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"Spanish Revolt Put Dowa." Tbat
li. for thft moment
Why a style show? Aren't we
"Style all the while, all the while?"
It 1b Acting Mayor Berka thla.tlme
during Mayor "Jim's" absence from
the city.
' Dr. Cook may try to climb pole,
but no one. ever heard of his chasing
a greasy pig.
.The passing of former Senator
Carter leaves Uncle Joe almost alone
with his thinners.
For an organization that has been
dissolved the Standard Oil possesses
an unusual element of solidarity.
It is time now for Ak-Sar-Ben's
loyal subjects to begin speculating
on who 1e to be queen of the ball.
Ia the Taggart democrats have
nominated for congress in the Second
Kansas district any relation to Tom?
When President Taft proposes to
discuss the divorce evil on his present
tour he means domestic infelicity, not
politicals -
Next registration day comes Tues
day, October 3. If you have not reg
istered this year mark It down on
your calendar.
Let's see. wasn't Michigan, where
Mr. Taft received such ovations, sup
posed to be one of the red-hot in
surgent sections?-
Judge Grosscup Issues a rather
stiff challenge to his critics who may
have any objections to his resigning
from the bench. Front.
An exchange has found that Frank
Gotch is a rampant Insurgent. Pos
sibly, but ,to Hack he appears the
most consummate standpatter.
It Is to be hoped they elect . the
right man mayor of Philadelphia; for
life in that town with the wrong
mayor well, what would It be?
Tha man who fears to return from a
honeymoon evidently prefers a Pullman
to a flat. Boeton Herald.
Or is afraid he might wake up
and find it all a dream. ' .
Andrew Carnegie probably Is talk
ing peace so loudly in the hope of
drowning out those war notes In va
rious European and eastern coun
tries. ' Nashville complains at impolite
chauffeurs who splash mud n pe
destrians not able to own autos. It
has evidently been raining down
south.
One of the leading southern news
papers runs Its theatrical announce
ments and comments In medlctne-ad
type and form. Probably trying to
cheer the sick.
John Hays Hammond Is ill. We
are sorry, but not surprised. It was
very imprudent for John Hays to go
about at the coronation in those knee
breeches and lace "wescuts."
Now that It has a foot ball team,
nobody has a right to throw any
further aspersions upon the standing
of the University of Omaha as an In
stitution of higher education.
Correspond"1" who wired their papers
that a woman of 00 awam for one hour
In the Missisaippl river should ha
changed the locale of their story If thay
expected to have It credited. There lan't
enough water In the Misslaclppl to per
mit of an hour's swim. Philadelphia In
quirer. And still steamboats are plying
regularly up and down that stream.
If the present city comptroller Is
correct when he says that on his last
junket be gathered information for
standardizing accounts that has re
sulted in saving the taxpayers $1,000
a month in the city engineer's de
partment alone, pray what waa his
predecessor in the comptroller's
office doing when be was junketing?
Harmon, Hoke Smith and Bryin.
Hoke Smith has come out with a
public endorsement of Governor
Harmon for the democratic presi
dential nomination, Indicating that
his former fellow cabinet member
wider Mr. Cleveland is his choice
for that honor.
Mr. Bryan months ago named
Hoke Smith as one of several demo
crats he would be willing to support
for the presidency. And the world
knows. what Mr. Bryan thinks of
Governor Harmon, whom he com
manded to "prepare to stand aside."
Where does this lead, if not into
a labyrinth of confusion in the dem
ocratic camp? At the very, outset.
Indeed, before the starting place has
been reached in the next campaign,
the lines are becoming hopelessly
tangled. The question that natu
rally suggets itself is this: Were
the qualities that drew Mr. Bryan to
Hoke Smith strong enough to bind
his support In spite of the Georgian's
approval of Harmon, conceding that
Smith's endorsement of the Ohloan
does not necessarily mean his own
elimination from the race? Or, on
the other hand, Is Mr. Bryan's con
tempt for Harmon stronger than his
admiration of Smith, and therefore
sufficient, in this case, to turn him
against Smith for endorsing him?
It is of Interest to note In passing
that here is another conspicuous
southern man preferring Harmon to
Wilson. Governor O'Neal of Ala
bama did it on the avowed ground
that he objected to Dr. Wilson's es
pousal of the initiative and referen
dum and the recall. How far
through the south this condition pre
vails is yet to be disclosed.
