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THE OMAHA' DAILY BEEt THURSDAY. SEPTEMBER' 5, 1P07.
The Omaha Daily Bel
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VtCTOJl P.OBlJYVATETl. EDITOR.
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TATEMKNT OF CIRCULATION.
Etata of Nebraska, Douglas county, :
Oeorge B. Ttschuck, treasurer of Th
Bee publishing Company, being- duly
sworn, aya that th actual number of
full and complete ooplea of The pally
Morning. Evening and Sunday Bee printed
during the month of August, 107, waa aa
follow:
1 36,750 17 86,640
t 3,40 IS as.ioo
I ,. 37,040 1 37 130
4........ 36,00 20 87,000
S 37,440 21 36,640
36,830 . 22 36,390
1 36,700 23 36,960
8 36,880 24 36,880
8 96,660 15 38.600
10.. 36,880 I 36,780
11 88,880 2T 36,680
II 37,840 SS 36 480
II 37,110 19 36,800
14 36,700 10... 36,840
154 36,770 11 36,140
l 88,860 '
Total 1 1,138,330
Lieaa unsold and returned coplea. 11,346
Net total ..1,186.974
daily avrag ae,3M
GEO. B. TZSCHUCK.
Treasurer.
Subacrlbed In my presence and sworn to
before me thla Slit day of August, 1107.
(Seal) M. B. HX'NGATE.
. Notary Public
WUE5 OCT Or TOWS,
Subscribers tearing; th elty ten
po rarity shoal kst Th Be
nailed to them. Addrea will b
cnanaeol a often a s'eo.nestcn.
Almost time to put the lid on the
straw lid.
On the face of. the figures South
Oman Is the banner democratic corner
f Nebraska.
It looks as If Douglas county were
the only real Sedgwick territory on
the political map.
Coal will make just as many clin
kers in the furnace as it did before
Its price was advanced.
Chicago's White Sox have dropped
until the baseball fans are beginning
to suffer from cold" feet. - ' 1
The candidate who advertised him
self as "Just a common republican"
proved to be too common.
, Judge Sutton should know . now
where to look when he wants to en
rage a campaign manager.
The sum and substance of Oovernor
Magoon's report is that he has ordered
the Cubans to take another bath.
The merger of ttoe "rival, "press
bureaus" under the shadow of the
state house will now be In order.
The country la not complaining
about the kind of mud slinging now
in progress on the Panama canal.
The world is showing rare lack 0
concern over the report that the sultan
of Morocco has been assassinated. .
Some of those "next best friend"
lawyers have been relieved of their de
lusions about MrsEddy's delusions.
Harmony must now be the watch
ivord of Douglas county republicans
io make sure of success In November.
Alton B. Parker says he is out of
politics. The people had some hint
of that fact as early as November,
1904.
Colonel Bryan still Insists that he
believes in the referendum, even if he
did suffer from It In a couple of cam
paigns. Mr. Haaret says he will not sound
any keynote. Mr. Hearst always
travels with a band, refusing to do
Kilo stunts, t .
That noise like a man- falling down
the cellar stairs with a scuttle of coal
Is the western farmer laughing over
Wall street's panic tark.
Peary gave up his dash to the pole
because he could not raise the wind
and now Weilman is delaying his start
because the wind will not raise htm.
, Senator Knox postively refuses to
discuss his presidential boom or to
talk politics at all. .That man's popu
larity should not be underestimated.
William Rockefeller has exchanged
all bla horse vehicles for automobiles.
He has persuaded himself that he can
afford It, as he makes his own gaso
line. Th rpan who thinks he is indispen
sable usually find a, when he returns
from his vacation, that bis understudy
baa done the work to everybody's satisfaction.
Secretary Root might get all the ex
ercise he needs by becoming a' director
of the Illinois Central Instead of
.pending bis time and money In train
lug at Muldoou'6)
more mo set for the farmers.
Secretary Wilson, who has Just re
turned to Washington from on ex
tended tour of the west, predicts that
the farmers of America will receive
about 11,000,000,000 more for their
crops this year than they derived from
the record breaking crop of 1906.
