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STATEMENT Or CIRCULATION.
fs'e of Nebraska, Douglas County, e: j
Charles C. Roaewater. general manager of
"he Bra Publishing co-npanv, being d"l
sworn, says that the actual number of fur.
and complete, mptes of The. Pally, Mornlnv.
Evening and Bunday Bee printed during the
month of October. 3 wag aa follow:
1 50,BO IT to.eso
i 80.800 1 30,830
l. 80,800 1 ,. 81,880
4 80.730 28 31,830
B 30,760 21 81,900
31.760 it 30,840
7 30,300 SS 30,B0
30,670 J4 30,830
( 30,660 It 31,870
10 30,730 If 31,410
)l ; 30,880 IT 31,740
li 30,780 at i.. 30,670
13 ....31,080 28 31,800
14 30,800 . 10... ...... .81.110
II 31,480 ' II .31,110
1 33,000 ,
Total 861,330
Leas unsold coplea - 11,083
Net total galea. 850,337
Dally average 30,853
C. C' ROS1IWATER.
General Manager.
Subscribed In my presence nnd iworn to
before me thia lit day of November, 1908.
tSeal.) M. B. HL'NQATE,
. , Notary Public
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WREH OIT or TOWS. .
' Subscribers leaving; tho elty tm
norarllr shoold havo The Ilea
mailed to theaa. Address will be
rhangred aa often aa reqnestod.
But President Roosevelt really needs
no defense, In the New York campaign,
even front "the trump."
The talk . about opposition to "Uncle
Joe" Cannon for speaker of the house
Is most likely nothing but hot air.
- Senator - Piatt fooled the yellow
,.joura!s by following the precedent of
- Marlborough rather than that of Cas-
tellane. ' .' 1
Douglas ccunty never had a speaker
since territorial days, but that la no
bar to Its going after the place In the
coming legislature.
. Standard Oil surplus will not be as
"large when the lawyers get through
: with the concern, barring another ad
vance in the price of Its products.
In declaring for a restriction of the
franking privilege, the National
Grange hag taken a step calculated to
handicap fts other suggestions .to con
gress. , The United States will be lucky if it
'can convert the good feeling of Ger
many, won at Algeclras, into material
advantage in the tariff conferences at
Berlin.
The one crime that has been con
clusively proved against Representative-elect
Armstrong ia that he Is a
convert to the new scheme of phonetic
spelling.
The charge that the Pullman com
I any has been discriminating between
railroads may only furnish the com
panies with a reason for passing the
injustice along. ,
. It now devolves upon former Candi
date Parker to prove that neither the
common law nor the statutes are suf
ficient to control combinations in re
straint of trade. '
Increase in the foreign demand for
American canned meat shows that
Europe gives the United States gov
ernment credit for greater power than
some corporation lawyers are willing
to admit. '
The fate of the Nebraska , Grain
IH-alers' association promises to be a
'salutary example to a lot of other
trader organizations that would like to
t-o" into, the price-fixing busings if
Uiay only. 'dared. '
More cars will be quite a relief to
Omaha street railway patrons. Another-
improvement to reduce conges
tion' should be the construction of a,
cro'sstpown line west of Sixteenth street
in the-. not distant future.
Though the meeting of New Eugland
democrat - was held behind closed
doors, the election ot George Fred
Williams as secretary leaves Mttle
room for difference of opinion as to
the nuture of the organliatlon.
Without desiring to reflect upon any
person in particular, it mijht bo well
for the president to select as commis
sioner of the general land office a wan
not heretofore In touch with the de
partment. New brooms some limes
we clean.
('...veruor Mickey declare that no
otto will know what his message will
contain until it is read to tha legisla
ture, This can be construed ither
that the governor is going to turn over
a new leaf and keep hlg own counsel,
or tht he is liable up to the very last
minute to hur.se bis mlud as to what
aV8 Will re online lid.
rrni thk t.onnv.
It. Is announced that Governor Folii
of MlHAourt Oa drafted n tttiingent
anti-lobby liiw which will be intro
duced aud pressed for immediate con
sideration In the legislature of that
state. The Folk bill Is said to be
thoroughly comprehensive and to In
clude within its penalties not only the
paid lobbyists' of the privileged cor
porations, but also the representatives
of utata institutions who infest legis
lative halls in quest of extravagant ap
propriations. Nebraska needg an auti-lobby law,
at least as badly as does Missouri.
