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TIIE OMAHA DAILY DEE: "WEDNESDAY. AUGUST 8, 1006. I Tim Omaha Daily Bee. E. ROSli WATER, EDITOR, Lntered at Omaha rostufTtce as second class matter. TEKM3 OF SIT1SCRIPTION. Daily (without Hunday), one year. .14.00 l'Hilr bee and Bund)-, one year W fciind.iy Dee, one year S-W Saturday tire, ona year IW DKUVKUkJU UV CARRIER. Paily Bee (including Sunday), per work. .lie Ialiy Uea (without SuihIivI, per week.Uo tvcnlng JLIee (without Sunday). Pr week be Kvcnlng Hee (with Sunday, per week, luc buiulay Ifc-e, per coi-y Adiliess complaints of li regularities In 3 livery to City Clrculntlon Lirpatinient. OFFICII. Omaha--The 13 e llui:uing. ijoutii Omaha City Hall i'ulldlrg. Council UlulTs-iu Pearl Street. Chi, ago lMu Lnlty Dulldltig , , Nw Vork--16 Home Lite Ins. Building Washington 601 Fourteenth Street.. CORHESrONDENCB. Communications relating to news anl edl tiii.il matter should he addressed. Omaha tee, Editorial Department. REMITTANCES. Remit by draft, express or postal order payable to The Bee Publishing Company. Only 2-cent stamps received aa payment of mail accounts personal checks, except on Omaha or eastern exchange. n"t accepted. THE BEffi PL" BUSHING COMPANY. STATEMENT OF CIRCULATION. Etata of Nebraska, Douglas County, s: C. C. Rosewater, general manager or The Bee Publishing company, being duly iworn, say that the actual number of full and complete copies of The Dally, Morning, Evening and Hunrtay He printed during th niontli of July, was follows: 1 i 30440 2 31,710 3 34,530 4 33,900 6 33,800 e 31,960 7 33,830 5 30,800 31,930 10 31,660 11 31,630 12 33,690 15 33,360 14 34,080 16 30,400 17 81,630 lg 31,830 19 31,680 20 31,680 21 38,430 22 30,600 23 31,750 24 31.680 26 31,630 26 81,670 27 31,750 28 33,180 29 30,650 JO 31,630 31 31,810 16 33,900 Total 907,880 Less unsold copies 10,866 Net total sales 976,894 Dally average 31,515 C. C. ROSE WATER, Ueneral Manager. Subscribed In my presence and f worn to before ma this 31st day of July, 10(1. (Seal.) M. B. HUNOATE, ' Notary Public, WHK OCT OF TOWN. Subscriber: leaving the city tern porarlly should have The Uee ailed to them. Address Trill be hanged aa often as required. Fewer red flats and 'more common sense might aid the can ho of. KusRiau revolutionists abroad. Russia is again demonstrating; that revolutions are not made to order but must develop in their natural way. The advance in the iirice of sugar evidently means that the loss of freight rebates will be made uy by the con sumers. That lynching at Charlotte proves that It will take more than a speech by Secretary Taft to bring enlightenment to North Carolina. Since the flight of those Chicago bank officers , to .Canda the United States may use the Greece and Gaynor precedents to good advantage. ' . Railroad rate official? mlzht save trouble for themselves by filing their usual tariff sheets and trust the public to study them until It understands. Will wonders never cease? Kansas democrats have refused to nominate a man for congress because he had failed to enforce the prohibitory law at Kansas City. . ..." With the previous opponents of Colonel Bryan in Iowa championing his cause, the distinguished Nebraskan iray find his trouble in keeping his old friends in line. From the way the' council makes baste it is a safe , proposition that Omaha will be talking telephone for some little time yet before it talks over two telephones. While the Eastern summer resorts are suffering from killing heat, our people who have stayed at home are managing to get through the summer reasonably comfortable. Russian labor leaders had to talk fast to beat their constituents in declar ing the strike at an end; but reaction ary victory now will make the ultimate revolution more dreadful. I Those Iowa democrats who were uch friends of Governor Cummins a month ago will now undertake to prove blm wrong in his ideas, regardless of bow they stultify their own records. Vertical writing in the public schools is to be supplanted again by the old slant penmanship. Complaints of illegible handwriting, however, will continue until the typewriter drives pen and pencil out of business. And now Colonel Bryan is said to place the condition upon his accept ance of the democratic nomination for 1908 that he will not be required to run again if elected. It is to be noted that no bar is put up to running again if not elected. Washington spends for municipal purposes twice aa much money as any other city of its size In the United States, but as Uncle Sara foots half of the bill, tax rates are no higher and the chairman of the district committee of the bouse is a bigger man than any mayor. Our business men and property owners arouse themselves regularly to the point of taking an active interest in the making and revUIon of the as sessment roll, but when the fixing of the tax levy is in hand they seem to lapse Into a state of absolute lndlffer euce. The sice of the tax rate deter- mines the burden of taxation even more than the relative accuracy of the asaesaor'a figure. A