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STATKMF.NT OF CI RCL' RATION. ,
State of Nebraska. Doualaa County. st
Charles C. Rosewater. general manaief
of The Be PubltMn "i ny, bejua;
duly aworn, says that the actual number
of fun and complete copies of Tha Dally
Morning. Evenlna; and Sunday Be printed
during tha month of October, l07, wi a
follows:
SS.S70
3.f90
8,600
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38,950
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21 34.850
22 30,940
,23 37,35 J
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10 M.850
11 30,490
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Lena unsold and returned copies. 9,9B5
Not total ...rl.....i.'. . ....1,199,558
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CHARLES C. ROSEWATER,
General Manager. .
Subscribed In thy pmuence and aworn
to befur ine this 1st day of Novemoar,
ltt. ROBKftr HLiM'a.H,
NoUry Public.
, WHEN OUT OP TOWN.
Sabaerthar leaTlaar (he, city teas
porarlly ahaald bar tmm xBa-j
malle4 ta them. Addreaa will ba
chaamed as aftea mm repeated.
IX Mayor "Jim" had only been, run
ning for some office.
Evidently Cleveland people do not
think they can have too much John
son. Hearst InblBig that , ho la out of
politics, bat It la evident ho la not out
for Bryan. '
Democrats have three full weeks in
which to forget it and prepare for
Thanksgiving.
5 tna vown-aaa-uui ciud win nave
to pass oh several tew. applications
for membership. .
Hearst's declarftOofltt.arTIS'ta' out
of politics is corroborated, by the Npw
York election returns. ' ,
"The Literature' of' Roguery" is the
uue oi a new dook probably a atory
I of New York politic. .' '
Wonder what would have happened
if Colonel Bryan had, made a few mora
speeches in Nebraska.
It did not take tha intelligent voters
Ions to let the gas out of on of the
local bond propositions.
Washington reports that the mints
turned out 113,068,720 In new coin in
September. Get any of it?
' The financial crisis is certainly over
in New York. The smart set has re
sumed the bridge whlat aeries.
"There la no way to avoid collisions
on single tracks," says a railway ex
part Oh, yea there is. Build doable
tracks. . .
, All the foot ball coaches are work
ing new passes, despite the federal
law asainst their 'distribution. by rail
way officials.
: Mr. Burton, who was defeated by
Tom Johnson In Cleveland, retains his
seat In congress, which. will keep him
reasonably busy.
"Checks will be much In vogue this
winter,' eays a fashion writer. All
up-to-date bankers
adopted the style.
have . already
A Turkish princess is - studying
cooking In Boston. - If she turns out
to be a good cook, she will not miss
the deference due her rank. .
Kansas City should b- tha natural
headquarters for balloonist. The
city has had a magnificent union depot
up in the alr'for many years.
It tha government insists that the
Indians must work or starve, the In
dian will be in a position to sympa
thise with the hated paleface.
I The Water board la to be com
mended for ita far-sighted Judgment
la declining to submit that ti000.
000 bond proposition to the voter.
There is no cloud without a silver
lining. But our democ ratio friends
'this year will have to go quite a way
jfroia home to get their consolation.
The city of Omaha haa a bank credit
f tl.zai.ltO. That ought to carry
i along tor awhile, even if it has to
e drawn aubjeet to payment la clear
:ig house funds.
A New Jersey judge has decided
bit a husband must wanh dUhes whon
t is neceaaary. No hardship will be
worked if the husband is allowed to
evi ls when it is necessary, ;
RT.FLCX or JUS ELECTIONS.
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. Gauged by its bearing on the im
pending presidential campaign, the re
sult of tho election In Kentucky Is
probably the most significant and im
portant of this year's contest at the
polls. While some state and local
questions were Involved. tlie Issues
were more nearly along national lines
than marked therampalgns In. any of
the other states. The platforms of
both parties dealt with 'national issues
and party lines were closely - drawn.
The result Is practically a republican
landslide, the . 3 3,000 majority by
which Beckham was re-electevd gov
ernor bavin been overcome and
turned Intd a republican majority of
about 10,000.
With the defeat of the Beckham
supporters the republicans elect an en
tire state ticket and materially
strengthen their forces although, oa
account of the number of democratic
hold-overs, the legislature will be dem
ocratic on a joint ballot. It is predicted
already that there will be a revolt by
democratic members who will look
upon tha democratic defeat as a re
lease from their pledges to vote for
Beckham for. United States senator.
The contest Just ended -was the most
exciting held since the famous Goebel
Taylor campaign; out of tha tragic
ending of which Beckham laid the
foundations, for his political machine.
