Image provided by: University of Nebraska-Lincoln Libraries, Lincoln, NE
About Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922 | View Entire Issue (Nov. 24, 1906)
10 T1IK OMAHA DAILY REE: SATURDAY, NOVEMBEK 24, 1006. 'Tun Omaha Daily Dee. r'OVNDED BY EDWARD ROSE WAT fcR. ; VICTOR KOBE WATER, EDITOR. , ft Kntered at Omaha postcfTlce as aecond--rlase rntittsr TERMS Or PfBflCRIPTtON. -llly Use (without Sunday), one year..$j J I 'ally Iiee and Eiinduy, one year.' f t'irilay Be. one yer J ? Saturday Hee, one year lr" KELIVEKED BY CARRIKR. pally Fee (Including Sundav), pr week..J5o Wily Bee (without Sunday), pr week..la Kvenlng Pee (without Sunday), per week So Evening Bee (with Sunday), per week. .100 Addresa complaints of irregularities ,n livery to City Circulating Department. OFFICES. r"mha Tha B building. Bnmh Omaha-City Hall building. C ouncil Bluffs 10 .Tearl etreet. Chicago 1640 I nlty building. New York-IP Home Lite Ins. building. Washington 1 Fourteenth street.' CORRESPONDENCE. Communication relating to newa and edi torial matter should be addresaed: Omaha Bee, Editorial Department. REMITTANCES. , . Remit by draft, xpress or postal order lavable to The Bee Publishing company. Only 2-rent atampa received aa payment ft Sail accounts. Personal check, except on maha or eastern eschannee. not accepted. THE BEE PUBLISHING COMPANY. STATEMENT Or C1RCUUATTON. State of Nebraska, Douglas County, aa: t'harlea C. Roaewater. general manager ot Tha Bee Publishing eompanv. rtng ' aworn sy that the actual number of full and complete coplea of The Dally. Morning. Fvn'ng and Bundav Tin printed during luc month of October. 1, waa aa follow: 1 30,880 17 80.838 t 30.800 If 80,830 1 30.80Q 1 81,80 4 30,730 JO 81.830 I..., 30,780 M ...31,800 31,780 t 8030 1 .,.30,300 tl.. 30.BH0 1 30,870 X 30,830 . 80.S90 II 31,870 10 30,730 18 81,410 11 30.930 IT ..81,740 !.. ........30,700 t8 ..30,870 II.. 31,060 SO ...31,800 14.. 30,300 N 30 81.110 IS 31,41)0 II ..31,110 14... 33,000 - Total '...081.330 La unaold copies..... tl.oa Net total aalea '. . 060,33? Daily average. . 30,863 General Manager. Subscribed In my presenco and aworn to before ma thla lat day of November. 1908. (Seal.) H. B. HUNQATE, Notary Public WHEH OUT or TOWH. . Sabaertbere leaving- the ally ln porarlly eboald hare The Be Mailed te (beat. Addrcaa will be hasted aa eftea aa ecatd. Secretary Taft apparently found "tha lid" at Fort Keno too hot lor comfort. ; If Havana is aiter puuucity, it will lake a census right away. Tom Coo a 4 vUltlng the Cuban capital. Now that the tuierior department has set a precedent in overruling the report ot Tarns Bixby, other Indiana may begin to hope for better things. vith average net earnings ot over fS.Soo a mile, railroads ot the United States should have difficulty in winning suits to prevent the collection ot taxeat . Mayor Schnma ueciaies he desires to face his accusers and. unless the. earthquake plays a return engage ment, he will probably be accommot dated. . - The actlou 01 uie House of Lords oo the Welsh educational bill may be h mild Invitation to the governmcut to create a number' of new peers with liberal ideas. Now that the i rausuiisslsslppl Com mercial congress has declared in favor of a merchant marine, the coast states should be willing to assist 4n improv log the rivers. - Tho weatner man is again on his good behavior and the activity in Ne braska corn fields is adding immensely to the value of tho crop and the pay roll of the state. France seems to vnave made practice maneuvers for its army coincident with the taking of church inventories, but the martial ardor ot many of its people will be dampened. The tribute Alton B. Parker paid to the memory of Justice James Wilson made it evident, to all that tho dis tinguished jurist had been dead for more. than a generation. Commander Peary says he does not intend to comment on tho plans of other explorers, but unless ho orders an airship for his next cruise his opinion of one plan will be manifest With both Germany aad America, la favor ol better trade relations, the victory in tug of war over tho new treaty will probably go to tho one who can best exist without the other's prod ucts. ' The lawyers are moving for a higher standard of education in their profes sion. This is in the right direction. Tho move for a higher ethical standard would also be a step forward tor tha lawyers. "Why not negotiate a settlement?" inquires the organ of the Omaha Water board in debating the Omaha water supply predicament. Verily, light Is beginning to penetrate to some of the dark place ot Omsha. Now thft tho I'Miiioads are to tet the validity of the order abolishing rails ay mileage lu exchange for ud verttsing. it is apparent that the .