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THE OMAHA DAILY BEE; FRIDAY, AUGUST 2, 1007. The Omaha Daily Bek FOUNDED BY EDWARD ROSE WATER. VICTOR KOSEWATfciB., EDITOR. Bnttred at Omal.a poeiotllc leciDd clas matter, TEKU3 OF SCBSCKII'TION. Eaily Be (without SuOJty), one yer..$4.0u ally Bee and Sunuay, une )ar '-' Bumlny Uee, orw year J.o Saturday lire, one year DKUVEHb.1) hi CAKRlfcR. pally Bee (InoiiKllnrf Suii.lay), per week..li'0 X'elly lift (without feuniluy. por week.-Vx; tvehlng liee (wltnout feundayj. per week Evening Bee (with Sunday). per WWK..1W Address all complaints of Irregularities in delivery to City ilrculsnon Department. OFFICES. Omaha The Bee Building. Bouth Omaha-City Hall ilulldlng. Council ElufTa-16 gcott Street. Chicago--1640 Unity Building. New York 1604) Home Life Insurance Bid. Washington .V1 Fourteenth Htreet. CORRESPONDENCE. Communication relating to news and edi torial matter ahnuld Iter addressed, Omaha Bee, Editorial Department. REMITTANCES. Remit by draft, express or poxtal order payable to The Bee Publishing Company Only t-oent stamps received In payment of mall accounta. Personal checka, except on Omaha or eastern exchange, not accepted. STATEMENT OF CIRCULATION. State of Nebraska, Dotiglna county, Chnrles C. Rosewater, general manager of The Bee Publishing Company, being duly sworn, says that the actual number Of lull and complete copies of The Dally Morning, Evening and Sunday Bee printed during the month of July, 11(07, waa as follows: 1 36,840 1? 30,700 t 38.190 IS 36,480 1 36,180 1 36,810 4 86,600 20 86,830 t 38,640 SI 88,860 36,490 22 37,870 1 38,600 23 36,870 1 36,600 24 36,630 86,810 25 36,430 10 36,840 26 36,400 11 36,430 27 36,700 11........ 36,380 28 38,400 12 .'. 36,840 29 41,370 14 36,800 30 38,680 It 36,780 81 36,890 II 36,890 Total 1,133,330 Less unsold and returned copies. , 10,333 Net total 1,131,985 Pally average 36,193 CHARLES C. R08EWATER, Oeneral Manager. Subscribed In my presence and sworn to before ma this 1st day of August, 1907. 8eal) . il. B. HUNOATE. . Notary Public WHBfT OUT OF TOWN. nbecrlbrr leaving the City tem porarily should bare The ' Be nailed to them. Address will be changed as often mm requested. It will be all right It Haywood Uvea up to the yerdlct. o Senator Foraker talks like a man who waa irritated about Boniethlng. Judge Llndsey says the Colorado woman will sell her rote for $16. But will she atay bought? That Caleb 'Powers' trial in Ken tucky ia about as deliberate an affair as the repaying of Farnam street. The Doukhobors are hunting for a warmer climate. Most religious sects are trying to av"oia warmer climates. That conference over at The Hague appears to have resolved itself Into a society for the promotion of interna tional Jealousy. War department reports show that the marksmanship of the army Is higher than ever before. Toklo pa pers please copy. 1 A St Louis Judge has decided that ball player Is a 'laborer. A ball player Is the only laborer who gets paid for playing. ' A convict broke out of the peniten tiary in Massachusetts in order to at tend Old Home week, in Boston. It pays to advertise. Everything seems to run very smoothly at , The Hague conference until some thoughtless delegate starts to talk about peace. ' Washington announces that Sena tor Foraker is sure of re-election. The senator would doubtlsss prefer such an announcement from Ohio. "More water for Atlanta," demands the ConsQTutlon. Be' patient. After January 1 Atlanta and all Georgia will have nothing but water. It la reported that China Is closing tta opium dens. Another reason why the Chinese are so anxious to get to New Tork and San Francisco. "Americana pay 1160,000,000 a year for soda water." says the Cleve land Plain Dealer. Why pay for It when It is easy to get it charged? After January 1 a license will be a prerequisite of a legal marriage In New Tork. Civilisation Is making some progress even in New York. Another attempt has been made on the life of the king of Scrvla. You never hear of the king of Servla ex cept when he escapes assassination. The people are assured that the laying of asphalt on Farnam street will soon begin. What they are still more interested In Is how soon it will end. "If I were a Japanese statesman I would urge War," says Richmond Pearson Hobson. If Hobson were a statesman of any kind the country would bear less of him. At any rate,, a 1 5 per cent Increase on the assessment of merchandise In Douglas county Is vastly different from a IS per rent increase on the assess ment of Douglas county. After reading about the enactment of prohibition in Georgia. Nebraska liquor dealers may conclude 'that the late legislature could have treated Viem much worse than It did. AHOtUKR WAIL MOM CUBA. A faction of the liberal party of Cuba Is again demanding the Immediate evacuation