Nebraska Newspapers

    THE' OMAHA DAILY REE: THURSDAY, JUNE 27, 1007.
The OmaiiX. Daily Bee
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STATEMENT OF CIRCULATION.
State of Nebraska. Douglas county, aa:
Charles C. Rosownter, general manager
of The Be Publishing Company, being
duly aworn, aaya that the actual number
of full atid complete coplea of The Iaily,
Mornlnic. Evening and Sunday Bee printed
during the month of May, 1907. waa aa
follow a:
1 ... 38,650
1 38,810
I . 38,890
4 38,4X0
1 34.300
(.......... aasao
1 38,480
1 38,880
SlB.720
10 38J90
IS 38,760
!..., 33,300
t 39,370
1 38,690
tt 38,810
38,800
4 38,090
16. M.S00
tt.. 34,600
17 38,480
It.' .38,810
tt 33.010
tO 38,630
tl 88,810
II 38,390
It 34.890
1 38,430
li. 33,380
It 86,330
1 38,460
1? 38,360
Total... 1080
Less unsold and returned copies
0,667
Net total ....'......".,...'..'..'.1,080.083
t;ally average 30,063
CHARLES C. ROSEWATER.
, General Manager.
Sutmcrlbed tn my presence and aworn to
before ma thla Slat day of May. 1907.
(Sfal.) M. B. HUNQATE.
Notary Public.
WHES OUT or TOWN.
8abarrlbera leaving; the city tem
porarily ahanld hirr The Be
mailed to them. Addreaa will he
eliHmaed aa oftea aa reqnested.
Timely arrests will cure premature
celebrations of the Fourth.
Editor Stead says Washington re
minds him of an English city. Prob
ably by contrast.
California boasts of a hog worth
f 1,000,000, but falls to give the name
of the corporation whlcu' he controls.
"Is there a too free use of medi
cine;?" aaks the New York Times. No,
buf possibly there Is a-two expensive
use of it. ,
(, Dr. Kellogg of, Detroit declares the
' world is rapidly going Insane. if you
do- not believe It, Just ' look at your
neighbors.
Omaha paying contractors are to be
ailed on the carpet.; The carpet la
too "oft they should be called on the
rough hard pavement.
The magazine editor who la adver
tising for ''good, truthful flah atorlea"
ought to know that the good fish
stories are not truthful.
. Nikola Tesla at HI Insists that he can
talk to Mara. It would be a' pleasanter
summer If Tesla would only talk more
to Mars and less to Earvn.
Royalty la having a pleasant time
thla summer. Mr. Carnegie has visited
the kaiser and "Mark Twain has con
descended to meet Klug Edward.
Owing to the high price of fruits,
the pie of the season Is much like
Pittsburg society not much difference
between the upper and the lower
cruata.
General Funston refers to the "tin
whipped mob", In San Francisco In a
manner indicating that it U not his
fault that the whipping has not been
administered.
A London antiquarian tries to make
ua believe, that the fan , haa been the
theme of poets for centuries. Must
be mistaken. Base ball la a compara
tively modern game. . .
Army surgeons Insist that mosquitoes
nave been entirely" banished from the
Panama canal belt. That'a all right,
but they should have been - driven
south Instead of north.
Lightning struck an oil tank in
Pennsylvania and Mr. Rockefeller
doubtless thlnka the lightning muat
have made a mistake, thinking It waa
striking the tank ef an independent
company.' : y
The Department of Agriculture de
clares that rata destroy $100,000
worth of grain on railroad trains every
year. Still the shippers suffer, heavier
.losses by railroad rates than by rail
road rata.
, The festive giant flrecraoker does
not always wait until the Glorious
Fourth before getttlng down to busi
ness. The work of heading oS Fourth
bf July fatalities should, therefore,
.begin early. v
t Dr. Hindede, a Danish physician,
gives the assurance that I centa worth
of bread, cheese and fruit la enough
.for the dally food of .au average man.
1tut sounds good until you get an
be alar detnenatratiou of the amount
: of trait you can buy for I cents. '
tvij fusion be batew
The scheme of the democratic politi
cal wlrepullera' to hold a state Con
vention or conference to decide On Can
didates In anticipation of the coming
primary election, plainly springs from
a desire to save fusion In Nebraska at
least for another year. When the
direct primary law was up for consid
eration In the legislature the support
of the populist and democratic mem
bers was given to the bill on condi
tion that It should be made possible
for a democrat to run on the populist
ticket and vice versa. As a conse
quence, the law as enacted permits
fusion to this extent whenever the
same candidate receives the highest
vote for nomination to any particular
offlce on more than one ticket.
