Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, March 1, 1910, Page 4

1A DALY BEE FOUNDRED BY BOWARD ROSEWATER m lOflATNR EDITOR. Brtered at ‘Giiaha’ postoffice as kecond- clams magter, T o TERMS OF SUBSURIPTION. i (neluding Eunday), per week.l5c iy B (RRRONEAY BT Tin I (without Sunday), one year..}.00 ¥ Bed-and Sunday, yoar 6.00 » ‘nnuvnma Y CARHIER i venlhg Bea (without Sunday), per weak. 6o ln‘ Bee (with Sunday), per week.. 100 BundayiBies one year...............: 3 ear. .. i Address "J complaine of rrewifariti delivery to Oty Clreulation Department. OFFICES. Omaha-<The Bee Bullding, South imha—Twenty-fourth and N. ‘onnell Blnffs—15 Soott Stroet. Inceln<&18 Littie Building. Ghio arquette Bullding. New VurL#o ' Sib0.110 No. 34 Thirty Ahird t. Washington—78 Fodrieenth Street, N. W. CORRESPONDENCE. Communicatl ¥8lating ‘to news and editortal matier shold" be addressed Omaha Bee, Editotfal Department. REMITTANCES. Remit by draft. ‘express or postal order payable to' The Bee Publighing Company. Only 2-pent stamps recelved in payment of mall oyn tw, ;em al checks, except on Om; of ‘eantern at‘ln‘el not accepted. . STATEMENT OF CTRCULATION. Gtats of Nebraska, Douglas County. B. Teschuck, treasurer of The Bt Company. being Auly sworn, At the sctual numper of full and coplea of The Dally, Morning nd Bunday Bee prin «d during th January. 1010, 48,440 West was as follows: 1 . 43,090 . 42,700 .. 42,800 . 42,850 42,690 4,590 . 41,350 42,000 42,640 42,600 . 48,630 43,850 42,050 41,400 43,970 B, TESCHUCK. reasurar. nce dnd sworn to of i’ln 1910. RT HUN' Notary Public. Sabsoribers leaving the oity te vorarily should have The Bee taafled to' thém. Addresa will be wed ms aften as requested. S Now for South Omaha's primary election. 'And may the best man win. Anyone who feels flighty should forthwith. join the Aero Club of Ne- braska. ’ —_— ; P o R In the meantime it will do no harm to boll the water and clean up, anyhow. ' — The backbone of winter has been broken twice already, but it is just as well not to ‘call but the peach blos- soms yet, 4 iy ———"en. Judging from the way bank' book- keepers .in. the east have heen behav- ing, they réceived their training any- e people 'should . take warning from the records in ~America,. The. American ‘‘receiver’ M hak a mgnner strictly his own. . f iw. Now ‘that the Ohlo river is rising »,8nd approaching the flood stage, those . blctures of the Paris flood can be 7o-uded o the “‘yellows” once more, It would cool the hot French fight- s+,108 blood If, instead of challenging “;hu o;h'r,fq_llo,w to a duel, one just "\ challenged him’ to a ten-mile foot race. fal club is figur- ing onfftha comstruption of two “‘wel- come';; of the same style as f o Bfch. Our, advice: ‘dgeuér . than .he originally ex- ¥ e, will be something do- th@ democratic djde of the fence (43 “".“‘Nl" bureau defines ‘a man's tp be “any .employment, 109 or Vocation by which o riclier Bnd It he had devoted his at- tention b ‘the northerr part of ‘Alaska ,+Cook say he tound the pole d Tat, abled (o, éver a merger of the ients. of Philadelphia and engral | Apatdy and General or Wil Mave o retire on y pension lis! e “Theodore r Rogsevelt us ol fof & statement, ment, ———— Belgium has certainly adopted the right style of mourning for their late Their playing cards. are now decorated with black borders—a fitting tribute to the memory of a monareh. grand old sport. —— Mrs, Imanishi, the wife of the Japa- nose banker who floated the Japanese war loan, says that American women are very keen business people. Per. haps she has been reading up on ali- mony awards of Aerican divorce courts. It might be well for the people of Kentucky to investigate the records of the contractors and architects of their new capitol bullding before formally recelving it. No one can ever foretell what may turn up in the construction .| ble to retirement pensions. | one states were in 0 positively re e840 diseuss American affairs when Wall street ad ‘his ‘mouth open ready for a howl o DULMr. Rooseyelt made that state- { In, The Effort to Boost Railway Rates: A most interesting and timely arti- che, entitled, '“The Great Rallway Rate Battle in the West,” is contributed to the currént Scribner's Magazine by Samuel O. Dunn, in which he tries to give a bird'seye view of the movement to boost rates all along the line. The various schedules of transportation charges have grown up apparently at haphazard: between the two' limits of the additional cost of carriage and the amount the trafic would bear. That is to say, in fixing a rate originally the rallroads have figured how much the shipper could afford to pay as against how little could be exacted without loss to the road, and also the possible future development of the traflc. The basing points and inter- mediate points have forced modifica tions to meet water and rail competl- tion which accounts for the obvious disproportion between through and lo- cal rates. To quote one example cited by Mr. Dunn, “Salt Lake City is 1,000 miles west of Omaha and 800 miles east of