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THE OMAHA DAILY HEE: r'HIDAW JANUARY 13. 1905. The Omaha Daily Dee. E. ROBE WATER. EDITOR. PUBLISHED EVERY MORNING. TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION. Daily Ree (without Sunday), one ear..4C5 iatiy t'.t-e and Sunday, one year illustrated lie, uno year M'inday Hre. une year Saturday one year Twentieth Century Farmer, one year... DELIVERED BY CARRIER Dally Be (without Sunday). t"T ropy. Da!lv lie (without Mti.,tavi t.er wieK. S.iO l.SJ 1.1NJ .lie Daily Ore (Including Huiidav), per we. k .Lc rtunoav litr, per ropy Evening Re (without Sunday), per week Ic Enlna Hr- f lii,.ilin Unuriuvl. Vf.r week . . 12c Complaint of lrrVz;uliriti- In delivery should he addressed to City Circulation De partment. OFFICES. Omaha The Roe Building. South Omaha City Hall building. Twenty ff'h and M streets. Council BhrTs 10 Pearl street, fhlaeo 1640 Unltv building. New York 23:H Park Row building. H ashlngtnn furl Fourteenth street. CORRESPONDENCE. Communications relating to news and dl torjdl matter should be sddretsed; Omaha Be, Editorial Department. REMITTANCES. Remit hv draft, express or postal nrler. livable to The B.-e Publishing Company. Onlv 2-rent stamps received In payment of mail accounts Personal checks excpt on Ornah or etrn xrhane.i. not accepted. THE BEE PUBLISHING COMPANY. STATEMENT OF CIRCULATION. State of NebrnHki. DouglH. County, : "ienraa B Tzrhucfc. sec-rotary or Tre Bee Publishing Companv. being dulv sworn, snjis that the actual number of full and omplt- copies of The Dallv. Morning. Evnlrg and Bunds? Bee printed during the month of December. 1904. wit aa follnwa: i zn.sMxt - 39.S04I 3 aa.nno 4 31.22't 1? H3.T1T. in SO.260 JJ yi 2a.fl.10 S 6 ItD.ftOO .in.ovo im.tsn 21,.V0 aa.noo "e.xno 2.10t 2H.7BO 2-.7m 2M.TSO Tl 2H.3IO 22 2H.2SO S3 2,H20 J4 SI. MOO 25 ao,220 M 2S.ROO 27 2i 2M.4TO 29 2M.Z24 30 2H..T.IO tl 81.4TO 9 10 11 1.' 13 14 IS 1 Total. ..21,7M .. 10,13l Less unsold coplet.. Net total aaies tll.t48 Dally average 2U.408 GEORGE B. TZ8CHUCK. 8uhcrlbert In my presence and aworn to hi fore ma this 31st day of December, 1904. (Seal) M. R. H UNGATE, Notary Public. U takes more than a snowstorm In J!ito temperature to cool the ardor of a convention of Nebraska and Iowa lm llenipnt dealers. KuhkIhii minister are disc ussing pro Ioh1 changes In the press laws of that country. It Is to bo hoped they will not tuko tho German laws as a model. Admiral noJCHtvousky wll! no dmilit find the Indian ocenu ait ideal place for winter maneuvers If Admiral Totfo will only keep himself busy a little further north. Since President Roosevelt ha taken the. matter tip with' Uncle .Toe Cannon there can be no doubt that tariff revision occupies one of the hend lines on the presidential program. South Omaha has a new organization of retail merchants, whose principal ob ject Is proclaimed to be to nmt ihi city as a huslnetig proposition. No illy can have too many boosters. The Xatiopal Commission Merchant.' leafcue flhks conj;rets to adopt a Ktnndard package for goods handled by them. The first thing to be done Is to make a quart berry box hold a quart. rrenident Ripley of the Santa Fe de cide that he does not desire a rehearing In the matter of the Colorado rate. Per haps this is one of tire best reasons why the matter should again be opened. Hy taking the Inspector directly under hi own supervision Postmaster General Wynne evidently intends to be the star player in the next postal investi gation if one is found to be necessary. Governor LaFollette asks the legisla ture of Wisconsin to permit him to ap point a commission, to tix freight rates. He should also have power to remove them if they fall to discharge their duty. U may that out of all of this talk of excessive railroad rates some one will have time to Investigate the status of contracts between the government and otiie of the lines for the use of mall ca rs. ' The report of tho census bureau on Ir rigation In the United State is chiefly Interesting lu showing how much will yet have to be done before the country actually has a complete system of irri gation. Iowa is gettlug ready to take a state census this year. As Nebraska Is also required by its constitution to take a tate census this year, the plans and methods adopted by Iowa should be of special Interest to us. If the present time uouo of the west ern press correspondent have referred to the late snow storm as a blizzard, but indications from several iMjInts are that they are preparing to kill all the cattle on the range as usual. i -i j When Oklahoma is fluully admitted-to th union it will have the distinction of bringing a larger population of uatlve American citizens into the sisterhood of state than auy territory ver before erected Into a state by cougreHS. Sacator Newlands has made a fervent appeal to his colleagues, lu the United Ptateg senate to