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TI1E OMAHA DAILY BEK: TUESDAY. JANUARY 22, 1907.
The Omaha Daily Bee.
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FOUNDED BT Ef)WARD ROBE WATER.
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VICTOR ROSEWATDR. EDITOR.
Bntered at Omaha postoffloe a second
class matter. " ,
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OFFICES.
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Statement of circulation.
State of Kehraaka tlnurlaa County. '
Churlc C. Rnsewater. general manager j
nil ne .-"uniisnmg company """' .
worn, says that the actual number of run
and complete coplea of The Dally. Morning.
Evening and Sunday Pee printed during the
month of December, 1906. waa ma follow":
l.i S1.B70 17 3fl.70
t. ........ 30,960 II 91,790
.31310 . II Sl760
4 31,710 " to 3a'0
I 31,700 ' '51 31,630
1 31.890 tl 31,900
7 31.880 It ",850
1 32,080 It 31,710
1 30,630 ti ..' S1.600
10 31,750 26.. 13,130
11 38,150 17... 31,776
II 33,050 21. ? 31.610
II 31,680 ..! 31,830
14 81,690 ' 10... 30,900
15 39.170' " II ;.: 31,810
0.40 ' ' .
Total. 968,380
Lees unsold and returned coplea.. 9,841
Net total 973,149
Daily average 31,391
CHARLES C, ROSEWATER,
- Oeneral Manager.
Bubacrlbed In my presence and rworn to
before ma thla Slat day of December, 1904. .
(Seal.) M. B. HUNQATE, '
Notary Public.
. WHEN OUT. PFrTOWH. -, ,
absertbers leavlnar tba city tesn.
porarlly ahoald hay Tba Be
nailed tat) thesa A6dresa will ba
changed aa often as reqaeated.
Omaha's tilted lid la again'' on
straight.
Even with the pure food law in ef
fect, the average boarder will find
some difficulty in noticing the differ
ence.
In manufacturing; a .new primary law
the aim should be simplicity and avoid
ance of confusion. Cut,6ut the rotated
ballot
A new counterfeit $10 "buffalo"
note has put .in an. appearance to. the
annoyance of those who carry bills ot
that size. ,
With fierce storms on. the stock
ranges and (Senator Clark's refusal to
be a candidate for re-election, Montana
is having a hard winter ot It.
The Phelps County Bar association
has resolved that "a railroad pass is a
bribe." The substitution of "was" for
"is" would Improve the resolution.
To a man up a tree it looks as if the
faith healers had not much faith In
the legislature, particularly when the
roll calls show such a large Injection
of medics.
Mr. Harrlman's ambition may be so
to arrange affairs that if the govern
ment decides to buy In the railroads
of the nation it will have but one man
to deal with.
Dr. Koch of Berlin claims to have
discovered a positive cure for the
sleeping sickness. . He might put it
to the supreme test by trying it on the
populist party.
Chicago has appropriated $15,000
for the study of microbes. It will be
money well expended If the strike mi
crobe so prevalent there Is found and
exterminated.
Mayor Dahlman seems to have es
caped the Sunday drouth by being out
of town. Few of his friends, however,
are fortunate enough to be able to fol
low his example.
The report that a man named Ruh
nior has broken the sleeping record
must be discounted. It Is difficult to
understand how a man with that name
could sleep at all.
Oklahoma Is disturbed over a
strange disease that has caused many
deaths. Oklahoma has not yet be
come accustomed to having men die
without their boots on.
Charlws . Francis Adams of Massa
chusetts having delivered a eulogy of
Robert B. Lee at Lexington, Va.P It
would seetn to be in order for someone
to move tbat Mason and Dixon's line
be reniQved from the map.
Cuba hB a new . political party
which proposes to guarantee that rev
olutlons shall be made impossible. The
American Army of Occupation is a log
ical charter member of the, party.
The local democratic mouthpiece
discusses with undisguised favor the
so-called Galveston scheme of munlcl
pal government by a commission sup
planting myor and council.- Ia the
local democratic organ ready to throw
Mayer "Jim? overboard?
London reports that In addition to
being a philosopher, politician, lin
guist and explorer, the new ambassa
dor to the United States has made a
record, as a mountain climber. . Still,
Washington is more concerned In
knowing Whether he plays tenuis.
