Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, April 11, 1907, Page 6, Image 6
0 TIIE OMAHA DAILY HEEj TT?rTSIAY. APRIL 11. 1D07. Tur. Omaha Daily Bkel rol.'NDLD 1 i V 1!V..I.: l'."S!.WA fi- It VICD'H I.' iSKW A l 1..K. KDlTull. Kriln. at Oin.iha iortOrtl'- as second rlns ii.hi te-r. TKK.MS OK SI i:S-KU'TIiN UhJI li.-e cwltho.it Surlu . on year.. $4' '.inly l', and Huni.jv, oil'." y r Jj 'J" B j nil y liee. Mi hhi Saturn. ,y Idf, one ear ' -J IH.I.IVKKH) HV I'.M'.lilKll Pally Pee nn-duding Survlayl. p r eek.. Dully lii-e iwi'h- in S'ltnl.iyi. per w-ek...l"o Kihi,i,ic !( iwiiIh) it rsu'i'l-iy . per week, '.c ivenu.g pew (with Sundayi. I"" 1 Adliess e-ompluiM if irrt-;'jlnritl I" de-Iv-ry to City u u hi ' in Department. OrKH'KS ' iin;ilia Tli' P'-e I lu ; III i nif. So.th oiiiHlm.J ny lluli Huildlng. Co mill HI i.ITk pearl Street. i'li,.:im-i,H I n tv Huildlng. Niw Yoik-l'io Home I. if Inwirn- B.og. Washington-.Vd Fourteenth Street. C 1 1 1 1 1 I LS 1 1 1 N I K N I ' K . .'ntnmuiiicutions relating to news tnd ed toilul mutter should lie addressed: Omaha bee, !- lit- rial Department. KKM1TTANCE8. P.emlt ! draft, express 'ir postal order, payable to 1 lie Hce Publishing Cn'mnny. 3n.y I-eent stamps received in iaymnt of null iioi 1'inls Personal check, except on Jrnahti ,r eastern exchenge. not accepted TDK HKE PIHLIolUNU company. BTATIJMKNT nr CinCPLATIoN. 3iatn f Nebraska. Douglas County. ss: ( h ar Ice C Kosewater, general malinger or The Of Publishing Company, being duly mum. savs that the actual number of lull nml c mpiete copies of The rVillv. Morning. Kierliiir and F ind.iv Hee printed d irlng the Tionth of March, IV T. mm bs follows- 1 33,050 2 32.310 t 30,600 4 33,130 6 33.120 6 31,970 7 31.8B0 a 31,950 31.640 10 30,400 11 02,370 12 31,870 13 32,590 14 32,540 15 32,680 16 33,220 g 33,390 j 9 33,330 20 33.930 21 33,340 21 " 33,390 2 j 33,690 24 30,450 25 34,040 2 33,990 27 33,860 28 33.790 29. . 30. . 31.. 34,120 33,860 30,650 Total 1,008,660 17 30,410 Less unsold and returned coplea. 9,184 Net Total 999,376 Pally average 82,337 CHARLKS C. HOSE WATER, General Manager. Subscribed In my presence and sworn to before me thla 1st day of April. 1907. (Seal) M. B. HL'NGATH, Notary I'ubllc. WHKN OIT OF TOWN, go hae-rlliera Irnvlm the city tem porarily slio-ild hatt 111 Bee mailed to them. Address will be rhuieged nm often Ha requested. All quiet again In the city hall. Question propounded to themselves by Suuth Omaha disfranchised voters: Who threw the brick? A "Sore Toe." club has been organ ized In Kansas. Joseph Ralph Burton night to be a charter member. Speaking, of the Kouh Hlders re union, eight members of the Omaha City council ought to attend It. "Speaking of bringing the national convention to Kanuas City," says the Kansas City Times. Who was speaking of It? French makers are now claiming to manufacture "nlcotlnelesa" cigars That's the kind you get as Christinas presents. ' With nineteen women elected to the Finnish diet, the Finns may look for something nice In the wuy of legisla tive dishes. The hardened Kansas City Star re fuses to place the blame for its refer ence to Senator "Forager" on the printer or proof reader. Kvery story about the "awakening of China" is based on some scheme of that country for improving Its army. It might be better to let China sleep. The Louisville Courier-Journal is de manding more money for the Improve ment of waterways. Kentucky water ways have been neslected for manv year. The claim thut Piesldent Roosevelt Is the only man who can beat Colonel Brynn Is simply foolish. Mr. nrynn j ran do the trick himself without as- I ilstance. I Secretary Taft personally Inspected ! :he foundation of the Uatum dam on I :he Pii nam a canal site. As It held him ip, the workmen may consider It per eetly safe. Senator Foraker is not In that mil lionaires' conspiracy to down Roose reit. He has a personally conducted conspiracy of his own that is demand flg all his time. A man has been arrested in Leaven worth for selling books without a li cense. Whisky Is about the only com aiodity that can be sold In Kansas without a license. Mr. Harrlman says he has not de rided where he will spend his sum mer. It is a safe wager, however, that he will not tpend any considerable por tion of It at Washington or Oyster Bay. Almost any political "has been" can get his name In print by fathering a denial of his complicity in the $5,000, 000, OOo conspiracy to defeat the con summation of President Roosevelt's policies. Why this discrimination ef the local yellow Journals