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TTIE OMAHA DAILY BEE: MONDAY. MAY 14. 1906. Tin; Omaha Daily Bel. E. IlOBEWATK.K, EDITOR. PCBI.JSHKD EVEftT MORNING. . TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION. Dally Bee (without Sunday), one year..l.4 X 1 1 y Hen and Sunday, one year.. 600 Illustrated Uif, gnu year 2 60 Punday Bee, one year M Saturday Bee. on year 1 Sv DELIVERED H X CARRIER. Dally Bee (Including Sunday), per week. .17c Dally Hee (without Kiwirtm I. per week 12c Evening Bee (without Sunday), per week. o Evening Ree. (with Sunday), per week...10o Sunday !(, per copy o Address complaints of irregularities In do llvery to City Circulation Department OFFICES. Omaha Tli Bee Building 8uth Omaha City Hall Building. Council Bluffs 10 Peart Street. Chicago l4t) Unity Building. Nw York lGr Horn Life Ina. Building. Washington KOI Fourteenth Street. CORRESPONDENCE. Communications relating to new and edi torial matter ahotild be addressed: Omaha Bee, Editorial Department. REMITTANCES. Remit by draft, express or postal order payable to The Bee .Publishing Company. Only 2-cent stamps received as payment of mall accounts. Personal checks, except on Omaha or eastern exchanges, not accepted. THE BEK PUBLISHING COMPANY. STATEMENT Of CIRCULATION. State of Nebraska, Dougraa County, ss : Ci. C. Rosewater, general manager of The. Bee publishing company, being duly sworn, ays that the actual number of full and complete copies of The Daliy. Morning, Evening and Sunday Bee printed during the month of April, 190. was as follows: 1 sn.mw it sietoo I a 1,4 AO 17 81,410 I SI, 4(H) 18 43.B40 4 84,TM U 49,240 t SlMU ft) 4W,eJTO ,..tlW a 44,260 T 32,l(JO 22 8H.930 1 40,100 B.. 85,000 81.400 24. 81,800 10 81.2UO tb ...81,480 U 81,4) -28. .81,4 TO U 81,830 27 81,820 U 81.170 U 82,370 14 82,100 28 88,200 15 80,100 SO 81,860 Total 1,041,800 Lea unsold copies 18.372 Net total sales l,02M,tMa) Dally average 84,800 C. C. ROSEWATER, General Manager. Subscribed In my presence and sworn to before me tbis 30th day of April, 1806. tSeal) M. B. HUNOATB, Notary Public. WHEi oct or Town. kssribara leaving; tka elty ( porarlly saoald ktrt The Bee aaallea to then. Address will be ehaaaea as oftesi aa reaaestea. The attack of the cowboys on the city hall has befen ' postponed Indefi nitely. ...... Speaker Cannon has assayed a new role, umpiring a base ball game. Now. let any one impugn the speaker's fear lessness if he dare. With the Transvaal producing one third. of the gold output of the world Great Britain's wisdom in conquering the Boers Is proven. I Since the sultan has gracefully capitulated it Is fairly certain Ger many was not backing ' him In the Egyptian boundary affair. Omaha continues to rank 'among the leaders In the statistics of building operations. The limit of the city'a building expansion Is not yet In sight. The "Het Volk" In South Africa manages its campaign in a manner to show that it never wants to see the day when the language of the "Taal" will follow the "Gaelic revival." Dishonest builders whose short comings were revealed by the San Francisco earthquake are at least more fortunate than those whose bouses fall under the first windstorm. With appeals under the proposed railway rate law going directly to the supreme court of the United States members of that august body may feel warranted in striking for higher wages. . An Indication of healthful industrial conditions Is to be found week by week in the comparative exhibit of bank clearings' for our Omaha banks. The per cent of the Increase Is well above the average right along. After all It may be possible to put the spirit of the La Follelte amend ment Into practice as the federal Judge who would undertake to pass on a case In which he U directly in terested might give excuse for a change of venue. That congressman who declares that the Missouri river is navigable proba bly came to earth too late to enjoy the experience of standing on a sand bar while waiting for the next boat to pull his craft into deep water; but the Missouri river can be made navl gable. Nebraska contributed over 1,000 to the relief of the Japanese famine suffer ers thle in the face of the call for assistance from San Francisco earth quake victims. Nebraska people are generous and are enjoying a prosper ity that makes it possible to make their generosity substantial. The Water board failed to hold Its regular meeting at the last appointed time. There Is a vacancy on the board with a good salary going to waste to draw which entails no very onerous duties. Perhaps a special meetjng can be held to make sure that this stipend does not remain ownerless any longer than necessary. The next thing in order will be a worn statement of campaign expenses from the treasurers of the respective political rommltteea. The treasurer of the Fontanelle club, however, has