TTTE OMAITA SUNDAY BEE: SEPTE3IBETl 16, 1906.
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VICTOR R08EWATER, EDITOR
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TATEMENT OF CIRCULATION.
Stat of Nebraska, Douglas County. :
George B. Txschuck, tressurer of Tn
Be Publishing company, being duly
worn, says that tb actual number of
full and complete copies of Th Dally
Morning. Evening and Sunday Bo printed
during th month of August. 10. was as
loiiows.:.
1
31,680
1,600
61,680
63,080
30,140
61,880
IT.
II.
1.
10.
......... 61,300
;. 31,640
60,660
81,140
I.
t.
.
I.
1 31,860
... 33,640
It 31,6b0
14 1 60,830
ii.. ........ 88,860
( 30,630
17 80,600
II ,, 30,610
16 30.D30
10 ' 30,670
II i... 33,440
T 31,440
I.
6.
It.
61,390
31.140
31,790
II 31,840
II 30,050
II 81,400
14 31,830
II 81,830
16 81,230
Total 678,600
Less unsold copies..... 0,148
Net total sal 664,468
Daily avrag 31.111
OBORQU B. TZSCHUCK.
Treasurer.
Subscribed In my presence atifl sworn
to before rue this list day ot August,
It 04.
(gU i U. B. HUNOATE,J
Notary Public
WHER OUT OF TOWS,
abseribers leaving; th elty tens
erarlly ebomld . hsTe Tb B
saall ta) tkasa. Addrsa will b
Roger, Sullivan hag evidently de
cided to let the Issue remain with
Illinois democrats. ' -
With Durnovo and Wltte both in
Qermany, the kaiser mar easily learn
bow not to Inaugurate a popular-form
f government.
Since Governor Cummins Insists he
will "stand pat" on all his utterances,
tree trade may yet be an issue in the
lows campaign. .
That New Orleans reception to Col
onel Bryaa will probably be absolutely
non-partisan .until ..the., principal
speaker arrives. I
That Ohio crowd demonstrated that
In the last analysis there is little dif
ference between a panic at Columbus
and one in Peking.
Prom remarks by the Leavenworth
Times It seems as If some of those "re
leased convicts" had, secured positions
on the police force.
In view of the official ruling that
chorus girls are "artists," painting can
again claim a victory over sculpture,
music and the other fine arte.
It you want a servile railroad tool
to represent you in the legislature, go
to the primaries Tuesday and vote for
Chronic Candidate Andersen.
Now that the' Cuban congress has
decided to support President Pal ma, it
will be necessary next to ascertain if
the people will support the congress.
change in plans of the Panama
canal is said ta have saved $160,000;
but this item will hardly be noticed
when the' final bonds are being paid.
In notifying the, powers that Bul
garia Is preparing for war. Turkey may
be simply arranging to disclaim re
sponsibility for, trouble which it de
sires.
President Roosevelt demonstrates
that he recognizes our responsibility
as Godfather of Cuba; but the child
muat prove whether it Is incorrigible
or only wayward.
Russian students may want to re
new their studies at the universities,
but they seem' determined to preserve
their time-honored right to raise dis
turbances at will.
The king of Denmark says he wishes
his people to stay at home, as he needs
soldiers, but from its geographical and
strategical position he evidently needs
them for exhibition only.
After, all the shots of '.'pert para
graphed" at General Corbin. his rec
ord from second lieutenant of volun
teers to lieutenant general of the army
Is one of which he may well be proud.
From the manner In which the rail
roads are curtailing halt fare permits
to employes and officers of the govern
ment It would seem that every, one 4s
expected to pay his share for "the
square deal."
Chairman Knapp ut the Interstate
Commerce commission at a session
last week read a letter from "a proml
neat raftroad president whose name is
well known throughout , the country,':
WBrn!cj'gtio8t letting- down -the bars'
f"r - ccflval of tho abuses which the
rate law Is designed to cut off. . presi
dent Sttckney of the Chlcaso Great
Western must hate been taking his
pen la hand, again. , .......
