TIIE OMAHA DAILY ,BEE: - THURSDAY. JUNE 13, lf07.
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' STATEMENT OP CIRCtrLATIO!.
State ot Nebraska. Douglas County, ee.
Charles C. Roaewater, general msnager
of The Be Publishing Company, being
July sworn, sava that the actual number
9f full and complete copies of The Dally,
tfnrnlng. Evening and Sunday Be print 4
during the month of May. 107, waa as
follows:
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WHKJf OUT Or TOWK.
tabacrlbers leaving the city teas,
porarily shoald have Tk Bee
nailed to . Addresa will fce
r ha aged as oftea requested.
Harry Orchard makes Ananias look
le an amateur.
Politicians will : be alow to agree
with Dts Wiley that pie is Injurious.
Those Central American republics
have not announced the names of their
delegates to The Hague-peace confer
ence. Cut. Off Lake park begins to loom
p on the horizon and may yet get on
the map under the romantic name of
"NokomlB'..
Another dollar gas. ordinance has
gone glimmering. That democratic
platform pledge may yet -serve for an-
pther campAlgnj Ji
The undertakers are warming
thing! up in Omaha Just now. They
are a lire bunch and they know a liver
townwhen they see It. ,
When the reports from the county
assessor's office are filed at Lincoln
the increase in railroad valuation J.s
likely to look mighty small.
The trade . boosters, need take no
credit for themselves for making rain
In Oregon. Up there they welcome
the man who makes sunshine. .
"The time will come," says th Lon
don Post, "when we" will all quit tak
ing medicine." Sure, after the un
dertaker has finished his work.'
It has been a long time since Qus
jaumphrey'g name has appeared in
public print, but It occasions no sur
prise to find him listed as a railroad
pasaholder.
r Bernard' Shaw declare that the
poor are suffering from poverty. This
polls the Impression that the poor are
uttering from worry over what to do
with their money.
Representative Sherman has de
clared himself in. favor, of .another
term for president Roosevelt. Mr.
Sherman does not love Mr. Roosevelt
more, but Taft less.
Mr., Bryan says if be is elected pres
ident, he will not seek, a re-election,
but will retire to private life. That's
the best thing Mr. Bryan has said In
support of his presidential boom.
Steve Adams, the second witness In
the trial at Boise, wilthave to hump
himself if he makes good on the claim
of his friends that he is a more dea
perateNnan than Harry Orchard.
Nebraska last week had more than
tfce normal rainfall, which, with the
sunshine, will do much to dispel tho
' gloom that has surrounded some of
the pessimistic people of the state.
The Postofflce department has pflV
tally;; designated "a shirt waist, a
necktie and a neat belt" as the sum
jaer uniform of the letter carriers. It
Is all right, as far as it goes, but it
oems a little scanty, j
One, Of the directors of the Steel
trust says be has made- a cauvass of
tho board of directors and is satisfied
that President Corey will soon tender
his resignation. Corey, may be stub
born, but he ought to take a delicate'
hint like that
The CngHh government has step
ped the, vukUcatkia of n official hla.
lory of tjie Boer war because It ex
posed too. much, grat on the part of
certain high. ofikta.Ia.of the War de
partment ;Th "Immunity bath" Is
sot purely an JLnrU laetltutlooi .
THE RAILROADS AUD THE rVBLlO
Another move In the great effort to
clear up the railroad situation is get
ting well under way. The Various
companies concerned are taking active
and apparently well considered steps
to tet in the court the restrictive and
remedial legislation adopted by the
several state legislatures' during the
last winter. It was expected at the
time tjhat this course would be taken
by the railroad companies, and conse
quently there Is no element of sur
prise In the announcements made, not
even In that which comes from Kan
sas City, which says: "But the
chance of the Injunction being refused
Is so small that non of the railroad
people figure on It"
Herein Ilea one of the greatest evils
against which complaint has been
mads. The railroads have gone to
court with auch absolute confidence of
having their requests granted that the
people have almost despaired of being
able to secure vrellef.
