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6 THE OMAHA DAILY BEE: TUESDAY, JUNE 5, 1906. V. li 11 1 u f Tim Ommia Daily Dee. . - - i. - E. R08EWATER, EDITOR." Entered at Orraha Potoff)c second elas mall matter. TERMS Or SUBSCRIPTION. DHy Pm (without Sunday), M yar..M0 I'sllr He snd Sunday, on year... Sunday Bet, on year J2 Saturday Bee. on year 1 DELIVERED BT CARRIER. Dally Be (Including Sunday), per week.ITe Dally Be (without Sunday). per week . .120 Evening Fee (without Sunday), PT Evening Be (with Sunday). Vt week. ..l Sunday Bee, per copy V"m Address complaint of Irrgulrlt1e In de livery to City Circulation Department, OFFICES. Omaha Tha Be Building. South Omaha City Hall Building. Council Bluffs 10 Pesrl Street. Chicago 140 Unity Building. New York-lang Homa Ufa Inn. Building. Washington Ml Fourteenth 8trat. CORRESPONDENCE. Communlcatlona relating to news and dl. torlaj matter ahould ba addressed: Omaha Be, Editorial Department. REMITTANCES. riemit by draft, express or Doatal order payable to The Boa Publishing' Company. Only l-cent tamps received aa payment of mall accounta Personal check, except on Omaha or eastern exchangee, not eepteo. THE BEE PUBLISHING COMP ANT. STATEMENT OF PUBLICATION. State of Nebraska, Doulaa County, : C. C. Roeewater, general manager of Tha Bee Publishing Company, being duly sworn, ays that the sctuer number of full and complete copies of Tha Dally, Morning, Evening and Sunday Bee printed during in montn or nay, isue, waa mm iumu-. 1 a,aro is si.mo t..l 8s,m 17.... aitM) I, ..,. si,ro it.; stjax) 4..". Hl.lKtO II 8.T0 I Kutao X SO.IMHI ao.ono .. ai.oao 7 ,. si.mio 22.. .. SI.S1K 1 8t.JWM .21.. Sl.&SO I Sl.Sno 24 81,MH 10 81,th0 2S 81, WW II 81.HAO 2f 83,400 12 81S.2AO 27 Sl.MO 11 84MMM) 21 81,970 14 81.TOO 20 81.7441 15 81,1120 10 S1.S3IO , 31 81,140 Total ' ..J. .ttt,5T0 Less unsold copies tWMl Net total sales..'. 7i4.tM Dally average 81,870 C C. ROSKWATER, General Manager. Subscribed la my presence and sworn to before me this 4th day of June, 1104. (Seal) M. U. HUNUATK, Notary Public. WHEN OUT OF TOWN. Sabacrlber leavtaa; the city team urartly sheala. ksv Tit Be Ileal 4 these. Address will ha Kiag Ak-Bar-Ben'g initiations are about to begin. Let all loyal subjects take notice. Chicago packers evidently made the mistake, of not taking their' plants with them into the Immunity bath. It is a safe guesc that the populist state convention will be called at the same time asd. place as the demo cratic convention. The crowding of the Nebraska peni tentiary indicates that certain indus tries are thriving in this state which would be better suppressed. It is high ItTfterfor the grocers' pic nic to be" scheduled, again so that Omaha people may know when to lay in a gupitly of . umbrellas and rain coats.' '' If that Omaha diamond swallower ever gets out of limbo she ought to have no difficulty in realising on her free advertising by accepting a dime museum engagement. It certain folks were not permitted to verbally lambast Edward Rosewater about once every so often people might forget their existence. . They never do anything else publicly. .. It Is to be hoped Governor Hoch will not find a string attached to the resignation of Senator . Burton like that tied to the resignation once sled by State Treasurer Kelly. Now that suit has been brought to force the payment 6f a prise fight for felt, a California court has an oppor tunity to gtve the "exponents of the manly art" t knockout blow.- Now that the Miiea.Aieor ".m balmed. beef" controversy shows signs oi renewed lire the public will still runner regret the unsanitary condi tlons of Chicago packing houses. In the light of recent events at Mad rid the relatives of the new Queen victoria, are justified in Insisting on prenuptial agreement as to her a nulty in case she becomes a widow. The new bey of Tunis Is said to be a convert to French civilisation. An outbreak on the part of his warllkt tribesmen may be expected and wll not be considered entirely without ex cuse. ' ' vVtt Ting Fang is to- retire from iublic life because of official dishon esty In China. It must be -that the former minister" to' America has re ceived a final answer to at least one question. With the report of California ex perts on the Ben Francisco earth quake, the public is again impressed with the fact that post-mortenvinves tigatlons are usually limited to the field of speculation. President Casaatt is evidently of the opinion that capable railroad men should not be denied the privilege of becoming mine owners if they will promise not to favor themaelve in the distribution of cars. Omaha's real estate abd building record for May, which surpasses any month of recent years in this line, is only s vindication of the claims of great activity publicly made for the city. The truth Is Omaha is growing so rapidly and so substantially tha the Investing public- cannot overlook this fact. , rRt&WExt rtnotr.rtvT On meat INSPECTION The' message to congress transmit' ting the report of the ipeclal Investl gstlon Into conditions In the Chicago stock yards hows that the president Is In earnest In urging legislation for thoroughgoing Inspection by the fed eral government of all stock yards and