Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, July 09, 1906, Page 4, Image 4
TIIE OMAIIA DAILY BEEi MONDAY JULY 9, 190C. Tim Omaha Daily Bel. E. ROSEWATER. EDITOR. Entered at Omaha pnitnfflr a second tin matter. TERMS Or SUBSCRIPTION. Tatlr Bee 'without PumUy). one year. .14.00 Dally Bee and Hundiy. one year 00 Biinriay Bee, on year 'J Saturday Bee, on year 1 DELIVERED Iir CARRIER. Dally Be (Including Sunday), per week. lie lally Bee iwllhxul Sumtayi. per week..l;r Evening Re (without 8unnay). per ween. Evening Bm (with Sunday), per week.. 10c Bunday Bee, jer copy " Address complaints of Irregularities In de livery to City Circulation 1 rpartinent. OFFICES. Omaha Th Bee Building. South Omaha City Hall building. Council Bluff 10 Pearl Bireet. Chicago lt4 Unity Building. Nw York IV Home l.lfe In. Bulldlnf. Washington 501 Fourteenth Street. CORRESPONDENCE. Communication relating to newt and edi torial matter should be addressed : Omaha Bee, Editorial Department. REMITTANCES. Ram It by draft, express or poatal order payable to The Bee Publishing Company. Only t-cent stamps received a payment of mall accounts, personal checks, except on Omaha or enstern exchanges, not accepted. THE BEE PUKLJSH1NU COMPANY. STATEMENT OF CIRCULATION. Stat of Nebraska, Douglas County. : C. C. Rosewater, general manager Of The Be Publishing Company, being duly sworn, pays that the actual number of full and complete copies of The Daily. Morning, Evening and Bunday Be printed during the month of Jun. 11W6, was a follows: 1 61.T60 1 38,460 t 86,610 17 SO. BOO 1 30,760 4 31,660 1 61,880 36,070 7 36,010 i 31,600 6 86,410 10 . 30,080 11 36,800 12 31,860 II 31,810 14 31,880 16 31,870 II 81,680 1'. 81310 to sa.000 21 31,640 22 31,880 23 86,870 24 30,340 25 81,720 26 81,800 27 81,860 Z 31.7E0 L'9 31,700 10 36,860 Total 684,160 Less unsold copies 10,496 Net total sales. 643,664 31,465 Dally average C. C. ROSE WATER, Lkneral Manager. Subscribed In my presence and sworn to before me this 30th day of June, 19os. (Seal.) M. B. Hl'NOATK, Notary Public. WHEN OIT OF TOWM. 6abserlber leaving Ike city tem porarily afcaold hav Th Be mailed to them. Addrraa will b banged often as reqnired. Should the duplex Invests disagree, who woulc) then decide? The Duke of Devonshire seems to be the George William Curtis of British politics. -. ' - ' ; ' Col. Bryan's advance letter of ac ceptance la subject to revision after the convention speaks. After all . the .labors of Governor Folk the seeds of graft seem not yet completely'; eradicated from the St. Lout city Council. J t" t . It the employes of. the government printing office are to be believed the rplrit of "Mariana" now resides in the office of the engrossing Clerk. General TrepolT's convtsTsfoa to- the Idea pf a representative ministry for. Russia tends to show 'that even the Black Hundreds ere, wavering in their loyalty. '.' '' ,: .' It will be noticed that the Pennsyl vania road commands Its employes' to sell their stock in coal companies, but r.dt to return them to the source: whence they came. .. . j The democratic mayor and demo cratic council are still Jockeying for place as pie counter distributers. Each one wants to get the credit for hand Ing out the plums. It seems so difficult to find places for all. the brigadier generals that some reformer mey yet suggest that the grade be suspended until war makes such officers necessary. JT Historians In permany will be forced tn become eulogists in spite of facts If the Saxon courts order that criticism of the ancestors of ruling princes Is lese majeste be recognised as law. That SI per cent Increase In building permits for Omaha for the month of June over the corresponding month of last year Is a pretty good reflection of the clty'e general growth and pros perity. . . The woman who swallowed the dia mond will have five years In the peni tentiary to digest her breakfast, and what Is worse, will have to put up with ordinary prison provender during the process. The release of political prisoners in Venesuela indicates that President Castro feels that his recall to the presidency was not merely formal and that the foreign .concessionaires are no longer a political Issue. i i August Rosenberg, the alleged Seat tle anarchist, says he returned to kl'i ioj to spend the remainder of his dsyj. If sll the charges asainst him ari established he may be s.tvoj '.he expense of living during that time. Inasmuch as only forgery, slander, libel and burglary have been charged Sgalnat the plaintiff and his associates in the Hartje divorce case it Is prob able that the end has not been reached, but the developments so far' should satisfy even a Pittsburg millionaire's crsvlng for notoriety. The grain rate controversy has not reached' 1U end, but the railroads will probably get together before long on a basis of mutual agreement. What Omaha Insists on Is that, whatever set tlement is made, the grain market here get a square deal as compared with other points competing for the grain tiafflo la ear