The practical politics of the situa
tion, however, is an almost positive
certainty, unless some agreement is
reached in advance, that the populists
will nominate only populists and 'the
democrats will nominate only demo
crats. The fusion which was "accom
plished heretofore under the conven
tion regime through duress of political
circuit riders compelling two or three
conventions to .coalesce on their tick
eta la out of the question. The voters
must either be fused at the primary
election or the candidates must be
fused after nomination by the rough
method of forcing involuntary with
drawals and substitutions by action of
the various state committees.
If the populists and democrats each
nominate separate state tickets in Ne
braska this fall, the democrat will once
more be summoned to retire in fayor
of the populists "for Bryan's sake."
With Mr. Bryan as the prospective
candidate next year and the all im
portance of a presidential campaign
staring them in the . face, the demo
crats will have to sacrifice , anything
the populists may demand to keep
them in line for fusion on the electoral
ticket in 1908.
It will make no difference in the
end, therefore, whether the conference
or convention Is held before the pri
maries or alter the primaries. Fusion
can be saved in Nebraska if Mr. Bryan
wants to save it.
LIMITS OF INTERSTATE COMMERCE.
The courts are making some good
progress toward correcting the erron
eous Impression apparently held by
many people that the federal rate and
anti-trust laws are a panacea for all
commercial and social Ills. Some ex
cuse for the prevalent impression may
be found in the marked expansion of
the powers of the Interstate Commerce
commission within the last two years,
but it Is plain that some combinations
may exist without coming under the
jurisdiction of the federal authorities.
The supreme court of the United States
recently held Jbat life and Are insur
ance are not subjects of Interstate
commerce and lnamune from regula
tion by the federal authorities. Now
cornea a judge of the' general sessions
court in New Yrfrk with a decision
that what is known as the Theatrical
trust is not engaged in '"trade and
commerce,", as defined by the federal
lawsj and therefore, can not be pre- j
vented by federal lawa from conduct
tng its business as it pleases.
The controversy, in the theatrical
case, arose over the refusal of the syn
dicate to book the plays of Indepen
dent mangers and actors in their thea
ters. The court has held that the mat
ter waa simply a private business con
troversy and not a subject for judicial
action. .The suit was but a repetition
of the old contest between the syndi
cate and the Independent managers,
which Sarah Bernhardt and other more
or lesa prominent stars have been car
rying on for several years. The pub
lic is, of course, concerned, as it natur
ally feels Injured when one of Its foot-
light favorites 1 prevented from ap
pearing because the theater insists
upon booking other attractions. In law,
however, the public and the so-called
Independent managers and actors have
no recourse. The manazer or owner
of a theater has the right to decide
upon the plays he shall book and the
terms' he-shall make, Just as a land
lord may exercise choice in selecting
tenants and fixing the rent. Relief
may be desired from the methods cm
ployed by the so-called Theatrical trust
in the conduct of Its business, but the
courts have held properly that it can
not be secured through an appeal to
the federal law.
THE ORAhVATK .4 AD JHEOOK1V.
Superintendent Cooley, head of the
public school system of Chicago, talks
a little like a professor in the Univer
sity of Chicago when he utters a
tirade against, what he la pleased to
term senseless extravagance in the
matter of expenditures for the gowns
of the girl graduates in June. Super
intendent Cooley insists that 75 centa
la enough to put in a graduating gown
and he expressed the belief that the
public schools should adopt some sim
ple academic dress, similar to the col
lege cap and gown. Hla argument is
that the poor girl who baa won all of
the clasa honora la lost sight of at com-,
mencement time and eclipsed by the
girl who didn't Eland deuce high In
the examinations, but whose indulgent
father or mother has equipped her
with a "creation" In the form of a
graduating dress that would make
Worth and the rest of the man mil
liners ait up and take notice. lie in
sists that he has personal knowledge
that many g'.rls drop tui of the high
school in the final term In order-to
save themselves the humiliation of not
appearing as well or as expensively
dressed as some of their graduates. (
Possibly Superintendent Cooley feels
justified Iq his argument, hut the pub
lic will not agree with him. Of course,
it Is humiliating to a poor girl to be
outdresped at commencement time by
her classmate who Is Inferior in educa
tion, but has familiar relations with a
bank account. But what of it? After
the graduation the same poor girl will
have to go Into the world and meet
the same humiliation, If she so con
siders it. In the .matter of personal
and dress adornment that comes from
seeing her neighbor belter dresBed.
