THE OMAHA DAILY BEE; WEDNESDAY, JUNE 15, 1904.
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l6el) M. B. HUNOATE.
Notary Public.
The truant officer la In luck to get his
salary raised by the school board twice
'within a month.
If King Ak-6ar-Beu 1b not careful the
Eaglea will soon appropriate the den to
themselves for an aerie.
John L. Webster's vice presidential
boom to growing. He has gotten Into
; one of the Washington Post man's car
' toons.
i . It takes some people a long time after
they get Into public office to become sat
urated with a sense of devotion to pub
lic duty. , i
Judging by the reports from the con
federate veterans' reunion at Nashville,
penitence la not always a prerequisite
to pardon.,
Ambitious cities that want to show up
well at the next, census, would do .well
i to keep In touch with the gate admission
figures of the St Louis exposition.
. , i ., ,
How Lord Dunraven must regret, the
' action of the American rifle team in giv
ing up the Palma trophy. He Is again
the only dissatisfied English sportsman.
Mars must ibe in ascendent over
Springfield this season to judge by the
belligerent actions of the delegates to
the various Illinois conventions meeting
there.
If Port Arthur Is not really an Asiatic
Gibraltar the Russians want to know it,
and are taking the ' only way to
find out by refusing to send an army to
Its jellef.
The World-Herald Is trying to resur
rect the Rockefeller donation as a po
litical Issue In the Impending Nebraska
campaign. That oil can was exploded
prematurely.
The Folk boom has apparently reached
the Missouri supreme court, as two of
the convictions he secured In St Louis
bribery cases have finally been affirmed
by that body. L
As a rule senators have resigned posi
tions to accept places In the cabinet,
but there- Is no constitutional bar to At
torney General Knox traveling the re
turn portion of the ticket
The bookbinders are meeting at St.
Paul, but they will not attract half as
much interest as the spellbinders who
will meet at St. Louis, although they
may do more really effective work.
Leaders of the republican party be
ginning to assemble at Chicago are here
by duly notified not to attempt to set
tle the vice presidential contest before
Nebraska's delegation arrives . on the
scene. - .
. Colonel Bryan proposes to beard the
Hon In his den by going to New York
to make a speech against Parker. Now
If Parker wants to return the compli
ment the new Omaha Auditorium will
be at his disposal.
Congressman Williams of Illinois
wants It understood that he will be a
candidate for nomination for president
at the hands of the democratic party
without waiting for the aid or consent
of any other aspirant, past, present or
future.
Having bad experience before with
railroad bluffs, the shippers of Omaha
will not be stampeded by any threat to
restore the bridgo arbitrary. It will
fake nvJr than that to convince aayone
that railroad managers credited wim
shrewdness can be so shortsighted.
I J-' 1
What are the authorities going to do
this year about the sale of dangerous
toy pistols and explosive crackers for
the July 4th celebration In Omaha? Will
tti Tirakna ha annllftd In advance of the
damage, or will It be wise to lay In the
usual supply of bandages and arnica!
CAP$ TUB CLIMAX OF AVDAV1TT.
When the Interstate commerce '. act
wss under consideration by . congress
representatives of the railroads took the
position before the national legislature
that congress had no more right' to regu
late railroads than It had to regulate a
hardware store, a flouring mill, or a
furniture factory. In the face of their
protests congress ordained that railroads
being public hlghwsys, were subject to
supervision and regulation, and the fed
eral supreme court has since then af
firmed and reaffirmed the principle that
the exercise of sovereign power by rail
roads subjects them to regulation and
supervision by national and state legis
lation. The same principle has been enun
ciated by the supreme courts of the
various states and by the supreme court
of the United States with regard to
railroad taxation. In the face of all'
these decisions and established preced
ent, the general solicitor of the Burling
ton has made formal remonstrance
against the assessment of Nebraska rail
roads on the lines laid down by the su
preme court of the United States and
the supreme court of our own state. In
his argument before the board, General
Manderson Is reported as follows:
If this board Is going to make Its esti
mate of valuation of railroad properties
upon the stock and bond theory, or upon
the capitalisation of the earnings, there Is
no language too strong to condemn it.