packing houses and of their products, so far as the latter enter Into inter state arid foreign commerce. The accompanying report itself will Impress reasonable minds as fulj war rant for the president s earnest recom mendations. While the Investigators are apparently endeavored to confine their statements to facts of their own personal observation, excluding un verified hearsay, abd have in many places tempered the terms of- the re port, still Its substance embraces start ling disclosures and In general estab lishes a -state of facts calling for prompt remedial action. The great centralized packing indus- ry has now grown to proportions at which its business Is necessarily of an interstate and international character1 nd enters enormously and unescap- ably Into the food supply of the world. The situation Imperatively calls for ef fectual safeguards of the public health and the future development' of the packing industry will require these al most as much in the Interest of that Industry, if the revelations now made te viewed ia the proper light, as of that of the wellbelng of the mass of con sumers. The president's Insistence will probably force immediate action where protection waa bound to come any way sooner or later as a permanent policy and necessity. It Is noteworthy, that' the report covers only conditions in the meat in dustries grouped around the stock yards at Chicago, which are known to contrast unfavorably with the newer, more cleanly and modern establish ments at Missouri river packing points that have so rapidly grown up in re cent years. While the application of thorough Inspection to the latter along the lines recommended by the president will not require so much change of method and perhaps none at all in many cases, still the situation demands the public assurance which such a more perfect system of inspection would give through official sanction and certification that could not fall to be invaluable. ANTI-ANARCHIST CO-OPERATION. The remedy suggested by, Andrew D. White of defensive co-operation among civilized nations against anar chists is valuable and 'Capable of ex tensive application. As a matter of fact, there has been for years to some extent co-operation of the police and secret service of the various govern ments, which by legislation and even more by courtesy, aid one another with information and in running down, not only anarchists who have been guilty of overt crimes, but also tho&e" who are found or suspected to be dan gerous characters. But these methods have not been sufficiently systemized and specialized, and the legal authority of some of the countries essential to success, like our own, is gravely defective. Indeed, the subject presents extreme difficulty under institutions like those of the United States. Canada and England. There ia Inherent criminality in the teachings of the extreme anarchists, yet many who are the most dangerous teachers are careful . to keep them selves clear of the overt . act which our laws lay hold of. If it were pos sible to reach such teachers and in citers to murder, it would largely solve the problem of dealing with the Ignorant, depraved, fanatical and de generate members of society who are merely. the Instruments that ply the dagger and .throw the bomb. The one type as well as the other is a venomous reptile that deserves sum mary extermination, but it will " re quire great change to adapt our . sys tem so that they can be treated as such. While it is possible for all the clvl liced countries to combine and -con cent rate their police powers for a far more effective espionage of murderous anarchy In doctrine and in act, it will be necessary first to agree on inew definitions and methods of dealing with such pests of society. ' CORPORATION MONEY IN POLITICS. The supreme court of New York, which unanimously holds that George W. Perkins cannot be held for grand larceny for having contributed from the funds of the New -York Life-in surance company, of which at . the time he was vice president, a large sum for . political campaign purposes was careful at the same time to make clear that It doe not hold that his action was ethical or expedient, or that the amount of the contribution could not be recovered, back. The sole point is that under the law as it then stood tbe facts do not constitute an indictable offense, which is pre cisely the view taken originally by Prosecuting Attorney Jerome, for w hich he has been roundly denounced In many quarters. But identically the same arts. If committed today, would be inaictabie and liable to heavy penalties, for the legislature in the meantime has amended the law so aa to bring them within the category of criminal of fenses, such legislation having partic ular reference to the facts which the court have now passed upon. Beyond question the New York law as it now stands I In line with almost universal opinion as to what it should be and with what it will be generally" as soon as the legislatures, state and national, have ample opportunity tq act. The fact that the house elections commit tee baa Just favorably reported a' Stringent measure with reference to nstlonal elections to the as me effect as tbe-New York law. is another