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TTTE OMAHA DAILY BEE: TIIUftSDAY, AmiT, 2,", 1007. Tim Omaha Daily hfe FOUNDED DT EDWAHD R08RTWATEK VICTOR IIOSK WATER, EDITOR. Kntered t Omthii powtoftVe aa second class matter. TERMS Or SL'PSCRIPTtON. TVly R, (without Sunday i. one year..4 no "7, nd nn yr ti.i Bunday He, one fnr " Saturday lice, one year i.wi DEUVFItKI) rtT CAKKIUK. patlr Tie (including (Mmdsy), per week. .150 Daily Hre (without Sunrtaj ), per wek...)0o F.venlng Ties (wlthcmt Sunday!, per week. c Evening llee (with Sunday, per week lie Address complaints of irregularities In delivery to City Circulation Department. ornrra. Omaha The Bee IlulMlng. Bouth Omaha City Hall Building. 'Vunrll Hluffn 10 Pearl Street. Chicago Itno Cnlty Ilulldlng. New York IN Home Life Insurance Wdg. Washington-Ml Fourteenth fltreet. CORRESPONDENCE Communications rlntln(r to news and ed itorial mutter should he addressed. Omha Hce, Kdltorlal Department. RKMITTANCnS. Remit by drnft. eipreaa or postal order. payable to The Pee Publishing Company. payaine to I ne nee furnishing c ompany. Only 2--nt stamps reo. ived in pnymnt of mail accounts. Pcrsomu checks, exorpt on OmnhM or eastern emrhnnKo. not accepted. TUB 1IEK PUBLISHING COMPANY. STATEMENT OF CIRCCLATION. State of Nebraska. Douglas County, aa: Charles C. Hosewater. general manager of The Hen Publishing t'ompnny. hninc duly uxorn, riyn that the scttial number of full and complete copies of The Daily, Momlnif, Evening nnd Sunday Ree printed during the montn or March, 1807, was as folio war 1 39.080 31.990 t 39.910 1 30,800 39.190 ... 39.190 31.970 1 31,80 1 31,960 3140 10 30,400 U 39.370 It 31,870 11 33,590 14 89,840 It 33,680 It..... 3330 IT 30,410 33330 33.930 33,340 83,390 33,60 ao,4o 4,040 33.8M $7 83,880 21 33,780 21 34,130 tO 83,880 II 30,6S0 Total 1,008,660 8,184 Leas unsold and returned copies Net Total 999,379 Dally avernre , 39,337 CHARLES C. ROSE WATER, Oeneral Manager. Subscribed In my presence and sworn to before me this 1st day of April, 1907. (Seal.) M. B. H UNGATE, Notary Public WHEJ OIT OP TOWn. Snhsrrlbers leaving the city tem porarily should hare The Bee mailed to them. Address will be chanced aa often as reejoested. Arbor day reports show that few plum trees are being planted lb any Of the states. "The west must cut loose from Wall itreet" says E. H. Gary, head of the Steel trust It has. . Senator Foraker seems to be In some doubt just now as to whether Ohio is going to stand by him or on alia. President Roosevelt practically ad mits that there Is more fun In being a pacemaker than in being a puace maker. China has ordered 2,000,000 im proved army rifles, probably Just to show that the peace conference debate 'n New York was properly interpreted. A Connecticut man who recently re ceived a Carnegie hero msdal admits that he Is a bigamist Just additional proof of his horolsm. Let htm keep tho medal. It is about time to close the debate on the origin of the campaign funds In 1904. The origin of the funds for 1908 will be the next number on the program. Mrs. Ella Wheeler Wilcox says she feels as young as she did at twenty. Her faculties are certainly unimpaired if she can remember how she felt that long nso. ' Every good citizen of Nebraska sympathizes with Governor Sheldon in bis bereavement by the loss of hi mother. On lurh occasions political differences sink completely. Jacob - RUs, Is giving publicity to lome more of President Roosevelt's Innermost thoughts. It Is difficult to determine whether RUs is Mr. Roose velt's Bos ell or his Burchard. Mayor "Jim's" new dog-muiillng ordinance has made its appearance In the city council, but It remains to be seen whether It will come out of cold storage before fhe dog days aro over. Hon. Hoke 8mlth of Georgia an r.mntes that while in Europe he will not call upon any of the crowned beads. Hi ke is not particularly op posed to crowned beads, but he thinks be needs the advertising. Secretary Root says there will be no difficulty lu settling the San Fran Cisco school Question to the satisfac tion of Japan. Perhaps not, but It may be difficult to settle It to the sat Infliction of San Francisco. The Omaha Woman's club hat Just celebrated Its fourtetm'-h anniversary The dub will soon rack that stage of lipe maturity that will cause hesita tion before boasting about being on the charter meroberthto roll. Colonel Henri Watterson. Just re turned from Europe, predicts that Gov ernor Hughes of New York will be elected, to succeed President Roosevelt. Tho co!one! need look no more for fiat turli.g mention In ths Commoner. The Arkacsas legislature has re peated the law which made It Impos sible tor foreign Insurauce companies to do business In the state. Arkansas