never filed a statement, alt hough the money collected and expended by that organisation clearly comes within the scope of the corrupt practice law. if a true statement of Fontanelle finances "vera made it would be an eye-opener. THE WnltK F THK SKSSIOX. With the disposal of the rate bill by congress, which now seems to be assured, there Is possibility of pre cipitate adjournment of the session. Great pressure will come from repre sentatives In congress to hurry through because of their anxiety to be at home and take part In the preliminaries to the nominating convpntlonswhioh aie already in progress. The opposition to pending measures, some of which are very Important to the public Inter est, will not fall to take Advantage of such conditions. But congress ought not to adjourn before Its business shall rinVe been properly disposed of, even Ifvlt is necessary to continue the session yet for several weeks. The unduly pro tracted debate In the' senate on the rate bill and the maneuvers of Its enemies have been In the way of ex pediting other legislation. While the house has passed Important meas ures like the Philippine, statehood and free denaturized alcohol bills, none haa yet got through the senate, and much yet remains to be done even on the appropriations. Public duty requires that all this accumulation of unfinished business be faithfully disposed of, no matter how Impatient members of congress may be. It Is especially Incumbent upon republicans to finish the work well, for upbn the record the party will be Judged In the election next Novem ber, and that -election will determine whether or not President Roosevelt during the last half of his term shall be confronted with a hostile majority in the house inspired by partisan in terest to manufacture campaign ma terial for use in the next presidential election. And a satisfactory record by the party in congress will also have an immense effect in favor of republicans, throughout the country where state and local contests are this year to be fought out. COSORBSS AND THE CANAL. After five months of leisurely con gressional treatment of the subject of the type of the Panama canal this re sult, which is no conclusion, has just now been reached in the senate com mittee, that with one member absent there is an exactly equal division be tween those favoring a sea level and those favoring a lock canal. In this unbaked condition the only way even to make a start towards affirmative action, It appears, is for the senate to take the subject bodily out of the hands of the committee, and that, too, when the calendars of both, houses, overcrowded with legislation deferred because of the rate bill and disagree ments between them, permit little hope of any sort of satisfactory action In the hurry for adjournment, . This lame and impotent result has been permitted to come about in the face of the fact officially declared and elaborately explained by the secretary of war personally to the committee weeka ago, a fact which the. committee should otherwise long before have known, that the work on the canal has already gone about as far as it, can go until the question as to sea level or lock shall be settled, and that unless congress acts or leaves It to the presi dent to act it will be necessary to lay off the 28,000 laborers who have been massed on the Isthmus only with vast trouble and expense, and otherwise gravely Injure and retard the enter prise. It is no wonder under these condi tions that thoughtful people all over the country are beginning to call loudly, and in many cases angrily, to congress to take hands oft a matter which It cannot, or at all events does not, dispose of. The original act regu lating the canal organization, It Is gen erally believed and . deliberately as serted by Secretary Taft, confers au thority upon the president to decide aa to type of canal in the absence of congressional action, and he long since made known his readiness to decide. If there be the least,, doubt anywhere, congress could long ago have passed a simple declaration, or It could even now quickly pass It, making such au thority explicit. , It is significant that many of the strongest newspapers, some of them sharp and persistent critics of the president as to certain features of his policy, are at this juncture most posi tive in the demand that congress forth with cease Its paltering, dog-ln-the-manger tactics with reference to the great national undertaking at Panama and let the president go on his own responsibility. THK SESSIBLE THIXU. In finishing up the canvas of the vote cast at the recent election and is suing certificates to the successful candidates, thus turning a deaf ear to those who gave contrary advice, the city council has done the sensible thing. That anyone should for a mo ment have entertained the Idea that the edict registered at the