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10 TUT, OMATTA DAILY BEE: KATTIiDAY. NOVEMBER Ifi, 1907. The Omaha Daily Bee FOUNDED BT EDWARD ROSE WATER. VICTOR ROBE WATER, EDITOR. Entered at Omaha rostoffice aa second rlaas matter. TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION: Daily Hee (without Sunday), one year.. KM I.mily Hee and Sunday, ona year ' Hunilsy Bee, one year ... S.W Saturday lief, one year 1W DELIVERED BV CARRIER. Daily Hee (including- Sunday), per week..lSc Dally Bee (without 8unday, per week. .10c Evening Uee (without Bunday), per week 6c Bvening Bee (with Sjnday), per week l'sj Address all complaints of Irregularities in delivery to City Circulation Department OFFICES. Omaha The Bee Building. South Omaha City Had Rullding. Council Bluffa 15 Bcott Street. Chicago 16(0 I nlvere.il y Building. New York-Ilk Home Life Insurance Building. Waalungton-728 Fourteenth Street N. W. CORRESPONDENCE. Communication! relating to newa and edi torial matter should be addressed, Omaha Bee, Editorial lepartmenL REMITTANCES. Remit by draft, express or postal order payable to The Bee Publishing Company. Only 2-cent stamps received In payment of mall accounts. Personal checks, except on Omaha or eastern exchange, not accepted. STATEMENT OF CIRCULATION. State of .eoiaska. Douglas County, ss: Charles C. Hosewater, general manager t The Bee Publishing company, being July sworn, says that the actual number sf full and complete copies of The Dally Morning, Evening and Sunday Bee printed during the month of October, 1307, was aa rollowa: 1 36,070 1 88,690 1 36,600 4 36,360 1 36.850 35,600 7 36,440 t 36,890 IT tO.THl lg 36,590 It 36,640 tO 40,()0 21 36,650 2! 36.940 23 37,393 24 36. BOO . 86,700 . 88.850 . 86,400 . 36,530 . 35,300 . 36.630 , .38, MO . N,M0 it. . 2.. 27. . 2.. 29. . DO.. II.. 36,73 36,700 35,580 37,0i0 36,9H0 ... 36,90 ... 87,330 . .1,139,4140 15. 1. . Total l.tiis unsold and returned copies. 9,883 Net total 1,189,558 .'ally average 36.4J7 CHARLES C. ROSHWATER. Oenaral Manager. Subscribed In my presence and sworn to Mfure me this 1st osy of November. 1907. ROBERT HUNTER, Notary Public. WHE.N OUT OB" TOWN. Sabscribers tearing; the city tem porarily aboaild have The Bee ailed to them. ddreaa will be changed aa often aa req nested. The Cannon boom la standing pat. Confidence Is a good thing, but over tonfldence may cause reaction. Now a clock la to be placed la the Eiffel tower. The Parisians Insist jpon having a high time. Senator Beveridge declares that Mr. Roosevelt is the greatest man of the lentury. Outside the senate, of course. "Prospects for a cleaner Chicago are good," says the Tribune. Cejtalnly, l dirtier Chicago would be Impossible. That cattle Quarantine may be a . good precautionary measure, but it will not be accepted as a good excuse from the butcher. Those southern states that have adopted prohibition laws must have an idea that they are making tight money impossible. An undertaker at Kansas City has been admitted to the practice of med icine, notwithstanding the Missouri law against mergers. That 1100,000,000 which Is coming from Europe may be expected to ease the money market, but it cannot be classed as easy money. Evelyn Thaw is not tA be called as a witness in her husband's second trial, so all those photographs must be charged up to profit and loss. General Booth says that only one In in eighty is found out. Perhaps, but the family usually has suspicions about at least seventy-nine others. The .fact that an Immense' amount of gold is being brought to this coun try is highly satisfactory. The method Of Its distribution la not so satisfac tory. . Mr. Bryan says the democrats must pick their candidate for president, but e la thoroughly convinced the party will make a mistake If it does not pick him. In other words, Mr. Bryan Is trying to make It plain that If any additional reasons are offered why he should not t a candidate he has the answers ready. It is stated that the money string ency at Cleveland has been relieved by the payment of election wagers. Fall to see how that Is to help the re publicans any. Th announcement that Mr. Taft and the German emperor are to meet on the Isle of Wight will cause some persona to revise their ideas about the size of the Isle of Wight. The Department of Agriculture says there will be more corn than ever for export this year. That is easily ex plained. There aro but three "wet" counties left in Kentucky. Senator Tillman predicts the nomi nation of Mr. Cannon for the presi dency. While the South Carolina sen ator ta something of a fire-eater, he will have his little joke occasionally. ' '- . 