T1IE OMAHA DAILY BEE: THURSDAY, JUNE 29, 1906.
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THE BEE
ORAM IxrtBTTOATtoy ORDERED. . j taMtsh otir meat trade on a firmer
Our western states will follow with basis and to promote Its permanent
special Interest tta Investigation wLlcta growth. With a systejn accomplishing
tha Interstate Com mere commission Is I the purposes wiilch Mr. Armour as-
ordered by senate resolution to make eerta the packers heartily favor, "thor-
Irto the elevator, grain buying and for- ough Inspection of all animals before
warding business for the purpose of slaughter, thorough Inspection of all
showing to what extent special favors animals after slaughter, thorough In
have been granted, the Influence which epectlon of the sanitary condition of the
the alleged monopollilng of this branch packing houses and thorough Inspec-
of business has had upon the market tlon of the products that go to the con-
and the extent to which the railroads, sumers otherwise than in bulk." our
their officers, stockholders and em- meata and meat products will be be-
1-loyes own or control the grain com- yond the power of malicious critics to
panles. While the public IS inter- injure, ana win command conuaence
ested as consumers of bread, as of and acceptance everywhere,
coal and oil and In the far-reaching In fact the essential Interests of the
abuse of rate discrimination. It Is In consumer, the live sto( producer and
the agricultural states of the west that the packer meet In securing lndublt-
the evils In the grain business have able proof of the excellence oi our
caused most complaint because they meats. We can profitably sell them In
are there most directly felt. They are. the markeu of the world at prices
too, In large part complicated with In- which no competitor can match. It is
terstate commerce, so that the powers an auspicious sign that those who con-
nta. iVrannai checks. ft 0f the national government must be trol the great packing Industry, hold
eb1pub"ismino company. invoked for effective remedy. o vital a relation between live
The results which Immediately fol- nock raisers and the meat consuming
lowed Inquiry by the Interstate Com- public at home and abroad, realize the
8TATEMENT OF CIRCULATION.
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C. C Roaewater, general manager oi n merce commission Into the relation! huuub auu are uiByuuea to uujuai
Mimnlrla r. ..I,, nt The Dailv. Momlng,
Evening and 8unday Bee printed duilng
the montn of Mav. 1HU9, waa aa iuhuw..
Wee Fubl Hhlng Company, Deing ouiy r" "A . . . .-J v- Ihemultei tn it
aya ti at the actual number of full and between the carrier companies and the tnemseives to it
coal and oil Industries were so import
ant n rl taetllnar ht much will nat-I nvvAter PDrrrvcffl .
at.rtso urally be expected from the turning jt j, gradually becoming plain even
ai.MOO of Its searchlight upon the buying, to the most deluded that the outrage-
.(nrun and ahlnment of grain. The I mm Miiilnn K.1i Attain a Am.
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8i,e9 ment are being directed for the en- pretenses.
w i.u forcement of laws long in aneyance ?n arguing that case to the court
2 siaSo wlth ""Pec to coaI ,nd n- The llke the Fontanelle lawyers laid all their
t 83.490 consequences may be expected in me gtress on one string, that the arrange
n grain business If similar abuses are ment of the pame8 on the omcial bal-
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C. C. ' ROSEWATER.
General Manager.
Subscribed In my presence and a worn to
ocinra me ttua 4tn aay or June, lytu.
(Seal) M. B. HUNQATK,
Notary Public.
WHB.f OCT OF TOWS.
Snbaerlbera learlnaT the eity teaa
orarlly aboald bava Tae Be
mallea ta them. Addreee wOl he
ekaagei aa oftea as reaneated.
FONTENELLE AMBITION
Tather in-Law's Paper Points Out the Danger of Republicans
Submitting to This "Despotic Dictatorship."
World-Herald. April 18. 1906.
The Twelfth cenaua thowed there were
almoat 33.000 men over 21 year of age In
Omaha In 110. That number has been
conalderably Increased aince that time.
Making all poaalble allowances for dis
qualifications of one kind and another,
there are In Omaha todny at the very
least 80.0u0 legally qualified voters.
