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Iwerikeri laawlaug tha) city lea i
wosmrllr h.mld ' kaTt TlU Ba
ailed t tatcaa. Addraaa will b
rkti(i aa oftem a r.ete.
Etoit' little actress hag a divorce
suit all her own.
The anomaly of tha average up
llfter la that ha often pulla down with
ut knowing K. ' '" '
In Emporia, Kan., they hay a
pitcher named Wind, lie ought to
fan eren their sluggers.
No doubt eereralof President Taft'a
fueatg on that yachting voyage took
turns trying to guide the ship.
If we had. only. known what was
Deeded to bring a shower we might
hare had the circus here sooner.
When Governor Fobs gets ready, to
compare pardoning records we have
a few out here In Nebraska we might
submit.
The complaint against the Lumber
trust Is that it has been getting too
much free board. Every trust should
pay ' Its way.
Our Congressman Lobeck may get
to be a chautauqua orator If he is not
careful to avojd, the contagion while
in Washington'-.
It now appears that In some ex
treme cases, where the muck was es
pecially deep and resilient, they used
hoes instead of rakes.
Our Jwo. United States senators
from Nebraska seem to be developing
a peculiafMinanlmlty of view when
ever they talk for publication.
The Louisville Courier-Journal dis
cusses "Tar and Highways." Has an
ominous tons,' suggesting poles, once
popular on roads and in other ways,
in which tar figured. '
Governor Aldrich managed to shine
at Ak-Sar-Ben rin that galaxy ot rail
road luminaries and ' come out un
scathed, but it was a pretty strong or
deal to pat blra up against.
If it Is true that Champ Clark con
tracted wth a lyceum bureau for lec
tures beginning July -1 the bureau
may yet have' to sue Uncle Sam for
detaining Champ at Washington over
time. .'. , ., . . .. ...
It is hard to understand how
Judges who delight in letting down the
bars to convicted criminals can con
scientiously advocate strict enforce
ment of the law from the chautauqua
platform.
Congressman Norrls, his biographer
says, worked on farms when a boy for
summer amusement, ' It must be said
that the judge's early Ideas of amuse
ment differed widely from the average
boy's notions. .
"Chicago will ba the best lighted
and most attractive city before I am
through with it," observes Mayor Car
ter Harrison..-This being only his
fourth time around, one may ba dis
posed to believe him.
The entry list for the summer po
litical handicap rac will be open for
the remainder of this week. Wa know
of no way -of getting so much free ad
vertising for f 5 as by filing for nomi
nation for soma office, and there is
always a gambler's chance for aa acci
dent. ';.
The Echo de France announeea that
the United Btatea has Informed Ger
many that establishing a naval base
on the Atlantic coast of Morocco
would gravely Injure American Inter
ests. The Echd, however, haa not
been formally proclaimed as tha offi
cial mouthpiece of thla government.
Aa tha tranaeonUnental gateway,
Omaha Is Just now a transit point for
aa unaaeally largo number of tourists
headed for tha Rocky mountains and
tha Paclflo coast. . Omaha ought to be
a atop-ovar point on every through
ticket for tt matoaJ- advantage both
of tha travail pa bile aad tha city,
who xnlgtt ihaw get accaainted with
Clearing the Seeks.
Ona by ona the amendments to the
Canadian. reciprocity bill are coming
up and feeing voted down In the senate
and tha decks ara thus being cleared
for tha final vote directly on - the
c;urs Itself. It begins to look as
!f Senator Pen roes might ba correct
In predicting the adjournment of con
gress on either July 39 or August S.
None of tha amendments to ths
reciprocity bill ret voted on has with
stood the power of the) united opposi
tion and none of those still pending
promises to do so.. The force of tha
anti-reciprocity faction was spent in
tha defeat of the Root amendment,
and eves that result waa conoaded by
Senator Root and his allies before
hand. Tha remaining opposition is
represented In the amendments pro
posed by Cummins, Bailey, and others
and In the out-and-out - opposition of
certain others lacks cohesion as much
as It did at first, and will ba easily
dissolved when the full strength of
tha reciprocity forces is thrown
against It Since, therefore, both
sides and all Interests have had a fair
chance for a full and free debate and
the outcome seems to be inevitable,
tha final vote may as well be taken,
wa should think, for nothing Is to ba
gained at this late date by delay. .
