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TIIE OMAIIA DAILY BEE: TUESDAY, MAY 15, 1906. Tiie Omaiia Daily Bel E. ROSEWATER. EDITOR. PUBLISHED EVERY MORNING. TERMS OF 8IHSCR1PTION. Dslly Be (without" Pund.iy), one var..JI."" Daily Hee and Sunday, on year Illustrated Bee, one itr J.60 Sunday Bee. nn year Z.6u Saturday Be. one year 1 Sv DELIVERED liV CARRIER. Pally B (including Sunda ). per week.. ITc Daily Bee (without Hunday. per ween. ...tie Evening Pee (without Sunday . per week, oc Evening hee (with Sunday), rr week....l'lc 6unday Bee, per copy 6c Address complaints of Irregularities In de livery to City Circulation Department. OFFICES. Omaha The Bee Building. South Omaha City Mall Building. Council Bluffs lo pearl Bm-et. Chicago 1640 t'nitv Building. New York 15s Home I.lfe Ins. Building. Washington 501 Fourteenth Street. CORRESPONDENCE. Communications relating to news and edi torial matter should he addressed: Omaha Bee, Editorial Department. REMITTANCES. Remit by draft, express or postal order payable to The Bee Publishing Company. Only i-cent stamps received as payment of mall account. Personal checks, except on Omaha, or eastern exchanges, not accepted. THE BEE PUBLISHING COMPANY. STATEMENT OF CIRCULATION. State of Nebraska. Dougna County, as : C. C. Roeewater, gennrai manager of The Bee Publishing company, being duly eworn. say that the actual number of full and complete copies of The Daily, Morning, Evening and Sunday Bee printed during the month of April, 19C4 was as follows- t 2W.2SO IS 3l,;tM 1 81,4H 17 31,410 1 31,400 IS 45,bt t 84, 7 SO 18 40,aH) ( 81,280 10 4M.KTO ... 81,280 t 40.2HIO T 82.1UO a 3H.OHO t 40,100 23 35.U1M) 1 81.400 24 81,3MI 10 81.2UO 15 ,......81,4SO U 31,4M 26 31.4TO 1J - 81,330 27 31,520 13 Si.170 3s 32.37U 1 ......32.1UO 29 8,2(H 15 SM,1U W 31,H Total 1,041,3M Less unsold copies VIA? Net total r-.les WiHJOHH Dally average S4.SttV C C. ROSEWATER, General Manager. Subscribed In my pretence and sworn to before m this Soto uay of April, luug. 0eal) M. H. HUNOATE, Notary Pubuc. WBS1 otT Or TOWN. irlhers leaving- taa elts teas, rarity saeald have The Btt utalled t them. Address will bs chatted as ftea as ra nested. The weather man and the summer resort managers will now try to get together. For a man said to be dying on Sat urday "Elijah" Dowle created consid erable excitement Sunday. The Russian Queen of the May seems to be a bloody-mlrded young 'woman, considering her extreme youth. It should not ba forgotten that the house has a second chance at' the rate bill after the senate has trimmed It to Its satisfaction. Will the treasurer of the Fontanelle club file a sworn statement of cam paign expenses, as required by the cor rupt practices act? Hardly. The czar will probably find that while the Duma may be led, it cannot be driven, but this knowledge may come too late for practical use. Former Premier Wltte seems to be having the time of his life in leading an "opposition" party so that it will not oppose the will of those in power. Mayor Brown of Lincoln may have gono to St. Louis only to see how a democratic mayor of a normally re publican town manages to live in Mis1 souri. If President Stick ney could watch all bis subordinates at all times he might not be so opposed to prison pen alties for violation of the railway rate law. The Toting of the intersection pav ing bonds insures a substantial in crease, ot our paved street area. Prop rty owners who want their streets paved will do well to come in early. Congressman Hepburn should not let his interest In the rate bill cause him to overlook his pure food meas ure, a It is also important that the people be not unwittingly poisoned. , The crowding of Alaskan cables by commercial business indicates that the commercial Interests are not opposed to using government-owned telegraph lines, and so far there is ne complaint of the service. Francis Kossuth's pronunclamento In favor of an understanding between Hungary and Germany shows that the statesman Is not lost In the patriot and Kossuth cannot be accused of making a play for office. The democratic papers refuse to give serious consideration to the an sounced candidacy of Mr. Berge for the top place on their state ticket again. Mr. Berge is a professed pop ullst and that Is enough for them. From South Omaba comes the re port that nearly 500 dog tags have been Issued for the Impending dog days. If South Omaha has a canine population of such proportions the dog tag business in Omaha ought to run up Into the thousands, unless, per haps, all the Omaha dogs are being tagged in South Omaha. The democrats of little Rhode Island have nominated a candidate for United States senator, but the demo crats ot Nebraska who so loudly pro test