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THE OMATIA Tiiev Omaha Daily Bee E. ROSE WATER, EDITOR. PUBLISHED EVERT MORN I NO. TERMS or SUBSCRIPTION. tal!y withotit Bundsy). ons jrr..$4fl0 1 a 1 1 y arid Sunday, one year. '' Illustrated Be, om ysr "" Sunday Be, one year Saturday Hee, one year 1-W TwenUMh Century Partner, one year... LOO DELIVERED BT CARRIER. Pally Bee (without Sunday), per ropy... to Ia'ly Be (without Sunday), per week.. .120 Dally Bee (Including Sunday), per wk..l.c PundnT Bee. per ropy 6 Evening Bee (without Sunday), per week 7o Erenlna; Bee (Including Sunday), per week Complaint of lrreTilar1tes In delivery hoult be addressed to City Circulation De partment. OFFICES. Omaha The Bee Bulldlnr. South Omaha City Hall building;. Twenty, fifth and M alreeta. Council Bluffs-10 Pearl atreet. Ohlrao 1U40 Vnlty building. New Tork 2328 Park Row building. Washing-ton--"! Fourteenth afreet. CORRESPONDENCE. ComirmnlcaUona relating- to new and edi torial matter ahould be addressed: Omaha Bee, Editorial Department. 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Subscribed In my presence and sworn to before me this mi day of November, HrfH. (Seal.) M. E. HUNQATE, Notary Public No one rallrond hag any patent on the special seed train Idea. It Is well for the American social fab tic that Colorado methods do not obtain In all of the states. I It seems that the Delaware legislature has not recovered- from the deadlock habit, In- spite of the Lawson "revela tion s." Planters who- refuse to give cotton statistics to the census bureau should . not complain 4f they become the. victims of specula tors. ' From ajl indications the , battle for the speakership In Nebraska this year Is not likely, to last quite as long as the siege of Port Arthur. , " " , i Cjorernor Odell 'says he kpows more about New York polities now than -he did a few months ago. It's a wine man who learns all the time. When Admiral Togo shall have passed through the reception prepared for him at Tokio he will probably find that be has jKlory enough for all." When an official bond Is , called in question by supreme court decision, the nine points advantage of possession of an offlco la forcibly reiterated. When reports come telling of .the movement of coal down the, Ohio river Nebraska people are constrained to wish that the Missouri flowed up stream. , The number ot witnesses of the shoot ing of "Caesar" Young who are making delayed appearance would indicate that the horseman Bas not as well concealed as be Imagined. By consenting to a postponement of the arguments In the coal roads case Congressman Hearst must be looking ahead, for am Issue for the congressional campaign next year. Inspection of the gathering of Ne braska teachers now holding session in this city, makes It plain enough why Nebraska has the smallest percentage of illiteracy of any state In the union. The new Russian member of the North Sea commission was selected because be speaks English: the American member because he speSiks French. Now, what will be the official language used at the bearing? When it la considered that Russian senports are either landlocked entirely or icebound half the year, it Is pot sur. prising that its sailors are not equal to men who have an open sea the entire year.foir practice. . .: The president of tne deunet O'Neill bank declares that be left home on a business trip and .the bank failed In his .Absence. It 1 to be noted, : however. that he waited for a requisition before deciding to return. Roller skating in the Auditorium Is , doubtless all right in its way, but it should not be permitted , to Interfere with the use of the building for any of the larger and more Important objects for which it was erected. Wben Mr. Thompson enters upon the discharge of his duties as minister to Mexico be can make himself solid with lis fellow cltlaeiia by devising a plan to secure the involuntary, return of a num ber of former prominent residents ,of the tate from the southern republic. Wbeis the sailor of the Russian squad mn think of the cold berth awaiting them at Vladivostok and the comfortable quarters of the sailors of the Lena at 8an Francisco, they may be excused if they, too, see Japanese ships in such force as to compel them to dodge into an American harbor. THK CLOSIXU TEAR. Nineteen hundred and four bas been or the Amerinn people a year of peace and of plenty. It opened with a con tinuance of the business depression of the preceding year and tills lasted for several months, the most marked fea ture being the liquidation in the stock market in May, which caused more or teas apprehension in financial circles, but had