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TI1E OMAHA DAILY BEE: THURSDAY. MARCH 11. 1900.
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rople of The Dally. Morning. Evening and
Sunday Bee printed during the month of
February, 1909. waa a follows:
1 v. M,310 IS M,t50
1 m.170 i njoao
3 3S.00O IT 38,770
4 , 39,060 IS W8,80
I 99,050 '19 3S.SS0
3880 :e 3,060
T .. . 37,000 . 21 3T.100
1 39.830 - 12.... 40,930
3S.8R0 7i 38,330
10 3890 24 39,330
11 39,030 16 39,310
It 33430 2 i 39360
IS 38.TB0 2T 39,030
14 37,200 21 37.130
Total 1,0WT,0SX
Less unsold' and returned copies. 9,968
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GEO. B. TZSCHUCK,
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WHIG If OCT OP TOWS.
Sabeerlbors leavlasT thai city tem
porarily ahoald kave Tke y Bea
nailed to 'them. Aadreaa will be
caaaged' aa oftea aa reqaeated.
Servia is still making a noise like a
long distance prise fighter.
The Dingley tariff mar as well be
gin sending; "CI Q! D." signals.
Strange that nothing hat been heard
from Jake IUis since March 3.
The cut In the prioe of steel will not
be of much advantage to the paper
, railroads, ': s
President Taft will now be be
sieged by too army of the unemployed
offlceseukers.; :
1t appears that -Arkansas can have
a big wlud, even with "Jeff" Davis In
Washington. '
"Will, the American people forget
Mr. Roosevelt?" asks a New York pa
per. He won't let 'em.
I
Of course, spring Is coming, but It
is. not safe to leave the potted plants
on the porch over night.
In the meantime, New York Is rep
resented in the United States senate
by Ellhu Root and one other.
Illinois now has but one United
States senator, , but "Uncle Shelby"
Cullom feels equal to the occasion.
Even the city dweller does not kick
at the March snowstorm, which means
so much for crops during the summer.
Mr. Bryan has apparently over
looked the opportunity to blame Prea
ident Taft for the, drop in the price of
wheat.
When a girl is told that ahe has a
fortune in her voice she promptly be
gins trying to share It with her neigh
bors.
General Weyler of Cuban fame s to
be made captain-general of Catollnla
'American sympathies will be extended
to Catollnla.
"After the Salome dance what?"
- asks the St. Louis Globe-Democrat.
Usually a little supper and a meeting
of the Knockers' club.
, Senator Stephenson of Wisconsin
' forces the inference that he did not
seek the position on account of the
salary attached thereto.
Senatorial courtesy will be put to
the test when Senator La Follette es
corts his colleague before the vice
president to take the oath.
We trust that Mr. Roosevelt will
make known before he leaves for Af
rica who will attend to the hay crop
at Sagamore Hill this year.
President Taft will have to remain
at home more than the usual. Con
gresa has allowed him but $15,000
year for traveling expenses.
"How to Avoid Pneumonia" Is the
title of an editorial In the Chicago
Tribune. One way is to keep away
from Washington inaugural week.
Colonel Hayward Is stepping up the
ladder of fame quite rapidly, but no
more speedily than he deserves. It
a good time for big Bills to get In
circulation.
Secretary .Wilson says Nebraska
wheat makes the best flour in the
world, and this Is all the more reason
why tt shoald not be shut out of the
market by an order favoring an in
ferlor grade.
Mr. Taft and the House.
President Tatt has wisely refrained
from taking any sides In the fight now
In progress In Washington between
the standpatters in the house and the
"Insurgents" who are seeking a rad
ical change of the rules In order to
lessen the dominating power of the
speaker and give the body of the rep
resentatives a larger voice in the house
proceedings. Mr. Payne, chairman of
the ways and means committee and
the moet ardent of the standpatters,
has appealed to Mr. Taft to support
the existing order of things. In order
that the revision of the tariff may be
promptly taken up and no time wasted
In a wrangle over the rules. Close on
his heels, a committee of the insur
gents has asked for Mr. Taft's endorse
ment of their plans. In both cases
the president has refused to commit
himself, 'Insisting that the house is a
law unto Itself and must make Its own
rules, without suggestion or interfer
ence on the part of the chief magis
trate. Any policy on Mr. Taft's part other
than one of noninterference would but
serve to aggravate and emphasize the
differences that now exist In the house
over the question of rules governing
that body. The house is judge of the
qualifications of Its membership and
the sole authority for the adoption of
rules of procedure. The power lodged
In the speaker comes from the action
of the members of the house. None
but those who benefit by the existing
arrangement wljl even argue that this
power is not excessive, or that reforms
re not needed. Speaker Cannon is
no more to blame than any other mem
ber of the house for the existing order
xcept to the extent he may use the
existing rules to prevent free discus
sion and debate in. favor of changes
that have been demanded. .
