TIIK OMAHA DAILY BKEi THURSDAY, DECEMBER 14, 1903.
The Omaha Daily Bee.
S3. R08EWATER, EDITOR.
PUBLISHED EVERT MQRNINO.
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STATEMENT OF CIRCULATION.
State of Nebraska, Douglas County, sa:
C. C. Roeewater. secretary of Tha Bea
publishing Company. Veins duly sworn,
ays that the actual number of full and
templets coplea of Tha Dally. Morning,
Evening and Sunday Bee printed, during
tha month of November, 1906, was as fol
lows: 1 S1.KOO It 81.sao
t S1.ll 1T.. S1.TT0
1 81.149 " .'.'. 83.BOO
4 Sl.TBO II 89.MO
sn.sro ao si,aoo
Btl.HKO 21 81.BOO
7 -.. M.IKO 22 81,430
I 84.010 S 8S,WM
81,80 24 81, WIO
10 8 1,000 8JI.400
U Sl.SH ' 24 OT.ttSO
u w,R8 - n ai.a
ii si aoo a... siuto
14 81JWO .' ..., - 81.840
11 S1.4SO ).,.......... 81.6HO
Total ....i..,..f;......,.t'.'Mn
Less unsold copies 10,912
Net tout sale..... 9Hjan
Dally average 81.207
C C. ROSEWATER. .
Secretary.
Subscribed In my presence and sworn to
before uie this 1st day of December. 1906.
(Seal) M. B. HUNOATE,
Notary Publlo,
WHEN OUT OF TOWN,
baerlbera leavles? tke elty teat
e rarity shneld hay . The Bea
mailed te tfceaa. It la better tkam
dally letter freres home. Ad-
reqeusted.
Catholic priests la Warsaw may find
Interesting reading In the - eighteenth
century history of Ireland.
It would be Just like Chicago lawyers
to- Insist that only vegetarians could be
to- unprejudiced as to bo qualified aa
Jurors la tbe "Beef trust" cases.
Prudent traffic managers will begin
oa sew sets of books and destroy the
old onea before ' turning ' over a new
leaf for the Inspection of federal grand
Juries. -
' !wv 'i "
-Governor -MlcKytnaTlltrtingulshed
precedent If be ahould decide to make
tbe Iowa authorities epaulet Pat Crewe
before permitting-bim to be taken to
that state.
Life insurance companies are not the
-only thlngg which profit by the lapses"
of others, but tpey are about the only
concerns who count on such lapses for
part of their profits.
Count Witts disclaims being a reao
tlonary; but any form of order probably
looks "reactionary" to those Russians
who have known no peace save that pre
served by the knout and bayonet ,
' With the order for the enforcement of
the Elklns' law opposition newspapers
have been bereft of their chief argument
against tbe present administration. The
scope of the 'big stick" Is 'extending. '
Cores bas denounced the treaty with
Japan bnt until It bas shown as much
strength In throwing It off as Japan
displayed In putting It Into operation
It Is probable that the treaty will stand.
"We have worked hard and tried to
be honest" remarks Senator Dryden,
- which wonld indicate that all pf the
.crookedness of life Insurance companies
Is not inspired by the men who held
the tash.
. The Kentucky Judge who started s
grand jury on the trail of Jury bribers
hat called attention to one of the rea
sons why Douglas county should make
such an Inquisition at the beginning of
next year.
If tbe report proves true that Fort
Omaha bas been designated as an experi
mental balloon station for the signal
service there is s fair" prospect that thla
city will become the terminus of s hot
air line tp the gulf. ;
With tbe second conference at The
Hague postponed until Switzerland can
amend the Red Cross rules It le bard to
tell whether the next International dif
ficulty win result in a fee for lawyers
or appropriations for the war depart
ments. Omaha bas recently given most val
uable trackage privileges to tbe Union
Pacific and Burlington railroads and tbe
least that these railroads can ao to
reciprocate the favor would be to pay
their, taxes without further contention
la the courts.
There Is a well defined rumor tnat s
deal Is on for the dismissal of the suit
enjoining, the Issue of the South Omaha
city ball bonds, wltb a vtew to s double
rake-off in the sale of the bonds and
the purchase of the ground for the city
hall,, which eventually would be turned
lot a police station. .Will those South
maha. grafters ever let up.