SIOX1F1CAST CHASGK. A significant feature of the pre-coa-vcntlon campaign now In progress throughout Nebraska Is to bo found In the' numerous declarations of different county conventions In favor cf a direct primary law. It ,wlll be remembered that In tho past when bills were proposed la the legislature providing for nomination by direct vote the chief opposltiop has tome from, the rural districts, whoso spokesmen urged that such legislation was acainst their Interests and In favor of the cities and towns where a large vote would be massed, while the people on tho ranches and farms would be unable to make their wishes count. Against this it was argued by the ad vocates of primary reform that direct nominations placed the rural voters at no greater disadvantage than they al ready suffered under the system of caucuses and conventions manipulated by experienced wire pullers who, make a business of politics. From the declarations referred to, demanding the enactment of a direct primary law by the next legislature, It would seem either that those who pre tended to speak for the rural districts heretofore were not volclna the real sentiments of those they claimed to represent or that a tremendous change of public sentiment on this subject has been brought about by the agitation of the direct nomination idea In conjunc tion with the revolution against the boss-delivered delegations accustomed to name candidates on all party tickets agreeable to special interests. It Is plainly Been that with the abolition of free passes some means muBt be de vised by which the rank and file can express themselves and make their wishes effective as to candidates for office without going to the expense of time and money to attend distant con ventions. And this Is no doubt the true explanation. co.vrrLsnnr fare "coxcessiox." That the Pennsylvania's reduction of fares Is an act of generosity or even that it is altogether voluntary is hardly warranted by the facts, which indicate that external pressure both of competi tion and of legislation is the real mov ing cause. It is noteworthy that the reduction of the maximum from 3 to 2 M cents a mile, as well as the flat 2-cent 1,000 mile rate, is limited to the lines east of Pittsbure. As a matter of fact the Vanderbllt system has long been selling mileage books on the same basis good east of Buffalo, and under the New York law 2 cents a mile Is now the maximum passenger rate. The new Ohio law fixing the same maximum charge has likewise gone into effect. These competitive conditions would alone suffice to make some reduction by the Pennsylvania necessary, even though it has hitherto managed to maintain the 3V4 cent maximum. Thus alter the reduction it remains Vi cent a mile higher than the legal limit in the two great adjoining states' of Ohio and New York. It-appears' also that a powerful public sentiment hns lately been forming in the Keystone state to cut the limit arbitrarily to 2 cents a mile, and that one of the main motives of the "voluntary" reduction is rather to prevent leslBlative action to that effect than to be "generous to the public. The result of the policy of improve ment of its physical property has been Indisputably to put the Pennsylvania in better position than any other great system to reduce the maximum fare to 2 cents, for it can handle a vastly larger volume of travel at a profit. Its present reduction under the circum stances accordingly is only a fresh sug gestion of the fact that after all about the only variation from the railroad rule of "charging all the traffic will bear" depends on what the people will stand for. SURPLUS IXSTEAD OF DEFICIT. The fact that government expendl ures exceeded receipt by $13,500,000 during July, the first month of the fiscal year, by no means sustains cur rent predictions, many of them as usual inspired by partisan considera tions, of a large deficit for the whole fiscal year. It should be familiarly known that in the ordinary course of affairs treasury receipts, relative to disbursements, are small during that nronth. Importations and other reve nues nearly always falling off. This is what has happened, along with several extraordinary deductions, like the an nual payment of the Central Pacific note for 12,760,000 on August 1. whereas last year it was paid July 31. Nevertheless, the July deficit appears $300,000 less than it was a year ago, and in fact really is $3,000,000 less. Yet there was a surplus of nearly $25, 000,000 for the last fiscal year. The prospect Is almost certain for as large a surplus for the present fiscal year with a probability of a consider ably larger one. Because the receipts from customs have been $4,500,000 above those during July, 1905, is interpreted as lndicatlnz a larger volume of imports for a period of many months, and is corroborated by general international trade condi tions, and the outlook of domestic in dustry Implies increased internal revenue receipts. On the other hand, the treasury payments on account of the Panama canal this year will be made from the proceeds