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THE OMAIIA DAILY BEE: TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 12, 1907.
Tiie Omaiia Daily Bee
FOUNDED BI EDWARD ROSEWATER.
VICTOR ROSEWATER, EDITOR.
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STATEMENT OF CIRCULATION.
State of Nebraska. Douglae County, aa:
Charles C. Roaewater. general manager
of The Bee Publishing company, being duly
worn, aya that the actual number of full
and complete copies of The Dally, Morning.
Evening and Sunday Bee printed du"lnK tn
month or January, wi, was """
1. ......... "0,900
2. . , 33,680
., 31,070
4 31,000
&. 31300
30,600
7 ...31,980
S. . 33,800
,. 33,960
10,: 33,040
11 31,870
12.., 38,090
II. 30,400
31,730
16... 31,030
17 31,870
g 81.680
It 31.760
20 30,300
21 31,000
22 ,...33,080
.... .
24 31,780
26 31,700
26 31,830
7 30.600
21. ........ .31,830
29..... 31,663
10 ..31.390
1 31,630
!.; 33,180
Total..... .888,480
Le unsold and returned copies. 8,134
Net total 873,346
Dally average '...31,398
CHARLES C. ROSEWATER,
General Manager.
Subscribed In my presence and sworn to
before me thla list day of January, 1007.
(Seal) ROBERT HUNTER. t
1 Notary Public.
,V . WHE3 OUT OF TOW.
Sabacrlbera leaving; the city teas,
orarlly ahoald kari The Bees
sailed to ttieaa. Addrews vrlll- be '
chaaaed aa oftea aa rrae'sted.
Haytl la defying the United Btatee.
No gunboat will be sent until a Uat
of Haytl'a creditors Is made public.
Our democratic friends were not bo
Insistent about municipal borne rule
when republicans occupied the city
ball.
"Who reads Shakespeare, anyway?"
csks Harper's Weekly. Well, there's
Forbes Robertson and Robert Mantell,
at any rate.
When you want to call up Police
Commissioner Broatch, get his number
out of the telephone book under the
name "Moisov"
Dispatches from Moscow indicate
that the police play as prominent part
In elections there,, as they do in New
York and St. Louis.
Advocates of currency legislation
say they expect little from the present
congress. They 'who expect little are
seldom disappointed.
It may yet be necessary for the
president to make up a Panama Canal
commission of Ohio men, in order to
put an end to the resignations from
that body.
President Roosevelt's desire to have
newspapers printing details of the
Thaw trial barred from the malls
forces the Inference that he hae been
reading them. ,
The New York World has discovered
that there are 250,000,000 people' in
the world who do not wear , clothes.
r Montana and Minnesota do not figure
In that compilation. ' '
Admiral Nebogatoff has been sent
to a Russian fortress for ten years tor
his part in the Japanese war. He Is
one prominent Russian who will feel
safe for the next decade.
Perhaps the Martha Washington ho
tel In New York, exclusively for
women, might solve the problem of a
'lack of patronage by marking Its fl
dinners down to 88 cents.
Bankers are asking that the legal
rate of interest in Kansas be reduced
from 10 to 7 per cent. The western
farmer borrows money these days
only when strong Inducements are of
fered. Admiral Evans says that the success
of naval wars of the future depends
upon the use of anthracite coal by bat
tleships. Deacon Baer of the Coal trust,
In that case, could stop naval wars by
refusing to furnish the hard coal.
Attorney deneral Bonaparte fell and
broke his wrist while going to a dinner
party in Washington. His only conso
lation Ilea In the fact that ho Is spared
the sarcastic comment that would bave
followed, If he had met with the acci
dent after the' dinner party.
Postmaster General Cortelyou esti
mates that the franking privilege .costs
(ih. government $10,000,000 a, year, or
about the amount, of the .postal deficit
The worst feature of tha situation Is
that most of the stuff sent under' con
gressional franks Is not of much use
even for a fuel famine.-
The local democratic organ conde
scends to approve the suit brought to
test the right of the governor of Ne
braska to free house rent by saying
that "It baa always been questionable.
