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mi: BBE: OMAHA, TUKKIWY, MARCH 1, 1910.
The Omaha Daily Bee.
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VICTOR ROeTSiyATER. EDITOR.
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. m STATEMENT Or CIRCULATION.
Btata ot Nebraska. Doualaa Cnuntv. aa
Oeorra B. Tssrhuck. treasurer of The Bee
r-uDtiahtntr Company. blnf duly sworn.
: Says that tha actual numner of full ariA
! corr.Meta coplea of Tha Dally. Morning.
Evening and Rund.-ty Ree prlnud during tha
Diootb of January. lSJO, waa aa follow:
1... ....... 40,440 .. 11., 43,030
8. ......... 41, TOO " H...; 43,700
43,430 II 43,380
. 4 ... 43,380 tO 41850
I.....,,... 43.400 tl 43,800
. 40.40H . tl.. 49,890
7.. 43,430
1 43,470
....... 41.700
10......,.,. 43.830
11 .. ., 43,400
li. ......... 40,000
II 48,400
It 41.380
24 43,300
25 4J,40
24 43,090
37 43,630
II 43,380
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it.......... M,an t;
V l,UU
1 4S70.'i(l
43,370
. ,no ,
Ttal . . f . U .... r ... i M14.330
Returned coplae. .88
Nat total. , . ... .1,304,668
Daily average , 43,373
' OMROU B. TZSCHUCK.
.. Treasurer. '
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ROBERT HUNTER.
Notary Publia.
avrlbara lavtna) tea ltr tea.
poearlly akjoala have Tha Baa
iaatl4 to' taaaa. ' Adareaa will ka
caaaarea aa ettea aa raoaastee.
, Now for South Omaha's primary
election. And may1 the best man win.
; Anyone who foels flighty should
forthwith, join the Aero Club of Ne
braska.1 T
In tha meantime it will do no harm
to boll the water and clean up,
anyhow. 1
The backbone of , winter has been
broken twloe already, but It Is just as
well not to call but the peach blos
: Boms yet; ' 1 ' " ' "
" Judging from the way" bank' book
keepers la-, the ;east hve, been behav
ing, they received ihelr training any
where but lh a tkklki ;-: x . -
Those Nicaraguah people 'should
"intake warning from the records In
'America.. The American "receiver"
r
Now that the Ohio river 'is rising
and appr?ohlpg the, flood stage, those
...lVt pictures the, Paris flood can be
..7.-u.sed In the "yellows" once more.
. ,,, It wpuld cool the hot French flght
,otlng blood If, instead of challenging
j, , the . otjjer, fellow to a duel, one Just
challenged him' to a ten-mile foot rate.
Lincoln's Commercial club Is figur
ing onti costruDtl'on of two "w'ej.
come;; arches of the same style as
Omaha'ytlectrlo ftrch,. Our. advice:
Dbn't,Vf' . ! ?; -
i i t i l i .
. Mr.'6ryn started for borne evi
dently -0vn6r . than he originally ex
pecte(ff;(Thre will be something do
ing on fha' 'democratic sjde of the fence
bcfcre jong. ',
, The census bureau defines "a" man's
occupation tp be "any .employment,
work;; profession or vocation by which
he regWlarly earna money!" Have you
an occupation T
Commander Peary could have made
tt richer find If he had devoted his at
tention to "the northern part of Alaska
Had lot J".. Cook say he found the pole
If ( he gaoled to:, , !
lit thr Is ever a -merger of the
nctiva Vlements of Philadelphia and
Cairo. "Ceue'ral " Apathy and General
Law -a rid -order will have to retire on
i li dtsabtmy pension list.
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Theodora f Roosevelt. poBttvely tq
usm a discuss American affairs when
..fkod for" a statement,. .Wall 'street
ad Ms mouth open ready for a howl
I, PtiLr.RjposexeU made that state
ment. lielgtum ha certainly adopted the
right style of mourning for their late
monarch- Their playing cards are
now decorated with black borders a
fitting tribute to the memory of a
grand old sport.
