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    THE OMAHA DAILY BEEi SATURDAY, JANUARY
5,
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STATEMENT OP CIRCULATION.
Stats of Nebraska, Douglaa County, :
Charles C. Rosewatef, general manager
of The Be Publishing company, being duly
worn. say that the actual number of full
nd complete coplee of The Dally, Morning,
Evening and Sunday Bee printed during th
month of December, 1908, wa a follow:
17 M.I70
II. ... 81.T80
If 1,T60
to 38,870
tl 31,880
12 31,100
ai so,soo
24 81,710
25 81,800
2. ....... aa,iao
27 11,770
21 81,810
t 81,880
20 10,900
II... 81,810
TotaU .
.988,380
. 8,841
Lea unsold and returned cople,
Net total 978,149
Dally average 81,391
CHARLES C. ROSEWATER.
Oeneral Manager.
Subscribed in my presence and sworn to
before mo this SJst day of December. 1904.
(Seal.) M. B. HUNOATE,
Notary Public.
'WHEN OCT Or TOWN,
i Sabserlbers leavlaa th city teas
porarlly . shoald have Th Bo
mailed to them. Address will
changed aa often a reqaested.
As long as the coal supply is short
a sympathetic strike of firemen would
create little sympathy for them any
where. The church situation In France Is so
nearly approaching a "stalemate" that
a new plan of operation should - be
opportune.-
When river traffic Is reopened on the
Missouri the position of collector of the
port, at Omaha may not be so much of
8 sinecure.
Rents are going up-In Omaha. Even
Uncle Sam is raising his rents by in
creasing the prices charged for use of
boxes In the poatolfic.
' With the exit of Governor Mickey
from the executive mansion the
"Down-and-Out club" has added a new
j recruit to Its membership.
; With the passing of "Java ami
' , Mocha" Brazil and Mexlco'will receive
1''f,redit due them as producers of coffeo
long ascribed to the orient.
; , ;. Despite his pardon record. Governor
. Mickey's note on the Llllle case shows
- that he sometimes favors long sen-
tenees, for he put 115 words into one.
';. That Mississippi sheriff who failed
t to hear the commutation of a negro's
Sentence until after the man was
nanged must be a candidate for re
election. Some legislators may consider the
demand for a "square deal" but a
fleeting phenomenon, but they will
hardly find It safe to vote on this sup
position. . Now that Russian reactionaries have
acquired the bomb-throwing habit
- Americans will not feel so much re--morse
when forced to sympathize with
bomb-throwing revolutionists.
In deciding that .the South Dakota
V railroad commission has power to con
trol express companies, Judge Carland
of the federal court gives a valuable
- "tip" to the Nebraska legislature.
After the Interstate Commerce com
. mission has Investigated the block
signal system people may learn Just
how much of the system Is of tangible
i benefit and how much depends on faith.
1 The fact that Japan Is replenishing
j Us store of high explosives may mean
; coining to America, but European ob
j servers still insist that the American
ship of state should bold its storm sails
ready.
5 ' As it will be, ten day before E. H
Harrlman can testify before the Inter-
state Commerce commission, the com
missioners may as well call the maga
I tine muck-rakers and secure the facts
7 In the case.
- It will not take long before all the
corporation standbys In both houses of
the Nebraska legislature Identify
themselves by lining up on the cor
portion side of different questions as
they arise. When tbojare fully known
' the conscientious lawmaker will do
well to keep out of their company.
Congress may be Impotent to enact
a valid fellow servant law under Its
Interstate commerce powers, but no one
question! the authority of legislature
'of each state to enact valid fellow
servant laws under their general po
era. The Evans decision will be no ex
cuse tor Inaction on this subject on the
1 -! of the several tUU
1 81,870
1 80,800
1 81,810
4 81,710
1 81,700
81,60
7... 81,880
I. ........ 88,080
80,830
It 81,750
11 39,180
II 88,080
II 31,880
14 31,890
li 89,170
J 80,400
nfKjrs PAHTixa pardoh.