THI MKRCT1AM MAR1SV BILL.
There is every Indication that tbe
present con prews will earnestly' con
sider the subject of - building up an
American merchant marine and It is at
least possible that there will be action
looking to this. The Joint commission
appointed by the last congress to in
quire Into the subject and submit its
views to congress has carried out the
duty Imposed upon it and prepared a
bill which will be submitted at the
present session. This measure is one of
the most comprehensive that has yet
been framed for this purpose and merits
the careful consideration of congress
and the country.
. The report submitted s few days ago
by Senator Oalllnger states that the
chief support which the shipping bill
and the entire Inquiry of the, 'merchant
marine commission have received and
are receiving baa not come from ship
owners or ship builders, or even from
the people of tbe states adjacent to the
ocean, but from merchants and
manufacturers Interested In the export
trade and producers of the great' In
terior. It is stated that manufacturers
and merchants of the western states
who appeared before the; commission
emphatically testified that they were
baffled in their efforts to build up an
export trade, especially to Soutfc
America, by the arbitrary methods and
Irregular, inadequate service pf the so
called steamship companies under for
eign flags, which monopolize this ocean
carrying. If is pointed out that many
of these business men have themselves
been to South America and have found
that In order to visit or communicate
with their foreign customers they had
to go by way of Europe and Its subsi
dized lines, thus crossing tbe Atlantic
twice ' to reach their destination. In
many Instances, if the quickest delivery
is desired, they have had to send their
goods by the same circuitous way.
Tbe report of ' the joint commission
'says: "Not only Is an American ship
Itself the most, efficient carrier of Ameri
can commerce, but the officers of that
ship, the American passengers who tread
Its decks, and particularly-the Ameri
can merchants who go out to represent
the steamship company and to push Its
business, are Inevitably pioneers and
drummers of American trade In foreign
tends. There can be no doubt In regard
to this. Our South American trade Is
not Increasing largely for the reason
that our merchants and manufacturers
are dependent upon foreign shipowners.
In s late Issue of consular reports sev
eral of the representatives of the United
States In South American countries
are quoted as saying that one of the
essential conditions to tbe extension, of
our trade In that quarter of tbe world
Is the establishment of steamship lines
to the Southern ports. The United
i States minister to Chile snys: "One of
, the., great, difficulties In the way of, a
closer commercial connection between
1 tbetTJnffM "Btates and GMte" fs In Ihe
lack of good shipping facilities.," Ameri
can consuls at various places -in Sotih
America make a similar' report. There
are other conditions necessary to secure
trade, but transportation facilities, is
one of tbe most Important.
The question of creating a merchant
marine for our foreign commerce will
undoubtedly receive earnest attention In
the present congress and there Is proba
bility of action on this very, important
subject
VSRtASOXABLE RES7RJCTJOIS.
The Bee has always favored tbe most
extensive safeguards for the protection
of life and property within the city of
Omaha. For several years past it bas
advocated municipal supervision and
inspection of buildings in which explos
ives are stored and sold, and It still
hopes that an ordinance will be enacted
at an early day to bring about this much
needed adjunct to our "building inspec
tion department .
While the council, for unexplained
reasons, has not seen fit to carry out
tbe suggestions of The Bee relative to
tbe Inspection of explosive oils, chemi
cals and fireworks, it seems to have con
ceived tbe notion that In the exercise
of its authority It must prevent tbe gas
company from enlarging its plant.
An ordinance recently, enacted pro
hibits the erection of gas holders In any
part of the city unless all owners of
property within 1,000 feet thereof shall
algn waivers for damage that may be
caused by the construction and opera
tion of such a plant This would
naturally bo construed v not merely to
Include damages by explosion, but also
by reason of gas odor and"! depreciation
of property values by the location of
gas tanka. It is an open secret that
the main object aimed at ias to bar tbe
gaa company from erect Ink a newplant
in the northern section , of the city,
where it bad acquired s site for auxil
iary works. The same ordinance, bow
ever, also prevented thetgas company
from enlarging tbe works it its existing
site, Twentieth and Martha Weets.