in the free advertising of Immoral resorts? Do those who pa tronize their advertising columns also purchase Immunity from the news col umns? Circumstantial evidence points that way. The State Railway commission has organised and equipped pself with a full complement of salaried employes. It will soon be up to the board to do business 'and the Justification of Its ex istence will be determined by that to 0 much greater degree than by the distribution of the pie ASUTHfH IHAtf. ."it IVIIA. (shots, like (hat at simplified spelling. According to Havana adic.", Scire- ' maj time K'tie a little wild, but his t;:ry Taft Is dettrmlned to arry out ! motto: 'Only the shots that hit i he decision of President Kooseelt ; ( mint," )n;s saved him from ever be and the administration at Washington coming discouraged. Confidence. In to give Cuba another chance to d inon- j spired by his high average of hits, en stratc whether the Inhabitants of the courages him to stand ready to meet Island are capuble of maintaining and jnu aspirants for championship honors, administering a stable form of govern- j nient after It thall have been estab- i THE Riaixn iiai.n T1UK. lished for them. Mr. Taft demands a The director of the mint In an un careful and complete census of the! official statement predicts that the Island, piellnilnary to elections, which j yield of gold and silver In the I'nited he proposes shall be held late this fall, ; States for the present year will break with surrender of the affairs of the , un previous records, the outlook being islands Into the hands of the Cuban ; for a production of gold alone that will authorities on July 4, 190S. ! aggregate more than $ 1 UO, 000, 000, ns Conditions In Cuba are sadly com plicated. One political faction is de manding the Iiiiiih diute withdrawal of I American troops from the Island, while j another is pleading for their retention. The latter express fear that the de parture of the troops will serve as a signal for a reign of riot nnd loot by the insurgents, who have never ceased their activity or lost their organiza tion, but have been quiet only because of the presence of .the American forces. Petitions, signed by thousands of property owners In Cuba, natives end nonresidents, have been delivered to Mr. Taft asking that the American protectorate be maintained to exercise a high administrative supervision over the island. Signers of these petition') have been assaulted nnd assailed by the restless native's, an apparent proof that the signers have grounds for their ap prehensions. Recent investigations show that most of the business Interests of the Cuba'i Islands are In the hands of Americans who control nearly all of the large sugar and tobacco plantations. These Interests want the American forces kept in the Island for an Indefinite time. Rankers In Havana and New York declare that they will not feel Jus tified In financing the sugar nnd to bacco planters for another season If the American troops are withdrawn nnd Filch refusal would spell ruin for Cuban Industries. Leaving financial and commercial in terests aside, the fact remains nrom- ..... .... ....... .u I niein cum uie . mums nave none innu Ing since the overthrow of the Palma government to demonstrate qualifica tions for self government. They have failed utterly to show any advance ment from their record of incom petency that made the second occupa tion of the Island by American troops an unescapable duty, under the terms of the Plntt amendment. That occupa tion was simply the penalty the Cubans paid for destroying a condition of law and order nnd stable government which the I'nited States had estab lished for them. While the adminis tration at Washinpton Is pledged to the glve-Cuba-another-chance policy. It Is generally arcepted that a second fail tire on Cuba's part will leave annexa tion the only practical solution of the problem. . This gives Secretary Taft's present mission added Importance, both to Cuba and to the I'nited States. ni LVSKYK MA liKSMAXSHir. President Roosevelt has turned from the wearisome, if effective, task of por ing over his letter files for material to confront and confound Mr. Harrlman and others who have taken Issue with him on railroad and political ques tions, to offer a word of encourage ment to the members of the National Schuetzenbund, who will hold their fifth triennial shooting festival ut Charleston, S. C, next month. In commending the purposes of the organ ization and the service It Is doing to j truding engineer served to precipitate the