' THESKWBATTitCHT or rmstyoM:
The rallying point of the present
campaign in Nebraska must be a new
battle cry ot freedom not freedom
from human slavery to brutal task
drivers, but of political freedom from
corporate master. The lines of bat
tle were clearly drawn in the last ad
dress of the late Edward Rosewater,
delivered on the very day of his death
at the Grand Army of the' Republic
encampment at Waterloo, when he
said that "it would be far better that
we should never have won and liber
ated the blacks If the white people of
the United States and the blacks both
are to be In the future held in the
thralldom of corporate power." And
he concluded with the parting - ad
monition to every citizen of Nebraska
"to consider seriously the necessity,
the imperative demand of the hour,
that every man who represents you in
public Ufa. shall be. your servant and
nobody's else servant; that he shall
do Justice by all, do justice to the cor
porations ae well as to the individ
uals, and that he shall not because of
special favors and bribes given In any
form whatever disown you, disfavor
you, wink at corporate aggression,
wink at oppressive and outrageous
exactions because he, himself, has
been specially favored at your expense
and with your commission."
In the fight that Is being waged in
every legislative district and county
in this state It should not be hard for
the people to decide which of the
candidates appealing for their sup
port may be depended on to stand up
courageously for the rights of the
public and which will be found doing
the bidding of the corporation bosses.
It 'should not be hard for the people to
find out which candidates the pass
givers and railroad clacquers prefer,
and to see that candidates beholden
to the railroads cannot at the same
time be beholden to the people.
Actions speak louder than words.
In the contest for governor the re
publican nominee has a record of
fidelity to the people, which is the
best guaranty that he will be faithful
when chosen chief executive of the
state. George L. Sheldon was nomi
nated over the opposition of the cor
poration cohorts, and he owes no ob
ligation to them.. His democratic op
ponent, on the other hand, no matter
what loud protestations he may make
or how glibly he may profess Inde
pendence from corporation strings,
was nominated at the behest and by
the help of the railroads, and at best
must repudiate one master or the
other. '
' In the senatorial contest, If the rail
roads have their way, they will pre
vent the election of Norris Brown,
who has been indorsed by the repub
licans as their choice. No candidate
for the legislature, who is wiong on
the vital issue of driving the railroads
but ' of poMtlcs by withdrawing their
special privileges, can be depended
upon to vote for Norris Brown, if his
vote ' can help to defeat him. Every
candidate for the legislature on all
tickets sHould be pinned down defi
nitely as to where he stands as be
tween the corporations and. the people
and no man who evades or equivocates
should be trusted. ' .1
. The people of Nebraska have the
power and they have the opportunity
now to strike the blow for freedom
and strike it effectively. They should
strike it as 'unerringly and as courage
ously as their forefathers struck the
blow that established human freedom
throughout the whole length and
breadth of the land.
rate classification jugglery.
An investigation conducted by . the
Illinois Manufacturers' association, a
powerful organization which, as the
result of a long struggle, has recently
secured important reduction of rail
road charges on freights within the
state and has now In progress a
greater campaign for a general reduc
tion, reveals the falsity of the railroad
claim that rates have not been ad
vanced during recent years. Specific
facts are cited demonstrating increases
which are enormous in the aggregate
and which have laid practically the
whole community under contribution,
while at the . same time the basis was
deliberately made tor the specloas
claim which Is Insisted upon to the
contrary.
All this has. been accomplished by
elaborate and persistent Jugglery with
freight classification, and the process
Industriously worked for years is still
In ceaseless operation.. .It. is possible,
ot course, to leave the different classi
fication rates untouched and yet by
transferring a commodity from a lower
to a higher classification enormously
to enhance the transportation charge
on the same. The association has
foupd fOO commodities the t charges
on whtch were raised In one year In a
single district by precisely this classi
fication manipulation. Although here
and there may be a commodity on
which the change has been downward,
the tendency in the other direction Is
so marked as to prove the purpose to
enforce the general advance that has
actually occurred.
It la because of this obvious and
universal abuse that the new national
law confers upon the Interstate Com
merce commission complete authority
pver classification as essential to the
power to control and fix reasonable
rates, and it is to the national as well
as the state commission that the as
sociated Illinois shippers are prepar
ing to appeal. With shippers generally
throughout the country, they will not
be content with a mere uniformity of
classification, .which Is indeed to be
greatly desired In place of the confu
sion which has 80 long reigned, but
they demand specific reduction to a
reasonable basts of the innumerable
charges that have been unjustly ad
ranted. Thus another great issue that
has to be fought to a finish Is added
to the many vital questions coming np
under the new law to the national
commission, an Issue which every state
legislature within Its Jurisdiction has
also to meet.