of the Island by the Ameri can forces, with a threat of insurrec tion, war, murder and sudden death if the demand is not promptly obeyed. In this case an officer at Santiago, with the intention of Improving the appear ance of the grounds around the post, bogan planting some cocoanut palms. The cocoanut palm matures and bears fruit In six years. Immediately the liberal hotspurs construed the officer's tree planting pastime as notice that the hated Americans Intended to re main at least six more years In Cuba. That started the Incipient Insurrection, out of which haa come strenuous de mands for American evacuation. The action of these liberal hotheads is strong argument for keeping the American troops in the Islands. In the absence of American troops, rev olutions aid Insurrections would doubtless be started over incidents as trivial as that which has caused this latest outbreak. Cuba had one glori ous chance to demonstrate Its capac ity for self-government, and scored a failure. Under the Piatt amendment the United States Is pledged to see that Cuba has a stable government, and if the republic can not govern itself, we are bound to superintend the Job. It is altogether possible that the stay of the American forces In Cuba may be as long as six years. Secretary Taft's plan calls for elec tions some time In 1908, after which a provisional government will be es tablished and Cuba given another op portunity to rule ltBelf. Whether tbia program will be carried out depends upon the Cubans. If they show a disposition to appreciate what is be ing done for them, the United States may be In position to withdraw from the iBland by 1809 or 1910, but If an Insurrection or a rebellion Is to be started every time some Cuban lead er's breakfast does not agree with him, the cocoanut palms planted the other day at Santiago will probably be bearing fruit before the American forces leave. Congress has not bothered much about the Cuban question since 1902, leaving the matter entirely to the president, and the approach of a presi dential campaign will probably pre clude mnch discussion of the question at the next session. But the annexa tion of the island is certain to be urged upon congress strongly before many more years. American Jaterests are becoming very large In the island, and all the business Interests of the re public, American and foreign, openly favor annexation. The feeling la growing among the natives and action upon the proposition can not be long deferred. If Cubans want Independ ence they must demonstrate greater ability and capacity :,for self-government than they did under the Pal ma farce. politics jy XMS18SIPPI. Mississippi is to choose a United States senator at a primary election this week, marking the close of one of the most sensational fights of this character ever held and throwing a most interesting sidelight on condi tions prevailing in that state. The contest is between Congressman John Sharp Williams, the leader of the democratic minority in the house of representatives, and Governor James K. Vai daman. Indications are that Vardaman will be successful, and. if so, his selection will be due to a campaign of appeal to the passions and preju dices of the people of Mississippi, while Williams will lose because he has refused to turn demagogue. It is a sad commfntary on the lack of Intelligence of the people of Missis sippi that Vardaman's appeal has won him support which promises to send him to the senate. He has made his entire campaign on the proposition that if elected he will devote his en tire attention and effort to secure re peal of the fifteenth amendment to the constitution. Mr. Williams has insisted that agitation of the race ques tion as a national Issue is nnwlse and useless. "I would be as glad as Gov ernor Vardaman to have the fifteenth amendment repealed," says Congress man Williams, "but I know, and he knows, that It can not be done." Gov ernor Vardaman retorts that if elected to the senate he will not wait to find out what Massachusetts wants to do, but will proceed promptly and with vigor to do what Mississippi wants done. Governor Vardaman ought to know that the only way to get the fifteenth amendment out of the constitution Is the same way It was put into it the way of civil war. That Is the only way the constitution haa been amended for more than a hundred years. The north has tolerated the attempt of southern states to nullify the negro suffrage, but the north will not toler ate any attempt to erase either of the constitutional amendments . dealing with that subject. This la pretty gen erally understood in the south, and Mississippi seems to be about the only state that does not accept the situa tion. Congressman Williams haa scorned to deceive the voters of his state, but has Insisted that the Varda man plan can only react