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worn, aaya that tha . actual number of
full and complete copies of The Dally.
Morning, Evening and Sunday Bea prime!
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t U.0M , 18 "7,138
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' 41.100 ' 21 40,410
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II 37,300 17 4f,M
It..'........ 41.300 It 40,380
II 41.440 l 46,350
14 40,599 10.... 40,30
)( 40,(100 .
II 40GO Total. .MM.410
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WHEK OUT OF TOWN.
abscrlkera leaving the city tern
porarlly ahoald . kave - Tke , Bee
mailed ( these. Addreee will ke
changed aa often ma revaeeted.
Free lumber seems to have gone by
the board. ,
The British army Is to be equipped
with taxicaba. Possibly It la thought
the enemy could not stand the charge.
And now John D. Rockefeller has
written a poem. Otherwise age does
not appear to have dimmed his facul
ties. The Child Saving Institute build
ing fund campaign Is coming down the
home stretch In sight of the goal. In
the language of Mayor Jim, "Jar
loose. "
King Edward's-horse won the great
English derby. His horse has evi
dently taken up the pace the king set
in hlB younger days.
Is.lt possible that the break In the
Illinois legislature was the cause of
the tremor which shook the country
around the foot of Lake Michigan?
"Milwaukee Is the latest city to ask
the state legislature for home rule.
Omaha has some of a brand which It
will gladly permit Milwaukee to have.
In writing his new opera, It is to be
hoped Richard' Strauss Will not go on
the theory tba because the public
stood for Salome It will submit to any
thing. The senate Indulged in seven hours
of discussion on the sugar schedule
and some of the talk would indicate
that a .'portion of -. the sugar had fer
mented. A Nebraska man has landed an ap
pointment as consul at Mauritius. Oet
out your atlas and go on a searching
expedition Into the Indian ocean and
you may find it. -'
Omaha High school students have
been having a taste of strenuous
politics over the election of the staff
of their school paper. No need of a
special course in citizenship there.
The defense in the San Francisco
bribery cases, will hardly Insist that it
was necessary to put money in the
soap' dishes in the bath rooms to in
duce people of that city to Indulge in
the bathing habit.
New York is to blow In $1,500,000
on the Robert Fulton celebration next
September. Still, It was much easier
to raise thia money than to secure the
comparatively small amount to con
struct the first steamboat.
Those democratic city counclimen
art certainly -ungrateful. If it' were
not for Mayor', "Jim". not one of them
would have known that he was run
ning three years ago and not one of
them Would have been re-elected this
year.
Cuba bought $3,600,000 worth of
shoes abroad la the last year, "of which
the United States furnished over
$1,000,000 worth. Up to 1901 the
bulk of this trade went Jo Spain. This
illustrates what the American manu
facturer can do if be will only make
the effort.
By holding an appraisement sym
posium, the Real Estate exchange has
marked up the lota under considera
tion SO per cent as compared with
three years ago. It makes a lot of
difference whether s real estate man
Is figuring on sale or on purchase or
Uitieljr lort.be aso. ..
The Cemui Bureau. .'
Although his ability as a statistician
Is recognized and appreciated, the en
forced retirement of Director North
from "the leadership of the census bu
reau will not entitle him to any public
sympathy. Mr. North's Involuntary
resignation I the outcome of differ
ences with Secretary Nagle of the De
partment of Commerce and Labor, un
der whose Jurisdiction the census bu
reau It placed, but to whose superior
authority Mr. North declined to sub
mit. No matter how efficient a man
may be In the public service, one essen
tial qualification It due subordination
to the responsible officer above him.
Mr. North was imbued with the Idea
that the census bureau was an: Inde
pendent department 'pf the govern
ment, answerable alone to the presi
dent and congress instead of to the sec
retary of the Department ot Commerce
and Labor," to which irwas assigned
the same aa various other bureaus. In
Insisting on complete control over all
the bureau in his department Secre
tary Nagle was clearly in the right and
the president could do nothing but up
hold him, even at the risk of losing the
services of an experienced census man.
