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''Is not Mr. Iter's ice factory ft. little
premature In this frigid month of May?
The council Is to adopt new paving
'specifications next week. Tlie question
Js, bow long will tney stay adopted!
Nebraska fame wardens are expected
to keep a sut.rp outlook' for President
Koooevejt s train as It rolls across the
state.
i '
Secretary Taft will now demonstrate
bis ability to "get off the lid" without
lotting the box open wider than prudence
would Justify.
WAIT ISO FOR THE BATTLE.
With great Interest and no little anxi
ety the world awaits the meeting of Lb a
hostile squadrons now maneuvering; in
the eastern teAs. There is very little
Information Jn regard to their where
abouts and ludeed nothing absolutely
definite. A Junction of the two divisions
of the Russian fleet seems to have been
effected and it la said that the naval
authorities at 8t Petersburg are en
couraged nnd confident Nothing comes
from Tokio to convey any Information
as to where the Japanese fleet Is. The
presumption Is that it is somewhere in
the China sea, but all that can confi
dently be assumed is that Admiral Togo
Is keeping track of the enemy and Is
ready to strike when the opportunity
comes. The Russians being united may
force a battle, but the probability Is that
the Japanese commander will select his
own time and place for the inevitable
fight and that he will have made the
most complete preparation possible for
It, fully comprehending what the result
will mean. It has been suggested that
Togo is laying a trap for the Russians,
but it is not well to count upon anything
of this kind or to undervalue the ability
of the RuBslun commander to . guard
against being trapped. The fact appears
to be that great caution is being ob
served on both sides and the reasonable
conclusion seems to be that ,wnen the
fleets meet it will be under conditions
which will test to the utmost their fight
ing powers.
Meanwhile there is reported from
Manchuria a renewal of military . ac
tivity that will direct interest again, in
that direction. It has seemed for some
time that neither army was doing much,
but it now appears that the Japanese
commander bns not been - idle and is
prepared to deliver another blow. The
probability is that during the period of
apparent inactivity the Japanese army
has been reinforced in men and muni
tlons of war and Is In all respects very
much stronger than it was immediately
after its last 'victory. It is also likely
that the Russian army has been ma
terlally. strengthened. The prospect
therefore, is for another great battle In
northern Manchuria, perhaps-more san
guinary than any yet fought Should
the Japanese arms again be victorious
It may result. in driving the Russians
entirely out of Manchuria. The battle
that will be decisive in its result, how
ever, is to be fought on the sea and
when or where that will be fought no
man can tell, though it would seem it
cannot be much longer deferred.
prohibition prohibit in Topeka, at least same as plec of improved rel estate
for the time being, but after th storm I that doe not produce an income,
ha lilnwn over the hootlecrffera and
Jolntlsts will gradually resume business The general tpproprlatlou bill Jot
at their old stands Jurt as they have P""1 b tbf c,tr council of Bt Louis
done in the larger town, of the state of nkn proTlalon for expenditures dur-
V.ln-. in anlte of the vlellnnce of citv n nBca' Tp aggregates
marshals, sheriffs and the state constab-1 wo."""- "mount ai.o.n o u
do at we aisponai or tne ponce Doara tor
expenses of the police department and
Mir TEST KXCLVSloy LAW. is to oe expenaea ror me re-
According to report the Chinese minis-1 moval and destruction of garbage. Al
ter to this country is contemplating I Uiougn Bt ixuis nas nve times tne pop-
mnklng a test' in the courts of the law ulatlon of Omaha, ft comparison of rela-
excluding certain of his countrymen tlve municipal expenditures would lndl-
from admission to the United Bute. It cate that Omaha is not s badly gor
Is stated that he has Issued a circular 1 erned as it might be,
Chinese Lu this country asking
ulary.
to all
that he be furnished with reports of
cases of applicants who have been de
nied admission- to this country and of
all deportations on the ground of non
registration!, also for an estimate of the
amount of damages to the applicants
for such refusal of admission and for
the deportations.
It is stated that the minister holds that
the acts of the United States officials,
under the law and in view of the termi
nation of the treaty and after the re
jection' of the proposed consent of the
Chinese government to reasonable ex
clusion to be hostile to a friendly nation.
