TTTE OMAITA DAILY BEEi TUESDAY, MAHCII 2G, 1907.
The Omaha Daily Bee.
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STATEMENT OP CIRCTXATTON.
Bt!te of Nebraska. Douglas County, s:
Charles C Roaewater, general manager
if Tha Ha. iiVJI.t.l. wwvnnV tielnkT OUlT
worn, say that the actual number of full i
and complete roplee of The Dally, Mornina,
Evening and flunrtay Pee printed durln tha
month of February. 1907. u as follows:
I 81,600 11 81.S80
1 81,800
1 80,100
4 81,630
S 91,860
81,070
7.. 33,130
1 81.660
83,190
19 30,450
11 81,750
11 81,870
13 8140
It 81,040
It 81850
17 ... .. 3090
II 83,630
19 32, OitO
tO 03,630
21 83,470
2 38,400
11 33,080
14 30,530
It 38,080
2 81,060
2T 33,030
II 33.130
Total 336,730
Leia Unsold and returned copies.
8,763
Net total 686.957
Dally average 3177
CHARLES C. ROSE WATER,
Oeneral Manager.
Subscribed In my presence and sworn te
before me thla 1st, day of March, 1907.
(Seal) M. B. H UNGATE,
Notary Public
WHE3 OUT OK TOWJI. '
' Subscriber, learinar tha eltr tern.
porarlly. shoald kat Tha Dee
Mailed to then. Adatre.s will be
ehaaajed aa oftea aa reaae.te. .
Abe Ruef is In a pickle at San Fran
cisco with fifty-seven varieties of in
dictment aictitnst him.
The spring equinox seeing to bare
conie and gone without leaving a card
to' remind u of the visit
Honduras now has 'an audience for Its
tale of troubles. The American ma
rines have been lauded there.
A play Is to be written dealing with
the incidents of the flood at Pittsburg.
It 'will be another tank drama.
Spring Is surely here. A Washing
ton paper notes the opening of the ten
rls court on the White House lawn.
A New York physician advises people
to leave prunes alone. California Is a
great prune, country, and see what hap
pened at San Francisco.
Oklahoma made no complaint the
other day when the thermometer regis
tered 102. The constitutional conven
tion had been In session all winter.
The Iowa legislature has about
agreed on a direct primary law, but it
is not wasting any time on wide-open
voting booths and rotation ballots.
If South Omaha gets tied up with a
few more injunctions and mandamuses
the people there may beg for annexation
os the only solution or their troubles.
Legislative pay day ends this week,
but our statesmen at Lincoln will not
be particular about serving a few days
overtime -for the good of the country.
Thirty-seven voting machines will be
used In the Chicago city election. ; In
the old days only one was usfd, and
that wag patented by Carter Harrison.
"Finally the backbone of winter has
been broke"," -says the New York Mall,
without telling on what railroad Winter
was riding at the time of the accident
Colonel Bryan denies the report that
Tom . Johnson of Ohio will act as
kds campaign manager. The colonel has
learned that two hoodoos do not make
a mascot
The king of Slum furnishes proof
that he Is not In touch with real mod
eru affairs. He is going to take his
wives, .with him on his forthcoming
visit to Paris. ;
President Roosevelt may be pardoned
for giving Secretary Taft's presidential
boom an early boost The secretary
needs a little start, as he is not of
sprinter mould.
Nebraska banks continue to show up
real prosperity in their periodic state
ments. Nelu-aska banks do not yet
know that there was a stock flurry on
Wall street the other day.
Former Senator ClarV ' of Montana
has again been telling about the time
he worked in a mine for 11.25 a day
It Is difficult for a man to forget the
creditable things he has done.
Milwaukee will tuke uo interest la
that lecture on "MJHins for Moisture,1
which is attracting attention In the
t ust It relate to - the expenditures
for water for. irrigation purposes.
Senator Cullom wants to put E. II.
