TTTE OMATTA DAILY BEE: TUESDAY, MAY 10. 1003.
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STATEMENT OP" CIRCULATION.
Stale of Nebraska, Douglas County, .:
OeoraeK Tuschuck, trraeurer of The Be
Publishing company, being duly iworn, eayt
that the actual number of full and complete
copies of The Dally, Morning. Evening and
Sunday Pee printed during the month of
April, 1901. u aa fjllowa:
1 36,940 Zt 36,980
1 38,800
1 36,750
4 37,010
6 36300
a a7,sno
1 37.140
1 37,040
37,140
10 37.060
11 37,090
12 37,090
It 37,340
14 37,330
16 37,130
i 36,600
'. 37,140
19 36,960
20 36,890
1 38,930
22 38,460
22 98,880
24 36,860
25 86,660
l 88,800
(7 88,760
21 38,980
St 38,890
20 38,970
Totala 1,108,630
Leas unsold and returned copies.. 11,341
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Dally average 36,678
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WHEW OUT Of TOWN.
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changed sus often mm requested.
Open season for tho straw bat and
the straw ballot
Pa Rourkc's ball team Is standing
up for Omaha In good shape.
Mr. Taft will bo able to alt Into the
nomination game at Chicago with a
nice supply of "velvet."
Miss Ice of Kansas City Is In court
1 because she refuses to pay a dental
bill. It's a cold world.
The Roger Sullivan vice presiden
tial boom appears ,to have been kid
naped. No reward offered.
Secretary Taft returns from the big
ditch to find that his opposition has
fallen in the way of the steam shovels.
"The spring crop of frogs Is small,"
says 'a Virginia paper. Possibly, but
the crop of other croakers is as large
as ever.
Having told us the things he 1b
against, maybe Aspirant Bergo will
write another letter and tell us what
he Is for.
Smoke Inspectors will be pleased
with Mr. Carnegie's prediction that
the coal supply will last for another
200 years.
Favorite sons will have to get theirs
on the first ballot at Chicago, as the
prospect is that there will be no sec
ond ballot.
It Is not explained whether the so
cialists nominated Debs for president
because he was a favorite or a habit
with them.
Hastings gets the Grand Army en
campment this year and will find that
the boys and girls' of '61 are still a
lively body.
November raCe report: Taft first
in a romp, Bryan a poor second and
Hearst a trailing third. Watson and
Debs also ran.
Harry Thaw declares that District
Attornoy Jerome la erratic. It is get
ting harder every day tar prove that
Tbaws la Insane.
The weather man seems to have
gotten control of the elements at last
and the May days have become In real
ity what they are In fancy.
"The Monroe doctrine is as dead as
a herring." says the Paris Matin.
Still, no foreign power has volunteered
to send out a squad to bury it.
i
"Has the octopus devoured Senator
Jeff Davis?" asks the Chicago News.
Think not. At least there has been
no report of the Illness of the octopus.
I :
Congressman Hobson voted to have
"In GodvVe Trust" restored to the
coins, but he still wants It understood
that he puts most of his trust in bat
tleships. The Brownsville case having been
postponed until next December, Sen
ator Foraker'a next speech wlU prob
ably be on some thrilling subject like
the binominal theorem, or the law of
gravitation.
. The street repair department la Btlll
showing commendable activity and the
holes that have made Omaha's pave
ments notorious are rapidly disap
pearing. This is the sort of campaign
that will commend Itself to the tax
payers and alienee crltlcUm
THE STATfS AXD XIff ItATlOX.
The awakening of the official, and
public conscience to the necessity of
conserving the natural and latent re
sources of the nation Is not the only
promise of beneficial results expected
from the conference of governors at
the White House. The conservation
of resources Is a material problem, and
there Is every Indication that the in
terest in it aroused by the addresses
at the -conference will develop into a
public demand for more intelligent and
honest legislation and conduct for the
future. But the conference also de
veloped another matter of keen Inter
est to the states and the public. Gov
ernor Folk of Missouri, in the course
of a rather striking address, made
plain the intimation of his fears that
back of the conference was a deep laid
conspiracy on the part of President
Roosevelt or some others, "first and
real names to plaintiff unknown,'' to
deprive the states of some of their
vested rlght3 in the water supply, the
coal, Iron, lead and other sources of
wealth within the limits of the states.
