THE OMAIIA DAILY DEE: WEDNESDAY, JANUAKY 22, 1003.
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WHE.V OUT Or TOW,
kwrlbert leaving; tha city teaa
porarlly shoald have Tha Be
sailed ta theaa. Address will ba
changed mm often mm reqaoeted.
The pollticlanf cannot have tt all
trfelr own way. The base ball season
.will open in about one hundred days.
The court of appeals In California
Hill insists that "Abe" Ruef did not
know what he was talking about when
lie plead guilty.
Wonder what that World-Herald
cartoonist would do If be did not have
the editor of The Bee to sit for a pic
lure every few days?
The Washington correspondents are
trying to make the country believe
that 34xxetar Cortelyou Is resigning
pn the Installment plan.
Pessimists seem to fear that Cuba
II1 b following Haytl's example as
Soon ss the United States troops are
Withdrawn from the island.
In the rush of other matters the re
ports fall to show whether that revolu
tion now in progress. In Hayti is a new
one or Just the same old revolution.
"The west does not like the Aldricb
currency bill," says the New York Post.
It Is Just possible that Mr. Aldricb did
not frame his bill to please the west.
Postoffice Inspectors say that postal
thieves can' identify money letters by
the smell. Apparently It is not safe to
send tainted money through the mails.
Council Bluffs gambling joints are
at last closed but not as a result of
the work of the man who publicly pro
claimed it his mission "to reform two
states." ,. ,
MratH Anna Qould announces that
she Is going to return to America "to
seek rest and quiet" Bhe will be the
first of the Ooulds to make her home
In Philadelphia." :
The United 8tateg plans to move out
or Cuba just in time to give Governor
llagoon a month's rest before taking
his plafe in the next president's cab
inet as'secretary of war.
In sjilte of the troubles that have
tieen upsetting business and Industrial
conditions in Persia, the New Jersey
mills are keeping the market fully sup
plied w.Hh genuine Persian rugs,
v . '
Some of those foreign noblemen are
roal financiers. An Austrian count
las just secured a. hold on the Vander
fcilt millions upon the Investment of
one dollar for a marriage license fee.
'
If Colonel Bryan bad the moral
courage 'four' years ago to kiss and
make up with "Gold-bug" Parker, why
should he not have the moral courage
now to kiss and make up with "Gas
bag" 8ulUvau?
Speaker Cannon is convinced that
the New York republicans will send an
unlnstructed delation to the Chicago
convention. 'IfMtaat holds any consola
tion for other favorite sons they are
welcome to it.
Council Bluffs and South Omaha are
Just now maturing a healthy crop of
candidates .for municipal office. The
open season for aspiring mayors and
councilman In Omaha will not come
for another year.
Postmaster General Meyer cannot
se why congress will not pass a par
cels Aost law. There are still five
reasons tho American, United States,
Adams, Pacific and lha Wella-Fargo
Express companies.
A rlT ITOBDff PZRSONAL.
The self-styled "offlcisl La FolMte
booster" for Nebraska septus distress
ingly esger'to have n;e pay some per
sonal attrntinn to him. Notwithstand
ing his continuous yelping and snap
ping at my het-ls, I have ben disposed
to ignore him ss I would sny barking
dog as not worth dignifying that much.
Lest, however, some well-meaning but
uninformed people, whose respect 1
would like to have, might accept as
truth the deliberate falsehoods he Is
having disseminated about me, I am
condescending to refute some of these
misstatements and at the same time to
show up their source.
First and foremost, whether this
"booster" Is being paid or not for writ
ing the scurrilous stuff be is inserting
in various Nebraska papers, I do not
believe Senator La Follette would have
anything to do with him If he knew his
history and record. I do not believe
Senator La Follette, whom I eeteem ss
a friend and greatly admire, would
want bis own sincerity discredited by
being championed by a man who only
a few years since was Infesting our leg
islature as a paid lobbyist for the
Union Pacific railway endesvoring to
thwart the very reforms for which
La Follette wss valiantly battling in
Wisconsin. Instead of having been
making "an aggressive fight for reform
In this state for years." as he pretends,
this LaFolIette 'booster" was, no
longer than two legislative sessions ago,
distributing free passes and freemeal
tickets among the lawmakers and their
satellites at Lincoln and trying to bribe
the incorruptible country newspapers
into selling out to the railroad gang.
