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THE OMAITA DAILY BEE: MONDAY, .TrSE R. IMS. f i Tiie Oniaiia Daily Bee. R. BOSEWATEB, EDITOR. PUBLISHED EVERT MORN ISO. TERt9 Of SUBSCRIPTION: llly Be (without Sunday), on year..M.W Jul) &e and Sunday, ona year lw Illustrated Ui, one year I ) Uunday Be, ona year 14" Haiarday B". ona yeA'r 1 at Twentieth Century tanner, one year.. l.UW DELIVERED BY CARRIER. Pally Bea (without Hunday), Pr copy., lo Illy He (without Sunday), per week..!2: Dally Bm (Inelurilng Sunday), per week. 17c Evening Bee (without Huniiuy), r week. To Evening ilea (Including Hunday), per waek 12u Sunday Bea, per copy 6c Coiimlalnls of Irregularities In delivery ehnuld ha addressed to City Circulation De partment. OFFICES. . Omaha The Roe Building. South Omaha City Hall building. Twenty fifth and M streets. Council Bluff 10 Pearl street. Chicago lt Unity building. New York 15"9 Home Life Ini. building. Washington ni Fourteenth street. CORRESPONDENCE. 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ZO.HTO !tH,HT i BO.JWVO BtKDS vr TBS AUtRlVAV SATT Quite naturally sine tie great naval battle In eastern waters Uie officers of the American navjr are discussing wli.it la needed to make the sea power of tho United State more complete nnJ ef fective and there can bo uo doubt tbat this discussion will Lave beneficial re-' suits. Ttie t'nltfHl State" now occupies fourth position among the nuval pow ers and according to the most trust worthy authorities will attain second rank In tonnage when the ships now being constructed are completed and put In commission. Hut it appears, accord ing to reported statements of naval offi cers at Washington, that our navy Is de ficient In organization and this Is an ex ceedingly important mutter, ns anyone familiar with the nearly perfect organi zation of the Japanese naval service will understand. It is pointed out that under the pres ent organization of the Navy department there is not a single board, bureau or division with authority to prepare de tailed plan" for campaigns against pos sible foreign foes. A naval officer who Is n member of the general board of which Admiral Dewey Is chnirman Is quoted ns saying that the absence of such an authoritative body Is bound to prove a terrible handicap should this country became Involved in war with a nation of corresponding strength. There Is undoubtedly sound reason In support of thi9 view, and It ought to receive, as probably It will, the earnest atten tion of the next congress. Whatever views may obtain ns to the method of building up the navy, there can be no controversy regarding the necessity of having the organization as nearly per fect as It is possible to make it. An npproncb to this has 'been made in the creation of the general board, but after all this is merely on advisory" body, whose suggestions carry, no official weight. While the bureaus of the Navy department do excellent work In their way, they give no nttention to the prep aration of war plans and it Is urged that what is needed is a group of officers who will give their entire time to this matter. Perhaps we shall be nble to learn a valuable lesson In this respect from .Tnpnn. Not much is known at present of an authentic character as to the pol icy under which her naval affairs have leen conducted. We do not know with certainty whether all the credit for the plans which have proved so successful Is due to the commanders of her squad rons or to the wisdom and foresight of a board of naval officers at Tokio. What events amply attest is thnt the naval or ganization of Japan Is very complete and probably unexcelled by tbat of any other nation, and this fact Is certainly worthy of serious consideration. Another need of the navy of the United States that Is pointed out is more officers. This want will be remedied In time, under Ihe provision that has been made for Increasing the number of naval rndets, but in the meanwhile, covering n period of several years, the service will he rrlnnlonV The atutfimenr la mjiilo- tlmr Will some Omaha veUsruiailan be kind th(1 : . 1BtrlpwhIn or rrnlBpr enough to blanket Mr. lleusou's chestnut , cornmlMon tortny thnt nas 0 fuH com. bora, or horse chestnut, suruumed pigment of officers and necessarily these ,;my ZCarg in I.eDraBKa I offWa are twin nvnrVM with he effect of lowering the stnnrinrrT of effl- Negroes of the south should again put rI n b(m,e ,n the T h water company from shutting off the meter unless 'the consumer settles at Uie captain's office. 21 81.700 22 KO.OttO 23 2N,S0 24 Kot.BlO 25 JW.TBO 2 2,U44 J7 ao,HM 28 ZU.1IO a ao,fifto m aa.ooo Jl zo.uw I UN (MO l),1).0 T Sl.ftftO H,SIO svno 10 km, too 11 o,:kn 12 XM,(MO It SO.it.