The need of a reform of the house
rules is generally conceded and the
public, however anxious it may be for
speedy disposition of the tariff revision
problem, will support the "insurgents"
In their fight for a revision of the
rules. A winning fight for the crea
tion of a more representative house
may be more important and produc
tive of more benefits to the country
than the passage of a tariff bill In
June, when the reorganization of the
house rules would delay action on the
tariff question for a month or two.
By a shrewd parliamentary trick, Sen
ator Aldrlch has secured the adoption
of the old senate rules for the special
session, but the house can not afford
to be imposed upon In that matter.
There Is no better time than the ex
tra session beginning on March 15 for
the house to decide whether it shall
rule Itself or be ruled by a select com
mittee of three persons.
Premier Bond's Retirement.
The. United States has more than a
passing interest in the political com
plications that have developed tn New
foundland over the resignation of Sir
Robert Bond, the premier, aa'hls re
tirement marks another certain
change in the long-standing fisheries
dispute between this country and
Great Britain. Mr. Bond was re
sponsible for the treaty which he and
Mr. Hay, then secretary of state, nego
tiated but which was defeated by the
efforts of the Gloucester fishermen.
The change in the" political complexion
of Newfoundland will cause a revival
of the old fight .
Sir Robert Bond has been premier
of Newfoundland since 1900, when his
party captured thirty-two of the
thirty-six seats in the Parliament.
Four years later he secured thirty of
the seats, but In 1908 the nartioa
broke even. Mr. Bond retained his
premiership and bis cabinet, but he
has apparently seen the hoplessnees
of accomplishing any legislative good
with a house evenly divided and so
has decided to retire and go to the
country with an appeal for vindication
and a vote of confidence. Indications
are that the opposition will win in
such a conflict and Newfoundland wTll
have the exciting experience attendant
upon a complete change of adminis
tration forces..
Eussia on the AjjfressiTe.'
The emphatic declaration of "Fight
ing Bob" Evans that Russia Is deter
minedly making preparations for an
other war with Japan finds some color
In the course' being pursued by the
Russian authorities in Manchuria. The
United States and other powers inter
ested in affairs in China have modestly
protested that Russia is falling to
carry out the terms of the treaty of
Portsmouth, which provided for the
administration of the affairs of the
Russian railroads In Manchuria. The
Russian authorities have not yet found
time to reply to these overtures, but
are going ahead ruling Manchuria
with a high hand and giving appar
ently every cause for the Japanese to
take offense.
The Manchurian crisis has been pre
clpltated by the action of the Russian
director general of the Chinese East
ern railway in closing the stores and
warehouses of the Chinese merchants
at Harbin because they have refused
to pay the taxes he has Imposed
Business is at a standstill at all sta
tions west of Harbin and a critical
situation has arisen. The tsx propo
sltlon Is somewhat trivial In Itself, but
a big question is involved in Russia's
claim of right to exercise plenary
power in the administration of the
railroad controlled by it In Man
churia. This raises the real question
of the Portsmouth treaty which gave
cmna jurisdiction in Manchuria. By
the terms of that treaty Russia and
Japan were authorized to maintain
guarda, in limited numhar to
their railroad Interests, but surren
dered the entire administration of
criminal and civil affairs . to - the
Chinese government. Russia Is now
asserting rights which are not pro
vided in the treaty, with a healthy
prospect that the control of Manchuria
may be made the subject of another
conflict like that of 1904 whfeh re
sulted so disastrously to the czar's
forces.
What it Does.
