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THE OMAHA DAILY HEE: FRIDAY, NOYKMI3HJI 9, 1906. The OnUhX Daily bee. KOVNDED BY EDWARD ROSEWATFR. VICTOR ROHKWATKR. EDITOR. Entered at Omnht potofnee a ifwnd i ins matte TERMS) OK SCHfCRIl'TlON. Daily Bee (without flundayl, one year. ..(' tmllr Be and Sunday, one year ") Kunrtsy Bee, on year... J " Saturday It, one year l.f DELIVERED BY CAKRIKR. Pally Bee (including Fundavl, per week..lSc Illy Bee (without Bund.iy). per week..lc: Kvenlrig Fee Iwlthout Bunrlay), per week c Evening Bee (with Sunday), per week.JOe Address complaints of Irregularitlc a In de livery to City Circulating Department . OFFICES. '.'rnh Tha Bee building. South Omaha City Hall building. ' ouncll Klu (Ts 10 rearl atreet. Chicago 1S40 t'nlty building;. New York llin Home Ufa Inn. building. Washington 601 Fourteenth atreet. CORRESPONDENCE. f'nmmunlratlntiB relating to newg and cdl Mrial matter ahould be addressed: Omaha if'e. Fkiltorlal Department. REMITTANCES. Remit by draft express or postal order ;ivable to Tha Be Publishing company, i nly 2-cent stamp received aa payment of t iall accounts. 1'ersonal checks, except on Omaha of eatrn exchanges, not accepted. THE BEE PU BUSH I NCI COMPANY. STATEMENT OF CIRCULATION. State of Nebraska, Douglas County, : Charle C. Roeewater. general manager of The Be Publishing compiinv, blng duly worn. ay that the actual number of full nd complete copies of The Dally. Mornlnn, evening and Bundav Bee printed during tha month of October. 14. wag aa follows- 1. 30,650 17 30,830 II S0.S30 1 31.890 2 ai,oae 21 V00 22 S,8S0 21 .30.W0 2 30,830 26 31,870 2 31,410 27 31,740 2 a 30,670 2t .81,800 30 31,110 II.. 31.110 2 30,800 I .-. .30,800 30,730 6 30,760 31,760 7 30,300 ( 30,670 30,50 10 30,730 11 30,930 13 30,790 It 31,050 14 30,800 16 31,480 82,000 , -j Total 861,380 Ivtsa unaold copies...... 11,033 Net ti.taf rales 850,337 Dally average 30,655 C. C. R OK 1 WATER. General Manager. .Subscribed In my presence nnd sworn to iWnro me thla lat day of November, . tSeal.) it. B. HL'NCIATB. Notary Pub'lc. WHEX OCT OF TOW, Snberrlfcrra leaving the elty teat- . porarlly tkoold kari The Be mailed to then. Address will be engaged aa eftea aa reqaeated. Now for a few speakership booms to sprout. Nebraska will still have Ave repub lican congressmen and two republican United States senators to look after its interests at Washington. California's test of Its Bchool law separating the races will be watched with peculiar Interest In those states where the "race problem" is a political Issue.' . ' i The suggestion that "Pat" McCar ren be elected leader of Tammany ball is probably made in harmony with the democratic Idea that to the victor be longs the spoils. Omaha needs a new modern fire proof hotel and needs it badly. This is a tip for some, man of wealth who may be figuring on giving this city a Christmas present. It has been demonstrated that a constitutional amendment can get enough votes to carry in Nebraska when the people really waqt it and the ballot Is fixed right. Many people in the United States will be ready to co-operate with Ger many's opposition to "the American Invasion" If only It is confined to com batting the chewing gum habit. The discovery that the 12-inch coast defense gun could not last through a two hoars' engagement would be more distressing If a ship could be. found which would float before li half that time..' , It may be noted that the louses to the republican party iu congress were generally In districts where Incum bents. ' had an unnecessary desire to prove, their "independence of the White House." In going democratic Arizona miti gates the grief of friends who hoped It would become a state, since it prove further education necessary before It can exercise the franchise In an en lightened manner. Seven hundred difference between the votes on the high and low man on each legislative ticket in. this county would Indicate at least a measure of discrimination on the part of the man who pulls the lever. Since a federal judge has decided express companies are common car riers and aa such subject to a state railway commlaglon, Nebraska has further cause to congratulate Itself on the adoption of the conxtltutional amendment. The confirmation of an overwhelm ing republican majority in the legis lature must oome a a welcome relief to Douglas county members who might otherwise have found thein tlveu between two fires when It came to kettle the senatorshlp question. The statement that the "gambling element" Is being shui out of the grain trade la the first authoritative adtnUdlon that they had ever been connected with It but many strange things are coming to light In these days of agitation aud Investigation. As the governor of Illinois is a di rector in the Illinois Central b virtue of his office the slate may