Is also showing other signs of recov ering from the gubernatorial regime of Governor Jell Davis. V WHAT BKTAX HFAILT fAin. That portion of the press and public that still lays stress on the utterances of William Jennings Bryan has been considerably exercised over the pub lished reports of a recent address at a TrfTarsi-kn rliv Km nsi In Ilvrwilf 1 vn f ft V ' . lue course ot CIS remark Lionel Bryan declared In favor of the adop- tlon by the democratic party of the .nniiBt nl.n Inltlollw. and rfer- - 1" ( v. ........... endum and, later In his talk, expressed a determination to drive out of the democratic party any man who did not agree with him on certain propositions. The sunimarlied reports of his speech made It appear that Colonel Bryan was going to put on his fighting clothes and rid the democratic ranks of all men who did not endorse the lu ItlatlTe and referendum. It is but fair to the Nebraska orator to give pub licity to the fact that he made no such , ,t,, , it.,,. .threat In that connection. Here Is exactly what Mr. Bryan Mid on the subject of driving people from tho democratic party: The right of the people to irovern t hom ed ves Is the fundamental democratic, doc trine. If there Is a man calling- himself a democrat who does not believe this I shall drive him out of the democratic party, If I can. If the democratic party does not believe fh'a It will have no difficulty In driving- ms out. Now that Is a horse of another color. For once Colonel Bryan is on safe grounds. No living man denies the right of the people to govern themselves" without reference to what party they belong. Mr. Bryan could have said a lot of things along that line. Possibly only a lack of time prevented him from asserting that he would use his voice and pen to drive out of the democratic party any man who does not believe that the earth la round or that the multiplication table should not come before the rules of addition and subtraction In the school arithmetics. Doubtless he could have gone on In eloquent denunciation of democrats who do not believe that water will seek Its level; that labor is worthy of its hire; that honesty la the best policy; that self-defense la na ture's first law; that truth Is mighty and must prevail, and that there may be a deluge of words without a drop of sense. GARBAGE. The mayor and council are again grappling with the, problem of gar bage removal, which, under the condi tions existing here in Omaha, la one of the most difficult problems the city has to meet. When a ten-year gar bage contract was made in 1893, it raised a stench which took years to dispel and it behooves the authorities now to make sure against mistakes before entering into new arrange ments. In the first place, public sentiment generally la against long-time contracts because conditions change so quickly In a rapidly growing city that what may be feasible or suitable as a garbage removal system now may be altogether Inadequate and out of date by the time ten or fifteen years shall have elapsed. While reasonable assurance against loss must be made to warrant any one Investing money in the necessary plant storage vats, horses, wagons, etc.: the city should not be tied up bo that It cannot get out at moderate cost when the time comes to provide Its own system of garbage removal. which eventually will be necessary. The other problem presented by the proposed contract arises out of the dls- inctlon that Is to be made between garbage on one side and refuse, ashes, night soil, manure and dead animals on the other. It only garbage is to be provided for under the proposed contract, the other classes of refuse will have to be taken care ot in an other way, and these, unless handled properly, may constitute nearly as great a menace to the city's health and cleanliness as the other. That more stringent regulations for all hauling and dumping and stricter enforcement ot those regulations are urgently called tor goes without say ing. The authorities must be careful, however, not to close up one side ot the garbage removal box and ' throw the other wide open. LIFK lltSCBAXCK AD HVICWSH. The United States supreme court has finally put a quietus on the "sui cide clause" In life insurance policies. a provision that has caused almost endless litigation in different states for many years. The supreme court's de cision upholds a Missouri law which provides that the suicide of an insured person shall not constitute a valid de fense In resisting payment on the pol Icy against the company. The decision of the court, delivered by Justice Harlan, recognixes the cold equity of the care. The man who takes out a life Insurance policy does so, al most invariably, for the benefit of his family