TIIF, OMAHA DAILY HF.E: WEDNESDAY, A PHIL 10, 1007.
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Slate of Nobniaka. Douglas County, aa:
f harlos C. Hnsewater, general manager of
Th Ilm Publishing Company. be.ng duly
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an. I complete roplea of The Daily, Morning.
Fiening and Pumjav pje printed during the
month of Mar'-h. 107, win aa follow-
1 33,060 IS 83.390
t... 32.310
t 30.800
4 33,190
t 33.130
0 31.9TO
7 31,830
( 31.SSO
9 31,840
10 30,400
11 33,370
12 31,870
13 33,590
14 32,540
15 33,680
1 33,330
17 30,410
1 33,330
ft) 33,930
1 33 340
t2. '. '. '. '. 33,390 j
28 33,690 i
24 30.450
26 34,040
26 33,990
2T 33,850.
J 34a30
so!!!!!!!... 33.880
31 30,650 j
Total 1,008,660
I. OS unsold and returned copies. (,184
Nnl Total " ,99,376
1'ally average 33,337
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WIIEX OIT OF TOWS.
Sabaurlbcra leaving the city tem
porarily euonld have The Bee
mailed to them. Addreaa will be
rbnnved aa often aa requeated.
CMuuhu'k most pressing need Is still
for a modern fireproof hotel.
The cusual observer of canine activ
ity must conclude that Mayor "Jim"
has slipped his muzzle.
The Junior Yellow will now try to
outyeli the Senior Yellow In startling
discoveries of social vice.
"Where do the Dies go?" askes the
Kausas City Times. That's easy. They
go to where they come from.
Montana is now wondering whether
Its law prohibiting all games of chance
will make the Juno wedding illegal.
There la a disposition to ease up on
criticism of Chicago since that city
gave Hearst what was coining to him.
i ;
Mr. Harrimau is probably In posi
tion to sympathize with the pugilist
who goes out of hid class to pick aa
opponent.
The Lob Angeles Times says that
"San Francisco should be cleaned up.'.'
) Thought Schmltz and Ituef had cleaned
i the town up already. 1
Russia Is opposed to naval disarm
ament. It may yet be necessary to call
Japan In to complete the work of dis
arming the Itussian navy.
-r - - - -
It is as unnecessary as Its Is un
kind to call uttention to the fact that
Colonel Bryan favored the re-election
of Mayor Dunne of Chicago.
Oklahoma's new constitution con
tains 100,000 words and Is as diffi
cult to understand as a hypothetical
Question In an Insanity hearing.
tree that gives milk has been dis
covered In South America. It must be
a highly developed specimen of the
milk weed common In these parts.
The railroad men who are oppos
ing the president's policies may be
making pretty good Individual aver
ages, but their team work Is wretched.
The funny thing about It Is that the
two rlvnl telegraph companies should
elect the name dute for announcing a
boost in rate3. Coincidence, of course.
Great Urltaln has refused to admit
Japanese laborers to the Transvaal.
John Bull may count on San Fran
cisco's help If he gets Into trouble ovor
that decision.
, The revised Omaha charter is sup
posed to make a fund Immediately
i available for street repairs. The mu
nicipal asphalt repair plant canuot get
j busy too soon.
Emma Goldman has been Invited to
j Jellver a lecture to the student of the
j Chicago university. Emma's auarch-
1st lc talk will appear tame after the
' stuff the Chicago papers have been
printing about the recent city election.
When the figures come to be cast
up It will be found that the State uni-
versity has been liberally taken care
i of In the legislative appropriations and
i that the opportunity of Nebraska
ijouth to secure higher education hag
teen thoroughly provided for.
Blnger Hermann contends that he
thought the thirty-five press-letter
V
) books he destroyed were his personal
i property. Hermann might plead the
' fact that he Id from Oregon In lnltlga
1 tloa of his, falluro to distinguish be
t tween his p-niunal property and that
of tho government.
tTAf.t. STREETS A E If irnHKI'.
Th-jflj New York banks thnt furnish
tho sinews for the speculative Inter
ests In Wall street have found eome
thing else t'j worry over In the adjust
ment of relations between the banks
and tho national treasury Incident to
Mr. Oortelyou's succession to Secre
tary ShaW. The national banking law
provides that every national bank
must hold 2 5 per cent of its deposits
aa a leial cash reserve. The consen
sus of opinion of the most conservative
bankers Is that 2 5 per cent Is the least.
that can be held In compllaneo with !
the principles of safe banking. The I
law provides that the comptroller of
the currency may at once take charge j
of any bank falling to comply with the i
law In the matter of maintaining the ,
required cash reserve. Wall street
bankers are almost chronically delin
quent in this respect and they are now
worried lent Secretary Cortelyou may j
Ket a notion to compel compliance j
with the plain and explicit provisions
of the law.