sveur facts not always available lu reference to other roads but the recent directors' meeting ahowed that he hus little In fluence when the interest of the inag- aatea arv at luut. a roar mortem tAnm Chairman Allen of the democratic state committee is uotevcn a good loser., He has given out a po"t mor t'em Election statement in which he finally1 adtnli lhat the republicans have won in Nebraska, but tries to ex plain It by ascribing democratic defeat to republican misrepresentation. Be fore tbe returns from half the state are in he pretends to see signs indi cating that the railroads and the brew ers, and all the other Interests with whom he had made a hard and fast alliance, gave the democrats the dou ble cross and swung In for the victori ous republicans. The author of tbe tell-tale terminal taxation letter, begging democratic editors to insert, free of charge, argu ments for railroad tax evasion, which the railroads three years ago were glad to pay for, humorously declares, "We lost because we stood for re form," when the only hope of demo cratic victory hung on ' the slender promise of support from the railroads and their allied dependents. His slur at Douglas county Is made up of the whole cloth because the only districts where the democrats carried were three wards in Omaha and South Omaha which are the strongholds of the liberal elements. The trouble with Chairman Allen is that he is being charged by democrats all over the state with frightfully mis managing their campaign and dissi pating by bis succession of blunders any chances they might have had of making gains. This Is a good time for the democratic state chairman to keep quiet. NEBRASKA IS THE KEXT CONGRESS. Nebraska will be represented in the. next congress by a delegation made up of five republicans and one democrat. The only face In the delegation new to legislative halls will be that of Judge John F. Boyd, who will succeed to the seat now occupied by Congress man McCarthy of the Third district. Congressmen Pollard, Hinshaw, Norrls and Kinkald In the First, . Fourth, Fifth and Sixth districts, respectively, are te-elected, while In the Second dis trict Mr. Hitchcock will resume the place he held as the lone democrat three years ago. While the "republican majorities In all cases are materially reduced from those polled on the Roosevelt tidal wave of two years ago, they are de cisive enough to show approval of the position taken by Nebraska's repre sentatives in the lower house on the great reform measures enacted In con formity with the legislative program promulgated by the president. Barring the democrat, who-will be like a fifth wheel to a wagon, the Ne braska delegation in the Sixtieth con gress ought, to prove a good working crew fully competent to take care of the interest of this state in matters that may come up for the attention of the national legislative body. THE ILLINOIS CENTRAL FIQHT. It is not, likely that the turnmary ouster of Stuyvesant Fish from the I-resldency of tho Illinois Central will end the struggle for control of that great railroad property, or that it can be ended short of a final explicit ex pression of the will of the stockhold ers, the real ow.ners, who, of right, should, dispose of Its future. Whether p.ctlon of the directors was prompted in part by motives of revenge for Mr. Fish's courageous stand for thorough Investigation Into abuses of the big life insurance companies In which di rectors' and high finance interests back of them were Implicated, as. Is charged, it Is obvious that the stock holders ,were not consulted, but that on the contrary effectual measures were taken to prevent an expression of their will. It will be strange, therefore, If the vital Issue of stockholders' rights Is not decisively raised. The question whether the Illinois Central, which has a unique and honorable history for more than a half century as an Inde pendent railroad, shall continue In Its Independent career, or, be subordinated to the Interests of a combination of other railroad systems, the whole dominated by a few ' money-swollen magnates, is fundamental and the most momentous that could be thrubt upon the stockholders. Whatever may be said as to the question of ver acity between Mr. Fish and his oppo nents, whose aim Is widely believed to be to destroy the independency of the road without saying to Its owners, "By your leave." that point Is trivial, and the apparent effort to shift the Issue to that question la suspicious, to say the least. The Issue regarding this great west ern transportation properly may well become a test case at this particular Juncture, for if the Wall street inter ests undertake thus summarily to cruBh a man of the stamp of Stuyve sant FUh for presuming to stand out against them this is a favorable time for the real owners to assert them selves. At the