Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, September 9, 1903, Page 6

THE OMAHA DAILY B WEDNERSDAY, BEPTEMBER 9 1903. -—_— - — — ————.—.—,—,—,e———— —— - - _ THE OMAHA DAmi _BEE‘_i E. ROSEWATER, EDITOR. PUBLISHED EVERY MORNING. TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION, Daily Bee (without Sunday), One Year. Dally Bee and Sunday, One Year Tilustrated Bee, Ope Year Bunday Bee, One Year Saturday Beés, One Year op Twentleth Farmer, One Year D ED BY CARRIER Dally Bee (without Sunday), per copy Dally Bee (without Sunday), per week...! Daily Bee (Including Sunday), per week..l Bunday Bee, per copy Evening Bee (without Sunday), Evening Bee (Including Sunday) wee! 4.0 o 2 e | 1 1 per week 6 per Complaints of irregulariti n delivery #hould be addressed to City Circulation De- partment OFFICES. Omaha-—The Bee Bullding. Bouth Omuna_city Hall Bullding, Twen- neth and M Streete. ouncil Bluffs—10 Pearl Street. cago—if4g. Unity Butlding. New Vork—228 Park Row Bullding. Washington—501 Fourteenth Street. CORRESPONDENCE. Communications relating to news and edt- torfal matter should be nddressed: Omahe Bee, Editorial Department REMITTANCES. Remit by draft, express or postal order payatle to The Bee Publishing Company. Inly 2-0ent stamps ur‘cerkd in payment of | mafl accounts, Personal checks, except on Omaha ot eastern Fx('hnni;fl. not accepted. THE BEE PUBLISHING COMPANY. TATEMENT OF CIRCULATION. N a, Douglas County, s8.: o B Taseisck, wecretary of The Bee ompany, being duly sworn, says tual number of full and 'com- plete coples of The Daily Morning, Evenin and Sunday Bee printed during the mont! of August, 1908, was as follow 20,010 11 .20,650 27,200 80,040 129,730 20, 20,930 29,760 29,750 20,360 20,270 30,380 26,800 29,280 330 -29,280 29,380 29,320 29,800 20,530 L. 20,4T0 Total....... Less unsold and returned copl Net total sales. .. 806,070" Net averago sales..... ... 28,008 GEORGE B. TZBCHUCK. Subscribed in wmy presence and sworn to before me this 8lst day of Auguet, A D. 10 M. B. HUNGATE, (Beal.) Notary Public. e e e e PARTIES LEAVING THE CITY. 804,832 Parties leaving the city at any time may have The Bee sent to them regularly by notitying The Bee Busin ofiice, 1n wom or by mail. The mddress will be ch as often an desired. T ——— When President Roosevelt cites Dutch history, he shows the Dutch that is in him. eepm——— No need of Colorado providing for an annual encampment of its state militia forces. The people of Omaha are unalterably opposed to a beneficent municipal light- ing monopoly. Nebraska will go republican this year if only to get In practice to roll up a g majority for Roosevelt next year. | Governor Mickey draws the line at dancing, but he is not opposed to hop- ping a fandango with the Ak-Sar-Ben goat. On the 1,354th ballot the republican Judicial convention at Grand Island had reached a stage when it was time to pass from labor to refreshment. Attorney Herring of the Board of Edu- catlon wants druggist saloons in the vieinity of school buildings to take out a license. Why this discrimination? It is worthy of note that Charley Towne has not yet come forward to deny that he is Bryan's preferred candidate for the democratic presidential nomi- nation. Conditions in Macedonia are said to be daily growing worse. It would seem that it would not take long, then, for the polnt to be reached beyond which there is nothing worse. Now that the Chicago Chronicle has come out unequivocally for Grover Cleveland, Colonel Bryan's antipathy to the fisherman statesian way be con- sldered set beyond recall. Two swallows do not make summer | and two democratic lawyers linked in with three stralght republican candi- dates and two oblique republican candi- | dates do not make a nonpartisan combi- nation, ST A post mortem quarrel among the doctors as to the precise cause of Pope | Leo's death is bhardly in order. Tln"‘ doctors have plenty to do taking care of sick people who yet have a chance of recovery. Judge Barnes performed the duties devolving on him as supreme court commissioner so satisfactorily to the court that he was reappointed by unani- mous vote of all the judges Including Judge Sullivan. Don't let this fact slip your memory. The probibitionists have already taken the first formal steps looking toward a national nominating convention for next year. The populists will have to bestir themselves it they intend to follow out their Denver plan to put their ticket in the fleld ahead of all others. The direct tax upon the steam rail- roads of the United States is computed At not less than 5 per cent of théir gross COMMENDING THE PRESIDENT. Only the organs of the monopolistic combinations have criticised President Roosevelt for his action in regard to the great coal strike and thelr utterances are not lkely to exert any influence outside the ranks of the trust defenders. The vast majority of the people un | doubtedly agree with what was recently «aid by Judge Gray, that in that grave crisls the president acted wisely and courageously. As stated by that dis- tinguished jurist, the chief executive of the nation was without legal or constitu- tional power to