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STATEMENT Of" CIRCULATION.
State of Nebraska, Douglas County, as.:
C. C. Rosewater, general manager of The
Bee Publishing Company, being duly sworn,
say that the actual number of full and
complete copies of The Dally, Morning,
Evening and Sunday Bee printed during the
month of March, IKtt, was a ioiiows:
1 SI, MO 17 ..sa,120
I Sl.SRO 18 OT.300
33,1 SO If .81,400
4 Sw.BOO 10 aUJHK)
81.4A0 n 81,10
f 81.4TO 12 81.520
7 81, WHO 28 83,630
si.aao u Sii.iao
Sl.STO 26 SD.IRO
10 82,OIM) 81,310
11 SO.lOO 17 81,080
12 81,200 81JM0
II B2I.OTO 2 81,S!0
14 81,410 SO 81.80O
It 81,150 II 32,180
14 81,430
Total 9T,B
Less unsold copies 10,741
Net total sales tMMl.700
Dally average 81,151
C. C. ROSEWATER,
General Manager.
Subscribed In my presence and sworn t
before me this list any or. Marco, ix..
(Seal) M. B. HUNGATHJ,
Notary Public
WHEN OUT OF TOW 5.
iabairlbers leaving th city tem
porarily sboald have The Be
nailed to thesa. Address will be
changed aa aftea as re.ted.
California now has another claim to
the title of the "Italy of America."
To those absent city councilmcn:
Please come back and tell us what it la
all about
Regardless of all recent remarks on
the subject. Senator Tillman seems to
be wedded to bis muck rake.
Dr. Dowle's assertion that he has
nothing to arbitrate ahowg that the ex
presslon Is not confined to labor disputes,
If Illinois succeeds in recovering
money alleged to have been illegally re
tained by state officials the tax rat
should be reduced.
Since Senator Piatt has announced his
intention of retiring from congress Sen
ator Depew bag a chance to b the "me
too," of the present decade.
President Roosevelt refers to tho
Humphrey decision in termg which in
some Jurisdictions would Invite proceed'
ings for contempt of court.
If that supreme court decision on the
subject of. divorce does not make work
for lawyers, and plenty of It, the Amer
lean spirit of litigation is not what It is
supposed to be.
The court of inquiry into the accident
on the Kearsarge might score a point by
looking luto the matter of the design of
the ship with reference to methods of
handling high explosives.
Now that President Roosevelt is Uk
tftf congress into his confidence by dally
messages, legislators may reciprocate by
letting the president know what they
Intend to do with his recommendations.
The first Japanese ambassador Is now
on his way to America. He will have
a hard time to excel the work done by
some of those who have represented the
Asiatic power here with only the official
title of minister.
Secretary Taft in asking congress to
prepare plans for the construction of
the Panama canal rather Impugns the
statement of those who said the admin
Istratlon wanted to let congress do noth
Ing but foot the bills.
The Iowa stare convention will meet
August 1, or three weeks in advance o
the Nebraska state convention. That
will give plenty of notice whether or not
Hawkey republicans want to set the
example for us of a third terra governor
ship.
Remember that the city election
lu
oiuana occurs Tuesday, May 1. Re
member, also, that if you are not prop
erly enrolled on the registration book
from the location at which you now re
side, your only opportunity to register
will be Saturday, April 28.
When the Red Cross conference meets
at Geneva it should adopt plana to pre
vent the violation of the badge of the
society by war correspondents, aa sub-
seiuent Investigations generally show
that more of the shooting on Red Cross
parties has been done In the press re
port than on the battlefield.
