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C. C. Rosewater. secretary of The Bee
Publishing Company, being duly sworn,
says that the actual number of full and
romrlete copies of The Dally, Morning.
Evening and Sunday Bee printed during
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3 83,200
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16 8.1,00
17 82.80
18 SO.BAA
It 81.8DO
20 81,870
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23 81,430
24 82,000
25 21,2AO
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Less unsold copies 0,162
Net total sales, ; tMsB.OM
Dally average 81,874
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WHEW OCT OF TOWS,
Sabserlbers leaving; city tern
porarlly ahoold hart The Be
mailed to them. Addreaa will b
chanced as often aa requested.
Some of the sympathy extended to
l'at Crowe can now be extended to bis
long suffering wife.
Spring bus surely begun the Georgia
peach crop has already been killed! for
the first time this year.
Polities may be getting warm in
Nebraska, but Iowa politics are fast ap
proaching the sizzling point.
' If gas at 8 centa a thousand cubic
feet in within the range of possibilities,
why bother with "dollar-gag" platform
planks?
: Now that It has decided that insur
ance Is not commerce, the house Judl
clary committee might satisfy public
curiosity by telling us exactly what It Is,
Candidate Benson's professions of re
form are subjected to a pretty severe
strain every time he vouches, for the
disreputable Westberg and the noto
rious Butler.
Russian radicals planning to set up a
provisional government should make
certain their prospective officers have
no secret treaties with the powers at
St. Petersburg.
If Attorney General Moody Is correct
in his declaration that the claim of lm
mu nl ty was a second thought of the
pnekers. It only goes to prove that sec
oiid thoughts are valuable assets.
In approving Count Witte's plan for
a loan to enable peasants to buy land
the cr.ar is taking a step which should
help to save his throne, for home owners
are seldora disposed to become revolu
tlonlsts.
Leavenworth does not know whether
to rejoice because the United States is
sending practically all Its prisoners to
that place, or to object because it does
not provide the money to send them
away after their terms expire.
Senator Lodge Is impressed with the
magnitude of the question of regulating
freight rates; but he would be one of
the last to admit that It is a larger ques
tion than many problems the United
states has solved, and solved right.
The instructions given Count Casslnl
at Algeclras by Russia created lrrlta
tion at Berlin, but this may not be a
matter of surprise to the czar, who Is
thought to be In close touch with the
kaiser despite his French alliance.
Juvenile court officers are said to be
undertaking a campaign to protect boys
from slot machine gambling. If slot
uachlne gambling la going on in Omaha
It should be stopped without respect to
v.hpthev boys or men are playing the
K'ne.
President lloosevelt baa again demon
t rated that bis Ideas run In the direc
tion ,of honesty rather than ulplomacy,
His rvmarks on the subject of the eight
diour law are not calculated to please
radicals of either faction In the Indus
trial struggle.'
Tlie death of General Thayer, who
commanded the First Nebraska regi
ment In the war of the rebellion de
velops the Interesting fact that fifteen
survivors of the old First Nebraska are
residing rltiht here In Omaha. That. In
deed, is a remarkable showing.
The coroner's Jury In the receut Colo
rado wreck has adjourned until it can
hear testimony from the man who was
asleep at bis post. Evidently the Jurors
do Dot want him to play the part of An
drew Hamilton and spoil a number of
tine theories by returning to talk after
the report la submitted.
the rACKER? case.
The decision of the fodpral itnirt In
structing a verdict In favor of tlio Chl-
sgn packers tried under indictment for
violation of the antitrust Utw may soom
nt first blush a serious defeat of tin gov
ernment and victory for the defendants.
It does. Indeed, defeat criminal prowecu-
tlon of the defendant in this piirtleulur
ease, and thereby release them from
peril most ominous to men of their
standing in the Mortal and business
worlds. Ho far the result Is dlsnpnolnt-
Ing to the government.
Bnt In a broad view the outcome may
well cause these defendants, the kings
of the preat meat Industry, to ponder
nxlously the position they really oc
cupy. They nave escaped only on an
allowed claim of Immunity from the
consequences of criminal acts, a plea
which always carries a sinister meaulng
and which, though It may technically
acquit In a court of law Is simply n ver
dict of not proven In the mightier court
of public opinion. Millionaire captains
of industry will scarcely be able on
sober reflection to congratulate them
selves on a result so humiliating and so
prfgnant with injurious consequences to
them In their future relations to the
public.