Governor Mickey baa flntsheQ an un
paralleled record of pardon, commu
tations and paroles by the elerenth
hour pardon of Mrs. Lena Llllle, under
sentence of Imprisonment for life for
the. murder of her husband. In the
ease of Mrs. LI! He the governor 8t least
fits followed the forms of law. tie re
quired the application for pardon to
be regularly made and set a day for
publlo hearing at which argument
were presented by those who bettered
her guilty a well as those who" be
lieved her Innocent ' In the Llllle 'case
there Is, by reason of conflicting evi
dence, unquestionably room for doubt
as to her guilt and 'reasonable 'cer
tainty of a prejudiced public sentiment
that prevented the fair and Impartial
trial to which every person accused of
crime Is entitled. In such a case It Is
for tne governor to review the evidence
and the circumstances and to exercise
his best judgment, which, if honestly
and conscientiously exercised, is not to
be lightly Impugned.
The pardon of Mrs. Llllle, however,
must not be confounded with the
utterly Inexcusable pardons, com
mutations and paroles- distributed
by Governor Mickey to hardened
and desperate criminals convicted
without the shadow of doubt of
henlous offenses which make them
dangerous to society. The wholesale
liberation of ' penitentiary inmates,
not only by public pardon after open
hearing, but through the back door of
secret commutation and parole, would
call for unmeasured condemnation un
der any condition and deserves a still
sterner rebuke under the suspicious
circumstances that have surrounded
some of Governor Mickey's manifesta
tions of clemency. One Justified par
don affords- no palliation for the per
version of the parole law that hands
professional crooks over to a livery
stable colonel on the governor's staff
for reformation or sends them out to
practical peonage from which they
seek relief by voluntary return to the
penitentiary.
8ALARY OK AB TRICKS.
Whatever may be said pro and con
regarding the proposal to Increase con
gressmen's salary 60 per . cent, the
scheme to manipulate its enactment
through the agency of the senate, over
the ostensible opposition of the house,
Is discreditable to many members of
the tatter body, who are reliably re
ported to have been actively but
stealthily, promoting It The manly
thing for a member" of the house who
conscientiously believes ,in such in
crease aa a matter of justice and public
policy, even though It might be un
popular, would be to go squarely on
the record in favor of it. If, on the
contrary, for any reason, he records
his vote .against It, consistency as well
as manliness requires that he should
likewise stand his grounds
This identical salary increase propo
sition was voted down In the house by
a .large majority before the holiday
adjournment, not a few negative votes
being cast by members who, though
personally favoring the measure.
feared to vote for it. If, as reported,
some of them have entered into a cabal
to procure its passage nevertheless by
throwing the responsibility onto the
senate, it is to be hoped that body will
not lend itself to such trickery. The
suspicion excited already by these
evasive and insincere maneuvers is
strong enough to dispose of the sub
ject, at least until it can be brought
forward and dealt with openly and
above board.
STANDARD OIL WDTCTMKtfTS.
The ruling of Judge Landls in the
United States court at Chicago, sustain
ing the Standard Oil Indictments, vin
dicates the validity of the Elklns law
as to all offenses against its provisions
committed prior to the time when the
rate law became effective, although
prosecutions may not have been in
stituted till after that time. The saving
of this point, which was so skillfully
attacked by the defendant's attorneys,
was vital to punishment of rebate and
other violations not only by the Oil
trust, but also by all other offenders,
against whom proceedings were not
pending when the act amendatory of
the interstate commerce law passed by
congress at its last session went on the
statute book. In comparison with the
immunity which a contrary ruling by
Judge Landls in the oil cases would
have conferred; that of Judge Hum
phrey's ruling In the Beef trust cases
would pale into insignificance.
' Fortunately Judge Landls is able to
plant himself on an act passed in 1871
which saves the government from the
position in which, under the common
law, It would be placed by the pro
visions of the new rate law and the
circumstances of its enaotment as to
past offenses under the Elklns law,
which It modified. The obvious and
notorious purpose of the new law was
to strengthen the old, adding Imprison
ment to One for rebate violations, but
without expressly providing that the
old penalties should stand for offenses
under the old law. The act of 1871
provides that old. penarjlej shall stand
for such offenses unless expressly re
pealed by the new.
