THE BEE: OMAHA. THURSDAY. JUNE 24. 1000.
The Omaha' Daily Dee.
FOUNDED BT EDWARD ROSEWATER.
VICTOR R08KWATER. EDITOR.
Entered at Omaha pcstofflce aa second
Out matter.
Stock Exchange Fakes.
The fake report of the death of E.
II. Harrlman cost the timid Investing
public and men holding storks on mr
(Ina millions of dollars. The New
York stats law and the rules of the
Stock, exchange both orovlde penalties
TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION. . ... v,
Deny Ie without Ponday). one year.. .Mir cin;u.iu .utu ,...u...
Laur Dm and Hundar one yr """ consistent effort has been made to en-
DELIVERED BT CARR1KH- -in,.- .ni In th far of aur.h
tally Bm (Ineludlnr Sunday). pr weea..ic
Kaiir Bee (without Sunday), per wk..ic conditions tba Stock exchange stands
lllXl KfflS' waST. loo convicted of at least a silent partner
Sunday Bm, on yar f ship In a conscienceless confidence
every dollar of Increased dividends
stands for several dollars patd out for
wages and raw materials which rep
resent labor. At the present rate of
recovery the producing and consum
ing capacity of the country will soon
be at normal.
Saturday Bee. one yesr... 0fc ..v,. .r. !, d la-
Address all complaints or irr-u."-' i e
.11.60
dellrery to City Circulation Department
OFFICER
Omaha Tm Bee Building.
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Lincoln Ml Uttle Building.
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New York-Rooms 1101-11W No. 14 Watt
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CORRESPONDENCE.
mi and edi
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Be, Editorial Department.
REMITTANCES.
... ..ki. Th hm Hu binning
reputable as selling gold bricks and
working off bogus checks to pay myth
ical freight bills, but on the Stock ex
change the men who pursue them are
all honorable gentlemen engaged In
the perfectly commendable enterprise
of catchtng suckers.
The gam of fake reports has been
worked ao often It Is strange that it Is
effective, but ao has the bogus check
Remit by draft, express or trick. Every time the potential head
T? tSJn rtamSrWiven inpayment of of ,ny great enterprise whose stock Is
mall acicunte. reraona. ."V.nted susceptible of manipulation gets De-
rt.h. or eastern eichangee, not acceptea. v r . ...
yond touch with the telegraph similar
MTATKMENT Of CrnCCtATION. .. ,. nrt,H and inat an con-
Tl' slstently the stocks In which he is In-
and complete copies 01 " 'Ti JJri,., I wri map a uarrcai.
H SVionthfVarlw! w- Mr. Harrlman ha. undoubtedly ac-
40 ISO compllshed wonders In building up
40,iao the union pacmc to its present strong
40,140 position. While his genius waa needed
JJJJJ to do the work, It is extremely doubt-
89,800 ful If bis death at this time would
affect the property. Yet
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44,790
48,000
40,400
43,000
48,800
40,350
40,840
40,480
37,400
40,180
40,410
40.310
40,160
40,870
40,810
37,800
40,340
Returned copies
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88
83
4
88
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ar 40,100 expected and false announcement
a his death, or even dangerous Illness,
aa . mljviv I
v. ......... I fyrAOtlv hn dAnrAsnod thrt nrlpA of ltd
00 a,u I D ' -
si 4000 stocks. It is tnis timidity or investors
which makes possible the harvest of
the Stock exchange fakirs. The stock
exchanges are Just now In none too
J0'? seriously
40,030 tnis aoes not auer me iaci mat an uu-
of
Total.. 1.88S.SO0
8,86
' Aeroplane! for Rural Mail.
There Is nothing too good for the
farmer In these twentieth century
days and one of the first thoughts Is to
urn every modern Invention to his
benefit. This may not be a mark of
friendly interest so much as an ac
knowledgment that if you have any
thing to sell, the farmer can dispose of
a pound of butter, a bushel of wheat or
a pig and pay for it. The latest proposal
Is to utilize aeroplanes for delivery of
rural mall. It Is pointed out that
muddy roads are no handicap and It
would be Just as easy to drop letters
and papers at the front door as to
leave them out In the road. With a
speed of from twenty to fifty miles
per hour any distance could be cov
ered In a day. Three deliveries dally
from every country town Is not be
yond the possibilities When all rural
carriers have aeroplanes.