of the sale of bonds. While the aggregate appropri ated at the last session of congress is above the mark for the preceding fiscal year, the prosperity of the country may be counted on to produce at least correspondingly greater Income. In short, nothing but industrial collapse could reverse the treasury balance. It should be remembered that parti san opposition, when a national elec tion Is pending, Invariably attempts to take advantage of such circumstances. as Judge Parkor notably did two years 1 ago when w a presidential candidate he harped on the prediction of an enormous deficit, whlc'i did not ma terialize. It Is tho congressional and other elections alone which are now stimulating calamitous prophesy, al though In sound burtncs3 Judgment there Is even less excuse for It than there was then. w n RAT Mil EX. Though there has been a sharp de cline in the price of wheat the last six weeks, bringing quotations consider ably lower than tho average durln several years last past, the ruling price is still far above that of the previous long series of generally depressed crop values. No small Influence in the re cent decline, It Is admitted. Is the hedg ing sales of buyers for consumption. Experts say there is no prospect of any advance to the level of 1905, when lightweight wheat sold up to $1 a bushel in Chicago, but on the other hand, the possibility of a fall, even temperorary, to the low average from 1885 to 1895 is exceedingly remote, and at least is not considered by the recognized authorities. The price has now reached a point at which demand for export in enormous quantities is in full play and almost certain to increase, and the grain is being carried on extraordinarily low rates. The yield both in quantity and quality, weighing out from sixty to sixty-four pounds to the bushel quite generally in most of the districts, will be the record crop in the history of grain growing in the west, and the net profit to the farmer, even at 60 cents a bushel at the local station, would ex ceed by far that of most of the years when the price was higher but the yield smaller. Those vigilant Epworth leaguers when in session at Lincoln overlooked one dreadful demonstration of the liquor power right under their own eyes, when the excise board of the Capital City officially decreed that peo ple thirsting for strong drink may sat isfy their appetites during state fair week up to 12:30 midnight, whereas the limit at other t..nca is fixed at 11:30 o'clock. In other words, while the inhabitants of the good city must finish the cud that cheers in time to get home on the last car, the strangers within their gates from thriving no license towns throughout the state will have an extra hour added to pass their money over the Lincoln bars. The question is, Will this shameful surren der to the devil be allowed to zo un rebuked? Some of the republican county con vtntions adopting anti-pass resolu tlons are making a limit of ninety days the dead line at which the use of a free pass is defensible or indefensible. By this ruling the man who rode on a pass ninety-one days ago is safe and sound, while the man who rode on a pass eighty-nine days ago is unsafe, if not positively dangerous.: Others draw the line at the time the repub lican state convention last year pro nounced against free passes and wipe the slate clean for all who sent their annuals back then, no matter how much traveling they had previously done as the guests of the railroads. Those who have been consistently and steadfastly opposed to the free pass abuse seem to be in danger of being crowded out by the new converts. The beauties of the provision of the new Omaha charter transferring to the sinking fund all balances remain ing in other funds at the end of the fiscal year are illustrated by the action of the council creating a special fund to hold the bequest made by the late Frank Murphy for the benefit of the public library. To have this money revert to the sinking fund would de feat the very object of the donor, but even to keep it out of the sinking fund by impounding it in a special fund will take considerable legal hair-splitting. Ninety thousand dollars of Ne braska's permanent school fund is to be loaned to the state of Tennessee through the purchase o! Tennessee state bonds, bearing interest rates con siderably lower than is paid by our own Nebraska people on their city and school district bonds. Is it not about time for Nebraska to change the con stitutional provisions that force us to loan our permanent school fund to Tennessee, Massachusetts and other distant states instead of answering the demand right at home? The decision of the German govern ment to send no warship to America this year is the first real evidence that the emperor believes the ships will be needed In the Baltic. That reported triple alliance of emperors may prove to be more than Imaginative. Duckling on Dnty. Boston Transcript. White wings have been introduced into an Omaha packing house. Ol Worry Doth Crowd Another. Washington Star. It is rather hard amid all