G
THE OMAHA DAILY BEE: WEDNESDAY, OCTOBEPv 31, 1900.
Tun Omaha Daily Brx
KOIWDKP 1IT EDWARD ROBE WAT ICR.
VICTOR KyHKUATSn, EDITOR. 1
IJntered at Omaha postulllc us second
l)hs matter.
TKRM3 of m nacnirTiON. .
Daily Hee (without Bunjay), on year
laily Hee nnd Sunday, one yvar
rlnndiiy lire, on year
liiiturday lice, on year
1 1 Ml
UU
i jO
i.w
DtDIERED BT CARRIER.
Daily Hee (Including Bunday). per week..'!
Dally fcee (without fliindity), per week...luo
Kiening Ilea (without sjunn.iy). pr week 0c
l.verdng Hee (wlih Hanilay). per werk...Vc
rf imlay Bee, pr r.py
Addrcea complaint of Irrt guUrlttes I" de
lively to City Circulation I-ir p:iftmcnt.
OFFICES.
Omaha The liee building.
South Omaha City Hull hulldins. ,
Council BlulTa W Pearl lireet.
ChK-aao 1640 I"r.!:y building.
New York-JS"d llomi Life Ins. bulldliiB".
Washington frrt Fourteenth street.
CORRESPOND EN'CK
Communications relating to news and edi
torial matter should be addressed: Omaha
Hee, Editorial Department.
REMITTANCES.
Remit hy draft, express o.- postal order
payable tu The Be Publishing company,
(.'illy 2-cent stamps received a payment of
mall accounts, personal check", except on
Omaha or eastern exchanges, not accepted.
THE BEE PLUUSHINO COMPANY.
STATEMENT OF CTr.crUATION.
ft.ata of Nchiaska. Douglas County, as:
Charlei C. Kosewater. renaral manager of
The Bee Publlahlng company, being duly
sworn, cavs that the actua. number of full
nnd complete copies of Tha taliy. Morning.
Kvrli'g nd iinlny Pee printed during
tha month of Ecrteniber. Jt", was as fol
lows:
.34,430
.30,380
.31,0(0
.30,890
.30,370
.30 740
.30,480
.30,940
.S0.470 .
.30,080
.30,340
.30,430
.30.SGO
it..
..80,870
..30,660
...30,710
..30,360
,. .30.000
, . .30,800
,i .41,140
,..30,410
, . .30.710
,'. .30,680
, . .30,640
,..8180
,..4,70
...36,600
, . .30,600
17
II
II
1
21
14
aa . . .
IT
31..
2
10
15.'!
30,600
30,800
Total
Less unsold copies.
Net total aaJts.
Daily average ....
.'..87.343
. CHARLES C ROSKWATER,
General Ianagor.
Subscribed In my presence and sworn
to before me this 1 at-day of October.
190.
(6eL) M. B. HUNGAT8.
NoUry PubUo.
WJIIE-t OUT-Or. TOWK.
(abaerlbers leavlws the city aa
- porarlly ahoalal hara Tk Be
. mailed ta tkaaa. Addreaa wUI bo
, changed mu xftaat .a reaeate.
Last registration day next Batyr
day. : City Prosecutor Daniel gaya he did
not know It was loaded. He Is too un
sophisticated a lad to do business with
Ed Howell.
invents iu Bt. Petersburg would teud
to prove that the Russian government
can control the situation when It
wants to control.
.'What Cuba really needs is -u Imple
ment serviceable for cutting sugar
rane, but not transformable into i
weapon of war at a moment's notice
A fine of $3u0 and bIx months in
jail for; one of the Atlanta lynchers
shows Georgia has Ohio and Missouri
beaten in the fight against mob law
The Ute trouble in Wyoming may
have turned back the pages of his-,
ti)ty -thirty years, but General Cus
ter's mistake will never be repeated.
In the meantime, saloon keepers
who want "holdup" Insurance to pro
tect themselves from the city prose
cutor have bad due notice where to
get it.
Japanese reliance on the constitu
tion ef the United States might not be
so implicit were the islanders more
familiar with our supreme court de
cisions. This Is an off year in national poli
tics, but that is no reason your name
should be off the registration books.
Be sure to register Saturday if you
have not already done so.
White men holding intimate rela
tions ' with recalcitrant Utes should
prepare to 'show that they are ' work
ing for peace, or make arrangements
to leave Wyoming in a burry.
With a possible fine of $,0OV,OOO,
the Standard OH company should take
little exception 'to the fine of $5,000
Imposed. by n Ohio court, but the
limit or the law cannot be expected
all at once lu Ohio.
The Utah campaign makes it hppear
that from a , Mormon standpoint the
president of the church Is Immune
from attack until he is dead and be
cause he cannot answer then the at
tack deserves no notice.
