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1(1 i-..-jsvBammmm. l-i- .i. Vthe Omaha daily Beu , rOTNDEJ) BT EDWAIU3 ROSEWATeR. TICTOR ROBKWATEIl, EDITOR. Entered at Omaha pustofflce M Second , class matter." - TERMS OT SUBSCRIPTION. fund Bm, one year SJ.M aturday Bee, one year 1 fr Daily Vee (Without Sunday), oni year... 4 0; Daily Bee and Sunday, one year Iw DELIVERED BY CARRIER Evening Bee (with SunCa I, par month.. fc"c Dally Bee (Including Sumlsy) pfT mo., fco Dally bra (without Sunday), per MO Fo Addreee all complaint of insularities t in delivery to City Circulation Department REMITTANCE. Remit by draft, express or postal Order Payable to The Publishing irompany 't Only -eent stamps rei-elved In payment o( ' mall accounta. I'ersonal cheoke exoept on Omaha and ssstern exchange nut accepted. orncES. Omaha The Bee Building. 6outh Omaha jfi .N Twenty-fourth SL Council filuffa-15 Bcott Ht. Lincoln 2ft Uttle Building. Chicago 1M8 Marquette Building. Kansas Clty-Hellanf Building. New York M Went Thirty-third St. . Washington 7 Fourteenth St., N. W. ,' ' CORRESPONDENCE. ' Communications relating to news and Mitorial matter should be addressed Omaha Bee. Editorial Department. AUOU8T CIRCULATION. 47,543 State of Nebraska. County of Douglas ss , Dwlght Williams, circulation manager of The Bee Publishing Company, being duly worn, ssye that the average dally circu lation, less spoiled, unused and returned 4plM. for the month of August, was U4. DW'IOHT WILLIAMS. Circulation Manager. Subscribed In my presence and sworn td before me this 4th day of September, 1911. al.) ROBERT HUNTER. ' Subscribers learla the city tem porarily shoald bay The Bee mailed to these. Address evill bo , Anything with honor to avoid a trike. f; Now, watch who blda for Bailey's services ss a lawyer. If the price of sugar acta like that, what will sugar-cured hama do? J Young Beattle says he "hopes to eat dinner at home Sunday." Well, even, he may hope. - Even If the Standard la dissolved, Mr, Rockefeller' financial standing remains oil right. j iu the matter of rain, Omaha seems to be playing the part of Lazarus at the rich man's table. ' A woman now relates her attempt to Scale Mount Blackburn. Hush, she may wake Doe. Cook. ' Now that the English channel has been once more swum, everything else Ought to go along swimmingly. Germany and France have decided not to fight over Morocco. Does seem like a small thing to fight about. ' Attendance at the Nebraska State fair at Lincoln this year proves to be A record-breaker. Congratulations. ' It It hard to kick against the pricks, but It is getting pretty hard not to when the weather man mistreats' us. Wonder what the editor of the Congres sional Record does during vacation Mil waukee News. Probably reads up on the record. Even if Colonel Astor never finds it minister to marry him, look at the dandy, good free advertising he Is get ting. If the Ice man's season closes prema turely on the holdup game he has been playing with, consumers In Omaha It will aerve him right. Smuggling valuable gems Into this country seems to be especially danger ous when a woman with a grudge hap pens to know about it. Bailey's retirement, It is said, will remove an old issue from Texas poll tics. Then Texas should begin to put its politics on bigger Issues. The man. who lost $68,000 on John L. Sullivan when Corbett whipped him, has Just died. Me survived the blow a long time, though, at that. The headquarters of the democratic state committee will again be In Columbus. The inference Is that that Is tar enough from Falrvlew to be safe. GoTernor Foes of Massachusetts has had his picture taken showing him at work, preparing argument, no doubt, to refute campaign gossip that he spenfls his time loafing. , The crowning argument of the de fense In the Beattle rase was for the Jury to acquit the young man to save hla venerable father from deeper grief. That would ot mercy, but not neces sarily justice. "Principles are eternal." Yes, and many a man with a note at the bank has felt that it does not make a bit of difference whether. you spell It "plea" or "pals," they run along eternally, Just the same. Back of these attacks on Taft by Cummins, Crawford, La Follette, et al, Is tne original draft of the National Progressive league, which declared that 'advocacy of principles and not personalities was the modus operandi Mr. Brvan'a Commoner urges the "unprejudiced, uftlntlmldated, demo cratic democrats" of each community "to aet together" and agree upon a sandldate who best represents the sentiments of the rsnk and file end support him. This must he Intended tnr von if armen-Dnhlmanltea and you Woodrow-WUson-Jackaonlane. Cet to gether! But reserve for us a seat in