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ted.
By annexing another husband May
Yt'iO Droves that she is no mollycod
dle. Lens politic and more business in
the city hall would be a welcome
change.
A trained wind that would wreck bill
boards and spare shade trees would
help some.
To avoid disastrous encounters with
dogs letter carriers in Omaha are also
to bo revolver carriers.
"What platform does Senator. Bev
erldge stand on?" asks an exchange.
The Chautauqua platform, most of the
time.
May day Is In sight, but no new
labor troubles threatening here for
all of which Omaha should feel duly
grateful.
A Cuban revolutionist is dead at the
age of 115 years. Leadership In Cuban
revolutions is a great promoter of
longevity.
' That asphalt repair plunt cannot
get down to business too fi."ii to suit
people who have to trave. over our
Omaha streets.
Another way to end the labor famine
Is to vote the democratic ticket. Men
seeking employment are always plenti
ful In democratic times.
"Crime has become a business In this
city," said Magistrate Cornell of New
York, who has evidently been keeping
tab on Wall street doings.
Br extending welcome to a negro
colony, Cherry county forfeits alt
rhnoo of ever receiving a friendly
risit from Senator Tillman.
The letter carriers have been author
'led to shoot dogs that attack them,
(t Is too bad the carriers have not been
educated in Urtat throwing.
Ahrlman Is the name of the Evil One
In the sacred book of Zoroaster. The
modern Ahrlman In the book of Roose
relt spells his name a little differently.
The Dahlman Democracy has been
unusually quiet of late. It might get
Into the ring again by pulling off a
dobate ou the ethical limitations of
the moral cleanup.
Governor Magoon's chief objection to
the proposition to create a standing
army of 12,000 Cuban soldiers is that
there are not 12.000 Cubans who are
fit to become soldiers.
The scientists of the Department of
agriculture might start a movement
for an Increase In their salaries If they
would educate the green bug to eat
dandelions Instead of wheat
Joy over the announcement that Jack
London has left America for a six-year
tour of the world ts tempered a little
by the statement that he la taking bis
typewriting machine with htm.
Attorney General Bonaparte declares
the democratic party will do anything
to get votes. Still, the democratic
party does not appear to have been
working along that line In late years.
The difference between the city hall
elevators and the court house eleva
tors Is that the former have their ops
and downs once In a while, and the
Utter never have any tips and downs
at fcU
LOCATttn TRK fit. A ME.
Lamenting the fact that people of
the country have become suspicious of
railway security Investments, George
Gould says: "I, as a railroad presi
dent, can not go down Into Wall street
and borrow a dollar for needed exten
sions and betterments." Then, pro
ceeding to show the prosperous phy
sical conditions of the great railroads
of the country, Mr. Gould says that It
Is necessary to regain this lost confi
dence In railway securities, and to do
so he would be willing to have a judi
cious supervision of the issue of rail
way securities adopted by the federal
government.
The complaint made by Mr. Gould
about the attitude of Investors toward
railway securities might be a reflec
tion upon the states which have been
Indulging in what the railroad man
agers define as "hostile legislation"
were It not all explained In an address
made at Pittsburg by Melville E. In
galls, president of the Big Four system.
Explaining the plan of the railway
managers who, in' 1899, formed the
"community of Interest" plan to secure
Joint ownership of the great railway
systems of the country, Mr. Ingalls
said:
If this had been conducted with modera
tion and the profits from It used to de
velop the railway lines. It might have stood
somewhat longer, but after It had been
going a short time the chief men got Into
a struggle among themselves for the con
trol of certain lines and the skeletons In
their closets were laid bare so that the
public understood what was being done.
Instead of improving their lines, some of
them spent a large part of their Income
and credit In buying other lines and In
creasing their dividends so that the prices
of their stocks could be sold better here
and abroad, and all these things caused
so much dissatisfaction among people that
It finally took form in the celebrated
Northern Securities' case. If it had not
been for that suit, a few men would have
controlled the great transportation Inter
eats of this country,, and while they wouM
have maintained rates, they would have
made and unmade statesmen; would have
controlled congress and legislatures, and
In the end no one knows what the result
would have been.
