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TIIE OMAHA DAILY BEE: SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 2, 1907.
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Charlee C. Roseweter, general manager
of The Bee Publishing company, being duly
aworn, aaya that tha actual number of full
and complete cople of Tha Dally, Morning,
Evening and Sunday Bee printed during tha
month of January. 111, wa aa follow:
i so,oo n W70
.j....: a.eso il ax,to
3 tl,70 v 1 81.T80
4 si,mo to o,aoo
., S1.0M tl i.l,O0
S0,00 It M.080
7 l,tB0 tt iX,640
I Sl,a00 14 31,780
a,880 tl i.'o
io 99,040 t..( ai,ao
11 11,870 H... 80,800
11 M,0S0 tl., 31,830
It 00,400 19 81,680
14 81,780 10..... 81,390
IS 81,930 II 81,890
II 89,190
Total........, , 999,480
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Good morning, Mr. Groundhog,
your shadow on straight?
Is
A. Anvil, who has been appointed to
an office in Philadelphia, seems to bo
alrtady getting his share of hammer
ing. In patting his cabinet officers on the
stump In a campaign, the kaiser only
followed a distinguished American
precedent
As to the construction of lnterurban
trolley lines, The Bee's advice lq to get
tho lines built ' first and to regulate
them afterward. ' (
It the faith healers win their fight
to escape subjection to medical super
vision they will be confirmed in tie
faith stronger than ever.
P"""nnssnnBBmBBann)
"Dryden Qr. Nobody" Is the cry of the
senator's supporters for re-election In
New Jersey, and the opponents seem
to prefer the" substitute.
Peary might keep In practice for his
north pole trips by making, a dash,
with a fuel supply, for some of those
icelocked towns in North Dakota and
Montana. - .
i '
The Department of Justice at Wash
ington intimates that as soon as it jan
And a bteathlng spell from the rush
of other business it is going to wind
up the Watch trust
The Dahlman Democracy is to start
a newspaper, which is to serve as the
official mouthpiece of "his honor" and
hla administration. Now will the
World-Herald be good? , ...
If the Thaws had been as particular
about - their . associates as they are
about Jurymen, Pittsburg might" have
been spared a lot of advertisement of
the kind that does not pay.
It Governor Sheldon did not know
that pending charges . against the
Omaha Board of Fire and Police Com
missioners were bequeathed to him by
his 'predecease .he doubtless knowi It
now.
One good feature of the 'tariff agree
ment between the United States and
Germany Is -that it can not be com
pleted by the commission In time to
be killed by the senate at the present
session.
It might be well to show what harm,
it any, the contributors to the demo
cratic campaign fund last year did be
fore asking Chairman Griggs of the
congressional committee to publish
their names. .
The Arkansas legislature has passed
a law fixing passenger fares on rail,
roads in that stale at I eenta a mile.
Patrons of Arkansas passenger .trains
will still think they ought to be paid
instead of paying. ,
' "Will anyone be Interested in a two
years' debate in the magaxlnes between
Colonel Bryan and Senator Bev
ertdge?" asks the Philadelphia Press.
Certainly, Colonel' Bryan and Senator
Beverldge will be.
, This proposition of the Postal com
mission to exclude from aeoond-class
mail privileges newspapers 'Consisting
wholly or substantially of fiction"
would make it. hard sledding for some
of the New York yellows, as-well as
for some similar publications nearer
boma
TBI JTgW rnuBlBlTIOX. ,
Prohibition fanatics are again urg
ing upon tile legislature the enactment
of their county option bill. Aside
from the manifest unfairness of the
bill as drawn, giving the temperance
people, as one of Its advocates de
clares, "two cracks at the llifuor men
Instead of one," the measure Is de
signed simply to bring about prohibi
tion In a new form and to do away
entirely with the present Blocumb.law,
which Is the true embodiment of local
option.
