Nebraska Newspapers

    THE OMAIIA DAILY BEE: FRIDAY. FEBRUARY 5, 1909.
Tite Omaha "Daily beel
FOCNUED BT TOWARD ROSBWATBR
VICTOR ROBBTWATER. EDITOR.
Bntered et Omoha poetofflea a secorid
rlasa matter.
TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION.
Dallr Wee (without Sunday), ftne jrMr..M
DaUy Bes and Sunday. ons yesr i.w
DELIVERED BT CARRIER.
Dally B-a (Including Sunday), per wek..Mfl
&ellv Dm (without Sunday), per week...lOe
vsnlng Pea (without Sunday), per wesk So
Kvmtn Bee (with Sunday), par week...loc
Sunday B. en year ,i2
Saturday Bea, on year L60
Address all complslnts of Irregularities la
leltvary t City Circulation Department.
omcne.
Omaha The Ba Building.
South Omaha T went y fourth and r.
Council Bluffs 16 Scott Street.
UneoIn-US Little Building,
Chleago-IMS Marquette fmlldinf.
New Vorfc-Rooma 1101-110J No. 14 Waat
Twenty-third Street. . .
Washington T rourtaanth Street, N. W.
CORRESPONDENCE.
Cmrtmunlratlona relating to nawa and edi
torial matter ahould bo addreaaad: Omaha
Pa, Editorial Department.
REMITTAKCEfl.
Rarr.lt br draft, express or poatal ordar
payable to Tha Bea Publishing Company.
Only I-rnt- etamrs received In payment of
mall accounta. Persons! checks, eacept on
Omaha or aaatarn exchanges, not accepted.
STATEMENT OF CIRCULATION.
State of Nebraska, Douglas County, as!
Osorgo B. Tiaehuck, treasurer of Tha
Bee Publishing company, being duly
aworn. aaya that tha actual number of
full and complete copiea of Tha Daily,
Momma;. Evening and Sunday Bee printed
during tha month of January, 190. wag a
rouows.
1..
J..
3..
4..
6..
. .
7. .
8. .
t..
IS..
II..
12.,
II..
14..
15. .
IS. .
SO, BOO
.ss.aao
SS.300
SS.1S0
SS.010
01,000
SS.400
U,1N
SS.400
OO.0O
SS.S10
SS.I70
3S,0
38,070
n,to
sa.no
IT. .
IS..
IB. .
20..
11..
22..
21..
24..
16. .
IS..
27. ,
21..
29..
30..
31..
88,100
8S.M0
U,1N
80,000
S,10
80,000
S7.SO0
80,010
80,030
80340
80,000
80,000
80,000
87,700
Total 1,1S,1S0
'.ess unsold and returned copies. 10,410
Net tout 1,100,714
Dally average.... M,4
GEORUE B. TK3CHUCK,
Treasurer.
Subscribed In my presence and aworn to
efore ma thla 2d day of February, 1909.
!al M. P. WALKER.
Notary Public,
whei out or TOWJf.
Sabscrlbere leaving tke elty tana
orarlly should kiva The Bee
mailed to them. ASSrass will be
vaaagesl aa oftea aa requested.
Mr. Hoot will be the only member
of the United States senate who bangs
his btlr.
Illinois politicians seem to be re
membering Lincoln and forgetting
Senator Hopkins.
Thus far the Cuban ship of state
has sailed very well without Uncle
Sam acting as pilot.
In other words, the Oregon legisla
ture has prohibited the women from
using rapiers for hatpins.
A law, guaranteeing the Immunity
of town lot .promoters might come in
- handy for Governor Haskell.
Some of those Oklahoma official
will never forgive the government for
making It a crime to rob an Indian.
The Steel trust made only $91,826,
561 last year. The financial depres
sion apparently played no favorites.
,. Never mind. The local democratic
'rrgan will soon be beating the tomtom
for Mayor Dahlman's re-election just
the came.
Senator Hale must be pained to
learn that the navy belongs to the
United 8tates and is not his personal
property.'
Having lost control of the New York
Central, the Vanderbilts may now give
all of their time to the horse shows
and the divorce courts.
"What of the Night T" asks Mr.
Bryan. As the Chautauqua season ap
proaches Mr. Bryan should also be
comes curious about the afternoon.
The terminal tax has spread to
lows, where it has made its appear
ance ia the legislature. This is a No
braska ides which Iowa is welcome to
adopt.
The democrats in congress appear
to bo convinced that William Nelson
Cromwell is guilty of something, but
for the life of them they cannot find
out what it is.
There is a vacancy in an Ohio post-
office with no applicants for the place.