A MISSION Or MERCY BCORNEU.
It remained for Alexander Swetteu
ham, governor of Jamaica, to furnish
the exception to the rule that all the
world Is kin in. times of great public
calamities. In disasters such as the
Volcanic eruption at- Mt Pelee, the
earthquake at San Francisco, the flood
at Galveston and the devastation of
numerous cities by fire, nationalities
have been forgotten and individualities
sunk in a common effort for the relief
of a stricken people. ,
. Only a warm-hearted desire to aid
a suffering community, protect prop
erty, rescue lives, succor the 111 and
aid In burying the dead led Admiral
Davis of the American navy to land
men from the battleships Missouri and
Indiana and the gunboat Yankton at
Kingston, when that city was partially
demolished, with the loss of nearly
1,000 lives, by earthquake and fire.
The official reports show that the ma
rines and jackles of the American fleet
took charge of the archives of the
American consulate, formed crewe for
clearing the debrlB from the streets,
repaired hospitals and es -.bllsb.ed med
ical and relief corps for the rescue and
aid of the sick and injured. Corpses
lined the streets, vultures were hover
ing over the city, sick and injured
were suffering from lack of attention
and thieves had begun looting stores
and homes and robbing the helpless.
Every condition made It appear that
no. mission of mercy could have been
more timely.
Under these conditions, an attack
from a hostile fleet could have created
no more surprise than was experienced
by Admiral Davis by the receipt of a
letter from the governor of Jamaica,
ordering him to withdraw his fleet at
once and Intimating that In his action
in coining to the relief of the stricken
city, the American official had com
mitted a gross breach of international
etiquette. Governor Swettenham's
letter is not merely Insulting, but evi
dently studied to that purpose. He
belittles the work of the marines. In
timates1 that some of the Americans
were probably on the ground for the
purpose of loot rather than rescue and
closes with a tar-fetched comparison
of the , American troops, aiding' the
stricken in Jamaica with the possibil
ity of landing marines from a British
battleship in New York to keep some
Englishman from being robbed by
burglars or hold-up men. It Is so re
plete with gratuitous and irrelevant
insult, as naturally almost to suggest
an Inspiration in madness. The peo
ple of this country, however, will place
the responsibility where It belongs.
Grossly offensive as such a repulse
is to' our people, an even -greater wrong
has been done to the British people,
and above all to the victims of the
earthquake disaster. The former have
been outrageously misrepresented and
the latter sacrificed in their dire ex
tremity. ; The, very groBsqess jf , the
Incident may In a sense be a saving
feature in the sequel. The humilia
tion of the British people is so marked
that it may well excite sympathy in
this country even in advance of the
apology that is sure to come.
NOW CANDIDLY.
VERDON, Neb., Jan. 19. To the Editor
of The Bee: After twenty years' real I find
myself again reading The Bee. Somehow
It seems to be a chip' off the old block.
Abaolutely Inconsistent In everything, the
same as of old. For Instance, It advocated
the aaaeaalng of termlnala fur local taxation
because these termlnala receive police, fire
and other city and village protection, but
upholds the republican plan to exempt en
cumbered real estate from assessment to
the amount of the encumbrance. Now,
candidly, doea not encumbered real estate
get Just as much protection as unencum
bered doea? and If it does, . why. should it
not pay Just aa much taxes to support po
lice and other protective elements In towns
and cities? I would have very much more
confidence In Reformer Sheldon If he had
not proposed this. You and he certainly
know It would reduoe railroad assessment
one-half. As a newspaper The Bee Is all
right, but your polltlca can only ba voiced
by a gold democrat or a socialist
GEORGE WATKIN8.
Now, candidly, the two propositions
here referred to are absolutely consist
ent with one another. There Is no rea
son why encumbered property should
not pay Just as much "taxes to support
police and other protective elements in
towns and cities" as unencumbered
property does, nor is there any reason
why it should pay any less. Property of
the same value receiving the same ben
efits and subject to the same taxing
jurisdiction should pay the same taxes,
whether encumbered or unencumbered,
whether owned by railroads or by pri
vate Individuals.
