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TIIE OMAIIA DAILY BEE: MONDAY, APRIL 23. 100C. i Tiie Omaha Daily Bee. R. ROSEWATER. EDITOR. PUBLISHED EVERT MORNING. TERM 8 Or SUBSCRIPTION. tolly (without Sunday), on yar..l W i'ally He and Sunday, on year J Illustrated Be, one year J Sunday Bee, on year J-gJ Haturday Bee. on year - DELIVERED BY CARRIER. Dally Be (Including Sundays per week. 10 Dally He (without Bunaay), per wee. .lid Evening Be (without bunduy), per wek te Evening B (with Sunday), per wk..lOo Bunday Bee. tr cony e Address romjilvlnta of Irregularltle In de livery to City Circulation department. offices. Omaha Th Be Building. South Omaha City Hail Building. Council BlulT 10 Pearl Ptret. t hlcMltn 1640 Units- Miillrilnr. Kw York lfr Home Ufa In". Building. Washington All fourteenth Street. CORRESPONDENCE. Communication relating to new and edi torial matter ahould be ddred: Omaha Bee, Editorial Department. REMITTANCES. Remit by draft, expr or postal order payable to The B Publishing Company. Only 2-ccnt atamna received aa payment of mail account personal check, except on Omnha or eastern exchange, not accepted. THE BEE PUBLI81II.NO COMPANT. STATEMENT OF CIRCULATION. oiait or iNeDraaKa, i.oubwls uunir. C. C. Rosewater, general manager of The Be Publishing Company bain duly eworn. aaya that tn actual number of full and comnleie rnnlM nf The Dallr. Morning. Evening and Sunday Bea printed during th month or March. 190s, was aa touowa: 1 81.IMO i si.sno I .12,120 IT 831.1 IS 8W.800 II 81 .400 4.. I. . 7. ..SO.SOO ..81,4110 ..81.4TO -"'J? .t',nao .81,030 n 88.B80 I si.aao ai,art 1 8s,ono II Stt.lOO 12 81.XOO It 32,070 14 81,410 U 8 1,1 SO M 82,120 e sHl-IHA li."!!'.!"""..'1 IT 8i,obo S1,B4 to al .81.20 81,800 82,180 ...1MT,4S 1 81,440 Total Lea unsold coplwa....... 10,741 Net total salaa wes.TOO Dally average 81,101 C. C. ROSE WATER, General Manager. Subscribed In my presence and sworn t . . . . . . . - a uernre ni mis Aim any ui wbivii. (Seal) M. B. HUNGATE, Notary Public. WHEN OCT Or TOWN. Sabairibera leaving; th city tea, porarlly should have Tata He walled te them. Addreea will be changed aa oftra aa requested. ltepubllcs may be ungrateful, but San Francisco inut admit they are not un generous. If Brazilian states succeed in putting a fancy price on coffee fre silver cham pions may again rind their theories proven." Perhaps another Uooa on the Ohio would make Congressman Burton more liberal with appropriations for tho Mis souri river. rt ' i .i - A.' .11.. .... Ui,t tt ... 1 ,iuo K1raniflun,uiTri rum iu niunii-Bi iaiuituao bhucb. noo m Alto was not gauging nis estimate rrom nt-ni-j.ni.rr iti""vu. . . . i 'I Jlsve Nebraska:.' democrats fixed the dHy for their state contention without waiting for the aid or consent of their populist allies? Hardly. Now that Costa Rica is recognized as th$ hiding place of pirate gold one can understand tho burning desire of the various dictators to control the republic. A Mexican has been convicted of mur- dor lu Wyoming, but It la hardly nrob- able tiie Incident Will furnish an oppor tunity for a reversal of the "Cutting" af fair. If tho Boers of South Africa do not succeed in causing all the British to unite on a strong -imperial policy In the colonies there may be tome hope for them. Before Mr.- Hitchcock and Mr. Met- calfe get any deeper In their personal be anything but a liberal and praise differences, they should arrange for an worthy spirit to settle losses to the limit arbitration board to act at the crucial moment. If Premier Sonnlno can settle the question of government ownership - of railroads In Italy he can afford to re tire, crowned with honors out of reach of American statesmen. Anthracite operators and bitumlnoug minora Bhould get together in their ar guments against arbitration, but the di vergence serves no good to tha anthra cite miners and bituminous operators. All thfa pictorial polities displayed in street car placards is dazzling to the eyo. "Allow me." ears the candl- date, "to present my photograph and introduce myself. I do not know yo and yon never heard of me, but I want your vote." ' The spectacle of "Jim" Dahlmau de- fying "the two Toms" should have been caught by the camera and enlarged to llfe size to bang In a great gold frame on the walls of the Jacksonlan club rooms, where It would be foreveran in spiration to backbonelesg democrats. Mayor Zimman is talklug right out lu meeting as to what he proposes to do after reflection to the council, and what is more, hi present declarations accord with his past record. If anm of the otlier candidates for office would talk up Just aa plainly they might get the attention of the voters. " The report ef the canvassslug board of the primary election la plain spoken enough as to the fact that fraud had been attempted upon some of the bal lots, but It gives no indication