Since that time his dictation of party
affairs has been absolute and elections
have been almost a mere form.' The
reaction, however, baa produced a fair
election, probably the fairest held in
Kentucky in years, and a republican
victory. With a fair and honest election
in 1908 Kentucky may be counted as
reasonably belonging in the republican
column for 1908.
While the republican candidates in
New York were defeated no mourning
will be indulged over the event in re
publican circles generally. Republican
success would have meant a forced
recognition by republicans of the
Hearst Influence in New York and
national politics. The bargain struck
by Chairman Herbert Parsons with
Hearst for a fusion with the
Independence league haa been over
whelmingly repudiated by the voters
who have thus expressed their prefer
ence for Tammany as against a politi
cal miscegenation of the Parsons
Hearst type.
Democrats and anti-administration
republicans who had plotted demo
cratic victories in the mayoralty con
tests in Ohio have little to rejoice over
except the result at Cleveland, where
Tom Johnson was elected mayor for
the fourth term over Congressman
Theodore Burton, endorsed by the ad
ministration at Washington. In most
Of the other Ohio cities tho republicans
won out, even to capturing several:
heretofore strongly democratic- Tho
significance., from' a nationalstand-J
polnt, that may atuch to th reenltH
ia';.IYeAn4Vfa ..in", uncertain ' quan-j
tity. Mayor jonnson hlmseir insists
that his success was accomplished
solely by. his campaign tor 3 -cent fares
on Mreet railway inea. Opponents of
the Roosevelt administration Insist
upon attributing .Burton's defeat . Jo
resentment at outside Interference, but
as the political complexion of tha city
was not changed by the election,- it is
difficult to. see how the result may .be
at all far-reaching.
All Question of politics aside, the
elections in San Francisco ' must be
gratifying to lovers of good govern
ment everywhere. The ticket named
and supported by the citlsens' commit
tee organized to punish grafters and
get rid of the boodlcrs who had long
dominated the city wag elected by an
Overwhelming majority. . This is evi
dence that the' majority in San Fran
cisco la for honest government and
that the work of municipal house
cleaning will be continued.
, TtCKStVRQ JQAlX.ilSIIQrJX
The Army of the Tennessee Is
camped again, at, Vlcksburg, this time
at the invitation of the mayor and the
governor of Mississippi, with a very
different welcome than that of 1862-3,
when the forces under General Dodge
were playing an Important part in Gen
eral Grant's program to open up the
Mississippi. The annual meeting of the
society of the Army of the Tennessee is
being held on tho same ground occu
pied by the besieging army In the days L
of the war and among the MlsaUslp
plans who are vying with each other
In cordiality to the visiting veterana
are many who sullenly surrendered to
the union forces on July 4, 186S, only
after every shot' in the locker had been
fired In defense of the city and every
ounce of foodstuffs had been consumed
This is the first time that the re
union of the. Army of the Tennessee
haa been held in "the enemy's coun
try.". That it should be held In Vlcks
burg is the best evidence of the death
of prejudice and sectional hate. -It
must be' &. cause for regret that so few
of the men who took star parts in the
war drama before Vlcksburg, are Alive
to attend this reunion. Of the com
manders who won fame in the fighting
in aid around Vlcksburg, General
Qrenvllla M. Dodge of Council Bluffs,
president of tha society, la the sole
survivor. He will be formally welcomed
by General Catchlngs of Mississippi,
who, although not in the Vlcksburg
campaign, fought fonr years In the con
federate army and served twenty years
la congress before ha became aoftened
enough to join in the Invitation to the
army to hold its annual meeting In tbe
city It once besieged. All the other
preat commanders la that conflict bava
auswered the lact .roll call.. Grant,
who master mind conceived tha cam-
of ualrjn
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- algn which turned the tide of ubIijo
revereea to victory, Sherman
TI1E OMAHA
son, Logan, Wallace, Palmer, Thomas,
Admiral Porter and the rest have
gone, while on the confederate side not
one of the great leaders survives. Pem
berton, Beauregard, the Intrepid For
rest, Joe Johnston, Hood, Polk and all
the brilliant fighters of the western
confederate army have passed away.
rats bksclts iocalli.
Douglas county republicans are to
be congratulated upon the magnificent
victory scored by the election by un
precedented majorltlea of all the re
publican candidates.
Douglas county haa gone over
whelmingly republican before, but
never within recent years has every
man on the ticket been elected by such
signal majorities and more often one
or more unpopular or unsavory candi
dates have been lost in the roundup.