Keep Politici Oat
The democrats will err If they in
sist on injecting politics Into the Con
troller bay land case Inquiry, aa they
threaten to do. If they really believe
that wrong has been done and sin
cerely wish to expose tha facts and
correct conditions, they must adopt
a course of procedure absolutely free
from sinister motive. Two wrongs
would not make a right in this case.
The effort that is beidg made to
eharga that this valuable Alaskan coal
land was set aside by the president
upon the suggestion of his brother for
tha benefit of tha Guggenheim will
need real evidence behind It to con
vince well-thinking people. Particu
larly is this so since the famous al
leged letter on which the whole
structure of the case seems to hang
shows np nowhere and the president
and Interior department officials dis
claim all knowledge of it. The demo
cratic inquisitors must not let their
over-real to smirch a republican presi
dent In order to manufacture political
capital run away with their sense of
fairness.
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Mexico's New Troubles.
A special dispatch from Mexico City
says that the street car strike there'
was brought about and is being fo
mented by certain outside capitalists
who wish to discredit the Madero gov
ernment and have gone to Ottawa and
Wall street to prevail on the Dowers
that be to bring financial pressure to
bear on the new" government to pre
vent the already-arranged chanres in
the directorate ' of the National rail
ways. These capitalists, who are
Canadians, are said to control these
lines, hence desire no changes made.
The strike goes on with disastrous
effects and at the same time oven on
the border in the city of San Antonio,
Tex., is fermenting another leaven of
discontent the so-called constitu
tional party, with an official organ,' is
at work. This party claims for itself
the distinction of pro-patriotism, but
it professes to find nothing in Madero
or tha new regime to emulate or de
fend. It would overthrow the whole
present government. Under no cir
cumstances- would it' see Madero
elected president of the republic, nor
even De la Barra.
These are only twothough per
haps of the more formidable forces
of malcontent obstructing the ways
and plans of the Madero government.
Others are to be found on the south
ern coast and In soma of the Interior
states. When the politicians and
financiers both antagonise those who
ara trying to reconstruct Mexico, and
that, too. In large part, clandestinely,
It sets up a trying problem, Indeed,
and fully Justifies those who expressed
the fear that the overthrow of Diai
waa only the beginning of Mexican
reconstruction.
Fly Cops ia Boiton.
It has long been a, habit of the
street gamin to yell "Fly cop" at the
policeman, but in Boston if , there
were such creatures as street gamins
they might yell It with meaning,
for Boston has made every policeman
a fly cop In fact. Every officer who
walks a beat Is Instructed to let no
guilty fly escape, but swat him
wherever and whenever he may be
found.. No matter if he happens for
the moment to be parched on a man's
bead, be Is to ba slatted. Of course,
any discreet policeman will swat him
In tuch a way as not to endanger his
own physical well-being or jeopardize
tha legal safety of the city by inviting
a retort from the owner of the head
on which the offending fly may be
sitting.
Boston always has a way of going to
tha center of things. Other cities may
nibble at the edges of a problem, but
Boston bites Into the very core. So
now, while the entire country is
floundering around at sea In an at
tempt to hit upon the right way of
extinguishing the fly, Boston quietly
plumps the bulls-eye. The scheme
originated with the Women's Munici
pal league of that sapient city, one of
whose members, being something of a
mathematician in her younger days,
figured out that, owing to its prodi
gious fecundity, "one fly In ona sum
mer could produce normally 115,311,
500,000.000,000 descendanta." This,
she calculated, waa entiiely too many.
Just suppose 1,000,000. or 100,000,000
flies, or even a half doaea more flies,
war ta spans the iimmer la Boston,
what would happen? What, without
the aid of the ever vigilant policeman
with his faithful club?
Ah, Boston haa placed every city In
the land deeply In Its debt. How can
the obligation be met? Why, by
speedily taking up the cudgel and
placing It In tha brawny hands of
every policeman In every city. 8oon
such a thing as a fly will be entirely
unknown. Wa would like to suggest,
st tha risk ot seeming officious, that
each officer ba furnished with a neat
little screen flyvklller, as It may prove
much mora effective than tha ordinary
club used to maul recalcitrant citisens
over the head.
More About the Ice Holdup.