interfere, “but his po- sition as president of the United States gave him an influence, a leadership as first citizen of the republic, that enabled him to appeal to the patriotism and good sense of the parties to the con- troversy and to place upon them the moral coercion of public opinion to agree to an arbitrament of the strike then existing and threatening consequences 8o direful to the whole country.” Had the president not done this the conflict would have been indefinitely prolonged and {t ie not to be doubted would have developed lawlessness of the most serious nature, Nor was the president’s action, as the trust organs nssert, an intérference with or infringement upon property rights. On the contrary, it tended to conserve them. Who can doubt that had the strike continued a month or two longer there would have been great peril to the property of the coal operators, in gpite of the military provision that had been made to protect that property. Every one is famillar with the situation at the time the president appointed the arbitration commission. There was a feeling of intense bitterness among the men and it was with no little difficulty they were held in restraint by thelr leaders. They might not have been able to hold them under control much longer if a way had not been found to settle the conflict. The action of the presi- dent, therefore, unmistakably conserved the rights ‘of property and it is an altogether indefensible assertion of the combination organs that it wae an in- fringement upon those rights. “I do not think that any president,” said Judge Gray, “ever acted more wisely or courageously In a national crisis. Mr. Roosevelt deserves unstinted praise for what he daid.” All fair- minded men will concur in this. The president went about this matter with careful deliberation. He discussed the situation with representatives of the operators and with leaders of the miners. He was absolutely fair and im- would be just to both sides and under which the interests and the welfare of the public would be conserved. What he did averted a danger that threatened to be most calamitous and made a prece- dent which may prove In'the future to be of incalculable value. CANADIAN COMPETITION. Montreal is gaining forelgn commerce at the expense of New York, on account of the advantages of the route from the lake region and the far northwest down the S8t. Lawrence valley and of water communication much of the way. It s stated that steamship lines plying be- tween Montreal and Liverpool take grain to Europe that has been billed from Chicago over Canadian railways at the rate of 4 cents per bushel for the long land haul of 1,200 mfles. The rate on grain from Chicago to American sea- ports exceeds this by from 20 to 75 per cent. Hence grain exports from Ameri- can ports are falling off, while the Mon- treal shippers are overdriven and over- whelmed with business. In reference to this the Philadelphia North American says: “In their anxiety to squelch trunk line competition on American soll, our raillway magnates appear to have left out of account the cheaply-constructed, government-subsi- dized Canadian railroads. In business there is, at the foundation, neither poli- crops seek the European market by the least costly rate. only one of the natural and inevitable results of dreams of syndicate control 80 long indulged by American railway managers. Our Napoleons of the iron road must temporarily turn aside from schemes of corporate aggrandizement to rescue an imperilled traffic from alien and hostlle hand.” That they are not likely to do this, unless compelled to do so, it seems quite safe to say. while the Awerican exporter is deriving some benefit from the Canadian compe- titlon in transportation. * A PROGRESSIVE SOUTHERN CITY, New Orleans is making rapld progress as a commercial port. It has become a considerable grain market and its enterprising board of trade is planning » enlarge operations in this direction. A New York paper says that New Or- the expense of the eastern metropolls, as shown in the monthly reports of our foreign commerce. In the past twelve 257,273 Dushels of wheat and corn, as against 81,150,088 bushels exported from New York. It is a remarkable showing, | as is also the fact that the foreign ex- port trade of New Orleans for the year amounted to $145,803,768, a gain of over 12 per cent on the precedipg year. The total commerce of that city for the year exceeded $575,000,000. The Times Democrat says that in every line .of business there has been improvement during the past year, nor has the im- provement been confined to commerce, it rémarks. |ing the year has been in banking bu partial, desiring only a settlement that | ties nor nationality, and our vast cereal | This, of course, is | Mean- | leans is galning In the grain trade at | months the southern port exported 82, | The greatest advance dur- more than a stopping place for export | grain on its way to be trans-shipped to foreign ports, prices having been made elsewhere for delivery at different times, It now claims to have attained the first position in the export of cereals and is ambitious to