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Tlffi OMAHA DAILY BEE: THURSDAY, AUGUST lfi, 1906.
The Omaha Daily Bee.
E. ROSE WATER, EDITOR.
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TUB BEE PUBUBIUNO COM PAN T .
STATEMENT OP CIRCULATION.
Stat of Nebraska, Douglas County, ss:
C C. Roswatr, general manager or
Th Bee Publlehtor company, being duly
worn. ay that the actual "Lumber .
full and complete cople of Th DeJ'y.
Morning, Evening and Sunaay Be P''01?
during th month of July, 10 waa aa
follows:
1 80,10
I si,no
I... 98,830
4.. aa.soo
1 89300
81.BS0
t sa,aao
I 80300
I B1.M0
JO.. 8160
11 31,630
1Z 8330
II. ... 83,360
14 84,080
It 80,400
17 8130
II 81380
It.,. 81380
,,... 81,880
1 89,480
S 80,800
S1.TM
4... 81.080
14.... 81,830
,t S13T0
i 81,780
I 88,180
30380
0 31330
II 81318
14 33,900
Total
..... .88T30
Less untold cople
10,808
Ket total sal ' M?a
Dally average aixs
C C. ROSEWATER,
General Manager. .
BuUecrlbed In my prenc and sworn
to befor m this Il.t aay of J-Jy..104-
(beat.) M. 14. HLNUArn
' Notary Publlx
when out or to-wh.
Sahserlher leaving- th city tea,
norarlly ahealo have T Bee
nailed to them. Addreea will be
ohaaaen a ottos aa reaalrea.
rr :
As a "trade booster" Secretary Root
Is a success If the action of Brasll Is a
criterion.
The reported discovery of lead in
Lincoln -county may - merely Indicate
that an old cemetery has been dug up.
South American republics should
realize that the "Drsgo" doctrine will
have a new aspect when their citizens
begin to Jepd money, abroad. .
t Minnesota will have to amend its
summer resort literature when visitors
from Kansas and Missouri : are pros
trated by heat in Minneapolis.
'The local democratic organ la al
ready calling, on. sesersj iit thencwly
elected democratic councllmen to re
sign. We expected this, but not so
soon. "'
St. Joseph reports the drouth
broken, but Governor Folk can claim
no Buchanan county votes on that ac
count, aa the ltd continues down on
8unday.
The statistics compiled by tho state
labor bureau show that while Ne
braska la a great corn atate and also
a great wheat state. It Is fast becom
ing a great fruit state, too.
Texas republicans, like Nebraska
democrats,' have the satisfaction of
knowing they csn fight out their party
differences with little Immediate effect
on the public policy of the state.
That Insurance company which de
mands a' Jury In the trial ot a case
brought by a San Francisco policy
bolder evidently has aa much faith in
mankind as In Its version of the law
..Chairman 8k lies' remarks at Lin
coin are particularly noticeable for the
fact that he did not point with pride
to the record of fusion administrations
on subjects now of vital Interest In the
state,..- , .. -
Now that .Colonel Greene claims to
have 'traced the soWoa ot the Mexican
mine riots to New York brokers en
deavoring to depreciate the value of
the stock, the Incident may be consid
ered closed.
Persian naivete Is refreshing. The
reformers now demand a free press so
tho shah can learn "nothing but the
truth'4jut, perhspa the wise meuof
the old empire have a plan to elimi
nate yellow Journalism.
for the demo-
' " - haud first
'i"i;y usually
hav named
iji tho Iss tnd
1-rejected in
- oairvr in
lit
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In ' v ,
' uuUl the le-iui:
TfiJP GJM.TD JRMT AT M1X3KAPOLI9.
The spectacle- of 15.000 veteran ot
tho Grand Army' of the Republic
tnaseed In Minneapolis for the annual
parade la fall of pathetic as well at
Inspiring Interest Age and infirmities
cannot bat be as apparent in their
ranks now aa rigor and buoyancy were
when they and their comrades who
no. longer anawer roll call marched
forth to tare the threatened union.
Forty-one yearshave passed alnce Sum
ter waa Bred on, almost as long a period
as that which separates the breaking
oat of the war of 1812 and the civil
war. With only the rarest exceptions
tho veterans marshalled at Min
neapolis must be beyond slit years,
many of them pant three score and
ten, snd stricken with the deen hur,t
of wounds In battle and the haidshlps
of camp and march and hospital. The
records show how rapidly the ranks
are thinning now and make sorrow
fully sure 'that they must thin more
rapidly henceforth. It can be only a
few, s very few years, when the last
public array of survivors will appear
and not long till the host that sus
tained Abraham Lincoln for the union
will hare vanished forever from the
earth.
