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    THE OMAHA DAILY BEE: FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 14, 1900.
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The Omaha Daily Bee.
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VICTOR ROSEWATER. EDITOR.
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THE BEB PUBLISHING COMPAN Y.
STATEMENT OF CIRCULATION.
Stat of Nebrsska,, Douglas County. ss:
George B. Txachuck, treasurer of The
Pee Publishing company, being duly
- sworn, tay that th actual number of
. full and complete copies ot Th-- Dally
Morning. Evening and Sunday Be printed
during tb month of August, 1101, was a
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1 30,140
1 31,580
7 31,440
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1 31.140
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11 31,140
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IT tl.300
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, 3.143
- Jet total sal 04,46
tally average 31,111
QBORGiS B. TZSCHUCK,
Treasurer.
Subscribed In my prenc anu aworn
to before roe tbi tlt day of August.
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(Seal) M. B. HUNOATB,;
Notary Public
WHEN OUT- OF TOWII,
gabserlbers leavlaa the elty torn
'2nrUy: ahoald hay Th Be
mailed to theaa. Addrea will be
, eb.-a.d a. ofte. a. reeae.ted.
Native Filipinos who hope to qual
ify for eelf-gdvernment might begin
by suppressing jhe Pulajanes.
-, Mn. Hearst 1 now an out-and-out
candidate 'for "governor and Attorney
Jerome can make the most of It
.To judge from the frequency of ac
cidents, American . railway methods
must be finding -disciples In Canada.
Senator Dick's "endorsement is ot
tie ' Itind. whl'cnA'generally ' makes the
recipient pay closer attention to busi
ness.
,'Mafse,""H6h'ry" Watteraon has
graceful ly boarded the Bryan band
- wagoffi but has evidently taken a seat
cKjse to" the steps. "'. ,
.BeoreUcy.. Bonaparte strongly Inti
mates that those naval graduates who
cannot he gentlemen will be expected
q counterfeit the genuine.
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.u' Having "explained" his New York
speech at Louisville, Mr. Bryan will
prepare to ."explain his Louisville
speech at some other place.
. Students -ot military affairs should
now secure an Idea of the relative
merits ot the machete and bolo as
, .'demonstrated. in Cuba and the Phlllp-
pines.. . ' .
1 Despite the expert opinion that lep
rosy Is not contagious" the average in
,divl4uai will still enforce the Mosaic
vdoctrine ot isolation as far as he is
' personally concerned.
Receiver Earle'a plan to reorganize
. hHPUladtt!hl& Real Estate Trust
v.)' ($oTOJhaik' tyjf probably meet ; with
favor from all persons except those
"called upon to put up the cash.
y, , f "? .v 3 . 1 ' - -
, With .',Mri Oompers claiming a
.pnoral vUtory".and Congressman Lit-
"tie field receiving the certificate of elec
tion, the contest In Maine is creating
' ' l little dissatisfaction In. any quarter.
With (ess than halt the registered
'' voters of Seattle expressing their
!' views of municipal ownership of street
railways at the polls, it would seem
that another poliUcal "Issue" has been
plucked before it is ripe.
The Real Estate exchange has re
sumed Its regular meetings after the
gammer recess. The real estate men
however, .. have been doing business
Uhout Interruption right through Jhe
season.
Council Bluffs is about to celebrate
the .semi-centennial of the presbytery
of IU Presbyterian church. This
should be a reminder that the pioneers
did not forget to bring their religion
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along with them when they came west.
The new meat Inspection law Is on
in full force and Its provisions are
being strictly complied with by the
meat peeking establishments at South
Omaha." There is every reason to be
lieve that the South Omaha packing
houses , had to make as few, it not
fewer, changes la their methods as
any In the United States.
The populist party is practically out
of business In Nebraska, but the rem
cants axe still' going through the forms
of fusion with the democrats on local
tickets.- When there Is a chance of
. winning out the democrats Insist on
taking most of the places, but where
there Is a prospect of sure defeat they
t kindly. Jet the populists gather la the
empty-nonors. '
RfXIfKTKLT IX THK CAMPAIGN.
It ahould not fall to strike public
attention that those powerful interests
which are Inveterately hostile to the
Roosevelt policy are emphasising the,
paramount Issue of the pending cam
paign by desiring democratic success
for the very reason that they bellere
It would hamper or defeat the presi
dent's success during the remainder of
his. term. . On of their most conspic
uous eastern newspaper organs, which
has virulently fought' every effort ot
the president, particularly to secure
railroad control legislation, In a la
bored argument In favor ot demo
cratic candidates In the congressional
districts, enlarges on this point "It
la very evident what is to happen if
the elections go to suit Mr. Roosevelt.