establish a loecal market and take part in determining the prices at which delivery shall be made in the different months, It Is a symptom of the enterprise that char- acterizes the business men of that city. Another evidence of this enterprise 1s the proposed establishment of a line of | steamships between the southern port and Philadelphia, for which arrange- ments are sald to be about perfected. It Is a project that promises much for New Orleans. It is remarked that one of the predestined routes for the pro- ducts of the Interlor of the continent to the sea is down the Mississippi val- ley to the Gulf of Mexico and the chief entrepot of the traffic created by it is New Orleans. That city appears to be preparing to take the fullest advantage of its opportunities THAT PROFOUND SECRET. Ever since the appearance of Presi- dent Nash of the electric lighting com- pany before, the Real Estate exchange the citizens of Omaha interested in pub- lic lighting have been kept on tiptoe, awaiting the disclosure of the profound secret of which Mr. Nash and his sal- arled lobbyist have been the sole re- pository. Everybody in Omaha knows that Mr. Nash always keeps a few cards up his sleeve, which he uses effectively when he can’'t win on a square game, and curlosity is naturally aroused as to the contents of the sealed envelope that was withdrawn at the last council meet- ing before the profound secret had been disclosed. But either Mr. Nash or his chief lieu- tenant or both have talked in their sleep and the profound secret has become a well-defined rumor. The startling sen- sation that was to have been created at the last meeting of the council will therefore go off like a fizzed firecracker. Mr Nash's beneficent scheme for mo- nopolizing the public lighting of Omaha is that he wlll generously recede from a ten years' contract and accept a five years' extension with an agreed re- duction of $24 per arc lamp from the present price, which will be made to appear as a saving of $10,000 a year, when, as a matter of fact, the proposal eontemplates the absorption of the en- tire lighting fund with no saving what- ever to the taxpayers, but simply an increase in the number of arc lamps at a lower price. Another - attractive bait attached to this scheme will be a proposition to pay 3 per cent royalty on the gross receipts for private Jighting and power, which the Nash estimate places at no less than §15,000 a year. Unfortunately, Mr. Ngsh's estimates of royalties are, if any- thing, ag much magnified as are his es- timates of the cost of extending the electric lighting system over the ter- ritory now covered by gas. Under its present contract conferring. the conduit privileges on his company, the city al- ready is ontitled to a royalty of 3 per cent for the period of its contract. The royalty paid by the electric lighting company for 1902 amounted to $5,683.90 and that paild by the gas company amounted to $14,264.17. How Mr. Nash could triple the royalty without tripling the buisiness of the company in the city of Omaha is one of those profound mys- terles known only to Mr. Nash and his salaried understudy. How much rellance can be placed upon any statement Mr. Nash has made in relation to the electric lighting scheme may be judged from a few trifling dis- crepancies. For example, Mr. Nash claims to have expended about $250,000 for the promotion and construction of the electric line conduits, of which, ac- cording to confidential statements, $15,- 000 were spent for promotion in log- rolling the ordinance through the coun- cil. Competent electrical engineers place the actual cost of the conduits at about $90,000 instead of $235,000. Mr. Nash ured the Real Estate ex- change that it would require 2,200 poles and forty miles of wire to extend the are light system over the gas lamp ter ritory and his lowest estimate of the cost for this expenditure was $04,000. The highest estimates of competent elec- trical bullders place the cost of building a forty-mile insulated copper wire line, equal to the present lines, at from $28,- 000 to $30,000.f Among other fictlons that Mr. Nash indulged in before the Real Estate ex change was the statement that while Omaha is taxed $30 a year per Wels- bach gas lamp, the city of Denver only pays $11 per lamp and other cities in proportion. As a matter of fact the city of Denver has not been lighted by gas for more than sixteen years. The Den- ver electric company and gas company are one concern and their contract is | for electric lights for the whole city. | Whether Mr. Nash fabricated the state- | ment about Denver out of whole eloth or whether he has been Imposed upon by clan will always remain a profound se cret. While the cost of gas lamps cuts no figure in the general proposition for blocking municipal ownership of public lighting by an extension of the electric lighting contract beyond January 1, 1906, suffice it to say that It Is not safe for the city council of Omaha to accent the figures produced by Mr. Nash and his lobbyists as gospel truths. On the contrary, they will have to be discounted before any credence can be placed in them. his salaried