Missouri Pacific Deficit.
Settlement of old claims and Judg
ment suits accumulated during the
years is reported as figuring heavily
In the Missouri Pacifies 15,000.000
deficit. Claims and Judgment suits
come largely as a result of accidents
on the railroad and many accidents
are due to impaired roadbed, rolling
stock or the lack of proper safety de
vices. The Gould system of railroads,
especially on the Missouri Pacific,
has been to get the dividends and let
the improvements take care of them
selves, or, at least, come In for second
ary consideration. Practicing this
system for years wrought such a de
terioration In the physical condition
of the road as to make it a by-word
In many places and to entail almost
endless trouble for the company and
and much suffering for its patrons.
How far this Gould system of op
eration Is responsible for this present
deficit of more than $5,000,000,
perhaps cannot be accurately stated,
but we see from the financial state
ment, itself, showing that old claims
and judgments form a big item In the
deficit, that It plays a vital . part.
The case of the Missouri Pacific,
therefore, may not be taken by the
railroads generally as typical of con
ditions and as indicative of earnings
at this time, though everyone is free
to admit that railroads, like other
business concerns Just now, are ex
periencing some recession. It is to
be hoped tbat the force of this lesson
will not be lost on the- new manage
ment of the Missouri Pacific, which
seems determined to get down to a
more solid basis.
Mr. Stubb's Example.
WThen J. C. Stubbs, traffic director
tor years of the great Harriman sys
tem of railroads, recognized as per
haps the world's wizard in railroad
traffic matters, retires from service
January 1 he will leave the hum and
buzz of business and repair to the
quieter precincts of Ashland, O.. his
native town, to live the remainder
of hie daya.
Ashland is not a resort city; not
on the coast, aor In the mountains,
nor even on the lake, and it is only
a small town, a good enough little
place, though never one that would
ordinarily attract men of the Stubbs'
caliber. But Mr. Stubbs' is going
back to Ashland because it waa his
birthplace and the home of his
youth. It was there not in Chi
cago, New York, San Francisco or
anywhere else he saw life at its
beginning for him; he found its
fragrance sweetest, its joys bright
est. Its aspirations most lofty. So
of Ashland his memories must be
richest and dearest. Somewhere
about Ashland must be the "old
swimming hole," where "Johnnie"
Stubbs and the other boys swung off
from a twining wild grape vine into
the fresh water below. Somewhere
must be the "little red school house
on the hill." where this traffic king
got his first cowhldlng and intro
duction to the three R's, little more
alluring than the rod of correction.
Somewhere, also, must be the old
ball ground, the old orchard where
the boys picked the Early June's and
paid for it after with aching
stomachs; some of the old playmates
and sweethearts and other faces and
figures dear to a really true heart.
What Is It that could have
prompted a man like Mr. Stubbs to
choose his old home for hie last
home, above all the great, gay, at
tractive places he might live what
but these old memories, theee old
landmarks of other days, days when
life was not made up of Intricate
traffic problems and complex rate
cnwuiesT The long, strenuous
years of struggle with a rushing,
headlong world have evidently not
driven all the sentiment out of this
big man's heart. It is a fine, lnsplr
Ing example he seta. To take back
to old Ashland his life of seasoned
experiences, his trophies of victory,
his name and his fame as one of the
Intellectual giants In the great busi
ness; world, fa something more than
ordinary. What a rroud, inspiring
effect it surely win have on the old
friends and the new!
Thanks for Small Favors.
On the theory that "small favors
are thankfully received." Omaha
and immediate vicinity probably
should express appreciation of the
rain showered upon us at last, but
It is not worth going to any consid
erable lengths over It. The precipi
tation came to only .17 of an inch
for the entire fall of several hours.
It was little more than a drizzle, after
all. But it was the heaviest drizzle
we have had in such a long time,
while other sections were being
drenched in good rains, that it
brought ' relief and pleasure, and
some benefit. It will serve in Its
small way to refresh the grass in the
lawns and pastures. Its first benefit,
of court", was In laying the dust. Its
next was in clarifying the atmosphere
and Its last, let us hope. - anyway,
will be in attracting a real rain In a
very little while. If It takes moisture
to beget moisture, then this little
sprinkle might help a great deal after
all.