The republican councilniaulc nominee
from the Ninth ward, J. C. Pedersen,
is an oia time resident or Omaha, a bus
iueaa man who has auecessfully built
himself up from small beginning. The
reputation he has earned in business
makes it certain that he will be relied
upon as a member of the city council to
look after the interests of the public
taJtbfully,
THE DISASTER AT SAX FflAATiSCO-
The disaster follow Ins; In the wakp of
the rarthqiiakp at Son Francisco appalls
Uip entire civlllxorl world. It will prob
ably reo,iilr ae-vrral tiny, to got snf-
flclpnt Information to give a fair hloa
of the eitrut of the havoc, but the re
port already at hand Indicate a tre
mendous) lo of life and property and
a Might tipon the rlty of San Francisco
from which It will take It jears to re
cover.
8an Francisco's misfortune call all
the more for sympathy because It la a
catastrophe which could not possibly be
foreseen or prevented. Although the
game locality has been subject to similar
earthquake shocks In the past, there was
nothing whatever to sugge" to tue
people that repetition at this time whs
mmlnent
San Francisco Is too large a city, Its
people too wealthy and enterprising and
the natural resources of Its harbor too
valuable to allow the earthquake ruins
to block the city's resurrection and re
building. After the suffering have been
succored and relieved the work of erect
ing ft new San Francisco is sure to be
commenced a monument to Indomltnble
American energy, which yields neither
to the obstacles Bet up by man nor to
the unexpected cataclysms of nature.
fl.4ILKO.4D ASD COAL COMPAXIKS.
The employment of Charles E. Hughes
of New York and Alexander Simpson of
Philadelphia as special counsel for the
government in prosecutions and suits
arising out of the relations between the
railroads and the coal Industry will be
publicly Interpreted as meaning that the
government is in dead earnest to punish
to the utmost this class of violations of
law. Mr. Hughes in the memorable
Armstrong investigation of life Insur
ance companies has achieved a national
reputation as a lawyer of remarkable
abilities and an upright citizen, and his
direction of a prosecution of illegal com
binations of great railroad and coal com
panies is assurance that the work will
be thoroughly done.
An immense, mass of Incriminating
facts has been already developed by the
Investigation now being conducted by
the Interstate Commerce commission un
der a Joint resolution of congress, and
the Department of Justice in addition
has collected much evidence indicating
extensive and systematic violations of
the anti-trust and Interstate commerce
laws. The admissions of officials and
agents of railroad and coal companies
before the Interstate Commerce commis
sion establish the fact not only that
there have been wholesale rebates and
other unlawful discriminations and
gross restraints of trade, but also that
such practices are actually got rig on
now. The government Is resolved to
grapple with these wrongs with lta full
power.
Here again the Department of Justice
will be confronted with the "Immunity"
problem, and not the least interesting
phase of these prosecutions will be Mr.
Hughes' task of dealing with its diffi
culties. President Roosevelt, when be
reluctantly signed the defective joint
resolution ordering the investigation,
pointed out the danger that would result
from conferring immunity upon guilty
persons called aa witnesses. But It Is
presumable that the number who may
escape in this manner will be small in
comparison with those who may be
brought to book.
RATIONAL LIFE 1XSVRASCE LAW.
The legislation recommended to con
gress by the president in bis message
relating to Insurance would be expected
to be valuable chiefly for Its moral and
exemplary effect. The bill which he
transmits with approval was drafted by
the Chicago convention of governors,
attorneys general and insurance commis
sioners as an object lesson of what state
and national legislation on the subject
should be, guarding on the one hand
against the lately exposed abuses in the
administration of life Insurance, and on
the other hand against the rash and ex
treme measures which the revulsion of
public opinion might precipitate.
It is noteworthy that one of the most
salient features of the system thus
evolved by insurance experts is Its pro
visions for publicity. Among the most
Imnortaut functions of the Insurance
bureau in the Department of Commerce
which the bill provides for Is the secur
ing of lnfornmtlon by reports and exam
inations of all insurance companies
within Its Jurisdiction, and Its use both
for the benefit of the public and as a
basis of procedure against them for non
compliance with the provisions of the
law which, as to expenses, policy forms,
duties of officers and agents, rights of
policyholders, political contributions,
etc., cover all the substantial points of
prudence which have lately boon en
forced upon the public ruind. It U
conspicuous acknowledgment of the
value and potency of compulsory pub
licity in the affairs of all corporations
involving such trust as Is committed to
insurance companies.
