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4 TITE OMAHA DAILY BEE: TUESDAY, DECEMBER 17, 1907. Tiie Omaha Daily to, niT NPEO BT EDWAIU) HOSBWATKR VICTOR HOttKWATEU, KDITOIl. Fntrid at Omaha rostofme second rls.s matter. TERMS OF srnKCRirTlON: TuMir Be (without Sunday). on yr..Mnn Illy lre and Sunday, one ar ' 8inda liro. on yesr battirday li-, on yar DELIVERED UY CARRIER: Diillr Be (In. iitinn Sunday). pr c-k 1.V I m 1 1 v hrr iwlthmit Hunde) . pr wees..Hr Ev.-nlnn Hr (without Sunday), per itc LvrnlnK Hrn (With Pundny). Pr li...lw AoVlrrsa all oomp.einlK of lrrpularttl- In drlivrr to City Circulation Department I OFKICE3. Omaha Tha Hiilldlng. Suth Oniaha City 1 1 nil Building. Council Hlufl It Pmtt gtrt. Chicago lM I'nlvrraily Holding. New Verk 16 Horn Ll( Insurance liulMIn. Y ai(ilnton-; Fourteenth Street N. A. CORRESPONDENCE. Communications relating to news anil edi torial matter should be addressed, Omaha bre, Editorial I Hpartment. REMITTANCES. Remit by draft, express or postal order payable to The Hw Publishing Company. Only 2 -cent stamps received In payment of mail account. 1'eraonal checks, except on (imahi or eastern exchange, not accepted. STATEMENT OF CIRCULATION. State of Nebraska, Doulna County. s. : Charles C. Hosewater, aeneral manager of The Bee 1'ubllshlng Company, being: duly sworn, aaya that the actual number of full and complete cnplcs of The Dully, Morning, Evening and buiiday life printed, during the montit of November, " aa follows: 7 1 37.000. It 37 30 1 37,890 17 36-50 I 35,800 ' II 38,180 4 37.880 It 37,430 1 18,660 2 37,090 38.C80 11 M.1Q T 37,380 37,300 I 37.840 SI 37.380 S7.2S0 S4,V 36.100 1 SS.S00 tl 37.680 II 87,830 t4... 37.OS0 It 37,730 17 ; 37.340 II 37,380 21 36,840 14 37,360 l 38,680 It 37,600 18 37,680 Total .. ...1.133,480 Lra unsold and returned copies. 10,168 Net Total 1,113,869 Pally average 37,108 CHARLES C. ROSE WATER, General Manager. Puhscribed In my presence and sworn to before me Ihla Id day of leemher, l:7. KOUERT Hl'NTKIt, Notary Public. WHEH OUT Or TOWN. Sakacrlkera leaving; the city tem po r aril) shoal have The Bee Ma 1 14 t theaa. Address vrlll be aa efteai aa reqaeatad. It will be noticed that Christmas cigars are wrapped In tinfoil. So Is llmburger cheese. The speech of Jeff Davis In the sen ate is going through the malls without asbestos wrappers. New York Is debating whether to have coal sold by weight or measure. It la a burning Question. After reading "Jeff" Davis' speech, Uncle Sam probably wonders what the state of Arkansas has against him. It Is proposed to reorganize all the New York trust companies. Just now most of them are distrust companies. Omaha' -first bine Sunday scarcely deserved the came. The matter is now up to the courts, and time will telL , President Roosevelt declares that he will not only refuse to volunteer for another term, but will resist any ef fort to draft him. "A lunatic kicked a Delaware con gressman," say the Cleveland Leader. Still, kicking a congressman Is not proof of Insanity. Ernest Seton Thompson wants to know why mosquitoes, do not bite frog. Probably because hey do not like the taste of frogs. The New York World's question, "What Is a. democrat T" Is still unan swered. It might add. "Why Is a democratic convention?" Senator Knox is said to be having serious trouble with, hla eyes. He should not ruin his vision trying to find hla presidential boom. Senator Tillman asks the White House for Information on the -money question. Instead of writing to Mr. Bryan for data on the subject. The next democratic candidate , for the presidency will be nominated "a mile above the sea.. He will' be up higher than that In November. The thoughtful wife will buy her husband's Christmas cigars early, so he can have time to take them back and trade them for something he can moke. - Young John D. Rockefeller is en thaaiastlcally endorsing the Hughes presidential boom. It la but fair to Governor Hughea to tate that the en dorsement came unsolicited. "Jeff Divls of Arkansas has gone to the trouble of explaining that Is not related to Jefferson Davis of the sonfederacy. Jefferson Darls of Mis sissippi was a suave, high-minded ma whoee honesty of purpose waa never questioned. , The Lincoln correspondent of the Omaha Doubls-Ender Is again seel things. Republicans long ago learned just what value to place on the advice given them by thU Interesting and oc casionally amusing molder of opin ion and director of destiny. Bute Treasurer Brian has made an apportionment ot the temporary school fund of the state on a basis of a little more than 71 cents per capita for the school children ot Nebraska. This Is very near the high water mark, and Is taken aa another evidence of the gen eraily prosperous condition existing I the state. TfK SAtliyO CF THE tt.ttT. No red-blooded American cad. road Ithmit a thrill of prldo the report of he nailing from Hampton Koaiis of the lteen first-class battleships, the back bone and pride of the American navy, on the 14. 