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THE OMAHA DATLY BKE: WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER IS, 1905. THE OMaha Daily Dee, K. ROUE WATER, EDITOR. PUBLISHED EVERY MORNINO. TERMS OP" SUBSCRIPTION. Dally Be (without Sunday), one year. .14 1 Dally Ben and Sunday, one year ) Illustrated Bee, one year J. SO Hunday Bro, one year 1. 60 Saturday Bee, one year 1.60 DELIVERED BT CARRIER. Dally Bee (.without (Sunday), per week.. .120 Dally Bee (Including Hunday). per week .lie Evening Bee (without Punday), per week o Evening Bee (with Holiday), per week. ...loo Uuniliiy Bee, per copy So Addiesa romplalnta'nf Irregularities In de livery to City Circulation Department. OFFICES. Omaha Th.' Bee Building. South Omaha City Hall Hullfllng. Council muffs-10 Pearl Street. ChlraKo-li4i Cn.ty Building. Nw Vorlc-UKi Home Dire In. Building. Washington 61 Fourteenth Street. CORRESPONDENCE. Communications relating to new and ed itorial matter should he addressed: Omaha Bea, Editorial Department. REMITTANCES. Remit by draft, express or postal order, payable to The Bee Publishing Companv. finly I-cent stumps received an pavment of man account. Personal checks, escept on "1?.. . or ""! exchangee, not accepted. THE BEE PUBLISHING COMPANY. o,..8TATEMENT OF CIRCULATION. .? ',ot Nebraska. Douglas County, as.: r Lcc. "oMwater. aecreUry of The Bee Publishing Company, being duly sworn, say that the actual number of full and complete coplea of The Dally, Morning. Evening and Sunday Bee printed during J he month of October. 1906, waa aa fol lows: 1 M.lOO i 30.TOO IC0.90O 81,320 X1.2JO 91,1120 1 82,410 SO.02O 81,00 10 81, lOO 11 .11,100 12 SO.TIO I' 80.K20 M S1JMO ' 30.4AO 16 80.700 17 ao.ono 18 80,0.10 II SO.OSO Ift 80.020 21 81.510 28.... SO.OftO 3 80.070 24 80,000 25 81.10O 2 80.MWO 27 80,010 28 81, Hon 2 80,700 30 81,000 11 80,000 Total OU2.H40 Leas unsold copies 10.9B1 Net total sales 062.849 Dally average fto.TIT C. C. ROSE WATER, Secretary.' rVibscrlbed In my presence and sworn to bef re m this 31st day of October. 1. (Seal) M. B. HUNQATE, Notary Public. WIIES OIT OP TOWJT. Sebaerlbera learlaa; the city tem porarily ahoald have The Bee mailed te theaa. It Is better thaai dally letter from heme. Ad. dress will be changed aa oftea as requested. To the visiting Implement dealers: Make yourselves thorough! at home while in Oiniiha. Despite all the fatherly advice from the local popocratlc orguu, Chancellor Andrews seems beut ou pursuing the error of his ways. The republican etate committee Is to lie congratulated for pulling Itself out of debt, but at the same time warned not to iflo" It again. Germany and Austria are so closely touched by the demand of Russian Poles for autonomy that the revolution may become aa International Incident,. The mau who VXaugbt 'Wall street" was given fourtoeu months 111 tie pent, tentlary. Others who endeavored to teach Wall street are serving life sen tences in tbo poor houRe. Chicago now proposes to have a con vention to agitate for government reg ulation of insurance. Steps should bo taken at once to avoid a split between the friends (?) of the Idea. The suffering of Uio Jews In Russia offers a glorious opportunity for Andrew Carnegie and John D. Rockefeller and several other multi mllMonnlros, who are threatened with the disgrace of dying rich. Railway employes who And a threat of. reduction of wages in government regulation of railway rates are un necessarily alarmed unless they are will ing to admit that present wages are eicesslrc. The United States has brought suit against the St. Louis Terminal com pany to break np an alleged monopoly on bridges at that point. "The big tick" seems to And considerable work In Missouri. That Milwaukee beer case In the fed eral courts reminds us that the freight rate for shipping beer from Omaha to Norfolk, about l.V) miles, is more than flouble the rate from Milwaukee to Nor folk. COO miles. James H. Hyde on the stand In the Insurance investigation gays that he had been trained from youth as an Insurance man. Evidently his Instructors fulled after all to teach lilm how to insure his $100,000 lob. Inasmuch as Ernest Stuht has been transplanted from the First luto the Tenth ward, the venerable Ike Hascall proposes to contest for the place now occupied by Peter Back in the city coun cil, and there are still others. The deputy insurance auditor for Ne braska lias goue on record that national supervision of Insurance will never work out aatWfactorily. It surely would not be satisfactory to those engaged In state supervision who would lie displaced from their jobs. The Bennington case Is now in the hands of the Judge advocate general of the .navy; and Knslgn Wade and Cap tain Touug ore probably awaiting their next assignment with more anxiety than they felt when there was a chance of facing the guns of au enemy. When W. R. Hrurtit returns to con gress, look out for a battle royal l tween those democrats who rally 'round the standard of John Sharp Williuins and "'Individualism" aud those who suit port the flag of government ownership of everything which will tend to put IU advocates In office. scrroRTisa rnt rRtiWKXT. Sentiment on the