territory. "staxd nr ttonnr.rr.i.T.' The republican congressional cam paign committer, by adopting for lte slogan, "Stand by Roosevelt," as It la reported to have don, merely adjueta Itself to the logic of the altuatlon. The pople are overwhelmingly with the president, and the fact that the legis lation enacted during the late session of congress la to so great an extent In ac cordance with the alma and program of his administration la the strongest possible basis for appeal for popular support In the coming congressional district and Btate elections. It was In deed because this result was foreseen that the successful embodiment In law of ao much of the Roosevelt program was possible, and the committee could not fail to eee how powerful the party plea can be made on the ground of sus taining the president during the last two years of his term. There la no possible question that this must be the essence of the re publican argument on the stump and through the press. It has already been adopted as the paramount feature In every republican state platform that has been put forth so far this year, and It la safe to predict that no state or district convention will be held In which the point will not likewise be pushed to the front. But the crucial test, after all, by which the voters will be mainly Influenced, will be the char acter of the candidates presented by the republican nominating conven tions. The cry of "Stand by. Roose velt" will have significance and force according as It Is verified by candi dates known beyond a peradventure to be men who In the house and In the senate will actually stand by KooBe velt. There can Indeed be no choice as to the battle cry, the campaign argument or the platform, and accordingly as pirants who are unknown or doubtful. or whose special Interests and politi cal records are at variance with the whole spirit and purpose of the presi dent, are likely to be loudest in pro fession of loyalty. It Is therefore up to republicans to put on guard none but leaders whose characters and rec ord Indubitably make good the "Stand by Roosevelt" battle cry. RKBATIXU DEVICES.. The conviction of the Chicago & Alton railroad and two of Its high offi cers on charges of rebating Is another notable case jn the rapidly lengthen lng list In which the federal courts are bringing to naught and punching varl ous attempted evasions and devices by which the effect of rebating has been secured by the carrier companies and favored shippers in collusion. ' A great variety of such devices liave been em ployed to get around the. laws long on the statute books and perpetuate under other names the prohibited rebate abuse.' But lately the courts have put the seal of condemnation upon all such devices as one after another has been the subject of prosecution. jl This . line,' of decisions now prac- ucauy settles it mat the courts will hold as a rebate any transaction or series ot transactions, no matter how indirect, complicated and subtile, the effect pf which is essentially that of a rebate. :"Thls was thepoint in the re cent rebate prosecutions against, the Burlington at Kansas City. and. now- In the Alton case at Chicago the court holds that "by the word 'rate Is not meant merely a figure or figures printed on a schedule filed with the Interstate commerce commission and exhibited on the walls of i railway station," but "the net coat to the ship per, the net amount the carrier re ceives from the shipper and retains," which amount must be the same to all shippers and must be exactly shown on the schedule. Any deviation from the rate. , the purpose and effect of which Is discrimination between ship pers, ts a rebate within the meaning of the law. It is noteworthy that all these deci sions and convictions have been se cured under the old interstate - com merce law through the policy of ro bust prosecution. The new law soon to go into effect will Immensely strengthen the arm of public authority by explicit provisions against many of the rebate devices and evasions which have been extensively practiced, by severer penalties and by many other means. Thus fortified the courts and prosecuting officers can make rebating In any form or device at once unprofit able from a financial point of view and exceedingly dangerous to the offender. BUILD FOR THK FCTUHK. The builders of Omaha must look to the future as well as to the present. There Is too much danger that In responding to the immediate demands of enlarged business and population, the still larger demands sure to come In the near future may be overlooked and neglected. our people must realize that the marvelous growth of the past is in all probability to be overshadowed by the growth that Is to come, In the short period of fifty years Omaha has run the gamut from a townsite map plastered on an uninhabited prairie to a metropolitan city with a population, Including Its suburbs, exceeding 150, 000. This growth is destined to go on at a more or less rapid rate, and the needs ot a city of 260,000 to 300.000 