THE OMAIIA DAILY DEE: WEDNXSDAY, MAY 30, 1906.
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C. C. ROSE WATER,
General Manager.
Subscribed In my presence and sworn to
before ma this Sinn day of April, Itxot.
(Seal) M. B. HUNOATE,
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WltKff OCT OP TOWN. .
Sabacrlbers leavac the) city tems
orarlly should have The Be
Mailed to them. Addreas will be
Now for a tug of war between the
new democratic mayor and the new
democratic council. :
It looks as If Mayor Dahlman would
have a fine chance to put a piece ot
that famous backbone on exhibition
right at the start.
It Is to be hoped the weather man
will be kind to the veterans of the
Grand Army of the Republic in their
Memorial day celebration.
The Water boat d has. been holding
another "executive" " session. The
water works appraisers seem to be
holding no sessions at all. ,
The "Jim crow' car is giving the
rate bill conferees some difficulty
That is one feature of the rate bill
that is sure to be settled by loeal ap
plication.
It should be remembered that the
election officers Indicted by the grand
jury Include democrats as well as le
publicans, so that if there is any po
litical capital to be made out of It the
honors are divided.
Insurance companies are readjust
Ing Pacific coast schedules and Los
Angeles gets the first raise. This Is
the natural outcome of the San Fran
Cisco disaster. The companies must
recoup somewhere.
A Kansas City murderess is now oc
cupying Governor Folk's attention
Singularly enough, the women who
write on the case do not want woman
rights extended in this Instance. She
killed her husband.
Stricter police supervision of public
dance Is demanded, but the difficulty
Is to bnake a police force of less than
100 men do duty for a city of 125,000
people scattered over twenty-five
square miles of territory.
uovernor Magoon Is also com
rnander of the United States naval
and marine forces In Panama waters
This Is not likely to reassure the Pan
ama patriots who are anxious to con
duct a revolution Instead of an elec
tion. ' , .
The grand Jury should be Invoked
at onceto find out which of the demo
cratic members of the council violated
his solemn oath not to reveal anythln
said or done at the democratic council
caucus and make the punishment fit
the crime.
The czar's determination to over
look the protest from the Duma re
minds one somewhat of the attitude
assumed by certain contumaciou
trusts toward the United States gov
eminent a few months ago. And the
ctaf Is quite likely to end Just as the
trusts have ended.
Spain Is bestowing considerable at
tention on Old Glory at Madrid Just
now. It the same feeling had pre
vailed a few years ago a great deal
Of trouble would have been saved both
countries, and Alfonso might be ruler
over a much larger domain, not to
sptak ot being an admiral ot a real
navy.
It the meat Inspection bill pendln
In congress becemes law the business
ot meat Inspection in South Omaha
will take on a material impetus with
a corresponding Increase In the num.
Ur of people employed in the ins pec
tioa department In the Interval
will probably keep the civil service ex
mlner busy tor awhile.
MEMORIAL VAT.
For the first time In Ita history
Memorial day la to be observed with
out reference to what has hitherto
been one of Ita significant features.
Instead of mourning by the graves of
the soldiers who have camped on the,
other side, today we are asked to re
joice that they strove and conquered
In that dark time when the existence
of the union was in doubt. Flags to
day will be run tip to the top of the
staff, and will there float, proudly em
blematic of the country whose sons
gave ud all that it might live. "The
world will little heed nor long remem
ber what we say here," quoth Lincoln,
but It can never forget what they
did here." And we are Just now com
mencing to realize the vastness of
their achievement, and to enjoy the
first fruits of that terrible conflict
ut of which emerged a new birth of
liberty.
The Grand Army of the Republic
s slowly marching into the silent be
yond; the gray-haired, bent and
broken veterans who stand today
around the graves of those comrades
who, have passed are but the lingering
remnant of that grand array which
moved in obedience to the will of
Grant, the mightiest agency for hu
man advancement ever organized by
man. But they have done their work
and are happy in the knowledge that
their glorious sacrifice was not in vain.
