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TOE OMAnA DAILY BEE: WEDNESDAY, APRIL 15, 1903, Tiie Omaha Daily Bee, FOUNDED BT IDWARD RO B IE WATER. VICTOR ROBE WATER. EDITOR. Entered at Omibt Poatofflc M second class B4tlr. . TERMS Or SUBSCRIPTION: Eally & (without Sunday?, on ear..WJ ally bee and Sunday, on jrar J Sunday Be, on year J Saturday Bee, on year DELIVERED BT CARRIER: Dally Bee (Including Sunday), per week.lSo Dally Bee (without Sunday), per week.l9c Evening Be (without BunSay). per "'.J? Evening B (with Runday). pr week wo Addrs all complaint of trregularltls la delivery to City circulation Duartront. omcESi Omaha Tha Be Building. South Omaha City nail Building. Council Bluffs li Bcott fltreet. Chicago IMo University Building. , Nw York-Room UM-110, No. M West Thirty-third Btrt. M WaablngTon-7 fourteenth Street 1. W. CORRESPONDENCE. Communication relating to new and edi torial matter should b addressed, Omaua Be. Editorial Department REMITTANCES. Remit by draft, eipre or poatal order Sayabl to Tha Boa Publishing company, nhr t-cent stamp received In payment or mall account. Fronal check. eacept on Omaha or eastern exchsnges, not accepted. STATEMENT OF CIRCTJL.ATIofo. Stat ef Nebraska, Dnuglaa County. .! Georg e . B. Tsschuck. treasurer of. The Pee publishing company., being duly worn. aay that the actual -number or full and complete copie of Th Dally. Morning. Evening and Sunday Bee printed during th month of March, 10, waa a follow II 1 8BO IT 8T,SB0 J.... 86,040 II 86,630 .... t,3eo it aaoo 4 M.430 t. ......... 86,680 I. ......... 86.870 21 86380 86,660 II 86,400 7.......... 86.166 It 36,600 I..... 88,500 14 86,790 1 86,460 2S 36,680 16 86,800 It 86340 It 86.670 J7 86,700 It 86,600 tl 86370 It 86,190 t 86,300 14 86370' It 36,500 It 86,850 II 86,980 Id. 86360 Total 1,139,380 Lsinol and returned cople.. 6,188 Net 'total..... 1,183,098 Dally ver(e 36338 OEOROB B. TZ3CHUCK, Treasurer. Suhecribed In my preenc and worn to before in thl let day of April, 190a. (Seal) ROBERT HUNTER. Notary Public. WHBJf OCT or TOWS. 9rartlr akaaJd k-ava Tfe) B mailed t tkeaa. Address will 1 haaged afteai mm raeeld. Who la that "magnificent lawyer" at Fremont, anyway? Ohio Is 120 years old and acta Ilk aizty moBt ot the time. A St Paul man fasted thirty-one day and will never eat again. It la also about time to revise the summer clothing and the straw hats. Parasol makers are not going Into any ecstasies over the "Merry Widow" bats. In a pinch the president, might send Congressman Hob son, down to sup press ' Castro. . , The April grade of showers might be improved to the great satisfaction of the farmers. . For an example ot "embezzlement of power" see the democratlo usurpa tion la South Omaha. The Knox presidential boom is tak ing no chances on being charged with pernicious activity In politics. ( A steamshlp Is being loaded at Shanghai with 400,000,000 firecrack er. Guess their destination? The Erie railroad was named after Lake Erie and lt(ls an open question whether the lake or the road holds the most water. It Is announced that Luther Bur bank Is going into politics. He has proved himself an expert grafter In other lines. Congressmen who are opposing the president's naval enlargement program should remember that America is a two-ocean country. New York democrats are reminding Mr. Bryan that "east la east and west is west and never twain shall meet," or words to that effect - Mr. Puck was among the men fined in Toledo for maintaining a lumber trust It is hoped Puck can find something funny in the situation. It la not many years since the peo ple of Arkansas rather prided them selves on sending none but "southern gentlemen" to the United States senate. The house at Washington has about decided, that there is neither a finan cial nor a political emergency to war rant the passage ot the Aid rich cur rency bill. 8enator La Toilette still Insists that the country is owned by ninety-seven men, thus refuting the old impression that Mr. Rockefeller and Mr. Morgan own all ot It An actress who was dismissed be cause she refused to wear tights has been awarded 15.000 damages. Evi dently she had a proper understand Ing of her rights. The latest treasury report showed the per capita circulation at M5.35. It must be less than that now since Prince de Sagan has been introduced to the Oould millions. Th debate Is still on whether Lin cola did or 'did not wear a beard when inaugurated president. Poetic license