The hair-hrendth escape In this case,
due to blunder In the Inauguration of
the work of the new Department of
Commerce, suggests rather the Irresisti
ble grip which the hand' of national
power Is putting, however slowly It
may seem to many, upon the great cor
porations that have systematically and
defiantly violated the laws against the
wrongful conspiracies and combinations
of which the public Is the victim. This
acquittal sttll leaves the corporations, of
which the defendants are the chief pro
prietors, open to punishment through the
same testimony, although It could not
be used In criminal proceedings against
them.
The moving spirits In the great pack
ing corporations and all other" corpora
tions must now realise the serious con
sequences of such violations of law in
the future, both for themselves and for
their corporations as corporations.
A VOIXT NOT WELL .TAKEN
A paragraph of the memorlnl drawn
up by the executive' council of the Amer
ican Federation of Labor puts a forced
and misleading construction on the re
cent executive order relating to efforts
of persons in the civil service to secure
Increased salary, etc. That order is not
a denial of the right of petition In any
proper sense of the term, but is aimed
against specific abuses which had grown
up In the civil service. It belougs to
the class of orders which have been
Issued for improving the civil service, of
which a notable illustration Is the series
of orders which forbid employes of the
government engaging offensively or ob
trusively in partisan activities. No one
denies the right of a citizen to exert
himself as be pleases within legal limita
tions In party work, a right far more
essential than that of petition, but at
the same time It Is agreed that a private
citizen may properly do as a partisan
many things which It would be Improper
for a government employe to do.
There was well founded complaint that
In some branches of the civil service em
ployes were pushing their personal or
class Interests In a way and to an ex
tent which Impaired discipline and-the
efficiency of the service, as well as led to
Improper Interference In politics. The
president's order, marking out a course
for the employes' complaints In the de
partments touching deprvtmental mat
ters, undertook to correct these impro
prieties of government servant and not
to touch the rights of citizens.
PRESWEST TO THE LABOR CHIEFS.
President Roosevelt's characterise
cally frank and Independent bearing be
fore the large body of distinguished rep
resentatives of organized labor, can not
fall to make a favorable Impression on
them and their constituents as well as
on the public generally. All right-minded
people admire the manliness and
straight-forward dealing which the pres.
Ident so signally exemplifies in bis re
sponse to the demands and representa
tions which It was the object of the
meeting with the high officials of labor
organizations to lay before him.
The attitude of the president, although
on Important points he disagrees em
phattcnlly and broadly with his visitors,
Is Incomparably more helpful to the
great Interests which they represent and
to the greater luterests of the country
at large than it could possibly le if he
were one of the too common type of pub
lic men who deal In glittering generali
ties and demagogic complaisance. In
our public affairs such-devices are con
venient masks for cowardly evasion,
The president wore no mask. The labor
visitors found themselves confronted
with a man. Indisputably honest, clear
In his owu mind and fearless to ieak
his opinion In their faces, whether It
squared with their notions or not. What
he said sT bluntly, particularly regard
lng proposed anti-Injunction legislation,
the eight-hour rule as applied to canal
work on the Panama Isthmus,, and the
exclusion of Chinese labor, demon
strated that he has been thinking deeply
on those subjects and can hardly fal to
set them thinking on some phases, as he
suggested, to which they have not given
adequate consideration.
The president's unequivocal stund for
the historic power of Injunction as ap
plied to modern conditions, to prevent
wrong and Injury, although to le legls
latlvety restricted and shorn of some
abuses, will le approved by the mass
of thinking people who view the ques
tion from an uublased standioint and
not from that of special or class Inter
ests, as capitalistic combinations on the
one hand or labor combinations on the
other hand. It U a telling point that
corporation opposition to the carefully
prepared bill to limit the Injunction
power because It goes as far aa It does
Is even far stronger than the organised
lalor opposition because it does not go
farther, and that the powpr as it now Is
has been employed by the administra
tion many times against the former In
terest but never against the latter. The
(resident does not mince words In de-
laring that he thinks the bill goes far
enough, or that upon occasion he would
nvoke the Injunction power against a
combination of laborer the same a
against a combination of capitalists.
