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STATEMENT OF CIRCULATION, ..;
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Bee Publishing Company, being duly
worn, aaya thet-the actual, number or
full and rompleta copies of Tha Dally.
Morning. Evening and Sunday Uee printed
during tha month of August, 0. waa as
followa:
i i.eco 17..".....
i 31,800 ' II
I , , 31.S80 .11
4 .. 33,060 l
I .;. 30,140 21
...,....,? 31,680 ', tt
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I. ....,,., 31,330- 4
I. . 31.140 " ll. ........
31,300
31,640
30,360
31,140
31.860
33,340
31,360
30,330
33,350
30,630
80,800
' 30,610
30,630
80,670
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II. 30,060.
II.:. : 31,400
U. 31,330
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11 38,440
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S Total ...........
.878.600
Less untold coplea ,.,,......... 3,143
Nat total sales
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....864,463
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Subscribed tn my presence and aworn
to before mo this .list day -of-August,
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' WREX OL'T Or TOWS,
abeerlkers leavlasl the city lesa
perarlty . skeald kaT . Th. i Be
mallaat ( tkaaa. Addraaa will ka
haacad a eftea a reqaaatad.
Th president of Cufti llbro should
kT4 served term at the feet of Presi
dent Diss.
If Taft decides to sit down on the
Cohan lid he will bring to the task
the weight of experience.
. All loyal subject or Ak-Sar-feen will
pat forth' special exertion to care for
th stranger within our gates.
Another sign of .business growth:
Omaha1 Is to have its letter carrier
service Improved by the addition of
seven more carriers. '
A St. Louis political committee has
been cited for ontempt of court. The
presumption of Innocence in this case
does not necessarily obtain.
The first freezing temperature of
the season Is reported from northern
Nebraska, but King. Corn is in excel
lent condition to defy Jack Frost.
King Ak-Sar-Ben's street fair Is
starting off under the most promising
auspices. - If It can keep up its initial
gait tt will make 1906 another record
breaker;
An explanation of the differences
between existing political parties In
Cuba would probably be more inter
esting than valuable In light of the
probable result.
The cattleman smiles and. calls
"next ' when-he reads tbe' story of
how the railroads and coal companies
worked Uncle 8am for coal lands from
the government
Porto Rico has experienced an earth
quake. A ' really kind Providence
would tlmeuch affairs in that Island
so that they would not. wake the people
' up except at meal time.
The mixup in New York is so great
th keepers of tha political beds had
better insist on occupants obtaining
tickets. ' Their memory for faces will
not help them out this year.
A Waterloo debtor is bringing action
In court to compel the creditor to per
mit him to pay up. . During demo
cratic times the .court dockets were
burdened with foreclosure proceed
ings. ' i '
For the sake of harmony, w trust
that Jeff Davis of Arkansas did not
express himself la' his usual manner
on the subject of paternal-government
when talking with' Colonel Bryan at
Vlalta.
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Latest reports are that Mexifco is
suffering a relapse in a mild form pt
the Bpaalsh-Amerlcan revolutionary
habit. The participants have shown
their lack of practice In such affairs,
however, by actually killing some of
those engaged. x
. The invariable experience of. elec
tion contests in this city and county
has taught that election contests are
unprofitable investments ad there Is
nothing to indicate that election con
tests stand In any higher favor with
the public now than formerly.
St. Louis Is having more trouble to
find a site for Its free bridge than to
get authority to build it. Strange to
say. th men who were most anxious
before congress are now hanging back,
and the whole thing is beginning to
look lik municipal "bluff'' against
th Terminal company.
JHK CUBAN QVTbTiny.
From our own experience w are
prone) to think of national Inde
pendence ss poaaeMtng some Inherent
Ianctlty, whereas In sober fart It may
e either a blessing or a curse. Pol II 1-
"al independence as a rnsns of es
caping, the evils of Intolerable mis
(tovernrsent is a Just aspiration of
sny people, but it cannot be a very
mcred right when Jt Is the means of
Intolerable mlagovernment, leading to
soda! chsoi, popular demoralization,
Industrial psralysls snd constsnt dan
ger to human llf.
