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THE OMAHA DAILY BEE: TUESDAY, ATOn, 16, 1D07. The Omaha Daily Dee. FOUNDED BT EDWARD ROSEWATEn. VICTOR ROBE WATER. EDITOR. Entered si Omaha poatofno second' Usa muifr. TERMS OK 8LTH.RIPTION. pnil p. (without Bunday). on. year...4 00 Daily lira and Bunday. on rear omnia v itee. one year " Saturday Bee, ona year DELIVERED 111 CARRIER. Fally He. (Including Bunday), per wek..lSc I'ally it. (wlthmt Sunday), par week..,J0c Evening !) (without Sunday), par week. SO Evening be. (with Sunday). per week. ...Wo Address complaints of irreculsrltles In de livery to City Circulation Department. OFFICES. Omaha Tha Bee Building. Bouth Omaha City Hall Hulldlng. Council Fluff 10 Pearl Street. Chicago-lsi X'nity Hull Jinn. New York It Horn I,!fa Inwirat'- Bid. Washington IfH Fourteenth Street. CORRESPONDENCE. ?ommunlcstlons relating to newa nd ed itorial matter should be addressed: Omaha bee. Editorial Department. REMITTANCES. Remit by draft, express or postal order, payable to Tha He Pu"bllehln.f t'iiir Only 2-cent stamps received In payment of rna.ll accounts. Personal checks, except on Omaha or eastern exchange, not accepted. THE BEE PUBL,I8HINQ COMPANY. STATEMENT OP CIRCULATION. State of Nebraska. Douglas County, as: manes c. Kosewater, general manager j mi eee runnxmng I ompnny, iwma ""'' .worn, says that th actual number of full nd complete coplea of The Dally. Morning, Evening and Sunder Tlea printed during tha nonth of March, 117, was as follows: 1. 33,089 t 33 810 t 30.600 4 33.190 t 33.130 31,970 T 31,880 8 31,960 1 31,340 I 30,400 11 33.370 12 31,87d 18 33,690 14 33,640 It 33,600 14 33,830 18 II 20 II II 28 24 26 It 27 . . 33,330 . , 33.930 .. 3,340 . . 3,30 .. S3,60 . . 30.4BO .. 94,040 . . 33,990 .. 33,860 21 33.790 J 9 34,130 10 33,880 1 30,660 Total 1,008,560 IT 30,410 Lass unaoid and returned ooplaa. 9,184 Net Total 999,376 Dally averag -33,337 CHARLES C. ROSE WATER, Oeneral Manager. Subscribed In rr.y presence and sworn to before ma this 1st day of April, 1907. (Seal) M. B. Hl.'NOATK, Notary Publlo. WHEN OUT OP TOWK. Subscribers leaving the elty tem porarily should ksv Th Be mailed to tatia. Address will b changed as oftea aa reajaeatad. Pa Rourke might urge hla player to emulate President Roosevelt In big stick work. It might be mora fitting to change the name from the Isle of Pine to the Isle of Whines. , A Nebraska legislature that did not Joggle with the sportsman's calendar would be Unique. The launching of the Adlal Steven son vice presidential boom cannot be postponed much longer. That advance in the telegraph rates threaten to Increase the number of message marked "Collect." It is certainly the irony of fate that all the saloons in Lincoln should be closed just at the bock beer season. A Kansas minister declares that the wicked are unhappy. He i basing his conclusion on hearsay evidence, of course. The fact that this anti-Roosevelt movement 1 labeled "a rich man's conspiracy" furnlsheB most of us with sn alibi. Attorney Delmas will learn that "dementia Americana" is more preva lent ou base ball fields than on roof gardens. Mr. HearBt refused to attend a Bryan dinner in New York, although It la generally believed that he had the price. A correspondent want to know if the "s" in Attorney Delmas' name is silent There Is nothing silent about Mr. Delmas. Colonel Bryan and ex-8enator Thurston have spoken again from the same platform, but not on the same side of the political fence. George B. Cox, the political boss of Ohio, was robbed of $6,000 in New Tork. The robbery was evidently the work of high 'grade experts. The claim that the enforcement of the pure food law will drive "cheap" whisky from the market Is not well founded. There is no cheap whisky. Senator LaFollette say President Roosevelt needs s vindication. The men who havo been opposing the pres ident have more need of a vindication. President Roosevelt ha addressed bis Arbor day proclamation "To the school children of the United States." The school children should feel duly honored. King Edward told King Alfonso that their countries were bound together by "a community of Interests." That sound like a talk ' between railroad presidents. A contributor to the local demo cratic organ suggests that "our city council is spending Its time quar relling over a lot of what seems to me personal matters." For a democratic paper to print this about a democratic council is little short of political treason. The public has a UtU interest In the speedy conclusion of the Crelghton will contest Th Inheritance tax to be paid on that estat Is expected to give Douglas county ten to fifteen miles of paved county roads, and this generstlon would like to have soins njoyment of thasc Improvements, CfiCALLKT) FOR. Announcement Is made by the pro bation officers here In Omaha