polls could be overturned on legal technicalities without producing a reaction of mo mentous consequences, if not an open revolt, Is almost past understanding, and we do not believe it was at any time seriously considered by any of the officials immediately Concerned. The only thing that would lend countenance to such a suspicion is the refusal of City Attorney Breen to give an opinion one way or another as to the validity of the voting machine law. Mr. Breen has Justified his position by pointing to the charter provision which requires the city attorney to withdraw as the legal representative of the city from any case in which he may have a personal interest, extend ing this to the question of giving an opinion to the council which might affect bis own tenure of office. This conclusion appears to tyi to be very far-fetched. In its extreme It would prevent the city attorney from acting as the city's law officer altogether, be csnae as taxpayer or officeholder he would have an Indirect Interest In every question that comVs up. Be that as It may. however, the peo ple of Omaha are In no mood for a contest of force or !n court for the possession of the city hall. They thought they settled that at the elec tion and in the absence of fraud the majority should rule. IMPRISOXMEXT FOR RKBATtXd. The senate hss conformed to the very general opinion by adding Im prisonment to the penalties for grsnt Ing rebates carried by the house rate bill which left that phase of the matter as it was In the Klklns act. The original Interstate commerce law of 1SS7 made rebating punishable with both fine and Imprisonment, but ex perience during ten years caused many honestly to believe that more evidence would be forthcoming for the prosecu tion of violators If punishment were restricted to heavy fines, and the In terstate Commerce Commission more than once recommended such altera tion. Whether the change in the Klklns act was made In sincere com pliance with this view or to weaken the law, the fact remains that the re sult has been unsatisfactory, and a strong popular demand has arisen for restoration of the prison penalty. The senate amendment goes even further and prescribes imprisonment and fines for those who receive or demand as well as for those who grant rebates. The truth doubtless Is that the mere statute book penalty was not at bottom the cause ef failure to prevent rebate violations. The real trouble for more than a decade and a half was failure to enforce the penalties either In their original or in their amended form under the Elklns act. The new law will go on the statute book under en tirely different conditions. There will now be back of the imprisonment penalty a pronounced public senti ment and a changed attitude of gov ernment in all its branched respon sive to such sentiment. There is reason, therefore, to hope that the threat of prison bars, now becoming real and present to offend ers, will materially strengthen the arm of the law for the correction of one of the gravest transportation abuses. City Treasurer Fink Is advertising publicly that while the task of collect ing the taxes devolves upon him, he has nothing whatever to do with fix ing their amount and directs people1 with complaints to the county asses sor. The county assessor, however, while he is responsible for the valua tions put upon the tax lists, has noth ing to do with the size of the levy, which is made by the city council. People with complaints after making two or three trips between the city hall anrd the court house will doubt less be disposed to pay up and take a rest. , '' The fact that a new plan to stop looting at San Francisco has been de vised would indicate that the maraud ers have been busy right along, not withstanding the best efforts of the law officers and the soldiery. It is surely a blot on modern civilization that the victims of earthquake mis fortune should be made victims a sec ond time by human vultures. Democratic county conventions in Missouri are already endorsing Bryan for the democratic nomination for president two years hence. It will be remembered that Bryan in the last democratic national- convention made the nominating speech for Cockerell, Missouri's favorite son, so that the bouquets are reciprocal. An editor of an Indiana paper has been locked up in Jail to expiate the crime of criticising in his paper the action of a Judge upon the bench. Some day Judges will discover that the confidence of the public must be won and retained by keeping above criti cism rather than by summary ven gence upon the critic. Before the final event Is pulled off a snap shot should be taken for pres ervation for the future of the row of hungry democrats lined up before Mayor-elect Dahlman's pie counter. The pictures of the bread line out In San Francisco would be utterly over shadowed, t No, let everyone hold