In the problem at hand Mr. Cortel
you Is faced by another precedent es
tablished by his predecessor. In 1902,
when the New York banks were show
ing deficits In their reserve fund ac
counts, Secretary Shaw catfle" to their
relief with a ruling that It was not
necessary for them to maintain a cash
reserve against national deposits, but
only a are. Inst their general deposits.
Under that ruling no cash reserve fund j
was required by bankers for the $150,-
000,00 or more of ederal funds de-j
posited with the national banks. In:
other words, the banks were excused
from keeping about $60,000,000 in
cah reserve that would have been
necessary if the government had re
ceived the same protection extended
to other depositors under legal require
ments. Since that decision the banks
have managed pretty generally to j
show a surplus of cash reserve against
the general deposits, but the showing j
would have been a regular deficit had
the government required a reserve of
Its deposits. "An embarrassing situa
tion may result," says a Wall street
financial organ, "should Mr. Cortel- j
you decide not to accept Mr. Shaw's
ruling and If he should require thnt
reserves must be kept asalnst public
as well as private deposits."
The disturbing feature of the situa
tion Is that the Wall street bankers
refuse to look upon the 2 5 per cent
legal cash reserve against deposits as
a protection to depositors, but prefer
to consider It a rainy dav fund to be
drawn upon In cases of emergency,
when call money rates run hiirh and
profitable inducements are offered for
its Investment. While bankers may
differ In the matter, the use of this cash
reserve fund appeals to the layman as
being much like the action of the plain
! citizen who takes the money he has
saved during the summer for tho win
ter's coal supply and blows It against
the bookmakers at the September race
meeting. It Is hard to reconcile the
New York banker's way with the gen
erally accepted Ideas of sound business
principles.
At ft. CARXFCIE-S nnVSE-ITARMlXO.
Credit must be given to Mr. and
Mrs. Andrew Carnegie for the Intro
duction of at least a novelty In the
manner of throwing open their mag
nificent home In New York City to so
ciety. The custom In dedicating such
splendid houses which, as a rule, rep
resent only luxury and display to sat
isfy the vanity of the owners, has been
to open them to fashion, music and art,
varied at Newport and in gome sections
of New York by monkey dinners and
high Jinks designed to rob the func
tion of conventionality and save the
Jaded guests from ennui. The doors of
the Carnegie home swung open laBt
week to about 300 teamsters, bankers,
hod holsters, lawyers, stone cutters,
capitalists, clergymen, bricklayers, au
thors and other artisans Invited to a
reception called "An International
Peace Evening." and held under the
auspices of the National Civic Federa
tion. The range of guests included an
archbtshop and "DlH" Weihe, who was
leader of the Homestead strike some
years ago. The big rooms were full of
contrasts, as must bo inferred from
theee names of some of the guests:
Charle M. Schwab, president of the
Bethlehem Steel company, and Daniel J.
O'Keefe. prealdont of the International
Longshoremen's union; Leslie M. Shaw, ex
secretary of the treasury, and Robert J.
Rlddelt of the do'.ible drum holsters; George
Haven Putnam and William J. Skinner of
tho atone setters' union; Rev. Pr. Lyman
Abbott and Henry Koiiow of the bartend
era" union; John D. Crimmlna and Michael
Rrayer of the clothes spongers' union;
Adolph Iewisohn and P. C. Davis of tho
bricklayers' union: Woodbury Laugdon,
capitalist, and Ed Gould of the teamsters'
union; Thomas M. Mjlry. banker, and "X- ,
Assemblyman Thomaa Rock of the pavers'
union; John R. Von Wormer, vice president ;
of the Lincoln Trust company, and Henry .
O. Cole of the bricklayers' union; L. Winn-
muller. Importer, and John Hanley of the j
iiphol.sterera' union; Dr. 811ns McBee and P. j
Stailumiller of the houao shorers; Rev. !
Stephen S. Wise and A. Helthaler of the J
metal polishers' union; Prof. Irving Fisher
and Tito nacelle of the excavators' union;
W. C Brown, vice prea'dent of the Lake.
Shore Railroad company, and FTdmird Han
nah of the blue stone cutters' union.
