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THE OMAIIA DAILY BEE: SATURDAY, JUNE 1, 1007. T.1E-OMAHA DAILY BeI FOUNDED BT EDWARD ROSE WATER. VICTOR ROSEWATER. EDITOR. . Entered at Omaha, postofT.ee aa seoond claaa matter. TEAMS OF BUBSCRIPTION. DslJy Ite i without Sunday), one year. .WOO Dally Bee and (Sunday ona jraar S00 Sunday ona year $-f Saturday Bee, ona year l-W DELIVERED BT CARRIER. Delly pea (Including Sunday), per week..!5o Dally Bee (without Sunday), per week...lOe Evening pr (without Sunday), per week. 80 Evening Bee (with Sunday), per week... .100 Address all romplalnta of Irregularities In delivery to City Circulation Department. OFFICES. Omaha The Bee riuildlng. South Omaha City Hall Hulldlng. Council Bluffs 16 Scott Street. ChlviO"1640 Unity Building. ' New Vork 1WW Home Mfe Insursnce BIdf. Washington 601 Fourteenth Street CORRESPONDENCE. Communications relating 10 news and edi torial matter should be addressed. Omaha Bee, Editorial Department. REMITTANCES. Remit by draft, empress or postal order, payable to The Bee publishing Company. Only 2-rent stamps received In payment of mall accounts. Personal checks, except on Omaha or eastern exchange, not accepted. THE BEE PUBLISHING COMPANY. STATEMENT OF CIRCULATION. "State of Nebraska, Douglas County, ss. Charles C. Rpeewator, general manager of The Bee Publishing Company, being duly sworn, says that the actual number of full and complete copies Of The Dally; Morning, Evening and Sunday Bee printed during the month of April, WW. wai as iohows: 1 83,970 I. 04,00 t 04,110 4..... 84.3S0 04,330 04,330 V 81,400 85,090 ll" ' 80,090 !t 34.840 0,' 85,010 a 83,350 j' 85,090 86,300 80,430 35,470 3o,340 t,., 85,530 21 84,600 II 35,610 SO 86,050 84,380 1 34,460 10 84,800 84,410 sa,rao 80,880 33,400 84,690 14 84,830 Total JUOS8,410 Less unsold and returned copies. . 9,864 Net total 1,098,540 Dally average 84,884 CHABLES C. ROSEWATER. General Manager. ' Subscribed In my presence and sworn to before me this Sutl n day or April, uwi (Seal) M. B. HUNQATE, Notary Public. WHEN OCT OF TOWH. Subscriber leaving tbe city tern porarlly should have The Bee mailed to them. Address will be changed as often aa requested. Open season for the June brides. Good by, May; and you needn't hurry hack. . Lost One Spring. Finder will please refrain from returning It. "What makes a magazine great?" 'asks ono of them. The advertising. Let us hope that the month of roBes and brides will live up to Its reputa tlon. Wall street Is again crying "Panic,' but the rest of the country seems to be a little iiard of hearing. The corner In the camphor market woald be more Important If there was any occasion for using moth balls this year. . . Harmony reports from the political field in Ohio are as unreliable as "Fair and warmer" predictions of the weather bureau. : Dollar gas, the dog muxzle and the, referendum is a most imposing trio the natural result of democratic ef forts at city administration. As yet there has been no announce ment from headquarters that the man who wrote the story of Jonah and the whale was a "nature faker." The best evidence that Methuselah did not live to be 900 years old is that he has left no reminiscences of the late springs in his boyhood days. 8ecretary Straus says worklngmen should receive better pay and be charged less for the necessaries of life. Bure, but how is it to be managed? ' Like most women, Mrs. Howard Gould naturally likes attention, but she objects to the attention showed her by detectives In her husband's employ. ' That Chicago flat owner who Is of fering special Inducements for tenants with children must bo bidding for a commendatory letter from the White House. "Ought a woman forgive the man Oho loves, even though he la rude and Insulting?" asks the New York Herald. She will, without reference to' whether she ought to do so. Chicago packers threaten to advance tko price of meat on account of the fclgh price of wheat. A confession that the packers want the money would bo more, honest. An Ohio woman wants a divorce bo cause her husband has not taken a bath since last August She seems to forget that there has not been any warm weather since last August. "The republican platform next year must be made of strong planks," says the Philadelphia NPress, . which evi dently expects Mr.' Taft to be the man wlio is going to stand on the platform. President Roosevelt's , plan to have the books and accounts of railway cor porations subject to minutest inspec' tlon by federal officials opena the way for I lot of interesting Information concerning Items that make up the "expense of the legal department." Chief Forecaster Frankenfeldt from Lis aerie In Washington pronounces the weather cold, but not too cold This may be all right as an official view, but ho might change his mind It ho should interview some Nebraska farmers and gardens- Ttstisa TH It was not to bo expected that the Nebraska railroads would accept the verdict of the people without some thing of a protest. History has taught us that no move to restrict the opera tions of the great corporations in Ne braska will be permitted to progress to effective conclusion without stand ing the test of all the Ingenuity that expert attorneys can . bring to bear to thwart Its design. The new Railway commission Is now in a fair way to