The American Agriculturist cf New
Tork and the Manufacturers' Record
of Baltimore have been making very
careful inquiry into conditions of the
crops throughout the country and both
agree with the estimate of Secretary
Wilson, the New Tork publication
placing the gain at something more
than the secretary's figures.
This means that the American farm
ers will this year receive a monetary
return of more than 17,000,000,000
from crops, in epite of the reduced
yield In certain products, the lack In
yield being more than offset by the in
crease in prices, due to' shortage of
the crop in foreign countries and the
enlarged demands both at home and
from abroad.
The situation is full of encourage
ment for the entire country and must
be particularly gratifying to the real-
dents of the great- cereal producing
region west of the Mississippi, which
must be the largest beneficiary of the
prosperous conditions. It means more
money for the farmer, who is already
out of debt; more business for the
merchant, more employment for the
workmen, more trafflejfor the rail
roads, increased business for the pack
ers and stockmen, and more prosper
ity in all lines of activity.
It may also serve to explain why
the west has refused to shiver, and
shuddeT over every decline in specula
tive stocks or to see national disaster
in sight every time some trust combi
nation is brought into the federal
courts to answer for its misdeeds, .
THE RESULT LOCALLY.
The result of the primary election
locally gives the republicans a strong
county ticket, which will compare
more than favorably with previous
lists of nominees submitted to the
favor of the voters.
While no slate- has gone through
unchanged, the resulting combination
of candidates successful at the pri
mary should oome'as near to satisfy
ing the different elements of the party
as would have been accomplished by
the most carefully guided convention.
The whole "harmony" .. ticket has
been ratified by the rank and file of
the voters with the exception of two
places, in both of which the break is
to be ascribed to the large field of
candidates diverting the issues be
tween the real competitors. Whether
Smith for. clerk of the court will show
the vote-getting ability that has been
demonstrated by Bingham remains to
be seen. The ticket has two towers
of strength in Brailey for sheriff and
Furay for treasurer, while the others
who have won over competitors,
namely, Solomon for comptroller,
Ehrlver for assessor and Davis for
coroner, should give much additional
force to it3 appeal to popular favor.
On the Judicial ticket the renoml-
natlon of Judge Sutton with flying
colors was almost a foregone conclu
sion. It was in the air that the Bit
ting members of the district bench
should be retained without discrimina
tion , between them and the' Voters
seem to have registered their wishes
In this matter effectively. The nomi
nation of the judges is equal to an
election practically without opposition.
All in all, the outcome of the pri
mary in Douglas county ought to serve
to eliminate still further whatever
remnants of factionalism may have re
mained and to knit the party firmly
together for 1908.. , , ,
JOWA. EDITORS ASD DARWIN
Members of the Iowa Editorial 'as
sociation faced an awkward situation
at their Spirit Lake convention the
other day and acquitted themselves
with a degree of brilliant 'that weuld
qualify most of them for 'places in the
diplomatic, corps. The editors had
been holding a meeting, running
over a week, with morning and after
noon addresses by bright chautauqua
lights, and then devoting ;tte evening
session to a round tauleu discussion of
the addresses they had heard during
the day. The big day came' when the
morning address was , delivered ,'by
Prof. Oeorge M. Roberta of the Uni
versity of Chicago and the afternoon
talk by Prof. James E. Orr of the
University of Glasgow. Both were to
speak on topics of interest to editors
and It was anticipated that they would
offer food' for a lively and uplifting
discussion at the evening round table.
In the course of his address, at the
forenoon session. Prof.- Roberts
gravely informed the editors that "the
principle of universal evolution, as
Darwin proclaimed it. Is accepted by
every university in the world," and
he went on to prove It. His address
waa so specific and backed up with
so many unquestioned authorities that
the editors promptly lost all desire to
look up their ancestry, for more than a
generation or so back and then ad
journed for lunch.' At the afternoon
session Prof. Orr, who declared that
his views were shared and fully en
dorsed by the entire faculty pf the
University of Glasgow, gravely assured
the molders of public opinion that
"the theories of Darwin, notably his
theory of universal evolution, have
been discredited and discarded by the
foremost scientists and the leading
universities of Europe and America."
