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TTIE OMAHA DAILY BEE: TI1UBSDAY. NOVEMBER SO, 1903, Tiif, Omaha Daily Bee. K. ROBEWATER, EDITOR. PUBLISHED EVKjRY MORNING. TERMS Or BfHBCRITTlON. luily Kee (without Bunday), one y-:r. .14.00 laliy Hee anl Sunday, on year '' Illustrated Bee. on year t 6n Hunday Hee. on yeSr I to Saturday b, one year '. l.V DELIVERED BY CARRIER Dally pes (without flundny). per wrck...i:j Dally Hee (Including flunday), per wiKk.lTc Evening Hee (without Sunday), pr week c Evening Kee (with ftunday), per wpK....10c tlunday Be, per copy Sc Address complaints of Irregularities In de livery to City Circulation Department. OFFICES. Omaha The IVe Building. South Omaha City Hall Building. Council HliirT-ll Tear! Street. Chicago 144 tTnlty Building. New York 15PO Hoina I,lfa Ins. Building. Washington nl Fourteenth Street. CORRESPONDENCE. Communication relating to news and ed itorial Matter ahould be addressed: Omaha Bee, Editorial Department. REMITTANCES. , Remit by draft, express or postal order, payable to The Bee Publishing Cnmpsnv. Only 2-cent eta nips received aa payment ot rrtall account. Poraonal check, except on Omaha or eastern exchange, not accepted. THE BEE PUBLISHING COMPANY. STATEMENT OF CI RCTTLATION. Stats of Nebraska, Douglas county, aa: ,Sl,.CL. Rwater, aecretary of The Be IuMlahlng Comrany, being, duly sworn, ays that the actual number of full and complete coplea of The Daily. Morning, Evening and Sunday Bee printed during the month of October, 1n waa as fol lows! I sxino it no.wto ao.roo K ao.qno no. ) sjo.onn I.S:M so SO.pao m,gJo a fti.nio ni.na a jrn.pno I 2.4 , a ko.sto no.osm 24 smmwo i,oao . 2i si.ioo l ot.ioo 2 SO.HHO n... si.ino r? no.aio ii ko.tio zs ri.mha II f BO.TOO 14 ftl.NIO no JU.OOO 1 M.4ftO II 80,8-00 If..,. SO.T0O Total 9O3.K40 Las unsold copies 10.051 Nat total sales nn3.24n Dally average B.O.T1T C. C. ROBEWATER, Secretary. Rubscrlbed In my presence and sworn to before m this list dav of October, l. 8aJ) M B HTWOATK, Notary Public WREH OCT OF TO WW. afcserlbers Isavlajs, tbs city em. forarlly sfcaald bire The Bee analled thesa. It Is better than tally letter from boms. Ad trees will be cbaaged mm sftea as Let us be thankful that the blizzard Is no worse. Nine little couucllnien Hitting on the fence once more. The cold wave Is n bettor purifier than the chemical laboratory of the health department Two first-class hotels will be better than one, but one first-clans hotel will be a, great deal better than none. Now that the master of the Imperial hore of Russia has resigned the fact of the revolution can no longer be gain said. Jim Hill shows his devotion to hard work by 'forma My denying a number of reports which he says do not require denial. Marquis Ito's remarks regarding Japan In Corea show that be is not Herring as promoter for any Japanese exploitation company. ' il gggaga) tVben the colleges begin to modify the foot ball rules they. should not forget to provide for cutting the hair of the play ers at more frequent Intervals. There la some satisfaction In knowing that If the present cold weather had not arrived until January It would still have found some corn unpicked in the field. Some people would like to know whether the call for a fat stock show meeting was simply a decoy for re opening the jangle between the Ilerites aad tea MIllerHes. The United States census bulletin says that illiteracy is decreasing, but Nebraska Is ao far ahead of the average that the statistics are uot even inter eating in this state. Unfortunately the announcement that China will increase its navy comes. too late to give Emperor William another argument to present to the Reichstag for bis naval program. . Times have certainly ch'nged when a man elected to office on a Tammany ticket will Join his opponent in Insisting upon a recount of the ballots by which be hopes to bold his seat. Governor Paris of Arkansas got Into trouble because ba carried a gold-headed cane. Moral: Governors should be ware of accepting gold-headed gifts that lead to assault and battery. That nephew of Nelson MorrlssnoTved attch ability to' accumulate large returns from nothing that in self-defense the same big corporation may have to nutke him a member of Its directory. With New York starting suit to re cover taxes, on property showu by the Insurance Investigation to hare evaded taxation witnesses will probably be more careful about voluteerlng Informs Hum ia th future. Omaha will presently have all the grain -elevators needed to bold the small grain raised in Nebraska and western Iowa to. transit to the seaports on the Atlantic, What Omaha now ueeds more than anything else is a few large flour' and cereal mills. Omaha has tired ot building magnificent hotels on paper and now proposes to build one of such substantial materials as stone and brick sad steel. Lincoln Star. This only reinforces what The Bee has repeatedly emphasised, namely, that Omaha nierely makes itself ridiculous in the eyes of