A consldentble element of the
Cuban population, those upon whose
Industry, Intelligence, culture and
moral worth the. island's clvlllzailou
depends, no doubt appreciate the obli
gations and opportunities of -independence,
but there has all the time
been doubt In the minds, both of
the world and of that Cuban element,
whether the majority of the inhabi
tants ar of such character that they
can long be allowed Independence
safely for themselves and for others.
Recent and current events hsve
gravely increased that doubt, which
had ben disappearing during several
years of peace under the government
which American aid enabled the
Cubans to set going. Whether there
be summary intervention now or some
tort of pew government arrangement,
It will under the best circumstances
be long before this doubt can possi
bly be removed, and It might not be
long till the hopelessness of success
would be established.
In any event, we and the Cubans
themselves, may as well face the fact
of a Cuban question and that any pos
sible adjustment now is essentially
experimental and . bound to enter ' se
riously into the politics of both peo
ples for a long time to come.
MionTT THIS.
At the continuation of the Inter
state Commerce commission's hearing
at Denver on the Union- Pacific coal
land, deals, Judge Cyrua Beard Of the
supreme- court of Wyoming testified
that he had been & party to fraudulent
acquisition of coal lands in Wyoming
by the railroad. Judge Beard's evi
dence is to the effect that on tfi"e rec
ommendation of one of the Union Pa
cific officials and with railroad money
advanced by him, he purchased cer
tain coal lands and on the recommen
dation of the same official sold them
at an advance of $200 to the head of
th Union Pacific coal department.
This is all quite plausible and cred
itable but when Judge Beard persists
under oath In denying that he knew
that the superintendent of the coal de
partment was acting for the Union
Pacific, he treads on mighty thin Ice.
Judge Beard has been practicing law
In the state of Wyoming for more
than fifteen year ana must In that
time have become reasonably familiar
with the identity of ' th representa
tives of the railroad company. If he
went Into such a transaction without
inquiring as to Its meaning, It must
have been because he did not want to
know what was behind it. The rail
road agents must have bad some ob
ject In putting $200 into the pockets
of Judge Beard, as they are not In the
habit of extending favors except where
they expect reciprocity, even though
this transaction may have occurred
before he was elevated to the bench.
The divorce of the railroads from
industrial side-lines, built np by dis
crimination against outside competi
tors, is part of the movement to elim
inate the railroad as a corrupting fac
tor in politics. It is plain that the
free pass and the - rebate have not
alone constituted the railway cam
paign fund and that the abolition of
th. pass and th rebate must be ac
companied by the abolition of other
equally insidious favors.
HEARST AND BSYAK
..The three strongest independent
democratic . New York newspapers
agree exactly as to the effect of the
nomination of Hearst, namely, in the
language of one of them," that "it will
make the state surely republican for
many years to come." If this eminent
democratic judgment be well founded
the result wipes out utterly whatever
prospect there may have been for the
Bryan movement, even assuming that
his nomination has not also been Im
periled. For political conditions have
been so reversed since 1891 that re
turn to th ancient alliance between
New York and th solid south hsd
obviously become th sole 'basis of any
sort of democratic plan for 1908. Th
populist and silver republican parties
ar long since practically extinct, and
no political point could be more certain
than that the western states carried by
Mr. Bryan ten years ago are utterly
beyond his or his party's reach in the
election two years hence.
Nor Is the shadow which th Hearst
movement casts over Mr, Bryan's pres
tige within the party, saying nothing
of the election, likely to grow less.
His influence In New York absolutely
failed as a rallying point for the de
cent elements against th Hearst mar
plots, and h is quickly out now with
th explanation that h stood nsutral
throughout th emergency, accepting
with gratification th outcome. Those
elements ar now forced out of th
party, while Hearst controls its organi
zation, win or lose in the state elec
tion. And it la noteworthy that he
broke th procession of state conven
tion Bryan Indorsements, peremptorily
suppressing th eager effort of the
latter's friends, and stopping short
with extending to him only "most cor
dial and sincere felicitations"' upon
"th hospitality and acclaim which
have been accorded him at horn and
abroad."
Unless all signs fall, th ballot which
pnt William Randolph JIaarst t the
top of the heap in New York will be
found also to hsve precipitated to the
bottom the democratic psrty snd some
of Mr. Bryan's "rsstles In 8psin.''
