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TITC OJIAIIA DAILY EUC: TUESDAY, APRIL 21, 1908.
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W11E.X MCT TOWH.
gaaecrlbe're leavlaar tee lty teas-DerarUr-
sfcuaam , hava .. Taa Bee
aallca t taeaa, Addreee vetU be
cktauksed Mm, t(ra aa eaete6. "'
Mars is said' to lie trying to signal
the earth again; " Mars most want to
inquire about the score.
A few arrests of automobiles for
vsr-speeding through the streets of
Omaha will soon be in order.
Reports from several eastern states
Indicate that th jiryau .boom is suf
fering there from the spring fever.
Ths price of sugar has been ad
vanced. The Sugar trust must have a
hint that there will be a big fruit crop
this year. ' :'
Senator Kno is said to be very fond
of. outdoor rporta. Perhaps he is in
the presidential rf.ee Just to get the
exercise of running. " .
The Kentucky night riders have de
. stroyed m much Havana tobacco that
dealers may have to send to Havana
for thelf next supply.
Mr. Bryan believes money is being
used to defeat him. He should ' not
complain, as he has made lota of
money by being defeated.
Financial reports show that condi
tions are about normal in the east, ex
cept that W'al street is still unable to
gratify its taste for lamb.
, The battleship la the watchdog of
peace, according to Congressman Hob
son, who insists that the United States
needs more and bigger dogs. "
The Washington Post says the lec
ture bureaus are after Governor John
son. Doubtless Mr. Bryan hopes they
will get him.
Mr. Bryan would like it better if
the New York and Michigan democrats
showed as much fighting spirit about
election time : as they - do - before the
com entloaa.
' Men will be a little slow to accep
that bait Qfterstf.at this season every
Tar about. :k some husband finding
Sl,600 finder the carpet while helping
his .wife clean house.
, An Uncla Tom's Cabin" company
is touring Japan. ' Congressman Hob
sen may have been right after all in
demanding more battleships for our
protection from Japan.
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The Kansas bank robbers who
locked the, cashier in the safe may
have merely pointed the way to bank
direct org who like- to know that their
. cashier is. la a eats place.,
President Castro has called Presi
dent Roosevelt Capricious dictator
The president Jbas not replied to Cas
tro, but' he has justification for using
"a shorter. and- uglier word."
.' ; 'S-J. .v.
An officer pf the United States army
is in Australia buying horses for the
cavalry. Western breeders have over
looked' the opportunity of profitable
investment in stock fitted for cavalry
. purposes. - -
. ."" ,
Judge Edgar. Hoaanl has not yet
divulged'- h name of that "magnifi
cent lawyer," One would think that
the distinguished Frtmont- gentleman
would rush forward without Invitation
to cliilm tha.hqnor that should be hit
An". up-Uie4-iate democratic weekly
Las started tu tiooui a candidate for
o ml pit ion for uijivorslty reyent.
Vuiversity regents are not to be
tlivtvJ until it yenr from next Koveui
bor, but iio harm tan couie from belag
luftitit'iit-i" i9 ytars ahtaj of titue.
TUB DISAPPEARING OFtOtlTlon.
As state after state selects delegates
to ChJcsgo, either openly Instructed
for or admittedly in favor of the nom
ination of William Howard Taft aa the
republican candidate for the presi
dency, there is a noted diminution of
the talk current a few weeka ago of a
final coalition of the field to accom
plish hla defeat 1 In the convention.
When the preliminary estimates wer
made, it wm claimed that all New
England would be lined up for Gov
ernor Hughes of New York; that the
Cannon, La Follette and Fairbanks sup
porters would hold a goodly number
of delegates from the west and middle
west and that the south, through the
eff6rta of Senator Foraker and other
reactionaries, would either withhold
support from Mr. Taft or come la with
contests enough to throw the result in
doubt.