It is not known what course will be
taken for testing the law, but the fact
that such a thing is proposed is interest
ing. It shows that the Chinese govern
ment 14 evidently taking a very lively j
There is no doubt whatever that the
$100,000,000 of preferred stock about to
be issued by the Union Pacific will be
snapped up on short notice. The ques
tion that Interests Omaha in connection
with this stock issue Is what proportion
of the proceeds will be expended in this
city and vicinity for the enlargement of
the machine shops, new railroad head
quarters, improvement of terminal facili
ties and the much needed double-track
short cut to Fremont
Let Other D th Worrying.
' Chicago Record-Herald.
"Few. rich men," says Dr. Gladden, "es
cape being desplseoVV And fewer still seem
to be lying awake at night thinking of th
desplsers.
Silly
Ideas Polat Jallward.
Chicago Chronicle.
interest in the exclusion question and ,eotor wno pteads that ietrtLVL&ei onIy
is apparently uetenainea not to con-1 the rich is entirely In harmony with that
tinue to complacently submit to a policy I modern school of ethics, now fashionable,
of discrimination nealnst its neoDle WBIC11 teache tnat property Is robbery and
which it regards as unfair and essen
tially unfriendly. It is significant as
Intimating a purpose on the part of that
government to manifest its displeasure
in a practical way and this is the point
which is likely to especially command
the attention of those Interests that have
trade with China and are looking for
ward to its enlargement These will
undoubtedly see In the step taken' by
the Chinese minister presumably by 'dl-
thrlft a crime.
BararalM Price Dlaralty.
' ' ' Baltimore American.
A solemn suit in th federal courts, con
ducted with all due dignity and decorum,
over 46 cents duty on. a 60-cent souvenii
spoon, shows that even the majesty of th
law and government may take the one step
from tho sublime to th ridiculous. y.
, "Let Is Alone."
Bpringfleld Republican.
The railroad man who criticised the Each-
oar Grapes,
Washlneton Post.
"A real democrat.!' says Charles A.
Towne, "is a man who refrains from in.
fusing his own personality Into the details
of government." It has been a good while.
come to think of It, sine a democrat has
had a chance to infuse his personality Into
FAKE MIST RESUMES FREE CUISAOE.
Simultaneous with the advent l Mr.
Hitchcock at the helm of the editorial
columns of the World-Herald has begun
the free and unlimited coinage of fakes
Now that a French foreign official has I from the fakery.. Perhaps the most
seen fit to praise British rule in India 1 idiotic fake that has emanated from that
the Franco-Russian alliance may be con-1 source within the last ten years is the
sidered really strained. I pictorial roorback representing County
Treasurer Fink as havlnir in Drosnect an
The Kansas supreme court has decided nm of r,fl.000 a vear. after the con-
that whisky is pot "property." This golldat,on of cltT .nd county treas-
pens a wide opportunity in that state nrle( fako ,s Btuck t0 yym e per.
iwnn abilfriAii AnA war Vl W Aw- rtonrtAn I ,..')
tut ",u,"ul ' " I slstency. worthy of a better cause. Any
tO be thirsty. ',. , I aohnrj hnv ahlo in- mad th nrnvlnlona
of the charter and statutes would know
Judging by.their published correspond- hotter .
ence. neither Mr. Iledln nor Dr, Nansen ( The charter xpre88ly Umlte ,,.
will -come nearer reaching their goal in ,owance t0 county treaBUrer for act
itatecraft than they, did in their polar ag M exfflclo cIty treaBurer to $1,000
rection of his government the promise Townsend bill, before the Elklns committee,
of some form of retaliation if the policy ffJImf m"",? th? U w,ou,d ,result. !? ena"
, , lew litigation, and require at least two or
Of exclusion as now enforced is ad- thre supreme court decisions to determine
hered to, and it will not be surprising I what it meant, should try to frame a rail-
if these interests shall unite in ursrinir rd la that wouldn't.
that the policy be modified, at. least to
the extent of withdrawing restrictions
upon merchants, Investigators and stu
dents from China, confining exclusion
entirely to laborers, which it Is under
stood the Chinese government does not
object, to.
There is no doubt as to tho right of ne details of government.
our government to exclude from the
country any people whose coming here
the congress may think undesirable,
That is ar, inherent right of all govern
ments, to be exercised as they may
think expedient or as their interests
dictate. There may be phases of the
Chinese exclusion law, as asserted, that
will not stand a test in the courts, but
the general principle cannot be success
fully-assailed. What is being done Is
the enforcement of a discrimination
which thp Chinese government protests
against as unjust and what this country
bos to consider is whether we should
continue this policy in its present form
Wanted Hospitable Jail.