The decision of the courts was against
this combination, but Instead of accepting
the situation,' as ought to have been done,
and asking for legislation to enable them
to go on and manage their properties
legally, they continued to temporize with
various deals and subterfuges to avoid the
effect of It.
The confession of Mr. Ingalls fur
nishes a perfect explanation of why Mr.
Gould can not borrow a dollar in Wall
street for needed betterments on his
railway system. The collapse of railway
credits has not been due o hostility
of the people or of legislature to rail
ways, but to the disclosures of methods
by which dishonest fortunes have been
made by the railway manipulators at
the expense of the stockholders and
the' railway patrons. Mr. Ingalla ap
preciates this condition and offered a
remedy for it when he closed his ad
dress with the admonition:
Gentlemen, you have got to submit and
you rrrrght as well make up your minds
now that you are no longer a private In
dustry, and he who Is not prepared to
manage his railway as a public Institution
In accordance with law should resign and
seek other business.
When railroad managers accept and
act upon Mr. Installs' advice, as many
of them are already showing a disposi
tion to do, no more will be heard of the
hostility of the people and Mr. Gould
will have no difficulty in borrowing any
amount of money for the betterment
of his railroads.
hobsox iy a xew bole.
Captain Richmond Pearson Hobson
of Alabama, who has been the target
of much ridicule since his personally
conducted kissing tour of the country,
seems to have finally hit upon a plan
that promises to bring him fame In
stead of notoriety. Captain Hobson
was elected to congreqa after a hot
campaign against John Bankhead, who
had served In congress for many years,
the captain using a larger navy as a
battle cry. He convinced the voters
of his district that unless the United
States should spend a few billions a
year in battleships, the fleets of for-
elgn powers might steam up the Torn
bigbee, Coosa, Chatahooche, Chocta
watchee, Tallapoosa, Conecuh and Ca
bawba rivers any dark night and de
vastate the fertile fields and flourish
ing towns of Alabama. The taik took
and Captain Hobson, after the close of
the campaign, began urging congress
to adopt his plan. He discovered that
the folks at Washington did not scare
so easily and he was faced by the pros
pect of returning to his constituents
with a confession that he had exagger
ated the dangers of threatened invas
ion by foreign foes.
In this emergency, he has adopted
a -new tack, one that reflects credit
upon him and promises much for the
development of his district.' Formal
announcement has been made by Cap
tain Hobson of his intention to make
an educational tour of his district to
Instruct the people how to profit by
the work being done and the investiga
tions being carried on by the various
departments of the national govern
ment. He thus explains his plan:
I will have with me the best experts In
America on soils bearing on agriculture,
oo rural deliveries and on good roads.
These experts will come from the office
of pul)lk roads, from the bureau of soils
and the experts on rural deliveries from
the, Postofflce department. Among other
matters are public, schools, and I expect
to . Inaugurate plans by which needed
sohool houses can be secured throughout
my district.
Credit must be' given Captain Hobson
for being the first congressman to make
practical and systematic use of the in
formation secured by the government
experts. Scientists of the Agricultural
department, the geological survey, the
reclamation service and the bureau of
forestry have for years been busy with
Investigations In soli culture, plant
breeding. Irrigation, road building, live
stock Improvement and In all branches
of Investigation for the Improvement
of agriculture and kindred pursuits.
They have secured data on the soils
and the best crops to be planted In
every section of the country and have
volumes of information relating to the
best methods of producing the great
est results In different- fields of en
deavor. Most of this information has
been offered to the country in the form
of pamphlets and books Issued as pub
lic documents seldom used to full ad
vantage. Congressman Hobson's ex
periment promises to be more produc
tive of good results, both to himself
and his constituents, than the distribu
tion of garden seeds and speeches In
the Congressional Record, especially
as the Alahamluns would profit more
by big crops than by big navies.
A rOAFF.SJtfO.V AS S A f OAFFSSO.T
The railroads of Nebraska appear to be
doing a good business at the same old
stands, notwithstanding the dark predic
tions which were made a few weeks ago.