The late primaries showed that only be
tween 2.WX) and 8,000 of theae 30,000 are
member, folluwera and retainers of the
Fontenelle machine.
Yet, If the Fontenelle candidates win, this
machine will be the governing machine of
all Omaha, building lteelf up stronger and
greater at the public expense, and, con
trolling despotically the city patronage.
reaching out for control of state and fed
eral patronage.
Already the Fontenelle machine Is plan
ning the capture of the governorship and
the United States senatorshlp. Already It
la plotting to obtain undisputed control of
the county as well aa the city government.
Will Omaha permit H? Will 25.000 or
more voters,, who neither affiliated nor
sympathise with this machine, rashly turn
over the city, for weal or woe, to Its
despotic dictatorship?
' Has Omaha had enough of boss rule and
corporation rule, or Is It anxious to submit
to three years more of the same under
the sponsorship of the Fontenelle machine.
debtednesa beyond the resources available.
A meeting has been called by the Ne
braska State League of Local Repub
lican clubs to be held at Lincoln on
the eve of the republican state conven
tion. An organization of the repub
lican clubs of the state could be made
a powerful political factor for repub
lican success, but It must be confessed
that of late years the activities of the
league have been confined to narrow
limits. The league should either do
something or go out of business.
bi,t f . Tn anr event the aublect Is I i i. .... t,.. ji .i -i.v. u
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so!"!!!!"!.'! aijvao one peculiarly sensitive to the power of great convenience to the voters and.
n i,4 of publicity, and the information gath- n facti nece88ary to prevent arbitrary
. Total 9e,5To ered by the Interstate Commerce com- disfranchisement of a large part of
Less unsold copies - lo.eiete mission will Ukely.be invaluable for the voters, should not be nermltted
Net total aaies..:.:;.:.'..'...'......T,ei4 the use of the states alao In dealing because it might live the "lnde-
I mi ITU I f . l i ..t.1.1. Ik.l. . n V. n .A a I .... - "
wim it. wiiiiui ur.i oi)""!". pendent ' candidate tor delecate ask
ing for votes on the strength of his
THE IMMIGRATION BILL. own personality on an unequal root-
Traditional American sentiment will Ing with those who had associated
be with the house in its refusal to go themselves together In a group. The
ith the senate In the extreme feat- rights of the free citizen who aspired
ures of the Lodge Immigration bill. t0 to the convention from abso-
The action of the house In rejecting an lutely disinterested motives to dis-
cducatlonal test for immigrants is charge the highest duty of citizenship
based upon a fundamental distinction must be protected even if the ballot
between admission to the country and be stretched to thirty-nine feet six
admission to its citizenship. inches, or anywhere within the forty-
It la Just possible for those million- The defects of our naturalization root limit, or force the ordinary voter
dollar rains to come a little too often. awg are universally recognized, and to take tw hours to mark his ballot.
the provisions of the bill requiring "unl- lnat this talk was subterfuge
Rock Island would not be true to its (0rmlty certainty of record and tests and Insincerity is disclosed by the re
name If It let the Milwaukee and Bur- 0f qualification for the duties of citl- eent action of the Fontanelle bosses
llngton railroads have Its streets with-1 lenguip have been generally com- la making up a slate of 83 out of the
out a contest mended nri have not been aeitouslv Independent candidates for del-
auestioned in the house. Even raoder- egates to the exclusion of the remaln-
Allentown may rest assured that the ate educational tests are approved by ln B,xtv "Independents." The pro-
best way to secure the removal of the influential foreign born citizens, for I tectlon of the rights of the candidate
Pennsylvania state constabulary Is by citizenship involves grave respoosibll-1 not attached to any group is no longer
maintaining peace and good order. mes as well as rights and nrivilegs. the,r crv- Having served his pur-
Bnt the feeling that this country P8e 10 befuddle the court, the "inde-
Since Pennsylvania democrats have should continue to be an asylum for Pendent" candidate can shift for him-
also declared for Bryan he will have a the oppressed In all lands, as It has "e'1- 11,8 rights were only Important
oympathetlc feeling for the man to be been from the beginning, 1s no Idle wblle the decision was pending. Ho
endorsed by Mississippi republicans. sentiment, but Is deep-rooted In Amer- muBt now stP as,de while the bosses
Ran experience and conviction. Every wno Prevailed upon him to file his
The senate committee on lntero- generous Imnuise agrees with broad name five Instructions that he Is not
ceanlc canals has decided not to visit humanitarian sympathy, that oo need- to De considered In the running.
