THE BEE: OMAHA. TUESDAY, APRIL 13. lf09.
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. STATEMENT Or- CIRCULATION.
Stat of Nebraska.' Douglas County, aa:
CJeorge B Tsschuck, treaaurer of Tha Bee
Publishing eompany, being duly aworn, aaya
, that the te.ual number of full and complete
. enota of The Dallv, Morning. Evening and
Bunday Wee printed during the month of
March. IiK. waa aa follows:
1
. 39.C30 17 M.tM
, . M.1M It ,30
. ,300 , 1 TC.000
, . a,ao so ,aao
,. M,M 11. CT.tSO
,. 3,n 13.-.. .o
, . 37.000 it 3O.070
. S3.M0 2t....'..i.. SS.S30
, . 8,100 2 .,40
, . S,00 J I fJiSO
, , Sg,g30 ' 27- IMS
,. ,70 ' ' l 37.400
, . SS.100 11 ,0fl0
, . 37 JO 10 M.870
. M,NO tl 4U.3M
1,307,480
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Total
Not total 1,107,188
Dally average 4,1T
, GEORGE B. TZSCHUCK. Treaaurer.
. subaorlbed In my preaenoa and aworn to
before mo thia let day of April. lo.
' t. P. WALKER, -
18c,1) Notary Public.
wmur oct or tow,
likwrlktn teavlwgr the eltj teaa.
perarlly skeala have The Bee
tailed t thean. Aadrees mill be
mm aft reejneated.
A beautiful windy Easter Sunday
and tha next day it snowed.
A Georgia man ate dynamite. It
wag simply a cast of falling down and
taking tbe elevator.
la regard to the Impartial enforcement pf
Wia Sloeumb law Omaha waa never ao well
governed aa at presnt.-World-Hrald. ,,
Tben what's the holler?
.The promoters, bare lost an oppor
tunity. They bare not yet been
iround selling airship stock.
If Governor Shallenberger wants
some really high-class colonels, better
use the advertising columns of The
Bee.
Trimming a shade tree has a ten
dency to widen tbe field of view, but
it does' pot" work that way with the
big hat.
The mild winter in the east ties
helped out the oal pile, but the sum
mer price of Ice is to be higher. Bless
ing are seldom twins.
That Canadian who eloped with his
mother-in-law explains that he had to
keep her anyhow and couldn't afford
to maintain two households.
A Boston paper, is printing daily
stories of the late B. Franklin. It is
a shame to put some of them onto a
man who cannot be here to defcad
timttlf.
Kullroad statistics indicate that over
oO.OOO people have settled in the rural
districts of Washington this spring.
A t'e more years of auch records will
solve the problem of settlement in that
section. v
Mayor Jim and bis oumocratic asso
ciate promise to stand on any plat
form that Is bulh for them. Give
them the offices and they don't care
who writes the platform or what they
writ into It. '
ejr
The
new. cult ''pragmatism" fa a
fine; as the acceptance of all that is
true, wnOrever found. If every man
who thinka he knows It all Joins the
Mot its membership will be large
sough to command attention.
The president Is having some
trouble finding suitable material tor
diplomatic positions. The crop of
lsme ducks is fully as large as usual,
4 but jtbe quality of the material doea
not ippear to be up t standard.
Mr. Bryan'a trln.to Texas to plead
with the democratic legislature there
U enact a deposit guaranty law failed
X the desired effect. Texag now goes
oa the black list along with Colonel
Guffey and Congressman Fitzgerald.
The smart lawyer. Interpretation
of th 8 o'clock closing law as refer
ring oply to th sale of. liquor offers
the thirsty man some consolation. He
may stand in front of th bsr and
think, about it all night, if he pleases.
It aught not to be a difficult matter to
frame a ' democratic platform thia year
World-Herald.
Certainly not. Put anything into
t you pleas and then add this clause:
"We promise everything and deliver
nothing."
Mr. Harrtman announces that sloe
his return from his vacation h i-els
'ike a new men. if tbe new man rtu
licatea tbe record of the old ous
there will jtot be much left in the life
fit railroads for the other fellows lo
clay with.