undergo this test. Two of the great railroads of the state have refused to comply with a simple provision of the law, and have thua placed themselves in an attitude of defiance to the au thority "of the board. The matter has been passed up to the attorney gen eral for advice as to what step should be taken to compel compliance with the board's order. At other times The Bee has pointed out the mistake of the purblind policy pursued by the Nebraska railroads. At a time when throughout the coun try efforts are being made to con ciliate an outraged public and bring about a better feeling toward the rail road companies, as such, the men who manage the affairs of the Burlington and Union Pacific have taken occasion to defy the state authority again. In refusing to furnish a list of pass hold ers, as required by law, these com panies merely assert their intention to do as they please, regardless of what the people wish. It is an attitude frequently assumed by these roads, and which has proved, In a moral sense, at least, disastrous. Again and again have the people gone into the courts to enforce their rights sgainst these railroads, and Just as often have they won. The outcome of the prospective suit cannot, of course, be foreseen, nor is it likely that the entire structure of the railroad commission law will depend on the determination of the controversy over the free pass list. It Is the spirit that actuates the railroads in their refusal that is complained of. Whatever the tesult, it is certain not to lead to a calmer view of the railroad situation in Nebraska. ANOTHER PANIC SIDETRACKED. Forecasts of the president's message indicating the administration's future policy toward railroads, unfavorable crop reports and disturbing informs tlon concerning the money markets lu foreign capitals had apparently sup piled Wall street manipulators with material for another panic scare, pre liminary hints of which have been carried in the financial dispatches from New York for several days. But the panic has been sluetracked, sharing the fate of the home-made scare, which the speculators worked up a few weeks, ago. Just as the criminal forecasts of industrial depression were ready for circulation, Prof. James C. Mona ghan, for many years an economic ex pert in the government employ, pre sented his preliminary report on a de tailed investigation of industrial con ditions 'throughout America. "At no time in America's history," says Prof. Monaghan, "has there been ampler warrant for business confidence. The civilized world is calling for the pro ducts of American farms and factories and the ' demand is clready great enough to tax our facilities of produc tlon to the utmost for. several years, even If the orders should cease, in stead of increasing constantly as they are." Pittsburg and Birmingham steel mills supplement Prof. Monaghan's statement with some cold industrial facts that indicate that the panic pre dictors have not been honest, even with themselves. Birmingham reports that the products of its steer mills have all been sold for the year 1907 and that all the iron and steel they can turn out Is sold while it Is still in the molten state. Pittsburg adds that ten rail roads, some of the managers of which were leaders In the panic talk, have ordered more than 500,000 tons of steel rails for delivery before the end of the present year, and some of them have already placed orders for 1908 and even 1909 delivery. A summary of business, agricultural and industrial conditions in every sec tlon of the nation, , from Maine ' to Texas and from New York to Call fornla, shoVs a prodigal production of American resources, under which Wall street panic Is submerged and swamped before It gets a fair start There is no geographical limit to the national prosperity. Even Wall street feels It and is forced to unwillingly recognize it. tOWMR TO FIX RAILROAD RATES. The supreme court of the UnlteHl States has made a most important de cision In a case Involving the new fed oral railway rate law, and has set at rest a point that was the subject of much discussion and a wide difference of opinion while the bill was pending in congress. The court has held without a dissenting vote, that the In terstato Commerce commission has power, under the provisions of the law to fix rates that may bo charged by railroad and other transportation com panics doing an Interstate commerce business. Under the old law the In terstato Commerce commission had au thorlty to declare a rate unjust and to order it changed, but had no power to enforce its decrees. When the prea ent law was pending in the senate Mr Foraker led the fight against the pro vision enlarging the powers of th commission. He contended that con tress had no competency to bestow Ju dlclal powers on tho Interstate Com merce commission and Insisted that It the law were passed It would be held unconstitutional. Senator Forake and several of his colleagues clamored for a "court review"- cSauso which ould prevent the enforcement of the commission's orders until the case had been passed upon by a court of compe tent Jurisdiction. The supremo court evidently was not Impressed by the Foraker plea. In the case submitted to it the South ern railway had ordered an advance of cents a hundred on lumber shipped from southern stales to Ohio