outside people by erecting big building projects on paper before there is any aobstantial foundation for thorn. THAMtSQIYlSO DAT. There were national Thanksgiving days before the civil wsr, but it was Lincoln who innrte the festival for the nation a custom, Inasmuch as he was the first president who regularly pro claimed It. Its establishment ns a national institution Is of Itself a entire for profound rejoicing. There Is some thing Inspiring and uplifting In the spec tacle presented hen the people of a great nation unite as one family to give thanks to the giver of all good for the multitudinous biasings conferred upon them. In the earlier days of the re public Infrequent nntlonal thanksgiving days were appointed In recognition of the deliverance from war or other griev ous calamity. Washington's first thanks giving proclamation, In 1783, called upon the people to give thanks for their care and protection previous to their becom ing a nation, "for the great degree of tranquillity, union aud plenty which we hare since enjoyed; for the peaceable and rational manner In which we have been enabled to establish constitutions of government for our safety aud happi ness, and particularly the national one how lately instituted; for the civil and religions lilierty with which we are blessed and the means we have of ac quiring and diffusing useful knowledge; and. In general, for nil the great and various favors which lie lias been pleased to confer upon lis." The same spirit pervades the latest proclamation of President Roosevelt. The stated annual Thonksglvlng fur: nlshes nn occasion for the recognition of what are thoughtlessly called common blessings, for the divine dally favors that have made us a prosperous and contented people. The man into whose life some light does not fall on Thanks giving day is singularly unfortunate. The occasion, while making us sensible of the heavy debt of gratitude we owe to an overruling providence for the great gifts of health, happiness and per sonal prosperity, should turn our thoughts to those who possess a. small share, or perhaps no share, of life's blessings. Beneficence should be con stant, for we always have the poor with us; but on Thanksgiving day it should flow in a larger stream. "No other people have ever stood on as high a level of material well being as ours now stands." says President Roosevelt's proclamation. "We are not threatened by foes from without. The foes from whom we should prny to be delivered are our own passions, appe tites and follies, and against these there is always need that we should war." And he urged that In their homes and places of worship the people "conse crate themselves to a life of cleanli ness, honor aud wisdom, so that this nation may do Its allotted work on the earth In a manner worthy of those who founded it and of those who preserved if . AMERICAS PEACE IDEA WINS. The proposition submitted by the American delegates to the recent peace conference at Brussels, for an inter national parliamentary union, has been accepted with a slight modification by the foreign delegates to the conference. The plan, as explained by its author, Congressman Bartholdt of Missouri, con templated the creatlou of an interna tional parliament, or congress, to which each nation could send its greatest and most prominent men. This parliament was to be charged with the duty of codi fying International laws. The Euro peans, while approving the American plan In principle, were doubtful as to its practicability, on account of the sacrifice of sovereignty involved in the proposi tion. It was therefore modified so as to make The Hague tribunal a permanent body, to. meet periodically, instead of being called to act upon specific cases. It can assume the functions of an inter national senate, to codify the interna tional laws and present the same to par Laments of the world for adoption. According to this plan the interna tional parliamentary union is to be recognized aa the lower house of such an international legislature. "What passes under the name of international law," said Mr. Bartholdt, "is merely a compilation of theories, opinions and ar guments, and the Nations may observe it or not, at their pleasure. Not ft syl lable of the so-called international law has yet received the sanction of a single 4,rllainent, congress or other national legislative body. Our demand, therefore, was to create a body which will give to that law the sanction of the people, through the proper legislation." Al though the plan Is yet to be submitted to the legislative Is'siles of all the na tlons, what has !een accomplished gives strong assurance that It will receive the approval of a sufficient number to make its success certain. It Is a most im portant step in the great work for the maintenance of peace among the na tions. TO CHASOt IXAUaVBATWti VAT- The national committee on the pro posed change of inauguration day has decided to recommend to congress an amendment to the constitution making the