Minneapolis Journal.
"Railroad managers are telling the Elklns
committee that there Is plenty of law to
prevent rebates. There Is plenty ot th
kind of law which fines railroad managers
150 for a 16,000 rebate. Ayhat w are looking
for Is a law which will open hospitable
jails to managers who persist in violating
th law. ... tr- , -
Freasted Flnaaee Fiction.
. . Cincinnati Enquirer.
Let not the plodding, .citizen who goes to
his trad or profession every, day, and to
church once on Sunday, and takes a walk
into the green fields iSonday afternoon, get.
ting enough money to keep himself and his
family fairly well fed, housed and clothed.
at the risk of losing the friendship of ftnd ! "P th children well enough
China, Inviting retaliation and impairing to go to sohool go into the "blues"
our chances for, securing trade in that
explorations.
per annum, payable quarterly. The state
law governing county treasurers ' ex
pressly provides that in counties having
a population fit over 70,000 the treas
urer shall receive a salary of $3,000 per
annum and no more. The state law also
expressly provides that the percentages
ThA Wnrlit-Tloralil minima tn ha In
telephonic communion with Pat Crowe.
Perfectly natural. It used to be in tele
phonic communion with Charley Mosher
nd Joe Bartley.
. If the "reciprocity war" Instituted by and for the collection of delinquent
Germany and Newfoundland becomes 7 Bn8 P"a lnTO "e counir
"jieneral the Deonle of the United States fee fund nd ut ' wh,cn salaries
.will see the advantage of having the 01 lne measurer ana nis ciems are to
best home market on earth. ' 06 Pald- ond the surplus, if any, must
oe turnea into tne general iunu oi tne
The real reason on the part of France countT and not lnt0 the V" the
empire. That the matter is of very con- the market Beloved brother, not afl of
siderable importance we think will be the stories are true.. Perhaps a large ma
generally admitted. Jorlty of them are -notion. Operating in
wan aireei cauera mucn iuaa oi siepp, ana
denies a great K.iny men the serenity and
contentment of wholesome old age. And
then the time is so 'short. '
Chicago appears to be as much agi
tated over bills pending before the Illi
nois legislature as it is over the team'
sters' strike. Among the proposed meas
ures that seem to shock the Chicago
Tbe Kernel of the Qaeatton.
Kansas City Star.
Before the senate committee on Interatata
mossbacks are the electricity bills, which commerce recently, ex-Senator Harris made
authorize the city to sell surplus electric I an apt and convlntfr.fr reply to the catch
current generated by the municipal lleht- Question propounded by Senator Elklns.
1,, Tl .n,.ln. I Juu "" commission nx
f."-- your rates If you were In th railroad bust
Bgumsi mese measures is presenxea in ne,,r inquired th sapient statesman from
one of the Chicago dailies, which de-1 West Virginia. "My idea la," replied the
clures that "the sale of current during Kansas, "that a man who goes Into the
'for an understanding with Great Britain
1ft now apparent Gold has been dis
covered In.. Madagascar, and France
without doubt desires to keep it
treasurer,
Instead of drawing $50,000 a year out
of the city and county hopper, County
Treasurer Fink will, after tbe merger
of city ' and county treasuries, receive
If "Elijah" Dowle can float ZIon gold Just $4,000 a year as his salary from tho
bonds among the unbelievers bis post- city and county, which is exactly the sal
tJon as prophet will be more firmly estab-1 ary now paid to the city treasurer. Tbe
llsbed in the business world and the saving effected by the consolidation will
future of his enterprise completely as- therefore be equal to $3,000 a year, the
cured. I present salary' of the county treasurer,
and the saving effected by the reduction
' An English-woman has donated her of the clerical force aggregating from
fentlre fortune to Albanian revolution- $10,000 to $15,000 a year more. Consid
'lata, with the hope of posing as princess erable saving will also be effected on
-Of that land. The American idea of the payroll for duplicate tax collectors.
buying a title already established is the The only mistake The Bee made In tho
better one. I dissection of the Fink salary fake has
been the assumption that the county
Creosoted wooden block pavemeut treasurer's salary is still $2,500 instead
niaye have the right of way in Paris, 0f $3,000. This errorfwe cheerfully cor
London and other European cities, but I - t
In Omaha the mere mention of wooden
.tiock is enougu to revive unpleasant Prohibition in topeka.