sign of the deliberate popular Judgment, although it is Improbable that this measure can be got through congress at this session. ' No , one maintains that there has been criminally corrupt purpose In all or even In most of corporation cam-. palgn contributions in the psst. They had simply become customary and almost-universal. Yet-such has been the revulsion of sentiment that there are now few who do not regard their tendency as corrupting and an evil to be summerly extirpated. A REPRESENTATIVE DELEGATION. The personnel of the delegation to the state convention, filed In the Inter est of Edward Rosewater for United States senator, will bear the closest in spection from the standpoint of its rep resentative character. This delegation includes eighty-three men from every part of the county Omaha.. South Omaha and the country precinct. Geo graphically it represent the entire county rather than any one part of it. The delegation includes men from all walks of life wage-worker and employer, native born and foreign born reflecting the widespread support commanded by Mr. Rosewater's candi dacy. Among the delegates are offi cers and members of the executive committee of the Commercial club, prominent members of the Real Estate exchange, retailers and wholesalers, professional men and wage-workers, men who have been prominent In poll tics and men who have never figured in politics before. From the point of view of the party the delegation ia less factional than any ever before presented to repub lican voters of Douglas county. It In cludes a dozen or more who have trained with the Fontanelles. several of them now or heretofore members of the Fontanelle board of governors. It Includes a strong representation of the McKlrJey club, of tha Equal Rights club, of the new Douglas County Re publican club and of all the various ward clubs. The only element of the party thht are not represented Is those who are constitutionally and irrecon cilably opposed to Mr. Rosewater be cause of personal grievances. More than all this, the delegation is one which will when elected do the re publicans of Douglas county credit and wield an Influence individually and col lectively in the state convention. The republicans of this county ought to be, and surely will be, proud to have a chance to send such a representative delegation to speak for them at Lin coln. The unique but disastrous fire In the Hayden's department store serves to emphasize anew the risks to which members of the fire department are constantly exposed. Fifteen firemen were here overcome by deadly gas and mere fortunate Indeed to have all es caped without succumbing to it. The people whose lives and property are protected by the firs force should re alize the character of the service that is being rendered and which deserves every recognition that bravery and at tention to duty should have. The congress of prophets in' session in London Is said to be making terrible predictions of calamities In prospect for earthly Inhabitants, although a dif ference of opinion has arisen as to the probable time of the knock-out blow that is to put an end to all human ex istence. In the Interval poor mortals sentenced to pass a life term on this footstool have nothing left them but to wait and watch and take Fate as it comes. The World-Herald correspondent down at Lincoln, according to his dis patches to that paper, has discovered "the most disquieting rumor that Lan caster county will be for Edward Rose- water for senator." This must be par ticularly disquieting to father-in-law and son-in-law proprietors of the dem ocratic organ. Former President Castro of Venez uela is receiving delegations from the business Interests asking him to re assume power. Either the new presi dent must have developed a remark able hunger to make the administra tion of Castro popular by comparison, or the former president has been sadly maligned in America. , In refusing to restore Manchurian coal tnlnas to American owners, Japan may be actuated by recent reports from Pennsylvania and Japan has al ways protested that It stands for equal opportunities In trade. The new Brazilian ambassador ex presses surprise because he has found no "provincialism" In the United States which shows that the ambas sador has not become fully acquainted with New York City. Illasloa of Averasrea. Chicago Record-Herald. Th Income of the average American, ac cording to United Slates census reports. Is (n60 a year, but the meat. Ice, milk, gro cery and ether bills Indicate that hi out lay 1 much more. . Hot Weather Dlversloa. Cincinnati Enquirer. Some hard-hearted person, unmoved by the grandeur of royalty, has raised the Inquiry aa to what would become of King A! for so If he had to aupport himself and wlf on such wagea as he could command In private employment. Ttostla Vegetable Diet. Boaton Tt an script. , While th Investigation goes on It, will do us no harm to become vegetarians, tem porarily. On the contrary It may do ua muvb good. Some of ua are undoubtedly hysterical over the "revelations" and for gettliur tbe pronenepa o( exposures to lei their imaginations run. away with facta. Meanwhile, watch the list of fresh vegeta bles grow. Rvery day. almost, a