lieutenant and !ll\tllllv‘I logic. When a party endorses candi- dates of the opposing party these can didates become strictly nonpartisan even though they may be running on a partisan ticket as partisans at the same time. When a handful of lawyers get up a slate and label it the cholce of the bar association their cholce must le satisfactory to the people. By the same logic the bankers of Omaha wshould name the custodians of public funds and the contractors should name the county commissioners and city council. The people who pay the freight are, of course, expected to fall in without a murmur., E—— Omaha is not the only city In which a crusade is in progress to compel clubs that dispense liguor to members and visitors to take out retall liguor licenses. A half dozen of the swell clubs of Chi- cago, Including the Union League club, have been persuaded to fork over the liquor license fee imposed by the city. None of these clubs has ever attempted to evade the tax imposed by the United States government upon the retail liquor dealers. President Roosevelt hits the nail on the head when he emphasizes the self- asserting truth that the prosperity of one is the prosperity of all—that the laborer cannot prosper without the business man nor the farmer prosper without the professional man. Pros- perity 18 a complex product of many factors whose benefits are distributed among all ‘who contribute to the gen- eral result. ng His Word, Washington Post. The price of the anthracite coal has been advanced 50 cents a ton since last spring. The consumers have the consolation of knowing that President Baer has kept his word. The Fatal Mark. Baltimore American. The fatal O. K. mark of Willlam J. Bryan has been placed upon the man who 1s supposed to be running against Senator Marcus A. Hanna of Ohfo for the United States senate. Hereatter Clarke will know how it feels to be hoodooed — A Gentle Tobogi Detroit Free Press. The banquet was a great parachute with which to let Sir Thomas down easily. When a loser {8 fed on the fat of the land, and told fn all the ways possible that he is a prince of good fellows, it tempts him to come over and lose some more. An Effective Argument. Chicago Chronicle. Another count in the {ndictment against the automobile is that it has practically stopped the good roads movement. The ag- ricultural person argues that good roads will attract “devil wagons” to scare the horses; hence, he is agin' them. Not al- together sound reasoning, but effective as shown in its resuits. Forecasting Saturday Evening Post. There s never much hope of beating a man, whether for president or for dog catcher, whether in the nominating conven- tion or ‘at the pollé, unless you have got & man to beat him with. An issue without-an man would hardly do it, for an Issue had colon and force only as the man representing it has color and force. A man without an. {ssue might do it, be- cause a man of character is in himself a powerful issue. The man's the thing. This fact must make Mr. Roosevelt some- times think he will have a ‘“walk-over” next year. And the thought must be dis- tressing to one so fond of the combat, so | eager to cry “Ha! Ha!" the trumpets. The Railway Postal Clerk. Portland Oregonian. ‘When an employe has to spend half his time traveling, it is manifestly fair that he should have his expenses paid. Otherwise his salary shrinks to a figure that is surn to be incommensurate with his work. This seems to be recognized in every branch of the government service except in the case of the rallway postal clerks, & strange ex- ception when the exacting nature of thein work is considered. The rallway postal clerk spends half his time In a cramped rallway car, working at high pressure for shifts that vary from fourteen to twenty- four hours. His salary Is not for the exacting work he has to perform, yet out of it he has to pay all his expenses for subsistence, which means, especially in the case of a married man, a very consid- erable loss. This js on the face of it unjust, expenses allowed, should have the support of the public, which benefits more from their accurate work than most people real- ize. The postal clerk never comes in con- tact with the public; his very existence fs unknown. And yet in a swaying car he dis tributes the mall for a great mection of country. He must have absolutely accurate | knowledge of all rall, water and trolley con- | nections in his territory. | AY. s of Public ° tn. Philadelphia Press. Justice Brewer's complair evil finds news. against the effects of appeals In criminal cases support In almost every day's President Roosevelt recently de- was due to the popular distrust of the courts, caused by the law's delay. “Justice should act swiftly,” he said. But it too often takes the other course. A recent dispatch from Alnsworth, Neb., told how Fred M. Hans, who killed D, O Luse awer two years ago, had been released from jail on bond to appear at the next \term of court. The fact that Hans has been able by legal quibbles to etave off trial for murder for more than two years would naturally lead men to take the law Into thelr own hands. The case of former