HIE OMAHA DAILY DEE: MONDAY. JUNE 17, 11M7.
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STATKMUNT Of CIRCULATION?
Stit ot Nerrsk.t, Douglas County.
Chsrles C. Koewater. general manager
ot The Ree publishing Company, being
duly sworn, that the actual number
of full and complete copie of Th Dally,
MnrHIng, Kvenlng and Sunday Bee prtntad
during tha m-.nth of May, 1107. was a
follows:
J 35,50 18 WO
1 3,810 it 80
I 3S.S90 10 W70
4 35.410 II M-630
I 34,300 SI.. '.... 35,610
I 39480 ! ,500
1 3fl,480 14 86,6!
1 35,680 U 34300
38,T90 SI 84,600
16 , 3S.8S0 tl 38,450
II 35,390 II 35,510
It.... 34,550 ! M.010
II 35,420 10..., -6,U0
14 35,380 II 35,810
II 36,330
14 35,480 Total... 1M0
IT 35,360
Less untold and returned copies 8,087
Net total l,oe,P53
Calif average 35,083
CHARLES C. ROSE WATER,
General Manager.
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WHEN OUT 09 TOW.
Snbserlbers leaviasr tko tty tosa
porartly thonld hava Tho
moiled to tkcaa. Addroaa will bo
AH this war talk appears to be sim
ply a flash in Japan.
There Is at least one Orchard In
Idaho that is known by lis fruits.
Wisconsin has passed an antt-Ughts
bill. Another form of prohibition?
A New York paper notes the return
of Thaw's brother-in-law. Thaw,
Thaw. That name sounds familiar.
A scientist claims to have Invented
a machine that will ralsa the dead.
Ho might try It on the populist party.
The green bug Is, , said to have,. In
vaded Ohio. Parole searching for
the. Foraker presidential boom might
dissect the green bug. '
San Francisco finds its bonds do hot
sell well on the market. Bad govern
ment Is always expensive. In more
ways than one." ' " - '
Attorney General Bonaparte has not
determined whether he will close down
th Umbrella trust, put it up, break
It ribs or knock the cover off. It
It looks very much as if Mr. Harrl
roan's "lawyers and subordinates"
were still running the railroads in
their relations to the public and pa
trons. French consumers complain that
their native winea are adulterated
with acetic acid and red ink. France
ne?ds a pure food law, with a "Tama
J la" to enforce it.
The Atchison Globe wants to know
what has become ot the girl who said
Bhe wouldn't marry the best man la
the world. She kept ber word and
married man from Kansas.
If the country demanded rhetorical
candidates Instead of logical candi
date. Senator Beverldge and Colo
nel Bryan would head the oppos
ing tickets next year without a con
test. "Wbat." asks a Boston paper, "Is
more pronounced than' tha American's
enthusiasm for his flag?" Nothing,
unless it Is his enthusiasm for the
home team when It haa a winning
streak.
' Abe Hummel has abandoned hU ap
peal. His sentence has ten months to
run, , and he knows the New York
courts could not be reasonably ex
' bected o act on his appeal tor a couple
t yoaxa.
Hotel porters In New York are strik
ing tor $25 a month and' tips, or M
a day without tips. 1 Kven the first
J class in arithmetic may figure out
wnai poruon oi tuo "
hotel men expect the public to pay.
Mayor SchmlU ot Han Francisco Is
said now to be mayor "In name only"
as a consequence Qt his. conviction for
extortion. Some other cttlea not so
far away are . ruled by mayors "In
name only" M a consequent ot
schisms between the city council and
other inmates of the city hall.
Publication and classification of the
passbolders' lists pursuant to the Ne
braska antl-paaa law continue to throw
Idellshts upon the activity of various
prominent clUaena who volunteered
lust wlntrr to gq to Uncoln to, fight
the terminal tax bill and other leglsla
! unii!aialiJe in tXe raUi lobby.
that twvj-cjcjvt Fare rtro.
Railroad mans gars; through their
publicity bureaus and other channels,
are making a determined effort to man
ufacture capital out of the veto by Gov
ernor Hughes of the I eont fare law
passed by the New York legislature,
the veto cam a at a time when the
railroads apparently are planning to
make n concerted attack through the
courts on the Z-cent fare laws passed
by a number of states and this use ot
the Hughes veto is pntently In the hope
of Influencing the public, If not the
courts. In the. proposed contests.