Members of the legislature can with
profit review the history of Nebraska
with respect to the regulation of the
liquor traffic The Sloenmb law was
enacted In 1881,xnaklng this etate par
excellence the high license state and
putting It far In advance of other
state which were then grappling, Or
have since grappled, with this problem.
The prohibitionists, however, contin
ued their agitation until in 1890 they
secured, with the help of the railroads
that wanted to divert attention from
themselves, the , submission of an
amendment grafting that policy upon
the constitution.
As might have been expected, the
amendment was overwhelmingly
snowed under at the polls, but In the
.landslide that burled prohibition the
republican candidate tor governor was
carried down as well and enough vot
ers of .foreign extraction driven Into
the ranks of the ' democracy to make
Nebraska' a doubtful state for years.
The stand taken by the republican
party in favor of sound money and
against repudiation laid the foundation
for winning them back, and the cour
ageous assaults of President Roosevelt
upon gigantic trust evils -and upon
bus by lawless railroad combina
tions formed the capstone of their eon
version. The Bee does not hesitate to
express the opinion that In the' recent
enmpaign enough foreign-born voters
rallied to the standard of -George L.
Sheldon to give him the majority by
which he was elected over his fusion
opponent, while the prohibitionists
cast their ,f,100 votes, as usual, for
their own prohibition nominee.
Before yielding to the new prohibi
tion republican members of the legis
lature should ask themselves whether
they went to drive all the foreign-born
voters, who have broad views on per
sonal liberty and sumptuary laws,
burk into the democratic fold
whether they want the republican
party to be known , as a prohibition
party ond assume all the risks which
such aBtip would surely tnvolvet
JfH. BRIAV'H NEXT "OPtHflACk"
The intimation that Mr. ' Bryan is
about to "open the campaign of 1808"
with a series of 'magazine articles ex
cites lively reflections, though ' of; a
diverse character, among republicans
and democrats. The .reports are alto
gether credible that 1 tha Nebraska
leader has been earnestly advised by
some of the' most ' astute men of his
party by no means to do anything of
the sort while others in still greater
numbers have expressed to him grave
doubt of the policy of such deliver
ances at this time. It Is not recorded,
however, that political adversaries of
light and leading share In such ap
prehensions. In that quarter, on the
contrary, the forthcoming series seems
only to arouse enthusiasm.
It has not been many 'months since
Colonel Bryan, after cireum-travellng
the world, landed at New York, with
no end of preliminary red fire and
elaborate staging, to open the campaign
ot 1908, as the public was given to
understand, and on that occasion the
opener turned out . to D a hybrid of
national and state ownership of rail
roads, plans and specifications as usual
being omitted. 'Possibly What followed
the campaign opening last summer
may account for the variant frames of
mind in which democrats and repub
licans now await the colonel's cam
paign reopening. :'
KTF0RT TO AVOW TARIFT LAW. :
The official .statement given out by
the American and German tariff com
missioners Upon the completion of
their ' work makes it clear, that they
have negotiated no commercial treaty.
Abundant reasons existed. In addition
to the lack of authority which they
specify, why: the should. not draft a
treaty Congress . is so exceedingly
Jealous ot its prerogatives In such mat
ters that conclusions reached through
executive Initiative, no matter how
sound they may be, are apt, to be re
ceived with prejudice, and in this, case
legislative action la necessary. ta carry
them out. There" is a general. feeling
that this In large part explains how the
series ot reciprocity treaties carefully
wrought out under McKlnley and
Roosevelt came to be hung up In the
senate and even denied consideration.
But It Is also apparent that the com
missioners "have 'come to ' an under
standing on a basis for a customs ar
rangement between the two countries
and have acquired information regard
ing each, others positions that can
hardly fail to be of vital importance
to the legislatures ot both for reach
ing a satisfactory adjustment. The
commissioners on the part of both gov
ernments are experts and authorities
In the subject matter, very much of
which has not been well understood
In either country by their legislators.