000-mlle crulac to the Ta- lllo. It Is a new experience for Amer- an pallor, the initial stop In a pro gram to demonstrate the Important, If not dominant, position the nation na taken in tho list of world powers nd the facilities for maintaining, if ocessary, , that position. Froai a pectarular point of view, the depurt- re of the fleet and tho naval parade Men preceded It furnished a lesson to Americans of the new found power and responsibilities that have come to us lnce Admiral lewey introduced the ew America to the world in Manila bay' nearly ten years ago. From a purely naval standpoint, the ruise on which the battleships have ntered is the most remarkable under- aking In history. It Is tho longest nd most hatardous trip to be under- aken by a fleet of such proportions, nd the successful accomplishment of it will furnish a test of seamanship. ndurance and ability that will place he American navy first in the world's list, so far aa officers and men go, whatever may be the rating in the umber of vessels and tonnage. While the world has been discussing the pro posed trip and speculating upon the igniflcance of it, Irestdent Roosevelt nd the administration , authorities ave made no effort at concealment. The mission of the fleet is peaceful. The cruise is designed as a practice test, a transfer of an American fleet rom the American Atlantic to the American Pacific, the demonstration of the fleet's ability to do in times of peace what it might be required to do, for the safety of the republic, In time f war. The cruise holds no menace to any other nation, even though It may serve as an object lesson to all. It imply marks the flowering of Amerl an naval development which has been so long in the bud. J WE COH TE HOC EUOM. Rumors of a rupture between Presi dent Roosevelt and Secretary Cor- telyou, as a result of which Mr. Cor telyou may retire from the president's cabinet, may be dismissed as unfounded or without significance if it chance to come true. According to the story, Mr. Cortelyou looks upon the presi dent's reiteration of his determina tion not to be a candidate for re election or renominallon as aimed directly at Cortelyou's presidential boom. The secretary of the treasury has been busy, according to these same veracious reports, In working up a Roosevelt third term sentiment, with the definite plan of finally securing the delegates In hla own interests. The president's action has 6plked this plan. Those who know Mr. Cortelyou will refuse to believe that he has ever had any Eerlous hope of being the repub lican nominee in 1908 for the highest office In the world. While he has filled three or four cabinet positions with more than average ability, he has never been regarded as suitable, or certainly not as available, presidential timber. He makes no pretense of a large grasp of national affairs and, outside of New York and Washington, Is almost a stranger to the country, Its resources and Its needs. While he may figure In the preliminary skir mishes of the national campaign, his presidential boom , is not considered seriously, a fact which none knows better than himself. He has been one of the president's most loyal support ers and It is a safe prediction that he will remain in the cabinet during Mr. Roosevelt's remaining term of office. KWXTCCKT TRCST-BUHTISQ. Even Senator Jeff Davis of Arkansas is not as radical in his plans lor elim inating trust evils In this country as are some of the tobacco raisers and dealers of Kentucky, who have gone on the warpath, not only to prevent the trust from securing the crop al ready raised, but to coerce farmers from planting more than a fixed acre age of the weed. In order that the out put for next year may be limited and the prices made accordingly high. As a result of this crusade, most of the state militia of Kentucky is camped in Christian county in an effort to sup press the "night riders." Blood Is being shed dally and property of great value is being destroyed by these "night riders," who do not hesitate to burn the crop of any raiser who re fuses to hold his tobacco for the price fixed by the men who are engineering this new crusade ot trust-busting. The crisis was precipitated by the refusal of certain conservative tobacco growers to be dictated to In the matter of selling their crop. As a result 500 "night riders" broke Into Hopklnsville burned the barns of the conservatives tcre down newspapers that criticised their actions, took a few shots at per sons who dared to protest and lnau gurated a veritable reign of terror. Governor Wlllson, the new executive of Kentucky, declares his Intention to suppress this form of lawlessness, even If national troops have to be called Governor Beckham, evidently for polit ical reasons, trifled wlfh the bjtuation nntil after election, and allowed the "night riders" to get absolutely be yond the control of the civil author ities. The situation Is critical and peculiar The Kentucklans have adopted a new