Nebraska Newspapers

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HE OMAHA DAILY BEE: TUESDAY, JUNE 2. 1903.
The Omaha Daily Dee
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STATEMENT OF CIRCULATION:
Ptata of Nebraska, Douglas County, aa.:
George B. Taschuck, treasurer of Tn
Hoe Publishing company, being duly sworn,
says that the actual number of full ana
complete coplee of The Dally, Horning,
Kvenlng and Hunday Bee printed during
the month of May. 1908, waa aa followa:
l a.40 ie ae.xoo
38,680
S , , .3S.700
4 30,830
B ...36,860
3S,S80
7', 84,610
,.38,370
38.1S0
10 39,300
11 38,350
18 38,310
13 ......38,180
14 88,090
!... 35,880
17 36,060
IB 36,830
19 36,960
SO 36,830
fll .35,930
aa 38,860
83 35,800
94 38,100
86 38.000
86 35,900
87 85,990
88 35,880
89 35,880
30 35,460
81 35,9M
Totals
...1,130,690
Lees unsold and returned copies.
8,880
Net total X,X10,710
Dally average . , ,
GEORGE B. TZSCHUCK,
Treasurer
Subscribed In my presence and "worn
to before ma mis isi oay oi J""".
M. P. VAL,JvOxt,
Notary Public.
WHEN OUT OF TOWN.
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porarily should kt The Baa
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chaaged aa ! as relocated.
The Iowa primary contest Is now up
to the battle of the ballots.
Won't someone please remind the
weather man that June is here?
"More Gould Troubles" la the head
line In a New York, paper. Railroad
or family? - . Jv
Mr. Carnegie Is now writing poetry,
He may have the satisfaction of dying
a poor poet, if not a poor man.
It begins to look aa though the cam
palgn fundi this year would be com
posed largely of emergency currency.
It Is only natural that Senator-to-be
Cake of Oregon should be accused of
having used dough in the primary
fight.
8enator Foraker may now have some
difficulty In maintaining his member
shlD in the association of headline
hunters.
Oklahoma and Texas are both very
wet states Just now, In spite of the
fact that moBt of their counties have
gone dry.
Secretary Wilson announces that
the outlook is particularly promising
for all kinds of , crops. The speech
crop Included.
Mayor "Jim" declares that It he had
had 116,000 more Berge would have
been elected governor of Nebraska In
190i. How?
All the billboards in two Oklahoma
cities were wrecked by a recent storm
The news should come under the head
of "Public Improvements."
A German professor says that An
drew Carnegie does not use good Eng
lish. Perhaps not, but he can count
on bis money to talk fluently.
Hearst is gaining In the recount of
the mayoralty votes tn New York, but
he doubtless hopes he will not be
elected before his term expires.
Commercial reports from all parts
of the country Indicate that there will
be precloua little Inducement for the
emergency currency to emerge.
A Philadelphia man has been sent to
jail for stealing a street car. He
should have incorporated himself and
taken the whole street car system.
Most folks will want a good deal of
salt served with that story of Hetty
Green having spent 120 a plate for a
dinner to a select few of her friends.
"Men should be as honest la poll
tics as they are la business," declares
a New York paper. Most politicians
are just as honest as most business
ien.
Kebraska yields the long distance
talking championship, which It has
held for fifteen years, but it will not
promise not to try to recover It at
some future time.
The failure of congress to adjourn
in time forced several senators and
representatives to put their Memorial
day addreaaea in cold storage. But
there will be other Memorial days.
"It Bryan Is elected," says the Mem
phis Appeal, "Governor Haskell of Ok
lahoma will be made secretary ot
state." It it high t'm to have a re
union of all the men who have served
la one or more of Bryan's cabinets.