injuriously upon the state. His position gives him the support of honest and Intelli gent men of all parti, but Vardaman has captured the rednecks and hill billies, who are apparently rn the ma jority In Mississippi, whre race fury Is always the dominant and paramount issue. State Treasurer Brian's exhibit of bank deposits looks a little lopsided without any of the big Omaha banks represented. Omaha banks, however, Insist that they can get along without the state deposits a great deal more comfortably than the state can get along without the banking facilities which they offer for current checking and money transfer. IS IT A BQVARK Dlill The action of the State Board of Equalisation, increasing the assess ment of merchandise In Douglas county 15 per cent and at the same time reducing the assessment of mer chandise in Lancaster county as fixed by the county assessor there 5 per cent, does not look like a square deal. As between Douglas and Lancaster rcountles, this Is equivalent to a tax discrimination of 10 per cent against the merchants of Omaha as compared with the merchants of Lincoln. If the state board had come to the conclusion that a raise in Douglas county figures was required after a full Investigation into the facta there might be no cause for complaint. The board might be Justified, possibly, In Increasing the merchandise assess ment of Douglas county merely on general principle, but what excuse can be offered for reducing the assessment of Lancaster county below whit wus fixed by the Lancaster county assess- so r, In most cases presumably on the returns of the taxpayers themselves? There are other countl) In the statu besides these two which have merchan dise stocks assessed In the same man ner, but the state board has seen fit not only to favor Lincoln, but to take It all out of Omaha without Inquiring into the conditions in any other city or town In the state. This action seems to be the result of a persistent and continuous "holler" which Lan caster county has emitted for two years past, directed only at Omaha and designed to feed the prejudice against this city with a view to making per sonal profit out of It. This Is a game, however, at which more than one can play, and Omaha may be forced to take a hand Itself. If the state treasurer Is getting 8 per cent Interest on current balances in the banks there hi little to be gained by Investing the state school money in bonds issued by distant states netting but a trifle more than S per cent, when by waiting another year until the pending constitutional amendment Is adopted this money may be Invested In bonds of our own cities and school districts at Just as good rates. If any one Is to have the benefit of the use of this money the advantage should go to the people of Nebraska rather than to the people of Maryland, Mas sachusetts and Mississippi. The governor of Virginia is trying to get excited oyer the state's rights to enforce railway rate laws. Vir ginia Is having no trouble over the case, but Governor Swanson under stands that the only way a southern governor can get mentioned for the presidency these days is by defying the federal court and the authorities at Washington. The Nebraska automobile law ap plies to "motor vehicles." but the motor-cyclists seem to go on the theory that they are exempt from its pro visions. It might be a good clan to find out whether a motor-cycle Is not a motor vehicle and required to carry lamps after dark the same as other automobiles. South Omaha's boast that It carried as small a municipal debt as any eity of its size Is fast going a-glimmerlng as the debt Is being piled up mountain high by the successive bond issues. If the load is made heavy enough even voluntary annexation may not' be enough to Induce Omaha to come to the relief. The local Junior Yellow warns the voters to look Into the records of the candidates filing for nomination and spot those who are grafters. It will not take more than a glance to show the high-handed graft that Is being practiced by Sheriff McDonald, who is touting himself for a fourth term. The Burlington Is building an ex hibition car which is to be stocked with Nebraska products to be dis played in various parts of the country. What Is the matter with the other railroads that have lands to sell in this state Joining In to make It a real min iature state fair on wheels? 