THE OMAHA DAILY BEE: WEDNESDAY, " MAY 13..-190&
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VICTOR ROSEWATER. EDITOR.
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STATEMENT OF CIRCULATION. ,
State of Nebraska, Douglas County, as.: I
r..n.i.. u t..-v,,.,.i, i.,i, nf The BM I
Publishing company, being-duly sworn, says I
.1... ,hl--..k. r.? r,, n nd romDieta I
copies of The Daily. Morning. ji.veninsa"
Sunday Bee printed during- tha montn or
April, 1908. was as follqws:
1 36,940 1
9 36,900
t 36,750
4 37,010
S 36,800
6. ......... 37,680
7 37.340
I 37,040
........... 37,140
10 37,060
11 37,090
.1 37,060
IS.., 37,340
'.4 ..v.. 37,030
16 37,180
17 86,000
jl 37,140 1
1 36,990
0g 890 I
2?. 36,460
mboo
25l. ........ 36,690 I
2 36,600
J 38,98:0
36,990
to 36,970
Totals 1,108,680
rss unsold and returned copies;. 11,341
Net total 1,097,179
Daily average 36,673
GEORGE B. TZSCIIUCK.
Treasurer.
Suhacrlbed In my presence and sworn
to hefois me this 1st day of May, l0g.
(tfeal.) ROBERT HUNTER,
Notary Fubllo.
wnEsr out or tow.i,
Snfcsctibers leavlna; 4h city tem
porarily aboold hart Tk Bet
mailed to them. Aadrtraa will be
ctiansed as oftea as renaeated.
Acting Governor Saunders has n-
'.ered on his second term.
The Ohio -democrats have Harmon,
)ut are still short of harmony.
"What Is the surest cure for a
lanlc?" asks a subscriber. The gold I
'Let us alone!" shout the railroad
ilngs, . The shippers can reply with
;ho bamo cry.
Ilerr PufJ of. Germany has invented
i new kind of a gun. Puff powder will
laturally bo used in it., ,
, The conference of governors at
Washingt6VVlir"bo a great deal more
'.han a mere wind-jamming contest.
"What will be the niOBt popular
color this year?" asks a reader who
wants to be llTstyle. Long green. .
"Where U the ipnesomest place on
eartu: . asKS an exenange. ine store
of the "merchant who does not adver
tise
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that tne
A:flnanclal paper says
Goulds are getting hold of new prop
erties. Prince da Sagan hopes to be
come a Gould property.
District Attorney Jerome say he
never made a mistake in law. When
the law does not. agree with Jerome,
It is the fault of the law.
"War- on the Tiger," Is the title of an
article in a current magazine. The
scene ot the story is laid In India and
not In the Tammany district.
rne recKiess.cuauneur must go,"
bjs the Chicago Kecord-IIerald. On
the contrary,' the reekless chauffeur
should be restrained from going.
Tha mill, .value of. the lumber cut
in the United States last year was
$621,000,000. .Thla is a fine show
lng, at the expense of the forests.
District Attorney Jerome confesses
that he has succeeded In convicting but
.one man in five yeara. No. Two. By
his confession, he has convicted him-
. u i
New Jersey fepublicans .have de-
clared for Franklin Murphy for vice
nrealdnnt. Indications, howpvfir am
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that Murphy will be small potatoes at
Chicago.
Timber men . assert that they have
no desire to destroy the nation's for-
ests, but. Just the same, when you find
a( lumber baron you can usually locate
a timber barren.
A Boston man claims the authorship
of "Casey at the Bat." He should
tell the whole story and admit that
he vwrote "The . Breadwinners" and
''jitters, of Junius."
Insurance reports show that fifty-
.avv
eight, school buildings' were destroyed
by fire in the first three months ot
the present year. Make 'the school
buildings fireproof.
Several Jlusttlan grand 'dukes have
been restored to prominent positions
ln the army. ,pa feels better every
time a grand duke s made an officer
In the Russian army.
' A wide niche in the Temple of Fame
awaits the feenius who will adapt a
cloak room to the modern Pullman
car. At present the Pullman company
affords the' minimum of comfort for
the maximum pi prU'. . .'
cosEEnriyoMAnALBEsovBc. .
Pi-Mifinnt nooapveft'a adrrtln stratlon
ha been emphatically of the construc-
tlve brand, but nothing that he has
advocated or accomplished during his
term in the White House will do more
to stamp him as a statesman aud to
nprnotnBtfl hla record than the confer-
--
being held at Washington, if it accoru-
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pUshes. or puts In the process of ac-
conrpllshment, the ConBCTVation qt the
natural resource, of the United States.