Join him lu one supreme effort to take tho railroads out of poli tics. IXxs Senator Newlauds really ex pect two-thirds of his colleagues to Join him lu repudiating their makers and musters? Liu flfc-g grow ou thistles? The state of Wisconsin, with about double the imputation of Nebraska, uiau ages to get along comfortably with a supreme court constituted of five mem ber gndj no commissioners. Why could not justice be administered In Nebraska by three supreme Judges and three com missioners. Instead of six commission er, a now proposed RAILROAD IS&VE .V THt LEG1SLA TVRK Th Bee Is not a latter day convert to jiiitl-nioiioiKily principles and doe not have to proclaim it sentiments con cerning railroad regulations and rail road domination from the housvtnp. For more than n qmnter of a ntury It has coiiHixtcntly, tlrmly and with ab solute disregard to flnunehit or political consequence advocated the policies for which Theodore ISoosevelt today Mauds a the foremost champion In America. .When rclmte-fuvored jobber were Irmbnrdii)g congress through commer cial clubs against the enactment of an interstate commerce law. The I?ee, fore most among all republican papers of the west, championed Interstate commerce regulation. When successive state lecls lattires were grappling with legislation designed to protect shippers and pro ducers from excessive and discriminative freight rates. The Boo wa In the fore front of battle for the paramount Issue of today. When railroads sought to shift the burdens of taxation upon tbe other property owning taxpayers of tho state through undervaluation, the fight for eqnnl taxution was taken up and carried on by The Hee and Its editor In tho pub lie forum, liefore state boards of as sessment and lu the courts, iwhile its locul coiil eiuiKii'nries maintained an tin armed neutrality. For more than thirty years The Hee has advocated the election of United States senators by the jK-ople. and the provision of our state constitution per mitting an expression of choice by the voters wa Inserted at its Instance In our organic law. Its opposition to the nomi nation of a United States senator by party convention was not n repudiation of the principle of xiular selection of United States senators, hut a remon strance against the method by which It Wii sought to be brought about. It Is a matter of history that with possibly two or three exceptions the people of Ne braska have not been allowed to have their choice of Uuited States senators, but the choice ha been made for tbem by the political manager of the rail road corporations. It Is n matter of notoriety also that the endorsement of Congressman Burkett for United States senator by the various county conven tions, as well as by tho state conven tion, was not spontaneous, but was pre-arranged according to a well laid program mapped out by railroad attor ney. In view of all the circumstances It whs eminently proper for the house of representatives to interrogate Mr. Bur kett as to his position on the most mo mentous Issue of the hour and upon his future attitude toward Theodore Koose velt, whose administration Nebraska has endorsed by au unprecedented majority. While It would be unreasonable to ex pect Mr. Burkett to repudiate lifs obliga tion to the men who have engineered his senatorial campaign, we apprehend he will have uo hesitancy to pledge himself unequivocally to the loyal and unswerv ing support of PreslfTtnt Roosevelt In dealing with tho vital problems that press for solution before congress. It It ' be understood, however, that The Bee, with Its well known and pro nounced views on those. Issues, and In view of prevailing ooudltlons. will not attempt to Influence the action' of re publicans In the legislature In the (Un charge of obligations devolving upon them under the constitution. They were elected on the same platform with Theodore Roosevelt, and it is their mani fest, duty to uphold the president, not only In the selection of a senator, but In acting out In state legislation the princi ple for which he stands In notional leg islation. : J 1 PA RAMO CA' T ISSUE When President Roosevelt said in his annual message that in his judgment "the most Important legislative act now needed as regards the regulation of cor porations is this act to confer ou tho In terstate Commerce commission the power to revise rates and regulations." he stated a well-settled conviction to which he Is firmly adhering. In the con ferences he has held with members of congress he Is reported to have strongly urged upon them his desire for early ac tion by congretm Increasing the powers of the Interstate Commerce commission In respect to the regulation of railroad rates, which he still holds to Iks the para mount Issue before the country. The question of tariff revision can wait. No harm will result from postponing It to a more propitious time for It cousldera tion. But the