people must be constantly kept in mind In the planning of public and private Improvements. The Omaha of the future must measure up to other cities of its class It must not be loaded down in the present with cheap-John buildings and eyesore structures on its principal streets whose" removal it would take years to accomplish. If immediate profit and quick returns are permitted to become the ruling factor, not only ig the city sure to be disfigured and its growth retarded, but tie Individ ails responsible for It are likely to be disappointed and Injured In the long run. Temporary advantage will be followed only by permanent disadvan tage. The founders of Omaha were brosd- gauged and far-sighted and the build ers of the new Omaha must likewise look ahead and work out big plans on a large scale. A SIGSIFICAKT PCCLAFAtiny. One deeply significant part of the president's Fourth of July address, which is only Just now beginning to re ceive the attention Its Importance mer its. Is as follows: "This year In con gress our chief task has been to carry the government forward along the course which I think it must follow consistently for a number of years to come that is, in the direction of seek ing on behalf of the people as a whole, through the national government which represents the people as a whole, to exercise a measure of supervision, control and restraint over the Indi viduals, and especially over the cor porations, of great wealth. In so far as the business use of that wealth brings it within the reach of the federal gov ernment." If there were not abundant other proofs, this declaration, made in the manner and tone In which some of the president's most Important an nouncements have been put forth, cer tainly warrants the Inference that he regards the work of securing national control over powerful individuals and corporations within Its jurisdiction as by no means completed. Indeed, he characterizes what has been done as 'a fair amount" of accomplishment In extending federal control and regula tion over such Interests. The president's language at least Implies determination to employ the greatly extended powers conferred by new legislation and to make national control a real and vital factor. His words, too, would easily cover resolute effort for further progressive legisla tion In the same spirit that was back of the rate control, meat Inspection and pure food measures. Whether the surmise that he has in mind to press upon congress at its next session a bill embodying the idea of federal licenses to corporations whose products enter Into interstate commerce or who are engaged in it be correct or ndt. It may be taken as certain that the president during the remainder of his term pro poses to labor as unceasingly as he has hitherto to promote positive and aggressive policies on vital issues, and that advancing public opinion, will not find him lagging behind. . Over in Iowa the ' last republican county convention on the list is to be held July 14. which is more .than two weeks in advance of the meeting of the state convention. This gives ample time to verify credentials and to make np the roll call by temporary adjust ment ot contests. Here In Nebraska it has come to be the custom to hold county conventions right up to the eve of the ' state'- conveutloW" leaving'' no period in between to arrange prelimt narles. The state convention this year, for example, Is to meet August 22 and county conventions have been slated for as late aa August 20. The repub lican national committee lays down the rule that delegates to national conven tlons must be chosen at least thirty days in advance and our republican state organization ought to fix some time limit of the same kind, requiring at least a week to intervene between the choosing of delegates and the meet ing of the state convention. The mayor and council are delaying ordering the city hall building put In a state of good repair for fear the ex pense might cut into the current funds too heavily. This valuable piece of property should be looked after, at least as well as It would be if it be longed to a private citizen or corpora tion. There should be no question of spending a few thousand dollars to protect an Investment of half a mil lion. ) The canvass of votes cast at the re cent Douglas county primary election involves the checking of approximately 400,000 tallies. Over 600 names were on the return sheets, and if each one received one or more votes In each of the eighty voting districts there would be 40,000 numerical Items to add in the tabulation. The extreme of rldiculousneBB Involved In the "rota tion" ballot proposition could not be more strikingly Illustrated. The World-Herald has suddenly dis covered that the primary election vote In Bouglas county Indicates that the republicans did not care who won out Had the two to one majority for Mr Rosewater's delegation been reversed the democratic organ would be singing different tune. One "who was soaked" during rain at one of our parks makes a