racific coast strongly supports the position of Presi dent Roosevelt In regard to railway rate regulation. The San Francisco Chroni cle, referring to the efforts which the railronds have been making to create public opinion on the coast adverse to the president, says they have been un availing. It says that the Chamber of Commerce of that city stands by the president, as does the Commonwealth Club of California, an organisation as representative of public opinion as any other lu the state. The Chronicle says that this club is composed of the most public spirited citizens. Its membership lelng about equally divided between business men and financial men and professional men. Recently the club dis cussed the rate regulation question, go ing Into the matter very thoroughly, and the result was a vote unanimously sus taining President Roosevelt. "The pub lic of this coast," declares the Chronicle, "is with the president." That section has had an experience with railroad discrimination and other abuses which it would be very strange if it had not created a practically un animous public sentiment In favor of legislation intended to permanently put an end to such conditions. The coast bus suffered at least as much as any other portion of the country from the unlawful and exacting course of the railroads, and all efforts hitherto made to secure relief have to a large extent been fruitless. Now that the business interests there see an opportunity to have conditions remedied, through the policy advocated by the president, they are a unit In giving adherence to that policy and will throw all the weight of their influence to secure its success. That this will prove of great value to the cause of rate regulation there can be no doubt. The representatives of the Pacific states In congress. If solidly arrayed, as it is indicated they will bo, In favor of the legislation urged by the president, can very greatly help In bringing It about, for they will be able to present the most cogent reasons, drawn from the experience of that sec tion, In support of the president's posi tion. ... . This and other evidence shows that the cause of railway rate regulation Is stronger today than ever before and Is steadily advancing. Its supporters fully understand that they have a fight be fore them, that the railroads are pre pared to use every device to defeat the proposed legislation and that they have earnest and determined friends In the national senate that will battle for them to the last ditch. But the friends of the regulation policy have faith that the attitude of President Roosevelt, bus t a inert by. an overwhelming public opinion, must eventually triumph and they await tho contest iu congress with out any groat misgiving respecting the result. PHILIPPIMK RAILBOAD3: , In a few weeks the War Department will receive bids on the new railway projects in the Philippine Islands. The act of congress providing for this Is quite liberal In Its terms, but whether capitalists will so regard it can only tie known when bids are received. There has not been as yet any notable interest manifested in the matter In quarters where an effort has been made to create interest. Hie question of railroad con struction in tho Philippines, when sub mitted by Secretary Taft to railroad men, did not meet with an altogether favorable response, but that waa before congressional legislation and It will possibly be found that opinion regarding it has changed. Philippine industrial and commercial development will necessarily be slow un til modern transportation facilities Into the interior of the Islands are provided. Railroads are Imperatively necessary to the material progress of the Islands. It will be no small task to provide them. however, and the question as to whether or not they would prove a profitable investment is of course the primary one in the consideration of capitalists. Secretary Taft has made an earnest effort to induce capital to look with favor upon Philippine railway projects and it will be greatly disappointing If his work In this direction shnll prove futile. TO IIMrCH EXI'EXDITCRKS. Reiorts from Washington are to the effect that a general investigation of the expenditures in the various departments of the government and in the Panama canal commission will be one of the notable features of the coming session of congress. It Is stated that members of congress who have reached the na tional capital are discussing the advisa bility of urging the speaker to revive the still extant committees on expendi tures of the various departments and to create a committee on Panama canal expenditures. According to the cor respondent of the New York Trllmue, members who favor this policy argue that there are numerous matters in con nection with the expenditures of the executive departments and commissions which should be investigated, and tbut these committees, most of them already standing committees of the house and the senate, can easily perform the func tion for which they were created, with out any suggestion of scandal or the notoriety which would attend auy gen eral Investigation. It Is urged that care ful work by these committees would inevitably