THE OMAHA DAILY BEE: MONDAY, OCTOBER 23, 1905.
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Stata of Nebraska, Douglas County, as.!
C. C. Rose water, secretary of The Bee
Publishing Company, being duly sworn,
ay that the actual number of full and
complete copies of The Dally, Morning,
Evening and Sunday Bee printed during
the month of September, 1006. was as fol
lows: 1 80.400
2 i,.io
t 2,nno
4 80,SRO
5 80.T70
( ao,M2o
7 80.T.10
a 1,000
81.NOO
10 SHt.OftO
11 BO.HOO
12 SO,7BO
12 SO.TIO
14 SO.KflO
15 Sl.OftO
Total
Less unsold copies..
18 81.TOO
17 a.io
lg SO.TOO
It SO.TOO
20 83,410
21 30,820
22 SO.IWO
28 81.920
24 80.0B0
25 81.1U0
28 81.O30
27 80J00
28 80.7T0
29 80.070
30 81.MO
..0241,520
.. lO.lttii
Net total sales 910.028
Dally average S0.54V4
C. C. ROSEWATER, Secy.
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before me this 30th day of September, 1906.
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WHEH OCT OF TOWJT,
Snbncrlbers leaving the city tent'
porarlly ahoold have Tbe Bee
nailed to them. It la better than
dally letter from home. Ad
dreaa will be changed aa of tea aa
reqaested
MarVet reports say that rice is very
active and yet June In still considered
the favored month of brides.
Tulk about beuatifyiug Omaha with
out abolishing and demolishing tbe
hideous billboards Is simply a waste of
breath.
City work m Oinuhu is said to be
deluycd by the scarcity of teams to do
the hauling. II ere is an opening for an
automobile dirt wagon.
Perhaps tue siuiiuesi May out now
would be for the supreme court to hold
back its decision on the validity of the
lodgo primary law until after election.
"Regularity sevuis u ue stronger
even with Governor Folk than "reform"
since he has declined to speak in New
York in the Interests of Attorney Jerome.
One of the Carnegie heroes recently
decorated is only 15 years old, another
15 and still another 17 years. Age and
experience are plainly no pre-requlsites
to heroism.
The British . Foreign office doubtless
feels that it is better to be on friendly
terms with the United States than to
secure a treaty with Cuba not to Amer
lea's liking.
ripe lines from Omaha to Kansas and
Wyoming oil fields are by no means an
iridescent pipe .dream, tut the in
evitable sequence of Omaha's facilities
as a distribution center.
Tbe Omaha bunks have done the
graceful and sagacious thing In dropping
the exchange charge for checks drawn
oa country banks. It was a source of
Irritation and cause of discontent
Vote the straight ticket, but If you
want good government don't vote for a
crooked man or a man who is known to
1-e incompetent to discbarge the func
tions of the office to which he aspires.
Four linifpeuueut . telephone com-
pantos are besieging New York City for
an opeulng to break in for a franchise.
If they should all get in at once, Gotham
would Kiist'fy be inundated with talk.
If all of the' reports of the excellent
conditions t the Norfolk asylum are
true there can be no doubt of the incur
able Insanity of those two inmates who
crawled through a transom and eseaped.
If director in the Enterprise Na
tional batik of Allegheny can be pun
ished for not attending to tbe duties of
their oillce a long step will be made in
the direction vf more safe and sane
banking.
In claiming that the conservatives are
under the Influence of the breweries the
British liberals bave evidently decided it
wiser to appeal to tbe prohibitionist vote
than to attempt a pipe Hue to tbe beer
factories.
r.very f ut or interest earned on
county deposits since County Treasurer
Fiuk took office bus been paid over to
the taxpayers. For more than three
years under his democratic predecessor
not a cent of tuouey earned on county
deposits reached the taxpayers.
The spevuiriu of leun.u the market
ItouMi for a boo lu order to give a
private association a monopoly of selling
market privileges Is not very creditable
to Omaha or Its municipal government
In every other city where market bouses
nave beeu established the taxpayers
bave the bem-llt of a large revenue and
the consumers the benefit of. competition.
