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TIIE OMAHA DAILY REE: FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER- 28, 1906, Tin: Omaha Daily Dee. POt'NDED BT EDWARD noSKWATKH. VICTOR ROSEWATER. EDITOR. tntare at Omaha P6stofflc second ela matter. . TKRUS Or UBSCRtPTlON. tJatJjr Bee (without Sundsy). one year.. IjmIIv Her And flumlay, on year J -W Sunday ore year T Katurdsy Bee. one year DELIVERED BT CARRIER. Daily Re (Including Sunday), per week..Jc Dally Bee twtthout Sunday), per week..liic Evening He (without Sunday), per week So Evening be (with Sunday), per week.JJc Rundny Bees per copy Address complaint of Irref ularitle In as livery to City Circulation Department. OFFICES, Omaha The Be Building. South Omaha City Hall Building. Council Bluffs 10 Pearl Street. . Chlcarn 140 Unity Bulldlnf. .. . Nmt York-15 Horn Life In. Bulldlnf. Washington- t Fourteenth Street . CORRESPONDENCE. Communication relating to new and edi torial matter should be addressed: Omana Bei Editorial Department. REMITTANCES. Renilt by draft, express or postal ordT pyble to The Be Publlhlnf Company. Only l-cent tamp received a payment or mall account Personal check, except on Omaha or eastern exchanges, not acceptea. THE BEE PUBLISHING COMPANY. STATEMENT OF CIRCULATION. Stat of Nebraska, Dougl County. ! . George B. Tsschuck. treaiurer of Th Be Publishing Company, being- auly sworn, say that the actual number or full nd complete copies of Tha Dally, Morning, Evening and 8unday U' printed during the month of August, 10S, was aa roiiowi: 1 ai,eso 2 31,0O l. S1.680 33.M0 C 80,140 81,080 7......,.,. 31,440 1 31,380 31,140 It 31,300 II 31,040 If 80,80 10 31,140 11 31.850 t 33,840 tt njno 24 30,830 J5 38,350 10... 31,780' 11 31.040 It 30,060 II 31,400 14 3130 II 81420 II 8L8M Total , 878,800 Less unsold coplaa . . 3.148 Net total sales 884,468 Dally average 81,111 GEORGE B. TZ8CMUCK. Treasurer. Subscribed In my pressne and sworn to before in thl tlt day of August, ISO. . (Seal.) M, B. HUNOATB, Notary public. . : ; . WBK1 OUT Or TOWN. Inbserlker leavlag; the elty .tarn porarlly . shoald bar Tha Boa mailed t than. Address will t ehssgte' a aftea reqaested. ' Tho gate to Ak-Sar-Bea's court al ways swing open, to loyal subjects. Perhapa thoae Cuban negro insur gents who refuae to glY up their arms havo heard from Atlanta. . . When , It cornea to arbitrating ' be tween rival scale - companies. Mayor "Jim" ! there, with the backbone. , The chances are that, Harry Thaw'a anxiety to be over wlthMila trial In a short time may not outrKt the verdict of a Jury. The. report ' of the conference of Cuban "moderates" causes wonder what a convention of those Cubans who are sot moderates would do. 'Atlanta's decision to pay damages for Injuries inflicted by the recent mob Is the surest Indication of determina tion to prevent repetition of the dis order. It will be remembered that Secre tary Root did not visit Ecuador on his recent trip to South America. That may explain why a revolution la in full progress there. There Is one reason for rejoicing over the- nomination of Hearst by New York democrats, as the full influence of yellow Journalism may be statistic ally determined. As there Is one less Judge than usual to agree with tils associates on the United States supreme bench, decisions on some mooted questions may be ex pected in shorter time.' i BahXer Stensland will probably find ten years in the Illinois penitentiary less trying on his health and spirits than half that time in Morocco and not nearly so expensive. Now that the projectors of the in dependent labor movement have Is sued their text book, they, too, will ex perience the disadvantages of being bound to the printed word. With democrats of the state of Washington combining their cheers for pryan and for Hearst, it is evident that1 an understanding of the New York situation is nut general. .. Perhaps the assertion that General Trepnff died from an overdose of cocaine may throw some light on some of the startling reports which laaued from, the palace during his regime. ! . It would make no difference what psomlaea Senator Sheldon might make, they would be unsatisfactory to th-e World-Herald unless he should promise to get out-and support Banker Shallenberger. -' The Interstate Commerce commis sion hss taken the Omaha grain eleva tion allowance caaea under advise ment. In the meantime, the Omaha groin market is continuing to do busi ness at the old stand. i. Jo. pleading with the Indian Terri tory to make the new atate democratic "from ' center to circumference," Colonel Bryau should remember that Oklahoma will probably have tho most Important part In the affair. Chancellor Andrews of the State university has adopted his version of the simplified, spelling code In his cor respondence. This ought to be full and complete proof that Dr. Andrews has the courage of his convictions. 