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THE OMAHA DAILY BEEi TUESDAY. OUTOBKU 10, 190f. Tin; Omaha Daily Bee. FOUNDED 11 r fcDWARD ROSE WATKR. VICTOR KUBEWATSn,. EDITOR. Kntt-rea1 at Otnana poatomo as Second flan matter. ' TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION". I -ally Be (without SunJay). on yeer..M I'aily lie and Sunday, on year J rhinday Be. on var baturday Be, on year.. l.VI DBXlKKED BT CARRIER. I 'ally He (Including Sunday), per weak.. IS I 'ally Bee (without Sunday), pr week...lOo livening He (without fcunnayi, per week 3 Evening Be (with Sunday), per week...l! (Sunday Be, pr ropy Addreaa complaint of Irregutarltle In d "Ivery to City Circulation Department. orriCFS. Omaha Th Bee building. South Omaha City Hnll hulkling. Counoll Blurrs10 Pearl street. Chicago 1M lnifv building. New York 11 lima Ui Ina. building, Washington fell Fourteenth trt. CORRESPONDENCE Communication relating to newt and edi torial matter-should t addressed: Omaha Bc, Editorial Department. REMITTANCES. Kemlt by draft, express or postal order payabla.ia Th Be Publishing company. Only 2-cent stamp received as payment of luall acoounta. Personal f hecka. except on Omeha r eastern exchange, not accepted. THE BEE PUBLISHING COMPANY. STATEMENT OF" CTKCTI.ATIOI. State of Nebraska, Douglas County, sat Charles C, Rrwewater, general manager Ol The Be Fubllahlng company, being duly sworn, nay that the actus, number of full and complete ople of The Dally, Morning. Evening and Pundny Be printed during tli month of September, 10ns, was as fol. tows; 1....1.....M.430 It SO.B70 S r..W,So IT. 0,M0 t v.. 31,080 II S0.710 4 30,690 1 90,850 80,378 - 10 80.860 . 80,780 21 .80,560 7. 30.480' , ..,10 80,840" It'. ........ .80.410 80,470 14. i ...80.T10 10 30.880 21. 80.680 U 80440 24... 80,840 12. ......,. 80,43 - II 38150 It 3060 , It 84,870 14 80,800 t 88,800 II ...80,840 18 .80,800 Total .8.7,30 Less unsold coplss 8,800 Nt total sales ,.ta74S Dally averag 80,818 CHARLES C. ROSKWATjSR, General Managor. Subscribed In my presenc and sworn to befora m this tat day of October, 1(04. (SaaLJ M. a HTTNQAT8, Notary Public WHK.1 OCT or TOWN. ' Sabaerlfeers lsavlaaT the city toa porartly aaoald have Has Be mailed thesa. Addreaa will changed as often as raestd. Fortunately Omaha has no draw bridges traversed by street cars. Lincoln la to have the old postofflce building as a new city hall for fSO, 000. Lincoln is in luck.. Evidently It did not take the new democratic city administration long before starting to get in on the graft. Next Saturday is the last registra tion day. If you have not' already registered this year, yon must do so then or lose your voter ' ' ' With fifty policemen on , guard to maintain peace in his court one San Francisco judge seems to have taken seriously the remarks of Prof. Wheeler. From the number of soldiers sent to surround recalcitrant Utea, the War department must be seizing upon a small excuse to give exercise to the troops. 1 ?! . Now that Cuban liberal have estab lished a party newspaper they will be gin to experience the disadvantage' of facing a record of the r demands and actions. It is lucky that Colonel Bryan's paper has only one more Usue before election, or Editor Metcalfe might toost Candidate Hitchcock clear out of. th. game, , J . ', And the. World-Herald is as', mum as an oyster about the contract mad by Chairman Allen for the democrat '.o protect the railroads In perpetual evasion of their city taxes. In th light of complaint of hard picking "from all headquarters Perry Belmont's request for publicity, aa to the cost of the congressional cam paign may be considered as adding InBuH o Injury. .' . ' v That" "Mis jouri sheriff who ia said to consider the prison sentence of former Senator. Burton as only "con structive" evidently ha not heard of a United Slates marshal who made a blmllar mistake in Nebraska. ia awaruing a contract Tor armor plate for lta ships to the United States the Italian government may make it Impossible for companies to demand a division of American contracta In or der to keep their plants In operation. Those rival railway employes placed under arrest for fighting In Kentucky bkould have known better than to "at tack their enemies with shovels and picks. Kentucky is conservative and the squirrel rifle's supremacy,. must, be maintained. A race for goverument land in auto mobiles is proof conclusive that con ditions have changed since the m-o lectlve home owner tied his household goods on the back of a milch cow and with his family began his Journey to the wilderness. The ease with which St.