The disclaimer of the "booster" that
he is not being paid In money may be
taken for what it is worth. I have
letters over his own signature, dated
not two years back, asking to be put
on a salary to worn pontics in .-Ne
braska for me and offering to Include
in tbe bill of sale bis Influence with
certain papers he claimed to be able to
control. Needless to say that the en
gagement was never made and my re
fusal to hire him then may possibly ex
plain in part his venomous attacks
upon me now.
As for myself, all I want to say Is to
deny the charge made by . Innuendo,
that I. by myself or in association with
any one else, have undertaken any
'contract to force a machine-made na
tional delegation upon the party." I
do not, however, recognize the right of
any ex-railway lobbyist with the record
of a political prostitute to dictate the
membership of our delegation to Chi
cago ss if h were commissioned to
speak for the decent republicans of
Nebraska. My own position is fully
explained by replies I made a month
ago to numerous inquiries from the
outside counties, of which the follow
ing Is a sample:
omaha. Dec. n; iWi.
My Dear filr: I have your letter and
thank you for tho complimentary aentl
ment expressed. Should the republicans
of Nebraska aeo fit to eelect me as one of
their representatives to the national con
vention, I would appreciate the honor
greatly and try to perform the duties with
credit to myself and aatlfactlon to them.
As there are four delgates-at-large to
be chosen. I do not want to be put In the
attitude of even suggesting who else should
be chosen, and certainly would not want
my preferment to depend on whether the
two United States senators are also to go
or to make way for others.
Again thanking you. yours very truly,
VICTOR ItOSKWATKR.
P. S. You may use this letter. If you
choone, as defining my position.
The suggestion that I want to turn
Nebraska over to the fusionlsts this fall
is gratuitous. As the editor of a re
publican dally I certainly have more
concern In keeping Nebraska In the re
publican column than a roan who has
no substantial Interest in Nebraska and
who spends half his time in Central
America. I certainly have more Inter
est in the re-election of Governor Shel
don and the preservation of the re
forms arduously accomplished, with
my help, by the last legislature than a
man who has publicly vllllfled and vi
ciously upbraided our present governor
because he declined to accept his rec
ommendations for appointive places.
It is gratifying to me, as an out
spoken advocate of Mr. Taft's nomina
tion, that the opposition has recognized
the futility of seeking to get Nebraska
delegates for other presidential candi
dates and is now bent only on taking
out vengeance on me.
VICTOR ROSEWATER.
CANADA'S LISBON IS BANKINO.
The lawmakers at Washington and
the financial experts who have been de
voting much thought and speech to
proposed reforms In our banking sys
tem, the creation of a central bank, the
protection of the funds of depositors,
and other related questions may find a
lesson in the recent closing of the Sov
ereign bank of Canada and the dispo
sition of its business without the crea
tion of a ripple upon the surface of
financial, commercial or industrial af
fairs of the Dominion.
The Sovereign bank ranked among
the ten big financial institutions of
Canada. It had branches In seventy
six towns and cities, and carried some
thing like 130,000,000 In deposlu.
When its management decided to place
the bank In liquidation,. the banking as
sociation of the Dominion took over the
Sovereign, arranged for the disposi
tion of Its affairs, and business went on
the next morning as though nothing
had happened. While the shareholders
of the defunct concern may lose con
siderable, depositors need not know
that tho bank has failed. They are
put to no Inconvenience except that of
going to another bank, which has
charge of the old accounts of tbe Sov
ereign. This is due solely to a system
of mutual protection and Insurance
that exists among Canadian Wnks.
The government has no psrt In It. ex
cept a supervisory control of the In
vestment of the funds raised on Joint
account.