. Yet there was no departure from the
customary plan for receptions. The
gueBts, welcomed by Mr. and Mrs. Car
negie, strolled through the great
house, gosslpped in groups, enjoyed a
spread luncheon, offered toasts, and
made speeches. Naturally, the rela
tions of labor and capital formed the
topic of discussions rather than the
horse show or the latest society scan
dals. Reports of the event in the New
York papers all agree that the guests
were made to fenl entirely at home
and that there was no evidence of the
sutfplclon, prejudices or animosities
tJO often existing between v the rich
j.k-iid tho poor, the employer and the
wage earner. To that, extent, at least,
the Carnegie house warming should
have a beneficent Influence by afford
ing rich anil poor opportunity to pet a
nearer anil (loser view of each other
and thus lenrn to appreciate each other
better.
77K if lp: of risr.s VFllSHiX.
The avernce American knows littlt
and cares less about the merltB of
the controversy in the Isle of Pines
case just decided by the t'nited State
supreme court. When the United
States scored a knockout In Its con
troverpy with Spain some years ago
there was a bargain counter assign
ment to Uncle Sam of a lot of Western
Hemisphere Islands that had for yeats
acknowledged allegiance to the
haughty don. It was Impossible, ow
ing to the number of these Islands to
mention all of them by name lo the
bill of sale and, somehow or other, the
Isle of Pines did not figure specifically
In the transaction. That Is what has
caused all the subsequent contention.
After the treaty of Paris some en
thusiastic Americans located on the
Isle of Pines hoisted the American flag
and started It to do business as a
colonial possession of Uncle Sam.
Cuba protested, claiming ownership
of the Island, and the Issue raised was
brought to a focus when one of the
Isle of Pines residents sent a box of
Christmas cigars to the old folks at
home and claimed exemption from
duty. That was several years ago and
the case has been threshing arolmd in
the courts ever since, the residents of
the tight little isle in the meantime
dodging both the American and Cuban
tax collectors and refusing to settle
until they found out where they were
at. The supreme court has decided
that, under the custom, general un
derstanding, terms of the Paris treaty
and several other things tho Isle of
Pines is an Integral part of Cuba, and
that ought to end It.
77L4T "ST.4H7Lf" DISCOVERY.
The democratic World-Herald has
suddenly made the "startling" discov
ery that In the last city campaign the
democratic mayor and democratic city
councilmen pledged themselves to a
plr -": In the democratic city platform
coi. ..".nnlng "the unbridled license al
lowed to the social evil In Omaha,
which flaunts itself In full approval of
city authorities and invados respect
able neighborhoods with Impunity."
The campaign in which this plat
form wa3 nut forth to catch votes oc
curred a year ago and the democratic
mayor and democratic council have
teen In full authority for eleven
months, but durlnz all that time the
democratic organ never peeped about
the social evil. The democratic city
prosecutor, who Is now emboldened, to
proclaim his Intention "to take up this
matter of cleaning up the town," has
been in office likewise for nearly a
year, but at no time during that period
has he had any moral brain storm ex
cept when called to account for using
hlB official position to force saloon
keepers to patronize the bonding com
pany from which he draws a salary.
Why, then, this sudden startling
discovery? The reason is as plain' as
the hump on a camel. A republican
governor has Just appointed a new po
lice board for Omaha, which Is about
to take control and which Is preparing
to give the city the long deferred moral
cleanup. The new board eupplants
an old board which wont on the con
venient theory that all power relating
to the enforcement of laws governing
the social evil was vested in the demo
cratic mayor, and it Is only when face
to face with a board likely to exercise
certain previously unused preroga
tives that the democrats have waked
up to the obloquy under which they
have been slumbering.
No Intelligent person in Omaha will
be fooled by this euddon "startling"
discovery by the democratic organ and
democratic city officials unless he
wants to be fooled. They have made
the discovery only as a despairing Inst
resort In hope of snatching some credit
for the rejuvenation of the Omaha po
lice and fire departments about to be
Inaugurated through Governor Shel
don's rigid Insistence upon fho ap
pointment of a complete new police
board.
Governor Sheldon has signed the
bill providing for a constitutional
amendment to enlarge the su
preme court notwithstanding the
fact that It hs.s been Judicially
held that constitutional amend
ments submitted by the legislature are
not subject to the approval or disap
proval of the governor. This point
wat raised under Governor Mickey in
H'04, when an amendment which had
been vetoed was submitted to the vot
ers Just the same. The governor's
official approval will do no harm, but
neither Is it necessary to insure val
idity in case of final ratification.