Tno democratic organ, however, for
got to question it when two successive
fusion governors wer putting the
bousa rent uuiaey down la their Jeans.
proposed r reioht rate increase.
Notwithstanding premonitory signs
of a purpose In hlgtt railroad circles to
Increase freight rates ' matet tally be
fore J. J. Hill's recent proclamation,
It Was not generally anticipated that
anyone would seriously undertake bo
soon to carry out that purpose. The
meeting in New York, however, of The
representatives of twenty-nine lines,
covering the trunk line, central 'and
New England territories, is known to
have Seen called to put In shape a? gen
eral freight rate increase and to have
gone as far as It could In a preliminary
way. The conference did not decide as
to method, whether the increase ahould
be by filed schedules or Indirectly
by changes in the maximum and mini
mum of car loads, of, partly In the one
and partly In the other way, but it Is
understood that agreement waa
reached for an average Increase of
from One-tenth of 1 mill to 1 mill per
ton per mile.
Th proposed increase may, at first
blush, seem trivial. but It is really
about 12 H per cent on the present av
erage', freight rate, and 1U aggregate
yield would be an enormoua additional
burden on industry and commerce.
The sum Is vastly greater than the
total advance in railroad wages the
last year. Yet there is little doubt,
wihen the railroad executives thus con
fer aa to ways and meaps, that the
dominating authorities' back of them
have meditated and probably resolved
in . advance. , ...
That such an fncreaBe will certainly
not be submitted to without most seri
ous challenge the railroad men seem
to realize when they canvass Indirect
methods for accomplishing the object.
They put great stress ton the Increased
cost of materials and labor, but the
public has been' Impressed by a scale
of freight rates which, after paying
sensational' advance' dividends, has ac
cumulated. huge surpluses and enabled
speculation to boost securities Into the
clouds. It will not be possible now
still further to raise the levy on the
productive Industry of the country
without forcing the whole question of
reasonable "rates to be overhauled la
the court of public opinion.
BltLloy DOLLAR APPROPRIATIONS.
The developments In appropriation
legislation the last two weeks seem to
verify the prediction of Congressman
Tawney, chairman of the house com
mittee on appropriations, that "Unless
the brakes are put on soon we shall
appropriate a billion dollars at this
session, more than was ever appropri
ated at any other session in the his
tory of the government, either In time
of peace or war." The supply bills, aa
they are turned In from the commit
tees, almost without exception carry
larger sums than last year, when the
total was approximately $880,000,000,
and the pressure In the house Itself Is
further to Swell those sums by amend
ment. Obviously thla process cannot
go very far without reaching the bil
lion mark. , , ... , . '.
However, the time baa gone by when
the country can be stampeded merely
by the cry of "a billion-dollar con
gress." Our vast Industrial, expan
sion the last decade has given a dif
ferent perspective to those figures. It
has likewise produced vast new de
mands upon the government for serv
ice. The truth of Thomas B. Reed's
declaration, that "the real question Is
not one of appropriation total, but one
of items," Is better appreciated now
than when-It was uttered nearly fifteen
years ago. Extravagance Is, of course,
always to be guarded against, but con
gress Jhas now to deal with a country
prodigiously developing, and If only
Its legitimate needs are provided for
the country will be satisfied, whatever
the supply blllAmay foot up.;
fJB FATHERS PLACE IN THE HONK.
The mare man of the nation should
not be slow to show his appreciation
of President Roosevelt's letter to the
New York State- Mothers' assembly in
which, he. lays stress upon the thought
that the father is entitled to a place
In the family besides that 'of bread
wipner'and paymaster.' Mr. Roosevelt
has been generous with his advice
touching upon the conduct and man
agement 'of the American home, and
none will contend that his utterances.
have been other than wholesome,
actuated by 'an evident desire to di
rect, the attention of his countrymen
to the necessity of a healthy, honest
and pure home life, the best guaranty
of good citizenship for the future. He
has addressed the women upon the
question of race suicide, the children
upon the necessity of .filial devotion
and duty, and the congress of the na
tion upon the desirability of a whip
ping post for wife beaters, but this is
the first Instance in . Which he found
a text which recognises the Import
ance of the" father'a work In the home
circle.