river points. Lumbermen resisted the ad vance and appealed to the Interstate Commerce commission, which decided the rate unjust and directed the rail way company to restore the old rate. The railway company appealed to the supreme court, which, by its ruling, has upheld the constitutionality of the railway rate law on the one point that was eVer seriously disputed. The decision is of greatest impor tance to the shippers and contains much significance for railway man gers. In the old days an appeal from rate fixed by the railroads meant ears' In the courts, resort to delays of all kinds, with the result that shippers were usually worn out before an ad- udlcation of their cases could be se cured. Under the new law and the decision of the court of last resort the findings of the Interstate Commerce commission are final. The shipper as a promise of a prompt considera tion of his grievances and the applica tion of the remedy where his conten tions are sustained. Railroad man agers probably will decide to submit to the inevitable and now accept the provisions of the new law, which calls for a new policy in their treatment of their patrons. MERIT ST STEM lit APPOINTMENTS. Secretary Root and Secretary Cor telyou have both delivered addresses recently In which they touched upon the change in modern political man agement by which merit, rather than party service, is the chief factor con sidered In appointing persons to post tlons In the federal service. -Secretary Cortelyou expressed the opinion that party service should be rewarded, but that the reward should go only to men who had the merit, plus party service. Secretary Root was less lenlentXoward party workers" and declared that 'political parties ought to be brought back to the sole performance of their proper function as organizations for the promotion of prinlcples and poli cies, free from control by mere offlce holdlng combinations." In the course of his address, which was delivered to the students at Yale, Secretary Root said: " v Unfortunately there has grown up tn poll- tics' in the United States the practice of considering the service of party workers leading to the nomination and the election of candidates as the controlling reason for the appointment of those party workers to places at the disposal of candidates after their election. That practice has resulted from the prevalent understanding that there s aa Implied agreement by every successrui candidate for ah elective office to reward the support by exercising his governmental powers for the appointment or employment of his supporters. Both of these members of the presl dent's cabinet apparently are taking too much to heart some of the relics of the spoils system, now happily be coming obsolete. The practice In the administration of President Roosevelt, and largely in that of President Mc- Kinley, has been to break away from the old custom of parceling the federal patronage in the different states to the party workers who . made the most noise in the preceding campaign. ' The idea that a man should have public office merely because he is entitled to political reward is entirely out of touch with the best public thought of the day, . Mr.' Root and Mr. Cortelyou have done their share toward pro moting, the improved condition. As secretary of state Mr. Root has so re formed the consular service that posi tions in it are obtained only after com petitive examinations, Instead of being distributed among political workers as wss formerly the case. As post master general, Mr. Cortelyou removed the fourth-class postmasters and the rural free delivery employee from the field of politics and placed -them un der the merit system. The entire trend for several years has been along this line, and each year a larger pro portion of federal officeholders are placed under the civil service classifi cation, thus insuring them retention in office as long as they are worthy and competent, regardless of the changes In political administration. Instead .of worrying about existing conditions, both Mr. Root and Mr. Cortelyou have cause for congratulating the public on the improvement that has been msde in the federal service and the promise of still greater achievements in that lino. v In an interview in Paris, Tom Law- son predicts that President Roosevelt will be nominated by both the repub lican and democratic conventions next year. It may be added that Mr. Law son haa been suffering from a nervous collapse and Is traveling In Europe for hla health. Evidently his condition is alarming. , Tho boosters will use plenty of printers' ink in tho way of booklets on their Journey west; but they should remember that the newspaper is pub lished every day in tho year, and that "keeping everlastingly at it brings success." The 1(8 young women members of the graduating class at Vassar have agreed to eschew silks and satins and wear plain white dresses on com mencement day. Still, unless the weather man relnta, white will not look so well with furs. The county commissioners are in something of a deadlock over the con struction of a new court house and tho solution is not In eight Ono thing la certain, and that Is that the people of Douglas county will not be content with any move that smacks in the slightest degree of real estate specula tion. The sale of the