or clut for the detection of the culprit. Wa have yet to hear of any disposition anywhere to ahleld the ballot fixers should their Identity be established. If either the county attorney or the grand Jury can find enough evidence to make a case the prosecution 0f the offenders will have the complete approval of the comuiuufty A tTKir BAN FRANCISCO- At no tlm sine tha flan Francisco disaster, not even In th terror of th first shock nor tn the confusion of the consuming flatties that followed, has doubt arisen aa to whether the city would be rebuilt. That It would h re stored baa boon assumed as a matter of course from the first, both by Its own people aud by the Whole country. Now that the feeding of the hungry people and relief of their other Immediate ne cessities are assured, plans for rehabili tation are already under consideration and will bo. prosecuted with Increasing energy. . History will certainly repent. If It does not surpass, Itwelf In the manner in which the dominant spirits of the great typical city of the Pacific coast will rise to the emergency. It Is a notable fact that no American city grown great by virtue of enterprise, strategic position and combination of commerclnl ad vantages hiis yet been stricken by dis aster of earthquake, fire, storm or tidal wave, which has not been forthwith re built upon more ei tensive, convenient, beautiful and permanent lines. This would happen In Pan Francisco if Its people were less conspicuous than they are for enterprise and civic pride. The public declarations of leading property owners and clUeens give prom ,se nBt tne lpon of this catastrophe win not be unheeded, and that in re Part to guard against recurrence. The danger from Are, to which fcau Fran Cisco has always been notoriously ex posed, can in a large degree be removed, and, Indeed, this' disaster prepares the way for removing it. Earth tremors present a greater difficulty, for the site Of the city Is. within a none known to be pecularily subject to them. But by proper methods of construction much can be done, as those who ore chiefly - Interested re already emphnslztng, to minimize future earthquake damage. The new city that will rise with all possible speed, while some famous land marks will be wanting, should and prob ably will lack nothing that scientific knowledge can suggest or that structural and financial resources can supply to make it to the utmost possible limit se cure against the special liabilities of Its location. And, terrible as the loss and suffering from shock and fire have been, oner permanent good result will never theless be to obliterate many offensive flnd njurong features, the outgrowth of old conditions of the municlnalltv. which could not otherwise have been gotten rid of. The men identified with the history and material interests of the western metropolis who have suf , fered such tremendous loss are entitled to faith and sympathy when thev dem- .. ... onstrate ability to see ' opportunity In aiaaster ana courageously set themselves t0 the task of .building a stronger, greater ana nner city tnan the one whose snioklnc. InmhtAil rnln Ho olnt them. EARTHQUAKE IX8VRASCE. i:r If may well be doubted whether the suggestion of a special system of insur- once against earthquake loss can -be made practical, at least for a long time In the future. For obvious reasons In surance has heretofore been unable to provide against such liability and it has been excluded from the formal obliga- tion of the companies. Yet practically, because of the connection7 between earth quake and fire, the former Is necessarily an important although Incalculable fore affecting the risk of fire insurance underwriters. In such casualties as at Ban Francisco It Is obviously impossible to draw strictly the line between losses due solely to earthauake shock and losses due to flr under the terma of or- ainary Insurance policies, nor will there 0f the ability of the fire Insurance com- I nanlea. Thtia In the case of extranrrllnar , . j earthquake violence to a city, fire In. surance becomes In some measure earth quake Insurance, although It may ' not be possible to make It formally or al together legally so. Even in these cases such application ' ,ln8uranC8 tn large part really merely a manifestation of the benevolent spirit which moves all classes to contribute to the relief of the victims of extraordinary misfortune. That spirit must be the ultimate reliance in tno9e rar and tremendous catastrophes 'hlca cannot be foreseen and for which ystetnatle provision cannot be made. Amon people like ours, rich and fur- nlshed with quick and perfect means of communication and organization, It can, alwaya be depended upon to distribute very widely much of the loss In any lo- canity, and It must In the nature of thlngf be exclusively depended upon for relief from many of the worst conse- quences