their fealty to the popular choice ot senators have called their state nominating convention with deliber ate purpose to exclude from It all con sideration ot .the question ot aena rtal candidates. MR.nHYAXsnr.ArrKAHAXr. As Mr. Bryan renpfx'ars In the east In the: neighborhood of Egypt he will hardly' be surprised nt some advices from home. His magazine article In the early spring, with Its suggestive conservative emphasis on Individual ism as against socialism, had hardly been widely commented on ss sn In dication of the recent trend of his i thought or of his tactics when In a notable gathering of New York demo cratic leaders his name was mentioned tentatively but significantly as a pos sible watchword for conservative ele ments of the party to which he had hitherto not been acceptable at all. Accordingly In due time overt acts of the Bryan propaganda are now com ing In evidence over a pretty wide scope of territory. In the meantime, however, much that will be novel Is transpiring which he will have to take into account as he ponders and adjusts himself for landing. In his sbence the actual work of forming the party battle line has been going forward In the hands of party leaders like Senator Bailey and Congressman Williams, appar ently without his direction or even knowledge. They are mainly dis tinctly southern men. and so far at least there Is no sign th?.t their plan has any connection with the ceremo nies on Mr. Bryan's home-coming. Whatever may have been Judge Park er's ulterior purpose in urging the southern democrats to take charge of the party, controlling Its program and naming a southern democrat at the head of Its ticket, they seem more than for a long time to be In position and to have the disposition at least to have their own way, and It Is clear that their general attitude toward Mr. Bryan Is very dlffetent from what it was In 1896 and 1900. It will be Interesting and Important to observe Just how Mr. Bryan, having hitherto appeared as the distinctive representative of the ultra radical po litical and social forces, now showing multiplying signs of rallying to Hearst, will arrange to appeal to the conservative democratic element which under existing conditions is likely to be dominated by the south for practical political purposes. TENNESSEE DIRECT NOMINATION. A candidate for United States, sena tor has Just been satisfactorily nomi nated by a poll of the total member ship of the Tennessee democracy. Though the contest was exceedingly arduous, the result Is accepted on all hands as a true expression of the pop ular will, and Senator Carmack, who was defeated by a large majority, though disappointed, declares in a signed statement: "I accept the ver dict without bitterness and without complaint." So preponderant la the democratic party in Tennessee that there is of course, no Question that the nomina tion carries with it election, the meth ods employed being conceded to be fair and free from frauds. It will coomand at least the average strength of the party, which is sufficient. ,Yet it Is not so satisfactory por so simple as direct election of senators by con stitutional requirement. It secures much of the effect of direct election, but by indirect means. All states should compulsorily be represented in the senate by senators whose title Is conferred as directly by the people themselves as that of membership in the house. But every state that for itself voluntarily ap proaches as near as possible the Ideal, notwithstanding constitutional ob stacles, is an object lesson for other states, and it Is only through such action, probably, that the constitution can be amended to secure popular election in its genuine and best form. THE ALCOHOL HEARING. The arguments now being produced by the opponents of free denaturlzed alcohol before Senator Aldrlch's finance committee resemble the answer of the defendant who in a suit for damages for breaking a borrowed kettle set up that he had never bor rowed the kettle; that it was broken when he borrowed it and finally that it was sound when returned to the owner. The representatives of the wood al cohol interest, through whom it ap pears the Standard Oil fight is in part being made, have first argued at great length before the Aldrtch committee that to exempt denatured alcohol from tax would cause an enormous loss of ievenue to the national treasury Then they have urged with no less noise and elaboration that very little of such alcohol would be used in any event for fuel, light and motive power The hearings of the senate commit tee in this and all other respects strik ingly cdntrast with those that were held by the house ways and means committee. The former are composed mainly of arguments and mere asser tions, and