-M 14 a i.d: to 16 VM.TUO 11 2N.400 Total 917,0 Law UUBuld copies lO.IMMt Net total sales 107,M4 Pally average 2H),KHa C. C. ROSE WATER, Secretary. Subscribed In my presence and sworn to before ine this am uay oi May, isvo. iHeal) M. B. HUMQATE, v Notary I'ubllc. WHEN OUT OF TOWN, gnbacrlbera leaThta; the city tern, orarlly should have Tka Baa nailed to tfaena. It te better thsu a dally letter from boat. Ad dress will ba changed oftem aa requested. Unless all signs fall, this week will put Ited Oak back ouce more to its normal pluc-e on the map. Omaha's clearing house, record during the last week is a reflex of the business prosperity Omahu is enjoying. HKOVLATloy VF ISSlItAMK It ppears that President Itoosevelt is still favorable to the ldeuof federal reg ulation of life insurance, which he pre sented in his last annual message, lie then said that the business of insurants Itally affects the great mass of the peo le of the United Ktutes and Is national nd not local in its nppllcutlou. "It in volves a multitude .of transactions moiig the people of the different states nd between American conipnules and foreign governments. I urge that the congress carefully consider whether the lower of the bureau of corporations can not constitutionally be extended to cover nterstate transaction in insurance." Al though congress did not act upon this recommendation or indeed give any con sideration to the matter, it la stated that le bureau of corporations is investigat- ng the subject and that the American Har association Jias interested itself in it. A bill was introduced at the last ses- lon of the United States senate provid ing for federal regulation of life insur- nce business and doubtless this meas ure will receive consideration at the next session. It is thought that under it tlie question might be presented for adjudi cation by the supreme court. Tbat tribunal, it is pointed out, bas al ready held that the business of life in surance is not commerce and that iusur- nee corporations of one stnte doing business In another state, through an agency, is not engaged in commerce be tween the states. There have been sev eral decisions to this effect, yet it is be lieved to be quite possible tbat if con gress were to enact a law for federal regulation of life Insurance companies, not depriving the states of any of the authority they now possess regarding such corporations, such legislation would be sustained by the supreme court. So far as the insurance companies are con cerned, most of the leading ones nre on record as lelng favorable to federal supervision and regulation, the bill in troduced in the senate having been framed by the president of one of the oldest and most prominent insurance companies of the country. The scandal developed in the Equitable Life Assur ance society lias intensified interest In the question and done much to educate public' sentiment in favor of the pro posed legislation. The life insurance business is of vast proportions and tendily growing.- there being at present more than l.r,noo,ono policy holders in this country. Ueatrlce drug clerks will probably de mand higher wuges since the last saloon bas been closed by order of court. A new "plan of settlement" is now pro posed at Chicago. What is really needed is a plan for stopping the trouble. padlocks on their pocketbooks. The idea of pensioning farm slaves is once more being suggested at Washington In a few days the successor of Mr. Lamaster in tbo First Nebraska district will be named, but Cass county will fur nish its first member of congress this yesr. That streak across the country is simply u reflection of the line of march of the South Omuha contingent to the Nebraska stock growers meeting at Alliance. Increased Interest among the maritime nations in the question of sea power and i the United States will rjot be behind in giving consideration to this very import ant subject. Tills is amply indicated in the interest thnt Is being manifested in American nnval circles. Omaha's lu teres t in the Carter white lead works that have been opened at Montreal is. if anything, moro remote than Omaha's luterest In Guy Barton's Msxlcau mines. The up-to-date nautical chart should bereaftor be druwu with special refer ence to soundings, as the nuval battles of Uie future will probably be started by the submarines. STEER CLE All OF POLITICS. Omaha's rejuvenated Commercial club bas become a potential factor In pushing Oniahu to the forefront In the race for industrial and commercial supremacy It bas already accomplished much In this direction and is in position to do more if it will pursue a course calculated to culist the active and enthusiastic sup port of its members iu every movement and enterprise for the upbuilding of a Greater Omaha. The rock upon which the reorganized and rejuvenated Commercial club Is liable to founder is factional politics. While every member of the club, like every other citizen of Omaha, is vitally concerned in good government mu niclpal, county, state and national the introduction of politics In any shape, manner or form in the Commercial club, whether in public or executive sessions, or even in its parlors, is entirely out of place sud' should be tabooed. The membership of the Commercial club is made up of men of all parties and no party, and men of all factions and no faction. Individually its mem bers should strive to use their political Influence as far as It can reach to elevate the standard of self-government and assist to the best of their ability in eradicating corruption, Jobbery and graft from our political fabric. Collectively however, as members of the Commercial club, the only permissible discussion leading into the political arena would Mayor Weaver of i'ulludelpula Seems legislation designed to protect