The result up to date Shows that
Mr. Taft has teen endorsed by every
republican convention west of the Mis
sissippi and, in the north, has a two
to one vote over the united forces of
the opposition. In Massachusetts,
while the delegates will go to Chicago
unpledged, a majority of them are
openly for Mr. Taft. The Illinois repub
licans will vote for Mr. Cannon on the
first ballot, but it is admitted that
most of them will go to the secretary
of war as soon as their complimentary
duty has been discharged. The ' La
Follette boom hss failed to spread out
side Wisconsin and many of the Wis
consin delegates may be relied upon
to go to Mr. Taft after the preliminary
balloting. The Pennsylvania conven
tion has not been held, although Sen
ator Knox has the favorite son en
dorsement,, but with, no prospects of
additional strength and the Pennsyl
vania, republican leaders, are admit
tedly for Mr. Taft after Mr. Knox.
.The result of the recent New-York
convention of republicans . but em
phasizes the drift of sentiment to Mr.
Taft. While the delegates were in
structed to support Governor Hughes,
several of them are avowedly for Mr.
Taft, including the New York member
of the national committee. Congress
man J. Sloat Fassett, aveteran repub
lican leader, discussing the situation,
said: , -i-
Of course, much may depend upon what
develops between now and June It It Is
Just possible that by-the time tha conven
tion convenes Governor Hughes may not
be a candidate, but If ha la a candidate I
ea no reaaon why he should- not have the
axipport of the delegates from the state of
New York. , . .
' If Governor Hughes should drop
out of the presidential race in advance
of the meeting of the Chicago conven
tion it is a safe, assertion that he
would be quickly followed by' others
and it would be all over bat the shout
ing. THE PENALTY Or BAD BOAVS.
The Department of Agriculture has
placed the gosd'roads question before
the farmers and business men of the
country in a new manner, addressing
the facts and arguments to the pocket
book rather than to the comfort and
convenience of the users of roads. As an
Illustration, the latest bulletin shows
that it cost 121,660,000 to haul the
1808 wheat crop to market, from the
farm to the nearest' shipping point, the
average cost being 19 cents a ton per
mile. On improved roads the average
cost was 10 cents a' ton per mile
the saving being $10,000,000. The
department stelinates a saving to
the farmers of $37,000,000 if the corn,
wheat and cotton crops 'of that year
had been moved over improved roads.
These figures, based, on careful tests
snd Investigations, show that the cost
of transporting a ton a mile on broken
stone roads In good condition la , 8
cents, on broken stone In ordinary con
dition 11.9 cents, on earth roads con
taining ruts and mud 89 cents, on
sandy roads when wet 33.6 cents, and
on sandy roads ..when, dry 64 cents.
The average farmer' can figore from
this data just about the penalty he
pays every -year, for tojeratiag bad
roads. , , . - , .
Farmers all over the country suffer
heavy financial losses annually be
cause the highways, are unfit for the
transportation to market of the com
modities they have to sell. Perhaps
much of the fault fs their own. but aa
Information showing the pocket-book
effect of bad roads is disseminated
among the residents of rural communi
ties, the result doubtless will be an Im
perative demand for a systematic and
Intelligent system of road-building.
BEVIS1NQ UOSQBES8 RULES. .
Out of the filibuster that has been
in progress in the house at Washing
ton, chaperoned by John, Sharp Will
lams, the minority leader, has come a
proposition tor & high 'commission of
the body to revise the rules governing
organization and conduct of business.
The suggested plan provides that one
congressman from each state, to be
selected by the state delegation, shall
be a member of a commission to sit
during recess, take testimony and re
port at the second- session of the pres
ent congress. The desire of the pro
moters of the plan Is outlined as fol
lows: , ' - . .,7
The mora apeedy. economical and conal-j-erat
dlapatch of tlie bualnusa of tha coun
try: the restoration uf the rtht. the stand
ing and tha dignity uf the tiouae aa a co
ordinate branch of the tioagreaa; the equal,
fair and just recogiyttun 6 the IcglaUtiv
right and privilege ve(K4, by thereon
atitutlon In tli rpr.iUUve of th peo
ple of co-squal euntrteM ditrlcU 1
' While the proposition may appear
commendable on the surface, the fact
that it bas been proposed, is not cred
itable to the capacity of the member
stlp of the nous. The rules of con-ert-s
were not fixed by the framers of
the constitution nor are they taken
from the statute books. Each branch
cf congress makes its ou rules snd
each congress is at liberty to make any
changes or Innovations upon which
the members may agree.
