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THE OMAIIA DAILY BKE: MUX I) AY, OCTOBKTl 28, 1907.
Hie Omaha Daily BEt,
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STATEMENT Of C7RCTU.ATION.
Stale of Nebraska, Douglas county, ss:
Chsrles C. Ilevwater, general manager
of The Ii Publishing Company, being duly
worn. Bay that t)i actual number nf
full and complete coplea ot Th Dally
Morning. Evsnlng and Sunday Bee printed
ditrlnw tba month of September, 1807, waa a
lullowi:
I 88.700 18.... 38,850
J 86,840 IT 38.890
I 38,300 II 33,580
4 38,880 II 36,500
38,360 10.; 38.290
I 38,840 tl 38,870
1 86,340 21.. 85,320
1 85,800 ' II 37.360
36,140 14 38,830
10 36,630 IS- 38.380
11 M.470 20.....' 38,830
,13 30470 IT 36,800
II 30,030 II 36,680
14 3e310 21 38,653
II 36,400 10... 38,890
Total 1,093,470
Lei unsold aod returned oople. 8,887
Nat total 1,063,583
Dally average 38,119
CUAfiUS C. ROSEWATER,
Qeneral Manager.
Subscribed In my presence and worn
to before ma thi iota aay of Septem
ber, 1K0J.
iBeei) 1 U. D. HUNOATB.
Notary Public,
wubi out or town. :
S ebacrl txrs leaving th city teaa
yorarlly skaald Tha
kaalled to them. Adcrees will
obaaged aa aft) aa rq.aest4.
Germany has lost Its supremacy on
the ocean, but Is now leader in the air.
In a few weeks there will be an
other flight 6f gas bags toward Wash
ington. The Westinghouse people discovered,
that water interferes, seriously, with
the operation of airbrakes. '
One of those Carnegie hero medals
fchould go to Secretary Cortelyou, who
has made a record la the life saving
line in Wall street. r
According to Prof. Todd, a. year .on
Mars consists ot 60,000 days. Pleasant
for those who pay their bills only on
the first of ech year.. '
Those who complain about the high
cost of living have, something new to
chew on. The price of false teeth has
been advanced 40 per cent.
Wall street professes to hate Presi
dent Roosevelt intensely, but Jt does
not hosltate to accept aid from the
president's secretary ot the treasury.
With the end of the campaign clos
ing in, the local democratic organ 1b
again beginning to see things. It al
ways throws these fits Just before elec
tion. la addition to being an expert with
the lariat, "Mayor Jim" is also demon
strating that ho is no slouch when it
comes to throwing words through a
screen. .
That familiar old item in the rural
press to the effect that "Joha Jones
made a flying trip to New York this
week" may be accepted literally In the
near future.
"Newspapers all over the world are
always on the wrong side ot every
question,' says O. Bernard Shaw. That
cannot be true. None of them 1 ever
agrees with Shaw.
"Wall street financiers have a lot
of new v elephants on their hands,"
says a Chicago paper. So have the
Rlngllng Bros., who have just bought
Barnum A Bailey's circus.
A New York judge has decided that
objectionable characters may be kicked
from theater. Now. you may know
what to do when the ste Irishman
with pink whiskers triie to do his
stunt. .. . "
As sheriff, E. F. Bralley will be a
big -man la a big place. His demo
cratic opponent is now a member ot
the city council, where he is showing
that-he is too email for even that
small place.
Bourke Cockran was busy, last year
explaining why Hearst and Tammany
had formed an alliance. This year he
,1s explaining, why Tammany will not
stand tor Hearst, Cockran's explainer?
is always In working order.
The total gold production of the
United States in 1806, according to
figures Just issued by the director of
the mint, was valued at $94. ITS. $00,
or just a little less than Nebraska's
- corn crop tor the same year. -
Please take notice that the date
fixed by Mayor "Jim" for removing
the screens is Just three days after the
day fixed tor the big blow-out of the
Dahlman Democracy, with Colonel
Bryan'as the star dinner guest. No
exposure to vlsw until after that far
famed evtaU , I
lMPROYlXa 11SLASD WATKBWAT8.
Friends of the president's very popu
lar policy for improving the Inland
waterways of the country may tiud It
necessary to form a working alliance
for the plan that will be proposed by
the Inland Waterways commission to
defeat efforts already manifested in
different sections of the country to con
tinue the general distribution of river
and harbor appropriations, instead of
having the money employed in carry
Ing out a systematic plan ot waterway
work. The eastern press Is already
agitating many schemes for improve
ments of local streams and attempting
to arouse opposition to any effort ot
the commission or of congress to de
vote a large amount of money to the
Mississippi and Missouri rivers and
their tributaries. In New England,
New York, Pennsylvania and all
through the south, organizations are
being perfected to bring pressure to
bear upon congress for appropriations
for local streams the same as ot old.