Just where the suggestion emanates
we do not know, but possibly It Is
one of the suppressed recommenda
tions of the late Rural Life commis
sion. Why the commission should
have stopped without a recommenda
tion for using aeroplanes In mall de
livery is not clear. If there Is any
thing In the world that will raise the
farmer above the sordid things of
earth It is an aeroplane. He certainly
should have one to go joy riding In
after the dull monotony of following
a plow for twelve or fourteen hours
Nat total 1448.818 "o0l ' y0T at De8t an1 nlf-P"serYa.
Ltellr average 4031S Hon should dictate to their managers
GKOrob a tzschuck tne clearing of their skirts of all com
Subscribed In my presence and uworn te I pllclty in malicious manipulation.
oeiore we una list day or May, ivv
at. P. WALKER.
Notary Public
Subscribers tearing the city tens-
perarlly saeald k.Tt Tke
tailed to them. Address will
All quiet once mora In the city ball.
It Is both officially
summer now.
and
June Is certainly rounding
form on the home stretch.
Into
Base ball follows the flag. A ball
park has been constructed at Colon
The nine-foot bed sheet has been
vindicated. It makes a better firs es
cape than the shorter one.
The Compromise.
After four weeks of pulling and
hauling the mayor and council have
gotten together on a list of appointees
acceptable to both and the appoint
ments have been made and confirmed
There is no use even attempting to
disguise the fact that the city hall
actually deadlock was simply a tug-of-war to
determine the division of the spoils
in the allotment of patronage between
the council majority, dominated by
the six republicans and the mayor
urging the olaims of his. wing of the
democrats.
Had the mayor bad a democratic
majority In the council ready to re
inforce hjm be would, of course, have
ignored the republicans and the whole
Hat of appointees would have been
It Is suggested that Abdul Hamid made UP of h,B followers. The repub
I II.. & 1 a 1 M M 1L. .... .11
is occupying "his time In retirement "C,B BOUl" u" "l luo
wrltlna- a book on "Affinities." beln eufflclent to block any nomlna
uon, it waa necessary ior me mayor
The sefjate hAS decldM on the hide to make concessions and to accord the
duty, but considerable cotlcle was repuoucane reasonaDie recognition.
'lifted before a conclusion was reached. On the surface the chief ' bone of
contention was the position of city
King Edward has set the fashion I prosecutor, for which a number of
for lavender gloves, bat the big rait different candidates were urged, and
rill remain popular with tbe ward which finally, as so often happens in
heeler. I such cases, has gone to a dark horse
The reason why tbe democrats were
Mrs. Belmont advises women not to ,0 in9lstent on retaining the position
wed men, but to fight them. We have of clt, Dro,.outor waa inadvertently
frequent reminders that some women olurted out Dy the political reporter
00 DOtn. tw- Wnrld.HApld nrhlrh In Ita la.
I . ,
I sua rt Jun. 0 uM
A nrinfABB has been born to the kins I
I 1.hA mim .r An Y n n a .nil..
and queen of Spain. At the present L,n. ,,lffereno. wlth ferenc to th.m
rate Spanish royalty will soon have a (th. appointment.) had it been poaaibie to
full house. reach an arreement on the office of city
prosecutor, which la aa offloe without
It is no longer slang to say a person patronae, but yet ia regarded of peculiar
has a "bug." since fashionable poople Pon "om a pomicai point or view,
are- using butterflies and other Insects
to adorn their stationery
because of the political preatlge that may
ba swung by It. " - '
In the "treaty of peace1
the office
Amom the tariff schedules yet to of clt7 prosecutor goes to a republican
be determined Is that on aabeatos. but ,f tnOT ta Pcal Prestige In
no fear Is expressed that It will not 11 u nou,d not b UMd a!Caln8t the
withstand the heated arauments. repumican aiae in coming contests
uutsiae or tnis tne mayor nas securea
Texas bandits cannot see the necoa- the re-appointment of his principal
sity of working hard all night to crack associates. With few exceptions most
a bank safe when a little nerve will lot the new appointees promise im
secure the roll In broad daylight. Iprovement In the service, but there
are a few weak spots In the list where
One of Broker Patten's trusted stronger materjal should have been
agents has disappeared and it la not I inserted. It will remain to be aeen
wheat shortage, but a discrepancy la whether these will fill the bill or have
cash, which is bothering tbe broker, to be weeded out later.