and by the truant officers In Lincoln that they propose to Institute prosecutions st once under the new child labor law It Is true that this law Is on the stat ute books and operative, but to begin prosecutions under it at once before people have had a chance even to ac quaint themselves with its provisions is entirely uncalled for. In truth, the law ought never to have been enacted with an emergency clause, catching people unawares, because no such emergency existed to require abroga tion of the three months' time usually given before legislation becomes effec live. As a matter of fact an Immediate and drastic enforcement of this law may create much hardship, but can produce little good. The machinery of the schools, through which employ ment certificates are supposed to be issued to those under 16 years of age entitled to work, has not yet been or ganised and It would be impossible for young people who have a right to ac- cept-employment to qualify themselves with the necessary documents, even If they knew what to do. On the other side, less than two months of the school year remains and to take chil dren out of wholesome employment forthwith in order to Inject them Into a school room where they do not fit would only discommode the schools, with no corresponding benefit to the new pupils. The new Nebraska child labor law is so far-reaching that there is no question but that many violations of it are of daily occurrence, and any pol icy of wholesale prosecutions under the law would make lots of trouble for many well-intentioned people. There Is no call, however, for such prosecu tions at the present time. It would be far better to let the readjustment corns on quietly without attempt at drastic enforcement until the opening of the new school year next fall. IOXPT AtiD OUR COLOK1ES. While proconsuls and vice regents are not authorized by the American constitution, which waB framed by men who did not foresee the possibility of the United States acquiring colonial possessions, the story of Lord Cromer's work in Egypt may contain a sugges tion of value in the future manage ment of Porto Rico, Hawaii, the Phil ippines and possibly Cuba. The In habitants of these countries do not easily adapt themselves to the Amer ican system of ' periodically changing officials. Centuries of experience have taught Ahem to expect the appointment of rulers, governors, vice regents or other officials for life terms, with poli cies never changed. The rotating sys tem has a disquieting and unsettling effect upon tho colonial natives. Much profound opinion and good argument will be found in favor of selecting gov ernors of the American colonies and leaving them In office without regard to changing administrations at home. If such men are removed from office with every change of administration at home their services will be of little value, either to the United States or to the dependent colonies. Lord Cromer, who has just resigned the British agency in Egypt, has prac tically given his life work to the de velopment of that country and his ef forts have been remarkably successful. He established a stable internal gov ernment, rescued Egypt from bank rupty, advanced the value of Egyptian bonds from 43 to above par and se cured an improvement of the entire social and Industrial system of the country. His system of irrigation, comprised In great reservoirs for im pounding and conserving the waters of the Nile, formed a model for the work the United States is now doing through its reclamation service and his entire record Is one of credit to himself and to the wisdom of the government that placed him In authority and gave him a quarter of a century to work out his policies. His record forms a strong argument in favor of adopting a sim ilar system of colonial management In this country, at least to the extent of removing the government of American dependencies as far as possible from the domain of party politics. JAMS if. ECKELS. Measured by the expenditure of en ergy . and successful effort in varied lines, James H. Eckels lived much longer than most men, although but twenty-seven years elapsed between the time of his graduation from a law school in 1880 to his death. In that time he had advanced from the position of a lawyer fledgling to the head of several great financial and In dustrial enterprises, had been comp troller of the currency, an active par ticipant in the politics of the nation, a contributor to literature on political, financial and economic topics and one of the very busiest in a world of busy men. In many respects Mr. Eckel wa typical of the times. He came Into prominence a an office bolder under Mr. Cleveland in 1893, when the money question was paramount and the industries of the nation stricken by panic. Although a demo crat, he led in the fight against the free silver