Precisely so. too, the president empha
sized facts as to labor, climatic and
other conditions on the Isthmus and as
o Chinese Inlxirers, whose number In
this country I diminishing, which,
though essential to a true view, his vis
itor evidently had overlooked or had
not duly weighed, speaking before them
ertainly as freely as he would speak
lehlnd their bucks.
In short, the visiting labor chiefs and
their followers got "a square deal. The
president gave them -directly and force
fully bis independent point of view.
Thau this nothing is more lllunilnntlnR
and healing where class differences de
velop and become acute.
THE Crr ATT0RSE1SHIP
The contest for the republican nom
ination for city attorney has resolved
Itself Into a choice between two candi-dirtes-John
P. Breen, now serving In
that capacity by grace of the city coun
cil in filling a vacancy, and 'Jacob L.
Fawcctt, former district Judge and su
preme court commissioner. The Im
portance of this office makes it espe-
Inlly Incumbent upon the people to se
lect the best and most deserving man
for the place.
Mr. Breen Is asking support on the
ground that, having been put Into the
place, he Is entitled to be kept there by
re-election as a reward for his past In
dustry. As a matter of fact, however,
he was never elected by .the people, but
wus Installed there by the council as a
snrprlse In pursuit of a secret deal
with his democratic predecessor to re
tain the democratic "subordinates In the
office on the payroll. For the industry
of the law department, those familiar
with Its work give the credit to the
democratic assistant, who has tried
nearly all the city cases.
As to Judge Fawcett, his legal abili
ties are unquestioned. With thirty
years' experience at' the bar and on
the bench he has proved himself cool,
conservative and level-headed, and
would be a safe adviser for the city
himself without deluding upon his
deputies. ' Although a veteran of the
civil war, the fact that he enlisted when
not yet 15 years of age leaves htm still
in the prime of life, in vigorous health
and untiring In his work. It is need
less to say that no charge of graft has
ever been breathed against him.
The nomination and election of Judge
Fawcett to be city attorney would give
the people a lawyer nt the bend of the
city law department to look after all
of the city law business faithfully ami
efficiently.
What The Bee said at the time Statu
Treasurer Mortensen announced his re
tirement from the race for the guberna
torial nomination applies also to Lieu
tenant Governor McGllton, now that he
has publicly . withdrawn bis candidacy
for the same place in fact, The Bee's
explanation of the situation Is made the
sum and substance of Mr. McGilton'g
argument, namely, that while the con
stitutional prohibition Is open to more
than one construction, there is no way
to get an authoritative decision prior
to the nomination, and it would not be
fair to the party to ask it to take up a
candidate whose title might be clouded.
In realizing that it is a condition ad
not a theory which the party must meet
and relieving it in advance from the
awkward position likely to follow, Mr.
McGllton as well as Mr. Mortensen
makes proof of his party loyalty.
Out of the agitation for exclusive
agency listing comes a harmless resolu
tion by the Real Estate exchange rec
ommending its own members not to ad
vertise property unless under exclusive
sale arrangements. If the exclusive
agency system is a good one, real estate
dealers have the jniwer to establish It
eutlrely In their own bands. It is plai.i,
however, thnt they are not yet agreed as
to its desirability, and us long as they
disagree people who have property to
sell will also have divergent opinions.
The coming municipal primary is in
vested with all the protective legal
fences that surround the regular elec
tion against fraudulent registration and
fraudulent voting. It will be well for
people who In the past have regarded
the manipulation of primaries as safe
compared to the manipulation of elec
tions to pout themselves on the law
mid consequences of defying It.
One Omaha preucher has offered to do
nate to the Young Women's Christian
association building fund, all his mar
riage fees for wedding ceremonies per
formed during a specified period. A
chance to get a good wife and con
tribute to a worthy charity at the same
time without extra cost ought to swell
the local marriage license list If any
thing will.
Coal miners and operators, holding
the Industries of the nation at their
mercy, go about their dispute as though
they might be a number of angry land
lords quarreling over a line fence. The
miner is Interested the operator is in
terested, but the consumer, who is most
vitally affected, ha no voice in the nego
tiations.
The opposition, who are becoming
alarmed at Ilennings' growing strength,
are trying to pick flaws In his admin
istration of the city treasurer's office.
