THE OMAHA DAILY DEE: TUESDAY, MAY lfl. 100r.
Tim Omaha Daily Dee.
E. ROSE WATER, EDITOR.
PUBL18HED EVERT MORNINO.
A OXG-SWKD 1SQV1RY.
The inquiry by tho senate committee
ou lntarstnte cohinx'rce in regard to- tlie
question of railroad regulation, una lxonH
so distinctly one sided tliut It Is Impos
sible that any recoinniendntloiiH which
TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION
ti!r H (without Sunday), one yar..$4.oo t, tonm,mee tuny make will unve ,nny
Illustrated Bee. one year J f Influence Upon public' sentiment favor-
Sunday bee, one year !? i.i i.- ..m r,Mi,.ni. f,.r thn
Saturday Jbee, one .year t " l -
Twentieth Century Farmer, one year.. l.W rajjronds. The committee lias made It
auy ties (Witnout punuay), per ""-!- the lienrlUK WIHCU It WHS HUllloriA'u iu
ally Hee (Including Sunday), per week. lie ...
Evening Bee (without Sunday), per week. 10 nnke tnat Its tynipamies are euureijr
Eweein'.. b1. VnfIU"..8.".n.-a.-:...'" wltn the llTOftd8 81,(1 that u lroio8ed
fiunrlnv Rp. rer ronv &c crortthtnir noHslhle to irive the
Complaints of Irregularities In delivery
should l addressed to City Circulation Ue- colorations ftn opiKrtUnlty to bolster
pertinent. no their rnse. The committee has given
It attention almost wholly to the onln
ifChr "m ila" bulIdlng' Twenty ions and views of railroad managers
louncii Biurreio reari street. hni attarueys,. practically exciuuiug
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jsew lorn 160 Home L.ne im. imuuiui. i liuiu wn iinjim j umo "
a.hln,tonl Fourteenth atreeu t0 governn)etltll regulation of rnil-
rnmmunirti,.n reitinr to newa and edl- road rates and legislation that would
torW matter should be addressed; Omaha ,,, ute)y correct the abuses and evils
Dee, .uilorlal Lrpartment. I
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THE BEE PLBUatilNO COMPANI.
STATEMENT OF tJlRCUi-ATION.
State ot Nebraska, Douglas County, as.!
C. C. Kuaewatur, secretary ot The Bee
PuhMKhlnir Chmliant. h.'lnl duly IW'jril,
J5W cohP1e,atoUfa,TneUmiiMiy:t Morning queMlon. It is very likely that the rail
Evening and Sunday Bee printed during the road men oil the committee were a good
month ol April, UHK, was aa xouows;
Bosses.
It Is said that the senate committee
is very inncli exasperated because Sec
retary Taft should have taken occasion
to spenk so openly upon the railroad
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4 8H.180
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14 at,oiK
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" I .l.nl ihn ,1nfilnfi tinil tt Sp(.
ia n-tary Taft, but tiiey' ought to unde
18 stand that In whit he said he reflected
19 87.BB0 . . ., . . . .. ....,,...
2Q SH.100 no' only me poiuou ti toe nuiuiuiaua-
2i!!!!!!!!!!!! 88,3r.o tlon of which ho is a part, but also of
22 80,160 ,,nnt nuilnrltv nf th American
m ai.TTO "
24 28,ooo peopk-. Thehe was notlUng extreme,
26 88,050 rertarnly uothlng revolutionary, in what
convened in waRiungtou rroni nn pans
AMiat he said
28 ai,ao
S 80,100
30 82,100
Total 880,420
l.eia unaold copies 0,78a
Net total sale 87.T
t'ally uveruge 2,821
C. C. ROSE WATER,
Secretary.
Bubscrlbed in my presence and sworn to
ceiore mo tins lat day or May, iwvo.
(Seall M. B. li UNGATE.
Notary Publts.
of the civilized world.
was simply in line With what the Amer
lean people have been asking for muiy
years and what they will continue to le-
mand until it fs granted That they will
ultimately achieve what they want Is
not to be doubted
Tho Inquiry which Iwc been carried
on by the senu! comnilttea on inter
state commerce has been " a one-sided
affair. It has beg conducted in the
Interest of the railroads rather than in
the Interest of the public. It is unsatis
factory and must necessarily be lncou
elusive. The committee was directed or
authorized by the senate .to frame a bill
for the regulation of railway rates. It
in .a l. i Jt j 1. 1 lv..4 1a AnntiliiiT
Home was not built in a day. nor can wl """"' u uu-v "'i '- 'J
the campaign to make Omaha beautiful wl regHiu iui u.i...nu ,..,
produce perfect results In a month. Gained by a committee which has so
unmisrauaoiy snnwn ximt iih njuipuiunrs
If the present temperatures coiitluuo I are wholly with tJie railroads.
ninnv d:ivs there ninv be some rare bar
gains in Ice this fall to make way for odBAH YACHT RACE.
new stock An lutcruatlonal Incident of some in-
and not from below. Nevertheless the
IKipular demand for reforms is not
wholly without effect.