While the point will be appealed,
the reasoning of Judge Landls is so
cogent and the necessity 4of the act' of
1871' ibV which It Is mainly based so
apparent that there should be little
chance of reversal by the supreme
court. The Oil trust and other flagrant
offenders, ' not being permitted " to
escape as the Beet i-v.st defendants
did on mere technical evasions, must
then meet the true issue, as to guilt
under the multitude of Indictments
that have been brought and the still
greater number that may yet be
brought under the Elklns law
While the imprisonment pcnalt;
cannot be inflicted upon its officers and
agents, the aggregate of fines for re
bate offenses. If proven, would be
enormous. Moreover, successful crim
inal prosecutions cannot fall to pro
duce evidence ayaiUbJe to the govern
ment in proceedings under the Sher
man law of 1890 against the Standard
Oil as a trade' conspiracy. And what
that trust fears not less under existing
conditions Is the publicity as to Its
character and . operations that must
follow the trials under the Indictments
now sustained.
ADVASCIXa PUBLIC COHTBOL.
The exultation of large corporation
interests affected by congressional ac
tion concerning Interstate commerce
over the decisions of Judges Evans and
McCall Is premature, it Is by no
means assured that the principle of
those decisions, a strict Instead of a
liberal construction of the constitu
tional "power to regulate commerce
between states,'1 will be affirmed upon
review by the eupreme court of the
United States.
But the rulings do initiate a process
of most serious significance for such
corporations, inasmuch as the result
will be certain and conclusive Judicial
definition of the constitution, the lack
of which has for decades baffled the
efforts of the people to secure remedies
for transportation abuses. The earlier
attempts were through state legisla
tion, whereupon corporation strategy
resorted to the plea of federal Jurisdic
tion as a means of protecting their
excessive and discriminating charges
against suppression by the states. Now
that national authority is being em
ployed with energy and effect, corpora
tions of interstate scope, reversing
their tactics, are attempting to raise
in the courts the old . etatea rights
doctrine as a shield for... the same
abuses.
Although as a dilatory device this
game may seem to Impede for a while
longer the realization of the full power
of public authority over corporations,
yet It will probably really hasten it.
For whatever line may be drawn be
tween state and national power over
commerce, the line nevertheless will
be drawn, eo that it will be certain on
which side of it public authority can
be effectively applied, putting an end
to the corporation whlpsawing that has
been bo long and is still going on.
The public attitude has so utterly
changed that defiant corporations are
merely digging a pit for themselves
when they reduce to certainty the
Jurisdiction' in which they may be
reached. Their recalcitrancy, indeed,
as persistently manifested in legal
legerdemain, is only building public
sentiment up to greater power and
determination.
While appropriations for every de
partment of the city government are
cut to the bone, It is to be noticed that
the new appropriation of 107 funds
actually increases the amount of
money at the disposal of the city at
torney's office. The additional amount,
to be true, Is not very large, but when
the fat fees which the Water board's
attorneys are drawing on the side are
taken Into account it makes the cost
of the city's litigation a mighty expen
sive Item. It would be Interesting to
know whether other corporations that
do a million dollars' worth of business
pay out as much as the city for lawyers
and court costs.
Those Douglas county members who
voted agidnst the resolution barring
paid lobbyists from the floor of the
house are not helping themselves nor
are they truly representing their con
stituents. Public sentiment in Doug
las county is Just as strong as public
sentiment throughout the state against
the' corrupting interference of the cor
poration oil room gang with the work
of the legislature. The Bee advises
the Douglas delegation to get right and
stay right.
Governor Mickey talks up well in
his final message to the legislature.
The only great difficulty Is that his
actions as governor ' during the four
years of his Incumbency do not square
with this fine talk. He should have
started out long ago practicing what
be Is now preaching, and would then
have had .a record of achievement
worth pointing back to.
The antl-annexationlsts In South
Omaha have reached the -point where
their slogan Is, "No annexation without
submission of the question to the peo
ple." Two years ago their petition In
boots was against permitting even a
vote of the people to find out whether
or not they wanted annexation. The
change of base, at least, marks prog
ress. Passenger travel in and out of Lin
coln does not seem to be impaired by
the abolition of the free list, but the
familiar faces of the free pass brigade
are not so conspicuously numerous.