this uncer tainty about Ice to h.ve the Coal trust serve notice that now Is the time to lay In the winter's supply of fuel. Itoklav Differently nt Things Kansas City Star. A critic of our system of national de fense expresses surprise that so small a regular army as only 70,0 men should be maintained "for the defense of eighty millions of people." An yet another way of looking at It would be that r'r'ap eighty million people would need less de fense than eight million. Crorlal Question of I'reredr are. New Yolk 8uu. Who shall ride In the carriage with Mr. Bryan when he conies to this town? M ghty Jeffersonlan minds are pondering this question. To be sure, the Wanderer might ride by himself and with himself. None but himself can be his parallel. Still, when the time comes. Wandering William will probably Insist upon show lug his sympathy with "the producing clauses" by taking (he reins himself. M niHMv. .O.WTnRMI. AHfAI. A Hernrd That f onnts. smart i.engr trcp . What are you lining. Stuart republicans? Letting prot esslonul politicians do your planning and thinking? What Is the past record of Kdward Rosewater, a man who for years has been associated with the powerful leaders of Ms party? Pld he al was work for them or against them, when he believed they were In the wrong? Has be even halfway battled against the mo nopoly leaders thnt have legislated the Armours and Rockefellers into their plun der of the public purse? If so, give hint a chance In spite of enemies made by op posing bad measures and bud men In Ills own party. Is Brown a niasc4uerader or a genuine Roosevelt candidate? Why has the Lincoln press bureau been so busy crentlng sentiment In his favor for the last year? Wants It to Re a Showdown. Fairfield Herald (rep ). Either N'orrls lirown or Edward Rose water will he the next United States sena tor from Nebraska. There are those who are not caring especially which one wins out. At any rate, let It be a showdown between the two In the state convention. While our preference out this way Is no doubt for the attorney general, the fact of the matter la that either one will represent the state ably, impartially and well. Why They Oppose Instruction. Blair Courier (rep.). The railroads are up against It so far as senator is concerned, for they waul neither- Rosewater nor Brown and either1 Rosewater or Brown It Is sure to be. The railroads are not asleep, however, nor aie they without hope. Their plan now Is to work for unlnstructed delegates and thus hope by Judicious trading to get enough votes to get their man, Millard. They are really opposed to nominating at the state convention, preferring to take their chances In the legislature where senators are really made after all. But if they lose the senatorslilp they are going to save what they can out of the wreck and name the governor and as many of the state officers as possible, preferably the three railroad commissioners. Here's hoping they get what the little boy shot at. August 22 will tell. Those Fake neformers. Nebraska City Tribune (rep.). The sometimes republican and always blatherskite Lincoln News Is Just now en gaged In "pointing out" in circus poster headlines that "contral of legislature is essential to success of reform programs" etj., etc. The blatherskite might take the statement to heart and note the legis lative ticket it helped to make in Lancaster county In exchange for a bunch of bun foozle endorsements of Tom, Dick and Harry for some prospective office. It might also note that its henchmen In that conven tion failed to make a serious effort to hand out even a milk-and-water endorse ment to George Sheldon, one of the squar est and soundest men whose name was mentioned above a whisper In that con vention. The Lincoln News brand of "re form" needs a powerful disinfectant. Always Dependable. Omaha Labor Advocate (lnd.). One of the things to be said of Edward Rosewater that stands out In bold relief is that In his long career as an employer his employes have always received their salaries In full on pay day and at the hour set. No excuses, parleying or checks on banks where no money was on deposit. Plea for Fair Campaign. O'Neill Frontier (rep.). In the interests : of his own candidacy Mr. Brown should put ft muzzle on his newspaper supporters ; who are exhibiting an Insane antipathy' to Mr. Rose-water. We believe both eaadtdatea want to oon duct a fair and honorable campaign, but some of the Browa supporters are getting pretty rank. The (supporters of Mr. Rose water have quite uniformly had the com mon courtesy to treat air. nrown cwnui dacy with respect.i but some of his. sup porters show a malicious antipathy to Rosewater that looks suspicious. Like Shakespeare, the people are beginning to think of this class of editors that "he doth protest too much.".. CZAR SENTENCED TO DEATH. One Discouraging; Aapeet of Revolt In Russia. Washington Star. Russia remains in a state of suspension, verging upon terrorism through revolution or reaction. So much has happened during a fortnight that it is only natural events