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f!nrn M Tzrhnrk. treasurer of The Ree
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that the actual number of full and complete
copies of Tho Daily. Mornlna;, Evening and
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April, 1908. was as follows:
1 38.940 IS 36,B0
2 38.900 17 36.600
1 36.780 18 3T.140
4 37,010 1 36,960
6 36.800 20 36,830
5 37,680 21 36,930
7 37,340 22 38,460
S 37,040 li 38,660
1 37,140 24. 36,800
10 37,060 25...' 36,530
11 37,090 24...- 36,600
12 37,050 27 36,760
18 37,340 2 8 38,980
14 37,330 29 36,990
16 37,130 SO 36,970
Totals' 1,108,680
Less unsold and returned copies.. 11,341
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Daily average 36,573
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"WHEN OCT Of TOWN.
Subscriber leaving; (he city tem
porarily should have The Be
mailed to them. Address will be
changed mm often as requested.
General Confidence 13 making a tour
of the west.
The third .term sob squad will soon
have to go out of business.
Mayor "Jitu" will umpire the next
event in the Park board tournament..
Secretary Tai't -is in Panama, -but
ho did not take hla bandwagon with
him. - ": .. . "
I.aporte,- Iti'J,., certainly is not proud
of the kind of advertising it is receiving.-
As another sign of returning confi
dence, Ffank Gould and hla 'wife havo
kissed and made up.
Congress refused to pay much atten
tion tp the president's latest message
until the country, did.
"The Taft boom is beginning to
drag," says the New York Press. Yes,
dragging everything behind it.
It is difficult- f.or anyone to be a
pessimist with strawberries at 10 cent
a box, and of fine quality at that.
'i A 'potato tniBt Is being formed on
Long Island. The attorney general
Bhould promptly prepare to mash It.
'A Chicago man UBed a $100 check
as a bottle stopper, , The average Chi
cago man uses checks as bottle open
ers. Of course state, pride will' prevent
a,rty Kansan from admitting that Mrs.
GTmness' record equals that of Kate
Bender. '
"Is there anything harder to get
than money?" ask an exchange. Mr.
I Bryan would -probably answer in the
affirmative.
Richard . Croker announces that he
-will not tome td America until after
the presidential election. He need not
hurry, even theft.
Senator Foraker, in nis fight for
delegates to the Chicago convention,
la demonstrating that he Is also some
thing of a Rough Rider. ' i
t Eastern papers - are speculating
about Mr. Bryan's second choice atj
i jjenver. ir. iJryaa s second choice is
i .William J. Bryan of Nebraska.
, .-
j With churches beginning to cele-
brate twenty-fifth anniversaries Omaha
must be considered as having reached
a tyage where it has history to point
pick to.
A huge rattlesnake has been dis
I covered in a case of cigars in San
q Francisco. The snake in the grass is
t common, but a snake in the weeds is
t new one "
The
editor of "An Appeal to
has had his - paper barred
a -
IXeason
t. from the malls. Ilia next publication
i will be entitled "An Appeal to the
Supreme Court,"-
The St. Louis Globe-Democrat de
li Clares there will be a "free field" at
I the, Chicago contention. ' I'cquestion
" ably, but thp wise ones will continue
l0 to play Mr. Taft as an odds-on favor-
' ite. : '
ii i'. j
M What are the Jackson Una going to
bj do to match the new Dahlman Democ
racy Cowboy Band? An old Hickory
U Drum Corps or a Hermitage Mega
Oibone Quartet wight be improvised
on short notice.
ATTACKS, ny mUESJRY.
WcBtrrners not "allied with the
lumber barons and the land grabbing
syndicates will offer scant support to
Senator Heyburn of Idaho in the vici
ous attack ' made by him upon the
forestry service and its administra
tion in the wes,t. The senator ap
peared to be very much exorcised be
cause rangers and other field of the
the forestry service wear green suits.
That may or may not be a mistake,
but It has little to do with the merits
of the case. The forestry service is a
comparatively new branch of the gov
ernment service and a very unpopular
one 'with the element that has been
looting the timber resoures of the
country for years. The administration
of the service may stand in need of
Improvement, but this Is a matter of
detail that must be worked out by
th proper authorities. It cannot bo
accomplished by such abuse as that
offered by Mr. Heyburn In the senate.
Senator Heyburn'a assertion, how
ever, that there is no danger of a
timber famine and that the supply in
the west is sufficient to meet demands
for generations to come marks him
either as woefullignorant of the sub
ject or guilty of making wild state
ments for the purpose of influencing
legislation. The facts about the deple
tion of the national timber resources
are becoming too well known to be
longer misrepresented, even by such
an eminent authority as the states
man from Idaho.
