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State of Nebraska, Douglas County, ss: .
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Tha Bea Publlahlnr comoany, being del
eworn, aaya that tha actual number of
full and complete oople of The Dally.
Morning. Evening and fcunoay Bee printed
during tha month of July,. 1808 waa aa
xouows:
1 30,140
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t 39,630
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C C, ROBEWATER,
General Manager.
Subscribed In my presence and wen
to before nia this Isf oay of July. 1104.
Ibeai.) M. B. HCNOATE.
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WHEH OUT OF TOWII.
Sabsertkers loavtn ine eity tea,
norarlly shonld haT Tne Boa
bailed to them. 1 Addreea will be
nance aa often na reenlsed.
The real fight will come when the
"Iowa Idea" meets the "Cannon
boom" In neutral territory.
That New York court which refuses
to allow federal Inspectors jto examine
Its divorce records will noon learn
that states' rights end where federal
law begins.
At all events, there, will be no
dearth of legislative timber for the
Douglas county voters 'to choose from
In making their party nominations
next month.
Now that "anarchy" (s officially pro
claimed to exist la northern. Santo Do
mingo, Secretary Bonaparte""has; an
opportunity to test the soundness of
his theorle4.
If Luther Burbank would make a
hit with Nebraska farmers he will In
vent a wheat which can be harvested
any old time while waiting ! for the
corn to ripen. '
With no trouble reported from the
anthracite coal fields this year, the in
ability of the railroads to supply cars
will have to be the reason ' for high
prices during the coming winter.
If the report from.- India to the ef
fect that trie aultan of Turkey is start
ing a crusade on tho Sunnltes is cor
rect he will scarcely be able to main
tain bis restrictions upon his non
Moslem subjects. 1 -
Calling each other suspicious look
ing names is harmless pastime for
members of the Central Labor union,
but if any one hat "any charges to
make, why not make them outright
and get at the J acts?
With more gold coming from
American territory in Alaska than
from the British Northwest, London
financiers will refuse to forgive the
government which consented to the
present boundary lines. ,
Just wait u QUI. that special train
bearing the Nebraska reception com
mittee is headed for the point where
Colonel Bryan is first to plant his feet
on Amerloan soil; then let the whistles
shriek and the horna toot.
For a. hot weather week Omaha's
bank clearings show up very well In
the comparative report, where it is
placed on the increase side of the
ledger, as against the figures for the
corresponding weekof a year ago.
Now that the suggestion for the in
teroattonl anti-war treaty has been
traced to Orover Cleveland's admin
istration, some democrats will be per
mitted to question the soundness of
Mr. Bryan's ideas on the subject.
U- ,
If the. Union Pacific has gotten to
the point.; where it can pay 10 por cent
dividends, on its common stock, per
haps we; may hope to see that long
promised (- headquarters building in
Omaha some of these fine days after
u. : '";
It will not be surprising If there
should be sharp competition for places
on the Water board. The Water board
job has eomo to be known as the easi
est si nee, re on the city pay roll. Get
ting mosey from home ia not a cir
cumstance to it.
The International Brotherhood of
Stationary Firemen will keep its offi
cial headquarters in Omaha, notwith
standing 'efforts of other cities to take
it away. .' Omaha is steadily gaining in
prestige with national organisations
and societies general:-.
eartuqvake at valpahhso. .
The news, although still Incomplete
because of Interrupted telegraph con
nection!, raises the strong presump
tion of grave earthquake and fire dis
aster at Valparaiso and other places
on or near the Pacific coast In Chile.
Widely varying rumors and reports as
to the extent of the earthquake dam
age In that remote and , suddenly
Isolated district yet agree in the point
that severe shocks occurred and that
extensive damage was caused. -The
San Francisco horror, from like con
ditions and cause. Is so fresh In mind
that the worst construction Is natur
ally put upon the first vague and omi
nous stories that have come out to the
world.
The locality ,( the same as San Fran
cisco, Is one peculiarly liable to such
disturbances of greater or lesa violence
and has more than once been . the
scene of disaster, Valparaiso, though
the greatest seaport city on the 8outh
American coast, haa a far smaller pop
ulation than San Francisco, but shocks
of the same violence as occurred at
the latter place would cause great de
struction and suffering.
This, however, Is sure, that while
there Is no reason to expect less fre
quency in destructive convulsions of
nature than there has been in the
past, their consequences in whatever
quarter of the world they may occur
will be immensely mitigated through
the sympathy and help of civilised
mankind, whose benevolent Impulses
now have a thousand means for quick
effect that were unknown only a few
generations ago.
TWO-CKST FARE EXPERIENCE.