The weather man ami the summer re
port man will have to pull better to
Kctucr.
.'I. . ' LJ
The I leaver boosters claim that they
have the Omaha Jobbers on the hip, but
wo shall see what we shall see.
terest, especially to lovers of marine
Tho prospective vacancy In the county ,)ort, will be inaugurated today In the
Judge'H ollltc is not likely to go a-beg- occun yacht race for the Emperor Wil-
giug. The county commissioners may jum cup tuttt will start from Sandy
as well prepare for n siege. au enj ou the other bide of the
Atlantic. A number of yachts will en
gage in the race, all of them, It is need
less to say, of the first class, those which
will represent the United States being
of the very best type an of course es
pecially prepared and equipped for the
A MODEL HUlLMXa ORDtSAtiCE-
The revised building code of tho city
of St. Ixnils, which has Just gone Into
effect, is a model which Omaha could
well afford to emulate. It Is the result
of painstaking collaliorntlou between
experts, and Is as nearly perfect and ex
haustive as it would be possible to make
such an ordinance.
Its most important feature is the radi
cal change in the building laws gov
erning the operation of theaters and
public meeting places. These regula
tions were specially prepared by a com
mittee consisting of the chief of the fire
department, the board of fire underwrit
ers aud tho building commissioner. Next
to that are the safeguards thrown
around people who work in large stores
and factories, whose -owners are com
pelled to provide adequate stairways In
nil mercantile and manufacturing build
ings. The obstruction of the stairs, pas
sages or landings of such buildings with
materials of any kind, as well as the
placing of inflammable material is pro
hibited under severe penalties.
The section of the code governing the
thickness of brick walls makes the mini
mum allowable thickness for brick ex
ternal and division bearing walls for all
store buildings thirteen inches for the
two top stories, eighteen Inches for the
next two stories below, and for each
succeeding two stories, or Increased
height, tho walls must be four inches
thicker than the walls next above them.
The question of sign boards has also
received attention iu the new St. Louis
building code. The building commis
sioner's department is given complete
Jurisdiction In the matter and may order
all unsafe signboards removed at any
time. The ordinance requires that all
signs over three and one-half- feet shall
be wholly of metal, or other non-coin-bustlblo
material, and must be hung to
buildings by hea7 iron bracings, bolted
to the walls, and so placed as not to
obstruct a fire escape or Interfere with
the operations of the lire department in
case of fire. , t '
The section regulating bill boards In
cludes some new features. The erection
of bill boards nearer than fifteen feet
from the front line of any lot is pro
hibited, nor is any bill board permitted
nearer than six feet to any building,
nd no bill board can exceed-COO square
feet in area.
All these safeguards are sane and
suggostiv, and their strict enforcement
will doubtless go far toward safeguard-
ug life and limb, as well as property, in
case of conflagration or storms of un
usual severity.
over the railroad. It may alno be said.
owevrr, that the pubile oflleer would not
get the passes unless the railroads wero
willing to Issue Uiom. If there Is anything
smacking of corruption In the transaction
the railroads must bear their share of It.
A Monument of Heforni.
Lincoln Star.
The Juvenile court will Involve Omaha
In an expenditure of $lo,(y. In spite of
this the Juvenllo criminals obstinately re
fuse to appear. The court, however, must
l deemed a monument of reform.
Money Well Spent.
Indianapolis News.
Still a deficit of JlO.ono.ono or so caused
by rural free delivery Is a good deal easier
for the country to tolerate than some
other deficits It has been called on to face.
Here at least It gets something for its
money.
Keeplna Ont of the Game.
nttsburg Dispatch.
It naturnlly pains Japan to observe the
lack of enthusiasm which England mani
fests over the chance that It may have to
take a hand. From that defensive alliance
was expected that England would be
aching to mix In, but Its aches are wholly
In the opposite direction.
Rival rropa In Nebraska.
Portland Oregonlan.
The president found the crop of boys and
glrrs In Nebraska much more Interesting
than the corn crop. It Is on record, how
ever. In the farmers' homes of that state
that it takes a big corn crop year after
ear for many years to bring the crop so
much admired by the president to matur
ity and dependable effectiveness. Let not
tho value of tne corn crop of the great
middle west suffer by this comparison.