It the proposed rate bearings will
only go deep enough Into the Issues
at stake little doubt surrounds the out
come. One of the anomalies of bur
prosperity has been that ' while the
railroads have been overwhelmed by
the mass of business offered to them,
both freight and passenger traffic be
ing congested for many months, we
are told that it Is Impossible to lower
the rates for transportation because
of the fact that the cost of doing busi
ness Is greatly Increased. This is di
rectly opposed to the generally ac
cepted theory of business, the rule be
ing that the greater the volume the'
less the unit cost. Many actors en
ter Into the Item of expense, which
will be clouded by all the subterfuges
familiar to railroad experts, but if the
court can onIyfinally get down to the
kernel of truth hidden Under the chaff
of sophistry It tnust be shown that the
reductions in rates proposed are at
least In the right line, if not wholly
Justifiable. t i. -v '., ,
With the fatuity that has marked
their course from the beginning, tho
railroads are undertaking to make the
situation as onerous for the public as
possible. Trains have been reduced
In Inumber, time schedules have been
lengthened and everything in the way
of favors to the public has been with
drawn. Not only has tho rebate van
ished and the free pass sent to the
limbo, but rates to excursion parties
and for the purposes of stimulating
local trade have been withdrawn, and
the announcement is sent out from
headquarters' that until the railroads
are permitted to fix their own prices
nothing will be done to aid the public
In any way.
This course is not one calculated to
conciliate the people or secure for the
companies any greater consideration.
No matter how blindly the' railroad
attorney may pursue tho theory that
the corporation has privileges which
exceed J.he right of , the public) , the
fact remains that In the end the people
must control. A mora friendly' spirit
under present conditions would have
a beneficial effect in tho end.
, DrCADRtiCE OF BtVlB COMMERCE.
Herbert Knox Smith, commissioner
of corporations and a' member of the
Inland Waterways commission re
cently appointed by the president,
paints a most gloomy report of the
decadence of river commerce In a re
port be has Just made to the president
of the result of a visit of Inspection
of the Mississippi river from St. Louis
to the gulf. "Absolute decay every
where" Is tho substance of Mr. Smith's
report upon an Industry that was once
tho largest' in the nation In the trans
portation line, when tha Mississippi
was the greatest of highways tor In
land commerce. "The through lino of
boats from St Louis to New Orleans
have ceased to run," says Mr. Smith,
"and. practically speaking, tho rlvey Is
deserted." , .,;
The condition presented Is Interest
ing and peculiar. In the early days
of railroad building In the west the
railroads made special effort to. secure
and divert traffic from river porta, and
they succeeded so effectually that now.
with the railroads unable, to handle
the, traffic offered, merchandise lies
rotting on the wharves at former busy
Steamboat centers because there are
no boats to take care of even the sur
plus. Mr. Smith reports that he saw
thousauds of bales of cotton at Mem
phis which had laid In the streets all
winter because .there waa no ware
house room and no shipping facilities
either by rail or Water. This shows
a remarkable decline of the water
transportation business which, as long
ago as 1865, carried 200,000 tons of
commerce on the Mississippi and lta
tributaries alone. This dwindled to
,591 tons on the Mississippi last
year.
Members of the Inland Waterways
commission believe that the time Is
ripe for a revival of river trafflo on
the Mississippi and other western
rivers. Even preliminary Investiga
tion pt conditions has. convinced them
that'the surplus traffic, above what it
is possible for the railways to carry,
however much they may Improve their
facilities, Is sufficient to warrant In
vestment In river transportation facil
ities on a large scale.., This, it l be
lieved, will promptly follow the adop
tion by the government of any plaa
for the systematic Improvement of the
Missouri, Mississippi and other west
ern waterways. Tho development of
the great west, the granary of tho na
tion and the world, will be unneces
sarily retarded unless' soma provision
Is made for the prompt transportation
of Its products to the markets, a task
to Which .the railroads' frankly admit
they are not equal. Thr facllltlea are i
inadequate at present atd it will ke
a phjsloJ .nipos8lbUfty for them - to
coarruc new lloea aI Increase thair 1
equipment, for years to comni to meet
the demand that Is growing marvel
ously each year. The public generally
has a keen Interest In the problem
before the Inland Waterways commis
sion and will give cordial support to
any movement looking to a solution
of It
DEATH OK SENATOR MORQAlt.