But altogether It waa admitted that the
bill does that which the promise was given
that It would do It guarantees absolutely
to every man, woman and child who has a
dollar deposited In one of the banks char
tered tinder the Nebraska laws, that
neither dishonesty nor lack of manasement
on the part of the bankers, nor the terrors
of a financial crisis ehall deprive them
from bavins; that money returned to them.
It makea their money In the bank mora
secure than In the old sock or the teapot
or cisar box. World-Herald.
This rhapsody from the Omaha
Double-ender Is lifted In praise of the
guaranty deposit law, which has Just
gone through the house at Lincoln,
but the paean does not exhaust the
possibilities of the proposition. The
soulful song of the ardent Bryanite
may be continued Indefinitely and
probably will. It is altogether likely
that after Nebraska has swung Into
line behind Oklahoma, as the Bryan
ites would have it do, that the hymn
of .praise will be continued In a
slightly different key.
The guaranty deposit law has an
other side, which is not disclosed In
the quoted paragraph. If It makea ap
parently certain the return of the de
posit to the depositor, it also makes
easy the entrance into banking circles
of men whose character would not
otherwise open the door. It may guar
antee the safety of the deposit, but it
does not guaranty the probity of the
banker. The state accepts no responsi
bility and the bankers who have built
up their business on character are not
inclined to risk their reputation by
standing sponsors for men of specu
lative genius who will be attracted to
the new field by the generous provi
sions of the law, which Mr. Bryan
and his visionary supporters are driv
ing through the Nebraska legislature.
Bleached Flour and Pure Food.
The secretary of agriculture invites
the Nebraska millers to go into court
if they want to continue making white
flour from hard wheat, and it is quite
possible that he will be accommodated.
It seems like a hair-splitting proposi
tion, but it is altogether In favor of
the Minneapolis millers, who control
the soft wheat, of which the supply
Is limited. Unless it can be clearly
proven that bleaching flour by elec
tricity is dangerous to health, the Ne
braska millers should have the
privilege.
At present it seems that the alleged
deleterious element In bleached flour
is detected only by minute and expert
chemical analysis, and the secretary
himself admits that its- presence Is
only In infinitesimal quantities. It
is dangerous in large quantities, but
one expert has said that a man would
have to eat at least . 10,000
loaves of bread made from
bleached flour in order to ac
quire enough of the precipitated ni
trate to make him sick. If this Is all
there is to the danger, the order of
Secretary Wilson may be set aside
without any special violence being
done to the pure food law.
The fake reformer who has flour
ished aloft the gonfalon of blue law
enforcement in Omaha for so long
now finds himself repudiated by his
former associates, who are trying to
extricate themselves from the morass
Into which they unwittingly followed
this enthusiast. The cause of real re
form has never been advanced by
hysteria.
The house committee on appropria
tions is doing some good work, but
has plenty of room for further efforts
in the way of killing bills. Nebras
kans do not expect cheese paring in
the legislature, but money ap
propriated should be devoted to useful
purposes and not to mere experiments.
The city council will do well not to
build any more fire houses until some
of those already built are equipped
with men and apparatus. The ex
tension of fire protection is always
a good thing, but an idle fire barn is
a poor investment.
A citizen has paid 1200 for a docu
ment aigned by George Washington,
which is not remarkable, in view of
the fact that Senator Stephenson has
paid $207,000 for a document signed
by the governor and the officials of
the legislature of Wisconsin.
A forty-pound box of dynamite fell
over a 200-foot cliff at Gadsden, Ala.,
and landed on the dinner of a man
who had just eaten and lay on his
back waiting for the 1 o'clock whistle.
The dynamite didn't explode, but the
man did.
A corps of the Norwegian army Is
being drilled to operate on skates.
Just shows the difference. An Amer
ican officer who tries to perform his
duty with his skate on is called before
a court-martial.
The salary of the press agent of the
Panama canal has been reduced from
$10,000 to $5,000 a year. Still, the
average press agent cares no more
about $5,000 than he does for one of
his arms. '
The defeat of county option in the
senate was accomplished by a narrow
margin, but it waa accomplished and
the prohibition fight is put off to an
other campaign.
"Tom Piatt may now devote all his
energies to looking after the Interests
of his express company, says an east-
ern paper, Has he ever done any
thing else?
