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TIIE HKK: OMAHA. WKDXKSDAY. MAY 4. 1910.
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STATEMENT OF CtRCl'DATION.
State of Nebraska, Douglas County, .:
George B. Tzscbuck. treasurer of The
Bee Fuhllahlng Company, being duly aworn,
aaya that the actual number of full and
complete copie of The Dalb', Morning.
Evening and Monday Bee prlnten during the
month of April, 1S10, waa aa follow:
1 43,800 It 43,730
2 43,910 17 49,300
t 43,100
1 44,400
1 48,770
43,40
7 43,690
1 4390
43,000
10 44,800
It
19....
20....
21 ... .
22
21
...43,360
...43,680
, . .40,660
. . .48,660
. . .43,680
. . .43,100
. .43,640
. .43,660
..43,000
. .48,660
. .43,700
24 41,400
26 43,840
2S 48,630
27 48,600
2t 48,890
29 48,760
80 49,970
Total . 1,364,840
Returned 'coplea , 10,431
Net total ........1,374,119
Dally average 48.470
UriOKGE kt. TiSSCHUCn..
Treaaurer. Subscribed In my presence and aworn to
before me this 2d day ot May, 1910.
Id. P. WALKER.
Notary Public
Subscriber leaving; the pity tew
porarlly hoalt kvc The Be
mailed to them. Addresses will be
rhanaed aa oftrt aa requeated.
Ice King Morse in a cool fighter.
Some college professors would make
Ideal yellow Journalists.
The custom of kissing the ruler is
tot observed in Holland.
The colonel's reception in Holland
was a sort of family affair. '
And now Mr. Bryan is going to pun
ish those who disagreed with him.
Mr. Hearst loves the spot-light, but
not wheu Mayor Gaynor Is working
the switch.
The rush act and friendly touch are
not affected by the high money rate
of Interest.
In one respect Lincoln la ahead of
Omaha. They have more small per
down there.
Mr. Bryan says Mr. Roosevelt will
come back an insurgent. Did Mr.
Roosevelt wire him to that effect?
Omaha will be mighty glad to enter
tain the West Point cadets during the
Ak-Sar-Ben period, or at any other
time.
It perhaps does not occur to the
committee on speakers after this to
Invite Mayor Gaynor to "speak
plainly."
Dick Croker says, speaking of Paul
han, men have no right to try to
master the air. Too much air was not
Richard's sin.
The Spirit of the West.
In two hours and a half San Fran
cisco raised more than $4,000,000 In
support of the Panama-Pacific exposi
tion, an enterprise projected in cele
bration of the building of the Panama
canal. The money was raised at a
mass meeting of cltliens on the floor
of the Merchants' Exchange. The
highest single pledge was $200,000,
there being two such.
What does it mean, this prodigality
of giving? It means, it is, the spirit,
not alone of San Francisco, of Cali
fornia, but of the west the spirit
that does big things in a big war. It
is that same spirit that raised the new
San Francisco from the ruins of the
mother city, a spirit that laughs at
disaster, that hurls defiance in the
face of calamity, that will not down
even under the ominous might of an
earthquake
New Orleans, Washington, and little
San Diego sought to secure this expo
sition, but while they were extolling
their virtues and claims in petitions
and their press, this audacious guar
dian of the Golden Gate was securing
the prlte. San Francisco forgot to ask
the world to give it support; she for
got to solicit outside sentiment, she
forgot all except to go straight to the
business of getting what she wanted.
It looks like she has made Borne prog
ress. Americans admire a winner. That
is why many cities and states which
before may not have felt much con
cern in this matter, will be for Ran
Francisco. But S.an Francisco, In this
case, means California, for the state
is back of the city, and even Los An
geles is contributing heavily toward
the ultimate $5,000,000 which San
Francisco has pledged.
Now, having raised this money, San
Francisco will send Its delegation on to
Washington to present Its claim for
the exposition, which Is to be a world's
exposition, built oc the most elaborate
plans.
New Railroad Bed Fellows.