While there is some Justice in the
conditions imposed upon the gas com
pany lu locating new plants, there la
certainly no good reason why It should
be barred from enlarging Its plant at tbe
aite now occupied by its works. Ac
cording to our best information, the stor
age capacity of tbe gas tanks at Twen
tieth and Martha is limited to seven
hours continuous lighting and beating
and It baa become absolutely necessary
to enlarge the capacity to meet the con
stantly growing demands of the con
sumers. : -
In view of thee conditions, it would
seem only rational that the ordinance
recently enacted by the council be so
amended as to enable the company to
proceed wltb the enlargement . of Its
works-without belug subjected to . un
reasonable demands on tbe part of prop
erty owners In tbelr vicinity.
These parties cau scarcely claim that
they could be damaged more by the en
largement of the works than they al
ready have been damaged, but the new
ordinance enables them to block the
construction of additional storage tanks,
And thus places the city In jeopardy of
a shortage of gas supply, especially
should repairs be found necessary to tbe
existing plant
i THt RtCOGAtTlOZ VF LABOR
The appointment of John Burns, tbe
British labor leader, who bas been a
member of Parliament since 1802, to 8
cabinet position, la not tbe least nota
ble circumstance In connection wltb tbe
formation of the new liberal ministry.
As has been stated in the dispatches,
the appointment is a distinct innova
tion, it being the first time In the his
tory of Great Britain that a representa
tive of labor has held a cabinet posi
tion. And tbe position of Mr. Burns is
one of no small importance. He is
president of the local government board,
a place of much responsibility, tbe in
cumbent of which has a good deal of
power and Influence.
This recognition of labor is due to
tbe high character of Its leading repre
sentative In the -United Kingdom. Mr.
Burns is spoken, of as a man of sterling
honestv and tit Inflpxlhle couraire in i
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support of his convictions. Ills appoint-
nient Is regarded as a wise move on the
part of the new premier, as It will rally
s very strong element to the ministry,
not so much in Parliament as among
the electors an Important fact in view
of tbe approaching call for a general
election. It Is not doubted that Mr.
Burns will creditably perform the duties
to which be has been called. .
THE BAILWAT JSA1L SERVICE.
In his annual report Postmaster Gen
eral Cortelyou makes a recommenda
tion In regard to the railway mall ser
vice which ought to receive tbe atten
tion of congress. The general public
bas very little conception of the char
acter of this service and of the arduous
duties of those who are engaged In it.
There is no more exacting work in any
branch of tbe government service than
that of the railway postal clerk and In
addition to this it is a perilous em
ployment According to the report of
the postmaster general twelve clerks
were killed while on duty last year and
125 were seriously injured. The num
ber of clerks slightly ln'ured was 880.
Thus there was a total of 523 railway
mail service employes killed and injured
in a single year, a record which pretty
clearly demonstrates tbe dangerous
character of the business.
ThR postmaster general says that
"tbe arduous and hazardous duties in
cident to the service emphasize the de
sirability of some legislative action that
will make provision for clerks worn
out in the service and maintain tbe
vigor and efficiency of the service by
tbe gradual elimination of superanuu-J
ated clerks" It would seem that con
gress might go farther" than this and
provide something for tbe survivors of
those clerks in' the railway mail service
who lose tbelr lives while In the per
formance of duty. Men employed In
so hazardous a service are certainly
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entitled to extraordinary consideration.
Congress has not hitherto shown a
proper regard for the employes in this
most necessary and Important branch
of the postal service and it Is to be
hoped the present congress will give It
the attention it merits.
Postmaster General Corteiyou's
recommendation that bulky periodicals,
congressional documents and garden
sass be transported by fast freight In
stead of fast mail Is commendable. A
greater saving would, however, bo ef
fected If congress would discontinue
tbe distribution of tbe bulky volumes
of governments reports that go Into the
scrap heap and are never utilized by
anybody, and further still, if It would
suppress the free distribution of seeds.
which, for the most part are never
planted. Tbe biggest saving, however,
which tbe Postofflce department could
effect if it bad tbe nerve to assert it
self, would be by the abolition of the
fast malls where tbe regular mall serv
ice Is ample for all commercial uses and
wants, and the read'nstment of railway
tolls for the transportation of malls to
the basis on which express matter Is
transported by passenger trains side by
side, or rather in tandem, wltb tbe
United States malls. This is by far tbe
greatest source of our annual postal de
ficit Councilman O'Brien evidently looks
upon tbe proposed independent telephone
in the same light that made the super
intendent of the railroad refuse to dis
charge a conductor wbo was accused of
wearing diamonds, owning fast horses
and living a life of luxury on a salary
of $75 a month If I discbarge that
conductor, the next one will have to
accumulate all those costly things, re
marked the superintendent If we have
a new Independent telephone, exclaims
our "Pave," the people will have to
pay for it o we had better stick to the
old one and ring off.