-ttat k on the new rate law is to be made a'tong the line of least resistauce. The wall ot the legislative halls at Lincoln may go through another ses siou ot .oratory snd actlou without be ing redecorated, but It Is much better hat they ehould thau that the state should be called iij.on to make a profit able wlndup for the year's business of a decorating firm. The reverie motion of tho State Board of Public 1-eurt and DutUii l this rase uoiks veil. NKBRAfKA Jt Ay K LBS' BEFTtMCKT' Tho Nebrsska- flankers' association by it discussions and action on the currenry' question' shows conservatism and finiind judgment. The termi nology of the resolution hardly ex press completely ' the 1ndinpotiIt.Ion to go the full length ot the plan for emergency bank note issues adopted and recommended by the committee of the National Bankers' association, but the purpose Is apparent enough and represents banking sentiment not only in this state, but very generally throughout the west and the south. It is certainly significant that tho trend ot opinion among western bankers touch ing credit money at this time ahould be so distinctly conservative as against arduous effort in eastern centers to remove restraints upon currency vol ume. ' In those centers great banking Interests are concerned and extensively implicated in capitalizing the enormous profits, present and prospective, from the unparalleled industrial activity of the whole country, dealing with net results of universal enterprise, so that there are concentrated in acutest form promotion, combination and manipula tion, all stimulating speculation to highest tension. Western banking energies, there fore, are mainly occupied directly with actual productive ' operations in in dustry and trade, while in the great eastern centers, on the contrary, they are under tremendous stress of specu lation, grading off into hazardous capi talization and flotations. As the west baa been accumulating with astonish ing rapidity a surplus loan fund, which through the spring and summer is more drawn to New York and the east for fruitful deposit, and as in the fall such balances are called back to finance crop and other concurrent needs, speculative commitments there neces sarily cause severe strain for cash. This, largely,-is the reason why the big eastern bankers are so anxious and clamorous for currency inflation facili ties, whether in the form of a central bank of issue or of emergency note emissions. It is, on the other hand, ' also the reason why western bankers, dealing with solid conditions, more than ever want sound money and. Desirable as a genuine currency elasticity is, are indisposed under guise of providing for it to lot down the bars to mere in flation for speculative necessities. Translated Into their true meaning, the Nebraska bankers' resolutions are simply a declaration that while they favor a system verily rendering the currency responsive to geduine busi ness needs of the whole country, they are not ready to accept the plan, orig inating and urged so strenuously from the east, as embodying under existing conditions such a system. Discussion in other states may be expected to develop further the fact that there ia a. vast volume of banking sentiment to the " same effect. ThW fact was, indeed, apparent at the St. Louis meeting of the Rational Bank ers' association, which did cot dare at tempt directly to reach agreement upon a basis for currency amendment. MB- BRYAN AT KANSAS C1TT. . Mr. Bryan at Kansas City appeared in his fixed character of a rhetorician and lecturer dealing in orotund tones with abstractions and generalities, rather than with the living world ot practical affairs. He naturally, there fore, had infinitely more to say on .the vague resolution which he offered on trusts than on the notable achieve ments and . arduous struggle now in progress to abate and prevent the actual evils of great conspiracies in restraint of trade, and he made not a solitary definite contribution to aid the real work along. No ono denies tho value of the agita tor, but on the other hand the value of even the agitator is dependent upon the point he has to present. Mr. Bryan continues to talk while the country is doing, and his speech before the Trans- mlsslssippi congress betrays little sign ot consciousness of the great work that has been accomplished and is going forward. Tho executive authorities and tho courts everywhere, state and national, are every day bending their energies with marked success to en force the laws against trust and monoply abuses, and wherever there la a legislature earnest men are sweat ing to carry out public demand for bitter laws. . In brief, it must have struck dis cerning men among his hearers as not a little singular that Mr. Bryan, who has been talking continuously so many years, and presumably pondering, had nothing to offer but a resolution upon whose substance