TT1E OMAHA DAILY DEE; MONDAY, MAY 22, 1905.
The Omaiia Daily Dee
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UieaU M. B. HUNUATE.
Notary Public.
J. Tierpont Morgan offers to "finance"
ttao Vatican. Will tbe cry of "tainted
money" come from a new quarter
Now that tbe Montana auti-trust law
has been declared unconstitutional, New
Jersey may find a new rival In tbe stren
uous west
It Is not yet quite safe to draw tbe
new ward map of Omaha, inasmuch as
the council bus to put the finishing
touches on it.
Scotch trades unionists have declared
for an eight-hour workday. Mr. Tarry
may find the scope of his endeavors In
ternational before he has arranged things
to bis satisfaction in America.
Captain Cludo has been dismissed from
the Kussian navy for talking too much.
The rule seems to be that unlimited con
rersation is confined to generals of the
army and admirals of the fleet.
Omaha has been accorded the presi
dency of the State Dental association in
spite of the fact that It sent a dentiBt to
the last legislaure who had tbe temerity
to introduce a railroad rate reductiou
bill.
Now that it has been "officially" an
nounced that the Chicago strike is to
continue those striking express drivers
may secure their old Jobs as "seceders"
from the union. Then the strike can be
ended.
Kansas City predicts fuel oil from
Kansas to Nebruska. If that Fremont
canal scheme lies dormant much longer
Its influence will be past even as an ex
cuse for new franchises to old corporations.
As was naturally to have been ex
pected, it was only a question of time
when the AVoi ld-IIerald would come out
es the champion of the Algoe blackmail
ersand It proves to have been a mighty
short time.
The Missouri Taclflc complains be
cause the Kelt Hue is taxed heavier by
the state board than wheu assessed by
Omaha and Douglas couuty ofllcers. As
the company was responsible for the
change, it should hesitate before com-plaining.
Omaba'.i first white settler is to end
bis days at the soldiers' home at Leaven
worth. It is too bad he could, not be
kept within sight of the spot upon which
be has seeu a great city grow from ab
solutely nothlug to considerably more
thau 100,000 souls.
The action of Secretary Taft In taking
more time to inquire Into tbe merits of
tbe I)oinls-Bowea controversy shows
that the case is not so one-sided as many
imagined. Maybe there is something In
the idea of deterioration following resi
dence lu tropical climates.
Austria having ordered a Dumber of
new warships, there will likely be con
siderable activity in tbe shipyards of its
ally, Italy, but tbe triple alliance still
stands and undoubtedly wljl until the
emperor of Germany can make an ar
rangement more satisfactory to himself.
ROOM FUrt RKTRESCT1M EXT'
Senator Ilemenway of Indiana, who
was clmlrniHii of the house committee on
appropriations iu the last congress, Is of
the opinion that the solution of the gov
ernment flnunclal problem should bo
found lu cutting off wasteful expendi
tures, rather than lu revising the tariff
or increasing the internal revenue, lie
said in a recent lutervlew that If the
departments hud limited themselves to
the money appropriated by congress for
the current fiscal year there would uow
he no deficiency and he pointed out In
stances iu which the departments spent
more thun has been appropriated. He
also indicated some of tne directions in
which economy could be practiced with
out detriment to the public service or the
public welfare.
The successor in the senate of Vice
President Fairbanks should be able to
do much good If he will Insist in tho
upper brauch of congress upon a reason
able measure of economy iu public ex
penditures. The wasteful practices to
which he refers are to n very large ex
tent due to the senate. That body is not
as a rule favorable to economy. When
ever the house of representatives has
sought to keep down expenditures the
senate has almost invariably refused to
acquiesce in the effort. This wos the case
In the last congress. There are senators,
of course, who do not favor extravaguuee
or waste, but very generally these are in
the minority. The accession to their
ranks of the former chairman of the
house committee on appropriations, who
showed good ability In that "position,
should prove valuoble.