Dana Durand, deputy commissioner
of corporations, has been nominated to
succeed Mr. North. His former duties
were similar to those of the census bu
reau and there It no reason to believe
the work will suffer seriously from the
resignation pf Mr', North, as Mr.
Durand will have" ample time to fa
miliarize himself with the details of
his task before the actual business of
taking the census begins. ,. The census
It too costly and too important a work
to have its value fmpaired "by disagree
ment! and discord between Its director
and his superior, and It Is doubtless
well for all concerned that the decks
have been cleared for action at this
early day.
The Georgia Strike.
The strike In progress on the.
Georgia railroad must not be mistaken
for a labor disturbance in the ordinary
acceptance of the term. The trouble
Is racial with a slight admixture only
Of the Issues which ordinarily obtain
in strikes and other labor disputes.
The engineers are all whites while the
firemen Include whites and blacks.
Though technically not on strike, the
engineers have refused to run trains
for the alleged reason that they are
in danger of personal injury from mis
tiles thrown at the negro firemen, but
it Is apparent that the real reason is
sympathy with the issue raised by the
white firemen. The white population
of the townt, though suffering, from
the suspension of operations, are with
unanimity supporting the strikers,
and the greatest present danger is that
the racial feeling may lead to wide
spread disorders.
This outbreak of race antagonism
comet as an unpleasant revelation just
at a time when a more tolerant era was
supposed to be dawning upon the
south, bringing the two races upon the
threshold of a better understanding
which presaged harmony and mutual
advantage. The Georgia strike and its
developments' make It plain that, while
the south hat .advanced to the point
where it realises that the negro Is a
necessity as a laborer, the whites In
the south who work are determined
to preserve for themselves the higher
or more highly-paid occupations. Fur
thermore, It Is a demonstration that
racial prejudice hat not o far sub
elded as to render It possible for whites
and blacks to work side by side in the
same occupations.
It Is difficult, perhaps, for northern
people who have been reared with dif
ferent Ideals to comprehend the posi
tion of the south, but it it not to be
expected that traditional prejudices
will be easily wiped out by abstract rea
soning. In spite of all efforts to bring
the races to a better understanding of
each other, such outbreaks are bound
to occur from time to time and the
well wishers of both should not lose
hope of a full solution of the problem
being finally reached.
Problems for Cuba. -There
are Indications that the ma
chinery of the Cuban republic is not
running as Btuoothly as was hoped and
that the government at Washington Is
watching the drift of affairs with inter
est If not concern. ' When Uncle Sam
turned affairs over to the Cubans he
left the Island In peace, its administra
tion well ordered, its financial outlook
pcod and with well-matured 'plans for
future development. According to the
best estimates the necessary expendi
tures would be approximately $2 4.
000,000 and the revenues $30,000,000.
Included In the estimate of expendi
tures waa a liberal amount for sewers
In Havana and other titles and for the
prosecution of sanitary work under
taken during American occupation and
absolutely necessary for the well-being
of the country.
Instead of following the disinter
ested advice of the outgoing American
officials, the Cuban government has
squandered Its revenues in the pay
ment of a horde of useless officials, an
army has been created far beyond the
requirements and the legislature Itself
hat absorbed an undue proportion of
the governments resources. Malad
ministration hat caUsed a decrease in
revenues and these wasteful expendi
tures have brought the republic face
to face with s deficit of approximately
$10,000,000.
There It evidence that some tf the
native leadera appreciate the situation,
but they are apparently powerless to
stem the tide. The long period ot un
rest and revolution in the Island has
created s class of adventurers who can
be appeased only by making it more
profitable for them to be peaceful than
to be revolutionist. Theae leevbes, if
permitted, will milk the treasury dry
and when no more plunder remains
there they will become revolutionists
again. It is such a condition which it
feared in Washington and which would
render It necessary to intervene unless
the local government should develop
real strength.
Cuba was restored to the people with
the best 'wishes of the United States,
and a condition demanding interven
tion again would be a aource of disap
pointment and regret. The United
States, however, is sponsor to the
world for peace and order in Cuba and
cannot permit it to sink to the old-time
level of Haytl and San Domingo, where
political chaos was constantly the rule.