While the Immediate scope of the law
world he limited by being confined to
companies doing business In the District
of Columbia, its indirect effect would le
far reaching and Important. The recent
exhaustive report of the house Judiciary
committee, holding that under the con
stitution and court decisions life Insur
ance is not interstate commerce and Is
therefore beyond the legislative power
of congress so far as the states are con
cerned, is now generally accepted as the
correct legal view, but a carefully pre
pared national life Insurance law,
though applying only to the District of
Columbia, would carry great prestige as
a model for the several states and tend
powerfully to uniformity. No Insurance
company refusing to conform to the pro
visions of the Inw for the district would
carry much weight In any of our pro
gressive stHtes.
THE IOWA REPUBLICAN COXrEXTIOS
The promulgation of the call for the
Iowa republican state convention can
hardly add to the intensity of the contest
being waged for the nomination for gov
ernorship, but the date, August 1, fixed
for the convention will give ample time
for trying out the contest to the utmost.
Though the opponents of Governor Cum
mins, who Is a candidate for a third
term, had absolute control of the state
committee, the place of his residence,
Des Moines, was unanimously chosen for
the convention. It being agreed that the
mere meeting place of the delegates
could have little or no Influence upon
the result of a fight of so sharp and
conclusive a character as is in progress
among the masees of the party in the
several counties and voting precincts.
By far the most noteworthy circum
stance in arranging the convention pre
liminaries is the influence upon the date
of the anti-pass law enacted few
weeks ago. Although some sentiment
favored a convention in June, and other
wise such a date might have been se
lected, yet the fact that the anti-pass
law does not become operative till July
4 was conclusive against calling the
convention before that date. The law
prohibits under heavy penalties the us
ing of railroad passes or the granting of
them for such use by delegates to po
litical conventions, memlers of political
committees, public officers, candidates
for office or aspirants for nomination
therefor. The action of the Iowa re
publican committee in calling the con
vention so as to bring It Within the law
when It could easily have been held be
fore the law could go Into effect forcibly
suggests the temper of the people, which
the politicians of all schools are bound
to respect.
PLATFORM OR CAXDIDATEl
The fact that the platforms upon
which the two opposing candidates for
mayor are seeking support are in all
but two or three particulars In practical
agreement on all substantial questions
of municipal government has led to
charges and counter charges of theft
and plagiarism. The real question, how
ever, is not which candidate has stoleu
the other's platform, but which has a
platform that fits In with the candidate?
While during the primary campaign
The Bee declared Itself out of accord
with the Benson platform, so tar aa it
relates to stringent law enforcement
that platform has the merit of comport
lng with the character of the candidate
and the position assumed by him in
seeking . the nomination. -Republicans
who voted for Benson at the primary
knew exactly what policy he repre
sented and he has since declared that
he stands now and will continue to
stand after election Just where he stood
before nomination.
The platform on which Dahlman is
seeking support, on the other hand, ia In
all Its planks, with but one exception.
entirely foreign to the man. Dahlman
got his nomination on the presumption
that he stood for policies radically differ
ent from those enunciated In the plat
form made to order for him afterward
and swallowed by him with his eyes
shut. High-sounding phrases about cor
poratlon control, municipal ownership
and political machine rule grate harshly
upon the career of the candidate and
his previous associations. In a word,
the democratic city platform reflects
sentiments of democrats who have noth
ing in common with Dahlman and was
intended simply to keep them In line for
the ticket.
I'nder such conditions the question as
to who stole the platform Is, in legal
parlance, incompetent, irrelevant and
Immaterial.
The Bee does not propose In the pres
rnt campaign to uphold or defend the
methods of the Fontanelle machine,
which it has repeatedly denounced as
unrepublican. The Bee believes that as
letween the republican and democratic
city tickets the republican candidates
are on the whole better qualified and
more trustworthy than their democratic
opponents. We are willing to say with
out fear of successful contradiction that,
of the two candidates for mayor, Mr.