new one cornea to town and In the enjoyment hf the novelty they Tntr1bu?e to the dally fare It will he easy to forget certain trouble the president, Bevertrige and the senate- are experiencing. ' "A lt I doodle Aaaex." St. IfHMs' Glnbe-Pemocrat. In the opening of the Shoshone reserva tion this summer one railroad In Wyom ing will organise a subsidiary automobile ervlce over a. gravel road lX miles long. A railroad caonot be built In a day, but little time Is needed to get up steam In a skldoodle annrx. : Amerlraas as Misers. New York Mall. "We In America are great mixers," said Andrew Carnegia In his speech at the cor nerstone laying of the United Engineering building. Qreat mixers we are, Indeed. That aeema to be the present mission of the American republic. . We are mixing philosophies, political systems, economics and religions as well as races. A social philosopher who knows us well, but Is able to look at us objectively, must wonder whether we are really combining things In a new and useful way or whether we axe merely taking the old world to phces, as a child or an Idiot might take to pieces the orderly mechanism of a watch and Jum bling the dissevered parts together In a useless mass. ' ' , Moral Revelatloa la Progress. Wall Street Journal. Many practices which ten year ago, five years ago, on year ago, and even six months ago were In favor, public opinion having no condemnation for them, are now held to be odious and even criminal. This Is, perhaps, the most notable development of the day, namely, the creation of a higher standard for the conduct of Ameri can business. . Tbe revelations of graft In the insurance and railroad companies are a shock to national pride, and yet there is hardly an American who doe not know that in one form or another graft haa en tered largely Into the corporative life as into the political life of the country. The saving clause of the situation I that It seems a passing phase In our national progress. The optimist has reason to re joice that the national conscience has been touched and that public opinion Is estab lishing higher Ideals. Haw to Learn m Forelejn I.aagaage. Carl Schurs In McClure's. One may begin the attempts of free ex pressions, and thus ah Independent use of the language, with a comparatively small vocabulary. Conscientious reading and well-conducted Conversations will then quickly enlarge the vocabulary and develop the facility of expression. But I cannot lay too much stress upon the fact that the free and exact rendering of one's own thoughts In writing Is the most efficient exercise In acquiring a language. In mere conversation we are apt to slip over diffi culties by permitting ourselves vagueness and Inaccuracies of expression, which would sternly demand cortectlon and cor rection, too, easily kept In mind when the written words look us In the face. To quicken the efficacy of 'this exercise re quires, of course, a teacher able not only to pound grammatical : rules Into the head of the pupils, but also' to stir up In the study of the language a mentally active Interest In the subjects spoken or written about. A PECIXIAR EXCEPTION. ... rnwq Sleeplagr Car Companies Leff Oat of the Rate Bill. s- Chicago Record-Herald. It la announced that tltel conferees On tha rate bill have dropped the-senate amend ment providing that sleeping car companies shall be regarded' as camffibn Carriers and within the Jurisdiction, of. the commerce commission. p ' The express companies' and the oil pipe lines stay In the bill." Only the sleeping car companies are- left out. Why this exception ha' been made, why these particular common carriers for of course every sensible person knows that practically they are common carriers are given by the conferees a comfortable, priv ileged position outside of the warm Juris diction of the commission Is not explained. Or, rsther. It is not explained In a way to satisfy average Intelligence and fairness, the hint that the Washington correspond ents offer being anything but compli mentary to the supposed authors of the ex ception. The commission Is absurd on Its face and absolutely lnconstsent with the whole spirit and purpose of the first paragraph of the first section of the bill. That paragraph has been highly commended on account of the broad, Intelligent, honest definition of transportation given In It. The term "transportation," It is provided, shall In clude cars and other vehicles and all Instru mentalities and facilities of shipment and carriage "Irrespective of ownership or. of any contract, express or Implied, for the use thereof." r - There are good lawyera who hold that this definition covers sleeping cara In any case, but the express -senate amendment waa Inserted to remove all doubt aa to the Companies owning and operating them com mon carriers. Under th circumstances th omission recommended by the conferees haa Indeed an ugly appearance. MEMORIAL DAY 1 NEBRASKA. Sport Obliged to Oo Away Bark aad Sit Dowa. Chicago Record-Herald. Thursday morning's newspapers con tained double their usual amount of sport ing news. That waa because Thursday waa - the day after Memorial pay. The tate of Nebraska, however, made no con tributions to the sporting