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TI1E OMATTA DAILY BEE: SATURDAY, JULY 15, 1905. Tire Omaiia Daily Dee, E. ROBE WATER, EDITOR. PUBLISHED EVERT MORNINO. TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION. Pally Br (without Bumlay), one year... 14 00 Ially Bee md Sunday, one year 6 Illustrate Lt.e, ctw year JM Punrtnv Bre, one year ' tM Pntarrfay Be. one year J W 9 wantiMh Century Farmer, one year...j l.W delivered bt carrier. ralfy Bee (without Sunday), per copy.... to Daily Bee (without Surula), per wpp... Dally Bee (Including Sunday), per week lio Kvenlnir Bee (without SunJny), ler week 70 Kvanlng Dee, (Including Sunday), I-'r,. week Sunday Bee, per ropy :;;' Complaint of Irregularities In delivery should be addressed to City Circulation De partment. OFFICES. OihaH The Bee Bulldln. , South Omaha City Hall bonding". Twenty fifth and M streets. Council Bluffa 10 Pearl street. Chicago 140 Unity building. New York-lSo9 Home Ufa Insurance building-; fashrngton m Fourteenth street CORRESPONDENCE. Communlratlona relating to new and edi torial matter should be addressed: Omaha Be, Editorial Department. REMITTANCES. Remit by draft, express or postal order. Payable to The Be Publishing Company. Only J-rent stamps received In payment or mall accounts. Personal check, except on Omaha or eastern exchanges, not accepted. THE BEE PUBLISHING COMFANX. STATEMENT OF CIRCULATION. State of Nebraska, Douglas County. .: C. C. ltosewater, secretary of The lie Publishing Company, beina duly worn; nay tlml the actual number of full nil complete copies of The laily. Morning. Evening and Sunday Bee printed during tho month of June, ly. was aa follow: 1 811,1150 , 16 80,WM I S1,00 17 aa.iso 81.10 IS 2W.BO0 4 ,2(M 1 2,SO .'. 8,0OO , 20 J,TSO KU.S.-M ' 2D.OB0 7 ll.KSSO 22 ",IO Xlt.UOO n. 30.4M , a iM.ir.o 24 81JHMI io sa.aio 25 aojww II 211,300 . aa OT.TUO 12 3W.T10 27 XI,7H U KU.TOO 28 JiO.TBO 14 BlkTOO 29 2O.TB0 liS , 211.080 SO JW.70O Total KM.3 Les4 unsold copies U.944 Net total sale..... i.T. Dally average aoWM C. C. ROSE WATER, , Secretary. Subscribed In my presence and sworn to DCIUIB turn n im " . V, V.1..,' , ftp (Seal) Notary Publlo. WKE1 OUT OB" TOWH. gabaertbera leavlua; tha city tern. o rarity abonld kst Tk Baa mailed to them. It la better tkts dally letter "from borne. Ad dress will ba ebaBtve aftea aa reo.ae.ted. There It balm lu the kuow ledge that Nebraska'! growing corn Is not Buffer ing from th tvnnn wenthor. That lnvetigmioi of. tue tobacco crop report cannot cover the eutlre field until It 'takes cognizance of the cawbage patch. Omaha's reputation on the golf links is being gloriously upheld by our women golfer. Now let the men vindicate themselves. i In his remarks upon the value of that real estate loan, Senator Depew shows bis ability to remsia -tumorous under, depressing conditions,..; ' , . The local popocratlc orguu is accusing the managers of the republican cam paign In the First congressional district of "dirty politics." Holy smoke! Tho New York lawyer who denounced "moneyphobla" proveg to have developed a typical case himself only be would probably have termed It "corporation lthr." Now that Nebraska farmers have be gun to operate threshing machines with gasoline motors, Rockefeller will find still more trouble in disposing of bla sur plus cash. ' "' The New York state Insurance com tnlssloner's office acta aa though the stat ute of limitations were running a close race with Mr. Jerome in some of the Equitable deals. Now that the selection of M. Wltte baa., been poaltlvoly made, Japan'a em peror may attach his signature to the ; peace terms with more assurance of 1 their acceptance. If Russia hud tnrned its uttentlon to developing the gold mines on Sakhalin rather than to the confiscation of Man churla, the balance sheet might not have - shown so many red lli.es. The oil case at Kansas City and the grain case at Omaha have one point In common. Insofar as a number of people ! prefer not to tell what they know for i fesr of starting the criminal courts to Svork. The novel sight of a legislature trying : R Judge Is presented In New York ; Judges of every state try the legislature after each sessioa aa soon aa the law , yer with "constitutional" points start to work. Th grand lodge .of Elks have post poned consideration of the proposition to exclude liquor dealers from membership In thai order. No one proposes, how- ever,JU exclude members who patronize 1 tha liquor dealers. j There may be mistakes or worse