.Mrs. Imanlshl, the wife of the Japa
nese banker who floated the Japanese
war loan, says that American women
are very keen business people per
haps she has been reading up on ali
mony award of Aa.erlcsn divorce
court.
It might be well for the people of
Kentucky to investigate the records of
the contractors and architects of their
new capltol building before formally
receiving It. No one can ever foretell
what may turn tin in the construction
of a state horn.. Ask peaceful, hon
"st 'old PennsTvanla.
The Effort to Boost Railway Rates.
A most interesting and timely artl
cK entrtled, "The Great Railway Rate
Battle In the West," Is contributed to
the' current Rcrlbner's Magazine by
Samuel 0. Dunn, In which he tries to
give a bird seye view of the movement
to boost rates all along the line. The
various schedules of transportation
charges have grown up apparently at
haphazard' brtween the two- limits of
the additional cost of carriage and the
amount the traffic would bear. That
Is to say, In fixing a rate originally
the railroads have figured how much
the shipper could afford to pay as
agalnHt how little could be exacted
without Ions to the road, and also the
possible . future development of the
traffic. The. basing points and inter
mediate points have forced modifies
Uons to meet water and rail competi
tion which . accounts for the obvious
disproportion between through and lo
cal rates. To quote one example cited
by Mr. Dunn, "Salt Lake City Is 1,000
miles west of Omaha and 800 miles
east of San Francisco. The-first-class
through rate throughout the east to
San Franclnco is $3. A shipper at Salt
Lake City has to pay only $2.05 from
Omaha. But if he buys goods In Chi
cago he must pay the sum of the local
rates, which Is $2.85, and if he buys
them in New York he must pay
$3.62." In . many cases, we are told
the rate from the east la higher even
to Denver than to San Francisco, al
though Denver Is 1,400 miles further
east. The Interstate Commerce com
mission and the courts, however, have
upheld this form of rate-making, and
as a consequence since the abatement
of discriminations -to individuals the
fight for favorable rates has resolved
itself into a contest between various
localities to secure the advantages ac
corded to basing points or intermedl
ate points, on the theory that special
conditions entitle such cities to, ape
clal consideration.
the danger is "that too much em
phasis may be laid on the application
of the distance principle, which Mr.
Dunn says would be ruinous to the
very communities contending for it,
because If they secured distance rates
on ln-shlpments they would then have
to take distance rates . on out-ship
ments, which would practically cut
off all their remote markets. The
argument goes back to the old Ne
braska maximum rate case, in which
the supreme oourt laid down the doc
trine that the railroads were entitled
to rates which would permit them a
fair earning on the value of their in
vestment. But no one has ever au
thoritatively defined what Is a fair re
turn, much less said on what capital
it should be earned or whether the re
turn should come, from each separate
rate or from the traffic as a whole.
The cpncjuslon Is, therefore, that
while many freight rates in the west
and elsewhere are unjust, "the nation
has wisely clothed a public tribunal
with power to correct such results of
the traffic manager's poor Judgment,
unfairness or malice." But in" mak
ing the corrections the official rate
making power will still - have to act
on the same principle and take into
consideration the same things by
which the rates have all along been
determined In actual practice unless
the configuration of our whole indus
trial geography is' to be revolution
ized. -
This argument seems ' sound ' the
oretically, but, of coure6, does not go
to the vital question of . higher or
lower levels of rates. The Justice or
injustice of a rate Is ty comparison
with other rates; and the effort -of the
railroads to .boost" the wholey, level of
rates must be combatted, Irrespective
of the rule by which different parts of
the schedule may be adjusted.
Nebraska's Unique Position.