very least, not until the stockholder shall have fullest op portunity deliberately and explicitly to sanction or repudiate such a step should it be conceded even from their standpoint. Then there remain: the other question whether the pubT'c has any rights to be protected. For If the practical result should be to deprive the public of the benefits of the devel opment or the Illinois Central as a great independent north and south system by which the Interior of the continent is served from tbe gulf, es pecially as the situation will stand when the Panama canal is completed, then a public emergency Is involved I transcending any possible stockholders' ibtereal, All llit'kti aud uittDi more yoWulli- ! ties are bound up In this struggle over the Illinois Central, which probably as yet is far from being fought out. and the result must be full of significance to the west. SEL RET ART HITCHCOCK'S RKTIRKMKNT The announced forthcoming retire ment of Secretary Hitchcock, from the cabinet, coming so soon after the an nouncement of the cabinet rearrange ment which was supposed to be final, naturally causes surprise. Excepting Secretary of Agriculture Wilson, Mr. Hitchcock Is the last of the presi dential family of McKlnley, and re mained up to this time in the cabinet only at the personal solicitation of the president. Secretary Hitchcock's chief claim to credit In the public service arises out of the reforms he has Instituted In the administration of the land laws with a view to safeguarding from spoliation what remains of the public domain and restoring to the government im mense tracts of whose title it had been divested by fraud and official conniv ance. The great and important changes Inaugurated under him. In volving the prosecution of a small army of offenders, including govern ment officials and their confederates, amount almost to a revolution in the practice of the department and are probably now so thoroughly estab lished that they will not again be re versed. The administration of the Indian bu reau under Secretary Hitchcock, how ever, has not been at all satisfactory. He not only gave former Indian Com missioner Jones a free hand for per nicious activity, but for some inex plicable reason stood by the Indian bureau underlings, who were protect ing graft on the Indian reservations and refused to go back of the returns of bribed inspector's even in the face of overwhelming and convincing proof. Notwithstanding the noteworthy Im provement in the Indian service since Commissioner Leupp took charge. there is still room for much more prog ress, which it is hoped may be "brought about under Mr. Hitchcock's successor reforms which friends of the Indian had practically given up all hope of achieving so long as Secretary Hitch cock blocked the way. The new secretary, James R. Gar field, comes to the head of the Interior department with an enviable record for conscientious work as head of the bureau of corporations. If he lives up to his reputation for courageous and unflinching devotion to duty, he will execute the task of cleaning out the thieves on tbe Indian reservations which Secretary Hitchcock refused to do. ! IRU.V MARKET INVICATIOHS. The situation of the Iron market and Industry presents one of the most extraordinary facts In the industrial world. On a few occasions Iron has ruled as high as the present quotation of $24 per ton, but' they have been merely temporary and recognized at the time as extreme strains of acci dental demand. On the contrary the demand today is universal and refers to conditions which extend Indefinitely into the future, on a basis, too, to which the business world has already actually adjusted Itself. The Iron supplies in this country are already contracted from six to nine months ahead, but with new ' enterprises on foot which at the end of that time bid fair to leave pig Iron stocks more de pleted even than they now are. Writh universal industry firmly ad justed on such a scale to the material that is regarded as basic. It is Impos sible now to' foresee a probable point for shrinkage in prosperity. There is absolutely no sign of the under con sumption that ordinarily begins when the price of an article of general con sumption becomes excessive. On the contrary, all the Indications point to a marked Increase of demand on tho basis of the higher general price level that has been reached. FOREIOJV VIEW'S Of HEARST. The serious view almost unani mously expressed by the British press concerning the strength shown by Hearst In the New York election Is worthy of closer attention here than la usually given to foreign Interpreta tions of our politics. If the yellow prophet's presidential ambitions be come formidable to the extent of men acing mastery of one of our great national parties, foreign apprehensions j might indeed become a dangerous fac