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THE OMAHA TATtiV BEE: RATUKDAY, OCTORKK 17.
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$25 Men's and Women's Cravenelles, - $t'Jt2
These raincoat bargains wo now offer
will be doubly convincing why you should
buy your raincoat here.
Because we manufacture all the goods
we sell, and sell all the goods we manufac
ture at wholesale prices, enables us to make
such offers and
To Guarantee Entire Satisfaction
or Refund Your Money
Men's High Grade Cravenelles
and Raincoats
$20.00 values
for
$25.00 values
for
$30.00 values
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$35.00 values
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$10.00
$12.50
$15.00
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$12.50
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"Specialists in Raincoat Specialties"
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$10.00
$12.50
$15.00
$17.50
Women's Silk Coats
Cravenettcs
1 20 Cravenettea
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$25 Cravenettea
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ISO Cravenettea
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$20 Silk Coats
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$25 Silk Coats
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well as the capitalist, and such as will give
all classes of citizens equal rights and
privileges, and after the authors of the
bills have consulted like conditions and
charters of other large cities similarly sit
uated. Respectfully submitted,
F. W. FITCH,
W. II. GREEN,
LOUIB V. GCYE,
Committee.
Charter Revision Committee.
OMAHA, Oct. I6.-T0 the Editor of The
Bee: Will you 'kindly permit us, as a
remittee appointed by the Omaha Charier
Revision committee, to correct, through
Itlie columns of your paper, misunderstand
ings which have arisen from recent articles
in the press concerning the work of the
Omaha Charter Revision committee?
There are but two points wo wish to pre
sent to the public. One is concerning the
withdrawal of the representatives of the
Commercial rlub. and the other the work
of the committee.
First, let us state, that In order to get
as near home rule n possible at present,
(his charter revision committee Is made up,
ly virtue of a resolution of the city coun
cil, regardless of politics, of 'representatives
Jiom the various Improvement clubs of
this city (all of whom are tax payers),
lepres'-ntatlves from the Real Estate ex
change, the Central Labor union, the City
council, the Commercial club, and after
v aids the Railway Employes' association
ought' for admission, were admitted,- but
have not attended the meetings; all parties
aiso agreeing what the representation
should be at the time of the organization
of this committee. The committee is In no
B'nse of the word a "self-constituted"
committee, and whether Its work Is to be
adopted by the legislature as the desire of
the entire people of this city or not, re
niHiiiB for the representatives In the legis
lature to decide.
The so-callod "withdrawal" of the repre
sentatives of the Commercial club will In
nowise hamper the committee In Its work.
Jf the three representatives from that
club, out of the twelve meetings held, one
has attended but one meeting, one three
meetings and the other five meetings. No
amendment lias ever been presented by
any member from the Commercial club.
The suggestion made by Tub Bee In the
editorial of the evening of October 14,
wherein It says, "It Is proposed' by the
Commercial club that til. city council pro-1
vide for a commission properly constituted
which shall have charge of framing a char
ter for the government of the city," seems
out of place. In view of the fact that the
present charter committee was created and
called, by resolution of the city council,
with four representatives from the city
council. Including the city attorney, pres
ent, and also In view of the fact that this
committee has about completed Its work,
or will have In one or two more meetings.
The changes that have been made are
fcaeded changes and most of them met the
papproval of the representatives of the
Commercial club who were present. It
seems as If the Commercial club, which Is
purely a representative of the business In
terests of the city, are a. little slow about
their "suggestions" for revision of this
charter.
As to the work done by this committee, It
can only be said that Its duty is to specifi
cally call the attention of th. legislature
to th. needed reforms and amendments,
by drafting them and presenting them as
they should be for the advantage of all
classes of cltliens and taxpayers. The
trouble with the present city charter Is that
It has heretofore been drafted by, and been
too much the work and In the Interest of
officers, corporations and capitalised In
stitutions, and too little attention haa been
paid to the Interests of the taxpayers and
property owners. Th. present committee In
Its work have tried to adopt auch amend
ments aa will meet the general approval
pf the property owner and taxpayer, as
Treatment of Tuberculosis.