airles through the pure food commis
sion and the city health department
Is likewise supposed to be exercising
11 necessary supervision to Insure
pure milk. How many more Inspec
tors do the dairies need?
Mr. Bryan says only an unforeseen
emergency will Inject him Into the
senatorial race and several Nebraska
democrats are hoping Mr. Bryan will
pass without the emergency clause.
Europe Hoarding Gold.
What does Europe want with all
the gold It is collecting Is a question
which our financiers are unable to
answer satisfactorily. Since the first
of the year the United States has ex
ported 160,000,000 in gold, most of
which went to Europe. South Africa
is producing the largest amount of
gold In its history and the big banks
of Europe are absorbing It as rapidly
as it comes.
On the surface there is no reason
for this great hoarding of gold. There
Is no great financial demand in sight
or in prospect, so far as the uninitiated
can see, yet the great banking lnstl
tutlons of Europe have $300,000,000
more In gold than they held one year
ago. Tbe only plausible explanation
is the undercurrent of uncertainty
caused by the constant friction be
tween the great powers. While no
delicate International questions are
pending, the unceasing preparations
for war are taken to point Inevitably
to a clash.
With such a state of preparedness,
trouble at any time would not be
wholly unexpected aud the money
lords are thought to be simply follow
lng the example of the war lords
getting ready for the day. The na
tlon caught without a fat war chest
would be almost as helpless as the
one without an efficient fighting force.
The explanation Is not pleasing, but
It Is about the only plausible one
which financiers are able to 'give of
the growing greed abroad for accu
mulatlng gold.
Omaha saloon keepers are asking
the city council to help them close out
the free lunch counter by passing an
ordinance Imposing a penalty on any
one who gives away food as a pre
mium nn drink nurchasns. If the SS'
loon lien want to abolish the free
junch business there is nothing to pre
vent them from stopping it without
burdening the city law booka with
useless ordinances. If the council
starts In right to put the ban on free
lunches tbe next thing it will bo called
on to do will be to forbid shoe dealers
from handing out free shoe laces to
their customers.
' ""' ' appear, T.. Tli-r,.
to ba the real thlnr. but it Is unlver-
aallv conceded that when It comes to Tables compiled by the New York
acaadato France is always In the front ,ournai 01 mmee
' i, idend ana interest payments in New
. I
York for July will be greater by 13,
The customs officials have ruled that 093,865 than in July last year and
Chinese sausages ars not bologna. If that the total disbursements will be
the customs officials know what either 1187,623,243. As most of tbe rail
kind conulna they are wiser than the' ways and 'great industrial companies
most of ns. pay their dividends at NewYork this
showing fairly embrace the Increased
A New York woman had a special prosperity of the entire country. The
church erected for her wedding, which compilation shows that twenty Indus
was torn down immediately after. A trial, twelve railroad and eight mining
dob court, bouse, tn Nevada will do corporations have either Increased
lor the divorce. dividends, resumed payments or are
Davina- their first dividend. The In-
It la suggested that perhaps the Uu.trials lead in volume of Increase
long silence from the Roosevelt party and tn- ral,roads follow c)osely. An
waa due to the ex-president taking a ln.rta of 6.000.000 In Interest
raw days on to tea en tbe Afrlcana slm-. payment. represents returns on add!
Bpmiiua. Hnnal Invaalmenta aine July one var
t.
ago.