The natum'B natural reBouKrccs ha;e
been one of OUT greatest boasts for
generations, yet the American people
hare been going on in an industrious
effort to kill the gsose of the golden
eggs until the situation has become
critical and the demand Imperative for
some plan to check the wasteful sys
temB and in time recreate much that
. rtostrnvpfl for the enrichment
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or tne lew ana to tne lnunue general
,.,-
nurt.
? conference with the president are
i ti
I me guveruurs vi iu biui.ua, oirauuuj
rvhn men mornhnra nf enn.
f
urcoa Anil tha iTfrntlv dpnartment
,-u.o r.f nnmmorclnl
and representatives oi commercial
bodies throughout the country. The
'
comerence is purely nonparuauii,
helnff romnnaed of anen of all Dolltical
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creeds ana representing an tne vary-
in activities of the country. The
these delegates the stubborn facts
re,atlve t0 freBt depletion, the waste
O' IQH cum, uiiuerm nun oil iuuub, mc
pollution of rivers, the misapproprla
t,on t0 Pr,vate. purposes of ..public
water rights and the raids that have
been made on all the abundant natural
resources on the proper conservation
and development of which the wel
fare of the nation rests.
As a part of the conference program,
there wlll.be a discussion of the rela
tions between rail and water naviga
tion, power and transportation. With
this will come consideration of the
land and mineral laws, forestry, Irri
gation, grazing, anl all tho conflicting
questions that have arisen over tb.e
use of .public lands and property. The
range of , topics for discussion is so
wide that It embraces practically every
industry and interest, and nothing but
good esn result from the interchange
of views on the subject.
The United States has been called
"Nature's storehouse of wealth," but
records show that such drains have
been made on the storehouse that an
early future generation will find It
empty unless prompt plans are adopted
for keeping it replenished for future
needs. It is estimated that the United
stateB wln have a population of 125,-
000,000 in 1925, but seventeen years
away, and at least 200,000,000 by
1950. "The population In the future
will need all these resources.
CURHKSCY BEFOK.W PhOSFECTS.
'-The adoption by a practically unani
mous vote of the house republicans of
the caucus bill providing for the crca
tion of an elastic currency- system of
fers promise that Borne legislation on
that important question may be finally
enacted before the adjournment of tha
Dre8ent gession. .. The senate has al
.,., wn PrPdln?lv dPllhmtA in it
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consideration of amendments tWthe
currency and banking laws, but it
is quite probable that the measure that
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is to De sent irom tne nouse win meet
approval, as ' It is clearly ' and con
fessedly a temporary , measure, .de
signed to serve financial needs until
8uch tIme as congress may enact legis-
1BUOn JooKina io-a complete revision
of the present currency and banking
laws.
It is generally admitted that the
proposed law will not seriously affect
the principles of either the Aldrlch
bill, to which the senate has committed
itself, or the Fowler measure, which
lis In favor in the house.
It simply
legallees, in effect, the clearing house
certificates, which were used by banks
throughout the country, but safe-
guards them by having them issued
under the direction of the federal
treasury and upon securities presented
by the banks. It is a recognition of
the principle that the proper bulls for
emergency currency Is commercial
paper, the resources of the bank is
suing, the notes. It Is the general
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l"a lu" P" ujycongress
ol iae nouBe Dm wlu 80rve tne Deeda
i wi iuo iiuiuciio luiuto ajiu ua a long
step toward legislation, in the near fu
ture, along lines formulated by men
best qualified to Judge of the country's
financial needs,
jJHE FLEET A!D ITS MISSION.
Tumbling lazily and securely ln the
I welcoming arms of the Golden Gate,
the eighteen American battleships are
preparing for a continuation of the
cruise around the world. No loyal
American reads with anything but min
gled pride and satisfaction of the ac-
conipl!shnients of the fleet under Ad-
m,rB, vvana .v. ,v, ...,
Maa w waaw w V tlVVV IUU I 1 U13C
ha8 had upon the people of aU tne
worid
It is now nearly five months since
the fleet sailed from Hampton Roads.
t Ann mi, ,
irt:
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uftiQ iia.dDcu ucratiy io,vuu mnes,
tnrougn every latitude, facing the
blazing heat of the torrid zone and (he
Icy blasts of the Antarctic regions
'with equal serenity. Its officers and
men have found royal welcome ln
every port' ceme"n the friendships
of the nations of Central and South
America and giving them a hint of the
power behind the Monroe doctrine,
upon which the "peace of the Latin
American countries so largely depends.