those who appear to make them are acknowledged represents tlves of special selfish interests. These were, Indeed, given the widest oppor tunlty to put their case before the ways and means committee, but it also went Into the length and breadth of the subject, exhaustively examining scientists and experts In all its phases developing the methods and cost of production and going thoroughly into the actual experience of all the in dustrial nations that , have long had the advantage of untaxed undrinkable alcohol. Senator Aldrlch's Inquisition in its very start thus promptly exposes Itself as the farce which It was predicted It would be. So far as it might fairly develop the facts, it could only re travel the same ground fairly and thoroughly covered by the house. But by throwing Into prominence the spe rial and hostile motives back of it this hearing really enforces upon public attention the importance of the relief which a measure like the one passed by the house would afford the coun try. This might,' he useful but for the fact that the public Is already justly convinced and the danger that the delay, at this late stage of the ses sion, may defeat the bill, as it is prob ably designed to do. WA STED-A ITOMORILE 7 SPEC T7U.V. The explosion of an automobile In the heart of Omaha, endangering the lives of half a dozen occupants, sug gests the necessity of some kind of automobile Inspection that will serve ns a protection against such accidents. Irrespective whether an explosion of this kind is only possible with the type of automobile known as "a steamer," multiplying experience shows that the machinery of all of these vehicles Is liable to get out of order with Serious consequences. We hardly think it Is enough to de pend upon the self-interest of the owners to see thf.t the automobiles are kept in a condition of safety. There should be some sort of compe tent Inspection at reasonable Intervals either by the city boiler Inspector or by some other properly empowered officer who is familiar with mechanical construction and able to detect flaws in such machines. With the Increase In the number of automobiles constantly traversing the streets, automobiles must be subjected to stricter regulation for the public benefit as well as for their own. A CHANCE FOR SOME HUSTLERS. Of all cities of its size and commer cial importance Omaha, without doubt, Is poorly equipped with sub urban electric trolley lines. There are many cities in Ohio, Indiana, Illi nois and even Iowa which Omaha out ranks, which are each the center of a network of outspreading trolley lines that bring in shoppers from distances of thirty to fifty miles. The Bee has been agitating for years for electric trolley lines to con nect Omaha with near-by cities and towns like Fremont, Paplllion. Ash land, Louisville and Plattsmouth; and while several projects have been started, and one or two are under way, they seem to have languished com pletely or to have been promoted on the piece-meal plan, so that today the prospect of realizing on these Ven tures seems still far off. A few good hustlers with capital at their command could make a strike by taking over these trolley undertak ings, making them a part of a system atic plan of operations and putting the whole thing through without further delay. The business for such a sys tem of suburban trolleys centering in Omaha awaits an outlet and would surely make the enterprise a paying one from the start. Why - such - a promising opening should be so long neglected is almost beyond under standing. The feats by which he proved his prowess with the lariat and his agility with the untamed broncho sink into insignificance beside the task which "Our Jim" is now called upon to per form In his capacity as democratic mayor-elect of Omaha for the first time in sixteen years. Neither the toughest proposition of the round-up, nor the record day of branding, called for the finesse and endurance that is demanded by the division of the pie into pieces that will appease the pierc ing pangs of long-Btarved hunger. If an annex could be built to the city hall of equal dimensions with the present structure and filled with offices, each containing soft berths, bearing fat salaries and no work, "Jim" still would be unable to satisfy the democratic office seekers who are swarming around him. "Jim" is really entitled to sympathy instead of congratulations. He is up against the real thing with no Immediate relief in sight. The city law department ought to take care of all the city's legal busi ness without compelling the different municipal boards to employ special counsel to look after litigation more directly concerning them. This can not be done, however, unless the city attorney and