Down In St Joseph the announce
ment that tha price of Ice delivered to
households is to ba raised from 35
cents a hundred pounds to 40 cents a
hundred pounds has created a small
sized tempest of protest. Just as if
tha St. Joseph people did not know
that they were still living In the land
of milk and honey as compared with
Omaha, where a few weeks ago all
tha Ice companies accldently raised
the price of delivered lea from 40
cents a hundred to 60 cents a hundred
at tha very identical moment Tha
advertisement of tha St Joseph ice
raise, printed in tha newspapers over
tha name ot tha principal corporate
ice baron there, reada as follows:
On and after July I lo to all our pat-
rons will ba advanced I cants per 100
pounds. Kansas City and all the other
liver town have been charging this price
for years, BL Joseph has had the benefit
of lower prices for the past thre year
As a result of tboe lower prloea there
has been no profit mad la the Ice manu
facturing bualneas in this city. On ac
count of the unuaual conditions "all over
our territory, and all tha smaller towns
being out of Ice, we ask our patrons to
ba as sparing as possible, so we may ba
able to help tha smaller towns out
In Interviews the lea men further
explain what great efforts they have
been making to keep 8t. Joseph people
supplied at low prices, ona ot them
being quoted as saving: .
We have been buying Ice Outside In ordar
to look after the trade. It simply has been
lmposaible for the local companies to
manufacture enough lea to take cars of
the patronage. Ice has been shipped In
from aa far away as Wymore, Neb.
These explanations cannot fall to ba
of interest to us here In Omaha. The
St. Joseph ice man refers to Kansas
City and other river towns as having
been charging 40 cents for years,
when, had ho known, he could, and
should, have cited Omaha as being
held up for 50 cents per hundred.
St. Joseph victims would surely be
consoled with the thought that an
other town 200 miles further north,
and equally helpless, was 25 per cent
worse off. The information that ice
haa been shipped from Wymore, Neb.,
to St. Joseph, and there sold delivered
for 35 cents a hundred, must also be
an eye-opener for us. f Wymore is aa
near to Omaha 'as It is to St. Joseph,
and' If ice from Wymore could be re
tailed at a profit in St Joseph at 35
cents a hundred, how much are Omaha
Ice men making when they exact 60
cents a hundred?
All we have to say is that St. Joseph
ice men must be novices in the busi
ness. They should get their Omaha
brethren to teach them how to trim
the consumers good.
The street corner signs on trolley
and electric light poles are not a suc
cess, judging from the complaints
strangers make about being unable to
make out locations and directions. If
it is worth while to put up street signs
it Is worth while putting up signs that
are visible and legible, and they
might alao be made artistic.
Inquirer: Yes, the Water board
might have set its water bond election
on the same day as the primary elec
tion, as the county board has done
with its court house bond election, but
that would have saved $3,500 of the
taxpayers' money. ,
The absence of Mr. Bryan from ths
coming democratic state convention,
being detained' by lecture engage
ments, means that by comparison this
convention will be decidedly tame be
side the Grand Island convention of a
year ago. '
"Dan" Coghlln, "the finest-shaped
man" in the world, says men will
soon be wearing clothes much like
women, with hlpless and hobble
trousers. Dan and soma other men
may, but not all, we can assure Daniel
of that.
Note that petitions are out to sub
mit the question o adopting the com
mission form of government in
Beatrice. It looks as If it might ba a
race to see which progressive city In
Nebraska gets under the wire first.
Ploaa and 1'atrlntla Wish.
Philadelphia Record.
"Remember the Maine," formerly a war
cry, is now significant as a pious wish
that tha brava men who went down to
death In tha fatal ship may never ba for
gotten by their country.
Xeaaeala of Oral Swladler.
St. Louis Globe-Democrat.
Edward L. Harper, who engineered a
swindling wheat deal In 1887. had to pawn
his cuff buttons the other day. It would
ba philosophical to aay that Nemeala la on
tha trail of all such swindlers, but It Is
practically Impossible to say ao when soma
of them ara even burled with their dia
monds on.
Diplomacy la Sammer Time.
New Tork World.
Secretary Knox la credited with a great
stroke of diplomacy In effecting a treaty
between the United States. Russia, Great
Britain and Japan, whereby the North
Paclflo Is to ba cloaed to pelaglo sealing
for fifteen years. As the effect probably
will ba to Increase tha price of aealskina,
greater diplomacy I shown In announcing
tha treaty at the super-heated period when
nobody cares what sealaklna will coat next
winter.
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JLLV.12.
Thirty Tears Ag
Tha Pleasant Hour club held Its post
poned hop this evening. Mr. P. 8. Euatta,
bow tha Burlington's passenger traffic
manager at Chicago, was tha secretary
,At 1:80 p. m. tha thermometer at Mas
Meyer's on Farnam street Indicated MVj
degrees In the shad.