The 3-cent fare rate, under, the law
passed by the Ohio legislature last
winter, although It has been In actual
effect only a few months, is' already
surpassing the expectations of its au
thors. The returns show gross pas
senger receipts on a much larger Bcale
than under the old S-cent rate. It is
admitted In railroad circles that local
travel between points, within. tho state
has been greatly stimulated by the re
duction. The effect has even been
such that the electric roads have expe
rienced some diversion of passengers
to the steam railroads. The cities and
larger towna particularly are gratified
by a marked tendency of people to
come In greater numbers and from
longer distances to trade.
Sufficient time has not yet elapsed
for an explicit showing of the effect
on the net profit from passenger
traffic, but no doubt Is entertained In
Ohio that it will be larger than under
the old high rate. Free transporta
tion was prohibited by the same law,
and this provision is being rigidly en
forced by the roads. The free pass
abuse In Ohio' had reached Immense
proportions, representing a corre
sponding cost and loss to the roads.
Its abolition goes far to countervail the
cut in net earnings that would natur
ally have been expected, at least tem
porarily, from the reduction of one
third In the fare.
Probably the most significant cir
cumstance which is reliably reported
Is the increasing satisfaction of rail
road officials themselves with their ex
perience under the new law. which is
found to result also in relieving them
of a world of annoyance and work on
account of the importunities of pass
seekers, all of which amounted to. a
serious element bf cost in railroad
management. .
SECRETARY ROOrS CLIMAX.
The consummate skill with which
Ellhu Root has carried out his im
portant mission in South America came
to a climax in the notable Buenos
Ayres banquet, presided over by Senor
Drago, former minister of foreign af
fairs for the Argentine republic, whose
name Is associated with statement
of the doctrine that debts, public and
private, are not a proper subject for
forcible collection by foreign govern
ments. Secretary Root, who for diplo
matic reasons Is not able formally to
commit our government at this time
to that doctrine to the extent in which
it Is favored by public sentiment in
South America, had adroitly reserved
for that appropriate time and place
the significant statement that "the
United States had never employed and
never would employ its ' army and
navy for the collection of debts con
tracted by governments or private in
dividuals."
' Undoubtedly the trend of opinion,
following the line of interest in this
country Is decidedly In the direction
of the Drago doctrine as applied to
both the American continents. We
have, In fact, stood absolutely for it
as applied to ourselves from the mo
ment we became a nation; and within
a century there has been no time we
should not hive gone to war for It.
It lies, In fact, at the basis of national
Independence, and as conditions are
developing becomes logically a corol
lary of the Monroe doctrine. Numer
ous threats and actual use of force by
European governments to collect debts
In Central and South American repub
lics have naturally produced there a
feeling which is the more passionate
because their weakness has been taken
advantage of. Naturally and properly
the United States government Is pro
ceeding more cautiously In Its state
ments and action, because upon it
would be devolved the duty of main
taining by force the Drago doctrine if
it were explicitly proclaimed the same
as in the case of the Monroe doctrine.
And there ar even yet some countries
in which complications might arise
through unsettled social conditions
that must in prudence on our part be
guarded against. v '
But with the rapid advance of the
southern republics in industry and or
der, with the construction of the Pan
ama oanal and tho extension, of com
munications and trade, the time Is not
far distant when the Old World will
be served with notice, not only that
the New World is no longer subject
to colonization, but also that con
troversies aa to contractual relations
Involving debt, public or private, are
exclusively within the sovereignty of
the American republic concerned,
European military coercion on behalf
of creditors being no longer tolerated.
Secretary Root's Buenos Ayres pro
nouncement wits evidently Intended by
htm and will be received as an expres
sion of sympathy with that aim and as
a virtual commitment to It. although
reserving discretion as to the means
and time of reaching It.
Under the conditions no other pos
sible act could bo so effectual for the
purpose of the secretary's mission,
which is at one to secure the confi
dence of the southern peoples and
more strongly link their Interest with
ours.
KEEP TUB RECORD STRAIGHT.
The democrats of Nebraska, In spite of
tha remonstrance of O. M. Hitchcock, have
declared In favor of the nomination of a
United Btatea aenator by the atate conven
tion, and hava made good that declaration
by the nomination Of William H. Thomp
son. Omaha Baa. -
O. M. Hltohcock Is on record In the World
Herald, In tha committee on platform and
In tha convention as In favor of nominating
a aenator by the convention. He ad
vocated the referendum plan of dlreot nom
ination aa first choice- but always sup
ported the convention plan as better than
no action, and voted for It In committee
and In convention. It's a small matter, but
tha record might aa well be kept atralght.
World-Herald.