the grandstand. Hen and Measures, Principles are eternal and men merely transitory. The promotion of measures must be paramount to the advancement of personal ambition. These and similarly laudable declara tions are usually made whenever any public movement is projected, but be fore long it Is Invariably discovered that men and measures are lndlssolubly linked together, and that the only way principles can be vindicated Is through the men who apply them. These remarks are suggested by the experience through which Our insur gents in Nebraska are passing, having started Out with a league promulgating a platform of measures to which few would take exception, only to disclose that the real purpose of the organiza tion, or rather of the active members, Is to center upon a particular candidate for president In order to head off some other candidate. Of course, a league devoted exclusively to principle cannot properly be converted into a political club, but the same elements may be organised under another name, with a leader for inspiration and measures in the background. No one has any right to find fault with this turn of affairs, for it Is the customary and expected development. The high-sounding proclamation of un selfish feslty to principle, however, must be amended to admit that those principles cad be enacted Into meas ures only through the agency of men, and that there is no longer any pre tense of att organisation with no ene mies to punish, no ambitions to be sub served, and no candidates to boost. Worth an Encore. The remonstrance of prominent women on and off the stago against the dragging before the footlights for commercial gain of the unfortunate girl involved In the Beattle murder case may well be applauded by good people everywhere, and ft will be worth a hearty encore if It results In pre venting the exhibition. It i quite time that decent people were protesting against the tendency of exploiting shamelessness on the stage, a tendency Into which greedy theatrical managers of a low type have fallen. And the protest should come first from the reputable element of stagecraft, whose silence might be mistaken for acquies cence. Stage folks cannot expect much to be spld In behalf of the stags if they submit without protest t its being made the asylum for derelicts with no claim upon public intereat save their own misfortune. The case of the Blnford girl is per haps little or not at all different from many others paraded in public in late years. Ths cheaper grade theaters, which depend On their power of appeal to sordid curiosity and passion, have gone beyond the utmost bounds In this direction. If the better grade theaters and players will not call a halt, then the public should. Many noble men and women have spent their days be fore the American footlights, devoting great talents to their art and through them the stage came to have a serious meaning in the life of the country, but in this later degenerating tendency their honor and that of younger actors like them, is suffering and will suffer more unless a change is effected. But aside from personal considera tions, It is a shams to debase the stage potential In its way of some edifying Influence to purely mercenary ends of the meanest type. Whatever poten tiality for good the stage possesses, Is multiplied a thousand times by its po tentiality for evil under such Inclina tions. A Misunderstood Man. A war correspondent of vr&6 ex perience who "covered" the late un pleasantness in Mexico for a New York paper, writing in the current North American Review of the revolution and its leaders, gives the impression that Don Francisco I. Madero was and is a much misunderstood man, both at home and abroad. His own estimate of Madero is quite pointedly set forth la this excerpt: This little Mexican gentleman is an interesting and profitable study even from this side of the border; He neither smokes n6r attends bull fights. He abhors the barbarto pomp witn which Dies loved to surround himself. He ia not a friend of lotteries and be plana the end of the pulque traffic. He has never mixed with men, yet he has been able to placate more conflicting interests and dashing groups than Dial did in his thirty years of power. He risked friemia, family and fortune at the call of duty In the revolutionary game at which he was a mere tyro, a somewhat ludicrous, one, a Plat thought. If this estimate be correct, one can more easily reconcile Madero's alleged unpopularity, both with the knowing ones In the old government regime and with N the unknowing and unthink ing crowds of followers they have had. Nor even yet is It strange, that such a man should fall to satisfy the exacting demands of those honestly, as they be