OMAHA STSADFASTLT TORWARli. It must t4 supremely gratifying to every one Interested in Omaha that the city's forward movement should be so "lfasUy progressive. Omaha hat caa IU up" "na aowM ln tn PaBt. for the aetback received fronc the drouth chn of the rlJ alueties, rol,owe1 W tne nnanclal depression which Mag especially severe In these parts, it baa always made steady gains, even though the pace may by turns have quickened or slackened. For the last ten years Omaha baa been noticeably on the up grade und never more so than right now. In every .field of commercial and indus trial activity, whose expansion makea for the development of a great city, Omaha la branching out. Its railway facilities are better now than ever be- fore. Its manufacturing industries give employment to a large army of wage workers, and IU wholesale houses sup- I ply a wldi trade territory, its retail business la more active and Its profes sional classes Wore busily engaged. The bent sign for Omaha's future is that what It bss accomplished Is roofed In firm foundations. It Is the consensus of opinion of all competent observers that no city of OmahH'8 class Is freer from the speculative innnla and from enterprises of the air bubble variety. There Is no possibility of a bursting boom- because there Is no boom to burst. On the contrary, Omaha's growth Is characterised above all as steady going and the prospects are for continued growth without obstruction or Interrup tion. People looking for a location for them selves or for a place to Invest their money with reasonable assurance of good profits will And Omaha one of the most attractive cities on the map, bar ring none. bhXA rvnizEit a LvoimL is $ f. s a te. The reported Intention of a majority of the senate finance committee to enter upon an independent Investigation of the subject foreshadows n tedious road which the bill freeing denaturlzed al cohol from' tax will have to travel lu the genate. For such an Investigation, requiring examination and summons of a great number of widely scattered ex perts and other witnesses, if begun at this point in the session, will be likely to delay the matter till too late a period for action, even In the absence of other mean of defeating it. i The bill passed almost unanimously by the house nnd now In the hands of the senate committee was prepared with extreme care, the executive departments In any way concerned with tho subject co-operating to perfect the measure. The house ways and means committee, hav ing taken up the work promptly when congress convened, devoted months to nn exhaustive investigation, and in fact examined thoroughly most of the wit nesses which the senate committee would have to call before It. The com plete record of all this Information Is actually before the senate committee, and has been available to Its members as to the. country, from (lay to day as It was made. Naturally, therefore,' the litfcrpreta- tlons of tho reported purpose In the sen ate committee now to go over all this ground is pure hostility to tho bill and desire for delay rather than to gain new light on tho subject. The Immensity of the benefit of tax-free undrlnkable aico hoi which has commended this measure to public approval and secured its prompt passage in the house excites 'orrespondlug though disguised opposi tion of tho senatorial representatives of monopolistic Interests. The simple fact demonstrated beyond a doubt that the bill would create an economic ad vantage, both for agricultural producers and the consuming public generally, representing an Immense saving belov. the cost of mineral oils and other fuels now used and largoiy supplied through monopolistic agencies, by itself invites obstruction and delay possible in tho senate. Nor will it be strange If these agencies avail to defeat the house bill, at least so far as this session of congress goes. Omaha is coming gloriously to the front with its contributions for the re lief of the Pacific coast earthquake and fire victims. Omaha people, how evertwho have not yet ' Joined in the movement but who are disposed to subscribe to the relief fund, should send their subscriptions. direct to Luther Drake, treasurer of the local citizens' committee, In the Merchants National Bank building. Those who prefer to contribute clothing or supplies should send their gifts to Superintendent Mor ris of the Associated Charities, at the relief station, which hag been estab lished in the basement of the city hall It transpires that the Hon. George W. Berge, who ran for governor on the fusion ticket two years ago, is dead set to run again for the game office and refuses point blank to be- aide-tracked to the place of i attorney general, to make way for a slmon pure democrat at the head of the ticket All of which would indicate that the political bosses of the go-called "allied reform forces" In Nebraska are figuring1 On again try ing to fool the people with another fu sion hocus pocus. Only one registration day is provided for the coming municipal election, and that day Is Saturday, April 28. Voters already registered from the place of their present residence need not do so again, but all who have moved or who have, become eligible to vote since last year's election, or who failed for any reason to register last year, will have to appear personally before the regle trara la their respective districts on that day or be barred from tho polls on election day. People who want successful business men in the city council will vote for George Cott for councilman from the Tenth ward. 