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Omaha daily bee., 1902-11-05


The car is III. The sultan is not the
only sick man Of Europe.
The latest newspaper comment on Presi-
dent Roosevelt, which has extensive circu-
lation, ls that he is getting there with
both feet"
J. Pierpont Morgan has purchased. at pri-
vate sale the manuscript OF Ruskin's Seven
Lamps Of Architecture" The price paid is
said 10 have been s25, 600.
The sultan Of Turkey has issued an ediet
forbidding the publication of books in his
realm. The reason is said to be that he Is
going to publish a book himself and wants
a clear field for It.
Mr.. Dinwlddie, formerly a New York
newspaper correspondent, and recently ed
itor of the '"Cable News" of Manila, Phil
ippine Islands. has been appointed Governor
of.the province OF Isabella.
Tim" Woodruff offered to supply Brook
lyn with coal at So a ton, but when his Of
fer was taken up he found he could get none
for less than 81. Mr.. Woodruff will let his
loud vests do his talking hereafter.
Sienkiewicz, the Polish novelist, who re-
Gently received a magnificent property from
his countrymen as a national present in
recognition OF his genius, has been offered
nearly 5000 by a Warsaw firm for ferru-
ginous spring that has been discovered on
his new estate.
Captain ]. II. Mcdowell Of Nashville,
Tenn, was the guest Of honor last week
at the banquet Of the survivors of the Sec
ond Illinois cavalry at Quincy, Ill. He
was a confederate soldier and on the oc-
CASTOR Of the banquet he returned a carbine
which he took from a soldier OF the cavalry
at the battle of Holly Springs.
Postmaster General Payne is considering
the idea of placing portraits Of the late DR..
Charles M. Mcdonald on money order
blanks. DR.. Mcdonald was the first head
Of the money order service and in the main
its originator. He left by will 1900 to the
postofice department to be used in any
way which might improve the service.
over fifty years ago a writer Of monu-
mental but plausible lies in Thurlow Weeds
Albany Evening Journal signed his letters
Baron Roorbach." There was no such
baron. There was no man named 'Roor-
bach" But the absolute falsity OF the
writer's statements was such that a "Roor-
bach" became a synonym for any kind Of
lie, especially for the kind against personal
character, suddenly issued against a man
for his injury when he could not meet It in
time to avert the harm.
Loyal Germans who feel in duty bound
to ape their emperor have another terror
confronting them. 1t will not be so hard to
overcome as the upturned mustaches, how
ever. The emperor's doctor told him he
has astigmatism in his right eye. and the
emperor bought a monocle. AS a result
there has been a tremendous run on single
eyeglasses by German army officers. The
spread of the habit to court. circles is looked
for. 1t is declared, however. that in stimu-
lating this fad Emperor William was inno-
cent Of generalization only so far az he
was concerned about his astigmatic eye.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-11-05
MrroHELL's sorSD ADVICE.
words that Touch the Hear Of the
Trade Union Question.

ENN ANih ANAuNNts
Mr.. John Mitchell. president OF the
United MIN Workers OF America. In his
address at wilkesbarre Mitchell day ut
tered one OF the scundest and wisest SEN
fences that have been heard in all the
long dispute between labor and capital.
II want" he said. 'the union miners 10
prove that they are better workers than
the nonunion men.
In that he got close to the heart OF the
trade union question. He set forth the one
ground upon which organized labor" can
hope permanently to succeed. What Is
wanted is not union labor nor nonunion
labor, per sc. but simply the best labor. the
most %skillful, the most efficient, the most
trustworthy labor. That is what employers
want and what they are bound 70 have and
when they find Il they will employ It without
regard to its unionism or nonunionism. Tho
moment union workers prove that they are
better workers than nonunion workers they
will be employed to the exclusion of the lat
ter and there will be no need Of strikes TO
effect that end. But not only employers
want the best labor. Industry wants Il.
The public welfare requires It. The com
mercial and Industrial interests Of America
demand It. 1t is the veriest truism that
that nation will most succeed In the arts
Of civilization and in the Industrial COM
petition of the world in which the standard
Of efficiency among workingmen is highest.
Those were sound words Of Mr.. Mitch
ellis. They deserve to be inscribed upon
the walls Of the meeting place. of every
labor union in the land. They express
what should be the true mission or one
Of the chief missions OF the labor union. to
make its members better workers. more
efficient workers, able to do more work
and better work and. therefore. to earn
greater profits for themselves and their
families and to raise themselves to a higher
standard Of achievement and Of life. II
the labor unions will do that there will
not be a voice against them in all the land.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-11-05
"wHO ."

