TTIE OMAHA DAILY HEE: WEDNESDAY. MAY 10. 1903.
The Omaha Daily Bee.
B. roBEWATin, EDITOR
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so chasok or rvsntoy.
Thoso who prof to he apprehensive
that iTeskaw.t Roosevelt hss chunked or
limy li me his poult Ion In regard to
regulation of railroad rates by the gov
eminent will find In his speech at Den
ver nssurame that there Is no ground
for their professed fear. That utterance
very clearly and distinctly shows that
the president adheres to the views ex
pressed In his last annual message to
congress.
la that carefully prepared statement
of the views of the chief executive it
was said: "While I am of the opinion
that at present It would be undesirable,
if It were not impracticable, finally to
clothe the commission with general au
thority to fix railroad rates, I do believe
that, as a fair security to shippers, the
commission should be vested with the
power, where a given Tate has been chal
lenged and after full hearing found to
be unreasonable, to decide, subject to Ju
dicial review, what shall be a reasonable
rate to take Its place, the ruling of the
commission to take effect Immediately
and to obtain unless and until It is re
versed by the court of review." The
president went on to say that the gov
ernment must in increasing degree su-
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C. C. ROSH.WATfc.rl,
Secretary.
Bubacrlbd In my presence and aworn to
before me thla 1st day or May. .
(Seal; M. B. HUNOATE.
Notary Public.
It ia time for something to be doing
again in the far eastern seat of war.
If these strikes continue Chicago may
And It advisable to change its motto of
I will" to "I can t."
With a mine adrift near the Marshall
islands some noncombatnnt may har
vest one of the fruits of war.
The local base ball season is auspi
ciously opened, but there will Iks more
goose eggs than home runs before It Is
closed. .
St. Joseph merchants are making a
trade trip through Nebraska, but they
wJH have to hustle to break into Oinnha's
territory.
The failure of, the president to bag
a grizzly bear does not seem to have
changed his opinion on the subject of
freight rates.
Aner an, American packers must
admit that the practice of Berlin meat
markets puts a "horse" on the packing
industry in this country.
Aa a matter of diversion, the Lincoln
Board of Education will grapple with
the Standard Oil octopus, but the con
filet will not be sanguinary.
railways engaged in Interstate commerce
and concluded his reference to this sub
ject as follows: In my judgment the
most Important legislative act now
needed as regards the regulation of cor
porations Is this act to confer on the
Interstate Commerce commission the
power to revise rates and regulations,
the revised rate to at once go Into effect
and to stay In effect unless and until the
court of review reverses It."
The speech of Mr. Roosevelt at Den
ver Is In entire accord with the views ex
pressed in his message. He reiterated
the opinion thnt the commission should !
le given the power to regijlnte rates and
that the rates prescribed by it should go
Into effect practically at once. He en
dorsed unqualifiedly the views of Attor
ney fieneral Moody In his letter to Sen
ator Elklns, heretofore referred to, urg
ing the right of congress to confer upon
an executive lody power to regulate rail
road rates, as repeatedly affirmed In de
cisions of the supreme court of the
I'nlted, States.
The attempt has been made to show
that the president had modified the posi
tion taken In his message of Inst Decern
ing. The Denver speech is a complete
answer to every Intimation or Insinua
tion of this kind. It conveys renewed
ssurance to the people that their chief
executive stands firmly by the position
he snnonneed so plainly and explicitly in
his last annual message and that he can
be depended upon to exert all the Influ
ence of the administration to secure the
legislation which he believes to be neces
sary to remedy abuses aud to protect
the public against unlawful and unjust
discriminations. It Is said to be already
practically assured that the senate com
mittee on interstate commerce will not
frame a bill giving to a federal commis
sion any kind of rnte-flxlng power. No
body has expected that committee to
frame such a measure. It has pretty
clearly shown In what direction its sym
pathies are. But that committee will not
determine the character of the legisla
tion to be enacted and Its unmistakable
partiality for the railroad side of the
question must materially Impair Its In
fluence both in congress and with the
publle. '
the isthmus will be rewarded by transfer
to the civil service in this country. All
this is obviously necessary In order to
secure cnpable Americans for service In
that anything but Inviting region. Men
cannot be expected to go there for com
pensation little alove that they can ob
tain in this country. They must be so
well paid that they will be enabled to
accumulate something, for no one will
go there with the Idea of making a per
manent residence. Doubtless In time the
isthmus will iKM-ome a place where life
will not be entirely devoid of comforts
and pleasure, but at present existence
there must bo exceedingly dreary and
unsatisfactory.