Let us judge, the future by the past
and plant ourselves on the assumption
that Mr. Roosevelt will display con
tinuity In his legislative program. This
means that, as he acquires power, be
will 'propose and perhaps achieve more
and more radical things." And there
are likewise signs all along the line
that, those who desire to' defeat his
central aim of subjecting corporate
wealth to the efficient equal rule of
public authority see that the only
available means Is to strengthen the
democratic party In the next congress.
That result la Indeed inherent In the
situation, and the president himself
has from the first keenly appreciated
It and by every possible means sought
to bring It to the knowledge of the
country. It behooves all who have
confidence In his leadership and who
have approved his spirit and meas
ures to take this fundamental fact to
heart, the more because already the
democratic leaders, while they have
been pretending to favor some of his
achievements, are already belittling
them. Impugning his sincerity and
otherwise betraying the spirit of par
tisan enmity in which they will use
their power In congress. If his sworn
and banded enemies help to magnify
that power, surely the mass of the peo
ple, irrespective of party, who know
how loyally he has stood for their In
terest, should now stand by him.
THE flERHAH M&AT FAMIlfK.
The official reports of the falling
domestic meat supply In Prussia, show
ing a decrease of a quarter of a mil
lion In the number of animals slaugh
tered during the second quarter of the
current year, as compared with the
corresponding quarter of last year.
bear directly upon the prospects
of our ' own, live stock Indus-
tries. In spite of the growth . ot
German Industrial population, and In
spite of the big bonus which the Oer
man tariff and inspection- regulations
virtually secures to the land owners
on live stock and all products required
to grow, and fatten them, the home
supply for several years - has ; been
steadily falling behind the demand, so
that this year f.he sheer, decrease will
be over 1,000,000 animals In Prussia
alone. At the excessive prices! now
further stimulated by enhanced rates
of the new tariff on live animals and
meats, the price is beyond the reacbr
of a rapidly growing multitude of
people who, tor a long time have been
reduced to an insufficient meat ration
If the excluslonlst policy had op
erated so as within a reasonable time
to cause abundance through home
production with lower meat prices, the
mass of German consumers would not
now, be making passionate and ever
louder outcry for relief. It Is note
worthy that the fact on which they
build their logic Is that our own west
ern farmers could put meat on Ger
man tables at good profit to them
selves and yet at prices vastly below
the now ruling famine rates, but for
the policy that Insures an arbitrary
bonus to the German land owner, and
that, our new meat inspection system
Is cited aa a further and conclusive
reason why relief should be granted
ax vxbArs rnoposmojv.
The Board of Regents of the uni
versity ot Nebraska is said to have
taken the position In a mandamus suit
brought against the state audi
tor that It has a right to ex
pend as it pleases without ac
counting to any other authority any
and all money which may come to the
university from other sources than
taxation. The aim and object of this
claim is to avoid going to the legisla
ture for a reapproprlatlon of money
received by the university under differ
ent federal laws, or from. Investments
ot the university trust funds, or from
fees and charges paid In by university
students. It would follow. It this
money were not subject to legislative
appropriation, that It need not be paid
Into the state treasury at all, . but
could be held by the regents free from
all limitations established by law.
It Is true that the regents once pur
sued this policy, but It was abandoned
ten years ago largely through the ef
forts of the editor of The Bee, and a
stop, supposedly for all time, was put
to the farming out of university funds
In the custody of a special treasurer.
That the framers of our constitution
Intended that all " public money,
whether raised from taxation or not
should go Into the state treasury and
come out of It only by specific appro
priation Is ' not to be questioned. In
one place the constitution says:
Each legialatur shall make appropria
tions for tb expenses of th government
until th expiration of th first fiscal quar
ter after th adjournment of th next reg
alar aeeslon and all appropriations shall
end with such fiscal quarter.
A little iurther on it declares:
No money shall be drawn from th tress
ary except la pursuance of a specific ap
propriation mad by law and on th preaen
tatloa of a warrant Issued by th auditor
thereon and no money ahall be diverted
from aay appropriation road for any pur
pose or taken from any fund whatever.
either by Joist- r separata reaolutloa.
The danger of the strained construe
tlon which the university regents are
asking lies In the fact that It would
apply not only to university money,
but to all state revenues from sources
other than taxation, raised or con
tributed for a special purpose, and we
would have all sorts of state boards
(pending money coming Into their pos
session without passing It through the
state treasury and without legislative
appropriation or auditor's control.
The finances of the state would be
open at both ends and there would be
no limit to the dangerous complica
tions which might ensue.
TBS CUB A It COSVXDRVM.
While the sending of warships to
Cuba Is said to be merely for the
safety ot Americans there, and by no
means to Imply impending Interven
tion, It must be taken to mean that the
situation Is serious and that the presi
dent Is watching It with the keenest
vigilance, ready for any emergency.