Making Headway.
The people of Detroit, even more
than their street railway company
snd Its employes, sre to be congTau
lated on the early termination of the
street car strike there by the arbitra
tion route. Having suffered lncofl
ventence and loss by cessation of
street, railway traffic for only one
day, Detroit Tolks do not know what a
real street car strike means, and are
therefore not in position to appreciate
their good fortune as are inhabitants
of other cities, like Omaha, that have
gone through an experience with a
street car strike extending over weeks
and months. Detroit did not ap
parently go so far as Judicial Inter
vention after the example of Dee
Moines, but the procedure was very
similar In referring the disputed
points to the decision of a judge
called down from the bench to act as
arbitrator.
It seems to us that we are at least
making headway in this country for
tl-e solution, cf labor controversies
without resorting to destructive In
dustrial warfare.
Nebraska democrats do not seem
to be Jumping with any great avidity
at the suggestion that they commis
sion Mr. Bryan for delegate-at-laree
to the next democratic, national-con
vention without compelling1 him first
to tell whom he is for. Those thir
teen questions which he has pro
pounded to democratic presidential
aspirants resolve themselves In his
own case to Just this one, Whom do
you favor for 191-2?
The fake" populist slate committee
is tagging along with the democrats
in the matter of nominating to fill
the vacancy on the ticket for the
Third : congressional . district. The
purpose, of course,, la to perpetuate
anew that old fraud of putting the
populist label on the democratic
nominee in order to get votes by de
liberate deception that could not
otherwise be polled. .
The street Car strike In Detroit
was promptly settled by arbitration,
with only one day'a ' stoppage of
traffic: - When Omaha's street car
strike was on we stood tamely by for
weeks of turmoil and tumult while
both sides insisted there was nothing
to arbitrate.
' Omaha people are getting to be
such, globe-trotters that it Is hard to
pull off even a steamship accident on
the other side of the pond without
having some of them right on the
spot.
PROGRESSIVES FOR PROTECTION
What Moat Be Expected la E-reat of
Democratic Success.
Minneapolis Journal.
Senator Cummins of Iowa dlatrusta the
democratic party aa much as he ever did
and would not risk a democratic tariff.
He declares hlmelf aa muoh a protec
tionist in principle aa he ever waa, even
more ao now than formerly, and he
rightly consider the democracy to be
non-protectionist or anti-protectionist.
True, he says that In his view some
other things are even more important
than the tariff, but his belief that the
tariff Is essential to the welfare of the
countr' ia by no whit diminished on that
account.
Senator Cummins correctly estimates
the democratic party. Should the de
mocracy elect a president and a congress
next year, the first objective of their at
tack would be the tariff. They would de
vote themselves from the beginning to a
democratic reconstruction of the sched
ules, confident that a democratic tariff
would operate to cure all ilia of which
our body economic complain.
A democratic victory would not spell
progressive reforms For the reason that
the democracy would essay first of all
to reform the tariff, and, reforming that,
they would bring auch , disaster upon tha
country as to precipitate a reaction, thus
side-tracking every other reform of their
contemplation.
sneered Hope In the West.
New York Times.
Tha monotonous regularity with which
the market reports state that augar ad
vanced S. 10 or 15 points lends interest
to the' announcement from the Philip
pines that only a couple of months, ago
the warehouses at Hollo were near the
bursting point with the raw material,
with aa enormously Increased production
in sight.
Greed's Shaaaeleee Reach.
Chicago Record-Herald. ' -By
October, poealbly, the public la
told, the price will come down again.
The heuaewlfe will read such atatemente
with suspicion. What doea she care what
the price will be In October,' ao long as
preserves and JeJUes must be made now T
To the "Sugar trust" we can only say:
Beware 1 the women wULcet vou "af you
don't watch out."
Hooking Backward
I lib Day in Omaha
compiled fpom nr.c rtxra
I SEPT. 22."
Thirty Years Ago
Today s a big one In the way of
special coaches and railroad magnate.