Every time the legislature meets at
Lincoln we have revolting scandals
growing out of the manipulations of
the corruptlonlsts in the lobby, but
nothing has ever been done to atop
their criminal practices, except occa
sional exposure by the newspapers.
The extent to which the lobbyists are
permitted to go depends, of course, in
large measure upon the character of
the law-makers and of the officers of
the two legislative houses. While a
great deal could be done to shut out
these pests without any special legis
lation, the) enactment of a severe law
defining the limits of lobbying nnd
prescribing punishment for overstep
rlnff them would undoubtedly be ef
fectual. -
The Bee suggosts that some of our
senators and representatives-elect
send at once for a copy of Governor
Folk's proposed anti-lobby bill and se
cure its enactment for this 6tate with
such modifications, if any, as may be
needed to make it applicable to the
conditions here. An anti-lobby bill
drawn by Governor Folk should com
mand the support not only of all the
honest republicans, but of all the hon
est democrats and populists as well."
XKW DTPFrvi'LTlES i.V VCBA-
The patriotic professions of a multi
tude of th Cuban revolutionists have
not been strong enough to survive the
teat of the few weeks since Secretary
Taft left the island, and the reports
now coming in represent Governor
Magoon to be struggling against tre
mendous pressure from them for the
offices. It is Indeed feared that af
fairs are approaching a crisiB, so angry
and passionate is the demand that the
officeholders under the- defunct Palma
government be summarily ousted to
make room for partisans ot the chiefs
who lately took up arms.
It is turning out dlscouragingly dif
ficult to impress the natives with the
Idea that the United States has as
sumed control, not to help one Cuban
faction or another nor to peddle of
ficial patronage, but to establish a
stable and safe government capable of
protecting property and life and per
forming the obligations which rest
upoa every civilized government. In
stead of the co-operation which the
United States should have from, the
natives and which it must have if
such a government is to be set up at
all on the basis of Independency, fac
tional spirit, eager for possession of
the official plum tree, is already run
ning so high in the various provinces
that further precautionary disposition
of our military forces has now been
deemed necessary. Not only this, but
the animosity directed against the
Palma regime Is beginning to show
Itself against Governor Magoon.
One of the most unfortunate facts
Is the failure so far ot the conservative
classes, who mainly stood aloof during
the Insurrection, to come forward as
they should and aid In reorganization
ot the government. Many of these
are represented as Insisting on the fu
tility of the effort for native Inde
pendence and are really , disposed to
stimulate the folly that Is being shown
as a proof of the necessity of annexa
tion to the United States. Out of it
all the suspicion is warranted and
growing that the rehabilitation of in
dependent Cuban rule may be a slower
and more difficult process than was
at first generally expected.
THE SAX FRASCISCO SCAXDaL.
Th interposition of the national
government In the Kan Francisco .raft
gcandal Is the most hopeful develop
ment of tn whole wretched situation.
The municipal government itself has
been shown to be so permeated with
corruption and the banded free hoot
ers are so powerful and intrenched in
positions of advantage, as well as sup
ported by local sentiment, that prose
cution by local authorities, if that
were all, would likely result In failure
or Justice. While the national govern
ment can, of course, have no jurisdic
tion in the vast area of fraud and cor
ruption known to exist In the munic
ipal administration, the criminals
overreached themselves when they
laid hands on the funds contributed
by a generous people to relieve the
sufferers from fire and earthquake,
violating the postal and interstate
commerce laws.
It Implies an almost Inconceivable
turpitude that the charity and sym
pathy of a nation should be perverted
Into opportunity for loot, and that an
aggregate of 11.000,000 could have
been stolen from the funds contributed
to save Sau Francisco in the hour of
its dire distrens. Ordinary thieves
would have scorned the meanness of
the deed, but no ordinary situation
exists there.
The investigation of the federal au
thorities has ' fortunately gone far
enough to demonstrate that elaborate
criminality In connection with the re
lief funds luvt.lveg grave violations ot
the national laws, so that the mist-react
will soon feel on their throats
i thA vrlil fif a rww.i is lth wKltli , V,
-- . j ..... v . " . . .. uiv u uicj
j cannot tamper and trlfio as they have
beu dolus with police courts and lo
cal administration. And as in part at
least the tamo fcan is involved both
In the municipal and In the relief fund
corruption, the prosecution tinder na
tional authority may also break down
the whole conspiracy and pave the
way for allioroMiMi-nins reform In
the city.
I HE VOUXTHY'S 11 EA i.Tlt.