In the ) . cottoa reports and chicanery in the to j I Dacca statistics, but the man who would attempt to fool "Tama Jim" Wilson J when it Cvnoea to corn and bogs does not bold office under him. When that former St. Louis official ac quitted of bribery In a court In the in terior of tba atata has another trial In the metropolis of tho commonwealth, the ob- server cab bav an Idea as to the com jparative value of rural and urban Juries. If tha Irish Orangemen succeed in bringing about a co-operation of all Irish, ;the recent mistake of the American ferancb in Canada will be forgiven, but tha harp is yet to be made on which Soggarth Aroon" and "Boyue Wather" "gould ba played aa duet. TFZSTERX BAXKIXG GROWTH There has been a remarkable growth In national bunking during the past fire year, particular! luthe west and south, where marked advantage has been taken of the law of llxio, whlrh made the or ganization of national banks easier and more profitable on smaller capital. A Washington dispatch says that a treas ury official,' In speaking of the national bank situation In the west, with refer ence to which It appears there has been some criticism and even alnrui, admitted that a banking boom almost irmounting to inflation has been and Is In progress, but he did not think there is any ground for alarm. The official Is quoted as say ing that undoubtedly there has been bad banking In places, but it was the Work of Individuals acting as Individual and does not Indicate a general tendency to looseness or to excessive speculation. He observed that instead of inflation being general, as assumed by those who profess to be alarmed at the situation. there 'are too many Institutions which are conducted evfn too conservatively, carrying unnecessarily large reseives. Whether or not the growth of national banking in the west has been more rapid than the increase of wealth and the de mands of a steadily expanding business ustlfled could not be easily determined, but It may fairly be doubted. The hun dreds of small banks that have been organized since the law of 1900 has passed were undoubtedly called for by the business conditions In the communi ties where they hare been established and they have been an Important factor in promoting the welfare of those locali ties. They have very generally been conducting their business on a careful and sound basis and very generally, it can be confidently asserted, are in as good condition at this time as the banks of any other section of the country. There is no reason, therefore, for any feeling of alarm respecting the western banking situation. No undue Inflation has taken place, as shown by the last re ports of the western banks, nor is there likely to be any, at least in the near future. Western bankers are as a rule conservative. They do not generally make money for their institutions by aiding or encouraging speculation. We venture to s- that the bankers of no other section f the country exercise' greater caution In their affairs than is observed by the bankers of the west Western banking has simply kept pace with the growth of western business, wealth and prosperity. It is one of the evidences, and by no means the least substantial, of the remarkable progress of this section in recent years. Those who profess to see any danger in it prob ably have a very superficial knowledge of the conditions. They are not thor oughly informed as to tho rapid and great advance the west has made in a few years. And this section is still progressing and creating additional de mands for banking. A StRlOVS QUESTION' Republicans of Lancaster . county 4n their contention have nominated to go upon the ticket to be "voted this fall candidates for register of deeds and county commisalouer in disregard of the biennial election laws enacted by the last legislature relating to these offices, which would exteud the terms of the present incumbents for a year. Lancas ter county republicans have been per suaded to thla course by advice to the effect that the constitutionality of these laws Is questionable and that nomina tions now made would be a safeguard against an election by default should uo party nominations be made and the law be declared void; whereas, should the law be upheld, nominations would amount to nothing more than harmless pastime. This raises a question which is still more serious to the voters of Douglas county. The new primary law, which applies here, but to no other county, pro vides an exclusive method of nomination