A WORD TO THE 1781.
It must be to the interest ot every
republican In Douglas connty who baa
party success at heart, and especially
of every republican candidate who
hopes to have a place upon the ticket,
to have a county ticket nominated at
the primary next Tuesday that will
command substantially the undivided
support of all elements of the party.
To Inject Into this ticket, forcibly or
otherwise, the name of any candidate
who carries ... with him good .grounds
for opposition within his own party
ranks means simply to load the ticket
down with a heavy handicap at the
very time when .vote-getters rather
than vote-repellers are needed.
It Is betraying no secret to say that
a lot of weak timber and yellow dogs
have filed for legislative places, on
both sides of the political fence, who,
even If nominated, could not poll the
votes of their respective parties. Did
there seem to be any danger of some
of these grafters landing In position,
The Bee would not hesitate to point
them out and expose them, confident
that the decent republicans of this
county would back it up by drawing
the line sharply against them.
In the interest of harmony The Bee
has been willing to sink personal pref
erences to the extent of recommending
a selection from the list made up as a
combination ticket with the exception
of one name, which no mixture with
harmony medicine can force us to
swallow. The nomination of Charles
J. Andersen with his railroad label
would be simply placing a millstone
around the necks of the other candi
dates. If a scratching match is in
vited at the polls In November no one
can tell who will suffer most by it. If
these candidates and their friends re
gard their own self-interest no less
than the party Interest they will see
that Chronic . Candidate Andersen la
kept off the ticket.
THE PRESIDENT AND CUBA.
President Roosevelt's action in the
Cuban emergency, while character
istically prompt and sufficient, is cir
cumspect and cautious, conclusively
meeting the deplorable situation in the
stage it has reached, yet taking no
step not fully warranted. The send
ing ot Secretary Taft of the War de
partment and Acting Secretary Bacon
ot the State department to the scene
of disturbance will be . accepted at
home and abroad as the sign of a de
termination at once to shirk no re
sponsibility resting upon our govern
ment by treaty and national interest
and to be In the best position possible
to discharge our duty promptly and
entirely. Meantime every preparation
has been made' for Intervention and
any related contingency, and all avail
able alternative courses are kept open
for settlement without resort to inter
vention if the Cubans will only follow
them.
The president's solemn appeal to the
Cubans to come to their senses - and
stop short of the anarchy which must
Infallibly forfeit independence, at least
temporarily by intervention and poB
sibly permanently by some rigorous
form of protectorate, or otherwise, ex
presses the sincere American wish for
their good and for us to be spared the
necessity of Interference. If the strong
arm of our government shall be out
stretched, it could not be made plainer
to the Cubans that It is done with
extreme reluctance and only because
they themselves have made It unavoid
able. The president's course likewise
cannot fall to strengthen the - confi
dence ot our own country In him and
solidify public sentiment behind him
in this unwelcome emergency.
WEIGHT VS. MEASURE.
Experience in Chicago under its
arduous current effort to enforce honest
weights and measures as well as pur
ity and wholesomeness of commodities
In the retail trade shows how wide is
the need of betterment In these homely
every-day transactions which affect
everybody's pockets and morals. While
the number and importance of honest
dealers who give honest measure is
probably greatly underestimated, the
petty pllferings and frauds ot dishon
est tradesmen everywhere are exasper
ating and In the aggregate serious.
Most ot the states, the same as Illi
nois, have by statute long since fixed,
the standard bf weight for bulky ar
ticles like potatoes and also provided
for heaped up or leveled measure ac
cording as commodities do or do not
pack closely In the measure. But as
the, tendency in large centers ot pop
ulation Is to deal in many household
supplies In smaller quantities than the
bushel or other measure which was
formerly suitable and universal, the
chance and practice of fraud is corre
spondingly multiplied, and the result
la found to be particularly grievous to
the poorer classes who can least afford
it and who are least capable of pro
tecting themselves against such rob
bery. The chief practical difficulty as to
vegetables,' many fruits and other com
modities arises In large part from th
persistence of trade custom whose In
fluence both tradesmen. and their cus
tomers find it hard to shake off long
after the original reason for It has dis
appeared and after need for a different
custom has become obvious. There
is no such complaint of retail frauds
in the Pacific coast cities and wher
ever the practice Is universally estab
lished by custom or force of statute to
sell-such articles by weight instead of
by the bushel, peck, or other measure.