Hurriuian in the penitentiary on ac
count of his deal with the Alton. Hav
lug been thus forewarned, Mr. Hani
nian should be able to have alienists
on hand to prove that he Is suffering
from brain storms when he makes one
ralfroad bloom wlasr two grew before.
rnnsi KRiTr akd city bom.
The sale of f'Jio.OU) worth of Omaha
sewer and Intersection 4.5 per cent
bonds at a premium, which amounts
to a reduction of the Interest rate to
4.2 per cent Is an evidence of the hlb
credit of the city, in view of the fact
that eastern cltle whose bond have al
ways been In prime demand on the mar
ket at per cent are nimble to float
their debentures at that figure, even by
making them tax free, thus raising their
Interest practically to 4 pef cent IbU
adelphla has Just had the embarrassing
experience of plating serenil million
dollars worth of 3.5 per cent Improve
ment bonds on thn mnrket without get
ting a bidder.- other eastern cities hnve
had similar experiences.
The explanation of this condition Is
simple. The bond market Is suffering
from the, prevailing prosperity of the
nation. Tliere Is a scarcity of capital
for the conduct of ttv business of the
country and the launching of contem
plated enterprises. With trust com
panies paying the same rate of Interest
on monthly balnnces that cities pay on
their long-time bonds, the Investor nat
urally prefers to keep his money where
he may command it on short notice to
meet opportunities constantly offered
for Its Investment In other lines of.
activity. The railroad companies.
which usually make the market for
bonds, appreciate this condition and
are now practically out of the bopd
business, preferring to secure needed
money by short time notes at from 5
to 6 'per cent Interest, rather than to
attempt to seW londs to capital that Is
more profitably employed In other fields.
This peculiar condition of the bond
market Is not dne to a currency
stringency, but to a shortage of capital.
Nor Is the condition confined to this
country. British consols are selling at
a higher rate than at any other time In
forty years while money rates are un
usvmlly high In France and Germany.
This Is not due to any lock of fnlth In
the stability of English Iwnds or the
securities of other countries, but solely
because other Invotnifiifg are so much
more profitable.
Industrial rx;nin-liti in the last few
years the world over has simply ab
sorbed all the sun-In capital that has
formerly sought i manent Investment
n government bonds and like -deben
tures of hlph grade. Capital is but re
sponding to the law of supply and de
mand and Is scarce and high because
of the varied and expanded demand
for it
Tilt! STOCKHOLDER ANTTTVK STtirPER.
Wheri railroad' magnates rtill out hon
est shippers and stockholders learn a
lot of things they might have suspected,
but which they have had great difficulty
in proving. After his recent examina
tion by the Interstate Commerce com
mission at Washington, Mr. E. II. Har
rlman showed signs of repentance and
publicly confessed that the troubled
conditions in the railway world tqtlay
were due to the sins committed by rail
way managers ' In Ignoring the . rights
of shippers and patrons and In oppos
ing laws designed to correct these
abuses. Mr. Harrlman's confession was
frank and complete. Incidentally, be
took occasion during the inquiry Into
his manipulation of the affairs pf the
Chicago ft Alton and the Illinois Cen
tral to throw a few rocks at his ancient
railroad enemy, Stuyvesant Fish,
former president of tha Illinois Central,
whose official scalp has been dangling
at Mr. Harrlman's belt for some time.
Now Mr. Fish has accepted the chal
lenge and If saying a few very caustic
things about railroad managers in gen
eral and Mr. Harrlman In particular,
and the public is learning things.