result in a large saving iu all the departments of the government, would close many loopholes for extrava gance, and doubtless point the way for legislation needed to legalize necessary expenditures not within the purview of the law. Such evideuce of a sentimeut among cougressuivu favorable to a Judicious economy In government expenditures gives promise of something being done In this direction. The administration is showing that It favors such a course. We have already referred to the large cut made by Secretary Taft In the War Department estimates and It Is under stood that other departments will follow this example. It has been stated that the president will recommend a curtail ment In the printing expenses of the several executive departments which will save approximately a million dol lars annually. No one desires parsi mony In appropriations or a policy of economy which might have the effect of Impairing the efficiency of any branch of the service. Rut It is not to be doubted that expenditures can be re duced in some direction without injury to the business of the government and It must be done if additional taxation is to be avoided. ASOTBER OLORTOUS VICTORT-rRO-VlbtD. The Water board has wou another victory for the cltlieus of Omaha. The high priced special attorneya have scored a decision from the federal court that will compel the water worka appraisers to separate the head and tall of the cow from tbo body of the animal that the lawyers have been milking, although the milking process Is to continue for 'steeu years to come. Uuiler the decision the plant must be appraised as a whole, but the Floreuce distributing district, which constitutes the main plant of the works, viz., the pumping station, the power plant and machinery and the settling basins, is to bo computed separately, and then added up against the city, provided - And the valuation of the mains, stand pipes and hydrants and their ap purtenances In South Omaha, Dundee, East Omaha and Benson are to be lopped off, as It were, after they have been appraised, and the residue will constitute the correctly appraised value 'of the water works, provldedj- It Is also ordained that in making the appraisement the good will and going value of the concern should be com puted, In addition to the value of the plant segregated In other words, when it has passed, through the skimmer. On this spot the glorious victory was won and a monument should be erected by the taxpayers to the battlo scarred heroes of this hysterical scrimmage. To appreciate the Import of the vic tory, one must remember that the con tract between the city of Omaha and the water company expressly provides that in case the city decides to take tho works before the expiration of twenty five years, the period of the contract, that "nothing shall tie paid for the un expired franchise of said company," which, in plain English, was Intended to mean that the city shall pay only for the standing value of the plant and not the going value, which usually Includes the element of good will. With the appraisers Instructed to take Into consideration the going value and the value of the good will, the water company will have no ground foMnter poslng any serious obstacle to a final adjudication, provided But the end is not yet, in fact, we are only nt the beginning, ns it were, of the famous Iowa calf case. The lawyers of the water company have taken exceptions to such summary proceedings, and the case will go to trial on its merits. In the "Sweet Bye and Bye," and when the merits of the case have been divulged and thoroughly di gested and the cow milked some more by the special lawyers on both sides, the arena of the controversy will be trans planted to the court of appeals, where the whole subject will be reopened, re argued, resubmitted, rearbitrated, pro vided When the Judges of, the circuit court of appeals have wrestled with this I liquid-a-shun problem several moons and some suns and the salient points have been extracted, passed through the set tling basins aud pumped into the legal reservoir, exceptions will be taken by the lawyers of the party of the first part or the parties of the second part, or both, and finally lu the course of years the residue will percolate Into the grand reservoir of accumulated wisdom, under the dome of the natioual capltol, where bearded men In flowing rolies, with due solemnity and decorum, ponder and re ponder over the uppermost twentieth century problem of whether the tall of the cow goes with the hide'. Another glorious victory will then perch on our banners. In Oie meantime. Greater Omaha will have grown much greater, and South Omaha. Florence, Dundee and Benson will all have been annexed, and possi bly, as it were, the whole controversy regarding the head and tho tall may have reached settlement by referendum even at tho risk of cutting off the Water board from everlasting glory and the lawyers from everlasting revenue. The fine Imposed upon the "cattle b.