The duty ot maintaining order and
security for liberty and property, by
Intervention If necessary, rests upon
our government by explicit covenant
and in the nature of things, but the
decision as to the occasion for inter
vention and Its scope and methods is
a matter at once of exceeding delicacy
and far-reaching importance.
It would be a grave matter to be
forced1 to the conclusion that civil
commotions had reached a point at
which force from outside the island
was .necessary to secure the purposes
of government, but that would be the
least part of the difficulty. The ques
tions would still remain how our au
thority should be exerted, whether for
maintenance of the existing Cuban
government, whether It should pro
ceed to crush the armed Insurrection,
or whether It should be an assumption
ot power independently of both the
factions. And if the conundrums In
volved In our getting Into the island
are perplexing, those Involved In our
getting out of It would be not less so.
Our people arrived at the strong con
viction that It was not desirable to
undertake directly the government of
Cuba as a settled policy, but it is diffi
cult to see how or when we could let
go -of It If we should intervene tem
porarily. The profoundly discouraging fact,
If Intervention on any plan should
have to be resorted to. Is that it Is
tantamount to a finding that the Cu
bans are incapable of self-government,
Snd would inevitably be so interpreted
by the world. It would at least be the
conclusive sign that their first effort,
which has been made by our assist
ance and largely at our cost, and oth
erwise under the most favorable cir
cumstances, had collapsed and that
the whole work must be begun over
again nnder incomparably less aus
picious conditions. The persistent
claim of Spain, long solemnly asserted
before the world, was that the troubles
of the Cubans did not arise essentially
out of grievance against Spanish gov
eminent, but rather out of inveterate
Incompatibility ' with any legitimate
and effective government at all.
The attitude of the administration,
cautious not to act prematurely, but
alert In preparation and resolute to
meet any real emergency that may
arise, Is precisely what the situation
requires, and inspires universal confi
dence that the right thing will be done
at the right time and that everything
will be done that is reasonably possi
ble to avoid the complications of In
tervention. Senatorial and representative dis
trict conventions are still being held
In various parts of Nebraska to nomi
nate candidates for the legislature.
Every one of these conventions should
pledge their nominees to support and
vote for the choice of the state con
vention for United States senator. The
Bee recommended the adoption of
such resolution by the district conven
tions that were held .prior to the state
conventions, and the advice still holds
good. "
The grade crossing Is just as objec
tionable as It ever was and more so
In these days of fast driving of trol
ley cars. automobiles and other
vehicles. Omaha set out to abolish
the grade crossing and has made con
siderable progress, but the job Is yet
to be completed, and in the interval
disastrous accidents, like the recent
collision of street car and freight train,
are likely to recur.
The fight to force the abrogation of
the Union Pacific's elevation allow
ances Is waged ostensibly In the Inter
est of the producers and shippers by a
combination ot other railroads headed
by the Chicago Great Western and re
enforced by the Burlington. It ig a
gate guess, however, that these rail
roads have two thoughts for their own
Interests to every one for the Interests
ot the poor shipper.
The secretary ot the State Banking
board, after compiling the reports ot
the building and loan associations in
Nebraska, testifies generally to their
sound condition and prosperous busi
ness. When It comes to co-operative
home building. Nebraska occupies a
high plaoe In the comparative list of
states.
Local coal dealers put all the blame
tor high prices of anthracite up to the
Coal trust In the east and assert that
they are themselves ground down be
tween the upper and nether millstones.
We greatly fear, however, that the
coal man will find it exceeding difficult
to get anyone to lavish sympathy upon
him. '
DlSereat Raates Sasa Teraalaal.
BU Louts Globe-Democrat.
Reading ' between th lines of their
speeches and open letters. It can easily be
seen that Roger Sullivan ha mad money
out ef bla gaa dealing with a political at-
tachment, and thnt Colonel Brysn haa
made money out of hie political dealing
with a gsa attachment.
Loaesem aad Passed t.
Washington . Post.
The old-fashioned democrat who regards
free trad a the real remedy for our na
tional Ilia la going to get pretty tired
waiting for somebody to take notice ot him
again.
Real Warrior la Sight.
Chicago Tribune.
Railway comnenles have worse worries
than the government ownership question.
They would Ilk to have somebody tell
them how they are going to move the crop
tnia ian.
Oa the Mark All the Time.
Indianapolis New. V
More and more th charge of railway
discrimination In favor of the Standard
pile up, and more and more th Standard
Is brought Into disrepute. But that seems
to be the end of It. Nothing seem actually
to be done. The Standard keeps on In It
old way, doing things and doing people,
and "what are you going to do about ItT"'
Overworking a Sqaeeae.
San Francisco Chronicle.
