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HIE OMAHA DAILY BEE: MONDAY, MAY 21. 190(5. 4 The -Omaha Daily Dee. E. ROBE WATER, EDITOR. PUBLISHED EVERT MORNING. TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION. Daily Be (without Sunday), on rr..ljj Dally Bee and Sunday, on year JW Illustrated Bee, on year JJjj Sunday Bee, on -ar. f Saturday Be, on fear DELIVERED BI CARRIER. Dally (Including Sunday), per wek..l; Dally Bn (without Sunday). per wek....Uo Evening Bo (without Sunday). pr .? Evening Bo (with Sunday), pr wk....l0c Sunday Be. per copy o Address complaints of Irregularis In livery to City Circulation Department. OFFICES. OmahaTn Be Building South Omaha City Hall Building. Council Bluffs 10 Pearl Street. Chicago 1640 Unity Building. New York 1B0I Horn Ufa Int. Building. Washington Ml Fourteenth Street. CORRESPONDENCE. Communication relating to news and edi torial matter should be addreeaed: Omaha Bee, Editorial Department. REMITTANCES. 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WHEN OCT K TOW1I. orarlly skoal kavo Th Bee Mailed tm tneni. Addra will if Hon. Joseph Crow has as good luck as Hon. Pat Crowe he will not be seriously embarrassed. The various Presbyterian bodies now In session might recall Horace Greeley's advice. The way to unite Is to unite. With tornadoes in Texas and forest fires In Michigan it might be well for the country to form a permanent relief association. I Delaware legislators say they are now anxious to elect a United States senator. But it is because Mr. Addtcks has given his consent. With heat prostrations chronicled in New York in May, the salubrious climate of Nebraska continues to I stand out as unexcelled. . Now that Chicago labor unions have opened a bank the line of demarcation between the "pure" unionists and so- clallsts should become plainer. Congressmen who are now so loudly Mamorlng for restrictions on campaign contributions are doubtless well pleased to know that laws cannot be tetroactlve. Ohio miners will soon know whether they will have a fight or steady jobs. but since Iowa has settled Its troubles the west can look on from the spec tators' Beats. Speaker Cannon's intimation that congress will not adjonrn before the Fourth of July probably means that the speaker expects yet to settle several matters with the senate. Iowa democrats have at last issued a call for their state convention, but, unlike their Nebraska brethren, they have put their nominations a week later Instead of a week earlier than the republicans. Our friends, the democrats, have discovered another eligible for their governorship nomination. If this keeps up they may finally have enough candidates for governor to spread them out over the whole ticket. Kansas City's Jockey club has un dertaken, to test the constitutionality of the Missouri law against horse rac ing. , With Hadley on guard they have no hope that it will be ignored, and therefore want it nullified by the courts. In the second innings In the great national game a played over in Iowa Perkins Is knocking out the home runs witk a prospect of piling up a score that will soon match that made by the Cummins aide when they had the bat. in the meanwhile the political fans are enjoying an exciting match. Out .In Hastings It is proposed to designate a "dandelion day," when all the Inhabitant will rise up In thetr might and devote a day to the exter- mtnatlon of the yellow-flowered weed. If ie authorities in Omaha were dls- posed to follow suit they would have to designate a dandelion week. President Woodrow Wilson of Princeton university, whom Harper's Weekly has been booming for the dem- ocratlc nomination for the presidency In 1908. is making u tour of the coun - try addressing the alumni associations I them with a mass of other Panama lo ot his Institution. The tact that the I formation having no relevancy what- Itinery does not Include any point in Nebraska would indicate that there la no present disposition on the part o( President Wilson to Invade the en- asgr's country. cojrrric.Tcc rue rate bill. The snat rat bill amendment", some of which are of great lniort anee, have yet to run the gauntlet of conference between the two branches of congress. The most plausible opin ion la that no great difficulty need be experienced In reaching agreement. Important points added by the sen ate were omitted from the original house bill, not because those who had charge of drafting and managing It were opposed to them, but because they naturally feared that the senate would be opposed to them. They would have been glad to Include pipe line, ex press and sleeping car companies, but It was known that all those interests had powerful influence in the senate, and it was believed that a measure con fined to the main point of regulating railroad rates and services would stand a better chance. The rate