country In raising the standard of the trouble. The approval of an offl markemanehlp among citizens, the ', clal bond Is not a life and death mat- president writes: Our rountry lins a regular army of such small size ctm.ugn. i may say m P"'"- , of hih h trained etflrlenoy as to ne one of! the best natlontl as,-ts. that In the event ' of war the great bulk of our forces will ; have to consist of volunteers. Accord- j ingly. It is of prime Importance that there kIiouM be a thorough familiarity with the use of the rlflo among those of our peo ple from whom the ranks of the volunteers would In time of war naturally be rilled. Therefore, In helping raise the stundard of inarkdmanshlp among our people and In popularlzlrtg rifle shooting the Rcliuotzen bund Is performing a great service, for which the country to your debtor. Enthusiastic peace advocates may not endorse the president's approval of the practice that makes bull'seye marksmanship possible, but so long as the peace conferences at The Hague portaut problems for the betterment promise to result In nothing more ef- I of Omaha to deal with besides the in fective than sonorous speeches on strlction of the social evil. The men theoretical disarmament, the average citizen will be disposed to agree with Mr. Roosevelt that the trigger expert is more valuable than the elocutionist In the work of peace promotion. The crack of the sharpshooter's rifle car ries farther than an oratorical out bu rst. Then the ethical value of thla train- Ing in marksmanship appeals to every- body because of Its real Importance. (The concentration of mind, training of the eye, Judging of distances, control ' of nerves and muscles, and the tense- ! riess of effort essential to success in I marksmanship strengthen and Improve these traits and faculties for use In other fields This the president knows from experience. He is an expert marksman himself and has an une qualed record of bull'seves, scored with rifle, pen. tongue and brain. The gnat public dining room nt the White Hems'? Is decorated with the heads or pelts of benr, deer, mountain lions, an telope, elk, moose and other trophies of the chose, that bear testimony to his skill as a huntsman, pnd his collec tion does not end there. Fxercise In other fields of the talents that have brought h'm success with the rifle has resulted In the collection by him of a vast number of scalps of senators, rail- road presidents, p'llrtli al opponents J and perstual enemies. Some of bu compared with the $9fi,000.000 pro- duced In 1 9 U j . The estimate Is based on reports from Cripple Creek and the eVada and California camps, showing marked increase in production over last year. The mineral producing states have betn unusually free from labor troubles this year and weather conditions have been favorable for con tinuous active work In nearly all the ramps, furnishing reasonable basis for Director of the Mint Roberts' predic tion that the aggregate production for this year will be above the highest fig ures ever touched. The I'nited States Is not alone, In the increased production of gold. Re ports from the Rand district In the Transvaal show an output of $11,100, 000 for the month of March, a record bieaking production for any one month, and Indications point to a larger yield than last year, when the value of the gold from the Rand dis trict exceeded $ 11 S, 000, 000. On this data, the world's production of gold for 1907 may be estimated at $425, 000,000. Those who joined Mr. Bryan a dozen years ago In foreshadowing early exhaustion of the gold supply will have to pipe low on that chord this ye.ir. A DlSdliAltri L JJhMOXSTItATWX- The demonstration made by certain democratic members of the city coun cil In their efforts to oust the present city engineer from his office by force and to install a new engineer of their own selection can be characterized as nothing short of disgraceful. It is not only disgraceful to the councllnien, but disgraceful to the city In whose name they have pretended to act, and alto gether inexcusable. That there Is a legal question as to the tenure of the Incumbent city engi neer is admitted. The mayor and the engineer take the position that this tenure Is for three years and the coun cil has seemingly acquiesced by Inac tion for nearly a year. The council men, on the other hand, contend that their power to fill a vacancy caused by failure of an appointee to qualify is a continuing power which they may exercise at any time they see fit. Granting a difference of opinion as to the law, there