would overlook such trifles, but ap parently there tj no such thing as artlstlo license. MISREPRF.SKBTIXQ MR. TAFT. In public speeches and editorials in the Commoner Mr. Bryan persists In the declaration that Mr. Taft has made no announcement of his attitude to ward the truRta and no promise that, It elected president, he will Inaugurate or continue any legal prosecution of them. He asks Mr. Taft to name what trusts he would punish and to state what his attitude toward all Ille gal combinations of capital would be and then, without waiting for the an swer, goes on to assert that the elec tion of Mr. Taft would spell Immunity for "predatory wealth" and that "Taft does not stand for any reforms worth mentioning." The unfortunate part of this conten tion, so far as Mr. Bryan Is concerned. Is that It Is a complete misrepresenta tion ot the secretary of war. In his speech at Columbus, before Mr. Bryan began asking questions, Mr. Taft said: I would restrain unlawful trusts with all tha efficiency of - Injunctive process and would puntsh with all the severity of criminal prosecution every attempt on the part of aggregated capital to suppress com petition through Illegal means. This address was widely published and could not have escaped the atten tion of so omnlverous a reader of po litical news as Colonel Bryan. In his address at Louisville a tew days ago Mr. Taft said: Mr. Bryan asks me what should bo done with the great combination of capital. Ho aay he would extirpate trusts root and branch. I don't know how he would carry out thia policy unless he means that ha would destroy,: the .'plant that create our prosperity. I ' do not believe either in that or government ownership, but I believe In making corporations obey the law and being prevented from destroy ing the prosperity of others or refusing to bare with other tha prosperity existing In their line of business. One of the greatest sources ot Mr. Taft's popularity with the ' American people Is the complete candor and frankness with which . he states his position and discusses public ques tions. He has practiced no evasion on the trust question, the tariff issue, im perialism or anythlng"else Id which the people have shown Interest or con cern. Mr. Bryan alone appears to have failed to discover this trait in Mr. Taft's character and to be the only one to conclude that Mr. ' Taft .lacks posltlveness on public questions. THE HEW YORK REPUBLICANS. Even the most ardent champion of Oovernor Hughes will be forced to recognize the fact that the New York republican state convention has failed to strengthen his position as a formi dable candidate for the presidential nomination at Chicago. The conven tion Instructed the four delegates-at-large for Oovernor Hughes, but made it plain that the delegates to the state convention were by no means enthusi astic in support of his candidacy. A motion to request - the district dele gates to vote and work for his nomina tion was voted down and the entire spirit of the convention was that of perfunctory compliance with plans for promoting the presidential boom of the state's "favorite sou" candidate. The failure of the Hughes boom to arouse the New York ' republicans is not easily understood, except upon the theory that the party leaders realize that, able and qualified as he may be, he Is comparatively unknown beyond the Alleghenles. The support expected for Hughes in New England has not materialized and the New York repub licans apparently feel .the hopelessness of rallying sufficient votes to secure first place for him at Chicago. By the action of the New York con vention the delegates from that state will be free, after discharging their pledges to their candidate, to vote for other candidates ot their choice. Noth ing in the action of the convention in dicated any concert among the dele gates for or against any other candi date. Apparently It will be an open field, so far as the New York delega tion is concerned, with Taft 'occupying the vantage ground. . . THE SOVTB OMAHA VSURPAT10X. The attempt of the democratic mayor of South Omaha and his asso ciates to hold on to-' office after the people ot South Omaha have voted him out comes strictly within Mr. Bryan's definition of "embezzlement of power." If the defeated candidates at the recent South Omaha, city elec tion had any good grounds to believe they were not fairly beaten they would have Instituted a contest of the elec tion. By setting up the claim that