The statement isNtted by the census
bureuu, fixing the total wealth of the
United States In 1904 at 1106,881.
415,009, reduces to deflnltencss the
impression of stupendous Industrial
development since the last census year
which the salient specific facts In
every field of activity have created.
The sheer total expressed in these fig
ures is astonishing, surpassing by far
that of any other country on the
planet, but Is ven more significant In
compariHon with the figures for each
decade since 1850, when the national
government began to ascertain the
true valuation of real and personal
property, the totals being as follows:
1S50 1 7.133.W0..1M
1M0 lC,l58.RHi.i8
1 ..Ci.57S.57
1S80 , .4.',nu0.0l)
t0 65.0C7.0Pl.lfl7
ll W.R3,.H$,7!!S
14 1IK.S1.S.10
There has thus been added to the
national wealth during he four years
following 1900 the Incredible Incre
ment, if It were not officially attested,
of $1R, 353,067,311. or two and one
half times the total wealth of the coun
try in 1850, and more than the total in
1860.
If the rate of Increase during those
first four years should he maintained
during the remainder of the current
decade the amount of increase four
years hence. In 1910, would be nearly
$46,000,000,000, or moro than the
country's total wealth In 18S0, only a
quarter of a century ago. The even
more startling fact is revealed that at
this rate there would be added during
the decade a value equal to mor than
one-half the total wealth at its begin
ning in 1900.
Industrial potency bo enormous was
never before exhibited In all history.
Transcending the comprehension even
of those who have been in the midst
of it, the fact now stated in the census
aggregate explaina the vast contem
poraneous expansion of our credit,
which has been the marvel of the
world of finance and affairs, and the
suddenly exposed inadequacy of our
previous Industrial machinery, includ
ing transportation, exchange, mone
tary facilities, etc., extensive and rapid
as had been Its development.
Nor is there today any sign of ces
sation of this unparalleled creation of
wealth, but on the contrary all the
signs are that it has gone forward
even more rapidly the last two years
than during the four years after 1900.
That there will some time come a
slackening of the process and definite
reaction Is of course Inevitable, but
the fact is signally demonstrated that
even yet we have only fairly, begun, to
realize upon our Incomparable natural
resources, and that our industrial po
sition in the world is now Impregnable.
Douglas county turns out to be
again delinquent In certifying its offi
cial election, returns up to the secre
tary of state. With the votine ma
chine count this county should be
among the first to finish up with Its
election work. The fault seems to be
with careless or incompetent election
officers. It might not be a bad ide
to keep a record of the Judges and
clerks who are efficient and prompt as
well as of those who are deficient and
slow to be used as a guide in future
appointments. In thia way we might
in a few years advance to a more sat
isfactory service on the part of our
election boards.
The democrats and their newspa
per mouthpiece have now swallowed
the forgery charge which they made
in the Callaway pass case, and are
trying to crawl out by Intimating that
the pass sent to take an absentee dem
ocrat voter home came from repub
lican sources. This would have been
a much more plausible explanation
had it been sprung In the first place,
but at this stage of the game and after
the explosion of the forgery fake It
will not go down very far, especially
in view of the fact that it Is entirely
unsupported by evidence.
The recurrent move to abolish the
State Labor bureau is meeting with
opposition this time from a "new
source, namely, the advocates of more
stringent child labor legislation and
friends of the Juvenile court. The
state labor commissioner is expected
to be the agency through whom much
of this legislation Is to be made effec-r
tive. The labor bureau officials will
do well to cultivate this support if
they do uot want to be extinguished
from the appropriation sheet.
The World-Herald suggests that , it
may be cheaper for a railroad to pay
damages occasionally rather than to
double-track its road." Perhaps. But
it would not be cheaper if the 15,000
statutory Jiinlt on the amount that
may be recovered for loss of life were
removed. The quickest way to force
the double truck would be to repeal
the law limiting liability for death.
Democratic politicians seem to be
at variance as to whether the mluorlty
In the coming Nebraska legislature
should devote itself exclusively to ob
struction or assist the majority In con
struction. Count on the democrats to
do the wrong thing at the right time
and the light thing at the wrong time.
Afier the American Danker' asso
ciation and the New York Chamber of
Commerce have lomprotulsed their
differences regarding the proposed
currency law, member of congress
will put their ears to the ground.
I'l-nf raalone.1 'Vaatty.
Wnahlngtnn Btar.