the canal zone this summer. Panama jeM( vexatlou or burdensome Impedl- vvnal ao tne rank and Hie or Doug
Is more attractive as a 'winter resort. ment he. nut hv law in the wav of those las county republicans think of this
who come In irood faith to better their so" OI Jugg'ery ana trickery: K
Will the lawyers who have been the condition here Their very coming is I there was ever any intention to have
chief beneficiaries of the water works evidence of appreciation of our oppor- a free and fa,r contest, what waa to
' litigation appeal the'clty's case to the I tunltlesand Institutions. Religious have prevented the Fontanelles from
supreme court? will a duck swlmT &nd poiiticai persecution are "not al- making their selection of eighty-three
together thlnaa of the nast. but still ln avance ana naving meir names
Perhapav after all. Harry Thaw's bear grievously uron great populations alBO K"iped on the ballot and let the
early marital experiences will stand n Bom foreiga iands. The true Amer- PeP'e decide between the several
mm m gooa stead wnen ne undertakes ,can Bplrlt instinctively recoils from groups?
10 escape me penalty tor muraer ny educational tests and arbitrary head 1 nere wai no cal1 wnatever or im
pleading lnsanltyr ' . tB- desined to orient escane from Posing upon the voter the intricacies
such conditions - i of tne rotated ballot except for the
That people's party conference at pnreiirn and riativa horn citizens Purposes of .confusing him and dls-
8t. Louis may result Jn' the formation alIke agree t0 regU;atlons which will franchising him in order to prevent
or a new party, out it win never create enabie public authority to exclude DV "eaitn ana rraud the election of a
The Omaha Grain exchange has a
new chief grain inspector, who comes
from Chicago to take the position. The
work of the grain Inspector can make
or break the grain market. People
who send grain to this market must
have absolute confidence In the Impar
tiality of the Inspection. So long as
this Is guaranteed the prestige of
Omaha as a grain center 'is sure to
grow.
As the consumer will be compelled
to pay the cost of inspection of meat
under, any condition, the real question
is whether he shall pay It indirectly
through the government or directly to
the packers. Experience with coal op
erators would tend to prove that It is
cheaper for the government to foot the
bill since a 10 per cent advance In cost
may mean a 25 per cent advance ln
price.
the enthusiasm . produced
"Omaha platform."
by the
from our shores unfit and dangerous delegation for Edward Rosewater
immigrants. It Is Drooer to consider confession that his defeat could not
Questions of disease, naunerlsm and be thieved ln the open in the face of
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criminality, and that class who come. lne iaespreaa sentiment nere that
not ln good fafth. but to take advan- wr- "osewaier s canataacy alone offers
combine high and corporation strong Uge of re8)denee tor wrongful pur- reasonable assurance, of keeping the
wunoui neing so rigia as to Keep capi- pfmtMm But ,t a d,fferent thing to natorsnip in umana ana Douglas
turn back the honest and Industrious county. .
Oklahoma's problem Is to make a
constitution which will be trust tight.
tal out of the new state.
Speaker Cannon, says congress will
continue in session until its work Is
finished, but as there Is a difference of
opinion as to Us work the Information
is still somewhat Indefinite.
immigrant, though he may lack In
fcchool education. The bill as the house
wants It, gives him a fair chance.
while preserving the valuable feat-
pres of the senate measure, both aa to
Immigration and naturalization.
The decision of Attorney General
Moody, to Institute suits against rail
roads which have violated the safety
The county board has made a stroke
of business In collecting 123,500 of
back taxes from the Omaha Water
company, which had been held up by
appeal to the courts, the consideration
of the dismissal of the appeal being
the acceptance of the assessment re
turn of the water company for the
present year without Increase. Taken
Irrespective of who may build It or
where it may be located, Omaha is
sadly ln need of a new modern fire
proof hotel that would enable it to
entertain guests ln the same style as
do other cities of Omaha's size and
pretensions.