While about It the record might as
well be kept straight all the way
through. In the first place, it Is noto
rious and susceptible of proof that
the alleged referendum plan advo
cated by Mr. Hitchcock, to have the
names of senatorial aspirants put on
the ballot by petition did not originate
with Mr. Hitchcock at all. Instead of
being Mr. Hitchcock's plan, it Is the
railroad plan and was proposed
through Senator Millard long' before
Mr. Hitchcock dreamed of It. The rail
road politicians have figured that
by its adoption they could get the elec
tion of United States senator thrown
back to the legislature, where it could
be manipulated by the usual induce
ments to the advantage of the present
Incumbent, who could not hope to se
cure an outright endorsement direct
from the people. As part of their plan
the railroad wire pullers thought that
If they could get Hitchcock to procure
its acceptance by the democratic state
convention it would make It easier for
them to saddle it upon the repub
lican convention. While the scheme
had its Inception in the railroad offices
and its promulgation through Senator
Millard and Mr. Hitchcock, its sole
purpose Is to deprive the people of
any effective voice In the choice of
senator. -
Keep the record straight. '
Tho Lincoln Star explains the de
feat of Congressman McCarthy for re
nomination as retribution for "one of
the most monumental sins Ingrati
tude." If all the politicians who are
seeking preferment at the hands of
Nebraska republicans right now and
who are steeped in the monumental
sin of ingratitude were to be barred
out, the situation would be greatly
simplified.
Governor Mickey is out already with
his Labor day proclamation, which
designates Monday, September 8, next,
as a general holiday and reads us all a
homily upon the dignity of labor and
the duty the country owes to those
who toll with their hands. The procla
mation is a beautiful piece of literary
workmanship that reflects great credit
on its real author.
, The 8panlsh claims commission has
decided one case adversely to the
claimants, holding that Spain had no
control in Cuba from the beginning of
the Insurrection. Captain General
Weyler will now have another excuse
for breaking Into -.print, and General
Funston, too, is again Justified.
The reduction of grain rates by
Minnesota railroads on the eve of the
Investigation of the subject by the
state railway commission may cause
the commission to suspend the hear
ing, but a strict- investigation might
show why the roads were so anxious
to avoid it.
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The dollar donation campaign fund
idea Is to be worked out by the demo
crats in the First Nebraska district, in
the form of a drop-a-penny-ln-the-slot
game. Its next transformation may
be expected to be an Invitation to
bring in a sack of potatoes or a load of
cord wood.
The promulgation of the democratic
platform at Lincoln waa followed
almost immediately by a severe earth
quake at South America. It will take
a scientific Investigation, however, to
discover It there is any relation of
cause and effect between the two
events.
The ' alleged "uprising" in Cuba
would Indicate that the campaign for
the presidential election haa started,
but the Cubans will have to become
strenuous to make more trouble than
is now threatened among the demo
crats of Illinois.
Revlvlna Anelent Salutation.
Waahtngton Poat.
Tha assembled audience at the Bryan
reception may aa well prepare to be intro
duced to "tha next preildent of tha United
Btatea," as uaual.
Kanaaa City Star.
After an all-night aeaalon, pondering tha
matter In deep meditation and prayer, tha
democrats of Nebraaka decided to fuaa with
tha populiata "for Bryan's sake." Of course,
any democrat who would detect sacrilege In
tha alogan would not be likely to do much
fur 4i Lord's eake, anyway.
IKIRAIKA SENATORIAL, CAMPAIGN
Premier f Kebraaka ReasMlraalam.
Itartlngton Herald (rep.).
The republican state convention mete
next week and while there la no certainty
aa to what tho personnel of tha ticket will
be, one thing la practically assured and that
la tha candidates will hava to measure up
to a progressive atate platform. The temper
of tha representative of the party In that
convention will be auch that they will not
tolerate any equivocation or trimming -on
the main questions now before the people.
It will be Just auch a convention aa tha
outh Dakota republicans and the Iowa
republicans recently held. The sentiment
for the endorsement of a candidate for
United Btatea aenator la auch that those
opposed will hardly venture to raise an ob
jection and the Herald hopes that Edward
Roaewater will receive the endorsement.
While there Is no queatlon but that there
are many other men able and fully qualified
for thla place, we believe that Mr. Rosa
water more than any other man la, under
the present conditions, tha proper man
for Nebraska to aend to the senate. He ta
ths premier of Nebraaka republicanism and
carried ths burden of reform when there
were few to give Mm assistance. In tha
United Btatea senate he would be an Infln-
anntlal aaalstant to Prealdent Roosevelt In
helping to secure the many reforms the
president Is laboring for In national affairs.