' It has become more or less popular
to rail at the speaker for his "csarlsh"
methods snd to denounce the work of
the committee on rules. "Revolts
against the speaker" are as common
aa plans to beautify the national capi
tal, and about as effective. The chief
coarse of complaint Is that a small
coterie of leaders are In position ,to
dictate the course of legislation, to de
cide what measures shall be passed
and what shall be defeated and to de
termine even who may speak for or
against a pending measure. The com
plaint la based on fact, but the remedy
will hardly be found In mere' academlo
discussion.
With a membership of 890, some
code of rules Is essential for the man
agement of the business of the house.
Since the day of Speaker Heed, when
the republican majority was small and
radical action was necessary to give
it power, the framing of the legislation
and the plan for the conduct of house
business has been left very largely to
the committee on rales, composed of
the speaker, two majority members and
two minority members. ' Each new
congress has adopted the old rules and
kicked against them afterwards.
- If Speaker Cannon plays the part of
a legislative czar, he does it with au
thority bestowed upon him by the very
members who spend most of the time
later protesting about it. Any session
of congress may change the existing
rules, abolish them, frame new ones or
take any other action it deems proper
to bring about - a more satisfactory
condition. ' '
' ALL ABOVT "TBE PANIC."
The local Bryanite organ has dis
covered under date of Lincoln that
"republican partisans are in a panic,"
which is the only explanation of the
call issued by Chairman Hayward for
"a republican meeting" this week. We
are further Informed, by the same au
thority that "it la expected that the
attendance at the meeting will be
large and the session will be ex
ecutive. "
' This Is. indeed, all very Interesting
In view of the fact that the call that
bas given the democrats such a fright
is addressed only to the executive com
mittee, whose six members are Invited
to confer with the chairman on ques
tions of preliminary organization. Tha
calf, Itself, which is no secret, la
doubtless the best evidence and reads
as follows:
' LINCOLN. Neb., April It, 190t
Dear Blr: By direction of tha chairman
of tha state central committee you ax
notified that there will be a meeting of tbs
executive committee at headquarters, Lin
deU hotel, Wednesday, April B, at M p. ro.
The buaineaa to be transacted will be a
geenral discussion ef plans for an early
organisation et tbs campaign.
In the event that yen are unabl to at
tend it is desired that you mall your views
on this matter with suggeatlona concerning
such plaa of organisation and the time
whan real work should begin In time that
same may be presented at tha matting.
Yours truly, F. P. OORRJCK, Secretary.
The panic-stricken democrat have
made one good guess, Inasmuch as the
session will doubtless be executive.
OTP AGAIN AT HALT COCK.
Our amiable democratic contem
porary, the World-Herald, is off again
at half-cock. It has suddenly become
terribly solicitous over the alleged
failnre ot the republicans to relieve
the farmers ot Nebraska from extor
tionate freight rates on their products.
In view of the decision ot the United
States circuit court of appeals refusing
tp Interfere by injunction with the
right of a state commission to estab
lish reasonable rates on shipments be
tween local points, it asks:
What has bean done? How have the gov
ernor and his cotlaaguee grappled with this
great evllt It would be a good thing for
Nebraak farmers to look into tha quaation
a bit. They might be Interested to compare
tha freight rates on grain today with the
rates that prevailed two yeara ago which
Governor Sheldon then so boldly and elo
quently denounced.
By all ineans compare. The last
republican legislature enacted the Al
drich commodity rate bill by which
freight charges on shipments of grain,
live stock, building materials, etc., be
tween Nebraska points were reduced
IS per cent and that reduction was
put Into effect more than a year ago,
and still prevails. Comparison will
show, therefore, that on rates subject
to Nebraska jurisdiction the advantage
is now Just 15 per cent in favor ot the
farmer as against two years ago. For
tunately the David City Banner, in a
different connection, bas figured out
this reduction for ocular demonstra
tion on a tew typical shipments. For
example:
The minimum weight on a thlrty-alz-foot
car of cattle weat of tha Mlaaourl river Is
COM pounds. -The rats on cattle from Ed.
holm. Neb., before the Aldrich bill was en
acted into law, on the above minimum
weight, was IM.10. Since tha enactment of
tha Aldrich bill tha rata is WO. 57. This
mean that tha man who ships a carload
of cattle out of Edholra saves at leaat St. St
on each and every car, and frorai that on
up aoordlng to weight.