Children In abundance are only to be do-
lred when there Is plenty upon which to
brlngthem up. It means something to
launch a child upon the great sea of ln-
ustrlal activity in these times, and much
depends upon the successful launching.
Kvery week brings more new building
projects for Omaha. And the best part
of It 1m that few of them are. destined to
stay merely ou paper very long.
Since France declares it gave Rojest
vensky only that help which neutrality contest
permits the Japanese fleet should know The race was arranged ut the sugges
where to go when it needs a friendly I tlon of Emperor AVIlllam, Whose yacht,
port. together with oue or two others from
Germany, will participate. There will
China now threatens to refuse to sell also be several British yachts in the
tea to the United States. This may be raCe, some of them with au excellent
the reason that Sir Thomas Lipton has sailing record.. Quite naturally on this
decided to try again to Jlft the Amer
ica's cup.
Chicago is investigating the report
that "hired thugs" assaulted strike
breakers. The only strange thing about
this is that an investigation should be
considered necessary.
side of the Atlantic the prevailing opin
ion is that one of the American ynchts
will win and odds -have been placed on
tho Atlantic, which has demonstrated
Its superior qualities on more than oue
occasion. The yacht 'of Emperor Wil
Ham is a good oue and the Germans
have confidence that it will be able to
,The water works appraisement is now keep the emperor s cup, for which the
promised by the first of July. It takes rce will oc saiieu, in tne ratneriana. it
an awfully long time for a'flfty-dollar-a- ftn International, sporting event
day hydraulic engineer to compute frno ' a klnd ln vhicli tne people or eacn of
tt-n a a nl stfttml la nut In a it rail the countries participating will feel a
isi uuu vvmi j'iiw Lnn tii it a , &
very lively interest, appreciating tnat it
King Edward bus ordered au Amer- will be an absolutely fair .test of the
lean typewriter, but be can never know I yachts engaged in it.
the real advantages of the machine until
he Imports an American stenographer BETJEH C0SD1T10S8 jy BVSSIA
to oDerate It at his dictation. The latest reports iroru uussia repre
sent 'conditions as being somewnut lin
Rujislau worklngmen are- now said to I proved and there is less apprehension in
hope for reforms from the throne. In official circles regarding the immediate
other words, the wisdom of appointing future. It is noted that the disturb
General Tiepoff as cliler of police of St. auces which it was feared would break
Petersburg has been vindicated. I out about this time have not taken place
and there ' seems to be an lmnression
au international rarmers congress is tb revolutlonary element has lost,
to meet in Europe this mouth, but the ,efl(lt fof tnp Ume belg( ,t9 lunuence
"subtreasury" idea which made farm
ers' congresses lively iu this country ten
years ago will not be presented.
with the people. It is stated In a dis
patch from the ltussian capital that
while revolutlonary elements have made
Soma Kansas newsoaners are chanr-l ooa aeai or noise, iney uuu ueuiier
in the enemies of Governor Hoch with organisation nor leadership behind tlieiu
inducing him to enforce the prohibitory ana consequently nuu uu-mseivm. uuaoie
1aiM Who Iia a trf rlnna Vtnil Kn to accomplish anything. They have
followed the advice of his friends? ven with the working classes,
without whose support tneir cause was
The international railroad congress 1 entirely hopeless.
has gone on record in favor of a "square No one at all familiar with conditions
deal" ln freight rates, but the language in ltussla will be ln the least surprised
pf the resolution is ambiguous enough at this. There is abundant Justification
o be construed almost any old way. for popular complaint ana ample war
rant for the popular demand for reforms,
Since Japan has stopped tho exporta- but the ,w).)lt. nave o means ot their
tlon of coal to Saigon, ltussla inbjht re- oonminni t0 secure what they desire, so
tallate by tuklng from the see all col- tmm,Me are the nrecau.ions of the gov
Hers oounu lor laaivoston ana tnus ernluent against anything ln the nature
leave Togo no outside source of supply. of a reT0lution. There is no point in tho
Russian empire at which a revolutlonary
Minister Barrett now has a copy of
the Lootuls charges. A little thing like
this, however, will not stampede a man
who has contracted the habit of receiv
ing "ultimatums" for several days ln
succession. 1
movement might be started where the
government is not in a position to crush
it iu its inception and it does not ttesi
tate at the most drastic measures, a
has been repeatedly shown ln recent
events.