lieve, bent on better things for Mex ico's populace, for. it must be that his Ideals are beyond their conception. No doubt it Is true, as we are now told, that "Madero paid his people the high compliment of expecting from them a keener political sense and a greater measure of self-control than they have been able to compass." But that ia a good side on which to err if one must err. It is easy to see from this explanation Just how confusing and difficult Is the situation In Mexico, with the old regime of shrewd, but un scrupulous leaders still Insisting on their discredited system, and an equally able and superior leader of a new element urging a measure of popular rights which the large. Ignorant ma jority seems scarcely able to appreciate, I much less exercise Intelligently. Out of such a condition, no wonder It Is THE BEE: difficult to trace the Immediate) course of Mexico. . Canada to Gulf Line. Reports that the Hawley-Erb inter este have planned the establishment of a through railroad line from Canada to the Gulf of Mexico serves to empha sise the wonder that the large trans portation powers have not done that long ago. The advantages of such a line are as apparent as are the noasl- bilitles of the country traversed. It would afford a new outlet to the sea. not only to Canadian rain, but to nrort- ucts of the farm throughout the great central west and with the Panama canal construction, bring to these superb valleys a new touch of indus trial potency beyond present estimate. We do not know but a north and south road Is to be one of the many Indirect results this country la to reap from the canal. At least the building of such a line, or the formation of it by connect ing up links of established lines, seems to have awaited the actual construc tion of the Panama waterway. For year such a Canada to the Oulf route has been in contemplation, but this is the nearest to actuality anyone has yet come. The demand, for and the opportunities of the traffic were duly exploited during the days of early oil development In Texaa, when it was proposed to run a line of steam ers down the Mississippi to New Or leans and from there to Port Arthur on the Gulf. If a system of water trans portation would be feasible, certainly the more direct and uninterrupted rail road system would be Incomparably more profitable. If Mr. Hawley succeeds in Berfectine his plans, he will thereby secure a hold on the railroad situation in the middle country equal to, If not stronger than. any other man or group of men. The Reason Why. The World-Herald tries to make out that the reason the commission plan of city government carried by such deci sive majorities In Omaha is to be found In disgust of republicans at the outcome of the late primaries. The World-Herald opposed the commission plan as vigorously as it dared and evi dently imagines this explanation will let it down easier, but It is altogether too flimsy. As a matter of fact there is less dissatisfaction among republi cans at the outcome of their primary than there is among democrats over the result of their primary, which loaded the democratic ticket down so heavily with political deadweights. The commission plan carried, If any one wants to know, because the people of Omaha are tired of democratic mis rule and extravagance In the city hall and have become convinced that any change will be a change for the better. Poor Mr. Bhotwell! When his fame was first thrust upon him the executive committee of the Nebraska Progressive Republican league hesitated to dispos sess him from the honorable and re sponsible position of secretary of that organization lu his absence and there for deferred action until he might have a chance to stand up and explain. But now the peremptory demand for the resignation of the offending secre tary haa been formulated and his suc cessor named at a secret meeting' of the committee without even Inviting poor Mr. Bhotwell to be present. The Progressive league Is plainly progress ing. The medics In session here have duly admonished one another to drop the commercial spirit from their profession and go back to the customs of the ohvslclans of fifty years ago. That is excellent advice, which they are certain not to follow any more than the sur geons will go back to cupping and bleeding. The modern medic uses a high BDeed automobile to reach the pa tient first for fear some other doctor, similarly summoned by telephone, may get ahead of him and crowd him out. The official count of the vote on the adoption of the commission plan of city government for Omaha shows B.877 votes "yes" and 2,21 votes "no," notwithstanding the fight put up against it by the Hltchcock-Dennlaon- worid-Herald combine, which suc ceeded