plan, which must. In the final analyais appear as a "combination in restraint of trade." Back of the present condi tlon Is a long list of grievances against the Tobacco trust which, by familiar methods, has bea bilking the Ken tucky growers for years. This, however, oes not Justify the course of the 'night riders," and Governor Wlllson can do his state no greater service than suppress this reign of anarchy nd restore the operation of the law. THK AIVrR AKD SIHRASKA. The Importance of the Missouri river to Nebraska is generally underesti mated. While the carrying capacity of this great stream has been neglected for a third of a century, Its utility Is as apparent as ever, and the necessity for it Is being forced home more and more every day. The efforts that are being made to secure proper attention for the river in order that It can be made most useful to man are In the right direction. It has become necessary to em phasize this point, because In some tarts of the state opposition is being raised to the proposed plan for re establishing commerce on the Missouri. A very peculiar condition exists. Ne braska is within 800 miles of tide water, and yet every bushel of grain or farm animal shipped from the state must pay freight on a basis ot 1,800 mllrs to seaboard, or 1,000 miles more ban would be necessary if a direct north and south line crossed the state. When Mr. K. II. Ilarriman headed off Mr. Arthur Stlllwell and demolished he Port Arthur route, which, had Omaha for its northern terminus, ho delivered a severe blow to Nebraska, Itliongh he protected his east and west connections. The same purpose that animated ilarriman in thwarting he Port Arthur route is responsible or his desperate effort to secure con trol of the Illinois Central. With the east and west roads In control of the north and south lines, the great central grain-raising region of the United States la entirely at the mercy of the ail road rate-makers. Only one possible avenue of relief s open, and that Is that the great riv ers of thle fruitful valley be utilized to carry to market the products of the region, As for the Missouri river, Major Hiram Martin Chittenden, who was engineer in charge for the govern ment for many years and who probably knows the Missouri river better than any other living man, says that It Is as susceptible of navigation today as It ever was and that It only remains for man to set his boats afloat. The Im provements that have been made by the government during the last twenty years have freed Missouri river naviga tion of much of its former terror, and very little more effort and expense will make it one of the greatest bearers ot commerce in the world. It Is to be regretted that any Nebraskan, to whom this stream means so much, should carelessly sneer at or In any way dis parage the effort to restore commerce on the Missouri. t - K0YE.VBKR EXPORTS AKD FINANCES. Preliminary reports of the bureau of statistics on the exports of bread- stuffs, meat and dairy products, food animals, cotton and mineral oil for the month of November and the eleven months of the calendar year furnish a striking Illustration ot the part played in the products of the American farm In giving this nation credit abroad upon which to draw for gold for Immediate need or for gold already drawn on bankers' credit. The report shows that the, farmers have come to the rescue, providing the relief desired at a time when a real financial string ency was threatened. The exports of the products enu merated, for the month ot November aggregated $122,772,997, an increase of about $18,000,000 over the record for the same month in 1906. The in crease was due largely to the exports of wheat and cotton. The wheat ex ports were 14,409,337 bushels, aa com pared with 8,621,621 bushels in 1906. The exports this November averaged $1 a bushel, as compared with 77 cents for November of last year, the value increasing from $6,583,618 in Novem ber. 1906, to $14,774,682 in November of this year. The Increase in the value of flour exported was about $2,000,' 000. There was also a moderate In crease In meat and dairy products, but a decrease In the number and value of food animals exported. The value of the cotton exports showed an Increase of about $7,000,000 over November of last year. The exports for the eleven months of the year, in the articles under con sideratlon, was about $56,000,000 greater than for the same period In 1906, cotton showing the greatest in crease, claiming about $60,000,000 of the total. Preliminary forecasts indl cate great gains In the value of exports for the next three or four months, as Europe Is clamoring for American foodstuffs and but a email proportion of the domestic supply available for export has been engaged. Corn has hardly begun to move and the bulk of the wheat crop of the year Is still in the bins and elevators awaiting market betterments and transportation facili ties. All indications are that the ex ports ot farm products for tho