In an address to the students of the
University of Pennsylvania, Mr. t Fish
declared that . the recent stock panic
was not caused by President Roose
velt or the action of state legislatures
on railway bills, but was due to the
"rotten conditions in certain railroad
circles nnearthed by the lnvesflga'
tlons." He declared that he had made
railroading his life study and he
summed np the, result of his observa
tlons and experience in this striking
statement: , ,
I have no hesitancy In saying that no
railroad fortune waa ever mnde through
enhancing rates, oppreaalng shippers, or
withstanding the general tendency of rates
to decrease. . And what la more, every
dishonest railroad fortune has been made
by robbing the stockholder. ; ,
Corporation managers have long been
In the habit, when their nictbods of
conducting their affairs has aroused the
opposition of the public and the legal
authorities, of appealing for. the pro
tection of "the poor stockholders" and
"the small Investors." According to
Mr. Fish's contention, the big fortunes
dishonestly gained by railroad manlpu
la tors have not come from the shippers
and. the general public, but from the
stockholders. Acting upon this cue.
railroad managers throughout the coun
try are furnishing data to show that
the stock In their companies Is held by
worklug people and represent the sav
ings of bard toll. The Pennsylvania
has displayed the fact -that A majority
of its stock Is owned by women, and
the inference is plutn that any legisla
tion affecting the value of such stock
would be aimed directly at widows and
orphans whose savings are thus In
vested. The Boston &. Alhauy shows
that its stock Is divided among 0,000
Individuals, most of them worklngmen
and farmers in New England. Clearly
any reduction of railroad earnings. If
Mr. Fish's statement Is correct, would
simply work a hardship on .stockhold
ers and small Investors In railway se
curities.
The public will uot be deceived by
such argument. The dishonest fortunes
railed against by Mr. Fish have been
secured by Inflation of securities, wa
tered stock and deals calculated to de
stroy competition and build up trans
portation monoiKlles. To secure earn
ings on this overcapitalization, the rates
have-been raised slid the screws put to
the shipper and assengcr for ail the
traffic would bear. The slilpier haa
had to pay the freight and has been the
real sufferer.
ter OCT THE ROTATION BALLOT.
The primary election bill passed by
the house is In process of revision by
the senate. There Is no doubt that the
senators are for the most part sincerely
desirous of perfecting the measure, so
that it will work out satisfactorily In
practice. No primary election law,
however, will work out satisfactorily If
It retains the rotation ballot left In the
bill as It came from the house.
The rotation ballot Is not only an ex
pensive luxury, multiplying many fold
the cost of election printing, but It Is a
confusing device that amounts to dis
franchisement of a large number of
voters. By reason of the rotation no
two ballots handed out in succession at
tha voting booth are alike and It be
comes Impossible to provide a' sample
ballot that will be of any material as
sistance to the voter.
When the rotation ballot as applied
to Douglas county, was questioned In
court the Judges, while upholding Its
validity In the specific case, declared
that they did not want to be under
stood that conditions might not be pre
sented in which such a ballot would be
a denial of the constitutional rights of
the voter, and the example was cited
of a ballot forty feet long, containing
so many names as to make It prac
tically Impossible for the voter to pick
out his preferred candidates. Comment-
ng on that decision at the time. The
Bee 'said:
Tiia atieatlon arises, How long muat the
ballot bo to Interfere with the free choice
of the voter to a degree that It violates hie
constitutional rlfthts? The brvllot in the
forthcoming primaries, containing the
names filed for state delegates only, will
be seven feet four Inches long, and If the
strict letter of the law aa enunciated by
the court were followed by the addition of
the candidates for dolefmtea to the con
gressional cr-nventlonl the ballot would bo
ten and a half feet long.
The question la, How long must It be to
violate the voter's constitutional rights?
If a forty-foot rotated ballot would be
clearly Illegal, how about a twenty-foot
ballot T If a twenty-foot rotated ballot
would be only half a HVogal aa a forty
foot ballot, how about a ten-foot ballot?
At what point of the yardstick does Injus
tice begin and juatlce end? If stz more
names had been filed for the coming
primary, adddlng three more Inches to the
ballot, would It have been illegal?