Perhaps the best answer to this In
timation was furnished by Mr. Root,
secretary of state, In his address, in
which he said:
It is high time that the sovereign irtatns
of the union should begin to perform their
duties with reference, not only to their
own Individual local Interest, but with
reference to the common good.
Something more than a year ago, in
an address before the Pennsylvania
society In New York, Secretary Root
advanced this same thought In the
declaration that:
The people will have the control they
need, either from the states or from tho
national government; and If tho states
fall to furnish it In due measure, sooner
or later constructions of the constitution
will be found to vest the power where It
will be exercised In the national govern
ment. Within the last year or two there
has been an overflow of talk "by certain
statesmen, particularly those from the
southern states, of the drift toward
centralization of power at Washington,
to the limitation of the rights and
powers of the Individual states. The
question of how far the power of con
gress extends in exercising control over
affairs of the people Is a matter of dis
pute and difference of opinion, but Sec
retary Root's statement must come as
a warning, in which is held out a prom
ise. He makes It plain that it Is the
purpose of the administration at Wash
ington to protect the resources of the
nation, for the Intelligent utilization of
people of the present generation, to
stop waste of public wealth and to pro
long, for the benefit of future genera
tions, the life of the country's ele
mental resources. The different states
are solicited to Join with the federal
government In tho furtherance of this
policy for the common good. If they
fall to respond, the federal government
will still be pledged to see how far it
can go in performing a service It would
gladly leave to the states. There is
no desire on the part of anyone to rob
any state of its sovereignty or its
powers, but the common good demands
action from some source for the pres
ervation of the sources of the people's
wealth and comfort
The preservation of the forests, the
proper use of water rights and other
questions of general interest have been
before the states for some years. Some
of the states have been painfully lax
In responding to public sentiment on
these propositions and their neglect
has caused the awakening of a senti
ment in favor of having the federal
government take an active hand in af
fairs. Opposition in Oregon, Idaho.
Washington and other western states
to the government's Irrigation, grazing
and forestry plans has caused the peo
ple to appeal to congress for relief.
The situation has been developod, not
by an attempt of congress to usurp
state rights, but by the failure of the
states to perform their clearly defined
duties. The question of state rights
and government limitations will be
quickly settled If the states arc
brought into legislative accord with the
congress of the United States in the
matter of laws affecting resources in
which the entire people have au in
terest In a union of self-governing
states a strong central government Is
essential. The central government will
have little to do if the states perform
their individual duties toward public
resources. It may have much to do if
the individual states neglect or disre
gard their duties in relation to the pro
tection or the natlou'B natural re
sources within state boundaries.
MR, BRYAN'S PARTY LOYALTY.
When asked the point blank ques
tion. "Will you accord support to Gov
ernor Johnson In the event , of his
nomination at Denver?" Colonel Bryan
refused to make any answer except to
direct the propounder of the question
to his political record. Whllo the
prospect of Governor Johnson's nomi
nation Is not promising, he and his
supporters will find precious little con
solation in Mr. Bryan'B hint of what
he will do If the Denver convention de
cides to select the Minnesota man as
the party's standard bearer.
Mr. Bryan admit that he supported
the candidacy of James B. Weaver for
the pre,lJiicy iu 1S92. in opposition
to Mr. Cleveland. Ills excuse or jus
tification is that Cleveland was ob
noxious to western democrats and that
the hope of a democratic victory rested
In taking some of the republican states
from Harrison. This served the pur
pose of giving Mr. Bryan and his fol
lowers a chance to vent their oppo
sition to Cleveland and at the same
time aid In the party's triumph. The
explanation Is a little paradoxical, but
it serves a purpoae. The fact reniains
that Weaver Waa Mr. Bryan's choira
for the nomination and hi voting for j
hlra was probably more a matter of
love than duty.
In 1 904 a clever demonstration of Mr.