no serious effect .upon the general welfare. It was fallowed by a reaction that very nearly If not quite restored normal conditions and while there ha since been a flurry in the stock market, produced by . wholly unnatural condi tions, the general business of the coun try has been steadily improving during the past six months anil Is at present otifaa substantial a basis, to all appear ances, as at any previous time. , The foreign commerce of the country for the year, according to the latest sta tistics, has bn highly satisfactory, showing a balance of trade-in favor of the United States that adds materially to that of-the preceding year.' While our exports of breadstuff's have ma terially fallen off as compared with last year, the loss has been more than offset by the increased sale abroad of our manufactures and this element in our exports Is steadily growing. In regard to our domestic commerce the fact of its Increase Is conclusively shown n the Improved earnings of the transportation lines. These have run well above the figures of last year. There, Is also shown, as another evidence of commercial ac tivity, marked gains In the bank clear ings of nearly every financial center of the country. During the last half of the year business failures have been very moderate in number and mf rela tively little Importance. With abundant crop" In the aggregate and a good de mand, the agricultural Interests are able to count'good gains for the year and unquestionably as a whole are better off than twelve months ago. No un sound Spots in the industrial and com mercial situation have developed ind the disposition of great corporations and capitalists to undertake important new ventures' and costly Improvements' is a noteworthy feature of the generally bright outlook. . , . ' There has been nothing during the year, so far .as our foreign relations are concerned, to disturb or threaten the national peace. The little7 difficulties abroad were readily' settled and our gov ernment has' given renewed assurance not only of Its desire to cultivate friend ship with all nations, but also to pro mote international peace and good will throughout the civilized world. Evi dence of this was .conspicuously shown In the Invitation extended by "bur gov ernment to foreign nations for. another peace conference with a vlewfto.con sidering and determining certain ques tions that were not settled at The Hague conference and others that have arisen out of the war In the far east It, is a matter of peculiar gratification to Ameri cans that every European government has cordially accepted tfie principle , em bodied In the American Invitation, only Russia objecting to the holding of the proposed conference pending the conclu sion of hostilities in the far east While this objection will defer the meeting proposed by our government it Is. as sured at some future time. Indeed it Is quite possible that It may le held before the ending of the; wary should that be prolonged beyond another. year. At all events jur government has taken a step In this matter which is of the highest importance and which has had the effect to strengthen the United States in the confidence of the world as a peace-loving nation. The war in the far east continues to command, as it has done for nearly the entire year, a large share of the atten tion and Interest of the civilized world and no one can now foresee the end. It has cost the bellfgerent powers enor mously In men and money, but neither Is showing any signs of weakening or any disposition to accept intervention. On the contrary the determination of both to Continue the struggle to the bitter end seems as firm as ever. There Is little use to speculate as to what may' happen in this mighty conflict in the months to come. At present the advan tages in the situation are unmistakably with the Japanese, but a change is pos sible. The most important factor yet to be reckoned with is the Baltic fleet which Is slowly makjng Its way to Asi atic waters. If the Japanese shall suc ceed in destroying this remaining avail able portion of Russian naval power the chances ot ultimate victory in the war will be very much in favor of Japan. On the other band, should the Baltic fleet be victorious and secure control of Aslatlo waters, the, eventual triumph of Russia over her intrepid foe would become highly probable. The war has already made a heavy drain upon the resources of the combatants, but these are far from being exhausted, so that another year of hostilities, should there be no Intervention on the part of neu tral powers, is by no, means improbable. The Europoan countries have not gen erally been prosperous