THE BEE: OMAHA.' TUESDAY. MAY 10. 101f,
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MSie umaha Daily Bee.
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VICTOR HOSEWAIER, EDITOR.
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Rial nf N'pbrsKUa Illturlu County, SB.
Oeorga B. Tsscbuck, treasurer of Tha
Bea Publishing Company, being duly sworn,
aavs that tha actual number of full and
I'oniDlota conies nf Tha Daily. Morning,
Evening and Sunday R-e prlrfted during the)
month of April, Mio, waa aa fouowa
10. .
, .49,800
. .42,10
..43,100
, .44,400
. .48,770
..48,840
. .43,690
. .43 890
..48,060
.44.8C0
11 48,840
12 43,560
It... 43,600
It..; ..43,680
15. ...... ...43,700
Total - '.
Returned ooplea
16 43,730
17 43,300
g 43,360
1 ...43,680
20 48,880
SI .; 43,680
. 22 43,880
23 43,100
24 41,400
2t 43,840
2 43,830
17 43,800
it 43,690
2 ....48,760
30 43,870
.1,884,640
10,431
Net total 1,374,116
Dally average 43,470
GEORGES B. TZ8CHUCK. '
Treasurer.
Subscribed In my presence and aworn to
before ma thla 2d day of May. 1330.
M. P. WALKER,
Notary Publlo.
Bab.crlber. leaving; tha city ten
porarlly should havej Tha Baa
mailed to them. Add revs a will he
chanced aa often aa raqae.ted.
Now, next on the social list is the
June bride.
Up to date the colonel has not
spoken of being tired, we believe.
Omaha bas been lucky bo far in the
way of automobile accidents that's
all.
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The, observance of Mothers' day Is
a good thing incidentally for the
florists. '
Mr. Bryan says Ire. will speak. for
Mr.- Kern frt' Indiana'' Has'he turned
against him, too?. . v
That symmetrical alliteration, "Mys
tery of the Maine," may be spoiled
within a short time.
Jphn D.. Rockefeller and Ida Tarbell
both admit the world Is getting better.
Then why not bury the hatchet?
Isn't it about time for some of our
-democratic friends hereabouts to
resurrect their old Success league?
If the New York World does not
like the Idea of having so many An
anias clubs, It .might, try to form i
combine of them.
The chief census statistician de
clares he does not expect to disclose
any farm figure v until September
What will the harvest be?
With Roosevelt and Hughes at Cam
bridge for commencement week, Harvard
will be what an ambitious reporter once
fried -to deacrlbe as "the connoisseur of all
ye." Boaton .Herald.
Did the man on the desk catch lt?
Newg that 15U)0oioOO railroad
bonds will be placed In Europe ex
plains fully Mr. Morgan's mission in
that country and relieves public anx
iety as to his state of health. .
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A Democratic emergency.
The constitution of Nebraska em
powers the governor to rail the legis
lature to convene In extra session "on
extraordinary occasions," stating In
the "proclamation the purpose of the
call, "and the legislature shall enter
upon no business except that for which
they wer called together." In other
words, the extra session provided for
by the constitution-makers contem
plates an emergency of such unusual
character that the legislation de
manded cannot safely be deferred un
til the time for regular meeting.
Mr. Bryan has suddenly discovered
that such an emergency demanding
the Immediate convening of the Ne
braska legislature in extraordinary
session confronts us. But ven ac
cording to his own statement the emer
gency Is purely a democratic emer
gency td correct the "mistake" com
mltted by the democratic legislature
in falling to enact an Initiative and
referendum law. He freely declares
his belief that this "mistake" Is likely
to prove fatal to democratic hopes lu
the next election, and at the same time
18 calling on the republican members
of the legislature, under cover of the
so-called Direct Legislation league, to
help the democrats out of the hole in
which they find themselves. '
Initiative and referendum may be
part of the democratic creed, but it
has never found a place In any plat
form promulgated by Nebraska re
publicans, and at worst the repub
licans cannot be blamed for the "mis
takes" of Mr. Bryan's democratic leg
islature. Picture the' complacency of
the democrats It the situation were re
versed nd the republicans were ap
pealing to democratic law-makers to
come to the rescue and.' help them
patch up art .' indefensible legislative
record. In this democratic emer
gency, which has put Mr. Bryan and
the leaders of his party at sixes ain
sevens, we believe republicans, in and
out of the legislature, can enjoy them
selves best by occupying cushioned
seats on the grandstand. .