Fropoied Emergency Currency.
The Inherent weakness of our cur
rency system came to prominently to
the fore during the panic of 1907 that
a demand waa made upon congress for
the immediate passage of a bill permit
ting of more elasticity to meet just
such conditions ns then existed. After
much discussion an emergency cur
rency law was finally passed and a
commission created to recommend fur
ther changes in our currency system to
make It conform with modern require
ments. Immediately after the passage
of the bill the Treasury department set
about preparing the plates and print
ing the emergency notes, which task
after a year's labor has been com
pleted. There Is now In the treasury
$800,000,000 In currency subject to
requisition an amount approximately
equal to the present national bank cir
culation. The banks are repeating the story
of the man with a leaky roof when It
was raining he could not fix it and
when It was not raining It did not need
fixing.. With the tingle exception no
banks have taken any steps to avail
themselves of the privileges of the new
law. With the passing of the panic
flurry and its attendant pressure for
money the whole matter has pasted
Into history and the bankers are wait
ing for the monetary commission to
report and for congress to provide a
permanent system of currency re
sponsive to the needs of business.
It is to be hoped that there will be
no need at any time to draw on the
$500,000,000 of emergency currency
now reposing peacefully in the treas
ury vaults, but the mere knowledge
that it is there should be helpful In
preventing any call for it.
In Illinois.
The long-drawn senatorial deadlock
in Illinois has resulted as such dead
locks most often do In the election
of a dark horse candidate who was not
in the original list of entries.
In Illinois the possibility of a dead
lock waa supposed to have been fore
closed by the enactment of a primary
law providing for a preference vote on
senator to determine the nominees ot
the respective .parties. ' The result of
the primary was to give former United
States Senator Hopkins a decisive
plurality on the republican side, and
had the primary vote proved effective
he would have been promptly re
elected. Yet after futile balloting for
more than four months the senatorshlp
has been awarded to Congressman
William Lorlmer by a coalition of re
publican and democratic votes.
Under these conditions the demo
crats who have been loudest in their
talk about letting the people rule will
not be able to chide the republicans
for Ignoring the preference expressed
at the prlmarlee of their own party.
In his speech of acceptance Senator
Lorlmer reaffirms his party allegiance
at a republican, so that the democrats
who voted for him can labor under no
delusion an to bis political affiliations
past and future.
Senator Lorlmer has had a remarka
ble political career, climbing from the
bottom to the top of the political lad
der by his own almost unaided efforts.
He hat been a politician, taking part
in every fight, accumulating most de
voted adherents and also most bitter
enemies as he went along. He has
not distinguished himself particularly
by his service In congress, nor does he
measure up to the grade of statesman
ship which Illinois would be expected
to contribute to the senate. And yet
he will not suffer by comparison with
Senator Hopkins, whom he succeeds.
The Fire and Police board la republican,
the police Judge lsepubllcan; If the city
prosecutor ahould also be a republican,
what chance would the democratic party
have? it would mean the turning over of
practically the entire machinery of law en
forcement to the republican party. World
Herald. What's the matter with the demo
cratic county attorney? isn't he able
with the help of all his democratic
deputies to take care of the duties of
his office?
' One Btreet railway patron has seen
fit to write us a communication com
mending Omaha's street railway serv
ice in comparison with the service in
other cities. One of the best ways to
learn to appreciate things at home is
to find out how much worse they are
some other place. That, however,
should not prevent ut from trying to
improve.
Omaha and South Omaha bankers
have carried th?ir differences to Wash
ington. If the two cities were only
consolidated, the national banks here
would- all be on the same level, en
joying the same privileges and aubject
to the same responsibilities. Consoli
dation it the ultimate solution of this
bank squabble.
' Owing to a war between ice com
panies, artificial ice is being told In
New Orleans at from 7 4 to 15 cents
per hundred. If t,hey can keep that
;te up for loug without going broke
it will certainly prove that there Is big
money In the Ice business at customary
rates.