during the pres ent year. They have experienced more or lest; Industrial and commercial depres sion and a good deal of distress among their people. This Is especially true of Great Britain and the situation fur nishes the . strongest and most forceful argument to the. advocates of fiscal re form. Conditions In Germany are not very much, better and there is still heard from that country protests against the injurious effects upon domestic Interests of American conipeUtiqn. France Is not so badly off, but even in that country of Industry and thrift there has not been experienced during the present year the normal prosperity. Other European countries have realized In the past twelve-month lltths material progress, while there has been no change In politi cal conditions. Coming taek to this hemisphere, It Is to-be noted that Canada has made steady progress during the year and is enjoy ing a good degree of Industrial and com mercial prosperity. Mexico has been fairly prosperous, though making .some what less material progress in 11104 than during several preceding years. There has been no very Important change In conditions, political or otherwise, in the countries of South and Central America. In some of them slight -disturbances ban- occurred, such as are to be ex pected at any time, but nothing Of a serious nature. Looking the world f mankind over, the American people still lead In pro pfity. In general enlightenment In the rewards of industry and in all things that make for the uplifting, the ad vancement and the contentment of a people. To all these the year that closes today has made generous contribution. TUB KEW VQUSTY BOARD The Board of Ceunty Commissioners will be reorganized next Thursday and the dominant majority,' wtlch Is now democratic by 3 to 2, will become republican by 4 to i. It may, there fore, naturally be expected that the new board will follow the custom of putting out all the democrats on the county payroll and subject to the county board and filling their places with repub licans. A word of caution to the in coming board may, therefore, not be out of place. It is a matter of notoriety that the county affairs have for the post few years been loosely managed aud county finances are conceded to be In a deplor able condition. In assuming control of the county affairs the" new board as sumes a grave responsibility for its memtters individually and for the party collectively. Their taxpaylng con stituents have a right to ask and ex pect that the change from one party to another will be for the better and not foe the worse. ' That there has been wastefulness and extravagance in the court house is con ceded. That there are many super numeraries and .incompetents on the county payroll Is also matter of no toriety. While the new board cannot Inaugurate economy and retrenchment too soon to suit the taxpayers of Dong las county, it should make haste slowly In ordaining changes. A host of ap plicants 'have filed petitions with the members and it will be a delicate as well as a disagreeable task for mem bers of the board to select from that large number the subordinates who, are to perform various functions In the county hospital and court house for the next two years. Necessarily there will be many disappointments. There will be great clamor for Immediate action and disappointments and crimination after action has been taken. This is the natural order , of politics, but the new board must not allow Itself to be over awed by clamor or rushed by pressure. It should proceed with Its work de liberately, "on business lines, and select only men who have the requisite .qualifi cations, and are known to possess a de gree of Integrity that would entitle them to popular confidence.. , f t i im . If It privea true that defects have been discovered In the petition for sub mitting to the voters of South Omaha the proposition to Issue bonds for a ,clty hall building, and if it is so defective that it will invalidate the bond issue, the taxpaylng .citizens of South Omaha need not put on crape. The building of a city ball in South Omaha could not In the nature of things, prevent the Inevitable merger of that city with Greater Omaha and, consequently, the building would eventually have to be vacated by the city ball officials and dedicated to some Other use. But the taxes for interest on the bonds would continue for several generations. There Is nothing in the contract be tween the city of Omaha and the water company that obligates the city to, pay for strategic value in the appraisement of the water works under the three appraisers' plan. Neither is there any provision In the contract or in the city charter that would obligate the city to buy the water works plant located in suburban towns, or In South Omaha. As a matter of fact, It is doubtful whether the city could bind itself for the purchase of the section of the water works plant located in South Omaha, Dundee and Benson any more than It could if these sections were located In Council Bluffs. The-private secretaries of members of the Nebraska delegation in congress are said to be preparing-lists for the an nual congressional garden-sass distribu tion. Here is Mr. Hitchcock's last chance to make two blades of grass grow where only one grew before. 