TIIE OMAIIA DAILY BEE: TUESDAY, JUNE 18, 1907.
Tire Omaha Daily Dei.
FOUNDEft BT EDWARD ROSEWATER.
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STATEMENT OF" CIRCULATION.
State of Nebraska. Douglaa County.
Charlea C. Rotewater, general manager
of The Bea Publishing Company. beln
duly aworn, tava thalt tha actual number
of full and complete coplea of Tha Dally,
Morning. Evening and Sunday Bea prlntM
during tha month of May, 1T. waa aa
folluwai ,
1 S8.8SO II SS.760
I 3B.S10 1 83,800
I ssto zB,rro
4 88,410 11 9,890
I 84,300 tl 38,810
tS.MO 31 88,500
T.... 85,480 14 38,00
I 88,880 ...... 88,800
...... I.... tB.TM it 14,800
10 ; 38,890 17 99,480
II 88,80 21 88,610
12 84,880 28 36,010
11 38,438 10 38,030
14 88,380 II 38,810
1 38,930 ,
It 38,480 Total... 1,098,880
17 36,380
Lea unsold and returned coplea 8,667
Net total 1.080.P83
Dally average 30,063
. CHARLES C. ROSEWATER,
General Manager.
Subscribed la my presence and ewora to
before me thia Hat day of May, 1907.
. (8eal) M. B. HUNQATB,
Notary Public.
WHEN tVT or TOWS.
Subscribers leaving) tka city teas
porarlly should kart Tha Ba
uiaUed t tkem. Aadraea will ke
vlif mm arCQSVflCVttg
Not poking any fun at the iceman
now, are youT
Anyway, no one can justly accuse
Horry Orchard of being a mollycoddle.
The peace conference at The Hague
opena tamely. Not a fight has yet
been reported.
A little more weather like this will
go a great ways la helping the vegeta
tion to catch up. '
Count Bonl says he hopea the Amer
ican people will forgive him. They
.would rather forget him. If he would
let them.
A New York baby fell sixty feet and
escaped without a hurt. They have to
begin very young In training for life
in New York.
The ministers who have opposed the
doctrine of total depravity may change
their minds after reading Harry Or
chard's testimony.
Secretary Taft'8 present visit to Ne
braska Is not his first one. He has
been here before and should feel him
self perfectly at home. I
The price of wheat on the Chicago
Board of Trade has slumped enough to
indicate that the green bug is gorged
and loafing on its Job.
' "There! are growing evidences," says
Bryan's Commoner, "that Mr. Watter
son's 'dark horse' is a chestnut." Your
next move, Mr. Watterson.
Having deprived Eugene Schmlts of
his power as mayor, San Francisco
proposes, to spoil his equipment aa a
fiddler by compelling him to have a
haircut
"The fashionable have adopted a
new umbrella," says a woman's page
item. The difference between adopt
ing an umbrella and borrowing one is
not clear.
Dr. Wiley says abstinence from pie
for one year will greatly improve the
health. The democratic party has ab
stained from pie for eleven years, but
la Stowing no signs of robustness.
General Corbln once advised army
,ofllcer not to marry. The West Point
officials who sre having that row with
Mrs. Ayres doubtless wish the advice
had been followed in Colonel Ayres'
case.
If the brewers had been advised by
the game lawyers as the railroads they
would probably have been asking for
injunctions to prevent the authorities
from enforcing the provisions of the
Gibson law.
Mayor "Jim" might with propriety;
advise Young America In Omaha to
substitute cracking the whip . and
throwing the lasso for setting off
giant firecrackers In celebration of the
Glorious Fourth.
Had the Missouri legislature known
ths program of law defiance which the
railroads were to adopt It might have
bitched an emergency clause on to its
t-cent fare law the same as did the
Nebraska, legislature.
Baltimore's mayor inspected a Job
ot street paving and ordered ths pav
ing for several blocks torn up because
the work had not been properly done.
Ose by one, the contractors are tolag
robbsd ot their "vested rights."