Mare Polities Tbaa Rellgloa.
Tllden Cltlsen (rep.).
A great religious society belittles Itself
Into absolute contempt when, as at Lincoln
a few daya ago, the Epworth league per
mitted Itself to be Imposed upon by political
nondescripts within Its organisation, who
Introduced a resolution charging Edward
Roaewater with being "an enemy of tem
perance and tha friend of tha Immoral and
lawless element."
Men of acknowledged Integrity who have
personally known Mr. Roaewater for thirty.
Ave years, and who are strongly opposed to
hie election to tha United States aenate, all
agree that ha la a most abstemious man.
and one fit exemplary personal character.
One, In fact, who neither usee Intoxicants
nor tobacco In any form and tha whole
atate of Nebraska knows, except perhftpa
a few members of the Epworth league,
that he la too busy a man to fritter away
his time In shambling or other vices. That
auch a man should be vtllifled and mali
ciously slandered by an organisation pre
tending to be following In tha footsteps of
Christ, .Is a rhame to the league and a
disgrace to the state. By thla Inexcusable
act the league Invitee the scorn of all
fair-minded persona and lays Itself opeq
to the charge of 'bombastic hypocrisy not
excelled by the despicable character In the
parable of the Pharisee and the Publican.
That ths Epworth league ta composed In
the main of Christian people, earnestly
striving to live righteous and godly lives,
Is not to be questioned, but the above
quoted resolution receiving, aa It did, tha
endorsement of the society, placet) upon the
whole organisation In the state of Nebraska
the stigma of malevolent untruthfulness.
Insincerity and disreputable political In
trigue. Another Caae of Boomerang.
O'Neill Frontier (rep ).
Those Epworth League resolutions turned
out to be a boomerang.
Competency and Independence.
Red Cloud Argus (rep.).
The Argus has already expressed its
preference of Edward Rosewater for sen
ator. We prefer Mr. Rosewater, not be
cause of our partiality to the man, but be
cause ha alone of all tb'a eandldatea haa
lived the life of Independent, strenuous en
deavor, crowned . with Buccals won by his
own efforts, without party help or official
support. We are tired of 'the great men
who are great only because they hava had
greatness thrust upon them. Nebraska
haa suffered long, from a host of little men
distinguished only by the offloea they have
been Incompetent" to fill. . Nebraska has
suffered from a plethora of alleged states
men who have been selected by the party
machines because of their known or sus
pected subserviency, and their known or
auapected abaence of individuality. No
body, for a moment, classes Mr. - Rose
water with the politicians and statesman
whose oplniona are manufactured for them
by others. He is a man with whom we
are more often disagreeing than agreeing.
But we recognise In thla very fact his
competency and Independence. It Is the
men whose real sentiments ara never
known whom we dislike to see In places of
public trust. Better, far better, have a
man who thinks In his own right, who
andeavora to lead rather than follow arid
trim; and who In his leading sometimes
goes In directions we think wrong, than
one of these time-servers. We trust that
Nebraska will never be disgraced by an
Allison or a Cullom who have held their,,
high offices so long, only because nobody
could well object to their oplniona, which
were never uttered until they bad become
adopted by the public.
Mr. Rosewater Is a gentleman who pre
sents his notions before -the public has
adopted them. Ha aaslsta in the creation
of publlo opinion and has never been con
tent with tha aimple ratification of a sen
timent which others have created for him.
He Is tha last of those great editors In
the north who have made their newspapers
distinctively personal organs. . The Bea la
the only metropolitan paper In the state
which we now recall whose, editorials and
jouvnallst'o course reflect the character of
tho Individual publisher. It ia the only
paper also which, founded two score years
ago, la still In successful existence and
edited by Ita pioneer proprietor. When It
was founded It waa compelled to compete,
under great disadvantages, against the
antagonism of the railroad and telegraphic
corporatlona and tha Associated Press, who
favored its competitors. It alone haa
held Ita distinction and prospered In the
line marked out for It by Its energetics
editor thirty-six years ago. The man who
could accomplish these results Is an intel
lectual giant compared with the pygmies
who ara seeking office that the office may
exalt them. He will exalt tha office to
which ha may be elected.
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Not la tbe Tea Commandroente.
Calloway Queen (rep.).
The Epworth Assembly, which haa just
closed Its aesaion at Lincoln, In passing
resolutions agalnat tha candidacy of Ed
ward Roaewater for United Btatea aenator,
haa dor.a aomethlng It will be sorry for In
years to come. Aa wa understand it, thla
asmmbly Is held annually for the purpose
of furthering tha Interests of religion, and
la wholly a religious gathering. Religion,
so we ara taught, la to lead people in the
path of right, to point out the way for
them, not collectively, but individually. It
la to gather In those who hava gone astray
and help them to lead tha life of right.