Nearly a year agothe German gov
ernment adgpted a widely variant
maximum and minimum scheme of
tariff rates, the latter, of course, to
apply to ImpoVts from countries where
German goods were admitted under
satisfactory conditions. Important
provisions of our customs laws, mainly
administrative features, were obnox
ious, so that we were menaced with
exaction of the maximum rates, which
are enormously higher than those ot
the old German tariff, Itself one of the
highest in the world. They especially
boar disastrously on American meats
and meat products. And this threat
ened maximum was only suspended for
a period of months to allow an effort
through a Joint commission to pave
the way for an accommodation.
The commissioners in their statement
do not, of course, define the results of
their conferences, but their statements
are entitled In due course to serious
consideration both by congress and by
the country at large. National pride
Is always exceedingly sensitive. We
are naturally irritated at what seems
to us the perverse attitude In Germany.
It is likely, too, that In the last resort
we should be able to Inflict more hurt
than could- be Inflicted upon us. But
a tariff war Vould Inevitably injure
both, and after grave industrial losses
had been suffered mutual agreement
would have to be reached. The ad
ministration has been wise to endeavor
to solve the difficulty before rather
than after a commercial war.
sous help for irgrtB5 mrrns.
The form In which the rivers and
harbors bill has been turned over to
congress from the committee, with
Items aggregating 1300,000 for Im
provement of the Missouri river, al
lows more for this purpose than it was
at first disposed to allow, but far less
than the Missouri valley states feel
themselves Justly entitled to. Lett to
Itself the committee would not have
broken In any degree the neglect in
which the Missouri channel has fallen
for many years.
The awakening of the business com
munities ot the Interior states gen
erally to the Importance of river trans
portation and their earnest efforts to
secure from congress corresponding
aid has thus at least made a beginning,
small though it Is. . The clearing of
snags from the channel should tend to
encourage the movement here and at
other points to get river freight lines
started. The main difficulties probably
will be encountered in the first steps
of substantial restoration of naviga
tion, but every boat and every ton of
freight will broaden the basis for fur
ther national aid.
tt is, Indeed, along this Jine that
Chairman Burton of the rivers and
harbors committee has been induced to
modify his hostile attitude, as he
clearly Indicates In his allusions to the
preliminary efforts at Omaha and Kan
sas City to i revive river traffic. He
concedes that a fair trial should be
given an,d that commercial conditions
now Seem ripe to develop and maintain
navigation.
Moreover, there are unmistakable
signs that the- whole Interior Is lining
up for its essential common interest
in. water freights. The communities
that will be served by the main tribu
taries of the Mississippi have their sev
eral local Interests, but they are real
izing as never before that co-operation
Is absolutely essential to the Interest of
each. . Some beginning having been
made,' which-was probably all that
could be expected at this session, a
solid union of these mid-continent
states in congress for ' their water
transportation needs may In due time
prove Irresistible.
According to tho railway regulation
bill drafted by the Joint committee,
each member of the Nebraska Railroad
commission "before entering upon the
duties of his office" shall subscribe to
the usual oath and in addition swear
"that he Is not directly or Indirectly
Interested In any railroad, the bonds,
stocks, mortgages, securities, contracts
or earnings of any railway company
or -common carrier." In other words.
If the law goes through as thus worded
the commissioners elected last Novem
ber will not bo clothed with official
powers until they take the new a'nd
revised oath of office. All the racket
then raised over Commissioner Cowell's
failure to line up with the other state
officers at the tlm they were formally
Inducted Into their places was nothing
but a flash In the pan.
The number of inmates of th sol
diers' homes maintained by our state
Is steadily Increasing. This is quite
natural, however, In view of the fact
that the surviving veterans of the war
are reaching the advanced age when
they find themselves dependent as well j
as cut on irom irienas ana relatives.
The state however, will have to look
forward to the time not very far dis
tant when these, soldiers' homes wtll
gradually lose their population, which
probably -has now about reached its
maximum.