MAKISO MOURESS.
That the movement for tax reform In
Nebraska is making substantial progress
Is shown by the action of the state
board calling for returns from railroads
operating over leased lines In this state,
with a view to Including these roads In
the next grand assessment roll. Attor
ney General Brown's opinion makes It
clear enough that railroads operating in
this stnte, although owning no right-of-
way or trackage, are still subject to
taxation rateable to tho valuation of
that part of their property and business
In this state. The only wonder Is that
railroads carrying on traffic in Net"Hska
and sending their cars within our Juits
diction should nt any time have escaped
entirely without paying taxes.
The theory that railroads operating
leased lines are not taxable In Nebraska
because they own no fixed property
within the state limits is absolutely
without foundation. This Is conclusively
demonstrated by carrying the theory to
a logical conclusion.
Under thnt Idea a newly Incorporated
railroad company might lease the
lines of one of the existing tax
able roads and continue to operate
them just as they are now ope
rated, with the result that thereafter
taxes would be paid only on the right-of-way,
trackage and other immovable
property, while the rolling stock and
franchise would escape taxation alto
gether. Or, again, the railroads now
paying taxes In Nebraska might organ
ize an operating company, retaining nil
of the right-of-way and trncknge under
lease and In the same manner evade the
larger part of their legitimate tax bur
dens. If this scheme were expanded so
thnt one operating compnny leased nil
the rnilrond lines In Nebraska, the stnte
would be left with nothing to tax except
the bare values of the immovable prop
erty, while the valuable franchises and
rolling stock would be at once wiped off
the assessment roll.
A private citizen who lenses renl es
tate and erects improvements thereon
Is taxed upon the value of the improve
ments, and there Is no more reason
why the railroad corporation conducting
a profitable business tin leased trackage
should not be taxed In the same manner.
It slrould be as much to the Interest of
the ronds that have been regularly as
sessed that the leasehold lines be like
wise returned; otherwise, the roads
owning no trackage within the stnte. and
thereby escaping taxation, would be in
better position and enjoy greater prlvl
leges than those who have Invested their
capital in constructing Nebraska lines
and paid taxes on them, even though In
adequately.
St. Paul unite, in twenty of 1 year, you
will see something that will make Ksnss
City, Omaha and Denver look Ilk a bunch
of wooden suburbs.
Itamlflcat loaa of the Taint.
Chicago Record-Herald.
Somebody, aaa gone anooplng around and
Ciscovcrcd thnt one of the men who loudly
protested against the acceptance of Mr.
Rockefeller's money, on the ground that
It was tainted, owns a building which Is
used partly for saloon purposes. How
spitefifl some people are.
The Meters will Make Good.
Boaton Globe.
It Is reported that It cost lhe Consoli
dated Ons company of New York SnOO.ndO
to defeat In the state senate a bill to re
duce the price of gna from 1 to SO cents;
but It Is understood that the company hsa
made an arrangement with the meters to
make good the loss ao the stockholders
won't auffer.
Rotable I linage of Time.
Philadelphia Record.
Now the managers of the transconti
nental railways Insist that the Panama
canal, when completed, will not be able to
carry freights so as to Injuriously com
pete with rail traffic. If this be correct,
the past arrangement between the rail
roads and the Pacific Mall 8leamshlp com
pany for the maintenance of exorbitant
freight rates on goods carried between At-
antlo and Pacific ports waa a more out-
rageoua compact than the publle had been
led to suppose. It was a combination to
rob by the extortion of unjust rates tinder
the plea of necessity that did not exist.
Overdoing the Job.
SprlngfleH Republican.
The senate committee's hearings upon
the railroad question have now been distin
guished by many arguments against gov-
nmentai control of rates. In almost all
asr coming from railroad men them
selves. This last week a professor from
the I'nlverslty of Chicago appeared, and
lo: he. too. objected Strongly to govern
mental supervision In any form. He proved j
pretty strong witness until he began to
rgue in favor of stock-watering aa a
blessing to the country. Then he overdid
It. Prof. Meyer Is a very learned man,
but he might as well Ignore the blessings
of stock-watering.
