THE OMAHA DAILY DEE: TUESDAY, JUNE 13, 1903.
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dress will he changed a often
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The Water board Is again water
logged iu the nettling basin of the fed
eral court.
Reports from Baltimore iudlcate that
the Navy department met i watery
Waterloo before Bonaparte arrived.
The Mississippi kindly refrained from
leaving Its banks until the sensational
features of the Oriental war had transpired.
Russia now asserts that it la an Asia-
tie power; but so far it has demon'
strated that it Is more akin to an Asiatic
weakness. '
In the meantime a whole lot of an
cient asphalt paving is to be found on
Omaha streets with not even a half Inch
of wearing surface.
DKHKLICT STATE BtTERTlSIOX. 1
In Its comments on the affairs of the
Equitable Life Assurance society, the
United States Investor points out Uiat
derelict state supervision is in a measure
responsible for the faulty conditions
shown to have existed In that corpora
tion. That Journal declares It is Idle to
say that the state Insurance department
was not aware of the abuses, which were
Indicated In every official report for sev
eral years and called attention to by
writers on the subject who were not
bound hand and foot by pecuniary con
siderations. It Is further stated that
analysis of the published figures by capa
ble actuaries have demonstrated the
foundations for the criticism, "yet with
all this before them, those -charged with
the duty of supervision have Ignored It
and betrayed the interests of the people."
There Is undoubtedly good ground for
tills charge against the New York Insur
ance department, the officials of which
are probably more or less under the In
fluence of the men who manage the great
Insurance companies and carry their su
pervision only so far as those men are
willing to have It go, making it to a
great extent perfunctory. This charge
of derelict state supervision naturally
suggests the expediency of federal su
pervision and regulation of life Insur
ance companies. Terhnps this would
not be an absolute safeguard against
mismanagement. National banks are
under federal supervision, yet occasion
ally it transpires that one of these In
stitutions has been plundered by ltsoffl
cers. But It will hardly be questioned
that supervision of the national banks
by the general government is salutary
In Its effect and this being admitted It
Is reasonable to suppose that federal su
pervision of life Insurance companies,
supplementing that of the states, would
have a good effect. It would insure
greater care and vigilance by the state
Insurance departments than la now prac
ticed by them.
This Is a matter which promises to be
somewhat prominent in the attention of
the next congress. It is being urged
that In view of the decisions of the su
preme court of the United States that In
surance Is not commerce and thatj the
fact of the business being carried on in
different states, by a corporation estab
lished In one state, does not constitute
Interstate commerce, congress Is with
out power to extend federal supervision
to the insurance business. This argu
ment, however, is by no means conclu
sive. At any rate, it would be well for
congress to pass some such measure as
the Dryden bill. Introduced In the senate
at the Inst session, and thus give the su
preme court another opportunity to pass
upon the question Involved In that meas
ure. It Is noteworthy that the leading
Insurance men of the country are faror
able to such legislation, believing that it
would prove beneficial alike to the com
panles and to the public, and it Is not to
be doubted that It would hnve the unani
mous approval of the 15,000,0X) life ln-
fisurance policy"- holders. No stronger
point could be mrfde In favor of federal
supervision of insurance than Is pre
sented In the charge of dereliction
against the insurance department of
Now York.
The Chicago Team Owners' associa
tion is demonstrating that the Coreans
are not the only people who find it diffi
cult to remain neutral.
Norwegian socialists claim credit for
the present situation in that country. It
remains to be seen whether they will
claim responsibility for the result.
that the main line runs from Flarta
month or Omaha to the western boun
dary of this state.
It should by rights have compelled all
the railroads In Nebraska to comply
with the law that requires them to make
returns of their gross and net earnings
in Nebraska, not for each branch sep
arately, but for their whole systems. In
any event, the board should at least
have shaped Its findings to conform with
the indisputable lncreaae In the volume
of traffic.
XOT A DAXOERUVS DEFICIT.
The government's fiscal year ends
with the current month and as the ex
penditures for eleven months of the year
exceeded the receipt by more than
$36,000,000 there will be a deficit at the
close of the year approximating that
amount. So rare have been treasury
deficits in recent years that the public
Is likely to regard the occurrence of one
with more or less apprehension, but
there Is no reason for any such feeling
iu the present case. It Involves no dan
ger to the financial affairs of the govern
ment. As was pointed out in an ad
dress a few days ago by the treasurer
of the United States, Mr. Roberts, the
government still has on hand a generous
sum in cash. It has nearly $70,000,000
in the depository banks and over $55,-
000,000 in the treasury vaults available
for current obligations. With $125,000,000
in actual money, Mr. Roberts said the
government can go on for two or three
years without stringency, paying every
obligation promptly and In full.