Every intelligent observer of eondl
tions in Russia agrees that there is no
.Aspirants for Mayor Moores' brogans
had better secure electric fan attach
ineuts to keep their temperature down present danger of revolution, not because
during the summer months. It will be of any lack of revolutionary sentl
cold enough for most of them as the nient but for the reaseu that the people
lection SDDroaches next winter.. hostile to autocracy are wholly unable
to organise a revolution. iuey nav
The cattle barons who fenced ln thou- nothing to fight with and it is the policy
sands upon thousands of ncres of the of the government to see that they shall
public domain without saying by your not have. Undoubtedly the popular feel
leave to Uncle Sam are not seriously 1 lug u having an effect in the Interest of
lilsrmed over the impending prosecution governmental reform, but as remarked
to be conducted by the late assistant to I in a current dispatch from the Russian
(he late deposed United States attorney. I capital reforms will come from abov
Whllc' Omaha is not perplexed over
the tenure of otilce of its mayor, which
has by two successive charters been
fixed at three years, 4t is, nevertheless,
interesting to note the trend of charter
making bodies to extend the terms of
mayors from two to four years. In St.
Louis, for example, the mayor's term
of office is four years, although he has
little control over the city ndministra
tion, Inasmuch as he cannot appoint a
city official until the third year of his
term and has no power of removal at
all. In New j York, where the mayor's
power of appointment and also his power
of removal Is absolute und where he, with
his board of apportionment, has almost
superseded the city council, the term is
two years, but the recent New York leg.
lslatnre has revised the charter so as
to extend the term from two to four
years. The strange thing about tbe New
York extension is that it requires the
approval of the mayor, who has the
veto power on charter legislation. Al
though the attitude of Mayor McClellan
Is not known, It does not need a prophet
or the son of a prophet to foresee that
he will not veto the provision. Chicago
will also hereafter have a four-year term
of mayor unless the charter recently
passed by the Illinois legislature fails
to receive the signature of the gover
nor, and the approval of the voters of
the city, at a' referendum, which will be
necessary before the law goes into ef
feet This peculiarity of charter mak
ing may seem strange to Omaha charter
reformers, but it indicates clearly the
evolution In progress with regard to
municipal government . of American
cities.
Senator Burkett is setting an example
ln one direction that deserves commenda
tlon. At tho recent republican county
convention in Lancaster' county to choo'so
delegates to the congressional conven
tlon Mr. Burkett was oue of the del'
gates and presided over the convention
deliberations. The Bee has repeatedly
preached the doctrine that men invested
with high political honors as the repre
sentatives of their party should recojr
nlze their responsibility by active par
tielpotion in the work of party manago
nient and leadership. No man, however
highly honored by -bis party, should be
above serving as a delegate ln his party
conventions.
The projected extension of the Grea
Northern railroad over a rulnlraw line
ln the rear of Omuha does not const!
tute as much of a menace to Omaha'
trade expansion as does the proposed 23
per cent cut in railroad rates from Den
ver into northwestern Nebraska and tbe
Black Hills.
Move to "Save" Mng-nra.
Springfield Republican.
The Canadians are at last awake to the
grave menace which threatens Niagara.
The Ontario government has refused to
ratify an agreement between the Electrical
Development company and the Niagara
Falls (Canadian) Park commission, by
which the company would be allowed to
develop double its present limit of power.
It has also been declared ln the Canadian
Parliament, within the week, that no fur
ther Inroads upon Niagara will be per
mitted until a royal commission has made
an Investigation. This Is welcome news,
and suggests that the Canadians may yet
bo found willing partners In the preserva
tion or the falls. An International agree
ment or commission to govern the taking
of water from Niagara for power purposes
cannot come too soon.
BFFOHK GRADl.VTIO AMD AFTER.
DEMAND FOil R ATE REC.l I.AT!0.
So Dtvlalon of Sentiment Anions the
People of Kehmaka on Snhjeet.
York Republican.
There Is no division of sentiment among
the people of Nebraska on the question of
freight regulation. Freight rates In the
west are three times as high as they are
in the east. There is no reason why they
should be so. The freight on a shipment
weighing 2.950 pounds, a press, from Hart
ford, Conn., to Chicago, was $17.73. From
Chicago to York, on the same machine,
less than half the distance, the freight
rate was JJ5.S1. The only possible explana
tion for this must be ln one of two condi
tions: Either the railroads have the legisla
tures of tho western states muscled till
they will not pass suitable legislation or
the people of those states are not able to
frame such legislation as should be enacted
Into law. Probably a combination of these
two explanations would suitably account
for the condition that exists and affects
every shipment of goods or produce ln or
out of the state of Nebraska.
Fight with Roosevelt.
Columbus Journal.