Now that a massacre of Jews has been
reported from Russia all doubt is re
moved that the Easter holidays are being lowing resentment at the prolonged
uii j uusrrrni ny xne onnoQOX.
JU8TIFTABI.K RF.SKKTMEXT.
There seems to be no doubt that the
Japanese government Is fully Justified in
vutn twenty-four lives lost in the
opening tornado in Kansas the people
of that state may be pardoned for wish
ing for the return of the hard coal daya.
Having been assured that the Equi
table la secure, policy holders may turn
their undivided attention to trying to
ascertain who is to receive the surplus.
The Bee cheerfully concedes to its en
terprising contemporary the exclusive
privilege of being In constant and con
fidential communication with Pat Crowe.
Tb Germans of Omaha have a right
to feel proud over their Schiller celebra
tion. The great poet would himself feel
proud could he only be here to join in
the festivities.
The street railway company draws tho
Hue at contribution for free band music
in' Hanacorn park, in competition with
paid band waste at Lake Manawa, Cut
Off lake and Krug park.
presence of the Russian squadron In
French waters. Granting that the
French government, aa it claims, has
made all proper efforts to prevent a
breach of neutrality, yet it is evident
that the representatives of that govern
ment in Indo-Chlna have not performed
their duty and for this Japan rightfully
holds the French government respon
sible. Had there been a strict and v igi
lant enforcement of the law of neutrality
the Russians could not have lingered for
several weeks In French waters, ns they
have done, enabling them to coal and
provision their warships, not for the pur
pose of reaching the nearest Russian
port, but to prepare for battle with the
Japanese fleet.
The. fact appears to be, according to
the commander of the French naval force
in the Indo-Chlna waters, that when Ro
Jestvensky was ordered to leave French
waters he took his own time to comply
and was very leniently dealt with. That
has evidently been the common practice
perhaps a natural result of the Franco
Russian alliance, but none the less a dls
regnrd of neutrality and a grave wrong
to Japan. It Is stated that the French
Great Britain may be satisfied with
the denials of France, but Japan will
probably insist upon being the one to (government directed that the divisions of
decide when the contingent terms of the tne Russian fleet should not be allowed
alliance have been fulfilled.
VL. 1 - t I I . . .
cruras no auouiu ny iuib lime be a
littla tired of having ita March weather
in May. It does not give ample op
portanlty to develop an appreciation of
the beautiful June to follow.
to make a Juncture In French waters.
hut probably no attention was paid to
this. It is not to be apprehended that
Japan's warrantable resentment will
have any serious outcome, but it is to be
regretted that France has been placed
In so indefensible a position.
Now that the attorney general has
paved the way for the taxation of the
franchises of the rnllronds thnt have nc
quired the right-of-way over the Union
Pacific terminals and trackage between
Council Bluffs and South Omaha, It will
be Incumbent on the State Board of
Equalization to ascertain the value of
these franchises and assess the roads ac
cordingly. In order to arrive at a ra
tlonal conclusion regarding the vnlue we
would suggest that the board consult the
allegations of the Chicago Great West
ern railroad when it applied for a writ
of mandamus against the Union Pacific
In Judge M linger'1 court to compel the
Union Pacific to grant it equal privi
leges of use of its terminals and track
age facilities with the Rock Island,the
Milwaukee & St. Paul and other rail
roads that had acquired those privileges
by leasehold.
Tark Commissioner I.inlnger Is eml
nently correct in his position that it is
not the place of the board to use park
funds to pay for the paving of city
streets, thus relieving one set of prop
erty owners of tax burdens which an
other set are compelled to bear. Under
our scheme of street Improvements the
abutting property owners are expected
to pay for the paving, and the obllga
tlou should be no different whether th
thoroughfare is called a street or labeled
a boulevard.
IT IS SOT OIR STYLE.
"The Simple life" Sot Seeded In
America.
George P. Brett In The World of Today.