1 The executive mansion in which the governor of Nebraska resides has been put up and cold for delinquent taxes, to redeem which will require some thing like $400 of real money. Won der what kind of a deed the state got to that property when It bought it? i!"tt people purchasing real estats lu gitt cn a warranty covering all niort laiea, Ucus and taxea I R. ppt j n'8 fRoffrflruwesra By Mr. Bryan's pronunclamenlo through his paper that he is willing to run again for the presidency, the ex pected has once more happened. No matter how much people at a distance may have been speculating whether Mr. Bryan would go after the demo cratic nomination in 1908. or take it If offered to him, no one In Nebraska conversant with political events trans piring in this vicinity ever entertained a doubt for a moment. For either his political friends or his political ene mies In his own state it was entirely unnecessary for Mr. Bryan to go to the troublo to set at rest specifically the various "assertions" and "charges," which he denies In detail. Nobody hereabouts has believed "that Mr. Bryan was waiting to see who the republican nominee would be." Mr. Bryan has never before hes itated to get into the political game because of the personality of the candidates of the opposing party. No one who would make the forlorn race against McKInley in 1900 would be deterred on that account from running against any one whom the republicans might name in 1908. No one hereabouts believes, either, "that Mr. Bryan was waiting to ascer tain the chances of victory." Mr. Bryan was merely withholding his an nouncement until the time should be ripe. He has discovered that defeat has its rewards as well as victory and he has become bo accustomed to do- I teat that one defeat more or less j would not worry him. Neither did any one hereabouts need Mr. Bryan's assurance that "If the choice falls upon another he will not be disgruntled." Mr. Bryan is above all a stickler for nartv recnlarlt v. Tin swallowed Parker four years ago, after telling the rank and file that no self- respecting democrat could support ' hlni. The democratic ticket in Ne- ; braska has from time to time been loaded down with some of the most i notorious fake reformers and proved corporation cappers, but . Mr. Bryan has never refused them his support. After these examples there is no ques tion that he will stay by his party no matter who may be the nominee. The significant feature of the pres- j eut pronunclamento is the tone of dls- j mal discouragement running through j It from beginning to end. It is com- I pletqly lacking in that cock-su redness j with which Mr. Bryan usually flavors his utterances. It savors most, of an oi. r to submit himself again as a party sacrifice to save some one else from being slaughtered. EABKlKf.S OF JFK HA1LWJTS. Final reports of the earnings of American railways for the month of October go far to dispel the Impres sion, If any prevailed, that the financial depression Is due to the depreciation of railway securities attributable to a lack of business or a showing of earnings. Hallway managers, or at least some of them, have Insisted thM the legislation by congress and leg islatures for stricter regulation of rail way rules and railroad operation has 1 served to depreciate railway securities and to prevent investors from putting their money Into railway properties, but the figures in the reports of tha railways, do not bear them out. It roust be remembered that the year 1906 was the most prosperous In the history of American railroads, so that comparisons with that year must be considered as comparisons with a high-water mark. Th'e reports sub mitted to date, covering fifty of the largest railway systems of the country, show enormously Increased gross earn ings during the present year. The in crease in expenses has also been large, but the net gain, after deducting divi dends and the amounts set aside for