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I j TrrR OMATTA DAILY nm. TimnsnAV rnrr. o lono Tiie Omaha Daily Bee FOUNDED BT EDWARD ROSEWATER. VICTOn ROSKWATEK, EDITOR. Entered at Omaha Postofflce a second cUm matter. TERMS OP fill INSCRIPTION: pally Bee (without Bunday). one year. .M 00 jiir tiM and Bunday, one year a w Bunday Bee, one year IW Saturday Bee. one year IM DELIVERED BY CARRIER: pally fc (including Sunday), per week.loc pally Bee (without Sunday), per week. loo Evening Bee (without Sunday), per week 60 Evening Bee (with Sunday), per week luc Addreaa all complaint of irregularities m uonvery 10 city Circulation teparii"'. OFFICES: Omaha The Bee Building. South Omaha city Hall Building. Council Bluffs 15 Boott Street. Chlcarik tUt ITnlvsrattv Htillil In. New York-Rooma 1101-1102, No. 34 Wcat iruny-inird Btreet. Washington 725 Fourteenth Street N. W, CORRESPONDENCE. Commnnlritinni rttin tn newa and edi torial matter should be addressed. Omaha eee, Editorial Department. REMITTANCES. Remit by draft, express or postal order payable to The Bee Publishing compady. Only i-cent stampa received in payment of mall accounts. Personal checks, except on umana or eastern exchanges, not accepieu. STATEMENT OF CIRCULATION. State of Nebraska. Dnurla County, ss. : George B. Txmjhuek, treasurer of Tho Bee Publishing company., being duly sworn, nays that the actual number of tuii ana complete copies or The Dally, Morning, Evening and Sunday Bee printed during the month of March, 1&0S, wan as xoiiowa: 1.......... 38,680 I. ......... 86.M0 t 8 It, MO 4 36,430 5.. 39470 . S6fA00 7.. ....... a.ltO t 88,800 38,480 10 8300 11.......... 86,670 13... 86,600 1S 86,180 14 88,870 15. 86.380 17 37,880 IS 36,630 19 36,800 20 36,680 2 V 36,680 21 36,400 21 36,800 24 36,730 iS.'. 36,680 28 38,840 27 36,700 28... 36,870 29 36,360 80 36,660 SI 36,990 ToUls 1,133,880 Less unsold and returned coplos.. 9,163 Net total ... 1,193,098 Dally average 36,228 GEORGE B. TZBCHUCK, Treasurer. Subscribed In my presence and sworn to before ma this 1st dny of April, 190S. (Seal) ROBERT HUNTER. Notary Public WHEH OPT or TOWS. Sabeorlbers leaving; tko elty teaa. poratrllr efcoala kava Tata Baa Balls to tkox. Addrooa will ko kajMraa a ( as rrqaaata. It's up to somebody to apologize next to Secretary Root The April fool Joke is that our March weather made Its advent on the 1st of April. It la bat fair to mambera ot con gress to explain that the majority of them do not carry guns. ' "We need fewer rabbits," Bays the New York Sun. Yes. and we could get along with fewer goata, goata. j lers' strike-W de- Just aa-til&xpal miners' -ldvJDn tba urewers strike 1b de clared off. What's the use? , "Why should I refuse?" asks Col onel Bryan in speaking ot his prospec tive nomination for a third rejectlve term. About half the democrats of Texas are organising Dalley clubs and the other half are forming clubs for Dalley. Speaker Cannon Is learning that the house rules do not apply to the selec tion of delegations to the Chicago con vention. I The crusade against antl-vlvlsec-tlon Is becoming more emphatic every day. The politicians are all against vivisection. Tho salary ot congressmen was raised from $5,000 to $7,500 a year. Proof that they are earning the addi tional allowance la not at hand. Tho demand 'for "a business man for president" Is being supplied by Mr. Taft. At least, he Is putting some other candidates out of business. Secretary Cortelyou is a living refu tation of Mr. Bryan's claim that a young man cannot aucteed in this age without working his tongue overtime. "What does It cost to keep a hen a rearT asKs congressman Olmsted. tpends a good deal upon whether yckir neighbor tries to keep a garden. In Indiana man la boasting of hav ing; spent 1,58? consecutive nights at borne with his family. He does not txplaln the nature of his prolonged Illness. A physical culturist says any woman can be beautiful by thinking she Is beautiful. A woman is beautiful when she can make men think she is beautiful. Congress has been In session since December 1. The net result seems to be that Congressman Heflln ot Ala bama has shot a negro who was al ready half-shot. Landsmen will be disposed to accopt the statements of Admiral Evans as to the efficiency ot the American bat tleshlps, even If he does not agree with Senator Hale. Ttaa Molnaa Dolled nnrnln,.i.i. 14,000 votes for mayor In its recent uuuiuvi riotiiuu. ii luai ig an m dex to the population, Dea Moines has been growing some In the last few years. If those New York democrats think they can invite Mr. Bryan to attend their banquet without letting him epeak they are fooling themselves mightily. It Mr. Bryan wants to speak he will speak when he wants to and speak where he wants Jo, KHBARRASStirO TO MB. HILL. Whatever the outcome of the diplo matic incident involving the appoint