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    THE OMAHA DAILY BEE: WEDNESDAY, JUNE 7. 1M5.
Tiie Omaiia Daily Bee
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8TATEMENT OF CIRCULATION.
State nf Nebraska, Douglas County, as.:
U. C. Rnaewater, secretary of The Ree
Publishing; Company, being- duly sworn,
saya that the actual number of full and
complete copies of The Daily, Morning,
Evening and Sunday Bea printed during the
month of May, I!i6. was aa follows:
1 28.IMO n 2tt.K70
2. ; 2H.400 IS 2,ilO
8 2ft,0f 19 2,.V
4 SH.ino y) so.itno
6.. 2S.U40 21 3 1, TOO
. 2i,Ono !2 20.020
7 81.R50 23 ita,ium
t 28.MO 24 2t,St
2M.4SO 26 2S.T50
10 2,lMO M 2O.04O
11 8U..100 27 RO.IBO
12 28.B40 28 20,110
13 30,230 ati.KBO
M st.nao 30 33,ooo
IS 28.7UO 21 21I.020
18 2,4H
Total O17,0lK
Less unsold copies 10,(M4
Net total sales 907,FM4
Dally average 5J,284
C. C. ROSKWATER.
Secretary.
Subscribed In my presence and sworn to
before me this 31st day of May, 1906.
(Seal) M. B. HUNGATE,
Notary Public.
WHK.1 OUT OF TOWN.
Subscribers leaving; the city tern,
porarlly should bars) Tha Bee
mailed to them. It la better than
a dally letter front home. Ad
dress trill be changed aa often aa
requested.
A grand Jury Investigation to clear up
the mystery of the midnight bomb ex
plosion will now be In order.
The Irony of fate Is again proven by
the fact that a survey ship lias gone
"ground in the harbor of New York.
Having bowled M. Lelcane out of
office, the emperor of (ierninny is surely
qualified for the International diplomacy
class.
The school board ho far is confining
its axe to the MUperannuated. Some day
it may develop courage to tackle the
Incompetents.
The most effective way of stimulating
home industry in Omaha is to construct
more brick buildings and more concrete
and brick walks.
Perhaps that land battle is being de
layed until General Llnevitch decides
whether it Is safer to fight on or to go
to St. Petersburg.
King Alfonso is the first (Spanish king
to visit London, and he is being given
an opportunity to discover all the fun
his forebears missed.
To Judge by reports from St. Peters
burg the czar has learned nothing from
history. A British Parliament with power
similar to that which he now proposes
cost one king his head.
Judging by the number of people re
signing from the directory of the Equi
table, young Mr. Hyde may have ,to go
Into the highways and byways to secure
guests for his next banquet.
When Greene and Guynor are placed
ou trial they should be allowed to claim
any favor due them for setting at rest
alt legal quibbles hs to extradition laws
between the t'nlted States mid Canada.
With Tom Keunison off the boards,
the Omaha yellows will have a prepon
derance of stud horse type lying on the
shelf watting for something to happen
that can be fabricated into a great seu-sation.
A Lincoln butcher, who was convicted
of selling tainted meat, whs fined $1 and
costs for the offense In the Lincoln po
lice court. At that rate the tainted meat
industry at the capital will not be
seriously Interfered with.
The New York Times asks if Nebo
gittoff should 1h hunged. The general
lmpresslot is that he should be rewarded
for showing the ciar how little he can
depend upon his forces, thus furnishing
n good excuse for ending the war.
A pipe Hue from the Kansas oil fields
to Omaha will do more toward bringing
Omaha up to the ytM.Oiirt population
standard before the next census is taken
than any other enterprise that has yet
leeu projected.
As the United States holds practically
one-fourth of the world's supply of gold
It Is not aurprlslug that its international
relations are pleasant, for nations, more
than Individuals, are often guided In
eir" friendships by the Jingle of the
coin.
Chancellor You' Buelow now rank iu
ofhViul dignity with the "Iron Chancel
lor," the first German statesman to ac
quire the title of prince' tb rough his
work, but there will be some who will
question that the title, baa been earned
the second Uiu as it was by Bismarck.