OMAHA, Neb., Oct. lb. To the Editor of
The Bee: The attention of the Nebraska
Association for the Study and Prevention
of Tuberculosis Is Invited to a means of
prevention which has apparently been en
tirely overlooked as a negligible quantity
in the methods recommended for adoption
in the cure of th. Great White Plague.
Isolation Is th. only certain, safe and sat
isfactory mode of combating the ravages
of this dread malady. To treat the disease
exactly, aa we treat smallpox, by adopting
a system of checks upon secrecy In the
reports of the medical fraternity and mak
ing It a criminal offense to conceal a case,
we shall place the consumptive where he
cannot spread the seeds of disease and
where under proper treatment his chances
of recovery will be greatly enhanced.
It la . generally admitted by the medical
profession that the disease Is contracted
by the Inhalation of the tubercull and Its
lodgment upon Inflamed lung surfaces,
which serves as a developer for the germ,
and that while the lungs are In a healthy
condition the germs might be inhaled with
Impunity. If this be true, then the pres
ence, of the germ in the air at any time one
may be suffering from a cough Induced by
congestion of the lungs, however slight
the inflammation, might easily start the
disease.
Remedial measures are only successful
when the most rigid regulations are ob
served to sterilise the sputum and all of it.
How much of the malady may possibly be
communicated by the exhalations of the
patient, none of the wisest students of the
disease pretend to decide. What we need is
the enactment of laws which will place
consumption on a plana with smallpox,
so that the physician and the relatives of
a "suspect" will be required under severe
penalties to report Immediately to the
proper authority any doubtful case. Then
If it be a true case the patient should be
at once removed to the consumptives' hos
pital for .treatment and, to prevent the
spread of th. disease, Isolated from the
rest of his fellow beings until Ills malady
is either cured or results fatally. This Is
neither cruel nor harsh. It provides a bet
ter means of combating his disease and
at th. same time protects the rest of man
kind from th. risks attendsnt upon his
being free to perpetuate the disease. Very
respectfully yours,
I ERNEST PHILLIPS.
Attitude of Corporations.
OMAHA, Oct. 14 To the Editor of The
Bee: In your Issue of yesterday you
reproduce an editorial paragraph from a
country paper, which In subBtance
pointed out the part corporations are
playing in the pending national cam
paign, alleging that they are lending ald
and comfort to the democratic party as
a means of wreaking vengeance upon the
republican leaders, national and state, for
daring to pass laws restricting the
operations of railroads and other corpora
tions. To my mind this is the salient feature
of the present presidential campaign. But
for th. deair. of the corporations to
punish republican leaders, national and
state, there would be no more danger
of th. election of Bryan and Shallenberger
than there was in former campaigns.
Suppose the corporations win In this
contest. What will It mean? It will be
notice to statesmen that any president
who may dare to use the influence of
his great offtc. to checkmate th. plans
of corporations will be sure to suffer de
feat at the hands of the people. It will
ba notice to Mr. Bryan, If elected, that he
must not pursue th. anti-corporation pol-
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Idea outlined by Mr. Roosevelt, If he
would wish to perpetuate democratic as
cendancy under his leadership or other
wise. In other words, to turn down Taft and
Sheldon In this campaign would be tanta
mount to a note of popular reproof of pol
icies enforced by Sheldon and by th. na
tional leaders, whose policies Mr. Taft
Is pledged to carry out.
If a majority of the American people
are ready to rebuke these great republi
cans, who have stood out upon the firing
line in recent years, they will have only
themselves to blame If the corporation
yoke shall, In consequence, be fastened
upon their necks, for in the defeat of re
publican policies at this time the -triumph
of corporate Interests would be so great
as to Insure their ascendancy In national
and state governments for years to come.
MUGWUMP.
Reply to Charles Wooster.