T11KLOCOWEIT).
Stockmen of the west will be inter
ested In the result of a series of In
vestigations Just concluded by the ex
perts of 'the Department of Agricul
ture on the loco weed and its effect
upon cattle, horses and sheep that eat
it. While stockmen of the west have
never had any doubt about their herds
becoming "locoed," scientists have
been disputing for a long time over
the effects of the weed, or plant, and
the investigations Jut ended contain
what will be accepted as the latest
authority on the subject. The experts
have discovered that there are two
varieties of the locc plant, one that
poisons horses, sheep and cattle, while
the other poisons only horses. - The
report ssays:
The external symptoms of the disease
described by stockmen were In general
corroborated. The principal symptoms are
the lowered head, rough coat, slow, stag
gering gait, movements showing lack of
muscular co-ordination, sometimes more
or less paralytie symptoms, a generally
diseased nervous system, .and In the later
stages of the disease extreme emaciation.
Th principal pathological changes are pro
nounced anemia of the whole system, dis
eased stomach walls, and In acute cases
a congested condition of the walls of the
stomach, while in chronic -cases there are
frequently ulcers. Generally speaking, lo
coed cattle have ulcers In the fourth
stomach. There Is an excess of fluids In
the various cavities f th body. Thls Is
especially noticeable An the' epidural space
of the spinal canal. Here the effusion is
more or less organized, presenting the ap
pearance of a gela'thious mass, which Is'
especially abundant In the lumbarf region
And about the exits of the spinal nerves.
Experiments . show that the loco
weed may be exterminated in pastures
or enclosed fields, but that It Is al
most impossible, to accomplish this on
the open range. It was also estab
lished that loco poisoning comes, on
In a slow and cumulative manner, so
there Is no possibility of animals be
coming Immune. The experts offer the
assurance,' however, that the poison
is not communicated to humans either
through the meat or the milk of the
affected animals. As to the remedies
to be used in treatment of stock af
fected with loco poisoning the depart
ment reports:
It waa found that locoed cattle can In
most cases be cured by a course of treat
ment with strychnine, while locoed horses
can generally be cured by a course of treat
ment with Fowler's solution. The animals
under treatment must not be allowed to
eat the loco weed and should be given not
only nutritious food, but, so far aa possi
ble, food with laxative properties. To this
end magnesium sulphate was administered
to correct the constipation which Is almost
universal among locoed animals. It should
be noted, too, that magnesium sulphate
may serve to some extent as an antidote
to the poison.
KXPRT TKSUXOXY REfOBM.
The medical and bar associations of
New York have undertaken a work
of reform in the matter of presenting
medical expert testimony in court pro
ceedings, a reform the need for which
has been glaringly emphasized in the
Thaw trial and similar criminal cases.
Committees of the two associations
have framed a bill to be submitted to
the lawyers and physicians of the dif
ferent states in the hope that some
thing like uniformity of action may
be secured by all the different legis
latures. -
By the provisions of the proposed
measure, medical societies, through
proper committees, shall make up
lists of names of members in good
standing and of not less than seven
years' practice, who, in the opinion
of the committees, are competent to
give expert estimony. When expert
testimony is needed the courts shall
select one or more persons from such
lists, "who shall investigate the facts
In the case and give their opinion upon
any such question arising- In such pro
ceeding and make their report jn writ
ing to the court" The opinions are
to be open to inspection by the attor
neys in the case and may be sub
mitted to the jury, if request to that
effecf is made.
Tba best part of the proposed re
form is the elimination of the expert
as a witnesa before tha Jury. In the
Thaw trial, for instance, alienjata were
kept on the wltnesss stand for day
and bombarded with hypothetical
(questions one 30,000 words in length
f -that Tould not be grasped by the
average Juror, and served only to con-
fuse and befog the real question at
Issue. As these experts flatly contra
dicted each other, the only effect was
to bring the medical profession into
disrepute and to create the suspicion
that an expert Is prepared to take any
side of any case depending upon com
pensation. TKn.WI.Vi4l, TAXATloy FLSEWHERE.
The taxation of valuable railway ter
minals for the support of local gov
ernment, which the last Nebraska leg
islature tried to work out, constitutes
by no means a local problem. The
evasion of a proper share of city ta
burdens by the railroads under the
system of unit assessment and mileage
distribution has become, so flagrant,
generally, that the true remedy for the
abuse is being widely sought.
In Pennsylvania It was thought that
the way out could bo found In the as
sessment and taxation of railroad
rights-of-way within city boundaries
an re"al estate and, proceeding on this
theory, Pittsburg listed the terminals
without first securing special enabling
legislation. The railroads have natu
rally contested this new assertion of
taxing power, and while the lower
court decided favorably to the claim
of the city, the suprenle court of Penn
sylvania has just given a reversal on
appeal, holding that the law there does
not authorize the taxation of a railroad
rights-of-way as real estate.