Clothes do not make the woman, any
more than they make the man. and
while it is to be deplored that all
women cannot dress as well aa they
would like, or as well aa they deserve,
no good result can follow an attempt
to have the June graduates dressed in
uniform garb like the inmates of an
ellemosynary institution. Overdressing
Is just as bad taste at a college or high
school commencement as any place
else, but It is no worse than under
dreRsing, such as Superintendent
Cooley proposes.
THE SULTAX BROUOHT TO TERMS.
The average American, who la a de
cent sort of person in his way, ex
presses and generally feels consider
able contempt for titles and degrees
of rank, but they feel differently about
It In the old world, as has just been
demonstrated by a diplomatic Inci
dent. For many years, the purveyors
of news have been wont to fill In dull
days with stories about how the sul
tan of Turkey, old Abdul Hamld, Is put
ting in his spare time in inventing new
forms of snubs for the American min
ister at Constantinople. America has
a good deal of business with Turkey,
owing to the exchange of missionaries
for cigarettes, rugs and other forms of
trophies or atrocities, and the record
falls to disclose the consummation of
any deal between the nations that was
not accompanied by "diplomatic com
plications." The wily did sultan has
accepted everything and conceded
nothing, unless a new style of Ameri
can warship was anchored In the Bos-
phorua.
But all that has been changed. , The
last session of congress passed an act
raising the rank of America's represen
tative at Constantinople from minister
to ambassador. "Minister" Lelshman
used to be treated like a book agent
or a bill collector when he called at the
sultan's palace to register an American
kick. "Ambassador' Lelshman has
now the privilege 6f seeking the sultan
In person, the same as the represen
tatives of other leading powers, and
the result has been markedly success
ful. The United States has had six
grievances against the sultan that have
been hanging fire-for years. Any one
of them would have created a revolu
tion, a Junta, a modus vtvendl or some
thing of that sort in a Latln-Amerlpan
republlcbut the best Minister Lelsh
man was able to do waa to report prog'
resa and ask leave to sit again. Mlii'
later Lelshman haa been Ambassador
Lelshman for a few months only, but
he has gleefully notified the State de
partment at Washington that the sul
tan has granted every claim made by
America and haa said, In effect, that if
there was anything else Uncle Sam
wanted and did not see, all he had to
do was to ask for It. A title and brass
buttons have accomplished what stren
uous remonstrance and convincing ar
gument failed to secure. It may pay
Americans to keep their contempt for
titles for home consumption.
A QUESTIOX ABLE DECISION.
The Interstate Commerce commis
sion, which has performed marvelously
good work in accomplishing reforms in
transportation matters, under the ex
tended power granted it by the new
rate law, has apparently made a mis
take in deciding that railroads and
other transportation companies may
lawfully make special rates for the
movement of federal troops when such
movement Is under the orders and ex
pense of the United States and that
the rates so made need not be filed or
posted.
The basic principle of the new rate
law. passed in 1806, is the prevention
of discriminations and rebates and the
adoption as a transportation rule that
all railroad patrons should fare alike.
The abolition of the free pass system
was inspired in part by a desire to
prevent railroads using this form of
a bribe, to secure transportation con
tracts either from Uncle Sam or other
shippers. Coupled with the law waa
Dill I Wl 1 O - ' - - -- i ' J p. u . . , -. - v
a provision appropriating $2 5,000 anlleapa before the mind s eye when Senator
nually for the traveling expensea of the
president of the United States, Illus
trating the fact that the government
waa not asking favora from railroad
companies.
The new decision of the Interstate
Commerce commission runs counter to
both the letter and the spirit of the
rate law. If federal soldiers may be
! transported at reduced rates, why
should not federal Judges, federal at
torneys, federal inspectors, federal
postmasters, and the whole long list
of federal officeholders, snare the same
privilege, so long as they are on duty
for the government? And the words
"official duty" have been known to
cover a multitude of railway passes.
The government Is amply able to de
fray the legitimate traveling expense
of Its servants and it should do so, in
stead of accepting from the railroads
favora which it prohibits the railroads
extending to other patrons.