the election Is void because of various Irregularities for which they, them selves, aie to blame, the very enumer ation of these alleged Irregularities show how flimsy they ark It Is alleged that the - democratic mayor forgot to issue .his election proclamation until after "the time specified by law and, therefore, his neglect should keep him in office. It 1b alleged that the primaries at which the usurpers were nominated were kept open longer than they should have been. Were it not for this the chances are they would not even have bad their renomlnatlon, but. having got a nomination by question able methods, they think that ought to entitle them to perpetual tenure. In the third place, it is alleged that the voters were not required to produce their tat certificates. Inas much as the outgoing democratic mayor and council, themselves, ap pointed the entire set of election offi cers and specifically instructed them not to require tax certificates, this claim is remarkable for ita brazenness. The attempted usurpation In South Omaha Is, ot course, merely a cooked up democratic job. Had the democratic-candidates won out in the elec tion they would have Insisted that everything was fair and square and that they were entitled to enter upon new terms for the full two years. It s a poor rule that does not work both ways and a poor politician that plays the baby act when beaten at his own game. ADMIRAL EVAKS' PROMISE. In preparing for the reception to the battleships now on their way north from Mexico San Francisco has been much worried over the condition of Admiral Evans, who Is under treat ment for rheumatism at a health re sort in southern California. It hat been feared that the admiral will not be able to take part In the festivities planned 'largely in his honor and his physicians have Issued strict orders to htm to remain at the springs for some weeks yet and to make no effort what ever to go to San Francisco. But those landlubber doctors evi dently do not know "'Fighting Bob." He has notified that reception com mittee at San Francisco that he will be on hand when the fleet arrives. All reports are that the admiral Is in very poor physical condition, but he comes of fighting stock and his promise to meet the reception committee at San Francisco simply means that he will be there If he has a leg to stand on. The country will back him against the doctors and will hope that he will be able to be present In person to get the cheers which he and his men deserve. WHO IS THE "MAQMVICEyr' hA WYER1 As the democratlo oracle who stands nearer to Colonel Bryan than anyone else outside the Commoner office, our old friend, Edgar Howard, has set up new democratic platform plank "to drive out of existence all federal courts except the one United States supreme court, to which every citizen the United States could appeal his case wherein a federal question shall bo Involved." In support of this pro posal he prints In his Columbus Tele gram a letter "from the pen ot a mag nificent Nebraska lawyer." Not hav ing express permission to publish the etter, Judge Howard withholds the name of the writer, giving only the ad ditional information that "his home in Fremont." The letter la as follows: FREMONT. April 4. 1908. My Dear Howard: Permit me to congratulate you on your article concerning our judiciary, under the heading of "Superstition," In your last la- sue. You have staved.wav within h lines of truth and could have gone much farther and not passed the boundary of honest criticism. While there are judge who merit criticism on personal grounds. the Judiciary a a whol 1 deserving of the deepest censure for the wrong it doe by It fatuous adherenca to foolish ultra- oonaervatlsm. You have without doubt noticed th nail ing of the lawyer In our country. There was a time, not long ago. In these United State, that th lawyer wa the man of in fluence, who decided; he ruled, .Jhe civil war came, -and in 'it train brouaht on the corrupting influence which th lawyer by hi bogle of conservatism and hi fetich of "precedent" became unable to meet The Jacksons, Webster, Clay and Lin coln subsided, and in their stead have come the corporation grafters, and the lawyer of modern day who gain enor- mou Income by partnership with nubile plunderer, by devising plan which will keep the perpetrators out of the Denlten. tlary. These corrupting lawyer, by their large gain and the plaudit of an equally corrupting press, are held up as the Ideal