The conditions of life in America have
been too easy for us In the past. Our days
begin In the kindergarten with play and
song and legend, Instead of honest toll and
real achlevment. and our later life Is given
up too much to senseless amusements and
sensational pleasures, with the result that
our moral fiber has become flabby and our
public conscience has gone to sleep. Dis
honesty and malfeasance In public life no
longer shock and horrify us as they should.
and the public press treats of the
scandalous matters above referred to
merely from the standpoint of aen-
aatlonaltsm. We no longer stand aghast
that such things can be and have come to
believe that honesty Is not even the best
policy. In defiance of the early teachings of
our copy books.
It has been truly said that what Is every
body's business Is the business of no one,
and herein lies one of the grest dangers
of a republic, where everyone Is of equal
Importance and Influence In the eye of the
law. Thla danger is an Increasing one 'In
these days of enormous aggregations of
population, when the voice of the Individual
counts less and haa less weight because
of the crowded conditions ef our modern
city life. The tenancy Is for each of us
to go his own way. attending strictly to his
own affairs, burdensome enough usually
for the strengtb of the man engaged In
active business life. : I venture to enter my
protest agalnat the message which Charles
Wagner and Mr. Hllty bring and to urge
that It be disregarded In favor of . an at
titude of mind much more needed at this
time, which Is a spirit of criticism and
doubt as to the Infallible goodness of ex
isting conditions and a discontent In view
of these many evils, which Is the first atep
toward their cure.
COMMERCIAL GRAFT.
Xovel
, Nebraska club women are missing an
opportunity to secure public attention.
SERV1CK OflT THK 1STHHVS
It appears that there is a good deal of
So frr they have failed to protest agalnat dlscon,eut employee of the gov-
the acceptance pf the gift of (irover
Cleveland to Hastings college.
Those who believe In municipal own
c-thip of public utilities will welcome
Andrew Carnegie to their ranks, but
tnust wonder why he had to go to Eng
land to proclaim hla conversion.
That church labor conference in Bos
ton might have tried i band in the Chi-
jernment on the Isthmus of Panama and
that resignations have become frequent.
It seems that the dissatisfaction ia due
in part to the small salaries paid and in
a measure to the lack of means of enter
tainment, while doubtless the general
conditions of life there are well calcu
lated to cause discontent among Ameri
cana who have gone there. It ia any
thing but an exhilarating cJImate and It
Is quite conceivable that there is little at
cago struggle if it had decided upon a present which Is conducive to cheerful-
course of action, but it Is to be coin- and contentment.
mended for
achievements.
Its alma if not for its
Competition for the republican noinl-
usaon for congress for the First Ne-
The commission will endeavor to lm
prove conditions snd to render life ou
the isthmus more endurable. It will pay
better salaries to those who are now get-
ung suiaii compensation, it will pro-
The ordinance ordering all telephone
wires to be placed underground In South
Omaha has been reported favorably and
will be passed without dissei.t by the
South Omaha council. We violate no
confidence to reveal publicly that the
conduit ordinance is not repugnant to
the telephone company.
When it comes to enterprise commend
ns to our boastful contemporary, which
prints copiously of the remarks of Sena
tor Tom Fatterson at Denver, "singing
a paean to water," and suppresses the
speech of President Roosevelt reiterat
ing and reinforcing his position on rail
road rate regulation.
There's he nob.
Washington Post
The attorney general declares that con
gress haa power to fix railway rates.
This removes every obstacle except the
discovery of the power that will Induce
congreas to exercise Its powers.
Twuig r-uer erery mote social development and will en
day. It is noticeable, however, that courage means for popular entertaln
thera Is no danger of overcrowding Jn roent. It will provide for the organiza
a rush to get the democratic nomination tion of clubs and supply sccommoda-
10 corneal lor me place, Hioas for them. Creditable aervlee on
Kewa that la News.
New York Tribune.
After four years and a half of wandering
and evasion of Justice. Pat Crowe lias con
cluded that the wagea of wrongdoing are
not satlafactory nnd haa given himself
up to the authorities of Omaha.
Hep Sarlaare Kteraal.
Minneapolis Journal.
Pittsburg and Allegheny City will vote
aoon on a project to unite, tha union to
take place in 17. When Minneapolis and
Wisconsin Experiments irlth
1. 1 ne of Reform.
Chicago Inter Ocean.
Tf you have any Idea of doing business in
Wisconsin personally, or of sending a rep
resentative to Wisconsin to transact busi
ness for you, or of employing somebody
In Wisconsin to act aa your business
agent, it wouid be well for you to secure
a copy of the Stout anti-graft bill passed
by the legislature of that state and signed
by the governor on Tuesday.