They stand beside the flower-decked
tomb conscious of the fact that in the
time to come, when they are no longer
with us, their sons and their sons'
sons will stand beside those graves
and again dedicate themselves to the
cause of human liberty and righteous
government.
This is the lesson of Memorial day.
It is no longer an occasion of mourn
ing for those who are dead, but a day
of rejoicing that the army of the union
triumphed In the cause of right.
PENNSYLVANIA RAILROAD TROUBLES.
The hurried return from Europe
of President Cassatt of the Pennsyl
vania railroad, the bold banquet
speech attack by George F. Baer of
the Reading, one of the great con
stituent companies of the Pennsyl
vania system, on the management ot
the latter, and the powerful organized
movement among its stock and bond
holders for a thorough reorganiza
tion ousting the Cassatt regime, are
swift consequences of the Interstate
Commerce Commission investigation
of far-reaching significance of which
the end is not yet in sight.
It is important to remember that
the Pennsylvania railroad is the
greatest corporation, not only in the
United States, but also In the world,
greater by far than any of the big
life Insurance companies and greater
even than the Standard Oil octopus.
Its stock and bond capital now reaches
the enormous total of $594,399,797,
of which over $300,000.0130 His been
added since January 1 , 1 90 27 so
amazingly rapid has ' been its' expan
sion during the last few years."
So profoundly Important and im
pressive upon the real owners of this
great property, the holders of Its
stocks and bonds, of whom there are
many thousands in this country and
abroad, have been the revelations re
garding the doings of Its officers and
agents, that a speedy reorganization
Is already regarded as certain in com
parison with which the overhauling of
the big life companies' is insignificant.
The indisputable fact that its admin
istration has been permeated by a
system of graft which prostituted its
functions as a great Instrument of
transportation so far as the public
was concerned Infallibly raises pre
sumption that the interests of Its real
owners have also been sacrificed. They
are compelled to act in sheer self -de
tense.
With the owners of this foremost
rati road property aroused, with public
opinion Informed and on the alert
as never before, with the amplified
powers of .public authority coming
into fuller play, the beginning of the
end of many grave transportation
abuses is at hand.
FREE ALCOHOL BILL PASSES.
. The bill exempting undrlnkable
alcohol from taxation is now prac
tic ally on the statute book; the house
having agreed to the senate amend
ments and the measure already having
been sent to the president, who Is sure
to approve it.
The changes made In the senate are
not material, the chief one substituting
January 1 next for September 1 as
the date for the new law to go into
errect. ine intervening time was
found on careful consideration to be
none too long to dispose ot the pre
llmlnarles, and no objection was made
in conference on behalf of the house
to this change.
The main criticism of the new law
aa passecV that it is too loosely
drawn, really rests on the fact that It
leaves wide discretion to the Treasury
department. Congress has not under
taken to outline administrative details,
not limiting the size or location of the
distilleries nor even specifying the ma
terials or mode of denaturlzing al
cohol. The efficiency ot the law will there
fore depend in large measure on the
disposition of the Internal revenue of
ficials. While, of .course. It is incum
bent on them to prevent frauds on
the revenue, a thing that hat not
been found at all difficult In Germany,
Belgium and Great Britain, it is
obvious that they could by excessive
requirements greatly limit the pro
duction and Increase the cost of de
naturized alcohol for consumers, and
thus In part defeat the purpose of the
law, and Indeed, of the very discretion
allowed to the Treasury department.
The public will expect and require
a liberal administration, with the min
imum of restrictions consistent with
safety from excise frauds and the ut
most possible facility for manufac
ture and sale of alcohol for other than
drinking purposes. It Is especially de
sirable that arrangements be made
which will permit such distilling to be
carried on in factories In states like
Nebraska, near to the source of the
grain and other raw materials and
where also so much of the distilled
product Is required for consumption.
SLAUGHTER HOUSE AND MEATlNSrEC'
TION.
It would be unfortunate If a furious
contention should be forced in con
gress over the question of Inspection
of slaughter houses, because Interests
which are not to blame for abuses
would be certain to suffer seriously.
