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-4 THE OMAHA DAILY BEE: "WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 13, 1907. The Omaha Daily Bee. FbUNDTEDBT EDWARD ROBBWATKR. , VICTOR ROSEWATER, EDITOR. Entered t Omtht postcfflc as scond tla matter. TKBMa nv BimarnLiPTION t"y Bee (without Runday) one year.. .KM .00 "f e ana Bunrtny, on jtmr. ....... Bunday Bee, on year,.., Saturday Bee, on year. DELIVERED BY CARRIER. Dally Be (Including Bnnday), per week iHtllv T4M fttlthniit D.inHav) tier WR. IN 1H .150 10o ETnln Be (without Sunday), per week. So Evening lie (with Bunday) Per w":" Address cnmpalnts of Irregularities In ae llvery tw City Circulating Department. OFFICES. OmahaThe Bee- Building. ' South Omaha City Hall Building. Counrll lilulTs 10 Pearl Street Chlrn-H TTnlty Bulldln-. New York lw Home Mr Ins. Building;. Washington 601 Fourteenth Street. CORRESPONDENCE. . . Comunlcatione relating to new V'' torlal matter should be' add re ed : Omana Bee, Editorial Department. i REMITTANCES. Remit by draft, express or po"' order, payable to Th Be Publishing Company. Only, 2-eent stamps -received In payment or mall account, personal checks, eicept on Omaha or eastern frh((rn. BOt.J?EJea' THE BEE PUBfclBiiJNO COMPANY. STATEMENT OF ,CtRCUI.ATION. Stat of Netraka, Dntigla County, as: ' Charles O. Roaewater, . general manager of Th Bee Publishing company, being duly worn, pays that th ietnal number fun and rnmrtlata nonleaof- The Dally, Morning. Evening and Sunday Be printed during th month of January, 1907. wi as 'llow.,: , .3000 -17. . 31,370 I I. .' 4 T.. , .W,80 31,930 31.TS0 30,300 31,300 33,080 31,940 .81,f70 . ,tl,t60 19. , .S1.M0 , .30,600 11. .31,950 as. I ,, . . .33,800 24 31,780 16.,... 31,700 ft 31,830 It 30,800 ,..... 31.330 J!.,. 81,850 10 81,390 aa.aao.j 10.. 33,040 11 ......... .31370 -f 11. ..83.O0O 11 30,400 14 81,730 It 31,930 11 14.. 39,180 i- ffotal Leas unsold and returned coplea Net total ,'.A DallV averag 31,830 .983,480 . 9,134 .073,348 .31,398 CHARLES C. ROSEWATER, 1 Oeneral Manager. Subscribed In my presence and aworn to befor ma thl list day of January, 1107. (Seal) ROBERT HUNTER, j Notary Public. J WHEN OUT OF TOWS, labserlbera lea Tim; th city ts porarily afcldV !hv Tk B ailed to them. Addraa will b wstd. ' The bulk sales bill seems to be go ing through the legislature la bulk.' The suspicion Is growing that Sena tor Foraker would, rather be wrong than be president. Cuban liberals threaten to invade the United States. '" the New Orleans pollca force should be, on guard. A St. Louis minister declares that baptism is useless.. -Those who have tried the water at St, Louis will agree "with jlitf."v '"''.. Polio Commissioner Broatch is not of the restgnfugnoofuthe''refilgned kln4 not .while be .and- Moiaa are keeping house together. Abother unpleasant' feature of the snow blockades in th northwest is the certainty that their disappearance will be followed by spring floods. Andrew Carnegie says he would like to b a newspaper" reporter. Plenty of newspaper .reporters would be will ing to exchange places with Mr. Car negie. The senate at Washington is show ing a disposition to get busy, the steer ing committee having decided upon the legislation that will not be passed at this session. 1 Troubla .might be avoided If a part of Mr. Rockefeller's donation could be used for the establishment of a school in Safe Francisco for the education of the Japanese. , . - , The Illinois legislature has granted permission for cadets to parade In the capltol grounds with empty guns. Members of the legislature are taking a wise precaution. The Mardl Qras carnival parade at New Orleans is said to have been wit nessed by 200,000 people. King Ak-Sar-Ben has been. doing that well in Omaha right along. . For some, peculiar reason folks up In Montana- and Minnesota refuse to be scared: "over the prediction of a Texas man that the world will soon be consumed by fir. . . . v . Eastern ; tailors are advocating the retirement of the frock coat and the high hat.' Now listen for protests from the rnjnstrel men and the demo cratic marching' clubs. The government might accomplish 1U desire.' to reduc Mr. Rockefeller's swollen fortune by starting a chain of small colleges and Inducing him to contribute to their support. In effect the Callfornlans are per fectly willing to Allow the Japanese to attend tfa public schools in San Fran I too if the United 8tates government will pass a law keeping Japanese out et the country. v , Aside from th fact that ha