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THE OMAHA DAILY BEE: FRIDAY,- OCTOHEK 4, 1907.
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4 STATEMENT OF CIRCUIT TION.
' State of Nebraska. Douglas eounty, aa:
'. Charlea C. Rosewater, general manager
or Th Bee Publishing Company, being duly
sworn, aaya that the actual number of
. full and complete copies of Tha Dally
Morning, Evening and Sunday Be printed
' (luring the month of September, 19u7, waa aa
' follows:
l ss.Too i i.... ae,so
S ." 3,40 IT 3S.690
I . ... 30,300 18. t 36,580
4 '38,980 II 38,600
' ..r..,. 88.3M . . ,. , M4I0
I... 36,340 II 38,670
, 3640 H 36,820
I.. 38,600 33. 37,380
! ; 36,140 . t4 38,830
y' 18 36,630 i 5 36.380
. 11 38,470 II .'. 80,830
II 36,370 ..17 36,600
II....,...., 3,O80 38,00
14.... 36,810' 29 38,660
II 36,400 10......... 38,890
Total ..'..'. 1,093,470
.Lcaa unaold and returned copies. 6,887
Net total 1,083,883
Daily average 36,119
CHARLES C. ROSEWATER,
General Manager.
Subscribed in my presence and aworn
to before me this 10th day of Septem
ber, 1907.
(Seal) M. B. HUNGATE,
Notary Public.
. WHIN OUT OP TOWN,
abacrlbera leaving the pity tem-
porarlly aaaalel have Tae Bee
saallea ta.taent. Address will be
uhaageel aa aftea as reejaesteal.
v Qheese has been advanced in price
and the holea weigh as much as ever.
Senator Borah can now report at
Washington with his credentials on
straight.
the wise person will lay In his stock
of winter coal and avoid laying In bis
' stock of winter cold.
King Ak-Sar-Ben is not one whit
behind the president in the matter of
defying tha rain-drop.
Three of the uban revolutionists
have been thrown . into Jail. The
other one evidently escaped. '
The yellow peril has been retired
, The yellow press, however, will find
aome other sensation to suit its pur
poses. . .:... . ..
- Figuratively speaking, , Mr. Fair
banks is head and shoulders above
every other candidate for presidential
. honors. , '!.-, v .
The Omaha Horse Show promoters
report that their prospects for the cur
rent season are the brightest that have
ever been.
"Is it wrong ,to kill an umpire?"
asks the Louisville Courier-Journal.
Of course. They are out of season in
this section. '
"Autumn comes in with a smile on
her face," says the Philadelphia In
quirer. Well, that's where smiles are
usually worn. . v
"Dollar dinners" are no longer pop
ular among democrats. Evgrf a demo
crat has a better appetite than that in
these prosperous days.
A Tacoma woman has asked for a
divorce; because her husband insists
on eating raw meat while she prefers
to hand him a hot roast.
Senator Piatt says that Governor
Hughes is a shrewd politician. The
governor has proved It by keeping out
of Piatt's political clutches.
Charlei Corn Is running for office in
Tennessee on the republican ticket.
The chances are that ha will bo labeled
as canned Corn in November.
Temperance orators can now point
to the befuddled condition of the Fair
banks boors, aa another Illustration of
the evil effects of strong drink.
"Few men are defeated for the third
time In the race for the presidency,"
say? Colonel Bryan, who apparently
wants to establish a precedent.
; Lincoln 18 to have a brewery aa well
aa headquarters of the prohibition
party. The combination ought to dis
pel the aomnolenoe of the capital city.
The last vestige of the Jap-American
war cloud will disappear as soon
aa Ambassador Aokl and President
Roosevelt have a mix on the tennis
court.
r A horrible suspicion is gaining
ground that those cocktails at the
Fairbanks dinner to the president were
wasted. No one will admit having
drank them.. ', ;
' Eugene Bchmlts has been disap
pointed again. The labor party of
San Francisco has refused to renomi
nate him for mayor. There's no use
denying that being In fall has Ha drawbacks.
SKtD OF A PARCELS POST.
Postmaster Genera! Meyer has taken
the public Into his confidence concern
ing his recommendations, to be made
to the coming congress, In the Interest
of reforms in the postal service. He
proposes to make a serious attempt to
establish a parcels post system in this
country. He appreciates the opposi
tion that will be offered and under
stands that his plan will be fought to
the limit by the group of corporations
that controls the express business of
the country and has fattened on the
harvest coming from a service ren
dered by private concerns that should
be administered by the government.