The secretary of state is having a
second edition in pamphlet form of
the primary law printed to supply the
svtranrdinarv demand for copies. If i
-
the session laws' wefe ready for dia-
trlbutlon- within the time stipulated
VI IIU !-.- U
the State
by the state constitution
would not have to spend so much
money printing particular laws In
separate pamphlets.
The War and Navy department offi
cials are going ask congress to
make an appropriation for the enter
tainment of visiting army and navy
officials from other countries. Under
existing conditions, our army and naty
officials must pay for the entertain
ment of these visitors or ask them to
bring their lunches with them.
South Omaha still maintains a
separate and distinct assessment of
property for purposes of city taxation.
Irrespective of consolidation with
Omaha, there is no good reason why
the South Omaha tax commlssloner
shlp should not be merged with the
office of county assessor at the earliest
possible moment.
Mayor "Jim" aaya he will Issue per
mits suspending the license ordinances
whenever and to whomsoever he sees
fit without waiting for the aid or con
sent of any city council on earth. As
Mayor "Jim" has the pardoning power
and can remit fines Imposed for violat
ing city ordinances he occupies a stra
tegic position.
The frequent erection of that new
theater in Omaha by representatives
of the Theatrical trust suggests that
perhaps there Is an object to be gained
In discouraging any one from building
a theater here which the independents
might get hold of. One theater in
brick and stone and steel is worth ten
on paper.
The people of Omaha and Douglas
county want no patchwork court house.
When they build they will erect a
structure that will be creditable to the
city for years to come. The only open
question Is whether they are ready to
start now or prefer to wait a little
longer.
The Commercial, club will try to
help make Omaha the nesting place
for the 1909 national convention of
Eagles. Omaha's altitude, which is
about 1,000 feet above the sea level,
ought to be quite congenial to the
Eagles. '
Another spurt on the enforcement
of the speed limit on automobile
scorchers traversing Omaha streets Is
urgently called for. The reckless auto
mobile driver should be forcibly re
minded that other people also have
rights on the public thoroughfares.
According to the Orange Judd
Farmer, the enforcement of the pure
food law will make Jt possible to get
real buckwheat cakes again next win
ter. Perhaps. but the taste will have
to be educated up to the real article.
Navy experts (repprt that six of the
nation's big battleships are defective
In construction,.,, U 'matters little, aa
they were built more than a year ago
and accordingly are as much out of
atyle aa a last year's Easter bonnet.
Former Governor David R. Francis
of Missouri admits that he would be a
candidate for the democratic presiden
tial nomination except for the fact
that he cannot get the delegation
from his own state. or from any other,
Mr.' Hearst announces the organiza
tion of the National Independence
league. It will be, a compact organ
isation, with a limited number of high
aalaried players, with Mr. Hearst as
the board of governors and the umpire.
A court has decided that one of
the principal hotels at the state capital
ahould pay the sum of $180 to the city
for water used during a period of five
years. And Lincoln waa supposed to
have prohibition tendencies'.
A Michigan man- haa patented a de
vice to keep the dust behind the auto
mobiles. The pedestrian will be happy
If some device la patented to keep the
odor of the automobile In the machine,
Instead of leaving tt behind.
Nebraska postmasters are' furnish
ing a model for Iowa postmasters to
organize into a state association. Ne-
i braska has drawn on Iowa frequently
and it is only fair that we should
reciprocate occasionally.
Steam for Cold Feet.
Cleveland Leader.
Tk. ,r.i-v.rii whiaillni aimlle fairly
Foraker talks loudly of the hopeleaaneaa
of the Taft movement.
Arc-ret Doha for Lealeaey.
Chicago Record-Herald.
Officials of the Oil truat will find it hard
to understand why their organisation
ahould be fined fcS.OOO.OOO if Uncle Bam Is
rich enough to remit the fine which was
Imposed upon China for the Boxer out
break. Come Oat sf It.
Brooklyn Eagle.
Iast'-ear a Belgian crew won the world'e
blue ribbon of aquatics at Henley. Now
a Frenchman takes' the open gulf cham
pionship of .Great Britain. What's that
myth about Anglo-Saxon- aupremacy In
athletics?
Untarnished Glory.
Baltimore American.
Otie reply to the question often asked,
"What ahall we do with our ex-piesl-dents?"
haa been answered In one particu
lar. We are not going to allow them to
dim the glory of the presidential prestige
by dying of indigestion.