Liberals Mast Go Slow.
The liberal and reform forces of
Great Britain have a good victory Jn
sight and a good chance to lose It if
they are not extremely wtutious. In
the wake of King Edward'B death pub
lic sentiment and sympaThy are natu
rally with the government, but any
mlsmove by the liberals at this time
might turn the tide against them and
destroy all the gains the? had made.
Now is the time, therefore, for the
leaders of these varied elements to dis
play their statesmanship. It seems
entirely probable that if they can get
through the present stress period with
credit to themselves they will have
confirmed their ascendancy.
- One- may little doubt that" the lead
ers in the British Parliament who
have deported themselves so well thus
far In the evolution of national, poll
tics will fall to observe this warning
signal, which England" as a whole evl
dehtly recognizes. The feeling Is one
of suspense and apprehension. The
people are waiting, and that, too, with
considerable tenseness to see what
will be the policy of King George with
relation jto the embryonic . reforms.
The kingdom is anxious not only to
avoid a crisis, but. to preserve what
has been won under the inspiration of
wise leadership, backed by the stable
Judgment and progresslveness of the
late monarch." In such a state of. af
fairs precipitate action by the reform
forces might be all but fatal.
Already there fs a general disposi
tion to give the new king ample time
In which to familiarize himself with
the political situation before proceed
ing with the parliamentary program.
This Is an encouraging sign for the
welfare of the country, to say nothing
of the fate of the liberal vlcadersbip.
a nameless wage worker earning $15
a day who Is starving to death because
of republican misrule, end prescribes
as the remedy to go back to enforced
Idleness and democratic soup houses.
Better ta&e something for it.
Heed the Weather Forecast
The official forecaster of the
weather bureau at Washington says
much of the "ipromputable damage"
to fruit and vegetation In the south
and west caused by. the cool waves
might have been avoided had people
given proper heed to the timely warn
ings and forecasts of the government
weather department. The weather
bureau operates under the Department
of Agriculture; it was designed
chiefly to benefit agriculture and hortl
culture. It Beems to be a sheer waste
of energy and capital, therefore, for
its forecasts to be Ignored.
j The, Jocularity Indulged In at the
xpenso of the weather man may,
after all, have an evil effect, tending
to belittle the serious importance of
his work and Hs value to the entire
country. He, like other men, makes
mistakes and sometimes comes short
of a correct prediction, but in the
great majority of cases the official
forecast Is reliable and If duly ob
served will save damage to vegetation.
If Prof. Edward B. Garriott, chief
forecaster, is correct In his estimate
of the tremendous losses this year be
lnglargely due to Ignorance of the
weather predictions, the government
should see to it that this fact is widely
advertised and Impressed on people's
minds, for it may be turned to their
profit in the end by bringlngthem to
heed these forecasts and be governed
by them.
B A RBF.ROI'S
MM 7. IK.