A Popular Diagnosis.
New York Tribune.
When a man begins to Jeer at reform
It is a pretty safe Indication that he has
pain In his Head ' Instead of la hts
stomach. w "
The Man and His Whittle.
Chicago Trlbune.
Steve Elklna note that poor men whistle
more than rich men do; hence they are
happier. But the poor man frequently
pays dearly for hie whistle.
Tfce Was- of the Kerstoaers.
Philadelphia Press.
Governor Cummins appears to be win
ning his flght for renomlnatlon In Iowa.
Governor Cummins la an old Pennsyl
vania and Pennsylvanlans are ln the
habit of winning their fights wherever
they go.
Down to Real Business.
Philadelphia Press.
It Is now up to Europe to sit up and
take notice that the United States is about
ROVKD ABOVT lfKW YORK.
Ripples on the Carrent of Life In the
Metropolis.
The activities and versatility of the press
agent Is a source of wonder and admira
tion for readers. Much of the inventive
skill credited to this genljs, however,
rightly belongs to others who care less for
the limelight. An Instance of the kind Is
related in Success by Pnmuel Mervln. It
has to do with Thompson ft Dundy's fa
mous Luna park aggregation of shows at
Coney Island. The press agents for Coney
Island had worked up an elephant "story"
which they found themselves unable to
carry through. The plan was to announce
that an elephant had wandered away and
lost himself. They started the thing ln
the papers, and then tangled up their
scheme ao badly that It was laid before
Frederic Thompson. He took hold of It.
hired a furniture van, carted an elephant,
by night, up through Brooklyn, across the
bridge, through downtown New York to
the Battery, and by ferry to Staten Islnnd.
In the early dawn the elephant was turned
loose, and being an elephant, he naturally
took to the water. A sleepy policeman found
him wading ashore, and with the help of
a tramp who said he had once worked with
a circus (It was the trainer In disguise),
kept him in custody until Thompson could
send around for him. The afternoon papers
announced that the elephant had swam the
lower bay from 'Coney Island to Staten
Island. A tug captain reported sighting the
beast ln mid-channel. The Staten Island
police captain wrote to Thompson A Dundy
to suggest that they "do something" for
the tramp who had so nobly helped them
out. The newspapers, though they smelled
a mouse, had to give It up, and from that
day to this certain shrewd reporters have
wondered how that elephant really got to
Staten Island. It will be readily seen that
to carry through so wild an exploit called
for nerve and skill. The tug captain was,
of course, subsidised. But the habits of
that 'longshore policeman had to be ob
served pretty carefully before the elephant
could be successfully - "planted" on the
beach. It was even necessary to Induce
the ferry Captain at the Battery to back
out and receive the van on the forward
deck, because It waa too high to paas
through the boat.
A man with new Ideas of the duty of a
mayor toward the people of the big town
took possession of city hall last Saturday.
He Is Patrick F. MeGowan, president of
the Board of Aldermen, Who la to occupy
Mayor MoClellan's chair for ten weeks,
while the latter Is In Europe. Mr. Me
Gowan, to use a popular expression, will
t'camp on the -Job" constantly seven days
a week. During the next thirty days Act
ing Mayor MeGowan will be unable, under
the new charter, to appoint or discharge
any city officials, but after that he will
bava full power to make any changes that
McClellan himself could make were he
here. Mr. MeGowan said he had no ap
pointments or dismissals In view. He will
go Into office with no outstanding quarrels
with anybody to Interfere with his official
relations. He will stick tight to the place
and will not Interfere with the adminis
tration of the departments unless some
special evil crops up.
It Is a queer tangle which prevails In the
New York City gas situation. A United
States court has enjoined the state arid
local authorities from enforcing the 80-cent
in the future as to the cleanliness and
wholesomeness of such products.