2 80,630 2T 80,800 t 80,810 tl 30,530 10 30,870 11 88,440 TBK NEW TORK 8IIUATION. The peculiar alignment of party or ganisations in New York would be of Immense importance it It affected nothing but the concerns of the Em pire state. The mass of decent people had, with reason, become disgusted with the state machines of both par ties, and had reached a frame of mind in which they would welcome any sin cere and rational movement for Insur ing restoration of the government to its honest purposes. The result of the conventions Is to open the way for a union of the worthy and stable ele ments of all parties in support of the republican ticket headed by Charles E. Hughes, whose, character and rec ord and the conditions of wboae ac ceptance of leadership constitute indu bitable guarantees for all right think ing citizens as against the ominous alternative of Hearstlsm, to which the democratic organization has so igno mlntously and irretrievably suc cumbed. To doubt that the elements of the New York democracy which havo made it as a party respectable and strong In the past will repudiate the convention's action would be libel ous, and to impugn the sincerity of the solemn declarations of Its reputa ble representatives. The mere nomination of Hearst tor governor under ordinary circum stances would alone be sufficiently odious to real democrats, but with such astounding preliminaries and ac companiments it will be accepted as a conclusive abdication of democratic principles and traditions, unloosing the bonds which have held its beat members in the party. With such abasement and prostitution of its name, the party, "pledged to mischief and ' sonaecrated i to , disaster," la plunged Into chaoa In the great piv otal atate of the union, so that, to save the integrity of home administra tion, tens of thousands of good cltisens who do 'not call themselves repub licans, will find themselves compelled to co-operate with tho . republican party under district reform auspices. Nationally the consequences bid fair to be even more far-reaching. Whether successful or defeated In the state con test, ' Hearstlsm will be left so in trenched In control of the state party organization that It eannot be ousted In- any event till after 1908. The democrats who openly revolt will be thereby practically excluded from in fluence In the regular organisation for the purposes of the next national con vention,1 in which, therefore, Hearst lsm, In tho natural course of affairs, will be balefully effective, with the full voting force and prestige of the great New York apportionment. Thus there la tho added peril of one of our great national partlea being carried over to the riotous and malignant ex cesses .which Hearstlsm stands for, whoever may be Its' nominees. Un doubtedly this proapect. In addition to tho local emergency, loomed big In the minds of sagacious New York demo crats' and Inspired tho extraordlnry but unavailing proteat they made to avert the party and public calamity of hla nomination at Buffalo. CUBAN CROP KMERQKNCT. Tho existing disorder In Cuba men aces Immediate and irremediable In dustrial disaster, because the basis of tho Island's business is the sugar and tobacco crops, which at the present Juncture cannot wait on civil commo tion, even If there were no outright devastation. Tens of thousands of laborers havo already quit tho 'planta tions, although not all of thera have arms In their hands, and farming op erations are at worse than a stand still. A further serious fact arises out of the system, whereby both the great vital crops havo to be financed before they are planted. But bankers and capitalists will not under existing menacing conditions make the advances upon which the coming sea son's production absolutely depends. In short, the props have been knocked from under, both labor and capital; and only, a tew weeks remain to set them up In time to save the whole In dustrial auperstructuro. The greatest sugar crop was J, 000. 