Avaunt the Pink Tea. -What
has come over the sturdy
Swede of Teutou ancestry and his
Teutonic guest? What is this report
that comes from Stockholm about the
ladles and gentlemen of the court en
tertaining Colonel Roosevelt for two
hours at an afternoon tea '. and the
royal physician forbidding his step
ping outside .the palace for one whole
day and his standing in the presence
of 40,000 students singing "The Star
Spangled Banner," declining to make
a speech and merely bowing his way
back from the throngs? The Ameri
can people have a right to more ex
pllclt information on the subject.
it was enough, those stories that
came of the little gondolas at Venice,
but here is our own lion hunter, the
man who mff banished "mollycoddles,
coming down to two hours of tea sip
ping at a stretch. Such incongruity
might be accounted for in some parts
of Paris, or even Venice, but In Swe
den, never. Sweden, like Mr. Roose
velt, " strikes upon the imagination
with force aft something rtgonpus and
rugged, like Its climatic and ancestral
attributes. From .Upsala to Oscar,
from Wodan to the palace at Stock
holm, the rulers, trfe temples and the
courts have suggested strength, vlrll
ity of character and never pink teas.
Truly, this traveler his been led
Into a strange situation. They tell us
he had a little throat affection that
prevented his speaking clearly, and it
was raining. Prudence is piety at
times, but even that will not supply
the answer. The American people will
expect a better explanation of him and
from him,'- The spirit of Missouri still
lives.
Waterloo' Reform Kaereda the afe
and .- l imit.
New TOrk Time.
It .Is an op"n question whether barber
a a das have ever been quite aa.ialka
tive as undying tradition has proclaimed.
Kvf rybody. know a today the taciturn, mo
rose barber, who la generally expert with
shears and razor, and speajt only when
spoken to; and not then If he can avoid
speech. We have no doubt he existed In
ancient Greece and Rome long before the
Christian era. when the conversational facil
ity of barbers was a favorite a subject of
the Jester as It la now.
The barber shop, from the earliest era,
has been a resort of gossips. Politics, the
arU, the gladiators, betting odds, and the
current theatrical attractions have always
been volubly discussed In tonsorial estab
llRhmentg. Wlint wonder If the barber him
self has learned much and been Impelled
to Impart hia share of Information, com
ment, and opinion. Horatlua Flaocus and
I'lutarcli testify to the largo Information
nf barbers and their habit of Imparting It.
George Kllot In "Romola" pictures a Flor
entine barber shop as a depot of general
Information. Rut that Is not.-to say the
barbera have not been encouraged to 1m
part tha Information thrust upon them.
The man who. shaves your beard and cuta
yoiif. hair Is generally talkative or not ac
carding to your own mood. Keep silent
and the barber will save his gift of words
for "next."
in the town of Waterloo, Neb., a new
publlo ordinance, restricting th conversa
lion of barbers, has aroused severe crlt
iclnm. It provides that the local barbera
must not "discuss the gossip of the town"
between 7 and B p. m. The "gossip of the
tow;n" may bo hard to dpflne. The dls
crimination against the barber Is clearly
illegal. If his customers assemble to-' dis
cuss the gossip of the town he cannot be
deprived of the right to take part In the
discussion. The barber will continue to
talk In Waterloo, as well aa elsewhere, as
long as the man In the chair talks.
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Murvela of Blllrraft.
Springfield (Mass.) Republican.
Forty years ago, when congress passed
the annual pension appropriation bill, some
one waa sure to say in one house or the
other that the size of the appropriation,
must soon begin to decline on account of
the Increasing mortality of the surviving
soldiers of the Civil war. Senator Scott,
in charge of the pension bill when the
aenate passed it oh Tuesday, was moved
by some mysterious Influence to say ex
actly the same thing ad an excuse for an
appropriation of no less than 1155,000,000
which Is very near high water mark. Keep
ing the pension appropriation at the top
notch, or as near It as possible, has become
an art. Kvery session witnesses the intro
duction of new measures carefully framed
with the jView to keepthe amount drawn
from tha treasury above $150,000,000; and
they are marvels of statecraft and bill
craft. .
Army Gossip
Mat tar of Xntareat Oa tha Bach
of tha Tiring tine Olsaned from
tha Army and Mary Begiater.
Direct legislation means the end of leg
islative corruption. World-Herald.