everybody there and elsewhere was already resolved. UtJW TO PCIL rOWOOjubO. Much talk is going around In Omaha about pulling for a population cf 200, 000 in the census ot 1910. There are several ways In which we can pull for 200,000, and to reach tho goal must pull at all of the strings at the same time. ' In the first place, Omaha must not only keep up the natural rate of popu latlon increase, but draw new popula tlon from the ouUide. The way to draw new population ia by making the city more attractive as a place ot reel denco and furnishing remunerative en ployment tor more bands. , Tho new employment must come through new mills, new factories, new jobbing houses and new. building operation and the expansion of those we already have here. Another vital factor must be found in the inducements offered for tho in veatmeut ot capital a, compared with rival cities In approximately the same NUti. This Is Ittrgeiy the question of jiaxiilloo, or ryatouabU 1ojibo rales and 'of cheap power. To maintain a city of metropolitan pretensions and keep up our municipal activities the city must have a growing revenue, and the way to provide this without .unduly burdening Individual property owners Is by" wiping out, the rank discrimina tion by which the railroad terminals are now enabled to escape city taxes completely. Still, anotbec and necessary way to pull for 200,000 is by the consolida tion under one city government ot all the peopled area which really forms a single Community with a unity of busi ness and social Interests. That means that we must by 1910 abolish the im aginary line that separates Omaha from South Omaha. We have too much duplication of governmental ma chinery now. We must try to sim plify and systematize the city, county and school governments ot Omaha, South Omaha and Douglas county as well. " ' By pulling together on all of these strings we can reach 200,000 by 1910 and yhasten ' the advent of Greater Omaha by many years. EDITORS' MtlEAOE VNDKR TBS LAW. The litigation which ia to be carried on behalf of the associated newspapers of Illinois to the supreme court of . the United States to annul the ruling ot the Interstate Commerce commission, that advertising must be paid in money and cot in services, will, of course, determine the technical point under the new national rate law. but. the editors seem to have misconceived the practical effect of the ruling, assuming lhar it forbids business methods and customs which do not necessarily come within Its purview. The central purpose of the commis sion is to prevent transportation dis criminations, that being the very essence of . the whole movement for public control, and Its ruling was, therefore, aimed to prevent newspaper mileage from- being abused, as it no toriously has been, to evade that pur pose. The press has been the most pronounced Advocate of the equal rights policy, and in the matter of fare it will neither ask nor expect to pay less than other travelers pay. On that assumption, the. question raised by the commission's construction of the law, however the courts decide, is not ono ot vital importance to newspaper pub lishers. The marrow of the argument for the Illinois editors, indeed, demonstrates this fact, for if It be merely a questlon whether the railroad shall hand the publisher his pay on performed con tract directly in mileage, or pre cisely the same valtfo in money, which may be instantly transmutable into mileage, then the whole matter is merely one of form so far as he Is con cerned, although the form may be vastly important to public interest.! Moreover, it does not appear that the commission's ruling requires material difference In the method of stating mu tual credits, which has heretofore ob tained between the roads and publish ers where they have been on a legiti mate cash basis, or any serious incon- venienco to either. , ' The regulation under the new law vill, however, go far to cut off from vicious privilege a multitude ot fakers, der.o beats, pretended newspaper men and schemers of all sorts, who have 1 motor. Buoyancy being attained, the great long practically enjoyed transportation ! est, apparent difficulty seems to have been that was as free as it was undeserved. And to the extent that it is thus effec tive it should be welcomed by legiti mate newspaper men above all others. especially as the abolition of the free pass will cause free pass fiends to concentrate and redouble their efforts to maintain the old abuse througn any loophole that may be lert open for evasion. Nebraska bankers have placed them-' selves squarely in opposition to the currency plan suggested by the Amerl-; can Bankers' association. In this as in other matters of life, when the doc tors disagree it is going to place the layman In a very awkward position as regards decision. The outcome