lawyers of the country, when In truth thev ought to be behind the bars. The mania of the American neonln for courts Is unfortunate. Take history, and I make the assertion that you will find the courts have always been the last and strongest fortress of tyranny. They are taking their accustomed position in this country, and you will further find that they are the last redoubt of tyranny to fall. Thl come not so much from the personal dishonesty of the Individual Judge aa from the method of doing busi ness, th ritual, so to apeak, which la used to decide question and contentions, al though dishonesty has played no small part in the Judiciary. Thl is a abject which ha been close to my heart. Anything you can do to bring the people to their senses respecting the courta I good work, and the aooit T-nr will not forget you. Very truly your. We suggest that Judge Howard get permission to disclose the name of the author of this remarkable pronounce ment. Let us know who "the mag nificent Nebraska lawyer" who lives in Fremont Is. When Governor Sheldon and Lieu tenant Oovernor Hopewell together take their trip to the Pacific coast to present the sliver service to the battle ship Nebraska Omaha will have the acting governor for a fortnight. It is possible that the state may yet be ed ucated up to realize that a governor living In Omaha might perform the duties of the office satisfactorily for a full elective term. Colonel Bryan's pact with Roger Sullivan does not seem to suit some of the Bryan followers in Illinois, who are disposed to repudiate their chief's agreement If Roger Sullivan de served all the names that Mr. Bryan called him a little over a year ago it Is pretty hard to understand how he could be clasped to the Bryan bosom now. The Commercial club ia to give a series ot personally conducted local trade excursions to enable members to familiarize themselves with what la being done In big business institutions right here at home. Familiarity with our own manufacturing and trade re sources is essential to explaining Omaha's industrial advantages prop erly to outsiders. On the same theory which the dem ocratic usurpers in South Omaha are pursuing, no office holder could ever be dislodged except with bis own con sent All he would have to do would be to try for re-election and, falling at the doIU, assert that the election was Illegal and deny the right of his successful competitor to take the office. The country will approve President Roosevelt's veto of a bill granting val uable water rights to a company with out price. Congress has been too slow In saving the nation's natural re sources for the benefit ot the whole reople. The Germans of Omaha do not think that Insulting cartoon of Emperor Wil liam is quite so funny as does the congressman-editor of the democratic World-Herald which perpetrated it And they do not hesitate to say so. Mayor "Jim" Is to proclaim a clean ing day for a combined assault by all loyal citizens upon accumulated filth and refuse. This will be one great combination not In restraint of trade. "Come and Find Me" is the title ot a new novel written by a woman. Her photograph, reproduced In the pub lisher's announcement, does not fur nish Incentive for extensive search. Another congressional district in Illinois has decided that so far as Speaker Cannon's presidential boom is concerned the first ballot may be considered as having been taken. Substance Better Than Shadow. Washington Post. Mr. John A. Johnson is being eagerly sought by lecture bureaus. Better take them up, Yon! A bird In the hand is worth a whole lot of imaginary; fowls In the bush. " Dextroa Rope Walking. St. Louis Republic. The compromise betwen Senator IiOilgn and Senator Crane by which the Massa chusetts convention omitted Indorsement of Taft while recognising that a majority of the delegutea chosen desired his nomi nation Is as dexterous a feat of fence walk ing and pole balancing as haa been per formed In American politics lately. m. MMaBaananBM fife.' , -. i...iiuiia u. inrill. Baltimore American. German paper complain that thrift has become a rare virtue and that the only places where it is practiced are France and Scotland. Americans would like to try it, but when they find they have to spend on one thing what they save on another, they ask. "What's the use?" and lay the whole blame oh hard times and high prices. Free Trade with Philippine. San Francisco Chronicle. The republican national convention will be called upon to declare in favor of ad mitting the product of the Philippine free of duty. Every consideration of national honor and obligation demand that the Filipino be given free entrance to our markets, but they will find it hard to break In while the tobacco and sugar trust are in control. Steel Tmat Mast Come Down. Philadelphia Record. The policy of maintaining price although trade fall off is not meeting with much success in the case of the steel trade. Its principal exponent.