That there Is room for retrenchment
In the expenses of the government Is un
questionable and the demand for this
will be strongly pressed upon the atten
tion of tho next congress. The Treasury
department has reached nn amount for
the current fiscal year nearly or rmltp
double what was estimated by the secre
tary of the treasury In his last annual
report. The question o providing addi
tional revenue is being seriously dis
cussed. On one hand it is urged that
this may be done by a lowering of tariff
duties. Those who are opposed to a
revision of the tariff which would en
courage importations urge that such a
course would be injurious to our indus
tries and that the proper thing to do is
to Increase the revenue from internal
taxes. Thus there is nn issue raised
which it Is threatened may make n good
deal of trouble for the majority party in
the Fifty-ninth congress. A way out of
tho dilemma, as suggested by Senator
Hemenway, Is to reduce the expenses
of the government. We think it safe to
say that this plan is likely to be the one
adopted by the house republican leaders,
but as usual It may not meet the ap
proval of the senate. A new house of
representatives' will be elected one year
from next November. If in the mean-
me there is no reduction made In the
government expenditures and the treas
ury deficit continues to Increase the re
publican pnrty will find It difficult to
retain control of the lower house.
When the new Russian congress gets
down to business It will be In order for
tbe champions of individualism to show
how much better private enterprise can
mauag the Trans-Siberian railroad tnid
tow private contractors would have
stocked Port Arthur so that It would not
bar fallen.
According to Stato Treasurer Mortra-
on, the) trust funds of Nebraska ara
now holding $18701233 In Interest bearing-
state warrants, go that the state's
floating debt must be even bigger than
that And the constitution of Nebraska
ays that the state shall not be In debt
la time of peace In excess of 1100,000.
tourists to stop off enroute and Impress
tli em with the prosperity and Importance
of our city?
INCREASED GOLD OUTPUT.
The steady Increase iu the volume of
gold, has raised the question as to what
tne effect may be if the addition to the
supply of metallic money goes on for an
inaennite period at the rate of nroeress
during the lust few years. - It is Dolnted
out that the enlargement of the world's
stock of gold within the past elcht veurs
has exceeded one-fourth of the entire
production of the preceding four cen
turies. From 1807 to 1904, inclusive, the
annual average of the output of gold
was nearly , f 300,000,000 and it Is be
lieved that an annual output of over
?40X),000,()00 will be reached and steadily
maintained for some time to come.
Iu regard to the possible effect of this
the San Francisco Chronicle observes
that the question is receiving a daily
answer In the columns of the news-
papers, which record the flotation of
enormous enterprises and an exrnnnlnn
of industry not even remotely approached
In the past. "The announcement of the
placing of $30,000,000 worth of bonds oc
casions less surprise and comment today
tnan the marketing of one-tenth of that
amount caused thirty or forty years ago.
The United States doubtless affords the
most remarkable example of the tre
mendous effect exercised by the con
stantly enlarging stock of gold, but its
experience is by no means unique. At no
period has progress throughout the entire
worm ueen more marked than at ores-
ent." It must of course be admitted that,
the great Increase la the production of
gold has had ft most stimulative effect
upon the business of the world, neces
sarily contributing to the dovelonment
of industries and commerce. Continu
ance of the Increase of the snnnlv nf-
yellow metal may therefore reasonably
be expected to further promote the mate
rial progress of the nations, but there
are some who apprehend an eventual re
action that will le generally disastrous.
They seek to find analogies In the pres
ent conditions to those which exited a
little more than half a century ago.
TVrhaps there Is sound reason for such
fear. It Is not to be expected that the
marvelous progress of the last few years.
especially marked lu this country, will
go on indefinitely. There will undoubt
edly come a change. Yet it can be very
confidently assumed that whenever a
change shall come it will be less severe
generally, because of the fact that thero
Is an abundant supply of gold, than re
actions were before that metal was the
world's monetary standard. Readjust
ments from time to time are inevitable
in the business world, but they are more
easily and readily effected under a gold
standard than under any other.
JHE CAMPAIGN Fun OMAHA'
One of the best signs auguring for tho
Improvement and progress of Omaha Is
the noticeable awakening of our people
to a realization of the possibilities ahead
of this city.
If any one had told the people living
lu Omahit twenty-live years ago, wheu
they mode up a thriving town of 30,000
Inhabitants, that the census of 11)00
would record a population of more than
100,1X10, with an entirely new town ad
Juceut to its southern border counting as
many people in addition as Omaha Itself
of that day, he would have been laughed
out of countenance. When we are told
uow, however, that the census of 1910
ought to credit Omaha with a popula
tion of 200,000 we see nothing pre
posterous iu It, but, on the contrary, are
reasonably convinced that with united
effort and a continuance of favorable
conditions that ambition can be and will
be achieved.