old poor farm la not a forgotten incident, and tho board should profit by the experience of that unfortunate deal. Mayor Jim is going to Wyoming to orate to the cowboys on the Glorious Fourth. His year's experience In man aging a fractious city council will give him a bigger story to tell than an bucking broncho he ever sat astride of. Chief Donahue wears the smile that won't come off, despite the frenzied assault of the Evening Plnklet The chief makes his report to the Board of Fire and Police Commissioners and not to the yellow Journals of Omaha. A Second-Rater. Cleveland Leader. . In Ohio and outside the state It Is all the same. Senator Foraker can no longer get himself taken seriously as a national leader. Keeping; Field Officers la Trim. Brooklyn Eagle. The president's demand that field officers should know how to ride Is appropriate. Nobody can tell how soon or how long headquarters may be in the saddle. Indeflalteness of Hot Air. Baltimore News. Senator Daniel of Virginia says that the democratic platform should be confined to those things upon which democrats are generally agreed, but he forgets to men tion what they are. The Crows of Glory. Washington Herald. The young American who expressed his willingness to swap his chance to become president for a circus ticket probably will revise his opinion, now that free admission to all ball games, for life, is ona of the perquisites of the office. Pallman Rates Excessive. St Louis Republic. The Interstate Commerce commission la very likely Intrusted with ample authority to adjust charges of the Pullman company to the reasonable basis upon which they should be projected. It can be counted upon not to be unjust to the company, and It Is to be hoped It will have the courage to be equally Just to the traveling public If it Is, there will be a wholesale rear rangement of tho schedule of sleeping car charges. Competition All Powerful. . New York Times. 'He 'who first shortened the labor of copyists by device of movable types was disbanding hired armies, and cashiering most kings and senates, and creating a whole new democratic world," said Carlyle. He who shall first market a cheaper sub stitute for petroleum' will accomplish more than presidents, congresses, commissioners of corporations, attorneys general, political capitalists, referendum, and mass meetings can do toward hurnblllng the pride of Standard oil. Wiser Than the Critics. San Francisco Chronicle. Just now the city of San Francisco Is affording considerable amusement to the outside world, but by and by the practices which prompt much gibing will be atten tively studied and then perhaps It will be seen that we are wiser than our critics, and that the safest plan Is to keep scoundrels In office. There Is one advantage attached to this method of governing a municipality. There Is no chance for the people to be deceived, because the rascals have already been found out Daniel and the Presidency. Springfield Republican. Continued talk In quarters hostile to Mr. Bryan of the desirability of nominating some southern democrat such particularly aa Senator Daniel of Virginia, Indicates the poverty of those who seek a candidate within the party to oppose - to 1 the Ne braskan. Senator Daniel Is a courteous, polished gentleman of the old school, a brave veteran of the confederacy, and a poetic orator who Is at his best In a fu neral oration, but putting him forward for the presidency would be absurd. Increased Demand for Lsmker. Philadelphia Ledger. This country has now reached a point with- respect to the depletion of timber at which Germaify arrived 150 years Ago. In the meantime the German states have greatly Increased the forest yield without Impairing the forest capital by a rigor ously administered system of governmental control. The demand for lumber has In creased so greatly In recent years In the United States that It Is now regarded as well worth while to recover the millions of feet of logs sunk In the rivers of the northwest. It is estimated that there are 100,000,000 feet of timber lying In the bottom of the Saginaw river alone. With the price of pine lumber 100 per cent h'grher than It Was ten years ago, the river beds present an inviting field for exploration. Hard Lines for Insurance Magnates. Kansas City Star. The Indictment of President John E. Hegeman of the Metropolitan Life Insur ance company on ten counts Involving per jury and forgery, Is one of the most startling of all the Insurance scandal de velopments. Mr. Hegeman, before the Hughes Investigation, was a man of great power In financial circles. His salary was enormous. He was very rich. He could 1 1 . I . V. . . . . Il-.lt IT !m V; . V L. v salnt-Uke In appearance that when his be - nlgnlty was called to the attention of Mr Hughes In the course of the Investigation Mr. Hughes softly replied: "But no aafht was ever as holy as Mr. Hegeman looks." The Indictments against this somewhat re markable man may not stand. But the fact that there is evidence to Justify their return by a grand Jury Is a forceful com mentary on the practices into which some of the great men of finance have fallen. It throws new light on "conventional crimes." which, in the Jlght of recent de velopments, seem to be about the worat of crimes. CIVIL AND MILITARY TRIALS. Aeealttal hy Either