Some sapient persona are advising
Mr. Roosevelt of the risks he takes tn
penetrating Africa. That Is all right.
In a way, but Africa is also taking
some risks.
"The 'possum will not succeed the
eagle aa our national bird," says the
Chicago Record-Herald. So the eagle
has already displaced the stork, has
it?
Another war is scheduled in Centra!
America, although we were under the
impression that the elections down
here were not held until next fall.
Break It Geatly.
Chicago Tribune.
A farmers' wheat trust? And in Nebraska?
GItImk Away family Secrets.
Charleston News and Courier.
One of the troubles with the democratic
party appears to be that It has no fixed
principles upon any public question.
Forced to alt the Game.
Pittsburg Dispatch.
The president of the New York Central
declares that there will be no more rebat
ing, being brought to a reformed state of
mind by the affirmation of that fine
against his company. But the reduction
of the standard oil fine may produce the
other effect on more Important factors In
the rebating Industry.
National Weakaeaaes.
Wall Street Journal.
A reviewer of oriental conditions saya
that China's fatal weakness Its Its lack
of aelf-consclousness. A reviewer of west-
em conditions might say with equal truth
that the greatest nuisance here and In
Europe Is an exaggerated state of aelf-
consclnusness, which keeps us and our
neighbors awake nights, planning to repel
attempt! at foreign conquest.
Boosted Rates Co ml its; Down.
Springfield Republican.
Those advanced railroad rates which took
effect on January 1 are already coming
down. They were raised without consult
ing the Interstate Commerce commission
and are being lowered without any order
from that body, which seems to be so
overwhelmed with, work In various direc
tions as to mnke one question whether the
roads have not actually a freer hand In
rate matters now than they did before tha
passage of the Hepburn rata act. The rate
advance of January was long discussed
and was finally adopted on the theory that
the vouma of traffic would' be as large
under high as low rates a very curious
economic proposition.
New Presidents Cordial Receptloa.
New" York Tribune.
The new president enters office under
the most favorable conditions. He has the
respect and confidence of the whole coun
try. Hla experience fits him in an excep
tional degree for tha work of administra
tion. He possesses polsa, breadth of view,
sanity, charity, and a wholesome sense of
humor. He can be firm, aa well as just
and kind. He has himself helped to break
tha path which his administration Is to
follow. We can aee no emergencies ahead
of him for which he la not fully prepared.
His Ideals are hlrh, his capacity Is proved.
His administration, we confidently believe,
will be fruitful In great and honorable
achievements, vindicating completely the
popular judgment which decreed his elec-
FEWER ' TAX UODGKRS.
Progress of the Stales la Reformlas
Taxation Systems.
William Allen White In American Magazine.
Thirty years ago we were a nation of
tax-dodgers. Today tha Inequities' of
taxation are shameful In American
states, but not so shameful aa they were
In the old days. During the last ten
years the tax laws of over half tha Amer
lean states have been changed in the
hope that they would be improved. Tha
full rendition law has come lnte a large
number of the states. And with It tha
state tax commission has been established
In a wkte group of the more progressive
American states. These ttates are Pennsyl
vania, New York. Indiana, Kansas, Wis
consin, Michigan, Virginia, through Its cor
poration commission; Maryland and West
Virginia, through a board of public works;
Alabama. Washington, Oklahoma, New
Mexico, North and South Caroline and Na
braska through a state board of equallia
tlon. New Jersey has an effective system
of county boards working together, and
tax commissions have been appointed by
the legislature or by the governor to codify
and revise and improve the tax lawa In
Maine, Missouri, Vermont, Ohio and New
Hampshire. In nearly every state during
the laat five yeara there has been a serious
attempt in the legislature redeeming the
pledge of a dominant party to do something
to Improve the tax system. Tha people
have grown Intolerant of Its Injustices.
They are willing wherever a full rendition
law is enacted to give In their property
at Its full value, and where the taxes In
creases thara Is not aa much complaint aa
there would have been twenty yeara ago,
The people earnestly desire to reform them
selves.
GRADl'ATED INHERITANCE TAX
Tbreateaed Federal laTasloa of
States' Pastore.