The coet of material and labor Is reach
ing th prohibitive point In this city, and
many contemplated Improvement , hay
been postponed until matters reach a more
rational basis. This 1 a matter of vital
Importance to the whole community, and
tep ahould be taken to enlighten every
body concerned In order that the evil may
be abated. There la a remedy for th
trouble and It will have to be applied be
fore there I plain sailing for Ban Fran
clsoo. Cattlnar Fire Istarasrt Melons.
Philadelphia Press.
In a recent publication it Is shown that
fourteen New York fir Insurance com
panies have' been declaring dividend from
10 per cent to 46 per cent. There was but
one earning the larger amount, but there
were three dividing 30 per cent and two
dividing 20 per cent. The earnings of the
larger eompanlea elsewhere are In similar
proportion. These are large return In a
business that Is perpetually demanding
that the public shall give up more, and
which quite regularly puts up rates when
there ar anything like exceptional losses.
These large dividend have given an enor
mous value to the stock In the companies,
om of which is held at many tlmea th
par value. These facts, and not the com
plaints of the underwriters, enable the pub
llo to get a true gauge of the business.
What Cheap Aleohol May Do.
St. Paul Pioneer Press.
Among the pleasing results anticipated
from th advent of free alcohol if it shall
be made actually "free," and not be hand!
capped by needless Internal revenue re
strictions and by the exaction of a tribute
to the wood alcohol interest Is this: Thot
It will afford a cheaper and more reliable
power than electricity for the propulsion
of street car, doing away with all neces
sity for poles and wire with their dan
gerous currents; putting a stop to th
electrolysis of water mains; enabling each
car to be run Independently, and so avoid
ing the vexatlpn of a general tie-up when
ever 'anything goes wrong at the central
station. Just as the gasoline motor Is
crowding toe, locomotive with Its train off
of many short lines of railroad, so. It Is
expected,' -will th little alcohol engine
crowd the trolley off the city streets.
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MORB MEAT THAU EVER.
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Mldsasnaact" aalaess at th Mart of
-( '-i the West.
Cleveland Leader.
In Juljyrhe hottest month of summer,
when the 'slffect of the packing bouse scan
dals upoa Mw-une of meat would naturally
be most felt, th number of head of live
tock received at svn great markets In
the west wss I.046.471- In July. 1808. th re
ceipts at.th same points Chicago, Kan
sas City. Omaha. St. Louis, St. Joseph.
Sioux City and 8t. Paul war 3,791.(01 head.
Th rata of gain waa about S m
which la at least three times as great aa
in rate per cent of Increase In the popula
tion of the. country.
In July, 1906,. the shipments of packing
nous proaucts rrom Chicago reached the
Immense total of 3tt3.M2.090 noun. ..in
of more. than I per cent over the corre
sponding month of last year. Compared
with July, 1H. the rate of Increase wag
nearly SO per cent.
These surprising fact show thst th
packer can well afford to submit to every
reasonable regulation and restriction which
the national government Is likely ever to
enforce. The eat Ins- of m i. in i
measure a luxury. It naturally inoreases
wim mo average prosperity of any coun
try, and lq such times aa this year of
unprecedented business activity, and In
dustrial expansion the pull of the appetite
for flesh is stronrer than th
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of all the packing house scandals.
EXPRESS COMPANY PROFITS.
Ha laeoaue. Watered Stoek sad
Dlvldead Meloaa.
Philadelphia Press. -Both
th Adam and American Express
companies have advanced their dividends
In response to the dsniands of stockhold
er, against the protest of the various
managers. Tbey are perfectly welt aware
that no worse time could be selected to re
veal th profits of companies whose bust
ness and whose profits rest upon contracts
mad by men who ar railroad directors at
oue end of the bargain and directors of ex
press companies at th other.
Through these contracts a great business
has grown up. whose extent no one knows,
because no. records are published. The
four express companies cover. 1 68.000 mile
of railroad.- Thy enjoy a virtual monop
oly. No Investigation and no census ha
been able to measure th extent of their
profits. Th American Express company
haa now a capital of 131,000,000 Instead of
15.300,006 prescribed la the article of th
association. Aa to the Adam Express
company, Clarence A. Seward, secretary
of the company fifteen year ago, said of
It Increase of stock: "So far as I
know, it was water, as you. hay termed
it, pur and simple. As I understand th
terra water In the Interrogatory, It meant
aa It does In common acceptation, a sim
ple Increase of shares, which Is mad with
out reference to assets; but It Is made for
other purpose, sometime for sale, to pla
cate thos whose good will Is desired;
sometimes for th purpose of Intentionally
increasing th division, so that dividends
will be lessened and the rate be not so
high aa to attract attention."
This precisely expresses th capital which
stockholder declare In their complaint la
now earning from 90 to 40 per cent, when
It Is only declaring I to 11 par cent Th
Adams Express company 'divided a large
amount of these profit by giving It stock
holders some year ago collateral trust
bonds, based on th securities In which
It previous profits had been Invested.