While a four-mule team was passing
along Sixteenth street near tha residence
of A, J. Poppleton, tha wheels of tha wagon
aank to the hubs In a sewer excavation,
and war gotten eut with greatest diffi
culty. A loaded omnibus and three wagons got
stuck in soma bad mud holes on Ninth
street between Farnam and Harney In tha
evening, and this furnished amusement to
a crowd of onlookers who gathered.
Judge Ousts ve Anderson was so overcome
by tha heat that ha was compelled to go
home. His trouble however did not prove
serious. '
Hugh McCaffrey, Fifteen and Douglas
streets, offers V reward for the return
of a lost gold hunting case stop watob
and chain.
Twenty Years Ago
A South Omaha item says that "Shield's
white dog and Hart's gray had a rattling
nine round fight in Sarpy county for $50
a side and Hart's won."
Dr. W. J. Harsh a, pastor of First Pres
byterian church, announced that he prob
ably would spend his Summer vacation
at tha grsat Moody school at Northfield,
Mass.
Boyd's new theater Just erected at Sev
enteenth and Harney streets, announced
Its opening for September 1, with A. M.
Palmer's Madison Square eompany In "Al
abama." Miss Balcombe, society editor of tha Ex
celslor, goes to Manitou for a fortnight
"Hon." A. X. Ooudy, superintendent of
publlo Instruction, arrived to tha city, ac
companied by Mrs. Ooudy, enrouta to To
ronto, to attend tha National Teachers as
sociation, which was cheduled to meet
there.
Rev. Matthew B. Lowrle, D. D., of Boul
der, Colo., has been elected to tha chair
of New Testament exegecis of the Omaha
Theological seminary. "He is said to ba
a man of scholarly attainments and of
great energy and excellent aooial qualities,"
Mayor Church .Howe of Auburn la stop
ping at tha Paxton.
Ten Years Ago
Major 14. & Wilcox, department com
mander of tha Grand Army of tha Republic,
issues general order No. 4. reaDeetlna- the
thirty-ninth national encampment of the
order. .
Mies Magee, Dr. A. W. Clark and Dr.
Pollard escorted 100 mission children to
an annual plcnlo at Lake Man aw a, where
they all had a rattling good time.
J. B. Berry, chief engineer of tbe Unloa
Paclflo, took a run to St Paul.
The annual retreat of the Catholic priests
of the diooes cloaed with the annuonce
ment that 112.000 had been raised toward
the new cathedral building fund. "
Two hundred Young Woman'a Christian
association young women gave Mrs. George
inaen a surprise party, at her residence.
Nineteenth and Douglas streets, prior to
her departure for a long visit In the east.
Marked Increase' In receipts of the office
of city electrician are annnuncM aa
of tha new Interior Inspection fee system.
Omaha lost to Bt Paul In "the Western
league race by a score of 1 to 1.
PEPPERY PARAGRAPHS.
Washington Star: 'In mno A
allusions to her name Mrs. Carri rh.n.
man Catt calls attention, to tha fact that
sne got It from her husband. The man
who blames hut' wifa for .v.,Mkin. i.
gradually rearing retribution.
Indianapolis News: To the man who
works a steady Job all summer every sum
mer, whatever tha temrrmtnr m,
all that Washington talk about tha solons
surrering from tha Intense heat doean't
sound nearly as pathetic as It Is Intended
to sound.
Baltimore American: Warning has been
Issued to watch one hundred-dollar bills
carefully for counterfeits. Tha Iftrr, ma
jority who ara accustomed to keep hun-
orea-dollar bills In their vest pockets by
way of casual change will be made nervous
by the warning.
Chicago Tribune: In some communities
where there is less retard for law than
there la in this town tha case of a
"taaoher" ilka See would b tried Inex
pensively yet concluaively by a committee
of men provided with a big bag of feath
ers, a bucket of tar, and a fenc rail.
Pittsburg Dispatch: Mr. Stead's sugges
tion of a British statue of Washington at
Westminster In commemoration of th
hundred years of peace between the Eng-
ush speaking nations and the consumma
tion of tha general arbitration agreement
Is all right Just so wo ara not expected to
subscribe to any fund to erect a statue of
George tha Third In this country.