in polling the only adverse ma jority In the Third ward. If the "progressive republican" who breaks into the local democratic organ for a column and a half attack on everybody and everything republican were bold enough to disclose his Iden tity the chances axe hla disguise would be found to cover someone who has been voting ths democratic ticket pretty regularly. The railroad lawyers complain that the state's physical valuation of their property Is not high enough, also that the state's assessment valuation on their property la not low enough. You pay your money and you take your choice. Does It Cnrrv the Label t Cleveland Leader. Mr. Bryan says he Is trying to preearve the sweetness of his disposition. But It will be hard to convince Mr. Underwood that he is not using benioate of soda for the purpose. Herletr PwMtcltr. Indianapolis Journal. It seems that the campaign fund pub licity law does not require so much pub licity aa was at first supposed by the mere public, which may aooount tor the ease with which It waa paaeed. laker" rrwellr Fase4. Slous City Journal. If the use of the word "Joker" la JuetU flable In retereaoe te aay law. It ean be regarded a appropriate la referring to the law requiring pubUolty for the campaign expenses of representatives, while leaving senatorial expense accounts eutalde the range of the searchlight. OMAHA, SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 9, 1911. 0ookinc Backward j lib Day InOmalia COMPILED FROM BE.E flLPft a fcErr. 9. "L Thirty Years Agtv A pleasant entertainment was given at the residence of Mr. and Mrs. Peycke by Mies Van Boris. There were present the Misses Jennie Kennard. Jessie Millard, Rachel Goldsmith and Anna Downs, and the Messrs. Deuel. Jay roster. Will Millard and Will Wilbur. The Omaha Turners gave a reception at Turner hall to their new Instructor. Prof. Paul Wttte. who has Just arrived from Germany. The professor win take charge of the Turner society and will devote him self to the training of the members. He Is a fine athlete and the society Is to be con gratulated on having his service. The account, of a sensational police court ease declared that W. J. Connell, who represented the defense, was given a chance to "massacre metaphors." Pat O. Hawes was the prosecuting attorney, but Judge Benecke turned the prisoner loose. This, waa' opening day for tha Holy family parish fair and Indications are for a continued large attendance. Great Credit Is due to the ladles for the way which they decorated the unfurnished room. N. I. D. Solomon has oa exhibition In his show window an elegant gold watch valued at $40, which he will offer as a premium at the state fair for the best bicycle rider under It years of age. Charles J. Emory left for Montana to be absent four months, and upon his return win aooe.pt a lucrative position. Harry Haskell, foreman of Th Bees composing room, srrlved home from an ex tended visit In the east. State fair prospects are fine with assur ance that everything at the grounds will be In readiness by Monday. Several fire alarms were sent In to head quarters today. At the first of them the fire department started out, but had scarcely gone ten feet until the discovered something wrong with the alarm. Chief Galllgan at once began an investigation and found the circuit was broken In South Omaha, gome boys had caught hold Of the wire and amused themselves by sending In alarms. Twenty Years Ago John Ryan, city olerk Of South Omaha, and Miss Mary Corrtgan were married at St. Agnes' church by Father 0. W. Moriarty. James H. Fleming was best man and Miss Anna Corrtgan bridesmaid. The same morning Lany O'Keefe and Mrs. Teresa Dwyer were also married by Father Moriarty. James Parks and Miss Nellie Hughes did the honors. An elegant break fast followed for all at ths home of Mrs. Ryan's parents, fl Twenty-sixth street. South Omaha. Mrs. George Deverall gave a party at her home, 4M6 Cuming street. In honor of her husband's birthday. High five was the leading feature, and Mrs. Howard Cook, wife of Dr. Cook, waa the ladles' prize winner. Mrs. Frank Gould won the booby and Mr. Gould the gentlemen's prise, while Dr. Cook drew the gentlemen's booby prise. Other then those mentioned, these were present: Mr. and Mrs. T. C. Havens, Mr. and Mrs. Willie Carney, Mr. and Mrs, Richard Fagan. Mr. and Mrs. C. D. Hutchinson, Mr. and Mrs. Ben Jobst, Mr. and Mrs. R Rhodes, Mr. and Mrs. Stephen Felker, Mr. and Mrs. Hemming, Mr. and Mrs. Fred Delone. Mr. and Mrs. RoacH fleld. Mr. and Mrs. Crosby, Mr. and Mrs. R. F. Hodgln, Mrs. Tatee, Mrs. Barton, Mrs. Smith. Mr. Walter Parish and Mr. Richard Smith. Frank P. Thornton and Miss Uaymle A. TodhunUr were married by the Rev. T. E. Cramblett, pastor of