The railroad plan is a shrewd one,
in some respects, calculated to deceive
those not familiar with transportation
affairs in New York or the conditions
which led to the veto. For many years
the principal railroad of New York
has charged no more than S cents a
mile, because that Is n part of its con
tract with the state. Much of the
passenger business within 150 miles
of New York City is carried at commu
tation rates, frequently a low as one
half cent a mile and the 2 cent bill
passed by the .New York legislature
was so worded as to leave some ques
tion whether It would not compel the
railroads, or at least warrant them, to
place the flat 2 -cent rate into effect
in the commuters' sone.
But the real motive of the gover
nor's veto was to strengthen his utili
ties bill, which he haa succeeded in
getting through the legislature after
most determined opposition on the part
of the railroads. Under this measure
the entire question of fixing and en
forcing passenger and freight rates In
New York Is left to a commission with
unlimited authority in all transporta
tion affairs. Having succeeded with
the commission policy, Governor
Hughes feared to discredit it In ad
vance by approving the 2-cent fare
bill. His veto leaves the commission
free-handed to level the passenger
rates to a 2-cent basis or to any other
figures compensatory .to the railroads
that will furnish the relief desired by
their patrons.
The situation in New York is pecu
liar to that state and distinct from
other states in which laws have been
passed reducing the passenger rates
and the railroads are wasting effort
attempting to make it appear otherwise.
TB COMIJVQ or THE POSTMASTEBS.
The annual meeting of the Ne
braska Association ot . Postmasters Is
scheduled to be held in Omaha the
last week in Juno and an effort is be
ing made to carry out at the same time
a suca-estlon originally offered by The
Bee a year ago for a Joint convention
which will Include the postmasters oi
Iowa as well as of Nebraska.
The success of these meetings natu
rally depends upon th6 attendance and
the attendance depends pon the In
terest aroused among,thos' ought
to participate. The . postmasters tt
Nebraska have for several years main
tained a reasonably strong organiza
tion, with annual : sessions . presided
over by officers of their own selection
and recognlxed by the Postofftce ' de
partment by the assignment of de
partment officials to expialn particular
features of the work. . , No similar or
ganisation has as yet been perfected
by the Iowa postmasters, but It the
projected meeting proves successful it
will surely result In he formation of
such an association.
1 The value of conferences of. this
kind for promoting the efficiency of
the postal service through the ex
change of Ideas and experiences need
hardly be emphasised. Almost all the
great business undertakings which
cover a wide geographical territory
are coming to call In their men In the
same line of work for periodical con
ferences, and the Poatofflce depart
ment, aa the biggest business estab
lishment in the world, cannot fall to
profit by pursuing similar-methods as
to associations In different subdi
visions, providing they confine them
selves to their legitimate scope and
functions.
The Bee hopes, therefore, that the
word will be passed along the line so
that the Joint Iowa and Nebraska
meeting will see the postmasters of
the two states here in goodly numbers
to transact business and fraternize
with one another. .
MR. COMRLrOVS TROUBLES.
Mr. Cortelyou, secretary of the
treasury, has troubles and is really
becoming pessimistic. His pessimism,
however, is of an entirely different
brand from that which has been both
ering some of the Wall street specula
tors and captains of finance and indus
try. Mr. Cortelyou's trouble Is due
to'lh tact that the, revenues, ot the
government are so largely in excess
ot the disbursements that he does not
know what to do with the surplus. It
has been a settled policy, under repub
lican administrations, tor secretaries
of the treasury to keep as much monoy
as possible in circulation, to meet the
legitimate demands of trade and In
dustry and to prevent It piling up iu
the vaults ot the Treasury department.
Just now Secretary Cortelyou has an
available cash balance of 1269,452,
1 17-4 6, according to balance sheets on
the last of May, and haa, as n added
annoyance, a little matter of $70,089,
Hi as the surplus of receipts over
federal expenditures for eleven
months ot the fleral year.