date of the presidential Inauguration the last Thursday of April. It would be difficult to say Just when the agitation for a change in the date of the inaugura tion of our presidents began, but it has been In progress quite steadily for al most a century. The cases of Illness and death that follow nearly every In auguration give Impetus and force to the agitation for a time, but while practi cally everybody ii agreed that the date should he changed, there has been uutll bow no systematized movement to bring it about. After thla year's inauguration a formal movement was set on foot to unite the whole country In an effort to have the constitution amended so that a les inclement date might be fixed. The list vf casualties last March, although the day was an exceptionally pleasant one for the season, gave special Impetus to the movement. Senator Bate of Ten nessee, Judge Weldou of the court of claims and the Mexican ambassador died becntise of exposure during the ex ercines. It Is not an essy matter to procure the adoption of an amendment to the fed eral constitution. Amendments may be proposed by two-thirds of both houses of congress, or on the application of the legislatures of two-thtrds of the states calling a convention for proposing amendments. Amendments so proposed will be valid when ratified by the legis latures of three-fourths of the states or by conventions in three-fourths of the states, as preferred by congress. In re gard to the proposed change of inaug uration day, it is believed that there will be no great difficulty In inducing congress to propose the necessary amendment. The senate has already on two occasions adopted the required Joint resolution by a unanimous vote. It has failed In the house either through lack of Interest or because of the pressure of other business. There is no doubt that such an amendment would be rati fied by three-fourths of the states. The prospect for the desired amendment is thought to be very favorable. Tfl TITO HOTEL SCHEMES- With possibly one or two exceptions, no gi.at enterprise or project has ever been launched In Omaha without contro versy or contention, and the much needed first-class fireproof hotel, which has figured ao conspicuously In the newspapers, appears to be no exception. When P. E. Her announced nearly two years ago that he had succeeded In financing and bad perfected plana for the erection of a twelve-story fireproof hotel, on the site of the Her Grand, the announcement was balled with general acclaim and universal satisfaction. As one of the most enterprising pioneers of Omaha, Mr. Her occupied a warm spot In the hearts of Its citizens. Dur ing the last thirty-five years Mr. Her had contributed more than his full share toward the upbuilding of the city and was actively Identified with many of its greatest Industrial establishments. In recent, years, however, Mr. Her has been altogether too optimistic. Nearly all the big things be has mapped out for Omaha have failed to materialize, chiefly, perhaps, lecause he had too many Irons In the fire at the same time. Whether he will ever build his million-dollar hotel is decidedly problematic. His repented announce ments within the last twelve months that he had all the capital necessary for the erection of the building, that he had the plans (or the structure com pleted and a lease sigued, have all proven to be a figment of the Imagina tion. It Is true that Mr. Her has conducted negotiations for a mortgage loan, but these negotiations have never been con summated. It is true that a New York architect has drawn the sketch of an elegant hotel structure, which has re cently been on exhibition In Omaha, but the plans have never been completed and nobody can tell Just when they will be. It is true that Mr. Dean, a very competent hotel man of Kansas City, has expressed his willingness to become the lessee of Mr. Her's hotel, when the hotel can be placed at bis disposal, pro viding that the lease can be made on satisfactory conditions, but Mr. Dean has not signed the lease and is not likely to sign It until all other pre liminaries, including the erection of the building, have been concluded. Six weeks ago the Commercial club endeavored to bring the controversy be tween Mr. Her and Rome Miller to ar bitration. The failure of its effort was due to Mr. Iler's declination to meet Miller's conditions that were considered fair by the arbitration committee. Mr. Iler's failure to make good resulted In the revival of a project for the erec tion of a fireproof hotel ou Seventeenth and Douglas streets, which had been abandoned six or eight months pre viously. Mr. Miller's plan bus met with gen erous response at the hands of the busi ness men of Omaha. Although not as pretentious, Mr. Miller's hotel project Is much more feasible than Mr. Iler's. Mr. Miller's hotel is to be erected by a cor poration. In which a very large number of business men are to become stock holders. If the necessary amount of stock shall be subscribed