Our local po poor a tic contemporary la
very much exercised over the appoint
ment of one of three Llncolnltes wbo
are aid to aspire to Marshal Mathews'
brogans. The popocratlc forecaster la
evidently off In bis reckoning and seems
oblivious of the fact tbat the appoint
ment ef a United States marshal from
Lincoln would come into collision with
the reappointment of the collector of
k'.ternal revenue from tbe same town.
The South Omaha ring that la nego
tiating to v; a $7,500 site to the city
for a city ball at $15,000 can well afford
to pay $1,000 for tbe withdrawal of the
suit enjoining, the Issue of the city ball
bonds, which would still leave $3,500 to
be divided by the simple rule of three.
But the Douglas county grand Jury
which is to be called between now and
spring may have something to say about
this deal.
Now that the Union . Taclflc and
Burlington have secured trackage
privileges through all the alleys east of
Thirteenth, between Leavenworth a ej
Webster street, the Jobbers and manu
facturers of Omaba will have no diffi
culty In securing sites that will be ac
cessible to tbe railroads.
Tbe fact that Mr. Bishop says that
part of bis duty With tbe Panama com
mission is to keep public sentiment
"normal'!: Indicates that some well
known railroad methods were carried
to the commission by tbe distinguished
builders when they changed their oc
cupations. The flags In the city of Portland were
all at half-mast and tbe public schools
were closed In honor of tbe late un
lamented Senator Mitchell. Tbe stan
dard of public sentiment in Oregon is
not quite as elevated as sre the' tall
pines on tbe banks of the Columbia.
Liberty foe Tiaae.
Cincinnati Enquirer.
Nebraska has decided that.
notwithstanding tha state law on the sub-
Ject, a man may roil his own cigarettes.
Anyhow, he can do so while Colonel Bryan
Is In tbe old countries.
. Stripping- tke Pie Coaster.
Detroit Free Press.
With tha abolition of passes by the
railroads and the retention by the post
master general of presidential postmasters
so long as they perform their duties faith
fully the lot of the average congressman
Is not a happy one. , .
Blunted Moral Sense.
Brooklyn Eagle.
They are still Indicting people who have
been stealing United States land for cattle
ranches, but you never hear of any punish
ment Is the moral sense of the west a
trifle blunt? The herolslng of Pat Crowe
makes it look that way.
OrerdolaaT the Job.
Chicago Record-Herald.
William of Germany gets no salary for
serving as emperor, his only Income being
for his services aa king , of Prussia. Some
of the life Insurance presidents will be
unable to understand why William Is wlll-
Inv to ditvota an much of his time aa he
, does to the emperor business
Won't Do Thlnsf to It.
' Philadelphia Record. '
The anti-free pass fervor has struck the
national capital. A' bill bas been intro
duced Into the house' of representatives
HHtirMln. (hat m n t-vi isr. fl f nn r wtA
, ue frM tran8portatlon .hail not receive
1 mileage. It is not likely, however, that
the bill will travel many miles in Its way
through committee. '
Hint of What l Coming.
Washington Post.
Representative Hepburn will introduce
a railway rate bill "which will not be tha
president's and will - not ba ' the Each
Townsend bill." It would be more like
real news If a, Herburn bill shduld bear
any resemb!ance''t''a,! measure offered by
any Other ftiember,,, MK Hepburn is an
expert' at mental aetitaire. ' r.-t --
- Merehandiae Poetaure.'r
. .,( Btw Louls Globe-Democrat
Postmaster General ..Cortelyou; recom
mends that the postage on a four-pound
parcel of merchandlsa In tbe United States
; reduced from 6 cents to 32 cents. That
I would ba something, but lq Germany the
po8tat, on an ...pou paroel u
. cents, and in England a three-pound parcel
Is carried for 10 cents postage, with house-
to-house collection and delivery.