The lack of the parcels post , system
has been a standing indictment on the
commercial intelligence of the nation
for fears and General Meyer proposes
to ask congress to quash the indict
ment. v
The postmaster general's plan .la
simple, but its adoption will ba effec
tive. He will ask congress to reduce
the postage rates and raise the weights
of parcels of merchandise already ad
missible to the malls. He proposes
to end' the absurdity of allowing any
foreigner, whose home is in the postal
union, to send a four-pound parcel
from his postofflce to San Francisco
or any other American city for 40
cents, while it costs an American 64
cents to mall a -four-pound parcel
from on village to another. ; General
Meyer proposes to reduce the rates
on Buch parcels from 16 centa a pound
to 8 cents a pound and to allow parcels
of larger weight to be carried by the
mails at a corresponding rat,..' .
The proposition Is one that is cer
tain to appeal to congress, backed by
a public sentiment In favor of the
measure. The opposition will come
from the six allied express companies
that have hitherto commanded the co
operation of the legislators, and the
railroads In blocking efforts to estab
lish the parcels post system. The ex
posures of the last year, showing; the
enormous profits that have been se
cured by the express Companies
through their monopoly of the trans
portation1 of packages that should be
sent by mall, have awakened the pub
lic to an appreciation of conditions,
with the result that It is confidently
expected that the express combine In
oongress will no longer be able to de
feat the proposed legislation.
BORAH ACQUITTED. .
The action of the Jury at Boise In
acquitting United 3tates Senator Borah
of the charge of conspiracy to defraud
the government of public lands,
through the operation of a timber
syndicate, must be accepted as a
vindication of the senator. , The spon
taneous, if not premature, reception
tendered to the 'senator upon the an
nouncement of the verdict, Is evidence
of his personal popularity. In a com
munity that has been wrought up over
the land frauds and eager for the
prosecution of the syndicates and com
bines that have roBbed" theefiple of
their rightful heritage.
Th result of his trial evidently
hinged on Senator Borah's testimony.
He told thejury frankly of his con
nection with the lumber syndicate,' al
leging that he served it as a' paid at
torney, had no interest in the com
pany and did not share in Its enormous
profits. He asserted that he had filed
certain deeds, , in his capacity as t an
attorney, for vast tracts of land, the
deals for which had been made before,
he entered the service of the syndicate.
On that showing, there appears to have
been nothing Jeft for the Jury to do
but find a verdict of acquittal. j,
Nothing developed in the Borah
trial can Interfere with or prejudice
the cases against the members of I the
syndicate who were Indicted with fijlm.
The evidence is conclusive that many
thousands of acres of rich timber If nds
were secured by this syndicate through
the use of bogus entrymen and other
methods familiar to the land-grabbing
corporations that have been working
in the west for years. The acquittal
of the senator will serve to increase
public Interest In the outcome of the
trials against the members of the
syndicate, who profited by the deals
In the Idaho timber lands.
jvsrtCK rir mail wxiarnxn.
It is announced tLat the -Postofflce
department will shortly begin the an
nual systematic weighing of-the malls
to determine railroad compensation
for carriage. The slgnlflcent feature
of the new order is that the govern
ment will hereafter take cognizance
of Sunday as a "working ,tlay" in the
railway mall trbnsportatlon wttI-js.
Under the old system tbe railroads
were not required to confess to the
charge of Sabbath breaking on account
of the transportation of the malls, al
though it was on Sunday that some of
the heaviest quantities of mall were
carried. The big Sunday newspapers
furnish tons upon tons of matter that
filled the cars and the letter business
on Sunday is usually heavier than any
other day in the week, representing
the weekly clean-up ol business. The
government took no notice of this vast
volume of business, b,ut instructed its
welghera to Include the tonnage of the
mall matter carried by railroads on
Sunday in the weekly report and to
obtain the average amount carried
dally by dividing the weeks' total py
six. The result waa that the reported
average daily tonnage was much heav
ier than it actually was, and the gov
ernment paid the railroads accord
ingly. In other words, the railroads
collected one-slxrji more than they
were entitled to by reason of this false
system of weighing. As a result of
this method the government has been
paying about $1,000,000 a year to the
railroads for service never performed
In the matter of mall transportation.
