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4 TIIE-0MA1JA DAILY BEEs FRIDAY, JUNE 15. . 1906. The Omaha Daily Bee. K. HOSE WATER. EDITOR. Knteted at Otraha Foetofflce as aeooad class mall matter. TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION. Dally Bee (wltvent Sunday), ene Tr- i Dsllv bee ana Sunday, on year Sunday Be, one year J-JJ! Saturday Bee. ena year 1 DELIVERED BY CARRIER. Dally Be (Including Sunday), per W'4, J; Dully Bee (without Sunday), par week...l Evening Ba (wlthont Sunday), f Kvenlng Bee (with Sunday), par week...ij .Sunday Baa, par copy 'aV. Addreaa complaints of Irregularities In de Ilvary to City Circulation Department. OFFICES. Omaha The Baa Building. Sooth Omaha-Otr HaJl Building. Council HI u II a 10 Pearl Street. Chicago 1M0 Unity Building. ,,a. New Tork-lkn Horn Ufa Ins- BulldMi. Washington Ml Fourtaanth Btreet. CORRESPONDENCE. Communications rata ting to news torlaj matter ahould b addressed; Oman baa, Editorial Department. REMITTANCES. Remit by draft, express or 90w on payable to Tha Ba Publlshlns Company Only a-eant stamps received as P'rm"t "J mail aocmiau Personal checks, axc-pi on (loiiki or eastern exchangee, not ecceptea. THB BEE PUBL1SHINO COMPANY. STATEMENT Or PUBLICATION. State of Nebraska, Doulae County, as: C. C Roseweter, S-narl wanager of Tnti Baa Publishing Company, being duly wTnt aaya that tha actual .number of complete oopl.a of Tha DaUy. Moaning. Evening and Sunday Bee Pentad urjng tha month of May, l. 1,B40 SI. BOO I... ... I... ... sevaro ., snao .. si,sto n it IB x n B 14 n 2T II 0 & 81.MOO S3.9T0 50, BO siao Sl.SWO 1,30 51. MOO 80,400 Sl.HJW) 81.ST0 81,70 S1,SIM S1,0 t. t- saao , aomo 1 .. .. .. 11. . II.. IS.. 14.. tt.. S1.6PO rutoo S1.AOO 81,000 81,000 soxaso 50. MO 51, TOO Total Uh unaold ooplee.. .HSV.STO . lO.tMM Nat total sale TS,a4 si,bto Dally average C C. ROSEWATER, General Manager. Subacrlbed In my presence and worn to before me thla 4tb day of June, HOC (Seal) M. B. HUNOATE. 1 ' . Notary Publlo. WHEN OCT OF TOW. S a beer I hers Infill tha iy teas orarlly shawl kara The Baa aaalled a tbeas. Aderesa will he haagrd aa a Men aa rejaeate4. The ategomyla will now demon strate Its ability as a blockade runner at New Orleana. Lawyer! may ultimately curb the 'corporation!, but at present they seem more anxious to divide their spoils. When that Honolulu yacht race has been made a nermanent .. affair Sir Thomas Lipton will dtscoVer a new ad vertising medium. Accidents like that on the Haver ford . will compel the nations' to re quire steamships carrying explosives to drop passenger traffic. . Senator Smoot has the satisfaction of knowing that he will be in good atandlng with the man who signs the pay checks over another vacation. American devotion to free achool education can be shown by its re sponse to the appeal of San Franctaco for money to build new school houses. A Topeka paper says Senator U;n aon of Kansas does not look like a United States senator. It la to be hoped he will not act like some them. . of General Miles may rest secure Is the knowledge that the present gener ation will pass from activity before the race problem revolutionises the United States. New that a Nebraaka educator haa been granted s degree by Syracuse university, over which Chancellor Day presides, the anvil chorus may be ex pected. With stringent quarantine between the canal cone and Ecuador yellow fever may become a memory at Colon; and this condition would be' cheap at any price. The advance In the price of gasoline hows that producers are anxious to harvest and market their crop before it is destroyed by a deluge of dena tured alcohol. Colonel Bryan's approval of Gov ernor Cummins' program may be con sidered either s "knock" or a "boost." depending upon the mental bias of the person heating of It. This long distance piano pounding may be all rUht In ita way. bat the piano pounders ahould be compelled to rent the Auditorium and stop Work lag the principal business street in ttie city. The Intimation that a revival of panlglamlsm Is responsible for the death of British soldiers in Egypt can hardly be true, as the sultan of Turkey la not ready to lose his possessions In Europe and assertive Mobammedlsra cannot be to his liking. And to think that only a Utile while ago ' the railroad spokesmen were strenuously asserting thai rebates had '( completely abolished and that were strictly observing to the let 'J the Rlklna law and at the same i denying that there was no real IVj demand for rate regulation leg-"- ulon. I.lut-oln is again knocking on Omaha, charging favoritism of the railroads to Omaha jobbers. What Jobbing business Lincoln has waa built up exclusively on railroad discrimina tion, giving Lincoln Missouri t river rates, although the Llncolnlta must travel several hours to get a glimpse of the river. PERFECTED HftPFXTHW ,MKAXURK. The mat Inspection measure which Ibe majority of the house committee' on agriculture has . perfected ' and agreed to report seems to avoid some of the objectionable features of the Beverldge Mil and yet to secure the essential purpose recommended by the president. i The provisions for Inspection of live and dead meat are even stricter than those of the bill which paused the