PLATISO THK FIRST CAR IX
The application of Attorney General
Thompson on behalf of the state for
an order from the supreme court re
straining the railroads operating In
Nebraska from carrying out a con
spiracy to violate' the rate laws en
acted by the state legislature means
that the state Is playing the first card
and leading trumps at that. The at
torneys for the railroads naturally ex
press surprise because they figured on
dealing the cards themselves, but had
not yet quite finished stacking the
decks. The railroads would prefer to
have the United States courts umpire
the game, while the action of the at
torney general threatens to force them
to submit to the Jurisdiction of the
state courts Instead.
As already Indicated by The Bee,
the lines are rapidly forming for a
stubborn legal fight to determine
whether the authority of the states to
regulate railroads as to their traffic
between points within State bounda
ries can be made effective and enforce
able, and this litigation will not stop
short of appeal to the United States
supreme court as the highest tribunal
n the land. What is involved in the
preliminary sparring Is this, whether
the rate laws enacted by the states are
to go Into force at once and remain in
force until upheld or nullified by the
court of last resort, or whether they
are to be suspended forthwith pend
ing litigation and the railroads given
a free hand and an Incentive to pro
tract and delay the final decision as
long as possible.
If the prompt action of Nebraska's
attorney general serves to save to the
people of this state the benefits of
these laws unimpaired until passed
on by the United States supreme court,
it will have accomplished a great deal
and he will be entitled to great credit.
KKW RAILROAD SECURITIES.
The complaints made by George
Gould, James J. Hill and other rail-
ay managers that the "hostile atti
tude of the public" against railroads
has made it well nigh impossible' for
tallway corporations to (secure money
ty bond Issues or otherwise, for
needed improvements, are not sup
ported by the reports of the issues of
new securities placed on the market
since January 1. The New York
Journal of Commerce has complied sta
tistics showing that from January 1 to
May 30 this year the railroads and in
dustrial corporations have issued se
curities aggregating $1,100,738,900, as
compared with $882,570,214 Issued in
the same period in 1906, and $1,637,-
000,000 for the twelve months of last
year, In other words, the securities
issued in the first five months of this
year total almost as much as the en
tire issue of last year. Nearly all the
issues this year have been by railroad
companies, the securities offered by
lb Inrinntrlala rnmnrlslna? less than 2 0
percent of the total, while In 1906
they constituted Marly 40 per cent.
While the railroad securities have
been offered la large volume, the
money market has been peculiar In
many respects and the railroads have
been compelled to offer much of their
new issues in the form ot short lime
notes Instead of in the form of bonds
or stock, formerly so popular. This
condition has not been the result of
the "hostile attitude" of either the
legislatures or the public, but has been
caused by the greater demand for
money for Investment in more profit
able channels. The effect ot this con
dition has been felt by municipalities,
cities like Philadelphia, Boston and St.
Louis finding greatest difficulty In
floating gilt-edged bonds offered for
Improvement purposes. All enter
prises requiring money for any pur
cose have suffered with the railroads
from the conditions of the world's
money markets. The record furnishes
convincing evidence that the railroads
have fared unusually well, all things
considered, in their efforts to float new
securities. The Investor has not been
exhibiting any special prejudice against
railway securities, but has taken ad
vantage ot the demand to place his
money in the most profitable market.
The attempt ot the railroad managers
to blame the public for the conditions
existing in the money markets la un
warranted.
TO CORRECT AN ERROR.
An obituary ot the late George W.
Llninger in the Weetllche Presse,
which pays deserved tribute to his
high character and public spirit, says,
among other things:
nv. h nximnri ha alwave had a
warm spot in his heart and ahowed it moat
atrlklngly in that ha waa from tha begin
ning tha true friend and beneraetor or cu
ward Roaewater and ona of the maln sup
porters of Tha Bea and remained ao to hie
death. For many yeare ha acrved aa preal
dant of Tha Bea Publtehlng company and
furnlfhed originally tha nieana for tha erec
tion of the beautiful building at Seven
teenth and Farnam etreete.
While it is true that Mr. Llninger
, aa for many years a close friend and
ualness associate of Edward Rose-
4 b
water, it la only fair that the correc
tion should be made before any false
lmpresaion is spread that Mr. Llninger
furnished the financial basis of Mr.
Rosewater's enterprises. Mr. Llnln
ger's Interest in Ths Bee consists ot
two shares out of 400 and his interest
In The Bee Building company consists
ot two shares out ot 860. What he
contributed most valuable to the up
building of these two institutions was
bis sound business Judgment and dis
interested advice, which made him a
moat serviceable member of the boards
of directors of the- two compsnies.