In this instance the unbroken tri
umph is due in large measure to the
conceded superiority of the republican
nominees as compared with their com
petitors on the opposing ticket. These
candidates had shown their mettle and
staying powers by first running the
gauntlet of a keenly-fought primary
contest and, having stood the test of
the trial heat, entered the deciding
race in fine form.
The republican clean sweep In this
county shows also what can be done
when the party Is thoroughly welded
together under shrewd leadership be
hind a ticket that commands the prac
tically, united support of all elements
and factions. On the other aide, the
democrats' were rent asunder from the
start by having only a partially filled
ticket and openly confessing that out
of these they hoped to save only throw
or four places.
The republicans of Douglas county
were never together so well In ny re
cent campaign. The Impetus of this
victory must augur well for a solid re
publican phalanx in the big battle of
1908.
P. S. The republicans should not
overlook the help received from the
disrepute into which Mayor "Jim's"
city administration haa fallen.
CVRK rOH RAILROAD REKLKSSSEHS.
The Canadian courts have been ex
ceedingly busy of, late in an effort to
convince the railway companies of the
Dominion that the laws calculated to
secure the safety of the traveling pub
lic and protect it against carelessness
and recklessness on the part of rail
way managers and trainmen are to be
observed. Some weeks ago Mr. Justice
lliddeft of the high court of justice at
Toronto sent a conductor to prison for
five years as the result of a judicial in
quiry into the cause of a wreck in
which several lives were lost; The
conductor admitted en the
wltneaa
stand that the accident was caused by
his- failure to obey orders. He had
been instructed, to. take a aiding to al-
low another' train' to" pais, but had
jfigured -out "that. he. could make tho
next, station before, meeting the other
train and so ignored his Instructions.
Since then there have been criminal
prosecution's of five other trainmen
charged with neglect of d.uty and three
of' the men have been sent to prison,
i , The Canadian judges are not making
examples of offending trainmen alone,
but are bringing the officials of the
roads to court. T,he officials of both
the Grand Trunk and Canadian Pacific
railroads are under indictment at To
ronto for failure to properly protect
railway crossings, the failure having
resulted in several accidents to pedes
trians, In one pf the courts the Mich
igan Central, an American corporation,
waa recently fined 125,000, the com
pany having pleaded guilty to negli
gence in handling a car of dynamite, as
a result of which two lives were lost
and a number of persons Injured. In
passing upon the case, the justice ex
pressed regret that no responsible of
ficial of the Michigan Central waa in
the Jurisdiction of the Canadian court
so that personal punishment might be
imposed instead of allowing tbe negli
gence to go by the payment of a fine.
"We continue," said the Justice, 'to
call such occurrences 'accidents,' when
'crime' would be the better word."
There will be fewer railroad acci
dents when railway managers and rail
way trainmen learn that it is cheaper
and safer to obey the law than to dis
obey it
COKSOI.WATlO FOSTrOSED.
The adverse vote on consolidation
In South Omaha, while disappointing
to thoge who were working for the
greater city, simply postpones the day.
The merger of Omaha and South
Omaha under one city government to
correspond wit the conditions that
t...i.., .
make It In fact a Single community of
compact population and unified com-I
mercial and aoclal Interests Is bound
to come, and that at no very dlatant
time. .
The combination of officeholders
and their favored dependents haa sue- 1
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ceeaaq oy misrepresentation ana p-
peals to , local pride an prejudice In
persuading a majority of the voters of ;
South Omaha to reject the consollda-
tlon proposition -ai submitted at the
preseot time. Some d electa of the
consolidation law, which would leave j th financial eoark.te in 1M. and tbe tradl
Eouth Omaha practically unrepre- I tlonal panic day, ' Black Frtday," occurred
sented in the city government for a
year after merger, contributed consld -
erably to this result. Another factor
is, d 01 If t lets, to be found ia the un-
timely agitation for puritanical Sab-
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uaia iaw emuntuituviu vwaua, iruui
which South Omaha has been exempt
and In which South Omaha was not
included.
The refusal of South Omaha to ac-
cept consolidation now must not dla- 1
courage the trienda of the Greater
, , t 4 ,,
Omaha, which mut eventually em -
DAILY DEE; THURSDAY,
brace all the adjacent cities and vil
lages that are here clustered together
and bring them under one name and
under one municipal government.
We extend cur hearty felicitation
to James Callahan, police Judge-elect
of the city of South Omaha. Mr. Cal
lahan stands alone and unique as the
only democrat In Douglas county who
has successfully weathered the polit
ical storm by securing a vote of confi
dence and a certificate, of election to
this Important and lucrative office.