- Petersburg mhhera um-re'd rnrny fito!n frOES the postofflcu while many of their as sociates were captured suggests that the people who got the plunder may have made a division not contemplated hy the less fortunate. According to oflrlal announcement Colonel Bryan will now conclude his political canvass in his own state with a "whirlwind", campaign. , Traqslated phonetically. Ibis wiuvt mean that he expats tt raise he dust and then, as before, auttle djwu it "Ureaius." WHEBH UORST FT AH VS. That The Uee mada no mistake in advising republicans who cannot stomach the treacherous "illtams lo center upon George Horst for railroad commissioner In his place Is re enforced by the following letter: OBCEOLA, Neb.. Oct. ?, 1! To the rTdltor of The Bee: Homo tlma ago one of our local papers published an edltori.il from The Bee In which you urge good republicans to oppose Mr. William, can didate for railroad commissioner, and to unite upon me. This ettlon of myself, emanating from no prominent a aourco and based upon the reasons given, Is, to say the least, highly complimentary, and confer more than ordinary honor. I sincerely regret that- sickness, from which I hav not yet entirely recovered, obliged me to defer an acknowledgement of my high appreciation of the distinction. In addition to what you may have !learned concerning me by Inquiry, 1 de- lr to give you my personal assurance that while I do not lay claim to ex traordinary wisdom or ability, I have un limited ambition to prove myself worthy of feny confidence for good and right placed rn me. Also that If elected, and the office of railroad commissioner be comes a settled fact, my beat efforts will be devoted to the duties of the office, and In ail my acta I shull be governed by a sincere desir to do right and justice. ; GEORGE3 HORBT. We take this as assurance from Mr. Horst that, tf elected and Invested with the functions of railroad "com missioner, be will perform the duties to the best of hie ability without re gr.rd to partisan politics. Mr. Horst'a record In the legislature and Che tes timony of those, who know him go to prove that he Is true to his word and may be relied upon to redeem these pledges, whereas Williams has not. only distinguished himself as a politi cal sell-out, but ia notoriously unre liable and untrustworthy. We there fore repeat our advice to all repub licans, whose patriotism impels them to put the public welfare above the party label "scratch Williams and vote for Horst." COAL ASDORAty IXVES TIG A IO X Much of the significance of the in vestigation Into railroad relations io coal and grain-by the Interstate Com merce commission is temporarily lost sight of because of the apparently fragmentary form in which the bear ing are reported. The commission Is subdivided for the work, one section being in the west taking evidence re garding grain, another in the south regarding bituminous coal, and still another at the office of the commis sion at Washington. But months prior to the hearings In progress at various points the commission, aided by an ef fective but unobtrusive force of ex peris and special counsel, called upon railroad, grain and coal companies for elaborate information under a care fully prepared scheme. All this data, including contracts, rates, records, bad been classified and was in hand before the' 'commlssslon sectloua started out on their present assign ments, and; the testimony as It is taken at the' several hearings is referred to the-expert force for analysis and to the Department .of Justice. The results will, begin fairly to ap pear only when official report of the whole investigation shall be published and when both the commission and the Department of Justice take action in the light of the facts developed It Is already understood, however, that numerous prosecutions will be in stltuted for transportation offenses in the western coal and grain fields, at though the Inquiry has so far only barefy touched upon them. -Aside from remedial legislation wjiich mill Inevitably follow, it is cer tain that a flood of publicity ia to be poured over railroad transactions In coal and grain In which the west la so vitally Interested, and as to which the truth, although part of it has been known to a limited number and more of It long suspected, was never before authentically exposed. Enough, how ever, has already been developed even It In a fragmentary way, to war rant the largest anticipations of the benefit of publicity to public Interests In national and state rate control. CBKCK TO MPKCVLATIOX. While there la a disposition In mauy quarters, particularly in speculative centers In this country,' to denounce as unwarranted the abrupt advance of the Bank or England discount rate to 6 per cent,- its highest rate since the Baring failure in 1890, the act from any point of view has important slg nilicance. It refers to and accentuates a great world-wide demand for money due mainly to universal prosperity and in part also to -a corresponding speculation. . While Loudon has lost not a little of its former financial pre eminence, its outlook is international and Its action importantly reprtsenta tlve. The extraordinary repressive discount rate la -therefore a potential factor throughout the world of ex change and finance. Several lmiortant consequences will inevitably