his breath for the report' of the water works ap praisers, which Is again said to be Im minent This report has been coming every month for the last three years and when it really arrives it should not be allowed to catch anyone unpre pared. The London Missionary society Is planning to develop the resources of New Guinea. The statement is re freshing since it indicates a desire to make the foreign mission field produc tive of something more than occasion for the use of gunboats. John ( klaamaa Wakia I p. Chicago News. China's awakening is progressing much faster than Its devoted wellwlshers prob ably desire, seeing that It haa Just bounced the alien who had charge of the Imperial customs. A Delicate Tarasf. New Tork Post. Congress has now voted to buy a special vessel for the destruction of derelicts. We are surprised that there were no negative votes In the senate, prompted by the In stinct of self-preservation. lalaraaatlaa Available. Indianapolis Journal. Among other things that the house may find out through Its Investigation of the Agricultural department la that the depart ment la compelled to do a great deal of un necessary work aa a result of the distribu tion of congressional free seeds. r.nWARD ROsEWATKR FOR BE V TOR 4 Raasevelt Reaabllraa. Allen News (Rep.). v Edward Roewier. editor of The Omaha Bee, la a candidate for I'nlted States sen stor from Nehrsaka. and the News hos he will be successful. Ever since the writer has known anything. Edward Rosewater has been a republican who has been fight ing the corporations and truMs and standing up for the common people. He has been the greatest and hardest fighter Nebraska hss ever known. Kor his sgresslveness he has been brutally assaulted time and again: for the same reason he hss known what It Is to he sentenced to Jail; he has made an enemy of every ring politician in Nebraska; his personal motives and character have been traduced and maligned, but through It all they never could or ran read him out of his rarty or stop his support of good government or championship of the common people. There Is not a single re. publican In Nebraska who Is so worthy of recognition by his party. He Is brainy and a man who doea things. He Is a Roosevelt republican, who known what Nebraska needs, and If the republicans are wise they will make him a United States senator; and If so, Nebraska will have a representa tive In the senate who can and will ac complish something. He cannot get up and make a rlp-roarlng, loud-mouthed speech, but no man In the t'nlted States today can put him down or out when It comes to facts and figures. He Is a busi ness man, a Nebraska man all the time and one who haa risked his very life In ex posing fraud and corruption, and the re publican party of Nebraska is not giving him so much as a pleasant smile for his labors when they offer him the nomination for United 8tates senator. People Have Been Waiting, ' Lrlgh World (Rep.). Edward Rosewater has been formallv announced as a candidate for United States senator to succeed J. H. Millard. It Is the very thing that many people had been waiting for. Some of his friends as well as newspapers have been tossing him nose gays, but now since the announcement Is made, full fledged boqueta are In order. For more than thirty-five years Edward Rosewater has been a resident of Omaha, not only has he been a cltiien of Omaha and Douglas county, but of the entire stste of Nebraska. He has ever stood for the people a rights as against corporate rule and the oppression of over greedy capital. His record along this line haa always been clear and unmistakable. His long exper ience In politics and hla wide acaualntance of public men makes him an Ideal candi date and one that the party or neople do not need to apologise for. As a senator he will not have to be educated. He is a post graduate both In politics and states manship. He Is energetic and mature in Judgment. He would command the resnect and attention of his fellow senators from the start. Nebraska owes Edward Rose water. He has been an untiring and faith ful worker for the state. As a senator lie will still work for Nebraska's Interests. He Is the most logical candidate yet an nounced and the people ought to see that he Is nominated. nrpreaents Popnlar Reforms. Wahoo Wasp (Rep.). It appears to the Wasp that there would be no better way for Omaha and Douglas county to secure the I'nlted State, .en. atorshlp than to unUe enthusiastically 'In support? or Hon. Edward Rosewater, who Is announced as a candidate for that posi tion by his son, Mr. Victor Rosewater. If any man In Nebraska Is to be rewarded for consistency In advocating those princi ples for which the people are contending at the present juncture there can be no question on whom that honor should be bestowed. This paper haa no preferred candidate for United. States