STATES PRESS COMMEXT.
Alliance Times:. President Roosevelt has
Impreseed Register Pet 1 1 John of the Valen
tine land office with his decisive ideas that
wrongs against the , government shall not
go unpunished by summarily removing the
register from office. Fettijohn Is charged
with acquiring title to lands In questionable
manner. The president also asks for the
resignation of Receiver Towle of tha same
office. . .
Loup City Northwestern: By direction
of the president 3i C. Pettijohn, register
of the general land office at Valentine,
Neb., has been summarily dismissed ou the
charge Of participating In questionable land
' deals. Also tha receiver of the land office
that place. Albert D. Towle. has been
dismissed. Well, well: to think of Jim
Pettijohn and tha old major getting In
tha gratters' column. Who next?
Kearney Hub: The greatest surprise of
the season is the removal of United States
Marshal Mathews of Nebraska by the presi
dent for alleged ' misconduct in connection
with the Richards and Comstock case. The
defendants were found guilty of illegally
fencing the public ' domain and the court
sentenced them to remain in the custody nf
the marshal for six hours, but instead it Is
alleged that he at Once turned them over to
the custody of their1 own counsel In lieu of
carrying out the order of the court to the
letter. The president and the legal depart
ment at Washington were greatly dis
pleased with' District : Attorney Baxter's
handling of the case and with the llghtncf
of the sentence, and when the president was
Informed of Marshal Mathews' act he de
cided upon summary removal. Mr.
Mathews has atood high In Nebraska and
has a host nf friends who will sympathise
with him personally, but 'if he has failed
In his duty aa an official he alone Is to
blame for that fact and for the conse
quences. Fremont Herald: A suggestion to Judge
Munger: It Is currently reported that the
members of the federal Jury now on duty
In Omaha are supplied with free railroad
passes every time they want to take a
trip out. Jn tha state to visit their fami
lies. Now it so happens that the rail
roads giving these free passes have sev
eral Important ' suits pending before that
same court where those Jurors are servvig.
Perhaps tha giving- of the free passes msy
not Influence the jurors, perhsps they are
built of such mean stuff that they never
feel railed upon to return favor for favor,
aa every gentleman should. But all the
same the Herald suggests that District
Attorney Baxter ought to get his grand
Jury busy in this matter. It has been held
by some of the strong courts of the na
tion that - the acceptance of a free pass
by a juror dlsquallfle him in a case
where the railroad company is Interested.
Perhaps a grand jury Investigation would
disqualify all of Judge Munger'a jurors.
Perhaps tha pass business haa been so
good that even his grand Jurors would
be disqualified. . But no matter; the Investigation-
ahould be made at once.
Judge Munger cannot afford to have his
court undur suspicion. Everybody be
lieves In hint aa a man and aa a magis
trate. It ( his duty to ke;p the recordt
ef his jurors and court officials aa clean
as bis own good record.
noran ahoit hew tork. 1
Rlpeles Ike C.rre.t ef Life I k
Metre eella.
Discussing tha effect of tha mortgage
lw which haa been In operation In the
Empire itate for eight montha, tha New
Tork Timee prints statistics showing a
falling off In the number of mortgages re
corded compared with tha same period last
year, a slight decrease In I per cent mort
gages, a twenty-fold Inorease In H per
cent mortgages, and a notable decrease In
S per cent an! lower Interest rate mort
gages. The general effect of tha law Is
shown In tha following comparison of one
week's business In New Tork City:
Total number . 41s 4S6
Amount Involved t4,7.RBO ,I74,00
Number St per cent 1S ITS
Amount Involved t2,W,4ll fl.10S.tt3
Number at 6V por cent.... f I
Amount Involved I S61,814 Vn.VQ
Number at t per cent 77 1R7
Amount Involved ll,ao.606 $1,84,JS7
Number at 4H per cent.... IS 4
Amount Involved f 149.500 11,021,000
Number at 4 per cent .. 4
Amount Involved ., f 06,000
Dr. Thomas Darlington, president of tha
New Tork Board of Health, haa put In a
good word for tea. When asked his opinion
aa to the value of tea aa a beverage ho
said:
"Tea drinking as practiced In this coun
try Is not harmful. It la only when tea Is
used In excess, or when it Is not property
prepared, tbat there la danger of Injurious
effects. There ahould be temperance In
tea drinking aa In all other things. It Is
an advantage, particularly In cold weather,
if one or two warm cups of tee are taken
during the afternoon. A warm drink Is
good for the stomach, and tea answera the
purpose better than some other drinks that
could ba named.