tor anecung our credit and material interests. The instant attitude of the British press at leaat is that of alarm and suspicion of our stability and man hood. Our reliance, however, against an Indiscriminate revolt In the line with Hearstism is upon honest and rational j correction of trust and corporation wum.,ud. .iu uieiuiit oi vico mat President Rooaevelt has performed has been to arouse his country to sane con templation of tbe situation and to courageously inaugurate measures ac cordingly. Jhe impression made abroad by failure now in New York to conclusively trample Heurtlsm into the dust Is only one among many unfortu nate consequences, but we may reason ably hope that the steady progress of rhe president's policy of specific and positive reform, supplemented by the co-operation of every legislative and executive agency, state and national, and supported by a crystallizing Intelli gent public opinion, will reassure con servative judgment everywhere. Are we golu"fc to have any charter cbaDges this year? If so, the formu lation of plans and sptxiflcationi should not b allowed to wall uutll the last minute, when the toryoratloa lob- J bylsts and the contractors' hirelings usually get in their fine work. The returns on the telephone fran chise question show that the new fran chise has carried by something better than tw-o to one. ' This vote has been given both by reason of dissatisfac tion with the policy pursued by the present telephone company and on faith In the pledges of the proposed new company. If the promoters of the new telephone company are wise they will see to It that every promise they have made is redetmed in a lib- eral Interpretation and without hair splitting or quibbling. It Is quite pos sible for a franchised corporation to make itself popular with Its patrons and the public by fair treatment, al though few of them seem to realize It. The Burlington tax agents are again making their annual rounds tender ing the treasurers of the various coun ties through which that road runs the various amounts In payment of taxes which they are willing to pay, but which are 20 to 25 per cent lees than what they are assessed to pay. If all property owners undertook to scale down their taxes in this fashion the different counties and, school districts would soon have to close shop. And yet some of the well-meaning capital ists who have money Invested in these tax-shirking latlroads profess to be at a loss to understand why the people of Nebraska do not regard them as benefactors and philanthropists. It is to be hoped that Commissioner Garfield's recent experience with "im munity baths" will be of value to him when he is "put , up against" the smooth gentlemen who enrich them selves by violating'or evading the land laws. Having cogitated long enough to see the election flit by. Governor Mickey should be ready to deliver his verdict as a court of Impeachment In tbe hearing on the charges against his Omaha police commission appointees. President Harahan, the new execu tive of the Illinois Central, Is by no means a stranger to Omaha. He will be expected, however. In his new ca pacity to see to it that this end of his line has a square deal. Secretary Hitchcock's ill-health is to be regretted, but some of those "confidential" reports of Indian In spectors sickened a lot of people familiar with the facts before the sec retary was affected. Comment of the British press on the recent election is chiefly interest ing for what It does not say but even men more familiar with the subject flnfi difficulty In analysing some of the returns. Experience frovokea Caatloa. Minneapolis Journal. Tho untutored enlnd of Lo, the poor L'te. waa sharp enough to get away .from In front of the man. behind the gun. Sorr- 4iet Boar. ' Chicago New. Now that Speaker Cannon ha his coveted reduced majority in congress let him pro ceed to take it in haod and 'do buslnesa with It. Some Distant Day. Chicago Record-Herald. Some day we ahall become ao. perfect in thla country that a defeated candidate will never ,thlnk of inaulllng the intelligence of the public by crying "fraud." Silence of Raak Looters. Chicago Inter Ocean. The least that can be aaid for Messrs. Stensland and Herlng ia (hat in consenting to plead guilty, thereby preventing a trial which would bring out all the facta, they have no doubt placed many of our cltl aens under everlasting obligations. Tinted Commercial Honor. Philadelphia Record. Commercial honor must be at a low ebb when manufacturers of cans are willing to decorate them with Italian inscriptions and picture of olive treea designed to con vince the purchaser that the content are Imported olive oil, while In fact they ar domestic cottonseed oil. It I Juat aa much counterfeiting aa imitating money la. and it ia Just aa dishonest. Sew Dictator of China. Leslie's Weekly. Tha