There Is no danger, however, that the
work of the legislature will not go on
just as well without the usual throngs
of disreputable onhangers- and boost
ers. . -
Emperor William is keeping remark
ably culet for a war lord, who has a
parliamentary election on his hands:
but Chancellor von Buelow seems to
have learned a lesson from the work
of Secretary Root In New York.
Stuyvesant Fish's pessimistic re
marks are not accepted at fare value
by George Ooutd, who has had some
experience with Joseph Ramsey, Jr.,
In a similar position, whose predictions
of disaster tailed to arrive.
'Though -"the present Con great has
less than two months of activity ahead
f. the member can, take consider
able work from thel. successors if
they will attend strictly to business.
The' message of the last election was
directed to them, as well as to the
lawmakers who meet next December.
This Osthl to Hold Them.
Indianapolis New.
Governor MA goon beg to euro the
Cuban that the aooner they learn to be
good, the sooner well, the sooner virtue
will be it own reward.
What Knoekee th Prise.
Puck.
The distinguished winner ct th Nobel
peace prise 1 the author of the sentiment
that It I better to light and be licked
than never to fight at all.
fteleaee oa th Shakta Llae.
PltMburg Dlapatch.
Selene now announce that It Is able to
perceive the approach of earthquake tre
mors om hour before they reach the
surface. It is self-evident that this only
leave the trivial detail of Inventing- som
way to head them off In the Interval be
tween their perception and arrival.
Splendid Penile Spirit.
' Chicago Record-Herald. -The
announcement ha already been
made that dealer In adulterated foods
and poisoned drugs propose to Ignore the
pur food law, because they are convinced
that the federal authorities will not be
ablo to enforce the provision of the new
tatuta. Splendid public spirit. Isn't it T
Know the Route Thoroughly.
New York Tribune.
The Hon. William J. Bryan i both logical
and generous when he announce that ho
I willing to relieve the party and the
country by running again for the presi
dency. He. know th water tank and
way station from one end to the other of
the Salt River route, and could make the
run with less wear and tear on nerve and
throat than any other possible democratic
candidate.
Good Plan to Follow.
Baltimore American.
.Perhaps the . prompt,. Impartial, and full
enforcement bf the written law might do
much toward abolishing th unwritten laws.
at least In civilised center. Th delays
and uncertainties of th law, a It stands,
doubtless have much to do with the provo
cation to take it Into unauthorised and
Irresponsible hand. And lawlessness In
any shape la destructive of all Justice In
the end In a community.
A Notable Precedent.
New Tork Tribune.
Ex-Senator Donelson Caffery of Louisi
ana, who died Sunday, wa till then a
living confutation of Mr. Bryan' dictum
that It la virtually Impossible for a public
man to refuse a nomination for the presi
dency. He did refuse such a nomination In
1900 -and forced a vacancy on the ticket.
But Mr. Caffery didn't run away from a
very great responsibility. He ' was nomi
nated tor president by a vox et proeterea
nihil party the anti-Imperialist.
Will Canada Cnt Looser
Bpringfleld Republican.
The Canadian objection to Mr. Bry'ce as
British ambassador I based entirely on the
fear that he Is too American to stand
stiffly for Canadian Interest. The Cana
dian attitude is worth noting. It suggests
the query why Canada doe not cut loose
and go alone If imperial Interest con
flict with her own. As an Independent
power, the Dominion could have her own
minister at ' Washington, where he could
uphold Canadian contentions to the last
ditch. - :
Following; Railroad Example.
Springfield 'Republicans ,
Citizens at several point In' Nebraska
have lately stopped Xrela-hl Uailia . and
seised cars of coal which th railroad was
transporting to remoter points for Its own
nse. This has happened, for example, at
McCracken, at Latham and at Atlanta In
that state those who seized the coal holdi
ing themselves responsible 'for the payment.
This seems not tt be any worse than what
railroads themselves frequently do in time
of fuel scarcity seize for their own use
coal belnp transported over their lines
for other parties."" It I to be noted mean
time that the backwardness and blocking
of traffic over the country Is extending
the complaint of fuel scarcity In this di
rection. EFFICIENCY OF THE MAIL SERVICH
Better Salaries Necessary to Hold
Good Men.
Chicago Tribune.