J A PAX ALWATS FOR tKACE
That was a most significant statement
that was made by the Japanese minister
at Washington, arter au interview with
President Roosevelt. He said that
"Tnklo Is always for peace, but Hussla
must first realize the present situation In
nil Its seriousness and be prepared to
face It." The meaning is obvious. It is
plulu thst while the Japanese govern
ment Is not unfavorable to negotiations
for pesce It will not take the Initiative
for the termination of hostilities. It Is
only reasonable to assume that the min
ister of Japan at Washington, In making
this statement, spoke from au accurate
knowledge of the position of his gov
ernment. He has been most careful in
his expressions regarding the war. The
proverbial oriental circumspection In
diplomacy, has been amply illustrated in
the course of the Japanese minister to
the United States. At every stage of
the war he has been most careful and
prudent of speech, at no time saying
anything that committed his government
to the slightest extent.
It Is for this reason that peculiar sig
nificance attaches to the utterance
quoted, which must be presumed, in
view of the fact that the first definite
expression in behalf of peace has been
made nt Washington, to have been in
spired from the Japanese capital. So
cautious and careful a representative of
Japan as Takablra would not have made
the avowal he did In regard to peace
without a pretty clear Intimation from
his government of Its willingness to con
sider a proposition for peace. What he
said also very clearly Implies that Japan
expects the first step In the direction of
peace to be taken by itussia and this Is
an entirely legitimate expectation. It is
out of the question that the victorious
nation, with everything in its favor for
an ultimate complete triumph, should
be the first to propose peace.
it would seem that the manifestly in
structed declaration of Minister Taka
hlra. that "Tokio Is always for peace,"
would make a decided impression upon
the official and the public mind of Eu
rope. It ought to exert a potent influ
ence wherever there Is an earnest desire
for a termination of the destructive con
flict in the far east. It contrasts with
the bravado of the Russian ambassador
In a way that cannot fall to attract the
attention of Europe and to Increase sen
timent favorable to Japan. It Is per
haps needless to conjecture what terms
would be proposed by the victorious na
tion. A- power having the advnntnge
now possessed by Japan, and which Is
willing to consider peace, would prob
ably not be unreasonably exacting In
Its demands. At all events Russia can
not lessen the claims of Japan by pro
longing the war.
The statement made by the Japanese
minister at Washington, coming after n
conference with President Roosevelt
which followed the Interview of the
president with the Russian ambassador,
must be regarded ns highly significant
and Important, since there is every rea
son to believe that It was authorized
from the Japanese capital.
TROUBLES OF THE EQUITABLE.
The troubles of the Equitable Life As
surance society have attracted public at
tention for months and even now, after
the very thorough investigation and dis
cussion they have received, it is not
easy to determine where the fault lies
for the occurrences which gave rise to
the troubles. The issue between the presi
dent and the first vice president of the so
ciety grew out of allegations of misman
agement which the facts appear to Jus
tify to a very considerable extent. The
report made by the Krick investigating
committee appears to make plain the
fact that the business of the society has
not been conducted for some years past
on altogether legitimate lines or for the
best welfare of the policy holders, which
of course is the primary cfuty of such
a corporation. That report pointed out
that there have leen Irregularities In the
administration of the business, that
there has been looseness and lack of
system generally, that there has been ex
travagance In all branches of the admin
istration of the society's affairs, with
other equally serious and specific
charges.
This report was rejected by a ma
jority of the directors and as a result
several of those who favored the report
have resigned as directors and others
will probably do so, of course necessi
tating a reorganization of the society.
In the meantime the corporation has un
questionably been losing In public con
fidence and what has been sacrificed
cannot be readily regained. Without
venturing upon anything like a discus
sion of the case, which is of direct in
terest only to the policy holders In the
Equitable, it is yet to 1k observed that
the scandal which the developments re
garding the operations of the Equitable
have caused Is strongly directing popu
lar though to the question whether the
time has not come for some better super
vision and regulation of life Insurance
companies than Is afforded by the states.
In other words, whether the federal gov
ernment should not assume some con
trol over these corporations, In which
one-fifth of the population is concerned
as policy holders and whose Investments
In Industrial aud commercial affairs
throughout the country amount to hun
dreds of millions of dollars and are
steadily Increasing.
We have heretofore referred to what
President Roosevelt said on the subject
in his last annual message and he will
probably again present the matter to
congress In his next message. We have
also noted that a bill was introduced in
the senate at the last session providing
for federal regulation of life insurance
business, which will undoubtedly come
before that body next winter. The Im
portance of the question cannot easily
be overestimated, when It Is understood
that the numlr of life Insurance policy
holders in this country exceeds 13,000,
000. and the disclosures regarding the
Equitable has very greatly Intensified
public interest to the question of federal
regulation. That It will receive serious
consideration In the next congress seems
assured.