He proved It. too, by an array of au
thorities quite as formidable and Im
pressive as that presented by Prof.
Roberts. 1. -
It was clearly up to the Iowa editors
to do something in such an emer
gency. The issue was as clear cut as
the fight between Governor Cummins
and Colonel Lafe Young, and no Iowa
editor runs away from a fight. But
just at that time the impression gained
ground that no great profit could come
out of discussing the scholastic fights
over evolutionary theories and a cheer
greeted a motion that the round table
be waived in favor of a vaudeville per
formance on at the opera house. The
motion went through with a whoop
and the Darwinian theory Is still unsettled.
FRosPERirr or rat railwatb.
The showing of railroad earnings
for the month of June goes very far
toward refuting the claims made by
certain high financiers that the course
of the federal and state administra
tions in regulating railroad rates spells
ruin or confiscation for the railroads.
Up to date eighty-four roads have re
ported their net and gross earnings
for the month, representing all the
big trunk lines and the Important lines
In all sections of the country. The
eighty-four lines show total groBS
earnings of $132,060,814, an Increase
of 15 per cent over June, 1908, the
most prosperous month in the history
of American railroading. The com
plaint of the railway magnates has
been that, despite the gross earnings,
the increased cost of material, higher
wages and other expenses due to legis
lative enactments, the profits would
be materially reduced. The June re
port falls to support this claim. The
net earnings for the month were $41,
021,559, an increase of 12.95 per cent
over last year's great record.
These figures are particularly Inter
esting, in view of the statistics Just
published by Poor's Manual illustrat
ing the railroad development for the
ten years ending with 190(1. The year
1896 was the first to show recupera
tion from the hard times and since
that time the progress has been steady
and consistent. The figures given by
Poor's for the decade are:
Gross Net
Capitalisation. Earnings. Earnings.
1S96 110,800,000,000 $1,125,000,000 $332,776,003
1906 15,000,000,000 2,846,000,000 790,187,000
The mileage of the railroads In 1896
was 181,394, as compared with 222,
635 In 1906. The capitalization, stated
in round numbers, does not take Into
account the market quotations of the
stocks, which were very low In 1896
and very high in 1906. While railroad
mileage has Increased but 20 per cent
In ten years, the Investment has in
creased about 40 per cent, showing the
vast amount of money spent in recon
struction, Improvements and the par
chase of new equipment.
The figures relating to earnings are
particularly Interesting. Gross earn
ings have more than doubled In the
decade, while the net earnings have
Increased mora than 150 per cent. In
other words, the Investment of new
capital In railroads since 1896 has
earned more than two and a half times
that earned prior to 1896.
The earnings of the railroads for
the first six months of the present year
show an increase In net of about 11
per cent. Last year every railroad In
the country had an enormous surplus
and the gain of 11 per cent over that
record stands out in bold contradic
tion of the claim made by the rail
roads that they have suffered from
"hostile legislation" or the policy of
tb.e administration.
W. H. Michael of Nebraska, now
consul-general to India, writes that
the laborers who raise the tobacco In
India get 10 to 12 cents a day, the
men making the cigars 12 to 20 cents
a day and the Madras firm handling
them advertises its three highest
grades at 2V4, 18-5 and 1H cents
apiece. Nice-looking stogies may be
had for 55 rents a thousand that is
about 19 for a cent. Thank! are due
Consul General Michael for telling us
the source of our campaign and
Christmas week cigars.
Down at Lincoln the political aages
have come to the conclusion that the
primary election kept more people
away from the state fair than the state
fair kept away from the primary elec
tion. To a man up a tree it would
seem that attendance at the primary
ought to be conducive to subsequent
attendance at the fair, especially If the
Lancaster statesmen had the price.
As to the contest over Judge Sutton,
the voters evidently took The Bee's
advlco to cast their ballots for him if
they wanted him retained on the
bench, and for the opposition slate it
they wanted him beaten. The returns
prove that those who want to keep
him on the bench are largely In the
majority.