Tills is not the year for an Ohio man
to bo satisfied with sny federal job as
small as a postofflce.
' The California legislature has killed
the hill prohibiting Japanese from
holding land la that state. This will
doubtless bo the slgnsl (or Hobson to
go on tho warpath again.
The plenitude of filings for the
coming primaries prove that there aro
still A few patriots willing to serve
their country without waiting to be
forced by tho petition route.
Mrs. Charlotte Perkins Gilrctn says
that man ia tha "noun," whils woman
is only a "preposition. Women will
not cars for that, so long as tho "prep
osition" governs tho "noun."
Of course, prohibition prohibits
Tho biggest distiller ia Tennessee
where s prohibition law has just been
passed, has closed down his plant and
is tolas' to opes s enam or drug stores
Governor Haskell Insists that there
is no ground for his indictment for
conspiracy la the Oklahoma land
triads. Haskell talked tho same way
about thooo hargs which anally led
to Bis fcslng ir4 trom 306 of n"
jii.. the democratic national cam
w
pafga funds,
col. ovrrtr asd gov. baskell.
Colonel Ouffer of Pennsylvania and
Governor Haskell of Oklahoma aro
living Illustrations, now in the public
eye, of the quick reversals of fortunes
that follow those who give all, or
most, of their time to the game of pol
itics. Guffey, the despised st Denver
In July, is victor is Pennsylvania in
February, while Haikell, who led the
crowd that applied the boot to the
oughty Pennsylvania colonel at Den
ver, Is slmost down and out politically
nd will appear, as his next role, sa
defendant to an indictment for. con-
piracy to rob the Indians of the state
of which he is governor.
It was at Denver last summer that
Colonel Guffey was deposed from the
national committee. He had been
regularly chosen, as he had always
been loyal to the "Peerless One." He
had contributed in two campaigns
something more than 100,000 to
make -Mr. Bryan president and had
also sent some stained glass to adorn
the home at Fairvlew. But he had
grown tired of defeat and had meekly
suggested that some democrat other
than Bryan should be nominated at
Denver. So Bryan ordered " his re
moval from the committee and from
the delegation to the Denver conven
tion. Governor Haskell was Bryan's man
ager at the convention, being then in
high favor, already chosen as chair
man of the resolutions committee,
tentatively slated for secretary of the
treasury in Bryan's cabinet and picked
for treasurer of the campaign commit
tee. "Go back to your oil tanks!"
shouted Haskell, in high glee, as Col
onel Guffey withdrew from the con
vention. It transpired that Governor Haskell
had only a brief day. Charged with
complicity in some Standard Oil trans
actions, he entered a vigorous denial.
but the evidence was so damaging that
he was forced, much against Bryan's
wishes, to resign his position as treas
urer of the national committee and toj
abandon hopes of a cabinet career.
His troubles have been multiplying
ever since. His libel suit sgalnst
Hearst has apparently reacted to his
discomfiture and his cup of woo has
now been filled by being indicted for
land frauds. In the meantime, Colonel
Guffey has been unanimously re
elected as national committeeman for
his state and is Again in the saddle.
STRASQK BEDFELLOWS.
Last fall we had the edifying spec
tacle of the liquor interests, as rep
resented by their organisations, work
ing hand in hand with certain officers
of the Anti-Saloon league in a com
bined effort to turn Nebraska over to
democratic governor and a demo
cratic legislature. ' It happened that
the combination proved successful and
one or the other of these two partners
must in the nature of things be disap
pointed in the final result. '
Strange as it msy seem, the partner
ship has not yet been dissolved. It Is
notorious that the introduction of the
bill for an elective police commission
for Omaha, now pending at Lincoln,
was procured by the liquor and brew
ery interests, who are convinced that
its enactment would bo to their advan
tage. And now comes tho official
spokesman of the Anti-Saloon league
of Douglas county with this public
declaration:
If wa are to have home rule, let the
police commlaalon be elective. You will
certainly understand that tha great trend
of entiment in Omaha la for the retention
of tha preeent plan of appointing police
commissioners by tha goverpor, but If wa
muat have home rule, then let ue elect our
police cornralaatonere.
With such s strong pull, and a long
pull, and a pull all together, tho elec
tive police commission scheme should
be brought easily into safe harbor.
POLITICS AMD THE SAVY.
While the public may not have
much concern about tho differences
between President Roosevelt and Sec
retary Newberry over their conflicting
plans tor ths reorganization of the de
partment, it has a vital interest in
charge just been made to the effect
that tho government is spending some
thing like (40,000,000 a year io sup
port navy yards that ars of no use and
can not bo made so on account of their
lack of harbor facilities.