The report that James J. Hill and
former Senator W. A. Clark of Mon
tana had formed an alliance for rail
road aggression In the Pacific north
west is now accredited in financial cir
cles, which at first discounted the
story, and, on the other hand, a com
bination is reported between President
Lovett of the Union Pacific and Presi
dent Ripley of the Santa Fe.
These forces are undoubtedly array
ing themselves in contemplation of the
vast Increase In traffic which will flow
from the interior to the Pacific coast
when the Panama canal is opened.
Hill and Clark, It Is believed, are pre
paring to criss-cross the Pacific north
west with new lines and finally work
down into the old Harrlman territory,
with an entrance into San Francisco
as the ultimate goal, the goal to which
Mr. Hill has for years aspired. Lovett
and Ripley, with their Southern Pa
cific and Santa Fe, will then attempt
to invade the Hill domain on the
north.
Tnia Mill ciam combination seems
n'l the more plausible In view of the
that . Clark owns the San Pedro
fret i Salt Lake City to Los Angeles
and the ocean, which would afford a
fine outlet for Hill interests In that
direction. The late Mr. Harriman was
powerful enough to force Clark to let
him In on $20,000,000 worth of this
San Pedro stock, but the deal was al
ways regarded as questionable and
subject to attack under the anti-trust
prosecution. Clark, therefore, must
now realise bis. ability to make this al
liance with Hill and defy the Harrl
man interests to stop him, knowing
that they would not be in a position
to enforce an objection.
the fireworks that might be sold In
Opiaha during the "glad" season and
dump them into the river. The risk
of one boy's life or limb, or the danger
of a general conflagration, is of far
greater consideration than the Interest
manufacturers and vendors ot ex
plosives may have in it. Patriotism
that can only be vented in a way that
is dangerous, not only to the patriot,
but to his neighbors, Is better suppressed.
Clark Howell of the Atlanta Consti
tution thinks Georgia would lead a
break from the solid south for Roose
velt. Yes, or Taft. ,
With insurgency ; among the repub
licans and revolt among the demo
crats, Indiana ought to have a rather
enjoyable campaign.
Lurton'i First Trust Case.
Because of the criticism that fol
lowed the president's appointment of
Judge Lurton to the supreme court,
the latter's first trust case utterance,
in the appeal of the Mississippi lumber
combine, becomes a matter of common
Interest. The court decides against the
trust and dissolves it. On the same
day the court also decides against the
Standard Oil company In Tennessee,
ousting it from that state. Both rases
were appealed by the respective states,
whose arms In combatting powerful
combines are upheld by Judge Lurton
and his associates.
The antl Lurton sentiment had a
right to a hearing and was accorded
it, though perhaps it went a little too
far In Its severity. That being true,
the decision in hand might without in
justice to anyone be regarded as proof
of Judge Lurton's fairness and a vin
dication of the president's choice. It
Is not to be supposed, however, that
Mr. Taft would make an appointment
where such vindication was necessary.
The Mississippi lumber case was of
far-reaching effect. It extended be
yond state boundaries and will have
some Interest In Nebraska, where many
lumbermen go south for their pur
chases. The combine was particularly
arbitrary in its aggression. It coldly
forbade any of its members to deal
with a manufacturer or wholesaler
who sold to consumers in their respec
tive localities under certain conditions.
The penalty was a boycott, with all Its
most obnoxious attributes. The action
In both these cases must be accepted
as indicating the court's predisposition
lielther one way or the other in trust
litigation, but Its complete sympathy
with the general movement for a wider
scope of Justice in dealing with the
smaller interests.
time when our relations were more
friendly with South American repub
lics than they are today, he repeats i
what well Informed people know. This'
Is due largely to the diplomacy of Sec
retary Knox, whom the president also
highly praises for his negotiation of
tariff agreements under the maximum
and minim lm clause.
The publication of expense accounts
by the parties Involved In the late wet
or dry contest In Lincoln shows that
it takes money to buy talk, as well as
to buy whisky. Also that neither side
had much on the other when it came
to funds.