reform leaders In congress and the general . thnrs-rnra heen Riirnrised when the senate attached these ana other sweeping amendments. Such conditions would seem to ren- der eag acceptance of all that class of . . senate changes. Newspaper reports now emanating from Washington to the effect that a contest will be made In conference to eliminate the senate provisions regarding pipe lines, express and sleeping car companies cannot but be regarded as unfounded, since it could be sustained only through the representatives of the house, which be- J"ond question will act in harmony with tn president. The house might be Justified in pushing to great length a struggle to restore to the bill the words "In Its Judgment," which at the last moment were by the senate stricken out of the clause authorizing the Interstate Com merce commission to determine and establish a rate of its own instead of a railroad rate found by it to be unreas onable. The vote in the senate strik ing out those words, however, was overwhelming, practically all the dem ocrats, led by Bailey, joining about half of the republicans, so that any move to put them back in the bill would be sure to encounter strong op position. ' The supreme consideration is to get the measure safely out of congress and on the 8tatute book, and it is reason- able to anticipate that no time will be wasted In conference in reaching this great consummation. SKXATORIAL MISORITi' Tfc'ST.VO.VV. The testimony of the democratic senators just before the final vote on the rate ue8tln ,n striking contrast w,lu lQ" ,u"ou partisan deliverances during the Preced,n week- Obviously. laner nau, ueeu sincere, me oniy consistent course would have been for them to vote against the bill. When It came to the pinch neither the senate minority nor the president's foremost assailants among them dared to go on record In that manner. Even Senatoi Bailey, In announcing that he would vote for It, declared his "conviction that the bill is a vast 1m- provement over the existing law." And his side partner, Senator Tillman,' ad- mltted that the bill marks "a great' ad- vance." and he had the frankness to Bay: "But for the work of Theodore Rocsevelt in bringing this matter to the attention of the country we would not have any bill at all. The success of the issue is largely due to his ad vocacy." This la going very far for senators who had taken the attitude of these two minority leaders, but not so far as some other democratic senators who agreed with Senator Teller In express Ing the opinion "that the bill as amended by the senate is a much bet ter measure than when it came to the senate. The great mass of the people,- who w,nt rmts -n "hose chief demand throughout the long controversy has been that the house bill be not weak ened In the senate, will not fail to note these admissions made in spite of par tisan interest and following a fierce partisan outbreak. They constitute a fitting conclusion to a controversy in which from beginning to end the dem- ocratlo party in congress has offered on this paramount subject no party measure of its own as an alternative t- the pending bill on which to submit its case to the people DIVIDED CANAL OPIXIOX The diversity of expert opinion as to the kind of canal that should be built across Panama simply adds to the per plexity of legislators If they undertake to go on with the disappointing effort to decide the question In the face of a Strong probability that a settlement cannot be reached between the two house-, at this session of congress. The original plan of De Lesseps was for a sea-level waterway. It was abandoned, however, after the French company had long gone on with actual work and the lock plan substituted The first canal commission after ac qulsltlon of the French rights was dl vlded as to canal type. Then President Roosevelt's advisory board of expert engineers, after exhaustive study, dl lded. eight favoring the Sea-level and fl n l00 wheme. .The minority were all American engineers, while flv of th majority were foreign en- Bineers. A majqrlty of the present canal commission, the chief engineer, Secretary Taft and the president him self favor a lock canal. Most of these facta have been devel- oped and were perfectly known long 1 before congress convened. The senate I canal committee has merely put In its 1 time rehashing them and mingling I ever to the main question of type I which is pressing for final answer. It I is so wonder, therefore, that the com initue divided close to the middle It WOUld Indeed be gurprislug It under all the conditions the session should not wind up with a division of congress itself, signally illustrating a(,aln the old doctrine that too many cooks spoil the. broth. FREE PASS ABVSES. In connectlou with the Indictment of former Postmaster Crow on charges of attempting to Influence members of the federal