Th decision of the county board to
kep records of all county employes
with a view to Intelligent action on
applicationa for promotions and salary
Increases is a step in .the right direc
tion. But when the records show that
the employe Is not earning his money
the board should not heaitate to de
mote him Into private life.
The license fee scheme ot regulating
the ice business may solve the difficulty
which created such a large area of un
pleasantness In Omaha during , the
heated months ot last year. Whatever
remedy Is to be provided, however,
should be provided at the beginning of
the summer season' rather than at Its
close.
'Democrats and populists have been
calling for direct primary legislation
In their state platforms year after
year, not only In Nebraska, but, In
tusny other states.-. It is a poor time
for democrats aad populist members
ot the legislature to begin backsliding
on thl proposition.
. Washington correspondents are send
ing out the usual scare about the pros
pect of aa uktra aeasiqn. one to the
failure of the congress to pass certain
appropriation bills. One sure remedy
lor tms ott-recurrmg situation wouia
be the adoption of a rule requiring the
legislative appropriation bill, carrying
the money for salaries of members, to
be considered only after the disposi
tion of the other appropriation measures.
A semi-official organ at the City ot
Mexico declares that war between the
United States and Japan Is inevitable.
Mexico and San , Francisco may feel
that way about It,, but they will have
to convert Toklo and Washington be
fore they have a fulfillment ot the pre
diction. If It costs $ BOO a year to take care
of each pupil In the Nebraska Institute
for the Blind, the state could without
doubt save money by sending these un
fortunates to the best private school
for blind Instruction and pay all their
expenses.
A call for a house caucus of repub
licans to consider tariff revision failed
because of Inability to secure the nec
essary fifty signatures to the petition.
Really but one signature to such a pe
tition is necessary that ot Speaker
Cannon.
Well, Hardly.
Cleveland Leader.
Nebraska ha an excitement about a
"girl witch" who e"t spells over young
men. Great Bcott! la this Nebraska's first
experience?
Hand I'p the Haloa.
Pittsburg Dispatch,
tf h wav tf compulsory gpodne keeps
on the railroad magnates may become so
good that they will have difficulty in recog
nizing themselves.
Cravrflahlnsr.
Chicago Record-Herald.
Swettenham haa apologised and' with
draw his letter to Admiral Davla. H
ha not, however, gone so far a to recall
the admiral's war ships and bluejackets.
Otllnsr the Machinery.
New Tork Evening Post.
The senate committee has reported favor
ably tho bill giving the government th
right of appeal in criminal Case. It is wall
to hav everything ready for the next
quad of trust magnates.
A Hlat from Berlin.
Washington Herald. 1
We respectfully call the attention of the
anti-Roosevelt contingent to th fact that
Emperor William discharged th entire
Ralchstag without honor; and Just e
what th people did about It!
A Melancholy Poaalbllltr.
Springfield Republican. ,
The most unfortunate consequence ;of th
Interstate commission's -arraignment of the
Standard Oil company la likely to be an
other eruption from Chancellor Day of
Syracuse university, tf the commission had
only thought of that It might hav decided
to suppress Its report
Road -to Poatal Bconoan?.
Indianapolis News.
The request of First Assistant Postmas.
ter-Oenerfcl Hltchoock for an additional
appropriation of , 150,000 fo meet Increas
ing expenses for the .current year natur
ally remind one that there 1 still an ex
cellent opportunity to aid the department
In Its economics by abolishing th congres
sional frank.
Too Small for Showdown.
New Tork Tribune.
Chairman ftrlni of th democratic con-
greasional committee declines to make pub
lic th accounts of tne commute tor tne
last campaign, but Say that th reoelpts
were "email." We1 trust that no subscriber
has asked for reimbursement on th ground
that the management didn't give him a run
for his money.'
. . partf r'a Land Roar.
Chicago News.