the hotel will be erected, whatever may happen to Mr. Miller. On the other hand. Mr. Iler's project depends altogether upon one man and makes it. to that extent, precarious even If all other conditions were favorable. This Is the motive that inspires the business men of Omaha, who are anx ious to see a first-class hotel built at the earliest possible tiiue, to favor the stock company plan for a hotel ou Sev enteenth and Douglas streets. If the report U true that the Board of Regents of the Nebraska university pro poses to persist In conducting its busi ness In star chamber, it is to be hoped that the board will reconsider and throw its doors wide 0en to publicity. The State university is a public Institution, maintained at the expense of the tax payers, and the people have a right to know bow its affairs are administered and what position any member of the board takes upon any issue that may come before the governing body of our highest educational institutlou. The World-IIerald Is this year playing its auuual game of holding up the liquor dealers with variations. It started out to print liceuse uotices In both the Morn ing World Herald aud the Evening World Herald, but has now discontinued publiatlou in Its morning paier aa un necessary. It might just as well have discontinued publication in the evening Suggestion for Better Reprinted from The As a natural sequence of the wide open policy that prevailed In Omaha during the Trausmlssisslppi exposition tolerated vice obtained a foothold that has afforded spurious reformers and sensational revivalists material for class Ing Omaha among America's "wickedest cities.' although In the main Omaha baa been as well governed as any other city of its population. There Is, however, room for practlcnl reform. Immediately following the adjourn ment of the legislature of 1901 I ven tured to make these suggestions to the mayor and chief of police: 1. A strict and impartial enforcement of the midnight closing ordinance. 2. The closing of all front entrances of saloons from midnight Saturday to Monday morning, and the closing of all side nnd back entrances to all orderly saloons Sunday until after church hours. 3. That the keepers of all saloons within the proscribed district be re quired to mall up their back doors and back windows, side doors and Bide win dows, so that the only entrance or exit should be on the street fronts, constantly within sight of the police, and, further more, that at the end of the license year ending with January 1, 1902, no license should be granted within the proscribed district for any saloon. These suggestions seemed too drastic to the mayor and chief, and, while some effort has since been mode to tighten the reins upon tolerated vice, the core of the municipal carbuncle has not yet been touched. In view of the fact that we are again approaching a new license year, I am impelled publicly to urge upon the mayor and police board the inauguration of,the reforms above out lined. There is no valid excuse or reason why any liquor-selling resort should be per mitted to keep open after midnight and' it is no hardship on any habitual user of liquor to be compelled to gratify hi ap petite or make his purchase of liquor before midnight. There Is no good reason why licensed saloons should le permitted to offend the sensibilities of church-going people by carrying on their traffic with front doors open, or, for that matter, with side doors open, until after church hours. The experience of ages and in all conn, tries has demonstrated that the social evil cannot be suppressed. At best It can be repressed by police supervision from becoming too offensive or indecent. paper also, as both are equally unneces sary, nnd all it wants is the ten-dollar bill to keep it from protesting license applications for selling liquor on Sun day, i . President, Roosevelt's determination to talk no moreVon- tbe subject of rail way regulation Until he sends his mes sage to congress probably means that he wants members of congress to show enough Interest iu the reading of the document to learn Just how little the chief executive has been Influenced by the pressure of Interested parties. Councilman Comstock has reason to feel highly complimented over his unani mous selection to the vacant chnlr in the municipal legislature. It is to be hoped he will so conduct himself that he will merit the unanimous endorse ment of his fellow citizens when he pre sents himself for election by the people next spring. In telling the president that the people of Nebraska are unanimous lu support of bis position as to rate regulation Con gressman HlnshAw is In Irreconcilable conflict with John N. Baldwin, who as sured the senate railroad committee that there was no deep-seated demand in Ne braska for rate regulating legislation of any kind. Tbe World-Herald never failed to claim "the largest circulation," but it has invariably failed to make good be fore the license board. Liquor dealers who have been fooled