fiscal year ending with next June will be the greatest in the nation's history. No Omaha housewife is listed aa having engaged in common labor on the first day of. the week, commonly known as Sunday, but a great many of them feel that they took part in much rrork that was not altogether a necessity. Iowa school authorities are calling attention to the fact that the teachers of the Hawkeye state are not compen sated sufficiently In the matter of sal ary. This condition has prevailed for a long time la Nebraska, but recently efforts have been made to remedy it. If the schools are to be kept up to the high standard demanded by Nebraska and Iowa, who have for years main tained their position at the head of the educational column of tho United States, good teachers must always be had and they must be paid good wages. Do not confuse the present Issue as to Sunday closing. It Is not an effort to Interfere with Sunday as a day of rest. Quite the contrary, the present demonstration in Omaha Is to make Sunday a day on which rest will be in dicated by stagnation. Modern condi tions require that certain vocations be pursued on Sunday as on any other day, and the men who are engaged In these vocations understand it, and their rest Is provided for in other ways. These vocations are necessary to pub lic convenience and comfort on Sun day as on any other day. They arise from conditions that have grown up since the Sunday law now on the Ne braska statute books was passed, and which could not possibly have been contemplated at the time of tho pas sage of that statute. To check all of these Sunday activities Is to Inconveni ence and discommode the entire com munity and, if the avowed purpose of the forces back of the movement is correctly stated by their representa tives, their intention Is to Inconveni ence and discommode the public until certain concessions are granted to them. Sunday rest or rational ob servance of the day does not enter into the consideration in the remotest sense. Keep this in mind. The Tobacco trust pleads that its agreements were made abroad and are not subject to the laws of the United States. The trust Is offering another argument in favor of the law providing for national Incorporation of concerns doing an Interstate commerce business. Do not labor under the delusion that the crowds will thin out about 9 o'clock on the night of December 24 and leave you plenty of room in the stores. Do your Christmas shopping now. Tom Watson says the president didn't say anything to him when he visited the White House. Watson has written and said many things which he can hardly expect the people to be lieve. Omaha teachers are showing com mendable Interest In the coming meet ing of the state association and it is now assured that the enrollment at Lincoln will be several times greater than ever from Omaha. Did Yon Hear a, Second f Bt Louis Times. We hear from Uncoln, Neb., no en thusiastic second to the motion that Mr. Bryan should follow the example of Roosevelt and leave the' fight to the field. Old Reliable Supporter. Kanaai City Times. "Tou of the west have been the main stay of the east during this flurry," said O. W. Ely of New York. Aa a matter of fact, the west has been Wall street's only visible means of support for a number of years. The Date Doee Not Matter. New York Bun. So far as the length of the presidential campaign. Is concerned. It would not matter If both the national conventions were held In June; the country would refuse to get excited about the Issues or take much no tice of the candidates until the hot weather had passed. Reaching: "Hlg-her Vp. Baltimore American. The general manger of a prominent rail road In New York has been placed on trial for manslaughter In connnectlon with an Occident on the road by which a large number of passengers were killed and In jured. Without going Into the merits or responsibility in this particular case, it may be freely predicted that such vigorous measures aa this, pushed to a Just con elusion with exemplary punishment In case of conviction, will soon reduce railroad wrecks and accidents to a minimum. Gaaraateelag Ban k Deposits. Springfield Republican. Mr. Bryan's plan of a government guar anty of national bank deposits, to be sup ported by the banks themselves, is recelv lng a good deal of favorable comment from western papers, quite regardless of party. It la being" urged, for example, that under such a policy the failure or suspension of the large bank at Kansas City would not have happened, since there would then have been no such extended withdrawal of deposits as had taken place on the clrcula tlon of dubious rumors. If the government should ever adopt such a plan, then in Justice to the soundly man&ged banks, which would be taxed to protect the de positors In other banks. It would have to deal with the speculative Institutions a lit tie more effectively than heretofore. PERSONAL. JOTES. Grim-vlsaged Robley D. Evans turns his wrinkled front toward the