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Telephones Tell TIme.Headllno.
They ought to: thoy conBumo enough of It.
"When I was at tho North Polo, Poary wan
In Now York," says old Doc Cook. Ah, wait till
top chautauqua Reason reopens.
Cummins on. Canal Tolls.
In his speech before tho Hamilton club Sen
ator Cummins states tho canal tolls Issue fairly
and squarely, andrjdlstlngulshes b6tween thu
two points Involved In a way that should help
people not versed in Its Intricacies to a clearer
understanding.
Tho question of tolls or no tolls on coant
wlso shipping Is, tho senator says, a purely do
mestic concern In which no foreign nation has
any business to Intermeddle. Concede that toll
exemption Is In tho nature of a nubsldy, It Is for
Uft to decide whether such encouragement to our
merchant marino Is advisable or desirable. It
was decided by congress once that toll exemp
tion should bo tho rule, not only to stimulate
tho coast-carrying trade, but also to provide In
directly n regulation of railway rates In com
petition with water transportation. '
Tho other question is whether any treaty ob
ligation justifies Oreat Britain in domandlng
that wo operato tho canal to suit Its wishes, an'd
build up tho carrying trade of foreign ships at
the expense of ours. On this Senator Cummins
says there aro no two sides that to accept tho
British construction of the treaty, or to yield
our Indisputable rights simply for tho sake of
friendship, would bo for us an Ignominious pro
ceeding. " "
, Tho foaturo of the situation, which the sen
ator does not sufficiently omphaslxo', Is that tho
president has not askod for ropeal on Its merits
as a ship subvention, but solely as a concession
tc Oreat Britain. Froe tolls were incorporated
into tho canal measure only by tho votes of dem
ocratic senators and congressmen who, though
on record as favoring this method of oncourag
Ing the shipping trade, aro now asked to chango
tholr votes, not from any changed conviction,
but In doforenco to the president's wishes and
Great Britain's demands. Senator Cummins
makes it plain that no congressman or senator
who voted for free tolls heretofore has any ex
cuse or Justification now to voto for repeal, but,
on the contrary, impugns hiB a sincorlty by
summersaulting Just to keep in tho president's
good graces.
T
In Other Lands
it will not bo a short ballot this yoar In Ne
braska. Biennial elections doublo up tho entry
Hat for both tho primary and tho finals.
' Orapojulce manufacturers doubtless havo
ndt overlooked tho secretary of the navy In
seeding out their spring advertising literature.
That Chicago suburb that elected a million
aire lawyer tor dog catchor is going to rid th.o
town of undesirable canines, if money1 and thu
law will do It.
According to dependable Informants, Omaha
la. not the only city where a cloan-up of crooked
lawyers and dangerous blackmailers wduld meet
a Jlong-felt want.
Yes. hut who Is tile "peanut merchant from
Omaha" to whom ouc old friend, "Bill" Prjco.
refers as trying to boss domocratld politics
down at Lincoln?
No, neither can we for the life of us under
stand why any Intruder should' want to break
open a desk in order to moss up papers belong
ing to a county commissioner.
Evide.ntiy Villa is trying t,o see hot many
kinks he can put In tho British lion's tall with
out arotising the old monarch, and it 'is our
opinion that but for the canal tolls he' would
have found out long ago.
Bankers and-business men all over tho coun
try are protesting against tho raw deal perpe
trated by tho federal .banking board; Omaha
boa good company In manifesting Itn displeas
ure, if that is any consolation.
The Tegional bank committee reported that
It gave tho bankers in tho various cities a chance
to Qxprees tholr preference for districts. Tho
bankers 'emphutlcally deny this. Who Is re
sponsible for tho "short and ugly!"
Congress and Its rowers.
With all the complaint of tho growing ten
dency of the executive encroachment upon leg
islative functions and .prerogatives, congress is
not- wholly blameless for tho dissipation of its
powers. Its policy of dolegating authority to
hoards and commissions of wide, sometimes
oVon sweeping regulatory power, must bo con
sidered, togothor with the infringement of tho
executive to get at a real analysis of tho situa
tion. Congress, undoubtedly, would .bo ready
with explanations and defenses In behalf of Its
position, yot tho fact romalns that It cannot
koep its normal inherent powers arid at tho same
time delegate them to such agencies as It may
create.