Bryan's party loyalty was furnished. He
fought the nomination of Judge Par
ker most bitterly at St. Louis and
Journeyed across the continent to ex
plain, at public meetings, why Parker
could not be elected. He made some
speeches for Judge Tarker, after the
nomination, and the files of the news
papers show the character of his loy
alty to the candidate who defeated him
for the nomination at St Louis. Bryan
spoke for Parker in Missouri and Mis
souri went for the republican ticket
for the first time since the war. Re
duced democratic majorities In demo
cratic states blaze the route of Mr.
Bryan's speaking tour in the 1904 cam
paign. His appeal to his party record
for a hint of what ho woud do In case
of Johnson's nomination at Denver
sounds more like a threat than a prom
ise, in the light of his political history
of the last sixteen years.
BE ROE'S CALL TO ARMS,
The trumpet blast from a defeated
candidate who wants to try again has
been sounded. George W. Bergo has
placed his aspirations before the vot
ers of Nebraska with much care. He
steers his courso between tho issues
very adroitly and announces himself
In favor of very little, but opposed to
much. Mr. Berge baits his traps for
democrats and populists alike and
asks tho forces of fusion in Nebraska
to rally to his support He offers
nothing more than he did when he
was running for governor and when
the people of Nebraska rejected his
program.
He is peculiarly unfortunato In se
lecting Governor Sheldon as a target
for his shafts of opposition. It Is true
that Governor Sheldon has proceeded
with much deliberate care in his ad
ministration. Every step taken by
tho governor so far has been marked
by prudent forethought and calm
Judgment. He did not enter office
with the intention of ripping things
up the back, but did promise to bring
about certain reforms. Ho realized,
as most all thoughtful men, that great
changes in the administration of pub
lic affairs cannot be achieved ab
ruptly. With the co-operation of men
elected on the same platform and
pledged to the same objects and with
tho assistance of newly enacted laws
to bring about the changes desired,
Governor Sheldon has worked steadily
for the needed reforms. His adminis
tration so far has been a very suc
cessful one, and It will require much
more than the glittering generalities
Indulged in by Aspirant Berge to
seriously affect the chances of the
present governor for his second term.
THE FUEL OF THE FUTURE.
In the- absorbing, although discour
aging, stories of waste, coming in the
reports of the governors' conference
at Washington, Mr. Andrew Carnesle
contributed a most Interesting chapter
on the extravagance of Americans in
the use of their coal resources and the
problem that will confront the future
In the matter of a fuel and power sup
ply. Mr. Carnegie made the predic
tion that the coal supply of the nation
would bo exhausted within 200 years.
allowing for a diminution of consump
tion due to an increase in price that
must be constant Ho stated that
when the republic was formed there
was an avallablo coal supply of about
2,000,000,000,000 tons which has been
either mined, ,or rendered useless by
poor methods of mining until, at the
present rate of consumption, which
doubles every decade, the entire sup
ply will be exhausted In less than two
centuries.
Mr. Carnegie's figures do not acres
with those supplied by a writer in a
recent issue of Harper's Weekly, who
estimates that the coal supply will last
for 450 years. The conflict comes
over the difference In the estimates
of tho original supply, and even tho
figures of yearly consumption are
largely speculative, but the conclu
sions are sufficiently striking to direct
attention to the urgent need of a
stoppage of waste. All authorities
agree that nearly 90 per cent of the
potential energy of coal is wasted In
the common methods of consumption
of it in the production of power. The
saving of any considerable percentage
of this waste would solve the fuel
supply for centuries jet to come. It
is even urged that state regulation
should be resorted to in order to pre
vent waste in mining and in the use
of coal for the production of power.
The people have a vested right in
this heritage of nature and should. In
Mr. Carnegie's opinion, use every re
course to check the waste. On this
Bubject Mr. Carnegie said:
The most promising check on coal con
sumption is the substitution of other power.