The old adage that where there Is a
will there is always a way has doubtless
stimulated this self-confidence, but be
yond that there is everything in favor of
Omaha's steady growth and practically
nothing in tbe way as an obstacle that
cannot be removed or surmounted. What
Omaha must do to carry out its program
is to attract population and capital. To
attract population we must satisfy peo
ple that they can make a living among
us with no greater effort and enjoy bet
ter home comforts and surroundings
thou where they now are. To attract
Investors we must satisfy them that
money put into Omaha enterprises will
pay better for safer returns than Invest
ments elsewhere.
Before we can convince others, how
ever, we must convert the doubting
Thomosos here at home, and, fortu
nately, the number of mossbacks, back
cappers und dead weights Is being
largely reduced. This Is why the un
usual activity of the different business
organizations nnd the enlargement of
their scope and field of operations carries
a significance In proportion greater even
than the results so for accomplished. By
getting the entire membership of the
community enlisted In the campaign for
Omaha success in the fight will be assured.
While pushing tbe "patronize home-
industry" propaganda and telling how
much the dolly newspapers can do to
bring industries here by persuading peo
ple to keep their trade at home it might
not be n bod idea to drive a nail for
the patronage of home newspapers.
Some of the business men who are talk
ing loudest against sending orders to
out-of-town catalogue houses never
spend a cent on advertising space in
their home newspopers.
Our amiable popocratlc contemporary
Is engaged in its old pastime of baiting
the governor to turn down the applica
tions of the railroads for reduced assess
ments while inwardly hoping he will do
nothing of the kind. That great reform
sheet would far rather stick a pin In a
republican officio! than accomplish any
of the reforms It pretends to advocate.
A mogozlne advertisement refers to
Commissioner of Corporations Garfield
as being "no more prepared to go up
against the Beef trust crowd than a
babe in the cradle." What would they
hove Mr. Garfield do? Go up against a
milk trust?
Giving; Ills Troubles Away.
Philadelphia Press.
Mr. Carnegie has presented King Ed
ward with a dlplodocus. The king has no
particular need of a dlplodocus in his busi
ness, but with Mr. Carnegie It was liko
his wealth he does not want to die with
a dlplodocus on his hands.
Problem for Strategists.
Chicago Inter Ocean.
If by any chance Admiral Togo should
accidentally be placed in a position where
he would be compelled to see Admiral Ro
Jestvensky, would he wrap himself up in
his well known reserve or permit the Rus
sian to cut Mm dead?
Reducing; the Court Commission.
Minneapolis Journal.
President Roosevelt appears to have
played a Joke upon the majority of the
canal commission. Four of them are
pigeon-holed In a large airy office build
ing in Washington, while three have
sailed for Panama to dig the canal. The
four will be supplied with Ink. paper for
plans and fountain pens with which to re
ceipt for their salaries. Twice a year
they will be allowed to go to Panama and
see what the boys are doing down there.
This Is the president's rather effective
way of reducing a commission of seven
members to one of three.
The first task of a son.nnn nmuh. ik
would be to convince South dmaha of
the advantages of a closer union with
Omaha. Consolidation must precede a
200,000 population.
The excursion traffic to. the Portland
exposition will soon set In, much of it
going through Omaba. What are our
local organizations doing to get the
Imperial Loquacity.
Public Opinion.
Tho kaiser has been "saying things"
again. Swearing In naval recruits at
Wllhelmshaven he declared that the Jap
anese are the "scourge of.Qod," like Attlla
and Napoleon. He cautioned his hearers
not to draw the conclusion from the Jap
anese victories that Buddha Is superior to
Christ. He hlamed the Russian defeat to
the deplorable condition of Russian re
ligion. More recently, addressing his of
ficer after a review, he Is reported to have
gald: "The Russian army that fought at
Mukden had become enervated by Im
morality and drunkenness. As Russia has
shown weakness In the presence of the
yellow danger, circumstances may arise
which will place upon Germany the task
of opposing this danger." Unless he ha
been misquoted we have here two brilliant
additions to the kaiser's ' list of foolish
speeches.