'Mr. Cott is a young man who baa spent most of his life here in Omaha aud thoroughly identified him self with the community, being particu larly familiar with the needs of the south side in the matter of public im provements.- Ilia election will start the new Tenth ward out, right in ita repre sentation in the council. The new state normal building at Kearney has been duly accepted. The forthcoming Nebraska legislature may take notice that the demands of the normal school already exceed the fa cilities and that appropriations for ad ditional buildings are tiie next thing ln orjler. Former1 Attorney General Prout comes back to Nebraska as a visitor from Ok lahoma. This emigration of so many of our state onVcr to distant climes as soon as their official tenures terminate does not apeak Well Tor their loyalty to the ople who have bnnrd them. The Rnamri ( Talk. Ptltsburt Dispatch. After Senator Knnx and Suooner hnve replied to Sennlor Bailey and Senator Rayner has again replied to Senators Knox and Snooner then It may bo a favorable opportunity for Senator Tillman to appeal to Senator Aldrlch to let the senate vote on It. i'rablnar the t'oal t'amblne. Philadelphia' Record. The selection of Messrs. Simpson and Hughe to prosecute railroad companies that have violated tha law against com binations In their relation with the trans portation of coal and oil Indicates that the Department of Justine is determined to get at the farts. As a legal pump Mr. Hughes establlsKed hla reputation In the insurance Investigation. l'eaalty for WronaTdolnav. Cincinnati Enquirer. For Oi-oene and Oajnor to work out tho enormous fine that haa been Imposed upon them would keep them busy far Into eter nity. The greater tha money sentence, however, the greater will the Inducement be for them to raise the mean to pay what they owe the government. The moral effect will be good. To furnish the money will be a greater terror to evlldoera than the penitentiary. The lmprlaonment pen alty haa to b paid, anyhow. Oatlawlngr Electoral Corraa)tla. Philadelphia Record. ' Although It la classed with the Insurance reform bills, the measure which ha passed both houses of the New York legislature forbidding campaign contributions by cor porations Is general In It terma and ap plies to any Incorporated company conduct ing business within the state. The two great commonwealths of New York and Pennsylvania, embracing within their boundaries 15.0110,000 Inhabitants, having outlawed this form of electoral corruption, the criminality of Buch contribution to Influence the result of elections will not fall to be Impressed on the legislatures of adjoining states and ultimately on the law making bodies of all- parts of the union, congress Included. PERSONAL XOTES. Minnesota papers-must not describe hang lngs, but they still are at liberty to print an obituary of the deceased. Careful conversationalists will remember that the proper name of that Russian na tional assembly la Ocsudarstvennaja Duma. Decrepit old Geronlmo, chief and most noted warrior of the once famous and ferocious Apache tribe, Is critically 111 at his home on the Fort Sill reservation. Dr. Carl Jugund, an amateur naturalist and ornithologist of Hamburg, Germany, has the greatest collection of Easter eggs In the world. He lias been an enthusiaatlc collector for years. Charles Rousseliere, a Frenchman, who was a blacksmith until tils voice attracted attention and he was sent to Paris to study, will appear In the United States next year and will be paid 11,600 per night. Andrew Lang once Wrote to Israel Zang will to ask him to take part In an author s reading for the benefit of a charity, and received In reply the following laconic incs sage: "If Lang will I. Zungwill." , Horace F. Brown a. mining engineer of national reputation., has Just died In Chi cago. He was an authority on mine and mettallurgy, being ..the,-. author of several text booka used In, th 'mining schools of Harvard university. Thomas Lewis, the' son of an African king, who Is studying medicine at the Syracuse university, haa devised charoc tera to express the language of his tribe. He propose to translate the Bible and to