The fact Is known and officially
proved, although the president is
properly withholding the proofs from
publication, that in some places parts
of the process of slaughter and prep
aration of meat products are con
ducted under unsanitary and other
wise offensive conditions, and the
meat Inspection bill, which has been
attached In the senate as a rider to the
agricultural appropriation bill, was
drawn to remedy those conditions.
The primary design of the existing
inspection law had reference only to
American farm and packing house in
terests in the foreign meat market, as
several of the chief European nations
had put In force outright prohibitory
edicts, or inspection regulations which
in practical effect approached more or
less to prohibition, and very. Injurious
to our trade. For packers now to
carry to extremes a war to defeat a
fair Inspection of slaughter conditions
and meats for domestic consumption
would be to invite exposures, many of
them sensational, partial and exagger
ated that could not fail to have a bad
effect among foreign consumers and
might easily revive the anti-American
agitation and restrictions so disas
trous ten or fifteen years ago.
The cost of inspection, although a
considerable factor, is small in com
parison with the cost of an uncom
promising fight against it. The ob
ject being to protect the public health.
It can be plausibly contended that It
should be borne by the public, If not
wholly a least in part. At any rate
that point, which is made so much of
by those resisting the bill, is a matter
of detail that ought to be capable ot
amicable settlement.
The substantial packing and live
stock interests are really above all
others concerned in a removal of
abuses and prevention ot their recur
rence. Thorough official inspection is
bound to come soon, even If It be pos
sible to defeat it at this session. The
only alternatives are to consent now
to inspection or a little later to have
perhaps a more rigid system after
needless .conflict and counter charges
which will cause much damage to live
stock and meat Industries.
BUILD FROM FOUNDATION UP.
Omaha's material growth Is very
much in evidence now in the erection
of new buildings ot all kinds. In the
retail section stores and office build
ings are going up, conforming to the
most modern lines of achitecture and
construction. The wholesale district
has been practically remodeled, con
stituting now a new city ot warehouses
In itself, with location specially
adapted to the trackage and transpor
tation, facilities. The residence sub
urbs and outskirts are dotted with few
bouses ranging from small dwellings
and modest tenements to palatial man
sions. New church buildings and
school buildings present themselves
here and there either completed or in
course of erection. In tact, the new
buildings of comparative recent con
struction bear a large ratio to the old
buildings that have been Inherited
from the era before the present re
vival. Omaha, however, must, to keep up
with this material growth, keep pace
In population growth. We roust have
people here to patronize the big and
little retail stores, to occupy all the
new dwellings as well as the old ones,
to fill the churches and schools and to
form a substantial foundation for the
jobbing and transportation business.
The essential prerequisite of popula
tion growth is employment for wage
workers, and this employment must
not be confined to the building trades,
but must take the form of steady work
all-the-year-round In mill and factory
as well as wholesale and retail busi
ness. The real key to the situation is the
development of our manufacturing in
dustry, and the natural direction for
this development is In the transforma
tion ot the raw products ot the field
and ranch in our tributary territory
Into finished products for consump
tion. The question of cheap fuel and
cheap power is an all-Important one.
The introduction of new and modern
processes and the utilization of the
bi-products of the, factories we already
have are also factors in the problem.
Omaha does not want to shoot
ahead now merely to stand still later
or drop backward. The way to make
sure of continuous and steady growth
is to provide as we go along the sub
stantial groundwork of profitable em
ployment for labor In mills and fac
tories. The taxpayers of Douglas county
have invested a great deal of money In
payments for the country roadways
but little has been done to keep these
paved roads in good repair. An in
spection ot all the county pavements
with a report on their condition and
estimate of the cost of restoring them
to first-class condition should be or
dered by the county board. An ln-
vestment ot several hundred thousand
dollars In permanent Improvements
like this would justify the expenditure
of a few thousands for proper main
tenance.