Misdirected kympathy.
Baltimore American.
Railroad and truat magnates are very
gloomy In tholr predictions of the future,
and the downfall of prosperity which la
sure to follow the hostile legislation
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. ibhiii ,uuiiuiiiii it- mi rrmi . p'n
the 'fears of these prophets are not for
' themselves. it is ror the poor. iar puo-
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"C 'r wht"n proejrlly la not good any-
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ROIMD ABOUT MEW YORK.
Rlpplea on the Carrent of Life la the
Metropolis.
Under a state law requiring the city of
New York to pay employee "the prevailing
rate of aee." S.Ui& auita were begun
against the city by skilled mechanics who
contended that they were not paid the
prevailing rate In their respective trades.
The claims aggregated H0,ono,0O0. A con
ference of city officials and representatives
of the clnlmanta reached a baala of settle
ment calling for the payment by the city
of ll.100.0iX). The conference also agreed
upon "the prevailing rate of wagea," which
all employee of the greater city will re
ceive during the year. The schedule fol
lows: Knglneers, 13.60; firemen, 12.60; pavers,
$4.60; rammers, 13.60: stokers, $2 60; oilers.
$2.50; paintera, 13.60; decorators. 14; car
penters, $3.60; blacksmiths, $3.60; caulkers,
$3; machinists. $3.2C; rlggera, $3; helpers,
$2.60; daggers, $4; wheelwrights, $3.60;
maaons. $4; plumbers, $3.76; electricians,
$3.60; ateam fitters, $3.76; atone cutters, $4;
bollermakere, $3.75: riveters, $3; harneae
makers, $3; tinsmiths, $3.60; well drivers, $3.
The nret Norwegian battleship to visit
New Tork harbor arrived last Saturday,
and. according to the police, every man,
woman and child of Norwegian b'rlh or
descent, visited the ship during Saturday
and Sunday. The crowd waa a happy and
well-behaved one, and at no..tlme did the
police have the least trouble In preserving
pt-Tfect order among the hundreds who
lhed the shore, waiting for an opportunity
to get on board. The sailors outdid them
selves In their efforta to make the visitors
feel at home, the result being that the
scene looked more like a big family re
union than anything else.
For the first time since the Introduction
of high power currents for running heavy
trains the public had a demonstration Sat
urday afternoon on the New Tork Cen
tral viaduct, at One Hundred and Twenty-sixth
street and Park avenue, of what
destruction la possible when this powerful
current of electricity la short circuited.
Those who dared approach within half a
block of the fire saw streams of molten
Iron and copper pouring down Into the
etreet like ao much water and saw the
heavy Iron pipes, wires, and ateel rails
melted Into a white hot fluid aa If they were
made of wax.
"For half an hour the destroying cur
rent had Its own way, melting the con
dulta and wlrea from One Hundred and
Twenty-fifth street to One Hundred and
Twenty-seventh street and beapatteiing
the pavement with a coating of metal.
Firemen dared not turn on a stream, fear
ing that the water would act aa a con
ductor and cause them to be eiectrtcuted.
There waa nothing to be done In the way
of controlling the powerful element until
the current could be turned oft at the
power house, and that required nearly
thfriv mlnnU.
Then came the roar of explosion.
Women screamed and men tumbled over
one another to get out of the way. On
the station platform eome darted down
the stairways and others dodged behind
piles of trunks and trucks aa If confronted
by a battery In action.
There la no woodwork on the viaduct
except the ties that are Imbedded in
stone ballast, but five seconds after the
first report the entire structure for a
block appeared to be biasing and a huge
cloud of amoke rolled down Into tho
street. Then a stream of something be
gan to trickle to the pavement. At first
no one could make out what It was. A
group of boys ran toward It, but quickly
darted back with their hands and faoes
pitted from the spatter of molten Iron. ,
Second , by second the stream grew1
larger until the street waa fairly flooded
With liquid Iron and copper.
Incessant roar of the explosions, to
gether with the dense amoke and wild
ahouts, caused the greatest excitement.
For a time the scene was one of panic.
Horsea with heavy loads became unman
ageable, women ran out of the ahopa
crying hysterically.
When tho current waa at last turned oft
the exploalona ceased Instantly and' the
flames disappeared. For a few minutes
the red-hot Iron glowed, the melted metal
quivered In pools and then the smoke lifted
and the firemen went to work.