has never been any reason why the question should not be tested, If at all. In an orderly manner by appeal to the courts in the regular way. Only the combined interest of democratic place hunters and disgrunt led public works contractors, both of whom want to use the engineer's office for their own selfish purposes, has led the council to resort to a forcible raid upon the engineer's office in the dark hours of the night to the humiliation of every law-abiding citizen of Omaha. Incidentally, some of the blame for this disgraceful demonstration must be charged up against Judge Howard Kennedy, Jr., of the district, court, whose approval of the bond of the In- ter, and its presentation at the judge's residence late at nlsht should have ,,een 8ufflct.nt to arouse his suspicions and t!UIBe ,linl to Mer actlon unt11 his court opened in the morning. His haste to play in with the democratic co,ln(.lnianP combine is certainly not to his credit. The dispute over the possession of the engineer's office, having now been taken Into the courts, will, It is to be hoped, be submitted for a Judicial de cision without further lawlessness In the city hall. i riiLlCK HDAHI) VKam.EMS. The new Board of Fire and Police ConimUslouers will have several im- who have been appointed by Governor Sheldon as police commissioners are, however, men of common sense and level head, who will not be stampeded by any sensational outbreaks of notoriety-seeking yellow journals, but may be depended upon to grapple with I these problems earnebtly with a view- j to practical solution. j As excise board the commissioners ! are charged with the supervision and regulation of the liquor truffle and It I will be their duty to pursue u policy that will prevent abuses In the sale of j liquor and at the same time protect the legitimate holder of a license who makes an effort In good faith to fulfill the requirements of the law. The duty of the board to see to it that all forms of gambling are sup pressed is unconditional. While Omaha has no public gambling places, so far as Is known, slot machine gambling devices have not been molested when they pay their prizes In trade. ' The board will have to decide whether It Is proper to discriminate between one kind of a roulette wheel and another. The commission is charged with a restriction of boclal vice, and here It will have to choose chiefly b"tweon methods of restriction. The puges- , Hon that a resumption of monthly fines ! upon women of the town Is the only i w uv. will find much to bo said lu oppo- I ..i.l... T-l.n A.... 1. .. I .. Ktid liliftn B1IIUII. I liv line liuniiii n utn . ' i tried In Omaha several times without satisfactory results and the obJ Uona to It are practical as well As Senti mental. Finally, the new police board Is charged with maintaining discipline In j both fire and police departments. More strict enforcement of penalties for the Infraction of rules and gradual weed ing out of disreputables and incompe tents may be expected. Hnch member I of the board, however, has taken an : official oath to perform his duties free j from political motives and with a sole view to the efficiency of the depart ments, and it Is safe to assume that I the board will go ahead on this line j without regard to yellow Journal ! clamor. The marriage of the heroine of ! Omaha's last spicy divorce and the i clerical co-respondent In the suit, who hired a hall here during the trial for the purpose of vindicating himself, adds another sad commentary to our divorce court business. The unenvia ble notoriety which Omaha got out of this case could and thould have been averted by closing the doors of our courts to imported cases smuggled under the tent by fraudulent residence Fought solely for that particular pur pose. After more than ten months of In cubating, City Prosecutor Daniel promises to redeem one of the pledges of the last city platform which he has Just discovered. Mr. Ilanlel haB been dismissing nearly all the complaints lodged against Sunday lld-llfters, ex cept where they have been willing to plead guilty, and it Is pretty near time for him to do something to make good besides coercing saloon keepers to take out bonds in the guaranty com pany from which he draws a salary. Down in Kansas it Is being disclosed that the railroads keep two sets of valuation figures, one as a basl3 for assessment for taxation, the other as a basis for determining adequate com pensation from freight rates. That is nothing new. The Nebraska railroads have for years played up a maximum find a minimum