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changed as eften reqaeeted.
At any rate, we shall goon know
who la king of England.
It looka ag If that council vacancy
had proved to be a fait alarm.
Only when the librae team Is home,
la life worth iivlnr to the real fan.
It la getting near the time fer the
bargain-counter offering of oandldatea.
l
Well, even if the motor vehicle la
to supplant the horse, the horse can
say he staid well.
They all know, however, . that Mr.
Havemeyer has no. chance, to com
back In this cross-examination.
Like the battle, of Blenheim, the
reciprocity fight will be a glorious
victory for Taffl when he wins it.
The Boston Transcript says "noth
ing on earth can - touch a beautiful
moon." No, not even an aeroplane.
The weather man must be practic
ing up for the forthcoming annual pic
nic of the retail grocers and butchers.
It took the senate a long time at
the mourners' bench before it became
converted on that' popular election
gospel.
If the "Interests" do not wish to
spoil Governor Harmon's chances
they had better put the soft pedal on
their boosting. - ;
- Senator . ' Raynef- accuses Colonel
Roosevelt with having a genius for
changing his mind. Remember what
they said about wise men.
Assured that Mr. Folk has not a
ghost of a chance for the nomination.
Mr. Bryan says he would cheerfully
support, him for the presidency.
. Give them a little time and our
sweet girl graduates and budding boy
orators will gradually get down to
earth and grapple with realities.
With aU those political lightning
rods up, it la hard to understand why
the bolts from Heaven should prefer
to strike the new Union Pacific office
building.
Report has It that Mrs. John Jacob
Astor Is going to get even with Queen
Mary by moving to Philadelphia. Come
to Omaha and then the queen would
turn jgreen-eyedL
If Mr. Bryan contlnuea his attack
on Chairman Underwood that gentle
man may be forced to declare himself
a candidate for president to vindicate
the logic of his popularity.
The spectacle of a public reprimand
to the six mutinous cadets Is a re
minder that a good, strong arm Is still
needed at the head of the Omaha High
school, whether the principal be a man
or a woman.
Now that Governor Deneeu has
vetoed the bill seeking to prevent
newspapers from publishing accounts
of crimes. Lee O'Nlel Browne and the
other Lorimerltes will have to try a
new way of muscling the preas.
The aenate committee on military
affaire will investigate the order trans
ferring the big end of the military de
partment headquarters to the army
divisions. But what concerns Omaha
is the question, Will a post-mortem la
vestigatlon stop the transfer?
Over In South Omaha the law re
quiring a revision of registration for
the Impending bond election Is delib
erately disregarded because of the ex
pens Involved. Her Is another illus
tration of the weakness of our election
machinery dividing the control and re
sponsibility for registrations and elec
tions between different authorities.
we had a single elections bureau
charged with conducting the voting la
all Its phases from registration to col
lection of returns such a breakdown
would not occur.
Bememberinj the Maine. .
The reanrreetlon of the battleship
Maine from the deptha of Havana har
bor after thirteen yeara should serve
to recall to the public mind the Impor
tant part played by the late Thomas
B. Reed, then speaker of the house, in
the preliminary movement that sought
to prevent war with Spain and bring
to a peaceful settlement all differ
ences existing between that nation and
the United States. And It Is now be
lieved that but for the deplorable ex
plosion of the-Maine 8peaker Reed
would have succeeded la his under
taking. The current of events glides so
swiftly by as to obscure for the time
some of the most important mlleposls
of contemporary history, and It does
no harm now and then to pause In the
rapid race and take account of what
has gone on. Various Interests bore
down heavily on President McKinley
during the third session of the Fifty
fifth congress In an effort to compel
him to use armed Intervention, if it
came to that, to force Spain to make
certain changes In Its system of gov
erning Cnba. Against these combined
Influences Speaker Reed hurled the
whole strength of his great personality
and official power, and not in vain,
until the report rang out from Havana
harbor that sent a thrill through every
American heart and, for the time, in
flamed the public mind so that it was
not capable of taking the most dis
passionate view of things. The presi
dent, himself, was as unemotional as
Mr. Reed and was not hard to influ
ence on the side of restraint. Indeed,
he endured the taunts of an Impatient
people rather than rush Into what he
believed to be an unnecessary war.