senate, while a new avMem has been evofved for sanitation in the processes of slaughter and preparation of meat products under national authority. This is accomplished by Indirection, according to the suggestion of one of the legal representatives of the pack era and cattle men, by requiring offi cial certification that the mode of preparation has bee m sanitary through out before meat can be legally re ceived by common carriers for Inter state or foreign shipment. One Important change, namely. charging Inspection cost to the public treasury Instead of the packers, to be charged back by them either to cattle raiser or consumer, or both, will be gen erally approved. It Is not unreasona ble that protection of public health ahould be done at public expense. President Roosevelt In his special mes sage aald that he would favor this it a way Could be found assuring ef fective inspection on permanent basis, which the committee's bill does as far as possihlu by an annual automatic appropriation. Practical conditions have now ma terially changed since this subject was suddenly brought to a climax, and a point haa baen reached at which all Interests, including even those packers who were found In default, are mainly anxious to have a comprehensive law passed at the earliest possible moment, so that damaging agitation may cease and livestock and meat Industries may be re-established on a solid basis of public confidence. MINNESOTA BEPVBL1CAS COyVtHTlOF. The action of the Minnesota republi can convention with reference to the president's policy is In line with re publican expression In states which have already spoken this year and is an admonition for those which are yet to speak. Two states, Pennsylvania In the extreme east and Oregon In the extreme west, through their plat forms and tickets have thus taken ad vanced ground In harmony with the Roosevelt program. And it is signifi cant that In the latter state the demo cratic candidate for governor, a man of extraordinary personal popularity and strength, who alone 'among his party candidates waa elected, . pro claimed himself "a Roosevelt demo crat" and made his campaign on that declaration as a platform. The platform of the Minnesota re publicans Is a straight out indorsement of the national administration, not merely In. general terms., .but also in specific commendation of the messages and acts of President Roosevelt, and especially of his attitude in favor of better laws and their- enforcement against trusts and combinations In re straint of trade. Nor do they content themselves with resounding praises, but they "make good" by the selection of candidates who are men of demon strated fidelity and reliability to rep resent those policies and support the president. The Minnesota republicans are mak ing no new departure, for they have heretofore abown that their seal for reform Is genuine by taking a firm and resolute stand for public control of great corporations. It therefore means much when the republicans of so progressive and representative a western state run the flag to the head of the mast as the symbol of their ag gresslveness In this, year's contest. ' TA TEUOOD PBACTICA LLTSKTTL ED- The admission of Oklahoma and Indian Territory consolidated in one state is now practically assured at an early date, alnce the conference report on the statehood bill, already adopted by the senate, has also been passed by the house and now goes to the presi dent for his approving signature. The people of the merged territories are unanimous In their desire for statehood under the terms of the enabling act and have, in fact, for years been knocking at the door of congress for admission. That they will In due time present themselves with a normal and satisfactory atate constitution goea without saying. The whole statehood controversy, running through several congresses, has turned virtually on the question of the separate admission of Okla homa. There tan be no doubt that public opinion now recognizes the rlf.ht of that young and thriving com monwealth to a place among the states, to which, Indeed, hardly any other territory haa ever come better qualified by population, character, in dustries and wealth. In all of which points it far surpasses many of the older .states. Oklahoma, top, Is typically western In origin and Interest. Its Influence through two United States senators and. at least six members of the house must Inevitably be an Important re inforcement to the west, where it comes in conflict with the east la ques tions of national legislation and policy. This much assured, less attention is likely to be given by the general pub lic for the present to Arizona and New Mexico, whether they ahall decide to fuae aa one atate or retain Indefinitely the status of separate territories. Nebraska Naabys attending their atate convention will linten politely to advice that they become active bel ligerents In political campaigns, but when they get bo me they will read over again the rules of the department admonishing them that their political activity should be confined to the full performance of their, duties as cttlr.ens without Interference with their official service. OMAHA S HIGH SCHOOL. The Omaha High school is about to Issue diplomas