-irons" amounts to about 20-77 of 1 cent au acre per year on the land feuced by them from the time the first In dictment was returned uutll sentence was pronounced much less than they offered to pay the government If per mitted to lease the luud. If Secretary Boot has In fact begun to work upon the tariff treaty with Germany which will be satisfactory to congress his permanent retirement from other active work ln the State Depart ment may be expected, as he has under taken a Job which will require his en tire attention. The Nebraska baron cases are a forci bly reminder of former Judge Scott's sentence that became so famous as "Jus tice without Tonality." While the cat tle baroucts wine mulcted fCsJO, the big barons got off with 100 and a sup per w ith the United States marshal. But It was the most cruel sentence thnt could possibly have teen Imposed upon their lawyers. People are hccoiulng more and more careful of the kind of reading matter they Introduce) into their family circles. That Is why The Bee Is preferred, for Its cleanliness and conservatism, as the home newspaper over the poison -breeding yellow Journals that teem with fake sensations. It is said the cr.ar has taken a lesson from the fate of the French king who by leaving Versailles put his head under tho axe. It Is to lie hoped the Russian people have taken a less-m from the same event which proved that a dicta tor follows as well as precedes anarchy. Some interesting side lights on the campaign Just closed may be expected when the committee treasurers file their sworn financial statements interesting ss much In showing who did not put In to help foot the bills as In showing who did put in. Judge Letton's official plurality out of Douglas county Is 3,785. That is de cidedly better, proportionately, to his total for the state than the ratio of rep resentation allotted to Douglas county In the state legislature. Some ranee for Wonder. Philadelphia Record. Whan Colonel Bryan returns from his world tour he will wonder how It all hap pened without him. (letting; Together. Washington Post. "I am quite sure that congress will paas soma kind of a railway-rate measure," says Senator Klklns, "hut Just what kind It will be nobody knows at this time." The railroads are naturally hoping that If a bill must be passed It will be of the senate kind. Liberty In Small Doses. Sun Francisco Chronicle. If the Russians get all the liberty asked for by some of the extremists they will not bo In as good shape as they would be If they absorbed tho blessing In moderate doses. Liberty is a great boon, but It takes a liberal education and some experience to make the best of It. A Pointer for the Fa to re. Pittsburg Dispatch. The statement is made that "in adminis tration circles In Washington It Is thought the elections possess no national signifi cance." This la true In the sense that they are absolutely without significance with re gard to tho national Issues on which par ties have divided heretofore. But with re gard to the possible future Issue concerning Corporate abuses and their allies and tools, the crooked politicians, the elections may Indicate a very important national signifi cance. Power of an Independent Press. Wall Street Journal. Not the least notable result of the recent election is the fact that it has changed the mind of Governor Pennypacker of Pennsyl vania regarding the Influence of the press. Governor Pennypacker has worked on the theory that the press was wicked and needed to be muzzled. He has discovered that It la Impossible to musile the press and that the great newspapers of Phila delphia were the real leaders of the people in the overthrow of the corrupt political machine which so long has controlled the city. The power of the Independent press has advanced above par. IlKAI, PROMOTERS OF SOCIALISM. Sore Spot on the Body Politic Plainly Pointed Ont. Chicago Tribune. It would be a big mistake to give Mr. Hearst and the handful of municipal own eritcs who nominated him the credit for creating the public sentiment which found expression In the Hearst vote in New York last Tuesday. It would be an equally big mistake to think that r.ll the people who voted for Mr. Hearst are in entire sym pathy with his radical principles. The true makers of the sent linen t back of the vote for Mr. Hearst were the polit ical bosses and the high finance grafters whose methods have recently been exposed. His most efficient lieutenants were Murphy, the suddenly enriched boss of Tammany; Odell, the boss of the republicans, and men such aa Chauncey M. Depew. John A. Mc Call and Richard A. McCurdy, who, after enjoying for years reputations for respecta. blltty. have lately been found to be whlted sepulchers. George W. Perkins' testimony showing the connection between J. P. Mor gan A Co. and the New York Life com pany had its Influence. So did the disclos ures of the life Insurance companies' cam paign fund contributions. The Hearst vota was In the main the protest of an exas perated people against graft and dishonesty in high places. The sentiment of which the Hearst vote was an expression is not confined to New York City. It la to be found In every part of the country. It does not owe Its exist ence to the misconduct of men In any par. ticular business, although the life Insurance disclosures have done most lately to create It, but to peculation, mismanagement and tyranny