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Omaha daily bee., 1902-08-10
Personal AND OTHERwIsE.

A bunch of Chicago graYediggers went
on a strike rather than bury their trou-
bles. ~
Minneapolis Is doing some tall stunts In
the reform line. Street car conductors
now use megaphones In announcing streets.
A wise Boston man who runs a restau-
rant exclaims in print: 1.-The guy who
said this is a nation of dyspeptics doesn't
know beans"
The Portland Oregonian managed to tell
with great detail why thu pursuit Of
Tracy failed Just two days before the
bandit turned up his toes.
AS a midsummer diversion several pa
pers are discussing the question, "Are
There Women in Heaven" why bother
about It. Those In sight are the salt Of
the earth.
Fresh air clubs are the popular fad down
east. They are common everywhere. but
not by that name. Boy and girl ana a
hammock for two constitute a club and
equipment.
st. Louis Is putting up a hne article
OF hot air nowadays. A bunch Of II rolled
down on the fair grounds last week and
wrecked $4,000 Of fair work. Can It and
save lumber.
The gentleman who distinguished HIM
self at Mole St. Nicholas some four years
ago is preparing to do some tall work at
the forthcoming army and navy maneuveru
o Long Island.
One Of the automobiles in the Chicaxo
races. unable to throw a few OF the spec-
tators into the lake. took revenge on the
riders By burning up. IA occupants
barely escaped cremation.
Feminine member Of the SVEN set N
st. Paul received a rud shook from their
club associates. The privilege Of order
ing drinks In club rooms has been denied
them and thsy are too dry to speak
calmly.
Dear Nary" wrote Al Omaha boy Of
~ TO his sister ct a nearby resort, I'VE
are ali very well, only mother has a boil
on her neck. lin has the whooplne cough
and Jane has a toOthAcha hope you are
The same"
Omaha daily bee., 1902-08-10
THE PASSAGE.

George Cabot Lodge in Atlantic.
inward ever and outward ever, over the
uttermost verge OF the earth,
WIN over before us the perilous vista. be.
hlna US the laughter and light Of the
With the wind of the wilderness fresh in
our tsces the rain In our hair like .
As the silent low light Of the Dawn. like
q downfall, Is sifted and shed through
the raiment OF night.
And the airs hall be smitten In snndar
With lightning and voices OF thunder
In chorus.
We shall pass over desolats places. strange
forest and measurelesa plain.
Ana tne moon shall relent and the spaces
OF midnight be severed In twain:
over meadows that murmur with foun-
AIN where rivers like serpents lie
We shall pass to the wall of the noun
ta1ns, crouched low on the edge Of the
TN Ne Ms, last d 10y ledge of the lea
TIL the wild Wide waste Of the sea
File our vision. .
the bonds Of allegiance that fettar tha
ssRlris, the oaths OF obedience sworn IN
Be words Of the lesson OF life we
inherit embraced, understood, super
We are done with the gods of our old
adoration, We acknowledge they served
IN their turn ana were fair.
We go. Tor beholdi after long prepare
uon who no men has dared to dis
Tiilthe body and soul and all time
Shall be blended -
Aspiration and virtue and crime
Comprehended.
We must fathom the sense and the vpirit
TIL we stand self-possessed OF the
ever and outward ever, over the
uttermost verge OF the Soul.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-08-10
work FoR
Where Legal SearchIfghts should BE
Turned On to Stay.
PHILADELPHIA Press.

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Turned On to Stay.
Philadelphia Press.
Publicity Is the first great public need
to prevent abuses in the organization of
great corporations.
corporation organized to control the Rock
Island railroad system, has this clause in
its charter:
N stakeholder shall have any right to
inspect any account or book or document
Of the corporation. except as conferred by
statute or authorized by the board OF d.
rectors or by a resolution of the stock
holders"
Congress ought, when IL meets. to sweep
away this attempt to conceal the operations
Of a corporation whose sole object and pur-
pose is to conduct and control interstate
commerce.
In dealing with manufacturing corpora
tions. like the United States Steel corpora
ton. from whose charter this clause Is
copied. The power OF congress may be In
doubt. A state corporation Is not directly
amenabIe to federal legislation unless It
enters the field OF federal powers.
But about a railroad company or a COR
p~oration organised to control a railroad
there can be no question whatever. Con-
gress can open the accounts, books and
documents Of such companies to any Of their
stockholders. This should be done. Proper
regulation should be imposed. Reckless and
meddlesome inquiry should be discouraged
But publicity serves the public. The bare
faced attempt to secure secrecy IN manipu-
lating a great railroad system for specu-
lative ends should be crushed
Omaha daily bee., 1902-08-10
rUznI4 TOa rsTOHOLOausrs.
Bandit Tr~sy'A VITA Career aad r~no-
ninfOus Finish.
Chicago News