000 tons, In 1894, but after three years of revolutionary disturbance it bad dropped below one-fifth that amount, and not till 104 was the fig ure of 1114 recovered. Tho produc tion of tobacco and other crops suf fered aimiliarly, and Is now, after five years of peace, only fairly recovering In the meantime over $500,000,000 of foreign money, largely from the United States, has been invested In the Island on faith that atable government would be maintained. Since alx weeka more of the present unsettlement would paralyse agriculture for tho coming year, affecting equally every other branch of business, our govern ment has obviously acted none too quickly under the Piatt amendment, whose purpose was to meet precisely such an emergency. KKOHO DEPORTATION. The sensational advocacy of depor tation of all Americans of African blood by a leading Atlanta paper at this time only aggravates the crime of which It has been guilty for a long period by systematically inciting to violence and outrage upon negroes. Arbitrary deportation of 1,000.000 American citlxens to Africa Is a pre posterous Impossibility, either from a physical or a legal standpoint, as every sane mind Is perfectly aware, and no one more perfectly than the race-drunk yellow organs ' that are breathing out threatening and slaugh ter against the blacks. They are. In fact, Americans, longer domiciled hero than tho majority of the whites, for nearly a halt century protected equally with other dtlzena by tho con stitution, and there is no power on earth to expatriate them In a body or by Installments against their will, or to carry them away, even If they wanted to go. The only effect of such agitation Is to exasperate minds already Inflamed agalust the blacks, because tt proceeds on the assertion that tolerable living of the two races alongside Is Impossi ble. The Inevitable tendecy of such appeals Is, as the dresdful scenes in Atlanta bear witness, to Inspire the prejudiced and vicious to kill off the blacks, since they cannot be carried off. The one unescapable fact Is that the negroes are here to stay, and the real problem, particularly for the south, Is V adjust Itself to this fact on the basla of Justice, humanity and en lightened self-interest, rather than on that of prejudlcr'and race animosity. Tho north probably will not be able to help much, and therefore It la an emergency to which the sober Judg ment and conscience of the south can not too arduously address themselves, all the more because the evil-minded and the excitable temperaments are continually meddling and making worse a matter that at best is bad and difficult enough. FOOLISH CONTEST TALK. The talk of a contest to Inject Charles J. Andersen Into the republi can legislative ticket for Douglas county notwithstanding his rejection at the recent primary is ill advised and foolish. There is no question but that the conduct of the recent pri mary election on the whole will com pare most favorably with that of any other election ever held in this county. While there may havo been a few un important Irregularities, as there are in every election, the returns Indisput ably represent the expressed wishes of tho rank and file of tho respective par ties participating in the primary. So far as Is known, there were no glaring frauds that called for protest at the time by those watching tho polls In the interest of the various oppos ing candidates, and to start such a cry at this lata day In Itself is at the best suspicious. If any flagrant wrong ex isted it would affect the democratic nominees even more than the republi can nominees and throwing out the precincts in number necessary to res cue Andersen would change the demo cratic ticket as well and disfranchise voters of all parties. Irrespective of these considerations and tho further fact that the election contests Instituted In this county for a succession of years have all failed, the attempt to foist an odious nominee on tho republican ticket over tho regis tered remonstrance of tho party would bode no good to republican success at the polls in November. On the con trary It would simply add a burden some load for the other candidates to carry and might weight them down ao heavily that some of them would bo overtaken by tholr competitors la the political race. Douglas county republicans seemed to have secured a ticket out of the late primaries which