will probably bo a continuance of the pres ent currency system. At best thevlla complained of affoct principally those who can bear them best, and tho great general public would know little of a currency shortage were it not for the periodic wail from Wall street. . It may be, therefore, Nebraska bankers are the nearest to the right. '. The do-nothing Water board prom ises to some time make a reply to the offer of President Woodbury of the water company. The tenor of this re ply is to some extent forecasted by the public utterances of members of the board and indicates a counter proposi tion. In the meantime Omaha and South Omaha both suffer from short age of water and the continued menace of a complete cessation of supply such as occurred during the week. Douglas county's legislative delega tion has agreed to push certain mat ters lu the way of new laws needed for the relief of the county. In this, if in no other particular, the people ot Douglas county will reap the benefit ot 'electing a solid republican delega tion. Harmony of purpose and action is bcund to bring results. The asphalt paving that was not done in Omaha during the list summer may possibly be achieved' next year. The cumbersome methods now ,-in vogue for securing pavements have left much needed Improvement , uu done, but there is a reasonable assur ance that the delay of 106 ill fa the activity for 1907. It is comforting to notice (hat the Union Pacific, at least, was not In cluded in tUa Chicago agreement 10 curtail improYcnienyf. The great Overland rotito will go steadily ahead making the extensions necessary for the accommodation of Its tremendous traffic. Whatever else msy be ssld of Mr..HarrIman and his staff, they be lieve in keeping their great system of isllroads'ln readiness to handle the business that comes-to thc-m.- In rejecting the suggestion of W. J. Bryan . the resolutions committee of the Transmisslsslppi congress waa evi dently not so much opposed to the Ideas presented, as desirous of center ing the efforts of the organization, upon matters of Immediate material Interest to the- west. - - - - Discussion at the Transmississiopl congress covered a wide range, but not as wide as that of western enterprise. "Trapping; Territorial Jo ok. rittrtmrn; Dispatch. That scheme to trade off the Philippines for Newfoundland and JamaJcA Is all right as a plan to enable each country to get rid of what It does not want, but It haa the drawback of giving It Jut the same thing. Earalaa; Their Salarlea. Washington Tost. Rather ' than return any part of their salaries because It haa not been earned, the rest of the congressmen will work hard dtirlna; the session Introducing;' bills that .will, never, gat farther than the com mittee room. Locating; the Blame In Iot a, Chicago Record-Herald. Secretary Shaw will In a few weeks be free to devote all his time to the business of finding out just who waa to blame for the cloeeness of; the vote In Iowa. Thore are rumors from Washington that he haa auaplclona which are almost atartling in their nature. folonel Bryan'a Predicament. Kansaa City Journal. The declaration of Mr. Hearst that he will not again be a candidate for office doesn't lessen Colonel Bryan's regard for him in the least. . If M'. Henrsf simply won't have the presidential nomination, why, then. Colonel Rryan will have to make other arrangements, that's all. Patriotism on an Office Baala. Philadelphia Press. It begins to lpok aa If the adjustment of matters in Cuba would not be quite aa easy aa rolling off a log. It Is pretty hard to deal with people whose patriotism haa to be bought with cash or offices. The more they get the more they lov their country, and If they ge,t nothing they don't love It at all. Rebatlna- Xo Logger a Joke. Chloago Chronicle. From an amused and rather contemptuous grin the expression on the Sugar trust countenanco ia becoming one of pain and surprise. It was diverting to have a fine of a few hundred dollars Imposed In a re bating case, but when a trial results in the imposition of .J6,000 fines the joke becomes more difficult to discern. "In the present state- of public feeling It is im possible to defend rebate cases," said the learned and high-priced attorney for a rail road company the other day.' In other words, juriea have got Into the habit of enforcing the law.. The circumstance is encouraging. , . TO CO AS THE BIRDS CJU. Approach of .the Firing Era, Accord." Inar to Enthusiasts. . Philadelphia Record. To produce a flying machine that will lift Itself bas been the dream of Inventors. There la now a general belief that we are Upon the verge of realization and that we may within a few yeaia go about from place to place as the birds do. This belief is not only shared by enthusiasts, but by some students of . aeronautics whose opinions carry