The charge of waste in this conneo
tion is made by George Kibbey Turner
in one of the magazines and ths allega
tions are sb serious that congress has
been obliged to take notice of them
and an investigation by the next con
gresa is assured. Mr. Turner asserts
that drydocks capable of holding the
largest battlesUips and having thirty
five feet of water over their approaches
are indispensable featurea of every
navy yard, but that only two or three
of the twelve navy yards maintained
by our government meet this require
ment.
The government has navy yards on
the Atlantic coast at Portsmouth, N,
H.; st Boston, at Brooklyn, at Phil.
delphla, at Norfolk and at Port Royal
S. C. On tho Ouir or Mexico navy
yards are maintained at Pensacola and
at New Orleans. On tho Pacific coast
the nsvy yards ars at Mare Island and
at Puget aound. Mr. Turner charges
that the yard at Brooklyn is the larg
est in the country, but has no drydocks
of adequate dimensions. Norfolk has
appropriate dock facilities, but the
docks st Port Royal and Mare Island
are not approachable by our biggest
ships. The yard at Portsmouth, N. H
Is not seceoslblo to big ships sad tho
yard at New Orleans Is 100 miles up a
swift river and near waters rarely
visited by our battleships. Although
constructed st s cost of 1460,000, this
yard last year turned out work valued
at 11,000. The work at Portsmouth,
Mare Island and Pensaoola is inslg
nlflcant, compared with the cost of
construction and maintenance of the
yards. Mr. Turner contends that all
of the Atlantic coast yards should be
abandoned except those at Brooklyn
nd Norfolk and that one should be
established at .Ouantanamo bay In
Cuba, which is the naval key of the
Caribbean sea. He argues that it
would be economy to abandon these
yards rather than to pay the heavy
annual cost of their maintenance.
It ia costing this government about
120,000,000 a year for support and
Improvement of the navy, and if, as
charged, 30 per cent of that amount
goes to support navy yards that are
seless, the quicker congress changes
its policy the bettor.
"THE BED BROOM OF WAR."
Despite predictions of the New York
Herald, Congressman Hobson and the
California sand lot orators and agi
tators, the next war is not to be with
Japan at all, but is to be a civil war
between the classes and the masses.
nd when it is finished there will not
be enough left of this nation to make
greasy spot on the map. This fore
cast is made upon the authority of
Hon. "Jeff" Davis, United States sena
tor from Arkansas, who has figured it
11 out and has Issued his warning,
in a modest 85,000 word speech, de
livered In the senate.
Some students of history snd events
have been wondering why Senator
Davis hsd been keeping so quiet. His.
voice has not been raised in behalf
of the down-trod for many months
nd It was begun to be feared that
ho had abandoned the cause. It is
evident now that he has been spend
ing waking hours and sleepless nights
considering the appalling conditions
of the nation and is finally pointing
the way to rescue and salvation. He
has a bill pending In congress to pre
vent trading in futures In the products
of the soil on the exchanges of this
country, and to penalize the use of
the mails, the telegraph and the tele
phone for the purpose of conveying
these gambling operations between
buyers and sellers. If this bill is not
passed, Senator Davis predicts that
'in some evil hour, in some un
guarded moment, a match may be
touched to the fuse that connects with
the hidden mine of discontent and dis
may that is planted beneath this re
public" and, naturally, he shudders to
think of the consequences. Be it said
to Davis' credit, he does not want to
scare anybody, but he wants his warn
ing heeded. In the course of his pas
sionate address, he said:
I would not ba an alarmlat, air. but I
predlot here and now that unleaa condition
change, thst unleas the congress of the
united Statea turna a liatenlng ear to tha
Uvmentstlons of an outraged public, within
ten yeara there may be another Shenan
doah valley, there may be another Gettys
burg; the red broom of war may aweep
thla government aa it haa never been swept
before; and when that day shall break In
all Its fury, woo to the crowd working the
field of legislation that have laid thrse
grievous burdena upon the backs of the
crowd working the field of human en
deavor. Nothing prettier in the line of woe
ful predictions has been uttered since
the days of Jeremiah, always except
ing, of course, the pictures painted by
Mr. Bryan and Senator Teller of what
was going to happen if the sacred 16
to 1 ratio was not re-established.
Davis, however, offers one remedy
he urges that the tolling masses of the
south be given some recognition and
that tho south be restored to a place
in the political affairs of the nation.