A democratic dilemma,
By his record-breaking talk. In thement printing office at cost and de-
senate against the adoption of the
emergency currency bill, Senator 1a
bii. u haina- hailed by democratic
organs aa a champion of the people, a
man with the courage of his conviction,
fighter against the aggressions of the
money power, a republican worthy of
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democratic admiration. But they
do not venture to explain, why, if his
cause waa Just, the democrats in the
senate failed to confe to his support
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at me critical mouicui. oi
Democratic acclaim Of La Follette S
bravery and courage and independence
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would doubtless appeal more to him
If he could forget that at the final
test, when he looked around for
volunteers to fill the breach he had
made by his daring charge, he found
himself practically alone. No help of BPending that $15,000 sent to Ne
any kind was proffered except by braska by the democratic national
'Qum Shoe BiU" Stone of Missouri
whose sincerity In the cause was never
free from suspicion and by the vener-
able Gore of Oklahoma, blind of eye
and physically Incapable of carrying on
the assault. The brainy, resourceful
pugnacious Culberson of Texaa, leader
of the senate minority, had retired to
hold communion with the commissary
department The fiery Daniel of Vlr-
glnla was asleep in hia tent. The
beauteous Bailey was In Texas or on
the way. The learned Rayner oi Mary-
land was writing a letter of sympathy
to Colonel Stewart of Fort Grant.
Arli. The quarrelsome Money of
Mlsslsslppl was preparing a treatise de-
fending southern laws, disfranchising
the negro. The pitch fork-wleldlng
Tillman was on his way to Europe,
Those famous democrats.Jiacon, Bank-
head, Martin, Paynter 'and "Fiddlin1
Bob" Taylor had accepted pink tea en-
gagements, leaving the WiBconsIn
AJax to lead the forlorn hone alone.
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Deserted by the men who had cheered
him on at the start, La Follette gave
way only when his voice broke at the
.
uujiBioBue ui me uneven, connici.
It remains for the democrats to ex-
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Plain their failure to follow the flKhtluK
La Follette. They can not base it on
morai oojecuon 10 a iiiiDuster, ior naa
not the democrats been playing at fill-
buster for weeks in the house? They
can not argue acceptance of the cur-
rency bill, for most of them voted
against it. Apparently their only ex-
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pianavion is mat mey carea. notning
about the merits of the measure be-
yond the possibilities it offered them
to manufacture democratic campaign
thunder If the democratic ,eaders
insist that Senator La Follette was
right in his fight against the meaaurn.
they convict themselves of cowardice
by their recorded failure to rally to
his support
rosTAl, SERVICE 1MFROVEMESTM.
Tn annnnneln. V... HaplaiAn
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the evening delivery of mall In New
York City Postmaster General Meyer
very frankly nolnta out our ahortrom-
. In mail ' r- k. ,7."
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American Cities 88 compared With the
European capitals. Ha Bays:
The postal service In our tare. rin.. i.
not what It ahould be. and la not ud to the
tandard of London. Pari, and Berlin in
London one can write a letter and get an
answer the aame afternoon. In Pari, and
Berlin they have service, which are almost
aa expedltioua aa the telegraph In this
country
The noatmastnr irnnoral'. -,i,i.i.m
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will be recognized aa just, but condi
tlons are radically different In Eu
opean capitals. Most of the large
European cities are compactly built,
many Of them With a population of
1,000,000 or more covering a smaller
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area man is inciuaea in the mail de-
livery district In Omaha. The service,
too, has been established for many
years and more closely adapted.
through experience &nd experiments.
to the needs and demands of natron.
General Meyer's strictures ' however
ara welcomed a w .
are welcomed, as they carry the lm-
pnea assurance on his part of an ef-
fort to supply existing deficiencies and
make every possible improvement in
our postal service. He expresses his
wish to have the American city dellv-
erles Improved to the European stand
ard. The program la one nf nm.
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predate every step of the department
in that direction.
Paddixq the record.
Members of both parties in the
house at Washington united, in the
Closing days Of the session. In per-
peiuaung one or me anuses long prac-
tired nn tho nnhllo tiir vt,.rii.. u....
f n,in . 'h . lu'r, . 7
to print speeches In the Congressional
Kecora ror rive days after adjournment,
Thla means that every congressional
dlatrict In thA ronn.rv win Ha
: , " T "wu"u
uuiius vue coming campaign with
speeches never delivered, but prepared
solely for use aa campaign rlnnimmi.