Yet while there Is no danger to the
treasury In the deficit, the question of
mHklng receipts at least balance ex-,
peudltures is certainly Important and
undoubtedly will receive the careful con
sideration of congress. The roost nat
ural suggestion Is to reduce the ex
penses of the government and doubtless
this could be done in some directions
without Impairing the public service, but
experience shows that it is very difficult
to Induce congress to heed suggestions
of economy. This Is especially true of
the senate, which almost uniformly in
creases the house appropriations. If the
next congress should make no reduction
in expenditures then it will be called
upon to provide for more revenue and
what method shall be adopted to accom
plish this promises to prove a perplexing
question. Some urge tariff revision, so
as to increase the revenue from imports.
Others want additional Internal taxes. It
is not possible to say now with any de
gree of certainty what the outcome will
be, but meanwhile the condition of the
national treasury will continue sound
and secure.
American cities, although, with the ex
ception of Chicago, municipal owner
ship of street railways has not been seri
ously contemplated.
Political Pharisees, like birds of a
feather, will always flock together. Thus
we have the speCtaclg of Frank Ransom
and I. J. Dunn endorsing the bombastic
Elmer E. Thomas at the Douglas county
bar meeting. Ransom has a malodorous
legislative record In connection with the
attempted repeal of the Nebraska antl
gambling law, Thomas has a record as
deputy county attorney in prosecuting
one set of gamblers and studiously re
fraining from prosecuting another set of
gamblers, while I. J. Dunn, as assistant
prosecutor, made a record In refusing to
answer questions on the witness stand
regarding a certain gambling resort be
cause he did not want to criminate him
self. If Dunn"s patron saint Walter
Molse, were promoted from behind the
Willow Springs bar to the front of the
Douglas county bar this, In gamblers
parlance, would have been a quartet to
draw to.
In appealing for the democratic nomi
nation for congress from the First dis
trict Will Maupln says that if a candi
date is wanted who places party above
11 else, some other man should be se
lected. Having had experience In poeti
cally swinging the circle under three
different party banners, Mr. Maupin
ought to speak with authority, so far as
he himself is concerned.
The "leak" In the Agricultural depart
ment's cotton statistics Is causing as
much noise as though the size of the
crop and the state of the weather de
pended upon statistics, when in fact the
only persons affected by the premature
announcement of figures are a lot of
speculators who have neither the wel
fare of the producer nor the consumer
at heart.
The decision on the validity or Invalid
ity of the biennial electJon law is In in
cubation with the supreme court. Be
fore the month is over we should know
whether the 1905 crop of political ora
tory In Nebraska may be uncorked or
whether it will have to be bottled up
and put in cold storage for another
twelve-month.
Now that the explosive and unexplo-
slve denunciations have been heralded
through the community, It Is time to pass
the contribution hat that will enable El
mer Thomas to take another vacation
trip to Europe.
A committee of the Omaha Bar asso
ciation to institute proceedings against
blackleg lawyers who make their living
chiefly by blackmail would be more la
Order.. '
When Mr. Morton sets about adopting
measures of retrenchment for the Equi
table he could make a "ten strike" with
the policyholders by first turning his at
tention to that $150,000 salary.
Mayor; Dunne says the next demo
cratic national platform will declare for
government: ownership of railways,
which, would mean that the two wings
of the party will continue to spread
part - .
It Is intimated that former Banker
President Blgelow will be given a cler
ical position at the Leavenworth peniten
tiary. What's the matter with the greenhouse?
"Eiyab" Dowle is said to have plans
prepared for an luvaslou of Paris. If
Dowie's work were more complete at
Chicago his desire to extend his cam
paign might be more in keeping with hi
pretention. - -
Members of the Stute Board of As
sessment will have to choose betweeu
the .railroads and the people. They can
not respond to the absurd demands of
the railrpatia. and satisfy the people at
the tame time.
If (Jeneral Llnevitch is really sur
rounded by. thy Japanese army, as re
ported. General Oyama will always feel
that be did not receive fair treatment by
the suspension of hostilities Just when
bt was ready to' strike the final blow.
A Lincoln man Is said to have been
unearthed la Denver so conscleuce
trlcken over a stolen railroad ride that
be bus sent the company the money to
pay the fare. Neediest to say, the re
pentant la neither an office holder nor an
ex-office holder.