THK ROM 1SDUSTRT CAMPAIGN.
In the conduct of the home Industry
campaign the manufacturers and busi
ness men of Omaha should first of all
things prove the sincerity of their cour
age aud convictions by their individual
example. Not only should they give
preference to the products of Omaha
mills and factories in the purchase of
building materials and milling and fac
tory products of every description, but
they should also set the example of home
patronage in the purchase of merchan
dise In use in their homes. It is one
thing to talk and preach the doctrine of
home patronage; it is another thing to
practice It
The present home patronage campaign
is by no means the first of its kind in
Omaha. Y'ears ago The Bee hammered
away for months and months on the
same nail, and while It succeeded In
driving it home to a considerable depth,
It encountered obstacles In the persistent
tendency of well-to-do Omaha people to
do their shopping In Chicago, New York
and even in Europe. It is a matter of
notoriety that hundreds of thousands of
dollars are annually taken out of
Omaha to foreign markets for articles of
luxury, as well as articles that are use
ful, not because these articles cannot be
procured In Omaha or can be purchased
only at much higher prices, but because
there Is a fascination and a fad In im
porting articles from the larger Ameri
can cities and from abroad.
We do not violate confidence when we
say that much of the depression In our
retail establishments years ago was due
to this incurable disposition of the male
and female members of the Omaha
smart set to patronize the milliners,
dressmakers, haberdashers, batters, jew
elers, carriage makers, book sellers, dec
orators, tapestry and wall paper ven
ders and curiosity shops of Chicago, New
York, London and Taris. When these
good people who profess to applaud the
doctrine of home patronage will all prac
tice what they preach and Join hands to
build np Omaha home industry there
will be a very marked improvement In
our local truffle and a material enlarge
ment in the volume of business done by
Omaha manufacturers.
The Western Electrical association,
which recently held its session In Chi
cago, has adopted City Electrician Mich
aelsen's recommendation that special
attention should be given to rules that
will tend to save human life first and
making the saving of property a secon
dary consideration. It is hoped that the
city electrician will now see to It that
these rules shall be enforced In Omaha.
Verdicts by coroner's juries that de
ceased came to his death by accident
and nobody to blame, are calculated to
create the impression that the killing of
men by live wires la a natural and
Inevitable Incident of illumination.
It was expected that the compiled and
revised ordinances of Omaha for 1905
would contain every ordinance now In
force. Why the council should grant
permission to omit ordinances conferring
rights-of-way and other concessions to
railroads is inexplicable. There is no
good reason why owners and Intending
purchasers of Omaha property who ex
pect to use the revised ordinances as
their guide should bo compelled to hunt
through the archives of the city to as
certain what rights of trackage and
right-of-way the railways have acquired.
Judging by the advance figures given
out by the State Board of Equalization,
the aggregate assessment of Nebraska
railroads for 1005 will not reach the $50,
000,000 mark, when by rights the valua
tion of Nebraska railroads should be
$65,000,000. We apprehend, however,
that will not prevent the railroads from
protesting their assessment and invok
ing the power of the courts to compel a
reduction by compromise, which is Just
the same thing.
The high pressure upon the rostofflce
department for the establishment of
new rural delivery routes is liable to
overreach the appropriation made by
congress for this service and increase
materially the postal deficit for lf05. It
goes without saying that a limit must
be put somewhere on the extravagant
popular demand for Increased postal
facilities.
When the fire fighters, who are
participating iu the Iowa State Fire
men's tournament, cross the river they
will have an opportunity to see the
most splendidly equipped fire force west
of the Mississippi north of St. Louis.
Admiral I'rlu is said to be at Woo
sung, where Russian colliers are stop
ping, but so far no Japanese admiral has
called upon Admiral Enqulst at Manila.
Another Standard Inlqalty,
Chicago Chronicle.
The Standard Oil company has added
another crime to ita long list of Iniquities.
It haa reduced the price of the gasoline
which ta used as fuel for automobiles.
Playinar a Great Game.
Chicago News.
Diplomacy Is a great game. While the
kaiser was preoccupied with his son's wed
ding In Berlin a British envoy slipped Into
Morocco and began to anugglo up to the
ultf.rv
Comrades in Trade.
St. Louis Globe-Democrat.
