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THE OMATTA PATT,Y HEE: TUESDAY. MATtCII 31, 190S. Tite Omaha Daily Ber rOUNDED Bt EDWAUD' ROSEWATER. VICTOH RGStfVATKR, EDITOR. Entered at Omaha Postoffic as eacond claaa matter. ' i TERMS OP SUBSCRIPTION! Dally Bee jwithnut Sunday), one year.. 14.0ft Daily baa and HunOar, ona year DO fttinday li, one ytar.i, l Saturday Ut-. one ywar tW DELIVERED HY CARRIER: flly Bee (Including' Runlay), per week.150 alty Bee (without Sunday), per week. loo Evening Ufa (without Eunaay), per week So livening; Bee (with Sunday), per week. loo Addrena alt complaints of Jrresulsrltles til delivery to City Circulation Department, - , OFFICES: Omaha The Ben Building. South Omaha City Hall Hutldlng. Council Bluffs 15 Scott Street. Chicago 1 University Building. New Xork 1408 Homt Lira Insurance BulMlng. ' Washlngfmt 77IS Fourteenth Ptreet N. W. CORRESPONDENCE. Communications relating to newa and edi torial matter ahould be addressed, Omaha, Bee, Editorial Department ' REMITTANCES. Remit by draft, express or postal order payable to Tha Bee Publishing company. Only 1-cent stamps received In payment ef mall account. Personal checka. except on Omaha or eastern exchsnges, not accepted. . STATEMENT OT- e-TRCULATION. . . Ft ate of Nnbraaka, Douglas Coutny, as.: George B. Tssrhuck, treasurer of Tha Bee Publishing camoany, being duly sworn, says that the aotual number of full and Complete foplna of Tha Dally, Morning, Evening and Sunday Boa printed during tha month of February, 101, was aa fol lows) ., ..... ... 1 8C70O It 80.100 1 84,300 IT 39,300 I........... so.ieo it.. ,no 4.... ,. as.aao i sb,73o (.... . 16,210. 80... Ba,300 ............ 80,030 11 86,340 f..... 88,940. tt.4 M.630 ... .86,030 ..... 35,000 85,000 St.. 80,300 19. .......... 8S,tOO IS 96,470 11 ,,, IM.100 18..., M.480 13.. l.V 89,a00" IT. t... ...... 8r0 IS... 88,200 IS 80,380 14 80,100. 2t.i... 30,880 IB 86.11 Totals 1,048,630 Less unsold and returned copies.. 8,437 Nat total. ... ....... .n. ..... , .1,039,113 Dally average 35,831 . , . OKORQa B-tTZSCHUCK, ' . - . Treasurer. Subscribed In my presence and sworn la before an this 2d day of March, 10&, - ' ' ROBERT HUNTER. , . . Notary Public WHES OCT OP tOWH.. ' f afcserlbera leaving ike city m. permrllr aboold barn Tk Bea aallee to tkeaa. Aenreaa will ha changed an often an reoneeted. ' Evea ran emperor reserves the right to change his mind.' It la possible, too. " that Dr. Hill speaks German without' an accent. A baby has been born In New York with two tongues.. Yes", It's a glrL -' President Castro Is making another effort to. stir the- asphalt war op to a hot pitckV". ' March' must .make .up Its mind quickly which of Its dual roles It will assume for its exit from the stage this year. ":'-'-'::."-:"' " " Chief Forester; Plnchot says there is only Umber enough . In the country, outside of the. presidential variety, to last for .thirty years. . Which, county road shall be paved first out of the proceeds of the Crelgh ton estate Inheritance tax? Now don't ail speak at' once. "This. Js,. terrible, , this. . being .a prince;" 'say prlnte de ' Sagan. fiorry he" feels that way about it Most folks' get a lot of tun. oat of it bishop Fallows insists that we can BlS live to be 120 years old If we con fine" ourselves to an exclusive diet of sour milk. Is it worth UT ."What Is the real test of educa tion T" asks tha Philadelphia Tele graph. vWell, ability to read a gas meter correctly is one of tbeui. Count Bonl Informs a Paris reporter that he is not coming to America. Walking between -.Paris and America is very wet e thls'seaBon of the year. President Castro refuses to arbitrate, apologise or pay . damages. That is about the attitude William Randolph Hearst has taken in political affairs. "Bermuda lilies will be plentiful this year." says a New York paper. That is different The first report was that they would be cheap this year. ' iAbe Ruef. who ' was freed by the California supremo court after be had plead guilty, has been indicted again. If he-wants to get into Jail he may have t tle&l not Kullty. Senate sessions are as peaceful as meetings of tha ministerial alliance. now that "Den" Tillman and "Jeff Davis Cf AiVpn.