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THE OMAIlA DAILY BEEt MONDAY, SEPTEM13EK 25, IWID. v. Tiie Omaiia Daily Bee. K. ROSEWATEIt. EDITOR. PUBLISHED EVERY MORNING. TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION. Tt1r Bm (without Sunday), M year.. MM Ially ifn and Sunday, one year J Illustrated Bee, one year JW Sunday Hee, one year J Jj Saturday lie, one year l-w DELIVERED BY CARRIER. Dally Bee (without Sunday), per week...12c Dally Bee (Imitirilng Sunday), per week. .170 Evening Bee (without Sunday), per week, So Kvenlng Bee (with Sunday), per week...lOc Sunday Bee, per copy o Addreia complnlnta of Irregularities In delivery to City Circulation Department. , OFFICES. Omaha The Bee Rulldlng. South OmahaCity Hall Building. Council Bluffs 10 Pearl street. Chlrag-o 1M0 fnltv Building. New York limo Home Life Ins. Building. Washington m Fourteenth street. CORRESPONDENCE. Communications relating to new and ed itorial matter should be addressed: Omaha Bee, Editorial Department. REMITTANCES. Remit by draft, express or postal order, payable to The Bee Publishing Company. Only 2-cent stamps received In payment of mall accounts. Personal checks, except on Omaha or eastern exchanges, not accepted. TUB BEE PUBLISHING COMPArS K. STATEMENT OF CIRCULATION. State r.f Nebraska, Douglas County, as,! George B. Tzschuck, treasurer of The Bee Fublluhln Company, oelna duly sworn, say. that the actual numbei of uli ana complete copies of The Daily, Morning, Evening and Sunday Be printed during in month of August, 1906, was as follows: 1 . 28,000 17 80,000 1 2,OM M SO.OBO 1CT.9HO It 81,470 4 20.O4O 20...... 2U.8170 ( ro.aoo 2i ao.aso 30,000 22 80,000 7 80,040 21 30.110 I StMtSO 24 SO.lOO t JCO.OOt 3b 80,110 10 20,MBO 26 31,780 U 80,050 27 1CU,U30 u aino is so, too 12 HQJIM 29 3U.20O 14 30,010 iO 8O.T10 U 29.UHO U 80,880 IS 20,(MM Total t30,2o0 Less unsold copies 11,414 Net total sales ...018.834 Dally average 2U.040 GEORGE B. TZSCHUCK, Treasurer. Subscribed In my presence and aworn to before me this 31st day of August, 1W&. (Seal) M. B. HUNGATE, Notary Pubtlo, WHEH OIT Or TOWS. Subscribers leaving; the city tens porailly should hare The Be mailed to tbem. It la better than a daily letter from bono. Ad dress will bo ahssgrd as often as requested. The Improvement clubs now cau talk over the telephone without having a tele phone to talk over. For the first time sluce he has located In Omaha, Prof. Davidson Is on the ed ucational firing line. Before Omaha can become a tourist city it must have first-class modern fire proof hotel accommodations. Perhaps If the railroads would pay the taxes they are contesting and suve the court costs they would still be money to the good. ' Up to date only red Ink has been shed In the war between the master printers and the printers' union, with both sides claiming victory. Greene and Uaynor, having lost their last appeal la Canada, uow have an op portunity to raise legal technicalities on this side of the Imrder. In Its twentieth century construction Omaha is making good headway with fireproof buildings and structure de signed to outlive the century. Now If the weather man will only keep this brand on tap for the Ak-Sar-Ben carnival and the Horse show he will be fully reinstated In public grace. That Slonx Indian who has purchased an automobile probably regrets It did not come In time to add Its terrors to those of the tomahawk and war club. With the wheat in the bin and the corn out of the way of frost, it is al most time for forecasters to issue bul letins concerning the imminent danger to next year's fruit crop. Great Britain is considering the ques tlou of Turning Wei nal Wei back to China, but the move may be but pre liminary to discovering Germany's luten tloa regarding Kam Chau. If a platform declaration In favor of direct primary nominations is not bind ing on the managers in charge of the party, how can it be any more binding on the party representatives in the leg-Is laturat London finds it is growing faster in population than in ability to care for the people, "The municipal problem is not couflned to America ami American cities can teuder sympathy if net ad vice. ' . City Electrlciau Mlcbaelscu thinks be can save part of the appropriation inude for wiring the tjlty ball for Ak-Sar-Beu illuminations. The city electrlciau should be careful lest he set a bad ex ample to other Inmates of the city hall. While factional differences will prolt- ably have little effect on the result in Ohio, ; Senator Foraker should have re membered that Governor Herrlck had cnlied on Ohio republicans to carry the state by a big mujorlty iu order to strengthen the hands of IEo,Kevelt. With the Japanese rice crop ruined the "Yankees of the orieut" have mi excellent opportunity to become ac quainted with Amerlcau