With a primary law opening the door
wide to everyone with the inclination
to have his name filed and printed on
the official ballot the rotation scheme
would endanger the success of the re
form. The rotation ballot should be
cut out. It should be cut out com
pletelyfor Douglas" county as well as
for the rest of the state.'
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SUFFRAGE III CUBA.
It develops that Secretary Taft's pro
posed visit to Cuba will be for the pur
pose of trying to straighten out a very
awkward tangle that has resulted from
efforts to revise the election laws of the
island, preparatory to the promise of
the administration at Washington to
call a new election as soon as possible
and allow the ' Cubans Another chance
to select a congress and establish a
stable government To meet emer
gencies and conditions which threaten
to place the extreme radicals in power,
the administration has been put to its
wit's end to devise some plan by which'
the Influence at the polls of the mass of
Illiterate negroes, the majority in Cuba.
might be overcome.' A plural voting
proposition, allowing property owners
to have two ballots, has been rejected
and the authorities are now considering
a proposition to allow foreigners who
have lived in the Islands for five years
to exercise the right of suffrage. The
liberals are opposing this proposition
and threaten to take up arms if an ef
fort is made to enforce It "If the
Americans try to force this plan on us,'
declares General Eestnov, the negro
leadpr, "we will declare war and ask
the Japs to help us whip them."
The threat of Oeneral Eestnov will
create no particular thrills of fear in
this country, but it does serve to
demonstrate the apparent utter inabil
ity of the Cubans to abide by the de
cisions of a majority and their lack of
preparedness for the functions of self
government The government at' Wash
ington has shown remarkable patience
with the" restless Cubans. President
Roosevelt Is determined to follow his
original plan of providing self-govern
ment for the Cubans and the return to
them of their complete Independence as
soon a they demonstrate their ability'
to shoulder the great responsibility at
tendant upm the management of their
own affairs. His plan, urged through
Secretary Taft. for city elections in the
coming June as a sort of educational
step preparatory tothe presidential and
congressional elections for the re-estab-
Ushment of the Cuban government has
met with bitter opposition by the lib
erals and It is now feared that Secre
tary Taft may not be able to secure an
adjustment of the differences that will
enable the holding of the elections at
the time specified.
The conditions make the stay of the
American army in Cuba very indefinite
The Cubans are responsible for it They
are themselves uncertain and their fail
ure to help themselves, when ' shown
how by the United States,- makes It Im
possible for this government to Invite
anarchy and Insurrection by with
drawing the army and abandoning the
American protectorate over the lives
and property of the lslaud. The Ameri
can effort to prevent Cuba from accom
plishing its own ruin has been an ex
pensive and thankless task, but no other
courstt has been oiu to this country.
which has kept faith with promises
made when Cuba was rescued from
the grip of Spain.
Panl Morton declares thst more than
80 per cent of the business of the rail
roads Is interstate traffic. That ex
plains why they resisted so strenuously
Fieeiuenl Roorevelt's pnijKmsl to give
the rate-making power to the Interstate
Commerce commission, but it does not
explain why they should make such a
fuss ever having the other 20 per cent
Of the business subjected to regulation
by state railway commissions.
Why should the railroad lobbyists be
so anxious to widen the scope of the
exceptions to the anti-pass bill? The
Interest of the owners of the railroads
would naturally be to cut out all the
passes possible and make every one pay
fare unless actually engaged in the
business of the roads.
The Postofflce department has a mall
twine famine, being uuable to supply
the requisitions, of postmasters for the
twine used in binding packages of let
ters and other mall. It might relieve
the situation If the government should
cut up a lot of its red tape for use as a
substitute for twine.'
The plan to cut the rotation ballot
out of the primary bill fjr the rest of
the slate while retaining It for Douglas
county will not commend Itself to vot
ers of any political party. In a state
wide primary the same conditions
should apply to candidates and voters
no matter where the ballot Is cast
The paving contractors are busy try
ing to get the charter changed or to
hold It unchanged as they think will
favor one Elde as against the other.