Every legislative candidate on the
republican ticket to Douglas county is
squarely on record for terminal taxa
tion. But what about the democratic
legislative candidates?" Are they for
Omaha, or are they for the railroads?
Repeated rumors of an effort to be
made In the Iowa state legislature for
the administration of De ' Moines'
municipal affairs according; to the
"GalvuBton plan" causes one to won
der if Iowa is really getting tired of
politics.''
In the light of recent events lu Colo
rado that mjniiig company compelled
to pay $5,000 for coal taken from
government land must have been sur-
riled to learn that there Is still a
limit to the domination of corpora
tions in that .state.
Candidate Hitchcock through his
paper Is lashing himself into a fury
over a fight between two telephone
monopolies as to which shall control
the Omaha field, but not a word about
terminal taxation of railroad property
for city purposes. Where does Candi
date Hitchcock stand on this question?
,7,3&0
. ,80
xnr rr.T o.v the funoR.w. '
Of the 133 republican nominees fpr
the legislature In the various Xelitaska
senatorial "and re preonta(lvo districts
10S hare subscribed their panics to
the platform synopsis, for publication
In. The Hep, thus placing themselves
squarely on record to carry out the
specific pU.dppfl of legislation made by
the party. This leaves twenty-five ho
have riot yet ninde responses ns to
their ptslllon. These twenty-live are
as follows:
SENATORIAL.
Diet.
16 k..:
No in I n re.
Byron II. Glover;;...
Residence.
...Comstoi k
Lincoln
....Kiti-rnld
HllStiUKS
....Joe Bums .4..
J. C. F. Mckerson...
....A. L. Clurke ,-.
;7...
a....
....C. A. Lino Itrpubllrnn .City
REPRESENTATIVE.
....Charles ll. I'arker ..Auburn
11 frank Jahncl Blair
is....
16....
18....
20....
.W. E. Anfln Bancroft
.C. J. Weborg Pender
.J. O. Mllllgan....'. Wakefield
.Ueorge W. Saunders" .Burl! Mills
23....
....T. K. Aldersnn.. ......
John Hnlbot. ........
... Elmer AV; .Brown..
Eil P. Brown........
Frank Reciija
W. J. Blystone
La rah 8. Oilman...
....Adam MrMullen....
C. W. McCuilongh..
.Madison
David City
: . Lincoln
.Lincoln
..HHlhun
Lincoln
...Havelock
. . .Wymore
....Blue Springs
28....
...
18..
..
41..
i9..
M..
....D. W. Baker..' Benedict
. ...V. I. Farley..'. ...Aurora,
....William Ilagehmelster Henderson
...,n. F. Raines Rod Cloud
....Willis Ncff .'.Jfildreth
It Is quite possible these men are
not at variance with the platform
upon which republican Tandldntes are
running this year and, if so, they
should speak' out. The columns of
The Bee are still open for them to de
clare themselves. In the meanwhile
we advise the voters of their constit
uencies, whom they wish to represent
in the legislature, to make inquiry
and get satisfactory answers before
election day.
SECRET ABY TAFT.
In the political contest now Hearing
its close Secretary Taft is entitled to
speak as one having authority. No
personality: has more forcefully than
his impressed public attention under
the Roosevelt - regime, and he has
grown into such prominence as an ex
ponent of the great distinctive poli
cies with which the Roosevelt leader
ship is identified, touching vital is
sues as Justly to be widely and seri
ously considered in connection with
the succession to leadership. His in
fluence is not confined to mere argu
ment and words, however cogent and
eloquent, but carries the prestige of
character.
TLe part of Secretary Taft at the
present juncture is especially impor
tant because the paramount issue, in
herently and as President Roosevelt
himself has from the outset left no
means unemployed to emphasize. Is
whether the president shall be sus
tained during the remaining two years
of hla term by a republican congress
or repudiated and embarrassed by par
tisan opposition control. , It Is, in
short, no less than the . question
whether his progressive- and aggres
sive policies shall be continuously de
veloped or hampered and in part de
feated. It has fallen to Secretary Taft to
bear a conspicuous part in the record on
which the people are thus to pass, and
therein to fill full to running over the
measure of public satisfaction with
which he has met these hlzh oppor
tunities and duties. And he is thus
pre-eminently qualified In the discus
sions before the people to expouud and
champion the cause he represents.
Secretary Taft, moreover, is a man
of breadth and Independence whose
resolutions and appeal reach beyond
mere party expediencies and whose
methods are the reverse of cant and
clap trap. The point of view of such
a leader la an Invaluable aid to earnest
and open minded men of whatever
party label they may happen to be, and
it is a real public service that he is
able to take from his pressing work
time for a few public addresses and
especially, to appear in the west.
FVTVBE MONEY MARKET.