Japan formally, announces that the
emperor does not desire possession of
territory "beyond Japan's commercial
radius." That sounds fine, as far a? it
goes: but will Japan please settle the
trouble by stating whether It consid
ers the Philippines within Japan's
commercial radius?
Inasn uch es the members, of '.he
Board of Inspection, created by the
mv child labor law, are not to receive
any pay for their services pressure for
the Jobs will hardly be p.s strong as
for the lucrative places within the gift
of tho governor.
If Omaha only had the hotel facili
ties It mUht get Into the race for the
location oT one or more of the great
national nominating conventions that
are to be pulled off next year. Our
Aitiliroi lum could easily accommodate
the formal sessions of the delegates,
but when to put the crowds of out
siders in attendance Is what would
trouble tts. j
Judge Munger No. 2 Is to have a
stiff Initiation Into the duties of his
new position on the federal bench by
presiding over the trial of the next
batch of land fraud prosecutions as
his Initial cases. Judge Munger No. 1
doubtless feels relieved by the trans
fer. While President Roosevelt has ap- '
plauded , Mr. Rockefeller. Mr. Car- j
negle and other multi millionaires for
their donations for educational pur- j
poses, he draws the line at the plan for
a $5,000,000,000 endowment for the
electoral college. j
Mayor "Jim's" lamentations over J
the failure of the legislature to give !
Omaha municipal home rule savor of
crocodile tears. Mayor "Jim" Is una- j
ble to deliver the goods and he has to I
: put the blame eomewhere.
If Omaha needs a moral clean-up, i
the new police board appointed by
Governor Sheldon will attend to all '
requirements without waiting for the
aid or consent of the democratic mayor j
and council.
Maine has filed a Maim to having '
the only woman professional lobster i
caUher in the country. Claim over- !
ruled. Every blf? city In the country )
has plentv of them. 1
llla-h Wafer Mark.
Philadelphia Ledger. I
Tt la said there la water to the extent of
III.OIO.OOO In the Writing I'aper trust. The'
water mark In paper Is fumlllur. but this
miirt lie. high water mark.
Sheer Woetr of Time.
Kansas City Journal.
It Is a ahcer waste of time for Mr. Roose
vtlt's enemies to uttempt to lessen his pop
ularity while the country is enjoying a
high degree of prosperity. The good pres
ident is the prosperity president.
A Bubble n lite Water.
Cleveland Loader;
There's nothing In the volume or charac
ter of immigration this spring to Indicate
that the wage-earners of the United Btntes
hnve detected any ill effects of the Wall
street disturbances of the lo3t few weeks.
Whither In t:ie South UrirtloKf
Philadelphia Record.
"Post thou think because thou art vhtu
ous there ahull Le :i i more cakes and hIo?"
A tidal wave of morality Is sweeping ever
the country. The greater part of Kentucky
and nearly all of Tennessee Is inw under
the rule of the prohibitory liquor law. and
Texas has Just proscribed gambling. Alea
tory recreation becomes a felony with a jail
sentence of thirty days for every one wm
even pluys In a private house for a prize,
which, of course, comprehends the fashion,
fflilu bridge whist.
(ienenU of nval Kiprtnulon,
San Francco Chronicle.
The tlioory of the modern navy Is that It
Is required for the protection of the com
merce of a country. If we are spending
Immtnso sums ennually to provide big bat.
tleshlps and other war vessels for this
purpose, we are making a tremendous mis
take; in fact, we are putting the cart be
fore the horse, for we have no ocean ma
rine worth bothering about. It would pay j
us to put our navy out of commission and I
take the chances. The sum paid out In a
single year would neurly suffice to pay for
all American ships a foreign ountty could :
capture from us In caso of a sudden war. !
Effective Ftet rlctlon on Divorce. '
Springfield Republican.
The state of Delaware h.iq token th
In adopting several of tho more Important i
! changes In divorce legislation which were !
; recommended by the national divorce con- '
gresa. Delaware will no longer permit dl- i
; vorce proceedings to bo held In secret. Ail j
1 proceedings must be In public, and in ad- !
. dltlon it Is provided that a final decree
shall not be Issued until one year after
: the decision of the court The chief nrgu-
ment for public proceedings Is that it will
result In a decreased tendency to seek di- '
, vorce on trivial grounds and in a greater
I effort for reconciliation. The requirement
that a year must elapse before the final '
: decree Is Issued Is both a preventive against
: fraud and a bar to the lmmedlata mar
riage of either party. j
KIRE M)KS FOR MARCH.