The fallacy of the old system was
exposed at the last session of congress,
when an effort was made to establish
a policy of retrenchment in certain
public expenditures. The railroads
objected to the new method proposed
for weighing the mails until figures
were produced showing that the gov
ernment, even under the old system,
waa paying a much higher rate than
was charged for the transportation of
tonnage of any other kind when the
work was done for private partiea.
Under the new rule the Sunday ton
nage of mall matten will figure In mak
ing up the dally average, Instead of
being "velvet" for the transportation
companies. The annual deficit of the
postal department is about $10,000,
000. The- new system of weighing
the malls will effect a saving of more
than half of that amount and, if the
abuse of the franking privilege can be
eliminated, the Postofflce department
will te placed upon a self-sustaining
basis in a very short time.
THE KEEP Or THE IXiSAKK.
The Bee recently reprinted from the
Chicago Tribune an editorial discuss
ing the cost of maintenance of Insane
wards of the stafe in the . light of a
new law enacted in Illinois, putting
the cost of -such care upon the estates
or families of the insane. In this
article It is Btated that only seven
states in the union meet the whole
cost of maintenance of the Insane out
of the state treasury. Inasmuch as
among those' sevjln states is Nebraska
our people should seriously consider
whether It is not time for them to fol
low ,the example "just set by Illinois, to
get a more equitable allotment of this
burden.
An examination of the biennial ap
propriations made by our legislature
will disclose that the requirements of
the three insane asylums maintained
by Nebraska constitute a large part of
the budget, exceeded only by the ap
propriations for the State -university.
While the stave should and must con
tinue to care for all the insane who
might harm themselves or others . if
left at large and under any arrange
ment must continue to pay the cost of
maintenance of those Who are unable
to pay for themselves, there is no good
reason why the taxpayers should have
to foot the bills for those who have
ample means of their own, or have
close relatives under moral obligation
to support them,
It is reliably stated that our Ne
braska Insane asylums contain many
patients who are well-to-do, or come
from families In easy circumstances,
who yet permit the state not only to
houee them' and furnish medical and
other attendance, but also to feed and
clothe them , at the general expense.
The Bee believes that a thorough In
vestigation of the inmates of our asy
lums with reference to their ability to
contribute to their .own care and keep
would .point the way for legislation
that would lift a large part of this
burden from thn taxpayers. It might
even be advisable to devote one of the
three insane asylums In Nebraska to
the Indigent Insane and the other two
to the insane who are able to pay their
own board and lodging. No one would
suggest that the attention or accom
modations given to these unfortunates
should in any way be deteriorated, but
the exaction of board money from
those who are able to pay would give
them no claim to better accommoda
tions, but would put these institutions
upon a more substantial business
basts.
The Bee hopes this investigation
may be made before the next legisla
ture convenes and lead up to a thor
ough revision of our laws governing
admission to our insane asylums.
.The county commissioner are ap
parently deadlocked on the court
house question. No dispute as to the
necessity for the new court house ex
tols, the only difference of opinion be
ing in regard to the method of proce
dure. It may be that the visit of the
Commercial club to the board room
will enable- some of the hesitating
members to make up their minds.
The State Railway, commission has
secured a volunteer who is willing to
make complaint that the local grain
rates in Nebraska are too high. This
will now bring the issue on for deter
mination, and we will soon have a de
cltt'.o.i as to whether state regulation
really has any virtue. Little difficulty
will be experienced In establishing the
Injustice of existing rates.
A Connecticut man wants action
taken "to prevent the reckless buying
of automobiles by yonng people who
know nothing of thrift as Jt Is practiced
by the people of continental Europe."
That man ought to attend an auto
parade during Ak-Sar-Ben week and
learn that there is a difference between
miserly thrift and the productive in
vestment of savings.
Secretary Tatt has convinced Japan
that there is no danger of war between
tbat country and the United States.
All that will be necessary now to' re
store profound peace will be for some
one to convince Richmond Pearson
Hobson that It will be safe for him to
remove his aide arms.
'Nearly all of the base ball pen
nants have been won. this year by
cities Inhabited by the best class of
people," says the Charleston News and
Courier. An there, Sioux City and
Washington.