-u are both away from Wash! u to a at the Bahie time. For its Impending municipal elec tion South Omaha has recorded the largest registration of voters la its klstory. -This is a- pretty good sign of (opulatloa growth for the Magla City. It it is perfectly proper for Colonel Bryan.tq. try again for president after two unsuccessful efforts, why is it not equally proper for Tom Watson to try again -utter only one unsuccessful effort?; '. . . . ' In an authorized interview In a ' Georgia paper John D. Rockefeller says the southern women' are' the handsomest lutha world Bryan and Rockefolloi! be the ticket named at Denver:. . . Congressman- Uetilu of Alabama doubtleas tn -outages the attempts that are btiisg u;ado to induce the negroes to vote the democratic ticket this year la, states ..where . the democrats are not alue to prv&t the negro from x-t'r j. . should be surrnsssiD. Authorities In every city that has a! vaudeville house of a picture theater should be prepared to place a ban against the reproduction of the Collin wood fire horrors tow beng advertised by the moving picture shows in tha east The sickening details of that tragedy in which several hundred school children lost their lives are sufficiently real and vivid In the minds of American parents'without spur from moving picture reproductions of theirs No good purpose can be served by such an exhibition. The lesson 'of the horror has been taught and school authorities throughout the country are taking steps necessary for the better protection of the lives of pupils in school buildings. A moving picture of the fire would furnish nothing of value to those seeking to better the construc tion of school buildings and would serve only to shock and frighten spec tators. The presentation of such pic tures would be an outrage on decency and good taste and should be pre CAUSES OF RAtLUOAD ACCIDENTS. Railroad trainmen will find food for serious thought in an article In the current number of the "Locomotive," a publication whose title is self explanatory, giving an analysis of the causes of the railroadaccidents for 1807. The figures, which are ..com piled by an expert in such matters, show that 76. 4 of the railroad accir dents for the year, in which a loss of life was involved, were caused by carelessness, recklessness or disregard of duty or instructions . In making his computations the au thor used 141 accidents, in which 476 persons were killed, 2,469 injured and property damased to the extent of $2,061,900. Tha figures are taken from the annual report of the Inter state Commerce commission. .The ac cidents are divided into three classes, those caused by the man, those caused by the machine and these caused by the weather. Some difficulty is natu rally experienced in making such a classification, but the , conclusion is that the man was responsible, for 7S.4 per cent of the accidents investigated, the machine for 18.8 per cent and the weather for 2.5, and malice for 2.8 per cent. The accidents charged to the weather account were caused by fog or snow, or high winds that blew Out the signal lights. Of the acci dents charged to the machine 6.3 per cent were due to defective roadbed, caused by washouts or tracks out of gauge. Broken rails, defective switches, failure of airbrakes and broken wheels made up the balance of the accidents chargeable to the ma Chine. ' V The most unfavorable showing is in cluded in the accidents, due to .the men. "Mistakes" caused 28 per cent of these. The mistakes were nearly all due to error in giving or receiving signals or in writing or receiving or ders. The analysis shows that these mistakes were not confined to new men or green hands In the service, but were made by trainmen who had been for years' in the business. Forgetful ness was responsible for 27 per cent of the accidents. In these cases some one connected wfth the "operation of the train simply forgot to do what he had been ordered to do. Reckless ness end careless including exceeding of the yard limit Bpeed, failure to test airbrakes and failure to observe the five-minute' intervals between trains contributed 16yper cent of the accidents. It is impossible, of course, to ascer tain how many of these accidents chargeable to trainmen were due to physical incapacity, caused by over work, loss of sleep and exposure, but ever a liberal allowance for those rea sons leaves tha record a severe ar raignment of the railway trainmen. It lends support to the charge hereto fore made that railway managers pay much more attention to the selection of material, fuel and supplies than they do to securing the highest class of men for. employes. Men admitted to the railway service should be re. quired to conform to a standard cor responding to the responsibilities im posed upon them. . , TH RCCSirERSHIP ABUSE. Accustomed as they are to all kinds of extravagance in spending other people's money. New Yorkers have finally become aroused over the abuses that have grown up in the receiver ships of different fiduciary Institutions in the state and are making a deter mined effort to put more responsibility on their state officials in the matter of receiverships and to fix a specific scale of fees that may be charged. Demand for this legislative action Is spurred by the request of the receivers of the Knickerbocker Trust Company for fees amounting to II, 000, 000, ex clusive of legal services, and some other minor charges that would bring the entire cost uo to nearly $1,500, 000, The trust company was forced into the hands of a receiver