"Now and then people forget,"
writes the president, "that exactly as
the mother must .help the' breadwinner
by being a good housewife ao the
father in hla turn. If he la worth Mb
salt, must In every way back up the
mother In helping bring up the chil
dren."
The president's statement of the
case h: mild, t least. The assertion
that "now-and then the people forget1
would be nearer the truth If changed
to read "the people habitually forget"
the necessity of a father'a co-operation
and support In the active moral and
educational training of his children
It la safe fo assert that in a majority
of American homes the care of the
children, from th cradle to the col
lege or the altar, Is left almost en
tirely to the mother. The father too
often Is looked upon aa a sort of
necessary evil in the household, toler
ated because' useful In providing ways
and means for Its support, and otUsn
held In fear or awe by those whose
hopes, and ambitions and sorrows he
should .share. By necessity and the
very nature of things, the mother Is
the pivot of the. home, the sharer of
her children's Joys and woes, the re
cipient of their confidences and the
champion of their., claims. But the
president realizes that the education
of the child can not be complete or
perfect without the mother's work Is
supplemented, enlarged and encour
aged by the father, the highest work
of normal man.
President Roosevelt'a home life
might well be used as a model for the
hearthstone relations he advocates In
his letter to the New York mothers.
He is the companion and co-operator
of his wife, the loving adviser of his
daughters, and the chum and pal of
his boys. No cares of state or stress
of public duties prevent him from de
voting a portion of each day to the
purely home duties of his busy life.
The soundness of his advice to the
mothers la demonstrated by the re
sults of his practicing what he
preaches.
ItiEXCVSA BLE DISCRIMINATION.
In response to a complaint filed by
the Kansas City Transportation bureau
and signed by merchants and shippers
of Kansas, Nebraska and western Mis
souri, the Interstate Commerce com
mission is to conduct an Inquiry to de
termine If there Is any good reason
why the railroads should be permitted
to charge 20 to 30 per cent higher
freight rates on merchandise . from
New York to Missouri river . points
than from New York to Minneapolis,
when the distances are about the same
and the volume of traffic much greater
where the charges are the highest. In
the complaint it Is shown that the rate
on first-class freight from New York
to Kansas City and Omaha Is $1.47 a
hundred pounds, while from New York
to Minneapolis it Is $1.15, with the
distance within three miles of being
the same.
"There could not be a clearer case
of discrimination," says the Kansas
City Times, in, discussing the com
plaint. "The railroad managers, of
course, are not actuated by prejudice
against one community or In favor of
another In the adjustment of these
rates. They Justify the lower rntes to
the northwest on the ground that
they have to meet the competition of
water transportation on the lakes In
hauling freight to Minneapolis. But
Water transportation is possible only
for about two-thirds of the year. Dur
ing the winter Kansas City and Minne
apolis are on the same footing In this
respect. Moreover, it la a question
whether this contention is Justifiable
In a case where such a vast volume of
traffic is Involved. Volume of traffic
should mean low rates, whether by rail
or water, and there Is a greater volume
of traffic between New York and Mis
souri river cities than between New
York and Minneapolis. That fact
should be the deciding Influence In the
adjustment of. rates."
The contention is not In favor of any
particular city, but involves the inter
ests of the entire Missouri valley, rep
resenting shipping interests and a vol
ume of traffic larger than that affected
by any rates made on account of the
water transportation on the Great
Lakes.' The decision will affect every
jobber and merchant In ,the country
tributary to the Missouri river and the
question Involved la of sufficient Im
portance to demand careful attention
and an early decision by the commis
sion. The case of discrimination
seems to be so clear, proved by the
tariff sheets of the railroads, as to
make but one decUlon possible an
adjustment schedules that will af
ford the shippers at Missouri river
points the relief demanded. -
Years ago The' Bee made a vigorous
fight on the Burlington Relief depart
ment aa a cleverly devised scheme to
deprive employes of their right to
compensation for injuries sustained in
the lino of service and .succeeded In
cutting off some of the most vicious
features, especially Its compulsory re
quirements. Since then the Burling
ton Relief department Ms been kept
carefully In the background, but is
now suddenly projected again to pre
vent the legislature from enacting an
employers' liability law. The plainly
apparent fprcing of employee to come
to the front for the railroads under
pretense of protecting their interest in
the relief funds may make It pertinent
for the legislature to inquire whether
the relief scheme is really voluntary
and whether or not discrimination is
practiced against those who refuse to
Join.