'The populist state committee has been holding a meeting to arrange for steering the populist primaries In the direction of fusion. Without fusion the members of the populist state committee would be like some other well known statesmen out of a Job. "The only way to be perfectly happy is to do good to others," said John D. Rockefeller to his Sunday school class. Still, there is an impression that Mr. Rockefeller is happiest when he la doing others good. Governor Glenn of North Carolina is being boomed for the presidential nomination by southern democrats. His chief recommendation seema to be that he stood up and made facoa at 'bo federal courts. - Decidedly Oat ( Style. Philadelphia Press. Waiting for the presidential nomination to hunt the man Isn't noticeably fashion able these deya. . Ose OeeS Bat. Washington Peat. At any rata. Judge mtchara Is eatltled to the thanks of the newspaper (or fur nishing some hot eepy Qurlng &q vnuuajly ami Tttm PBOPMB AND THE RAILROAD O'Neill Frontier: Tha Burlington and Union PaclAo are In arms again tc fight tha railway assessment. There appears to be no surer ground for an appeal to the courts than the last In which the state board waa sustained by the United States supreme court. If the railroads have money to spend that way let them go ahead. The state can matte use of the In terest on deferred payments when It comes In. , Elm Creek Beaoon: It Is stated that the Btate Railway commission Is seriously con sidering a proposition from the express companlee to waive the terms of the Blbley law requiring a 26 per cent reduction In rates and accepting a reduction of 16 per cent. We would suggest that the com mission show at least as much magna nimity as a horse trader and "meet m half way." The people would still be able to do business with 12V4 per cent reduction and the 200 per cent dividends on express stocks for June, 1WT, would not all be wiped out of their report for June, Hu. Besides, why should we people away out here In Nebraska be so exercised over the express rate which those Chicago follows have to pay on their catalogues? It s the rate on live stock and on coffee and sugar that we are interested in. Of course our peaches have to come by express, but then the Fruit trust pays the charges on tnem, "doncherno." And then, what If the poor express company should gu iiito bankruptcy or go on a strike, what would those "dry towns" dot Rush villa Standard: The express compan ies have rebelled against the law passed by the last state legislature reducing ex press rates 26 per cent. They put up tha piea that at the old rates their Income hardly Justifies their Investments. We sometimes wonder why It Is that a class of men like those who control railroads, ex press stocks, etc, will ring In such pleas. They certainly are men of good business judgment, but they do not seem to com' prehend further than to charge all the traffic will bear. The present express rates ar so high as to be almost prohibitive ana people will not patronise It if It Is possible to avoid doing so and very often have articles shipped by freight because of the exorbitant expresa rates, they would have come by expresa If It were not for the exorbitant charges. The business of ths express companies would manifoldly more ate and their income would be treble what It Is today If they would reduce the rates to bearable prices. It seems strange they are so blind to these facta, the cir- oumstances being so markedly plain. Lyons Sun: It is now assured that the railroads of the state will fight the col lection of taxes on the basis of the pres ent assessment of their property as com pared with real estate. As a foundation for their suit they show by letters from prominent men of the state, secured by eastern real estate dealers, that land is not valued at near Its true value. A let ter from Secretary of State Junkln states that Oosper county land Is worth f 40 por acre for the best and $10 for tha poorest. The assessor's valuation on the land In that county Is $11. SO per acre. Another letter from Congressman Pollard says land In Caaa county Is worth $76 per acre. The assessor valued It At So on through 724 letters they show that land la valued much "higher for sale than for assessment. While the railroads may be able to prove their contention true, yet the difference between assessed and real value on real estate Is not as largo as tha difference between assessed values on railroad property, .and the values on which they wish the 'public to pay Inter est, when It comes to- a question of what are fair rates for "passenger and freight traffic 5n ' Grand Island Independent: The rail road commission 71 as Indicated that It will In the near future Investigate the practice of giving passes to attorneys and physicians by 'the railroads, and whether any of them,-or most of them, are In violation of the law. It will also seek to have a definite understanding on just what that law is. The text seems to say that It shall be unlawful to issue passes to attorneys and physicians unless they are employed for the-major portion of their time for the company, and that It shall alao be unlawful hereafter to use such passes. Whether the prohibition to 'use," hereafter, la retroactive, as the prohibition to "Issue" passes, for Instance