and the list of offices to be filled la to be embodied In a proclamation Issued by the county clerk calling the primary elec tion. Under this law It will apparently be Impossible to nominate candidates for register of deeds and county commission era in the regular mauner in anticipation of the possible voiding of the biennial elections legislation. The dilemma Is one which calls for speedy solution and it is to be hoped the lawyers will find a satisfactory way out. TBS VCIIEAV Of STATISTICS. Another charge is made against the bureau bt statistics of the Deportment of Agriculture. It is alleged that the statis tic on tobacco have been manipulated in the Interest of the Tobacco trust and an investigation baa been Instituted. Thus thla bureau Is now undergoing two In vestigatlons and it Is possible that others will be found necessary before those al ready begun are ended. According to reports from Washington the president is likely to order a general investigation and certainly there aeetns' to be very good reason why this should be done. It is said to be the belief of Secretary Wil son that there have been irregularities In the estimates of all the crop reports. The disclosure of the cotton crop leak' ages and the charge that tobacco sta tistics bav been manipulated in the in terest of the trust Inevitably casta dis credit upon all the reports. The natural Inference is that there has been a sys tematic Juggling with the statistics on the part of some of the bureau employes who are in position to do this. There fore a general investigation seems neces sary in order to if possible discover how extensive th wrongdoing has been aud who is responsible for it. M'hat appears to be Imperatively re quired Is a complete reorganization of the bureau. Confidence in its reports has been very greatly impaired if not en tirely destroyed and cannot be restored If those now in charge are retained. No formal charges have tieen madv agaiust the chief statistician, Mr. Hyde, in con section with the irregularities disclosed and alleged, still there Is a feeling that he should be held responsible. In some degree at !east, for that which went on under bis very eyes. It seems evident that he has not been as careful and vltri lant as a man in that position should be. Doubtless he, like Secretary Wilson, had mpllctt confidence in the employes of the bureau, yet in view of the fact that for a long time there had been more or less crltlclmii and suspicion regarding the re ports the chief statistician cannot be held to bo wholly faultless respecting the Ir regularities developed. At all events he certainly does not now enjoy the general confldeneewhlch he had prior to the dis closure of the cotton crop leakage and therefore it would be a mistake to let him remain at the head of the bureau. It is stated that President Roosevelt has in characteristic fashion taken bold of the matter, which means that no ef fort will be spared to make the investi gations that have been instituted thor ough and unsparing. In this the secre tary of agriculture will undoubtedly be found equally earnest and determined. Meanwhile some changes from former methods have been made which it Is be lieved will prevent in future any such practices ns have been disclosed. Still a reorganisation of the bureau of statistics is manifestly desirable as soon as It can practically be accomplished. WHEN UMAIIA. IS HOUSED- The magnificent showing that is being made in the canvass for subscriptions to the Young Men's Christian association building fund of flOO.OOO,-which was to be raised within two weeks, affords an excellent illustration ct what Omaha can do when thoroughly roused and en listed in a practical proposition. What Omaha has done in the past In the way of promoting public and private enterprise shows best what it can do in the present and future.. To use a phrase of the street, people of Omaha have on varloua occasions "been up against a pretty tough proposition," but thanks to their perseverance, persistence and pub lic spirit, they have never given up be fore reaching the goal. What Omaha Is doing now for the en couragement of new building projects and business ventures is only paving the way for what is to come in the near future. A manifestation of willingness to assist in public enterprises Is sure to stimulate private citizens and corpora tions to Investments In modern store buildings and warehouses, and business expansion to new or only partially cul tivated fields. Flans are already laid to fill in gaps in our building line that will keep Omaha well to the front among the cities of Its size and class, and in all probability put it ahead in a short time of several competitors In the race for commercial supremacy In this sec tion. Omaha has the geographical situation, It has the resources, it has the men, and it hag the spirit all the factors that make the winning combination. 