Benson Is by far the better qualified to
perforin the duties of the office and that
the election of a man prominently Iden
tified with all the public enterprises of
the city for the last twenty years would
be more creditable to the community
than the election of a man who has no
business Interests here and who has
been Identified with the city for only a
few years. We are willing to say,
further, that we believe Mr. Benson
when elected will fulfill his promises to
rise above the selfish factionalism of the
Fontanelle club.
The republicans of several counties
out in the state are seriously consider
ing the introduction of direct primary
nominations without waiting for the
legislature to enact a law making direct
nominations compulsory upon them.
The strength of the republican party in
the past has come largely from It read
iness to strike out and lead the wy In
the direction of reform, while the demo
crats have lagged behind, and In this
connection, history ia but repeating
Itself. '
The mystery of the doctored primary
twllots should by all means be thor
oughly Investigated by the coming
grand jury, but the effort to locate the
responsibility for these attempted frauds
should not be allowed to monopolize the
attention of the grand Jury to the ex
clusion of everything else. If any pub
lic officer either m the city hall or court
house Is under suspicion of crooked
work of any kind the grand Jury should
follow up every lead with a view to de
termining whether bills of indictment
are Justified. The grand jury can. If It
will, make a record for Itself as a thorough-going
inquisition, but to do so It
must not permit Itself to be sidetracked
off the main line.
The World Herald Is great at putting
up straw men to knock them down. It
Is now busily engaged In ascribing to
republican candidates sentiments they
have never expressed and then taking
up the cudgels to combat them.
The railroads are now compelled to go
to trial at Kansas City on charge of ac
cepting rebates. The Immunity plea
practically admitted the facts, but the
railroads will be permitted to deny them
again Just the same.
A Point of Vantage,
Waehington Post.
If Mr. Fairbanks Is the republican can
dldate for president, they will at least
be unable to quote any rate bill speeches
against him.
Immigrants Shna the laid.
Chicago Chronicle.
Of the 1,000,000 immigrants who came
Into this country In 1906, 817,000 stopped
In Pennsylvania, 79,000 got as far as
Illinois and only 20,000 went beyond this
state. The Immigrants we get now do
not seek the land as they did a generation
ago. They hang about large cities and
factory towns and get into the coat mines.
It Is not an encouraging situation.
General Bates as Peacemaker.
Springfield Republican.
General Bates, who now retires from the
army, was the first American officer to
Introduce Uncle Sam to the Moros. He
negotiated the famous Bates treaty, whlrh
recognized slavery. It was his policy, dic
tated from Washington, to keep the Moros
quiet at all costs, and he accomplished
It, at a time when the Tagalog Insurrec
tion farther north was at It height, by
meddling with the Moros and their cus
toms as little as possible.
o Time for Partisan.
Baltimore American.
An effort to make a party question out
of the rate bill' Is doomed to a deserved
failure. In the first place, the question
Is entirely too complicated to serve as a
rallying cry for partisans, and, in the sec
end place, the broad-minded action of the
president In enlisting the aid of members
of the opposing political party in the
formulation of remedial legislation will
make any attempt to play poinds with
the problem appear very pretty.
BILI.IOX DOLLARS FOR FARMKRI.
American Food Products In the
Markets of the World.
Portland Oregonlan.
Unless there Is an unexpected decrease
In the agricultural exports from the United
States for the remaining quarter of the
current llscal year the grand total for
the year ending June 30 will exceed ll.Ono,
OOO.OUO, and all existing records will be
broken by several million dollars. The De
partment of Commerce and Labor has
Just Issued the statistics covering the
first eight month of the fiscal year, and
for that period the agricultural exports
have reached tha enormous total of $700,
li93,2M, an increase of more than $132,000,wi
over the corresponding period one year ago.