Ordinarily, when one person has a
surplus some other fellow U short and
agerly anxious to get a portion of It
In federal transactions, when the gov
ernment dim overs that it has more
money on hand that Its business needs,
the national banks aro ready to take
It and Use it in their business. At
tfcio. tl"a thu hanka 4r not nrd tha
money. The 6,4 2 9 national banks of
the country, under the call of the
comptroller of the treasury on May 20,
reported total resource of 18,476,
601,434, a gain of more than $7,000,
000 In less than a year. They showed
that individual deposits In national
banks had Increased from $4,055,873,
366 in May, 1906, to $4,22.8S0,141
In May, 1907, a gain of about $200,
000.000. Tbe government had $80,
000,000 on deposit In the national
banks a year ago. Today It has $170,
000. 000. Unofficial advices Indicate
ftiat the deposits In the state and sav
ings banks have increased even more
rapidly than those in the national
banks and the country Is not caring a
bit about Mr. Cortelyou's worry over
what he Khali do with his money.
To add to Mr. Cortelyou's trouble,
other departments of the government
are turning liabilities into assets and
handing him money instead of asking
him to make up deficits. Th6 Post
office department, which usually runs
from $10,000,000 to $20,000,000 be
hind each year, promises to break
even this year and may show a profit.
The customs receipts have increased
to about $1,000,000 a day and the re
ceipts from internal revenue for the
year ending June 30, 1907, are esti
mated at $265,000,000, an increase of
$15,000,000 over last year. The sit
uation Is very gratifying to everyone
except Secretary Cortelyou.
wfgRE does tub gold oof
Eastern bankers and financial or
gans are expressing considerable con
corn over the increasing exports of
gold, which have reached $10,000,000
since the movement started the last
week In May and which, it Is esti
mated, will amount to at least $2 5,
000,000 by the end of June. These
financial experts contend that the bank
reserves can not face such a drain con
veniently and that a deficit of $3,000,
000 in the gold reserve fund may be
looked for at the end of the month.
This condition Is not assuring, In view
of the fact that the comptroller of the
currency Is already complaining that
many banks in the east are not com
plying with the law in maintaining
thtelr lawful money reserves.
While this condition will probably
right itself, discussion of it haa started
an interesting question as to what be
comes of the vast amount of gold an
ually produced from the mines of the
world. Of the new gold produced in
the last ten years, a surprisingly large
amount of It can not be located. The
New York Journal ot Commerce has
compiled the following tables giving
the world's gold production since 1896
together with the gold holdings of the
government treasuries and banks of
the leading countries including the
national banks of the United States:
Gold production. Held by banka.
1807 1238,810.000 ' $2,lt7.B45,Ono
Xm 2S7.430.000 l,2St,515,000
1199 806.725,000 1,360,540,000
1900 , 254.675.000-- -t458.S50.0OO
1901 2T0,90,000 ' 2,45,44O,0UO
1901 296.740,000 t841.645.000
1903 326,90.00t t930,665.000
1904 346.890.000 1,288,106.000
19H6 SSI, 250,000 1.460.260.000
1909 400,000,000 1,600,000,000
According to these figures, the
banks and government treasuries hold
less than one-half of the $3,000,000,
000 of new gold added to tha world's
supply In the last ten years. Director
of the Mint Roberts estimates that
gold to the value of $80,000,000 Is
annually consumed In the arts, while
It was less than $60,000,000 ten years
ago. Allowing, however, for the
maximum figures for the whole de
cade, that would account for but
$800,000,000 ot a missing sum of
about $1,700,000,000. It Is contended
that the people ot the oriental coun
tries are much given to the hoarding
of precious metals and that this may
account for much of the new gold ap
parently disappeared from the visible
tupply. But the growth of the ori
ental countries In material prosperity
is not marked enough to warrant the
belief that they have absorbed and se
creted such a large proportion of the
gold supply. It Is tar more probable
that the gold used In the arts Is un
derestimated. Our unprecedented In
dustrial prosperity .in recent yeara
must rave added largely to such con
sumption ot metal. At any rate, a dlf
ferenco of about $900,000,000 exists
between the visible supply of gold and
the amount actually produced, and the
great financial centers are now In
active ompetition for all the gold
available to add to their present stores.
The officers of the street railway
company and the management ot St.
Joseph's hospital ought to try to get
together before locking horns over the
proposed erection of a street car gar
age under the shadow ot the hospital
buildings. There Is no question but
that the selection of this particular
location by tbe street railway company
must be more or less disturbing to the
hospital. A way ought to be found
by which this beneficent institution
may be safeguarded without unduly
Interfering with the right of the street
railway company to store its cars at
the most convenient points.
The Omaha Grain exchange an
nounces that It will be equipped with
all the latest Improvements and me
chanical facilities for doing business
when It moves Into its new quarters.