or those dependent upon him. In many cases, particularly with sal aried men, the life Insurance is the only valuable asset of the heirs, who should not, in common Justice, be de prived of their rights In the estate or the protection afforded by It because the holder of the policy is led by some mental warp to end his life. Nothing 'a tui dcclslcn cf tho supremo court will prevent life Insurance companies from protecting themseives against loea by persons who take out insur ance with the intent of defrauding the company by resort to suicide. Such canes are extremely rare and, by very nature ot premeditation, almost in variably suacsptible of proof. Perhaps the most beneficial feature ot the derision will be Its effect upon the Insurance companies. Many ot them still use policies containing the suicide clause, but the gentlemanly a sent is always prcmpt In explaining that the clause is not operative, owlnp to the decisions of different state courts holding It invalid. The state courts have not beon uniform, however, in their decisions upon the point and conflicting laws on the subject have been passed by various state legisla tures. In the meantime, the suicide clause, whether effective or not, has always been sufficient to cloud the con fidence of the Insured and his bene ficiaries In the value ot the policy. Should the supreme court's ruling cause life Insurance companies to drop the clause from their policies entirely it would remove a source of annoy ance and litigation In the settlement of life Insurance claims. TOVGH UX PORTO It ICO. In the promised tariff war between France and the United States. Porto Rico, whose near-cltlrenshlp has proved to be of but sentimental value, Is playing the role of Innocent by stander catching the flying missiles. Several years ago the French govern ment, on its own motion, made an or der reducing the tariff on Porto Rico coffee. This was at the time when President Roosevelt waa using Porto Rlcan coffee at the White House and encouraging Its use In the country. Since that time France has been tak ing about one-sixth of the Porto Rlcan coffee crop, using about 6,000,000 pounds of the berry each year, ' Now, irritated by the concessions granted to the United Slates by Germany, France announces that hereafter the maxi mum duty will be Imposed on Porto Rlcan coffee. This duty Is prohibitive and will deprive Porto Rico of one of its best markets.. Secretary Taft, on the occasion of his recent visit to Porto Rico, assured the cltlrens of that country that the same flag protects them that protects all Americans. But as he failed to assure them that the tariff follows the flag, whether the constitution does or not, the Porto Rlcans are having aa much difficulty as was recently experi enced by Mr. Harrlman In ascertain ing where they stand. Thj closing of the French market will seriously em barrass the Porto Rlcans, as they have now the greatest difficulty In finding a sale for tbelr coffee output. The United States buys but $37,000 annu ally of Porto Rlcan coffee, while franco has been taking about $620, 000 worth annually. A little sum In division discloses the fact that Porto Rico'a quasl-dependency upon ' tha United States Is costing the Porto Rlcan coffee growers almost $600,000 a year In trade. The retaliatory action of the French government is due to the recent trade agreement between the United States and Germay by which concessions in tariff duties are made on wines im ported from Germany. The Unltwd States Imported from France last year champagne valued at $5,613,000 and other wines valued at about $3,000, 000. Under the recent agreement with Germany the wines of that coun try will pay a duty of $6 a dozen when imported into this country, or $2 a doien less than the wines Imported from France. Unless the authorities at Washington show a willingness to put France and Germany on an equal ity in this respect, France threatens to apply its maximum tariff, amount ing to prohibition, against American canned meats, manufactured and pre pared pork meats, lard and its com pounds, fresh and dried fruits, lumber and other articles that "now enter largely into our trade with the French people. While Porto Rico Is the Immediate sufferer from the strained commercial relations, the situation forms another problem for consideration by congress which, by neglecting commercial and reciprocity treaties, has endangered the country's trade with Its most profitable customers. ' South Omaha's school board is un dertaking at last to establish a rule providing for a permanent teachers' list, modeled more or less upon tho system In vogue in Omaha. If the board will be bound by its own rules the new departure cannot help but be an improvement