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THE OMAHA DAILY BEE: TUESDAY, OCTOBER 10, 1905. Tim Omaha Daily Dee. E. R08EWATER. EDITOR. rVBUSHECj EVERT MORNING. -4- TERMSOF BL'BBCRiFTION. Tity Be (without "indr. on year...t4oft Illjr Bee ntV Sunday one year... 00 Illustrated on, ycar i M Bunday Beeona year !' Saturday pj., one year 1.60 DEIJVERED BY CARRIER. t)aly Bee (without Sunday), rr week.... 12" Dally dnrludlnn Sunday), per week. .17c F.venlng (without Sunday), per week. fl .vnlngHee (with Sunday), per week....10o BundayhM, per ropy &: Address complalnli of lire gularltles In de livery Ao City Circulation Department. officf:s. Omfeha The Bee RulMlng. Bnth Omaha City Hall Building. Cofunrll Bluffs 10 Pearl Street. CJfilcaro 1SJ I'nlty Building, w lora I6(fl Homo L.lf ins. Hunaing. Washington 641 Fourteenth Street. ' CORRESPONDENCE, f" Communications relating to news and ed- JtJee, tentorial Department. REMITTANCES. Remit hy rtraft.express or postal order, payable to The Bee Publishing Company. .Only -cent stamp received In payment of tnall accounts. Personal checks, except on Omaha or eastern exchanges, not accepted. THE BEH PUBLISHING COMPANY. ' ' STATEMENT OF CIRCULATION. ' - tats of Nebraska, Douglas County, ss: C. C. Rosewater, secretary of The Bee Publishing Comrany, being duly sworn, says that the actual number of full and complete oonles of The I mil v. Morning. Evening- and Bunday Bee printed during the monin or aeptetnoer, IVa, was as follows: 1 30,400 18 81.700 t ftl.ri.10 IT 2.910 1 Mt.BSO li S0.700 4 BOUM) 1 .10,700 80.T7O 20 33,410 .A 0,R20 II SO.820 T BO. TOO 22 8O.HO0 si.ooo 3 ai.nsto 81.MOO 24 8O.OB0 lfl.. 29,000 28 81, ISO 11 SO.HOO 26 81.080 11 80.T50 27 80.000 13 SO.TIO 28 80.7TO 14 SO.BSO 80.H70 It 81,OSO M 31.8HO Total :, Iees unsold copies . .020,820 .. 10,11)2 Net total salea 016,82 Dally averago HO,44 C. C. ROSEWATER, Sec'y. Subscribed In my presence and sworn to peroro me tnis su day 01 tieptemoer, iwo. Sea M. . 11UNQATK. Notary Public. WHEN OCT OF TOWS. Sabacrlbers leaving: the city tem porarily should have The Be mailed to them. It Is better than a dally letter from heme. Ad dress will be changed as oftea as reqaested. ITic Horse show manngers should ar range at once for a continuation of Ak-Bar-Beu weather. It Is officially announced that no mar tial law has been declared at Moscow, but no promises are nrnde that It will not be. Eugene Debs has been lecturing In Omaha and he has not said that be would never again be a candidate for tba presidency, either. The news that Mexican rurales have killed a number of bandits Indicates that the fight for the division of the spoils baa crossed the line. ' ' With the owners of oil wells paying the salaries of Russian policemen Baku promises soon to arrive in social devel opment at the stage of Cripple Creek. ID declaring the t'nlteti States to be "money mad" Governor Ilanly of In diana was not intentionally offering an excuse for the former auditor of that state. The only thing still lacking now la a demand by tha popocratlc organ, "a la Tom Lawson," for the Immediate and unconditional resignation of Chancellor Andrews. The report from Washington that the president '"fears" the senate requires light revision. He may have no confi dence in the senate, but fear is not the word to use. That New York burglur who con fessed to implication in more than 400 burglaries in two years shows that the mauraudlng activity in Gotham is not confined to Wall street. The chief complaint of Omaha's out-of-town visitors is the lack of adequate hotel accommodations of the' first class. That promised new 'fireproof hotel was never more badly needed. Great Britain U now to establish a national guard of volunteers. The au thorities must hare been comparing tho work of the United States against Spain with that of the British against the Boers. If it is true tha( Japanese officers fired the magazine of a battleship to suppress a mutiny, Russian officials in the Black sea may learn something to their advantage for the future from the islanders. This postmortem Loomls-IJowen con troversy shows that Secretary Hay was something of a diplomat at home as well as abroad. The scandal never be came a' public one until he was com pelled to leave the Btute department. If Governor Folk will read the opin ion of the 8t Louis judge In the Ram sey Gould contest he may nud enough work at home to keep bltu busy without accepting Tom Lawson'a invitation to help reform the insurance situation in New York. ' It is an odd coincidence that Missouri abould be the first of the principal states of the union to threaten the New York Life Insurance company, while It is the only state where men have been placed on trial for introducing "hold up" bills in the legislature. , The street railway company is said to bo acquiring the right-of-way for an exteuslon from Houtb Omaha to Fort Crook. X street railway Hue to Belle vue aud Fort Crook is one of the long felt wants wbicti It Is to 1; bopt4 will