to the largest gradua ting clans that has ever gone forth from its doors. The number of graduates this year aggregates 192, of which 87 are young men and 105 are young women. The mere fact that all these sons and daughters of Omaha represent the output for one year of finished product that has been taken through the whole run of our public free school system from kindergarten and primary grades to the last term of the high school course must Impress everyone with the steadily growing Importance of the work of the high school as a factor in the upbuilding of the community. Omaha has always taken pride In the rank occupied by Its high school far to the front of other high schools In this section of the country. This superiority has been due not only to the efficiency of the teachers and in structional force, but also to the high character of the pupils and the gener ous liberality of the taxpayers in pro viding high school facilities. The returns to the taxpayers must come in the contributions made later by the graduates, and by the pupils who may not go through to graduation, to the Intelligence, good order and ma terial prosperity of the city, state and nation. They must, as they doubtless do, appreciate the extraordinary ad vantages treely given them for an edu cation, which in point of varied sub jects, thorough tralalng and mental and moral discipline excels what twenty-five years ago constituted the best education attainable in the most ex pensive colleges and universities. County Treasurer Fink in his dual capacity as administrator of both city and county funds has taken the bit in his teeth and consolidated his office force on his own account by moving the records and business of the city treasury into the rooms of the county tieaaurer In the court house. He justifies this step by the failure of the city council to provide for the installa tion of the county records in the treas urer's rooms in the city hall. One of the main benefits promised by the con solidation of these two offices was. the convenience to the taxpayers having business with them and for this the Junction of the actual work of the two offices is a pre-requlsite. There are serious objections, however, to making people climb the court house etafts to pay their taxes or cash their warrants. It is to be hoped arrangements will be speedily made that will take the con solidated office from the court house into the city hall. The School board haa gone through the annual election and-assignment of teachers and. principals with prac tically no contention or friction. This Is undoubtedly brought about in large part, If not wholly, by the rules adopted at the earnest solicitation of The Bee for permanent tenure for pub lic school teachers and promotion on merit. What 'a vast improvement this Is over the old system once In vogue by which every teacher on the payroll bad to secure re-election and salary grading each year by" Individual solici tation and wire-pulling among school board members cannot be realized ex cept by those who were in the thick of it. That the change in the method of electing and promoting teachers has been equally productive of Improve ment in the character and ability of the teaching force and the standard of instruction and efficiency in the schools goes without saying.. , . The Bee heartily seconds the motion for a home-coming reception to Mr. Bryan on his re-entrance of the state at Omaha, returning from his around the-world-trlp. Colonel Bryan is a distinguished Nebraakan whose posi tion aa a public man transcends mere party lines. Those who differ with him in politics respect the man and would be glad to show their apprecla tlon of the honors that have been showered upon him as a fellow citizen during his travels in foreign countries: Such a reception would testify to the pride which Omaha and Nebraska take in an eminent Nebraskan who com mands national and .international at tention and would in no way commit the participants to Colonel Bryan's po litical doctrines. The World-Herald Is .still advo-j eating son-in-law's plan for the demo cratic atate convention to Invite all democratic senatorial asplranta to run at the fall election by petition. Does it advocate this plan also for the re publican convention In behalf of father-in-law in his quest as a repub lican senatorial aspirant? What about dangerous explosives for the Fourth of July celebration? The city authorities should make their Intentions to suppress their sale plain right now so that no one can later plead ignorance in Justification Congressmen who are torn between s desire to pass a lew laws sad a i earning to return to tbelr conatttu-' ents should remember that most peo- pla prefer the right kind of legislation 1 v . . . . rather than tbe glad hand. l.lka the Jaa brldearaaaa. ' Chicago Record-Herald. Congressman Longworth very sensibly de- clinea to become puffed up with the Idea that anjf of the applause la for him. j r'lllpinae (alrklag Oa. Baltimore American. Discovery of bribery at the FUipino elec tkns furnishes new evidence that tha In habitants of our far eastern possessions are rapidly becoming Americanised. r.RRAK. SENATORIAL CAPAtfi The Maa for tka Seaate. Center Register (rep.). To thoee