grain. "Corn" Murphy might emphasize the fact that the war Is ended by adding a Japanese decoration to the badge received from the czar. It is announced with a Ki'tind flourish of trumpets by one of the Iteuver news papers that the existence of oxu gam- bllng la the Colorado capital has beeu brought forcibly to the attention of the police department which Indicates clearly that the tourWt lambs have all bwu sUot'U of their w vul for the scasou DISCBttUBATIOS MUST KSD. In his nddreas at the opening of tho republican campaign in Ohio Vice Pres ident Fairbanks, referring to the sub- jet t of railroad discriminations, de clared: "There must be an end of dis crimination." He said that In dealing with the question It must be settled not in the light of party politics, but according to principles of strict Justice nod he expressed the opinion that con gress may be relied upon to proceed. In the light of past experience and preseut Information, to enact such laws as will effectually remove the evils which con fessedly exist Senator Foraker, while expressing opposition to conferring upon the Interstate commission the rate- making power, said there are discrim inations for which "we must and will provide an effective remedy.' The Ohio republican platform calls for legisla tion that will promote and Insure the rights of all individuals. Interests and localities. The fact that this subject has entered into the Ohio campaign and is certain to command thorough discussion there will be regnrded as Important by all sup porters of President Roosevelt's posi tion respecting It, as clearly defined in his last annual message and which there is no reason to doubt he still holds. An effort hag been made, prompted by the railroads, to create an impression in the public mind that Mr. Roosevelt has ma terially modified his attitude In regard to railway rate regulation. Some news paper correspondents at the national capital have been Industriously endeav oring to Incite distrust of the president on this subject But no one has yet pre sented a single fact to Justify a doubt. Because the president has not recently said anything on this question is not a reason for thinking that he has changed his views. The declaration of Mr. Fairbanks above quoted may snfely hf accepted as reflecting the attitude of the administration. In a little more than two months President Roosevelt will send his annual message to con gress and undoubtedly the question of railway rate regulation will occupy a very prominent place in that state paper. He knows that public opinion Is strongly in favor of such legislation as he has recommended and he wlil not, It can confidently be predicted, disappoint pop ular expectation by to the slightest ex tent receding from what he bus already declared to be esseutial to the puLllc Interests and welfare. Meanwhile discussion of the question of railway rate regulation in the Ohio campaign will serve to draw public attention to it everywhere and doubtless will prove a material assistance to the interests which are demanding such leg islation as will put an end to discrimina tion and remove the evils which con fessedly exist The effort to secure this will be as persistent and earnest as the exigency calls for and undoubtedly it will have the support and influence of the national administration. rothowma ambicaa example The Canadian tariff commission has entered upon its work of investigation as to how the industrial and other in terests feel in regard to the fiscal policy of the Dominion and the matter Is be ing freely discussed In the press. This indicates a very general sentiment lu favor of following the example of the United States in protecting its Indus tries. A Toronto paper that advocates greater protection for ther manufactur ing industries argues that Canada is to day In very much the same position as this country was in the days of the triumph of free trade in Britain and points to the great results that have come to us from the adoption of a policy under which our industries have been built up and our vast resources de veloped. The paper urges that Canada's future as a nation depends on attainment o'f commercial and industrial Independence. It says that the present tariff has re sulted in an Influx of capital into the Dominion and in the establishment of home industries and has compelled United States producers to manufacture there. The logical conclusion Is that more protection for the Canadian In dustries will attract still more capital to that country to be invested In manu factures, with the effect of leading the country forward toward Industrial and commercial independence. While there are some who earnestly oppose this posi tion the evidence appears to be that the number of such is not as large as formerly and Is steadily diminishing. It is