A gain of 91 per cent in the busi
ness of the Omaha grain market for
the month of September as against a
year ago indicates the lusty growth of
that infant. 'With better rates and
more complete facilities for handling
the product of the Nebraska fields, the
importance of Omaha as a factor In
the grain trade of the world will show
even greater expansion.
"Why should not the Hon. William
Randolph Hearsts Independence
league nominate the Hon. William
Jennings Bryan for president of the
United States?" asks the New, York
World. This Is a frank confession
that the World does not know Its
neighbor, Mr. Hearst, very well.
Prof. Van Meter of the Chicago uni
versity asserts that lying Is due merely
to the deterioration of the medulla
oblongata in connection with the
psehycorale prologema. Don't call a
man a liar. Just tell him that ho has
a deteriorated medulla oblongata and
psehycorale prologema.
The loyal throngs that greeted the
advent of King Ak-Sar-Ben XIII were
treated to probably the most brilliant
display ever made in honor of that
puissant monarch. As his kingdom
advances in years the glory of his
magnificence increases, and so may it
ever be. ...
Henry Watterson, having admitted
that Governor Johnson of Minnesota
Is a dark horse candidate for tha pres
idential nomination, certain other emi
nent democratic statesmen who were
under fear of having the hoodoo fas
tened upon them may now "breathe
easier. -
Grading wagons with loose bottoms
are still scattering dirt over the paved
streets of Omaha without let or hin
drance from the city authorities. An
ordinance covers this point, but its en
forcement might interfere with some
body s political prospects.
The proposition of Interstate Com
merce Commissioner Knapp to repeal
the Sherman anti-trust law might be
accepted more cordially if all of the
railroads and big corporations did not
agree with him so enthusiastically. ,
Sir Thomas Llpton has decided not
to renew his challenge, owing to con
ditions imposed by the New York
Yacht club. This will not deprive him
of the reputation of being a game
sport and a "Jolly good fellow." x
Former Governor Yates of Illinois
declined an appointment, bo he says,
as ambassador to Mexico in order to
run for United States senate. Indica
tions are that luck will favor both
Mexico and the senate.
Railroad Commissioner Clarke has
purchased a handsome home In Lin
coln. This ough, to remove one of
the chief eat objections that has been
lodged against him by the "South
Platte" statesmaV't-
. Whateyer Harry. , Thaw may .- have
done, he is entitled to a fair trial,' The
Btory that J. D. Rockefeller is going
to furnish money' for his defense
should not be alloy ed to prejudice the
case against him..' ,
It has been Suggested that Mr.
Taft's title be changed from Secretary
of War to Secretary of the Army. Late
developments Indicate that Secretary
of Peace would be more appropriate.
A professor of 'the Chicago univer
sity says there are no humorists In this
country. The country, then, has been
mistaken about tha faculty of theChi
cago university. "
The New York ieni begins a news
item with "James Hazen Hyde thinks"
but we do not believe It. Hyde has
been accused "of everything but that.
Aa Eaaeatlal Lacking.
Indianapolla Newa.
The idea of those Cuban conspirators
holding a presidential election on the quiet
aeems to ahow an additional lack of ca
pacity for self-government. No really ca
pable people hold an election nowadays
without a big noise.
Hut on the I'reeaare.
Washington Post.
Richmond P. Hobson claims to have
Inside information to the effect that Japan
will declare war on the t'nited States on
February 28. With very little urging it is
believed that It can be induced to put It
off till April 1.
Barrtr Uoimg tm Waste.
Cleveland Plain Dealer.
There - la too much- loat energy in the
world. If the force expended by college
atudents in rushes, class lights and foot
ball gamea were harneaaed and properly
applied, it would aerve to light and lieHt
the college bulldinga.
A Paiaial Bob.
New York World.
Governor Johnson of Minnesota has
truck his own name from the list nf
democratic presidential candidates. Gov
ernor Folk of Missouri aaya that he la
not out for the nomination. But such
aelfAdenial falls to move Mr. Bryan to
Imitation. Tha poor old democratic party!
Somethlaa laaaaal llappeaa.'
Bprlngfleld (Mass.) Republican.
It ia aomelhlng very unuaual which haa
happened In Nebraska the refuaal of a
federal court to grant an Injunction hold
ing up the lawa of a atate on petition of
Bfverul railroad companies. But there are
other federal Judges In that section of
country who can he appealed to, and state
law ahould not feel that It la beginning
to recover any of ita old-time dignity on
this account. ,'
CoBBlasc .New State.