On bos the minimum weight per car la
17.000 pounds. Tha rata from Edholra prior
to tha enactment of tha Aldrich law was
ttt.SS on this minimum weight. Tha rata
from tha sam place now la HO W, a saving
of 13.71 en each car. Tha saving on each
car of eattle and hoga from every elation
In tha Fourth copgreaalonal district la pro
portionately tha aaroe and tha aavlng in
she aggregate to the farmer and ahlppers
of tha district foota up an enormous mm.
By the way, the right of the state
to regulate local freight rates has al
ways existed and has never been de
nied by the federal . courts. What
rates were reduced in Nebraska during
the six years that the demo-pop re
formers completely controlled the
State Board of Transportation?
- ConKreuaruan Crlegs declared In a
speech in the Louse that negro disfran
chisement la Georgia was necessary to
insure white control. Congressman
Livingston of Georgia believes the
negro votes will be needed to keep the
state from going populist. Those
Georgia democratic congressmen
showld rehearse their explanations.
Althouga he never beld office, John
N. Baldwin, who has Just passed away.
was better known In this section than
many men plied high with official hon
ors. His death will be widely
mourned by those who disagreed
with him as well aa by those
who agreed with. him and were asso
ciated with him as the legal represen
tative of the Union Pacific. Success
may be won in many ways and Mr.
Baldwin had achieved that success
which is based upon a high order of
ability always so loyally enlisted In
whatever cause he aspired as to com
mand admiration and recognition
of his superiors.
It was eminently proper for the
only democratic congressman from
Nebraska to come to the defense of
onr diplomats at European capitals
when charged with extravagance and
lavish entertainment. Having been
entertained by the American represen
tatives abroad during his frequent
trips to London and Paris, he cer
tainly must know that they comport
themselves in the most democratic
manner. In fact, he would not think
of accepting their hospitality were It
not simple and homelike enough to
have, done credit to Benjamin Frank
lin or Thomas Jefferson.
Mr. Taft has' ended rumors, of his
early retirement from the cabinet by
the statement that he will resign If he
is nominated at Chicago, otherwise he
will remain during President Roose
velt's term ot office. The big secre
tary Is too deeply Interested in many
publlo matters that come under the su
pervision of his department to allow
any political preliminaries to Interfere
and he la too frank to conceal his plana
and wishes. He is a serious disap
pointment to those who are always
looking for an ulterior motive in the
movements of public men.
Now we have the Inside of It Ac
cording to Bryanite testimony the
populists who insisted on nominating
Tom Watson at St Louis were pro
moted by Hearst And the democrats
who are trying to nominate Johnson
at Denver are being encouraged by re
publicans. The ' only truly spontane
ous uprising of the people that rolls
along without outside assistance is the
clamor ' for the nomination of Mr.
Bryan on all party tickets.
If Omaha will bring woolen mills to the
banks of the Missouri the whole state will
receive substantial benefit. Lincoln Jour
nal. . . '
ThankB awfully. We rejoice to
know that a newspaper published in
Lincoln has at last discovered where
some good to the rest of the state may
come out of Omaha.
Omaha . will vote the intersection
bonds necessary to go on with new
paving, bnt in the Interval there is no
good reason why the hole-punctured
pavements we now have should not be
put In good repair at once, even If the
city paring plant has to be worked
more than eight hours a day.
Returns for Iowa show Increased
receipts for passenger business as com
pared with a year ago, notwithstand
ing the 2-cent fare law. Railroad con
ditions In Nebraska cannot be very
much ' different from railroad condi
tions In Iowa.
Miss Marcel of New York has been
singing before the royal household at
St Petersburg and is said to have
created "a wave ot enthusiasm In the
Russian capital." A sort ot a Marcel
wave, as It were.