At many points the need for more depot
space and for greater switching facilities
is felt and it's a poor town In this state
where some railroad Improvement Is not
under way. Lincoln Star.
This is a confession as is a confes
sion. x
To understand it people must re
member that the Lincoln Star essayed
to play mouthpiece for the railroad
lobby during the late legislature and
echoed and re-echoed "the dark pre
dictions" to which it now refers. It
not only stopped all railroad extensions
and Improvements In Nebraska In case
our lawmakers should Insist on com
pelling the railroads to pay their taxes
like other people, to reduce their pas
senger rates to 2 cents a mile and to
submit their freight rates to super
vision of the railway commission, but
It was on the verge of having them
demolish their stations and tear up
their tracks and sell the whole thing
for Junk to avoid the Inevitable receiv
erships. But here we have "the dark predic
tions" turned face toward the wall,
and an open confession not only that
the railroads are doing a good busi
ness at the same old stands, but that
they could do still more business If
they only had more depot space,
greater switching facilities and ade
quate rolling stock to satisfy pressing
demands.
We repeat that this Is a confession
as is a confession.
WHEAT PROSPECTS AXD PRICES.
Advance reports! indicate that the
crop bulletin of the government, to be
Issued early ,ln May, will make it
necessary to scale down previous esti
mates of the prospective wheat yield
of the country. Current reports con
cerning the condition of the winter
wheat crop are not as roseate as the
returns in April indicated, the con
tinued cool weather having retarded
the growth of the plant, although it Is
yet too early to ascertain what perma
nent damage has been wrought. How
ever, the crop raised, whether larger
or smaller than the record breaking
production of last year, Is practically
certain to command a higher price.
This is assured by foreign crop advices.
According to reports from abroad,
the wheat outlook In the L'rjjted King
dom, France and Germany Is far from
promising. Unfavorable weather has
stunted the growth ot the plant and
the estimated yield in those countries
is fully 30 per cent less than the nor
mal. The winter wheat crop has de
teriorated about 20 per cent in Austria
Hungary, and is almost a total failure
In Roumanla. Russia, America's great
est competitor in wheat in the Euro
pean markets, reports a most unprom
ising outlook. Cold weather and high
winds have greatly damaged the crop
in the wheat belt in southwestern Rus
sia, and in other sections the wheat
crop has been neglected on account of
political troubles among the peasantry.
Russia Is now importing American
wheat for its own use, instead of being
)n the market as a seller, as is usually
the case.
These conditions have already caused
a higher price level for wheat In Euro
pean markets and indicate a continued
European demand for American wheat,
both for the reserve now on hand and
for the surplus of the coming harvest.
Let the consuls quit their futile "Jimmy
ing" with dinky things that don't count,
affecting only a puny "Jimmying" with
dinky things that do something for the
majority the literary aspirants.
No, gentle reader, this 1b not a safe
blowing description out of the Police
Gazette, but merely a brilliant perora
tion of an editorial dlscurslon In an
esteemed local contemporary. Guess
which.
Mrs. Humphreys, the English author,
says she was "never fortunate enough
to meet an American gentleman or an
American lady," In her visit to this
country. That is probably due to the
fact that she spent all of her time at
Newport Instead of getting out among
real Americans.
Heated exception been taken to
tie recent statement of The lice that
Lincoln's magnificent auditorium la to
be transformed Into a ten-cont theater.
The prices of admission to the pro
posed theater have not yet been fixed.
We stand corrected.
President Castro of Venetuela Is go
ing to retire on account of ill health.
The change will probably also benefit
the health of the Asphalt trust, which
has not beeu robust under Castro's
rule.
OCT M-iTH AIL Vr IT.