Na Vnrk TriKnns
Aa we felt sure would be the caae
Oklahoma la to come Into the union with
out hindrance on the part of the preaident,
whoae duty It la to determine merely
whether the new atate government la re
publican In form and whether the consti
tution rompllea with the terma of tha en
abling act. For tha rest the Okakohomans
must work eut their own salvation, and tha
state and federal courts stand ready to
correct any serious vices In the qneratlon
of the organic instrument recently adopted.
RAILROAD rotTROI. 1M CANADA.
It Wnll Be Called Aaarralatl la
Tala Ceeatrr.
Newark iS: 3.) 8tar.
We never hear anybody accusing the
Canadians of being anarchists or socialists.
They are a conservative, deliberate people,
alow to accept new-fangled thinga, and not
given to enthusiasm over political cure-alls.
Their railroads have shown amailng dn
velopmenta In recent years. Trackage has
been increased and the facilities enlarged
at a trrmendoua rate. Much of the capital
and aome of the ablest officials have come
from this aide of the border. Neither In
vestora nor managers complain of the Irk
aome restrictions nor unwarranted Interfer
ence on the part of the government. 'And
let they have In Canada a railroad com
mission constating of three members, ap
pointed for life, with powers more drastic
and far-reaching than la possessed by any
body in this country, atate or national.
Here are some of the things that the
Canadian railroad commission Is empowered
to do:
' It may comrwl the abolition nf rrart
crossings or compel the railroad companies
io construct auDwaya or overhead crossings.
It may compel changes In time tablee and
require the putting on of additional trains
to meet the traffic.
It may regulate the distribution of freight
cars if the question of discrimination be
raised.
It may compel the destruction of switches
or sidings for the accommodation of In
dustries. It may fix rates on passenger or freight
traffic.
It may determine what private property
railroad cnnipanlea are allowed to purchase
without the owners' consent.
It may assume Jurisdiction over claims
against the railroad companies.
It may approve or reject all plana for
railroad extenslona or new llnea, and no
work la permitted without Ita approval.
It is charged, by law, with the preven
tion of discriminations between different
localities.
It may authorise or prevent one railroad
from croaslng or joining another.
It ia required to prevent rebating.
It haa power to pase upon all leaaes.
Bales or amalgamations nf railroads.
U has Jurisdiction over the telegraph and
telephone lines operated by railroad com
panies. Vast, comprehensive and far-reaching
powers, aren't theyT Nothing so radical
or revolutionary ever seriously proposed In
our country. We wouldn't stand for any
thing of the kind, would we? It would
be anarchistic. But some of us may be
unable to understand why a policy that
seems wise, reasonable and practicable In
Canada Is Impossible here. What Increases
the mystery Is the fact that the capitalists
and railroad magnates didn't pierce the at
mosphere with cries of anguish and warn
ing while that legislation was being en
acted. They didn't send a band of lobby
ists to Ottawa to talk and plan and scheme
In order to either destroy or cripple the
act. They didn't subsidise clergymen, ed
itors and politicians to preach calamity as
the Inevitable fruit of making such a law
and compelling obedience to It.
No. Most of the Canadian railroad 'capi
talists and managers approved of the law,
and co-operated In framing It so as to
make Its provisions absolutely -fair all
around and thus reduce to a minimum fric
tion between the Companies and the public.
And the result? General satisfaction.
THE VOICK OP BUY A.
Sla-alncaaee of Platform I'tteraace of
Nebraska Democrats. .
Springfield, Mass Republican (Ind ).
Te democrat io state' convention In Ne
braska the last week was notable because
Mr. Bryan drafted Its platform. In ac
cordance with a habit of many years stand
ing. In scrutinising It, one sees several
points of Interest that may bear upon
national politics in the Immediate future.
The platform a year ago indorsed Mr.
Bryan for the preatdancy, . but thla year
he ia not referred to as a candidate. The
reference te him la merely an assertion
of "fidelity to the principles which he has
so ably advocated, and which at this time
are so generally accepted by a large ma
jority of the people of the United States."
Whether this signifies that Mr. Bryan Is
really in doubt whether to run again can
be left for each reader's Interpretation.