Edward Payson Weston has again
concluded a transcontinental walk,
thus proving that a man past three
score and ten can do anything that is
not too much for his strength and endurance.
Prohibition has sustained a defeat
in the fight for governor In the Ala
bama primaries, which is another evi
dence of the fact that the south is not
thoroughly wedded to no-lioense.
An Experiment Worth While.
Chicago Record-Herald.
Clark Howell, editor of the Atlanta Con
stitution, thinks Hcosevelt will smash the
solid south If he runs for the presidency
again. Everyone will admit that It would
be an interesting experiment.
Comrade.
Philadelphia Ledger.
Anybody perturbed by the belief of cer
tain people that the comet is to simish
all things mundane may find comfort In
the fact that the same people contend,
with' tuual fervor, that the earth in flat.
I.re of Prosperity.
New York Tribune.
The tide of immigration U again run
ning at the 1106-'07 flood. The Inflow may
not be welcome from every point of view,
but It is a sure index of industrial re
vival. A huge volume of Immigration
points to the existence of abundant na
tional prosperity.
Here is where a poet gets it. Sir
Alfred Austin has decided to write a
few stanzas on "The Man With the
Big Stick." We had' hoped for better.
The Iowa woman who shot her hus
band in the neck while aiming at a
dog merely illustrates what has been
suspected and occasionally expressed.
The colonel may be slowing up. but
so long as he ran plunge Into local
electlona in France -and England as a
factor soma people will have to be
ahown.
Aa a matter of police regulation
Omaha ought to have a safe and sane
Fourth. It the city council will not
take action the police' authorities still
have the power.
Omaha's Water Situation.
The situation as regards Omaha's
water supply has resolved Itself into
this condition:
The quality of water now furnished
is condemned by medical experts, and
the quantity of water furnished is con
demned by the- users. The demand
for water has grown beyond the ca
pacity of the present plant to supply.
The Omaha Water board admits that
the company made an offer to increase
the rapacity ot the plant, but the
board did not deign tc notice the offer
because it had no faith in the com
pany's integrity. The Water board
later approached the company with an
offer of compromise, which was re
jected because the water company did
not believe the Water board was act
ing In good faith.
Thus it is apparent that neither side
trusts the other. The Water board Is
powerless to enforce Its orders and the
water company will not grant any
favors. If the work of making the
needed extensions were begun today
the relief desired would not be availa
ble before next spring.
The question is, Has not Omaha
waited long enough?
The school board, having adopted a
uniform plan for the Omaha public
schools, might now go a little farther
and adopt a uniform color for the hair
and eyes of the children who attend
these schools.
The million-dollar rain of Sunday
was the best tb'.ng that haa happened
to Nebraska In a loqg time. In fact,
the entire west shares in that benefit,
and business' will be all the better be
cause the menace to cropa haa been
removed.
The water-logged statesman is again
putting himself on record aa a prophet.
He gives the people of Omaha credit
for very little discernment. Hti
propheciea of eight years ago are still
tjL'fri''f;h in the public mind for his
t Buries to carry uuuen weight.
A Modest Policeman.
Some people think of policemen as
vain and vaunting, eager for a leap
into the limelight. That is a sordid
view, a3 unjust as it Is untrue. A
Pittsburg policeman has" proved it by
rejecting a proffered privilege which
could not fail to give fame, and that,
too, without any cost to his personal
dignity, a chance to sit with the presi
dent of the United States in a box at
a base ball game as his guest. The
man who declined this remarkable in
vitation was Police Sergeant T. J. Mor
ley, whose strong resemblance to Mr.
Taft has brought him into prominence
as his double. When he was asked to
occupy a place iu the box beside the
president he declined in a written j
statement, saying, that while he ap
preciated the honor and distinction,
and while he admired Mr. Taft per
sonally and as president, his natural
aversion to notoriety would not per
mit him to accept the invitation.
Think of It!
