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4 TIIE OMAHA DAILY BEE: TUESDAY, AUGUST 14, 19051 Tiie-Omaiia Daily Bel &. ROSEfWATEH, EDITOA. Entered at Omaha Fostofflee as second C'aas matter. teams or rDBsciurnoN. t'aily Bee (without Sunday), on yer..HX Laily and Sunday, on fwr S00 feundav Bee, on yar tod Saturday Bee, on year DELIVERED BT CARRIER. lally B (Including Sunday?, per week.. 17c Liiy be (without Sunday), per week.. lie Evening Bee (without Sunday). pr wek Se Evening He (with Sunday), per weefc..lO.- Sunday Bee, per copy .c Address complaint of Irreg ularttle In c livry to City ctroulatlon epertmnt. offices. ; Omaha The B Building. Koutn Ptnaha-Ctty flail Building. Council Bluffs W Pearl Street. ChlcafO 140 Unity Building. . nMt Kw York IK Horn Ufa In. Building Washington 601 Fourteenth Street. CORRESPONDENCE Communication relating to news and edi torial matter ahould be addressed: Omaha Be. Editorial Department. REMITTANCES. Remit by draft. express or postal order payable to Th Be Publishing Company. Only t-cent stamp received a payment of mall account. Personal check, eicept on Omaha or eastern eichanre, not eoceptea. THE BEE PUBLISHING COMPANY. , STATEMENT Of CIRCULATION. at of Nebraska, Douglas County, : 'J. C HoMwiUr, general manager or io Be Publishing company, being duly t-orn, ay that th actual number of lull and complat cople ot Th Dally. Morning, Evening and Bunaay Bf printed luring th month ot July, 10 " Tollows: 1 30,140 IT Sl-MO t.. ........ 31,710 II 31.830 39,530 1 31,600 4 8a,O0 10 31.680 t 88400 U 38,480 31,60 SI 30,600 7 83.880 , 21 81,750 '.. 804100. 14 31,680 SI.MO ' IS 1.630 10 3U660 .14 31,870 11 31,530 IT 31,750 12..... 3380 II 88,180 II 3360 2 30,650 14 34,680 10 31,630 15 80,400 II 119 14. I. ....... 83,800 Total 887,880 Lea untold copies 10,866 Net total alea .676,684 Daily average 31,015 C. C. ROSEWATER. General Manager. Subscribed In my prnc and ewora to before mo this llt day of July. ltQ. (Seal.) ' M. B. HUNQATE. Notary Public WHEN OUT OF TOWN. Babaorlbera leaving th city Km. porarlly should have Th B nailed t them. Address will b The "Sick Man of Europe" ha ceased to be a mere figure of speech. - The tennis tournament will now have the right-of-way with the lovers of amateur sports. , In a few weeks the public will learn the effect of the new foot ball rules on the mortality statistics, Another long, promised building: lm provement still on paper is the new Union Pacific headquarters which is several laps overdue. ' Copying after Artemus Ward, those Russian ', landlords show tuemselvei willing to sacrifice everything but themselves" Jot ' the welfare of, their country. The csar Is said to have asked the advice of the king of Great Britain re garding the situation in his empire. If this be ,.true he may for once hear something worth while. ' A law requiring bank examiners to examine , the nature of securities as well aa their volume before banks fail might not be a bad amendment for the statute books of many states. Oand Puke Nicholas seems much more anxious to preserve his life than to save the dynasty of his family. That "accidental" discharge of bullets was sn argument too. strong to be. denied After all the best remedy for an irchy is a Just enforcement of law and tuch chajnges In court procedure as will nake justice depend less upon ability to pa costly lawyers or perfect ex pensive bonds. Having been introduced at a corner ton laying as "Kv. Mr. Dahlman, His, Honor, the mayor. ihnnM tui himself fitted to preside over any func tion at wnica bis attendance may be omciaiiy demanded. That reminds us that the populists are- ter nave a state convention this week. t" the same time and nlac the democratic state convention. Pre sumably one ticket will admit to all tents oi me great show. We hasten to assure the tmblie that the bursting of that big water main need not be expected in any wav affeet the lawyers who are milking the cow of water works litigation at the expense of the Omaha taxpayers. The suicide of the secretary of th National .Board, of Trade at Kansas City fhowi the wisdom of the National Cotton Planters'-association discharge log officers who speculate in the prqduct they are supposed to guard. That. Chicago man. who returned home after an unexplained absence o tfctrtjr-one years and requested that nc questions be asked regarding his wan aerisgs, would probably feel shocked his wLfo should turn the same trick. if voiuusi oryans assurance that no 1 . . one but himself Is responsible for the charges mad against Roger Sullivan precludes the Illinois committeeman from beating Bryan over another shoulders, but it also makes It Impera tive for Mr. Bryan to win the fight , ;JJemocrtIe. candidates for state offioea In Wisconsin have begun a per- tonal Investigation of the books of present state officers. If the affairs of that state are la such condition that democrats cannot find an "issue" with out digging for- W the people may con KiataUU themselves. . . rpr RATLROAD PROGRAM. Should the republican stars convention nominate a candidate for United States