What rot! The onl,way to end
legislative corruption is to send hon
est men to the legislature who will re
fuse to be corrupted. v '
The sievA-bottom dirt wagon is still
doing business iu Omaha, spread
ing Its contents over our street pave
ments. This nuisance can be stopped
if the authorities chargedwith keep
ing the streets, clean will only under
take the Job in earnest.
It has remained for an Iowa
preacher to discover what sclentfsts
failed to find out that Halley'a comet
is thevStar of Bethlehem. He comes
to this deduction from thaffart that
the comet, like the star, appeared in
the east and takes a southerly course.
Conclusive, Indeed!
Now we know what to do with that
common and familiar complaint, em
bonpolnt -Just 8top eating for forty
nine days. Strangest thing in the
world people did not think of that be
fore. Here is a Chicago man who
weighed 296, and after starving for
that'length of .time he only pulled
down to 4PL"
It the Initiative and referendum il
the only saving clause for the state,
why not also for the -nation? Why
did not Mr. Bryan put an Initiative and
referendum clause into his Denver
platform? Why does he not call upon
the democrats In congress to propose
and insist upon an initiative and refer
dum" amendment to the federal constl
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To Revive Orient Trade.
Congressman Kahn of California
proposes an amendment to tne ran
road bill which brings before congress
an important element in the system of
rate. regulation, since It Involves trade
between the United States and the
orient and is designed to enable the
American manufacturer to send his
goods abroad in competition with the
wares of the manufacturers of other
countries. His proposition simply al
lows the publication or a through rate
between an American point of ship
ment and a foreign port, without pub
llshlng separately the railroad's share
of the rate.
Up to a few years ago American
manufacturers were conducting a large
trade with the orient from Pacific
coast ports built up by the benefit of
such rate regulations as Mr. Kahn's
amendment contemplates, but the In
terstate Commerce commission ruled
that, the railroad rate had to be taken
out of the Joint rail and ocean rate
and published separately and as a re
sult railroads cancelled these rates
and the trade, fell off. It is asserted
that the through rate was not then
and is not now made to affect or apply
to import traffic, but to export exclu
sively. Its restoration would, the
American Jobber and manufacturer
contend, revive the trade wlth the
orient, and it must, according to their
argument be conceded-before that
trade is revived.
Provision of this sort Is made in
other countries. Germany, which
owns Its own. railroads, even encour
ages foreign trade by making a spe
cial rate for goods shipped abroad and
Germany is making inroads on the
trad with he orient which we might
to be able to offset. , . . ,'
Hlalnat Tide of Immigration.
' Philadelphia Ledger.
The slowly rising tide of Immigration
may sately be taken as a siga-of the per
manent establishment of normal industrial
conditions In the United States. Foreign
labor ty finding an opening again, fur the
Influx for the first quarter of tne present
year is nearly equal to that In the cor
responding p-rlod of 1907, before the busi
ness depression , lisd taken place and be
fore It had checked the movement to our
shores. The figures - for the first three
month oMUlu, awe rU., as against 224,060
In 1U09, ln,.,90S and 269,078 111 1907.
While the ttatistlc for April are not yet
complete they, will show that the Increaso
has Keen maintained, and that the totals
will be as large aa those for Aprl, luff!.
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The fact Is Colonel Watterson is be
ing terribly misquoted as to what he
said in that brilliant editorial on
Roosevelt and "benevolent despotism."
When he first told the people they
must regard Roosevelt In a y& light,
as the most startling figure that has
loomed on history's horizon since Na
poleon, he did not, as many are quot
ing -him, advocate Roosevelt's" eleva
tion to life tenure office any more than
he did in the latter editoriw, warning
the neople against ' the third-term
nightmare. Colonel Watterson is emi
nently practical, whatever else may be
said about him.
The bond proposition submitted last
year by the Water board authorizes
the issue of $6,500,000 in bonds to ac
quire the water works. The appraise
ment calls for 6,2V3,295.49, whieh
would leave over for improvements
less than $240.00,0, while the cost of
the duplicate main to Florence Is fig
ured at upwards of $350,000. We can
see the water company spending $350,
000 without any assurance or prospect
of getting its money back.