Mr. Bailey's Outburst.
Senator Bailey of Texas Is In an 111
humor, or st least he wis Saturday.
It is a hsbtt Mr.- Bailey has. Whetbpr
he worked enough of it out of his sys
tem on that occasion to enable him to
see things in a more cheerful light has
not yet developed. With Mr. Roosevelt
and the big stick on the high seas, the
Texan opened his batteries on the ex
presldent. and then proceeded to fire a
few rounds of his remaining ammuni
tion at Mr. Taft. The cause of the out
burst wss the rumor that President
Taft would follow the precedent set by
his predecessor and veto tbe census bill
If tbe measure, when finally passed,
did not meet with his approval.
With tbla as a text, Mr. Bailey pro
ceeded to state his opinion that Mr.
Taft had a less desirable preparation
for the presidency than any man who
ever occupied that position:
He went from the bench, where tha ten
dency la toward a certain kind of tyranny.
There In scarcely a federal Judge In the
t'nlted Stateo of twenty years' eervlce who
haa not become arbitrary, Irritable and
aumelimea tyrannical. I do not mean that
thia experience would corrupt him In the
enae of making him venal, but It tenda
to corrupt him In tho senae that It teaches
him to oppose hie will against all obata.
Clea.
The voters last November did not take
Mr. Bailey's view of the matter and
nothing has since transpired to lead
them to endorse either his premise or
his conclusions. In the first place, Mr.
Taft'a service on the bench was not of
sufficient duration for him to have ac
quired the propensities indicated. la
the second place, thinking men will be
slow to adopt tbe view that service on
the bench, with the habits of careful
analysis which it engenders, is an ele
ment of unfitness for passing intelli
gently upon the numerous problems
which the president of the United
States is called upon to solve. Rather
would they expect It to prove a sheet,
anchor against impulsive and ill-considered
acts.
The only apparent unfitness which
long continued service on the bench
might logically be expected to engen
der would be a lack of administrative
ability, due to lack of opportunity to
exercise executive functions. That. Mr.
Taft'a Judicial experience has not pro
duced this effect in his case Is am pay
testified by his record. As the virtual
head of the government of the Philip
pines and as secretary of war, Mr.
Taft demonstrated that ,he possessed
these qualities In tbe highest degree.
His insight into the problems which
confronted him was clear, his fairness
at all times beyond question, and his
faculty,, of securing results never, ex
ceeded. - Measured by every recognized
standard, Mr.. Taft'a record knocks all
tbe ground from under such predictions
as those voiced by Mr. Bailey, and the
only reasonable conclusion Is that In
seeking a target for bis grouch he
thought the president tbe most con
venient thing to shoot at.
Taft and the South.
That the south,' although from tra
dition it voted against him, expects
much from President Taft Is becoming
more and more evident. During his
southern trip, prior to hia inaugura
tion, Mr. Taft'a personality won tbe
hearts and his utterances found prompt
response In tbe sentiments of the peo
ple of tbe south. As an example of
present feeling, the speech of Secre
tsry of War Dickinson, at a banquet in
Chicago, is significant. As a member
of the cabinet he may fairly be set
down to voice tbe sentiment of Mr.
Taft and th administration. As a
southerner born, and retaining all his
southern sympathies and Interest, he
can with just as much reason be ex
pected to know and speak the views of
the south. In his address to the South
ern society Mr. Dickinson said:
No prealdent could effectively help, and
none would continue to be disposed to help,
those who are repellant or coldly distant.
There 'la certalfTly now a happy conjunction.
Wo have a president who sincerely wlahea
to actively co-operata with us to promote
our general welfare, and our people believe
In him and. g've him their fullest con
fidence. If that were all, the combina
tion would lack an eaaentlal quality. The
people of the north, aa la amply nianl
fcated by the public preaa, are In full
harmony with the utterances of the prea
ldent in reapect of the south. Thia la an
Invaluable condition, for full fruition can
not come without their hearty approval
and co-operation.