The law Is now In operation. It la pro
nounced one of the moat far-reaching
measures for the suppression of corruption
ever enacted. It provides that whoever
corruptly gives or offers any agent, serv
ant or employe any gift or gratuity what
ever with the Intention to Influence his
actions In relation to his employer's busi
ness, or any agent, servant or employe who
accepts such a gift, ahall be llnble to a fine
of $10 to 1150, or to such fine with Imprison
ment for one year.
The measure Is Intended to strike at an
evil which has been growing steadily In
this country In recent years and which
takes every form, from the bribery of a $10
a week clerk to the bribery of a $10,000 a
year railway official; from Influencing the
purchase of a email bill of merchandise dis
honestly to influencing the granting of
million dollar rebates.
It Is a purely nonpartisan, nonpolltlcal en
actment. It haa to do with commercial
rather than with political graft, although
It may be applied, of course, to the letting
of public contracts. The Impression pre
vails In Wisconsin that Its strict enforce
ment will result In the abolition of "tips"
to porters, bootblacks, waiters, etc., but
whatever the enforcement of the letter of
the law may accomplish In this direction,
In spirit It Is Intended to bring down other
and bigger game.
In many lines of business bribes to em
ployes have of late years taken the place
of discounts to employers. Purchsslng
(rents have fallen Into the practice of con
sidering the fee offered them for closing a
trsde rather than the profita which the
trade would bring to the man who pays the
bill.
The salesman In many cases who can
Offer the most tempting bribe to the agent
hss come to be more successful than the
aalesman who has nothing to offer except
a good margin of profit for the principal.
Not only lo Wisconsin, but In all the
statea of the union, commercial grafting
has reached the point where the Interests
of the employer are subordinated and
sometimes wholly sacrificed by trusted em
ploye to the Interests of those who pro
vide the graft the bribe.
Nor la this dangerous and demoralising
form of eorniptlon confined to the United
States. It aeems to have taken root In
almost every commercial nation. It la
even now the subject of Parliamentary In
qulry In Oreat Britain.
Men who prefer to do busness legltl
mutely and who are disqualified by com
nunctlnna of cosclence aa well aa by the
character of their training from doing bust
ness Illegitimately will be grestly Interested
In the progress of reform under the Wis
consln anti-graft law. It Is not going too
far even to aay that they are vitally In
terested In the outcome, since with such
men It la a question whether under exist.
Ing conditions they can continue to do
business at alL
BITS OF WASHIOT05 MFK.
Minor Scenes and Incidents Sketched
on the Spot.
Your I'ncle Samuel Is a haul customer to
deal with. Ills path of duty and destiny Is
followed fearlessly, swerving neither to ths
right nor to the left at the behest of rivals.
Yet your uncle Is not aa brave as he. looks.
Appreciating the maxim. "Custom mskes
cowards of us all." he has struck his col
ors and Mirrendcred to thn tip. An order
la being drafted by the Navy department
regulating the expenses of naval officers,
for the purpose of curbing extravagance.
The order places certain limits on the cost
of transportation. Tullman cars and the
like, and continues:
Hotel bills of commissioned offlcera not
to exi-eed $fi a dnv.
Single menls. $1 eacM; tip, 10 cents.
Tips on trains, Ml cents a day.
Tips will not be allowed on parlor enr
except on lourney of five hours or longer.
Tips st hotels, firt cents a day, but not to
exceed $J a wek at one hotel.
An elaborate and pnrtlcularixed scsle of
tips Is framed for ocean travel and travel
In foreign lands. Recognising the greater
rapacity of the foreign holol parasite and
the perfection to which the system hss been
reduced, the commissioned naval officer Is
permitted to expend $:l 50 a week on tips In
foreign hotels. $1.60 a day on an ocean
steamer during six days or less, and $1 S
day for a fifteen-day trip or longer.
It is told of Secretary Tnft that tt Is his
wish that the clerks In his department
have a good recorfl for paying their debts,
but he hss not reached the point where he
has Issued the ukase, "pay your debts or
got out." Not long sgo an unfortunate
clerk who had rounded up In the clutches
of the Shylocks who let money at SSS cents
per year, was called on by the blood money
man, and falling to get a payment, he
sought the secretary.