In various businesses. Inferior service and eorruntion of cltv councils hv municipal public uUlity corporations have caused some of It. The extortions practlcud by the beef, coal and other trusts have caused part of it. Railway rebates and dis criminations and the stubborn and corrupt resistance made to every attempt to bring the railroad business under reasonable pub lic, control have contributed much to It. The people are getting tired of being tyran nised over and held up and are beginning to give utterance to their feelings at the ballot box. Underwriters of some syndicates, grafting officials of life Insurance companies and beneficiaries of predatory trusts and rail ways regard the public opinion evinced by Mayor Dunne's election In Chicago and the Hearst vote In New York as "socialistic," or at least hope to make It odious by call ing it so. But the public sentiment which Is protesting against the corruption In American public and American buslneas life Is not mainly "socialistic" now, and It la not going to be put down by ridicule or epithets. The people have found that there are grave abuses, and while casting about for remedies they are putting on record their condemnation of the abuses. What policies they will ultimately favor whether they will plunge the country from the frying pan of corporate graft and tyranny Into the fire of socialism will probably depend mainly on the vigor and success with which the men who are responsible for present condi tions oppose the adoption of reasonable re forms. Tho most potent promoters of so cialism in this country are not and will nut be the Hearsts and the Dbses, but the Morgans, the Rockefellers, the Ix-pews. tha Hydra, the McCurdys and the McCalls. That there will be remedies for present con ditions Is certain. Whether they will be worse, lhao Ui UUease remains la be seen. BITS OF WASMUfiTOI l-trr.. Minor Scenes and Incidents Sketched n the Spot. The Interior department hus put rnrr spondents of eastern newspaper next to a number of scheme designed to lift a few bundles of money down east and sonk It In bogus Irrigation enterprises In the west. In connection with the hint I the wis ob servation that there Is an abundance nf money in tha west and anything that I good Is not permitted to get away. Hence any western proposition seeking a handout In tha at Is a poverty stricken wildcat. From complaints now coming In it appears that th aide-spread advertising which lias been given to the government s work In reclamation furnishes a channel by which shrewd operators get hold of small eastern investors. A description of President Roosevelt and the White House has Just been communi cated to th Viennese public by Hofrat Dr. Jnkol Minor, who Is publishing th records of hts American travels In the columns of th Neue Frl Press of Vienna. "The White House In Washington," says th court doctor, "will always remain something never to be forgotten, not only on account of the honor paid us by the president at our reeeptlon. but also on ac count of his noble simplicity and the grand style In which It Is furnished. It Is the true pattern of an American house, in which everything necessary Is close at hand, but In which there Is nothing super flous. And with what simple formalities was our reception by th president car ried out. A somewhat numerous but noiseless company of attendants in the anteroom, and no police, no military. In th reception room Itself there was no one present but w ourselves, the visitors, In troduced by th president and the vice president. Boon the doors open and Roose velt appears between two civilians, evi dently secretaries adjutants, perhaps, I should say. "He showed great animation In his an swer to the president of congress, who first addressed him, leaning forward, with his right foot well advanced, gesticulating vivacloualy and articulating his words sharply, almost snapping his teeth together while speaking. Th impression one at One feels from him Is that of some ele mental force of nature, and this feeling is Increased when the ordinary round of the vlaltora with Its accompanying handshak ings, Is begun, something corresponding to what Is known In the style of European courts as a cercle. Only here It Is not merely a case of a question put by the audience giver and a more or less sensible answer returned by the person receiving the audience. A very animated conversa tion Is often developed. Into which the president draws those who stand around him or the adjutants by his side. Very soon he Is heard laughing a bit too loudly; now he gives a man a hearty clap on tho shoulder that is almost audible; then again he brings his handa together with a smack. There Is nothing In the way of majesty about him; one feels that he lets himself go completely, and then again remarks that behind this almost savage nature force Is concealed a consummate diplo matist. The president addressed me with a foreign accent, but said. In faultlessly cor rect German: "I don't speak a word of German, it Is true, but I rend German a great deal, and like German poetry be yond anything." Illinois continues to bo th banner rural free delivery state. The number of routes In