too a be atisfivoV THE DCAL TARIFF FLA If, Senator Ixxlgo is In favor of a dual tariff or maximum and minimum sched ules. In bis speech to the Massachusetts republican convention he said he had for many years advocated such a tariff and Intimated hearty approval of the action taken by the Chicago conference In adopting as its sole proposition that we should get reciprocity by a dual tariff. It Is therefore very probable that Mr. Iodge will le found a leading exponent of this plan in congress, go far as we have observed the action of the Chicago conference bos not made a very great impression upon the country. The gen eral comment upon it, while not alto gether unfavorable, baa tn the main not been commendatory. Being a European policy there has quite naturally been raised here a question as to the expe diency of importing it. A tariff system that answers for France or Germany might not be found to work satisfac torily for the United States and the pro posal that we make such a departure from a long-established policy calls for the most careful consideration. President Roosevelt is expected to give a good deal of attention to the tariff in his next annual message and there will be very great interest in what he shall say. The Intimate personal rela tions between the president and Senator Lodge suggest the probability that the views expressed by the latter may re flect those entertained by Mr. Roosevelt. Both, of course, ore earnest advocates of the maintenance of protection. The Massachusetts senator is not opposed to revision, but It should be revision that keeps protection in view. Terbaps this is also the view of the president aud if so. the fifty-ninth congress may revise the tariff. As to the dual plan there seems at present to be no probability that It will even be seriously considered, though a vigorous campaign in support of it, by the interests which were rep resented in the Chicago conference, is promised. The tariff position of Mr. Roosevelt will exert o potent Influence upon congress and tha country. MEETING THE DEFICIT Although the financial condition of the treasury has Improved in the last few months, that is to say, there has not been so wide n divergence between re ceipts and expenditures, still the ques tion of providing against a deficit at the close of the current fiscal year is receiv ing attention. Representative Burton of Ohio, who is being talked of for the chairmanship of the house committee on appropriations, thinks that economy should be practiced wherever possible and the enactment of laws for more revenue avoided, but if economy should not accomplish the purpose then a deficit will have to be met in some other way. In the opinion of the Ohio congress man the simplest and best way of in creasing revenue, if that shall be found necessary, ia . to(put a ,Bmail duty on coffee. He suggests that with our large Island possessions there is tio reason why we should not raise all of our own coffee instead of buying from South America and elsewhere. He thought a small tax on coffee would not be felt by the people and would ultimately result, in all probability, in building up a great Industry of our own. The government can get a revenue of $30,000,000 on nually from the imports of coffee, with a duty of 3 cents a pound, which with economy would prevent a deficit for a good many years, but it is not to be doubted that such a tax would be very unpopular, even though consumers did not feel it The opposition party would make all possible use, of it and because of this it is an expedient not likely to be adopted. A COXVKXTIOy OF BACKERS. Today the annual convention of the American Bankers' association will meet at Washington. It Is an impor tant body, representing the vast bank ing interests of the country and com posed of men of the highest intelligence In their sphere of activity. The views of such a body in regard to financial affairs are entitled to the most careful consideration by the public and by the people's representatives in congress. What they publicly counsel In regard to the monetary system of the country, as the teaching of their study and experi ence, should not be treated with indif ference. It is not probable that this conven tion will have much to recommend In the way of changes. It may be ex pected to point out certain defects and how they may be remedied, but it will doubtless be found that the bankers are on the whole pretty well satisfied with the existing conditions, as Is certainly the case with the industrial and com mercial interests. There are still cur rency reformers, persons who never lose an opportunity to urge that there are fundamental faults in our currency sys tem, which If not speedily remedied will inevitably bring trouble and perhaps disaster. There must be greater elas ticity for our paper money, say the re formers, yet it is' a fact that this paper currency has been adjusting itself to the business of the country in a most satisfactory way for years and there seems to