follow at once. The large aggregate - of short-time loans now carried abroad oiy American stock will have to be paid as they fall du or be renewed, if at all, under severe conditions. This certainty was in stantly reflected upon announcement of the bank rate as a depressing In flueuce In every great exchange o both sides of the water. In final analy sis, too, the heavy gold importation this season operates as a loan and rep resents credit abroad which under tb changed conditions may hate to be met before many weeks by gold exporta tion back, in addition to exportation of our staple products, which Is the usual form of liquidating such obligations. The Impulse Imparted from London will certainly be a direct check upon over-eager speculation in this country and Indirectly should impel our con servative bank to favor legitimate business at the expeuse of sne-ulr.tlve demand. To such heights have stocks been punned recently in the face of persistent money stringency, as refer- nee to the quotations will show, that the sober-minded may well pause be fore Judging the London action either ill-timed or unwarranted. There may seem for- the time to be no limit to our industrial and commercial possi bilities, but nevertheless there is a limit: If the tendency has been to over-realise on theso possibilities in stocks and other securities, the ulti mate effect Of the London chock will not be harmful. Ak'KRS ASD BAXK KXJl JMRi The Importance of ofnclal bank ex amination fully warranted the large amount of time which was devoted to-1 discussion of the subject at the an- ual meeting of the American Bank ers' association, the chief point being agreement that there are not enough examiners to Uo the work properly. The disclosure following bank fail ures within a year have demonstrated the fact that the work la not perfectly done, either within the national or the state jurisdictions. They have de veloped very strong ground for the general belief that at least In many cases carelessness or worse causes have prevented the work from being as well done as It might and should be with the means at hand. The truth, which none are In better position than bankers to know, Is that ofnclal examination, both state and national, la too often a mere mean ingless form or farce, going no further than to touch superficial appearances, which are likely to be shown In most favorable light where the hidden truth Is worst, and affording practically no protection either to stockholders and negligent directors or to the public. Indeed, failure to go deeper may-con ceivably render bank examinations sometimes a positive detriment and danger because of the reliance upon It by those who otherwise might be on their guard. Though this feature was not em phasized proportionately to its Im portance by the associated bankers, the public voice will certainly enforce consideration of it when provision is being made for larger facilities and more examiners. These are doubtless needed, but not more than a more rig orous and thorough method ol bank Inquiry and enforcement of the law, Including severer penalties for negli gent officers and directors and for any examiner who fails in metre than a perfunctory performance. "HOLD-VP' ISSVRAXCK. "We are .general agents and H. S. Daniel, city proaecutor, la general at torney for the United Surety company, and we have arranged to take care of your saloon license bonds this year at ten dollars per," reads the circular let ter sent tcr Omaha liquor dealers over the signature of ono of the shining lights of the local democracy. The letter adIs. appropriately, ."We would also be glad to show you a new and liberal form of burglary and holdup Insurance." Why this distinction should be made is not clear on the surface. The rea son why such a fight was forced among the democrats for the position of city prosecutor is at least illuminated by these transactions. Of course, every saloon keeper in Omaha is supposed to stand In awe of the city prosecutor and would not mind making so small a con tribution as ten dollars to secure his favor. We would suggest that If the saloon keeper would only take out the "holdup" Insurance first, he might col lect on it when forced to stand and deliver to the democratic political highbinders for his saloon license bond. A party of Chilean engineers have started to San Francisco to learn how a city should rise from ruins caused by earthquake. If they will watch the man with the trowel they will probably learn more than by listen ing to the "specialists" who are still in doubt even after contracts have been awarded. Relieve Mayor Dahlman, at any rate, from responsibility for the new democratic city proaecutor who la deal ing In "holdup" Insurance. This ap pointee got bis appointment over the protest of the mayor aud chiefly by virtue of the staunch backing of Can didate Hitchcock, Ed Howell and Wal ter Moise. If Mayor "Jim" really has the back bone which was advertised so exten sively