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TIIE OMAHA DAILY BEE: MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 17, 1006. Tire Omaha Daily Bee. FOCNDRO BT EDWARD ROSEWATFR. VICTOR ROSEWATER, EDITOR. Entered at Omaha Poetofllce second class mattr. . . TERMS OF f BSCRIPTtON. Dally P (without Sunday), one year.. $4 00 DaPy bee end Snnaay, on year J Sunday Bee, oe year J JJJ Saturday Bee, one year I DIUmtKD BT CARRIER. Pally Bee (Including Sunday). per week..ljc lally Bee Iwtthout Sundayt. per week. .12 Evening Bea (without Sunday), per week Jo F-venlng Baa (with Sunday), per week. .15 Sunday Baa, PT copy ............. 0 Addraaa complaints of irregularities In de livery to City Clrculatlnn Depertment. offices. OmahaThe Ilea Biil'dlng. South Omsh City Hall pulldlrg. Council Bluffs 10 Peiirl Street. Chicago 1640 t'nlty Building. Newt orh isna Homa Ufa In. Building. Waahlnjrtmv-0l Fourteenth Street. CORRESPONDENCE. Communications relating to news and edl tnrlal matter should be addressed: Omana Bea, Editorial Department. ... REMITTANCES. Remit by draft express or postal order mall THE BEfi PUBLISHING COMPANY. STATEMENT OF" CIRCULATION. State of Nebraska, Douglas County. "J George B. Tsschuck, treasurer of The Bee Publishing Company, being duly worn, eay. that the actual "umber of full and complete eople" of The pally. Morning. Erening and Sunday Bea printed during the month of August 10. waa aa follow.: 1. t. I. 4. I. . T. a. . 10. n. n. it. 14. 15. 16. 31,080 31,600 ii, sea 33,060 BO.140 31,580 ' 81,440 31,330 31,140 31.733 . 31,343 30,030 81,400 81.330 . 81490 S1.CS0 :iT., it., it.. 20.. . 31., ' 21.. U.. 24;. 2t., . it.. 27.. it.. !.. 80." . Hi. ....... 31.300 31,340 .. 80,360 81.140 . ... Total .878,300 . 8,143 Let unsold coplea Net total sales ,S4'4?? Dally average GEORGE B. TZSCHUCK. Treasurer. Subscribed In my presence and sworn to before me this (1st day of August, "(Seal.) M. B. HUNGATE. V;. - Notary Public . WHEN OtT Of TOW. Bebaerlteare leaving tha aity tarn.' porarlly eaenla hare Tka Baa Uti te then. Addreaa will ka changed aa aft, raaaatad, After all Colorado was entitled to a snow following Its heated political con ventions. Cuba should realize now that Amer ican warships re real arguments in favor of pjaee. Perhaps Irish potato blight may point out where effective laborers can be secured for the Panama canal. The passing of General Trepoff, un accompanied by the sound of a bomb Is not a victory for the terrorists at any rate. General. Funston may find himself quite busy, if ho tries to capture all the emulators of Agulnaldo in the Queen of the Antilles. - ' Bankruptcy proceedings over, a lo cal suit club develops that the enter prise has been transformed into a law-suit club. The endorsement of .Candidate Hitchcock by the Dahlman democracy reads as it 1t were made with a, men tal reservation.; . ' V. In sending present to Mr. Gummere, Ralsouli shows his appreciation of Un cle Sam, who raised the Perdicaris ransom so quickly. When considering the failure of mu nicipal ownership of telephones at Glasgow it must be remembered that Scotch are proverbially reticent. The beauties of the "rotation" bal lot will be. again exemplified at next Tuesday's primary election and the people will remember. whom to charge It up against. In Isolating microbes of various dis eases, scientists would confer a favor on humanity by keeping their discov ery to themselves until they find the way to kill them. Chronic Candidate Andersen helped pull down the ticket to defeat at the last city election and now he wants the privilege of pulling the legislative ticket dawn In the coming election. There is no use worrying about the census bureau estimates of Nebraska's present population. We will have an other' real numbering of the people In less than four years, and that will be conclusive. Members of the election boards who have , to count the ballots Into the early morning hour will also remenv ber Chronic Candidate Andersen. In whoso name the r'rotatlon" outrage waa perpetrated. Bine Senator. Clark has declared that ho has too many private Interests to continue In the United States, sen ate, it un to longer be doubted that Montana Is insisting upon some work In tha upper house. Having . discovered that Mosart's favorite violin la not In England, as has', long been supposed, the holder of the bogus Instrument doubtless rea lises that the present generation has not produced all the confidence men. After close Inspection In the noose of his lasso. Mayor "Jlra" vouches for tt that Colonel Bryan Is the ssme Bryan It was fifteen years ago. That being the case.' soma ot the new con verts to Bryan, who persuaded them selves that he had changed, must conclude that they hsve been taken in under false pretenses. able to rne n runinnii's T -cenl stamps received n payment ci accounta. Personal cnecas. wwi'i i r eastern exchange, not iir'p. . 81,860 , 83,340 . 31,600 . 30,330 . 33,860 . 30,330 . 30,300 . 8010 . 80,630 . 80,370 . 