We positively know that In the closing
hours of the campaign a midnight meeting
was called by Victor Rosewater In Omaha,
at which meeting a deal wns entered Into
between Rosewater and other personal
representatives of Governor Sheldon for
the delivery of the vote which Is con
trolled by the Omaha brewers, and we also
know that the vote was .delivered. We
know also that after Victor Rosewater
and other members of the republican state
committee made that midnight deal with
the . brewers the entire Influence of the
Omaha brewers and outside brewers hav
ing interests in Omaha was given to
Sheldon, who also had the support of th
antl-saloon league. It was a piece of smart
political work which young Rosewater per
formed at that midnight meeting Edgar
Howard in Columbus Telegram.
The trouble with my good friend.
Edgar Howard, ts that he knows bo
much that Isn't so.
While I dislike exceedingly to de
prive myself of full credit for "a piece
of Bmart political work," I regret ex
ceedingly to be compelled to suy that
I never heard of this midnight meet
ing before.
If my friend Howard positively
knowB so much about It, perhaps he
will enlighten me.
Where was it held?
When was it held?
Who was there?
If my friend Howard positively
knows so much about It, he will surely
answer these questions in detail.
Out with all of it.
VICTOR ROSEWATER.
Suit has been begun in Cass county
to test the validity of the anti-pass
law enacted by the late Nebraska leg
islature, the particular part of the law
called In question being that which
prohibits the Issue of free passes to
railroad lawyers and railroad doctors
unless their time Is for the most part
devoted to the railroad business. It
does not appear whether the railroads
or the railroad lawyers are most In
terested In having the law nullified or
modified by Judicial interpretation. It.
will be worth watching to see whether
the other railroads not directly af
fected by this special case will join In
with the defense.
The rural mail carriers are to have
their pay graduated according to the
length of the routes which they serve.
A general uprising to have nil rural
routes lengthened to the maximum of
twenty-four miles will be next in
order.
Iowa's anti-pass law goes a little
further than Nebraska's by cutting out
all lawyers except those who give all
their time to the railroad employing
them. Nebraska lawyers will not bet
ter their condition by moving to Iowa.
A Cincinnati preacher criticises Rep
resentative Longworth for inviting a
number of friends to a dinner on Sun
day. Thoughtless of Longworth to
overlook the preacher In his list of In
vitations. A Sympathetic Pair.
Washington Post.
Mr. Taft's mother says she does not care
to have her son become president,, and no
doubt Mr. Forak'er thinks a dutiful son
ought to respect his mother's wishes in so
vital a matter.
An Knsy Getaway.
Minneapolis Journal.
The declination of Richard Franklin Pet
tlgrew to be a candidate for the United
States senate Is one of the easiest geta
ways "Petty" ever made. His chances of
going to the senate from South Dakota
have not been In the least Jeopardized by
this magnanimous refusal.
A Pair of Deadlocks.
Springfield Republican.
The radical republicans In Wisconsin are
having about as much trouble electing a
United States senator as the plutocratic
republicans In Rhode Island have been hav
ing. It is a system of election which is no
respecter of purtles or factions in Us ca
pacity for producing deadlocks.
Provacatlon for a Hoar.
New York World.
The Investigating committee of the
Minnesota state senate finds that railroad
property in that state which it values at
:il,000,000 Is capitalised to the extent of
about 1400,000,000. Now it is the turn of the
railroad presidents to deplore the popular
tendency to attack corporations and to
appeal to the White House again to ar
rest local agitation against railroads In the
various states.
Tweedledum aad Tweedledee.
Chicago Chronicle.
Medical gentlemen continue to assert that
tuberculosis Is not hereditary, but they
hasten to add that a weakness of tissue
which Invites the disease may be Inherited.
The difference, to the lay mind, appears to
be that 'twlxt tweedledum and tweedledee.
The main fact In the matter Is that child
ren of tubercular parents are likely to con
tract tuberculosis and it is of no practical
Importance whether they Inherit the disease
or a susceptibility to it. We may add that
the problem presented to the medical pro
fession Is that of curing tuberuculosls.
Splitting hairs about Its origin is not help
ful. PASSING OF THIS GEXEH4LI,
la Twenty-Two Years AU Except
Fanstoa Will Be Oat.
Army and Navy Journal.