new construction and betterments, In dicates something like $120,000,000 to add to the surplus accounts for the year's work. Reports at hand also Indicate that the American railways have an In crease of about 13 per cent In October, in gross earnings, over last year. It is Important to notice that the reports of this year show an increase for every month over the record-breaking 190C. While it is Idle to expect this record to be continued unabated, bank ruptcy predictions are by no means in order. JO Jilt ST WATF.RIKO STOCKS. Senator McCumber of North Dakota has caused to be published the text of a bill he will Introduce at the coming session of congress to prohibit water ing of stocks. The measure provides for a federal license of corporations en gaged in interstate commerce and vests the secretary ot the Department of Commerce and Labor with authority not only to limit the output of new stock of corporations, but also, if his suspicion Is aroused, that any corpora tion operating under a federal license is over-capitalized or tries to Issue stock that would result in over-capitalization, to secure in accounting and to demand that all stock of the cor poration be called in and that new stock be Issued within tha value of the actual assets of the company. Some disposition is manifested to look upon tha McCumber bill as an administration measure, but this Is probably Jumping at a conclusion. Whenever It becomes generally known that the administration has fixed upon a policy for dealing with a subject ot public interest, it always brings forth a flood ot bills, each member allowing it to be understood that his bill Is "en dorsed by the administration." The McCumber bill may or may cot have the executive sanction, but it la along the lines suggested by the president in several of his public, speeches and serves, at least, as notice that the pub lic Interest has become aroused upon this subject and the attention of the lawmakers attracted to this growing public sentiment for measures calcu lated to check the flagrant abuses that lave arisen from unrestrained opera tions of stock jobbers and manipulators. IKL1CACIES fOH THE SA TT. All this talk about the hardships en dured by men who enlist as plain fighters and workmen In the American navy will be subjected to a little dis count by those who have given even a cursory attention to the list of articles Included In the supplies for the fleet of battleships now preparing for the long Journey to Pacific waters. Every "navvy" who is released from a term of service in the naval service' has his story of privation and hardship. He Will tell you all about the poor and Doorer cooking, the martinet manner of the commanding officers and all the hardships and humiliations that are heaped upon the enlisted man, until a sympathetic listener is ready to en list in any proposition for the ameliora tion of the condition of the enlisted man. But this enthusiasm is dimmed a little by the enumeration of com forts and luxuries in store for the officers and etIlEted men who will sail for the Pacific next month under com mand of Admiral Evans. The hard-working wae earner who spends his earnings for the common necessities of life will learn, perhaps with astonishment, that the poor, abused sailor is golnz to be supplied w 1th not only such substantial es- sentlala as mcat3, coffee, Hour and Increase of twenty-five mllliona over the "understanding" which removel th colon milk, but In addition, canned peaches . last appropriation, though only four mil- ! lal possessions of lK)th powers outa'de the and pears, nuts, chocolate and other delicacies, alons with such changes as fiankfurter and bologna Bausage, fresh eggs in 6,000 dozen installments, 250, 000 pounds of plug tobacco, 3,700 cigars and 37,000 cigarettes. There is also a plain intimation that if there is anything the sailors want and don't see, all they have to do Is to ask for it, as an "emergency ration" fund has been provided and an allowance made by which each sailor may call upon it. Veterans of the civil war, in both tha army and the navy, never tire of tell ing how they lived In tho trenches or on ship-board on hardtack and bacon for weeks at a time and learned to look upon beans as a luxury and had chicken only in their dreams. To