The naval program of the adminis
tration haa been vindicated and every
critic silenced. The' sbipa-'tstood the
trying journey without apparently the
slightest Injury, and the ability of the
American soamen hag been demon-
trated beyond Question. Through
frvA .nd .tnrma hv nlcht and day.
the flert kct.t ita alignment and sailed
as though on the plaaid bosom of an
inland lake and noon arrival at San
inland lane, ana, upon arrival ai du
Francisco, every vessel and every man
in the crew was ready to go Into battle,
If necessary, at a moment's notice. The
fleet has accomplished an Important
mission, In convincing Americans ot
the power of their navy and giving the
rest of the world a hint of the ability
of the American nation to work out Its
destiny in the Occident or the orient,
wherever duty may call.
TIVO SAMPLES OF IllQlt FIXANCE.
It would be unfair to Infer or Intf-
mate that brokers and investment
agents all follow similar plans in uayig
the funds placed in their trust, but the
developments in the courts of New I
York and rennsyivania, in iwo cases
on trial, furnish sufficient evidence
that more stringent regulations are
necessary, under the law, for the pro-
tectlon of investors and depositors,
particularly the absolute necessity for
divorcing banking lnstltutons from
politics.
Thnmna A. MrTntvra. a formerly
prominent New York broker, has gone
Into bankruptcy, and. during an In-
vestlgation of his affairs in court, tes-
titled that It was "a common practice
of commission houses to raise loans -I
on stock deposited by their customers
for other than marginal purposes.'
Mr. Mclntyre admitted that the prac
tice was bad, but declared that it was
demanded by "the exigencies of busi
ness." Incidentally, it may be men
tioned that Mr. Mclntyre's firm Is short
something like $30,000 worth of
stock, , deposited by customers and
hypothecated by the fkm to carry
tr.rn,.frri rlcolrj W ta 1 1 o1
wuiuuqu vatj. io ntitvu I
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iuo CwUU ...wv- . m . "
nanclal practices comes from Pitts-
burg, where the cashier of a national
bank has been chargbd with embez-
, ,
ilement. amnuntlne tr npnrlv 11.(100.-
, , T, i
000. The president of the bank:, in
the face of the heavy loss, declares that
the cashier was not dishonest, but
loaned the bank's money to customers
and friends, business and political, who
had been caught in the financial de
pression and were pressed for ready
funds. "This course," concludes the
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u.vniucL
other cases and by many other banks,
doubtless.
One of the chief menaces to the com
mercial and financial Interests Is the
fact that too many men In positions of
trust allow themselves to be persuaded
that it Is noQlshonesty to use money
that does not belong to them, so long
as they take it to accommodate friends
and do not themselves make any profit
out of the transactions. In too many
such cases the losses fall upon work
ing people who have 'placed their sav-
ings in the hands of trusted flnan
cial institutions. It is too often impos
sible to Inflict punishment upon the
persons really responsible for
such
BUCa
business dishonesty. The only remedy
apparently is a more rigid inspection
of the affairs of concerns that handle
the money of others and a more vig
orous prosecution of men guilty of
stealing, under whatever guise the lar-
cency is accomplished.
A SCOHESTIoy IN rviNi.
While It may be a little premature
to get down to the details of the new
,.r tim,. fnr wtvlclt hnnila hnvn Inst
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been voted, the suggestion of the La-
dot ABYuuuw win im iu yviui nucu
times comes, that every dollar of the
mntipv that, can nosslblv bo kcut in
,Kn11 Via Irnnf VlAIa Tn rtVtA
VUiaUB Dlta'l aJ vi M vbuua
, --..ij I
woras, xne ruie wuica buuuio, bovci u
in the erection or tnis puouc eaince
Should be that. Other things being
ni,al lncnl contractor and materials
.,.
locajjy piuuaccu Ui v
have the preference.
The actual work of construction, of
. i j u.. ll
course. Will uave iu uo uuua uy lauor-
.
era employed right here, who In turn
Will pay out their wages for the sup-
nnrt of fnn.lllPH that will nut h
money into circulation with our retail
malign a wi ta onH Vtiicil nnaa Inef I f- n trTt o
Inasmuch as the larger part of the
court house cost will go to wages of
mechanics and laborers, the " work
should be so laid out and contrasts so
awarded as to send outside only for
those things which cannot be had on
reasonable terms, or under any terms
. , " v
.-p un oi i court uouse money
in Umaha that It Is possible to keep
here" will be a good guide to follow.