senator, but after looking the field over we are unable to discover a man that so nearly represents the various reforms for which the domi nant element of the . republican party Is now contending than Hon. Edward Rose water, editor of The Omaha Bee. It can be said of him that he Is able and can be depended on to do those things that he ad vocates, and if the state desires that kind of a man to represent It In the senate the chance la now open to secure him. Ablest In the State. Bloomfield Monitor (Rep ). , Of all the candidates thus far mentioned for the position of United States senator from Nebraska, perhaps the most notable one Is that of Kdward Rosewater. the vet eran editor of The Omaha Bee. Mr. Rose water Is a republican and has steadfastly and continuously for more than a third of a century labored for the betterment of party conditions. He Is a man whoae aplendld ability ranka second to none In the state and withal la In. splendid har mony with the splendid national admin istration. The Monitor Is pleased that his son, Victor Rosewater. formally announces him as a candidate for that position, be lieving, as we do, that he Is the best man for the place. This paper has no clods to throw at other aspiring candidates, but If Senator Millard is not to be re-elected then let us unite on the ablest man in the state for the place Edward Rosewater. Roth Rraina and Ability. Stanton Pickett (Rep). Mr. Rosewater is sure to be a formidable candidate. His every Idea and act for more than a quarter of a century has been along the lines advocated by President Roosevelt. With him reform and a govern ment of the people, for the people and by the people la no new expression, nor is It of a spasmodic order. Besides, he has the reputation as a man of brains and ability that extend beyond our own country. We have not agreed with all his acts, but If there Is to be a change we believe that Mr. Rosewater would be a good selection. If the Douglas county delegation decides to drop Senator Millard, the thing for them to do la to select a Rosewater delegation. Not aa lakaswa Qnaatlty. - Osmond Republican. Elsewhere In this .Issue we reproduce the announcement of Edward Rosewater of Omaha for United States senator. This move on the part of the pioneer reformer is the best thing that has happened to Ne braska politics for years. Roxewater Is not an unknown quantity, and If we can elect him senator the state will have a representative that will stand well at the head of prominent and able n:en of the nation. We trust Pierce county will send a delegation to the state convention that will aid Mr. Rosewater In his candidacy. (aaslaarr a tall to Uaty. Lyons Sun iRep.). The formal announcement of , Edward Rosewater a candidacy for United States senator will meet the approval and sup port, not only of his personal friends and admirers in the state, but also of the think ing, substantial citlsens, who, regardless of past differences, recognise In him the qualifications so necessary at this time for Immediate usefulness and service In the senate. His candidacy seems a call to duty and in the best Intereats of the entire state. Calloway Queen (Rep i. Edward Rosewater has been one of the greatest factors In the state in making It what It Is today, and, barring the pres ent Incumbent. Senator Millard, we know of no one we would rather see hold down a senatorial chair Utan Edward Rostwatsr. F.CMOK9 OF ttlAKK AND FIRE. Reflections an the (rn4 Forced aa the Water Waaoa. Pan Francisco dispatches announce that all existing saloon licenses have been can celled and the opening of saloons Indefi nitely postponed. Another woe Is thus sdded to the stock of woes of the thirsty. The absence of boose Is not as great an affliction as Its devotees suppose. Thirsty people make the beat of the situation and take water. Never before In the history of the city, says the Chronicle, have so mtny clear-eyed men been seen on th streets. It Is like a Journey Serosa the Sahara, where the camel Is the only one that haa any fun. It s great tn be a camel. There are sexeral oases In the unhurned district, but when the man with the thirst draws near and finds the doors barred and every oasts a mirage It's dishearten ing. There are .only two things to do. One Is to hike to the ferry and take a large boat to Oakland and the other Is to hike to the same place and take a little less large boat to Sausallto. In Oakland trie swinging doors swine; In and out. On the Sausallto ferryboats you can get whisky made right at the other end of the ride. Just now. a man doesn't rare much where It Is made. The best of Ken tucky bourbon would taste no better than the worst of Missouri's barb wire. In fact, it Is quite likely that the one which scratched the most going down would be called the best whisky, It Isn't as If 8s n Frsnciseo had been a prohibition town always, like certain be nighted places throughout our fair land. It all descended so suddenly. No one was prepared. No one had a chance to taper off. Soldiers with bayonets suddenly stepped In and the poor man who had beer accustomed to his dram In the morning and his nip before lunch hadn't a chance. It was like putting Jack Munro up against Jim Jeffries, and everybody knows how that affair ended. A man has to do something, so be might as well write poetry. Put your ear to the ground and get this one: . 