People Talked About
FTROHMAM
Theatrical magnate and manager and
more than a brother to Charles. Daniel cir
culates through tha country with his stara.
ahlle Charlea looks after the Frohman in-
tureeta In New Tork,
John Hays Hammond doean't care a con
tinental for tha opinion of tbe home crowd
on his ooronatlon clothaa. Furthermore
he is not going to satisfy morbid curiosity
by exhibiting that knee braachca.
Benjamin Leads, whose mind had been a
blank fur alx yaara, falls into a delirium
and fever at Atlantlo City, and out of thu
depths of bla aub-conaclouaness comes hlj
name, that of his wife and other Identify-
ing ramnanta of his old personality.
William R. Oaewald of Chicago and Mrs.
Nellie L. Oaewald were remarried la ties
Moines, Ia.. by a Justice or tha peace. Mr.
and Mrs. Osawald were divorced twenty
ears ago, following a quarrel over tbe
name of their newly born son. The son
who caused tbe trouble affected Uie recon-MUlsHon,
iff
M'
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Saa Water Warka saeatlaa.
OMAHA, July 1L To tha Editor of The
Pee: On my own behalf and that of
numerous others who I believe do not un
derstand tha Question of voting on water
bonds, I wlah you would publish In brief
all the facts In relation to the whole mat
ter, and especially on the following points
What conditions. If any, were Imposed
on the city by the original franchise to
renew or purchase at Its termination T
We voted $6,000,000 bonds soma three
years ago to take tha plant at tha ap
praisement
Will they ever ba laaued and sold and
why was not tha matter closed up thenT
Was It because of tha law suit between
tha water company, and the city and. It so,
would It not ba wise to wait until that suit
la finished before w vote any mora bondsT
Do we need $8,000,000 to pay the appraise
ment price and Interest or la the addi
tional 1X000,000 needed for Improvement of
the plant?
If we pay interest for tha last three
years, will we have an accounting from
the company for use and profits during
that UmeT
I am sending this communication to the
other papers, E. C. WOLCOTT.
, Z713 Blnney Street.
Handred aad Five I the Shade.
OMAHA, July 1 To tha Editor of The
Bee: Beg to enolose you herewith a clip
ping I have had for several years. In
fact, so long that I do not now remember
what paper I eut it from, and It does not
show tha author, but at this time think It
Is well worth reprinting and hand It to
you that you may do so. Tours very truly,
309 Miami Street. L. V. CRUM.
I'm parboiled, I'm fried, I'm roasted.
I swear I am hair cooked at leaat.
My akin feels as If It waa toasted,
I'm a subject of a cannibal feast.
I walk through this beat-stricken land
In the thinnest of textures arrayed.
And I walk with a fan in each hand,
While it's a hundred and five In ths
shade. t
To grumble they aay la a sin.
But this weather brings nothing but
srroans.
I would like to Jump out of my skin
And sit auletly down In my nones.
Or I wish that I might ba a whale.
Of a harpoon I'd not ba afraid;
For tha North Pole I'd quickly set sail
And leave a hundred and nva in tne
shad a
How long will this hot weather last!
Can't you rive a consoling ldear
When it goes, will it go very fast.
Or will it remain an the yean
In hot weather I can't be a hero,
Of Old Sol I'm truly afraid.
I would much rather know him at sero.
Than a hundred and nv in tne anaaa.
-Gambling
Bya and Men.
OMAHA, July 11. To the Editor Of
Tha Be: I noticed In your Issue of the
10th that tha Juvenile court Is going to
take steps to stop the newsboys from
gambling on tha streets. I am pleased
to sea that they are going to take this
matter In their hands. It is a great
thing and I have wondered why they have
not done thla before, but there is one
Question X, would Ilka to bring before
(the people of Omaha. Why don't tha
higher courts take the same steps to
prevent so much gambling of men? I
feel safe in saying and I think every true
citlsen will agre with me, when I say
that If they would stop tha ones that are
setting an example for these young boys
Ney (the boys) would not practice It
so much; Can anyone tall ma why they
ara so anxious to stop tha boys from
gambling and aot th men, not speaking
ot numerous other ex am plea that are set
by men for the boys to follow?
A C1TIZ&N.
CRITICISING HIS CHUMS.
Colonel Brysua Aeeueea Soathera Sena
tors of laalncertty.
New Tork Tribune.