The annual report of the president
of the Carnegie Foundation, which has
just been given but, calls attention to
the fact that of the forty-six states in
the union Nebraska- ts the only" one
whose legislature, voted, down a reso
lution' to have Its state university
professors and instructors made eligi
ble to1 retirement pensions. To quote
the i exact r language of President
Pritchett: . " ' i
The terms of Mri Carnegle'a letter coiv
veylnfc to the truxteex Ma wish to add
$5,000,000 to the endowment of the founda
tion lh order to enable tha trustees to In
clude tax-supported Institutions, Included
a prqvlHlon that such Institutions should
be dealt with only after the requeata of
their 'governing' boards for admlxslon to
tha foundation had been approved by the
iriivernnr mid the loirinlutiirea of the r
respective atates. irurln K - the last winter
and spring-the ataia leglalatures of forty
ono Htates were Ir session. In thirty-two
of thene resolutions were adopted request
ing adn.lsslun to the privileges of the
foundation, "in only one state legislature,
that of Nebraska, -was tha resolution favor
ing this action defeated. In the Nebraska
senate the resolution was passed by a large
majority; In the house It was defeated by
two votes through the personal effort of
William Jennings Bryan. The act of the
legislature of Texas waa returned by Gov
ernor Campbell without hln approval.
While the trustees of the Carnegie
foundation have not yet admitted to
its benefits the universities ot all the
thirty-two states that have applied, It
goes without saying that those which
comply with the rules laid down for
their guidance and meet the standards
of education which are prescribed will
in due course of time be put on the ap
proved list.
It will be remembered that the ob
jection raised to Nebraska's taking
advantage of this pension fund was be
cause of its source, Instilling the pre
tended fear that the prospect of a pen
sion through Mr. Carpegte'a munifi
cence might Influence the teaching
given by the Instructors. The state
universities already admitted Include
those of Michigan, Wisconsin, Minne
sota and Missouri, and certainly Ne-
braska would not have to be ashamed
to be put in that class. Missouri had
a democratic legislature over which
Mr. Bryan could have exercised his In
fluence to shield that state from the
terrible menace of the Carnegie foun
dation had he wished, and it is to be
noted that among the other states ap
plying for their universities are to be
found Georgia, Louisiana, North Caro
lina, South Carolina and Tennessee of
the solid south, where democratic
ideas are presumed to prevail. Is Ne
braska to be the only state In the
union foolish enough to cut off Its nose
to spite its face?
The American Dope Habit.
While Americans hear a continuous
outcry against alcoholism, they are
menaced by a "dope" habit that may
be many times more destructive. The
use of opium for illegitimate purposes
in this country has Increased to such
an extent that medical authorities re
port 1,500,000 victims of the dope at
the beginning of this year. It is
charged that over $1,000,000 worth of
opium is smuggled in from abroad an
nually in addition to the amount which
comes in regular commerce.
The first record of opium being
smoked In this country was in San
Francisco in the year 1868. Since
then the habit has spread to such an
extent that every great city has Its
open or hidden "opium dens," and It
is" taking root In the smaller towns and
country districts as well. Men, and
especially the women, of the wealthy
classes are among its victims In almost
as large numbers as are those from
the scum of the streets. Two-thirds
of the convicts ' In state prisons are
victims of the habit, many having be
cbme so since incarceration. Yet the
largest percentage of the victims come
from the ranks of medical men, if the
reports of the "dope cure" sanitariums
are to be believed.
Laws are now in force in the ma
Jority of the states against the sale ot
dope, but its use has not been stopped
from spreading. While state laws are
thus evaded, yet the federal govern
ment has been reasonably successful
in prohibiting the sale and use of
opium in the Philippine Islands. Japan
is fighting it with success, and so are
New Zealand and Australia. Presl
dent Roosevelt appointed a commis
slon to Investigate the habit here, to
see what there is to It and to suggest
plans for its remedy. It Is only
matter of time when a war upon dope
must be waged with determination and
persistence.
Conservation in Canada.
Profiting by the mistakes of other
countries, especially the United States,
Canada, by wisely preventing a whole
sale absorption of her lands, is seek
ing to conserve her resources for the
benefit of present and future genera
Hons. Fortunately for the Canadian
people, but a very small per cent of
the natural wealth of the country has
passed from under the control of their
government, thus simplifying the
work to be done, making it an early
protection of the lands with their en
cumbering mineral, metal and timber
wealth.
The work so well started in Canada
had its origin in tho United States at
the time Theodore Roosevelt called
the conservation congress. A delega
tlon from Canada was Invited by the
president to attend this meeting. The
result has been a widespread, effective
and early action on the part of that
government which Is already redound
ing to the benefit of the people. A
conservation commission is now a per
manent feature of the Canadian gov
eminent, composed of the leading
men of the country in all lines of
activity, although without executive
or administrative power.. As a result
the government is markedly conserva
tive in loosing lands for settlement
while the commission is conducting a
big campaign of education.