What Omaha needs Is a chance to or
der the paving done with the best
bidder getting the work and being held
strictly to the terms of his agreement.
It Is now admitted that Mayor
Jim's" "elean-np" proclamation was
written for him by officers of the Civic
Improvement league. That explains
why It fell so far short of his "Jar loose"
proclamation.
The bribe takers in San Francisco
are being indicted with astonishing
regularity, while the authorities seem
to overiooK tne racx that there Is a V
bribe giver for every bribe taker.
Realty operations fn Omaha are al
ready quite active, and with the assur
ance of the terminal tax against In
creased tax Tmrdens the real estate bus
iness ought soon to be even more brisk.
Legislative liberality with the tax
payers' money is proverbial. The
pruning knife, however, will have to be
wielded by sortie one before the drafts
are made on the state treasurer.
Advance Notice.
Cleveland Leader.
Ohio Is for Taft.
Real Source of Power.
Cincinnati Enquirer.
One of the beautiful things about our
system of government Is that If the people
really want to have anything settled It is
In their power to settle It
Maale that Haa Cbarma.
Minneapolis Journal. S
Former Senator Burton was met with a
band when he reached Abilene, Kan. If
there la anything that will make a man
forget a term In Jail, It Is the village band.
Rivalry In Blar Wars hi pa.
Cleveland Leader. '
Germany (will now build a battleship that
la blg-ger than the biggest. As Great Brit
ain has just launched the biggest yet, this
action on the part of the kalaer'a naval
board, muat be looked upon as a barefaced
attempt to humiliate J. Bull. But, alas! his
only recourse la to see th kaiser's warshlpS
and go It one bigger and better.
Oalrrlam Swatted at' Home.
' Chicago Chronicle.
It Is an Illustration of the Insincerity of
some public men that Dr. Osier, who
wanted everybody to be chloroformed to
death at the age of f0, has lust burled his
mother, who died In the full possession of
her powers at the age of 100, and that he
has several brother wbo ore, eminent men
who have passed the prescribed age. It la
astonishing how much nonsense Is talked
at the present day by eminent men and
how much Interest their nonsense excites
among people who are not eminent but
who have more sense than the eminent
gossips.
IavestlcatlaaT and Helping; the Poor.
Cincinnati Enquirer.
Part of Mrs. doge's fortune Is to be de
voted to Investigation of the cause of pov
erty. Better give the money out. without
Investigation, except as to personal worthi
ness, for bread and meat and clothea and
roofs. There Is no mystery about poverty.
Everybody comes into the world without
money or property. Some grow t- afflu
ence. Others get a competence. The vaat
majority remain poor till their death.
There Is not enough money to go round.
Poverty Is an essential of the world's
economic system, and will aljvaya be. That
need not prevent Mrs. Snge from making
her vast surplus useful. There will be lesa
waste In direct relief than In perfunctory
and "scientific" examination.
HOT Rift FOR BACHELORS.
Iowa Towa Insists oa the Maale of
the I nlen. .
Philadelphia Press.
They do things out west While there
has been talk In many states of enacting
laws to tax bachelors the mayor of Fort
Dodge. la., haa aecured the enactment of
an ordinance by the city council aweepingly
covering the whole subject. It Is provided
that all ablebodied persons between 3 and
45 not now married shall be required to
marry within sixty days or be subject to a
fine of from (10 to DUO. It .seems to moke
no distinction of sex. The aplnater who
doesn't hunt up a husband wtthln two
months will have to suffer the same pen
alty as the bachelor who falls to take a
wife. It la uncertain, however, how long
a fine will secure the single blessedness of
tha person paying It. If any one (-an get an
indefinite relaae from the operation of the
ordinance by the payment of a single fine
It will not be bo dim cult, but if the au
thorities are going to pull a person In
whenever they happen to think of it and
keep on Imposing fines the persistently un
married will have to get out of town or go
Into bankruptcy and soma would rather
do either than to get married.