senator T That depends first on whether expediency or principle should control In th council of th republican party. And If expediency Is to b th rul It might depend on what the democratic convention does. If the democrat!) . convention falls to nominate, those against convention nomi nation will argue that wltk th field full of democratic aspirant and with only on republican aspirant In the field It will be difficult to elect a republican legislature. Is there really anything In this argu ment, granting th right of the convention to overrule on of . th most important things It Is elected by th people to do. If the democratic convention falls to nominal a senator, will It not prove th dishonesty of the detnoeratlo party In claiming that It wants to bring the elec tion of United States senators closer to the people t And If th democrats fall to re spond to the wishes cf the masses of the people on this question, will not the masses of the democrats turn to the support of the republican candidate to punish th democratic party for Its apparent Insin cerity T.-Columbus Journal. ' Jay Gould Is satd to have declared that he was a republican In republican states and a democrat in democratic states. The declaration Is in point only in showing that the railroads have no particular party affiliations, but work constantly to further their own ends by using one or all political parties for their purposes. Here in Nebraska the .railroad pro gram is for them to name the next United States senator by preventing any popular"6k'presslon of choice and sending the senatorship to the legisla ture, where the blandishments of their lobbyists may be depended on to manipulate the result as they wish. rhe fact that the coming democratic state convention for once meets a week in advance Of the republican state convention forces the railroads to pull off the first part of their pro gram on the democratic side of the fence. , ' It is essential to their plans that the democrats be prevailed on' to make no nomination for'Uhited States sena tor no matter how much by so doing they may belie their repeated profes sions of allegiance to -the cause of di rect popular choice of-senators. .The railroad democrats were successful to the extent of excluding the senatorial nomination from the democratic call and it remains only to be seen whether they can complete their contract when the convention meets. Should the railroads succeed in the first part of their program for pre venting 'a democratic nomination for senator, they will take it along into the republican camp as ah argument for carrying out the second part of their program, which is to nullify the republican call so far as. it relates to the nomination of a senator. The people of Nebraska should un derstand the exact situation.' They can read the measure of success ot the railroad program In the returns from the democratic state convention. If the democrats ' name a candidate for senator it will indicate 'that the 'rail-' roads' are not in absolute control; even though' they may name a., man ... be holden to them for the place. , Failure to nominate a candidate for senator will be proof conclusive that the rail roads have the democratic convention tightly in their grip. DAMAGES AO A IKS T A VTOUOB IL1S TS. The accumulating decisions of the courts are steadily narrowing users of automobiles on the public highways- to rules of common sease. one of the most Important of which is that liability for damages is not to be avoided by keep1 ing strictly within the speed limit laid down by law, as" many have supposed. A legally fixed limit merely marks the point to exceed which is an offense In itself. But the courts are holding that circumstances control liability for dam ages, even though the speed be below the legal limit. Where children or the blind or the Jeaf may be in the war, or In any sit uations in which peril arises naturally even below the law-fixed limit of speed. the automoblllst is being properly held responsible for any. harm done and Judgments for heavy ' damages' are en forced by the courts. - He has 'no dif ferent or better rights on the highways than other persons, and he is bound in law aa well as in morals to observe the equal rights of others under all circumstances, without regard to legal regulations as to maximum speed and like points. Police court fines are of course a moderating Influence, but damage judg ments running up into thousands of dollars are more serious. BONAPARTE OK AXAJRCHlSSf. The specific remedies recommended by Secretary Bonaparte for anarchism in this country are not so important at the general educational stimulus of his Cumberland address. The law has al ready been amended somewhat, follow ing the crime ot Czolgoss, both as re gards admission of anarchists to our ports and as regards treatment of such as are citizens or-domiciled here. The law might well go further, as the see retary suggests, and extend toe ancient doctrine of conspiracy to various as pects of anarchist crime, and this will very likely be done it this species of social menace continues