The south, he contends, is still hon
est, pure st heart and loyal, and if it
can only be given a commanding in
fluence in( national affairs It may save
the country from the destruction that
is certain to follow if the "tradesmen
and gamblers" of the north are not
checked in their mad career. There
may be something to that latter sug
gestion snd the south would do well
to try it by sending me? to Washing
ton worthy of their country, rough as
that plan might be on the Tillman-Davls-Vsrdaman
brand of southern
statesmen.
No one can believe that "-snator Howell,
tha author of tha bill, who la contending
so earnestly and faithfully for home rule
for Omaha, would seriously consider a
proposition to deprive Omaha of home rule
In taxation. World-Herald.
What rot! This is the same Sena
tor Howell who ths laat time he was
in tho legislature was the author of
tho bill that deprived Omaha of its
right to tax railway terminals on the
same basis that It taxed other property
for municipal purposes and cost the
taxpayers of Omaha hundreds of thou
sands of dollars. Senator Howell la
not so stupid that he does not know
what he is trying to do when he spon
sors a bill by introducing it.
The objection to the Immediate ad
mission to statehood of Arizona and
New Mexico is that it would greatly
strengthen the democratic forces in
congress. With New Mexico certainly
republican and Arizona possibly dem
ocratic, their admission would not ma
terially affect tho political situation
and, if it did, the democratic forces in
congress certainly need strengthening.
Tho real objection is that the addition
of these states would strengthen the
western influence in congress.
The Loo Angeles referendum voted
down overwhelmingly all propositions
for Increasing the salaries of its city
Officers. That is where our demo
cratic friends here In Omaha are foxy
enough not to invoke the doctrine of
homo rule. Instead of letting tho
people say who In tho city hall shall
have Increased salaries, tho leglsla
turo propoaes to do tho salary boosting
ltaelf.
Our amiable local contemporary,
tho World-Herald, goes tar enough to
say that "it there aro any Omaha peo
ple with money to spare who want to
Inveat that money by entering Into s
(an educational) partnership with
Rockefeller and Carnegie," It will do
nothing to hinder or prevent. It
carefully declines, however, to encour
age any Omaha people to expose them
selves to contamination through such
tainted connections.
Senator Knox, Senator Hale,
Speaker Cannon and Senator AldricK
have agreed that the special session of
congress shall convene March 10. Mr.
Taft may fix the date for March 9, or
March 11, Just to show 'em.
The proposed organisation of char
itable societies in Omaha to prevent
duplicate soliciting includes about
thirty charitable institutions. We
knew there were a lot of them, but
never counted that many.
A magazine muck raker says that
society should send barrels and barrels
of rum to the slums. Society may
send cast-off clothing, Christmas din
ners and tracts to the slums, but it has
other uses for its rum.
Vice President Fairbanks has named
Senator Tillman as a member of the
board of visitors to the Naval academy
at Annapolis. The vice president evi
dently believes In giving the middies
an occasional treat.
The Cubans are not following the
American model in at least one re
spect. They allow their vice presi
dent to entertain the belief that he is
really an essential part of the adminis
tration. If that $30,000 bunco game had
"only been pulled off in Omaha we
would have had another ear-piercing
onslaught on Chief Donahue and his
police. But it happened In Council
Bluffs.
Washington hotels are said to have
raised their rates for Inaugural week
to exorbitant figures. The only rem
edy is for the public to stay away, but
this is a remedy the public will not
take.
Both Ends Well Ptzed.
Minneapolis Journal.
Burton, Brlatow, Cummins, Chamber
lainthe front part of the alphabet is do
ing Its duty by the senate. And then there
la Rtoot at the other end.
Calm Following the Storm.
Brooklyn Eagle.
President Roosevelt and Senator Foraker
are aald to have agreed on a compromise
with regard to the Brownsville Isaue.
There ia always harmony, after the lamb
haa lain down Inside the lion.
Living; and Preaching.
New York Times.
It la unfortunate that so many creators of
beautiful thlnga, beautiful poetry, beautiful
music, beautiful paintings, don't live the
beautiful lives of those who can't create
anything except fine, healthy aentlmenta.
Some Mills Working Overtime.
Philadelphia Record.
The volume, business In one line of hu
man endeavor was certainly greater in tha
month just closing than In the preceding
month. The legislative mills at the state
capitals did more grinding.
Fixing lp the Scenery.
Boston Herald.
The thrilling tales of passenger trains
lost in the big blitaarda need not occasion
more than transitory alarm. Something
must be allowed to the fine frensy of the
local newsgatherara on the v&at prairies
of the west about this time.
They Might Have Lived Longer.
New Tork Sun.
"Consistent and persistent golfers cer
tainly lengthen their lives," writes Mr.