In spite of the series of extraor
dinary exertions to relieve the money
stringency it seems certain that the
demand for currency will continue to
be severe for several months, and it
is now accepted as probable that In
terest rates will continue high with
even a rlblng tendency. The avail
able currency -supply within a few
weeks has been swelled by the ad
dition of not less than a total of al
most $95,000,t00, including about
$50,000,000 of Imported gold, $26.
000,000 of treasury surplus deposits
and $18,000,000 by Secretary Shaw's
latest device for expanding the volnrne
of national bank notes. . But so pro
digious is the demand on account of
the cropb, of industrial and commer
cial activity and of promotion and
stock speculation that even so great
a currency increment has been In
tantly swallowed up.
That increment Itself was not alto
gether net gain, for the very process
of abstracting gold from Europe, nar
rowing bank reserves there, has ad
vanced interest rates, compelling
bank loans here to replace loans
cancelled there, a large amount of
American stocks andv securities hav
Ing already been returned on this ac
count. ; While therefore we have
transferred a vat amount of gold
from London we huve as a rosult also
transferred a large amount of loans
from London to New 'York, and
thereby correspondingly depleted the
fund available for current western
and outheru crop uses and for com
mercial purposes: -
That grave danger impends is not
believed by the most competent Judges,
but it Is agreed that it is wise and at
this time necessary to look the situa
tion in the face, and to bae universal
business calculations vu the assump
tlon of a stiff money market for a pro
truded period fn the future.
nilAT IT ME ASS FDR OMAHA.
The fight for more equal taxation
which has been waged In Omaha ind
Nebraska for the last five or six years
h'ts mad? great headway, but it still
remains to force the railroads to pay
city taxes on their property the same
as other property owners. Terminal
taxation for municipal purposes would
not taUe a penny of revenue away
from any county or school district in
the ntnle. but It would compel the
railroads to pay city taxes, which they
now evade almost altogether. The
most, valuable terminals being located
in Omaha, this city would naturally
be the largest beneficiary, but eveiy
other city, town and village In 'the
stale, with few, If any, exceptions,
would also benefit proportionately.
A republican state convention has
for the first time given platform rec
ognition to the demand for . terminal
taxation. Every candidate running on
the republican ticket Is tacitly bound
to carry out this promise, and to make
It more emphatic, more than four
fifths of the republican candidates for
the legislature have subscribed their
names to a written pledge that they
will, If elected, support and vote for
measures that will carry out this plat
form promise, as well as the others.
The taxpayers of Omaha, therefore,
have an opportunity such as is not
likely soon to recur to make a win
ning fight for terminal taxation. Suc
cess In this would add to the annual
revenues of the city in the neighbor
hood of $200,000 a year, which the
railroads now. keep In their own pock
ets while other property owners foot
all the bills of city government, in
whose advantages the railroads share
more'than pro rata.
If the railroads paid city taxes In
Omaha the same as other people the
tax rate could be brought down ma
terially without impairing the city's
finances. The city tax rate could be
reducedy2 mills and still leave a sur
plus revenue to take care of needed
improvements.
If the railroads were compelled to
pay city taxes like other people Omaha
could do a great many things which it
is now prevented from doing because
of insufficient resources.
It could double its police force for
more adequate .protection to" life and
property.
It could establish a two-shift fire
department without any question as to
money to pay for It.
It could enlarge the area of lighted
streets and give new street lamp to
outlying districts.
It could keep its pavement in con
stant repair and clean the streets all
the year round.
If the railroads would pay their
city taxes like other people Omaha
could compensate its municipal em
ployes more adequately. . - '
It could put, lis city hall in a, state
of good repair... ; .
' It could build a workhouse that
would drive hoboes out of the city and
a hundred and one other needful
things.
What is said here about terminal
taxation In ; Omaha applies in only
lesser degree to Lincoln, and Has
tings, and Beatrice, and Norfolk, and
all the other thriving cities and towns
in Nebraska that are right now being
cheated every year out of taxes the
railroads ought to pay toward the sup
port of their city governments
Is it any wonder the railroads
should have tied up with the demo
crats to head off terminal taxation ind
protect the graft they now enjoy at
the expense of other taxpayers?
Report comes from Lincoln that the
railroad tax shirkers are preparing to
enjoin the collection of their 1906
taxes and tie them up by court order
in the same manner as the 1904 and
1905 taxes. 'The railroad managers in
Nebraska have a peculiar faculty of
doing the wrong thing at the right
time. If they had the shrewd bus!
ness Judgment they are credited with
they would pay up their back taxes at
once and dismiss their injunction suits
and try to convince the people that
they are in for a square deal and will
ing to bear 'their share of the burdens
of government the same as less favored
property owners
County Attorney Slabaugb does not
seem to have pleased , his democratic
critics by asking for a grand Jury to
indict the members, of the local Coal
tniHt. The only way he could have
satisfied them would have been to have
followed the precedent set by Counly
Attorney English In giving the. coal
dealers a clean bill of health, with an
O. K. on their scheme of operation.
Colonel Bryan has advised the dem
ocrats of Iowa to give back the money
they have been getting frohi the rail
roads and uncouple from the railroad
train. He has a chance to take a posi
tion lu Nebraska repudiating the deal
which Chairman Allen of the demo
cratic state committee has made with
the railroad: on- thin
river btrt will he do it?
bide- of the
The two military pouts and the army
supply warehoe.se at this point como
within the jurisdiction of Secretary
Taft us head of the War department.