to manifest Itself. But, after all, the main reliance for protection must be upon the sanity and content of the great mass 61 the peo ple. The dangerous defectives, the degenerate and the extremely vicious cannot be altogether nor in any event speedily eliminated, but their potency for the peculiar mischief which is as sociated with the names of Csolgoss and Ouiteau will be greatly diminished by an overawing attitude oi the commun ity to the excesses "of yellow journal ism, muck raking and partisan agita tion, which, though they cannot be summarily eradicated .' by statutes, should he obnoxious kevause. If or no i ' ; - f. i- . " other reason, they Inevitably stimulate to action the evil Impute to anarchist crime. - ; " la a broad view there has been no more wholesome manifestation in de cades than the recent awakening of public conscience to mauy deep seated and far-reaching social wrongs and abuses, and the correction of some of the most serious ones which Is now In rapid progress. Overgrown wealth through legal discrimination and forced Inequality are wrongs which It behooves all right-minded citizens to resist valiantly and undo, and not let grow to foster anarchism. These re forms, both In the national field and In the state administrations and the great moral awakening back of them are establishing a firm basis tor the hopeful reduction, if not the elimination,- of anarchism. The new and bet ter conditions differentiate and em phasise in all normal minds the crime of anarchism which,, in final analysis, is denial of their right and capacity to order affairs. THE T)LD CVMBERLAKD ROAD. The scheme of restoring by national subsidy the "Old Cumberland Road" which ran from Cumberland, Md.. across Pennsylvania, Ohio and Indiana to Vandalla, 111., is Impractical as well as objectionable on other grounds. It would no doubt be a highly sentimental satisfaction if that historic highway which during the first half of the last century tens ot thousands of pioneers traveled to reach new homes in what was then the west, could be renewed, but its renewal embraces no object ot national scope or need. The "Old Cumberland Road." while an object of historic inteist, has even In this respect no higher merit than the "Old Wilderness Road" debouch ing from the mountain farther south into Kentucky and Tennessee, or the "Santa Fe Trail", and the "Oregon Trail," which ran across the western plains. As means ot transportation all these old wagon highways have long since been paralleled and superseded by railroads, some of which were sub sidised by the national government be cause, under the conditions in which they were constructed they were re garded as enterprises of national im portance. But it has been more than a full generation since it was seriously proposed to give national treasury aid even to the superior steel and steam highways. There is hardly a point at which the national government could consistently stop if it should begin now to finance an alleged natldnal wagon highway like the- "Old Cumberland Road," which no one would dream of financing to the same extent as a prac tical enterprise. There is nothing to prevent town ships, counties and states from taxing themselves, if they choose, to restore the ancient and decayed highway or any portion of it. It is indeed in serious consideration in Pennsylvania to legis late for 'the reconstruction oi ki least a part of one ot Its famous bid high ways, not for sentimental but for prac tical uses. Those who most use these or other country road improvements should pay for them as for any other local interest of the sort. But the time has not come, nor is there yet any sign that it will ever come, for the na tional treasury to bleed for a costly Interstate rock road for the conven ience and sport of touring automobll ists. It would be infinitely better to plug up some of the big holes already bored by the auger of local Interest than to open new ones. The political schemers Who are try ing to subvert a popular choice of sen ator by overturning the call for a senatorial nomination by the repub lican state convention are resorting to all sorts of fictions to bolster up their argument. They have misled the "Utica Sun," for example, into assert ing that it was only by a majority of 8 that the republican state commit tee favored a - nomination- of United States senator by state convention The records of the committee will show that the vote on Inserting the nomination of senator in the call was 17 "yes" to 7 "no." theinaJority being 20 instead of 8. every niem'xr of the committee voting on the preposition. While some of those who votea for convention nomination In the commit tee may have been personally opposed to it. they cast their votes for It be cause the republicans of their .districts whom they represented were practi cally unanimous for It, The vote of 2 7 to 7 in the state committee was ssrely as decisive as it could be on any Question which would arouse a difference of opinion. Governor Mickey declares that the people of South Omaha are responsi ble for the condition