The south needs the north, with its
restless activity, to make it measure
up to the fullness of its opportunities.
Theoretically, the antagonism which
once kept the two sections apart has
long alnce passed away. It needs but
th warm personality of a leader likf
Mr. Taft to render that sentiment a
moving, impelling force. Possessing
th confidence and affection of both
sections, north and south are looking
forward to a period of mutual Inter
course and harmonious Interest.
Deportation of Cattro.
The action of the French govern
ment in ordering Castro out of Mar
tinique marks another phase in a new
era in South and Central American
affairs. The United States. Mexico and
European nationa have come to the
conclusion tnat the interests of the
world peace demand more settled con
ditions In that section of th universe.
Investments by their citizens have
reached auch proportions that revolu
tions must no longer be permitted to
be the thief industry In the so-called
republics.
In times psst It haa been tbe com
mon practice for politicians nut of
power to repair to some nearby port,
under another flag, and there await
the opportunity to atart a revolution to
overturn the existing government. This
aciompllahed. th next move on the
program was to loot the industries or
the country, la order, to Recoup the
revolutionary speculators and furnUh
a nest egg on which they could live at
ease when they themselves should, In
turn, be driven out of power.
Not daring to re'urn to Venezuela,
his native country. Csstro stopped In a
French port with the vowed purpose
of laying his plans to reinstate himself
In power, and France has properly de
creed that he shall not make Its flog
a hsven under which to csrry on stlch
an enterprise. If by this policy the
stronger powers succeed In bringing
about a more settled condition in the
8outh American republics, their Im
mense natural resources will, In a com
paratively short time, make them of
real value to the world's progress and
give their own people an opportunity
to enjoy the blessings of permanent
peace and prosperity.
Texas and Nebraska.
In reconvening the legislature In ex
tra session to make good platform
pledges violated In the regular session
the governor of Texas emphasizes the
difference' between Texas and Ne
braska. Nebraska has just witnessed
the adjournment of a democratic leg
islature that has likewise failed to
make good most of the platform
pledges on which Its members were
elected. As to tha record of Ne
braska's late democratic legislature,
listen to what Edgar Howard aaya of
it In his Columbus Telegram, whoae
democracy will hardly be questioned:
The legislature built a bank guaranty
law which Is the laughing stock of the state.
By corporation influence this good demo
cratic measure (the Initiative and referen
dum) waa killed.
The lobby took all th teeth out of the
physical valuation bill.
These are only a few of the Indict
ments brought against Nebraska's
democratic legislature in the house of
Its democratic friends. If an extra
session is needed In Texas to make
good violated pledges, what about Ne
braska? A Fiction.
' A pronouncement by the Anti
Seloon league of Its demands in the
way of a program for the next Fire
and Police commission for Omaha In
cludes the following:
An abandonment of the policy of police
protection of criminals and the expulsion
of all known criminals from Omaha.
A policy cannot be abandoned unless
such a policy exists. This fiction has
been bruited far and wide and, doubt
less, repeated so often that some good
people actually believe it. Yet we
have had grand jury after grand jury
called here In Douglas county, but not
one of them could discover anything
that looked like police protection for
any criminal. The alleged policy of po
lice protection of criminals simply does
not exist in Omaha and It could not
exist without evidence being forth
coming long ago to warrant Indict
ments and prosecutions.
Omaha's police record will compare
favorably with -the. police, record of any
city anywhere near approaching its
site, particularly in the way of profes
sional crime. The records show that
the Omaha police are constantly turn
ing over to the authorities of other
cities criminals picked up here, which
controverts effectively the charge of
police protection and immunity.
The Anti-Saloon league should not
build its platform on a repeatedly ex
ploded fiction.
An Unanswered Question.
The United Slates government requires
the depoHlt of specific security when It en
trusts money to a national bank although
It can examine the bank at any time; the
state requires security when It deposits
money In a bank: the county requires se
curity and the city requires security; even
the banks require security from the offi
cials who handle the money. Why should
the depositor be left to take Ms chances?