John Tyler Morgan, United States
senator from Alabama, whose death
occurred at Washington on Tuesday
night, was one of the few remaining
men In public life who typified the
democracy of the old south. A native
of Tennessee, Senator Morgan had
lived in Alabama since his boyhood.
A lawyer of renown, even In his young
manhood, he was at constant war with
the changed conditions and revised
Ideas of the rights and relations Of
the states and the federal government.
He served the confederacy In high
official rank, and In his thirty years
In the United States senate carried on
the fight In support of the principles
for which he fought in the field, at
least so far as the federal encroach
ment on the powers of the states was
concerned.
As a member of the senate commit
tee on interoceanlc canals, Senator
Morgan was the champion of the
Nicaragua route ahd, even after the
Panama site had been chosen, waged
relentless war upon William Nelson
Cromwell and others who had been
Instrumental In effecting the coup by
which' the Republic of Panama was
born out of a. Colombian revolution.
As a member of the committee on for
eign relations, he opposed the Santo
Domingo treaty and this government's
part in effecting Cuban Independence.
While defeated, he never lost heart,
but fought to the last ditch on every
Issue. His Integrity, honesty and
purity of motives were never ques
tioned and no member of the senate
stood higher In the esteem of his col
leagues. PATinO TBt PRESIDENTS WAT. .
The wisdom of congress In appro
priating $25,000 annually to pay the
traveling expenses of the president of
the United States baa been amply
demonstrated by tho first year's ex
perience under the new order. ' The
law was an butgrowth of the railway,
rate law and the anti-pass feature of
that measure. It was shown that, un
der the new law, the president would
be compelled to pay his own traveling
expenses, which might be greater than
his salary. Under tho old system,
while President Roosevelt Insisted
upon paying his fare, it was customary
for the railroads to furnish special
cars and frequently special trains-for
the accommodation of the presidential
PaHy, . which usually Included ' jiiany
politicians, special friends antl press
representatives. Tho adoption of the
cow law has changed the whole charac
ter of tha presidential tours. , The prest-,
dent now travels with every comfort,
of course, but very much like any
other first-class passenger who la will
ing; to pay for the comforts which tho
railroads are prepared to furnish. The
else of the presidential parties has
been reduced and the trips have been
marked by extreme simplicity.
The fiscal year will end on June 80,
and It is stated that the president will
turn back to the treasury of tho
United .States something' like f 16,000
of. the $25,000 appropriated for his
traveling expenses. In the meantime
neither the president nor the govern
ment has accepted any favors from the
transportation companies and the pres
ident's trlpa have been markedly free
from the old Junkets in- which official
dom formerly delighted,
. OR E TRUST PROSECVTtOSa.
Formal announcement. is made from
Washington that the government Is
preparing plans for prosecution of the
anthracite coal trust and the express
companies, both charged with viola
tions of the Sherman law and of the
railway rate law passed by the last
congress. It Is stated that the suits
against the Coal trust are to be based
on Investigations that have been car
ried on by the Department of Justice
for the last five years. The facts
which have lod to .the searching Inves
tigation of the operations of the Coal
trust were brought to the attention of
President Roosevelt and the adminis
tration during the coal ttrlke In 1902.
The commission appointed by the
president to Investigate tho strike,
which was finally settled by. arbitra
tion, made a report containing con
vincing evidence that the coal mines
ot the anthracite region In Pennsyl
vania are owned and operated by the
railroads and that the railroad man
gers aBsolutely controlled both the
price and output of anthracite coal for
the entire country. The matter was
laid before the Department ot Justice
and Inquiry and Investigation have
since been In progress.