It is Interesting to find Mr. Bryan ex
pressing In tha Commoner not a little Im
patience at the tactics ot the southern
democrats in congress who want to extort
the surrender of federal control of election
of senators as the price of permitting tha
popular choice of senators to ba substituted
for tha present method. It la natural that
tha Nebraska leader should ba annoyed at
a "holdup" which threatens to defeat tha
submission of tha constitutional amendment
now In conference. Ha has always been
strongly in favor of taking the right to
elect away from the legislatures and giving
It to the people, but ha has never thought
It advisable to alter the existing status so
far as federal control of tha processes by
which members of tbe two houses are
elected is concerned. In the democratic
national platform on which he was a can
didate for president In 189C, 1900 and lSOt no
such modification of the constitution was
suggested.
Mr. Bryan evidently thinks that the
southern politicians at Washington are
overplaying tha game. Ha aays:
"A number of southern senators ara at
heart opposed to tha election of senators
by popular vote; they are also opposed to
any effective anti-trust legislation, to any
genuine tariff reform and to anything
elsa that the people need. These ara
the men who are Just now terribly agitated
for fear tha Briatow amendment might
bring a force biU."
In bia opinion tha demand for complete
state control of senate elections should
ba dropped and an amendment should ba
altered In conference so aa to permit any
state to retain tha preaant method if It
desires to do so. T'tat Is a pertinent and
sensible suggestion. Yet it will probably
not please the men who have been Instat
ing that tha federal government shall sur
render the last vestige of control over sen
ate elections to the states. They care mora
for extending state rights than they do
for direct elections, and they will not
relish the plain-spoken exposure of their
readiness to sacrifice tha principle of pop
ular election mads by a democrat ot Mr.
Bryan's distinction and authority.
Popcan Tariff Bills.
Philadelphia Ledger.
The announcement that Mr. Underwood
Is now to bring In a bill revising the cot
ton schedule need not cause any additional
anxiety. While tha senate ia waiting for
tha Insurgents to permit a vote on reoiproo
lty the houae baa nothing to do and can
be as well occupied in passing popgun tariff
bills as in any other way. They are not
expected to pass the senate. They are
simply experiments in tariff revision In
tended as Indications of the more general
policy it Is expected to bring forward at
the regular session. They serve to paas
tha time and do no harm. When the heat
has finally prevailed over the senate ob
structionists congress will go home and
tha country can then have a few weeks'
rest.
A Craeefal Remembrance.
Philadelphia Record. j
One of the most appropriate of all acts
on the Fourth of July was placing a wreath
and American flag upon tha grave of La
fayette. There la no more Intereatiag
figure In our revolutionary annals than
tha youthful French nobleman who Joined
our army from an enthusiastic devotion to
political liberty, and who was from first
to last one of tha moat Intimate and de
Voted friends of General Washington.
Army Gossip
ataMara mt xatar aa aad ak
a UM Firing: Uaa OHa4 fro as
the Army aad Vavy fiet
Tha War department will soon detail
army officers to compose the board for
the revision of the small-arms firing regu
lations. It Is expected tha board will
meet about the first of September. In the
meantime, officers who have an opportun
ity to observe the results of the present
regulations have been asked to submit
criticisms and suggeatlons which may be
Used In the preparation of the new edition.
It la expected that the Information from
those quarters will cover every possible
phase of tha situation. Some experts be
lieve that the requirements are excessive,
especlslly In the qualification of expert
marksman, but It It can be shown that the
regulations have Improved tha skill of
marksmen It is believed that It would be
unwise to make any material modifica
tions. Many army officers, especially those who
from the personnel of the quartermaster's
department, ; desirous that. In the event
of tha creation of the supply corps trft
tha army formed by the legislative con
solidation of the quartermaster's, subsist
ence and pay departments, tha title of
tha staff branch shall retain tha historic
designation of "quartermaster's corps" In
stead of supply corps, and "quartermas
ter's bureau" Instead of supply bureau,
as tha designation of tha departmental
bureau. As has been stated In these col
umns, the title has historical significance,
having been In use during the revolution
ary war. In addition to that fact, it is
regarded as more descriptive of the funo
tiona of tha proposed corps that It should
retain the allusion to the quartermaster
branch. The word supply Is associated
with, and has a definite meaning In, com
mercial usage, and it Is also pointed out
that In tha consolidation, proposed by Mr.
Hay' bill, only two of ths seven supply
departments of tha military establishment
are embraced in the consolidation.