when he ran for office, he will start something close to that "holdup" insurance man, 'who occupies the posi tion of city prosecutor by grace of the democratic tity council over the mayor's protest. The effort to make out that there Is a "Darkest Omaha" is a little far fetched. Omaha, with its broad streets and abundance of fresh air, lias little that resembles the slums in congested districts of New York and London, which have given rise to the phrase thus imitated. Senator DoverlJge's remarks regard ing the American flag in Cuba and Colonel Bryan's opinion on the sub ject of government ownership of rail roads may be permitted to rest In the rstse plgsiochole wh!!" the po! r attending to more pressing affairs. It might not be a bad Idea for the grand jury to remain In session, or at any rate not to take final adjournment, until after election, so as to be avail able for an inquisition Into election frauds, when the annual charges of political malpractice are made. The advice that Omaha should main tain a puMlc museum U good advice, but Omaha i already poesgatied of the beginning of a museum which Is comfortably installed in the publlo library building. . If any one has any contributions to make that are worth having for a museum, the library board will, without any doubt, accept the same for the city and see that they are properly exhibited. Scarcity ef Mar Ulatni. Washington Tost. The life Insurance companies In NW York are apparently to blarn for the apathy of the political workers In the present campaign. Apathy always accotn- panlea a shortage of the sinews of wan Real fans for AVrr.s Buffalo Express. The Hook Island railroad 'is now de fendant In a suit for 1450,000 damages on ccount of rebates. With the New York Central ca.se before them, the Rock Is land management have ground for uneasi ness. Improved Consular Service. St, Louis Republic For the first time In sixteen years American consular fees are larger than th expenditures, the excess being I1'J, 722. By naming business men Instead of politicians the service could be made a profitable Investment. Prema)tr Ontlntfant. Chlca.go Record-Herald. Secretary Shaw thinks the Standard Oil trust will sooner or later go to pieces aa the result of unnatural proportions and continued prosecutions. The secretary will be retting himself disliked by H. 1L Rogers If ha doesn't watch out. Democracy's Ciloomy Fntwre. Philadelphia Press. Colonel Bryan Is probably correct In pay ing that no one can tell who will be th democratic candidate for president two years hence. Any one looking over tho country In the present campaign wouia hardly like to predict that there will even be a democratic party two years from now. Stationary Cabinet Timber. Bt. Louis Globe-Democrat. . -Th changes announced In the president's cabinet do not Involve the department of the Interior. Secretary Hitchcock la re tained In this Important department, al though a stronger effort has been made against him than against all the . other members of the cabinet combined. Mr. Hitchcock should be proud of this tribute to his Integrity, efficiency and perseverance. Wages of Postofflce Employes. Portland Orcgonlan. Recommendation to. t congress by the Postal department of a substantial Increase of clorks' salaries and 'a paving of the way to higher pay for letter carrlera la likely to meet with little opposition. In no branch of the public service Is work so faithfully done as by these employes. For them the cost of living has advanced quite as fast as for other wage earners, with no compensa ting Increase In earning capacity and no opportunity to enforce a rlghteou demand. As a matter of fact, the postal employes are worse off than they were five years ago. No ono will begrudge them the prom ised Increase of pay. NEWSPAPERS AND RAILROADS. Advertising and Mileage Mast Be on n Cnh 'Bnl. . Baltimore .News, llio Interstate Commerce commission Is not only right aa to iha law, but eminently right as a matter of public policy, In stand ing by Its ruling that railroads cannot give transportation to newspaper publlnhera or dltors in exchange. -tor advertising. It is surprising to learn tfiot the Massachusetts Press association had unanimously voted to protest against tho ruling, and the answer made by Chairman Knapp of the Interstate Commerce commission to this protest Is ab solutely eoneluslve. Me points out that th rates named by railroad tariff In compll ance with the statute are stated "In. dol lars and cents, and do not in any cano provide that transportation can be paid for with property." And In commenting on th nature of the arrangements which are pre cluded by tho ruling, Mr. Knapp says: "Conceding that the advertising arrange ments In question are ordinarily made and carried out in good faith, it seems plain to m that these arrangements must as a practical matter Involve some measure of discrimination, and It Is not easy for ma to so how an honest newspaper can seri ously object to