all his assistants are lawyers not only of ability, but also of industry. The late charter makers made a great mistake a mistake against which The Bee protested at the time when they made the posi tion of city attorney elective Instead of appointive, as it had always been. The decision of the Traders' Insur ance company to pay all San Francisco losses and resume business may indi cate that no company was irreparably Injured by the earthquake disaster, but before this can be definitely deter mined the final reports must be re ceived from the adjusters. The only way for Omaha to keep the senatorshlp is to present a man who Is satisfactory to the rest of the state. If Omaha tries to ram a cor poration candidate for senator down the throats of the republicans from the outside counties, it will be sure to fail. Down In Kansas they are tele brattng the twenty-fifth anniversary of prohibition, which reminds us that It is just twenty-five years since Ne braska passed its Slocumb high license law, which has at every turn been a decided Improvement on prohibition. In refusing to grant a rehearing of the Chlcazo traction cases the United States supreme court has made it necessary for Mayor Dunne to prove his political prttJons by his works which may prove unfortunate for the mayor Now that Kansans have discovered that former Senator Harris is neither a voter nor a taxpayer In that state, his possibilities for election as gov ernor are brighter If tbe state Is re turning to the freak column. Not In Ilia Mae. Chicago Record-Herald. Emperor William is being blamed for the present trouble between Turkey and Eng land. Nobody has accused him of rau-in the San Kranci?co earthquake, though. Danger In Premnlnre Joy. Pittsburg Dispatch. Rejoicing over the adoption of an Elkins amendment putting the railroads out of the coal business will he chastened by the memory of how the Elkins anti-rebate bill stopped rebating. Unnil for All f'lnases. Chlcngo Tribune. P.ooker Washington Is advising his people to abandon expensive fmerals and spend their money for the living. The proper ap plication of this advice Is not limited to any race, color or previous condition of servitude. Increasing? Rallrond Speed. St. Louis Glohe-Den-orrat. The litest railroad record between San Francisco and Omaha is forty-one hours and twelve minutes, and It is estimated that the continent can be crossed In seventy-one hours. In the light of what has been achieved It would be vain to guess when the limit will be reached. Baals of Feminine Darlnsr. New York Sun. A lone Indiana woman settled the prob. lem of what to do with a man discovered under the bed by getting a double-barrelled shotgun, ordering him out and filling his legs with buckshot. The story would be more impressive if the resourceful woman had been a spinster. Marriage Beems to Invest a woman with daring unknown to her single Bister. No burglar was ever afraid of an old maid. SysteniHt Islng Postal Laws. Boston Globe. Postmaster General Cortelyou's plan for a commission, representing all the Inter ests Involved, to formulate a new code of legislation relating to second-class post age is a mighty good one. Some consistent action Is needed without delay to systema tise the postal laws relating to newspapers and periodicals and to do away with an Irresponsible censorship that has come into existence In the last few years, and that is absolutely un-American and a serious menace to the Institutions of this free re public. Senate's Change of Front. Kansas City Star. The most remarkable spectacle before the country at this time is the United States senate acting as the advance guard In the movement for governmental reform. The surprise Is as great as the fact Is grati fying. Tet the senate is doing nothing more than the people have demanded of It and nothing more than the people have a right to ask. But in meeting this demand the senate lyis changed front. It has gone farther than the people dared to hope it would go, farther even than the president believed it could be brought to go. Specu lation as to the reasons for this change are Interesting. Trade Relations with Cuba. Philadelphia Press. Cuba la preparing to strengthen the com mercial ties , between that island and the United States. The original reciprocity treaty is rightly considered a mere begin ning, and the scheme of a broader reci procity which Is being elaborated in Ha vana was undertaken by a subcommittee appointed by a general committee repre senting all the commercial and industrial associations of Cuba. The committee's full report, which will be submitted to the com mercial bodies as a basis for a new treaty with the United States, will ask for more liberal treatment for certain Cuban staple