There Is a balm In Gllead.
The voters of Douglaa county have
given' the county board authority to
spend 126,000 for the purchase of a
site and erection of a building for the
Detention home, but they have not
aaid that the county board must spend
$25,000 to this end. If the county
board acts under the authority granted
it will be expected to cut out all ex
travagance. ,
The governors of North Carolina,
Georgia and Alabama have agreed that
"the complete recognition of the right
of states to regulate the interstate
business of transportation companies
Is absolutely necessary." The supreme
court and congress will kindly take
notice and govern themselves accord
ingly. Looking over, the election returns
and remembering the crowds that
greeted him in his whirlwind speaking
tour in the closing daya of the cam
paign. Mr. Bryan will be inclined to
again ask himself if Nebraskans will
ever learn to vote as they shout.
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The nark bonds hav not Wn car.
ried. To authorize the Issue of bonds
by the city for this purpose requires
a two-thirds majority of those voting
on the prdposltion and the park bonds
are far ahort of the requisite number.
The Commercial club gives signs of
awakening to the Importance of the
movement for improving the inland
watArwava tfc .nt Tn. r.
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.wv... ouu.u .iw;c. uiU(. uui ui
the game or play Its hand to the limit,
Love ronfldnnrA and rash will bln
n. try h. ,v
us to happiness, says the Baltimore
American. How nhnnt "Invo rnnl.
American. How about "love, confl
dence and:Iearlng house certificates'
as an emergency substitute?
A Fastens Asset.
Indlanapella News.
Fortunately . there baa JMen no loss of
publk) confidence In tha corn crop.
Irrltatlav Coatrarlacas.
Kansas City Star. .. v ; ..
Mr. Bryan aays that nine-tenths of the
republicans In this country , are actually
democrats. Yet tha electiqn, returns show
that about two-thirds of, the democrats
regularly vote the repubttewir- tlcltet.
Postpoalaar the Happy. Day
Baltimore ' .-Baric an. ..
Any further runs. on banks' should now
be postponed until thsa"lng,'. when they!
are wholeAcme and4 healtby-thkt is, If
peoplo select grass banks t to make a
run upon.
Prosperity and the Army.
Springfield Republican.
A year or two mora of prosperity would
probably have finished the. United States
army. Four months SCO - It was short
jt.OOO men, and since then, It has lost ,000
more. At the 8,000 rate evtry four months,.,
the end of the enlisted man was only a
matter of a comparatively ahort period.
Recruiting: officers much have watched the '
financial panic with Interest, and they will
note carefully the reductions by the ran-
roads of their working staffs.
WHY DID IT COMB THIS YEAR?
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Theory of ladaatrlallsna aad More
Frarat Pa hies.
New Yorlt Evening Post.
Speaking primarily Of tha Stock exchange
part of the financial collaps.. In the last j
ten daya, Mr. Andrew Carnegie made the I
following remarks:
"Panics are now likely ! to ba more fre
quent and more destructive than before,
because industrialism has. taken more and
mora tha corporate form. There remain
few of the former partnerships of manu
facturers which Issued no stocka to be
speculated in. Tha stocks go down to their
former level. Then comes the clearing cy
clone of panic.
"In due, time the akles clear and the pru
dent possessors of securities see that It
was not such a terrible catastrophe after
all, that the vast volume of genuine In
vestment rests upon real values, and that
very soon these will return to the former
sound conditions and all will be well.
"Development in our country move much
faster than In any other, so enormous are
our resouroea, and consequently the check
to this is correspondingly sudden. The
shock Is more severe, but the recovery Is
much mora sudden."
Is it true that incorporation of industry
through tha Stock exchange lrads inevit
ably to mora frequent panics? This la an
interesting question, because such a fact
would bear on tha old question of the
"cycle of prosperity." Tha "twenty-year-panio"
theory haa baaed itaelf, in th ma'n,
j'th ,Mt thrt ' MW
nees men was reasonably certain, human
' a.ur, belng w(mt ,t "Q repe.t the
cesses and Invite the resultant penalty of
'their predec.ors.
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Prob,b y' ""v.r. Mr. Carnegi-did not
ILerw t,l,!w!e!J'BlC "It "d
v . k . . u 1
u". I I h,rcu"nt Pm.
which 1893 and probably this year also will
be numbered.
ut, "an it b said that
Atan In IV,,. mwmvA IV,. 1
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the
breakdowns
which was mi
Ul Dl"K -ns- i-nur. ea w
I Ui civil war (which witnessed Wall street
panics of Ita own), th storm aweot over
! In ISA.