New York has got rid of Its horse
cars, but still has miles of cedar block
pavements. However, New York may
not be wholly to blame, as the appro
priation for the expenses of the city's
government is only $140,000,000 a
year, and Tammany has to live.
That scientist who Insists that the
whole Atlantic coast is sinking and
that New York will soon be under
water has evidently been taking too
seriously some observations he must
have made on Wall street.
A staircase has been Invented which
plays tunes when walked upon. The
man who has a habit of getting home
a little late from the lodge will never
get enthusiastic over this invention.
The vagaries of the official ballot
after It has passed under the voter's
pencil are wonderful to' behold. Many
a voter could not explain why be hap
pened to decorate his ballot In t he
way he did to his own sattsfactlou,
much less to the satisfaction of any
one else.
The democratic bosses will now
have a chance to rearrange their ticket
through committee substitutions. The
competition for places in the demo
cratic procession will not be so strong
as to prevent the bosses having it all
their own way.
Prince Wilhelm of Sweden Is said
to have looked down upon Newport
from a high building. Most Ameri
cans look down upon Newport with
out seeking any high viewpoint. '
"Virginia republicans are united for
Cortelyou for president," says the
Brooklyn Eagle. That means that
those two Virginia republicans have
buried their differences.
ITnlane Rest Car.
Brooklyn Eagle.
A convicted prlaoner, permitted to stay
at a rest cur at a cost to himself of
$300 a week, presumably out of the pro
ceed of hi crime, presents at least an
anomalous case. Why doea John F. Gay
nor differ from any other sick prisoner?
Improving: Western Waterways.
St. Louis Republic.
With a surplus In his treasury fast grow
ing toward $300,000,000. our Uncle Samuel
ought to do something really handsome fur
his inland waterwaya next winter. The
amount would make fourteen feet of water
from Chicago to New Orleans and from
Omaha to the Mississippi. And the people
would get the money back In a very little
while.
What Cuba Coat l a.
Boston Herald.
Bo much of our army as Is In Cuba costs
us $3,554,970 more than It would have cost
to maintain it at home during- the fiscal
year of 1907. Such Is the report of Quar
termaster General Aleahire. nparlv I? 000.-
000 of this amount being for transporta
tion. We are not measuring what we are
aoing or have dona In Cuba In terms of
money, but It Is Just as well to know what
the cort la.
Brnaen Traction Swindle.
New Tork Journal of Commerce.
The deficiencies and weaknesses of our
whole transit system are due to stock
watering, gross abuses of financing and
evil management In the past, and all of
these have been gathered under the shield
of this holding company, which In Its or
ganization less than two years ago brazenly
added $108,000,000 to the already bloated cap
italization of the combined systems. The
people of this city have a right to know all
there Is to know about the methods and
condition of this combination and of all
Its integral parts, and the time has gone
by when concealment and secrecy will be
tolerated.
Cheek to American Emigration.
Springfield Republican.
An American scarcely knows whether or
not to be glad over last vear's iiiwiina e
the American emigration to Canada. Dur
ing me twelve months ended Julv 1. tha
arrivals In th Dominion from this country
numoerea M,Mg, or a decrease of 1.278 com
pared with th , preceding twelvemonth.
Thos of us who have felt some anDrehen-
slon over the American movement across
K if..., ,, - - .
" uor win, 01 course, be gratified by
the fact that the exodus haa annarontiv
culminated, but those who feel that a
strong American strain In the population of
m luiure Canada would tend to nromt
close relations and friendly sentiment be
tween the two countries will see nothing to
d particularly Joyful over. TW
clearly two ways of looking at the queation.
STATES ASD FEDERAL COtliTS.
Judge Prltchard's Deliverance Ke-
viewed and Contrasted.
8prlngfleld (Muss.) Republican.