those old warriors the thought of serving In the army or navy, under the menu allowances of today, must seem like a vision and they can never cease to won der at the bill of fare provided for the modern fighting unit. Still no one be grudges the army and the navy its share in the "good things to eat" sup plied by a liberal government. The lot of the soldier and sailor Is unsat isfactory enough at best and If he can go Into battle or perform his ordinary duties with a full stomach and a clear conscience the country that feeds him has nb regret coming. The publica tion of the list of rations, however, rather spplls the force of tho protest raised by the soldier or sailor over his lot. Everyone knows that the -loss of the hvrlrant rental caso hv thf cltv ha. ..,,. t. H .ifK ty .., nothing to do with the Question wneincr ine water works appraisement IS or is not legally binding But the Water board lawyers had an Idea that i ef using to pay for the water hjMrants would force concessions from the water company in the purchase nego tiations. The significance ot the hy drant rental decision is merely In em phasizing the fact that at the end of the water works war must come a treaty of peace, with only two alterna tives, either for the city to buy at an agreed price or to enter into a new contract on more favorable terms than the last. Secretary of State Junkln wants au tomoblllsts to understand that they must renew their licenses to uso the highways .and byways of Nebraska be fore the beginning of next year with payment in advance. Mr. Junkin evi dently fears that some second-hand automobiles will not sell for the amount of the license fee. As a result of his Quarrel with tho distillers Attorney General Bonaparte Is going to ask the supreme court to answer the question, "What Is whisky?"- Of course, members of the court will not take Judicial cognizance of any personal information they may possess on the sublect. A man ho won an endurance con test at piano playing In San Francisco has been "shanghaied" and carried to some foreign shore. As a general rule, "shtngbalng" 13 not commenda ble, but there are exceptions. Colonel Bryan announces that he is willing to run again:, but he falls to say anything about making Mayor "Jim" chairman of the democratic na tional committee. Is this another caBe of "the sting of ingratitude?" That Dahlman Democracy dinner scheduled for next month might now as well be called off. The Important announcement which Mr. Bryan was to have made on that occasion seems to have been set off prematurely. Wyoming captures the fat federal judgeship made vacant by the death of one of the justices on the District of Columbia bench. Nebraska has plenty of lawyers who would gladly respond to a requisition ot this sort. The Rock Island announces that it ill accept the 2-cent fare provided for In th constitution of the new state of Oklahoma. If railroads ran operate on a 2 -cent fare basis In Okla homa they will have a hard time prov ing that 2-cent fares are confiscation in any other state east of the Rocky mountains. Word comes from Helena, Mont, that it, too, Is for opening the Mis souri river channel to navigation. Congressman J. Adam Ilede must have been lecturing up In that neck of woods. Itnekhnne and Poll. Washington Herald. "A man has no business In congress un less he has a backbone." says Speaker Can non. And even then, he hasn t much ue there unless he has a pull with the speaker. A lleverelhle Ticket. Philadelphia Tress. The democrats have two Johnsons now, the Cleveland one and the Minnesota one. Why not make the ticket Johnson and Johnson? You couldn't very well get It up- i l down. The End Approaching-. Portland Oregonlan. When Judicial cognizance Is taken of complaints by shippers that a certain freight rate Is unreasonable, there la rea- son for rejoicing among the plain people "i io nj'jjruuciiiiig entj or corporation tyranny. ' Penalty for It a sin ess Vires. rittsburg Dispatch. Inflation and speculation may Inflict In Jury In their cataclysm, but that Is an In- evltable result of their vices. Eut In a country like ours the only thing that can permanently stop commerce la the d:snp - pearance of the population. The I ptrard I'acr Buffalo Express. One hundred and tworilv-flve millions for the