Tribunal Held to Be Final. Springfield (Mass.) Republican. The constitution of the United States waves over the Philippines at least In re spect to the provision that a man may not be placed twice In Jeopardy of life or limb for the same offense. Bo much Is mads clear by the supreme court's decision In the case of the soldier Grafton, who was tried and acquitted on a charge of murder by an army court-martial, and later for the same offense was convicted by a civil court tn the Islands and sentenced to Im prisonment But the question whether so much of the constitution applies there by Its own force or only by force of congress the court does not go Into, as tt was not necessary, congress having made the ap plication. The decision la of Importance only In placing an army court-martial on a level with civil ' eoui ta In the trial of offenses which are such under, civ U-aa well as military law. OTHER t,AVl)9 TIJA OIKS. Representatives of forty-six countries, comprising the natlonsl units of the civil ised world, are gathering at The Hague to participate In the second peace conference, which assembles June IB. . Sessions will be held In the 'Hall of the Knights," the largest chamber In a famous thirteenth century castle built by the counts of Hol-j land In the old days when they, with the bishops of Utrecht were masters and mon archy of the Low country. Within these ancient walls, their gloom dispelled by modern decorations and fixtures, questions I of far-reaching Importance will be dls y ' cussed. The vital one. directly affecting the world's peace, the question of limit ing national armies and navies, Is not likely to receive serious consideration. Germany's emphatic objection, in which Great Britain Is reported to have concur red, removes disarmament from the range of present-day possibilities. By means of arbitration treaties, It Is hoped the con ference will reach a definite agreement as effective for the peace of the world as disarmament. American Interests are In volved In the so-called Drago doctrine, prohibiting nations using force In collect ing debts from other nations, and the American representatives will urge affirma tive action. These with related questions of minor Importance are expected to pro long the deliberations of the conference for two months. The delegation of the United States consists of Joseph H. Choate, former ambassador to Great Britain; Gen eral Horace Porter, former ambassador to France; Judge U. M. Rose of Arkansas, former president of the American Bar as sociation; Dr. David Jayne Hill of Now York, American minister to the Nether lands; Brigadier General George B. Davis, United States army; Rear Admiral Charles S. Sperry, United States navy; William I. Buchanan of Iowa, former minister to Argentina; Chandler Hale of Maine, sec retary of the delegation; James Brown Scott of California, expert in International law, and Charles Henry Butler of Wash ington, expert attache. When the allied armies of America, Eu rope and Japan went to the relief of their respective ministers Imperilled by the Boxer rebellion In Peking, the Japanese di vision distinguished Itself above all others by, refusing to participate In the orgies of loot which characterized the invasion of the Chinese capital. American and Teu ton, Saxon and Slav, laid hands on the treasures of palaces and stores, museums and homes, and caused a temporary con gestion of shipping facilities from China to the homes of the Invaders. Correspon dents on the spot agreed that the Japa nese were Idle spectators of the shameful spectacle and were shocked by the scenes of unrestrained looting presented by rep resentatives of a "superior civilisation." The temptation was great, but the Japs put the tempter aside. That the lessons of occidental thrift In reaching for oriental treasures were not wholly lost on the Japanese is shown by their enthusiastic seal In stripping Cores. The energy held In check at Peking recently was concen trated on a famous national shrine near Seoul. Permission to remove It to Japan being refused by the Corean princes, the Japs quietly raxed It, stone by stone, placed the material on ships and had It safely In port when the Coreans woke up. Indignant protests were uttered and were as effective as the wrath of the Chinese. The marble pagoda of P'unkduk la In Japan to stay, and will soon decorate the landscape of the empire, a fitting com panion piece tof the Klots temple hallowed by the remains of 10,000 ears plucked from Coreans by the warriors of Hedeyoskl,"the Napolean of Japan, In the sixteenth cen tury. "Austria, save the New York Tribune, "Is Just beginning the experience which France haa had and which Germany is wrestling with that of a parliamentary country without a true party system, but In Its place a multitude of minority factions, and with the governmental majority there fore always dependent upon a more or less arbitrary and Incongruous coalition. In Germany the case Is worse than In Prance, because of the composite character of the empire. Again, In Austrja It la worse than In Germany, because that empire Is still more composite, consisting, not as Germany does, of a number of states chiefly occupied by the same race, but of a number of states occupied by different and antagonistic races. There are In Austria antagonisms of