33,440 CHftOJvC CCBAtr IXFIBMITT. It Is perfectly apparent that Inter ventlon, of which President Roose velt solemnly warns Cubans, Instead of being repugnant to the pride and interest of.au important element of the natives would be really welcomed by them as a boon. In fact, many of the educated and substantial busi ness men believed from the first that annexation to the United States was far preferable to Independence. If this conviction exists among Intel ligent and property owning Cubans, it must be strong among Americans and other foreigners having extensive Investments In the Island who. with the natives holding similar views, con stitute a very influential body. "Revolution," as the outbreaks of the wandering, restless, Irresponsible classes who are very numerous, are called is a chronic condition in Cuba. Scattered over the island are thou sands of men of mongrel breed, densely Ignorant, lazy and many of them vicious, who for generations have been In a state of revolt if tak ing to "the grass" and the forests In predatory bands can be called revolt. They always 'constitute material ready to the hand ot conspirators, agitators, disappointed office seekers and desper ate parties and leaders. While' the abuses of Spanish colonial government for centuries afforded abundant causo for truly patriotic resistance which was forced to employ every available means, the conditions at. the same time afforded excuse" for both chiefs and followers whose object was plun der and general lawlessness. Out. of It all was, bred a formidable mass to whom any sort of real self government Is onerous, and who are always ready, with or without cause, to relapse into habitual disorder and chaos. It was the presence of this element that caused so many worthy Cubans to fear the results of Independence, that now causes them to welcome Interven tion and that Indeed Is the lion in the way of successful self government or self government that is not hopelessly incompatible with progress and civili sation. Patriotic Impulse rebels against foreign Interference or forcibly Imposed sovereignty, even when the alternative of Independence involves many Imperfections, hardships and even perils, and it is not to be doubted that sober minded and well meaning Cubans fully share the Impulse with others. There is no more discouraging faot at the present Juncture than that so many people in Cuba are convinced that a governing force from outside the island is Indispensable and are hoping for intervention and even for annexation. JOSEPH MEDILL PATTERSON AGAIX. Joseph Medlll Patterson, the young Chicago man who two years ago an nounced his conversion to socialism, continues to emit complaints that he is a "drone," incapable by reason of his capitalistic education and environ ment during childhood and youth, of earning a living through labor, and re iterating his previously declared pur pose to devote his energies to some useful work. It there be seriousness and any real capacity in him It would seem that two years would be suf ficient to produce now tangible proof. and that if he must indulge In personal publicity, for which, however,' no pressing call has been made by others. that he would be able by this time to report at least some progress In the consuming passion of his new born so cialistic life. There certaiply Is plenty of work to be done. Others find no great difficulty In doing some thing to earn the bread they eat. Yet young Joseph Medlll Patterson calls public attention to himself only to re port and complain again that he is still a "drone." Therein, too, the young' man inci dentally makes It patent that he is still laboring under- the hallucination that the only useful employment by which to earn, a living is by manual labor, which even if true, leaves little excuse for him In particular to be still idle. That after so long a time he -entertains such a view as well as persists In Idleness will sufficiently admonish the normal mind of his real type and personality r and be accepted as sign enough that In the great movement ot affairs he Is likely to be permanently a negligible factor ' BATE LAW FOR CARRIERS ALSO. It would be an . Impressive denou- ment it one ot the early effects of the pew national rate' law should be an appeal to the commission by great rail road companies against a combination of their competitors gravely, menacing the Interests of the former, as the. ru mored alliance of the HU1 and Harrl man systems Is alleged to aim at by control of Pacific ocean steamship con nections. If the two systems, which have their own steamship lines while the competing transcontinental lines have none, could make common action the basis for dominating ocean borne freights, the result would of course be disastrous to all such competitors as the Atchison and Rock Island, unless the powers ot the Inter State Com- mrce commission were Invoked to re strict such combination In its Illegal aspects. But whether the rumored alliance has been effected, and whether resist ance to its alleged purpose Is to be made before the commission or not, the case forcibly illustrates