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    THE OMAHA DAILY BEE: WEDNESDAY, JANUARY HO, 1907,
The Omaha Daily Bee
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fOt'NDElV BY EDWARiJ ROSEWATER.
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: VICTOH ROSEWATER. EDITOR.
Kntered nt Omaha postofllcs aa second
class matter.
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TUB BEK ri BUSHlNO COMPANY.
STATEMENT dFClRCTLATlON,
Btftt. Nebraska, TxltglaS County, ss:
Charlea C. Hosewater, general manager
of The Bee Publishing company, being duly
twnrn, aaya that the, actual number of full
and rnmplfte copies- of The Dally. M rnlng,
Kveninsj and Sunday Bee printed during the
month of December, If, waa as follow:
1 ........ 31,870
2 . 30,980
1 31,010
4....V..,. 31,710
I 31,700
..(...,.. S1.690
7 ... . 3180
3 33,080
9.: 30,830
10 31,760
11 33,180
12 33,080
13 31,880
14 31,680
15 33,170
It 30,400
Total
, 17 33,873
1 31.TB0
19..... 31,760
20 32,670
1 21 31.080
.J2 31.000
. 23 303&0
24 81,710
25 3130
.24 33,130
27 31,770
28 31,610
29 31,830
SO 30,8 OU
31 3M10
. . .889,380
Less unsold and returned copies.. 8,341
Net total 873,148
Dally average. 31,391
' .CHARLES C. ROSEWATER,
General Manager.
Subscribed In my presence and sworn to
before me Uils 31st day of December, U:o4.
(Seal.) M. B. HITNOATB,
Notary Public.
1VHEK OIT OF TOWS.
SebaeXbers leaving- tlij city tem
porarily should have The Ilee.
mailed 4o them. Addreaa will be
ehauited aa often ''requested.
'Tbe-Oetman Socialist may find In
terest In the history of the populist
party. . ; ' ,
The country will soon know how
much Ice Secretary Root cut- In
Canada. ,
" Boston has a man 63 year of age
who Bays he nerer told, a. He In his life.
He's a bachelor, of course.
- One danger, is that tae average con
gressman, U apt to thlnH he must talk
nore to earn that Increase In pay.
y Senator Morgan has issued another
bulletln.Jn ihichiHi". pjonilaes' toJtlljf
Panama scandals faster than the icon
tractors can d4g dlrt v' " ' '
,.A photographer has been rejected
a . Thaw., juror photographer
could be expected to return a verdict
against ou6: hisbest' customers."
Chancellor Day of , the Syracuse uni
versity will probably', not stop untti he
succeeds" In organizing sine Society for
the Alleviation of I AJIgent Trusts. . :
T Carter Ufrrlson. Says he Is not cer
tain that tef wants to be mayor of
Chicago again. ' In other words, he Is
iiot certain that he can be elected.
' Hon. "BUly" MaaorTu living In Chi
cago and probably lamenting the fact
he got out of the senate before an ef
fort' waa made to organise that body
Into a minstrel troupe.
George B. cWtelycru Is said to owe
bis rise In life to his habit of listening
to everybody and never saying a word.
He Is alBO different, from Colonel
Br) an in other respects.
' Dispatches state that Ooldfleld Is so
overcrowded that It, is hard to find a
place to sleep. The condition would
be more serious If It were safe to
sleep In Ooldfleld, anyway.
In response to criticisms for having
borrowed money from a Standard Oil
magnate Senator aijey replies that
when he wants to '-borrow money he
always goes to a man who has It.
), Chicago attributes its 6,000 scarlet
(ever cases to the Ue of Infected milk,
but the country will be slow to be
lieve that Chicago uses milk to an ex
tent to warrant that much illness.
Mr. Cone of Saunders is finding
the billet of opposition leader in the
bouse at Lincoln a sinecure in one re
gard, at least. He meets opposition
to about everything he proposes doing.
The National Co-Operator declares
that "There would be more Rockefel
lers In the world if the young men
would devote as much time to money
nmklng as they do to love-making. "
perhaps, but is anybody clamoring for
any more Rockefellers?
' Representative , Phil Campbell of
Kansas has attacked the weather
bureau reports. Insisting that there Is
nothing like as much wind la Kansas
as there used to be. Still, the weather
bureau is not supposed to know that
the populist party In Kansas has dis
banded. Having decently provided for the
Ice crop, the weather man is now pay
ing some attention to the winter
wheat, i While the snow blanket has
not yet attained a depth that is alarm
lag, the 4actthat -It exists at all is an
.eaeou raging sign. The Nebraska cli
mate Is certainly vindicating IU. S ej-
fl good refyMktlon this year.