Th result of all thla Is that express
charge la this country ar higher than In
many other countries, though th cost of
railroad transportation I less. ' A week ago
these companies went under th control of
th Interstate Commerce commission.
Their charge are now subject to revision
and their eotitracta to scrutiny. Both th
railroad sod th public, which have been
plundered by these companies under con
tracts la which the earn men were at both
ends of th bargain, as railroad directors
snd express director, for their owe profit,
will aala under th saw law. -
tn MRMORIAM.
Life aa lasplratlaa.
Madison Chronic'..
The body of Edward Rosewater ha been
laid to re In It earthly aepulcher and the
voice and pen of him. whose life was spent
In battling for humanity. I stilled. The
Inspiration of hi llf will live for years ta
come In the mind and neart of th many
thousands who have been constant readers
of The Bee from. Its Infancy to the present
time. Personslly we have been an ardent
admirer cf Edward Rosewater slirce the
days of childhood when Te Bee first began
making weekly visits, and later daily visits
to our home. Th encomiums which burst
forth spontaneously from those In the
high as well as In the lowly walks of life,
shows the force of character and person
ality of the man.
Islsesee Was Powerfal.
Teoumseh Chieftain.
Mr. Reaewater was a man who wss vry
highly respected.- H was a man of strong
convictions and was a fearless fighter for
th success of thos things which eemed to
be right to him. Hi Influene wss power
ful, and It was courted by om and feared
by others. He will always be accounted
one ot the moat conspicuous figures In the
early history of the state of Nebraska,
and his memory will always be cher!hd
In the minds and hearts of his fellow
eltisens.
Frlead of OrsraaUed Labor.
Western Laborer.
With the passing of Edward Rose
water the people have "lost their great
est champion. Ha was not ap
preciated as he should have been In life
and now that , he la gone the tribute to
his greatness have fairly flooded Omaha.
He loved to be doing something for some
body, and the more numerous were the
people In his office looking for favor of
some kind, th belter he liked It. No man
or woman ever' went to Mrt Rosewater
with a good story and got turned down.
Mr. Rosewater kept close to all the
struggle of organised labor in this com
munity from th first day he located In
Omaha. During our connection with the
Laborer we have many, many times been
given valuable advice and encouragement
by him when labor had a struggle on It
hand. Organised labor will miss him
aa much as any class of our people.
Defeat Never Daoated Hlaa.
Weeping Water Herald.
The passing away of the veteran editor
Is like losing a familiar landmark. He has
guided th destlnle. of The Bee through ,
many a storm, and haa participated In
numerous heated political campaigns. ,Hls
haa been the aetlv life. Defeat never
daunted him. He dared to make enemies,
yet enjoyed the friendship and esteem of
the tnaesGS.
Foreefal Writer, Able Editor.
Syracuse Journal.
Hon. Edward Rosewater waa the most
forceful writer and ablest editor this' stale
has even had. The great newspaper,. The
Bee, which he established thirty-five year
ago. Is a monument worthy of hi great
ability. He had made a great many political
enemies during hi career but he also had
a host of friends. All will regret his sudden
taking off.
Pabllo Spirited aad Broad Mladed.
' Mlnden News.
, In the death of Edward Rosewater Isst
Friday Nebraska lost one of her most
distinguished eltisens and Oma'ha a most
publlo-splrlted, broad-minded and enter
prising resldenh , His newspaper, Th
Omaha Bee, has enjoyed the reputation
for years of being; th. most outspokua
and fearless and the best paper west of
Chicago. -The splendid Bee building Is a
monument to his untiring seal and on
ergy. '
Foremost Newspaper Maa.
Wakefield Republican.
Bome say that his defeat for the sena
torial nomination hastened his demise,
while other ere of the opinion that, that
had nothing to do with It Anyway the
state has lost Its foremost newspaper maa
and It will be many a day. If ever, before
there will be another editor Just Ilk Mr.
Rosewater.
Loyal Frlead, Opea Fighter.
Cteneva Signal.
Hi success waa principally due to his
tireless and persistent energy and his
dauntless courage. His energy was not
the exertion of blind-force. He coupfed
Intelligence with methodical application.
Ha worked steadily early and late, but
always with clearly defined purpose. He
subordinated personal convenience to th
possibility of securing success.' He pros
pered financially, but be desired Intel
lectual power more than riches. His tire
less and persistent energy made htm th
terror of his opponents. Hs was a loyal
friend and an open Sghter.
Haver Looked for Easy Coara.
Ord Quls.
Lik all strenuous men Rosewater mad
many bitter enemies. He waa never look
ing for an easy course, nbr were his sails
set for - popular breesea. Wherever his
Judgment dictated that the right courss
lay, there he went regardless of conse
quences to himself. Of course, this meant
that his course was often counter to self,
seeking men, and these and their Imita
tors were necessarily mfcde to hate him.