of affairs in their city. In this the governor is slightly Inaccurate. In the charter ot South Omaha the governor is vested with au thority to name the Board of Fire and Police commissioners for that city and to that extent Is made responsible for his appointees. There is no question, however, but that the people ot South Omaha, as of every other city, would be glad to manage their own affairs without outsdo interference, but the only way this can be effectively brought about is by According them the full measure of municipal home rule. The action of Rear Admiral Good rich defending the civil rights of en listed men in the navy will tend to make that service more popular. The uniform of the United Statea should never be allowed to become a badge ot disgrace.- A call has been Issued for a meeting of the provisional resolutions commit tee appointed to frame the republican state platform and republicans gener ally are Invited to submit their sug-i gestlons. If the committee will gather up all the platforms promulgated In the different republican county con ventions It will have a vast variety to select from, at least so far as concerns the 'plsnks relating to railway rate regulation, free pass abolition and di rect primary legislation. Omaha's democratic mayor and council were elecfed upon pledges ot retrenchment and relief from mu nicipal tax burdens. They are now up against the making of a city tax levy, where they must either make good or flunk on their promises. Pnlnfal Shertaae of Dike,. Pittsburg Dispatch. If the czar could find grand dukes enough to man his fleet and fill the ranks of his army the campaign of reaction might be a success. That view, of course. Is based on the somewhat Violent presumption that the grand dukes will fight. "Se-lf-Pol with Whitewash. Buffalo Express. There are no scandals under the British government. There never would be in the United States If th public her would tol erate such whitewashing as that don by the commission which Investigated the loss of 16,000,000 In war stores during tHe Boer war. Sample of Jersey Jastlce. New Tork Sun. "He Is the best friend I ever had, except my father," satd the lawyer who made a plea for clemency In behalf of ex-Mayor Belcher of Paterscn, and th defendant wept. Judge Scott, although formerly a friend of Hie absconder and forger, sen tenced him to twelve years at Trenton. Another vindication of Jersey Justice. Make a Roto of It. Philadelphia Press. That Vienna fire Insurance company which has repudiated its $2,S00,000 worth of San Francisco insurance by taking advan tage of the earthquake clause ought to re ceive some attention from American busi ness men who hold Its pollclea It Is lia ble to collect premiums and then nullify Its responsibility In other cities than San Francisco. ' -' Simple and Effective Boston Trsnscrlpt. Th campaign Issue In the west Is sim ple: Note the long list of reform meas ures passed by the republican congress under the lead of President Roosevelt. Do you want to clip his wings for the rest of the administration? This will be th question addressed to the voters, accord ing to all signs of the campaign as It Is now shaping Itself.;'. . Penalising; Land Grabbing. Portland Oregonlan. ' The Oregonlan has no desire to add th weight Of a feather to the burden of sham and trouble under which various convicted defendants In the land' fraud cases are struggling. - One has just been sentenced to a term at McNeill's Island penitentiary and to pay a $2,000 fine, and unless the Judgment' of the court shall be set aside, he must wear prison stripes and lose his liberty for a year. Another has been given a' term In th Multnomah county jail and must also pay a fine, and stilt another has just been found guilty and will be duly Sentenced. Th lesson Is severe,, very severe; but It will be long remembered In Oregon. There will b no more wholesale fraud In land entries In Oregon. But "when 1 are other states, equally Involved wltH Oregon, to hav their turnT " tf" !' ' ' - SICCESS OP GOVERNOR MAGOO. Significance of the Proposed Transfer to 'the. Philippines. . New york Sun. Washington rumor has It that the Hon. Charles - E. Magoon, at present governor of the canal son In Panama, may shortly be 1 transferred from Ancon to Manila. In a general way this announce ment will please: the rapidly Increasing number of those who doubt the wisdom of American methods in dealing with th Filipinos. Governor Magoon has evidently succeeded In pacifying the disaffected ele ments on the Isthmus. It Is quit as evi dent that the earnest and painstaking offi cials who conduct the civil government at Manila Just, now, or have been dls. charging that delicate function in th last two or three years, ar In hotter water than they were at (the outset, with every reason to apprehend a particularly active ebullition In the hear future. Oovsrnor Magoon, on the other hand, took charge of the canal zone at a time of bitter popu lar discontent. -Almost the entire body of th natives was in eruption. They disa greed among themselves, no doubt, but they were as one