YORK, Oct. lO.-To the Editor of The
Ree: I regret that the article which drew
the reply from Charles Wooster was not
also given to the public. Mr. Wooster
says:
When speaking of the liquor business
Rev. Mr. Harrison says: "It is squarely
arrayed pgninst all our great ministerial
enterprises," he uncovers the real secret
of their opposition. The preachers cannot
brook tho idea tiiat the saloon should ba
preferred to the church. They look upon
it aa a rival; their hearts are fired with
Jealousy and their mouths pour forth
vituperation and abuse. To their mind
thf church should dominate, socially and
politically; they and their satellites should
sit In the high places, feed off the fat of
the land and wield tho baton of power.
Our friend lias approached the subject
with the wrong key. I never said minia
te! Il prosperity; the printer said It 1
said material prosperity. I think he Is the
only one to take it seriously. He takes a
good deal of comfort pounding a man of
straw. Now, as to personal liberty as re
lated to liquor. Isn't there enough of it?
Can't a man get all ho wants and use
what he wants? I know of no law against
it. We don't say U never should be used.
Some of our best doctors prescribe it. That
is not the question.
Bark of It all Is the plea for the saloon.
When a county has to foot the Incidental
damages of the saloon, which Is often very
heavy, they have a right to say whether
It should exist or not. So we favor county
option.
The saloon Is the worst menace to our
land. It Is a continuous evil and evil
comes out of It all the time. I am an old
man and have watched It closely all these
years. It Is poison. Our friend thinks I
am down on the foreigners. By no mesns.
As a nation we are under a great
debt to many of them. How loyally they
adopted their new land and how gallantly
they fought for our flag. Some of my
dearest friends are foreign born. I think
we do not appreciate highly enough their
fidelity. Industry and Intelligence. When
they come to help wo give them the glad
hand. When they come to mar or to
spoil, that Is another thing. I-et us look
at the bare facts. Most of the brewers
and saloon keepers are of foreign birth.
They are not like their noble neighbors.
They don't like to work. They prefer to
live without It. So they go Into the liquor
business. Tes, It Is a foreign Invasion and
it is terrible. This army is killing lOOOno
a year nnd wounding some 600,000 more.
It .costs $1,000,000,000 to support this busi
ness. We, as a nation, pay It. Mothers
raise up hoys with untiring care and ten
derness, to have them ruined by this great
army. Never anything like It. Other In
vasions we fight. If we resist this we
are overwhelmed with curses. I know the
spirit of the whole thing. T am a law
abiding citizen, yet my life lias been
threatened time and again. I have had
letters with those mysterious skulls and
crossbones and an exhortation to get ready
for a big funeral. Two men once started
out to kill me, but. as T remember, they
didn't succeed. I have known numerous
churches to bo burned. I saw those three
houses wrecked In Muscatine a few years
ago, and men dared to lift their voices
against the violation of law. Three saloon
henchmen stolo three cans of giant pow
der and placed them under the houses.
In them were sixteen men, helpless women
and little children. What did they care?
The beautiful homes were frightful
wrecks. In a neighboring town en enter
prising young man dared to utter an opin
ion about the saloon and five horses were
poisoned In revenge.
The saloon Is poison. Would even a
brewer want one near Ms palatial man
sion? Poos a prosperous country need
such a place to debauch their sons?
Here la York. In the early days we
fought to the finish. I happened to be
chairman of the executive committee, and
th. committee was much alive. Threaten
a man with death and If there Is a drop
of revolutionary blood in Ms veins ha will
do something he ran die for. - York Is one
of th. most prosperous towns In the state.
Lots sre going irp and so sr. buildings.
Th. number of new fin. homes Is some
thing amazing. Ordinarily we would have
ten saloons snd they would cost. If they
did anything, t JO, 000 a tar. We save that
nd put It Into new homes. Our debt
I the smallest of any counly. I think
our schools are excellent. Our foot ball
team, I understand, beat the crack team
of the state to to 0, Take Tueblo, Colo.,
one cf the worst whisky-soaked towns In
sll the west. Fifteen years ago I picked
two as fine lots ss there are In the city;
paid 100 for them. For three years I
have been trying to sell them for W and
c.m't. Ten yenrs ago I bought two lots In
York for $J0O. Inst fall I sold them for
$1,(W, and two fine houses are going up
on them. Think of the cost of ths saloon.