navy will be the recommendation of the department to the Sixtieth congress, an lions more than was asked for. As the value of tho national property Is enhanced, the "premium for Insurance" goes up. It la to I. nosh. St. Louis Republic. Or.6 of the most humorous Ideas 1907 offers for future collections of humor Is the theory that this whole country Is to bo, and of right ought to be. sublect to a "financial stringency" every time 200 of 300 or t or pennysavers ,n isew i orK want their penny aavlngs paid them In the real or alleged Interest of their pushcart Industries. Words, Words, Worda," Brooklyn Eagle. Quite a number of -ery earnest people are troubled because the words, "In "God We Trust," will not be stamped on the new $10 and 1M gold pieces, for which Saint ,,,. ,, . ... . , . Gaudens supplied the design. A great many ,,. aj , . ' people trust In God who do not have the words saying that they do pricked on the back of their hands In India Ink. Trust or faith la better shown than ahouted, better lived than engraved. The Toll Too Heavy. New York Tribune. The toil of killed and injured on our rail ways Is unhappily increasing Instead of Fir. thousand killed and 7 the year 1904VT Is a terrible show- lessening. irriured In the lrur. Better eaulDment and annlianoes r. apparently mora than offset by greater negligence or recklessness, . for which the traveling public la In a measure responsible if safety Is sacrificed to unreasonable de mands for expedition. Harm Worked by Fanatic. Kansaa City Star. There Is one thing that real reform should pray to be saved trom, and that Is the crank and the bigot. Fanaticism often woiks harm, seldom good. It has brought rls4 progressively from one-fifth per cent I Philadelphia c: Yse Its ballot boT Incalculable injury to the army through to 5 Per cent. The maximum rate of 5 per : stuffers, even i t tries. The little the abolition of the canteen, which has cent applies to comparatively low Incomes, matter of awr. a bond issue of $10, been upheld not only by nearly all the high F retmers ar- rub'ect to the tax a f ' e r j foo.OOO was put up to the voters last week army officers, but also by the mothers, twelve months' residence. Hungarian ettl- and went through with a whoop. Now It . wives, sisters and daughters of the soldiers, , wh ctalnly have th. morals an(, thp characters of the men of their own faml- i lies more at heart than have the virtuous meddlera of the temperance organizations, reeled against absentee landlordism. Dr. IWekerle said that this measure had been urged upon the government by forty-two ousion xranscript. i of the sixty-three county administrations, We hear so much about "graft" in these ' owing to the rapid acquisition of landed United States, It Is so conspicuously head- property In Hungary by foreigners, who lined, and made In so many Insinuations i already held 2,000,000 acres, that never get Into print, that there is sat- lsfactlnn in learning that there are public j The Confederation of French Retail men of other eountrlea who are In trouble ' Traders, which includes Ml syndicates rep for practices that meet our definition of resenting 300.000 members In seventy-one de the term. In Italy the trial of Nunzlo Nast, I partments of France, recently held a well former minister of public Instruction, on 1 attended meeting In Parla and adopted the charge of defrauding the public treas- ! a resolution in reference to the weekly day ury to raise a campaign fund, la the sen- I of rest, which while recognizing the excel satlon of the hour. Gurko. the Russian : lent Intentions that prompted the law of vice minister of the interior, has been com pelled to disgorge t'SO.WV for malfeasance In connection with the famlno relief fund, and undoubtedly "there are others." Of coursa, tt Is not logical that we should find cause for satisfaction In proof that other als-o cal's uron parliament to provide with countries have predatory politicians, but It I out delay by a precise and formal vote. Is very human just the same. j first, for a broad and liberal application of No Other Food Product ha3 a like Record Balier's Cocoa 1 07 Yea" cf Constantly Incressir.g Salea ABSOLUTELY PURE Registered V. S. i'ai. office It is o perfect food, as wholesome as it is delirious; highly