In hating "the American Intervention." From Panama to Colon, th whole sone was seething with cabals, black with acowls, vocal with Imprecations, brooding conspiracy. T.hJ condition, however, Mr. Magoon speedily transformed.' "Within a fw months the clouds lifted. Th Panamans l discovered, to thelr( astonishment and de i Ight, that th new governor had no d. j signs on their private comings and goings; no Intention of regulating, their personal morals; no wish to order their dress, be havior, customs, Ideas, thoughts Or aspira tions. He exhibited not th slightest ten dency to lecture and discipline them. He respected their traditions, recognised their right to Individuality, and In all other ways appealed to their confidence and sym pathy. He applied. In fact, that touch of human nature which never falls to reach th heart; and the result I that he pre sides today over a territory and a people that hav never, known ral content be fore. He haa achieved In Panama what th Navy department, maintaining the wise Initiative of Captain Bebre and Captain Tllley, ha achieved In Tutulla reconciled an alien and a subject peopl to a regime of law and order, without the smallest invasion ot Its amour pro pre. The United Statea haa not been wholly happy in Its efforts toward benevolent assimilation, and It Is natural that those who hav watched the course and Intelligently appraised the triumph of Oovernor Magoon In Panama should taka heart from the suggestion that he be sent to th Philippines, where th conditions are practically Identical with those h found awaiting him on the Isth mus a year or so ago. W ar by no means confident, howaver, that this transfer will b crowned with equally beneflclent consummation. It seems to bo understood that Mr. Magoon Is to go .to Manila as a subordinate, as lieutenant governor. In fact. If that be th case, It Is much too soon to mak halcyon predictions. Unless Mr. Magoon Is to b Invested with supreme authority and permitted to formulate and execute his ow policies, it is difficult to se why he should b sent to th Philippine at all. Arguing th future from the past, h would transplant to Manila th sam meth ods he has evplolted with such remarkable success In Panama. By the sam token, however, those methods would find scant favor under the existing dispensation. It is conceivable that, rumor, on this occasion aa on counties occasions In th past, may hav no serious foundation. There la lit tl doubt, . howvr, that th situation la the Philippines sorely needs a man of Mr Magooa's wisdom and dlsorwa NEBRASKA SE ATOM AL CAMPAIO thy Nat Play relet Falrbury Journal. Two religious bodies at Lincoln last week passed resolutions against Edward Rose, water's candidacy for United States sen ator. The opposition to Rose water Is based en his views on prohibition. H has always opposed It, both In speeches and through his paper. The Omaha Bee. The preachers who Inspired and carried through these resolutions cannot sccus Mr. Rosewater of being two-faced. They must acknowledge thst he has practiced no evasion In his sttltude on th prohi bition question. Had Mr. Rosewater been other than tho editor ot a great newspaper these preachers might never have discovered that he was opposed to prohibition. Mr. Rosewater' opponent, Mr. Norrls Brown does not con duct a newspaper, and his Ideas on prohi bition never see daylight. Th preachers, therefore, neglected to say anything about Mr. Brown. Thus th preachers put a premium on evasion; they condemn the msn who ex presses an honest opinion, and by Implica tion Indorse the on who Is foxy enough to steer clear Of troublesome Issues. This paper believes thst frankness and honesty In opinions Is just as essential as prohibition more so. There may be an honest difference of opinion as to th best way to regulate th liquor traffic. There can be no difference as to th question Of honesty. The man who dodges a question la much less to be trusted than the one who meets It and freely and frankly statea his opinion, If he ha one. It Is unfortunate that the man who has Ideas and expresses them Is always the tar get for consideration, while the one who dissembles ever Is praised. Those Fake Reformer. Arcadia Champion (rep.). There has been much talk put up by th State Journal about th machine of Lancaster county. According to their tory, th machine there has been fighting Norrls Brown for United States senator, and has been working In th interests of the railroads. The county conven tion met there last week and according to the State Journal Itself endorsed Norrls Brown for United States senator, and nominated the so-called machine ticket for the legislature. Th State Journal calls It a great victory. Where are the anti-pass and rat regu lation laws of this state made? Not In the United Sate senate but In the legis lature. Th Stat Journal may have won a victory for Itself but It certainly did not for th people. There were State Journal votes enough In that county con vention to control It. No excuse can be framed. Th State Journal's mask Is off. Looking Thrsath Smoked Glasses. Humboldt