Heavy Draft nn the Reaonrees
of
Inanrnnre Companies.
New York Journal of Commerce.
The fire loss of the t'nited States and
Canada for the month of March, as com
piled from the carefully kept records of
The Journal of Commerce arj Commercial
HuHe-tln, shows a total of '-'0.K,9.7oO. The
following table gives a comparison bv
mcrthfl of the losses this year with 16 and
19''!t .
l!v. 1906. 10O7.
I'.fi.r.X.pvi fi7.773.w10 fca.0,4.900
2i.l.M) 1HJ49.SSO lii.t76.tH
11.7.1.4"0 1S,7S".',760 2j,wS.T(ju
'January .
' Febi u iry
, Mureh . .
1 Total 3 mos.
, April
I M.iy
June
; July
1 August
September ....
Ovtober
: November ....
! December . . . .
fM5.":'.T
n.!r..s.v
l.it;.!
11.7MIi
ll.4X.6-io
13..!o..'n0
16.178.2i)
li.'.Ti.t-io
M.7' P 0
lij.512.JM)
UKO.'ISo
1J.4:k.."5i
9.411.6 0
lo.rov.jjo
lu.llX'iC-o
m.r1.4.V
M.Sol.UO
Total 13 mos.n:5.i:'3.V.O $4"it,71o.COO
During March thre we:- to leas than
C lire where the lo rci-rhed or ex
ceeded llu.uoo In each Instance. A detailed
list of these llivs a pears on the insurance
page this is; ile, but for the sake of com
pn.rl.son they may 1 classified as follows:
f 10.J to J'. 000 j-,)
y.n to
Stl."HI to
6 '.m) t
Su.oiO 75
.''"" Cfi
,.,'lO 4,.
75. ii"i to lu md , jj
lo-uw to 2j.M !!".!!"!!"!.'! u
',.. and over ii
Total w
The large flrva during the month under
review were these:
Hellevllle. N. J., rubber works fi&'i.OOO
New lotk City. b'lHinesa block .u,io.)
New Hrunswkk. N. J., wall paper
factory 425, (
Ftockton. Cal., furniture warhouse. Jii.tvi
1 iiiuo. atk.i iumoer plant.
Chice ,0. Ill , spurn:-! g jods .-tore
I'lttsburg, Pa., machinery works and
e ther ,
4AJ.0
'.ert)
2ri'
KlUibvth City, N
neaa hotiHes
C, several busl-
South Huston. Va., tobacco
houses and other
75o.fiOfi
The heavy fall
in security values In
March, only a part of which has been mad.)
up by auuseijuunt recovery, tvas a decided
shock t i under Tilers, aa lows on their
securities come out of the surnlua. The
Bin Francisco eonflugtmlon depleted the
funda of tire Insurance companies to an
unparalleled extei.t und left them in poor
condition to aland ai.y additional terlou
dia.o.
ARMY fJOir Hi W.aillMSTO.
(arrrnt Kventa (.leaned from the
Army aad nry Rfilntrr,
Tho War department 1a emcuged In 'readjusting-
the aaslanments t duty of en
eral officers Incident upon the abolition of
the divisional commands on June 90. the
transfer vt l.!'i!isrt 3"nerl MarArthur
to Milwaukee and the return of Major
General Wood to the t'nited State It waa
the Intention to have Qrnrral Wood return
at onio. but he hns expressed a, dralre to
remain In Manila until October, by which
time Rfcrrtary Taft will have again vis
ited the Islands. Then General Wood will
Bo to Governor's Inland, relieving Major
Goners! F. P. Grant, who will have his
hoadqunrters at Chicago. No other changes
hnve yet beon decided upon, ftnd the offi
cers concerned hnvo been Invited to ex
press a preference for command. The
newly appointed brlgadlera Generals
Thomas and Hall will, for a while, retnuln
on their present duty.