to the extent that It does away with the periodical conten tion over the annual re-election of teachers. The best protection the South Omaha teaching force could have, however, would be that which would come from annexation with Omaha, giving them all the advantages ot permanency, civil service promotion and graduated salary schedules, which have loug been enjoyed by tho teach ers in the Omaha public schools. Governor Sheldon, along with the governors of half the states of the union, has accepted the invitation to send delegates to the trust conference to be held next month at Chicago un der the auspices of the National Civic Federation. At a similar conference on trusts In 1S99. likewise called by the National Civic Federation, Ne braska waa represented by a delegation appointed by Governor Poynter that ranked aa high, if not higher, in the personnel of Its members than the del egations from any of the other states. It is painfully surprising to find Mayor "Jim" attending a meeting ol the city council and congratulating the members at Its close on having com pleted the session's business without a fight. We thoun.it that there was rothlng In which His Honor so de lighted as a good fight and that, next to lassoing a wild steer, he would rather issue a permit for a knockout boxing contest. If the roam il meet ings are to become such tune affairs they will offer nothing to attract the presence of the mayor. In a plan to control the world's rub ber supply, Klrg Iopold of Belgium has become associated with John D. Rockefeller, the Guggenhelms, Sen ator Aldrlch. Colonel Colt of tbo Amer ican Rubber trust and Thomas For tune Ryan. Sympathy that has here tofore been bestowed upon King Leo pold's subjects may row proptrly be extended to him. I The Omaha Water company has filed a new bond of $10,000 to insure compliance with certain laws govern ing its operation. Just to remind us that It is still doing business at the old stand more than four years after the Howell immediate compulsory pur chase bill went on the statute books. The county treasurer's office Is Just now doing a land office business with realty owners, eager to pay their taxes before the penalties of delinquency begin to accrue with the first of the month. Prompt payment of taxes is a pretty good sign of prosperous busi ness conditions. It must not be assumed that Chan cellor Andrews' retiring allowance from the Carnegie foundation must be accepted at once. The chancellor's name Is simply down on the list for a penslcn whenever he stes fit to claim It and there la no dinner that It will get away. The World-Herald inadvertently an nounces that a couple of detectives have worked "a clever ruse." This does not comport with the wholesale charges of that local democratic organ that the police force is made. up only of grafters and incompetenta. Too Hair Taars. Baltimore American. If Mr. Carnegie doesn't look out he will be terribly, confused about his nationality, now that he la an American cltlsen, a Scotch laird and a chevalier of the French Legion of Honor. Kaslna; the Strata. Washington Post The recent peace congress may not havo accomplished anything tangible, but It gave a number of eminent gentlemen a chance to open a few cans of eloquence that threatened to spoil on their hands. Aa Impossible Caadltloa. Brooklyn Eagle (dem.). Mr. Bryan is the most popular democrat tn the union, every day except election day. This has been shown twice, and Is apparently to be shown the third time. In November, 1908. But. we insist, the peer less should carry Nebraska before ha is nominated a third time. Perish the Thought. Philadelphia Record. Roosevelt and Bryan are "the two great est men in all the world" and John Temple Graves of Atlanta, Go., is their prophet Either of the omnipotent two can make the other president of the United States. What they could do if they should unite their strength makes one dizzy to think of. They might put J. T. Q. in the execu tive chair. Pomp of Royalty. Chicago Chronicle. Tha king- of England and the king; of Italy, neither of whom ever heard a shot fired in anger, meet In military pomp and applauding crowds shout themselves hoarse. This seems to Indicate two things: First, that the pomp, pride and circumstance of glorious war, even In make-believe, have a great fascination for twentieth century hu manity; and, secondly, that the democratic idea is not so widespread In Europe as It might be. So long: as kings are able to ex cite popular enthusiasm by dressing up In uniform and playing soldier so long will they be able to postpone the republic. Com Oat of It, Colonel. Cincinnati Enquirer. William J. Bryan has qualities of head and heart which enjoy an extensive con