A Now York publication cites soveral such
luveatmonUi recently made by congress, tho ef
fect of. which is to diminish, if not weaken, its
own resident powor. For example, it delegates
power to tho Treasury department over import
ers, a right of espionage to tho Postofflce de
partment over tho mails, railroad regulation to
the Interstate Commerce commission, sweeplpng
powers of a similar charnctor to the now Trade
commission, and so ph. Now, all this rep
resonts a process ot subtraction, which congress
.sustains only nt a dlroct loss to itself. It .seems
wholly inconsistent, therefore for Its members
to continue to remonstrate so loudly against ex
ecutive usurpation so long as thoy, thonjselvos,
are equal offenders.
It is our belief that the country Is growing
impatient at tho autocratic tendencies ot tho
Whito House and will before long demand a
halt, but at the. same time tho situation will not
bo adequately dealt with by Ignoring tho weak'
enlng processes at work within congress. 'Yet
wo. ore frank to Bay that tho country is not
awako to this phase ot tho subject, ift indeed,
congress is.
How zealous the railroads have bocomo to
obsorve the anti-pass law to the letter. Here is
a railroad man shivering in fear of prosocution
should froe box cars bo placod at the disposal
of ICelley's army strikers. It goes without say
ing that the roads would much prefer to carry
them In Pullmans at regular passenger rates.
Lancaster county democrats report that thu
voters generally aro well pleased with the way
In which Nebraska's democratic delegation la
the national house and senate has been con
ducting Itself. Which onesT How can anyone
be pleased with tho conduct of all of them when
so at variance with one another!
President Wilson's high Ideals and sincere
purposes ard' plot brought into question even by
his opponents. Conceding these makes it all
the more difficult- to understand why he makes
such wholesale use .,of - the sinister power ot
patronago to whip members ot congress into
line for his pet measures and personal wishes.
Some Winter Wheat Figures.
This is a timo when winter wheat makes a
most Interesting subject ot discussion, especially
this year, in view of tho onlargod acreage de
voted to the crop and tho government's latest
report showing a condition of 95.6 per cent,
which is 11,5 per cent higher than the avorago
for ton, years. It was estimated that 36,606,000
acres wore sown to winter wheat laBt fall. Going
back to the yield per acre, wo find that tho aVor
age for ton years has been fifteen bushels. It
the increase In the status ot the 'crop to date
wero maintained 11.5 per cent it would give
ub a yiold ot 16.7 bushels per acre, which, com
putod with tho acreage would make a total out
put of 600,650,000 bushcla,
Needless to say, some ot the ground Is al
ways loBt. Tho averago acreage abandoned for
tho last ten years has been 9.6 per cent. Sup
pose wo deduct this from the estimated area
planted and apply tho 10.7 yield to the re
mainder, we stll havo 551,000,000 bushols at
harvest time. The fact Is, of course, that while
blights may yet come, winter wheat that ranks
95.6 per cent perfect on April 1 stands a mighty
fine chance of making a bumper harvest, and
with the option of taking tho bright or dark
view of tho situation, we are going-to pick the
former.
It FUhea Fish. Why Kot 3Icnt
Omaha. April la-To the Kdltor of The
Bee: I have been wondering; for do mo
time by what strange train of reasoning
Dr. David Starr Jordan. Secretary Bryan
and the lesser lights In the peace move
ment came to hold their peculiar views
on that pastime of our ancestors which
Is called war, but now a light breaks In
upon me, and from an artlclo In tho
World's Work I learn that Dr. Jordan
discovered tho wickedness of war by
fishes. Ito found that fishes do not have
armies and do not carry -on organised
.warfare. When there Is flKhtlnK it l
ono fish against another fish; the weaker
fish gets his and tho stronger fish sur
vives, breeds trontr minnows and thus
the race Of fishes Is strengthened and
Improved, which, as Pepya would havo
remarked. Is Pretty to observe. Turnlnir
from lils flshe to humans., the doctor Pvcrished
was so horrified to find that nations draft
their strongest and best males into their
armies and send them off to be shot on I
the- battlefield, leaving the weakllns '
males safo at home to live on and breed
weahllnfrs after their kind, and thus during-
tho centuries war has put tho skids
under the nations of- the earth and 'has
fcopt them sliding- until at last they havo
reached their present condition of degro-
datinn.