grand Jury by the distri bution of railroad passes the question naturally arises, why the railroads and there seems to be at least four of them involved should furnish free transportation for grand Jurors under any circumstances. The railroads are known to have been pretty liberal in the past In granting "courtesies" to court officers and court attaches and still more lib eral to law-makers and legislative on hangers, but that the pass system ex tended down to the talesmen sitting on Juries had only been suspected. One can easily Imagine a case pre sented to a grand Jury disclosing fla grant law violation by high railroad officials where every member of the Jury was riding free back and forth to his home by "courtesy" of the self same railroad. A prohibition of the Issue of free passes for interstate transportation has been included in the new rate bill, although with too many exceptions, and some similar law that will control the Issue of free passes for transpor tation wholly within state lines will be Insistently demanded by the next legislature to put an end to just such practices as have been disclosed by the indictment cited. ZIMMAS AS MAYOR. Mayor Zlmman has practically closed his term of office as ex-officlo inuyor of Omaha, to which he suc ceeded upon the death of the late Mayor Moores. Mayor Zlmman will have the satisfaction of yielding up the executive chair of the city without having anything In the record for which explanation or apology Is needed. Although mayor in his own right for only two months, with no oppor tunity In that short time to accomplish any substantial reform, all will agree that Mayor Zimman has at least filled the position creditably both to himself and to the city. The chief duty de volving upon him outside of the ad ministrative routine proved to be to respond to the call for assistance for the Pacific coast earthquake victims and in setting in motion and superin tending the relief work In Omaha he demonstrated that he was fully up te the requirements of the emergency. While retiring as mayor, Mr. . Zim man's services to the city are not to be lostbecause he will remain a mem ber of the council for three years more, where his usefulness Is sure to be enlarged by his brief experience In the mayor's chair. Members of the State Board of Pub lic Lands and Buildings will investi gate personally the conditions at the Norfolk Insane asylum, against which complaint has been made. This is the proper move, for not only are the warring officials entitled to a square deal as between one another, but the helpless inmates of the Institution need protection against mistreatment of every kind. The state maintains these asylums for the benefit of af flicted dependents rather than for the officials who happen to be In charge, and that purpose must be kept con stantly In view by those responsible for their management. The impending annual apportion ment of the Bchool fund promises to distribute a larger sum than ever be fore in the history of Nebraska, with one exception. This money comes from the Investment of the permanent school endowment and the rentals of school lands. A large Income in the temporary school fund means that the money has been kept fully Invested and that the rentals are being promptly paid. For this the members of the state board charged with the administration of this trust have a right to claim some credit. State Labor Commissioner Bush recommends In his new annual report a number of amendments to existing legislation designed to extend the scope and operations of the State La bor bureau. The suggestions would be very much in point for a state in which industrial occupations predomi nate, but in an agricultural state like Nebraska there must be a limit some where to the work of the labor bureau. The federating of all our Improve ment clubs ought to prove a good thing for all concerned, especially If it impresses the various Improvers that there Is a limit to the amount of money Omaha can spend for public Improvements in any one year and that the Improvements must be dis tributed so as to meet the most press ing needs and satisfy the greatest number. A great ado Is made over the con version of Jim North to the cause of Bryanlsm. Heretofore as a federal officeholder, under Qrover Cleveland, Mr. North brought down on himself all kinds or imprecations wnen ne re fused to go into the free silver camp. The only question now is whether he has gone over to Bryan or Bryan has come over to him. Mayor-elect Dahlman is announcing that he still stands on the platform that was prepared for him during the campaign. Wonder If he has his eyes open now. RakoST Sia 14aa. Philadelphia Press. It wtM Ihm Kill . I f. m rm r w that ar rmA J. railroad president s aoa as ias yt Us officials. It not only got th thrifty on. but It got a plentiful supply of coal cars with