;tatlon ,oootni11id by ODaand banking.
i makas recurrent financial collaps tuavo'd-
!abl to any period, but that the Interval of
' twnir OT thereabout still remains
I as that required to wicar out th founda-
"l'na aafaat inm.p ia that nlrlM. a, i ,,
tioua of proapai-lty. Afit-r each resultant
aliock, within thatNntarval, )h financial
community rises and reaumes it forward
industrial movement; but It Is weaker tn
th elements of real prosperity each sue
eesaiv time.
Eventually, tha Urns arrives
when the foundation too ar gone, and
1 '-'' th work of ye.ra
N- "i augeata tbat auch a periwd has jret
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" . '. : ' "J "7 , be wholly unsatisfactory. So tbe question, falo on tha evening of November I: Gov
such formidable financial . ..- i. m k .1,. 1... t.. i.,v.... T ..
aa isa. issi ana ikk aaco 01 .. Pnti.iw ih. inaiiu rt tha Tinii. t.i.i -n. -.,
irked by a devastating series R,ates suorema court l.-arnad men .r.v. ih., w.. o.i.. n.-w
NOVEMBER 7, 1007.
ROtJID ABOIT JfBW YORK.
Ripple the Carreat of Life la tfca
Metropolla.
Gotham" was first applied to the city
of Manhattan In a book of humorous
ketchea called "Salmacundl," written
about um by Washington lrv!n In collab
oration with his brother Peter and the poet
Paulding. It wns Intended to aunireat that
tue people of New York made undue pre
tentlons to wladom. Gotham was i
parish in Nottinghamshire, England. Tho
old etory tella how King John wished to
paaa through tha pariah. The people there.
fancying that tha passage of the king over
a routa made It a public road, decided
to prevent the transit by pretending to be
craiy.
When the king and hla party arrived they
found everyone of tha Inhabitants employed
i in aume peculiarly loollali task. . Thus, a
group were Joining hands around a thorn
bush to keep a cuckoo from. getting away,
tome were trying to drown an eel, others
dipping water with a sieve and so on,
When .the king saw these performances he
wora at the people for a pack of Idlote and.
turning, departed with all hla retinue. The
Oothamltea were delighted with, tha auc
cess of their schema for turning aside the
king, regarding It as superlatively cleVer.
After this Ootham came to have the repu
tation of being a aort of headquarters for
conceited foola. In the tlma of Henry VIII
a book entitled "The Merry Talea of tha
Mad Men of Gotham" was published.
Among these was tha atory of the "Three
Wise Men of Gotham." ena of whose ex
ploits was to go to sea In a bowl.
In soma of the downtown skyscrapers
the elevator service Is suspended on Sun
day and the Janitors and their families,
who, In many buildings, are quartered on
the topmost floor, have to descend and
climb from twenty to thirty flights of
stairs whenever they want to get in touch
with the outside world. In one building,
which is twenty-four storlea high, the 10-
year-old daughter of the Janitor makes
three round trips each Sunday, one when
She goes to church In the morning, one
when she attends Sunday school In tha
afternoon and another when she goes to
! met her playmatee after dinner. Each
Steps to a round trip. Three trips make It
2,8(0 steps a mount a'n-'cllmbing record.
"Sa'ay," said a half-grown newsboy to a
!jiy:old gnu.man-they were both gas-
lng upward at tha Singer tower. "Sa'ay,
how much do them things that balloon men
drop out of balloons cost?"
"No Idea, why?" "Why! If I could git
one, and then git up onto that tower there,
"nu Jump wun n lanain on oroaaway as
i light as a feather pllla. gang of cappers
holow towork th' spot llghta and the glad
hand whon I lit, d'ye see? Why I d have
Steve Brodie and his bridge act beat In
' many ways that no one on the Bowery'd
care whether he Jumped off a bridge or a
hgh cha,r It.d muBeum fer m8 ,.
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stead of extrya. Sa'ay, I wonder would an
umbrella work."
In a pamphlet widely distributed In New
York City just now, and devoted to the
"clean money" agltaticffi, It Is stated that
laboratory tests of coins and bills from a
cheap grocery store gave the following re
sults: ' .
Dirty pennies averaged 2tf living bacteria
each.
- Dimes 40 living bacteria each.
Moderately clean bills 2,20 living bacteria
each.
Dirty bills 73.000 living bacteria each.