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The chief objection to the leave to
print plan Is that it allows members
Of congress to insert in the official
record "whatsoever they may evolve out
of their Inner consciousness" and these
rulminatlons go to the public without
the answer and challenge that would
have met them Jiad they been uttered
In debate on the floor. The plan
violates parliamentary privilege. Is
unfair to all sides and calculated to
mislead. Durfng the session of t-;i
gress, a member vs frequently alio to
to extend my ri'narks In the 'Record." j
and this privllf f. s generally abused, i
although other members have tiwh
recourse and ail, opportunity to rtjly
to speeches prlnttnl under such toadi
tlona. There Is no r Lance, however, to
reply to speeches prepared and piluted
after the adjournment. '
Another objection to the system is
the needless expense It entails upon
the government. Copies of the Con
gretsnlonal Record containing thoae
speeches are furnished by th govern-1
hirered by the thousands or hundreds
cf thousands to rnembera or to cam-
nalm mmmlitMa Tona nf thla
campaign material are sent out under
the franks of members In every cam-1
palgn and the government pays fori
distributing them. Each year the
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postmaster general files figures to
prove that If the franking privilege
were abolished the Postofnce depart-
ment would be self-sustaining. Instead
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uavwg w muei in idbuii osiiqi oi
from f 10, 000, 000 to 111,000,000.
TTTrrzZTZZZZTZ
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wbat became of tbe moseyI
Mayor "Jim" graciously comes to
the rescue of Brother-ln-Law
"Tommy" Allen by assuming to him-
8ej au tne prestige of getting and
committee In 1904. Mayor "Jim1
8ayg that the money was paid In three
installments through Brother-ln-Law
Allen and that It was all spent In the
Btate campaign, "not one penny of It
going Into the national campaign or to
Mr. Bryan."
The first question that propounds
itself Is, What became of the money?
if it was spent for legitimate cam-
palgn purposes, why should it not have
gone to the democratic state commlt-
tee and been accounted for the same
as other campaign contributions used
,n behalf of the democratic state
ticket? Why should the money have
been paid out through Mayor "Jim"
unless it was to be UBed In places that
would not seem proper for the state
committee to put It?
The second question which pro-
pounds itself Is, Why did not Mayor
"Jim" comply with the law requiring
him to file a sworn statement of the
recelDt and exnendlturea of hl Mm.
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palgn fund? Mr. Bryan and hie fellow
democrats have been prating loud
about campaign publicity, but here we
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nave Mayor Jim coniessing to tne I
handling of a $15,000 pot and keeping
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it dark in defiance of our state law In.
tended to provide publicity for this
very ining.
If the money went through Brother-
In - Law Tommy Allen's hands surely
Mr. Bryan must have heard about It,
Mayor "Jim's" assurance to the con-
trary notwithstanding. But even If
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ne Knew notning aDOUt It at the time,
he knows about it now. Here Is a
chance for Mr. Bryan to put in prac-
tlce what he is preaching on campaign
publicity by ,nslstlng on Mayor "Jim"
filing his account even at this late day.
If the award of the Iowa senator-
ship were to be determined by the
country at large Senator Allison would
unauestlonably be returned bv an
overwhelming vote in recognition of
ki. i a
ciuucui ocmw as b ua-
tlonal lawmaker and . Governor Cum-
mins out on the waitinr list. The nut-
rnm. however will h rf,,mi,t
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bivuv uj mo iuuui-.u 'uwnui ",
where factional lines have been BO
Strongly drawn that both Sides Claim
ho nnneHon t i . j ,vi
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T"' luo u"uul 01 ln OB1JO" maKe
certa,n tne winner.
The Charleston News and Courier,
admittedly one bf the ablest demo-
" ' . buiobs aemo
" ouum, h;i.
We Delleve that nine-tenths of th. nAnnl I
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In South Carolina without respect to their
political predilection, will rejoice with tha
jsews ana courier at the dawning of the
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him is that ha la tha mo.t Doouiar e.ndi.
whom the republlcana can nominate.
" w,n te,t Mr- Taft' courage to go
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i""""1"" " cueeriui wnen
ne Know tn'i the political enemy
reela iD wy toward him.
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1UBr" ro 4 ol cmiaren anv-
lag automobiles through the crowded
8treet of Omaha. They ought to be
absolutely disQuallfled from assuming
t. u
j .uUUuB uca m-
Chines with or Without the consent Of
their parents. The danger to the nub.
Ho is even greater than the risk to the
l" luo I
Brigands are Bald to be lying In I
urai in CM.a.i. ,kA Ubm, xr t. a. i
..en lUfl IU
Paris automobiles. Still, those auto-
moouisu wno paid the toll when In-
dlana farmers dug them out Of the
tnnw drlfta will nor r.. M.hton ,
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anyining oioenan nriganas may do.