For three blocks, wherever the raila were
not melted, they were twisted Into all sorts
of shapes. Here and there the current
partly melted the steel beams of the via
duct and the four-Inch Iron tubes that
had carried some of the wires were almost
entirely consumed. In the .street the
asphalt pavement waa melted In places
where the streams of liquid metal had
fallen upon It.
A transformation aa startling aa Its re
generation In the last ten yeara waa
wrought at Coney Island laat Sunday.
Barkers for all the ahows were muzsled by
police orders and not a word louder than
a whisper escaped their lips. A marvelous
Sabbath calm prevailed. To show the
throng of pleasure seekers that they were
not dead, though speechless, the barkers
rigged themselvea with sandwich signs, of
which these are aamplea:
"The police won't let ua talk. Aren't
they the mean things?"
"Honest, thla Is a swell scenic railway.
Come down tomorrow and let me tell you
all about It."
"Wouldn"t It be great If the police en
forced this law on mother-in-lawa?"
"If thls'show Isn't good, go around and
make the police give you your money back.
I haven't aald anything about It."'
"They aay that silence Is golden. The box
office man aaya that statement la a joke."
The whole thing had an odd effect. The
main thoroughfares of Coney, usually a
buzzing babel, - were solemn and sedate.
That the barker Is something of an Insti
tution was evidenced yesterday. The
strolling crowds seemed dull and uninter
esting. Something waa plainly lacking and
that something waa the barker. However,
business didn't seem to Buffer, for long
lines streamed Into the showa and attrac
tions after having enjoyed the humor of
the signs.
Hard to Believe.
Savanah (da.) News.
Representative Hull of Iowa, who la
chairman of the house committee on mili
tary affairs, saya that If Theodore Roose
velt were to be again a candidate for presi
dent, "he would get 40 per cent of the
democratic vote." We have heard it aug
gested In other quarters that Colonel Roose
velt Is a 40 per cent democrat, after hav
ing alolen Colonel Bryan's boota and
brecchca while he was In a-swlmming, yet
we cannot bring ourselves to believe that
nearly half of the democratic voters of the
country would condone the purloining of
Colonel Bryan's garments.
Yacatloa Time at Oyater Uay.
Buston Herald.
"I found the president in outing clothes
and our talk waa correspondingly brerxy,
free, and unconventional," bays John Temple
Graves, returning from his visit to Saga
more Hill. Knough aald. Nothing makes
! for solemn confab like starched linen, but-
toned-up coats, creased trousers and shin
lug hats and boota, and nuthlng Is mora
conducive to vacation comfort and Joy than
clothea to correspond. Tliia Is the outing
season.
rmoi. otf.
Two mm In flttshurg fought a duel with
hot Irons as weapona, and the Irons
cooled before their wrath did. The method
never will become popular, for It hurts.
' Henry James sayi American women do
not acknowledge the "superiority of their
husbands, as the Kngllsh women do." No,
Indeed; the women on this side are a good
dead harder to fjol than the English
brand.
One of the food faddists says that a
man might live well on two cents a day,
but another atatea that five cents Is the
adequate amount. When they have tried
their respective systems of living we'U
be rid of their nonsensical blither, any
how. For a memorial to Henry Ward Beecher
to be placed upon some suitable spot at
the Beecher homestead In Litchfield,
Conn., the Litchfield County University
club has declared In favor of a has relief
tn bronze of medallion heads of Rev. Mr.
Beecher and hla sister, Mrs. Harriet
Beecher Stowe. the medallion to be gar
landed with oak leaves. A Ixndon sculp
tor la now at work on the model.
Investlgnttnna of far-reaching Importance
concerning the life of prehistoric man.
were begun last week upon the arrival In
Wyoming of Harlan I. Smith, of the
American Museum of Natural History. He
will be followed by other experts In
archaeology, for the Institution Is now
carrying Into execution a plan cherished
for several yeara. The landa to lx ex
plored extend over all the country from
the North Platte to the Canadian border.,
President J. T. Harahan of the Illinois
Central Railway, Is to be credited with
being the world's chief traveler. Averag
ing 160 miles a day for fifteen years, a
total of 821,250 miles, and an average of
2i) miles a day for twenty yeara, the grand
lotal for thirty-five years reachea the
colossal figure of 2.281,250 miles. It is a
remarkable circumstance that In all his
travels by rail over this country he has
been In only one accident and that waa
an Insignificant affair.