It is to be hoped that the secretary
will find time while here to familiarize
himself more clobely with the present
needs and future possibilities '.ot this
part of Ms military establishment.
The good people of .Omaha have an
opportunity they should not neglect to
hear the issues of the campaign dis
cussed bv Hon. William 11. Taft. sec
retary of war, who speaks here to
morrow ni.ht.
This will be Secniury
Tail's iirsi a;pearauce before au
Omaha audience and he
given eordlal reeeptlon.
shot: Id he
The presence of a negro wanted In
Indiana for nrirder and the threat of
a feud by his friends in case his ar
rest Is attempted, places Kentucky ln
an cmbirrnsslng position, since It
cannot lyrtch the negro without show
ing Its ability to control feudists nor
return him to Indiana without ignor
ing the Taylor case. .
Secretary Shaw's statement that he
made no effort to relieve the money
market' until real business men com
plained of high interest charges will
probably do mare to curb wild specu
lation than any advice he might offer.
' -
I nmpenknllon ta Hell. .
Cleveland J'laln Dealer.
Three members of the cabinet from New
ork would seem tr look a little like, favo
ritism. But the biggest man at. the table
comes rrom Ohio.
A Sarpaaalnar Tide.
New York Tribune.
With l.io.(ico Immigrants a .year coming
to this country .'from Europe, tho Doil.in
Invasion aeems petty and .the Tartar mi
gration becomes an tncigrtincfint frlflc.
- ' i n i i i.
Risking Ilia Popularity.
New York Tribune,
Sir Thomaa. Llptort, it is rumored, is to
head a RoO.OOO.WO bpf trust. Sir Thorna
must be a brave man te Hsl his popularity
with the American peop'ts after that fash
Ion. .o Hn altera There.
: Washington . Post. '
Nebraska farmers are asking that pent
tentiary Inmates be paroled and allowed
ta work husking corn. The man who Is
willing to hurt corn Is not often the In
mate of penitentiary.
F.apert Cabinet Work.
Chicago Tribune.
Tt Is believed that when Mr. Hoosevelt
has reconstructed his cabinet In accordance
with present plans it will bo oe of the
best pieces of presidential furniture that
ever adorned an administration.
Peril of Co baa "Patriots."
Pittsburg Dlpatch. '-
It would bo something of a surprise for
the Cuban rebels If at the election the vic
tims of the revolution should decide to vote
against the patriots who helped themselves
to the property of the peaceful p6pulatlon.
Kxpert Testimony.
Chicago Chronicle.
King Edward of England characterises as
"incredible obstinacy" the refusal of an
American duchess to live with a husband
who has been notoriously unfaithful to her.
His majesty certainly Is entitled ' to be
heard as an expert In such matters.
Who Clot the Money t
Baltimore American.
A man in New York who had disappeared
to such an extent that his life Insurance
had been collected, now has turned up, de
manding to know it he is alive. He should
bo credited with wisdom In suspecting his
own living, as there gre plenty of men who
ate distinctly dead ones and never know it.
Aa It Look .from Afar.
Brooklyn ' Kegle. '
The United Btatea army has been rushed
to the west to remonstrate with a tribe
of Indians that la peacefully selling buad-
work off Ita reservation, and buying its
winter stores With gbod money. Would
that some of the whHfc ulen who are off
from their reservations were ns harmless
as the people they TleTlre the army to
hoot. . i , ? .
Hearst Overahadowa Bryan.
Philadelphia Press.
The safe and aane democrats of .New
York have reached the conclusion that they
canont rely upon Bryan to save the party
from Hearst, as was expected when Bryan
got his big reception on the return from
abroad. At this moment Hearst is a bigger
man with the party than Bryan and he will
be bigger still abould he be elected governor
of New York. If the safe and aane demo
crats want to save the party from Hearst
they will have to do It themselves.
Humors of Traat Making.
Springfield Republican.
It is one of the humors ot world busi
ness that the venturesome enterprises, the
trusts, the questionable and the unquestion
able corporations, all find New Jersey so
excellent a place to organise In. Think ot
the Trans-AIaska-filberta, railway company,
with KtwO.OW authorised capital stock, dat
ing Its legal existence from Trenton, N. J.!