One method of Improvement Is suggested
as follows; "In Boston a large Arm cater
ing especially to women, of their own ac
cord made an arrangement .with their
bankers, ,by fvhich . thtywere generally,
enabled to give only, clean or new money
for change. But when they could not
secure it, as was often the case during
the holiday season, tliey caused all colna
received to be dropped Into a bath con
taining a germicide and then had a girl
take them out and polish them on a buffing
machine, at a amall cost, the proceaa being
, shown on the first floor, and attracting
most interested attention. Yet thy did
nn ndvertlae tho furl Rhnnld nna ladln
department store In any city arrange to
give out nothing but clean, bright coins
and new bills In change, snd advertise
this advance In the methods of shopping,
we doubt not the apreciation of the public
would soon be made manifest by increase
, 0f business."
A prominent Brooklyn politician, whosu
most effective campaigning was done for
how in the mayoralty contest some, years
ago, was Induced by a kinsman to come
out to a little Queen Anne colony in New
Jersey one night this week to lend dig
nity, as well as distinction, to a political
mwtn, , the vlllge Can0- .rrlved
In the suburban community some time after
dark and was met by his small nephew,
who will later appreciate avuncular great
ness. On their way up the main street, the
orator of the evening" noted a great num-
ber of brightly burning bonfires, and took
unto himself considerable unction thereat.
"Freddie," he aaid, "this Is very nice.
I had no idea they would Illuminate in my
honor In this delightfully rustic style." .
"In your honor,!' snorted Freddie. "Huh!
t,l - . 1 .. . . , . . , . . I
leaves. 1
Speed abuses by automobile drivers In 1
New York City have reached such an ex-
ireraa iiibi me juauces 01 me special sea- 1
slons before whom the offenders come '
have agreed upon concerted action. They
have decided that first offenders be fined
not more than too, second offenders not ,
less than 150 nor more than $200, and for
the third offense Imprisonment of thirty
daya There are now 700 cases waiting .
trial.
Grave Problem for th Jadaree.
Washington Post.
After voluminous correspondence, and
long contention, the government and the
manufacturers of the stuff called whlaky
I y " courn in id m uten
, to answer It. Dr. Wiley tried to answer
: the qusstion. and ha failed. Secretary Wll-
'X.n 1 n n. V? a
1 Attorney General Ronapart framed an an-
,wer ncl the )de-nPt wltll0ut n nn
I -accepledl It. Sut Mr. Bon.p.rt-. d..crtp:
accepted it. But Mr. B
lion of whisky I. decla,
erroneou. and
declared by tha whisky
A ml.l.aHIn Th.. !
tHM to answer tha trMt miaul Inn inj
... ... " . W
Bonapart declared their description to
reVerend and experienced n.en-wtU be con-
fronted with th great enigma.
Tip for tha Caal Traat.
Baltimore American.
Aa explorer declares that coal la to b
'th expedition to discover this eiuaiv
point ha bran mar or less acient'nc but
now thai lis (Tsrvery Is retting down ta
business th publV may expert ta see th
Coal trost orrar'sa au exaedttlon U aea
found around the North pole. Hitherto all
this black-d'amond traasur first.
A aaltaala PaauUty.
Naw Tork World. .
Chancellor Andrews should by no means
bo retired fr condemning to the gallows
the edltcs who critlcis rrtiolty the m'l-
liorair- if h..muMt be diacipiinrd
hla sentence ba commuted to a term
,lf wlth CiM,(Hor
let
term at
I Calico
I of Jill
A QIESTIOM AS TO CACSK,
What Actaally Orvasloaed the Wall
Street Paale.
New York Evening Post.
After a crisis In the markets there Is al
ways abundance of authoritative Informa
tion as to whir any crisis whatovor nhnuM I
have come. Opinions In cases of this sort
will differ, because panics are psychology , Enow ,t1"t they . aarroe In the , pronot
cal. But In any case, the Inquiry remains 'on that nature will ba bland dur(n- tha
as to Just what caused such events as last ""!" months when the sun will, ba fat
week's early bank disasters, and the train Hodo thay know? Py a thousand
of events that followed them.
First and foremcst stands the Ion dla-
cussed scarcity of capital, wherein demands
on the world's credit resources had out -
stripped supply. Buch a situation meant
either that new plans Involving large use
of money must be laid aside or else that
capital already lodged In older enterprises
must be withdrawn. But Its withdrawal
left many older undertakings and the
banks whose funds were Invested In them,
In a more or leas awkward situation.
Second, and as a corollary, must be cited
the waste of credit duVlng many years; by
our "boomers" and promoters of 1K1 and
ISO. by the suspioloua personages whoirardl toadstools have few or no-wrinkle
bought up banks on margin, and built up
meir cnain," and by the lnfatuat?d nnan-
clers who threw us In debt to Eurene dur-
lng 1904 by hundreds of millions of dollara.
for the purpose chiefly of putting up the
price of stocks. 'The very much larger
part of the community who had learned to
live on borrowed money, have their part to
answer for.
