THE OMAHA DAILY BEE: FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 14, 1900. ! S;. V . The Omaha Daily Bee. FOUNDED BT EDWARD ROSE-WATER. VICTOR ROSEWATER. EDITOR. Entered at Omaha Poetofllce aa second class matter. ' TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION. Pally Be (without Sunday), en Tear..W-J -V, Peiiy Be and Sunday, on year I Sunday Bee. on year J J Saturday Bm, ona year . -DELIVERED BT CARRIER. "!tft ((including Sunday), per week. .17 ; Csjly tr wlthout Sunday), per , F.wenlng Be (without Sunday), per '".J t-venlng Be (with Sunday), per week... .100 ..Sunday Bee, per copy . . Addraaa complaints ot Irregularities In oe . hveryt Clt Circulation Department ... '. , . . OFFICES. Omha The Bee Building. South Omaha City Hall Building. . .Council Bluffs 10 Pearl Street. Chlcsgo184 rutty Building. New York-ISO Home Life Ins. Building. Washington 401 Fourteenth Street. 'CORRESPONDENCE!. -Communication relating to fltwi end edl tortal matter ahould be addressed: Omana tf: Editorial Department. REMITTANCES. 'Remit by draft, xpre or portal order .,..Pyabl to The Bee Publishing Company. - Only J-cent stamps received a payment 01 -jnall accounts, rereonsi check, except on Omaha or eastern exchange, not eccepwu THE BEB PUBLISHING COMPAN Y. STATEMENT OF CIRCULATION. Stat of Nebrsska,, Douglas County. ss: George B. Txachuck, treasurer of The Pee Publishing company, being duly - sworn, tay that th actual number of . full and complete copies ot Th-- Dally Morning. Evening and Sunday Be printed during tb month of August, 1101, was a 1 SMSO I si.soo I IUN 4. . t . . . . n.ooo 1 30,140 1 31,580 7 31,440 1 3L3flO 1 31.140 !..... ..... 31,70 11 31,140 II.......... 30,060 II .M, 31,400 14..... 31,330 II. ..i-.'.....:. 31,330 1 31420 Total J . . IT tl.300 II S1.M0 II. 19. so,eo 1.140 11.860 83,140 31,650 10,830 30,850 30, (30 80,800 tl. il. II. 14 21...'. l 21 21... S0,10 30,630 11. 10.; 30,370 11. 33,440 ............. Less unsold cople. , 3.143 - Jet total sal 04,46 tally average 31,111 QBORGiS B. TZSCHUCK, Treasurer. Subscribed In my prenc anu aworn to before roe tbi tlt day of August. 10. (Seal) M. B. HUNOATB,; Notary Public WHEN OUT- OF TOWII, gabserlbers leavlaa the elty torn '2nrUy: ahoald hay Th Be mailed to theaa. Addrea will be , eb.-a.d a. ofte. a. reeae.ted. Native Filipinos who hope to qual ify for eelf-gdvernment might begin by suppressing jhe Pulajanes. -, Mn. Hearst 1 now an out-and-out candidate 'for "governor and Attorney Jerome can make the most of It .To judge from the frequency of ac cidents, American . railway methods must be finding -disciples In Canada. Senator Dick's "endorsement is ot tie ' Itind. whl'cnA'generally ' makes the recipient pay closer attention to busi ness. ,'Mafse,""H6h'ry" Watteraon has graceful ly boarded the Bryan band - wagoffi but has evidently taken a seat cKjse to" the steps. "'. , .BeoreUcy.. Bonaparte strongly Inti mates that those naval graduates who cannot he gentlemen will be expected q counterfeit the genuine. .1 , . 1 .u' Having "explained" his New York speech at Louisville, Mr. Bryan will prepare to ."explain his Louisville speech at some other place. . Students -ot military affairs should now secure an Idea of the relative merits ot the machete and bolo as , .'demonstrated. in Cuba and the Phlllp- pines.. . ' . 1 Despite the expert opinion that lep rosy Is not contagious" the average in ,divl4uai will still enforce the Mosaic vdoctrine ot isolation as far as he is ' personally concerned. Receiver Earle'a plan to reorganize . hHPUladtt!hl& Real Estate Trust v.)' ($oTOJhaik' tyjf probably meet ; with favor from all persons except those "called upon to put up the cash. y, , f "? .v 3 . 1 ' - - , With .',Mri Oompers claiming a .pnoral vUtory".and Congressman Lit- "tie field receiving the certificate of elec tion, the contest In Maine is creating ' ' l little dissatisfaction In. any quarter. With (ess than halt the registered '' voters of Seattle expressing their !' views of municipal ownership of street railways at the polls, it would seem that another poliUcal "Issue" has been plucked before it is ripe. The Real Estate exchange has re sumed Its regular meetings after the gammer recess. The real estate men however, .. have been doing business Uhout Interruption right through Jhe season. Council Bluffs is about to celebrate the .semi-centennial of the presbytery of IU Presbyterian church. This should be a reminder that the pioneers did not forget to bring their religion 'I. ' along with them when they came west. The new meat Inspection law Is on in full force and Its provisions are being strictly complied with by the meat peeking establishments at South Omaha." There is every reason to be lieve that the South Omaha packing houses , had to make as few, it not fewer, changes la their methods as any In the United States. The populist party is practically out of business In Nebraska, but the rem cants axe still' going through the forms of fusion with the democrats on local tickets.