orient. W. D. Stevens, the American diplomat who has Just ' been appointed adviser to the Japanese ambassador at Washington bas arrived In Toklo en route to America. The dictum that ."you cannot Indict a whole people" does not apply to a whole family, a the experience of the four Jen kins father and three eons of the col lapsed Williamsburg trust company of Brooklyn demonstrates. Major W. L. dreary of the United Btateu army, and the first white child born in Ban Francisco, has Just died at the Presidio hospital. His father was twice governor of this state, and Major deary first entered the service of the United Statea at 13 years of age, when he enlisted aa a drummer boy in a Pennsylvania regiment. Dr. William J. Rolfe, the eminent Shake perean scholar and critic of Chambrldge Mass., has Just celebrated the eightieth anniversary of Ms birth. While a teache lu Wrentham, Maas., he created the idea of an English department in schools and colleges, which has been universally adopted throughout the country. As a result ot mountain climbing In South America Ir. Nicholas &enn. the eel ebrated surgeon, la seriously HI at hla home in Chicago. While vlalilng medical col leges and hospitals in the southern contln ent 1t. Benn climbed sweral mountains, In sum cases reaching an altitude of 16, Ow feet. The ratified mountain air is said to have affected his heart. He la under the care of two of the foremost physicians. KnnKA POLITICAL DRIFT . Fremont Trlhunet Iluster ftrown Is billed for a prem-ntatlon at Kearney. It would senm the comedy would he a drawing card at the senator's home city. Arsixthop rionrrr: Many of our ex changes are speaking hlshly of E. K. Emmet an a probable candidate for state udltor. We wish to Join the ranks of his newpnpor friends and help elect the best Indian that ever enme down the glade. Ftnntnn riiglMei: The hoys who are dlsctfulng the conprosslonal situation In this district must not forget that Juilge Graves Is the strongest candidate that ran hn named and If he will make the race Boyd will be defeated. Judge Sullivan of Columbus Is the next strongest candi date, and either would mske Ideal candi dates. Custer County Republican: The opinion of many who have looked closely Into the recent flnnnelal (lurry s-ems to lie that it was brought about by the big monled men for a purpose, and that purpose was to discredit President Roosevelt. The plan f these men, which has so dismally foiled. was to force hard times upon the country, and the men out of employment were to be told that their woes were caused by Roose velt's strenuousness. But the financial stringency has strengthened Roosevelt with tho massus throughout the west. They feel that lie is flKhtlng their battles agalnct Wall street. This panic has been a rich man's panic. It has given Vll street many shatp pains. If the aim as la confi dently Ik lleved-WHS to discredit President Roosevelt, It has failed. He Is still the people's knight, and in this Instance Ills Fpear has thrust down the plutocrats. Kearney Hub: President Roosevelt's let ter to members of his cabinet Instructing them to Inform all officers under them not to participate in a Roosevelt third-term movement, has finally been made public. Tho president declares that k violation of the order will be "dealt with accordingly." Tho president's attitude Is strictly proper and should be respected, for no matter how sincere or disinterested they might be their motives would be suspected and their activity subject to severe criticism. The ctlvlty of federal officeholders to secure a renomlnatlon of President Harrison and tho scandal that It created will not soon be forgotten and the country can well be spared a repetition. There Is undoubtedly an overwhelming sentiment favorable to the renominatlon of President Roosevelt, but tho masses of republicans can attend to that political business should they deem It necessary when delegations are being made up, without tho handicap that federal activity would create. Tecumseh Chieftain: The old contract for prison labor with the Lee Broom and Duster company has expired and It is up to the State Board of Public Lands and Buildings to make a new one. The broom company has been occupying quarters at the state penitentiary and securing the services o tho convicts at 50 cents per day. The state boards the men and fur nishes tho rent and power for the duster company. This Is outrageous. Fifty cents per day for men skilled in the making of brooms, when the average 16-year-old boy who la enjoying his freedom expects to make from 11.50 to 2 per day for unskilled labor! The contract should not be re newed at the low figure by any manner of means. If the Lee Broom and Duster company will not pay a reasonable prlco for this labor, what Is to prevent the state from going Into the broom and dus ter business? The convicts know how to perform the work, and no doubt In this way a sum twice that heretofore received, at least, could be realized for the prison