Florence q. Coates in Lippincott's.
Who knocks at the door so late, so late
Who~knocks so late at the door?
Is 1t one who stays with intent to bless,
Or one who has knocked before?
Is 1t one who stays with intent to bless,
Or one who stands to implore7
My days have been as the years" she
said,
And my heart. my heart is sore.
Love looked in my face for a moments
i. space
One happy spring of yore-
Looked In my face with a wistful grace,
And left me to grieve evermore!'
Through all the days the door stood wide,
For hope had breathed a vow
That love should ne'er be kept OUTSIDE
The years were long and nope hath pleoi
The door at last Is barred and fast
Why comes this knocking now?
yet woe the waiting heart she said,
And the heart 1t waiteth for!
And woe the truth and wasted youth
That nothing shall restore!
The faith that fed, the hope that's dead,
The dreams that come no more"
Who knocks at the gate-so late, so late?
Thou foolish hesrt, be still
What is't to thee II love or hate
Knocks In the midnight chill?
Art thou, poor heart, compassionate?
Is love so hard 70 Kill?
"Ah me, the night Is cold" she said;
Would / might all forget;
But memory lives when hope Is dead,
And pity heals regret;
As light still fingers overhead
When the sun and moon are set
Omaha daily bee., 1902-11-05
Seeking CUBAN CoMMERCE.


According to reports from Havana, the
diplomatic and consular representatives
of the European powers interested in re-
tanning a share Of the Cuban trade for.
their respective countries are determined
to defeat the projected reciprocity treaty
between Cuba and the United States at
all costs. 1t is said that 10 accomplish
this end the majority of them are under
stood to have instructions to go to ex-
tremes. Indeed, says one correspondent,
what they cannot accomplish through a
strong personal lobby before the Cuban
senate and house, supported by a few
influential Havana newspapers now I'M
der their control, they hope to bring
about by direct diplomatic pressure upon
the Cuban department of state and chief
executive. upon whom it is alleged notice
has already been served that those Eu-
ropean governments that recognized
Cuba's sovereignty and independence
promptly after the change of flag in May
last, will expect all the advantages Of
the most favored nation in whatever
treaties may be made in the future.
1t is by no means improbable that
some of the European powers are exert.
ing an influence against the proposed
reciprocity between Cuba and the
United States. 1t is quite conceivable
that they should desire to retain such
trade with the new republic as they now
have and if possible increase 1t. But 1t
is not likely that any of them will go SO
far as to make demands upon the gov
erpment of Cuba or attempt to exact
any thing in the way of commercial con-
cessions from that government even to
the extent Of requiring recognition of
the most favored nation principle. There
is. however. some reason to think that
President Palma and his advisers are
not beyond being influenced by foreign
counsel in this matter of commercial re-
lations and that this may complicats
negotiations between Cuba and this
country. The latest statement of the
Cuban minister at Washington in regard
to the matter implies a still earnest de
sire on the part Of his government to en-
ter into a reciprocal trade agreement and
until there is something different de-
veloped his must be accepted as author
~itative. AS TO the feeling at Washing
ton, it appears that the administration
remains firmly committed to Cuban re.
eiprocity, It being understood that Presi-
dent Roosevelt will again strongly urge
1t in his annual message.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-11-05
4 sr1LL rITAL ouEsrIoN.

Senator Lodge says of the Alaskan
boundary question. that while it has
dropped somewhat out of sight, II is still
as vital as when it was before the joint
high commissions and Ihe claim Of
Canada in regard to II resulted in the
adjournment of the commission without
having settled any of the issues between
the United States and Canada. There is
no information as to when further con
sideration OF the boundary question may
be renewed by the British and American
governments, but it would seem that the
matter cannot be much longer deferred
without increasing the danger Of serious
trouble growing out Of IT. AS long AS
this question remains unsettled really
friendly relations between the Dominion
and this country are hardly possible.
Late Washington advices are to the
effect that this government adheres
firmly to the position 1t announced at the
outset OF the controversy. that no cOn-
cession viii be made to Canada, that the
boundary given In the treaty between
Russia and Great Britain. which for
fifty years was undIsputed. viii be in
sisted upon and that there viii be no
surr~ider of territory. The present adj
ministration. 1t is stated. pays no atten-
ton whatever to any proposition which
contemplates moving the treaty bound
larry one way or another from the thirty
Omaha daily bee., 1902-11-05
GrRDLE AROUND THE GLOBE.
T~eIegraphic Communication EncircIes
the World.
New York Tribune