Th Railroad Ego.
St. Louis Globe Democrat.
A needless air of mystery Is often found
among railway managers, and the Im
pression conveyed la that there I some
thing specially profound and complex in
the railroad business that Is beyond th
common understanding and that must be
carefully screened away from public dis
cussion. The business of transportation I
of far greater magnitude than In former
times, but It ha not been rendered in
scrutable by the fact that track, loco
motive and cars have largely taken th
place of common roads, horse and wagon.
Common carrier are In close touch with
general Interests, and all practical detail
of their physical operation are familiar
to the people. No doubt the financial poli
cies or manipulation are further removed
from ordinary observation, but the Idea
that railroading Is too abatrus a subject
for all persons to talk about, and on which
all are at liberty to form opinions. Is based
on nothing substantial. i
FIRT 1 NRWI Ann Elf TBRPRISK.
Tobias Express: The littleness of the
coin Star accuse the World-Herald of
big dallies crop out occasionally. The Lin-
blue penciling a part of the press re-
ports, leaving out the Information thut
Rosewater of Tho Dee and Senator Bur
kett was aboard of the president's train
part of tho way through Nebraska. Met-
calf no longer wields the pencil at the
Herald office.
Norfolk News: It appears that the
World-Herald was about as murh disap
pointed a the sheriff and Miss Wood be
cause at the last moment President Roose
velt changed his route so that Omaha wa
not Included. It was a case of too precipi
tate enterprise.
St. Paul Republican: Unfortunately for
the World-Herald, which with commend
able enterprise and at great expense had
printed a ready-made report of Roosevelt'
trip through Omaha, the presidential train
was switched onto the Northwestern
tracks at Fremont and rushed through to
Chicago by way of Rtalr. The Incident has
been used with telling effect by The Bee,
and Illustrates, so that all may under
stand, how some "metropolitan" papers
are made. It was a mighty poor guess.
North Platte Tribune: The Omaha
World-Herald, which is noted for Its enter
prise (?), published an account of the
passage of President Roosevelt's train
through Omaha, when. In fact, the train
was switched to the Northwestern track
fifty miles west of Omaha. There Is no
excuse for such fake work, especially by
a paper that alms to give tho news.
THIS BtnIG RAILWAY ISSTK.
Regulation ly the government Is
Certain to Come.
St. Louis Olobn-Democrat.
The business bodies of St. Louis and the
rest of the country should grasp the fact
that railway rate regulation by the gov
ernment. In some shape. Is certain to come.
Most of those bodies In this and other
towns favor this policy. All will have to
accept it. The administration Is committed
to It by tho repeated and emphatic as
surances of the president, and by the
words of Secretary Taft at the Interna
tional railway gathering in Washington.
The house of representatives indorsed this
policy In the Esch-Townsend bill, which It
passed In the recent session, but which
failed In tho senate, partly for lack of
time to consider It.
Said the president In his message to con
gress last December: "The rebate, tho
secret contract, tho private discrimination,
must go," and ho added that "the high
way of commerce must be kept open to
all on eaual terms." He expressed the
same doctrine In still more emphatic terms
In his Denver address a few days ago, and
almost simultaneously Secretary Taft, who
may be said to have been the acting presi
dent in his absence, said the same thing.
These expressions coming about the same
time challenged the country's attention.
Moreover, the president at Denver made it
plain that he would accept no compromise
on this issue.
It will be well for dissenters in St. Louis
and everywhere else to Understand that
the people are with the president on this
question. President, and people are well
aware of the vastness and of the Import
ance of the railway Interest. Neither the
president nor any other public-spirited per
son In the country has the faintest Inten
tion of injuring the roads, or of hamper
ing their legitimate activities In any way.
Under the legislation which the president
urges, and which the people Indorse, equal
and exact Justice will be rendered to the
railways, as well as to their patrons. This
is all that any railway magnate or any
body else can reasonably ask. Railway rate
regulation is one of the burning Issues of
the day. There is a. strong probability that
congress will be called -in special seslon to
deal with it.
FOnEIGX SEWS GATHERING.
Four Great Agencies Formally Cover
the Happening! of the World.
Melville E. Stone in the Century.