It is understood that the members
of the Inland Waterways commission,
aided by the best hydrographic engi
neers of the country, have worked out
a plan which, with an annual appro
priation ot $50,000,000 for the next
ten years, will carry through to com
pletion all the principal waterway pro
jects in which the country ' at large
' is Interested. It Is to be proposed by
J this report, so it is understood, to
j appropriate about $7,000,000 a year
for' work on the ' Mississippi. That
j would leave $43,000,000 a year to be
divided among other improvement pro
jects and a Judicious distribution of
that amount should result In rapid
progress on ,.all of the rivers really
deserving national attention.
President Roosevelt has warned the
nation, in his speech at Nashville,
against undertaking too many projects
at once. There is of course a limit to
the amount of work that can be done
upon any one project In a year, but
It would be extravagance and folly
so to divide the work as to Interfere
with the general plan of systematic
improvement. It Is doubtless desirable
that many of the smaller rivers of the
country should be improved, but the
first consideration should go to the
main water arteries of commerce
which must accommodate the traffic
that awaits them, a traffic so large
that the railroad companies admit they
cannot handle it and will not be in
position to do bo for years to come.
If the measure is to be overloaded at
the start it will never be able to navi
gate safely through congress.
RUSSIA'S COKSKRVATITE DUliA.
Even the extreme Russian radicals
admit that the elections which have
been in progress tor more than a
month In the different Russian prov
inces will result in the selection of a
conservative majority. The octobrlsts,
in fusion wltn the conservatives, will
hold about two-thirds ot the seats in
the new Parliament, and the two fac
tions which are separated by but slight
differences, ' are pledged to work to
gether for conservative progress
toward parliamentary government.
The first and second Russian
Dumas, it will be remembered, were
controlled by extremists, who insisted
upon reforms which the czar and his
advisors were unwilling to concede.
Both were summarily dissolved, and
the rather liberal form of franchise
under which they were chosen was
modified, and hedged around by re
strictions which promise ton result in
keeping the ultra-radical reformers
out ot the coming session. The result
of the new election will mark a new
career for Russia, If Premier Stolypln
is able to carry out the reforms to
which he has secured the pledges ot
the czar and his imperial advisers.
The proposals allowing peasants to
secure ownership, or at least, long
time leases in public lands, together
with other agrarian reforms, will be
undertaken gradually. Any progress In
this direction will be a concession on
the part of the csar, and, perhaps, the
Stolypln plan is the best, or rather the
most practical, that has been sug
gested. He declares that the peasants
are not yet ripe for Belt-government
and cannot become go for another
generation. In the meantime he pro
poses to extend their representation
gradually, to the end that, when they
show capacity they shall lie granted
representative power.
Jt the government Is honest in the
I proposed program it may prove a long
step toward civil liberty and a repre
sentative form of government in Rus
sia. If it Is not honest in its intentions
it will only speed the revolution.
SBKEP Vs. 7SIS DOGS.
Maine baa a new issue that promises
a fight as bitter as that waged over
the state's prohibition enactmenta and
much more exciting than the one-elded
fight between the republicans and
democrats. The issue Is drawn be
tween the farmers and the hunters,
the farmers demanding a law to pro
tect sheep from dogs, while, the hun
ters and woodsmen are prepared to
fight to the last ditch for the rights of
the doga. At former sessions of the
legislature the farmers have endeav
ored to secure laws that would ade
quately protect their sheep from ca
nine ravages, but they have been de
feated la every instance. Now they
propose to force the clear issue as to
whether the dog or the sheep must go.
This conflict is not peculiar to
Maine. Probably no other state in the
union offers so many natural advan
tages tor cheep raising as does Vir
ginia. The country Is mountainous,
with grass swet, rich and plentiful,
water abundant, and markets close at
hand. Yet there are not sheep enough
m the state to cut any figure in the
wool or mutton markets. The reason
lios in the fact that the average Vir
ginia farmer, white or black, thinks
more of his "dawg" than he does of
anything in the quadruped lir.e, ex
cept, possibly, his "hoss." Efforts to
secure legislation to protect the sheep
grower have proved futile. At the
present high prices of meat, with wool
as a Valuable by-product, public senti
ment ought to be easily- aroused to
support the requests of the sheep
raising farmers for proper safeguards
for their herds. After all, a commu
nity that would rather raise doge than
slroep probably would, not make much
of a' success . of the sheep business,
anyway.
It is to be expected that the allied
office-holders and tax-eaters in South
Omaha, who form the backbone of the
opposition to consolidation with
Omaha, would resort to any means
within reach to hold their Jobs, but
they are pushing the limits of men
dacity to such an extent that it ought
to react on sober-thinking people.
One of the "anti" pronunclamentos
that is being circulated broadcast
makes so many bold assertions devoid
of truth as to entitle its authors to full
membership In the Ananias club.
It declares that consolidation
"would Jnjure all forms ot business."
When, how and where? The only
business that would be seriously in
jured would be the business of the
grafting politicians.