"In my opinion tea that Is properly
brewed and taken In moderate quantities
is a benefit and not a harm to the system.
It la a good thing If not carried too far.
Generally speaking, I do not think that
Americans drink too much tea. There are,
of course, exceptional cases, where the tea
drinking habit la formed. I knew one old
woman who kept a pot of tea on the stove
all the time and drank at frequent inter
vals during the day. Sen-ants drink too
much tea They are apt to keep the pot
boiling all the time, and boiled tea is In
jurious. The ordinary method of taking a
cup of tea at breakfast or In the afternoon,
and of not too strong a quality, Is all
right and should be commended by phy
sicians. Taken thus It Is more apt to be
restful than to cause nervousness."
Those who have the good or bad fortune
to gain entrance to the office of the presi
dent of a New Tork bank or trust com
pany have observed that no such office In
thla city Is complete without Its open fire
place, In which In winter coal Is always
burning during business hours.
The rooms may be steam-heated and ven
tilated to the last degree of modern en
gineering science, but that does not pre
vent the addition of this picturesque touch
of the leisurely life that New Tork busi
ness men are not supposed to lead. On a
bright sunny day these open fires seem to
be rather unnecessary, but when the clouds
are dun-colored and rain or snow Is driving
against the broad window panes, the leap
ing flames make a cheerful note In the car
peted rooms.
The only tribute one sees to the busy
life men are supposed to lead "down
town" Is the circumstance that no one ever
saw a man standing or sitting Idly before
one of these cosy-looking fireplaces.
.'
There Is an old superstition that an Irish
man can light hfs pipe In any wind. It
germinated, grew and flowered Into the
form of an axiom long before a skyscraper
was built. lst Saturday In New Tork it
received-a death jolt when a party of Idle
guests at the Bartholdl hung up a prise
of HO to the man who could light his pipe
at the lower edge of tha Flatiron building,
across the way. It happened that a gang
of street car laborers were at work near
by. and four of them were Irishmen. They
took the challenge and went bravely to
work In the face of a wind that blew
sixty miles an hour. The four men burned
their stlpulnted five matches each and all
emerged from the contest defeated. They
were lucky to keep their feet. The day in
New Tork was meaner than a bobtalled
bull fighting flies in tall grass. First, It
rained until 11 o'clock. Then the aun came
out a few minutes to encourage people into
I the notion that it would turn out to be a
nne day. xso sooner naa tne smiling coun
tenance of Old Sol lured the people to the
streets then bang! the curtain was pulled
down over his face and Mr. Boreas, the
boss of Wlndvllle. turned a thousand furies
loose through the streets.
The most Interesting of the fake
"antique" manufacturing branches carried
on In New Tork Is a beaten brass factory
In Grand street Here some work Is done
of wonderful beauty and line workmanship.
To the Russian alone belongs the at of
making beaten brass in all its perfectness,
and Russians only make reproductions from
the antloue. ,
Tha methods pursued In this factory are
not much different from those in the furni
ture shop. The antique Is brought over
from Russia by the head of the firm, who
spends nearly all his tim- abroad mating
purchases for the house. 1 . hen the article
arrive it Is copied by the workmen and
sold to the different stores. The only dif
ference between furniture and brass mak
ing Is that the furniture man takes his
order from the collector and tha brass
man Is himself chief collector of brasses,
and holds In one room in his factory
nearly all the real antique brasses that are
to be found outside of private homes in
New Tork.
PERSONAL JfOTES.
Eugene Vallat, a well-known United
States engineer, with a long military rec
ord, haa Just died In Detroit. In l&sl be was
commissioned chief engineer by President
Lincoln.
Senator Allison leads the list In tbe
new congressional directory as respects
length of service, and Senator Morgan of
Alabama, is a close second. Allison's
continuous service dates from March
1873. and Morgan's from March S, 1877.