It is difficult to realize the enormity of
these figures, but their Importance ban
be better understood when It Is noted that
between July 1, 1W5, and February 28, l!j,
the foreigners paid us an average of ap
proximately $:i,000,ooo per day for farm prod
ucts alone.
The nearest approach to this remarkable
record was during the corresponding
months In 1903-04, when the total was
$t)58,645,647. Ten years ago for the same
period the total was I403.737.4SO. These
wonderful figures again call attention to
the overshadowing importance of the ag
ricultural Industry. Practically all this
gain over the previous years was in three
commodities breadstuff, cotton and provi
sions, which made up the bulk of the farm
products for which the foreigners have
been paying us about 1?,,000,000 per day since
last July. But this big stream of gold that
pours In from the old world only mildly
represents the true value to the country
of that enormous traffic. The agricultural
Industry Is the foundation for the pros
perity of nearly every railroad In the
United States. The grain, cotton and provi
sions for which the foreigners will this
year pay us ll.OOO.OOO.OUO provided a traffic
for the railroads of such magnitude that
from the Atlantic to the Pacific there has
been a car shortage for months.
Out of this traffic the railroads have paid
good dividends and have placed more or
ders for rolling stock than have ever be
fore been booleed In this oountry- The
prosperity which began on the farm and
cotton plantation has broadened out and
spread through all lines of Industrial ac
tivity. It has supplied work for more
warehousemen, trainmen and freight hand
lers. It has resulted In addition to the
forces of operatives at the factories and
rolling mills. It ha supplied freights
for the fleets of the world, and In turn
have been enabled to bring return cargoes
at such low rates of freight that every con
sumer in tne initea states nss been a
gainer by the transaction. An especially
gratifying feature of the last report of the
bureau of statistics lies In the fact that,
while agricultural exports are running fur
ahead of all previous records, the same
pleasing showing Is made In other line.
Is Your Milk
Insured?
Can you trust ki purity, richnew
and freedom from dirt and germ?
Your grocer has an insurance
policy for you in every can of
Carnation
Cream
(Sterilised)
He insures dean, weU-fed, regu
larly milked, contented cows,
whose health-giving milk is cooled
(to stop bacteria development)
and the water taken out and the
rich remaining product sterilized
without a moment's unnecessary
delay. '
Delicious Rico Pudding
Om caa faraarioa Ctaam Jfltoad aha hm amouat of watar,
a cap rtta. a-a taaapuoaful vaallla. 4 taMeapuoafala iaM
plmch c iih. bnr loaalliaa ckaawftUf aa4 fcaa I a alav
A RtRR rHKOMK0.
F.arthqaake Few anal Far Between la
tfco lled State.
Earthquakes In the fnlted Plate have
keen of comparatively rare occurrence, so
far as extensive destruction of life and
property have been Involved. The present
disaster I the fourth In the record of Cali
fornia. The first occurred In 1WS, the
second In IMA, the third on April 19, IX?!.
The first two mere particularly sharp In
San Francisco, leaving the resident a
feeling of Insecurity that required the pass
ing of two decade to wear away. That
which occurred fourteen years ago, luck
ing one day, almost destroyed the loan
of Vacavllle, seventy miles northwest of
Ban Francisco. There was no loss of life,
but the property damage was great. That
there was no loss of life was certainly
almost miraculous. The greHt disturbance
of 1868, In which In the Interior a number
of lives were lost, was far less terrifying.
Dumb animals seemed especially suscept
ible to the horrors of the night, and cattle
were, found today miles away from their
owners' premises, having stampeded In
terror as the swaying earth trembled be
neath their feet.
It Is a remarkable fact that In the earth
quake of 1S68, Mount Bt. Helena, which Is
Just north of Vacavllle. the town which
suffered so severely In 1BP2, was rent
asunder and for days thereafter a sulphur
cloud hung over Its brow. When It cleared
away there were two peaks where there
had been one before.