1 haven't any money, And my credit, too. Is gone; I didn't save the tickets For the things I had to pawn. I didn't mind the earthquake. Though It shook me out of bed. And I didn't cuss the fire. Though it made me beg for bread. But I called myself a Sparts'n, And prepared to face the worst Till I found myself afflicted With a cultivated thirst. Then the awful conflagration And the horror of the crash . Made an Idol of the beer check That I had and couldn't cash. Affairs are getting to a point where It Isn't safe for a man to have anything In his hip pocket that bulges out. All his friends suspect that it might be a bottle, and they follow him for blocks. If they cad get him near a dark alley. It's all off with him. As a matter of cold news, the saloons are likely to remain closed for three months or more. When the first shock came an old woman residing In a three-story lodging house at Seventh and Howard streets sprang from her bed and rushed to the window. While deciding what to do the building collapsed with the second and most severe shock. The old woman was hurled through a win dow of the top story, yet landed upon her feet absolutely unharmed. In the very next house a young and athletic man Jumped from a second-story balcony, sprained both ankles and was al most burned to death before he could bt carried to a place of safety. Another man In the same vicinity when rescued from the debris of a lodging house which collapsed was speechless with fright, and today can only make himself under stood In a whisper. ' During, the rapid progress of the fire a rig consisting of two bicycles lashed to gether beneath a rough platform of plank, upon which was a bundle of shawls and comfortables, was pushed by two lads amid the Jumble of trunks and other para phernalia for a day and a night. It at tracted unusual attention, yet no one took the trouble to Inquire what It meant until the rush to Oakland was over and the boys sought a hospital. Then for the first time It was learned that the bundle on the wheels was the sged mother of the youths, who had fal len downstairs and dislocated Irer hip In trying to escape after the earthquake. Be ing unable to secure an ambulance or medical attention before the premises In which they lived caught fire, the lads wrapped the old woman in comfortables and blankets, and, hastily making an im provised ambulance with their wheels, trundled their suffering, but uncomplain ing, mother over the hills to safety, block by block, for more than twenty-four hours. An elderly couple, who were Just on the eve of departure for the east, hastily packed what few things remained out of their trunks when the fire was two blocks away from their dwelling, and the man rushed outside to find some conveyance In which to transport their goods to a place of safety. The only vehicle in sight was a rickety buggy, pulled by an old broken kneed and broken-winded horse. He bought the rig outright for about five times its worth and drove back for his wife and their goods. Some ten1 hours later the old man dragged his weary limbs and the buggy, in which crouched his wife, almost dead with fatigue and fear, into one of the camps at Golden Gate park. Their horse hud fallen dead half a dozen blocks from the starting point, and after vainly struggling to drag t lie buggy over the steep grades the old couple hud dropped first one trunk and then another In the streets, until everything was sacrificed. Then the old woman's strength gave out, and as a last resort her husband lifted her Into the ramshackle vehicle and hauled hej- the rest of the way. At the relief stations across the bay, when the exodus to Oakland began in ear nest, there were many funny scenes. One woman, elegantly dressed In a tailor-made gown and tester hat, with big diamond earrings and her fingers literally covered with valuable rlngx, strolled into the tent where clothing was being distributed to the needy and nonchalantly inquired: "Have you anything in tiie nature of an evening waist that I can wear? I am not accustomed to dine tn my walking dress. You see, I was stopping at the St. Francis hotel In Sun Francisco and had no time to ge. all my thing out." When the thunderstruck volunteer at tendant suggested that the stores might be open in the morning and that the ap plicant might sell some of her Jewelry she became