TUt BAKKBVPTCT LAW
In various quarters there is being
manifested a great denl of interest in
the national bankruptcy law and some
of this has reference to the question of
more or less retlieal changes In tbe law,
There Is In some directions a very pro
nounced feeling that the act should
either be repealed or materially modi-
fled and it cannot at present be deter
mined how extensive or general this
feeling is. What is unmistakable is
that there is more or less dissatisfaction
with the operation of the law and that
those who feel this way are determined
to bring what pressure to bear npon con
gress they can to either secure radical
amendments of the law or bring about
its repeal.
At tbe recent annual meeting of the
association of New York credit men the
most Important subject considered was
the bankruptcy law. It is Interesting
to note that the general sentiment was
not hostile to the law. The president
of the association said that tbe law is
better than no bankruptcy law and that
while It has Its faults they can be cor
rected by amendments. "A determined
effort," he said, "will be made by cer
tain Interests to have tbe law repealed
as soon as it can be brought about Its
repeal. In my opinion, would be a calam
ity to the commercial world, and it be
hooves us all to be on our guard and by
word and act do all we can to prevent
Its repeal." He pointed out that before
the law was enacted it was a scramble,
a constant fight to maintain one's rights,
while under the law of today every
creditor and the honest lAit unfortunate
debtor is more fairly treated than ever
before.
There Is no doubt that this fairly ex
presses the opinion of those who bave
given the law a careful and unpreju
diced consideration. Tbat it can be im
proved as to some of its details no one
will deny. There has never been claimed
for it that it Is a perfect law. It deals
with conditions that are necessarily com
plex and consequently troublesome and
It was not to be expected that the law
would be free from faults and defects.
But the best testimony in regard to it Is
that in the main It has worked well and
that under its operation most of the
abuses and evils that existed prior to
its enactment have been done away with
and a better state of affairs introduced
between creditors and debtors.
For years and years the necessity of
a national bankruptcy law was persist
ently urged by the business Interests of
the country. The existing law was en
acted at the Instance of those interests
and they should now earnestly support
it, asking only such changes as experi
ence has shown to be wise and neces
sary. '
aPPBarSflVO WHKRITANCK.
At a consequence of the decision of the
Nebraska supreme court declaring tbe In
heritance tax valid It will be up to County
Judge Vlnsonhaler to. appoint appraisers
for the various estates for which they
have been requested by the county at
torney, i
The only thing- that would delay matters
would be the filing of a motion for a re
hearing by the attorneys who appeared
before the supreme court In the test case.
It Is not thought likely, however, that
this will be done.
A number of complications will result
as a consequence of this law. 'Where the
estates are aa yet left intact appraisers
will be appointed to determine their
value. Where estates have been settled
It will be necessary to cite all the heirs
and devisees who have been recipients of
part of the estate, and bring suit in case
they fail to come forth with the tax.
The tax Is a perpetual Hen on, all In
herited property aa long as It Is held by
direct beneficiaries, and a five-year lien
en such property In the hands of pur
chasers. V
Appraisers bave been applied r for the
estates left by these persons:
Anna M. Goodrich, Addison a Carter.
Edward W. Bartlett, Clinton Orcutt.
John J. Dickey,
Lsvt Carter,
Alfred D. Jones,
E. B. Chandler,
Del H. Goodrich,
James Crelghton,
Fannie Brandels,
Jeannette Benson,
Edward W. Nash,
Fred A. Nash, L,
J. M. Metcalf,
John H. Evans,
Howard Kennedy,
Frank Murphy,
Michael Murphy,
Dan H. Wheeler,
Charlotte It Turner,
Charles D. Thomp
son. Roxena Kendall,
Anna a Millard.
Ellen M. White,
James Morton,
Benjamin Bates,
Sophronla Jones,
Jonas L. Brandels,
Peter Glandt,
World-Herald.
Tbe decisou of the supreme court in
the Inheritance tax case must forcibly
impress the people of Nebraska, and
especially tbe citizens of Nebraska's
metropolis, with the vital concern they
have in the man who fills the office of
county Judge. The heirs of the men
and women whose names are above
cited are not the only persons deeply
Interested in the manner in which the
county Judge discharges bis functions
as general administrator of the estates
of widow and orphans.