'The Lincoln Star suggests that our political conventions should be called to Order" in the morning, as Is the practice in most other states, instead of In the afternoon. A preliminary morning ses sion, it urges, would suffice for organiza tion, giving a better opportunity for more deliberate proceedings on the can didates and platform. What has forced the afternoon conventions in Nebraska is the inconvenience of our train sched ules and the necessity of fixing an hour that will permit of the arrival of dele gates by the morning trains. The little details of the convention relating to time and place bave to be adjusted to the convenience of the rank and file who are expected to be represented in the mem bership. Senator Burkett's idea of keeping In touch with the party has been again exemplified by the senator's appearance as a delegate to the nominating conven tion held by Lancaster county repub licans, and his service In the conven tlon as presiding officer. Although an old idea in. other states, this is a com paratlvely new Idea in Nebraska, where the leaders hitherto, who have been ele vated to the highest positions of honor aud trust, have conceived it to be neces sary to draw aloof from the party coun cils and let the organization steer at haphazard as best it can. A writer in one of the Lincoln papers, reciting some of Nebraska's recent politi cal history, recalls the fact that "all the Dromlnent republican newspapers in Nebraska', except The Omaha Bee, w-ere badly infected with the free silver craze, or some brand of It." He might have added that on the cardinal principles of republicanism In this state The Bee bus always been the most steadfast and pa feat exponent. That reminds us that neitner the demo cratic candidate for congress in the First Nebraska district nor any one for him has deigned to answer the very per tluent questions as Jo whether if elected be would go Into the democratic caucus and be bound by its decrees should the caucus decide to uphold or to oppose President Roosevelt's legislative pro gram. It Is pleasing to aunouuee that the Big Muddy Is again a navigable stream at this point, the embargo laid upon our shipping by the man behind the Illinois Central bridge having been raised. Gov eruor Mickey can, therefore, send the naval reserves back to the plow aud countermand tho order for the battleship and the horse marines. The water works appraisers have been enjoined on petition of the water board from proceeding further with the valua tion of the water plant. But there is nothing in the injunction to prevent the members of the Omaha Water board from continuing to draw their aalarlea for doing nothing. Omaha's era of building transforma tion Is Just beginning. Enough projects are under way In tha line of building improvements to insure uninterrupted activity In the local building trades for at least two years to come. Sot la tha Rsaslni, Washington Post. Newspaper men must feel like piker when they think of the money Statistician Holmes has been making by disseminat ing Information. 1 41 at Kirk of Doarhoslum, St. lyouls Globe-Democrat. Putting Caleb Powers into a negro cell Is a last protest of Bourbonlsm against a square man who has never been allowed the right to shuffle the cards. A ratnl Kalllaar. Kansas City Journal. Eastern paper eed not worry over any possible bad effects of Tom Lawson speech cn Kansas. Kansas tiever attaches any Importance to the oratory of a mun whose voice breaks down In the first Inning. Tainted Athletics. Chicago Record-Herald. No one can read the recent mag-aiins revelations concerning foot ball and base ball games In the big eastern colleges with out feeling a keen regret that young thletes should be deliberately brought un der the Influence of standards so low as those of tha confidence man and the sharper by the very Institution to which they go for their education. Town a- Woman, "Forget II." Boston Transcript. President Hyde of Bowdoin In his Welles- ley addresses also advise young women who graduate from college to "forget It" In their after relations with other