OI course, the result Of the Chicago
convention has not been absolutely set-
tied, but It Is a safe wager that Mr
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aummer at Murray Bay. Canada, as
haa been his custom.
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Jim is also lo nanaie tne J3.600
which will be produced by the assess -
ment on tha N'ehrauli lialontu
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alternates to Denver if they all re-
spond to the touch.
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And t0 thlnk ot tnat 115.000 of
d Parker-Ryan-Wall street money
as BDent mrougn aiayor Jim ana
Brother-ln-Law "Tom" in a vain effort
t0 elect Kerormer Brge governor of
Nebraska.
Evelyn Nesbit Thaw Is to receive
11.000 a month aa a aort of voluntary
alimony a. long as she behaves her-
self. Aa long as She behaves herself
she Will not need $1,000 a month,
even in New York
Governor Johnson won all hearts
In Alabama," says a Tuskegee tele-
gram.
Perhaps, but he failed to win
even a majority of the votes, so the
neart narvesi win not neip mm any at
Denver.
Mr. Bryan's official press agent an
nouncea that enough returns are In to
make It certain that his chief will be
nominated on the first ballot at Den
ver. He evidently does not take Into
account the possibility which Is wor
trine - the democrats World-Herald.
that aome of the delegates may violate
thetr instructions. f
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Plttaburg Dispatch,
our w.tw.y, w.re aU ,mprov.d the
railways might b a little lese confident
about putting up rataa because tha country
not 'urnl,h tr"K nouh t0 ,uU
them. .
Sh is AH Right.
Chicago Newa.
I JJPl ln" pessimist ana mo luiuiy I'pnwu
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they will. All tha rest of tha world. In-
eluding the dressmaker, la lost in admira
tlon of her-
What's tha I act
Tha situation Is this, simply this: Mr.
Bryan cannot be elected, and Mr. Bryan
will not allow any other democrat to be
elected. I
And after Bryan the deluge.
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New York Evening Post.
There la an old Latin epigram descriptive
oi tna growin or the Austrian empire wnicn
runs, - wars let other nationa wage, inou,
Austria, are lucky In marriage. But oi late
years Austrian archduchessea nave been
proving the epigram falae.
Something- to Rank On.
New York Tribune.
The preaident of a Chicago bank says
that ft" Hening to Mr. Bryan a remarks
"tZX.
that the orator h(ld th9 slightest concep-
tlon of what a bank deposit Is." Can it be
tnat Mr- Bryan keeps, his lecture tour re
celpta In a stocking under his bed?"
THE GREAT PRICK WE PAY.
What
the Celebration of July 4th
Costa in Life and Limb.
'CVnlurv Mae-nzlne.
The fitting celebration of Independence
y l question on which patriotic Amer-
i.n. or. u.,.i . n wldl dlveri
nt ,. ,,min(, ., it nuaht to
be observed aa noisily aa posaible, the other
believing that our uatlor.al birthday la too
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And Hf.nvriA nf m , a. w a lrnnw fnnr
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tolerate it themseKe., and escape to the
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Z!!:' T" 1 "Zw.1
including the smairboy, and the big boy.
too, is heedless, if not ignorant, of ail that
our n01""1 stands ror. ani minus cr it
" " . w"c" im,m" ' e
unreBiraiutJu.
The figures which Indicate the price that
Py for each of our yearly celebrations
,re ,0 PPallln8 that one would suppose a
IrdlPrr!,' trr annua!
Z.
For the last five yeara the journal of the
American Meaieai Aasociation naa enaeav
"It ".1""?". -.r. h. W
an(j human usefulness; and although these
are admittedly incomplete compiled, as
they are, almost entirely from newspaper
reporta Instead of, from records of hospl-
V dispensaries ana pnysicians-iney
from tha ETaveat doss ble arraignment or I
the recklessness which is willing to pay
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uch P"ce for 'Jolly day. Tney anow
that during the celebration or live national
birthday., from 1903 to 1907. Inclusive. 1.153
cenoni were killed and Z2.G20 Injured, or I
the Injured, elglt suffered total and 19
Partial blindness: SS) persons lost their
arma, legs or hands, ana l.tm losi one or
more ringers. Jiui these ngures, startling
a, they are, convey only a faint idea of
the Buffering, both physical and mental,
which went to awell the total cost of these
flve holiday.. In thi. we must also In-
C1Uae e "na OI,en ,no""'";
anKUlsh 0l tne injured, the suspense of en-
Ure famnies while the late or soma lovea
V. . l th. hsIanM- th. bnrrnr nf a
future of sightless years, the pinching pov-
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erty now the lot of many because of the
death or maiming of the breadwinner.
iiov.1t all camb about.
