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THE OMAHA DAILY BEE: TUESDAY, MAY 29, 1906.
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WHEN OIT OF TOWN.
Sakscribers leaving; the city tem
porarily should have) Th Be
mailed to them. Address will be
chaaasd a often as requested.
Jack Frost will be excused from
further attendance until the middle
of October, at least.
Chicago's fire marshal defied the
mayor and Is now out of a job. Some
times it pays to obey, orders from
superiors. . r . :
The conferees on the rate bill named
by the senate indicate that the presi
dent's Ideas will suffer little in the
conference.
The next time the summer gardens
want to open early they should make
more definite arrangements with the
weather man.
Mayor Dahlman is up to the poind
where he will have to band out some
of the pie and that is where his trou
bles are but beginning.
Meat inspection that truly inspects
can be objected to by neither packer
nor public. And it must be under
government supervision.
Having delivered its defiance, the
Duma is now engaged in the consid
eration of such business as the czar's
council allows to go before it.
Anyone with any old kind of a pipe
dream ' about republican senatorial
politics can find a ready market for It
in the democratio. World-Herald these
days.
King Alfonso rashly undertook to
show his skill aa a rifle shot before
his promised bride', but the eagle un
gallantly declined to be shot. But the
king displayed his willingness,, and
that should help some. .
If the new democratic city adminis
tration wants to distinguish itself
early in the game it can confer a
great boon on the community by see
ing to It that that much-talked-of rock
pile is really established.
The county assessor and his iHlnue
of deputies are about closing up the
assessment for th next year's tax
levy. When the county board sits for
equalization purposes we will discover
to what extent the shoe pinches.
The coal operators in session at Chi
cago have practically decided to dis
solve the ironclad agreement that pre
cipitated the present strike, and will
allow each state to settle Its own dif
ferences,
read. '
Th lesson is not hard to
Denatured alcohol will now go free
from excise duty, but the unregenerate
stuff will still require the restraint of
a high tax and other safeguards. This
Is where th internal combustion en
gine has a shad the better of the
toper. .
The campaign to make Omaha
bvautifal should go on without Inter
ruption. The Improvement wit
nessed In Omaha's general external
appearance during tne last two or
three years is quite noticeable and
persistence In the movement will pro
duce still farther results.
If nothing else, th opponents of
Reed Smoot have Introduced a ne
wrinkle In th preparation of petitions
to the senate. In th future th huge
roll will be abandoned for th leather
backed, brass-bound letter til. It
the senate moves In this case with its
accustomed celerity, th term of th
offending senator will have become
history torn time before th verdict
is rendered. '
aujourxmext or coxnitr.ss.
There is evidence that the state
ment made some time since by Beui
tor Allison, whose assertion alone on
such matters carries treat weight.
ftliat congress could adjourn by June
20, was based upon the consensus of
opinion of the republican leaders lu
both houses. While no agreement
has been formally reached for that
date, still It is apparent that for two
weeks matters have been, shaped as
far as possible for adjournment ap
proximately at the time announced
by the senior Iowa senator.
It is, however, apparent that if ad
journment shall occur thereabouts not
a little important legislation will have
to be left unfinished at this session.
Several big appropriation bills yet re
main to be completed, while all the
Important measures that so far have
passed one house or the other, the rate
bill, the statehood bill, the free de-
naturized alcohol bill, etc., are in con
ference. . Back of thefre the pure food
bill, one of the most important meas
ures before congress, after having
passed the senate, is held up for con
sideration in the house, notwithstand
ing it is the special order, subject
only to appropriations and other priv
ileged subjects. And along with it
are a number of other measures still
in more or less incomplete form, whose
Importance was overshadowed during
consideration of the rate bill, but is
now coming more into the limelight.
It would be impossible to dispose
suitably of all this business within
three weeks, even under the mo'st fa
vorable circumstances. But ten days
ago the opposition began a deliberate
and systematic filibuster, which, if
continued, will consume a great
amount of time that otherwise would
be devoted to forward legislation.
The dilatory opposition tactics are for
the ostensible purpose of coercipg the
majority with reference to the state
hood bill, but the real purpose, ac
cording to the accepted view, is to
block legislation in general and to
make partisan capital, the democratic
leaders believing that the republicans
In their anxiety to get away from
Washington can be forced to adjourn
ment rather than protract the session
to clear the calendar.