Some difference of opinion has ex
isted among attorneys of the Depart
ment of Justice as to ability of the
government to make a case against the
Coal trust, owing to the peculiar
methods employed to conceal the rela
tions existing between the railroads
and the coal companies, but the an
nouncement that tho government is to
begin prosecutions Indicates that the
legal' difficulties have been overcome
and that action will be taken to stop
the exactions and extortions of one of
the most hardened and persistent .vio
lators ot the anti-trust laws.. The
new rate law -contains a provision
making it unlawful for a transporta
tion company to own or operate coal
mines after May 1, 1908. The date
waa fixed for the purpose of allowing
the railroad companies In tho anthra
cite region to . dlspoae. of their coal
mfnea and make prortlona for com
tlvlng with tha law.. The' suits to be
commenced against the trust,' there-'
fore, are probably based npon its vio
lation of the Sherman law, lta manip
ulation of prices and violations of the
Interstate commerce law.
The prosecution ,of the express com
panies for violation of the new rate
law, which designates the express com
ps tiles as common carriers". Is to be
bnsod on evidence Bhowlng that the
companies have violated the law by
making discriminating rates to favored
shippers.
The public will watch these prosecu
tions with exceeding Interest, having
been the victim for years of the extor
tions of these trusts, and will be
cheered to know that the government
has not wearied In well doing, but Is
going on down the line In the prosecu
tion of all combinations that have
waxed fat by taking undue toll from
tho public In violation of the law.
The Steel trust announces that It Is
going to return to old methods of mak
ing steel rails according to specifica
tions instead of robbing the railroads
and endangering the Uvea of passen
gers by skimping on material and
turning out defective rails. The prom
ise is encouraging, but It Is too bad
that tho trust cannot be held responsi
ble in some way for the lives that
have been lost through Its greed.
The Union Pacific annual pass list
very easily discloses the secret spring
that animated some eminent gentle
men during the session of the Ne
braska legislature. They certainly
worked hard enough during that time
In opposition to laws . demanded by
tho people to earn several passes.
Rear Admiral Coghlan says there
will be no war between the United
States anA Japan for the next twenty
years. Perhaps not but there will be
plenty of talk about it as soon aa the
appropriation for an Increased navy is
presented to the consideration of con
gress. A showman at :.Coney Island com
plains of th shortage In the supply of
wild men. He might corral some of
tho members of the American Protec
tive Tariff league who have been read
ing. Mr. Taft'a declaration In favor of
tariff revision.
Mr. Bryan says the dollar of today
Is at least 80 per cent less In purchas
ing power than It was In 1896. The
other difference Is that the workman
has tho dollar today and did not have
It la 1896.
A Pew Escape.
Kanaas City Journal.
About the best that can be said for Harry
Orchard Is that In the bourse of his gentle
career he met people once In a while whom
he didn't murder. ' ' '
Shorlted to .at Wblis
Minneapolis Journal. ,
Philander C. tKnoxv.r rendered nearly
breathless by the pews from Harrlabura,
can nig ,wmper -tat. if, nominated, he
will accept. This cagta climax ot sen
sation. . There An. Others. t ;J
. Indianapolis News, 7. , .
The government's surprise . at the In
creased cost ot bu(ldlog material and con
struction la another encouraging evidence
that It Is gradually, entering Into .the feel
ings ot the plain people.
Ineffective Blows. ''
Philadelphia Record.
A Texas Jury has rendered a verdict of
euster against a branch of the Standard Oil
Company and a fine of tl,62S,soo has been as
sessed against the company. If this flna
could be collected It would be no serious
punishment. The trust would reimburse
Itself by fining oil consumers. The- only
way the Standard can be brought to terms
la to gather In one of Its directing officials
and Jan him.
Cel.
Wsttteraoa Ortea "Enough."
.Louisville Courier-Journal.'
Come, boys, time's up! Enough la
enough, whilst too much Is. a surfeit!