a ruling of the commission which appears to be In obvious accord with the provisions and the purpose of the regu lating statute." JVhile so much strenuous work Is being done in the effort to rid th country of evils so serious and vital as those which have grown up under shelter of railroad discrimination, It would be a thousand pities if the edge of one of the chief weapons In this warfare, the news paper press, should b in the slightest, de gree blunted through any entanglement with the evil on lis own part, however slight or apparently Innooont, this entangle ment might be. "Clean as a hound's tooth" Is the rig-tit condition to be aimed at In every matter of this kind, and a newspaper that looks at things In their right propor tion will aee that the press Itself, as well as the great cause of law enforcement, will be benefited by the cutting out of the last remains of the free pas system. RKf HO.V81B1I4T1E8 OK DIRECTORS, A SagareatloH Calealated to Make th n Damaatear Sit Vp. Chicago Jurnul. Jamea B. Dill, once a famous coipoiatlon lawyer and now a judge, says: "A good way to prevent collisions on single track railroads 1 to tie a director to th cow catcher of every train." .This homely. If exaggerated, piece of ad vice has more than ordinary algnlflcauc coming from a lawyer who amassed a fortune In keeping railway and other di rectors out of th law's meshes. If any American lawyer can speak with authority on th responsibility of corporation di rectors It is Judge Dill. Of course, the tying of railway directors to locomotive cow catchers Is not Intended to be taken literally. But there Is a deep fundamental principle Involved In this aphorism. If th personal safety of rail way directors la at stake, we may con fidently look for greater care In railway operation. There have been some recent attempts to hold railway directors criminally liable for "accidents" on their roads, with attendant fatalities. This effort at fixing responsi bility on htgh'rallwsy officials has gen erally failed tlu-ough technlcalltle. But ther I a growing sentiment In favor of such changes In statutory law as will fix direct responsibility on the managing officials of railway systems. It ia not too much to expect that this eer.timcr.t will yet result In more just Interpretations of th law-of liability. Pecuniary damage losses ar not sufficient punishment for negligence In railway opera tion. A such damages fall on th general body of stock holders fliere Is no direct punishment Involved for railway director. Th appajllng Increaae In railway fatali ties necessitates som radical measure, The tac for divldando, when It trifle with tha sacredneas of human life, becomes an laaue for the criminal courts. We can not tie railway directors to row catchers, bin we can prosecute and con vlct them of crlinlnul neglig-ucc, whvu the vUlcnue w arrauls. AI1M- UOSSIP It WASIIISnTOX. Carreat Event (.leaned from the Army and Sitr ReaUter. The long pending quexlnn of mileage for Major Uncral A. W. Ureciy, l". 8. A., haa this week been settled afcr much corres pondence Involving the offloes of th mili tary sccretsry, the paymaster general and, finally, th comptroller. General Or.y was granted leave of absence for ono month from April K when he left San Francisco for Wsshlnglon. When h reached Cnlcago three dayn later he learned of tho earth quake and returned at once to San Fran cisco, receiving, subsequently, a confirma tion of his travel and assignment to "tem porary duly" at Pan Francisco with further order to again proceed to Chlcsgo and re turn his Ktatiis of absence with leave. Gen eral GreHy received mileage from Chicago to Pan Francisco, and later refunded It on th decision of the paymaster general that he was not entitled to It- Afterward, h claimed mileage from Chicago to Ban Fran liaco and back to Chicago. The case wn unlquo and involved a new question, upon which the comptroller has ruled as follows: "Major General Greely's return to his station at San Francisco was due to th disaster that befell Ban Francisco and vicinity on April 18. It doc not appear whether he voluntarily surrendered th un used portion of the leave of absence granted him, or whether his return to duty was iu obedience to th verbal or written orders of the military authorities; In either event, bis return Journey must be made at his own expense. An officer takes his leave of absence at bis own risk, and tf the gov ernment needs his service befora his leave expires it must have them and he must bear his own expenses In returning to his sta tion, the same as he would do when return ing at the expiration of his leave. An Im perative publlo .exigency required Major General Greely to return to Ji!s station be fore the expiration of his leave of absence, thus, temporarily, at least, destroying Said leave and In so returning I am of the opin ion that he does not acquire the right to mileage for the Journey so performed. As to the return Journey to Chicago, It