The following shows what general of
ficers now in active service will still be
on the active list of the army tn the
years named If they are still living and
do not resign:
W Wood. Weston. Grant, Qreely, Bell,
Funston. Carter. Bliss, Barry, Mills, Ed
ged y. Duvall. Pershing, Myer.
1-Wood, Weston. Grant. Bell, Fun
ston, Carter, Bitot, Barry, ills, Etfgerty,
Duvall, Pershing, Myer.
1910 Wood, Grant, Bell, Funston, Car
ter, Bliss. Barry, Mills. Duvall, Persh
ing, Myer.
ml Wood Grant. Bell, Funston, Car
ter, Bliss. Barry. Mills, Duvall. Pershing.
1312-14 Wood. Grant, Bell. Fun ton.
Carter. Bliss, Barry. Mills, Pershing.
m-Wood, Bell, Funston. Carter, Bliss,
Barry, Mills, Pershing.
1514 Wood. Bell. Funston. Bliss, Barry.
Mills, Pershing.
1917-18 Wood, Bell, Funston, Barry, Mills,
Pershing.
191! Wood, Bell, Funston, Barry, Persh
ing. 19-JO Wood, Bell, Funston, Pershing.
1K1-I4 Wood. Bell, Funston, Pershing,
lfc Fuuston,
I io p iric i.An.
Aa Kaatern View of the lteetlo In
Wpomf net.
Phllsdolphla Record.
To break the land monopoly of the
t'nlon Pacific railroad Is one of the rec
ommendations made to Attorney General
Bonaparte as the outcome of the recent
Investigations by the Interstate Commerce
cornlaalon of the western coal land frauds.
The t'nlon Pacific still holds more than
s,0,fOO acres of the grant made by the
government In aid of the construction of
the road. This la a little less than one
third of the total acreage originally dedi
cated, but still enough to cover the ststes
of Connecticut. Rhode Island and Delaware
and leave a good sized fnrm or two over.
The manner In which the company uses
Its privileges Is shown In the following Il
lustrative instances:
In southern Wyoming whole towns, In
cluding the streets, are treated by the rail
road as Its private ptoperty. The town
of Hanna Is one of the principal mining
camps In that section; the company owns
the hotel, the bank, the general stores
and the dwelling houses, but, besides this,
every street has a sign displayed to the
effect that It Is "no thoroughfare" and the
private property of tha Union Pacific. If
an orator becomes too fervent In his
political addresses he Is escorted out of
I'nlon Pacific territory as a trespasser;
that Is the way the company disposes of
the right of free speech. A road (ap
parently public) running out of Rock
Springs a distance of more than twenty
miles has sign posts at Intervals Informing
the wayfarer that he Is subject to prose
cution for Invading public grounds. Orazers
using government land are obliged to pay
rentals to the company lest they be fined
If their stock happens to stray on the
adjoining sections of railroad land. Inde
pendent operators are prevented from
working their coal mines because the com
pany will not give rights-of-way over Its
land, though In some cases the unworked
mines are In sight of the railroad tracks.
The original grant to the company con
tained a condition that If the land should
not be sold within three years after the
opening of the road It should be subject
to entry and settlement the same as pub
lic land; the usual price of II. 2D per acre
"to be paid to the government land offices
and thereafter to the Union Pacific com
pany." The company, however, mortgaged
Its land and the supreme court held that
the rights of Innocent parties having Inter
vened it must be held as security for the
debt, and to this extent, discharged from
the conditions of the grant. Since then,
however, and Incidental to the Union Pa
cific receivership, the mortgage has been
paid off. Whether ns a consequence the
right of entry and settlement was revived
is a question. The company evidently as
sumes that It was not. Moreover, the
present Union Pacific Is technically another
company; It probably claims that all ease
ments and reversionary easements In the
land were foreclosed and that the 6.000,000
acres or thereabouts belong to It In fee
simple absolute. The prospect Is promising
for a great legal battle, with the odds In
favor of the company. Possession Is nine
points of the law. Morevoer, a new race
of 'Innocent" bondholders has since grown
up.