The platform does not refer to government
ownership of railroads, or to currency Is
sues. It calls for Immediate tariff revision,
a federal Income and Inheritance tax, at
the same time condemning go-?rnment by
Injunction and Imperialism. The plank that
appears to be attracting the most attention
Is that which refers to state's rights as
against federal centralisation. This un
doubtedly came from Mr. Bryan's pen:"
Believing with Jefferson in "the support
of the state governments In all their rights
ana tne most competent administrations
for our domestic concerns ss the surest
bulwark against anti-republican tendenelea."
and in "the preservation of the federal
government In ita whole constitutional
vigor as the sheet anchor of our peace
at home and safety abroad." we are op
posed to the centralization Implied In the
suggestions now frequently made that the
powera of the general government should
be extended by Judicial construction. While
we favor the exercise by the general gov
ernment of ail its constitutional authority
for the prevention, of monopoly and for the
regulation of Interstate commerce, we in
sist that federal remedlea shall be added
to and not substituted for 'atate remedlea.
We assert the right nf congress to exerciae
complete control over interatate commerce,
and wissert the right of each atate to
exercise Juat aa complete control over com
merce within tta borders. We demand such
an enlargement of the powera of national
and state railway commlsalons as may be
necessary to give full protection to persons
and places from discrimination and extor
tion. There la a section Of the democratic
party In botli the north and the south that
would very much like to have "centralisa
tion" -made the leading Issue of their
campaign next year and the plank .above
quoted aeems so phrased aa to gratify
them. The sentiment expreaaed ia likely to
regain for Mr. Bryan some of the favor
that he lost in the south by his govern
ment ownership utterance a year ago.
COLORS FOR BANKNOTES.
I'roposal to Give Tone to Bills
Areor4laa to Slae.
New York Tribune.
Much mystery attaches to the . resolu
tion introduced at the American Banker's
association convention proposing to regu
late the color of banknotes. On what
principle did the mover decide to have one
dollar notes slate, twos brown, fives green,
tens blue, twenties yellow, fifties pink and
hundreds and over white? Did he arrange
theae colore with reference to the degree
to which they ahow dirt? If ao, white waa
well chosen for the "staggerers." For white
In the form of a $1,000 bill shows "dirt"
most pleasingly. Or did the reformer
use white for the "big bucks" ' because
It Is the sum of all other colors? Nobody
knows, but every one must rejoice that the
bankera did not scale the colors of bills
according to the spectrum, beginning at
the lower end with the one-dollar de
nomination and working upward. For this
scheme would have necessitated making
the 15,000 and 110.000 bills "ultra-violet,"
which Is unfortunately Invisible. uch
bills are Invisible to the ordinary eye,
anyhow. But think of young Dives's an
guish when tne executor of papa's nine
figured estate handed him a quire invlalbte
of big bills!
Railroad Tragedies.
Batimore American.
Railroad tragedlea continue at a rate
that keepa tha country in horror and make
the traveler fear that he may be the next
victim. Head-on colliaions and rear-end
collisions cannot be blamed on anything
but defective service, and tha public has
a right to demand greater car and better
management
INITIATIVE
Webster aays
"Initiative" is an
Introductory act,
first procedure
in any enterprise,
the rower of be
ginning, originat
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afoot, the dispo
sition to take tne
lead.
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great general be
cause he had in
itiative. Napoleon be
came emperor
because he had
Initiative.
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Roosevelt is one of the most popular
presidents the country has ever known
because Initiative is bis leading char
acteristic. In every community there are some
stores which possess this power, this
quality called Initiative. Arriving at a
conviction they have the courage to
carry it through though It be contrary
A. Hospe Company
1513 Douglas Street
We do expert piano tuning and repairing..
New Pianos Vor $123, $143, $103, $100. Terms on nnjt of them W month!,
A free souvenir to every lady visiting our store during Ak-Sar-Ben Carnival,
You are Welcome.
PERSONAL NOTES.
The Erie railroad got through ita laat
fiscal year without killing a passenger.
The case will be rigidly Investigated.
A man In Brooklyn died from eating too
many of his wlfe'a plea. A desire to prove
to her that he thought them as good as
his mother used to make caused him to
fall a martyr to marital duty.
William M. Tweed's contemporaries hsve
nearly all passed away. John Mclaugh
lin, who had special charge of the do
throned New York boas while Imprisoned
on Blackwell'a Island, has Just died atthe
age of TO.