SanoYnd Just rate regulation will con
stitute tho burden of Roosevelt's battle
with the senate during the remainder of
his term of otilce. If the republican party
of Nebraska fulls to tako up the rate
slogan for our state with the same fearless
earnestness that Roosevelt has taken it
up for the nation', It will meet defeat at
the hands of the voters and It will deserve
that defeat. Our last legislature, notwith
standing the honest endeavor of a ma
jority of tho individual members for effec
tive rate control, passed a meaningless
railroad commission bill. Republicans may
as well frankly admit the fact and re
new the fight within the party organiza
tion to find a remedy. Every local repub
lican organization in Nebraska should go
to the Roosevelt railroad platform and
stay there and fight to the end.
Flit ST 151 HEWS AD ENTERPRISE.
Humboldt leader: One Is led to wonder
why a metropolitan newspaper devoted to
the Interests of the "people" would not
notify the police when visited by a fugitive
like Pat Crowe.
Butte Oaiette: The periodical finding of
Pat Crowe was pulled off In Omaha papera
last week. That Is, he was located but
not landed ln limbo. As a space filler when
ews Is scarce Patrick la a howling success.
Beatrice Sun: The World-Herald rather
anticipated the event, and wrote up the
president s trip through Omaha. This was
stroke of enterprise. The president
switched his train off the line at Fremont
nd went by Missouri Valley. This was a
troke that almost killed tho enterprise.
Columbus Journal: For the World-
Herald It was undeniably tough luck. How
ever, considered as one of tho exigencies
of the trade, we are disposed to forgive
tho World-Herald for the Roosevelt In
cident, but we must Insist that it proceed
forthwith to dig up Tat Crowe ln the
flesh.
Beatrice Sun: An Omaha paper tells how.
as the president's train passed through
Omaha, the president was awakened by the
deafening cheers of the crowd waiting for
him at the station, and "raising the window
of his compartment he looked out and
responded to the cordial greeting." Now
hat's all very fine, but the president wasn't
there. It must have been 8jme other fel
low who Impersonated the president.
Some Sample Freight Rates,
Norfolk Press.
If a department store located In Norfolk
should buy Its goods In New Tork and
ship by water to Duluth and then the rest
of the way by rail he would find the rail
road freight rates running against him ln
this fashion, as, compared with his com
petitors In Tekamah and Lincoln:
On a Car of Implements To Norfolk,
BIO miles, $115.20; to Tekamah, 627 miles, $72;
to Lincoln, 699 miles, $79.20.
On a Car of Stoves To Norfolk, $108; to
Tekamah, $r4.80; to Lincoln, $72.
On a Car of Furniture To Norfolk, $146.40;
to Tekamah, $72; to Lincoln, $S1.C0.
On a Car of Third-Class Merchandise
To Norfolk, $182.40; to Tekamah, $108; to
Lincoln, $117.60.
On a Car of First-Class Merchandise To
Norfolk, $300; to Tekamah, $192; to Lincoln,
$204.
Transition, from the School Room to
the Worlil'a School.
Baltimore American.
Millions of hearts are beating more
lively In expectation of the approaching
commencements. The young peoplo often
look upon graduation as the greatest crisis
In life, and so It is until another occurs
to diminish its importance. They will prob
ably discover in duo time that life Is punc-
tuatea with crises, each- one of which will
appear more serious than all which have
gone before. Life before . commencement
has been dotted with pangs and disappoint
ments, put tne time will surely come when
the latter will disappear from memory like
the headlands as tho ship gets farther out
to sea, and there will remain only the
mirage of happiness and pleasure enjoyed.
uraauation is a crisis, made all the more
so by the boundless hopes of the graduate.
So few realize that the meaning of tho
word commencement IS beginning. They
are so apt to regard it as the ending or'
the completion of one life .and the intro
duction into another. Iji a sense it is. The
romance of existence often ends with the
delivery of the diploma,' and when the stu
dent plunges Into the busy world his am
bitions and fancies are sometimes rudely
shocked. He Is astonished to find how lit
tle his academic stock of knowledge helps
him ln the real life struggle. Even here
he may be greatly ln error. At school he
has been accumulating knowledge for a
lifetime, and he should not expect to pour
it all out at once and find fitting spots for
its application. Tho uses will come as he
settles into his place in tho community.
It is doubtful If one ever learns anything
at school that Is not useful ln after life.
It frequently happens in a man's career
that knowledge which he had apparently
forgotten is recalled and made useful. For
all that there can be no more serious error
than for graduates to Imagine that they
know everything and that the real work
of life Is over. The real work begins at
commencement. All that has been done,
no matter how useful, Is In the nature of
preparation. A student is apt to consider
his work hard, but all work is hard to
those who think so, and no work Is really
hard to one who works ln the right spirit.