Omaha to think be can select city employes trom "iJut discrimination, and favorlt without the assistance of a civil service lm 1T public carriers and other meas board believed to be part of the "or- ure tnnt would vitally affect the busl lauiaatiou." The merit system is the n"B Iueu manufacturers and dealers in proper thing ouly wbeo "merit" is not a I rala aml ,Ive 8toc ,n respective It will not take G01 ballots to uominate tbs democratic candidate for congress in tbs First district It will be bard to And a democrat willing to accept the empty bauble of a nomination. If the Paris banker la right in de claring Uiut Itussla can secure no more forelgu loans tbs war will, of necessity, either end or be coutlnued by the Rus sian people not by the bureaucracy. Well paved streets, good sewers, boule vards, parks and all measures and nteaus teudiug U improve tbs sanitation of a city are an esseutlal part of the program, for making a city beautiful. aynouyu for "pull." Accordlug to oue of his closest ad visers, tbs essr bas not given tbs slight et Indication that he believes Itussla aaast yield. That's the pity of it How aaysas witik good tatlllgc caa ia terpret ft eveats of tba war as any- lines of business. To discuss candidates for office or to permit candidates for office to project themselves for office through the Com mercial club would inevitably lead to discord and dissension and culminate in a division of the strength that it all needed to accomplish the main objects for which commercial clubs nre or Cling but a forerunner of laevltable buinluatk for Russia passes compre- ganlzed. Tersely expressed, the Com w I ... t t..t. I- . .... beasioa. - There is nothing unreasonable or In equitable In the policy that win matte tli owners of property adjarwnt to boule vards pay a large part of the cost of the Improveiwnt. On the contrary, It would mercial club bas no more business to discuss politics than It has to discuss religion Omaha meter rate water cousumers have received Judicial notice that there is nothing iu the receut order of the fed' be unjust and tinreannble to make the I eral court to restrain them from payln wnors of property hiilrectly Nuveflted thlr water bills on demand, either with puj for grading, paving and beautifying I or without protest Ou the contrary nulvarda. . i nothing in the order would prevent the A very important decision has- JUBt been rendered by the supreme court of Missouri."" The case is the outgrowth of mandamus proceedings to compel the Missouri & Kansas Telephone company lo adopt a scale of prices for telephone service to business houses and resi dences, which was Incorporated in nn or dinance and adopted by the city council of Kansas City. The court holds thut while the company could, be 'compelled to place its wires underground, if the city so desired, the city had no power to regulate its schedule of charges, not withstanding the fact that the charter of Kansas City grants such iover to the mayor nnd council. The ground upon which the decision Is based is that the state of Missouri does not confer on the city the power to regulate the prices to be charged by the telephone com pany, although the charter-making power is vested in the city. Manifestly the supreme court of Alissourl still ad heres, to the principle that charters granted to public utility corporations and contracts made with them by mu nicipalities is inviolable. While the democratic organs, under the leadership of William Jennings Bryan, have been trying to drive a wedge be tween President Roosevelt and the re publican congress by vociferous ap plause of Roosevelt, they are now veer ing around and accusing Roosevelt of allowing himself to be cunningly dl verted from such vital issues as tariff revision into various side issues of com paratlvely less importance, such as the railroad rate question and international diplomacy as a peace maker. Of course such insignificant subjects as railroad rate regulation nnd international peace should not for a moment stand in the way of the most momentous issue of the hour, next to free silver at the ratio of 16 to 1. Extraordinary Dlapnrity. New York Tribune. Perhaps the rnoet startling feature of modern naval battles Manila. Santiago, the Straits of Coren-ls the extraordinary disparity between the losses of the victor Md the losses of the vanquished. Soot bin I'onltlce for Worry. Washington Tost. Panama canal employes who are resign ing on account of the high cost of living on the isthmus should read Secretary Shaw's famoua speech of thanka that the Americans are not cheap people. Wasted Sympathy, Baltimore American. It Is useless for outside sympnthy to at tempt to help an enslaved people. "Who would be free themselves must strike the blow." And this applies to constitutionally free American cities aa well as foreign despotisms. The Last Word. Puck. Oreat minds in all ages have set forth, In verse and prose the pleasures of to bacco. Tet nothing more felicitous has been said of It than the recent observa tion of a Cheyenne chief. "Smoking," he declare, "is a great help to laziness." REDSKINS AXD RAIXnOWS. Wis Example Set by Mam-Afraid- of-Hls-Booxe. St. Louis Republic. Serious-minded people with some knowl edge of the propensities