late in October. Its affairs have, been re adjusted and it is now doing business under 9) reorganization. The service rendered by the receiver extended over a period of about, threw months. No 'possible service thesu men could have rendered in : the time involved could have been worth the amount asked by them and it is doubted if the serlcea were worth what was Orally allowed by the court, something-over $$00,000. According to ' precedent. the receivers of the Knickerbocker have betfn treald very shabbily by the courts. When the affairs of the Republic Savings and Loan associ ation In New York were closed up last year,, the depositors received $30,000, while more than $1,000,000 was paid to the receivers and their attorneys. 1 Most states have had experience with the financial extravagance of re ceiverships for financial and Industrial institutions, but the abuse has been carried to the extreme in New York. The proposed law, providing that the state superintendent of banking shall be the official receiver of all failures that come under the supervision of his department, and limiting the cost of administration of an embarrassed concern offers a solution of the problem that may be considered with profit by the legislatures of other states where the receivership system still runs riot CASTRO'S BIO FOIl TROUBLE. Washington advices indicate that President Roosevelt is going to ( ask congress for authority to force a settle ment with Venezuela of the five claims pending against the Castro govern ment All the records of the state de partment show that President Castro has opposed all efforts for a peaceful adjudication of the differences be tween this government and Vensuela and the administration feels that radi cal action is necessary to. bring the Veqetuela dictator to a sense of his International obligations. In the meantime, President Castro, who is a skillful politician, is main taining a press agency in New York and deluging newspapers and con gressmen with ingenuously worded defenses of Venezuela's course in the contested claims. This agency has protested against recent editorials in The Bee and has asked for "Justice end fair play" for Castro and hla gov ernment. The mistake of Castro's spokesmen lies in using the asphalt controversy as an excuse for Venez uela's failure to deal with other claims of Americans, which have no relation whatever to the asphalt fight , The contention that the asphalt truBt financed the Matos rebellion against Castro may or may not be true, but it has nothing to do with the other cases in dispute. Our government 1b not Interested in any trouble between Venezuela and any corporations that have sought to profit by dishonest practices in that country. Our gov ernment, la Interested, however, In Americans who have honest business interests in Venezuela and whose rights have been arbitrarily denied them and it is pur duty to protect such citizens in their rights. Eliminating the asphalt controversy from consideration, the real question at issue is the ability of our govern ment to maintain its dignity and self respect. The Washington authorities have asked that the five American claims against Venezuela be referred to arbitration. Castro has persistently, almost insultingly, refused this re quest. It remains only for the presi dent, under the authority of congress, to take vigorous steps to enforce all just demands on behalf of American citizens. tfOT SO PREMATURE. The Lincoln Journal calls The Bee's reference to . Lincoln's reluctance to make effective the appropriation for a state historical library building by fur nishing the site on which it is condi tioned "a premature blast," and gives assurance that a suitable site will be forthcoming as soon as the municipal authorities can devise wayB and means for raising the money needed for that purpose. The Journal has even gone to the trouble to Invent a story to tho effect that Omaha will try to capture the state historical building away from it if it Is not immediately an chored at the capital. . It The Bee's brief reference to this subject shall have the effect of jarring loose the free (?) site which was the inducement and consideration for this appropriation, it will have served some good purpose although It has surely taken our Lincoln friends a long time to wake up to a realization of where they are at. Inasmuch as the appropriation was made fully a year ago and will have lapsed before an other year rolls around if the condi tion is not met 80 far as The Bee is concerned, it expressed its view at the time the subject was pending in the legislature to the effect that the state historical library and the state library should be merged, so far as housing and administration go. and that they should be appropriately provided for together in a distinct wing of a new state house when the time comes Jo replace the present