There were all the great financial centers
to choose from, and Ixlcq de Lobcl, who
holds $5,807,900 of the stock, choee Treolon.
The four other named stockholders hold
12,100. This is the beginning of more high
finance.
Pallati Floats the Larr.
Bprlngfleld Republican.
The Pullman Palaue Car company ia not
complying with the requirements of the
new rate law relating to the posting of its
rates. The company takes the position, so
it is anounced, that It is doing a hotel and
not a transportation business, and It will
pay no atentlon to the law which declares
It to .be a common carrier until compelled
to by the court. Something might bo said
In favor of the company's contention, blnce
its charge are made independently of mere
transportation and' an baned upon timo
rather than distance; but this does not dis
prove the right of the government to bring
the buslneas under public regulation. Per
sistence in the Pullman company's antag
onistic position will only operate to hasten
the enactment of laws requiring the rail
roads to provide a sleeping and parlor cur
service of their own.
1 t.LV
Crops
NIDR OF HtNtl .ATIHE.
out
la t'onaplrnoaa
Spots
In
Pan Fraarlaco.
American Magaslne.
During "earthquako . love, as it was
called, Kan Franrlnoo was a city shaken
Into practical Christianity. The eoplr
dwelled for a time in I'topia. Mayor
Schralls. a machine nuin, forgot that he
had a boas and served his city well. In
dividuals and coi-porathxis rushed to each
other's assistance. Genuine righteousness
prevailed.
But gradually, a little here and a little
! there, personal "Freed ond private Interest
began to break through. M"n remembered
j themaelvea again. "If Ifiiiilth gets In on
this I must. Business is business. I've got
to live." Tho preaent situation la reported
I by Mr. Baker aa follows:
"Thla is the way the. city Is being rebuilt
: by un Intense: struggle of. each man for
'Immediate pront; little mercy for the weak.
1 'nought of tho public good. Ban Fran.
i
Cisco will rebuild; its people will have the
'greater and grander city' of their heart'a
desire: the point I am making here Is that
they at coming U it through mountains of
private gietd and Selfishness and what a
foarful wastagu of energy!
"No thoughtful man ran help asking him
self if such conditions of private greed aa
now prevail in fian Franclaco, such fright
ful and wasteful competition, are neces
sary. Will not such greed such increases
In VI ... an, I IiHlu, uiiK ., rl L.. an, ill
, i. . .,.,. .v.... ...n u, ,v.,.r.
finally Uci'eat i'l:?''
nonn abovt jrtv onK.
i
Ripple he f'arrent of I. If la Ike j
Metropolis. '
Temhers of crooked Irlclts and shiidv j
gnmes are not so fully occupied, by po- t
lltlcnl deals as to neglect line of business j
equally profitable. K young piel-pockel. j
caught with the goods on, confused In j
. uini inn own HHU wiiniHii ,i" H" '
him shelter and food taught hltn to stcnl
and had Instructed hint for weeks In the
fine art of lifting watches nnd pocket book a
from pockets, and then turned hltn loose to
prey on society for Illicit gain. Jt Is a real
case of Fagtn over again, aa the young
pickpocket further said that his preceptors
had prompted him ' to practice on them
selves for hours at a time, and if he dl'.
his work in a clumsy manner h was
beaten. He finally became Very clever at
th game and an honor to hlr Instructors.
Six rich Nea Yorkers have given fcS.'WO
to continue for two or three years the
work of tha American Institute for Scien
tific Research. Prof James H. Hyslop Is
In charge of tha records of mediums, In
vestigators and delvera Into psychic lore
which were collected by the late Prof.
Hodgson. The Institute haa the help and
the co-operation of the Rrltlsh Society for ,
Psychical Research, although It has not
official connection With It. It will extend
Its lalKirs to the field ef investigation which
hag been entered by the Instlttue General
Psychologhiue In France, which htis re
cently been .subsidised by the FVench gov
ernment. Its principal work for the pres
ent will be the examination of phenomena
connected with abnormal and supernormal
psychology..
Prof.-Hys.lop says they do not Intend to
Investigate the claims of professional me
diums, .but. their time will be given to In
quiries Into the experiences of persons
whose names will not be made public.
Later on the Institute will take up the np.
plication of hypnotism as an agent In heal.
Ing nd, if the funds be forthcoming, will
open a hospital, where the effects of mental
states upon the body may be studied
Within six months they hope to obtain a
large permanent endowment fund.
.
Felix Ismnn of Philadelphia startled the
real estate market Inst Friday with an
other of his spectacular purchases in that
city, the property being that at the south
east corner of Fifth avenue nnd Forty
second street, 73.3x100 feet, owned by the
Columbia bank and the American Bafo
Deposit company.
For this bit of Manhattan Island Mr.
Isman. paid tl.550,mo. Dennis Preston
wore tha brokers in the transaction. Mr.