very difficult to combat the argu ments drawn from the exumple of the United States, where the principle of protection has had its greatest though not its only vindication. When the Ca nadian people have brought to their at tention the statistics of the wonderful industrial expansion of this country, particularly during the past thirty years, It Is impossible that they can fall to realize the leneflts and advantages of the American policy or doubf that its application to themselves would lie greatly beneficial. They have very gen erally come to believe thut Industrial and commercial Independence Is attain able and they see iu our example the way to reach It There is reason to believe that the In vestigation Wing prosecuted by the tariff commission will show that the senti ment of the country la vtwry strongly lu favor of more protection. The manu facturing Interests are of course united for this iKillcy. They have been urging It for several years and are uow doing so more vigorously than ever. The agri cultural Interests also desire the upbuild ing of the home market' and undoubtedly will to a large extent I found favorable to a policy that will attract population and capital. What may be exected, therefore. Is a revUlou of the Dominion tariff increasing duties on ell manufac tures lmKtrted Into the country.' This would necessarily mean a decrease in our eKrts to Canada, now very large. It is noteworthy lu connection with this I Uittter that Canadian seinlineul for recl- t proclty appears to have entirely died out, or at any rate no longer has any Influential support. MAKE OMAHA M()RC ATTRACTIVE. Omaha is no longer In its swaddling clothes, but it is still In the formative period. The greatest mistake of Its founders was that they staked out the old townsite with a view to getting the largest number of corner lots. That ac counts for the short blocks, the wide streets and checker board formation. For this blunder the second generation of Omaha's upbullders have paid hun dreds of thousands of dollars and will eventually pay millions of dollars la the cost of paving, heavy expense of main tenance of pavements and greater cost of street cleaning. A more costly and more inexcusable blunder was the creation of a separate corporation for South Omaha, laid out by Omaha capitalists and built up on Omaha capital and which must event ually become part of the Greater Omaha. This blunder Is responsible for the black eye Omaha received after the collapse of the padded census of 1800, which left It with a census population slightly exceed ing 100,000 when If would have been credited with a population approximat ing 130,000. To the outside world South Omaha Is Just as remote from Omaha as South Chicago Is from Chicago, or Fast Liberty, the stock yards center of Pitts burg, Is from the "smoky" city. A later blunder still was the absorp tion of $400,000 voted for the acquisition of park grounds In large tracts of unim proved lnnd, clear out of reach of the Industrial population for whose benefit parks are chiefly maintained, when by rights a large portion of the park fund should have been expended In the ac quisition of small squares and tracts of la lid lu the heart of the city with a view to breaking the monotony of the checker board block and making the city more beautiful The task of the present gen eration must be to rectify these mistakes wherever possible and to bend all energy toward the building up of a Greater Omaha, attractive and yet expansive, with' all the modern conveniences and facilities of a metropolitan city. As the transcontinental gateway Omaha is lamentably lacking In hotel facilities and public buildings that would accommodate and Interest the great army of tourists that pass and re-pass through Omaha every season. In other words, the huge dry goods boxes In brick that have up to this time characterized the architecture of Omaha's business blocks are altogether too commonplace to attract a stranger, and with half a dozen exceptions our churches and pub lic edifices do not compare favorably with those of other cities of equal popu lation. What Omaha needs is monumental buildings and unique buildings whether public or private, museums and art halls that will make It worth while for men of means and education to place Omaha on their Itinerary of transcontinental travel and afford to the people of Ne braska, Iowa and South Dakota who are within the territory commercially tribu tary to Omaha to make periodic visits to Omaha. The tests Just made to ascertain the high water mark of the direct pressure for fire hydrant supply are only another grandstand play by which the Water board is trying to Justify Its own crea tion and existence. Teu or twelve years ago the same farce was gone through with, and it developed then, as it Isre developed