Tet in thla case the assembly has dona
exactly the opposite. It haa picked out an
Individual, and Inatead of trying to help
him. It haa andoraed resolutions against his
name and character and heralded them to
tha four wlnda. Inatead of going to him
and talking to him personally and trying to
gel him to do right according to Its views.
It has denounced him, called htm a traitor
and other Vila names from a public plat
form, for tha sole purpose of defeating hla
candidacy for United Btatea aenator. If
there la anything In tha ten coinmand
menta ahowlng thla to be right, wa hava
never heard of It. If there ia anything In
Ood'a words aaylng thla Is a christian act,
wa do not know o( 1U . . .......
JOB RAMIRT'I SHORT CVT.
Projected Ale Mae rroaa ffeleag
to New York.
A railroad event rlvaUng In public In
terest the dividends and absorptions of E.
H. Harrlman la the road projected by Jo
seph Ramsey, which will cut 108 miles of
the distance between Chicago and New
fork. It la to be a truly-for-aure air Una
between these centers of population and
wealth, and will, to quota the advance no
tice, "throw Its dust on tha headlights of
rival lines." Tha plana of the road on
paper call for an expenditure of S0,Ono.Ono
for construction and right-of-way and three
years' time to do tha Job, It may be aa-
sumed from these estimates that Mr. Ram
sey will be a busy man for several daya
to come.
Tha new Keystone Air line, aa the new
Ramsey road will be known, will traverse
tha Important bituminous coal fields of
central Pennsylvania, now controlled by
the Pennsylvania railroad, and will also
pierce the anthracite region throughout Its
length. It will not only be the shortest
Una through Pennsylvsnla, but It will cross
the summit of the Allegheny mountains 400
feet lower than tha Pennsylvania, and will
hava vary easy curves and remarkably low
grades for a mountain line. . It la declared
that It will be a low-grade line, at no place
having a fall of more than feet to tha
mile. Complete surveys have already been
made, and It la expected that woVk prelim.
Inary to actual grading and construction
next spring will begin this fall.
At present there la more soft coal being
mined than the Pennsylvania and New
Tork Central or Vanderbllt lines can carry
to t Ue water from the Pennsylvania fields.
The suits In the courts of tha Kayatona
state tell of great coal companies being
discriminated against by tha Pennsylvania
and not being able to get their product
to market. This applies to mines In In
diana, Clearfield and Centre oountles. It
is to this section of the atate that Ram
sey's road would give relief. It Is hardly
expected that he would get much, if any,
hard coal, as the mines are all controlled
by the Temple Iron company and the other
corporations of the great American trust
Soma weeks ago Ramsey made a deal
for an entrance of one of tha western
Pennsylvania roads so that It could get
Into Pittsburg. He haa had hla aye on
tha trade of that city for years, and It was
ha who Induced Oeorga Gould to take hla
Wabash into that city. Aa the fight was
a long and bitter one, Oould became dis
heartened after spending (20,000,000, and ha
and Ramsey fell out. Surveyors have
been busy In and around Wllllamsport,
Pottsville, Allentown and other places in
Pennsylvania for some months. It la now
believed they were prospecting In the in
terest of Ramsey's proposed road.
There Is a suspicion that away back of
thla scheme are Vanderbllt Interests. The
Vanderbllts and Caseatt have long been
on most friendly terms, but at the same
ttma the New Tork Central, through the
Beech Creek and other lines, has been
reaching deep Into the virgin coal fields of
Clearfield, Centre, Indiana and Westmore
land countlea, Pennsylvania. The Vander
bllts have gone aa far aa they dared with
out Incurring a break In their relatione
with Caasatt. In order to cover up their
tracks and not appear aa trying to ateal
away the trade of their friendly rival. It
la believed in certain quarters that the
Vanderbllts have backed Ramsey, or,
rather, have seen that he got tha neces
sary capital to make a new road. They
can thus covertly get the trade from the
Pennsylvania and yet appear to be friendly
to Cassatt. It la noted that as aoon aa
Ramsey left ' Oould he became 'very Inti
mate with the Vanderbllts and received
aid from them in a railroad enterprise In
which he was engaged.
Joseph Ramsey's first work in railroad
ing was as a member of an engineering
corps on the Pittsburg, Cincinnati &
Bt. Louis railroad. There he had an op
portunity to show the stuff of which ha
waa made. He did hla work so well that
In four months he was advanced. He
then became assistant engineer of the
Cincinnati A Muskegon Valley rail
road, which position he acceptably filled.