Orll and Development of a scheme
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HIV iriCllUB Ul POtl ntBIJ a.v " ....a
Hng over tno way William J. Bryan did not
embarrass their hero on the subject of pub-
neity ior campaign contriDuuon. in. siory
Senator Burrow., chairman of the aenat.
commUtee on prlvege, and elections, and
how the letter rame to be made pubiio, is
not without interesting details. About three
week ' Pernr Bolmont- wh0 u at the
head of an organi.ation deeply interested
ln ,ecuring legislation providing for the
publicity of contribution., called on the
secretary of war and .aid to him:
Mr' lK " .7 , you " , un , ,,
Ject of publicity for campalng contrlbu-
"I'm fir It." aald tha secretary of war.
"Then why don't you write a letter to
flonatn? Ttiirrnws savin as much." said M?
Bf.mont:
I I ea, i win au wmi, repucu mi. a a. i..
The letter waa written that afternoon
Mr. Taft marked It personal, because he did
not desire to be put in tne awituaa ot orn-
dally or aeml-officially requesting leglsla-
.. ,, fh. .h.,t n( nubllcitv for contrt-
hutlona.
1 A few day. after the letter had been
written, Mr. Belmont whispered Into the
I ear winiam k. enanaier, rormer senator
from New Hampshire, that Mr. Taft had
written .uch a letter. Here wa. a great
opportunity for Mr. Chandler to get in
some of the fine work for which he is
noted, and o he went straight away to
the capltol and finding Senator Burrow.
,aid to him:
I ! understand you have a letter from
1 Secretary Taft on the subject of campaign
I contributions.
Senator Burrow, evaded giving a direct
aniwer by uyln( that h. had received no
official communication of any kind from
the aecretary of war. Mr. Chandler then
sked ,r he h,d recelved a P"0"41
Burrow. repUed that lf ne had r.celveii a
personal letter it was a matter between
Mr. Taft.
By this time Mr. Chandler felt that ha
waa after big game. Tha assumption was
that Mr. Taft haa written an evaalve let
ter to the chairman of tha committee on
I privilege, and election., that he had gone
on record aa favoring publicity for cam-
J,t electlon Bo th fonner aenator frora
New Hampshire got busy. Someone got in
I communication with William J. Bryan,
od aa a result of tha auggestlona made,
tha candidate ior tne democratic nomina
tion unl Vfr Taft th t1frflrrjkm AlisKpjitlnff
tnat the two ,eadn, candidates for th.
presidency Join hands In favoring publicity,
Peraon. who had a part in getting Mr.
,h ' m.. . h. n,,
of war: and great wa. their disappoint-
ment when Mr. Taft, In answer to the
Bryan telegram, made public tha letter he
had written to Senator Burrows a letter
In which he cams .out flat-fooi J" a
publicity law,
BOrm ABOUT JfEW YORK.
Ripple on the t'arrmt of Llfa in the
Metropolis.
The biggest clock In the world la ticking
tn aecnnds. rolntlng the r8lng minutes
nt otha'to'wer o7a "actor?
Jersey City, It can be Been and the
time noted from the New York side of the
r,v"- Heretofore the vv.stmir.ster dial.
on the Parliament building In London
held the rord abroad, with diameter of
twenty-two and a half feet and an area of
square feet In thla country the dials
n th rhifrhia city hall were the
largest, measuring twenty-five feet across
and havlna- an area of 490 sauara feet
The Jersey City clock has an area of more
than twice of cither of these, the dial being
iniriy - cigni leei across ana lis aren i.i.m
. ' . Th. ,,, .. ...n.v
feet long and with its counterpoise weighs
nearly one-third of a ton, while the ponder
ous weight that moves the mechanism
weighs Just 2,1X10 pounds and the whole
clock approximately sis tona.
Across the dial of thla clock twenty men
of average size could- stand shoulder in
shoulder. Instead of the usual transparent
dial, lighted from behind at night, the
hands are outlined with Incandescent lights.