should march a bit more slowly for a few days. At the pace of the past week the empire would in another ten days be In a condition of absolute anarchy. The crar. General Trepon and former Procurator General Pobledonostseff are marked for as sassination by the terrorists. Trepolt was already on the black list. The retired chief executive of the holy synod was not form ally proclaimed as an enemy of the people, but he was cordially hated. The death sentence passed upon the riar is the most sinister note thus far of the entire propa ganda of revolution. Nicholas was for a long time conspicuously Immune from the assaults of the reds. The hand of the assassin was withheld to permit him to demonstrste his good intentions. Now he Is rated as a failure, as too weak to with stand the pressure from the palace cabal. He. is to suffer accordingly. Of course, the precautions against the crime will be In creased, If that Is possible'. But it Is well known that the czar's palaces are filled with spies of the terrorists, and the Rus sian nihilists plots with diabolical cunning and patience. It will be a horrible crime If this sovereign, who Has been burdened with the most gigantic task of centuries. Is punished for his failure to accomplish the apparently impossible feat of reconcil ing the autocracy of Russia and the barely enlightened people. TRl'ST 1ST AMERICAN HONOR. Confidence Abroad that Might Rei aonably He Shared at Home. Newark Advertiser. There is a stinging rebuke to some people In the t'nlted States In remarks made be fore a House of Lords committee In Lon don recently by Sir William Mather chairman of Mather Piatt, owners of the Salford Iron works snd a high authority on techincal education. Mr. Mather said he was firmly opposed to making any excep tional arrangements for British pollcyhold era in American life Insurance companies. It was. Sir William considered, most de slrable that nothing should be done to cause Americans to believe that the British re garded tbem as lees trustworthy than them selves. It would create unjutt suspicions If anything was done to cause Americans to think that the British could not trust the honor and Integrity of America. That is the language of sanity and of common honesty. It is the judgment of the foreigner, more favorable to American honor and Integrity than is the shallow Judgment of many American critics. It Is a fact that the worst things said about American institutions. American publlo men snd American honor are said by native Americans the worsl llhels on our national life apjiear In American newspapers. The worst ssr"t Is put upon every phrase of American life by the muck rakers of the press. If the British can trust the honor and In tegrity of America may we not expert some respect for American honor from Americans who sit up to be censors and reformers? noun a not t sf.w vork. gome of the l.trntt of the Pay In the Rnsr Metropolis. Tenants on the block In West One Hun dred and Fifty-first street between Amster dam avenue and Broadway became Indig nant over a sign put tip In front of '.he five-story apartment house at S25 West One Hundred and Flf ty-flrst street reading: "Choice four and five-room apartments to let for colored tenants " The house has been leased for a term of years by the Afro-American Realty company, and It was rumored In the neighborhood that Hannah Ellas was Interested In the deal. The house was orlginslly built by Herman Ran be Pons, and two months ago was sold to the Louis Meyer Realty company, SM) Broad way. There are several private houses and a number of apart mrnt houses on the same block, and some of the tenants say thnt I they will get out rather than live In a neignnornooa witn a nouseiui or niggers. Mrs. Philip Roth. Janltresa of the house, was sitting on the stoop with her children when one of the agents came. up. accom panied by a negro, whom he Introduced as the new agent of the house She was tolj to tack the sign up. She refused, and told the agent that If he wanted the sign put up he could go to the cellar and find nails. There are twenty-four apartments In the house and twelve of them are occupied. Mrs. Roth went among the tenants and spread the news that their new landlord. after August 1. would be a l negro. They said that they would get out right away. Mrs. Alexander Tardes, wife of a lawyer, said that It was an outrage to fill such a house with colored families. When the news spread along the block a crowd gathered In front of the house. Some boys got a rope, and when the Janltress was in the house attending to her work they pulled the sign down and broke it in pieces. A member of the Afro-American Realty company told the janltresa that it was the Intention to rent the apartments to re spectable colored families and that notices would be served on the white tenants to get out by the first of the month. Punch, by his Intelligence and fidelity dur ing his fourteen years In the police service, earned the pension of ease and good living he was assured when Inspector Cross came from Brooklyn to Manhattan to