THEASIHT AfiV THK MOXKT MAHtCKT.
Secretary Shaw's announcement of
the deposit of $26,000,000 of treas
ury surplus funds with depository
banks 'has been made, according to
expectation, as soon ss the gold Im
portation operations ' under treasury
aid effective two weeks ago dwindled,
and financial adjustments in the mean
time have proceeded on that basts.
With the gold previously engsged,
the Amount, brought In within the
for tnight, or on the wsy but immedi
acy available, Is nearly $40,000,000,
snaking the total addition of cash In
band for business through Treasury
facilitation, If the Import be wholly
credited to the treasury, of fully $85,
000,000. The relief has been marked, but a
severe though not a feverish condi
tion still exists In the money market.
From extraordinary depletion below
the legal limit ten days ago, th Now
York bank reserves are now well
above It, and ' whereas the rail rate
was zigzagging between 15 and SO per
cent, it has settled close around 6 per
cent, with small likelihood, of sudden
advance. Yet the serious fact re
mains, notwithstanding the loans of
the New York associated banks are
$40,000,000 less than a year ago and
reserves higher, that the time Inter
est rate on sixty and ninety days
holds at 1 to 7 per cent, with a
strong rising tendency. Of course th
tension of the time rate is more a
restraint upon the general mercantile
community than on the stock market;
Obviously the treasury's operations
are aimed to relieve the former, a
fact that is emphasized by the wide
distribution of the secretary's de
posits to interior banking centers as
well as by his preceding formawarn
ing to depository banks against trans
fer of their funds to speculative cen
ters.' The necessity of simultaneously
financing an .unprecedented crob move
ment and a prodigiously expanded In;
dostry-and commerce, together with
a corresponding sCock speculation,
precisely at a Ifme, too, when a new
law of New York waa compelling
trust companies - greatly and perma
nently to increase their reserves, In
evitably Increased vastly the, money
market strain which is always marked
at this season of the year, and. ex
plains why the quick cash reinforce
ment of $55,000,000, while materially;
lessening, does not abolish the ' pres
sure, which must persist for months.
There isalso the possibility that an
other denouement Ilk th recent, di
vidend exploitation in the Harrlman
group of stocks may 'atarf ' khOther
great speculative bull movement, ab
sorbing Immense amount of cash that
business urgently needs. ' -
However, further resources remain
for any probable requirement. The
limit of gold importation has not been
reached, although it Is recognised
that naturally no great amount of new
gold will be brought In. But out of
a treasury surplus of nearly $80,000,
000 the announced $26,000,000 de
posit could be duplicated, if it became
necessary. 1 Beyond that, the treasury
could anticipate the redemption of at
least part of. the outstanding 1907
national bonds These tacts therefore
afford reasonable assurance on which
the business community can rest
firmly, and early In December the re
turn current from western crops and
other realizations will begin again to
heap up money in the great eastern
centers of deposit and settlement.
County Attorney Slabaugh has in
stituted civil suits to recover fees tor
performing marriage ceremonies, col
lected by a succession of" county
Judges, who Jo this county have al
ways regarded this as a perquisite ot
their office to be poo.eted by them In
addition to the compensation allowed
them by law. , It It! well that we
should have a court decision' to uy
whether these fees received by Virtu
of theofflce should or should not be
accounted for along with other fees of
the county Judge's office. The absorp
tion of the marriage fees, however,
has not constituted the most serious
abuse ot the administration ot th
county court in the past, but rather
th manipulation and farming of
funds and th appropriation ot inter
est earned by money in the custody ot
th court. These abuses wer flagrant
a few years ago and if the statute of
limitations have not run suits should
be started against the former Judges
and their bondsmen for an accounting
of all the money handled by them in
their official capacity. A
The new transfer system Inaugura
ted by the Omaha Street Railway
company seems still to leave several
rough edges. The street railway trans
fer problem is by no means simple.
The company is entitled to reasonable
protection against Imposition and yet
the measures of precaution should not
be such as o impede freedom ot trans
fer or harass passengers with unnec
essary red tap. This problem is not
exclusive to Omaha, but Is found In
all the large cities in the 'country,
some of which surely must hav
worked it out better than the schema
now proposed her. If th city au
thorities would tak it upon them
selves to ascertain Just what is don
In other cities having upwards of
100,000 population with a view to
adaptation to our local conditions they
might work out the remedy.