- When there Is a chance of . winning out the democrats Insist on taking most of the places, but where there Is a prospect of sure defeat they t kindly. Jet the populists gather la the empty-nonors. ' RfXIfKTKLT IX THK CAMPAIGN. It ahould not fall to strike public attention that those powerful interests which are Inveterately hostile to the Roosevelt policy are emphasising the, paramount Issue of the pending cam paign by desiring democratic success for the very reason that they bellere It would hamper or defeat the presi dent's success during the remainder of his. term. . On of their most conspic uous eastern newspaper organs, which has virulently fought' every effort ot the president, particularly to secure railroad control legislation, In a la bored argument In favor ot demo cratic candidates In the congressional districts, enlarges on this point "It la very evident what is to happen if the elections go to suit Mr. Roosevelt. Let us judge, the future by the past and plant ourselves on the assumption that Mr. Roosevelt will display con tinuity In his legislative program. This means that, as he acquires power, be will 'propose and perhaps achieve more and more radical things." And there are likewise signs all along the line that, those who desire to' defeat his central aim of subjecting corporate wealth to the efficient equal rule of public authority see that the only available means Is to strengthen the democratic party In the next congress. That result la Indeed inherent In the situation, and the president himself has from the first keenly appreciated It and by every possible means sought to bring It to the knowledge of the country. It behooves all who have confidence In his leadership and who have approved his spirit and meas ures to take this fundamental fact to heart, the more because already the democratic leaders, while they have been pretending to favor some of his achievements, are already belittling them. Impugning his sincerity and otherwise betraying the spirit of par tisan enmity in which they will use their power In congress. If his sworn and banded enemies help to magnify that power, surely the mass of the peo ple, irrespective of party, who know how loyally he has stood for their In terest, should now stand by him. THE flERHAH M&AT FAMIlfK. The official reports of the falling domestic meat supply In Prussia, show ing a decrease of a quarter of a mil lion In the number of animals slaugh tered during the second quarter of the current year, as compared with the corresponding quarter of last year. bear directly upon the prospects of our ' own, live stock Indus- tries. In spite of the growth . ot German Industrial population, and In spite of the big bonus which the Oer man tariff and inspection- regulations virtually secures to the land owners on live stock and all products required to grow, and fatten them, the home supply for several years - has ; been steadily falling behind the demand, so that this year f.he sheer, decrease will be over 1,000,000 animals In Prussia alone. At the excessive prices! now further stimulated by enhanced rates of the new tariff on live animals and meats, the price is beyond the reacbr of a rapidly growing multitude of people who, tor a long time have been reduced to an insufficient meat ration If the excluslonlst policy had op erated so as within a reasonable time to cause abundance through home production with lower meat prices, the mass of German consumers would not now, be making passionate and ever louder outcry for relief. It Is note worthy that the fact on which they build their logic Is that our own west ern farmers could put meat on Ger man tables at good profit to them selves and yet at prices vastly below the now ruling famine rates, but for the policy that Insures an arbitrary bonus to the German land owner, and that, our new meat inspection system Is cited aa a further and conclusive reason why relief should be granted ax vxbArs rnoposmojv. The Board of Regents of the uni versity ot Nebraska is said to have taken the position In a mandamus suit brought against the state audi tor that It has a right to ex pend as it pleases without ac counting to any other authority any and all money which may come to the university from other sources than taxation. The aim and object of this claim is to avoid going to the legisla ture for a reapproprlatlon of money received by the university under differ ent federal laws, or from. Investments ot the university trust funds, or from fees and charges paid In by university students. It would follow. It this money were not subject to legislative appropriation, that It need not be paid Into the state treasury at all, . but could be held by the regents free from all limitations established by law. It Is true that the regents once pur sued this policy, but It was abandoned ten years ago largely through the ef forts of the editor of The Bee, and a stop, supposedly for all time, was put to the farming out of university funds In the custody of a special treasurer. That the framers of our constitution Intended that all " public money, whether raised from taxation or not should go Into the state treasury and come out of It only by specific appro priation Is ' not to be questioned. In one place the constitution says: Each legialatur shall make appropria tions for tb expenses of th government until th expiration of th first fiscal quar ter after th