The New York police permuted
Emma Goldman to talk all she pleased
until she announced an address on
"The Modern Drama." whereupon they
drew the- line at that. The modern
drama embellished with her flow of
language would certainly be warm.
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. Henry Watterson It diagusted with
the democratic senators who are vot
ing for protection. This on top of the
prohibition wave in Kentucky It
enough to make any true Kentuckian
wish he had died while yet filled with
happiness and hope.
The Metropolitan opera houte in
New York is preparing to devote
$2,000,000 to pay salaries during the
coming season. Next to the industry
of marrying American heiresses, the
most prosperous one it that of the for
eign singer.
I
What's the difference whether
Governor Shallenberger buys his
mileage books out of the left-over al
lowance of his predecessor or out of
his own appropriation? The same
taxpayers will foot the bills either
way.
Dangerous Imitation.
Pittsburg Dispatch.
The report that Cuba la in danger of
spending more money than her revenue
will furnish evokes disapproval from some
of our" governmental authorities. The
latter seem to overlook the adage that
Imitation Is tha slncereat flattery.
Where the (Self Begins.
Boston Globe. , -
Th Mohonk Lake conference Is fairly
unanimous on the point that International
peace la desirable. So la the rest of the
world. But between its Idea of the brat
way of preserving that peace and the Idea
of those in power there is a wide gulf
fixed.
A Difference Worth Anting.
Kansaa City Journal.
The present occupant of the White House
treats his "running mate" more cordially
than his predecessor did his. Mr. Taft
invites Mr. 8h,erman to play golf, but when
did Mr. Roosevelt ever Invite Mr. Falr
banka to put on the gloves with him or
go tree-chopping?
Industrial I'pllft In ew England.
Springfield Republican.
New mill construction thla year in textile
Industries and others In the state, Rhode
Island, New Hampshire and Maine In
volves contract sr far awarded exceeding
IM.Ofl0.000. Here la substantial evidence of
the faith of those who are behind these
Investments that business la reviving.
Interest In the Indian Monument. '
Philadelphia Record.
Mr. Rodman Wariamaker's proposal to
erect In New- York harbor a monument
to the aborigines is arousing a good deal
of interest. It . Is a picturesque Idea to
perpetuate In art the memory of the race
that Inhabited thla country before the
white man came. It might be regarded
also as in turns sense, a penitential act,
for the trcajioent ef , the red man aa of
the black man,' is a deep ataln on the
history of white civilization. It waa wan
ton, too. With all their savagery the In
dians were overawed by the white men,
and when treated honestly and kindly
were friendly and helpful. The Quaker
government of this colonly found it pos
sible to live peaceably with all men, even
Indians, In other parts of the country,
too, the Indiana were little disposed to
resist the Invader except whn Infuriated
by personal outrages, frauds and the dis
possession of their lands.
WORK IMG TIME OF FARMER.
Western Senator'a Panegyric on the
Tolling Tillers.
New York Sun.
Every good senator's heart bleeds for
the oppressed and unuplifted farmer. Sat
urday tha heart of the Hon. Porter J. Mc
C umber of North Dakota dripped most
pitifully aa he compared the lot of his
georglr friends with that of the mechanic.
"Mr. President, I can appreciate the dif
ference between the farmer who rises at 4
or I o'clock In the morning, keeps on with
his work continuously until 9 or 10 o'clock
at night, and the laborer in the mines or
mills of West'. Virginia, receiving his 13
or 14 or IS a day for eight hours of labor.
I have compared the work of the laborers
upon the great public buildings with the
labor on our farms. Before the chime of
the hour of 4 o'clock had died upon the
listening ear I have aeen the uplifted ham
mer fall, with, the nail half driven its
course, the hoisted mortar dry in the hod
while the sun was still high in the
heavena."