products, and It will offer very favorable treatment to American cotton, food prod ucts and manufacturer. When Cuba formu lates its demand It will meet with a ready response from America. THE VANISHING WEST. Transition from Pioneer Days to Present Conditions. Chicago Tribune. A recent writer recorded the fact that in the United States there no longer is a "west," meaning by that word the distant place to which pioneers make their way. where wild animals are found In abund ance, where the Indian la a factor to be feared. Where mankind takes on certain rough characteristics, uses a peculiar lan guage, wears a striking and picturesque garb. The railroad and the telegraph have eliminated space. Immigration and the westward movement of native population have filled up the land. Substantial hdmes stand where the cabin was built. The law less and the adventurers have given place to ths peaceful and law-abiding, and the western man has taken his position In the great mass of Americans with little to dis tinguish or differentiate htm from other citizens. This process of transformation has been slow and graduat, so gradual, indeed, that only occasionally one awakes to the reali sation that a type of citizenship has disap peared completely or a custom or char acteristic of a former day has entirely van ished. Now and then a magazine article describes the attempts to develop small herds of the buffalo whloh once roved the plains In great numbers, emphasis being laid upon the difficulties of such effort at saving an animal type. The plans for the formation of a state out of Indian terri tory tell their own tale of the change In the life of the wandering red man who was assigned lands there in exchange for lands given by a tresty of the year ISM. which stated that the home thus granted should be permanent, "a home that shall never in all future time be embarrassed by hav ing extended around it ths lines, or placed over it the Jurisdiction of a territory or state, nor be pressed upon by the extension In any way of any of the limits of any ex isting territory or state." The disappear ance of the buffalo and the. change In the life of the Indian are two examples where many might be cited. There will still be movements of popula tion toward desirable regions beyond the Missouri. Homeseekers will still find In ducements to settle In the river valleys or on the plains where irrigation methods have reclaimed arid lands, but these migra tions will be devoid of those peculiar char acteristics which once marked settlements on the frontier, and the difficulties snd danger's of the pioneer of yesterday will be but traditions to the westward moving clt isen of today. FOR OVER SIXTY YEARS. An Old and Well-Tried Remedy. pans. WINSkDW'S SOUTH I SM tubn ud fnroef SIXTY VKAbSbr of Viol Bk.'iKfortheirCini.rhiM WHILE TFETH- HlLf), eoKl I SH tb. OfMrt, ALLA18 all fil ; 'lUkBajtA Sold br I'ruKrtsu in ! cart rf 'CKbl , 1 u tl jt;X MHinildlli tuf MRS. WINSLOW'S SOOTHING SYRUP, ASD TAK g HO OTHCS SI?D. a tj.lv (mu a Itoiiiai jenwARD ROrwater for senator Omm of the Great Joarnal Istn. Red Cloud Argus (rep ) Edward Rosewater has snnounred him self as a candidate for the I'nlted States senate In place of Senator Millard. We know of no public man at present, who, by Industry and energy In an honorable pro fession: by steady and unflinching cham pionship of the cause of the people against the corporstlons. by the possession of abll Ity of a high order and unquestioned Indc pendence of character, is more fitted for this position than Mr. Bosewater. He is among the last of those who built up great newspapers by their own personal worth and the advocacy of their own opin ions. Henry Watterson of the Iulsvllle Courier Is the only other name which now occurs to us as that of a great editor of s great Journal whose personal views have always characterised the editorials of the paper of which he was the owner. They are the two last representatives of what has been called personal Journalism, the two last members of the school of which Greeley, Tana, Raymond and the older Bennett were the conspicuous examples. We should Ilka to see each of them In the senate of the United States Strongest la Popular Choice. Bancroft Blade (rep.) Hon. Edward Rosewater Is now an avowed candidate for the United States senate, and If the question were to be settled by a vote of the people in the state today he would be the strongest man that could be named, but to what extent his enemies or the railroads will control the state convention Is the question that remains to be decided. Represents the Common People. Carleton Leader (rep.). Edward Roeewater of The Bee has an nounced himself as a candidate for the t'nited States senate. While