First Christian church, at the home of the bride's father, Mr. Thomas H. Todhunter, KM St. Mary's ave nue. Mlsa Carrie Smith played the Ivan hoe wedding march. James Carroll, an employe of the Union Pacific, waa killed at the Iowa transfer while trying to board the Rock Island flyer in motion. Tea Years Ago Bern hard Saohsee. employed tn the office of Tax Commissioner Fleming, lost his Job for saying "he ought to be shot," when the news came of President MoKlnley's assassination. Max J. Baehr, formerly of Omaha, con sul to Madgeburg Germany, waa a visitor in the elty. Hon, Charles Mann of Chadron, a mem ber of the State Board of Agriculture, was in Omaha. O. Fred Klsaseer, treasurer of Douglas county, became the first custodian of pub Uc funds in Nebraska to comply with the demand of the republican party that the people be given Information ae to the whereabout of publlo money, publishing a complete report of ail money under his charge. John LStenser waa oalled ae the super vising architect of the Auditorium. D. K. Gillespie, 2542 Davenport street, wu slugged by two footpads at Sixteenth and Dodge streets, at night and robbed of & He was left unconscious, but recovered. I People Talked About in the bands of men entirely great the mat beau the farm aa an easy money maker. It is calculated that four out of five would go to the mat Cheerily for less than Hack's share ef the boodle. A Missouri woman stood tea years of 111 treatment from her husband, but when he cremated her "rat" she promptly sued for divorce. Women must draw the line somewhere. Crooked Deer, a full-blooded BUetx In dian, broke up a white man's family In Oregon. The former head of the family is open for engagements as a cigar store sign. A loud call for 6 her look Holmes to show himself on the trail of Mona Lisa remains unanswered. The gentleman is too busy cashing drafts from the second line of literary entrenchments. Mrs. Ralph Johnstone, widow ef the aviator who lost hla life la an aeroplane accident at Denver, Colo., last year, Is ex peotea at Mineola, I L, within the neat tew days to take lessons In flying, hoe will be a pupil of Captain Thomas . Baldwin. A monument to Kdwln M. Stanton, the foreerul secretary of war under President Linooln, was unveiled at Steubenvllle, O., Monday. Mr. Stanton waa born there De oeraber V), l&U. and the house still staada He died December 34, 188, and waa burled la Oak. Hill oemetery, Washington. A bunon of accredited delegates to the hobo convention at Waahlagtoa objected to limiting the debate and attempted to aauae up the physique ef James Kads How, the hobo phlilanthroplst and father of the con vention movement Quick response of the police to a hurry oail prevented Jimmy going to the mat with the crowd oa top. Miae Ohodseev Khaaeum la said te be the first Persia woman to corns to this coun try te be educated. Until she left her na tive home a few weeks age to attend the annual meeting of the Peralaa-American Educational society no maa had ever aeea her face. Mlsa Khauouu will enter the University ef Chicago, r In Other Lands Sldelishte Wkil le Traws- plrlaer As one; th Near and rr KttUst of the Earth. Break! I British Estate.. In the light of early results It Is much easier to see why the noble landlords of Great Britain fought so fiercely sgtln't the scheme of land taxation embodledn the original Lloyd George budget. Vast areas of land capable of producing a great va riety of crops have not been under culti vation for yean, being given up to hunt ing parks. Mile afer mile of idle land stretch away on both sides of the high ways, the pheasant walk or game preserve of lord or duke, to which bunting parties are InvlteO once or twice a year. Formerly these lands were an insignificant source of taxation. Now with taxation based on a government valuation and a progressive tax on the Increment, the noble holders of vast estates are already disposing of the land. The duke oT Bedford recently dis posed Of 4.800 acres in tracts ranging from 1M to 400 acres. Ths lowest prtoe waa $70 and the highest two per acre, a price re garded as eminently satisfactory for a eountry where arloulture is said to be "suffering from chronic depression." Equality In taxation has not only disposed of a national deficit; It is acting as a wedge to split up Idls estates, to increase the number of farms and farmers, and con tribute to the economic well-being of the people. A measure so fiercely denounced by the lend owners two years ago Is likely to prove an epoch in the agricultural prog ress of the kingdom. The Coronation Dnrbar. If no serious rupture ef the peace ef European nations occurs within the next two months, King George and Queen Mary will carry out the scheduled