With all due deference to the learned
counsellor of the Burlington railroad, we
venture to assert that If members of the
board are going to disregard the capital
ization and earnings of railroads In their
valuation for taxation, there is no inn- j
guagtoo strong to condemn them, and
mere win be no power to save tneni
from general condemnation by every
taxpayer of Nebraska, Including 99 out
of every 100 men on the pay roll of the
railroads.
Only two years ago the supreme court
of Nebraska Issued Its mandate, order
ing the Omaha city , council to recon
vene and reassess the property of the
Omaha Street Railroad company, and
the properties of all other public utility
corporations on the .basis of the mar
ket value of their stocks and bonds. In
what respect does a railroad operated
by steam and transacting business in
the whole state, differ from a railroad
operated by electricity and doing traffic
within the limit of a dty? How can
the state board with any degree of de
cency disregard the various decisions
rendered by the federal circuit courts
and the United States supreme court It
self, In which the right of the state
to assess railroads on a basis of their
capitalization and earnings has been af
firmed and reaffirmed.
It is almost as easy for railroad at
torneys to Juggle with words and court
decisions as it is for railroad tax agents
to Juggle with figures. General Man
derson has capped the climax in both.
He not only denounces the unit rule of
assessing railway systems as a whole,
but he asks the board to disregard all
the fundamental pHnclples of valuation
of chartered public highways, exercising
sovereign powers, levying arbitrary
tribute upon the products of the country
tributary to them. In order to confuse
and confound the board still further, he
has reproduced the Davisson tables,
which are about as reliable as was the
padded census of Omaha In 1890. For
example, according to Prof.-Davisson,
the taxable wealth of Douglas county,
exclusive of . railroads. Is $209,949,045.
In this computation Prof. Davisson esti
mates the- value of city and town lots
in Douglas county at $147,083,000, and
he computes the taxable money on de
posit at $20,305,125. As a matter ot
fact the most' liberal estimate of the
market value of the town lots in Doug
las county does not exceed $100,000,000
and more than one-half of the deposits
In banks represent money not taxable,
viz.: state, county, city and school dis
trict deposits, and deposits of post
masters, army officers, collectors of in
ternal revenue, etc. Instead of $200,
000,000, as Davisson would have It, the
assessor of Douglas county estimates Its
aggregate value at $151,000,000, or one
fourth less than the Davisson figures.
The York county assessment which Is
now complete, shows that Davisson was
83 per cent off. But even If the Davis
son table were absolutely correct, the
state board has no right to consider
the relative assessment of any other
clnss of property to that - of railroads.
Its sworn duty Is to assess the railroads
at their- actual value as near as possi
ble, regardless of what any other class
of property will be returned for.
General Manderson's plea that the as
sessment of a railroad on the mileage
basis, proportionate to Its net earnings,
Is unfair because of Its valuable termin
als In other states, is disposed of most
effectively In the Indiana case, where
the same plea was advanced for the
Cincinnati & St Louis railroad, and Jus
tice Brewer expressly declared that the
distribution of -ihe terminals, whether
located in Indiana or Illinois along the
entire mileage of the system was fully
justified because the terminals derived
their value from the traffic Secured In
the territory outside of the stste as well
as In the state.
The weakest spot In Solicitor Mander
son's labored plea. Is bis failure to point
out by what process the state board
should arrive at a rational or intelligent
guess at the valuer of railroads If they
are not to consider the capitalization or
the earnings without abandoning the as
sessment of the franchise altogether and
returning them for what they would be
worth as farming lands, kindling wood
and scrap Iron.
One reason for the failure of Great
Britain to insist upon the evacuation ot
Manchuria by Russia, according to Its
promise, has Just come to light It holds
the Chinese port of Wei nal Wei only
so long as Russia holds Port Arthur,
and Great Britain bates to give up ter
ritory. ...