by the false circu lation claims of the World-Herald will not let themselves be fooled again Captain Carter takes credit for sav ing some money ; for the government while acting aa supervising engineer at Savannah. He probably reaches this conclusion by pointing to the fact that there was money in the treasury when he went off watch. . The announcement that the Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Tnul railroad is to be extended to the raclflc coast only af fords another proof that the menace of national rate regulation has no terrors for the capitalists who are ltent ou rail road coutructiou. Now that Senator Colby of New Jer sey has beeu taken Into the fellowship of "reformers" the public Is entitled to expect support from that state when resisting the encroachments of New Jer sey corporations. Now that Japan has finally decided to raise five legations to the dignity of em bassies tbe really rich statesmen of Japan may be discovered or Japan will have different cxeriem-e from that of other nations. ' Uesreaeraey of Ideal. Baltimore American. Sutne ot the Annapolla cadets seemed to huve labored under the Impression that modern i.avdl battles are fought with fiats. Heanelas; A pert of Pie. f'lilcugu Record-HersM. lierausi; he threw a raspberry pie against the wall, a Cliicaso man's wife has se cured a divorro nd alimony to the extent of l.'.to. It was only a few days sgo that a Cleveland minister declared pis to be won- ih.tn bver ia It eftect upon morality. Municipal Government Bee, November, 100t. Experience has shown that saloons lo cated within the proscribed district be come the natural trysting place of preda tory criminals, such as footpads, bur glars and porch climbers, and are the favorite haunt of toughs and habitual criminals who Infest the slums of cities. The Joints and dens located within the proscribed district not only tax the vig ilance and Ingenuity of the police, but go for toward Its demoralization. Both the letter aud spirit of the Slocumb high license law contemplate nnd ordain the wide separation of the liquor traffic from the social evil. The enforcement of that part of the law would, In my Judgment, go far toward purging the city of Its worst element. At any rate, It would materially lessen the opportunity for successful depreda tions by thugs, thieves and house breakers. Incidentally I am impelled to urge upon the police board a revision of po lice regulations along these lines: 1. No policeman or patrolman should be detailed to serve within the pro scribed district more than two weeks In any one year, and these two weeks to be at least six months apart. This sug gestion is made because I am convinced that policemen who patrol the streets within the district for any length of time become contaminated and fre quently act ns protectors and solicitors for tolerated vice instead of being pro tectors and guardians of the public. The argument that a policeman cannot be efficient until he has made the ac quaintance of all the people under his surveillance does not impress me as sound. 2. The officers lu charge of the police sttitlon should be changed at least six times in a year, and, if practicable, a change every month would be still bet ter. Experience has shown that police officers stationed at the police court for any considerable length of time arc lia ble to become corrupted nnd worse than worthless by contact with criminals, high and low, who seek Immunity from cxxsure by the payment of money or by valurble gifts. 3. Last, but not least, no police officer or polictman should be permitted to solicit or accept any gift under any pre tense from men and womeu who are under police surveillance, and the viola tion of this rule should be sufficient to cause the dismissal of the offender, who ever he may be. E. ROSEWATER. BITS OF WASHINGTON I.IFK. Mlaor Scenes and Incidents Sketched on the Spot. The assembling of congress next Monday Is threatened with a picturesque tragedy. Ruthless reform demands the abolition of the bouquet usually tossed to favorite members. This beautiful custom hallowed by age and spoils Is to be slaughtered in both house and senate. Orders are said to have been issued by the ruling powers pro hibiting flowers in the respective chambers and bearers of floral offerings are to be halted on the thresholds and treated to a withering frost. Only one reason Is given for this assault on the favors of poscy statesmen. It is claimed the beautiful cus. torn Is overworked and business obstructed. This is as good as any for distant consump tion. Perhapa if the real reason wero known it would show a touch of envy on the part of those whose desks on former occasions were made conspicuous by the absence of flowers. However, reform plays no favorites these piping times and states men must be satisfied with the regulation pay check minus trimmings. Suicide lake. In spite of its name, Is one ot the beauty spots of .Washington. It Is on the grounds of the National Soldiers' home, formed