Gutson Borglum the sculptor, says that
Robert Fltzlmmons Is one of the best
specimens of manhood In the world, and
by far the most perfect representative of
the fighting man that this age has pro
duced. Borglum is to make a statue In
marble of the former champion prize
fighter.
Iowa's millionaire philanthropist, Abra
ham Slimmer, of Waverly, who has given
more than half a million dollars to beno
velent Institutions, and also large sums to
needy Individuals, recently toured the
state Incognito, distributing money among
persons in want and seeking Institutions
worthy of aid.
Dr. Esther Pohl has been elected city
health officer of Portland, Ore. She will
receive a salary of $3,000 a year. Bhe waa
the first woman to enter the Oregon Medi
cal college, and since being graduated has
taken post-graduate course In Baltimore
and New York. She has also taken a
degree In the Vienna university.
A tramp in New Jersey Insulted and
frightened two young women by chasing
them ran Into a hornets' nest and was
badly stung: In his blinded state he next
ran Into a ferocious pursuing dog, which
nearly chewed him up, and then was
soundly horsewhipped by a lusty young
farmer, being but a hoKo remnant when
finally he escaped.
An entire rearrangement of the penal
Institutions of the District of Columbia, so
as to make Washington stand in the van
of cities with respect to her treatment of
criminals and those accused of crime,. Is
to be the object of serious endeavor on the
part of the Washington Chamber of Com
merce, if the present plans of President
Robert N. Harper are carried out.
ACTIVITY OF AMBULANCE CIIA9ER9
A Philadelphia Pheaomeaa Provokes
a Palafal Roar. I
Baltimore News.
The complaint , of President Parsons of
the Philadelphia Rapid Transit company
that that corporation paid out during the
past year $1,217,588 In the settlement of
claims an equivalent to a dividend nf $2
a share on ita total capital stock will at
tract considerable attention. Mr. Parson
says, by way of explanation:
"This increase Is due largely to a
new enterprise which has grown up
and which has been termed 'ambu
lance chasing.' The slightest accident
Is hunted up and reported by runner in
the employ of lawyer of doubtful stand
ing, many of whom are briefless except
for th!svclasa of business, but who are
most expert In preparing cases ' of this
character In such manner that they will
meet the requirement of the law and
catch the sympathy of the Jury. There
are many physician In league with these
lawyers."
Tha "ambulance chaser" I always
held up as an enemy of society, a an
Individual who serves no good purpose
In the scheme of existence. To defend him
would be like offering an apology for Shy
lock or Judas Iacarlot far be It from u
to do art'. but hi activity In Philadelphia
at thla time and the depth of the hole ha I
making In the street car company' treas
ury suggest the Idea that the "ambulance
chaser" may be an effect rather than a
cause. He seems to flourish most , vigor
ously where public-service corporation by
their Juggling financial operation pile up
fictitious securities upon which they try to
pay Interest and dividends, with the re
sult that equipment funs down and service
deteriorates. Then follow the unanswered
appealB for relief from over-crowded ears
and Inadequate schedule, until the public I
in a hostile frame' of mind, ready to seise
any opportunity to "get even." And here I
Are You
rF not, we have
io complete your full dress ward
robe. Full dress suits equal to the
custom tailors, but at half tlysir.
price. Full dress shirts with pique
bosoms, very new. All the latest
things in Gloves, Collars, Links,
Ties, Studs. Proteators. Waist.
coats, Silk and Opera Hats, for full dress
wear. are here also.
IBrowiiing, Ming & Co
R. S. WILCOX, Manager.
IS POWER;
to the conventional Ideas of modern
Btorekeeptng '
And these stores are leaders; it Is In
evitable that they should be.
But wherever there are initiators
there will be found imitators this Is
Just as Inevitable.
If you had observed the progress of
the Hospe Company year by year, step
by step, yotl would realize how It has
applied initiative to its business and
how Its methods have been Imitated,
though never duplicated.
Initiative produced the One Price
No Commission Plan. Initiative Is the
cause of our low prices and easy terms
of payment. Initiative has caused us
to be the sought as well as seekers In
our relations with high class manu
facturers. Surely the piano store which repre
onta thn br-Bt nlnno makers In the
United States, whose prices are thr
lowest and whose plan oi setting u
flrat U tha nlnco for VOU tO bU
The pland you want can be found if
our stock rooms quickly.
where the "ambulance chaser" cornea In.