most powerful individual In China today ia Yuan Shi Kai. the viceroy of Tientsin. He 1 virtually the dictator of the empire, having as his ally the old em press dowager. No decree ia Issued from Peking without hi approval. He 1 credited with having caused the Chlneae government to Issue the recent anti-opium decree. Yuan 1 a man of great force of character and a believer In progress. He haa taken many step to modernize his country. Numerous attempts have been made to aasaaalnute him. It la hoped that through Ills efforts Ciiina will be transformed Into a progres sive land. Meaning; of Inheritance Taa. Chicago Chronicle. To diapone of property by will is not a right, but a privilege which organised so ciety giants to Ita members, but, being a privilege, society reserve the power to limit it. That la what an inheritance tax means, in return for the privilege of leav ing hi property to his heir Instead of having it taken posse salon of by society the testator Impliedly agrees to pay asy Inheritance tax that may be Imposed. When It la sought to evade thla obligation by ante-mortem gifts of large value aoclety re fuses thus to be cosened. That I the lesson of the Judicial decision in the Pa bat caaa at Milwaukee. Baggage Smashing and Damage. Springfield Republican. Wnatern railroads are working toward an agreement to compel 'passengers to pay an Insurance fee on all trunks containing property value in excess of tl'JO-ln other words, to limit their liability to damages to fl'O for th Ions of any pleat) of baggage uninsured. On recent case which stirs tbe roads lu thla matter baa been the recov ery of fci.Ouu from one of the companies by the wife of a wealthy Chicago clitseu for damages to tha contents of a trunk In a railroad wreck. It is thought to be asking too. much to hold a road liable to large damage on ' bannape which ta carried free by them. That dots not seem u b an un reasonable view, but how about tins dam- ago to baggage which 1 being constantly j and in tdlt-n.sly Inflicted by tb railroud through luilr emii'j) vti baggags uiasliei T j ROIM) AROIT HEW YORK. Rlpplea oi the t'arreat at Mr la the Mete poll a. Oreater New York la great in, many waya. In no way doca the consolidated city pri'arnt a more Imposing front than In the aggregate amount of money required to run" the municipal machine. Tha budget for ifrn? recently declared by the Board of Eatlmate and Apportionment totala 1130, 421. SOS M. an Increase of M,R16.Vin over the bvidget for the present year. Nearly one hajf the Increase la absorbed by mandatory Increase in the salaries of school teachers, i3.OflC.Ono is to mnke up deficiencies in tax collections and the balance la needed to pay ,ncrt"""' ,nt'r't " the city debt. Tha Interest charge for 1907 amounts to im.TJW, Ann. In 1SS8 the city's budget wa $77.5f."0. "The Increase for ten budgets." say the New York Times, "la an overage of over tr,00o,000 annually, and the pace Is growing rather than slackening. Thla la even more apparent from the figures of the ciiy'a debt than from its annual expenditure. Th net debt Is now a trifle short of a round 500.(io,0no, and will be over It hen the controller makes his next bond lnue within n few days. The burden was thought large whan the present New York began with 2)n,4.K2 of debt, but it Is obvious that K Is larger now. relatively as well aa absolutely. The city's population ha grown, but It ha not doubled, tho annual growth of population being below 4 per cent. Asset, or taxable values, have alpo grown, but only from M.tTS.non.nno to IS.SI2,- OfO.ooo, or, say, M per cent. Thousands of persona stop In front of the cigar atore of Joseph Llehman at am West One Hundred and Twenty-nfth street to read a sign In the window denouncing the Tobacco trust a trying to crush him for . railing to sell out hi business. T.lebmsn ha been In the tobacco business In Harlem for fifteen year. Hla placard reads: "The trust, the largest commercial hog In the world, forced me. the oldest retail quality cigar dealer In Harlem, out of the store at 2S4 Wet One Hundred and Twenty fifth street, across the street, by leasing the ground and buying the building over my head, where I had a business for twelve years, compelling me to put ,ny tock and fixture In storage until I got the present store. Notwithstanding I sell tidi est cigars and not fake goods, cigar that look every smoker in the face and don't need any coupons, as the Havana Is in the cigar and not In the safe and the combi nation lost. Again the veteran son of a soldier who served three years In the civil war I assailed by the trust, which leased next door, paying $3,000 more rent than tho former occupant. "Why? To create a monopoly, forcing up rentals so that no small man shall bo In business. Washington believed in inde pendence and constitutional rights for the American