attend the sale of condemned horses of the depart ment and outbid all others for the faithful old animal. It Is not often that a horse 2fi years old, unfit for hard service, brings IlIB at auction In New York or anywhere else. It is less frequent that men and women who have never seen a horse of such age and Infirmities come from miles around to bid for him, not for his value, but through real love for an intelligent an imal they have heard may fall into the hands of some sordid purchaser who will wring out In slavery his last few years of strength. They came from as far as Ja maica and gathered In front of the Leon ard street police station to bid for Punch. Most of them. Including one particularly persistent bidder, a woman, had never spen Punch and knew him only by his reputation. With him were five other and much younger police horses, condemned but able to do good work In other than police service for years. None of them brought anywhere near Punch's price. When Punch was put up for sale the auctioneer was amazed At the number of bids. The woman from Ja maica was most aggressive till the bid reached 170, made by Inspector Cross, and then with a sigh she retired and other carried the price up to the $118 at which the Inspector bought the horse. Punch has a strong Arabian strain and Is a beautiful brown animal, with flowing mane and tall, the head of a thoroughbred and the de portment of an aristocrat still in spite of his years. He will be put on a farm to roam at will and enjoy life without work. He recognised Inspector Cross as soon aa the latter appeared and , whinnied a greet ing, which Insured him the last dollar in the Inspector's pocket, if such a bid became necessary. Punch Is the hero cf many runaway res cues and knew his duties so well that with out the pull of a rein he filled any detail his master of the moment was covering. He played roundsman on his own account and signalled with his neigh to the horses of mounted men when his rider was on tours of inspection. . Through the resourcefulness and Inge nuity of two longshoremen at work on the pier, Bernard Bailey. 48 years of age, a carpenter, of Fairfield, Conn., was saved from death at the pier, at the foot of East Twenty-second street, Manhat tan. Bailey, who fell from the string piece of the pier, was In danger of drown ing and from being crushed between the pier and the steamer Bridgeport as the steamer was about to tie up. The pilot jingled the bells In the engine room, and signalled to back water, but to several hundred persons who had gathered on the bow of the steamer the man's death seemed unavoidable. When the steamer was within fifteen feet of Bailey, who, uitable to swim. was floun dering in the water with one hand resting on a spile, Martin F. Buckley, of 135 West Eighty-ninth street, and Jere miah McCarthy, of 301 Avenue A, who had seen him fall, ran to his assistance. Buckley wound his legs around an iron hawser bit, and, holding McCarthy by the legs, lowered him so that he could grab the man In the water. Bailey, who was very frightened and saw the big steamer still making headway toward him, didn't wait to be pulled out of the water, but used the bodlea of his rescuers as a lad der and crawled up McCarthy's back to the pier. Then Buckley hauled McCarthy up and the crowds on the steamer and pier cheered the rescuers. Bailey, be yond being badly scared, was not much worse off for his ducking. A fat and fidgety woman accom panied by her two daughters, asked Policeman Rempe, of the Park Row entrance to the bridge, the way to the Barclay street ferry. "What are those things?'' the police man said, pointing to something the three women had strapped around their waists. "They're life preservers," answered the elderly woman. 'What's the matter, are you cold?" the policeman asked, wiping his perspir ing face. "Oh. no, we're Just wearing them to be sure we'll be saved," the woman said. "We were on that steamboat Patten that was run into down the bay and we put these things on." "Well, there is no danger now and you will be much cooler If you take them off, the policeman suggested. "Not much will we take "em off," the woman said. "We are going to wear them until we get safely Inside our own house." The worst case of "frost" that the gov ernment ever encountered in Its business of collecting duties from returning tourists was experienced when the customs of ficials examined the baggage of 281 cabin passengers on the North German Lloyd steamer Frledrlch der Gross from Bremen. Every one of the first and att end cabin passengers made sworn decla rations that they had purchased nothing abroad and that they had nothing dutiable in their personal effects. One Inspector found a near-gold watch that a second cabin pAssenger had failed to declare and the passenger was taxed $2 duty. When the customs cashier made his return with the solitary $2 bill the customs house of ficlals were amased. The incident li un paralleled In government raoorda. it makes you llong for idlnner time BAKING Best for flaky pastry. wholesome bread