Chicago Tribune.
Tha tariff as revised may not provide Im
mediately so much revenue aa la needed.
With an eye to that contingency President
Taft suggests the adoption of new forma
of taxation. Among theae he recommends
a graduated Inheritance tax. Much can be
said in Its favor. It can be collected with
certainty and ease and at small coat. Tha
graduated inheritance tax of im brought
in HO, 000,000 in 1101 and 1903. and would be
more productive now.
When the income of the government is
falling as much below ha expenditures as
It Is now . It is the duty at congress to
supplement the customary taxes with new
onea, giving the preference to those which
are the least burdensome and whose yield
can be moat accurately estimated. The in
heritance tax a an excellent tax for ad
emergency and should be resorted to by
the national government In emergencies
only.
Thirty-six states' have inheritance tax
laws. The remaining states will adopt Ihtm
In time. Therefore, except on special occa
slons, the federal government should let
the states have undisputed possession of
this source of revenue. The spheres of
stats and federal taxation should for ob
vious reasons be aa distinct as poaaible
Furthermore, If state and national tax col
lectors were aa a regular thing to take toll
of tha same eat ate tbey might In aome
stales be a dangerously close approach to
confiscatory taxation.
Aa general business conditions Improve
tha regular internal revenue taxes will be
more productive. Tba lower duties et the
revised tariff will ultimately yield more
revenue than the higher duties have. Then
any extraordinary taxes that coagTeaa may
Irapoea because of the deficit can and
should ba resealed to""-
Washington Life
Short naSehee of Saetdeaas and
Xpiacaaei t6 Mart the Frog ra
t Bveats at the Station's Capital.
As a rule, "grr-at bod.es move slowly."
But there are exceptions tf every rule
President Taft's record as a traveler makes
him a shining exception, and puts him at
the head of the Hat. not enly aa the great
American traveler, but aa a world beater.
The Washington correspondent of the New
York Tribune compiled a record of the
distance covered by the Ohloan In nine
years, showing 300.000 miles of land and
water traversed, a greater distance, than
that of any other person of prominence
n ancient and modern times. In addition
to an almost unprecedented number of
Journeys in this country, the president went
four times to Manila, including one visit
on hte way around the globe; five times
o Panama and twice to Cuba, touching at
Porto Rico once on his way home. In
his campaign east and weet, north and
south, It waa estimated that he covered
more than 1&.000 miles, and that Is below
he figures. His goings to and fro upon the
surface of the earth began In March, 1900.
The table -rf distances which makes the
tetal of miles traveled, 202.114, doea not
Include his many Journeys up and down
tha Philippine group of Islands. It com
putes the circumnavigation of the earth
at 2S.0O0, which does not allow for all the
(Treat distances covered to and fiom places
out of tha direct line of travel. The table
of miles covered by years shows that if he
had kept up the average set for the first
wo months of 1909 ha would have nearly
equaled the record of 1908 and exceeded
that for any other year. The table fol
lows, tha mileage for 1901 and 1902 count
ing the return journey from Manila as
completed, although he was on board
hip when the veers closed:
Miles Miles
Years. traveled. Years. traveled.
H.J60 1905 33a
i"i .onn i9c w 11 07f
190.1 23.145 1907 3.0j.
1903 8.000 19W 4757ft
1904 U.TM 1909 B.9S0
Total ....302.111
Senators having aspirations In the direc
tion of oratory had better keep their
weather eye on that man Cummins, sen
ator from Iowa, relatea a correspond Mi t of
tfie Brooklyn Eagle. He has not had bjI
opportunity to get off an article of the real
oratory sort m the United States senate
yet, but when he does the young, old,
and middle-aged Demostheneses will wake
up.
The senator has a strong, penetrating
voice, his enunciation Is particularly clear,
and his English is of the brand that even
Senator Lodge cannot take exceptions to.
And his gestures they are all right. When
his audience applauds too long he raises
his rlgtit hand, a la Roosevelt, and still
ness reigns supreme. Senator Cumins has
been before the public for a long time as
a speaker. He reoites a story of his first
offense before a gathering of old soldiers.