To Illustrate this deplorable fact, the
doctor points out to the condition of mod
ern England, with its millions of weak
ling males, unemployed and unemplo
yable, brought into existence by Eng
land's wicked policy ot sending the cream
of her male population, generation after
generation, to die on foreign battlefields.
This Is wonderful, but Is Doctor Jordan
quite right in describing the class of men
who In tho past have enlisted In tho
British army as the. cream of tho nation's
manhood? I do not think that the best
men a nation breede often tako up arms
except ns volunteer, and England has
never been strong at volunteering. Tho
Boer war was an exception to this rule.
and Dr. Jordan probably looks upon that
war as a crime; but who will say thai
any amount of peace powwowing, arbi
trating and compromising could have
broken through tho wall of old prejudices
and hatreds as those yearn of good stand-
up fighting dld7 The men of England
went Into that war thinking the Boe.ni
wero "pig-headed. Immoral Dutchmen."
Today Boer and Briton aro working eld
by side, and doing good work, too. They
understand each other now.
Dr. Jordan's view of tho human male
as purely a breeding animal is rather
startling to me. I can appreciate Stone
wall Jackson falling at tho head ot his
troops In tho night attack among the
thickets ot Chancellorvlllo and dying
among tho men whom he had taught to
love him. But I am afraid I never could
understand the Ideal Jackson, of Dr.
Jordan's mind a Jackson kept safe at
home, shut in a box stall and used as a
sort ot registered stallion. Aftcj all, the
doctor admits that fishes do fight, and
why should ho deny this pleasure to
human males, or demand that they fol
low tho oxamplo of fishes' and each six
foot man roll up his sleeves, select a
likely. little weakling and abolish him, in
order tha't the law pf nature. tho survival
ot ine iiticsi, may continue its uscrui
functions. ' ' O. E. H.
-t i 'A
A .Clefarr.man Seen T A infra.
FAIRMONT, Ne April I0.-T0 .the
Editor of The Bee: I sincerely hepo you
will give this little notei . place in tho
"To Tho Editor" column. .
News note In Beo April 9: . ,
, Although 73 er cent of the women
registered In Chicago took -advanUge- of
their newly Rained franchise at yester
day's municipal eloctlon, nono of the
women candidates for f.lty council was
succcssiui, receiving cniy a scattered
vote '
Tho vote in Chicago totalled nearly
The number of men who vnt.l
was 828.M7, 73 per tent of those eligible.
Editorial in Bee April 0:
Under the new nual auffrnim law nr
mora than 217.000 Chlcaarn. wnmn rirl.
tered only about 60.00Q voted at the prl-
iwuiiro, ana leas QUI MW.UOU In tho City
election Just held, this notwithstanding
the fact that several women, wero running
ua ittimiuaieB.
Evidently there is something wronir
somewhere about the editorial sanctum
sariatorum of your estimable saner nr
thcro would not be such a wide difference
between tho facts report'od in the news
columns and the deduction flrnwn In , V.
editorial columns.
Wo are air willing to concede VOII Vffllf
privilege of opposing equal suffrage. And
we are we more willing to do this seeing
to whotn you are moat Indebted. But w
want you to fight fralr.
B. J. T. CONNETVY. ,
Note The editorial comment n
Snnf i!5Urc,i '.1 the prM 'lanatches
SJnL y i,nU papera Wednesday
morning, while the more complete fig.
uks were embodied in subsequent dli-
Unrrst nnd matreso.