be no good reason to think it will not continue to do so. purlug all the years of our great prosperity there has been no trouble experienced from a lack of elasticity In the bank currency. Then there are advocates of an asset currency, but these have, found so little public support that they ara less persists eut thau formerly la urging their view. It U likely, however, that they will be heard in the convention. Unquestion ably" there are some plausible arguments for an asset currency, the strongest be ing that tho govwuuieut bond basis may not always be adequate, but the quite general feeling seems to be that no harm will be done If we wait until the exigency artae. That basis will - be ample for some years to come and it Is form of security lu VLkh the people have the roost Implicit confidence. There are still persons who insist that one of the most essential things for Im proving our financial system Is to re tire the greenbacks. That proposition has been before the country for ninny years. It has been discussed In con gress. In the press, by conventions of bankers ami by commercial lodies. Pop ular sentiment, however, has continued to be strongly against It and the number of Its supporters has not Increased. No party will take thp responsibility of re tiring the greenbacks. It is undoubtedly the general opinion In the fuslness world that we are doing very well under our currency system and that nothing Is to be gained, but possibly some injury done, by-meddllng with It. Those who urge so-called re forms unquestionably believe sincerely that there Is danger ahead If what they propose shall not be adopted, but per sons of eqnslly clear vision and sound Judgment do not shore in the apprehension. THE CUCXJT BUARD. The voters of Douglas county will be called upon at the election next month to choose two members of the county board to succeed to the places of two outgoing members. The republicans have made two exceptionally excellent nominations for these positions In Em met G. Solomou and W. G. Ure, both of whom are peculiarly fitted for the ex acting duties of the office. During the period, lasting several years, when the management of county affairs was In the hands of a democratic majority, from which it was only rescued a year ago, tho county business fell to such a low state of demoralization and reckless extravagance that the most careful management is needed to put it again upon an economical and systematic basts. Considerable headway has already been made in the direction of Improve ment under the republican majority which took charge the first of the year, but much more Is to be done. To ex pedite the work it is essential not only that the board be protected from . the menace of democratic control, but also that the new members bring with them the determination and the ability to carry on the program of renovation and retrenchment to its completion. Mr. Ure's experience us a member of the Real Estate exchange tax reform committee and Mr. Solomon's familiar ity with the good and bad features of county government, gained by his serv ice in the offices of the county clerk and of county auditor, would make them most valuable members of the county board. In point of reputation for integ rity and square dealing Douglas county voters have never hod before them can didates for these positions who stand higher. So important is It to the tax paying citizens to have such men at the helm of county affairs that they ought to be elected by overwhelming majori ties without even soliciting the favor or support of anyone. Nebraska has a born diplomat whose talents have up to this time been bid under a bushel. He has only been uncovered In the person of President Crabtree of the Peru Normal school by his public statement, in his capacity as retiring treasurer of the National Edu cational association, with reference to the embezzlement disclosures upon Trof. Dougherty. President Crabtree is quoted as saying: I see no reason why the arrest of Super intendent Dougherty should .cause alarm in national educational circles. The sys tem of keeping accounts and. of handling the funds of the association is so perfect that It would seem Impossible for any one member of the board of trustees to divert any of the funds of the association. Super intendent Dougherty has simply been a member of the board of trustees. He was president of the association at one time, but the president has nothing whatever to do In the matter of Investing association funds. - Note bow careful the retiring treas urer U not to say that there is no cauae for alarm or that the system of keeping accounts is so perfect that It Is impossi ble to divert the funds. Superintendent Dougherty was president of a bank bui posed to have a system of checks and balances so perfect that no one could steal out of its treasure chest, but the system broke down. Under the circum stances it might not be a bad idea for the National Educational association to have its money counted and