on contracts, Is valid, and whether or not, under the law, there Is In some cases a real "con tract," Is to be ascertained. It Is believed that the commission is not so much after the real attorneys of the roads as after the cases In which the roads have made alleged attorneys' contracts with men who do not even practice law, or with phy sicians who do not give one-half of their time and probably not even an hour per day. The results of the Investigation and the finding of the court upon the teal pro hibitions of the law will be watched with Interest. It Is expected that several pass holders from this olty will be called be fore the commission. TWBJf TY-OSTE STATES IN LINES. Analysis of rn Contest for Reduced Railroad Fare. Review of Reviews. An analysis of the general results shows that paasenger fares were either actually reduced or affected In twenty-one states: Alabama, Arkar.aas, Georgia, Indiana, Illinois, Iowa. Kansas, Maryland, Michi gan Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, Ne braska, North Carolina, North Dakota. Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, South Dakota, Virginia, West Virginia and Wisconsin. Two-cent rates now prevail In Arkansas, Indiana, Illinois, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska. Pennsylvania and Wisconsin; and in Ohio, since IMS; tVt-eent rates In Alabama and North Dakota. North Carolina has established a JK-cent rate; West Virginia, a 2-cent rate for railroads over fifty miles in length; Iowa, a sliding scale of from t to I cents per mile; Michi gan, ill and 4-cent rate; Kansas, Mary land, and Mississippi, 2-cent rates for mileage books; the railroad commissions of Georgia and South Dakota have been au thorised to establish ' a 2-cent and a 2- cent rate, respectively; and Oklahoma specifies In Its new constitution a maximum charge of t cents for passenger far. Vir ginia's Corporation commission has adopted a 2-cent rate for trunk lines, a S-cent rate for minor roads, and a SH-cent rate on on or two line. Kansas may adopt a flat 2-cent rate . on the supposition that what Is remunerative In Nebraska should prove equally remunerative In Kansas. Georgia's legislature Is In session a we go to press. Senator Foraker' Alarm. Springfield Republloan. . Foraker's style grows more confident and aggressive as the summer advances. It must be that he feels surer of hi strength, for In no other way can on account for his open defiance of the president In his Bellefontaln speech Saturday. "The big stick," he exclaimed, "won't work with any free-born American cltlsen, and It won't do any good either t put sugar on It In the shape of postofflce Job." This I surely Joseph with his war paint on. It can't be aatd, however, that he In creased hi strength by declaring himself te be such an unmitigated old mastodon of a standpatter. A Bad Rasalader. Nw York World. If Senator Foraker thinks that Secretary Taft haa ot the courage to speak hi mtnd let hint remember a speech that Secretary Taft one delivered against Senator Fora kar8 food trl4 Bum Cu Of Cincinnati. HOI AHOfT'TIKW YORK. nipples on the- Cnrrrat of Life In the Metropolis. The quarterly report of the New Tork labor bureau for the flrst three months of 19"7 presents an Instructive review of the condition of labor In the Empire state. Among other facts the report 'shows that the benefits of the shorter day have been extended by legislation to employe In many occupations, particularly railroad operations and street railway men. in the building trades of New Tork City the un precedented activity of 1906 has not con tinued this year, although building opera tions are going forward on a very large scale. In other large cities of the state all records are being surpassed. Numerous advances In wages have been granted and very few reductions are noted. In point of numbers the report says worktngmen'a organizations In the state have ..ualned a strength never before realised. At the climax of the "boom" period of 1HH-190J the New Tork unlona built up a member ship that olosely approached 400,000, but subsequently declined to 276,000. On the flrst of April of the present year the ag gregate membership was 414,718, of whom 12,515 were women. Two-thirds of the mem bers of labor organisations are In New Tork City and an additional 20 per cent In the other large cities. The carpenters lead, with 31,167 members In 187 local unions. One of the greatest sights In the world. according to many who hav dorie a lot of glob trotting, Is a thunderstorm In New Tork bay. The bay Is most Impressive at any time and the only wonder la that so few New Yorkers pay any attention to It Even In a fog the eye that sees can find many things to admire. When two Japa nese cruisers came to New York a few weeks ago the bay was hidden In the fog and there was much disappointment