Commenting on the decision, the
Pittsburg Dispatch sees a suggestion
of the possibility of making the pro
posed reform effective in the remark
of the court that "If It Is the policy of
the law to make the essential instru
mentalities of a franchise taxable,"
the legislature "should make it clearly
apparent," and suggests that the peo
ple will act upon that hint at the
earliest opportunity.
While we are not sure that we are
completely out of the woods in the
fight for terminal taxation in Nebraska,
the railroads seem to have concluded
to accept our terminal taxlaw. Should
there be a contest of it later and a re
sumption of the fight for a terminal
tax law that will stick, the experience
of Pittsburg may help us avoid pitfalls.
COLO EL STEWART MOV ISO AQAJX-
Officials of the War department who
are making every effort to check de
sertions from the ranks of enlisted
men doubtless would offer a hand
some premium if one of the colonels
of the coast artillery would turn up
missing some fine morning. Colonel
William F. Stewart 1b now on his way
from St. Augustine, Fla., back to Fort
Grant, Ariz., to resume entire charge
of the affairs at that post, which is
garrisoned by a caretaker, a sergeant
and a milk cow.
Coloael Stewart is generally
credited with having ; a cohtentlous
dltpo'sltloiit to much so that officers
refuse to serve under him, and his
appearance 'at jap,'' army post, it is al
leged, Is a signal for all kinds of trou
ble. He refuses to retire, as he is yet
two years under the active service age
limit, and is such. a. rigid observer of
army rules that no excuse for forcing
his retirement "has been found. He
was recently marooned at Ihe de
serted post in Arizona, but, through
the influence of friends, received a
transfer to Florida,, where he was un
attached. It appears, however, that
trouble broke out as soon as the
colonel landed in Florida. The Florida
delegation in congress protested
against his being stationed In that
state and the protest was so emphatic
that the colonel was ordered back to
Fort Grant, for the good of the ser
vice." It must smack a good deal "of the
Iort of discipline employed in some
f the older armies of the world, but
the officials at Washington insist that
they are powerless to do anything
until Colonel Stewart agrees to quit
the service.
The death of Secretary Bennett of
the State Board of Assessment is dou
bly unfortunate at this particular time
because of his recognized efficiency in
that capacity and also because it. leaves
the board badly handicapped right on
the eve of a new and most important
assessment of railroad property under
the terminal tax law, to say nothina
of the equalization of the quadrennial
reassessment of real estate. It will
behoove the board to exert its best
effort to find a competent and trust
worthy man to fill the vacant secre
taryship.
Officers of the Nebraska State Lum
ber Dealers' association express them
selves as entirely satisfied with the de
cision of the supreme court instituted
on the theory that the association was
violating the anti-trust law. Attor
ney General Thompson, who prose-'
cuted the cases, expresses himself as
also satisfied. The court should con
gratulate itself on for once success
fully performing the difficult feat of
satisfying both sides In the same law
suit.
The park bonds voted at the recent
special election in Omaha drew Just
fifty-one vetes more than the two
thirds majority required by law. The
one vote without the fifty would have
been enough at a pinch, but the extra
measure will make the purchasers of
the bonds feel easier.
If the Methodist general conference
takes the ban off dancing, theater
going and card playing the refusal of
a former Nebraska governor to sanc
tion an inaugural ball as contravening
his religious precepts will lose all au
thority as precedent.
Even the democrats are getting
tired of the filibuster game xit the
party In congress. Leader Williams is
simply delaylnp, not obstructing, the
legislation the republican party is de
termined to pass for the benefit of the
country.
The suggestion that the ticket nom
inated at Denver may be Bryan and
Sullivan is enough to give cold shivers
to the Nebraska populists who walked
out of their St. Louis convention in
professed devotion to Bryan. It would
take a ramrod" to make Sullivan go
down the throat of a Bryanite demo
pop. Half of the Illinois delegates to the
Denver convention are to go In auto
mobiles, as guests of Roger Sullivan.
They had better look out for tacks
and broken glass In the neighborhood
of Fall-view.
The only regret Is that the silver
service presentation ceremonies could
not have taken place right here in Ne
braska, but the blame must be laid to
nature In failing to give us a salt water
coast line.
If Roger Sullivan stops over In Lin
coln often enough on his trips between
Chicago and Denver. Mr. Bryan may
yet take back those opprobrious epi
thets he hurled at him a little over a
year ago.
Mrs. Hetty Green has given up her
$16 a month flat in New York and
removed to a high grade hotel. The
real shock will come, however, when
Mrs. Green dons a Merry Widow hat.