It is with reason that First Assistant
Postmaster Oeneral Hitchcock Is alarmed
at the large number of resignations from
the postofftce service. The percentage of
resignations among clerks receiving $1,000
a year or less has been 13. S for the fiscal
year ending June SO, and the number ha
steadily Increased until the percentage for
October, If carried through the year, would
be 20.80. The annual rate of resignation
among letter carriers I not nearly so
large, but It, too, show an Increase from
II per cent for last year to 4.1 for October.
The figures show that a salary of $1,000
a year is not enough to keep valuable men
In the service. A man who 1 capable of
performing the exacting duties of a mall
plerk In a responsible position Is capable
of earning a larger salary outside the em
ployment of the government. To retain
those clerks who have proved their worth
It will be necessary to offer greater In
ducements. The measure proposed by . Mr.
Hitchcock does this In two different ways.
It affords a possibility of receiving a high
a Sl.SW a year, and it extend the annual
vacation from fifteen day to thirty. The
department also propose to Increase the
number of clerk so that overtime need not
be require of the regular force.
That this change or something like It
1 required la self-evident. Any business
man knows that his business would suffer
If one-fifth of .his employe left him each
year and it was necessary to break In new
helpers. The Postofflce department,' while
not run for profit, la a business enterprise
and should be conducted on business lines.
Since civil service rules were adopted and
the department taken out of the sphere of
practical politics there has been nothing
proposed which is as businesslike and hns
as much promise of good in it as this
scheme of retaining experienced men in the
serv ice aa long aa they are et use.
It must be understood that the proposal
to increase salaries Is not prompted pri
marily by a desire to benefit the recipients,
but by the need of securing greater effi
ciency for the government. In th bid days,
and at present In some stat or county
offices, a proposal to pay larger salaries
would be looked upon with suspicion as
savoring' of graft. Men who are appointed
for merely political reasons are Ukoly to
get mora pay than they are worth. - Cut
the perfection of the postal service la a
matter of auch Importance to every one
that there can be no objection from any
source to paying whatever price Is neces
sary to keep expert and valuable men.
Then C
ure
stwation
VOT7
OTHER LARDS Tit A Ol'RS.
The demand for self-government voiced
by the annual convention of representatives
of th people of India, recently assembled
at Calcutta, is symptomatlo of the growing
spirit of opposition to alien domination In
Asiatic affairs. Th triumph of Japan over
Russia, blocking for the present, perhaps
for all time, the Romanoff hope for an
open sea th year around, awaken In kin
dred peoplo the dormant ' spirit of racial
independence. The awakening In China la
a substantial reality. Change aa swift and
extraordinary aa those of Japan are not
likely, but the nation I advancing at a rat
regarded aa Impossible ten years ago. The
national army, ha undergone thorough
reorganisation In material, equipment, dis
cipline and instruction. Industrial life la
similarly imbued with the electrifying cur
rent of modern progress. Equally note
worthy Is the determination of the govern
ment to uproot th deadly opium traffic,
the greatest curse ever Inflicted upon a
people by the greed of western civilization.
India-derive encouragement from, .these
events. The uplift of success among
neighboring people la an Impelling example.
especially so when It presents the sharp
contrast of nationhood on the one side and
alien rule on the other. The task before
the home rulers of India present unusual
difficulties. There are 40,000 British plac
holder to contend with, an array of native
prince Jealous of their power and priv
ileges, and SOO.000,000 people divided by i
petty kingdom and caste. Most serious
of all arc the religious animosities of
Hindu and Mohammedans, and England
is past master in the art of heaping- fuel
on the fire of religious rancor. But
modern education and expanding race unity
have wrought more surprising reform than
the right of self government which India
seek. . i
Concerning Ibsen and his wife, some In
teresting anecdotes are related In a new
book, "Bamllv med Ibsen,'' by the Norwe
gian aufhor John Paulsen. It was owing
to her Influence that the poet became to a
certain degree a champion of woman'
right. On the other hand, he denied women
certain capacities usually attributed to
them. "No woman can write a good
cook book," he aJd, and another of hi
maxims wn: "No woman can ew on a
button so that it will tay on" Of this he
wa so much convinced that whenever he
lost a button he retired to his room and
sewed one on himself. His wife tcrtd this
to Paulsen, and then she added, with a
mile: "The reason why he thinks his own
buttons stay on forever I that I afterward
go over them and finish hi Job If he hm
not done It properly. But do not destroy
this delusion in him, for It gives him so
much happiness." One day Ibsen said to
Paulsen: "Do you black your own shoes T"
Paulsen said he did not; whereupon Ibsen
remarked: "You really ought to do that,
Paulsen; It will make you feel like quite
another man. We should never let others
do for us what we can do ourselvf. If
you have once begun to black your own
hoes, you will soon learn to keep your
room In order, to make your' fire, etc. In
this way . you will finally become a man
who Is entirely Independent of servants
and others."