,o aaopt an aaequai. meat inspection o.o. r law of th ,Mt Ie,tatatu whloh ,0
which will prevent any misunderstanding far hKB Mt the ConsoIlda.ed (itl. comD.nv
free to collect the old rate of $1, subject
to the final disposition of the caae. The
appellate division of the state supreme
court has now sustained Injunctions re
straining the company from cutting oft the
supply of gaa in cases of refusal to pay
more than 80 cents. The position of the
court Is that a state law la to be presumed
constitutional until adjudged otherwise at
a Anal hearing by a court of competent
Jurisdiction. This decision makes It pos
sible for consumers to obtain gas at 80
cents pending a final disposition of the
rase they being subject to an additional
payment of 20 cents In case the company
succeeds In overthrowing the law.
The Irony of Pate.
Baltimore American.
The Irony of fate was exhibited when
President Roosevelt signed a bill allow
ing him S?S,000 a year for traveling ex
penses on the same day upon which mem
bers of congress had to bow to public
opinion and cut off their supply of rail
road passes.
ARMOUH ON MEAT IS8PECTI01S.
The carefully prepared statement
I I ... T noCon nnnil 1
appliance law Indicates a disposition a""" "uv y T1 . by itaelf this might be a. good proposl
Ull ioiuiu iruui curuw win iv lancii
aa representative of the present views
of the big packers, particularly those
who have extensive Interests In the
to see that the railway attorneys earn
their salaries.
For Information of Inquirers we
would say that for the coming pri
mary.'July 3, polls will be open ln
Omaha and South Omaha from 8 a. ra.
tlon, but as an example to other tax
payers It Is decidedly vicious. Sup
pose some other individual or corpora
tion resists the tax aaseaaAil iinnn It
meat export trade. While Mr. Armour thU year an, then nnt year piopo8es
liistlv mm nl a Ina of manv anaatlnnal I . ...
t w r. . lo capUuiate in return ror rurther con-
newspaper tales touching packing ce8elon. Th. a8seasment and colleo.
to p. m. and ln the country precincts hou,e conditions generally, as not pre- Oon of taxM mugt be ab80iutely with-
from 12 noon to 9 p. m. senung me wnoie irum ana putting QUt favor ,f u t0 be faIr and Juet to
weapons in me uauus oi lureign preju- ,j concerned.
V
Two of the holdup men convicted of d,c nd J"ttle Interest, the attitude of
murder In our district court have been
sentenced to be hanged on a Monday
Instead of on tha proverbial Friday.
The twentieth century must be djssi
patlng a lot of old superstitions.
V
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' Wisconsin democrats have Inaugu
rated the Innovation of adopting a
platform two months before candidates
are to be nominated. The plan claims
the advantage of placing principles be
fore men at least ao far aa time Is concerned.
Members of the Duma are progress
ing rapidly In political methods. They
are now delivering as speeches matter
rejected as news by the press censor
and the government has no power to
suppress the papers which report the
peaches.
Interested constituents should learn
If speeches to be mailed them by rep
resentatives were delivered before or
after 6 o'clock before deciding what
effect they bad upon legislation. Night
aesalons are merely schools of oratory
Xor the pending campaign.'
tne cnicago pacaers towara proposea chef of Po,,ce Donahue has Issued
Inspection legislation, as the public had an order to hl, aubordinates to make
reason to understand It. waa uot at first. pe0ple walting for cars stand at' the
at least, as he now positively affirms curb Une inBtead of alongside of the
It to be. However that may be, It may car track ai a precaution for them
weu ne creaiiea mai me snrewa ai- against being run down by automo-
rectors of the meat packing industry blleg and wag0ns. It might be a good
now see the necessity of an effective ldea to Buppiement this with an order
system of official oversight and certl- for automoblles and wsgon drivers to
ncation. tne result or wnicn wm oe glow up when they approach street
accepted aa conclusive everywhere. For raiiway crossings and exercise a little
nothing can be more certain than that precaution on their part. The wonder
in the existing state of affairs such a la oniy that we do not have more accl-
system Is aa essential to the Interests denta chargeable equally to the reck
of the packers themselves as to protec- jessness of drivers and carelessness of
tlon of the public health and welfare, pedestrians.