In the case of the taxation of mort
gages separately and In addition to the
real estate which It encumbers, as re
quired under our present revenue law,
we have double taxation to the extent
of the amount ' of the encumbrance.
That is to say, the same identical piece
of real estate when incumbered Is re
quired In, effect to pay a greater tax
than It would If unencumbered. The
practical result is to put. a penalty upon
the resident holders of mortgages who
are taxable in this state, as compared
with nonresident holders of mortgages
who are not taxable on their invest
ments In the states where they live.
The proposed plan Is not to exempt en
en mbered peal estate from assessment
to the amount of the encumbrance, but
to assess the holder of the encum
brance as part owner ot the real estate
and make him pay his share Just the
same as his partner In whose name the
property1 stands.
In the case of terminal taxation the
proposed plan is to make real estate
and other property located in cities and
used tor railroad purposes pay the
same amount of taxes as would be- ex
acted If used for other purposes. Un
der the pretense of distribution , the
value of this property Is now supposed
to be apportioned according to mileage
so that all of It but a maJl fractional
part escapes city taxation altogether.
The city taxes, which should be paid on
the railroad terminals, but are not
paid, are as a consequence unloaded
upon the owners ot other city property
and their burdens made correspond
ingly heavier. This plan would not re
duce railroad assessment one cent. It
It would we would have the railroads
working energetically to bring It about
Instead of fighting it as they are doing.
Now, candidly. Is there anything in
this that stamps The Bee's politics as
voicing a gold democrat or a socialist?
On the contrary, The Bee Is advocating
equality In taxation that the railroads
which are escaping city taxes shall be
made to pay and that the mortgage
loaded real estate owner, who is pay
ing twice, should be relieved.
THE THAW CASE.
That the trial of young Thaw for
murder is necessary In the due course
of justice does not mitigate the sense
of apprehension decent and right
minded people feel at its approach.
So sensational a crime could not In
any event fall to cause far-reaching
demoralization, even if publicity were
always restrained by sane and con
servative regard for the public good.
There was evil enough In the necessary
minimum of disclosure, but the public
has been already surfeited by ex
ploitation through yellow newspaper
methods, which the actual trial Is cer
tain to revive and intensify.
It is to be hoped, however, that the
orderly course of justice will make
the trial in large degree an admonition
and corrective rather' than an incite
ment to vicious propensities. If it can
place the defendant, notwithstanding
the influence of wealthy and influential
family relations and his previous no
toriety, on the true level of a man
charged with crime, and sternly but
fairly hold him there till Justice Is
verily done, it will be a needed check
to prurience and lawlessness.
Under the extraordinary circum
stances of the case the trial is likely
to be hardly more a test of the guilt
of Harry Thaw than of the efficiency
ot the court. The criminal practice
of the courts generally is under an
increasing Are of public criticism. An
aroused public sentiment for equality
before the law and strict enforcement
does not stop In its demands with the
corporation phase, but equally Insists
that criminals, high or low, rich or
poor, get their just dues, and precisely
this is what is called for In the Thaw
case.
NEW IMPETUS FOR CRT FARMING.
The proceedings of the Transmis
sourl Dry Farming congress at Denver
will be ot great interest to Nebraska.
While by far the larger portion of the
state Is as distinctly within the region
of abundant rainfall as Iowa, Missouri
or Illinois, and is not surpassed by
them in amount, quality and certainty
of production of the great staple crops
common to all, the western portion
contains a large extent of country
where the rainfall in average years Is
far'less and which for the most part
is well within the subhumid tract.
Two important facts have within the
last few years caused extensive settle
ment and cultivation west of what
was formerly regarded as the line of
abundant rainfall stretching from the
Canadian boundary to the Rio Grande.
Plenteous rain for several seasons
have produced astonishing crops, pow
erfully tempting Immigration where
I anything but sparse grazing was once
believed to be Impossible. Though cul
tivation probably modifies climate, the
degree of recent rainfall can hardly
be permanently counted on. The most
potent factor is the new methods ot
conserving the average supply of
moisture and utilizing it for astonish
ingly successful cultivation. The al
most Illimitable field for development
thus opened up affords a substantial
basis for sure calculation of the re
sources of what so long was dismissed
as a hopelessly "dry country."