hysteria and, with the triumph of the sound money advocates in 1881, saw th opportunities offered tor the consolidation, rehabilitation and enlargement of the Industrial in terests of th country. With restless energy, he threw himself Into this work and, while he was never ranked as a captain of Industry or high finance magnate, h participated actively In Chicago and the west In ventures along th merger and consolidation Itnes, winning a fortune and recognition as one of he lesdlng financiers of the west. Direct, forceful and fearless, in speech, with his pen and In business methods, he won the admiration of his friends snd associates and commanded the respect of even his bitterest politi cal and business opponents. His fixed Tnottri' "J want to hat a. useful Citl- sen," will serve him for a fitting epitaph. 1MKR1CAS MEATS lit GKRMANT. Ambassador Charlemagne Tower, who Is home on a leave of absence, has apparently taken pains to give pub licity to his opinions concerning the changed attitude of the German people toward America and American affairs. Mr. Tower explains that for several years after the battle of Manila the Oerman people showed- a marked dis position to criticise America and Americans and to oppose the efforts of American manufacturers and mer chants to increase their trade in the German empire. This spirit of hos tility was manifested also in official circles. In a diplomatic way, and Amer ican trade suffered in consequence. Of late, however, Mr. Tower explains, a marked change of sentiment has taken place among all classes of Ger mans and particular effort is being made to encourage more friendly rela tions between the nations. As evidence of this changed attitude Ambassador Tower cites a trade con cession Just made which will mean much to the meat and live stock indus try of the United States. .The German government has long had a practical embargo against American pork and for more than six years has enforced a tariff law which in effect applied a prohibition to the admission of Amer ican meats to the German market Recently, however, the German gov ernment has been negotiating with the State department at Washington and the result has just been announced in an agreement by which American live stock and meat product will be ad mitted into the German empire under the minimum tariff rates. In return the United States will admit German wines and spirits, paintings, pastels, drawlpg and statuary at the reduced duties provided for by the Dlngley law. Prior to 1000, when Germany placed its restrictions -on American meats, the United States had a large and growing commerce with Germany In these arti cles. American exports of tinned meats, for use in the German army, amounted to $361,000 in 1900, while last year the total exports in that line were valued at less than $90,000. Ger many last year bought only $33,000 worth of American hams, as compared with $1,000,000 In 1900. Sales of American bacon to Germany have dropped from $1,880,000 In 1900 to $750,000 last year, and corresponding decreases have resulted In our exports In all lines of meat and meat products. The new agreement, which will be signed In Washington In a few days, will reopen the profitable German markets to American packer. The new agreement i but a tempor ary makeshift and It operation lim ited to one year, and was made only because congress failed to act on the reciprocal trade treaty pending be tween Germany and this country. The increase in business certain to result will form a strong argumeut for ac tion by congress on the trade treaty next session. No permanency can at tach to a trade that depends upon new agreements each year. The commerce between Germany and the United States now amounts to about $870,- 000,000 annually and is Increasing each year, the United States selling more goods to Germany than does any other country except Great Britain. One of the judge of the juvenile court says he had nearly 1,200 boys and girls up before him last year. As these cases are practically all from this city, where the number of chil dren under 16 subject to the jurisdic tion of the juvenile court may be roughly estimated at not to exceed 18,000, this would mean that on child In fifteen had been hauled Into court Either juvenile delinquency has reached excessive proportions in Omaha or the juvenile court officers are taking boys and girls in charge for trivial offenses for which they should be punished, if at all, by their parent or school teachers. The deputy county attorney la of the official opinion that the rotated ballot has been rotated out of exist ence by the new primary election law. If such is th case there will bo no tear shed, except possibly In the con fines of a certain political club which imagines its members have a monop oly of "intelligence" among voter. The promoter of that $5,000,000 conspiracy for the defeat of President Roosevelt might do well to endorse the plan of John Temple Graves' Many folk doubt If even Mr. Roosevelt could be elected on a democratic ticket. The chief fault which the demo cratic World-Herald finds with Chief of Police Donahue is that he takes his order from his superior officers and not from the editor of the World Herald. The Miller' National Federation has declared for a revision of the tariff. Th next number on th program will be Unci Jo Cannon giving the mill ers' federation an anaesthetic. According to statistics compiled by the Insurance commissioner, the vol ume of business written by Nebraska insurance companies during the past year Is largely In excess of that for the preceding year. It Is gratifying to know that the Nebraska, companies have not suffered any ss a result of Insurance exposures and agitation. Flnaaelr.l Atmosphere Cleat-ln. . Boston Transcript The dropping of the rtnntt of Knrlanrt discount rate la a certain sign that the world's financial atmosphere has consid erably less caloric In It than It had a month ago. Ree-ogaitloa of Heal Heroism. New Tork Tribune. Rare Indeed are the reformers who are willing to devote a lifetime to th Improve ment of human conversation. All honor, then, to the Wyoming woman who refused for twenty-seven consecutive years to speak to men I Rarosratlsg Home ladaatry. St. ' Louis Republic. A cltlien of Nebraska off era 1100 In gold to every couple who marry In his county. There, are Deihans neaalmiata hn Insist that the only difference between this man and the ordinary bunko steerer Is that the Nebraskan offers his gold In the shape of Coins Instead of bricks. Where will It Bad. Springfield Republican. This la the way It keeps on: England builds thfi Dreadnaught of 18.000 tons; Japan builds the Satsuma of 18,000 tons; the United States plans for a 30,000-ton ship; Japan comes back with plans for a ship of 21,000 tons, and now Russia goes till higher with plans for ships of Zl.W tons. Who's is the next bet, and where will it end? What is the UmltT A Speculation Checked. Philadelphia Record. The supreme court has put a quietus upon the speculative attempt to sepa rate the Isle of Pines from Cuba and an nex it to the United States. The court has simply to state tha Incontestable fact that up to the time of the negotiation of the treflty of Paris It had been considered as an Integral part of Cuba. As tha treaty does not refer to the Isle of Pines speci fically. It must be Interpreted In the na tional sense as including the part with the whole. Any other Interpretation, of Course, would have been an outrage uptn Cuba and a disgrace to the United States, but It Is well to have the matter definitely settled by authority. Backoumber Bnalneaa Methods. New Tork Tlrbune. One defect of our government, whether It Is federal, state or municipal, is Its too Infrequent overhauling by a superior with a genius for that sort of work. Some clerk who knows how things have been dons for th last half century keeps alive In his memory th traditional system of each department, while the world outside has forgotten meanwhile a dosen better suc cessive systems. A "house cleaning" that sweeps out tha bureaucratic cobwebs of long ago la a great publlo benefit, but few men possess that rajje combination of pa tience, energy and organising talent re quired for undertaking and accomplishing it on a large scale. MUCH ROOM FOR IMPROVEMENT. Reoord of Avoidable Aeeldeata am Asaerleaa Railroads. New York Times. In Everybody's Magaslns Carl Snyder adds to the American railway accident record one thing which take it out of the category of permissible osiamitloS. It Is only what cannot be cured must be endured, and Mr. Snyder shows that American railway accidents not only can b prevented, but that they actually ara all but entirely prevented upon the ma jority of our railways. In the last fiscal year not on single passenger was killed in train accidents upon 179 roads, cover ing mors than half the total track mile age, and carrying more than one-half th passenger mileage. On the other roads, with, less trackage and loss passenger mileage, 182 passengers were killed. Mr. Snyder does not name hla roads, but he does specify ona company whose record surpasses even that of tha Delaware tk Hudson, which In ten years did have os accident, in 180J. The Chicago, St. Paul, Minneapolis A Omaha has an absolutely clean death record for ten years. It Is 1,700 miles long and does an annual busi ness of 145,000,000 passenger miles, yet In ten years It ha not killed a stngls passenger. In the face of the facts It is Impossible to contend that all roads may not do as well aa the majority, even If they cannot approach the perfection of the two exemplars named. They ara com parable with the best Englh.h records, which