S8an Francisco. The first-class through rate throughout the east to San Francisco is $3. A shipper at Salt Lake City has to pay only $2.06 from Omaha. But if he buys goods in Chi cago he must pay the sum of the local rates, which is $2.85, and if he buys them in New York he must pay $3.562.” In many cases. we are told the rate from the east 18 higher even to Denver than to San Francisco, al though Denver is 1,400 miles further east. The Interstate Commerce com- mission and the courts, however, have upheld this form of rate-making, and as a consequence since the abatement of discriminations to individuals the fight for favorable rates has resolved itself into a contest between various localities to secure the advantages ac- corded to basing points or intermedi- ate points, on the theory that specidl conditions entitle such cities to, spe- clal consideration. The danger {8 that too much em- phasis may be laid on the application of the distance prineiple, which Mr. Dunn says would be ruinous to the very communities contending for it, because if they secured distance rates on {n-shipments they would then have to take distance rates on out-ship- ments, which would practically cut off all their remote markets. The argument goes back to the old Ne- braska maximum rate case, in which the supreme court laid down the doc- trine that the railroads were entitled to rates which would permit them a fair earning on the value of their in- vestment. But no one has ever au- thoritatively defined what is a fair re- turn, much less said on what capital it should be earned or whether the re- turn should come from each separate rate or from the trafic as a whole. The _conclusion is, therefore, that while many freight rates in the west and elsewhere are unjust, “‘the nation has wisely clothed a public tribunal with power to correct such results of the trafic manager's poor judgment, unfairness or malice.” But i mak- ing the corrections the official rate- making power will still have to act on the same principle and take into consideration the same things by which the rates have all along been determined in actual practice unless the configuration of our whole indus- trial geography is’ to be revolution- ized. This argument seems sound the- oretically, but, of coursé, does not go to the vital question of higher or lower levels of rates. The justice or injustice of a rate is oy comparison with other rates; and the effort.of the railroads to hoost™ the ‘whole level of rates must be combatted, drrespective of the rule by which different parts of the schedule may be adjtsted. Nebraska's Unique Position. The annual report of the president of the Carnegie Foundatfon, which has Jjust been given dut, calls attention to the fact that of the farty-six states in the umion ‘Nebraska 1s the omly one whose legisglature voted down a reso- Tution” to have its state university professors and instructors made eligi- To quote the .. exact - language of President Pritehett: The terms of Mr. Carnegle's letter con- veying to the trustees his wish to add 5,000,000 to the endowment of the founda- tion in order to enable the trustees to in- clude tax-supported institutions, included a pravision that sueh institutions should be dealt, with only after the requests of thelr governing boards for admission to the foundation had been approved by the gavernor and the Jegislatures of their respective states. During the last winter and springthe state legislatures of forty- session. In thirty-two of these resolutiofis were adgpted request- admission fo the privileges of the foindation. “In only one state legislature, that of Nebraska, was the resolution favor- ing this action defeated. In the Nebraska nate the resolution was passed by a large majority; in the house it was defeated by two votes through the personal effort of Willlam Jennings Bryan. The act of the leglslature of Texas returned by Gov- ernor Campbell without his approval. ‘While the trustees of the Carnegle | foundation have not yet admitted to its benefits the universities of all the thirty-two states that have applied, it goes without saying that those which comply with the rules laid down for their guldance and meet the standards of education which are prescribed will in due course of time be put on the ap- proved list. It will be remembered that the ob- jection ralsed to Nebraska's taking advantage of this pension fund was be- cause of its source, instiliing the pre- tended fear that the prospect of a pen- slon through Mr. Carpegie’s munifi- cence might influence the teaching given by the Instructors. The state universities already admitted include , Of a state house. Ask peaceful, hon. st old Pen: ania. those of Michigan, Wisconsin, Minne- sota and Missouri, and certainly Ne- braska would not have to be ashamed to be put in that class. Missour! had a°demoocratic legislature over which Mr, Bryan could have exercised his in- fluence to shield that state from the terrible menace of the Carnegie foun- dation had he wished, and it is to be noted that among the other