Not only Is the depositor without protec
tion, but the security given to nation, state,
county and city lessens his security. They
are preferred creditors: they have a mort
gage on the gilt-edged anxets and the de
poailor must get along aa best he can
with what remains. Why are the intereata
of deposit ora thus neglecled? Bryan'a To
peka Addreas, August, lin.
In the current Issue of the Com
moner Mr. Bryan prints In full the law
enacted by our legislature under this
approving caption: "Nebraska'a Guar
anteed Deposits Law Enacted by a
Democratic Legislature and Signed by
a Democratic Governor." Careful
reading of tbe law, however, falls to
show that it answers Mr. Bryan's ques
tion. With tbe guaranty scheme in opera
tion, the Individual depositors In Ne
braska banks will still be at the same
disadvantage as heretofore, aa com
pared with the nation, state, county
and city as depositor. Under this lsw,
the conditions exacted by the United
States government to secure money
entrusted to a national bank will re
main unchanged. The state will still
require speclsl security when It de
posits money in a bank, state or na
tional. Tbe county will still require
security and the city will still require
security just the same as before. If
banks, or fraternal societies, or big
corporations are exacting special se
curity now to make tbem preferred
creditors, they will continue to be pre
ferred creditors to the sain extent,
bile the individual depositor will
"get along aa best he can with what
remains."
The Nebraska deposit guaranty law,
"enacted by a democratic legislature
and signed by a democratic governor."
leavea the state In tbe same incon
sistent attitude as before, so severely
criticised by Mr. Bryan, of exacting tor
ita deposits special security over and
above the aecurlty required for or
dinary depositors, "although it can ex
amine the bank at any time."
If Mr. Bryan .approves Nebraska'a
guaranteed deposits law as an ideal
example of democratic legislation, ho
wlll h.e to revise all the speeches on
that subject which he made during
the campaign.
When th appraisers made that
award or 16, 263.195.4 every member
of the Water board proclaimed at-tbe
top of his vole that he would never,
never, never think of paying it. Now
the Water board is aaking the taxpay
ers of Omaha to vote a $6,600,000
mortgage on their property to enable
them to hand over the money to th
Water company. What has produced
the change?
Senator Aldrlch must be a diplomat
as well as a statesman. He Is said lo
have broken it gently to the delegation
of Chicago women that the tariff on
stocklnga wag not levied on the bash
of size.
Greater Omaha la on the way, but
it would take a good, big jump It It
could be placarded In the coming cen
sus with a population of Omaha and
South Omaha combined.
If the public can survive until the
doctors agree among themselves
whether bencoate of soda Is harmful
or not, the soda will have won an In
contestable verdict.
It is to be hoped there will be no
coolness between President Taft and
Secretary Knox Just because Pennsyl
vania won a boat race from Yale.
Choose . the I.caat.
- San Francisco Call.
What la a tariff? A tariff, children, la
a choice of evils.
Haatlwg Their Holes.
Chicago Record-Herald.
What naa become of the people who
were declaring a whlla ago that Roose
velt was going to keep on being president
during Tait's administration?
Hove Tlnaea Change.
Washington Herald.
Grover Cleveland'a pltcuro la to adorn a
new issue of S20 gold certificates. Time
was when that would have been likely to
Uirow a number of people Into fits.
Amnesty tor Political Offenders.
Cleveland Plain Dealer.
The, Spanish cabinet will offer a bill
to give amnesty to all political offen
ders. Wa need no legislation of that kind
here. All that la necessary Is to change
presidents, and the offenders come flock
ing back. .
A Lonesome Marathon.
Kansas City Journal.
That Nevada county which woo Culon!l
Byt.n's mule as a premium for giving th
lt.rgest democratic gain In th November
election should not feel too much elated.
There were no competitors.
Recovering Mineral l.anda.
New Tork World.
Tne recovery of tlOO.000,000 worth of coal
lands by the government as tha result of
a suit against the Northern Pacific in the
district court' of' Montana follows close
upon the settlement with the Union Pacific
by which tho government recovered a val
uable tract of mineral land. Thia la the
right kind of conservation of natural re
sources. The CapltwlatU of the Colonels.