memories. I That, prohibition does not prohibit
I where it is not sustained by public sen
Possibly tbe. Omaha Grain exchange I tlment has time and again been demon
can make arrangements with the late strated. Only a few weeks ago the
Postmaster Crowe for the deflection of I sheriffs of the various counties in the
the Great Northern over the rlght-of-1 state of Maine made simultaneous raids
way of the Sioux City, interurbun, of I upon the Joints that hud been tolerated
which Mr. Crowe is the president lu Portland, Bangor gnd other towns in
that state, notwithstanding the fact
Only three weeks remain for the coun- that prohibition has been the law of the
cl) to. make up its mind about the boun- land in the "Pine Tree state" for more
daries of tbe twelve wards into which than fifty years.
the city is to do reuistricted. As there The periodical discovery that the
are ftteen different plans for redUtrict- liquor traffic has been carried on in the
leg, the members of the council will I capital city of Kansas almost without
have 14-15 pusil to solve. restraint iu defiance of the provisions of
flirt ICanaSa fVtnatlttitlnn an1 tha In wa
' Governor Cummins of Iowa would Unacted under it is, therefore, not sur
'have ftn easier time In spreading bis prising. Inquiries instituted by Gov
tllef in Canadian reciprocity had he ernor Hoch develop the fact that the mu
the CC-operation Of those In authority in nieinal authorities of Toiwta ha1 a mn.
IftintI, At ruiant m a. It I,. I . . . . ., . . .. ....
v. . .vum. .a uo i mai unaerstunuing wiui me- joints Dy
couia convert tne American congress which they were to be permitted to oner-
amlA thurt t lid I u n 11 ri 1 M ii Pn,tlim.nt I i , . j ... ..' .
i n it, uv uiTuiK u i rt? til ii J h luonui liriupr
the name of "a fine." which In realltv
' Chicago negroes who protest against ... -vulval, n. k-.,
the lmiortutWu of brethren coming in protection had been guaranteed to all
i tAU f .1.. a . I
wrB uuu.uia iw iwr.mr, win nave the Illicit dealers In liquor so long as
a uuu uwv ujvu uiw iwiuuw ui uiuoe i paid their monthly fines,
ireaay mere s.-eru to nave a more in- The determination of Governor Hoch
telllgent view of the "race" quentlou to suppress the Topeka Joints and boot
than inauy f the so-called experts of J leggers, notwithstanding the compact
the ''superior" race. wltii municipal ftuthorlUes, may make
making 11,000,000 or so at a single turn of
-'BOt'HD ABOIT HBW TOSK.
Itlppl th Cerrent t Life la
the Metropolis.
The finest and most profitable line of
graft outside of politics In New York City
Is begging. According to an official of the
Charity Organisation society there Is
scarcely a week that some mendicant does
not spring some Ingenious plan with which
to elude detection and ei tract money from
generous people. Frequently a professional
beggar Is - a partner In ft saloon or some
other profitable business and most of them
have bank accounts. These men have re
duced graft mendicancy to a system that
th police assigned to the work are unable
to break up, although the Charity Organi
sation society convicts nearly 1,000 beggars
ft year out of an average of 1.960 arrests
for mendicancy alone. Th remainder are
put to work, even though it is necessary
sometimes to send a street ctippl to a
hospital and compel him to ' submit to ft
surgical operation In order to enable Mm
to work. On former New Tork mendicant
with his crooked feet made straight, la
now earning (11.60 a week in a mill.
The detectives of th police beggar squad
run acroas soma queer characters. It Is
only - ft few months ago that they broke
up ft family In New Tork that had beeq
living at the rate of $10,000 a year on the
thrift of other persons. They discovered ft
beggar known aa "King ot the Blinks,"
owning tenement In Chrystle and Forsyth
streets. He Is reported to be the man who
first divided the city Into begging districts,
sending separate beggars to each locality
day and night, and compelling mendicants
to "keep off the grass" belonging to the
Other fellow. There are more men beg
gars than women, a fid mors child beggars
than both put together.
There ar plenty of old curiosity shops
In New Tork where It would be difficult
to find an article which is what It pretends
to be. Th persistent credulity of their
customers must be a sore temptation even
to honest deale-s. Of old curiosity shops
r 1
Tho Wonderful Growlli
" v v ; of ;'
Calnimet
IBaldinij
Powder
Is due to Its
Perfect Quality
', 'end .'