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HltiK 8PECVLATT0X CnAKB.
' The craie for mining speculation is
unabated and seems even to be spread
ing, In spite of collapse of .several not
able schemes and other warnings
within a month or two. The difficulty
ia that the general public, not to speak
of the Ignorant and gullible element,
falls to distinguish between successful
and legitimate mining enterprise and
the myriad schemes seductively ex
ploited by promoters for the exclusive
purpose of overreaching "Investors."
The craze Is stimulated by exagger
ated stories of results In the numerous I
mam AXmtwtntm .Km t n a KaaM nnanat I
the last few years. And rarely In our
history has, there been such a boom of
actuaj Investment and development In
gold, copper, silver and other locations.
But there great -successes have been
brought about by the application of
the soundest business principles and
expert knowledge. The Schwabs, Gug
genheims and Clarks leave nothing to
gueas In their mining undertakings,
and yet these are the examples that
are perverted " by ' unscrupulous
schemers to Influence public Imagina
tion and awake false hopes.
Investigation makes It. reasonably
certain that not one out of a hundred
of the mining schemes that are now
so profusely advertised is based even
on a half rational prospect, and in a
far smaller proportion Is there the
slightest purpose - of actual develop
ment. Practically the sole Investment
Is the advertising and the sole design
Is to mine the pockets of "suckers."
In nine cases out of ten they will never
see their money again. And yet un
numbered millions of dollars have al
ready gone Into these Iridescent Im
possibilities, and more . Is going1 into
them all the time. The worst of It Is
that In part this money is sacrificed
from those who can 111 afford to lose
It, but much, too, comes from fairly
well-to-do people to whom prosperity
has brought a surplus. - - -
It Is, of course, impossible to predict
just wheu general disillusionment will
come, but speculative ocl lapse is abso
lutely Inevitable, and It is toow prob
ably not very remote and that, too,
without regard to the conditions In
genuine mining industry, which are
solid and expansive.
BVSIXESS FAlLtTRI! LKSSOKS.
, . The business failures last year were
astonishingly small, whether as regards
number, amount of total -liabilities or
proportion to the aggregate of business
firms and corporations, and is thus in
direct line with the previous record for
a series of years. The facta contradict
the assertion that' the majority of those
who go into business ultimately fall.
It is a noteworthy suggestion of the
prevailing prosperity that In a total of.
1,500,000 corporations, firms -and indi
viduals engaged in buslnesi only one
out Of each 160 failed during the year,
the smallest proportion in-aquarter of
a century. And a large portion of the
total liabilities were due to a few trust
companies and banks In which there
had been fraud or gross mismanage
ment. . The- further fact Is. worthy of atten
tion that the percentage of failures
among firms employing small capital
is materially smaller than the year before,-
and that it has been steadily de
creasing the last' six or eight years.
This fact, contrary tola general im
pression. Indicates that the stress of
commercial conditions 1b not so severe
on the smaller as on the larger con
cerns, and that the former are holding
their ground In spite of centralizing
tendencies.
The failure record of last year and
recent years of course does not mean'
that recurrence of commercial depres
sion Is impossible. ' The facts, how
ever, do signally reflect souo-d and im
proved business conditions, and raise
the strong presumption of conservatism
in yielding credits and of the perma
nent attainment of a higher standard
of methods in the commercial com
munity, which tends effectually to re
duce the rate of business mortality..
ISCBKAS1SO MOXKlTAHD TAtLlSO
MABKET-
The rapid accumulation of money in
New York by return of crop advances
to the Interior and a tumbling stock
market, carrying down the: whole line
of quotations, even of the standard
railroad companies, are two conspicu
ous facts at present and since the open
ing of the year. Within two weeks the
loan market conditions at that great
center have been .apparently reversed
by a net gain of $29,000,000 to bank
cash and nearly $19,000,000 to surplus
reserve. It had been anticipated that
such conditions would relieve the se
vere stringency caused by immerse
drafts for the crop movement and that
expectation was played to the limit by
the great combinations that have been
manipulating the stock market. No
such result, however, Is visible or likely
soon to follow.