- The big companies were willing to tufa their rnen off and shut down their mill rather than reduce prices, but the smaller manufacturer have been getting business by recognizing the condi tion of trade, and now the big consumer of iron and steel are reported to have served notice on the Steel corporation that It must cut prices at least 10 per cent or they will no buy anything from it, and it is reported from Pittsburg that the magnate of the corporation are trying to decide what they will do about It Congressional Oratory. Baltimore Sun. In a recent debate in the house of repre sentatives an agry and disgusted states man denounced the speech of a fellow statesman as "childish. Idiotic, disgraceful, purile, asanlne, foolish." Most congres sional oratory haa a depressing effect upon the public. It may be that upon states men who are compelled to listen to It sev eral hour a day it has an Irritating effect. Nevertheless, it seems to us that congress men, who desire publicity In an official organ ought not to speak with such savage candor about the quality of their speeches. They may aroui th dark suspicion In the public mind 'that It Is a wanton waste of the people' money to publish the Congres sional record. It is bad enough that "child ish, idiotic, disgraceful, purile, asinine, and foolish," orations should be delivered In the halls of congress. But to use the money of the taxpayers to publish such speeches might be considered Indefensible extrava gance and misappropriation of public fund. THE DE9 MOIXKS PLAN. Interest Manifested in the Coanmls ( lion Experiment. Philadelphia Ledger. The United State Is one vast laboratory for political experimentation, and the states and cities are substations. One great advantage of freedom in local gov ernment Is not only that the people have what is culled home rule, but that the na tion at large may study the results of pe culiar and unknown steps in legislation without hazarding an adventure into the unknown. The Pes Moines plan in Iowa 1 a most interesting law. The first city elections under the new law have been held, and the next few year will bring fruit for Judgment. The object of the law i to get rid of the complexity and cumberaomeness of city governments. All ward lines and both chamber of city council ar abolished, and the city official are elected on a general ticket. These officials constitute a governing board, consisting of a mayor, who la chairman, and four councllmen. The city' business I conducted by five de partments pubiio affairs, account and finances, streets and Improvements, pub lic safety, park and public property. Each department 1 under tha Jurisdiction of one ot tha five member of tha governing board, which elect or choose all subordi nate officials, such aa clerk, attorney, treaaurer, auditor or comptroller. Just as a president and board of directors of a modern corporation select it operating of ficial. Student of municipal government will note the Iowa method 1 almost Identical with the commission plan of conducting a city government adopted and used with success by Galveston and other Texaa cities. The aim is to concent rat responsi bility Sharply in tha hands of a few men, to abate th spoil system and to hold the few men to a rigid accountability to the peopl for the conduit of a "business" enterprise. Th powr of those few men I limited In Important matter. For In stance, the general law provides that no franchise or other valuable right In th streets of tha city shall b granted without submitting the question to the people, who must glv majority vote for Ui prlvl Icms. O Fl EVIDENTIAL FIRtXn LINK. Cam pa I an of 'apposed "Allies' Aaalnit Taft a Complete Flaaeo. New Tork Commercial Advertiser (Ind). There is adequate explanation of the seeming fiasco that has overtaken the at tempt to prevent the nomination of Secre tary Taft at Chicago. American political history is rich In the roeord of silly cam paigns, but nothing touching in silliness th antics of the so-called "allies" during the last three months. There was plenty of material for a robust and Intelligent oppVttlon to Taft, but It was practically Ignored and endeavor concentrated on ef forts to foist on the public ridiculous and childish things. During the last three month th Taft opposition, when It was not merely making faces, has hopelessly floundered to and fro In behalf of the following propositions: 1. That President Roosevelt did not mean and would not stick to hi declination. 