The world at large Is divided, for the
purpose of newsgathering, among four
great agencies. The Reuter Telegraph
company, limited, of London gathers and
distributes news In Great Britain nnd all
Its colonies, China, Japan and Egypt. Tho
Continental Telegraphen compagnle of Ber
lin, popularly known as the Wolff agency,
performs a like office In the Teutonic, Slav
and Scandinavian countries, and the Agence
Havaa of Paris operates In the Latin na
tions. The field of the Associated Press
Includes the United States, the Hawaiian
Islands, the Philippines and Central
America, as well as the island of the
Caribbean sea. Each of these agencies has
a representative in the offices of the others.
Thus the Associated Press bureau in Lon
don adjoins the Reuter offices. The tele
grams to the Reuter company are written
on manifold sheets by the telegraph and
cable companies, and copies are served
simultaneously to the Associated Press bu
reau, the Wolff representative, the Havas
men and the Reuter people. A like ar
rangement obtains in Paris, Berlin and
New York, so that in each of these cities
the whole panorama of the day's happen
ings passes under the eyes of representa
tives of each of the four agencies.
But the scheme Is much more elaborate
than even this arrangement would indi
cate. Operating as tributary to the great
agencies are a' hont of minor agencies
virtually one such smaller agency for each
of the natloM- of Importance. Thus In
Italy the Stefan! agency, with headquar
ters in Rome, gathers and distributes the
news of Italy. It Is the official agency,
and to It the authorities give exclusively
all governmental Information. It Is con
trolled by Italians, but a large minority
of its shares are owned by the Agence
Havas of Paris, and it operates in close
alliance with the latter organization.
Thus, if a fire should break out in Milan,
the Sccolo, the leading newspaper of that
city, would Instantly telegraph a report of
It to the Stefanl agency at Rome. Thence
it would be telegraphed to all of the other
Italian papers, and copies of the Secolo's
message would also be handed to the rep
resentatives. In the Stefanl headquarters,
of the Reuter, Wolff, Havas and the Asso
ciated Press agencies.
In like fashion, If the fire should happen
In Chicago, the Associated Press would
receive Its report, transmit it to the Amer
ican papers, and furnish copies to the rep
resentatives of the foreign agencies sta
tioned In the New fork office of the Asso
ciated Press.
Of the minor agencies tho most Important
are the Fabrl agency of Madrid, the Nor
sky agency of Christlanla, the Swiss
agency of Berne, the Svensky agency of
Stockholm, the Correspondent bureau of
Vienna, tlJ Commercial agency of St. Pe
tersburg and the Agence Balcanlque of
Sofia.
But the Associated Press Is not content
tc depend wholly upon these official agen
cies. It maintains its own bureaus In all
th Important capitals and reports the
more prominent event by it own men,
who are American and familiar with
American newspaper methods. These for
eign representative are drawn from the
ableit men In the service, and the offices
they fill are obviously of great responsi
bility. They must be qualified by long
training In the Journallstlo profession, by
familiarity with a number of languages
and by a presence and bearing which will
enable them to mingle with men of th
highest station In th countries to which
they ar accredited.
ROUND ABOITT RBW YORK.
Ripples on the Current of Life la tho
Metropolis.
New York Is preparing to treat the hobo
with distinguished consideration. A lodging
house that will cost 115.000 Is to be built,
and the tramp who registers will have the
option of a hot or cold bath, tho certain
assurance of a clean bed and while he
sleeps his garments will be disinfect 1 with
formaldehyde gas and passed to thfe . wner
freshly laundered next morning. The pro
vision for warm water may reconcile the
Dusty Roads and Weary Willies to the
bsth. "With a hot breakfast thrown In for
good measure, the hobo tribe may rightly
conclude that life le really worth living
and that work Is an abomination.
It Is confidently expected that Greater
New York will show a population of
4.000,000 in the state census which begin
June 1. New York may not pass London
and become the largest city of tho world
os some enthusiasts prophesy, but It is
easily the second largest city on the globe.
having taken that position from Paris dur
Ing the last few years. By the census of
1901 Paris had a population of 2,714.000. It
has probably not far If at all passed
3,000,000.