adjournment of th next reg alar aeeslon and all appropriations shall end with such fiscal quarter. A little iurther on it declares: No money shall be drawn from th tress ary except la pursuance of a specific ap propriation mad by law and on th preaen tatloa of a warrant Issued by th auditor thereon and no money ahall be diverted from aay appropriation road for any pur pose or taken from any fund whatever. either by Joist- r separata reaolutloa. The danger of the strained construe tlon which the university regents are asking lies In the fact that It would apply not only to university money, but to all state revenues from sources other than taxation, raised or con tributed for a special purpose, and we would have all sorts of state boards (pending money coming Into their pos session without passing It through the state treasury and without legislative appropriation or auditor's control. The finances of the state would be open at both ends and there would be no limit to the dangerous complica tions which might ensue. TBS CUB A It COSVXDRVM. While the sending of warships to Cuba Is said to be merely for the safety ot Americans there, and by no means to Imply impending Interven tion, It must be taken to mean that the situation Is serious and that the presi dent Is watching It with the keenest vigilance, ready for any emergency. The duty ot maintaining order and security for liberty and property, by Intervention If necessary, rests upon our government by explicit covenant and in the nature of things, but the decision as to the occasion for inter vention and Its scope and methods is a matter at once of exceeding delicacy and far-reaching importance. It would be a grave matter to be forced1 to the conclusion that civil commotions had reached a point at which force from outside the island was .necessary to secure the purposes of government, but that would be the least part of the difficulty. The ques tions would still remain how our au thority should be exerted, whether for maintenance of the existing Cuban government, whether It should pro ceed to crush the armed Insurrection, or whether It should be an assumption ot power independently of both the factions. And if the conundrums In volved In our getting Into the island are perplexing, those Involved In our getting out of It would be not less so. Our people arrived at the strong con viction that It was not desirable to undertake directly the government of Cuba as a settled policy, but it is diffi cult to see how or when we could let go -of It If we should intervene tem porarily. The profoundly discouraging fact, If Intervention on any plan should have to be resorted to. Is that it Is tantamount to a finding that the Cu bans are incapable of self-government, Snd would inevitably be so interpreted by the world. It would at least be the conclusive sign that their first effort, which has been made by our assist ance and largely at our cost, and oth erwise under the most favorable cir cumstances, had collapsed and that the whole work must be begun over again nnder incomparably less aus picious conditions. The persistent claim of Spain, long solemnly asserted before the world, was that the troubles of the Cubans did not arise essentially out of grievance against Spanish gov eminent, but rather out of inveterate Incompatibility ' with any legitimate and effective government at all. The attitude of the administration, cautious not to act prematurely, but alert In preparation and resolute to meet any real emergency that may arise, Is precisely what the situation requires, and inspires universal confi dence that the right thing will be done at the right time and that everything will be done that is reasonably possi ble to avoid the complications of In tervention. Senatorial and representative dis trict conventions are still being held In various parts of Nebraska to nomi nate candidates for the legislature. Every one of these conventions should pledge their nominees to support and vote for the choice of the state con vention for United States senator. The Bee recommended the adoption of such resolution by the district conven tions that were held .prior to the state conventions, and the advice still holds good. " The grade crossing Is just as objec tionable as It ever was and more so In these days of fast driving of trol ley cars. automobiles and other vehicles. Omaha set out to abolish the grade crossing and has made con siderable progress, but the job Is yet to be completed, and in the interval disastrous accidents, like the recent collision of street car and freight train, are likely to recur. The fight to force the abrogation of the Union Pacific's elevation allow ances Is waged ostensibly In the Inter est of the producers and shippers by a combination ot other railroads headed by the Chicago Great Western and re enforced by the Burlington. It ig a gate guess, however, that these rail roads have two thoughts for their own Interests to every one for the Interests ot the poor shipper. The secretary ot the State Banking board, after compiling the reports ot the building and loan associations in Nebraska, testifies generally to their sound condition and prosperous busi ness. When It comes to