This alone accounts for the enmities that
the man had to contend with.
Life of ladosaltahl Baergy.
Nebraska Independent.
His pathway tn business and politlo waa
beset by difficulties that a lass heroic
nature would have shrunk from. But the
valiant Rosewater waa unawed and
hesitated not, always exhibiting a sublime
confidence In the final outcome of all of
bla undertaking In business snd la public
affairs. HI life was one of Indomitable
purpose, resting upon a broad and com
prehensive understanding of the ends
sought, aa well as the means to be em
ployed and the difficulties and delays to
be encountered.
Wo a Battle for People.
Randolph Times,
Edward Rosewater was a maa of national
reputation, a man high In the counsels of
his party leaders at bome and In Washing
ton. W believe he should have been lu
the United State senate, and no doubt he
would have had this honor that he so sin
cerely desired bad he nt antagonised the
corporations and the railroads and their
henchmen, whose rul In Nebraska I now
broken bees us of th battle first waged
by Tb Bee and Its editor.
Saeeess Da to Esergy,
Emerson Enterprise.
Mr. Rosewatar waa probably the most
prominent man In Nebraska. He was aa
ncrgetlc worker and his success was
largely due to that characteristic. Many
people In Nebraska will regret that he was
not allowed to serve at least one term In
the United State senate.
State's Foreasost Cltlsea.
. Stockvlll Republican Faber.
The death of Edward Rosewater was a
hock to every Nebraskan and Is a loss to
th state. Mr.. Rosewater haa been one of
the state's foremost eltisens for years.' a
leading and Influential republican and an
excellent and energetlo newspaper maa.
I
Rorsn asovt nbjw towk.
Ripple th Carreat ef Life la
Metropolis.
Th annual report of the fire, marshal ot
New Tork furnlshe a suggestive clue to
the origin of some "mysterious fire" n.1
places th responsibility on fire Insurance
companies, whose greed for hueine-a
prompt the Issuance of pol!,l,s which
tempt the firebug. "I wa urprleL" says
the marshal, "at th many esse to be
found among the poorer classes where
three or more different peteon boarding or
lodging with one family. In the ame suit
of ootns, wer each In possession of a fir
Insurance policy. They, In most caes, had
nothing outside of wearing apparel In the
premises, the value of which represented
but a small fraction of the amount of their
policy. 'l was Informed that no trouble was
experienced by them in procuring thet
policies from sgents of fire Insurance com
panies. "Moreover, these people seem to have the
delusion that all would partake In a large
claim If . fire occurred on the premise.
This Idea, bo doubt, la often the cause of
negligence In causing fires. If not some
times aa Incentive to some to commit ar
son. "Again, Insurance claims are often ad
justed for fires Of which we have no cogni
sance. These are generally small fires, and
It Is only when an exorbitant claim Is de
manded, or a fire appears suspicious to the
mind of the Insurance adjuster, that the
bureau Is then notified.
"Risks have also come to my notice which
were decidedly hassrdoua. but not appar
ently deemed so by the companies, from
th heavy Insurances In the possession of
soma parties having a fife. It appears,
therefore, that If some Insurance officials
were not so lax In respect to 'risks ss
sumed,' If more discrimination wis ued
In th disposition of claims and the "mora!
haiard' snd other features of a risk taken
Into consideration, there would be a ma
terial decrease In the number of fires."
' The forty-one-story addition to the Singer
building at the corner of Broadway and
Liberty street In New Tork offers pecul'ar
engineering problems and difficulties. The
wind pressure on the twenty-seven-story,
slxty-flve-foot square tower, which Is to rise
on the top of the fourteen-story building,
will amount, at thirty pounds to a squaro
foot, to the enormou total of 12S.000-foot
tons. The tower must be built to stand
against the overturning force and with a
margin for safety. The plan of the con
struction of the steel frame Is to consider
the tower as being built of four square
corner towers and a central tower consist-
Ing of the elevator well, with wind bracing
,, thro,-n each wal, of Mch tower
continuously from base to summit, the five
towers being tied together in lateral planes
at the various floors. The building will be
the loftiest masonry structure In the world
Its 612 feet overtopping even th Wash
ington monument by fifty-seven feet. The
engineers of the building confidently expect
that in spite of Its great height there will
be no"perceptlbIe sway even la the heaviest
storm.
Above the New Tork Central's New Tork
train yard, there Is to be laid out a vista
of hanging gardens, which for beauty of
conception will ecllp anything ever be
fore undertaken in railway parks. For a
distance of over half a mile, looking north
from the Grand Central station, th gar
dens will be spread out. supported over the
tracks on steel columns.