PRESIDENT HOLDS HIS GROlJfD.
la-nlflcaat Features ef the Address
at Jamestown.
Springfield (Mass.) Republican (Ind.).
Those predatory Interests which were
looking to the president's Jamestown ex
position speech for some modification of his
attitude toward them will be disappointed
In the utterance of yesterday. The address
ts properly for the most part given to the
wonderful chapter in history having Its
beginnings In the event now celebrated,
and the lessons drawn therefrom for prac
tical application today are soundly con
ceived and clearly and strongly expressed.
And these lessons admit of no change In
the position taken by Mr. Roosevelt respect
ing the abuses of corporate and Individual
wealth. He Intimates very clearly that
he has no purpose to carry his restrictive
and punitive measures to the point of try
ing to undo past wrongs whose rectifica
tion would injure the innocent rather than
punish the guilty; but it is Just as evident
that the president does not Intend to be
moved a particle from the essential part
of his railroad and corporation policy by
the uproar that Is being raised to frighten
him away. His platform appears to be
broadly and substantially stated In the fol
lowing: "We show ourselves the truest friends of
property when we make It evident that we
will not tolerate the abuses of property.
We are steadily bent on preserving the In
stitution of private property; we combat
every tendency toward reducing the people
to economic servitude; and we care not
whether the tendency Is due to a sinister
agitation directed against all property, or
whether it Is due to the actions of those
members of the predatory classes whose
antl-soclal power is Immeasurably Increased
because of the very fact that they possess
wealth."
On such ground the great mass of the
people will stand solidly with the president,
and it la because Mr. Roosevelt has been
seeking earnestly to give some practical
force to his preaching in this particular
that hit strength with the people has be
come as remarkable aa It has.
If speculative railroad management and
predatory wealth generally can find any
comfort In this address they are welcome
to it. But It is evident that their efforts
to browbeat the president and drive him
from his position have so far met with
substantial failure. There is promise In
this that their day of prosperity and in
dustrial dominion is beginning to pass.
,
PERSONAL, AXD OTHERWISE".
Don't prophecy unless you know what's
coming In the weather line.
The peanut crop Is reported short about
800,000 sacks. However, circuses can fall
back on their ancient aggregation of chest
nuts. Charles P. Taft, former Ohio congress
man, owner of the Cincinnati Times-Star
and brother ot the war secretary, is cred
ited with a fortune of $30,000,000.
Conductors on the Chicago, Burlington A
Qulr.cy railroad have their choice between
flowing whiskers or the smooth face. Gales
burg rubbers or Ashland portieres won't do,
A New York miss of 18 has had an in
come of 118,500 for Ave years, but petitions
to have It Increased. She Is getting to b- a
big girl now and bargain rush are tempt
ing. The Wisconsin memorial to Carl Bchurs
will be an exchange chair in the University
of Wisconsin with some German univer
sity. The former acquaintances and the
admirers of Mr. Bchurs In Wisconsin have
raised 160,000 to be Invested aa an endow
ment for this chair.
The "Iowa Idea" of taxing bachelors and
spinsters, which Jarred the social firma
ment ot Fort Dodge, has broken out In a
new spot. The lower houae f t the Hessian
Parliament parsed a law requiring the lone
somes to pay the price. Uberty Is receiving
painful knocks these days.
Roth sides of the famous midway of the
World's fair have been purchased by John
D. Rockefeller and annexed to the grounds
of the Chicago university. It Is peculiarly
fitting that a region which afforded such a
variety of popular Instruction in '98 should
be piped, tanked and rededlcatsd te edu
cation (or all time.
MYM
Absolutely Pare
Makes delicious, healthful food
A pure, cream of tartar Powder.
A can of Royal Baking Powder contains many
more teaspoons foil of baking powder than a can
of the heavy acid-laden phosphate or alum powders.
KERR ASKA PRK9 COMMKST.
Schuyler Free Lance: We note with pleas
ure that the republican editors of the state
are now siting up their legislators, and the
member who did not line up right Is getting
it put to blm.