The decline of the birth 'rate In certain
rountrlee I regarded by most writer on :
oclology as a symptom of national de
cline. In France It haa even received gov
ernment attention. Investigation of the
births In England for the last fifty yeara.
made by an English statistician. Heron, In
a pamphlet issued by the Draper company
of London, brings out the fact, which hna
often received adverse comment, that the
decrease la greatest In those social classes
where Increase would be desirable. The
Sim of this Investigation wa to ascertain
whether reduced birth rate In England wa
associated with conditions or poverty, dls-'
ease and generally unhealthy and Improvi
dent surroundings, and this wa found not
to be the case. . Say an editorial writer
In the Medical Record. New York:
, "It I quit generally acknowledged that
the working classes contribute the largest
relative number to the population, not
withstanding the high Infant mortality
among them, and the present Investigation
again demonstrates that there Is a close
relotionshlp between social status nnd the
birth rate. In districts where there is
overcrowding, where there is a super
abundance of th lowest types of labor,
where It is needful to employ many young
children in order to earn dally bread for
the family, where Infantile mortality Is
greatest, there the wives of productive age
bave the most children. Where there Is
more culture and education, as shown by a
higher' proportion of professional men,
where there la more leisure and comfort,
as shown by a higher percentage of do
mestic servants, there the birth rate la
least." In such word the writer describe
condition which are duplicated here a
well a In all other large cities, and, a the
ratio between Inferior social statu and
high, birth . rat ha practically doubled
during the last .fifty years In London, It la
quite clear that the reduction in' the ilze
of the families ha bea-un at the wrong
end of the social seal and I Increasing
the wrong way.
Apropos of the recent unveiling of the
monument to Count Andrnssy at Budapest,
Ludwlg Docsy gives In the Neue Pester
Journal soma reminiscences of the Hun
garian statesman. As a characteristic ex
ample of the count' friendship for the
Hungarian Jew, the author publishes the
following statement made to him by hi
former chief In 1S7S: "I have been selling
for years all my products through my old
Jewish friend X., and I know that I fared
beat In so doing. I have less faith In the
employes of my estate. The Jew who Is
a native of our country is not only Intelli
gent and honest, but he Is also ambitious.
He Is frugal, sober and Industrious. In
brief, he has all the virtues the Hungarian
lacks, and last, but not least, the money,
even as the Hungarian possesses all the
virtues that the Jew still lacks. I once
told this to his majesty, adding that Inter
marriage of these two races would prop up
our aristocracy and make a happy mixture.
Civil marriage was therefore urgently to
b desired. HI majesty looked at me in
surprise and thought I was only Joking,
but 1 told him that I spoke In earnest, and
my opinion has not changed to this day."
. The St. Petersburg correspondent of th
Berliner Tagcblatt write: "Terpsichore
reigns in St. Petersburg society, and th
navy was among hs first to do homage
to her. Despite the fact that Russia haa
no navy, the impossible happened, und a
naval ball of great brilliancy open! th
season. There was much doubt at first
as to the result, but the shame of Russia
was forgotten at th command: 'Thou
halt amuse thyself,' and 6,000 pecple at
tended th ball and danced to the point
of exhaustion. The fact that among the
dancer there were some officer who had
taken part in the Port Arthur and Sea of
Japan tragedlea did not disturb any one,
and nothing seemed to be mlwlng to make
the enjoyment complete, save a minuet with
Admiral Rojestvensky and Oeneral Kuro
patkin amonT the dancer."