I." a man does anything he must kill a
man about so often and malm or ruin for
life a doann more. When I lived In Illi
nois the saloon killed two men In a short
time, Tho saloon keeper's father-ln-faw hung
himself, and one day I hsd a hard run to
save a drink manlao from hanging him
self on the seme tree. I had to pull him
out of the noose and then watch him as
he went off and shsrpened his knife. The
saloon keper, bloated out of semblance to
human form by his own beer, put a bul
let In his hrsin. Yes, we can llva without
this. It Is better for the man to let liquor
alone and go Into soma honest work. It
Is bettor for the country not to have any
of th. devil's taxes to pay.
C. 8. HARRISON.
Traveling; Man's Tien.
HUMPHREY, Neb., Oct. lB.-To tha Edi
tor of The Bee: Th. following letter was
received by an Humphrey man from a friend
who Is a traveling man:
"KEARNEY, Neb.. Oct. 12. Friend Jim:
I can subscribe In soma manner to what
you say In regard to tha weakness of ths
argument that the government Is responsi
ble for the times, and yet and yet, the
greatest apostle of such doctrine Is your
friend Wllllsm J. Bryan.
"Let me see. It was In '93 I first heard
him. Tka lnlqultlous tariff was, he said,
responsible for all tha ills of tha western
farmer, tha low prlo.s of wheat and all
that. This was the way ha argued: For
eign manufacturers will not buy our grain
while we shut them out by a tariff on
manufactured products. Open tha doors to
them, and they will trad, with us. Wa buy
their cutlery, woolen stuffs, etc., etc., and
they will take our wheat and corn. How
simple It seemed and every other 'peanut'
politician took up this simple remedy for
the then prevailing law prices on farm
products.. In his enthusiasm Mr. Bryan
shouted: "Down with tha tariff and you
farmers will get 11.25 for wheatl" This
was tha first prophecy, I heard the prophet,
Bryan, utter. It sounded good to the
farmer. Evidently Mr. Bryan believed that
government made times.
"Again, In 'W but really It la cruel to refer
to '96. Suffice It to say that his enthusias
tic followers believed, as In a sacred dogma,
that tha 16 to 1 free coinage waa the only
salvation for tha down-trodden western
farmer and ths unemployed worklngman.
Did not Mr. Bryan believe at that time that
'government made times.' He certainly
worked overtime to convince others.
"And does not Mr. Bryan now In his paper
and on the stump preach tha doctrine that
government Is responsible for the times.
Of course, when wa mildly hint that we
have, at least here In the west, had fairly
good times, he will tell you that the ad
ministration has had nothing to do with
that, but in a few minutes he forgets all
this and pointing a trembling finger of
scorn he will say, 'Look at the panic of
last fall, answer that, will you.' And
you, or I should rather say, I will forget
the price of wheat and corn and all good
things we have enjoyed and hang our heads
In shame; and listen to him while he tells
us In effect that If he is elected, prosperity
will alight on the shining dome of the
White House at Washington, and spread
her protecting wings over this broad land
of ours. Does he believe that government
makes times? Yea, verily.
"And people believe these things; real.
grown up people. Why, the other day I
saw a farmer who said he was going to
vote for Bryan. His grievance was that
wool had gone down to 10 cents. Last
year it was 26. I believe lie said. Now if
Roosevelt or Taft could only corner the
wool market snd force wool up to a higher
figure,' our party might be saved. And
this farmer's explanation of the wool
market, too, was curious for a grown man.
He said that our wool buyers were buying
their wool in Europe to keep the price
down here. Buying It there and paying a
duty on it besides, out of pure spite against
the American wool grower. Cruel, Isn't it.?
And I suppose this farmer thinks that if
Mr. Bryan Is elected he will gusrantee the
price of wool as well as bank deposits.
"Yours truly, "N."
TruTellnar Men and Bryan.
COUNCIL BLUFFS, la., Oct. H.-To the
Editor of The Pee: Among the continued
reports from the democratic camps that
the majority of the commercial traveling
salesmen are supporting the Peerless
Leader, is a report of which 75 per cent
of the old veteran commercial salesmen
are objecting to.