Nebraaka newspaper man who have expreveed thetnsetvee aa being op posed to Edward Roaewater for Vnlted States aenator; why ahould anyone aaaert an opinion .one way or another on auch a matter without first studying the situation over and coming to some good and sub stantial conclusion as to the attitude to be taken on the question? Tour finding In thla case should be o good that throughout the whole campaign you can atand back of it with the honest conviction that you are right. When Mr. Roaewater's candidacy waa first announced, there were some news papers out with articles In opposition be fore a great majority had received the announcement. This shows that the opinions were has tily formed and leads to the belief that they are tho result of long standing pre judice, and we notice that a majority of these newspaper men who always have their minds made up In advance on all important questions are the same men who are always bobbing around from one side to another In the hope that when the question Is decided they may have, lit on the right side at some point In their gyra tions. There have been times when we were very bitter against Mr. Rosewater, and we do not mind saying that It grew out of his opposition to Tom Majors for gov ernor. Since that time we have received erne light on the subject and have also been enabled to learn a great deal more of the great editor, all of which shows him up to b a man wholly deserving of the office lie now asks for. As to the Tom Majors affair, we are convinced that Mr. Ronewater hart a mighty good reason for his opposition st that time. It waa such a reaaon that there is not another newspaper man In the land who would not have done like wise. Then what are you going to do with the scriptural admonition, "If there be one among ye then let him caat the flrat atoneT" If a man smite ve on the right cheek, etc., is all right In theory, but we've to see the first practical demon stration. Mr. Rosewater s well known attitude on all the questions agitating the American people today, stamps him as the man for United States senator. His standing with the administration and his close personal friendship with the pres ident, marks him aa the man. If the people of Nebraaka are lookina- out for their own welfare they will ace to u mat ne la the man. Ko NeeS ta Fear. Plattsmouth Journal (dem.). If the republicans of Nebraska fall to nominate Edward Rosewater for United States senator, the next representative of the national congress will be a democrat. And don't you forget It. The Anoaymoaa Mackraker. Lincoln Star (rep.). 8weet politics is not often practiced in the town where "sweet" packing houses are the rule. Somebody In Omaha, with a knife out for Rosewater, Is mailing a lot of unsigned cards with an Intmrfuctinn which reads: ''Read the damning proof. Preserve this card, at may be. useful. A record of political perfidy begun in 1876 and not yet ended." Then follows a list of re publican candidates . who, it Is alleged, Mr. Rosewater haa tried to defeat. "He has' fought every local ticket ever nom inated by the republicana of Omaha and Douglas county except when the nomin ations were dictated by him." It would make little difference what such a card said. True or untrae, the public likes an open fight and this attack bears no sig nature, j .-.u. Bad Taafc left Over. Norfolk Preea (rep.). Lorenso Crounae might make a little more headway as S candidate for United States senator If he could give a positive assurance that he would not dig up a Frank Hilton for a government Job about the flrat shot out of the box. A good many people have not got rid of the bad taste Hilton's appointment as oil Inspector left In tbelr mouths at the time Crounae was governor. Faraalagf aa the Eaeaay. Fremont Tribune (rep.). Governor Crounae Is foraging on the enemy. His press bureau consists of the democratic papers at Omaha and Fre mont. Several Goae A'sllmaaerlag. Pawnee Press (dem.). Norrls Brown's . candidacy for United States senator appears to have gone glim mering since Mr. Rosewater appeared on the field. Beat Maa Noaa Tec Gee. Blair Pilot (rep.). With the preaent conditions existing, it Isn't so much a United States senator whose age will permit Ms holding the of fice several terms as It la a man ripe In experience and Judgment who will be able to Intelligently help settle the present grave problems before ' the country. Grand stand playing and boys'-play will be en tirely out nt place for the next six years and the good of the party and the country depends on the good Judgment of the sen ators and representatives' who will repre sent the country In, congress for the next four or six years. The beat man for the place under existing conditions Is the man to send to congress. Sitaatlaa la ta Date. Weatliche Press (translated). With the candidacy of Lerenso Crounae the Fontanelle club caunot make much headway. He will give Edward Roaewater aa little trouble as any other man whom Mr. Roaewater's enemies might have been able to put Into the field. Mr. Webster haa withdrawn his candidacy because he will not waste good time and money In a loat cause.' Judge Crounae' haa accepted the endorsement offered to him by the Fonta nelle club, but In the same breath declared that ha. personally, would not bestir hlm aeir much In the campaign. Judge Crounae la. tha father-in-law of Gilbert M. Hitchcock, editor of the World Herald., and It Is easily seen why the Fon tanelle Indians have raised him upon their shield. Hitchcock wants the democrats to support Mm for United States aenator, while at the same time he Is Backing the nomination for member of congreea. It la In the nature of things that the World Herald ahould support the Crounae candi dacy moat energetically, for ahould both Crounae and Hitnhcock receive the nomi nations, then one of the two would be sure of election and the United Statea sen atorship would remain In the family, whether the legislative majority waa repub- lican or democratic. Indeed, It eeeme very I ,f h r0"!"""