Flrat District's Chance.
Falls City Journal.
The First district of Nebraska has an
opportunity to begin the work of taking
the national legislature out of the hands
of the railroads by electing to congress
only a man free from all entangling al
nances witn rauroaas. And this man
should be ln addition one with a clean
record ln every way and with the moral
courage to resist temptation and take his
place in the front rank of the defense in
the battle which Is certainly coming be
tween the grafters and the people. If the
people of the First district will select such
a man they will do a great work for this
district and at the same time add to the
life of the republican party.
The legislature that undertook to es
tablish biennial elections in order to re
lieve the people of the distraction of
annual campaigns was not very con
sistent when It left the good citizens of
Lincoln exposed to three elections ln
six months.
Both Sides Pleased.
Washington Post.
Another tribute to the president's marks
manship la found In that fact that both
the teamsters and employers claim to
be pleased wtlh his shot at the industrial
situation ln Chicago. '
Tarred with the Sam Stick.
Chicago Chronicle.
President Stlckney ot the Chicago Groat
Western Is entirely right in his criticism
of public officers who accept free passes
REGIX.ATIXQ FREIGHT RATES.
The People Firmly on the Side of the
A dmlnlat ration,
Chicago Tribune.
Secretary Taft said last Tuesday to an
audience of railroad men, "You cannot run
railroads as you run private business.
The remark grated on the nerves of some
of his hearers. Railroad men wish to run
their roads exactly' as they would a private
enterprise. Every law which treats tho
railroad business as something different
from other businesses is distasteful to
them. When it is suggested that railroad
rates be regulated by government agencies
they say transportation Is a commodity
whose price should be no more regulated
In that way than the price of the commodl
ties offered for sale by a manufacturer or
a merchant.
Those who speak for the railroads wish
them to enjoy the advantages of being
quasi public corporations, but dislike to
acknowledge the obligations which go with
the advantages. They wish to carry on
interstate commerce, jurisdiction over
which Is exclusively vested In the national
government, but will not admit the right
of the government to restrict them to fair
Just and reasonable charges.
The president said at Denver and Chi
cago that if Justice la to be done as be
tween the public and the common carriers
there must be a governmetal tribunal to
alter freight rates, subject to judii-iul re
view, when It is convinced that they do
Injustice. Secretary Taft agrees with him
and says to the railroad men that If they
are wise they will aid and not hinder the
establishment of such a tribunal.
The railroad men are not wise. They are
opposing the moderate and lawful legisla
tion which it Is auggested shHll he enacted
They are fighting it with an earnestness
which goes to show that they are afraid it
will be enacted In spite of the usslatance to
be given by their friends in the senate.
The people are on the side of the admin
Istratlon. They agree with Secretary Taft
that the men who control railroads should
not run them with such freedom from re
straint as they do their private business.
Tia people have had aufflclent
acquaintance with rallroada to learn that
they 'need regulations which other bus!
neasea do not. They can aee the essential
difference between regulating the price of
goods and that of transportation.
Their influence will be exerted in sup
port of the policy of the president. Whether
It will have any effect on the senate is an
tntereatlng queatlon about which more will
be known after congress gets to work
next tt.ll.
Railroads Shonld Think Ttvlce.
Kearney Hub.
If a corporation can be created by legal
provision it can be regulated and eon
trolled by law. And If the corporation
objects to the regulation and control, it
must bear ln mind that the lawmaking
power may also deprive It of Its corporate
existence. Railway officials who oontend
that the government has no right to med
dle with rates will do well to think twice
or three times before entering on a light
to a finish.
Merclr m One-Slded Farce.
Lvnch Journal.
The present senatorial railroad investiga
tlm being held ln Washington looks like
a one-sided farce. Not a man that is not
known to be decidedly in favor of tho rail
roads' side of tho question has been allowed
to appear before the committee.
PERSOXAt, NCTES.
Helen Gould will pay for the education
of Lcroy Irvine Dixon, the 9-year-old Den
ver boy who saved the Rio Grande train
from running Into a rock slide last Oc
tober.
John D. Rockefeller, who always has had
an aversion to automobiles, several, days
ago purchased a $5,000 touring car. The
mmhine will be driven by a French
chauffeur.
Vice President Tarbell of the Equitable In
his directions to agents says there Is
point ln a deal when a life insurance so
licitor should cease talking. This must be
when the victim has fainted.