It Is common in this country to
speak derisively of the policeman's
courage, either Jocularly or, seriously
but it is not always a fair criticism
probably no fairer than the sams crlt
iclsm would be of other men. The
incident of the Philadelphia policeman
giving his own life- to save three little
children is Only one of many object
lessons that policemen generally do
not allow danger to stand between
them and their duty.
A Fine Compliment.
Philadelphia Ledger.
The nomination of Governor Hughes for
the supreme court was unanimously icon
firmed by tho aenate Immediately upoitthe
report of the Judiciary committee. Such
prompt action, while customary in the
nomination of former members of the
senate, is very unusual In any other case,
and it Indicates In a striking way the uni
versal approval of Nie president's choice
for the Important Judiciary vacancy. This
Is not merely a compliment to GOvernorl relief In legislation
Hughes nor a compliment to the president.
It is a gratifying sign that even at a time
of" bitter and critical partisan controversy
senators are all nf one' mind In upholding
the high standard of the supreme court,
' Our amiable democratic contem
porary is' getting into the calamity
howling class again. It has discovered
We do not know whether any "jBck
pot" was distributed at the close of
the session of the laje Nebraska dem
ocratic legislature as there was in 1111
nols, but we do know that the folks
who would have put hp money to kill
undesirable legislation got pratlcally
all they wanted at the hands of the
democratic bunch.
County Assessor Sh river warns the
taxpayers that the reversion to elec
tive- deputy assessors is going to prove
costly by a shrinkage In the asse semen
roll,' relatively. If not'absolutely. That
electing deputy assessors, and thus
dividing the responsibility, would be
t step backward was foreordained.
I
ISo oecaalon for Worry.
Cleveland leader (rep.).
It does not appear to be necessary to
worry over the harm which might befall
the country If congress and the president
were to race reckleaaly over new and un
tried roads, to destinations at once uncer
tain, and menacing. . It requires a vivid and
far-ranging . Imagination to foreaee any
such perils.
The military authorities who have to do
with the purchase Of animals for the armj
have observed with considerable apprehen
sion the steady Increase In the price
of horses. The contract awarder less
than a year ago for hoi-sea waa at
an - average figure of IT1. Bids ob
horses mnntaln the price of IIH.1; the price
for 155 artiHery horses was $213, and that for
800 hores was from $1M to $197. A year ago
the average price was tlM. The advance In
cost Is rapidly reaching the prohlblilve
figure, and the situation Is gratifying to
the quaKf rmaster general to the extent
that It confirms his Judgment In establish
ing two army remount depots one at Fort
Keough and the other at Fort Reno where
young horses are trained. The cost of these
young animal at present Is 11.11 and the
expense In developing them Into horses
suitable for military use does not equal
the expense of the matured horse purchased
under contract for the army.
The army signal school at Fort Iaven
worth has been experimenting with a wire
less afta rat u - for use with the avalry.
The apparatus la simple and compact, and.
excepting the mat, la carried In four
chests, two of which contain the operat
ing apparatus and two the hand generator.
Those chests weigh about seventy pounds
each. The mast consists of six Jor eight
light tubular sections, each five feet six
Inches long. These, together with a leather
bag containing the aerial wires and gear
and two small storage batteries, weigh
about 130 pounds. The entire outfit 1 car
ried In a light Instrument wagon that may
follow the cavalry or remain near It with
Its train, according to theonllliary situa
tion. So far as weight and bulk are con
cerned, the outfit might be carried on three
0ack animals, but there may be some ques
tion as to whether the apparatus would
stand the wear and tear. The apparatus
can be set up anywhere In a few minutes.
and has been set up under favorable con
ditions in sixty-eight seconds. A range 6f
over thirty-one miles has been attained.