With ao rich and mellow an eloquence
does the senator sing his variation of
the immoral "!' Worked Klght Hours
a Day " He has put the farm worker with
hla long hours by the side of the highly
organized and protected laborer or the
workman on government buildings
who, like the senate, has a leisurely and
Independent way of doing things. If the
farmer gets up at 4 a. m. he is a lucky
man, at this season of the year anyway,
and presumably healthy, and wise all the
year round. John Wesley, who didn't care
for money except to give It tway, was up
at 4 most of his life, often preaching at
i, and because or In spite of that and his
continual ridings and post-chasings lived
to be almost 88. Early rising and life In
the open are associated with and conducive
to health and virtue, and we must decline
to pity the farmer for being virtuous and
healthy.
Rut let ua hear from Mr. McCumber as
he tells us of the agonies of his man with
the hoe or steam plow or whatever it is:
"What Is the farmer on the plains of
North lakota and South Dakota and In
Maine doing when your laborer here stops
work In your mills at 4 o'clock In the after
noon? I can see him out on the prairies,
the beads of sweat trickling down his
sunburnt face, with at least six or seven
hours of hard labor to be accomplished
before his tired limbs can rest,"
To bed at 11 p. m. ; up at 4 a. m. Too
long a day. How many farmers keep those
hours? It Is no hardship to have to go
to bed at 11 one dues that in Boston; but
there the cows are no longer visible on
the common, we believe, as on tha "old"
blue Staffordshire plate, and you don't
have to be tumbled out of bed at the hour
when the sephyra and the heifers their
odoriferous biesths compare. The farmer
on the plalna doean't sweat more copiously
nor la he more sunburned than the young
gentlemen who study athletics In the col
leges, but his time card ought to be le
vised if Its hours are such as Mr. SIc
Cumbw auuld have us weeu over.
Around New York
SUpplae ' on the Onrreat of life
aa Sean la the Great Antarleaa
fetrenells from Bay to Day.
Ono of the lawyers who defended Harry
K. Thaw startles the profession In general
and the Thaw family In particular by de
claring In an affidavit filed In court that
he spen; S70.000 of his own gofd money In
hushing stories and witnesses during the
two trials of tha Pittsburg rounder. The
lawyer admits with professional candor
that he became so enthusiastic In behalf
of his client that he did not bother about
making drafts on the Thaw millions at the
time. Ht simply dug Into his own pile on
the spot, confident that hta forethought
would be appreciated and the family "make
good" as soon as the bill was handed In.
But the Thaws accumulated such a sur
plus of bills from the same case that they
are Inclined to be finicky, and have ac
tually expressed a doubt of the lawyer's
good will. They want to know two things:
Where did the lawyer get the $70,000 to
spend? If he had the money to spend,
who got It? The Thaws Insist on a bill
of particulars An answer la promised.
Meanwhile the lawyer Is suffering the sting
of outrageous ingratitude.
Peter Donnelly sprung a new one on
Magistrate Hermann In the Yorkville court
when ariaigned on a charge of conducting
himself in an abusive and insulting manner
toward his wife, Susan.
"I admit I was pretty rough in my lan
guage toward 8ur," said Mr. Donnelly,
"but the truth is I had a laughing gas
Jag."
"A laughing gas jag!" exclaimed the
court.
"That's what It was, your honor," re
plied Donnelly, "and that'a the worst kind
of a bun a man can annex. Saturday af
ternoon I had four teeth pulled. And for
every one of those teeth they gave me a
Jolt of that laughing gas stuff. It's good,
soothing dope all right, and I didn't feel
a bit of pain while those teeth were com
ing out. The dentlst'a assistant told me
1 laughed all the while.
"But when I got home that laughing gas
had the reverse effect. I got mean and
ugly and snarling. I rough-housed the flat
and when Sua went out I tore Into them
something fierce. But you got to excuse
me. judge. It was that gas."
The court prevailed upon Mrs. Donnelly
to overlook the "gas Jag" and to forgive
her husband.
Henrietta Crosman's garter bitcklea
brought only 76 cents at public auction in
New York, but her silver shoe horn netted
I3.R0. A big, fat woman bought the garter
buckles, and a tall, thin man bought the
shoe horn. It may have been that the gar
ter buckles were not Intrinsically worth
more than 75 centa, but It seemed a Shame
to many that the glittering, bronzy affairs,
set with brilliants, should be so sacrificed.