It may be plausibly expected that
the republicans, having accomplished
the paramount object In enacting rate
control and having passed such other
important measures as are possible, In
addition to appropriations, will antag
onize the persistent democratic filibus
ter only so far as to fix responsibility
on the opposition, aiming to adjourn
as near as may be at the time sug
gested by Senator Allison.
FUEL TROUBLE ABOCT OVER.
The remnants of labor trouble in
the soft coal districts are in fair way
to "be finally disposed of. so that the
volume "of output Is expected very
goon to be materially greater than be
fore the dispute . came to a head. It
is little less than normal now.
When the miners' convention ad
journed a few weeks ago. It was left
to the union employes in the several
districts to settle generally or sepa
rately with the employing companies
therein, the Ryan resolution adopted
at one time requiring universal settle
ment before work could be resumed
In any district or mine being rescinded
at a late moment. Thus agreements
were promptly made with a great
number of companies. , All length the
way is opening for agreements by mu
tual concession in most of the soft
coal mines in Illinois. Indiana. Ohio
and Pennsylvania where there has
since been trouble, rising in a few
cases to riot or' armed conflicts with
working nonunion miners.
The result Is mainly due to two
causes, the unprecedented demand for
fuel on account of universal Industrial
activity and the necessity of meeting
the competition which was enhanced
by the settlement In the hard coal
region, a competition which affects
miners as well as operate rs In the soft
coal mines. Such a composition of the
mine troubles, once so ominous, has
a most reassuring bearing on the gen
eral welfare of th business world.
THE COMMISSION IXVEST10ATIOS.
The objection raised In some quar
ters that the result of the investiga
tion by the Interstate Commerce com
mission under joint resolution of con
gress into th relations of the rail
roads with the oil and coal Industries
will be to give Immunity to many per
sons who,' have violated the law. Is
not meritorious to the extent to which
it Is pressed. There is ground for be
lieving that the Investigation has been
conducted in a way that will secure
immunity to comparatively few of the
guilty. It may be regrettable that
even those few will escape, but it was
Impossible to secure the information
in authentic and official form In any
other way.
But the value of the Investigation
to the public is so Immeasurable that
Immunity to a few sinks Into compar
ative Insignificance. Coming on the
heels of the report of Commissioner
Garfield, whose inquiries have been in
part along similar lines, the proofs be
fore the commission demonstrate a
widespread system of gross discrim
ination In rates and services which,
although suspected, had not been au
thentically . and indisputably estab
lished In the public mind. A point of
Immense Importance has been gained
by setting forth this fact beyond a
peradventure, so that even the highest
authorities .In transportation circles
who have so vehemently denied now
confess it.
Although this central faoC which u
sufficient for the Immediate purpose
of the Investigation, has thus been es
tablished. It is al known that only
the surface kas been tcr&Whed asd
that a vast depth of similar Illegal
practices yet remains to be sounded
In the Pennsylvania Central, the great
eat corporation in the United States,
not to speak of the other carriers and
corporations between whom similar
relations have all the time existed.
The commlsHion Investigation In short
Is In the nature of a preliminary sur
vey, and as such It has succeeded be
yond all anticipation. It furnishes in
dubitable data for marking out the
more comprehensive Investigation and
prosecutions which the government
had in contemplation when Charles E.
Hughes and other eminent special
counsel were employed. At the same
time the Interntate Commerce com
mission itself has the advantage of a
flood of light In which to proceed with
the exercise of the vast new powers
with which It la about to be clothed
by the rate control measure.
But by odds the greatest benefit, in
a broad view. Is the application of
publicity which has now been inaugu
rated with reference to actual trans
portation practice. The whole truth
is bound to come out, and It will pro
foundly Influence public opinion, as it
will also the. policy of those who di
rect transportation.
THE PUBLIC DAXCE PROBLEM.
The recurrence of another murder
ous fray as a sequel to a public dance
emphasizes again the seriousness of
the public dance problem. This prob
lem is not presented alone to Omaha,
but Is a source of perplexity to the au
thorities of every large city which has
a cosmopolitan population. The
question is where to draw the line bo
as to prevent lawless excesses and at
the same time avoid unnecessary in
terference with the only harmless
amusement which a large part of our
people have.