He was for many years vice president
ot The Beo Bui'dlng company and
after thideatfc of Edward Rosewater
last yearaa made president ot that
corporation. He also served as vice
president of The Bee Publishing com
pany, and as such was acting head of
the corporation a few times during the
absence of Mr. Rosewater.
"T OF RETUBIjICAX QOVKRSM EI T"
Suffering from a particularly acute
attack of pessimism, James J. Hill,
the railroad magnate,' expresses the
fear that "the government eventually
will be forced to lend Its credit to the
railroads In order to finance their ne
cessities," and that such action might
lead to government ownership, which
"would mark the end of republican
government In this country." All this,
according to Mr. Hill, is owing to the
railroads being "away behind" with
needed improvements and unable to
finance a recovery because "their
credit has been seriously impaired,"
while an exasperated people are de
manding that they build more lines,
enlarge their equipment and prepare
to handle the enormous traffic of the
country.
Mr. Hill makes the error of arguing
from a wrong premise. The credit of
the American railroads has not been
ruined. The trouble, as Mr. Hill must
know, is with the railroad managers
themselves. He admits, dolefully, that
the railroads are ten years behind the
development of the country. That is
not the fault ot the country. In the
ten years that the country has been
making such remarkable strides the
railroads have not been keeping pace.
They have not been laying new rails
and buying new equipment, but have
been combining, issuing new watered
stocks, floating bonds through syndi
cates and piling up great fortunes for
individual manipulators, instead ot ad
ding improvements and equipment ac
cording to their needs. Now they are
learning that it is much more difficult
to catch up than it would have been to
keep up.
With the exposure, In the last two
years, of the rebates and discriminat
ing methods employed by the railroads
In unfair treatment ot patrons and In
vestors, the "exasperation of the pub
lic," of which Mr. Hill complains, be
came manifest In congress and In, state
legislatures. Railroad credit was Im
paired, because of the overwhelming
evidence of Its misuse and the public
demanded that a stop be put to con
ditions that made such misuse possi
ble." Expert railroad men now admit
that the effect of the legislation called
for in the new rate law. and the ex
tension of the power of the Interstate
Commerce commission, have been
good, both for the public and for the
railroads. Under such conditions, even
Mr. Hill must admit that whatever
damage has resulted from the ex
posure can not long outlast the abuses.
Mr. Hill points to. the enormous busi
ness to be done, the necessity of spend
ing at least $100,000,000 a year for the
next five or ten years In the improve-'
ment and increase ot railway facili
ties. The very fact is guarantee that
the money for the work will be forth
coming, because the country and Its
business will not stop growing from
lack of money.
Popular confidence in the stability
of railroad securities will return, as
quickly as It departed, when ths coun
try is convinced, as It Is rapidly com
ing to be, that an end has been put to
the evils that have flourished in the
transportation business. There will be
no difficulty in "financing a recovery"
when the public learns that railroad
men are devoting their energlas to le
gitimate methods of building up their
properties with a due regard to the
rights and claims of the public. The
threatened loss of our republican
birthright is not going to scare ths
public much.'
DISTRIBUTING TAB UiMlORAWlS
Secretary 8traus of the Department
of Commerce and Labor Is planning
an Innovation In the matter of dis
tributing the immigrants arriving in
this country, and his program prom
ises a correction of one of the most
glaring defects In the present immi
gration system. Under authority
granted by the last congress, Secre
tary Straus is preparing to build fed
eral immigration stations at GalveBton,
New Orleans and Charleston for the
purpose of diverting immigrants from
New York, where they have been
landing at the-rate of about 1,000,000
a year. The history of the Immigra
tion bureau shows that the mass of the
foreigners who come to thle country
seeking work expect to find It In New
York City, and that greatest difficulty
Is experienced in inducing them to
seek employment in the sections of
the country where lsbor is In constant
and Increasing demand.
The new plan is a comprehensive
one and the co-operation of foreign
governments has been enlisted in pro
moting its success. The Immigrant
steamers will not stop at New York,
but will go direct to one of the south
ern ports, and their passengers dis
tributed from those ports to the points
where labor is in the greatest demand.