Brilliant red llghta mark each numeral and
an incandescent lainn each minute mark
Thesa twen,...four lncn,8 apart. Thus
th d f ,, n nd travei8 twen
tv.four whos everv minute, or more than
nil a nille a dHV
Twenty-five years ago there occurred one
of tne wonders of the world. It was the
opening on May 24, 1SS3, with a great dem
onstration of the Brooklyn bridge. In com
memoration of that event American flags
were flung to the breeaes yesterday from
the top of the great stone towers.
For a few years after the opening wise
acres, looking up from the ferryboats,
held many conferences 'aa to how long the
structure would last. They never dreamed
that the, bridge could possibly stand the
strain put upon it for a quarter of a cen
tury. In fact, soon after the opening there
was much discussion over what was termtd
the "folly of permitting heavily laden
wagons on the roadway. Whle the record
of the number of persons 'crossing the
bridge Is no longer kept, the number of
trolley cars alone crossing gives a fair
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ca n"w cross me orioge every oay boo
each car seats ljtty persons; therefore the
PanRers In these alone would be about
200,000 per day, or over 70,000.000 year.
In the first year that the cable roa
was considered enormous. The times lo
twenty - five years Is the measure of the
,""01" ThTtootaiight ofWstTars
at the New York tower cauaed a panto
and a crush which resulted In the death
of twelve persons. This Is the most ap
palling of the accidents In the long life of
the structure.
J. P. Morgan, George Westtnghousa and
several other prominent men have gone Into
of th(j Hote, aotham Rnd not gaUsf,-d Wth
the way thlngg WMe g0')n(? und(.f tne oM
arrangement, have canceled the contract
,3' w
report afloat that the real reason for the
change waa that the lessees were far be
hind In tha matter of rent and that rather
than have tha arrears pile up to enormous
figures the owners decided to run the hotel
.h-m,ive. The rent of th. hotel i rso.ooo
Th , t d n whlch the Gotham
,tand8 co8t tMt0nOt the hotei building more
than ,2.000.000 and the furnishings J500.000,
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xieutenant. Archibald Taggart. the big
st pollcemlR ,n Nw Tork, six feet six
)ncheB tall Bnd m
n,,r.A .f,r twentv ver on the fore
He will become a butcher. Taggart earned
several medals for bravery. He comes of
a Newburg family noted for the number
and ,ze of tg members. There are eight
gons Bnd ,hree daughters, whose total
weight Is 2.344 pounds, an average of 213
pounds, and whose total height Is sixty-
eight feet three inches, an average of six
twJ ana a na.r inone.. ine ra.ner.
now dead, stood six fet in height and
weighed more than 300 pounds. The mother
I. r,t a ,.ra trn mma
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Two sparkling Sixth avenue salea girls
seated themselves In an elevated car op
posite two young broker, from Wall street.
I washed my hair last night, Alice, and I
can never do anything with It after
wash It," said one. "That's Just what
did," snld the other, "and I can't either."
A pause. "It waa nearly 10 o'clock when
I washed my hair last night, Alice, and
since then I can't do a thing with It,
tucking In some stray locks. "Well, that's
Just the time I washed mine and I can't
do a thing with it either." The two brok
er, listened, as did all the passenger In
the nearby seats, and there was scarcely
another subject mentioned by the girls
that did not end with "I can never da
anything with my hair after I wash It
Beaching their station, the two broker.
arose to leave the car, and one, stumbling
over the girls' protruding shoes, politely
removed hi. hat and said: "Pardon me
I washed my feet last night, and I never
can do anything with them after I wash
them." The car roared.
Ella Van Dross, a young colored girl
waa tried before Judge RosaUky in genoral
sessions on the charge .that when Joseph
Kayatt, a white man from Yonkers, asked
ner in me nun vi cecum, avenue
whether the Joneses lived on the floor
above, she stealthily removed a pocketbook
containing $10 from his pocket.
The Jury deliberated only a few minutes
and then returned with their verdict. The
giri. mucn aisiui Dea, was iea w me Dar.
The foreman arose. "We find the de
fendant not guilty," he sold,
As the late prisoner was turning to leave
court Judge Rosaltiky called out: "One mo
ment, Ella. Be careful not to let any mon
suspicion fall on you, whether you are in
nocent thi. time or not."
"Oh, Judge," said the girl, "Ah nevah
done It befoh, an' fo' de Lord Ah nevah
will again."