the fact, which has not yet been fully appre ciated, that the great powers con ferred by the new law are precisely as available for remedy ot abuses through unlawful, combinations and discrimi nations ot which railroad companl are the victims as of abuses of which Individual shippers or the general pub lic are the victims. The provisions ot the law are general, and It is well known that some of the commonest violations have been In the dealings of the carrier corporations among themselves, for which they heretofore had no effective remedy. That most of the enlarging amend ments were nevertheless opposed by the railroads In common Is presump tive evidence thst they preferred that the public should have no better rem edy against carrier abuses, even though coupled with better remedy for one carrier against another, be cause the chance would remain even in the latter case to shift much of the loss over onto the shoulders of the public. But now that the law provid ing remedy In the one case as well aa In the other actually and irreversibly exists, it will be only history repeating Itself if transportation corporatlpns ere long find It to their Interest to re sort the same as others to the equal rule of public redress of grievances against one another. WBT ASDERHKN FJ1UCLD BE BEAT. It Is notorious' that In the1 recent senatorial campaign the railroad pro gram was to prevent any nomination of .United States senator In state con vention and thereby throw the choice of senator back to the legislature, where a corporation man might be elected by the usual Jugglery and bribery of legislators. With this ob ject In view the railroad pluggers set out to pack the republican state con-vention-with uninstructed delegations, who were to have been manipulated to . vote agalfist convention nomina tion. One step In this railroad program contemplated splitting the Douglas delegation- In order to play one part of It against the other and prevent the preferred Omaha candidate from having the benefit of the solid vote of his home county. This division of the Douglas delegation was to be ac complished by Inflicting upon the voters the outrageous "rotation" bal lot, designed to disfranchise a large part of the rank and file of the party and produce a confusion that would prevent the effective expression ot the popular will. The mandamus suit by which the "rotation" ballot was saddled on Jthe people of Douglas county was insti tuted in the name of Charles J. An dersen, who was a willing tool of the railroad schemers and corporatlou hirelings. In the light of this exam ple ot abject subserviency to the rail road bosses, the candidacy of Charles J. Andersen tor renominatlon to the legislature is an Insult to the people ot this county. The coming legislature will pass on railroad legislation most vitally af fecting the commercial interests of Omaha and will be called upon to take action to force the railroads to pay their taxes. Our people may un wittingly send some railroad tools to the legislature, but they should not send a man who so plainly and openly acknowledges his railroad masters. It is the duty of every loyal repub lican to put the brand of repudiation upon Charles J. Andersen. Governor Mickey Is being inundated with requests for pardons and com mutations of sentences for Inmates of the state penitentiary. That is what always happens when a governor ap proaches the end of his official term, the supposition being that he becomes more tender-hearted or more easily worked during the last few months of his possession of the pardoning power. The governor owes it to him self and to the public to give no con victs their freedom now on any less showing of merit than he would have required when he first entered office. Omaha business men are still de murring to the demurrage charges which the railroads are trying to ex act from them under pretense that they are required under the new rate law. If the Interstate Commerce com mission has jurisdiction only over de murrage charges connected with Inter state traffic and cannot reach demur rage charges based on shipments be tween points wholly within the state, the importance of having the rate law followed up with state legislation governing local traffic Is here strik ingly re-enforced. The coroner's Jury on the fatal grade crossing accident has held both the railroad company and the street railway company in part responsible. It means that both these corporations will have to settle the claims for In- Jury or share the expense of lawyers to fight the damage suits. The real problem, however, is to prevent a repetition of such disasters, and the only sure way of doing that is by the complete abolition of the grade cross ing - Brigadier General Wint adds his rec ommendation for the restoration of the army canteen in order to stop the de moralizing Influence of the resorts tat surround military . posts. The con sensus ot opinion among army officers Is overwhelming that the restoration of the canteen would be as much of an Improvements over existing conditions