Break away for a little from the "dark
horse" and forget the big "mustache." Tou
have had lots of fun. Bo have we. Ancient
history Is barred from dally Journalism.
"How do you feel this evening, Julius?"
"I feel high."
"How hlghf
"Shanghai!" .'
Now we'll have the overture from "The
Merry War," and after that the pleasing
ballad. "Teddy's Pants Will Boon Pit
Billy!"
Peril of ChanarlB Steeds.
Portland Oregonlan.
The Irony of fate la Seldom more notice
able than In the death of Harry Hamlin,
who was thrown from his automobile and
Instantly killed at Buffalo Monday. Tha
Hamllna, father and son, have done more
towarda the development and Improved
breeding of fast harness horses than any
other men In the United States, and crack
roadsters as well aa grand circuit stars
from the. Hamlin horse farm are to be
found throughout the country. Had Mr.
Hamlin remained Immune from the auto
mobile erase which Is supposed -to be so
detrimental to the Industry which made his
family famous, he would probably be alive
today.
WEAK POINT IN JAP STORY, ,
Kelly e( Asaerlcaa Japanese Eacvar
( Traabla.
Minneapolis Tribune,
Whatever may be the truth about the
plans of the progressive party In Japan to
rld Into power on the crest of an antl
Amerlcan wave, , It would seem to be the
height of folly for the Japanese In America
to play with the dangerous game of invok
ing a war scare for political purposes.
What have the Japanese In America to
gain by engendering friction between their
fatherland and the country that afford
them a livlngT What, Indeed, have they
not to lose by such Incredible folly? The
nearer the poslbillty of war approached, the
moro untenable would be their position In
this country and the greater their financial
loss. A Japanese merchant, for Instance,
who has built up a nice little business In
Minneapolis, would see It disappear In a
twinkling If once the American people be
came convinced of .really bellicose Inten
tions on the part of Nippon. Why, then,
should he feel Inclined to help raise "an
enormous fund" to further the cause of the
Jlngolsts at horns?
It Is at Just thls point that the story la
weak. The Japanese, who are already es
tablished In America are doing too well to
yearn for trouble. Their cue la to pour oil
on troubled waters and the Japanese,
wherever found, uauaUv kJWM big' cue
reasonably well. ( . . . .
' MOAOAII or ALABAMA.
Oeeia f the Plattllaar Peantar ait
Fovr-Arere aead Tkree.
"Obey the Uws of Ood and the country
and follow the guidance of an hottest con
science," waa the fitted rule of life of Sen
ator John T. Morgan of Alabama, whoee
death at Washington at the age of 83 Is
announced. Fearless In all matters public
and private rigid almost leaning back
ward In honor and honesty, tireless In
duty as he Understood duty, be waa the
living embodiment ef Ma maxim. -
Senator Morgan waa beat knfiwn for his Tt
activities In the United States aenate. tie
shone brightly there, often the danger
signal to the majority party, almost the
hwt active ngure of the old echool. Not
the laat, of course, for there remalna Alll
so nof Iowa. Pettus of Alabama, at ,
and Ctillom of Illinois. Mr. Morgan lined
up with this gray-haired phalanx In for.
enelc ability, earnestness and persistency1
and surpassed them in long distance ora
tory. ,
Four years ago, Just aa the fifty-seventh
congreaa was passing into history, he made
the long distance speaking record, forced
an extraordinary session of the senate and
Klllod the asset currency bill, beloved of
Aldrlch. who In these last hours of con
gress shared the leadership with the astute
Hale., it wit the laat night but one of a
rather eventful session. Senator Morgan
had been speaking almost every day for
two weeks on the question of an Isthmian
canal. It was estimated at the time by
close observers and the senate stenograph
ers that altogether he had spoken more
than SOO.Ono words on this one topic. Hour
after hour he held the floor, and when he
had documents to be read he read them
himself Instead of sending them to the
clerk. It was thought that Jie would never
stop on the canal, and that he could hot
possibly have anything to say en any other
measure, especially one so Intricate as the
Aldrlch financial bill.