Crwclest Kaeek ef Alt
Minneapolis Journal
The worst has come. Governor Johnson
says that Bryan to a has-been. If that be
tree eon, make the moat of it.
laealrr Before Jadsaaeat.
Washington Post.
Before criticising Haiti for . executing a
poet last week. It might be well to ascer
tain whether the unfortunate party made a
specialty of campaign songs.
' Cheap Seatlmeat Pause Up.
Chicago Record-Herald.
Minnesota republican have Instructed
thelrJ delegation in the Chicago convention
to vote tor Taft-until he Is nominated. It
la evident that Minnesota republicans re
gard the favorite son sentiment a being
rather cheap.
Sight for Gallery- God.
Springfield Republican.
The moat affecting eight in congreae la
Captain Hobaon'a feverish anxiety to pre
serve peace. ThS captain is too trans
parent by far. What he wants is to make
sure that America will knock tha stuffing
out of the other fellow when the time
comes.
A Vanaaas Qaetatlaa.
Swift's "Voyage to Brobdlngnag.",
And ha gave it for hla opinion that who
ever could ntaka. two ears of corn or two
blades of grass to grow upon a spot of
ground where only cne grew before, would
deserve better of mankind, and do more
essential aervlce to hla country than tha
whole race ot politicians put together.
Tha Primacy af Aerlsa. .
Manufacturer's Record.
Per rant
' l.'nlted I'nited
World. Blatee. -rttato.
Area, sq- miles.. to.tfes.OUO l,u--.0w t t
Population I.i,u,uuu,uMl M.uuu.uuu 6.1
Corn, bu J.nS.O-j,OhO itSCS-iUO) 78.1
Wheat, bu l.fi, (M,00 6i4.wi7.Ui JU.T
Tobacco, lbs &;'lo,uw.uuu IM.Vuu.OiiO 31 1
C'ouoo. bales W. &,, U.34,uul 71. 1
Pi Iron, tons.... 1.(M,444 2&.;.luO 43.3
Petroleum bbla...l.5U7.UuO,0iO 918.m.0O 67. t
Copper, lbs inl,&,(r SJ.S
Oold, value t-nM.uuo.mi $.s.fcM,0i.O 12.1
Htlver, value...... .u.wt.J0 W. 9)4. urn) 36 6
Sulphur, loua M-.64 Ha g
C.ai, tuna t.A,wu,OUO 5S.0uv.0J 7.J
phopbau?a. rock
loaa 1 1.9M.0U0 W
Cotton, apindle.. 12; wt.ne 8.U" ("0 H.O
Kiiliroal iiuieaa.' tu,uu iua.v t) 6
nOlKO ABOUT HBW YOS.it.
Rlpplea tha Carre t at Life la the
Metre pall.
The 80-oent gas law peaeed by the New
York legislature a year ao was suooeas-
fully resiatbd by tha consolidated company
of New York City. But tha company Is
not out ef the wood by several lapa. It
will be remembered that the federal court
which took Jurisdiction of the ease required
the company, pending tha investigation, to
pay Into the court the amount collected
above the 80-cent rats established by law,
with ' tha understanding that the money
would be refunded to the winning eld. A
master was appointed to take testimony
and report his findings. As a result ot
tha inquiry tha master found and declared
that the 80-cent rat was confiscatory on
tha ground that tb company could not
manufacture and deliver gas at the rat
and make a reasonable profit on its cap
ital stock. Later on the court affirmed the
findings of the master. Meanwhile a large
Laum of money, considerably ever U. 000,000,
was paid Into tha court. Last week the
company applied to tha court for the money
ana tne request was denied, pending an
investigation of serious allegations ot
fraud made by tha New York World. The
world charges that tha company delib
erately misled the court by filing sworn
statements of th cost of manufacturing
gas which were known to be fraudulent;
mat the books of the company were falsi
fled for the purpose,, and that employes
of th company who would not -swear to
the falsified figures were sent on long
vacations to prevent them testifying at th
hearing. According to th World, the
books were doctored so as to show the
cost of gas to be 7 cents per thousand,
wiiii the true cost was M cents per thou
sand, the amount the etate contended was
the actual cost
Lsddermsn Tom Duran of Truck J.
which has headquarters In Fiftieth street.
near Lexington avenue, had an afternoon
off last Friday. So Just to show that he
earns his salary he saved a Ufa. George
scythes of the same company helped him.
snd the pair of them performed a stunt
that would have mad the author of "The
Span of Life" tirod If he had seen it
Ihigan discovered a very smoky fir in
a five-story building on Third avanue
Most of the tenants hustled out of th
back windows, scurried down the fir es
capes and dropped In safety into th little
back yard. There was no getting down
the staircase for anybody.