Young Quentin Roosevelt Is well
posted on the batting averages of all
the leaders in the base ball leagues.
Admiration for the' big stick appears
to run in that family.
It is not believed, however, that
President Roosevelt will do all the
things planned for him by the Wash
ington correspondents when he re
tires from office.
Empeftor William studied Greek for
two months in order to speak to the
people at Corfu, only to learn that his
speech was all Greek to them.
"It Is dangerous to speculate with
other people's money," says the Chi
cago News. Or with your own.
3Vo Second Choice This Year.
Chicago Record-Herald.
Presidential "second choices" are begin
ning to be troubled by, the conviction that
"there ain't goin': to be no second choice"
anywhere this year.
Th Buar Time to Come.
Washington Post.
Present Indications are that Secretary
Taft will not resign until he reaches the
lle-nalllng stage of his campaign, when,
he will be too busy to bother with a side
Issue like the War department.
Uncle Mara' ltlsh Credit.
St. Louis Globe-Democrat.
Japanese bonds are quoted at 80 and
British consols at about 6. Both yield a
higher interest than the United States 2
per cents, which stand, at 1084 . to 0i.
There has been no flurry in Uncle Sam's
unequaled credit. '
Absorbing; American Win,
Baltimore American.
The Filipino assembly is cutting down
official salaries, and the American office
holders claim It Is being done to freeze
them out of their jobs. If this Is the case
the Filipinos are to be commended for their
quickness in catching up with the American
procession.
Rejolclna; Over a Good l b In a;.
Baltimore American.
The Porto Rlcans seem to be enduring
the existing political situation with some
thing more than cheerful acquiescence
There was a general celebration on Satur
day of the eighth anniversary of the estab
lishment of civil government in the Island.
There were parades, mass meetings and
speechmaklng galore, and nothing in the
reports Indicate thst there was any fret
ting for a complete home government
outfit.
First Aid to Farmers.
The World To-Day.
A farmer In Ohio wrote to the Depart
ment of Agriculture that he had struggled
for twenty years, on an elshty-acre farm
heavily mortgaged, but had been unable to
reduce his debt or Use above poverty that
made the bringing up of his family a hu
miliation. He asked If there was any hope
for him upon the farm, or If he might as
well give up the fight. The department
requested that he mike a detailed report
of his farm and Its soils, and upon this
It based a plan of farming, which he was
recommended to follow to the letter. There
was a profit the first , year of J.2,000. and
the department believes that ultimately the
despised eighty acres can be made to yield
$5,600 a year.
ASSERTING 3TAT10SAL, POWER.
Federal Herniation of Great Besell
to th Country.
Philadelphia Press.
"The etesdy assertion of national power
through national regulation of national
subjects," to quote Senator Knox's apt
phrase at Trenton, If the cornerstone of
the republican party.
When Senator Knox declared that this
"national regulation" had been of great
benefit to the country, he spoke tha, opin
ion of every candid man. Discrimination
in freight rates has been prevented by
national legislation. "8uch regulation as
may be necessary to control combination
and correct the tendency toward monop
oly," Is equally demanded.
This Is the .next constructive step now
needed Equality In rsilroad rates keeps
competition open. Federal regulation of
great corporations will prevent such cor
poration from using the monopoly they
have acquired to crush tha weak, tovnain
tain prices, and, In Senator Knox's terse
words, s.'lfislily "to capitalize the coun
try's prosperity for the beneift of their pro
moters." "To capitalize the country's prosperity"
Is the object of many a trust. Combina
tions seek to grasp aji industry and make
the prosperity of jl Industry as a whoU
pay tribute to the trust.
Only federal regulation can prevent this,
exactly as only federal regulation could
prevent discrimination in rates. Th coun
try is as'much determined on one now as
It was on the other. Undue Interference
with corporations none desire. Publicity,
full reports, and precautions by reatiiotlons
on watered capital, so as to prevent com
binations from efforts "to capitalise the
country prosperity, ' the people aa a
whul demand.
o phf:iof.ti i. ; urivh msf..
I'roaires of the f'amnnlan for Party
Leadership.
Chicago U ord-Hera.d.
William Howard Taft has more than
enough votes In sight to assure his nom
ination on the fir.t ballot. Connecticut.