I m,i.j w , ... ... . t
Third, such episodes as the life Insurance
practices, and the looting of the NeW York the goosebone is fair and unspottedi ver--street
railways, whose inevitable exposure rnln under logs and old planks are mora
shook the confidence of the Ignorant man , numerous and lively than aver before j flsh
ln the American- financier and banker. If ' worms are. near the surface; in fact,' na
there are those who say that the exposure ' ture with myriad voices , unanimously
of these wrongdoings made the trouble, ' attuned declares that the winter of 1907-
and that hence the exposers are to blame,
they are men who would denounce police
men for thrusting on our innocent mind
knowledge that thieves exist.
Ftourth In the list of responsibility stand
the Inadequate state lawa for restriction of
trust company Investments, and the folly
with which the presidents of these Institu
tions have resisted propositions of reform
during half a dozen years. Were they
alone the sufferers from last week's events
one would be twpte to suggest ibat they
had got their punishment.
If a final eauee for the phenomena were
aought It mights perhaps be 'found In tho
recklessness with which newspaper head
lines started the serious run last Wednes
day morning, and the dastardly use. of
newspaper advertising columna the ensuing
"ay by the notorious Boston tipster. Things
, like these, from which we turn with con
tempt in ordinary days, are often formid
able engines of destruction at such times
as these.
rRIlSOXAL NOTES.
The Mexican government denies that It
spent $300,COO Mex. In entertaining Secre
tary Root. It spent 1100,000 In real money.
The great name of Rarnum will appear
no more on the billboards, but the great
remark, "The people like to bo hum
bugged," will live for many years to
come.
Surgical operations may ba performed
upon Pittsburg school boys who fall be
hind In their studies. Get busy, boys. It
j It Is successful in Pittsburg tha practice
may be adopted elsewhere.
Tha old headgear which Geronlmo, the
Indian chief, wore in hla last battle with
General Miles has been bought by Robert
W' We"B 'Washington, and will ba given
to tha Smithsonian institution.
Ten years ago a New Yorker bought a
mal 'or a beggar, and the man he aided In
this manner haa Just aent him a H.OjO bill
Bo run" the tale, but possibly the mendl-
p. n F .' Imlnn km a ...... u D.ont
Pennsylvania presents a youngster or
1 15 with a record of fifteen
1 bear pelts to
. .
Change In the
his credit. Unless things
meantime thla boy may be unanimously
eieciea 10 pa presidency uy lue ume na
la 16 yeara of age.
Dr. A. R. Green of th Nathan Strauss
milk pasteurising establishment of New
York, opened a similar laboratory in Heldel-
berg, Germany, last week In the presence
of a number of university professors and
representatives of various South German
sanitary organisations The laboratory will
be developed Into an Institution modeled on
tha Strauas establishments In American cit
ies. King Alfonso is most carefully guarded
at night. For four centurlea the slumbers
of successive sovereigns of Spain have
been watched alt night by the Monteraa de
Eaplnosa, a body' of men to whom Is
delegated the exclusive privilege of guard
ing their monarch from aunset to sunrise
They must have an honorable military
career and be natives of the town of
F-spinosa.
The following are among .th prominent
mn viwf.d tn htk nrutnt mt th. Un..
'sklrh will plnia tha rnntuntlim n Ik. M.
tlooal Civil Service Reform league In Buf-
ard li. Dana. William Dudley Foulke snd
Clinton Rogers Woodruff.
Opportunities Like This Don't Often Ocpur
Canadian Clear Rod Cedar Qhing!o3 553.75 per M
packed FULL COUNT. You not only get a shin
gle that Is way up In quality, at a way down
price, but It takes fewer of them to lay a roof
We are ovirstooXed on everything. "Grit Tod"
the best prepared roofing, 51.0 a square com
plete. And 20 discount en lumber. . All for ash
C. !!. DIETZ LUMBER CO., 1214 Fcrn:a TeLBcux3S-
I
CORN SYRUP
It's the crowning joy that
, makes a feast of a flapjack
It spurs tha lazy appetite j
it surprises by its exquisite-.
flavor.
Fine for baking best for -
any use from griddle cakes
to candy.
In tot, t$e ndje
mr-tight tint.
CORN PRODUCTS
IJF0. CO.
A MILD WIXTEIl rX SIGHT
Old Reliable rropfcet Gives, ava Aaovs
aire that Ooea. , . .