abuses and evils of re bate and discriminations by tho fail roads Imperatively demand Immediate remedy aud the president has let it lm understood that if a remedy Is not pro vided by the present congress he will call au extraordinary session of tho Fifty-uluth congress to consider the sub ject. The firm staud which Mr. Roosevelt has taken in this matter will have tho hearty support of the shippers of the country and of all who have an interest in the question of railway rate regula tion. It Is now, a it has been for many years, au Issue of first Importance, and there can never be a more opportune time than the present for dealing with It. Not a few of the leading railroad tneu of the country have come to reulizo this. These meu admit that abuses exist aud ought to be remedied, and that the only power capable of remedying theiu is the federal government. Them may le difference of opinion among them In regard to methods, but they are agreed that something should be done. There can be no doubt whatever that the gen eral drift of opinion is lu favor of fed eral control of ratti. just as the drift of public opinion Is Id favor of federal con trol of Interstate corporations. This tendemy 1 highly gratifying. Wa have for many years urged tho policy for which President Roosevelt Is now contending and which we are en tirely oonUflent must ultimately prevail. It Is inconceivable that the American people will much longer tolerate the existing conditions. "The goveruiucut," said the president In his annual message, "must In Increasing degree supervise and regulate the workings of the rail ways engaged lu interstate commone, aid such increased supervision is the only alternative to an Increase of the present evils on the one Imud or a still more radical policy on the other." Vio lation of tho laws continues. It is claimed that the rolwto evil ha 1eeu checked, but no one pretends that It has been eliminated.. The discrimination abuse xoes cm, probably to as great an extent as ever. Mr. Roosevelt Is fully Justified In Insisting that the situation calls for Immediate treatment. ADVERTISISO yiCBUASKA. The "Advertise Ouiaba" committee of the Real Estate exchange has evolved several scheme for making known the resources aud advantage of Nebraska aud incidentally of Omaha. Scheme No. 1 contemplates au appro priation by the legislature of fi'.WW for the maintenance of an immigration and advertising bureau, w Ith a voluntary ap propriation by couuties of '2 per cent of their revenues for advertising their par ticular localities" through a state immi gration agent at Kills Island. N. V.. who Is to Influence desirable Immigrants to locate In this state. This should be en titled, "A scheme to improvise a soft place for some advertising agent out of a job and to scatter a large amount of money to the winds." Anybody familiar with existing conditions should know that Kuropean Immigrants landing at Kills Island arc. for tho most part, pos sessed of large families and Insufficient menus to pay their 'way to Nebraska, and Immigrant fairly well off have made u selection of their future destina tion before embarking for America. This class usually ha relatives and friends in this country, whom they join and by whom they are guided In their location and Investments. Fully 80 per cent of the immigrants now coining to America speak only foreign languages, and it would take a genius to communicate or negotiate with even a fraction of them, and more than a genius to Inspire suffi cient confidence to make an Impression on them. Scheme No. 2 is more rational. It I proposed that the moving picture outfit advertising Nebraska resources at the St. louls exposition bo exhibited throughout the eastern states, with the bulanee of the $10,000 left from the state's appropriation for the exposition. This would certainly be much more promising in practical results than the expenditure of the surplus of tho ex position fund at tho Lewis and Clark exposition that will be hold this year in Portland, Ore. The Portland exposition wns gotten tip expressly to advertise tho resources of the Pacific coast and to at tract Immigrauts from the east, middle west and the far west to the Pacific slope, and tho most superb advertise ment Nebraska could get up would not pay back 1 cent on the dollar. At the very best. It might Induce some people dissatisfied with the const to return to the great American corn belt. To an ticipate anything else Is ah iridescent dreaui. Scheme No. 3, provldiug that systematic aid be giveu to newspaper correspond ents for eastern papers to prepare arti cles for their use, setting forth the re sources of tho state, ha some merit, but the same money expended for spe cial editions of Nebraska newspapers would bring still better returns. As a matter of fact, the Real Kstate exchange, Commercial club and other organizations actively Interested In at