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an all night sneslon on March !. and pro
posed to force through their measure. Mem
bers of the minority had opposed . it at
length, and at t o'clock on the morning ot
March I It looked like a vote.
When enter Senator Morgan, fresh, clean
shaven, alert and vigorous. There was
nght 1n his swmglng gait. He showed not
a single sign of those nights of study and
days of speaking against the Panama route
for an Isthmian canal. Teller had Just fin
ished a tirade against the Aldrlch bill,' and
the republican leaders were ready to force
a vote. There waa a brief hill In the pro
ceedings, and Senator Morgan roes from
his seat In the front row, the old seat of
Oliver P. Morton and David Davis.
"Mr. President." said he, "I desire to be
heard briny on this measure."
Every man on the republican aide, knew
that it waa all over. For Mr. Morgan's
"briefly" consisted of a . two-hour speech
showing most careful study and prepara
tion on the question of national finances In
general and the Aldrlch bill In particular.
While he was still speaking Mr. Aldrlch
threw up hia hands, admitted the defeat of
his bill and called for a recess. That was
the end of the Aldiich-Fowler asset cur
rency measure. .
The .only other Incident, in recent years
of such power displayed, by a minority
senator was when the late lamented Sen
ator Vest, Just before the close of his re
markable career, forced the republican
party to put anthracite coal on the free
list.. Vest had to be actually carried into
and out of his seat In the senate. On the
day in .Question It was at the beginning
of ' the. great coal strike he seemed to be
mora feeble than ever and bad been carried
Into tha senate by an attendant. The
question of coat duties was under discus
sion and .Vest with a single question con
founded tha majority party, .and,' in ten
minutes had the duty removed from hard
coal. The only difference was that Vest
was aged and very feeble. Senator Morgan
would oonfesa to neither of these.
After Senator Morgan's surprising speech
against the Aldrlch bill he was on hand
early the next morning, ready to renew
his fight against tha Panama route. Hanna
and Cullom had thought to tire him out
during this long struggle, but he was not
to be tired. I happen to have personal
knowledge that Mr. Morgan wrote out In
longhand nearly every one. of those long
speeches. He had use for a secretary and
stenographer, to be sure, but largely to
copy his longhand notes, prepare copy for
the printer and look up references. And
this secretary is, withal, an ablebodled,
vigorous young chap. During the recent
debate on Santo Domingo I caugnt him
dozing In the senator's committee room one
morning,
"Yes, I eonfess to being tired. I have
been up with the senator until long after
midnight for two nights. I am less than
30 and he Is over SO, but he Is too much for
me."
Meanwhile Mr. Morgan was engaged In
a - four-hour speech on the floor of the
senate, hammering away at Mr. Roose
velt's debt collection campaign to the south.
On another occasion 'Senator Cullom, ' as
chairman of tha foreign relations commit
tee, was very anxious to get a vote on cer
tain amendments to a treaty and Insisted
on a night session. Mr. Morgan had the
floor and yielded very gracefully to a re
cess. He resumed at the night aession and
spoke for two or three hours, Cullom
meanwhile keeping his Seat because he felt
responsible for forcing the senate to return
late at night. Shortly after midnight, aa
Mr. Morgan was pounding away at the re
publican party, he glanced across the aisle
and saw Mr. Cullom asleep In his seat.
Senator Morgan stopped abruptly. All eyes
in the senate also turned toward the Cul
lom chair. Mr. Morgan paused for' some
time and finally silence Itself woke Mr.
Cullom. The whole senate broke Into
laughter. In which Mr. Morgan partici
pated. He then proceeded with his speech,
until Cullom, again drowsy, was forced to
move an adjournment.
This wonderful endurance of the Alabama
senator waa all the more remarkable when
It la considered that he waa feeble In early
life and his disabilities were a great trial
to him during hla army career.