But George Diets wasn't so lucky. H
is a bellboy who bellboys at th Grand
Union hotel at night. He lives on th top
floor of 725 with hla mother, and she had
gtne out some time before, leaving him
asleep to th flat By th time the uproar
awakened him th back hall was full of
amok and fire, so thax he couldn't get to
the fir escape.
It looked pretty bad for Diets, because
h was practically helpless, relates th
New York Bun. To jump meant sure
death and no ' fireman could have lived
long enough on the burning staircase to
get up to the fifth floor. Nor would he
have bean any use if' he had got there.
Tom Dugan aaw the only thing that could
be done, and singing out to Sythes to fol
low him, he ran up the stairs ot tne house
next to the on that was biasing so mr
rlly. The burning house was five storloa
high. Its next door neighbor is only four,
ao that th roof of 723 comes about to th
level cf the top window of 7J5. v
Dugan and Sythes hurried to th roof.
Then Dugan crawled to the edge, keeping
cloae to the wall of the burning house, and
cautiously let himself over the edge. Sythes
sat down and took a good grip on Dugan's
ankles. Dugan was then hanging head
downward over tb sidewalk and if Sythes
had let go it would have been ell over with
him. Sythes bad no such Intention.
Dugan clawe desperately at tha window
blind of the burn'ng building until he man
aged to drag hla shoulders so far in that
direction as to get a grip on Diets, who
was by this time limp and helpless as he
lay across .th sill, more dead than alive.
Thus th fireman dragged th unconscious
boy out of th window. More firemen had
reached the roof by this time to help
Sythes, and between them . they hauled
rescuer and rescued up to the roof.
Tha crowd had up to this tlm watched
the thrilling performance In absolute
silence, but now a tremendous cheer went
up. Dugan suffered a compound fracture
of the cutaway coat and much adulation,
To be an up-to-date New York besgar
requires a lot of ingenuity, and one would
think that the same amount of thought
along different lines would produce some
thing more worth while. The latest schem
In New York Is to stop th passer-by and
ask for money enough to hav a prescrip
tion filled and show the paper.
"I Just got out of th hospital and tb
doctors told me I must taka this regular,"
th beggar will say, and usually ha wins,
for no one cares to feel that he may have
sent a por devil away without the medi
cine required to keep him alive. There is
another chap running about the city. He
carries a loaf of bread, on which h
munches hungrily. All he asks la a nickel
to get a cup of coffe to finish off this
meager fare.
Gold and bills of larcra il.nnmlmiinn.
amounting to $11,600. wer found by wreck
er who wer tearing down tha hnu rt
William-Jaynea. a hermit, who died last
December in a hut west of Hempstead, I
I. After Jaynes had died administrator.
eearched the hut and found H3,000 in gold
and bills, but missed tha til mo. Jn.
for years hsd lived In tha little hut nt
two rooms. The money was found in bags
among tne rafters, between two sticks,
which had been driven Into twn ta
keep the bags from falling to the floor.
Jaynes' death was traglo. For years he""
had been a sufferer and on th night b
died a neighbor 'waa vlsltlna- him. About
midnight Jaynes said he wanted to go to
me nam. xna neighbor protested, but
finally cnnifntprf nri half ArmammA mr,A nav.
rled tha old man to tha barn. Jaynes fum
bled In the hay for a few minutes and
then brought out a bag which contained
18,000 In gold. Grasping the gold to his
breast, the old man tell over and died in
a few minute.
A Carre aer Roaat.
Indianapolis News (rep.).
The disapproval of the Aldrich bill shows
no sign of abatement, rather It increases
with th passing daya. But our lawmaker
atateamen, presumably appear to be quit
unruffled by th popular condemnation.