The difficulty heretofore baa been In
distributing the Immigrants capable
and ready to work in the fields that
awaited them. The south is clamoring
for immigrants, in every department
of activity, and It is believed that the
new plan will operate to the advantage
of both the Immigrants and the au
thorities charged with their manage
ment. "Is this nation." asks the Denver
Republican, "founded in the love of
liberty, made generous by the plethora
of its wealth, lifted to grand heights
by ths freedom ot individual thought
and Itself the highest concept of gov
ernment yet bora to earth, to stand
time's ministering angel among world
powers, the big brother to the poor
and the weak?" The question Is re
ferred to 8enator Beverldge. The rest
of us are too busy trying to find out
what the score Is In the last Inning.
Governor Sheldon's Bilk hat Is being
made the butt of the Jokers, as If It
were an Innovation which first saw
the light of day In connection with the
present trade excursion to the Puget
Sound country. The gpvernor, how
ever, wore his silk hat long before he
figured on becoming a globe trotter
and Introduced it to Omaha at the
time he presided over the meeting in
the interest of Russian freedom. Then,
too, unlike his predecessor, Governor
Sheldon never promised in advance If
made chief executive not to sport a
silk hat nor to don a splke-tatl coat.
It Is Intimated now that Omaha's
discarded superintendent of schools,
Carroll O. Pearse, had a finger in the
political pie out of which was drawn
a United States senatorshlp plum In
Wisconsin. Perish the thought! This
great educator always has his mind so
closely centered on the work of the
schools with whose supervision he Is
entrusted that he could not possibly
spare a thought for politics.
The railroad attorneys think the ap
plication of the attorney general tor
an Injunction to prevent them from
violating the rate laws passed by the
Nebraska legislature is a confession
of weakness on the part of the state.
Be that as it may, it Is a confession of
strength of the railroad pull on the
federal courts and a determination of
the state to protect itself at every
turn.
A Wabash conductor down In Mis
souri has actually put a passenger off
his train for refusing to pay more than
2 cents per mile established by the
Missouri 2-cent rate law. That con
ductor will surely be In line for
promotion and may even aspire some
day to become a right hand man for
Harrlman, Hill or Gould.
From the number of lawyers rep
resenting tha defendants in the suits
brought by the county to recover fees
from delinquent county Judges the in
ference Is inevitable that a whole lot
of money is involved which those who
pocketed it would find very embar
rassing to be compelled to cough up.
"The president's speech made every
millionaire's hair stand on end," says
a Kansas editor. Perhaps it affected
the millionaires that way, but John D.
Rockefeller knows one billionaire
whose hair will not stand on end over
a president's speech or anything else.
James J. Hill says government own
ership ot rallrqads ."would msrk the
end ot republlcaa-government." It la
Mr. Bryan's plair,' we understand, to
make government ownership of rail
roads mark the ; beginning of demo
cratic government.
Omaha business boosters indulged
themselves In the luxury of a bath in
the Great Salt Lake. If they stop at
any more bathing resorts they may get
the habit so strong that they cannot
break It after they return home.
New Name for Old Method.
Chicago News.
Writers of polite railroad literature
should note that the term "merger" haa
gone out of style, having been supplanted
by the more euphonious "Interchange of
traffic facilities."
Spread en Mighty This.
Washington Poet.
The thinnest thing tn tha world, accord
ing to the Medical Journal, is the film of
a aoap bubble. But that la thick com
pared to some of the excuaea for daily
increasing the prices of necessities of life.
A Great American Senator.
New York Sun.
The senate will not be quite the same
with John Tyler Morgan paased over to the
majority. Like Oeorge F. Hoar, he upheld
and cherished lta traditions, commanded
the reaped of hla colleagues, took hla du
ties serloualy and waa maater of lta busi
ness. Hia claim to remembrance as a great
American aenator will not be challenged.
Averaging; Down.
New York Mall.
Nature haa tha habit of striking averages.
Bumper crops every year would mean
overproduction, which, like overpopulation,
nature abhors, and regulatea In lta own
time and way. It would be falaa optimism
not to recognise the fact that this la one
of the yeara chosen to offset and average
down auch fat aeasona aa that of 190G. when
the producta of the soil glutted every mar
ket and choked every avenue of tranaporta
tlon. PESSIMISM BECOMING CHRONIC.