by damming a little rivulet that trickled through the place. So many veterans have drowned in this lake that the governor of the home found It necessary to detail a keeper. This man pulls out a vet eran eve,ry day or two. No record has been kept of the soldiers who have ended all In the lake, but the list would be a long one, as at least 100 suicides have taken place there. The lake is attractive to the veterans. They cluster on Its banks to chat, smoke and flan. The soldiers' home Is the only govern ment Institution at Washington not sup ported by money drawn out of the federal treasury. There should be no confusion in anyone's mind between the National Sol diers' home at Washington and those homos for veterans of the civil war which are found scattered over the whole country. The Washington home Is the retreat of men of the regular army and navy and Is maintained out of a fund formed by de ducting from the pay of every officer and enlisted man In the regular establishments of 12Vj cents a month. Fines from court martial and money due deserters is also turned Into the fund. The fund so far ex ceeds the cost of maintenance that there Is now on deposit In the t'nlted Stutes treasury to the credit of the home more than i:.Oon,ono. The soldiers' home Is one of the most beautiful and Interesting places at the na tional capital. The grounds embrace 500 acres of hilly or gently rolling land over looking Washington. The grounds, for tbe most part, are heavily wooded In oak. but there are wide stretches of lawn and field. The crops of corn and alfalfa grown In the home grounds are among the best in the country. Coursing through the grounds are nine miles of fine driveways. The fit Ms support a herd of fifty blooded cattle. There are 1,600 men at the home. The sixty new republican members of the house, coming from many different states, are making the lives of the house officers a burden by unprecedented demands for patronage. Thar are something like S.O places, which, In the years gone by, the famous "hog combine," whereof represen tative Tawney and Baboock are ruling splr Its, have distributed with little friction No one member ever received aa much as he wanted, but there waa no unseemly scrambling. The new republicans from such slates as Missouri. Illinois, Ohio and New York, who carried districts formerly dem ocratic, not only muke big demands, but are bringing men right on to Washlnston to take the job. The clerk, postmaster, doorkeeixr anJ iu-i gennt-at-urms r at their wits' emla to Katisfy the clamorous newcomei . The Wui uiul N'jvy depart mnta at Washington will tignln this -ar rarry freo of charge across the Ps-,nc bixes of good things to eat, to weer. or other sifts from "the fulk at home'' to the soldiers and A Doctors Medicine Aycr's Cherry Pectoral is not a simple cough syrup. It is a strong medi cine, a doctor's medicine. It cures hard cases, severe and desperate cases. Especially good in bronchitis, pleurisy, consumption. Ask your own doctor all about it. We have no secrets! We publish the formulas of all our medicines. Kade by tbe J. O, Ayr Co., Lowell, Mass. Also staautaotarers of ITER'S HAIR VIGOR -For the hair. ATBR'S PatS-for eenttipatlos. AYKR'S SARSAPARU.LA For the blood. ATER'S AGUB CDRS-For malaria and Sfss. sssssssjssssasssssssssrTs'ni ' mmmmammvmmmmmmummwmmmwmmmrmmmn sailors in America's far eastern posses sions. In order to reach those for whom the Christmas or New Tear'a presents may be Intended It is necesasry for the senders In this country to have them In Ban FVan clsco before the morning of December B, this being the day that the military trans port Logan this year's Christmas ship will pnss out of the Golden Gate. Boxes and packages should be addressed In care of the superintendent of the army transport service In San Francisco, and all land charges should be prepnlrt. Once In the htndn of the transport officials the government will do ths rest. To Inaugurate Theodore Roosevelt presi dent of the United States last March cost 1145.491. The details of this expense have been made public in a report by General John M. Wilson, chairman of the Inaugural committee. Notwithstanding the large expense the commltte has turned over a balance of $4,730 to the Auditorium association, an or ganization formed to eroct a building In which to hold future Inaugural balls. Gen eral Wilson strongly urges the erection of such a structure. It cost $17.W9 to decorate the pension building for the inaugural ball, which was the largest Item of expense. The committee raised 1150.221, more by $14,000 than nny pre vious Inaugural fund. General Wilson gives the figures of re ceipts for the last five Inaugurations. They are as follows: 1S89, tl25.250.50: 1S93. 