Presumably this will include a her
barium for breeding little green bugs,
cutworms and all the other Inciden
tals that have been found useful In
raising corn and wheat on the Board
of Trade.
If the Nebraska law providing for
a state license for automobiles de
prives the cities and towns of power
previously possessed to exact an ad
ditioatal license fee for the n:e of
paved streets and roadways It will
knock quite a chunk of revenue out
of the local treasuries. But if the
automobillsts arejhus to escape pay
ing a special license fee for the cities
they ought to have their machines as
sessed up to the limit tor taxes on the
general property list, because In this
way only will the municipal authori
ties be able to make them pay for the
special privileges enjoyed within city
limits.
Editor Noyes of the Washington Star
says President Roosevelt owes much
to the American newspapers. The
obligation would appear to be mutual.
No living man has equalled the presi
dent's record in furnishing good, read
able copy for the press.
The dime museums are after a Cali
fornia miner who was carried 2.000
feet on a landslide and escaped In
Jury. That's nothing. Colonel Bryan
was burled twice by landslides and
came out of them healthier and
wealthier than ever.
The fact that the Omaha High
school is this year sending out the
largest class in its history must lend
encouragement to those who are en
listed in the movement to make
Omaha show up 200,000 population
In the 1910 census.
The campaign for better street
pavements is not confined to Omaha.
It Is being waged in nearly every con
siderable city In the country. That
however, is all the more reason why
Omaha should not be the last In the
race.
Whether monopolies are good or
bad, it Is a safe proposition that so
long as the public schools form the
groundwork for universal education
In this country no one will ever get a
monopoly on brains and Intelligence.'
President Cabrera of Guatemala
hastens to assure the world that the
report that he had been assassinated
belongs in the same class with the re
port that Tom Piatt has resigned from
the United States senate.
One unfortunate feature of the pres
ident's criticism ot "nature fakirs" is
that a lot ot cheap writers are getting
advertising from it that they do not
merit.
There Aro Oothera.
Washing-ton Herald.
One of the probable senators-to-be from
Oklahoma la blind. He will not be the only
member, however, that haa eyes but sees
not
Not Fltttnc Abode.
Indianapolis News.
Joaquin Miller says Jocularly that his
mining- ventures have been so successful
that he has concluded to enter politics. He
picks Oregon, and wants to be a United'
States senator. Peirastis stabled In the sen
ate chamber would be. In a box stall.' ,
Somethlaa; 1W111 Drop.
Chicago Record-Herald.
Japan Is likely to become possessed of
the belief pretty soon that the rest of th
Brest nations have - no present Intention
of permitting her to go outside of her own
present borders for the purpose of being
the most progressive country on earth.
Paaa tt tp to Dooley.
Now York Sun.
It Is gratifying to bo , assured by Mr.
Thomas O. Walker, representing1 the
Japanese Association of America, that the
outrage on a Japanese horticulturist at
Berkeley haa turned out to be a fusillade
of stones by small boys. It seams to be
a case for Mr. Dooley and not for the
state department.
GEORGE) W. LINIXGRIt.
Howells Journal: George W. Uninger,
one of the truly' good and great men of
Nebraska, died at his home lh Omaha last
Saturday. He not alone knew how to
make money, but he knew how to spend
It for the benefit of its fellowmen. The
latter accomplishment very few possess.
York limes: Omaha and Nebraska loat
cne Of their best citizens tha other day In
the death of George W. Unlnger. He waa
progressiva, benevolent and publlo spirited,
and refined and gentle In taste and dis
position. ' His modest residence was by far
tha most elegant art gallery in the west
and one of the very finest In the country.
Mr. Llnlnger will be greatly missed by the
better element of Omaha, who regarded
him as a benefactor and friend.
Kearney Hub: Another of Nebraska's
pioneer rich men, George W. Llnlnger of
Omaha, whose death waa announced a few
days ago, was one of the strong coterie of
men who helped to make the Nebraska of
today, who lived a useful and honorable
life and made the world a great deal bet
ter and many people happier for having
lived In it. Upon a monument reared to
Nebraska pioneers who strove manfully
and successfully and finished gloriously,
the name of George W. Llnlnger, like
Abou Ben Adhlm, would lead all the rest.
Norfolk Press: In the death of G. W.