Railroad Magnate Hill Afflicted with
the Blnea.
s Wall Street Journal.
For two or three yeara Mr. Hill haa been
a pessimist. He haa been predicting . all
aorta of trouble for the country. Even
now, although he aaye the crop situation
la all right, he declarea we are In for a
long period of trade reaction. He talks aa
If ha actually wanted It to coma to pasa.
It would be well to discount a part of Mr.
Hill's feara. The railroad problem Is In
deed that of how the capital may be ob
tained to build the extcnslona needed to
take care of the tremendous trafflo of
the country. But Mr. Hill doea not ex
plain that the railroads themaelvea are
more to blame than Prealdent Rooaevelt
for their condition of Inadequacy.- Proe
perlty la more to blame than either. Nor
does Mr. HIH explain that the condition of
credit la not local to thia country, but In
ternational, and not tha reault of lack of
confidence ao much as lack of liquid cap
ital. Mr. Hill saya a alowlng up la necessary.
Thle la probably true. There are Indeed
soma signs of a alowlng up now. But that
there la anything radically wrong with the
country la Inconceivable. Moreover, a lit
tle, alowlng up will be apt to give the
needed relief to the world's credit a, and
with thle relief It may be taken for
granted that the railroads will get what
they need for extensions and improvements
withes! aid from the government,
KF.RRASKA PRRM COM M KMT.
Carleten Leader: It looks aa if our
politicians were of the modest sort In
thia county. Moat every other county
lias several announcements running,
while we have failed to discover one In
any of our county papers.
Beatrice Bun: When you see a kick from
a newspaper man because of the adoption
ot the cash banla for railroad advertising,
Just put it down In your little book that
that editor does not place a high estimate
upon his advertising. ' You will also know
that when he liad a pasa, he worked It on
the limit.
Central City Nonpareil: The filing of
the list of Burlington pasa holders with
the Htate Board of Transportation has
brought out several fervid denials from
some of the attorneya who were credited
with carrying pasteboards. All of which
Indlcatea that it Isn't aa popular to "tote"
a pasa aa It used to be.
Springfield Monitor: The Missouri Pa
clfle has Buffered enough lose through tha
many wrecks on lta lines in this part of
the etate lately to have kept eeverat hun
dred section men steadily employed. But
the wrecka might have occurred anyway,
aa It will take more than section men to
put the road In anything like ahape.
Wood River Sunbeam: What a pretty
eight la grand old Nebraska these days.
With her fields of dark green waving al
falfa, the broad acrea of wheat. Just be
ginning to head, the thouaands of acrea ot
corn, growing aplendldly, and here and
there a green pasture filled with eleek
horses and cattle truly lt'e a eight that
would make the average easterner who Is
uaed to tiling hie rock-ribbed Boll, weep
with Joy. Nebraska Is "It."
York Democrat: One of tha sad facts ap
parent to the dlacrlinlnatlng person la that
railroad management Is alnleter. The old
maxim that honesty la the beet policy haa
eery scant recognition In railroad circles.
Truthfulness la not the aureat paaaport to
promotion In the railroad service. The
policy generally pursued le one of evasion
and Insincerity toward the public. Instead
of being frank and open, railroad ofllclala
are secretive and misleading. It la hard
to find responsibility or to get a straight
forward treatment of a buslneae propo
altion. Dlller Record: There eeems to be a very
general agitation throughout the country
on the aubject of pure milk. Induced, per
haps, by the recent pure food legislation.
If we are to have pure drugs and pure
whiskey and pure sausage, why not also
pure milk 7 Moreover, It Is widely be
lieved that many contagious diseases, es
pecially those that Inflict Infancy, are
brought about and spread from the use of
Impure milk. We are told that milk con
taining more than one-half million of bac
teria to the gallon Is not eafe. Well, we
ehould eay not, unless bacteria tn milk,
like microbes In cheese, are necessary to
excellence.