The serious truth seems to be that
this veYy manipulation. Involving the
operations, the dividend declarations
and the general financing of some of
the greatest railroad properties the last
three to six months have profoundly
affected public opinion. These revela
tions through official and indubitable
instrumentalities have naturally ex
cited the suspicions of the investing
public by deatrvxicg confidence tn the
ordinary basis for calculations, so it is
disposed to stand aloof, and a multi
tude who ordinarily, would now be buy
ing are selling. There Is a similar at
titude abroad, thus clotting for the time
an Important alternative avenue.
The saving condition' however, is
thst neither at-home nor abroad Is the
conviction of the validity of our unlver
MJ J,t,'si,..r'.!r.5nii?' P.8S.V Cnc Mhe
outlook shaken at all, nor U there any-
thing to shake It, There Is simply cau
tion and withholding on the part of
the general public, upon whom In the
last analysis the course of things In the
great financial and speculative markets
depends, In spite of the deep schemes
of the most powerful manipulators.
BAlUiOADS AS COAL MISS OWSERS.
Government officials sometimes
move in a mysterious way their duties
to perform, as Illustrated, for In
stance, In the partial report of the In
te. state Commerce commission, which
has been Investigating charges of
combinations between railroads and
coal companies. The report Is an in
teresting one, so far as it goes, but it
halts, like a Berlal story, Just when
the situation develops thrilling
features and the Indications are that
one more turn would unmask the vil
lain and give justice her victory. The
coiiimlssion's report is "to be con
tinued in our next."
The commission reports that it se
cured testimony showing discrimina
tion in rates to shippers, graft among
high officials, entangling alliances be
tween mine owners and railway au
thorities, combinations in restraint of
competition and about everything pro
hibited by the Sherman act, the Elktns
act and the railway rate bill passed
last session. The usual recommenda
tions follow. Publicity is urged in the
matter of car distribution, honest rat
ing in the capacity of mines is de
manded, the use of "private" cars by
coal companies Is prohibited and a
general recommendation is made pro
hibiting railroad companies or other
common carriers from having any In
terest, directly or indirectly, in the
ownership or operation of any' coal
mine.
All this would be decidedly prom
ising of action looking to the abate
ment of one of the great evils In the
fuel problems of the country were it
not for the fact that the investiga
tions and recommendations apply only
to a soft coal combine in the Virginia
and West Virginia districts. The big
offender,' the Pennsylvania anthracite
trust, does not figure In the Investiga
tion or in the findings of the commis
sion. The Coal Strike commission ap
pointed by President Roosevelt to Bet
tie the strike in the anthracite regions
in Pennsylvania In the winter of 1902
presented a mass of evidence calcu
lated to show that the coal combine,
headed by Deacon Baer, president of
the Reading railway, practically con
trolled every anthracite mine in the
country. The demand was for the Imme
diate further investigation and prose
cution of the combine, but the enthu
siasm over the settlement of the strike
burled everything at the time, and no
action was taken. Since that Investi
gation the Department of Justice has
been urged to conduct a prosecution
of the anthracite trust, but has Inti
mated that 1t vas not able to establish
positive proof of the combination, al
though' convinced of its existence.
Promise remains, howevor, of ulti
mate action In this direction.
A . member of the Interstate Com
merce commission in discussing the
subject 'calls attention to a clause In
tho railway rate bill which provides
that after May 1, 1908, It shall be un
lawful for any railroad company or
other Interstate common carrier "to
transport any article or commodity,
other than timber and the manufac
tured products thereof, manufactured,
mined or produced by it, or under Its
authority, or which it may cwn, In
whole or in part, or in which It may
have- any interest, direct or indirect."
This provision is aimed directly at the
Coal trust. Even if the authorities are
not convinced that the railroads own
the coal mines they are going to abol
ish such ownership.
a uorse um The railroads.
Although not explained at the time
In the dispatches describing the argu
ment of the Nebraska railroad tax
cases before the United States supreme
court, the hearing there developed a
horse on the railroads that Is too good
to be kept out of print
It will be remembered that when
the tax cases were set for argument
last October the railroad attorneys de
veloped a deep-seated aversion to talk
ing to a court made up of only eight
judges, and because of the weighty
constitutional points Involved, insisted
on the case going over until the bench
should be filled by the appointment of
a judge to the vacancy then existing.
When the president announced bis in
tention td name Attorney General
Moody to be associate justice of the
supreme court the railroads and cor
porations generally promptly . took an
Inventory of the senate to see If they
could prevent his confirmation, but
failing to find the necessary votes con
cluded to reconcile themselves to the
Inevitable.