Kentucky. New Jersey, Utah and Wyo
ming played a big part ls't week In In
creasing his tntal to 43. or J79 without
contests. This week's selections in Cali
fornia. Idaho, Michigan, Monttns. North
Dakota. Oregon, Texas and Washington
should add ins. giving Mm 571 cross Sn.l
487 net. Oeorgis, which is doubtful, and
Louisiana, which will be contested, may
bp disregarded. Seven scattering districts
are to act before the bars are put tip
Saturday nlRht, and A:aka has not re
ported. Out of these Taft will obtain at
least ten, making his net vote 4!7. or
six more than enough. Summary to
date Is: "
Total number of dsleg-atcs to Chicago
Convention 980
Necessary to nomination 41
Dflegatss selected to date 840
&or Tsft, total 463
For Jtnoir ?n
Por Hughes as
Tot Oaxnon 81
Tot Fairbanks re
Tot If rollette 85
Por Forarar lo
Cnlnstrncted (many friendly to Taft). 135
Contested (8 by Taft) 88
v i S t 2 p t
TATE, XTC. & 3
: : C
Alabama . . . 03
Arizona .... B
Arkansas . . 13 4
Colorado ... 10
Co'neotiont .14
Delaware k A
Die. of Col 8
Florida 8
Georgia .... 8 1 f
Haall V
Illinois .... a . . . . 48 . . . . 4
Indiana 80 . .
losra P6 . . . .
Kansas .... 00
Kentucky . , 94
Louisiana a 18
Maine 8 4
Maryland ..14 9
Mass'setta ..18 19
Michigan ... 13 . . . . 8
Minnesota .03
Miss'slppl ..00
Missouri ... 34 8
Nebraska . . 18
Wevada 8
N. Hamp 8
TK. Jersey... 13 a .. 8 1 .. 8
If. Msxlco . . a ,
Hew Tork. .. 3 66 IB
W. Carolina. 83
Ohio 38
Oklahoma . . 14
Pe-na 63
Phlllp'nea ..8
Porto Kleo 8
Khode Zsl 8
8. Carolina. 4 2 7
8. Dakota... 8
Tennessee . . 84
men 8 I
Vermont f
Virginia ... 14 10
W. Virginia. 14
Wisconsin 1 89
Wyoming 6
Total ...483 TO 85 8a 88 88 138
Foraker gets two in Florida, one in
Oeorgta. two in Ohio and five in South
Carolina.
In th Claim Stage.
Kansas City Star Cind.).
The contest between the Bryan and the
anti-Bryan managers has reached the
"claim" stage. The backers of Johnson
and Oray were flrat In thefleld with big
claims showing the impossibility of Bryan
nomination on the first ballot. But follow
ing ; the action of the South Carolina and
Ohio conventions, the Bryan men express
gleeful confidence that nothing can defeat
thetr candidate. As all these predictions
are based on conflicting judgment as to
what the uninstructed delegates will do,
it in not easy for those unfamiliar with
local conditions and individual preference
to form opinions. But, generally speaking,
Mr. Bryan cannot consistently hope for
much help from those who are not In
structed for him. To omit instructions is
manifestly an Indication of hostility to
the "peerless leader." There is a good
deal more than a mere chance that the
nomination may go to 'some other man."
Turning In for Oryan. , ,
Philadelphia Press trep.).
The news from South Carolina Is that
pretty nearly all the counties are Instruct
ing for Bryan, and Bryan substantially
gets the delegation from Texas. These facts
do not Indicate that the Nebraskan Is to
be defeated.
AVe have contended all the time that if
Bryan is to be defeated that result will
have to be brought about by the co
operation of the south. He has almost
everything from the Ohio line westward
except Minnesota, and he got the dele
gates In that section secured . before the
Johnson movement, or any opposition
effort, began to be at all effective. The
delegates In the eastern states who will
be against Bryan ar-"not sufficiently
numerous to assure his defeat for the
nomination.
Some Snasi In the Stream."
Washington Post (lnd.).
If Mr. Bryan's nomination cannot be
effected without the abrogation of the
two-thirds rule, he will not be nominated
at all. There will be scores of delegates
at Denver Instructed to vote fur Mr
Bryan's nomination who hope to see him
defeated for the nomination, and none of
theae will vote to repeal th two-thirds
rule. And hence Mr. Bryan's friends must
secure t votes for their favorite or go
down in defeat.
But there is another and more serious
danger confronting Mr. Bryan, and that
Is that It is more than likely that the
convention will make a platform Inno
cent of Mr. Bryan's pet political heresies.
He was Indiscreet enough to adopt It.
That platform contains thlnga that no
democratic national convention that ever
sat in this country, not even that of
1KW. would have touched with th
tongs. There is small chance that these
fads will successfully run the gauntlet of
the resolutions committee at Denver, un
less the democratic party la bent on an
nihilation. Hearst and Ills Rlb.Stlckcr.
Brooklyn Eagle (lnd. dem.).