It In evident from Justice Prltchard's de
cision In the North Carolina railroad rate
case that, while he admit the eleventh
amendment to be still a part of the federal
constitution, he Is Inclined to hold that
the fourteenth amendment largely super
sedes and nullifies it. the former
amendment th Judicial power of the
United States cannot extend to a suit In
law or equity prosecuted against one state
of the union by citizens of another state
or country. This action by a railroad cor
poration to prevent ' the enforcement of a
state law la In no sense a suit against the
stato, says the Judge, but In any event,
he virtually adda, the fourteenth amend
ment, prohibitive of state action depriving
any person of life, liberty or property
without due process of law, gives the fed
eral court Jurisdiction which It will assert.
Judge Alton B. Parker, In his address be
fore the American Bar association Monday,
spoke of tha twisting out of all semblance
of Its original purpose which this four
teenth amendment haa undergone. A case
In point Is this which the North Carolina
federal Judge Is dealing with. And In such
a view of the sweep of th fourteenth
amendment, how can It fall to cover a auit
In the federal courts by the bondholders
of a repudiating state to recovor their
property? If this 1 not a case of a state
depriving a person of his property with
out due process of law, what la such a
case? Yet It is well settled by the federal
courts that such a suit falls under the pro
hibition of the eleventh amendment.
Let It b conceded, however, that the
federal courts have Jurisdiction In these
Stat railroad rate cases, and may assert
It originally, and nullify state laws at
pleasure. There still arises the question
whether It would not be better all around
to accord more respect to the states and
their laws, and discourage appeals to fed
eral Jurisdiction until at least the disposi
tion of tha state courts to do Justice tins
been tested. ,
It Is said that the raising of a question
of rights guaranteed by the federal in
stitution forces the matter Into federal
Jurisdiction. But article 8 of that Instru
ment aays:
"Thla constitution, and the laws of the
United States which shall be rrado In pur
suance thereof shall be the supreme
law of th land, and the Judges in every
state shull be bound thereby, anything In
the constitution or laws of any state to
the contrary notwithstanding."
JVhlch means that the suid constitution
has a standing and must be given recogni
tion in the atate courts. It has 4 larger
meaning than seems to be commonly ac
ceptedthat the state courts aru merely
to respect th specific dtjcreei and inter
pretation of th United States supreme
court.
The latter tribunal has repeatedly as
serted the competency or right of state
courts to deal with federal constitutional
questions, subject, of course, to appeal
beyond the slate, and the genius of our
governmental system of distributed powers
will be better consulted If corporations
having grievances against a state or Its
laws should first , seek redress In the state
courts, even though able to raise a federal
question under the sleeping" scop of the
fuurtcsnth amendment.
BITS OF WAMIMRTOX LIFE).
Minor Sreaes aad Incident Sketched
on the Spot.
The Postofllce department Is taking no
tice of the activities of clairvoyants, for
tune tellers, prophets and prophetesses, sev
enth daughtera and thirteenth son who
utilise the mull service to lure the coin of
the realm from th pocket of the addle
pated. Two noted dispensers of occult
power In print, with headquarters In Chi
cago, have been denied the us of the malls
and "fraud" has been stamped on th ad
dress side of all mall held up. One of the
two, a professor, by the way, filed an affi
davit with the postofllce authorities setting
forth his occult power at great length, and
forming part of the newspaper advertise
ment. N Fersons responding with a remit
tance of 25 cents for answer to two ques
tions aro sent a circular embodying an ap
peal for a further remittance of $5 for a
complete life reading. Questions asked are
answered in an Indefinite manner, th In
spectors report, and tho remitter of $5 re
ceives a printed horoscope Identical with
that sent to every person born under the
same sign and consisting of Indefinite and
worthless paragraphs describing the char
acter of such persons. The heartless au
thorities failed to take the occult professor
seriously and a fraud order Issued accord
ing. Should this course be followed
throughout the country, postofllce officials
charged with the task need, not patronise a
gymnasium for exercise.
it'
"Plant Trees on Wsste Places" Is th
slogan which the American Forestry asso
ciation has adopted with a view to mend
ing tho awful waste which has character
ized the treatment of our forested areas.
"If timber cutting and timber waste goes
on at the present rate," said Secretary of
Agriculture James Wilson the other day,
who, among other things, is the president
of the American Forestry association, "and
there la no forest planting In the mean
time, we will In twnty-flve or thirty years
be a treeless nation."