Leader (rep.). Those who claim Rosewater Is being sup ported by the Burlington railroad neglect to mention that his opponent Norrls Brown stands very well with th Northwestern system. Clearly Mad Mistake. Carletan Leader (rep.). W are dearly of the opinion that the campers at Lincoln erred when they let go of themselves and eondemed Rosewater In such strong terms. No doubt several hundred of them had no Idea what they were really voting upon, and ' without a doubt several hundred of them will vote for men this fall without one-half the prin ciple which they gave Rosewater credit with. To be sure he worked sgalnst the amendment In 1890 and to a great majori ty of thinking people his efforts were for the beat Interests of th stats. He did not work, against It for the reason that he wanted boose to use himself. For In our belief Roosewater does not us one-fourth th amount of liquor that a larg per cent of the posing prohibitionists do. Strike from the Shonlder. Butt Oasette (rep.). Th Oasette would Ilk to see Rosewater get th honors, for he is made of the proper material that will make Nebraska famous, as h strikes right -from the shoulder st anything he slms at Controlled by Ife Corporation. Verdel Outlook (rep.). Rosewater will b our next senator! History for the past thirty years is suffi cient to prove th fact that Rosewater can't be controlled by anybody, not even by the railroads or the. Btandard Oil com pany. He Is a man that knows what Is right and you will always find him fight ing for It every jump In th road. Nom inate Rosewater. Glre the Peesle a Tolce. Waterloo Oasette (rep.). Let It be either Rosewater or Brown rather than no endorsement at all, as Is the program of the railroads. It la mor Important that th convention endorse than that the selection of a senator be left to the legislature, even though such en dorsement will not be binding upon th legislature. Olve the peopl a ehanc to express their preference, both In th con vention and at th polls. PERSONAL ROTES. A Kansas City alderman discredits th claim that th fid Is on tight. "Art Is on th bum," he asserts. Evidently a larg leak somewhere. A Philadelphia deaf mute has been restored to speech and hearing by being run over by an automobll. He was so mad h Just had to say something. Governor Andrew Hsrrls and staff, of Ohio, attended the reunion of the Ohio Marylanders association, of Springfield, O. He was met at th depot by th cadet band and Governor War field and staff, of Maryland. George H. Dieffenbacher, who haa been delegated by th grand duk of Baden to study malarUl germs and mosquitoes in North and Central America, arrived In this country recently and has gon to Mexico to start his Investigations. George Irving, th last surviving nephew of Washington Irving, marvloualy hal and actlv at U. Is living In Nw Toik. Mr. Irving I practically th sol remaining member of the Irving family, of which h la engaged In writing a history. J. B. Martin, an Ohio man who owns larg mining properties In Alaska, asserts he will glv toOO.OOO a yar to sdvanc th J cause of prohibition. Heretofore th party has never' had at Its disposal mor than 800,000 In any ef Its national campaigns. Waladotta, or Gray Eagle, an Indian chief who took part In the Custer massacre and, like many others of the victorious force In that fight, took refuge m th Can adian northwest from th vnganoe of th United Stat, has recently dld at Prince Albert. Saskatchewan. Unlike some of his oompanlona, howvr, when th rebellious half-breed In Saskatchewan called th Indians to their aid he not only refused but took an active part In the war on th whit man's slds. H was a peculiarly An specimen of ths red Indian, both physically and morally, for h wss ( In! I Inches tall and conspicuously free from vicious habit. , Increased Feree ef Peacemakers Washington Post. Another sign that the cause of universal peace making progress may be found In th fact that several thousand addi tional msn bar bees put to work at th JCriiim ma works. AflMT GOSSIP IN WASHINGTON. Carreat Kreats Gleaned from the Army and Navy Resrlster. Some time Jn the early autumn, or at least before congress reconvenes In De cember, Secretary Taft will mak sn In spection trip to some of the army posts in th western section of th country. He will be accompanied by Oenernl Bell, the chief of staff of the army. Ths Itinerary of the Inspection party has not been mad out and there Is an uncertainty about th date of departure and the duration of the jour ney, but It will embrace the principal posts In th' line of travel. Secretary Taft de sires to see the garrisons which are destined to come up In ohe or another connection In the discussions' In the War department and st the cspltol next winter. Much success has attended th trial of the galloping ambulance, type tf which are being used, under very practical conditions, at the camps of Instruction at Fort Riley and Chlcksmaugs. The surgeon general ot the army has requested the quartermaster general to build or purchase fifteen addi tional ambulances of this pattern with th Idea of