tracting Investors and settlers to Ne braska show a lamentable lack of ap preciation of the great work that Is con stantly lelug done by Nebraska news papers for the development of Nebraska, and do not seem to realize that the up building of great newspapers In the citle and towns of this state will do more for the upbuilding of Nebraska than nil the Immigration agencies, stereoscopic view and paid letters pub lished In eastern newspapers. LAVOLLETTR CALLS FOR ACTIOS The message of Governor LaFollette of Wisconsin strongly arraigns the rail roads of that state for charging uujust rates and making gross discriminations, and urges that the time has come for decisive action. He declares that under existing conditions It Is easily lu the power of the railroads to destroy cities and villages or build them up in wealth and Kwer. "They have but to raise rates In one case aud lower them .in an other." Tho governor wants created au appointive freight rate commission. The last election showed very conclu sively that the people of Wlscousiu are with LaFollette In bis efforts to remedy the abuses of the railroads and it is safe to say that the legislature will be found ready to respond to his recommenda tions. It Is unquestionable that the gov ernor' arraignment of tho railroads Is fully justified aud that if the reforms he has battled for are realized they will prove of very material benefit to the people. It is Intimated that every otlh-e holder in city hall aud court house is op posed to consolidation of duplicating de partmeut that would lessen the uuui ber of persons ou tbe salary roll. This Is hardly a fair statement of the case. There are plenty of public officials aud employes who recognize the possibility of rearranging the work so as to reduce expenses, and they are ready to retire, if necessary, providing, only they are not legislated out until the regular term for which they were elected or apioiuted shall have ended. Several bills have been introduced In the lower house of the legislature to re vise the revenue law so as to provide for the election of precinct, towuship and ward assessors In tbe counties and cities of this state and give them power to asses property In the districts elo-t-Ing them, lustead of leaving the resjsinsl bllity and iower with the county as sessor, Thl menus vlmply a returu to I tho old system of favoritism and dis crimination In assessments, with prop erty value ranging from 10 to Its. per cent, according to the Inclination or venality of the precinct assessor, who would nnrurally favor the owner of property who helped him to get nomi nated and elected, or still nmre fre quently, the owner of property who sub mitted fr being hold up. That was the experience with precinct assessors In the large title, and as human nature does not differ in the country from the town. It w-as doubtless the same in the smaller town and lu the country. pre cincts. luting the republican primary elec tion campaign last fall the Fontanellites chargr.il that there was a conspiracy on foot to repeal, alter or amend the How-rll-Gilbert compulsory water works pur chase act. and their battlecry was, "Hands off the water work bill." I Hir ing the progress of the campaign every republican candidate for the legislature was publicly pledged to keep Ms hands off and oppose all change In the Howell bill. Now their chosen leader In the legislature ha championed a bill to re peal two-third of tho original Howell Gilbert bill in order to make the measure less offensive and more constitutional and insure the retention of a board that lias had nothing to do but to draw sala ries and 1 not likely to have Anything to do for several years to come except drawing salaries. Governor Ik-neon has suggested to the Illinois legislature an Inquiry Into tho feasibility of furnishing employment for convicts in connection with the move ment for good roads. Under tho law enacted by the last Illiuols legislature convicts are permitted to be employed in tho . manufacture of crushed stone and other road ma terlals, to be given free to such coun tie as may apply for tho sumo, on con dltion that tho material shall be spread on some public road in the county within a year. Why not enact a similar law in Nebraska aud hasten the con struct ion o( good roads? Among the proposed changes ii the revenue law is an amendment to pro vide for the assessment of all property on the basis of one-third of It actual value Instead of one-fifth thereof. Why not assess at full value, with a corre sponding reduction of the tax levies, and stop the farce of appraising at full value aud nssesslug at Qno-fifth or ono-third? In other words, assess property at Its true value and reduce the tax rate to Its just proportion to the true value. It will bo a very cold winter wheu at least one bill Is uot introduced in the legislature to provide for the destruc tion of wild animals