Senator Carter of Montana say that Sec
retary Hitchcock by hi suspicious meth
ods in connection with land patent 1
driving 'American settlers Into Canada, to
tha great lots ot this country. Still th
secretary ha caught om pretty fierce
n.rimena of land thieves In th far west.
o be haa reason for being suspicious up
to a certain point.
Paradox In Military Discipline.
Philadelphia Record.
Military clrcl hav bea convulsed over
a ' caa of . dlaoiplln that recall th prob
l.m f tha Irrealstlbl fore meeting th
Immovable obstacle. An officer ordered an
enlisted man to go to church, and th man
refused. Th officer had no right to give
the order, but the enlisted man had no
right to refuse. This extraordinary situa
tion ha been solved, by . transferring th
nllatad man 'to another post as a mark
ot disapproval, and sanding th officer to
another post on temporary duty.
GOVERNOR CIMM1NS' IDEAS.
Need el Revising th Federal Obm
tttntlea. ' Chicago News.
Governor. Cummins of Iowa make soma
striking comment on th federal constitu
tion, which come as a reply to observation
recently made by Secretary Root. Th Ut
ter declares that unless each of th states
takes up th work of governing In th In
terests of the family of state at th point
wher th national, goverpm'nt leavea off
amendment to th aonatltutlon enlarging
th federal powers will surely follow. Oov
erndr Cummins ha been In th van of state
officers' who hav tried to do just what
Secretary Root urge. Now, he says: "Our
forefathers mad (or ua a government, na
tional and state,, putting into it a genius
that dwarfs every other effort of its kind,
but the country to be governed haa escaped
from th government established to manage
It and la running wild."
It Is significant ot th present trend of
vents that Governor Cummins comes out
unequivocally for amendments to the fed
eral constitution. Among others, he wants
an amendment "that will give th Interstate
commerce clause scop enough to enable
congreM to control and regulate things
which th development of commerce hav
tiatlonalirod." The governor of Iowa has
had perlnce in regard to the difficulties
of state control. The railroads crossing
Iowa, for (sample, have exercised for years,
by rr.eana cf pollt cal attorneys strung aloig
their routes, a notorious proprietorship
over the public affairs of the stat. Yet
none of these rosds ha a terminus In Iowa,
so that nearly every article of commerce
handltd by them crosses th state bound
aries on Its way to market and therefore
la subject to national laws. Thus Governor
Cummins ha been led to ae clearly the
results of corporate nationalising of busi
ness enterprises.
While Important amendments to th fed
eral constitution are desirable, no state
should slacken and every state should In
crease It effort to do Its full duty by
Itself and th rest et U atioa
OTHER LANDI THIK OIK 9
fttwlallsm. a a pel!lel force In the af
fair of Europe, encountered emphatic re
buff in Germany and Great Britain within,
ten day. Hitherto the social democratic
party has been a growing power In Ger
many and was represented by -venty-nln
deputies In the last Reichstag. In the elec
tions held January 36 the party suffered a
nt loes o nineteen seat, while other p.rty
division of the German electorate held
their strength or made oubatanjial gain
Th country sustained the ministry and
practically endorsed the Imperial colonial
policy. Second balloting will be held In
about 10 constituencies on the tith Inst., as
none of the candidates received a majority
on the first ballot. The second election elim
inates all but the two candidate receiving
th highest vote in the first ballot. Th dis
patches Indicate that the custom of center
ing on one candidate all opposition to the
socialists will be pursued with Increased
Seal next Tuesday, and it Is calculated that
the result will still further diminish social
istic strength In th new Reichstag. The
losses are not due to declne of the party
numerically. In that respect the socialist
made a slight gain. But the opposition
rallied a much larger percentage or th to'al
vote and thus swept the clce consttu
encles. Equally significant and more em
phatic was the rout of the democrats In
their attempt to convert th trnde union of
Great Britain Into a socialistic propaganda.
The proposition brought before the general
conference of the unions was decisively de
feated. Both events ore" of International
Interest. They indicate clearly that In the
two most progressive nations of Europ
socialism la not making srlnus headway
and Is mainly a political refuge for the dis
contented. .