Mayor Ames of Minneapolls is another | Mustration of this kind of delay. The charges against him are well known. By hiding in other states he escaped arrest for a long time, but he was finally caught and taken back to Minneapolls, where he had & fair trial and was convicted months ago. But on appeals, though denled & new trial, it will be several months more at least before his sentence can take effect In St. Louls nineteen men have been con- vieted of “boodling.” All of thess cases were tried long ago, but every one of the nineteen men convicted is out on ball “‘pending sppeals.” Parks, the labor leader ny too great | | office department will shortly issue an ad- and the postal clérks, in their effort to have | clared that the prime cause of lynching | BITS OF WASHINGTON LIFE. Scenes and Incldents Sketehe the One of the Washington correspondents, being somewhat shy on midsummer mate rial, recently started a wierd story about the rapld decay of the buildings at Mount Vernon and the erumbling of the old tomb of Washington. The story was artistically embellished with imaginary assertions, as, for Instance, the disappearance from the tomb of the cornerstone on which a Ma- sonfc emblem was said to be engraved. Practically every statement made in the | story is untrue. At no time since the | patriotic women comprising the Mount Ver- non association took control of the hal- lowed home of Washington have the grounds and bufldings been in better con- dition. The bulldings are in fine order and remarkably well preserved. The wood shows no signs of decay and the stons foundations are good for centurles to come. The new tomb necessarily presents a bet- ter appearance than the old one, but both ars watched with jealous care and needed repairs are promptly made. There was no cornerstone with Masonic emblem removed because there is no such stone. Last sum- mer the drives through the grounds were being curbed and guttered with brick and cement and permanent walks lajd. In every direction improvements were being made, contributing alike to the perpetuity of the sacred spot and the patriotic enjoyment of visitors, The fake stories had one good effect. Visitors flocked to the grounds, substan- tially swelling the revenue of the associa- tion, A unfque proposal for disposing of the Philippine Islands has been made to Presi- dent Roosevelt by the Rev. H. L. Atkinson, pastor of the Park Street church at Geneva, O. He wants the fsland ceded to Japan, the conveyance to be conditional upon the digging of whatever isthmian canal the United States decides to construct. He Dbelleves the loss of life would be smaller if the Japanese did the canal than if the work were undertaken by American lal orers. He gives reasons for proposing the trade, as follows: “First—Japan needs colonization purposes. the islands for the United States is that they afford coal- | ing stations for the ships of the navy and slve American merchants a foothold from which they can reach out for trade. He is sure the Japanese will be glad to give us all the privileges of that kind we can use. “Third — This would fmmeasurably strengthen Japan in the east and espectally in its inevitable struggle with Russia, a matter of no small Interest to us. “Fourth—It would remove one source of European antipathy toward us and be regarded as a magnificent example of national fair-mindedness and generosity. “Fifth—It would double, yea, multiply tenfold our naval strength in case of a struggle with Germany or any other Euro- pean nation in view of our purpose fn main- taining the Monroe doctrine.” Rev. Atkinson suggests that Japan be given the option of paying for the islands with money or with the labor of its sub- Jects. The letter was sent to President Roose- velt, who endorsed it as follows. “Re- ferred to the Becretary of War for ac- knowledgment and consideration.” The Civil Service commission has decided that a constant diet of glass, tacks, brass watch chalns, frogs, soap, collar buttons, wire nafls, broken china and belt buckles renders & man unfit to hold a government situation and ordered that the name of Lee W. Wright, better known as the “human ostrich,” be dropped from the eligible list. The case was brought to the attention of the civil service commissioners by the com- plaint of R. D. Barker, postmaster at Mo- bile, Ala., who refused to recommend Wright, who headed the eligible list of the Mobile postoffice, for a place under him, and ‘asked the commission how he was to avold making the appointment. The postmaster sald he thought a man who had three square meals a day and car- ried around an assortment of the above- mentioned articles for his own refreshment between breakfast and dinner and dinner and supper was a crank, and he didn’t want him around the office. Mr. Barker inclosed with his letter a number of communications from leading citizens of Alabama and Mis- sourl, who told of thelr knowledge of the “human ostrich” and his remarkable dfet. After examining the exhibits in the case and reading the various letters submitted, the commissioners declded that Wright would not make a good public servant and ordered that