In this country the closing of the
doors of seventy-six banks, big or little,
on one day, would probably precipitate
a panic and would certainly mean de
struction of assets and loss by deposi
tors. The Canadian Incident argues
tbe need of co-operation among banks,
the necessity for mutual protection of
the general banking Interests. It fur
nishes evidence also that the remedy
lies as much with tho banks as with
the lawmakers.
mn or tub wah ecARt.
Timorous persons, who, despite pro
testations of friendliness by the Jap
anese emperor and by the administra
tion at Washington, havo been dis
posed to believe a war between Japan
and tbe United States a certainty of
the near future, may find the most po
tent argument against such a contin
gency In tbe reports of the Japanese
difficulties in adjusting financial affairs
at home. Money Is the most essential
factor In war preparations. The nation
planning a big war must have a treas
ure chest. Just at this time Japan is
practically bankrupt, and the wisest
financiering will be required to place
the nifty little nation again In position
to think about fighting.
Dissection of the Japanese budget,
which has almost disrupted tbe minis
try at Toklo, shows that Japan has now
a national debt of more than $1,500,
000,000, about one-half of which Is the
heritage of the Nippon victory over
Russia. Tbe item of interest alone
amounts to about $125,000,000 a year,
and the budget calls for about $100,
000,000 for army and navy improve
ments. Already facing a tremendous
deficit, the nation's credit has been
about exhausted abroad and it is pro
posed to raise the new revenues by
largely increasing the taxes, already
grown fourfold In five years.
Japan's troubles are not all local or
financial. It has' assumed control of
Corea, and Is having difficulty in
benevolently assimilating the popula
tion of the Hermit kingdom. Russia
and China are both protesting against
Japan's efforts to dominate Manchuria,
and France has apparently joined them
In protesting against Japan's alleged
failure to preserve Chinese integrity In
the Chen-Tao district. Altogether, the
Japanese appear to have bitten off
more than they can properly digest.
Under the circumstances, confronted
with disorders at home and with seri
ous friction with Its near neighbors,
Japan has something more Immediate
to consider than the long-range pros
pect of a war with the United States.
CAMPAIGN RALLY OF TBE rVTVB.
A novel suggestion comes from our
old friend, "Bob" Houghton, who Is
re-vlslting bis home in England, that
we adopt and appropriate for our com
ing presidential campaign the British
practice of phonographlng political
oratory to be turned loose with me
chanical precision as often as need be
upon as many widely scattered audi
ences as may desire to hear it. If
canned campaign oratory should sup
plant the torchlight procession and tbe
red fire, "Bob" Houghton should have
credit for recognizing a good thing and
bringing It to our attention, for this is
what he writes from across tbe ocean:
I learn of another new thing, to me. In
the political line, that strikes me as a
good thing. When one of the great speak
ers in a campaign makes a apaeoh in
large city, they get it on the phonograph
and use it in the smaller towns and
through the country. I rather thought
that If we could have something like this
In our presidential campaign it would be
a fine thing, for we could get thousands
out to hear them where we do not get
hundreds out at present.
Of course, we could not expect
Bryan to repeat now Into a phono
graph what be said about Parker four
years ago, or the pet names he called
Roger Sullivan one year ago, or the
plea for government ownership deliv
ered In bis Madison Square Garden
speech after his around-the-world
Jaunt, but he can say something pleas
ing and catchy that would hold tbe
crowd.
Candidates on the other tickets
might also phonograph their Ideas on
public questions, Interspersed occasion
ally with a good story, and the polit
ical meeting might be made an educa
tional Institution, giving a variety of
elucidating preserved speeches. Throw
In a few moving pictures of political
celebrities and the campaign rally of
the future should become more popu
lar than ever and hold Its own even
against a base ball game or a free cir
cus parade.
An announcement by William Jennings
Bryan of hia retirement as a candidate for
president and of his refusal under any cir
cumstances to accept tha democratic nom
ination, would put Ufa Into the democratic
party, enthuse several million voters who
are at preaent apathetic and Induce a mil
lion or two republlcana who voted for
Roosevelt In 1904 to ceaaa worrying over
the prospects of White House control of
the next republican national convention.
Surely democracy has done enough for
William Jennings Ilryan to merit In return
such a service from htm. Why not get off.