Every man, woman and child in
Omaha and Douglas county may at al
most any time become individually
concerned In the administration of
estates of deceased relatives. The
tremendous power wielded by the
county Judge in the appointment of
appraisers of large estates must be ap
parent to everybody. Impartially and
honestly exercised, the power of ap
pointing these appraisers can barm no
body, but In the bauds of an unscrupu
lous or dishonest Judge this power is a
menace to the happiness and well-being
of whole families as well as of indi
viduals. An unscrupulous and incompetent
Judge can use this power of appointing
appraisers for the estates of widows
aud orphans as a political club, either
to perpetuate himself In office or to
dictate his own successor. This appre
hension cannot be dispelled from the
minds of the thoughtful men and women
and should have great weight with every
good citizen in the selection of the sue
cesser to Judge Vlnsonhaler.
The expense of management and un
derwriting in fire lusurauce have been
figured up to equal on the average S3
iper ceut of tbe premiums. It is Just
barely possible that when the reform
ers get through with the life Insurance
companies they may find other fields to
conquer not fnr away.
TBE STATEHOOD QVtSTtuy.
Tbe Fifty -ninth congress ought to dis
pose of the statehood question and there
Is reason to think it will do so. No In
formation of a definite nature has been
given to the public Indicating what the
senate committee on territories, "which
really controls the situation, may do,
but there Is reason to believe that It
will not permit this question to go over
to another congress. There is no Justi
fiable reason why It should do so. Un
questionably two of "the territories that
are seeking admission are fully
equipped for assuming the duties and
obligations of statehood, while the others
are admittedly In better condition to be
come states than were some of the pres
ent states when they were admitted.
The question of making one state of
Oklahoma and the Indian Territory and
another of New Mexico and Arliona Is
yet to be determined and it constitutes
an issue which may not easily be set
tled. The people of the India a Territory
bave declared for separate statehood.
They do not want to be Joined to Okla
homa and they assert that they are quite
able to take care of themselves and to
carry on a state government as well as
any other young state has ever done.
They present statistics of population
and resources which appear to fully Jus
tify their claim. In regard to Arizona
the people of that territory are abso
lutely opposed to the proposition that
they should be absorbed by New Mex
ico. ( They Insist that they should be
given separate statehood and claim that
they are fully equipped for it Arizona
has gained some support in this direc
tion from a recent visit of a congres
sional party, which mnde an Investiga
tion of the resources of the territory and
the fitness of the people to assume the
responsibilities of statehood. According
to report these congressmen became
convinced that Arizona Is fully equipped
for statehood and should le given It at
once.
The Fifty-ninth congress should put
an end to this statehood controversy by
giving each territory a place in the
union of states. Every one of them is
able to present a Just claim to such con
sideration and no plausable excuse can
be found for denying it to them. Be
fore another year has gone by there
should be fonr more stars added to our
national flag.
It is Intimated that the registration on
primary election day would not count
and hence every voter who registered
September 19 would have to re-reglster.
On what grounds this assumption rests
is not conceivable. The object of regis
tration Is to prevent election frauds and
facilitate the work of polling the votes
on election day. It is not Intended to
harass voters and obstruct voting. It
is not claimed that the registration
boards that acted on primary election
day were illegally appointed. It is not
claimed that they perpetrated any fraud
in registering voters who are not en
titled to the free exercise of the fran
chise. It Is not claimed that the regis
tration of these voters would binder or
obstruct the legitimate expression of the
popular choice through the ballot box.
Why, then, should anybody who has
registered once be put to the trouble,
annoyance and time loss Incident to re
registration? Who would dare dispute
the right of a man to vote at the elec
tion, and what court would deprive him
of that right if he has once registered,
eveu though the primary election law
should b'e knocked out by the supreme
court especially if the decision is not
rendered until after the registration
daya have been passed?
The movement toward the acquisition
of the water works .Is still progressing.
Tbe president of tbe water company has
filed an answer to the soft Impeachment
presented in the federal court by the
special attorneys of the Water board
and the special attorneys of the Water
board have filed ' answers to the de
murrers and rejoinders of the water
company, and thus the vigorous wordy
combat proceeds. Just as soon as the
court stenographers can replenish their
ink supply and the printers can set the
type for the new briefs, another in
stallment of rejoinders and re-re Joinders
may be looked for. In the meantime
the Water board will continue at the
salary pumping station, serene and con
fldent of getting possession of the works
by A. D. 2000.