!!! hd m.'?e ioffenalve and defenalve alliance with the worid-H-raid. And how that paper did I expose the Fontanellea In the recent cam- jpalgn! Such treatment would have niada a dog weep. But polltlra makes strange bed- j fellows Prosperity rrSTskri Eavy. Baltimore American. Bishop Potter aaya that the British love for us Is not all that It uaed to be. But, then, by the rulea of human nature, we cannot expect anv nation to ba Infatuated j with hi. We are too prosperous not to I rouse envy. ROIn ABOtT NEW ISRk. RlaaJes aa the f'arreat af l ife In the Metropolis. A tear-drawing sight In a city where eights are common drew a bunch of re porters, city officials and corporation man agers together s few days ago. The sight was not photographed, as It deserved to be, but the descriptions convey a per spective of the pathetic spectacle. The group surrounded a hole In the ground. In the hole were water pipes a large one owned by the city, a smaller one belong ing to a private water company. Both were artistically Joined together, the little drawing sustenance from the larger pipe, carrying the fluid a few blocks, where again It connected with the city main through a meter which registered the flow for which the city paid good old money. The president of the private water company viewed the connected pipes and sobbed as tonishment. Between sobs he declared his company never did It. It waa unthinkable. "There must be some mistake," he said. Then he sobbed again and turned from the melancholy scene to hide his grief. A har dened looker-on murmured, " 'TIs hard to part with an iron pipe cinch." A muscular city employe, with sledge and chisel, soon severed the connection, plugged the hole and the scene dissolved. The total amount of real estat. land and buildings exempted from taxation In New Tork Is larger than the assessed valuation of twenty-five of the forty-flve atates of the country. New Tork haa ll.MO.OOO.OOO of real estate upon which no taxes are paid. It has $1 88,000,000 represented In churches and church buildings. It haa SlBO.rtO.ono In hospitals and charitable Institutions; It has 1100,000.000 In schools, exclusive of $rt0.00O.OO0 In colleges, universities and other buildings wholly devoted to the purposes of educa tion. The city of Sew York Includes, of course, by far the largest proportion of these holdings, though In the matter of church property tha land and buildings out side the city of New Tork represent a total value of $75,000,000. The federal government haa $SO,000,000 worth of land and buildings In the state of New York, of which Jfifl.OOO, 009 worth la In New York City. The United States has begun a sixty-day trial of the submarine bell as sn aid to nav igation. Theae warning bells were put In continuous operation on all the lightships from New York to Boston, and there was a heavy fog off New York to make the first day's test of value. At least one ocean liner, the Baltic, received Warning of Its whereabouts through the submarine bell at tached to the Sandy Hook lightship. It was then about two miles from the lightship, which was hidden from sight by the dense aolst. It Is said that the sound of bells ringing under water can be heard ten mites away, and a person below the water line, and with his ear to the hull of the boat, can hear the muffled tones of the bell distinctly. But It Is not necessary to station men In the hull to listen for these sounds, for ships can be equipped with telephone receivers fitted to the hull and with wires running to the bridge, so that the officer In charge can be placed In Immediate possession of the guid ing sounds. It Is by these sounds that the course of the ship can be directed. This has been demonstrated beyond question. Last March the North German Lloyd line steamship Kaiser Wlfhelm IT, feeling Its way toward port In a dense fog, caught the bell notes of the Sandy Hook lightahip through the hull forward. The sounds came through the port bow, twenty feet or so aft. The course of the vessel was al tered until the sounds came dead ahead, and then the liner went straight, and finally glided under the stern of the lightship, for which It had been searching. Other In stances of a like character have been re ported, so that there should not be much question as to the value of these warnings. An innovation in apartment house build ing la noted in the construction of the five six-story elevator apartment houses,, each 100 by 100, now nearlng completion