program of being crowned emperor and empress of India at Delhi In December. The original plan for the coronation durbar haa been modified to some extent, but it win be suf ficiently gorgeous to satisfy the potentates of India and impress the natives with the pulchritude of the alien power they are up against. The king and queen are scheduled te leave England November I, on the steamer Medina, convoyed by four first class Cruisers under Command of Rear Admiral Sir Colin Kepple. December 7, the date of the state entrance of the king and queen into Delhi, and December 12, the actual day ef the durbar, are to be general holidays, and on the 12th a royal procla mation will be read in every town and vil lage of India, a portrait of the king will be exhibited on ail public buildings, royal Salutes will be fired everywhere that there Is a gun, and there will be illuminations in the evening. The i3tn is to be devoted to a people's fete all over the empire. All the ruling princes and greit chiefs of the country will be commanded te the durbar. but no chiefs outside of India will be I vlted. Envoys from Nepal and Afght... Istan, however, will attend, and the maharajah of Bhutan Will be present. It Is calculated that during the durbar the number ef visitors in Delhi and the camps about it will more than double the normal population of the ctty, whichjs at present about 225,000. Kal4 Olllalt la the Ltmellaht. No matter what may be the outcome of the conversations between Ambassador Cambon and Foreign Secretary Klderlen- Waechter regarding French and German spheres ef influence in Morocco, with re spect to Agadlr and vicinity, both govern ments will have to see Kald Glllull. the Illustrious potentate of Sue. Mr. Glllull (or Gllhooly as it waa originally) te a chip ef the old block and a scrapper of local re nown. His father was an Irishman who blew Into the country no one knows how or when, but he managed te get busy as a ruler as If born to It, aeon after landing. What happened to him Is not material Just now. It la enough to know that the son, Kald Glllull, at the age of 23 years, holds down his father's Job, occupies 4 little fort between Magador and Agadlr and levies toll on every trade caravan that comas his way. As a tribute to the "ould sod" Kald sports a green turban and displays a scrappy disposition when oocaaion demands. The fact that he chased a British corre spondent out ef the country and showed great friendliness for the Germans Is taken to mean that Olllull, the corsair of Bus, will take the clan-na-gael and of the argument should the row begin. Women's Rights la Persia, The fighting suffragettes of London who are wasting musoie and losing power on trifles should betake themselves to Persia where conditions challenge their sturdiest knocks. During a session of the Persian Parliament at Teheran a clause la the eleo tlon bill under discussion provided that no woman should vote. Te the surprise of the solons not only was there objection, but the deputy from Hamadaa delivered a long speech in which he declared that women have souls, that they should have their rights and therefore votes. He called en the clergy to support him, and ea the Mujtanld, the head ef the Persian re ligion, by name. That gentleman got up and stated that "never in hla Ufa had his ears heard such an impious utterance." lie declared emphatically that women nave neither souls nor rights, that such a doe trine meant the lownfail ef Islam, and that It made hla hair stand oa end te hear it spoken in Parliament. The remarks of the impious deputy were stricken from the Journal aad the clause passed. Bdaeatloa la Belg-I A remarkable protest against extending the influence of church schools at the ex pense of non-reltgious public schools were expressed In Brussels, August IS. A pro cession and public meeting attended by 10,000 persons was held, at which the multitude pledged Itself "to struggle cease lessly until the Scnelloart bill le finally withdrawn and until universal suffrage and oompulsory education are realised." Ths measure which provoked the protest takes Its name from the former premier. Echo! laert, and was deelgned to give consider able advantages to o bur oh schools and minimise the public schools. In conse quence of the demonstration Premier de Broquevtiie haa announced that the bill will be withdrawn rrom Parliament and later en a measure granting educational local option te each commune wui be sub stituted. Development ef Alaska. New Tork Tribune. President Schurmen of Cornell university has come back from Alaska with the eon- elusion that it is not right for ths govern ment to go en throttling Alaskan develop ment. That la the general verdict It ought te be possible for congress to find some way to facilitate development on a basis fair both te the developers and to ths nation. The Swat that rails. Indianapolis News. Another diffloulty In the way of killing a flea, as the United States publlo health and snarl ns service may have noted la Its eatended tnveetlgations, to that whea you arrive prepared to de the deadly deed, he Is seldom therr s r i jljt y ' ..