it is generally admitted throughout the state that Rose-' water would make a No. 1 senator, we doubt very much whether his candidacy will be taken seriously. At this time the chances are very much agalrst an Omaha man capturing that office for the next six years. But if it should be Rosewater, the common people will have a representative. Has Accomplished Things. Wayne Herald (rep.). Edward Rosewater, veteran editor of The Omaha Bee, Is now in the race for the United States senate In earnest and pro poses to make a vigorous contest for the place. Mr. Rosewater's active career as editor of Nebraska's leading dally paper since 1ST1 has aroused opposition at one time or another, and he will have a string of enemies to contend against. Any stren uous life that has accomplished things meets more or less antagonism, and that is the case with Mr. Rosewater. That he has always fought to regulate corporations and restrict the power of wealth snd that he would ably and fearlessly represent the state at Washington, people well know. Whether he can secure the nomination or not time will tell. He will at least put up a flght that will make Norrls Brown's boom less certain of carrying the state by storm. Only Log-lral Candidate. Wahoo New Era (rep.). Rosewater is the only logical anti-corporation candidate for senator. The rank and file of the party realize this and they are going to rally to his support with a unanimity and insistence that will brush aside all other pretenses as mere cobwebs. Gives Gennlne Satisfaction. Hartlngton Herald (rep.). It was with genuine satisfaction that the people of this part of the state received the news in Monday's Omaha Bee that Its distinguished editor would be a candidate for the republican nomination for United States senator. When we say people were pleased we mean the rank and file of the party the men who have at heart the wel fare ot this state and the republican party. There never was just such a time as this. The nation Is enjoying unp&ralled pros perity, yet a great issue has arisen which men seriously discuss In every hamlet. The question is, shall the government control the corporations or shall the corporations control the government T That struggle is now going on In the national congress, and at the front In the contest for the govern ment to control the corporations Is Theo dore Roosevelt. It Is a great contest for supremacy and the people know that trie corporations will exert every influence at their command to check remedial legisla tion or make ineffective what they cannot check. The republicans of Nebruska can do much to further or retard this contest ths president Is making for the people by the kind of a man they endorse for the senate at the state convention In August. Knowing the man through years and years of struggle against corporate influence, there Is throughout the state a growing sentiment that Edward Rosewater be chosen for this place.. This sentiment comes from a knowledge that he Is a man who can be depended upon in any emer gency. The people know where he stands on every public question and they have confidence that as In the past he would keep at the forefront on every issue that co-nes up In behalf of the people. Not only this, but his knowledge of the needs of ths people he would represent is broader than most any other man in Nebraska. If Mr. Rosewater secures the endorsement of the republican state convention it will be because the rank and file of the party Insist on it and it can be depended on he will not nor would not go to the senate under obligations to any man or to any system. Here is an opportunity to choose a sen. ator whose election would be no uncertain message to the Aldrtch crowd as to where Nebraska stands. ' No Case of Misrepresentation. Blue Bprinrs Sentlnal (Rep.). The active candidacy of Edward Rose water for United States senator will make some of the other fenws hustle. There is one thing about Mr. Rosewater. he la active mighty active especially for his enemies. The state would not be misrep resented with him In the senate. A Fighter Who Fights. North Loup Loyalist (Rep.). Edward Rosewater, editor of The Bee, through his son, has announced his can didacy for the United States senate. If Mr. Roeewater is really hankering after the Job, and the nomination is made at the state convention, we'll bet our old hat he'll get it. "The little fighter usually gets what he goes after. Movement Will Be Formidable. Wsterloo Gssette (Rep ). It cannot be predicted at this time how far-reaching the Rosewater boom Is, nor whether the newspaper extracts copied re fleet more than the pergonal opinion of the writers, but we shall not be surprised to see the movement for Mr. Rosewater take on