This is the aim of the movement
now going forward Ja a great m&ay
places In connection with the general
aspiration for a square deal In small
as well as great affairs, and it Is
worthy of all commendation. It cer
tainly should commend Itself to hon
est dealers no less than to the consum
ing public, for the former are equally
the victims of the frauds of their un
scrupulous competitors.
STATUS OF POSTAL EMPLOYES.
Postal employes throughout the
country seem to be wrought up over
the Issuance, or rather reissuance, in
the form of an order of that portion ot
the last annual report of the postmas
ter general relating to organisations of
postal employes and their relation to
the department. Under the f rensied
distortion of opposition newspapers
this , has been construed to mean that
no employe of the .Postoffice depart
ment is to be permitted to petition con
gress for any legislation increasing
their remuneration or bettering th
conditions of their service.
If this were the real Import of the
order, it surely would merit round de
nunciation Irrespective ot the fact that
it would be an absolute nullity because
conflicting with the constitutional
guaranty of th right of petition to
every citizen Irrespective of bis em
ployment Careful reading of the
order, however, does not seem to war
rant the strained interpretation thus
put upon it. The order, among other
things, says:
Organisations within tho department, to
reoeive its sanction In any degree, must
have for their object Improvements In the
service or bs of a purely fraternal or ben
eficial character.
The department operates under the law.
Its limitations are clearly defined. Within
these limitations It should be the duty and
policy of the postmaster general to secure
for every employe such recognition for his
services and compensation therefor as he
finds poaslbl and consistent with the pub
lic Interest. It must b clearly understood
that th officials of th department and
not th officials oi members of any organi
sation are th proper persona to present
th department's needs to congress.
Tour officials must be employes ot th
department. Tour discussions should be
characterised by good seps and conser
vatism, and you must keep ever before you
the fact that over the organisation Is th
authority of the department, an integral
part ot the government, to which you owe
your supreme allegiance.
To any one familiar with the growth
of the Postoffice department and the
organisation of the various claases of
postal employes within It, this would
simply mean that the PoBtofflce depart
ment does not Intend to sanction or en
courage th hiring of paid lobbyists
either as officers or otherwise to be
labor congress for specially demanded
legislation In the name ot postal em
ployes. This, unfortunately, has de
veloped in several cases In the past to
the detriment ot the' service and the
discredit of the department. .The post
master general seems determined that
postal employes' organizations shall be
officered by employes of the department
and not by hired lobbyists, and that
they shall present their claims first to
their superior officials, although with
the reserved right to appeal to con
gress In case their representations are
refused endorsement.
In assuming such . a position the
postmaster general would be sustained
by public sentiment in which, how
ever, he would create a revulsion
should he attempt to "deny to postal
employes the right to make known
their wishes to the department or to
congress either as individuals or as
organizations, the same as is enjoyed
by every other citizen.
It is not so long ago' that the em
bezzlements and defalcations most
heard of were committed, by public
officers, but the pendulum seems to
have swung around so that the big
thieves are now found for the most
part in private or corporate business
Institutions. The compilation of one
ot the guaranty bond companies show
ing embezzlements for the month of
June exhibits the alarming aggregate
of $$16,144. of which only $98,000
came out of public treasuries and
nearly $412,000 out of the general
business world. The month of Au
gust Just passed will probably show
up worse than this in the grand total,
but better comparatively with refer
ence to official honesty. It la cer
tainly gratifying to note the general
standard of fidelity to public trust Is
at least as high as that for private
avocations.
The experiment ot half-day sessions
in the high school is being tried in
Cleveland, but without signal success,
and a movement is on foot to re-establish
the double session system. The
place where the half-day session has
broken down is, strange to say,' in the
Incentive it offers to high school girls
to attend the matinees at popular
priced theaters. "The theory that
tb half-day session gives pupils a
clear afternoon for study does not
work out in practice," declares on ot
th Cleveland school directors. "The
boys devote their afternoons to ath
letics and the girls attend social func
tions or the matinee." The Cleveland
experience may point a moral for
Omaha.
8peaker Cannon Is reminding hl8
hearers wherever he is making a pub
lic address that w have had tea years
of uninterrupted prosperity under th
management ot th republican party.
Th last. Urn the democrats were in
power tho country was traversed by
Coxle's' army and each large city sup
ported a free soup house. Every one
can draw his own conclusions.