ARMT UOSSIP 11 WASHMGTO.
Carre at Rveata Gleaned from the
Army and Navy Reclalter.
The army signal office may avail Itsejf of
the experience In ballooning of IJeutenant
Frank F.'Lehm, Fifth cavalry, who la ex
pected to return to this country from his
present course of Instruction at Baumur,
France, In the autumn. In order to do this
It will be necessary to have IJeutenant
Lehm detailed to the signal corps. In which
event he Will be assigned to duty at Omaha
and aid In the experiments which are
planned with military balloons. The pro
gram Is to hare aseotfslons under varying
conditions and to develop a generating
plant for gas, together with the means of
transporting and taking care of military
balloon trains In the field In time of war.
This la considered an Important branch of
work under the signal corps, and the ex
perta are prepared to apply themselves to
the subject with .diligence.
The sudden death of Brigadier Oeneral
Theodore J. Wlnt creates an unexpected
vacancy In the list of brigadiers. That offi
cer was spoken of for promotion to the
grade of major general upon the retirement
of General Wade and now there Is no In
dication which of the brigadiers will be ad
vanced. General Funston'ls senior and
Generals Carter and Bllsa follow In the
order named. The situation Is altogether
Interesting. There Is nothing vouchsafed
from the War department aa to the ap
pointee to the grade of brigadier general In
the vacancy created by the death of Gen
eral Wlnt but It may be stated on excellent
authority that a senior colonel will be ap
pointed to the grade.
There has been a need to construct as a
part of army post hospitals a room which
might be used In connection with the pho
tographic work and other labors Involved
In the establishment of the Identification
system. It Is considered that In the execu
tion of the Instructions of the secretary of
wur a suitable place must be provided for
the performance othese duties, and If It
does not exist, such a" place must be
erected. I'nder the circumstances this work
is considered a proper charge to make
against the appropriation for the construc
tion and repair of hospitals.
One of the Important provisions of the
army appropriation act of the late con
gress Is that for heavy furniture for offi
cers' quarters at military posts. Furniture
of this type has been Issued to the public
rooms of officers' mess under provision of
law and the 'additional provision which Is
now made Is of far-reaching extent affect
ing as It does those officers who maintain
establishments and who are put to much
expense and trouble In the way of trans
ferring household material In Individual
changes of station. It has not yet been
decided what articles shall be Included In
the class of "heavy furniture," but It Is
assumed that they will Include bedsteads,
bureaus, sideboards, dining tables, chairs,
hat racks and Ice boxes, at least. This
furniture will become' a part of the fixtures
of the officers' quarters to remain there
and be used by successive occupants. Of
course It will be Impossible to equip all
of the officers' quarters at every military
post Out of the appropriation of barracks
and quarters, which amounts to J3.750,iX)0
for the next fiscal year, and must cover
the cost of construction and equipment as
well as pay for the Increased commutation
for quarters. It Is of Importance, however,
that a start has teen made In this par
ticular and It Is to the credit of Quarter
master Oeneral Humphrey that he was
able, after urging It upon congress for
two years, to obtain approval 'of his plan
for giving this allowance pf an Important
part of the household equipment of officers
at army posts.
The army la to have a new water wagon,
which Is In all respects an up-to-date ve
hicle. It-la an Important contribution to
tha comfort of men In the field and shows
the, enterprise manifested In military meth
ods In order to fusttfah soldiers with the
best possible conditions of sustenance when
remote from the usual and regular sources
of supply. The water wagon will make It
possible to deliver drinking water td a
regiment of men, a dozen of whom at one
time may fill their canteens from that
peripatetic fount. The wagon Is compara
tively light In construction with the idea of
being taken wherever the military body
may be serving and at the same time It Is
sufficiently strong to stand the more or
lesa rough usage which such a vehicle la
bound to encounter. The wagon will have
a capacity of 225 gallons, or enough to fur
nish drinking water for nearly a regiment
of men. The tank, mounted on wheels. Is
of metal and heavily lagged with wood In
order to keep the contents cool. It is filled
from the top through a trap door, and In
filling It la possible to make use of a hand
pump or buckets, twelve of which are car
ried In a box on top of the tank directly
behind the driver's seat At the base of
the tank, extending along the sides and
across the rear, la a pipe Interrupted at
Intervals with twelve spigots, enabling that
many soldiers to fill their respective can
teens at the same time. It Is so arranged
that this pipe oulet-may be thrust back
out of the way of Injury when not In use.