Kansas merchants assert that since
the refinery law was enacted the people
of the state have made back the $400,000
appropriated In reduced price of oil aud
ln: "advertising." The advertising
charges will have to be more exactly as
cartainad before the time for congratu
lation arrtfea.
WHAT HAPPEXED OVER XIOHTt
"The railroads are the greatest barrier to
the enforcement of the new revenue law
in the state. I am ashamed of you. Why
don't you pay your taxes. Thousands of
Individuals had their taxes increased by
the new revenue law and they paid their
taxes. If this thing keeps up there will be
a revolt, as sure aa you live. You railroad
men are cutting your own throats." This
was among the things Governor Mickey
remarked to Tax Commissioner Pollard of
the Burlington at a meeting of the State
Board of Assessment. Lincoln Corre
spondence of The Bee, June 10, 1906.
The dove of peace settled down upon the
State Board of Assessment today after lta
vacation of yesterday, and all seemed quiet
among board members. It seems safe to
predict that the Union Pacific will be as
sessed at the same figures aa last year,
while the Burlington will be reduced in
the neighborhood of 6 per cent, or about
$1,000,000.
At noon it looked probable that the
Union Pacific would be Increased a small
amount, but late this afternoon a mem
ber of the board said this would never be
done, though the board seems agreed upon
a reduction of the Burlington assessment.
Lincoln Correspondence of The Bee, June
11, 1906.
People of Nebraska who upplauded
Governor Mickey aud the state board for
firmly resisting the pressure brought by
the railroad tax agents and attorneys to
perpetuate the Iniquitous system of un
dervaluation of railroad property will
naturally ask what huppened over night
to cause the board to change its views
regarding the railroad assessment. What
explanation or excuse would members of
that board have to offer to the people of
Nebraska for standing out for lowering
the assessmeut of the Burlington this
year over last year and for fixing the
Union Pacific for 1005 at the same rate
aa it was fixed for 1904 in the face of
the returns made by that company,
which show a very marked Increase In
its earnings, and In the face of the in
crease in its capitalization aud in the
value of Its stocks aud bonds
It waft patent to all men familiar with
the returns of 1U04 that the railroad as
sessment at $4(1,500,000 was at least
$14,000,000 below the most conservative
estimate of the true value of the tangi
ble property and franchises of the Ne
braska railroads, and it is patent to all
men this year that these properties have
materially Increased In value since last
year. Judged by the volume of their
traffic.
If tht Burlington was assessed last
year out of proportion to the Union Pa
cific, its assessment was still far below
Its true value, if the board desires to
equaliie the assessments of the two sys
tems, which Is not its function as an
assessment board, It should first asses
the Burlington on its earning capacity
value ad assess the Union Taclflc on
the sania basis, it should, moreover,
have don4 away with the fiction of as
sessing the main line of the Burlington
from Plattvmouth to Kearney, when
every school boy in Nebraska knows
COiVDTiOAS TO PROSPERITY.
The papers whose business it Is to
carefully watch industrial and commer
cial conditions agree in saying that they
are most favorable to a continuance and
increase of prosperity. Thus the Wall
Street Journal declares that never in all
Its history has this country been in bet
ter condition than It is today. There is
the largest measure of business activ
ity. "Farmers, miners, manufacturers,
merchants and those who sell transpor
tation are adding largely to the wealth
of the country. The only complaints
come from the lenders of money. Rail
road earnings, bank .clearings, statistics
of tonnage and outputs, all speak of
blazing forges, heavily laden freight
trains, eager buying and selling, new
construction, large transactions, easy
monetary conditions." Another paper
concludes a review of business condi
tions with the statement that the data
continue to support the assertion that
the country Is prosperous with nothing
in sight to disturb the outlook.
Statements of this character from
sources which are in close touch with
practical affairs and have the best op
portunltles for obtaining accurate in
formation are certainly most encourage
ing. It would seem that If there were
anything really unsound In the situation
these organs of industrial and commer
cial interests would certainly discover
It. and the fact that they note nothing
of the sort warrants the belief that no
actually unsound conditions exist, but
on the contrary that the general business
of the country Is on an entirely sub
atantial and snfe basis. Of course no
one can confidently say how long this
condition will continue, but there Is
manifestly no reason at present for tak
lng anything but an optimistic view of
the future.
Honors About Even.