Th chronic dissatisfaction with the way
education, particularly primary education,
Is managed in Ireland has been growing
more and more Insistent every year for
twenty year past, and a pretty general i
and formidable agitation Is now grilng on
all over Ireland at once demanding a rad
ical reform In the whole system of educa
tion in Ireland without any Interference
with Its religious quality. As Ftephen
Gwynn, who Is a Gaelic lemruer and also
a member of Parliament, said at a recent
big meeting in Wleklow demanding mora
pay for teachera, "Why should the govern
ment pamper Its (Cast'e) policemen arwl
starve its teachers? After a policeman In
l fifteen years In the service he may get a
pension for himself, his wife and family,
while a schoolmaster's pension does not be
gin till h has given forty year of hard
service, with no civil right and no emolu
ments of any kind."
Th present division of the exchequer
grants for schools (80 per cent to England,
11 to Scotland and I to Ireland) bears no
proportion to the taxe collected, the pop
ulation or the peculiar needs of the re
spective countrls. The teachers of Ireland 1
the national school teiche--im the worst
pnld of any civilised country In the world.
What lt wanted Is a school board elected by
th people and answerable to public opinion.
The Imperial bureau of statistics of Jnrn
has Just Issued it annual report for the
year 19s. delayed because of the war with
Russia. It statistics of marring and di
vorce are particularly Interesting. There
were 570.91 marriages In that year and S,
SW divorce, or about one divorce to six
marriages, and It is presumable that this
proportion does not differ much from other
years. The returns show that, whll mar
riages may take place . when the man Is
between the age of IS and 14 nd the
Woman between 11 and li years, these ex
ceedlngly youthful alliance are very rare.
With men man-la re is most . frequent be
tween 24 and SB. and with women between
20 and 21. Three-fourths of th men are
married between 20 and SX and the same
proportion of the women between IS an1
28 years.' Divorces are In' almost all In
stances the result of mutual consent. Out
of the 68.S92 divorces, only 1R8 were due to
causes which cftm within th legal code.
Divorces by mutualeonsent apparently be
gin quite soon after marriage. There were
In 19S S78 cf these In less than on rrvorth
after marriage, and before six month
were over the number had increased to 4,'4S.
The total of divorces for the first year was
11.730, thence proceeding on ' a declining
rstlo so thst the number of divorcer of
tbos who had lived together less than five
years was 41.0M. the remaining ffj.CCO rep
resenting a longer continuance of wedded
life,
A letler In the London Spectator fur
nishes some very Interesting Information
concerning th result of state-aided In
surance In Germany. Tt appear that
about on German in five Is insured for
sicsness, one in inree ror acciaent ana on
In four for Infirmity or old age. Every
year nearly tl2S.ooO.000 Is paid to sick. In
jured, Infirm or old persons.- Of this amount
982.600,000 Is found by employer, 1R1.2SO.000
by Insured person and 112,226,000 by the
state. Every Insured working woman who
Is confined receive an allowance for six
weeks.' The-system of Insurance for In
firmity ha had vory remarkable results.
It Is, of course, much better for a person
disabled by some cause other than old
age, a well as for the community, that
he or eh should be enabled to resume
work; and as the law permits the Insur
ance associations either to treat Infirm per
sona In sanatoria, or. to give them pen
sions, a large number of sanatoria have
been erected all over the land. A very j
larg proportion of sufferer who apply for !
allowances have tuberculosis. Among men :
from 99 to 24 who are Incapacitated, about '
ES per cent suffer from it. No less than
seventy-four open-air sanatoria hav been 1
built for the treatment of these patients. '
On an average each victim remains under
treatment about three months. In 102
10.518 persons suffering from tuberculosis,
and 11,431 suffering from other diseases,
were treated under the insurance law. The
proportion of tuberculosis patients who re
gain power to work for a living la more
than 75 cent, but ' a ' good many relapse
when they return to their crowded dwell
ings and to hard work. Tet at the end of
four t yea re after treatment 81 per cent of
the patients were able to work.