groat weight. It has been demonstrated that a machine heavier than the air In which It floats can be made to lift itself and move forward under the Im- pulse of propulsion provided by lta own surmounted. The preservation of balance and the power of guidance In the direction desired are problems of less difficulty. The ability to move about In the air from place to place at will and at any consider- able speed would bring about such changes as defy the Imagination to conceive. It woijld revolutionize the processes of both ; peace and war. It would probably go far 19 prevent wars by adding so greatly to the means of destructlva assault What army or navy town or city could be suc- cessfully defended against an attack from the clouds? It would aolve the problem ot rapid transit by making air line movement possible. And how would the air be policed? What surprise parties there would be when every owner of a flying machine might undertake . to play the part of Asmodcus! But It ia too soon to speculate. For the present we must be content to walk or ride about on terra firm a as best MILI.E1IVM SY MAC-UIXERY. ( all-nack" Method of Kcrplna; Ofllce Holders Btrala-kf. , Brooklyn Eagle. We are accustomed to think of municipal corruption aa a growth fastening upon the government of large cities only. In fact, tbinga are ao bad In Dea Moines, Is,, that an ingenious citizen haa prepared a bill for the Incoming legislature to make Iowa offlclala honest by machinery. The chief feature of this plan la the "callback," which Is not new, but haa never been ap plied in quite the wholesale and thorough going way which thla Iowan proposes. The commissioners In charge of the city departments are .to.be elected. Instead of appointed by the mayor, ui with us. But If, sfter a commissioner's election, the people suspect that, be is dishonest, he may h removed on the appeal of 10 per cent of . the votera who elected him. Then the removed' commissioner becomea a candidate for the same office at toe nsxt city election, unless he declines to run. That election thus becomes a great popular court to try the charges against the official. If he be Te-electsd. that , serves not merely as a vindication, but as a bar to the rhsrges on which tha appeal for bis resignation was base,') That sort .of appeal to the people by cfDMals under fire has alwsya been com mon; but If the public feeling runs high against a rfin, th managers of his party frequently refuse to give him a place on the ticket, ao that he Is retired to private life, without any chance to state his side of the cee to the Voters. The Iowa ld- gives to tha man under fire the right to run again, unless he expressly declines to d6 o. With that provision, a failure to run again Is a plea of guilty. The man who lnsints upon hln innocence has every chance to establish It by taking the whole transaction before the voters. Another provision of this proposed law Is that apprcprlatlona for public Improve. merits proposed by commissioners must be rtfi-ired to the voters for approval before the nione,y can be spent. Thnt Is expected to break tha hold of favorite contractors Both Ideas have the rit c f keeping the details of govvrnment constantly before the voters, but the rial guaranty of a high standard of piabllc honenty In a ciiy hlb lUcdtra cf privats honesty. OTIIRR I.A!ria Tll OIR. Californla is not by any means an Iso lated Instance of rooted opposition to ori ental Immigration. The sentiment Is racial and world-wide. The Inhabitants of British Columbia have won their fight agnlnst tha Immigration of British subjects from Brit ish India, practically reversing the poHjr of the Imperial government. Early this year l.ern East Indians arrived In British Columbia and 2,nno more are said to be on their way to that province at the present time. The emphatic protests against the Introduction of this form of coolie labor have compelled the Dominion government to promise legislation restricting tho Immi gration at the coming" session. Canada will thus follow the example ot Australia and raise the bare against the inhabitants of another part of the British empire. Equally significant Is the total failure of coo'.lo la bor Imported Into South Africa to work In the mines. An official Investigation Into the conditions there resulted in a shocking scandal. ,The secretary of the colonial office stated In Parliament that ths government would not print the document giving the result of the Inquiry because It was not printable, but some portions of it, at least, seem to have been made public without au thority, and the morality of the British people has been shocked. The colonial sec retary atated In the House of Lords that the evidence was of a character to forbid any addition to the Chinese labor now em ployed In South Africa. The inference