The sun motor still runs; Its rays render
the globe habitable, and may yet bo made
to produce power through solar engines,
or may be concentrated In furnaces. The
aun helps to raise, tho tides, which some
day will be harnesBed; and still more
practically It raise vapor to fall as rain
and supply our mill streams anil rivers,
wl lch It Is estimated may some day yield
over 30.100,000-horsepower or more than all
now produced frcm fuel by ill oui ,i.bi-
combined. Ir. Prltchett Is responsible for
the statement that on a clear day, when
well above the horison, tho sun delivers
upon each square acre of the earth's sur
face exposed to Its rays the equivalent of
T.6u0-horsepower, working continuously.
Thus, there Is abundance of power lylnj
around us, If we only knew how to har
ness It. And just aa the woods and the
crea and the mineral fuels have become
source of wealth and power within our
memory, so will become the running- wat
ers within a few years.
It Is none too early to begin consid
ering what will happen, to posterity
when the coal In the country shall be
consumed. Tha time limit fixed by
tha experts from 200 to 450 years
Is a short space in the history
of the world, and the time to begin
conserving the coal supply la now. In
ventlve genius, perhaps, may be relied
upon to eventually find a fuel substi
tute, but intelligence, rather than in
vention, should be . called Into action
to put a stop to extravagance and
wasjo. '
Nebraska railroad employes are to
have an opportunity to show the State
Railway commission the close bond
between rates and wages. The public
is interested very deeply In this mat
ter and will watch the proceedings
with more than common interest The
snowing of profits made by the rail
roads In the state Is such as hardly
warrants the assertion that the tail
roads cannot afford to pay present
wages.
New York has mislaid $36,000,000.
received some years ago from the sale
of certain 6treet railway holdings, and
the city treasurer Bays he does not
believe there is any use in looking
for the money." The safe plan will
be to let the money go and abuse
President Roosevelt for "destroying
confidence in securities."
In Lincoln It Is proposed to make
the daylight schedule more effective
by cutting oft the transportation fa
cilities that now reach to the oasis of
at Havelock. In the meantime the
Havelock saloon keepers may be los-
ng a little sleep, but they are not
worrying over the prospect.
The race track, driven from Ben-
nings by an act of congress, will be
located Just across the state line In
Maryland, where the followers of the
ponies will feel reasonably safe until
some one discovers that congress pos
sesses the power to regulate Interstate
morals.
Governor Folk of Missouri ex
pressed the fear, at the conference of
governors at Washington, that the
federal government was trying to rob
the individual states of their power.
Governor Folk should break himself
of the habit of seeing ghosts In day
light.
A resolution calling for an Investi
gation of the weather bureau has been
offered in congress. We suggest that
Congressmen Mudd, Moon. Flood.
Hale and Ralney be named as mem
bers of the investigating committee.
The Omaha Board of Education Is
still undecided as to who will get the
position of principal of the high
school. In the meantime a mighty
good Job is dangling before the eyes
of a number of anxious anniicAnta
The double-ender catalogues As
pirants Berge. and, Shallenberger as
militant leaders." and merely men
tions Aspirants Dahlman and Lobeck.
What sort of way of supporting home
Industry is this.
"It Is not known what Mr. Bryan's
political opinions are," says the New
York Times. Still, Mr. Bryan declares
that ho stands Just where he did ten
years ago:
History Encoarsgei Hope.
Washington Herald.
Notwithstanding the extensive silence
prevailing concerning the next vice presi
dent of the United States, history does not
Justify the belief that the office will abso
lutely go begging.
Round to Fly.
Baltimore American.
It begins to look us though the twentieth
century would see the solution of the prob
lem of aerial travel. Some of the exnerl.
ments lately in that direction Indicate that
airships under full control of human power
are possibilities and even probabilities. And
that, in turn, will solve another problem,
for there will be no danger to pedestrians
In the lack of a speed limit.
Noted Authors tnhonored.
Springfield Republican.
The town of Kipling has juat blossomed
out in Canada, where there la only one
town of Shakespeare. The nearest the
United States cornea to having a Shake
speare on the map la the town of Shake in
Oregon. For some Inscrutable reason the
great English dramatist waa never popular
among tho new town namera in North
America, although we have In the United
States thirty Mlltons, three Goldsmiths.
four Dtckenses, thirty odd Scotts, twenty
By rons, two Tennysons and one Thacke
ray. Notwithstanding all the Browning
clubs, there isn't a 'Browning on the Amer
ican map.