Tho nation would be untrue to It
self If It failed to hold these patriots
In Increasing honor as their circle nar
rows. Their presence yet Is an In
spiration to tho generation that has
come to manhood after them, and that
enjoys as its richest heritage the fruits
of their sacrifices to country. It Is the
supreme duty of this generation and
Its successors to be Imbued with the
spirit of these heroes, that it fall not
when the Inspiration of their living
presence shall hare passed away.
UrrSiTIM SAN FRANCISCO'S Losses.
After several months of fruitless
effort to settle San Francisco losses
with some of tho Are insurance, com
panies' litigation has been Inaugurated
which Is likely to prove almost inter
minable. The crucial point In contro
versy Is the question of fact whether
loss was caused by fire or by earth
quake, liability for the latter being
excepted In nearly all the Insurance
contracts. In many cases ke two
causes are obviously, bo intermingled
that it is almost impossible to deter
mine which one was the true source of
loss in the legal sense; while by far the
greater part was due, directly or in
directly, to fire which the earthquake
caused. The field thus for legal con
troversy Is almost Illimitable.
The mere fact of serious litigation,
however, practically cancels insurance
to a great extent., so, far' as property
owners are concerned, fad matter what
the ultimate decision In the courts
may be, because insurance protection
depends upon prompt payment. The
costs and the delays In such a case
will have a paralysing- effect even
though Judgment for the full amount
should be finally won,, and doubtless
prompt settlement tor attraction of it
without litigation, if it could be got,
would be more advantageous.
It is fortunate that many of the com
panies. Including some of the strongest
ones having extensive risks, have al
ready settled or agreed on a settle
ment basis. But the submission of
the controversy to the courts by other
strong companies will naturally tend
to prevent or delay settlements where
they have not been yet reached. Upon
the whole the hope raised by assur
ances Immediately after the disaster of
prompt, payment of losses on a liberal
basis has not been realized, thus cre
ating one of the serious obstacles in
the way of rebuilding the city.
ATTACK OK THE BATE LAW.
The first concerted effort of the
great railroad companies to minimize
the effect of the amended Interstate
commerce law was addressed to the
commission Itself, which was put un
der great pressure to suspend Indefl
nltely some of the Important' require
roents like the one 'relating to notice
of change ot rates, - but .. that effort
failed completely,' the commission re
fusing to commit itself to narrowing
the law's effect by so much as a hair's
breadth.
But that move Js only preliminary
to the real , struggle, for which . the
railroad companies In union are now
making, preparations, and which la
said to have for its purpose nothing
less than the annihilation by Judicial
decision ot the tmportant new powers
over transportation rates and services
provided for in the act passed at the
late session of congress. The secret
conferences now la progress in, New
York of a .hundred lawyers known to
represent the great carrier corpora
tions, together with a large number of
thO ablest railroad officials, are plausi
bly believed to be tor agreeing on a
plan of legal battle against the law,
which Is the culmination of, a design
formed, last spring as soon as It be
came apparent that the law would be
placed on the statute .book, and In ac
cordance with which preparations
have been In progress ever since. ''
Indeed the basis for such attack was
U!d .long before congress convened,
its main legal and constitutional
'n were presented in bold outline
e.ior Foraker's . great speech In
to the bill at the very open
; i ' a' senate "debate. " They go to
t root of the matter, Involving
r y the questions of Judicial
f i'Ung rates by commission,
.mage responsibility, etc.,
: ovlsloa are essential
i f the lw, but also the
;ion whether that
statutory forms
t've; commission.
' :reen tat Ives of
i..rid railroad In-
: ' i . ates are uoder
:u!aiag la the
strategy of the contest, so that their
legal and constitutional case may be
presented to the courts In the most
advantageous and effective manner.
The prospect, therefore, Is that any
hope that the carrier corporations
might submit to public authority un
der the rules laid down by the national
legislature will be disappointed, and
that a corporation effort as memorable
and arduous as the popular movement
to secure tho statute will be made to
annul or at least to emasculate it
through the Judiciary. Confederated
corporation Interests undoubtedly
hare It In their power to force the is
sue if they are so unwise aa to hatard
the consequences to themselres ot
such an exasperating challenge ot pub
lic Interest, but whaterer the court
decision may be, they are powerless to
prevent public control.
TAKE CARS Or THE CITT HALL.
The new mayor and council hav
been in office now for nearly three
months, but they have not yet taken
the first step toward putting the city
hall building in a state of decent re
pair.