co-operative home building. Nebraska occupies a high plaoe In the comparative list of states. Local coal dealers put all the blame tor high prices of anthracite up to the Coal trust In the east and assert that they are themselves ground down be tween the upper and nether millstones. We greatly fear, however, that the coal man will find it exceeding difficult to get anyone to lavish sympathy upon him. ' DlSereat Raates Sasa Teraalaal. BU Louts Globe-Democrat. Reading ' between th lines of their speeches and open letters. It can easily be seen that Roger Sullivan ha mad money out ef bla gaa dealing with a political at- tachment, and thnt Colonel Brysn haa made money out of hie political dealing with a gsa attachment. Loaesem aad Passed t. Washington . Post. The old-fashioned democrat who regards free trad a the real remedy for our na tional Ilia la going to get pretty tired waiting for somebody to take notice ot him again. Real Warrior la Sight. Chicago Tribune. Railway comnenles have worse worries than the government ownership question. They would Ilk to have somebody tell them how they are going to move the crop tnia ian. Oa the Mark All the Time. Indianapolis New. V More and more th charge of railway discrimination In favor of the Standard pile up, and more and more th Standard Is brought Into disrepute. But that seems to be the end of It. Nothing seem actually to be done. The Standard keeps on In It old way, doing things and doing people, and "what are you going to do about ItT"' Overworking a Sqaeeae. San Francisco Chronicle. The coet of material and labor Is reach ing th prohibitive point In this city, and many contemplated Improvement , hay been postponed until matters reach a more rational basis. This 1 a matter of vital Importance to the whole community, and tep ahould be taken to enlighten every body concerned In order that the evil may be abated. There la a remedy for th trouble and It will have to be applied be fore there I plain sailing for Ban Fran clsoo. Cattlnar Fire Istarasrt Melons. Philadelphia Press. In a recent publication it Is shown that fourteen New York fir Insurance com panies have' been declaring dividend from 10 per cent to 46 per cent. There was but one earning the larger amount, but there were three dividing 30 per cent and two dividing 20 per cent. The earnings of the larger eompanlea elsewhere are In similar proportion. These are large return In a business that Is perpetually demanding that the public shall give up more, and which quite regularly puts up rates when there ar anything like exceptional losses. These large dividend have given an enor mous value to the stock In the companies, om of which is held at many tlmea th par value. These facts, and not the com plaints of the underwriters, enable the pub llo to get a true gauge of the business. What Cheap Aleohol May Do. St. Paul Pioneer Press. Among the pleasing results anticipated from th advent of free alcohol if it shall be made actually "free," and not be hand! capped by needless Internal revenue re strictions and by the exaction of a tribute to the wood alcohol interest Is this: Thot It will afford a cheaper and more reliable power than electricity for the propulsion of street car, doing away with all neces sity for poles and wire with their dan gerous currents; putting a stop to th electrolysis of water mains; enabling each car to be run Independently, and so avoid ing the vexatlpn of a general tie-up when ever 'anything goes wrong at the central station. Just as the gasoline motor Is crowding toe, locomotive with Its train off of many short lines of railroad, so. It Is expected,' -will th little alcohol engine crowd the trolley off the city streets. i . MORB MEAT THAU EVER. o .. ... Mldsasnaact" aalaess at th Mart of -( '-i the West. Cleveland Leader. In Juljyrhe hottest month of summer, when the 'slffect of the packing bouse scan dals upoa Mw-une of meat would naturally be most felt, th number of head of live tock received at svn great markets In the west wss I.046.471- In July. 1808. th re ceipts at.th same points Chicago, Kan sas City. Omaha. St. Louis, St. Joseph. Sioux City and 8t. Paul war 3,791.(01 head. Th rata of gain waa about S m which la at least three times as great aa in rate per cent of Increase In the popula tion of the. country. In July, 1906,. the shipments of packing nous proaucts rrom Chicago reached the Immense total of 3tt3.M2.090 noun. ..in of more. than I per cent over the corre sponding month of last year. Compared with July, 1H. the rate of Increase wag nearly SO per cent. These surprising fact show thst th packer can well afford to submit to every reasonable regulation and restriction which the national government Is likely ever to enforce. The eat Ins- of m i. in i measure a luxury. It naturally inoreases wim mo average prosperity of any coun try, and lq such times aa this year of unprecedented business activity, and In dustrial expansion the pull of the appetite for flesh is stronrer than th ----- wk..VH of all the packing house scandals. EXPRESS COMPANY PROFITS. Ha laeoaue. Watered Stoek sad Dlvldead Meloaa. Philadelphia Press. -Both th Adam and American Express companies have advanced their dividends In response to the dsniands of stockhold er, against the protest of the various managers. Tbey are perfectly welt aware that no worse time could be selected to re veal th profits of companies whose bust ness and whose profits rest upon contracts mad by men who ar railroad directors at oue end of the bargain and directors of ex press companies at th other. Through these contracts a great business has grown up. whose extent no one knows, because no. records are published. The four express companies cover. 