William, and permit the Jackaaa to kick up
enfranchised heels? Philadelphia Record
(dam.).
All of which proves that the Phl'.a
delphlans are not only great sleepers,
but that they have strange dreams.
Tbe small-sized tempest raised at
Lincoln over tho acceptance of guar
anty bonds Issued by a company In
which a state officer is Interested sug
gests that all our legislation governing
the giving of guaranty bonds needs
thorough overhauling. These laws
were placed on tho statute books at tha
Instance of tha bond companies and
were drawn by bond company lawyers
looking out only for their clients with
out regard to the effect on the public.
The guaranty company has revolution
lied the bond business and occupied
almost tha whole field of bond-giving,
although our bond laws still go on the
theory of lndlvldnsl responsibility.
The supreme court of Pennsylvania
has accommodatingly come to the res
cue of the Pennsylvania railroad by de
claring the 1-cent fare law of that state
nail and void. Pennsylvania Is the
one state In which the railroads have
preferred to take the 2 -cent fare cases
Into the state courts rather than into
the federal courts, and they evidently
knew their, judges.
A perfectly safe theater may be an
Iridescent dream, bat that is no reason
why wo should have to put up with
Under boxes and death traps, mis
called theaters. The thing to do Is to
Insist that every, theater and public
hall be made as safe sgalnst fire and
panic as modern architecture and mod
ern construction make possible.
Tbe anti-Tart malcontents in Ne
braska are getting down to the point
of making open threats of bolting the
republican nominee If not allowed to
have everything their own way. When
boosters for the other candidate begin
indulging tn such threats they must
realize that they are In a bad way.
The Sugar trust Is opposing Secre
tary Taft on account of persistent ef
forts to have the duty on Philippine
sugar reduced. While Mr. Taft is
making no conversation on the subject,
he 1b acting like a man impressed with
the notion that he can get along with
out the support of the Sugar trust.
It has been discovered that one hun
dred years ago a pugilist named Bryan
defeated a pugilist named Sullivan in
England In eighteen rounds. The re
cent bout between Bryan and Sullivan
lasted but two" rounds, when they
kissed and made up, with honors even.
If Sioux City had only thought to
hold its Navigation congress in the
good old summer time Instead of in
the winter time, our Omaha delegation
could have chartered a steamboat in
stead of a special car.
Senator LaFolIette has Introduced a
bill permitting Indians to work on pub
lic lands and forest reserves. None
theless, there Is no record of Indians
clamoring for the privilege of working
on public lands or on any other kind.
Worth Ha Weight.
Baltimore American.
In view 'of the war talk that is going
around just at preset It Is comforting to
remember that talk ia cheap.
Rlsjht Kind af Reciprocity.
Buffalo Express.
When the fact Is known that the sailors
of the fleet spent at Rio, HOO. In four
days no doubt whatever can be entertained
of the genuineness of their welcome by that
city.
Can Hankers iet Together f
Chicago Record-Herald.
The diversity of opinions among the
bankers concerning the AM rich bill leads
us to suspect that even our expert finan
ciers may not know all there is to be known
about finance.
o Heat Till tbe Finish.
Chicago Tribune.
Secretary Taft (loea not appear to share
the popular confidence that he will be nomi
nated for president on the first ballot. He
has the forethought to keep pegging away,
aa Industriously aa a man might if he had
only slim chances.
Dark, to Sound Business.
Philadelphia Record.
In getting back to solid business the
American people may well get back to
sound politics. In fact, the two things are
interdependent, Interknlt, married tight to
each other and altogether undlvorceable.
But for rotten politics in the Immediate
past there Would have been less commercial
rottenness, and vice versa.
When Prophets Disagree, What Then?
Philadelphia Record.
The prophets should get together. A
western seer predicts a war with Japan
this year; but a foreteller In the east arises
to announce that the earth will be de
stroyed meanwhile. In such a clash of
authority It becomes, a question whether
to build more battleships or to get those
insured that are already in commission.
Cordial Weleome of Sailor l.ads.
Philadelphia Record.