statehood, of race, of language, of creed, of social caste and of politics. In such a panhomlnum the voice of the aged emperor crying for peace seems for the present like the echo of a vain hope." A meeting recently held in Paris under tho presidency of Mgr. Amette, coadjutor of the archbishop of Paris, sims to indi cate that French Roman Catholics are real ising the necessity created by the separa tion law of contributing personally to the requirements of their church. It consisted of the members of an association for the support of chapels of ease In the capital. Count d'Haussonville dwelt upon the scarc ity of churches In Paris compared with other great centers in France. The ex penses of the association had In four years risen from $21,500 to 157,000, while Its re ceipts had risen from 157,500 to $63,000. ,Ac cording to Count d'Haussonvllle, this de velopment on the material side wae accom panied by an equal decrease In attendance,-! and In the number of children receiving religious Instruction, etc. He expressed the conviction that the church eventually would emerge triumphant from Its trials. According to a recent consular report, the railroad Is extending through Asia Minor and reaching Into the Holy, Land. The traveler can go from the port of Beirut !. ., . . , . ,. by rail to Damascus, and a continuation of the line southward reaches within a few hours' ride of Jerusalem by carriage or horseback. Another railroad extends to Nasareth and Tiberias, and steam launches are being placed on the Sea of Galilee. The tourist can now visit the ruins of Petra, southeast of the Dead Sea, and other his toric sites beyond the Jordan by railroad from Damascus. So rapidly are transpor tation facilities extending through the coun try that the proverbial saying that Jordan la a hard road to travel Is now quite out of date. Tbe time ta approaching fast when modern pilgrims can survey the holy places from the windows of Pullman ears. . General Botha, the premier of the Trans vaal; Alfred Deakln. the prime minister of the commonwealth of Australia, and several of the colonial statesmen recently In Lon don in connection with the colonial con gress of the British empire, have been offered titular distinctions by ths king, and have respectfully declined the honor, giving thereby an evidence of democracy which cannot Out appeal to the American people. King Edward will, under the circumstances, content himself with creating them mem bers of the Privy council, which Is not only the principal council of state, from which the -members of the cabinet are recruited, but likewise the supreme court of Justice of the empire. Membership of the Privy council carries with it no titular distinction beyond the prefix of "Right Honourable" to the name, but It gives high place In the table of precedence, binds Its members In a vary special way to the crown, and la In vested with great prestige, - - POLITICAL DRIFT. President Roosevelt Is booked for a speech at the Jamestown exposition on Georgia day, June 10. The taxable valuation of railroad prop erty In Indiana was boosted $1 iOi0,000, mak ing the total valuation $Ji,7SO,000. Two thousand democrats have been rudely Jarred loose from the public crib by a court, decision Invalidating the muni cipal election In Louisville. A league of colonels for the purpose of boosting the claims of Colonel Bryan for the presidency has been organised In New York. The league hopes to do a large business among the colonels of the south. The bill to authorise anybody with a grievance to whip an editor did not pass the Pennsylvania legislature, but the mem ber who Introduced the bill steps out of the legislature .Into a good Job tn the Philadelphia city hall. Lleutemant Governor Sherman, presiding officer of the Illinois state senate, refuses to sign the bill Increasing the pay of mem bers of the legislature from $1,000 to $2,000 a session, thereby removing from hunger ing mouths a large slice of public pie. The Pittsburg Dispatch seconds the mo tion of the Philadelphia Press to make Senator Knox the favorite son of Penn sylvsnla for the republican nomination In 1W. A vote will be had at the re publican state-convention next week. The notorious J.' Edward Addlcks, who tried to break Into the United States sen ate from Delaware, seems to have reached the end of his financial rope. The United States circuit court at Philadelphia has ordered him to pay a Judgment of $90,000, with 6 per cent Interest from December 1897, awarded the-Bay state gas companies. Addlcks Juggled with gas companies as with politics and failed In both. Two mnre states have established a di rect election of United States senators Iowa and Washington making Ave states this year, and a total of eighteen. The northern states are Oregon, Washington, North Dakota, Wisconsin, Illinois, Iowa, Missouri and Oklahoma, with a unanimous house In Pennsylvania and a tie vote In the senate. The southern states are Vir ginia, South Carolina, Georgia, Florida, Alabama, Mississippi, Texas, . Arkansas Tennessee and Kentucky. LATEST RAILROAD RATE CASK. Significance of Decision by the Fed eral Snnreme Conrt. Chicago Record-Herald. As a "straw," the decision of the United States supreme court In the test case of a Georgia lumber firm against the Southern railway 4s undoubtedly significant and