Assuming that these 'figures are
fairly accurate, no better proof could
be furnished of the rising tide of busi
ness acttvlty. Railroads have recently
ordered 60,000 new vers and bids
prohibits have been asked on 40,000 more
Do Steel rail and structural steel mills
are crowded with orders, with In
quiries numerous, and this Is reflected
The democratic papers that are so
loudly lamenting the proposed test of
the guaranty law would probably feel
better If the suspension of the guar
anty feature could be had without
holding the governor's democratic
appointees up In the air. The princi
pal consideration of passing the do
posit guaranty law in our late legls
lature was the excuse It gave to legls
late the republican banking board and
republican bank examiners out of
office.
. Although he bad planned to spend
his summer in Europe, Eenator Al
drlch has decided to stay in Washing
ton .until .Senator I.a Follette gets
through talking..
A . new Wisconsin la
bankers from dealing in futures.
the bankers propose to collect both
principal and interest on notes In ad
Tance after this?
In return to divide payments by two
I of the largest steel companies, the Re-
The csar of Russia will not go to public and Crucible Steel.
itaiy cecause ne nas neara oi a pioi rut increase in dividends means
there against his life. The csar may nothing directly . to the non-capital
have a bad case of wanderlust, but he class, but they are produced only by
la handicapped la. gratlfyiug It.
Am Admirer In Doabt.
Washington Herald.
As we underatand M:. Bryan, while he
will not run for the senate, he would not
run from it exactly. 1
When Ronnrtrll Urtu There.
Kanwaa City fur.
There are half a doaen members of the
I'njted States Donate who are not afraid
of Aldrlch. And when Mr. Roonevelt gets
there there'll be one more.
Pulllnc the Wool.
New York World.
Wyomlna-'s wool clip thin year la said to
be 40.000.000 pound . Theae figures help to
explain Senator liolliver'a reference to A
certain western senator as "the greatest
shepherd clnce Abraham."
First Note of the Busy Time.
St. Louis Republic.
The cry of Missouri and Kansas for hands
In the wheat harvest will be soon taken up
by Iowa and Nebraska. It Is the first note
of the busy time that will set all the
wheela a-turnlng and start the dollars roll
Ins rapidly from hand to hand until after
Christmas.
Prosperity's I'pllft.
Wall Street Journal.
The railroads have been placing large
orders both for calls and structural ma
terial and seem to be In the market for
rolling stock. This Is a fact of fundamen
tal Importance, and must Indicate either
certalnlty as to the business outlook In the
near future, or a very encouraging con
fidence In the prospects for the country
generally. Railroad earnings have mnjle. a
uniformly good showing, which Is the' more
satisfactory as there is usually some
thing of a lull about this time of the
year.
Around New York
RJpplos oa tbe Currant of X.lfe
as Been In the Great Amerloaa
Metropolis from Say to Say.
DOES HE PASS IT IPT
Mr. Bryan Hesitates About a Job Not
Yet In rtearh.
Washington Post.
It Is with unfeigned regret that The Post
notes Mr. Bryan'a declaration that he Is
averse to entering the United States sen
ate. A term in that body would do him
power of good," and might serve to
make a real statesman of htm. Mr. Bryan
Is an orator, not a debator. He is of the
order of Edward Everett or Wendell
Phillips, not of the Ilk of Stephen A
Douglas or Allen Q. Thurman. He U no
lawyer, but an advocate, and had he
served In the two houses of congress as
long aa Joseph V". Bailey has the two ap
peared In this town simultaneously In 1831
he would now be a very difficult order of
publlo man.
So long as Mr. Bryan lives he will be
a conspicuous figure. Thousands and tens
of thousands of his fellow citizens Idealise
him and resent the cold fact that Mr.
Bryan Is made of just as common clay as
the average citizen. Like all other men,
he Is generous and he Is also selfish. He
has strength and he has weakness, and he
would be more than human if the adula
tion he has enkindled In the Imaginations
of his admlre.rf Lhad not made a spoiled
Doy 01 mm, sucn aa sneriaan aiscuverra ui
the younget Pitt.
Service In the senate would subject Mr.
Bryan to financial loss. He would be tied
to Washington at least ten months of
every twenty-four, and thus his Income
from the lecture platform would be ma
terially decreased; but politically the coun
try would profit, for whatever strength
ens and broadens the minds of a country's
great men inevitably redounds to the pub
lic Weal.