O@A@~1aV ANUHA
Bandit Traey's career has been brought
70 close. After terrorizins two states.
dsSyins snerins' posses. outmaneuverins
militia holding up families ana kidnapping
such human beings as he needed to assist
him he has met the Inevitable. His ex-
r~aordinary record remains an interesting
subject for speculation By Lombroso and
the other knowing gentlemen who study
the Psychology Of crime. In the two months
which elapsed between the time of his es-
cape from prison and his death Tracy
showed not only absolute fsarIessness but
high strategic ability. The audacity OF his
offensive and defensive operations was Ma
poieonic. The dime novel writer has never
conceived anything more extravagant than
his plan OF foraging for supplies and am
munition and impressing horses. boats.
steam locomotives and human s4lags into
bis service Is be needed them. Possibly
1t is . sign Of TrAcy's pride In his calling
that At the END he would not even give
his pursusrs the privilege Of killing him,
preferring to meet death at his own hand.
II viii be interesting to learn from the
psychologists how they account for Tracy.
Was he a victim Of hereditary criminal i'm
pulsef Il It possible that q man Of hts
fearlesBness and evident mental power is
classihable - q degenerats7 Was be sim
ply a highly endowed animal or was he in
spired By some strangely perverted form
OF ambitionf Was his dominant motive a
genuine love for the profession. or greed.
or m~isanthropy. or 9 desire for notorietyf
II would Be interesting and pos8ibly In
structiVO 70 learn what Tracy thought OF
himself and - tha wariA
Omaha daily bee., 1902-08-10
FOR action.

Tnere are lnolcau0ns that the ddvo-
Gates of Cuban annexation are prepar-
ing to make an active campaign for
their proposition at the next session of
congress. They are losing no oppor-
tunity to get their views before the pub
lie and are putting out in support of
them every plausible argument they can
conceive OF. Senator Elkins Of West Vir-
ginia, who is most prominently identi-
fed with the movement. said in a late
interview that the time was opportune
to carry into effect 1.-THE well-defned
Wishes Of a majority OF the people Of
Cuba and of the United States in re-
gard 10 annexation. that no sufficient
reason could be urged against annexa-
ton. for. considering all the circum-
stances. IL was to the best interests Of
both countries"
It would be Interesting to know how
Mr.. Elkins ascertained that a majority
Of the American and Cuban people de-
sire annexation. So far as the newspa-
pers Of this country represent popular
sentiment 1t has been shown to be very
strongly against aDnexing Cuba, while
as to the Cubans it b the general Inn
preston that most Of them resent the
idea of annexation. only certain inter
ests there fayoring It AS to whether
It would be TO the best interests of both
countries. 1t win readily be admitted
that annexation would benefit Cuba.
but making that island a state of the
union. participating OF an equality with
the existing states In the general gov
eminent, could certainly be OF no ad-
vantage 10 the United States. It must
be apparent to every thoughtful man
that ~annexing Cuba and giving 1t state
hood would be q menac to our politicA
The Oubans are radically different from
Americans Ia their political habits. ira
ditions and ideals. General Bragg was
more than half right In his judgment OF
them. Politically. there is nothing In
common between them and as. Then
there Is the race question to be consid-
cred. Shall we add TO our own dificuI-
ties In this respect by annexing a large
negro population to participate In the
government 1t is impossible to believe
that a majority of the American people
desire this.
Senator Morgan Of Alabama IL an
other annexationist. who urges that
Cuba is as necessary to the United
States as Ireland is to Great Britain.
Regarded ~strategically there is some
plausibility TO this. but do Americans
want such an experience as the relations
between England and Ireland have
createdf Representative Newlands OF
Nevada thinks Cuba should be invited
to become a part Of the United States
lin order to disarIn any suspicion on
her part that she might become a mill
tary dependency such as the Philip
pines" IL there is such a suspicion IL
Is largely due to the talk OF the annex
ationists and the better way to disarm
il Is to stop this talk and abandon the
annexation movement. thus reassuring
the Cuban people that the United States
desires that they shall maintain their
independent government and establish
the island republic on a firm and stable
foundation II this shall be done We
Omaha daily bee., 1902-08-10