ss would bo well regulated licensed saloons over degrading holes-in-the- wall that thrive in prohibition states. There will be no difficulty In get ting signatures to petitions to make Cut-Off lake and vicinity a part ot the Omaha park system. The pinch will come to get the money to make the desired Improvements without taking It away from other parts of the park system. . And now the milkmen who hsve been called on the Carpet for selling unfit milk come back with the charge that they are the victims of a cream ery trust, which la trying to treese them out of business. That special grsnd Jury may have an opportunity to extend its Investigations beyond the Ice man and the coal man. Careful reading of the opening speech la the fusion campaign dellv eted by ex-Candidate George W. Berge at Columbus falls to disclose any great controlling reason for sup porting Candidate Shallenberger, ex cept that Berge if nominated would have expected Shallenberger to have supported him. There are grave sus picions, however, that Berge might have been disappointed had such a re sult ensued. One of the democratic legislative conventions held last week not only af firmed the platform adopted by the democratic state convention, but also endorsed "the democratic principles enunciated by William J. Bryan." Does this mean that they endorsed the Bryan program for state owned feed ers to federal owned trunk lines T The state banking board has been fully advised to keep its hands off the national' banks doing business in Ne braska irrespective ot whether they conduct savings departments or not The banking board has plenty to do to exert an effective control over the state banks, where Its Jurisdiction is Incontestible. One ot the candidates for nomina tion on the republican legislative ticket announces that he "stands on the platform last adopted at the re publican convention." All the other candidates on the republican ticket will have to get on that platform be fore election and the sooner the bet ter. Fire l ana Look Pleaaaat. Chicago News. Connecticut haul lta blasest eron of to bacco this year. I There will be Havana olgara to smoke even though the Cubans continue to use their tobacco fields to fight battles in. Hard to Reconcile. Kansas City Times. Mr. Bryan's determination to claim credit for tha rata bill aa 'a democratic measure Is difficult to reconcile with his expressed belief that the rate bill will not accomplish the purpose of compelling the railroads to be good. Hot Scrapping: In Sight. Chicago Chronicle. From Cuba comes the Information that "a great battle'" Is expected In the prov ince of Santa Maria de 8omethlng-or- oCher. We may. therefore, brace ourselves to receive the intelligence that a brigadier general has been kicked In the shins and that another one. has lost his hat Testing; Issues at Home. Minneapolis Journal. Mr. Bryan has decided to "try out" his laaua before the people of Nebraska this fall. He says ha will make a vigorous campaign for the fusion candidate for gov ernor, Ashton C. Shallenberger, giving as his reason: ."He' advocated government ownership ot railroads before I did." Both candidates for governor are "anti-railroad," but one Is for government ownership and tha other is opposed,. ; , , Mora Rnm Than Reason. Hartford Courant (rep.). The story 6f how Maine . went In the Tippecanoe anf Tyler Too" year has been handed down In Immortal verse. This year's political doings In Maine, while less exciting, are peculiar. Oovernor Cobb, republican, haa been re-elected; but look how they've whittled down his plurality. The new legislature la preponderantly re publican. The republican congressmen ap pear to have scraped through all right, Llttlefleld included. . But the thousands of Llttlefleld's 1BG4 plurality seem to fcave shrunk to hundreds. We await the Maine explanations. Ap parently, Compere hurt. Apparently, the law that made Maine famous has parted with a portion of ita popularity. Appar ently, a good many Maine voters were thinking more about rum than about Roosevelt To some extent at least, the new from Mslne Is a summons to the re publicans of other states to be diligent and vigilant The Fatara America. London Truth. The new Bank of England Is America! If we propose to build a railway we have to go to the United States for tha neces sary capital. If we wish to develop some industrial concern - we apply to an Amer ican financier for assistance. If we have to sell a large properly, a valuable picture, a rare work of art or a celebrated race horse we offer It to an American millionaire. If any well known bachelor among us Is In pecuniary difficulties U is to the United States that he hurries to find a bride with roriune. ir a more onscure Englishman Is unable to earn a living in this country It Is to the United States that he generally crosses to obtain employment. It Is probable that at the very least America will have twice as much wealth and power in twenty years hence' as It has acquired In the last twenty years. It so what country will then be its equal? "The