The value of a wool market to
-v 1 a . v. . i i I
uiaua uu iuo wi ia uccouuug more
apparent each day. Wool growers In
the western half of the United States
nr far mnr rlopnlv lntpr.td In thl.
project than the casual observer would
note. Well Informed men- say that it
Is the most Important move made by
Omaha in recent yearsv and the deter-
mlnation on the part or its promoters
to make it a success guarantees that it
will become one 0( the chief factors ln
Omaha'a commercial BUDremacv.
From all over the country come re-
ports of renewed activity lnall lines of
commercial and industrial enterprise,
but nowhere is this fnore noticeable
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State was not very imuiy mi uy me
panic and. the excellent outlook for an
other bountiful Crop season Justifies
the citizens in their energetic efforts
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to improve tneir conauions.
The city council nag taken another
tack on the vaccination question. This
astute organisation has now achieved
a ret-oru ...uu.v u.
snate wuuse irau wa sw wuomicu 1 m
the observer couldn't tell If he
"was
going south: or coming back."
.
Hablbullah Kahn, ameer ot Afghanla-
ho has been drawing $800,000 a
year from England for keeping the
P"e, has allowed his soldiers to in-
.,., ' ut .
vaaa maia and start a slaughter, ir
nn cam Keep tne peace, ne win i
nave to pay the penalty.
The consideration of rates on flour
by the Interstate Commerce commis
sion Is likely to bring about conditions
still more favorable to Nebraska mills.
The grinding of wheat grown in Ne
braska by local xulllers is just now of
prime Importance.
Governor Haskell of Oklahoma must I
be disappointed to find that five days
have passed since he declared the ne-
cesslty of amending the federal con-
8titution and congress has not yet
taken any action on the matter..
a ues Aioines man commuted suiciae
because the home team Post a game
Washington would be depopulated In
a season if the fans at the national
capital took defeats of the home' team
to heart in that way.
It Is proposed to have the Methodist
conference leave the individual the
rlht to dedde whether amusements
are harmful. Of course, the individual
cannot decide without seeing the
amusements.
Harry Thaw promises to go to Eu
rope to live if he is released from the
asylum. That is a strong argument
in favor Of his release, if he Will take
Evelyn with him and Europe does not
Object.
The price of seats on the New York
Stock pxohnno-B bna hon oHvunrpH
,n stlH. moBUeople will ba better
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Rat iRTiPn with Q coat rrx tha hiAODhapa I
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tne price of which remains the same,
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"In the south, 1908 will be remem-
bered as the year of the birf wind"
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aava ho A rlon... riu.nt.o T',, tv,
. ... ..uuou, uexcvu. cu iud
Arkansas papers have to take an oc-
caslonal shot at Senator Jeff Davis.
Ofllce Looking; for the Man
Indianapolis News.
uovernor Johnson need not have taken
the trouble to deny It. Nobody Is ever a
candidate for the vice presidential nomlna
tion. But la there a statesman so able
that ho rm,M r... . j .
lu,v WBU
Advance Agents of Progress.
St. Louis Times.
Young Americans aro developing the rail
roads of Canada and the wheat 'lands ot
day ttn American diVcover In Quebec
province a diamond deposit that is said to
rival that of the. Kimberly district. If the
e8teem"l Dominion government will give us
cBcB we snau ueveiop Canadian captain and men to man the boat. em
rlches as we have taken caro of our own. harked In a Hfehoat so hnrriHi ,.. ..
Trnth Give fiction a Slam.
Baltln ore AmeHron
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an.
The astounding 'iale of the female Blue-1
beard In TnrtlRa h I,,,-
matrimonial advertisement- m.,r,.r
' ....w au.. , 1I.IIII1B LJ V 1
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huHe,1 them lm. K.,, V,7. "l
accustomod t0 mlle at th old try taie.
h. n u...
ern wnoIegale murder bU8lneS8 Z, III
the old truism that truth is stranger than
fiction, and that human Imagination has
not yet got In advance of human achieve
menu
Ancther II cost for Peace.
Phlladuluhla Recorit.
It may bo a mere accidental coincidence.
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DUL It 18 a ffoon R lan t iflt nn .i
B.. ...a ua; ry aril
the war fleet approached Ban Francisco an
arbitration treaty was concluded by the
United . States and Japan. Every such
feuty lessens the danger of war In provld-
lue means oi pacetul settlement of In-
ternatlona, dlsnuttM. Thl. trmm. "
japan is of especial significance In view of
International differences that have been ex-
aggerated Into causes of war.
I jl Tiffa.aaat ttVIVSA
Chicago Post.