The Jury looked amaaed.
"That'a one on you, gentlemen," re
marked the Judge, and all the court room
laughed.
Kxtremely doggy women In New York
fashionable aet have taken up with some
thing new in the way of leashes. A little
gold clasp fastened to the bottom, of tl
skirt at one side is snapped into the rin
of the dog collar. Two women with dogs
attached were in one of the uptown depart
ment stores the other day. Apparently th
dogs had been broken to the skirt leash,
for they trotted along at the side without
once getting under the feet of the owne
and without getting tangled In the crowd
One of the women had her dog fastened to
tho bottom of a long coat and this seomcd
to be belter than the skirt clasp, althoug
she had to keep the coat buttoned. A good
many persons who saw the women won
derad what would happen lf two of th
sklrt-ieacnea aogs iook a nnuon m m
It up.
Morltera Flabberaaated.
Minneapolis Journal.
And to thltJt that five years ago some
folks were saying Theodore Roosevelt wa.
a nice civil service sort of a fellow, but
didn't understand politics,
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FIRST OF THE DREADNOUGHTS.
Launch of the Michigan Marks a err
Era In the Mary.
Philadelphia Press.
With the launching of the Michigan In
the Delaware river from Cnmden, the
new nRvy" of the t'nited States enters
on Its third stage. The first came when
four cruisers were built twenty-five years
go. The second arrived when the four
battleships, which were at Santiago were
planned and launched from ten to fifteen
years ago. The third comes with the
launch off the first all big gun battle ships,
the other being bullfc In this city.
With these vessels the United States for
the first, time takes an even start with
other powers In the naval race. When the
cruisers were built, other powers had been
launching cruisers for twenty yeara. Battle
hips had been building as long when the
Massachusetts waa planned. But the Michi
gan repreaents the Dreadnought type, less
than three years old, and the United States
from the atart matchea any power In them
but England.
The Michigan Is not only 16.000 tons, and
therefore larger than Ita predecessors and
close to the Dreadnought at 17,900 would
be as big If naval expert's advice had
been followed but its battery Is all con
centrated. Instead of guna of 12-inch. 8-Inch
and 16-Inch it carrlea eight 12-Inch guns
where other battleships as big carry four.
Thla not only doublea the amount of fire
on one vessel, but It Is .believed that eight
guns firing together on one battleship can
do far more than tho divided fire of four
guns each on two battleships.
No one has yet tried this in act,lon. At
Santiago at point-blank rangea of under
two miles no 12-inch or 13-inch gun hit
anything, but a revolution haa taken place
alnce then In naval markmanshlp. The
Japanese ara believed to have used their
12-Inch guns with effect at Shushlma and
began fire at a range of four miles.
personal Notes.
Perhaps President Talllere. will show
Parla to King Edward the nxt time he
crosses the channel, and perhaps he doesn't
need to do so!
The foolklllor anticipates a merry and
strenuous three months as a result of the
beginning of the open season for the fool
who rock, the boat.
Society in Kalamaioo delights In Inno
vations. A shower of mud which de
stroyed the bridal gown waa the parting
salute given a recent bride. Rice was
scarce and mud was plentiful.
A Greek prince, an English duke and a
French dukelet are browsing In the short
graaa of greater New York. Father, of
blooming heiresses have troublea of their
own and there la nothing doing.
Chicago get-rlch-nulcker. who put $6o0,-
000 Into a IlO.OOO.ono gold mine, haven't
the consolation of an autographed plctur)
of the artlstlo roper-ln. But the certifi
catea are handsome -enough to frame.
A most ungrateful desperado cornered in
Tennessee, whose lawyer wa. unable to
save hla nec) begged the Judge to expe
dite his descent to the lower region,
bo that he could "prepare a red hot recep
tion for hi. counael."
Paul Bartlett of New York has been
given the. contract for th modeling of stat
uary to complete the decoration of tha
pediment of tha house wing of the capltol
In Washington, at a fixed cost of 175.000.
Of this sum probably $70,000 will be paid
to Mr. Bartlett.