of poor Io, the Indian, may question the good fortune of the redskin buck upon whose land In the territory gold has been discovered. The trouble with the savage has not been his lack of money, as history shows, but It has been the riotous living which money has enabled him to purchase. The buck who suddenly gets prosperous is too apt ' to renege on his environment, declare rough house and get clear oft the reservation. The human thing for the red man to do with his red coin is to get full of red-eye. We commend this Oklahoma gentleman who has recently found the end of the rain bow on his land to the example of the barbarian In Arizona who discovered a copper ledge on his humble premises. This Indian did not Immediately leave off rais ing crops and begin raising Ned. He stayed sober long enough to have himself pen sioned for life by the white gentleman who appropriated the find. Thus Man-Not- Afrald-of-Hls-Booze, for such was his fa miliar title, was enabled to limit his liqui dations and liuuorings to $40 a month, the extent of his pension, and to prolong life nd liberty for a good while. American employes of Canadian rail roads are to bo deported for violating the alien labor law of the Dominion. Now tbat Canada has placed the United States in the Chinese class there may be more sympathy between. Washington and Peking, but there will more likely be an Important piece of work cut out for Ambassador Reid at London. The Zemsky Zabor or Land Parlla ment which Is -to be called in Russia will probably be nominated by the men responsible for the present conditions and therefore its expressions will show whether the bureaucracy wants to con tlnue the war or to be compelled to quit, but as a true expression of the will of the Russian people it will be little more than a farce. The British army is short of officers because It takes more than the officers salaries to maintalu the dignity of the position. The case only demands a re turn to the "simple life," at least until Britain's army finances are placed on a more satisfactory footing. Qualities that (oast. Chicago Chronicle. There la eviry reason to believe that Charles J. Bonaparte will creditably ac quit himself aa chief of the Navy depart ment, lis Is an honest man and an able one and tneae qualities tompenaate very largely for lack of official experience. In deed, the very fact that Mr. Bonaparte never has held public office Ha likely to contribute to his aueeeaa, alnca ha will aa urns bis duties untratnmeled by any of the obligation or prejudices which are likely to result from such experience. Reqalslte of Heroism. Chicago News. Eight of the nine Carnegie medals were awarded for rescues of drowning persons. Those who aspire to be recognized as heroes should learn to swim. THE5 POWER TO PLEASE. Aa Invaluable Aaaet In Any Line of, Activity. O. S. Marden in Success. The power to pleuse is a tremendous asset. What can be more valuable than a personality which always attracts, never repels? It is not only valuable in business. but also in every, field of life. It makes statesmen and politicians, it brings clients to the lawyer, and patients. to the physi cian. It Is worttv everything to the clergy men. Kb" matter what career you enter, you cannot overestimate the importance of cultivating that charm of manner, those personal quallttesr which attract people to you. -They wljpke the place of capital or influence. They are often a substitute for a large amount of hard work. Some men attract business, customers. clients, patients, as naturally as magnets attract particles of ateel. Everything seems to point their way, for the same reason that the steel particles point toward the magnet because they are attracted. Such men are business magnets. Busi ness moves toward them, even when they do not apparently make half so much effort to get it as tha less successful. Their friends call them "lucky dogs."' But If we analyze these men closely, we find that they have attractive qualities. -There Is usually soma charm of personality about them that wins all hearts. DID TOGO I'SB BlBMAiUAKST A Featare of the Great NavaJ Battle Still Obscured. New Tork Tribune. Until mora definite Information than has yet come to hand la available it would be wise not to assume that Togo's triumph In Cores strait was In any measure due to the use of submarine boats. That Japan has a number of craft of that doscrlption Is be yond dispute, but whether they were called into play In the recent batttu is un other question. The supposition that they have performed actual service seems to have no support at present except guess work. The suddenness with which Rojost vensky'a flagship and one or two other Rus sian vessels were sunk renders It (credible that they were hit by floating mines or else by automobile torpedoes, but the latter could be launched as easily by destroyers as by submarine boats. Considering the circumstances under which the battle was fought, perhaps Togo might have regarded the destroyers the more convenient agent to employ for that purpose. It must be remembered that the destroy ers were able to develop a speed of from twenty-five to thirty knots, being much fualer than Togo's cruisers or buttleshlps. On the other hand. It Is doubtful If