introduce the Christian religion among the natives. His home Is In Liberia, and upon the completion of hi course he expects to become a medical missionary to hla people. ME AMD THE DAXGER. How Would To Apt In a Calamity Bach a Befell San Franclacof St. Louis Globe-Democrat. When a grat catastrophe such aa that at San Francisco occupies the public mind a question which must certainly auggest Itself to every mind Is the one of how the person borrlfled at such a calamity would meet a similar experience. ..There are men whose experience haa not been narrow or restricted, and who have, In the course of an average lifetime, been called to meet aituatlona Involving aome of the elements of personal danger, who can form no Just conception of such a sudden, swift and paralysing danger a that which came to our western coast Tuesday morning Even those of thl generation who were also of the one preceding, and know what It is to feel the shock of war, are probably without any adequate Idea of what they would do In the face pf such an enemy as that- which rose unheralded out of th sea at the Golden Gate. The unexpected ad vane of a martial enemy can be aeen, at least for a time, and measurably prepared for, before th close. On a field of action ther Is a degree of method, there Is order, system and discipline, so long as head ore cool and nerves steady. Death comes, but It comes against intelligent as well a courageous resistance. In thinking of a storm at sea it is ponbl ble to Imagine that one might retain control of the faculties to the point' of being able to take every possible oppor tuntty offering Itelf for safety. Whether this might not,' In the presence of th danger, be nothing more than Imagination it 1 none .th lea true that th breaking up of a vessel ln mid-ocean doe not pre sent. In many cases, vantage point of re alatanc to death which the collected man will use agalnat a fate to which one less fortunate would aurely surrender. A man capable of quick and accurate thinking ln the presence of any Imminent catastrophe, and who I well aware that auch a faculty can often save life In the last extremity I nevertheless forced to admit that a fac ulty of that kind would have no play when confronted with auch a audden and ap palling rise of the death apecter as that seen tn San Francisco. In a great eonfl.v gratlon In a crowded building there la quit- use for all the aeniie, and often to som good end. In a destructive cyclone, Intel ligence and compoaur of mind can not the direction of the wind und choose from all a building t(ie point of greatest resist ance and leaat danger. In practically every aort of accident by field or Hood there la chance for mind and nrve to assert them selves with at least a hope of success. But the question of what a nian would have don if caught in the vortex on th California shore must remain unanswered, unless we giv It th only possible anawer and say that he could hava done nothing Then the queation will arise of how a man should best Illustrate bis helplessness. Th chief of the San Franclsco-flr department baa given th best possible answer to this. He could do nothing, but he gave hla Ufa ln trying todo that duty which he felt he should at least make an effort to do, Buying at hla post was th only thing poaatbl to htm, and there be died. And thl la the full and complete answer, after all. to th question of what a man could do under auch circumstance. -! OP TUB K4HTHQI AKF.. lent at a Profeaaor la I lerlly mt California. The nature nnd cause of earthquake In eneral and the aelsmlo physics of San Francisco In particular engsge widespread ttentlon Just now. Geographers, geolo- st, astronomers and laymen are con- rltiutlng to the literature of the tremblor variety of theories, assumption and ueaaos. Rogardtng the Immediate cause , of the disaster on the Pacific coast the ' New York Sun quote with approval the opinion of Prof. John Ii Conte. professor of geology In the t'nlverslty of California, ne of the world geological authorillee. His explanation Is based upon the moun tain contours of t the coast of California from the Sttnta Barbara channel northward to the Golden Gate, ln thl region are represented two peninsulas, one visible, the other to be discovered through examina tion of the altitudes upon the map corre sponding to existing geological feature. Thl second and greater peninsula com prise the Monte Diablo and Coast ranges. separated from tho Sierra elevation by the lluvlal soil of the low lying valley of the San Jon.iuln. This valley la contoured by th level of 100 fet and lower for a con siderable portion of It length, and prac tically all of It lie below the level of SOO feet. The partition thereby accomplished between the Sierra mountain mas and the oaatal mountains Is sufficiently pronounced to Indicate what wa at no remote period an extensive peninsula. Thla