'V If Colorado republicans could be in duced to put on their thinking caps they would hesitate to countenance the forcible detention of Governor Pea body. Counting In men who have been defeated at the polls bas never yet been a paying political Investment. Prospects are that Lincoln's widely heralded union passenger station will turn out to be the expenditure of a few thousand dollars In repairs upon the Burlington waiting rooms there. Omaha has been up against this game in ,lts day. Scandals In the Russian Red Cross so ciety are to be investigated, but it Is hardly possible they will cause us much talk as those which developed at Wash ington, for the sole reason that such comment is barred In Russia. The removal of the headquarters of the Wells-Fargo Express company from Sail Francisco to New York Is the first indication that the management of the express, companies is also to pass into the hands of the financiers. The General Federation of Woman's Clubs , finds itself In trouble over the official organ, which was designated by the last convention, but which Is now hors du combat The Omaha Woman's club had the same kind of troubles when it bad an official organ tied to it The club women have no difficulty whatever In disseminating news of their movements or In getting a hearing through all of the modern metropolitan dallies without .any official designation. Chief Donahne Is asking the charter committee to make provision In the new charter for fifty additional police men. Why not enroll the fifty mem bers of the committee of safety for emergencies and let It go at that? Keeplaa- the 1.1 aes ta Head. Chicago Record-Herald. In other words, the csar will let his min isters try. to formulate a system of reforms that they think will . be conservative enough to meet his views. He 1 probably right In concluding that the ministers are the boys who can be good and conservative along the lines laid out. Amy Port In a Storm. Plttaburg Dlapatch. Out In Montana the Beef trut says that a state has no power to exclude It as a monopoly. And In the east the trusts say that the attempt at federal regulation would be the destruction of state rights. The right that seems to be most positively affirmed here Is the right of the trust not to be Interfered with. Bank Wrecking- In low. New York Tribune. It is said there have been forty bank failures In Iowa the last year, with losses of over 112,000,000. Eight of the presidents of these banks committed suicide and the whereabouts of some of the others are not known. The story of frensied rural finance Is told In the statement that- the defalca tions reported were generally due to losses In stock, or grain speculations. Evidently there are more routes than the Chadwick one to bank failure. A Widespread Menace. Chicago Record-Herald. The "get-rlch-qulck" Instinct among lawyers of unscrupulous character menaces In greater or less degree all sections ot the country. Our courts owe It to themselves to purge themselves of all the offenders on whom they can lay their hands. The country has a great enough problem before It In securing an effective administration of justice under the complication of mod ern life, even without any possible danger of corruption at the bar. Such corruption, when It appears, demands heroic treat ment. Canadian Naval stations Abolished. Philadelphia Record. Great Britain has paid us the compliment of abolishing its naval stations In North America and practically abolishing Its naval squadrons heretofore stationed la American waters; but our Canadian neigh bors appear to be displeased thereat, and there Is Joud talk of constructing a Cana dian navy and establishing naval stations galore. It Is but fair to remark that this talk does not originate from Ottawa, but from the dock yards at Esqulmault, B. C, and Is the outcome of the discontent of the dock yard employes over their prospective dismissal. Bank Wrecking- In Iowa. Springfield Republican. Iowa has had a rather startling experi ence In the banking line during the