Berlin is growing with greater relative
rapidity than Paris, having a population
of nearly 8.000,000, but it would bo a mira
cle If the German capital outstripped New
York within the next quarter or half cen
tury. During recent years tho city lias
been gaining at the rate of about 8 per
cent per annum. The housing of the yearly
addition of 100,000 to the population of the
metropolis has been a difficult problem,
but has been pretty well solved by tho
multiplication of apartment houses. With
the completion of tunnels and subways,
new bridges and new trolley lines a gen
eral movement to tho suburbs Is expected,
and probably will take place, but nearly
all of these desirable suhurban places are
within the limits of Greater New York.
"New Yorkers who think they pay enough
for water supply may be startled to learn
that In the canal sone of Panama the water
supply for an ordinary family costs 1100
a month, or JO cents a gallon," said J. J.
Calderwood, a mining engineer, who ar
rived In New York on the Panama steamer
Advance on his wny to London.
"The water has to be carried down from
tho mountains with great care and labor.
However, the government is doing a lot
to Improve matters In Panama and to stop
the spread of the fever, which Is now be
ginning. The government Is putting In a
new sewerage system and a new water
works, after which there will be a great
Improvement.
"To any American intending to go to
Panama I would say take a stout mosquito
netting, for the mosquitoes are the most
active spreaders of fever. Also take plenty
of quinine. Hard drinking men should stay
away entirely if they wish to live, as it is
Impossible for a hard drinker to live there.
"Tho fever is prevalent in the son now
and the malaria Is worse, owing to the
starting of the wet season. There are these
kinds of fever raging. Jungle, black water
and yellow fever.
"I am come from Leon, Nicaragua, where
many American engineers are now locat
ing in the expectation that the canal will
develop the country. Nicaragua, while lit
tle known, is a rich country; In fact, I
predict that It Is now richer than was Cali
fornia in the 40s."
She was more than plump, though she
tried not to look It, and as she strolled
toward the penny weighing machine on
the elevated platform three men who were
waiting for the train directed their steps
toward that end of the station.
For a moment she hesitated, then, with
an elaborato affectation of Indifference, she
passed beyond the machine and took a
seat on one of the benches. Presently the
train came along and everybody piled
aboard save the plump woman and one
man, who lingered a, a discreet distance
to see what would happen.
As the gates were shut the woman made
a line for the scales and stepped off Just
in time to escape the prying eyes of a new
arrival.
"Funny thing, that," observed the chop
per to the one who had waited. "She goes
to one of those places where they take off
flesh. She won't believe the scales at the
place and as soon as she comes out she
wants to try these scales to make sure
that its doing her good. I heard her tell
ing a friend about it one day.
"She Is sensitive about her weight, and
unless she can escape the rubbernecks she
waits until a train has Just pulled out and
we have the place to ourselves."
Chafing dishes are giving place to the
gas stove and the casserole in bachelor
apartments. Many men still single have
turned from the bachelor apartment house
to the smail flat, greatly to the comfort of
themselves and their pocketbooks.
The tiny kitchens In the four-room flats
can be made very attractive with white
paint and cheap oilcloth and the French
cooking utensil has already proved Its
usefulness. One uptown apartment boasts
a complete equipment from the tiny one
holding a single egg to be baked with
cheese to the three-quart casserole large
enough to hold spaghetti for a poker party.
The work is as tempting as with the shiny
chafing dish, while a wider range of dishes
Is possible and better results are obtained.
If a lordly coachman Is unbending enough
to add to his burden of dignity any duties
not essentially belonging to his place, he
ought to be worthy special notice, for
there are not many like him.
The other day a handsome victoria stop
ped at the curb In front of a fashionable
store uptown. Hardly had the horse pulled
up, before the driver, all in green and gold,
leaped from his seat to stand at atten
tion on the sidewalk while a young woman,
the only occupant of the vehicle, alighted
and walked toward the entrance of the
store. But the liveried one's duties had
not ended with being both coachman and
footman. Suddenly the young woman
turned, as though she had forgotten some
thing. "My money, John," she said.
The man in green reached Into his pocket,
drew out a purse of feminine build, and
extracted from It a roll of bills.
"Twenty will do," she ordered.
He handed to her a yellow-backed note
and placed the rest of the money In the
purse, which was returned to his pocket
to await the next call upon it.
fEIeaMa
Calumet makes
light, digestible
wholesome food
Economy
Onlypno heap
ing teaspoonful
is needed for one
quart of flour.