New York Tribune.
That which has been fancifully called
"Puck's girdle" is at last reality. For the
first time a line of telegraphic communica-
tion extends entirely around the world. The
great work has been dom with little fuss or
popular attention. There is a striking con-
trast between its quiet, matter-of-fact com
p~letion, announced TO the world in a few
lines OF news. and the tumultuous iubilation
which marked the establishment of cable
communication across the Atlantic ocean.
For that the reason is obvious. We have
become so accustomed to submarine cables
that the laying Of a new one. even though
It be by far the longest in the world, and
though II be laid across a sea never before
thus SPAWNED, is scommonplace incident.
Nevertheless, 1t is a magnificent achieve
ment and one which fairly marks an epoch.
The encircling of the globe with an electric
wire makes strong appeal to the imagina-
tion as we'll as to the more practical facul-
ties. Moreover, II is an achievement which
reflects great credit upon our British kins-
men, and upon which they are heartily to be
congratulated, for this line is an "all-Brit-
ish' one, linking together the scattered red
spots upon the map of the world. The whole
line around the world, II is true, is not
under the British flag. But that across the
Pacific is, and it is now possible for dis
patches to be sent from England to Canada,
to Fiji. to New Zealand and to Australia
without anywhere passing unSer any but
the British flag. and with a single landing
under the Dutch flag the system is contin-
ued to Singapore. to Hong Kong, to Madras,
to Bombay and to Alden. The impressive
fact is that from England to Australia,
through 245 degrees OF longitude and more
than so degrees Of latitude, 'Puck's girdle"
is ''all British"
While we are congratulating Great
Britain ana IT'S colonies upon this superb
achievement, it is impossible to avoid re-
greet at ourselves having been thus out
stripped. We, too. have territorial posses
sions at both sides Of the Pacific. and enor-
nous political and commercial interests
there. We need an "all-American" cable
across that ocean, and we have a route Of
fering far superior facilities for laying 1t.
II is a reproach to us that because OF bag
Cling and cross purposes this country has
failed TO be the first to span the Pacific
with a wire. But the fact that we are thus
outstripped should be only an Irresistible
incentive TO us to hasten the completion Of
the too long delayed enterprise.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-11-05
DON'T ovERHEXT THE House.
sensOnabIe Advice for the Chief
stoker.
Chicago Chronicl,

NHa q n ~ p N"HL
Chicago Chronicle.
As the city health department points out,
this Is the season when diseases OF the
respiratory tract are to be expected.
Diphtheria and pneumonia are spreading.
It is time, foro the exercise Of, care In the
matter OF keeping the feet dry and Of
wearing proper clothing
There is one very fruitful source Of
throat and lung trouble which is worth
especial notice. That is the overheating
Of schools, residences and ofhces. Nine
houses in ten are kept at a temperature
which invites throat trouble. The same
thing can be said of most Offices and pub
lie halls and churches. As soon as there
Is a faint chill in the air steam is turned
on OF furnaces fred up and people sizzle
in an atmosphere heated to so degrees or
thereabouts.
Such a temperature is an invitation to
the bacilli which make trouble In the air
passages. It congests the mucous mem
brane and prepares q field. for the oper-
ations Of the microbes which produce pneu-
monia, diphtheria and kindred diseases.
Those HETEROGENEOUS are innocuous so
long as the tissues are in normal condi-
tion. II Is only when the Innings OF the
air passages are irritated and inhamed
" NANNcoiNN ~ mat - ~ NaA9S
that they produce disease.
Few bad colds" are the result Of low
temperatures. They almost invariably
occur as the sequence Of preparation
sensible or insensible-suddenly checked.
A man wearing his winter clothing will
sit in an once heated to a temperature
OF rs or so degrees, He will perspire more
or less inevitably. Then he will 90 out
on the street and to cool on he will throw
open his coat and the next morning he
has a "eold" without knowing how he got
II. II his throat is .iniamed he may have
tonsilitis or he may go down with pneu-
monia. tr
The fault is not with the low tempera-
ture outside. but with the high tempera-
ture indoors. People should regulate the
indoor heat TO the weight Of their winter
clothing. just as they adjust the weight OF
their clothing to encounter the lower out
door temperature Of autumn a8d winter.
In that way they will avoid many "eolds"
and minimize Ahe peril Of more dangerous
] respiratory disorders
Omaha daily bee., 1902-11-05
SOME MoNsTRoTs FIGURES,
Including Not Less Than $4,000 Miles
of Continuous Rolling stock.
Haftfbrd conrant.