The recounting of the ballots bn
candidates for nomination oa th re
publican legislative ticket should not
b .allowed to delay th Isau ot cer
tificates to candidates for other office
whose nomination is not In question
and particularly to the members-elect
of th. different county commute.
Thesa" committees ought to get to
gether' at once and organize for th
work of the campaign, especially as
there Is no telling how long recount
ing snd contesting may tak.
. Th appearance of Senator Sheldon
and Banker Shallenberger on tha same
platform at Syracuse comes about as
near being 4 debate between th re
publican and democratic candidate
for governor as anything could be, but
presumably th democratic organs Will
continue their racket about a chal
lenge for Joint discussion of the Issues
which the republicans are afraid to
meet.
' The compilation of returns to th
stat banking board show that th
Nebraska state banks responding to
the rail last month a re In th most
prosperous condition, with deposits In
creased over the year before by more
than $$,060,000. This bank exhibit
Is a pretty good argument In Itself for
continuance of republican ml In Ne
braska, under which stich notable In
dustrikl progress has been made.
The sultan of Turkey has finally de
cided to receive Ambassador Lelsh-
man. if the sultan should so far for
get hi habit some day. as to what
was wanted of him at the first request
there would be res son to question his
unity. "' .
- An Indignant citizen of . South
Omaha suggests that Governor Mickey
resign and let LleutenanT Governor
McOUton serve out the remainder of
bis term. Doe any one see Governor
Mickey resigning?
Senator. Bailey evidently counts more
upon his showing at the Taxas pri
maries than upon- his- explanation for
re-election to. the senate,, and Colonel
Bryan ha bo far hot applied "the rule
In Sullivan's case."
Emperor William's new director of
colonies is said to hav had experience
In banking In America, but as th
colonists do not deposit funds with th
bureau the appointment may turn out
311 right. -v.. . - , '. ,
RedlaroverlaK th - Mlaaowrl.
. St. Louie fUtpubllc.
Omaha la. oonalderlnc the establtshmant
of a line of boats to St. Joaeph. Mo. PfO-
p1 along th banks of the .Missouri river
ara beginning to believe that It can be
UKd for aofnethlns betides drinking.
Maat May a laane, '
, New Tor Sun.
Ex-Senator Jones' recommendation that
Mr. Bryan stand for tha enforcement of
laws already on the Statute books Ja good
advice, but as a candldat endorsed by a
core or so of state conventions Mr., Bryan
es .no .isau in It for him, .
Tl far Sal1ala4ara,
Boeton Glob. r '.
Tha population of th United. States Sep
tember. 1 waa estimated by trie Treasury
department at " M.ta7.000. ',, BpeHblndars
should rtmember that the proper phrase
is elthtyiJlve million of people,' Inatead
of eighty millions of people, as it Uaed
to be. . . '
Admiral Dwra Remlader.
- Indianapolis News. .'
But, really, it Is hard to sea how Ad
miral Dewey help the matter much for
tha pussled and dlfttreaaed administration
by recalling the fact that In 18 he ex
pressed tha opinion that "tha Filipinos' ar
far auperior In their Intelligence and more
capable of self-government than the natives
of Cuba." - .
Secretary Taft.
Washington Poet.
. If Jackson had hla Benton, fcoose'velt
has his Tsf t. Rarely has a president bad
so wlaa an adviser, and never a president
has had in his cabinet a truer man. Ha
may not b tha next president; ha may
never be president; In that treat office he
would rank with th great, presidents.
Able, honest, courageous, patriotic, h
has tha genius of common senae'and th
charity of a noble humanity; - He 1a "vary
nearly drover Cleveland with .sum, sharp
corners knocked off.
. W do bellav that Theodora Hooaevalt's
chief attribute of greatness Is bis gift for
lectins;. Instruments. Certainly he la
fortunate In having William H. Tan ss
sn adviser. .1
POClTICAl, DRIFT.
for the first time In yaara neither on
ot New York's senators appeared at tha
republican state convention.