plea to the Park board to furnish shelte for others who may be caught in the same predicament. The point Is well tsken and deserves the attention of the authorities. Proof of th Partdla;. Milwaukee Sentinel. The session of congress just closed turned out an .exceptionally Important and pop ular batch of legislation. Bijt th proof ot legislation ia in the enforcement. Cooling; OAT. New York Bun. Mr. Bryan le far less fierce against th "moiiey power" than he used to be. H admits that "the great majority of business men are honest." As to the crookedness of th few, wait till he cunic horn with "comprehensive" remedy. Whittling a Point. Chicago Tiitiun. W are Inclined to believe Represent tlv Baxtlett of Oeorgla when h says l.e bad no iutentlon of ualng bis pocket knife he pulled out whll In th heat of argu ment th other day b draw U merely from fore of habit, probably for the pur pns of plrklng Ma teeth or trimming his finger nails. If he had meant business he would have drawn something larger than a pocket knife. Party that TMaara. Kansas City Journal. A republican congress has once again demonstrated the truth of the saying that the republican party Is the party that doea things. Some mistake have 'been made at the session Just ended, but as a whole the session was a most fruitful and useful one. The I.onesomeness of Cleveland. Cincinnati Enquirer. There will probably be some timidity about Inviting Grover Cleveland outright to get Into the Bryan chariot, but there will be a place for him If he comes, and he will be permitted to speak occasionally If e shows a disposition and expertnesa to keep on the trolley. Mr Cleveland counte nanced Judge Parker's candidacy, and he will hardly give the cold shoulder to Col onel Bryan. Mr. Cleveland haa now reached that age and degree of retire ment In which he Is in danger of being lonesome occasionally. He may not find any companionship but that of the Bryan crowd. ralnfal I.ape la ww-GlaT. New Tork Tribune. Nothing relating to the wreck at Balls- bury haa caused more comment among newspaper men than the fact that the story of th accident, which occurred at m. on Saturday, New York time, was not In type here until more than twenty- four hours later. Modern Journalism is not used to such gaps between America and England. The delay was due to the newspaperese English Sunday, but It seem strange that no one, either In the quiet cathedral town or in a metropolis which has no regular hours for sleep, bethought himself that such a piece of news might be of Interest to the United States. The Passing of Cromwell. Minneapolis Journal. In the excitement of parting with a ses sion of congress which did things, some matters whose fate It Indirectly Influenced, have failed to receive the attention they deserved. For one thing, we have as a nation neglected to stop and pay tribute to the matchless worth of William Nelson Cromwell, who has "lost his Job" as coun sel for the Panama canal commission. This spectacular result must be credited to Sena tor Morgan, for while the venerable mem ber from Alabama could not get a word out of William Nelson on the witness stand. It appears that the president got two words out offhim after the examina tion, and those two little words were a whispered "I resign." It was none too soon. Aa Aarlenltaral Trust. Springfield Republican. What Is called the American farm products company has been organised un der the law of New Jersey with auch capitalists aa Levi P. Morton, Thomas F. Ryan, II. P. Whitney, Anthony Brady and others back of It. It starts with a nom inal capitalization of $19,000,000, and alms to absorb the principal concerns of th country handling dairy products. It wiC give attention particularly to buying and refining butter under pretended processes, which. It Is claimed, produce a genuln article' superior In quality to farm butter, which Is to be a raw material In the com pany' production. This 'seem to be the attempted beginning of an agricultural trust, but aa long as It Is true that capital enough to buy a cow or two and a churn will suffice on any farm to start an oppo sition butter plant, the progress of monop oly In this direction will be rather slow. Misleading Computation, Boston .Tfansottpt. Computation of the1 number of millions of dollars which American tourist spend In Europe In a season are now In order. It Is probable that a hundred thousand first class passengers leave on the other side more money than a million European Im migrants bring to thl country with them as their total possessions. But the two economic currents are not exactly on a par; the Immigrant become a wealth- producing machine here, having been taken care of during the years when he w not a wealth producer by the country which loses him. It I unlikely that the "See America First" movement will prove any more effective In averting this flow of our gold to the other side than are the efforts of Kuropean countries to keep their own population from emigrating. People of all classes find a way