The welcome to our aailor lads at Rio
Janeiro was of tha most cordial character,
but It was further emphasized by the
Brazilian government. A proclamation was
issued January 11 by President Penna, mak
ing operative a 2U,per cent reduction of
tariff duties on Imports of certain Amer
ican products. The rebates granted under
thia decree affect wheat, flour, condensed
milk, manufactures of rubber, varnishes,
typewriters, refrigerators, pianos, scales
and windmills. By this act of our sinter
republic the greeting to our fleet was made
the occasion of a most friendly breaking
down of the bars to more profitable com
mercial intercourse. This concession is
made more striking by the inability of
our government to reciprocate in kind.
CI AHATEKI(i BANK OKPOSITS
Well Mansard Banks Taxed to I'phold
rUnirri.
Chicago Tribune.
The cardinal objection urged to the guar
antee policy Is thst the careless or reckl s
banker will no longer be restrained by any
sense of duty to his depositors, for he will
feel that they are safe In any event. It
is contended also that it will make the de
positor indifferent and Irad him to be
lieve that one bank is as good aa another,
though one may be run by a conservative
banker and the other by a plunger. A few
years' trial of a guarantee law might show
how fsr these objections are valid.
These objections have so much weight
that If the Kansas legislature shall enact
the proposed law It should at the same
time make provision for a much more
rigid supervision of the banks that will
be affacted by It. Those among them which
are prudently and successfully managed
should not be taxed to make good the
losaea of banka which would not have
failed If tha officers of the state had ex
ercised due vigilance. The ' slste should
supervise the banks aa closely as If It were
held directly responsible for the losses
of depositors.
LEST WE
Tell-Tale Letters of a Legislative Lob
byist Now Posing as a Reformer,
as Printed at the Time.
An Intrrratlaa Town on lea Hon.
LINCOLN. Neb.. Jan. 13. 10J Editor Herald. Hartington. Neb. Dear Fir: X
clooa herewith aa article which I wish you would run In tbe local r editorial ool
waas of the next issue of your paper
I believe the sentiment will meet with the approval of yourself and .your readers
and that local comment on the Omaha tax echeme would be In order.
If you dealre payment for the expense of putting this article In type and running
It. send me bill, and X will rend yoa check far same. There liould be no delay In
arousing public sentiment against this Omaha movement.
Please send me copy of your paper containing this article. Yours.
F. A- HARR1SJN
The Editorial Article.
As the people had been led to expect, the
City of Omaha is arraying Itself sgainst
the rural counties, school districts and
villages of the state in the mstter of rail
road taxation. The latest scheme Is being
exploited In the legislature. The attempt
Is being made to change the law so aa to
permit Omaha to assess the railroad term
inal property locally. Instead of allowing
the taxes to be distributed equally along
the lines aa ht present.
It Is well known that the railroads are
interested la the npbnildlna of all parts
of tbe state, and that thereby they build
up their own business. The valuab'.e rail
road properties located In Omaha are not
there for the sole benefit of Omaha, but
for the benefit of the whole system.
The scheme has Just been attempted In
Illinois, where Chicago wanted to grab the
railroad taxes for local purposes. The st
torney general stood for the people f his
state, and declared that the scheme would
result In a loss of at least 20 per cent In
taxea In each of the outBlde counties. The
case went to the courts, and a few days
Open Letter In Reply.
tear Frank: 1 acknowledge the receipt of your favor cf the 2Sd Inst., and beg te
reply that articles such as that enclosed are -not admitted to the editorial columna
of the Hartington Herald In the way you auggest. Referring to the third paragraph
of your letter. I beg to aay that there Is not money caoagh la the state of sTebraaka
to buy even one line of editorial comment la the Serald.
Referring to the eecond paragraph of your letter. I regret to ssy thst the sen
timent of your article does not meet with my approval, and I doubt very much that
It will meet with the approval of the Herald's readers.