Their stories, however, will not bear In
vestigation. City Treasurer Hennlngs
bag handled millions ef dollars of the
people's money, but he has never been
charged with pocketing n cent tlwt did
not belong to hint.
Iowa congressmen who are "laying
low" until the tight between Cummins
and Perkins develops sufficiently to In
tllcste the probshle winner may show
M)litical shrewdness, but they fall to
evince that quality . which has made
Senator Iolllver admired for his wit
spoken convictions.
May It Please the Coirl,
Chicago Record-Herald.
Every little while something happens to
make the good cltlsen glad his forefathers
had the wisdom to provide for a supreme
court which belongs to the whole nation.
C'rneleat Cat of All.
Washington Tost.
Senator Ixdge proposes Imprisonment for
railroad managers guilty of granting re
betes. This Is clearly unconstitutional, on
the ground of "cruel and unusual" pun
ishment, particularly "unusual." '
Lived I p to Her Principles.
Cleveland Plain Dealer.
There Is a general revival of Miss An
thony's famous saying that Ood never
made a man good enough to govern a
woman wtlhout her consent. And she
never went back on It.
When Everybody Is Welt Armed.
Cincinnati Enquirer.
Rattleships are the "go." And what Is
the world going to do when all of the gnat
powers Including the Vnlted States, mind
you-re outfitted with ponderous estab
lishments at sea? Will there be fighting?
Will war be done away with by the des
truction of all the fighting forces? Or will
the nations simply glare at each other and
maintain an armed and very expensive
peace? How would It do for all of them to
quit building warships and burn what they
have on hand?
aval Academy Demoralisation.
Baltimore American.
The serious and astounding charge Is
brought sgainst the midshipmen at An
napolis that they deliberately plotted to
prevent a high standard of scholarship, the
Idea being to escape the hard work which
such study would necessitate. The cir
cumstances of the hasing practice, however,
lnferentlally corroborates this charge.
Young men seriously In earnest about their
study and their standing would not waste
the time that It Is proved this practice of
hasing cost. The demoralisation Is entailed
Inevitably reflected on' the standard of
scholarship, and obscured to the cadets'
view the grievous Injustice they were do
ing themselves and their country In not
giving the public service to which they
were destined the best In their power.
THE COI RTS AXD THE TRVSTS.
Moves to Check the Greed of Com
binations.
Philadelphia Record.
The decision of the United States supreme
court that trust officials cannot screen
their corporations when on the witness
stand by the plea of self-incrimination in
case they tell the truth, and that they
must produce books and papers when called
for. has put some measure of push Into
the proceedings now pending In the courts.
The court alao nrms grand Juries with
something of their pristine authority In
ferreting out crime' of their own motion.
The New York Tribune makes the follow
ing summary of .suits agalnst frusta now
urged, either' by i -federal or state govern
ments: i ,-.,t .. ,
Oil Trust Kansas, Missouri, New York-
States and federal government. '
Sugar Trust New York Federal grand
Jury,
Beef Trust Chicago Federal government.
Ice Trust Movement to secure control be
gun In New York and Ohio.
Bridge Trust Ohio State.
Grocery Trust Ohio State.
Merger Trust New York State Railroad
commission.
Tobacco Trust New York Federal grand
Jury.
Paper Trust New York Federal grand
Jury.
Besides these proceedings In the courts
the Interstate Commerce commission has
been directed to make a special Investiga
tion of coal and oil monopolies. These are
parlous days for the trusts. They seem,
however, to be In more danger from the
judicial than from the legislative or execu.
tlve arm of the government. It Is more
and more apparent that there Is already
law enough to protect the people from or
ganised freebooters. If the laws are en
forced. V
SI GAR TRI ST REBATES.
Monopoly Enriched by Rallroid
Favoritism.
Chicago Tribune.
The general opinion is that It Is high
time the government waa doing something
to remind the American Sugar Refining
company that there Is a government. The
trust several years ago got nearly com
plete control of the manufacture of refined
sugar In the Vnlted States. Suit was
brought under the Sherman law to annul
Its purchases -of the stock of rival con
cerns. The supreme court held In 1896 that
the act prohibited only restraint of Inter
state commerce, and that manufacture not
being commerce the Sugar trust waa not
amenable to It.