Springfield tMaas.) Republican.
The signing of" the daylight closing sa
loon bill by Governor Shallenberger of Ne
braska has coat him no leas than three
colonels, all from. Omaha, whoso resigna
tions from the governor's ataff testify to
Mayor Dhlmans anger over the enact
ment of tho aforesaid law. Of course, the
resignation of thre colonels is a warlike
act, and war la Inevitable In the democ
racy of Nebraska. The bill referred to
permits liquor aelling by saloons only dur
ing daylight hours, and the Omaha demo
crats feol the Insult to their manhood to
the very marrow of their bones.
K1CKI.U OVKR THE TRACES.
SlgalBrant Fentnrea of Dlvlalona In
Democratic Camp.
Washington Herald (Ind.).
William J. Bryan's aatlafactlon with the
condition And prospecta of the democratic
party Is serene and Invincible. Reviewing
the laat presidential campaign in a a peach
to tha Texas legislature on April 6. Mr.
Bryan said that the party had made a re
markable showing, when the forces arrayed
against it were taken into consideration.
His surprise was not that the party did not
receive more votes, but that It received aa
many votes at it did. So near victory waa
he that a change ofIi.OOO votes In the
doubtful st a tea would have altered tha re
sult of the national election. "We mad a
brava fight," concluded Mr. Bryan, "and
we have more than 1000.000 voters who can
neither be bought not intimidated, and,
huwever discouraged they may feel, I want
to say that I would Infinitely rather go
down to defeat fighting upon the platform
on which I ran than to hold the office of
president of the United States and owe my
election to tho Influence that elected my
opponent." . .
Tet It waa a defeat, aa Mr. Bryan ad
mits; still, tho consolatory thing about the
democratic defeat waa that the party made
progress by forcing the optwsltlon to take
up democratic projects and democratic
principles and put them Into effect. It
might have been pleasant to divide up the
loaves and fishes, but Mr. Bryan thinks it
better to have seen principles advance and
tho republican party compelled to make
terms with the people to retain Ita hold on
power.
He declares himself proud of thia record
a record of influence over the course of
events without the responsibility of ad
ministration. What. then, must he think of
those democrats who are throwing away
opportunity to put Into practice the prin
ciples of their party and their platform by
going over bodily to tha republican protec
tion camp? How are .these men advancing
the doctrines of the opposition or exercis
ing any Influence that will be creditable lo
their party? W may Judge, perhaps, from
his condemnation of the democratic repre
sentatives in congress who failed to support
the movement to reform the house rules.
Theae men. aaya Mr. Bryan, were dragged
out of their party by secret Influences and
made to betray the Intereata of I.OnO.OOO
democrats. He hopes that all good demo
crats will draw a lne against theae men,
and that they will be retired to private life
to contemplate th saying that a good name
ia rather to be cherished than great riches.
Thus another gap looms up between the
democratic leader and a considerable sec
tion of his rairty, the most significant fea
ture of which Is that th protectionist
democrats com mainly fremt tha south this
time. More than thirty southern demo
crats voted against free lumber the other
day. defeating a proportion that waa dis
tinctly laid down in the democratic na
tional platform. Mr. Bryan may read theae
men out of the party, but ha cannot retire
them from public life, for they ar aup-
, ported b their coetituen
Army Gossip
f the rirtng x.iaa OJeaaa from
taa Army aal JTavy Bagtatar.
Where special medical treatment Is re
quired for officers of the army, serving
without troops, which cannot otherwise
be had than by the employment of a ape
clalist. payment may be mada for auch
services, although the approval of the eur
geon general i obtained aubsequent to the
treatment. Where th treatment la neces
sary because of chronic complaint the
authority must be secured from the sur
geon general before a specialist can be
employed.
The chief signal officer of the army will
renew his recommendation for an appro
priation by congress for military balloon
ing, with a requeet that authority be given
or tne expenditure or tne appropriation
In the development of mechanical flight as
related to the operations of the rmy. lst
year, the estimate submitted by the secre
tary of war amounted to IMn.000 and Gen
eral Allen expects to submit an estimate
of at least that amount, to tho end that
this country may keep pace wlh the prog
ress made abroad In the art and develop
the dirigible ni the aeroplane.