., New Xfu'k Tribune
The Norwegian ,Str,thlng has performed
revolutionary' act with Chesterfieldlan
grace and politeness, and King Oscar has
protested with equal politeness and grace,
so that honors, so far, are even
THE SAX FRAXC1SCU EXPERIMKXT'
The first experiment In municipal
ownership of street railways is about to
be made in San Francisco. The fran
chlse of the Geary street railroad expired
two years ago, and under the common
law the right-of-way and roadbed re
verted to the city. Under San Fran
Cisco's charter the acquisition of a pub
11c utility by the city must be carried
by a two-thirds vote at a special eleu
tlon called for that purpose.
When ' the proposition to equip and
operate the Geary street railway was
submitted to Jim electors it was defeated
through the concerted efforts of the pub
lic utility corporations, although It re
ceived 15,000 out of the 2fl,0OO votes
This was two years ago. Another elec
tion held last year resulted In the same
way, although but very few votes were
lacking of a two-thirds vote. During all
of this time the Geary Street Railway
company continued to operate the road
Public sentiment in San Francisco,
which is intensely in favor of municipal
ownership of public utilities, has finally
culminated In an appropriation of $350,
000 for the reconstruction aud equip
ment of the road as a city property
Although this la but one-half the sum
deemed necessary, the city authorities,
under pressure of public opinion, are
pledged to appropriate an equal amoun
next year, when the city of San Fran
Cisco will enter upon the experiment of
municipal street railway ownership, even
before Chicago bus ventured Into that
new departure. The San Francisco ex
periment will doubtless be watched
with a good deal of Interest by other
David II. Moffatt. the Denver over
lord, claims credit for naming Paul
Morton to lead the Equitable, and the
policy holders of the Equitable Inquire,
Who named. Dave Moffatt director of
their affairs
Where the Shoe Pinches.
Washington Post
Canada Is sending American railroad
men back to us, under a strict interpreta
tlon of the alien labor law It would help
some if Canada . should get particular
enough to send us back a lot of our fugl
tives from justice
, Compulsory Second Choice.
Philadelphia Ledger.
The German crown prince, who has Just
married a little German princess, is con
sidered a very fortunate person, but it
must be remembered that he would not
have been permitted to marry an American
girl.
Naval Battles Sow and Then.
. Cleveland Leader.
In the old days of close range fighting
In wooden ships the most stubborn con
tested naval battles showed no such pro
portion of killed and drowned as the
slaughter in the ill-fated fleet which Ro-
Jestvensky led from the Baltic to the Sea
of Japan. Now there are no buoyant
spars and other light wreckage from sink
lng ships to save their surviving seamen,
and the victorious enemy's vessels are usu
ally too far away to render much assist
ance.
rartlnsr Shot at Cleveland.
Boston Tivnscrlpt.
Ex-President Cleveland is not supposed
to have an especially well developed sense
of humor, but he must find the serious
ness with which his recent magazine artl
cle on women's clubs Is taken very much
to laugh. A parting shot from the presl
dent of the federation In his own state
ran thus: "Even this 1 great sage who
lives in the shadow of a New Jersey uni
versity might profit by closer Intimacy
with the principles and objects of the club
women of New Jersey.
ESATB COMMITTEE 1.1SE IP.
Forthcoming Report on the Question
of Railroad Rate Herniation.
The Railway Age.
iTesldent Roosevelt enpecta a "report from
the senate committee on Interstate com
merce In favor of his rata revising plan.
This report would he made by a combina
tion of the democratic members wlth,som
of the republican majority. The president
has been assured by several of the demo
crats on the committee that they favor his
policy, and similar assurances have been
given by some of the republicans. The
situation therefore Is mixed. There will
certainly be two reports, and It is equally
certain that any united action between the
democratic and republican members of the
committee will overturn the control with
which Senator Elkins started out. 'Pre
vious discussion has dealt with the report
which It was understood would be made
by Chairman Stephen B. Elkins, who had
no doubt that he would be supported1 by
his republican confreres on the committee.
It begins to look now as if the Elklha re
port might, after all, be the minority report.
The president Is counting on the support
of Senators Dolllver, Clapp and Forsker
(republicans), and of Senators Tillman, Car
mack and Newlands (democrats). He
thinks he may also have one or both of
Foster and McLaurln (democrats), with a
possibility of Foraker and Cullom. This
would leave for the Elkins report only
Aldrlch, Kean and MlHard, with the latter
somewhat doubtful. Senator Clapp has an
nounced that he and Senator Dolllver ex
pect to get together and make a report of
their own. They have planned to study the
subject together this summer and work out
some solution.