This handsome structure, which rep
resents an Investment ot more than
half a million dollars, has been allowed
through false economy to fall into a
dilapidated condition which calls for
prompt attention. If, as we have said
before, the city hall building belonged
to a private Individual or corporation,
it would be kept up as a matter of self
Interest, and if the city were a tenant
Instead of the owner it would long ago
have made the landlord fix It up under
threat of moving put. .
It should not be necessary to cite
specifically in the public prints ' the
different points that need Immediate
repair or restoration. They are mani
fest to the most casual observer and
flaunt themselves upon every visitor.
The city hall should be one of the pub
lic buildings to which our people would
take strangers to show them evidence
of our public spirit and enterprise, but
under present conditions it would leave
bad impression rather than a good
impression supon strangers.
The question Is, how long must we
wait for the ctty authoritiea to wake
up to this situation and take the neces
sary action to remedy it?
Officers of the Rock Island road In
sist that in their controrersy with the
Omaha Commercial club their road has
been doing the fair thing and Intimate
that some of their trouble Is stirred up
by competing roads that want to get
the benefit of dlrerted business. There
may be a measure of trutfi in all of
this, but all the roads entering Omaha
should learn the salutary lesson that
our business men and shippers will
stand for no adverse discrimination of
any kind.
Mayor Dahlman is entitled to credit
for reducing the city tax rate so far
as the reduction is brought about by
holding down the expenses of city gov
ernment, but not so far as It rests upon
failure to pay accumulating bills for
hydrant rentals, which are only "stood
off," nor by figuring on renewal bonds
to take up maturing bond obligations.
South Omaha is about to get down
to tho question of designs for Its pro
posed new city hall building. In plan
ning the structure the possibilities of
the future should be kept In mind
South Omaha and Omaha will be under
one city government some day, no mat
ter how long 'the formal consolidation
may be deferred.
The people of Omaha Indicated their
uncompromising opposition to fifty
year franchises when the gas company
franchise extension was up ' and the
gas company was forced to recede to
a twenty-five-year term. Nothing has
since happened to support the belief
that public sentiment has changed on
this point
Colonel Wetmore declares Mr.
Bryan to be broader than ever. Per
haps the Missouri millionaire has con
vinced the Nebraskan that the proper
way to handle the trusts Is the way he
adopted toward the tobacco combine
sell to them at twice the cost value of
the plant.
That sixty-seven-year-old executor
of the will of Russell Sage no doubt
has hope that with the flight of time
he may acquire that , soundness of
Judgment for which Mr. Sage was
noted, but doubtless trembles to think
of the fortune entrusted to one so
young.
Governor Hoch of Kansas Is making
a strong bid for membership in the
society of practical Jokers, having
named five candldatea for United
States senatorship as delegates to the
Des Moines conference to devise plans
for the election of senators by popular
vgte.
The International Brotherhood of
Stationary Firemen. is holding' Its an
nual convention In Omaha. Visiting
delegates are Invited to make them
selves at home and they have Omaha's
best wishes for a successful and satis
factory meeting.
Anticipated Tnlaara.
Minneapolis Journal- . . .
Iowa democrat anticipated events slightly
by holding their slat convention .at
Waterloo.
Warta Kevalaar la Mlal.
Chicago TrlbUn.
It seems to have escaped th attention of
a great many anxious persons that Presi
dent Roosevelt has two years and a half
yet to serve.
Twtar frasa Common (.
Cincinnati Enquirer.
Secretary Bonapart says that socialism
and anarchism ar divers (wigs proceed
tng from a coumon root. Ideal socialism,
he says, existed among th alave on south
ern plantation The secretary hits th nail
on Ui head so frequently and so vigorously
POSITION OF EDWARD ROSEWATER
Record Shows that He is the Friend and Not the Enemy
of Religion and Education.
Lincoln
OMAHA. Neb.. Aug. II. To the Editor
of th Stat Journal: You have Seen fit
to 81 e extenalve publicity to th resolu
tion ald to have been adopted by rr p
resentatlvea of th Christian and Metlu
dlat churches participating In the recent
encampment of the Epworth league hold-.