- !av . . l r - - r m a - ' j s Hie BeeS IdcrB ox Bet la Declared Off. OMAHA, Neb.. Sept. 4.-To the Editor ef The Beet To settle a bet. who was the person who flret suggested commission form ef government for Omaha? An an swer In Ths Bee will oblige. JAMES K. SAVAGE. Answer Can t tell yeu. The Ad olub boosters made the first noise. They em ployed J. P. Breen to draw the bill. The Bee set the wheels In motion by getting the necessary petition and filing it. BUI" Keaaedy's Mistake. ARLINGTON. Nsb., Sept. O.-To tne Edi tor of The Bee: In your psper you say that "M. C. Grover ef Blair, eounty sur veyor of Washington county, who headed a delegation of 100 from his home city, told some good stories," etc. Now Mr. Grover is not from Riatr, he did not head a delegation from his home city, although he waa so introduced by Chairman Ken nedy out at the Den Monday night. Mr. Grover, as an old resident of Arlington, although now living at Kennard, accom panied a delegation of 100 from Arlington to the Den on that night, and with the delegation enjoyed the fun and hospitality of Samson. It wss Arlington night at the Den, and the enterprising cltitensol this town rode to and from Omaha on a special train, and every one who was there declared that they had never had so much fun In their lives, especially those who assisted In amusing the big crowd present. Washington oounty contributed a large delegation to the Den, the special stopping at that place to accommodate them. Please s;lve this space In the columns of The lies, so that our beautiful capital city will nut get credit for the enterprising spirit shown by the best town In Washington county Arlington. E. F. FASSETT. Tribute te Faithful Paster. CRE1GHTON, Neb., Sept. 6. -To the Ed itor of The Be: Last Sunday, September 2, was a great day for St. Ludger's church of Crelghton. It waa especially so for Rev. William Wlndolph, who for ten years has faithfully performed all the duties that could be heaped upon the paator of a young and flourishing church. After a month's absenoe Father Wlndolph reached home to officiate there last Sunday and to arrange for beginning next day a year's campaign for the legions of St. Ludger's academy. Around the church after the later mass spectators could readily see that some thing unusual had awakened the swarming hive and swayed the expectant people. Angry bees InfUot a painful sting, while otherwise we get from them honey stores, the product of peaceful Industry. 1 see among the conspirators Messrs. Donahue, Mullen, Kane, Metthorn, Greene, Wagner, Kennedy, Ryan, Schneider and divers other "captains of the hosts of Israel." Why, these are the very men who In recent years enabled Father Wlndolph to traverse the path of progress. With their aid church, rectory and academy climbed to the level of independence and respectability, and by an extension of boundarlee additional Im portance was simultaneously brought to St. Ludger's tiny kingdom. With the same assistance all churoh debts have recently been wiped away, although this conquest cost Father Wlndolph nearly $4.X. Over all the glorious field during the reign of prosperity Father Wlndolph always has been the sole acknowledged chief. To him was assigned all the work of both Moses and Aaron during ths long Journey from Egypt to. the Promised Land. Well, to such a shepherd of such a flock what harm ean be done nowT Reader, the harm waa only this: Father Wlndolph was brought Into a sort of ambuscade and there a purse "aa large aa a sack of flour" was given him by Mr. O. M. Mullen. An ad dress also ef proper length and flavor went with the purse and, for the Rev. - tor. many were the expressions of sood will from surrounding friends. The purse was to Father Wlndolph a real home-made sur prise and evoked words of gratitude from bis heart. To the casual visitor who happens to know a good deal about affairs at Chelgh ton, the honors occasionally conferred en Father Wlndolph seem but a dictate of Justioe. For ten yeara Gt Ludger's pastor and all his works have been there for the publlo good. As a result, a desert place Absolutely Puro Tho only Baking Powder made from Royal O rape C ream of Tartar , NO ALUM, NO LIME PHOSPHATE GUARANTEE FUND OftGAMD JAXl'ARV 2. 1002. PXRB PROTECTION ISSLIIAXCB Asset, July 1. 