I If the paving contractors persist lu
playing the dog-in-the-manger act much
longer by ampletaljr blocking the efforts
of our property owners to get street Im
provements the proposition for a mu
nlcipsi asphalt repair plant may have to
be expanded Into a municipal plant
capable of doing original work as well
as repair work.
77 TARUISR TAHQLM.
The latest Information from Tangier
states that the bandit chief who Is hold
ing an American citizen and British sub
ject for ransom has been communicated
with, but there Is nothing absolutely
definite in regard to his Intentions. The
dispatch says It Is thought possible the
captives will not be released this week.
from which it is perhaps to be Inferred
that there is favorable promise of their
release at some future time, or when
the bandit chief shall be satisfied that
the ransom money will be paid and his
security against punishment assured.
So far as the sultan of Morocco is con
cerned he appears to have acted fairly
In the matter. He promised compliance
with the radical demands of the bandit
chief and appears to have made every
effort that could reasonably be ex
pected to secure the release of the cap
tives. Meanwhile the presence of the
American squadron at Tangier has been
amply Justified and It is not to be
doubted that the prompt action of our
government will have a lasting influ
ence, though it will still be advisable
for Americans to keep out of the reach
of Morocco brigands. Of course Rai-
soull will never be punished. Neither
our government nor that of Great
Britain will be likely to insist upon the
sultan going to the trouble and expense
of hunting down the bandit chief and
punishing him. The release of the cap
tives will undoubtedly close the unpleas
ant Incident
PROMUTiaO MM IQ RATIOS.
There is a very active competition be
tween the foreign transatlantic steam
ship companies for emigrants and a
steerage rate war' is on which It is re
ported is having the effect to bring o
this country thousands of undesirable
Immigrants. It Is stated that not less
thad 46 per cent of the total number of
steerage passengers who arrived at New
York last week have been detained by
the Immigrant officials and it is alleged
that most of these are afflicted with dis
eases that exclude them under our laws.
It is very probable that this statement
is exaggerated, though it may be that a
larger proportion of those forbidden by
law to land may get Into the steerage
at the cheap rates. All the immigration
officials are concerned with Is the exclu
sion from' landing of those whom the
law in terms requires to be excluded.
It makes no difference whether their
tickets cost $10 or $30, or that the
steamship companies are competing for
steerage passengers by cut rates. "Our
government," observes the New York
Journal of Commerce, "is supposed to
restrict immigration on , some definite
principle, mainly that of shutting out
the diseased and defective and those lia
ble to become a charge upon the public,
and- so long as it effects that by a
watchful and efficient execution of the
law it has nothing to do with the rival
ries of steamship companies or their
rates for steerage passage." This is the
sensible view to take, of the matter.
Whatever may be thought of the means
taken by the steamship companies to se
cure emigrants, it is a matter with
which the government has nothing to do,
but it has the right under the law to
deport undesirable immigrants and if
the officials are faithful In the perform
ance of their duty tn sending back those
whom the law excludes the steamship
companies will soon cease to bring such
over. ,
In any. event it is not likely that this
losing competition will be long main
tained, but it is to be expected that
what It is alleged to have already done
will arouse the antl-lmmigratlonlsts to
renewed protest and revive the demand
for further restrictive legislation. It is
to be inferred from reported remarks
of the commissioner general of immigra
tion that he will not lose the opportunity
to cater to this sentiment.
DBMUCBA TlO COffFMrriOAS TO CUMS.
All the prominent and leading dem
ocratic state conventions have been
held, except in Illinois, Texas, Minne
sota and Missouri. The Illinois and
Texas conventions will meet on June
21, the same day that the repub
lican national convention will be called
to order. There is some doubt as
to bow the Illinois democrats will stand,
the Hearst supporters at present claim
ing a majority of the delegates. The
sentiment 'in Texas appears to have i
swung away from Hearst and while
there is promise of a lively contest in
the convention the Parker supporters
express confidence that they, will get
most of the delegates. The democratic
conventions of. this week are those of
Arkansas, Mississippi and Indian Ter
ritory and at later dates In the month
conventions, besides those of Illinois
and Texas, will be held In Louisiana,
Minnesota, Missouri, North Carolina,
North Dakota and Vermont all of them
next week except that of North Caro
lina, which will be held June 28.