The Missouri supreme court recently re
buked a lower court for attempting by in
Junction to prevent a city council from per
forming an act clearly within Its powers. It
is now in order to withdraw or modify the
criticisms hurled at Missouri's high court,
St. Louis points with pardonable pride to
the fact that Mrs. Martha Harwood, re
cently deceased, lived In the city for eighty
seven years. How she managed to do tt
and live to the age of 96 Is a mystery which
St. Louis papera do not attempt to explain
A large number of prominent ladles o:
Richmond, Va., have held a meeting look
lng to the early erection of a monument
to General Fltzhush Lee. They organized
and Issued an address to the country,
under the name of the Fitzhugh Lee Monu,
ment association.
Admiral Winfleld Scott Schley, 66 years
old and still young, straight as the barrel
of a rifle, shows the color of splendid health
and the goneral aspect of unimpaired mus
cular condition. He refuses to sit still an
draw his retired pay, but keeps busy work
Ing on his forthcoming book, "Maryland In
the Navy."
Thousands of children were the guests on
May 9 of t'nited States Senator W. A
Clark at the senator's mountain home
three miles southeast of Butte, Mont
Every child In the county was Invited to
enjoy the day at the senator's expense
who turned over the street car system of
Butte to the youngsters.
An original method of teaching history
was recently put to a test in New York
by that ublo and well known scholar and
historian, the Hon. John Boyd Thatcher o
Albany, N. Y. The autographs Illustrated
the French revolution and were shown to
the public at the Lenox library. The auto
graphs were illustrated by portraits and
other pictures and they were arranged In
chronological order.
Congressman Cochran of Missouri wished
to Illustrate, some remarks he was making
about suspicious circumstances. In doing
so he told of a well dressed man who regis
tered at a hotel In St. Joseph, Mo. He
casually remarked that he never traved
without his own fire escape, at the same
time exhibiting the contrivance which he
carried. "In case of fire," he aald, "I can
let myself down from any hotel window.'
The landlord fcald gravely: "Our terms for
guests with firs escapes are casU lu ad
vance. I
AHMY GOSSIP IN WASHINGTON.
Matters of Interest Gleaned from the
Army and Nary Register.
Captain Gcorgo W. Klrkman, Twenty-
flft.i Infantry, continues to flic protests and
appeals at (the War department. Ho has
put his complaint ln the form of charges
against several officers, of whom it Is al
leged that they were prejudiced against
him and Ignored vital circumstances which
would have operated to his acquittal by
the court-martial, the proceedings of which
are now before the secretary of war. All
the papers ln the case and they are of In
creasing volume will be submitted to tho
president along with the findings of tho
court and the comment of the Judge advo
cate general of tho army. It Is likely no
action will be taken by the president until
the department is in receipt of the record
n tho second court-martial case, which
was interrupted for the acquirement of
testimony, and which was resumed on
Wednesday. It is probable that no special
attention will be paid to the charges which
Captain Klrkman has filed.
The War department Is advised that Col
onel E. H. Crowder, Judge advocate, and of
the general staff, left Dalny on April 3
for Japan on his way to Washington. No
further advices have been received ln re
gard to that officer. Colonel Crowder will
come directly to Washington and will un
doubtedly avail himself of an extended
leave of absence. He has been advised by
the surgeons to . take sn absence of at
least one year on account of his health,
which has severely suffered by the expos
ure of duty with the Japanese troops in
iTanchurla. Colonel Valery Howard of the
medical department, who recently returned
from Manchuria after a short tour of duty
with the Russians and his capture at Muk
den, is now at Governors Island, where he
will complete the report of his observa
tions. Colonel Havard is somewhat handi
capped by lack of notes, as most of his
ujtpers were In a trunk which Is probably
somewhere with tile Russians.
There is a prospect that the general staff
of the army will recommend that service
in campaigns against Indians be recog
nized by appropriate badges, after the
manner of service rendered in Cuba, Porto
Rico, China and the Philippines. This ap
pears to have been an omission from the
original provision for servlce-ln-war
badges and, of course, If there is reason
for the issue of badges for activity In
Santiago there is as much reason for
recognizing service on the frontier, .where
those who took part encountered all the
risks, hardships and suffering which
marked service In China or In Cuba. It Is
probable the general staff will see the
question in that light and will provide a
badge to be issued under the same condi
tions attending the service-in-war badge
now given.