Objections to Mothers Iny.
New York Tribune.
Two Insuperable objections to tha estab
lishment cf a "Mothers' Day" riust occur
to everybody who has pondered over Sena
tor Burkett's late resolution, in the first
place, holidays, liko monuments, ought to
De made ror people who arc likely to be
forgotten. And. In the second Dlace. ths
usual American habit of converting a place.
me usual American habit of converting a
holiday Into a glorious opportunity for a
trip to the races, a flshln exDedltlon. a
quiet game of poker or even more exciting
adventures would make "Mothers' Day" a
very uncomfortable twenty-four hours for
the living whom it purported to honor.
Trusts and High Prices.
Boston Globe.
B-it If capital and labor are pursuing a
right course. It Is not so evident that those
trusts which, under tariff protection, can
advance the prices of the neessarles of life
as they see fit. are actlna In s.uvt fain.
with th consumers of this eoiintry
The trusts obtained their power for con
solidating; competing concerns with the im
plied understanding that they could thereby
give tho publle more reasonable prices, in
the days of competition, after a panic, the
cost of living was reduced because competi
tors maae prices lower there were no
"gentlemen's agreements." Now, with the
trusts wielding an almost tyrannical power.
tne people rind prices soaring Instead of
being lowered In depressed times.
The farmers cannot be blamed for the
exorbitant prltea of beef, eg, vegetables
and many article that go Into cold storage.
They do not receive the fancy price which
the unfortunate consumers must pay. The
trust ae that M u benefit besides
themselves
BITS OP V AlllOTO:V MFE.
Minor Scenes and Incidents Sketched
on the Bitot.
As the state of Jeff Iavls and of three
rival governors butts Into the news columns
without Invitation. It might help some If the
defenseless reader gets a straight tip on the
proper prorounclntlon of "Arkansas." Two
men who debated tho question without re
sult asked Senator Iavls which pronouncla-
tlon was correct Arkansas or Arkansnw?
Senator Fmvts responded promptly: "The
wora Arkansas should be pronounced Ar
kanssw; the authority for this pronouncla-
uon is covered by a special act of
general assembly of 1X81."
the
The Retired club of Washington yearly
gains ana yearly loses members. Its mem
bership is in the hundreds at least, and
It holds meetings at any time and nt nv
place that may be convenient, two members
constituting a quorum for the transaction
of business.
The name pt this club cannot be found
In the Washington directory, nnr are its
members listed under the head of "organ
izations." but It Is a marked day when
one does not happen upon gatherings of
the member of the hotels or In the cor
ridors of the capitol.
Washington draws to Itself many of the
retired ones of the army. Living there
are score of retired army and navy of
ficers, retired doctors, retired lawyers, re
tired clergyman, and last, but not by any
manner of means least. retir.. fw
holders. To a great extent they live in th.
pan and talk In the past, but no one should
wnna ror a moment that because of this
the members of the Retired cluh r. i
touch with the thing of the present.
me latest addition to the membership of
the Retired clnto Is William E. rh.rt,r
one-time senator of the United Slates, sec-
,rl"r' r ina navy, and only recent iv ,
member of the Spanish Claim commission.
The navy department has sent to th.
presidents of all the leading colleges and
universities conveying the information that
a competitive examination will be held In
Washington, June 29. for applicant for
commissions as assistant paymaster in the
rvy. There will be at least seven vacan
cies to be filled in the grade on that date.
The department letter contains the follow
ing paragraph:
The pay department will be lnd f
slgnate. to take this examination
student or graduate of your unlverslty
not In excesa of three-desiring to eomnete
nd whom you may recommend a. if
desired to Becure young men of sufficient
maturity to take up. with credit. th v,i,i
dutie and responsibilities of a pay officer
in the navy. It la requested, that, shorn
you make any recommendation, you con-
siuer nis maturity and natural aptitude for
business affairs, as well a hi probity end
general ability; and that If not a graduate
(as would be preferred) that he be a man
who has been under observation during not
less than two years' attendance at your
university.