Several men said afterward that they
would have gone In for bidding If there
had not been ao many sharp-eyed women
bidder in the auction rooms. Every time
they started to say something their cour
age failed, and In a Jiffy the buckles were
gone. The embarrassment attending their
disposal waa shared even by the tousled
haired man who held them aloft while they
were being sold.
The Belnord, In deference to architectural
etiquette, must be known as an apartment
house. In reality It Is a community, a vil
lageand number of houses welded into
one. It is going up In the block bounded
by Broadway, Amsterdam avenue. Eighty-
sixth and Eighry-aeventh streets. Inci
dentally, It will occupy the entire block,
will be twice as large as Madison Square
Garden and will cost $3,000,000.
"Listen to this," said one of the archi
tects quoted by the Tribune. "That cute
little house will fit Into - a hole In the
ground 360 feet long by 300 feet wide.
Something like t,75O,O00 cubic feet of ground
must be disturbed to make room for It.
It will be only about 150 feet high, twelve
srorles and a mexsanlne on one side, but
those stories will be real live ones not of
the contlnued-ln-our-next kind, but the
whole thing under one cover. Even allow
ing for the open court about which the
house is to be built, which will itself be
250 feet by 100 feet and fitted up with a
little grass covered park of its own, each
of the floors in this tiny little dwelling
will contain 60,000 square feet, or about an
acre and an eighth. In other words, each
floor of the building will cover a greater
area than Bowling Green and Greeley
Square combined an area about equal to
that of Harlem Lane park, in Seventh
avenue at One Hundred and Fifty-third
street. The combined area of all floora
together, complete and mezzanine, la nearly
13H acres, or nearly equal to the combined
area of Tompkins Square, at Avenue A
and Seventh street, and of Union Square.
Practically all of this floor area Is of
wood. The picture moulding and baseboard
are estimated In miles. About seventeen
miles of one particular kind of mould
ing Is required.
"Not a few windows will find their way
Into the new building. My figures show
2.790, and that many wlndowa calls for
some little glass. Now, t figure the total
amount of plate glass to be used In doors
and windowa throughout the building at
l'AOOO square feet, or enough to nearly
cover the I.4S acres in t'nlon Square, and
if all the mirrors to be used In the build
ing could be worked together In one great,
big mirror. Bowling Greeh and one or two
other little breathing spota In New Tork
could stand shoulder to shoulder and aee
themselvea all over in It, for it would con
tain 50,000 square feet and would be over
an acre In area.
"There are one or two other little hard
ware Items of interest about the building.
For Instance. 6.000 hinges are required for
the doors; 12.128 small hinges for cupboards,
dressers, etc.. making a total of 21,128
hinges for the entire building. There will
be 4.783 cntchea on cupboards, dressers,
etc.; 1.071 small cabinet locks. 1.450 'pulls'
for drawers In dressers, etc. The building
has 933 passages which, in compliance with
the fire laws, must be guarded by self
closing doors; hence, in addition to the
other hinges enumerated there will be 933
spring hinges. There will be 700 holta for
fastening double doors at the top and bot
tom. The total number of knoba on doors,
locks and bolta is t.4M. There mill be 122
sliding doors and 47.000 hooka In clothea
closets.
Liberality and Pinlmssy,
New York Tribune.
It is announced that, In addition to th.
$1,500,000 which has been put at Count Z'p
pelln's disposal (partly by private sub
scription), at least Il.Ourt.ono more hue been
supplied to the bureau of atudles In Ger
many for experlmenta with military alr
shlpa. Altogether a sum has been made
available for Immediate use five times as
great aa a congressional committee wanted
to give the I'nited States algnal aervlce
laat winter for similar work. Perhapa the
proposed appropriation for the benefit of
American inventors would have been too
generoja. but the failure to give General
Allen a single dollar stands out in vivid
contrast with Germany's interest and
liberality.
PERSONAL NOTES.