The effort being made ty Canada Is
timely and wise. It should have been
started years ago in this country as
also In Canada, for H would have been
a great saving of natural resources
and would Insure to posterity many
of the blessings of earth which have
been squandered.
The farmers and stockmen of Ne
braska are as much against the pro
posed raise of railroad rates on meat
produces as are the meat packers.
When the railroads hit at both the
meat packers and stock raisers they
can afford to sink their own differences
and fight shoulder to shoulder.
According to reliable authority, the
new democratic senator from Missis
sippi Is not only a corporation lawyer.
but also the lawyer of the Illinois Cen
tral railroad, which la supposed to be
long to the Harrlman system. It lr
up to Edgar Howard to make a few re
marks about Senator Percy.
Thirty-two nriaai couples aro en
route to the Bermuda Islands on the
Oceania. If the Bermuda people are
to show the proper courtesy they will
have to wear automobile fire scream
ers and keep them going all the time
when walking around the shaded dells
and glens of the promenade.
If County Commissioner Bruning
ever had any excuse for "co-operating"
with the democrats of the board to the
extent of giving democrats control of
county affairs, he has surely lost It
now, If be keeps up hi "co-operation
' it must be because he prefers
democrats to republicans.
if the nature of the weather Jeter
mined the season of the year people
could never tell whether It was uext
May or last January. Christmas and
the Fourth of July "would come so
often the average man would have to
give his financial receiver a quit claim
deed to himself.
Another lot of Omaha Indians are to
be cut loose from leading strings and
given full control of the land and
money the government has, been hold
ing for them. It will then remain to
be seen how long It will take the white
man to get the goods away from the
Indian.
As a fine art cooking beats paint
Ing all to pieces, for it Is so much
more satisfying, soothing and quieting
to the "art" hungry soul. However,
like so many other accomplishments
there are always those who sigh for
the work of the "old masters."
Ex-Secretary of the Navy Long says
he doos not want to go to congress and
has asked his friends to drop his
name. But It is an even wager if
someone would pass him the congres
sional election tied up with a blue rib
bon he might consider It.
iNotwlthstandlng the fact that Gov
ernor Shallenberger refused to honor
his demand for an extra session of the
legislature, our old friend, Edgar
Howard, continues to offer the gov
ernor unsolicited advice. But, then,
so do we occasionally.
Omaha restaurant keepers are to
get together of course, not for any
malicious design on the bill of fare,
but merely for mutual acquaintance
and social Intercourse.
Limited Observation.
St. Louis Times.
An eloquent southerner has declared that
the United States senate Is the finest body
of men be ever associated with; but he Is
not known aa an extensive traveler.
I
tnarallant Cinff.
Washington Post.
After warning us day by day for all
these years that the foods we buy are
unfit to eat, Dr. Wiley turns around and,
says It's because women don't know how
to cook.
- Jewels of Talent.
Kansas City Star.
Colonel Gordon, the sixty-day senator
from Mississippi delivered a farewell ad
dress in the senate In which he expressed
great admiration for John D. Rockefeller,
and alao read two original poems. So It's
probably just as well that he was only a
sixty-day senator.
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Jersey and the Beef Trnst.
Indianapolis News.
It Is to be noted that this la a state pro
ceeding, one with which the federal govern
ment has nothing to do. A federal grand
Jury Is at work on the matter In Chicago.
But first blood has been drawn by New
Jersey. And tho Irony of It will be ap
preciated by those who recall that New
Jersey is the mother of trusts.
Iniprovea the Complexion.
Baltimore American.
An Idaho Jud&a startled the divorce col
ony there by ' refusing a divorce to a
wealthy applicant on the grounds that the
said applicant was not a bona fide resident
and that there was no reason for the di
vorce. It may have been observed that
there Is nothing so startling and so imme
diately effective as an Injection of com
mon seiiKe into the law.