San Francisco's registration is barely half
as large as It waa. It is explained that
votera ara too busy to bother about poll
tics. Down In Maryland a' Mudd band wagon
is attracting attention In th campaign. In
oinnr Biaise ma wagon la regaraeo. as Sn
Impediment.
"Oh, Jefferson, Jefferson, what crimes are
committed in thy name!" eaotalms a dem
ocratic paper In Missouri, after reading tha
new from Buffalo.
Buch an experienced prober as Charlaa ff.
Hughes, republican candidate for gov
ernor of Naw Tork. ought to do an artistic
Job In puncturing a political balloon.
One drover Cleveland cannot find words
sufficiently ponderous fittingly to describe
the Buffalo ticket, As S temporary ex
pedient he might requote from Lalla Rook
the lines ha hurled at the manglers of the
Wilson ..tariff bill.
Charles As, tor Brlsted Is the latest man
of i wealth to seek an elective position In
the government of thetown of Stockbridga.
Maaa. Mr.. Brlsted now la making 4 vlg
ereue campaign .or - membership- oa the
board ot selectmen.
The Standard Oil company la said to be
arranging to cut a melon la the shape of
estra stock to the' amount of 100,000,000.
John D. Rockefeller la . so charmed with
Miss TsrbeU'a voice that ha Is willing to
pay any old price for a retont' engagement.
Dr. Harry Ln. tha new mayor of Port,
land. Ore., has adopted aa his slogan,
"Tha m 00c hers -must go." In the class ef
"moochers" he Includes every city em
ploye who falls to give full .returns for
salary paid. He has dtachargad In a body
the defective force, declaring them to be
"a worthless loj of grafters."
Senator Knox of Pennsylvania does not
look as though he weighed ever US) pounds,
but when registering in Pittsburg th other
day gave his weight ss 15S. The senator Is
practically a stranger la his voting pre
cinct. 'When be registered last year nan
Of the. watchers knew hint. Qn giving bis
name as Philander C, Knox ona of these
efllclale stepped forward with the remark:
"Thai feller's a linger. Ha ain't n sen
ator." Just than a wall known cttlaea hap
pened along and set all deubta at rest.
l MtMORIAM. -
m
Oalala Were Aaiberlty.'
Grand Island trtaatsantelger und Herold.
Edward Roeewater. proprietor and editor
f Th Omaha Bee In Omaha, Neb., who
was allied with the political, financial snd
business affairs of Omaha and th stat
of Nebraska most intimately for the
last forty yesrs I no more. His news,
paper, Th Omaha Bee, Is one of th most
Influential republican newspaper of the
country. Ilia opinions In regard to na
tlonai politic aa well aa thoae of till
home atate, ur fair Nebraska, mare
good authority, add whenever knownoth-
Inga, fanatlca. prohibitionists, hypocrite
snd their ilk got a little too fresh, h
drew hi sword and through hla psper
Snd bis rhetoric power upon th hustings
he fired shot snd shell into th cam of
th sealots.' For this reason th demit
f Edward Rosewater I a sever loss to
th liberal element of this stat. HI
place Is difficult to be filled. Who will
All It r Or can it be filled at all? Th
columns of th Old guard, who stood up
gallantly for the highest liberty, to-wic
liberty and conscience, are thinning out
more and more and the younger ones
of th Isst generation r lukewarm, to
Say th least.
Sorrow lor the Great Mis.
Nebraska Staataseltung. Nebraska City.
It I an Inexplicable feeling, which causes
mankind to complain of losa which was
unavoidable. It may be a habit without
any logical foundation, but mourning and
Expressing aortdw seems to relieve the
Saddest heart, to act- as a soothing be I
aam for Irreparable' louses. - Divided grief
IS half the pain snd perhaps this Is the
resson why the state of Nebrak4. yes.