We cannot believe that Mr. Bryan's re
fusal to be a candldaete for senator la due
to the superstition that a aeat In that body
would wither his chances for the presi
dency. It Is true that no man has yet
gone from the senate to the White House,
but many of our presidents served in the
senate before they became chief magis
trates. Monroe, the younger Adams, Jack
son, van tsuren, noin oi me Harrisons,
Tyler, Pierce, Buchanan, and Johnson had
been senators, and Garfield was senator
elect In 18S0.
Home day a senator In the midst of his
term will be elected president.
The University of Nebraska is again
in danger of losing some of Its best
men and the refusal of Mr. Bryan'
legislature to permit the university to
qualify its professors for retirement
pensions from tbe Carnegie founda
tion is not making the outside offers
look any the less attractive. Ne
braska cannot expect Its university
professors to sacrifice their futures
for the privilege of holding their Jobs
at Lincoln.
The State Federation of Labor, in
session at Lincoln, has been resolutlng
about legislation In the Interest of
labor. The new volume of Nebraska
session laws ought to be out very
shortly, but It will take careful fine
tooth combing to find anything that
looks like labor legislation, notwith
standing the big promises made in the
platforms on which the demo-pop
law-makers were elected.
Senator Bacon of Georgia says he
has been cured of tbe free trade de
lusion and now he can hope to get his
picture In the papers, top of column,
with reading matter on three sldea.
It Is now proposed to make tbe city
veterinarian a dairy inspector as a
foundation for raising his salary. The
a greater euipltytuut oi labur, and state la supposed to be inspecting our
BltYAN AMD PHOH 1U1TIOX .
Probable Lineup of the Democracy
on the Water Wnaron.
St. Louis Globe-Democrat.
When asked as to whether or not he
would take a hand In the Nebraska con
test on the liquor Issue Mr. Bryan an
swered: "I most certainly will. For
eighteen yeara I have engaged In discuss
ing other questions, but I shall do my
part to keep our party from being con
trolled by the liquor Interests." Com
menting on this expression the Charleston
News and Courier says: "This would see.u
to Indicate that Mr. Bryan Intends to at
tack the American electoral' on another
flank In 1912. We do not know to what ex
tent he will gd into sumptuary legislation,
a wholly undemocratic policy, but we pan
count on him surely to do the thing tha
will not only accomplish his defeat, but
the defeat of the party on which he ha
fastened hla hold."
Mr. Bryan will have some difficulty In
getting the democratlo national convention
of 1912 to make prohibition a new para
mount, but he has been so successful here
t of ore In committing that unfortunate or
ganlsatlon to his fads that predictions of
failure In the case of prohibition cannot
be made with any confidence. Prohibition,
aa a national Issue, can never carry th,'
country, but, conceivably, It could carrv
a democratic convention if It had a power
ful man behind It. like Bryan. In the last
few years prohibition . has made a con
quest of a large part of the south, from
Hoke Smith's state to Governor Has
kell's. Just at this moment it seems to
have lost a little of Ita earlier momentum,
but Mr. Bryan could easily give It a nen
propelling force. If ha should carry It
through Nebraska It would become
Identified with his personal fortunes. an1
thua be an issue of national scope In 1912.
so far as Bryan and the democracy could,
single-handed, make It ao.
For several reasons the republican'
would be sorry to aee Mr. Bryan commd
the democracy to prohibition. The democ
racy wculd be beaten on that question, as
It would on any other which la In sight.
But the liquor Issue, In the shape which
It would have If it ahould be precipitated
into national politics, would line-up ever
fanatic and freak In the country on
Bryan's side, and would make the demo
cratlo campaign, from the convention to
the election, a continuous screech. The
yells of the popullats and the reat of the
queer persons who were with Bryan In
1S9S were mild and melodious comparer!
with the shrieks and Imprecations with
which hla prohibition supporters would
split the air if be ahould turn them loos
in mx .
Persons Inclined to moralise on the
genesis of a tragedy may pick several
texts from the terrible fate of Elsie SlgeJ.