A few of the old veterans are the tame
that drifted through those strenuous times
of 3898 to 1897, when the merchant did not
come to the train to give his order, and
afler you had spent a half day to sell a
few Items, it was a question if you would
get your money for the goods as easy aa you
had sold them. A few of the young bloods
might be influenced by theories and false
promises, that are impossible to fill, but
the man that Is working for his own Inter
est and the best Interests of his house
can readily see that such unsound methods
will not ssslst either him or his house.
They remember Mr. Bryan's error of
Judgment In 1896, when he stated that the
"only relief the people had was a dishonest
dollar, and even goes so far now
as to say that a change in the
monetary system at that time was
a myth, or, In other words, that
If he had been elected, and If he would
have passed the 16 to 1 bill. It would have
ruined the country. Why did ha not talk
free trado in 196?
No, Mr. Bryan la too smart a man for
this. He knew that If he had mentioned
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Grcixt Sale and
New Fall Suits at
Display of Women's
35.00
i.- hi ilia
$35
We are pleased to announce to our
friends nnd customers that on Sat
urday, October 17th, we Fhnll have
on sale and display hundreds of the
very newest of women's
new fall suits specially
priced at
The reason for this unusual large
showing of new suits is that for tho
past ten days our suit sales have been
just about twice as large as wo had
anticipated and we advised our resi
dent New York buyer, Mr. J. B. Orkin,
to buy for us an entire new stock of
suits.
$35.00 Suits on sale
Saturday at p&
$25,00 Suits on sale $Q50
Saturday at
Owing to the fast and furious sell
ing of suits here for the past ten days,
and in order to sell out all of the re
mainder of these suits, they will go on
sale Saturday, reduced as follows:
$33.00 and $29.75 Suits, sale C ? C I $27-50 and $25-00 Suils sale $1C50
price Saturday ....Pa5J j price Saturday -
Extraordinary Skirt SaleValues are $12.50, $10.00 and $7.50, on special $ C98
sale Saturday
This lot of skirts are all new models colors are brown, blue, black materials
are panamas, voiles and fancy materials.
A special Waist Sale here Saturday at big bargain prices.
$6.00 Silk Waists in all 98 I $5.00 Silk and Net Waists. ST50
at M
"sVl
colors, at
$4.00 white silk and pin stripe
Waists, at.
$750
atal
at
$2.50 Madras and Flannel
Waists, at
SEBB
free trade In the face of the populace who
were living; on soup diet, caused by this
Identical free trade measure that he is
talking; today, that his proteges would have
taken him out and mobbed him. Time has
softened the minds of his standard bearers
In twelve years, and after trying; to be
come president ore every issue that he could
think of, he has fully decided that free
trade Is the panacea to cure all human ills
He Is not sure of this measure to do the
business, so he states in that great speech
of his, the cream de lux speech of the cam
paign delivered at Des Moines, when
he stated that as we elected our congress
every two years and our president every
four, and that If', it didn't work, we only
had to bear It four years at the most. But,
thanks' to Mr. Bryan, soup Is all right for
one meal, but would get monotonous 1,491
days successive.
Mr. Bryan la also an advocate of low
prices and smaller profits on all commodi
ties (barring lectures and subscriptions on
political magazines) so he states In this
same speech. Here arc his exact words:
"A reduction of the tariff will reduce the
extortion that Is now practiced because of
the high schedules. A reduction In price
will enable moro people to buy, and this
larger demand for the goods will put more
people to work and Increase the number
of industries, a lower price will greatly
stimulate exportation snd manufacturers
who are crippled by a tariff upon what
they use will be better prepared to enter
the contest for supremacy In the world's
trade."
Here he contends that prices on all com-'
modifies are too high; that if they were
sold for less money more raWple would be
able to buy. This Is the same contention
that Cleveland made and put In force in
1892. But were the people able to buy?
Frlces were never less and there wns never
a time when more people went hungry In
the history of this country. But this Is
not tho Impression Mr. Bryan would like
to have you take of this. He would like
to leave the Impression with the fanner he
should get $1 a bushel for his wheat, and
at the same time have the shop laborer
think he should only pay 50 cents a sack
for his flour; that milling trusts are
thieves.