No safe prediction can be made as to
how the delegates from the states yet
to hold conventions will stand, but at
present the Indications continue to bo
more favorable to Parker than to any
other of the possible candidates. Ho
has now pledged and favorable to him
about 800 delegates, though his support
ers claim a larger number. Allowing
him 800 he will need, under the two
thirds rule, nearly 400 more In order to
secure the nomination and If the radical
element stands out as firmly as It now
threatens to do the New York Jurist
will have great difficulty In getting the
necessary two-third.
In regard to the other possible candi
dates there baa been no great change In
the situation within the pest week,
nearst's failure to score In Colorado or
Kentucky has weakened him materially,
but If he should obtain the support of
Iillnols, aa his friends are claiming he
will, that would quite fully repair the
damage done him during the past week.
The McClellan boom seems to have col
lapsed, no one being willing to publicly
assume responsibility for it, yet it is
by no means to be concluded that New
York's mayor will not be heard of at 8t
Louis. Gorman, Olney and Gray are no
longer being seriously talked of, but the
name of Cleveland 18 still retained In
the list of possibilities. So far as the
radical element of the democracy is
concerned. Its leaders remain uncom
mltted as to a candidate. They are sat
lsfled for the present to let it be known
that they are unalterably opposed to
anyone who would be acceptable to the
reorganlzers or conservatives and Intend
to fight persistently against such a can
didate. It is not to be doubted that
Mr. Bryan has soino one In view who
would be satisfactory to his following,
but as now indicated the radical faction
will be so much in the minority at St
Louis that no one who would be ac
ceptable to it could be nominated.
After the state conventions yet to be
held It is possible that a clearer Judg
ment can be formed as to what the
democratic national convention will do,
though there will be uncertainty up to
the day of the meeting of the conven
Won. The one thing now sure Is that
It will be one of the liveliest political
assemblages this country has ever had.
Some of our Journalistic British cous
Ins have mode Judge Pnrker chief Jus
tice of the United States supreme court
instead of merely of the New York state
court of appeals. That Is no more griev
ous mistake, however, than professing
already to see him transplanted into the
White House.
Don't All Speak at Once.
Baltimore American.
Anyone who wants the vice presidential
nomination on either side has only to come
forward, prove property, pay charges and
take It away.
The Surplus Habit.
St Ixiuls Globe-Democrat.
During the last democratic administra
tion the treasury deficits footed up $1S6,-
000,000. In the last four years, under repub
lican administration, the treasury surplus
has been 1302,000,000. The republican surplus
habit la one of the leading features in the
party history.
Chilly Days at St. Petersburg-.
St. Louis Globe-Democrat.
Our ambassador to St Petersburg is
treated rather coldly by the official crowd
and life Is becoming something of a burden
to him because popular sentiment In the
United States favors the Japanese. If bad
oomes to worse Mr. McCormlck can take
a summer vacation and let the Japs do
the rest -'
A Discredited Pattern.
Philadelphia Record.
Russell Sage has been bo busy making
money and hoarding it for nearly three
quarters of a century that he begrudges
the holidays. .He would have no Fourth
of July, Christmas day or Washington's
birthday, and he . doubtless regrets Sun
day as a great interruption of his money
making pursuit; 1 But why should this
miserly creature' regard himself as a pat
tern or a teacher of the American people.
Twcf Sods of v Gun.
Louisville Courier-Journal.
So we entreat our fellow democrats ev
erywhere throughout Kentucky to come
together as friends and brothers, seeking
to And the way and to follow It.' What
we really want is less logic, each manu
facturing his own, and more . sense
and judgment.' ' The prospect of a vlotory
lies before us it is within our grasp. Let
us not quibble over Immaterial Incidents
or quarrel about candidates. Any good
democrat will suit us and any good demo
crat ought to suit you, fellow democrats.