Is in favor of the contract plan and that he never said he( would resign if the Panama canal wer to be built by con tract, the reports of th probable re signation of Chief Engineer Stevens are substantially correct A bird in th hand is worth two in th bush. Th Honorable "Jim has com . to th conclusion that he would rather vserv out his present term as mayor than tak a chance on ra-electloa earlier through Omaha and ' Sou tin Ooi&ha consolidation control or ORAZISO LA HPS. Theodore Roosevelt, " prenldtnt of the United 8tatet evidently remem bers many of the things that came within the observation and experience of Theodore Roosevelt, who used to manage a ranch op.ln Dakota. Proof of this is found in the letter of the president to Senator Warren of the senate committee on agriculture, touching upon anraraendment to the agricultural bill relating to the gov ernment's policy in regard tok the con trol of grazing lands is the' public do main. Debate ani'dlacuiistop on this topic-have been rife la congress for several years, since the determination of the president to stop illegal fencing of public lands and to restore the rem nant of the public domain to the home steader, for whom ',it was originally Intended. The ' pending' ? amendment to the bill, offered by SeaBtpf Burkett of Nebrrska, author-Ires the secretary of the interior to district the. unre served lands and tojt&arge and collect a reasonable fee for their use for graz ing purposes. The' etnendment offered an opportunity for reproeentative of the big cattle men and the sheep graz ers to present their claims before the committee and the congress for a con tinuance of their occupation, however illegal, of the . nation's public lands. Both sides were heard by the commit tee, each naturally- making a strong showing, before ,the reading of the president's letter, whidh' lends an en tirely different aspect to the case,. The president contends, In most ef fective terms, that the public domain has been reserved for the homesteader and that no action should be taken by the congress that will deprive the set tler and the small ranchman of his rights In the premises. '"'He 'also ad vances the most effective argument that the leasing and .disposition of the public lands should be1 governed by local conditions and should be "based on the Judgment of western men fa miliar with local conditions, -the de mands and necessities of, the stock raiser and the rights of the home steader. He carries this to the point of recommending that the surplus fees, above the cost of administration, should go to the states or territories In which the grazing lands are located. The keynote of the president's letter is that the small stockman and Hie horaef sleader shall be protected, that the man who la "pending: hlayearjs, his money and his efforts to wrest a home from the desert shall have the, first option on grazing lands in his vicinity, to the exclusion of the cattle syndicate or the sheep owner, who, in the presi dent's words, "when they have seatet out and ruined the land of the home steader and small stockman move else where to repeat the process of devas tation." . . V. With the adjournment of :- congress lees than)' tftree wekv-wa, the chances are Aargely.tgatnirV y legis lation at this session providing for the leasing of the- public doWln for graz ing' purposes. The hearings on the subject, however, have, resulted in, an educational' benefit by' showing,-; con gress the alms and jtnotlves '. back of the efforts of the different Interests in volved in the proposed legislation. The west will appreciate ? and" applaud. he president's action la clearly defining the Issues and fn making-plain his op position to any grazing . or leasing proposition that will deprive the, home steader and the small stockman of any of his rights. WCSTtny ORAXil RKSKRTEB ABD TRADI' ' ', The immense holdings of coarse and small 1 grains still tn farmers hands constitute one of the strongest factors in ' the . western business situation These holdings, which In 'large, part have been compulsory, are about to move rapidly to market. ' General car shortage and winter blockades have proved an extraordinary handicap to grain movement. With at least partial reduction of traffic congestion at the main terminals and with thawing weather for a week' clear up to the Canadian boundary, marked activity Is beginning to rush grain from the local elevators and from the farm bins and cribs. '. " . Coincident, too, with, better weather and transportation conditions