could reasonably command the support of the various elements of the party, but thla ad vantage would bo largely lost If the will of the rank and file aa recorded ahould be nullified by contest pro ceedlnga baaed on pretenaea of fraud trumped up only . aa an afterthought and an excuae. Our amiable democratic contempo rary haa not answered tho question whether It would withdraw its sup port from the democratto (Candidate for congress In the Third Nebraska district paraded as "a Judge whose principles lead him to refuse the rail toad pass," should It transpire that his principles have not stood In hia way In aaklng for tree transportation. The enrollment of the Lincoln High school, as published In one of the papera at the atate capital, shows up less for 1906 than do the correspond ing figures for It OS and 1904. There muat bo soma mistake here because Lincoln haa aurely been growing In population for the last three yeara. The mistake sbpuld be located and corrected. In honoring Oeneral Oreely, Omaha simply testified in a fitting manner tj Its appreciation of past favors. Oen eral Oreely is now In position where frequent opportunities are likely to offer to ahow hla friendly feeling for Omaha and he can be counted on to aee to It that Omaha'a Interests always get a square deal. Council Bluffs officials who are up against a new street lighting contract have been investigating conditions of street lighting in Omaha. They ought to bo able to learn considerable to their advantage over here as much as to what not to do as what to do. ' Editor Eprecher, who was formerly tho fusloaiet'a floor leader la tho leg islature, ia opposed to Candidate Btal luinerger tor good and sufficient rea sons notwithstanding his nomination on tho fusion ticket, and doea not care who knowi It. No one who knows George Sheldon or Is in any way familiar with his record would ever suspect for a mo ment that ho would bo a party to any scheme to evade payment of the In heritance tax. Put It down aa a politi cal canard. HasmlUakilmaT Calaatdaat. Cleveland Leader. It ia an evil and humiliating coincidence which Usee attention upon the weakest spot and tha greatest danger in American civilisation. Tha Georgia mob haa shamed tha United States before tha world when tbls country, la obliged to take a small and virtually new-born sister republl to task for Ita failure to s afore tha suprem acy of its laws. ' I MRMORIAM. Ureas Aateae: Great Men, Weetllche Preese. Omaha.' Mr. Rosewater was an indefatigable worker; using every spare moment for pri vate studies the young man enlarged hi knowledge, while acquiring great practical skill. He drew tslented men from obscurity to prominence, from mediocrity to great ness, covering their weakness with the mantle of charity; the editor, however, who created many a great man, receiving but small thanks from the professional politician, aa they considered hla labor In their behalf as part of hla duty and al legiance to the party ha advocated. During Ms thlrty-nve years of activity In Omaha ho always kept In touch with tha people at largo and he labored strenuously for the greatest benefit of the greatest number. Belonging originally to a people, which, on account of their religious belief had to suffer unjust and nonsensical In sults, oppression and Cruelties, Roaewater succeeded by Industry and perseverance, by his Intellectual and moral force In rising from lowliness to that position In which he was accorded, even, by hi opponents, esteem and admiration among a crowd of representative men, not only on thla side of the Atlantic ocean, but also on the other, where he shone, a bred American among born aristocrat, see Omaha I In deep mourning, many eyes ar In tears; nor can the braveat mortal blame the tear which glitter on the blcr of fallen worth. Bur the last end of tha good man wag peace! How calm his exit! Night dews fall not more gently to the ground, nor rushing comets descend so soft the the sky! Always Did HI Best. New York Staatsaeltung. New York. Mr. Rosewater was a member of the legislature In 171. of the republican na tional committee In 1892, of the advisory board In 1896, lfton and 1904, received nearly a majority of the vote In the legislature for the United States senate In 1901. Mr. Rosewater was a member of the United State mint convention In 1897 and rep resented tha United States at the world's postal oongress at Washington In - 190J