Future of the United States", would be a useful subject for some assay writer to deal with, for an America that Is twice aa rich, ss powerful and as populous; that baa doable the fleet of men-of-war and merchantmen, and that does double the trade with the outside world that the America of today has and docs will be a monster among the nations. DEMOCRATIC H AMD LICK. General Prosperity Gives Croakers the. Hoarse Laaik. Nsw York Sun. There is no end to the bad luck of the democratic party. Here Is the corn crop booming up to record figures and it may exceed them. Iowa alone, it Is estimated, will have 400,000,000 bushels. There are no lean years and - calamity never has its innings. How can ths Honorabls Grim Jlgga wipe out the republican majority In congress " when the country is.ao diaguit tngly prosperous? Hardly a mortgage la sight except to raise cash to buy more land and cover It with crops; farmer apeedlng' over their broad acres In motor cars; bank deposits bursting vaults snd In terest rates 'way down'; all the luxuries as well as the comforts of home for the producers; labor better off than ever and Capital with more money than It can uae; everybody working but the politicians, and they can't "work" anybody was there ever a more discouraging outlook for the party of the pee-pul? What tha Honorable Grlra Jlggs Veeds la kind words not money. This Is so generally understood that the dollar campaign fund has died a natural death. People who have any bowels will not make fun of the plight of the democratic chair. rrnn. The abounding and rebounding' prof pertty of theaa United States Is Ml Bis fault. . I , MBMOR1AM. Nebraska's Mast S table Character. Kearney Democrat. The fragrance ot his unselfish llfo Is but now dawning upon those who loved and those who despised. With but a single exception he was Nebraska's moct con splcuous snd notable personage. He wst endowed , with both courage, unceasing energy and Indomitable perseverance. His was a force so vital to the state that Its sudden rutting off Is received as a calamity no less by his enemies than by his friends. bled I.Ike a Soldier. Kearney Hub. Edward Rose water died like a soldier. He was In the conflict to the last. He never beat a retreat. His face was always to tha front. The summons came, like the nldlers, without warning. Who would not die of such a death? Spread Nebraska's Fame. Aurora Republican. Nebraska sustains a lasting loss In the death of Edward Rosewater. Death ' re moved him from a life of great activity In the affaire of his state and notion. He wss a national character and carried the fame of Nebraska wherever he went. He waa a strong champion of measures for the benefit of the whole people and an open and unrelenting foa of class legisla tion of all kind. He has left an Impress upon the history of his state which time cannot efface. - He was one of Nebraska's foremost cltlsens. Kama Familiar to All. Bradshaw Republican. In the death of Edward Rosewater Ne braska haa loet a prominent figure. Net a school boy or girl In the state with whom the name of Rosewater Is not as familiar as that of Roosevelt His was a strenuous life, ever active on all matters pertaining to the Interests of the public, and will he greatly missed by both friend and foe. Knew His Friends. Wiener Free Press. Usually our friends and the nubllo re serve their ecomlums for the dead and un heeding ear. But we believe that much satisfaction accrued to this deserving man In the voluntary offerings of praise and recognition of his worth that came before It was too late. Throughout the state It was voiced during his canvass for United States senator. That there was lack of "consolidation" In his behalf was a credit to him. His support waa with the rank and file, who knew his worth, ability and Integrity of purpose. Potent Factor ta Greatness Arcadia Champion. Perhaps never in the history of the state haa Nebraska sustained a harder blow than the death of Edward Rosewater. For over a quarter of a century he has been a continuous working force In the Interests ot the state and the peoplo of the state. When he ceased to live a potent factor that went to make up the greatuess of Nebraska ceased to exist Slain Spoke Removed. Taylor Clarion. Few editors in the United States have been recognised as a leader among men as haa he. Honored for his steadfast pur poses by his enemies as well as friends. His paper. The Bee, is, and always has been, the beat and most reliable published In Nebraska, While the state of Nebraska will live and move on. It's people feel aa though Its main spoke had been removed. Always Do In Best. Stanton Register. In the death of Edward Rosewater Ne braska loses one of Its brightest men and a foremost figure In our state's growth and development. He was always doing what he thought best 'for Nebraska and died just at the time when we were all reaping the fru s of the pioneer's Industry. Nebraska and the people lost much by the death of Rosewater. On of tha Malnaprlaga. Valentine Republican. Examplea ha has set will