Trade Injury through recent dis
closures and agitation, concerning Chi-1 Douglas county has reached a cash
cago conditions of slaughter and prep- basis to theextent that the treasury is
aration of meat may have been exag-1 in condition to pay warrants Issued
gerate'd. but there la no doubt great I without registering them to draw in
harm has been done, aa Mr. Armour I terett until called In. But the county
declares. Still Its character will be still haa a great many obligations for
temporary rather than permanent if I which no warrants have yet been
the legislation devised by congress be drawn and which would exhaust the
thoroughly enforced, and supplemented cash funds very quickly if they were
by the earnest co-operation of those I to be liquidated at once. There is
engsged In the packing Industry. In-1 only one way to keep the county on a
deed the result cannot fail to es- cash basis and that la to incur no In
Cans for Wonder.
Washington Star.
In view of the vast amount of poison
foods and medicines we are ad
vised the publio1 has been consuming, the
wonder is not So. much that any of us
have survived as what the doctors and
undertakers will do for a living when the
pure food law prevents us from poisoning
ourselves.
Pnt Salt an It.
Minneapolis Journal.
The story that President Roosevelt has
picked Taft for the republican nomination
may be taken with the usual grains of
allowance. The president thinks well of
Taft, but he knows he will not be nom
inated unless the masses of the partV share
that opinion. It will be the open season
for nominations ln 1908.
I'SES OP THE MISSOURI RIVER.
Belief the Conntlesa Steamers Will
Eventnnlly Plow the Stream.
St. Iuls Globe-Democrat.
Disparagement of the Missouri river has
become quite the fashion, but the fact re
mains, and will always remain, that the
Missouri is one of the greatest continental
streams of the world. It Is navigable for
2,600 ralles. and a river of which that can
toe said has few equals on the globe. By
its .channel the Mississippi connects with
the distant northwest. Just aa, by way of
the Ohio, another long waterway la open
to the northeast. In tha course of time the
Improvements of the Missouri will be a rec
ognised national issue. Meantime the es
timate of the river as a played-out affair,
without a future, ought to be dropped as
a foolish depreciation of one of nature's
best gifts.
Beyond the head of navigation the Mis
souri haa uses already discovered. A great
steel dam has been built across Its waters,
eighteen mile northeast of Helena, by
which It Is proposed ta transmit S,000-
horse power to Butte, Ansconda and Hel- (the brain
ena to run mines, smelters and manufac
turing planta. At that point the river
flows through walls of solid rock and cin
easily be held back by tba wall of steel
and concrete. There Is net a mile In the
long course of the Missouri river that Is
not of Urge future value and promise. Its
"That corner gin mill does more business
than all the other three corners put to
gether," said a Harlem cop, pointing to a
saloon which had a big Iron watering
trough in front and where a dosen teams
were awaiting their -chance to drink. "A
year ago the proprietor didn't have any
more business than he could handle, when
he bit on the Idea of that watering trough.
Ha got permission to put It up", and after
It was working his trade picked up In a
hurry. It seems that almost every driver
who passes the trough takes pity on his
tesm and stops. While waiting for his
horses to drink the driver accumulates a
small thirst and does some Irrigating him
self. The boss haa had to hire two more
bartenders and they are kept on the Jump
all the time. I would advise any saloon
keeper who has a kick coming on his busi
ness to put In a watering trough."
A New Yorker who has Just returned
from London has a very decided opinion
of the talk of the men and women in the
smart set. as It Is called at the capital.
"For absolute silliness." he said to
a Sun reporter, "recommend the way
in wnicn me most rasmonable per
sons In London abbreviate their words
It is thought the smartest kind of
talk, and the persons who indulge In It be
lieve they are the last word of fashion
Imagine the effect, however, when a full
grown man says: 'Has anybody seen my
umleyr That last word means his um
brella. Or Imagine a full-grown woman,
apparently ln possession of all her senses
saying: isn t it terry to rave neiyy on
such a divey day?' Translated Into Eng
lish that means, Isn't It terrible to have
neuralgia on such a divine day?' After an
hour of this kind of thing the average
man begins to feel that he has softening of
Mr.