him. Sammed I. Boston Transcript. Much has been said and written In ap preciation of Carl rVhurs. but James Bryce has summed It about all up In this: "Eu rope has given no worthier cltlicn to Amer ica." NaUhnn ( ttaelna. Ft. Louts OIobe-Democrat. Penators Bailey and Tlllnian are "canning the horlion for republican converts to the democratic party, which la like waiting with a skimmer to catch larks when the sky falls. A Picnic for the ( onrti. IoulRvllle Courier-Journal. If those who are drawing up the railroad rate bill a Washington differ so widely and Va.lously as to the meaning of Its pro visions, what a rlcnlc the courts will have when they come to construing It! Senatorial Golfers. St. Ixuils Olobe-Doniocrat. It will require something more than a lot of superannuated democratic senatorial golf players to put President Roosevelt In a hole. The president la thoroughly at home on the links and understand! all the Ins and outs of the game. Why Vox Popall ftt Ragged. Minneapolis Journal. Andrew D. White confesses to that tired feeling sometimes when listening to the voice of the people. The voice of the folks Is a little rough occaslonnlly, especially after sitting up with a monopolist who holds all the cards and rskes In the tro phies. Strange Charge of Dlaerimlnatldn. Buffalo Express. Independent coal miners in southern Wyoming have complained to the Inter state Commerce commission that th Union Pacific Railroad company has refused for three years to haul their coal on any terms. The Union Pacific controls a large coal company with which the independents would like to compete. This Is about ss strange a charge of discrimination as has ever been made. As a rule, railroads will do some hauling for Independent producers along their lines. The Obvious Purpose. New York Sun. What Is obvious in the hubbub is the de termination of the democrats to put the president In a hole, If asseveration and abuse can do It. They deal In half truths and assumptions and nothing is more In evidence than their coaching of Mr. Till man, lest by saying too much the fat will be In the fire. If they cannot make any political capital out of the rate bill they are bound to take a fall out of the president. It Is a game they have played a long while without scoring and they are losing at it again. Concentration of Money Power, Chicago Chronicle. Testifying before h house committee, United States Senator Bulkeley said that the effect of the life Insurance Investigation In New York has been put to put the entire business Into the hands of one man. When asked who that one man was he whs silent. I But he went on to say that twenty years from now the great Insurance corporat'ons existing today will own the major portion of the Investment securities of the country. They will control absolutely the finances of the United States and of the world. Will thft corporations still be In the hands of one man? If so, what power that man will wield! - Rate BI" 1'oiupromlae. Boston Transcript. Whether the president has "surrendered" fn accepting the Allison amendment Is an other and much larger question. The final touches of the bill, as It goes to him for signature, will throw, niore light on that subject. But It may be said without disre spect to the president that he has always Intended to accept that degree of gompro mlse which was necessary In the final roundup, provided he could still obtain sub stantial results. He is a great believer in the half loaf. He once explained to a friend his reason for a certain lack of defl- nlteness In his announced program by saving that he hoped to avoid anything so specific ss to prove an embarrassment when It came time to agree on the final terms. The president has not wanted rates regu lated by law suit. He has preferred that degree of court review, conforming to tho constitution, ' which would still leave nn administrative body to carry out this work In accordance with legislative standards, with the courts to pass on Its keeping within its proper province. Evidence accu mulates that the president has secured sub stantial results, although not his entire program. THE THHIVIX; WEST. Eastern People Obliged to Sit Ip and ' Take Notice. , New York Mail. Ther was a time when the east had to "carry" the west. Everything out there was done on borrowed money money bor rowed from the east. Now the west pretty nearly carries the east. It feeds us, and buys our goods. It is in the west that th foundation values are produced. Eastern agriculture, for Instance, I a local, subsidiary, mere side-dish agriculture. The plec da re sistance on every table come from th west. Th west supplies not only the meat and th bread, but generally th potatoes. Th celery, the Brussels sprouts and th strawberries may come from the east, but th substantial are from the prairies. The other day Judge W. H. Moore, re