structure. That time we believe will come soon after the state' gets rid of its floating debt, which debt is rapidly disappearing. A little less than a year ago a San Francisco mob went on the rampage in the Japanese section and destroyed certain property. Reports at the time told of heavy loss and the feeling aroused caused months of talk about a war between Japan and the United States. The damage has been settled by the payment of $459 by the city of San Francisco to the Japanese mer chants, who are perfectly satisfied with the finding. v .The reopening of Kansas City's big bank,' whose failure proved to be the only really bad falldowa in the west resulting from the recent panic, must be taken aa a good omen tor the fu ture. Not only has the west suffered less than the east from the business depression, but its prospects are better for speedy recovery. Congressman Beall of Texas de clares that the president is "the San- dow of the country, holding the senate in one hand and the house In the other and keeping Loth of them in the air most of the time." . The picture is a little exaggerated. It is believed that If the president were able to hold the senate and house . in, the air at the same time he would be tempted to drop them. Just to give them a little shaking up. . Tom Watson . announces quite frankly that "the populisms of Georgia are willing to be absorbed by the na tional Independence party, "provided Thomas F. Watson is put at the head of the ticket to be nominated." The trading stamp variety of politics once hitched Watson to the second tall ot the Bryan kite. Mr.. Bryan and his democratic fol lowers preferred Ooldbug Parker to Tom Watson four years ago, but now they object to Watson's populist friends preferring him to Bryan this year. The Tom Watson crowd at least has the merit of consistency. If you entertain any doubts as to whether. Douglas county needs a new modern court house, Just get yourself Qrawn on tha Jury panel and put in three weeks as a Juror subject to the Inadequate facilities the present struc ture affords. The program laid out for the enter tainment of Secretary Taft during his visit to Omaha and Council Bluffs next week ought to enable him to qualify easily in the strenuous president class. f nlone) and EffectlT. ,. Chicago Inter Ocean. There does not appear to have ben any thing wrong about the arrangement which landed In a hearse the thug who started out in a cab. Iwaa Get m ltac Minneapolis Journal. Just as soon aa Governor Johnson heard from his old friend Turnblad that there was soma talk of running him for tha presidency, he dropped Bwan a line. And It was no swan song, either. Lamentable liaoraae, Cleveland Plain Dealer. -Tha congressman who declares that President Rooritevelfs "big stick" ta only a shlllaiah shows a lamentable Ignorance of the aggressive virtues of tha latter weapon. Tha Ltd Is Off. Philadelphia Record. German parliamentary reporters have ac cepted tha apology of Herr Qroeber and returned to Ujelr reporting. ConseQuantly tha wheels of the German government go around again, and the orators, assured of seeing their words In print, have made their speeches. Herr Oroeber waa compelled to apologise by his colleagues who had speeches on their minds and who, of course, could not relieve themselves while the press gallery was empty. Japan's Political Daafter. f Leslie's Weekly. Within a few years Japan must raise $1,000,000,000 to pay Off, or ' convert its loans, and to continue tha improvements already begun, and od which tha prosperity of the country depends. Until the great war debt Is pald.' tnat, ' alone, will compel tha tax collectors to wring from every subject of tha emperor about $6S a year. The other day tha Diet added to the taxes on a half-doien ot the most used articles In the country. Tha end has been reached. The people of Japan are carrying a bur den which Is almost too heavy for them now a burden that cannot be Increased. There is where tha political danger lies. CONVENTIONS UOINO WEST. Wnjr Eastern Cities Are TTo Longer ; Considered. 7 Boston Globe. The democrats met In Baltimore in 1836, 1U0, 1M4, 1843 and met. In tha U3S Conven tion It Is related .that tha officeholders who took part were counted and their names were published. In tha body which assembled In there was but one mem ber to cast tha vote of Massachusetts and several of the western states were thinly represented. At that period It was not easy to travel long distances aa It Is now,' which accounts for many absentees when tha roll of dele gates was called. In 1 tha democrats tried Cincinnati, but In 180D returned south, meeting first In Charleston, B. C there being soma se oeders who held a separata meeting and adjourned to meet In Baltimore. Tha dem ocrats tried Chicago first for a convention city in 1864, went to Tammany hall. New York, In 1868 and in 1871 nominated Horace