"How much money did this clerk borrow
of you?" asked the secretary, after listen
ing to the Sliylock's tnle of woe.
"Fifty dollars," was the answer.
"How much has he paid you?"
'Flty-flve dollars, but the papers exe
cuting them In order to make the loan and
the Interest amounts now to $70."
"You are an American citizen?"
"Certninly. sir."
"And helleve In a hereafter?"
"Of course."
"Then, sir, all I care to say is that I
shall not force this young man to psy you
the money, and I sincerely trust that you
will seek forgiveness and make an effort
to not land in purgatory or a worse place."
T'ncle Sam Is busy rounding tip the odd
pennies. Ills postofflce representatives
have Just discovered a leak, through which
In the course of the Inst fifty years, a
great many hundred thousand dollars have
run away. The loss n Ight figure up Into
the m'lllons since the Invention of stamped
envelopes by the fractional profits which
the stamp clerlts In oO.OOil postofflres have
retained for their own use.
Third Assistant Postmaster General Mad
den, who Invented the stamp books, stirred
tho department frnm Maine to California
by his recent ordr Instructing stamp
clerks to hereafter account for the frac
tional amounts received when stamped en
velopes and wrapper!' are sold In uneven
quantities. Hefore the order came out the
clerk accounted only for the face value
of the stamped paper In his possession snl
the odd pennies which he picked up from
uneven sales he retained for his own use.
When you buy a single 1-cent wrapper
or s single 2-rent stamped envelope the
clerk charges yon 2 or 3 cents, ns the esse
may be. The wrapper costs him possibly
1 7-100 of a cent and the envelope about
5 12-100 of s cent, so that his profit In the
first case Is 93-100 of a cent, and In the
second 8S-100 of a cent. Of course, the
prortts are not proportionate In larger
sales, and all the clerk gains on each sal
Is the difference between the fractional
amount.
Some one with a turn for calculations
figures that In Chicago alone the profit
from fractional sales Is about $S.0oo
month, nnd that on this basis the govern
ment ough to get about $50,000 a year addi
tional Income from the whole country, or
ennuah money to pay the salary of the
president.
While the -order besrs heavily on th
regular stamp clerks who lose their time
honored perquisites they have to submit
because the stamped paper Is not theirs
and belonos to the government from the
time It Is received until the time It is
sold. But the men who keeji substations
are In a different category, and they are
In III humor over the recent decision made
on a request from the New York postmas
ter that even substation clerks who buy
their supplies outright must turn In the
fractional profits at the end of each quarter.
the flerman embassy, but discarded as too
Imperial for the American wife of the
present amhaasdnr. ,
At her afternoon receptions Mrs. Fish
follows the fashions set In England several
years ago and wears bonnet, as also does
her young daughter. As nesr as Wash
ington could get to that Inhospitable way
of receiving was for sssistants to wear
bonnets, but that went only fof a very
short time.
CHIRCH AnVr-.HTIS.tfJ.
Ahsardltr of So-t ailed "t'npeofes-
alonal" Practices Shown t p.
The Rev. Dr. Torrey of London, lately
sent the following reply to an Kngllsli
advertising periodical, which had asked
for his opinion whether churches ought
to advertise:
'It Is as legitimate for churches to
advertise to draw people to hear the word
of Ood, In order that they may get bless
ing, as It Is for shops to advertise In order
thst they may draw people to buy good.
Of course, a minister of the gospel should
avoid anything like a parade of himself
In his advertising, but the churches have
something good to tell, nnd they ought
to let people know it. I am not ashamed
of the gospel. I want everybody to hear
It. It has been my Joy to see thousands
of wide-awake business men all around
the world brought to Christ through the
gospel, and I have received countless let
ters from them thanking me for what they
have received. I am glad that we have
advertised."
Commenting thereon, the Albany Press
says:
'Not long ago, It was considered as 'un
professional' for ministers as for doctors
or lawyers to advertise, unleas. of course,
In the form of Indirect free advertising of
the newa columns, always eagerly availed
of. Why any such code of ethics should
ever have been promulgated, Is a mystery.