In th vicinity of Lincoln, stigmatising
me as an enemy of education and religion
and .th champion of th liquor dealers
and the lawvuss classes. Incidentally
these resolution also embodied an fp-
peal to member of th leagu to exert
their Influence for my defeat as a can-
dldata for United State senator In re-
tallatlon. for th course I had pursued
in opposition to th prohibition amend-
ment submitted to th peopl sixteen
year ago.. Such resolutions, naturally,
hav a tendency with those, who ar not
laminar witn my career ana conduct to
create a prejudice and vn hatred among
many good peopl who accept a gospel
what Is said by men who officiate at the
pulpit, n
There is as much danger from Intem
perance In speech as there Is from Intem
perance In eating and drinking. I have
no disposition to reopen th discussion of
prohibition as a sur our for th drink
naoiu in issue waa discussed In open
debate by th advocates of prohibition and
uiga li cans ana every word uttered on
behalf of both side given publicly in the
columns of Th Be without charge to
either party, although at the time It was
asserted by the prohibition organs and
leaders -that I received $100,000, to lift
th mortgage from The Bee building, from
th brewer and distiller. Inasmuch as
not a dollar of that mortgage has been
lifted. It would seem that there waa a
(1) and five ciphers too many in
the figures.
The unsophisticated members of the Ep
worth league may be surprised and
shocked when I tell them that in my op
position to prohibition I had the active co
operation of all German Lutheran mlnls-
ter In Nebraska and most of the Eplsco-
pal ministers as well as prominent preach-
ers of other protestant denominations,
This la, however, neither here nor there encouragement frem the Ministerial ea
st this Juncture, but in order to dispel soclatlon. I had a bill Introduced In the
th delusion under which my charitable last legislature to effect this reform, but I
Christian friends of the Epworth leagu' received no backing or encouragement from
are laboring permit me to state a few the Epworth league, which seems to Drefer
facts:
Within six months after the defeat of
the prohibition amendment Bishop John
P. Newman, by all odds the brightest
mind as well as the most high-minded
divine th Methodist church of America
has produced, tendered me the appoint
ment of chairman of the executive corn-
mlttee of the Methodist church In Omaha,
organised for the purpoae of raising a
guaranty fund of $25,000 to defray the ex-
penses of the International Methodist con-
rerence neia in Omaha In May, 1891. I ac-
cepted the position and raised the money,
contributing $250 toward the fund myself.
that there Isn't much carpentering to dp
when he gets through.
Slleaee the Better Part.
St. Louis Globe-Democrat.
Careful tests hav shown that British
packing house products are worse than the
American brand. In other words, the Eng
lish pot cannot call the American kettle
black.
Yob rsa't .Leie Him.
New Tork Sun.
The Hon. Cato , Bells has re-arlsen In
Iowa politics, ffet' to' "redeeming" Iowa,
this Is th most' Impressive thing that
could happen In it. ' The re-arising was ap
propriately celebrated by two brass bands.
The Hon. Cato Sells never travels with
less..
Explanation In Order.
Kearney Hub.
How comes It that Mayor Dshlman
overlooked th detnoeratlc statesman of
Kesrney In appointing his Bryan reception
committee to assist in the greeting to
Bryan at New York August 80. We have
just as good democrats In Kearney as ever
pulled a cork. Explanation la In order.
Wnrklnar I'n Tlaht Money Scare.
Philadelphia Record.
W have got the crops, and now the ques
tion arises: Where is the money to come
from to move 'hem? The western banks
assert their ability this year to meet th
strain of crop moving upon their resources,
but as a large part of their surplus cash
Is loaned In the east Its withdraws! will
create the usual stringency. It will be
well for business men to make their usual
provident preparation against "tight
money" conditions.
A Western Railroad Bnllder.
Springfield (Mass. Republican.
Senator William A. Clark of Montana,
the copper king, will not leave behind him
a record of success In the senate, but ho
will at least deserve fame as a remarknhla
railroad builder and developer of new ter
ritory. His railroad from Salt Lake City
to Los Angeles and the seaport of San
Pedro, which Is reported to have been btillt
entirely on "his Income, has already been
In operation some time. Now he Is building
a line 226 mile long, which will run from
Las Vegas In New Mexico to Tonopah In
Nevada. The completion of this road will
mean much to the far western mining In
dustry. Senator Clark is reported as saying
that he hopes a railroad will eventually
be built to Alaska, but whether he con
templates providing such a thing hlmsotf
la not stated.
SAD CASK OK ROIND BALE JIM.
Trnst Baater from Arkansas TimMta
from Hla Perch.
New Tork Sun.
Round Bale Jim of Arkansas, la a a hor
rible example for the youth of the nation.
Ten year ago he waa aa pure a truat
buster, as could be found Jn a day' walk.
Today he has sunk so low that he has no
sham In advocating th wicked aohemes of
th very head and giant of all th corpora
tions In th land.
Like many another, Jim Jonea has fallen
by degrees to th state In which he now la.