Ths Instructions of President Taft to the
War department respecting the military
fore tn Texas contemplates the gradual
withdrawal of troops of tbe maneuver di
vision, untU the division is reduced to the
extent described In these ' columns last
week. When the movement of the Ninth
cavalry, Fourth field artillery and Thir
teenth Infantry has beeu completed, the
following organisations will proceed to
their stations In the order named, as trans
portation becomes available: Fifteenth In
fantry to Fort Douglas, Utah; Eigh
teenth infantry to Fort Mackensie, Wyo.,
and Whipple Barracks, Aria.; Companies
I, K and M. of tha engineer corps, to Fort
Leavenworth, Kan.; Company A of the
signal corps to Fort Omsha, and Company
D of the signal corps to Fort Leaven
worth; Eleventh Infantry to Fort D. A.
Russell, Wyo.; two battalions of the Third
field artillery, on completion of service tar
get practice, to Fort Myer, Va. Major
The board of officers appointed some
time ago to meet at Fort Leavenworth,
Kan., for the purpose of carrying out the
recommendations of a committee of tbe
general staff that Its proposed revision of
the Infantry drill regulations be further
revised In connection with practical trials
before the final revision Is published, has
completed Its work. The board consisted
of Lieutenant Colonel John F. Morrison,
general staff; Captain Merch B. Stewart.
Eighth infantry (major Porto Rico regi
ment), and Captain Alfred W. BJornatad,
general staff. Inatead of revising the reg
ulations prepared by the committee of the
general staff, however, the board has prac
tically rewritten them. The chief aim of
the board in producing new drill regula
tions for tha foot soldier was to provide
for bringing Infantry, units Into battle for
mation and for their control on the firing
Una, and all that was possible that does
not pertain to this Is eliminated. Accord
ingly, the parts which treat of close order
formations are materially reduced and cor
respondingly more attention given to ex
tended order. The edition of the regula
tions now In us was gotten eut In 1904,
and It contains 121 pages which relate to
close order. Tha naw regulations require
only fifty pages for this subject. Tha
parts which relate to ceremonies are re
duced from thirty pages to twelve. The
parts of the now regulations which treat
of extended order and eombat have been
added to, so that the regulations will re
quire a book of ISO pages, but this Is less
than the present 906-page book. One of.the
Important changes contemplated by tha
new regulations la an Increase In tha au
thorised aise of an Infantry company from
108 men to IN enlisted men. It being an ob
ject to provide a company of this siss,
which can be readily controlled on the fir
ing line by a captain. The company will
be divided into four platoons, the two outer
ones to be commanded by tha lieutenants
and the two Inner ones by tha first and
second sergeants. The regulations are di
vided Into five parts. Part one treats of
drill, Including tha mechanism of extended
order; part two of combat; part three of
marches and camps; part four of ceremo
nies and Inspections, and part five of man
uals, Including saber, tent pitching, bugle,
ate. Part ona has been In use by the Sev
enteenth and Eighteenth regiments of In
fantry for about two months.' If ths chief
of staff approves the new regulations at
one It Is expected to have a supply of
them ready for Issue by August IS, In order
that they may ba available for study by
officers of the army and militia prepara
tory to commencement of work In ths fall.
'HONEY
Deposited in the Sayings Department of
the Omaha National Bank during the first
10 days of July will bear interest
from July 1st.
Savings pass-books issued and
interest compounded semi-annually.
Omaha National Bank
17th and Farnam Sts.
Capital $1,000,000. Scrplss and Fronts $600,001
J. H. Millard, Pres. ,
NEBRASKA PRESS C0MME5T.
Tecumeeh Chieftain: "Stand up for Ne
braska" tha soil Is too blamed hot te
allow you to sit down.
Nebraska City News: There win be a
mora bolldays until labor day, therefore
we would euggeet that knock a put tn
their surplus time cutting weads. 1
Tork News: In spite of early advents
every once In a while n NehrasKa bov
goes wrong. One Is no- advertised as
having married Into the Vandorhllt family.
Nebraslta City Press: A NebraeHa City
woman quit eating meat for a month to
reduce her weight. After going thirty
days on this starvation basis she weighed
herself and found that she had gained alt
pounds.
Atklneon Graphic: Rraerve funds In Ne
braska slate bsnks have drrmil off three
million rtollare In the laat fowr months
while In the national banks there appears
to have been a corresponding ln. Ia
there any significance to thesa fncta?
Hastings Tribune: Editor Roes Hammond
lost a pocketbook containing a roll of bills
as large as a stove pipe while on the
train between Omaha and Fremont. The
question now arises what had Rosa been
drinking before he left Omaha that made
him such sn easy mark "louih?"