And when the lines are sot and the ticket
Is named let each and every one of us put
his shoulder to the wheel of tha old oarry
all, nor any son-of-a-gun of us look be
hind I
' ' SENATOR KNOX.
Philadelphia Ledger; There will be
unanimous and hearty concurrence by all
concerned for the honor of the state, In
the selection of Philander C. Knox for
United States senator. So happy a solu
tion of a perplexing situation had not been
hoped for.
New York Tribune i Mr. Knox will be a
decided acquisition ' to the republican
strength in the senate. He Is thoroughly
familiar and In sympathy with the policies
of the administration. He has broad views
and large knowledge, and is likely to have
great Influence both In oommlttee and de
bate. For the first time in many years
Pennsylvania will have a representative In
the senate who will be more concerned with
measures of general Interest than with the
machinery of practical politics.
Kansas City Star: The country will
regret the resignation of Mr. Knox from
the cabinet, but the president will have
some months in which to select his suc
cessor, and the people know that Mr.
Roosevelt will make the utmost effort to
find a new attorney general who will be
able and worthy to continue tha labors
so successfully carried forward by Mr.
Knox. It may be accepted that a new at
torney general will not mean a new policy
toward trusts and corporations.
Philadelphia North American: By the
appointment of Philander C. Knox, late at
torney general of the United States, as
senator from Pennsylvania this state ob
tains the highest type of representation It
has ever had in the upper chamber of con
gress. Putting all other considerations
aaide, it will be conceded by every fair
minded, patrlotio cltlien that there is no
other man so eminently qualified to shed
honor upon the office and to render ster
ling service to the commonwealth.
Philadelphia Press: It Is a cholca so
large and broad-minded that It will at
once satisfy all the political elements In
tha state. There Is no room for criticism,
and no one who sets the Interests of tha
party and the commonwealth above mere
personal ambition will sufTer the least feel
ing of disappointment. It is the most
creditable to the party organization that
It has united upon such a candidate. It
will strengthen It and Its leaders in the
confidence and respect of the people. They
are Just!? entitled' to the congratulations
of all.
Indianapolis News: It is Interesting that
Just at this time we should have Attorney
General Knos chosen aa senator from Penn
sylvania by Cassatt. Cameron and Frlck,
three trust magnates. Of course, he was
selected by Governor Pennypacker, but that
redoubtable statesman would not think of
going counter to the wlBhes of such Influen
tial clUs-ma of the commmonwealth of
Pennsylvania. Frlck seems to have been at
tha head of tha Knom "movement." It Is
certain that ho was earUest In the Held
In behalf of Knox. We are Informed that
Caaaatt ar.d Cameron were also Influential,
and that tha deal waa framed up tn Cas
satt's office. -Why did they wast KnosT
TALK ABOrT TUB WIS.
Saim Ooaaln Over I Mil by
the
Oe Blne ! L
A letter from Moscow to the London
Telegraph says: "Admiral Makaroff, un
accustomed to maneuver a large squadron
In so difficult a place as Port Arthur, fre
quently had such slight mishaps aa col
lisions ot ships, which, fortunately, en
tailed no serious consequence. Finally he
drew up and stereotyped a plan of maneu
vers, aooordlng to which ships had to form
In line of battle outside the harbor, each
one taking up a specified place, and from
this arrangement he never departed. Tha
Japanese, noticing this uniformity, an
chored a contact mine in the position as
signed to the Petropavlovsk, and in this
way the disaster was brought about A
few minutes before the catastrophe an
officer twice requested the admiral to seek
for contact mines, but he was told to mind
his own business. Tha officer repeated the
warning a third time and Makaroft ordered
him to go away Immediately under threat
of punishment"
"We can understand the Inimical feelings
of England, tha feeling of Germany (whose
situation in central, Europe Is entirely too
confined) toward Russia," writes Prlncs
Esper Oukhlomsky tn Harper's Weekly.