The senate has since faithfully protected
the trust from adverse legislation and has
seen to It that excessive differentials duties
were Imposed for Its benefit, the Depart
ment of Justice has not Interfered with It,
and It has had a chance, which It has
eagerly taken advantage of, to show what
may be expected of a practical monopoly
that Is subjected to no effective legal con
trol. Most of Its competitors have been
crushed out and gross extortion has been
practiced upon the public. No large con
cern In the country has abused Us power
worse.
The evidence furnished to the attorney
general shows how the trust has been en
abled to fight competitors and at the same
time hold up the public. The railway re
bate was its main weapon, aa It has been
that of the Standard OH company and
most other oppressive monopolies. By
skilfully playing the railways against on
another it i-' unlawful freight rata con
cessions, which enabled It to make a good
profit while selling at prices that rival con
cerns, having to pay the regular printed
freight rates, could not meet without heavy
loss.
As the American Sugar ReflnlnsT company
cannot he rearmed under the anti-trust act
It would seem that the prevention of Its
getting unlawful favors from the railroads
Is the only available means by which Its
career of cut-throat competition and whole
sale extortion can hf arrested. If It were
compelled to pay the same freight rates aa
other sugar refiners there would be better
chance. of effective competition against It.
The administration should, therefore, push
vigorously the suits 'which have been be
gun against the trust and several easteia
trunk lines for alleged violations of the
Elklns law, and It Is to be hoped that In
rase convictions are secured the courts will
Impoo the heaviest penalties the statute
provides. Sugar Is as much a necessary
of life as meat or bread,, and the publlo
should be protected from the evil effects of
monopolistic control of the rupply.
j ute zj t; w
PURE WHOLESOME RELIABLE
MADE FROM CREAM OF TARTAR DERIVED SOLELY FROM
GRAPES, THE MOST DELICIOUS AND WHOLE
SOME OF ALL FRUIT ACIDS
Its superiority is unquestioned.
Its fame world-vide.
Its use a protection and a guarantee
against alum food.
Alum baking powders are detrimental
most foreign countries their sale is prohibited.
in this country the
powders shall be branded to warn consumers that they contain an
unhealthful ingredient, while in the District of Columbia, Congr ess
has forbidden absolutely the sale of food that contains alum. -
Alum baking powders may be distinguished by their price
one cent an ounce or from ten to twenty-five cents a pound.
BITS OF ' WASHINGTON LIFE.
Minor Scenes and Incidents Sketched
on the Spot.
A few short weeks ago a peculiarly
harmonious chortling was heard In certain
quarters predisposed to mocking the policy
of President Roosevelt in pressing upon
congress the enactment of laws to remedy
grave public Ills. With unseemly glee the
announcement waa made that the president
was shrinking in public estimation, that the
measures most sought had been hammered
to death In the senate and the carcasses
tossed Into the sub-cellars. The wish was
father to the thought In this Instance. An
other guess, much less gleeful. Incoming
to the chortlers; a guess expressed In the
subdued words of the fellow whom the
bull tossed over the fence, "Bcdad I'm
glad I had me laugh first."
The Washington correspondent of the
Boston Transcript, a careful, reliable ob
server of conditions, summarises the
situation as It now appears: The legis
lation In which the president has been and
la especially Interested Includes:
1. A railroad rate law.
i. A pure food law.
5. Statehood for Oklahoma and Indian
Territory by all means, and for Ariiona and
New Mexico, If possible.
. 4. Philippine tariff legislation.
6. Ratification of the Santo Domingo
treaty.
He will get a railroad rate law, and by
getting that he will have won his winter's
fight. H has made It clear all along that
be was willing. to sacrifice everything eUe,
If necessary. In. order to secure rate legis
lation. But he will not have to 'sacrifice
all else. The pure food bill will become a
law; Oklahoma and Indian Territory will
be admitted to statehood, and there Is a
possibility of securing Philippine tariff leg
islation. So after all, unless signs fall, the presi
dent will come out well In the contest.
Every now and then Secretary Shaw
bumps into a watchman who doesn't know
him even by sight. That happened only a
few mornings ago. The ecretary was a
little late. The rule Is that when an em
ploye cornea In late he must register his
name and set down the time when he ar
rived. The watchman who didn't know
the secretary opened the door and asked
him If he was an employe of the treasury.
Quess so," rather nonchalantly re
marked the late-comer.