It declares that consolidation
"would take 40 per cent off the value
of all real estate." Is this not the
height of absurdity? Realty values
in South Omaha have constantly risen
or fallen along with those of Omaha
going up and down together. South
Omaha real estate will probably con
tinue to rise irrespective of whether
consolidation carries or not, but with
the Impetus given the whole city by
consolidation it would surely rise
faster, because that has been the ex
perience of every other city under like
conditions.
It declares that consolidation
"would stop our excellent sewer sys
tem" except ,only "those for which
contracts have been let." The truth
Is that what has been stopping the
sewer -system 'of South Omaha' so far
baa been lack of money to build it,
whereas consolidation would bring j.he
needed resources for these improve
ments. It declares that ' South Omaha
"would have to pay as interest on its
share of the bonded debt as much cash
as it now takes to run the entire city
government" The Omaha charter
limits the annual levy for sinking fund
Interest to $250,000; South Omaha's
share of this on an assessment basis
of one-fifth of the total would not be
more than $50000.
It declares that "Omaha is engaged
in a desperate struggle to kidnap this
city" and calls for help to prevent
"this high-handed grand larceny." The
grafters who have been kidnaping the
South Omaha city treasury and perpe
trating high-handed grand larceny on
the South . Omaha taxpayers must
surely be alarmed over the prospect of
losing their soft berths.
The only way the democrats can
ever climb into office in Omaha is
through a break created by factional
dissension among republicans. That
is why democratic organs always de
vote so much time and space to efforts
to stir up differences between repub
lican elements. The democrats would
like mighty much to fill the court
house with another bunch ot the
faithful euch as are stepping on one
another's heels in the city hall.
' While Mayor "Jim" is disclaiming
responsibility to his liquor dealer
friends for the screen order, he should
not forget to explain that Elmer E.
Thomas, upon whom he puts the
j blame, is one of the leading lights in
the fusion party and at this very mo
ment a member of the pryullst state
committee and of the populist national
committee as welt. '
The one big salient feature about
the grain rate situation in Nebraska is
that the rates between Nebraska
points have been reduced by the work
of the republicans 15 per cent and
that whatever grain is being moved
by the railroads Is being carried right
now for 15 per cent less than was
charged a year, ago.
The republican candidate for county
assessor has served on appraisement
boards for many years and has be
come well versed la property values
by this experience. It is doubtful
whether the democratic candidate has
ever had any experience whatever that
would fit him to gauge property values.
There will be twenty-five offices on
the official ballot to be voted In Doug
las county for which the democrats
have not even had courage enough to
put a candidate in the field. Of
course, this is all due to the demo
cratic devotion to "nonpartlsanshlp."
It will be noticed perhaps that the
man who is advocating opening the
Jamestown exposition again next year
bears the name ot Barker.
"Nine-tenths of the republicans are
democrats and do not know it," says
Mr. Bryan. Oh well, what they don't
know won't hurt them..
Art of tlylac Halt.
Chicago Tribune.
Although Chinese historian declare that
balloon wtro injdu and -nt up In their
country mora than 6uO yeir ago. and al
though, bulloou ttkceuslonk were nikue at
Lisbon In the year 17f9, It la aafa to speak
of the art of navigating; the air as still In
It Infancy. It may not be growing fas,
but It seems to have considerable vltalliy.
For All Klada of People.
Baltimore' American.
Keep your nerve, keep your temper, keep
a-hustling. If you aro a republican, keep
your eye fixed on the curve of the other
fellowl If you ore a democrat, try to be
good.
"Tla an III Wind," Ete.
Indianapolis News.
No doubt when the financial excitement
In New Tork quleta down there will be a
number of resourceful gentlemen who will
find tlvemselvea considerably to the good
as a result of, It.
Thought Adjneted to Locality.
Philadelphia' Record (dem.).
In th course of his lecturing trip
through the eoulh Mr. Bryan was very
much agin' centralization. He wti a tol
erable , Jeffersonlan. But when ha gets
north of Ma eon and Dixon's line he sheds
his democracy as a snake sheds Its skin.
Afraid of the Showing.
Kansas' City Star.
The Missouri railroads have again post
poned tho revival of the suit to defeat the
two-cent fare law. The fact that they are
In no rush to urge tha Injunction suit would
Indicate that the two-cent fare law la one
of those "confiscatory" measures which
lacks considerable of confiscation.
Panama's Tribute' to Ma goon.
New Tork Tribune.
It Is a graceful thing f"r the government
of Panama to give Mr dagoon a gold
medal In recognition of his services on the
lathmuB. ' His work there was Invaluable,
and while It was primarily done for the
United States it was of the greatest possi
ble benefit to tha republlo of Panama. In
abolishing yellow f .rer, In making and
preserving good relations between Panama
and the United States, In helping Panama
to keep the peace within her own borders
and to maintain her constitutional system.
and In promoting work on the canal in the
most practical manner, Ms achievements
entitle him to tha lasting gratitude of both
nations.