Lincoln Newe: "The people are spotting
the passholdere whose namea have been
published In the newspapers," said Repre
sentative Marshall Harrison of Otoe county
while In the city yesterday, "and you can
eafely bet that mighty few ef them will
come In for any political preferment here
after. Where It used to be a mark tf dis
tinction for a man to have a paaa, it la
now a reproach. In my part of the state
the sentiment le very atrongly In favor of
pledging candldatea for the next legislature
to an anti-pass law of the moat rigid kind.
It seema to be the universal feeling that
thia le the one place where the laat legis
lature fell down."
Battle Creek Enterprise: While appar
ently there la, aa The Omaha Bee potnta
out, a paucity of Issuea for the next pres
idential campaign. It must be remembered
that there are some Important differences
tq be settled, for. which solutions may not
be found In the next national party eon
ventlona. There la a large element In
the democratic party that agreea very gen
erally with a large element In the repub
lican party, but neither democrate nor
republicans are cherishing a very strong
feeling of harmony among themselves.
There la strife enough In the country, with
strength on both sides, and however the
parties array themselves the next two
yeare will see a battle royal. Moreover,
en large grounds democrats and republl
cana have plenty of room for controversy.
Beatrice Democrat: It la a pleaaure In
looking over the list of paaa-holdera as re
vealed by the atatement made by the rail
roads, to note the absence of the name of
any newapapar man. What a great many
papera have In reality acted aa attorneya
for the railroads In the paat, " being
prompted to do ao by the bribe that goea
with s paaa, they are not on the attorney
list now. They do advertising for cash,
atep up to the ticket office and buy their
tickets, and when the conductor comes
around with hia little punch, they hold up
their heada like men, instead of aneaklng
out a small pocketbook and aecretly die
closing the number of a pasa, after rub
bering around to aee that no person la
looking. The railroada have really given
character to their bualnese relations with
the newspaper, although the papera them
selves make a vigorous kick agalnat it.
Grand Island Independent: A remark
able showing Is made, In several Inatancea,
of the vaat amount of legal bualness trans
acted by the railroada, aa ehown by the
paas record. One road leading Into
Schuyler, for Instance, la eald to have
In lta employ, devoting the greater por
tion of their time to railroad litigation,
four attorneya. Thia la to be preeumed,
by reason of the fact that the law re
quires that railroada cannot Issue free
paasee to attorneya unlesa It can be
ahown that such attorneya or aurgeone
devote the major portion of their time
to the company'a bualneaa Litigation that
will require the major portion of the time
of four attorneya In a county In which
the railroada have aa little bualneaa ae
they do In Colfax county muit. Indeed,
be fierce. And, Indeed, It . must withal
be quiet, secret bualneaa. for the publtc
geta to learn tittle of It. It doea not even
get Into courts. Indeed, some of It ap
peara to be done by "attorneya" who have
not been admitted to the bar. Certainly
thle might bear cloaer Investigation, ae
It would appear to be In appalling viola
tion of all ethlca of the profession.
Fremont Trlbuae; Aa one railroad after
another makes publla lta Hat of "em
ployee" entitled to pasaee who are aervtng
them aa aurgeone and lawyera, it keeps
growing on the average c it I sen that a
travesty la being made of the anti-pass
law enacted laat winter and which went
Into effect before the Ink wae dry with
which the governor elgned It. Tha Union
Pacific alone haa filed a Hat of something
like one hundred and fifty of theae Influ
ential cltlaene who are expected to oome
to the reecue when the company'a tntereata
are threatened In the court a or at the prl
marles. or lta employee, paaaengere and
others are Injured In a wreck or at croae
Inga. Multiply that number by the num
ber of roade doing bualneaa In the atata
and It will be eeen that under the disguise
of "employee" a whole regiment of paaa
holdera and political booatera will be still
doing bualneaa In Nebraaka, contrary to
the purpose of the legislature to atop It.
But the law provides for Its own cure.
The publicity part cf It will work the
remedy. The public, being familiarised
with the aituatlon, will demand of the next
eeaalon ot the leglalaiure an amendment
to the law to carry eut tha original Intent
and purioee
S2I.300.523.40
Is a Large Sum
It rrpreents the amount
this Company in a single year 1906. This was not
the retult of investments made by care-free, well-to-do
People. It came very largely from men who went from
slight inconvenience; to great self-denial to keep up the
policict that woulJ when needed keep up the horn. Of
uch, largely, is the membership of
The Mutual
Life Insurance
Company
Their confidence and their patronage
nave maue ana nepi it me largest and
taunrhett life insurance company in the world. The vast
sum saved and being saved by the new management must
benefit ail policy holders, and cannot but attract those who
seek the greatest protection, and therefore make its agenu
wciuniis e-vciy wucni.