Veteran of Bine and Gray,
Pittsburg Dispatch.
There is a note of encouragement In the
fact that the New York Grand Army men
who Invited an organisation of confeder
ate veterans to Join with them in the ob
servance of Memorial Day see no reason
why they should withdraw the Invitation
because of individual protest. They re
alise the war is over, and the question
for which they fought have long since
been settled. To them It Is a memory, and
they are willing to sink the bitterness of
the struggle into the year that have In
tervened. They give to the southern sol
dier the generous sentiment that he be
lieved he was right, and ask no better
honor than his presence while they honor
their dead. To depart from this sentiment
1 a step backward.
Peace Advocate Last to Relent.
Philadelphia Record.
Year ago the soldier of the civil war
from the north and south shook hand
and fraternised. Not so the churchmen.
The first union convention of th Baptist
churches since th war ia now In session
lu St. Louis.
AS TO A EXTRA SESSION.
David City Banner: Borne of the repub
lican editors of the stato are demanding
that Governor Mickey call a spoclal ses
sion of the legislature. There Is about as
much demand for a special session of the
legislature at this time as there Is for a
fifth wheel on a wagon.
Kearney Hub: Governor Mickey will, of
course, use his own best Judgment as to
whether the situation In this state calls for
an extra session of tho legislature to deal
with tho rate 'question, but thero Is littlo
doubt that a large majority of tho people
of the stato would sustain his action should
he Issue un extra session cull.
Albion News: There is much talk of a
special session of tho legislature being
called to enact railroad legislation. What
reason ia thero to suppose thut tho result
would bo any more satisfactory than was
that of tho regular session? The railroads
are prepared at all times to organize as
powerful a lobby as they had at Lincoln
during the winter. Tho only hope for re
lief Is for the people to elaet a legislature
tho members of which are pledged specific
ally before election to enact laws in the
interest of the people.
Central City Record: Considerable pres
sure Is being brought to bear on Governor
Mickey to have him call a special session
of the legislature for the purpose of pass-
ng a railroad rate bill. The Record Is
strongly opposed to any special session. It
would be a useless expense. Tho legislature
had an opportunity to pass all railroad leg
islation needed at Its last session. It failed
most signally. If "called together again it
would either fail once more or else would
pass a law that nobody wanted. Let the
legislature stay at home.
Central City Nonpareil: The Nonpareil Is
Inclined to believe that the demand for a
special session of the legislature, having
for its sole purpose the enacting of needful
railroad legislation, Is 111 advised. The
upporters of this idea think that under
tress of a united and unanimous sentiment
for railroad regulation and with but one
thing to do the special session would per
form the duty which it so sadly neglected
at the regular session. But there Is no
very substantial reason for believing any
thing of the kind. In the face of a demand
so Insistent and determined thut It could
not be misunderstood the last legislature
failed signally to provide the measures
asked for by the people. The same men
would compose the special session and
there has been no recent action of theirs
to cause us to think they desire to atone
for their former derelictions. Moreover,
the railroad Influences to which they were
so susceptible before would be much more
potent and active at a session that had no
other purpose than to enact legislation dis
tasteful to the railroad corporations. The
state has already spent something over $25,-
000 for a session that was nearly barren of
results and its finances won't permit of
many more such extravagant luxuries.
Holdrege Citizen: The report was abroad
last week that Governor Mickey was going
to call an extra session of tho legislature
to take up tho railroad rale legislation
which the late legislature failed to do any
thing with. The governor denied that he
had decided to call the legislature together
and that ho would not even consider the
matter until the State Board of Equaliza
tion got through with its work of assess
ing the railroads and other duties con
nected with the arduous duties connected
with the arduous work of the Board of
Equalization. Certain It is that It has been
a great disappointment to the people
throughout the state that the legislatures
did nothing towards regulating freight
rates at Its late session, and there will be
heavy pressure brought upon Governor
Mickey to call an extra session of the leg
islature. Some are questioning whether
the legislature would do anything If it
were called together, while others think
the legislators would change their attitude
on this matter since they have Interviewed
their constituency since their return. Small
shippers and stockmen feel very strongly
that they are not having a fair deal with
the railroads and are demanding that
something be dune.