According to the local democratic
organ the new council has had another
conference to assure the public the
members are still bent on carrying out
the platform pledges on which they
were elected to the crossing of an I
and the dotting ot a T. It they will
make this declaration every week for
the three years they are in office they
may succeed In convincing themselves
before they retire to private life that
they meant what the platform makers
said for them. ,
The unanimous report of the house
committee on labor recommending for
passage the eight-hour bill is one ot
the greatest victories won by or
ganized labor In years. The bill was
vehemently opposed by the various or
ganizations of business men and man
ufacturers, and .s energetically sup
ported by the organizations of work
Ingmen. Items Included in the sundry civil
bill give assurance that Uncle Sam Is
not going to abandon any needed in
ternal improvements Just because he
is also engaged In a big Job of canal
digging. Perusal of the appropria
tion bills is a good way to get a no
tion of the extent of the United
States.
Congressman Stilzer ot New York
asks that the president make public
the report of the government's agents
on the packing houses. It he will but
bide his time the facts will be given
the public, but not specially for the
benefit of the democratic campaign
committee.
Attorney Cromwell and Senator
Morgan are still at It with as little
apparent sign ot conclusion as when
they began. The daily fencing match
between these masters of verbal dodg
ing has done much to relieve the pres
ent session of congress of Its tedium.
President Stlckney of the Great
Western is said o have referred to
Omaha In a recent banquet speech as
"the great future city" on his line.
Omaha's future greatness is not to be
discounted, but neither Is Omaha's
present greatness to be disparaged.
Senator Allison's Talent.
St. Louis Globe-Democrat.
Senator Allison Is one of the most useful
men In public life. He Is always ready
with a can of oil to lubricate the turbulent
Am Agreeable Snbatltnte.
Baltimore American.
Passing the lie . has ceased to be the
main occupation of senators at Washing
ton, and passing bills has become an agree
able substitute.
Aspirant for Mesial.
' Washington Post.
It begins to look 'as If the Hon. Charles
A. Towns, who - threatened to "expose"
President 'Roosevelt,' Is also In danger of
receiving a call from the committee having
in charge the distribution of those Ananias
medals. .
Don't Get Caaght.
Philadelphia Record.
It may be possible that there are In the
United States senate direct representatives
of Insurance, express, railway," oil, beef,
steel and mining companies whose Illicit
gains are magnificent beside the smaller
graft of Burton of Kansas. But Burton
has been caught tn the act, and the method
of the catch has been pronounced flawless
by the supreme court. Away with him!
The rogue who makes such a botch of his
grafting as to bring him within the grip
of the penal statutes la a bungler and a
peril to his fellow senators as well as a
disgrace to the nation. Away with him!
Mllltonntrea and Professors,
New York Sun.
Any "milllanaire" who endows a college
or founds a chair under the Impression that
his opinions will be taught therein must
be an ass. Bom professors are "queer
critters," but as a class they are demo
cratic and independent They think too
much of their opinions to borrow anybody
else's, and. being mostly poor and proud
folk themselves, they especially despise
the rich. No doubt tbere are a few college
presidents who will toady for a big gift
or legacy, but the professors are mostly
a stiff-necked generation. In the few re
ported caaes of Interference personal
grudge or crankiness haa been at the bot
tom of the trouble.
Amaalnar Marina Procession.
Portland Oregonlan.
The fleets of the world which roam the
seven seas occasionally bunch up In soma
prominent port or passageway like the
Sues canal and make an Imposing show
ing. But In point of magnitude almost any
of these marine processions fall short of
that unending commercial parade which
Is forever steaming down the great lakea
and through the canala The Immensity of
this traffic la reflected In the official flgurea
for April. 1906, for the "Soo" canal alone.
During the thirty days of last month 1.079
vessels of z.OOC.MO tons net register and
carrying 1,(13,287 tons of freight passed
through this great waterway. Nearly one.
half of thla traffic was Iron ore, with coal
to the extent of about 650,000 tons second
In prominence and grain and flour next on
the list.
The a. A. R.'s Forty tears.
Leslie's Weekly.