people. Tbe frequency -with which this bit of ad vice I given Indicates that In respect to self-conclousnes the college for women is nowadays Just about where the college for men used to be ten or twenty years ago. To Whom it May Concern. Kansas City Star. In a recent address to a graduating class of young women Cardinal Gibbons told them that they would be much better oft without the ballot, and that they could do the greatest good by Influencing their future husbands to vote right. Tha car dlnal's position Is probably correct, but how doe It come that celibates are always so keen to see other people get married? When' the President Blnahed. , Brooklyn Eagle. Miss Katherlne D. Blake of this city sec onded a vote of thanks to the president at Ocean drove yesterday. ' Incidentally, Miss Blake took occasion to say: "He la the greatest teacher of us all, for he Is a teacher, not of children, but of men, nay, more, of nations; and as we watch the work of our great peacemaker we all hope that success may shortly crown hi efforts." The president Is described aa having blushed. He might well. Perhaps Mis Blake overstated her case to some extent It I much even for a president to be told to his face that he Is a teacher of nations. But the tribute wai not altogether a flight of Imagination there Is no duplicate of Roosevelt. He Is here, there and every where, charged with vitality seemingly ex- haustlesa, always the exponent of the high est possible ideals, sincere, emphatic! and Impressive.' And he Is contagious. POLITICAL DRIFT. Philadelphia Is pluming Itself as a repre sentative self -governed city. Talk of Ellou Root lor 1908 falls to ex tract a murmur of pleasure from Ohio or Indiana. Cleveland and Cincinnati are devouring Lincoln Steffen's last rlteupv Meanwhile Tom Johnson smiles' and smlleS and Colonel Cox's scowl shadows the Rhine. J Finding 8,000 names of nonvoters In the registry llr.t of one ward In Philadelphia warrants the prediction that the vote of the city next fall will shrink about 50,000, The political bosses of Montana, Clark and Helnse, have partitioned the state and signed a treaty of peace. Clark will re tain his job and Helnse will superintend the election of "friendly Judges." Bubbling over with Indignation because an officious civil service commissioner ob jected to the custom of giving public em ployes half an hour to beer up, the boss of Chicago's drain layers resigned after thirty years service. itumane ieeunga ox oi- flceholders are getting bard knocks now aday. Mayor Weaver of Philadelphia was taken up into the mountain, figuratively, and shown what he could have In the shape of promotion and provender If he would aban don reform and rejoin the machine. At last accounts the tempter, was smarting from the iropressslon Mr. Weaver's boot made upon him. Humbler cUlsens than the governor of New Jersey can sympathize with him In his plight when he recently Invited a friend to dine at a Trenton restaurant, and after ward discovered that he had forogtten his pocketbook. "I am the governor of New Jersey and will settle this little matter when I come In again," explained OOvernot Stoke to the cashier. "I'm President Roosevelt, and you'll settle now," said the cashier, who was new. Happily the gov ernor found somebody who could vouch for hi honesty. Political grafters are not enjoying a re poseful summer. Three-fourths of Oregon's delegation In congress Is under Indictment and one senator convicted. Nearly two score officers and employes of Milwaukee have been pinched, one bribetaker sen tenced and a bribegiver told to go and sin no more. The situation In Philadelphia la full of woe for public plunderers, and, the speculators on official crop reports In the Department of Agriculture have a bunch of trouble coming. Honesty may not yield the coin quickly, but I unequaled In divi dend of content. Postmaster Wilcox of New York has given signal proof that political "pull" Is not luprrme In hi office. Recently the superlntendency of mails became vacant and the postmaster general consulted one of his associates about eligible members of hi staff, Inquiring particularly about a Mr. Roome. His advisers replied that the man mentioned was the best man for the place, but wa not an applicant for the promo tion. A further Inquiry a to the reason for Roome'a modesty brought out this In teresting bit of Information: He had not applied because he knew he had no chance of getting it. He did not know a single politician. Mr. Wilcox sent for