formidable proportions within the next thirty days. Tool of No Corporation. Table Rock Argus (Rep). Mr. Rosewater is a man of brains and energy, and as a United State senator could be of valuable use to Nebraska, lis has stood for the leading tenets of the re publican party for many years and would be the tool of no corporation, for he has the courage to Stay with Jiis own convlc lions. The Badger Shipped in Solid Refrigerator Cars from Springs in Wisconsin. Omaha Bottling Co., Distributers. ALL DRUG STORES. ARMY GOSSIP 1 WASHINGTON. Carrent Events Gleaned from the Army and Navy Register. Quartermaster General Humphrey has prepared a list of work amounting to more than $600,000 to be done at some twenty nine army posts in various parts of the country. The secretary of war approved the recommendations and arrangements were at once made by the quartermaster general's office for undertaking the work under contract. The following posts are Included in the list: Fort Crook, Neb. Providing barracks with sepsrate company messes for eight companies. Pes Moines, la. One set field officers" quarters; one double set lieutenants' quarters; one double set nou-commlssioned stsff officers' quarters; quarters for civi lian employes; stable for draft animals; band stand; blacksmith and wheelwright shop. Fort Douglas, t'tah One storehouse. Fort Lincoln, N. I). Enlarging stable to capacity for about thirty animals. Fort Riley, Kan. Root house; stabla I near hospital for ambulance draft animals. mals. Colonel Enoch H. Crowder of the Judge advocate general's department and a mem ber of the general staff, now enroute iO San Francisco under orders, will return to Washington and become acting Judge advocate general of the army. He will be at the head of that corps in Washington during the absence in Europe of General George B. Davis, who goes abroad as one of the representatives of this government In the conference to revise the Geneva convention. General Davis will probably be absent all summer and in that timo Colonel Crowder will act in his place. The army signal corps has adopted a new reel for taking up the buzzer wire used In field telegraphy. This is a device which is worn on the breast of the carrier to whom it Is secured by means of straps passing over the back. The reel Is geared and the wire can be quickly collected on the spool, which is turned by hand as the bearer walks or runs along. When a spool is filled, ot course. It is replaced by an empty one, which is filled In turn. This taking-up reel is supplemented by a bolder to be carried In the hand and containing a laden spool from which the buzzer wire is paid out. The new taklng-up reel, of which a large number will be purchased for use in the field, will shortly be sub jected to practical test, probably by Cap tain Charles de F. Chandler of the signal corps, with a view to formulating Instruc tions as to Its use. The quartermaster general of the army has approved the plans for a new type cavalry drill hall to be erected at those military posts where are on duty large cavalry and field artlliery commands. Au thority has been given by General Humph rey for the erection of one of these balls at Fort D. A. Russell and another at the post at Des Moines. The building will be a brick structure and will Include the latest improvements In construction and equip ment. One of the new features is the in stallation of a monster skylight, furnishing light lo the huge apartment from above in stead of through windows at the side. This will prevent the casting of shadows which are apt to cause horses to shy. The drill halls authorized for Forts D. A. Russell and Des Moines will cost about $64,000. The military secretary's office of the War department has published a new roster of the organized militia of the United States by divisions, brigades, regiments, compan ies and other organizations, with their sta tions. The roster of the organized militia issued by the War department in January, 1905, although made up from ths best In formation obtainable at that time, was found to be incorrect In many respects when compared with later and more ac curate data received from the militia au thorities. Moreover, among the Immediate results of the special Inspection made In the spring of 1906 were the dlsbandment and muster out of many companies, the re cruitment of others and an entire reorgani zation of the organized militia of several states, as well as a material change In the organized strength of nearly every state and territory from that last reported by the adjutants general. Springfield Republican. It Is a sweeping free pass prohibition that the senate put Into the rate bill. This Is needed, even though the railroads have lately shown a determination