Llnlnger Omaha loses one of ber best
friends and most enterprising and publlo
splrlted cltlsens. No man In Nebraska has
given more of his means to benefit and
uplift tha community in which he lived
or took more pleasure In tha giving. To
him the value of a dollar was In the good
to which It could be put, and he did ao
much In an unostentatious way that It will
only be In the years that are to come that
Omaha people will fully appreciate the
Value of his cltlsenshlp. His death Is not
only a loss to Oinaha, but to Nebraska as
Well.
Fremont Tribune: Goo. W. Llnlnger of
Omaha Is dead. Mr. Llnlnger was a suc
cessful business man: so successful that
he could afford to travel extensively and
buy works of art with a lavish expendi
ture. Nevertheless Mr. Llnlnger was not
generally known as a successful business
man. He so subordinated money-gelling
to money-spending that he had real fame
aa a collector and connoisseur of art. His
gallery In his Omaha home Is one of the
sights of the city and he always kept It
open to those who wished to see it and
enjoy it with him. He possessed the ar
tistic spirit and he indulged it as a life
passion. His career la nnedd to teach
that money is a blessing only as It min
isters to something that cultivstes, en
nobles and uplifts. These are ths things
heeded and If money will not Insure them,
then money a eurae beyond what la
needed to provide sustenance: There are
not many devotee of art in this new, de
veloping West and when one appears and
lays down hlijvork It Is worth while, to
give paune t ay at leat a brief tribute
to UU worthy career
TfllB DOWNFALL Or ICHMITI.
Fletore-aojao Career of San Frearlwo'a
Convicted Mayor.
Eugene E. Schmlts, the fiddler mayor
Of Snn Francisco, who was tried and con
victed of extorting money from licensed
restaurants, occupies a unique distinction
In the municipal history of the Golden
Gate. He Is the first labor union mayor
fun Francisco has ever had. Ho la tha
first mayor of the city that has ever been
Indicted and convicted of malfeasance In
office.
Tha career of Schmlts haa been a spec
tacular one, and many elements of the
hliarre in the record of his office holding
have served to raise him beyond a purely
local fsmo. Since April 18 last there are
men all over the country who have heard
of the work that Schmlts did In the dnrk
days after the fire and who hope that the
one who proved himself such a big man in
disaster Is not srxillty of robbing the city
thst he worked so hard to save from
anarchy.
Schmlts was born In San Francisco of
German parents. His father had come
across the plains In the early days to find
a fortune. He did not find It. Instead he
became the father of a large family of boys
and was hard put to It to give them a
Common school education. Gene Schmlts,
as he IS affectionately called by his parti
sans and patronage beneficiaries In San
Francisco, set himself to become a doctor.
Ill health forced him to give that up, and
he followed a bent for music.
When In the fall of 1901 Schmlts became
a local figure In politics by appearing as
the candidate for maor of the city on the
newly born labor untdn ticket he was first
violin and leader of an orchestra In the
Columbia theater. He was not a good
musician, but he was a good union labor
man. The theater orchestra leader rode
Into power on the froth of one of the most
bitter fights between union labor and Its
employers that San Francisco had ever
experienced.
Once established at tha city hall Schmlts
began to surprise people by tho sanity and
sagacity of his rule. He gave many union
labor ,men good Jobs, but ho did nothing
radical or subversive. He waa Srood to
his brothers, among others. One of them
became a member of the city's electrical
department, and another was later put on
the city almshouse board.
The new mayor had not been long In office
when the name of Abe Ruef began to be
whispered about, and the hand of 'Abe
Ruef was occasionally seen for a fleeting
Instant behind the mayor's chair. Ruef
was a lawyer who had the wisdom never
to run fpr municipal office. He had the
reputation of being a shady lawyer people
said he could pull off a trick In the courts
that no other man could. He was credited
with making lots of money through the
handling of other people's estates.
Before Schmlts had been long In office
the wise ones around the city hall learned
that it was not Gene who was mayor, but
Abe and Gene: and Abe's name was always
spoken first. Abe set out to . establish a
Schmlts machine which could be strong
enough to Insure his re-election to office.
All of the officeholders who owed their
Jobs to Schmlts, from tho president of the
Board of Education down to the tender of
the municipal ducks In Golden Gate park.
were herded together Into the 8chmtts
club. Membership waa practically com
pulsory. Membership entailed aa Its sole
duty boosting for Schmlts. Ruef, It was
learned later, was retained as the perma
nent attorney of the Schmlts club at $21,000
si year. It was never said why tha club
needed an attorney, but Abe persuaded ths
organisation that it did.