people. Do you? Then don't patronise a trust. My landlord Is Nauss, the butcher; so I theirs. Thanking the public for standing by me while the tru has been trying to ruin me and take the livelihood away from me, my wife and four children, by using unfair buslnesa methods and hounding me for daring to be in the clgai business, I am. etc." Llebman declares that since he was driven from the Btore he occupied across the street he ha been approached by several men who asserted that unless he sold out to the rust he would be ruined. Llebman dlda IandolTtce business after his sign was erected. Persons who read It entered tho store and patronized him and assured him of their support. , "Every kind of activity, whether of busi ness or pleasure, has its champions now aday," said the renting agent "t am giad to say we have In our list of tenant the champion mover. The man he has a family,- which makes his record all th more- remarkable ha moved flfty-flv time. In ten year. il Is a southerner and. aa a rule, : the - last: metropolitan habit acquired by persons from the wet and south upon coming to New York la the moving habit. People In other part of the country do not move nearly so often as those living In this town. "When newcomers settle In New York they remain In their first quarter for a long while, reckoned by the New Yorker' measurement of time. They are not used to breaking up housekeeping, and It seem to ttiom a tremendous undertaking. But by the time they have been here a couple of year and have noticed how blithely their neighbor pull up stakes every few months, they come to the conclusion that It can't be such a terrfble Job, after all, and finally they, too. learn to shift easily from pillar to post." Between Ninety-fourth and Ninety-fifth streets, on West End avenue. Is one of the most valuable farms In the world. To be sure !t contain only one acre, but that acre is worth more than 11.000,000. It I owned by Eugene HIgglns. the carpet manufacturer, who has resisted all offer for it purchase, Thl wee farm I leased for a nominal sum to Henry West, a steady, hard-working man. who lives In a little rustic cot tage perched on the aide of a miniature hill. Behind it rlsea. a, . tall apartment house, which .late In the -afternoon throws Its shadow over the farm. lit. West, who ha been cultivating thla plot of ground for twenty-five years, said: "Although my little, place contalna only an acre. It keeps me buay all summer. I have no one to help me; I do the work alone and manage to make every inch of the ground productive. I raise green corn, string beans and potatoes, all of which t tell to people living In ths vicinity, ex cept that which I keep for my own use. Everybody seems to think that the stuff I raise la 100 per cent better than that which they purchase in the markets. Indeed, It is such a novelty to see crops 'growing among the city's tall buildings that people come long dlstancea to Inspect my little farm. There 1 one mart who comes here every day, when the sweet corn get large enough, to obtain hla supply. Ten minutes after the corn is picked he has it cooking In a pot on hi kitchen stove. Fresh vege tables are his hobby." In a combination concert garden and dance hall ner the entrance to Prospect park, Brooklyn, may be seen nearly every night a girl with one leg dancing merrily over the polished floor. Her dexterity with a crutch la almost marvalous and there is never a break in her perfect time with the music. Waltses, two-steps and ! other round dances are Indulged In, and 1 the girl never lack a partner. In fact. ' many who have danced with her aay she la ! lighter on her one foot than most girl are j on two. I ne gil l is preuy. ana. lor umi sort of a place, very ladylike. In many respects she la a mystery, as few Know her name or history and why she retains her love for dancing despite her handicap. Two men were passing under a "sky acraper" In process of construction. IXr rlcks, a hundred feet above, hung over th street; they were hoisting great Iron beama from the sidewalk; all in all th building was a study In suddtn death. One of the men remarked that he felt very ticklish lu walking under such places, and lhat a a rule he avoided them to the extent of going a block out of the way. "They never fase me," said hi companion. "I'm fatallel. I." A shout came from the Irish fore man ut tuu curb, and the speaker simply by a sort of reflex action leaped forward and scooted for aafety. The friend followed htm. muttering or.iclblug about fataitiu with a aprlug In it. GORDON FURS FOR dependable service the Gordon Russian y stant favor. Not at all heavy, the nature of the fur and the short hide both aid in giving immu nity from intense cold, while the fur is impervious to snow or rain. In a garment of this kind much depends upon the way it is put together. "The