An especial interest has been taken In the
Memorial day celebrations this year all
over the country from the fact that this
will be the fortieth anniversary of the
formation of the Grand Army of the Re
public. At Decatur, 111., on April f, 18S6,
was organised the first Grand Army of
the Republlo post, and the first national
encampment took place In November of
that year at Indianapolis. Since then the
order has extended to every state and ter
ritory of the I'nlted Btates from Florida
to Alaeka, and Ita national encampments
have been held In placea aa widely sepa
rated aa Portland. Me., Boston. Phils,
delphla and Washington on (he Atlantic
coast and San Francisco on the country's
western verge.
As its membership Is restricted to ex
soldiers and ex-aallors on the union side
during the rlvil war, which closed forty'
one years ago, the Grand Army of the Re
public's roll is constantly diminishing, and
must vanish altogether before many more
years pass. At this writing the order
numbers about Z24.000 men, and there are
about 10.000 deaths In their ranks every
year. The percentage of these rapidly in
creases frosn year to yeas'.
storno AiiotT raw towk.
Ripples Ike rsrreat of Life In the
Metropolis.
An edict having all the elements of a
millinery disturbance has been Issued by
Commissioner Whipple of the State Forest,
Fish and Qama department. He has noti
fied all whom It may concern that he Is
going to see the laws enforced which pro
rides that no more must feathered things
adorn the headgear of women In the Em
pire state. The Indians may wear feathers,
but the lovely women will be obliged to
go about with their bonnets untrlmmed ex
cept for flowers and ribbons. But Just
wait until the milliners get after the com
missioner they say.
The penalty of each violation of the law
Is a fine of V and an additional (26 for
each bird or part thereof sold. It will be,
therefore:
Fine of t for each part of an ostrich
sold. No one buys an entire ostrich to
decorate a hat with.
Fine of $25 for each part of an slhatross.
heron, condor, duck, eagle, etc., sold.
One of the sights of New York Is to see
the departure of an ocean steamer. The
wharf Is always crowded with kissing and
weeping friends' and everything Is bustle
and hustle to get the vessel away on time.
Just as the liner gets In midstream some
belated passenger comes rushing down the
dock only to learn that steamers, as well
as time, tide and railroad trains, wait for
no man. Prominent among the passengers
who walked up the gang plank of the
Bavole recently was a long-legged man clad
In a yellow stilt and a silk hat. He hod two
truck loads of baggage, and at the end of
a rope he dragged a rebellious collie dog.
He hauled the animal up the slope and
handed It over to the ship's butcher, one of
hose perquisites is the care of dogs and
other live stock. Just before the ship
sailed there came a wall from Its vitals
and five seconds later a wild-eyed collie
shot down the gang plank and hit the high
spots of the pier toward the street. After
him, his hat flying at the end of a tether
and his yellow fcoat standing out behind
like a board, tore the owner. The collie
had a good lead and at West street he
turned south. His master, reaching the
corner, turned in his gullelessness and be
gan a long race after an imaginary dog
In the direction of the North Pole. By
standers captured the dog and brought htm
back after fifteen minutes' chase. Just as
his master was returning to the dock. Dur
ing the chase the man In the suit went
loco and tore his hair because he hsd been
detained. The Savoie straightened out In
midstream and started for Europe. The
man sat down on a coll of rope with a
maniacal stare. Then somebody suggested
a tug. The man rose and yelled to a
puffing rat of a tug that was hauling a coal
barge. "Fifty dollars If you put me aboard
that ship." There was a sudden frantic
scrambling as the crew cut loose the haws
ers and the craft filled Its furnaces. The
man and the dog leaped aboard, the tug
started with a shriek and a hldeoua snort
ing. Far down the bay a man In a yellow
suit raced to the side of the liner. He
caught the ladder, and with the dog under
his arms, wormed up the side just before
the big ship put on Its high speed for the
long stretch across the Atlantic.
For some days' of last week a young
Italian girl was on trial In a New Tork
City court for the murder of her uncle
and aunt, upon whom she turned after
a year of unspeakable abuse at their hands.
The trial attracted a large audience dally.
conspicuous feature being the presence
of many women, evidently of some degree
of refinement and social position. The tes
timony, as was expected, was of the most
revolting nature. It was so shocking that
It could not be printed In even the. most
lurid of the metropolitan' "yellows." It
was so bad. Indeed, that a woman reporter .
for one of these sensational sheets fainted.