But Mr. Reed did not believe that
the Spaniards blew up the Maine and
he never believed It. He still clung
to the conviction that racial, tempera
mental and climatic problems would
scarcely Justify American occupation
of Cuba and urged against it. He
furthermore believed that Spain could,
by peaceful negotiations, be brought
recognise every Just demand which
could be made upon her in behalf of
Cuba. Of course, Mr. Reed may have
been wrong and the influences that
forced the declaration of war right.
About that men probably always will
differ; nor will it matter, so far as the
controversy Is concerned,' for all agree
that' the outcome of the great, crisis
In Cuba has helped humanity. The
point of Interest now is to note the
part played by a man whose place in
history will undoubtedly grow as time
goes on.
Sugar Trust and Sug-ar Beet.
Testimony adduced at Washington
goes to show the Intimate connection
between the so-called Sugar trust and
the beet sugar Industry in various
parts of the country. This is of spe
cial Interest to us here in Nebraska,
because the pioneering in beet, sugar
was done In this state, and the con
troversy over the beet sugar bounty
la a chapter in Nebraska history. The
facts brought out at Washington an-
parently confirm what has been the
prevailing impression out here,
namely, that the manufacture of sugar
from sugar beets was originally taken
up Independently by the Oxnards, but
that the Sugar trust made a deal with
them as soon at beet sugar secured a
firm enough footing to share the
market.
While the beet suear industry in
Nebraska has fallen far short of the
roseate prospectus once held out, the
obstacles that have prevented develop
ment could not have been easily fore
seen, nor can they be charged up en
tirely to Interference bv the 8ur
trust. Without excusing the beet
sugar people's defaults on their con
tracts and mistreatment of towns that
gave bonuses for location, it is con
ceded that what retarded development
was Inability to secure the kind of
labor needed for cultivating beet su gar
fields, and the discovery that sugar
beets of higher saccharin aualitv
could be raised at the same or less
outlay elsewhere, particularly In Irri
gated districts. If Nebraska had been
able to build up a big and profitable
beet sugar Industry the state bounty
schema would have been vnliwl ' a
great succeaa. It would not have
made much difference to us whoso
money was put Into the beet suear
factories or whether they were later
gobbled up by the trust. providing
they continued to be operated and gv
employment to labor and furnish a
market for a diversified farm product.
Whether there la a future for beai
sugar In Nebraska will depend upon
the progress of the Industry.- It ts
quite possible that Improved methods
may in time be devised that would
nsake It pay to make sugar out of a
lower grade of beet or enable ns with
present facilities to rata a better beet.
w have hopes yet that Nebraska will
some day be a great beet sugar-oro-
duclng state.
Needlessly Alarmed.
Th Columbus Tribune-Journal is
making a loud outcry because an ob
scure weekly published in Omaha has
advanced some peculiar, arguments
aganst th Albert law, which the Co
lumbus paper denounces as a defense
of vice. It says It does not know how
far this publication represents the sen
timent of the people of Omaha, and
then aaaumlng that It does vole the
sentiments of the people -of Omaha,
proceeds to brackwath Omaha la the
usual fashion. "The people of
Omaha," It declares, "ought to know
by this Urn that wholesale assaults
on th Intelligence of the rest of the
state by its newspapers can do the city
no good."
Really, our Columbus contemporary
should calm itself, for we can assure
K that It 1 needlessly disturbed. No
city or town can be held accountable
for all the things that are printed In
Irresponsible or sensational publica
tions. "The Intelligence of the rest
of the state" knows, we believe, what
newspapers are representative of
Omaha's business community, except
when misled by just auch outbreaka
as we have quoted. We had hoped
that the recent visit of the country
edltora to Omaha for their annual
Preaa association meeting would atop
auch misrepresentation, but evidently
the editors who stsyed at home are
Just the ones who should have come.
China Baiiei Her Demand.
China haa taken a new inventory
of the loss it sustained in the rebel
massacre at Torreon and raised her
demand to 118,800, 000 instead of
$6,000,000 indemnity at the hands of
Mexico. It divides Its loss under three
heads S00 subjects killed; $1,000,
000 worth of property destroyed and
national pride Injured. At this rate
$15,000,000 would go for Indemnity
for the dead, $50,000 per capita and
that, with th $1,000,000 for property
Iobs, would leave $800,000 to pay for
the damage done to Queen An's feel
ings, a rather reasonable sum, most
people will admit.