"Poor's Manual {" the great authority on
railroads, has now been printed for the
fiscal year ended JunsOSo, 1902. and the ad-
vance sheets of the introduction are re-
ceived. The work as a whole is a COM
plete handbook Of The railroad interest Of
the United States and the introduction is
full of suggestive figures. The mileage OF
roads in this country Increased by 4,453. II
miles and foots UP over i9S,OOO miles or
Utmost eight times around the round world.
About 1876 900 miles report business. These
show gross earnings of 1902, 154, O99. The
ret earnings, Including miscellaneous re-
ceipts, were over 1888, 900. 600. These are
almost incredibly large figures and it is
to be remembered that they represent what
is paid simply for carrying people and
things. and not for producing anything at
ADJUST for overcoming natural obstacles
to trade. There are 80. 72s engines, 27,144
passenger cars. s.677 mail and express cars
and ]. 400, Az freight cars.
II these average fifty feet each in length
they would make altogether, IL set in a
row, about $4,000 miles OF continuous roll
ing stock. The growth OF the system is
suggested by these comparisons:
Omaha daily bee., 1902-11-05
A Man to BE Reckoned with.
Philadelphia Ledger.

9 Whatever great or good qualities may be
denied John Mitchell by his opponents, they
and all men must admit that a man who
has. commended ~soslong and so well against
such powerful forces as he encountered in
field and council is one who, as an influence
and a factor in our, economic and social life,
must be reckoned with. A man who can
win and hold the confidence, admiration and
gratitude Of vast armies Of men, such as
the 100000 mine workers Of our bituminous
and anthracite coal fields, is not OF ordinary
mold. President Mitchell has proved him
self to be a man Of extraordinary force soi
character, will and power, and as such he
must be carefully aeonstdered' and respected
in all movements inswhich he may either
lead or play a part. -t1tft.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-11-05

President Palma expresses confidence
that reciprocity win be arranged be
tween Cuba aud the United States with.
out much more delay. The way to this
goal however, is not by defiance and
threats on the part OF the Cuban legis.
lators. The United States feels friendly
10 Cuba but ii wants also to feel thai
it's EFFORTS on behalf OF its neighbOr'l
welfare are appreciated in at least q
reasonable degree
Omaha daily bee., 1902-11-05
Annual OutBut of Coal.
sd. Iouis Globe-pemocrat.

.H 81. 1ouAH 0AODcT0ShApNA0h
II seems strange that there should have
been almost a national panic on the coal
supply in the United States, when no longer
ago thar last January the geological survey
pointed out that more coal is mined in the
United States than in any other country
our production in 1900 reaching 26s. O00, OOC
short tons, valued at s3O6. 100000, an in
crease in a single year Of Z per cent in the
output, thus fixing" the geological depart
ment asserted, "the United States firmly in
the hrst place among the worlds pro-
dueers.'' TIL report went on to say tina
the value of all the mineral products in the
United States in 1900 passed the billion
dollar mark for the first time. But to what
extent are squeezes in this mineral wealth
to be the rule for the futureH In this ques'
tion the American people are as deeply In
teresetd as in the vast yield set forth.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-11-05
An AdmirabIe Secretion.
Philadelphia Ledger.