there is lately a pronounced upward tendency of prices along the,whol line of the grains, which naturally Imparts an added Impetus to th market move ment. If the vast - grain -reserve at the local stations and on the farms can now be moved and cashed on a rising scale of prices In the intervening weeks, before th active spring farm campaign, it will put the farmers in a most advantageous position. "Local trade will necessarly. respond, so that present growing expectations in west ern Jobbing centers of a large dUtrlbu tlon are in th natural course of Affairs likely to be fully leallied. WHAT THE DEMOCRATS WOVLD LIKE. Th democratic World-Herald Is showing signs of distress for fear the republican majority in th legislature may carry out their platform pldg for terminal taxaUoh, as likewise their platform pledges for direct primaries, lor abolition of free, passes, tor rail way rate regulation, tor an employers' liability act and for economical gov. rnment generally. isebraska democrat . would Ilk nothing better than to be able in the next campaign to arraign the repub licans for going back on their prom Ises to the people and to discredit futur platform pledges by incessantly repeating charges of broken faith. V would very much mistake the temper of the prieot republican ma jority in Uhe legislature, and iuoro par- tlcularly of Governor Sheldon, if the, hop voiced by the democratic organ were to be fulfilled. The democratic party in Nebraska has never had any political capital ex cept what was built upon republican mistakes. It behooves the republicans In the legislature to make no serious mis takes and thus to cut away from under the feet of the opposition the only ground on which it can possibly stand when the republicans next ap peal to the voters for an expression of continued confidence. WT HARD LINKS. Whoever is responsible for the scurrilous circular Impugning the mo tives behind the entertainment re cently furnished the legislature by the people of Omaha through the McKln ley club banquet must be in hard lines. The circular is so full of mis statements made up of the whole cloth that It should hav no other effect upon the members of the house and of the senate, to whom it has been mailed, than to arouse suspicion as to the purpose of the perpetrators. This anonymous circular charges that the special train and banauet were pro vided at the expense of a "Wall street coterie," when the fact may he easily verified that the fund to defray these expenses was raised by voluntary con tributions from among a large num ber of Omaha business men, the editor of The Bee himself contributing $25. The particular measure which the circular attacks, using antagonism to Omaha as its pretext, should stand or fall on its own merits. A number of Interests, more particularly the rail roads, would like to prevent, for sel fish reasons, the construction of inter urban trolley lines in Nebraska, for fear they would cut in upon the mo nopoly these railroads at present en Joy. The Bee has been advocating and urging the construction . of electric roads, in which this section is far bo hind states further to the east, and has only to repeat the advice it gave not long ago, when it said that the thing to do is to get the suburban roads built first in the most feasible way and then to regulate them after wards. PROGRESS IN JAP 8CB00L SETTLE MENT. Skillful handling by President Roose velt and Secretary Root has brought the San Francisco school complications to a hopeful outlook. The carefully qualified statements given out by Mayor Schmlts and the San Francisco school board since they have arrived at Washington and conferred at the White House indicate -that they are imnreaafld with the administration's efforts to find a basis of settlement satisfactory to Japan .and with the necessity that public authority in San Francisco should conform to it . Th substantial point, though not officially announced, appears to be the prospect of exclusion of Japanese coolie labor by agreement with the Japanese gov ernment if San . Francisco local authorities will preliminarily remov the offensive school discriminations. It would seem that from the stand point even of extreme California anti Japanese prejudice, such a prospect would' be the paramount consldera tlon. The essence of the agitation Is the labor question. The . low-class Japanese have been arriving In what seems to be threatening numbers be cause massed at San Francisco and In its neighborhood. Mayor Schmlts himself has just