TIIE OMAHA DAILY REE: FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER- 28, 1906,
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VICTOR ROSEWATER. EDITOR.
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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.
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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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$250 Pianos, rose
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Sale Price.
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$145
$168
$225
$300 Pianos,
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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
$450
times suspect that his ambition to get to
heaven Is due to the fact that h hmi
heard the streets are of gold. He thinks 1
he may get a paving contract. "--Washington
Star. v
"I believe there are some ugly features 1
about this display' said the malicious gos-
"and If you will look In that mirror over
there you will see them." Baltimore Amer
ican. . .. i
"What's the use of carrying on a mud
slinging campaign, " queried Uncle Allen
Sparks, "when it's ever ao much easier to
throw dust In the eye of the voter?"
Chicago Tribune.
'!J!roff"or-" we y,,to tiw cjtpt.wi,
political econcrny, "what w"0uld be, in 'your
estimation, the perfect government?"
"The perfect government," he explains.
"Is something we can never attain. It
would mean a land In which every clttsei
h.-id a government Job." St. Louis Repub
lic. . ....
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"A man should choou hi$ coai,"
sail Ik.au Iirummell, "tct'fA regard
for hit own phytical characteristics.'
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