The Philadelphia health authorities are
doing some . wholesale vaccinating among
the people of that burgh, who doubtless
find It a pleaasnt variation of their "tug
day" experiences.
Charles Green Bush, for years a leading
cartoonist of this country, died Friday
night at Camden. 8. C, of heart trouble,
after an Illness which hsd Incapacitated
him from doing hut little work for several
years. He mas horn In Boston In IMS.
A Chicago woman made her husband buy
j her seven hats in a month, her almple
process for accomplishing this being to
destroy a hat every time ahe got angry
and to get angry every time she wanted a
new hat. In applying the system the first
essential is to get that sort of a husband.
Albert E. Herpln. New Jersey's "sleep
less wonder," has turned Inventor. He
says his wakefulness has made his fortune.
He has Invented a process for underglase
photography, by which ha averts he can
reproduce portraits on china ware ot about
the tame cost as placing a photograph on
paper. -
The famous Arab, lizet Pasha, head of
Abdul Hamld'S secret police, alio fled to
Ixwdon on the proclamation of the
Turkish constitution last July to escape
the fury nf the mob, has now sought re
fuge In Paris. He may be seen dining In
secluded corners of the boulevard reetau-
ranta, apparently shunning notice aa much
as possible.
A monument to the genuine- negro poet.
Paul Laurence Dunbar, Is to be unveiled
Sunday, June X. his birthday. Addresses
will be made by Trof. W. S. Scarborough
of Wllberforce university. Bishop David W.
Moore and Rev. W. D. Clarke. The mem
orial is a fine granite bowlder, bearing a
bronze plate nn which la engraved a verse
from Dunbar's "Death Song."
President Taft. who will attend the fifth
annual convention of the Associated Wea
tern Yale clubs at Pittsburg next 8atut
day, has alao accepted a congregational
Invitation to attend services next Sun
day morning at the First Unitarian church.
While In Pittsburg President Taft Will be
the guest of Mr. and Mrs. Thomas K.
Laughlln. Mrs. Laughlln is a sister of
Mrs. Taft.
Emlllo Agulnaldo. commander-in-chief of
the native forces during the period of the
insurrection, has left for Bagnio to pass a
week as the guest of Vice-Governor W.
Cameron Forbes at the letter's ceuntry
place. This la Agulnaldn'a first visit to the
northern mountains since his memorable
retreat In that direction with several col
umns of American troops in pursuit.
Agulnaldo has been recently engaged In
planting at Cavlte, having withdrawn from
publio life.
LIMBER TARIFF COMPROMISE.
A Reasonable Redaction as Far aa
It ea.
Chicago Record-Herald.
When a tariff provision or amendment
la adopted or defeated in a way to
emphasize the Aldrlch grip or the fanati
cism of .the standpatters the judicious have
every reason to grieve. Such a result gen
erally represents the triumph of an ag
gressive "Interest" over the Interests of
the ultimate consumers, so-called, and of
the reasonable producers who are satisfied
with moderate and legitimate protection.
There la no occasion for sorrow, how
ever, In the defeat of the free lumber
amendment The vote discloses no sinister
division, while the arguments, even If not
always persuasive or even Intelligible,
have the right ring.
A $2 tariff on lumber would. be an out
rage on the consumer and a danger to the
forest resources of the nation. To free
lumber there is undoubtedly, aa Mr. Dol
llver said, earnest opposition even among
those who have expressed grave apprehen
sion at the threatened destruction of their
forests. Moreover, democratic senatorb
may feel, with Mr. Bailey, that lumber
may be properly taxed for revenue pur
poses. The case la one in which a compromise
la wise and honest. The house schedule,
which cuts the duty on rough lumber In
two while' leaving the differential un
touched, may be accepted aa the right com
promise. The president has said explicitly
that under no circumatancea and under
no cloak would he favor a $2 rate on lum
ber, but that la as far aa he has gone.
If an attempt should be made later to
raise the rate to $1 50 it la to be hoped
that the progressives will combine to de
feat the acheme. It won't do to spoil a
reasonable and satisfactory compromise.