Tet not one of the feminine auditors left
the court room. ,
Adolf S. Ochs and. Joseph Pulltxer, the
leading Hebrew Journalists of New Tork
City, are now both In Europe. Bach "has
made a large fortune the former out of the
New York Times and the latter out of the
World. Each has built a grand building
for his paper, and each building la In Itself
a fortune. Each bought his paper when It
was In a decline and then brought It up
to Its present great value. Pulltxer, though
feeble in health and nearly blind. Is In
tensely ambitious. He was the first man
to erect a steel skyscraper for a news
paper, and, now that Ochs haa excelled
him by the New York Times building, will
enlarge and thus retain his distinction.
For this purpose he has bought the ad
jacent property, and the new structure will
be the most perfect newspaper building
In the city.
Albert Pulltxer. brother . of Joseph, In
tends starting a dally. Twenty years ago
he published the Journal, which ha aold
to John R. McLean, who afterward sold
to Hearst. He may find the busineaa much
more difficult now. When Albert was con
ducting the Journal and Joseph the World
they were battling for success, this being
the first time two brothers were thus en
gaged in newspaper rivalry. Albert's paper
waa bright and lively, but Joaeph had a
clearer Idea of the business, and therefore
made a better success. Albert really did
well to sell out, but he has become tired
of Idleness and pines for newspaper ex
citement, of ' which he will now have
plenty.
Apropos of the drift of population to
New York's suburban boroughs, It Is esti
mated that the Brooklyn of 1920 will have
a larger population than Chicago and
Philadelphia combined today. In the last
twenty-five years Brooklyn haa more than
doubled In population, springing from
690,000 In 1880 to l.tOO.000 at the close of 1906.
As It grew nearly as much In the last five
years aa It did In the preceding ten, and
aa It la building up at an astonishing rate,
the prediction that It will have nearly
t.000.000 population In 1930 seems conserv
ative. Nineteen hundred and Ave was the banner
year In the history of building In Brook
lyn, structures costing more than 161,000,000
being erected within the twelve months.
As nearly all of theee buildings were for
residential purposes, the total represents a
great number of structures. Many persona
expect last year's record to be eclipsed by
thla season's operations.
There Is the most decided activity In
every section of the borough, as well as In
all of the suburban places. No one dis
trict has a monopoly of the growth. The
sound of the hammer and the saw la to
be heard everywhere. A builder In one
district decided to Introduce the Phila
delphia style of house to see how It would
suit Brooklynltes. He planned to build
three aa samples. He sold all of them
before the foundations were finished.
Chief Engineer Crouibauer of Brooklyn
waa looking for a chauffeur and from a Hat
of elvtl service eliglbles picked the man at
the top, Patrick Maher. He sent for Maher
and offered him the Job. "What's the
salary?" asked Maher. "Three dollars a
day," waa the reply. "I don't think I can
take that," said Maber. "Have you got a
better Job?'' asked Crouibauer. "I think
ao." replied Maher. solemnly. "What la
It?" "Oh." explained Maher, Tm battalion
chief In the fire department and I get
IS. a year." Maher said he was In the
hsblt of tahtng a civil service examination
occasionally to keep his mental machinery
from getting rusty.
Busiest Lumber Yard
in Town. Ul7hy?
Selling everything way below cost 3 Our
Old Yard, 13th and Davenport. big, nice,
clean stock; can't afford to move it to our new
yard. Come and get bargains-only come quick.
C. B. OIETZ LUMBER CO.
1214 Farnam Street Tel. Couglas 35
FAVORITISM If TH SrORTATIO
Abnndaat Kvldenee of Gross Discrim
ination. Philadelphia" Record.
Private shippers of coal and oil hsve for
years complained that they were the sub
jects of discrimination In the Interest of
competing concerns owned wholly or largely
by the railroad company Itself. Congress
ordered the Investigation to determine If
thla were the case and there has been
abundant evidence that It Is, and that this
Is not limited to one company. The Balti
more A Ohio haa already been convlrted
of this sort of dlecrlmlnstlon and the Chesa
peake A Ohio was convicted of It, not In
hearings before the Interstate Commerce
commission, but before the courts tn litiga
tion which resched the supreme court a few
weeks ago.