Is that those now there will be permitted to serve out their time and be returned. j La Stamps, a journal of Milan usually well Informed, on Vatican topics, prints an Interesting Interview with Dr. Lapponl, the pope's physician, which haa a significant bearing upon the conflicting stories regard ing the health of the holy father recently cabled to this country. Dr. Lapponl declares that by his express orders the papal audiences must b prac tically abolished for some time to come. Plus X's health, although generally good, il.iiit4i tnm, ...ii.n. nt; corporal infirmity and recurrent gout at tacks. The superhuman burden of the pa pacy In proving too severe a strain, and the Vatican gardens are far from being an Ideal health resort for him. Dr. Lapponl confirms that Plus X Is suf fering Intensely from lack of sympathy and co-operation from the cardinals of tho. Sa cred college, and adds: "Leo XIII had a host of cardinals ever roady to aid him, whereas Plus X remains, one may say. Isolated. He reads the principal Journals more attentively,' per haps, than his statesman predecessor, and he abuses bis energies by his per sistent all-seeing oversight over the least details affecting the vast Internal admin-, Istration of the Vatican palace and the dlvera Roman' congregations, while his memory Is eternally taxed In recalling the precedents of his predecessor. When so unwell that he ought to be in bed. Pius X is hardly persuaded to .take repose In the commodious armchair recently made for blm'wlth a writing table alongside, and a devoted young chamberlain ever within call of his bell." Japan, uaod to be one of the cheapest countries to reside or travel in. If we may believe a Yokohama correspondent of the Munich Allgomelne Zeitung, It Is now one of the most expensive. Hotels, food, clothing everything a tourist needs haa gone up in price enormously since the war. An Imported 6-cent cigar costs 25. thanks to import duty and tobacco monopoly. Jinrlksha men have adopted the methods of American cabman. What surprised thla correspondent still more was a phenomenon which . made him head hia article, "The Dorado of Pickpockets." A doien foreign ers were sitting around a table In a club house the other day. One of tham re marked that hia pocketbook bad Just beeu stolen." Nqtca were compared, and It waa found that of the dozen every one had been a victim of pickpockets. These gen try, to get at pocketbooks, do not hesitate to make a cut In the garment. The police do not concern themselves with them ordi narily. That they know who they are waa proved on the occasion of a recent parade ordered by the mikado. On the day preced ing It a large number ot pickpockets were Jailed, the result being that very little pilfering occurred, despite the exceptional crowding In the streets. Some of the Russian .newspapers observed on November 1 tha anniversary of the granting to Russia ot the so-called con-.! . . . . . e. . suiuuon oy looting up ior tne year the terrible roll of deaths by violence. Incoro- J Plete th fures must be. since only a por- tlon ot the. actual facts found their way to the newspapers; yet the total of 24.239 deaths la riots or at the banda of the ex ecutioner, la enough to make the world stand aghast. No less than 22,721 persons are known to have perished In pogroms, riots, conflicts with the authorities, punitive expeditions. That this is only a part of the bloody record appears from the fact that hundreds, . If not thousands, of the massacred Jews were never accounted for. Official executions dispose of 1.518 human lives, and thus proved beyond dispute how useless Is capital punishment as a deter rent when a, whole nation Is aroused. Of the political agitators, Sol were given penal sentences, oggrcgutlng 7,13$ years. In the effort to control public opinion 623 news papers and reviews were suppressed, and 647 editora prosecuted. During tho year. thirty-one provinces were wholly, and forty-alx partially, under exceptional laws (state of siege or war, etc). To these figures tha Btrana adds, that during the past twelve months there were 1,(29 agrarian riots, while 183 secret printing offices and 150 depots of arms were dis covered, containing thousands of rlUes and revolvers, tons of powder and explosives, and several machine guns. Bombs to the number of ill were thrown at officials, while no less than 1,(55 armed burglarlea were reported. France will soon have a special insti tute for Ihe study of cancer similar to the Imperial Cancer Research Fund In Eng land, arid 'corresponding institutions In Germany and the United States. In an im portant paper read at the Paris Academy of Medicine, Dr. Polrler recalled the fact that a league for combating cancer waa founded In France In 1892, of which the celebrated Burgeon Verneull waa the prin cipal member, but that after doing good work It ceased to exist, owing to lack of support. He then proposed the establish ment of an Organization to unte the ef forts tt inquirers in France, furnish them with materials and help them to carry on their labora. Dr. Henri 'da Rothschild at once banded over a check for $21,000 as a contribution to the funds of the. new league agafhat cancer. In the same pa. per, Dr.