The Washington Times rennrt. h
like the naughty boy with the tark. Mr."
Nicholas Longworth, daughter of the pres
ident, played a cruel Joke on a man In tho
publlo gallery of the House of Representa
tives. Mr. Longworth found a tack on the
floor of the executive gallery and put It
in a seat in the public gallery, which Is
separated from the executive territory by
an Iron railing. And a man came In. sat
on the tack, and proceeded to Jump Into th
air with all the force of a bullet discharged
irom a modern rifle. He was a middle
aged man, dignified, weighed down with
Importance. He eemed angry. He glared
around. But the president's
looking the other way a she lauahed in
childish floe.
The title of the "David Harum" of the
senate la in question. The friendly con
testant are Senator Stewart of Vermont
and Senator Stephenson of wirnn.in
These two gray-headed, but light-hearted
old men form the most picturesque pair of
chum in the - senate todav. Hnut,-r
Stewart, who is 82, la the oldest man in the
body. Senator Stephenson, who lacks a few-
weeks of being 79, is Just a little younger
than Senator Allison of Iowa, who Is the
second oldest senator and who passed his
i3th birthday some little time ago.
The other day Senator Stewart and Sen
ator Stephenson were "kidding" each other
in the lobby and swapping observations.
Each told of his younger day and the mod
est wages, such as $12, H or Jl a month,
for which he had worked. Senator Stewart
declared that he had felt like a rich man
when his pay as a teacher wa raised to
116. In the course of the talk Senator
Stephenson invited Senator Stewart to go
on a camping trip which the Wisconsin
senator make each summer In the north
ern part of hi state the northern part of
said state being pretty much his own prop
erty. Stephenson explained that he had a
tent which had been given him by General
rhtl" Sheridan in '76, but when Stewart
asked if there were any floors to the tent
Stephenson replied disdainfully that there
were not, and that they just laid fresh
green boughs. Stewart then wanted to
know If Stephenson was going to do tho
cooking, to which Stephenson replied that
there would be good oooks along, but that
he had been able to cook In his day, and
that ho could take the Vermont senator
to the very spot In the woods where he had
cooked hi last batch of biscuit about
fifty year ago. "Ye," replied Stewart,
"and we'd probably find those very biscuits
petrified." .
Hardly an afternoon passes when the
supreme court has been In session and
the weather ia good but that a few of the
nine Justice hit the broad pavement at
the Peace monument and amble In a dig
nified way up Pennsylvania avenue. They
proceed by imposing two or threes those
who walk. Justices White and Harlan,
tall men and large men, topped by high
Ilk hats, ar a striking a couple as ever
parade that way. Justice Holmes and
Justice Brewer, equally tall and elegant of
attire, and even Justice McKenna, n man
of little stature, the only mernlK.r of the
court with a beard, and Justice Moody
sometimes Join the Judicial procession.
Freight Hate Hals Itldlrnled.
Springfield Republican
Chairman Henry Fink of the Norfolk &
Western road, one of the oldest a ltd best
known railroad experts In the country,
ridicules the proposal of 'raising freight
rate a a met ho j of improving revenues.
That ia the way to get less and not more
traffic. . He has been through other de
pressions, and says that It was the practice
then to lower Instead of to raise rates.
He would lower rates now and wages also,
and thinks the employes will accept a
reasonable reduction later an as they might
have by this time, he adds, but for "re
ceiving powerful encouragement not to da
so." This is to be placed alongside the
complaint of a high Pennsylvania, railroad
officer, who say that the shippers will not
let the roads raise rate and President
Roosevelt will not let them reduce wages.
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PERSONAL NOTES.
President Roosevelt ha accepted, the
presidency of the International congress on
tuberculosis, which will be held in Wash
ington In the autumn.
San Francisco h voted nearly 130.000,000
bond for local Improvement, and ha a
reasonable hope that some of the money
will be applied to tho purpose In view.
Walter W. Warwick, the chief law officer
In the office of the comptroller of the
treasury, ha been appointed auditor and
examiner of account for the Panama
canal zone.