Cheapening; Neceasarlea.
Philadelphia Record.
Some daring European Inventor has been
making artificial sapphires so like In every
respect to the genuine sapphires that no
test of experts reveals any difference. This
la a saddening announcement. It robs the
real sapphire of Its value and the owner
of his conceit In possession without hope
of redress. If It should lead the way to
cheap artificial production of other pre
cious stones what a tumble there would
be within the gates of Vanity Fair! When
everybody wears diamonds who chooses,
nobody will so choose.
Senator Brown and Governor Hughes.
St. Louis Republic.
Senator Brown of Nebraska is unneces
sarily wrought up against Governor Hughes
of New York for opposing In Its present
form, the proposed Income-tax amendment
which Mr. Brown himself drafted, and con
gress submitted to the several state legis
latures. It Is already apparent to every ob
server that the amendment has not the
ghost of a chance of receiving the approval
of the legislatures of three-fourths of the
states. Negative action or Inaction on the
part of only twelve states Is necessary ' to
defeat the mtasure and It la certain that
t least that many will witbold their
assent.
t
"IIK Ull)"l ilCtV IS,"
Frequent Attitude of Those Concerned
In 'Hilt UuiIdpm,"
Oscar King lavls In the Century.
One of the distinguished legal members
of the administration at Washington was
recently dlscusnliig this situation (which
shall be modlfLed, buclnecs ways or the
law?) and declared, with great emphasis.
that It Is high time for the managers of
big business to wake up to the fact that
they too are Just as amenable to the law as
their neighbors. Then he told this story to
Illustrate their attitude:
"He went to church one day with a
lady who was, as ha described her, the
best round dunoer I ever saw. She was
extremely fond of dancing and was a
specially good waltzer. It chanced that the
pulpit was occupied that day by a visiting
clergyman, who delivered a sermon of tre
mendous vigor, devoted largely to a de
nunciation of dances, and particularly
round dances. Ha said that waltzing was
the path to perdition, the road to everlast
ing damnation, with much that was even
more vehement.
"When the, service was over and they
were leaving the church, the lady turned
to tha administration official, with whom
she had waltzed many times, and said:
'Wasn't that a grand sermon?'
The gentleman smiled, and answered
with a counter question:
" 'Are you going to give up danrlng?'
"I'tterly astonished that auch a personal
application ot tha sermon should be made,
the lady replied, with great earnestness:
' 'Why, he didn't mean u!' .
'Now President Taft has made. In his
message, some statements calculated to
dlhslpate the belief so largely prevalent
that the law 'doesn't mean ua.' He refera
Id tha fact that the court decisions show
'that tha anti-trust act has a wide scope
nd applies to many combinations In actual
operation.' Also he plainly points out that
he regards it as tils duty to Institute pro
ceedings against 'all the Industrial com
panies with repict to which there Is
any reasonable ground ror suspicion that
they have been organized for a purpose
nd are conducting business on a plan
which la In violation of the anti-trust
law.' "
Around New York
BUsplea on tha Carrsat of Ufa
aa gaaa la tha Qrea Aaaerloaa
Metropolis from Bay to Say.
Unique among the varied activities of
Wall street Is the occasional auction by
curb brokers of fine specimen of the
printing crnft In the form of certificates
of stock of defunct companies. At such
les a $.V bill will purchase certificates
that have a face value of more than
$100,000. The auctioneer descants moro on
the beauty of the engraving that adorns
them than on the mine or unprofitable in
dustry they once represented. Hla reason
for this Is that among tho bidders are
some faddists who have a taste for the
bizarre In wall paper, who fancy that ono
of their rooms would look well decorated
with a dado of stocks that have brought
disaster to their original owner.
VMien I buy any of these artistic se
curities I look not only at tho. colors In
which they are printed, but also at the
name of the company represented," said
a man who had acquired for 10 a stack
of stiff, crnckly paper that weighed
several pounds. "I float a mlno or two
now and then, myself. I paste these
things up on tho wall of my 'den' at
home. That Is where I always take peo
pie I am trying to Interest. After dinner,
while we are sitting, smoking, 1 point out
cne fancifully named bunch of certificates
after another, and tell such tales as
can invent about how the original pur
chasers were roped In. All this Is by way
of contrast to the safe, conservative
proposition that I am offering, and It
catches the Investor nine times out of ten.