Hla first excursion from th narrow path
was short. Had h reformed then he might
hav been saved. But the fruit of trans
gression wer sweet. Jim liked their taste.
Further and further aSeld he wandered
until ' th ' round cotton bale truat caught
him. Front that moment Jim Jonea waa
loat. Trust busting knew hl.a no more. He
cut himself off from his old friends. H
associated with the, enslaver of a nation.
He began to be proud of bis growing bank
account. He put th dollar abov the man.
Thua in tlma he am within th Influ
ence of tho Btandard Oil company. H
did not seek to repulse Its advances. II
yielded gladly to Ha summons. H enlisted
as Ita attorney. He agreed to fight It
battle against th downtrodden and
oppressed hi whose behalf so short a time
ago he labored valoroualy.
Sad beyond word la th sfory of Round
Bala Jim' apostasy. His ca Menu to b
hopeless. H himself doea not realise his
degradation.- He has offered to com east
and supervise in person the reception to
be given to William Jcnninga Bryan. Per
haps he hope In this way ta preserve hi
standing as an anti-monopolist, but even
Bill tb Taint Killer will deapalr of sav
ing a man so far goo to Iniquity.
Journal.
Within
the period of my residence In
Omaha I have contributed thousands and
thousand of dollars to various protectant
religions, philanthropic and educational In
stitutions In Omaha and Nebraska, and
have several hundred dollars of those
uberlptlon yet to pay.
I contributed 1250 to the Toung Women's
Christian association building and another
tZM to the Toung Men's Christian assocla-
tlon building now under construction in
Omaha.
I have subscribed 1300 to the Swedish hos-
pttal.
I gave 1100 to the First Mathodlst church
building and 1100 more to lift the mortgage
from that structure.
I have contributed from IS to 1100 toward
the erection of nearly every other Prot
estant church In Omaha, and hundreds of
dollars to charitable Institutions at Omaha,
Strange as It may seem I hold a receipt
for 150 to lift the mortgage on the Cottier
university at Lincoln,
And these contributions In money made
In th face of the fact that I am a heavy
borrower and par Interest on every dollar
I hav given, are comparatively Inslmlfl-
cant, when measured by th ralue of the
space devoted by The Bee to the dlsseml
nation of religious doctrines embodied In
the sermons of Protestant ministers en
abled thus to reach tens of thousands
through that medium where they would not
reach hundreds from their own Bulolts
While being stigmatised as th enemy of
education let me recall that I framed the
law of th Board of Education of the city
of Omaha and put it through the legiela
ture when I was a member, and at the same
session I also secured the first legislative
appropriation for the erection of the State
Deaf and Dumb Institute, designed solely
for the education of that unfortunate clsss.
As to my championship of the vicious
classes, let me call attention to the fact
that I have repeatedly urged Governor
Mickey to requisition his Omaha police
commission to close the saloons In the so
called proscribed district operated In con-
Junction with dens of social vice, but found
no resnonslve chord In hla ma1run anil nn
calamity to relief.
One thing I cannot comprehend Is how
advocates of prohibition and champions of
strict temperance can advocate county local
option while denouncing the liquor traffic
as sinful and criminal. If the sale of liquor
In any form, except for medicinal purposes.
Is sinful. Is It less sinful to license It un
der county option than under city and town
option? If the people of the town cannot
make the traffic In liquor right, the people
of the county cannot do It, nor for that
matter the people of the whole state,
e rosfwatfr
BIO WATERWAY PROJECTS.
Improvement of Western Rivers to
Be Poshed at Xest Congress.
New Tork Tribune.
There will come up before the next con
gress the question of appropriating one
of the largest sums In the history of the
country for river and harbor Improvement.
The National Rivers and Harbors congress
will press for passage a bill providing for
the appropriation annually of $50,000,000 or
more for this purpose. The leader of th
movement assert that in aaking this they
are demanding for, the whole commercial
and agricultural Interests of. th country,
from which all the wealth. of the nation Is
derived, less than 7 per cent of the total
snnual appropriation. On the other hand,
the expenditure for war purposes, army,
navy and pensions, have taken annually
more than 10 per cent of the entire revenue.
Heretofore less than I per cent of the en
tire annual appropriation has gone to th
national and economic highways, the rivers
and harbors.