2. That Taft wa a man of no character or personal independence a contemptible "me-too." 3. That to secure the nomination of Taft the chief reliance wis on the disorganized and in many cases rotten republican bor oughs of the south. 4. That the movement for Taft, so far as there was one, was of, for and by the of ficeholders. Not only are all of these things untrue, which Is Important, but they are demon strably and manifestly untrue, which Is more Important. No sooner wa there a fair amount of team work In the advocacy of one or the other of the foregoing propo sitions than the underpinning was knocked from underneath. The theory that the pres ident is merely seeking to use Secretary Taft as a decoy is an Insult, not merely to the president, but to the general intelli gence. President Roosevelt has his faults, but it has been impossible to convince any considerable number of his fellow citizens that he was capable of deliberately play ing so despicable a game. As to the "me too" charge, it became dead and showed not even mechanical life when it appeared that with respect to the Roosevelt policies Governor Hughes, Senator Knox, Speaker Cannon, Vice President Fairbanks and the others were quite as much for them as Scoretary Taft. Not a few people in this country have personal acquaintance with the big secretary, and it has been diffi cult to persuade them that he is a mere echoing nobody. But to the south, it early developed that the "allies" were corrupting and "rough housing" far more than the Taft faction. It has been from northern and republican states that Secretary Taft has received the 200 Instructed delegates now on his list. As to the officeholder theory, it is so ut terly refuted that it Is no longer worth the dignity of notice. It is the republican rank and file that Is Instructing delegates, not coteries of machine politicians, acting from instructions higher up. More of the federal officeholders are for Taft than for any other candidate, but so are there more nonofflceholders 'for him than for any other candidate. It is profitless to inquire whether the people caught the Taft senti ment from the officeholders or whether the officeholders caught It from the people. The main fact is that it exist and that never has there been a freer chance for candidates to get a fair hearing. Taft Sentiment In Minnesota. St. Paul Pioneer-Press (rep.). While there has been no doubt for many weeks that Taft would secure without much of a struggle the solid vote of the Minnesota delegation, there few expected that he would make' so clear a weep as, at this writinar, he seem to have made, or the sixty-five counties n tar heard from, every one. Is for Taft and only nva railed to give Ironclad Instructions for him. In only a few counties was there a.nv substantial contest for any other candi date except La Follette. It la not Improb able that every county In the state will be found, when the full return are In, to have elected Taft delegate. But ince there are already enough counties hear from In every congressional district to in sure a sona tare delegation, the two or, three counties that may have gone to La Follette will not affect the result and will probably not Impair even the moral effect elsewhere on the (weeping Taft victory. Maryland for Taft. Baltimore American, (rep.). Months ago the American voiced the sen timent of the republicans of Maryland when it is said this state wa for the en dorsement of the policies of Theodore Roosevelt and the nomination of William H. Taft. Two months ago the republican members of the Maryland legislature met and passed resolution In favor of Roosevelt's admin istration and Taft's nomination. A month ago the republican editor of Maryland declared for the endorsement of Roosevelt and tha nomination of Taft. This week county convention are meet In; In the Sixth district. The1 Allegany con vention led the way by giving unqualified endorsement of the policies advocated by