present year. The record, as now being made up. Is as follows: Forty banks wrecked, $12, 000,000 lost to depositors, ten suicides of bank officer and two cases of flight with bank funds. People out there attribute the trouble to the slump in the cattle markets, which In turn Is attributed to the operation of the alleged -dressed meat combination. Nearly every failed bank held considerable amounts of the paper of live stock dealers who had borrowed money on the basis of higher prices for: cattle than have since prevailed. ': ' Standing; on a Great Platform. Cincinnati Enquirer (dem.). The time has come for a general show ing of hands. The Enquirer is ready with Its pronouncement. It will not, under any circumstances, fall In with a leadership that has been three times rebuked by the people, but has still Insisted on governing the party councils. It will ' not yield obe dience to men who have just been enor mously repudiated by their own party. It will not be coaxed, wheedled or dragooned into a suicidal course by suggestions of party, fidelity. It- Is for America, and for the American people. It "bows to their will as to what Is necessary for the splendid advancement and development of the coun try. It Is for prosperity and not for calam ity for the sake of triumph. It is in the proud company of democrats numbering in the millions who refused at the laBt elec tion to be delivered. It touches elbows on either side with legions who did not And In Bryan or Parker the exemplification of true democratic faith. CONCERNING STATES RIGHTS. Shallow Reasoning; of Opponents of Federal Control. New York Tribune. The proposal to require a franchise to engage in Interstate commerce is treated as If It would reduce the sovereign states "to a condition of helpless pulp." Then the fathers of the constitution must have meant them to be "helpless pulp," for cer tainly the power to regulate interstate com merce extends' to fixing the terms under which it may be carried on, Just as the power to regulate navigation extends to exacting entry and and clearance papers and other guarantees of obedience to law. Does it reduce New York to a "helpless pulp" for Kansas to insist on examining our Insurance companies before letting them do business by that state? The pro posed . national franchise would not Inter fere with the charter of any corporation by any state The Inalienable right ot a state to authorize incorporators to organ ize and begin business would still be in tact. The Incorporators could still do all the business they wanted to In the state. If some other authority assumes super vision when they get outside the state, neither the corporations nor the state bas a rlfcht to complain. "State rights" may well be sacred; but no state has any "right" to project its authority beyond Its own boundary and say how its creatures must be allowed to act, either in. relation to the domestic affairs of other states or the national concerns committed to the care of the federal gov ernment. That Is mere usurpation, and the fact that It has been tolerated Is no reason why It should continue to be. If federal supervision of corporations engaging in In terstate commerce really means, as said, the transfer from, the states to the federal government of the body and substance of the charter giving power, it must be evi dent that the states have been projecting themselves beyond their sphere into the national domain to a remarkable extent; otherwise, federal control over subjects originally committed to the nation by the constitution could not interfere with their functions. If the body and substance of the charter giving power are Indeed the grant of Interstate commerce privileges, those extremists who want to deprive the states of the power, rather than those who protest against federal oversight, would seem to be the true champions of the constitutional federal system and the protectors of the nation against the par tition aod dissipation of lis - proper authority. OTHER LANDS THAN OIRS. The change the sultan of Morocco faces when he practically turns foreigners out of his domains la sure to better the lot of the people of Morocco, for the very good rea son that things can hardly grow worse and may easily improve. The country Is as large as France or the German empire. It has a wide range of climate and soil, and Its possibilities' In the line of agriculture, fruit, mining, forestry and many lesser in dustries are great. Few parts of the earth are so backward. The ruins of former times are imposing by contrast with the dilapidation of the present. Man la tgno- rsntly and wantonly warning the bounty ot nature. Fanaticism and