ment of David J. Hill to be ambassa dor to Germany, it must necessarily be embarrassing to him, although he be in no way to blame. The president has sent Mr. ' Hill's appointment to the senate, thus placing the administra tion in the attitude of accepting Em peror William's disclaimer and, Inci dentally, showing that this government has faith in Mr. Hill as a diplomat. The German Foreign office has Is sued an explanation, which does not explain very fully, to the effect that the emperor has no objections to Mr Hill and will gladly receive him as ambassador. At the same time, the foreign office report states that "doubts subsequently arose as to whether Mr. Hill would feel himself comfortable in the post ot American ambassador to Berlin, but these doubts have been removed." While the doubts of the German officials may have been removed. It Is Quite probable that as much cannot be said of Mr. Hill's doubts. He must realize that he will be going into an unfriendly atmosphere. While President Roosevelt's action In appointing Mr. Hill is highly compll mentary it still threatens him with no little embarrassment, no matter how ho may be officially received. Every foreign power has the perfect right to object to an unacceptable am bassador and to withdraw objections once made, but under tho circum stances the best that Mr. Hill can hope is that the reports shall prove exaggerated and that he may be able speedily to overcome the real or imagi nary obstacles after he gets to Berlin. IX DIS M0IXK3. The smoke of battle over the inau guration of, city government by com mission InV Des Moines has cleared away enough to give an outsider a partial view of the Held. The com mission Idea was professedly propa gated on high moral and nonpartisan grounds for the purpose of dislodging a well-entrenched official sqnad from the city hall. It was apparently a de mand for a change with a promise of political novelty that caught the spirit of the people and led them to expect immediate realization of a municipal millennium. Fired with this enthusiasm, the plan of city government by commission was adopted by popular r atification and the experiment started at full head. In the second her.r, however, the old city hall crow deployed under cover and returned to the skirmish line with the result that the sponsors of govern ment by commission lost out in the nonpartisan primary at the moBt im portant points, and simultaneously with this setback lost much of their enthusiasm for the new game. With the voters limited in their choice of commissioners to the candi dates who had passed the primaries unscathed the election has, as the Des Moines Capital admits, "turned all the places over to the old city hall poli ticians and their organization," who will continue to govern the city for two years more. The adoption of the commission plan' of city government. therefore, is not to be counted on as eliminating politics from municipal government. We quote further from the Capital: The Des Moines plan Is still on trial. We continue our faith In It It Is something new. Two years from now there may not be euch a scramble. There may not be so many working at cross purposes. Or two years from now the commissioners may have popularised themselves to such an extent aa to make their re-election inevita ble and advisable. We shall rejoice and be exceeding- glad If these things shall be true. BRIBERY or jOEltTS. Merchants everywhere will be inter ested, in the final outcome of a trial now pending In New York over the re fusal of a firm to pay tho manufac turers for a bill of goods, the sale of which had been accomplished through the bribery of the agent of the firm. Under a New York law it is a mis demeanor to offer or accept sub stantial gratuities in the buying and selling of merchsndise when the gift Is intended to influence the agent without the knowledge of his princi pal. The penalty is a fine of $500 or imprisonment for one year, but in the first case brought under the new law a new question has arisen upon which the higher courts will have to pass. In this case an agent of a retail firm bought goods valued at $2,000, on the agreement of the manufacturer to allow him a commission of 5 per cent on the sale. The firm, learning of the deal, although the goods had been received and sold, refused to pay for them and the manufacturer brought suit. The manufacturer se cured a verdict In the lower courts, but the retail firm appealed and the appellate division of the state supreme court reversed the finding and sent tha case back for another trial. The facts were admitted and the only question before the court was whether the man ufacturer should lose the entire value of his goods or be punished only by the fine of $500. The majority of the Judges held that the contract of sale, made in violation of the law. could not be