- Polrler dwelt upon the Im portance and increasing success of early surgical Intervention. During the past quarter of a century, he said, the per centage of those cures has, according to statistics, risen from 20 to 40 per cent. Since 1901 he hlmsalf haa performed, thirty-two operations for cancer cf the tongue, mostly la an advanced stuge, and in t. condition usually regarded as hopeless. His method consists chiefly in the com plete ezerclse of the lymphatic ganglions on both sides. Out of tWfnty-sevfn oases there were eight recoveries which prum le to be permanent. ' Tkt Simplicity of l.rr.lum. 81 Iui !uuljjr. Instead of telling his trouble, tu ,h lolierrnan, Caruso cables hln troubl,.? with tii- rxill'-emsn to the king cf lisb. n.h I la tha titnpUclty of ciaauiaee. NONE BETTER MADE .e.aV7 ' 'v 4 i : I'!.; i,i 1 rOLITICAl, DHIFT. Ths last election cost the Empire state l3 000 0i0 ' ' ,', ' , . . ., . . , . it TIs an III wind that blows nolwty good." Think of what the boys In the trenches got out of Hearst s campeum fund. When the amount of free advertising is computed at space rates It will be found thRt Mr. Hearst received extraordinary value for his campaign coin. Senator Platt of New York glvea it out cold that he Is not In a resigning mood. Meanwhile the gTeat Empire state holds Its nose and vents lta wrath In vain, while the rest of the sisterhood gives It a hoarse laugh. Mayor E. Clay Tlmanus of Baltimore has officially announced that he will be a camlldate for re-election next spring. The mayor has been a champion of right In the interest of the people and a foe to graft and corrupt practices. Inquisitive people in Pittsburg want to know who got the ITCOr put up for a cer street railway franchise. When the nnger or suspicion points to an aiaerman ne assumes an air of injured lnnocencw and - - .. .. . . . . nairmurs, oearcn me. Critics of the Cubans struggling for oftlca appear to overlook a similar tendency among people of the United States. Cuba's bunch of hungry patriots would not make a fair side show for the grand aggregation hiking for Washington whenever a change of administration occurs. Mr. Crolter asseverates that the defeat of Hearst for the New York governorship was tho direct act of God. "That may be true," says the Chicago Chronicle, "but we confess to a desire to see Mr. Croker's credentials as tho mouthpiece of Omnipo tence." I1IGH-TAXED Ll.Yl RIES. Millions Seat Abroad for Various on Esaeatlala. Baltimore American. Imported luxuries, according to the tabu- lations of the bureau of statistics of the Department of Commerce and Labor, have . , . ... , . , cost the people of this country during the current year $100,000,000. If imported to- bacco and cigars be Included In the claaslfl- t.'" luxuries the total Is raised to $12a,000,ooo. Automobiles and diamonds to- gether have drafted for about $50,000,000 and 140 ono OiO went for lac r (vm nnn . ana S40,ow).tio went for laces, $7,000,000 for learners ana hmw.uai tor champagne. There are many reflections to be drawn out by. this luxurious showing, the thought, ner- baps, which most quickly arises being that I with a nation Which payc so much for Its finery and for what goes up In smoke prosperity must truly bo a condition, and not a theory. It Is of -interest to note that those who use the luxuries contribute In high ratio to paying the running expenses of the gov- ernment. Every luxury on the list pays a high-rate Import tax. Diamonds, for in- stance, when cut and set, pay SO per cent tax on the valuation; silk laces pay the. same rate; Jewelry pays also 60 per cent ad valorem; Champagne in quart bottles pays $8 pr dozen and cigars and cigarettes pay. $4.50 per pound and 25 per cent addl- tlonal ad valorem. Taking $125,000,000 as the custom houee valuation of the tm- ported luxuries and GO per cent on the as- 1 ' sessed value as the avunnn tax tha In,. rrtedJT,r'l8 Tl"'0 th8 nat,0nU treasury this year $,u,000.000. A decade ago. or in 1W6, the total ex- penditures for the articles classed as lux- urles In the foregoing enumeration was only $51,000,000. There may possibly be rea- sons that are not easily dlscernable to ao count for the enormous Increase In this class of Importations, but evidently the generally prevailing prosperity of the coun- try must be accepted as the chief explana- ' .1 . Browning, King k Co ORIGINATORS AND SOLE MAKERS tt IALP SIZES IN CLOTHING. Fine Furnishings