In this age of liberty of moving about as they please. letting the fiscal effects take care of them elves. LABOR'S OPPORTI MTY. In m Season of Plenty Prepare foe a Shortage. Portland Oregonlan. Never before In the history of the great west and northwest ha there been such loud and insistent demand for labor as Is beard at the present time. From the harvest fields ot Kansas to the railroad CHinps of Oregon and Washington: through the mining camps of Colorado and Man tana, and out on the stock ranges of the great plateau; taxing the force of crafts men, carpenter, electrlrlans, plumbers palntera and others to the utmost, and speeding men through all classes of com mercial and mercantile life, this demand. Insistent, earnest, even appealing. Is heard Wage keep pace with the laborer' oppor tunlty, the men literally fixing their own price and dictating their own hours. The pertinent questions here are: Is labor rising In an earnest, honorable, ef fectlve way to meet Its opportunity ?. Does It lay hold upon It opportunity gladly, cheerfully and with the purpose to give honest service for a generous wage? Are worklngmen aa a claa housing themselves from possible Industrial disaster a few years hence In their own homes? Are they adding a sum weekly to their savings ac count In order that Industrial depression Incident to financial disaster, may not find them empty-handed A glad day. Indeed, would H be for the worklngmen of the T'nlted Btate If these question could be answered affirmatively, and' a glad day for their employer a well. It Is fre quently said, and unfortunately all too truly, that laboring men aa a class work by the clock. The chief desire the open purpose of many of them la to "put In time" for the sole purpose of drawing their pay. To th extent that this Is true the word "honesty"' 1 not In the labor code. There are exceptions, but the rul remain and ha wide application. Kvery employer recognises this fact and deplorea it not only for his own sake, but for the sake of the laborer who falls to rise to his opportunity. .Every laborer rec ognlies it, , and many exru and even glory in It. It ia a aad commentary upon th short-sightedness of human nature that thia condition exist, ami the saddest feature Is found In the moral obtuseness that underliea it. "Becat thou a man diligent In business,' aid the wise man. "He shall stand among king; he shall not atand among men." The opportunity is offered In the great wave of Industrial prosperity that I now (weeping the country for every man to make for himself a place among kings 1. ., the upright, honorable men of the nation. If he falls to do this and la found among "mean men," the fault will be hi own, for clearly labor's opportunity la hers and aor. NEBRASKA 6BSATORI AL CAirAtO It Lok Pretty flood. Wakefield Republican (rep.). louglaa county will Mod a solid Rose- water delegation to th state convention. This look pretty good for Mr. Rose water's candidacy for th senate. Horn Delegation In Sat Harbor. Beatrice Sun (lad.). Th eld man at th helm appear to have piloted th Rosewater delegation to a af harbor. Notwithstanding the com plication of th ballot that wa presented In th bop of confusion, th lowest man on th Rosewater ticket received W0 more rote than th highest man on the oppo- Itlon. The complexity of th ballot may b - understood when It 1 stated that It took the district Judge, who decided upon th Intention ot the legislature and who had given the law and th ballot consider- bl study, twenty-live minute to mark hi ticket. W1I In th Lead. Table Rock Argus (rep.). At th primaries in Omaha Rosewater won out over Crounse and th Fontanalle by a two for on vot. th lowest Rose water candidate getting about 1,000 vote mora than th highest of the opposition candidates. This practically Insures Mr. Rosewater a solid delegation from Douglas county and make him th leading candi date now, as he haa 100 elected delegate already. Evldene of Stron Determination. Tekamah Journal (rep.). Douglas county republican registered a strong preference for Edward Rosewater for United States senator at Tuesday's primaries. Th primary ticket wa a cum bersome affair, and th endorsement Mr. Rosewater receives I all th stronger b- ckuse of the manner In which his eighty- three delegate had to be elected. Could they have bunched them all under a Rose water heading tile majority would hav been greater, but it wouldn't hav repre sented so strongly the determination of the Douglas county republicans to give him the delegation, notwithstanding th bitter antagonism of the Foivtanelle club. Still on Top la Omaha. Hasting Republican. Rosewater 1 still on top In Omaha. By a Lara Majority. Burchard Time (rep.). Aa ths Time uredlcted a month ago. Edward Rosewater carried the Omaha pri maries by a large majority, and th big delegation will go to the state convention to work for the nomination of the editor of The Bee for United Slates senator. Give a Tremendon Boost. O'Neill Frontier (rep.). The Fontanelles were overwhelmingly