Now Edward Resey of Th Be Stands forth with none to smite him Except Lorenso Crounse. and he Too old to fairly fight him. And ao the Duuglaa delegate For Edward will stand pat, sir: But Douglas isn't all th state. And I am damglad of that, sir. A word of Scandinavian origin, meaning "delighted." What Bras Bitter Eaesales Adsaltl Tilden Cltlseo (rep.). The scheme to bead off Rosewater by pushing Lorenso Croana to th frost for tb Ur.lted State senate Is net likely to prove very ffctlv. Th ax-governor Is highly esteemed ss a gentleman of suave manner, and the respect due to venerable g Is freely accorded bim throughout the Slate. But such attribute aa vim, ag gressive parsiatency. broad knowledge of government affair. Independence of thought snd actionin short, moat of th qualifica tion which ar desirable In a United State senator vea hi staunchest sup porters will not credit htm with poeaoaalng. On th other band, the earns qualities ar a part and parcel of Edward Rosewater, as evca bis bitterest stuls wul admit 'ROl ftD ABOVT NKW YORK. Mlaor aa Iaeldeats Sketched - ' aa Spot. On of th smooth and shrewd young lawyers-In-th Department fcf Agriculture Is Oeorg Patrick MoCbe, who was re cently' promoted, for merit, to the post of Solicitor ' tot th department. . Mct'abe Is a Utah product. He entered the govern ment servlc ss a clerk eight or ten years eo. at a salkry of tm a year. During his Idle hour he studied law and gredu, ated from a Washington law school, lie fore going to Washington McCabe rail roaded for awhile, mainly as a locomotive fireman, edited a country paper and taught school. Ths first thing he did after' reiving the appointment as solicitor was to devise a scheme for making the railroads obey th law which say they shall .not keep hv stock In trsnalt for' more than twenty-eight hour without unloading them for rest and water. The law had been on the statut books sine UTft, but It waa practically a dead letter because prosecuting attorneys In sisted that th only way to prove that the cattle had not been unloaded was for some agent of the government to ride on a cattle train from point of shipment to destina tion. , . McCabe having been a practical railroad man and living at a division headquarters knew that .that wss not necessary, Hs knew that all that was necessary was to take th number of the cars st points of shipment, check them . off at the regular feeding stations and note th time of the arrival of those cars at' th ' great stock yards. H knew, that ao railroad company would unload cattle out on a prairie. , In, a few weeks hs had prepared l.KM cases against the railroads. The attorneys for th railroad threw up their hand, oonfeeaed and promised to be good If ths government would not ssk for th Impo sition of mors than th mlnlmsm fine, flOO for each violation. ' Secretary Wilson agreed to that because he was more Interested In having the law obeyed In th future than of having the railroads punished. They ar obeying the law now pretty well. They know It I no use to suggest to Secretary Wilson that he cannot prove they violate the law because they know that McCabe can easily ascer tain whether they ar telling th truth or a counterfeit of It ' Of Intereat to vegetarians who number la Increasing In thee dsys of- exposures It a bulletin tseued by- the Department of Agriculture, the title of which Is the "Preparation Of Vegetables for th Tsble." The object of this bulletin is to help the housekeeper to a better understanding of the vegetable foods and the methods of preparing them the changes they undergo when cooked snd the methods of cooking and serving therm Th bulletin was pre pared by Miss Maria Parloa. who, th In troduction states, "ha made an extensive study ' of the subject and i thoroughly famlttat with both the, theoretical and the practical side of vegetable cookery." This Is th latest of the series of bulletins Which th department has . been Issuing' for some - time, the general purpose of which Is to give in popular form sum maries ef data nn th nutiitlvw value of different foods and related, topics. ' Al though not designed primarily as a Sonkery book, the bulletin on vegetables