General Allen, the chief signal officer of
the army, has taken up the question of th
design of tho two gold medals for which
congress appropriated 1.100 as a mark of
distinction for the Wright brothers on ac
count, of their development of the aero
plane. The fund at the disposal of the
War department la not sufficient to do
tnuch more than furnish the two medals
which may bear nothing more than a sim
ple inscription showing the object of the
emblems. It Is considered that. under
the circumstarces, this will serve the pur
pose quite as well as any deelgn descrip
tive of the work of the Inventors.
Borne of the members, of the permanent
personnel of the army signal corps who
Will form the next class at the army signal
school at Fork Leavenworth are Captain
C. B. Hepburn, on duty at Fort Wood;
O. A. Nesmith, on duty at Fort Omaha;
W. L. Clarke, on duty in the Philippines;
H. W. Stamford, on duty with the cable
ship Burnslde, and C. 8. Wallace, the dis
bursing officer of the army signal office.
Later similar assignments will be given to
Captain George C. Burnell and Captain
C. F. Hartmann of the army signal corps,
both on duty at Fort Leavenworth; In
addition to whom will be detailed for In
struction at tho school a number of of
ficers of the line, making a clasa of fifteen
or sixteen. The class at the school of 1910
will embrace the remaining officers of the
army signal corps below the grade of
major who have not had an opportunity
to attend the school.
The prospective retirement upon his own
application of Brigadier General John B.
Kerr has awakened the keenest Interest
In the appointment of an army officer to
the grade of brigadier general. This will
be the first vacancy In tho list of general
officers of the army to be filled by Presi
dent Taft and the event has a significance
In the possibility that It may serve as an
Indication of Mr. Taffs policy In the
matter of such appointments. The agree
able and hopeful guess Is made that Mr.
Taft will recognize seniority Instead of any
such demoralizing Icregulartty as the se
lection of juniors which prevailed under
Mr. Roosevelt. It Is also assumed that the
vacancy created by the retirement of Gen
eral Kerr-will mean the selection of a suc
cessor from the cavalry arm, in which
event, naturally, the expectation Is In favor
of the appointment of Colonel J. A. Augur
of the Tenth cavalry, the senior officer of
his grade, who would have until August,
1913, to serve before statutory retirement.
Other officers . who have been mentioned
as "eligible" are Colonels J. H. Dorst,
Third cavalry; F. K. Ward, Seventh cav
alry, and Alexander Rodgers, Sixth cavalry.
Arrangements are being made by th
army aignal corps for the coming sum
mers work In military ballooning. Tills
work will be done at Fort Myer under
the general direction of Lieutenant Frank
B. Lahm, who will have associated with
him Lieutenants R. 8. Bamberger, B. D.
Foulols and John G. Winter, and prob
ably other officers to be designated here
after, together with a detachment of sig
nal corpa men of special training in mili
tary ballooning. On of the provisions In
the contracts with the Wright brothers
and that of Herring Is that instruction In
the operation of their respective flying ma
chines shall be imparted to one or two
army offlcera. Some doubt la entertained
whether anything will be . presented by
Herring, although, under his contract, he
would be able to submit a Wright aero
plane and receive the contract price. It Is
doubtful, however. If th Wrights would
ell their machine for such a purpose.
Until tho Wrights and Herring deliver
their machines In June the ! work of the
army balloonlsts will be confined to opera
tions with the dirigible. No work Is des
tined to be done In military ballooning at
Omaha during the coming summer.