Chief of Police Donahue seems to
think trie solution lies in setting an
absolute midnight limit to the dura
tion of public dances, arguing that by
commencing the dancing earlier the
amusement side can be fully exploited
by that time, while most of the trou
blesome outbreaks have occurred
after midnight. There is some reason
In this plea and it might be a good
plan to try out the suggestion experi
mentally. The real difficulty Is to apply a hard
and fast rule to all alike. There are
many eminently respectable social or
ganizations that hold dances Saturday
and Sunday nights, which would suf
fer by such a rule along with the vi
cious and tough clubs. Stricter police
supervision would be highly desirable
and will, probably, be found abso
lutely necessary even If the police
force has to be enlarged eventually
to meet all the increasing demands
upon it.
Omaha Is rapidly taking Its proper
place, compared with other large cit
ies, . in, the matter of , handsome
church buildings, with more in sight.
That Omaha has been deficient until
recently in its churches has been a la
mentable fact, but that cannot be
truthfully said from now on. It will
be hard for anyone to make peopl
believe that wickedness permeates a
community with such tangible evi
dence to the contrary as is to be
found In beautiful structures dedi
cated to religious worship and main
tained by the church-going element.
With a bunch of "prominent citi
zens" and "society leaders" of Spring
field under Indictment, and an equally
interesting company of Chattanooga
citizens appealing to the supreme
court of the United States to ob
tain relief from a conviction in con
nection with a lynching. It is not un
likely that due course of law will stand
a better show In Missouri and Ten
nessee for the next few months at
least.
The University of Nebraska will
this year-grant degrees to the largest
class of graduates it has ever turned
out. The growth of the State univer
sity is a reflection not only of the
growth of Nebraska's population, but
of the improved condition of the popu
lation, which enables prosperous farm
ers and townspeople to give their sons
and daughters a better and higher ed
ucation than they themselves were
able to have.
The appeal of ex-Candidate Berge
for adoption by the democratic party
as Its candidate for governor seems
to have struck a discord. Mr. Berge
was good enough for the democrats
to fill in with two years ago, but they
do not believe it necessary to take him
up now because he has already played
fly to the democratic spider and is so
thoroughly enmeshed in the web as
to be harmless.
The Auditorium which was built
by popular subscription as a public
enterprise Is now to offer education
to the m asses In the shape of photo
graphic Illustrations of the San Fran
cisco earthquake. This, at least, Is
an improvement on the prize fight pic
tures, though not so certain of prov
ing as profitable at the box office.
The supreme court bavin; upheld
the New York law that lists railroad
franchises for taxation. It will be In
order for the legal departments of tax
shirking corporations to study up
some new technicality on which to
fight the imposts. Slowly but surely
the people are winning the fight for
equal taxation.
- Aa laroiamaa Roast.
Philadelphia Preaa.
Aa the corporations sing small th courts
begin to roar. Th, denunciation of Presi
dent Truesdale by Circuit Court Justice
Wallace, aa having been guilty of an act
"morally no better than larceny." showe a
growing yudlctal disposition to put ptinful
truth In plln English so that nobody ahall
fall te understand.
EDWARD ROSRW ATRR FOR SKI ATOR
Rlkl la His Ideas.
Burwell Tribune irep.).
Why ahould not republicans "Roobo
velt republicans favor E. Rosewater for
t'nlted States senator from Nebraskii?
Why should not all cltlsna of the atat.j
favor his election to this office? Whv
ahould not all friends of labor favor hia
elettlon to the senate? Why, pleaae?
Rosewater through his Be and from the
stump waa advocating the principles no
advocated by Roosevelt and approved by
th rank and file of th r public an party
before Roosevelt waa "discovered" as n
national figure, and he has kept everlast
ingly at It ever sine. As a cltlxen of
Nebraska he has perhaps done more t
promote the Interests of the atat tha'i
any other man within Its boundaries. Ha
haa wide acquaintance v-lth Nehraskans
and knows the needs of the people and thr?
ccndltiona existing In the state and Is
as well qualified to bring these matter
to the attention of congress as any rn.ui
In th state. As an employer of labor,
he is brought Into touch with laboring
men; he Is an advocate of lsbor Interests
and a friend of union labor. In addition
to all this he has the courage of his con
victions and a record of consistency In
the advocation thereof. Roaewater la
right In hla Ideas, la able, courageous
and richly deserving of th place, and
the Tribune wants to see him land IL
Don't you, republicans of Garfield county?
'o Tall to Corporation Kit.
Silver Creek Sand (rep.).