Mr. Ramsey progressed tight along In
various positions. In 1879 he waa made
chief engineer and superintendent of tha
Pittsburg Southern. From there he
was transferred to the Pittsburg, Char
tiers A Toughlogheny road as chief en
gineer and general manager, where he
remained until August, 18R3. During that
time he also filled the position of general
manager and chief engineer of two other
roads, having charge of three lines of
railway.
The next change that Mr. Ramsey made
was In August, 1883, when he went to
Ohio as chief engineer of the Cincinnati,
Hamilton & Dayton road, which posi
tion he held for four years. In 1890 ha
became assistant to the president of tha
Cincinnati. Cleveland, Chicago A Bt.
Loula road, and in March of the same
year was made president of the Pekln
Union railroad. Tbe following year ha
was elected vice prealdent of tha Cincin
nati, Wabash It Michigan, and In 1891
was made general manager of tha Cin
cinnati, Cleveland, Chicago & Bt. Louis
railroad and vice prealdent and general
manager of the Dayton A Union road.
From April. 1898. to December, 1896, Mr.
Ramsey was general manager of the Ter
minal railroad association of Bt. Louis.
In December, 1896, he became vice preal
dent and general manager of the Wabash
system and several subsidiary companies.
In July, 1901, he wss made prealdent of
the Wabash system, with headquarters
In St. Louis. Last year, after a vigorous
contest between Mr. Oould and hlnjaelf
for control of tha Wabash, ha was forced
out.' ,
-Getting the Wabash Into Pittsburg was
one of Ramsey's hardest fights. Tha
work la said to have coat 820,000,000. Ram
sey was right In It from start to finish,
and knew all the details. Tha best
answer to the criticisms directed against
him Is that he made contracts with tha
great steel planta Insuring tonnage suf
ficient for tha Wabash to repair the ex
penditure In a remarkably short time.
The Pennsylvania railroad had Its
abiding place In Pittsburg for years,' and
fought with all Its vast power the ad
vance of tha Wabash.
Perhaps the happiest day In tha Ufa of
Joseph Ramsey waa when hla car crossed
over the bridge to tha "forbidden city"
In July, 1904.
At this ttma Mr. Oould aald, looking
over the work which had been accom
plished by Mr. Ramsey: ,
"Ramsey, thla la mlraculoua."
Just a year ago Oould and Ramsey fell
out and Ramsey was forced to retire from
tha Wabash management.
Silly Season IMveralon.
Baltimore American.
Borne peraons ara trying their best to
make Japan's silence appear ominous. It
is hard to please those who are looking
for trouble and are not happy unleaa they
find it.
Recognise tho Note.
New York World.
Tha Italian nobility did not know what
Mr. Bryan waa talking about, but thay
liked hla voice. "It wa'n't exactly w'et
'a aald, but tbe silvery w'y 'a said It"
CONDITION Or LABORING MEN.
latereatlasj Resnlts of talry late
Wstei mu4 ftoara of Work.
Brooklyn Eagle.
A situation of vast economic Interest Is
disclosed by tha report of the bureau Of
labor, representing tha results of a recent
Investigation Into tha condition of ths la
boring clasaea as affected by rates of wagea
and hours of work. The Investigation was
neceaearlly limited to tha more Important
Industries, and hence cannot be regarded
as complete; but It Is sufficiently compre
hensive to make tha flgurea and conclu
sions a fair bidex of the whole labor situ
ation In tha United Btatea. The bureau dis
covers that In 1M the wagea par hour av
eraged 1.8 per cent higher than In 104, that
tha average hours of labor ware not In
creased and that the total number of em
ployee waa greater by 8.8 per cent than In
1901 Bo, with no expansion of tha hours
of work, labor. In 106, had expanded In
volume aa well as In the earning capacity
of Ita unlta. The bureau Anda that tha ag
gregate Increase In wagea received was 8
per eant In all tha establishments brought
within tha scope of Ita investigation.
Another feature of tha report which la
esesentlally worth noting la the relation be
tween tha purchasing valuea of money and
the Increase In wagea. It la true that In
1908 the ptioea of staple commodities had
advanced 0.8 per cent over the prloea of
1904. But the Increase In wages was so
muoh In axoaas of tho Increase In the roat
of food that In 108 tha average wagea of
tha worklngman would buy 1 par cent more
food than the average wagea oould have
purchased In 1904. Tha report atatea this
for the further Information of the general
public:
"The averages of wagea an hour In 1908
were 18,9 per cent higher than the aver
age for the ten-year period from 1890 to
1899, Inclusive. The number of employes
was 88.8 per cant greater and tha average
hours of labor a week were 4.1 per cent
lower. The average earnings a week in
1908 were 14 per cent higher than the av
erage earnings a week during the ten years
from 1890 to 1899. The aggregate weekly
earnings of all employes that Is, tha total
amount of the payrolls were (2.8 per cent
higher In 1908 than the average during the
ten-year period named."