Ijexington Pioneer: When a county like
Buffalo and a city like Kearney send a man
to the legislature like Tom Hamer they
ought not to kick If things do not come
their way. And they know It.
Primrose Record: The new order of
things In Nebraska, wherein those who are
holding official positions recognlxe that
they are servants, not masters, of the peo
ple, seems to give general satisfaction to
all, with the exception of a few of the old
corporation bunch, who now realize that
there are men In public life who cannot
be purchased to desert their constituency.
Albion News: Ross Hammond evidently
had his weather eye out when he retired
from the race for United States senator.
While the honor of that office Is great, the
financial returns (net) are not burdensome.
According to the papers, Mr. Hammond
has entered as a candidate for collector of
internal revenue, the best paying office in
the state. If any man can . be said to be
entitled to any office, then Mr. Hammond
Is entitled to this plum.
Crete Democrat: We have not always
agreed with Editor Wheedon of the Kear
ney Democrat, but we want It distinctly
understood that we are "wld htm" in his
exposure of the fake list of normal stu
dents to create a demand for more room.
When It reaches a point of sneaking In a
lot of kids In order to swell the attend
ance to an overflowing condition to se
cure a large appropriation for the wings
to the building, completed only a year
alto. It Is time to call a halt and stop the
graft.
Fremont Tribune: The bank clearings of
Omaha are something to boast of. LaBt
week they totaled well above fU.OOO.OOO, and
this put the city close to Milwaukee, above
Seattle, J2,000,000 In the lead of 6t. Paul and
Buffalo and $8,000,000 ahead of Denver. This
showing Is to the credit of the metropolis
of Nebraska, It proves that the rich ter
ritory tributary to It is In a flourishing con
dition. So active Is trade In Omaha's field
as to put It well In the lead of at least one
great city of 400,000 people, or three times
as many as Omaha has. All Nebraska can
afford to rejoice In the splendid showing
made by the state's largest and most Im
portant city, for It reflects glory on all. May
Omaha keep up Its commercial gait until it
reaches its rightful place 'much closer to
the head of the list of great trade centers
of the country. . , .
Sheldon Clipper: Governor Sheldon ts re
ceiving a great deal of censure from news
papers of the towns in which public Insti
tutions are located because of his veto of
the appropriation bills for additions to the
various Institutions. The fact is that Gov
ernor Sheldon acted wisely and cannot be
Justly censured. Like all previous legisla
tures, the late one made appropriations
amounting to more than there was provis
ion for meeting, and the state is to be con
gratulated on having a man. In the execu
tive chair with backbone enough to veto
the bills In the Interest of economy. While
there is no doubt that the ew buildings
asked for are all needed, yet It Is not prob
able that the Interests of the people will
suffer much by having to wait for them a
couple of years longer, when the state
will be in much better shape to make the
Improvements.
Verdlgre Citlxen: The World-Herald's
grandstand play to moralise Omaha is sick
ening to men who have lived In metro
politan cities. People who live in Omaha
and who have lived In other large cities
know that Omaha Is freer from crime
than any other city of Its size tn the
world. The editor of the World-Herald In
his efforts to displace John J. Donahue, the
best chief of police Omaha has ever had.
Is going out of his way to blacken the
character of the purest city of its size
In the world. There Is a reason for this.
People who are familiar with the condi
tion of affairs In Omaha during the In
cumbency of Martin White know that
he, too, was an able officer, but yet his
friends say that he was hounded right Into
his grave by the same element who are
today so persistently attempting to crush
the spirit of John J. Donahue. John J.
Donahue Is an Irishman, and so waiVar
tln White, which Is sufficient excuse for
the organ which had loms of Omaha's best
citizens arrayed against each other a few
years ago to crush them or drive them
from the earth. It is well that calm and
Says I
to myself
says I
Uneeda
Biscuit
Says I to myself
says I they
only cost
five cents
a package.