his name be dropped. A fortune awaits some lucky and in- genlous inventor who can devise an im- provement on the present United States wall bag and its attachments. The Post- vertisement inviting those of an inventive turn of mind to give their attention to a study of the mall bag and its fasten- ings, In order that Improvements may be suggested. This will be done, not because the present bag is unsatisfactory, but merely in following out the general policy of making improvements In the service wherever possible. At stated periods an advertisement of this kind is issued, in order to stimulate the interest of those who are given to the making of Inven- tlons. As the government now has in use more than 1,000,000 mail pouches and bags, it will be readily seen that a profit of & tew cents on an attachment adopted in the sery- fce woull met a respectabls fortune. There fh room for improvement in the lock that is used in closing the bag, while the fastener 18 also far from perfect. The label holder, which inclcses the slip of paper tell- ing the destination of each bag, is suscep- tible of betterment, and the bag itself may be Improved. The Postoffice -department now employs & canvas mall pouch, fitted with a stiff leather bottom and soft leather heid, this being superior to the all-leather bag. One of the oMclals of the department sald today that few individuals had profited by the numerous devices that had been adopted'tn connection with the mail bag in the past twenty years. “‘Practically every that has been made n twenty years 1d, “has been sug- gested by some one in the service, and the overnment has adopted them all without rewarding any one." The “Frie ple.” Saturday Evening Post. There are two kinds of monopoly—monop- oly through excellence and monopoly through force There never has been and never will be any wise way of abolishing or even of re- straining monopoly through excellence. For in the end It Is the most unfallin eveloper of ambition and of the desire and the abil- ity to improve But monepoly through force is the arch- enemy of progress. And it cannot exist without government ald. Wherever you sea competition strangled, whether or not you can see the strangler, you may be cer- tain that it is the government. Either STOCKMEN ARE PUBSLED, Ment on the Hoof Low, Retail Prices High, Portland Oregonian Btockmen In the great Rocky mountain state ranges are at a loss to account for the low price of heet cattle that at present prevalls at the shipping centers of the great middla west. Inquiry has brought out com- parative data which show that there is no more stock, sheep or cattle, on the market than there was a year , when prices were up, while every consumer of meat knows that the prices of beef and mutton from the block have not in the least de- clined. On the contrary, in some local markets, including our own, meats of all kinds are higher than they were a year ago, and there is no probability in sight of any reduction in prices. It is specifically stated that the price on cattle on the great ranges is §2 to § less per hundredweight than it was a year ago—a reduction thrt makes quite a difference in the returns on & bunch of steers the average weight of each of which Is from 1,200 to 1,600 pounds. To add to the anxiety of the stockmen, the grasshoppers have been more numerous in many sections than for years past, eat- ing the ranges clean and invading many alfalfa fields. Cattlemen of such sections will be forced to sell at the reduced prices offered, while thoss more fortunately situ- ated will continue to “buck the beef trust' for another year, with good prospect of winning out when the Kansas City, Omaha, St. Joseph and Sfoux City, run short. the meantime the “‘unorganized publie,” aa a late writer upon unionfsm and trusts puts it, is at the mercy of whatever schems is Dbehind the live stock situation that has for its object a reduction in the price of cattle and sheep on the ranges and a further in- creass in the price of meat products at the great supply depots. * * * It is evident that there is a master hand at work shaping these conditions, and & little later, before the shipping season closes, it will probably show itself in send- ing cattle buyers to overstocked valleys who will offer prices for stook that, though ruinously low, will be better than to allow the animals to starve to death while wait- ing for higher prices. Btockmen are said to be puzszled at the situation and unable “Becond The only value of the Islands to |, 4 oount for 1t. They will probably be A NATURAL CORNE Vendors of Ood Liver Ofl Give In- walids & Squeene, Chicago Chronicle The ofl extracted from codfish livers ha long been regarded as a specific for some forms of pulmonary disease. It is sald to have cured or allevigted many cases of consumption, and any artiole which, used as medicine, saves or prolongs human e is of the greatest value to the world In its original state cod liver ofl Is one of the most nauseous products of plscatory tndustry. While the lungs needed its heal- ing properties, in many cases where f necessity was greatest, the stomach re volted at the sickening