Isman has no definite plana for the future
of the property, and la apparently ' acting
again In accordance with his now famous
doctrine that "you can be 73 per cent wrong
and still make money In Manhattan real
estate."
Of the properties which go to make up
the Fifth avenue plot the Immediate, corner,
23xli)0 fee4,"on which there is a seven-story
building, is sold by the American Safe De
posit company, while tho three adjoining
four-et-ory; structures, on plot SO.axlOu,
known aa 4!8, 4!7 and 439 Fifth avenue, are
held by the Columbia bank.
Tha four parcela together, have an area
of , wjunre feet, so that the price of
$1,550,000 figures down to
square loot.
about -U a
Paul D. Cravath, chairman of the tene
ment house committee of the Charity Or
ganliatlon society, declares that a close
canvass shows that there are In New
York tenements 857,000 rooms that have
no windows. A room without windows!
A room which Is never swept by the sweet
airs of heaven and into which the light of
God's sun never ehlnest , How can men
and women live In that area of perpetual
darkness? is It any wonder that dirt ahd
all uncleannMt accumulate and every sin
and vice flourish In such a soil? .' These
New York tenements are owned largely
by the men tind women of wealth who are
leader In the church and In society. It
Is even aaserted that a powerful church,
rich almost beyond computation, owns
block of them and collects Its rents as
closely as any miserly landlord.
Country boys and others who are em
ployed In Now York without being able to
live with their parents will reap the bene
fit of a partly philanthropic scheme or
ganlsed by Mlas U M. Proudfoot. For the
laat ten years she has been running what
Is called an education club tor poor boys of
reaper table parent at 9 West Tenth street.
The object was to educate and start theru
afterward In business life. The new Idea it
to give boys a home In the city where they
will be safeguarded and surrounded by
healthful and uplifting influence. It Is to
be a home for boys to go to after the busi
ness of tha day is over.
For this purpose 365 West Twenty-seventh
street has been acquired, and a home
started there. Ten boys are now being
clothed and fed thers by Miss Proudfoot.
It la planned In thla new departure to
aid boys to find work, direct them to even
ing schools, care for them, and fit them
for better places until they are entirely In
dependent. No provision la made for lads in orphan
ages and asylums after they reach 12 or 14
years. It 1b expected that the new venture
will help such boys. Miss Proudfoot hopes
that the most of her young charges will be
from rural districts. Bhe wants the4r
character to be good. Each boy is expected
to put a certain amount Into the house
hold fund. He la allowed to koep enough I
of his wages to cover necessary expenses i
and a little In addition for Incidentals, so
there may not be the temptation to be dis
honest. Aa the wages Increase the boy
muex put more Into the bouseho'd fund
until he meets all his expenses. When, he
makes that possible he Is required to find
another home.
The Hebrew pawnshops of New York City
are among the moat interesting museuma
for relics and) heirlooms In the world. The
other day a Frenchman- of undoubted
"blue" Mood B-ot stranded. Ills only pos
sesaion that could be converted into cash
was a ring with an authenticated hUAoric
value. He consulted frlenda aa to IU
moat profitable disposition. "Show It to !
collectors Interested in such things," they i
advlved. "Someone will probably give you j
a good price for it." "Take it to a pawn- '
broker," a hobel clerk suggested. "He
will give you twice aa much aa the aver- I
age collector." The Frenchman accepted !
the advice of all; he visited both col
lectors and pawnbrokers, but he sold It
to a pawnbroker. "I .knew you would,"
aid the hotel clerk. "There are no people
In town who have such a keen scent for
h irlooma and other articles with a his
tory aa pawnbrokers. The New York pawn
broker la always on the lookout for such
things .and is willing to pay for the ro- j
mantle associations aa wen as inc m
trlnnle value. The average man of that
culling la supposed not to have the bump
of sentiment very highly developed, but
he realisos the poaihiltles of such a
rdedge tihould It remain In his posssMn
unredeemed, and he la willing to ecu.-
it ut the best possible terms to the cus
tomer." Judae Unjoins Swelter I'sui.n.