1 68.000 mile of railroad.- Thy enjoy a virtual monop oly. No Investigation and no census ha been able to measure th extent of their profits. Th American Express company haa now a capital of 131,000,000 Instead of 15.300,006 prescribed la the article of th association. Aa to the Adam Express company, Clarence A. Seward, secretary of the company fifteen year ago, said of It Increase of stock: "So far as I know, it was water, as you. hay termed it, pur and simple. As I understand th terra water In the Interrogatory, It meant aa It does In common acceptation, a sim ple Increase of shares, which Is mad with out reference to assets; but It Is made for other purpose, sometime for sale, to pla cate thos whose good will Is desired; sometimes for th purpose of Intentionally increasing th division, so that dividends will be lessened and the rate be not so high aa to attract attention." This precisely expresses th capital which stockholder declare In their complaint la now earning from 90 to 40 per cent, when It Is only declaring I to 11 par cent Th Adams Express company 'divided a large amount of these profit by giving It stock holders some year ago collateral trust bonds, based on th securities In which It previous profits had been Invested. Th result of all thla Is that express charge la this country ar higher than In many other countries, though th cost of railroad transportation I less. ' A week ago these companies went under th control of th Interstate Commerce commission. Their charge are now subject to revision and their eotitracta to scrutiny. Both th railroad sod th public, which have been plundered by these companies under con tracts la which the earn men were at both ends of th bargain, as railroad directors snd express director, for their owe profit, will aala under th saw law. - tn MRMORIAM. Life aa lasplratlaa. Madison Chronic'.. The body of Edward Rosewater ha been laid to re In It earthly aepulcher and the voice and pen of him. whose life was spent In battling for humanity. I stilled. The Inspiration of hi llf will live for years ta come In the mind and neart of th many thousands who have been constant readers of The Bee from. Its Infancy to the present time. Personslly we have been an ardent admirer cf Edward Rosewater slirce the days of childhood when Te Bee first began making weekly visits, and later daily visits to our home. Th encomiums which burst forth spontaneously from those In the high as well as In the lowly walks of life, shows the force of character and person ality of the man. Islsesee Was Powerfal. Teoumseh Chieftain. Mr. Reaewater was a man who wss vry highly respected.- H was a man of strong convictions and was a fearless fighter for th success of thos things which eemed to be right to him. Hi Influene wss power ful, and It was courted by om and feared by others. He will always be accounted one ot the moat conspicuous figures In the early history of the state of Nebraska, and his memory will always be cher!hd In the minds and hearts of his fellow eltisens. Frlead of OrsraaUed Labor. Western Laborer. With the passing of Edward Rose water the people have "lost their great est champion. Ha was not ap preciated as he should have been In life and now that , he la gone the tribute to his greatness have fairly flooded Omaha. He loved to be doing something for some body, and the more numerous were the people In his office looking for favor of some kind, th belter he liked It. No man or woman ever' went to Mrt Rosewater with a good story and got turned down. Mr. Rosewater kept close to all the struggle of organised labor in this com munity from th first day he located In Omaha. During our connection with the Laborer we have many, many times been given valuable advice and encouragement by him when labor had a struggle on It hand. Organised labor will miss him aa much as any class of our people. Defeat Never Daoated Hlaa. Weeping Water Herald. The passing away of the veteran editor Is like losing a familiar landmark. He has guided th destlnle. of The Bee through , many a storm, and haa participated In numerous heated political campaigns. ,Hls haa been the aetlv life. Defeat never daunted him. He dared to make enemies, yet enjoyed the friendship and esteem of the tnaesGS. Foreefal Writer, Able Editor. Syracuse Journal. Hon. Edward Rosewater waa the most forceful writer and ablest editor this' stale has even had. The great newspaper,. The Bee, which he established thirty-five year ago. Is a monument worthy of hi great ability. He had made a great many political enemies during hi career but he also had a host of friends. All will regret his sudden taking off. Pabllo Spirited aad Broad Mladed. ' Mlnden News. , In the death of Edward