"so you people put a couple of mag-
natea In Jail on heavy tines, did you?" asks
e investigating; reformer.
Ye"' thfi nat,ve- "We fined
I theol the limit; thry wouldn't pay and We
put them in ceils
'That's a good example. "
1 "IS It? Within tWO davs thev nrunn.
.... . : .
Ized the nr sonors. sruards And 1ller i,.tr
the internatlona, M.Itt comnanv. lB,pn
r500.000,000 in bonds, paid the fines of
all the DrUoners left us with ,,(
on tl,e Ja" ond the court-house-and stuck
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The Favorite and the Flrld
Philadelphia Record (dem.).
uur Washington correspondent reports
that the "allies" count up. 247 vote
against Taft. But twenty of these an
Mississippi votes . for Foraker, which are
I In contest. The Taft people claim iSi votes,
Tne New York Tribune concedes him 3tS.
Anotner compilation gives him 313. The
, . v ....v . . . ,uv-. i' . .cvifiiio ouub claim
that on tno Iirst ballot Tatt wiu . .
mluorlty of more than HO. It is a law ot
politics as of physics that bodies attract
ln the ratio of their volumes, and Taft Is
a large man; his vote will be large, and
lota of delegates may be counted on to
. , on the wlnnn- ,1Ja. . .
ea6ier to pick up votes for the favorite
than for th field.
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FEDERAL FIXA!VCF.S.
Economy Emphasised by Decreaalna;
Itrvenue.
Philadelphia Tress.
It Is no longer probuble that the United
States will pay off the O4.0OO,O0O of debt
which matures this year. On the contrary,
theBe I per cent bonds will doubtless be're
tunaea witn an. Issue or t per cents. The
i guvenimeui win inus save a iinra in inter
est charge and the banks will not be in-
convcnirnccd bv havlr.i t.i surrrnrl-r rn
muCh of their basis of note circulation.
I Uncle Sam has felt lhe Industrial denres-
llon every onft t'"". bis balance sheet
Ifllllw tAMttfiM Tn r.n m t h m nf. t , a
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tn.OCO.OOu lees than during the corresDond-
- I lng period t f 1907. nut during the same
Period expenditures Increased l&t.OCO.OH).
cmtt " 'e lnruu "
lln customs duties.
The rnlltd gt , treaiur- u toduv iius .
wiu.'jw poorer man It was one year aeo.
I Of course, there is a very big- balance of
cash carried In the national banks. But
even u u no tlm or io-
dltures at Washington. National economy
I In small things Is just as wis as Individual
1 saving along similar Hues.
BOVSD ABOl'T NEW TOHK,
Hlpplea an the Parreat of Life la tha
Metro rolls.
New York City claims to rank second
only to the national government as a land-
holding corporation. A statement Issued by
,he c con,ptroer. based on report, ot
"tpprts puts tha. valuation of property
owm.(1 bjr lhe clfy ,t 2,ODO,ooi-nn amount
sufficient to guarantee the Integrity of
three times the present debt of the munlcl
pality. The custodians who are guardians
of this vast property feci that the ancient
city hall la not sufficiently Imposing for thn
dignity and responsibilities of the Job and
have decided to outahtne all former pro
Jecta In the municipal building line, ex
cepting only the t.!4,0no,COO Job put up In
Philadelphia. New York's new city hall will
occupy all of the triangle bounded by Tark
Row, Center and Duane streets, with
Chambers street bridged In arcade form.
Counting these In the tower there will
thlrts'-four' stories, and Is estimated to cost
J7.000.n00. ,Of the total thirty-four floors In
tho proposed building tha arrangement Is
as follows: The subway level will be one
floor under ground, above that, at the
street level, will be the subway entrances,
and over that, on a mezzanine floor, will ba
the machinery for the building. Above FTWie
three transportation floors will be twenty-
three office floors, and there will be eight
stories In the tower surmounting the bulld-
lng
From the bottom or track level of the
subway to the head of the figure surmount
ing tha towet the total height Is 539 feet
and eight Inches. Deducting from this total
height the twenty feet representing the
neignc ot the subway, leavea the city's
projected skyscraper a height of 639 feet
ri8m incnes aoove tne street. In other
woras It wil be nearly twice as large as
the Flatlron building-, overtopping It by
Z;3 tret and eight Inches. In fact the clty'a
skyscraper home must at once take pHc
with the "top notchers." It will be a close
rival of the famous Philadelphia city hall
which has an extreme height to the top
of the lRure surmounting the central tower
J TJXZ
will rank second onlv to the 612 feet hih
Singer building downtown and to the Met-
ropoiitan Life structure uptown, the tower
of which under alterod plans Is now to ba
fwaVMn-heteM f aboVe U,e
BUieWaiK line.