stituency, but really he should not try to load up the debilitated democratic party with all the fads and notions that enter his ample head or that are communicated to him by the too active reformers. Mr. Bryan once nominated himself for presi dent with one of his own speeches. He has been as eloquent as ever lately, and there Is danger, so to speak, that he will do so again. The multitude doesn't usually analyse Mr. Bryan's speeches. They are content with sotm-thlug said well. IAMB LAW FOR RICH AND POOR. SlaalScanc of tha Coarletloa of Wealthy Low Breakers. Chicago News. A federal jury In Chicago baa found tho Standard Oil company guilty of receiving rebates in defianca of law. As a result of this verdict it may be required to pay mil lions of dollars In fines. Of course it will continue to flht. This is the way rich de fendants Invariably respond to convictions. But somewhere In the hUlory of this not able prosecution even the greatest of trusts very likely will have to quit fighting and make amends for Its misdeeds. The maat.es of the people are profoundly Impressed by the courage and persistence of federal cJIictals under the present ad ministration in following up great offend ers and demanding that Justice be meted out to them. The people long have been familiar with the cynical saying that there is one kind of law tor the rich and another for the poor. "Laws grind the pocr, the rich men rule the law." says' QoldamJth. Buch saylnga Jump with common experi ence. The present struggle against this ancient wrong Is of deep slgnlfleance. One successful prosecution will not change the methods of unscrupulous mta who wield the power of great wealth. Hut It will go far to destroy ttie tradition cf their omnipotence. It will overcome the superstition that the forces of Justice ap plied tn an orderly wy by the machinery of the law are too feeble to cope with or gan zed greed. It will demonstrate that the people's government Is stronger than the people's oppress rs. There Is a growing- hope of dellveranoe from long-standing abuses on one side and threats of wild eperlments In government on the other In the successes won by the Itornx-velt method of applying lawful pun ishments where they are most needed. In Tiew ff this most fortunate situation the rage of the president's reactionary critics ia nnimnortant. thoujrh amusing , noun . not t nkw york. Ripples na the Carrent of Llfo the Metropolis. From the flowery to Tonkers, from Wll MnniRburg to the boundary line ot Hobo ken, in subway nnd skyscraper canyons, the muggy air of Manhattan la streaked with a wrnth. of "the finest." vbr two or more cops congregate there indignation roasts and sissies. Police Commissioner Bingham has them on the Jump and no "ropper-on-the-beat" knows when or where the next bomb will explode. Indignation and anxiety permeslea "the system." All this springs from the new law Investing the cominlnsloner with extraordinary power In handling the force. His first use of that power was to reduce eight of the Inspectors who are accused of con trolling the department through a sort of conspiracy known aa "The System," to the rank of captain, and to send them to widely scattered station houses. The men who have taken the places of the deposed Inspectors are captains designated by the commissioner a acting Inspectors, and as signed to the various districts. There Is nothing to prevent the commissioner from sending these new appointees back to the oommand of a precinct at a moment's no tice. Twenty-seven deteotlve sergeants have been reduced In rank and sent to do patrol duty In uniform at various station houses. That Is only a beginning. It la expected that In a week or two about 100 of the US detective sergeants will be re turned to uniform, while their places will be taken by patrolmen assigned to the work. A head for the bureau has not yet been selected, but a plan of organization Is announced like that of the Scotland Yard office In London. Men who have spe cial knowledge of any branch of crime and the men who follow It. will be aaslgned to a squad under an acting captain devoted to that Una of detective work. "By hli latest move," says the Brooklyn Eagle, "General Bingham puts himself In control of both sides of the police situation. If he Is able to organise a thoroughly effi cient detective bureau his prestige will be Increased and his power to keep the in spectors whom he suspects out In pre cincts where the pasturage la lean will Increase also. If his detective bureau Is a failure he will put a powerful weapon Into the hands of those former autocrats with which to force his own resignation. The forces which they represent were ones able to secure the transfer of an ener getic police