Include one year in which not a passenger was killed. The demand that our railway shall stop killing their passengers, therefore, is not a demand for miracles. It la only one- half of our railroads which make the accident records of. American roads from ten to thirty times larger than those of Europe. PERSONAL. AND OTHERWISE. Montana has joined ths list of states with railroad commissions. Genuine specimens of "dementia Amer icana" may be observed on tha bleachers later on. Railroads In Kansas ara preparing to give effect to ths 2-cent law by providing mileage books to be sold at that rate. Tho question, "What Is whisky?" heading solemn editorials nowadays exhales an aroma of blissful Innocence and stimulates the gaiety of discriminating reallers. Having gradually circulated down among th plain people, occupants of high social boxes say appendicitis Is a vulgar disease and Is no longer "good form." Cut It out. Notwithstanding the ventilation given th new state house of Pennsylvania by ths newspapers, another system of ventilation estimated to cost 00,000 is needed to pro cur clean atmosphere for the rooms. Borne Inquisitive people In th neighbor hood want to know why Wisconsin rail roads charge more for carrying bottled water than for bottled bear. Truly these are troublesome times for railroad rate makers. Badger statesmen propose by law to lengthen sthe abbreviated skirts of act resses, bringing them four Inches below th knee, A fitting supplement would be a law providing wigs for occupants of tha baldheaded row. Judicial and medical circles of Davenport. Ia.. are trying before s Jury to solve the problem of who left a chunk of sponge la the appendix cavity of th body of Johan nes Arp. Johannes is not saying a word. He slreps on a hillside. Bouker T. Washington, the founder of th Tuskegee school, is opposed to colored peo ple having their own newspapers. He says: "I fear that our newspaper are at fault because they hold up our difficulties. Peo ple reading them see too many accounts of nugro oppression and we do not want our race soured by such accounts." James B. Duke, the tobacco king, la said to smoke oogars that cost SB apiece which is $136 more than the British king's favorite weeds each represent to the giver. Baron Rothschild. Tobacco experts aay that In addition to th expense of the raw material th cost of highly skilled labor must be taken Into account before pro nouncing .t a high figure. OMR tflOIJLtTIVIt rrR0!AI.ITI!S t'tlca Sun: Ths Nebraska legislature can fel proud of their record at this session because they passed a number of sensible lews . They followed out th platform adopted by the republican and made their pledges good. It is now up to th tat officer to e that these laws are enforced, North Iup Loyalist: The legislature d Jour nod Haturday after having enacted int laws more really good bills than have been Introduced In any previous session of the legislature. Representative Balrd can faoe his Valley county constituent with a consciousness Of having don hi duty, but Senator Olover would best hi himself to the backwoods, from which he came, and never again seek for office, He proved himself to be a subservient tool of the railroads, and followed their every diction. Albion Argus: Senator C. A. Randall of Newman Grove was In th city, fresh from th seen of hla winter' labors. He comes Ilka the warrior of old. rejoicing over the many victories he won for th people, with a cheerful countenance and a steady eye to look into the faces of his constituents. He carries In his pocket a complete list of the bills that came to vote and the way he voted on them. While we ara not posted ss to the merits of all these bills, w are posted on many of them, and on all th Important bills he voted for the people. He has made a roc ord to be proud of. Sorry we cannot ay a much for our own senator. Primrose Record: This paper supported E. D. Oould for stat senator in the cam palgn last fall. In all honesty and sin cerlty, thinking he would be faithful to the pledges of th republican party and for that reason w have deferred comment upon the record he wa making In the legislature, until the time of adjournment. In hop that he would do something which would establish the fact that ha wa not Irretrievably tied to corporate Interests, Mr. Gould's constituents ssked for. bread and he gave them a stone, In that his vote upon every measure beneficial to their in terests was recorded against them. Loup City Northwestern: Whatever mis. takes Brother Brown may have mad dur ing his stay In Lincoln aa a legislator, the Northwestern wants right her to go on record a believing they were errors of liidarncnt rather than of heart. While Brother Brown Is of opposite political faith, his work In the legislature has been clean snd honest and right as h saw It While ths Northwestern