THE 0.E MAN ARGUMENT.
Baseless Attack by Inference on the
Squire Deal.
Kansas City. Star.
"All the disturbance in the money market
has been caused by one man."
Not a single word or act of the presi
dentwho Is the "one man" here referred
to has been directed against any phase or
factor of present conditions excepting dis
honest finance. From any point of view
the., quoted statement of tha fourth vice
president of the embarrassed Knickerbocker
Trust company Is a notable arraignment of
the system which tends to cause unrest and
apprehension, The statement 1 significant
because it embodle the same belief ex
pressed by Lord Rothschild of London and
by some other eastern bankers of our own
country. '
Tills Is a premeditated assumption that
the' square deal is disastrous to the finan
cial Interest of the country. If this were
true would any cost to tha public be too
great for tha overturning of a system of
'business" founded , upon and Interpene
trated with fraud and. dishonesty? Or
would a financial . system be worth retain
Ing which could be thrown into .confusion
by one man, whatever the motives of that
one man might be?
Those bankers and .allied business men
who take tha Wall street view make them
selves by that very act,. responsible for the
Ills which they charge to the president's
championships of honesty In commerce and
finance. Inasmuch as those ills fall heavi
est upon tho Wall street complainants the
i people"! interest ' he situation Is largely
Impersonal. But If all tha men conspicu
ous In speculative finice would cease as
suming that everything; must move along
in accustomed grooves gambling as well
as legitimate operations and would join
with tha people and the president In cast
ing out the things which degrade and Im
perii business they might save themselves
a world of trouble and in time regain the
public confidence.
ACADEMIC KKKKUOM.
Do the People of Nebraska Understand
Ita Scope and Purpose f
New Tork Tribune.
The people of Nebraska have demon
strated by their outburst against Chan
cellor E. Benjamin Andrews of their
state university that they do not under
stand the scope and purpose of academic
freedom. Because Pr. Andrew recently
relieved himself of tha thought that news
paper editor who unjustly criticise their
fellow beings In general and millionaires,
wa believe, in particular, should ba hangod
by their respective necks until -ead, many
Nebraskans hava turned against the chan
cellor and are now demanding that ha
sever his connection with Nebraska's lead
ing lore factory. The Idea seems to have
gained ground that, a college president
thould .not go out on the road drumming
jp business for tha lord high executioner.
The Nebraakana also appear to believe
that there is something grotesquely In
consistent In the demand, . coming from
one who enjoye- academic freedom, thc
the American press should be muzs'd.
fSo forcibly does this Incongruity Intrude
upon their attention that they hava not
yet 'found time to worry over the fact
that while tha chancellor was calling
upon millionaires to protect themselves
against the onslaught of plebeian news
papers by organising a gallows trust, an
other attack of croup started tha groat
commoner whooping his tale that the
metropolitan pre has been bought up.
corrupted and trained to sing the song
of the predaceoua plutocrats. '
The Nebraakk.ns ahouid hasten to learn
mora about acaCemio freedom, lest In
their ignorance and prejudice they hurt
Dr. Andrews' feelings. The fact Is, aca
demic freedom far outranks mere free
dom of thought and freedom of speech.
It includes, along with these two inval
uable varieties of liberty, the unrestricted
privilege of speaking without ininklng.
No other man-granted right can match
with thi one. So Intoxicating is the
exercise thereof that wa can only marvel
at the stubborn will power of those thou
sands of college professors and score of
college presidents who steadily refuse to
make tha most of their professional privi
lege. What 1 freedom of ipeech so long
as a man la held accountable for his
word? . And what 1 freedom of thought
when all thinking Is painfully dlfUcu't?
It has been established, empirically by
Inventors and orator and experimentally
by soma psychologists, that Ideas may be
Induced by a free flow of words. Philoso
phies and patent alarm clocks, political
theories and free silver speeches have been
produced by the simple device pf loosen
ing the tongue and anaesthetlcally rendering
the speaker imusoeptible to that painful
feeling of responsibility. 80 suggestive la
thoughtless speech sometime that It had to
ba added to tha prerogative of academic
freemen. Nebraskan ahouid accept this
indubitable fact without delay. Faith in It
will enable theui to bear th wrath of Chan
cellor Andreas without bewilderment and
dtspleaaur. Like Coloned Bryan's plat
form, the chancellor's Idea are thought
In procet of evolution. But the colonel
has not the sanction of any Institution for
the cxeicive vt academic freedom.
ROVNU ABOIT SEW YORK.
nipples on the Cat-rent of I.I fa In the
Metropolis.
It Is going to cost J145,OOOiOno to gover;
New York City this year. Last yenr tin
t wua $13o.Ou0,000, the year before ill.