The people of the older settled part
of Nebraska are, ot course, hardly less
Interested in the development of the
western part than Its own settlers. It
is practically the discovery of a rich,
new country, as an economy In mining
processes amounts to finding new ore.
A convention giving publicity to the
results of dry process experience and
demonstration should be an Immense
practical assistance to those already
on the ground, and also an effective
stimulus to multitudes looking in that
direction.
The occupation of land and the con
sequent enhancement of its price in
the region of heavy rain have already
gone so far that the Increasing pres
sure of population can find an outlet
only In the dry region. It la more for
tunate than Is yet commonly appre
ciated that at this Juncture the meth
ods that render that region available
are being so rapidly developed. For
Nebraska It means thousands of pro
ductive and prosperous new farms and
all that a thriving agricultural devel
opment means to trade and Industry
generally. '
The sale by the government of the
pasture lands of three Indian tribes in
Oklahoma brought the highest price
ever realized by the Bale of public
lands. The public domain of the na
tion is rapidly disappearing and farm
property Is Increasing In value per
haps more rapidly than any other class
of real estate. Land ownership Is an
Investment that Is safe and profitable
and Nebraska and the west offer the
most attractive Inducements existing
in that line.
The mystery back of the vote of the
congressmen to Increase their own sal
aries recalls an Incident of the 1891
campaign in Omaha when four or five
of the loudest advocates of Palmer and
Buckner lived In the same voting pre
cinct. When the vote was counted In
that precinct It showed up only two
ballots for Palmer and Buckner, but of
course each of the distinguished demo
crats vehemently declared that It was
the other fellow who renegged.
The World-Herald Is still living up
to its well-earned reputation as the
"double-ender." On Its editorial pages
It talks encouragingly about the
Greater Omaha and the goal of 200,000
population before the next census, but
In Its South Omaha column It keeps
constantly throwing cold water on the
consolidation of the two cities, without
which the Greater Omaha of 100,000
people Is an absolute impossibility. It
likens annexation to "a pestilence" and
Insists that the South Omaha that has
stood by ItBelf for twenty years should
stand alone forever. . This may be good
stuff to feed to the people of South
Omaha who read the democratic sheet,
but It will hardly He quiet on the stom
ach of Omaha business men who be
lieve that enlargement and expansion
Is the life of the community.
Congressman John L. Kennedy consci
entiously voted against the proposal to
Increase the salary of congressmen out of
a delicate regard for his successor's repu
tation. World-Herald.
His successor then should conscien
tiously refuse to accept the increase of
pay on the ground that his services
are worth no more now than they were
four years ago, or, at all events, no
more than those of his predecessor.
A personal item about one of the
members of the Douglas delegation
says that he took the early morning
train to Lincoln to look after his end
of the legislative business. A law
maker who can take an early morning
train ought to be as successful as the
proverbial early bird In catching the
worm.
The Southern Cotton association
has endorsed the action of President
Roosevelt In the Brownsville affair and
listened to a political address by Hoke
Smith. If anything else Is needed to
assure a big cotton crop this year the
members of the association are unable
to think of it.
The misstatement that the univer
sity 1-mlll levy produces $400,000 a
year should be corrected. To be strictly
accurate It produces only between
1320,000 and 1380,000 annually, but
It Is sure to get past the $400,000
mark within two or three years. -
Many Vlw of Many Minds.
Chicago Inter Ocean.
Thera Is a remarkable feature of the
Brownsville affair, and. that Is the large
number of explanations It continues to
require.
Craft of the . Old Back.
Louisville Courier Journal.
Hot discussion of Qerpnimo's criticism of
General Crook shows '.that the old Apache
ia no less crafty In advertising than . he
was In "war.
Will the COnatry Snfferf
Cleveland Plain Dealer.
It Is feared that with 'the pasaes abolished
it will be difficult to Secure a quorum of
legislators In certain States. But possibly
the common people win not suffer through
this neglect of duty to any appreciable ex
tent. Tlfw Version of Equity.
Kanaas City Star.
The railroads have increased the freight
rate on shipments of shoes because tramps
steal so many of them. This Is about as
equitable as it would ba to Increase pas
senger rates because, so many passenger
trains are wrecked.
Tbe Senate and'the Prealdent.
Baltimore New.