Tbe promotion of Herman Beal from
tbe position of city engineer of South
Omaha to that of county surveyor is in
the line of recognizing efficient service
on the part of a faithful public officer
aud it goes without saying that he will
have an overwhelming majority at the
polls.
Tbe Santa Fe rallrouu may be in a
tight place when the private car line
bearing reaches that road, as Colorado
has discovered that it now claims own
ersblp of the refrigerator cars operated
by it though it denied ownership before
the Interstate Commerce commission.
The manifesto Issued by tbe fusion
candidates for university regents prom
Ises to return only so much of the Rock
efeller donation as has not already beeu
used. Tbe theory evidently is that that
part of the Rockefeller fund that has
been converted has lost Its taint.
Tbe dreary aud monotonous campaign
is now to be enlivened by the clarion
notes of the bassoprofundo candidate
for police magistrate, who will regale
his audiences with the eucore to "Oh,
Let Me In, Maggie."
The) separation of Norway and Sweden
is referred to as aa international di
vorce. Noue of the other nations, how
ever, feel it Incumbent upon themselves
to intervene to repress this manifesta
tion of the divorce evil.
One thing President Roosevelt has
demonstrated by his latest speeches he
does not propose to be diverted from his
fight for railway rute regulation l.y any
tariff revision .sideshow or other dime
musenni attraction.
The Way of the World.
Baltimore Herald.
Today the hero rides down the avenue
In the open carriage. Tomorrow he pays
his fare In the street car.
Proraptlnas of Self-interest.
Minneapolis Journal.
Benator Elklns Is preparing a model rail
road bill. The tollgate keepers' associa
tion will regulate the tolls.
Wobbly at the To.
St. Louis Republic.
There must be no falling Into the error
of belief that Insurance has lost any of
Its high qualities as a protection for the
living after the natural protector Is dead.
Investigations ' but clear the atmosphere
and Improve the public's knowledge of one
of the most Important of the great utilities.
Rare Independence.
Chlcsgo Record-Herald.
District Attorney Jerome of New York
ays to the voters down there: "You know
what kind of a district attorney I have
been. If that Is the kind of a district attor
ney you want vote for me. If not, support
the other man." There Is a platform that
might well be adopted as a model by every
office-holder who asks for a second term.
Appetlslna Philosophy.
Boston Transcript.
Mr. Edison admits that he bolts his food,
but eats so little thst it does not hurt
him. "It's the man." he says, "who over
eats, who stuffs himself, who must be
careful how he eats." There's an Inter
esting philosophy, though one that does not
exactly to speak Bacon-wise make a full
Philadelphia l p and Uolna-.
Philadelphia Press.
Goverror Folk certainly will not go home
with s ny notions that Philadelphia Is a
slow town. It was pretty lively for him
all the time he was, here. Everybody
wanted to hear him speak. He spoke at the
luncheon early In the afternoon and he
jnade a great address at the Academv of
Music In the evening, but on his way to
that meeting the thousands on the streets
who could not get Into the building- de
manded and got a speech, and after mid
night he was compelled to address another
big crowd that had gathered In front of
his hotel. This Is what a man gets for
breaking up the boodle gang of Missouri.
The people like such work.
Miss Roosevelt's Oriental Gifts.
Boston Transcript.
If the matter of the tariff taxes on Miss
Roosevelt's presents could be put to pop
ular vote, we fancy the verdict returned
would be that the tariff is an Imposition.
If she had gone abroad and bought such
a tremendous bill of goods aa she Is bring
ing home with her, she might reasonably
be expected to pay as other girls pay for
such Importations. But the presents she
received from high and mighty ones were
given In several Instances, undoubtedly, be
cause she was the daughter of her father
and a representative of a government that
It would be wise to seem to love. And
there probably are a good many souvenirs
In the collection that she does not espe
cially care for. But 'she could not refuse
them they were thrust upon her. If she
had said she would "not take them, her
father might have' been obliged to send
a warship or two to the land of the giver
to keep the peace.
PERSONAL NOTES.
The mikado, with due reverence for his
ancestors and his own virtues, admits that
the soldiers had something to do with It.
The Irish societies of Chicago are plan
ning an extensive reception to Dr. Douglas
Hyde, president of the Gaelic league, when
he visits that city In a few weeks.