Th "New Idea" party, which is a
nam taken by the reform element of
New Jersey, among other things. Is
pledging Itself to the election of
United States senators by direct popu
lar vote. Considering 'the record of
New Jersey in the United Stales sen
ate, which Is equaled only by lta rec
ord ae th parent of trusts, this Is
surely reform with a big R.
Th Bee gave some salutary advice
to local republicans on the eve of the
last municipal primaries which they
afterward wished they had followed.
The advice offered Douglas county re
publicans now with reference to ob
jectionable candidates for endorse
ment at the Impending county pri
maries 18 Jtist as pertinent and timely.
Colonel Bryan Insists that air the
reforms achieved by President Roose
velt come from the fact that,
though a republican president, he has
been' carrying out promises of the
democratic platform. The hungry
democrats would rather have the case
reversed with a democratic president
on a republican platform.
John Sharp Williams Is taking
chances with fate In making predic
tions as to action of the next demo
cratic national convention, especially
in making predictions without the O.
K. of Colonel Bryan.
The statue of Washington at Buda
pest Is causing more talk than the
visit of the elder Kossuth to "America ;
but it will' be remembered that Wash
ington fully succeeded in his revolu
tionary designs.
Chronic Candidate Andersen has
the cheek to ask the people whom he
tried to disfranchise to send blm back
to the legislature. This Is a good
time to "rotate" him off the list.
Good Time to Dodge.
Portland Oregonlan.
When Mr. J. J. Hill foretells uncom
fortable facts And seems bo become a
pessimist, it is well to watch the stock
market and keep out of It.
Cause sad Effect.
Chicago Record-Herald.
The price of diamonds continues to ad
vance. This may be responsible for the
fact that so many of our rich people think
it is a blessing to be poor.
Ineoleece of Great Wealth.
Minneapolis Journal.
Th railroads of this country are com
puted to be worth $14,000,000,000. It must
be the insolence of great wealth that makes
them screech their whistles inside the city
limits at midnight.
Prosperity's Boast.
Washington Post.
-The per capita Income has increased from
1715 in 1870 to 11,148 In 1906. That means,
for on thing, that men who have passed
the Osier limit of usefulness are really
making mora money now than when they
were In their prim. .
. Forarettlnsr Old Bore.
Philadelphia Record.
Bt. Helena, where Napoleon Bona part
was six years a captive. Is to be abandoned
as a garrisoned island by Oreat Britain.
Bine th opening of the Sues canal it is
no longer l.nport&nl as a stopping plac oh
th rout to India. It Is noteworthy that
the English and French peoples have ale
abandoned their century-long attitude of
hostility following the Napoleonic wars.
They have a friendly understanding, and
it Is quit possible thay may become al
lies. Th times change and the manners.
Japaa's War Lord.
' Springfield Republican. -80
far as It ha been figured up at Toklo
the total money cost of the war. with Rus
sia amounts to $1,1000,000,000. This does
not include the Interest on the war debt
to be paid hereafter. It oost Great Britain
little. If any, lesa than that to' conquer
the small Boer republics of South Africa
some $700,000,000 being added to the prin
cipal of England's public debt alona. Little
less amaslng than Japan's overwhelming
of Russian power In eastern Asia Is the
comparative smallness of th money cost:'
Tb Fleet at Oyster Bay.
Harper's Weekly.
Th great and Impressive naval review
held at Oyster Bay for President Roose
velt on lAbor day suggests soma Interest
ing computations. Figures seem essential
to convey to the nonprofessional mind an
adequate conception of the stupendous
power for1 aggression or for resistance con
centrated In twelve battleships, four arm-
ord cruisers, four protected cruisers, four
monitors, and a dosen torpedo boats and'
torpedo boat destroyers, besides submarines
and auxiliary craft. 'The twelve battle
ships alone whloh were massed oft Oyster
Bay," says Harper's Weekly, "represented
a combined displacement of nearly 154,000
tons; th armored cruisers, almost IS.000
tons; th monitor and protected cruisers,
more than 16,000 tons; and th whole fight
ing lient. Including th torpedo boats and
submarines, but excluding auxiliaries, an
aggregate displacement of upward of 144,
000. Relatively powsrelss and Insignificant
as th torpedo boats may hav looked, the
truth Is that if one of them, the Wilkes,
could get near enough to such a floating
fort as th battleship West .Virginia, and
spit a torpedo out its tube in the right
direction, $6,000,000 would go up In the air
and 800 men would b food for fishes."
rNDKRPAID CLERGYMEN.