"In this Instance, In a certain antipathic
sentiment against us, ws find causes and
motives based on historical traditions. But
why a sound population like that of ths
States of North America, should seriously
view the present events In -eastern Asia
not from the practical, but only from
highly theatrical ' standpoint is not clear.
When tha Americans are discussing the
dark sides of the social life In Russia and
criticise sharply, we Russians, who do not
close our eyes to many of the cancerous
affections of our own country, know bet
ter than a westerner may be able to Judge
how correctly such a criticism very often
sounds; on the other hand, we Europeans
might at times point out very strongly
negative sides in the public life of Amer
ica. Such a criticism of respective condi
tions is harmless, and does not carry any
political weight But if all of a sudden,
without any consideration of the real value
of conditions in eastern Asia, pro-Japanese
sympathy Inimical to Russia is brought to
light, that can only serve to loosen ths
bond of good relations between the two
countries. Instead of learning how to
know and appreciate one another, and in
stead of marching hand In - hand toward
the attainment of certain goals of both
gigantic powers. In due course of time we
shall arrive at the end, of speaking a
language equally unintelligible to both. Cul
prodestT"
Unique among the cities of the world
Is Dalny, whloh has now fallen Into ths
hands of the Japanese. It Is a olty that
was built to order, having been contracted
for by the czar's government. I
It was built with aatontahlng rapidity,
and was designed with extraordinary com.
pleteness to the last detail. That, before
any trade oame to the place and While
only a handful of merchants were there,
a 40-foot pleasure drive should have been
cut through the hills for seven or eight
mllea seems Incredible, yet this was one of
the things that were done.
When Russia seoured the lease of Port
Arthur and the adjacent territory she de
termined to make the stronghold exclu
sively a war port, while at tha head of
Tallcn Wan bay, about twenty miles south
east of Port Arthur, It was decided to
construct a great commercial emporium,
with ample quays, warehouses, stores, ho
tels and every convenience of a modern
city. Dalny waa to be the great trading
port of Manchuria, the New York of the
far east, to it merchant ships from all over
the world were to oomo, and through it
Manchuria was to be opened up.
Just how much money waa sunk In build
ing Dalny cannot be stated. The sum Is
said to have exceeded 828,000,000, In spite
of the fact that labor Is extremely cheap
In that region. The barren hillside waa
converted Into a olty, the mud was dredged
away to give more deep-water space, docks
were excavated, a great railway depot
waa created, spacious boulevards and wide
macadamised streets were constructed, and
gardens were planted.
Dalny, whloh means "far away," has
been open to foreign vessels for three
years, but has never had any population to
speak of with the exception of the Chinese
and the Russian officials. It has been
likened to a olty of the dead.
A Japanese graduate of Harvard and Co
lumbia universities waa the center of a
group who were dlsousslng the war In the
far east and the development of ths peo
ple of Japan. He olted the Interesting
fact that there Is no such thing as a court
martial In the Japanese army. If an officer
or a soldier Is palpably guilty of cowardice,
of crime or a breach of discipline his pun
ishment is to be sent home; nothing more.
That is enough, however, as tha culprit
almost Invariably commits sulolde. "That
wouldn't do for Amertoans," remarked one
of the company. "We are too civilised for
that Wouldn't Captain Oberlln. Carter
llkt It if his punishment had bean merely
disgrace T"
A writer In the New Tork Bun explains
that Japanese suicide by dlsembowelment
Is not hara-karl. "Tha correct term la
'hara-kiri,' pronounced with the aecent
on the second syllable, .and not 'halry
kalry.' Aa many of the Japa from now on
In the fight with Russia, when defeated,
will be doomed to show their national char
acteristic as 'quitters,' and commit this
suicide of 'happy despatch,' we should be
more accurate tn our allusion to It 'Hart
karl' means. If anything, 'glass goose,'
whloh Is nonsense. 'Harl-klrl,' tha correct
term, means 'belly put' A Japanese in
Victory Is one thing; In adversity quite an
other. In ths first Instance he Is bump
tious, cooky, a boastful braggart; in de
feat, ths worst kind of a coward, so pusil
lanimous that ha Is tha most pitiful wreck,
mentally and physically."