and to appropriate 'stoeu thousands to carry out It provi sions by giving a bounty for coyote scalps, mouDtniu lion scalps, bear paws and bear claws and other insignia of wild animals that roam about the Rocky mountain region and are smuggled across the Nebraska lino for the sake of earning a bounty. The big vote for Theodore Roosevelt in Nebraska was cast because the peo ple of this state believe thoroughly in the president and are in hearty accord with his policies on the great national Issues. And they want everyone to un derstand It so. Prosperity, Regardless. Cincinnati Commercial-Tribune. Even the bunks of Xubrapka are com plaining of a plethora of money, without the slightest regard for the feelings of a distinguished fellow citizen. A Question PasaU I p. Washington Post. "Watchman, what of the night?" is tho burden of Mr. Bryan's latest query. We do not know, but suggest that he sond his question to the weather bureau while we go on trying to find out what is happening during tho day. Taking: a Large Contract. Baltimore American. In aeeking to restrain the. freedom of the press Governor Pennypacker of Pennsyl vania is making a most ungentlemanly ef fort to snatch the laurels from the woman who tried to sweep back the Atlantic ocean with her broom. Ostrich Tactic. Indianapolis News. The ostrich hiding his head and thereby believing hlmelf invisible to his pursuers la a model of intelligence and wisdom com pared to the efforts of the Russian officials to keep the people from knowing that Pott Arthur had fallen. An Kqulllbrlnm Prevails. St. Louis Republic. Despite Lawson and Mrs. Chadwick and Lawnon's "frenxled financiers" In New York, au equilibrium prevails. Although the te Beers syndicate has raised the price of diamonds, the distilleries trust makes another cut In the price of whisky. Heal Frenaled Finance. Indianapolis News. Speaking of frenzied finance, did you no tice that one of the New York savings banks had to call the police to preserve or der among the crowds of people who were trying to deposit their money? It is stories like this which make the theatrical press age 'it realise how feeble Action la when It bucks up ugulimt every-day business. A Convenient Dodge Spoiled. Philadelphia Press. One ot the objections raised to the bank ruptcy law, that it permitted divorced hus bands to escape payment of alimony, has been swept away by the supreme court of the United Stales. This has strengthened tho law and there has been no effort made at thia session of congress to repeal It. Men w ho are liable for alimony cannot es cape payment by means of the bankruptcy ct. More Work, Leas Parade. . Baltimore American. President Roosevelt's movement tot have the Panama Canal commission abolished and the matter placed in his hands en tirely Is an Instance Illustrating the secret of hla remarkable hold on the public The mass of the people like, In the great drama of life, to see things done rather than to hear things talked arut. There Is a charm In action which will always appeal, and the president acta. The tendency of offi cials toward red tape and delays, while great public works wait, meets with no sympathy In the popular mind. What the peopls want In U0 Panama affair Is. lea talk and moie t-iadta ROIMJ AROIT SEW YORK. RH om tbe arrat of l.lfe In the Metropolis. New York City has the latge.t aggrega tion of milllonulres In this country. They build castles to ahow their municipal pride, they boast of Ita greatness, boost Its In terests, do business and spend money there. In all but one of the many civic duties they are Johniikt-on-thc-Rot, The tax asfensor finds them poverty-stricken and nonresi dent. The opening clay of the tax books for l!i disclosed only twenty persons In nil whose personalty aeec-samcnt waa t.vio.OcO or more each. TIiuj Is a much smaller number than the rolls showed last year. Next to Andrew Carnegie, who Is assessed at tt.flOO.OKi. John D. Rockefeller has the largest personalty ascessmcnt, th amount being $:'.5o).iioo. Russell Sage and Frederick YV. Vanderbllt como next with assessments each for O00.WO. Four persons. Daniel O. Reid. Alice . Vanderbllt. William K. Vanderbllt 'ami Sadie Crane White, nre each Assessed at JI.OOU.UOO. Some peculiar groupings of t lie name on the personal aaaesemeift list are noticeable. For Instance, while John D. Rockefeller Is afaessed for $2,&i,00ot his son, John D. Rockefeller, Jr , is asjesaed at llSO.noo. his brother William at f.KXMM). Henry II. Reg era gnO.OftO and Henry Rogers. Jr., at 1:50.000. James Pullman, president of tho National City bank, Is assessed at I10U.OOO. A year ago Mr. Stlllmun was asyesaed at $l,000.noo. but he swore off Kv0,i.) of that amount. Mrs. Ator does not appear on the rolls for personal taxc. Laet year she was as aessed at $200.uno, but she swore It off on the ground of nonresldrnce, claiming Newport as her home. Colonel John