Senator Cullom has given out Interviews
which will mean about anything the reader
desires to read into them. The Illinois
statesman really- believes that the law
ought to be Wt Just about as it is, and
would be reluctant to see It so amended
as to radically increase the power of the
Interstate Commerce commission to deal
with rate discrimination, so faf as such
discrimination applies to localities. But
Senator Cullom Is ona of those who are
facing a contested campaign for re-election,
and with ex-Governor Yates looming on
the horizon, and with evidences on all
hands of the popularity of the Roosevelt
program, It Is not likely that Cullom will
openly refuse to support any measure
which may be brought to the front bearing
the Roosevelt trade mark. In similar man
ner political considerations will warp the
opinions of several republican senators on
this committee.
Senator Foraker of Ohio haa aspirations
for the presidential nomination In 1906, and
will hesitate to have his name Identified too
Intimately with any measure which might
make him unpopular.
Senator Dolllver faces the problem of re
election In a state which has a Cummins
to crystallize the sentiment In favor of rate
regulation, and It Is said that Cummins
himself may be the candidate to contest
Dolliver's seat, which could not fall to
emphasize the railroad Issue. Iowa has Its
own distance tariff law, enacted by the
state legislature, and the community la
one which haa found cause to complain of
the rates given to the large competitive
centers.
Senator Millard faces In Nebraska con
ditions similar to those which Dolllver con
fronts In Iowa. While not personally dis
posed to antagonize the railroad Interests,
he may be coerced to a certain extent by
political considerations.
Senator Clapp comes from a section of
the country where the railroad Issue has
been much debated, and where the senti
ment Is rather strong In support of the
Roosevelt program. It is understood that
the president has received from the St.
Paul senator personal assurances of his
intention to support the administration
measure.
But while President Roosevelt says that
he expects a majority report from this
committee favorable to his railroad policy,
he adds, characteristically, that it makes
no real difference whether he gets a ma
jority or minority report. He will get his
bill before the senate from one source or
another, and the real lineup will come on
the floor of the senate chamber. And It
will unquestionably be one In which party
lines will play an Insignificant part.
GIVING THEIR CASE AWAY.
Hailroad Literary Bar can Grinding
Out "Hot Stuff."
Cleveland Leader.
Certain railroad officials and others who
are Interested in preventing, if possible.
the enactment of railway legislation urged
by President Roosevelt, are circulating
leaflets and other documents the purport
of which Is that the number of cases of un
just discrimination proved In the courts
during the existence of the Interstate
Commerce commission has been very
small. The Intended inference appears to
be that since offenses demonstrated In
open court have been comparatively Infre
quent, there ia little need of fresh legisla
tion.
The administration might well answer
that If the railroads seldom disobey laws
under which they aeem to be reasonably
content, they have no cause to fear the
enactment of any new statute aimed only
to prevent or correct abuses which the
apologists for great common carriers Insist
have scarcely any existence. It prove loo
much, from the point of view of railroad
magnates bitterly opposed to the presi
dent's plan, to show that there la little or
no discrimination In rates or other Injus
tice to shippers In general for the sake of
favoring a few powerful business con
cerns. If the railroads are obeying the laws and
behaving aa well In every respect aa their
spokesmen maintain, what possible Injury
can they suffer from the enactment of
laws which would In no wis interfere with
their business as long as It Is kept within
the limits of equity and the provisions of
lbs statute already la force!
PERSONAL NOTES.
Next Thursday the New Tork Bar asso
elation will give Joseph H. Choate a re
ceptlon that will make the lord mayor'
dinner look like 30 cents.
The abiding popularity of Dickens Is at
tested by the fact that more than 200,000
copies of his various book were sold in
England alone during December last.
Mr. Joaquin D. Casasus, the new ambas
sador of Mexico to the United States, will
arrive In this country early in August. His
family consists of a wife and seven chil
dren. Brigadier General Tasker H. Bliss, presi
dent of the Army War College board, will
sail from San Francisco for Manila on
July 8 to take charge of the command of
the Department of Luzon to succeed Gen
eral George M. Randall.
Uncle Bam' oldest civilian employe In
point of service Is Thomas Harrison, ac
countant and correspondence clerk of the
naval observatory. For fifty-seven years
he has worked In the observatory and la an
authority on naval observatory history.
Daniel Tarbox Jewett, probably the oldest
lawyer in the United States, soon will
enter upon his 100th year. He was born
In Maine and lives at present In St. Louis.
He retired at the age of 90, after nearly
sixty years of active practice In his chosen
profession.