Rosewater Isst Friday Nebraska lost one of her most distinguished eltisens and Oma'ha a most publlo-splrlted, broad-minded and enter prising resldenh , His newspaper, Th Omaha Bee, has enjoyed the reputation for years of being; th. most outspokua and fearless and the best paper west of Chicago. -The splendid Bee building Is a monument to his untiring seal and on ergy. ' Foremost Newspaper Maa. Wakefield Republican. Bome say that his defeat for the sena torial nomination hastened his demise, while other ere of the opinion that, that had nothing to do with It Anyway the state has lost Its foremost newspaper maa and It will be many a day. If ever, before there will be another editor Just Ilk Mr. Rosewater. Loyal Frlead, Opea Fighter. Cteneva Signal. Hi success waa principally due to his tireless and persistent energy and his dauntless courage. His energy was not the exertion of blind-force. He coupfed Intelligence with methodical application. Ha worked steadily early and late, but always with clearly defined purpose. He subordinated personal convenience to th possibility of securing success.' He pros pered financially, but be desired Intel lectual power more than riches. His tire less and persistent energy made htm th terror of his opponents. Hs was a loyal friend and an open Sghter. Haver Looked for Easy Coara. Ord Quls. Lik all strenuous men Rosewater mad many bitter enemies. He waa never look ing for an easy course, nbr were his sails set for - popular breesea. Wherever his Judgment dictated that the right courss lay, there he went regardless of conse quences to himself. Of course, this meant that his course was often counter to self, seeking men, and these and their Imita tors were necessarily mfcde to hate him. This alone accounts for the enmities that the man had to contend with. Life of ladosaltahl Baergy. Nebraska Independent. His pathway tn business and politlo waa beset by difficulties that a lass heroic nature would have shrunk from. But the valiant Rosewater waa unawed and hesitated not, always exhibiting a sublime confidence In the final outcome of all of bla undertaking In business snd la public affairs. HI life was one of Indomitable purpose, resting upon a broad and com prehensive understanding of the ends sought, aa well as the means to be em ployed and the difficulties and delays to be encountered. Wo a Battle for People. Randolph Times, Edward Rosewater was a maa of national reputation, a man high In the counsels of his party leaders at bome and In Washing ton. W believe he should have been lu the United State senate, and no doubt he would have had this honor that he so sin cerely desired bad he nt antagonised the corporations and the railroads and their henchmen, whose rul In Nebraska I now broken bees us of th battle first waged by Tb Bee and Its editor. Saeeess Da to Esergy, Emerson Enterprise. Mr. Rosewatar waa probably the most prominent man In Nebraska. He was aa ncrgetlc worker and his success was largely due to that characteristic. Many people In Nebraska will regret that he was not allowed to serve at least one term In the United State senate. State's Foreasost Cltlsea. . Stockvlll Republican Faber. The death of Edward Rosewater was a hock to every Nebraskan and Is a loss to th state. Mr.. Rosewater haa been one of the state's foremost eltisens for years.' a leading and Influential republican and an excellent and energetlo newspaper maa. I Rorsn asovt nbjw towk. Ripple th Carreat ef Life la Metropolis. Th annual report of the fire, marshal ot New Tork furnlshe a suggestive clue to the origin of some "mysterious fire" n.1 places th responsibility on fire Insurance companies, whose greed for hueine-a prompt the Issuance of pol!,l,s which tempt the firebug. "I wa urprleL" says the marshal, "at th many esse to be found among the poorer classes where three or more different peteon boarding or lodging with one family. In the ame suit of ootns, wer each In possession of a fir Insurance policy. They, In most caes, had nothing outside of wearing apparel In the premises, the value of which represented but a small fraction of the amount of their policy. 'l was Informed that no trouble was experienced by them in procuring thet policies from sgents of fire Insurance com panies. "Moreover, these people seem to have the delusion that all would partake In a large claim If . fire occurred on the premise. This Idea, bo doubt, la often the cause of negligence In causing fires. If not some times aa Incentive to some to commit ar son. "Again, Insurance claims are often ad justed for fires Of which we have no cogni sance. These are generally small fires, and It Is only when an exorbitant claim Is de manded, or a fire appears suspicious to the mind of the Insurance adjuster, that the bureau Is then notified. "Risks have also come to my notice which were decidedly hassrdoua. but not appar ently deemed so by the companies, from th heavy Insurances In the possession of soma parties having a fife. It appears, therefore, that If some Insurance officials were not so lax In respect to 'risks ss sumed,' If more discrimination wis ued In th disposition of claims and the "mora! haiard' snd other features of a risk taken Into