ha seen fit to differ with him on the terminal taxation bill, yet we believe his vote was recorded honestly as against tha measure. It It proves he was right, the Northwestern wll frankly so acknowledge; If he was wrong we feel assured he will freely say so as the merits of th law are proven. Nebraska City Tribune: When the record of the last legislature Is examined it will be found that the republican party kept absolute faith with the people of ths state snd not only enacted Into law all th plat' form pledges and promises made prior to election, but also passed an additional Bum ber of laws of Importance to the people and of Intrinsic merit. In thl work no member of the legislature hsd a larger or more responsible part than Marshall T. Harrison of Otoe county, chairman of th house committee on railroads. For doing his duty well, promptly, fearlessly and in telllgently. Mr.' Harrison Is entitled to th commendation of his friends and neighbors of Otoe county and the thanks and con fidence of the people of Nebraska. Bloomfield Monitor: Opposed to all these elements has been the strongest organised lobbies at Lincoln about the capltol that have ever. Infested a body polltio In tho history of th state. These lobbies have covered every foot of ground and fought very on of the reform enactments Inch by Inch and step by step until every re source was exhausted without avail. To cap th climax an anti-lobby bill was passed toward th very last of th session that will henceforth remove thl obstacle from th path of succeeding legislature It wa a work well performed and nobly executed. Among th leader of th state enate the greatest body for forceful champions of the people ever assembled In Nebraska was our own George W. Wlftse of th Eighth district. Mark It well. There are bigger thing In store for George In th near future: yet It Is possible that there is nothing that will ever redound mora to his credit than his enviable po sition In th greatest session of th, legis lature just closed. Wahoo Wasp: No on ever had a more favorable opportunity to make good and fully represent the wishes and needs of the people of Saunders county, and the stats of Nebraska, than Representative Tren mor Cone. Hi nomination wa not deatred by th democrats of Saunders county, but by a coup of Dr. Hall. Tom Allen and Edgar Howard he was placed on ths ticket snd elected. When th legislature as sembled he was sgaln honored by the dem ocrats snd mad leader of th minority, and from th fact that in many Instances only thre or four followed bl leadership, ons would judgsrthat hi position was properly named. Prior, and subsequent to his election Mr. Con often said that from his votes In th legislature, on could not tell whether h wa a democrat, populist or republican, and a glance at hi record In the legislature, we think hi statement wa literally true. He not only failed to vote for almost all Important measure by which all political parties of tb stat were committed by their stst platforms, but by hi Injudicious snd unconsidered conduct took up more valuable time of ths legls laturs than any other member, and brought many words of disapproval upon himself and accomplished practically nothing as a legislator. He failed to support th pri mary law, th terminal tax bill, the antl pasa law and In fact nearly all th laws to which hi party was committed, be sides a number of Important minor laws In which the public was much concerned. Newman Grov Reporter: For th first time In many years th dominant party has no long list of broken pledges to apolo gise for. It was legislature for, of and by th people of th state. Of course there ware exceptions. In the senate th O lead the list of desirable candldatea for ob scurity, Gould and Gibson. Th former be cause he never lost a chance to show his subserviency to th corporations, th lat ter because be was false to th on side or the other. But It I pleasanter to talk of merit. Th Aldrichea, the Wiltsle and th Patricks. But' It' really a sham to Ingle out any or. when there were so many who fought th good fight. It I a pleasure to turn to th record of th two member whom w sent to represent ua In these day every man ha got to face hla record. Mr. Randall mset th situation fairly. He brings home with him s tate rnent, signed and sworn to by R. E. Phil lips, stenographer, showing how b voted upon every bill. If he was absent from roll call, on th final passage of a bill. It I shown on th record. He was absent from but eleven such roll calls during th ses sion, in most nf which case he wss out f th city. H voted ay on the t-cent far bill, th direct primary, pur food bill, child labor law, anti-pass bill, railway mllaag books, terminal taxation and all th law for regulating th liquor trafflo but two, and no en the county option bill. Alderson made a splendid record in th