labor. drand Island Independent: A few days ago the members of the cabinet gave out the letter addressed to them about a month ago .directing that the reported de termination of some of the federal office holders to secure the renominatlon of President Roosevelt would be regarded by the latter aa an act of official impro priety and discourtesy and would be doK with accordingly. That was pretty plain. And it cleared up the situation as to the federal officeholders. They've simply to keep their hands off. Cast night the pres ident gave out another statement relative to the disposition to talk Roosevelt for a second or third term as you like it. He called attention to what he had aid when re-elected that he would not be a candidate for what he himself would le gard a third term, the substance and not the form belns the thing to consider and ho wished now to repeat what he then said, that he would not be a candidate for renominatlon nor accept It. This, also clears up a situation. And It Is well. President Roosevelt plainly Indicates that he does pot want a renominatlon. He also plainly proves that he is "tiot an "em peror" and has not the least desire to be. For, the situation thus. being cleared up. the people of this country should go right on In their determined purposo to nominate and re-elect President RoOBevelt No man can refuse such a nomination, coming In such a way, and Theodore Roosevelt, leant of all, will so far forget public duty aa to refuse, when he lias been nominated to do that duty. Howells Journal: The Dahlman Democ racy, as It is called, holds a banquet at Omaha tomorrow evening, the purpose of which Is to set in motion a boom for James Dahlman for governor. The editor of the Journal was favored with an Invite to the feed, but he will not be there. Not that he has anything personally against James Dahlman, for he has not, for Jim Is one of the most pleasant of men. But we have much against that for which he stands. He was elected mayor of the metropol's of Nebraska upon the promise of making that city a wide-open town. The bum element was responsible for his elec Hon. He tried to keep his pledge, but the law- abiding citizens of that city invoked the assistance of the governor of the state and secured the appointment of a fire and police board which la for law enforcement and against everything the mayor was suppoatd to stand for. Here and now we want to commend the good Judgment dls played by Governor Sheldon in the selec tion of that board. Omaha Is better gov erned today than at any time In years. Jim Dahlman stood ready to give Omaha bum rule, but his hands have been tied Not daunted by hla failure ha would at tempt to do for the state what he bas failed to do for his home city. There is not, however, the least possible show for hla election as governor of Nebrakka. He may prove a formidable candldato for the democratic nomination, but we have too much faith In he rank and file of our party to bel!ev tor I moment that he can bo nomlPbted. Ne-. ertheless, let no one underestiina e nls strength, for he will have be'ilnd hl.v :he united support of tha liquor element in our state which Is fight ing a battle for self-preervatlon. While they connot win an election, they might by massing their forces name the nominee of our party. It would be a sorry day for the party anl rne that many loyal demo crats will fight to the last ditch to pre vent. As Dclilman and his forces are or ganized, so let the opposition get ready for the fray. We have many clean and able men from whom we can select a standard bearer, one who will be a credit to the party, and If elected an honor to the state. This editor will oppose the Dahl man candidacy from now until the end of the chapter. Ix-t the democratic press of the state be beard from. Where A you stand, boys? (CORN SYRUP Morel More! More! corfies the call for Karo. Children love and thrive upon it; everybody delights in its wholesome good ness. Nothing half so good for all sorts of sweetening, from griddle cakes to candy. ioc, 25c and oc in air CORN PRODUCTS MFG. CO. ARMY GOSSIP IX V Aslll YOTON. Current Events lileaned from the Army anil Nav Hrglstrr. The acting secretary of war has sent to the house and senate a draft or a bill au thorising additional officers for the army to meet the demands of the military ser vice owing to the dolalls of officers on de tached duty. The draft has been held up with the accompanying papers pending tho decision of tho senate committee on rules In regard to the source of recommendations for legislation from heads of the executive departments. The provisions of the bill are' In the line of recommendations made by the chief of staff and by the secretary of war In his annual report lust year. The general staff of the army has under consideration the papers In the examination of army candidates snd civilian candidates for commissions In the military establish ment The examinations were held recently at Fort Leavenworth. Bom 100 