Nowalld reason can be conceived why a
lawyer should not advertise the fact that
he Is In practice, and ready for business:
or a doctor, thst his advice Is at the serv
ice of patients, or a minister, that he has
a message to deliver to lost souls seeking
salvation."
fifty Yesrs h Star.dsrd
PERSONAL VOTKH.
Harry J. Heter and his bride have started
tn a buggy from Peabody. Kan., and will
travel In that fashion to Denver as a wed
ding trip.
Trof. Ernest Haeckel. In a recent lecture
In Berlin, stated that, in hla opinion, It 1h
absolutely certain that man Is descended
from apes.
James J. Hill, president of the Oreat
Northern railway, has provided money for
the building of a handsome chapel In
Orange, N. J., for the Sisters of St. Kliza
beth's convent.
Mayor Wells of St. Ixiuls received this
week the Grand Cross of the Double Dra
gon, conferred on him by the Chinese em
peror and forwarded through the Chinese
legation at Washington.
Frank Bosworth Brandegee, who has been
elected In Connecticut to succeed the 1st
O. H. Piatt In the Fnlted States senate, can
trace his ancestry back to the Mayflower.
He Is a Yale graduate of the class of ISM
and was quite an athlete while at college,
rowing In the crew.
In Boston the other day a young lawyer
who spends most of his time trying to
seem busy and prosperous went out for a
while, leaving on his door a card neatly
marked: "Will be back In an hour." On
his return he found that some envious rival
had Inscribed underneath, "What for?"
The cxar of r.usela. It Is said, has $2fi.
000,000 Invested In English securities, and It
Is also declared that he would In an ex
treme crisis fly and live In England, as
other troubled monarehs have done before
him. Then he has a second string to his
bow In the $6,000,000 Invested in American
rails, Iron and coal,
Starr J. Murphy for six years has been
charity manager for John D. Rockefeller,
drawing a handsome salary for work done
as head of the bureau of benevolence. The
Standard Oil magnate has only one rule In
connection with Mr. Murphy's position
every dollar must be devoted to charity
which will return good results.
fill
Made from pure cream of
tartar derived from grapes.
P.SSIG PI.KASAXTRIF..
Who savs that ths world Is not progres
sive? A generation ago the girls, when
thev got provoked, used to say. "Oh.
sugsr! Now they say, "Oh, fudge I"
Somei vllle Journal. '
"Have you decided where .you will spend
the eummer?" I
"Almost. My V-lfe and daughters have
got their choice of resorts narrowed down
to seventeen." Chicago Tribune.
would much
1W8 than in
Sceretavv Tsft
for president In
I suppose
rather run
1912 "
"WeP. v.-hy?"
"Because It would be a reduction of
wait." Cleveland Deader.
"Do vou believe In government owner
ship?'' "That depends." answered the trust mag
nate, "on whether you mean that the gnv
ernment might lo own ns or we might to
own the government." Washington Star.
"I came in today." said the fair shopper,
"to see those hsndsome sideboards of
yours."
"Not me. lady," replied the new furni
ture salesman: "I nln't never-wore any
thing but a mustache."- Philadelphia Press.
"Are vou going to F.umpe this summer?"
"f don't know," answered Mrs. Cumrox.
"doing to Furore isn't what it used to be,
you know. When a man travels now a lot
of people turn up their noses and wonder
whether a grand Jury is after him."
Wsshlngton Star.
0E DAY I MAY.
Clinton Scollard in New York Sua
Do you rerall. old friend, how we
Pulled up the Wye one day In May?
The bloom was on the hawthorn tree.
And many an upland meadow way
Showed plots of hyacinths as blue
As glints of sky the clouds let ihrough
We left grav Chepstow's walls behind
Its crumbling keep. Its hurst of chime;
With us went woolngly the wind,
Repeating 11 1 1 In liquid rimes:
And with us, too, the tide's long sweep
From Severn and the outer deep.
Spring choristers from either shore
Flung us their softly silvery hall:
Each time we raised or dipped the oar,
Do, the sweet burden of s tsle
As ancient as the hills, and keyed
To match our spirits' vernal need'
The heights slipped by: the lowlands swung
I.Ike winged dreams athwart our ken;
Thatched farmsteads where the Ivy clung
Bwsm in the westering light, and then.
Beyond lush tree and llchened stile,
Doomed Tlntern's dim monastic pile.