de feated at th primaries in Douglas county Tuesday, the entire Rosewater delegation winning by over two to one. Rosewater's candidacy received a tremendous boost In his horn county. Stronger Today Thaa Ever. Hastings Trlbun (rep.) Edward Rosewater haa won th first round In th fight for senatorial honors. At th Douglas county republican prl marie th entir Rocwater delegation won out over the Fontanell ticket with hands down the lowest man on the Rose water ticket running more than 800 ahead of the Croune ticket. By securing uch n overwhelming victory from th Fonta nels ticket Mr. Roaewater ha demon, strated to the major portion of the repub licans of Nebraska that he I much stronger politically and personally today than ever before. Victory I Moat Derisive. , Lincoln Journal (rep.). The full extent ot Edward Rosewater's victory In Douglas county Is now plain. II will appear In the republican state con vention with the solid delegation, eighty three votes, behind him to help make him th republican nomine for United States senator. The Rosewater ticket carried every ward In Omaha and ha about 2,600 total vote against half that for th Fonta nell ticket. This decisive Rosewater vic tory disposes of some things, not all. It dispose of any effective candidacy from Omaha except Rosewater. John 1. Web--ter and Charley Greene faded a long tlm ago from the stage setting of the sena torial drama. They will now be followed by Lorenzo Crounse and Joseph H. Mil lard, notwithstanding the announcement by the latter that he I still in the neld. in the field he may be, but certainly not In the race. The possession of eighty-three votes which can be handled solidly In mak ing combinations with candidates for other places on the state ticket gives Mr. Rose water an advantage in th state conven tion which It I not wis to underrate. Kataral aad I.ealtlmnt Reaalt. Tork Time (rep.). Mr. Roewater' .victory. In Douglas county 1 more rweeplng than even the most sanguine anticipations, being about two to one. HI entlr delegation of eighty-three are elected by about that amount. There has not been uch unanim ity In that county sine the county waa organized. It I what we anticipated and predicted., only more so, and the same sentiment pervade the state with the ex ception of a few countlea It could ' not well be otherwise. All this agitation against corporation points with unerring finger to the man who haa been th head and front of it for thirty yeara, who haa consistently and Insistently made the fight through good report and 111 report, and mostly 111 report. The StAte Journal, which exerta considerable Influence In th South Piatt country, haa declared to Mr. Rosa- water and Th Omaha Be. "You hav been right all the thirty year and w have been wrong; while we have In fact been a willing tool of corporation you have bravely and consistently fought th bat tlea of the common people, sometimes al most alone. You hav been maligned aboused, beaten and your life attempted whila we were fighting on th other side. You wer right and we were wrong." This Is th virtual admission of th Jour nal and Its followers. They ar strong enough to raise the storm, but all too weak to guide or control it. The people ee the point. It Is a wave of Rowatr- ism, pur and simple, and If It prevail In th stat will sweep him Into the United State senate. It I th natural and only legitimate result. Will Bo aa th Ticket. Springfield Monitor Idem ). The opponents of Roewater were again knocked out at th primaries In Douglas county by a rot ot two to on Tuesday, which give Rosewater a big leverage In tbe stat convention. With the other coun ties that hav expressed a preference for th editor of Th Be there can b little question but what bis name will be on th ticket for United State senator. A Decided Moral EaTect. Scribner New (dem.). Edward Rosewater' candidacy for United State senator received a big boot whan hi delegate from Douglas county were chosen by a vet of almost two to on In th re publican primaries. Th result In Doug la county cannot fall to hav a decided moral effect oa republic an county convention throughout th lt ROISD ABOtT r.XV YORK. Ripple oa th rsrrest ef Life la the Metropolis. The frequency of blow-hole In the Ka-it and North river, due to escaping air from tunnel works. re surface Indication ot erioti trouble In th river beds. Work on th Pennsylvania double-tube tunnel between New Tork and New Jersey has come t a standstill. A strike of the tun nel diggers, locally known as sand hogs, for fewer hour and more wages, I the announced cans of the delay. Th fact ar. according to th Time, that the tuba ar too near the surface of the river be.1, necessitating unusual air pressure to keep out water, and men working under the air pressure are aald to b exhausted In two hour. Their workday I six hour In two three-hour hlft. They Insist on a re ductlon to two shift of two hour each. Th Pennsylvania's East river tunnel wa planned to go under th river bed at an average depth of only twenty