1911 Reserve Fund. July 1, 1011 Securities with State Department, July 1, 1911 , (To soure Our Insuranoe Coatracta.) Rat per thousand, aye &.1 (other ages lu proportion), $8.75 Itepoeltory Banks appointed. 71 Zaeaaaed la California, ladleaa, Iowa, . Montana, Msbreska, tforU Dakota, Oregon, South Dakota, Idaho, Washington, Texas and Wyoutiag, aad preparing to enter Illinois aad Klohlgaa. Xsa capable ef producing the beet class ef business wanted as state Managers aad Solicit. DOOaX V OVM fcBOOBD. Home Office: BraoJeis Building, Omaha, Neb. Telephone Doogiae 7vzi. becomes a fruitful vineyard, and raw ma terial Is changed Into manufactured goods Necessarily, a whole-souled people, neither daf nor dumb nor blind, have known the excellence of the visible fruit and. there fore, that of the tree producing It. A SUBSCRIBE POLITICAL SNAPSHOTS. St. Louis Olohe-Dcmooret: Senator Cum mins cannot carry ths stats of Iowa on sn antl-Taft platform unless the republicans of Iowa are different from those in the ret of the country. Des Moines Register and Leader: While Senator Cummins very positively and def initely aligns himself with the Taft oppo sition, the disposition among ths senator's friends in Iowa seems to be te await fur ther developments. Minneapolis Journal: When Speaker Clark assorts that It was he, net Taft. who put reciprocity through, we are reminded that It was Clark, not Taft, who fur nished the Canadian conservatives with their only argument mtainst ratification, namely, the fear that It meant annexation. It was when lender of the minority that Clark proclaimed annexation on ths floor of the house, and it is Speaker Clark whose speech Is now Heine; placarded o the dead walls of Canadian cities. Springfield Republican: Baltimore haa made a dead set for the next remocratie national convention, and It is claimed that enough members of the national com mittee have been pledged to carry It there. The olty has raised a fund of $100,000. and a convention hall large enough to hold 15.000 people Is to be built. Before the war Balti more was a favorite democratic convention, place. There Andrew Jackson was nom inated, as well as Martin Van Buren and James K. Polk. The Blrmlngahm (Ala) Age-Herald comments: "In the coming campaign democratlo hopes will be high higher Indeed than they' have been since the war, and Baltimore Is therefore aa appropriate place at which to hold the na tional convention." GRINS AND QS0ANS. "No man is bigger than his party." aai tne ready-made philosopher. "Not now," said Senator Sorghum. "But if ths parties keep on subuiviuing it may yet be managed." Washington cUar. Samson, having overcome the lion, was disposed to do a little psrdonsble boasting. "I did it by main strength," he said; "I didn't have to use the toe hold on him." Chicago Tribune. . "Did you see Jobbs Just now raise hie hat when he met the lady he's walkinei with, and take her bundles from her?" "I don't see anything to remark about that In a man." "I do. She's his wife." Baltimore Amer lean. "I hear your son is making -money as a sculptor T" "That's what. ' I set up a sample of nie statuary in our cornneia ana we ain't had a crow around since. Now he has more orders that he kin fill." Boston ton thy Transcript. v "Is that a robber castle?" Inquired th tourist. "No. sir." replied the guide: "that otace Is kept by my father. It's a respectable garage." Washington Herald. AS UPPER'S LOWER NOW. San Francisco Call. The wondering conductor stood within the Pullman aisle; There was trouble tn his visage and his face had lost Its smile. For a passenger was asking him to fix him with a berth. And he pondered o'er the price list while ' be figured up its worth. "All the uppers now are lower," the con ductor softly satd, While with nervous, trembling fingers through the book of cost he sped. "Though this makes the higher lower, still the lower is no higher." "How is that? An upper lower?" queried the prospective buyer. "This Is It," the wan conductor then at tempted to explain, "We have lowered all the uppers that we have upon the train. Thus we have the lower higher than we used to have the upper "Hum," the passenger then asked him, "What did you drink with your sup per?" "Can't you understand," then answered the conductor, with a sigh, "Though the higher ones are lower, still the lowers are as high. With the hlghers lower than they were, the lowers but seem higher. "You're off the water wagon," vowed th man, "or I'm a liar." And the passenger then left htm and went to another cai. While the poor conductor mumbled "Don't you see, sir, where you are? With the lower higher higher than the higher lower lower" Then he plunged Into the diner for a glass of Joy bes tower. LIFE ASSOCIATION S&53,223.S6 432.S2li.20 8&0.06O.OO V