enforced. In passing on the case the court said: The legislature has not expressly de clared either that the contract to pay the bribe or the contract Induced by the bribe la void or unenforceable. A contract, however, made In violation of a penal statute, although not expreasly prohibited or declared to be void, is prohibited, void and unenforceable, whether executory or executed. A contract to do an Illegal act, or to aid another in violating the law, is likewise void and unenforceable, whether executory or executed. It hss not bean many years sine the graft of the purchasing agent was mora than his salary. Buyers for railway companies and other corpora tlons and of big mercantile firms whoso purchases ran Into thousands of dollars were in position to receive, or exact, rich commissions and many of them took fullest advantages of their opportunities. The abuse of this com mercial responsibility led to the adop tion of the law now being tested in New York and of similar measures in other states. The New York court's decision, if finally sustained, will give merchants and manufacturers both a protection from this form ot grafting. POLITICS IX AHKAS8AS. Senator "Jeff" Davis of Arkansas has been absent from his seat in the "greatest deliberative body on earth" In Washington for several weeks, but he has not been taking a rest cure. Telegraph reports from Little Rock show that he has beeu leading the strenuous life, in an effort to secure for one of his lieutenants the demo cratic nomination for governor of the state. According to the returns the voters have decided upon another man, but Davis has been reaping a large harvest of experience and excitement At last accounts DavlB was under ar rest, charged with carrying concealed weapons and making a murderous as sault upon a political adversary. While all this might appear undig nified in a member ot the United States senate, It Is part of a political day'B work in Arkansas. Davis has been in a word fight or fist fight war with political enemies in his home state ever since he went into politics. In the campaign preceding his election to the United States he had a number of personal encounters. He made a special fight in the recent primaries to defeat Lewis Rhoton for prosecut ing attorney of tho Little Rock dis trict. In one ot his speeches Davis said: Lewis Rhoton stinks like a Tankee and he is a Tankee, and he learned about ail he knows under a nigger lawyer, Sclplo Jones. In some sections of the south, where a nasty spell of weather Is referred to as "regular Yankee weather," talk like that would have led to shooting, but Rhoton met Davis with his own weapons and replied; Davis talks about Yankees. An In dianapolis Yankee went to Pine Bluff and married a popular girl there. He mis treated her so that she got a divorce and came back to Arkansas with her child. Her divorced husband came to Little Bock and employed Jeff Davis as an attorney and instituted suit to get the child. Jeff Davis went to Judge Jesse Hart, then on the bench, and asked him to decide the case in his client's favor, right or wrong, as it meant a good fee to him (Davis). What do you think of that? Judge Hart refused to do it. In reply to such a serious charge Davis countered with an attack on Rhoton's official record, declaring: Let any i of these poor boys shoot craps and Lewis Ithoton will Jump on them like a duck onto Juno bugs. Let one of you boys bootleg and he goes aftsr you. Oh, he Is so busy when It comes to poor boys. But when It comes to these high collared roosters Rhoton has too many other things' on hand and he really don't have time. Then, possibly in anticipation of coming physical encounters, the sena tor added: Gentlemen, I have had to meet candi dates who hit mo over the head with six- shooters, and I have met others over whose heads I have had to break walking sticks. Attorney Rhoton retorted that he was not scared by Davis' threats of personal violence. "Jeff Davis," said he, "Is a coward. I could take a corn cob pipe with a lightning bug In the end of it and make Davla Jump into tho river." After all that preliminary blustering, however, Davis and Rho ton failed to come to a test of physical superiority. One of Rhoton's under studies, a deputy prosecuting attor ney, went after Davis and claims to have struck him twice in the face and chased him into his office. In the meantime most of those trusts that Senator Davis "ate alive" in bis niaiden speech at Washington are waiting for him to return to his meal. A FAMOUS FEAST. The feast which has Just been given by Mr. Bryan to the democratic editors of Nebraska will surely go down to posterity as one of the famous epicu rean functions of history. As de scribed in our local democratic con temporary Dy a special . stall corre spondent on the spot, it must have been unique and can hardly be done