The Time to
For the new forms
our nearest agent, or
The Mutual Life
Company of
N. Y.
NATIONAL FnEEMAAOXni.
Dlatlngelabed TabUc Men Among; Its
Menibere.
Boston Tranaorlpt.
There are probably today In this country
over a million Freemasons and to them and
their Immediate friends and families the
participation of Prealdent Rooaevelt In the
laying of the cornerstone of the new Ma
sonic temple at Washington was one of the
most Interesting of the many activities to
which he has lent himself. It must alao
hive been interesting even to thoae of the
unaffllated who are yet familiar with the
public history of the order In thia country
and Its peraonal associations. A majority
of the presidents of the United States have
belonged to It, beginning with Washington,
the" first grand master of Virginia. In re
cent limes Its representatives in that ex
alted office have been Garfield, McKlnley
and Rooaevelt. Garfield rose to high rank
In the fraternity, Roosevelt received the
master's degree while vice president, at
Oyster Bay, among those assisting at the
ceremony being Governor Guild. Ills suc
cessor, Mr. Fairbanks, has also taken the
degrees since he was elected to his present
office.
It Is Just eighty years since the antl-
Masonlo movement and party frere organ
ised, consequent, upon the Morgan sensa
tion, the same who for some time after
was quoted as "a good-enough Morgan un
til after election." It assumed quite for
midable proportions In western New York
and drew Into Its ranks such men as Thur
low Weed and William II. Seward, who
found It a convenient re-enforcement of
political strength along other lines. In 1833
the party felt strong enough to organise
on national lines and support William Wirt
for' the presidency, but the only state jthat
It succeeded In "capturing was Vermont
Three years later It dissolved even more
quickly than It was formed and since then
has been as dead as the witchcraft delu
sion of an earlier time.
Washington wae made a Mason In 175J
and attained a higher dignity In the order
than any of the other presidents, though
Andrew Jackaon waa grand master of Ten
nessee, the etate which now holds one of
the highest Masons In this country, ex-Con
gressman Richardson. The gavel and
trowel uaed at the laying of the corner
stone Saturday were the same need by
Preeldent Washington In laying the corner
stone of the United States capltol, Septem
ber 18, 1793, and the Bible upon which , he
took his obligations when being admitted
to the several degrees was also In service
on this recent occasion, In reverent charge
of Its custodian, the Fredericksburg lodge.
It has been stated that not only the
president and vice prealdent but a ma
jority of hie administrative family and of
congress are Masons. The same Is true
of the members of the state government
of Maaaachuaette, the prosperity of the
order being particularly marked In this
commonwealth. White American Free
masonry has a distinctive character of lta
own, Ite relatione with that of England
and Scotland are cloae and cordial, while
the contrary Is true of a considerable
branch of French Freemasonry, which
excludes a principle that Is here held to
be fundamental and vital.
rEHBUNAL NOTES.
The coolest thing In all Orchard'e wicked
tranaactiona waa Belling "hall insurance"
to farmera.
Sooner or later Naturalist Burroughs will
rebuke some nature writer for the as
sumption that a duck will awlm.
In the etate of Waehinarton a man atole
a freight train, but he did not stay In the
class of high- flnanriera long, tor he
brought the train back.
They gave Secretary Taft a good dinner
In Milwaukee, but while "Filipino Punch"
appeared on the bill of fare, there was no
mention of that "which made Milwaukee
famoue.".
The Panama legislative assembly haa
granted Prealdent Amador aix months'
REMEMBER
ODAY Is the last day of our
bi0 Pro-Invontory Sale
don't let this opportunity of get.
ing your summer Suit for little
1 . a
12.50 - -
Browning,
E. S. WILCOX, Manager.
of death claims naid hv
Act Is NOW.
of policies consult
write direct to
Insurance
New York, "
leave of absence, and General Obaldia, tha
minister of Panama to the United Statea.
la expected to act aa president from June 25.