Oreeley In Baltimore. But alnoa then thay have met In either 8t Louis, Cincinnati or Chicago. , Tha change from southern cities to north ern or western ones for tha performance of convention work la due to several good reasons. In the first place. In former times tha bulk of tha population . of the country was to be found far east of tha Rocky mountains and In fact more confined to tha original thirteen states. i The west then was, in tha words of a Stump orator, "a howling wilderness." Hence It was natural for the early conven tions to ba held in Baltimore, which was near tha eapltal and easier of access for tke delegates, tne majority or wnom cams from northern and southern states. .Baity- more waa then quite a central olty so far aa tha population of tha country was con cerned. ' As. tha new states grew and tha popu lation and means of transportation In creased tha western atatea had to be con sidered. Therefore, tha democrats assem bled In Cincinnati, Bt Louis and Ctlcigo. The number of delegates has great' y in creased alas. It now being 1,00 wt.o will go out to Denver. Stokers Way Down in the boiler-room of the steam, ship shovel in the coal night and day that jive her power to make a record. The bed coal jive the bett power. That i why Scott's Emulsion produces flesh when other thin jt uii. U UMtiauie fHyWai. It it truly a body fuel. Many a man, woman and child have broken their records for weight by the pounds of flesh gamed from SCOTTS EMULSION. It Is a powerful fkh producer. AO Dtnasntei tOe. and 11.00. miMTmimmamMmmMmrmmri ARMT GOSSIP I WASIII1CQTOX. Cnrrent Events Gleaned from tke Army a a Navy BraUter. The army signal corps will shortly pur chase wagons which will ba specially de signed for the purpoaa of transporting the metal tubea filled with gas Intended for una In tha military balloons. These tubea are about four feet in length and of eight Inches diameter and are to be so placed In tha wagons that a tap on tha end of enoh tube will facilitate the transfer of tha gtui to the balloon. It Is Intended that several of these wagons shaft bs purchased for ona balloon train. In addition to which vehicle there will ba a wagon for tho balloon Itself and still another for the gear with which the balloon will ba controlled. By this system tha military balloon train will poasess Its own means of transportation and control In the field. The secretary of war has approved tha recommendations made by Lieutenant Gen eral B. B. M. Toung, V. B. A., retired, as superintendent of Yellowstone park. Borne time ago General Young urged that provi sion be mads for an Increase to double tha present capacity ot the garrison at Fort Tcllowstone in order that there might ba accommodations for a full squadron of cavalry. Plans and specifications tor this will be prepared In the quartermaster gen eral's office and bids will be Invited for tha construction of barracks and quarters to shelter two additional troops of cavalry. The buildings will be of a permanent char acter and composed of local stone and con crete. J Tha War department has been Informed that some anarchistic literature of a con ventionally lnflamable character has been persistently circulated among the enlisted men of the military establishment Tha suggestion Is made, evidently from a worthy source, that steps should be taken by the general government to prohibit pub lications of this kind or at least to stop the dissemination of such disloyal documents among those connected with the army. It Is stated that tha object is to cause whole sale desertion on the part of enlisted men. There Is no evidence of any such propa ganda being conducted among the soldiers of the array or that there has been an undue influence in behalf of desertion. If that were so, It would seem reasonable that there would be at some time or some place a trace of that Influence In tha rec ords of trial. There is no such evidence and Incidentally there is no way In which the government can reach out to prevent the circulation of literature of this sort. There has been uncxepcted delay In the Issue of the general order from the War department prescribing the conditions of the new test in horsemanship as a deter mination of indlvldaul efficiency of army officers. This la the test which will en dure for three days and cover ninety miles of territory. The president desires that five miles of the dally thirty-mile exercise! shall be with the officers dismounted leading their animals and of this fractional dis tance on foot It la proposed to have a part of it with the officers sprinting. Tha qual ities of a spectacle will be measurably en hanced by this agile feature and there will apparently be nothing lacking to make of the event all that can contribute to tha gayety of the occasion tor tha benefit of tha beholder. If the original scheme Is car ried out there will be numerous retirements