Unrest, distress frul Increasing burdens of gov
ernment aro marked faatureti ot the struggle for
existence in Buropu at tho present time. The tsweU
ling cost of gorerntnent is world-wide, but is par
ticularly burdensome In JSurope. whet every re
source I squeezed for additional revenue. In En
gland and Italy labor troubles aggravate the per
plexities of tho governments und threaten serious
disturbances to trade and Industry. Over 100,000
British miners are on a striko for a minimum
wage, and tho stoppugo of coal production, If con
tinued very long, will seriously affoct all lines of
Industry and cause widespread himlslilp. Tho re
cent strike of workers In Homo is followed by a
demand of state railway employes for belter wages
and improved conditions. Unless the demands ot
the workmen are conceded or compromised by tho
16th a .strike lsrtobo declared .Tho gov? ruiuant . ap
pears willing to conctdc some of the demands, but
.Hot all, as tho-Increased expento of $10,000,000 Is too
great a strain on o. national treasury already Im-
The most dlstree&lmr state ot affairs
In all Europe prevail In Austria, whero unemploy
ment and destitution taxes the resources of tho gov
ernment to prevent the horrors of famine, in
Editorial Siftings
Philadelphia ledger: Mr. Tatt has not
been loslnx weight without gaining It He
speaks with even more authority out ot
office than he d'd In office.
Pittsburgh ' Dispatch : Ambassador
Page's, speech, which so amused his Brit
ish audience, seems to have lost its
"Joker" on the way across. It is as harm
less ns mush and milk.
Boston Transcript: Bwana Tumbo's
Brailllan name Is "Muy Slmpatlco," but
even his bitterest enemy will concede
that the person who put a "Simp" in
Teddy's monnlker committed a grave
nomenclatural blunder.
New York World: According to the rec
ords of forty-three insurance companies,
bachelor girl outllvo married women. Is
this duo to the fact that "hope springs
eternal" in tho feminine breast, or to the
policy of "watchful waiting,"
Indianapolis News: The theory, ad
vanced in New York, that tho tango Is
gopd for the nerves may bo correct
e'nough, but tho unfortunate fact still re
mains that it doesn't foot anybody In
eastern Gnlcla. a vast territory bordering on nussla, j regard to the age of the dancers.
with a population of 4,000,000, one-fourth of that
number are said to be on tho verge of starvation,
due to an almost total crop failure for two years
past. Extraordinary efforts of the government and
the well-to-do toward relieving the distress aro un
equal to the necessities of Oallcto, while tho needs
of the unemployed In Vienna, Budapest, and other
cities, strains local charity to the utmost. With
the hope of relieving the situation somewhat the
government has relaxed emigration restrictions, and
thousands of able-bodied young men are leaving tho
country.
('onellintlon In the Air,
Britain's political pot ha simmered down to the
tepid stage. The home rule bill passed on second
readiriV In tho Houto ot Commons for the third
tjme. Tho bill wjll reach the House of IfTdn
.early In. May and probably become a law In ths
month of June. .Unionists passed up the challenge ot
Ho fcrlme minister to test tho temper of tho con
stituency of Kite, and Mr- Asqulth was returned un
opposed without the formality of a ballot. An tin
proved temper Is noticeable on both sides the un
ionists chastened by the dangers of the position into
which the army blunder precipitated them, and tho
liberal coalition heartened by a narrow escape from
overthrow. Meanwhile' affairs in Ulster,' the prom
ised seat ot war, move along without Jolt or Jar.
despite reports to tho contrary, During the height
of tho army muss, two weeks ago, the financial
correspondent of the New York Evening 'Post re
ported that Belfast's Industrial securities advanced
from ona to two points In the exchanges, and at
the tamo time British consol rose a point, indi
cating clearly that business did not share 'in tho
alarms professed by tho politicians. The unshaken
purpose of the ministry to place on the statuto
books Its three great reform measures home rule.
Welsh disestablishment and abolition of plural voting
before consenting to a general election, shatters tho
hopes and plans ot the opposition and widens the
road to compromise by consent.
Americana Abrond Plncliod.
American residents abroad recently reported -as
protesting against the home-made income tax are
in a very uncomfortable position. They are be
tween two fires, front and rear, and cannot escape
either. Unole Samuel declines to relax the alleged
"unjust exaction," while foreign governments are
too sorely irt need of the money to pass up a con
tribution of American coin. In Germany, for ex"-
ample, Americans who hoped to escape the heavy
income tax Imposed for extraordinary military ex
penses, claiming exemptldn oh the srourid that the
. tax is a war. levy and Inapplicable tq subjects pt, .
other nations, have little chance of supping through
the treaty hole. Officials of the German foreign
office have announced that, according to the Ger
man view, the extraordinary tax ' is not a war tax
in U;e strict sense. This tax Is not on, incomes.