Indignant and swept from the test as though she had been grossly insulted. Another well-dreised woman applied to the relief committee for shetter and food, calmly announcing that she only had liofl in gold with her, and aa she was not quite sure of finding the friends for whom she Intended to hunt next day at home she did not want to spend any more than was necessary. She, too, was Indignant when told that the relief committee was not fur nishing food and shelter to people who had money. Minneapolis Journal. President Day of Syracuse university knows that the Standard Oil magnates can do no wrong. They have told him so them selves. Besides they have given him a lot of money for his school, and may b In duced to glvs htm some mora. WALTHAM WATCHES. The "Riverside" movement is espe cially recommended for high quality and medium price. "Tkt Ptrftdtd Amtrican Wtkh.' n (HusMed book of Mesttng Information tbcut tcht$, frtt upon rtqutst. AMERICAN WALTHAM WATCH COMPANY. WALTHAM, MASS. STANDARD OIL'S DKCLIMC. Stark I the Great Combine and the Dividends Pa 14. New York Evening Post. Standard Oil declined from to !) within a week after congres passed a resolution, on February IS. l?o5. to Investi gate the oil business. But Wall street readily recalled other Standard OH investi gations, the subject was soon dropped and In October the stock sold nt 70.1. the high record of the year. During the first week of instv January the price declined from 700 to tS5 and the downward movement continued gradually until 48 was touched, on April , the day of the San Francisco disaster. From 4 down to 690, the low price reached Thursday, the decline waa rapid. Standard Oil Is closely held by "Insiders" and haa never been listed on any stock exchange. Ordinarily a 10-polnt break In Standard Oil on sales of ten shares causes no comment. It Is only In a movement such ss has Just taken place during the 110-pOlnt break that attention is attracted, and even then the effect on the stock mar ket Is only sentimental. It was so In De cember. 1904. when Standard Oil suddenly dropped from 642 to 625. and again in the downward movement of price In 1903. when it declined from 730 In January to 580 In July, a loss of 170 points. On May 6, 1901, Standard OH sold st 842, the high record, but It touched to three days later, and the decrease continued until 6G0 was reached, in December. A break of 192 points In seven months is a shrinkage of over 1187.000.000 in the market valuation of the 9R.OOO,000 outstanding stock. And so it was that Standard Oil led the general de cline In prices which Immediately preceded President Roosevelt's message to congress. One reason why an ordinary movement In Standard Oil passes without comment Is that 1t takes a break of a hundred points more or less to seriously affect the Investment value of the stock. At 690, the low price for 196. reached In February, the yield was 6.8 per cent, anl at 703, the high level, touched In October, It was 6.7 per cent. The difference of IIS points In price made a difference of only 1.1 per cent In the yield, because the annual divi dend rate was 40 per cent. Unlike other companies, the Standard OH has never de clared Its quarterly dividends at a fixed rate, as may be seen from the following table, showing the annual pament since the trust was organised in 1882: Year. Percent. Year. Percent. 106 40 1893 J2 1904 M 1S92 12 1908 44 1W1 '. 12 1905 42 1890 12 11 48 18K9 12 1900 48 1R88 1U4 1899 SS 1M7 10 1898 SO 1886 10 1897 M 1886 1(H, 1898 31 1884 1896. 12 1 88S 6 1894 12 1S82 &14 Until the New Jersey corporation was formed In 1898 to take over the trust, the exact amount upon which dividends were paid was not known by outsiders. Since that lime, however, aa shown by the rale In the foregoing table, dividends have been paid amounting to over tyiO.OOO.OOO. PERSONAL. KOTK9. Alfred I-rfe, author of the old and well known song. "Champagne Charlie," has Just died In London. The attorney general of Ohio rises to make a few remarks not in approbation of Standard OH, despite the classification of this kind of talk as anarchy. The Cincinnati policeman who arrested Congressman Longworth for overspeeding didn't know who his prisoner was, but be ing a good policeman he didn't care. Secretary .Taft, who has Just been visit ing New Haven, recovered the huge cane while there that he carried while attending Yale college. It was in the possession of Mrs. George H. Hotchkiss. Frank M. Chapman of the Museum of Natural History, New York, has gone to the far west to secure material for new bird groups for the museum. He will visit about eleven states In the west. Henry 8. Adams, the veteran cashier of the Boston postal district, haa completed sixty years in the United States postal service. Mr. Adams entered the postal service In Newburyport In 1846 and went to Boston in 1853. The New York