LARD GRABBERS BALKED.
President Stands by Preseeator In
Oregon.
Springfield Republican.
Prealdent Roosevelt Is determined to hav
th services of W. C, Bristol as United
States district attorney for Oregon. He
haa notified members of the Judiciary com
mittee of the senate, which haa reported
adversely on the confirmation of Mr. Bris
tol, that he will reappoint hi man aa soon
a obngrea adjourns, with th view of
keeping him In office until th land fraud
cases in Oregon are disposed of. Thla will
be disappointing , news to th land grab
bers, who have been determined thst Bris
tol should not prosecute these casea. Pop
ular sentiment will be emphatically upon
th side of th president in this ljsus. By
reappointing Bristol at th expiration of
thl session of congress the president can
keep htm In office another year without
confirmation, and in spite of those western
senators who hav barlded together after
a fashion thst does not command reapect.
It Is safe to Infer that Mr. Bristol is In
dorsed by Mr. Hrney, and .that be 1 th
man for th Job.
Governor of Tntalla Comes.
SAN FRANCISCO. Feb. l.-Tbe Oceanic
liner Sierra, arriving 'yesterday from Syd
ney, had among It passengers Commander
C. B. T. Moor. U. S. N . who Is governor
of th American island of Tutulla, Samoa.
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POLITICAL DRIFT.
Mlssourtans are talking seriously of In
vesting 15,000,000 In new cap'tot building.
In the language of Rev. Jasper, "da world
do move."
Senator John Drydon of New Jersey con
tinues five votes short of an election, and
all tha rocks In his Gibraltar are of no
avail so far.
Carter Harrison continues sunning him
self in California and listening for a loud
call to "come- home, honey," and run for
mayor ot Chicago.
Religious revivals are bring held In many
parts of the country, the churches deeming
It necessary to put forth special exertions
while the state legislatures are In session.
Pennsylvania's magnificent capitol build
ing, price $13,000,000, promises to be a Joy
forever for those on the Inside. "The pay
roll of employes taking care of the building
foots up tSl.OOO a year.
Washington's Gridiron club tears aside
the veil of secrecy thrown around execu
tive sessions of the sonate. Perhaps the
senators at the laat gridiron function Im
proved the opportunity to reciprocate.
Regulars and reform republicans am
lined up again In Philadelphia In what I
promises to be a hot fight for mayor. The
organization nominee Is John E. Reyburn.
His opponent Is Vllllam Potter, formerly
superintendent of. city police under Mayor
Weaver. He Is a republican, endorsed by
the city and democratic parties. Tho elec
tion will be held February 19.
Senator Piatt's express company ha left
Its old headquarters at 49 Broadway, New
Vork. which used to be known to every
politician in the state a th throne room
Of the boss. Th express company Is now
at t Trinity place, and Senator Piatt's poli
tical number Is now 23.
Senator Wlnthrop Murray Crane ot
Massachusetts, Just re-elected. Is known In
select national republican circles as a
smoother out of wrinkles for President
Roosevelt, 'it was Senator Crane who
brought tha president and ex-Governor
Frank S. Black of New Tork into accord
In the spring of 1904 so that Mr. Black
placed the president In nomination at the
national convention In June of that year.
Baby Former In Trouble.
DE3 MOINES, la.,' Feb. l.-Mrs. Fred
West, proprietor of a "baby farm," was
arrested on a charge of murder In the first
degree today. It being alleged that she put
an Infant to death by means of laudanum
because of It blindness. Affidavits were
with tha local maflrlatrat in 'which It
, chared th,t the bodies of a numb.r of
Infants born at Mrs. West' home were
burned In the , furnace and ' the ashes
dumped In a cinder ptle. Mrs. West was
placed In ' the county Jail. Eh ' will be
given a preliminary examination tomorrow.
tU ROYAL GAKINO POWOtR CO, KTW YOf K.