Roome and after some conversation, which showed the litter's efficiency, named him for the vacancy and he is now superintendent of malls. President Roosevelt and Mayor McCiel lan met in Brooklyn on the recent occa- alon of the dedication of the General Blo cum atatue. According to reports which had been current for a kmg time the presi dent and the mayor had unkindly feeling for each other, but thla seemed to be dis proved by the cordiality of their greeting. The president ahook the mayor hand and hi face fairly beamed a he said: "Glad to ae you looking so well, Mr. Mayor. Why, only yesterday Mr. Rooimvelt and I were talking about you. and she laid aha would never ba satisfied until she saw you In the White House." Mayor McCKI laa smiled, hi eyes twinkled, and he was about to make reply when President Roose velt hurriedly added: "Sea you In tha Whit House aa our gust, you know; only as our guest," OTHER I. A MIS THA OIR. It seems to be the prevailing notion that the value of Sakhalin to Jnpan will be only strategical and sentimental, and that com mercially the Island will never be of ad vantnge. On the other hand. Its very northorly situation st once ptiggests the altogether unexpected value that Alnska has proved to have In store for this coun try, and the possibility that there may be a second Alaska In Sakhalin. This, however, I mere speculation, on which time nlone will throw light. It coal mine would seem to give the mountainous Island Its grrntest potential value, but the absolute want of good harbors presents a great drawback to Its development. The ssser tlon has frequently been made that one of the first conditions of pence upon which Japan would Insist would be the cession of Sakhalin. Such a condition now becomes unnecessary, or at most a mere form. Com manding the mouth of the Amur river and such coast line as may remain to Russia at the close of the war, the strategical Im portance of Sakhalin to Japan Is apparent, though It really consists more In getting the Russians out than In putting the Japanese In. As for Sakhalin's sentimental Importance to Japan, the fact that It was originally Japanese territory, not being ceded to Russia until tinder compulsion In 1875, Is explanation sufficient. News received In Paris from Jeddah, the landing place of pilgrims coming over sea for Mecca, Is to the effect that all the In land towns and ports of the Arabian prov ince of Temen, with the exception of Ho delda, are now In the hands of the rebels. Mocha, the famous entrepot for coffee which comes mainly from Abyeslnla, has been occupied by the Insurgents and Turk ish authority has ceased everywhere. The latest reports from the northern districts toward Mecca were that the rising was spreading to Asia, and that the rebels were in .control of the port of Gunfuda, about 200" miles below Jeddah. At Constantinople there Is no definite plan for the pacification of the country, the employment of force being prohibited by the excessive summer heat, and the leaders of the revolt Imper vious to other methods, such as the Turks have found effective In the past. The gen eral complications In Europe also operate to cause the sultan to keep his forces In hand for eventualtles nearer home, and It Is understood that he has been advised from an Influential quarter to play a wait ing game. A veteran officer of the Russian staff was discussing the invasion of India with a special correspondent of a London Journal the other day. He ridiculed the Idea that there was the least possibility of anything of the kind. He said: "Where I our over whelming force to come from? Where could we now find five army corps, the least possible number for such' a risky cam paign? Tou talk of the Transfasplan and Orenburg-Tashkend railways as two Im mense military arteries through which our invading legions are to be poured. One of your expert military commentators say that the Invasion of India Is the only possi ble means by which Russia can hope to regain Its lost prestige. That prestige, I may tell you frankly, la an utterly lost quantity. On the conclusion of the war, Japan will be In possession of Sakhalin. A glance at ,the map will show that any warlike possession of that Island consti tutes a standing menace to our great Amur province. The Japanese being Great Britain's allies, Is It not certain that if our army In central Asia assumed a threatening attitude towards Afghanistan or India, the Japanese would simultane ously threaten the Au.ur province, and even