Evening Post says: "The average man today lives almost ten years HelplHelp! Tm Falling Thus cried the hair. And a kind neigh bor came to the rescue with a bottle of Ayer's Hair Vigor. The hairwas saved! In gratitiide.it grew long and heavy, and with all the deep, rich color of early, life. Druggists have sold it in all parts of the world for over sixty years. The 6es( kind of a testimonial "Sold for over sixty. years" IU4s bf tte 9. O. All. Alee DnrerT ef . AYTv't BitBAFAItTllA-Fsr the tlees- aTBS'S PaJS-For eesett4tlea. At' CaiSafcf rfcCT0aAI-s eoagks. Alaa't AwUS COfcS-ser aMaukaaal longer than his grandfather did." At this rate what a terror the "oldest Inhabitant" will become few hundred years from now. Dr. Tenney, recently of the Tien Tsln university. Is about to start from Peking with forty Chinese students, who will be placed In various colleges In the United Ststes. A fresh batch will he sent yearlr. one-half to the United States and the other half to England. Favorable report has been made by the house invalid pension committee upon a bill to grant General W. W. Dudley of In diana a pension of $100 per month. Tha beneficiary became widely known In the presidential campaign of 1888 through the "blocks of five" letter, which he wrote. He lost a leg In the civil war. Prof. Joseph John Thompson, a well known physician. In an address In Cam bridge, England, declares that of all stu dents In the world, and he has had experi ence with most of them, the Americans show the greatest energy and enthusiasm, which he credits to the courses .at the American universities, which leave the stu dents fresh and enthusiastic, while the Englishmen are Intellectually tired. PASSING PLEASANTRIES. Miss Passay Do you know, I sometimes fear that 1 shall never see my 3oth birth day? Mr. Blunt You won't unless you believe in reincarnation. Cleveland Leader. "In some respects we actors are like cooks." "And what respect might that be?" "Sometimes our fresh roles do not pan out as well as we expected." Baltimore American. Flnnegan Would ye care fur a drop o' whisky. Klannety? Flannery Kaitn! Ol'm afeard 'twould do me Htummlck no good. Flnnegan Come, come, man! What alls ye? Flannery Ol'm Jlst tellln' ye a drop would be no good at all In a stummick loike mine. Philadelphia Ledger. "Well, Jack," said the heiress, who was given to slang, "you've got me cinched all right, but I'm afraid pa will kick about you." "Well," replied her accepted lover, "1 don't care how much he kicks about me so long ss he doesn't kick me about." Philadelphia Press. "I wonder whst burglars were ever made for, mused the girl. "Why," explained the man who always has an answer, "they were made for clean ing out bureau drawers and sliver closets." Detroit Free Press. Farmer Foddershuck s I want a good, square meal, young feller. Walter Yes, sir. Tubla d'hote or a la carte? - Farmer F. A little o' both, an' have 'em well done. An' bring me some vege tables on the side. Cleveland leader. The British had captured the city of Waehlneton. "Of course." they said, "we don't expect to hold It long. As soon aa the trusts find out we're here we shall have to move out. But we'll give them something to remem ber us br." Accordingly they set fire to the capltol and made a swift sneak. Chicago Tribune. "Ah! Mabel er that Is to say. Miss Bright." stammered Mr. Kloseman, "no doubt you can guess what 1 am about to say; perhaps you realise whv I have SHt here in your parlor night after night" "Why, yes," interrupted the clever girl, "I suppose you find It cheaper than taking me out to the theater or anywhere."' Philadelphia Press. MORl 1 THE ORCHARD. Washington Star. Deep In the orchard where the bloom of clover tangs the morning breeie; Where glad voiced children romping come To play their games beneath the trees, Where apple blossoms, pink and white, in nilnuc drifts bestrew the ground: Where nature's smiles my -thoughts Invite To linger where her charms abound. While yet the hush of morning holds The little world that round me lies. And fleecy clouds, in purple rolls. Float slowly up the western skies; Their silvery edges fringed with gold, Shot from the rising sun j first ravs. While amber drifts piled fold on fold Add sst to my enraptured gaxe. And now the thrush and catbird come To OH the hedge with melody; Long may the hedgerow be their home, And long may I their listener be. It Joys my heart to hear their aong: Kach full, clear note delights mv ear; The orchard aisles their strains prolong. And hold the tender music here. 1 The robin, peering from her nest, With eyes that show no sign of fear, Well knows I love the robin best; Of all sweet birds she U most dear. O. rohln. where are now the glees We sang together long ago? I listen for them 'mong the trees, But do I hear them? Ah, no, no. Am Oe., LeveU. Mass. Bnfiiliirlrt mt . SfSS. 1 t J - -