The exact position to be assumed under
certain circumstances during the playing
of the "Star Spangled Banner" has been
under consideration in the general staff of
the army as a result of an Inquiry made
by Captain G. L. Byroade, IT. S. A., re
tired, who is the military instructor at the
Culver Military academy. That officer re
ported that he had Instructed the cadets
that under Infantry drill regulations "stand
at attention" while the "Star Spangled
Banner' 'Is being played does not mean to
uncover when out of doors, but does
mean to uncover If Indoors without side
arms. This Interpretation of the regula
tions has been confirmed by the chief of
A MATTER OF HEALTH
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POUOiIil
Absolutely Puro
HAS UQ SUBSTITUTE
staff on tho recommendation of the first
division.
Instruction at the signal corps school at
Fort Leavenworth, Kan., will be begun
about September 1, with three officers of
the signal corps under instruction. The
officers who have been selected to attend
the sessions of the school are Captain
Charles McK. Saltcmnn. Captain Richard
O. Rickard and First Lieutenant Mack K.
Cunningham. The school will be in chargs
of Major Ocorgc O. Squire of the signal
corps, and will be under the supervision
of the commandant of the Infantry and
cavalry school and staff college.
S TO A I. A Kill.
LI N E
Auctioneer What am I offered for this
fine large bath sponge Going at 60 cents
going going . It's a shame 1 can t get
more for it. I'd buy it myself only I ve
Just come back from a visit at the sea
shore. Harper's Bazur.
"De world may owe you a livln', sonny,"
said I'ncle Elien; "but tt ain' gWlne to do
de worryin' 'bout getting' de debt settled."
Washington Star.
"If you are'a rich woman and have mar
ried a poor man who has retired from
business," remarked the Observer of Events
and Things, "It Is all right to say that you
have retired him from business. Don't
sav you have put him out of business. It
might not bo understood." Yonkers States
man. "I toll vou what," grumbled the pes
simistic waiter, "people ain't glvln' tips
like thev used to ln the old days."
"That's rlsht," replied the funny waiter.
"Think of Ksau, who gave his birthright
for a mess of pottage." Philadelphia
Led2er.
"The robin is a very timid bird Isn't it?"
"I gueaa so. At any rate, the average
restaurant cook can make it quail."
Philadelphia Ledger.
A married man longs for either some
excitement to relieve the monotony or
some monotony to relieve the excitement.
Philadelphia Record.
"Want ter buy a bull pup?"
"No. sir. I am a clergyman."
"Wot uv it? Bull pups don't care who
owns 'em." Jude.
The leading ladv cast herself down on
the blue plush sofa, I. c.
'Great heaven!'' he shrieked, "I am un
done!" "Pshaw, that's too bad!" said the vil
lain, "allow me to lend you a pin."
But, aa it seemed, he was only adding
Insult to injury. Cleveland Leader.
"But," protested the plain citizen, "don't
you consider honesty a good thing?"
"Sure," replied the politician, 'but it's
like all other good things: youTvs ' got t
make money before you can afford IU"
Philadelphia Press.
James Monroe had Just completed his fa
mous doctrine.
"There!" he exclaimed, cocking his head
to one side and looking at It. "I guess
that'll hold them for a while!"
Thus we learn the Illustrious origin of
the phrase. Chicago Tribune.
STILL, HINTING. '
Chicago Chronicle.
Back from his western vacation.
Tanned, but a little less fat;
Doffed Is the good old sombrero,
Donned Is the tall silk hat.
Gone is the gun with its bullets,
Now the big stick as of yore,
Beara and the wolves have grown quiet.
Now that nla hunting is o'er.
Bnck to the grind of his office.
Grinding away Just tlio same,
Y'et he's engaged in somo hunting.
Only for bigger game.
V
Now the big wolves that he's after
Live in the civilized east;
Some are now saying he means to
Bag a few big ones at least.
Back from his western vacation.
After big game now he lusts;
If they don't take to the timber
He's bound to kill off a few trusts.
Browning, King & Co
CLOTHING, FURNISHINGS, AND HATS
Shirt Sale
Here are some new' prices it would be
well to consider. Soft bosom madras
shirts, the warm weather
kind, 0 or 10 patterns to se
lect from, and all sizes.
They are an exceptionally
fine assortment and at this
sale price just like finding
money.
55c
each
"A man should
always btdrtss-
id," said Beau
Iirummel, "or
thinking of
.rets. "
a
Tuesday Morning.
Men's frock coats and vesta, clays,
fancy worsteds and cheviots, worth
from f 10 to $20, on sale at the same
time. The price, f3.00, ought to close them out
in short order. Sizes 34 to 40.
Shield Dow, 15c; two for 25c.
Fifteenth and
Douglas Sts.
OMAHA
NEB.
Broadway at 1 2nd Street NEW YOHK Factory. Cooper Muar