Edward Rosewater'a candidacy for
t'nlted States senator is enlivening th-a
campaign. He la the only Omaha candi
date who has a show to win and would
make a splendid senator. Mr. Rosewater
wruld never be th-."1 tall of a corporation
kite.
Either Rosewater or Brawa.
Lincoln Politician (rep.).
Just at this time all eyes are upon Doug
las county, the home of Edward Rose
water. It haa been reported from tlms
to time that one of the biggest fights of
modern times would be put up against
the editor to prevent him from attaining
his life long ambition, but recent reports
from the metropolis indicate Rosewater
will get the delegation without a fight.
G. W. Wattles waa admittedly the strong
est man that could' be brought out In
Douglas county to head off the editor
and now Wattles has announced be waa
not a candidate. Charles Greene has fol
lowed suit. That leaves but John L. Web
ster as avowed candidate. H. II. Bald
rlge, who waa supposed to be a candidate,
la the chairman of the Rosewater boost
ing committee. N. P. Dodge, who la ono
of the big leaders in the Fontanelle club,
the antl-Rosewater organisation. Is said
to be for the editor because he believes
he Is the only man In Douglas county
who stands a chance out In the state.
This looks like Rosewater will get his
heme delegation to do with what he
pleaaes. Lancaater eotjnty seems to be
waiting and will decide what to do after
the Douglas county primaries. WebsTer
has no following in this county to spcik
of Senator Millard, should he decide to
re-enter the race would get more support
In Lancaster county than would any other
Douglas man except Rosewater, but there
seems little chance for Millard to get hla
home county. In fact It Is very doubtful
If Millard is a candidate.
Norrla Brown is still getting a lot of
boosting at the hands of the county
papers, but in recent weeks many of thee
papers which have heretofore hoisted tin
Brown standard with his picture have
gone over to the ' Rosewater band wagon
and are now for the editor. An effdrt
may be made to defeat any action on the
senatorial question in the state conven
tion, but It la not believed an endorsement
can be defeated. ' As the race now stands
It will be either Rosewater or Brown.
With Douglas county back of him, of
course, the editor will have a big start.
Voluntary Offer of Support.
Mullen Tribune (rep.).
Norrls Brown Is prominently before the
people for the senatorshlp, all right, but
we want it understood that the Trlbuuo
did not contribute one line toward putting
him there. Although our office has been
flooded with 'stuff' ground out at "party
headquarters" In Lincoln saying many
nice thlnga about Mr. Brown we refrain-id
from .biting. There la no honor in that
sort of politics and for that reaaon, after
careful consideration, the Tribune hereby
tendera its warm support to Edward Roae
water. 1
Position on Corporations Established.
Fremont Chronicle (rep.).
E. Rosewater haa been prominent In
Nebraska politics for over thirty years,
and In that time haa made many enemies
and done numerous things for which he is
cordially hated. However, the men with
whom he differed are frank to admit that
In ability, experience, fearlessness and
energy he ranks first In the land, and aa
United Statea senator would take and
hold a prominent position among the lead
ers of the nation's capital. His antl
oorporatlon principles are well established
and we predict that Rosewater will cut
much Ice In settlement of the senatorial
contest In Nebraska.
No Doubt a St rone Candidate.
Harrlsburg News (rep.).
The Omaha Be announces the candidacy
of Edward Rosewater for the republican
nomination for United States senator. Mr.
Rosewater will no doubt make a strong
candidate.
No Stones to Throw.
Genoa Times (rep.).
Eward Rosewater' candidacy for t'nlted
States senator Is entitled to respectful
consideration of the republican preaa of
the state. Years ago The Omaha Bee waa
the advance agent amnog the newspapers
of Nebraska for reforms now demanded
by republican voters and Jhe republican
press, and the attempt to rlaas Edward
Roaewater with the railway politicians Is
easily refuted by the fllea of The Bee from
the date It was first published down to
the present time. The statement which
Roaewater'a entrance into the senatorial
race has brought forth, that ha waa the
candidate of the railways for senator six
years ago la only an echo of the charge
made by th fusion presa at the time,
which some republican papers, opposed In
The Bee editor, are now using agalnFt
him. It waa the railway politicians who
defeated Rosewater In the contest six
years ago and sent Millard and Dietrich
to th senat. The fact that Rosewater
haa In some Instancea refused to aupport
unscrupulous candidates nominated by hia
pary. does not make him a populist. Hla
refusal to put the stamp of endorsement
upon objectionable men is more to Rose
water's credit than to his discredit. Ho
has never been a yellow dog republican or
a yellow dog editor, and for thla reason
Is cordially hated by the yellow dog politi
cians, the fellows who place greed above
principle and trickery and dishonesty above
loyalty to a public trust. While Norrls
Browtt Is the- wrttr's first choice for
senator. The Times has no stones to
throw at Edward Rosewater.' It bellevea In
giving th old man a square deal.