NEBRASKA LISA DS ALL.
deform Measures la Many Htatea
Aimed at Corporate Domination,
Philadelphia North American.
Seldom has a nation In one short year seen
such sweeping reforms enacted In all of Its
sections. Legislatures In the east, north,
south an l west hav.'1 Jlnel hand t romody
old laws and create new ones, which tend to
regulate and check the misuse of enormous
corporate power and control, within the
boundaries of the various states, the great
corporations which depend upon all parts of
the country for their existence.
Nebraska, perhaps, leada all states In the
wave of reform which has swept the coun
try In response to the policies Inaugurated
by President Roosevelt. Corporate dom
ination of tlift state waa completely over
thrown, but only after the most bitter battle
in the history of the state.
Although bills planned to remove evils
Innumerable were Introduced In all legis
latures, many were killed. Two-cent fares,
primary bills, more equal taxation and rail
road regulation by commission were gen
erally adopted or the way prepared for
them, while the widespread sentiment for
popular choice of United States senators
was made manifest.
Pennsylvania's legislature waa by no
means among the stragglers, the 2-cent
fare law, the railroad commission, trolley
freight bill, eminent domain for trolleys
and the bucket-shop law bring the more
Important reforms which were made into
laws.
In New York the creation of a railroad
commission with enormous powers and the
passage of the public utilities law, the moat
sweeping of Its kind ever brought up, was
offset only by the veto of the 2-cent fare
bill by Governor Hughes.
THE I1KST WAY.
Practical Teat of Ksrnlng Value of
Rednred Paaaenger Rates.
Pittsburg PUpatch.
A report Is heard that the western rail
roads have agreed to accept the 2-cent-a-mllo
legislation In states where It has been
enacted and to forestall It In states where
It haa not been adopted by adopting that
figure as the general basis of ratea. Offi
cial corroboration of the rumor Is not yet
furnished. It may be 'developed from the
basis of that experimental arrangement in
Missouri, where the railroads have alrrecil
to try It for three months, which 1b an
entirely Inadequate length of time to de
termine the effect on business of that
rate.
It would be a Judicious course for the
railroads to agree to the experiment for
the rest of the year, or till the next meet
ing of the legislature. By ao doing they
will avoid auch self-impeachments as that
which the Pennsylvania railroad Is con
templating, of practically asserting that
it haa made the ordinary traveling public
pay the cost of carrying the commutation
and excursion traffic at low rates, thus
Inflicting an unjuat discrimination. Thla,
If true, would be a Justification for the
law.
But a more Important phase Is that by
giving the ratea a fair experiment the rail
roads will avoid the obnoxious attitude of
trying to nullfy and defeat legislation. If
after s fair test the traffic returna show
the effect to be unsatisfactory they will
have evidence In their statistics to support
an application for 'amendment. The prob-J
BDuity is mat the effect of the 2-cent rate
on main lines In this section of the coun
try at least will be to enhance traffic
ao as to . make up for the reduction. On
branch and local lines It la quite possible
that experience may show the propriety of
changing the law to allow a higher charge.
The policy of a fair trial and basing the
application for a change on the actual
traffic statistics where It results unproflt
ably will put the railroads In a far stronger
position with the people than the resort to
retaliatory schedules or court Injunctions.
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The remarkable expression of friendship
for Secretary Taft manifested everywhere
throughout the west on the occasion of
his recent tour through Minnesota, Da
kota, Nebraska and Kansas, has causeil
the politicians who have combined to de
feat Mm more anxiety for the success of
their undertaking than they have hereto
fore experienced. The fact that Mr. Taft
was not on a political mlsalon all the
more attests hla popularity with tlm pen.
pie. and that he has atrengthened hltnuelf
In their confidence and Increased his pop
ularity mnkes the situation all the m.ire
discouraging to the political "elements"
and the commercial "Interests" which sr
striving to stem the title which has turned
In favor of the man whose candidacy
towers above all others as representing
the principles of the square deal
There la little wonder that the politicians
of the old school the ."standpatters"
should be unable to comprehend the sn.
cret of Taft'a strength with the maesrg.
They regard him as "out of harmony"
with his party because he Is not In ae.
cord with "Uncle" Joe Cannon's doctrine
of "standing pat" for high tariff an. I a
protective system wlilch gives the "spec
lal Interests" the right to plunder the
public.