on the north side of One Hundred and Thirty-seventh street, covering the entire block from Broadway to Riverside Drive. Chief among the new Ideas which will be applied will be the furnishing of light, heat and power to the entire group of structures from a central plant. The central power plant Idea is baaed primarily, of course, upon considerations of economy, but In the opinion of the owners It will Justify Itself also by affording more satisfactory service than could be provided by separate planta In each of the houses.. Present estimates of thla economy place It at about- $10,000 a year, a sum approaching 1 per cent on the total valuation of the property. The 'out come of the project will be a matter of wide Interest among builders and real estate Investors. The new Pennsylvanlan railroad station in New York will be unique among all the railroad stations In the world In the num ber and conveniences of Its entrances and exits. This condition Is due to the fact that each of the four sides of the structure is a front, opening 'respectively on two wide avenues and two Important streets, which latter have been widened by the company to eighty feet each. The station la bounded on the east by Seventh avenue and the west by Klghth avenue; on the aouth by Thirty-first and the north by Thirty-third atreets. Thirty-aecond atreet having been closed and included in the station site. The frontage on the avenues Is 430 feet and on the atreets 780 feet, the aldea of the atructure forming a perfect parallelogram. As the tracks are forty feet below the surface of the street, the station Is divided Into three levels. One of the Coney Island aenaatlona ar ranged for the near future is a head-on collision between two eighty-ton locomo tives traveling at a speed between seventy and eighty miles sn hour. Thla will be the first time an exhibition of thla kind has ever been consummated In the eaat, although It has been successfully done several times west of the Mississippi river, snd has drawn In each caae from 150.000 to 100.000 people. In' former exhibitions of this character old and .partially worn out locomotives have been used, but In this caae new engines, now being built by the Baldwin j Locomotive worka, will be uaed. Both will i be under high preeeure steam, with firc i men and engineers aboard. Just before the monster machines come together the men will make a flying leap alongside the train Into a soft roadbed. A Boaton man has already Inveated more than $60,000 In the enterprlae. The Brighton beach race track probably will be the scene of the spectacle. ' Refers, aspired hy a Claeh. Philadelphia Record. A good deal of credit haa been claimed for the Pennsylvania railroad because of the adoption by that corporation of an antt-rebatlng policy and for attcklng to the aame. It appcara that this cor poration, after all, la as soulless as the rest. Tbe antl-rebating policy waa not the result of an access of morals; It was strictly business. The policy wss not adopted until all lines competing with the "Pennsy" had come under Its control. Having a practical monopoly of Ihe field, and with Ita rivals bound to It In "a com munity of Interest." the "Pennsy" wss In a position to Insist upon the payment hy ill ahlppers. the large aa well as the small, of the puoitshed Interstate snd the highest local rates. niAHWATF.n HiKK H WOK. rer C apita t Irealatloa tverplaa Para with Prsareii, St. IOula Olobe-Dentocrat. On June 1 the per capita circulation of the United Statea waa $.ia.. Thla Is the highest mark ever touched. When William J. Bryan started his little reign of terror In IMS the per capita, then low, waa cut still lower and went down to $21 10. It was IZiM In IRtJ, but the democratic victory In that year and the panic which It caused sent It dow n to $23 M Just after Cleve land's Inauguration. Bryan reduced It still farther and put It down to fc'l 10. Aa Mr. Bryan la to be the candidate In 1M It may be well to mention this circumstance. Ever since Bryan's defeat In November, there has been ,an advance In the amount of the circulation. In general the advance lias been greater than the In creaso In population. Thus It happens that the circulation of $21.10 a little less than ten years ago. when Bryan, was making his eesa'llt on the Hnanctal stahllttv nf the ountry by his debased sllvsr crusade, has I gone up to x.tz.t.1 In these Roosevelt days. The country'a Inhabltanta are growing fast, but they cannot keep up with the expan sion In the country's cash. The Individual wageworker not only has more work than he had in 189C, but he gets more for It. He has more comfort and Independence. Not only Is the country's cash Increasing faster than Its people, but the chief In crease la In the gold element of the caeh. The gold stock constituted practically the entire I23.00n.ono circulation Increase which was made in May. Since Bryan's first canvass the gold In the country has more than doubled. Its growth continues at a rapid pace. Not only does It Increase to the extent of the home production, but we get many millions of It every year from the outside world. During the six or seven weeks of the gold Importation In April and May this year we got $R5,000.000 of gold from Burope and