II youtnink constipation! of tTilliTTI
consequence, just ask your doctor.
He will disabuse you of that notion io
short order. "Correct It, at once I" be
will sty. Tbeo ask bim about Ayer's
Pills. A mild liver pill, all vegetable.
W sukluh rmla .O.AivCa.,
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I The Cify Savings. Bank's j
rrospeious -icar
So fast has the compass
liave been forced to increase our on ice space to accommo-
data our doDOsitors. Our offices Rt lfth ami' t)0Uirlas
streets are now commodious.
in easy access to any ear line, uur omce nours conven- z
ience everybody, 8:00 o'clock a. m. to 5:00 p. m. daily,
and until 9:00 o'clock on Saturday evenings.
Our department of "Banking by Mail" furnishes an" -opportunity
for all outside of the city to take advantago
of our liberal rate of interest. Several thousands already
are making use of it. , ' .
A glance at our reports will satisfy anyone that we are j
nrennred to urotect the demands of any of 'our deposit- ' -
X 1 M.
ors. Our large holdings in
ifi 1 J J
Jioerai reserve ior aaiiy aemauus.
4 Merest
Our Interest Rate on
Our Office Hours Most Convenient
Our Location Easily Accessible
Our Facilities Unsurpassed in the City
i .
Ve respectfully solicit your savings account.
LARGEST, OLDEST AND
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POLITICAL DRIFT,
Two members of Prealdent Rooaevelfa
cabinet wet reporter, William H. Taft
and George Bruce Cortelyou.
Senator Smoot ha served four of th six
year of hi term' pending the decision as to
hi eligibility. '
The railroads of New Hampshire and
North Dakota have Issued the usual "cour
tesies" to member of the legislatures and
other friends In these states. Passes ar
good only within state boundaries.
Hearst Is on the way to a recount of the
vote caat in the mayoralty contest In
New York City fourteen months ago.
Mayor McClellan Is exercising for the fray
by bouncing offensive Tammany office
holders. One of the late President Harrison' fa
vorite private sayings was this quotation:;
"Was ever feather so lightly blown to and
fro as this multitude?" It wa Oeneral
Harrison's way of sptaklng of what politi
cian eem-'to- fear- more than anything,
tne fickleness of public opinion.
A discussion has broken out a to who
wa the moat accomplished and effective
woman political orator in the United Btates.
Anna Dickinson or Mary Elisabeth Lase.
Bothwere employed by republican national
committee to make' campaign speeches,
and both were "born orators." Miss Dick
inson was always a republican, while Mrs.
Lease was originally a populist, being
known first as the Joan of Arc of the
People' Alliance.
Blmon Guggenheim, the coming junior
senator from Colorado, will be the sixth
Jew to sit as a member In the United
States senate. The first Jew chosen to that
honor wa David Tulee, who represented
Florida from March, 1840, to March, MBS.
He was born In the West Indies and his
name wa David Levy, by which he wa
known when he wa elected a a member
of the house of representatives In 1841. The
second Jew in the 'senate was Judah P.
Benjamin, who served from 1862 to 1867. He
also was born In the West Indies. He
represented Louisiana. Benjamin F. Jonas
was born in Kentucky and represented
Louisiana In the senate. Joseph Simon was
a senator from Oregon from 1888 to 1908.
Isldor Rayner wa chosen as a senator
from Maryland In .1904. .
The Natloaal Snrplu.
St. Louis Globe-Democrat.
In the calendar year that ended December
SI the revenue of the government wa
ahead of expenditure 59,00O,0CO. Secretary
Bhaw' estimate of $68,000,000 surplus for
th fiscal year that close June 80 next
1 likely to be exceeded.
50 PI
SELLING AS HOSPE'S. THESE PIANOS AltE LEFT
OVER FKOM THE HOLIDAY' STOCK.
Just six days In which you can enjoy a cut of prices
on Just fifty Pianos, which we do not propose to Include In
our Invoice January 10. Therefore, you will be able to buy
Pianos at reckless reductions.
This includes New Pianos, Used Pianos,. Qrand Pianos,
Upright Pianos, Square Pianos and about 20 organs, a few
food Piano Players, as well as Inside Player i'iano. .