Says the Toklo Hoc hi Shrimbun: "The
aim of the present war with Russia Is to
chastise her to bring back to her senses
and to repentance for her folly. Wa are
not cherishing revenge. When the csar
heard of the Japanese sttaok on his fleet
at Port Arthur, he was very angry, and
declared that Japan should receive a re
ward of a hundredfold. We regret his in
discretion, though we amply excuse him.
Perhaps ha was too much excited at tha
moment for tha better exercise of his
senses.
"We exhort our people: Don't become so
much excited by the stroag war feeling
that you lose your better Judgment, nor
consider Russia an eternal enemy. For,
when the struggle la over, Russia will bs
our good neighbor and friend who will
enter Into commercial and other profitable
relations with us." ,
Horrible Taonsrht.
Philadelphia North American.
According to Dr. Wiley, 85 per cent ot
the stuff sold . in the United States as
whisky Is not whisky. It Is sad to think
of the number of Innocent persons who
must have been invelgfed into tha pur
chase of adulterated Jags.
Liberty Bnnlabes ths Stlasr.
Boston Transcript.
The Spanlah club of Manila Is going to
celebrata tha Fourth along with tha Amer
icans because our army and navy paid
honors to the dead soldiers and sailors
of Spain burled nearby. At least ths
"bloody shirt" did not follow ths flay.
Fifty Years
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jTUUVVlMiiiLl
Improvos tho flavor and adds to
iho hoalthfulnoss of tho food.
PRICE BAK1NQ POWDER CO. CHICAGO,
A BOl'QX'ET OF COMPLIMENTS.
Blair Pilot: It was a good move on the
part of , ths republican state committee
when they moved the state headquarters
from Llnooln to Omaha. Of course' Lin
coln Is sore about It, but what of that?
Tha Lin dell hotel people are sore, but what
of thatT Of course the Lindell will be a
pretty dead place for the next five months,
but the handsome handouts that have
been Involuntarily made for the past three
years Should count for something.
Central City Republican: Dr. David R.
Kerr has resigned from his position as
president of Bellevue college after several
years of successful management as head
of the institution. Ho has been chosen
president of Westminister college st Fulton,
tha leading Presbyterian educational in
stitution of Missouri, and the Increased
sphere of influence and an Increase In
salary together with internal friction at
Bellevue are given as the reasons for his
relinquishing the executive chair of the
Nebraska school. His removal will be a
distinct loss, not alone to his church, but
to educational circles in general In Ne
braska, as he was a man of great strength
of character, and an educator of advanced
Ideas and has In a few years' time ad
vanced Bellevue from a place ot obscurity
to the front rank of the colleges in the
state.
Fremont Tribune: The dedication of a
$260,000 auditorium in Omaha Is a signal
achievement for that city. Its building has
required energy, ingenuity, liberality and
faith. The men who have subscribed to
It have done so with the belief that Omaha
has a future and they have been willing
to stake thousands upon It. They see
that the great west to which Omaha Is the
Inevitable gateway Is certain to develop
Into a mighty empire; that during the pres
ent decade there will be such a growth
to greatness as to speedily contribute to
Omaha's upbuilding. ' The Auditorium, a
vast and splendid edifice for large gather
ings, will prove of Inestimable value to the
olty and will do much to bring thither
conventions of state and national import.
Springfield Monitor: Too much praise
cannot be bestowed upon the hustling
citizens of Omaha for her, handsome Audi
torium that was opened to the public
Tuesday evening by a grand ball. It Is
Just such a building as a city of 'Omaha's
class needs and means bringing to her
many big conventions and other gatherings
that the town otherwise could not accom
modate properly.
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PERSONAL NOTES.
ruse now lives In complete re
tirement seeing no one, avoiding all fatigue
and doing her best not to tmnK oi inings
theatrical.
Prlnn Hnhnnlohe and his party, who
him hin tourlna- Colorado, declare that
the Rocky Mountain scenery surpasses any
thing to be found In the Alps.