When I call to mind, dear Frank, that the Union Pacific Is maintaining a lobby
at Lincoln on a very extravagant scale, and that this lobby la doing everything pos
sible to cultivate a sentiment among the members of the legislature In line with
that of your article, I am led to the belief that there la an African in the woodpile,
and that Instead of trying to "arouse public sentiment In the Interest of the public."
you are really trying to earn your salary y elerorly "workVag" the gullible country
editor to serve the Interests and wishes of your employer, the Union pacific. In the
belief that he Is serving the people. The present method of assessing the railroads
is undoubtedly a cleverly devised scheme by the railroads to shirk payment of their
fair proportion of taxes by taking advantage of the lower tax levies of the rural
counties through which their lines run. The cities of Omaha. Lincoln, and. perhaps,
other cities of the state In which are located valuable terminal properties, are en
titled to the privilege of assessing these properties, and the present system of as
sessing railroad propertiee ia a rank injuatlce to those cities, they being at enormous
expense for fire and police protection and receive practically nothing for it.
No doubt. Frank, the present law governing the aasessment of railroad property
Is largely responsible for the great Interest the railroads have been taking; In the
selection of candidates for state officers by both political parties.
Then again. Frank, when the railroads become so magnanimous" as to spend
money to arouse publlo sentiment In benalf of the dear people, our observation
forces us to the conviction that it la time to look Into the motive.
In conclusion, dear Frank, permit me to aay you ara la mighty small business
when you undertake to act aa go-between la buying- up the Influenoe of the country
pretfs la behalf of tha railroads of this state, and permit me to exhort you to turn
from the slimy path of political and corporate corruption before it la eternally too
late. Fraternally and sincerely yours. , . GEORGE L. NELKON.
ARMY GOSHIP IX WASHINGTON'.
- k.irnli Gleaned front the
Army nnd Navy Register.
There have been In circulation this last
week all sorts of rumors, mostly from an
unidentified source, respecting what will
bo done in the house and aenate in regard
to the increase of service pay. These
stories, which have alleged that the bill
as reported would exclude this or that
class, or would include this or that
set of claimants, have had, as might be
expected, a disturbing effect, especially
upon thOBe who aro at a distance from
Washington. So far as the beat obtainable
information throws any light on what will
be done. It is safe to say that no radical
departure will be made from the provisions
of the Dlck-Capron bill, even with the
service pay Increase placed on the appro
priation acts. There is still reason for the
admonition that it would be well to allow
those who direct legislation to work the
problem to Its solution without undue In
fluence in one or another direction.
The Increase of service pay will be ac
complUhed by a separation of the provi
sions of Increase. The naval appropriation
act will probably contain the Increase of
pay for the navy and marine corpa, and
the army appropriation act will carry the
Increase for the commissioned personnel
and enlisted force of the military establish
ment. The increase of pay of the revenue
cutter service personnel will be accomp
lished by applying the army pay to that
service. This Is the present condition
authorized by existing law. It is considered
by Senator Hale and others that there
should not be an Independent, Identical
bill representing the pay of all the services.
It Is appreciate! that there are distinctions
which must be specially made, and that this
can be done with the greatest fairness to
service beneficiaries by carrying out the
plan here described. There will not be a
great distinction between the pay of the
services under this arrangement and the
increase in the end will practically be the
same, as near as may be. It is probable,
therefore, that the provision for Increase
of the pay of the navy and marine corps,
ineonorated In the Hale naval personnel
bill will he added to the naval appropria
tion act, when It reaches the senate naval
committee. By that time. Senator Hale
and his associates will have had the-opportunity
they desire to look Into the con
ditions which have been the object of re
lief In Senator Hale's bill.
It has been proposed at Port Itlley to
have two post exchange buildings, one for
the artillery subpost and the other for the
cavalry post. It Is provided by the act of
March 17, that not more than 140,000
of the appropriation for post exchanges
shall he expended at any one post or ela
tion. The separate parte of the post at
Port Klley. which are occupied by the
artillery and cavalry. He at some distance
apart and are separated by a ravine, ao
that a post exchange at the cavalry post
Is not readily accessible to the artillery
subpost. 'Notwithstanding this fact, the
law Imposes a restriction which la both
negative and mandatory In character and
the only relief which Is possible ia by
meana of special legislation so phrased as
to enable the case of each large post to be
trested on Its merits. It is probable that
thia action will he taken by the War de
partment In order to meet the conditlone
which exist at the brigade post where more
than oue poat exchange building will un
doubtedly be required.