to root out ths evil on their own Initiative. The Jar of Coughing Hammer blows, steadily applied, break the hardest rock. Coughing, day after day, jars and tears the throat and lungs until the healthy tissues give way. Ayer's Cherry Pec toral stops the hard coughing. Con sult your doctor freely about this. We have no secrets! We publish the formulas of all our medicines. SUde hy th . O. Ayr Co., Lowsll, Kim, aim sfAsuteotorsrs t ATBK'CI HAIR TIGOB-Por tb salt. ATEH'8 PILLs-For eoittlratloa. ATtR S EAKSaPAklLLA For ta bloos. AYfck'8 AGUB CUkl-yor rciUfU tzi aru. Ginger Ale 10 Cent Dottles. PERSON Al, NOTES. Mr. Rockefeller declines to contribute to the fund for psychlcar reaearoh. There are already In sight as many problems as he cares to tackle at present. From his Parisian retreat ex-Piesldent McCurdy of the Mutual Life must feel s profound contempt for Charles E. Hughes, who lias only charged IIR.OPO for his emi nent services to the stsio. Senator Piatt let slip Into the records of the senate the belief that an express som pany Is amenable to regulation. Theie could have been no more complete Indica tion of his failing powers. After eighteen years' work by the Scotch citizens of Chicago a bronze statue of Rob ert Burns Is to be erected in that city. H was designed by W. Grant Stevenson of Edinburgh and will be erected in Garfipal park. J. Taylor Ellyson, lieutenant governor of Virginia, who Is In charge of the Depart ment of Education of the Jamestown ex position, says tht exposition will have the most complete educational exhibit ever brought together south of the Mason and Dixon line. Betsy Sims, a splendidly handsome ama zon, has been In court at Raleigh, N. C, charged with moonshinlng. She is 26 years old, gifted with any amount of nerve and well knows how to use the revolvers she habitually carries. Three deputy sheriffs tried to capture her In Rutherford county, but five men rushed to her rescue and she escaped. Later she came into court volun tarily and soon will be brought to trial. LATCHING LINKS. The Maid I like you well enough, Harry, but I made a vow years ago thst I wouldn't marry ny man on earth. The Youth That's all right, Fanny. We'll be married In a balloon. Chicago Tribune. "Dn reason," said Uncle Eben, "why de elephant an' de mule figures so much In politics Is dat one alius wants to he on parade an' de other is alius resdy to kick." Washington Star. "What kind of a line would you recom mend as best for a girl to use on a fishing expedition?" "I should say, miss, a beau-line if you want to make a good catch." Baltimore American. "It sounds very strange to hear you talking that way," said Chumley. "When we were at college you didn't believe In a place of eternal punishment at all." "I know," replied Bitter, "but I didn't have any enemies then" Philadelphia Press. "Do you think he will mske a good chauf feur?" "I'm not sure. He's absent minded, you know." "In what way?" "Why, when he 'runs' 'over a msn h never remembers to go back and find out If he was hurt. Cleveland Plain Dealer. Mrs. Jenner Lee Ondego You object to your husband smoking In the house? Why, he smokes the best of cigars, doesn't Jie?" Mrs. Shelton-Holme Yes, but all cigars smell sllke when you get the odor In the lace curtains next day. Chicago Tribune. "What I want," said the man of politics, "is reform." "What kind of reform?" "Well, I suppose It's the kind that a lot of people are after; the kind that'll put the other fellows out and my crowd In." Washington Star. "Let this be a lesson to you." said the magistrate sternly, as he Imposed a $S0 fins. "Well. I guess yes." replied the chauf feur. "The next copper to catch me will have to go a mlle-a-mlnute clip." Phila delphia Ledger. INCONSISTENT. Houston Post. Science tells us we should live At least a hundred years, So throw your canes and props away And cut out all your fears. You aren't old at sixty-five; At four-score years be gay; You've twenty more good years to draw At least that's what they say. If you've an enemy some one You have not treated square And you have reached three-score and ten, Oh, do not give a care. You've thirty more good years in which Your snares for him to set In which to bump him If you're smart. So don't forgive him yet. And do not give life's battle up At all before your time; At sixty you are Just a kid At eighty in your prime. At ninety you've a decade yet In which to dare and do; Put blacking on your whiskers, And find a girl to woo. Since scientists have told us We should live a hundred years. Throw down your cane and eke your crutch And wipe your rheumy tears. But scientists are puzzling chaps; While their advice Is flung , To us to live a hundred years They all of them die young. I 1