Issuing one to each regiment of the cavalry. Th method Is to hitch to the vehicle a hers and It Is so arranged that any cavalry animal may be hastily at tached to the ambulance and literally gat loped to the destination. The use of the vehicle, under the observation of the army surgeons, shows that It is of great vslue In the field and It will take it place In the permanent equipment of the medical department In time of war. Th War deportment finds It difficult to Impress upon recruiting officers that they ar authorised to administer oaths, since such officers are constantly found employ ing notaries, sometimes, as In a case be fore th department this week, st excesstvo cost. In this particular 4nstance th no tary presented a bill amounting to 12.50, when the laws of New Tork, wher the oath was administered, authorised but II rents. The department will probably re fuse to pay the bill and will enter upon correspondence with a view to or'ilnlng a correct charge. The officer acted under th supposition that he was not authorised to administer the oath. In which he wa In error, as by virtu of being the only officer present at his recruiting ststlon he becomes the trial officer of th summary court for that station and as such was authorised to administer th oath In th taking of th deposition of a witness needed at the trial of a deserter at Fort Jay. Th nw manual of th medical depart ment ha just been printed and Is being distributed from the surgeon general's office. It Is larger thsn the edition which It displaces, being In sis and appearance similar to the other staff corps manuals and consequently a larger type in It text. A new feature of exceeding value Is the chapter on field, medical and sanitary ser vice. It gives full table of supplies for field hospitals, stationary hospitals, th ad vance supply depot and base hospital, to. gether with the total welrhL packed, of the articles under each subject, Information of use In transportation. It Is Interesting to knew, fo Instance, that the total weight of the field hospital. Including tentage for wards and exclusive of teutsge for th hos pital corps personnel, la 18.100 pounds. An other Item ef interest Is the replacing of the Munson system ef packages, which was found In practice too bulky, by tin con tainers, excepting for a few articles that act on tin. The secretary of war has taken up the question of eligibility to the" second lieu tenancies of the army. It Is possible that he will amend the order recently Issued, which provides for' the examination" of civilian candidates along with candidates from among the enlisted men of th army In a competition for th thirty-six vacan cies. Th admission of th civilian candi dates haa provoked a storm of protest from various sources and some of ths remon strances hav reached th president. This week Mr. Taft concluded to leok Into the matter mor carefully than he has evi dently' don hitherto. He I described ss being Impressed with th point mad in s communication addressed to him a few day ago on the subject from some of those who feel thst they are not being treated with entlr fairness In all respects. A the situ ation Is now the candidates from the army may expect to find themselves limited to twelve vacancies In the grade of second lieutenant, those In the Infantry and cav alry. The rest of th places can go, easily enough, to civilians, those who are known aa honor graduates of the sis leading col leges and others, who are after the places and who are bringing all posslbl influ ence to bear upon the president and Mr. Taft to get designated for th examination, which take place at Fort Leavenworth on ncember L Mr. Taft will very readily find out that there I no warrant of law for th admission of th civilians at this time to a competition for appointment as second lieutenant: hs will find that the civilians 'come after the army csndldates hav been appointed and do not share the places with the enlisted men who have passed their preliminary examinations and who have reason to expect the commis sions will be reserved for them and until' the result of their final examination is known. There has been an sndhtssjot of trouble about th appointment ef enlisted men to army commissions merely because succeeding secretaries of war. three In turn, have had as many varied Ideas of the law, which was- certainty plain enough on th subject. The whole situation was muddled, badly, too, by the adoption of a paragraph rn ths army regulations which gave th sercetary ef war the power to let In the civilians. Browning, Ming & Co MIG1NAT0IS AND SOLE MAKE1S t IALP SIZES IN CLOTMNQ. 'r Shirt SeJe $1.00 Soft Shirts, . . . 