A Commendable Departar.
Pittsburg Dispatch.
Th passag of the denatured alcohol bill
indicates a novel departure from the usual
rule of th senate, to consult th other In
terests first and then to glv the public a
chance if its Interests do not conflict with
that of lb big corporations.
AftMT noIP It WAIIMtiTO.
(nrrent Events Cleaned from the
Array and Xnvr Real4r.
The quartermaster general of the srmy
has authorised the construction of new
buildings at Fort Leavenworth and Fort
Riley, Kan. Bids will be duly Invited by
the constructing quartermasters at these
places. At Fort Leavenworth the plans
contemplate the construction of three sets
of field officers' quarters, on double cap
tains' quarters, one single barrack and one
stable, th quarters to b built of brick.
At Fort Riley there will be erected one
set of field officers' qunrters, one double
! set of captains' quarters, one double set
of lieutenants' quarters, one bsrrsck for
ISO men, qne stable for 120 horses, one
gun shed and one artillery fhop, all of
the buildings to be built of ston.
There Is destined to be no material change
In the marching shoe now In experimental
us In the army. The reports received by
the quartermaster genersl indicates satis
faction throughout th service with the
shoe, both the standard type and the
orthopedic pattern. There Is a difference
of opinion In regard to the single and the
double sole of both kinds of shoe, and, of
course, this la a preference which Is likely
to remain an Individual choice, as are so
many other articles adopted for the service,
such aa the question whether th glove
shall be of th gauntlet or the cl se
wrlsted variety. The marching shoe will
be thoroughly tested during th coming
summer at home when the cavalry, field
srtlllery and Infantry commands will pro
ceed to camps of concentration.
Much Interest Is taken In the provision
In the army bill which Is likely to remain
there and become a law, relating to the
pay of retired colonels and lieutenant col
onels who are assigned to active duty.
When the bill Is signed, these officers will
receive the same pay and allowances re
ceived by a retired major on' active duty.
In the case of a colonel, for Instance, In
stead of receiving his retired pay of 1281.25
per month, he will, receive the sum of
J291.67, which Is th full pay of a major.
In other words, the latter amount will be
received every month by retired majors,
lieutenant colonels and colonels who are
on active duty.
The War department has decided to per
mit no postponement of th date of de
parture of cavalry, field artillery and In
fantry commanda from their respective
stations for the camps of concentration,
where the troops are to stay for the sum
mer, under the plan of mobilisation adopted
at the suggestion of the president. It wns
reported to the War department from some
of the commands. Including the Northern
division, that the target practice prescribed
for the troops might not be completed by
July IS, when the troops must be In readi
ness to leave their posts. The question
was presented whether the target practice
season might be lengthened and the date
of departure deferred correspondingly. The
secretary of war, however, haa decided that
the target practice season must be made
to accommodate the date of departure
originally fixed, and that If the work on
the tarket rangea Is not finished by July
15 the practice must be Interrupted and
resumed under such conditions as may ex
ist at the camps of concentration. Special
Instructions are, therefore, being sent to
department and division commanders to so
systematise the work as to utilise every
available opportunity to finish the target
practice beforj July 16.
Commissary General Sharps of the army,
under whom will be purchaaed and iasued
the bake ovens for the military establish
ment after July 1, will probably adopt in
place of the familiar field oven used for
many years a rolling oven, similar to the
type used in European armies, notably In
the French. In the latter sen-Ice there are
twenty-four of these rolling ovens capa
ble of producing 38,000 loaves of bread per
day with ten bakings In that period. The
rolling oven la preferred by General Sharp
to what is known aa the knock-down oven,
which Is heavy and cumbersome, being
difficult of transportation and of adjust
ment In the field. This Is a consideration
which is of much Importance In the prob
lem of furnishing bread to troops on Che
march and the rolling oven, capable of
keeping up with the troops, would be In
readiness for operation by the time camp
Is reached, whereas with the knock-down
oven It would not be accessible, generally
speaking, until the rest of the company
baggage had been delivered. It la proponed
to use In connection with the rolling' oven
a bakery wagon which will carry the yeast
and other material. It was hoped that some
of these devices might be accessible for
a practical trial In the field during the
coming summer, when the regulars and
most of the militia commands will be mo
bilised at seven principal camps through
out the country. This will be Impossible,
however, since the funds for use In the
direction proposed will not be available
until after July 1, and It will naturally
take some time to acquire the facilities
contemplated.