President Roosevelt and his administra tion of public affair and instructed the delegate for Taft. So It goes. There I not a single note of discord in all the chorus. A Republican Asset. St. Louis Globe-Democrat (rep.). Mr. Bryan has no right to find fault with fortune, and he Is not finding any. His first nomination was an accident, and aftei ha had split his parly In that canvna. ad had brought upon it tha worsf Seating which It had received since 1S72, he ob tained the unanimous nomination In the next campaign. Then, after a still worse defeat than he received in his first can vass, he retained his hold on hi party, and now he has a firmer grip on It than ever. The person Johnson of Minnesota, Judge Gray of Delaware, Harmon of Ohio and other who are being suggested as possible opponents In the convention will probably not be heard of In Denver. Bryan will sweep tha field, and though he haa no chance for election, he will be fresh and strong for the canvass of 1912. Mr. Bryan Is a valuable republican asset, and Mr. Taft and other republican chieftains know their business when they boom him byi re plying to him, and by conceding his su premacy in hi party. Democratlo Apparition. New York Bun. (rep.). Th apparition of the Gray and Johnson csndldate trapsforms the whole demo cratic perspective. It re-nlnds the party that there are others in the fild and open the way for new propect and outlook. There is no longer any compelling reason for accepting Bryan. At last the party haa an alternative, and the more on contem plate it the more he discern a hope. Of course nobody know what the democracy alii do In an emergency. General Grant once said tha'. in a critical moment It cculd be counted on to do the -wrong thing. It dots seem to us, hewever, that the present situation is to obvious to mlslesd even a dormouse. Possibilities of Sblndr. , Washington Post. Before the convention meet some of th republicans who were smiling because evorythlng seemed cut and dried about the democratic program may come to th conclusion that the Denver affair will b the livelier circus of th two. Absolutely Pure From Grapes. the most healthful mSJiD of fruits, comes the chief ingredient of O -iSr PERSONAL NOTES. Th Doukhobnrs up in the northwest have been parading again without their clothes. That's no sign of spring, how ever. A New York court has sentenced a biga mist to support both families. "Premium on bigamy" somebody calls this, but evi dently a person who never has supported two famllloa. Dr. Andrew J. Park of Chicago, a graduate of tha University of Victoria college, Toronto, and of Harvard uni versity, believe ho has discovered the true origin of heat and Intends to lay hi discovery before the Association for the Advancement of Science in London next June. Dr. John W. Mallet, the chemist of the University of Virginia, has been Invited by the Carnegie foundation to become a beneficiary. Dr. Mallet ha held pro fessorships In Amherst, Jefferson Medical college and the universities of Alabama, Louisiana and Texas. He is a Fellow of the Royal society of London. With a view to the completion of the memoir of the late Carl Schurs all per son having unpublished letters written by him are respectfully requested to Bend them to his daughter, Miss Agathe Schurs, 24 East Ninety-first street, New York City. Cople will be made and the originals will be returned to the owners. Mrs. Frances Van Alstyne, universally known as Fanny Crosby, famous hymn writer, ha Just finished a three days' cele bration of her 88th birthday at her home In Bridgeport, Conn. Th cheerful, unoom- plaining life of thl woman, who ha been blind from the -age of Six weeks, has won th heart of all. Cheerily she goes about her work Just as ably as though she were 60. Her health ia wonderful. She Is nearlng th 9,000-mark In the number of her com position. A double distinction belongs to Henry Dorman of Liberal, Mo. the oldest man In the state and the oldest survivor of the civil war. He ha lived in three centuries, for lately he celebrated hi 109th birthday. Since then congress has passed a special bill, increasing his pension to tn per month. Until a few year ago Mr. Dorman was hale, ambitious and active. Latterly he has begun to show the effects of hi extreme age. He is a native of New York atate, but enlisted In the union army from Michigan In 1863. when he wa 64 year old, an age at which most men are Incapacitated for the duties of a soldier In the