house. He make no pretension to any speech-making ability, but, among th re publicans, his nam wa first on th roll CaU and It wa almost Invariably on tha j ht aide. V Made from pure grape cream of tartar, and absolutely free from lime, alum and ammonia MVAi sVutiNa rowoeg oo new vomk. ROl .ID ABOUT RICW TORK. Ripples th Correal of Life th Metropolis. If th announced purpose of District At torney Jerome to put the second trial of Harry K. Thaw In th regular order on the trial docket Is made effective and ball de nted, thit Plttsburger Is fairly certain of another summer and fall behind th bar for meditation. Th Tomb prison Is packed with lawbreakers of various degree. Not in thirteen year ha It been so crowded. Into It cell are packed 808 prisoner. Of thl number thirty-four ar charged with murder, all of whom the district attorney Intends bringing to trial before Axing a date for th Plttsburger' next appearance. Th projected home-making In southern Franc must be deferred beyond th "good old summer time." Bishop Greer of th Episcopal dloces of New York City doe not look with friendly yes on ministerial excursions into th tenderloin district for msterial for hot ser mons, and haa deposed from the ministry for that offense Rev. W. Howard Mears, assistant curate of St. Matthew's Episcopal church on Eighty-fourth street. Mr. Mears Is th young clergyman who wa arrested In a house on Seventh avenue on March 12, In company with a negro woman. The charge against him was resisting an officer In th performance of hi duty. Mears had a fight with two detective who fol lowed him to the nous with th woman, and they locked him up. He wa dis charged th next day, after explaining that he simply had been gathering socio logical evidence for a sermon and thought that tha detective were confederate of th woman who, be said, wa trying to rob him. Th Nw Tork correspondent of th Phl!- .Inkl. T that th. WatStAffl Union Telegraph official of th metropolis ar much worried over th prospect opnoa up by a possible walkout of th operator. I which, aa it now appear to them, cannot b averted except by a complete urrender on th part of tha company to th Commer cial Telegraphers' Union of Amenca. W nether the troubl will b delayed until June, when ther begin a heavy Increase in th volum of business, or takes place within a few dsys, th company, It Is de clared, will fight th men to th end. on th ground that the hav no grivane that will gain for thm any publlo ym pathy. Tha Western Union ha never acicnowi- da-ed th American Telegrapher" Union, but now the men r wearing union but ton and asking what' going to be don about it. This Is sxssperatlng to ths of ficials, who, however, do not Interfere, fearing to precipitate a crisis. Anything approaching a general sinae of the operators would paralyse tele graphic communication tnrougnoui me country, and th official ar seeking to gain as much tlm a poslbl in oraer io be able to mak an effort to meet th mr gency. Not content with h.vlng th material for a meal on new in an ico on m of th long grill on wnicn mey ar. cooked. th management of a new rathskeller uptown has Introduced me system of a "moveable bar." by mean of which. on can have hi cocktail or other mixed drink made in hla sight at ths side of his table. Thl bar consists of a wagon on wheel, such I ometlmes used In country houses for th afternoon tea ser vice. It I fitted up with n 1c chest. surrounded with bottles used In th mak ing of mixed drinks, and haa a separate place for a supply of glasses. It Is pro filed around th rathskeller by a white- jacketed and aproned bartender, who looks extremely self-conscious and moves from table to table at the behest of the guests of the establishment This moveabls bar Is a development of a similar wagon used for the particular dish of the day, this being fitted up with a large alcohol lamp to keep the soup or roast.- ss the case may be, hot. and from which th dish la served directly to th table. New Tork City houses 176.000 craftsmen In th clothing business, . who produce an annual output valued at (300.000,000. Th city pay In salaries to it mor than 60,000 servants tin ach mlnut In tb day. Ther I on saloon In th city for eaoh i tlT men, women and children residing within its border. Telegraph instrument of th city tick off seventeen message each minute of the day. Publlo receipts nd expenditure or tne u have Increased In the last four year i n n amount equal to $102,000 each day. j It 1 estimated that 11S.000 persons In the city make their living by their wits, which j means the lack of wit in others. Records of th. United State. Treasury , department show that of all the lmml- grants who land in the elty only four out I of esch 100 go to ths southern state.. Subway, elevated and urfac railway. I The 20th NOTHING IN CLOTHING THIS SPRING IS MORE NEARLY I .