consideration, there would be a ma terial decrease In the number of fires." ' The forty-one-story addition to the Singer building at the corner of Broadway and Liberty street In New Tork offers pecul'ar engineering problems and difficulties. The wind pressure on the twenty-seven-story, slxty-flve-foot square tower, which Is to rise on the top of the fourteen-story building, will amount, at thirty pounds to a squaro foot, to the enormou total of 12S.000-foot tons. The tower must be built to stand against the overturning force and with a margin for safety. The plan of the con struction of the steel frame Is to consider the tower as being built of four square corner towers and a central tower consist- Ing of the elevator well, with wind bracing ,, thro,-n each wal, of Mch tower continuously from base to summit, the five towers being tied together in lateral planes at the various floors. The building will be the loftiest masonry structure In the world Its 612 feet overtopping even th Wash ington monument by fifty-seven feet. The engineers of the building confidently expect that in spite of Its great height there will be no"perceptlbIe sway even la the heaviest storm. Above the New Tork Central's New Tork train yard, there Is to be laid out a vista of hanging gardens, which for beauty of conception will ecllp anything ever be fore undertaken in railway parks. For a distance of over half a mile, looking north from the Grand Central station, th gar dens will be spread out. supported over the tracks on steel columns. Fountains will be appropriately placed at intervals, with trees and shrubbery In trop ical abundance, the whole constituting" a spacious park, In delightful contrast to the present dusty, dirty and unkempt surround ings. With no smoke nuisance to interfere, these hanging gardens will vie with Cen tral park In rendering attractive this por tion of th cfty.' The management of .the. road is to be' complimented for Its esthetlo taste tn -beautifying th exterior of such a practical construction as a train yard. The magnificent gardens that are to over hang them will advertise the road to trav elers all over the glob. . . . - One thing Is sure to result from the cam paign that Is being carried on for the con trol of the Mutual and New Tork Life In surance companies the receipts of the New Tork postofflee for the year will be In creased enormously. The International -policy holders' committee alone Is buying 69.000 l-eent stamps every day. It will coat the companies almost as much to carry on their campaign through th malls. Th International committee almost ' swamped the New Tork poet office on one 'order a few days ago and had to wait half a day until th stamps could be gathered up from branch office and depositories.- Th . United State authorities hav for some Mm considered the assay offlc oa Wall street, adjoining the rub-treasury, as unsafe, and steps are new being taken to provide a plaoe In ' which this department of the United States mint can be con ducted without danger to the employes. This old building, the most ancient on Wall street, was built In 1823 for the New Tork branch of th Bank of tb United States. , ' When that Institution failed It was ooeu pled for some , tlm for banking purposes and in MH was converted to Its prnt use. In this building the precious metals in the form of crude bullion, bars, old Jewelry, ooltt, etc., are received and turned out la th form of bar, bearing th government stamp certifying to their weight and fine ness. Ths greater part of the work Is exe cuted for private parties, who deposit bul lion with the office for that purpose, a mall charge fixed by law being Imposed for the service. Gold bars or gold cola ar returned for gold deposits, and stiver bars only for silver. The gold bars manu factured vary In value from 1100 to 0,000 and the silver bar from flv ounces to 1,600 ounce. The office accepts no amounts of either gold or silver of lea than BOO la value. The total arrests made In New Tork City U.; .ear numbered 1M.K4. of which about one-fifth were females. There wer 22,471 more arrests than la lKti. Nearly 41.000 persons wer put In custody for alcoholic xtravaganoa Two hundred and ninety actresses and forty-aix modal earn within tb reach ef th law, and 1.721 errand boy wer given a touch of discipline. Tb nationalities of thos arrested In cluded 7S.634 of th United States, not In cluding I.TU negroes; 14.271 Irish. 13,144 Oar man, 11,110 Italians, 21,066 Russians, 10,7 Austrian, 4.834 Turks snd Oreeks. 1.13 English, 4,401 Norwegians, 1,111 Poles, 1.304 Chinese, 41 Australian. I Bavarians, S Chileans. II Egyptians, I East Indiana I Arabs, II Porto Rlcans, I Bulgarians, 1 Laplander, 1 Central American.. I Nova Scotlaa. 