He had prepared hla speech, but In the
excitement of the reception preceding the
banquet he left the maeiucrtpt In his over
coat pocket. When the time came for him
to address Uie old vets he felt for his
papers. Thy were outside. He was em
barrassed, but started In boldly with:
I am not a veteran of the civil war.
Unfortunately, I waa born too late to have
shared with you the hardships of the strife,
the sorrows of defeat, and the Joya of vic
tory In that great battle waged for human
kind."
There ha atuck. Three times he rot that
far, but the next sentence was not forth
coming. Things began to look haay wlien
a vet seated In the rear of the hall. In a
whisper loud enough to be heard over the
room, said:
"It's a i n pity he waa ever born at
all."
living quietly in Washington Is a retired
army officer, whose association with one
of the greatest events in the civil war ren
ders him conspicuous among hundreds of
brave men. This Is Colonel FYed Fugar,
United States army, who, for the remark
able period of forty-five yeara served In
one command of the United States army.
Battery A, of the Fourth artillery.
Thia waa the famous troop pf Lieutenant
Alonzo Cushlng, which lay In tha "Bloody
Angle" at Gettysburg and repulsed the
great "Pickett's charge." which marked
the "high water mark of the rebellion.4'
Alonso Cushlng, a deecendent of the cele
brated Colonel Job Cushlng of Massa
chusetts of revolutionary fame, and son of
the New York woman noted as "Mary,
the Mother of Cuahlngs." was one of the
four sons whose wonderful record during
the civil waa has added tha brightest tuater
to the Cushlng name. ,
Ailonso waa a West Pointer, while his
brother William, who aank the Albermarle
and lived to retire In peace, was the hero
of one of the greatest exploits of the war.
Another brother, Howard, was with Law
ton when that great Indian fighter ran
down Oeronlmo In Arisona. and finally
captured him and his band by the simple.
but hitherto Impossible, expedient of tiring
him out. A fourth brother had an honor
able career In the navy during the war.
Colonel Fugar was first sergeant of Bat
tery A on the memorable day at Gettys
burg, and it wis Into his arms that the
heroic Cushlng, already torn with bullets
In the arm and shoulder, fell an.d dted when
he received his mortal wound. The com
mand then devolved upon Fugar; and in
the engagement eighty-three out of ninety
horses, forty-five out of ninety men and two
officers, composing the little troop, were
killed. Only at Oravelotle, according to
military historians, was the loaa of life
greater in a single command. Sergeant
Fugar was knocked down by a shell, which
ploughed up the ground under him, but
was not Injured The division of which
Battery A was s part waa commanded by
General Alexander 8. Webb afterward
president of the City college of New York,
and it was part of Hancock's corps.
For his services on this day. In the ac
tion which marked the turning point of
the war. Sergeant Fugar was given a com
mission; and he continued In the army until
nine yeara ago. Ha had seen five years
service among the Indians before th civil
war opened, and was IX years old at the
time of Gettysburg. The Confederate Gen
eral Armiaiead, who commanded ona of the
divisions of Pickett's oorps, waa killed
within a rod of where Cushlng fell. Both
spots are new marked with monuments.
Some years after the war, the Seventy-
second souaves were trying through the
courts to establish their right to a mem
orlal on the flelj of Gettysburg, and In tha
course cf the proceedings Fugar was called
to testify as to the relative positions oc
cupied by several eomreanda. Ha was kept
on the stand from o'clock In the morning
until ( o'clock at night, and cross-examined
to tha limit of hla patience by tha young
lawyers who were trying tha case of the
Zouavea. Finally, after an unusually se
vere grilling aa to feet, yards and Inches,
tha old soldier let hlmaelf loose with ona
angry outburst:
"Gentlemen, I did not carry a tape meas
ure with me that day," he shouted.
No more questions were asked him.
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PERSONAL NOTES.
It coat the Illinois colonels 1400 to buck
the snow drifts In Washington.
It la gratifying to know that a woman's
league in New York voted down a truculent
member who declared that the only good
man la a dpad men.
A New Tork writer advertined that ha
had received a fortune and desired to in
vest it. Then he wrote stories about the
people whom his fake lured.
Little sympathy should -be wasted upon
the Phtladelphian who was robbed of 3"0
in the Philadelphia, city hell. He must
have known the desperate chancea he was
taking.