pages. That was because Nebraska has turned over a new leaf. It has started out In a des perate endeavor to make Memorial Day a real day of services and public gath erings In honor of the soldier dead, In stead of a day for amusements and games. This change In popular habits is being effected, or rather the attempt to effect it Is being made, by way of legislation. A new. law with prohibitory clauses took effect this year, and, according to dis patches. It was generally obeyed through out the state, the only exception noted being that of a golf club at Lincoln, th state capital. Whether the dispatches were baaed on complete Information may, however, easily be doubted. Offhand one would say that the regula tion by law of popular amusements of an Innocent character wis about aa hopeless an undertaking aa could be conceived. If the people Insist on sports and game on a pleasant spring holiday it is hard to see how local official can be elected stem enough to enforce the laws against them. Even a general obedience to the law the first yeari gives no assurance for the fix ture. Nevertheless the Nebraska experiment la an Interesting one, and the spirit of It Is praiseworthy. If Memorial day la worth celebrating at all It Is worth celebrating boneatly and not with snickering pre tenses. If a spring sporting dsy Is wanted It can properly be created a holiday under that title. When amusement become so prominent lit tha day's program aa to make th legitimate celebrations of the day dif ficult to carry through a reaction la aura to come. . The "sports" will certainly further their fcwa permanent enda most successfully - by taking paina not to let their entertainment conflict In any way with th Memorial day service proper.. - rnwiRDRotRwrnn fr smiton Rrowa or Rosewater. Chadron Journal (rep ). The' candidate for the office of United States senstor are becoming fewer. W know not whether there are any more to proclaim themselves, but of those who had aspiration G. W. Wattles hs an nounced that h is not a candidate. Charlos Oreene has done likewise. This leaves but Johrt L. Webster as an avowed candidate from Omaha besides Editor Roeewater. It looks to tis as though Rnsewster would have his home delegation In his vest pocket. That being the case It will be for the state convention to Indorse Brown or Rosewater. Norrls Brown will labor under the bad effect of the newspaper boosting, which was begun too early. Rosewater. on the other hand, will be opposed by many throughout the state who have been hurt by the Omaha editor In his unhesitating expressirn of opinion. It Is claimed for bulli men that they are Roosevelt republicans. So far a we have been able to get an ex pression of opinion from republicans of Dawe county, the sentiment Is very much divided between the two men. No man would be Justified In attempting to say which of the tm-o the majority of Dawes county republicans would choose. .Strike a Popalar Chord. Leigh World (rep . Edward Rosewater's senatorial boom ha evidently struck a popular chord among the newspaper ,of the state. Nearly every paper that has come to our notice has a favorable article concerning the veteran editor for United States aenator. Nor Is his popularity confined to the newspapers. Not a day passes that we do not hear favorable comment regarding hi candi dacy. He seems to be the most talked of candidate, and all his friends seem to think that he would do the state more good as senator than any other man. Quite an I m net as. PaDllllon Time (dem.). Edward ' Rosewater' senatorial boom 1 receiving many boosts from many of the stalwart papers of the state and by the time he arrives home h will have acquired quite an Impetus In the race for Millard' boot. A Tip oo the Kaocker. Western Laborer. The crystallising of public sentiment around the thought that Edward Rose water is the logical man for senator Is certainly a very fine piece of work, when one considers local conditions. It has be come quite the popular thing nowadays to say something good of "the old man," and some of the people who are on his staff are surprised at themselves. For a while, a few years ago, it waa almost a crime to say a kind word of Mr. Rose water. ' There never was any excuse for the bitterness worked up against him. and many an "antl" Is coming to the end of his game, rather feeling better for having reached that conclusion, for. when you get right down to hard tacks "the old man" Is a darn good fellow. He Is getting along In years and one term in the senate will be about his limit. The men In the Fontanelle club ought to cut out their Illy and childish get-even business and lend their help to giving Omaha a senator who is on speaking terms with a few of the men behind the wages in this city. The most bitter knocker Mr. Rosewater has In Omaha will, If you pin down, admit that he I closer to the people of Omaha and the state than any man who ever even hoped to be senator since Van Wyck' time. The reasonable and sensible mem bers of the Fontanelle club ought to shame the rabid members until they come out of their spasm. Sing the "Oet Sore'' song to them, until they let up on their fool ishness. Their constant, ceaseless, sense less knooklng on