among those who wanted the reception to the mikado's squadron to be an unqualified success. But New York's skyscrapers are never so Impressive as when seen in a veil of mist, slowly poking their huge bulk out of the gloom, and the American naval of ficers had no cause to feel regret when they saw the amasement and delight their vis Itors took In the novel sight Strollers along Broadway hav a novel addition to the momentary attractions of such a promenade In the newest forms of electric light advertisements, ones that can be almost said to "act" stories as Well as tell them. One of th most striking of these Is the complicated sign used to ad vertise "The Orchid" at the Herald Square theater. This consists of a three-pronged fork of chain lightning which flashes out of the darkness and strikes a spot on the sign that Instantly become a wabbling ring of gold and red Inclosing the words "A hit." On the rooftop adjoining this sign Is one proclaiming the merits of a bottled water. This takes th form of a fountain and basin, outlined In red lights, from which there rises a half-dosen spray of golden "water" that sparkle with a daszllng ef fect such as no water known to man could produce. Across the street on the side wall of another building ia a gin advertisement consisting of a gigantic siphon, outlined In golden bulbs, from the spout of which there continually pours another golden stream that fall Into a rickey glass. All of these signs seem to be excellent Invest ments, judging by th amount of atten tion they attract from the stroller on Broadway, and they certainly add not a little to the brightness and the 'glitter. Two people mortally Injured at Coney Island, 800 firms out of business, 2,000 per sons homeless, and over 11,000,000 loss be cause a cigarette end was not extinguished before being tossed away. It Is a big prioa for so many to pay, In loss of life and property, for one piece of careless ness. Coney Island burns up with a reg ularity that rivals eclipses of the moon or the procession of th seasons. Within the past fifteen years there have been ten fires recorded, and every four years they have been very serious. In 1908 the blaze cost $1,000,000; in 1890, from $00,000 to $1,000,000. If the managers could only know when to look for a conflagration they could ad vertise it and sell reserved seats for the spectacle. Scenic railways and other roller coasters at the summer resorts around New York are going to feel the heavy hand of the building department. Many of these affairs are obviously dangerous. Some of them are so constructed that there Is little more than head room, and If a passenger fool ishly rises In his seat he Is apt to be knocked out of the cars. They are so reckleasly built that only good fortune keeps down the number of casualties. The building department Intend that there shall be safety clutches on the cars to prevent them from falling backward If the power on the up grades falls them; that there shall be means for preventing derailments, and plenty of head room. That there la big money In these contriv ances goes without saying. Steady streams of people stand ready on all good days to tide, and the profits are enormous. "Before going to the country, call on me," read an optician a sign. And that Is just what most vacation ists who wear glasses will do," said an optician. "Traveling la hard on glasses. Visitors to th country are particularly likely to com to grief In the matter. All the exigencies of travel about town do not present nearly so many danger to eye glasses as the unaccustomed exercises of riding, rowing, hunting and fishing. It took town people a long time to learn that and many a man away for a vaca tion found himself In some remote hamlet virtually deprived of his eyes. Now trav elers hav grown wise. They Invest In one or two extra pairs of glasses before leaving the city, and so make summer a harvest time for us opticians." "Th east side children are nothing If not generous," remarked the woman who live around there. "Yesterday I stopped to look at a baby boy and a dog sitting out on the sidewalk against the wall di viding up a small box of Ice cream just about big enough to hold In the baby's fist. First th baby would lick the Ice cream, then he would hold it out for the dog. He waa a nice little dog with a pretty pointed ncse. He waa polite, too. Once when the baby forgot and licked the cream twice he never said a word; he didn't bark even; but I noticed that when It came around to his turn again he came very near cleaning out the little box of It lc cream." General Apathy" la Ms I Philadelphia Record. II Manila, the Philippine capital, has a popu lation of 22S.OOO. but the registry list for the election pf member of the popular as sembly to take place In the near future contain only 7.902 names In view of the