and best for crisp cookies best for delicious cakes, some muffins, doughnuts will melt in your mouth. Everything yon msk well, it will help to make better, because it's "bent by teat," Anybody eaa cook well If Ihey ne Calnsnet Baking Powder. Patlnrewlth It la almoit impossible. The food pre pared with It la ire from Alum, Roc belle Sslti or any injurious ubstfioce. Prlo I Moderate PERSONAL SOTEK. Mrs. Catt has been received abroad by royalty. She had, of course, the prover bial right to look at a king. One of Russell Sage's nephews who Is going to contest the will makes no bones about saying that he Is after the almighty dollar. So was his uncle. Admiral Oeorge Dewey, who is summer ing at Richfield Springs, N. T-, is enjoying excellent health, despite a rumor to. the effect that he was seriously 111. Second Lieutenant E. P. learned of the marine corps, who Is now with the legation guard at Peking, has resigned. He is one of the Larned brothers of Princeton, who distinguished themselves as tennis players Former Governor Samuel R. Van Sant has been appointed chief marshal of the Grand Army parade, to take place during the annual encampment, which will be held In Minneapolis the middle of this month. Pattl. of all the vocalists in the world, stands alone In earning ability. Her mar velous voice, aided by histrionic ability of high order, has frequently brought her 15,000 a night. Next to her stood, and probably attll stands, Jean da Reszke. Orders have been Issued at the War de. partment. assigning Major General A. W. Greely to the command of the northern division, with headquarters at St. Louis, to take effect September 14. Lieutenant General Corbln is now In command of tho division, but he goea on the retired list September 15. Several years ago. after he had made a visit to Arizona anil New Mexico, Senator Beverldge was sent $R,000 worth of stock In a mine in that section. The senator promptly returned the certificates, stating that he felt it would be Improper for him to accept anything of the sort. That $S.0n0 worth of stock Is now said to be valued at 11,500,000. Hiram Wlllard, a prosperous merchant of Marshalltown. Ia., who died a few days ago, was at one time a member of the Galena tanning firm of Jesse Grant & Sons. He waa a member of the firm when he advanced the money to supply Captain U. S. Grant with uniform and equipments when he became colonel of the Illinois reg iment, to which he was first appointed, and he was very closely connected with che O rants, father and sons, while at Galena, ' PROSECITIO.N THAT COt'STS. Effect of the Activity of Federal ON Accra on the Corporations. Cleveland Leader. It good cltixens feel that there ia little evidence of progress in cases which the fed eral government is prosecuting against cor porations accused of granting and obtaining Illegal traffic advantages, they take a shal low view of existing conditions. If the feel ings of the highest offlclaiyof the railroads and other powerful corporations directly concerned could be ascertained, there would be no such doubts that the proceedings were worth while. The sense of Insecurity and the chronlo unrest which the federal authorities have created In the offices of companies which have violated laws against abuses in Inter state commerce Is punishment in Itself. It la a potent corrective Influence. It will cer tainly deter many persons In authority from Illegal practices. It Is a warning that more formidable attacks may be expected by all who violate laws for the protection of In dustrial and commercial rights. Another great benefit derived from the aggressive attitude of the Vnited States government Is the new spirit and pluck which it has given small competitors of great monopolistic combinations. There is more fighting blood roused now in behalf of fair play In business than had been stirred In many years. The government can count upon Increaaingly valauable help from the victims of Injustice. All this is well worth while. It means great gains for sound public policy and for Industrial and commercial morals. PIANOS PHONE They May Be Ordered Over the Wires as Safely as In Person. If It were not for tho operation of tho Hospe Plan which lnsurei safety In Piano buying, who would have ventured to order a Piano by telephone or telegraph T Why, even a horse trader who ! said to be the best trader in the world shrinks from a piano-purchasing ordeal In the store which hag a sliding price. No matter what price the cus tomer is asked or Anally pays In that kind of a store, he never knows whether he has paid too much or too little, but usually finds, later, somebody who paid loss than he. From us you may as safely order by telephone, by telgrsph or by mall as In person, and the chances are ten to one that our experts will select a piano for yon better than you could yourself, or than anybody else could select for you. All we need to know is, how much you wish to Invest; whether you want mahogany, walnut or oak; how yon wish to pay, and we will do the rest. We have ehipped pianos to the Pacific coast, Florida snd other Southern statea, and the New England states and north to the Canadian line, to people who gave us carte blanche to use our own judgment, and from every one we have had enthulsastlo letters of commendation. A child of 10 can call up Doaglas 188 and get the same price ex actly as you would if you called In person. Here Is a list of the pianos and prices that cannot be duplicated by any other store in the world. Used Vose Sons for 9145. I'sed 932S Hoape for 91 OS. I'aed 9323 Walworth for 916S. Used Cramer Piano for 9183. Used .Kimball .