valley of the San Joaquin Ilea above the line of a geological fault, at a depth which can only be estimated as aomewhere about a mile. The artesian well borings which have been abundantly prosecuted In the counties of Merced. Fresno, Kings and Kern afford evidence looking toward such a determination of bedrock depth. On the ocean side the continental shelf Is ex tremely narrow. The great peninsula pre- . . . . . , . V. n Bents a most precipitous aspect iuwmu ocean basin. It Is Interrupted al Intervals by deep submarine gorges extending close to the shore. The oceanic basin of the PHotflc Is throughout a region of volcanic upheavel and seismic disturbance. Conditioned on the one side by the known fault of the San Joaquin valley and on the other by the volcanic activity of the Pa cific basin, the greater peninsula ln gen eral and the visible peninsula of Ban Fran cisco In particular have always been sub ject, so far as the memory of white set tler can go, to frequent Bhocks of earth quake. In the last score or more of year eelsmographlc observatories have been maintained at several points about Ban Francisco bay, and the records have been sufficiently studied to afford data for com prehension of the varied earth wavs which have made themselves felt either to tha perception of the citlxen of the Golden Gate or to the sensitive Instruments. Such observations have been conducted by Prof. George Davidson, for many year In charge of the const and geodetic survey upon the Paclflo coast, by Prof. Charles Btirekhalter of the Chabot observatory In Oakland, and by the Btaff of the Lick observatory on Mount Hamilton. Careful Inspection of these record shows that two systems of earthquake disturb ances act upon San Francisco. Those of he lighter series show a wave movement beginning In one of the easterly quadrant and more commonly In the southeastern. This serle of light shocks Is attributed to the slip along the tine of the San Joaquin fault. While they may occur at any season of tho year they are more frequently ob served when the Ban Joaquin river Is run ning bank high under the influence of the melting snow ln the foothills of the Sierra. That such'! a condition ha recently exuuea I made clear by the report within less than a month of floods In the Interior val leys of the state. Assuming, as the geolo gist do, that the fault In the valley lies near the root of th Monte Diablo range on the wetern edge of the alluvial plain. It will be aeen that the physical factors in volving the slip are very almple; There Is wide flat plain bounded on the west ny line of weaknes ln the rock support. When this plain Is carrying an abnrtrmal weight of water the tendency 1 to braa downward at the line of the fault. This tendency will produce a Jar In the mountain mass which will be rapidly communicated to Its furthest extremity. The earthquake, which liave their origin ln the dUturbance to wnicn tne oceamo basin Is subject, alwaya approach Ban Francisco from the direction of the south west quadrant. These have been uniformly more violent than thoee who origin i attributed to the San Joaquin fault. While the record of San Francisco earthquake up to the present have exhibited a mild type, the damage to property having hith erto been alight, it would appear from the extent and violence of th present tremblor that both causes had for one united. The nosslblllty of auch simultaneous ao- tlon of the two known selsmlo factors of the greater peninsular had been forseen bv Prof. Le Conte. He. stated that If at any time an earthquake wave of only mod erate violence ahould oome In from th oceanic baln ln sufficient strength to Jar the coastal mountain masses at a period when th San Joaquin valley waa bearing ita maximum weight of water th condi tion would be ripe for simultaneous shocks from th southwest and from tha souths east. In such a condition, wnu neitner of th shock by ltelf would b capabl of doing any great amount of damag to building In San Franclaco, the combina tion of two distinct set of wavea might prove too much for any work of man to withstand. In apite of the declarations of soma cientlst that ther can be no possible connection between th eruption of Mount Vesuvlu and the earthquak at San Fran clco," says the New York Times." others ar Inclined to view certain facta In re gard to recent seismic and volcanlo activ ity as, to aay the least, suggestive. "Laat month ther wa a avr earth quake in the Island of Formosa, and many live were lot ther. while an enormous amount of damag wa don. A few day ago ther waa another earthquake In the ame Island! Still greater havoc wa caused by It than the earthquak In March, but fewer live were lot, aa far as' la known at present, the reason being that the people were warned In time. "Ten day ago the eruption of Mount Vesuvius reached It height and devas tated the country