Jacob Ator fa assessed at Wuo.onn. as last year. The Van derbllt nsseosments remain much the same. August I'clmunt's assessment Is placed at laXi.OOO, as aguliuit half that amount last year, and J Plerpont Morgan's remains unchanged nt S-sn.uno. Joseph It. Choate. ambassador to England, Is assessed as usual for EiQJ&Q. A new name on the personal assessment lists this year is tho negro woman, Hannah Kilos, who acquired much of tho I'lutt for tune. She is Ht-eesFrd at S10D.OUO. The combined Increases In realty and per sonal assessments for the year amounted to approximately $Jti.5on,ftoo over the totals for last year. This Is against an Increase of 1)1.139.52 made last year over l'J"3 and an increase of upward of $1.0u,000,0X in 1903 over 1!K2, thut being the year when the so called full valuation on real estate was adopted. The Aitor ball Monday night whs a thing of beauty and a Joy for the Aitorlal 000. The. gowns of the women were of the most vivid tints and most brilliantly trimmed. Every woman wore a new. gown and all the treiiflurcs of their Jewel boxes were ex hibited. Every woman of social importance was present and as usual there were many foreigners among the guests. , Mrs. Astor wore royul purple velvet trimmed with stihle, and with great sleeves of lace. She wore her parura of emeralds and her stomacher of diamonds, supposed to have been In the possession of Marie An toinette. She wore her high tiara barbed with huge solitaires, her necklace of dia monds, her dog collar of emeralds and dia monds and so many ropes of diamonds that her bosom wo almost covered One of the Jewels Mrs. Astor seldom shows Is her gir dle of pearls. It resembles the modern pearl dog collars, and the clasp Is a huge brooch of diamonds. There was no gown In the room more magnificent than Mrs. Ogden Ooelet's. This was of white velvet covered with rock crystal ornaments. The bodice waa a ma of these glittering beads, and she wore dia monds and pearls and her tall tiara. Mrs. William K. Vanderbllt was marvel ouely gowned In cerise velvet, spangled with gold sequin. Bhe wore an all-round crown of diamonds and moat of her cele brated Jewels. The rooms were decorated with huge pot ted plants, Including terns from Itermuda and several royal palms. There were tail American beauties in vases act In corners and the mantel shelves were banked with white violets studded with orchids. The men about the city hall are asking Street Commissioner Woodbury what he Intends to do with It. He went before the board of estimate and apportionment Mon day afternoon and asked for $tfW,0ii0 with which to clean the streets of the mountains of anow that then encumbered them That night the warm floods fell for hours, and at dawn of the following day the streets were washed almost clean. Only a tithe of the sum appropriated was needed for the work to be done, and the commissioner Is forti fied financially for the next fall that comes. Who will get tho treasure, aaid to be valued at $130,000. found In on old rusty Iron box under the site of the old Macy mansion, In the Bronx, is a question that may put to test some nice and novel points of law. Contractor Meehan, who recently purchaaed the land from the estate of the late Theodore E. Macy. still has the box, and does not believe tho Macy heirs have any right to its contents. "I have gone far enough Into the box." he aald, "to find that It contains more than 1100,000, moatly of gold money of various countries, and that there Is no document or paper in It Indicating that It ever be longed to any of the Macy family. If they can establish a claim they can get It. There Is nothlpg in the box with a dute on It later than the civil war." The Standard Oil king is at the head of B.000 men In this country, whose respective fortunes are computed to exceed 15.000,000, his own wealth being conservatively esti mated at $3a).O00,0O0, yielding him an Income of 15,000 a day, or $2o0 an hour. In aheer self-protection to keep himself from being swept away by a flood of money John V. Rockefeller Is compelled to employ several men who devote their entire time In dis posing of a great part of hie constantly In creasing fortune. Thia corps of distribu ters la under the direction of Starr J. Murphy, formerly a practicing attorney. Although the nature of Mr. Rockefeller's gifts necessarily carries publicity with them, he gives away millions privately, and at least tlo.OOu.OOO a year that go In that way are not accounted for. Some male person, who seemed very much excited, called up the Tenderloin police sta tion the other night and gave this red hot tip over the telephone: "There's a burglar cracking a safe at 12S5 Broadway. If you hurry you'll get hlin at work." Four plain clothes men hot-footed out of the police station and to 1283 Broadway. They didn't think of it on the way, but that number happens to bf the Manhattan theater. They took one look Inside and thn lost their energy. They saw Mrs. Fiske as Leah Kleschua trucking a safe on the stage. The sleuths are looking for that Joker. I'ropenallr to Fright. Buffalo Express Theater panics are becoming matters of almost daily occurrence. 