Our old friend Edgar Howard
should get right with the Omaha pri
mary law, which be says "permits a
republican to go to the polls and dic
tate to the democrats in the matter of
making nominations." That is Just
what our primary law does not do.
Under that law no one can vote a re
publican primary ticket unless
when registering he has declared
hia affiliation with the repub
lican party, and the same applies
to the democrats, populists, prohibi
tionists, etc. A man unwilling to de
clare his party affiliation Is not per
mitted to participate la making the
nominations of any party. No pri
mary law will be aatlsfactory that does
not similarly protect each political
party from dictation by members of
other parties.
Congressman Hitchcock continues
to advocate Greater Omaha on the ed
itorial page of his paper and to knock
Greater Omaha, in the South Omaha
columns of the sheet. He refers to
those who favor consolidation as men
"seeking the life of South Omaha,"
though it Is incontrovrtlbl that In a
material way South Omaha would be
the greater gainer. Mr. Hitchcock,
however, la bound to keep' himself In
position to tell the people of . Omaha
that he Is In favor of a greater city and
at the same time to assure the "antis"
In South Omaha that he was with them
all along.
The nnusually large bank deposits
credited tc the South Omaha city
treasurer-' develops the fact that a
large part of the money consists of the
proceeds of bond sales, the bonds
drawing presumably 4 H to 6 per cent
Interest, while the banks pay only 2
per cent Interest. On such a transac
tion, then, the taxpayers of South
Omaha stand to lose 2 H to 8 per cent
On the money and get no benefit what
ever In return. No wonder there Is
opposition in certain quarters to con
solidation with Omaha.
The threat is openly made In Coun
cil Bluffs that there will be no liquor
sold in the enclosure at Lake Manawa
next summer unless the street railway
company gives the Council Bluffs Fish
and Game Protective association a site
for a club house. If a threat like that
were made on this side of the Missouri
river the county attorney might have
an opportunity to test the Nebraska
blackmail law.
The fact that Japanese house serv
ants In Honolulu are Impudent is cited
aa proof that Japan, wants war with
the United States. We would be fight
ing every nation on the globe If the
Impudence of hotiBO servants were a
cause of war.
; A spicy divorce suit hearing prom
ises to give the Omaha yellows a follow-up
topic for the Thaw case. The
only way to keep these filthy stories
out of the home is to bar the poison
spreading papers from coming over the
threshold.
Emperor William merely smiled
when an enthusiastic German boy
soaked him In the neck with a snow
ball. It is hard to ruffle the temper
of a statesman who has just carried
his home ward In a' hotly contested
election. '
A former St. Lout3an, brought back
and convicted of embezzlement, has
paid hiB own way to the peniten
tiary rather than wait for the sheriff's
regular trip. Some men will do al
most anything to get out of St. Louis.
Aa Impossible I'nton,
Washington Herald,
"Gentlemen may cry 'peace, peace,' but
how can there be peace and Capt. Hobson,
too?"
Cheerlnar Conditions.
St. Louis Olobe-Democrat.
Railroad stockholders are glad to know
that the railroads have more bualnesa than
ever since rebates were stopped.
Favors Well learned.
St. Louis Republic.
The Nebraska legislator who Is the father
of fifteen geta a resolution of thanks. An
appropriation ahould bo Included.
Drawlnar the boat Bow.
Waahlngton Post.
A western coal dealer who discovered
that hia sacks of coal were ten pounds
ahcrt In weight Is voluntarily making up
I the deficiency. If he were to die now, hla
will could be contested on the ground of
Insanity.