' But Mexico, according to the best
advices, la manifestly disturbed over
the aituatlon. China la said to have dis
patched a ateamer with offlciala to
make a critical Inspection of the cir
cumstances attending the massacre.
This msy be taken as additional proof
of the Chinese intention to stand firm
for its asserted rights. Mexico, realis
ing, contemplates the situation with
little complacency, particularly since
the circumstances seem to indicate
that the blame for the massacre, al
thougn committed by rebels, rests en
tirely upon th republican govern
ment. A novel explanation, tending to mol
lify the offense, has been given out
from Mexico. It is this: That several
years ago polstmed cognac found at
a banquet in Torreon gave rise to a
rumor of an attempt at wholesale mur
der. That Mexican rebels somehow
found this brandy, and not knowing
it was poisoned, took It to a Chinese
restaurant to give taste to a dinner
they had planned.
Those who drank of It died. That
the others conceiving the belief that
their comrades had been potsoned by
the Chinese started the attack which
kiljed off more than $00 with the
heavy loss of property. But thus far
this apparently specious plea has not
found its way to the heart of Queen
An. The steamer haa not turned back
on that account at amy rate.
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The Deadly Speed Races.
The, auto speed races must be put
down aa-a failure if they have been
entered In the list of sports. ' They
are entirely ' too tragic to be classed
as sport. Sport would not suffer it
they were done away with, , .
' It is not at all probable that any
thing that may be said on the subject
will , stop the speed race. The next
best object to be sought, then, is a de
gree of safe regulation. Careful study
will reveal the fact that In most of
these deadly exhibitions the accident
might have been averted If this or that
had or had not been done. The
patent excuse la always within reach.
This should suggest all the more why
those responsible for the races should
surround them with conditions calcu
lated to protect life and limb better
than baa been done.
Carelessness, we are reminded, en
ters largely Into th whys and where
fores of so many auto casualties. Care
lessness Is only one aspect of the
mania, the reckless disregard for hu
man safety, which this thing breeds.
Two young men are burled through
space, one of them possible to his
death, because a tire bursts or slips
off. When told th tire was loose,
they had yelled that they would stop
and fix It on the next time around, but
there was no next time. Perhaps th
hasard at least might be lessened by
stricter control, even if the auto
speeders persist in risking their necks.
The taxpayers of Douglas county
hsve been decidedly th gainers by th
alliance between the county board and
th local charity organisation society
through which applicants for poor re
lief from th county have been
checked up to make sure that they
are not Impostors. This work, it
properly done, should be equally of
benefit to the deserving poor and
needy, who can be better provided for
If the substance available for that pur
poae la not dissipated on th unde
serving. The railway mall service division
headquarters will go either to Omaha
or to Denver. And. It is sat assump
tion that Denver is leaving no stone
unturned to land the prise.
Instead of trying to explain or
apologia for Colonel Roosevelt's
apeech on war and peace, If the critics
would Just let the speech stand as de
livered, it would not be so very bad.
A Chicago man of $ and a woman
or 70, divorced thirty years ago, have
been remarried; showing at least that
Dan Cupid can "come back."
Basret fee Vwblleltr.
WashlngXiS Poet.
The trouble with the house U that there
rn i mifuin inTiiitiwBi i go around
among all the chairmen who simply must
get a little advertising.
Nstrthera Katerarlee la Trestle.
Pittsburg Dispatch.
Charles Francis Adam eoma home from
the Canal aoae wonder stricken, at the
triumph ef sanitation there ever tropics I
disease,' and predicting that the victory
means that la the future th tropica will
be the eenter ef enterprise and ntvlllaed
energy. But still If eUolwa aa 7! lew
fever csn be abolished, we do hot believe
that men will feel as much like working
with the thermometer at Mn as when It Is
In the 70s.
Indianapolis News.
When a msn handles millions of dol
lars of corporation funds, as Cooke did
St Cincinnati, for a salary of 190 a month,
th Rig four's combination of responsibil
ity and remuneration, would appear to have
oeen ramer injudicious.
Playlav Palltlcs.
rittsburg Dispatch.