-i am ouying this bunxih to rill up a
vacant space on my walls caused by the
removal of some certificates that had
been there for more than a year. I learned
that the mining property they repre
sented had been resurrected and reorgan
ized, and I sold for 10 cents on the dollar
of their face value a lot of stock that had
cost me $1 a pound"
A report on the effect of the Increased
cost of living sent out by the Association
for Improving the Condition of the Poor
In New York City say a: "It may Interest
Mayor Gaynor to learn that among those
who are feeling the effects of cold and
high prices are some ot the political Job
holders whose names were lately dropped
from the olty payroll. Several of these
within the last week have sought relief
societies for aid and employment."
As compared with last year, tha report
says, the condition of laborers' families in
this city la greatly Improved. "The poor,
who recover from a business depression
more slowly than the well to do, have now
reached what a charity worker termed the
convalescent stage. The four months ended
last January have shown a decrease of 11
per cent in the number of applicants for
aid to the association compared with the
same period last year.
The amount spent for relief during the
same period was 20 per cent leas than the
year before. Yet destitution la estimated as
now being one and one-naif times as great
as In normal periods. The association is
visiting and aiding 4,200 families, aa com
pared with fewer than 8,000 In 1908 and the
early part of 1907.
'Charity workers notice a general tend
ency to cut down the quantity of food con
sumed by each family. When the prices
were highest a week or so ago very few
mothers of the poor were able to butter
their children's bread at breakfast. Hgg
Were out of the question. Not only the
quantity and variety, but also the quality
of the food and its nutritive value have
decreased."
The recent contest for the honor of hav- j
Ing the longest vermiform appendix proves
to have been so much wasted time. The
real record Is held In New York City and
was set several months ago. From an
authoritative source the announcement
came today that on May 6, 1909, Dr. Harold
Meeker of this city removed from a woman
patient an appendix measuring nine Inches,
which he now has In his possession. This
appears to set aside the championship
claims of Edwin Ross of Sharon, Pa., seven
inches; Howard Gould of Wlnthrop, Mass.,
six and seven-eighths Inches, and George
Goss, the former Yale foot ball star, six
inches. The average appendix Is from two
to three Inches long.
Mabel Fleming, daughter of Mr, and Mrs.
Oliver Fleming, 241 Clinton avenue, Jersey
City, is 8 years old and so far back as she
can remember she has wanted a baby
brother.
Her earnest effort to find and adopt one
one day last week made a lot of work for
the police of Jersey City and of Newark
and incidentally brought unmerited dis
aster on John Wehner, a tender-hearted
young man who drives a truck.
He was driving his truck along the plank
road between Jersey City and Newark
when he overtook Mabel, who was trudging
along the highway. She hailed him. .
"Mister," she said, "I am going to sea
my aunt In Newark. You'll give me a ride
there, won't you?"
"I'm going to Newark," said Wehner,
"climb In."
When Newark was reached Maibel lost
her recollection of her aunt's address and
she kept the tender-hearted truck driver
driving around Newark most of the after
noon In search ot the aunt's residence.
When it got dark Mabel confessed she
was hungry and followed that confession
with another in which Wehner lrarned
that there was no aunt and no baby
brother.
"Hut I do want a baby brother," Mabel
said, "and I - made up that story about
my aunt out of my head."
She wouldn't tell where she llvtd In Jer
sey City, and all Wehner could do was
to tuke her to his sister's house, where
sha was fed and put to bed. When Weh
ner's sister kissed the child good night,
Mabel said she intended to go out the first
tiling this morning and find a nice baby
brother she rould adopt and take home
with her. Wehner went to a dance.
In the meantime, the police of Jersey
City and Newark were looking for the
runaway girl. They pieced out one bit of
Information With another, and while Weh
ner In the dance hall was slowly and care
fully dancing a two-step he waa arrestej
charged with abduction.