It so transpired, therefore, that
when the Nebraska railroad tax cases
were set for hearing this month the
vacancy on the bench was filled, but
not filled with a Judge to the liking of
the railroad attorneys. On call of the
case Hon. C. J. Greene opened for the
railroads, representing the Burlington,
and was followed by Hon. John N.
Baldwin, representing the Union Pa
cific. Scarcely had Baldwin pro
ceeded far enough to Identify himself
and his client than Justice Moody in
terrupted to say that be was the owner
of some few shares of Union Pacific
stock, and being Interested to that ex
tent In one of the parties to the suit,
he would sit In the case, but would
take no part In adjudicating It.
So after sparring for wind and post-
ponlng the hearing three months, the
brilliant railroad attorneys found
themselves' compelled to submit their
arguments to a court composed of
only eight Judges, and the same eight
judges before whom they would have
argued it last October.
Unless something at present unfore
seen turns up, the controversy over
the location, of the gas tanks Is about
ended, the city council having agreed
on the passage of the Brucker bill that
will permit the' construction of addi
tional holders on the present site. The
settlement of this question Is one of
great Interest to citizens dependent on
gas for fuel and lighting purposes.
The fact that the storage capacity of
the present plant Is limited to a very
few hours' extra supply makes the Im
mediate construction of new holders
Imperative. Residents In the Immedi
ate vicinity of the present plant may
feel that an Imposition has been put
upon them, but the general impression
will be that It Is better to have what
ever nuisance exists in connection with
the gas plant concentrated at one place
rather than distributed throughout the
city, thus centering the evil.
Nebraska Is somewhat surprised at
the receipt from the general govern
ment of a Bum of money on account of
forest reserve fund. Governor Shel
don has asked the legislature to adopt
some law to dispose of the cash In
hand. It .is respectfully suggested
that Forester Harrison of York has
offered very attractive and appar
ently reasonable solution, and that the
money be used as the first step In a
scientific forestration of the now bar
ren sand hill region. This is feasible
and sensible, and a little money ex
pended on It now will bring untold In
crease In years to come.
South Omaha business men of real
prudence and foresight are unanimous
In the support of the Greater Omaha
proposition. In fact, the matter has
progressed already to that stage
where the only serious opposition to
the union of the two cities is that of
the men directly concerned In prevent
ing consolidation because of their per
sonal Interests. Those who are wise
are making a calculation on the exist
ence of Greater Omaha within a rea
sonably short time.
The debate on the statewide pri
mary bill Indicates that there is a
much deeper Interest in that measure
than some of its scoffing detractors
would have bad the public think. Dif
ference of opinion . regarding the de
tails of such an Important measure Is
only natural and out of the debate is
certain to emerge a bill that will fairly
represent the united wisdom of the
leaders of Nebraska thought.
Members of the city council have
some generally gopd ideas on the sign
question. If theyr.can only crystallize
them Into such laws as will prevent
disfigurement of the city by some of
the banners now'stretched before the
public gaze they .w4il .be accomplishing
a real advance ,,fo: the "Omaha beau
tiful." . ' '
The fire" cantaluB presented their
case to the Commercial club with the
same eloquent arguments , they used
at Lincoln, but It does not appear that
they convinced the business men as
readily as they did the legislators.
Miss Slmonton.;Of Pittsburg, who
started for Sonth Africa to study the
language and habits of monkeys, is
Branding the winter In Paris. She
may be able to accomplish her pur
pose without going to Africa.
I Chairman Shonts told the Knife and
Fork club , at Kansas City how the
Panama - canal should be dug. The
Information might be more effective
If furnished to the Pick and Shovel
club. .1
Paas It I'd.
New York Herald.
How can our western contemporaries con
tinue to prate of prosperity when New
York City aldermen are quoted at 3500 a
head?
Paas Vp th I.aarel.
New York Sun.
As a missionary fcf peace and good will
to all dwellers In the western hemisphere,
north and south, Saxon, Oltlo and Latin,
Mr. Root takes the laurel.
Cornea High, bait It'a Our Blse.
Philadelphia Record.
It coats to be a world power. .The navy
appropriation agreed upon by the house
committee on naval, affairs foots up 396,000,-'
000. This Includes $10,000,000 for another new
monster battleship.
- Aa I'aeoaacloas Haatorlat.
' Qprlnsfleld Republican.