feet. Th English contracting firm which got tho contract for th Pennsylvania's Eaat river tunnel argued that even If they did strik through tbe river bed, they would be ab! to construct a new or false rlv-r bed by Inking bag of clay and cement. They had taken tht course In tunneling und-r th Thames, they said. American engineer pointed out that th tide In th Thame could not be compared with that In th East river. They said the East river tide wa much stronger than th tide of th Thame, so that bag of clay and cement would be swept away from the point where they were sunk. Consequently It would be Impossible to creat a false river bed. This proved to be the cas when the flrst "blowout" occurred. Th compressed air forced a bole from the completed end of th tunnel through the bed of the river out to the water, where it mad the water bubbl Ilk a caldron. Bag of cement wer dumped into the river In Ferry Blip 4, wher the first leak waa discovered. But a fast a th bags were thrown from a barge In th ferry slip they weg car. rled away by th tld. The mystery which haa long given Chi natown Its chief charm has been dissi pated, the great secret ha been laid bare ruthlessly. Chop Suey 1 not edible. This Is the decision handed down by th cus tom house authorities. Many had sua pected It; a few had openly affirmed It. But as long as th "rubber neck wagons" brought th dally recruit, whose chief de light It wa ta prod away at th weird mixture in th china bowl with "those cut little stick," th Chines restau rant keeper dwelt cure and prospered. Only th cook knew what th chop uey wa mad of, and h could b trusted not t tell. Th question as to Just what a chop suey I was brought about by the collector of th port, who assessed the artlcl at 40 per cent ad valorem duty. Th collector held It wa a sauce, but this view was disputed by th Importers of the stuff. Voluminous testimony was taken and merchant and manufacturer of chop oey were brought her to testify as to the edible properties of the dainty. Last week th decision waa announced and, not being edible, chop suey in future will be admitted to this country under a duty of only 20 per cent. But It would hav been cheap at any price to hav kept the secret inviolate. The federal authorities have begun an Investigation Into th genuineness of the naturalisation paper held by certain mem ber of the New York polle department and Into, th method with which these member obtained their places on th force. The disclosures mad thus far ar said to be little short of startling. From th cases that hav already come to the no. tic of th authorities it I said that on. third of th policemen ar neither entitled to cltlsenehlp nor a place on the force. It is generally conceded that many who ar on the fore and some who hav been mad sergeants and even captains obtained their citisenshlp. papers upon their arrival In this country. It is believed by many that some of the policemen now on the force were made" before they left their native land. New Tork propose to celebrate th year 1909, which 1 the tercentenary of Henry Hudson's entrance of the river which bear his name, with a series of pageantries and observances which should attract the world with their unusual Interest. Sep tember of that year will ee the comple tion of several monumental enterprise. Th Hudson memorial bridge acroaa the Hudaon will be opened, and also the me morial viaduct across Dyckmann street valley, which will commemorate the Intro ductory trip of Fulton's steamboat, the Clermont, up the Hudson. Then also. It is hoped, a fin new park on Inwood Hill. In which Riverside Drive will meet the Hud son bridge, wilt be opened and also the stat parks farther up th Hudson at Ver plank' Point and Hook Mountain. To lend Interest to this occasion reproduction of Hudson's Half Moon, from Holland. and of Fulton' Clermont will ascend th river; and land and water parades In which, no doubt, half the world will be repre sented, with the United States, Great Brit ain and The Netherlands leading the inarch. will add to the brilliancy and distinction of th occasion. New York owe the country and vjhe world a first clsss celebration of soma kind and this proposed one la of a very good kind. i Th dome ot the federal building 1 a genuln old curiosity shop such a It would delight, the heart of any thoroughgoing antiquarian to rummage In. Around the walls of the dusty old room under the curved roof ere heaped recorda of the fed eral courts running away back to th year For the Children To succeed these days you must have plenty of grit, courage, strength. How is it with the children? Are they thin, pale, delicate? Do not forget Ayers Sarsaparilla. You know it makes the blood pure and rich, and builds up the general health. Sold for 60 years. - We have no secrets! We publish the formulas of all our medicines. . t k I. 9. ate amwniww sr ATNt'S Ian TIG For tkt hair. ATSB'6 PILLS For ceastiattioa. ATia'SCaaKaTfVCTOxAL IweMga. ATU'6 AllSClJU-auU4aa4ar, KM. th year when the federal government