uow, that the hydrunt pressure Is inadequate to extinguish fires in our highest buildings unless supplemented by fire engines. Even if fire hydrants could throw eight streams of water to a height of 110 feet at the corner of Fif teenth and Farnam they could not pos sibly put out a fire In the top story of the New York Life, or even The Bee build ing, much less In a fifteen or twenty -story sky scraper, which was not dreamed of at the time the contract with the water company was made. In those days six story buildings were supposed to be the tallest business structures that would ever be erected in Omaha, and every body assumed also that no fire engines would be needed so long as the direct pressure could attain the high-water mark conditions imposed by the contract. The only thing accomplished by the test Is an lnereose in the water fund overlap and creation of additional expense to pay special engineers and special law yers. , The president of the Good Govern ment leugue writes The Bee to say that the circular gotten out and distributed during the primary campaign purporting to emanate from the league was not issued by that organization and was ab solutely unauthorized so far as it is con cerned. He therefore insists that our criticism based on the assumption that the circular was authorized Is unwar ranted. To this extent the exception is well taken, but it seems to us that the proper thing for the officers of the league to have done to live up to their an nounced puriHjses and Intentions was to have branded the fake circular at once as soou as It appeared. The studied si lence of the league spokesmen until after the primary would naturally prompt the assumption that the fake circular was either genuine or that the league was wllliutf to father It as It was. Charles 11. Vernier, who achlevod much renown as well as notoriety in connection with the Omaha water works some years ago, has broken loose again In a new spot by the publication of a letter demanding the retirement of Johu A. McCull from the presidency of the New York Life Insurance company. Possibly Mr. Venner could be Induced to compromise, as he has done in sev eral previous instances. The dedsiou of the supreme court as to the validity of the Dodge primary election law Is looked for with eagerness and some anxiety by the managing com- i uilttet-s of both parties aa well aa by the city and county officials. If the law is declared valid the supreme court In terpretation of several points will afford much relief. If the law Is declared un constitutional, the new committees will have to retire altogether and the city and county officials would be relieved from embarrassment caused by the ap parent conflict of their powers and duties. Railroad managers and railroad at torneys hall the levy of fines on the four Chicago packers who pleaded guilty as affording an excellent argument why congress should not enact a railroad rate law. Their claim la that these fines show that the federal government has In lta hands all the power needed to fine all who enjoy rebates,, and therefore a railroad rate law is unnecessary. Mani festly the railroad managers are oblivi ous of the fact that there Is such a thing as excessive railroad rates and that there can be such a things as unjust discrim ination between localities as well as be tween shippers. The republican condidate for univer sity regent, Mr. Abbott, Is starting out on the right track when he promises to endeavor to do away with the secret ses sions of the board. There Is no good reason why there should be any keep-lt-dark business in the administration of any public Institution. People Mho have leen wondering as to the showing Japan would make In war with the United States may find some data in Omaha, where It has been found that Japanese bell boys in hotels cannot stand the pace set by Americans because, while they start right they lack staying qualities. Banking oa Shadows. Chicago Inter Ocean. In case the life Insurance companies should get that tainted money back, some of us might live to share In a dividend distribution. Where Ignorance Was Bliss. Washington Post. That superintendent of Insurance In New York could not have well found out less about Insurance companies in the last half dozen years. High Salaries and High Finance. Philadelphia Record. The big salary does not Insure equiva lent figures of service rendered. Observe what a mess has been made of the life Insurance business by high-salaried of ficials. Peril of I.n YrbrenklngT. Kansas City Star. One of the chief officers of a packing company has become a physical wreck from the humiliation of an Indictment for violating the anti-trust ' laws. Thus one may realize the stern effects of an accus ing conscience. Many men cannot with stand remorse ,o being found out Conductor's Courage Failed. San Francisco Chronicle. The seventeen girls who were the victims of the carelessness of a conductor who kept their tickets after giving a receipt for them came out much better than the aver age person who gets tied up In transporta tion red tape. 