From all these facta It would appear that
organised labor, which Is mainly concerned
with the results of the bureau's research,
has every reason to be satisfied with Its
condition snd prospect. And tha absence
of any widespread disturbance strengthens
tha belief that It Is satisfied.
PERSONAL NOTES.
An International association of Inventors
for mutual protection and advancement
has been organised, with headquarters at
Rochester, N. T. Official announcement
of tha fact saya "It Is the only general
organisation for Inventtors." Georara F.
Gallagher la president and Ralph T. Olcott
secretary and treasurer.
Revolting against being any longer con
sidered an Infant prodigy, Miecha Elman,
the boy violinist, hat Insisted on discarding
the sailor suit he has been wont to appear
In and has donned trousers. He Is now 14
and feels that It is about time he began
to wear tha regulation masculine attire.
Rev. Wesley Borders of Harrison town
ship, Pulaski county, Ind., haa the honor of
being one of the oldeat republican votera
In that state. Ha la 100 years old. He cast
hla first vote for John Qutncy Adams In
1828 and from tha time of Fremont until tha
last presidential year he haa cast hit ballot
for the republican eandldatea.
Vice Prealdent Fairbanks, Senators Long
and Warren and Governors Folk and Hoch
will deliver addresses as Oaawatomie,
Kan., on August 80, when will be 3ele-
brated tha fiftieth anniversary of the battle
fought there when John Brown was one of
the loaders. Troops from Fort Leavenworth
will reproduce, as nearly as possible, tbe
encounter of 155.
Tha last of thi estates of the late Charles
Stewart Parnell, which have been in the
Irish land courts since his death, has been
disposed of by the sale of houses situated In
Bt. Stephen's Green, Dublin. Tha Avondale
house and demesne, tha home of Mr. Par
nell, are now the property of the govern
ment and are used as a school of forestry
by the Irish department of agriculture.
Galnshn and the Amendment.
Wayne Herald (rap.). '
Secretary of Btata Gafuaha, aa clean and
conscientious and, capable an officer as
ever .occupied a place In the atate house, la
now being misrepresented and abused be
cause the notice of tha proposed constitu
tional amendments were not sent out In
time for publication In the first Issue of
those weekly papers that have five publica
tions In August. If weekly papers were
dated on Mondays or Tuesdays there could
have been ground for complaint and still
there could bava been no more laauea dur
ing the month, than there would be In
papers published the last of tha week, even
though the latter omitted the notice from
the first issue In August. In any event
there would be no less than four publica
tions during tha month and thirteen prior
to the day of election. To Justify the
secretary, a supreme court decision Involv
ing a similar question haa been found, hold
ing In effect that the term "month" means
four weeks. Thus validity of tha amend
ment la not Imperiled, and tha suspicion,
expressed by a number of papers and poli
ticians that the secretary designed to en
danger the proposed change In tha constitu
tion, la mere twaddle and buncombe. Tha
leader In tha war agalnat Oaluaha Is the
hypocritical newspapers, Snd their griev
ance lies In the fact that they have net
been permitted of late' years to abeorb all
tha publlo printing In alght at their own
price.
Pale, Thin,
Nervous?
Then your blood must be in a very
bad condition. You certainly know '
what to take, then why not take it?,
Ayer's Sarsaparilla. If you doubt,
then' consult your doctor. We know
what he will say about this grand old
family medicine. Sold for 60 years.
1
We have no secrets We publish
the formulas of all our medicines.
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MONTANA'! TI NEFtX VOICE.
CoBcorel of Sweet gonads aa the
Dollara Nit the slot.
New Tork Bun.
"Lawk, sirs, wa keepa a poet." Hon.
James Schoolcraft Sherman's hand has
smitten the trembling chords of a beauti
ful heart In Montana, and a concord cf
aweet sounds pours forth. We do a genu
ine sen-Ice to literature by reproducing
this touching poem, which Is in the form
ef a latter to Mr. Sherman:
The other night I read out
Your campaign letter to the elan,
I heard the very youngest shout:
"Pa. give my dollar to tha man!"
The toddler'a footsteps wandered
To the corner that they knew.
And, from the bank unsquaitdered,
Hla aavlngs slowly drew.
The chubby hands grew tighter.
Then quickly threw his bank away;
His bank and heart were lighter
For that good deed today.