The reappointment of Brigadier General
Charles K. Humphrey, t'. S. A., to be quar
termaster general of the army to succeed
himself on the expiration of his present
term, April J" Is received with much favor
throughout the army. It was due to Gen
eral Humphrey that he should be lenp
polnted and It would be a fitting apprecia
tion of his valushle services In and at the
head of the quartermaster's department If
he were retained on duty as quartermaster
general at least until September 2, lpos,
when he retires for nge. General Humph
rey has done much for the army. He is
tesponslble, for Instance, for the allowance
made for heavy furniture for officers' quar
ters and for the authority to establish post
laundries and for the Increase under tho
regulations of the baggage allowance of
officers. He was largely Instrumental In
obtaining an increase In the allowance of
quarters which entries with It Incnase in
commutation of officers and for the allow
ance for light and fuel. He simplified the
paper work of his own department and Im
proved the quartermaster methods gener
ally. He has Introduced many notable Im
provements In the uniform and has fur
ntshed the army with the best shoes It
has ever worn. He has takon a keen and
abiding Interest In construction work and
hua had the plans ami speclficat ons of
barracks and quarters revised by compe
tent architects, Introducing necessary mod
ern conveniences In those structures. His
reappointment Is a good thing for t'oe quar
termaster's department and for the army
at large. The president is to be cmniended
for his action in continuing the term of
Quartermaster General Humphrey.
The two of the three vacancies In the
grade of brigadier general which will occur
this month, that of the Uth Instant by
virtue of the retirement of General Walter
T. Puggau and that of the ISth Instant
by the retirement of General A. C. Markley,
have been filled by the appointment, an
nounced this week, of Colonel CharleR R.
Hull, Eighteen Infantry, to the former
position and Colonel Earl P. Thomaa,
Eleventh cavalry, to the second poaitlon.
Colonel Hall atanc'.a number threo on tb
list of infantry colonels. His appointment
v-ns announced some weeks ng. In anti
cipation of Ger?ral Puggan's retirement.
Col onel Thomaa stands number seven cm
the list of colonels of cavalry. Colonel Hall
will retire for n:e on April IS. WW, and
Colonel Thomns will h,ave until January
4. 1911. to serve on the active list. Tho
thliil retirement of the month in the grnde
ff brigadier general will bo that of Briga
dier General John W. Ludd on April 28.
The wholesome an.1 encouraging sign of an
enduring policy manifested In the recent
appointments to the grade of brigadier gen
eral tepresented by such selections aa
those of Godfrey. Markley, Hall and
Thomas is thcr.iuphly appreciated through
out the service. The next nppolntment to
the giado later this mjnth will be that of
a senior colonel also.
The Instructions which have been sent
out from the War department for the guid
ance of the officers who will have charge
of the composition of the pnssengor lists
of army transports not only thosy plying
between San Francisco or lVew York and
Manila, but those nn the Cuban route at
tempt an Interpretation cf the clause In the
army appropriation law enacted nt the lute
Bc-ston of congress. The law puts certain
restrictions upon those who may be au
thorized by the head of the War depart
ment to travel on an army transport. It
Is only under conditions such as the avail
ability of accommodations by which people
not connected directly with the military
establishment, such as officers and men of
the r.avy and marine corps, member of
ccngreFg. Philippine government officials
and civilian employes, with their respective
families, may be admitted to nrmy trans
ports as passengers. Tho army officers and
others may, upon occasion of necessity, be
accompanied by members of their families,
and It early became necessary for Secre
tary Taft to Indicate to his subordinates
who might be Included in the class of
"members of the families" of officers and
others. It was realized that there might be
some advantage taken of the fact by al
most anyone In times of urgent demand of
becoming attached to tho family of a per
Bon authorized to travel on an army trans
port and to protect the government
from aurh a visitation the Instructions
very carefully set forth thnt the member
of the family must be a dependent one.
This has prompted some newspaper humor
at the expense of the mother-in-law, the
habitual object of the Journalistic Joke, but
as a matter of fact the mother In-law or
tho fourth cousin will be admitted to the
passenger lift without question If the appli
cant la a dependent member of the family.
PKHSOSAl. SOTF.S.
The national government Is appoint
ing skilled hunters and trappers to exter
minate the wolves in the Hccky mountain
states. Is not this an Infringement of
state rights?
Incident to the court-mnrtlal of Major
Fremont It developed that recent bank
ruptcy proceedings found him owing $11,
if'7 and possessed of $.!. Such a natural
financier scldcm drifts into the army.
Zangwill, the author, was recently asked
by a dally paper to prepare for the next
morning's Issue a history of famoua trials.
He Immediately sat down with a sten
ographer and dictate 1 a two-column ar
ticle from memory that covered 200 years.
The clitldrun of Frank Thompson, former
pri a dent of the Pennsylvania railroad, h'tv
set aside, SUO.oaO as a fund, the Income front
which goon to any two young men, sons of
employes of the railroad, who stapd the
highest In a competitive examination. The
winners are to be Sent to a technical school
or college for four years.