Hnatnr Stewart of Nevada Is finding the
role of a Clnclnnatus more expensive than
th.t nf a Cato. and has sold his fancy
farm In Virginia to a member of the In
terstate Commerce commission for about
fifth of what it cost him.
John Cabel Smith, a Kentuckian of royal
descent, invites all ths Smiths in the
country to pay him a visit next fall and
nin a three days' reunion at his ex
pense. Ths little Smith can roll in ths blue-
grass of his mansion wnuo trie grown
Lifebuoy Soap is more than Soap, yet costs no
more but does more. It
value of line soap, a sure power to destroy
germs of infectious disease, so that the woodwork
and floors, the family wasning, and the toilet
and bath take on new
promoting features. Note
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Smiths are hitting the larder. John Cabel
Is a disciple of Carnegie and has taken this
means to avert the peril of dying rich.
Senator Stewart of Nevada has also
learned that farming at least fancy farm
ing, with the owner giving no personal at
tention to the business does not pay, and
his large estate of 600 acres in Virginia,
which cost him 1140,000, has been sold to
Judge Yeomnns of the Interstate Commerce
commission for $30,000.
President Ingalls of the Big Four rail
road happened Into the depot at Cleveland
recently and was . beautifully smothered
with smoke from a score of locomotives.
As soon as he caught a breath of clean
air he gave orders to burn coal that will
make less smoke and more steam, Mr.
Ingalls' . road doesn't run into Omaha,
more s the pity.
LI.NES TO A SMILE.
Wife (writing a letter) How do you Spell
"ostentation?"
Husband I won't tell you. Why can't
you stop knocking other peopleT Philadel
phia Press.
Toung Come, now, own up; don't you
find It a little harder to get around than
you did five or ten years agoT
Klder Not a bit, I assure you. I have
noticed, however, that they make stairs
miamrxM than Kav 1 i .a4 , n V,., kt , rf
PL- . I .,11... . . - - J ... 1 " ' . . ' . U -' .
course, is another matter. -Boston Tran
script Ted Dll you ever know one of those get-rlch-qulck
schemes to pan outT
Ned Tom's did. He eloped with a mil
lionaire's daughter. Town Topics.
Mrs. Farmer Joslah, I'm goin' to town
tomorrow to buy a new carpet for the par
lor. What kind had I better gltt
Farmer Prosper Anv kind ye like. Be-
lindy. It make no dlfT'rence bustles, ex
minister, croquette or Ingrate. Suit your
self. Kansas City Journal.
First Batcgageman Look out! Batter not
toss that trunk.
Second Baggagemnn Why not? It Isn't
marked "Handle with care."
First Baggageman That's the reason
why. It may be a decoy. Chicago Tri
bune. Mrs. Nngfrett You men are such ridicu
lous creatures. It's so idlotlo of you to
gamble.
Mr. Naggett It Is, Indeeed. It's espe
cially idiotic to marry In the hope of win
ning a good helpmate. That's the worst
sort of a gamble. Philadelphia Press.
"Do you think that honesty pays In poll
tics?" asked the young man with the alert
countenance.
"My friend," answered Senator Sorghum,
"I. don't like the style of your question.
Any man who takes up honesty as a spec
ulation Is liable to get tired of waiting for
dividends and run to the opposite ex
treme." Washington Star.
AWAKENING.
, Bomervllle Journal.
I had a dream the other night
Which I will now relate:
I dreamed I was. the emperor
Of a luxurious state,
A thousand vassals bowed the knee
Before my mighty throne,
Ten thousand soldiers, armor-clad,
Obeyed my will alone.
In royal luxury I lived, '
My very word was law.
And millions of my subjeots watched
My every move with awe.
With wealth my coffers overflowed,
I loathed the sight of gold.
So wearied was I with the Joys
Ot opulence untold.
Such wae my dream. Then I awoke,
To hear our Nora say:
"The grocer says that you will have
To pay his bill today'
adds to tl,e cleansing'
antiseptic and health-
the odor of health.
SIZES:
"TOILET"
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