Dtffiewltle of Keeelnar l' tb Spirit
ad tb Household at Same Time.
Cleveland Leader.
A Connecticut clergyman, In preparing a
publication on th Congregational church,
has discovered some significant facts. Sal
aries and wages have steadily Increased
during the last ten years In every occupa
tion except th ministry. In that profession
th averags salary has decreased 10 per
cent. There are now 1,1X4) Congregational
clergymen without regular position. And
th number of those unemployed in church
work Is Increasing. The percentage of
theological students to the-number of
churches has fallen from 12 In 1802 to 1$
In 1M6.
To what extent. If at all, this condition
prevail In denominations other than th
Congregational has not been publicly an
nounced. But th complaint of an increas
ing dearth of theological students la gen
eral and by no means sew.
Th caus ascribed is th meagerneas of
tb clergyman.' salary. It Is no refteotlon
on th religious spirit or sincerity ' of a
young man If h hastltatss on this soor.
Th olargyman must llv in a nous Into
which he I not ashamed to tnvlt any
member ot his congregation. H must be
carat ally dressed and so must his wife
and children. Sesdlness in autre . ia
quickly remarked upon In them. They are
constantly under inspection. The minister,
to keep abreast of th times, must buy th
leading magaslnea and th best of the new
books. Thos on theological subjects ars
usually expensive. And somt times he is
asked to do all this on a salary of less
than $1,006 a year.
Wilts a man leaves th ministry to enter
another . calling, don't speculate on his
motive untU you know what salary b
was receiving and what h was expected
to accomplish with lb
NOW IS THE TIME
Right now not tomorrow, not next week
or next month; this Is the month and the
day to select that diamond or watch you
have been wanting do it now. Pay me a
small amount down, take the article you
buy home with you and pay me the bal
ance In small amounts Ks the convenient
way think It over.
I Cell
Spectacles
and
Eye Classes
on Easy
Payments
Eyes Tested
Free
$100 vA
Buy this beautiful
I a d I a' solitaire
p'rlc '$20.00
A DOLLAR OR TWO
PERSONAL AND OTHERWISE).
Six hundred saloons manage to keep th
spirits of the new San Francisco at th
proper working temperature.
Cleveland has decided to educate both
ends of the human machine by adding
dancing to the school curriculum.
Reformed spelling in Chicago did not ad
vance perceptibly whan Miss WaJcleoh
Raymnlak took the nam of Wladyslava
Kacikoska.
Th father of his country I now cred
ited with having Invented the American
cocktail. Correlative proof Is found in the
presence of the decorative cherry.
Prophet Dowle's books, thirty In num
ber, show a deficit of $3,400,000 In Zlon
City's business. The modern Elijah did
not pretend to manage a sanitarium for
his own health. .
The late Herman Oeltiohs was on of the
great amateur athletes of the' country, yet
a number of lawyers are ready to? demon
strate that he . wasn't ' strong, enough to
make a will that -can't be broken. -
Governor Folk's statement that In St.
Louis eight or ttt tnetv do the political
thinking for the whole population I pro
nounced an exaggeration. Two of the num
ber are said to be capable of thinking.
Th 'others are clubs.
. New York hotel proprietor and the of
ficers of some clubs are seriously consider
ing the matter of compelling waiters to
wear blue cloth dress suits, in order that
they might be distinguished from the guests,
whose evening attire is precisely too same
as that worn by the food thrower.
Baggage smashers should mentally digest
the fact that a trunk tossed about in the
usual way "exploded with great force, tor
off the scalp of the baggag man and de
molished a corner of th station." Where
it happened doesn't matter. The point is
that one smasher got what was coming
to him.
Th "woman scorned," who, It was re
ported, gave the lip which led to the cap
ture of Bankwrecker Stensland, turns out
to be the banker' son, Theodore. That is
the Inference Chicago, draws from the re
fusal of the grand Jury to Indict the son
with other directors of the looted bank.
Prosecuting officers wink the other eye
and ay nothing.
Probably in no place In the United States
is one-man rule better Illustrated than on
the island of Put-ls-Bay, Ohio, where J. C.