When Thomas F. Ryan, the railroad and
Insurance magnate, appeared before tho in
surance investigation committee, tha on
lookers were amaxed at the physical pro
portions of the man. He la a giant. Kan
is about 64 years old. He is In perfect
physical condition.
Franklin K. Lane, -whom the president
has nominated for Interstate commerce
commissioner, la a 6an Francisco lawyer,
who entertains some radical views, being a
believer, in the Henry George single-tax
Idea. Fifteen years ago he waa a reporter
on the San Francisco Chronicle.
- S. T. Doduon. a farmer of tha South
Canadian valley, in Oklahoma, named
his children after aa many states of the
union. His sis daughters are named Vir
ginia, Carolina. Georgia, Florida, Idaho
and Jeraey. The Dodson boys are named
Missouri, Ohio, Tennessee and Texas.
Presidents of tbe larger Chicago banks
are paid salaries from 130.000 to toO.OOO,
according to the Daily News of that city.
Tha maximum figure . is commanded by
John J. Mitchell of the Illinois Trust and
Savings bank, whose stock is largely owned
by his family. James II. Ecklee of tha
Commercial National haelr relv a sal
ary of IX.OOS, which la to be inrrvaeed at
the end of tbe year.
Have You
a Friend?
Then tell him about Ayers Cherry
Pectoral. Tell him how it cured your
hard cough. . Tell him why you always
keep' it on hand. Tell him to ask his
doctor about it. Doctors know it
They use it a great deal for all forms
of throat and lung troubles. , ;
We have no secrets We publish
the formulas of all our medicines. ;
.
Made sy tke . 0. Aye Ce.. teweU, Km.
Ales Maaunwitarsrs ef
ATYft'B EAItt VIGO For the fcair. AVER'S PILLS For cenitipatioa.
ATBK'S BARSAPARILLA Pot tb blood. ATBB'S AGUE CUXE-Fof malaria and ages.
PVSHI-4Q VP THE BARS.
Me-rea for Farther Limitation ef
Immigration.
Philadelphia Record.
If Chief Geronlmo. on ' behalf- of the
Comanches and Apaches, should denounce
the Intruding palefaces who since the dis
covery of America by Columbus have seised
and overrun the continent, standing upon
no question of ownership, but driving be
fore them with sword and fire the abori
ginal possessors of the land, who could
successfully answer the savage old repro
bate? Not 8amuel Gompers.
Gompers Insists that having anugly en
sconced ourselves In this great country and
made ourselves comfortable, we shall now
set up bars at our ports of entry and
freese out the peoples of other countries
who desire to share with us the blessings
of free Institutions. If wa have any rights
here they are Incident to the right of
people who are born Into the world to go
about In it without let or hindrance. Gom
pers, enjoying that right In his own per
son, would deny It to outsiders. Whether
Geronimo's claim be deemed right or wrong,
Gompers Is ridiculous.
President Roosevelt, who keeps a keen
eye to tha drift of political movement, ap
parently Is giving small consideration to
the outcry for further statutory limitation
of Immigration. He proposes to Invest a
million Porto Rlcans with citizenship at one
fell swoop. Having gone so far, It would
be ludicrously Inconsistent to set up
barricades against the Japanese or Indus
trious and self-supporting Immigrants from
southern Europe.
thus far It la the glory of our experi
ment in self-government f that It has
proven a successful solvent of all the racea
and all the religions. Here British, .Irish,
Germans, Frenchmen, Italians, Swedes.
Russians, Poles, Slavs, Jews, Gentiles and
Mohammedans dwell together In peace. In
Russia under the stern rule of an In
tolerent despotism,' the warring races are
cutting each other's throats: iThe preachers
of the Gompertan philosophy in that dis
tracted country appear at the present time
to be active factors In preventing the es
tablishment of constitutional government.
A MARVEL OF FIJAXCE.
Harrlman's Management of the nTn
Paclflo Railroad.
Wall Street Journal.
The Union Paclflo railroad stands today
the most remarkable epitome of the mod
ern financial spirit that is to be found In tho
United States. The Orcat Northern and the
Pennsylvania are wonderful corporations.
They have been administered as railway
properties on a k-vel of efficiency equal to
if not higher than the level of efficiency of
the Union Paclflo administration. Each has
been wonderfully successful and each Is
paying a dividend to Its stockholders bigger
than the dividend being paid the stockhold
ers of the Union Pacific.