Our store is the headquarters for Fine Furnish ings. Everything new and up-to-date is to be found here. We arc showing a handsome line of plaited and bosom shirts from $1.50 to $3.00- All our new holiday neckwear is now ready for vour inspection, 50 to $2.00. , Our lice of Fancy Vests is the largest we have ever shown, Ask to see our B., K. & Co. Special $1.00 Glove. Fifteenth and iiniininc .sc - r roadway at Xad Street iVXTiV A PIANO FOR XMAS! Music Smooths Out the Wrinkles of the Strenuous Life. WHV NOT? Why not kill two birds with one stone; supply ths gift-receiving happiness you must supply at Cbrlstmastlde and put Into your home the piano that must come, sooner or later? NOW! Now Is the time to select the Chrlrns piano. Our floors sie fairly teeming with the largest and finest display of beautiful in struments t-ver broiiK'ht into our store. TKX IH)I.1,AIIS hKMW ONE IIOMK. ' .VOO IVr Month Hiryu a UOO I'iuno. Other Uiargf K.KMI. A, II0SPE CO., 1513 DovfjlaLS Si. r NONE BETTER KNOWN Just the Best Fur Coats Mad That's Jilt Aik the bet, dealer you know. II ha won't how rod write to u and we will diredt you to one who will McKiI)biaDrisco&Dors(y. Fur Manufacturers) SAINT PAUL. MINNESOTA tlon for the enormously Increased expendW turcs for diamonds, champagnes and laces. J Mny Americans hesldo thosn who aro wealthy wear diamonds. Aa a matter of f"'"! 'be diamond Is in this country a gem i of exceedingly wide distribution, and lncos also are In general and not an exclusively particular demand. But the government very wisely nssumes that those who will have these fine things must pay a little out of proportion for battleships and othor Items listed In the annual budget of gov ernment expenditures. The only way to , doJg, the tarlfr on iuxur,. 8 t eschew the luxuries. lOITEI I'1,KAATRIF.X. I "In Farmer Oreen'B barnyard, profewr, you will find a remarkable nntural pin-, nomenon two birds In one." ; "Ton don't say so! Whit are they?" "A rooster and a crow." Baltimore Amer ican. "Ha! ha! ha!" screamed Ranter In the dungeon scene, "I nm mart, mart, rfiml!" "I'll bet." snorted a man In the gnllerv, "you ain't near' as mad as us fellows that paid to get lo." Philadelphia press. I ,."T1 r Oi .1.1.. i. .. . , .1 , .... I inwr, in. cijuhj unr u '. .-, ; Diri'w - i "Whv. he bought a barrel of old sermons hn1. charged to the church. - "Have you notlc-d any Increase in the cost of living during tho past year cr two?" "Hare I? Well, our twins are 11 months old." Chicago Record-Herald. Shade of Lear Honest, oM mnn, were you really mad' Shade of Hnnilot 1'nrned If I know! I never face&,a Jury. Puck "Do you know what kind of a dress thnt railroad president's daughter is going to wear at her wedding?'" "No: but I suppose It will be cut en tralne." "Yes," said tho specialist to the portly raller, "you are at least 100 pounds too heavy. If .you follow ray directions I can guarantee to reduce vour flesh fifty pounds Inside -of three months." "But I don't want my flesh reduced," an swered the caJler. Irritablv. "All I want is to get rid of this superfluous fat." 1 nlfkpr":Tl!e oh"? ,".JatL"C ,0 niB"' Bocker Not much; the baby who rouses Mhe net hborhocxi at night becomes the mnn who takes his shoes off so as not to wake ,1,B wife. New York Sun. Mr. Nowed-You darling! You look good enough to etl Mrs. Nuwed (rapturously) Oh. Charlie! Now come out Into the kitchen. I want to pnow you ft cake x mao lnl, afternoon.- Somerville Journal. . CBAXDMA'I Pl'SIPKIM PIES. Sometimes we go a-visitln' . 1..?ea my f ranama near; of all the whole long yoar! i - . Iti",JI""t,y on ThnnkBgivIn' day. An' the belt ol ! all bt Tdanoy Things, I grandma's pumpkin plu! Ma ' f hB rnnA 1 11 go to heaven some day- Ai' it'll be so beautiful " ways warn, io nay, She says It doesn't matten then How much you ever eat, TvouV hafd 'if 'always' nt""' s4was meet. 'Nd all the things you've liked on earth .'V1 p.,ut...on 1Bhe11- If you go nd help yourself. 1 uVlrKd.CIofraaounghnu7'nnra i An' wlwn you've ate your pockets full. 1 Why why Just go in again. .vM vo,.r iMr tw-. i, . An' tarta 'nd crullers, too- T,,e bestest kind of cookln" " " WB,un lner Ior But if they ask me what's my choice What I like best, you sea, I'iVgo)d'eio,ru7hdfIl?' mSl"nPkla P'e" Omaha. ANNELLAH.nTT.Mnnt: 0?.5AIIA NEB. I aetary. Cm per Sejawra) HOW MUCH? Just figure for a moment. Uow much are you going to pay out for small gifts this year? Quite a sum. Isn't it? Now, suppose you pay half that sum to us ss a first pay ment on a piano? You have parted with less ready cash and have saved hours of worry and shop ping by providing for Christmas in one transaction. A PIANO! A gift, not for the day alone, but a companion for the eais to come. Not altogether an individual pres ent, but an enjoyment to the homo and ail who cross Its threshold.