The State Railway commission of In
dlana has given officeholders a Jolt that
will keep them awake for a while. All
public officers have been requested to send
In a list of their passes on different rail
roads. Pernicious activity could not touch
a tenderer spot.
Rear Admiral Urlu, who bor the brunt
of the great naval battle In the Straits of
Corea, graduated from the United State
Naval academy at Annapolis In 1881. HI
government picked him out aa one of the
cleverest, most daring students of the
Japanese Naval academy and sent him to
this country to study. His wife Is a grad
uate of Vassar.
ARMT G0IP 151 WASHINGTON.
Matters of Local Interest (ilrnned
from the Army and Navy Register.
As soon aa the signal corps station at
Omaha I In full working order that branch
of the service will agHln take up the ques
tion of military ballooning, In whlrh work
there ha been much Interruption, largely
due to the lack of farlltlea f-r storing th
balloon and manufacturing the gas. Very
little 1 known and apparently can be
known, concerning the work of foreign
governments In this direction. The plans
and achievements of Europeans In mili
tary ballooning are regarded as among
the closest of military secrets. It Is
learned that the Russians and Japanese
have used the balloon to some extent in
their operations In Manchuria, with what
effect, however, Is not fully reported. An
Interesting branch of the work In connec
tion with observation from balloons Is
photography, which plays an Important
part In balloon reconnolssance. As It Is
difficult to see the image of the object to
be photographed In the flnde of the
camera at the distances usually met with,
a good many devices have been tried. Prob
ably the most successful is an arrange
ment resembling the stock' and sight of a
rifle. The camera Is attached to one side
of this, with Its focal axis parallel with
the line of sight, and the trigger Is so ar
ranged that by pulling It an Instantaneous
photograph will be made. This apparatus
Is then set, the object aimed at and the
trigger pulled These photographs serve
a good maps of the localities taken. An
approximate scale can be made If the pho
tographs are taken vertically downward,
which can be assured by the spirit levels
of the camera. It Is said that with telo
photo lens the outlines of a fortress, num
ber of gun and their positions can be
taken at a distance of six miles." To one
unaccustomed to the perspective from a
balloon some difficulty Is experienced, as
the Image resembles a bowl when looking
down on it. In other words, the edges of
the picture appear as If they were raised
and the part around the center looks as If
It were sunk down. This also applies to
the Image produced on the eye hy looking
down from a balloon. Balloons are used
to signal from by flags, lights and along a
cable by telephone and recently for rais
ing the antenna of a wireless telegraph
equipment.
The War department is In receipt of the
proceedings In the various court-martial
case of Captain George W. Klrkman,
Twenty-fifth Infantry. No case to which
an army officer has been subjected In re
cent years has attracted more attention
than this one of Captain Klrkman. The
papers will go to the president with some
Interesting comments of the Judge ad
vocate general and the secretary of war.
It is known that Captain Klrkman has
been sentenced to dismissal, and It Is be
lieved that other forms of punishment
have been recommended by the military
court.
Arrangements are being made by the
chief signal officer of the army for the
work which wll be undertaken at the new
school for signal corps officers at Fort
Leavenworth, of which institution Major
George O. Squler of the Signal corps, who
Is on duty In San Francisco, will be the
commandant. The student officer will be
Captain Charle McK. Saltzman, now on
duty at Omaha; Captain Richard O. Rick
ard, now at Fort Leavenworth, and Lieu
tenant M. K. Cunningham, now on duty at
Benecta Barracks, Cal. Captain William
Mitchell, who Is In command of the signal
corps company at Fort Leavenworth, will
continue on duty and will employ that
company In the demonstration of the
problems in the field. There will also be
detailed for -duty with him a first lieuten
ant of the signal corps.
One of the most Important steps taken In
the line of comfort for the enlisted men of
the army on the march Is the determina
tion of Quartermaster General Humphrey to
make a thorough examination of what Is
known as the orthopedic last in the shape
of shoes. An order for a large number of
pairs of shoes of this pattern has been
placed and the shoes will be sent out to
troops for trial under practical conditions
in the field. The quality of this last Is
that It follows the shape of the foot ac
cording to lines which are not as attrac
tive as the average hoe, or a
the present garrison shoe of the army.