not ap pearing; from the papers submitted that such Journey was made Iri"the performance of any publlo duty, but only that Major General Greely might resume his leave status, I am of the opinion that so much of the special order as directed his return to Chicago for the purpose lndljiated was In effective to place htm in a mileage status while making said Journey, and, therefore, th payment of mileage for the travel In returning to Chicago Is not authorlxcd." Every now and then there Is presented the question of the power to administer an oath In the army. This power can only be conferred by statute. In this connection and In the discussion of a recent case, the judge advocate general of the army says: "If the officer who causes the deposition to be taken Is the judge advocate of a department or of a court martial or Is the trial officer of a summary court or Is designated to conduct an Investigation board, hecan administer oaths, otherwise not, and In the absence ' of an officer of one of the classes above described the oath should be taken before a civil officer au thorised by law to administer oaths. In this connection. It Is proper to not that ell recruiting officers, who have enlisted nf n under their command, are summary court officers by operation of law." The pointed bullet, which has been previously described In the columns aa being under test by the ordnanc depart ment of the army, has been formally adopted for use of troops, Th new bullet will necessitate alight changes being made In the firing-chambers of the new Spring field tide, and also In the sights, to agre with the Increased mussle velocity of th projectile. Th small - arms, now under manufacture; will be made to accommodate th pointed bullet, and, as a number of these pieces are furnished from time to time, th present rifle now in tb hands of troops will be withdrawn and tb altered arm ubsUtuted. However, It is not likely that any of th rifles accommodating the new bullet will be Issued prior to the expiration of the next target season. (OYER "ft OR MAOOOVS TASK. Cabaa Rltaatloa Kot as Calm as the Sorfae Iadlcates. Havana letter. New York Evening Post. .The Cuban papers bave tainted almost dally, eulogies of Secretary Taft and Sec retary Bacon, and their general attitude has been that Intervention was the thing to be hoped for and worked for, rather than opposed. But there are surface In dications, for the Cubans are an emo tional and shallow people. Their smiles can be quickly turned to frowns, and the machete changed from an agricultural Implement to a weapon of war. Th dls-, banding of the army has been accom plished, but this is no assurance that Governor Magoon has smooth sailing ahead of him. With the inland firmly In the grip of tha army, Governor Magoon, carrying out the policy of Secretary Taft, will under take a thorough Investigation of the charges against the provisional governors and alcaldes placed in office by th Palma government, and all of those against whom charges are sustained will be supplanted by such reputable men In either party as Oovernor Magoon can find. The liberals have repeatedly disclaimed any desire for office, but neither Secretary Taft nor Gov. ernor Magoon Is deceived by these pro fessions, and although some suggestion has been mad that th new election can be held In June, when the grinding season for sugar ends in the greater part of the Island, It Is very possible that between now and then disorders will tak rlace fh!c.h will call for the use of force by the army and by the rural guard. Unfortunate precedents have been created by the Taft mliwlon because Its Instruc tion to protect life and property at almost any coat necessitated placing a premium upon rebellion by treating with men In arms against the government, and upon horse stealing by permitting the rebels to retain the horses which they had seised. But It should be remembered that the Taft mission did not create the situation which confronted them upon their arrival; that their instructions were to deal with the materials at hand. Protection of life and property and the prevention of further hostilities were the objects which Secre tary Taft kept constantly In mind. If the people of Cula take advantage of the un fortunate precedents created, and the United States Is compelled at some future time to Intervene, the form of Intervention will doubtless be very different from that Inaugurated by th Taft mission. Another rebellion will call for the uae of an Iron hand, unprotected by the soft glov of tact and diplomacy. Such a mission would b military In character, and tts problam would b simple In comparison with the difficult and complicated situation whlcu secretary Tail bas hauuied with such Fk'll and tact and patience. Traasltloa f fa farter. Chicago Racord-Herald. Th Pullman company declare that It sleeping cars ar hotels. It does not go so far, however, as lo suggest that Its por ters shall hereafter be referred to as cham