around the volcano, covering an enormous territory with ashes and caused the loss of hundreds of live. "On Tuesday night word wa received from Pitlgork, Ciscaucasia, that there had been two severe earthquake shock th prevlou day in Northern Caucasia. "The same night a telegram from Ma drid aald that th newspapers ther re ported that th long dormant volcano on Palma, the largest of the Canary Islands, wa showing sign of eruption, column of mok issuing from th crater. "Ther I on very remarkable clrcum tanc In regard to all thla vicinity. All th place mentioned Formosa, Southern Italy. Caucasia and th Canary Islands lie within a belt bounded by line a llttl north of th fortieth parallel and a llttl south fif th thirtieth parallel. Sun Fran cisco 1 Just south of tha fortieth parallel, while Naplea la Just north of It. Th lat itude of Calabria, where th terribl tarth quak occurred laat year, I th asm aa that of th territory affaoted by the arlhauak ln th Vnlted State. " WALTHAM WATCHES. Within the means of everyone. Tht "Rivtnidt" movtmtnt h trticutrly ecommendeJrtudt (n tl tht BKXATORIAf. SUiF.STIOS. Grand Island Independent: Editor Rose. water Would come more nearly, and much more nearly, representing all of the people of th state than any msn from Douglas county yet mentioned. Wakefield Republican: Edward Roee- water of Omaha is getting considerable favorable comment for the office of United States senator. Mr. Rosewater Is cer tainly well qualified for tho position. Bancroft Blade: Th republican state convention will this year again endorse a Candidate -for the Vnlted States senate, which means the saving of considerable money. If an Omaha man is to be en dorsed, by all mean let It be Rosewater. Utlca Sun: The Sun would like to see Editor Rosewater of The Omaha Bee be come a candidate for Vnlted Sttaes sen ator because It believe that no better man could be selected than he Is to suc ceed Senator Millard. If It Is to be a re publican he would be a great credit to the party which he represents. Humboldt Leader: The name of E. Rose water of Omaha Is being prominently men tioned In connection with the United States senatorshlp and It must fee admitted that he would be a great Improvement over some who have pretended to represent Ne braska In the upper branch in the past Hi would at least be "doing something." Oakland Independent: Omaha republican are undecided whether to put forward Senator Mills rd, John L. Webster or Ed ward Rosewater as candidate for senator. Whichever I supponed te be the strongest competitor ln the race against Norrls Brown will receive th boost. The repub lican state convention will endorse a candi date. Wahoo New Era: The sentiment among th rank and file of the republican voters of this state In favor of E. Rosewater for senator 1b constantly increasing, so much so that by convention time It will be an Irresistible force, brushing aalde corpora tion groomed and "literary bureau" candi dates. Rosewater Is no unknown quality or quantity nor a "pig In a poke." Nelsdn Gatette: Edward Rosewater of Omaha 1 again mentioned In' connection with the United State senatorshlp. We doubt If there 1 a more capable man ln the State for the place nor a closer friend to th right of the common masse, but It I doubtful If he can run the gauntlet of the politician, who, in the case of thl particular office, are decidedly It. Syracuse Journal: Bom of the publisher of corporation newspaper of th state are having conniption fit over th fact that Norria Brown appears . to be gaining a strong hold on the hearts of the people. Notwithstanding th vanttngs of these rail road ridden publications, th people will be heard from at th proper time, and Norrls Brown or some other fearless sdvocat of their cau will be named aa Mr. Millard's successor. Norfolk Press: John L. Webster has been formally placed In the field a another Omaha candidate for United State sena tor. Just wher Millard leaves oft and Webatar begin In Douglas county remains to be seen, and will be developed In the near future. In the meantime Douglas county republicans may aa well make up their minds that the only Omaha candidate who can command a respectable following out ln the state Is Edward Rosewater. Emerson Enterprise: John I. Webster's boom for United States senator waa form ally launched by his Omaha friends a few daya ago. Omaha now has three announced candidate. Senator Millard, Q. W. Wat tle and John L. Webster. Editor Edward Rosewater, who la not an avowed candi date, la receiving much favorable mention. In order to be strong In the senatorial contest, the metropolis should unit on Its bast man, for It look now aa though It would be Omaha against the state. Takamah Journal: Underneath all ther is the Idea prevalent In the minds of two thirds of the republicans of the state that In th person of Edward Roaewater one