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auikb municipal sKyscraper win,
however, differ from tho other huli,iin
mentioned In that It will not depend al-
mot entlre,v uPn slender tower for its
HT. . In.th pro,,9e1 a
great amount of floor space Is desired
. . , " .
anu me Dunuing itself will be the most
conspicuous part of the ensemble, the tower
belngr a secondary consideration. From the
sidewalk line to the roof of the main struc
ture the building will be 329 feet high,
The height from the roof to thn tun h
figure surmounting the tower will be 210
feet and eight Inches.
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D,PS Tejaa was cremated with ' tho over
uwm. no imu uncu iweive years ago to shield
his wife and' children from exposure when
they werei shipwrecked. The ashes of tho
body and coat Ultimately will be consigned
to the sea. Mr. Tejada often said ho valued
the overcoat more than his life, and that
he wanted it cremated with him. He and
his family were sailing from New York
fop nn rmii.n . . i . j
wrecked when two days out Mr and
Mrs. Tejada, their four children with the
only some biscuits for provisions. They suf-
"""" ""c'1" la,u' "posure, ana incK
f water. One by one the children diet
"oaies were consigned to the sea
m ,
i no crew at
. .-..tu .. me sevenm day,
""' Mr' Rn1 MrS- Teiad the Cap
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the wlfe died; too, and her body also was
"Z!tv"??"Mt ' ea"lng vesscl
picked up Ufa' two survivors.
An Impatient tenant In a downtown
building complained because the elevator
ran so slowly.
"Miat makes you creep alcng at this
rate?" he asked the operator. "You can
B fast enoun when yu want to. I've
nprn vrtii ir
..
Not until the stout. Important looking
man In the corner had left- the car two
floors below did the operator answer. -
"When that old chap la In the car," hts
said then, "I run slowly on his account
He is In mortal terror If the elevator
more thun crawls. If you had a Job of
this kind you would find several of those
timid people In every large building. Ele
vator men aoon learn their peculiarities
and for the sake of common humanity
and maybe for -an occasional tip. thev
humor the weakness and slow up when
those men are aboard."
imam Jenkins, a waiter . In Minden'
road house at Avenue M and Ocean Park
way-, Brooklyn, hurried from the kitchen
to the dining room to serve en elaborate
dinner to a man and a woman. He had
bepn in attendance for morn hn an Imu
oeen ln aiienaance tor more man an hou
l the man finally called for his check
Th dlnner check was a big one, but the
dlM' drew bl" of Iar denomination
from a roll and handed It to Jenkins, who
returned presently with Just ti change.
"Keep It," said the diner, and Jenkins
fell to the floor dead.
A doctor was summoned from the recep
tion hospital at Coney Island, and said that
Jenkins had died of heart disease.
A clergyman who conducted the services
at a funeral on the F.ast side last week
caused a mild sensation and, for the time
mane me mourners torget tneir loss bv
speaking of the "foolish display of flow
ers." He said that the effort to ape the
rich people In this custom was as repre
hensible as It would be to . follow them in
druse. "I have come to be with you when
you take leave of - the dead." he said,
"but I speak to the living, and ask you
to remember that there are places In the
world where death notices state also that
no flowers are wanted and ask that the
money which would have, been spent for
them be sent to charitable Institutions."
The sentiment evidently found favor In
some minds, for an "extract ' from a sen
sible sermon mailt from memory" was, sent
to all tl-e East side publications.
"But I can tell you something you don't
know about the tipping system In the
cloakrooms of some of , the large lobster
palaces," remarked a New Yorker to a
visitor after they were handed their hats
and coats. "Why, don't the boys pocket
!! they get?" Ui'-iulicj the vUltoi ' TiM.kel;
Their uniforms are made without a sign
of a pocket, so that none of tho tips .can
find a lodging there; those boys get noth-
I In0 hilt A IlllarV. Which 1 nM tlV tt nt.n
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lege for as high as 15.000 a year. Th
year-
tips are all turned in to him. You can
Imagine what the privilege Is worth when
he can pay down that sum for the right."
steam in Heserve.
Washington Herald.