The most extensive and destructive earth
quake In the central section of the country
was that which destroyed New Madrid,
Mo., below Bt. Louis, In 1811. The shock
was felt from Pittsburg through Ohio val
ley to New Madrid. Over a region of
country 300 miles In length, from the mouth
of the Ohio to that of St. Francis, the
ground rose and sank In great undulations,
and lakes were formed and drained again.
The central point of violence In this re
markable earthquake was thought to be
near the Little Prairie, twenty-five miles
below New Madrid. The first shock was
felt on the night of December 16, and was
repeated at Intervals, with decreasing
severity, until the middle of February.
Every town In Ohio and Mississippi was
severely shaken up, the water of the river,
which the day before was tolerably clear,
being rather low, changed to a reddish
hue, and became thick with mud thrown
up from the bottom, while the surface,
lashed vehemently by the convulsion of
the earth beneath, was covered with foam,
which, gathering Into masses the sixe of
a barrel, floated along on the trembling
surface. The earth on the shores opened
In wide fissures, and, closing again, throw
the sand, mud and water In huge Jets,
higher than the house tops. The atmos
phere was filled with a thick vapor gas,
to which the light Imparted a purple tinge.
From the temporary check to the current,
by the heaving up of the bottoms, the
sinking of the batiks and snndbars Into
the bed of the stream, the river rose In a
few minutes five or six feet, and, Impatient
of the restraint, agaii rushed forward with
redoubled Impetuosity, hurrying along the
boats, now set loose by panlc-slrlckcn
boatmen, as in less danger on the watT
than at shore, where the banks threatened
every moment to destroy them by falling
earth, or carry them down In the vortex
of sinking maecs. Many boats were over
whelmed In this manner, and the crews
perished with them. Numerous boats were
wrecked on the snags and old trees thrown
up from the bottom of the river, where
they had quietly rested for ages; while
others were sunk or stranded on the sand
bars or islands.
It la an Interesting coincidence that ut
this precise period the first steamboat voy
age ever made In western waters added the
novelty of Its occurrence to the convulsions
of nature In this region. The name of the
steamboat was the New Orleans, com
manded by Mr. Roosevelt. In drifting down
the river, suddenly they found the weather
oppressively hot, the air misty, still and
dull, and though the sun was visible, like
an immense and glowing ball of copper, his
rays hardly shed more than a mournful
twilight on the surface of the water. Even
ing drew nigh, and with it some Indications
of what was passing around them became
evident, for they ever and anon heard a
rushing sound and a violent splash, and
finally saw large portions of the shore tear
ing away from the land and lapsing into
the watery abyss.
The second day on the river the sun rose
the sama dim ball of fire, and the air was
thick, heavy, oppressive, aa before. The
portentous signs of this terrible natural
convulsion increased. Alarmed and con
fused, the pilot affirmed he was lost, as he
found the channel everywhere altered, and
where he had hitherto known deep waters
he found huge trees with their roots turned
upward. The trees that still remained on
the shores were seen waving and nodding
without a wind.
The adventurers had, of course, no course
but to continue their route as best they
could, but toward evening they were at a
loss for a place of shelter. They had usually
brought to, under the shore, but at all
point they saw the high banks disappear
ing. A large island In mid-channel which
had been known by the pilot was sought
for in vain, and thousands of acres consti
tuting the surrounding country were found
to be swallowed up. with their gigantic
growth of forest and cane. About noon of
the next day the first steamboat reached
New Madrid.
Here the Inhabitants were in the greatest
consternation and distress. Part of the
population had fled for their lives to the
higher ground.
After shaking the valley of the Missis
sippi to its center, the earthquake vibrated
along the courses of the rivers and valleys
and died away along the shores of the At
lantic. In the region of lis greatest force,
the pending and tremendous elemental
strife which finally ensued, the current of
the MisKisslppI was driven back from its
source with appalling velocity for several
hours. In consequence of an elevation of it
bed. Its accumulated water came booming
on, and, overtopping the barrier thu ud
denly raised, carried away everything be
fore them with resistless power. Hoata
then floating on the surface shot down the
declivity like an arrow from a bow amid
warring billows, and the wildest disorder.