significantly given it out at Washington that "th people of California do not car a rap about th school question, but ar opposed to th admission of the Japanese coolies into this country.". And this may well he. since all told there are today less than 100 Japanese children in the public schools of a city of nearly half a mil lion population. In any event this decisive advance has been now assured, that eltfher California and San Francisco must con form to American sentiment and co operate with the administration In all that la necessary to a reasonable and genuine adjustment or by rejecting this, alternative, conclusively sep arate themselves and put themselves so far in the "wrong that the national government will be in a measure free handed in further dealing with th matter. The proposed legislative redisrict ing bill ha succumbed to the citation of the constitution, which says that the redlstricting shall be made by the legislature immediately following a national or a state census, "and at no other time." The legislatures imme diately following two successive cen suses willfully disregarded th consti tutional mandate and the no-other-tlme clause has been appealed to to make their Illegal Inaction effective for all time. Plenty ' of good lawyers back the opinion that . the constitu tional prohibition means only that re districting shall not com oftener than the successive censuses. Dr. Miller announcea publicly that not only, is his resignation from the police board she real thing, but that he would not entertain reappointment even if it were offered to him. This ought to make democratic aspirants for tha succession spring up ilk weeds In mid-summer. Our lawmakers at Lincoln must not Imagine that they are th only one grappling with th problems presented for their solution. Legislature are In session in mor than half the states, dealing with th aam questions In oaet form or another.' Th legislature. however; which finds the correct sola- tloq first Is bound, to set the example for others, and hav Its work- widely copied. , . The suggestion of a public monu ment for the late Count Creighton Is worthy of consideration. There are, howevor, already enduring monuments to Mr. Creighton In all the various charitable and educational Institutions which he has endowed. Members of the Omaha Real Estate exchange will banquet themselves. There was a time when a real estate broker in Omaha looked upon a square meal as a treat, to say nothing of a banquet But times have changed. The Nebraska delegation at Wash ington Is divided on the question of ship subsidy. ' If the proposition were for the distribution of official patron age in Nebraska they would get to gether on It easier. It It should be proved In court that the late J. B. Kitchen was not of suffi ciently sound mind to make a valid will, that carefully prepared In ad vance funeral address would likewise be discredited. Jesse James, a son of the famous Missouri highwayman, has just been admitted to the practice' of law at Kansas City, thus Improving upon his father's methods of getting It. "The country has got along so well during my illness that I do not see why I should not stay at home all the time," says E. H. Harrlman. No ob jection has so far been heard. Good Fortune to Be Envied. Cleveland Leader. It's a great to be president. A man who called at the Whit House to talX about the weather was arrested as a crank. The rest of us have to stand It. "If Voir Mve, Andy." Cleveland Leader. It la distinctly up to Andrew Carnegie to hustle in the distribution of his millions If he Is either t keep ahead of John D. Rockefeller as a giver of great rifts or escape the self-confessed disgrace of dying rich. Swatted on the Spot. New York Tribune. What lasting Joy, fearful but Inspiring-, it must be for some lad In Berlin to know that ha "swatted'" William II in the ear with a snowball, and received in return only an admonitory wigwagging of an im perial Anger. ... A Clear Demonstration. New York Evening Post It requires only, the simplest mathematics to show that a company which formerly carried two-thirds of Its passengers for S cents and th other,thlrd for nothing, will tak In exactly as much money If th whole lot pay far at t cent flat One Thlag- They Pass Along;. Chicago Record-Herald. Th railroads' are getting ready to make (h shippers pay tie 'Increased wages re cently granted to railway employes, and the hlpper will doubtless pass it on to the consumer. These' matters always begin and and at ttfo karnfj