Most gratifying results have attended
the determined efforts of the military
authorities to apprehend deserters from the
army. Some months ago General Alnw
worth, the adjutant general of the army,
adopted the method by which deserters
should be reported to military and civil
authorities In the United States and tha
Philippine. When a desertion is reported
to the War department the adjutant gen
eral's office preparea a circular contain
ing two photographera one In profile and
other of full face of the deserter, together
with a detailed description taken from the
record of enlistment. Four thousand copies
of each circular are sent out within twenty
four hours of the report of the desertion,
which ia thua made known to company,
troop and battery commanders, recruiting
officers, municipal and railway police of
ficials, marshals, sheriffs, etc. It Is tha
policy of the War department to pursue
deaertera relentleealy. and the results have
been shown In the increased apprehension
of those who ao aeparate themaelvea from
the military eervlc. In June. 1907. there
were l.Sta military convicts; a year later
there'were 1.W8, and last January there
ware 1.31, with the probability that the
number haa reached SO by thia time.
Hitherto, the War department made no
systematic effort 'to apprehend deserters.
The new system Is bound to have an In
fluence In discouraging desertions, where
the chances of arreat are ao manifestly
improved.
Naming the Pack.
New York Sun.
Reapecifullv but firmly we decline to be
lieve the dispatch sent from Aslievllle. N.
C. which attributes to a Mr. Pack the
cruelty of naming a set of tripleta William.
Jenninga and Bryan. North Carolina la a
notorious fount c-f mythology. The anec
dote ia merely a clumsy way of reminding
tbe Nebraaka Jefferson that three nomin
ation a are enough and too many. Beeldea.
"Rraa Pack" la distinctly and Intention
a'lv contumelious.
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PERSONAL NOTES.
The cheap atocklng argument would make
a deeper Impreealon on congress if a lump
of some hard substance was concealed In
the toe.
The American consul senor.i at t
Writes home that 795 people were cremated
In England laat ear. and not one of them
kicked on. the system.
According to a Chicago professor, the
American people are the most nilSHrahU nn
earth. It Is true there seems no way of
escaping the Chicago professor.
The estate of the late Madame Modjeska
Is said lo be worth tlM.ono. consisting of
bonds, slocks and like securities. Her
total earnings on the American stagu are
placed at JSOT.orw. '
Justice Harlan of the United Slates su
preme court is the owner of perhaps one of
the most valuable cats this country,
known aa the "aacred cat." which was se
cured in Burmah, and Is said to be worth
H.tno.
The preacher who Insinuated with
feigned gravity that the "big lids" of Easter
time are loud enough to disturb the peace
of the Sabbath paused on the brink.
Didn't have the courage lo say, "Thirty
days and costs."
Mrs. Hannah Boone Wilson, grandniece
of the famous hunter and frontiersman,
Daniel Boone, died at her home In Port
land, Ore., after a brief Illness. In the
death of Mrs. Wilson the passing Is marked
of one of two direct descendants of Boone.
Miss Charlotte Crabtree. for many years
favorably known to the theatergoing pub
lic as "Lotta," has again shown that she
Is an admirable example for the Improvi
dent profession she once adorned. Out of
her aavlngs she recently bought a laoo.OOO
hotel.
Without pressure from the outside, the
gas company of Springfield. Mass.. re
duced th price of its goods from $1.10. with
16 cents off, to tl, with 10 cents off; a net
reduction of 6 cents. Consumers elsewhere
would cheerfully submit to similar treat
ment. Bishop Hartzell, who, thirteen yers ago
succeeded the apostolic William Taylor as
Methodist mJnalonary bishop in Africa, has
been telling the newspaper men at Stam
ford that Prof. Starrs talk about Mr
Roosevelt never coming back alive Is aheer
nonsense, ..-
The Omaha lawyera who dipped into the
Count crelghtin eatate ao modestly can
draw a diagram of their moderation from
the settlement of the "Lucky" Baldwin
will case In California. For a few months'
service, three lawyers drew 1BOO.O0O from
the estate, one pf them taking tmono with
out batting an eye.
AUTOMOBILE REUl'I.ATIO.
Reckleasa Driving; Calls for Drastic
Penalties.
New York Times.
It was not without reason that Judge
Swann, in charging the April grand June,
added to his denunciation of rcckk-x
chauffeurs a clear formulation of the
moral and legal responslbritlcs which rest
upon the- owners of automobiles who
knowingly employ men either inadequately
equipped for such work or vflth a record
of Incona'deration for the rights and safety
or other users of the public highways.