the whole of eastern Siberia?" He went on to say that, whatever plans oifce existed for the Invasion of India from cen tral Asia, they had all been dissipated by the unlooked-for result of the struggle In the fa.r cast, and the sudden rise of the new Asiatic Titan. There is to be a new French academy, the Academy of Sports. It has sprung Into existence because the old original acad SATURDAY N OF I THE LAST DAY !1 Only one more day left to you and a better chance never presented itself where with three full wearing months ahead you can buy the finest ready-to-wear clothing in , the world for just HALF PRICE Two-piece Suits, Three-piece Suits, Odd Coats, Etc. $10 Suits $5, $15 Suits $7.50, $18 Suits $9. $20 Suits $10 ALL MEN'S STRAW HATS HALF PRICE, HONE RESERVED Other bargains for Saturday are: O J ' Men's Negligee Shirts, broken lines, that sold Men's Wash Vests, plain and fancy, for Boy's Sailor Blouse Wash Suits, worth up to Childs' Wash Pants 25c 15c Blouse Waist Star $1.00 Blouse Waists, collar attached Boys' .Straw Hats, regardless of former price Childs Eng. Straw Hats that sold from $150 THESE ARE SATURDAY Fifteenth and Douglas Sts. Broadway al emy, of "Immortal" fame, has proved un equal to the occasion. Some time sg. It appears, the patrons of tnotorboat( ra cing wanted a name for the sport, and applied for one to the academy, which fur nished a quantity of erudite but totally Impractical combinations. Therefore Trlnce d'Arenberg, Baron Henri de Rothschild. Count Henri de la Vsulx, the Marqul ds Dion, M. Paul Adam, M. Henri Desgranges and other well known gentlemen decided that It was high time ths. sport should have an academy of Its own, cspe's of calling- things by appropriate numes, at once pronounceable and Intelligible. Bo the new academy has been organlied. It will consist always of forty members. Although It will not lay claim to any authority, It expects to exercise a great deal of It. As one of Its founders says: "We hops that the collective Influence of the members of a body Including the best known names In the world of sport will carry great weight, and that an expression of Its opin ion will have an effect amounting to au thority. Such k result would be In the best Interests of sport. The academy will occupy Itself, first of all, with the adoption of a sporting nomenclature. Then the academy will award prlxes and honors for meritorious performances of all descrip tions In the sporting arena," Judging by the position of Sweden's banks, that country must be In good condi tion financially. At the close of 1H Sweden had sixty-nine bank In good going order. The aggregate capital was I1O3.00O, 00, as against tK5.000.000 in 194 and I" 4,000, 000 In 1902. In addition the banks held very large reserves. The trade of the country Is moving so rapidly that quite recently seven banks Issued hew shares at from 80 per cent to 150 per cent premium, thus Increas ing their reserve to the extent of $11,000,000, besides the capital Increase. Last year the average bank dividend was 2 per cent These figures show that the commerce and Industries of the country are In good shape to stand a tilt with Norway. The, prices commanded by 8wedish government bonds In the principal money markets of the world show that the state finances are also In good shape. Cadetshlps In the Japanese navy are open to every subject In the empire, as are also commissions In the army and all the civil appointments under tha government. There is no system of nomination and the suc cessful candidates are chosen entirely by competitive examination. The naval ex ploits during the present war have natur ally given a strrftig Impetus to the eager ness of hlgh-sptrlted youths to enter a service which has won such glory for their country, and the applications for naval ca detshlps during the present year already far exceed In number those of any preced ing entire year. In one district of the four In which they are received they already amount to over 1700, as against 3,000 In 190S and E.SOO In 1904. Oh, Forget It. Minneapolis Journal. W. J. Bryan say that he sees every where the spread of the new democracy, the kind that he ha been preaching and praying and fighting for the last ten years. Unless we have forgotten the facts, Mr. Bryan'a "new" democracy tried to worg off on the people 49 cents worth of silver for a dollar. Looking- Oat for Bnalneae. Philadelphia Record. Mr. Charles M. Schwab believes that great navies are the only sure guarantee of peace. Mr. Schwab