contains a large number of recipe for cooking them. It Is not often that sn Amertcsn politician gets sick of seeing his name In print. Yet Senstor Albert J, Beveridge of Indiana got more clippings a few days ago with hla nam in them than he cared te see. This la the way It bappvned. Beveridge , has his share of vanity and the day he Introduced his meat Inspection blip. he telegraphed an order to one . of th New York press elip piftg bureau to seed him all clippings nn the Beveiidge meat bill. Every paper In th"' country printed something- about -th packer and the Bevetidg bill. Ths first day following his order Beverldg received several thousand clippings and an enormous bill. Th next day th clippings and the bill were -trebled. The third day brought Senator Beverldge s finish and . gasping over ths amount of his Indebtedness to the man with the aheara hs telegraphed ss fol lows: "Csncel my order; hav had enough." "The aentleman from Kentucky reflects on the appropriation committee," said Representative Gardner of Michigan. "The member of the committee are su persensitive," declared Bherley, a Ken tucklan, with profuse courtesy. "Because we differ with them Is In no sense a re flection upon the committee. -We accord to you proper energy snd proper Intelligence, but ws deny you absolute, infinite wisdom." During the discussion of the conference report on th. Indian, appropriation bill In ths senate Senator La Pollen cited a case In which ne Arm of lawyers in Indian Territory had been paid 1760,006 for serv Irea to the Indian. "Another case In which the cornfield lawyer failed to attend to business," remarked Senator Spooner, glancing at Senator Tillman, who replied: "The cornfield lawyer can't attend to all the stealing; If hs did he would never sleep." . , On of th most Interesting stories passed around the senate concern! the Ingenious work of two of th employes of that body. Several weeks ago an estimable woman from Denver, changing her mind as she was going down In one of the senate eleva tors, darted out ths hslf closed door Just ss the operator had moved the lever and act tb car In motion. Sh was fatally hurt, her death following the accident In a few hours. The occurrence shocked every on about th senate. Saturday and yes terday E. C. Btubbs, ths chief engineer Pale, Thin, Nervous? Then your blood must be in a very bad condition. You certainly knbW what to take, then why not take it ? Ayer's Sarsaparilla. If you doiibt, then consult your doctor. We know what he will say about this grand old family medicine. Sold for 60 years. . -. i- , in We have no secrets! We publish the formulas of all our medicines. -. ass hy tb . O. Aye iHifiiiTmw-riaiU) At s CAJMJTf raOToatl , rvressxha. imi latl YMOS-yar the hair. ef ths senat wing, and R. It. Oaf, th chief electrician, y'sced on every floor ot the senat elevators s small devfc by which when the doot l opetwd thr-current I cut off snd It Is sn Impossibility for ths operator te start hs oar. Th moment ths door Is shut a small bolt 4s rmshed back until ths circuit Is' completed ahd th car responds to th lever. Tho leveor men wer Jubilant over th perfect' working excellent of the device, snd they srs kept busy all day explaining the Invention to senator., , PERSONAL NOTE. J. J. Hill, the Great Northern railroad magnate, has bought; a' 'horn In New York City for tV.O0O. John Sharp Williams employ his va cation days In Mississippi almost all ths time In reading In his library, whleh Is on of the finest In) ,the state. His chief outdoor hobby Is- his 'ffflw garden, which he helps keep In order. William H. Newman, president of ths New York Central. . tnlt t year holds ths record of directorships snd trusteeships. He represents the Vanderbllts in 10 cor porations. Frederick Underwood, presi dent of the Erie road, is second In ths list, with seventy-two directorships, and W. K. Vanderbllt I fourth ilt" lgty'fle, , Dr. J. W. Bayers of PhllsdeJphla.Jias Just . been re-elected chsplaln of the Grand Army of the Republic In Pennsylvania,, this bs Ing hi thirty-fifth consecutive t'eYen In that position. He served with Company B of the Ona Hundred and Twny-WHb