'As a rule, the corporation Insists on having, the best of It In all con tentions affecting Its Interests, but In this case It . may be fairly assumed that the conductors who accepted the receipt In lieu of the ticket did not dare to take a bold stand against so much feminine loveli ness. Any merely human conductor would sooner face a corporation than fight it out with seventeen- girls. Age Limit Rale Dropped. Collier's Weekly. Age limits have been dropped by the Chicago tt Alton railroad, which first adopted them, by the Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul and by the Chicago, Burlington tt Qulncy, and this change in the laws for physical employment comes not long after Dr. Osier set the world agog with his frank obseVvatlons about creative Intellec tual periods and the general Inferiority of age. . Fortunately for the happiness and hope of all, the exception Is always present to lesaen the horror of the rule; a sort of pardoning power of which every man may believe hlm.ielf fortunate enough to receive the benefit. No doubt these railroads will continue to employ mainly men below the age which they formerly set, but It la more agreeable,- and also more Just, to be freed from a rule more absolute than the facts of nature are. FITTING GRAVES OF OLD IRONSIDES. Suggested Finish for n Sorvlvor of O.e Old Nary. Cleveland Plain Dealer. If the American people had their choice they would prthably prefer to lose any ship of the modern navy rather than that glorious survivor of the old navy, the Con stitution, which Is now reported to be going to pieces at the Boston navy yard. It is hard to see why there should be any danger of its "turning turtle," as the dis patches put It, but there Is no difficulty In understanding that by this time It must be literally falling to pieces and would be In danger of collapsing under Its own weight If docked for repairs, and this in spite of the' probable fact that few of the original timbers are lefi In it. Navy men ray It cannot be saved, but constructors do wonders these days and the spirit of Hull and lialnbrldge does not animate their successors If they give up the old ship without a struggle. Launched In 1797 and commissioned In the following year, the Constitution had an unbroken record of victory. It was one of six ships constructed on new lines and marked a new 'departure In naval archi tecture. Two of these vessels, the Chesa peake and the President, were captured by the British In the war of 1812, that struggle which made "Old Ironsides" Immortal through its victories over the Guerrlere, the Java, the Plcton and the Cyane and Levant. It alone has survived and it la sad to hear that It has reached the end of its life's cable. It owes Its preservation to this late day, not to the stanchness of lta timbers, but to the famous lyric of Dr. Oliver Wendell Holmes, written In 183. when It was proposed to break up the ship on the ground that It was unseaworthy, and which fired the public heart aa few poems before or since have done. At all events "the harpies of the shore" should not be allowed to "pluck the eagle of the sea." If It cannot be saved let Its ending be worthy of Its career. Dr. Holmes showed how lu obsequies should be conducted: Nail to the mast Its holy flag. Set every threadbare sail. And give It to the god of storms. The lightning and the gale! It might not be practicable now to carry out this program; but a fitting alternative would be to refit It to some extent aa In the days of Its glory, tow It Into deep water off the coast and scuttle It, with guns shotted and colors flying, with the whole modern North Atlantic Oeet standing by and saluting with every available gun aa It took lu final plunge. Nothing leas would be worthy of "Old Ironsides' or the eu untry. . BITS OF WASHilGTO UfU. Minor Scenes and Incidents Sketched on the Spot. Beef . trust prosecutions and the dis closures at the life Insurance Investiga tion are the principal topics of discussion In official circles In Washington. Regard ing the former the Washington correspond ent of the St. Louis Republic says: Are the Beet trust barons snowing- the white feather before the government geu a good start In Its fight against them? This Is a question which nearly every lawyer In the employ of the government asked when news was received here that four traffic men of the Schwarschlld di Sulzberger company had entered a plea of nolle contendere at Chicago. Nolls con tendere la a polite way of saying "guilty as charged." But that is not the only fact