There Is no Intention, by ythe way, of
changing the garrison shoe,' which has
fully met the demand upon It and 1 in all
respect attsfactory for Its purpose. In
the case of a marqhlng shoe, however, It
Is desired that the best possible article
may be obtained and that comfort rather
than style shall be the prevailing charac
teristic. It haa been suggested, therefore,
that the orthopedic shoe, which I Very
broad at the base of the foot and at- the
toes, allowing freedom of movement with
out restrictions or binding of any kind,
would be the best shoe of any In the way
Is This the Promised Reward t
Cedar Rapids (Ia.) Republican.
The ex-convlct, Shercliffe, Is wanted In
Colorado for the murder of a cltlaen of that
state. Shercliffe says he d'dn't commit tho
crime, but he would naturally say that
The governor of the state has refused to
honor the requisition and Colorado can
whistle for It man. It may be that Sher-
rlirfe can be used again as a witness
against Tom Dennlson, If he Is ever tried
on the other charges made against him.
But If he Is not wanted aa such witness
there Is no reason under the sun why Bher
cllffe should not be surrendered to the
Color do authorities, or to the Oklahoma
authorities. If he has committed crime
In those states the state of Iowa ha no
right to hleld him from punishment. Th
state of Iowa ha no moral right to prom
ise a criminal protection from th operation
of Justice In other states not even as a
reward for testifying against another man
It begins to look as If Shercliffe testified
at Red Oak for a reward. He admitted
that a clvlo society of Cmaha supplied him
with money, and It now appears as If they
also promised him Immunity from being
tried for his crimes In other states. But
wouldn't that be a serious us to raak of
the power to grant requisition t
of foot apparel for troop on tha march
There Is nothing more Important In tht
equipment of an arnvy than that tht
troops shall be protected as far aa posslblt
from lameness or foot-soreness. There It
no complaint about the present type ol
marching shoe, for that matter, but It It'
conrelved ss a possibility that there may
be an Improvement In the shoe last, and
It Is believed by the experts, who have
given considerable attention to th sub
ject, that It Is a movement In the right
direction to at least have Issued for trial
In the military service a shoe which I of
the shape Just described.
There may be considerable curiosity over
the emotion of the young man who w
one of the qualified candidates from elvlt
life for appointment to commissions In the
army. It was discox-ered Just before he
received the recess appointment last week
that he had been a member of the clss
of 1905 and that his appointment before
the graduation of his former associates at
West- Point would give him a precedence on
the lineal list. It was decided, therefore,
thnt his appointment to a second lleuten.
nr should he deferred until 19", when,
according to Instructions given by the sec
retary of war. he Is again to be designated
for examination. This really has the ef
fect of depriving the young man of his
commission, since there are destined to
be no vacancies for civilian candidates for
some years to come. There will not be.
enough places In the grade to accommo
data the graduates of West Point, to say
nothing of those from the army and from
civil life.
Vi
PASSING PLEASANTRIES.
"Wot did yer tell de Judge?"
'Hat everybody wuz tryin' to keep me
down."
"An' wot did he do?"
"Sent mc up." Cleveland Leader.
What did Van Osier say the fish
Weighed?"
"Thirty-two pounds and four ounces. He
savs he weighed it himself."
"Let s see what ' Van Osier's business?"
"He's a retail coal denier "
Huh!" Cleveland Plain Dealer.
"Pardon my boldness. Miss Cumlelgh, but
there Is the loveliest dimple In your cheek
when you smile."
"You are Just saying that to flatter me,
Mr. JolUusr
Then she smiled entranclngly at him.
Chicago Tribune.
Judge (Impatiently Interrupting a law
yer's carefully selected citations) Can t
you take It for granted that I understand
a- ordl"Tr-- "oint "1 law?
lawyer (cooly) Tour honor, that's the
miManc 1 "i "e lower court, whera
I lost my case. Sunshine.
"Did the bride feel very much depressed
because It rained on her wedding day?
"Not at all. Her father sells rain coats
and she is his only child."-Cleveland Plain
Dealer.
Walter Haven't you forgotten some-
thprofessor-Yes. I can't remember In what
year Charlemagne was crowned, can you.
New York Sun.
G wen-Goodness! Isn't Dora the filly
thing?
OerllP-T think she Is a genius.
Owen For mercy's sake, how does she
snow ii.' .
Orrti-Well. she can wear a twenty
Inch corset on a twenty-slx-lnch waist
for one thing. Can you?-Cleveland Leader.
"O. yes, Mr. Meekton and Miss Gabble
are very fond of each other."
"Why; I heard he didn't speak to her.
"That's Just why she likes him. Ha
doesn't attempt to get s word In edgewise.
Philadelphia Catholic Standard.
BEASTS CONFER ON ILLS OP MES.