cause his memory to be emblasoned on the hearts of his countrymen and the Influences there from will be felt through another genera tion, particularly in this state. Edward Rosewater was one of the mainsprings to Omaha and the great state of Nebraaka. The mark he set should be an inspiration to his brother editors to strive for greater achievement and fake up the battle for the people where he left off. Eneraetle and Enterprising. Rushvllle Standard. Mr. Roaewater was energetic and enter prising and died as ha lived In the har ness. He labored- for tha good of the peo ple and for that reason was turned down politically by the politicians through the Influence of the corporations. - ' Did More Than AnyvDoaen. I Springfield Monitor. In his long career as editor of The Bee he haa probably done more than any dosen men for Omaha and Nebraaka, his work being simply Incalculable. It Is bard to tell whether there will ever be another to take up the fight against corruption and crookedness In public life and attain the same results that Edward Rosewater did. Notwithstanding his strenuous life with Its bitter controversies and sad uis appolntments, his end waa quiet and peaceful, such as any of us might wish for when the final summons comes to us. Honest' Tnskmaster. Silver Creek Sand. Sand has loat a valuable friend. We are using the word valuable In everything but a commercial sense. Edward Rosewater started The Bee, he came up the Platte Vajley, soliciting subscribers. Ths writer was only a kid then, but hs remembers what happened. Tears later he did serv ice for Mr. Roaewater and found hlin a hard, but hornet taskmaster. Among the recollections of a busy life, the editor of Sand will cherish his association with Ed ward Roaewater aa one of the brightest gems. , Beaefartar of the Raae. Broken Bow Beacon. A leader of the progressive element of his party In the stats, contending for the rights of tha people against monopolistic aggressions and Influences, he incurred the enmity of "corporation cormorants" who lost no opportunity during his long and useful career, to abuse, calumniate and villify him. It Is the experience of all who live In advance of their time. But when the waves of calumny shall have aubslded and ths people are permitted to view the work ha did, unobscured by prejudice or enmity, Rosewater will be recognised as a benefactor of bis race and one whose career was what It waa from a motive to be serviceable to others. Always for tha Right. Bloomington Advocate. Mr. Roaewater was pne of the foremost men in the state and probably did ' more than any other person In the state for the development of the same. Politically he was a tighter, always battling for the rights of the masses against the encroach ments of the monopolies and corporations, and, while he differed very materially from many fellow workers, none fall to give him credit for being honest In his convictions. ROIRD AbOUT KW YORK. Rallroaa-Taaael Tnhes tader Xartk River Formally Joined. Ths tunnel lubes built by the Penn sylvania Railroad eotnpany under the Hud son liver were Joined last week. The event wsa suitably observed by officials In charge, the workmen and a few guests. A more elaborate celebration Is set for September 17, when the high officers ot the railroad will Inspect the work and walk under the river from Jersey City to the site of the company's terminals In New Tork City. "An achievement In tunnel building of the first msgnltude," Is the press verdict on an undertaking which will give the Pennsylvania company direct entrance to New Tork City. The company's plans also embrace a like tunnel under East river, connecting the company's Long Island lines with the main Urmlnsl In New Tork. The completed tunnel and ter minals will cost t5O,O0O,0O. Electricity will be the motive power. The North River division of the Pennsyl vania tunnel Improvements extends from the terminal now under construction in New Tork by two main line tracks under the rlvar and Bergen hill to the Hacken sack meadows, west of the Palisades. It haa a total length of 13.700 feet From the time- that the Pennsylvania railroad announced Its plan of tunneling under North river five years ago tha building of the tubes has been one con tinued aeries of engineering triumphs. Among other things the rapidity of the work has been unprecedented, and the rec ordtwelve and a half feet In eight hours bids fslr to stand aa a mark ot tunneling for some time. Work on the tunnel proper began on the New Tork side April 18, 1904, and on the Jersey side September 1, 1904. It Is expected that the shields In the south tube will be entirely finished in two years. Tha rapidity of the construction work Is all the more remarkable because of the un foreseen obstacles that were encountered as the work progressed. The divergent rocks and soil formations through which the tun, net had to be carried were responsible for much unlooked for trouble, together with the dangers encountered through the pier cing of gas pockets and other natural hin drances. The tunnel consists of two enormous steel tubes twenty-three feet esch In diameter. Theae will be reinforced with solid con crete work to give the bores a strength and endurance that should make them last for agee. , The vertical shaft on the Manhattan side, which la located at Eleventh avenue and Thirty-second street, was started on June 11, 1903, and finished on December 11 of the same year. Work on the Jersey shaft, which Is near the Erie railroad yards In Weehawken, was begun on June 13. 