that caused the question to be framed. Word was sent to the Department of Agriculture that at least the Swift Interests are about to make a determined effort to eliminate tuberculous hogs from the food products of the country. The government has been trying to do that, but It has never bad the co-operation of the packers. On the contrary, the packers would use diseased animals every time the back of the In spector was turned. The plan of the Swift people, as reported to the officials of the Department of Agri culture, unofficially of couree. Is to buy all hogs subject to a post-mortem exami nation. If, after slaughter, an animal shows disease, the shipper is to receive no par for It. Swift claims that the packers, for more than five years, have been losing more than $1,000,000 a year on account of dis eased hogs oondemned by the government Inspectors. The loss by reason of con demned diseased animals has amounted to more than five times that sum, but hogs have been the hardest to handle. It Is claimed that W per cent of diseased hogs come from Iowa, and that they get tuberculosis by being fed on skim milk. The disease Is very bad among the cattle of Iowa, but It Is easier detected In a cow than In a hog. so that the number of tu berculous cows that get to the packing houses from Iowa Is comparatively small. The prospective move of the packers Is not attributed to any philanthropic mo tives. On the contrary. It Is looked upon as a bid for leniency. It Is also regarded as a tacit admission that the government Inspectors have systematized their work so well that the packer are no longer able to make the use of diseased hogs profitable. Abandonment of efTorts at this time may properly be construed as an admis sion that the packers sre beginning to feel the weight of the federal government's hand almost before the hand has been laid on where it would do the most good. A Washington dispatch to the St. Louis Globe-Democrat asserts that the life In surance disclosures will "result In some form of congressional legislation. Presi dent Roosevelt will undoubtedly present the matter to congress again at the next ses sion, as he did In his last message. At that time he urged the passage of a meas ure that would compel the publication of all federal campaign contributions, giv ing the names of the contributors and the amounts. It Is expected that he will even go further and take up the plan proposed by Senator Chandler, In a bill Introduced in the senate in February, 1901. This measure provided that It would be unlawful for any national bank or any corporation engaged In Interstate com merce, or any company organised by au thority of the laws of congress, to make contributions for campaign purposes. Fur ther, It sought to prevent any corpora tion whatever from contributing to the campaign expenses of any member of con gress. A penalty of tt.000 for the corpora tion and 11,000 for the director or stock holder who consented to the contribu tion was provided. There was no opposi tion to the bill at the time and it was reported unanimously by the committee. "President Roosevelt Is extremely sensi tive to public opinion and the disclosures made by the New York Life company offi cials have troubled him greatly. As a matter of fact. It Is reported here that the contributions of other large corpora tions are also causing the president some Concern. Mr. Roosevelt has refused to recognize the Implied obligation on the part of the administration as a return for the cash sent to the national cam paign committee. A notable instance of this kind Is that of the packers of Chi cago, who are credited with contributing liberally to the western end of the na tional campaign. The vigor with which they have been 'prosecuted by the admin istration which they helped to put into office Is said to have caused some em phatic protests to be lodged with Mr. Cortelyon, aa chairman of the national committee." The postofflce department has posted a fraud order against Oeorge W. Eddy, 64 Temple Court, Chicago Mr. Eddy dis tributed tips on races to "millionaire pat rons of the turf." The postoffloe authorities Investigated his claims to being a "first grade docker, handlcapper, owner, and trainer of race horses," and decided that he was none of these. His accumulation of records of race horses also Is said to have failed to ma terialize when he was asked to produce them. Eddy sold his "service" for fS a week, and In his attractive circulars claimed that his method was used by the Vanderbllts, Belmonts, Keenes, and other millionaire turfmen, and that he was "on the Inside with stable boys and various other racing sleuths." Miss Fannie Weeks, the treasury clerk who was killed a few days ago by falling Into a geyser In Tellowstone park, left a will with these curious directions: "The