and again this yenr at the same congress In the city of Rome, Italy. He was one of th originator and principal directors of tha Transmlsslsalppt exposition In ISM snd held a number of other highly honorable position; he always did hla very belt, to promote tha prosperity of Omaha. Th building which he erected for tha publi cation of his Journal at a eost of SW0, C00, Is one of th nicest edifices of th city. Dur ing his great career he always - kept In touch with th masse and labored most sealously for their enllghtment and wel fare. :,' ' ' , Rendered Service to Ooaatry. Illinois Staatszeltung. Chicago, III. While attending to hla telegraph service, Mr. Roaewater kept up hia private studies, enlarging his general knowledge In every direction. Hla eminent qualification as a writer and business man Induced him to- found The Omaha See, which from a small beginning grew to be one of ths beat snd most Influential papers of tha country. Ha was an out-and-out Independent republican and otitlsed tha annexation policy after the Spanish war most vehemently. There never was a more Inexorable adversary of natlvism and tyrannical Sunday and temper ance laws. e a Many an Important fadsral office has been tendered him by th ad ministration, but h scorned them all. Well Justified was his ambition for a seat in, the federal senate. ' It Is fresh In remembrance how dastardly the latest republican state convention of Nebraska conducted Itself towards him, their' ablest ' aspirant. He rendered great services to this' Country in several international congresses, to which he was delegated by our government as for instance only -recently In th world's postal congress in Rome. - ' Th city of Omaha owes Its .flourishing condition principally to him; hs was slso th main spring of th charming Trans mississlppl exposition held at Omaha In th year 1KW. This splendid man never denied hi German prgn; he spoke the language fluently and promoted It knowl edge on all occasion. Immortal honor to his memory! " Sarioaa Io ta State. Weetllche Post, St. Louis. From Omaha we receive the sad news of the death of Edward Rosewater, the pub lisher and founder of The Bee, tha most Influential paper ther. Hi demise Is a most serious lore to hi stare and his city, to whom ha devoted the work of his life during forty year in such a successful manner. Of lata h had been agitat ing energetically for hla election to th federal net, apparently th excitement incident to this campaign hastening his death, especially as hi labor In that di rection proved ' unrewarded. After hi death the people of Nebraisa will' perhaps com to a clearer "comprehension of how much they are indebted to him and to hla remarkable activity. Friend of" Personal Liberty. Farmer Zeltimg, Seward, Neb. Roeewater' death I a serious loss for the state of Nebraska aa well as for the city of Omaha, to 'whom he devoted tha labor of his life during forty years In such a successful manner that he belonged to the most Influential men of the stats, yea, of th nation. M. Rcewnter was a friend of personal ijberty snd s Jong as he could hold s pen he did valiant battle against hypocrites and. fanatics. He was also a friend of the Germans and the Ger man causa; in him we' lose our warmest friend. Th Be never showed any hontll Ity toward Ocrman. Ilk o many Eng lish dally papera In. the alata. Now, slno he has left us for ever, we will com to a proper appreciation of hi successful sc. ttylty. Secure la Fame. Oermanla. Bloomfleld. Neb. With lncer regret we bring th dire news that Edwerd Roaewater, the inde fatigable editor of The Omoha' Bee, and the most prominent advocate of sound political principle In the tate of Ne braska, for whose prosperity h worked Incessantly and successfully during mora than a Quarter of a. century, went to hla last sleep by reason of heart failure. En dowed with those qualities which brought him close to the aim of hi highest ambition In life, always having th Interest of th whole people of hi atate at heart, he be came the mot popular personality which took a positive stand en all public quo, tlons of the day. HI fight always wer on the aid of the peopl and his editorial treatise and hi speeches on all para mount Issue marked him tho fearless leader, to whom they could trust for solving th complicated public prohlem. With harp pen In hand he took position against corruption in public office snd although he wss