Taft. There la mention In "The Expedi
tion of Humphrey Clinker" of a band
of Scotch golfers In Edinburgh, If we re
member right, not a man of whom waa
under fourscore. They had been playing
for generations and not one of them ever
want to bed without ) "the better part of
gallon of claret" Inside him. If tha
claret had been ahut off, as It would be
In these aoberer time, they might have
lived to be 150.
Playing velth Loaded Revolvers.
Indianapolis News.
Another death In Chicago of an est!
mable woman because a man in a neigh
boring flat waa explaining to the maid
servant now to handle a revolver In case
burglars came. It Is admitted that it waa
a deplorable accident.- But it waa homi
cide also. And yet tha man waa not even
arrested.. Tha woman is dead, oh, yes! But
so little do we think of human Ufa that
"accident" suffices to wipe out the event
We must still allow men to go free with
loaded revolvers and give object lessons
with them If wo do occasionally alay a
wife and mother. Great country!
SPEAKING OF SALARIES.
Small Pay and High Talent Presawied
to Be Twins.
Wall Street Journal.
Mr. Aryan's weekly newspaper, The Com
moner. in defending email aalaries, haa
thla to aay about the aalaries of btipreme
court Judges:
"Give him S&.OuO a year and hie summer
vacations will ba spent where he comes In
contact wth Ihoae who. In taking a brief
respite from the routine of life, seek soma
quiet and Inexpensive resort. Make the
judge's salary 210,000 and he will select a
new summer resort where ha will be thrown
into association with thoae who apend a
larger aum upon their aummer vacations
Baiae the aalary to 116.000 and he will make
another move and enter a new class; and
he ia naturally more or lesa affected by the
opinion of the claaa with which he asaoci
ates." Tha Commoner, January 29, lttiO.
While auspecting that Mr. Bryan ia much
too shrewd a man to be deceived by the
argument hers adduced, ne nas shown
on various occasiuns an inability to realize
all that his own propoaltlona mean. Wrrfc
the argument the other way. Obvlouilv
the 16.000 man. in the Commoner'! example,
ia tha best of the three. If this is so, we
might have another Judge Marshall for
tl.buO; while flS a week ahould be ample for
a filackstone or a Ccke.
Ihere la a atory of Mark Twain a of a
Mississippi pilot who had the dangeroua
habit of walking In his eloep. While in that
condition, at flrat not appreciated by his
fellows In the pilot house, he carried his
veasel, on a pitch dark night, over a most
dangeroua reach of the Mississippi, and
finally tied it up In aafety without waking.
One of the breathleaa apectatora of thia re
markable feat drawa Mr. Bryan'a Inference.
"If he can do that gold-mounted, Jewel
studded piloting when he is asleep, whal
toulun t he do If he waa dead
Ol n ABOIT XBW YORK.
Ripples an the Tarrent of Life in ths
Metropolis.
Does education pay? Some frlvoloua
people contribute to the gaiety of readers
by arguing on the negative side of the
question, rearing lest rme thoughtleee
people might be Impressed, a doctor of
aome distinction In sociological research
hastens to assert, in the New York Herald,
that education does pay, and pay wetl,
when supported with moderate energy. In
the big city. In one particular Una com
ing under the observation of the doctor,
college men forge to tha front,, leaving
the illiterate "tied at the pot." "College
men." he asserts, "are the most expert
and successful mendicants In New Tork
City. There are not a erect many of them.
The clsss Is email and select. They are
absolutely unorganised, but they are nev
ertheless a distinct problem In the reckon
ing of charitable Institutions. The ques
tion .of dealing with them la serious, be
cause It is surprisingly difficult, and these
men are clever beyond the capacities of
any ordinary bum. They are uaually. It
must be admitted, what they claim to be
college graduates and only a few weeks
ago I had one raggpd specimen riae from
his seat during one of my religious meet
ings snd set me right on the accent of a
word In a Greek passage I had quoted.
He even went further and gava the whole
passage, and 1 afterwarda learned that
he waa a graduate of the University of
London. The whole class Is an snonvaly
among beggars, and they make their liv
ing by virtue of that fact.
The public service commlaalon of New
Tork Is In danger or Involving Itself In
compllcatlona of a domestic and highly
unpleasant sort. The wife of a husbsnd
who did not get home to dinner punctu
ally called up the office of the commission
to learn if there hsd been an accident,
blocakde or delay of any sort on tha ele
vated roada. The husband had not at this
time reached home and given defects of
the transportation xystem as his excuse
for being late. But If a man who gives
the obstruction of the subway or the ele
vated as his reason for not getting home
to dinner la going to have his explanation
aubject to an official test, there Is danger
of unhanpinesa In famlllea. Ia a free Amer
ican cltlxen to be deprived of hta tradi
tional privileges by danger of being con
fronted with a certificate undor the aeal
of the Public Service commission that there
was nothing In the operations of the In
terborough to explain his failure to dine
at home?