Asia. Nobody thinks of raiding the treasury now with greenbacks. The endless chain which bothered Cleve land haa no terrors for Roosevelt. It has been abolished. Tbe republicans have made every dollar In currency Just as valuable as a dollar In gold, and therefore the people are willing that gold shall remain In the treasury. In these days-of repub lican prosperity the vaults of the treasury and of the banks and the pockets of tbe people are bulging with money. PERSONAL XOTE8. - Richard Sears, president of the mall or der house of Sears. Roebuck Co.. Chi cago, which has a capital of many millions of dollars, began life as a telegraph op erator at $12 a week. The hanging gardens of Babylon were one of the sevtn wonders of the world. William K. Vanderbllt, Jr., Is having con structed a series of them at Deepdale, Just outside the modern Babylon. Thomas Garfield, only brother of the martyred president. Is a farmer living five miles from Hudsonvllle, Mich. He wns never In Washington, but spent a week with his brother before he was Inaugurated. He is S3 years old. Amzl Smith, superintendent of the docu ment room at the capltol. has a marvelous memory. He is familiar with all the count less bills and documents for many sessions back and can get the desired one nt any time without consulting Indexes or file lists. Former Judge Alton R. Parker and hts law partner. Former Judge Edward Hatch, have ben admitted to practice In the United States circuit court and In the United States circuit court of appeals. Another motion Is necessary before they can try cases before the United States supreme court. . Colonel B. O. OifTord of Jaaper county. Indiana. Is perhaps the only man In the country who owna a railroad, built chiefly tor . his own use, paid for with his own money and operated Independent of any other living man. The road Is called the Southern Wabash Valley. Is thirty-five miles long snd runs through half a dosen or more prosperous villages. J. R. Booth, the Canadian railway mag nate and lumber king, began life as a mill hand. Now he poasessea 6,000 square miles of timber land and Is the largest owner In his own right of railways In British North America. As he drives about Ottawa in an old-faahloned buggy and simply dressed he would be taken for a comfortable farmer rather than a prince of Industry. In order to test a Chinese witness' quali fication for taking the oath an English magistrate asked him the other day where he expected to go when he died. He re plied: "Peking." and waa disqualified. Once in another English court a little girl in answer to that question said: "I don't know." The horrified counsel called the Judge's attention to the answer. "Oh, I don't know, either,' said the Judge, "swear tha wltneaa." The people of Colorado are greatly pleased at having secured the promise of, President Roosevelt and Secretaries Taft, Shaw, -Bonaparte and Wilson to attend the centennial anniversary of the discovery of Plke'a Peak at Colorado Springs In September. The president and these mem bers of the cabinet are booked for speeches, as are Vice President Fairbanks and Speaker Cannon, who have alao agreed to come aa the guests of Thomas F. Walsh. Brotherly Eathaslasaa. Buffalo Express. A missionary In Japan haa done Mr. Bryan an enormoua " political aervlcs by writing home Mr. Bryan's alleged answer to an invitation to a banquet on Sunday from the governor of a Japanese province. "Mr. Bryan declined, saying: 'I always go to church on the Lord's day.' " When the pastor of a Denver Presbyterian church had read this last Sunday he paused and thereupon thrilled hts congregation by this utterance; "Nothing on earth can keep Mr. Bryan from being president of the United States." Mr. Bryan Is a Preeby terlun himself, by the way7. laajaarlae. Stale.aian.hlp. Baltimore American. If the rate bill la not talked to death In congress It is not because there la not an amount of volubility, not to say loquacious ness, in that august body that could Justly challenge the most experienced emlnlns experts in the talking line. BURT 809 South I aaBBBjassassaasSJI IB Is the party entitled to the flrat prize $300 Hospe Piano in the Piano Playing Contest which was played off at the Myers-Dillon Drug Store. All persons entitled to credit certificates will receive notice by mail as quickly as the let ters can be addressed. . ; ' . A. HOSPE CO., 1513 Douglas St. TIDR or rHOSpBTWITT. Preaeat taaSMIaaa aa Fata re Pras aeeta Alike Olewlaar. Kansas City Journal. In tha cloalng days of tha spring season the United States Is Still maintaining lit wonderful stride of prosperity with ne signs of a decrease In tha preeant activity. In fact, all the signs point to even a greetef degree of prosperity In the neat twelva months, than In the past. Desplta tha frantic efforts of the muck rakers to stir up the dregs of our nstlortal life, and to breed universal distrust and hopeless dis content, the people of the United States may thank their stara that they are living in the most prosperous country under the sun. and that this unexampled prosperity appears to rest upon a sound and perma nent basis. According to an Impartial and disinter ested foreigner. Commissioner Bell, of tha British Foreign office, the yaf i0 was the best In the history of this country. ' and the coming year will be more pros perous than any of Its predecessors. Com missioner Bell a report to his horn office shows that the United Statea treasury contained $7W,ooo,onn in gold on December 31, 1905, and that the amount of money In circulation per capita wsa $31. 