commissioner to Washington." All records of immigration at the port of New York are about to be broken bv the arrival qf an Immense fleet bringing 40,000 aliens from European ports, chiefly Italy and Germany. The vessels are all due within the next few weeks. Immigration Commissioner Robert Watchorn said: "The Inrush promises to be the greatest that we bave ever had here. We have been rushed to death almost In the last few weeks, but the coming- days are likely to tax our registry clerks and other officials to the last point The Invasion of the remarkable army of immigrants Is due to the persis tent demand for labor. Work Is plentiful all over the United States, and It la gen erally known all over Europe that wages are good here and that nobody need go Idle If he wants to work." The agents of the Irish and German labor societies at the Battery reported an Inability to procure domestio servants to meet the demand. Owing to the scarcity of money In tha city treasury Comptroller Mets has In formed Andrew Carnegie that the city could not aocept any new free libraries for the next two years. At the same time Comptroller Mts told the Board of Esti mate that $300,000 was needed to acquire property for Carnegie library si tea The Board of Estimate has awarded tha contract for the interior finish of the new public library to the John Pierce com pany, which bid 13,330,000. The John Pierce company's bid waa the lowest of several sent to the comptroller for the finishing work on the library .and the mayor an nounced that the completion of the work under that contract would bring the total cost of the library up to $10,000,000. A rep resentative of the Central Federated union protested against the award on the ground that the Pierce company had no plant In this city. He was told to make his protest to the contractors. Carriers of concealed weapons got the worst shock of all last Saturday, when Judge Rosalsky sent one of the stiletto and revolver band to state prison for one year and four months. This Is the heaviest sen tence vet Imposed In the course of the crusade to rid the city of foreigners who go about wearing concealed weapons. Thirty-three additional Indictments were handed down by the grand Jury on Sat urday against Italians who had been ar rested for carrying stilettos, alungshots and brass knuckles. Eight men were sen tenced In the court of special sessions charged with carrying revolvers. A re markable labor union order waa Issued by Tito Pacelll, president of the Rnckmen and Excavators' union of the Federation of Labor. It directed the searching of all members attending the iooal branches of the union in New York, Yonkers and Mount Vernon before they enter the hall, and that any weapon found on the mem bers shall be confiscated and turned over to the police. Mr. Pacelll was orve of the delegates to the peace congress Just ended. New York's "Suburban Homes company," organised to Improve the dwellings of the poor, finds Itself making money In spite of low rents. It has so far built four largo groups of model tenements for white oc cupants and another for negroes. A typ ical three-room apartment In one of the company's blocks Is occupied by a scrub woman. For It she pays a rental of $13 a month. It Is reached by a well-lighted, steam-heated hall and a stairway built of fireproof material. Her three little roomj comprise a sitting room, kitchen and bed room. The sunlight falls upon plain, neat furniture. Rentals vary from $10 a month for two rooms to $21.60 a month for four rooms and bath. Despite these prices the stockholders are getting per cent divi dend. This shows what large sums other property owners must be getting out of rentals. Proserotlon of Lsad Grabbers. Philadelphia Record. Whether Secretary OarnVld will be as energetic as Secretary Hitchcock in the prosecution of land thieves is yet to be j demonstrated. But the proceedings which I Mr. Hitchcock instituted arc being pushed I aa though there had been no change In the J secretaryship. Three eminently rcsectable citlsens hsve Just been convicted in Omaha of defrauding the government of a portion of Its domsin. Two of them are banker who capitalised the projoct and the third ! got old soldiers from half a dosn states to make homestead entries and then turn their claims over to the syndicate. No participant in this sort of swindle can plead Ignorance. Affidavits are required and every man who makes oath to a state ment of his own acts knows whether he is u-lllng the truth or committing perjury. Cottlac tho Aproa Stria. Baltimore American. ' England is reporud to be rather startled I at tha bold demand of the colonial repre ' sentatlves for freedom for the colonies as ! Independent nations. But In