preparation and | oould not be applied. But seclence, which is the apostolic min- fster to every form of human need, found harmless and even helpful adulterants for the raw product, making the prepared spe- cific agreeable to the most sensitive stom- ach. That is why the dispensatory prepara tions of cod Iiver ofl have all the virtues of raw oll and are tolerabls to the tastes of weakened invalide. Cod liver ofl is now cornered and sells at a corner price. The former market price was about $22 a barrel; the present price In $10 a barrel. This fs not the result of a speculative corner but of & market greatly crippled by the natural loss of a supply The best ofl for medicinal purposes in supplled from the fisheries of the Lotoden Islands on the west coast of Norway. The fish of thoss waters yleld an ofl with nau- meous qualitles unequaled by the ofl from the cod in any other seas. The Newfound- 1and codfish furnish ofl that has no marked medicinal propertles and which Is most used In tanning some kinds of leather, which shows that it has preservative qual- ities though not of a kind useful in human disense. The regular output of the ofl from the Norway fisherles has been 30,00 barrels annually. The output for the year just |closed was only 1200 barrels. As many fish were caught as during any previous !year, but the awful cold of last winter is | a1 to have destroyed the small crusta | ceans which formed the oll-productng food of the codfish. That fe why our invallds are paying vastly higher price for vod ilver oil or ars buying & worthless article. enlightened in due time as to the cause | which makes the price of cattle shrink while the high price of beef s maintained and the market for beef products is being con- stantly extended —— — PERSONAL NOTES. The young Vermont woman about to be married, who insisted on having the word “obey"” omitted from the service, didn't let her love get the better of her judgment, at any rate. Frederlc R. Coudert, one of the most emi- nent lawyers in the couptry, is sald to be mortally 11l at his summer home at Oyster Bay. He s over 70 and is troubled with an affection of the heart. Canada’s House of Commons has at least four and perhaps more members of United States natlvity, principal among whom is John Charlton, who is one of the ablest de- baters in the Canadian house. A physician tells the Massachusetts Med! cal Journal that as hetween a knowledge of the higher mathematics and of swim- ming, the latter I8 to be preferred. It's of more use in the water, anyhow. John Leland Henderson of Hood River, Ore., established a swimming record for old men the other day by swimming elght- cen miles without a rest in the Columbia river. Mr, Henderson is 52 years old. Charles M. Schwab of the Steel trust has purchased a tract of land at Cape May and will erect an Italian villa upon it from plans procured in Europe by his architect. It will be ready for occupancy early next season. Major General Tan Hamilton, during his forthcoming Vvisit to this country, will in- spect the military academy at West Point and the principal battlefields in the vieinity of Washington. He will reach New York about the 18th proximo. The forty-first anniversary of the battle of Antletam {8 to be obseryed on the 17th of this month by the unveliing of a monu- ment erected on the fleld to the New Jersey soldlers who fell there, and President Roosevelt will deliver the address. A bronze statue of Willlam McKinley will be unvelled in Toledo, O.. on September 14, the anniversary of his death. The monu- ment will be erected in Courthouse park, and an effort is belng made to have Presi- dent Roosevelt attend the ceremonies. There Is a sad waste of energy and en- terprise in the manufacture of anclent mummies just discovered in Paris. Con- sider the number of animated mummies of the modern variety on top of the sod, a constant temptation to artistic fabricators of stiffs. San Franelsco bids for the next yacht race and incidentally boasts of the quality of wind put up in that locality. If wind is | all that is required to make an attractive race, Chicago must not be passed up. There an inexhaustible supply can be found at all | seasonable hours. The Consul Magelssen incident caused an eruption of painful spells for the proof- reader. When that erudite Individual wrestled for hours with Belrut, Beiroot, Beyrut and Beyroot, the time had come to heave the lexicon of youth at the office cat and be rootin’ for home. King Alfonso, chaperoned by his married sister, the princess of the Asturias, and her husband, has been traveling through a por- tion of his kingdom, with the laudable de- sire of making the acquaintance of his peo- ple, who could never see him otherwise. IHe has been well received by the masses everywhere, POINTED REFLECTIO! “We get along excellently together,” ho explained. “‘You see, he never borrows any- | thing, but trouble, and that's all 1 ever | loan."