Justice in the reference to it as "plain Dut sincere Hospitality. it is re assuring, however, to know that "the menu was simple, the arrangements perfect, the oratory earnest," and that "perfect harmony reigned." It transpires that the "piece de re sistance" was not pie, but "chicken pat ties and cream gravy," served by Mr. Bryan, himself. According to the offi cial chronicler, "chicken and gravy is a -favorite dish of the Falrview orator, The plates were passed to Mr. Bryan and he gracefully supplied the gravy from a huge punch bowl." A new mark has now been set In the evolution of modern presidential cam paigning. No Bryan dinner will here after be complete without chicken pat ties and cream gravy, with a big punch bowl on the side. The poor pushcart vender is a street ornament In every bustling, thriving American city, but Omaha proposes to banish all push-cart men, It remains to be seen whether Omaha will set the example for other cities or whether It will conclude that a mistake has been made and retrace the step. The re-appointment by Governor Sheldon ot Robert Cowell as police commissioner for Omaha must be taken to mean that the governor is well satisfied with the work ot Mr Cowell in his official capacity. The board appointed by Governor Sheldon has had more perplexing problems to grapple with in one short year than any preceding board and Mr. Cowell brings to their solution the good, hard, common sense generated by years ot successful business experience. The first time Mayor "Jim" has dis played that much boasted "backbone" since he assumed office Is to be found in his defy to the Commercial club's committee on municipal affairs. Were it not for this exhibition, people would still be laboring under the delusion that the "backbone" was 'merely a figment of the imagination, conjured up for campaign purposes only. Congressman Heflln ot Alabama mny be popular in his own state, but his record for marksmanship would defeat him for office in most sections of the south. According to his own statement of his row with two negroes in Washington, he shot at the ground in order to frighten the men. The hospital reports show that one of the negroes was shot in the neck. Senator Tillman la going to make tour of Europe. Foreign countries should be given to understand that Senator Tillman is not being sent, but taking the trip on his own motion Diplomatic relations are a little strained in some quarters and Uncle Sam cannot take the chances of being placed in suspicion of doing "an un friendly act." The Dahlmanites and the Jackson ians will travel to Denver over differ ent railroads to make sure of keeping peace In the democratic family. The demands of safety also require that the seats in the convention hall re served for them be located on opposite sides of the arena. No one la proposing to the popu lists in their national convention at St. Louis to put up another SDllt-tall ticket and repeat the performance of their last tie-up with Colonel Bryan. Photographs show that David Jayne Hill's mustache droops at the ends, in stead of taking the pugnacious up turn so popular in Germany. Per haps that may explain some things. Senator "Jeff" Davis has been whipped in a fist fight by one of his constituents. That Is what the sena tor gets for going away from home without his trusty chair leg. What Reform Will Do. Chicago Inter-Ocean. It is just as well as universally arlmltto that with a reformed currency we can nave no tainted money, and, of course, no criminal wealth. Blleneo aa an Asset. Wahjtton Herald. Governor John A. Johnson declines in nr. gue with the supreme court of the United States. Those who have heen ibin. for a conservative streak in Mr. .Inhn.on make-up are welcome to this evidence. Any Old Excuae Will Serve. Kansas City Star. The railroads of Illinois and Missouri have decided to attack the rate laws of the wo states Jh the ground of "alleged ex- cesslve penalties." Yet If they obey the laws there will be no "penalties," exces sivo or otherwise. The Polltlc-laa and the Reformer. Bt. Louis Times. That Mr. Bryan Is in the nresent race as a politician after a place rather than aa a reformer looking for alorv Is indi cated by the fact that he is gracefully swallowing Mr. Sullivan of Illinois and Mr. Taggart of Indiana. HUMOR OP APRIL 1. Some Anrleat Tricks Played on the Thoaghtlesa. Collier's Weekly. The 1st of April, some do say, Is set apart for All Fools' duy; But why the people call It so. Nor I, nor they themselvea do know. So runs the old Jingle, succinctly sum ming up what Is known about the origin of tho day. Informal as it is, this unoffi cial holiday is not the least beloved among children. A Joke is discovered by the young in a stout gentleman pursuing his wind-driven hat; if the "Kick Me!" pla card, dangling from sedate coat-tails; In the pitcher of briny water