candidates from civil life were authorized to report before the board at that post, but not more than one-half of thetn presented them selves. It will be two or three weeks be fore the announcement is made of those who have been found qualified for com missioning. These appointments' will be fol lowed by the commissioning of the members of the first class, who will bo graduated In February In advance of the usual date In order to supply the army with officers. Later there will be given an opportunity for additional army candidates to present themselves at Fort Leavenworth and there will also be designated some more civilian candidates. There are now twenty-three vacancies In the board of assistant surgeon In the army, and these are destined to be In creased to about thirty in June, when the present provisionally qualified candidates shall be commissioned. There have been or will be two additional vacancies, that caused by the recent Retirement of Captain Walter F. Halleelt, and the coming retire ment of Major Francis.' J. - Ives, who has been on duty at the Presidio of San Fran cisco, and who has been reported as In capacitated for service. Other retirements for age will occur, te say nothing of the elimination' caused by the physical exami nations Incident to the horseback test. These vacancies, of course, will have to be filled before there can be any relief In the form of replacing any of the 191 contract surgeons who are now' employed In place of officers of the permanent commissioned personnel of the medical department. As has already been pointed out in the letter of the acting secretary ot war, transmitting to congress the bill for the relief of the medical department, there are contract surgeons tin duty at fifty-six of the 127 military posts in the United States and Alaska. It is expected, that the revised army regulations, 1908, will be ready for issue shortly, after the new year. There ought to be a copious Index, something which the volume has sadly lacked In the former editions. The contents of the army regula tions have been pretty much a "sealed book," except to expert researchers, who like to delve and discover important or In teresting things In unexpected places. An Index which is .arranged with Intelligence and which is, therefore, intelligible will do much to make the new army regulations something more than a lot of bound printed pages. The campaign badges and congressional medals which were authorized by the law for distribution to officers and enlisted men of the army for various kinds of service, Including that In the civil war, Spanish war, Philippine Insurrection and Indian campaigns, have not been received by the War department from the Philadelphia mint as was expected. The neceKslty for returning to gold coinage as the Toilet of the financial stringency In ttie country com pelled a suspension of work on these badges which were to be furnished the Var de partment at the rate of about 1,200 each week. Up to the time the work was stopped the department had received 260 Hot Springs, Ark. Owned by the United States Government. The Greatest Cure and Pleasure Resort on the Western Continent. Low Railroad Rates. Splendid Winter Climate. Forty-four Hot Springs, 1,000,000 Gallons daily. Fifteen Miles of Mountain Drives. Golf Paved Street New Roads. Four Large Fine Hotels, Twelve Second in size. One Hundred Smaller Hotels, 500 Boarding Houses. Write Bureau of Information, Hot Springs, for illustrated book giving all information. For Railroad Tickets and Information, Call on or Address, F. P. lU'TIIKKKOKI), I). I. A., Rock Island, 1323 Faroatn St OmaJut. T. F. GODFREY, I. and T. A., Mo. I'mc Ry, 1423 Faniaai St., Omalia, Neb. LMNti COSTS MORE THESE DAYS 111 Makes Life Worth Living. VICTOR WHITE COAL rarr Tie Dest Spread for Vread - tight tins. merit medols and t VM) Spanish war badges. There are 49."nO names on the list of those entitled to receive these emblems. This does not represent that many different peo ple, since some of them receive as many aa four or five badges, The badges will be sent out from the quartermaster general's office as soon as they are received, as everything else Is in readiness for the dis tribution. It Is Intended to distribute the Spanish war badges to the offlcera of tho army before January 1 and make further distribution as rapidly as the medals are received. SMILING REMARKS. Shon Store Salesman What size would you llko, madam? Miss l.ar.jiiii I'd like a No, 2, but there's no use talking about that. You may as well show me your No. 6s. Chicago Tribune. "There's a young woman that never be comes tiresome," said the critic. "Bhs wears well." "But not much," observed his friend, as he glanced at her Parisian ball gown. Cleveland Plain Dealer. "Now that science has achieved the grand triumph of the wireless telegraph, what next Is In order?" "Well, It would be very popular If they could Invent a wreckless railroad." 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