its books checked up. State Superintendent McBrien pub licly advises school authorities through out the state that It will be to their ad vantage to give teachers a leave of ab sence to attend the forthcoming meeting of auperintendents and principals. To give teachers a leave of absence at this season of the year means shutting up the school rooms aud depriving the school children of Instruction to which they are entitled. Would it not be a great deal better for the principals and auperintendents, if they want teachers to attend, to fix their meetlngs'at a time when they will not Interfere with the regular sessions of the schools, which are by no means too long? The difficulty experienced by Lincoln in finding a suitable name for a new city park, of which part of the land is donated by William J. Bryan, is an old atory over again. Omaha's principal park, the gift of Andrew J. Honscom, has from the beginning gone by the name of the donor, who is still very much alive, and we have another park, too, named after Dr. Miller, who U con stantly in lively evidence among us. Colonel Bryan should have a chance to picnic in Bryan park if he wants to. Omaha is entitled to congratulate It elf again on the orderly character of the crowds participating in the recent carnival. The record of arrests shows that the police were quite able to keep the crowds in hand by mere show of authority and without resorting to any 0QUual methods Tun $ertlvn la a safe one that In no other cily could an assemblage of such numbers, subject to the same temptation to disorder, be had with such marked good behavior. President Ramsey los-s the first legal contest for the possession of the Wa bash railroad because his bands are not clean enough to approach a court of equity, which shows that chickens some times como home to roost even with reckless railroad officials. Efficacy ( Stead-rat Toiler. St Louis Globe-Democrat. Exports of American manufactures this year will reach a total of over $500,000,000, an Increase of about $so,000,000. The stand pat policy Is a, long way removed from stand-still result. la the Second Clasa. Detroit Free Press. Mr. Ramsey can hardly hope to compete successfully with the life Insuranre com panies for a share of public attention when he has nothing more Imposing than a rail road scandal to support his claim for con sideration. A Notable precedent. Springfield Republican. The cost of the president's southern tour In transportation Is estimated at between $6,000 and ' 13.000, if he pays the regular railroad rates. And he Is to foot the bill right up to the hilt, according to Washing ton reports. No free rides this trip! Bravo! A precedent will be made which will never be broken by future presidents) but, mean while, provision for presidential tours will evidently have to be made by congress.. Real Thins; tn Pathos. Baltimore American. The n ost pathetic Incident yet In the whole insurance Investigation Is the way in which one man testified ' how he tried strtnuously, but' almost Unavalllngly, to keep his Income down, even to the extent of refusing real money. Thus It seems that after a certain stage is passed graft is self-perpetuating, which ought to be taken Into charitable consideration by the too-severe critics of the victims of the tainted money habit. Gettlan- Rich Qnlelc. Kansas City Star. As to "get rich quick" concerns, what could be more successful than the big In surance companies so far as the chief of ficials of those institutions are concerned, especially under those, interesting family arrangements by which perpetuity In of fice is secured? The assumption that when the explicit contracts with policy holders have been fulfilled the obligations of the trust have been completed is wrong, and it is absolutely contrary to the avowed principles of Insurance. The presumption is that insurance rates are based on cor rect mortality statistics and the reasonable cost of operation, not upon the excesses of $100,000 salaries and extravagant commission to agents. Rate Making; and Rate Regalatlon. Wall, Street Journal. "Political rate-making for railroads" Is the term used by former Seoretary Richard Olney In an article on the question of gov ernment control of railroad rates. Mr. Olney makes the same error in the dis cussion of this question that So many other opponents of President Roosevelt's policy fall into. What is proposed is not rate making at all. .Voder a system of govern ment control suh as proposed by the presi dent, the railroads would continue to make rates the same as they do now. The Roose velt proposition Is regulation of rates, which is something very, different Indeed. The railroads would make rates, and all that the government would do would be to change such , rates as were found to be inequitable, after due . Investigation and trial, and to put equitable rates in their places. v . DEFIANCE OF LAND GRABBERS. Illostratloa of the Wrath of People "Canarht with tha floods." Pittsburg Dispatch. An example of the