He reapa a rich harvcet from the aeed ol
ill will the company has sown. All he
needs to secura a verdict mulcting the cor
poration In damage In the majority Of in
stance Is to get his case before a jury.
Right or wrong, honest nr dishonest, It
furnishes a chance to "get back t" the
company, and the average jury I only
human. - .
We have no statistics at hand, but we
venture to assert, nevertheless, tbat the
"ambulance chaser" Is most perniciously
active arid most successful In Ms corpo
rate pursuit In those rommunitlea where
public-service corporations, by Indiffer
ent . fulfillment of their obligations by
their privilege they arouse a hostile public
sentiment. . ...
1,1 MM TO A LAUGH.
Judge (contemptuously) Well, you're an
elegant specimen of manhood, 1 declare I
Mike (trying to be polite) Shure, Ol am,
yer honor; an If Oi wasn't undher oatu.
Ol d aay ea much ler yuroailf. Judge.
"He's a good salesman. "
"Persuaalve, eh?" . , .
' I'erauaalve? lie could sell the Cuban,
government a snow plow!" Washington
Herald.
' "That young Widow certainly has A happy
dlnposlttoii." 1
"Yes, but there' such a thing a carry
lng a happy disposition too far."
"How, for Instance?"
"Well, by laughing at one's husband's
funeral." Philadelphia Press.
"They say your son-in-law has no Idea
of the value of money," said the blunt ac
quaintance. "Ita untrue, '1 anawered Mr. Cumrox.
"You Juat ahow htm several check and he
won't hesitate a minute about chooalng the
largest." Washington Btar. ' -
"Prosperity 7 W don't. know what pros
perity means."
"How now?" ' '
"By 110 they'll sell corn by the-kernel
and pea by the, pair." Pittsburg Post.
"baddy, how many stroke la that for
till hole?" asked the golfer with the lald
cap.
. "I can't ssy sir." ' v
"Can't say?''
"No, sir, I can only rount up to twelve,
air." Yonker Btateaman.
"Are theae genuine Indian moccasins?"
asked the old lady. - ,
"Ifes, Indeed," ncplled the bright clejal.
"Do tell?" ,v . r ' . -- (? 8?
"Yes, ma'am: made on the 'I.saf of Vb
Mohican.' "Baltimore American. , 7
''So you are going to resist the law com
pelling yon to reduce fares?" ,
"Yes,' anawered Mr. Dustln Btax. "Bo
long as they went no further thsn to com-
fiel us to Increase our revenues by Charg
ng everybody th maximum rate, w were
deferential and submissive. But when they
f5l.m ,?1b,1.ow1,lkew.,hu- Ptlnce become lm
possible! "-Washington Star.
HOME, WEKT HOME.
U 8. Water'house In New York , Bun.
After many hours of roaming I was seated
in the gloaming
In that place of placea dearest to the
inmost aoul of man;
There waa hardly air for breathing, but
my good cigar was wreathing
Rings or pleasure the alnoereat when
th trouble first began.
In the middle of my dreaming I was
wakened by the screaming
Of a woman tip above me In apartment
number nine;
She was trilling In falsetto, sharper than
a new stljetto,
Something similar to "Lev me and the
universe is mine."
Next there csme an awful bellow from that
phonographic fellow
Who announces in staccato all the tor
tures of the year;
Then the bra sen horn got started, and the
vi in v 1 m i l m r1 A
Had a fiddle obllgato by some nulaanc
in uie rear. .
While this Bedlam waa still raging two big
feline got to waging
' Lively war upon some toplo that required
much vocal power.
And three huaky planolaa loosened up their
ivory moUrs,
While an Infant, microscopic, howled In
concert fur an. hour,
After Ix had closed each casement In an
effort at effacement
And inserted aumerou digit far within
my frensied ear.
A cornetist just below me started merrily
to show me
How a man ran get the fidget and be
liquefied to tears.
But th one who knocked me senseless and
just left me there defenseless
Waa the urchin who got busy with th
paper and a comb
For he added to that racket Juat as hard
aa he could crack It
In a ragtime, weird and diasy. tbat old
chestnut, i "Home. Bweet Home."
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