nouiishinr;, easily digested, fitted to repair wasted strength, preserve health, prolong- life. Our Cbslca Recipe Book, contain Ing direction for prepaxinif more than ICS dainty dish, xu.t free ea request. Walter Baker & Co., Ltl BatablUhea 17M DORCHESTER, MASS, 8. A. M 40 ' iAvn Highest Awards ffl I' l JIW America &ll If ' OTIIF.R LAD THA Ofrt. Since the nationalisation of the railroads of Japan last year the government has bent Its energies toward developing nnd completing a system to conserve both mili tary and civil need. The urgency of the work and the feverish energies applied to It are evidenced by the recent rurchase' of American steil rails, Jnpan paying a premium for delivery within a limited time. Within ths next five yiars the au thorities plan to spend tTS.om.mo In rail road Improvements. According to the re port of American Consul Miller, the pro jected Improvements Include the doubling of S30 miles of trark, the construction of :0 locomotives, 10.000 freight vans, l.ftlO passenger cars and five small steamboats, nd the expenditure of r.SOI.OOO for th-s extension and reconstruction of railway stations. Japan's first railway, opened to traffic In 1872. was a government enterprise, and the eighteen miles of that year In crensed to the 1.531 miles owned and oper ated when the national'satlon bill was passed. Under that bill the government acquires an additional 2,812 miles, and will then control about W per rent of the rail way mileage of the country. The lines re maining In prhate hands are smnll affairs, most of them bring less than twenty five miles In length. The cost of cons'ructlon of the system soon to be controlled by th Jnnrnese government Is reported as very ! rioe . annoom it.. t e.min-. ; exclusive of' subsidies and miscellaneous ,ece'pts. are given for the year 19 6-06 as approximately $18,000,00. "The kaiser's visit to Edward VII," cava the New York Evening Tdst, "Is very timely. It cannot but prove a contribution ' tn rse of European peace, an ! it ; nothing of its significance In com'ng dramatically close upon the rt's 1u"on , ' T,1S Hague conference, with Its f.ill j treasure of disappointed hopes. The meet- I Ing of the German and Prlt'sh monarch completes the circle of ranproehem. nts an.l ententes which has heen drawn about tne i Curm..., i - -.f 1 ,.i I three years. First, Oreat Brtta'n and! France entered Into the now celebrated scope of possible future contention. Sp.ln through Its close relations with France in the matter of Mediterranean policy, came under tre Influence of the dual a?rremnt. Since England has always been the filend of Italy on the Mediterranean, th"re fol lowed, as a result of the Anglo-French en tente, a decided relaxation In the chronic ay J(.aioug relations between France and T..i.. v.. .... -i lance ieemPd thrc,tPned when Italy Joined , wlth rranre a(?alnst Germany In the Alge- clras conference of last year. France, a mediator In turn, has no doubt hastened the recently concluded agreement between Great Britain and Russia. And now It Is not Improbable that Russian Influence has helped to bring about today's Interview between Edward VII and Wtlllnm II. It Is true that where everybody Is everybody elsc'a friend, the chances for Quarreling are not removed. Nevertheless . of Europe must profit when Gen tt.f . the peace rmany aban dons the suspicious attitude that has so long been hers." In the Hungarian chamber. Dr.- Wekerle, In hi. caoacltv of finance minister, has In- treduced the esMmat- s for - ' with a series of bills for the reform of dl- rect taxation. He spoke of the constant Increase of expenditure, and pointed out that th8 tural "Pa"""" "venue could i not keeP Pace wlth 11 """" reat'r econ- " ' V' practiced. The reform of dl- ! rect "" wnlch Proposed, would not he declared, imply an Increased burden upon direct taxpayers. The atate would loso at least $4,000,000 by the reform, but would be compensated by increased revenue from excise and particularly from the duty on spirits. By Dr. Wekerle'a scheme several categories of existing tares will b. merged Into a general Income tax, to which all Incomes over $105 a year will be liable, Beyond this minimum of $125, taxation will sens who have no permanent residence in Hungary, or who do not reside in the coun- tr for l