Attached to the Chicago. Burlington
Qulnry express from Chicago were two
Pullmans carrying a party headed by
Henrv Villard. president of the Northern
Parlflo road, and recently elected presi
dent of the Oregon Transcontinental
Transportation company. Other members
of the party were Captain H. H. Oor
rlnge, the man who brought the obelisk
from Egypt for William w. Vanderbllt:
Private Counciller and Secretary of State
Heriog of Berlin, the dignitary second
only to Bismarck In the German empire;
Herr Enthausen. a wealthy Calcutta
merchant; Junlua Henri Browne, the
famous correspondent ar.d writer; H J.
Wlsner, late United grates consul at
Coburg. Germany; William Lloyd Garrt
aon, eon of the famous lamented anti
slavery leader; N. P. Hollow ell and
Charles Falrchlld of Boston. 8. G. Feed
of , Portland, Ore.; H. H. Tyndale. J. J.
Henderson. C. F. McKIm and General
H. L. Burnett, capitalists of New York;
A. L. Stokea and William W. Bates of
Chicago, and C. H. Spofford. President
Villard's private secretary. The party
came directly from New Tork and are
on a tour of observation with a view of
construction of the Northern Pacific to
the coaat and building several branch
linen.
Another special car on the Overland
going east contained the San Francisco
millionaire, D. O. Mills, accompanied by
his family, with whom he will apend the
winter In New York City.
The committee of citizens to perfect ar
rangements for the public demonstration
on the occasion of President Garfield's
funeral met In General Manderaon'a of
fice and agreed upon the following pro
pram of' exercise at the Academy of
Muslo meeting:
1. Dirge by Musical Union orchestra.
2. Reading governor's proclamation by
General Manderson.
8. Invocation by. Rev. A. F. Kherrtll.
4. Hymn by Omaha Glee club.
6. Prayer by Rev. J. W. Harris.
6. Music by orchestra.
Address by Right Rev. R. H. Clark-
con.
.
9.
Hymn by Glee club.
Address by Rev. J. W. Ingram.
Address bv Rteht Rev. Jimu
10.
O'Connor.
11. Music. (Not assigned).
12. Address by Rev. W. J. Harsha.
13. Address by Rev. W. E. Copeland.
. 14. Hymn by Glee club.
15. Benediction by Rev. J. B. Maxfield.
16: Funeral march by orchestra, during
which the audience will disperse.
There are twenty-sven patients at Pt.
Joseph's hospital and applications have
to be refused for lack of beds. The com
mittee appointed to solicit subscriptions
for the addition to the hospital have over
2,000 pleufced. so- It la reported at a
meeting held at Judge Woolworth's of
fice, at which were present Judge Wool
worth, Frank Murphy, W. A. L. Gibbon,
J. P. English. Webster Snyder, Vincent
Burkley, E. V. Chandler, William Bush
man, John MeCrary and J. I. Webster.
The friends of Pat Hlnckey, a Jolly
son of Erin, are congratulating him. It's
a bouncer and weighs eleven pounds.
McCormlck Is remodeling hie building.
When completed It will have a plate glass
front. It Is one of the oldest, if not the
Oldest brick buildings In Omaha.
That portion of Twelfth- street.- familiarly
known as "the half acre," la enjoying a
period of unwonted quiet. Not a fight
bee -disturbed Its pear for several nights.
' P. M. Limehan and wife left for Clarion,
' ". - ? '"'
Mrs. M. C. "Hamilton and Mrs. Fred
Davis returned home - from the east.
. John A. . Crelghton and wife returned
from 'an extended trip throughout, the
western country.
Senator Saunders and wife- left for
Cleveland, O,, where they 'will meet the
presidential funeral cortege and attend
the ceremony.
Twenty Years Ago
. SUaa. Cobb, Esq., and Miss Jessie Par
sell were married at the reeidence of the
bride's parents, Dr. and Mrs. George H.
Parsell, 2S25 California, street, at 2 p. m.,
by Rev. W. A. Harsha. They left that
day on a bridal tour, including Mr. Cobb's
old home In Kentucky. ,
Judge Helsley had a busy day in police
court and his most conspicuoua prisoner
was ' Sleepy" Hewitt, who, until recently,
has been an habitue of police court.
The body of Frank Baldwin, proof
reader on the World-Herald, was found
in Jefferson square, where he had ob
viously committed suicide with a pistol.