valued as on of th lesdlng mem bers of the republican party, yet h never hesitated to point out Ita shortcomings. Among th foreign-born element Mr. Rosewster had many admirer on account of hi liberal views and his Incontrovertible replies to the attack of th fanatical pres aroused the gratitude of the Immigrated and naturalised element. Th state lose by th death of Mr. Rosewater a talented Journalist and It most prominent ritlsen, who" by his exemplary conduct, hi tdral alma and reformatory Improvement, vic toriously accomplished, ha secured an eve-, lasting glory to hi asm. HITS OF WAIHIIOTOI MFFI. Mlaer Sceaee sl Ialoata 8kerfcee a th Spat. With th opening of th coming year th Department of Agriculture will Issue a bulletin giving th public all available Information on tha use of alcohol In small engine. For thla purpose Prof. Charles E. L,ucke of Columbia univer sity has been retained by the depart ment as expert to conduct Investigations In th laboratory of the university. Th bulletin will contain all th work don on th subject both In this country snd abroad, a complete bibliography, together with th results 'of experiment and the conclusions drawn from every source on American engine. Those who have pat enta on the subject or vaporisers, car buretters or complete engines are Invited to submit them for tests. These teat will be conducted without exposure, except the transportation of th apparatus, snd th report will be published In the bulle tin. The merit of the denatured alcohol law are to be thoroughly tested and th publlo given the benefit of the teat. Wag earner and millionaires are the only people who are enjoying the pres ent era of prosperity, according to a bul letin of the Department of Labor and Commerce. Farmer fall Into on or other of these classifications. The gov ernment bureau of labor ha just Issued a lot of statistic about wages and th cost of living. Rom people have been mislead Into thinking that the figure show that income have Increased more than the coat of food. Thla ia true only for that fortunate class known aa "wage earners" they and the very rich. But there ar several million of sal aried men In the United State. They are th dark, the bookkeepers, the govern ment employes, policemen, firemen, bar bers, barkeeper and reporter. What the salaried man has suffered In th frightful prosperity which ha afflicted the country he only know. He has no unions, and he never strikes; so his salary remains stationary while tha cost of living soar. Th way th cost of living ha Increased In the paat sixteen year Is enough to make a man's hair turn gray. Take a a standard the average cost of commodities during th ten-year period from 1890 to 1891. and look at a few staple articles of food. Bacon haa gone up ll.l per cent, egg II. t per cent, fresh pork 26. per cent, chickens II. per cent, cornmeal, 11.1 per cent, flour 19.9 per cent, alt ham, ll.l per cent, and so on all through th list. A compared with th coat of food, ten year ago, th average cost of food has Increased 17.7 per cent. This is th finding of th labor bureau, baaed on a careful and conservative Investigation. Unless a man's salary has been advanced 17.7 per cent during th past five year he has not been getting his share of the prosperity. In fact, he ha been suffer ing as much as if h had been reduced by that per cent, According to a Postofflce Department official there are In the- United States three postofflces that bear the name of Nameless. On 1 In Laurens county, Georgia; another In Campbell county, Vir ginia, and the third In Jackson county, lenneaaee. At lead one of them, that in Georgia, I a place of om importance. It received ita peculiar name In this way: After the postofflce authorities at Washington had decided that there ahould be an office there they sent to th most prominent cltlsen of the piece and esued him to' suggest a nam. He chose on that he liked very well, and while wait ing for the government authorisation be pleased himself with fancying a large town growing up around him to which he ahould have given th name. , There is much In the name, he no doubt argued, and thl on will have a great deal to do In mak ing th prosperity of th place, ' Thee th answer came from Washington that the name was too much Ilk on that already existed In Georgia and that th department could not sanction It. ' Another nam was called for. Th cltlsen put hi brain at work, but