i81 f"r months of the year, are taxed at double rates-a provision dl July, 1PCM5, declares that the members of the confederation are fully determined to de fend at all coat their right to work and their essential Interests, which have b"en more and more Ignored. The resolution the law, and, secondly, a complete amnesty for all persona fined under It. The meeting also adopted a unanimous resolution con demning the details of 'the Income tax bill, and professing an Immovable attachment to the principles of economic and social liberty and equality. Inseparable from polit ical liberty and equality. Representatives In Parliament are adjured not to adopt the new arrangements presented by the fiscal committee concerning the method of tax ation of commercial and Industrial revenue. One of the provisions of the law which goes Into effect In Great Britain next Janu ary relates to the manufacture of patented articles. If It should appear that the busi ness Is conducted cn a more extensive scale outside than inside the kingdom the prlvlll- j ges conceded by the patent may be with drawn after due notloe. The principle In volved In the new system protection of home Industry Is sound, no doubt, but Its application may not be regarded with un qualified favor by foreigners. BOrXD.N'ESS OF COl'XTItV BAMtS. Relatively Stronger Than Bank la Bin- Cities. Kansas Clly Journal. There is no more gratifying feature of ; the recent financial trouble than the ! demonstrated soundness of the rural ln- , slilutlons, the country banks which hold ; the swings of the farmers and ot the real- dents of the country towns. Having S3 ; much at stake and being so far removed ' from the renters of detailed information as to actual conditions, the patrons of , these Institutions might have been ex- j pected to manifest more concern than tho people of the big cities, und the rural banks themselves, deprived of the co-operative measures which the city banks em ploy to their mutual advantage, might reasonably have si arcd this anxiety. But the effects of the lick of confidence were felt least of all In the rural districts. The test to which the country banks were subjected was relatively more severe than that of the banks In the big cities, and that they stood It with such success Is a strong testimonial to their solidity, as well as to the confidence of their patrons. They DIP II baking powder Makes Food More Delicious and Whole some Ko Alum No Phosphates Care Must bo Taken to Keep Alum From the Food r A I 1 . m A t . 1 1 I I -a --vvr. jimiii vini r nnann ieiump wmcn can derange use; L' - Back skenlsl net We tolerate! in baking powder.' Tffj ft. W. Jvknsan, Yale newdert aa occupy the proud position of being In n setise tl e mainstays of prosperity at this time. There was never so much money In tie rural birks. and conditions which "u,oJ ,ormfr I"''-" ' lacking for i t.. very n-aaon. Ti ls Is well expressed rrrshi.nt James It. Forgan of the it list National lank of Chlrugn. who pays the country tanks this compliment: "Our present situation has no parallel In the annals of business conditions In the t'nlted Klalcs. In the panic of 113. whe. so many bjnks throughout the country were forced to the wall. It was because the rural banks were short of fund poverty stricken, so to speak, for the need of real money. They were obliged to s-ek relief from their reserve agents at money centers, and where they could not obtain assistance to keep up their legal reserves they failed. Today the condition Is corn- I reve. The coun,ry bank. nav(. huge surpluses of available cash In excess of the IS per cent reserve they are com pelled to carry against deposit liabilities. Instead of being borrowers, they are now lenders." POLITICAL DHIfr'T. Senator Henry Watteraon! It sounds good and looks better. Present polltleal discussions Indicate active training for next year's events. Incomplete returns show one funeral and two hospital cases as a result of settling election bets In Kentucky. Seven physicians have been elected majors of seven Jersey cities, and on, ! undertaker defeated. Even friends must j nart metlmes. Eoth parties extract satisfaction from the ! "oft year" election. However, its real significance ! that certain bunch, of party j Ptttrlo,s wl et tn salaries next year. It