smuggled on to the breakfast table; In the "stove-pipe hat" In the road, under whose toe-seducing crown lurk two bricks; In the sewlng-up of papa's, trousers; in the bulging wallet which springs warily from outstretched finger tips. In the very crudity ond bar barism of these devices lies their in terest to mature, observant age. As our grandfathers used them so shall our grandchildren. Tha day occasionally brings a bit of jocularity a degree more subtle. Wa recall that soul who, during the latter part of March, sent to several hundred dignitaries of London the follow ing neatly printed card: Tower of London Admit bearer and friend to view annual ceremony of washing the white lions, on Sunday, April 1, 1660. Admittance only at White gate. It 1h particularly requested that no gratuities be given to warders or attendants. It is related that the peaceful Sabbath hush about the Tower of London was on that April 1 broken by the coming of many hansoms and four-wheelers1 and their going. And thus the stream of what the human mind deems humor flows with out intermission from century to century. Out of Tune An ache or pain is a discord in nerve harmony. There is a strain or irritation of some nerve, caus ed by the existence of some un natural condition. Pain subsides only when nerve harmony is re stored. Dr. . Miles' Anti-Pain Pills soothe the nerves, and in this way relieve pain and distress. When you consider that all pain is in the nerves you will under stand that treatment must be through the nerves. "Mr wife and daughter uao Dr. Miles' Antl-Paio Pills fur LxUna from any eauaa. with beat resulta." If thar lall to hlu. your drugslst will reiend tha money on first pack. ii duea, ti cents. Never aold lu bulk. HJLEi MtO.ICAL CO.. Slkhart, Ma. ROl'SD ABOIT JSKW YORK. Ripples on the art-eat of l ife la h Metropolis, Msnsgers of the New York surface line which have Inaugurated the 'Tay-as-yoa enter" street cars, predict a sharp in crease In tho revenues of tho companies as a result of the Innovation. Their cal culaltons are not based on increased busl ncss beyond the normal growth ol traf fic, although the system makes for pub I la conveniences and comfort, but I founded on tha theory that It will prevent the confusion hitherto noticeable of mix Ing the finances of the companies with the private accounts of employes. The new system enables the passenger to drop Ms coin In the box, relieving the conductor of all financial responsibility excepting that of making change, a that, assuming the managers' assertion to bo correct, the overworked conductor, freed from the perplexities of stringing the cash register, can pose Ms prettiest on' the rear platform and look pleasant The which is worth while. There are about 3,000 conductors In the service of the New York City company and during 1307 there were 6.6S4 conductors dls charged fr failure to register fares. which was almost equivalent to tho dl charge of the whole force twice over. This was about 1.600 more than the dis charges the previous year. It Is stated that on some lines there Is an arrange ment whereby the motorman and lnspec tor got a rakcoff of 23 cents each for every trip, so that the conductor has to give up 60 cents before he can determine how much of the receipts belong to the company. Tho problem yet to be de tcrmlned Is whether tho slot machine Is Invulnerable. Tho bookings of the foreign labor ele ment now leaving tho I'nlted States have changed from the Mediterranean to the northern ports of Europe. The New York record shows that the exodus of the for eign labor clement has been unusually large during the last week, and that It consisted almost entirely of north coun try people Poles, Hungarians, Russians and other Slavic races. So great has been the outward rush during the last week that difficulty was experienced In securing accommodations. In a great many Instances tho steamships were com pelled to leave scores behind. The Main of the North German Lloyd line broke ali previous records by carrying away on Thursday 2,537 steerage passengers. A hundred or more , applicants were on the piers clamoring for tickets Bfter tho ac commodations had been exhausted. The Kaiser Wilhelm II of the same line, sail ing on Tuesday, took about 900, all there are accommodations for on board, ine third class bookings on this steamship were ordered stopped by telegraph on March 18, two weeks before the sailing. The Kaiser Wilhelm der Grosse, sailing April 7, will have between 900 and 1,000 steerage, bookings having been stopped on last Thursday. The Barbarossa, sail- in two days later, will have not less than 2,000, while the Koenlg Albert, for Mediterranean ports, will carry out be tween 400 and BOO Bteerage. The framework has been put In place on tho roof of Colgate & Co.'s plant In Jersey City for what will be the biggest clock In the world. The