E. Rosewater I getting to be worse than a aore boll. It'a the aame old knock by the same old anvil chorus. What will they do when "the old man" is dead? We don't mind seeing a man like John L. Webster. Ourdon W. Wattlea or J. H. Millard get out and knock on Rnsar water, because they want to be senstor; that Is natural and all right, but the peo ple who are really knocking him are light weights, who are not candidate fTr the Job themselves and who think antl-Rose-waterlsm. Is popular In Omaha this sum mer. Olve "the old man" a chance for his white ally in Douglas county' this year. Let him have: the delegation, and then if he cannot make good In the legislature he will be out of the game for keeps and you won't hear htm holler about It, either. People Will Kay the Word. Tork Times (rep.). Is IS frequently and loudly asserted by the boomers of Norrls' Brown that every other candidate mentioned for the United State senate "Is named by the railroads." Even Rosewater has had th brand ap plied. To most people It would not be much more repugnant to have the rail roads name the senator from Nebraska than to have Frank Harrison name him. Still, we have faith that some way or an other the people will get a chance to say a word before the voting Is all don. . A Great Nebraska Editor. Walt Maaon'a Monthly (Beatrice). When the name of Edward Roeewater la mentioned In Nebraska. It Is the signal for a general howl from a lot of politicians and newspaper men who have thus bfen howling, at frequent Intervals, for many year. Recently the candidacy of Mr. Rosewater for the United States senate wss announced In hi own paper, The Omaha Bee. Mr. Rosewater has been abroad on a govern ment mission for some time, so th an nouncement wa made over the signature of his son, Victor Roeewater. Immediately there waa the usual shriek of denunciation and derision from the ed itors and statesmen who hold to the creed that no man haa the right to harbor an ambition without their consent and ap proval. Thla publication ta not In politics and has no ambition in that direction, but. In an effort to be fair, we aay a few word about the distinguished Omaha editor who appear to hve so many enemies ' We believe he would be a most valuable representative of Nebraska If sent to-the United Statea senate; he would carry u back to the days of Ingalla and other cele brated senators who could not be sup pressed when they had something worth saying. If there Is a man In the senate of keener or more vigorous intellect than Mr. Rosewater, hi nam haa been mislaid. His loyalty to Nebraska has been admitted even by his enemies, and his loyalty doe not exhaust Itself In words. He haa In vested all he owna In Nebraska, he has made large personal sacrifice for Nebraska, he has preached the beauties and resource of Nebraska for a lifetime. Whey, then, should not Nebrsska reward him? Becaus a string of chronic politicians and amall bore editors go Into convulsions at th men tion of his name? Mr. Hose water ia a man of dauntlea courage, of atern Integrity, of almost super human energy. He la a mln of political knowledge, tradition and wisdom; his sym pathies are with the people in every crisis involving thslr welfare, and that sympathy 1 not maudlin, but practical. He is a man uf clean life and habits; he is a large em ployer of labor; he spends his money In Nrbrarka like a gentleman. We fail to see any good reason why he should not aspire to any office he desire and we boneatly believe that he would b an ornament to any effic b obtained. ' ARMY fiOJF 1 WWHIIBTOI. .- Cwrreat Events nteaaed front the Army aad Xsry Register. Another question Involving1 the payment of expense Incurred on account of a de serter has been before the War depart ment by reference from the city mnrshnl of Perry. Ia. The soldier wss convicted of henre without leave, but not sentenced to a stoppage of pay. It arpesrs, there fore, there is no authority for stopping sgslnst the pay of the soldier the nmotint to paid to the marshal, for his keep while a prisoner In the Iowa town. No appropriation Is known out of which the quartermsste r genersl or the aommlsssry general could meet the bills presented, and It Is held that the'obltgatlnn should be met by drafts upon the Contingent fund of the army and not charged to the sol dier. The army stirnal corps will soon have Its own system of wireless telegraphy. Ex perts In Washington, connected with the office of the chief signal officer, are now at work on a method of communication by wireless, with the prospect that something of Importance will be developed. The least expensive of all the systems purchased by the signal corps Is the Clnrk system, used In the southern New York artillery dis tricts and In Ptiget sound, the reports of It operation being most gratifying. Numerous requests have come from the coast artillerists for the extension of the system to other districts, where that means of cummunlcation between the tar get boat and the shore are greatly needed. The signal corps does not have the funds sufficient to buy many more sets, even of the least expensive of the several systems offered to the government. It has been determined, therefore, to see what can be done toward