It reaches entire fortunes on a graduated scale,
rangftfg from $1.25 In every $500 of fortunes up to
$50,000, to $30 In every $500 of fortunes of $25,000,000
or more. The levn Js .In addition to the regular
annual Imperial taxes. To the victims tho dis
tressing feature OT the situation is their inability
to escape Uncle Sam's long haul on the kaiser's
contribution box.
I.atrat Balkan nave.
Prince William, the new ruler of Albania, starts
In. on hi Job of petty kins-ship with what promises
to be a lively fight. On the southeast corner ot
Albania lies a stretch of territory captured by the
Creeks from Turkey. It includes the towns ot
KorlUa and stylos, tho population of which Is
strongly Hellenic. By right of conquest and kinship of
population Greece was entitled to the territory, but
having agreed to abide by the actions of tho-
boundary commission of the powers, which awarded
the region to Albania, Greece, protesting, withdrew
Its troops. But the Inhabitants of. Kos!n. refused
to submit to Albanian rule, and have taken up. arms
In defense of their rights. Prince William has taken
tho field against the insurgents, determined to en
force his authority or start a few -cemeteries in the
vicinity. Tho extent of the. rebellion is. not known.
but the Qreeks. defending their claim to kinship
nllev and encouraged It not actually supported by
Greece, are expected to welcome Prince William's
troopers 'to hospitable graves. Tho Balkans would
not be Balkans It seme one of Its racial volcanoes
wasn't in eruption.
Brooklyn Eagle: The downtrodden havo
so' many, friends, The labor unions, have
Mitchell and Gompers and the truBts have
the great' lobbyists and corporation law
yers, some of whom they pay $100,000 a
year. Where Is the spokesman before
congress who represents 90,000,000 ot the
plain middle class, people who have no
union card and own no part of any mon
opoly? Unless heed be given to that class
it will rise and demolish both of the
others.
' Baltimore American: The plan of the
little lYcnch girl of thb old song who
would have "the men who make the quar
rels bo the dnly ones to. fight," finds
sympathetic revival In the proposal of
Representative Gray to declare war -with
Mexico if tho' ones who are shouting for
war be organized into the first -company
to dash across the border and mcp.t the
armed Mexicans, their sons to form the
second company when thoy are all slaugh.
tcrcd.t Perhaps under such a point ot
view the warlike ardor- would greatly
moderate.
SMmNG REMARKS.
Class U Lawyer (Having rasd Ilia
Exams)-' 'Well. I'm glad It's over. I ve
been working to death the lat to
years trying to complete my legal edufa-
"old lawyer "Cheer up. my boy. xlt H
be a long time before you have any more
work to do." Awgwan.
Crawford You seem to think that the
tango Is more than a fad.
i-voK.ho it miif Tin. If It were only
a fad they'd be teaching It In tho schools.
-Life.
''Madam, can you describe, tho man-yoh
say Jilted you by running off pn tlia..er
of your wedding with all your moneyr ,
"Oh, yes, sir. Tho last, time 1 saw him
ho wore a cutaway coat and n getaway
expression." Baltimore American.
"Who gave tbo brldo away?" asked
Mrs. Evan of. her daughter, who had Just
returned from" tho wedding.
"Her -little brother." rilled the daugh
ter; "he stood up In the middle of the
ceremony, and yelled, 'Hurrah. Blanche,
you've got him at laM!' " New York
Post.
"What kind of meat have you this'
morning?" asked tho husband of tho.
butcher.
"The best steak we have over had, sir,"'
replied tho butcher. "Here you are. sir:
as smooth as velvet and as tender as a
woman's heart."
The husband looked up and' sold: 'Til
tako sausage." Ladles Home Journal.
I
HER EASTER BONNET.
New York Times.
It woa at the Easter service, , . k
When the. lilies hid the Latin,
In the pew 'wo sat together.
Bho was gowned in amber satin.
And she shared her hymn book with me.
But my eyes wero not upon it,
I waa gazing, fascinated.