If you will stop and sum up sll his
theories to a fine point, you will find about
the same Juilgmtnt In all of them.
It is a hard matter to convince a com
mercial salesman that his house or factory,
as It may be, is robbing the public, or his
prices are out of proportion to the value
of other commodities. He might admit that
business Is better, profits are better, and his
firm is In a belter condition than ever be
fore, but that does not Infer they are a set
of robbers. They aro turning their Invest
ment ten times to where they turned It
once twelve years ago.
Mr. Bryan attacks the Steel trust, rluiin
lng they make 1J0 per cent profit on their
Investment. One per cont on their cross
sales would not look big, but supposing
they turned their stock 100 times a yeur
Is not supposing to much. The larger force
they work the more work they can turn
out, but there has to be a demnad for
thoir product or their percentage of profit
will be curtailed. As far as extortion in
prices Is concerned. In my estimation there
la not a firm in the t'nited Btates that
sells their product as reasonable as the
Steel trust, and when this mighty firm
closes Its shop doors thousands of work
men will go begging in the streets.
When It conies down to a matter of prices,
there is not a salesman on tho road that
wants to see a decline In prices. They are
in keeping with the evolution of the times,
and no one is complalng of them except a
few peusimlBts that can't see the doughnut
for the hole. J. K. BCHIjTV.
I Diversity Expenditures.
ELGIN. Oct. 12,-To the Editor of The
Omaha Bee: In your editorial of Octo
ber i. relative to revenue received and ex
penditures madu by the Board of Regents
on behalf of the State 1'nlverslty of Ne
braska, reference is particularly made to
the Increase of revenue for this year due
to re-valuation amounts in round numbers
to ItS.OuO. The question of the disburse
ments of the money placed at the disposal
of the regents is one that every taxpayer
of the state Is Interested In, and It Is only
by giving the widest publicity possible that
very one can become advised as to bow
their money Is spent. Cndtr the rules that
now govern tha business methods of the
board, the most rigid scrutiny prevails. No
contract for supplies of any kind, except of
strictly an emergency character. Is made
without competitive bids and these only
accepted upon direct "authority of the
board, and this authorisation being signed
by at least two members of a standing com
mittee. The vouchers for the payment
must be also signed by the members of
the committee; these are filed in duplicate
with the secretary of state and auditor of
public accounts. Under this system direct
authorization ind responsibility Is had.
Every Item of expense Is tabulated and the
vouchers filed with tha officers named.
It Is eminently proper and absolutely
necessary that the public should be advised
of all matters connected with the manage
ment of the affairs of the university, and
I am sure I voice the feelings of the govern
ing board when I say It is their earnest
desire that every o.e should know exactly
what is being done.
When the Board O1! (Regents made their
estimates two years ago they entertained
the hope that the re- aluatlon of real estate
would add st last $50,000, to ths fund for
1908. The legislature concurred In this view
and appropriated (50,000 to commence the
construction of an engineering building. In
the esrly part of this year, the contract
for the erection of this building wss let,
the contract price being Just about 1100,000.
At the last meeting of the Board of Re
gents, following the suggestion of the leg
islature, they set apart 150.000 from the In
creased revenue of 1R0S for the completion
of this engineering building. Two years
ago there was 1100,000 reserved from the
temporary university funds for permanent
Improvements on the state farm. The
woman's building, which houses the de
partment of home economics, has been
completed and equipped. A new boiler
house and stsck, with heating and power
facilities, has been constructed and put Into
operation, but it was found that ths limit
of J 100,000 was insufficient to do this and
also provide for other Improvements which
were authorized by the last legislature, and
the regents have drawn upon the resources
of the biennium now closing to the extent
of 113,500 for a veterinary building, and also
17,600 for much needed Improvements dn the
farm campus, comprising walks, drives,
grading and seeding and putting ths build
ing sites on the farm Into presentable con
ditions, and they hav ealso remodelled the
electrical plant on the city campus so that
light and power Is transmitted to the suto
farm.