Moderate Price
Used In Millions
of Homes-
STATE PRESS COMMENT,
Sterling Record: Whether or not th
country needs public ownership of public
utilities, it certainly doe need public own
ership of public officials.
St Paul Republican: If anything more
were needed to disgust ordinary people with
state normal schools, th constant Intrigue
and scandal ' which has surrounded ' Peru
from Its birth, and which now threatens to
blight the Kearney institution before it is
opened, would do the business. It It Is ab
solutely necessary for the state to grant
In general It may be fairly estimated that I special privileges to the teaching protes
ts per cent of the objects offered are spur
ious, expressly manufactured for sale or
"fa led" In- some way. The ingenuity of
the forger Is unlimited. Furniture, prints,
china, plotures, plate, armor, Ivory, brons
and tapestry ail ar successfully 1ml-
slon, a policy which we believe Is based
upon false premises and fundamentally
wrong. It should at least see that these
training schools are kept free from political
Influences. ' The spectacle of Tom Majors,
John N. Baldwin and 4 choice coterie of
tated. "Antique" armor and metal work of I other professional wirepullers bartering for
all kinds are made in Birmingham. Spur
ious antique china come from Franca,
Holland and Germany. The spurious print
Is perhaps th commonest trap ot all,
The erase of the colored print" is Just
now with us, and th demand for examples
the superintendency of the new school 1
not particularly edifying to those who be
lieve that our educational institutions
should be surrounded by pure moral atmosphere.
McCook Tribune: That Nebraska Would be
of th celebrated engravings of the eight- I th great gainer for having larger men In
eenth century exceeds the supply a nun
dredfold. These ar exceedingly scarce.
consequently th market Is flooded with
reprints and reproductions. Several 'firms
are engaged In producing them, and they
cost the dealer in "objects of art" from
seven and sixpence to a pound a piece.
Usually the paper is manipulated to give
it th appearance of age, or the print Is
put into an old frame. It is certain that
countless numbers of them ar sold as
originals. A reprint has this excuse, that.
though subsequently "touched" by a mor
modem hand it is an impression taken
from the original copper plate, but it can
not, of course, be compared with the orig
inal prints from th graver of Bartoloszl,
Ward. Schlavonettl, Valentin, Green,
Clpranl or John Raphael Smith. A reprint.
however, still contains some of the original
lines. A reproduction Is merely a copy,
every lln of which, aided by photography,
has been traced by ft modern hand.
Its public service I admitted by all at all
familiar with the situation familiar with
the men and who make them. But before the
state can hope to draw into Its service men
of larger accomplishment and higher char
acter It will have to arrange a few prelim
inaries of importance: It will be necessary
to make public life more attractive for
such men. Adequate salaries will have to
be voted. The bosses, "local interests,"
corporate domination, "certain localities,"
etc., will have to be cut out of our political
life In a large measure. Nebraska voters
will have to take charge of the elective ma
chinery of the state, and not let out the
contract as at present to the trusts and
corporations and politicians to nominate
and elect the lawmakers and executives.
And the grafters -will have to be crucified.
the day would displace a certain num
ber of private steam or electric plants,
throwing out of employment some en-
railroad business enter Into a contract to
discharge a public service subject to regu
lation and control and invests his money
with this understanding. " The gist of the
gineers and firemen, make ft reduction matter is packed into' that sentence. Th
in the number of teamsters and possibly 'fpIy ,1ow " '"1",tlnto th true re,a-
. . , . , . . Won of the railroad business) to the public
reduce the coal bills to some manufac- .ri .. ..k
turers." , That is to eay, there will be slon of the special pleader who Is conduct.
less coal hauled and fewer firemen and
engineers and laborers employed during
the day in private plants if the city is
permitted to sell current to the consum
ers. Suppose all these awful omens
were to come true, would not reduced
cost of power be followed by more em
ployment and lower prices for con
sumers? ',
ing the inquiry en behalf of the senate of
th United States.
HILL'S DBFENSB OF REBATES.
Systematic Efforts to Confas sad
Ularepreaeul th Iaan.
Chicago Inter Ocean.
President James J. Hill of the Great
Northern railway made befor tho senate
committee on Wednesday what he seemed
to think an ingenious and complete defense
of discrimination and rebating In railway
rates. The facts of th case that he cited
were briefly as follows: ' .