The appointment of Carroll d. Wright as
a member OF the Anthracite Strike COM
mission is admirable in every way. Both
miners and operators agreed without hest
tation to accept Colonel Wright, who makes
the seventh member. preventing a tie vote
No one in America is better qualified to sit
as arbitrator on labor disputes than Colonel
Wright. He has full knowledge. is ir
sympathy with labor. and at the same time
is courageous. fair and just. The whole
commission inspires confidence, and VIZ
have no doubt that its conclusions will be
SO admirable and reasonable as to give al
impetus TO arbitration which will mark
new and happier era.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-11-05

The registration of voters shows the
movement of population in Omaha from
the lower to the upper wards. When
the townsite was originally laid out it
was expected that all business and most
of the residence houses of the city would
occupy the level plateau extending north
and south. 1t has turned out, however,
that both business and residence have
made for the hills, where air is pure and
sanitation is good. In a city like Omaha,
where ground space is plentiful, there is
no call for closely crowded tenements or
congested fats.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-11-05
Higher Lie Insurance Rates.


One Of the ablest and most influential
insurance presidents, head OF one OF the
most prosperous companies in this country,
makes the surprising statement in a care
fully prepared address that an increase
in mortality rates is probable. He de-
clares that 1.-The influence Of modern
science in the direction Of prolonging life
seems to be more than offset by the I'M
favorable influence of modern modes OF
life" Such an assertion from such a
scource furnishes abundant food for
thought. Nevertheless, many physicians
and recorders Of vital statistics will not
be inclined to accept so pessimistic a
view. rr! t4
Omaha daily bee., 1902-11-05
sobriety Demanded Nowadays.
indianapolis News.

In this day sObriety has come pretty
nearly to mean total abstinence. AS a cold
business proposition. great corporations
and private firms are enforcing practical abb
stinence. They demand such a condition OF
their employees that practically any drink
at all becomes too much drink. Science has
come from another direction TO support the
same end. The old idea OF the efhcaey OF
moderate drinking hnds no support In mod
ern medical science. "A man Is as old as
his arteries" is a saying well known in
Omaha daily bee., 1902-11-05

A board OF military officers has been
appointed by the Wal department to in
vestigate and report on the water sup
ply at the post at Fort Leavenworth,
Kansas. The War department people
must be laboring under the delusiOn that
prohibition in Kansas really prohibits
and that water is one Of the necessaries
of life In that state.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-11-05

II the signal service Of the army-can.
build and operate miles upon miles of
telegraph in Alaska and the Philippines,
what is to prevent Uncle Sam from
taking over the whole telegraph system.
Of the country and running I. as part of
the p%ostofice department? The postal
telegraph is bound to come IN time.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-11-05

To emphasize the fact that reform is
in the saddle under the Mercer-B Baldwin
Broatch police commission. betting
boards ON the election are run wide open.
just as the books on the races in the
pool rooms OF older days. There's moth
ing like spelling reform with a big II.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-11-05

Omaha club women seem TO have lost
much OF the enthusiasm formerly in
splred by participation in school board
elections. Can it be that they are wax
ing up to the fact that they have been
buncOed several times by willy politicians
masquerading in the guise of nonpar-
tisan business menu
Omaha daily bee., 1902-11-05

The city of Lincoln has twenty polling
places, while the city of Omaha has
seventy-six. The Lincoln district, how
ever, is accorded two members of the
state senate as against three for the
Omaha district. 1t is also accorded five
members of the lower house of the legis-
lature as against nine for the Omaha
district. The injustice of the disparity
could not be more strikingly illustrated.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-11-05

Now why not get down to business
and arbitrate the differences between
the Union Pacific and the striking shop
men? Protraction Of the strike means
no good to Omaha.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-11-05
sTUpYING AMERICAN METHODS.

Another British commission, represent
ing various industries, is coming to the
United States t o investigate industrial
and business methods, with a view to
~endeavoring to improve conditions in
their own country. This commission is
composed Of practical men and it is con-
templated to make their investigation as
thorough as possible and to place the
results before the British people in care
fully prepared reports, each member Of
the commission investigating from his
own point of view and reporting accord
ingly. O. 'i'1
OF course every reasonable facility
will be given these investigators to learn
what they may desire and there is no
doubt that they will be able to acquire
a good deal of knowledge, though
whether IL will prove of any real value
to them is another matter. Studying our
industrial and business methods by
Britons has been going on for some time,
but It does not appear that the informa-
ton obtained has been practically ap-
piled to any great extent. British man
ufacturers and w%orkingmen are gener-
ally SO strongly welded to the old meth
DDS that 1t will be a long time before any
decided departure from them Will be
made. However, all investigators from
abroad are welcome and Americans will
be pleased il what they learn here shall
be of benefit to the people they repre-
sent. t .s