NATIONAL eiscurr
COMPANY
tz
rry
sober-mlmled men give but l.ttle thought to
the edltorlrU utterances nf the World
Herald, for If they did our metropolis
would be In a ferment of strife year In and
year out. No, let the editor of th World
Herald come out like a man hii.I n.iy t hat hs
does not care a snap of his tlntror and
thumb for the morals of Omaha, lut that
all ho wants Is the walp of John J. !, na
hue, and the people of Omaha will know
that he la telling the truth. It's n crime to
be Irish, and especially an Irish CUlholla,
In the eyes of the World-Herald.
Ord Quiz: Editor M. A. Brown turned
several flip-flops, clawed the air, calked
himself and otherwise mado himself
notlceahle this week In the Kearney Huh,
all because Governor Sheldon took the
wise course for the good of Nebraska and
the welfare of the many by vetoing the
Kenrney State Normal bill, which pro
posed the spending of a lot of money on
the new normal building at that place.
The governor's reasons for this veto were
sufllclent under ordinary circumstances,
but more so as It hits Kearney. Promi
nent among the defrauders of the state
school funds Is Kearney. Though favored
by the state with two largo puhllc Insti
tutions, one of them being the Stats
Normal school, that city has been one
of the most noted padders of its popula
tion for the purpose of drawing mors
than its share of the school money. By
this fraudulent and pernicious means that
city has been able to draw a large share
of the pittance of state school moneys
that ought to go to the small school dis
tricts over the state. If there Is any
place that ought to keep quiet on school
apportionments it ts Kearney.
SMILING LINKS.
The Cuban at the age of 150 years was
about to puss away.
"What's the use Doc?'' he said, wearily,
when told to brace up. "Tills tiling of
howling a century and a half for liberty
really Is wearing." Philadelphia Iedger.
"Papa, this paper sys a lot of men In
office had their heads cut off. IHd they
cut them off with an axe?"
"No, my boy; with a sharp move."
Baltimore American.
"Come to see all the sights, eh?" said Citl
man. "Well, you don't want to miss the
big mirror In the lobby of thl h,tl."
"Do tell!" said Farmer Korntop. "Some
thin' worth seeing'. Is It?"
"Yes, Indeed. You won't see all the sights
unless you take a look at something like
that." Philadelphia Press.
"Good gracious, John, do you know what
you're trying to sing to that baby?"
"Yes, dear, It la the ajronjzed appeal of
a parent's heart. It is 'Oh, I-ot Me Dream
Again!' " Baltimore American.' . i.
"Re sure you're right, and then go ahead,'
said the man who likes to quote.
"Yes," answered the energetic citizen.'
But try not to waste too much time mak
Ing sure, or you're liable to he like the
man who studied his time table so lotus 1
that he mi seed his train," Washington
Star.
The western cattle boron was charged
with stealing public lu-nd.
"Nonsense." said his lawyer, "my client
never stole the land. Why, your Honor. If
you will permit the Jury to visit the place
of the alleged crime they will find that tha
land Is right there yet."
Nevertheless the motion to dismiss was
overruled. Philadelphia Ledger.
A yournr bridegroom after the wedding
was all over and the bride's old father had
fronn off to the qlub began to search am.
ously among the wedding gifts.
"What are you looking for, dear?" said
the bride.
"That $2,fi00 check of your father's," ha
said anxiously. "I don't see It anywhere."
"Poor pa Is so absent minded." said the
brioe. "He lit tils cigar wun lu -Francisco
Argonaut.
ART OF CORRESPONDENCE).
New York Times.
A letter from my old grandma? That's
good
Brain food!
Four pages crossed in the old-fashioned
Today
One rarely sees a specimen like this.
I miss
The bald typewriting difficult Indeed
To read
But, oh! tha diction, and the news in it!
A bit
Of gossip here, a scrap of scandal there,
A rare
Good sample of the way they did delight
To write
In times gone by. The art, alas! has fled;
It's dead!
A line or two "I'm busy, yours In haster
No WHKte
Of valuable time, no thinking, now.
Of how
We beat can Interest our Ui st friend.
The and
Will be the same "He ll understand, yos
know!"
And so
We send with Illustrations crudely marres
A card!
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