The wonderful growth of the country's
commerce Is adding to the pressure for
Increased waterway transportation facill
tiea. The projects of this kind that are
likely to be pressed for favorable consid
eration next winter are estimated outlays
of JfiO.OOO.flOO for nine feet of water from
Pittsburg to Cairo on the Onto; $100,000,000
for fourteen feet of water from Chicago
to the gulf; $50,000,000 for eight feet of water
on the Missouri from Omaha to St. Loula;
$40,000,000 fori eight feet from St. Louis to
St. Paul on the Mississippi; $4,000,000 or
$5,000,000 each for the Tennessee, the Ar
kansss and the Ouachita and the Red river;
$26,000,000 for the lower Mississippi in all
$300,000,000 for the Mississippi and Its tribu
taries alone.
The present crusade was begun at the
second convention of the National Rivers
and Harbors congress In Washington latt
winter. There were represented by 00 dele,
gates st this convention 110 commercial or
ganisations and waterways associations
and thirty-four states of the union. An
executive committee of fifteen member was
appointed to prosecute actively the work
of obtaining regular and Increased annual
appropriations for river snd harbor im
provements, to the end that "agricultural,
mercantile, manufacturing and mining In
terests of the nation vitally concerned In
cheap carriage of their output to home and
foreign market should have Just and due
recognition by congress."
PERSONAL NOTES.
Hamburg' Joan cf Are has gone to
prison, while Ireland's has been divorced.
Joining, aa a business, seem to hav
drawbacks. '
Secretary Hitchcock of the Interior de
partment la rusticating In New Hampshire
and has left the management of his office
to Assistant Secretary Ryan.
General Parades, who Intend to over
throw Castro, Is a most discreet plotter
or he would not hav chosen New York
aa the scene of hla activities.
Ex-Senator Cockrell la th only member
of th Interstate Commerce commission
now In Washington. H work all th
time, doesn't want a vacation and eat
two apples for lunch every day.
At laat the servant girl has met her
match. Out In Walla Walla on of them
did not do ah wa told and a military
order waa issued expelling her from th
reservation. This Is probably Undo Sam's
most notable victory.
Ignace Paderewskl has msd with his
managers th condition that he shall not
travel in a private car the next time he
return to this country. He will trust to
th ordinary train in going from plae
to place for the first tlm since he cam
her to play.
Many railroad officials maintain private
cars of their own, but Charles H. Schlacka,
vie president of the Denver A Rio .Grande
railroad, ha th distinction of being ooa
of th five men In th world who own pri
vate train, th other ' four being Csar
Nicholas of Russia. Kaiser Wilhelra of Car
many, King Edward of England and Pres
ident lMis of Mexico. Tbs private train,
which has just been completed at th Den
ver at Rio Grande ahops In Pueblo, Is com
posed of three cars, a commissary car, a
aleeplng car an! an observation and dining
rr or washijoto lifr.
Minor Seen ana Incident Shetrhed
on the Spot.
There are Indication that th govern
ment will uncover In California a land
scandal rivaling that of Oregon. Announce
ment Is mad that the Interior department
wilt probe a deal by which large area of
timber land In Plumas and Butt counties,
California, have been sequestered by means
of placer mining locations. As a conse
quence Interested circles ar much agitated
and disposed to subscribe to th declaration
"the government la too blanked Inquisi
tive." The placer- location wer made by H. It.
Yard, A. B. Walker, "Collins. Holbrook and
others, and th manner In which th loca
tion were made, as well as the legality of
the locations, will be investigated by a com
mission composed of geotaglsts, forestry
experts, surveyor and a representative of
the attorney general's office. ,
Stat Mlnerologist Aubury of California,
who has looked Into the deal, says th deal
ers will clean up and divide million on th
timber alone. Yard and those working for
htm have made l.rrt locations. Th timber
on this land, supposing It to average $20 an
acre, I worth $6,100,000. Timber land run
In valu in Plumas county now from $10 to
$30 an acre.
Bom of th Tard acquisitions are worth
$30 an acre for timber. Some is worth les
per acre. Probably $20 would be an aver
age. Th coat of location hav not ex
ceeded $26,500. This leave th Isnd standing
In a profit of $6,173,500 for Yard and his as
sociates and a similar amount for th other
person, or a clean-up of more than $10,0u0,
000 In a period of Just about four years.
dating back to 1902. To state the case a
little more plainly, the Aubury showing Is
tliat the government gets $26,000 and the
land grabbers $10,000,000. and all this be
yond what untold sum possible may lie in
the ground In gold and silver.
To h,av placers patented by the govern
ment It Is necessary to perform assessment
work to the extent, of $100 a claim a year.
On the basis of 1.S77 claims this calls for
assessment work by Ysrd, so Aubury re
marks quietly, to the extent of $188,700 a
year, or something more than $033,000 In a
period ot five years. What assessment
work has been done on the Yard lands Au
bury considers to be farcical fr i qualifica
tion for holding down mines for patenting.