(Baby Grand) for 9430. Used Weber (Concert Grand) for 940. EXTRAORDINARY BARGAINS IX BEAUTIFUL PIANO PLAYERS. Never before have we had as fine s line of perfectly cared for, well conditioned, splendid values In Piano Players. A Beautiful 9230 Angelus for 9 ITS. A Kimball Piano Player, lu fine condition, for 9150. NOTE We have many more bargains in the Piano Player line la stock and invite moat critical, searching investigation. Terms of payment, 93, 90. 97, 94 and 910 monthly. These are only a few of the special things to be found la our great Midsummer Piano Bale. A. HOSPE CALUMET POWDER biscuit tooth that rA1l PI.ESATRIF.S. "I like to see men put themselves Into their work." "So do I. I.et's see you're a bMllder of Jails, aren't you." Baltimore American. "Have you any hooka on automobllln? "I haven't rend this one. but it s entitled People I Have Run Across.' "Cleveland Plain Dealer. Nonh Webster was compiling his dic tionary. "To n certain extent." be said. "I hava to trtke the language as I find It." Thereupon, with a pnng of regret, ha added the word "awfullv" to his collection. He foresaw that It would be awfullly .over worked. Chicago Tribune. "What!" snapped the complaint clerk In the ras office. "You any you are always bothered with poor light?" "Oh! no: not always," replied the quiet man. "Ah! as I suspected. You only notice it then at certain times, eh?" "Yes. only after dark." Philadelphia Press. "Oeorge." "Well?" "You ought to trv to save monev " "What's the use? I couldn't do that when I was single." loulsvllle Courier Journal. "Henpeck's wife's name is Marjorle, Is it not?" "Yes: but he calls her Majority." "How absurd!" "Not so very; yon know "malorlty rules.' "Houston Post. "I hope the Bible I gave ynu last week," said the missionary, "w.ll teach you some thing" "It has taught me something alreadv," replied the Cannibal Chief. "I find that I'm really a vegetarian." "Er how's that?" "Why, you know, it says 'all flesh Is grass?' "Philadelphia Press. Mrs. Chugwater Joslah, what Is a prima minister? Mr. Chugwater It's a preacher that's In his prime. How many more times have I got to tell ynu the meaning of plain, sim ple English words? Chicago Tribune. "When In doubt," said the weather ex pert, "always predict a storm." "What for?" asked the surprised asslst- "Because, If It comes you get the credit, and If It doesn't people are so reliea-ed thnt they don't find fault." Washington Star. "I'm the chosen of the brave athlete," said the flannel shirt proudly. "I really can't see why," returned the linen shirt, "for T run alwavs show a stiff front, while you shrink at the first nib." Cleveland Leader. Tommy Wrott Has anybody ever Spoken to you the sweetest three words in the language? !ot!a Ouph Oh, yes; T suppose I have been naked a thousand times, 'Want some candy?' "Chicago Tribune. "On what grounds do you claim that your client is Insane?" "Didn't he choose me a his lawyer?" tri umphantly replied counsel. Even the prosecution wss nonplused at this. Philadelphia ledger. SACRIFICE AT T1IK SPRLMQ BEE J. W. Foley In New York Times. He kood uv spelt hur down but wenn tbare awl spelt down but him ann hur ann sheet so smalll ann ankshus for the prise he kood not bare to beet a gurl hno was so yung ann fare ann wnn the neckt wurd kame to him altho he noo It wel he spelt it rong uno on purrpuas soxe sneed get the prize ann be us nappy us a lark ann then wenn he saw too big teera uv gladness In hur eyea hees gladd he mlsst ann let hur have the prize. ann wenn the teecher aedd sheea glad to see a gurl la the besst spellur hennry he Jusst took his seet ann tolled us awl that burd was sutch ann offle simpul eezy wurd he kood not see how he had misst it wenn heed spelt It In his lessuns time agenn but afturwurds he tolled me how he kame to put too ra In it ann sedd the nalm uv oeeln the besst spellur otto go to hur becaws she is a gurl uno. ann hennry sedd she mussent eavur no his sackrlttce becaws sheed wanto go ann give the prize rite back ann it musst be a aeacrut In owr bressts eturnalle but sum day wenn shees oiled ann woodunt kare heed like to have hur no the truu'h ann spair him frum the shalm uv mlseen sutch a wurd ann tel hur that he noo how to spel burd but wenn he lookt Intoo hur big bloo eyes he kood not bare to struggle fore the prlt. Used Kranlch A Bach (Ming, lion) for 70. Used Hal let A Davis (Parlor) for 9440. laed Hlnze for flftO. I'srd Weser Bros, for f200. Used Burton for 9100. CO., 1513 DoiHjla.9 St Omiiha, Neh, NT