Colonel Elijah W. Ilatford. deputy pay
master general. Is about to be retired for
age. He was private secretary to the lata
Prealdent Harrison and one of that execu
tive's laat official acta was to appoint him
secretary to the pay corpa of the army.
Mrs. W. U. Jonea, the oldest actress of
prominence since the death of Mrs. Gilbert,
died on Thursday In New York. She began
her life aa an actress on March 6, 18&, in
the Walnut Street' theater, Plilldelphla,
where her family lived. She played the
part of the duke of York In "Richard III.
I.AIGHINQ OAS.
"But," eald the lawyer, "don't you think
ateen millions a little high aa alimony?"
"High, nothing," responded the fair
plaintiff, blithely. "I agree to keep away
from him, don't IT Let him pay for hla
luxuries." Philadelphia Ledger.
She There, you are so far out of your
way by stopping to help me. You have
lost fully a mile in y jr auto match.
He Well, I've got you, and a miss la aa
good aa a mile. Baltimore American.
"The only decent rasor I've got." com
plained Gabble, "la getting into very poor
condition. I believe It'a tired. You know,
they aay raiora get that way."
"Ah. yea." replied Knox, with a yawn,
'tired of your chin." Philadelphia Preaa.
"So you are Ananias!" said the recently
arrived shade. "There la a club on earth
named after you."
"Yes; I have heard of it. But thlnga
have progressed. I don't believe an artlosa,
uncultured prevaricator like myBulf could
qualify for membership in It." Waalilng
ton Star.
I can't understand why you aay Walaln4
ham la enterprising. He haa never auo-v-
crkrlf.H at anvthlnv"
"But he haa failed at' more thin forty
iinnri. i:niram HjMnrn.HAPA fi
"Ah!" aald the doctor, "nervoue dyspep
sia. Ia It a case of long standing?"
"Yea," replied the patient, "that may
have something to do with it."
wnai ao you mean;
"Long standing. I'm a motorman."
Washington Herald.
"There Is no such thing aa perfection,"
Observed Mr. De Lush.
"You're right," answered Mr. McSnah.
"Even the beat whisky, I uii(lrtaiul. Is
more than 60 per cent water." Cleveland
Leader.
"There never waa a time in my life, fel- 4
low cltlzena." exclaimed the candidate, ,
"when I hadn't the courage to call a apade
a apade!"
"Yea," epoka up an old farmer In the au-
dienoe, "and there never waa a time in
your life when you had the courage to take
one In your hand!" Chicago Tribune.
Nell (scornfully) I wouldn't marry a
nonenlty.
Belle (loftily) My flanoe, I would have
you know, la a man of great deeda.
Nell Indeed! What kind?
Belle (trlumphanlly)-Title doeda.-Baltl-more
Amerlcap.
A DEAL. IN BANANAS.
T. A. Daly In Catholio Standard.
No like da skeenny olda man
Dat com' to deea peanutta-atan'
Today ao' buy da wan banan'.
He mak' me aeeck!
Eef evra cuatomer eea go
For maka treecks an' talka ao
Like heem, you bat my life, I no
Oat reecha queeck.
Wal, deeaa man he com' an' aay:
"How moocha for banan' today?"
An' ao I tal reem right away;
"Eee two for fl'."
"O! my, 1 mua' be gattln' deef
Or you eea talka like da t'lef!"
He aay to mu, an' look aa eef
He gona cry.
"Bee two for ft'." I eay agen.
He ahak' heee head at nie an' den
He tal nie: ' Mak' ect fl' for ten
An' tak' da mon."
"All right," I aay. "1 guese weell cW
Den "Fl' for ten eea wan for two,"
lie aay, "here eea two cents for you,
I taka wan!"
He tak' da beeggea' wan of all!'
Ha! w'at you theenka dat for gall?
He eea so nieana man, ao small.
He mak' me Beeck.
Kef evra customer ees go
Fur maka treecks an' talka ao
Like heem, you bat my life, I no
Get reecha queeck.
money sup oy. inera is still a
good selection for you to pick
from Every one a big bargain
your choice
":."
Formerly sold irom
OO to $23. OO...
King & Co