the state on November 1 was 2,fi08, an In crease from 1,536 on June 30, the end of the last fiscal year. Illinois' closest competitors are Indiana, Iowa and New York. The Stat having the least number of routes Is Nevada, which can only boast of one, with no petitions for others pending. The numher of petitions for routes lu Illinois that were referred for Investiga tion is 8,338. Adverse reports were made on BS3 of these and there were 147 petitions from Illinois pending on the first day of this month, which affords ample room for the further extension of the rural delivery service in Illinois. Commissioner Yerkes is making prepara tions to put Into effect on December 1 his order requiring dealers In snd manufac turers of patent medicines of distinct alco holic properties and of various essences that are so freely consumed In prohibition com munities to pay licenses as liquor, dealers. Mr. Yerkes has had some curious cor respondence with the patent medicine and essence manufacturers, and has received calls from representatives of a number of these concerns, says a dispatch to the New York Post. He admits that he may have difficulty in drawing the line between those compounds containing too much whisky and too little medicine, and those having some medicinal value. He has re ceived numerous "tips" from the manufac turers of whisky compounds that if he de cides their mixtures contain too much whisky and too few other Ingredients to be termed medicine, they will promptly thrown in another handful or two of herbs of a harmless nature and thereby reduce the proportion of whisky. Some of them say plainly they have no Idea of letting up In their widespread advertising In news papers and elsewhere, and that they will circumvent the decision In each case by adding more medicine, thereby. If possible, coming within the line that must be drawn. Many of them admit that It Is the whisky that makes the medicine attractive to the public. Buyers of the stuff are not suffi ciently well versed In medicine to know whether they are getting some stimulants of appetite and digestion from whisky or medicine. The temporary benefits are as crllied to the medicine and not to the w his lev. The agitation of the subject will prob ably result In the drawing of a bill to be J f""'r1 ln both branches of congress that will take these medicines solely on a basis of the. alcohol contents. One proposition that has received endorsement la that a maximum of alcohol will be allowed to patent medicines before they can be taxed, say 20 per cent. This Is about six times more alcohol than is contained in domestio beer, which pays a heavy tax. Commissioner Yerkes will base his action In many cases on the fact, well known to collectors of Internal revenue, that certain medicines and flavoring extracts and es sences are sold in prohibitive communities almost openly for the alcohol they contain. letters have reached tha office of the commissioner Indicating that In many pro hlbltton communities, notably Kansas, th patent medicine habit has become as con Armed as th opium habit among the Chi nese. Many a prohibitionist keeps In splendid health, not to say spirits, on his morning and evening doses ef palatable patent medicine, many of which are tha compounds of local druggists who under stand the local demands and meet them with Just the right sort of preparation. Maine, New Hampshire and Vermoat fur nish customers for millions of bottles of widely advertised compounds that bring sunshine to the afflicted soul and banish pains and aches Kin Corn's High Reeord. Pltlaburg Diapatch. It la now officially reported that the farmers of the west have harveatd th banner corn crop of th United State Tlmea have been when corn waa so abun dant that It waa burned for fuel, but now the price la ao good that, though there may be com to burn, the farmers ran buy cheaper fuels and turn thvir t0 ililo Lf and 4101 k, m DISTINCTIVELY A CREAM OF TARTAR BAKIIMG POWDER It does not contain an atom of phos phatide acid (which is the product of bones digested in sulphuric acid) or of alum (which is one-third sulphuric acid) sub stances adopted for other baking powders because of their cheapness. PERSOXAI, OTE9. An Ohio town elected as mayor a man with two wooden legs, on the theory that he had a different sort of head. A Chicago autolst butted Into a patrol wagon and was promptly run ln. Put more patrol wagons on the highways and watch th autolsts climb a tree.1 Ah, those clever little Japs: News comes from Hawaii that American money la easy to pass In the orient, and none more able fit counterfeiting It than certain Japanese experts. A man who leads gcrmans has been elected mayor of Providence, R. I.: a pro fessional violinist has succeeded himself as mayor of San Francisco and a novelist was chosen mayor of Toledo. The visiting prince thinks a fleet could blow New York off the mnp as quickly as a cook could properly construct an omelet. However, a fleet with tho Intention of do ing this would not be Invited to anchor In the track of the local ferries. Canon Newbolt preached the annual "Hon" sermon before the lord mayor of Dondon and the sheriffs recently. Two hundred and fifty