Oldt combine In himself th offloes, In ad
dition to that of mayor, of Justice of th
peace, deputy ooroner, superintendent of
schools, clerk of. the vestry of tb only
Protestant church on th Island, leader of
the choir, superintendent of the Sunday
school, manager of the street railway and
during the winter press representative.
Policeman Thomas Kirk served on night
on the force of Philadelphia. He was new
at th business and was not properly
coached, therefore he got busy. Between
10 p. m. and I a. m. he pulled In eighteen
persons of both sexes for various Im
aginary offenses, principally because "no
body decent Is out after midnight." People
in Kirk's district did not go to sloep until
th cop was pulled and stripped. Phlla-
delphlans can stand much, but a wldo-
awak policeman Is th limit.
We Surely Are GRATEFUL
Whatever measure of success we have had
in the past we owe to our good friends :
and now we ask that they do not forget '
that we are in business again after our
great loss by fire. A full stock of lumber
all new and brightlowest prices.
CJLDIETZ LHER CO.
1214 Farnam St.
Fall Announcement 1S06
We are now displaying a most
Complete line of foreign novelties for
fall and winter wear.
Your early Inspection la Invited,
as It will afford an opportunity of
choosing from a large number of ex
clusive styles.
We Import In "Blngle suit
length," and a suit cannot be dupli
cated. An order placed now may be de
livered at your eonvenlenee.
(ft,
$150 a
1 WEEK
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Buy this handsome
gentlemen's ring,
onry.?.r.'$25.00
A WEEK WILL DO
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DOMESTIC PLEASANTRIES.
"Why does the preacher always walk
about on tiptoe?"
"It s a habit he got In th pulpit. He's
always very careful not to disturb the
slumbers of th oongregatlon. Cleveland
Leader.
"You mint not think so much of good
looks, my dear. Beauty la only sfcln deep,
you know."
"That's all right, mit the girl with
beauty has jot all the other girls skinned
to death."-Philadelphia Press.
"Don't you think," said the gloomy young
woman with a solentlflo twlat. "that the
pleasures of the table Induce rapid con
sumption T"
"Sure," answered the practical young
man. "what else ars they put there for?"
Baltimore American.
"He' a very learned man. You wouldn't
think so, would you?"
"Oh, yes, I snspeoted It right away."
"Inldr
. "Yes, b make me tired." Philadelphia
Ledger.
Raxtr That dog of yours is not a full
blooded Boston terrier, is he?
BUby Hush, old chap, don't let htm hear
you. He thinks he is! Woman's Homo
Companion.
Tn that tropical country," the returned '
traveler was explaining, "most of the
houses are constructed with an Inclosure in -the
center, which they call the court."
"I see." said the hostem "In our
colder latitude the parlor Is generally used
tor that purpose." Chicago Tribune.
"You will marry that old millionaire?".
"I will."
"Mlsgtilded girl, oh, why?" .
"Because I can't get a young millionaire.'1
Misguided your grandmother." Louisville
Courier-Journal. ...
"It's so strange," said Mr. Bloman. "that
we havo no national flower like the lily of
France and the rose of longland. We
surely ought to hav one."
"Yes," replied Mlsa Waits, coyly, "now
I think the orange blossom would be nice."
-Philadelphia tress.
"Ah! beautiful ladv " anM tha
medium, "you hav com to find your fu
ture husband, is it not so?"
ii u i muon, retortea the woman. "Tv
com to find where my present husband .
wuM wi s-BseiK. inaianapoiis xtiews.
"Home. mm " an M MoK .ki.tHn -
good deal of Impatience. 'The animals
hav all gone aboard, and everything
tvmj. . uj iuv yuu Hanging DHCK7
"I haven't a thing that s fit to wear."
replied his wife with a sigh; but It began
to rain again, and she was compelled to
give up the idea of sending for the dress
maker. Chicago Record-Herald.
HOME AGAIN.
Houston Poet.
Backward again from th place where th
nut are.
Backward again from th boom of the
seas,
Back from th mountains where rainbow
hued rills are.
Back from the sands, too, and back from
the flsea:
Back from the bostlerles where the huge
bills are,
And back from th lolling 'neath trees '
at our
Back to th city, whirs work and where '
(oti ta.
Back to endeavor where sweating and moll
is.
Back to th stool and th workshop; and
thea
A buckling right down, where all kinds of
nara ton ia ,
To save for next year and vacation again.
Tel. Doug. 35
Guckert &
c Donald
TAILORO
317 Gouti 15th Ot