to gladden the hearts of juniors who are able at this time to survive the acrobatic exactions. There has been some question whether this variety of physical exercise is not altogether In excess of the endurance of. a man who has rsachod the age of .40 years, for Instance, and who may still be considered as useful In tha commissioned personnel ot the military ' establishment The primal function of the order as a means ot elimination will be preserved If the president's wishes In the matter are fol lowed to any extent The plan of decentralising the duties of the quartermaster's department In the mat ter of furnishing supplies for the army la meeting hearty oommendatlon from the officers of the army generally, and receiv ing enthusiastic support from those In the department. The comments received by Gen eral Aleehlre on this new and original method of handling the procurement Of supplies have all been favorable, and the completeness and clearness of circular No. 1, Q. M. G. O., 1908, is unanimously declared to be remarkable. Probaly never before In the history ot the department has a plan been so thoroughly worked out and In structions to cover all point given In such detail, at the same time providing an elas ticity long recognised as a great need. Not the slightest difficulty in beginning opera tions promptly with the fiscal year 1009 Is anticipated by any one who has given the new plan consideration. Department com manders and chief quartermasters feel that It givea them 'opportunity for tha exercise of Judgment In the administration of their duties, thus enabling them to better meet responsibilities and know more definitely the means available to that end. A general order will shortly be issued from tho War department communicating to the service the executive order Increas ing the army ration. The changes take ef fect, on Hay 1. The order will contain the amendmenta which are neeeaaary In conse quence In the paragraphs of the Army regulations. New blanks will also be '-issued. . -. ' fHOGHUSS MADE. Corporation. Managers Bee the Llht and Sale te It. Wall Street Journal. It Is of extraordinary Interest that Presi dent Vail of the American Telephone and Telegraph company, In hla annual report commends the Roosevelt policy In regard to corporate management and regulation, and favors the doctrine' of physical valua tion aa a basis for establishing fair earn ings. Mr. Vail apparently stands In the same position toward the Roosevelt admin istration that Judge Gary of the steel cor poration does. We have made notable advances In the past five years and the point ot view of corporation finance Is quite different from what It was In 1901 and ISMS. It will be re membered that there was at first vary bitter opposition even to the principle ot corporation publicity, which Is now almost universally accepted aa right, and which la being more and more generally put Into aotual operation. The policy of government regulation of franchise corporations la now generally ac cepted, even by those who do not like It, aa better than either Irresponsible finan cial power or government ownership. The country has in the last few. years accus tomed Itsulf to the Idea that the economic unit has grown from the township and even ths state. Into Uie dimensions ot continent and that nearly all ot the large business ot today has necessarily become Interstate, and, therefore, subject to control hit iU.-i'.af) eommerce. . This change In the point of view is notable that there Is all the more reason why there should be an abatement of ex treme radical agitation. Because we have traveled thus far toward the realization of fair competition and equal opportunity there Is no reason why we should .ruah pell mell Into the arms of xealots or demagogues who would practically destroy tha system ef business orsanlaaUuus la ordi to bring about a complete social revolution. 1 DON : - WINK 'At the Grocer just look him straight in tho eye . and tell him you want j Sledded Wheat-; j and don't you accept any substi tutes in fact there is no "sub stitute" for Shredded Wheat the cleanest and best of all the' cereal foods. All the "winking you can do vrUl not make corn (lakes as dicestiblo or at nutritious as 2 SHREDDED - WHEAT. or "compounded" with .JL1. 