Moody's Tempt I a Opportunity
Hrlnsnld Kenuhllcan.
If Mr. Moody Can send the Standard Oil
magnates to Jail he will be able to retire
from the cabinet with a professional halo
worth f'flO.OfOO a year. Having loat hi
J.&oO miles of navigation, a tenth of the Beef truat caae, Mr. Moody needs a rousing
distance around the world, will be pre- I legal triumph. And had you thought (hat If
served and Improved, and Its other utilities' he should nail Rogers or a Rockefeller, it
111 g,ve it a prominent pUce In the em- 1 might make him a presidential candidate.
panding progress of North America. ; pcaalbly of Mr. Roosevelt s own pleklsusT
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PERSONAL NOTES.
Comptroller Herman A. Mets of New
Tork City haa presented the boys of
Brooklyn with an entire block In that city
to be used as an athletic field.
Bat Masterson, a killer from the west
and for some time now a deputy United
States marshal ln New Tork, Is said to
have Indulged In a flght at the Waldorf-
Astoria; but the rumor Is doubted, as there
were no fatalities.
S. W. Woodward of Washington, D. C,
owner of the historic old David Dudley
Field estate on Eden Hill, Mass., Is to
erect a fine colonial bouse on the site of
the old house. On the property still stands
the old mission house In which John Ser
geant lived, built about 1737.
Lieutenant Commander George W. Logan
and his party have returned from Nica
ragua, where they were surveying the
great bay of Boca del Toro. He says tha
Almlrante bay, lying 140 miles west of
the entrance of the proposed Panama
canal, is the finest sheet of water In Cen
tral America.
Congressman Grosvenor appeared In the
house one hot day last week clad tn a new
suit of white duck, coat, waistcoat and
tropaers cut In the height of style. A white
satin tie and his silky white hair and beard
completed hts costume. On tha same day
Senator Scott wore a suit made of fine
cream linen, coat, waistcoat and trousers
all alike and cut to the king's taste.
The king of Italy, whose fondness for
music Is well known. Is probably the first
prince of the house of Savoy who haa
taken an Interest tn musical matters. His
grandfather, Victor Emmanuel II, frankly
detested, music and said when the cannon
were roaring at the battle of Solferlno:
That Is the music I have ever been able
to appreciate." ' And his son, King Hum
bert, waa much of the same opinion.
WATERING Olfc STOCK. ,
Standard Method 7 Mlalng Two Ro.
pngnant Ltanlds. -'
Philadelphia Record.
There are renewed reports that the Stand
ard OH company will throw a tub to a
whale and try to placate public sentiment
by watering lta . stock. To Increase the
capital from $100,000,000 to $000,000,000 would
accomplish two things which are supposed
to be Important. It would make the divi
dends only about one-sixth as high aa they
are say or 7 per cent. Instead of 36 to
40. Who would think of atucklng a cor
poration whose dividends were no more
than or 7 per cent? By Increaaing the
stock the managers would have an addi
tional article to dispose of. They now sell
petroleum and lta products; they would
then also sell shares. It Is assumed that
the public would be more friendly to the
persecuted combination If stock were dis
tributed through the community.
The scheme has some merits from the
point of view of the men now In control
of the company. If they Increased tha cap
ital to $600,000,000 they could offer $200,000,000
to the public, and sell It perhaps at a pre
mium and put that money In their pockets,
and they would still be the owners of two
thirds of the concern - and pocket two
thirds of the profits, and all tha profits they
could make on the money paid to them for
the stock. They might do even better.
They might sell common stork and attach
most of the profits and all the voting
power to the preferred stock.
The only merit of tha Standard Oil la
that it has not watered Its stock and sold
Its shares. We advise It not to throw
away lta only virtue tn an effort to win
popularity: Such reports as It would have
to make If It listed Its stocks on the ex
changes would not satisfy the public, and
the new shareholders would not be numer
ous enough to control public sentiment. A
better plan would be to leave the capital
isation where It Is and abandon corrupt
praotlcea and treat Its rivals and the pub
lic with some regard for law and fair
dealing. The people are not going to be
deceived about the profits of the concern
by distributing them over a larger hom
Inal surface of capital.