Nntuiiilly Jninci J. Hill thinks a i lilroiid
knows more about running a government
than a erove'rnment know about running ft
rnllr'Kid.
'l Mad Dividing.
Philadelphia Presa.
Tin- railroads are giving thi-lr employ
ees In Increaaod pay foiiw of the money
they are raving; by not laming free paaaea.
Hut nobody going to kick about thai.
A Cnmaana Prnnraill.
Philadnlphta Prers.
CJovernor Magoon couldn't provide olTlcer
for all the Cuban who wanted them; and
so there a romo klrklng. But people do
not gcneially kick themselvee Into orVe;
It goes the other way.
ot a Hard Task.
Pittsburg Plspmch.
The Philippine representative chamber,
when It la elected end assembled, will have
to behave bettor than sumo of our state
Icgislatur-s do before the polltlcnl lljht
of the United 8tfttes will nccept lt ca
pacity for self-government.
Klaai Corn's Rralneare.
8t Lou la Globe-Pemocrat.
A com crop of a.esi.Ono.cnt) bushels for isog
Is the latest government estimate. It Is
the iHTgest ever raised and worth, over
J1.l62.Ono.OfKl. Thia yoar in the United States
lias been one of unequated prosperity In
productions of the. roll.
Elnalre Thlngr la Politics.
Cincinnati Enquirer.
Several great corporations have an
nounced a purpose to ralae wage. Is It a
fart, after all. that the cost ot living la
higher than It used to be? Some of tho
campaign speakers said It was not. What
an elusive thing the truth Is In politics.
Something; Mnmt Be IKtne.
Indianapolis News.
At Atlantic Cltyia rnllroad trsln plunges
Into a draw, kills 'fifty-seven and wounds
many more. At Rumnn, lud., two trains
meet in a head-on collision, killing and In
juring more than a hundred out of 1SS
passengers. These ate not little "Jerk
water" roads, but two of the great trunk
roads of America. Then a locomotive on
the Southern raciflo blows up at a station,
killing seven. Hadn't we better see if there
Isn't something else wo can do better than
this reckless way of running rnllroad
trains?
A Politician Getting; Wltr.
Philadelphia Record.
Ex-Governor Benjamin B. Odcll of New
York la a thorough-going machine poli
tician, who baa all Ms HfB been accus
tomed to look upon the voters of his city
and his state as so many stepping stones
to preferment In his chosen career. But
he haa been studying the returns of
Tuesday's election to some purpose, and
the lesson they have imparted to him
Is more than likely to exercise a lasting
Influence upon those who guide the coun
cils of his party In New Tork for many
a year to come.
"From thia time forward," says Gov
ernor Odell, analysing the strength and
character of the forces that gave the
Hearst movement its impetus, "the re
publican party must give greater heed
to the demand of tho people for the bet
terment of conditions, and less to the
ambltlona of politicians."
ROAST FOR 5KW YORK. BOSsUS.
Klectlon at llnghea a Distinct Victory
for I ntaarged Voters.
New "York Sun (rep.).
Charles E. ITOirtveS vn the un ,iii.
Ing In the wilderness; the misapprehended.
tne unknown and the indispensable.
Theodore RoosevWa unfailing genius
forced Hughes on the Saratoga convention,
snatched the republican party from the
grave and saved the state; and, for all
we can tell, saved the nation.
What has the republican party done for
Hughes? Nothing. It advanced the use
of Its name and a reluctant nomination.
But he has been elected governor of the
state of New York! Yes, he has been
elected governor of the state of New
York in spite of -the republican party.
Even the stupidity and futility of Wood
ruff and his Incompetent, apathetic gang
have not availed to defeat Hughes. The
party Is reeking with leaders whenever
there la graft In the air, but what haa
a leader done for . the lonely figure that
ha beaten the state Into decency and
common sense? Not a thine- Vm n
of them has raised a Anger In his behalf, j
kept them from openly Joining the party
of Murphy, Hearst and the devil!
No, the republican party had little to
do with the election, except as Theodoro
Roosevelt may be taken to embody and
personify its ancient spirit and actual
existence. Mr. Hushes wax k.. I
the people, by good republicans, by honest I
democrats, and by good cltlsens guiltless .
of tags of any kind. The benefit that the I
republican party gets It gets by the In
dividual dispensation of both Theodora
Roosevelt and Charles E. Hughes.
IP FROM THB RAKKS.
Bnccrsafnl Climb of the nr President
of the Illinois Central.
Chicago Inter Ocean.