We shipped the osrs snd stepped to Isnd;
Sauntered the village streets, and Clomb
Wide loops of path until we scanned
The valley water, wood and loam
T'mber beneath the plowman's blade .
Or In faint gold and green arrayed.
Into a
Flooding divinely, ero It went.
The abbey windows one hv one
With an ethereil ravishment
Amblers and crimsons sucn as play
About the funeral pyre of day.
Then twilight's purples, and her peace,
And the calm lifting of the moon!
O Memory! may's! thou never cease.
To grant to me this gracious boon
The vision of that bygone time
When May and youth were both at prime!
hill rap drooped the sun.
The absence of the president, of cabinet
families, and of congressmen from Wash
ington Is compenssted socially by the
presence of two persons. Mr. and Mrs
Stuyvessnt Fish. They have descended
upon Washington, and It Is theirs that is
the whole story. The fact became patent
last week, as Mr. Fish Is Just now more
In the limelight as president of the Inter
national railroad congress' than anybody
else.
Mr. and Mrs. Fish took a six weeks'
lease of one of the largest houses in town
at $2,000 a week, and prepared to enter
tain all Washington In New York and
Newport style.
There ts more to It than the game of
social conquest, as Mr. Fish Is known to
represent powerful railroad Interests In the
campaign against the proposed railroad
rate legislation, but In glitter and bril
liancy the social part of the adventure far
outshines Its political meaning.
Ten days ago Mr. and Mrs. Fish arrived.
In their wake was an army of servant.
private secretaries, automobiles, horse nd
carriages. Mrs. Fish Immediately started
on a calling tour. Then, on the first
Tuesday after her advent, she gave a din
ner party of sixty covers, and on Wednes
day a reception, for which fully 1.000 card
were Issued.
The campaign was then but fairly under
way. Now It is in tun swing, ana ine
progrsm Is dlesy. Receptions, dinners and
devices for the entertainment of visiting
railroad magnatea follow one another In
quick succession.
The servants of the Fish household wear
the most picturesque livery In Washing
ton, consisting of gold embroidered coats
of deep erlmson. black knee breeches.
white silk stockings, and patent leather
low shoes, a style formerly In vogue at
fa the Baby
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ITF!
V V M H
l i itr aWS
All goes well when the baby
is well. Keep the baby well by
giving; him Mellln'a Food, it will
nourish him, make him grow strong
and keep him happy. We are sure
of it) try it. Ask th mothers of
Mellin's Food children. Send for OUT
fre book about Mellin's Food.
Mellla'e feaS Is Ike ONLY Ufa aw
feed, which, received the Oread fris.
the highest award f the Laabiaaa far
chese EssmIiUb. St. Leaia. IW4. Mlaa.
er thaa a geld taeaal.
MEi.t.iN a gonti ro . boston mass.
-SNOW FLAKE BREAD-
5 Cents a Loaf
Pure, Rich and Appetizing
Pure, Bacausa It Is mad In a modern two story strictly sanitary
bakery where pure nlr abounds and where every precaution is used to
insure immaculate cleanliness.
Rich, Bacausa An ample amount of milk and pure lard is used
with the ingredients. And only the best Minnesota patent flour.
Appatlxlng, Bscausa It is thoroughly mixed, kneaded nnd baked
by experienced bakers, who take a pride In trying to make each baking
whiter, lighter and more appetizing than the one before. It Is due to this
and our pains-taking process that makes Snow Flak Bread have
that rich delicious taste which is usually found only In the best home
made bread.
Over Four Hundred Grocers Sell It
Insist on your grocer giv
ing you genuine "Snow Flake
Bread." Not genuine unless
the little red label is on each
loaf.
Browning, King & Co
CLOTHING. f-UBNISHINCS, AND BATS
A Raiiv Coat
Ar you sure you won't need one today or tomorrow
Swagger Coats, in fancy and plain wor
sted materials; a long, loose, serviceable
garment
$15 to $30
The Paddock, ia fine Venetian
$25 ;
Top Coats, coverts, whipcords, etc.,
510 mP
"If you can't go In out of the rain,'
"you can dress to keep the rain out."
aid Beau Drununel,
Fllteenth and , ! OMAHA
Douglas Sts. NEB.
Broadway at Ma Strt N1W YVOBK factory. Caapc BoaM