Almost the only man In the Vnlted
States today, besides President Roosevelt,
who sets fully reported when he delivers
a speech la Chancellor Day of Syracuse.
The chancellor has no rival as the defender
of "predatory wealth," In which he re
joices; indeed, he walked In and took pos
session of a roBtrum which all others had
abandoned, and one of hla orations Is now
a novelty which puts htm In the A class as
an after-dinner speaker. If BUI Nye were
alive, the two would make a good team
for the circuit BUI reading some choice
selections from his own writings and the
chancellor speaklug some of hla great
thoughts on the modern martyrs, the per
secuted corporations and trusts. ,
Empty Sacks aad Crime.
Portland Oregohlan.
When Benjamin franklin said that It Is
hard for an empty sack to stand straight,
ha spoke without . foreseeing some of the
disclosures of the modern grand Jury, the
Insurance Investigating commission and the
Interstate Commerce .commission. He would
not write such a proverb In these days,
were he living, for the evidence now at
hand shows that it la no harder for an
empty sack to stand straight than it Is
for those that are commonly reputed to be
full. In fact. If accurate statistics could
be compiled, they would undoubtedly show
that there is more crookedness among the
rich than among tha poor. Very few men
ever beoome so rich that they are willing
to claaa themaelvea with the people rep
resented by the sacks that are full, and,
tn the effort to get more, they are as likely
to resort to dishonesty and trickery as
the man who Is pour anough to be hungry
and til clad. Franklin was a wise man,
but he was a little short on information
when he wryle the firyyecb abwui auuity
ROI'SD A HOI T MCW tORK.
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Hippies on the Carrent of Life la the
Metropolis.
Vleltnra to New York who have pre
served mental photograph of "the finest"
on duty nil Rroadway, by enlarfrlng the
picture two-foVl . will obtain an accurate
perspective view of the Importance of the
officers on duty at the Thaw trial. Their
cheat measurement overlaps that of the
Broadway sciuad and Its lofty curves out
shines the best effort of pouter pigeons.
"Chesty" doesn't do them Justice. There
are Just half a million people who would
like to see the performance, hut the of
ficers have said no. Only scant f armed
with special pertnlta can pass, the doors.
Atl others encounter a frown as crushing
as a road roller.
The Philadelphia Ivlger correspondent
points out that "Greater New . York has
during the last five years built 1(1.158 flat
houses, furnishing homes for 585,031 ten
ants. The cost for construction has been
$3!t0,51!,596. When the cost of land Is In
cluded the total Investment has reached
tl.000.oi10.000. The Investment to house each
person has been $1,710. If eaeh tenant has
paid, on the average, 10 per cent a year
for housing accommodations, the annual
rent which such an investment demands
from each tenant Is $171. From the fig
ures of the past five years, and from cur
rent Information .as to the immediate fu
ture. It Is believed New York reached the
top of Its flat-building wave in l!n. The
construction of flats gained steadily In vol
ume during the decade preceding 1. It
receded sharply In 190$. Brooklyn's rise
as a flat-house center has been steady and
rapid. It has met with no reaction. The
growth has been due to the Increasing ac
cessibility of Brooklyn land to persons
who have business In Manhattan. Brook
lyn built ISO flat houses for 2.784 tenants In
1902. In 1903 the construction was 657 flat
houses for 7.6:3 tenants. The next year
produced 1,433 houses for 34,002 tenants.
During 1906 2,884 flat houses were built for
64,888 tenants. Last year the output was
3,230 flat houses fpr 67,383 tenants. Bronx
and Queons boroughs have shown similar
steady development."
A bill that will cause every title and tUle
Insurance company in the state to rise up
In arms has been Introduced In the legisla
ture. It provides for the so-called Tor
rens system of recording titles to real es
tate. Under that system the guarantee of
a title would rest with the state, and once
a title was registered there would not be
the endless searching that now goes On.
Any court owner can register his title. A
court proceeding is had, the title searched
and established In the owner and a certlfl
ate of title Is Issued to him. Ail liens and
Incumbrances must be noted upon the cer
tificate and nothing can be a Hen if it Is
not so noted. This system does away with
the necessity for searching a title. The
system has been in operation in Australia
and almost all of the English colonies tor
many years. It Is now used In England,
where It ia compulsory.