OOO.ono and ten years ago $77.onO,nno. Lookln
at these figures at close range provoke
from the Tribune thla sob of funereal lev
Ity:
"Municipal administration seems very
expensive, and to become mora so with
frightful rapidity; but think of what w
get for It? Isn't it worth something to b
able to put all thought of the city's gov
ernment out of our minds from one rear's
'id to the other? Under our beneficent
regime we have no carklng civic cares or
responsibilities. We can trust the govern
ment to take care of Itself as It always
has done. We do not have to give It a mo
ment's consideration. All our thoughts and
i erftles are free for our purely personal
concerns. Emancipation from a harassing
and ever-present sense of duty Is worth
money and costs It. What If It Is $146,000,
000 a year and growing at the rata of
$15,000,000 annually? New Tork Is the great
est Don't Worry club on earth."
In tho clamorous throng that pressed Into
the uptown branch of the Knickerbocker
Trust company at Thirty-fourth street and
Fifth avenue during the run of last
Wednesday, say the World, over one-fourth
were women. This branch has among Its
clientele many hundreds of fashionables.
While the Harlem and Bronx branches paid
out large amounts of money to women, the
demands of the weaker sex at? the Fifth
avenue branch far exceeded those of the
, other two offices put together. The down
' town office, at 66 Broadway, paid out prin
cipally to men.
j When the doors of tho Fifth avenue
branch were opened at 9 o'clock there were
at least a dosen carriages at tho curb. In
j thnm were handsomely dressed women
elapsing their pass books with a tight
grasp. The Instant tha door was open
there was a rustle of 'skirt s, and In trooped
the advance guard of the bank's panicky
depositors.
Before the first of them could reach the
paying teller's window an elderly woman
who had been waiting at the door for two
hours stepped forward and pushed herself
ahead. She was attired In widow's weeds,
and her face showed deep anxiety. She
was the first to apprpach the window.
Tremblingly she handed her book to the
taller.
"I'm afraid I'll lose thla If I don't get
It now," she remarked to the teller, In a
hesitating voice. "It represents all I have."
The book called for $1,000. The teller
tried to assure her that tha bank was sol
vent and that It would be best to leave her
money on deposit. She shook her head.
"I haven't long to live," she insisted. "I
must have It,"
In rapid succession fifteen women pre
sented their books, calling for amounts
ranging from $1,600 to $10,000. The teller j
showed them a huge pile of money on the !
counter. There was $60,000 In tha stack, j
and he pointed to the vaults, remarking
that more than enough was contained In j
them to satisfy the demands of all the de
positors. "We're afraid," was the almost Invariable
reply.
It Is a generation since the New fork fi
nancial district had aeen anything Ilka the
Occurences that Wednesday brought, re
ports the Times. Old-timers who recall
the year In which the Maritime and tha j
Metropolitan banks went under agreed yes-
; terday that on those memorable days there
was nothing: Ilka- tha electrlo atmosphere
which prevailed In Wall Street whUe the
stook market was In session.
The streets about the brokerage district
reflected the panicky feeling Indoors In tha
worried faces and the .unusual crowds of
hurrying men. Despite the steady behavior
of the market under the successive waves
ot selling and the splendid manner m
which tha support was handled, the tension
on the Exchange was at breaking point to
ward the close of the session. Brokers were
prepared for tha worst, and were ready to
believe every rumor of Impending trouble
which percolated through the district.
The electric atmosphere caused a gen
eral misunderstanding when tha failure of
Mayer & Co. was announced, which, hsd
it not been quickly corrected, might have
undone In the last momenta of trading
all the work of those supporting the mar
ket. When Chairman Talbot announced
from the Stock Exchange rostrum the sus
pension of Mayer & Co. the crowds on the
floor, nervously hanging on his words, mis
took the name for that of one of the most
strongly Intrenched houses on the street.
The chairman had hardly ceased speaking
when there waa a wild rush for the tele
phones and anxloua Inquiries were made
for the confirmation of tha news. It took
but a moment for the frightened brokers
to realize their mistake and to get the nam
correctly, but the strain in that moment
will long be remembered.
During the financial troubles of last week
the Day and Night bank called a messen
ger, gave him a check for $6,600 and told
hliu to hop along to the Knickerbocker
, Trust company for the money. Ho hopped,
squeezed into the crowd at tha teller's win
dow, got thirteen $5u0 bills' and chucked
I them Into his pocket. Feeling uncommonly
rich and Independent as he tapped the wad
' he scooted down Fifth avenue past the
j Day and Night bank and was soon a-whlrl
in the vortex of Wall street. Tanked from
' the obscurity of happy proverty, he felt
himself in a great white glare of unnappy
prosperity, for when he tried to buy a
package of cigarettes, pulling his roll from
his pocket and peeling off a $500 bill, the
tobacconist grew faint, handed ack tha
bill and bade him begone.
The messenger was still trudging tha
streets of New Tork in search of some one
with change for a $o00 bill when dusk fell.