"A man," said the Judg?. "Is presjmcd
to intend the ordinary and usual results
of his own acts, and the owner who puts
a reckless chauffeur In an automobile and
sends him through the streets could prob
ably be found by you to be equally guilly
wlth the chauffeur of the crime, whatever
It may be, that may Veasonably be expected
to be committed by that chauffeur," So
Judge Swann suggested to the jurymen
the possibility of indicting the owner of
an automobile as well as the chauffeur,
even though the former might not have
been In the machine at the time when It
caused Injury to life or limb.
This is severe doctrine, but its applica
tion in a few cases when previous knowl
edge could be proved woulJ be highly
effective In restricting employment aa
chauffeurs to careful and comprtt-nt men.
We recur again and again, however, to
the Idea that the. simplest remedy for
many of th worst of automobile abuses
would bo to make the obtaining of a license
to run on of th machines conditional on
the paslng of a rigid examination as to
skill and character, and then to provide
for the permanent forfeiture of the license
after its possessor had been twice, or at
most three times, convicted of careless or
illegal driving. It would be easy to keep
the count If each conviction were record -d
on the face of the license.
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SMUINQ LINES. ,
Vpgardson Isn't a lawsuit over a patent
right about the dullest thing you ever aaw?
Atom Not always. I attended a trial of
that kind once that was too funny for any
thing. A tall lawyer named Short was read
ing a e.tuo-word document he called a
brief. Chicago Tribune.
Knlcker What do yon think of the wo
men' hats thia sprlhg? ' .
Bockei There haa been a revision up
ward. New York Sun.
Magistrate Toil Bay you want a divorce
because your- married life is one long aei ics
of fights. Tou don't look it.
Woulo-he Divorcee No, your honor, but
you ought to ace my wife. Circle Magazine.
"That man's money Is all tied up."
"Poor fellow! Can't get at It., eh?"
"Oh, yea; all he has to tlo Is to untie Ills
money-bag." Judge. .
"Doctor." growled the patient. "II seems
to tne that tV)0 is a big charge for that
operation of mine. It didn't take you over
half a minute."
"My di?ar sir." replied the famous ape
lalist, "in learning lo perforin that opera
tlm in half a minute I have spoiled over
. leven peckH of such eyes as yours." Suc
cess Magazine.
"Nan. If you refuse to marry ma"
"You'll do something desperate, will jou,
George?"
"Not t all. If you refuse m J win a
bet that's all." ; , .
"H'm well, you lose. George, I'm goin
to teach htm a lesson on betting." Chlcagu
Tribune.
"Has that young man proposed f" asked
one girl.
"No," answered the other: "but he's on
tha way. Yesterday he recited that piece
of poetry by Mr. Khayyam about a hook
of verses underneath the bough." Chicago
Rescord-Herald. '
Allda Jack Is in ha ml no ma.
Uldvs-Yes?
Alicia And so courteous,
Gladys Yes.
Alicia Always addressing me a "Fair
Mis." - .
Gladys That's force of habit,'
Alicia-How so?
Gladys He uaed to be conductor on a
street car. Puck.
MODJESKA.
(Poem by R. W. Gilder, read bv him St tho
farewell to Mme. Modjeska, Metropolitan
opera house. New York, 1906.) .
There are four sisters known to mortals
well.
Whose names are Joy and Sorrow. Death
and Love,
This lam u was who did nn- footsteps
move
To where the other deep-eyed alstcrs dwell.
Tonight, or ere yon palmed curtain fell.
Tlieae. one by i on, before ' my eya did
rove ,
Through -the brave mimic world that
Khakespeare wove.
Lady! Thy art. the passion were the spell
That held me, and still holds; for thou
dost show.
With those most high, each In sovereign
supreme, and mighty An
gelo Great art and passion are one! Thine, too,
the part
To prove that still for him th laurels
grow
Who reaches through the mind to pluck
the heart
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