valuation by pleading the poverty act before state boards of assessment and then making padded returns to courts passing on legislative freight rate decrees. Cigarette manufacturers state the Increase In their output Is due to the demands of "high society" women in New York, Washington and other east ern cities. That furnishes an alibi for District Attorney Jerome and the small boys of the country who have been under suspicion. It turns out that South Omaha's amended city charter requires every one voting at municipal elections to show up a tax receipt. Assuming that the object Is a good one, the trouble is that the people who hold the tax re ceipts are not always the ones who pay the taxes. If the city attorney is to represent the Interests of the taxpayers in all litigation, he will have to discover whether he will line up with the mayor or with the city council, or whether he will discreetly stay out altogether. In the meantime remember that The Bee alms to be a paper that can be safely Introduced Into the family circle without fear of spreading the poison of immorality among the boys and girls who may read It. Omaha socialists have adopted reso- j lutlons denouncing about everybody j who does not subscribe to the socialist j program. Denunciation has never proved effective as a means oi making converts. Xebranka'i Example Applauded. Portland OregonJan. The Nebraska legislature, overwhelm- i Inirlv re milU(Hn. hus fulfilled all ramnaisn pledges of the party platform. V.'iVt Tom KichardHon circulnte awne Immigration literature among Nebraska legislature? We need 'ein. Talking; for Old Friends. Kansas City Btar. In a speech In Philadelphia, ex-Senator Thurston, addressing un audience of young republicans, declared that the Roosevelt policy should be overthrown. It Is probable that thla well known corporation attorney believes at 11 that he advocated. It Is be cause men like Thurstc n believe Roosevelt's overthrow would be a good thing that the people are determind It tihall not be done. No grcate confirmation that Roosevelt is right could be Imagined than Thurston's declaration that Roosevelt Is wrong. Krmr of President's Knemles. Roston Transcript. It seems to us that the president's op pom nu have made u mistake In not com ing out squarely and Baying that they did hope to wrest the cu.tiol tf the pcirty from his hands by bringing to puss In l'. the iioMlnation of a msm more suited to their tastes. This would be a legitimate en diuvor to which no reasonable person could lake exception. It would bo n thing for any nun to apolog.ge for. They mUht dissent from details which are doubtless exaggerated nnd fanciful, a was at once recognized, but their d.-slie to shake the control of Mr. Roosevelt should not liave bfen denied. Uurlcl'i Output of Wheat. New York Sun. j Trustworthy e&iiniiitcB show that .the wcrld's output of wheat has practically ' doubled w ithin the last thirty years. The ' or..p of 17 T, is recorded as lw.n',c bush els, and the crop of ll"; as 3. jo '.o (i.ni) t u.st.. ela. In t hi.- supply the r. Utive posit.- n of the I'nited Males is practically un- I changed. There has been a considerable ; fluctuation ef volume from year to year, . but we still furnish about one-sixth of the ! total supply, us we did In 1V75 I Our mirpiiia for export shows wl l vaiia i Men. In 1: 4 tl It cent of the crop was wld In f -reign markets, an.l In l!-" only ' S pt-r r, nt. Averaging export percentages by decade. It would appear that hu!e ' change has taken pluce. We consume at ' home al- "it 7" per cent of our clop and ell uhroad a! out 3m per cent, us cllJ a I generation ato. nnnn a not t sew York. Itlpplea on the f'nrrent of life In the Metropolis. A slump of marked proportion In build ing operations on Manhattan l1and Is the surprising feature of comparative reports for the first three nionlhs of this and the preeeding year, fa tally the first quarter of the year bring forth the bulk of the plans for buildings. The record of the bureau of buildings for the quarter shows a total of ?ls buildings, estimated to cost I11.7k3.ixi, n ll'tle more thnn fin per cent of the record for the same time last year. Tf this showing fairly reflects the year's work, the New York Kvenlng Post calcu lates that the record "will be on par with th.it of llcon, when the building Industries were demoralized by lalvir troubles " Sig nificant of the decrease In building opera tions Is a corresponding decline In the cost of building material. Saya the Post: "Structural steel still remains at Its last