WESTERN INVASION or WALL STREET.
What is designated in Wall street as
the western contingent appears to be
just now the controlling influence in
that center Of speculation and financial
activity. 1t has, so 1t is SAID, aston
ished the eastern financiers and specu-
lators by its indifference to precedents,
It's fearlessness and assurance and the
audacity of its originality. A New
York correspondent says there seems to
be an association or combination thnt
has brought into one group a considera-
BILE number of those who have recently
and chiefly through the utilization of
modern methods OF financing corpora
'tions become very rich. The best i'm
preston there is that this combination
is made up from rs to 100 men. Among
the members Of 1t, according to COM
mon report are some who gained riches
through the steel combination, a number
Of Ohio capitalists, some from the
northwest and Mississippi valley and
many who now are, or recently were,
residents Of Chicago.
This pool is believed to control q very
large amount Of money. Various esti-
mates have been made, some putting
the amount within the control of the
pool at 500. 100000, others insisting
that it has at command as much as
$300.OO0.000. High financiers Of New
York who have been watching the
movements OF this western contingent
and have had some financial relations
with II, say that there is no doubt the
pool can control reaching
$150.O00.000. Whatever the extent Of
its resources, 1t appears not to be de-
pendent upon New York banks or trust
companies, a fact which quite naturally
causes it to be regarded with some
jealousy and perhaps also distrust.
This Bo-called western contingent Is
credited with some daring operations,
which II not wholly new to Wall street
there have been few p~recedents for.
This suggests a possible danger which
the older and more conservative hnan-
ciers Of the east are not blind 10. What
is 10 be the outcome Of this speculation
on a ast seale2 is a question that
naturally arises. Its tendency Is ali in
the direction Of imitation and 1t is a
question how long that can be main
tanned without precipitating a financial
crash. This western invasion OF Wall
street. with it's bold and reckless opera
lions. can certainly result in no lasting
benefit to the country and there Is good
reason for apprehending that 1t may
prove exceedingly harmful.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-08-10

a dsy or two a draft made upon you has
been returned unpaid.
BY this action you compel others 20 pay
your debts. This is 90 unusual that pc
fore oommonting thereon IN the Repub-
lican se shall be glad to have your ex-
PLANTATION. Very respectfully,
CADET TAYLOR
n the defunct Omaha Republican
could only be resurrected a duplicate Of
this letter, bearing the well known sig
nature OF Cadet Taylor, could be d.
rected with propriety to the nonresl-
dent congressman from the Second dis
trlct, with whom il is not unusual to
let others pay his political debts by
repudiatlng his share Of the campaign
expenses.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-08-10

The light needs no label.
Destiny depends on origin.
Innocence is not character.
Treachery leads to tragedy.
Disposition iu more than position.
silence is often the sign Of strength
The man who thinks leads the crowd.
Pride needs to look out for puncture.
Piety does more than pity the needy.
Many a small engine has a big whistle.
The church is a chisel and not q statue.
Better a clean inner than q dirty saint.
Better a fair failure than a false success
Your life will b worth what IL costs you,
Omaha daily bee., 1902-08-10

There appears to be a revival OF in
terest among American manufacturers
in the trade Of the countries south Of
us. promising a greater effort In the
future to secure a larger share of this
great and increasing business. The
next meeting Of the National Associa-
ton of Manufacturers does not occur
until the spring of 1908, but In the
meantime the officers Of the association
will endeavor to arouse an interest
among the business men Of Central and
South America In commercial relations
with the United States, with a view to
having them lei representatives to the
meeting Of the association, which will
be held at New Orleans.
This is a practical move that ought to
have good results. As the secretary of
the association says, by the interchange
OF visits of the peoples OF our respective
countries. and particularly between the
business men Of those countries, very
much more can be learned and more
thoroughly than by any other means.
Auo mtSLCudhSt VI mAoEuldliOu anu
ideas between our manufacturers and
the business men Of other countries
should be productive of much benefit
to both sides. The trade situation at
present between the United States and
the southern countries is far from salts
factory and it is not improving. We
are doing no more business with Cen
trail America now than we were ten
years ago. a fact which does not show
well for the enterprise of our manufac-
turers and merchants.
Undoubtedly good results would come
from the interchange of visits contem-
plated by the association of manufac-
turers, but our greatest need is better
transportation communication with the
southern countries. The. American
consul at Buenos Ayres, Argentine re-
public, points out that in order to in
cas- trade with hat country we must
have a direct steamship service, and
what is true in this case applies equally
to most Of the other southern countries.
This essential requirement will I'm
d~oubtedly be provided in time and
meanwhile American manufacturers
should employ all other practicable
means to win more Of the valuable
southern trade.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-08-10