en couraging, and the commerce commission ers are not without logical Justification In thinking that ,it very likely contains the promise of even better things In con nection with litigation under the new rate act. But It should be clearly understood that the decision In question was made under the old law, which did not confer the rate making power on the commission, but merely authorised It to set aside un reasonable rates. The case was an Interesting and "close" one, because It practically Involved a ques tion of rate making. The defendant rail road had. In common with other carriers, ordered an advance of 2 cents a hundred on ptne lumber transported from southern to ,Ohlo -river points. The shippers had complained of this advance and the com mission had Issued an order commanding the defendant carrier to desist from col lecting the advance. Now, there was no doubt as to the authority of the commis sion to make In a general way a negative order of this kind, but to desist from collet-ting the whole or any part of the ad Vance meant 'to go back to the (M Vale, and: that was hardly distinguishable from a direct order restoring thot rate. The supreme court upholds the commis sion on the ground that the original rate was fair nnd reaaonable, sufficient to yield a proper return to the carrier for Its sor vlees, and that the commission had the power to declare the increase arbitrary and unfair. From a ruling restoring a rea sonable rate which the carrier Itself flxsd In the first place to an order fixing a new teasonable rate in place of one found ex cessive ' the step, practically speaking, seems a short one. Whether the legal vleV coincides with the practical one remains to be seen, but as the decision la the most advanced the supreme court has made under the old act, it Is natural to antici pate an advanced, .broad and liberal view upon the question of the validity of the rate making feature of the new railway act A9 CLEAR AS MISSOIRI WATER. Senator Daniel's Ootllae of the Demo ' erntlc Platform. New York Evening Post. What Senator Daniel of Virginia has to say about a democratic candidate and tho democratic platform, is all excellent In Its way. but Its way Is that of glorious ln deAnlteness. He would have his party put forward men of "merit and availabil ity," upon a platform of "broad, general democratic principles." It should, of course, "take the constitution as lta guide" yet no plain, everyday constitution, mind you, but one "fairly and Justly Interpreted." As Dr. Holmes observed, when a man says that common sense Is good enough for blm, he means his own uncommon sense. The nesrest that Senator Daniel comes to mentioning a real Issue is In his reference to tariff revision, and -that, too. is elastlo and gingerly. The revision should be "Judicious," which at once warns away all who confess that they favor an Injudicious revision; and It must not be either "doc trinaire" or "wrecking." We gather from this that Senator Daniel would be strongly tn favor of removing all duties In which his constituents are not selfishly Inter ested. But all this mealy mouthedv talk about the tariff simply shows how the democratic leaders have lost their fire and Initiative, and are content to throw away their one great Issue. The republicans will have picked It up' before they know It The Just-as-Good Kind Pay Dealers the Largest Profit Otherwise the pianos they are selling would havi merit of their own to sustain rnem When you ssk for a Krakauer or iTr. immediately how you a piano which f.rnmknon 0 on. .ofr.tful oulty. Anil vou are assurer 11 i jwot - v,.".-. Kor every great leader In hte piano world, at Its price, there are Imitators. The Krakauer has Imitators because It Is the piano which all manufacturers and dealers know Is the best. The Kimball has Imitators because It is known to be the most satisfactory piano to buy at its price. The Kxanich Hach has Imitators because It has achieved high standard of aualitv for the price and has earned the confidence of the public. We sell a new Krakauer for $350; a new Kimball for t0 and a new Kranlch A Bach for im. The above are spot cash prices and by A Hospe We Do Expert Piano . Kranlrh Jk H.cn. lliese ut-aa- rOLl.lTIXG THK AIR. Importance of a Recent Deelslom ol the Bnnreme t'oarl. Chicago Tribune. The United States supreme court has made a decision which conveys a hint of a method of putting an end to some of ths nuisances against which there haa long been complaint. The Tennessee Coppf-r company and the Durktown Sulphur and Iron company operate amelters In Tennes see near to the Georgia line. For more than a year litigation haa been going on In a case In which the stale of Georgia asked that these smelters be Condemned aa a pub lie nuisance on the ground that they were injurious to, health and were destructive to vegetation throughout a region covered by a radius of fifty miles. The Judgment of the supreme court Is that If the state of Georgia before the October meeting of the court asks an Injunction against the opera tion of the plants as they are now con ducted the Injunction will be granted. The decision Is an Important one, for It affects large Interests In other parts of the country where similar complaints have been msde. The United States circuit court of appeals at St. Paul Is to hear