A grocer on the upper east side has
adopted the plan practised by the large dry
goods houses. He has his windows deco
rated In white and a sign In the center
reads: "Our Great Annual White Sale:
Sugar id cents for 2 lbs., Flour 15c. a bag,
8tarch 10c. a pkg-." followed by a long list
of "white" goods marked down for this
event.
The widespread popularity of the Teddy
bear has pluyed hob with the "bear skin"
market In New York. Long before Teddy
bears were even thought of the soft, fur
like cloth from which they are made was
christened "bearskin," and la ao known In
the dry goods world. It la largely used
-for making coats, for small children. Manu
facturers of Teddy Dears are aoie 10 uo
such large quantities of It that their
orders get a preference over the usual
orders from mercantile houses. As a
result there is a scarcity of the cloth
in the trade and local wholesalers are
driven to distraction to find a way to ap
pease their clamoring customers. They are
able only partly to till all orders for the
stuff, while the factories are working over
time to produce 1L 1
One of the large department stores of
Brooklyn sold during the holiday season,
20,000 "Teddy" bears. A buyer in Germany
in the fall purchased what he believed
would see them through. They were
snapped up in a tew days, and a second
order was cabled. Originally they wero
culled "cubby" bears, but when Paul Piper
Invented the cult of the "Teddy bears" the
name was changed by general consent.
It 1j doubtful whether Mr. Piper secured
any benefit from the hundreds of thousands
of bears sold, but he certainly did from
the "Teddy bear" books, many thousands
of which have been marketed.
There are no seaaons for the New York
merchant. Spring flowers bloom in the
florist's window In midwinter and the dry
goods stores show lingerie frocks and fur
coats side by side. The markets are full of
new potatoes, strawberries, artichokes,
mint, spring lamb and other delicacies of
the early summer, and the shops are per
fect mountains of thin muslin underwear,
which by common custom Is always dis
played the day after Christmas. Daisies,
sweet peaa and white lilacs appear at all
the florists' and the furnishings for sum
mer cottages are being prepared for Im
mediate display.
Plans for a twenty-two-story building
for . the New York Sun have been pre
pared by a firm of New York architects
by the order of William M. La (Tan, pub
lisher of the Bun. But whether a twenty-two-story
building, or any other, shall be
built soon or ever to take the place of the
old Sun building Mr. La (Tan does not him
self know. For more than twenty years
plans have been ordered from time to time
for a new building.
The old Sun building was once the wig
wam of Tammany hall. The late Charles
A. Dana used to say that It was big
enough for the purposes of Ms newspaper
and that he didn't care to go Into office
renting. But the land was cheaper In his
days than It is now.
The Service I'raalon Bill.
Philadelphia Ledger.
It Is a matter of great Interest to many
thousand survivors of the civil war
whether the house shall pass the service
pension bill recently passed by the senate.
It is said that the house committee on In
valid pensions favors the measure, but Is
waiting to be assured before reporting the
bill that the house organisation will per
mit the legislation to be completed at this
session. Over 260.0U0 prest-m pensioners
will be affected by the proposed service
pension law, and tn addition to these there
are upward of 100,000 civil war veterans who
are not now receiving any pension. It la
estimated that there will be living on June
31, 1907, 782,722 survivors. The number of
pensioners on fhe rolls at that date would
not exceed 675.0UO. The projected legisla
tion would add $15.0ud,000 a year to the
federal appropriations, probably for five
years, from which time the pension roll
would rapidly diminish.
DUerlsalaatloa Aaralaat Soldiers.
New York Tribune.
The War department Is quite light in re
fusing to accept as final the Judgment of
a New York state magistrate that discrim
ination against soldiers because of the uni
form they wear Is lrgal. It la to be hoped
the department will carry tha matter to
higher courts and not let It rest untU the
honor of. the nation! uniform has bees
vindicated.
rK.HOVl, AM) OT1IKBW1SB.
New Tork spice has pushed Jamaica gin
ger off the front page.
Dr. Felix Adler declares that the dealra
for wealth Is a form of Insanity. "What
a crasy world, my masters!"
Out In California automobiles are known
aa "cough-carts" because their trail makes
lungers sit up and take police.
With 148 newspapers reporting that New
York trial readers are assured of getting
the whole truth and then some.
Grief over the , failure of Renator Till
man's minstrel show has been checked by
assurances of a raise at the box office.
Senator Bailey saved his face and 1)1"
seat by demonstrating to suspicions Texans
that he never wore a claw-hammer coat.
The automatic divorce plan proposed In
France would never do In a strenuous re
public, A wait of three years would drive
American divorce courts out of business.