year rate. Other materials, however, which In last year's building boom went quite high, are again receding In price. Hudson river brick, which one year ago was quoted at $10.75. Is now down to $5.75. with cor responding reductions on all of the various grades. lJuildlng materials are not yet, however, at such low rates that there need be fear of a resumption of widespread speculative building. One of che causes of the present slump In bjlldlng actlvltl"S of the better kind Is the high cost of land. To most speculative bulldera thla obstacle will be Inaurmountable." A large number of buildings are soon to be destroyed In New York to make room for additions' to the Brooklyn bridge ter minal. One of these is Legget's hotel, which was a fashionable hostelry sixty years ago when New York as a city prac tically ended with Canal street, and East Broadway was a popular thoroughfare. Men of all sorts and conditions. Including the "Bowery boy" nothing like the Bowery boy of today crowded lt corridors and Its bar, according to the New York Times The changes made necessary by the present i work have disclosed an Interesting bit of ' New York history relating to Alexander Hamilton. He was given the charter of the bank of th Manhattan company, In return for which the hank so long as It main tains Its charier must keep n tank to) feet In diameter and 60 feet high tilled with water ready to supply the city. Business men ubout to be evicted from their old quarters sought a new place nt the corner of Puahe and Kim streets, but found this tank located there and that the building surrounding It Is a mere shell and there fore useless for business purposes). Most visitors are disposed to refer more or less frequently to the so-called babel of noises In New York City, but there la no babel here. True, the city has the noises all right, and plenty of them, us every body will admit without argument, but the babel element Is totally lacking. All noises are understandable to the people who live and move among them. If anyone Is In clined to question this statement let him Introduce a strange noise. No matter how slight It Is, immediately the city ear Is attracted by It and It causes curiosity or alarm, as the case may be. New Yorkers ' have become so familiar with the racket of wagons and cars and autos and nil other ! vehicles the various shouts of men and boys, the calls of the regulars and other i ordinary noises of the street that the mi- familiar noise at once arouses them and : they gather 111 crowds with a rush to find j out what It means. A etrange noise among New York Clty'a multiplied nolsea excltos more curiosity and comment than such u , noise would excite In a quiet country vil lage, where only sporadic noises are ex pected. An ofMdul who has charge of the lost property on the traction line of Ureater New York estimated last week that ut least 6w articles arc lost every day on the street cur lines and the railroad trains en tering the metropolis. At least 100 are lost on the elevated traliiB und In the subway. Three hundred ure divided among the rail road terminals. The losses In the streets, hops, hotels, und places of public amuse ment are probably 600 more. The larger stores have departments where the urticles may be recovered. Stiuy doge and cuts are Joined by parrots and canaries left on the street cars. The lost books form a good-sized library. There ure more um brellas than a retail dealer could dispose nf in the musical department are nc- cordeons, guitars, tambourines, flutes, music racks and Bheet music. Overcoats, neus nnd bundles from laundries are as numer ous aa women's furs und gloves In winter and straw huts In summer. Watches, Jewelry, and wallets swell the money value of the finds. Bottles of whisky and wine add a suggestion of conviviality. ) Whut becomes of these articles? About one-half of them are returned to their owners. If the parcel contains a hint of the owner's Identity, and Is not called for, the traction companies notify the owner by postal card. Usually the person who has lost a piece of Jewelry, a aatchel, muff or bundle of papers calls nt the railroad sta tion or the offices of the traction company and files a claim. This brief romance of real estate valuea Is told by an official of the Sailors' Snug Harbor on 8taten Island: Over 100 years ago Captain Robert Randall owned a furm of twenty-one ncres on Munhattan Island, valued at $ic1. He had iv family and when he knew that his end was m-ur he was puzzled as to whut should be done with the property. He called