During the ten years ending with 194
Japan's imports from the United States In
creased more than fourfold and Its exports
to this country Increased 1M per cent. The
deep and straight ferriage between the two
countries Is bound to add rapidly tu their
commercial Intercourse.
Male C klvalry Perlahiagr.
Baltimore American.
Girls In a college at Massachusetts are
to be threatened with Jail by the census
takers because they refuse to tell their
ages. It remains to be seen whether they
will make martyrs of themselves for the
traditions of their sex and go to Jail be
fore they will give up the last great secret
i of femininity for all ages, la the mean
time there Is no longer room for the most
optimistic to doubt after this that the
world's male chivalry has perished out,
and thst In Its effort to live It found no
asylum In male official bosoms.
Jast lor Their Health.
Philadelphia Tress.
Some of the Russian officers who sur
rendered In the recent naval battle de
cline to accept the paroles offered them.
Frobe.bly they understand It would be
hotter for them at home than It is In Japan
Revised Version la Order.
New York Tribune.
Aladdin rubbing the magic lamp per
formed no more wonderful feat than that
of the president starting with a golden key
all the machinery of the Portland exposi
tion, 3,000 miles away. It Is time for a
new "Arabian Nights," dealing with mod
ern wonders.
Troablea at Ills Door.
Baltimore American.
One of the surprising features of the
present situation Is that Emperor Wil
liam has not volunteered to fix up the
whole matter between Russian and Japan.
But even with his versatility and stren
uoslty a wedding in the family Is some
thing to absorb all one's available attention.
No Danger of Golnsr Broke.
Boston Transcript.
A gap of more than 38,00O,000 between
revenue and expenditures Is a regrettable
fact, but the other fact that the treasury
haa a free balance of $130,000,000 is a com
forting one and demonstrates the absurdity
of the talk of the. treasury "going broke."
Of course a balance will not last forever,
but It will be in existence long enough to
give congress more than time to raise suffi
cient revenue to prevent a continuance of
deficits.
Where Bound Timber Grows.
Springfield Republican.
The Gridiron club of Washington would
seem to be a favorable vantage point from
which to seek public office. This admin
istration has found places for five of its
members. Not only docs Major Carson,
the club's president, find an office as com
missioner of manufactures In the Depart
ment of Commerce and Iibor, but Mr.
Wynne has been postmaster general and Is
now consul general at London, Harry I
West Is one of the commissioners of the
District of Columbia, Francis E. Ieupp Is
Indian commissioner, and Mr. De Graw
assistant postmaster general.
Pallmaa Dodges Responsibility.
Springfield Republican.
To a complaint of excessive charges filed
against the Pullman Car company with the
Kansas Railroad commission, the company
replies that It Is not a common carrier and
hence is beyond the Jurisdiction of the com
mission. This answer may serve to relieve
the Pullman company, but If so, It recoils
upon the railroad companies and back
again to the Pullman. If accepted as
sound, then It follows that the railroad
companies should themselves furnish par
lor and sleeping cars, or first-class accom
modations, amenable to public regulation!
for If the railroads, by using the cars of
a private company, can escape public regu
lation as to first-class passenger travel,
they could In the same way avoid public
regulation as to travel In ordinary coaches.
Railroads properly should own and supply
all cars used !n their services, as the New
Haven company does In the case of sleep
ing and parlor cars, and the time will come
when such a policy will be made compulsory.
TAXATION OF r'n AXCHISES.
Importance of the Decision Rendered
by the Federal Supreme Court.
Philadelphia Press.
The federal supremo court, by Its deci
sion on the New York franchise tax law,
has made it possible to add a round 7 per
cent to the assessed valuation of every
large city, without Increasing the burden
of the Individual realty holder.
If a like tax existed In this city It would,
taking the result In New York flty, and
JSO.000.000 to the assessed valuation, yield
ing $1,200,000 more revenue at the present
rate.
Public service corporations and some
others hold and use public street rights
not now taxed. Some enjoy the right to,
use the street for tracks and trolley poles.
Some have conduits underground. Others
have gas pipes. Some use poles planted In
the streets for electric light wires, for tele
graph and for telephone wires. Some have
the right to run subways underground and
some bridge streets for transit purposes.
These purposes all make use of realty
dedicated to public uses. In 199. the New
York legislature passed an act providing
for the assessment and taxation of these
rights as If they were realty.