Unfortunately in providing funds for all
these Improvements, whicli were absolutely
needed, the regents have been. In quite a
number of cases, unable to pay a suffh lent
salary to keep intact its teachng staff, und
we have Just lost four valuable men on tills
account, two of which have gone to state
universities which rank far below our own
In matter of enrollment, and only by tho
most rigid economy have we been able to
find fjnds to hold several others who were
called at much larger salaries than we
were paying or could pay, and we have now
several heads of departments who are slay
ing with the university, although it Is at
a monetary loss of from $100 to t'.OO per
year.
At the present time It Is almost Impossible
to house the students that are enrolled. The
department of botany haa about 250 on the
roll. Dr. Bessey's room will only hold
about half that number, and, at present.
he Is working a double shift. The botanical
laboratory Is crowded. The same tiling is
true In the department of chemistry, the
laboratory of which is unable to accom
modate the students of that division.
If the enrollment of the Agricultural col- (
lege Increases, as It has In the past two i
or three years, and undoubtedly it will, t
the problem of how to provide for theso j
students' wants will be a serious one to
do all this, as you ssy In your editorial. Th '
taxpaylng public would like to know hcV
their money is spent, and, knowing this.
they are willing to contribute willingly to j
the support of the educational Institutions j
of the state. j
The people who provide the money ar-
ntltled to know and they must know whe
the money goes
of the Board o
i. and It is the earnest dey
f Regents to conduct thel.
fairs of this great Institution so that
people will have confidence and plea
stop
'ab-
in providing the means to secure to t
WU
youth of our state the advantages that
liberal education gives.
m, n II
In theso latter days when proflclenoij
the arts and sciences is not looked uub
as merely a personal adornment, but that
carries with it responsibility to tho boifi,
politic, we do well to Invite a mutuul cj0
fldence In provision for and managemei
of this one Important branch of the state's
business.
GEORGE COUPLAND.
Elm Grove Farm, Elgin, Neb.
RARE OPERATION ON LIONESS
Successful Surgery, bat Animal Dl''
After Timor Had Beast
Remove. -'
Julia, the huge lioness, whose ros''
and savage sppearance have dellght'!
thousands of patrons of the Cincinnati
Zoological gardens, Is no more. She died
yesterday morning and was probably the
first wild beast of the Jungle that under
went an operation of a serious nature
similar to that often performed on hu
man beings.
The operating physicians say she would '
have undoubtedly recovered, but for her
age, 17 years. Julia was a sufferer from ,
a tumorous growth, twenty-five pounds :
In weight, which had sturted In her chest, i
and would soon have killed her. Drs.
Norton Dock, J. Dans and Theodore
Bange were called In and undertook to
perform the operation, which was ex
tremely hazardous to the phyatctffii,
themselves. w
An apparatus was rigged up that, Vrf
a series of moves, gradually Inclosed ths
snarling beast until she couldn't turn
round. Mie fought sgalnst the approach
of tho surgeons with such wlldness thai
steel pronga had to be used to prod her
Into even lialf-Aubmlssiveness. Several
of the attendants had narrow escapes
from being struck by the great paws.
Finally Iron barti were worked through
several holes drilled In the box, and Julia
roared in a terrifying manner while she
was being pinned down. Rther was then jt
administered and the beast sank domnj
under the paralysing effects. t
However, while the surgeons were
working on her she revived eufflclently
to cause some alarm, hut each time aha
was given inure of the snaesthetic. "h
doctors worked entirely with their hands
ater reaching the tumor, and the
operation took about a half hour. After
the operation had been performed and
tho lioness revived and waa given the
freedom of lier cage again she walked J
around ror a nine, oui iinany sougri
dark corner. In a short time she 4!
The txxiy win oe siurrea and may
presented to the university mueeum.
Cincinnati Enquirer.
Ask Him
Lips white ? Cheeks pale ? Blood thin ?
Consult your doctor.
Bad skin? Weak nerves? Logins flesh?
Consult your doctor.
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