He headed for the tenderloin. For hours,
' until the next day, ha tried to get change
for $500, especially when he became hungry.
There waa only one thing to do. That wa
to hike Into the office and throw th ac-
! cursed money upon the desk of tha man
ager. He daBhed for the entrance, but bo
fore ha could duck hi way in two de
tectives grabbed him.
He wa taken Into tha bank Immediately,
and In the presence of the pleased bank
officials hi trousers pockets were emptied
of tha bills' He did not protest. He did
not weep and say he had Intended to bring
the money back. He didn't tell any fairy
tale of being held up and black-jacked, lit
merely resigned himself to th Inevitable,
hoping for something to eat, somewhere
to sleep and a cigarette.
Time "Works Wonders.
Kansas City Journal.
New Tork has become, aa General Han
cock said of the tariff, a "local Issue" so
far as the actual wealth of tha nation Is
concerned. The people there may roll
them. Ives In a colicky tangle with their
plunges and gambles, and the wrest doesn't
care. Not many years ago tha troubl
there hurt worse In the west than It did at
home.' Now. the west merely makes money
out of Wall street misery. Time worts
wund.rs.
Brothers la Troabla.
Boston Transcript.
Hands acrosa tha sea between Jamestowa
and Dublinl Each faces a big expositive
dtin.IL
OMAHA 171 TAB l5XrnAMC.ES.
Fremont Ilerald: Bomathlng ever o
ples of Tha Omaha Be clrrulate In Fre.
nont dally, and In tart gunday's lau ever
00 splendid halftona pictures of Omsha's
nost palatial 'homes appeared. It waa
vorth the money to readers, no matter
vhat It cost tha horns owners, and It cre
itea a fondneea for Omaha that caua even
Fremont people to long for a horn In tha
metropolis.
Beatrice Express: Aft Omaha preacher
denounces members of his profession who
Ma in their praises of people after they are
lead. He doesn't want them lo werv
from the exaot truth at funeral. A glaring
violation of veracity In beatowtng enco
miums Is unnecessary, If not wicked, but a
Mttle exaggeration of the good qualities of
people, alive or dead, show a charity and
-eneroatty of soul that cannot be seriously
"ondemned.
Beatrice Express: There Is no reason
why Omaha and Lincoln should be per
mitted to absorb any considerable part of
the retail business of Oage county. If the
people were kept apprised of mercantile
qualities and prices at home, there could
ordinarily be no Inducement to go elsewhere
to trade. Outside houses will of course
flood this city with catalogues and often
try to secure space in local newspapers,
but such efforts on the part of foreign Insti
tutions may be readily and auccessfully
met.
Grand Island Independent: There would
seem to be no good reason why anyone In
the metropolis or Its sister should vot
against tha Integration of the two Omaha.
It la obviously the economic thing to do,
and It would give Nebraska a stronger city
than It can otherwise expect to secure in
a long time. It Is not, aa has been properly
urged In Omaha, alone a matter of senti
ment, but a matter of business. With the
consolidation of th two cities, Nebraska
will have a higher place In eh rank ot the
states having the larger cities of the coun
try. Fremont Tribune: Bav. C. W. Savldge
ot Omaha has unmasked a dubious custom.
Hs has publicly criticised ministers who In
dulge in fulsome flattery In their funeral
sermons. Newspapers ars likely, to say as
much of the dead as tha faots will justify,
but there are msj?y ministers who ar the
limit. They will extol virtues of th corps
that he never possessed. If the tiring were
treated half a kindly as are the dead, if
thay had one-half th considerate regard
shown for those who have passed beyond
an appreciation of it, th sum of human
happlnesa would be Increased. Praise Is
too often reserved till it la too lata, and
becomes absurd. Even If untrue In a de
gree it will stimulate a Uv man to actlv
effort for betterment, whereas It will never
touch the dead one. Ber. Bavldge la more
thaa half right about It
Fremont Tribune: Sunday's Bee pre
sented eight pages filled with pictures of
Omaha home. It was a highly attractive
"feature." The home ought to be tha
proudest possession of every man. It la
hi castle where his rights ar sacred. The
home la th foundation of society, the bul
wark and strength of the state. It Is where
Ufa's greatest Joys ar .experienced, where
the character of ovary member of th
family la moulded. It should therefore bo
the greatest pride ef every man to make it
tha moat attractive place In the world for
those who are Interested In it The glory
of a city Is Its homes. The Bee's presenta
tion ef scores ef beautiful ones la a real
revelation. Omaha's big commercial enter
prises have been often Illustrated, but a
special edition devoted exclusively to Its
homes Is unique and appealing. It chal
lenges attention and admiration, .