REASONABLE ICE PRICES.
Creed
Overreaches Itself
Is
the
I'snal Wry.
Wall Street Journal.
From various parts of the country com
plaints are coming of the rise In the price
of Ice. In some cities the grand Juries
have been making Investigations to dis
cover whether or not there has been a
concerted effort among dealers to raise
prlcea. Elsewhere there has been nothing
more than a protest against Increased
prices.
Inquiry results frequently In finding that
among competing companies there Is an
understsndlng as to what the season's
schedule shaU be. Where the demand has
outgrown the supply, naturally prices have
gone up. Last winter was a mild one and
comparatively light crops were gathered.
For some months Ice making machine
planta have been running day and night
to provide machinery for artificial produc
tion. It la not to be wondered at that
prlcea are rising. Ice haa become so much
of a necessity, however, that the trade is
one on which the community Is ant to
keep a close watch. Any excessive price
Is not only apt to cause suffering on the
' part of people least able to pay more, but
Is equally certain to qupucaie investments
for artificial manufacture. The next year
rut-throat competition sets In, or com
bination results without any gain to any
body In particular. The sensible course
would Ktm to be for those who have the
market to keep prices down to the point at
which competitors would have no excuse
for coming In, and the consumers have no
ground for complaint.
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PERSONAL XOTF.S. ,
King Alfonso has now met Ena, and for
the coming few weeks state raft may go
hang.
Borne old letters of Rockefeller have Just
come to light and show that he was 'n
favor of the simple spelling before Csrne-
rle ever thought of It.
After reaching the age of 82 years and
having lived In this country for ten years.
John Murray Dowle, father of Alexander
Dowie, has Just become naturalized at
Clarlnda, la. He was born In Scotland
and for thirty-five years lived in Aus
tralia. He came to this country In 1894.
R. P. Peters, who soon will be K years
old. Is a park policeman In Sioux City, la.
Recently he visited two daughters in Phil
adelphia, stopping In Chester county, Penn
sylvania, where he was born. According
to this veteran officer, "Good habits, clear
conscience and hard work" are the, three
prerequisites to long life. v
Secretary of War Taft, aa a result of
his course of dieting, exercising and mas
saging, under the hands of an expert, who
was recommended by Senator Spooner, has
reduced his weight over seventy-five
pounds. When he returned to Washing
ton last fall he weighed 326 pounds, and on
Saturday last tipped the be&m at 250 even.
Mr.s,, ,Cban41er, wife of the ex-senator
from New Hampshire, ha constituted her
self something of a clipping agency for
the purpose of Informing the president
with respect to public opinion on the con
troversy that raged In Washington last
week. The other day she sent the presi
dent, with her card, a clipping criticising
his attitude toward her hUaband.
Rear Admiral Evans has been ao long at
sea that he Is liable to use nautical terms
on Inopportune oocaalons. A few evenings
ago he boarded an automobile at the Wal-
dorf-Astonla In New York to go to the
pier, where his. launch was waiting to
take him on board. the flagship. He settled
himself in he cushions and called to the
chauffeur: "On deck there shove - off."
Th admiral had dined. "
. Roast for Railroad President.
New York World.
When a railroad president Is told by
three United States Judges that he broke
a contract from "sordid motives" and
arbitrarily and dishonorably repudiated a
contract" he may ask himself whether It
was worth while. That Is the Judicial
opinion of himself which W. H. Truesdale,
president of the Lackawanna, has to face.
It la not pleasant, but neither is President
Truesdale's action "morally better than
larceny." Incidentally Mr. Truesdale la
the chairman of an Insurance company's
house cleaning" committee.
SomethlnsT Is Bonnd to Drop.
Philadelphia Record.
There Is nothing In the record of Presi
dent Cassatt of the Pennsylvania railroad
to Indicate that he Is lacking In courage.