9 a WHOS9 wucaif ic&iii'ASVJn.cvi, iuicuugu curia baked. Try it for breakfast tomorrow. Heat the Biscuit in oven and pour hot milk or cream over it ! PERSONAL TtOTKS. Ernest W. Emery, day manager of the "Associated Press" at Washington, has been unanimously elected exalted ruler of Washington lodge. No.. 16, of the Be nevolent and Protective Order ot Elks. When a Cincinnati Enoch Arden returned the monotony of the case was varied by the second husband promptly giving up the wife to the. husband Who wanted her back. Then the two spouses shook hands and the trio parted good friends. The seniors of Oklahoma university have organised themselves Into a "Back-to-Na- ture Club," and will permit their whiskers to grow, with a prise for the best results. It la not stated whether the Van Dyke or the populist style is to be affected. President Roosevelt transmitted to con gress a recommendation by the secretary of state tor an appropriation to reimburse the persons who furnished the money re quired to ransom Miss Ellen ' M. Stone from Bulgarian bandits a number of years gO! The first president of the republic ot Panama, Manuel Amador Guerrero, com monly known as 1 President Amador, has announced that he will not seek re election. The president who Is now nearly 78 years 'old, does not care to bear the burdens of public office for another term. Governor Johnson ot Minnesota, has a big income assured to him for several years, even If he never Is elected presi dent or anything. '' Blnce he has become talked about he has many offers from chautauqua associations and many lyoeum bureaus to go on the lecture platform. And since he has been prominently men tioned as good presidential timber, and somie newspapers and magaslnes have taken It upon themselves to boost him for the nomination, the managers of those associations and bureaus have been falling over themselves to snake contracts with him at figures that seem to grow every day. . All Baaa-ev paaaed. Philadelphia Record. Whether It were a' monster or a mouse. tha good lady, Confidence, ocrtalnly saw something that made her jump; but now that! steel has begun to Improve, she can safely get down off the chair, smooth out her skirts and Join the procession. Steel always leads the way In our business re vivals. Opportanlty Panned Vp, New York World. Mr. Bryan mleeed a chance at Cincinnati. where a . high school youth asked him, "What ehanee has the poor boy and bow can brains win ta a costest with money f Ths answer the NebraAa Commoner failed to give was that tha hoy will have no chance If he stops on the way to ask doubters' questions. Tom Collins Havens Victor White ConlCo. HAVE CONSOLIDATED UNDER WE lYAfttf ; mveii&Whiti ' , ' ' ' COAL. CO. H0TE OUR NEW ADDRESS : 1618 Jarnam Street HEW YORK Ufl BUILDING ' ' r, SAME TUIPH0NES AS FORMERLY We Hive Yards. No One 11 I It is not flavored' anything just pure, 1 I -V IJ-j 1 I w I - LATJGUING OAS. Policeman I accuse this man, your honor, with starving his horse Prisoner And I can prove, your honor, the beast waa never without a bit In hla mouth, Baltimore American. , Farmer (bursting Into crossroads store) What do you think, Silas NeweheeseT The bones of a prehtatorlc man have been discovered on Hank Weatherspoon's farm. Storekeeper Great gosht I hope poor Hank ll be able to clear himself at tha cor ner's inquest. Puck. "Are you going to vote a straight ticket T-' asked the campaign worker. "What's the use In aaktn' a question tlko thatT" rejoined Mr. Dolan. "You know this ward hasn't seen a ticket that wasn't crooked in ' the last ten years." Washln lngton Star. "Johnny," said Mrs. Lapsllng, "I wish you would go over to the grocer's and get two pounds of the best evaouated apples he's got." Chicago Tribune. "What sort ot place do you covet in heaven. Uncle Davet" "Not so low, auh, dat ' de angels could stop on me, en not so high dat I'd alt olty en come tumblin'l" Atlanta Constitution. "Ahf he cried. :"howT that "We're en gaged, let me press you to my heart In" "Don't lose yourself," said the frivo lous girl pushing him away, "this Is no pressing engagement." - Philadelphia Press. "Why do you wear that ridiculous hat?" he growled. "ijo you really think It ridiculous?" she replied graciously "How lovily of you. I waa afraid It wasn't qulta the stye." Philadelphia Ledger. "May I ask your business, sir?" "I'm a bridge builder." "Railroad or dental."-Cleveland Plain Dealer. . r BIAYBB HE WOULD. 1 ' Nashville American. Bill Jones he likes 10 sit around And tell what ha would do . If he were only prs!ilim. . For Just a term or two. . ' ' -He'd drive the grafters front, tha land - And give good men a Show And have an honeat government Perhapal. We'll never, know. . r Were Bill Jones but a congressman, You bet the fur would fly. -. The troubles of the crooked rloh Each day would multiply. He'd give. the nation's treasure box ' ' ' A . chance to overflow ; If he were ther a-runntng tilings. Perhaps! We'll never kuow. , He wouldn't let the ship of state . Ball any way but straight: He wouldn't make all grand reforms Out In the lobby wait, -And every bill would have to bs Exactly on the square. For there would be no monkey-work , If only BUI were there. - It seems a pity that 'we ca-nt . Get statesmen of that sort . Borne men of whom when they were there We'd hear but good report. Bill Jonw" lurk on every side, But, really, what's the use. Since no otie rlaea up to say, "Come on, Bill; cut 'er looeetP . Can Serve You So Quickly