Mrs. A. F. Mifflin of Portland, Ore.,
who had been 'the guest of Mrs. Emma
Johnston, 1819 Leavenworth street, left
for Chicago, Washington, New Orleans
and Honduras. Her friend. Miss John
ston, accompanied her aa far aa Chicago.
The Woman's Home and Foreign Mis
sionary society, which was holding a
meeting at Kountze Memorial Lutheran
Church, .waa addressed by Mrs. A. J.
Turkle In welcoming the women of the
state. Mrs. Oscar M. Easterday of Lin
coln made the response.
Michael Davltt, the great Irish cham
pion of home rule and popular govern
ment, waa in the city the guest of
Thomas Brennan..
Ten rears Ago -
Fully 6U0 people were unable to get Into
the First Methodist church in the evening
when a McKlnley memorial meeting was
held. The speakers were the pastor, Rev.
A. t. Hirst and R. W. Breckenrldge.
Bishop Scannell preached a powerful
sermon in the morning at St. Phllomena's
cathedral on the theme of the assassina
tion of President McKlnley. He de
nounced - anarchy as a handmaiden of
atheism and declared that faith in rulers
of all countries was essential to the well
being of government and the governors.
He deprecated the putting of infidels In
schools and universities to train the
minds of the young people.
Word reached the city of the death
at Grand Rapids, Mich., of J. E. Hannon,
a former Omaha man.
Omaha Italians met at Washington
hall and adopted resolutions denouncing
anarchy.
Rev. Merton Smith, the evangelist,
preached to men only in hla tent at Fif
teenth and Capitol avenue.
Frank Greeneman and Joe Sullivan,
members of fire company No. 1, had a
wrestle and Greeneman came off the
mat with two broken ribs. Dr. E. ' R.
Porter had him tn charge.
Boashlae from Caransbera.
Springfield (Mass.) Republican.
Some of the prohibition leaders are tak
ing a queer view of the close results in
Maine. They think the swinging of the
count to one aide and then the other Is
better than a 30,000 prohibition majority
tn drawing national attention to this
Maine policy and experience. This la
trying to get sunshine from cucumbers.
If prohibition has been more or leaa of a
farce In the cities heretofore, how will it
likely fare now with thla demonstration
of heavy publlo sentiment against It In
the larger plaoeat
Long Talk'Rccords
Sens tor Tom Carter'e Arhleie
raea DitrlaiiH by Senator
ta Follette and Senator Allen.
Tom farter's Endaraare Test.
With the death of farmer Senator
Thomas H Carter of Montana, the third
member of a modern group of long-QIs
tance talkers considered worthy of a
place in the reci-ird. In the order of rank
the group consists of the late Senator
Morgan of Alabama, the most prodigious
In senatorial annals: Senator 1a Follette,
the champion long distance speaker
closely followed by former Senator Allen
of Nebraska. Senator Carter, the late
Senator TVolcott of Colorado. Senator
Stone of MJssourl and Senator Gore of
Oklahoma Senator Carter's achievement
differed from the others In the fact that
it was a talk against time, the ob.ieot
being to prevent consideration of the con
ference report of the rivers and harbor
bill during the closing hours of congress
March S and 4, 1!01. The congressional
' pork barrel'" measure waa uncommonly
fat that year and particularly obnoxious
to the McKlnley administration. Defeat
in congress was more desirable than a
veto, and Senator Carter, an enth islastlr
administration man. undertook the Job
of killing the bill Parliamentary tartlcs
and the pressure of other, business kept
the measure steaming tn the background
until the evening of the 3d. when the
Montana -?eB&Vor had to take the floor
for the time killing talk. The filibuster
began at 10:30 p. m. Mr. Carter talked
whenever talking was necessary, waiv
Ing his privilege for the transaction of
other business. When a breach occurred
however, he was on his feet, and when
the clock Indicated that the term had ex
plred by law he had been talking for
nine hours and twenty minutes, a record
that gives him third rank In the oratori
cal endurance record of the senate.
La Follette Leads.
The continuous talking record of the sen
ate now btands:
Mav 29 an 90. 19ne. Senator La Follette
of Wisconsin. 18 hours, 43 minutes.
March J, .1901, Senator Carter of Mon
tana.. 9 hours, 30 minutes.