When George W. Kleld. a letter carrier
In the Wall street brsnch postofflce, was
arraigned before Judge Mulqueen In Gen
eral Sessions to sxplain his failure to
support his aged mother he said that his
salary was too small, and that be would
rather go to Jail than give up money for
her support.
"Tou will give your mother W a month
or go to Jail," said Judge MulQueen.
Field persisted that he would rather go
to Jail, and Judge Mulqueen committed
him to the Tombs, advlaing him to change
his mind.
According to a report of Corporation
Counsel Pendleton. Field's mother, who
lives at 309 Eaat 133d street, is old and Infirm.
Women who delve Into their husband's
nockets while the husbands are sleeping
had better have a care, if a decision by
Magistrate Naumer in the Myrtle avenue
police court, Brooklyn.-holda good in ths
hihp onurta. A woman wno mnea
things" from her husband is amenable un
der the civil law the same as any omer
person who commits theft, according to
h magistrate. long lines of husbands
iav acooar in court dally hereafter. .
Arthur Mason of 99 Proapect park. west
had his wife, Chsrlotte, summoned Deior.
u.,i.i,ii, Nnumrr several weeks ago to
explain why she was withholding Jewelry
belonging to him. Mr. Mason asked for a
warrajit. as he said his wire naa conns-
cated his personal property. Magistrate
Naumer reserved his decision at that time
and when he made It public he said:
'I think the complainant In this pro
ceeding haa not ahown any criminal Intent
on ths part of tha reapondent to appropriate
property. Merely withholding property
without ualng It In any way aoea not
evince that criminal intent wnicn is mi
element in a crime of this kind. People
cannot be prosecuted as criminals because
thev are guilty of pure cuasedness, now
ever irritating their conduct la. I think tha
comnlalnant here muat seek his remedy in
hA rivil courts. Application, therefore, for
warrant is denied."
Ti.n. nf comprehensive scheme of
disoosal for New Tork City that
will cost about 132,000,000 to install ana
eaulo have been submitted to Mayor Mc-
imllji bv Edward Hatch, Jr.. J. Plerpont
Morgan and other members of ths com
mittee from the Merchants" association ap
pointed to take up the matter.
The object of the proposed system Is to
do away with the worst featuTea of tha
i.- frnnt 'nollutlon that marks the
method now In use.
The committee proposes two plans, one
for cross streets and the other for roar
glnal streets, providing for placing ths
disposal works pr tanks for the cross
streets in sntf beneath the streets and those
for ths marginal atreeta extending from tne
.. linA in the dock sheds, with the
tanks beneath the aurface of an open
plaxa.
Both plana provide a screening snd sed
imentation process that will remove at
e& nr Mnt of the solid material In
susnenslon. The screenings will be
movd by laborers and incinerated, and the
sludee sent by steamer to sea to ba dumpea
voh nrrt.. atrMt nlant will serve 15.000
neoDle. and each marginal plant a popula
tion of 100,000. The plan provldea for ISO
sewer outfalls, each the final discharge of
a group of aewere. The coat of equipping
theae la estimated at J32.0O0.000. and to this
maintenance expense will be added.
Brief Tenars ml OBare.
Boston Transcript.
Robert Bacon, whose nomination as sec
retary of state has been confirmed by the
senate, will direct our foreign relations for
a little more than five weeks. This wli
not constitute the record for brevity. We
had once a secretary of state who held the
of fiie ao abort a time that one weak aaw
his installation and that of his successor,
Ellhu B. Washburn of Illinois waa Preal
dent Grant'a firat secretary of alate, but
served only long enough to get his name In
ths Hat of occupants of that high office,
Grant was inaugurated March 4, IS, and
Hamilton rish s appointment as secretary
of state, in succession to Washburn, waa
dated March 11. 188B. Mr, Fish's tenure Ol
office waa exactly eight yeara and one day
since he retired from the State department
March 12. 1877, when Mr. Evarta succeeded
him.
Hassan Klemrnt In Accidents.
Baltimore American.
Government experlmenta may aolve the
problem of preventing explosions In coal
mlnea. If human care and forethought will
only co-operate with sriencs in ths great
art of prevention unavoidable accidenta will
be reduced to an appreciable minimum. But
tha first element of ths yomblnatlon Is the
one on which leaat reliance ran be placed
Ths tendency of human nature to tako
chances rather than to take trouble Is ths
hardest obstacls which preventive Science
a ill ever bae to overcome.