Secretary gtimson tartly suggests that If
th democrats Investigating the sugar trust
would stop playing politics and subpoena
th persons who know about the prose
cutions, meaning himself, they might get
nearer the facta Rut Isn t playing politics
what they are desirous of doing?
Soma Will Kick, Aahow.
St. Louis Globe-Democrat.
Now tlTat Postmaster General Hitchcock
la placing the postal service of the coun
try on a paying basis hi critics are re
viving th old cry that the public prefers
an en laired service to a aelf-aimnnrtinir
one. Vo.i can not Please all of the nennie
soma of th time, nor some of th people
any of th time.
Peonage Dies Hard.
Boston Transcript.
Peonage llnaers In the nhar.urftv nt tha
back country of th south and dies haxd
A half a dosen Alabama planter have been
indicted by the federal grand Jury for hold
ing laDorera in peonage, Peonage la on of
the bad things we got from the Mexican
war. It flourished in New Maxim, .nil th.
first statute against It was directed
towards it extinction In that territory. The
term cornea from "peon," which Is Spanish
for foot aolder and Is reminiscent of the
day when regiments wer proprietary.
Opportnatties to Rise.
Baltimore American.
The new of the dav tells nt a .t.nin...
youth who waa once a bellboy In a Boston
hotel, but Who man as ml tn liku mnnu
at Harvard and Is now returning to his
native iana to head a university depart
ment there. He waa not fin A marlcun hnv
but he deserved to be, and bis honorable
ewiuon is a lesson to some in this superior
land of ours who greet w'th prompt
snubbing those who would take advantage
of the ODDOrtunitlea offered h th;- nn,.n
try to all who would rise from humble
posiuon to nigner ones by fore of de
termination and their own merit.
ANOMOLIES OP POSTAL SERVICE
Prlvat Interest Hobble the Benefit
of Great Institution.
Chicago Tribune.
Today, If an American wishes to send a
package by mail, he must keep It below
four pounds In weight Th maximum Is
132 pounds In Belgium, 110 pounds In Ger
many and Austria twenty-two pounds In
Franc and eleven pounds In Great Britain,
Australia, Italy and vn countries Ilk
Chii and Cuba.
In th United States It coats 11.32 to send
eleven pound by mall. In Germany the
charg would b U cents; In Great Britain.
2 cents; In Italy. 20 cents; In Switzerland,
8 cents.
Is ther any excuse for this huge dis
crepancy? Are conditions so different In
the United States? If so, why does It cost
an American 1 cants a pound to mall a
parcel under four pounds from New Tork
to Jersey City rand enly If cent a pound
for parcel up to eleven pounds around the
world to Australia, to Japan, to Argentina,
to South. Africa . v ,
Why does.thie,.lJnlUd States postofflc
discriminate against Itself and against the
American people In this way? For years
a few Americans have been building up
great fortune'; behind the wall of this
postal policy. . Those fortunes have come
out of th pocket of the masses of the
American people, who have meekly con
sented to pay heavy express rates while
th great governfnent agency of th post
turned Its back upon them. In Great
Britain, which we have called slow, ultra
conservative, deficient In snap, hustle,
enterprise, the postal service really serves
the people. It , deliver both letter and
parcels to every house In the kingdom.
The retail stores of England use the post
to deliver goods. The farmer and gardener
use It to send their produce to th great
market. Practically everything under
eleven pounds is mailable.
In other words, th great, costly organi
sation of the postal service ts In England,
and generally lit Europe, what It long ago
should have been In the American republic
a universal agent of the people, to th
full extent of Its possibilities. Under cover
of the theoretical argument that It Is
socialism for the government to "go Into
th express business," the private interest
of the railroads and express companies,
allied or identical In fact, have been per
mitted to overcharge the American public
to th tun of billions. It I socialism,
they say, for th government to go Into
th profitable short haul xpresag, but
not to take th skimmed milk of that
publle rvlae.
People Talked About
H Is th bos, of the Buckingham hotel,
New Tork City, and can show you how to
acquire a robust frame.
Th coronation gift to Queen Mary from
th Mary ef her dominion 1 now 11.700.
It Includes gift from Marys. Maya, Ma
riana. Maria and Miriams. The gift will be
presented to th queen in th fm of a
checQu, which will be taken to Bucking
ham Palace by special messenger.