Where Is there another man, po
liceman or what not, who would turn
down such an opportunity? One might
more easily reconcile this Instance If It
had not occurred In Pittsburg. The
men In public life there nave not lately
been distinguished for their modesty.
But people shall have to think of the
blue-coated guardians of the law here
after as coy, cunning fellows, shrink
ing from the suggestion of publicity.
Perhaps this is the day the police re
porter long has craved. If Sergeant
Morley's example becomes popular per
haps the reporter who states that
"Brave Officer Muldoon made tfie ar
rest," when, In fact, it waa Sergeant
Mulcabey, will not dread to go near
the station for three days.
After all, Sergeant Morley, as the
man who rpfused to sit with the presi
dent, may be more famous than Ser
geant Morley who sat with him.
Denmark's reception to Colonel
Roosevelt is not surpassed by any that
has been accorded the distinguished
American In Europe. Perhaps not aa
demonstrative, !. Is fully as sincere,
and if a people so undemonstrative by
temperament as the Danes were to be
come ostentatious on such an occasion
their sincerity might suffer. The king
was out of the country, but the crown
prince met Mr. Roosevelt and family
before they landed, placed a palace at
their disposal and, at the king's com
mand, had the stars and stripes un
furled on all the royal buildings for
the first time in history. This must
be viewed by all nations as an example
of true friendship.
Generosity with n Mrlng.
New York World.
The ultimate consumer would view with
equanimity the prospect of higher com
modity prices due to the advance of freight
rate made by the railroads to offset their
increase of wages If he could receive some
guarantee that his own income will be In
creased to correspond. The spectacle of the
railroad enjoying a reputation for liberal
ity In a wage Increase which they are
merely pasHing on to the public Is calcu
lated to occasion certain ironical reflections.
(
Freak of Nrntlmrnt.
Philadelphia Record.
This is no age of commerciallxm; this la
a sentimental age. The other day a burg
lar was released from the Minnesota peni
tentiary because he wrote good poetry,
now an Incorrigible girl of lti lias been re
leased from the county Jail In Fresno, Cal.,
because her singing moved the heart of
the prosecuting officer, who believed that
she had the making of a prima donna in
her. If she only had the making of a com
mon, everyday .sort of a housewife she
would have been left. In the Jail.
Washington Life
Some latareettBf rhases
as 4 Oondlttona Okserret
at tat KaUos'a Capitol.
Absolutely.
Fourth and Firecrackers.
Doen the perpetuity of the Amer
ican institutions depend on the setting
off of unlimited fireworks on the
Fourth of July? Is our patriotism
best expressed by a nerve-racking din
and a tumultuous uproar? Do we
really, ahow our love of country and
our devotion to humanity by blowing
out eyes, shooting off fingers and
thumbs, planting the germs ot tetanus,
burning property and otherwise
spreading destruction on the nation's
birthday?
These questions are respectfully re
ferred to the Omaha city council,
which haa Just by vote declared Itself
against a "safe and sane" observance
of the Fourth.
Aa a matter of economy it would be
aaving money for the city to buy all
COMMONER. ri.EASE COPY.
A Few Bright Thought Designed to
Danish the Darkness.
Brooklyn Eagle (dem.)
Apparently, tt Is difficult to please the
editor of the Commoner, who was not con
sulted about th? offer made to and ac
cepted by the governor of this state, which
docs not meet with his approval. He ob
jects to the appointee because:
Ills reputation as a reformer rests upon
a few official acts.
He vetoed a bill reducing railroad rales
in this state to t cents a mile.
He was the first prominent man to in
terpose opposition to the Income tax, and
He Is understood to be a close personal
friend of Rockefeller.
After all of which comes the allegation
that he Is a shining illustration of the
type which opposes small crimes and shows
no Indignation at the larger formsof legal
laed robbery.
Well. It happens that Mr. Hughes la now
governor because Insurance millions went
astiay and because of what he' Hid to put
an end to that sort of thing. Nobody pro
tested that this form of robbery was on a
small scale It waa by wholesale.