Isolation are block tng the way to prosperity, peace and Just government for S.OOO.OW) or possibly J.OOO.ono or 9,000,000 Berbers, Arabs, Tuaregs and mixed races blended In the motley nation known to Americans as Moors. French soldiers will probably soon force open th path to brighter days than Morocco has ever known. Canada has solved the divorce problem by the requirement that absolute divorces shal be ohtalned by legislation Introduced In the Dominion senate, and must be based on Scriptural grounds. Provinces which had a divorce court before the confederation In 1R17 have a divorce court now, but such provinces are not populous, containing about one-sixth of the population of the Dominion. Divorces In the other provinces are obtainable only from the Canadian Parliament George C. Holland, for many years the official reporter of that body, says. In an Interview published In the In dianapolis News, that on an average Par liament has granted about five divorces a year for the last thirty years. He declares that the Canadian law Is stringent because of the opposition of the church of Rome, the Anglican church and other Protestant churches to divorce under any circum stances. This, however, does not wholly explain the small number of divorces granted In Canada. In many cases Ca nadians find It convenient to cross the boi der and procure divorces In the I'nlted States. Few divorces are granted even In the provinces where the courts have Juris diction, and of the 6.000,000 of people In the country only about ten couples a year are divorced. An extraordinary German embassy, with an official of high rank at Its head, has Just left Potsdam on a special mission to Abyssinia. It carries an autograph letter and many presents from the Oerman em peror to King Menelek. Its real object la to conclude a satisfactory commercial treaty between Germany and Abyssinia. The en voy extraordinary is Dr. Rosen, a high offi cial of the German Foreign office, and the embassy has a military escort of twelve picked men from the First regiment of Cavalry Guards, all conspicuous by their exceptional height and build. The Abys slnlans are greatly Impressed by physical proportions. This escort will wear the gor geous parade uniform of the regiment, in cluding the cuirass, and will thus present an Imposing appearance. The emperor gave strict order that the men forming the escort should be most carefully chosen, and that great care should be devoted to their outfit and equipment It Is expected that the embassy will remain in Abyssinia for four months, although it may be pos sible to conclude the commercial treaty within a shorter period. Nobody doubt that the mission, has a political as well as a commercial purpose, and will do Its best to extend German influence to northeast Africa. Cosint Reuntlow, who is recognized In Germany as a great naval authority, de livered a lecture recently in Berlin on "Great Britain and the German Navy," In the course of which he said that Great Britain could still claim to be "Mistress of the Seas." The naval power of France, Italy and Russia had decreased, and Great Britain was now so strong that it could easily face two, or even three, opponents simultaneously. Germany could at pres ent only send thirteen battleships to sea, and of this number only two could claim to be completely efficient. Great Britain, on the other hand, could Immediately send out forty-one battleships independent of the Mediterranean fleet In view of these fig ures, he declared that British suspicions of Germany's naval ambitions were ridiculous and that Great Britain had no reason, to object to the further development of the German navy. "In any case," concluded Count Reuntlow, "we must rapidly increase our navy without paying attention to Great Britain. By pursuing an energetic naval policy we may eventually secure allies. At present we are Isolated from a naval point of view, while Great Britain is en deavoring to cultivate closer relations with Russia In order to leave us still more Iso lated In the future," The merchants of IJverpool have sub scribed the cost of the largest expedition for the Investigation of tropical disease ever sent out from Great Britain. It has been organized by the Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine and its operations will extend over a wide area. Prof. Boyce, F. R. 8., Dr. Evans and Dr. Clarke are going to Sierra Leone, Gambia, etc Colonel Oilus and Dr. MacConnell (Canada) will pursue their researches on the Gold Coast In La gos, and In Nigeria. Dr. Wolferton Thomas (Canada) and Dr. Anton Breinl (Prague) will go to the, Amazon to further Investi gate questions