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Shoop's Restorative need no additional evidence of Its worth. I will send you au order on your drmrtri't. He will give you free, the full dollar I'd oka ce. I IIIUV. MCI Only on noun In Si hit part, t health. And lrao.t all woronlr tkkont rta he trr4 to toin mon rauM 4b arrri r wk. Not ttis nr rou ordloirMr thlok boat th nrve that gorvrn roar mortmeDtl and rour thought. nut th nerve thit.nni ildd il unknown, night and dr, knp th hert In motion control the ltlr Bprtui rult th llTr ojrl th ldnT th nrrr on which all th vital (unction depend. Thit down. ar th nrvfi that ar out and bmk It Ann no food to trt th alllnc oisan th lrriular hoart ih dionlrl llw the rilllou tomacU th dpranaM kidney. Thy ara not to Mam. Rut so rak to th nrv that rontrol thm. Thrr juu will And the at ot th trouble. Tht I nothing nw about thla nothing anr physician would ilioput. Itut It ramalnod for lr Shcop to apply thin koftwlt'lx to put It to pran dial um. Ir. Shoon'a Hut oral Ire is th ru.t ot a quarter rnturv of ndavor alone thla vary lln. tt do not do th organ or Uodn th pain but It do i at one to til nrv th Inatd nrr thr power nry and build tt up, nd atranathena It and mak-n It wall and that l Ilia nd at womanly waakneaa. Dr, Shoop's pkrsoai. sort:. There are the days wheu the sight of f Panama hat mokes a man wondt r whnt on earth It was ever used for. Secretary Rhaw has ordered a new uni form for the customs officers who Inspect the bagguge of persons coming from Ku rope. It contains fifteen pockets. An Arkansas wnrrmn offers a reward of I?0 for the return of her missing husband, tieaa or alive, the neighbors who Know the mon say the alive part of the adver tisement Is a mere rhetorical flourish. Longfellow's "Evangeline" lias been ban ished from British Columbia schools The reasons given are that the poem is tainted with an antl-Ei itLsh spirit and It Is becom ing atalo to the teachers lrom long use. John Morley, who has Just returned to London from America, when Rskcd what Impressed him most, said: "Niagara Fulls and tho president; both give you the Im pression of going on forever, or better, tho activity of both seems ceaseless." Gorki waa recently asked for a brief au tobiography. His reply was as follows:"ln 1878, cobbler's apprentice; 1879, draftsman's apprentice; 18S2, diswaeher on a steamboat; 183, baker; 1!84. Janitor; 1S86, chorister In a wandering minstrel show; 1887, apple ped dler In the atreeta; 1889, candidate for sui cide; 1889, lawyer's copyist; 1891, tramp In Russia; 1893, railway day laborer; 1894, first book published." One of tho busiest men in Washington these days Is General Harries, who runs the electric lighting plant that furnished tho soft coal smoke that blew Into the pres ident's window In the White House and thereby caused the president to explodo with his anti-smoke letter. In addition to hi duttea as manager .of the lighting plant, Harries has a big hand In running one of me street railway companies, is doss or me DU?trict militia, has a dozen other enter prises under his control and Is regrulorly arretted because of his so-called smoke nuisance. JIST HOW JT MAPI'UM-M). Tom Taggart Tarns the I. la lit on a Painful Subject. Kansas City Star. Under the mellowing Influences of a Jack son day banquet at Ijnfayette, Ind., with his friends all about him the Hon. Tom Taggart explained to 8sj expectant demo crats Just how it happened. Apparently they had never been quite clear on thla painful subject. They knew that some body had turned the sunshine off ofi No vember 8 and that tho postofflnea were still in the enemy's hands. But they were anxious to learn more, and so they had Journeyed to the fountain head of wisdom. Mr. Taggart, it will be admitted by any impartial observer, was In an embarrassing position. If he confirmed the current gos sip, that he had been snubbed and Ignored by the rest of the committee, he would be making a humiliating confession. But if ho insisted that he was In full control, then how could lie escape incurring the odium of the defeat? Again, If he should admit a deficiency of funds he would be blamed for his delinquency as a collector, while If he should acknowledge a full treas ury, some of "the boys" might Inquire how the workers had happened to be left out. The chairman was equal to the emer gency. He admitted that he was In full control, that there was plenty of money and that the campaign organization was stupid. You are the stupid one ! Stupid because you never thought Ym about his liver. his trouble Ijes. a sluggish mind. when his blood is Ayer's Pills act directly M all