-w w "'20TH CENTURY" SACK SUIT. THE COAT CLOSES WITH THREE BUTTONS 5ft AND TILE FRONT VARIES BUT SLIGHTLY A FROM A STRAIGHT LINE. THE BACK CONFORMS GRACEFULLY TO TILE FIG URE. THE LAPELS are BROAD AND LONG. THIS SEASON'S PATTERNS ARE IN LIGHT COL ORS AND IN EFFECTS OF STRIPES AND CHECKS. GRAYS ARE MOST POPULAR AND THERE ARE BROWNS AND OLIVES $15 TO $40. Browning, Ming & Co . E. S. WILCOX Manager. of th metropolis carry 500,000 more person each day than Its entire population, o 4.W0.00O In all. Inspection of the scales of eoal dealer In th city shows an average shortage 10 pounds to each ton of coal weighed. The scale Inspected showed an averag weight out of balance of twenty-nln pounds. Finishing touches have been put on th) private museum of J. Plerpont Morgan at Thirty-sixth street snd Madison avenue. When Mr. Morgan's piens are perfected the private museum will house the most costly and artistically valuable private sol lection of rare books, paintings of the old masters and artists of modern schools snd tapestries In the world. All Of the wealth In art treasures pos sessed by Mr Morgan Is not, however, In this country. Ills London horn contain at least 110.000,000 worth of valuable works. Her hangs the famous "stolen Gains borough," th duchess of Devonshire, for which Mr. Morgan paid $150,000. When tha tariff laws are shaped mora to hi views. It Is said that Mr. Morgan Intends to bring his London treasures to New York. The value of Mr. Morgan' entire collection Is estimated at mor than 120.000,000. LINES TO A SMILE. Foraker looked over his broken fence in Ohio. "What' the use?" he growled. "How" a man to keep up a fence if Bill Taft 1 going to alt on it? I wish that fellow would train down," Philadelphia Ledger. The Doctor Admitting that a generation is thirty-three and one-third years, or any length of time you please, when doe on generation leave off and th next on begin T The Professor It ends, so far aa you ar concerned, and another one begins. . -""C' li. L'"' ..ViT ?" i "the old man." Chicago Tribune. wary: renea ine poet,' wny oon t you keep that kid quletT What th matter with him, anyway?" "I'm sure I don't knew," replied hi pa tient wife; "I'm singing one of your lulla bies to th little darling." Philadelphia Press. "What Is that fallow's occurmtlont H ays he works about the publlo offices. " "Bo he does; works about everybody la them." Baltimore American. Raynor I know, of course, that old Prag matt is offensively positive and controvar aial, but he'a generally right, isn't hT" Shyne Blame him, yes! That's what make him so offensive.'' Chicago Tribunal, "Grandpa," asked Tommy, "how big ft fish did you ever catch V Grandfather Tucker' eye lighted up. "I never wa much at fishing, my boy," h answered. "If you should ask m how far I could hop, step and jump, though, when I wa a young man, you'd find that I Can make HIT flahlnv liar- Innlr lir Chicago Tribune. . ' But." asked the sirl's mother v,.,Mf.' you tell he wa going to kiss your' 'Vtti. mnth.r ' ' ..nlll ... i ... m. there wasn't any one to tell. He wnii th only one present and h knew already." Philadelphia Press. Mother That young man who wants t marry our daughter Orace la a penniless young fellow. Father Then Is he also a Graceless youth . -.Indianapolis Star. "That was a queer statement you mad a minute ago. You said you never, hsd any trouble keeping your wife fashionably dressed." "Well, that' the truth. My trotihl come when I don't keep her dressed that way." Buffalo Express. "Tour honor," said the tired Juror, Inter rupting a trial for murder, "I would lik to ak one favor." "Proceed." "Pleaso permit me to change places with the prisoner at the bar." But the court was not to be moved. Philadelphia Ledger. LONGING FOR THE OPBJV. 8. E. Klser In the Record-Herald. I am longing for th hillside and th pa. tures wide and grern, Where the blossom of wild berries are b. alnnina to be seen: I am longing to be straying whese th so i newly turned. Where the lambs are bllthly getting mal that they have never earned: I am longing for the orchards with th1l blossoms aweet and pink I ara longing to be out there, Just to stroll arouna ana minx. I am longing for the open, wher ther ar no whirring wheels. Where the speckled hen Is clucking as ah searcnes ior ner meats. Where the long-leg'd colts ar playing while their mother pull the plow. Where the farmer wean th offspring ot the faithful brlndle cow, Where the tollers work till sunset, having started at the dawn . I am longing to be out ther, merely ss I am longing for the freedom that th r.r Aom ,,. lh- in. tinw.r mw.. the hopes which It destroys. r m an tn angry ranoies, rar rrors Wh.rY ' V-.t. JLiT ...ihin. people's wrongs Oh, 1 long to be there, caring llttl. how CalmlvtehlV ot'oeonl. da' th. work thftt muit ht done Century UP TO DATE THAN OUR 7 aAsa X