The apread of prohibition had not made
Itself manifest aa late at the end of last
year, In a reduction of the native drink
bill, according to figures presented by the
American Grocer. It calculates an expen
diture for the year of t13,J33.8U0 on beer,
1504,794,400 on distilled spirits, and $118,
466,000 on wines, or a total for alcoholic
beveragea of about $1,466,5X4,000, compared
with $1,450,855,400 In l!. The consumption
per capita of distilled apirlts Increased
from 17.53 gallons In 1!I08 to 1.63 In 1907, while
the per capita consumption of beer In
creased 1.04 gallons and of wines 0.12 gal
lons. The use of tea shows a declining
tendency, while the opposite Is true for
coffee and cocoa.
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PA!SIG PLEASANTRIES.
'Fortius knocks one at .very man's
door."
es," answe-er. Mr. Slrue Parker, "but
there are so many knoekera abroad in the
land that it Is difficult to distinguish thorn."
Washington Star.
JudKe Remember, witness, you are
sworn to tell the truth, the whole truth,
and nothing but the truth.
WitneRf. juie. rm tryin my aurneu
pt to do it, but that pie-faced slob of a
lwyr over there won't let me! Chicago
Tribune.
iRome Was burning, but Nero continued to
fiddle.
Why not7" he said. "Hetty Green 1.
enameling her face while Gage Park la
drowning."
Putting a little more resin on hi. bow, ha
played louder than ever. Chicago Tribune.
Sealing himself on the porch, ha wiped
his perspiring brow.
"I am going to ask you the old, old ques
tion," he said to the girl at hi. side.
"Never mind asking It," she said, wiping
her brow In turn. "Yes, it 1. enough
for nie." rhlladellipia Ledger.
"Wouldn't you call me a good gardener If
I told you that I raised all the vegetables
for my family In our own back yard!"
"Nope."
"Wouldn't you call that good gardening?"
"Nope; that's Just plain lying." Houston
rost. .
Mr. YouiiRley I heard an awfully funny
Joke today about an Irishman in an auto
mobile. Mr. Youngley Yes, dear, I heard It.
Mrs. Youngley O! you mean thing! I
Wanted to tell it to you. It wa. so funny.
Mr. Youngley Go ahead, dear; It will
be even funnier the way yon tell it. Phila
delphia Press.
"Jane," yelled the poet, why dont you ,'
keep that kid quiet? What's the matter ,
with It?" . ,
"I'm sure I don't know," replied his
piitler.t wife. "I'm singing one of your
lullabies to the llttltt darling." Philadelphia
Press.
"George Washington wa first In war?"
"Yes."
"Ond first In peace?"
"Yes; and first In the beart. of hla
countrymen."
"Ita a good record. But I wonder
whether he had nerve enough to be first
to wear a atraw hat?" Washington Star.
At last the entire visible stock of lumber
had been used up.
"What'o the matter," asked the father of
a larga family, rwtth hstn the old wooden
bedstead plied up in the attics?"
Her was a practically exhaustless source
of supply that nobody had thought of, and
mankind eagerly adopted the suggestion and
ran up the price remorseless on laa paper
trust. Chicago rrtnune.
OLD FRIENDS.
Baltimore American;
Soon, two dear old frlunds we'll welcome,
vet friends who are evar young,
Friends whose rare and wise condition.
have been shown in every tongue,
And who come about this season, Just aa
do the birda and flower.,
And who help to brighten up a many of
llfe'a dullest hours.
We are always glad to see them, and wo
greet them with a smile.
Though in it maybe twinkle. Just a srark
of harmless guile.
When we know how on the problem, of the
ege they will dilate,
They are the college orator, th fair girl
graduate.
They know It all. God bles. 'em! a. wa
knew it all before,
When at their age we, too. wer full of
wisdom and of lore,
They're ready to fight battle, that th
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world Is righting aim, -
To win them, to bring out all good and
crush out all tha 111.
The world has waited for them true, with. i
some impatient fuss i
Just aa when we were leaving school, we'
found It wait for us, ....
And listened with restful aw wiuie loudly
we did prate, '
When we were college graduate, or a fair
girl graduate.
And now we alt and .mile with an Indul
gent pity's touch
At tho hoys and girls, who are so sure
they know so very much.
And yet we'd miss their earnestness, their
. eagerness to be
Borne use to struggler. In the tide of life's
hard human sea,
Their bright enthusiasms, their big plana
we'd miss them all.
For we remember our own pang, when wa
went to the wall
With our reforms but cheer them, now,
for really they aro great.
The handsome college orator and th fair
girl graduate.
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