vegetable, sugar-coated. Dose, just one pill at bedtime. Sold for 60 years. Always Keep a box of these pills in the house. Had k th I. O. asm Co., Lw.l, HM. Aie BMBulaeurra er ATTI'S BATH TIOOR-Fer ths Utr. Tig' .aJ(BAJUlXY-Fei tk eaoot. Simply Write Me In aior thn a million hnro mr rmd I known It ha turd womanly troubl M . but rapeaiadly wr and orr tal- V you a not hv hrard of It or hearing mir har lard or doub:il. So I raak thla eff r to you. a stiangar, that arery poaaihla excua for douM may b ra movrd. Send m no monry ntaka me no promta tak no riak. simply writ and k If row h not triad my remedy. I will a-nd you an order on vour druag at for a full dollar boole not a empl hut th tagular atandard hottl h kaepa eohatantlv on hi alielyea The ilruglt will ro,ulr no con dition, tl will .-.pt my nrd-r as .hrfully though your dollar laid bafora him. H will and th lull to mr. Will you ar.ept Mill opportunity to learn at it.' p arilulely. lo he. I'd fnrwrer of all forma of womanly neakneae to b rid not only of th trouble, but of th yty aua wnltn protuiad It? Writ today. Tor a free orlr for a full dollar biittl you must a d d r a Pr. Shoo p. Hon 43 a. Marine. Wla. Stat whlih book vou want. Pook 1 on r'vspepaia. Book on tha Haart Book 3 on the Kldno Book tor Women. o.ik ii foi Man. Book ( on Rheumatism In ri.nne.tinn with lir. shoopa Rtratl It t aotuatlmea aitlraht to clve local treatment. If o. get Dr. Hhnop'e Nlghl lure. Both remedies ar on sale at all diunlM. Restorative practically perfect. The only difficulty, at he assured his audience with charming frankness, was that the voters insisted On casting their ballots for the other man. In short, the campaign was precisely analo gous to the surgical operation which was highly successful, with the trifling excep tion that the patient died. As uti cxpUlncr Hon. Thomas is nearly as Kuccewaful as ho is a campaign man ager. The ( fuithful ones who uttended ,ho bunquct and the country as a whola know now just what tho trouble wns. I.VM.IIIXU GAS. Miss Uiishlngton Did you ever feel the delirium of th Muse, Mr. Tanker? Tanker Xo'ra. I never got beyond the delirium of the booze New York Time. "A clear conscience," said T'ncle Kben, "Is a gnat luxury, but In dishere slnlul mulotradin' World it's ll'ble to ho mo' or less expensive." Washington Stur. 'Did you ever have an expert examine your books?" "Yes. My wife gos through my pocket -boca and my cnecKbonk every dav or two." Cleveland Plain Dealer. "What do you do to show your baby a good time?" "I let him look at my watch "Cleveland Leader. The British hiul Just buund their prison ers to the fa nni ill's mouth. "No," said the victims, "we don't think It is in the least dangerous to be the man behind the gun." Owing, however, to the density of the English, the point passed unnoticed. New York Sun. "You know, they say, 'ct II the world loves a lover,' " began tho sentimental young man. "Yes," interrupted the cynic, "but not as much ns it loves to hoar that lover's letters rend out in court." Philadelphia Tress. "Lots o" time," said IMlcle Eph'm. "when yo' hear a man a-taikln' to hlsse'f he's doln' It to keen f'm llsfpnln' to wot hla nnnaoloncu , is a-tryln to tell 'lm," Chicago Tribune. Mrs. Caller Early Misa Oldglrl is looking for a husband. Mrs. Cutting Hlntz She can have mine. Houston Chronicle. When a quarter of a ton of slushy snow has Just slid off the roof and burled a mm half way to hla neck, whllo all tho passers by stop and laugh at his predicament, how weak language seems! Homervllle Journal sl.sIiI.B 1IA.K. Milwaukee Sentinel. "What's the use o' feelln' blue Jcs' 'cause things is goln' askew?" Them's tho words that Sunshine HauJa t'ster soy; he warn't no crank; No one never heerd him kick. Flush er dead broke, well er sick, Happiest guy I ever knowtd Allers saw the smoothest road. Sunshine Hank, he had a creed That feller could suceed If he cut out all tho hurry. All the pesky work and worry; Whar the cattle swarmed like flies . Alj us other foolish guys Worked, and didn't work by halves, Ropln' critters, brandln' calves. Hunk played cards, and met his losses Now and then by stealing hosses. "Take things eaay all the way," Sunshine Hank lie uster say. Hank kept smilin' day and night, Hfueadln' sunshine left and right; Never got the double cross Till at last he stole a hoss What belonged to Llghtnln' Jos Then we 'lowed Hank had to go, So wo had a little bee Round a good sized scrub oak troe. Hank Jes' says. "I can't objeck," Put the rone around his neck. Then us fellers gave a yank "Ooodby, boys," says Sunshine Hank. "What's the uho o' feelln blue Jes' 'cause things Is goln' askew?" Always at the foot of the class Do not blame the boy for be ing dull and There is where all A sluggish liver makes A- boy cannot study full of bile ! on the liver. They are ATIR'S CBEVBT PBCTOIaL-Ver CO. til. aTkai'a aVOUa CUfcfuf auuana aval agU.