If these men coulrl comprehend tlm
source of Secretary Taft's popularity tliev
would understand the futility of their ap
peal to the people for the old -order of
things. Taft Is In harmony with the S"titl
ment of the present day. Ills sympathies
are right. He Is opposed to the govern
mental policy which allows the manipu
lation of national prosperity to Increase
tho cost of living for the wage earner
beyond the possibility of IncreaFe In his
wages, and adds only to the riches nf
protected trusts and corporations. It is
not surprlnlng that such a man shnnld
meet the approval of the people and the
opposition of the "special lnteresta."
If "Uncle" Joe Cannon 'and th rest of
the "standpattera" understood the people
they would understand Taft and Tnft'a
popularity.
FLASHES OF Fl.N.
Mrs. Lapsllng was explaining the nature
of the Injury sustained by Johnny when ha
fell off the hack porch.
"It's a wonder he ever went through It
alive," she said. "The doctor, says he cama
mighty near frnrturtng hla Juxtaposition.
You know tliat'a the bone next to ths
medulllon obligato." Chicago Tribune.
"Don't you think . automobile accidents
are Inexcusably numerous?"
"Of course I do," anawered the motor
enthusiaHt. "The public ought to learn to
dodue quicker." Washington Star.
"Thar, my son. you ae what larnin' done
fer yer daddy, don't you?"
"What, maw?"
"Why, jcHt as soon as the gover'mtnt
knowed that he could do rlggera In his head
they 'p'lnted him postmaster at $j"i a year,
an' purty soon he'll Im sellln' stamps what
goes on letters!" Atlanta Constitution.
"My new play la sure to make a hit,"
said the popular actress. "It gives me
an opportunity to display twenty new
gowns." .
"Mv!" exclaimed her friend. "How many
acM?"
"Only four, but In one of them the scene
la at the dressmaker s." Catholic Standard
and Times.
"I cracked a lawyer's house the other
night," aald the 9rt burglar, disgUHteiily,
"and the lawyer was there with a gun all
ready for me. lie advised me ter gil out."
"You got off easy," replied the other.
"Not much 1 didn't. He charged me $J6
for de advice." Philadelphia Press.
"We demand a new trial. Grave errors
were made In the selection of the Jury I"
As to how?"
"We thought we wore picking -ut men
who would aoqult our cHqn,t.',- Washington
Herald.
"How much money really haa he?"
"I don't know. What la his attitude to
ward the law?"
"What do you mean?"
"Does he evade, defy, or Ignore ltT"-
Washington Herald.
Lady Missionary My poor man. when you,
lie here alone at night and think of your
past misdeeds, do you not feel remorse
gnawing at your heart?
Convict (disgustedly) Naw! Baltimore
American.
"The man of tho house," said the man at
the door who was taking names for the
city directory. "Is a blacksmith, I be
lieve." "Tes," replied the young woman with tho
prominent pompadour, "but Papaw la quit
wealthy now, so please make It 'black
smythe.' "--Philadelphia Presa.
The young wife waa dismayed.
"Oh, John," she cried. "I'm so sorry our
new cook has spoilt your coffee this morn
ing, but she Is so young and inexperienced,
so you must be satisfied with a kiaa In
stead this FVninir Aauw ' '
"All right," replied the husband,
her in. 'Chicago Record-Herald.
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Within the window's scant recess.
Behind a pink geranium flower,
slje sits and eewa. and aewa and alta,-
From patten hour to patient hour.
Aa woman like aa marble Is,
Or aa a lovely death might be
A marble death condemned to make .
A feint of life perpetually.
Wondering, I watch to pity her;
Wandering, I go my restless ways;
Content, I think the untamed thoughts
Of free and solitary days.
Until the mournful dusk begins
To drop upon the quiet street.
Until, upon the pavement far.
There falls the sound of coming feaaa,
A happy, hastening, ardent sound.
Tender as the kisses on the air
Quick, aa If touched by unseen lips,
Bluahea the little statu there;.
And woman like aa young life la.
And woman like aa Joy may be,
Tender with color, lithe with lova,
She starts, transfigured gloriously.
Suberb In one transcendent glance
Her eyes, I see, are burning black
My little neighbor, smiling turns.
And throws my masked pity back,
I wonder. Is It worth the while.
To sit and aew from hour to hour
To sit and aew with eyes of black.
Behind a pink geranium flower!
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