The corporations fought this tax from
court to court up to Washington. It has
taken six years to get a decision. In the
meantime, In New York City, taxes and
interest together, the arrears are $24,000,000.
The companies lose on every point. The
federal supreme court. In language which
could not be made stronger, holds that
such use Is property not now taxed and
which can he taxed.
If a company Is taxed on Its capital,
shares and bonds, this special franchise
right, the Court holds, is still open to taxa
tion. The special franchise It has does not
remove this special property from the pur
view of taxation. Long failure to tax doe
not create Immunity. "Due process of
law" Is observed in this taxation when
this right to use realty Is assessed and
taxed as Is other real estate.
PERSOAI, XOTES.
Naturally Secretary of the Navy Bona
parte will be an Imperialist; Imperialism
runs In that blood.
Marshall Robert occupies the more or
less enviable position of being the only
native born American who ever became an
officer In the British life guards.
In view of of his efforts to bring about
peace between Russia and Japan, the presi
dent's famous saying might be changed to
"speak easy and carry an olive branch."
President Dlai of Mexico Intends to go
to Europe before his term of office as the
executive of the Mexican government ex
pires and Is desirous of visiting the I'nited
States officially. He will be accompanied
abroad by his wife.
"Jimmy" Hope, who planned the Man
hattan Bank robbery in New York, and
was the most accomplished all-round
cracksman of his generation. Is dead, at
sixty-nine. He left few mourners but many
admirers.
The proofsheets of the new Agricultural
Year Book declare that the fourteen most
aggressive and industrious of our bugs take
at least J300,0f0,nno from our farmers an
nually. There la at least one element In our
life which takes Its full share of prosperity
In spite of the trusts.
The chaplain of the Hawaiian house of
representatives. Rev. S. L. Desha, Is lit
trouble because he prayed aloud In the
house that God would forgive the members
who had voted for the new Sunday bill
and passed It over the governor's veto.
The young king of Spain, who had such a
narrow escape from death In Paris on Wed
nesday, conies of long line of royal an
cestors, Including such rulers as Charles
V, Philip XIV, the Empress Maria Theresa
and the Inevitable Mary, queen of Scots,
from whom many royal families of. Europe
are descended. He is now 1$ years old.
STATIC TRESS OP1SIOV
Holhrouk Observer: The Omaha Com
mercial club visited Holhrook Friday,
brliislng with them the First regiment
hand and the largest and most enthusiastic
aggregation of business hustlers that could
be turned out by any city In the west.
Their advertising In this way no doubt
helps to prove that Omaha Is the nisnu
fscturlng and Jobbing center of the middle
west.
Beatrice Express: In the death of ex
Qovernor Furnas Nebraska loses one of Its
best rltlnens. Besides serving his state ac
ceptably In a political capacity, he did
more than any other one man to demon
strate the fact that Nebraska could raise
fruit In abundance. The work which he
has done for the fruit growers of the state
will live after him and be his most lasting
monument.
Hastings Republican: In his speech st
Elks hall last night Rosewater said among
other things that he was In favor of an
offensive and defensive alliance between
Hastings and Omaha. There Is no one man
In Nebraska who could accomplish more
In forming such an alliance. Editor Rose
water can depend upon It that Hastings will
meet him with the glad hand at every Jump
In the road in the direction he Indicated
last night.
Wayne Herald: It begins to look as
though Congressman McCarthy of this dis
trict Is not going to be given a nomlna
tlon to succeed himself without a pretty
spirited contest. Several ststesmen are
swelling up and trying to show the good
people that they are built about right to
have M. C. attached to their names. It Is
more than a year yet until the nomlna
tlon will be made and there will he plenty
of time In which to smash slates.
Wlnslde Tribune: The headlines of the
dallies say, "Ohio republicans are with
Roosevelt." This is a very safe proposi
tion. Take out Ohio and substitute the
name of any other state and the result is
the same. All republicans, except the few
stand-patters who would rather see the
country go to the demnitlon bow-wows
than have their sacred tariff revised, are
with Roosevelt and we might add that a
majority of the democrats are with him
In the coming fight between him and the
senate.
Hastings Tribune: Edward Roscwater
made a ten strike when he responded to a
toust at the smoker tendered the Omaha
and South Omaha business men In Hast
ings last Friday night. Mr. Rosewater
said that for many good reasons the state
capital should be removed from Lincoln to
Hastings, and in his opinion the time Is
not far distant when the effort will be
niude. Gilbert M. Hitchcock followed the
editor of The Bee and said that this was
one subject upon which he and Mr. Rose
water could agree without advancing any
argument. This may seem a Joke to our
Lancaster county neighbors, but stranger
things than the moving of a state capital
have happened In Nebraska.