In Alexander Hamilton and Governor Daniel Tompkins to draw a will for him. H asked them to advise him as to the disposition of his estate. How was the property accumulated?" asked Hamilton. Captain Randall replied that he had In herited It from his father, who had htvn a sailor and a privateer. "Iyeave your money, then," said Hamilton, "In trust for the benefit of unfortunate and disabled seamen." He decldcsl to do so, and the Sailors' Sung Hartxw was the result. Olio hundred years ago the land of the farm was valued at 4,21C. Today the In come from the property Is mTe than that turn each week, and Its actual value Is ea- I tlmnted all the way from lou.cim.ooO to $lc0eO,V It has been leaed and released : over and over, but It has never been sold, aid never can be. 'Tor all time," say" the narrator of these facts, "the Income from this country place of a retired captain, now In the busiest part of a big city, must be devoted to the care i f men who. having sailed for at least five years under the American flag, have reached old age with no means of support." To the l.nst of the Chapter. Chlcairo Chr nlcle. The, Hon. Joseph O. Cannon continues j to clsclalm any right to 1 styled "Speaker" , Cannon, and technically he Is right alioiit ! It. He censed to be speaker wrier, the last congress adjourned and he will not again be sjiraker unti the next congress elects j him to that position. Ihit the friend a.rd 1 admirers of Mr CHnrwn w-tll cvntlnue to sieenk of him and write of him as "Fiienker" Cannot- te cause It is known by evtxvtiodv -. . . n,e..n ..t- lh. iii-vt lir.lt.1. u-llt lw A I 1 on i i wi ii-'n - '- - - - mere ratification of the popular will which deioanls that t'nele Joseph shall continue to preside over the del.bernttona of the f p-Kr- i,.-h .vf rnnirrcii. He will beSii-aker Cnrnon until the end of th- chapter. The hiatus Lctween iwo congresses uues nu; Absolutely Puro X iiPsoiuieiy Absolutely Puro When ordering: baking powder ask for Royal. A pure, grape cream of tartar powder. All its ingredients are named upon the label. Free from alum and phosphate of lime. Absolutely Puro HOYAL BAKING POWDER CO., NEW YORK ri.llSIIVtL SOTES. Kugene Ware of KaiiB.ts, formerly com missioner of pe nsions, has accepted the f 12 a month to which he is entitled under the new pension law. He will turn over the money every month to a poor girl In To peka to aid her In getting an education. The lYussian ministry of education has appointed Prof. Felix Adltr as Theodore Roosevelt professor In the 1'nlverslty of Berlin for the year 1WV9, upon the nomi nation of the trustees of Columbia uni versity, where he holds the chair of politi cal and social ethics. Duke Carl Theodore or Bavaria, the only royal oculist In the world, a short Mine ago performed his five thousandth opera tion for cataract. His wife has long been ! his able professional assistant, as were his daughters before they were married. The duke has studied In many medical schools and hospitals of Kurope. He has a private hospital, to which he devotes much time, for thither flock many poor per sons afflicted or threatened with blindness. A herd of 4Ti bison, owned by Michael Pablo, now at Flathead reservation. :5 miles west of Missoula, Mont., is about to pass Into possession of the Canadian gov ernment. Some tine ago the bison were offered to the I'nited States government at $3"0 a head. President Roosevelt was de sirous of preserving to the I'nited Stntes the herd, comprising half of all the bison surviving In this country, but no appropria tion was 'made by the government for the purpose. Alonzo H. Rvuns. Boston's oldest bank president, at eighty-seven Is robust nnd hearty, and shows by his own example the result of living the kind of life that ho prescribes for the youth of today. Mr. Evans has the greatest confidence In the generation of the present, nnd thinks that If they follow his advice they will succeed. He says: "Apply yourself, young man. If you would succeed. Work hard, be honest, be truthful, be loyal to your employer, save something out of each week's pay. even If It Is little, but, above all, apply yourself." When James J. Hill makes up his mind to leave his St. Paul for his New York office he stands not on the order of his going. Ho goes at once nnd seldom or never does he let the Great Northern offl clals In the eastern city know thnt he's on his way. T'nless the papers note Mr. Hill's departure from Rt. Paul the first theOreat Northern officials know of it In most cas-s Is his entrance Into his offices In New