While there has been no opportunity for
an exact count, about a thousand editora
are commending congress for favoring a
change In Inauguration day "In accordance
with our suggestion."
William B. Smart, a first aaftlstunt as
sessor for the city of Boston, the oldest
active newspaper ninn In the state and
for nearly a half century connected with
the Boston Fost staff, died recently at his
home In Dorchester.
Now a woman In Chicago wants a di
vorce because her husband not only lets
her have the last word, but makes her
do all the talking which shows how the
dearest privilege, the most hotly defended
right, becomes a hardship when it Is put
In the light of a duty.
The strong opposition of a section of the
British cabinet to the prevailing jingo
sentiment compelled the ministry to modify
the extreme two-power naval plan, by
excluding the United States. It is not
much of a concession to peace, but every
little he'lps. It Is more of a concession to
the necessities of a treasury deficit, and
sources of taxation that are squeexed to
the limit.
One of the Incidental humors of the Taft
Inauguration ceremony, according to a be
lated account. Is that Chief Justice Fuller,
in administering the oath, called upon tha
new resident to "execute" rather than
"defend" the constitution of the United
States. Aind Mr. Taft solemnly promised
that he would. The only bystander who
noticed the slip was Senator Knox, who
whlepered to his new chief, "Don't do It."
Mrs. Laura Smith, whose death was re
corded recently In the west, worked with
her husband for years to get a tunnel
through the Rio mine In Colorado. When
hope waa almost gone they won a prize
of $15,000, and with that sum the ore waa
laid bare, and they made about a million
and a half of money. Then, after having
fought a hard fight an long together, the
couple separated, were divorced and the
woman married again, to die In almoat
poverty.
THE SIX PER CENT RETl'R.
Railroad Standard of rroflt Set
IP
by Jadge MePherson.
Chicago Tribune.
The Missouri railroads have won the first
round In their fight against the 2-cent pas
senger rate and the lower freight rates pre
scribed by the state legislature. A district
court judge has held In their favor. The
circuit court of appeals and the supreme
court are yet to be heard from.
In the case of the Consolidated Gas com
pany the supreme court held that It could
charge rates which would enable It to pay 6
per cent-on a valuation -whlch had the
stamp of approval of the state legislature.
The judge wno heard the Missouri rate
cases admits that railroads and gas com
panies do not stand precisely on-the same
footing, but ha contends that railroads,
when economically built and properly man
aged, are entitled to 'a 6 per cent return.
He Is of the opinion that the Missouri roads
were properly built and are properly man
aged, that the rates established by the leg
islature would not provide aufficlent rev
enue from Interstate business, and that,
therefore, they are1 confiacatory.
The finding may be a Just one as re
gards the rates. It appears that the 2-cent
passenger fare did not stimulate travel to
the extent Us advocates assumed It would.
If the legislature had made the rate half a
cent higher it would have just about hit
the mark, ft may be that the valuation put
by the court on the Missouri roads, some
of which are popularly aupposed to be
greatly overcapitalised, la not in excess
of their actual value. But, while the su
preme court haa allowed a gas company a
8 per cent return, It may not be prepared
to make that a general rule as to railroadk.
If It were to do so there-w'ould be a kind
of guaranty of per cent'on the valuation
of all roads which could convince the courts
that their capitalisation did not exceed
their real value. No road would admit that
It was overcapitalized and the courts might
be kept busy ascertaining true valuations.
The establishment of the 6 per cent theory
For Making Fudge
and Tally get
A pure, fine-flavored syrup that
makes the finest kind of candy.
la I Sc. Ma, aad SOc tlaa at all grocers
A book of cooking and
ctndy-mtkinq rtclpts
$tnt free cs rtquttt.
COM riODUCTS IOIMNC CO
New Ysrk
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prima qualities which
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sire the finest, most healthful food.
Royal is the only Baking Powder
mad from Royal Crap Craana of Tartar
might be followed In many instabrea by a
raising of rates.
During a season of industrial depression
the earnings of the community decrease.