A rare professional deserter from the
army has been promptly apprehended by
tha arrest at lxis Angeles on Thursday of
this expert on tils fourteenth application
FORGET
ago it was decided against Ciilcage and
In favor of the rural counties. The Omaha
real estate boomer desire to get around
a decision like this by legielaUve enact
ment, and thus deprive tt.e outside coun
ties and districts of Nebraska of from 5
to Ti per rent of the railroad taxes whith
they heretofore have received.
It Is a good time for members of the
legislature from the Interior or tbe state
to be constantly on their g-uerd against
thla dangerous movement. There will Ve
no division of sentiment among those who
Inform themselves on the question.
Omaha has built up Its trade and gained
la wealth because of the toll and produce
of the rural communities. The grab game
In the matter of railroad taxes looks like
base Ingratitude. It in like an attempt to
kill the goose that laid the golden gg. It
would seem to be In order for the con
stituency In the counties all over the state
to notify their representative in the leg
islature of their disapproval of the Omaha
scheme.
f for enlistment. ' His career extenda from
an original enlistment In October 1S92. at
Grand Rapids, Mich., and almost every
year thereafter, and In 1905 on three oc
casions, he enlisted, mostly tn California,
deserting within a few days and sometimes
on the same day of enlistment. On three
occasions lie deserted while en route from
the recruiting station to an army post.
He had a variety of names, starting with
that of Patrick Horrigan. and thrice using
the name of Daniel Sheehan. His Identity
was established by the records of the ad
jutant general's office, and a confidential
circular was sent out on December 9, 1907,
to the officers of the general recruiting
service. This circular directed that. If the
man were recognized, he should be placed
In confinement at once, and this haa been
done at Los Angeles, with a view to bring
ing the man to trial for these offensea
of desertion which come within the statute
of limitations. His identification was added
by numerous distinctive tattoo marks.
It ia held by the War department that tin
men or the families of men enlisted or
re-enlisted in the regular army during the
war with Spain and who were entitled to
their discharges upon the completion of
the term, but who served beyond that time
and were aubsequently honorably dis
charged or. who died in the service are
considered entitled to tho medals provided
by the act of June 29. 190C
Lumber Men la Session.
NEW ORLEANS. Jan. 21.-At the snnual
meeting of the Yellow Pino assoc'.tlun.
which opened today, several interesting
papers were read.
The Perfect Food Beverage
'fiilii
,:S
Tho kind of Cocoa Beans that we use contain
six times as much food value as beef.
We buy only the highest-priced.
Our Cocoa la nothing but Cocoa and that Is why
It U the most delicious of Cocoas.
The WaLTEK St. LOWNHY C.
Beaton, Mass.
n sjtL aoTtcs.
When Fofekrr save there ot'l - -harmony
he means there wte t be m
he ran prevent It.
jeese I Livernmre. the plunger . i
cleaved up gS.OU'.W In Wall sire-t
has SW.OiW ale ot citton. is on'y V -.
eare ago he we marking price
box id of a Boston broker's office.
jvbi-asko s eminent consul, hls.ior '
Howe. Is about to reiieaf' at taaeh.
his present station. Ins balMtrnttirir
uuiphs at Phelfield. Atitwerp and pj'.-ti'--He
la echeduled for a feast on V. .
Inst., planned by the Manchester Cr."
of Connnerv.
William Eauchort Wilson, the new
reeitatlve to congrees trom the WO' m .
port district of Pennsylvania, was bmr. -Scotland,
and as a boy was brought t
parenta to this country, settling In Tlon
county. Pa. His first work . was in t .
mines, shoveling onta the coal tars the
that hia father dug.