states ap- plying for ‘their universities are to be found Georgia, Louisiana, North Caro- lina, South Carolina and Tennessee of the solid south, where democratic ideas are presumed to prevail. Is Ne- braska to be the only state in the union foolish enough to cut off its nose to spite its face? The American Dope Habit, While Americans hear a continuous outery against alcoholism, they are menaced by a ‘‘dope’” habit that may be many times more destructive. The use of opium for illegitimate purposes in this country has Increased to such an extent that medical authorities re- port 1,600,000 victims of the dope at the beginning of this year. It is charged that over $1,000,000 worth of opium is smuggled in from abroad an- nually in addition to the amount which comes in regular commerce. The first record of opium being smoked in this country was in San Francisco in the year 1868. Since then the habit has spread to such an extent that every great city has its open or hidden “‘oplum dens,” and it is taking root in the smaller towns and country districts as well. Men, and especially the women, of the wealthy classes are among its victims in almost as large numbers as are those from the scum of the streets. Two-thirds of the convicts in state prisons are victims of the habit, many having be- come so since incarceration. Yet the largest percentage of the victims come from the ranks of medical men, if the reports of the ‘“dope cure” sanitariums are to be believed. Laws are now ,n force in the ma- jority of the states against the sale of dope, but its use has not been stopped from spreading. While state laws are thus evaded, yet the federal govern- ment has been reasonably successful in prohibiting the sale and wuse of opium in the Philippine islands. Japan is fighting it with success, and so are New Zealand and Australia, Presi- dent Roosevelt appointed a commis- sion to investigate the habit here, to see what there {8 to it and to suggest|' plans for its remedy. It is only a matter of time when a war upon dope must be waged with determination and persistence. Conservation in Canada. Profiting by the mistakes of other countries, especially the United States, Canada. by wisely preventing a whole- sale absorption of her lands, is seek- ing to conserve her resources for the benefit of present and future genera- tions. Fortunately for the Canadian people, but a very small per cent of the natural wealth of the country has passed from under the control of their government, thus simplifying the work to be done, making it an early protection of the lands with their en- cumbering mineral, metal and timber wealth. The work so well started in Canada had its origin in the United States at the time Theodore Roosevelt called the conservation congress. A delega- tion from Canada was invited by the president to attend this meeting. The result has been a widespread, effective and early action on the part of that government which is aiready redound- ing to the benefit of the people. A conservation commission is now a per- manent feature of the Canadlian gov- ernment, composed of the leading men of the country in all lines of actlvity, although without executive or administrative power. As.a result the government is markedly conserva- tive in loosing lands for settlement while the commission is conducting a big campaign of education. The effort being made by Canada is timely and wise. It should have been started years ago in this country as also in Canada, for it would have been a great saving of natural resources and would insure to posterity many of the blessings of earth which have been squandered. The farmers and stockmen of Ne- bragka are as much against the pro- posed ralse of rallroad rates on meat produgfs as are the meat packers. When the railroads hit at both fhe meat packers and stock raisers they can afford to sink their own differences and fight shoulder to shoulder, According to reliabie fil!hurhy. the new democratic senator from Missis sippl i€ not only a corporation lawyer, but also the lawyer of the Illinois Cen- | tral rallroad, which is supposed to be- long to the Harriman system. It is up to Edgar Howard to make a few re- marks about Senator Percy. Thirty-two bridal couples are route to the Bermuda islands on Oceania. to show en- the It the Bermuda people are the proper courtesy they will have to wear automobile fire seream- ers and keep them going all the time when walking around the shaded dells and glens of the promenade. If County Commissioner Bruning ever had any excuse for ‘‘co-operating' with the democrats of the board to the extent of glving democrats control of county affairs, he has surely lost it now, If he keeps up his “co-opera- tion” it must be beeause he prefers democrats to republican: It the nature of the weather deter- mined the season of the year people could never tell whether it was next May or last January. Christmas and the Fourth of July™would come so | I 1, 1910. often the average man would have to give his financial receiver a quit claim deed to himself, | Another