this time he chose a nam that h felt surs the government muat accept. But th mum answer was returned. He tried It again and again, and vary nam he offered th department ob jected. Thl took a great deal of time, and all thl while th mall, for want of any other designation, was coming to "Nameless, Lauren .county, Georgia." And It came aa quickly and safely that way as in any other. At last the well-known cltlsen sat down and wrote a list of several hundred name and sent It to th department, saying that if not on of these was satisfactory ths poetofflee mut remain nameless, for he had exhausted his Ingenuity. In du time reply came from Washing ton, "Let It remain Namelea." Ever sine it has born that name. "And after all," says tha founder of ths town, "It's not suoh a bad name. Whether the poe to Blocs thst bear tha same name In other state received their appellation In much th same way is not known. Usually when no other nam could be, found for a new postofflce tho nam of th relgnlpg postmaster general ha been given to It, so that the country is sprinkled with place bearing the name of postmasters general In the cabinet of the last half dosen presidents. One of th sights of Washington not down In th guide book 1 the sycamore tree at the southeast corner of Penayl vanla avenue and Eleventh street, nortji wet. In the trunk of the tree, about ten feet abov th sidewalk, ther Iran aper tura about alx Inches long and two inches wide, from which a tuft of grass is grow ing, f The grass looks something like tha specie that made Kentucky famou. and It Is blooming and growing to a remarkable extent. No one in the neighborhood could volunteer any Information a to how the grass aeeds became Implanted In their novel bed. Oa a Cask Basis. Boston Transcript. Th decision of the Interstate Commerc commission that nothing but money shall be accepted In return for railroad trans portation, precluding an exchange of ad vertising for mileage, wss doubtlee made on the theory that, In advanc of a legal decision covering a mooted point in the statute, it 1 th policy of tha administra tion officer of th government to "claim everything." If th government wer to waive tha possibility of thl Interpretation of the law there would b no one to bring th question into court, and o th phraseology of tha existing statute would fall f Judicial construction. , , Cabaa Warrior la Aetlsa. Chicago Chronicle. W read that the insurgent Cuban com manders have "secured ainoked meat In large quantities" and that their forces sre likely to b considerably augmented. W do net doubt It at all, When Oereral Shafur landed at Slboney It may Va re membered that om hundred of Garcia' brave promptly Joined him and at them selves almoat into apoplexy on Shsfter's bacon and other commissary auppllos. Anything In th tin of comestibles pow. rfully tlr th Cuban patriotism, and smoked meat, next to yellow-legged chirk ens, la th hlghsst of all Inspirations. Preaaatara Pslttlea, , New Tork Tribune. Even republicans hav caught th demo cratic fashion of prema.urna and In th west and southwest ar demanding' that President Roovlt nn again for th presidency. It Is probably only a symptom of th general American malady of hast. 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SPECIAL FOR OUT-OF-TOWN BUYERS Railroad fare refunded, free parade seats, free, music lessons, free parcel stand. Make our large store your headquarters. Schmoller (SL Mueller - Piano Co. Oldest and Largest Piano House in the West 1311-13 Farnam Street LOOK IMTO LAJTD GRAJIT9. Pablle Damala Despoiled by Rail road Promoter. Son Francisco. Chronicle. An Investigation of the fraud piactlccd by the Union Pacific to get poseslon of the coal lands lying In the vicinity of the right-of-way 1 being made. This ug gests an inquiry Into the fraud which accompanied the manipulation of the land granted by congrees to -the subsi dised railroads. All of these grant wer made under th rtrlctlon that they should not be sold at a higher price than double th minimum eharge made for pub llo land y the government, "The clever rascals who managed affairs for the rail roads evaded th law, however, by form ing Improvement and construction com panies, which bought In tha granted landa en bloc. After they had thua fraudulently acquired possession these companies, which wer exclusively composed of men who had received the land In th form of subsidies, began selling