the development of a system which shall be entirely governmental and not commercial. It Is said by the experts that the material which enters Into the composition of the various systems is ob tainable In the open market and that, after all, th difference between one system and e.nother Is In minor particulars. It Is be lieved that before long the electrician of the signal corps wlil be able to Install an efficient system of' wireless Invented and assembled by themselves. People who take a lively Interest In marksmanship In this country and who have supposed there vv something sin cere In the various expression from ex alted ource In favor of the promotion of target practice everywhere are beginning to feel that they are not to see their wishes gratified In the measure which they fondly hoped. In the first place, there Is destined to be not more than $100,000 appropriated this year by congress for what may be called the encouragement and development of national marksmanship, and this Is not more than one-tenth of the sum which might very profitably be expended for that purpose. In fact, it I Intended, If all goes well, to allot 125,000, or one-quarter of this year' appropriation, for Improving the target .range facilities at Fort Riley, and there are numerous other place in need of development of the same sort, among them the range at Fort Sill, Cheyenne and Fort Sheridan. Of course, the distri bution of the remaining $75,000 will depend upon the departmental disposition of the estimates submitted by the military di vision commanders; but. In any event, there will have to be much pruning of the fund and the greatest economy In Its dis bursement. Jt was expected at one time that the national marksmanship would go serenely on to Its proper development within a reasonable period, but whatever has been said on the' subject appears to have been merely said, while the tangible result dependent upon action Is evidently Indefinitely postponed. TW quartermaster general Of "the" farmji ha arranged for the production of a new series of service medals, which will be made at the United 'States mint In Phila delphia. The medals were designed by F. D. Millet of New Ybrk City, In-collaboration with others, and are very' artistic In appearance. The name of the recipient of a medal will not be Inscribed on either face, but will be stamped on the edge, the milling being cut away for a portion of the periphery for this purpose. Tills de parture from previous custom of placing the name of the recipient on the fare of a medal Is made because the artist holds that such Inscription mars the artistic -appearance of the article. Distinct medals .ire provided for the Spanish war, the Philip pine Insurrection, the China relief expedi tion and th Indian war, and ar for meritorious service at other times. The Philippine medal on the obverse fac shows a palm tree, balance scale and an an cient lamp, surrounded by the words, "Philippine Insurrection. 1899-1904." The Spanish war medal show on It face a Bpanlsh castle, surrounded by leaf scroll and the worda, "Spanish War. IMS." The China relief medal on Its fac shows a Chinese dragon, surrounded by the words, "China Relief Expedition. loo-lS01." The Indian wars medal shows on Its face an Indian on horesback and carrying a spear, and arranged above which are the word, "Indian Wars." Below the Indian is a buffalo head, from each side of which ex tend leaf scrolls. The reverse lde of these four war medal will be the same, show ing the conventional United State eagle with the words, "United States Army," and stars arranged near the edge and hav ing for each campaign a word indicative thereof, a the word "Philippines" on the Philippine medal. On the obverse side of the civil war medal appears a hitherto unpublished portrait of Abraham Lincoln, around which appear the words, "United States Array,'' and stars disposed near the edge, within which I a laurel wreath sur rounding the words, "For Merit." Aok Aronad Home. 6t. Lotil Olobe-Democrat. Before the Briton get too critical about American meat It would be well to look Into all the use made of Australian rab bits and kangaroo. (CTaVl'rVY m w f The 20th Century Sanitary Carpet CKEX is far superior to all other floor coverings for bedrooms, sitting rooms, halls or porches, and Cunts much less. CKEX is the up-to-date sanitary floor covering. The twist in the grass twine gives CREX a greater resiliency than if laid straight and parallel, snd therefore makes it stronger and more durable. , ., The best friends oi CREX are the thousands, who ; are using It to-dsy. The salesmsn In the store wlll.Uli you the truth about CKEX ask him. Caattoni Avoid Imitations be sore yon get CREX there Is only on grnuln. eabattimea which sasy be represented to be just tbe same a UHtX areof Inferior quality aad lighter grade. UsUtoa baring "CaKX." Crtx f arpeU. Rugt and Art Square ar made from the tough, wiry prslrl ' ' graaa, grown ia the Northwest and woven with tbe best and troitceel out lor tain. Oo acoouat ol tia heavy tody Crax lie Sat without ourUng. Sold mhrtvr Carfetmre foid ' AMEIUCAN GKASS TWINE JOBBKK8 OitCHAHD WILIJKLM CAKI'KT CO. 1 ,; I - ' . ' . ' rKR0"tl. VOTE.' Of course, the