lot of Omaha Indians are to be cut loose from leading strings and given full control of the land and money the government has been hold- ing for them. It will then remain to be seen how long it will take the white man to get the goods away from the Indian, —_— As a fine art cooking beats paint ing all to pleces, for it is so much more satisfying, soothing and quieting to the ‘“art’” hungry soul. However, like so many other accomplishments, there are always those who sigh for the work of the “‘old masters.” Ex-Secretary of the Navy Long says he does not want to go to congress and has asked his friends to drop his name. But it is an even wager |if someone would pass him the congres- slonal election tied up with a blue rib- bon he might consider it, Notwithstanding the fact that Gov- ernor Shallenberger refused to honor his demand for an extra session of the legislature, our old friend, Edgar Howard, continues to offer the gov- ernor unsolicited advice. But, then, s0 do we occaslonally Omaha restaurant keepers are to get together—of course, not for any malicious design on the bill of fare, but merely for mutual acquaintance and social intercourse. mited Obuervation. St. Louls Times. An eloquent southerner has declared that the United States senate is the finest body of men he ever assoclated with; but he 18 not known as an extensive traveler. 1 Ungallant Guff. ‘Washington Post. After warning us day by day for all these years that the foods we buy are unfit to eat, Dr. Wiley turns around and says it's because women don't know how to cook. 1 I Jewels of Talent. Kansas City Star. Colonel Gordon, the sixty-day senator from Mississippl delivered a farewell ad- dress in the senate in which he expressed great admiration for John D. Rockefeller, and also read two original poems. o it's probably just as well that he was only a sixty-day senator. Jersey and the Beef Trust. Indlanapolls News. It is to be noted that this s a state pro- ceeding, one with which the federal govern- ment has nothing to do. A federal grand Jury is at work on the matter In Chicago. But first blood has been drawn by New Jersey. And the irony of it will be ap- preciated by these who recall that New Jersey is the mother of trusf Improves the Complexion, Baltjmore American. An Idaho judge startled the divorce col- ony there by refusing a divorce to a wealthy applicant on the grounds that the said applicant was not a bona fide resident and that there was no reason for the di- vorce. It may have been observed that there Is nothing so startling and so imme- diately effective as an injection of com- mon sense Into the law, Ll | Cheapening Necessaries. Philadelphia Record. Some daring European inventor has been making artificial sapphires so like In every respect to the genuine sapphires that no test of experts reveals any difference. This 1s a saddening announcement. It robs the real sapphire of its value and the owner of his concelt In possession without hope of redress. If it should lead the way to cheap artificial production of other pre- clous stones what a tumble there would be within the gates of Vanity Fair! When everybody wears diamonds who chooses, nobody will so choose. 'Senator Brown end Governor Hus St. Louls Republic, Senator Brown of Nebraska is unnec sarily wrought up against Governor Hughes of New York for opposing In its present form, the proposed Income-tax amendment which Mr. Brown himself drafted, and con- gress submitted to the several state legis- latures, It is already apparent to every ob- server that the amendment has not the ghost of & chance of recelving the approval of the leglslatures of three-fourths of the states. Negative actlon or inaction on the part of only twélve states ls necessary'to defeat the measure and it is certain that at least that many will withold thelr assent. “HE DIDN'E MEAN US.)» Frequent Attitude of Those Concerned in “Blg Business Oscar King Davis in the Century One of the distinguished legal members of the administration at Washington was recently discussing this situation (which shall be modified, business ways or the law?) and declared, with great emphasis, that It Is high ‘time for the managers of big business to wake up to the fact that they too are just as amenable to the law as their nelghbors. Then he told this story filustrate thelr attitude “He went to church one day lady who was, as he described best round dancer I ever saw. She extremely fond of dancing and was a speclally good waltzer. It changed that the pulpit was occupled that day a visiting to with her, a the clergyman, who delivered a sermon of tre- | L a de- " mendous vigor, devoted largely nunclation of dances, and round dances. He sald that waltzing was the path to perdition, the road to everlast- ing damnation, with much that was even more vehement “When the service was over and they were leaving the church, the lady turned to the administration official, with whom she had waltzed many times, and said “‘Wasn't that o grand sermon?’ “The gentleman smiled with & ‘counter question “‘Ave you going to give up dancing? “Utterly astonishod that such a personal application of the sermon should be made, the lady replied, with great earnestness “ “Why, he didn’t mean us!' Now President Taft has made, In message, some statements calculated Qlseipate ' the bellef so largely that the law ‘doesn’'t mean us.' He refers to the fact that the court decislons show ‘that the anti-trust act has a wide scope and applies to many combinations in actual operation.’ Also he plaixly points out that he regards it as his duty to institute pro- ceedings against ‘all the industrial com- paples with respect to which there ls any reasonable ground for suspielon that they have been organized for a purpose and are conducting business on a plan which Is in violation of the anti-trust law.' " to particularly his to prevalent | | to was | and answered | | remindea Around New York Ripples on the Ourrest of Life A8 Seen in the Grest Amerioan Metropolls from Day to Day. Unlque among the varled activities of Wall street is the occasional auction by curb brokers of fine specimens of the printing craft in the form of certificates of stock of defunct companies. At such sales a $50 bill will purchase certiticates that have a face value of more than $100,000. The auctioneer descants more on the beauty of the engraving that adorns | them than on the mine or unprofitable in- dustry they once represented. His reason for this Is that among the bidders are some faddists who have a taste for the bizarre In wall paper, who fancy that one | of their rooms would look well decorated with & dado of stocks that have brought disaster to their original owners “When I buy any of these artistic se- curities I look not only at the colors In which they are printed, but also at the name of the company represented,” said a man who had acquired for $10 u stack of Etff, crackly paper that welghed several pounds. “I float a mine or two now and then, myself. 1 paste these things up on the wall of my ‘den’ at home. That is where I always take peo- ple I am trying to interest. After dinner, while we are sitting, smoking, 1 point out one fancifully named. bunch of certificates after another, and tell such tales as I can invent about how the original pur- chasers were roped in. All this is by way of contrast to the safe, conservative proposition that I am offering, and it catches the investor nine times out of ten. “I am buying this bunch to fill up a vacant space on my walls caused by the removal of some certificates that had been there for more than a year. I learned that the mining property they repre- sented had been resurrected and reorgan- 1zed, and I sold for 10 cents on the dollar of their face value a lot of stock (nat had cost me $1 a pound " A report on the effect of the increased cost of living sent out by the Assoclation for Improving the Condition of the Poor in New York City says: "It may interest Mayor Gaynor to learn that among those who are feeling the effects of cold and high prices are some of the political job holders whose names were lately dropped from the olty payroll. Several of these within the last week have sought rellef socleties for ald and employment.” As compared with last year, the report &ays, the condition of laborers’ familles in this city is greatly improved. “The poor, who recover from a business depression more slowly than the well to do, have now reached what a charity worker termed the convalescent stage. The four months ended last January have shown a decrease of 11 per cent in the number of applicants for aid to the assoclation compared with the same period last year. “The amount spent for relfet during the same period was 20 per cent less than the year before. Yet destitution s estimated as now being one and one-half limes as great as in normal perfods. The assoclation Is visiting and aiding 4,200 families, as com- pared with fewer than 3,000 in 1906 and the early part of 1907 “Charity workers notice a general tend- ency to cut down the quantity of food con- sumed by each family. When the prices were highest a week or 8o ago very few mothers of the poor were able to butter their children’s bread at breakfast. 10ks were out of the question. Not only the quantity and variety, but also the quality of the food and its nutritive value have decreased.” The recent contest for the honor of hav- Ing the longest vermiform appendix proves to have been so much wasted time. The real record is held in New York City and was set several months ago. From an authoritative source the announcement came today that on May 6, 1909, Dr. Harold Meeker of this city removed from & woman patient an appendix measuring nine inches, which he now has in his possession. This appears to set aside the champlonship claims of Edwin Ross of Sharon, Pa., seven inches; Howard Gould of Winthrop, Mass., six and seven-eighths inches, and George Goss, the former Yale foot ball star, six inches. The average appendix is from two to three inches long. Mabel Fleming, daughter of Mr, and Mrs, Oliver Fleming, 241 Clinton avenue, Jersey Clty, Is 