91. C55.31; 1S97, I116.S17.15. and 1901, $136.Su6.!3. PERSONAL NOTES. Mark Twain, still vigorous and in good working order, will celebrate his 70th birth day today. Nahum Mier Schalkewltx, known widely as the Hebrew Dumas, and who was the foremost Yiddish author ,ln this country, and practically the founder ef Yiddish literature, has just died Id New York. Captain W. 6. Cowles, brother-in-law of President Koosevclt. has been relieved of the command of tha battleship Missouri, and on December 1 will go to Washington as a naval attache at the White House. It Is difficult for ths Canadian banks to get clerks enough now to carry on their business properly. It Is reported that some of the bankers are to join forces and Im port a batch of clerks from England and Scotland. The secretary of the navy and Mrs. Bona parte will Introduce a pleasing diversion In cabinet entertaining by giving dinners or luncheons In their own beautiful home In Baltimore rather than In Washington, where the secretary will occupy a modest apartment 'or the season and be joined only occasionally by Mrs. Bonaparte. Thomas B. Reed was supposed to wear a larger collar than any other man In New England, One hot day four years a so ha entered a store In Portsmouth and naked for a collar. "What alio, sir?" asked the clerk. "No. 20," said the congressman. The attendant looked at him for a moment and aald: "We don't keep such a Urge size, but I think they can fit you at Smith's. around the comer." Mr. Reed went to the store Indicated and found It was a harness shop. Browning, King &. Co ORIGINATORS AND SOLE MAKERS OF HALF SIZES IN C10TMNG. Overcoat Comfort he prudent, take no clianees on a cold that may stay right wifh you all winter walk right into our store and say, "I have suffered with the eold long enough, I want one of your snug, warm, com fortable fitting, good looking, sensible, well made overcoats, at $10, $15, $20, $25, $30- or better, as you like. Cut in every wanted i e -it ii(Hher$ may Style anu ironi rvrrj wuiuiy taunt-, trout you to The Best Overcoats that the take ' mid Venn Brummei,-' tut gest j aiiors know how to make. trutt the clothier n'Uo give you ,.i . i " what is right." Everything about them breathes the air of perfection. ' If there are any articles of wear outside of clothes that you will want for Thanksgiving day and intend getting it here. Remember that we close at NOON. Fifteenth and Douglas Sts. Broadway al Sls4 Ktrect NEW SPICE FOR THE FEAST. Dora Hope Are you prepared for any thing that papa may say when you ask him? Kleene Giwn-Yes. dear, or anything he lnsurnnce policy. Chicago Tribune. Deacon Brown That was a well-timed sermon you preached this morning, Sir. Parson Jones Yes, I noticed thst half the men in the congregation were looking at tncir watches. Cleveland leader. "What Interested me most In my travels," said Henpeck, "waa the mummy of a queen I saw In Kgypt." wonderful, en7 asked his menu. "Yes. It's wonderful how thev could mak a woman dry up and stay that way. ' fniiiiaeipnia tress. "Pa." said little Willie I'nderthum, "what does a man's 'better half mean?" "I'sually. my son," replied Mr. Under thum. "she means just what she says." IMlndi Iphla Press. "I have diagnosed your case as dyspepsia, due to eating too much pie," said the famitj physician. "How can you prove it?" the patient asked. "Your expression," said the physician, 'ii crusty." Philadelphia Press. "But you are not an orphan, are you, IlttU boy?" "I might hs well be. Pa Is a travelln' man an' ma Is always a delegate to some thin' or other." Cleveland Plain Dealer. "Do you deal In second-hand automobiles' If so. I want to sell you mine." "Yes. sir. How long have you had youi machine?" "Since this morning." Brooklyn Life. "What do you think of railway rebates?' asked the Interviewer. "They are wrong." answered Mr. Dustlr Stax. "If I had my way. our road would hang on to every cent that could be gotten In." Washington Star. "Seems to me these people who get oaughl at the losing end of wheelbarrow and sues like bets ain't got much sense." "Grunted," responded the practical Htl sen. "But how about ths man who drops s bundle of good, hard cash?" Houston t Chronicle. THANKSGIVING 151 LAND OF PLENTY. Minna Irving In Leslie's Weekly. To all the poor of all the earth. In every clime and place. Of every color, age and tongue, Of every creed and race. Who suffer famine's cruel scourge, America sends greeting. And bids them this Thsnksglving day To come enjoy good eating. Her table with Its viands rare Extends from coast to coast. The cattle on ten thousand bills Supply the steak and roast. Her crystal rivers teem with fish. Her woods are full of nuts, And streams of amber nectar flow FYom all the cider-butts. . Her pumpkins are the biggest ones That ever graced a field. Her wheat, and corn, and orchard trees. Enormous In their yield. Her vineyards In the autumn suns Have never failed to thrive. And there's a turkey In tha -coop For every soul alive. . She Is the hostess of ths world; Her hospitality Is known on every mountain-top And praised on every sea. To feed the hungry universe I-o1 she is fully able, With but the crumbs that yearly fall Prom her Thanksgiving table. OMAHA NED. Factory, Cooper Si W YOttK