As to the governor's reputation, It was
made before he was commissioned to per
form official acta, though It has been sup
plemented slnoe. Incidentally his veto
of the 2-cent fare bill did much to enhance
It. whatever may be said of his objection
to the Income tax.
Moreover, It la not recorded of the gov
ernor that he ever persuaded anybody to
draw a will hy which he was to benefit to
the extent of $.10,000 at the expense of a
widow. Also. It should be added that he
will leave Albany with less money than
lie had when he began hla service there.
occasionally wig nm suuivan makes a
few remarks calculated to create an Im
pression, possibly because they are rude
or crude or both. Yesterday he obseifed:
"Let him go. and may Ood be with him.
And while I don't know a whole lot about
running t'nlted States supreme courts, and
I probably wouldn't be asked how to run
one, I want to say that I'm dead on the
level saying that they couljn't get a bet
ter man for that business. We need tel.
lows like Hughes on those Jobs, and I'll
lay 10 to 1 right off the hat now that he'll
make good."
Commoner please copy.
President Taft Is right wh?n he
says that if the insurgents, combining
with the democrats, defeat the rail
road bill which he initiated and give
the country no legislation in that line,
they must take the responsibility and
not try to shift it onto him and the
members of congress who stood by the
measure.
The British lords had to come to It,
though it was hard. The peers have
really not shown themselves off to
very good advantage In this budget
fight, but, after all, the result is but
one step Great Britain is taking to
ward a more popular form of government.
The president's tribute to Secretary
Knox is so well fortified by obvious
facta aa to be generally appreciated.
When he says that there never was a
Our Birthday Book
The tumult and the Joyous shouting of
democrats in congress over the election of
two raw recruits In Massachusetts and
Nw York have died away. In the sohrr
moments of the morning after the shoutrrs
are wondering where "the great triumph"
comes In. Congrrssmen Foss and Havens
are not enthusiastic over party caucus
rulea and show a disagreeable tendency
toward party Insurgency, Havens signal
ised his first day In the house of repre
sentatives by voting with the republicans,
giving his associates to understand that
there was no visible difference between
Cannonlsm and Champ Clarklsm. F.qually
ralnful to the party la the Independence of
Foss. "Foss Is no -democrat," exclaimed
one wrathful member of the minority
party, as quoted by the Brooklyn Eagle.
"He Is simply an alienated republican. He
has Ideas on the tariff which I will never
stand ?ur In the world. He represents New
Kngland and Its manufacturing industries
and his demand for free raw materials,
whll It will appeal to New England, will
be absolutely opposed by the producing sec
tions of the country."
His gallant rescue of a girl from the rag
ing waters of the whirlpool of the Oreat
Falla of the Potomac, fifteen miles above
Waahington, resulted in the bestowal of a
gold medal upon Walter C. Rockwell, a
deaf muto of Uallaudcl college, last Friday
night. The medal was the gift of mem
ber of the family of Miss Maud Kdlngtnn,
another student of the college, who had
been saved from death In the waters by
young Rockwell.
Aa the girl fell Into the rapids and was
swept Into the whirlpool below, Rockwell
threw about a large rock a noose In a
long coil of rope he chanced to be carry
ing, fastened the other end about his waist
and leaped In to save her. Swimming In
the maelstrom was Impossible and the boy
had to trust to chance that the waters
would sweep htm down to where the girl
waa being whirled about, nor could he cry
out because of his affliction, to those on
the rocks above.
Fortunately, however, they had seen the
occurrence and hastened to the spot. As
he had hoped, the current carried Rock
well within reach of the girl and he selted
her and held fust.
When dragged ashore by means of the
rope the girl waa unconscious and her
brave rescuer In almost as sad a plight.
Champ Clark sent shivers down the
spines of several thousand office holders
the other day when he told what he would
do If the democrats get In power. Clark
says that Senator Aldrich was right in
declaring that he could run the govern
ment at an annual saving of $:ioo,000.ooo.