A few days' action of Its powerful current
sufficed to wear away every vestige of the
barrier thus strangely Interposed, and its
waters moved on their wonted channel to
the ocean.
The day that succeeded this night of
dread brought no solace in its dawn. Bhock
followed shock: a dense black cloud of
vapor overshadowed the land, through
mhich no sunbeam found Its way to cluer
the desponding heart of man.
The appearances that presented them
selves after the subsidence of the principal
commotion were Indeed staggering to the
beholder. Hills had disappeared and lake
now found In their stead; numerous lakes
became elevated ground, over the surface
of which vast heap of sand were scattered
In every direction; while In many places the
earth for miles was sunk below the general
level of the surrounding country, without
being covered with water.
Deferrlaar tha Happy Day,
Chicago News.
That tha Rockefeller millions may bear
an Inheritance tax later does not make
It any easier for the consumer to meet that
new rise In the nrtca of kerosene.
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KATer-t of Preseal Tendency.
Springfield Republican.
Public opinion Is undoubtedly ripening
very rapidly In favor of radical measures
for arresting these present tendencies In
wealth concentration, and the president's
suggestion affords good evidence of the
fact.
Good Policies Find Favor.
Kansas City Star.
It Is gratifying to know where the presi
dent stands on the subject. And It Is not
the least disturbing that the cry has al
ready been raised that the doctrine Is dem
ocratic. Theodore Roosevelt does not care
for the origin of a policy; he looks only
to the policy Itself.
A Popular Topic.
Philadelphia Press.
Fortunes of $16,0ii0,ono and over are be
coming common. They Increase, multiply
and grow. Do they bear their fair share
of public burdens? If not, what Is the
best may to secure this? In some such
form this topic is In many minds. The
president's proposal means Its wide dis
cussion. An Old Precedent.
Baltimore News.
To many this will appear extremely rad
icala suggestion which surpasses In
audacity anything the president has hith
erto said. Yet It Is not really more radi
cal than wan the policy of forbidding the
entailing of estates, which was one of
the great result of the American revolu
tion. A Uualilrr'a Unealloii.
New York Times.
Where is the authority for such taxa
tion? Clearly It would be "direct." How
Is it to be "apportioned among the several
states according to their respective numbers-''
as ascertained constitutionally? If
Mr. Roosevelt has not considered all these
thorny questions, one Is tempted to think
he might better stick to his generalities,
vague, Inadequate and void of definite value
as these sometimes are.
Raot Ont the Cause.
Chicago News.
It la singular that the president should
have turned at this time to the evils of
Inherited wealth, while the public Is be
ing made to feel the pinch of high prices
for necessities because of the power of
Industrial combines and other active agen
cies for the extraction of exorbitant profits.
The high tariff still rears Us frowning
crest and no one at Washington dares to
make a determined attack upon Us harm
ful features. It seems rather absurd to
enter upon a discussion of the advisabil
ity of taking money away from the heirs
of men who pile up great fortunes, while
the pressing need Is to cure Injustices by
reason of which many of those fortunes
are being plied up.
I.lnilt of National Power.
Chicago Tribune.
There 1 no question that the law can
be changed so as to provide for the equal
dlvtBion of a man's estate among his heirs
instead of Its being in his power to leave
the bulk of It to one. There Is no ques
tion as to the authority of the national
government to Impose Inheritance taxes.
They can be made so heavy as to swallow
up the greater part of swollen fortunes
and leave for the heirs what will seem to
them only a trifle. It Is a different mat
ter to attempt to provide by law that the
owner of a great fortune shall not "hand
on more than a certain amount to any
one Individual." The national government
has no power to do that.
The lulled Mates and Uermany.
New York Sun.