An echo of the good old summer time
may be heard In the fact that the greater
number of the awards recently made by the
Carnegie Hero Fund commission were for
rescues from drowning.
Harry C. Smith, a prominent republican
of Clevelund, has Just been nominated for
a fourth term In the Ohio assembly. He re
ceived the honor against twenty-three can
didates, twenty of whom were white.
Governor Miguel A. Otero of New Mexico.
Is one of the most extenslve'sheep breeders
In the southwest, his flocks in Gaudaloune
county alone numbering 68,000 head. He is
a native of the territory, a scion of one of
Its oldest families and speaks Spanish and
English with equal fluency.
Thomas Sammons, the American consul
general at Newchwang, Manchuria, la
rendering very valuable service in sludying
the commercial situation In that country.
Hus reports on the subject to the State
department at Washington are comprehen
sive and Informing In the highest degree,
and are attracting wide attention among
men Interested In oriental trade.
Another of those old Pacific coast stare
drivers has passed away. "Jock" Morgan
of Oregon crossed the plains with his par-
ems irom lowa In 160. and they were
seven months reaching Albany. Ore. The
ooy engaged as driver for tbe old Callfor.
nia Stage company when 10 years old, and
he was the lord of a coach until the loco
motive reached Salem. This was In ls7i
and thereafter Morgan became a ranchman.
ANTICIPATING Tilt! Ft IT RE.
One of the Wonders of the Present
Baslaess Year.
New York Commercial.
The enormous Increase In railroad euulo-
ment and extension Is one of the wondcis
of the present business year. One can
uuruiy conceive tne necessity of It, and
yet it exists, for the cry is Incessantly
beard of "car famine." The expansion is
not confined to any system or section. They
all seem to be sharing in tbe marvelous
prosperity. There Is a recent Instance that
will serve to Illustrate the extent of the
pressing needs of the great railroad sys
tems. The Pennsylvania company has or
dered fully :,000,COO worth of work 600 lo
comotives and 15.0UO freight cars on a re
cent date. Deliveries are required as rap
Idly as possible, but It will be far into the
year 19 before this order Is filled.
Another great system, the Rock Islaud,
has added more than too miles to its track
age sir.es making Its last annual report.
These vast extensions require additional
cars and locomotives. In supplying them
allied Industries are kept running full blast
and with ever-Increasing facilities.
A car-construction company announces
that there are Inquiries for fully 76,000
cars In the market. Millions of dollars
will be expended for them, and still the
roads show Increased net earnings. Of
(totals say the earnings at present would
be greater if they had the equipment.
That equipment Is being ordered in such
large quantities and by the most substan
tlal lines Is the best evidence of encour
agement la the outlook for a long-continued
season of prosperity. 'Railroads order fur
the business ahead, not for present busi
ness, and the factories will be running a
year hence supplying these orders.
HOI Nil ABOIT HW lORK.
Ripples aa the I'nrrent of life In
the Metropolis.
Every true heart beats responsive to the
touch of genuine distress. F.vcn justice
occasionally rattles her scales and sponges
the "pitying tear" with a convenient band
age. "A touch of nature," say the oracles,
"makes the world kin." Likewise the sob
of misfortune frequently tempers the pen
alty of misdeeds. A New York Judge, ren
dered callous by deceptions practiced be
fore him, was moved to pity by the plea
of a man of years, whose son was fined
$10 for throwing stones.
"I cannot possibly afford to" pay this
fine," raid the sobbing father. "1 have a
large family, and when I get through look
ing out for my children every week there
Isn't much left for me."
"How many children have you?" asked
the Judge.
"Twenty-three."
"Well, If you have twenty-three children
I guess that fine will be remitted. Any
man with a family like that deserves every
consideration." ,
When the British cruiser squadron sights
the water of New York bay next month
the sailors on board, of whatever rank,
will have ocular, vocal, gastronomic and
other evidences that blood Is thicker than
water; that England and the United States
are fraternally standing on one platform.
Plans are being made by Americans and
British residents alike to give Admiral
Prince Louis of Battenburg and his asso
ciates a fitting welcome. A dinner Is to
be given at the Waldorf-Astoria by the
St. George's society on the evening of No
vember 9 That date wns chosen because
It is King Edward's blrthd;iy. Other fes
tivities will follow, and while the admiral
prince Is on shore here there will not be
a moment that he can call his own.