Pennsylvania I a great state. Th legis
lator know It and appropriation ar built
to match. Figuring on an annual Income
of K0.000.000. th lawmakers passed appro
priation bills carrying only MV4.000 mors
than th revenues, and Governor Lener
I so pleased with their astonishing modera
tion that b whlstl as he autograph th
Five official of th Rock Island rail
way system ran a special train from Molina,
111., to Chicago, a distance of 181 miles. In
order to play a gam of golf at th link
f th Reek Island Arssnal Golf club. Th
five wer President Mudg, Vic President
Croeley, Second Vic President Msloher.
General Maaagr Ttnaman and Oeneral
Passenger Agent Alien.
MIP J LELAMD
Yo Editor and Omaha
Word ef Praise and Commendation
Oo Up in Chora s After th Haws
paper Men Get Mom from Meeting.
When th editor of Nebraska's papers
reached home after their convention In
Omaha, they wrote many column of re
ports for th edification of their readers,
and no small part of th whole wa given
over to the praise of Omaha for th hos
pitable manner In which the visitors wer
received and th care with which they were
entertained. Following are sum excerpt
from the columns of The Bee's exchangee:
Hebron Journal: The editor have a deep
feeling of gratltud for the many kind
courtesies shown them at th Omaha meet
ing. Lincoln Star: Omaha ha set a pace this
year In the entertainment of the Nebraska
Editorial convention which Lincoln cannot
hop to attain.
Battle Crock Enterprise: When Omaha
bid for the annual meeting of the Nebraska
Pres association the Invitation from th
metropolis carried with it an assurance
that a royal welcome would await th
newspaper men. And Omaha certainly
made good.
Beatrice Sun: Omaha certainly did a fin
Job of entertaining the newspaper men of
Nebraska, On reult of the esslon will
be to cut out much of the unfriendly feel
ing toward the metropolitan city. Neither
Omaha nor the rest of the state can af
ford to have relations unfriendly.
Clay Center Bun: The Bun was not repre
sented at the annual meeting of the Htat
Pres association In Omaha, and from re
ports published, th Bun waa th loser. It
occur to us that th meetings ar held
at th wrong time for th greatest con
venience and comfort of the newspaper
people. It sure was this time for the 8un.
Tekamah Journal: Omaha was lavish
In the entertainment It offered to the
newspaper men In Nebraska who met In
their annual session at the Nebraska
metropolis. Th Journal publisher wa
fortunately able to be there Monday and
Tuesday. In company with atrs. Tampiln
we spent two pleasant days with the Ne
braska printers and their wives with
Omaha cltlsens a hosts.
Hlldreth Telescope: The thirty-ninth an
nual meeting of the Nebraska Tress asso
ciation held In Omaha last week was un
doubtedly the most successful one from
every point of view in the history of the
association. The business end of the pro
gram was exceptionally Interesting and
profitable and th social aide lacked noth
ing. Th Omaha Commercial club, and In
fact It seemed as If every cltlten of the
metropolis, had constituted himself or her
self a committee of one to see that the
visiting editors had a royal good time, and
they certainly succeeded.
Fillmore County New: The editor nd
wife attended the Nebraska Press associa
tion meeting in Omaha, and it Is with
greatest pleasure we bespeak of the courte
ous treatment shown to the newspapers of
Nebraska by the various Jobbing houses,
Commercial club and the people In gen
eral, for their numerous banquets, enter
tainments and pleasure rides. South
Omaha comes In also for Its full share of
praise for the part of one day's session In
that city. Omaha I making rapid strides
as a big city and th advancement notioed
every time we visit it is noticeable.
Pender Times: The Times editor, his wife
and son attended the meeting of th State
Press association at Omaha. It was a
great convention and th big town down
the road covered Itfelf with glory as. a
host. Omaha, the chief city of our state,
had an opportunity to make good with the
press of Nebraska and It accepted every
chance and there Isn't an error on Its
score card. Th gathering brought out the
magnificent band of men and women that
make up the pres of th state end the
personality of the newspaper people was
a urpriae even to the editors themselves.
Central City Nonpareil: Never again will
the editors of Nebraska say that Omaha
lacks In the essential qualities of hos
pitality. That criticism has been uttered
In the past, and when It was spoken It was
the truth. The editors are as critical a
before, but Omaha ha changed. In reeerfl
month Omaha haa been taking a course
In advanced geography and It haa learned
that It is a part of the state of Nebraska.