Variety la Abaadaace. '
Philadelphia Press.
Senator Rayner of Maryland thinks he
has a platform on which the democrata
can win. Every other democrat In the
i country also has a platform about which
he thinks the same thing, and all the plat
forma are different.
Patrlollain and Its Price.
Baltimore News.
The last revolutionary movement In Cuba
produced a new crop of veterana deter
mined ' to be paid for their patriotism by
a grateful public. It la computed that the
addition of another $40,000,000 or 150,000,000
to the Cuban debt will be enough for the
present.
Dot a to HaW Pa a.
' New York Poet.
The dispute as to who la to blame for the
shortage of fuel in the west seems to point
to the consumer as the real culprit, for
both rallroada sand dealers have unani
mously decided that he never did know
When to order his coal to their beat con
venience. "Wbl Arc We Her Port"
Indianapolis News.
The vigorous objection to ' the proposed
military display at the Jamestown ex
position seems almost cruet In view of the
fact that tn this day of democratic peace
and simplicity the military mighty seldom
I ovta a ehanra for aunh dlsnlava am I ,i,,t
tously fits Itself.
.Wblllaar Summer Hoars Away.
( ,,i,viiiiikii enquirer. ,
The tedious hours of the long congres
sional recess are to be whlled away by
Senator Beverldge In answering William
J. Bryan In magaalne articlea. Welcome
to the controversy. Life la short. There
is too much brilliancy of speech In. Bryan
and Beverldge to allow any waste of time.
tfo vacation for these eminent wrestlers
with English. (
Mlllloaa for Menlnl Train I as.
St. Louia Globe-Democrat.
Last year, according to the report cf the
United States commissioner of education,
the amount expended In this country for
schools and colleges waa $378,000,000, or
nearly four times the sgsregate provided
for the purpose In any other nation. But
tt Is certain that In technical snd com
mercial forms of training some of - the
foreign countries are decidedly ahead.
Haad Him the lmoa.
Washington Herald
Of all the pesky and pestiferous Individu
als that roam thia mundane sphere, the
Iconoclast, sometimes yclept "the knocker,"
Is the most aggravating. He meanders
about, seeking whom he may devour, and
from the reach of hla hammer even our
moat cherished Ideals seem not exempt.
Just at thia time that animated bundle of
concentrated wisdom. Captain Richmond
Pearson Hobaon. is giving to the country
great gobs of nerve-racking information
concerning the precarious state of the re
public. Mr. Hobaon has ransacked the en
tire historical lore of the land, and nowhere
can he And evidence that there ever before
existed a crisis that parallels the awful
probabilities of the present. He can sight
a war cloud upon the fairest summer day,
and he can smell the smoke of battle long
before the powder Is manufactured or the
bullets molded.
. SEBItASKA PRESS COMMENT.
Gentlemen of Omaha, thla is Senator
Brown; Senator Brown, theae are gentle
men of Omaha, who frequently have axes
to grind; when you can grind them without
ftelf-atultlflcatlon, please be free to do ao.
Friend Telegraph: The time haa arrived
when It la necessary for the attorney gen
eral to look after the State Medical asso
clatlon and the Druggists' association, aa
two of the trust a tn thla state which are
attempting to run out competition by legls
latlon. Member of the present legislature
ahould not lend their votes to pass such
laws aa will legtalata any person out of
bualneaa and perpetuate a truat on the
people of thla state.
Walthlll Tlmea: The good people up at
Winnebago are experiencing considerable
discomfort . over the Winnebago Indian
booae proposition. Drunks, fights and acci
dents are almost daily routine at our Mater
city. The problem also vexes patrons of
the railroad between Sioux City and Winne
bago. The noon passenger train almost
every day. and especially on and after pay
days at the Winnebago agency, la .loaded
down with bug-julce-bedlsened Wlnneba
goea, to the great discomfort and annoyance
of other patrons of the service. Thla matter
demands the severe attention of some au
thority. Lincoln News: Dr. George L. Miller's
resignation from the Omaha Fire and
Police commission takes away from that
body the cloak of political respectability
that has heretofore enabled It to defy law
and presumably public sentiment. Two
other members te Hpratlen and W. J.