The fact that President Roosevelt haa
the majority of his party In the senate
against htm is described by some as a
political crisis. Pooh! The same situation
existed at the meeting of the national
convention which nominated him unanl
moualy. The senate leaders have always
been against him. Every prealdent who
has acted as a representative of tbe people,
from Jackson's day to our own times, haa
had the senate against him.
Watare'a Seereta Leaking Oat.
Chicago Chronicle.
If earthquakes can not be prevented the
next beat thing is to be able to foretell
when they will occur, and it seems to be
pretty well settled after this last experi
ence that they will occur whenever the
sun, moon and earth get in conjunction.
It is probable that tbe weather also Is due
to planetary Influences, but in the nature
of the case It can not ba foretold with the
accuracy of earthquakes, because the at
moepherlo conditions are constantly shift
ing, while the crust of the earth is prac
tically stationary. little by little the great
est secrets of nature are leaking out.
PERSONAL NOTES.
If Jamaica merely received the flip of
the earthquake's tall, as Prof. Brewer In
timates, thera would not have been much
left of the Island had it hit It head on.
An attempt will be made by the Phil
Kearney association of Newark to have the
body of the noted patriot moved from Its
present resting place In Trinity church
yard. New York City, to the National
cemetery at Arlington, Vs!
From boyhood Dr. Nanaen, the polar ex
plorer, accustomed htmeelf to the uae of
anow shoes and would often go forty or
fifty miles on them without taking any
food with him. He had a great dislike
to any outfit for his excursions.
According to Philadelphia papers . Gov
ernor Btuart of Pennsylvania delivered
his Inaugural with his hat on. That la
not the way to catch votes, but It la a
good way to avoid catching cold whan a
governor Is Inaugurated in the open sir.
The lata Hugh O'Brien, who wss an au
thority on wool, was asked one how much
dogs were responsible for the decline of
sheep raising In Massachusetts. He replied.
"It Is not the dogs of Massachusetts, but
the sheep of Texaa that are responsible."
After almost half a century of contin
uous' railroading, William W. Burbank of
Altoona, Pa., the eldest engineer In point
of service on the Pennsylvania railroad,
haa been retired at his own request. He
waa started In the railroad service by An
drew Carnegie.
Chief Appah of the Utee, who haa talked
with the prealdent agatnat tribal separa
tion and partition of lands, holds Com
missioner Leupp responsible for everything.
Being told that congreaa makes the laws,
"If you let them' make such a law you
are no account la your job," exclaimed
the old chief,.
TIPS FOR THE LEOISLATl R E.
Emerson Enterprise: The mora we see
of the work of the state legislature the
better we are convinced that they are go
ing to do things right thla season.
Oakland Independent: Thera Is a clamor
for a board of pardons, alnce the pardon
ing record of ex-Oovernur John It. Mickey
haa been discussed so much by the state
press. We are sure the man who occupies
the governor's chair would not regret to
have thia responsibility shared by one or
two others.
Humphrey Democrat: The Nebraska
legislature has got well started to grinding
out business, and really it begins to knok
aa though we are to have a business-like
session. If the republicans will act on ths
square and bring about the reforms which
they promised in their platform, they will
have accomplished much that will result
In a great benefit to all classes of people
In the state.
Lyons Bun: Is the legislature going to
continue their hot air gait throughout the
session on S-cent paasenger fare and antl
pass legislation, losing sight of the freight
rat os T A lowering of paasenger rates and
abolishing the pass will not benefit the
farmer, merchant or ordinary cltlsen of
rural districts like Burt county one dol
lar, where a small reduction In freight
tariff would ten dollars.
Waterloo Oasette: The legislature Is get
ting right down to business and many
platform pledges of the party are being
embodied in bills and presented to the dif
ferent houses for passage or rejection.
Among the bills Is one prohibiting lobbying,
and we have little doubt that it will become
law. The lobby, so-called. Is doomed, but
no law can take away the constitutional
right of a private cltlsen or even a cor
poration to be heard on any and all bills
before the legislature, either by petition or
before a proper committee.