them at any price that they pleased, In some cases as high as 1100 an aero. It was an Infamous and ungrateful thing to do, tut they did it without shedding a nair. T hurt le still much of thla fraudulently obtalnnd land In the possession of the kubstdiXL-d railroad or their offshoot, and Justice de mands that every acre of it be restored to' the public domain. . PUHSONAI, NOTBS. Senator Tillman ha refused to accept a MOO fee for a lecture, on th ground that it was "rank." Tha lecture, not the money. It appear that the Russian revolution ists are enlarging the number of danger ou weapon they 'employ, l'hey are now using automobile. . Hn1ck Cavil ng, th noted author, edi tor and diplomat of Denmark, haa come to thla country from Canada, where he petit the ummer. Mis Margaret Sohidu of Wet Twenty third street, Cleveland. Invited twenty three guest to observe her tventy-thlrd birthday and only seven came, . The num erical coincidence are auspiciously num erous. Norbert Welner, at 11 years a freshman In Tufts college. Is called the youngest college student In America, He Is the son of Prof. Welner of Harvard, a Russian, and of an American born mother. When he waa 8 years old he was reading parwln, Huxley and HaockeL Dr. Robert D'Unger of Chicago haa In vented'a submarine telephone cable, which he expects will make it possible for people In this country to talk to people In foreign countries. Dr. D'Unger believes he haa solved the problem by means of a dual current. Tha German editor. Doctor Hoeber, who wrote th best article telling Alpine climb er how to avoid accident, was killed In th Alpa tha other day. The bootblack never has a shine, the physician never take hi own medicine, and tha man who writes directions how to get rich 1 a poor man or ha wouldn't writ th stuff. PLK.lSA VIXY POISTHn. Kulcher Summer . reading, so called. Is pernicious. The average woman's reading In not productive of uny profit. Man-vat Don't you believe that! When (he read the bargain ad It' produrtu of profit to th advertisers. Philadelphia Press. Rooter If they win thl game, by George. It'll be eight stralfial! Th Inevitable Olr l-Cight tralght? Why. how absurd, Harry! Kit; hi is the eruok edest of all th figure. Chicago Tribune. "Stocks were all (town a few points to dsv." remarked the broker. "Tha Ideal'' exclaimed hi wife "If a wonder they didn't edvertlse It a a bar gain day." Philadelphia Ledger. "What ar you taking for your cold? "Nothing." "Nothing? But,' my dear fellow" "Nothing, I say. not even advise. Fin day. Isn't Itf Cleveland Leader. "Tea, hi wife Is considered peculiar." "In whet way?"' "Why, she Invariably gets off a street car lust as a man would." Cleveland Plain Dealer. Th Playwright Didn't I see you In your seat some lime after th final curtain fll? Th first Niahter Yes. th usher ("riot to com around and wak m up. Clev. land Plain Dealer. "That Is the most avaricious man I ever saw." remarked one business man. "Tea," answered th ether. "I soma- universally pronounced the ItEST. at prices and on terms that POSI Reg. Price. $450 Pianos, Louis 3y V styles $500 Pianos, empire styles $550 Pianos, mission styles $700 Pianos, art styles , $800 Grand Pianos, $600, $650 to. .... . Sale Price. $290 $325 $335 $435 $450 times suspect that his ambition to get to heaven Is due to the fact that h hmi heard the streets are of gold. He thinks 1 he may get a paving contract. "--Washington Star. v "I believe there are some ugly features 1 about this display' said the malicious gos- "and If you will look In that mirror over there you will see them." Baltimore Amer ican. . .. i "What's the use of carrying on a mud slinging campaign, " queried Uncle Allen Sparks, "when it's ever ao much easier to throw dust In the eye of the voter?" Chicago Tribune. '!J!roff"or-" we y,,to tiw cjtpt.wi, political econcrny, "what w"0uld be, in 'your estimation, the perfect government?" "The perfect government," he explains. "Is something we can never attain. It would mean a land In which every clttsei h.-id a government Job." St. Louis Repub lic. . .... Browning, King & Co "A man should choou hi$ coai," sail Ik.au Iirummell, "tct'fA regard for hit own phytical characteristics.' Fall Overcoais If you are an early morning riser you have already felt the thin chilly air. The season suggests a fall coat and every good dresser should have one. 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