place. - , Discrimination In Distribution. ., Cleveland Plain Dealer. The per capita circulation of money In the United States on- February 1 was $33.98. Unhappily th prasenf irregular distribu tion of this amount divides the 96 cents among a host of pIe, while a tew lucky one grab on to the balance,. Combine in Bad Odor. Philadelphia Press. An association of retail dealers in lum ber organised to prevent Ha members being subjected to competition by wholesalers having no other purpose but the mainte nance of the ordinary trade . margin be tween wholesale and retail discounts has been decided by the supreme court of Ne braska to b in violation of the statute of the state against combinations In re straint of trade. The courts steadily tend to decisions against agreements to sustain discounts. , TWO LAWYERS ASD JUDGE. Threw Men la th Forefront of th Hew York Trial. Washington Star. Judge Pelma is a, little mote theatrlo In that his demeanor, though suave and self-contained. Is well guarded. When In the futuie occasion may demand he may perhaps looae torrents of emotions. There Is no sign of such thing now. He refer to Mr. Jerome over, and over again as "the learned district . attorney," until by sheer reiteration the phrase take on a glint of satire. He permits himself no affectation or mannerisms, and Instead of assorting his opinions seem to suggest them with almost youthful modesty, throw ing himself on the mercy of the perspica city to which he addresses himself. He Is not a young man, nor an old on, In v the prime of llf and vigor, with every nerve cell and every muscle fibre under th con trol of a disciplined mind and a splendid will nower. He has the strons- nersnnalitv ! which one associate with the forensic giants of bygon days. Jerom Is well worth portraiture. He Is a gray man. Gray cf headV-oold, Iron gray gray In attire; and without a warm, relieving tinge In speech or manner. It la not the coldness of extreme and altl tudlnous Intellectuality, but that' of self, concentration. Ho convey the lmpreaslon of a rasping bloodless, untiring automatom, moved steadily and solely by tha energy of personal ambition. His face Is lined. Its ex pression Is nervous, but the nerve are un der control. HI voice has little modulation. Its tone of stress ar very loud to soften them requires effort: His face Is that of a worried being, one who has grasped for much and attained much, yet who feels that his clutch Is Insecure. H I no longer th dashing young crusader against evil doers In general, the terror of the bedlsened wantonness and cheap gambler. He Is a fighter, but one with hi back to the wall, fully aware that he la no longer an ag gressor in affairs. Judge Fitzgerald at first Impresses un favorably. His big gold watch chain flashes Incongruouvly from under the folds of his Judicial black gown. There Is about him a certain suggestion of "Bit Bill" Devery, but his manner of specli, which whispers faintly of th brogue. Is clear-cut, direct and well considered. He I th opposite of Jerome, amply fed and a shade rosy of cheek, with a genius for quick decision and an utter absence of concern about his own personality, which is, nevertheless, always dlgainVd. . He fol low th case closely, eying every speaker with keen alertness. Common sens and fair play s?em to dominate his purpose, to th exclusion of a!l else. What passe be for him Is purely , objective; he due not realise that he I In th plcturf HOIHD ABOIT NEW YORK. Ripple on the Cwrrent ( Uf I th Metropolis. Land value In New York and vicinity Increased so rapidly within flv years that the returns exceeded any other form of permanent Investment. Tt I calculated that owners of land ar dividing $300,000,000 a a result of last year's Inrreas alone. The 1907 assessment roll shows that real estate In th greater city Is appraised for taxation at a total 400,304.