4 Algerians and I Servians. People get arrested mostly between 20 and 20 years of age. but 22.171 persons under 20, were taken Into custody and UMt ever CO year. Single people are more susceptible to arrest, 121,171. against 41,771 married. Of persons not able to read or write, f.tot were arrested. There were 4 case of sulctd and 817 of attempted sui cide, in which arrests war msds. Six teen murderer were arrested.' all - men. There wer 44,084 arrests from Brooklyn. Notwithstanding th reputation of the "Tenderloin" In New Tork City. It I Ira possible to find a "saloon',' In It Tou do not have t go far to find a "hotel." "restaurant." "garden. ' "promenade,", "buffet." "cafe" snd so on. almost with out end. where spirits of all sort ar sold; but there 1 ae sign ef a "saloon.' - ' mnsoviL NOTRS. A Ne York msn complsln In court hi wife I a poker fiend. Even worne th this, she loses, right along. Dr. Lowdea of Clark unlverelly. . tend that children do not use their u enough Evidently n I pot. posted s. th demand for gum. FrauWln Ifrupf, the present owner of Essen works, who 1 about to marry. I displeased the Oerme working rltn.f, following th good old irman hourw!f. custom of making ler own' bridal llrc i Daniel Mclntyr Henderson, the v known poet and sckiSlar" of Baltimore, l last Saturdsy. ' Mr- Henderson was ho-r Glasgow, Scotland, landing In Baltimore ding In Baltimore re In that city the I Itu Moriarty, on- I laying of the wJxJ . died In Londa? , V k 172, and made hi home In that city the after. Csptaln Henry Augustus the principals In the Atlantic cabje, has Just wa born in Ull and commanded H. VI Agememnon, which, with the United 8i-2 frigate Niagara, laid the '7 cahle j spliced It In mldocean. ; President Oscar O. Murray of the Bi more Ohio railroad I not euperstitM believing that thirteen 1s a lucky numl to him. and therefore ordered that the nj central offices of the Baltimore a- Ol railroad be Decupled ithe thirteenth of i month. He was appointed to hi flret j on the 13th Of January and received th teen subsequent advancements until he i came president. It appears that-. Senator Beverldee Indiana once entered a competitive ex Inatlon for appointment to West Point s lost his opportunity for becoming a soldier because he- laughefl st an Inopp. tune moment In the exa utlon and a fined several point for Indocorous conrtu The rucoessful aspirant for the place Si ior oevenage aspired to fill waa Cnptj Austin Hasting Brown, who died in 190 Mark Twain's daughter,, Miss Clt Clemens, Will make her American debut a concert singer on th evening of A tember 22 tn Norwalk, Conn. M Clemen made her first appearance In professional way at riorence, Italy, un favorable auspice. She has a rich oi tralto voice of unusual clarity and beat and for year ha been devoting hefclf Its cultivation under th best masters Europe. SINNV OEMS. Mr. Housekeep If yuu do a little w for me now lit give you a good dim alter while. laeary Willie Tou'll git off ohean lady, li ye gimme de dinner now an' fur oe work. . Work always gives me a De; uppeuie. -x-nnaueipma Ledger. 'Hunter thought when he married M vsiubuiu inai ne wouian t nave to work an, uidn't he?" "Ye, he Ihous-ht. with Aer mnnev wouldn't have aoyinlng to do, but be M luuna ne -wouldn't nave anything to with her money." Cleveland Leader. "Tour son I taking . a enlverslty coui Is he not 7" , f . . - "Yes, and he Is studying hard, write me that he Is burning the mldnti "O, that's the university he's sttendll Washington had' Just announced that I couldn't tell a lie. I Alas," moaned hi father, "with sii high morals you will grow up a be wrecker." Covering his 'fact -with his hands strong man wept. New Tork Sun. Romeo Jenkin Th " moat ' eoonoml audience I ever faced was at BlfTvU. Hannibal Hoggs How did they show it . Komeo Jenkins Why, they threw so sort ot reprocessed egg at us that cot be used over again. Cleveland I'll Dealer, vr w . ,:. Mrs. Hlghmus Tou ought to have hei the sermon at our church last Sunday. : was on Beelzebub. ' Mrs. Suddyn-Klvmer Ah. yes. he's Interesting . chfrgcter. . By . the wayWol seem to have forgotten for en -momar " whae does the B. L. stand forT Chlci Tribune. . . Haa that retiring official had what would call a successful career?" - I couldn't express an opinion, answoi senator oonthum. 1 have no means knowing anything about hi personal I vestments or his bank aeoount. Wash!! ton Star. "What did th girl do when her fall discovered tbem eloping? "She burst Into tears." "What did the young man, do?" "O. he went all to piece." r "What did the old man dor' "He? Why. he exploded with rag t blew them both , up. St. Louis Post-IJ patch. . THE) GIRL WHO SMILES. i Woman's Life. 1 The wind was east ad the chlmt smoked, . And th old brown house seemed drea For nobody smiled and nobody Joked, i The young folks grumbled, the old tol croaked, They had come home chilled and wear i Then opened the door and a girl came lit unt ine vh pomeirwery j Her nose waa Dug and her cheek was til There wasn't a dimple from brow to chit But her smile waa bright ana cheery, j She spoks not a word f th cold or dad Nor yet of the gloom about her. i But she mended the fire and lighted I lamp. And she put an th place a different stai From that It had without her. They forgot that th house waa a dull i And smoky from base to rafter, And gloom departed from every face As they felt th charm of her mirtni graoe And the cheer of her happy laughter. Oh, give me th gtrl that will smile a sing, 1 And msk all glad togethni To be plain or fair ta a lesser thing. But a kind, unselfish heart can bring Good cheer in the darkeat weather. 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