these ad vanced times parent countries cannot ex I pect flourishing and tufty children to stsy j tied to tha mother country's apron string. PER0t AI. MOTE. George E. Taylor, who ran for president threa years ago on the national liberty party platform, la at present a member of the police force of Ottumwa. la. Charles M. Schwab Just now has an am bition to make his manual training achool at Huiiierteiul. Pa-, larger and broader In scope than the Carnegie Technical school at Pittsburg. Stephen V. White, the old-time magnate of Wall street, who was active thirty years ago. has finally retired from the street His title of "deacon" was rightfully used, as he was one of ths pillars In Henry Ward Beecher'a church. Seamus McManua, the writer of Irish folk stories. Is In Washington ap5 nM called or the president. He and Mrs. Roosevelt had a long chat about literary matters, the president expressing a keen Interest In Irish songs and general litera ture. Prof. James A. Harrison of the Vnlver rtty of Virginia, author of a life of Edgar Allan Poe, Is urging a permanent memorial to the poet In Baltimore. He suggests a lectureship at Johns Hopkins university on the lines of the Turnhull foundation, or something of that kind. Seventeen cadnta at the West Point Mili tary academy have been called on the car pet for violating the new rule against loan ing coats to girl visitors. When the future heroes of the army so far forget the tradi tions of the-service and substitute coats for arms they deserve all that la coming to them by the articles of war. William I. Buchanan, one of the dele gates appointed by President Roosevelt to The Hague peace congress In June, Is re garded as one of the most tactful men ever In th. diplomatic service of ths gov ernment and It Is expected that he will take a prominent part in the proceedings at The Hague this summer. There died In Montgomery, Ala., a few days ago the daughter of George Wash ington's secretary. Her name was Mlsa Anne Frobel, and she was K years old. Miss Frobel was a cousin of Frederick Frobel, the founder of the kindergarten educational system. She was burled at Alexandria, by the side of her father and mother. The admirers of the late Edwin M. Stan ton, attorney general In the cabinet of James Buchanan and secretary of war under Abraham Lincoln, are planning for the erection of a bronze statue of heroic size to his memory at Steubenvllle, O. Gen eral Thomas T. Eckert of New York City, who was assistant secretary of war under Stanton, has contributed liberally. William J. Burns, the United States se cret service agent whose recent trapping of every member of San Francisco's cor rupt board of supervisors Into a full con fession, la considered a fine piece of work, has an International reputation as a detec tive. He began life as a cutter In a tailor shop, and waa 2E years old when he took his first detective case in Columbus, O. THE UNITED STATUS UNIFORM. Feature of the Rallns of tho Superior Coart of Rhode Island. Philadelphia Ledger. Judge Sweetland of the Rhode Island superior court rendered a decision lately adverse to Chief Yeoman Buenzle of tha United States navy. In a case which Is already celebrated. Buenzle presented himself In uniform at tha doors of the Newport Amusement Association's dancing pavilion last September and proffered an admission Uckst Ths ticket taker re fused to accept tha ticket or to admit the sailor, but offered to return the sum of 25 cents, the pries of the ticket. Ths yeoman is a presentable man; hs was sober and well behaved, but he wore the uniform of the United States. Ths pre sumption was and Is that the sole ground for excluding him was tha fact Hhat he was In uniform. Inasmuch as tbe practice of discriminating against the uniform had become very common and Intensely distaste ful to the naval officers and men, the Buenzle Incident afforded the opportunity for a test case and naval officers at New port and elsewhere, aided by contributions from tha president and others, decided to get a legal decision. The Rhode Island court decides that Buenzle may sue only for breach of con tract, with the right to recover simply the prce of the ticket and the small ex pense Incurred In attempting to gain ad mission. The court holds. In accordance with other recent decisions In theater cases, that the proprietors of a place of public amusement may use their own dis cretion In excluding any person; that their motives are not to be questioned, and that they may exclude a man either because he does not wear evening dress or because he does wear a uniform, or, In fact, for any reason which may appear satisfactory to the theater management It Is to be hoped that the case will not be permitted to rest. It