They persist In forcing on the country a
measure which tk country with almost
one voice cries out against. It is doubtful
If any other enlightened government In the
world would or could preaent such a
spectacl. In England auch a storm of op
position would, if disregarded by th gov
ernmentthat It, by the accredited leadera
of the legislative body have resulted in an
adverse vote and an appeal to tha country
that would have overturned the govern
ment. But In our country we have to take
what' la given us or get nothing. What a
commentary on th quality of atatearaan.
ahlp that has thus met a financial panic
froirf which w still suffer!
i There Are Oihara.
Boston Transcript.
Tho man a ho founded tha "breakfast
food" bustnesa la drad, but tt would take
a large cemetery to acetunmodaU all hla
sucicssuf
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AAuw mucn
meat you oimht
io earae-
pends
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your doily
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If you are not
flesh ( foods. You can get
more muscle-mailings nutri
ment out of
SEuFeaMed Wilis
with less tax
tive organs,
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ence in co3t wm also. mid tn
j yourjeomf orte
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k pour milk over it (hot milk in winter) and
a litll cream. If you like tho Biscuit for t
i
breakfast you will like toasted TRISCUIT i
I J fr,anT ml with butter, cheese or manna- i
: r lade. At your grocers. '
WHO OWN! THE WATER?
Jaiaertaet Isaaa Raise! la Coagre
alaaal sfesurare.
Chicago Tribune.
President Roosevelt notified congress in
one of his messages that he should be
obliged to veto any bill granting water
power privileges which did not contain a
time limit and did not reserve . to the
proper government official the right to fix
and collect a Just and reasonable charge.
The president holds, and la right In doing
so, that valuable water power privileges,
th property of the publlo, an equivalent
for th production ot power to thousands
of acre of eoal lands, ahould not be given
away Irrevocably or without compensation.
. Is accordance with his promise the pres
ident has vetoed the first defective water
power bill that reached him. It la a little)
on, extending th time for the construc
tion of a dam across the Rainy river in
Minnesota, originally authorised several
years ago. There are other bills before
oongreaa which do not comply with ' th
president's requirements and which are
being held back until the fate of this Min
nesota measure shall have been finally
disposed of.
The veto should be sustained, but at the
same time th question ahould be aettled
whether eorurreaa ha the authority to
grant water power privileges even on nav
igable streams. It was contended In a
recent debate in the senate that the only
authority the general government has In
the matter of granting the tight to build
dams, bridges, etc., across navigable
streams is simply to see that the right of
navigation Is protected and that It has no
power to charge a fee to any person or
corporation for the us of tha water for
irrigation or the creation of power. Su
preme court decisions were adopted to
prove that th state is the owner of th
water and the state only can determine
how It shall be used.
If thla la good law the states ind not
tha national government should get what
ever Income can be derived from the util
isation of th water power on navigable
as well aa non-navigable rivers.
FERSOXAt, NOTES.
Harriman, having secured all the loos
railroad systems, is taking breath and hav
ing his flat repapered.
Captain Roland Amundsen, who dis
covered the northwest passage, haa aalled
from New York for home. It 1 three years
since he left ChrlaUanla.
Secretary of War Taft has ordered that
th national cemetery at Greenville, Tenn.,
shall hereafter be known as "The Andrew
Johnson National Cemetery."
Plans are maturing for the erection of a
memorial to the late Edwin Booth, one of
Arrrancas greatest actora, m uramacy
park, directly oppoalte the Playera. the
club which he founded. Membera of that
ub wtll derfay the cost of rearing the
monument, which wllltbe about $25,000,
General Pino Ouerra, with- much cere
mony, took command of the Cuban army.
Cubanas fortress fired a salute of seven
teen guns In honor of the new commander.
Later General Guerra Informed Governor
Magoon that it was his deaire Immediately
to organise hla staff and Gogernor Ma
goon gave hla consent. Trouble is feared
between Pino Guerra s regulars and tne
rural guards under General Alexander
Rodrlgues.