Garret Smith In New Tork Tribune.
Now, the owl rose up and spoke owl wisa,
"To-whlt-to-whoo and alas!
If men could only acquire my eyes.
What a drop there'd be In gas!
They'd pack their currents away on Ice
And hold them for a rise.
And the pipe llne'd hunt for a brand new
Job
If men only had my eyes."
Then the polar bear said, with a bearish
shrug,
"Garrrrah! Bless my soul!
If men only grew some heavy furs.
To the deuce with clothe and coal!
They'd sell their heaters for Bowery Junk
And He on the Ice to sleep,
And the entire State of William Penn x
Might go Uo raising sheep."
Then the goat gulped down a castoff shirt,
"Ba-a-a! You make me smile.
The cost of living's not all In gas,
And coal and kerosene He.
Now, wouldn't the Beef trust get thin
quick. I
And Innguish In chronic blues. I
If the waste from any old boiler shop
Could be made Into Irish stews?"
Then the eagle said. "With all these things,
They'd do away with freight,
And would only need a pair o' my wing
To settle the railroad rate.
There'd-be a state of steady decline
In the home of the big Ship Trust;
They'd turn their Pullmans out to grass
And leave the rails to rust. '
Then the monkey spoke, with a knowing
wink
In the monk-like way he had,
"You fellow would make up a patchwork
man.
And you'd make It a muss, be gad!
You'd make it so easy for him to live
That vou'd foozle the whole blamed plan.
With nothing on earth to scrap about
What a the fun o being a man?"
MEDICAL OPINIONS OF
WMMM
Experience 44 Fully Demonstrates the Value
of Buffalo Lithia Water as a Solvent of
Uric Acid, and a Valuable Thera
peutic Agent in the Treat
ment of Gout."
L. H. Warner, A. M., Ph. G., M. D., Brooklyn, N. Y. In a paper en-'
titled "Tb Treatment of Gout, ITrlo Acid Diathesis and super-lnduoed Cystitis in th
eases of two idloiyncratl Pallet) U," gives full clinical notes of these interesting esses,
and in a lecture before the reesnt meeting of tha Alabama Medical Association showed
stereoptloon views of the blood and urine of these patients lu different stages of lm-
mer good result from th us of Buffalo Lithia YlrVTER Rbeu m a
tlsm due to Uric Acid Intoxication lad m to auggest this agent to my patient. Tb
s'tVlo0tedaD?rruualfgaHrof BUFFALO LlTHIA WATER Ordered Jbe
taken. I was more than surprised at the amount of Urlo Aeld sand eliminated with
each urination, and three weeks from the beginning of treatment not a trace of tb
and la four month, with BUFFALO LITHIA Water cation used, we fl ad
an looreeaeof Mb Hemoglobin, auu,0u0 red cells and a normal count of white cells, while
the urine appears wttbout any pathological factors. These cases fully demon-
"aTu? Vt Buffalo Lithia YftiTR valuable therapeutic agsot la tb
treatsseat of Oout."
"TMB MOST RELIABLE SOLVENT IN CHRONIC INFLAMMATION OP TUB BLADDER
AND RENAL CALCULI."
LoulaC. Horn.M. D., Ph. D., Protuor of Iuai of CKiUlr and prmtf
wrrtt"'H7inguVd Buffalo LmnA Vateh t.mitr,Sgnt
Bin years, I find 11 the moat plsaaant and must reliable solvent la Chronic I nf Urn na
tion of th Bladder and Reaal Calculi I also la gouty aud rbsuasatic conditions. It I
resaady ol great peUacy."
UNDER A DEBT OP GRATITUDE TO THIS M05T EXCELLENT WATER POR
WONDERFUL RELItP."
Wm. C.WIId, A.M., M.O., LL.D., of Danbury, Chun., report tb following
rv England ittdical Monthly, December 14, UHSjJ "In recent OUtoreak of Nenhrlll
)TZZUZ7& BUFFALO LITHIAY&TER, K-tWtsS
quickly pacd, and tb debrU wbtrb followed showed a thorough oleaolng of tb
kidneys sad bladder of all forelga sabetaooes. All of the reflex symptoms and sequela)
were promptly relieved, and we feel under a deep debt of gratitude to tbls most sxoel
lent Water for wonderful relief."
Voluminous medloal testimony on request, for sal by tb general drug as.4
gad mineral water trade.
Hotel at Springs opens Juno isth.
PROPRIETOR. BUFFALO LITHIA SPRINQS, VA.,
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