(43 larger than the figure for 1908. But th tax com missioners do net fix values, on th aver age, higher than 76 per cent of the actual market value. . It Is plain, therefore, that the Increase In market values Is at least t5SO.000.onO above last year. , These figures represent Greater New York only. In the suburbs of New Jersey, Westchester, Nassau and Suffolk, which form part of . the new ouburban rapid transit sons, more than 350,000,000- Increase has been established In th market value during th last year. Thus the full lnora In market values through th entire met ropolitan, district ha exceeded 890,000,000. Tlr outlay for new building and altera tions during the year in the same terri tory was 1260.000,000. This is Included In the Increase of assessed real estate values. So the actual increase in land values. Inde pendent of , th capital Invested In con struction, was $360,000,000. Chinatown must go! Th great Jos In th Doyers street temple will soon pack up his trunk and grotesqu altar and abdicate the uncanny -building which he has occupied for decadea The Board of Estimate today authorised the laying out of a public park bounded by the Bowery, Pell and Doyers streets, and a portion of the block bounded by the Bowery, Pell and Mott streets. This will wipe out the heart of "Chinatown." The property will include about one and one-half acres with an assessed valuation of $683,200. No one appeared either for or against the proposition and the resolution wm adopted with a rush. ' A feature of the domestlo kaleidoscope which elevated traveling In New York af fords between 6 and 7 o'clock in th even ingwhere curtains ar not drawn at apart ment windows is the succession of patient women, sitting at the dining room table, hands folded, one eye on an Invisible clock, reflection apparently having to do with tha overdone contents of a concealed gas stove. Each woman Is waiting for her husband; each la seemingly rather calmly patient. One Instinctively wishes he could observe the variation In wifely welcome when the dilatory husbands wander in with expla nation, i Th building of apartment houses In New York on the co-operative plan Is attracting a greatly Increased amount of attention, and the Idea bids fair to be applied tn the near future to the middle grades of mul tiple housings and eventually, to the cheaper kinds of flats and tenements. So success ful have been Ihe the more costly buildings erected on this baste that steps are now be,n taken to "lv tn Pln thorough trial In apartments of the middle class, and several of those who hav been ao tlvely Identified with the work of provid ing better accommodations . and lower rents' for the tenement population ar also considering the possibilities of the scheme. Briefly stated, the plan Involves the pur chase of the plot and the erection of a building by a group of Individuals, th founders, each of whom, through his sub scription, becomes the Virtual owner of one of the apartments In the completed structure. The - founders are organbed Into a corporation, which takes title to the. site,' and which at' alt times occupies with regard to the ' entire operation the position of'owheT. 'Bach founder receive a long term lease of his particular apart ment at a fixed annual rent, which la a small proportion of the commercial value of the space occupied. This lease, however. Is little more than a formal necessary pre caution, so far a ha been shown in the buddings already erected, since the found er' rent Is not collected If the remaining space In the structure not occupied by the founder Is successfully rented, and a founder may rid himself of his- lease lia bility at any time by selling his share In the enterprise. This can usually be ac complished without difficulty.. - ' A year or so ago . a Sunday school was started by a few sealous church workers connected with the Teachers' College of i Columbia university. The membership was confined to the children of a few families and meetings were held at the home of Jhe children, each family taking It turn at giving up the living room and all th chairs for a Sunday morning. Children ar very good advertising mediums, so without any effort on the part of the organizers thla Uttle Sunday school grew and grew until none of the living room In the children's home were large enough to hold all who wanted to comet The catchers. It should be said, were young men and women who had made teaching a study at the college and were, therefore, well trained for th service. A hall was rented and extra teachers all well grounded In the art and science of teaching were employed. Each pupil was asked to pay a fee, ao that th total assessment would cover the expense of the hall hire and a little something for the teacher. Payinar Sunday school teach ers was a new Idea, but it seemed the only way to get the good service of those who understood the work. The school continued to grow and ha now become almost a part of the Teacher College. The meetings are held each Sunday morning In the pretty little chapel of th college, for which rental of 1500 cor year Is paid. The teacher receive $4 for each Sunday and th super intendent also draws a salary. Each