Nevertheless, Union Pacific would prob
ably be picked out by any uninterested
critic as the most aucceasful of tha three.
It owes Its success primarily, of course, to
the brilliancy with which Its rajlroad opera
tions have been carried on. That is the
basis, but Is no more than a basis, for the
record of Union Pacific. Its success as a
railroad has been great, but it has become
almost incidental aa compared with the suc
cess of Union Pacific as an Investor.
The net earnings of the Union Pacific in a
year may be put down at 130,000.000. In the
past three years the investments of Union
Pacific have appreciated In value something
over n5.000.000, or at the rate of about 122,
Ono.000 per annum. The actual annreriatinn
. - -- . -
1 Annum Itfirlntr tfi r.a , V. i
-' fclllfaj jrH
Browning, Ming & Co
ORIGINATORS AND SOLE MAKERS OF HALF SIZES IK CLOTHING.
Our Holiday
Display...
'T-here Is everything In the selection." said Beau Bru-i.mel-and
therefore visit a man'e store for a man's apparel."
Fliteenth and
Douglas Sts.
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been more than two-thirds of the net earn
ings from operations per annum. '
These three years have made Union Pa
cific what It Is. They have built up for It a
credit almost boundless. They have made
of it a gigantic holding company and have
placed its leading spirit In practically a
dominant position so far as railroads and
railroad power on the south Paclflo coast Is
concerned. These years have been the
rungs of the ladder by which E. H. Harrl
man and his associates have climbed to a
height of financial power never before
reached by any capitalist In the history of
the world In so brief a Space of time.
E. H. Harrlman and the Union Pacific
represent the power -of concentration In its
highest phase. In the furthermost corners
of the earth men are working for the bene
fit of Union Pacific and E, H. Harrlman.
The secret of It all Is that the genius of Mr.
Harrlman has created a railroad system
upon which more than Its due portion of the
traffic of the world must center. He has
made the Union Pacific the main artery of
commerce across this continent and he Is
reaping the reward of his foresight.
FLASHES OF Ft N.
Dlnguss It's good of you. old man, to
lend money to me so cheerfully.-
Shadbolt Is it. Dlnguss? Well. I alwavs
bear In mind that there's a blessing pr'o
poiinced upon the cheerful giver. Chicago
Tribune.
"I suppose about now Prince Louis of
Battenberg is telling his royal relatives of
some of his rich experiences in the United
Stntes." ......
. "He ought to be able to do It with that
thousiird-dollnr mot-th he took away with
him. Philadelphia Press.
"Why do you call yourself 'we' In your
editortnls?" BXl"d the admlrlnr frlnt nf
the country editor.
"That is so people who don't approve of
what I write about them will imagine that
there are too many of us for them to lick."
Cleveland La'er.
"Tea. Indeed, he had a splendid Job with
uie uui insurance .company. : ... .
Wfiaf WerJklV'nSitleSf '1' """
"Why. one-year In ro(r Me had W See
that they added -an extra day to February
insurance calendars' Washington
Star.
"The Daily Whooper is a great advertis
ing medium."
"G'wan. It's no good at all. I put a
want ad in the other day and didn't get a
single reply.':
"What was your ad?" . .
" 'Poor young man wishes to meet a
beautiful girl of some means who Is will
ing to do her own housework.' "Cleve
land Leader.
THE SEVES AGES.
Houston. Poet.
A little laugh.
A little fun;
A blossom bordered
Way to run.
A getting tall.
And serious, too;
And then tho school -
To labor through.
Then blossom bordered
Ways of love -
Just two on earth
And stars above.
Then to the altar.
Then away
To homely cares
Of every day.
Then joys untold. - -
Then new delight! '
A baby crying
In the night.
Then something more .
Than rarent's glee
A gran'child
Climbing on your knee.
And then to steep;
Green sod above;
But life's worth living,
For tho love.
We are giving unusual space to
a display of goods suitable for hol
iday gifts for men. vj-
We especially invite the women,
who are naturally judges of such
things, to include this store in their
rounds of .Christmas shopping..' '
Bath Robes, House Coats, Smokr
ing Jackets these are the gifts
that men appreciate.
OMAHA
NEB.
YORK