VAIXEJO. Cal.. Oct. S0.-Judge Harrier
litre yesterday granted an Injunction to
prevent the Selby Lead and Smelting works
from allowing noxious fume to escape
from their chimneys. In hia decision the
court s-iid the evidence had proved that tha
ecupir.g fumeg were more hurtful to people
on the Solano side than In Port Coats.
rKRaOl. OTI'.a.
i i ,nro ,..,. , ,. bent lllll" lcmNnnce l J
Members of the Ohio lee triift got '' I 1Mimewil stute. 4
Jnll sentences postponed Joet long epous'i I . W
to escape their winter coal hill. I IIKI'.ltr AMI PKI K.V, I
tolled Pin ice H, mitr-r I'ettus of Alnlw.irt. ! - ', I
who la ft; yenrs of B(te, when recently nke.1 j , SllU ,niHn-The r-iirs "f serious dip.i-
w hat vocation be .Would chooae If lie were gre -ment with Juptiu arc jrroiinoles.
agnln beginning active life, repll.,1 : "The; Hep.,, ,or-lai .'.V'-i irhinAmBU-
'tiinu m ,1 iniiie-i. ,
fhlef Mcaaiint Porter or thi tVeek nation
lx the, only Indian railroad pre-ld-nt n
America. Ilia railroad Is the Indian Ccn-
tral. It filed Its charter ot Guthrie It is
cAiiltalized t tiR donrtn And contemplates
tha construction of miles of railroad In
i
. ..... i.v .....
imiimii ji'iiiii'r) hoii vitii, iii. ii, ......... ...
next two years.
Anthony Flnln. the Arctic explorer, deliv
ered an oddresa teecntjy In which lie
showed for the Orel time his scries of mov
ing Arctic pictures and told the story of
his difficulty In obtaining them.' Many of
these pictures were obtained when the tem
perature was M degrees below fero. He
flrst tried the experiment of using celluloid
films, but the Intense cold cracked them
and the fragments clogRcd up tho tuachln-
ery. Mr. Flnla Is an exnera photographer.
It is estimated that In all some .ViO
wealthy American women have married
titled foreigners and that the aggregate of
ttiek- gV-.rles exceeded imono.nao. The
most heavily dowered bride was tho duchess
of Roxburgh", with a fortune of S..ono.mo.
Tho others Include the duchess of Marl
borough, llfl.OflO.flOn; the late Ijdy Cursnn,
S,000,000: Countess Castellane. $15,000,000:
Mrs. Vivian, I12.000.0ui; Baroness Halkelt.
t10.0n0.0n0; ijrty willlnni Beresford, IU.0O0.
000; Princess Colonnn, U,in0.tJ0; Countess
von Lurlsch, H.OfO.OOa.
PIB FORESTS GOIG FAST.
Canada
Losing; the Pride
of Its
Timber Wraith.
New York Tribune.
It Is a fact which Canada faces with
some degree of sadness that within a few
years she will be absolutely devoid ol the
beautiful pine forests which at one time
w-e.re her pride. At the present rate of de-
structlon the number of vears cannot be
great until there will hardly be another
tree of the original forests to be cut within
the limits of the Canadian lumber region.
Blr Wilfrid Ijiurler in a recent ndduss
called attention to the many enemies of the
forest. Man, he said. Is bad enough, but he
la not so bad as the fire. The fire is the
Great enemy of the forests. Year after
year during th rummer months miles and
miles of foreats are destroyed by fire. Per
haps It does pot go on at so great a rale
as in former years, but there Is still far
too much of it. fifforts are being made,
however, to check the. ravages of the
flames.
In the Ottawa valley the lumbermen keep
a patrol ot the woods, and that la a great
help. In order to be of the greatest ser
vice, many more patrolmen would be re
quired, and the forests would have to be
looked after as they are In France and
Germany, so that so for as possible every
Incipient fire might be prevented from
spreading. Furthermore, every man in that
part of Canada the lumberman, the sports
man and the man out of any class should
be Impressed with the fact that it Is a
crime to throw a lighted match upon the
ground, to scatter the aches of a fire or to
leave a camp fire before it is absolutely ex
tinguished. Another destructive clement to which Bir
Wilfrid calls attention la the railway loco
motive. The railroads are great blessings,
undoubtedly, but one who t takes the train
at Halifax to go to Vancouver will find in
every province of the dominion where there
Is timber miles upon miles of what was
once beautiful forest, now nothing but
parched and blackened timber a monu
ment to the destructivenss of the railroad
! ocomoUve. ,Yet the i-ailroad men have
to overcome the difficulty Inherent In the
operation of the railway locomotive. They
have put screens upon their smokestacks
and devised other methods, but ajl have
proved Inadequate. While the Canadian
forests have never been called upon to pay
i the enormous tributa to multiplying indus
tries that those of the United States have,
they have been decimated by the specula-
The Perfect
-'x '0mr
Tho Hind of Cocoa Deans, that we use contain
six times as much food value as beef.
We buy only the highest-priced.
Our Cocoa Is nothing but Cocoa and that Is why
It U the most delicious of Cocoas.
The WALTER M. LOWNEY CO..
Bastes. Mass.
The Pianos We Sell
Justify every argument we make for them. Everyone knows that
the Knabe, Kimball. Kranich &. Dach, Bush & Lane, Hallet
Davis, Cable-Xtlson are the best pianos in the world. But any
live business, growing and anxious to grow, is going to persist
ently present its facts. 'l
The store that sells a poor grade of Pianos, that pays commis
sions, that has a sliding scale of prices, ought to be modest.