waa set B-golrr. Even more Interesting than these. wlh their reminiscence ol legal battles one fnmnua. now almost for gotten, ar the nnk and piles and heaped shelves of patent exhibits. Her are du plicates of every Invention of not mndt during th nineteenth century. Howe's, sewing machine, tS Edison Incandescent light, baby carriage, nail making machines these and nearly every other mechanical Invention of Importance have been the subject of litigation In the local federal court until the patent right ef one or th other claimant hav been established As the suits were brought exhibit, copies of the original Inventions, wer filed with the court and ended here, contributing to one of the most varied, extensive and In teresting collection of antlqu objects In New Tork city. PERSONAL ROTES. Warsaw police ar killed It they don't resign and arrested If they do. In either case they sustain th theory that a police man' life Is not a happy on. John Sharp Williams, democratic, leader In the house of representatives, ha a rose garden, tended by himself, which he de clare Is "the finest In the state of Missis sippi." Over in New Tork a woman accused a man of stealing $5,000 from her. Then she visited him In Jail and they wer married. Evidently she has some deep-laid plan to wreak vengeance herself. Henry C. Prick's new home, which has been In course of construction at Tride's Crossing, Mas., for the past two years. 1 about ready for occupancy. Among other remarkable things It contain a large swimming pool connected directly with the Atlantlo ocean, so that the bather merely has to turn a stopcock to obtain the pleasures of a swim In the sea without leaving th house. After making a thorough search for the past six months for a capable head to the Index bureau of the State department, Secretary Root has finally appointed John R. Buck of Main to the place, with the understanding that he is to bring tbe methods of that Important bureau Into Una with th War department system, aa modified by the peculiar requirements of the State department. MERHY J1GI,KS. Mr. Knox Mrs. Stuffens I getting aw fully stout. I've heard of people spoken of n "round," but I never saw any one as round as she. Mr. Knox Oh, 1 don't know. There's her husband; he's a rounder. Philadelphia Pre. "Yes, he is our oldest letter carrier. Just think how many anxious hearts have beaten faster at the sound of his approach ing footsteps." "I wonder If ha haa any' Idea of the number of bill he ha delivered." Cleve land Plain Dealer. " 'Caslonally." said Uncle Eben, "you'll run acroaa a man dat 'ud rather walk o floor worryln' dan do half d amount o" pedestrianiztn' look In' foh work." Wash ington Star. , - "I suppose you are willing to admit the Superiority of civilisation?" "Ye," answered the benighted being; "your Implement of warfare are undoubt edly much auperior to ours." Washington Star. "And did she marry the swimmer who so gallantly rescued her?" "Marry him? 1 should say not. Why', th man already has a wife and seven chll drenl" fit. Louis Republic. Fresh Guest Yours seems to be a favorite resort for summer girls. Landlord You bet! Over there Is a coupl of 'em that' been coming here for ten or fifteen summers. Chicago Tribune. "Flying machines costing but II. MO each ar to be put on the market by a Philadel phia man." "Are they warranted to go up?" "Ye." . "I suppose they will come down without any warrant." Cleveland Plain Dealer. TANTAl.lS. f' T. A. Dally in Philadelphia Catholic Standard. Some circumstance justify The creed of "Might Is right!" And he Is but a living lie Vho strives to be polite. 'Twas a public drinking fountain Stood In the city sqtmre, And many thirsty mortals Were congregated there. Within a marble basin The water bubbled up, And anchored by a cable Waa one small drinking cup. I, mindful of my manners, Gave way to "Ladies first," Although my very pnlate Was burning up with thirst. The lady took the dipper Nor even glanced at me. But raised the dripping cupful To taunt my agony. She drank with maddening alownevs. And then when she was through. Up spake another lady; Yes, thank you, after you." Thla lady had a alster, Four daughters and a son. And each assumed the dipper Aa soon as she was done. Then she did wet her 'kerchief Within the drinking place. And used the cup for cleansing Hie youngster's hands and face. Then cam a brutish fellow, To niy exceeding pain. Who seised the cup, remarking, "I've gotterketchertraln." Through all thla weary waiting I stood as one accurst. My very soul was sweating, My mouth waa black with thirst. Still, now my turn was coming, But thereupon, alas! A thing of awful horror Did quietly come to pass. Up walked an ancient matron,' Attended by a crew Of orphans from a foundling home. All walking two by two. And each f these was thirsty I swooned into a trance. And someone, kindly summoned The blessed ambulance. Bom circumstances Justify Th creed of "Might I right!" And he Is but a living lie Who strives to be polite. siw O.. Leweu, Mass.