"Then the books for yours," ' remarked
the watchman, "you know the rule."
So the secretary waltxed over to the big
book and wrote "U M. Shaw, 9:06 a. m.
Less than two hours after that came a
written complaint from one of the minor
officials complaining about a watchman be
cause he hsd Insisted upon him signing the
books, although the rule pertains only to
employes.
"Did you tell him who you were," asked
Shaw, and the official said he had not,
"Then go sign the book," wrote Shaw.
"Everybody doesn't know everybody else."
. Senator Tillman piloted a constituent
around the capttol building for a while and
tben, having work to do on the floor, con
ducted him to the senate gallery. After
an hour or so the visitor approached a
gallery doorkeeper and said: "My name
Is Swat. I am a friend of Senator Till
man's. He brought me here and I want
to out and look around a bit. I thought
I would tell you so I can get back In."
"That's all right," aald the doorkeeper,
"but I may not be here when you return.
In order to prevent any mistake I will
give you the password so you can ge
your seat again." Swate's eyes ruther
popped out at this. "What's the word?" he
asked. "Idiosyncrasy." What?'" "Idiosyn
crasy." "t guess I'll stay in," said Swale.
"I'ncle Joe" Cannon's presidential boom
Is a thing of much life and activity, judg
ing by the efforts of admirers to scout
tli claim that the speaker is too old to
run. A Washington special to the Brook
lyn Times handles this phase of the mat
ter with discretion and skill and apparently
with Inspiration from Mr. Cannon's friends.
It is pointed out that while the sneaker
Is now 10, and would be 73 when Inaugu
rated, leaving him the rais from 71 to 77
Cream
law requires that alum
to serve as president, "he is as active
physically, and certainly mentally, as most
men at 60." But more Impressive by far Is
the demonstration offered that European
monardhs and popes of Rome frequently
serve until a very advanced age. The late
king of Denmark, one Is Informed, was
S7 when he died, King Oscar of Sweden Is
now 76, Emperor Francis Joseph Is 7A,
the late Queen Victoria was on the throne
until she was 82, the late Leo XIII waa
bishop of Rome until he was A3. Thus,
statistically speaking. Mr. Cannon's candi
dacy Is shown to be well within the age
limit.
,
Justice Harlan of the United States su
preme court, hale, hearty and over 70,
says "I suppose I am the only man of
my age In the country who can truthfully
say that I have never eaten anything that
disagreed with me.'' "Is that due," asked
Secretary Root, "to a careful selection of
your food?" "No, sir," said the justice,
"but to a careful and Intelligent selection
of my stomach at an early date. One can
notnell," said Justice Harlan a few mo
menta later, "where the lightning will
strike." He waa discussing presidential
possibilities. "I remember hearing my
father say after Franklin Pierce was nomi
nated: 'John, after this nobody Is safe.' "
The press agent of a theatrical company
which was about to open in Washington
conceived the brilliant Idea of writing to
Baron , Rosen, the Russian ambassador,
asking him if It was trui that he con
templated requesting the State department
to have an act eliminated from the play.
There la a scene In which a Russian spy
tries to bribe an American army officer to
sell to him some military Information. . The
press agent wrote to the ambassador In
a panic-stricken way, desiring to be posted
at once on whether this fell rumor was
true. The good baron took. bait, line and
anchor. He wrote a dignified and kindly
letter to the press agent assuring him
that he was safe from any action by
Russia. The press agent was delighted
with the success of his scheme so far,
but on handing his story in at various
newspaper offices found himself unable to
get It Into srlnt.
PERSONAL. MOTHS.
Secretary Taft has reduced his weight
nearly fifty pounds. When he gets rid of
seventeen pounds more one of his ambi
tions will have been realised.
It Is reported from Toklo that it was the
American, K. H. Harrlman, who auggeated
the nationalisation of the railroads of
Japun on .the basis of twenty average years'
profit. .
Fifty-eight churches and societies In Chi
cago have united In an effort to check
the carnival of crime In that city and
banish the criminals. The prospect Is good
for a few lynching bees.
A New York lawyer admitted In court
that he had charged a client 1115 for col
lecting a 39 bill. The Judge told lilin he
was a disgrace to the bar. Surely he
charged enough, didn't he?