There Is no likelihood that th Hears
ticket will carry a single state, but nothing
Is surer th&n that It will cost Mr. Bryan
some of th commonwealths he would other
wise carry. In other words, it will make
doubtly sure the assurance of a third de
feat for the Nebraskan. This Is how it
consequence will count This Is why th
program should be taken Into serious con--alderatlon
by the Denver convention. With
out a Hearst ticket In the field, the outlook
for Bryan at the polls would be unpromis
ing enough. With It. even his ghost of a
chance would vanish.
' Th FUld owhere.
Kansas City Star (lnd ).
Th prestlg of Secretary Taf t s long lead
over all th opponents Is seen In the action
of recent conventions. Whenever th fore
cast of a state "or district convention de
notes that there's doubt as to what will be'
dope, the result Is almost Invariably Taft
instructions or a considerable number of re
publicans to get together unhampered by
local or personal considerations, to regard
any other candidal than Taft with serious
ness, for lie Is obviously both th best
fitted and th most popular of tU niao
In th rax:.
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rtrtnTIA FR EIRIIT RATE".
Railroad Manaaere laasre Ftaerlenee
and Kcenomle Last.
Chicago Tribune.
When a merchant finds that customers
are not buylpg freely he may cut down ex
prnffs or h may lower prices In the hope
of attracting custom. He does net In
rresse his prices with tho Idea of making
up what he has lost through the decresse
In the number of sales. When the earr
ings c-t, a bank shrink because there a'e
not srt many applicants for loans no a
ttnpt Is msde to swell profits by charging
would-be borrowers higher rates. One can
understand why a railroad should lay off
iren when business Is sltck or why It
should reduce transportation rates in order
to stimulate the movement of commodities.
It Is not easy to perceive the Inherent Jus
tice of the contention of the railrop.ds that
they should be allowed to raise rates at
Mils Juncture so that they may swell their
gross receipts at the expense of whatever
freight h!s to be moved.
The roBtls running to southeastern points
have filed tariffs to become effective June
1, Increasing materially the rates on fresh
meats. They are dear rnough already and
an advance In rates will make them dearr
for consumers In the southeast, it Is re
ported that other advsnces sre to follow;
thst tho eastern roads intend to put up
rates considerably on July 1. If It Were un
resisted there would doubtless be a general
Increase In rates throughout the country.
Sia'h a policy Is favored by railroad man
agers because It would provide grrster
revenue It Is said the higher rates con
templated by the eastern roads will bring
them In $100,000,000 and also because It
wotild be a remedy for "traffic stagna
tion." It has not been explained, how
ever, how tho movement of commodities
would be stimulated by making it more ex
pensive to move them.
It may be that there are reasons why the
freight rates on one or another commodity
should be Incressed here or there. If so,
the Interstate Commerce commission would
not psy much attention to any protests
that might be made. A general Increase In
freight rates merely because the csrnlng
power of the roads has been affected by
conditions which have affected the csrnlng
power of the entire community is snnther
matter. As the community Is less able to
pay higher rates than it was a year ago
when there was an extremely active dmand
for commodities, It should not be asked to
pay them.
One experienced railroad managed has
given It aa his opinion that traffic stagna
tion, as measured by idle cars, has resched
the worst point, and that from now on
there will be a stesdy Improvement In
conditions. It would be much better for
the roads to await that improvement, re
ducing dividends In the meanwhile if nec
essary, as some of them have wisely done,
than to resort to so unjustifiable and un
popular an expedient as a general advance
In freight rates.
If there were to be such sn advance the
Interstate Commerce commission would be
overwhelmed with remonstrances from
shippers. All Its time would be taken up
with hearings which could not end other
wise thsn in a declaration the higher rates
were unwarranted and must be abandoned.
PLAINT OK THK PREACHERS.
Overlooking; the Beam Inside for th
Met Outside.
Kansas City Journal.
Two pastors of various churches in Kan
sas City met the other day and spent sev
eral hours deploring the apparent decline of
piety and the fact that church' attendance
Is not what it should be. One speaker la
mented that "we are following In the path
of the Buropean countries and coming to
regard the Sabbath aa a day of physical
and social enjoyment." "Our parks are
filled," ssld the speaker, "while the
churches are sparsely settled. Commercial
Ism Is absorbing the life of our people,
These things lead to a denial of a personal
God."
With all proper respect for these well
meaning ministers who express regret at
the seeming decline of piety and theology.
it can be said that If tbey would seek
more diligently for the causes of the con
dltlon at which they complain their search
would be rewarded. There was never a
period when ministers of the gospel devoted
so much time and attention to matters
purely secular. In many of our churches
pastors deliver addresses each Sunday that
deal with political and sociological ques
tions, and we have grown to expect nos
trums for all our material Ills from the
pulpit. s f
Clergymen today have practically aband
oned the old school plan of preaching onlV
th gospel, and many of them are taking
active. part In politics and other matters
not essentially religious or theologlc. No
one denies th right of ministers to take
part In politics, but ministers who take
politics into the pulpit should not complain
if a spirit of worldliness becomes dormant
in their congregations. It is hardly fair for
ministers to 'decry the use of the publlo
parka by the people, either on Sundays or
on other days of the week. If people no
longer go to th churches there may be
something wrong with the churches, not
necessarily with the people or the parks.