Meanwhile the sailors of the squadron
are not to be forgotten. The Brooklyn
branch of the Naval Young Men s Chris
tian assoclatlon-the organlatlon for which
Miss Helen Gould lias done so much-will
take them In charge, furnishing them with
much solid refreshment and such liquid
as the rules of the association allow. The
house will be kept open for them all the
time of their stay.
Many persons, who do not care whether
ttm.n.n -tvinm or Hearst Is elected mayor
of New York, are Interested In a statement
i h. rnmnalirn has brousrnt oui, con
cerning the disposition of a fund of almost
$200,000, raised more than five years ego
by subscription from all over the country,
to build a monument to the men who lost
their lives when the battleship Maine was
blown up In Havana harbor.
W. R. Hearst was largely instrumental
In raising the fund, but nothing has been
said Rbout the monument for several years.
Timmmv challenged Hearst to explain
what had become of the money, and Hearst
replied :
-whn th mihacrlntlon list was closed.
the accounts duly wound up and vouched
for by the auditing committee oi mree.
General 'James Grant Wilson, J. Edward
Simmons and John W. Kellar, the fund
was deposited to the credit of the Maine
monument fund In the City Trust company
and the Knickerbocker Trust company five
years ago. The money has been since then
and Is now In the hands or those two trusi
companies, drawing Interest, and there it
will remain, subject to check for work
done, as the building of the monument pro
gresses." For two years, the sculptor says, he has
been at work on the figures for the me
morial, and the architect who has arranged
the base Is ready to begin construction
work as soon as a site can be obtained.
There Is hardly a locality In New York
City where works seem to be finished. lYom
end to end of the town streets are un
paved. blocks of buildings uncompleted and
a general atmosphere of 'Wnrest and of
noisy discontent existing everywhere. Like
the poor, noises are always with us. So
long as street railways exist and livery
stables are managed the streets of the city
are a bedlam. In the vicinity of the Brook
lyn bridge repairing of all sorts :-d kinds
continually goes on. The bridge itself Is
a continuous noise maker. The lofty struc
tures are made more lofty, buildings which
have been content with eight stories for
many and many years contribute en air of
desolation and a condition of upsetness
by the addition of from four to ten stories
more. As for the coming and going of a
million and more passengers every day In
the year what can be said of thatT Noise,
noise all the time. There Is no such thing
as peace, no such thing as quiet, nothing
is ever nnished.
A couple of Cockney "snorts" Just over
from "good old England" recently attended
a county fair, where they were Interested
In whippet dog trials, a favorite aumse
ment with Britishers, and scarcely less
popular than rabbit coursing. Having more
money than education, they dined at a big
hotel that night, and were astonished at
the length of the menu. They had reached
the Ice cream and cheese stage when one
said to the other:
'Say, Jim, this is a bully blowout for
fair, and there don't seem to be no end to
It. Are there any more courses?"
Jim glanced over the menu and laconic
ally replied:
"Naw, Bill. This 'ere's the final eat."
A letter received the other day by Mayor
McClellan of New York is a record breaker
even among the multiform curiosities of Its
kind sent to persons In the public eye. The
writer Is a negro,- who says: "I regret
very much that my Incarceration In the
Tombs on a charge of murder will prevent
me from taking an active part In this
campaign. - However.. I want to say that
the entire ticket headed by yourself meets
with my fullest approval and has my earn
est support. It Is too bad, though, that my
old friend Edward M. Grout Is not figuring
in the campaign."
Political Daty of Good Men.
Governor Folk at Philadelphia.
The word politician has come to have an
unsavory meuning. This should not be so.
I'nder our system of government every
citisen should be a politician In the sense
that he takes an active Interest In the
selection of those who represent the people.
When the lawless get a bad man In office,
they support him in all the evil that he
does; but when the luw-abiding get a man
in office, too often they are ready to criti
cise him and leave him to fight the battle
without their active aid. That Is the
trouble. Good men are divided and bad
men are united. If good citizens could
only be Induced to join hands In patriotic
endeavor before the election and stay
Joined after the election, the forces of error
could be vanquished like evil spirits at the
dawn of day.
- Steel Lined Coaches.
Detroit Free Press.