At her wondrous Easter bonnet
it was crushed and curved nnd crinkled
Into strange and sudden angles, ,
It was swathed with yards of chiffon,
It was hung with glittering- spangles;
There wero bows of lace and ribbon
And a dozen buckles on it,
And a wreath of crimson roses
...vu ..uv a.uiiuius jiBirr uunnQU
1 ,'.lat3 meant to pop the question '
warning nome rrom church; that morn
ing, And the ring was In my cdcKef.'
But her chapeau was a warning, (
For I knew tho modest Income
That I mado by writing sonnets .
Never would suflce to keep her
In those gorgeods Easter bonnets.
It conquers distance at
lowest cost. Think of it
thousands of Ford owners
are traveling for less than,,
two cents a mile. The Ford
has given the freedom of
the "open road" to the man
of moderate income., , : ,
Five hundred dollars is tho-price of the'
Ford runabout; the touring car is five
fifty; the town car seven titty f. o. b.'
Detroit, complete with oqulpment. Get
catalog and particulars from Ford Motor
Company, 1916 Harney Street.
patches.
Political Tins
roufiLzu rnoM ace rLcj
This good Friday is being celebrated tn the. Cath
ollo and Episcopal churches. Bishop O'Connor cele
brated high ma&s at St. Phllomena's cathedral.
Th last grand roller skating1 carnival pf the aea
son drew a large audience at the Capitol avenue rink,
It was a gaily-dressed assemblage. The prize of en
elegant silver cup for the woman In the best carni
val costume and an elegant pair pf skates for U11
best skater, were presented to Miss Carrie Dlnsmor.
who represented a flcwer girl, and the skates were
glVcn to George Miner, disguised as a girl The baby
elephant, put on by Messrs. Ultchock and Helphray,
caus&d much merriment.
John H. Donnelly, secrstary of the Union Stock
Tarda ( company, Is back from attending a stockmen's
meeting at Cheyenne.
Th monthly report of donations US the Woman's
Christian Aid association lists- contributions Including
thirty founds of meat each week from Jton. James E.
Boyd, fifty pounds of hominy and fifty ponnd of
comment from Mr. Weiahao and on day's sewing
by Ih4 eeamstrets at Mr. FUooner'a store.
It ras announced that religious earrioea would
be held In the lecture room of the Congregational
church every 3unday afternoon In the Danish )en
Kusjge, conducted by llcv. Henry Itelchenbach of Coun
cil Bluffs.
The Union Pacific folks' are still hauling the
freight pf tbe Bloux City & Pacific, the ferryboats
not havtns; been placed In running order as yet. 1 1
Mr. K. 1L Wilbur. 1510 Harney street, wants, s.
-Irl fpr general housework.
The Kansas City Star thinks tho fact that
Missouri drew two ot the regional bauks Is
proof positive that there was no politics in It,
arguing that putting two in one state would be
notoriously ' poor politics. But Kansas ' City
pulled every political and personal wire to con
nect up with tho board mombers having this
allotment to make. Putting two In one state
may have been poor politics Just as perhaps pre
ferring Richmond over Baltimore and Dallas
over New Orleans, Is plainly poor politics, but
It is none tho less politics.
After careful scrutiny of the election returns
w(th reference to tho position ot the president
on canal tolls, the local democratic organ con
cludes that the defeat in New Jersey Is "disap
pointing" and "dlsquletlpg"; that the Massa
chusetts outcome "might and might not havo
some significance" and that It Is "silly" to
credit Underwood's victory to bis poattlon on
the tolls repeal bill. Looks to us as it this were
what in legal parlance is called a "confession la
avoidance."
Even at that, the reasons seem rather ob
enure why any set ot retail merchants should
object to raising the weight limit of parcel post
twelght, conceding that they might havo had
valid objections, "to Inaugurating parcel post In
thb first place.
The first state-wide primary in Penn.
sylvanla will bo held May It. The filing
of nomination papers close on April 19.
I'uu state tickets are to be filled and
party candidates .chosen for United
States aerator.
Report persists In Ohio that former
Senator Foraker will enter the race for
the seat of Senator Burton. The nature
of the provocation is not given, but
Foraker probably imagines, like one John
U Sulltvan, that he has one more fight
in hi system.