persistent way In which those who get hold of property that does not belong to them fight for their plunder seems to be presented In Nebraska, where cowboys In the employment of the leading ranchers have begun the work of Intimidating and driving away witnesses as to the grabbing and fencing In of public lands. The process In a certain class of minds Is very simple. Land, or other prop erty, Is recognised as a very nice thing to have; the grabbers lay hold of it, and when the tardy law comes along and calls for restitution they indignantly proceed to fight for their "rights." Some two years ago Colonel John S. Mosby, investigating this subject at a gov ernment agent,' reported that the cattle ranchers had fenced in millions of acres of publlo lands , and proposed to Institute measures ot ejection. The cattlemen at once proceeded to threaten civil war and horrified senators from Nebraska hastened to Washington to protest against the rash proceedings. It 'has to be confessed that a discreditable retrograde was made and Colonel Mosby was silenced. Secretary Hitchcock has been proceeding quietly but surely to the same end. In re sponse to his measures and in the defense of millions of plunder the land-grabbing interest is reported to be driving witnesses out of the country and threatening worso things to them. Blnce this amounts to a clear defiance of Justice it is to be hoped that the administration will show no swerving from its support of the secretary's measures. LOWER LIVING EXPENSE!. A Fatara Prospect Which Sheald Hot Retard Present Hastle. Chicago News. Secretary Wilson's prediction that the great crops raised this year will result in a marked lowering of the cost of living to the consumer is of vital interest to every body and to none more than to the man wi.U a fixed Income. The salaried worker, it Is generally agreed, baa derived the least benefit from the recent period of pros perity. His pay has remained stationary or nearly so. His rent, his coal, kerosene, clothes, meats and groceries have steadily Increased tn price. No one who bears the expense of maintaining a household can have failed to note these things. Considering the abundance of the yield on tha western farms, soma decline in prices seems reasonable, though whether it will be as marked as Secretary Wilson seems to expect is a question that can be answered only by experience. The farmer probably will get less tor his wheat and corn, and in view of the slse of the corn crop the cattle grower presumably should be able to fatten his cattle at a lower cost. These factors will count In the long run, but the cautious customer will not expect the re sults to manifest themselves too early. Prices respond quickly to all influences tending toward a rise, but they are niuch less likely to fall quickly. Each one of the middle men through whose hands a com modity passes on its way from producer to consumer is glad of a chance to put up prices and Is loath to lower them. Add to these considerations the fact that the railways and corporations controlling the machinery of distribution will not will ingly accept a reduced profit, and the rea sons for believing the redaction In living expense will com very gradually axe man Ifcst BITS OF WASHINGTON I.I FP1. Minor Scenes and Incidents Sketched on the Spot. Ever slr.ee the congress In exercising Its gracious generosity decreed private sec retaries for senators and representatives over-curious people have wondered what these functionaries did to Justify their place on the payroll. Simply drawing their salaries would not be sufficient exercise to produce the glow of health, the ani mated spirit the celerity of movement which distinguish them In action. They do real work. Positive proof of the state ment Is supplied by a Washington corre spondent. The secretaries work, let the startling fact be repeated, and this Is their busy season. "From now on until late next spring," says the veracious cor respondent, "secretaries to members of congress will bo engaged In prepet rating that annual Joke, the distribution of gar den seeds to the faithful of their districts. This Is the one arduous undertaking these young men have, and is dreaded In pros pect, and ended with a sigh of relief. It Is really a "Job" of considerable propor tions for 12,000 labels must be addressed to dispose of the allotment of vegetable seeds; there are desldes BOO packages of flower seeds, a few boxes of bulbs of hardy an nuals, lawn grass seed, grape vines and strawberry plants that must find places among the residents of each district. Noble cause, nobler deed! Dispensing humor and seeds to a proud people is a task calculated to ennoble the doer and living tout the highest qualities of patriot ism. Dr. Wiley of the Agricultural department has prepared n Interesting report on the manner of making liquors and wines abroad. Judging from its contents most of them are rank. Most Scotch whisky that in exported to this country, the report says, is blended with