He has always been a man of force and It
will surprise no one who knows him that
he has cut short his vacation and la on
his way back from Europe to face th
music that haa been playing to th great
discomfort of many of his aasoeistes In
the management of the Pennsylvania rail
road. That he Is coming back to assert
himself In some manner Is beyond ques
tion, and his movements after he lands
will undoubtedly attract much attention.
A Shlnlnar Kiampl.
Portland Oregonlan.
A inrlA Item In the enormous benefac
tions of sympathy that poured Into San
FVanclseo over the Harriman railway lines
in th month that followed the great
earthquake and fir In that city was .(
tons of flour. This shows not only th
r.inrnnltT of the people, but the gener
osity of a great railway corporation, by
means of which the bounty of the first was
tnie available. The record Is on that
nu. k. anli-lt that it In comorate
power nothing but corporate greed.
Browning, Ming & Co
ORIGINATORS AND SOLE MAKERS Of IaLF SIZES IN CLOTHING.
FANCY VESTS
Light .nd fancy vest continue to grow la
favor.
No man who makes any pretension! to cor
rect dressing can get along without
Extra Vests
The white and light colored are the moat
popular. Dark onet, though. If you prefer
them.
We have them In handsome pattern of
lonen and cotton, silks and all sorts of wash
able combinations. "Becoming and
C o in f o rtable
m " rfcfl'at clothing." said
11 IfO If mill Beau Brum
1U MJ AllVJltl
You must have a fancy vest or so.
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Flileenth and
Douglas Sts.
arM4wsy ! tlad fttrl KTW
FLASHES OF FIK.
"Do you think a woman can endure mor
than a man'.'" she asked.
"No." he replied. "How Ions; could any
woman endure It if she had to alt and
hear her husband do all the talking?"
C'hlcago Record-Herald.
Orayce My dressmaker says I ought nol
to wear white with my skill.
Maym Don't believe her, dear. Whits
and yellow make quit a pretty combina
tion. Baltimore American. . .
"Who was It who first said, 'All men ar
born equal?' "
"Oh, the doctors started that."
"The doctors? How do you mean?"
"They always insist that the baby "tips
the scales at not leas than ten pounds -Philadelphia
Press.
Mrs. Knocks (eondescendlnglyV My hus
band has a beautiful new auto. I hotx
your husband will soon feel aa If he could
afford one.
Mrs. Rocks I'm afraid not. He says that
It la as much aa he can do to own the
mortgage on yours. Minneapolis Journal.
"Is your home afraid of automobiles?"
asked the tourist who was mending a
broken tire.
"No," answered Farmer Corntoasel.
"He's hauled too many of them home fur
that." Washington Star.
"Do you think woman should have the
full suffrage light?"
"Not as long as ah persists 1n wearing
frocks that button down th back." Cleve
land Plain Dealer.
"Does the caar appoint th dean of th
Duma?"
"I didn't know there waa any suoh offi
cer," "No more do I. Only I thought if ther
was a dean and th caar appointed him,
he would be a csar-dean, wouldn't het"
Cleveland Plain Dlr.
"Will you guarantee," asked Miss Prim
rose, "that this parrot will Dot er us
prolan language?''
"Really, madams," expostulated the ur
bane dealer, "you cannot expect me to do
that, knowing nothing of the sort of family
I am selling It to." Cleveland Leader.
"Maria, we'll have to give up that sum
mer trip. My account at the bank Is
already overdrawn.'" '
"Oh, John, you -are suoh' a-, wretched
financier. Why didn't you put your account
In a bank that had ' plenty of money?"
Chicago Tribune.
WHO BIDES HIS TIME.
James Whitcomb Riley.
Who bides his time, and day by day
Faces defeat full patiently, .
And lifts a mirthful roundelay,
However poor hla fortunes be
He will not fall In any qualm
Of poverty th paltry dime
It will grow golden In his palm. , ,
Who bides his time.
Who bides his time h tsstes th sweet
Of honey In the saltest tear; .
And though he fares with slowest feet,
Joy runs to meet him, drawing nesr;
The birds are heralds of his cause;
And Ilk s never ending rhyme.
The roadsides bloom in his applause, .
.Who bides his time. ,
Who bides his time, and fevers not
In the hot race that none achieves,
8hall wear cool-wrathen laurel, wrought
With crimson berrlea In the leaves;
And h shall reign a goodly king.
And sway his hand o'er every clime.
With peace writ on his signet ring,
Who bides his time.
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