Fountains will be appropriately placed at
intervals, with trees and shrubbery In trop
ical abundance, the whole constituting" a
spacious park, In delightful contrast to the
present dusty, dirty and unkempt surround
ings. With no smoke nuisance to interfere,
these hanging gardens will vie with Cen
tral park In rendering attractive this por
tion of th cfty.' The management of .the.
road is to be' complimented for Its esthetlo
taste tn -beautifying th exterior of such
a practical construction as a train yard.
The magnificent gardens that are to over
hang them will advertise the road to trav
elers all over the glob.
. . . -
One thing Is sure to result from the cam
paign that Is being carried on for the con
trol of the Mutual and New Tork Life In
surance companies the receipts of the New
Tork postofflee for the year will be In
creased enormously. The International
-policy holders' committee alone Is buying
69.000 l-eent stamps every day. It will coat
the companies almost as much to carry on
their campaign through th malls. Th
International committee almost ' swamped
the New Tork poet office on one 'order a
few days ago and had to wait half a day
until th stamps could be gathered up from
branch office and depositories.-
Th . United State authorities hav for
some Mm considered the assay offlc oa
Wall street, adjoining the rub-treasury, as
unsafe, and steps are new being taken to
provide a plaoe In ' which this department
of the United States mint can be con
ducted without danger to the employes.
This old building, the most ancient on
Wall street, was built In 1823 for the New
Tork branch of th Bank of tb United
States. , '
When that Institution failed It was ooeu
pled for some , tlm for banking purposes
and in MH was converted to Its prnt
use.
In this building the precious metals in
the form of crude bullion, bars, old Jewelry,
ooltt, etc., are received and turned out la
th form of bar, bearing th government
stamp certifying to their weight and fine
ness. Ths greater part of the work Is exe
cuted for private parties, who deposit bul
lion with the office for that purpose, a
mall charge fixed by law being Imposed
for the service. Gold bars or gold cola
ar returned for gold deposits, and stiver
bars only for silver. The gold bars manu
factured vary In value from 1100 to 0,000
and the silver bar from flv ounces to
1,600 ounce. The office accepts no amounts
of either gold or silver of lea than BOO la
value.
The total arrests made In New Tork City
U.; .ear numbered 1M.K4. of which about
one-fifth were females. There wer 22,471
more arrests than la lKti. Nearly 41.000
persons wer put In custody for alcoholic
xtravaganoa Two hundred and ninety
actresses and forty-aix modal earn within
tb reach ef th law, and 1.721 errand boy
wer given a touch of discipline.
Tb nationalities of thos arrested In
cluded 7S.634 of th United States, not In
cluding I.TU negroes; 14.271 Irish. 13,144 Oar
man, 11,110 Italians, 21,066 Russians, 10,7
Austrian, 4.834 Turks snd Oreeks. 1.13
English, 4,401 Norwegians, 1,111 Poles, 1.304
Chinese, 41 Australian. I Bavarians, S
Chileans. II Egyptians, I East Indiana I
Arabs, II Porto Rlcans, I Bulgarians, 1
Laplander, 1 Central American.. I Nova
Scotlaa. 4 Algerians and I Servians.
People get arrested mostly between 20
and 20 years of age. but 22.171 persons
under 20, were taken Into custody and UMt
ever CO year. Single people are more
susceptible to arrest, 121,171. against 41,771
married. Of persons not able to read or
write, f.tot were arrested. There were 4
case of sulctd and 817 of attempted sui
cide, in which arrests war msds. Six
teen murderer were arrested.' all - men.
There wer 44,084 arrests from Brooklyn.
Notwithstanding th reputation of the
"Tenderloin" In New Tork City. It I Ira
possible to find a "saloon',' In It Tou do
not have t go far to find a "hotel."
"restaurant." "garden. ' "promenade,",
"buffet." "cafe" snd so on. almost with
out end. where spirits of all sort ar sold;
but there 1 ae sign ef a "saloon.' -
' mnsoviL NOTRS.
A Ne York msn complsln In court
hi wife I a poker fiend. Even worne th
this, she loses, right along.
Dr. Lowdea of Clark unlverelly. .
tend that children do not use their u
enough Evidently n I pot. posted s.
th demand for gum.
FrauWln Ifrupf, the present owner of
Essen works, who 1 about to marry. I
displeased the Oerme working rltn.f,
following th good old irman hourw!f.
custom of making ler own' bridal llrc i
Daniel Mclntyr Henderson, the v
known poet and sckiSlar" of Baltimore, l
last Saturdsy. ' Mr- Henderson was ho-r
Glasgow, Scotland, landing In Baltimore
ding In Baltimore
re In that city the I
Itu Moriarty, on- I
laying of the wJxJ
. died In Londa? , V k
172, and made hi home In that city the
after.