casket shall not cost over J78. Interment shall be at Rock Creek cemetery, on high ground. In full sunshine. My grave shell be Uned, bottom and sides, with granite blocks not less than one foot thick. A granite monument shall be placed at mx grave. It shall not cost more than 180 and shall bear the following Inscription: 'Miss Fannie A. Weeks. Died, such a date. "He glveth his beloved sleep." ' My funeral shall be held from the New York Avenue Presbyterian church. The Order of the Eastern Star shall officiate. Mr. Wright, on O street, northwest, shall be the undertaker." Ontlook for Good Government. Indianapolis News. Altogether the outlook for good govern ment In this country is more encouraging than It has been for years. The very ex posures, which have so shocked and pained us all, make in that direction. The same spirit that Is now burning so brightly In Philadelphia must blaze throughout the country. The people must realise, as they are realising, that parties are valuable and useful only as they are clean and hon est. Aaoomlna; l'sssrr RUk. Chicago Chronicle. It la not a question whether the presi dent can get out of New Orleans If be goes Into that city during the prevalence of yellow fever; he can get out all right. It is a question, however, whether he ought to go In while the Infection Is still active, it is not a merely personal matter with the president. He has to consider the peril which la Incurred, not by Theodore Roose velt, but by the president of tbe Vntted States. A HATTER 1(11)! I Absolutely Puro MS HO SUBSTITUTE A Cream of Tartar Powder free from alum or phos ' phatio acid CHARLES B. LKTTOJt. Bradshaw Republican: In the selection Of Judge Charles B. Letton for the su preme bench the republican state conven tion conferred sn honor upon one of Ne braska's most worthy citizens. The con vention, to our mind, could not have done better. Mr. Letton should be elected by the largest majority ever given any state candidate, because he Is clean, competent and one of the common people. Vahoo Wasp: The republican state con vention nominated Hon. C. B. Letton for supreme Judge efter a very exciting con test. The candidates for the nomination were all gentlemen of ability, fully com petent to fill the position, but, after all. Judge Letton appears to come nearer rep resenting those Ideas for which the re publican party is contending that his rivals. We congratulate Judge Letton on his great victory and believe the party and state made no mistake in choosing him as their standard bearer. Humboldt Leader: Judge C. B. Letton la recognised as one of the most able Jurists of the state, and we of the Judicial district where he has served creditably as Judge know him to be In every way wor thy of confidence.. His elevation to the supreme bench In the state of Nebraska at this time would be a most fitting tribute to his talents and his high standing, and his selection for the race by the republican party Is a compliment to the southeastern part of the state, which Is most enthusias tic In behalf of Falrbury's favorite. Blue Springs Sentinel: The republican state convention could not have made a better selection for Its candidate for the supreme bench than they did when they named Judge Charles B. Letton, Fair bury. The Judge has grown to manhood In Jefferson county, and those who have known him longest and best are his warmest supporters. The editor of , the Sentinel is pleased to see him secure this nomination. For eight years he was Judge of the First Judicial district and retired to accept a position as supreme court commissioner with a spotless record. Ills majority will be a handsome one. . ... Beatrice Times: Judge Letton has come into possession of much more than a nom ination to the supreme bench by a politi cal party that is abundantly able td elect him. His nomination carries with It the guarantee that In him the masses of the people of Nebraska have a friend In the best sense of the term, while every cor porate Interest can, with equal certainty, rely upon absolutely fair treatment at his hands. His great majority at the No vember polls should be a reflex of the heroio and dramatic conditions which made him the nominee of the republican party for supreme Judge. Gage county should give him tOOO majority over all opponents, and the Times predicts here snd now that this la Just about what It will do. PERSONAL NOTES. The death of Ratn-ln-the-Faco was all right except for a tardiness of about thirty years. A woman cashier brought Into court by her employers on a charge of embezzlement Is one of the latest sensations in Chicago. Sir Thomas Llpton's toss from the horse he was riding Indicates that he Is not so much at home as a knight as he is as a viking. Denver reporters are so enterprising that one of them had an interview there