turning from an Inspection trip over the Rock Island and 'Frisco railroad systems, aid: "A thing that struck me In the southwest Is that the farming 1 scientific. Th. peo ple And out just what the soil will produce before they plant It. The government and th railroads have don a splendid work for that country In placing tha farming on this basis. Out In west Kansas and west ern Nebraska they are raising, on what were the seml-arld land, two crops of alfalfa, and are making fairly successful efforts In wheat culture. Only a few years ago land In that region sold at $160 an acre. The same lands now sell from 130 to 1(0 an acre. That speaks for Itself." It Is In the west that scientific farming, producing an increased yield by thorough cultivation, is now getting In Its work By means of It, grazing land Is going Into agriculture all over the seml-arld west. Year by year Texas, wher all public land is state land, not l nlted state land, an nually auctions off to the highest bidder hundred of thousands of acre upon which grasing lease have run out. Th central and western parts of Kansas and Ne braska, which were once held to be good only for stock-raising purposes, are now producing millions of bushels of wheat. Alfalfa, with two to Ave crops a year, has doubled th. producing power of much land "Exhausted" farms ar. being converted, by scientific tillage. Into highly productive ter ritory. All this points toward a vlitta of Intelli gent prosperity which la far beyond any thing that the country has yet realised. The tlm will yet com. when this wave of agricultural Improvement will roll back over eastern hills and meadows, but just now it 1 the boundUss w'. which enjoys U Uid& touch. EDWARD ROSE WATER FOn SENATOR Peralateatly Aaalnat f rrp(lo. Valentine Republican (rep ). Th Republican has slated before , that personally there Is np other man whom It would rather see elected United States senator from Nebraska than E. Rosewater. The main reasons for this opinion are plainly set forth In the announcement. Years ago he would have been elected United States senator had he not made political and corporate enemlea by a con tinued and persistent effort upon corrup tion and domination of corporstlon rule. In the past thirty years he has been a consistent champion of the people In fight ing their battle, and many tlmea expending much money, as well as time and energy, without even taking a thought of reim bursement. The great state of Nebraska owes much to the Influence exerted by E. Rust-water and now will have another op portunity to do him honor in recognition of his efforts to advance the welfure of the whole state. Flttlngr Recognition of Service. West Point Republican (rep ). The Republican Is unable to see Serious objection to his candidacy, unless It be on the score of age. But, though he has reached the allotted age, he Is, today, at the very xenlth of his mental powers, and his friends assert with confidence that years of active, useful citizenship are still before him. Edward Roeewater, through out the many years of his Journalistic, ac tivity, dealt many telling blows In behalf of the republicans and republican principles, and, should the senatorial toga be placed upon him by the party at the close of his useful and honorable career, It would be but a Just and fitting recognition of his splendid services. I.Ike a Rock of (.ibraltar. Sutherland Free Lance (rep.). After numerous candidates have been mentioned for the senatorial toga now worn by Senator Millard, there comes the announcement that Edward Rosewater, editor of The Omaha Bee. Is a candidate. His Is a name to conjure by In Nebraska, for he Is a worthy representative of the people and not a mere stock Jobber for the corporations. A self-made man, he has made the most of his opportunities, broad ened the minds of thousands through the medium of The Bee, done yeoman service for the republican party and has a rare spirit of high minded civic pride Hint pre eminently equips him for the United States senate. Such a mart, unassailable in his opinions of right, has Incurred the bitter enmity of political opponents, but like the rock of Gibraltar he stands ImpregnsbK a typical American and the peer of those named for the United States senutorship. His work for the good of the republican party has ever been unceasing, oftimes la borious, but ever in the front rank fight ing for the best principles that obtain. He deserves a substantial reward at the hands of the people, and this should be the sen atorahlp. His intimate knowledge of public affairs, acquaintanceship with public men and broad mlndedness makes him the Ideal candidate. Let it be Senator Rosewater of Nebraska. Quite a Sentiment. Blooinington Advocate (rep ). There seems to be quite a sentiment form ing over the state In favor of Edward Rosewater for the next United States