timepiece will face the river, and at any tlrno of the day or night New Yorkers and passengers on ferryboats will be able to sot their watches by It. Tha dial will be twenty-eight feet In diameter and will have an area of over 134 square feet, or 544 more square feet than there are In the face of the clock on the city hall In Philadelphia. That one has held the record for years. The clock will weigh about six tons. The minute hand Is. eighteen and one-fourth feet long, and with Its counterpoise. weighs one-third of a ton. The hand will travel twenty-three inches every minute, or over half a mile a day. The weight which moves the hands tips the scales at ,000 pounds. The hands and numerals on the face of the clock will be outlined with lncandes cent lights, enabling people miles away to tell the time, at night. The big clock will be regulated by the standard timo at Wash' lngton, The princeling of departed gallic royalty who is seeking to replenish his depleted treasury with American heiress dollars, handed New York rounders this bit of ad vice: "The secret of living right," he said. is to know what you eat and drink. It easy to tell If your chops are properly cooked. I frequently send them back. Sleep well and long. Don't worry and don't drink whisky and beer. A bit of good brandy is enough. Walk miles every day. That's why I'm strong and feel better physically than ever in my life. Look at that bottle of cognac," said the prince. pointing to the bottle on the table before him "that's splendid wine and I know It without tasting it. A glass of that Is bet ter than all the whisky you could consume. If you would tell good cognac there are three ways, any of which Is infallible, First, shake the bottle well.- Then look for the crystal bubbles. If they .are clear and preserve their shape for some moments, then the cognac Is good. Next pour aome Into two glaaaes and add some boiling water to one. Compare the delicate odor. If Identical the brandy la of superior qual ity. Finally turn your glass about several times and notice if any traces of liquor re main on the Inside. If none the cognac is fit for a king." Stephen Curtis, fifteen years old, acci dentally caught hold of a feed wire carry ing 1,600 volts while at work In a power house at Third avenue and Fifty-second street, Brooklyn, Friday night. He was un able to let go and his cries brought Ralph Stewart, an engineer, running to his rescue. Stewart seized the boy and waa himself knocked by the electric current. He couldn't let go, and the two suffered great agony until the power was shut off. When an ambulance arrived from the Norwegian hospital Dr. Stillman pronounced Curtis dead. A faint movement of the heart was dls covered, however, and artificial respiration waa tried. After nearly two hours of this young Curtis was sufficiently recovered to be taken to the hospital. Later he was re moved to his home. His body was covered with black and blue marks and much swollen. It is foared he will lose his eye sight. Stewart was taken home, suffering greatly. His eyes were affected, and Dr. Stillman aald that it would not be aur- prising if the optic nerve waa destroyed eventually in both patients. Curtis, who sustained the full force of the current would have been killed instantly tha phy. slclan said, had he not worn rubber boots. 'Oaenesa" aaa "Doaeaesa." New York Sun. "Thrilled with cosmic oneness, ha will rise," says Mr. Vardaman of the Nebraska candidate. So far as the rising is con cerned, it is a habit of Mr. Bryan's, and Mr. Vardaman doea not risk much by the prophecy. But Juat what Bryan will be thrilled with at any particular rising" ia a little dubious. Years ago it waa a schis matic sixteenness Instead of a oneness, cosmic or otherwise. Now it seems to be federal ownership of thu railroads. The one thing definitely calculable In all his risings Is the abysmlc donrness with which ba alls down again when votes ara counted. I , jL For quickly and perfectly. VI delicious hot biscuits, hot breads, cake and pastry there is no substitute for 1 ' U U flRFAM 9 IMtt The active principle of which is derived from grapes, pare cream of tartar, the most wholesome of all fruit aci4s Ho aSusa tlo lime phosphates Thote caring for health Alum is a sharp, Study tbc label. cream PEnOXAL NOTES. Tlin kaiser Is said now to ho willing to accept Dr. Hill. Will the doctor forgot the past and accept the kaiser? Prof. S. C. K. Rutnam, who Is a native Hindu and president of Central college. at Colombo, Ceylon, In an address at New York on Saturday, on the "Political Awakening In India," asserted tho Indian empire was ready for revolt against the oppression and misrule of Oreat Britain. A commemorative bronse tablet has leen placed on Old South Middle Hall In Yale campus. New Haven, to mark the room once occupied by Nathan Hale, Yale 1773, hero of