But the Hospe store Is justified In saying: "Ours are the best.'.'
No Piano store in the West sells Pianos as cheap.
ACTUAIj HAVINGS 30 TO 9150 ON A MAXO.
A. EOSPE : CO,
1513 Douglas St.
Best proof Piano TunUg
tlrr- htmb-rman rtrM the trm.rovldent set
tler, mvl ihvii1 W tire miHI those which
It 1 1 1" lcmMnnce t ,
- "''.. .,,,,, ,
vnTV ,T J're
. (f 0,)(. (,., y,, , . nle Htt iy sure,
for Instance, that vu Can' ll-k !' '-Chi-
CHgo j rimmc
that rl'Ji old unclH of
I u , 111,1" 1 ni lie.
vonrs 'cove
pe Nothing but a lot of illsgunl rem-
lives and a 1ulilant voting widow... whom
hail n-ver luaul ..f before. Pnllurf lpH..k
l.Mg i . 1 '.',' 1
'"You look tied nnd haggard this morn
lna old num." said .llalcv.
. I,.,.. . am 'f . . m Am
I I i'K, i.iiie,i in..,,i, . .
rimcnt-arv lnl otirht that staggered me.
, "lou rion t say? Vnnt was hi .
j .'Tndihii.rPrV V
, , i '
j Rminey N Pat Casey's wife extravagant!
. Metliinn-Hhe Is; she's hnd twins twloa.
Puck.
Mrs. linker I wish, dear, that you would
design mv winter tint for Itte.
Mr. Baker, tan architect) All tight, my
love. 1 will. - Hhall It He. . -ky-sv.r or
bungalow. Harper' Weekly, .
' "There'll lie no iiiiid-pllnglng in this cam
paign. " said bne vnrd-wnrker.
"Not a bit." answered the other. "Tha
Ikivh will be Instructed .to use nothing softer
than n rock or bNckbat."-. Washington
Ptnr.
"Mr. Jcekill." ?n'd the tnin w'th the
heavy gold watch chain, "this is m,r friend,
Colonel Hunker. He la Senator Lotamun's
lighlhnnd man."
"Delighted to mcM yon. Clnn-I Bunker."
said tho other. "By the way er-- Penutor
lxitsmun happens to.be lcft-hand'.d, you
kpow." Chicago Tribune.
George. Washington's army was in winter
quart-ia at Valley Forge.
.'The name of the place deceived me. ' Be
said, shivering. "This isn't mi warm!"
Motioning the young men with the
cameras asddes he strode into hla tent and
dictated a telegram to tho War department
I asking ror more bianKeis. i. nicsgo i nouu,
"' HAI.I.OMU'Kal.
Anonymous.
1 sit beside the rtrepiace
in a boarding Iioubo out went
My hcau lias gatnered ailver
And galneu in gntn my vest; '.
ToniKlii the noiny youngsters
Ouisido upon tne green i
Are "wnooping" tliioKa up lively
To welcome Halloween! ;
And thought goes straying backward
To llamptdili e n hills again.
When gathered 'round tne ttreplace
Weie rustic maids and men;
And ono among the number, '
The fairest ever seen, v
Wa the girl 1 caugnt and cornereU
And klw-cd on. Hallowe'en!
She durkd her head for apples,"'
And one that bore -my. name '
With a crown engraved upon It,
To mbollze the. fame,
I meant to win and garner.'-..
. Cnma up -her teeth betwocn,', '
And Joyously I kissed her , ''
That bleseed Hallowe'en!
i . ...
She named the cheatntits roaatitif
Beforo the glowing lire,
And one was "Imuel Jenkina," t
And how It retired my Ire;
For Iem was slick and dudlsh.
And his liking seemed to lean
To the girl I caught and cornered .
And kissed on Hallowe'en!
And the other nut I fancied
Although ahe wouldn't tell
Bore the name I proudly carried
Of "Ebwiexer Bell;" ' " '
But perversity was in it.
And I thought it might mean
Tha way my cheptrtue "'buated' - 1
That gloomy Hallowe'en! .
I,
While Lem and she together.
Just simmered there In state,
And underneath my collar-
Hwntled a rlalnar tide of hat.
'Till sha turned and softly whispered.
wnn uaaniui laoe ana mwn. -
"Boms signs ain't always truthful.
If 'tis on Hallowe'en!" , " '
Alan! beneath the yew trees.
Theae twenty years and more.
Her truthful heart haa rested.
While I have wandered o'er
Vu! Many a land, In striving. . ,
To forget the rustlo queen
Who rules my heart and memory
This lonely Hallowe'en!
Food Beverore
Lswaey's CbaeeUU Baakaaa
- aaa Cbecalate p redacts.
ouly 11.(0.
V