sena tor. There Is no doubt but what the gentle man has the ability and stands right upon all questions before the people. Our peo ple might go a long way and not find a better man than the editor of The Bee. Nebraska Would He Heard. Uehllng Times (Ind.). Edward Rosewater is far the best man put forward by Douglas county for United States senator, and If elected Nebraska will be heard of once more In the senate. The people would know where the "Old Man" could be found. It would hoUb advocating the conducting of railroad and coal mines as one corporation to the ex clusion of other people who have mining property. The Man for the ICmeraencr. Plalnvlew Republican (rep.). Just now the eyes of the people are turned toward the United States senate. That bod)' acts as if charmed by railroad and corporate magnates. The rate bill as It passed the house cannot go through the senate without an amendment In the form of a compromise. A great political up heaval Is going on all over the country. The voice of the people is heard demand ing senators free from corporate influences. Such a demand is fortunate for Rosewater. That valiant old fighter Is certainly the man for the emergency. His record along those lines Is all that Is required to make him popular. He Is In full sympathy with the present administration and were he In the senate at this moment he would be striking telling blows for the rate bill. Rosewater has enemies, It Is true, but when they appear It will be hard to con vince the public that they are not labor ing for the corporations. Being a candi date it Is a question whether the republican parly dare turn down such a man at this time. It cannqt afford to do It. There Is a demand for Such a man as he Is In the senate and, regardless of party, the people will rally about him aa their foremost champion of their rights. For the good of the party we would like to se all the ot.ior ambitious candidates clear the track for Rosewater and If any animosity exists swallow It for the future welfare of their party. Fearless Defender of th People. VerdigTe Cltlien (rep.). Th. writer ha known Mr. Rosewater ever since he estamisnea rne nee, ana In all these years we have never known him to be anything but a fearless and consistent defender of the people of Nt braska. The state has been so poorly represented In the upper house of con gress for so many years thst the people, and not th. corporations, should see that Rosewater Is sent to the United States senate for the next six years at least. The Cltixen Is In favor of Edward Rose water for United States senator in prefer ence to any other man In Nebraska. With Roosevelt on Big Questions. Belden Progress (rep.). Edward Roewater of th Omaha Be has come out as candidate for United State senator. The Progress believes he would be a good man for the place and would re ceive th support of the party If nominated H. has spent most of his life fighting the corporation and Is. w. believe. In a better position to know what should or snouia not be done than any man in the party. H Is with Roosevelt on all questions of 1m portance and Ms vote would always be for th right. If he Is nominated h wilt make good and graft will be suppressed whr It Is In his power to suppress it. The rtele gate to the state convention would act wisely in giving blm th nomination. Brain vs. Boodle. Paplllion Republican. Edward Rosewater will have a hard fight to land himself In the United States senate Mr. Rosewater has edited a paper In Ne braska so long that ha knows th. tricks of the corporations and if elected would be In nnaitlon to checkmate some of their moves In th plundering of th public. therefore, he will hav th battle of his llf. this fall. In th coming oontt It will b brain vs. boodle snd In rights of this kind brains som.Uni. win. WALTHAM WATCHES. Foreign made watches are no longer the fashion. "The Perfected American Watch," n ttlastritcd book of Interesting information about watches, free upon request. AMERICAN WALTHAM WATCH COMPANY, WALTHAM, MASS. l STRICKE FRtiriSCO. Etchings of Life Amid th Rains of the Fire-Swept City. "It is had to have an earthquake." says the San Francisco Chronicle. "It Is awful to see half a city burned up. Possibly It is worse (han either or both to be scan dalously lied about. And It Is from this third calamity that San Francisco and California are now suffering. The stories in the eastern dally and weekly press have been bad enough, but they will be properly coirected on later Information. The worst offenders are the publishers of the lower grades of sensational sub scription books, who seem to believe that the bigger the He the more money to b male from it, and so long as they get the money they would as soon He ss not. We hsve before us a "prospectus' of one of these forthcoming books, entitled, 'Ban Francisco's Eearthquake Horror.' A