Indeed, the nation msnlfests Its sincere
sorrow, in order to divide Its grief with
th world end th Shock which the sudden
death of Edward Roeewater caused to our
commonwealth, and which seems to us a
loss, which la hard to replace. All the
numberless eulogistic, comments are In
sufficient to do full justice to his merits.
sli the pens dipped In the dark Ink of our
sad bereavement can never describe the
full value of this' great character, now
silent In death. We also Join this crowd
ot scribes, because! we cannot find ade
quate words to ay all thst should be
said, because it Is Impossible for ua to
recount hla peerless merits for the press
snd the German causa satisfactorily to
ourselves, as well ss to express properly
our feeling of appreciation and gratitude
for the services he' rendered to humanity
In general. By hla deeds hi will continue
to live In the grateful remembrance of the
people. " v -
Tighter end Worker. "
t v Columbua Blene, Columbus, Neb.
Th city of Omaha, the state of Ne
braska and the entire, .wept .ha sustained
a severe loss In the sudden demise of
Mr.- Edward ' Roeewater. The news of
hi death was received with sorrow every
where, for the great merit ot the now
dead fighter . are acknowledged by every
body, although afl did not agree with him
In all things. We ststed that the death
of . JCdward Rnesewater Is a severe loss
to the west, especially for Nebraska and
more especially for Omaha, and whyf
There . la nobody in the entire West who
has rendered such services snd has stood
up like him Incessantly for Omaha and
Nebraska. His biography la part Of th
history of our stste and - none can be
written, without granting him a promi
nent place therein. -
Edward Rosewster waa a fighter all hi
life, a fighter for the righteous against the
bad. against the ' power of Corporations,
and even If ha did not so to . extreme.
as 1 some wanted bin, yet he waa feared
nd hated by all; whose aatlons shun day-
lle-ht. . .
This l proven by his defest for fh
ITnlted States senate, as corporations wer
at the bottom of It. And of alt compet
itors he would have beep .the beet, one.
" for no other reason than that he waft
honest.' Whatever his enemies rony hae
aid arlnt him. .they never . dared and
never did ouestlon Rosewater's hotieefv.
' Everywhere In' fh'e 'entire west.' especially
In Omaha and In Nebraska, the news of J
Fflward Roeewater s demise waa received
with great sorrow, .for everywhere hla
merits had necessarily found annreolatinn.
He was without ouestlon the greatest and
ablest, newsnape.r. writer In the . west. - and
Is paper. The Bee. Is the best In th west.
By the same Edward Roeewater ba erected
to himself a lasting monument., but the
beat monument he owns In the memory
which will be preserved to him everywhere
In . Nebraska, to him as to the man who
did more for opening- and spreading the
resources of our state than snv other man.
He waa not only oanaMe editor, hut also
a "business man o'f high rank, snd what
ha aonulred he AH not owe to an accident.
to riches or Influential friends, but to his
own pushing will power. Rosewster was
never on the fence, but took sides on every
Issue. He was for honest government and
equal rights for all and In this he knew
no compromise.
Edward Rosewater Is no more, but his
memory will survive for generation In this
atate, to which be devoted th better por
tion of hla lifetime.
All Oaeaha Mearaa.
Sovereign Visitor '
'Edward Rosewater, editor of The Omaha
Bee, and for forty years s prominent
politician, died .suddenly August II. 18UC,
the result of snxlety and overwork Inci
dent to hla candidacy for United Htatrs
senator. There waa 00 one "more deserving
ot thla honor than Mr. Rosewater. After
so many years' untiring labor to build
tha party and elect others he was turned
down, refused recognition, and another
whoae political aervlce had been nominal,
was recommended by the state convention.
It wss cruel and ungrateful and In Vis
itor's opinion Impolitic. It Is a slap Ity
th faoe ot those who devote valuable time,
talent and effort to foster and make a
psrty successful.
Mr. Rosewater was a self-made man. A
man of wonderful brain, an editor by re
ture. a forceful writer, a convincing
speaker. Beginning as a telegrapher he
bullded a dally newspaper, recngnlsed.se
th most sble tn the Trans-Mississippi
country. His Integrity and honesty wsa
SO spparent that capitalists did not hesi
tate to aupply him. On his personal pledges.
with funds to erect a t&O.OOO building In
the city of Omaha, the full payment f th
last Installment of whlcn he protected by
ample Insurance on his own life. Aggres
sive as he was progressiva, he suggested
the great Omaha exposition and forced Its
success. Almost every Important project
conducive to the growth of the city recog
nised bint as a power irresistible If re
listed In its favor.