relating to yellow fever and malarial fever generally. .The mem bers of the expedition were received the other day by the colonial secretary, Mr. Lyttelton, who, In bidding them farewell, alluded to the fact that tho king of the Belgians had sent a somewhat similar ex pedition to the Congo, while various at tempts had been made to Investigate the causes and cure of yellow fever by ex peditions to the Amazon. Other devoted men had gone to the tropics to. battle with diseases peculiar to the climate, but there had been no previous investigation of so cqjnprehen8lve a character as that which was now contemplated. No service, he added, could be more useful or honorable than that undertaken by the commission. The medium sized northern Chinese junks make first-class blockade runners, writes a correspondent of the London Times. They are built very low in the water, with the decks almost awash when loaded, so that only the bow and stem rise notice ably above the water line. They are strong, flat-bottomed and of unpointed, dirty wood, with no blight colors about them. ' Propelled by from ten to twenty oarsmen, If the sails fall, they glide through the water with no noise or smoke, and are very difficult of detection. 'Dodging along the shore and among the numerous Islets which extend from ths Shan Tung peninsula across the mouth of PechlU gulf, they closely resemble the low, brown rocks, and during the past months hundreds of them have evaded the Japanese watchers and carried tons of fresh provisions and vegetables to the beleaguered Port Arthur garrison. Jshnajr on the Spot. Pittsburg Dispatch. As New Year s day will fall on Sunday this year, and the neat day will be a holi day, the monthly advance In anthracite coal in which there la.no combination will take place on Saturday, You do not catch the "gentleman's agreement," which Is not a combination, losing two whole days of advanced irlces. P7 . 1 f i HiJ Jlil V"u, ,ih fi" :Jy4 i? r - Sti jl:!!::;!';.!!,!.!' iiilli.i """"I THE OOtt f0 : Ayer Cherry Pectoral ', J MR WlN... 40 WTO em ISF mi fJm MaUlw J lirMnM..t0fM ill NiwiM tOtf(ra ' JLM rt 1 1 W 1 1 ft flifsHaV . , r" .I0MIIMM Sw $y...i9e I TV iimM.,.! Iw Am iw.4 i ItKilllwllwiillllHWW ! 1 wgmm ununionnii f ,mm , .-yj I, t, f...f.lr W:., LWW ' I i amA 4 "I'K'' rEHSO At, NOTKS. In the Baltimore burned district a num ber of handsome fireproof buildings are being erected to take the place of the fire proof ones recently burned. A Cassle Chadwick cigar Is reported to have appeared In the market. If It resem bles at all, the person for whom It has been named it Is unlikely to leave a good taste In anybody's mouth. The late Hugh McLaughlin, so long demo cratic boss of Brooklyn, left an estate val ued at 1,000,000, which will be equally divided between his widow and his two daughters, Mrs. Laura Koch and Mrs. Wil liam Courtenay. Mayor John K. Harvey, recently re elected mayor of Waltham, Mass., was born In a log hut. and at IS was running a saw nlall. He educated himself at the Ohio Wesleyan university and the Boston university law school. Albert Klrby Fairfax, an American citi zen with the unique distinction of being a peer of the British empire, has returned to his home in Maryland from a visit to Europe. He denies that he Is to become a British subject, but says he will retain his American citizenship. Dying at the age of 93, James P. Smith of Alameda, the oldest surviving member of the Society of California Pioneers, said to his doctor: "Don't let them say I died of old age. Put It down to something else. Old age has not conquered me." The death certlllcate said It was pneumonia. Vice President-elect Fairbanks broke the local record for Free Masonry in Indian apolis last Tuesday. He took the entered apprentice degree in f he morning, took the second degree and beccame a fellow crafts man In the afternoon, and at 8 o'clock In the evening took the master's or third de gree and became a full-fledged Mason.- Hiram Cronk, sole survivor of tho war of 1812, says In an Interview that he feels much obliged to the New York aldermen who are arranging to give him a'Une fu neral and- bury him In Cypress Hills ceme tery, Brooklyn. Mr. Cronk, who is 104 years old. Is feeling very well Indeed. He says he. has no desire to sit behind the "grim rider on the pale horse" of which the aldermen spoke, and he begs leave to remind them that he fought In the infantry and never was a cavalryman. MERRY JINGLES. "What does that Inventor invent?" "Mainly, excuses for not Inventing any thing." Washington Star. "The governor of your state Is very homely, I'm told." "I should sny so. Why, eveh his carica tures flatter