Its was as courteous as be was able In
debate and alwiys loved a Joke. In the old
days he liked nothing better than to cross
awotds with the late Senator Hoar, On
one occasion Mr. Hoar was urging an Im
ports nt fishery bill In which the people of
New England were Interested. Mr. Morgan
opposed It vigorously, and at the end of hla
speech Senator Hoar sarcastically In
quired:
"What do the people of Alabama know
about codfish, anyway?'
"So much," replied Senator Morgan,
quickly and with the keenest of smiles.
that If the senator from Masaachuselts
should throw a codfish Into a. ten acre
field of people In Alabama It would dis
perse them to a man and at once."
They tell to this day In Alabama this
story to Illustrate Mr. Morgan's ability as
an advocate:
A negro of well known thieving pro
clivities was on trial for stealing a mule.
Mr. Morgan defended and cleared him. As
lawyer and client were walking out of tha
court room Mr. Morgan said;
"Rastus, did you steal that mule?"
"Well, Marae Morgan. It waa Jeat like
this. I really thought I did ateal a mule,
but after what you said to' de Jury X waa
convince I didn't."
In earlr life fttutur M , ,r- n ham. -
( member ot UiC Methodist Episcopal Church
Drive Straight for
South, and It was the wish of his mother
that he ahould enter the ministry.
found that I waa hardly good enourh
for that mA Um. - - 1 f i 1 -
,v nun wu, mv & pfCKma
'a lawyer.
The reading which Mr. Morgan confessed
to have been most helpful to him includes
the Bible, Parley's "Moral Philosophy,"
Blactstone's and Kent's "Commentarloa."
Burns' poems and Pope's essays. The
strongest Influence In his life, he said, was
his mother.
PERSONAL NOTES.
So far, at toast. 180? has produced no op
portunity for the bore who asks, "Is It
warm enough for you?"
Attorney General Jackson of New 'York
has rendered a legal opinion to the effect
that oysters are wild animals.
The area of the brain storm has been re
moved temporarily to San Francisco with
the rest of the, Delmas luggace.
Vice President Fairbanks Is to speak be
fore the Christian Endeavor convention to
be held In Seattle from July 10 to 1&.
Though ttlohard Mansfield was born In
Heligoland and haa epent most of his Mfe
In America he still looks on England as
his nattve soli. '1 have come home," be
told the London Interviewers, ' 'to rest; It
Is a long rest I need."
"Oettlng down to statistics," says a Kan
sas editor. "If Topeka drug stores sell 14,000
drinks a month, that Is 168,000 drinks a yeAr,
and at two fingers a drink that Is 836,000
Angers per annum.'' This would reach quite
a ways Into the sky."
Ex-Chief Judge Charles Andrews of the
coit of appeals of New York celebrated
his eightieth birthday laat week at his home
in, Syracuse: Judge Andrews is regarded
as Syracuse's foremost citizen. He has
served as district attorney of Onondaga
county, mayor of the city of Syracuse for
three terms, and as associate and chief
Judge of the court of appeals. He retired
from the bench in December, 1897. owing
to the age limit. t &;; i y,,. hi
B"'" Adroit MaelUne.
Springfield (Mass.) Republican.
Is there any legislature In tha United
States that William J. Bryan haa failed to
address. He talked In Albany yesterday.
It is an astonishing spectacle. Is there
any other man in the country, outside of
the White house, for whom., legislature
after legislature would put by Its business
In order to be talked to? The wonder
grows whether legislatures succumb of
their own motion, or are solicited by ad
vance agents after a carefully formulated
plan of campaign. Rarely is there such
spontaneity as this thing appears to carry
on Its face, or wire-pulling with the strings
so adroitly kept from view.
Lttrrs Carried on the Level.
, . Boston Globe.
The postofflce department haa ruled that
letter carriers are not obliged to mount
stairways to . deliver letters beyond the
ground floor In . apartment or tenement
houses, or the first floor In business blocks.
People who want to see. letter carriers on
the top floor therefore will have to put In
an elevator.
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dren's Department.