At the expiration of his first term Schmlts
was re-elected. Then scandals began to be
unearthed In the offices filled by Schmlts.
One of the San Francisco papers mad a
great pother about ths theft of a black
colt from the city flro department by a
Schmlts appointee on the Board of Flro
Commissioners.
This farce was quickly followed by the
discovery of greater Irregularities. Police
graft In Chinatown gambling dens waa
found to be flourishing, but the police com
missioners whitewashed tho chief of police.
The Board of Election Commissioners was
found to be thoroughly rotten and to be
winking at Irregular work at the primaries.
A scandal arose In the fire department be
cause of the peddling of questions for an
examination tor firemen by one of the fire
commissioner. 1
Through all the storm of Investigation
and denunciation Schmlts rode securely.
While many were free to say that the
Schmlts administration had become rotten,
there was no proof of Schmlts himself
being corruptible until after he was elected
again In November, 1905.
Though the republicans and democrats
had combined to form a fusion party and
had put forth their most strenuous efforts
to beat Schmlts. the Schmlts machine
I served to overwhelm the fuslonlsts. The
fiddler mayor won by a big majority.
"The city 1s under the red flag; every
thing Is up for auction." was the cry that
waa raised when Schmlts and his boss
again found themselves nailed down tight
In office. The figure seemed to And Justi
fication In facta,
j Over all the tenderloin there sprang up
i protected cafes, where the closing hour
j was never heeded and where tho side en
, trance for "ladles" was nailed up as super
t fluoua. A wldo open town was the order.
) Wide open meant that tho police could
I not hear tho songs and shouts of women
j that mada Turk and Eddy street a bedlam
j in the small hours of the morning; that
they could not see the lights streaming
through the windows of the three-room
suites piled high over Innocent French res
taurants on the ground floor.
The red flag hung over every 10-rent
theater that wanted to get a permit from
tha Board of Publlo Works for remodelling
and that hired Ruef as Its attorney to se
cure tha coveted right. Prtxa fight man
agers who wanted to-pull off exhibitions
contrary to the law worked under the red
flag. It was the symbol of the red flag
that floated over the "municipal crib" on
Jackson street before the fire and defied
the securing of an Injunction from tho
courts.
Tho flro came when San Francisco was
in the height of her folly. "You can get
'everything In 'Frisco you find In Paris and
I get It cheaper," was the comment of one
' sporting character which was used as tho
j subject of a sermon by one of the preach
i rrs and which Inspired a new editorial at
' taok on the part of one of the papers. The
town had run mad with license.
Then came April 18. In the first hours
after the earthquake, when the red tide
of flame had commenced to eat into the
vitals of the city, the mayor sent out auto
mobiles to all porta of the city bearing
message to the most prominent ult!x.ns.
"Will you serve on an emergency committee
fr the prrsrrvatlon of law and orlerT" the
messages read. The basement of the par
tially ruined hall of Justice was named as
the meeting place for tho committee.
It was in the selection of the men to com
pose this emergency board that Mayor
Schmlts flist showed thst the Imminence
f anar hy as a result of the appalling dis
aster had Jarred him out of hla rut Into
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ARMOUR
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tho measure of a man. He asked more of
his political enemies than ot his close
friends to serve. Men of Influence who had
been the chief proteatants against the reign
of graft that had flourished under his
terms of office largely dominated the
emergency committee of fifty.
In the three days of the fire and through
the dreary days of threatening starvation
and Impending epidemto that followed
Mayor SchmlU acted tho man. He was the
backbone of the committee of fifty. He was
chief In the direction of succor, the prime
mover In the restoration of the machinery
of police regulation, loader In the councils
for the rehabilitation of the smoking ruins!
Schmlts and tho men on his committee
worked In harmony. ,
The mayor's real, triumph came a few
months after the fire when at a banquet
of congratulation given by the business
men of the city In a temporary structure
In Union Square he made a speech whloh
seemed to be a declaration ot Independence
from the thraldom of Ruef and the gang.
"History begins for us with April 18," said
Schmlts.
But after the spirit of Utopia had passed
all too quickly and Ban Francisco dropped
back Into the hard and selfish rules of cut
throat existence Schmlts found that he
Could not put ths history of the days be
fore April 18 behind him. The strong men
of the weary days after tho fire watched
him slip back Into tho grip of tho "curly
boss," even as thoy themselves slipped
back to the, normal, of "good business."