When the Great Northern reached " th
stat of Washington It was found that th
chief product for Interstate commerce tber
was lumber. .The rat was then SO cent.
and the Washington producers could not
raacft the eastern market. Mr. Hill cut the
rate to to cents, thereby obtaining eastward
freight for his cars and opening an eastern
Aft eastern weekly publication in
forms its readers that "western farmers
are in possession of remarkably ad
vanced surroundings; with farm tele
phones and rural delivery lines covering
tbe plains region, even up to tbe foot
hills of the Rockies, with dally papers
delivered to their doors with almost the
promptness with which the city sub- mark.t for Washington lumber.
scrlbers are served, it needs but the This was a discrimination, Mr. Hill says.
bringing of the most advanced agrlcul-1 'nst the lumber producers at th east
tnral education to them to malt thorn rn nd of hl" roafl- Th- wr charged
it . - 4. .. , . I more for hauling the same weight of lura
" v e I ber an equal distance. In effect, a rebate
unexcelled by their brethren of the soil
anywhere." If the brethren of the east
will only take ft tour of the west they
will find that neluer are the westem
farmers lacking in advanced agricul
tural education, but that on the con-
granted to th Washington lumbermen
But not only the railway, but th whole
country benefited by th Increased supply
of lumber thus mad generally available.
All of which is true enough as fas ar It
goes. But this is not th kind of dlscrlnv
nation and rebating to which th publlo
Chronlo cynic as to th honesty of
New York's policemen wer put to con
fusion th ' other day when Commissioner
McAdoo received air envelop containing a
120 gold certificate from an automoblllst,
who signed himself "Humiliation." A not
with -th money read: '"I was stopped on
Broadway for speeding my automobile by
pbllceman 8067. I told him that I did not
know that I waa exceeding the limit and
a friend with m corroborated my state
ment. Th Doilceman Insisted, however. I
offered IS If he would not press the cas.
Th. policeman indignantly refused the
money, . and gave ma th worst dressing
down I have ever received In my life. He
then let me go. I wish to give my evidence
that all policemen ar not grafters."
The steeple-Jack la not the only work
man who needs a steady nerve. The other
day a big safe wns being hoisted to th
tenth stonr of a building, and was wen
up when th ropes stuck in th pulley,
Befor the safe could be moved it was
necessary for a man to climb up the rope
band over hand, like a monkey, with the
safe hanging over. him. A crowd stood
breathlessly watching him'. When at last
ha slid down the. crowd said,. "Ah!" in
unison and breathed freely again.
The man himself thought nothing of
It. "On of th risks of th business," h
said, as be took hold of the rop and
helped tbe others hoist the safe.
Th price for asphalt paving in New
York has dropped to a record figure. Bids
received for a large amount of paving in
Brooklyn mean In many cases that .th
city will pay only fl.J9 a square yard for
phalt laid upon Its concrete foundation.
Thlk Is the lowest price known In th
history of this city for asphalt upon con
crete. The average price for 190S, after the
asphalt trust had been dispersed, was
2.0ttt s square yard. The lowest pric
heretofore paid by .the city for a yard of
asphalt pavement on concrete foundation
tl.tS. Ther is talk of a cut to at
least 11.10 a square yard. The Barber com
pany, continuing the fight by cutting the
ground from under tts local competitors,
In many instances. Is the lowest bidder
upon more than half of the new contract,
which will aggregate over 11,000,000.
Her heavy head of hair and a celluloid
comb saved the life, tn all probability, of
Mary Russo, a 21-year-old Italian girl,
when she waa struck with an ax during a
fight among a score of Italian men and
women. Antonio Marsilllello was arraigned
on a charge of felonious assault, preferred
by. th woman. The girl was biedlng from
a scalp wound received, she said, from a
blow by Marsllllello's ax. She was taken
to the Presbyterian hospital, where the
surgeons found her hair partly cut through
and the heavy celluloid comb she wore
smished, showing that but for th resist
ance the hair and the comb offered th ax
would hav split her skull.
east
trary their schools of agriculture are "W0- 11 WM n stifling of competl
, tn h . . . , I tlon, but an tabllshment of competition,
quite up to the best in the eaat When ,t dld not drtv, Mlnne80ta
It comes to posting up on agriculture, out of the market. It merely let th Wash
it is mighty seldom the west has to go I tngton lumbermen into the markets.