ANTI-lKJUSlCTIO BILL,
Teat f Measure Favored Jtr House
Leader.
New York Tribune.
The Payne anti-Injunction bill, which, ac
cording to the general understanding. Is on
the program of the house leaders for pas
sage, is said In a Washington dispatch to
The Tribune to be "advocated by many be
cause of Ita simplicity and Its brevity,"
It Is certainly entitled to' commendation
on both these grounds, and probsbly also
on the ground of reasonable moderation.
Its text follows:
Section 1. That hereafter no preliminary
Injunction or restraining order shall be
granted by any judge or court without
notice to the party sought to be enjoined
or restrained, unleas It shall appear to the
satisfaction of th court or Judge to whom
application for such injunction or restrain
ing order is made that the Immediate Issue
of such Injunction or restraining order Is
necessary to prevent Irreparable damage.
Section t. That any such injunction or
restraining order granted shall contain a
rule on the opposite psrty to show cause
within five days why such injunction or re
straining order shall not be continued.
The proposed measure thus leaves with
the court discretion to act promptly when
ever In its opinion such action Is necessary
to prevent irreparable damage. How much
this would restrict the use of the writ
would depend upon the court a construc
tion of the words "Irreparable damage';
but jn any. ca.e, however broadly they were
construed, the paasage of the bill would
tend to reatram the over-ready granting of
Injunctions, and that la about all that
ahould be don to. restrict the employment
ef that valuable Instrument for the pro
tection of property.
, St. Louis Republic.
Th female Bluebeard of LaPorte, lnd.,
shows th symptoms of the criminal nI
sar-Ity zoologists explain as "reversion to
type below th human." In studvin ....
case they us th female spider for coni-
iNriuii. i it common law fori, of Indict
ment drawn with a view to capita! punish
ment regardless of insanity theories tskes
a simpler and more effective view of
attributing inhuman crime In both sezes
U "tUe malice nod iwuia-ailon 0 tha devil "
WORKMF.V" t OMPF..NSATIOX. '
Contrast Between Fnrelarw and A mer
le n l.ra (station.
Chicago News, i -The
bureau 'of labor at Washington has
just Issued a bulletin giving Information
respecting the laws of foreign countries
under which wage workers who '.suffer
rrirpllng Injuries at their tasks receive
compensating pamenls. Hy wsy of af
fording a striking contrast to these eft
lightened messurrs the bulletin reviews the
principles ot the common1 law governing
employers' liability In moat etstes of the
American union, and the mild departures
from these principles made by special en
actments In other stales. .
Thus Is clearly shown how Inadeouate a
form of relief is the privilege alven to an
Injured work?r to bring suit for damages
against hla employer, particularly In view
of the limitations placed by the common
law upon tho employers' liability. The bul
letin Is well calculated to appeal to the
American conscience, which, up to the pres
ent time, has been strangely callous on
this subject of labor's right to .relief from
s share of the terrible burden imposed by
accidents In productive industry.
Twenty-'two foreign states, the bureau of
labor sots forth, have enacted legislation
on behalf of Injured workmen. These In
clude the great nut inns of Europe, the
Scandinavian countries. Belgium, the Neth
erlands. Spain and nearly all the British
colonies. Jin every Instance the law fixes
the compensation to be paid. Thus no de
plorably long-drawn-out lawsuits ar re
quired to decide that matter. On th con
trary, nearly all the laws are framed with
a view of rendering legal proceedings al
together unnecessary. When a workman is
Injured the law stands ready to compel
prompt payment of the sum which the In
Jury suffices to make his Indubitably. So
explicit are the terms of most of the laws
that ordinarily no difficulty attends the
settlement.
The state of the Amerlcsn union must'
proceed to take up In earnest this most
necessary reform.
PERSON AL SOTBJ. "'
John Morley and Sir Henry Fowler took
their scats In the House of Lords last week
Under the respective titles of Viscount Mor
ley of Blackburn and Viscount Wolver
hampton. A Brooklyn talesman told the court that
Juggling with the law, splitting hairs and
granting appeals on any pretext was not
proper administration of Justice. Well, It
Isn't. Yet the Judge got Indignant.