can find all th element neoeaaary to make an Ideal candidate for Nebraska repub lican to unite upon. And It would not be surprising or unexpected If that Idea Bhould b formulated into a demand for his candi dacy ere th state convention shall cas Its labors, notwithstanding pras bureau politics and railroad trading stock candi dates. Table Rock Argus: Ther is a growing A.sk Your OwnDoctor If he tells you to take Ayer's Cherry Pectoral foryour severe cough or bronchial trouble, then take it. If he has anything better, then take that, only get well as soon as possible, that's the object. Doctors have pre scribed this medicine for sixty years. We have no secrets! We publish the formulas of all our medicines. ataa th . . Arm Os., LwU, Msm. AIM auajoMn ar AY' sUIl YIOOB For th half. ATkR'S PILLS For eMttlpattoa. AIM'S SaitaAraEliXA rt th Mta. ATIK't GU C0E-"f atajarla S4 a(. sentiment throughout the state for Edward Rosewater for United States senator. la years past Mr. Rosewater has been a sup porter of the Idea of honesty In official life, of official control of corporations; and many of the other theories now advocated by the republican party, and has made A consistent battle for them all the years of his public lifo. There Is little doubt In the mind of the Argus editor that Mr. Roue water is stronger today with the masses of republicans throughout the state than he ever was before. Beatrice Sun: The name of Edward Rose water has been mentioned aa a candidate for the United State senate. Mr. Roue, water I a stronger man thnn this stat ha cnt to the senate, unless It might he W. V. Allon. Rosewster la a well in formed niHn, a man of Idcns, and one wlo has the courage of his convictions. He has been a consistent friend of the people ngainxt thiencroachments of the corporn tlons. and has not permitted party tlea to load him from what he regarded as an honest pense of duly. In the senate Rose water would be a man of Influence. Lincoln Journal: In Omaha they seem to be squaring themselves off for a fight be tween Senator Millard and John L. Webster for local support for the senatorshlp. The friends of Norrls Brown out In the state are Inclined to look upon the struggle with equanimity, for It really doesn't make much difference to them who comes out on top. The elate 1 going to mnka th senator, and neither Millard nor Webster will be able to command much support beyond the boundaries of Douglas county. The fact is, that any mail who can get Douglas under' existing circumstances Isn't likely to make much of an Inroad upon the Brown strength out In the state. Ther Is one man who can get a few counties on his anti-monopoly record of a generation ago, and It Is not safe yet to say that he has been put entirely tiron the shelf. That man la E.v Rosewater. PASSING PLEASANTRIES. "Now remember that this Is a wild and woolly country. B careful how you flirt with another man's Vile." "Are they apt to shoot?" "No: but they are mighty apt to get a divorce In your favor." Louisville Courier Journal. Mrs. Browne I've Just coma from Mrs. Toungpop's. I can't Imagine a prettier pic ture than a young mother putting her baby to leep. Mrs. Malaprop No; especially If she's slngln' a pretty . ollbl to . Philadelphia Press. The English nobleman, although not rich, waa up to date. And every costume that he wore was moat appropriate. bo when he married Mis Van Rox ther can be no dispute That he was quite consistent, for he wor a buslneas suit. Cleveland Leader. "You ask ma If I ever failed In any rol I attempted." repeated tha great actor. "Ye, one when I tried to look ilk a ober """Why," exclaimed' hi friend, "your'r always sober. You never did drink, did you ? "No, but on this occasion I was taking two drunken friends home." Philadelphia Catholic Standard. "Doctor." said the patient upon whom the hospital surgeon had Just operated for ap pendicitis, "you're the same surgeon that amputated the first finger of my right hand when I had It crushed ln a railroad accident a few months ago, ain't you?" "Yes," answered the surgeon. "Well, you got my Index then, and now you've got my appendix. I hope you ar satisfied." Chicago Tribune. JIMMIXY CRICKETS. Sunset Magaxlne. I'd like t' be a kid agin an play At "Ketcheri" An' chaa my young sweetheart a runnf. away. An' fetch 'er Back so' thet she'd be it; er knock th' ball O'er picket Uv thet ol" fence an' dim' up ther an" fall Jlmmlny crlckota! I'd Ilk t' chasa aroun' an' hunt, yeh know, Peralmmon Treea, an' ln th' summer Jea' f go A-awimmln'; Er go a-huntln' when th leaves had 111 In thickets, An' tear my clothe an' go back horn an' well- Jimmlny crickets! v An', runnln' barefoot, stick my foot agin' Th thistles; An' on the crick hunt wilier with sap In, Fer whistle; An' w'en th' clrcu come, Je' feed a mule Fer ticket; An' let 'em ketch u ther' away from achool Jlmmlny crickets!