Menn- -ylvanla volunteers , during. ,thq jciyu wr and participated In many battles with ths Army of the Potomac. "f "" '" v ' ' ' ' ' .: . ? n, j Julian Trask, formerly labor oommlaaloner of New Hampshire, atammers greatly In his speech snd this peculiarity Is well known throughout ths state. One day he was approached by a stranger who, after some preliminary talk, confessed that he had a son who stuttered. - He waai anxlnua to havs the lad cured and asked Mr. Traik for advice regarding th matter. The labor commissioner rehVived gravely for a few minutes and thn responded wi'h all th emphasis he could command: "8-s--hoot him." Th Chamber of Commerce and Real Es tate exohange of Buffalo are fighting shoulder to shoulder against the billboard nuisance. At a recent hearing a 'prominent ' real estate dealer, W. J J. Kunle.- con- , fessed that after .rylng tho forn t ot ad vertising that under fire he was convinced that they were almunt useless, and tai he had been wasting his money. "I .hav absolutely given jp that' kind of advtr tlslng matter and am reaching my people In the only approved modern manner, through the newspaiiers." ' PASSING PLEASANTRIES. The KTW Wm l(r... CI K -11 T -T-,1 - - i- " , VIIBI, m , I'lli II ,7, I eervrn or "uinner is re any, mam? Mistress If that cook doesn't do any bet-., ter. Just ssy "Dinner Is spoiled." Harper Bazar.- . . Mlsa Prim In Siberia do they have rein deer? Mr. Nervey Yes. but often they have snow, darling Philadelphia Ledger, Sherlock Holmes wept 'bitterly. "As a detective," he cried. "I am no longer In It bealde a confounded sociolo gist." Herewith h hiked to Sir Conan Doyle to find out why he hsd been ousted. New York Sun. "George. der. I wish you'd "-Telephone to the fiwldgertons snd hsv lh,m sand Willie home." , "I thought you were hot' going to-ht him go over there sny more." "Yes, I told him this morning thst hs wss never to play with th. Swldgertoa buy again. That's the reason I know he must be there now." Chicago Record-Herald. ; "This streef'pavlng problem seems a hard one'to' solVe." "And yet In the nsture f thins, It ought to be a jwalk-over." PhladelrhlaaPreas. The sweet girl graduate had remarked, "Ove the hUtslles Italy." "Not that I care particularly." she ex plained later, "but It a the proper thing to ssy, you know." Then she went on planning how to rebuild. -a graduation drees for -wedding purposes. Philadelphia Ledger. Knlcker The packers say they use every. ' thing but the squeal. . Bocker Couldn't they can that In a phon ograph ?-New York Bun. "I se that Blank ha got Into trouble by writing an abusive letter to the man be thought had Injured him." : , " "Yes, even Justice does not always allow a man to write his wrongs." Baltimore American. METAMORPHOSIS. OF BOYHOOD. J. W. Fobey In New York fTtmesu. 1 1 Sine she wslks down owr atrete so swats" ann fare bll peeracn blakks his shoos ann koines his' har 1 . : v moaat every day snn wares hls'sunde close ' ann reddy brown rubs sumthen on his nose to take the frerkuls off ann trlse to be us nete us wacks In hoape thst she will sea the chainge In him ann hennry beamus.eedd. he guess he otto ware his shoose Instead ' uv goen balrfoot awl the time us tho he dldunt hav th ahoosatto wart. unov ... snn hennry sedd wen he looks up an sees hur kummen down benth the rts' uv trees along the walk he wundera If his fa Ice . Is washt snn If his necktl ia In plalf . It yoostoo be he woar hla overawls " In the frunt yard but now he gos ann hawla -th leeve off aftur dark soose she woant - sea .11-1 him InWa wurken close witch snose that he Just wurehlpps hur ann gives a seaorvjt at. uv happiness wenneavur ah goe bl. ann hennry sedd the wurld wll neavur asm a the aalm to him. Ilka sum wun In a drain he gose abowt ann dus not seme to care fure uthly things ann offered me his shalr uv awl owr basebawl things, ann weon b gose apaeat hur howae he var a hansum rose , ann emtles awl hla pockuts owt sose thay wll not stick owt ann oylr hs har to lay down smooth, ann allck like barure bare. 6 how kood enny gurl on urth resist him nowt', Oa.. Loweu, Mae. ef avsai' ATSM' ATEK'S rcL a esssrttsetloa. AO0S CUkS-Jrej asUsMaMsfgSk