rise In oil Just as Roche feller hsd paid $?.rnn for p'""- tft Europe wss another of Ibe- trifling coincidences not worth mentioning..' - . The German emperor, who recently hs added a Ppanlsh uniform to his stock of clothes, hn the biggest -wardrobe of any sovereign In the world. A Dekhige. who has been chosen chief of the Apache Jndians to succeed Oeroqlmo, Is a graduate of the Indian school at Car lisle and has great Influence with hi tribe. In the neighborhood of his Mississippi home John Sharp Williams Is always called "John Sharp." This Is because the family of the congressman's mother wer the Sharps the great people of that section. The bride of the king of Spain Is to re reive more money than, the manager of sa Insurance company,- and there 1 no danger that any Investigating committee will ever ask her to prove that she Is worth .It. Theodore Kearney, the Fresno Cal.) raisin grower, who died several-days ag-j at sea, willed his entire estate, valued st 1760,000, to the University of California for the establishment Of a vltlcultural station at Fresno. " -- Claude Kemper, whose father Is a vice admiral of the British navy,' has enllated In the United State marine corps and Is now stationed at the Norfolk navy yard. He Is 2K years old and saw hard service in the Boer war. Chicago students of oookery are grad uated now with certificate that they ar competent to cook for a man whose Income Is 10 a week and keep nlm well 'nourished and happy. Tbe school will haV to run overtime to keep up with the demand. Physicians In New York are endeavoring to Inaugurate a cash fee system and quit a few have done so. The Idea waa orig inated In London by a specialist, who used to place a pile of gold on his desk In order to show patient what was expected of them. Edward M. Grout, who declined te longer serve as comptroller of th elty -of New York, since his return to hi law business ha become Interested In a number of suits of large Importance, each on of which will pay him more In a year than did his office during his entire term. Senator Bnooner ha stopped smoking. He was mourning hi sad fat In th re publican cloak room when Senator Dol llver. thinking to be sympathetic, said: "Well, I guess It 1 pretty well admitted that the use of tobacco tends to shorten a man' days." "That's right,'.' Senator Spooner replied. "I find that my days without It ar about alxty hours, long." Two men were undergoing civil service examlnatlona In New Tork City for Job on the fir department. Among th question to be answered was one of a rather compli cated Character regarding' municipal gov ernment. The candidate anwered: "Wht' that to do with aqulrtlng a boT" Th other man wrote In answer to the am question: "I don't know, but I want the Job." Both men passed. MIRTHFIL REMARK. Borrmigh Bay old man, lend me. . ten- pot, win youT Lender No, thank you, I'm not making any permanent Investment JUst now, Philadelphia Press. .. . Markley When I got home from the ban quet last night my wife wanted full par ticulars. - - 1 Imniley -About the banquet? Markley No, particulars about how I g t full. Philadelphia Ledger. "Tesslr, I come from North CarMlny." "Ah, the sapphire country?" "Well. I dunno. It's more of a rhlne stone neighborhood where I hang out.". Louisville Courier-Journal. "You ought to think of helping me save something for a rainy day." "I thought of it today and I have or dered you a nice umbrella snd me a dosen'' pairs of the swellest stocking' ydu' ever saw." Houston Post. ,- . "Do you regard base ball a a healthful ' game?" "Well." answered the physician. "I should sny It ought to do a great deal toward strengthening people's lungs." Washington Star. The Cheerful Ixiser (coming from th races! By George! The racing game Is the greatest ever! The Near-Winner Humph! HoW do you make thnt out? The cheerful Ixsor Why, you can't beat It! Puck. "I notice you've got new paper In your hall.'' said Mrs. Nexdore. "Yes," replied Mrs. Peppery, "how do you like the style of It?" "It seems to. nie it's rather loud." "Yes. thstli why we selected it. W thought it might drown the sound of your daughter' pluno playing." Philadelphia PreBs. Bacon They say the new congressman attracted a good deal of attention when he entered the house of representatives. " Egbert Why, he never opened hla mouth! "No, hut his shoes squeaked." Yonker Statesman. The Young Man (at the other end of the sofa) Er It Isn't true, I hope. Miss Plrtle, thst you told Miss Oawslp 1 was a a sar dine. The Young Woman If I did, Mr. Falntart, I take It back. You're not the least bit In the world like a aardine. You eem to b terribly afraid you are crowding somebody. Chicago Tribune. STANDING PAT. Washington Star. His mien was one Of cairn content; He cared not how The fashions went; He simply smiled And said, "Home day The style are bound To com my way. "The collar and The gay cravat. Likewise th vest And shoes and hat a. Are all revive By fashion's show On every twent- Y years or so. "And so my heart Is light and gay, I do not heed The thing they say. I need not go To them; you a. I'll wait and let Them come to m!"4 f i j t .' . . i ana ij$T$g r. 177 Broad wag, New. Yerfc. VU ... St- rau, attaur IN OMAHA steal!