him." Philadelphia Ledger. "I got even with the druggist who over charged me." . "How?" "I've told a dozen girls In his neighbor hood that their freckles are becoming to them." Cleveland Leader. "Any news?" asked one Aslatlo war cor rexpondent. "None whatever," answered the other. "Then I suppose we'll have to be con- COAL WOOD COKE KINDLING We sell the best Ohio Cooking Coal clean, hot, lasting. Rock Springs, Hanna, Sheridan, Walnut Block, Steam Coal. Best medium grade is Illinois Nut $6; Egg and Lump $6.25. For heaters and furnaces Cherokee Nut $5.25; Lump $9.50. A hot burner Missouri Nut( large size $4.60; Lump $4.75. Scranton-the best Pennsylvania Anthracite mined. Spadra the hardest and cleanest Arkansas Anthracite. All coal hand-screened and weighed over any city aoalea desired. COUTANT & SQUIRES, MRASra1 Annual Clearing Sale Saturday, Dec. 31 to Saturday. Jan. 7, inclusive. ' S30.00 S27.60 S26.00 S23.00 $2000 SUITS All $32.00 to $40.00 Suits''$25.00 All Odd Trousers ... Mil Men's Rain Coats All Women's $23 to $30 Rain Coats, $15 Substantial lteductlons In All Furulsblng- Goods and Hals. ' ' Knox and Stetson Hats, E. & W. Shirts, Collar. an4 Cuff, ana Full Dreaa Wear excepted. THIS SALE ABSOLUTELY CASH. . 1 JCU I .i7 farnam stbe.lt Do not undervalue the services of a skilful phy sician. Even the best medicine cannot take the place of the family doctor. Therefore we say: Con sult your physician freely about your case and ask him what he thinks about your taking Ayer's Cherry Pectoral for your cough. If he says take it, then take it. If he says do not take it, then follow his advice. Xede by th. J. C. 1;m C, lowest, Bass. AIM BuulUtam f ITER'S PILLS-For constipation. ATBR'S HAIR VIGOR-For tho hair. ITER'S SARSaPARIIXA-Por th blood. ITER'S A00B CURB-Por malaria as4 aiao. tent with sending along the usual report of another Japanese victory' Washington Star. Nordy Hello, old man. bid you hang up your stocking for Christmas? Butts No; I hung up my watch. Louis ville Courier Journal. lllchwood We have plenty of wealth, but old King Solomon was much richer than we are. Roxwood Yes, but he never enjoyed him self as much us we do. Rlchwood Why not? Roxwood He didn't have an automo bile. Chicago News. ' "John, stop rubbering'," commanded Mrs. Oaywin. "I'm ashamed of you. I wish that we could go everywhere in a crowded car." "What for?" , '. t "Well, I notice that you never look at a woman when you once get a seat" Phila delphia Press. . ' "You've Joined a new society? What's Its object?" "It's to fight the existing order of things. We contend that everything is wrong, that the earth is a howling wilderness, that all known foods are poisonous, that society Is gangrened to the core, and that It Is better to die than to live. By George. It's going to be an Immense sucx-ees! Kvery crank and every kicker In town has Joined it al ready." Chicago Tribune. DEATH OF THN Ol.ll YEAR. Alfred Tennyson, . Full knee-deep lies the winter snow, And the winter winds are wearily sighing; Toll ye the church bell sad and iow. And tread softly und speak low,- - " For the old yeur lies a-dylng. Did year, you must not die; lou came to us so readily, 1 You lived with us so steadily, Old year, you shall not die. ., He lleth still; he doth not move! He will not see the dawn of day. He hath no other life above. ' He gave mo a friend, ami a true, true love. And the new year will take 'em away. old year, you must not go; Ho lung as you have been with us. Such Joy as you have seen with, us. Old year, you shall not go. He froth'd his bumpers to the brim; A Jollier year we shall not see. But tho' rils eyes are waxing dim. And tho' his foes speak III of him, lie was a friend to mer "' -t -. -Tr Old year, you shall not die; We did so laugh and cry with you, I've half a mind to die with you, ' Old year, you must not die. He was full of Joke and Jest. But all his merry quips are o'er. To see him die, aoross the waste His son and heir doth ride post-hasta. But' he'll be dead before. Kvrry one for h's own. The night Is starry and cold, my friend. And the new year blithe and bold, my friend, Comes up to take his own. I heard Just now the crowing cock. i lie snnaows inciter to ana rro 'Tls nearly 12 o'clock. Shake hands before you die. Old year, we dearly rue for you. .vital IB li " ' inn ,j 1 1 1 . i vut Speak out before you'dle. His face Is growing sharp and thin, Alack! our friend Is gone. Close up his eves; tie u his chin; Step from the corpse, and let him in That standeth there alone - And walteth at the door. '. There's a new foot on the floor, my friend, And a new face at the door, my friend, A new face at the door. 33!, Off 0