Prof. J. Laurence Laughlln, head of the
department of political economy of the
University of Chicago, has gone to Europe,
where he will deliver a series of lectures
on present day American economic condi
tions. He will return October t.
William C. Clark, a patrolman on the
Washington police force, has received no
tice from Mexico that a gold mine In which
he Is Interested has turned out to be a fine
property and that the stock he owns Is
worth 5o0,000. The Information comes from
authoritative quarters. Clark has decided
Coal. Wood. Coke, Kindling.
W. .H th best Ohio and Colorado Coals -cl.an, hot, lastlnf:
Also Rock Springs, Illinois, Hanna, Shsrldan, Walnut Block, Kto.
For (nnaral purpasas, uts Charoke Lump, $5.50; Nut, 95.00 pr ton
Misao-irl Lump, $4.75; Largo Nut, $4.50-maksa a hot, quick lira.
Our hard coal la ti 8CtAro, tn bast Pennsylvania anthraeltt
Wo alao call Spalra, th hardast and claanaat Arkanaaa hard aaal
All aur coal nana" aeraanad ani walghad ovar any city aoalaa daalrai
coutant a squires v;.::",?!'
to health. In
In many states
and alum-phosphate
that for the present at least he will re
main on the police force.
The publicity value of a plutocratic nam
is proved by a dispatch from New York,
which doutbless hundreds of provincial edi
tors paid for as Important news, to the ef.
feet that young Klngdon Gould has th
measles.
Two Cleveland bankers have Just gone to
prison, to remain six years, and two others
In Colorado will try the virtue of an
eleven-year retirement. All of them es
sayed the get-rich-qulck game, but were
inadvertently switched to the get-caught-guick.
James Eads How, the eccentric St. Lou It
philanthropist, who refused to accept an
inheritance because he said he did not
have any right to money he did not earn.
Is now planning to establish a sanitarium
for Inebriates and victims of the drug and
cigarette habits.
There are ten members In the United
States senate who have passed tha three
score and ten mark: Pettua and Morgan of
Alabama, Allison of Iowa, Cullom of Illi
nois, Teller of Colorado, Proctor of Ver
mont, Frye of Maine, Piatt and Dcpew of
New York and Alger of Michigan.
Many Australians have an idea that Japan
la looking covetously on their Island con
tinent. Their suspicions were tncruasod
the other day by the discovery In the bag
gage of two Japanese who were traveling
In Australia as merchonts of a complete
set of the secret plans of the Sydney forti
fications. LINES TO A SMILE.
"I'm told you play golf on the Sabbath,"
said Rev. Goodman, sternly.
"Yes," replied Miss Kute, "but on that
day I only use the slicks I won at our
church fair." Chicago Tribune.
Fox All things come to him who waits.
Cox Yes, but If you tip the waiter they're
likely to coma sooner. Cleveland Leader.
"I could convince you that you are
wrong, but you won't listen to my argu
ment." "Why should I listen? Nobody wants to
be convinced that he Is wrong." Washing
ton Star.
"I see that King Edward has been .pro
sented with a portion of the vertebra of
King Charles I.
"I suppose It must be the portion where
Charles got the axe." Cleveland Plain
Dealer.
Hotel Clerk You are a member of the
theatrical profession, I believe.
Quest (with freesing dignity) I am not a
member of any "profession, sir. I am an
exponent of dramatic art. Chicago Tribune.
"Your honor," said the policeman, "he's
a di uli r in green goods."
"I object!" exclaimed the prisoner, with
dlsnlty. "I'd scorn to shove a queer bill
not large enoush to be yellow."
Giving him credit for professional prlde,
the Jude let him off with ten years. PhllUt.
"But," queried the inquisitive person, "if
you do not Intend to practice law, why are
you studying It?"
"It's like this," explained the ambitious
youth; "I'm going to become a bunco artist
and I want to set next to all the weak
points of the legal game." Chicago News. ,
IK.
8omervllle Journal.
If all the world were frea from cars,
And life were always gay;
If things would never go criss-cross,
But always went our way;
If we could all be, all the time,
From every trouble free.
With all life long one grand sweet song;
How lovely It would be!
But no! Ah. no! 'Twould never do
To have things go too well,
For some there are who would not cars
In constant Joy to dwell.
They would not like existence fre
From every pain and doubt,
And they'd be sad, because they had
No woes to kick about!