a sub marine boat, half or wholly submerged, could travel at more than six or eight knots. Had the Japanese known with certainty on which side of the Tsu islands the Russian fleet would pass, they could have posted submarines In positions of great Usefulness Of course, if Togo had a sufficient number of them, ha might have made such arrange ments In both the eastern and western channels, so as to provide for every posat blllty. If time enough to do so In advaace had not been afforded, after the Intentions of Rojestvensky were revealed, Togo could have utilized them only by having them ac company him when he emerged from his hiding place for the attack. He was then obliged to traverse a distance of thirty or forty miles In order to reach the head of tha Russian procession. Despite the uncer tain cover of a fog, much depended on the swiftness of his movements. Would It not have been folly to handicap himself with boats which were slower than his slowest colliers? If the pending war shall end without any demonstration of the virtues of the sub marine boat, craft of that class will doubt less be retained by tha leading navies of the world until a satisfactory test has been made. In the opinion of Admiral Dewey and other experts the submarine might prove serviceable In coast and harbor de fence. Had Cervera possessed a solitary boat of ' that description while he was cooped up at Santiago he might possibly have so reduced the strength of Sampson before trying to escape that the attempt would have been successful. Moreover, aside from the physical damage which can thua be wrought, the mere knowledge that the besieged have a submarine boat la sure to exert a demoralizing Influence on a blockading fleet. Tha theoretical value of the new type of war veaael Is sufficiently great to Justify Its existence until Its actual value Is revealed. ROTBD ADOCT RBW YORK. Rlyplea on tfee Carreat of Ufa la tha Metropolis. A correspondent possessing a smattering of tha lingo of many races made a study of tha number of newapapera printed In foreign tongues In New York City, and reached tha conclusion that the metropolis Is a four-ply newspaper Babel. One hun dred foreign publications are edited, printed and circulated there. A feature of these publications Is the marked difference on the business and the editorial side from similar publications In their own mother country. Even the Bohemians have two dallies in their own language, and each has Us weekly and Sunday edition, for all the world like a miniature New York Herald. The Hungarians have four or Ave news papers, a couple of them published dally. Stranger still, there are five or six period icals for the Syrians and Araba a couple of dallies and three weeklies among them. The latest comer Is a Polish dally, which has two other competitors In the same lan guage; and there are three Danish, two Finnish and two Swedish Journals, one of the last named being a labor paper, aa ona might expect, having regard to tha Im mense proportion of Swedish worklugmen Immigrants. The Japanese in New Tork City have their own weekly newspaper, and also a monthly magazine. Even the Chinese and the Russians have their weeklies In this wonderful city. Altogether there are now three Greek rtewspapers In New York but strangely enough only one In French. j "About the most satisfactory thing that happened In New York recently." says a correspondent of the Pittsburg Despatch, "was the sending away for nine years of a man known as the "king of cadets.' The very mention of the word 'cadet' Is enough to ralso the public lro In New York, and when one of the breed Is caught and sent to prison at hard labor there Is universal rejoicing. It is hard for the person reared In a cloan western community to under stand the nature of this pest. Tho 'cadet' la the nctlve agent of Immorality among young women, and though a kind of padrone system he profits by the traffic. It should be said to the credit of Mr. Jerome that he never relents when once he gets those critters In his grasp. He appeared In person before the court and demanded that the culprit be given the full extent of the law. The evidence was full and sufficient for the Judge. 'I can't ce a single mitlgatfng circumstance here,' said Judge Cowing, 'and I sentence you to nine years In the penitentiary.' For the last year Jerome and an extra official society backed by Jacob H. Schlff haa been working to stamp out the 'cadet' evil. Mr. Schlff had been going down Into his pocket for months, paying a big detective force to hunt up evidence, and he haa been drawing the biggest kinds of dividends In convictions. Already about twenty 'ca dets' have been sent to Sing Sing. From that peaceful retreat it Is reported re spectable murderers, burglars, counter feiters, get-rlch-qulck men and other com paratively harmless offenders have entered a violent protest against working at the prison benches with the 'cadets.' The state does not provide for a moral pesthouse, fcnd therefore this protest must go un heeded until the legislature provides a sep arate, place of punishment." The druggist was In a talkative mood, and the conversation turned on the laws restricting the sale of poisons. "Well," he sail, "I am In favor of having them