Tierce leader: Grafters are working
Nebraaka farmers on this sort of a dodge:
One of the grafters calls on a - farmer,
and offers to put In a wire fence for $
cents a foot and the farmer eigne a con
tract. Later on, another grafter cornea
along, puts In ths fence, and the farmer
learns to his surprise that ha had signed
a contract to pay I cents per foot forach
wire in the fence.
Falls Clty 'Journai: The county has gone
Into the business of selling ' bill board
space. Tha back Jail fence Is now held
by an enterprising clothing merchant Tbe
side wails of tha old Jail and the court
house and the band stand and the cupala
when e.11 let out will brlnr the county a
neat little aum. And the varied deslgna
that each taker will put in his spacs will
give the buildings sn Interesting appear
ance; as a frontsptece they might put
on the Bull Durham tobacco sign la all Us
glory. Tha clock dials on the towar will
lend themselves to pictures of domooratio
candidates, who are now running for fourth
terms. This will be In keeping with tha
publlo desire as the real owners of tha
building ought to hara. thalr beaming
countenance shine forth from tha . very
top of the building that they refuse to
vacate. Thay are evidently under the Im
pression thst they own the td sbaoh.
LAUGHING OAS.
The orator spoke about the thtngs he had
not said, tha things ha did not believe aad
the thlnge ha would not do.
"That fellow." observed the sailor, "la
talking at tha rate of about thirty nets an
hour." Judge. . ... v, . ,
f- Ti think h- tan, fathav wwuld
offer ma personal viol arc If I were te ask
mm ror you r ..... .
Khr-Ni hut t think he will If row don't
pretty soon. The Watchman.
tm hi 4 a H nfna' rather aiawlf f"
asked the impatient man.
"You're looking at the wrong Pa,
replied the driver. "Tou want to oust ob
serving tha passing erenary and keen ywor
ey on the fare register." Washington
mar. - : . t
"He must be rich. He owns aa atrteano-
"That proves nothing. . Tea dught ta
hear him squeal every tlm the prto of
gaaolln goes up another cant." Detroit
Free Press.
"Thosa Kentucky feuds are terrible."
"I don't know that I ever weot against
n t-ni,u nAm K,it f know tb Ken
tucky .drinks can do a lot ef things to a
Man" UanalAft . fr4 . .
The Highbrow Tou bare been In Strat
ford? Then you remember, that passage
from Shakespeare .......
Mrs. Richqulck No, we didn't take It.
Wa came by another route. Puck.
"Why should people be so hard on the
Sugar trust whan it has done such a noble
work?"
"What noble work has It dona?"
"Hasn't K brought sweetness Into many
lifer Baltimore American.
"Maw. I've Joined a Don't Sweat club?"
"Where do you meet, dear?"
"In a refrlgeratln' warehouse.
"What do you do?"
"Nothln,." Chicago Tribune.
nr iiiii.'.u m - -
married, that my word should be law.
Mr. Plnhead That waa before I found
out that the law waa unconstitutional.
Philadelphia Bulletin.
MISTAH N0RF WIND.
W. D. Naablt In Chicago Post,
Blow hahd. Miatah Norf Wlnd-dty's a-
. II kin' you' today;
Day ain't nalr' ona o' all da folks gwlna
aat you' go away.
When yo' 'us hyuh las' winteb, dea dey
cuss yo' up en down
En ast de Jedge to tell yo' dat yo' toes' be
leavln' town.
But now dey tell yo' welnom en dey ast
yo' blow tight thoo.
En run pant ways to meet yo' whilst dey
shoutln' "Howdydo!",.,
O. blow hahd. Mlstah Norf Wlndl 1
Blow yo col dee' blows
I ain't gwlna caih ef I wake up
En find dat I ia froiet .
Ump-ooh! Miatah Norf Wind, what yo
keep yo'aetf dls while?
Sence yo' pack up en go In Mabch yo
travel' many a mile!
I bid yo' good-bye en falhwell en nevah
shed no tea-he
But coma 'roun. Mlstah Norf Wind, en
put chilblains on man eahal
Bygones kin desa ba bygones I got no
mo' to aay.
dat yo' will stay!
j, diuw nana, misism isorr wina:
Blow all de col' yo' got
Nex' tlm I kicks about yo'. dess
Mind ma when I 'us hot!