field. PASSING PLEASANTRIES. He (panting as he nushes her over the fence) Well, darling, you made a good shot with the red hat of yours. Bhe (also panting) What do you mean? He (grimly) It hit the bull's eye all right. Baltimore American. "Why did you shake your fist at the spesker?" "well." replied th congressman, "I didn't want the whole session to slip by without my having made a motion of some kind." Philadelphia Ledger. "Would vou like me to trim a little off th end of that hair, slrf" asked the bar- bar "Naw," snapped tn grouchy customer. "Leave the ends alone and take some out of the middle." Cleveland Leader. A prohibition exhorter in Kansas says he would rather drink a bottle of red Irak than bottle of beer. Inc-red-lble! Clevland Plain Dealer. Lawyer i ne ut-ienuaiii ixw inn case is a Usy, worthless fellow, Isn't he?" Witness " Well. sir. I don't want to dn Browning, liing & Co CLOTHING, FURNISHINGS nl HATS The Spring Showing UR Spring Suits ed a lot of attention. The patterns are noved and exclusive..- The lines of the garments are original and attractive. The tailoring is altogether satisfactory. . The prices should attract the man who has been paying more for less desirable suits made to measure. S13.00 Don't wait until Saturday Do it now. 15th and Douglas jljy 15th and DeugUa Streets fiff Streete t t R.S.WlLCOX,Mrjr. a e only taking powder made from Koyal Grape Cream of Tartar Cost s littls mts uSia th bijurncs slum or photphaM of Em powders, hot with Rojsl you its ra el para, rxiltUul food. the man any injustice. I won't go so far as to say he's lazy, but if It required any voluntary work on his part to digest hi victuals he would have died of a lack of nourishment fifteen years ago."-:iileago Tribune. "But you confess, papa," protested the beautiful girl when the fathpr showed In dications of a deBlre to withhold his con sent, "that you do not know of a single, solitary thing that la in the least deroga tory to hi reputation." "That' Just It." replied th old gentle man. "I don't like the Idea of bringing anv one Into my family who Is so Infer nally sly as all that."-Tlt-Blts. MOMi MACHHKH. T. A. Daly In Catholic Standard. Mona Machree, I'm the wanderln- creature now, Over the sen; Slave of no lass, but a lover of nature now, . . Carelecs an free. Nature, the goddess of myriad graces. Fours forlorn lovers a balm that effaces Scars from the heart, In these smllin new Far to the eastward an" far to th outh of you. , , Sweet are the grape that she give me to eat, ... . Red are her pomegranate. iucloU n sw?ct, Dreamy the breath of her flower in the lieat But oh, the red mouth of you, Mona Machree),' Mona Machree, though It's here that the money Is, Rather for me Dreams an' drowsed rovin through blooms where the honey is. Wild as a bee. She, the new goddess to whom I m D- Snares me" In days that are scented an' G'enu the tresse. your mplc enfoldln'. Aye! an' the blue, when the sun haa for- BlosKom with Jewel, night lamps Of. her Bright" "as"' two passlonjess eyes I hava Ah' itnisWhere that my heart Is my own But oh, the dull ache in It, Mona Machree! COMMON SENSE VS. STRONti DRUGS Slmpl Oil of Wlntrfren Cures Iosma and riv Out OldTogy Tratmnt. If you were to hack your finger or scald your arm, you would apply oms healing remedy aa soon as posslb.e, wouldn't youT That would be good common en and It would bring the quickest relief. You surely would never think of drinking medicine or doctoring th blood to cur a surface affliction. If Jurt the same principle with disease of the kln. Ecsenja, porial. salt .v...... harher'i itch can be cured and cured easily If you atrlke right at th trouble as you do wltna cut or ourn. mh. .iu of itching, burnlnr kin disease according to modern science, 1 . which feeds upon the weaker part of th skin. To kill thes kln bacilli which produce in ucmng .vi and ug.y red Dioicues, uoo mo prescription of oil of wlntergreen. glycer- i ,v,vmri Mmmonlv known D. D. D. Prescription. . This mild liquid was advocated by a prominent, sain bkk.-uw T-nn(. e fhimvft. long before It wa adopted generally. Thia liquid I called D. D. D. Prescription. it specific for all skin diseases. Don't done the stomach. Cura the akin .i h tha kln. We know D. D. D. and vouch for it. Call at our store and let ua explain. Booklet on skin disease A McConnell Drug Co., Kth and Dodge Bis.; Owl Drug Co, ltu and Harney Sts. for Men and Boys havcattract- to tf.40.00 to pick out your Easter Suit. : t t