The secretary of war has, as yet, taken
no action In the matter of the auditor's dis
allowed payments of army officers who ex
ercised higher command. Congress Is not
likely to relieve the situation, at least at
this session, but the Wai department will
probably renew Ita efforts at the next ses
sion in the hope that those who have stoasl
In the way of congressional action wfll tafen
be brought to a better understanding of
the case. It appears that the War depart
ment is not Inclined to comply with the re
quest of the auditor to withhold any of the
pay of the officers who are .on this list
It looks ai If the Treasury department-would
be obliged to enter suit. The military au
thorities are averse to suspending the pay
in these cases where the payment Is held
to have been, entirely Justified. At the name
time, the officers against whose accounts
the auditor has checked the accounts for
Increased pay while exercising higher com
mand, are presented from filing any claims
or having their accounts reopened for any
purpose, while thia altuation remains un
settled. Those who are most familiar with
the circumstances are positive that the de
cision of the court would be in favor of
the army officers.
The comptroller still has under considera
tion the question of the pay of those army
retired officers who were advanced on
grade on account t)f civil war service and
who are on active duty. These officers In
holding commissions aa of the advanced
grade may lose the Increased pay they
have been receiving. The question, to
which reference haa been made In these
columns, comes up on account of the
twenty-four officers whose advancement
waa recently accomplished and who had
not been advanced previously because of
the fact that they had once been promoted
upon retirement. Considerable Interest at
taches to thla. situation, inasmuch as It Is
a construction of law which the comptroller
haa before him and the result may affect
the back pay of the officers most directly
Interested. If the comptroller's action la an
aaverse one, tne officers must find their
stepa toward which
have been taken. Last week the house
passed the bill authorizing the Issue of
commissions to these officers and this will
remove the difficulty. In the meantime
the anxiety of these officers appears to be
fully Justified.
The report made to the comptroller
under date of March 29, 1910, shews
thst this bank has
Time Certificates of
nepnsit $2.034,278.61
3V2 Interest
paid on certificates running for twelve
months. v
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PERSONAL NOTES.
STONY GEMS.
"The dear old song they used to sing.''
began the HonttmntaliNt.
"Yes." replied Mr. IibroW: "I've heanl
about them. My private opinion Is thai
we appreciate them be?atisi' people don't
insist on singing them any more." ash-
ingion oiar.
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Mrs. Peary is accompanying the comman
der on his tour In Europe and friends of
the family say that she still combs his
hair and ties hla necktlea for him.
New York state ha Iued llcenes for
100.000 automobiles. The output of the ma
chines Is increasing, and each new "honk"
seems to strike a demoniac note novel and
terrifying.
Slatln Pasha, the Austrian Baron, who Is
engaged In remaking the Sudan, Is alight
in figure, with a youthful step, and Is
the life and soul of Khartum's social life.
He Is S2 years old.
Mrs. DorS B. Mdnteflore, the Kngllsh
suffragist, who has arrived In New York,
says American women treat men with too
much subserviency. She wants to see 'em
respected, but not coddled.
Census returns from Florence, Cal., In
clude a pair of, remarkable schedules In
the case of Francisco Espor and his wife
Rafael, who claim to be 110 and 107 years
of age, respectively, and to have been mar
rled 90 years.
Major Bob Yokum of Pierre, 8. D., la
said to own the only team of bison bxpken
to harr.ess. He bought the animals when
they were 4 months old, and after months
of patient effort succeeded In training them.
Buffalo are said to be the most obstinate
of all wild animals.
The first paragraph Mark Twain
wrote when he .began his editorial duties
...i.. vi ili. -r... Lnl.,n,i.. nnnn-Well, his wife always goes with
this: "A beautiful .unset made Beranger ; jjm when he buy. a sut of clothe..-
a poet, a mother kiss maae nenjauun
'Herald." she saJd'" facing him wit'
heightened color and putting uer hands be
hind her, you will nave to cnoose oo
tween mo and your old pipe!"