Tbe Kino er discrimination ana rebating
te which the publlo objecta, and which
make It feel that thr ought to b gov.
ernmsftt regulation of railway rate, Is that
practiced by th Santa F. Ther railway
revenue was not Increased, but diminished.
Thar competitors ol th Colorado Fuel
and Iron oompony were not let Into a mar,
kC ' Thei competition was not established
with benefit to th public, but killed to th
publlo Injury.
-Th sooner such Iarg-alsed men as Mr,
Hill ceas trying t confus the publlo by
calling different things by th earn nam
th sooner also Mr. Hill gets out of th de.
luslon that anybody la trying to tsk his
property away from him, and so ceases to
msk remark about "strewing th country
with ODrps" th better for th country,
for railway Interest, and especially for
railway magnate
Governor Mickey is to be commended
for the position he has taken in the as
sessment of the bridge and terminals of
the Illinois Central railroad. Tbe duty
of the state assessment board is to ap
praise the tangible property of the rail
roads at its true value that Is, the
amount it ran be duplicated for. In ad
dition to this tbe board is expected to
assess the value of tbe franchise. If Its
earnings do not yield ft sufficient amount
to pay interest on the capital Actually
Invested the franchise has comparatively
small value, or possibly no value, but
tbe tangible property Is taxable Just the
DEMAND FOR BIGGER MEIf.
Position of The Bee Endorsed and Re
laforced with Additional Reasons.
Columbus Telegram.
In a recent article touching the personnel
of Nebraska's officials "in the state and in
the national congreas The Omaha Bee, la
mented the fact that our state has not
been In the hab.lt of exalting the really
strong men to publlo office. And the lamen
tation is not untimely. . Without display ot
partisan feeling the Telegram asserts that
in few instances hav Nebraakans of real
intellectual merit been recognised, po
litically, in Nebraska. AniJ why? There
must be a reason. Some contend that th
strong men, the learned men. the clean
men, refuse to accept political nomlna.
tions, simply because the official pay Is so
small that the cannot afford to abandon
private for publlo careers. Perhaps that
Is true, to a degree, but aa the Telegram
view the record we cannot accept that
reason as the best one. The shameful fact
is that many of the best men In the state
are repelled from political walks by reason
of the faot that In order to win in politics.
at the convention, particularly, they must
first procure the favor of certain corpora.
tions. Self-respecting men do not like to
enter the game of politics bound hand
and foot to the political management of
some railroad corporation. Such men, with
laudable political ambitions, have often
said goodby to ambition, knowing that In
order to win their way to ambition's 'goal
In this state they must first make offering
of allegiance upon the railroad altar,
Smaller men, with less self-respect, ac
cepted the decree which good men spurned.
and the result) has been the election to
Office of men unworthy the., high stations
to which they have been called. It Is not
our purpose to inaiviauause. n is nm
necessary. The average Nebraskan feels
and knows that many of the best publlo
office have been, and now are occupied
by men of small intellectuat-and moral
stature.
The Bee does well to call attention to
the small stature of the' men who hold
office by the grace of the voters of Ne
braska, but it should go further and tell
the people that there can be no hope for
relief until the voters shall awak to a
sens of ' duty; the performance of which
will take control of party convention out
of railroad hands.
' PERSONAL ROTES.
baby-mobile, met an old sweetheart
dn't blush. 1
Denver ctolms the coolest man In ft young
husband who, on his first trip aa chauffeur
of his
and dldn'l
A rise Of 35 per cent in the price of pork
in Germany, owing to. a shortage of hogs
caused by the drouth of laat year, la giving
the anti-agrarians their Innings.
The owners of a theater Juet, constructed
In Goshen, Ind., have decided to call th
house the Jefferson theater. This will b
the first city in the country to pay such
tribute to th memory of th dead actor.
Commodore Sommervill Nicholson, ft re
tired officer of the navy, who Just died In
Washington, was In the naval service over
fifty years, and during the famous expedi
tion of Commodore Perry to Japan In U&t
Nicholson Was navigation officer of Perry's
flagship..
During th course , of a recent lecture
Rev. Dr. Anna Shaw stated that for ft long
time woman's stature has been Increasing,
while that of man has shown an opposite
tendency, and she attributes the decrees
of the men's stature to th exceasiv use
of tobacco.