The shipper Is not much Interested In
the favors shown to an Individual railroad
official. He Is vitally Interested In favors
shown by the railroad company Itself to an
other shipper. It makes no difference to
him whether the favored shipper Is owned
by the railroad company or only partly
owned by a railroad official; It Is the dis
crimination made by the railroad company
that affects him.
If a railroad company Is in the habit
of discriminating In favor of shipping In
terests which It owns. Is it not almo.t
Inevitable that Its employes will make
discriminations In favor of companies In
which they hold stocks, especially If they
got tnose stocks for nothing? "Like
master, like man." The railroad officials
are pretty likely to do what the company
that employs them does; they take the
pace that la set for them by their em
ployer. What the law has to deal with Is not
the private character of the railroad man
but the practices of the railroad company.
The public does not care how easily the
railroad men come' by their wealth, but
It cares a great deal whether all shippers
are treated alike. What we need Is not
a law attempting to regulate the kind of
Investments a railroad man may make, or
the persons from whom he msy accept
presents, but as complete a divorce as can
be effected by law between the transporta
tion and the producing Interests, and a
stringent enforcement of the law against
discriminations. This Is only Incidentally
a war on private graft; It is primarily a
war on the abuse of corporate power.
PERSONAL NOTES.
Mr. Cassatt seems to have heard the call
ot the wild.
Perhaps Standard OH never Invented any
thing, but It never failed to recognise a
good thing on eight.
In view of the approaching royal marriage
little Spanish children have decided that it
Is not respectful te count off "Ena, mena.
mona, ml."
Now Qoremykln Is reported as In a re
signing mood. This seems to be regarded
as "the time for disappearing" by Russian
statesmen In responsible positions.
Another hotel where George Washington
was entertained has been sold In New York
City. From the number of hostelries that
claim this distinction. George must have
been considerable of a rounder.
It la said that the csar of Russia receives
from his subjects through the post no
fewer than over 100 petitions every day of
his life. The majority of these documents
before reaching the monarch's hands are
examined by a confidential secretary.
A western senator haa a brother who Is
in the livestock business. The brother sent
a letter to the stateaman a few days ago
that was entirely typewritten, even to the
signature. The statesman was mad. He
thought It an outrage for hla brother to
write to him Uke that and not even sign
the letter and he sent a bitter protest. This
was the reply he received: "Dear Jim:
Cheer up. I am so busy that I never use a
pen except for sheep."
Browning, King & Co
MIGINATOIS AND SOLE MAKE1S Of IALF SIZES IN CLOTMNO.
STORE CLOSED
In accordance with our usual custom this store will
be closed at noon on "Wednesday (Decoration Day)
in honor of the dead soldiers of this great republic'
Filteenth and
Douglas Sts.
BroaSwnr at find Stroox MEW
Buy the PianoToday
It's a wonderful opportunity the Hospe plan (Ives to the people of
this vicinity. A large saving to each customer, the certainty of getting a
piano exactly as represented, and the knowledge that nobody else got it
for a cent less than you paid, the tremendous stock from which to make
a selection over 300 palnoa, from twenty different makers every piano
marked in plain figures at its lowest net cash price, the same to the rich
as to the poor; with the privilege of buying on payments without any
advance in cost. Ail these things make it easy, safe and economical to
buy a piano at the Hospe store. If we paid commissions we could not do
this. Don't allow any would-be friend to take you elsewhere to buy a
piano. No one who has your best Interests at heart would advise you to
buy a piano anywhere but at the Hospe store. Our six piano warerooms
are full of the most beautiful pianos. Our salesmen will be on band to
show you through. You'll be surprised at how good a piano you can
buy at f 175, 10, $210, 4245, etc. Monthly settlements of $C, $7 and f I
a month make it easy. Don't put it off any longer. Buy today.