Ex-Senator Clark of Montana, say his
Fifth avenue house Is not worth aa much
as estimated by the assessor. However, It
has a value. There Is not a finer horrible
example in architecture.
Walter McCllntock of Pittsburg, the
ethnologist, who has given special study
to the life, customs and legends of the
Blackfoot Indians, with whom he lived
for six years, recently received an Invi
tation from the crown prince and crown
princes of Germany to relate to thorn some
of his most Interesting experiences. Mr.
McCllntock gave a lecture on this subject
before the Berlin socioty of Ethnology and
Anthropology.
William Montgomery, the arttstlo looter
of the Allegheny National bank of Pitts
burg, had one novel modern convenience
to carry out his business plan. A private
door in the paneled wall of his private of
fice enabled him to secure from a sympa
thetic confederate caah to balance his ac
counts when the examiner unexpectedly ap
peared, the money being returned when
the examiner departed. Suspicion was di
verted long enough for him to squander
t9,000 of the bank' resource.
SIGNIFICANT TURN IN PRICES.
Redaction Considered n Healthy Busi
ness Indication.
Wall Street Journal.
Bradstreet' Index of prices, giving com
modity quotation a of May 1, shows
clearly that, after the upward turn of
prices In March, the downward trend was
again resumed In April. On May 1 the In
dex number pointed to 17.9629 aa the group
value, compared With 18.0650 on April 1,
and with 17.9862 on March 1. These fluctu
ation appear atlll more marked when com
pared with January 1, when the Index
stood at H.299. Meanwhile there has been
a decline of 4 per cent to May 1, and prlcea
are down near to the level of 1903 and 19M.
so far as thla criterion of values Indicates.
The movement toward lower prices is
probably universal. In British market a
similar sagging 1 noted of about the same
extent. The decrease applies In the United
States to some forty different articles, of
which provisions, fruits, fibers, cotton
goods, Iron, naval store and lumber are
among the more Important classes. Gro
ceries, steel, coal, hardware and chemicals
have not changed In the last montl), while
certain cereals and other staples have ad
vanced, including sugar, hides, rubber, to
bacco and hay.
Comparing May 1, thla year, with last
May reveal a still larger group of de
creases, and a much more pronounced de
cline from tho figure of $8,9366 to J7.9C9, or
nearly 11 per cent. Taken aa a whole, this
I a healthier business Indication than the
contrary movement would be under exist
ing condition of trade and Industry.
CONFERENCES OK GOVERNORS.
Removing Friction from State) and
Federal Machinery.
Minneapolis Journal. 1
The governors seem to be very much
taken with this Idea of conferring. Per
haps the largest result of the president'
conference at the White House is a move
ment on the part of the governor to pro
vide for a regular annual conference.
They seem inclined, however, to run the
thing themselves. While acknowledging
their debt to the president for having got
ten them together thl time, they seem
disposed to provide for future conferences,
without depending upon a call from the
president, for the purpose of considering
such matters as uniform Insurance laws,
both fire and life; law relating to taxa
tion and other thing where co-operdatlon
and conference may be profitable.
While there Is, undoubtedly. In this Idea
of annual governors' conferences the dis
position to make much of the rights and
powers of the atate a against federal en
croachments, the governor themselves re
cognise that thero are things about which
they might properly confer, the treatment
of which can best be accomplished by fed
eral authority.
The president met tha Issue very happily
when, in a reply to an expressed appre
hension with respect to the encroachment
of federal upon state authority, he came
promptly to his feet with the statement
that he did not care a rap whether the laws
were enforced by the state or national gov
ernment, so long as they were enforced for
the good of the people. That' a practical,
common-sense view of the matter and
really shows how foolish is tills anxiety
lest the federal supplant state authority.
Old, worn-out political machinery Is Just
as sure to ba discarded for new and Im
proved political machinery as that la to
l.appen In the case of Industrial con
trivances. The people of the twentieth cen
tury are not going to be deprived of the
best means of doing things out of con
sideration for some old-time sentiment with
respect to state sovereignity, and while the
governor may accomplish a great deal of
good conferring In their state capacities,
they would not last long as obstructors of
means and measures and methods that
may happen to be federal If they also hap
pen to be tha best.