James T. Harahan on Wednesday was
made the executive head of the Illinois
Central tallway system. Wltb the con
troversies that resulted In his selection or
with the financial politics which brought
It about there Is no concern, hoie. All
that is considered hera is the commentary
afforded on the common assertion that the
poor boy ' has no chance."
Jamea T. Hamhan entered the railway
service forty-two years ago as a section
hand a laborer on a petty railroad in
Virginia. He was Just on of many thou
sand a lad of a without "Influence" of
any kind with nothing but his own strong
hands and xhrewd brain. He drift4 about
from one minor post to another through
eight years of apprenticeship. In Wi he
wus made a roadmaster and began tj
climb. In 1ST he was a division superin
tendent, and In VM was made general
manager of a southern railway.
Hera he found his ideas In conflict with
those of superior authority, and for sev
eral years he went from one railway to
another without finding the pout that
tilted him. Finally he found it with a
southern railway whose future consisted
chiefly In hopes. In lexs than a year he
made that railway uch a power in the
Isnd that the Illinois Central was glad
to take It over and him with It. while Its
owner made fortunes by tl.e transaction.
And he kept on climbing until he stands
at the top of the great -railway rysteni of
the Mississippi valley.
Nobody "made" Mr. Hai-aliuri. He
"made" himself. And he "made" himself
by seeing and seising the opportunities
which lay open bet'ore hhn. and which at
every stage of his career, up to the present
one. were no wider open for him than for
others.
And Mr. Hurahan's career is yiljr one
of hundreds and thousands of such careers
In the past and of thouaa.nls and tens of
tho UKa liia uf careers which are being suc
cessfully pursued today. As far aa mere
ealih and power and the power that
brines wealth is concerned, the poor boy
never had a greater chance than ha haa
la thia uaiiuu loda'.
HOt Ml A BO IT SEW lORK.
' Ripplea on the ( arrest at Life In the
i Metropolis.
I New Yjrkers are Stain taking lesxons on
j western ways and vigor. The excitement
land fright of the campaign caused them
Ito forget the sharp admonitions ct
Omaha's "cowboy mayor" and his bunch
of home folks. But Jack Joyce of North
I Dakota blew In en a eayuse. steering i
herd of leal Indians from Nebraska, and
forthwith there was something doing. The
natives were obliged to sit up and take
notice. One Wall street broker with a
sneer as wide aa Nassau street, concluded
to show the westerner a trick or two of
metropolitan- ways. Jktnunting an automo
bile he turned on the smell and shot In the
direction of Joyce and his eayuse. Th
auto grased the rump of the animal. In
stantly there was a snort and a kick, but
the latter fell short. A Volley of bad land
epithets fell from Joyce, his lariat sailed
through the air and settled eround the
shoulders of the broker. A quick, vigorous
Jerk and Mr. Broker was sprawling on the
pavement,
"This man abused me shamefully," de
clared the broker to a policeman, rubbing
his neck ond shoulders. "ThlB Isn't the
wild west, and these fetlowa ought to be
taught their place?. He lassoed mo out
of the car."
Joyce smiled a faraway smile and rode
off.
The Indians, said to come from a Ne
braska reservation, number fifty-sis men.
women and children, booked to take part
In a show at th Hippodrome. Among the
braves In the party ate Chief Black Horn
and Chief Willie 8ittng Bull. Th latter
Is a son of Sitting Bull of Custer massarra
notoriety, who was on the warpath con
tinuously from ISfit to 18T6. raiding frontier
posts and making war on friendly tribes;
Iron Bird, White Bone, Rear-ln-the-Wooda
and Bawling Bull were also In the party.
Standing Bear, a Slout chief, who was
educated at a frontier school, was tn
chatge of tho party and acted as Interpre
ter. The Indians carried all sorts of bundles
and luggage. They were attired n native
dress, with feathers, beads and ciialns of
shells dangling from their heads and glr- j
dies. The ten squaws of the party carried
the heaviest bundles, together with their
papooses, while the biggest and strongest i
bucks simply marched along holding tholr
blankets across their shoulders, not bother
ing about luggage. During one of their
sightseeing tours the Are chief's automo
bile dashed through the street, on the way
to a fire. It was making a lot of noise.
The Indians scattered. Chief Bear-ln-thA-Woods
darted up Seventh avenue. Aa he
ran he exploded a genuine Indian yell.
Thirty bucks darted after him, all yelling.