great clamor for parliamentary representa tion the lack of Interest of which this small registration Is an Indication 1 re markable. "General Apathy" was neves more undlsputediy tn command In any Amer ican municipality. The benevolent assimi lation ot the Filipinos appears to have proceeded beyond expectation; or la the abstention from participation In the ap proaching elxctlon a manifestation of sullen discontent and expressive of doubts of the usefulness of an assembly which can legis late only on subjects of no vital and real Bopular internal t You may buy coffee which costs you a trifle less than Arbuckle3 Ariosa Coffee, but you really pay more for it and do not get as good coffee. Don't get confuted Arbucklea' Ariosa Coffee is really the cheapest good coffee in the world. In sealed packages for your protection, Aw-BOCHXJB BSkOA. XW Trt at. BELLEVUE IS A BUSY PLACE College Campui in Readiness for the Summer Assembly. FRIDAY IS THE OPENING DAY for Ten Day th Exorcise Will Con tlnne, Enlisting lone of th Nation' Moat Promi nent Men. The Bellevue assembly grounds are scenes of busy activity. It Is the eve of the open ing of the ten days' assembly there which wll begin Friday afternoon with an Intro ductory address by Dr. Guy- W. Wads worth, president of Bellevue college and also of the assembly. The Friday program includes also a Shakespearean reading, "Hamlet," by Samuel R. Elson of Omaha. In th evening Adrian M. Newen. th pop ular reader, will present Ralph Connor's "Sky Pilot." The Lincoln male quartet will Degin a four days' engagement. It would bo hard to find grounds more beautiful and more suited for assembly purposes than those at Bellevue, with all their historic association and the tangible beauty of greenery. The great auditorium tent 1 pitched near the hlstoiio Bellevu Presbyterian church. Many of th camp ers' tents are in p'lace a'nd new onea ar being pitched hourly. There are ample res taurant facilities. The assembly offlca and toll-gates are ready for business. Provisions has been made for tha enter talnment of visitors at the college dormi tories. In the private homes of Bellevu ana in tents on th grounds. Baroan of Information. The Omaha Information bureau Is at 1811 Farnam street. There prospective visitors can learn all about th assembly. At the assembly office in Bellevue a telephone has been installed, South Omaha exchange, No. 17824. Transportation to th grounds Is con venient, either by the lnterurban trolley from South Omaha, with cars every twenty minutes, or by the Burlington railway, on which trains leave for Bellevue at :10 a. m. and 8:10 p. m. regularly. For the special days, such as "Pioneer day," Saturday, August 8, a special train will leave the Omaha station at 1:80 p. m., returning after the evening entertainment. Dr. Henry Clark, the platform manager of the assembly, lias arrived In Bellevue. One of th new features of th program Is the address on Tuesday afternoon, August (, by Rev. H. M. Hamlll, D, D., superintend ent of Sunday school training work In he Methodist church of th south. His sub ject Is "Th Sunday School and th Ameri can Conscience." Senator LeFollette will speak the same afternoon on "Purer Poli tics." Tha lnterurban Una running to Bellevue and Fort Crook ha mad special pre para tlons for handling th crowds. A "Y" has been Installed at Bellevu and six ears will be put Into service, running In pairs. This will be1 just double th service whloh Is used to handle th big Sunday crowds. To help In the movement of th cars a "booster" has been Installed at the plant of the Omaha & Council Bluffs Street rail' way, which furnishes the power, to raise the voltag to 750, the usual voltage being (50. WESTERN NEBRASKA COMING Country Reaping; Benefit of Railroad and Irrigation Canal Eft. terprlo. Ted Funk of Sutherland was in Omaha Thursday. He Is enthusiastic over affairs In western Nebraska. "The Burlington and Union Pactflo ar both building from North Piatt Into th North Piatt river country and th coun try Is booming In consequence. Th gov ernment Irrigation projects up there ar th Incentive," said Mr. Funk. "Out at North Platte ths Union Pacific , I tnvestlng $500, 000 In terminals for Its new North Piatt line and the Burlington has only recently paid $180,000 for right-of-way through the city. All that -4s delaying th work Is the lack of help. Laborers In sufficient quantities cannot be secured for love or money. Th Union Paclflo will extend Its line to Northport and th Burlington will go to Bridgeport, thus completing It line for th Utah extension that will be built later. -The two lines parallel each other, but thkt 1 all th better for us up there." Some good ones left RIDAY and Saturday will be the last two days of our 20 per cent discount sale, on all men's, boys' and children's summer cloth ing. If you are in need of an extra suit, now is your chance to get a first class suit at 20 per cent off, or it would pay you to buy one for next season. $25 suits now $20; $20 now $16, and so on, and all first-class, up-to-date, this season's goods. Don't overlook your boy's suit; they always need the best you can afford to buy for them, and your money will go further Friday and Saturday than it will Monday $5 suits now $4; $10 suits now $8; $15 suits now $12, and so on. Boys' and children's straw hats at one-half price. 