The wagon Is Intended to be a regimental
vehlala. '
THIEVES AND THIEVES.
Inadeaante Penalty for Hlh Crimea
A ar.lt the Government.
Chicago Tribune.
Four Nebraska cattlemen who conspired
to steal 200,000 acres of government land
have been condemned' to pay the penalty
for their Crimea Two of them are to pay
a fine of $1,600 each and serve one year In
a county Jail; two of, them muHt pay '$800
each and spend eight months In Jail. It
cannot be said that thla Is an excessive
punishment for the theft of 300,000 acres of
land.
Buppose that these men had been con
vlctea 01 stealing in cusu or iu ij
force they had held up a cltlsen and taken
a dollar from his pocket they would not
have got off so easily. There Is a defect
In the laws when greater thieves escape
with penalties mild In comparison with
those Imposed upon leaser thieves. It the
man who stole $173,000 from the sub
treasury Is found to be a trusted employe
of the government no greater punishment
ran be Inflicted upon him than upon a
sneak thief who takes an overcoat worth
$15, while the minimum penalty in the
latter case Is one year and In the former
cane six months.
Whether viewed from the standpoint of
punishment or warning the penalty Inflicted
upon the land thieves is not likely to have
a great deterrent effect. To serve one year
In a county Jail, where money will procure
luxuries and where there Is no hard labor
to perform. Is little enough to pay for the
use for years of 3U0.0C0 acres of land. The
government Is making a good beginning In
prosecuting the men who seise the public
domain, but the next convicted criminals
should be given the extreme penalty of
the law It the practice la to be rendered
unpopulur.
Bom Rl-bts for State.
Indianapolis News.
The opinion of Attorney General Bona
parte that a suite baa a right to induce
Immigration Is rather encouraging n these
days when there Is beginning to be a se
rious doubt as to whether states have any
rights at ail.
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PERSONAL notes.
James Bryce. ambassador to the United
States from Oreat Britain, will visit Chi
cago on April 6. He will be the guest of
the Commercial club and there will b4 a
banquet at the Auditorium.
St. Patrick's day and the birthday anni
versary of Orover Cleveland and William
J. Bryan covered the first three days of
last week, giving the various divisions of
the democracy a chance to make good.
Baltimore Is talking of pulling off an
exposition In 1514 to commemorate the his
toric Incident lmmortallxed In the "The
Star Spangled Banner." The monument
City must be anxious to work overtime,
Lewis Nlxon, the designer and builder
of ships, has designed engines which he
hopes will develop horse power sufficient
to carry a big thirty-three-knot ship across
the Atlantic In four days. The boat will
be of the torpedo craft type.
The announcement of a modern water
wagon for the army Is received with vary
ing emotions In Interested circles. From
the meager details given It Is presumed
that Its capacity will be sufficient to altay
a moderate thirst and afford convenient
facilities for dismounting.
A son of the late Thomas Bailey Aldrlch,
who was at his father's bedside when the
end came, says his father died a poet.
Only a little while before the end he said:
"I regard death as nothing but the passing
of the shadow of the flower." His last
words were: "In spite of all, I am going
to sleep; put out the lights."