LOT 1 We have made up in
our own faotory .several lines of
light tweed suits with kniokar-
hocker trousers that would reg-,
uiarly sell for $6.00 and $7
size 8 to 16 years '
Special price S5.00
NO. if We have taken several l(nes of
suits with the straight trousers that'sold
up to $7. BO and made the
; Special price $5.00
' NO 3 1 Sailor. Blouse and Russian
Suits that sold for $6.00 and $7.00bro-.
ken lines-
Special price $5.00
We are showing a beautiful line ot
wash suits from $1.23 up to $0.80 in a be.
wildering array of styles and colors.,
Boys'ar.d Children's Straw Hats from
SOc to $S,O0. Complete assortments of
blouse waists,-shirts, etc.
owning,
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with a nickel
and get a
package of happinets.
There'! no
. other
Ginger Snap -
so crisp
and enticing.
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SMILING REMARKS. .
He So Smythe haa been run over by aa
automobile, eh! How did It happen?
She The poor fellow waa stooping over
to pick up a horseshoe for luck. 4)tnart Set.
"I suppose you realise the danger of fire
water? aaid the man who tries to bsnsflt
people. , v
"1 do," answered the Indian, thought
fully; especially the kind the paleface puts
in his automobile." Washington Star.
Justice Are you sure you didn't confound
some other chauffeur with this bne?
Victim Yes. he waa all alone and I con
founded him good. Cleveland Plain Dealer.
The northwest waa planning an .exposi
tion. "Let us make It unique," said the man
agement. After pondering long", they decided to
have the show ready to open at tha open
ing date. ,
"It's a violation of precedent, we know,"
they admitted, but this Is the age bf rad
icalism." Philadelphia Ledger.
t."Tou..'w11' mT a rich' and beautiful
blonde," said the fortune teller, "and be
come the father of a large family."
"Then I'll have a long time to wait," said
the young man, with a half sigh. "I mar
rled a rich but homely brunette a couple of
weeks ago, and she looks good-for fifty
years yet." Chicago Tribune.
' "Moving?" Inquired the neighbor " a a
furniture van stopped In front of Kerleot s
house.
"No. Indeed." renlled Kprlnct. ' "1
wants to borrow our collection of souvenir
TviatiMnt. ' T i .1 a
.rw.OT . w . wm,,,
"Yes, Dasher and his brother fell out
the other day, and now they don't speak."
"Well, well, fell out over polities, I sup-
"No, out of their' automobile while
going at the rat or inaM mtiA -
hour." Philadelphia Press. '
Husband (explaining his late home com
ing) My dear. I couldn't help It. I Just
missed the last car and had to wait forty '
minutes.
Wife Now don't blame It on the street
car company. They've troubles enougl
without you. Detroit Free Press.
, , AS IT WILL BB.
r .' (-t; ... Baltimore . American. f ' V) y.
Forth upon the college rostrum . ' '
Soon will rush the fair collegian;'
On her brow the frown of wisdom, ..
In her eye the flaah ot knowledge, ,
On her lips the words ot sages.
In her hand her solemn essay
Tied with baby blue wide ribbon.
She will tell this world of others
Graduated In life's college
Long experienced In life's training.
How to do the thing correctly;
How these years that she waa missing.
They have stumbled on so blindly.
Doing wrong things, when the right ones
Were beyond their sight so clouded.
But that now she'll smooth all troubles.
Tell them Just where they were lacking.
What's the matter with creation.
How to set all thllngs to lights now. .
She will be ao deadly earnest.
Look so pretty with her learning.
None will have the heart to mock her.
Laugh out at her solemn nothings, t
Smile at platitudes so flowing,: i
Which she fondly thinks so novel.
But she'll wake real veneration,
Rouse the greatest admiration.
Impress men with her vast learning.
Make them look with awe upon her.
Rush to follow where she leads them.
When 'tis to a well filled table.
On which she haa put a dinner . .,,
Cooked with skill and care In menu.
Carrying savory credentials
Of her power and her knowledge.
That's where women make the real hit
With tha selfish sons ot Adam.
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