York. Often the first knowledge of his arrival comes from seeing him at his desk, for Mr. Hill Invariably walks direct to his private office and begins work as If ho had been at his desk the day h-fore. The time for chatting with the other officials comes after looking over his work. COOL GOOD MANV SPRINGS have passed sinee the patterns in suits have been as bright anil attrac tive as are the cool, lisrlit forays that we are showing this season. The broader lapels are a characteristic of the cut. $15.00 TO S 10.00. High grade scarfs, new patterns in fancy shirts, gloves of many kinds and hats of all kinds all are here today for wear tomorrow. Browning, Ming & Co II. 8. WILCOX, Manager. Last Hours? OF TIIE GREAT RETIRING SALE OF TIIE PERFIELD PIANO COS STOCK OF HIGH-GRADE PIANOS War on Prices. War on Terms. War on Commis sions. Out of the Retail and Into the Whole sale Piano business. 1611 FARNAM STREET Vs are declaring war on prices and all other abuses In the piano trade that the buying public has to pay. Did you ever consider If your friends get a commission when you Luy a piano that you are the one who pays It? Well, you are. In place of "giv ing you" things that you are paying for, we are going to cut in iwo the price of the piano for you. le n t thli look better than giving It to your supposed friends? You, not your neighbor, w ill be the one beie tlted. Let us say for your benefit, Mrs. llano Purchaser, that we are giving the people of Omaha the gieat-Mt chance to buy a high grade piano ever offered them, ami our reason Is that we are going cut of tin: re-t&U und Into the whole-sale piano husl .leies, und m-iM ofT-r lh--e planoH at prii es to sell tht-ui quu kly. are iolng L, toei, not wit hstauding toe un kind onslaught made by our brothers on us, and we ure cutting prices that make them Miudder at what we will n n v 8 I Bafciiiir ""tin TO I X TF. II PI. F. A SAX Tit I F.S. "We must take in sail," said the conser vative railway president, firmly. "Please limi t say It that way," com mented ; director. "We have abundance of water, but we don't want people to think we are running this concern on wind." Philadelphia. Ledger, The fathers had Just signed the declara tion of Independence. And yet, we inured not one of them dans take his winter flannels off till hit wlfo gives 1. 1 in permission. This goes to show what an nblect coward lordly man really ls.-.'iw York Sun. "How fortunate It is," said the mngazlre readi r, "chat no one has actually ariived ut the north pole." "Fortunate-?" "Yes. No account of Its discovery could possibly be ns interesting as the discussion eif various methoils of leaching It." Wash ington Star. "Ho Is a man if lofty Ideals." "perhaps," answered Senator Sorghum, "although a man sometime- gets credit for lofty ideals when he Is merely holding out for a high price." Washingt m Star. MOTH F.H WF.ST. Denver Republican. The-e Is a mother, so legend runs, of mothers quite- the best. Who boasts ten million sturdy sons Twixt plain and mountain crest; She gives them wealth In goodly store. She gives abounding health-and more. She opens wide Contentment's door; Her name Is Mother West. O, mother whose bounties never fail Thy . hihl.eti, amply blest. To fere ign shores we may s-t sail Our pilot si range unrest But still thy children turn to thee. Thy plains. thy hills, thy mystery. And at the last, fr-on oversea, Comet home- to Mother West! . Wii mmmmi When yoii go to buy a HAT Don't say. "I want a hat" Abu him for The hat you want and get it. It's the GRAYS do next This great sale Is almost .Or?,o ' Ut V'r'' l""H n"UK" to bargain..1, " OUl "e f our Look at these prices on ruch well known makes, both new and used, ai smiln it Nixon, Khersole, Haines Bros.. Armstrong. Knabe, Km. bull. Biewster. Normaiidi.., etc., at pi le ..s rrom S7 up to 3iex fr new uprights and from 1 10 up on square and used uprights, organs ut jour own price, ir ye.u are skeptical cull on any otlor dealer, get his lowest prT e s, then ceune to us, url if w ,ann,,t Ki, ,w you a piano that Is the same grade r..r 1100 less money, we don't waist to sell yeni, for we can do It and Mr. Dealer knows It. That Is why he ts offering all kinds of halts to keep ynu from coming here to see what ou e an buy a nrst-cUsa piano for. e are having a most sac, Hsful sale and se lling many pianos el.nl j. und It U up to ye, u t,, c all and let snow you, wtiat we can do. ltemeiohe-r. you will have In act quickly, as this sala will not tail much longer: so call day n, i i i rNrn.m st rt J ?SJ-sW -AM A M- t