grain spirit made from corn. Irish whiskies are also mixed with this sort of alcohol, especially at Belfast. The doctor says the British law allows English manufacturers to make any sort of a mixture at all with liquors Intended for exportation. It It recommended that certi ficates from our consuls be required to the effect that goods exported to this cohntry are slmlllar to goods Intended for British consumption, which have to be pure. The British manufacturer can put any kind of a label he chooses on his product. The German law permits the addition of sugar and straight alchol to liquor and to increase their spirituous qualities. In France the making of artificial wine Is not permitted except for home consumption. Dr. Wiley says that the character of brandies sent to the United States depends upon the Integrity of the merchants. The report states that foreign manufacturers are greatly Interested In our new Inspec tion law and are endeavoring to comply with it. Various officials ot the Treasury depart ment are urging Secretary Shaw to recom mend to congress at the coming session an appropriation to replace all the sandstone used in the east front of the treasury build ing with granite, end Secretary Shaw has the matter under advisement. The super vising architect of the treasury has been consulted, and his estimate Is that it will take 1350.000 to do the work. His opinion is that if the sandstone Is not replaced before a great while some serious accident may happen as the sandstone crumbles away in big pieces at times. Three or four years ago the sandstone plates that held the upper part of the giant pillars began crumbling so fast that it was found necessary to take them out alto gether, and replace them with steel plates. If this had not been done the entire upper part of the portico might have fallen in any minute. Blnce then pieces of the cornices have fallen away, and, worse than all, prac tically all of the balustrade above the por tico crumbled to pieces, and had to be re placed with wooden imitation pieces. The east front is, therefore, a patched up affair, composed of sandstone, steel plates, and wooden balustrade. The patching contin ues, as it is necessary to be making repairs at all times. An inspector goes over that part of the building right along. By replacing the sandstone east front with granite the entire outer portion of the treasury will then be of granite, and will last almost as long ' as time. The present sandstone portions of the building were erected between 1812 and 120, and have never been painted. It is paint that keeps out the dampness and preserves the stone. The White House Is built of Virginia sandstone, and architects say that decay In the building has been prevented only by the most liberal coats of white -paint containing an abundance of white lead. Nearly every year the building is painted. This year it was washed by soap and other processes, and looked cleaner than It has ever looked before. The east front of the old portion of the capitol is built of sandstone from down In Virginia, and this, too, has been preserved by paint. The sandstone portion of the east front of the treasury la represented only in the portion where the colonnade la seen. When the new wings of the building were put up of granite the old sandstone was en veloped on the north and west sides by granite. Oood Judges of liquor agree that White House whisky during the Roosevelt resi dence there has been of uniformly good quality. Tradition has It that James Bu chanan kept the best liquor ever seen in the executlvo mansion. It Is said that he had In his cellar at Wheatland enormous quantities of the best rye whisky In the world when he died. It is Said, and the story used to be told with the precision and circumstantiality that gave It the im press of truth, that whisky that is, good whisky and such whisky as he drank had no other intoxicating effect on James Buchanan than a gentle exhilaration and that he could drink a gallon of It a day without preoeptible effect on his physique or the slightest disorder of his mind. Senator Farakcr and Rata Making-. Cincinnati Enquirer. Senator Foraker attempts to place rail road rates upon the same footing as labor. wheat and other neoessarles of life, The difference Is too palpable to require state ment. The railroad Is a publlo corporation, deriving Its existence and all its powers from legislative grant. It may seise ana appropriate private property, and It pos sesses a practical monopoly as a carrier, giving it power and opportunity to op press which can never exist In connection with the ordinary commodities and neces sities of life. For ' the great privileges granted it is perfectly fair to say we will retain and exercise an equitable control over the compensation you are to receive for your service. It shall not be excessive and it shall be equal to all. We will tol erate neither extortion nor unjust discrimi nation. It would be monstrous could not the state to that degree