7S. the high est on record. The balance of trade In favor of this country for the year was $420.2M.1, or. In other words, this country Is absorbing the wealth of other countries at the rate of nearly half a billion dollars a year. Our foreign commerce reached the highest mark In Its history, amounting to $2,77R.6M.8M. Our Importa were principally luxuries, such as wines. Jewelry snd silks, showing that the American people are on a higher economic basis than that of mere necessities snd comforts, and they have plenty of money to spend for luxur tea. Besides the vast sum of nearly half a billion dollars which was received from other nations last year, the United States absorbed over 1. 000.000 ablebodled Immi grants whose labor will go to swell the prosperity of the coming years. This army of workers was assimilated Into our Industrial system without disturbing local conditions or affecting the wages of the American laborer In the least. Wages are higher now than ever before. The credit for this great prosperity Is due primarily to the farmers, whose prod ucts last year reached the huge total of $S,4I,000.000. In other words, nearly six snd one-half billions of dollars cams out of the ground through the toll of the farm ers. No other couhtry In the world ever produced such primal wealth as this, and no other country ever had such "a solid snd enduring foundation for Ita Industrial and commercial superstructure. As to the future, the splendid crop pros pects give ample assurances of stability for at least snother year, and the Indus trial snd railway development Is proceed ing on a larger scale than last year. The factories and other Industrial plants are overcrowded with orders, and although they are turning out a larger product each year they are apparently unable to keep tip with the demand. Plenty of work at good wages Is assured to every man for a year to come, and there Is no reason why anyone who Is able to work should not get his share of the overflowing prosperity according to his ability. SMILJXQ I,IXE9. "Brother Pheer. how can you hope to be saved If you never contribute anything o the support of the church?" i "Is It your Idea, Brother Johnson, tt.at people have to go to heaven on tha European plan?" Chicago Tribune. "Father," said the small boy, "what is a pessimist?" "A pessimist, my son, la a man who when the home team wlna kicks because the score wasn't larger." Washington Star. "What's the difference between vision and sight?" .. ., .. "See those two girls across the street?" "Yes." "Well, the pretty one I would call a vision of loveliness, but the other one she's a sight." Cleveland Plain Dealer. "Did you collect Insurance?" "No." answered the San Franciscan. "I will be lucky If the company does not In dict me for earthquaking. New Tork Sun. "Well, Uncle Josh," asked the fair deb utante, aa she came down arrayed in all her finery, "what do you think of meT' "My land!" cried the old uncle from the country, "what'e this?" "Thla Is my coming-out gown." "By crackey: You do look 'a If you wus." Philadelphia Press. "I tell you," began the fellow who had been abroad, "the atay-at-home man thlnka he's pretty well posted, but traveling takes the conceit out of a man. Now "It might.'1 Interrupted the weary lis tener, "if he never got back to tell about It." Philadelphia Press. "Hear your old minister's gone in for ritualism.'" "Yea: he's gone wrong completely." "Why. how can you say that? He's all rite now." Philadelphia Press. - The House Cat You're getting fat and apoplectic. I can see your finish. The Pug Dog (making an effort to turn his head, but giving it up) That's more than I can do, anyhow. Chicago Tribune. "Do you regard that man'a arguments aa Bound?" t "Yea," answered Senator Sorghum. "That and nothing else." Washington Star. "The trouble la ahe's too fond of talk ing behind her back." "Behind whose back?" "Her own. Bhe'e a regular rubber neck." Philadelphia Preas. WISELEII TKLEGRAPH. Don Marqula In American Magaxlne. All battered and lamed and shattered and maimed the maJlehlp crawls Into port. And the belted tire and volted wire are the toya of the whlrlwlnd'a aport; And the gray sea's tetn In the depths be neath where the colled. gr.?n serpents AreP'crumbllng. crunching. mumbling. munching, at the cable lengths alaay Rut now tliVy may howl with the atorme and growl at the work of the lineman s Buthgone la their pride with the boaat pi the tide that bit at the deepse atrands. For a aentence thrllla through the baa. tloned hllle that ha. neither voice nor Vo'recka of the might of the chaoa-sptlte that flashes the earth with hla storm: Bitted and bridled and shackled and glr lillieu . -i,h a, llnklaaa chain. Th'e", the godllk. power mat .- ---v. Man has stolen the wings of deathless things tha. range where the spirit la He ""u1 leagued anew with the silence through the strands of a atrandless cord. DUKES 19th Street, S i4 ( I