PASSING PLEASANTRIES.
"Why do you suppose people look on
blondes generally as frivolous?
"I don't know, unless It is because they
are naturally light-headed." Baltimore
American.
"It makes me red hot!" murmured the
horeeshoe, angrily.
"What does?" sang the anvil.
"Oh, the air that bellows puts on,"
sighed the shoe.
Then the hammer struck him a savage
blow and he didn't try to be funny any
more. Philadelphia Press.
"Are you going to take your son Into
buniness with youT"
"Not now. I'm going to wait Until he
haa forgotten all he's been taught." Llp
plncott'a Magailne.
"Is he so very rich?"
"Is he! Just count the number of news
paper correspondents who are trailing him!"
Cleveland Ilaln Dealer.
. "Is there any available substitute for rub
ber? asked the Instructor of the class.
Tes. sir," answered Miss de Mulr. one of
the fair coeds. "I think 'stare' or 'gape'
la Just as good. Chicago Tribune.
Mr. McSosh ( read ing Great Scott! A
camel can work for a week without drink
ing. Mrs. McSoBh Huh! And you can drink
for a week without working.
And silence fell. Cleveland Leader.
"Tes," said the professor; '"the doctor Is
self-educated man, and he falrlv war.
snips hla teacher." Chicago Tribune.
"What do you suppose all,, the doctors
and lawyers are going to do Ahat the col
leges are turning out?"
"That's easy; take the public In." Balti
more American.
Knlcker What makes that summer hotol
so popular?
Boeker The acoustic properties of ths
veranda New York Sun.
Editor (referring to manuscript) Some
of. your figures are (faulty. Here, for in
stance, you say "jhe hungry mirror, aa she
stood In front of it, eagerly seemed to
selae her lovely features' and so forth.
How can you think of a mirror as being
"hungry" for anything?
ContributoiwThafs all right, sir. Didn't
you ever hear of things that were food for
renectlon?" Chicago Tribune.
THE SIMMER RAIN.
Baltimore Amerloan. .
I love to see the clouds roll In their sofv
and fleecy gray.
And hide the biasing of the sun upon a
summer's day,
To see their fountslns open and the rain
drops splash and fall.
Fresh airs about them stirring as In
answer to their call,
To watch the silvery veil they drop be
tween the earth and sky,
The gleaming of Its folds that wave In
light winds blowing by,
And a thousands fanciea flutter lightly
through my Idle brain
Aa I listen to the music of the falling
summer rain.
Not the devastating grandeur of tha
howling winter storm
Is their, these gently-falling drops with
sunshine still a-warm,
For they are fairy dew-drops, full of
light and life and bloom.
To call new beings from the earth, to
give new beauty room.
Not the ruin of the winter, not the tem
pest's blast and wrack, -Not
despair of men left homeless In the
bllsxard's raging track,
But the growth and rich fruition of tha
fruit and flower and grain
Lie in the flowing promise of the falling
summer rain.
How cool and. sweet Its downfsll on
parched grrund and fevered brows!
How subtly keen the fragance It distils
from swaying boughs!
How vivid and how dainty bright the
tangle of soft green
I'pon tha trees sll glittering, fresh
washed In liquid sheen.
While spanning like triumphal arch tne
opsleecent air, . .,
The brllllant-tlnted rainbow rounds Its
; glory royal rare .
Ah, Us touch Is like cool fingers on a
heated, weary brain. it.
And my thoughts go floatlns-elnglnf-with
the falling summer rsln.
Browning, King & Co
ORIGINATORS AND SOLE MAKERS Of BALF SIZES W CLOTHING, ,
"What Is worth
buying at all,"
aald Beau Brum
mell, "Is worth
having right."
OVER SUNDAY
The end of the week always sug
gests some clothing or furnishing
needed. It is our advantage, to ba
able to meet these requirements tta
the minute. We take our Inventory
next .week and to close broken; lines
of different wearing apparel for mem,
boy and children we have made quit
a difference in the price to do sov:
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