"There la nothing sensational," says a
Chicago paper, "In obeying the ten com
mandments." But they lack the Imprima
tur of the I. M. O. and the approval of the
referendum.
There is one woman in Texas who may
walk fifty miles In 'one direction without
stepping off her own land. Too much exer
olsa for the pleasure of talking over the
back fence.
Publlo response tot the fierce criticism of
the opera "Salome" In New York Is mani
fested tn the advance sale of all seats for
six additional performances. Unable to
get Into the criminal court New Yorkers
turn to "Salome" for overripe pleasure.
Archer M. Huntington has Just been
elected president of the American Geo
graphical society to take the place of Com.
mander Peary, resigned. He Is a son of
Collls P. Huntington, has written consider
able. Is an authority on Spanish literature
and founded and Is the president of the
Hispanic Society of America.
A St. Louis minister defined a heresy
trial by denying that Gehenna was un
charted by ancient and modern geogra
pliers. According to his Information the hot
place was right on- this footstool and those
who sought a dress rehearsal could readily
find it before the regular performance.
The-report ' that the lid Waa securely on
In St. Louis needs further confirmation.
Governor Buchtel of Colorado, Methodist
minister and college president, is the chief
promoter of a stag social to be pulled off
tomorrow evening in a Denver hotel. '"I
want this occasion," he says, "to be one
of rollicking fun. Life is strenuous and
business is serious, so when we have this
dinner, I want It to be In the best of fel
lowship. The members of the legislature.
Justices of the supreme court and all state
officials have been invited. An exception
will have to be made in the case of the
superintendent of publlo instruction, who
will be excused to attend a meeting of the
woman's club." The excluded officer Is a
woman.
BELATED ORIEF.
Orerflorrloa Tear Darts that Might Be
Cheeked by Action.
Philadelphia Press.
The Congressional Record Issued lust
Monday morning is filled with the appre
ciative lament of members of the house of
representatives for the death of William H.
Bate, "late a senator from the State of
Tennessee." The same Issue contain the
belated speeches of several senators on the
same subject delivered January 17, 1907.
Senator Bate died March t, 1906, almost
two years ago. The pious grief of his col
leagues has been kept In cold storage an
unusually long time, waiting, we assume, a
convenient time for its public manifesta
tion. The written speeches are probably
none the worse, and -the poetical extracts
with which the speeches are freely sprink
led are none the less fresh because of the
delay In the delivery. The house wisely
chose the Sabbath day for Its mortuary
addresses, deeming It. In tha condition of
Its business, a work of necessity and mercy
not to waste a week day In the expression
of grief so long post mortem.
Senator Bate fell a victim to the per
nicious custom of holding an outdoor pa
geant and Inauguration ceremonies on the
4th of March. The pneumonia weather so
common at that period has caused many
deaths. It Is especially perilous to men
past the meridian of life and with lowered
vitality. Yet the bill to change Inaugura
tion day to the more clement period at the
close of April appears to be almost as dead
aa Senator Bate.
Apparently congress , would rather lose
some of Its members occasionally and
mourn their death . at some convenient
period two years later than to change in
auguration day to April SO, that propitious
time o4 year when George Washington
took the oath of office as the first president
of the United States.
During Alterations
'HILE we are improving the ar
rangement of our store for the
public convenience we must
necessarily put our customers to
some inconvenience meanwhile.
But perhaps the big reductions
we -are making in all depart
ments will help to overcome the annoyance
of shopping while the workmen are tempo
rarily a good deal in the way.
There are lots of good bargains in your
size in those suits and overcoats, at $1250
that formerly sold from $1! to $257 ;
Browning, King & Co
R. S. WILCOX. M n er
Last Yea.r We Scvved to Pia.ivo
Buyers $75,000
In the year 1906 we sold 1,000 palnos. I'pon each piano aold ws
saved the customer between $."50 and $1(50, that In, comparing our price
with the prices rise-where for Instruments of like quality.-
Out, reckoning that the average saving was only $.V), It amounted
tn the year to the enormous sum of $75,000. v
We not only sell at the lowewt prices, but the pianos we sell are the
best In the world. . ,
- .. One price and no commission have much to do- with the low price
at which we sell pianos. t ' j . , ,
A. HOSPE CO., 1513 Douglas SU
. nooKri:LT' ttcK in.
Ilarrlmaa Hevelatloa Ms the rians
of Kaokera.