Think of buying the highest grades, the medium
grades, the cheaper ones. The kind you are paying $360
for, we will eell a number of these for $145. Yes, and on
$5 per month. This will pay for them in less than one-half
the time you can possibly pay for the same grade ot Pianos
elsewhere
We Include Knabes, Kranlch ft Bachs, Klmballs, Mallet
Davis, Krells, W'hltneys, Hospes, Oramers, Wesers, Gilberts,
Hlnzes and a score of other makes.
We will sell them cheap. We will offer terms that will
appeal to the buyer (even though be needs no Piano for a
year.) We will give such a guarantee (one you will not
outlive), and furnish with each Piano a stool and scarf and
then save you enough money to buy a good musical educa
tion. And, ss usual, this bouse has the reputation ot keeping
up Us record of 83 years of already furnishing a safe bar
gain for the Piano buyer.
Just look at the astonishing prices the Pianos have
been marked down to:
$08-$110-$125-$145-$155
$175 $415 $150
Then be sure and watch the terms. Remember, these
prices are made on New Pianos, on Used Pianos, on Grand
Pianos, on the highest grades, the most rellablaj. Pianos ever '
offered. ,
Mark the time, January 10. 7
You have Just six days to buy big bargains that will
not reach around by one-third the demand.
Seeing is believing.
A. HOSPE .CO-
1513 DOUGLAS STREEXe
of our business groVn that we , h
They are centrally located,
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high class bonds guarantee a -J
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on Deposits
Deposits Is Liberal 3
STRONGEST SAyiNGS 3
NEBRASKA.
MERRY JINGLES.
"How do you account for 'the yarn that
Rockefeller cannot a uord oysters? I the
oyster so high?"
'.'The oysur had nothing to do with the
story. That was clearly the work Ot
lobster." Philadelphia Ledger. ' .
"I suppose you have been devoting some
study to publlo questions, during the "holi
days." Kes," answered Senator Sorghum; "pub
llo questions have their place, although X
dun't always find them as Important aa
private Inqulrle." Washington Star. 'J
"Say, Doc,'! remarked Ooodllven. '"the
ahape ot a man' stomach 1 round, ain't
ltrr ' '
"Well, ye, nearly o," replied the doc
tor. Why?" - .
"I was Just tHInkln', ain't it funny .that
nothin' fits it so well aa a. square meaijj"
Philadelphia Press.
Visitor from Arlsona (In art museum)
What do you call it? ..i- "
The Guide The "Venu of. Mllo."
The Visitor Venus, eh? Welt, lt'8 a
sham. ' i
?he Guide What' a shame?
he Vlsltor-'It' a -shame t-e" a tfoor
rlrl like that aoln' 'round unarmed.
Cleveland Plain Dealer.
" 'Rastus, you look as If you had been
run through a cider mill. . What' the
matter with your face?"
"Overcontldence, auh."
"Overconfldence?',' ,
"Yea, auh. Ovahconfldence In my lalgs.
I thought I could call a man a llah an'
git away an' I didn't git away, sun."
Chicago Tribune. v
WHEN GRANDMA TICKED THH
j Q.IILTS.
New Tork Time. '
When Brother Fred and Rob and me ,
Were little tada tofrether; 1
We made one trundle do for three
So we'd keep warm cold weather.
And when 'twas bedtime every night.'
And we'ef climbed In the trundle;
Dear grandma came by candlelight
And tucked us in a bundle.
The strangest. stories ever told
We heard In that old attic,
When grandma's rocker, worn and old,
Rocked on the boards erratic.
She told ot goblins, giants, kings.
Fair princesses 'and lovers;
Of castles grand' and other thing '
Before she tucked the cover.
The trick we played on grandma dear
Would start us all to giggle:
We'd toss the pillows far and near
And shout and kick and wriggle.. .
But when she said that spook were out
And woe If they but found us.
We all lay still while grandma threw
The warmest quilt around us.
i
Oft have I dreamed. In soma Strang room)
Far off, a world-wide rover,
That I couid see through eml-gleom .
IX a r grandma bending over.
I seemed to feel her gentle hand '
Just a when but a boy; '
Though far away In distant land
Oh, llectiDg dream, what Joy I .
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