GordoS1 Way" is your surety that your garment is putV together as it should be. Km- 1 V.'Vi 15 ." i mm Va Mtk your Pinero rERSOXAl, XOTKS. The shooting of a New Tork chauffeur Is said to have had a calming effect. Even the chauffeur la amenable to treatment, and hospital treatment soems to fit the case. The beat paid British governor, with the single exception of the lord lieutenant of Ireland, la the carl of Minto, who a viceroy of India receive a salary of $60,000 a year. ' Governor HIgglns of New York, who will retire. from politics next January, doesn't need to worry about hi future. He I worth J7.O0O.O0O, which he made In groceries, in oil leases and In copper mines., J. Plerpont Morgan has Imported $200, 000 worth of the manuscripts and relic of the poet Robert Burn. For twenty year he ha been fighting to qutdo col lector of the poet. A number of unpub lished poems arc Included in the pur chase. " Sarasate. the Spanish violinist, makes 150,000 a year out of hi fiddle. To an acquaintance who asked the aecret of his success he replied: "Six hour' prac tice every duy since I wa 12 ycara old." He hate and often reprove Inattentive audience. Vincent E. Barnes, a man of unique and original Ideas of Springfield, Mass., lias a plan for supplying thl city with Ice water. Hla scheme I to form a natural Ice reservoir In Little River Gorge by freezing 20,000.000 gallon of water Into a aolld mass, which would gradually melt and supply Springfield people with Ice water through the hot weather, "Fiddling Bob" Taylor, the New senator from Tennessee, can dance a Jig, play the fiddle,' argue a lawsuit, debate political questions, lead a ' prayer meeting, tell funny stories, :- write interesting poetry and has many other 'aceoTpllshment. Taylor was recently elected senator after five attempt. Not so long ago he gained note by stumping the state for governor against his brother. William Barret Ridgely, comptroller of the currency since 10I, is a human treasure-house for hoarded romances and tragedies In money. He has been educated to thla business since childhood, aa hi grandfather waa associated with Nicholas Blddle in the old United States bank in St. Louis, and the RJdgeteys have been, men of wealth and power In Springfield. 111., for so.enty-two year. Palluian Evasion f Law. Hartford Courant. It was mentioned the other day that the Pullman company had decided to decline to obey the interstate rate law, taking the ground that It was not a common carrier, but a hotel company. This knocker for the government eem likely to come home again to the company In an amualng way. It I said now that If any such assumption la sanctioned, then the Pullman concern will at once be brought under the hotel law and will have to keep a register of all guests lodged, to provide safes for their valuables and to have all doors to open outward. We cannot see, too, why the company would not be-' compelled to take out a liquor license In every town that Its car ran through. That would make thing Interesting and be. something like the fa mous evasion by which the frying pan wa escaped. Your home Jh v y J.O.t v A Jjpi can be made more comfort- able than ever a Perfection Oil Heater. 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' "Ho cut you dpsd." "Oh, mat's only the force of professional! natiit. H3i:itiiore American. "Yes. he was imllln' a board on hi front stops and he hit hi thumb an awful awlpe. And what do you think! He didn't say a word." "He didn't?" "Nope. He's deaf and dumb." Cleveland Plain Dealer. "Sometlmea." said 1'iuiu Eben, "a laxy man works harder dodgln' work lan he would have to work If he tended to busi ness." Washington. Rtar. "A tailor or a dressmaker will be the last person alive when the earth comes to an end." "Becuuse of the doctrine of the survi val of the flt-tlst." Baltimore American. "Well, well," reniHrked old Mr. Phsi. angon, "the youna women of today are not what they were In my time." "No?" replied Miss Huskier "No, Indeed. - .Why. ell you younj1 women nowndays are muscular athletes.'" "That's ao. In the proud lexicon of feminine youth there is no such word as 'frail.' "Philadelphia Presa. "I try to be pollto to passengers," said the atreet car conductor with the powerful breath, "but when one of m tries to pass i plugged nickel on me, by Ueorge, it's pretty iard for me to hold in! And the company never make any allowance for that sort, of thing." "1 swpose.; olmrwil the ttrtier man, "the company I more concerned -about what you hold 6ut." Chicago Trlbuue. CAMPAIGN!' AT LANDER. Campaignin' here in l.ii inlet Is a little bit too dear, At 15 cents fcr whlakey and Jiat the aniw fer beer, An.l seegar at two Oils apiece Is money throwtfd away, But a feller's got to buy all these and a feller's got to pay. 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