1903, and was finished on September 1, 1904. Work on the tunnel proper that Is. on the two tubes that now meet under the river waa begun on the New York side on April 18, 1904, and on the Jersey side September 1, 1904. The two tuba sections ot the north tunnel met on September 12, and it Is ex pected that the shields of the south tube will meet about October 7. The structure will be entirely finished and ready for rail road traffic In two years. in the construction of a subaqueous tun nel the design of a shield is by far the meat Important consideration. The shield de signed by Mr. Jacobs and used by the con tractors, has a hood extending two feet be yond the cutting edge. The main body of the shield Is fifteen feet long, the length over the hood being eighteen feet. The ob ject of the designer was to make the back and the face of the shield aa acces sible, one from the other as possible and at the same time to have a means of abutting off promptly a rush of water from the face. A plvotted segmental door was used and proved to be well adapted for the work, glv. Ing ample room for men to stand and shovel at the same time, and be abaolutely clear of any work overhead and clear of the sweep of the erector, the Immense arm which picks up ting plates and puts them in place. The shield has nine doors, two on the top platform, four on the middle and three on the bottom. It weighs 194 tons. The actual building of the tubes was prac tically . put in the hands of Charles, M. Jacobs, who has probably built more sub aqueoous tunnels than any other man in the world. He was made chief engineer. The chief assistant . engineer is James Forgle, who assisted the engineer, Great head, In the conatruction of the Waterloo and City railway tunnel under the River Thames In England In 1894. Mr. Jacobs de signed the type of shield that Is used In the North river work, snd which enabled the contractors to make such rapid prog ress. Mr. Forgle designed the sliding plat form on which the men stand to make ex cavations ahead of the shield. This, too, was a great advantage to the contractor, and added to tha general success of the work. i The franchise obtained by the Pennsyl vania railroad from New Tork City stip ulates, although It Is perpetual, that there shall be a renewal of charges every twenty ilve yesrs. As Wjw fixed, the company is to pay to the city 40 cents for every linear foot of track for the flrat ten years and $1 for every foot In the next fifteen years. In the Borough of Manhattsn. The rates are to be one-half of these sums In the, Bor ough of Queens. The total trackags will amounc to more than 70,000 fet In this borough alone. Altogether. It Is estimated the city will receive from the company In the first twenty-five yesrsmore than ll,4;8. 000. The tube Itself, which..' Is twenty-three feet In diameter, consists of a series of cast iron rings, and the Installation of every ring meant a progress of two and one-half feet. Eleven platea and a key-piece at the top complete the circumference, and a ring weighs about fifteen tons. Ths sections have flanges at right angles to the surface and It Is by thees that ths successive rlnas are held together with bolts. The construction of ,lhe tubes has been de signed with a view to safety. Instead-if resting upon the river soil, they are sup ported by Iron foundatlona known aa screw piles, such as are used for llghthouae props. In the caae of the trolley tunnels built INDIA AND 1 : Is usrd by very particular people beraubtt Its delicate flavor and abso lute purity attracts thn. Parked la sealed packets If Is In? pervious Ut the dust in the shops. r y tri McCOED-BRADY CO Wholesale AfcenW Omaha. further south, the tubes rest In tha soft, . for they will not have to bear trains of great weight. The Pennsylvania tunnels, on the other hsnd, must support lOMen electric locomotives, snd hence It was nece. sary to provide Iron foundations extending? all the way down to bedrock. A special ssfety feature will be the con Crete walkways, or sidewalks, built Inside the lube on a level with the car windows. If there Is an accident or a long delay, the passengers will be able to reach these walk, way from the car windows or doors. The cables for power, water pipes for protection sgalnM fire and part nf the signal wlreg will be bedded In the concrete beneath these sldewslks. I There waa a scurrying In Nassau street one day last week, during the noon hour, when four blooded coach horse, ewathed I In the brilliant, created blankete of a j famous stud and led by struggling grooms. . ironea