Broken Bow Republican: The newspapers
are full of suggestions for new laws to be
passed by the legislature. There are en
ough laws now on the statute bonk. What
is most needed is the election of men to
enforce them. The legislature could If it
would perform a wise and highly com
mendable feat by passing an act to sub
mit to a vote of the people an amendment
to the constitution providing that legis
lative sessions shall be held not oftener
than six years exoept upon call of the
governor, for a special purpose.
Schuyler Free Lance: The railroad cor
porations will get In their work this legis
lative session In the senate, and If I am
able to guess the senate is not what it
should be. The house is overwhelmingly
on the side of the people and the election
of Nettleton as speaker testifies to that.
In ths senate the election of 8aunders of
Omaha as president tells a story also and
It Is a railroad dictation story. Saunders
is a known corporation member by a
previous session. Just watch ths senate
and sea it it does not do the dirty work
for the railroads.
Paplllion Times: It Is too late now to be
gushing over the numerous pardons
granted by Governor Mickey during his
reign. But it is not too late. In fact, it is
Just the time to advocate the creation of a
board of pardons, which should set upon
all cases. To be sure, a governor with
backbone would not be wheedled Into
granting a pardon on flimsy excuses, but a
board would relieve the governor of a dis
agreeable duty and would also set as a
safeguard agalnat wholesale defeats of Jus
tice such aa we have experienced during
the reign of Mickey.
Tecumseh Tribunal: One of the acts of
the legislature should be to provide for a
constitutional convention. The present con
stitution of Nebraska haa served well
enough, but. the state has grown and con
ditions have so changed that a new con
stitution is almost imperative. In ' this
move all parties should Join hands. Now,
while the people are alive to reform mat
ters, would be the time to get such a
constitution as would be of real benefit to
all. The present constitution was made to
serve a state of thousands of people, but
we want an Instrument to serve millions of
people.
Albion News: The railroads are likely to
reap the penalty of their long years of
misrule in Nebraska. Up to the present
time about 100 bills hsve been introduced
In the legislature, snd fully half of thera
are for laws aimed at the railroads. The
people of Nebraska have been long suffer
ing and slow to wrath. They have sub
mitted to the most aggravated oppression,
and It will indeed be strange, now that
they have gained the ascendency, If they
don't bear down rather hard on the rail
roads. While It cannot be denied there Is
ample provocation for retaliation, yet any
thing more than a "square deal" will
eventually react. As Governor Sheldon
said, "We don't want to put t'xe railroads
out of business, but out of politics."
Friend Telegraph: Even aftar the tax
case Is won in the United States supreme
court the farmer, under existing circum
stances, will continue to pay the taxes In
this state. The wheat rate in this state is
five times as high as It Is in the states
east of Nebraska. The present rate from
Friend to Omaha is 12 cents per hundred
and from Omaha to Chicago the rate on
wheat is VM cents per hundred. The
distance between Friend and Omaha is 100
miles and the distance between Omaha and
Chicago about 800 miles. There is nothing
which needs regulation so badly as the
grain .rates in this state. With proper
regulation Omaha would at once become
a splendid grain market. What Is the
matter with the legislature of this state,
new In sesslor passing such laws aa will
regulate these abuses of holding up and
literally robbing the farmer of the wheat
he produces in the state from year to
year.
Holdrege Cltlsen: Our state legislature Is
now getting down to work In real earnest,
and the Indications are that It will be the
best legislature we have had for years. A
legislature that one does not have to
apologise for, or, at least, one which we
must put the mildest possible construction
upon their actions, will be a novelty In
Nebraska. It now looks as If we had one
which would do the business and of which
we can feel proud. The republicans made
some pretty strong promises before the
election snd the Indications now are that
they will go ahead and fulfill these prom
ises. Both houses have given notice that
they don't want to be bothered with lobby
ists snd that they must keep in their place.
This Is a good sign, and so the legislature
Is beginning right There Is strong hope
that they will continue on thst road and
do work they were sent down to Lincoln
to do, regardless of railroads snd other In
terests. Fnirhury Journal: So far as we are con
cerned, we can aee no objection to the
scheme for terminal taxation of railroads
as proposed In a measure now pending be
fore the legislature. As we understand It. ,
the proposed law provides that terminals
of railroads shsll be taxed for the benefit
of the municipality In which located. For
Inatance, the property of the Rock Island
railroad located In Fairbury Is not taxed
for the benefit of the city of Fairbury; thst
Is, under the present system of taxation,
the Rock Island doea not pay a cent of
taxe which go to the aupport of the city
government of Fairbury, notwithstanding
the railroad geta the same benefits as an
individual In the way of fire and police
protection, sewers, etc. It Is safe to say
that nine-tenths of the fire calls at Fair
bury come from the Rock Island railroad,
yet the company contributes not one cent
to the aupnort of the lire department or
any other department of the city.