In Wlnflekt, Kan., a thief 'was promised
his freedom by the county commissioners
if he could run fifty yards in six seconds,
and pay th costs In th cas. The man
ran th fifty yards in th stipulated time,
but he had attained such momentum that
he could not stop to pay the costs.
The sultan ot Turkey strenuously objects
to darkness and his apartments in th
palace and the surrounding gardens a well
are flooded with l)ght every night. H 1s
read to sleep by a brother or favorlt Serv
ant, and if he dreams an Interpreter is sum
moned directly he awakes to explain th
meaning of the dream to him..
A Jersey woman . seeking - a divorce,
nnurAd an Averflnwlna mnajtura of wlfelv
patboa into the words: , "Befor I mar
ried . him, your honor, he ran afUr m
morning, noon and night., Now h sits
smoking, his pipe and I can't make him
budge." , Man's inhumanity to woman
continues an inspiring , subject for pot
not otherwise engaged. - i
POINTED REMARKS. ,
"Over In Germany they are -circulating ft
sensational report that a8.000,000 ha been
stolen from the United States treasury by
burglars. ..-. r. v-r-
"My, my, but Isn't that an Insult to on
gressT'VCleveland Plain' Dealer.
"Do you expect Charley t6 catch any
thing on his flatting trip?" said young Mrs.
Torkins' mother.
"No," was the reply. "He's been vacci
nated and took ten grain of quinine befor
he started." Washington Star.
"Since my daughter got her piano," said
the woman next door, "she plays all th day
ion
Ooes she 'really
queried Mrs. Knox, "or '
play
r do
long?" Philadelphia Ledger.
all d&y loner
oca it merely seem
Lottie Dottle Scadds haa roora'nerv than
anyone L know.
Tottle what's she done?
Lottie Her father expostulated with her
on her extravagant habits, snd she told
him he ought to be thankful to have a
daughter who was such a wealthy helresal
Cleveland Leader. , .
"That man," said the proud friend, "went
Into politics a poor man' and came out of
it a poor man."
"Well," answered Senator Sorghum, "all
I can say Is that there must have been con
tributory negligence on .his part." Wash
lngtonvtar. ' "Of course, th earrings. ar quit pretty,"
he said, with Just a tinge or aisappoinu
icDOln
ment, "but the atones are very mall." .
"But, my dear," replied Mr. Phoxy, "If
they were any larger they'd be all out of
Sroportlon to the alae of your ears." Pblla
elphla Preat.
you . tried your luck In Wall
"Have
street?"
"-Kin Km T mram mn nnAtnfr tvt,A
once.'' Chicago Record-Herald. "
THE AUTOMOBILE.
M. C. Ballard In the Inter Ooean.
When Bellerophon seised the rem
And strld the ribs of Pegasus, .
He conquerd no more fair domain
Than modern actence yield to us.
But now we aklm the city streets, ,
Instead of asure akle abnv;
While still tbe wandering Prlnoess greet
And riders die for love.
And still chimeras, grim and vast
As In the ancient days, arise.
And Knights must battle, fear-aghast, S
Nor fail the high emprise.
John D. Rockefeller Is not the dull, dry
lecturer at-his Sunday school soma
would believe. He like a good story, and
be tells one well. When he essay the
Irish dialect, If hid behind a screen from
his auditors, they would, bellev h waa a
true son of th Emerald lale. On hi last
visit to his class he told of a Celt who
had heard of his (Rockefeller's) enormous
wealth. A man was telling him about It.
" Why, do you see that clock? pointing
to an eight-day affair that was ticking
away on the mantelpiece.
I do,' says Pat.
'Well, every time that pendulum swings
Rockefeller gets 110.'
" Well.' said Pat 'I'll atop aom of his
money today: I'll atop th clock.' "
Crewel the t'eater ef the Stag.
Chicago Chronicle.
, There may be some plausibility la th
suggestion that Messrs. Togo and Rojast
vensky ar postponing their a tar engage
ment until th teamatr' strike Is settled.
High-class performers naturally object to
having th attention of th audience dis
tracted by ld show attract lone when they
occupy th ntr of th stag.
Vant to try an experiment?
en take any one of the hundreds of
new medicines on the market.
AW
come, they go, and are
soon forgotten.
Or want to be cured?
Then take a medicine that
has been tested and tried,
generation after genera
tion. A medicine that has
been a household remedy
for sixty years. Ayer's
Sarsaparilla. . ,
Intelligent,
ing more and
this old standard preparation. -
, thoughtful
more upon