was said of Stephen A. Douglaa that he never would be president; his coat-tails were too near the ground. It Is now said of Mayor Johnson of Cleveland that no man christened plain Tom can ever reach that exalted dignity. With Senator Thomas Collier Piatt of New Tork this truly is "the winter of his discontent." Stockholders of the United States Express company are attack ing his salary of $26,000 a year as presl- dent of the com ran y. appears the whooping was overdone. Some boxea contained more votes than there are citizens in the districts, and the returns are not all In. Browning, Ming &. Co CLOTHING, FXJRNISHINGS and HATS Don't Bo Foolish Again TT F YOU'VE had good, don't be penny wise now in your econ omies. The best is &f ill the cheapest. Buy a Suit that will wear and save money in its service. Buy where you are sure of absolutely all wool and where the guarantee means some thing. We don't offer a high rate of interest, nor a "bargain sale."' But our Suits and Overcoats $15 to $50 will fit and wear and they are honestly made, under the low est percentage of profit in the trade. KlH ml nniirflnc Wit Streets W R. S. WILCOX, Mar. : 1 ! 1 WHEN IN DOUOT WHAT TO DO, ORDER Pi CLEAJI39T. CHIAIIT COAL MINED IN Wl VICTOR WHITE COAL onr. A pure, Grape y cream of tartar cjJ Caller. " I regard their (alum anal ('K labia alumna sa'tst introduction into baking mast Ctangaraua ta kaaltk." RMILINQ MEJ, She It looks like we were going to havo a fl irty of snow. lie Thtn theie will be a run on the lea !a nl. s, Baltimore American. "lie was perfectly at home nt the bnn- iiuet." Why, he didn't have a word to sny!" "Well, that's b.lng perfectly at homo for him." Houston Post. Secretary (of bad lrust I am sorry to .ay that the cost of getting out our pro duct l as Increased 10 per cent. I"res'(lent (of snmel I tWply regret It. The public will lil.'ve us now for the In crease of 4J per cent which we ahull be unavoidably compelled to make In our prices. Chicago Tribune. "You can't alius tell by appearances," said 1'ncle F.ben. "Sometimes a man looks (peclally well drSesed 'cause he's bloke an ain't got nuffln' to wear but his Sunday clothes." Washington Btar. "Some peope seem to think that knowl edge Is a sort of garment." "What do you mean?" "Seem to think that unless they air tt frequently It will get moth-eaten.' Wash ington Herald. Mother My son, avoid this brutal col lege fighting. Mrs. Jones told me today that her son was quite eeger the other day for a flaht with young fmtth, hut tliat ho had come home, after thinking over her arguments, with quite an altered coun tenance. Student Toil bet he did! Smith altered It all right. Baltimore American. SKORCIIErt PATS THE) BILL. Catholic Standard and Lines. All the neighbor folk who knew her, Poor, unlucky, little mite. Came from far and near to view her In her little shroud so white. The remarks of some were bitter. Though it certainly was plain. When the flying motor hit her There was not the slightest pain, And, of course, no needless torture. 'Twas a sad occurrence; still. Didn't Mr. Rlchley Skorcher Pay the undertaker's bill? Once again the people flocking To a housa of mourning, find More disaster, sad and shocking. That a motor leaves behind. Just a bruised and Mattered creature. Stark and lifeless there but then. There was one consoling feature. He waa three score years and ten. When a man's that old and feeble It is merciful to kill, And, moreover, Mr. Skorcher Pays the undertaker's bill. Bells are tolling In the steeple! There's another victim dead. Ah! the sore-afflicted people! Can they not be comforted, As they mark the solemn tolling And the rumbling c the bellsT Is there not some thought consoling That their monody compels? Sure! They know that motor's busted. (Shattered parts are soaring still), And the heirs of RJehley Skorcher Pay the undertaker's bill. For Men and Women Standard of the World ' I "HE free swing trie ample roominess of 1 this typical McKlblpln fur coat (drawn direct from life) is characteristic of all McKibbin fur garments. There are 500 dif ferent kinds. They are all standard quality. They are sold everywhere money in a bank that wasn't JT . 15th and Douglas Streets u Id Lh3 IIT AND BEIT T CZCm YOMINQ H .DU AND BEST CO., 1214 Firnia Tel. Vkj. 127