Standing Bear; the, Interpreter, corralled
the squaws, shouting for them to remain
on tho corner. The fleet-footed chief of
the tribe. Black Horn, took to the road
way and ran after his runaway bucks
shouting for them to stop. Several west
side policemen Joined In the chawe, not
knowing what was happening.
The stampeding Indiana scared the shop
pers all along the avenue. Chief Black
Horn overtook the howling bucks nt
Thirty-first street and rounded them up. In
the meantime a crowd of several thousand
men and women and children who had
been chasing the Indians up the avenue
came to a sudden halt at a safe distance.
Chief Black Horn called the roll. Then all
the red men marched up to Thirty-fourth
street, the squaws following on a car.
They went directly to their boarding house.
Empty gloom and dust have taken the
place of magnificent furnishings, wonderful
entertainments and the. constant laughter
of well known young1 men and tho care
fully culled beauties of the stage on the
eighth floor of the Madison Square Garden
tower, where Stanford White held forth
as king of revelry until Harry Kendall
Thaw's bullet struck him down.
Occupying an entire floor, save for the
space left for the elevator shaft, the apart
ments of Stanford White were once luxu
rious enourh to excite the envy of all who
were lucky enough to be invited there.
There was a music room and a kitchen,
besides the great central apartment, which
was as bis; as a Fifth avenue drawing
room.
But today the "Carbonites." as the coterie
of White's Intimates who used to gather
there chose to call themselves, are scat
tered far and wide. The dread of the
subpoena server In on them and the place
where they held high revel is as bare and
lonesome as a city church on a summer
weekday.
The movers and storage men have done
a goeal Job of cleaning out the place. It la
said. . Of its past glories not a vestige re
mains. Its furnishings and brle-a-brae
have vanished as utterly as the man who
ransacked tho world te make the "Car
bonltes" a unique meeting place.
8he was very proud of her first bank
book and determined to make none of the
silly mistakes she had read about In the
Joke columns of newspapers. There waa no
danger of overdrawing her account Every
eheclf was duly recorded on the stub, and
after every four checks a balance wa
correctly struck.
"But how Is it," asked the man one day
when looking over the book; "how Is it
that your checks always como out In even
dollars? Do you never have s rum like
$3.11 to pay"
"Yes, often; but I have a famous scheme,"
she explained gleefully. "It's such a bother
to add up the centa that I Just maka tha
cheek out for J and send the 11 cents In
postage stamps."
The bmnae tablet which was stolen from
the Sloeum's memorial monument In the
Lutheran cemetery haa been found. It Is
lying In a Brooklyn Junk shop, smashed to
fragments by the thieves, who nold It to
the Junk deajer for tit. The tablet was
valued st llni. It was purchased by sub
scription and placed on the monument
which waa erected to commemorate tha
Slocum disaster, which cost nearly 1,u0
lives. Seven men have been arrested on
suspicion of having stolen the tablet
One of the teachers In on east side school
has been able to keep a clone tab on th
seasons by a daily survey of thlie offerings
of fruit and flowers piled on her desk. Not
many day ago sh found a brown paper
Piu-cel. hot and steaming, on her desk when
she arrived In the morning. When aha un
wrapped It she discovered that the swe. t
potato season had arrived on the east side.
The tulleat skyscntrM-r In Wull stieet is
now In nrocess of erection on three city
lot, midway between Broad and Wll
liani slieetH. for which l,i0.oi, or
li'jri.to a foot, was paid. This is said to be
the fourtli highest price ever brought by
Wall street land. On this plat the Trust
Company of America Is erecting a twenty,
five atery building. This marks the era of
the extremely high building In Wall street.
Towering aa it will It will be a ronplciu
landmaxk, denoting the high tide pf rettl
estato prices there, until the sale of another
plot st an even higher ptlce force the con.
nt ruction of an even higher building.
Deaerres to Bo Preserved.
SL Iuis Republic.
John Howard Payne's humble horns should
not bo destroyed, for purely sentimental
reasons. A thatched cottage that could In
sr.ire such sentiment aa "Home, 8weet
Home." should be preserved as an ot jtct
lesson to modern discontent liiaf ends In
the divorce court.
GORDON FURS
HpHE locality in which fur-bearing animals arerl
' taken, the time of year, the prevailing cli-H
niatic conditions all make a quality difference
in the skins. (
This quality-difference is always considered
in selecting skins for Gordon Furs.