TOGO'S MESSAGE TO TIIE EMPEROR.
Interesting Instance of the Hold of
Shlntolsm in Japan,
Chicago News.
It was inevitable that the curious
phrases used by Admiral Togo In his recent
address to the mikado should have aroused
widespread Interest. "That wo gained a
success beyond our expectations," says
Togo, writing of the recent battle. "Is due
to the brilliant virtue of your majesty and
to the protection of the spirits of your
Imperial ancestors and not to the action
ofy any human being." Of somewhat simi
lar Interest la the announcement now made
at Toklo as to the way In which the sta
tistics regarding the total number killed
during the war were made known. These
figures became public at a festival held for
the spirits of the men slain in battle, the
figures being considered accurate because
"to omit the name of even one man would
be an Intolerable sacrilege."
Togo's allusion to the imperial ancestors,
like the custom of promoting the dead or
of holding festivals in their honor. Is an
interesting token of the hold which Shln
tolsm, the Immemorial religion of Japan,
has upon many of Its people todav. To un
derstand how deeply It must appeal to the
Japanese patriot, it Is only necessary to
remember that Its origin Is lost In tradi
tions of a time long before the Christian
era, that In fact the religion and the pres
ent Japanese dynasty originated simul
taneously and from the same source.
Mutsuhito, the present occupant of the
throne. Is the 123d of the Imperial line, di
rectly descended from Jimmu-Tenno, who
reigned In 600 B. C. The present emperor
owes his sacred character to his descent
from this august personage, who was him
self a son of one of the numerous Shinto
deities who came down from heaven to
rule over the land.
Thus the "Imperial ancestors" of whom
Togo speaks are of divine or mystic orlaln
and In worshiping them the Japanese sat-
isnes a twofold Impulse that of religion
as well as that of patriotism. The survival
or this quaint and archaic religion through
centuries and in spite of Japan's rapid con
version to western ways Is one of the
unique Incidents of the age and Its future
development Is bound to be of surpassing
Interest. The reaction of the occldental
islng process now going on upon this faith
and the ultimate religious attitude of
Japan, now that it has been completely
victorious, afford problems of an excep
tional kind for the philosopher and historian.
A RAILROAD CAMPAIGN.
Frensled Effort to Cheek Movement
for Rate Regulation.
New York World.
Alarmed at the agitation In favor of gov
ernment control of rates the railroad inter
ests of the country have plnaned to estab
lish two bureaus from which they will con
duct a national campaign of education.
Cumpalgns of education are always to be
encouraged, but the distribution of statis
tics is not tho best way to overwhelm the
movement In favor of government rate
making. Instead of establishing bureaus,
suppose the railroads were to agree not to
violate the Interstate commerce law, not to
give rebates, not to tolerate discrimina
tions, to make their rates reasonable on the
basis of the actual Investment, to remedy
the abuses of private terminals and private
car lines In short, to give all shippers and
all sections fair treatment. The campaign
In behalf of government late-making would
collapse Immediately.
Then the railroads would be free to un
dertake another great work of education
the suppression of the socialistic propa.
ganda. This In turn would be a compara
tively simple task. About all the railroads
need do Is to get out of politics, stop brib
ing legislatures, stop trying to send cor
poration lawyers to the United States sen
ate and stop trying to put railway attorneys
on the bench. The agitation In favor of
government ownership of railroads would
cease at once.
If the railroads could Induce the other
public service corporations not to form cor
rupt alltunces with political bosses, not to
buy aldermen and legislators and public
officials; If they could persuade these cor
porations to give the public decent service,
to carry out their contracts fairly with the
people, and to be satisfied- with honest re
turns on an honest' Investment If this were
done there would be little left of the cam
paign In favor of public ownership of any
utility.
Could the railroad Interests perform a
more useful work of education? That kind
of education would make for the perma
nency of republican Institutions, as well as
for the permanency of railway investments.
THE PORTLAND EXPOSITION.
Some Featarea ot tho First Great
Show of the Korthireat.