8 years old and so far back as she can remember she has wanted & baby brother. Her earnest effort to find and adopt one one day last week made a lot of work for the police of Jersey City and of Newark and incidentally brought unmerited dis- aster on John Wehner, a tender-hearted young man who drives a truck. He was driving his truck along the plank road between Jersey City and Mewark when he overtook Mabel, who was trudging along the highway. She halled him. “Mister,” she sald, “I am going to see my aunt In Newark. You'll give me a ride there, won't you?" “I'm going to Newark," “climb in, When Newark was reached Mabel lost her recollection of her aunt's address and she kept the tender-hearted truck driver driving around Newark most of the after- noon In search of the aunt's residence. When it got dark Mabel confessed she was hungry and followed that confession with another In which Wehner learned that there was no aunt and baby brother. “But 1 do want a baby brother," sald, “and I.made up that story my aunt out of my head. She wouldn't tell where sl y City, and all Wehner take her to his sister's she was fed and put to bed. When Weh- ner's sister kissed the child good night Mabel saild she intended to go out the flrn(‘ thing this morning and find a nice baby brother she could adopt and take home with her. Wehner went to a dan In the meantime the police of Jersey and Newark were looking for the runaway girl. They pleced out one bit of Information Wwith another, and while Weh- ner In the dance hall was slowly and care- fully dancing a two-step he was arrested charged with abduction, | An hour later he had convinced every- | body of his innocence and Mrs, Fleming had gone to Newark and taken Mabel home. The little runaway's anxlety for a baby brother was so real that her mother made application to the secretary of the ! New Jersey Board of Guardians for a boy | of about 2 years old for adoption said Wehner, no Mabel about e lived in Jer- could do was house, where A Fire and Burglar-Proof Safety Jewelry, etc. (From $3 Per Year Entrance to Safety Deposit Vaults is at South 13th St TREASURE ALASKA. Bygone Critles Confounded by Lutter- Day Development, Baltimore American, When, back in Grant's administration, announcement was given out in Washing ton that negotiations between the govern ment of the United States and that of Russia had been concluded whereby the Peninsula of Alaska had been conceded to this country in consideration of $7,000,00 In gold the opponents of the administration engaged in a competitive contest of derision and abuse of those responsible for such a “fool bargain.” What should we ever do with Alaska? Even,the friends of the ad- ministration felt a’little foolish because they eould not find any good answer to the question. But time has taken an overwhelming vengeance upon these too confident critics Alaska today s the wonderland of the earth, the real Golconda that makes the fabled wealth of the Nizam's dlamond King- | dom look like 3 cents in comparison. About | thirteen years ago rich placer gold flelds were located in this supposedly worthless area and during the last twelve years more than $160,000,000 of gold has been turned into the world's markets from Gen- eral Grant's “fool bargain.” And there is never a year passes that marvelous stories of new gold finds are not sent down from this frigld northland, until a listening world has been trained to belleve that the tenth has not yet been told concerning the hidden treasures in the northwest corner of the | continent. It {5 now known that Alaska | 1s as rich in stored coal as Pennsylvania, | West Virginla and Maryland taken to- gether and richer In stored copper than Arizona, Michigan and Montana with the Mexican mines thrown In for good measure. Alaska has as yet only been explored in BDOts; it is a vast area out of which might be carved separate land divisions as big as France, the German empire and the Brit- ish islands, with enough arca still left over to cover the Netherlands, Switzerland and Portugall It Is a land where Provi- dence has scattered treasures lavishly and the hunt for these hidden riches, which has barely begun, will be kept up everlastingly. | —— Opportunity Pounding the Door. Chicago . Record-Herald, Mr. Wolgast, the new pugilistic champlon, is being “‘flooded” with offers from theatri- cal managers. It Is reported that some of | the offers carry salary propositions rang ing from $1,000 to $2,500 a week. It will be wholly uscless for anyone to attempt to convince us, after this, that there is in this country no widespread appreclation of our home brand of art. | 'Our Birthday Book Iv March 1, 1910, Willlam Dean Howells, the famous novel- Ist, was born March 1, 1567, at Martin Ferry, O. He started out at a typesetter and worked into the newspaper business, and now holds down the editor's easy chair for Harper's Magazine. Richard Jesse, for many years president of the University of Missouri, is &7. years old. Dr. Jesse was forced to retire on ac- count of il health and was succeeded