This Is the way Clark would run things:
"I kow that It is exceedingly difficult'
to get rid of an office that Is once created,
hut I know that this government could
be run Just as well as It Is run, If one
third of all the federal officials In the
United States were decapitated this min
ute and turned out among the people to
go to work again.
"If 1 had my way, this is what I would
do: I would diiect every head of a depart
ment when a vacancy occurred by death
or resignation, or In any other way, not
to rill that vacancy until the number of
officials in the department was reduced
..-.! pr coni. i nai is the reasible way to
reduce the number of employes without
working any injury to either the living or
ine aeaav
Educated mice are not altogther 'un
common about the capitol and Its office
buildings, but Congressman Rodenburg of
llinols says that those that inhabit his
room ase more learned than any others.
"You know my word is good," said Ro
denburg, Indicating that the story he was
about to tell was a bit fishy. "Well,
when my secretary and I were looking
over the seeds that came to us from the
Agricultural department, we were' on the
verge of doing some tall cussing at the
mice that had gnawed a hole, in the cor
ner of nearly every package. Now, you
know, the large envelopes contain several
mailer seed packages, and I want to tell
you our wrath gave place to admiration
when, after opening several of the large
packages, wo found that none of the
small packages In any of them had been
touched except the packages of lettuce
seed. I'll wager something pretty that
there Isn't another member of congress
who has mice In his room that are trained
as well as that."
Roya!
Baking Powder
improves Uie flavor
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Absolutely Puro
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The esse of Joseph M. "'" "'"..,
ji stick A!I.n it Mi tiiii:vi:s.
An Instance of Nlow lint Sure Work
In I'enn Ivnnls).
Philadelphia Record.
The charge Is orten made, and with, ap
parent Justification, that the law promptly
punishes little thieves, while big thieves
may steal with Impunity. But the cynics
have lately been confronted with a num
ber of Important exceptions to the f-econd
clause of this rule
Huston, the architect whose connivance
made possible the plundering of the stale
to the tune of some $.".000,000 In the con
struction of the $13,0110.000 Palace of Graft,
Is a notable illustration.
Huston, In his efforts to escape convic
tion for his participation In this gigantic
steal, had the assistance of some of the
most resourceful lawyers money could
hire. I'nder their able guidance he suc
ceeded in dodging trial ajoiln and again,
until the patience of an outraged public
was well-nigh exhausted. Brought to bay
at last, he fought doggedly, step by step,
each move of the commonwealth to fasten
upon him the proofs of his crime. No
stone was left unturned to save him; no
excuse was overlooked that mlsht possibly
have explained away the damning evidence
of the state. But he could not hypnotize
the Judge or befuddle the Jury. The verdict,
after a fair and impartial weighing of the
testimony, was "guilty."
grater; it merely upbraided the skin."
Chicago Tribune.
"I told them to put our advertisement
next to pure reading matter."
"IMdn't they.'"
"Judge for yourself. They've put It nevt
to an article on cold storage 10-ycar-ul 1
eggs." Baltimore American.
"What's the matter with you this ine,
Ing. Delia?'' asked Mrs. Wise.
"th! ma'am." replied the servant
lis lh terrible earache 1 have tlii.1
SUNNY GEMS.
"I understand," said Miss Miami Brown,
"dat you has a position of great trust and
responsibility."
"Yes," replied Mr. Erastus Plnkly. "dey
lets me carry de po'terhouse steaks all tic
way f'um de kitchen to de dinln' room."
Washington Start.
"Have you cut your hand?" Inquired the
next, door neighbor. "I see you have It tied
up." '
"Oh, no." said Mrs. Lapsling. "I
scratched It accidentally with a nutmeg
should be careful. IVlia. All
th- keyholes in tills house are very
draughty," Caihollo Htandurd and Titties.
"You Americans think of nothing hut
getting money.'' said the critical visitor.
"Anothrr injustice!" replied Mr. Iustln
Ktax. "observe the bargain-counter sale
or the educational donation, and ponder
on our enthusiasm about giving it up."
Washington Star.