A profound Impression seems to have
been produced In Germany by the speech
made by Mr. Roosevelt the other day to
O.nnan vetrrana In Washington, the speech
in the course of which he recognised the
sincere love of peace attested by the Ger
man emperor through hla representatives
at the Morocco conference. There Is no
doubt that the president cordial and
laudatory words reflected the feeling of the
great body of his countrymen, which has
undergone a signal change since events
have Indicated that there is no reason to
Impute schemes of aggression and conquest
to the German sovereign.
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PERSONAL, SOTT.S.
Henry H. Rogers Is to give Falrhaven,
Mass., a modern flra department. He re.
gards the old hand engine aa insufficient.
Mrs. Edith Klngdon Oould, having estab
lished her descent from tha long Kyngdon
line, has a right to spell her first name
Edythe now.
Thomas A. Jaggar, Jr., professor of geol
ogy at tha Massachusetts Institute of
Technology, haa sailed for Naples to Inves
tigate the phenomena of the eruption of
Mount Vesuvius. He went to Martinique
on the Dixie when Mont Pelee became
active.
Andrew D. White, ambassador, educator
and author, declares: "Simply as a matter
of fact the United States Is among all civ
ilized nations of the world the country in
which the crime of murder is most fre
quently committed and least frequently
punished."
New York naturally has mora heavily
those men than any other city. Among
those with large policies are: James C.
Colgate, ll.fsTO.OiiO; George W. Vanderbllt.
H.oaO.nOO; August Belmont, $600,000; Richard
A. McCurdy, IWO.OOO, and General Francis
V. Oreene, $500,000.
Judge A. A. Brooks of Kansas City, Kan.,
has appealed to Governor Hoch to pardon
his son. Judge Brooks himself Imposed
the sentence after tha latter had been
arrested for absenting himself from school
and was charged with stealing cigars.
Judge Brook's application Is based on the
ground that when he pronounced sentence
he thought tho reformatory waa an in
dustrial school, not a penal Institution.
lltnTIIFtX REMARKS.
"What the world needs,'1 said the philan
thropist, "Is peace and mutual confidence."
"Yes," answered Mr. Dusiin Stax In hii
aggrieved tone. "But when we business
men work up anything like that you say
we're trying to organise a trust." Wash
ington Star.
"8am, old man," began Borem, "you'd
better take something for that cold.
Now"
"Oh, please," Interrupted Coffin, "don't
offer me any more. I've had to much
already."
"Too much what?"
"Advice." Cleveland Leader.
"Yes," said the laxy son, "I'm out of
work again."
"All right," said - the wise father, "you
can come down to my store and we'll
change all that. You won't get out of work
there; I'll get work out of you." Philadel
phia. Ledger. , . ... ,i .
The bridegroom, fresh from Hohokus,
was gazing at Niagara falls.
"Talk about tryln' to save 'em!" he
yelled In his bride's ear. "Why, gosh durn
it, Fan, lt d cost more'n a million dollars!
There' ain't no way on earth to do It!
That water has Just got to run some
wheres!" Chicago Tribune.
"No matter how we wish and wish we
can't expect the dreams we have at niKht
to make us richer In the morning," said
the dreamer. ...
"No," replied the hustler, "hut by work
ing hard we can make some of our day
dream coine true." Loulsvllls Courier
Journal. Redd I ran over a cat with rny automo
bile today.
Oreene-Didn't kill It, of course?
Redd No; I thought It was dead. Tt was
very still after the wheels had passed over
It. but as soon as I blew my horn it got
frightened and got up and ran away.
Yonkers Statesman.
AI'RII, AXI) WOMAX.
Baltimore American.
April ' weeps,
April smile;
Women threatens.
Then beuilles.
Rain or shin-.
Who can find?
Who can tell
A woman's mind?
April's tear
Bring blooms of May;
Woman's weeping
Gets her way.
April's mild and
April's chili;
Warm and cold is
Woman's will.
April's full of
yulik surpiice:
So s the light
In woman's eyes.
April's young, so
Fair in truth:
Woman's sweetest
For her youth.
Young men's fancy.
It Is said.
Turns to loving
Months and maid.
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