If the croad ot people on the grounds on
the opening day of the Lewis and Clark
exposition Is a criterion of the total at
tendance the success of the show Is as
sured. The total admission wss S0.5T7, s
remarkable large percentage of the popu
lation of contiguous territory. The Ore
gonlan says there were no special excur
sions from outside points and there was
no great effort made to make the opening
day a record breaker. Strictly speaking
the crowd was a local one, and reflects In
a most encouraging manner the enthusiasm
of the people In building, equipping and
supporting an exposition creditable to their
enterprise and skill.
Briefly summed up Oregon's part ss a
state in the making of the exposition Is
represented by nine magnificent exhibit
palaces, an auditorium, an administration
building, sn entertainment building and
the first complete showing ever made of
Oregon's resources, latent and developed.
Of course, the exposition In essentially an
Oregon enterprise financed from Oregon
pockets and mansged, with no important
exceptions, by residents of Oregon. But,
aside from the support of the public spir
ited Individuals, the part which the state
government has played set the seal of suc
cess on the exposition and, In fact, made
the exposition a possibility.
From the first the states attitude has
been a liberal one. Nearly half a million
dollars wss appropriated by the legislature
and placed In the hands of a state com
mission to spend In the providing of suit
able exhibit buildings and the Installation
of a great Oregon exhibit. And now, with
the right to reserve the finest places In
the exhibit palaces, Oregon has divided
fairly with competitive states and, while
taking more space, has not taken the
choicest. A fair deal to all has been the
motto of the state commission.
Of all the buildings erected by the state
the Forestry palace Is by many odds the
finest. This structure Is one of the building
features of the whole world and has at
tracted attention as wide as has the expo
sition Itself. The building Is at once an
exhibit palace and an exhibit. Built of
giant logs cut from the Oregon forests, the
structure is typical of the forest wealth
of the Pacific northwest. Its dimensions
are 209 feet by 106 feet, or half a city block.
Its extreme height Is seventy-six feet. The
building, while constructed entirely of the
raw product of the forest. Is an architec
tural triumph. Its Immense solidity is In
keeping with Its nature, white Its location
on the edge of a natural park and grove
of nr. with foliage-covered hills In the
background, adds to the effectiveness of the
rare picture.
Dizziness
Everything goes round
Vision gets black
You stagger and reel
Probably comes from in
digestion Possibly from a deranged
liver
For dizziness nothing acts
like
Red Raven
This aperient water re
moves the cause of dizziness
by cleansing the system and
removing the pressure from
the head. Just you try it
For sil ivrvmhrs
Price l.tc
roads and the country better than any
one else
Aside from the general state exhibit the
exhibits mude by various counties in Ore
gon have been fostered by the State com
mission. Large cash prizes are set apart
for county competitors and this, together
with the desire for publicity, emigration
and other attendant benefits, has brought
twenty-four of the thirty-three counties of
the state Into competition. All of these
counties have constructed attractive booths
In the Agricultural palace. One enterpris
ing county, Coos, went to the extent of
erecting a separate building to the group
near the colonnade entrance. No county
appropriation was made In thlB Instance,
the funds for the building and the collec
tion of an exhibit being raised by the citi
zens of Coos county.
Contrary to what the name would seem
to denote, the Oregon building contains no
exhibits of any sort. It has been fitted up
as a resting place for any and all who
come to the exposition, and here all will
be made welcome. The building Is two
stories high, and each floor has a big re
ception room, resting and reading rooms.
The upper floor is reserved for women and
will be the headquarters for women's clubs.
The Indian woman won the confidence
and respect of both the leaders of the ex
pedltlon, and she stood so well In their
opinion that she was allowed, nay en
treatod, to ride in advance of the rest of
the party. She became the close friend
of both Captain Clark and Captain Lewis,
both of whom iidinlred her strength and
nobility and her splendid forbearance, for
Charbonneau was not always kind to his
Indian spouse.
When Lewis and Clark retraced their
steps from the Pacific coast Sai-agawea
was Included In the party, for even then
tho explorers did not feel confident of
finding their way through forests and wilds.
But for the Indian woman Captain Clark
might have never emerged from Ross- Hole,
In which he and his hand found them
selves. And again later Saoagawea wa
called upon to lead them over the Bozemaa
Tass Into the Yellowstone. She knew every
rock and tree of the unexplored country
Its hills and streams had been familiar to
her since early childhood, when she had
been brought over the same route by her
father and his Indian braves.