CORN PRODUCTS
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SMILING REMARKS.
He Last night I was so happy I thought
It was all a dream.
She How did you find It out It wasn't?
He The policeman pinched me. Balti
more American.
Mistress Now, remember, Bridget, the
Joneses are coming for dinner.
Cook Ix-ave it to me, mum. I'll do me
worst. They'll never trouble yes again.
Tit-Bit.
"Yes, I can let you in on the ground
floor If you want a llttlo of thl tock."
"No, you enn't. The last time 1 came In
on the ground floor the whole scheme
promptly tumbled Into the subcellar."
Cleveland Plain Dealer.
"They say." remarked Uncle Allen
Sparks, "that the corporations are not go
ing to contribute anything to the cam
paign funds this year. Then we won't
have as much campaign oratory a usiinl.
There Is no loss without some gain. Chi
cago Tribune.
Bacon They say Dauber doe ome won
derful work.
Egbert Yea; I understand he painted
some bananas green and In a month they
all turned yellow. Philadelphia Inquirer.
"Your goose la cooked," cried one of two
skeakers.
"And your cako Is dough," retorted the
other.
Hut they were not enemies recriminating
with Joy at each other' misfortunes; they
were merely two friendly cooks comparing
notes of progress. Baltimore American.
Reporter I couldn't get anything out of
the detective as to where he got the lead
ing clue but that a little bird told him.
Editor Humph! Possibly one of hi tool
pigeon. Baltimore American,
"I wonder why the owl ha been chosen
a the symbol of wisdom?"
"Because tho owl has sense enough to
keep Its mouth shut, except only when It
open It to hoot at everything else." Balti
more American.
"Who ia that man who struts aa though
he were the chief person In the universe?
"That is a medical light, celebrated aa a
lung specialist."
"Oh, that is the reason he Is so chesty."
Washington Star.
"The latest London play Is called 'The
Thunderbolt.' "
"By Jove!"
"No, by Mnero." Cleveland Plain Dealer.
"I observe." said the editor of the mag.
axlna. looking over the manuscript that
had been submitted to bim by the aspiring
author thereof, "that you have used the
phrase, 'lean hours." How can there b
such a thing as a 'lean hour?' "
"Why not?' demanded tha other. "There
I such a thing a a spare moment, isn't
there?" Chicago Tribune.
FATHER'S GARDEN.
Father's got a garden
He would have you know
Peas, potatoes, cabbage.
Planted row on row;
When he gets home from the office
Oft comes his coat and vest;
His real then Knows no limit, -His
household knows no rest.
It certainly Is marvelous
The way the thing was done.
He had a man to plough it
One night at set of sun;
He put In rhubarb, rye and corn.
Carrot and parsley, too,
If you would know, ask father
How fast that garden grew.
The truck had just been In a week
When father' mind grew reckless;
He stretched the truth a knot or two
And we had peaa for breakfast;
For lunch we had some home-grown beeisa
And If 'tis strange, why pardon (A
For dinner we had pumpkin pie A V
All out of father' garden.
And oh, alas! I had forgot
The squashes long and striped.
Which father planted in hla lot
They traveled fast aa bipeds;
And when he wheeled his barrow heme
He smelt a squash a-baklng
'Twas grown In that same garden lot
That father had been raking.
But I have not named half the truck
The onions and tomatoes.
The butterbeans and garlic, too.
With which pa's breath was freighted
And as hla barrow keepa the trail
At all tlmea pining hot.
The hub of all the universe
Is father's garden lot.
Omaha. BAYOLL NE TRELB.
The Optimist There 1 nothing Ilk
tha comfort of good rlMhr anil
knowing where to get them.
CLOTHES SATISFACTION
Our Hulls for Men and Hoy
liuve attracted a lot of At ten
lion this season.
The putttrns are novel and
exclusive.
The lines of the garment are
original vd attractive.
Che tailoring Is altogether
satisfactory.
fhe prices should attract tho
nAu ho has been paying
I J ore for less deslrnbla n.li.
uade to measure.
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