William O'Brien, the Irish member of
Parliament, has been In prison 'more than
once because of his public utterances. The
last time he was behind the bars he spent
the time In close study of the Bible. The
copy he read had been read by the former
occupant of his cell. At the end of the
lamentations of Jeremiah this prisoner had
scrawled: "Cheer up, old boy! Cheer up!"
President Roosevelt has designated Ma
jor General F. C. Alnsworth, the adjutant
general ,of the army, aa acting secretary
of war In the absence of the secretary and
the assistant secretary. The same order
designates Major General J. Franklin Bell,
chief of staff, as the head of the depart
ment In the absence of the secretary, the
assistant secretary and the adjutant gen
eral. '
Mrs. Roosevelt will, with Tier own hands,
fashion a silk American flag to be pre
sented to the Naval academy at Annapolis
for the draping of a small tirohse bust of
Admiral Lord Nelson, the gift of King Ed
ward to that Institution. Queen Alexandra
of Great Britain will provide British colors
for the same purpose, the presentation of
which will be made by Mrs. James Bryce,
wife of the British ambassador.
THE March number of McC!ures Mag
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are printing for April over half a million
copies (all we can print until we get into our
new building) you d better buy promptly to
be sure of a copy of the April number.
"The City of Chicago'
a study of the great immoralities, by George
Kibbe Turner, is one of the most startling
arraignments of American life ever brought
into public notice.
Mrs. Eddy's Life
covering the period from 1864 to 1870
vhile in the household of several families
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"I can't say your speeches wore very
Interesting."
"Didn't want 'em to be," answered sen
ator Sorghum. "I merely wanted to say
enough to show I was keeping busy, with
out starting an argument." Washington
Star.
"Tmi don't agree with the sage who said
that learning la better than house or landT'
"Well, If It was true when the sage said
It. then real estate haa gone up since or
learning has had an awful slump. "-Brooklyn
Kugle.
"Of course," said the long-winded bore,
"It's essential that a man should weigh his
words when speaking."
"Yes, and for some," remarked Pepprey,.
"It's well not to give such generous meaa
ure.' Washington Herald.
"This watch," ald the society girl, "was
given to me by pupa on the day of my
coming out."
"Indeed!" exclaimed her rival. "How
well It has worn." Philadelphia Ledger.
"There Is no doubting that congress does
a great work." -
"Vea," answered Senator Sorghum. "It
has developed some of our most capable
lecturers. Washington Star,
"Don't you want to get a talking machine)
for vour home?"
"Thanks; I have a wife at home now."
New York Herald.
Callei-You will laugh at It, I suppose,
Mrs. Suffren, but I have known many
person who claimed to have been relieved,
of rheumatism by merely carrying a buck
eye around with him."
Elderly Victim Buckeye? I've tried that
for forty years, and It never did a bit of
good. I married one. Chicago Tribune.
WHISTLE.
Tf"
The Dreamer. .
As a boy when, coming homeward.
When the sun had said "Good night.
Just before the stars were shining.
When the road was acarce in sight
When the woods seemed thickly peopled.
When the seconds dragged like years.
Did vou whistle through the darkness.
just. o uruwn jruur iiiuuutti'B wi
When the owls had Joined In hooting.
Sending down your back the chlils;
When the silence fell upon you.
Rousing weird and ghostly thrills;
When the prancing, dancing phantoms),
Chased each other here and there;
Did you whistle through the darkness
TJiat you might not seem to care? .
, When upon life's homeward Journey,' I
Shadows fall across the way; ' ,
When the seeming dangers threaten, . ,.-;P.
When 'tis neither night nor day;
When the hours with fears are freighted,
When the road Is scarcely plain; .
Whistle! Whistle through the darkness;
Whistling la not always vJn.
Whistle, man. and whistle loudly!
Make the world with music ring;
Never mind the tun you whistle, '
Whistle! Whistle anything! i
Phantoms vanlah when you whistle,
Half the dangers disappear;
Whistle, then! Oh, whistle! Whistle!
. You at least can conquer fear.
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