Words of Praise
echoes oi inedioitta. should have far -.ore w.t.h ,
s mo.nl A now-professional tesU-omale. A Booklet msde
up of t f e sat frt. Ad drees as below. Dr.Pierees
Farorits Prescription has VMS sasos MJ"TY.,, v,2
tattle-wrapper, ia s full list ol all its Ingredient, printed
1st plain English and swsrn to as eorreot.
If you are aa iavalis woman ana so.
headset, fcwaksofee, gnawing distress i stemsoh, period,
leal pains, disagreeable drag ging down distress, perhsps
dark spots or specks deaoiag before the eyes, faint spells
snd kindred symptoms esnssd by female weakness, or
other derange meat e4 the feminine organs, you oaa not
do hotter than take
Dr. Pierce's Favorite Prescription
The hospital surgeon's knsfe and operating table may Kb avoided hyAo
tioraty use of "Favorite Prescription" In such esses. Thereby the
looe examinations and loeal trestments of the fsmily physician can bs rrotoed
and a thorough course of successful treatment carried out in the Brtveey of
the home.
"Fsrrwrite Prescription" is aeoapoead of tho very beet
SMtfrs medicinal roots known to medical eelaoeo for tka
amro of Woman's pnealiar aliments, and contains ao ol
eoboJ end ao harmful or habit-forming drugs.
Do not expect too much from "Favorite Prescription It will not perform
miracles ; it will not dissolve or euro tumors. No medicine will. It will do
as mooh to establish vigorous health in most weskneseee and ailments necul
isrfy IneWetit to women as any medicine can. It must be given a fair ohsaoo
by perseverance in its use for a ressonabie length of time.
You can't afford to accept o secret nostrum as s substitute for this
remedy of known composition.
Sick women are invited to consult Dr. Pierce, by letter, frrt. All eor
respendenoe is guarded as sacredly secret and womsnly confidences ere pro
teeted by professional privsoy. Address World's Dispensary Medical Asso
ciation, Dr. R. V. Pierce, President, Buffalo, N. Y.
Dr. Pierce's Pleasant Pellets the best laxative end regulator of the bowels.
HOPEFUL SIGN OF FUTIRE.
Country of Opportunities Unsur
passed nn tha Planet.
Appleton's Magaslne.
In this great country of ours thers stands
out pre-eminently ths inventive genius, ths
masterful ability, ths resourcefulness, ths
courage, the optimism of America's busi
ness men. At no period In the world S de
velopment have there been in any given
country st any one time so many oppor
tunities standing ready and so many young
men able to embrace them snd to move on
to such splendid achievements, as we have
in our United Slates today. It cannot be
possible that these young men will ba pessi
mists, that they will miss the legion of
opportunities that are theirs. And this is
no waving of ths American flag or scream
ing of the American eagle. The business
enterprise the healthy checks organised
labor puts on capital the strong, conserva
tive check which those who have put upon
those who have not, combined with ths
extraordinary freedom which our govern
ment gives us to corns out and criticise one
another all this gives promise that the
right course will be found and followed.
Where else in the world Is this true? It Is
the healthiest, ths most hopeful sign of our
great future for good. It Is the clearest
Indication of ths extraordinary opportuni
ties ready at hand for those pf us which
have bralna and who will play the game to
its limit.
PERSONAL NOTES.
Army officers at Washington are not to
have govsrnment automobiles to take them
to teas. Army hardships are getting awful.
The Bell Memorial association, at Brant-
ford, Ont., announces that the former
homestead of Prof. Alexander Graham Bell
will be acquired aa a public park in addi
tion to the erection of a memorial monu
ment to cost fcB.OOO. This monument will
ba unveiled in 1910.
Paul J. Holman, who wat at one tlmo
connected with the geological survey at
Washington and whose father, ths late W.
8. Holman, was a democratic congress
man from Indiana, and long known as "the
watchdow of the treaeury," died the other
day at the St. Pancras hospital In London.
To Bertha Schultz, a young dressmsker,
In Hsmburg. Germsny, $10,000 wss be
queathed on condition that she never mar
ries a man engaged in an Intellectual oc
cupation. She Is already engaged to an
accountant, and shs and her fiance are
now endeavoring (a persuade the law that
the work ia purely mechanical.
That a man Is never too old to learn Is
illustrated by the case of H. O. Whitaker
of Pilot Mountain, N. C, a law student
at Waks Forest college. Mr. Whitaker la
SO. In the same class he has a son, P. H.