Th new postal cards, of smaller siae,
more nearly squar, printed In blue, and
carrying the likeness of President Grant,
are beginning to appear. The nlm of the
department In Issuing them Is to make the
use of this medium. If possible, a little less
unfashionable, thus counteracting a ten
dency which has set In strongly against
the postal card In bualness and personal
communications. It Is saf to say that
a large proportion of the meeasges now
sent In envelopes could be conveyed on
postal cards if It were regarded as good
form to do so, but many. If not most,
business house have ceased to use them
altogether. For trie government It Is profit
able business to carry this form of mall,
netting as they do about $1.20 a pound;
these .smaller , cards will be still more
profitable.
Law officers of the department are pre
paring suitable rules to give effect to th
following provision of the postofflce ap
propriation bill.
"That hereafter It shall he unlawful for
any person entitled under the law to the
use of a frank under the law to lend said
frank or permit Its use by'any committee,
organisation or association, or permit Its
use by any person for the benefit of any
committee, organisation or association,
provided that this provision shall not
apply to any committee composed of rnem
bera of congress."
This wa framed for th benefit of certain
organisations that have used the frsnk
for the purpose of distributing literature
with a view to Influencing legislation pend
ing In congress. One such case brought
to the attention of th postmaster general
was held to be an illegal, or at least an
Improper use of the frank, and as a re
sult It waa decided to pas a general law
covering the subject.
It Is understood that questions have beer
raised whether under the provision above
quoted the congress campaign committees
of political parties shall be permitted to
use the frank in the distribution of publtr
documents. Th point will be passed upon
by the assistant attorney general for the
Postofflce department and later by the
attorney general, it. is understood, at the
request of the poetmsster general.
Members of congress were nearly fright
ened to death soon after adjournment when
they were Informed that there waa a possi
bility under the new lew that they would
be prohibited from shipping frea In the
future their paper), and In some cases
personal effects, In th big wooden boxes
provided by the government for the pur
pose. Inquiry disclosed, however, that this
perquisite of the members wa not affected.
A Railroad's Mlahty Poll.
San Francisco Chronicle.
On of th marvel of modern railroading
1 the achievement' of the Southern Pa
ciflo managers In causing that system to
rank second in the list of great railroads
of th country In the matter of earnings.
According to frequent outgivings in re
sponse to kick against high freight rates
and excessive fares, it is positively neces.
sary lo charge them because the lines of
th system traverse a scantily Inhabited
region. But,' despite this drawback, the
corporation manage to extract $100,000,000
annually from Ha patrons. It Is a wonder
ful accomplishment when all -the circum
stances are taken Into consideration.
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Your Hair
Don't have a falling out with your
hair. It might leave you! Then what?
Better please it by giving it a good
hair-food Ayer's Hair Vigor. ; The ,
hair stops coming out, becomes soft
and smooth, and all the deep, rich
color of. youth comes back to gray hain
The best kind of a testimonial';
" Sold for over t sixty years." ;
Bta by th . O. Aw Oa., LeweU, Mae.
Alw aauiMtwtttaf .
ATtB'8 AISAPAKnXA rt tM M4. ATBB'S PILLS Far esastlssties.
ATS 8 CMaUIX rKCTOaAL-8arss4s. ATSk'S A0U8 CUSS VOf OttlarM as4 tfl.
CROPS AXD PROSPERITY.
Another Year of Plenty Aaanred hyr
the Harvest fields.
Chlcagn New. -As
an Index lo the nation's prosperity
th government crop report Just Issued Is
fully up to the most sanguine expectations
with which M has been awaited. It holds
out the promise of the largest wheat crop
In the history of the country" and of an
enormous yield In other grains. It la atl
mated that th wheat production will ag
gregate 70.i-AX buxhels, as against a
total yield of .O00.00O for th year pre
ceding, while the output of corrt will be In
the neigh W hood Of J,56.O0O,0X bushela.
Not only has the acreage devoted to wheal
been greatly Increase, but there has been
an Increase In the average yield to the
acre. '
While the huge crops and the prospeel
of market conditions which Should bring
good prices for them promise a continuance'
of our great prosperity, indications of a
flourishing business life sr to be, found In
other bronchea t.f industry. As a result of.
present conditions and In anticipation of
still further Improvement there nas been
a period of tremendous Industrial activity
all along the line. Iron and steel mills are
unable lo meet the market demand. Which
Is stilt strengthening, with promises ot a
further advance In prlcca and no apparent
Immediate danger of overproduction. Tha
fall buying season Is opening briskly and
there ta a notable Increase In railway earn
In rs over last year. The report that the
western states are so liberally supplied
with money as not to require any large
withdrawal of funds from the east for crop
moving purposes Is a , typical f eatur of
general condition In which price are high,
business Is brisk "and money abundant.