with Mr. Schwab Just as the gentleman was leaving Paris. Although reform hasn't progressed very far In Philadelphia at least one resident thinks the town Is regenerated and has developed an apparatus for telephoning to the Angel Oabrlel. Unfortunately the only connection yet made has been with a policeman. Dr. Maurice Francis Egan, professor of comparative philology In the Catholic uni versity at Washington, has been decorated by King Leopold of Belgium "for distin You walk with her, you rock herf you give her sugar, you try all kinds of things I But she coughs all through the long night, just the same ! No need spending another night this way. Just a or two of Ayer's Cherry Pectoral will soothe the fe throat, quiet the cough, Ask your doctor about the wisdom of your keeping this remedy in the house, ritady for these night coughs of the children. Dociors have the formula. They know all about this medicine. Kane by ra O. t SWUMll 1TT pint Tidow-Fet tie kair. I'i ielrJLaLA get tte Moos. OFIIEALW guished literary merit" When the deoora tlon arrived Dr. Egan was away. Mrs. Egan, who has small veneration for royalty forwarded It to him. saying In a letter that she was sending him "a sort of trousers button" which had" Just come from Europe. An association has been formed at Wash ington, with Charles C. Glover of Rlgga' bank at Its head, to erect a monument to Pocahontas. The Jamestown exposition Is to be made the occasion of "the dedica tion! Committees of 100 ,wlll' be formed. The first 100 will bo composed of the de scendants of Pocahontas, among whom sre siime of the most distinguished persons In the country. The committees will collect the money to erect the monument. Peter P. SheKey of Boise City, Idaho, contributes to the Portland Oregonian a great boost for the ozone of his home city. He says It has no rival outside of Pan and Lourdes In France. These favored spots have certain drawbacks, whereas In Boise one may Inhale undiluted ."the perfumed air of Paradise." This song Is a shade more melodious than that which Mr. Shelley used to sing when Omaha was bis habitat. But the old love Is shelved for the new. The Oregonian adds a note to the contri bution to the effect that Mr, Shelley has applied to President Roosevelt for a posi tion on the Interstate Commerce commis sion, stating that he is "the only applicant west of the Missouri river endowed with proper qualifications for the Job who Is not In some way connected with a railroad." POINTED PLEASANTRIES, "What makes Pock look so worried T "He's been contesting his wife's will.' "Why. I didn't know his wife was dead." "That's It she isn't." Cleveland Leader. Sarah Brum You ought to come to our church some day and near our handsome young minister Sarah Bellum Huhl Tou ought to come to our church and hear my .landsome young minister! Chicago Tribune. ' "Whom do your two little boys resemble, Mrs. Flitter?1' - "Well, -the homely boy looks like' his father and acts like me; and the pretty One looks like me and acta like his father."1 Brooklyn Life. Molly He Is a student at one of the big colleges. Polly Nonsense! He talked with us for an hour when he waa here yesterday and never used a bit. of slang. Somervllle Journal. "Your husband travels a great deal, doesn't he?" "Yes, a great deal." "You never go with him?" "No." "Ah, yes, I remember now. Your husband told me he was never happier than when on the road." Cleveland Plain Dealer. "The average man, no doubt, Is bent upon attnlnlng wealth and fame." , "Yes; but no matter how he's bent he usually gets Into straitened clrcumstanoes." Philadelphia Ledger. Knlcker What Is your new preacher like? Rocker Fine, he has elevated thoughU and a subway volco. New York Bun. "ly de time you's old enough," said Cncle Eben, "to tell de difference between a broken heart an' disappointed vanity, you's old enough to realize dat It doesn' make much diff'rence, nohow-" Washing ton Star. OMK TIME. Eugene Field. Last night, my darling, as you slept, I thought I heard you sigh, And to your little crib I crept, And watched a space thereby; And then I stopped and kissed your brow For oh! I love you .so You are too young to know It now, But some time you shall know I Some time, when In a, darkened place, Where others come to weep, Your eyes shall look upon a face Calm In eternal sleep; The speechless lips, the wrinkled brow The patient smile shall show You are too young to know It now. But some time you shall know! Look backward, then. Into the years And see me here tonight See, oh, darling! how my tears Are falling as I write; And feel once more upon your brow The kiss of long ago You are too young to know it now, BJt some time you shall know) insure a good night's rest. 1 aver Oe , roweU. Haas. Lur.re t AVBRa im t a m uuhmmm Atkk'8 AGU C6kS-tM sjaiaria tuaagm