More than passing Interest attaches to
the announcement that a railroad company
ha placed orders for 1,(00 pressed steel
passenger coaches. Involving an expendi
ture of ever t7.OOU.000. It marks the first
step by the railroads in the country to
ward abolishing wooden, passenger cars.
The danger from coaches of the pattern
now in common use has long been apparent.
In tbe event of wreck loss of life has
usually been attributable to the ease with
which they were crushed and the con
flagrations which generally followed. Tbe
new coaches will be constructed entirely
of steel and while giving greater rigidity
and eliminating the danger of being tele
scoped, the peril from fire will be reduced
to a minimum.
r 'IFlf
STATU .PRESS ( OMMKNT.
Humboldt leader: The republicans have
one advantage yet over their democratic
brethren. They have never before made
any pledges on the pass question and then
repudiated them after election.
Kearney Hub: The Omaha Bee of Sun
day contains an exhaustive comparison of
the cost find results of the management
of state institutions under populist and
republican administrations. Every figure
and statement Is easily verified and the
show Is most flattering to the late repub
lican administration:
Uradsliaw Republican: If the editorial
pass, paid for in advertising, Is an ex
change of courtesies, what do the su
preme judge, Congressman and representa
tive give as an exchange for the courtesy
of a "free pass?" That's the question.
Answer it. some of you fellows who are
claiming that the two are Identical.
York Times: If Tom Worrall has libeled
the grain dealers of Nebraska In his book
they ought to prosecute him. The charges
be makes are serious and affect the whole
state. His statements are doing a good
deal of damage to the men Involved, for
there Is a general disposition to believe
them. They can not be treated with con
tempt. Make him prove it.
Wausa Gazette: Nebraska voters are
after the railroad machine a"hd some of
these days they will put It out of business
In spite of politicians. People are not go
ing to stand for the railroads running
things to suit themselves and the officials
who can see the fact now are the ones who
can consider themselves fortunate, and the
ones who do not are going to wake up
some day with a good Job lost.
Bradshaw Republican: It Is quite amus
ing to watch D. E. Thompson's railroad
organ, the Star, performing all kinds of
maneuvers to detract attention from the
political free pass question. Any and all
kinds of dust is being kicked up to divert
attention In some other direction. Such
newspapers as the York Times are taking
up the echo and barking at the dim light
of the Star, but with the Journal and The
Bee In line with the people there Is no
need to be discouraged.
Grand Island Independent: The Omaha
Bee states that the scandalous perform
ance In the Omaha council chamber the
other day was merely a tussel "between
the electric lighting and the gas corpora
tlons to 'see which can get Its hunds Into
the city treasury the farthest." Well, that
being the nature of the performance, It
was, after all, descent. It was open fight
ing, anyway, and none of this fine, smooth,
oily, under-handed kind you hear about
some times.
Mlnden News: A recent Issue of one of
the Omaha papers gives three columns to
a write-up under the head of the horse
show. Lovers of fine horses naturally ex
pected to find some interesting reading
matter on the equine subject, but a close
reading only shows about one-half col
umn devoted to the worthy animal, while
the other two and one-half are devoted
to the clothing worn (or rather not worn)
by the society ladles in attendance. Why
don't they call It a woman shew and be
done with It?
Wilber Nerve: Edward Rosewater pro
poses to be particular about the candi
dates he' supports, even if they happen to
be on his ticket. The Bee Is supporting
one of the democratic nominees In Douglas
county this fall. The republican la not the
kind of a man that it thinks can be safely
trusted to look after the public's ufTatrs.
The democrat is conceded to be honest and
competent and In every way worthy the
place. The Bee Is setting a good example
in doing this. It will have a tendency
to broaden the spirit of the partisan press
throughout the state, and demonstrate to
the smaller fry that the mere assertion of
honest ooinion isn't necessarily suicidal.
It will further demonstrate to the repub
lican machine that something else besides
a nomination is necessary to insure party
support'. The custom of newspapers to dis
regard all else in the candidate save his
party adulations should be abandoned and
the sooner such leading publications as
The Bee are open adherents to this policy
the easier it will be for the publications
of less standing to follow In the wake.
Public confidence In the pretentions of
newspapers in political matters has reached
i here are no
teen remedies
family medicine.
we might mention
yellow dock root,
$
thorn bark, senna leaves, burdock root, cimi-
cifuga root, cinchona bark, Phytolacca root.