For 'another year at leaat the, nation
seems to be safe from disastrous reversea.
While we are enjoying the prospect we
shall be unwise If we do not reoognlse that
these conditions cannot endure forever and
that they involve problems peculiarly dif
ficult and delicate. Overproduction, epeco
latlon and general extraraganc are very
real diingers which frequently follow In the
train of such periods of opulence as we
now enjoy. In proportion, as -we adopt
safeguards ngalnst them we shall escape
the worst of the evils of adversity which
are to be expected when th nation enters
upon a period of lean years. ...
BRIGHT AaD BREEZY.
"I thought Allacada waa going 4o build a
new house."
"He had some notion of doing it, but he
found he could spend more money by fixing
up his old one. Chicago Tribune.
"Those Newrltch people don't know how
to treat Inferlois."
"Well, you couldn't expect them to. You
see they haven't had any. inferiors very
long." Cleveland Leader.
"Do you think there ia much graft la
politics?" asked the auspicious voter.
"No." answered Senator Sorghum. "Some
of the private financiers have brought the
art of raking off to such a point that
political graft Isn't worth noticing."
Washington Star.
Stella What waa her bathing suit llkef
Bella It was heard but not seen. New
York Sun.
"I accepted Harry last night."
"Then he didn't keep his promise to roe.
"What promlseT"
"When 1 rejected him night befor taat
he promised he wouldn't do anything des.
perate." Houstan Post. '
"Do you believe In hypnotism ?" asked
K Si, STv-litt 1, Vu- a rv m r mhi , . .
...w ...... j . . . . Mvn.ua. t ,,v . . .C, I l
between meals. -
"Sure I do," replied the old bachelor at
the foot of the mahogany. "Otherwise I
couian t explain to my own satisfaction
why men get married." Chicago News.
"Is he a clever marksman?"
' "I should say he is. He's the fellow
that marks the dollar shirts a dollar forty
nine and draws the crowd." Cleveland
Plain Dealer. 1( ..........
'"That man Is a 'good poWfcienY rhs"got
a great deal of aplomb, hasn't he?"
"I should say so, mister. He's got the
biggest plum on the hull tree." Baltimore
American.
"When you're making up your foot ball
team for the season, don't let that fellow
Bllllklns get on it. He Is a chronia
kicker." .
"My dear fellow, that Is just th sort
we are looking for.M-PhlJadelphla Press.
Mrs. Hlghmus Going to the seaside, are
you? Got your trunks ready?
Mrs. Gaswel! (properly Indignant)-.
Trunks, Indeed! I expect to take along the
best bathing suit that money can buy!
Chicago Tribune.
The Romantic One How poetically beau
tiful la the evening dew.
The Practical One Yes. you ' might call
It th sweat on the brow of the bill. New
York Sun. ,
MOTHER'S UNEHRlNa EYE.
J. W. Foley Jn" New York Times.
8iimtlmes ure muther tf-ls unot to go
In swlmmen, hut u think sheel neavur na
and so ure offle temted ann u sltt
beside th crick ann ut u think uv It
u tsik ure shoux ann tockens off an then
ure shurt ann panco ann utther cjoase ann
w inn . . v .
uv got urn off ann heer the boys awl say
how worm ann Im th wotrer I tooday '
u ktnnt rexlsst altho It Is a slnn
to ptommls hur u wosnt ann than go in.
ann then u dive heddfurat nn aea hew far
thst u kan swim snunder ann U ar
ha IT way acrost be f oar u aho ur hedd '
ann bring sum mudd up Jusst to sho ta
redd ,- ., t .
too praov u reeched th bottom arm u sha
um how to flot uppon ur hack uno
ann neavur hardly moova ur arm at awl
snn thenn Uatplosh ann malk a wotterfawl
bl alappen on the wotter snn befoar
u no.itts lime to go back hoera wuna moar.
ann'wen a get back ho am a bring In wood
ann do th choars ann tri to be so good
ure muther geits sussplshus ann she feals
ur hare ann If Itsa damp a .ur meele
a stannden up for kwit a wlW an redd
sedd wuns he got his shurt on rong ann
sedd
he trlde to tel hi muther 'how It kam '
to be oa rong but got llckt Jusst the swim
ann hennry beamu sedd it gos to sho
ur sin wil alwu find u owt uno. -