by President A, Ross Hill, who used to be a professor in the University of Nebraska. Peter J. Larmon, at present one of our retired citizens looking after his own land investments, was born March 1, 148, In Sweden. For fiteen years he owned and operated a private bank at Stanton, Ta. Charles 8. Stebbins, assistant to the gen- eral auditor of the Union Pacific, is years old today. He is u native of Penn- sylvania and was educated in Unionville academy. Mr. Stebbins has resided in Omaha for forty years, most of the time engaged In various branches of raliroad work. George W. McCallum, States marshal, was born in March 1, 1510. He was d also clerk of the county court of Otoe county before taking up his present work Lieutenant Otho . Michaells, alde-de- camp to General Morton, Is 31 years old to- day. He was born at Fort Snelling, Minn,, and has seen actlve ice In Cuba and the Philippines. deputy United ebraska City, puty clerk and Deposit Box iseconomical insurance on Valuable Papers, Various sizes fer various needs. irst National | years | distinction | disorder again A Book About surrounds every calie clothes. Youth's Advantage Over Ag Washington Post from its own merits the Apart Nelson- | | Wolgast match possesses Interest from the fact that the result has a sentimental bear- | ing on the coming contest between Jeffries and Johnson. This is on the score of age being the declding factor when it to the crucial point in the ring. Jeftries | has shown in his preliminary work so | much of his former aillity that the col- | ored brother looks outclassed. But so did Wolgast look cheap to the best judges of | form, and now that they have been sharply | that “age ever serves youth, | they are apt to revise their opinion to the point of saying that Li'l Arthur's chances | look sweeter today than thefd did yeste day. comes | Up) PERSONAL NOTES, The champlon big eater of the Just won his title by devouring at witting a ham, a ke lons of beer. The lives, east has single of kale and two gal- account adds, “He still Chicago points with 7 years old, vestigator pride to a sclentist who became an original in- at b Lads of even tenderer have Investigated the Inside of father's watch, W. A. Davis, prominent in the .ll'l‘ulx'ut the famous pony express, which carrl the malls from St. Joseph to the Pacifio coast before the days of the rallrouds, is dead, aged 0§ years. A New York lawyer insisted upon another ¢ trial for a client who had been convicted of second degree murder, and was suce ful. The second trial resulted in a degree verdict and a dgath sentence. George Borup, who had served one year as a special apprentice in the Pennsyle vania raflroad shops in Altoona, Pa., and obtained leave of absence to join the Peary expedition In search of the North pola has resumed his overalls in the shops. The stork has presented Mr. and Mrs, George Norton of Osceola, Kan., with triplets, all boys. With the arrival of the three youngsters the parents enjoy the of having four boys under 1 year old. Eleven months ago Mrs. Norton gave birth to a boy, who is still llving. BREEZY TRIFLES, ¢ "I dreamed last night that I proposed to you and you accepted me. “Dreams go by contraries, you know." “I know, and I am not going to propose and you are not going to Houston Post. tirse Reporter—Say, do you know what be- comes of office boys who use such terrible language? Orfice Boy clty editor: ure! Dey grows up ter be eveland Leader, Mrs, Crabshaw—The doctor sald my con- dition’ was due to living in an overheated room. Mrs. Mrs. Judge Crawford—What did he recommend? Crabshaw—A steam heated flat.— iscussing the tariff when noticed a young man, In a restraining way, The crowd was one of the speak whispering evident to_another near him. “Does your friend he speaker. replied the young man, tiidly, nk what he wants mostly s & high —Baltimore American. want a low rate? ball, “Whot's th' bosen piping to quarters fer, Jack?" “Admiral's order: Whot's up?" he lockout spled & western girl in the offing, an’ th' old man Is determined thet th' service ain't a-goin' to be thrown into eveland Plain Dealer. IN MARCH. There's a frivolous feeling About in the ali The winds go ca sing Around everywhere, And the ground hog's retreating Hefore the March hare There's a fantastic folly Takes hold of a feller, Displayin’ the spot Where his top plece s meller; And a rank, musty odor 2xudes from the cellar, There's a sigh from the willows Now walting to bud; For each inch of snow There are fathoms of mud, And a thrill of disgust For each old winter dud. o's a_twitter of sparrow! comes from the eav There's @ ohlll in the sunshine That rudely decelves; And a rakish abandon About last year's leaves. There's an impish Incentive, A longing to rove; There's a hint of'a’ tumult Abroad in the gro: And a “down and out' afr That lurks round the stove, There's a longing to burst ATl our shackles and flee To the uttermost bounds Of the carth and the sea; And we, feel work 18 not what Ity cracked up to be. 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