We have Senator favls word for it that
his late speech was "very temperate ir.
tone." We suppose a steam calliope and
a brass band isn't In It with t he senator
when he dos grow the least bit Intemper-
ate ln his remark
Sr From Grapes. v
the most healthful Vl
M of fruits, comes the ' rn9
jl chief ingredient of SP y
YfrqSvT05 The only baking powder ha
-mode from Royal M
.II.. Crape Cream Jw
-l9j)jt ofTartd'r jfty
mm-
Royal
HIGH ntlCF.S OF MEAT.
Decrease In Demand One of the
Marked Hermits.
Indianapolis News.
The high prices of meat have r.aturally
resumed ln a reduced demand. In Chicago
the reduction Is said to be at least 5i per
cent. Perhaps the high prices will do good
ln teaching people a more varied dietary.
It Is conceded, that we have been In the
habit of eating too much meat. But phy
sicians and scientists demonstrate this and
newspapers disseminate the Information In
vain. Meat onco a day Is sufficient. But
the general habit with our city dwellers Is
meat three times a day. Iu this connection-
it Is curious that while this country
produces rlco we use it so little. It Is one
of the most nutritious of foods. It can be
Berved ln many ways. It is cheap and one
of tho most wholesame 'of all foods. As
for taste, that Is a matu-r o taste. We
do not, as a people, like rice greatly un
less It is sweetened so as to bo virtually
disguised. Meat, meat, always meat, has
become so much a part of our bill of fare
that almoHt everything else becomes sub
sidiary. If we should seize the present
moment of meat scarcity to direct attention
to our great rice product aiid endeavor to
increase its use we should do ourselves a
great service, both as to health and
economy.
IS IT A LARGE ItLT'FFt
Proposed Inrrme' ln Frrliiht Hates
Deferred Until Fall.
Philadelphia iReoord.
Whll the officials of the trunk llpes of
railway,- east and west, are practically
agreed upon tho necessity of advancing
freight rates, It la deemed to be a physical
Impossibility to make any Immediate
change. The enormous amount of detailed
work connected with the readjustment of
rates. Including the printing and checking
of tens and hundreds of thousands of
tariffs, makes It Impossible that the rate
Increases can be made effective before next
fall. October 1 Is named as the earliest
date U which any systematized end compre
hensive advances that may be agreed upon
could be put In working shape. It Is said
that the proposed advance, at first con
fined to class rates, muy be extended to
include some of the commodity rates In
trunk lino territory. It la qulte possibla,
however, that notwithstanding the distrac
tions of the Impending political contest a
revival of business activity during the next
five months might change tho plans of the
railway managers. A general advance in
freight rates would nip liko a killing frost
the budding promise of business revival. It
Is an expedient of delay and continued du
pression. PF.1ISOXJ.L .NOTES.
Emperor William lias conferred the
order of the Crown of Prussia upon Wil
liam Charles Relck of the New York Times.
The newspaper writer who sent up the
democratic platform with the guide Una
"Add Sports" was not far out of the way
after all.
The kaiser, runs a newspaper yarn, spent
months learning modern Greek so as to
make speeches in the Island of Corfu,
where the natives speak Italian, titlil, he
niay sometime want to buy a banana.
Indiana has long been raising Its own
crop of bucolic poets and romantic novel
ists. Mrs. Guinness' now supplies the
Hoosler school with home-made plots of
love, dungeons, fortunes, mystery and ad
venture. " '
Tin' Russian Duma has adopted a duvlcs
for the benefit of wordy orators. A red
light is placed ln front of a speaker and it
la automatically extinguished at the end
of ten minutes as a hint to the talker that
he Is through. i
F. Augustus Ilelnze, It was said, found
trouble ln Wall street because he dl I not
know the 'game. His encounter with a
blackmnller, ln which the would-he ex
tortioner came off eccond best, indicates
that he knows how to take care of himself
tn a hand-to-hand financial encounter.
Walter I.. Wilson, senior paymaster In
the navy, has been placed on the r.-tlred
list for physical disability. Faymuster
Wilson Is a son of the lato William L. Wil
son, who was rtmasler general ln Presi
dent Cleveland's administration and was
also a representative In congress from West
Virginia. He was at one time chairman of
the committee on ways and means.
Goml Staff, Evidently.
Minneapolis Journal.
The president's letters are said to have
precipitated 'intense feeling" in the senate.
Must be good letters. Let's have them.
0 Vhtei
will satisfy the tastes
delicious flavors.
Cot a little morelhsauS. injurious alum '
or phosphate of Etna powderi, but with -
you are sure of pure, healthful food.
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OHG1MZING Fflrt A FIGHT.
Snippers I'repnrlnir to ltealat Advance
In Freight Hates.
St. Louis Globo lemocrat.