Ayer's Sarsaparilla is certainly a medicine, a
genuine medicine, a doctor's medicine.
Itaae by . O. arrr Oe.. teweU, htese.
AIM auutMiact or
AT-BR'S Val TIOOTt JTor hair. ATYf ' PIU Of eoiiftlpariM.
ATsM'8 CMKkKT riIOKli w oomrt. AYsa'S A(.t CUfcJt-tat anuria Sal tree.
Csdemetl:
is the only
IHh Grade Powder,
offered to the
consumer at a
Moderate Price
It should not bo
confused with
the cheap, low
grade powders,
on the one hand,
nor the high priced
trust powders oa
the other.
a very low ebb. because of their narrow
ness and prejudice. The voter has dis
covered that little or no credit can be
given the claims of partisan newspapers
and that their part In each campaign Is
merely prefunctory a duty for the poss
bllity of reward and he has been left to
rely upon his own Judgment, to believe
about the candidates for his suffrage only
what ho knew to bo true nnd depond upon
Information only that had no connection
with paVty newspapers. We approve The
Bee's course. If the example Is followed
It will r-.ean a great accomplishment for
the good offices of newspapers and give
them an opportunity to do for their com
munities tho real benefit that they should
be capable of doing.
KLEKTIXO FIJI.
Jack the Giant Killer explained his severf
league boots.
'It was merely a natursl step for mi
after the campaign managers got through
pulling my leg," be said.
Thus we see that even fairy tales are
founded on grim realities of life. New
York Sun.
"I suppose you are one of the people who
long for old-fnshloned home cooking?"
"No." answered Mr. Cumroi, "I don t
deceive myself. What I long for Is th
kind of stomach I used to have when I
WRa , lived at home.
Washington Star. .
Knox It seems to nio, old man, thst
you're Inordinately selfish. Don't you ever
perform any act of sacrifice?
Galley Well, sometimes, when I get,
home late from the club and find my wife
In nn InqiiiFltlve mood I sacrifice the truth
a bit. Philadelphia Press.
jonesIf you had your choice of every
thing going, what kind of a Job would
you select? ,
' ponPBr think the fifth wheel on an
automobile would Just about suit me.
Detroit Free Press. '
"Here y1 are! Extry!" yelled the news
boy. "Big accident!" . .
"What was the accident, boy?" asked
Kloseman. . . .,
"Why. de accidont wux dat anuder stingy
cuss like you onct found out de news from
me wldout buyln' a paper." Philadelphia
Press. '
IN III AN" SIMMER.
S. Weir Mitchell In the Century.
The stillness that doth wait on change Is
Some r pause of expectation owns the
And faint' and far I hear the sea complain
Where gray and answerless the head
lands tower. """
Slow falls the evening of the dying year,
Mlstv and dim the patient forests lie.
Chill ocean winds the wasted woodland
grieve,
And earthward loitering the leaves
go by.
Behold bow nature answers death! O'er
head "
The niemoried splendor of her summer
eves
LaviHMd and lost her wealth of nun and
Bcariet and gold, are in her drifting
leaves.
Vain pageantry! for this, alas, is death.
Nor may the season's rlpo fulfillment
cheat
Our thronging memories of those who
d'.ed
With life's young summer promise In
complete. I
The dead leaves rustle 'neath my linger
ing tread,
Ixw murmuring ever to the spirit ear;
We were, and .yet again shall be once
more.
In the sure circuit of the rolling year.
Trust thou the craft of nature. Lol for
thee
A comrade wise she moves, serenely
sweet.
With wilful prescience mocking sense of
loss
For us who mourn "love's unreturnlng
feet. .
Trust thou her wisdom, she will recon
cile t
The faltering spirit to eternal change
When, In her fading woodwaya, thou shait
1 touch
Pear hands long dead and know them
not as strange.
For thee a golden parable she breathes
Where In the mystery of this repose
While deutk is dreaming life, the waning
wood
With far-caught light of heaven divinely
glows.
Thou, when the final loneliness draws
near,
And e'irth to earth recalls her tired'
child.
In the sweet constancy of nature trong
Shalt dream again how eying nature
smiled.
less than four j
in this standard , N
Among them
sarsaparilla root,
stillingia root, buck