years ago Sir John Gayer, afterward lord mayor, was pur sued by a lion in an Arabian desert, but. waB delivered by prayer. In his will he left funds for an annual service as a thank offering. Tsl An, dowager empress or c hlna, nns such extravagant rononess or imwn " seems to be incompatible with th general Idea that she Is a bloodthirsty old woman. In her private apartments Fhe always has masses of the most beautiful flowers snd the same Is true of her throne room, her toe at the theater and even the great audience chamber when she transacts af fairs of state. Ft'BMCITY BI'HBAls CMtSKD. Railroads Grow Weary of Hired Hot Air Producers. Kansas City Times. Th. railrmuta have learned and confessed k.i it i futile to try to fool the people on the subject of th proposed government adjustment of disputed rates. The costly bureau maintained In Chicago, with branch bureaus In many western states, has been closed. And what is more, it is aamnieo by at least some of the higher ofllclals that ti. nmraFiinda of these bureaus nns non the corporations vast harm and practically no good. n-h.t mas thought at the time to ne a granA triumph of railroad bureau diplo macy, the organisation of the rump con vention in Chicago to oppose th regularly called meeting to indorse the president s DOlicv. really turned out to De ine laiai blunder of the hired "molders of opinion." The opposition convention was so openly and flagrantly a corporation movement that It served completely to unmask the railway scheme where It had ,not been previously understood. Some of the delegates to th "rumo" convention were confidential allies of the railroads, while others were lnno- eent victims, having been deceived by the specious arguments of the railway repre sentatives. wnv, the closing of the western bureaus It may be said that the people have forced the evacuation of most of the outworks of the enemy. There are still several eastern bureaus, but they will probably be aban doned. The exponents of special privilege have fallen back to their strongest fortifi cations, th United States senate, where they will be assaulted by the commanders of the square deal as soon as congress con venes. IN UPRIGHT UNITS Have you investigated the 1 11 'Wr letters, Dills, reports, and other business papers? If it could save you time, annovance and actual lne. unnM you not investigate it? It more for many concerns, ci mai mc in upngni units is tne ideal device tor una system, cacn unit ue intenocKea witn otner zontal extension, look or sena iot oooKiet No. Orchard & Wilhelm Carpet Co. Sole Agents. MXF.S TO A SMII.F.. Owllnswell "What kind of a fellow Is Bsl- larrus?" Kewton "He's this kind If you offer him Ms choice of two cigars he takes both." Philadelphia Press. "Are the acoustics good In the Bfown stone s new house?'' "Splendid! The music room Is so con structed that the noise of the piano doesn't li.terfer at nil with the conversation of the guests." Detroit Free Press. "What do you think of this reform wave?'' 'It's a good tiling," answered Senator Sorghum. "It reilrps some of th old-tlm bosses from business and makes room for promotions." Washington Star. Rwellman Yes. I'm still looking for a coachman. Applicant Well, 1 know all about horses nwl Swellman Rut have you had any experi ence with an automobile? Applicant Not exactly, sor. hut I wus tossed be a bull wanst. Philadelphia ledger. "Are they really bloodstains on the pris oner's garments?" asked the first mdlral expert. "I haven't decided yet." replied the second ditto. "No?" "No. I'm not sure whether I'm to b n gagod by the proseciitlnn or the defense." Chicago Kecnrd-HoraM. I min t you inins you ougni 10 giv in ' people nn explanation of your attitude on the trusts? "No," answered Scnstor Sorghum. "If 1 give an explanation that is satisfactory to the people what kind of an explanation am I going to give to the trusts?" Wash ington Star. TUB OLD, OLD STORY. New York Matt. "Ross rule Is dead." the papers say In post election dope. "Tho people have been glorified. It Is a sign of hi pe. In New York, Philadelphia, Cincinnati, and the reat The people's trlmuph la assured. Right well they stood the test." So b it. Wa are not disposed to cavil or to sneer. And politics are not an open book to us, we fear. Rut somehow It occurs to us that several times before The morning-after pupers printed news like, this galore. The Sodom Weekly Argus, th Gomorrah' Dally Press Came out In large Hebraic type with Just the same, we guess. O time-old editorial, all overgrown with moss, That dares to say again: "Th Boss Is Dead!" Ixing Live the Boss' Studies in Graft C Charles A., writes to Hamilton McClure's) Magazine: "You have given us studies in graft; you have mad passible the present uprising all over the country against the Ross; you have Vivi sected tho trusts. Wo feel that there Is a broad educational purpose behind your magazine beyond mere money-getting." S. S. McCLVRE COMPANY 44-SO Eaat 23 Street NEW YORK VERTICAL FILE Vertical Fitinu SvstHm tap has accomplished all this and why not for you ? The Globe- is a complete cabinet and can units, giving unlimited hori into this matter nnw l raii giving full information. 1