Broatch have been openly affiliated with
the wide open class in Omaha, and the
fourth commissioner, J. W. Thomas, ap
pears to be under their Influence. Dr. Mll
ler'a high personal standing Is the only
thing that haa operated with the public
at large to secure any degree of confidence
In the acta or purposes of the board. Now
that he refuses to lend his good name
longer In the Interest of making law en
forcement a farce. Governor Sheldon would
seem to be Justified In bouncing all the'
others and appointing a new commission
made up of men possessing a higher sense
of decency and a determination to repress
vIciousneKS, lawlessness and crime.
Grand Island Independent: There has
been a wonderful amount of comment over
the trivial matter of the appointment of
his aecretary by the governor. One might
Imagine from It that Mr. Maggl was ex
pected both to make the laws and execute
them. Here there Is a lament that Mr.
Maggl was once a populist; there Is a wall
that he"was once In the employment of the
Nebraska Telephone company. Some say
he Is smooth; others Indicate that he may
be crooked. The Independent haan't had
Its "holler" yet and, this being a free
country. It certainly has one coming. It
would like, in addition to what haa been
submitted, to know, If Mr. Maggi Is a
Methodist, why Mr. Sheldon did not ap
point a BaptlstT How, if the secretary
should be pigeon-toed, can the esteemed
governor of this great state expect to walk
straight? Wherefore, If Mr. Maggl should
prefer a Remington typewriter to a Smith
Premier, did Mr. Sheldon not secure one
who gave preference to the Oliver? These
are grave questions all of them and Mr.
Sheldon cannot hope to give the people of
Nebraska a good administration until they
are settled. And let his excellency not for
get that they never can be settled until
they are settled right! ft.
Fremont Tribune: Senator-elect Norrls
Brown has been Invited by the Omaha Com
mercial club to be the guest of honor at a
banquet to be given for him In the near
future. If Senator Brown la as wise as we
think he Is he will not shy at the request
to sup with the bone and sinew of the
bualnesa world of the state's metropolis.
Senator Brown Is not' supposed to be fa
miliar with the business Interests of Omaha.
He has lived 1n Nebraska for a long time,
it Is true, but not being In business himself,
but engaged tn a "profession, he has had
little opportunity to familiarise himself with
business conditions of the principal city and
acQualnt himself with Its business men. As
a United States senator he la now compelled
to represent these men snd things at Wash
ington, and It Is up to him to learn a little
about them. He has had to lick them out
of their boots In a political way, but that
was because he lived In Kearney Instead of
Omaha. Had he dwelt In Omaha they
would have dumped Millard and Wattlea
and Roseviater In a minute for him. But
circumstances over which they Ifad no
control took him elsewhere. That need not
and will no Interfere with his giving them
a square deal. He wilt meet soma mighty
pleasant men at the feed and they will
meet a winsome and agreeable publlo func
tionary. They have for forty years had a
senator "In their midst." They tried to
keep one there, but couldn't. Senator
Brown's visit will be so pleasant that they
will never know they were dropped from
the list.
PERSONAL NOTES.
A sneakthlef who swiped the grip of the
attorney general of Missouri was pained
to observs among the contentaan addreas
on "Larceny ", And then the grip came
back.
A lawsuit begun over land valued at IS
alxty years ago has Just been settled tn
Pennsylvania, The litigation cost 3o,ooo.
but the litigants and the lawyers gota
long run for the money.
The oldest survivor of the crew of the
Constitution, Moses D. Webber of Salem,
Mass., was 87 years old Uat week. Mr.
Webber served on "Old Ironsides" when
tt stilt carried Its original battery 8f forty,
four guns. i
William P. Letchworth, whose gift of
LO00 acres at Portage Falls, on the Gesysee
river, for a public park has been accepted
by New York state. Is an adopted member
of the Seneca tribe of Indiana, and bears
the tribal name, Hal-wa-te-ls-tah, "Th
man who always does the right thing."