The discovery haa magnified Its Interest I
in the stat and opened the rfoodgates of I
Its hospitality. The Nebraska editors were
among th first to share In the pleasures
of the awakening.
Tecumseh Journal: Newspaper people of
Nebraska who were permitted to be pres
ent at the association meetings held In
Omaha last week have every reason to
feel proud of th splendid entertainment
given them by th warm-hearted, enter
prising and progressive residents of Ne
braska' metropolis. Indeed It was a gen
eral expression among the visitors that
never befor had they been so lavishly
entertained nor had their previous wel
come to any city been so warmly bestowed.
In years to com Omaha people will be
gainers by their very agreeable manner
toward th country press and It hard
working member.
Kearney Hub: At the recent meeting of
th Nebraska Btate Preas association at
Omaha, Judga Willis B. Reed of Madison
gave a talk on "Th Country Editor and
the Country Lawyer," in which he took
th ground that It would be a Just reward
for th great benefit which th press la
doing for humanity that not only In Ne
braska, but th nation as well, a day should
be set apart to be observed a a holiday,
"on which w can all meet, observe, and
pay due reverence and respect to this great
pillar of liberty throughout the land."
Newspaper publishers and editors will, of
course, thank th speaker for Ma kindly
stnttmenta, but hi proposition I not fea
sible nor would th distinction be wholly
deserved. Commendation ahould follow a
proper and righteous courss by a news
paper editor, a preacher, a lawyer, or any
other citizen, but the suggested distinction,
applying to either, 1 not at all necessary.
As a matter ef fact wa all have so much
of human frailty of which w need to be
purged that th act of canonisation would
be a work ef supererogation.
Shelton Clipper: Omaha peoepl have
certainly acquired a way of doing thing
that cause other to ait up and tak no
tice. This was demonstrated during th
meeting In the metropolis of th Nebraska
I'reaa aasooletJon. Of course, It might
have baen th Idea of Omaha to get sums
good advertising for their oiy a well a
to create a good feeling among the editors,
but even If they did have this view In
mind, they ar not to be blamed for It,
for they gave th editor th Urn of their
live. Ther wa a noticeable difference
between th way tb people of the metrop
olis seemed to look upon th country
dltor now and a few years age. and the
difference waa appreciated by th editors.
It I th spirit shown by th Omahaxi In
their entertainment of th newspaper men
that baa been responsible for th wonder
ful growth th city has mad th last few
year. That th visit of th press asao
clstion and th manner of their reception
and entertainment will have a tendency
to Intensify tb friendly feeling between
th metropolis and the rural dlstrlets there
can b no doubt and it will redound to tb
mutual advantage ef bath. Nebraska 1
all right and Omaha la ail right. ,
The Bee's Letter Box
Contribution on Timely Subject
Hot Baoeedlng Two Honored Words
Ar Xnvltad from Our Header.
The lee Rstortlon .
OMAHA. June lS.-To the Editor of Th
Bee: You are on the right track In ex
posing the extortion practiced In Omaha
by the Ice companies. It is more than
coincidence that they all raise the price at
th sams moment and put It up ft per
cent higher than In any other nearby city.
Keep up your good work .
A SMALL HOUSEHOLDER.
In Behal fof Miss Mpllnsta.
OMAHA., June 18 To the Kdltor of Th
Bee: As there ts considerable con
troversy on Just now In regard to the
filling of th prlnclpalshlp at the high
school, f you will lend me a little space
I want to say something In favor of Miss
McHugh. who has done more for the high
school than anyone connected with It for
many years. Bhe has assumed more re
sponsibility on her shoulders and work 1
harder to bring the school to the stand
end It now hold than anyone, not even
excepting the former principals sha has
been under, and let me tell you that I
never have seen a principal or teacher
that could walk Into a school room and
by her mere presence quell riot and chaos
without uttering a word, as could she.
I wsa a pupil or four years In the
school, and I think anyone who ha ever
had anything to do with her will bewi
with m In the statement that Miss Mc
Hugh Is without a doubt a genius In her
work, and I would unhesitatingly say that
she far excels Mrs. tKlla Flagg Young,
who Is superintendent of the Chicago
schools. The work of this woman has
been heralded-all over the world and In
Miss McHugh we have another such as
she.