25 per cent discount on children's wash suits. Drop in Friday and Saturday. Browning, King & E. S. WILCOX, Manager. PERSONAL, NOTES. David Graham Phillips, the author, It touring Europe. He will return to America In th autumn after a visit to Paris. Th latest graft Jury at San Francisco disagreed, and now Millionaire Glass muni fc-et along Without knowing whether he gav any bribes or not. An abusive street car conductor of New York has been sent to Jail. General applica tion of th rule that placed him there would tax th cell capacity of the metropolis. General Homer A. Bylngton, th American consul to Naples, celebrated his 83d birthday on board the Cretlo on Its late trip from Genoa to New York, which ended on Satur day. Th occasion waa made a general fete for all aboard. People who were led to believe by the magazine writings of Thomas W. Lawson that "th system" left htm practically pen niless will be relieved to learn that he has some small change left. He has just bought a smelting plant In Arlnona for $17,000,000. Ferdinand Bonn, the eccentric Berlin actor-manager, who ha been growing rich and famous recently by producing pirated versions ef Conan Doyle's stories has pub lished an open letter In which he charges th author of Sherlock Holmes of plagiarism front Poa, Gaboriau and many other. Nearly $20,000,000 were the receipts of the Marshall Field estate during th last year, as shown by th first annual report of the executors, filed In the probate court at Chicago. In exact figures 218.884,670.60 was collected, and all but $578,121 was distributed In accordance with the provisions of the will, thereby paying the majority of the legacies. LAUGHING OAS. "I suppose you and your son share the responsibility of your new home?" "Oh, yes. He does the automoblilng and I do th lawn mowlnx." Cleveland Plain Dealer. "You put up a good bluff on keeping this rubber gam to yourself," said the Belgian Parliament to King Leopold, "hut it's called." "les, "fluttered the king, "I've got to let th 'con.' go!" Baltimore American. "Here' a pretty graft. That girl who collected damagee because she claimed her hearing was destroyed In an accident is working for the telephone company." That sot I was wondering where tney got their girls." Cleveland Leader. "Gentlemen." said the prisoner, after ac quittal "I thank you for my vindication." "xoung reuer, replied tne foreman ot th jury, "you don't seem to know the difference between a vindication and a streak of good luck." Philadelphia Ledger. "I'm sure you'd be charmed with thai house. If you took It," said the agent. ' "Why don t you and your wife discuss tne question T" My dear sir," replied HennecK, -my wife never discusses thlncra with me. She . always disputes." Philadelphia Press. "Lov Is a fever In the system." "Then I guess Smith is In love with a grass widow." "What make you think thatT" "Because he ha hay fever." Baltimore American. With difficulty they dragged him from the folding bed that had shut upon him a he slept. "That's the first time I ever was caught napping," he said, and in enjoyment of the Joke forgot his bruises. Philadelphia Ledger. MELON-ARIA. ' In th burning August "Dog-days' When blistering sun rays burn, With a blasting, withering, hot blaze, Melting out our lives; we yearn For the Ice-bound Arctlo region, , For the lofty summit's snow; And our wishes number legion That we somewhere else could go. W swallow Ice-cream soda. Sip cold lemonade through straws. And like priest In far Pagoda, Worship Vulcan and his laws; Seeking thus to stay th torrent Of his angry, blazing wrath. Or In brooklet's cooling current Plunge ourselves, and take a bath. But e'en there, the least exposure Of our backs above the waves. Only swells our discomposure; Blistered, sore, our nature craves ' Something cooling; and we sadly, Just a ghost of courage catch. As we think, ye, now more gladly, Of th melon In the patoh. Yes. we've found the clue we wanted. And we're suited with our lot; For when life is "Dog-day" haunted, "TIs the melon hits the spot. Ah! The Juicy watermelon, And the toothsome cantaloupe. Make our day dreams worth the tellln' And our pulses beat with hope. So we'll sing the melon's praises, Yes, we'll laud them loud and long, While the scorching sun ray blase, Cheerily we'll sing our song. J. il. HUUHE8.