Of course, the United States will wake up
soma time on the subject of trees and for
ests. There appears to be considerable
ethical Interest throughout the eountry
now, but when wood become as scarce
and as high-priced as It Is In Germany,
for Instance, one can depend upon it that
there will be a rush to plant forests, be
cause trees will be of more crop value than
wheat, even on the best wheat land.
But It Is the waste, unused places land
that Is not considered tillable that should
receive the greatest tree-planting attention.
There are vast areas of Such lands In the
aggregate, varying In extent from plots of
a few acres to huge tracts that can be
successfully planted to trees.
The time Is not so far distant a the
average man Imagines when the Increased
price of lumber will make necessary the
planting of trees even on good agricultural
land. The price of timber lands Is doubling
every few years. The Philadelphia Com
mercial Museum Is authority for the state
ment that within six years lands In the
southern Appalachian timber regions have
Increased from $0 or $6 an acre to $15
and $20.
There Is an elderly, but well preserved
clerk In one of tho departments at Wash
ington, rays Harper's Weekly, whose ex
tremely martial bearing, together with
the red face and white hair so Intimately
associated In the popular mind with th
military, has on more than one occasion
caused the old gentlemen to be taken for
some distinguished officer. This mistake on
the part of his fellow citizens I a source
of much gratification to the old gentleman,
and he never loses an opportunity to
heighten the Illusion On their part.- Re
cently this clerk was In a Pullman at
tached ti a train for New York, when the
usual mistake occurred. Several men
saluted the distinguished clerk, which
salutes he returned with military gravity.
Finally, a man giving evidence of having
dined a bit too freely greeted the old chap
with: "How are you, general?" The old
gentleman did not reply, but gave the un
known a glance of great severity. Then,
turning to a train boy who chanced to be
passing at the moment, he called out:
Here, boy! Give me a copy of the Army
and Navy Register!"
One of the amenities of official life Is
the tresm of suK-reatlohs from wags hero
nnrt there who have brlarht Ideas for the
conduct of public affairs. Acting Secre
tary of the Navy Newberry receivea a
letter from a Mr. John A. Hill or lx
Angeles, urging that more bly ships be
built for the navy.
T observe in the public prints." said
Mr Hill, "that the government Is to be
richer by the sum of $29,000,000 In fines 1m-
no.ed nn the magnates of the Standard Oil
company. May I propose In my modest
wov Mr (Secretary, that you get noia 01
this money and build Ave more fine big bat
tleships for the Pacific station? If you
hxhkH t would like to propose as names
for them the following: The John D., the
Billionaire, the H. H. Rogera. th jonn
Doe. the Rockefeller and the Judge Kene-
saw Mountain Landia."
it i curious coincidence that most of
the "stage1 money flashed by villains In
melodramas, and for which there is so
hinori-lettlns: and murder In sensa
tional play. Is made in Washington al-
, ..iikin tu shadow of the bureau of
engraving and printing. The demand for
It ha caused it to develop into quit a
iimi innatrv. It is widely used aa "prop
erty" for regular dramatic production and
also for amateur theatricals. It Is engraved
on green paper, like "greenbacks.
a nn,m issue of ' stage money con
tained the picture of Cassle Chadwlck,
whose frenzied financial manipulations
landed her In prison.
PERSONAL NOTES.
One of the curious things about the fight
ing In Morocco Is that It is going on with
out the assistance of any Missouri mules.
Joseph Bucklln Bishop, secretary of the
Isthmian Canal commission, will have
charge of a new weekly paper, the Canal
Record, at Tanama, which will appear
this week as the ofnclal organ of th canal
authorities.
Judge Lewis I. O'Neal, who has Just
died In Washington, served as a Justice for
forty years in that city. He was born In
Maryland and served as an ensign In th
federal navy on the Old Ironside,' being
present at Kort Sumter when the opening
shot waa fired.
Prof. J. J. Btevenaon of New York uni
versity and Prof. W. M. Davla of Harvard
university are among the Americans who
will attend the celebration of the centennial
of the foundation of the Geological society,
Umdon, which will take place at th end
of next month.