Kaiser Wllhelm Is a quick eater. Most
Impetuous people are. In this respect he
differs radically from Mr. Gladstone, con
cerning whom a Brooklyn schoolboy hfing
questioned by his teacher , remarked that
he had only heard of htm as a man who
chewed every mouthful thirty-four times.
John Colbert of Amenta. N. Y.. waa told
by a New York specialist last September
that he could not live a month. He tipped
the scales at S2S. He told the specialist be
would fool him, and following the advice
of the old family physician he went on a
skim milk diet. He has lost nearly 106
pound and is better than new, he says.
Rear Admiral William Whitman Mead,
who has been relieved of the command of
the" navy yard at Portsmouth, N. H.. by
Rear Admiral George Augustus Blcknell,
has been placed on the retired list on ac
count of age. Rear Admiral Mead was
born In Kentucky and waa appointed to the
navy from that state In December, lstO.
The pope has consented to have hla por
trait painted by William Edwards Cook of
Independence, la. The sittings will com
mence shortly. Mr. Cook will be the first
American to paint a portrait of the present
pope. He studied at the New York Na
tional academy under Profs. .Maynard and
Ward and under Jean Paul Laurents In
Paris.
A fix a week, railroad man so wanting
In loyal spirit as to testify against the In
terest of the company at a wreck Investi
gation waa thrown over the right-of-way
and the payroll knows him no more. The
bounce la one of the unique results of the
disasters near Waahlngton, and provokes
an editorial bouquet from the Philadelphia
North American,
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ARMY GOSSIP IX WAlllOTO.
Carreat Events Gleaned t
the
Army aad Siarf Realater.
The signal corpe officers who are Inter
ested In military ballooning are planning
to have established and maintained at the
signal corps depot at Omaha a balloon park
similar to the reservations abroad. The
Importance of a park has tong been felt,
and the decision to establlnh one. If tho
means sre forthcoming, Is a belated action
In the direction contemplated. Aerial navi
gation will undoubtedly play an Important
part some day tn military operations, and.
while the military baloon will be. for the
present, the principal vehicle employed,
there are numerous and increasing oppor
tunities for Investigation and experiment.
With a park such as Is proposed at Omaha
the numerous Inventions which are pre
sented annually tn the form of balloons,
flying machines, etc., may be tested and
the most promising developed. The pos
session of such A park would have pro
tected Prof. Langley's valuable Investiga
tions from public ridicule. Preliminary
work In the way of testing motors and so
on could be done without Interference and
molestation and much of value would un
doubtedly be derived from work of this
chatacter conducted apart from public ob
servation. It might be a step toward re
newing the official effort to aolve the prob
lem of aerial navigation.
The president has llnterested himself In
the question of the system of punishment
In the nrmy. Some one has called his at
tention to the fact that, under existing con
ditions, it is Impossible to get- undesirable
soldiers out of the service, under the ex
ecutive order of June 12, WG. When Lieu
tenant General Chaffee waa chief of staff
he .believed that there was s tendency on
the part of company comanders to get out
of service men who were regarded as un
fitted for duty, for one or another reason.
Accordingly, there was a change made In
the executive order prescribing maximum
punishments. The effect of the change haa
been to materially reduce the number of
dishonorable discharges Imposed on pre
vious conviction ' from it to 5 per cent,
while the number of summary court trials
haa not been Increased. It la likely there
will be Investigation of the whole subject
to ascertain Just what effect the present
regulations have had and whether there
should be a return to the former system.
- v.
The secretary , of war has decided . that
there shall be a limit to the period of
furlough granted enlisted men of the army
who expect to take the preliminary or final
examinations with a view to sppolntment
as secend lieutenant. There will be some
exceptions to the rule which is now laid
down, but, In general, it Is proposed to
grant furloughs in no case where the sp
pllcant haa had less than the two years'
service requisite for ellglbllty to exam
ination for a commission. It has. been ob
served In the War department that there
were cases where a part of the two years'
preliminary service was evaded by those
who had sufficient "pull" to obtain a pro
tracted furlough, the period being spent
ostensibly, and pwhapa in reality, in pre
paring for the examination for appointment.