The chief lesson of the tragedy Is not
difficult to grasp. Conversion at the price
of dishonor and death marks no gain for
Christianity. Better the millions of
Oriental should continue In what mission
era rail pagan darkness forever than that
one life should be lost, one home shadowed
by misdirected seal and foolish senti
mentality. Rpveral years ago a New York
magistrate had occasion to refer to the
Chinese mission. Its workers and Its
patrons. "The Chinese Sunday school,"
he said. "Is simply a makeshift for these
fellows to acquire a knowledge of Eng
lish. I haven't any patience with this
maudlin sentimentality which Induces mis
sions and Sunday schools tn send their
young women teachers with fruits, flowers
and cigarettes to these accused Mongolians,
and I deplore the sickly condition of Amer
ican womanhood that permits Itself to be
led Into such folly and to place Itself In
so false a position. "
On the evening of October I. l'OS. relates
the New York Sun, a young woman mls
slonary railed at the Dates avenue station
In Brooklyn and asked to see Charley
Shue.
"I am his Sunday srhool teacher," she
said. "My name Is Dot Llvlnirston."
Captain ,Hu-hnnan told 4ier that Charley
was charged with a' serious offense against
a 14-year-old girl.
"The police ought to have spanked her
Instead of paying any attention to the
charge." said Miss Dot Livingston.
Miss Livingston waa one of many well
dressed women who appeared at the sta
tion house with rakes, pies, cigarettes,
roses and sympathy for twenty Chinese
laundrymen who had been arrewted on the
edges of Brooklyn because of stories told
by young girls. The missionaries overran
the station house and argued that the
Chinese couldn't be guilty, for they hsd
attended Sunday school; and even If they
were the blame should be on the girls for
overtemptlng them. Said Captain Buchanan
finally:
"I believe that you folks ought to keep
out of this case. It Is disgraceful to see
a lot of women here pleading for Chinamen
against whom there Is evidence of a shock
ing crime. I cannot prevent you from com
ing here and weeping over the arrest of
Chinamen, but I think you would be bet
ter employed at home doing housework."
The young missionaries eventually left
the police station upon a suggestion from
their superintendent that they had been
Indiscreet and should be looking after the
girls under arrest Instead of carrvlnc
solace to the Chinese, but they swarmed
Into the police court a few days later, and
their conduct called from the magistrate
the remarks above quoted. The present
tragedy may properly be credited to this
and other unheeded warnings.
Scene In a New York lobster palace:
knew t am looking like a fright tonight,"
said the woman.
The man studied her dress, her hair, her
complexion closely.
"I don't see anything the matter with
you, ne saia. -so rar as I can see, you
are looking as well as usual."
nut I am not," she Insisted. 'There Is
something wrong, and that head welter
saw at a glance what It Is. If I had been
up to the mark he wouldn't have put us
away over here, In this out-of-the-way
corner. He would have riven us a table
right under the chandelier in the middle
of the room. All the best dressed people
are always seated In the most conspicuous
places, so as to make the restaurant look
attractive. I am glad to say that that is
where I usually alt. The plain people are
ranged along the sides of the room Just
like we are tonight."
Tt Is estimated by Leslie's Weekly that
10,000,000 strangers, from all parts of the
world, visit Coney Island every year. No
resort In the United States la more widely
known than the little Island fronting the
Atlantic ocean and bordering the city of
New York. A general Impression prevails
that Coney Island Is given over to variety
shows and the dispensers of picnic foods
and drinks. In reality this applies to only
a portion of the Island, that nearest New
York. At the opposite end of the small
strip of sand is located one of the most
charming and exclusive summer resorts In
the country. The visitor who wishes to
see Coney Island In summer should start
In at the westerly end, where the steam
and trolley lines converge and the enor
mous crowds gather, then move easterly,
passing Brighton and Manhattan beaches
with their swarms of bathers, and going
beyond to the Oriental at the end of the
Jsland, which will be found the most at
tractive spot of all for the visitor who
wants to enjoy the sea breeses In quiet
and to dine with refinement and luxury.
The commissioner of Jurors haa become
ao used to the man who calls In an en
deavor to get his name from the list, that
his advent every few minutes Is unnoticed.
But when a woman entered the other diy
and demanded that she be put down for
jury duty, the official was shocked out of
his anathy.