October U. 1S93. Senator Allen of Ne
braska. 14 hours. 33 minutes
January. 22. Senator Wolcott of
Colorado, 7 hours.
The winning of the championship by
Senator La Follette was a notable feat.
though a fruitless one. He attempted to
prevent the adoption of the conference
report on the compromise currency bill
and .spoke from 12 30 Friday afternoon
until T:02 Saturday morning, his flow of
words broken onlv by roll call, a parlia
mentary rule which failed entirely dur
ing the last half of his performance. The
senator sustained himself by nibbling
chicken sandwich and drinking frequent
glasses of milk brought to his seat from
the senate restaurant. To save hla
atrength he sat perched on the arm of his
chair and talked for the most part In a
conversational tone., breaking now and
then into, a full-throated utterance that
made his words audible In the remotest
parts of the senate chamber. When it is
borne in mind that he talked absolutely
without the sympathy of his party, his
task Is all the more remarkable. - The
senator'a score was placed at 66,600 words.
Nebraska In Second Place.
Up to Senator Fa' Follette's achieve
ment, the , championship .was. .held, by
Senator' William. T1ncerif . Allen of Ne
braska, Who opposed the tepeaJ of the
silver purchasing clause of the Slierman
act ' during the extraordinary session of
congress, called 'by fresldertt-Cleveland
In lSSl Congress met on August 7 'and
adjourned November's. On October- 11 the
senate met 'at 11 .o'clock In the morning
and did not adjourn until 146 on the
morning of October '13. About C o'clock
on the night of the 11th Senator Allen
took the floor and began a speech - in
opposition to the bill. He held the floor
uninterruptedly until a few minutes after
s o'clock the next morning, speaking ail
the time, save when points of no quorum
were made or he was "spelled" by some
one else for a few minutes through the
reading of newspaper and other articles
with which his speech was Interpolated.
Mr. Allen was' on his feet for fourteen
hours and twenty-three-minutes. At the
time It was stated It had been exceeded
but once, and then only, by a couple of
hours. In the British House of Commons.
The Tall-F.ndera.
Senator Wolcott of Colorado made his
reputation during the consideration of the
"force" bill by the Fifty-frlst congress.
After the bill had .been before the as
sembly for about a month. Senator Wol
cot moved on January 2, 1901, that the
senate proceed to consideration of the
apportionment bill. The republicans
sought to table thla motion, recognizing
that its success meant the permanent hold
ing up of the "force" hill, but Mr. Wol
cott'a measure finally prevailed by a vote
of 35 to St.
Senator Stone of Missouri followed Sena
tor La Follette with a speech of six
hours and forty-five minutes, scoring
24.300 words, and Senator Gore of Ok
lahoma closed the session wlthan output
of 21.TS0 words In five hours.
Morgan's wonderful Score.
Senator Morgan of Alabama waa In a
class by himself. His record Is not one
of continuous talking, but rather of
sectional speeches, and hla score Is un
rivalled In congressional annals. On the
Panama canal question alone, during the
extra session, one speech, delivered in
sections, tilled ninety-seven pages of the
Congrealonal Record, making a total of
SSS.000 words. This was' in addition to
several speeches delivered on the same
subject during the regular session, which
closed March 4. 1903. Thla speech, the last
of his life, was rightly regarded as on 3
of the most remarkable ever deliver!,
not so much because of its contents,
but because of the age of the man who
delivered It. Mr. Morgan was then '
years old and, although he was in ex
cellent health and nad a vlgoroua con
stitution, to apeak four or five hours
a day for five days is an ordeal which
few men In the full vigor of early man
hood could endure. It waa also remark
able because the senator used very few
notes. He made frequent referenoea to
published reports and other documents
from which he quoted freely, but the
speech was purely extemporaneous, and
the senator did not have even a skeleton
Me v innlfi to nitrie him. I a the last
four years of his life. Senator Morgan's
speeches, writings and compilations on
the canal totaled 1.696.900 worda. a stu
pendous literafy achlevemen. surpassing
the written record of Shakespeare or the
historian Gibbon.
President Taffe Policies.
Chicago Record-Herald.
President Taft is a candidate for an
other term, but he Is something mora
He is president, ha Is an experienced
statesman, and he Is a man to whom
nothing In the great human movement
Is necessarily a.ien because It Is not j
Immediately political." His program as
reshaped la a good one, and tha people
should hear him and judge him with
sympathy and appreciation.