pupil pays $15 a year a tuition. The Income rrom tuition takes care of two-thirds of the expense, the remainder being mad up by donation from those Interested In the movement. At the present time It takes Just about $2,000 to run the school a year. Having heard a great deal about the ter rific Jam which develop every evening at the Brooklyn bridge. Qovernor Hughe th other afternron decided to see for himself. So he crossed to Brooklyn and underwent all th "Incidents." He was jammed. erowded. rushed, pushed and hauled. Today be let It be known that he would do all within his power to Improve th denlorable transit condition at th brldg. Not long sgo a New Yorker took a visiting foreigner to the bridge to see what his host called one of th sights of th continent. The stranger hung over th rail with an ex pros slon of horror on hi fac. As he was dragged away from th spot h said with enthusiasm: "After that hades can hav no mysteries for me." Boost! Freight Rates. Ban Francisco Chronicle. The railway of th country hav under consideration a proposition to raise rates all along the line. The lines east of Chi cago having a total of more than 100,000 mile are already moving In the premises and will adjust matters so that they will he enabled to make a 10 per cent raise on all the chief commodities transported. No doubt their action will soon be Imitated by the other transportation companies, and they will soon doubly recoup themselves for their increased outlay for wages, for It must not be forgotten that th demand fur these was largely based on the vastly Increased, earnings of th road1 due to the Immensely enlarged traffic -which the prosperous condition of the country has rrovlded for all engaged la th amiTylng businesa t (SU(BP s INDIA AND CEYLON ?T!w 1 Come in package with the name, TETLKY, on each. "This nam Is syn onymous with TEA ri'RITY, as millions of tea drinkers will testify." . tXcCORD-BRADY 00, Wholesale Agents, Omahk HARRJMAl AS A HI MORIST. Chicago Beoord-Herald: B. H. Harsiman Is disposed to regard th Interstate Com merce commission as a Joke. Let us not forget however, that the commission may laugh last Baltimore News: Mr. Harrlman Jocosely remarks that he would make a good Inter state commerce commissioner. He has been on . hi way. to become ruler of inter state commerce, and that Is no Joke. Washington Star: Mr. Harrlman's hint that he might apply tor employment oh th Interstate Commerce commission indi cates that , be doe not appreciate the amount ot work that . 1 constantly being turned over to; that body. Chicago Chronicle: Mr. Harrlman's ap plication for a Job In caa the Interstate Commerce commission takes charge of all th railroad shows that the railroad mag. nat Is gradually becoming quit human. He Jokes In friendly fashion and talks amiably to th reporters whom he formerly shunned. Eventually we may hope that he will rival Uncle Jim Hill, who Is on of the most valued and fluent of contributor to th dally press. The man who cultivates th reporters seldom regrets It. Wall Street Journal: Yes, the Interstate Commerce commission will want Mr. Har rlman, sure enough. The commission has Just adjourned at the other side of the continent and will be here tn New York February 25 to Inquire Into the Harrlman merger. The "position" which Mr. Harrl man facetiously referred to as rightfully coming to him from ' the Interstate Com merce commission will be a position In the witness chair. Mr. Harrlman's position be fore the country will be largely deter mined by the testimony he gives. PERSONAL NOTES. Formosa's polio chief Is visiting New York. We trust he will inspect the metrop oils with his two eyes shut tight. Last year there were manufactured in the United States 7,S7M90,96 full sized cigars and 994.791.208 Uttle .ones. What clouds of comfort these figures tndioatet President Roosevelt will deliver an ora tion at th dedication of th McKlnley me morial monument at Canton, O-, the last week In September. The exact date ha not been fixed. An Ohio bachelor has Inherited $30,000,000 on condition that he will get married at his earliest convenience. If ha makes any mistake concerning th girl he picks out It will be his own fault William Brown McKlnley of Illinois Is said to be the wealthiest member Of that state's delegation In Washington. He Is a farmer aa well a banker, and has made his own way In th world. The university of Berlin sent Dr. Paul Herr to the United States soma time ago to investigate systems of reforming minors, It being