the revolutionary war. - This room also was later occupied by Ell Whitney, Inventor of the cotton gin, and John C. Calhoun. John Ware Whlaton, one of the old-time theatrical actor-managers, died In Buffalo the other day at the age of m years. He was one of the first variety performers In America and by some was called the father of vaudeville. Ho was widely known as the original facial caricaturist and was called the man of many faces. John Good, formerly president of the National Cordage company of New York, and recognised as one of the most promt nent factors In the hemp Industry In the country and In England, died at his home, in Brooklyn, from pneumonia. He was selected by Pope Leo as a count of the Holy Roman Empire in 18S8 as a mark of papal favor. Mr. Good Invented a hemp-hacking machine, from which he obtained royalties amounting to more than $3,000,000. Dr. James C. Monaghan has been chosen s the recipient for 1908 of tho Iaetare medal awarded by Notre Dame university to some prominent Roman Catholic lay man aa a mark of honor. Dr. Monaghan was born In Boston In 18S7, worked in the cotton mills at Salem, graduated at Brown university, campaigned twice for Grover Cleveland, waa consul at Mannheim. Oer many, and Chemnlti, studied at Heidel berg and is now lecturing. Others to whom tho medal has been awarded are Attorney General Bonaparte, Representa tive W. Bourke Cockran, William J. Onahan, Count John A. Crelghton, General William Kosecrans and Eliza Allen Starr. Foxy Sailor on the Belt I.lne. St Louis Globe-Democrat. Admiral Evans' opinion on armor belts i that "under the sea conditions In which battles may be fought a belt of eight feet In width, if considered alone, Is too narrow to afford the desired protection wherever It may be placed, so tho ques tion becomes an academic discussion, with certain arguments on each side." The admiral Is too old a sailor to expect abso lute safety in a fighting ship. To raise or tower me armor annpiy Mills mo vulnerability, and naval experts disagree as to where the line should be drawn. DON'T , At the Grocer- just look him straight in the eye and tell him you want Shredded Wheat 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 will not make corn flakes as digestible or as nutritious as SHREDDED WHEAT. It is not "flavored" or "compounded" with anything just pure whole wheat, steam-cooked, shredded and baked. Try it for breakfast tomorrow. Heat the Biscuit in oven and pour hot milk or cream over it. nn making POWO must avoid alum powders. poisonous, mineral acid Bay only where of tartar Is ILJ named. POINTED ri.EASATnlK. "In twenty-five years, I foresee a wood famine." "Ah! That is bad for the people who saw It." Baltimore American. "I wonder," remarked tho reader of cur rent history, looking up from his London newspaper. "If a rich rug manufacturer who is made a baronet objects to being styled a carpet knight?" Philadelphia l'reus. "It will be all right about this prljse fight. We have pulled off nine already here without the police suspecting It." "That's exactly the danger. Ten mills, you know, make ono scent." Haiti mora American. "Whenever that man speaks, you know exactly what he thinks," remarked the admiring auditor. "I shouldn't say that." answered the cau tious person. "But you know exactly what he thinks his constituents want him to think." Washington Star. "James," said Mr. Goodley, "the g,-nili-msn whose name you gave aa reference tells me you're not very truthful." "Well, say," replied Jimmy, the office boy, "youan Is slch a truthful guy yerself youse need an able-bodied liar like ine around the place." Philadelphia Press. The famous ball player whs looking through the sporting columns of the news papern. "I see they've quit mentioning me," he said. "I may as well sign." t'pon doing which he secured one more mention in the newspapers. Chicago Tr b une. EATISI'. Judge. Now, wot's dn Mne o' joMiln' An' alius givln' digs, A-laughin' an' a-Jokln' An' Kayln' boys Is pigs? Pa says me stummlck's rubber, Er gumerlRstio stuff. An' says me legs Is holler. I never gits enough. An' sipter. she's a teacher 'Way up to number five. She says the anerconder Jest cats 'cm up alive. An' how a nnstrlrh gobblis. An' gulps wit' great delight, Jem grubs and grabs and swallers 'Most anything in sight! Aunt Jane she says my manners Is really shockln' bad, T' sen a boy s" greedy Is 'scouragln' an' aud! But ma she knows about It, She's Johnny-on-de-spot ! She says when boys Is growln' Dey has f eat a lot. An' bread an' Jam Is cheaper 'An medicine an' pills; Sho'd rndder pay de grocer Dan pay do doctor bills. An' sometimes w'en dey's knock In' She sorter winks her eye, An' slips acrost de table Anuddcr piece o' pie. An' says, "Now, don't y' mind "em, I knows 'em, dat I do, W'en dey was kids an- hungry W'y, dey was Jest like you!" WNK A V 1