I prepared to supply naval building materials, Including armor and guns, to any nation that seeks to pro mote peace by putting Itself Into a position to get what It wants without fighting. Doing Bnslnea at the Old Stand. . Baltimore American. . - If the sun really lost -some of jits heat during the past Several years, it is evi dent that enough of it ha returned to satisfy the taste of even those bloodless persons who shiver when the thermometer is In the nineties. Browning, Ming & CLOTHING. FURNISHINGS, ANB BATS RftV o OUR. ,M I 0 DISCOUNT SALE &trt NEW W YOKK RAILROAD COWFJ DOW. Igaiavaat FsTeet of Pahlle Demand Forcetallr Directed. Chicago Tribune. Chicago hlppers hate charged that they were being discriminated against when shipping goods to Illinois points In favor of the shippers of Detroit, Cincinnati and other places, and asked the Illinois railroad and warehouse commission to correct tha abuse. They made good their caso, and It was reported that the maximum rate would be reduced 10 and perhaps a per cent. The railroads loudly protested. A reduction even of 10 per cent, they said, would bank rupt many lines. It would be practically confiscation of property. The ChlcHgo shippers could not see how that was. They were demanding no lower rates than some of the protesting roads gave In other states and In tbl state on shipments originating outside It. It became evident that the railroad snd warehouse commission agreed with the shipper and that Governor Deneeiv would do nothing to head off action by' It. Then the tallroads saw a great light. The specter of bank ruptcy ceased to haunt them. Anticipating the commission, they cut their rates 32 per cent on all shipments from Chicago to points south of this city and west of the Illinois river. The reduction being volun tary, there eem 1 no reason to fear tho road will be forced by It to quit paying reasonable dividends. Similar Incidents have repeatedly hap pened in Illinois and In other states. If tha railroads. Instead of waiting to be compelled to, would change their ratea when they plainly ought to, and If, Instead of dellbrately misrepresenting the prob able effect of proposed regulations, their spokesmen would honestly give public of ficials and people- th benefit of their ex pert opinion there would be a great deal less danger of their being unfairly dealt with. LIGHT AND BRIUHT, Mrs. Browne That was a splendid ser mon that traveling preacher delivered at our church. It's too bad he has no regular pulpit. Mrs. Malaprep Yes. but f think I know why he ain't got oue. They any he a circus rider. Philadelphia Press. - "What make you think Mr. Newtywad must have been a bookkeeper before her marriage?'' "Because she keeps sucb accurate tab on everything in th neighborhood." Detroit Free Press. "Ha civilization benefited tha Indian?" asked the sympathetic crttsen. m . , "Of course It has." answered the man who has lived In the far - west. "It has made fewer Indiana, thus rendering thosa who Sre left less liable to get Into bad com pany." Washington Star. "Of course you have noticed that-Russia haa Loda of trouble." said the big man with the ancient Panama. The little man with -the ere glasses blinked thoughtfully. "Maybe that's why the Kherson In Official rlrclea la so loud and deep," he mildly suggested. Cleveland Plain Dealer. ; . . , i , . ; "Don't you find It hard hustling for your self?" "Yes," replied the ambitious young chap, "but It's not half so hftrd aa hustling for other people." Detroit Free Press. . , k Mr. Stan-em I'm surprised to hear you say you're having trouble to get your money out of Mr. Starboard. He always boasted that he paid a he went. Mrs. Bordem Maybe he does, but I can't get him to go. Philadelphia Standard. A SINGLES THOUGHT, St. Louis Republic In feverish rage the poet scanned. 1 The slip of paper In hia hand. "What's thla?'1 he cried, T,lx ninety-fiv For gas thl month? Why, snkes alive, I'll not submit." And straightway then He grabbed his true and trusty pen And wrote: "Dear Gas Man,- take this back; Tour pesky meter's out of whack." The gas man's eeom -was plain vta fiots; ri He held a book .the poet wrote. "The churl," he cried, "who turned this out Should be In Jail beyond a doubt. He had his nerve to send It here, ... But I'll not keep It, never fear. i He wrote: "Dear Poet, take this back; ' Your pesky meter's out of whack." Co : vsk-aSs age of his opportunities." up to $3, for $3.00, for ....$1.00 55c 80c 50c ta $250. now 95c VALUES OMAIIA NEB.