lurid picture represents the dome of the city hall enveloped In flames and tumbling to ruin. The cl'.y hall dome stands as straight as ever It stood. It is a steel frame of great height, and the earthquake shook out the terra cotta filling. The prospectus goes on to say, 'Beautiful and costly buildings were tumbled into ruins, and yawning chasms opened where they stood.' All modern buildings withstood the shock. No chasms, 'yawning' or otherwise, opened In the city." The spirit of the new San Francisco is reflected In a sign tscked on a fire-scorched post in the burnt district. It is thst of a Arm which Is agent for eastern con cerns dealing In arms, Implements and sporting goods. It reads as follows: Office (Temporary) PHIL H. BEKEART CO.. INC., r.30 Alameda Avenue, Corner Park Street. Liabilities ., ? (April IS, not vet computed.) A88ETS Cash Nearly 18.X) Nerve Over 1. onft.ono.no Energv and possibilities I.flOO.SiiO.flO Reputation About .30 Fixture 1 suit clothes. 2 fancy vests, 1 plug hat (damaged) lbti Total .. 2,OUO,&14.13 It cost the California Wine association about $l,0uo a bottle to bring to super excellent maturity a few thousand doiens of Its stock out of the hundreds of thous ands of bottles contained in Us former vaults on Thl'! street, near Townsend. Al- though the- process was an expensive one. It was aging at a rate which has never be fore lieen equalled. The procedure pur sued was that of fire, and It was performed on April IS. When the flames had performed tneir work those bottles of wine which had neither burst nor melted nor lost their corks were withdrawn from the furnace and transferred to the Casa Calwa building of the California Wine association St 10 Townsend street. There they were plied tin as relics of the conflagration, and an opportunity for testing opinions as to the character of their contenta were given oy the drawing of corks from ssmples of various kinds and brands of the flr.proofed wines. The results were uniformly fa vorable, though varying as to th. kinds of wine which had come safely through the furnace process. All of the dry wines were found to have been much benefited, but when the Burgundy came to be tasted It was discovered that the California prod uct had achieved a mellowness which sur passed that of the far famed vintage of Franc. Th , sweet w ine varieties were even more advantaged by the heating pro cess, and this wss especially notlceaol. In the case of the sherries, which have nothing to envy of their Spanish pro genitor. Th connoisseur may enjoy th. result, but it Is certain that the win. makers will prefer to continue their normal manner of producing their stock. It Is estimated that there were a"out IB.000,000 gallona of wine destroyed In San Francisco by the fire. Accounts full of human Interest and the sense of drama continue to come from wit nesses of the unforgettable calamity at San Francisco. Two of the most Interest ing are published In the current Issue of Harper's Weekly In the shape of a graphlo article by Herman WhlUker, author of The Probationer, celfrd "The Human Drama at San Francisco;" and a sympathetic page of Impressions by Cecil Chard, called, with brief Impresslveness, "The Long Pay." Mr. Whltaker recounts a number of Interesting Instances of the philosophic and generally unselfish manner In which th. appalling perplexities of the situation In th. stricken city were met. He tells of meeting a printer, who, before the earthquake, had Lad steady employment. "Chucked my Job." was his answer to my question; "do you think I'd hang on to It while hundreds of married men are hunt ing for work?" At an Oakland restaurant a slmilsr case occurred. A man applied for work, and when the proprietor re fused, he said: "I must have It. for I hav a wife and children to support." Un willingly enough th proprietor repeated that he nould not employ any more men, whereupon a waiter who waa passing set down his tray of dishes, whipped off his apron and handed It to the applicant. "I have nobody but myself to look after," be said; "take my Job." Scarcity t LassV Wool. Chicago Record-Herald. A prophet who predicted the Mont Pele disaster, the eruptions of Vesuvius and th San FTanelsco earthquake, says New York will be destroyed within two years. This Isn't likely, however, to worry Wall street half as much as th scarcity of lambs, which, according to recent reports. Is be coming mor evident day by day. Aetlvltl of th Pin t. N.w York Trtbun. Frsm Iceland to Ntw Zealand and from Vesuvius and th Canaries to San Francisco th earth ha rocentljr been glylng an ex hibition which goes to show that It Is not yt a dead world or even a finished world, notwithstanding th long tlm geologists affirm It has bn getting ready as s com puted abode for man. And not va th gogollts dax to predict th date waen such disturbance will cms. PER SOV 41. WOT