Is possible that there Is no law which will protect the uniform of the United States, or it may be Impossible to draw a general law which would protect the uniform without at the same time taking away from the proprie tors of places ot amusement proper rights and safeguards; but however that may be, the officers of the navy, the War and Navy departments and the president are to be urged and encouraged to make the most determined effort to create a public opinion so strong and aggressive that every class of people In the United States who pretend to be patriotic Americans will not dare to erect a barrier against the uniform of the army and navy of this country, whether there be any law gov erning the case or not. Much Obliged, Mr. Weather Man! SPRING'S here at last, and our ancefancy hosieryjight weight suspend ers belts and all other articles for men's wear are here, and they are right. Our hat department is showing all the the new shapes in both soft and stiff shapes that are good. Brown s in Town. Mallory Cravenette Hats We are uole agents. Browning, Ming i Co B. B. VIXOOZ. Maaagar. UOVKRIOh LARRARF.F. FOOI.FP TX, fteaests of Railroad I.esUlatloa la lw Years tin, Washington Herald. Former Oornor William Larrabee of lows, who w in Washington the other day and for th first time dlscuaved the railroad aueatlot with President has done more, nrhsps, than any other on man in ths west to brfng the transporta tion companies II that section under state control and regulation. Incidentally, It may also be said that he was a snd disap pointment to the railroad Interests which entered enthusiast rally Into his campaign for mvernor. Thlt waa back In the '. , For sixteen years trior to his nomination for governor Mr. isrrahee had been a member of the sonie at Pes Moines, and In that capacity hn been accounted a ' "railroad wens tor." 'aturally, when he an nounced his candMa.y for governor ths rallroada supported rim. He had not oo- t cupled the executive office long before a case of unusual ritllipad oppression waa called to his attention. Thla set him to studying the other sld. of the question, as a result of which hr formulated and pushed throtiKh the leg sin Hire the present railroad commission la of Iowa, one of the most stringent measircs of the kind In the country, or, at least, such It was con- , sldered In the original fomi nnd while Gore- , ernor Larrabee was at Poi Moines to guard It from too much amendlig. Governor Larrabee Is, and always has been, a real farmer. He is one of ths largest landowners In Iowa, and has ao- , cumulated an Immense forttne thrmiKh ac tual farming operations and not land spec- . illation. His home Is at CHrmont. In ths ' extreme northeastern section of the state, and his home farm In Fayette county con sists of many thousands of acres. He is now 7G. but is hale and hearty. passing pi.kasa vrniF.. "I aln' got time to kick about de post of llvln'." snld Uucle Eben. "Vn too busy hustlln' foh de price." Washington Star. "Mr. Chumley Is doing slum work. Does he like It?" "Enjoys It Immensely. You see he's never had a chance to sow any wild oats." Cleveland Plain-Dealer. Tie's the most eccentric autnlst I ever met. He's got such queer notions about his machine." "Thinks It's the very best made, I sup pose." "No, he says he bought It because It was cheap." Philadelphia Press. The man In the Iron Mask explnlned: "Trying to keep out of the $6.OCO,0u0 con- pplracy list." In view of activity from Washing-ton ther forebore to press him further. New York Bun. Hoax Did you really enjoy your stay In Paris T Joax-.T came home In the steerage. Boston Record. George III was wondering how the ap ple got In the dumpling. "Another dinner conspiracy," he ejacu lated. Herewith the royal reason tottered on Its throne. New York Sun. "It's no use your kicking about the grow-. Ing popularity of the automobile," said Skorcher, "for nothing will stop It. It's bound to carry everything before It." "Well," replied the plain cltlien. "I da hope It will eventually carry Its smell bo- . fore It" Philadelphia Press. WHO SAID SPRING f Who said spring? I avow Winter made his exit bow Weeks ago, when Easter bonnets Furnished theme for April sonnets; Elbow sleeves and purple arms Wasted on Jack Frost their charms; An' 'stead of plckln' violets, all Shovelled snow or played snowball. Who said spring? Did you evsrl Said the poet "Well, I never Fell In such a spring-like - mood! Longed to wander In the wood. Welcomed each returning bird With a rapture quite absurd; Then Jack Frost comes buttln' In To spoil our plans an' ev'rythln'; An" 'stead of gettln' closo to natur '' Ws sit an hug the radiator." Who said spring? 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