The Alumni association of Columbia col
lege has a subscribed 110.000 for the com
pletion of a bronze statue of Alexander
Hamilton, but William Ordwat Patrldge,
to be placed in the court south of Hamilton
hall, on South Field. .
Conflicting reports come from Washing
ton as to the conduct of the elephants In
the circus parade. One is that they obsti
nately refused to pass Secretary Tsft's
door, and the other Is that they ate pea
nuts from Mrs. Taft's hand.
Wllllsm' R. Bmlth, superintendent of the
National Botanical garden. Washington, Is
credited with owning the richest and rarest
collection of Burnslana In, the world. Hn
was born In Scotland, and the first book
he ever purchased was a copy of Burns'
poems. '
A committee of Vienna citizens, which is
arranging for the Jubilee fngeant In honor
of Emperor Francis Joseph, has Just In
sured the emporor's life with a British
company for 11,760,000 until June next, in or
der to cover the expenses for the prepara
tions of the celebration In the event of his
death before they occur. '
Gladstone Dowle, son Of the late prophet
and apostle' of Zlon,' has been robbed of his
halo. The glory of being an unklssed man
Is no longer him. During a court proceed
ing In Muskegan, Mich., the fair plaintiff
whom he rescued from the tolls of law Im
pulsively smacked him, full and fair, aa a
token of thankfulness! Dowle turned pale
and fled from the court room.
LALUH1.MG LIMES.
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"People's habits change after marriage,
don't you think they do, John?"
"Yes; before we were married you used
to sit hy my side for hours saying noth
ing." Houston Post.
Ward Politician Why did you refuse to
hold consultations with that contractor
you need to do, In his library?
Go-Between Good heavens, man! That
library Is octagon-shaped and has a book
case on every side. Baltimore American.
Beauty Doctor Madam, lei me glva you
a wrinkle.
Customer Excuse me, doctor, but I earn 1
to you to get rid of those i have. Balti
more American.
"Why wouldn't the speaker let me de.
liver my. speech In congress?" asked tha
ambitious orator.
"I don't knoW," answered the cruel col
league. "Maybe he belongs to the So
ciety for the Prevention of yseleka
Noises." Washington Star.
Mrs. Pneurltch Do you mean to say
you would allow your daughter to marry
a conductor?
Mrs. HlKRlns Why not. madam? H la
a musical conductor.
Mrs. Pneurltch Oh! Chicago Tribune.
"Ever get shocked by talking- over a
telephone wire during a storm?"
"Only onre. I called my wife up while
she was housecleanlng to say that I'd
bring a friend to dinner." Philadelphia
"She broke her engagement to htm' when
his father cleaned up 11,000,060 In Wall
street"
'Prejudiced against wealth, eh?"
'Not very: she broke her ntfmnt
to him and married his father." Houston
Post.
'Father." said little Rollo. "what la an
epigram?"
"As a rule, my son, n epigram la an
nM mintnllnn with th nhr..MlAw
changed sufficiently to avoid the charge
of plagiarism." Washington Bta
"Who was James Boswell asked th
teacher of the class In English literature.
H was Dr. Mamuel jobnson press
agent," answered th young man with the
bad eye. Chicago Tilbun.
TUB COaiKTlB.
John Godfrey fiaxe.
'You're clever at drawing. I own,"
Said my beautiful cousin Llsette.
As w sat by the window alone, '
But say, can you paint a Coquette?" '
"She's painted already," quoth I; .
"Nay, nay!" said the laughing Llsetta,
"Now none of your Joking but try
Ana paint me a tnorougn coquette' ' ,
'Well, cousin." at one I began.
In the -ear of the eager Llsetta, '
'I'll paint you aa well a I can,
That w onderful thing, a Coquette. "
'She wears a most beautiful face"
("Of course!" said th preti Lls.tls),
'And Isn't deficient In grace, -Or
else she were not a Coquette.
"And then she is daintily sriade" N
(A smile from the dainty I.lsette)
"By people expert In the tride
it T'Tmsr.g a propel CumuvU.
She's the Vlnnlngest wayu with th
beaux"
("Go on!" said the winning f.i.tti
"Bit there Isn't a man of thtn know'
j no iiwna oi in IKKle Coquette.
Ihe knowa how to weep and to sigh"
(A sigh from the lender Llsettel
'But her weeping . all In my eye
Not that tif Hie cunning Coquette) , .
"In short, she's a creatur of art!
wc,'; nu,h:;' "Id the frowning Lisette),
V.Uh merely a ghost of a heart ,
rnough for a thorough Coquette.
"And yet I could easily prove" '
.S".d'.'n t':' said th. angry Lisette).
ne isny i aiwaya In love '
In love with herself tit Coquette!
There do not be angry yen know "
My little CouV7i.ette
you told m a moment ago ' -
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