Prof. Frederick Btarr. anthropologist of
th University of Chicago, left this week
on his seventeenth visit to the Republic of
Mexico. He will spend a month In ex
amining various parta of the country, ea
peclally the territory lying along the Rio
Grande, Blerra Madr Paolflo railway.
Thla visit will conclude his third year of
study of Mexico.
It Is Interesting to note, says th He
brew Standard, that th secretary of Cald
Maclean. Kalsuli's captive, la a Jew by
name of Isaacs. He is th brother-in-law
o MU'bael Bherbrooke. the actor. Th real
name of Mr. Sherbrook la Shewzlk, and
he la the son of Rev. B. Shewslk of Lon
don. Mr. 8hrbrooke was originally trained
Vji the ministry at JV collue
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BROTHER OF JUDGE DUNN
Eelative of Jurist Wlio Tried 'Frisco
' Grafter in Omaha.
SANGUINE, 0VTE CITY'S FUTURE
Say It Will Be Greatest In Coantry
nd Only ' One that Could
Have Survived 8och
Calamities.
J. P. Dunn of Ban Francisco, brother of
8. P. Dunn, , Judge of the superior court
before whom the grafters (Schmiti and
Ruef) were tried, paased through the city
on the Overland Limited Wednesday morn
ing, returning to Ban Francisco from New
York. Mr. Dunn la in the liquor business
and is one of Frisco's leading politicians.
He declined to say anything about the
grafters because of the position of his
brother aa the Judge who passed sentence
upon Schmlts.
"I think we have tie greatest city In
the Country out there," he said. "It Is
wonderful what has been accomplished in
building up the ruined city and In over
coming obstacles. That proverb about
misfortunes never coming singly, but all
being married, and some practicing
polygamy. Is certainly true. Our trouble
started with the earthquake, continued with
th fire, was continued In our next with the
labor troubles, and haa been concluded, we
hope, with th grafters.
"But there can be no doubt that Ban
Francisco Is going to be the greatest city
In the UnlUd States. Any other olty would
have been utterly crushed by th pouring
down of misfortunes that w have suffered.
Our people are Just as sanguine as ever.
Wa ar building; as rapidly as men can
build, and th structures are of a magni
tude and solidity which indicate that capi
tal Is not a bit afraid of San Francisco.
Rents In the business district are higher
than they were before the earthquake I
mean before the fire. Well, yes, the two
disasters did come at about the same time,
but we San Franciscans don't say 'earth
quake' when we can say 'fire.' It was
really th fir that did the damage, any
way." UNITED BRETHREN BUY HOME
New Ckurota Secures Old Doliaintc
Erected by First I'nlversallst
Congrrca;ntlon,
The. First United Brethren church has
bought tho old church building built and
occupied for six or seven years by the
First Universallst church at Nineteenth
and Lathrop streets. The building has
been idle for some eight or nine years, or
since th dissolution of the Universallst
church membership. Th purchase price
Is not disclosed, but Rev. M. O. McLaugh
lin, pastor, says that when some 12,000 of
improvements are made the building will
be worth about 118,000.
The church haa a seating capacity of 600
and is well appointed but the new owners
will Improve it in a modern way and within
a year or two Install a pipe organ. Until
then they will use two small organs. Th
location of th church. In th Kountz
Place, Is regarded a Ideal.
The First United Brethren church is not
thoroughly organized and will not be until
January 1, but K Is holding services and
Rev. Mr. McLaughlin Is making an active
canvass for more members. This denomi
nation ha nlnety-nv churche In Ne
braska, but It has never had one In Omaha
before. It has an actlv on at Lincoln.
POSTOFFICE SAFE ROBBED
FlftyFonr Dollr Received lr
ThUve Who Work at Wis.
rott, Wy.
FT. LARAMIE, Wyo.. Sept. l-(Speclal
TelegramV-The postofllce at Wlncott,
Wyo.. Just east of hr. wa robbed
last night and M and som stamps wer
taken from a drawer. As yet no clue as
to the culprits has been located, but the
government officials are now on th cas.