Western Laborer: The .Western Laborer
Is In favor of th annexation of Omaha and
South Omaha. The two towns are too
closely knitted together to continue as sep
arate corporations. . It will be better for
the working people ot South Omaha. 1 It
will be better for th working people of
Omaha. It wilt be better for the city fire
men and achool teachers, because It gives
the teachers an inorease la wages of mora
than $300 per year and th firemen th
double shift It will be Immensely bene
ficial to the working people, because It will
give them tha vote pf tha worktngman of
South Omaha in tha city elections where
there are any Issues affecting the working
class. We don't believe any sertoua objec
tion can be raised to annexation. Natur
ally tha ofBoeboldara ar opposed to tha
proposition, but wa hardly think tha work
ing people are going nutty ever thi quae
tlon for th otTJceholdera. Why should they?
The two Omahas must sooner or later be
consolidated, then what Is th use delaying
the matter? Isn't It batter to consolidate,
and then the people can look forward to
the future. If th working people of South
Omaha and Omaha Will decide this In their
own minds, as to what Is best for them
selves, ther will be no question a to th
result Tho way to consolidate Is to con
solidate. BALDNESS AND PRUNES. -
Mayer Dahlsaan'a Blrsnta Treatment
and. Other Brands.
Cincinnati Commercial-Tribune.
Mayor Pahlman of Omaha, politician and
gentleman, student of things and member
of tha national democratic committee., la
without one solitary hair on the top of hie
head. In comparison with his head th head
of the vice president of the United States
is a tangled forest of hirsute adornment
and Mr. Dahlman has entered on a course
of theory and practice In the hope that th
heads of other men may aot be evee as
his head Is, but remain covered with that
which Old Uncle Nad didn't have on the
top of hla head. Just tb pise where the
Stool ought to grow.
He believe that the batlaas man Is the
man who will nvr grow bald. Therefore
ha preaches srainst th hat and tha wear
ing of tha haf? in season and out of season,
though ha sorrowfully confesses that tha
hat dealers of Omaha ar not corn Dial n
Ing of the number of hatlese men In tha
metropolis of th state ef tha gentleman
from Nebraska But, and even conceding
that the hatlee man will never grow bald,
there is ons other thing' he must do or
not do. He must not eat prunes. Prof.
Achilla Tronnesiart of . the University of
Paris snnounoes that studies pursued by
him during many years, with the bald
headed man as tha subject, have demon
strated beyond tha paradventur of a doubt
that ths man who is a prune eater by na
ture, or because of an acquired taste, will,
inevitably, com to be baldheaded, while
tha total abstainer from tha deadly prune
w'll live out hla days In peace and quiet,
with his hair sticking closer to bun than
a brother,
Ths question Is new up to mere msn
whether he will go' hatlesa down lit'
pathway and keep bis hair or whether h
will keep or loa It by abstaining from or
indulging In the prune with pruna jujoe
also, of course, barred from tha menu. It
I a question between the hat and th hair,
or between th pruna and th bald. If
either distinguished gentleman be fol
lowed, or If both should ba followed,
whether two great Industrlea would be de
stroyed, or whether baldness would disap
pear from th land, would ba a question
even of greater Interest than tha local
political situation.
Revised raet Ball .Utiles.
Washington Herald.
It Is bard to tall about thaa revised foot
ball rulaa A gam was played recently at
ons ef the western college during which
nobody was killed, but th star playar put
up such a fin exhibition that he wae mar
rled in less than a ink after. ,
THtBT COMPAMT WAHMIITO.
An I ncsjerkea Sonree of Dssirmai
Bprealatloa.
Philadelphia Record.
Tha besetting s'a of trust' romrsii.'
Is the promotion of stock speculation
Becsuaa they were not designed to tn
banking business thy were not sih.1ect..
by .law to the regulation that control
bank. They could Invest money In ,!
forbidden to b.inkn. They were not liable 1..
tho Inspection of bank. They hive
spread out, however, until they do nearly
every sort of banking. Because they nrr
bank they get large linos of deposit.
Because they are not banks they can do
pretty much aa they like.
Of course, all trust companies are im;
doing this sort of thins. Most of tl;-ni
are not doing It But the opportunity ex
ists, th temptation is great, and a "ol
many of them hava yielded to it. Th
have 'aided in tha financing of trus:.
Most of these have been successful, and
the profits of underwriting have ben,
much 'above those ordinarily obtained by
bankers. Consequently, tho trust com
panles have been able to pay liberal divi
dends. But several large trust companies havr
got themselves into serious trouble. Th''
trusts they financed hava not always suc
ceeded. The speculative stocks Into whl"h
they put their deposits have sometime,
and notably at th present time, deolln
In pries. . One of the largest trust com.
panles In New Tork has just been oblig e
to close It door.
Law and vthe larg powers poseKM
by the clearing houses and tho actio i
and sentiment of the business community
ought to concur In requiring trust com
panies to do a banking business unier
banking safeguards, or not do It at all.
Th trust company Is ths favorite aevlce
of men who are working the stock mar
ket It affords ths most convenient w.ty
of borrowing the funds of tha community
for speculation, and it la high time, be
fore real dlsaater befalls the country,
that this dangerous practice should censt.