People Talked About 1
Revolutionists with bomb and gun have
put twenty Russian officials under the
sod in eight years.
Major Archibald putt, Mr. Taft'a mili
tary aide and attache, has made three
changes of costume In forty-one minutes.
A boom for J. B. Korakar for governor
haa appeared In the Eighth congremlonal
dinnct of Ohio. His champions regard
him as the only republican Moats in
sight.
Herman Cam. official dog catcher of
Denver, baa announced that he has re
ceived hi two-thousandth dog bite. Fol
lowing hla custom, he anointed the wound
with carbolic acid and pursued his work.
Melvln Vanlman Is breaking Into print
with promises to fly across the Atlantlo
next month. The Item Is Interesting
chiefly in recalling the fate of Walter
Wellmaa and his Justly celebrated accel
erator. Two men are walking from Boston to
California to test the relative merits of
baked beans and the New England boiled
dinner. Each garnished his favorite dish
with such small things as may be picked
up on the way.
After serving the state of Connecticut
for forty years as supervisor of hangings.
Warden George EM It den. of the state
prison, wll retire November 1 on a pen
sion granted In recognition of bis long
and faithful service.
Some St. Louis ministers are protesting
against the "bronx cocktail" which Is
scheduled a an appetlaer In the Taft
breakfast mfciu in thai city. The accom
modating chef, if given adequate as
sluanre, agrees to make enough to go
around.
Because his wife was a suffragette and
was artlve In politics In' Denver when he
lived In that city, Thomas P. Zimmerman
obtained a divorce from her. He charged
that Mrs. Zimmerman neglected her home
and spent In politics the money he earned
as a stonecutter.
Honorable Church Howe of Nebraska,
American consul at Manchester. England,
has been Invited to visit Boston next
April aa the guest of the National As
sociation of Cotton Manufacturers. Of
course, the major will accept. April Is a
favorite seed planting month.
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"Thef tell an H" C3FarrW5l
''Ysa- rertfc Ma l? w25?V
little while I waa cegkMtimtoif rhssnr
"lKvw-nnrfir rtj.1
"Can t aay. I bed 0fSViea
It up the market cropped en4 wtp4 gotf
ovrt. V aahiDgton Star.
"That apeech of ytrn-ra eTVJttfB twraTaai
anvthlng of striking mterostT
"No," replied Senator BorrTitim. I
grd ft la a maaterrlece. Thr WMfft M
line In It that would glv my natrtrwj
political enemle an opportmlty to ate
forward and make Utomamtvwa conapao
ous."-Weabt&gton Stan.
The new health "ofnosr la crattnaytpqata
energetic"
"What, haa ha donet"
Confiscated eleven prise afTa JWvTna)
cups as unsanitary." Cleraiaivil FVaii)
Dealer. ..
"That new salearnaa thtnka be Jlii"J
as much about our business aa X dV
said the head of the firm.
"Weil," replied th turrlor rrtnee
"maybe he does. He told me eonfldentv
ally that he wouldn't think of eatina)
some of the things we am putting en the
market" Buffalo Etxpreaa.
TEE NEW EESaX
Chicago lteoox4-HaraM
It used to be Kelly for Whom tb
cneereo,
Buck Ewlng was great for a SDeOl
"Pop'' Anson and Ffeffer wera widatj;
revered.
And Clarkson one fared very we Ml
But thoea heroea are) gone they're for
gotten or dead
For change remains ever the rule.
And the boisterous) peopla whom umpire
dread
Are shouting for Marty 0Too1
MeCormlcV and Broutbera and Fad
bourne and Keefe
Were Idolised once by the cronsfl.
And lightly they strutted, glad tn theba-
llfe
That they were supremely endowed:
But there glory haa faded, their names
unknown
To the fans of the latter-day school.
And loudly and far on the breezes la
blown
The greatness of Marty O' Toole,
It seems that but yesterday Wagner
hailed
As the mightiest man on the job.
But the star that waa Wagner's haa
dwindled and paled.
He will soon be forgotten with Cobb'
The ardor with which we were wont to
applaud
Those two has been suffered to cool.
And the diamond Is graced by another
new god.
The glorious Marty 0Toole.
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