I admire th promptness of Profs. Wool
ery and Bernstein In withdrawing their
names as applicant for the place when
they found out that Mis McHugh would
take It, and It only goes to prove my
rtatemenu that those who have come Into
contact with her recognize her Immense
worth. HARVEY HOBART.
A Hat PI a Howl.
OMAHA. June lS.-To the editor of The
Bee: The other day a young woman on
a Farnam street car Jabbed a man In the
face with her hatpin barely missing the
eye which protruded about six Inches be
yonod the rim of hor bob-tailed hat and
when the man and several others spoke of
the outrage of wearing auch weapon
where they might endanger the safety of
other people, the young woman scowled at
them aa much aa to say. "I have a right
to wear what I please." Hhe has, per.
haps, but she should please .lot to wear
anything that might encroach on the
rights of other people to have two good
eyes and other organs unharmed from hat
pins. When the ordinance limiting the
length of these daggers wss up. It occa
sioned a good deal of merriment, but It
had much more than humor in It. Me for
the hatpin ordinance. H. OWLER.
AST ARCHITECTS' TRUSTt
I Fixed Scale of Prices 'Unreason
able Restraint."
Brooklyn Eagle.
The house of representatives' investiga
tion of th cot of erecting public buildings
has developed ene very Interesting ques
tion as to the American Institute of Ar
chitects, to whom practically all those who
submit, plans for federal buildings belong.
Free competition has not been allowed for
years. "Amateurs" are kept out by a rule
admitting only auch architect as the head
of the department shall Invite to compete.
Now It Is brought out by Investigation that
th American Institute of Architects abso
lutely fixes the percentage on cost to be
demanded by its architect, and whatever
the relative experience or ability of mem
ber they must ask t per cent, no more and
no less, or run the risk of being excluded
from the combination.
Is this unreasonable restrslnt of trad,
under th Sherman law? Perhaps the ques
tion will be threshed out sooner or later.
It is clearly restraint of trade. Th archi
tect occupy a middle position between the
employer of labor end the laborer. They
are less covered by the probable Intent of
the Sherman law than building trades con
tractors; but more within that probable
Intent than carpenters and bricklayers.
The anxiety of the government to restrict
competition to "experienced men" has led
to their having a virtual monopoly on
federal building. Yet any young man may
be a genius, and plans that would make
for beauty, by a display of wholesome orig
inality are thus likely to be rejected In ad
vance without examination.
It Is conceivable that an architect of
great skill might be desirous of having hla
plans accepted for a government building
van If h were to get only 2 per cent, or
1 per cent, or nothing at all In cash. The
combination prohibits our taxpayer from
profiting by any auch disposition. The t
per cent pound of flesh Is exacted. A more
Intricate Issu than thla with regard to
architect has not com up under the
Sherman law; which seem to be rather
more of a pussle with every new decision.
reach Oy. aJiorna City I
jr without nsisaki ; a single minute . . j
S Of wwlcin- tfane; r sw. via the Frisco's i f
y new sleeper wesrrtoc. Lfeavteif Kaamn City f f
at 3 p. m., at the tnf of i bukinees dav, you reach I ; f
Oklahoma City at tcfoa i cxt rrortiinc, before the bi- f t
I ginning etbuMotmboun. CkUaha 12 sua. Lavrtoa t'i f
lLlJat m.) WfthUwakkbttf j ;
Oklahoma CitQuchAjxyrton,
wrthe Husllei I j
you have the chokx o two splot did jrsina dally, via th I I
wk- "S&r' Mil
J CITY Beginning June lltK
j
ft
(IIMTIIMMI Till: lll::
Marvelnaa
Industry
Insect.
Cleveland rial'r) TV-sler.
It wa Maeterlinck who MyH.-e, the be
Th mater of modern playrtsft fmmd li
th busy Insect a hookful f entn tatmna
marvels. Th bee l m.t ni t:- svmbr
of industry, but It Is Ihe cvpoiiMU ef gooi
government, of good nrder. I' J" antic
socialism.