Hiram L. Prw ncef, owe ot tlie v. 'era'
poete of the country. Is j ading the un.
of his life In a quiet couutry hemr t
White Head. New , Brunswick. H a
born In Vermont in 1S2. rffis best kn n
poetu. "A Hunflred .Tears t Come
written when he was st'sukooL
That George Washington. !e first j s
Jdent of the Cnftcd States, was a -c
descendant of King E)ward I. is ti e a
nounoement of Rev. FredeMck W. Kn
an English genealogist, whd for sve-a
months past l.aa hn .. investigating , .
ancestry t the Wah!ngtpn familT .. a
branch about which fcitbrrio little or not-,,
lng has been known.
The new president of the Swiss rep-'lc
Lr. Ernst Brenner. Is rot ttf'the most d:j
tlnguiRhed Jurists In Fwltarrland. a msn
of wide culture and of great experience in
public affara He Waves the ftost cf chief
of the Department cf Justice and Police to
assume the Bales' presidency. No person
who hes been elc-ted to the presidency cf
that country has enjoyed to a greater ex
tent the respect - of his ellow citisens or
attained to greater popularity.
LIVELY AND LIGHT.
Mr. rtutttn genlar Have you kept any
good New Tear resolutions?
Mr. Getout (glacially) Tea sir out of my
conversation. Baltimore American.
Ruef. the grafter, looked solemn.
"Kchmlts." he said, "this is s blow."
"What are you talking about 7"
"I confessed that 1 was guilty. The court
save I am innocent Hee what a liar that
makes roeT Philadelphia Ledger.
"I thought that you were going to marry
that Miss Quiverful?"
"I was. till 1 found out thst she was
one of a family of twelve, that her mother
had had ten brothers and sisters, snd her
grandmother fourteen!" Cleveland Leader.
"I noticed." remarked the piano stool to
the parlor lamp, "that you started to Bmoke
last night when Miss Terner was entertain
ing Mr. Tlmtnld."
"Tea." replied the !amr. "I saw she wa
just waiting for an excuse to turn me
down." Philadelphia Press.
"I understand that ahe is separated from
her husband?"
"Tes. '
"Oli. tell me all about It; what did she
do?"
"Nothing; he died." Houston Post.
"It is curious how habit a fix themselves
upon us," said Silas Hayrick's nephew, who
was studying for the ministry.
"Yep. I know, it." replied Pilae. "Ten
take Lizzie's husband, fer Instance. Since
they've mowd up ,to the city where they
have all these latest conveniences he takes
a bath regular every week, whether he
needs It or not." Chicago Record-Herald.
Tommy Paw, what is a professional
secret ?
Mr. Tucker A professional secret, my
boy. i something that verytdr knew
btit only a select few are supposed to
know. For instance. It's a professions!
secret thst every doctor administers bread
pills once In a while. Chicago Trlb ine. .
"I hates to hear a man Insistln' dst rt
world is get tin' wusser." ssid t'nrle Enen.
"foil de reason dst a msn's Impression
of dc world depends a heap on de kind o"
society he gits into." Washington Star.
"That man who is rounding uo the ama
teurs for the fashionable heaiity show, ia
acting liko a street car conductor."
"In what way?"
"He Is collecting the fair." Rait imors
American.
"Say. Mag." said Mame. "I
don't see
how you got so stuck on him.
He ain't
gool-kokiiig nor nothin .
"I know ho ain't," replied 'he lovelorn
Maggie, "but didn't yer never notice w at
a lot o" gold he's got in his teeth?"
Philadelphia Press.
1:'UKK WORD.
John Boyle O'Reilly.
Unspoken words, like treasures In the mine.
Are valiiel. ss until we give them birth;
Like unfound gold, their hidden beauties
shine.
Which God haa made to blcsa and gild
the earth.
How sad 'twould he to see a roaster's hand
Strike glorious notes upon a voiceless
lute;
But, oh. what pain, when at God's own
command.
A heartstrlng thrills with kindness, hut
. ia mute!
Then hide It not, the music of the soul
Dear sympathy, expressed with klndlv
voice ;
But let It like a shlnina river mil
To deserts dry to heart a that would re
joice. Oh. let the symphony of kindly words
Sound for the poor, the friendless and the
weak.
And He will blesa you! He who struck
thce chorda
Will strike another when In turn vou
seek.
Leo say's Cheostat I
aa Cboceiata nraducU.