Only sixty-eix years of age at death.
bis sensitive spirit was stunned and hla
heart paralysed when he realised that self-
tshnese and ambition of others were com
bined to defeat bis dearest longing to be
placed where he could do even more for
humanity snd tha people than he ha1 al
ready accomplished within his environ
ments.
A nobis soul is stilled. His memory
will be revered, snd thoae whs crucinvd
him will have an awakening to the furl
that hla losa la Irreparable. Thj great
throbbing hearts of the people of Nebraska
mourn, and their thoughts may And x
preaahMiwbea they -are call id on la seltrt
their public servants in the future .
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American representatives . abroad . and
American residents In varloua European
cities are almost constantly Importuned
for help by fellow countrymen stranded
far from home. Many' of the 'applicants
are worthy, but a, large percentage are
more numerous snd persistent than ever
before. A correspondent write thst the
American Relief society In Paris Is beelde
Itself, tor the demands upon Its' mesne far
exceed Its funds. Besides, most summer
tourists now stranded in Paris sneak no
language but their own. Some of the ap
peals made to the society sre pathetic.
Others almost humorous, and all of them
are difficult to cope with. One ot the re
cent sppeala for assistance was from
man who came from Texaa to Parle early
m the summer to make money by teaching
the Parisian to walk on stilts. In Eng.
lsnd, where he promenaded the streets of
several towns tn a large sombrero and
trousers eleven feet long, he created a
Sensation and earned a romfortablo1 living.
But In Parts the police cut his odyssey
short In the actual as well as the meta
phorical sense of the word. They took his
stilts away from him and refused to allow
him to use them again. The relief so
ciety haa sent him, with his wife and
jhlld, to London.
A French newspaper publishes a private
letter written by a profeaaof of one of th
large Prussian , universities, who accom
panied the German journalists who re
cently visited Ixindon. Affer asking why
it is that the British suddenly have be
come desirous of being on good terme with
Germany, he temafVrd that England has
but lately Incorporated South Africa and
has thua a surfeit of territorial acquisition.
It requires peace for the .economic pros
perity of what It has conquered by the
sword. He affirms that "tha city" contem
plates for the near future vast financial
operation in South Africa,' amounting to
hundreds of millions. Consequently the
possibility of a serious wsr- rmie be dis
posed of In order that the course of events
may be tn accordance with the desires of
the English liberal commercial group In
word, with the vital Intereste of the
country.. He then goes on to say that there
Is one point "on which Oerman Journalists
can never consent to the Slightest compro
mise. It Is that of a disarmament of the
army snd the nsvyj
The sixtieth report "of the British Lunscy
commission Is a suggestive snd disquieting
document. It sppears that the number.ot
persons In England and Wales certified aa
Insane and under care on January 1 l"t
was ia,T, this being 1190 In excess of the
number recorded on tha corresponding day
In 1906. Thla increase for 1906 the commis
sioners compare with thav of , for 1M.
of 8,335 for 1908, and of 8,261 for 1902. They
give the annual average Increase for the
ten years ended December SI, 1906. ss J.K4.
and that for the five years ended on the
same date as tS07, so that the jncreaae for
1906 was leaa by 404 than the annual aver
age of the decennlum, and by 5T than the
quinquennial average. The pauper patients
numbered 111,35 (males . 61,11a, females
en, 040), constituting 91 1 per cent of the
certified Insane, and their increase by-1.979
Is less by 627 than the Increaae In 1904.
There was an increase of 1122 in the num
bers maintained In the county and borough
asylums, which Is less by 191 than the In
crease tor 1904.
Alfred Neymarck, a ' French statistician,
baa recently made a computation of the
amount of the ssvlngs of the people of
France that have been invested In different
values In the shape of bonds. He calculates
that from 1885 to 1906 the deposits In the
great banks of Frajice Increased from t31i
000,000 franca, equal to (182,400,000, counting
Ave -franca to the dollar,, te 1WT, 000,000
francs, or $571,400,000. The deposits in tb
Bank ot Franc during the same period
Incressed from 951,000,000 francs, or $71,J0.