The papers which had ao . Joyfully pro
claimed Schmlts' emancipation from Ruef
began to hammer harder than ever at the
graftsmlths.' Abe arid "Gene. 1
Eugene Schmlts, the fiddler mayor who
was 'Jarred out ot bed by opportunity on
the morning- of April 18 and who for a time
found himself a man at the forefront of
opto events, had not the strength to saddle
opportunity firmly. .In twelve shcrt months
he has slipped from his pedestal to the bar
of Justice. ....
PERSONAL NOTES.
A famine Is approaching In Cuban cigars.
Fortunately we are able to produce "some
thing equally as good" In this country.
American ,. horses at the London show
have accomplished nothing, unless to
prove that Americans can be good losers.
Secretary Root will leave Washington
on June 21, for his country home near
Utlca, where he will spend tha summer,
remaining probably, until the date of his
Mexican trip. t
Time expended in sociological research is
not always wasted. Chicago experts have
differentiated the hobo, the tramp and the
bum, whom common Ignorance hod re
garded as a single entity with several
titles.
Tha effort to purchase the John How
ard Paine "Homo, Sweet Home,1' cottage
at Easthumpton, L. I., has failed and It
Is likely to be removed to a new site
and completely remodelel for a dwelling
house.
Cltlsens of New Berlin! O., are devising
ways and means to raise money to erect
In that village a monument to the mem
ory of the late Presldent"McK!nley. The
monument will stand In the public square
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Sols Uceasees froai fooa'i Eitrict Co.
where, as young tnan, McKlnley de
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evening Of September J,' 18S7.
The woman physician Of Iowa 'who
broke up an engagement with an under
taker by sending him a bill for profes
sional services rendered while he was ill
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did joint business arrangement.
Frank W. Berkshire of New York haa
been ordered to El Paso, Tex., as . Immigra
tion commissioner for the Mexican border
with instruction to keep out undesirables.
This raises dhe El Paso post to the same
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The large Influx of Japanese, Chinese and
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PASSIXG PLEASANTRIES.
"My husbnnd," said the doctor's wife,
"Is a bad pill."
"Mine," said the lawyer's bride, protidly,
"is a bad bar gain." Baltimore American.
"Hello!" exclaimed the first traveling
man. "still In your old line, I suppose!"
"No." replied the other, .
"No? What are you In now?" ,
"Hard luck." Philadelphia Press.
"Have you seen the latest thing?" asked
his friend, who came along after he had
been standing forty-five minutes on a sub
way platform.
"Yes," he said: "I'm waiting for It now.
I'm married to It." Judge.
"Does your son 'commence' this month,
Mr. Smithcrs?"
"No, he fa'led. He'll have to commence
over again next fall." Cleveland Plain
dealer. . "It la a very peculiar avummor."-,-
"Yes, answered the man whose' mind'
la always on figures. "It Is the first sum- -mer
I can recall when the Beef trust was
putting up prices Instead ot the Ice trust."
Washington Star.
"Is Sue Brette married yet?" asked tho
returned traveler.
"Of course," replied the native; "give
her a little time, will you?"
"Eh? What are you talking about?"
"Why, the wedding only took placa six
weeks ago." Philadelphia Press.
THE MAN WHO WINS.
Success Magaslne.
The man who wins Is the man who does.
The man who makes things hum aatd
buss.
The man who works and the man who
acts,
Who builds on a basis of solid facts;
Who doesn't sit down to mope and dream.
Who humps ahead with the force of
steam,
Who hasn't tho time to fuss and fret, '
But gets there every time you bet.
The man who wins ' Is the man whs
wears
A smile to cover his burden of cares;
Who knows that the sun will shine again.
That tho clouds will pass, and we need
the rain.
Who buckles down to a pile of work
And never gives up and never will shirk
'Till the task Is done, and tha toll Is .
sweet.
While the temples throb with red blood's
heat.
Tho man who' wins Is the men who climbs
The ladder of life to the cheery chimes
Of'tho bells of labor, the bells of toll.
And Isn't afraid that his skin will spoil.
If he face that shine of the glaring sun
And works In the Itght till hla task 18
done;
A human engine with triple beam
And a hundred and fifty pounds ot stear
lost