PERSONAL NOTES.
A young wife In Philadelphia rubbed her
sleeping husband's throat with carbollo aold
as a lov potion to restore hi burning af
fection. Ths burning, however, was not of
affection.
The various ministries in Bt. Petersburg
are making preparations for the reception
and entertainment of Secretary Taft when
ha arrives In that city during tha course of
his tour of the world. .
The food Inspector of Minnesota waxes
Indignant over the discovery . ot ' short
weights, short measures and effective
means of holding the consumer to th
grindstone. Evidently tha Inspector I get
ting onto the curves of the trade.
The Atchison, Topeka aV Santa Fe rail
road has sent the manager of Its tie and
timber department E. O. Faulkner, on an
exploring journey to Hawaii, Japan and
Australia, to study the euoalyptus In those
countries and perhaps to buy trees for
planting.
Toung Heinse's ambition to go to the
senate from Montana will be accentuated
now that ths aalary must look good to him.
Arkansas, Florida, Nevada and Wyoming
ar four states with a raal grievance, their
names having been given to a quartet of
one-horse monitors, although needed for
battleships.
Three rear admirals will be retired in
November under the age limit; H. W. Lyon,
Asa Walker and A. S. Bnow. Admlra,
Lyon is commandant ' of the Mare Island
navy yard; Admiral Walker la superln
ttndsnt of the Naval observatory, and Ad
mlral A- S. Bnow is commandant of thi
Boston Navy yard. , ' .
Mr. Charles W. Morse, who figures aj
prominently In tha New Tork bank disturb'!
ance, Is a native of Maine, and has for
some years enjoyed prominence In th
financial world, becoming wall known foi
th daring of his trust promotion enter
priaea and his ubiquity in the bankdl
rectories of New Tork. Among his boa;
known enterprises are th American let
company, or Ice trust, whose stook is now
down to 20 as against 80 a short while ago
WHITTLED TO A POINT.
"My wife,- growled Kadley, "is the most
forgetful woman."
"Yes?" mildly inquired the polite visiter.
"Tea, she can neves remember In ths
morning where I left my pipe th nighl
before." Philadelphia Press,
"Do you regard yourself as a watohdog
ef the treasury?"
"Yes." answered Senator Sorahum. "but
you anow we Desi ot watchdogs win stov
barking long enough to take a bone 01
two on hla own account." W ashington Star,
The expert alienist threatened to sue fot
his fee. "If you don't pay me." he de.
tutred, "I'll get even at your second trial,"
"Will, eh? And how?"
"I'm considering a spot cash offer froii,
th prosecution to swear tha other way."-
Philadelphia Ledger.
"Supposing I can't raise the rent?" said
tha new tenant facetiously.
"I'll do all the rent raising," responded
tha landlord, grimly. Cleveland Plain
Dealer.
Tah," said tha first gallery god, de
scribing tha melodrama, "d hero done ri
v.iia n up all right, all right, but da villain
wouldn't admit It"
"Q'onl" exclaimed tha other.
"No," th first continued, "de last wolds
ha sea wus; 'I am undone" Philadelphia
Press.
He There Is a general rise In bread,
they aay.
She Dear Me! What la the causa of II '
He I judge It 's the yes,st tney put In It -Houston
Post.
' "I am afraid." said Mr. Hen peck, "that I
made a fool of myself today."
"Don't worry about It." hla wife replied:
"It isn't likely that anybody noticed any
thing unusual about the way you spoks
or acted." Chicago Record-Herald.
Hlka ,t ta Conntry.
If ve're Hre an' don't kar a rap.
An' kinder out of sort
With a fee! In' of Jest spllln' fer a fit
An' yer brana la kind of woosy '
An ye've lost yer appytlta,
Why Jest git out In th kentrv
A' rnk 'n the autumn glow
Ta'ar wantln' of a tonlo
Fer yer blood la runnln' Slow.
Washington Post
THE MONEY SITUATION.
W, J. Lampton, In New York World.
Before we have derided
That we're up against a snag
In tha money situation.
Let us pause and chew tha rag.
' At present there's an effort.
Which seems to ba quit fair
To all concerned at making
Financial circles square.
Tha squaring of th circle.
As everybody knowa.
Js just about tha hardest
Oi any aunt that grows.
It Isn't mathematics
That thay ftgur with to find
An answer to this problem
Which disturbs the public mind
It's more Ilka inoralroetlc
That they're using 00 tha job '
Of d fferentlatlng
, Which la right and which Is roo.
It was up to them, they figured.
To gather all th wad
That could b had, regardless
Of government or Ood.
They didn't stop at trifles
Lis honesty and these.
I f. . s rrever
- - Tha money-blossom blows.
Oh! yes. But now It's different:
There a honeety In sight
And all the bunco-bankers --
Are taking hurried niahl.
Th honest men are doing
Tha proper thing today:
W don't know where tliey're going.
But they ar en the way.