Washington Post.
Weather prophets are .entitled to pubtta
pralae for their consideration and eour-.
tcsy In predicting a mild winter. Whether
thejr re rlht or not 'l u eomrorti" to
.signs. Any ona of the weather signs of tha
' nulne prophet Is a sura sign. . Added -
Solh'f they maka proof as strong as Hal
1 Wrlt ... .-? -.o ...
Muskrats have not even begun to build
'their winter quarters. This la a. sign that
na ver failed, from the tlnia that. Adaia
i nit observed that muskraU were weather
"harps. Ducks have been slow in migrate
Is not this convincing to anyon but a
i calloused skeptic? Deer have tKetr thin fall
J suits on; the leavers have not begun cut-
ting their winter wood supply; tba owls
.have not yet withdrawn to tha. forest daapsi
h songbirds have not all sailed south-
corn husks are not thick; the 'possum haa
' ' ore furl In hla ' tail thla, fall; . tha
"wamps and bogs are low;, the wild
" U" aojourning on northern lakeet
i Jack-rabbits have not yet begun to drum
! ot hollow logs; there Is no thlok down
(Under the chtcken'a feathers, aor any bony
'growth on Its feet; the whlskera of Jersey
farmers are strangling and of slaw growth!
t , . ... . ...
'black cats have no whites under their sycat
1908 will not amount to shucks.
LINES TO A LA I CH.
"What do you think of a man who keep.
his money in an old stocking?"
"I should say he had selected a darned
poor bunk." Philadelphia Ledger. . " . ...
"You can prove an alibi on this charge,
can't your" asked hla lawyer. 1
ie r, i said tne captured crook; 'but
we'll hHVS to wait a week or two. Tha
,t-,i,- t u, pcuiii o iirnve ii oy aui I put . g
1U11 4 'IllfflVJ. w r 1 1 a a . ' . . I .... . 1
....V"'. ." ' ' "" rt f.M!' !T-. I
"Why Is It you never admit that yon ,
have been wrong?"
... rlu"r. answeren senator uonrnum,
In politics as in anything else there Is no
use making a bad matter worse." Wash- , .
lngton Star.
"I want to avt a suitable place for my
on- He Is a young man of much address.'
"Then why not let him canvass for a
directory?" Baltimore American.
"Prisoner at the bar." said tha magis
trate, "for the crime of overspending you
will pay a ttn of $10 or be took to Jail for
tan days."
"ThRt'B not a correct sentence." murmured - .1
the prisoner. Philadelphia Ledger, ,. .
"Some of our financiers have had trouble ' " fc '
In realizing money."
"Of course they have had trouble In
realising it. A lot of it waa purely imau.
Inary."-Washington Star. . , " V
Don Quixote had sad
mill with the result already recorded. - '
t. .1" . ,aci.le y.?u "",n." s ha sputterad,
gathering hlmsvlf un "ih.n t ...
ond wind!" - : 'V"' T
But his fa-nous steed RnsnatA refused
tO be a D-rtV to anv fnrth.p .., T
Tm lh..""rir in.d.d I favor ot the wind
mill. Chlcaro Tribune.
THB MOH.M.NU AFTER.
Detroit Free Press. ''''
Last night I ate a l'ttle bird. " ''
And hud a bottle cold; "v
'Twas la th new hotel, ws sat
And merrv atnrloa inM '
nd. oh, when I had gone to sleen
A man came to mr bed.
And. with a cleaver blight and sham
Reached out to get my head.""
Then I turned over on my side v'
R"t not tn llarn
Another demon sonrht to win
Rv r'vlng iHi'ghliig; g-aa.
AnTo"Tt'r."rn;i-hen,i'r,;,e
10 "tranrla m he came;
He wore a coat of mall, and fro:
Hla eyes shot tongues of flame.
. ni-i,.
With demona bid t'ae"; OUht'
WTLh.u,Jr br"te that thought It sport
The very h!sslna?Cofnth 1 h
Metrcjiiirht I pla'nly heard
Ty'd come to have revenge, because
tle blr(1'
Thla mornlnr. oh! mi . ,.,,!.. 1,.. ' '" '
la thrnbh'nv mnA t
T?..t".' " ,,lougl I had undergone
V. hat reallv was a drum.
I nsed to love the little birds.
Before I came to know,
Tb.8t "fh a danty l'ttlo thing, -Could
treat a fellow ao.
DOCTORS
BICKNELL
and .
PATTON
Hve Removed
their offices from tha '
Karbach Block
ToB Brani;is'Dl4B
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