Whitaker, aged Is. The elder Whitaker is
making an excellent record as a student,
report says. He has ten children, twenty-seven
grandchildren, two of whom voted
in the November election, and two great
grandchildren. .
Good IPIeKincjs
lii our boys' and children's department, second
floor. We have got together 228 garments from different
lines that are odds and ends from the best selling styles
and we wish to close them out.
Starting Friday morning, we place them on sale at
the following clean-up prices;
LOT NO. I.
7.4 Children's Overcoats, sizes IVi to B years, that formerly sold
up to $5.00; your choice s2.25
LOT NO. a.
21 Children's Overcoats, slues to 8 years, that sold up to SB.00:
we will close out at , $5.00
LOT NO. 8.
4t Boys' Two-Piece Straight PgnU Suits, sizes 10 to 16 yeara.
formerly sold up to $10.00, plain blue and fancy patterns:
choice , $3.75
LOT NO 4.
61 Boys' Knickerbocker Suits, sizes 10 to 16 years, blues Sad fancy
patterns, sold up to $12.50; to close $6,50
LOT No. S.
27 Boys' Overcoats, sizes 10 to 14 years, sold for $10 and $11. Id.
while they last your choice...,. $5 00
' . liOT NO. .
47 Boys' Overcoats, aizes 9 to 16 years, formerly sold $12.10 and
$15.00; sale price 88 50
SALE 8TAKT8 FRIDAY MORNING.
BrQwning.1(iiir1
& CompahY
K. S. WILCOX, Manager
4BsM -
BREEZY TRIFLES.
"I understand that alimony clubs hav
agreed on an economical plan of living."
"Well, naturally, you aee an alimony club
haa to husband Its means." Baltimore
Amerlcsn.
A young cadet wss complaining of the
tight fit of his uniform.
"Why, father." he declared, "the collar
presses my Adam's spple so hard I can
taste cider!" keslle'a Weekly.
Sallow Customc-r-1 don't care to look
over thla bill of fare, waiter. Have you
anything to temrt a jaded appetite?
Waiter Nothing but can va aback duck
and terrapin, air, I'm sorry to say. Our
baked 'possum and alligator steak' all
gone, sir. Chicago Tribune.
He Oh. I suppose women In publle life
srs going to purify everything, what kind
of politics do you intend to bring Into ex- ;
Istence? )
She The present fashionable kind.
He And what kind might that be?
She The wireless. Baltimore American.
The beautiful maiden was suffering front
loneliness.
In a voice scarcely above a whisper she
spoke through the telephone:
-C. Q. D.r
Her dearest understood.
Hs came quickly. Chicago Tribune.
"Well. I aee that McCorkls wilt bs thers.
all right."
"I hadn't heard him mantloned. What's
he to be secretsry of ths tressury?"
"Secret err of nothln'l McCorkls Is ths
champion first bsseman who wouldn't sign
his contract." Cleveland Plain Dealer.
"That ninth Juror held out firmly against
acquitting the braln-frensled murderer,
didn't he?"
"Don't you know tha reason?"
"No; what was It?"
"He belongs to a publishing firm of legal
books, and he wasn t going to endorse any
unwritten law business." Atlanta Consti
tution. PROGRESS.
7
S. W. Gillllan In Success.
Near ths town of Up-againat-lt, in ths land ,
of Root-or-dle. ,
We have found our very finest inspiration, J''
vnu and I V
Tolling up the. Wll , sailed Ha.ve-10, with
Compulsion for a guide, i
We have made the sort of effort that was
never yet denied.
Id the way were Can't and Couldn't, with ,
their brother, What's-the-uee. . A
While our dearest foe, Born-weary, selseaT
with Joy each poor excuae,
Tet behind us, unrelenting, drove our heart
less master. Must,
hill or heat or dust.
It wsa there we grew the sinews for the
struggle you and I
Near the town of I'p-agalnst-it, in the
land of Root-or-dle.
Near that village. Up-agalnst-lt, in the land
nf Root-or-dis,
We discovered possibilities undreamed of
you and I,
Were there heartaches In thst Journey?
Little, then, our master cared.
As along that stony highway under whip
snd spur wa fared,
Bread-and-butter trudged beside us, with
a keen and ruthless goad,
That ahould quicken halting footsteps if
ws loitered on ths rosd.
Pride and Spunk, two comedy sisters, lured
us on with myriad wiles
All the msster's welts were vainlsss as ws
feasted on their smiles,
So our heart grew strong to conquer, as
ws plodded you and I
Past ths hamlet, Up-agaJnst-lt, m the land
of Root-or-dle.