Not an instant did Gerald hesitate.
"The old pipe goes, dear." he said, throw
ing It away. "I was thinking of buying
a new one, anyhow. Chicago trioune.
"Will you put mo off at the museum,
conductor?''
Not If von behave yourself, ma am.
Syracuse llerld.
"Well ITncle Simon, I'm mighty slad
to see you. .lust down from bklgglnsville,
are you? What 8 oioing up your way.
Well, nothin niurii, renttir tne aw-
mill and old Jess Watklns." Chicago
Kecord-Herald. s
You're looking blue," remarked the lob
ster. "What's the matter?'
"I have lust heard, tne oyster answerea.
"that there are such things aa vegetable
oysters.
What's tho difference? rejoined
ihnF. "There are human lobsters, too,
1 don t let that worry me a cent. worm.
Chicago Tribune.
Browning says love lies deeper than all
wrrds.".
"Yes, It frequently lies away down when
the poeketbook is carried." Chlcag.i
Record-Herald.
it
Ijtwjn What sort of a
kyn,' anyway?
man Is Bjen-
West an artist, and fifteen dollar a week
makes us a Journalist."
Leslie M. 8haw and Richmond P. Hobson
may spiel like hired hands till dootnsday
without convincing the help of a Chicago
hotel that the Japs are not all right. Prince
lyesato scattered tlo of $10 and 120 gold
prices among the bunch, and the money
will talk back for awhile. '
The new saloon license law of Massa
chusetts, known as the "bar and bottle
act," provides for two forms of license -one
where the booze la drank at the bar,
another for the sale of bottled goods or
"rushing the can" for drinking elsewhere.
Both licenses carinot be"' granted shy one
place. ' i
-When James B. Hammond of typewriter
fame thought his end was near, two yeara
ago, he divided the Hammond company
stook. valued at , $1,000,000, among faith
ful employes. With restored health
the spall of generosity vanished, and he.
now aks the aid of New York courts to
recover the donated million.
It Is announced In the French press that
the historic house occupied by Napoleon on
the lale of Elba, known as the villa San
Martini is to be sold at auction. With the
house are to go the furniture and other
"souvenirs of the emperor. The newspap
ers urge that the friends and admirers of
Napoleon take stepij to prevent the disper
sal of the historic object.
Will the yolonelaJBo Itf
Philadelphia Bulletin.
It la announced that efforts will be made
to Induce both Roosevelt and Bryan to
atump jlndlana this year. If the two
colonels could only be persuaded to engage
In a Joint debate, the Hooslcr state would
Jump Into the limelight with a vengeance.
usp'lcYais
Fairing Back on Jersey
Plttaburg Dispatch.
If congress continues lu Its s
mood concerning tha-tiatlonal incorporation
of Mr. Rockefeller's-foundation the latter
gentleman can console himself with tha re
flection that he has always found the Jer
sey charters available in his business.
Our Birthday Bgok
May 10, 1910.
James Bryce. historian, statesman and
diplomatist, was born May 10, 1838, In Bel
fast. Mr. Bryce In new the British am
bazsador at Washington, having served In
Parliament and held a cabinet position
bsfore given this mission. He ranka as
I ho foremost British scholar In historical
aid political science.
Jamea Cordon Bennett, proprietor of the
New York Herald, la 6. Mr. Bennctfn
father, of the same name, established the
paper and made it the wonderful success
which his son has maintained.
Charlea E. Ady, representing the Na
llnnal Life Insurance company as Its gen
ral agent for Nebraska, wa b'o-n May
10, 1SG2, at McConnellsvllfe, O. 4 He ha
been in the insurance business In Omaha
since 1893, first as special agent of the
Northwestern Mutual Llfe, taking his
present position with the National I.lfe
in 1K98.