Csptaln Henry Augustus
the principals In the
Atlantic cabje, has Just
wa born in Ull and commanded H. VI
Agememnon, which, with the United 8i-2
frigate Niagara, laid the '7 cahle j
spliced It In mldocean. ;
President Oscar O. Murray of the Bi
more Ohio railroad I not euperstitM
believing that thirteen 1s a lucky numl
to him. and therefore ordered that the nj
central offices of the Baltimore a- Ol
railroad be Decupled ithe thirteenth of i
month. He was appointed to hi flret j
on the 13th Of January and received th
teen subsequent advancements until he i
came president.
It appears that-. Senator Beverldee
Indiana once entered a competitive ex
Inatlon for appointment to West Point s
lost his opportunity for becoming a
soldier because he- laughefl st an Inopp.
tune moment In the exa utlon and a
fined several point for Indocorous conrtu
The rucoessful aspirant for the place Si
ior oevenage aspired to fill waa Cnptj
Austin Hasting Brown, who died in 190
Mark Twain's daughter,, Miss Clt
Clemens, Will make her American debut
a concert singer on th evening of A
tember 22 tn Norwalk, Conn. M
Clemen made her first appearance In
professional way at riorence, Italy, un
favorable auspice. She has a rich oi
tralto voice of unusual clarity and beat
and for year ha been devoting hefclf
Its cultivation under th best masters
Europe.
SINNV OEMS.
Mr. Housekeep If yuu do a little w
for me now lit give you a good dim
alter while.
laeary Willie Tou'll git off ohean
lady, li ye gimme de dinner now an' fur
oe work. . Work always gives me a De;
uppeuie. -x-nnaueipma Ledger.
'Hunter thought when he married M
vsiubuiu inai ne wouian t nave to work
an, uidn't he?"
"Ye, he Ihous-ht. with Aer mnnev
wouldn't have aoyinlng to do, but be M
luuna ne -wouldn't nave anything to
with her money." Cleveland Leader.
"Tour son I taking . a enlverslty coui
Is he not 7" , f . . -
"Yes, and he Is studying hard,
write me that he Is burning the mldnti
"O, that's the university he's sttendll
Washington had' Just announced that I
couldn't tell a lie. I
Alas," moaned hi father, "with sii
high morals you will grow up a be
wrecker."
Covering his 'fact -with his hands
strong man wept. New Tork Sun.
Romeo Jenkin Th " moat ' eoonoml
audience I ever faced was at BlfTvU.
Hannibal Hoggs How did they show it
. Komeo Jenkins Why, they threw so
sort ot reprocessed egg at us that cot
be used over again. Cleveland I'll
Dealer, vr w . ,:.
Mrs. Hlghmus Tou ought to have hei
the sermon at our church last Sunday. :
was on Beelzebub. '
Mrs. Suddyn-Klvmer Ah. yes. he's
Interesting . chfrgcter. . By . the wayWol
seem to have forgotten for en -momar "
whae does the B. L. stand forT Chlci
Tribune. . .
Haa that retiring official had what
would call a successful career?" -
I couldn't express an opinion, answoi
senator oonthum. 1 have no means
knowing anything about hi personal I
vestments or his bank aeoount. Wash!!
ton Star.
"What did th girl do when her fall
discovered tbem eloping?
"She burst Into tears."
"What did the young man, do?"
"O. he went all to piece." r
"What did the old man dor'
"He? Why. he exploded with rag t
blew them both , up. St. Louis Post-IJ
patch. .
THE) GIRL WHO SMILES.
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Woman's Life. 1
The wind was east ad the chlmt
smoked, .
And th old brown house seemed drea
For nobody smiled and nobody Joked, i
The young folks grumbled, the old tol
croaked,
They had come home chilled and wear
i
Then opened the door and a girl came lit
unt ine vh pomeirwery j
Her nose waa Dug and her cheek was til
There wasn't a dimple from brow to chit
But her smile waa bright ana cheery, j
She spoks not a word f th cold or dad
Nor yet of the gloom about her. i
But she mended the fire and lighted I
lamp.
And she put an th place a different stai
From that It had without her.
They forgot that th house waa a dull i
And smoky from base to rafter,
And gloom departed from every face
As they felt th charm of her mirtni
graoe
And the cheer of her happy laughter.
Oh, give me th gtrl that will smile a
sing, 1
And msk all glad togethni
To be plain or fair ta a lesser thing.
But a kind, unselfish heart can bring
Good cheer in the darkeat weather.
IerVi to ihe la$te$ u're loved,
mil lad, .. .
Here' to tiU Up$ m'us pressed,'
For ofkUtt and late like liquor in
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Tour most particular friends will
appreciate It. Always the same
high quality. Bottled In bvnd.
frpm W are Issuing a little book.
,,CBlet containing 200 popular
toasts., which we would be pleasod
to mall or hand to you. They are
free. Ask us fer one.
tiller's Whiskey, Fall Quarts,
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