"You want to serve on a Jury?" he asked.
"You must be Joking."
"Not a bit of It." was the spirited
response. "I am of age and a taxpayer
Why should I not sit on a Jury, even If I
cannot vote?"
"But the law Is against It, madame."
"What do I care for the law? I didn't
help make It."
The commissioner Is a diplomat. "All
right, madame. Give me your name and
address. We'll see what can be done."
He carefully fills out a card as directed.
When the woman departed, satisfied with
her success, the card was carefully filed
in the waste basket.
Em
Capital $500,000,00
Surplus & Profits 700.000,00
Ttie Steady Growth
of this bank ha been particularly notice
able in the exclusive
Women's Department
An ideal place for the transaction of finan
cial business, for meeting friends, and for
rest after shopping.
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PERSONAL NOTES.
Tbe noiseless Fourth movement Is mak
ing vociferous progress.
A Philadelphia begger evicted -for non
payment of his trlfllnp rent was found
to have In his possession $14,140.
The thing that Is most against the new
fashion of pantaloon skirls for women
being looked upon with favor In this coun
try s, they meet the hearty approval of
Dr. Mary Walker.
The press agent announced that he was
to bring a peerless and unapproachable
tar to this country, warranted to dance
with less impediment of raiment than any
before her. "Each performance will call
for $2,500," he remarked.
The probate court at Washington, V). C,
the other day awarded a fee of $C0.4f3 to
Holmes Conrad, former solicitor general
of the I'nlted States, for services In se
curing a Judgment from the supreme court
of the United States allowing the claim
of the heirs of tho late Joseph Parrlsh,
I1S1.3TS, for ice furnished to the union army
during the civil war.
Court Chamberlain Ivan Nazlmoff, di
rector of Imperial typography of Russia,
haa left for this country, where he will
Inspect the printing establishments of New
York. Washington, Philadelphia and Chi
cago. A new building for the government
printing office Is now being constructed
In St. Petersburg and a new plant will
be Installed. The government Is deter
mined to organize and equip It on an Amer
ican basis.
AMENDING TIIK CONSTITUTION.
A Task Intended to De Dlfllcult of
A cooin I lah init.
New York World.
Although people set out lightly to amend
the constitution of the United States, It
is a task difficult of accomplishment, and
such was the intention. Mr. Taft assumes
that there Is a strong sentiment In favor
of an Income tax, but that might be true,
and still no amendment would follow. To
amend the constitution It is necessary that
two-thirds of the members of both houses
of congress shall vote In favor of It and
that their action shall be ratified by the
legislaturea of three-fourths of the states.
A measure that runs this gauntlet must
be urgent and have great popularity.
. Congress has proposed four amendment;
which the states have refused to rectify.
Two of these, In 173, pertaining to the
ratio of representation and to the salaries
of members. In 1S09 congress proposed an
amendment annulling the citizenship of any
American who should accept a title or gift
from a foreign prince. Harmless as this
must have been In that day. It lacked one
state of the necessary three-fourths. In
1860-61, In view of the slavery dispute and
the imminence of seoeBslon, many amend
ments were proposed for the purpose of re
assuring the south, but congress adopted
only one. Hostilities began soon after
ward, and thua no action by the states was
had.
The first ten amendments, constituting
the bill of rights, were proposed at one
time in 17S9 and were ratified In 1791. They
were exacted by several of tho states as
a condition of their acceptance of the con
atltutton Itself. The eloventh and twelfth
amendments, protecting from suits citizens
of other states In federal courts and regu
lating the electoral system, were adopted
In 1798 and 1S03, respectively. The last
mentioned would seem to have Invited no
opposition, and yet it received exactly a
three-fourths vote of the states. Public
memory Is still fresh as to the remaining
amendments. They were Intended to secure
the frulta of the war for the union.
Knlckei I hear the new play has as
exceedingly strong scene?
Hocker Yes: It shows the new ramny
moving In, and the women of the amllencs
breathlessly watching the furniture.
Harper's Bazar.
"Here are a number of witnesses to prov
that the plaintiff was assaulted by your
goat. Have you any rebutting wlthesses?"