A. HOSPE CO.
1513 Douglas Street Omaha, Nebraska
Costs you nothing to see oar Art Pictures.' Ask to bo showm.
LAVflHIXO I.IKES.
''"Do you think It right for a husband to
dcnert his wife In any emergency?''
"1 don t know about that, only this
morning I left my own wife crying for
help." Baltimore America!).
"Iid you ever buy any gold bricks?"
"No," nncwrred Farmer Corntosael. "I
never exnctly bought Hny gold bricks. But
I've bought ticapa of canned pesa and pat
ent butter to 1 retailed to summer board
ers." Washington Star.
Mrs. Braggltt I got so much sttentlon
that positively aometimoa I foel that social
duty la a perfect elephant on my hands.
Mlas Sharp At least, dear, it's a comfort
to know that tne no r beast has plenty of
room. Baltimore American.
"Darling." murmured the fiancee, ten
derly, "what would you do If I ahouid die?'"
j "Ownest," responded, the kmppy man,
even more tenrirly, "I should make every
effort to get away from tne office ami at
tend the funeral. Cleveland Leader.
i "A woman can emiure more than a man,"
remarked Mr. Meekton's wife.
1 "That's right, Henrietta, " was the reply.
I "Look at tne Ice cream soda water and
lobster salad she can endure without Hlnch
, Ing." Washington Star.
, "Juat look at those pretty white flowers
. on that plant. Lovely, ain't they?"
i "Yes. but they don t stay on long."
"Why, Isn't that strange?"
"No, It's quite natural. They're bachelor
buttons." Philadelphia Press.
THE DRIM OF '01.
Lowell Otis Reese in Leslie's Weekly.
Down amid the silent multitude the march-
I ing thousands come
, To the hollow modulation of an ancient
army drum;
' To the beat, bea.t, beat of a thousand loyal
l feet.
And the rumble and the grumble of a cais
son and a gun.
At the head a tattered banner flutters
proudly in the air,
Borne along by one old veteran with silver
grizzled hair.
Keeping time with martial feet down the
bunting-laden street.
To the hum and the thrum of the drum
of '61.
Comes a picture, as I listen to the rhyth
mical refrain.
Of a aoldler starting warward loan a
shady country lane;
From afar the echoes come of the old re
cruiting drum.
And they speak a message to him of the
triumph to be won.
Louder yet the calling thunder, and his
feet exultant bound
In a patriotic frenzy at the glory of the
sound;
'TIs the call of ancient Thor, Snd he
marches on to- war
To the hum and the thrum of the drum
of '6J.
Quick another picture hurries, and I See
tho bot)e reek
Where the battery is crashing and the
shrapnel Is a-shrlek.
Till the earth and heavens rock from the
fury of the shock
And the rumble and the grumble of the
caisson and the gun. .
Oh, the terror of the. battle I But above
the song of hell '" -r '. .
In barbaric notes that louder o'er the de-
vastatlon swell, . . .
Calling martyrs to the death in the can
non's bitter breath,
Comes the hum and the thrum of the drum
of "til.
Ah. the horror of the battlefield when every
gun Is still
When the moon In silent pity looks across
tho eastern hill 1
With a tramp, tramp, tramp, through the
half-deserted camp,
Oo the weary stretcher-bearers, for the
l . bloody worx. is aone.
All about are anattereo neings wnicn oui
i yesterday were "men ;
Now their martial song la ended; they will
never march again
With a tramp of eager feet down the far-off
village street.
To the hum and the thrum of the drum
of '61.
Now the peaceful psgeant passes, and the
picture of the fray.
Like the deadly atrlfe of yesterday, forever
fades away;
Peace with gentle hand smooths ' down
Hate's unforgiving frown.
For the Quarrel has ended and the Blue
and Oray are one.
On the grave of friend and enemy wa have
the blossoms spread
Loyal friend and gallant enemy, now com
rade with the dead.
Hark I tho tramp of solemn feet dies away
adown the street,
To the hum and the thrum of the drum
of '61.
OMAIIA
.NEB.
W YORK factory. Cooaxr Mar