The Family Physician
The best medicines in the world cannot
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Consult him early when taken ill.
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ARMY GOSSIP I WASHINGTON.
Cirret Events Gleaned from the
Army and Navy Register.
The bids reoently reoelved for construc
tion at Fort Robinson, Neb., have been
rejected and the work Is being readver
tlsed. There was no modification of the
specifications, but bidders have been ad
vised that the construction need not' be
gin until the spring or when ths cllmatlo
conditions are more favorable. The quar
termaster general of the army has also re
jected all bids recently received for the
construction of a steel tank and trestle and
for sinking artesian wells at Fort Bliss.
Tex. The specifications have been slightly
modified and new bids will be invited. The
quartermaster general has approved the
plans for building at Fort Barry, Cal., a
water distributing system, sewer system
and pumping system. It is expected that
bids will be invited by the quartermaster
at Fort' Barry In about two weeks. Tho
pumps will be electrically operated and
altogether the plant-will be thoroughly up-to-date.
There Is every prospect that the increase
In commutation of quarters which waa put
in the army bill by the house military
committee snd which passed that body
without question will remain In the hll!
In Its passage through the senate. Quar
termaster General Humphrey has labored
diligently in behalf of this additional al
lowance and the army has that officer to
thank for the unflagging Industry he has
applied to a worthy cause. Of course, the
relief applies to a restricted number of offi
cers and does not confer the general bene
fit of a law which would Increase army
pay, but such a bill, of which two are now
pending, stands no chances of enactment
at this session of congress. It may come
next session, since there Is so much to be
said In favor of such legislation. The In
crease in the commutation of quarters Is a
step In the right direction and when the
military appropriation bill becomes a law
the army regulations will be revised so as
to have the Increase take effect July 1.
The modified designs of the army cam
paign and merit badges have been com
pleted and accepted. The dies for them
are being made at the United Statea mint
In Philadelphia and the work Is being
pushed to all possible extent. In the hope
that the badges may soon be distributed to
those who have been long waiting for
them. The celebrated artist, F. D. Millet,
in this work has had the advice of the
most prominent artists, with the result thst
the designs are In every way worthy of the
achievements and service which they com
memorate. Tt ! nnt nirnrlsln- to even the ordinary
ohaerver of things congressional that the
house should go so emphatically on record
in f&vnr nf the clause abolishing the grade
of lieutenant general In the army, con
tained in the army appropriation bill, where
it. imuiM defied the Dolnt of order which
excludes so much desirable legislation. The
facts that no one raised that point ana mat
the house was overwhelmingly in favor
of the extinction of the grade were signi
ficant incidents of tha enactment. The
senate will Uke the cue from this house
nimn an Imnresslvely expressed. The
clause, therefore, will remain in the army
bill. It will not, as Borne people nave
thought, attract the presidential veto. If
Mr. Roosevelt sent back the bill With his
disapproval the house certainly, and the
senate probably, would pass it over the
m,i. waa the onlv way to ablish the
grade of lieutenant general, which Invited
the fatality on account or me cnancea ot
Its abuse Indicated In some degree by ap
pointments already made to the grade. If
the Prince bill abolishing the position had
gone through, the prealdent would have
applied, his veto. ' The chsnees of re
establishing the grade for soma years are
very remote.
Colonel Valery Havard. asslstsnt surgeon
general. United States army, has recom
mended the abolition of coffee from army
ambeJstence and the substitution of te for
the present beverage. This Is a result of
his observations with the Russian army
in Manchuria and would be an American
adoption of the practice of the English, the
Russian and the Japanese tea is' superior.
In the opinion of Colonel Havard. to coffee,
because It to much easier to tranaport.
preserve and prepare, and If the Infusion
V.. tviBA VArv llsht. can be drunk almost
ad libitum without Injurious effects, thus
easily taking the place or water wnw
water Is suspected of contamination.