Richard IS Jordan, superintendent of tha
I'nited State Indian warehouse In Omaha,
Is 11. He waa born In Ashland, Mass., and
educated In the Milwaukee public sshools.
going . Into the grooery business, which
brought him to Omaha In 11 as assistant
manuger for Porter Bros, company. He
has held hla present place alnce l'JOI. Mr.
Jordan haa also served on ' the Omaha
school board.
William E. Reed. South Omaha manager
for Clay. Roblnron A Co.. live stock com
niistilon, wa. born May 10. 1VTZ. at Fulton.
111. He has been with Clay, Robinson &
Co. sinva itl Y
It Is too early lt determine how many
vacancies there will be In the grade of
second lieutenant In the cayalry, field
artillery and Infantry arms. There are In
dications of sufficient places to accommo
date the eighty graduate, of the military
academy taking Into consideration those
who will be assigned to the coast artillery
corps and for all the enlisted men of the
army who are found qualified for appoint
ment. It ls xpecTe'd there will be very
few, If any, vacancies remaining for civil
ian candidates. At the same time arrange
ments have been made for the examination
of candidates from civil life for the mobile
army at Fort Leavenworth, Kan., begin
ning August 1.
Father, what do you wish me to be when
I grow up?"
"Tho same as 1 am, my son lawyer.
"Then. Instead of wasting any more time
on arithmetic, geography, and such truck.
I d better be getting at the hypothetical
question, hadn't I?"
"THE NEWSPAPER GUY."
W. M. Bolirer In Judge.
I see a man pushing his way through ths
lines.
Where the work of the terrible fire fiend
shines.
"The chief." 1 inquire; and a policeman re
plies, ,
"Whv. no; lie's one of those ncwapapei
uy"'" :;r!
I see a man walk through he door of a
ahow,
Where great throngs are blocked by ths
sign. "8. R. O."
"Is this man a star that no ticket h
buys?"
"Star nothing! He's one of those news
paper guys!"
I see a man start on the trail of a crook,
While he scorns the police and brings him
to books-
llolmi
?" I exclaim; and some-
"Sherlock Holmes?"
one replies. .
" 'Sherlock Holmes?' That's one of thow
newspaper guys!"
And some day I'll pass by the great gatel
nf gold.
And s.-e a man pass through, unquestioned
ajid hold. v
"A saint?" and'St. Peter will surely reply,
"He carries- a pass; that's a newspupsi
guy!" 1
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I'OVrROI, OK POWER RITES.
Proposed Transfer from Federal
State GoTerament.
Chicago Record-Herald.
The doctrine of state lights comes for
ward once more to embarrass the country
as a whole. Four bills are now' before
congress favoring the surrender by the
federal government of the control of water
power sites to the several states.
Among these IsVine Introduced by Senator
Smoot. This bill if passed I would, deprive
the United States of the 'control of all
water power sites on the publlo domain,
and would delegate to the states all author
ity to regulate their use.
The framer. of these bills maintain that
aa the water of navigable streams belongs
to tha' stale the state should control It.
But it Is also true that the land bordering
on such stream. In the public domain be
longs to the I'nited States. It is claimed
furthermore, that the state should not be
deprived of the right to regulate power
companies within their bounds. But they
have that right already. What I. involved
Is not a question of"Vverelgnty, but of
ownership. -
The settlement of tha question along
broad, nationally unified line. Is the great
essential. The country as a whole 'can
better carry out a comprehensive water
power policy than any state. ;
Special Interests would of course- find It
more to their advantage to deal with the
separate state, than with tha federal gov
ernment. They could more easily control
state legislation than congressional legis
lation. But it 1. essential to the ' succe.
of broad, continuous policy, one affect
ing 'the future as well a. the present, that
.the water right, in the public domain, no
less than the land lUelf, should remain
under federal control.
la it .Natuhrli.
Cleveland Leader.
By paying $100,000,000 more iu wage, and
salaries In the next tj. the railroads may
feel Justified in charging tiNO, 000,000 more
fur freight and furea,
"V , .
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