bermaids. Mere Maa fte!a Hely. Minneapolis Journal. Oh, well, of course, a woman out In Ne braska might get aliead of the (lrnin truat unaided, but mere man has gut IS hJt iiuni bio from th lav. GORDON FURS J N Fur Garments much depends upon the se- lection of skins. The Gordon Astrakhan shows a long, flat ciirl, brilliant luster and dense nap that vies with the 1 beauty of the more expensive Persian Lamb. In wearing qualities the odds are all in favor of the Gordon Astrakhan; Maria TO ALL AT JAPAN'S HOSTILITY". Trsabl Started by the Saw Franolaeo ehsal Board. Washington Dispatch to New Tork Bun. The government la giving serious con sideration to the anti-American feeling which has been fomented In Japan by reason of th exclusion of Japanese chil dren from schools In California and In discreet utterances against the Japanese by John V. Rockefeller and others. It cannot be said with too milch emphasis that th members of th federal administra tion from tha president down hav no sympathy whatever with th discrimina tion against the Japanese or the attempts to stir opposition to them. Th belief Is general In government circles that agitation In California or else where In the United States Is not only 111 advised, but Is without any solid founda tion. Not only does the government of the United States regard Itself as on friendly terms with Japan, but it believes that there exists between the two nations a "special" friendship, closer than ordinary ties of amity. This government Is anxious to have that friendship continue. It will do Its utmost to have Japan so under stand. It Is concerned that any of the Jnpanese peopt should entertain the mis taken notion that a few agitators on the Pacific coast represent the popular senti ment of this country. Something will be done soon to show the attitude of the gov ernment. Th administration, however, finds itself almost powerless to prevent misunderstanding In the present crisis In lis relations wltA Japan. Crisis Is not too strong a word to apply In this instance. A telegram received by the State department a few day ago from Ambasador Wright at Tohlo 11 told of the sentiment arouaed by the exclu sion of Japanese children from San Fran cinco .'schools and represented the anti American feeling a serious. It Is main tained hare by persons of high position, familiar .with th situation, that a con tinuance of the Japan exclusion propa ganda in California will bring tb United States face to face with the prospect of losing that long established friendship of Japan, with ths attendant loss of all th commercial power and prestige which has been built up In the orient by Amer ica. From this it will be seen bow con cerned the government Is over the condi tion produced by th California agitation. In the opinion of thos who know and whose judgment Is regarded highly the spread of anti-American feeling among th Japanese would be vastly more harm ful to the far eastern interests of this country than the boycott agitation in China, which the Washington government was taxed to its utmost to check. Amer ican trade suffered then, and It Is con tended that it will suffer again to a greater degre If the Japanese abandon their long friendship for the United States. The most hopeful sign In the present embarrassing situation Is that no formal protest has come from Japan concerning the exclusion of Japanese children from San Francisco schools. This Indicates that away by th agitation against the United States, but still has faith in th friend liness of its wstrn admirer. PERSONAL ROTES. NewTork has a Milk trust and the. big dealers ar understood to get the craam of It. Mayor Rosa of Kansas City, Kan., must pay $1,000 fin for refusing to accept th action of the court In deposing him. Suit has been brought against some Cin cinnati doctors tor removing from an uncon scious subject a greater area of hide than bargained for. Probably this Is new among skin games. Th Bar association of Virginia and th American 'Bar association hav started a movement for the purchase of th old Richmond horn of John Marshall of Vir ginia, th great' Jurist and former chief Justice of th supreme court of th United States. It will b converted Into a library. Count Tolstoi alway wears boots of hi own making, which boots ar th admir ation of the shoemaker who taught him the trade, but th latter ws certain that the count would starve did he endeavor to earn a living by boot manufacturing, as the work put Into eaoh pair was too ex cellent and slow to prov profitable. R. R. Care w, heir to an earldom In England, prefer to be an American eltlsea and a Lo Angeles realty dealer and apurns a title which Is hi for the asking. Ills father reonntty died, but he says nothing could Induce him to give up American cltlsenshlp. H!a wife Is an American girl and Mr. Care w' was at one tim a Miohlgan stat senator. One of thev few, living men who wci really close to Orant Is General C. C. Bnlflen, the new paymaster general