An hour later he had convinced every,
body of his Innocence and Mrs. Fleming
had gone to Newark and taken Mabel
home. The little runaway's anxiety for a
baby brother waa so real that her mother
made application to the secretary of the
New Jersey Hoard of Guardians for a boy
of about 8 years old for adoption.
Youth's Advaataare Orer Aaa.
Washington Post.
Apart from It own merits the Nelson
Wolgast match possesses Interest from tha
fact that the result has a sentimental bear
ing on the coming contest between Jeffries
and Johnson. This is on the scute of aga
being the deciding factor when It comes
to the cruclul point In the ring. Jeffries
has shown In his preliminary work so
much of his former aillliy that the col
ored brother looks outclass. d. Rut ao did
Wolgast look cheap to the best Judges of
form, and now that they have been sharply
reminded that "age ever serves youth,"
they are apt to revise their opinion to tha
point of saying that Lti Arthur's chancta
look sweeter today than WkJk did jester-duy.
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TREAt'RR OV ALASKA.
My grone Critics Confounded by I.ntter-
Day Development.
Ilaltlmore American.
When, back In Grant's administration,
announcement was given out In Washing-
ion that negotiations between the govern
meni or the I n ted States ami Dint nf
Russia had been concluded whereby the
Peninsula of Alaska had been conceded to
this country In consideration of 17.000,000
in gold the opponents of the administration
engaged In a competitive contest of derision
and abuse of those responsible for such a
fool bargain." What should we ever do
with Alaska? Even,the friends of the ad
ministration felt a little foolish because
they could not find any good answer to the
question.
nut time has taken an overwhelming
vengeance upon these too confident critics.
Aiasaa today is the wonderland of the
earth, the real Golconda that makes the
fabled wealth of the Nizam's diamond king
dom look like 30 cents In comparison. About
thirteen years ago rich placer gold fields
were located In this supposedly worthless
area and during the last twelve years
more than 160,000,000 of gold has been
turned Into the world's markets from Gen
eral Grant's "fool bargain." And there Is
never a year passes that marvelous stories
of new gold finds are not sent down from
this frigid northland, until a listening world
nas been trained to believe that the tenth
has not yet been told concerning the hidden
treasures In the northwest corner of the
continent. It Is now known that Alaska
Is as rich In stored coal as Pennsylvania,
west Virginia and Maryland taken to
gether and richer In stored copper than
Arizona, Michigan and Montana with the
Mexican mines thrown In for good measure.
Alaska has as yet only been explored In
spots; It Is a vast area out of which might
be carved separate land divisions as big as
trance, the German empire and the Brit
ish islands, with enough area still left
over to cover the Netherlands. Switzerland
and Portugal. It Is a land where Provi
dence has scattered treasures lavishly and
the hunt for theso hidden riches, which has
barely begun, will be kept up everlastingly.
Opportunity Punndlug the Door.
Chicago , Record-Herald.
Mr. Wolgast, the new pugilistic champion,
s being "flooded" with offers from theatri
cal managers. It is reported that some of
the offers carry salary propositions rang
ing from 11,000 to $2,500 a week. It will be
wholly useless for anyone to attempt to
convince us, after this, that there Is In
this country no widespread appreciation of
our home brand of art.
Our Birthday Book
March 1, 1910.
William Dean Howells, the famous novel
ist, Waa born March 1, 1W7, at Martin's
Ferry, O. He started out at a typesetter
and worked into the newspaper business,
and now holds down the editor's easy chair
for Harper's Magazine.
Richard Jesse, for many years president
of the University of MIrsouH, Is 67 years
old. Dr.. Jesse waa forced to retire on ac
count of 111 health and waa succeeded by
President A. Ross Hill, who used to be a
professor In the University of Nebraska.
Peter J. Larmon, at present one of our
retired citizens looking after his own land
Investments, waa born March 1, 1MH, in
Sweden. For fiteen years he owned and
operated a private bank at Stanton, la.
Charles S. Stubbing, assistant to the gen
eral auditor of the Union Pacific, Is 62
years old today. He Is a native of Penn
sylvania and waa educated In Unlonvllle
academy. Mr. Stebblns has resided In
Omaha for forty years, moat of tho time
engaged In various branches of rallroiul
work.