GOOO
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Good aims are necessary; good Ideals
are neceaeary. No man has ever made
a success of his world mark without
them; no business man which lacked
them has attained the confidence of
the community In which he lived.
Before entering a store to make a
purchase do you ever atop and think
whether It has any aim other than to
make as much out of you as possible
and whether It meet Us obligations
to you as It should.
The Hoape alms can be stated brief
ly: First otf we have always In mind
the necessity of planning to deserve
more and more the confidence of the
people and to merit the growth we
have attained
To give perfect service and to Im
prove that service day by day, to make
aa few mistakes as possible and to
cheerfully correct those few at the ear
liest opportunities; to sell the highest
grade of goods at the very lowest
A. HOSPE
WE DO EXTtHT PIANO
LAUGHING GAS.
Towne Fischer seems to be hnvlnir
lnr.y time on his vacation. H says hit
whole occupation Is simply lying around
ami fishing.
Uiowne Huh! I'll bet a cookie he'll con.
tlnue the first half of that occnpntlotl
when he gets back. Philadelphia Trews.
"Havo you devoted much time to th
study of political economy?"
"No." answered Senator Sorghum. "My
attention has been largely engaged in keep
ing down camputKn expenses. I have beer
studying economical politics." Washington
Star.
"She seems to have a fine touch," "said
the guest, "but, to save me, I can't tell
what she's drlvln' at."
"Why, man," replied the landlord, "she's
a-playln' In dlalect.'VAtlanta Constitution.
Benevolent Strnnger What are you going
to be when you grow up?
Johnny Investigated, . I s'pose. New
York Sun.
"These kisses you sold mo yesterday are
hard and stale," growled a customer at the
candy counter. "1 thought you claimed to
keep only fresh candles."
"We do generally,"' replied the fair sales
lady. "Those must have come from on old
batch." Llpplncott's Magazine,
HIS INTERESTED FIUEXD.
Catholic Standard and Times.'
Eseuao me dat I don'ta mak'
You welcom' here, Manor,
You aee, I 'frald for mak' mcestak;
I gotta stung bay fore.
Ees notta many 'Merlcan
0 vera, vera few 1
Dat com' to dees pennutta-stan'
An' say "Hello!" like you.
You speak so line, you know so mooch,
Ess hard for me to see
W'at for you want be frand weeth boocU
A dumba man like me.
Las' week grand man like you ees com'
An' maka frandly ao.
I am so proud but O! so dumb
1 tal heem all I know.
He ees so eenterest een me
An' speak so kind, so sweet,
I am so proud as I can be
An' brag a leeta beet.
I tal how mooch I mak' a day'
An' w'at I savin', too.
An' weeth my bigga mout' I say 4
More theengs dan w'at ees true. 1
Now, who you s'pose ees dees unknown.
Good, klnda frand to me?
Eees president for bank dat own
All deesa property I
Today dees klnda man he sent
To me hees agent man
To say I gotta pay more rent
For dees peanutta-stan'.
Baycauso I mak' so beeg mcestak'
An' gotta stung bayfore,
Escuse me eef I don'ta mak'
Mooch talk weeth you, Slgnor.
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With a can of jap-a-LAC,
you can so easily
refinish the baseboards
in your home, that when
you're through, you'll
wonder how so complete
a transformation was
possible, with so little
effort.
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prices these also are alms we keep
before us always.
We have conducted our piano' busi
ness along different lines from most
stores but we honestly believe that the
public In general Is In thorough ac
cord with our methods, knowing they
are positive assurance of economy and
protection. We ask our customers to
believe In us to the utmost and we
absolutely keep faith in every case,
no matter what the sacrifice.- .
The Hospe Piano store is the larg
est in the west. Ita stock of pianos la
the mott extensive and most varied.
It does not pay commissions and fol
lows strictly the one price system. It
offers the best values for the lowest
possible cost and makes the purchase ot
a piano easy for the smallest tncom.ee.
i The truth of these statements can
j not be questioned. Call upon us or
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