understood that America had gone further In the treatment of criminally re fractory youth than other countries. Dr. Herr compresses, the results of seven months' study In a book which has ap peared, entitled "The Modern American Reformatory System." The author con cludes from his Wide survey that the Ameri can reformatories could hardly be sur passed, and he believe that the best fea tures should be adopted by Germany, Price Attractions ViOJ only for "I e r . ior TUlure wear trie price you u pay here now for a suit or an overcoat means a saving of real dollars. Those who know our cloth" at n - A ing Dest are nrst 10 appreciate these price reductions. An extra suit perhaps at small cost, or an extra trousers, or a new hat, shirts, un derwear, scarfs, collars, all these thing are best at Browning, Ming & Co R. S. WILCOX, Manager. How Much for $190 ? If it's a Piano, and you buy at Hospe's, you get $190 worth of piano full measure. V If You Pay $250 ' you get a piano worth exactly $60 more its iotrinsto value is that much more than the other one. And bo on up the scale of prices. Each piano is marked with its ; one unchangeable price its value fixed before you come, . You don't have to dicker and jockey and make offers hv'; this store. " ,.-- 'l So why should anyone take chances of buying a piano from a sliding price, commission paying dealer", -where the same piano is sold at different prices, accord ing to the bargaining ability of the customer or the com- mission to be paid to a third party. 1 A. HOSPE C0; 1513 Douglas St. ' FLASHES OF FIJI. ' The first English sparrows had landed In America. "This la a regular .-pudding for us.' they chirped. "We ll organise the English Spar row trust." Thereupon, by the adaption of method now familiar to all of us, they proceeded to oppress, frees out and exterminate th sung birds. Chicago Tribune. "How do you think th votes oa that measure will got" . "I'm not enpeclally Interested In th votes," answered Senator Borghum. "1 value that measure-merely as a topic for apeechmaklng." Washington Star. "Where are you going to spend your next vacation?" "That depends altogether upon how much I have to spend." Cleveland Plain Dealer. Cholly I believe In the greatest good to the greatest number. Stella 8o do I, and I think It Is 13. New York Sun. , ' "Why, this witness doesn't seem to know even what he is talking about." "Of course he doesn't. Wasn't he called In as an expert In trie caee7" Baltimore American. Atlas sneered at the decree abolishing the broad shoulder. "Perhaps," he said,' with a suspicion of bitterness, "they think a narrow-chested guy could hold my Job." Giving a dU-gusted hunch he caused an earthquake. Philadelphia Ledger. Musical Critic That new star of yours . has a good enough voice, but she doesn't know how to use It. - , Comic Opera Manager That only Shows how little you know about her voice. You ought to hear how magnificently she can us It when the box office Is a little late In paying her weekly salary. Chicago Trib une. "Ah! Gabriel's trump at Inst!" exclaimed the man, rising from the grave on the last day. '"What Is It?" Inqalred his female neigh "I say It's Gabriel s trump." "I know, but what la It f" Washington Herald. THE BOYS OF LONO AGO. Joe Cane In New York Sun. When I go down to Gungawamp As now and then I do, I run across some good old chap Whom long ago I knew. And he will want to atop and talk. And pa the time o' day And ask how I have got along ' Sine I have been away. "Uv course," says he, "yew understand I ain't a-nolsln' round Inqulrln' intew yewr affairs But Bill. I'll Jest be bound, I'd kinder like ter know how much Yew've made: uv course, yew know We're Interested In the boys Who lived , here years ago." . .. Another one will hem and haw And say: "Bill, I It true . i Thet yew hev trouble with yewr wlf ' Es people say yew dew? Uv course, I ain't 'a'-mertdlln',- Bill, ' ' " I Jest wanted ler know . , i. . " , Becus we're Interested In , Our boys uv long ago." And Aunt Eliza, good old soul. She meets me on the street, And makes Inquiries for "th folks" In tone end manner sweet. Then confidential like, she says: " "Taln't true, Bill, what they say. . Yew're wife goea about ter work ter help. Her husban' pay his way?" "Uv course," they add, "It's Jest becus We're Interested, Bill. An' not becus we're curious, Cus yew're one uv us still." .. I like to go to Gungawamp And meet the friends I know; They are so Interested In Their boys of long ago. the present need, but ll :J ' 1 1 4 ' , (