curb and control Its own creature, and why not through a commission. If that aeema to be the most expedient and effective method T Warlike Prafessare an Peace Faetlag. Springfield Republican. The numerous Japanese memorials to the throne against peace were as effective as last year's almanacs, Tha privy council at Toklo passed the Portsmouth treaty. as the whole world expected It to. The chief outward result of the popular pro tests was the removal of a professor or two from chairs In the University of Toklo As sometimes happens, the professors were the wlUUst for M JFiYty Yczro r (SWAM TT A TTrnTMTr I ' 1 l I 1 I Ml f 1 "II I jjBJrMiUhMD A Grcam of Tartar Povidos fJado From Grapaa Ho Alum PERSONAL NOTES. The life Insurance big men were the original get-rtch-qulck men. Mayor Dunne's refusal to put relatives on the payroll must seem a mystery In In surance circles. President Loubet says he will probably withdraw from politics altogether when his present term expires. He could have a re-election, but will not. "David Harum," the novel written by the late Edward Noyes Westcott, netted the author's estate about $125,000, accord ing to a statement made In surrogate court Syracuse, New Tork. Robert B. Roosevelt, an uncle of Presi dent Roosevelt, Is going to make an at tempt to have the scrub pines of Long Island destroyed and supplanted by the more beautiful and useful white pines. Hon. Charles 6. Loblngler, formerly of Omaha, delivered the address of welcome when Seoretary Taft and party visited the Philippine province of Leyte, August 23. Mr. Loblngler Is Judge of the Twelfth dis trict, with headquarters at Tacloban. Dudley Buck, probably the greatest organist this country has ever produced, has gone to make his permanent home in Munich, Germany, there to enjoy the handsome life income from royalties paid him by American publishers for his com positions of church music John B. Atkinson Is ten years older In point of service than any other government employe in Washington. Mr. Atkinson, a native of Pennsylvania and now in his TSth year, entered the civil service as clerk In the treasury department 41 years ago and has been there ever since. ' One of the interesting features of the peace reception In connection with Presi dent Roosevelt's return to Washington was the playlra by the Marine band at the White House concert of the new patrlotlo song. "Roosevelt, the Pcaoe Vic tor," the words and music of which were Composed by Irvln J. Morgan, of Phila delphia. REBATES DISGL'ISED AS DAMAGE. Opportanlty to Drive tha Probe Into Tender Spot. Chicago Tribune. The "nigger" of railway discrimination is scarcely ejected from one woodpile be fore he is discovered hiding in another. The interstate commerce law requires that the same rates shall be given to all shippers, big or little, and In the printed tariffs this requirement is met. The Elkins law con tains stringent provisions in regard to re bates, and rebates In the old form are now seldom paid. But some of the big shippers have been amply compensated for the aboli tion of the earlier kinds of discrimination by the Introduction of the private car line and the private terminal track and side track systems; and it has been developed at the hearing at present going on in the federal court in Chicago that the packers have been receiving rebates In the guise of damages. Many thousands of dollars, it appears, have been paid them for injuries to live stock and dressed meats in transit which never occurred. There is the best reason for believing that the packers are by no means the only large Arms that have been and are receiving re bates disguised as damages. A thorough Investigation probably would reveal that rebates are being paid In this form to many other concerns In Chicago and In all parts of the country, despite the earnest protesta tions of railway managers that the rebate evil is dead. The claim department of a railroad Is an excellent place to cover up rebates. Property in course of transporta tion is constantly being damaged by delays, rough handling and wrecks. It la an easy matter to hand over to a favored customer larger sums than bis losses entitle him, to, and even regularly to Idemntfy him for losses never sustained. Such actio is plainly as much In violation of the Elkins them by the For over half a century Ayer's Hair Vigor has been sold in every civilized land on the face of the globe". w Is not this long, unbroken history of success the very best kind of a testimonial? htaaa y tho I. O. --. ATEt'8 Aa.SAraRrLLA Per the Stood too. cou&b. AUK'S ldXJI -C10Rai- ot tho Standard ' 111 fl f law as the direct payment of rebates and should be so treated by the courts. While the Interstate Commerce commis sion and its attorneys are Investigating ami fighting private car lines, private terminal track and side track systems, and direct re bates It might be well for them also to take a careful look Into railway claim depart ments. 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