"Only the goat.. He did ail the re-but-ting."
lialtiniore American.
fr lfarlam. Out- u, in .Irthn 14 nnmlnfl
home from Harvard In debt up to his
necic. "
Mrs. Harlem Thank .heaven he nevet
grew any taller! Judce.
"Health experts all advise people to eal
verv little In summer."
"Yes," answered Miss Cayenne, "and It is
very good advice. Summer Is the time of
year when the cooking school graduates
get home." Washington Star.
Knlcker ITe meant to carve his name on
the scroll of fame.
Hooker But nrtw he Is trying to get ia
on any old payroll. New York Sun.
"This talk of a sane and sensible fourth
Is arrant nonsense." said the little man
with the Incipient whiskers.
"May I ask If you are a dealer In fire
works?" Inquired the fat man by tho fare
box.
"No, sir," snapped the little man, "I'm
a doctor." Cleveland Plain Iealer.
GRADUATES AT THE CORNERS.
Horace S. Keller In New York Times.
"Goodness! but- them duds come high.
Susan wore fur gradunxhun
Folderols we had ter buy
When she spoke hir recllashun.
Snv. but she looked nice an' clever
When she bowed an' said terrlay:
(Unrk-sent folks they he'rd hur never)
"li'yand the Alps lies Italy."
Mister Plvens ses as I do.
When his Tlldy made, hur bow
In hur gown o' satin sky-blue:
"Them togs cost hur dad a cow!"
Wow! oie Plvens' feathers fluttered
When his Tlldy gasped te say
In a peevish voice an' uttered:
"li'yand tho Alps lies Italy."
Simpson sold ten bushels 'taters
Jeat to rig Mellnda out
Pink frum top 'way down ter gaiters;
Wuth tho price beyand a doubt.
B;ud as firm as Oeberalter,
Stiff's a hop-pole an' as gay,
Wuth a stut'rln' voice ter falter:
"li'yand the Alps lies Italy."
Perkins sold out all his dry goods
Jeett- the- K'ldercellu 's luqk
Ter the folks, an made. ein high goods;
Took his pay In garden truck.
' But whut bothers me I'll menshun,
Is why did thera gals lerday
Yank one siring an' call attenshun:
"B'yand the Alps Ilea Italy."
A surprisingly large number of
the diamonds you see worn in
Omaha, were sold by me on
CKEDIT. Genteel business-like
easy payments.
Mandelberg
1522 Farnam St.
LW RME&
Mayor McClellan has received a check
for $81,576 from the Board of Aldermen to
reimburse him for the expenses Incurred
In defending his title to the office he occu
pies. Of this amount $71, 500 went to the
lawyers. No matter who may have been
hurt or harmed by the suit to unseat the
mayor of Greater New York, the lawyer
were not numbered among the victims.
Competing Foreign Trade.
Philadelphia Letger.
Papers In the Iron trade announce that a
contract for 49,000 tons of steel rails for
Argentina has been placed with the export
branch of the Steel Trust. At the present
time orders for steel rails are coming In
too freely to Justify the trust In selling at
a loss to foreigners Tht trust has no
hesitation in shutting down Its mills and
blowing out Its furnaces to sustain prices,
ao we cannot doubt that It will make a
profit oa Its sale to the Argentine Repub
lic. In selling rails abroad, however. It la
obliged to meet the figures offered by rail
makers in England, Germany and Belgium.
Still, the trust stoutly Insists that it need
protection in its home market.
Round-trip tickets on sale daily
via the North Western Line to
the mountain, lake and sea
shore resorts of New England,
the Atlantic Seaboard and to
the following points:
$An50,4l.85ind 43.20 $Sfl70 and 41.00
NewYorkGity
$4Q60 and 44.60
Boston, Hass.
$4035 and 48.35
L Port!and,Ke.
$M50, 35.50 and 36.00
Buffalo, N.Y.
Atlantic City
$qnS0, 34.50,35.50,36.00
Toronto, Ont.
$3500
L1ontreal,Quc.
$3450, 35.50 and 36.00
Hiagara Falls
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privileges. Fast trains at convenient
hours to make direct connections in Chicago
ivith all lines east, . 4
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