Your Money's Worth
HE successful merchant . nowadays
does not pretend to give impossible
values for your money "but a full
dollar's worth for a dollar is the
worth for a dollar in Suits and Overcoats.
We are shewing a beautiful line of new
spring Shirts, in soft and pleated bosoms,
Browning, Ming tk Co
' E. S. WILCOX, Manager.
Every Knab'e Piano
is Twice-Made
Firs, in designingeticcording to the inflexible laws of
science; then in construction, when it (s refined by the
brain of genius directing the hand of the Bkilled artisan.
The first work is the basis of the great Knabe endur
ance; the second includes that law-free impress of true
art that gives the Knabe personalityand sets it apart
the supreme musical instrument.
If a Knabe could be made by the. simple rule of
weight and measure, there' would be no difference in
pianos. - -... '
The dual effort of the Knabe means to you a dual
- value. In no other purchasable thing is there a value
like the Knabe Cabinet Grand at $450 or a Knabe Mig
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BRRGEY THIFI.Kft.
"And what wer the provisions of your
'uncles will?" '
"That I should hav all he left after th
payment of his Just debts."
"Ah, very good of the old man, wasn't
It? What. did he have?"
"Just debts." Judge.
"I see," said the hesd bookkeeper, "that
congress has raised Its own wages. "
"eo. congress Is becoming Just as pnw
erful as the heaJ of a life Insurance company.'-
Chicago Reird-Herald.
Pqulgg I never saw a man so com
fletcly Immersed In his bttslnrss aa Jotiea,
hat new neighbor acmes the way.
Snungns That so? What's his line?
SquaRgs He's a swimming teacher. Gltt
up. Toledo Blade.
"Srrlggs can tell the temperatures by th
Sound of creaking wagons.
"That's nothing. I can tell It by a noise
less us bill." Clavelsnd Plain Dealer.
Cholly The dentist told me I had a larg
cavity that needed filling.
Ethel Did he recommend any special
course of study ? Cincinnati Commercial.
Marks Taking a wife Is something ilk
eating mushrooms.
Pnrka How so?
Marks You've got to await results before
you can be absolutely sure you've taken
the right kind. Boston Transcript.
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Mrs. Crimaonlieak Intoxication Is so
common In Stockholm that a special car
for topers must be attached to all suburban
trains going from that city.
Mr. Crlmsonbeatr Tank cars are not un
known In this country, my dear.--Tonkers
Statesman.
"Mlstah Cahmark?"
"What Is It. Mlstah InfMocutah?"
"How would you do a lightning change
act?"
"Why, tap the Till, man; haw, haw!"
Atlanta Journal.
ART 15 OMAHA.
Kent Packard In Boston Record.
"Omnhs Ana prohibited pictures of Van
Dyke and Rubens as indecent." News
Item.
Th painter's banished from thy store
Omaha, my Omaha,
No art Is now allowed by law
Omaha, strange Omaha.
Rubens and Van Dyke get the hook,
At portraits now you cannot look
Your art Is but a sealed bonk
1 Omaha, queer Omaha. '
It.
But postern stilt adorn your town
Omaha, fly Omaha.
Of Fairbanks twlna and Buster Brown
Omaha, shocked Omaha.
Somehow the eight of poster's flare.
Just suits your, breesy western air
(Though srtlets rave and tear their hair)
Omaha, pure Omaha.
; III.
Perhaps you follow Springfield's load
Omaha, fine Omaha.
Such conduct then Is meet Indeed,
Omaha, rum Omaha.
But Comatnck's quiet, doesn't talk;
At Rubens work there Is no balk.
Still Omaha Is not New Tork,
Omaha, wild Omaha.
basis of this business.
Just now, with our Alteration
Sale, it's a little better than a dollar's
5I3 Douglas Street
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