It would appear to unprejudiced ob
servers that the railways are rash ln talk
ing about sending-' up frulght rates at this
tinier Undoubtedly some or the recent cuts
of rates by state enactments were In
jurious to tho roads, but ln this time o
Industrial stagnation the roads ought to go
slow about muklng advancw. Tho protest-s
which will be heard at the Chicago conven
tion of shippers next week will Show that
the patrons of the roads are angored at
this purpose. It would be better for tho
roads to postpone any Increase of rate un
til after the presidential election, at least.
The hostility which tho project- hag en
countered throughout the ' country has
caused some of the larger eastern roads to
give notice that they will not bo tKund by
any advance In rates, if an advance be or
dered. Tlile promises a war between the
roads ln case thoy should sond their tariffs
up. For tho moment a war of rates might
benefit some bf the shippers, but eventually
It would Injure them, and Injure tho gen
eral public. Stubillty tn tariffs, when tha
tariffs ate reasonable, Is wliat both public
and shippers want. There is a special need
at this time for the avoTdance of anything
which could disturb confidence and halt
the tfiarch In business Improvement. Tha
wise railway chiefs will do well td take a
very careful look over the ground before v
they start out to urge any raise fa their
tariffs. If, as seems likely, good crops
come to us this year the roads and the rest
of tha country will once more start on the
up grade. It will then be early enough to
talk about sending rates up. '
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TH1FLKS LIGHT AS AIR.
"How do you know ha has a Not ot
money?"
"He has gotten two automobiles."
"That is merely a slrfn that he used to
have a lot of money." Philadelphia Ledger.
"I see that a Pittsburg; woman claims
that her husband has been lasy for thirty
live years. Now sho wants a divorce." .
"Well, she eertalnly has given him a fair
try-out." Cleveland 1'leain Dealer. .
Crahbe Who don't you cut that out?
Tone your talk down a bit.
Knndor Well, It s all right to call a spade
a spade. Isn't It 7
Crubbt. Instead of calling it you might
whisper It occasionally. Philadelphia
Press.
"Mr. Itublnjay la a very timid young ,
man." ... :
"Timid. I should say so. He's afraid
to begin a letter 'Dear Miss Smith' be
cause It's leap year." Vashlngton Star.
"And do you know this mati'i reputation
for veracity?" asked the lawyer.
"Voracity?" replied the witness; "I .
should say I did. He used to hoard with 1
me, and I lost money on him rlclit alona."
Philadelphia Ledger.
"Johnny came mjgbty near choking tJ
death the other'dny." said Mrs. Iipsllng.
"He was tatlnK popcern and he got a grain
Ot it fast In h(B wlndplie. At least that's
where I thought It was, but when the doc
tor come he said It wasn't his windnlne. at ,
all. The popcorn had logded ln his sarco
phagus." Chicago Tribune,
"I don't believe Miss Vossar understands
what she means herself by those long, .
h-arned words sho -uses. It Is all parrot
talk." r '
"She certainly does talk,
bles." Baltimore American.
In polysylla-
"How are you getting on with your gTeat
reform?" . .. .
'"I can't say yet," answered the agitator.
"Put I heurd the VW yoii wajitcd was
sure to be enacted."
"Yes. Put that's the A. B, C of the pro
position. We've got to get It enforced."
Washington Star.
SOME lllltVBt(K1.
Nashville Araericnn. ,
It's casy'to say we'll be cheerful
Regardless of weather or luck,
And whether our schemes are successful
Or if we fall down and get stuck,
Or win on our ventures a pile,
Put answer this o.uestloji in panning:
Can man pay his taxes and smilef
We build a philosophy sly ward
That's foui.ded 011 love and good cheer
Anl say we wUl use in our business
That kind and that only tills yeurr
Arid really it looks well on paper.
Hut later It takes all our skill.
To kei It In tune and good order
And pay o.ir wife's dr samaker's
bill.
We feel ourselves gently uplifted.
As tiioutih of superior clay, ,
Py ,thls line of conduct we'jre outlined
To guide us alorg day by day, , 1
And then for a llttlo diversion. i
Wo bet on a hoiad that's outclassed,
And where is our patent good nature '.
When It druKs aln toward tile lastt
It's lovely for fair weather sailing '
And sounds very well to the ear.
Put wln-n there are tni-HtH and thundfr
Look nut for the craft called Good Clir.
It's wine. I opine, to kuep striving
Your rash inclinations to clifck,
tint dor. t be surniKel it ou taller
When fato lands you one on the neck.
of all' persons who lovo
Syr
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Armcx
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John Va,