strictly enforced, though you'll find plenty of druggists who think differently. But I've known of too many tragedies due to the fact that people have found it easy to obtain dangerous drugs, . and I certainly don't want anything, of that kind laid at fh'y doof. ' If there Is any doubt In my mind about what the purpose of the med icine Is I refuse to sell It except on tha prescription of a physician. For Instance, a young man rode up here on his wheel a few dnys ago and hurried In to ask for two ounces of chloroform. Somehow, I didn't like his looks, and I told him I couldn't let him have It. He was angry, and argued with me about It, but I wouldn't give In. The next druggist he tried would very likely give him the chloroform, and he may nave wanted' It for nothing moro than to kill a cat, but I wasn't taking chances." Stirred by the alarming Increase of ac cidents caused by motor cars and by the recent action of the Automobile club In making arrangements for the quick re lease of members arrested for violating the the law against speeding. New York horse owners are again talking of organizing to safeguard their interests and oppose ihe reckless use of the highways by the owners of machines. This Is the era of co operation, and horsemen are slowly waking up to the fact that to maintain their rights they must take united action. Though there are In Now York Innumera ble clubs and associations the members of which are brought together by a common Interest In horse and horsemanship, these organizations are either purely sporting and social In character or too 'narrow In acope to be effective In Influencing legis lation. When organized a dozen years ago the Rjiad Drivers' association was a power In politics, but It has undergone a marked change of late years and Is now In the nature of an amateur driving club, made up for the most part of mon who drive trotters on the Speedway. An artist who formerly had a atudlo in the Flelschmann building, at Broadway and Tenth street, recently purchased a country place In Connecticut. Ilia expe riences Jn trying to get a steady and re liable man one who would stick to his Job to shake the furnace In winter, mow tha lawn and hoe the vegetable garden In sum mer were varied and manifold and alto gether unsatisfactory. He had firmly Im pressed upon him at last that to get "help" In the country was no small undertaking. Then he thought of the "bread line" which formed each night under tha win dows of his old studio In New York the line In which shivering end hungry men waited for hours to get the dole of bread which kept them from starvation. Mr. Flelschmann, tha founder of the charity, once said that he waa sura that none but deserving men men who really needed tha rooa were nis oenenciarles. "When a man will stand for two or three hours waiting In a Una for a loaf ef bread," the philanthropist had said, "It la a pretty sure sign that he needs It." This waa tha light In which the artist had been acoua tomed to view tha members of tha bread Una and he glowed with philanthropic fer vor as ha thought: "Now here Is a good home and a good Job for some poor and deserving devil. Why did not I think of it before?" So he went to Captain Henry, the official of the Flelschmann establishment who su pervises the bread line nightly, and stated his case. That night there were 600 men In the line and Captain Henry went along It an nouncing to all that a good Job was watt ing at Darlen, Conn., for any one who wanted it. Of those 600 men only two ex pressed a willingness to accept tha offer, and one of thjeae waa not over-enthusiastic about it. All the others declared that they wanted a Job, and wanted It badly but not In tha country. In short, of the tuo, 496 preferred to sleep In the parks or cheap and crowded lodging houses, to Uva on charity or by begging, to endure hunger, raga and mlaery In tha elty rather than go to. comfort and plenty la tha country. Calm met is the only High Grade Powdcq. offered to tho consumer at a Moderate Price It should not bo confused with the cheap, low rade powders on the one hand, nor the high priced trust powders on the other. RAILROADS AXD THE PEOIM.K. Pender Times: Editor Rosewater Is writ ing some Interesting articles on railroad rates In Tho Sunday Bee. Mr. Rosewater Is well acquainted with the problem, having given it the study of a lifetime. Beatrice Bun: The railroads of Ne braska are demanding a square deal In the matter of taxation. They are entitled to It, Just as other people are entitled to a square deal. The trouble with the rail roads seems to bo that they want to shuffle and cut and do tho deal them selves. St. Paul Republican: Why this sudden demand for a special session of the legisla ture to enact a freight rate law? The Newberry law, which was passed a dozen years ago still occupy considerable space In our statute books. It has never been declared unconstitutional; Us enforcement was merely forbidden by the supreme court during a period of - business stagna tion, when Us provisions would have com pelled the railroads to do business at an actual loss. If a maximum rate bill Is the panacea for. all our ills, why does not some one bring an action under the New berry law? It would, of course, be opposed