New Tork World.
.The groat difficulty expet'enced by con
servative republicans of the standlrg nf
Senator Foraker and Senator Scott, wh
are willing to stxke their own popiilorltv
on the chance of rescuing the republic.) n
party from the clutches of Rooeeveltism.
Is that Just when their plans are all lnl.l
their corporation friends desert fiein.
For Instance, they had every right t ex
pect Mr. Ibirrrtnan'a stendfust support.
They and their fellow believers in con
flltutloniil principles' hnd done what they
could to prevent President Roosevelt froin
putting the railroads tinder strict feder.il
control. A grate t-rlmt had been com
mltted against property right's In the nan-,,
of the administration. Unfortunately Mr
Harrtman get caught In a series of un
lawful trifflc contracts and scandulou
stock manipulations Just at the hour s.-t
for the deliverance Of their party fnm ti e
hands of rate law radicals. Mr. Koki(
and Mr. Rockefeller turn out to be Mr.
Hsrrlmnn's accessories. ' Their Btaivitrd
Oil trust la also, nipped by the admi:ii
tratlon at the business of -rebating and
brought Into the criminal courts. Who
knows when Mr. Harrlmnn will land there
Think what a disappointment it means
to the conservative leaders of the senate!
The country was beginning to be bored by
President Roosevelt's fidgety ways. The
negro vote was lining up. The republican
national committed was as good as cap
tured. Wall street was In ambush, every
knife sharpened and every check book
within reach. Foraker and Scott had been
ntted for bright new uniforms. All at
once. Mr. Roosevelt, Instead of throwing
up his hands at the first signs of a sharp
ncht, comes Into camp With Harrlmnn and
half a doien Standard OU bonkers and
directors In tow. How Is any party to bs
seriously saved when such things happen
and people greet with enthusiastic ap
plause Interruptions not provided for In
the program?
l.AKilllWG GAS.
"Ever seen n Indian policeman?" naked
the passenger wlth-he bristling musuche
"Yes," sh id the passenger with the skull
cap. "I used to know one In Omaha.
"How did he look In uniform?"
"Much like the ordinary copper, only a
little more copper colored, of course.'
Chicago Tribune.
"I had such a good offer," said Mr.
Shonts to the Interviewer, "that I Could
not decline It." ....
"Kut when Mr. Wallace"
"Mr Wallace's offer Involved n salary
far lesa than mine," explained the spenker
coldly, with a glance toward the door not
to be mistaken. Philadelphia Ledger.
"Miss Gabber waa so cold yesterday she
could not speak." , ,
"Aw, g, wan!" Cleveland Plain-Dealer.
American aristocracy had Just appeared
on the scene.
It viewed with haughty mien the common
herd, and yet gave largess. ' ,
"I do this," arlstociacy explained, "lest
the populace, taking umbrage, make ado
over the fact that my grandfather peddled
clams." Philadelphia Ledger.
"Is It hard to get into polltlcsT" aaked
the ambitious youth.
"Sometimes." my son, answered Senator
Sorghum; "but never as hard aa to get out
gracefully." Washington Star.
"If you will Invest rOOO.1 said the pro
moter, confidently, "I will pay you 6 per
cent a month."
"Kut for how many months?"
"Oh, for ten, say. That will be $500. I
need the other $500 In my business."
Philadelphia Press.
"There's a man who could be one of tha
country's greatest poets It he wished."
"And he isn't?"
"No."
"Introduce me." Cleveland Press.
"My wife," complained Farmer Fodder
shucks. "Is allers klckln" about somethln'.
Wheh the sun don'e ' shrne. khai gets; the
blues. An', by Heck! when the sun does
shine, she complains becus it fades the
carpet!" Cleveland Leader.
THIS KICK ICRS' LXV B.
New York Sun.
They kick when it'e dry, they kick when
It's wet.
They kick when It's warm, they kick when
It's cold,
They kick at the storm or the summer
time fold;
They kick at the rain, they kick at the
snow.
They kick at the pain of the rheumatlo
woe;
They kick at the fun and the laughter
aloud.
They kick at the sun and they' kick at the
cloud.
Thev kick at the drink, they kick at the
dust.
They kick when they shrink, they kick
when they bust;
They kick if they fall, they kick If they
rise,
They kick good and tall at the' stars In the
skies;
Thev kick if they're sick, they kick if
they're well,
Thev kick till the kick kicks them out of
this earth.