in siasag course down the middle ' of the narrow road. Truck drivers, puh cart men, policemen and pedestrians skipped lightly to one side and gave all the room required., and more., willingly and without asking a single question. The animals were nearly mad with fright at : the crowds and the unfamiliar sight and sounds; which, Indeed, was Juat what they were brought there for. It is tha custom to break such horses to th city by taking thm through the most crowded portions and getting them accustomed to conditions there. PERSOV At, XOTE9. The dsnclng master who wants to remodel the waits by abolishing the hugging tea tures plainly Intends to kill It. Ths Cuban rebels suffered their first real defeat when they encountered some Amer leans In charge. The Americans evidently viols ted the rules of the Cuban game. President Joseph F. Smith, the veteran Mormon and chief of the letter Day Saints, is visiting in England looking over the progress made by Mprmon mlsatona In that country. . . The man who furnished the Information which caused the downfall of tha Tweed ring has just died in New Tork. In the first effusion of public gratitude the legis lature gave him 15,000. About two dosen Onondaga Indians went on a sightseeing tour of New York. Gen eral Grant's tomb at Riverside came In for much of their attention. After a long look at the Imposing monument Chief Ixigan voiced their general disapproval In the words, "Big grave for one man." Zephenlah Hopper of the Central High school In Philadelphia has begun his Blxty thlrd year as a pedagogue. He graduated with the first class of that school In 184J and two years later began to teach mathe matics there. He has been associated with the institution ever since, more than 25,000 pupils 'having studied under him. Prof. Gold win Smith some time ago formally willed his brain to Cornell uni versity. Some remarkable brains have been sold, not given. An Englishman has dis posed of lits to an American unlveralry for 110,000. He is a man of little education and for many year worked as a coal miner. He has a marvelous memory, especially for dates, and Is now earning a good salary on the tnuslo hall stage. MERRY JIKGLES. ' t "Can a married man save any money on $26 a week?" "He might If he can make his wife be lleve he Is getting only $16 a week." Hous ton Post. . . t Beryl You've read Scrlblett's new novel. Haa It a happy ending? Garner Yes; the villain ta tha nnlv arell drawn character in the book and he es capes punishment. Chicago Tribune. "Mr. Jonas," said ths officer boy, "Igotter get off dia afternoon.. Me gran'AMttaem le d)in'." "I've something for you to do ' today. ' Johnnie," said Mr. Jones, vbut you may go at 4 o'clock." . - . . "Aw! wot good Is 4 o'clock?" Judge. .' "We utilise every portion of the animal except the squeal' said the proprietor of the Chicago abattoir. . "It's a pity," responded the visitor, "that you can't get that on the market, too. It would aave wear and tear on tha con sumer In discussing the cost of meat." Waahlngton Post. "Is this the best hotel In town?" asked the stranger. "Well," replied the native, "I dunno aa I'd put it aa strong aa that, but I gueaa It's safe to say it ain't aa bad aa the reet of 'em." Chicago Record-Herald. "Stella engaged herself to. . five or six young men at that summer resort," said the girl with the blue earrings. -."I don't think that was right. Do you?'! "Maybe not," answered the girl with the ready-made complexion, "but poor, dear Stella waa determined they shouldn't all of them eacape her this time." Chicago Trib une. "It's dreadful queer," said the housewife, "that the potatoes you bring me should be so much bigger at the top of the sack than they are at the bottom.. "Not at all, mem," said ' the ' honest farmer; "It's jest this a-wsy. Potatoes Is growln' sa fast jest now thet by the time I dig a sackful the last ones dug Is ever so much bigger'n the fust ones." Harper's Weekly. ;.; . " . BELLS OF SEPTEMBER. , Katherins Danlhsr In Leslie's Weekly. Farewell to the woodland, the mountain, the shore, To the frolicking waves with their tumult and roar; '''''. One last ling' ring glance at tbelr gem-bedecked foam. For the hella of September are ringing "Come home." . The witches of autumn are weaving' their spell, And keen blows ths breeses over hilltop and dell; " . t While soft on Its pinions, borne lightly along, .':'. Are heard the faint notes of the harvesters' n- . . ; .' Their emblems of royally.- purple ad gold. The asters and goldenrod gaylv unfold, And the woodbine is donning her loveliest hue, - . But playtime is o'er we must bid them adieu.. . - i. The school bells are ringtng-eaeh bright little man Seema proud of his costing of sunburn and and tan. And wee frocks are lengthened whan sum mer has flown, . . And we marvel to see how the girlies have grown. ...... ,. Ring, bells of September, your merriest peal, Though deep In the mfdst of our pleasures you ateal; ' ' We find, aa our wandering steps you recall. )ur greatest of blessings is home, after ail. CEYLON (S(Ql. .