by the railroads and fought through all the courts of the land, but the same, fate awaits any similar bill that the legislature may pass. Such laws, without some defi nite and responsible power of enforcement back of them, are a delusion and a sham. Iowa has found relief from Blmllar trouble In an elective railroad commission. If Ne braska Is wise she iill profit by her neigh bor's experience. Alnsworth Star Journal: Governor Mickey remarked to the tax commissioner of the Union Pacific railroad company the other day, "It is all rot, Clancy, and you know It.' Mr. Clancy was singing a song about the way the railroads are being oppressed by taxation in Nebraska, What an opin ion the two men must have had of each other. The people at large will bet on the governor, and doubtless, share the thoughts which he did not express about Clancy. Mr. Clancy will be sorry If his efforts, and the work of his colleagues, precipitate a special session of the legisla ture to consider railroad rate laws. It Is thought that some of the members of the legislature have had a hunch as to tho feelings of the people, since the regular session adjourned. Up' to the present ttme the people have been good-natured about railroad rates, but If they get exasperated something may happen which will be a damage not only to railroads but to the state. The day for talking "rot" Is passed, and it is up to the railroads to get into the "square deal" band wagon! It seems as though It would be better to leave the matter now till a legislature Is elected on platforms which contemplate some form of rate legislation. Then the people can say whether or not they want to have such legislation enacted by legislators with passes In their pockets. Friend Telegraph: The question of pass grabbing officials lsnlt a partisan one by any means. Tho question aa to whether a pass is a bribe or not isn't confined to any particular political party. When the po litical caucuses and conventions are ripe again the railroad politician will be as lively as ever with the pass distribution. Railroads distribute passes in order to control caucuses and conventions, because they can control them by this method much cheaper in this manner than in any other that has ever been Invented. Men accept railroad passes and reciprocate the favor who have never thought of being controlled In this manner, and who would be greatly slandered at the mere suggestion of having accepted a bribe. This mode of controlling conventions and nominations to offices Is the 'most dangerous one that haa ever been placed in practice. Dan gerous because men accept and recipro cate them without even a thought of what is taking place or what the Inevitable result will be. iook at the construction placed upon accepting a pass by a member of the legislature of a western state last winter? What a furore grew out of it, and how the recipient was borne down upon when It was ascertained thut his action eould not be controlled on account of such passea. When the common people aee to It that no man unpledged against pass holding ran receive their aupport for any office, then there will be a dearth of at tempting to control public action in this manner, and not until then will this evil cease. FERSO.VAL, NOTES. Baron Rosen, who will succeed Count Casjlnl as Russian ambassador to this country, represented his nation In Japan Immediately preceding the present war. Jamea J. Hill, the railroad millionaire, has selected a simple and Inexpensive sum mer residence In Lenox, Mass., much lo the disappointment of that fashionable col ony, which had expected him to entertain lavishly. That will be impossible in the cottage he has chosen. A lion seized an Englishman In Uganda, and at tha first grip bit through a bottle of whisky In the man's pocket, which so shocked the beast that he turned tall and fled precipitately. It la wholly unneces sary to enforce the moral of this story on the average Englishman. Richard Heinpton, a St. Louis citizen. Is tha exact double of Mayor Weaver of Philadelphia. While on a visit to the Quaker olty a few daya ago, Just when the gas war waa at IU fiercest, he waa effu alvaly congratulated by a Phlladelphlan on the fight he waa making against Uie boodle councllmen. Until muttxrs were explained Mr. Hempton rather thought ba was deal ing with aome aort of a confidence gaine.v David W. Ross, general superintendent of the Illinois Central railroad, haa been appointed purchasing agent for the Panama Canal commlaaaion. He has Just moved hla headquarters to Washington. Fighting Bob Evar.s thinks the great de feat will not prevent the Russians from fighting on; rather It will Incite them to keep It up. But It may be doubted It tha Russians are aa strenuous as Fighting Bob's noted v oca biliary. FIRST DISTRICT CAMPAIGN Kearney Hub: The republican conrenttosv of the First congressional put Ita foot for ward by resolving ngnlnst the free pass and set Itself right with the republicans of the atate and the best Impulses of tbs country by pledging the nominee to support President Roosevolt and his policies. York Times: Tha nomination of Ernest M. Pol.ard for congress iu the Flrat dis trict meets with approval from republicans all over the state. Mr. Pollard la a youivg