El. The Connecticut girl of 13 who gts a Carnegie hero medal is not supersltiou sbout tha number. Prof. Sergei Andrelevltch Mouromtseff, president of the lower house of th Russian Parliament, has a chance to make a name for himself. Poverty stares members of the Montana legislature In the face. It Is positive that neither Clarke nor Hclnxe will consent to be candidates before It for the senate. In saying that the government srvlc offers no hope to the young man. Secretary Shaw evidently had not heard of the rush to the pie counter in Omaha. Hope hang on while n slice remains. Chief Engineer F. H. Newell of the gov ern nent reclamation service is arranging to Irrigate from 25.0CO to 30.000 acres of land at the beginning of the present Irrigation season from the Interstate canal between Wyjmlng and Nebraska. Carlos Wilson, a famous collector of Napoleona, who had 2.000 volumes and 9,0") portraits and rare prints of the greet Corsican, lias Just died in Boston. His collection la the finest in America, If not In the world. M. Fallleres, the new French president, gets up between 7 and 8 and does bis hard est work directly after his morning walk. He devours all manner of books historical, philosophical and literary snd his favorite authors are Tolstoi and Vlgney. James T. Armstrong, president of a wealthy coke company in Pittsburg and himself worth a deal of money, has just returned from a voyage to Africa on a sailing ship. He was enrolled as a mem- ' ber of the crew, but waa not called upon to do any hard work, as he undertook the voyage for his health. H. sailed from New York last September and returned to -lie same port a few days ago. A SMILE OR TWO. Elderly Aunt Your husband carries llf Insurance, of course? Young Wife For himself? No. Indeed! He thinks so much of me, though, that h has had my llf Insured for 110,000. Isn't that thoughtful of him? Indianapolis News. He (angrily) So there was a man artr you when you married me, was ther? She Yes, there was. ' Pool fool! 1 wish to heaven you bad married him." "1 did." Boston Transcript. "Bragley's a publisher. Isn't he?" "Not at all. What mad you .think that?" ' "He told me he was a disseminator of light literature." "Ah, he's a bill clerk In the employ of the gas company." Philadelphia Ledger. "Cholly Saphedd has married that elderly widow." "How foolish of a mere boy to marry a woman of fifty." "Oh. 1 don't know. Better be an old girl's darling than a young girl's slave." Louisville Courier-Journal. Oldham I have decided to lay my fortune at Miss rlmpletnn's feet. Yungun Well, that ought to maka It a trifle easier for her. Oldham Easier for her? Yungun Yes; to run through It. Colum bus Dispatch. Aunt Rachel For mercy's sake, 'Mandv, you're not going to wear that hideous hat, I hope! Ifa horribly unbecoming. Miss 'Mainly Why, blees your heart, auntie, I couldn't maintain my position In society Ave minutes If I should go out with a becoming hat on my head this season. Chicago Tribune. Mrs. Muggins She eloped with-an octo genarian millionaire. Mrs. Rugglns Eloped? Why didn't Sho wsit and have a wedding? Mrs. Muggins She wanted to, but you soe he caught a severe cold and ah waa afraid to take any chance. Philadelphia Record. "Soup seems very thin, waiter." "Does It, sah. Dat's our best stock soup. aah." "Then It must be watered stock. I spilled some on th tablecloth and It didn't leave the slightest stain." Cleveland Plain Dealer. "You objected to Jack because he had to work for a living, didn't you mama?" "Yes, my dear. He doesn't belong ta our class." Well. It's all right now. May hn call tonight?" Has someone left him a fortune?' 'No. but he' lost his Job." Cleveland Deader. WOSK1 MEN A0MIHH. Houston Post. I hsve read whole reams descriptive Of the women men admire; Read desrtptlons of their bonnets, of the style of their attire. Read of how they do their hair up, How they talk and how they look But I v never seen them mentioned As the woman who can cook. I have read th brand of powder That they wear upon their face; I know of th brand of corset That around their forms they, lacef 1 know of their education. Where they went and what they took; But I've never seen then) mentioned A the woman who can cook. No writer tell a fellow He should swift attendance dance ' On the maiden who has studied How to build a pair of pan Ik; Who goes singing round the kitchen Olad and blithely as a brook Through a valley; on th rnaldn Who has studied haw to cook. But what would we be without hr, . Who, her dimpled elbow bare. In a white and starchy aoron. And a whit cd on her hair. Trip about a spotless kitchen. With a rapt and thoughtful look. And her cheeks aa red aa rows The sweet women who can cook. 1 BELLEVUE COLLEGE will be Open to Boarders July 7 Rates lor Adults : $5.50 to $8.00 Per Week Fr "articular Asdrtss: BELLEVUE COLLEGE BELLE VIE, NEBRASKA