When the party Intrusted to the guld
ance of Sacagawea reached the land of tha
Blackfeet Charbonneau decided to remain
there with his wives, so Sacagawea bade
her companions goodbye, never to behold
them again. History tells how she took up
the duties of r.n Indian slave wife agnln,
and In a few years grew old and 111, having
been forgotten by the little world of men
who owed so much to her. The only honor
bestowed upon her during the Journey was
the naming of a river for her, but Sacaga
wea was soon changed to a shorter and less
musical word.
1,1 KS TO A LAI GH.
"Public opinion courts for a great deal,"
said the earnest citizen.
"Not In a base ball Kme," answered tha
umpire Washington Star.
Weary Willie Sas. lady, I'm dat hungry
I don't know what to do. I
Mrs. Goodart Very well, poor man; walk
around to the kitchen and we'll glv you,
something.
Weary Willie Pat's a purty long walk,
lady; couldn't yer hand It out here Jlst as
well? Philadelphia Ledger.
Knox Why- don't you cut that out? Tona
your talk down a hit.
Kandor Well. It's all right to call a spade
a spade. Isn't It?
Knox Instead of calling It you might
whisper it occasionally. Philadelphia Press.
In honor of the courageous Indian woman,
Sacagawea, guide, Interpreter and friend
of Lewis and Clark, an heroic statue stands
In Columbia court. Sacagawea's story of
bravery, loyalty and courage, of suffering
and slavery, prompted the women of Ore
gon to organize a statue association In
order to raise a sum to perpetuate the
name and romance of this Indian woman.
The statue, which has cost $7,000, was
modeled by Miss Allen Cooper of Denver.
The figure represents a lithe Shoshone
Indian woman with her head thrown back,
her face full of determination and power,
eyes keen and daring, one arm uplifted
and pointing to the sea beyond, to which
she alone, of all the party, knew the way.
Sacagawea wears a short hunting skirt,
fringed on the bottom, soft deerskin moc
casins and leggings and a buffaloskin
fastened over her shoulders, with her
pappoose, born on the Journey westward,
strapped to her back.
A beaded girdle, the same probably which
she presented to Captain Clark, marks
her slender, girlish waist. Her whole fig
ure expresses life, buoyancy, animation,
youth and confidence.
Young though she was, this rare Indian
heroine had had a none too happy exist
ence. She was one of the three wives of
a French Canadian voyageur, Toussalnt
Charbonneau, who acted as Interpreter for
the band of explorers. Though she be
longed to the Shoshone tribe, she had
been captured by their enemies, the Black
feet, and sold by them to Charbonneau.
When the exploring party were leaving
Mandan It was decided to dispense with
the services of the French Interpreter, and
be would have been left behind If It had
not been for Sacagawea, who knew the,
The Sphinx had Just propounded her rid-
aie.
"What goes on four legs In the morning
v r v. ni aim iniv-n in iiiti cvciiii.
she demanded.
"An auto." thev answered, readily.
With a heavy gronn. she realized that
th mrwirni hilt tnnn her nn hrtr NTw
York Sun.
"Does he occupy a position of trust and
responslbllty?"
"I should say he does, lie Is the man
whn Le1irh nut the atesk In the meat
store." Washington Star. j
"Wat yer growlln' about?" asked tha
flrst boy In the neighborhood of the basi
ball rrounds.
"Aw!" replied the other, disgustedly, "dnv
oughter pass a law ter make de Lumber
trust quit sellln' boards dal ain't got no
knot holes In dem." Philadelphia Fress.
AT SKIBO.
John Kendrlcka Bangs In Harper's Weekly.
Carnegie flies a double flag
Up by Sklhlho way;
On one side rears St. George's nag
Engaged In mad affray;
While on the other O the wsg!
The stars and stripes do play.
It Is an Inspiration great
To hit on such a plan.
And thus avert the evil fate
Of living 'neath a bann
Which sometimes falls upon the pan
Of a two-sided man.
Jf In consistence he proceeds
What wondrous things will be!
Since ono thing to another leads
'Tls possible we'll see
A banknote: one side Xs reads,
The other . s. d.
And maybe when he wants to laugh
At something filled with wit,
A bumper of pure mirth to quaff.
Some passing mood to fit.
What better than old Punch's chaff
With touch of Life in it?
And when the question momentous
Is put to him polntblank:
"Are you a Britisher like JU
Or from th' Ohio's hsnkf
Why can't you hear his thunderous:
"1 am an Anglo-Yank!"
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