Business concerns have to put up with
smaller earnings and to economise whe.ro
possible. It has seemed only natural that
railroads should ehare their lot. It would
be a great thing for the roads If they
could be put In a position where a heavy
Increase of rates would be Justifiable dur
ing a season of light Uefflo so that their
earnings might suffer no diminution. The
supreme court has not yet put them in so
enviable a footing. .
LINES TO A LAUGH.
"That fellow has all kind of money,"
remarked the worshiper e wwalth.
"Yes." was the reply. "But he's mlirhty
careful not to spoil hla eolleettkwi by losing
any specimens." Waahtoglon. Star.
"In bad electrical storma there Is en.
thing which is general, even Including peo
ple not at all curious."
"What is that?"
"Everybody Is Inclined to rubber." Balti
more American. ,
Mr. Jftwbaok Mr. Branelgh ge4a rilOOO a
year Just for furnishing hia firm with
Ideas. I'd like to have a job like that.
Mrs. Jawback Yea and we'd starve to
death. Cleveland Leader. ,
The Pastor What! You want tn be mar
ried to this man? Why, womtn, he'a as
drunk aa he can be! ,
The Pxride WkII. hurry, or he might
sober up. St. Louis Tlmea.
"Why have you thrown over Mr. Piter ?"
"Oh," I could never marry a man with a
crooked leg." -
"What made his leg crooked?"
"I ran over it with my motor car."
Success. i .
Jane That deceitful Gimble girt poaes an
a perfect angel. To hear her talk to the
men you'd think that the maids up In
Paradise were duntlug pff her wings.
Mame I think It more likely they are
fireprooflng them. Cleveland Plain Dealer.
Queen Gertrude isn't it terrible! Ophelia
raving out here and Hamlet soliloquizing1
all over t'he place. What a trial!
King Claudius Yes. hut. : thank heaven!
there won't be any expert testimony in II,
or any unwritten law. Puck.
"Pinks in very much, run down. I hear."
"Well. h or ail men ought ;to be able to
build himself up."
"Why?" ' - '
"Great Scott, man. Isn't he an architect?"
Baltimore American.
A SEND-OFF.
Wallace Irwin In Collier's.
Say, Teddy, we have joked about those
Spaotaclea and Teeth, .
We have Joshed you on your Strenuous
-Proclivity;
Now a "little? Wortf. rWt -fjaerAm, the
Heart that beats beneath
And the Purpose that was truo to your
activity.
For you're going vou're . going, and we
scarce believe It's true;
Yes, a sort of lonesome feeling, like an f
row, shoots ua through
By the Uwa that got the scrubbing
And the Trusts that took the clubbing,
'Twill be many a cold, hard winter ere w
see the like of you!
Here's a bumper to you, Teddy, and so
long to you!
gee the Manhood of the Nation rise and
throng to you.
It the IVedatories roast you
We, the People, rise and toast you
In a cup of Glory, Teddy and so-long to
you!
You were often hard to follow In your
chase for Bull and Bear;
And your walks with Army Captains my,
you hiked it so!
Say, we almost choked tn see you beard
the Congress In Its lair
And emerge without an bump and O you
liked It so!
You were never dull or clammy yon were
either pleased or vexed.
And we woke up mornings asking, "What
will he be doing next?"
Will he give the railroads Hades,
Or expresa hla vlewa on Ladlee
Or 'mpale some Rabbit Faker on a pointed
Moral Text?"
Here's a bumper 'to you,' Teddy, and ao
long to you!
Here's a banxal and a broadside and a
song to you
By the Slaves that you have fathered
And the Masters you have bothered.
We, the People, wake the welkin and so
long to you!
You have bred a Bunch of Language that
will live beyond Its day.
You have told the Truth where Lies might
le defensible;
You have butted in where angels would
have fainted dead away,
Yet your matinee has been always com-
mor sensible.
You have raked the old traditions of Oie
barnacles that clung.
You have whizzed Into the Bee Hive where
the Nation s Honev hung.
You have spotted out the shirkers
As thev fed among the workers;
Aind there's been an awful bussing from
the Drones when they were atungt
Here's a bumper to you. Teddy and so
long to you!
Here's the send-off of the Nation free and
strong M you:
rxn and rest In wild Zambezi.
Hunt the Lien oh. that' easv
You hsve bagged some Big Ones, Teddy
and ao-long to you! ,