75c $1.50 Soft Shiits, . . . $1-05. $2 & $2.50 Soft Shirts, $1.45 Now is the time to buy a Straw Hat CHEAP fifteenth and Douglas Sts. Fr Swear s4 s4 re COST OF LIVING. Factor likely t AsTert Rednrtlna f Blah Prices. Philadelphia Ledger. It is predicted that the price level f farm products will tend to higher flsm-es In this country. Th Omaha Be In noting the Increase In the value of Nebraska land declares that th price level cannot return to the low point to which It was depressed when wheat and hogs were produced throughout th west on land repreeenttne an Investment of only s fraction of present values, and "without the present Ineatlahl market and transportation means." There seems to he at least a temporary tendency toward a dear food supply, but there ar hopeful factora to be considered which In t'me will tend to reduce th cost of living. Such artificial Inflation of prices as arises from th monopolistic control of the supply of certain articles of food and. cf Its distribution to consumers must be removed. If possible, by the enforcement of sntl-monopoly legislation; but the most hopeful outlook for lower prices for staple farm commodities lies In the grester do velopment ot our vast agricultural re sources. Th experts of the Department of Agri culture assert that the farm lands might readily supply food for a population ten fold greater than Is now In the country. The millions of acres which hav long been under cultivation could be mad to pro due enormously grester harvest under In tensive farming, and the productive posst bllltles of th vast tracts reclaimed or to be reclaimed by Irrigation are scarcely com putable. Whatever the present tendency of th food price level may be. we are evi dently far removed from th period when the population will exhaust Its means of subsistence. Millions of seres will be added to th farming area by Irrigation. It Is equiva lent to the annexation of a new and fer tile domain. This conquest of nature Is costly In the first Instance, but it Is prov ing to be an exceedingly profitable Invest ment, Infinitely preferably to any conquest that could be made by war. The addition of a million foreigners yearly to our natural native Increase of population need not cause alarm so far as the demand upon the food supply l Involved. The produo tlve capabilities of the country can be In creased many fold, and will respond to th new demands. Whatever the futur cost of living may be, nobody fears famine foe America. MIRTHFUL REMARKS. Daughter Let me show you his lov letter. Kathsr-I'd rather se his pay envelope, New Tork Sun. Miss Fryte Tes, the French mak th best mirrors. I recognls the fact every time I look Into mine. Mr. Dippy What a painful reflection on the American artisans. Cleveland Plain Reader. Whyte That concern was prettx waQ smashed up, wasn't It T Browne I should say It was I ' Bjonet was appointed receiver last month, and h told me yesterday that as yet he hadn't found anything to recelv. BomervllU Journal. "Tes, sir," the barber prattled, as h shaved the patron, "llvln' Is mighty high these idays. All kinds o' prices has gon up so It's hard fur us worfcin'men to even git enough to eat." "Tes?" groaned the victim; "I Judge., however, that you find onlona cheap enough. Philadelphia Catholic Standard. "I don't know whether to Invest my money in railroad or In whisky trust stock. Which do you think would b betteiT" "Oh, there can't be any question about that. Whisky's stronger than water." Philadelphia Ledger. "Why don't you try the faith cure for the discomfort of warm weather?" "I have tried It. The thermometer doesn't pay the slightest attention to It." Wash ington Star. "Well," said the girl's father, "from my observation of that young man of yours last night I speedily concluded that b was rather wild." "Of course," replied the girl, petulantly. "It wa your persistent observation of him that made him wild. He wanted you to go away." Philadelphia Press. "My husband Is such a generous man." "Yes?" "Tes. I gave him a box of cigars for hta birthday, and h only smoked on. H gave the rest to hi friend." Philadelphia .Press. Procastlnatlon had Just stolen an hour from Tim, "I'm only borrowing It," chuckled the old thief, "and to show that I Intend to pay It back I'll Just make a minute of It." Which, as he afterward reflected, made It really too small a matter to be worUa remembering. Chicago Tribune. AN AWFTL FATE DECREED. Oh, men who write things for the press. If I could catch and chain Toe proofreader around th neck Out on some sandy plain; And called you all with arms to come Clubs, pistols, guns and spears Pray, what would you all do to him. In spite of all his tears T Baltimore Sun Forget the pistols, guns and spears. Dear bard, they're much too tame; And do not let his falling tears Cut In upon the game. 'Tla best, by far. If you would kill, To starv him half to death. Then feed hlin "petted chicken" till His body sheds Its breath. Milwaukee Sentinel. Nor were this last a fitting death, My friend and fellow dupe; For then would canners take his breath And make It into soup. Go to, you-amateurlsh lot; Tou must be full of drugs. Just drop him In the metal pot And watch him turn to slugs. Washington Post. But, ah, while this may seem to yeu To fit his dreadful crimes. Much mischief still each slug may do Through mangled prose and rhymes. 'Twere better far without delay Each scientist agrees To send him where those surgeons may Correct his tendencies. Cleveland Plalndealer. OMAHA NED. YORK