arguments tn the case of a Utah smelting company. Several farmers obtained a permanent Injunction against the company on the ground that the ores It smelted contained a large amount of sulphur dioxide, which, mixed with the moisture of the air, becomes sul phuric acid. The acid, according to v the' farmers, kills vegetation and Is hurtful to horses and cattle. The company says that the smelter fumes do no .damage, and ssys that It will lose $10,000,000 If the Injunction shall be perpetual. If the Utah farmers have not exagger ated the Injury to their property the pre sumption Is that the circuit court of" ap peals will be governed by the decision of the supreme court in the Tennessee case and will refuse the Utah company the relief tt prays for and it will have to go out of business unless It can find some new way' of disposing of the sulphur In the ores It treats. The Tennessee companies assert that they are experimenting successfully with Improved apparatus that will eliminate the fumes. There should be sufficient in ventive Ingenuity to do that and save a valuable by-product which Is now wasted. If the experiments which are being made at a cost of about $1,000,000 shall fall, ths Tennessee smelters and other smelters which poison the air and blast vegetation as they do will have to be closed whenever suit Is brought against them, no matter how great the pecuniary loss may . be to their owners. It dys not require a vivid Imagination to discover what the effect of the supreme court decision would be If It were gener ally applied. There are a great many manufactories which might be classed among public nuisances because of their constant work In polluting the air, affect ing materially the health of those who dwell In the neighborhood, damaging the property of others, and often arousing citi zens to complaint and to serious Injury Whether the Interests of a few should be considered to be of more Importance than the larger Interests of the community. The decision Is one which will be read with In terest by a large number of people who have suffered. flashes or FIH. "I don't stiioke cigars now only a pipe." "Economising?" "No,' but my friends seem to be." Cleve land Leader Towns-You look rather weary, oldvman. Browne Yes; I've had a trying time this) past week. Towne SIckT Browne No; on a Jury. Washington Herald. v ' r,. ; ,. , r : ,. , "What," asked the man who 1a always preaching, "have you ever done to make a brighter world?" "I've done a lot In that line, stranger," said the one with the large, rough hands. "Ihn a barn painter by trade, and I gen erally paint 'em red." Chicago Record Herald. Tommy Paw! Mr. Tucker What's the trouble now. my son? Tommy Why Is It that the magazine don't make their readln' matter Interest ing as they do their adv'tlslng pages? Chi cago Tribune. "You can't flndractlcal politicians with any convictions." "Oh, you may find some In time. We are getting as far aa the Indictments, "w Baltimore American. "W?uJ.dn t- y?V . BUPPe that minister would be afraid to perform such a scan dalous marriage?" "Oh, no; he takes every precaution. He always washes his hands In an antlseptlo solution before accepting the fee." Phila delphia Press. iT.ht,p.r'"n rf?rTr Tl the convicted lawyer In his striued rh. "And what brought you here, man?" she asked him. unhappy ? - ."t,n,e,..cIr,v?.rne" ssaerted itself, Ari automobile," he blithely replied. Cleveland Plain Dealer. All AWFUL HIT. Puck. Once on a time I wrote soma verse. A very simple little ditty. Of words quite plain and phrases terse; When done I mailed It to the city. "Mayhap this magaslne," thought L As In the box my screed I thrust. "Will haste this lyrlo gem to buy." It came back soon, to my disgust I pondered on my simple lay And wondered what in blaaes ailed I It seemed aa good as on the day That to the city I had mailed It They would not print uiy artless versa! Another style might fare some better! I penned some stanxas that were worse And, once again, 1 mailed my letter. This time I sang of Parapoor; I'd never heard of such .a plaoe J lint where la I am not sure. Hut tna', x hold, is no dlsgrs Along Pactollan sands I strayed And oft' I hit my lyre a swat. Just where these sands are realty laid Perhaps you know, but I do not. An ovine herd wound slowly down The sempiternal road nearby. The biggest lexicon In town Is witness that I do not lie. At length I closed the learned writ And mailed It to the magaslne. The thing has made an awful hit But please don't ask me what I mean. paying a smalll Interest per annum you may settle monthly at $1 or $10. We as sure the public that under no conditions or clrcuniKtances can you obtain such splendid values as you will get in trading with us. A piano problem arises In every house hold at sopie time. How to get the great est musical value for the money ex pended Is the question. The careless buyer goes to a store and permits him self to be talked Into buying the piano which pays the gereatest profit to the dealer. The wise buyer begins by Col lecting all the actual Information on the subject ha can. The A. Hospe Co. stands for economy and square deal, because It has but one price for everv liutrumanL does not pay commission and treats all customers us, write. alike. Lf you cannot call oa Go. 1513 Doug. St. Xunlnt1 nd Repairing.