Goorga W. McCaJlum, deputy United
States marshal, was born in Nebraska City,
March 1, 1870. Ha was deputy clerk and
also clerk of the county court of Otoe
county before taking up Ills present work.
Lieutenant Otho 12. Michiiells, uido-de-camp
to General Morton, Is 31 years old to
day. He was born at Fort Smiling. Minn.,
and has seen actlvo service In Cuba and
the Philippines.
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PERSONAL NOTES.
The champion big eater of the east has
just won his title by devouring at a single
sitting a ham, a keg of kale and two gal
lons of beer. Tho account adds, "H" still
lives."
Chicago points with pride to a scientist
7 years old, who became an original In
vestigator at 5. Lads of even tenderer
years have Investigated tho lnsldo of
father's watch.
. A. Davis, prominent In tho affairs i
the famous pony express, which carrl'
the malls from St. Joseph to tho Paclfld
coast before the days of tho railroads, Is
dead, aged G8 years.
A New York lawyer Insisted upon another
trial for a client who had been convicted
of second degree murder, and was success
ful. The second trial resulted In a firs!
degree verdict and a death sentence.
George llorup, who had served one year
as a special apprentice In the Pennsyl
vania railroad shops In Altoona, Fa., anil
obtained leave of absence to Join the Peary
expedition in search of tho North polo,
has resumed his overalls In tho shops.
The stork has presented Mr. and Mrs,
Goorgo Norton of Osceola, Kan., with
triplets, all boys. With the arrival of the
three youngsters the parents enjoy tha
distinction of having four boys under 1
year old. Eleven jnonths ago Mrs. Norton
gave birth to a boy, who is still living.
BREEZY TRIFLES.
"I dreamed last night that I proposed to
you and you accepted mo."
Dreams go by contraries, you know."
"I know, and I am not uoiug to uroooso
and you are not going to accept me."
HouBton Post.
Reporter Say. do you know what be
comes of office boys who uso such terribls
language?
Office Boy Sure! Dey grows uo ter be
city editors. Cleveland Leader.
Mrs. Crabshaw The doctor said my con
dition was duo to living In an overheated
room.
Mrs. Crawford What did he recommend?
Mrs. Crabshaw A steam heated flat.-.
Judge.
The crowd waa discussing fho tariff when
ono of the speakers noticed a young man.
whispering evidently in a restraining way,
to another near him.
Does your friend want a low rate?
asked tho speaker.
"No," replied the young man. tua-ililly.
"I think what he wants mostly ia a,' blub
ball." Ualtlmoro American.
'Whot's th' bosen piping to quarters fex.
Jack?"
"Admiral's orders."
"Whot's up?"
"The lockout spied a western girl In tha
offing, an' th' old man Is determined thet
th' service ain't a-goln' to be thrown Into
disorder again." Cleveland Plain Dealer.
i
IN MARCH.
There's a frivolous feeling
About In the air; .
The winds go carousing
Around everywhere,
And the ground hog' retreating
Heforo the March hare.
There's a fantastic follv
Takes hold of a feller,
Dlsplayln' the spot
Where his top piece Is meller;
And a rank, musty odor
Exudes from the cellar.
There's a sigh from the willows
Now waiting to bud;
For each inch of snow
There are fathoms of mud,
And a thrill of disgust
For each old winter dud.
There's a twitter of sparrows
That conies from tho eaves;
There's a chill In the sunshine
That rudely deceives;
And a rakish abandon
1
About lust year's leaves.
There's an Impish Incentive,
A longing to love;
Tliero's a hint of-a tumult
Abroad In thu g'ove;
And a "down and out" air '
That lurk round the stove, '
There's a longing to burs . .
" All our shackles and fli-a I
To the uttermost bounds '
Of the un til and the sea;
.And we. fevl work I not what
Jt'a cracked up to be.
There's a rambunctious thought
That sets in vibration
All the strings of our hearts
With a foolish elation;
Anil that rambunctious thought
Js fho thought of vacation.
UAYOLL NI5 TRELI5.