Henry Schurtlann-IIelnk. a son of the
noted singer, has donned overall to
learn mechanical engineering in Boston
and is now working In an auto factory
for a few dollar a Week. He Is only 20
years of nge. and for awhile worked at
Cramps' aa a coal pasaer. He expects
to go to Germany this year In connection
with bis work.
Sir Robert Hall, who arrived In New
York Friday, la professor or astronomy
t Cambridge university. "America has
done much In advancing the atudy of as
tronomy," he aas. "It is really here In
Aineriiti now that all the great discov
eries In astronomy are made." While In
this country he villi be the guest of An
dre Carnegie and will attend the dedl
ration cf Uie Carnegie Institute in Pltla-
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KF.BRASKA PHF.SH COMMKST.
Carleton Leader: The seriate enme fully
up to our expectations when they got ready
to deal with the primary bill, eliminating
the oi-n feature. As a closed primary
we see no reason why it should not ba
of great benefit to the state at large.
Patfle Creek Enterprise: The mistake
tho railroads are making Is In Interpreting
the new kind of legislative activity simply
aa a matter of fo-enslc sentiment. In
that sense there la no sentiment about It.
The facts are that the people have wanted
certain things and have gone about getting
them In the most effective way oimn to
?hom. They mean business and nothing
but bulness. The sooner the railroads
recognise this the better It will be both
for themselves and for the people.
Sheldon Clipper: The Lincoln papers are
throwing several kinds of flta because the
legislature cut down the appropriation of
tho (State university. The Llncolnltes seein
to think that Nebraska Is In Lincoln in
stead of Lincoln being In Nebraska. The
university la an institution of which we
are all proud, but there are other state
educational institutions elsewhere which
we have Just as much pride In. Just be
cause the university la located at Lincoln
Is no reason why It should receive all the
appropriations. If the Institution was lo
cated In some other town the Lincoln
papers wouldn't care whether or not It re
ceived a dollar.
Fairbury Journal: Some provision should
be made to let the people know about
"these here" new laws before they take
effect. The present legislature has a habit
of enacting a law so quick It makes your
head swim, and tho most of them carry
tho emergency ciauae, which puts them Into
Immediate effect In most statee a taw
must be published before It becomes effec
tive, but here It begins to work as soon
aa the governor signs the bill, h the emer
gency clause Is attached. Today we can
legally do a certain act; tomorrow It is un
lawful and we may have Innocently frac
tured the law through Ignorance of its
existerre. All new laws should be pub
lished before going into effect.
Aurora Republican: There is no disposi
tion among the peqple at large to mourn
over the failure of the State unlveralty
to pull Its usual fat appropriation out of
the legislature. The present session has
shown no hostility, nor even Indifference,
toward the cause of education, as the
record will prove. On the contrary, meas
ures calculated to strengthen every high
school In the state have been passed, and
Interest In the university should blind no
one to the fact that the high school Is the
mrst Important factor In our educational
system. Under a free high school law
every child Is given an opportunity to Be
cure a gohd practical education, but only
a small proportion can ever hope to enjoy
the advantages of university training, and
these generally come from the families
of the wfll-to-do who are amply able to
pay for the special privileges they desire.
With all due respect to higher education,
we believe that tho policy of the legislature
In strengthening the high schools and let
ting the university take care of Itself
to a certain extent is correct, and that It
will meet the approval of every disinter
estd citizen.
Hastings Tribune: Ily the adoption of a
direct primary bill, the Nebraska legisla
ture has given this state a club that will
oon drive the political bosses back into
their dens and hold them there for a while.
The dhect primary means that the power
of making candidates will be more In tho
hands of the people than it ever has been
In the past. There w.il bo nc such thlrg
aa whipping delegations into line and tho
applying of gag rule. Itut under the law
as passed each voter In a primary, before
ho secures his ballot, must make known
with which party ho affiliates; he Is lhn
given the ballot cf that party and proceeds
lo indicate his choice for the nomination.
However, should his right to participate
In the clufjee of' that party's candidates be
challenged, he muat then declare, and at
Think for Yourself
That's what every free-born American citizen Is taught from the
cradle, aud In no other country can the average citizen have bo much
freedom and independence as here. Why then such Btruggle to earn
and save money only to let someone else spend It for you?
If It's a piano that you are buying and which you need In your
home, there's real economy In coming to Hospe's, where you will be
guaranteed the lowest price. Frequently there are scheming friends
who would guide you to other stores. It has been repeatedly proven
that they do this, not for your benefit, but for the commission that
they will receive for bringing or sending you. That's why we say,
keep your mind free and your head cool, and don't be persuaded not
to visit the Hospe store.