Colonel Havsrd regards tea as the Ideal
drink for the soldier In the field. He found
It the national nonalcoholic be vers go of
Russia and says: "It Is generally made
very light, from blackish, well flavored
Chinese leaves containing but little tannin,
and one may drink many cups or glaeaes
of It without any unpleasant after effect.
You Can Learn to Play This Piano Even
Before It Leaves the Warerooms
The pleasure of the Angelus Piano begtna immediately with the purrhasa,
and the pleasure increa- with u.
Your first attempt at playing will be amaringly satisfactory, owing to the
invention of the Melodant, which furnishes a detailed guide for interpretation.
When you follow the Melodant line, you are playing the style of some great
artist or other authority who haa made a special study of tbe composition.
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Few Ruanlans venture far from horn
without tea and teapot. Roiling water la
found at all stations along railways, so
that at any time of day soldiers and pas
sengers may always have a cup of hot
tea."
A midshipman from Utah haa made a
record at the Naval academy. Midshipman
Mervyn Bennlon. an appointee of Rep
resentative Howell of Utah entered the
academy in June, 1906. At the time of his
nomination he was a student at the Latter
Day Saint's university. The records show
that at last accounts he did not have a
single demerit, being the only case where
such a clean record haa been shown for
that length of time and this In a class of
215 members. The midshipman stands
number one In English, Isw and the
languages and Is high in mathematics and
other subjects.
MERRY JINGLES.
"I feel very sorry for poor Jlblets. When
did they first supect that his wife's mind
was giving way?"
"When one day she refused to attend a
marked-down bargain sale on the ground
that It was only in reason to pay a good
price to get a good thing." Baltimore
American.
"I wonder why people who And difficulty
In getting to sleep are told to count an
endlf-ss number of sheep Jumping over a
wall?"
"1'erhaps It Is with the Idea of pulling the
wool over their eyes." Cleveland Plain
Dealer. "You are In favor of giving new members
of congress more opportunities to make
speeches."
"rtalnly," replied Senator Sorghum:
"the sooner a young man In polltlca gets
over this Idea of telling all he knows the
better It will be for everybody." Washing
ton Star.
Reporter Colonel, you have read what
Senator Gotleft says about the country fao
ing an Industrial crista. Do you think his
fears are Justified ?
Eminent Statesman So far as he is con
cerned, young man. there are. He is face
to face with tbe dreadful alternative of
going to work at something or starving to
death. Chicago Tribune.
"Of course," said the newly-arrived mis
sionary, "we may seem stiff and uncom
promising In our religion, but I really think
you'll admire our backbone "
"You don't say," replied the cannibal
chief. "Now, we never considered that a
particular choice morBel." Philadelphia
Press.
"That was an odd Idea of young Jokem
to have a partv of all people In the house
who had the mumpa. How did the party
turn out?"
"Oh, It was quite a swell affair." Balti
more American.
"How do you think your constituents
will regard your views on this measure?".
"My dear air," answered Senator Soi1
ghum, "If they are as unintelligible as I
have tried to make them, my conatituente
won't understand them any mere than I
do." Washington Star.
WHEN FATHER HAS THK GRIP.
Detroit Free Press. -! ' 1
Poor mother wears a worried look.
And sister wears a frown;
And If I venture up the stairs
They send me straightway down.
I'm going to the drug store now, ' "
Upon a hurried trip.
To get some other kind of dope,
For father has the grip.
I heard him groaning In the night.
He said his head would split;
And when he thought his back wouls
break ;
In Just a little bit.
He told us that his legs were sore,
And soon It was ' Is hip;
It seems that everything Is sick
When father has the grip. .
The doctor came today and left
Some capsulea, and he said.
To take one each three hours until
The pain had really fled.
Baya pa, "That means twelve hours before
I give this pain the slip;
I'll bet he'd find a faster dope
If he had got the grip."
And then he told ma that he thought
That he was going to die; -An'
ma says no. that Isn't so, '
An" gave the reason why.
Then pa got mad and told her that
He didn't want her lip;
Oh' there'e no comfort In our nat
When father has the grip.
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