000, to la.OOO.OOOMrenca, or H64.C00.OOO. The
value of bonds deposited In the banks In
creased from 1113,000,000 to s,ao,ooo,ooo
francs S&2.00,00 to 11.386,000,000). The six
great railroad companies of France aold
9,482,466 francs (11.896,493) bonds out of s
capital ot 1.014,000,000 francs (1803,900,000) Snd
canceled on their old and new loans llt4,
000,00 francs ((432.300.000). From 18H0 to 190
the depositors In the savings banks have
subscribed snd paid for 1300.000.000 francs
(MO.0tO,0uO government bonds. . The limit
that each person can deposit In tha aavlngs
banks in Frsnce is 30o. The Interest on
this sura. If not drawn, is Invested by the
bank In government bonds. From 1891 to
UN the same class subscribed for and held
620,000.000 francs 1(04.000,000) of bonds Issued
by the French colonies and protectorates;
946.0000,000 franc (fl8t.600.OtW) of City of Paris
bonds, snd 9SS.000.ono franos (l,000,uOO of
local communal and Inmortgage and loan
companlea. From 18 to 1906 the deposits
in the people's aavlnga banka Increased
from lni.000.000 to 1210,000.000 francs (1442.
300.000 to 9642,000.000); that Is to say. an In
crease Of 1 milliard (IXO.000,000). co'untlng
6 francs to the dollar. During .the same
Fall Announcement 1906
Wi ar bow displaying a moot
Complete lln of foralm nvltl tor
fall and winter wear.
Your early inspection 1 lsvlted,
as It will Afford a opportunity of
choosing from a larg number of ex
clusive styles.
W Import In . "Blnct suit
!nftb," sd ult cannot b dupli
cated. An order placed mow may b de
livered at your convenience
period the number of depositors Increased
from 4.900.000 to ".Ofto.ooo, and the posses
sion of the mutual relief societies Increased
from 68.000.000 to NW.ono.ono francs illl.JOO.
000 to 632,000,000). The sggregate value of
stocks, bonds and similar securities belong
ing to French capitalists is estimated by
Mr. Neymarck to have been St -the end
of the year 1906 M.ono.onn.ono franca (9l8.nt,.
000,000), 87,(P00,00fMlO0 francs .(tli,40Q,00n,00O) In
1900 and 74,000.000,000 frsnes (Il4.8oo.00e.000) In
1890. ...... .
MERRY J1.GL.KS.
"I suppose," said the man with the bill,
"there a no telling when the colonel -will
be InT" ..
"Not by me, sir," loftily responded the
colonel s butler, Chicago. Tribune.
"Grouche is said
to be a ftentleman In
every respect.
Tea: except In the resnect nf tVioae whn
know him Intimately." Judge. v.
Jenka Tou don t seem to have made a
very satisfactory Impression on Borem.
vle I tried very hard to do so.
Jenks He told me you didn't Imprese
him aa a man he would care to associate
with very much. -Wise
Good! That's Just the Impression
I endeavored to make. Philadelphia
Ledger. ...
"Tour honor, the witness testified that
the automobile went past hlin so fast that
he couldn't mem It. Buch testimony Is cer
tainly incompetent."
"Objection overruled. If the witness hsd
said tt went so fast he couldn't amell It
J1 testimony would have been atricken
out." Kansaa City Star. '
"IIke does not necessarily produce like."
"For Instance?" '
"I tn vpn ' t vnn of t n n r iA Im (timnklviii
a lively bolt to be followed by a deads
tock r Baltimore American,
"A woman can always get the better of
a man In an argument," said the visitor.'.
"Yes," answered Mas Cayenne. "But we
should remember that In an argument a
woman always has a certain advantage.
Bhe Is not expected to be a gentleman.
Washington Star. ,
. Member, of Investigating Committee
Have you ever had any confidential rela
tions with the Beef trust T "J
Witness No, sir. I have an uncle snd
two cousins working for It, but they've
never told me a blamed thing. Chicago
Tribune.
Browning,
King & Co
"WAateve. a man may toear," said
Beau Brummely.
"Jt it utentiaX that it $hall fit."
There art all aorta and
conditions of men. '
It is our function in life
to keep for them whatever
they may want
It may be Collars we
have them in all sizes and
shapes.
Or it may be Clothing,
which we make in regular
and half sizes.
. jOr a Hat. W have
every good style.
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