A woman who was the teacher of Sec-
rcary William H. Taft when the latter was
A lad. and who haa been for forty years
employed in the Cincinnati publlo schools.
now firmly believes that her prediction
made long ago that Willi Taft would
soma day be the president of the United
States Is coming true. This political
tx-ophet is Miss Louisa P. Horaley, a
modest little woman who has Just paased
bar tOth milestone In life, and yet is stUl
teaching In the same room where, almost
thirty-eight years ago, shs told th 11-year-oldi
boy that h would become the head of
the nation some day if he would only try.
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Bv recent scientific experi
ments, Dr. Price, the famous
food expert, has recently pro-
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duced s . Wheat tfiafce yi7
Food, which is highly nutritious,
easy of digestion, snd s most
delicious every day food for all
classes. a
Fop salo by all Grocers
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SMILING REMARKS,
Archie "Pahdon me, but did you evah
notice what lahge feet Mr. Stockyman
has?"
Miss Capsicum"! think I've never no
ticed that but I have ohwrved that ha
wears a man's size hat." Chlcsgo Tribune.
"I hardly know what to make out of my
son. lie in developing no positive qualities
of any kind."
"Then make him a photographer."
"Why a photographer?"
"Haven't you Just said that In regtrd to
qualities, he is developing negatives? "
Baltimore American.
"So you are sick again," said (he solici
tous friend.
"Yes." answered the man who worilos
about his health.
"Are you on the road to recovery?"
"I should say not. 1 haven't even learned
to spell and pronounce what's (he matter
with me" Washington Star.
"Can you tell your present flsnce'a rlnp?"
Inquired the rnmatlc slrl ss the doorbell
aounded. "Why, certainly," answered her
practical friend. "It'a the newest or the
lot." Louisville Courier-Journal.
"Shall we try grafting?" asked tho Uio
tor of his colleague.
"Do you think he could stand It?"
the whispered response.
"Hold on there," slrt (lie pstlent, for
Retting; his burns. "Perhape I could stand
It, but I won't. I'm ready o pay a reaaon
able fee, but that'a the limit."
Of course, they had to explain tht thetvs
wss not the ordinsry skin game Philadel
phia Ledger.
THE EASTER LID."
W, J. Lampton in New York World.
Mv scat!
Where did ahe get that hat?
Who ever did
Invent a lady's lid
Like that?
Who had the nerve to roll 11 out
And stretch It more and more.
From centerpiece- to rim. until
It spreads from shore to shore.
And llkewiso lift its summit up.
Cm birds" and other wings,
Above tha earth until it aerapes
The clouds and other thins?
Who added to the wondrous width
Of brim, so that the apace
Could easily accommodate
An automobile race?
Say, who done that?
Who built hit hat?
Who made It something never seen
On earth or In the aky,
A flat of wide extended plain,
A mountain towering high?
Cut wider doors for her to get
Inside of any place.
And put the celling on the roof
To give her nodding space.
Push up the clouds to let her stand
Erect upon the ground, '
And shove the wldd horizon back
To let her turn around.
Oh, weirdly, witching, woosy hat
That flattens out and tower
Who ever saw a thlna; like that
A pancake piled with flower'
A hat contagious spreadine? Yes,
That names the Merry Wld.;
And she who falls to catch It hnuld
fillp out and change her lid.
Gee ahla!
What a wonder woman Is!
And my scat!
Where DID ahe get that hat?
NEW SHADES
OTHIHO BUT
GRAYS IN MEN U
SUITS FOR THE
PAST 3 SEASONS.
LAST FALL.
THERE WAS
SOME ATTEMPT
TO MAKE
, BROWXS POPU
LAR. THIS SPRING EVERYTHING
GOES GRAYS, BROWNS,
8TONE COLOR, BMOXE8,
OLIVES AND ALL THE POSSI
BLE COMBINATIONS OF ALL
THESE SHADES PATTERNS,
EVEN, THAT WOULD HAVE
SEEMED STARTLING A FEW
SKASONS AGO.
BUT YOU'LL FIND THEM ALL
HERE IN THE FAMOUS 8UITS
OF BROWNING,' KING & COM
PANY AND CUT AS THEY
SHOULD BE TO FIT A3 THEY
OUGHT.
S15 to 340
an
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J 5th snd iXHiglaa bta.
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