Incidentally, the tiny creature Is ftcrcl
sensitive regarding Its place', It lionw an
Its riant tn pursue hspplnrt In Its ow
uneventful wsy. In the Omaha union depnj
two hives of bees fell oCt a trm lt and tN
Inmates, buffeted and disturbed, rarmes
through the great IncloMiie reklnir tht
unknown enemy and tpetdtly dealing thf
floor of everything aulnmte. I'r an houi
they held possession of the ' station, helw
It against all coiners, until prri advtcf
w aa called In and the mm audi i s werf
lured back to confinement.
In Knglaud an act ldent nf a Muitinr chart
acter occurred when linnd hive waq
broken open In Waterloo stitflmi and 4
panic promptly followed.
But all th storlis concerning (he bet
cannot he accepted without Investigation
The bee never pnseV. It never k
notoriety. All It ask I to he let lonf
and It resent Interference with a vigor anj
effect that are at times overwhelming;
A creature, so tiny and yet so if solute
thst can hold up all traffic at one of till
leading railway center of th country sj
entitled to a good deal of rrspect-and ret
Hpect Is a tribute Which the bee has corm
irmnded even aa far back as that promkte
land which flowed with milk and honey.
SMILING REMARKS.
"What is Tobblelgh's general reputation
for veracity, Blldad?" asked Iflckenlooperl
"Well. It's thla way." said Blldad. "Ij
Dobhlelgh could write the way he taJki
ho'd have Sir Walter Hcott and Alexandel
Dumas lashed to the most." Harper' J
Weekly. - - . 1
Prehistoric M&n tin background) Whan
the Joke down there? Can you make ont
Hla Pal O, the . boy are kidding Rtor
henna again, I guess. ,. Trobably he haa oc
himself shaving with hi safety ax. PikM
Assistant Kdltor Here's a poem fronts
fellow who la nerving a five years tennFfii
the eastern penitentiary.
Managing JOdltor Well; print It wlUO
footnote explaining the olrcumatanceaTzi
may serve aa a warning to other coetsjH
Philadelohla Record '
Wife Wretch I "how me that letter
Husband What letter.
Wife That one In your hand. It' i
a woman, I ran ee by the wrlUnav
Husband Yes; hsre It is. .It s yourdrdVJl
maker's bill. New York MAU. x
"I understand that after waiting tw
years she married a struggling manf
irm, imur inp. no si rug lea tn
ne anew now, ui sn landed him." Br
hen a man ffeta ma rr!u4 nK--
the thoughtful person, "he has an Incen
iv worn ana savo money. N
"Yes," answers the worried one! "b1
wnen ne IS divorced he s inn v hu j
hustle to be able to meet his alimony par J
MlVlllW. IUUSO. ' 1
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DO YOU . REMEMBER T
Margaret P. Montague in Atlantic MonUJl
Io you remember from the dim ..delight
Of long ago, the dreainy sumlnor night, X'
SO full. SO soft. When imi a eleanv .httrt Y
Lay in your faintly star-Hunt room, and
smiled , , , .....
Responsive to the luuKhter of tlio folk
Who sat upon the porch below and spok4
From time to tin, -of sautf kiiatch o
pong?
Do yuu remember utill ocroy the Itiuir
Year's way the perfume trum itm t.uwet
beds
Wafted in gusts of'" sw etne.a. a th;
j !)).' reii jkAiirN
Of drowi-y blooms ..were t i akin i th
wind?
And wicti'ul, do you still hold In youi
mind ..
The myriad dulnga' of the summer r.lRhtl
The tree-toads, and the cr.v.r.tf.i .;ilrn
viio mum
Of fireflies, those burglar of th.e r.ak
no iiasn turn- lunieru . IUIi, then v
ita B;ars , .
rna iireatniek caning of th whlp-iur
wills,
A sobbing screech-owl off among the hills!
Then cobweb visions ovrr itiMimy .-yes-i
Do you rememlter how tn myotic ruIso
Sleep 'gfin to wave Ita-mantic u'rr youl
head? . '
Now fnr.'now near, the shadowy folds 1
Fpread, .
Hlow nii moro slow, until at last they
And ..rapped Vou in 'their' Mlumb'rouB,
heavy swell
And ho. none Kakhereil pto happy rest,
Bleep caught you fast aalr.st Its fiugrenj
breast,
Then Kct Ita velvet pinions wide In fUgM
And bore you through the wonder of til
night. ' I
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