—Chicago Post. | __“De trouble 'bout some lazy men," said Uncle Eben, “is dat dey's always tryin' (o brag about whut a talent dey has folt makin’ odder folks hustle.” It's bad enough to tell all you know, but a gaod many le tell a lot that they | don’t know, to omerville Journal. “‘Your husband never has hay fever, I belleve,” sald the new acquaintance at the northern lake resort. “No,” languldly answered Mra. Gaswell. “But he suffers dreadfully, sometimes, from appendlcitis.” Weary Willle—Dis paper sez deys quite a few prominent people dat thinks it's un- lucky to begin any work on Frid: Tatterdon Tor -Well, nbout every day in de week.—Philadelphia Press, “I daresay the cost of If n tly reduced in 500 years.” “Oh, yes! n_the nineteenth century, the ancleént rec- ords tell us, a llm;la operation for appen- dicitis cost $200.'-Puck. “You went away, I belleve, to enjoy real country fare?” A en And why have you come back?' To_enjoy real country fare. You see, they produce it where I was, but they shis it to the city,"—Chicago Post. ‘were a horse 1t yor F . Anx people drove you in the hot sun, ‘And made you wear a funny hat, And ran you down hill, And kept vou overfed or underfed, And ran you In crooked races, nd treated you llke a machine, ot much more llable to damage than a has been Wouldnt vou Mick? 4 u kit bl et —Washington Star THE DOUBLE PLAY. Somerville Journal, of the bat, and the coacher's shout! 5 Bing hey, for the caught high fly, And the throw to third and a man put out The crack Before he can reason why! V 0, it's lively work, but the runner's caught, For the ball goes swift today, And the bleacherp vell as the scorers tell The tale of the double play! The shortstep jumps at a hot line fly. And his gloved hand stops the bali! It s switt and high, but it can't get by The champion infield wal'! it's sharp, quick work from 6 to 4 ‘And from 4 to 3 today, 4 And the crowd comes up with a sudden” {i} roar Of cheers for the double play! The batsman bunts and the infleld jumps; It looks like a sure safe hit And the runner starts from third But the pitcher murmurs “Nit the ball to the catcl And tl ! And the ball ‘whizzing down Hurrl.h. Ior'l.}\e: double play' BROWNELL HALL, OMAHA, Boarding and Day School for young 1al courses requlr- sl 0 admit pupils without examina- o ceriificates of the principal and Exceptional advantages in M Well _equipi ™ feot. Ample provision including private ekat- Ben the of Chi tion on aculty. Are"ana_Biocution ;llliumwl feot V;}.'“m 1003 Ink grounds. ~Reopens September 14. for illustrated catalogue. daress Principal, Omaha, Neb. “No Clothing Fits Like Ours” Apply with equal forceto our boys' and childven's depariment, made by our tailors from malerials that have been szlected with a view to best service and style. For tomorrow we direct your attention to thz new 2-piece Suits in the Norfolk style —cheviot and mixed » 2-plece Suits ages 7 to 14, at $8.50 down'to .. double breasted style— cheviots and mixed twoeds tweeds .$5 earnings and well toward 20 per cent cf | ness, while manufactures have flour- their net earnings. If this ratio were | ished, increasing their output In the applied to the rallroads operating in | fleld supplied from New Orleans. Two Nebraska they would have pald at least | important railroads have established $1.600,000 In taxes for the year 1902, | terminals in New Orleans within the wheress by their own showing they are | past year and soon the city will have paying about §1,100,000, or half & mil- | 30,000 miles of tributary railway to lon less than they should have paid by [ draw upon. It is the cotton metropolis According to the Omaha junior yellow, the fact that a ticket composed of five republicans and two democrats was nominated by the democratic convention is a sufficlent guaranty of its nompar- tisanship. The further fact that it is ages 7 to 16, at $8.50 down to 3-plece Long Pant Sults and $5 FREEI . $10 rowning: King - &-(© R. S. Wilcox, Manager. in New York, convicted of extortion and sent to state prison, was promptly released by & country judge who knew nothing of the case, but who was Induced to Interfere, When the case will be finally disposed of now is uncertan. These are mere {llustrations of that delay the ticket preferred by the majority of | which causes distrust and leads to the de- sire to reap vengeance by lynch law. Pres- the leading lawyers of the bar is a i L . e Ay dig en o] . = dent Roosevelt was right in dec rights to keep up with the average taxa- | of the country, and will undoubtedly | guaranty of the fituess and ability of | the law should je made “adequate to deal tion of raliroads in the other states of | remain so. the candidates for the position to Which | wiin crime by freeing it of every vestige of the union - While New Orleans Las been little | they aspire, Here is logic for you as 18 | technicality and delay.” the government has granted oppressive power. to some man or clique of men, or it has refused to restrain that man or that clique from the exercise of oppressive power. Therefore it is dificult not to suspect the sincerity of those “friends of the people who shout Yor legislation agalnst monopoly but are sllent on the subject of the exist- ing laws which securely shelter monopoly and, unrepealed, would continue to shelter it against any laws passed professedly to destroy It !