With your mind free to choose what your hard earned money Is
to pay for, we know you will buy of us when you are through investi
gating, because our pianos are best, our prices are lowest, and our
plan Is the fairest to you.
We are western factory distributors for the greatest line of
pianos ever shown under one roof, Including
The KKAKAl Kit. at :-Vi. The KRAXIC II & HACII. at 7.
The KIMHAI.L, at $J0. The lU'NH & LANK, at $375. The HAIj
LI'.T & DAVIH. at $ MiO. The CAIII.K-XKLSOX, at 27. The
Wi:sKIt mtOH., at $2BO. The KKNK1NUTOX at $223. The
CHAM Kit, at $HiO. and Others.
WK SAVK VOU fSO TO lfiO OX A PIAXO.
A. H0SPE, 1513 Douglas St.
Write for free cataU
OMi liiit b.
iff w v. it v
that time only, that he will support the
majority of tine candidates which that part
will nominate. Tills will have a tendency
to kill fusion, even If it may be Interpreted
to mean that the voter's oath given to sup
port the majority of his party's nominee
meant nothing more than his Intention at
the time he gave the ath. It is true that
under the direct primary the newspapers
will become stronger factors In politics
but what of It? Nebraska newspapers con
duct their campaigns op n and Hltove board,
and they are constantly working for the
rights of the people and their party's prin
ciples. There is no question, but what the
direct primary law will assist materially In
driving corruption -ut of politics, and assist
greatly in getting the people'a candidate
Into office.
SMII.IXi H K M A II K ft.
"You are In a position to he praised for
many things."
"Yes," answered Senator Sorghum, "but
sometimes a man's influence does not de
pend so much on what he Is praised for as
on what he la appraised f ir. Washington
Star.
Teache.-A tyrant Is a ruler that's hated
and feared. Now, give me a sentence with
the word In It.
Scholar The teacher swatted de pupil wld
his tyrant. New Orleans Picayune.
"Sometimes I think I have more trou
bles than any other man on earth."
"Nonsense! Look at Thompson. He's got
a wife, an automobile and a sure Bysiem
for beating the races." Leslie's Weekly.
The Clergyman You should seek work,
my friend. You know, satan finds em
ployment for Idle hands.
The Hobo T'anks, kind sir. Many times
before I've been advised ter go ter de devil,
but never in slch dlpplymatlc langwldga.
l'uck.
"Yes, sir,'1 said the druggist, "we have
all kinds of porous plasters. Which kind
do vou want?"
"well," replied Klosemnn, "which kind
ha the fewest holes in it. I want to get
my money's worth." Philadelphia Press.
"Your wife used to sing and play a great
deal. I have not heard her lately."
"Since we have had children she has had
no time."
"Ah, children are such a blessing!"
Judge.
DREAMS.
J. W. Foley In New York Timet.
If the Iceman should come to me some day.
While weighing out a piece at my baclc
door,
And, dropping it upon the porch, should
say:
"It was so cold last year and year before,
The crop Is long and we have cut the
price"
If he should Just say that and lay the Ice
On my back atep and drive on-but hualil
Such dreams aa this are only silly gush.
Or If the butcher, wrapping up my steak,
Should say: "You know, the corn crop
was ao vast,
And feed so cheap, we're able now to make
A slight reduction in the price at last"
I say, if lie should tell me that and take
Two cents a pound from last week's price
of steak,
I wonder If the shock but pshaw! why
spare
The time to build such castles in the alrF
Or if the baker, doling out my bread.
Should put a penny back Into my hand.
And say: "The world will be more cheaply
fed.
Since there Is a large wheat crop In the
land''
I say, If he should voluntarily
Return a single penny umo me,
I wonder If I'd be but, Heart, be stlllj
There la no poaslbillty he will!
Or If my tailor, deftly slxlng me
For a new ault. should say: "You know
that sheep
Are multiplying faat and wool will be
In clotn upon the market very oheap"
I say, If he should say that and take
Five dollars from the price well, then,
I'd wake
Right up and rub my sleepy eyes and
laugh,
To think of tailors giving me such chaff.
I know that these are merely dreams that
Ice
And meat and bread are going up that
crop
Or If my tailor, deftly sizing me
There Is no likelihood of any drop:
llul mv rinnlnvrr tells me be Will give
Me higher waKe It costs ao much to llvs-
. Bo now I do not neea 10 nnimp
scratch
My pipe Is out! Has anyone a match?
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