To the broad experience and infinite skill of
expert furriers, as well as to the masterly craft
manship of high-class tailors,' is due the supreme
goodness of Gordon Fur-Lined Garments.
Jlli
A tax
PKRSOVW. SnTKS.
It ia maintained of Senator Macon of
Georgia that he can use more languaare to
conceal his thought than any man In public
life.
Henry M. Alden, editor of Harper's Mugn
Slne, was TV vears old Inst SUtinilnv and at
a dinner In his honor nearly every contribu
tor to the mnjraslne read a poem at him.
He came out of the ordeal in fair shape.
Calvin Dtirand, a prominent business man
of Lake Forest. III., has given a.M for a
college campus for-LAk Forest university.
Mr. Durand Is a civil war veteran, served
aa a prisoner In both Andersonvllle and
Ubby and has been mayor of bis city.
Jeremiah Curtin. at present living at Bris
tol, vt.. Is the master of seventy Isngitagres.
U began life on a farm, ut by diligent
study acquired one language after the
Other. He is at present doing special work.
Besides his many translations, he Is the
author of a large number of books. He
graduated at Harvnrd and shortly after
ward President Lincoln appointed him sec
retary of tho legation at St. Petersburg.
General Plcquart. the defender of Dreyfus
and now the French minister of war, has
defined his attitude toward his old prosecu
tors in the army. - When ah officer who was
Involved In the conspiracy that banished
Plcquart to the border of the Sahara, en
tered the minister's office and began to
stammer out a statement on the subjtct
Plcquart stopped him, saying: "I only
know one thing, and that Is that you have
always been an excellent officer. You may
ba sure that I shall oot forget that."
Bighorn county will furnish to the Wyom
ing legislature one of Its most Interesting
members in the person of George B. Mc
Clelland, better known out there as B(r
George. He won this nickname years ogo
when he and a partner killed twenty-three
bears In six weeks In the Bighorn moun
tains, where brttln Is extremely plentiful.
Mr. McClelland stands over six feet In his
stockings, wears a blonde mustache and
imperial and Is credited with being able to
ride "anything that wears hair.' He and
ex-Governor Richards own a ranch In tho
Bighorn country.
THE PRICK OF A TITI.K.
American Heiresses Find Coronet a
BllKhttngT Banble.
Baltimore American.
Perhaps the most wretched volume that
could be written of the social annals of
America would be- that containing a record
of American girls who have married titled
Europeans solely for their titles, those
Europeans accepting them solely for their
wtallh. Dotting the ghastly history at
long intervals ar romantic statements that
this or that match was really a love match;
and so It was with the Gould and CasteW
lane families, the, Vandurbllt and Churchill
families, and others of lesser note. Yet,
before the social world. In dramatic eon
Junction. Is now -displayed In the publlo
prints of two hemispheres the story of the
woes of the daughters of the house of Van
derbllt and the house of Gould marital in
felicity, titled unfaithfulness, divorce, sep.
arotlnn, lasting humiliation for the young
women whose betrothal and wedding a few
yeara ago Impelled half of the wealthy girls
pf America to lift gwaka nights wondering
when Ihey, too, would be called upon to
wear a coronet.
. The scandal associated with the Castel
lane divorce suit began so long ago that It
comes now aa a tale that haa been told. The
petty count's extravagance; the refusal of
the Goulds to be mulcted longer for his
debts, "the grotesque story of the building
or -tne uittie Trianon palace" In the Ave
nue du Bols Boulogne, which was more
than once halted because of lack of funds;
and now, the more scandalous phases In the
Ist scene of the domestic tragedy mav be
thought by those who have taken the
trouble to watch his career to be quite In
sympathy with tho character of the erratic
count. Better things, . however, were n.
pected of Churchill, the duke of Marlbor
ough, who won Censuelo Vanderbilt, albeit
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This is a picture of a smart loose-fitting-
garment, as comfortable as it is
stylish. , , ;
Made in several .qualities, of: black Ker
sev, lined with Muskraf, ffamster, Aus
tralian Opossum or Squirrel. " '
Full fur lining; in the sleeves adds to
the comfort of this 'garment, while its
'elegance is enhanced, by the different
harmonizing furs used in the collars. ;
Prices vary according to the quality ot
the furs used, from $45 to $175.