Crank Yes, that great base ball plnyer
was married lust week.
Fan So'.' Any change In him.
Crank Not- a bit! He is running and
sliding for home more than ever. Judge.
SPRING FEVER.
I know a lltle road whose curves
Round green hills loop and coil;
I've never seen Its starting point,
But It leads away from toll.
I know a little path that tempts
Thro' meadows green and fair;
I don't know where that path begins,
But it leads away from caro.
I know a lltle trail that slopes
And ever onward hurries;
I don't know where It started, but
It's end Is far from worries.
I know a little brook that runs
Along with laughter light;
I don't know where It started, but
H. leads where fitshea bite.
THE AFTER CLAP.
I know another path the boy
Is not so wild about;
It Is the path that father takes
To cut a maple snrout.
Omaha. -BAVOIJ. NE TRE1.E.
Kay 4, 1910.
Dr. Roswell Park, the famous aurgeon,
waa born May 4. 1RB2, at Pomfret, Conn.
He will be remembered as having been
the surgeon In charge when President Mc
Klnley waa shot.
Wlnfleld T. liurbin, former governor of
Indiana, is (IS year old. He wn born In
Lawrenceburg. lnd., and served both In the
civil war and Spanish-American war. He
also added to hi fame by refusing to
honor the demand of Kentucky for ex
tradition of ex-Qovernor TgJior.
Horace S. Emory, the photographer, was
born May 4, 1RS. In Boston. He started I
out In the photographic business in Boston
in 1878, and haa been at it successfully in
Omaha since 1891.,
I D. Spauldlng, secretary of the Omajn
Safety Deposit and Trust company; 1 44
years old today. He was born In Morning
Bun, la., and was for many year with the
Omaha National bank.
W. Farnam Smith, the real estate man, is
celebrating hla 47th birthday today. He
came to Omalia from Boston In 1877, and
ha been acttiely engaged in the real es
tate, loan and Insurance business ever
since, now in the ' name of W. Farnam
Smith company.
PERSONAL NOTES.
General Kitchener U quoted as saying
that "New York has the prettiest girls he
over aaw." The general passed through
Omaha at a midnight hour, when the real
article was enjoying Its beauty sleep.
San Francisco Is taking up In earnest
the scheme to hold an exposition In lttla
in honor of the completion of the Panama
canal. Over $4,000,000 of the required $5,000.
000 stock waa subscribed in two hours last
Thursday, h'.iake.
A parrot at Ellis Island, who called an
immigrant inspector "a mutt' for refusing
to pass its mistress aa a virtual resident
or- account of her inability to epeuk Eng
lish proved her right by its own com
mand of the language.
When the chairman of the San Francisco
Police Board took office, he iaid the law
wa to be enforced in that city. Nobody
believed the statement then, but as he is
now under arrest for larceny, there mav
have been sorr.ethlng In it.
Judge R. R. Klnkead of Toledo, who1
I chiefly known to fame aa the Judge!
who sent the Toledo Ice men to Jail for
forming a trust to boost prices, is now
mentioned as a possible candidate for gov
ernor of Ohio on the republican ticket.
The reported killing and eating of two
missionaries In the South Seas would em
to be a reminder of the good' old time
In the cannibal Islands. Still It Is quite
possible that thla story may have been
originally Intended for the first of April.
Every senator speaks to blind Senator
Gore, no matter where they meet him.
So expert la Senator (lore In the matter
of sound that he can distinguish every
man in the senate by his voice, whether
it be in the elevators, the corridors or
one of the committee rooms.
SPRING
I S H E.R..E 1
TVf EET her with the springy
step, that shows your
feet have the Springtime glad
ness. Which means: wecrthe
MAKES LIFE'S WALK EASY'
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prospective abundant crops in Europe and
the probability of a surplu in this coun
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In the coming twelve months. Farmers
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expect d to show a corresponding fluctu
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no more than maintain the March quota
tion, hog are off, and the inference la
that the high point ha been reached, to be
followed by a reaction.
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