It Is considered that In the case of aspi
rants for commission who have had less
than two years' service, the furlough shall
not be granted, unless there Is an emer
gency existing In the Individual case By
this means, there will be no favoritism, and
no occasion for dissatisfaction on the part
of those who did not command sufficient
influence to get this favor, and so evade
the period the candidate . is supposed to
really serve In the ranks before coming up
for examination, or at least before sn ap
pointment to a second lieutenancy.
The famous cabin of old Kit Carson,
which la a revered telle on the Fort Lyon.
Colo., reservation, will be preserved by the
Navy department. When authority waa
given for tho occupation of the abandoned
military reservation aa a naval station and
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the establishment there of a naval hospital
for the treatment of consumptives. It waa
reported that the people In the neighbor
hood deshed that the alterations nnd Im
provements neoeasary In the old bulldlnga
should not molest the former home uf this
celebrity of the frontier. Instructions have
now 'been given that the local rtVelre shall
be gratified, and, while the Kit Carson
cabin will be repaired anT put In condition
for use as quarters for some of the hospi
tal corpa people. Its appearance will not be
changed and everything will be done tj
preserve the historic edifice.
An army officer who served In more than
rre of the Indian campaigns, designated In
recent general orders from the War de
partment as entitling the participant to an
Indian campaign badge, has applied for
a campaifm badge which shall represent
each rf the several campaigns In which
he took part. "The War department
has decided that there shall be a limit
to the I sail e of these badges and that, no
matter how' many Indian campaigns in
which an officer or enlisted man may have
participated, he will receive but one badge.
PASSING PLEASANTRIES.
"Waa the wedding a social success?"
"Yea, Indeed. It gained the bride's dress
maker twenty-seven new cuatomera"
Cleveland Plain Dealer.
"You say the water we furnish Is full of
germs?"
"It Is." ,
"Well, what's the kick? We haven't
charged anything extra for them, have
we?" Philadelphia Ledger.
"That speech of yours was very carefully
prepared, said one stateaman.
"Yea," anawered the other; "I took great
pains with It. I don't think I said anything
that I won't oe able to retract at any time
without embarrassment." Washington Star.
"Yes," said Willie's father. Impatiently,
"the word 'excavate' means "to hollow out.
Now, don't bother me again. I told you
that before."
"I know you did," replied Willie; "tint
the tmby began to excavate when vou waa
sneakln' and I didn't hear you." Philadel
phia Press.
"How do you manage to originate so
many Jokes?'
"I don't originate. I use those of brighter
people."
"In other words"
"That's It." Washington Hersld.
"The whale that absorbed Jonah was
really a model for men who are looking
for a position under circumstances trying
to their prldo."
"How do you make that out?"
"He swallowed everything that was com
Ing to him, but Anally landed his Job."
Baltimore American,
"Yes, Tommy, It was In Salem that they
burned the witches."
"dee, but thair must hove been a cold
Winter!" Cleveland Plain Dealer.
' Nero was affecting to make light of the
conflagration that was destroying Rome.
"I don't think It's going to be much of a
fire," he said. "The boys will soon put it
out. We have the double platoon system
In operation here."
Selling his fiddle, he added to the dla
that filled the air by playing a selection
from Wagner.-Chlcago Tribune.
PLAYING TO THE GALLERY.
Chicago Record-Herald.
We scoff at the man who is playing
To the gallery day after day;
We sneer at the glib politician
Who starts after office that way.
We hear htm addressing "the peeput,"
And we turn from the scene In disgust.
But tho gallery whoops and electa him,
And In him reposes Its trust.
We laugh at the best selling novel.
We smile at the tawdry romance,
But the gallery gladly accepta them
And give to our books not a glance.
We merely eke out an existence.
While he who produces the trash
Is placidly living In apiendor
And calmly securing the cash.
The player has learned that he triumphs
. If the gallery deigns to applaud,
And he knows that he fatla If his acting
Has not stirred the heart of the god.
We madly go chasing the rainbow
And bubble of art, In our pride,
When the onea who are steadily pleaalnal
The galleries push us aside.
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