"Here, papa, send it to the man,
perhaps he's got a boy or two
Each one a stanch republican
Like mamma, and ma and you,
"Bay Mr. Bherman, I can't vote.
But I can give an honest dollar
And a transparency can tota
And make a mighty holler!" .
Maybe there are other boys
To raise a dollar can.
Who'll go without their toys
To be a good republican.
A dollar well spent. Is an axiom old.
And charity's mantle will cover
The sins of thla dear little man
When hla cares In Ufa are over. .
THOMAS MURRAY. BPENCER.
P. O. Box 633, Butte, Mont.
The young republicans of the west hava
been touched. When a toddler will break
Into hla aavlnga bank for tha sake of sub
scribing to the campaign fund, what la to be
expected from republicans of older growth
and larger means T There are other ' boys
to raise a dollar can. There are other
toddlers whose wandering footsteps can
draw their unaquandered savings from tha
bank.
PASSING PLEASANTRIES.
. .
"Doctor, len t It a good deal of trouble to
get up a svrmon In auch depressing wet
weather aa thls7"
"No, young man; the only trouble I haVe
Is getting up a congregation." Chicago
Tribune. .
"Dear," aald the physician's wife, "when
can you let me have 10?"
"Wall," replied the medical man, "I hope
to cash a draft shortly." . ,
"(.'aah a draftt What draft?"
"The one I saw old Mr. Jenkins sitting1
In thla morning." Cleveland leader.
"Why have you and Harry eeaaed to be
frlendaT"
"He wanted to begin economising the
minute we became engaged." Chicago Record-Herald.
"Young man, I wan't an explanation from
?ou. Why did you kiss my daughter in
he parlor last night?"
"Because I knew you were hiding In the
hall, sir." Cleveland Plain Dealer.
"Doesn't it sound ridiculous to Say '"the
hand that rocks the cradle ia the hand .
that rules the world?' What does tnal
mean, anyway?"
"Well, the hand usually belongs to a '
nurse or servant girl, and you know how ,
servant girls boss things. ' Philadelphia .
Press.
Miss Jen ks Have you really broken oft .
your engagement to him?
Mias Flytle Oh. yes. I just had to. Ha
waa getting too sentimental begnn to talk
to me about matrimony. Philadelphia
Ledger.
Bachelor Uncle Kitty, It doesn't seem
Just the consistent thing, somehow, for you '
to take your horseback ride man fashion.
Miss Kitty Why not, Uncle Richard?
Good gracious, can't a girl
Bachelor Uncle There you go again!
That's why. You ride like a man, but you '
swear like a woman. cnlcago Tnuuim.
"Madame," politely began the man be
hind, "your hat obstructs my 'View of tha
stage. I wish you would remove ',----. ,-
"O!" she snapped. "I guesa you're see-
Ing more than your money's worth." . . i
I am Indeed, madame. I only paid :
11.60 for thla seat and I observe from the
tag on your hat that It's worth 83.95.
Philadelphia Press.
"Did you ever hear Borely try to tell a
funnv story?"
"Yes, snd it's no Joke." Baltimore Amer
ican. THE DEACON'S Sl'NDAY SHOES.
Chicago News,
We all knew that the good deacon Was a :
humble and a meek 'un.
Most exceeding rolld In manner, with the
patience of a saint
All his waya unostentatloua, to all men
benign and gracloua;
Of hla simple, modest bearing there was
never a complaint.
Ha waa alwaya bright and cheerful; no one '
ever aaw him fearful;
Yet there something was about him that
would give ua all the blues,
Something blatant and aggressive. It was
simply the progressive
And excessive dlsirel creaking, of the
deacon's Sunday shoes.
It would give ua nervous twinges. Ilka a
gate on rusty hinges,
It would wake the weary alnner from his
slumberlngs profound;
It's superfluous to mention that we had to
pay attention
That we couldn't feign abstraction when
he passed tha plate around.
I am not quite certain whether It was
something In the leather, -Or
If they were put together to arouse
the drowsv Dews.
But they certainly succeeded, and It's likely
that we neeaea
Just that squeaky admonition Of ' the
deacon's Sunday shoes.
Ha Is gone, that good old deacon that
blight, shining light and beacon, -That
fair pattern and example- to a
wicked, wayward flock.
Ha Is gone, we trust to glory, and we know
that nevermore na
Will with aquawklng walking footgear
give our ragged nerves a ahock.
But our parson's fervent praying, that wa
sheep so prone to straying
Would tread ever In hla footsteps half
Ita force waa bound to loae;
For a person that path treading would be
likely to be dreading
He might overtake the aqueaklng of the
deacon' a Sunday ahoea.
Oe., Lisan. 1
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