PERSONAL KOTES,
President Eliot of Harvard think ths
long vacation of three or four months
should be cut to two week and that foot
ball ought to be curbed. Why, the man
wants to make the college course a serious
matter!
Hereafter, a man convicted of wife beat
lng in Oregon may be punished with not e
ceeding twenty lashes, and. In addition,
may bo fined and Imprisoned as formerly.
Tho twenty lushes aro to be thrown in,
therefore, only by way of good measure..
The president, It is said, wants It said of
him that ho has visited every stato and ter
ritory within tho United States proper since
he became president and ho bus only two
states mnro to do Arkansas and Florida.
His present plan Is to do them In October.
An Ohio woman recently derided to apply
for a pension, after having mourned her
soldier husband since tho Chicago fire of
1NT1, when he was supposed to have
perished. The Pension department Investi
gated, and as a result tho deceased was
found in Iowa, cheerfully living with an
other and newer helpmute.
Prince Metchusky, proprietor of a Rus
sian newspaper, has nmdo tho more or less
interesting discovery that General Kouro
patkln's defeats In the far east, the famines,
tho strikes and the massacres In Russia
are all due to an '"intellectual microbe"
which germinates In the brain and causes
people to becoino dissatisfied.
The French government has charged Am
bassador Jusserand with the duty of In
forming James Stillman, president of the
City National bank of New York City, that
the superior council of Instruction In
France has voted unanimously to engrave
Mr. "Stillman's name on tho walls of the
Ecole dee Beaux Arts at Paris.
LA(illI(i GAS.
McFlub-Well, did Jlgglns succeed In get
ting rich quick?
Sleeth fti; nnd still lie Is not happy.
McFiub Why not?
Sleeth What's the use of being rich when
you re In Jull? lioulnvllle Courier-Journal.
Bride So far, dear, our married life has
been "one grand, sweet song."
Groom es, darling, in one flat. Wash
ington Mirror.
Get Hamy,
St. Louis Globe-Democrat.
The Panama Canal commission has re
ceived their final instructions from Presi
dent Roosevelt. If something is not soon
done there will soon be something doing.
The Pastor My dear, have you noticed
the gratifying Increase of male attendance
at our mid-week prayer meetings?
His Wife Yes It's house cleunlng time.
Cleveland Leader.
"Here, Walter," said the business man to
his accountant; "I huvo Just given llu) to
the preacher, iM for my pew rent and o0 tj
missions. What account will you put the
items under?"
"Guess I'd better put them In the account
of lire-escupes:" Yonkers Statesman.
"Bo you have endowed a college."
"Yes," answered the multl-mlllionalre.
"And tho first thing you know you'll be
educating a lot of smart young lawyers to
oppose your tlrn: In its franchise litiga
tions." Washington Star.
Pollro Magistrate Where have I seen you
before?
Tufrold Kniitt (run in for vagrancy)
You've prob'ly seen my picture in the er
hall of tame over at the police station,
y'r honor. Chicago Tribune.
TIIK AVKHAlii: MAN.
Wallace Irwin in New York Globe.
The average mun wears the average clothes
And the a vera go hat on his head;
He eats at a table und sits on a chair
And (normally) sleeps in a bed;
For he scorns the eccentric, und never
would dare
To sleep on u table or eat on a chair.
The average man says the average things
And sings Just the average songs;
He's deueedly fond of tho average girl,
For whom he unceasingly longs
And his vices and virtues, too many to tell,
Are oddly at odds but they average well.
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Statistics declare that the average man
Finds tho ttveruge woman and mutes;
That the average family, children all told,
Is something like two and three-eighths,
(Though fractional children disturb and ap
pall The average mun Isn't worried at all.)
The average man reads the average books.
And sometimes he writes "em, I hear;
He's neither a genius, a knave, nor a fool,
In fact, he despises the queer;
For If he departed the average plan
He'd cease to be known as the average,
man.
But deep In the breast of the average man
The passions h ng"8 are swirled,
And tho loves und tho hates of the average
man
Are old as the heart of the world
For the thought of the race, as we live and
we die.
Is in keeping the man and the average
high.
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we might mention sarsaparilla root,
ow dock root, stillingia root, buck-
bark, senna leaves, burdock root, cimi
cifuga root, cinchona bark, Phytolacca root.
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