During the late ' primary campaign
which ditched the water wagon In Ala-
oama. Richard P. Hobeon turned loose
from ten to twenty speeches a day while
Underwood stayed on the Job In-Wash-Ington.
Viewed In the light of the re
turns the remark of the parrot is perti
nent: "I talked too much."
Oregon continues to lead as a legisla
tive experiment station. The latest pro
posed novelty Incubating In the initiative
nect Is a constitutional amendment abol
ishing the familiar bicameral legislature
In favor of a single-chambered tody. The
proposition gains strength from the belief
that state senates are an obstruction to
popular rule.
Editor McKelway of the Brooklyn
Eagle gives a belated explanation ot the
reason why President Cleveland did not
4ro to Indianapolis to attend the funeral
of Vice President Hendricks. His failure
to do so and his silence as to the reason
for his absence caused much adverse
comment at the time. Mr. MoKelway
says that the president remained away
on account of the request ot Senator
Edmunds, who feared some mishap which
would put-a. republican in the presidency,
although the people had elected a democrat.
People and Events
The state ot Maryland la about to honor it
favorite fighting ison. Admiral Schley, with & monu
ment costing 5,000.
Colonel Arthur Yager, who has Just been Installed
as governor ot Porto Rico, has declared himself in
favor ot granting American citizenship to all residents
of the Island who desire It. Governor Yager Is- a
native of Kentucky.
Judge Day of the United States court ot the
northern Ohio district has resigned because his salary
ot fS,O0O a year is considered inadequate. Ohio papers
deprecate the notion that Judge Day's action will
start a resigning epidemic.
It might be explained further that Dr. Mary
Walker's rejection of two very attractive proposals
waa largely due to her aversion for skirts. The Joy
and happiness of trousers outweighed the cottage
canned pleasures ot wedded life.
John Nicholas Brown, aged 14, son of John Carter
Brown of Providence, R, I., qualities as the richest
kid in all the states. Inheriting llf,600,000 under the
will of his father, with a few millions added by the
recent death ot an uncle. The youngster is bearing
up bravely and sense to view the burdens ot tho
future with calm resignation.
Colonel Seely, who so promptly shouldered all the
blame for the British army muss, is the modest pos
sessor of a medal bestowed by tbe French govern
ment for swimming with a lifeline in a stormy sea
to a wrecked ship off the Isle of Wight, thus saving
nine Uvea His D. S. O. (distinguished service order)
he won by gallantry In the Boer war.
Selectman E. D. Brlgham, having been ohossn
chairman ot the board in West Boylston, Mas., haa
been wearing since a silk hat throughout the day.
When asked the reason for such hilarity he replied
that his father wore the aamb hat forty years before
when elected chairman of the Board of Selectman,
and that he was perpetuating tike custom.
The supreme court of Missouri denounce the Polar
Wave Ice company ot St. Louis as an offensive com
bine, swats it with a decree of ouster, which will be
set aside it the company pays a fine of $50,000. Stifling
competition, the crime ot the St Louis concern, oc
casionally gets Its due. That' all the satisfaction
St Louis consumers gt out of the decision. .If th'
fine is paid, the state pockets the money.
Why Travelers Like
Tourist Sleepers
An increasing number of travelers to California each year .
make' this journey in tourist sleepers. This increased pnt
ronage is quite natural, as there is a material saving .'
betweon tho cost of transportation good in standard sleep
ers and that good in tourist sleepers, while th6 latter are
steadily improving in tho important features of car build- '
ing, interior design and comfort. Those in Burlington ser- '
vide have gas and electric light fixtures, carpeted aisles, ;
'lunch tables, lavatories, smoking compartments', and are
carried in tho Burlington's high class, electric lighted
trains. Several tourist sleepers leave Omaha each week for
California, under the escort of special Burljngton con-
duotors, whose sole duty is tho care of our patrons. Now -add
tlieso features of tho journey Denver, Colorado's
scenic panorama, Salt Lake, the Burlington 'h well operated
trains, the interesting cities along tho way arid you havo 1
a combination of travel attractions that explains tho sue- I
cess of these Burlington Personally Conducted Parties.
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