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Pittsburg Dispatch.
No new principle la Involved In the llq'iof
shipment case decided by the supreme court
of the United States against the state of
Kentucky. It Is but a new affirmation
of the Interstate commerce principle, first
stated In the Iowa original package case.
The court holds that a state Htw Is pow
erless to prevent' Interstate' shipment,
which In guaranteed by that clause of the
constitution which saye that trade between
states shall be free, and that no state
shall pass any law to' the contrary. Ken
tucky lias but given another Illustration
of the recklessness of state legislatures in
passing clearly unconstitutional bills In the
face of better advice.
The decision doe, however, give point
to tha pneltlon taken nn this subject in the
United Stales senate by Secretary Knox
while member of that body. He decided
that a proposition to prohibit, such ship
ments would not be sustained. And he
pointed out that the most that could be
accomplished along that line, without an
amendment to the constitution, would be
to prohibit carrlors from completing a
transaction of barter.'' That Is. the express
companies could be prevented from ac
cepting shipments to Indefinite consignors
and from delivering to any' but those
clearly nominated In the way bill.' ' In the
light of this decision there "ran be no doubt
that Senator Knox was absolutely right.
MIRTHFUL REMARKS.
"Fortune favors the brnve," remarked
the tourist, as the red man raked In the
pot with four aces. Yale Record.
"Here's an Interesting newspaper article
headed, 'Some Don'ts in Selecting an Auto
mobile." "
"I wish I'd seen something of that kind,
with a 'Don't buy one' on it, when I was
looking around for mine." Chicago
Tribune.
BUI You say Gill's got a good memoryl
Jill Sure.
Bill Why, he borrowed $" from me a
month ago and hasn't paid It vet.
Jill Well, that's the reason he didn't ask
you today for $10; he asked me today. -Yonkers
Statesman.
Mr. Simple That girl Is perfect picture!
Miss Cynlo O. she's a finished painting,
all right. Baltimore American.
"Do you have any literary people In
your town?" asked a g-ueal of Mr Booth
Tarklngton out In Indiana.
"There goes Hiram Spaydep that man
with the pick and shovel on his shoulder."
replied Mr. Tarklngton. "He has produced
some of the best cellars every season."
Judge's Library.
"I am afraid to go with you. Do you
understand managing a boat?"
"No." replied the youth, "but I notice
that the fellows, who know, all about it are
the ones to get drowned."
Taking this hopeful view the girl re
lented and experienced nothing more trade
than a sunburned nose. Philadelphia
Ledger.
The college man wrote home to father.
"Dad." he said. "I can't get along with
that two-passenger runabout any longer.
I must have a touring car. You see. dad.
every time I take one of the professors for
a ride at least five of .the other professors
are as mad as blazes over if. Ton never
saw such a Jealous lot of fellows I want
a six-seated Whooper of the 1909 model,
dad."
He got it. Cleveland Plain Dealer.
THE CHURCH SPIDER.
Boston Transcript.
Two spiders, so the story goes,
Upon a living bent.
Entered the meeting house one day.
And hopefully were heard to say:
"Here we will have at least fair play,
With nothing to prevent."
Each chose his place and went to work
The light web grew space;.
One on the altar spun his thread. '
Rut shortly came the sexton dread.
And swept him off, and so, half dead.
He sought another place.
"I'll try the pulpit next," said he,
There surely Is a prize;
The desk appears so nent and clean,
I'm sure no spider there has been
Bewldes, how often have I seen
The pastor brushing files."
He tried the pulpit, hut alas!
His hopes proved visionary;
With dusting brush the sexton came.
And spoiled his geometric game.
Nor gave him time or place to claim
The right of sanctuary.
At length, half starved and weak and lean.
He sought his former neighbor.
Who now had grown so sleek and round.
He weighed a fraction of a pound,
And looked as If the art he'd found
Of living without labor.
"How is It, friend." he asked, "that I
Endured such thumps and knocks.
While you have grown ao very gross?"
" 'TIs plain," he answered, "not a loss
I've met, since first I spun across
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