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GORDON FURS
the history of th Churchill family Is re
plete with scandal shies the creation of
the dukedom. The young duchess Immedi
ately won her way -t tha sffettons of tho
royal family, and nrit for kmjg years had
the house of Marrborbush been So- Intimate
with crowned heads. Hut the' hereditary
taint came to the hurfai-e and ths durhee
of Kngland nnd the countess of France may
soon walk to their native shore on the gang
plunk of the same vessel, never to return
to the Social circles of Europe, Into whloh
they entered amid such exalted chanting of
the cherubim and. seraphim of tha Four
Hundred.
lMttHINft MAES. w;
"He's a great reformer. Isn't he?"
"Oh, he's worse than a reformer. His
idas woyld tippet the whole social and
nnsiners worn. Me snid if he had his way
he'd put In Jail everybody who ought to b
there." Philadelphia Press. ,:
"You mny not believe me, hut t know a
qiit ti . . i jI a fenow who declares he en
joys a concert of cats." .
"He most be nn admirer of the tragic
mews." Baltimore American.
"Haven't you forgotten something, sir'"
asked the waiter, with outstretched palm.
."No," replied the patron. "It Isn't ny
i memory, but my lppoMlo.t' that's at
fault, Philadelphia Jdgx-r. ,i
"Why don't you show a little enthusiasm,
now that your candidate has won?"
"It is easy to be enthusiastic, for a man
before el'-ciloh," ild' Karmer Corntoswl.
"After election you've got to wait a whllo
to make sure you won't have to- apologias
for him." Washington Star.
"Father." said the small boy, "Whsjtils a
reformer?"
"Them are various kinds, my son. Some
times he Is a progressive and rnllabtened
statesman, and sometimes he Is merely a
man who Is more than ordinarllv emphatic
In wanting bis- own , way." Vashlngtou
, Star.
"Where was he struck by the automo
bile?" asked the coroner. ' - ' '
"At the Junction of the dorsal and cervical
vertebrae, .answered the surgeon.
"Will yoq please, point that out on tho
map?" asked the coroner. Indicating ona
that hung on the Way. Chicago Tribune.
"Kinks Is always growling that he doesn't
have Justice done him."
"Yea. When he gets'u halo he'll prob
ably say it Isn't a square thing." New
York Times.
"Papa. 1'ncle Jerry was talking about
brokers last night."
"Yes, my son."
"Well, papa, what do brokers br-ak?"
"Easy things, my son." Baltlrr-ore Air. r
lca n.
"What's the matter, mv little man?"
naked the klndjy old g'-titleman. "You
aeein to be in great pain.
"G'on! Yer mixed," groaned the little
hoy. "I ain't In no great p',ln. but di
a great pain In nie, all right. "Philadel
phia Press.
"Conductor," sId the anxious passenger,
"we must be going at the rate of seventy
five miles an hour. Isn't It dangerous to
travel as fast aa that?"
"Not at all, sir," responded the con
ductor, steadying himself by grasping the
hack of a seat as the train shot around a
curve, "It's perfectly safe so long as wo
keep on traveling."
.1 XAHCHInO SONG.
Algernon C. Swinburne.
With us the fields and rivers,
The grass that summer thrills,
The has where morning quivers.
The peace at heart of hills,
The sense that kindles nature, and ths soul
that Oils.
With us all natural sights.
All notes of natural scale;
With us the starry nights;
With us the nightingale;
With us the heart stid secret of ths worldly
tale.
The strife of things and beauty,.
The tire and light adored,
Truth and llfn-llghtenlng duty.
Love without crown or sword.
That bv his mlf.ht and godhead niakn mail
god and lord,
These have we, these ara ours,
That no priests give nor kings;
The honey of all these flowers.
The heart Of all these springs;
Ours, for where freedom lives not, there
live no good things.
Rise, ere the dawn he risen;
Come, and be all souls fed:
From field and street and prison
Come, for the feast Is spread;
Live, for the truth la living; wake, for tba
night Is dead-
4l.
Port; Wine
Nothing is mote exhilHi-atlrar and ben
flclul to the general health than a glass of
Tut fort Wins at meal times aud upon
retiring.
For the sick and convalescent It Is un
equalled as a tonic. It tones the srstem,
t leais the blood and gives ons energy ana
ninl.ltion v
In buying wine you want the best, tho
purest and most nutritious.
HILLEirS
CALIFORNIA PORT
WINE
Is seven years old. matured In wood, rUb
in life-giving properties, and of a fine
flavor. Age and furlty makes it a most
palatable, dean and wholesome product.
Coma la and SJniasls It. Xt costs yon
notiaaaT. -
Per full quart Too .
Per gallon , S3.M
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