man of good, solid common sense and thorough education. He Is conscientious and strong In his convictions and not afraid to stand for them. Mr. Pollard has had legislative experience that will be useful to him In the higher field and that recom mends him as a suitable man for legis lative positions. Hla nomination la fortu nate for the Flrat district and hla election Is a foregone conclusion. There were a numbe of other candidates before the con vention who would hnve been highly cred itable, but nouo more so than the successful man. Grand Island Independent: The resolu tions adopted by the republicans of the First district at Falls City will meet a responsive chord in the hearts of the rank and file of the party In every county In the atate. The succinct and emphatic declara tion In favor of President Roosevelt's poli cies as to railroad rate legislation and the declaration in favor of "legislation that will prohibit the giving of free transporta tion to all public officials and prohibit pub lic officials from receiving and using tha same" should become, and must become, the declaration of the party of the state and nation, If It would In the greatest da gree deserve tho continued confidence of the majority of the people. The republicans did well at Falls City. Grand Island Independent: It must ba conceded even by the friends of tha de feated candidates that Mr. Pollard has elements of strength that will make hint an acceptable candidate to the people of the First Nebraska district. He Is a Na. braska born and a graduate of the Btats university. He has an honorable record In the state legislature. He stands four square on the great question of railroad regulation. He Is a farmer and a fruit grower and knows far more about tha needs of the prodftrerirri'totrrsr4rtn about the Intricacies of politics. It will no doubt strike the voters that on the whole a man of the Pollard stamp who can ba trusted to be with the president because he be lieves that way is a pretty fair aort of candidate to put up at this particular ttme when the "square deal" has not yet been secured, and square men will be very much, needed at Washington to help it along. V Medical Evolwtlon la Japan. New York Tribune. Sir Frederick Treves, the eminent Ens? lish surgeon, says nothing astounded him more on his recent visit to Japan than tha way the Japaneso have Inquired Into ths medicine and surgery of the western world and the marvelous use they are making of It. Thoy hnve already solved many of the problems which baffle Americana and Europeans In war, and Instead of having, as the English are accustomed to having, In armies at the front, 10 per cent on ths sick list, the Japanese hav only 1 per cent. Above all, tho Japanese, combining "In- , finite patience and Infinite tenderness" and having no nervous system, make Ideal sur goons and nurses. "I am confident," says Sir Frederick, "that there will be aeen in Japan, not many yeara hence, ona of tha most curious, Interesting and progressiva schools of medicine the world baa aver known." WHITTLED TO A POIST. "You have only two month live " the nhvfllrinn told him. - "Then don t say anything about It, doo tor," said the consumptive sport. "I can get a whole lot of bets on that proposition." Chicago Tribune. Mrs. Jinks And how Is that pretty young widow? Is she reconciled to her losa yet? Mrs. O'iiull Well, she ain't exactly re conciled yet, but they say she has the man picked out. Philadelphia Ledger. McRosh Doc, what makes my hand tremble bo? Dr. Gosh Booze, my dear sir. McSoHh I'm shaking for the drinks, ah? Cleveland Leader. Lot's wife had Just turned to salt. "She always would make her own pre serves," h explained. That, nowev.r, was an extreme example of the dangers of frenzied housekeeping. New York Sun. Mr. Goodart Ah, you've heard her, then? She certainly has the gift of song. Miss Chellus Well, I hope that's what ft Is. I should hate to think aba paid any thing for it. Philadelphia Standard. "You demand a quarter of a million for breach of promise?'' "Yes." answered the determined woman. "Sentiment demands It. I would not hav him think, even now, that I valued his auctions lightly." Washington Star. "Gee whiz!" said George for the twen tieth time, "It makes me mad every time I think of the Ho I lost today. I actually feel aa if I'd like to have somebody kick me." "By the way, George," said the dear girl, dreamily, "don't you think you'd better speak to father this evening?" Philadel phia Press. j 1 longer tSSJS THIS roVHMEa, If Washington Star. The farmer tun di tare himself and TOW with accenta deep He'll make a bonfire of his crops before he'll sell too cheap; Tha miller and the teamster. If their pay they do not like. Can at least attract attention to their troubles by a strike. And when Inn battle's ended And one side's entirely heat. The man who pay the damage Is the man who has to aat. When capital and labor get together In a ela.-h, And talk grows warm and threats arias which sound uncommon rash. The man who haa the real right to blad der In dismay Is com lulled tu watch tba scrimmage aad hot have a word to aay. A merry dance they ra Inadhwa And the anan la vary or ina ma wu 4a Uf suaa whs la vary naasi ba ipaiya tha aa aas as asat. V