of the army. General Snlffen was one of th great commander's confidential secretaries I THE STANDARD FOOTWEAR FOR .MEN .AND Y0MpN FOOT-SCIiULZE"nSrn Gordon Jlstrakhan Garments The popularity of tha garment pictured here is well earned. While not aa ex pensive jacket, there is an air of affluence about this garment that commends it to those who lean toward Juxury and dura bility that will appeal to the thrifty. Made from several different grades of fresh-dressed, Leipsifdyed Astrakhan skins, in lengths ranging from 27 to 40 . inches. The prices range from $30 to $65. Atk your f fr GORDON FURS In the White Hous and Is believed to hav a larger number of Grant manuscripts than any other person not a member of th Grant family. Charles E. Hughes, the republican candi date for governor of New Tork, is of pe culiar mental construction if forms of amusement are at all Indicative. When ha Is tired from overwork he goes horn and with running over the keys of a pip orgaa he forgets th Insurance Investigation. 80 cent gas and the opposing candidacy of William Randolph Hearst. Another di version a splendid thing, to he says, for long winter evenlngsis to wrstl with logarithms and geometrical problems. Ha bellvea It more beneficial. If not so gener ally acceptable, than the games of solltaJr which Senator Hanna and John G. Carllal ' ought to solve. v MERRY J1NULBS. Friend Did you have a good tim chap eroning th party last night? Young Matron Lovely. All of th rtrts -ere so much older than I. Detroit Fr Press. Ubett-Th Idea of Siikker claiming to b a hard working man ia the richest thing I've heard of lately. Konmann Well, he Is. by George! He's the hanlest man I ever tried to work. Chicago Tribune. "They say,"' said Mrs. Oldcestl. "that th man whom Mis Mltllken Is to marry was a good deal of a bon vlvant In Nw York," "Was he? Why. I heard h ws In th Insurance business. "Chicago Record- Her ald. "Do you believe it will be a fair lee tlanr 'Wll," answered SenatAf Sorghum, "It mar not be exactly a fair election, but both sides are so evenly matched In crook edness tlut the result wight to be about th sam asrlf it wera,'" Washington Star. "What do you most enjoy about automo blllnir?" "The sense of relief,"answered Mr. Cum rox. "when I get to the end of a trip and find that nobody lias been hurt." Wash ington star. s . . "It's a bad aisn when a girl gets moth erly anout a reuow. . ' "What do you mean?" "Nancy told Jack she was going to knit something for him and she gave Mm th mitten. Baltimore American. Mr. Bubklna."- said the proud father. shaking th young man warmly by th ttci nrl "lath ra aw a! 1 a tkal rs 1 1 an aai sv u mi hand, r'let me tell you that you are a man after my own heart," "Oh, no, sir!" protested the blushlna; suitor; "I'm after your daughter's." Bal timore American. "Why do children so often fall to respeet the wishes of their parents?" "I don't know." answered Ml Cayenne, "unless It's because they so frequently hear their parents expressing their opinion about each other's judgment." Washing ton Star. TUB AMERICAS. S. K. Klser In American Magazine. I am bred of the soli; this Is mymothr. land; Sinew and bone and blood, spirit and strength of hand. AH have risen from her; of and within m II Only her elements bred of 'her soil am I. I am sprung of ullena, you say? My fore fathers braved th deeps, None of the red man's blood wildly within J Ay, but .ody and soul, sinew and bloo and bone. Out ft her elements, and part of then, X hav grown. On of her breed am I, and dear is her soil to me; Justly my pride is great in her glorious destiny: Justly I Hive him hate who shames her tn glut his greed I am sprung from her clay, I ant one of her breed. . . . . v She ia my motherland; proud am I of hr worth, To all of her glory I ant heir by the right of birth; Lt him who mould slnune her know that my curse In bis fac is thrown. For I am brvd of her soil, sinew and blood and bone! THE YOtNU WlDOW, Philadelphia Bulletin. Blie Is mrtdeat, but not bashful; Free and easy, but not bold; 1.1k an apple rip and mellow: Not too young, and not too old; Half Inviting, half repulsing. Now advancing, and now shy; There U mischief In her dimple. There Is danger In her eye. She haa studied human nature;. Whe is schooled In all her aits; She has taken her diploma, As til rrlatraas of all hearts; She can tell th very moment When to sigh and when to aralla; Oh. a maid la sometime. charming, But th widow all th while! - Are you sad? how very serious . Will her handaoiria face become: Are you anttry? ah la wretched. Ijonely, friendless, tearful, dumb; Are ou mirthful! how her laughter, . rillver sounding, will ring put ; Bh can lure, and catch, and Play yoa, Aa tha angler does the trout. You old bachelor of fort 7v W ho hav grown so bol nd wis, Young Americana of twenty, With th love-lack In your , You may practice, ail your lesanna. I augni iiy cupia aim-e th all, i Know a utile widow Who could win and fool you all. 1 1