An attempt is made in some OF the
eastern papers to beIttle the beet sugar
industry by comparing the acreage Of
sugar beets reported for the current
year at 259,518 acres with millions Of
acres planted to wheat, oats and corn.
Every industry. however. has to have
a beginning. Ten years ago the sugar
beet acreage was inhnitesimAL When
discussing the prospects OF the beet
sugar industry 1t win be well to keep
in mind the tin plate industry which has
been built up from nothing before the
Mckinley tariff until today the entire
home demand Is met by the homemade
supply.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-08-10
COmpIimenting Newspapers Enterprise
Chicago Pos

Could the newspapers Of this country re-
ceive a higher compliment than that to be
paid them during the naval maneuvers this
month 1t is to be the entire strength Of
the navy against the dispatch boats manned
by reportersl These boats are to be treated
as enemies scouts and to be avoided or cap
tured. It will be the business Of the navy
to keen its intended movements secret and
the business OF the reporters to make them
public. II the navy can beat the reporters
at this game It can beat any other navy in
the world in the same way. 1t will be a
royal contest and we are inclined to place
our wagers ON the newspaper dispatch
boats.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-08-10

In this. era Of political "reminiscences
It may not be out OF place for The Bee
to reprint a suggestive letter that found
it's way into the files Of this paper dur
ing the blessed year when Dave Mercer
and William r.. Gurley were on the pay
roll OF the Union Pacific lobby at the
state capital;
OFFICE OF THE OMAHA REPUBLICAN.
OMAHA, Neb.. Nov. 20. 1ss7.-Dr. George
Roberts. Creighton. Neb.-Dear Sir; We
are advised BY the state central committee
that you have not only failed to pay your
share Of the campaign expenses. but within
Omaha daily bee., 1902-08-10

Improvements made are not maintained.
and again expose our seaboafd cities as
they were twenty years ago. 1t win
cost a considerable sum annually to
keep these defenses in proper condition.
but the money win be well expended.
AS was said by Samuel J. Tilden seven
teen years ago. money spent on coast
defenses is a good Investment as insur-
anre-
Omaha daily bee., 1902-08-10
Novelty I'm Divorce Case.
indianapolis News.

IHuIdld DOIIs NtWH.F
An Omaha woman has sued her hus-
band for divorce because he declines TO
wear evening clothes for dinner. The hus-
band works in q packing house, and de-
clares that the stockyards' perfume he car
ries around In his working clothes is
strengthening, and should be appetixi1g.
This recalls the Indiana gentleman who
declared that the man who could not APP
p~reciate the smell OF q hog was "a leetle
too nice to live"
Omaha daily bee., 1902-08-10

Chicago university will honor itself
BY confering an LID. degree upon
President Roosevelt when he makes his
western tour. II takes a strenuous man
70 carry the load Of honorary collegiate
degrees heaped upon the president these
DAYS.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-08-10

Great Britain is said TO have politely
declined the cars invitation to partici.
pate in a conference on sugar. John
Bull is evidently lighting shy Of har-
mony dtnners.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-08-10

why an earthquake congress anyway.
when we have our own congress regu-
larry recurring st Washington. with
constant exhibitions OF active volcanoes
IN operation and political and physical
Jars at frequent special oceasiOns3
Omaha daily bee., 1902-08-10

win have a friend and ally IN Cuba
upon which we could always rely and
the political dangers involved in max
ing that island a state Of the union
would be avoided.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-08-10

Perhaps the fire underwriters combine
can presently be induced TO remove a
few OF the points OF discrimination they
hpye marked up against Omaha with
out good cause. The IRE insurance
companies only wish all their fields
were as lucrative as Omaha
Omaha daily bee., 1902-08-10
A Pleasing Change.
BunaIo Express.

General Kitchener is to meet Botha,
Dewet and Delarey on their arrival
at Southampton and escort them TO the
king. 1t will be a pleasing sensation for
the general-to find them where he 10
looking for them.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-08-10

President Roosevelt could not have Sc
lected a better time to survey the ex-
tent Of prevailing prosperity. On all
his proposed trips, east, west and south.
he viii encounter only a prosperous
people.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-08-10

Another Of the few industries that are
languishing in the midst Of prosperity is
that OF the professional sky-bombarders
who o1er to produce rain artihcially at
scheduIe rates.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-08-10

By the self-inhicted death OF Tracy,
the contemplated merger OF outlaw ban
dts ON the community-of-interes plan
has received 4 setback from which It
At may not recover.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-08-10

We trust that by this time Colonel
Bryan has succeeded in making it plain
that his absence from the Tilden club
harmony jubilee was not due exclu-
sively to overlooking the invitation.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-08-10

No summer vacation for the railroad
tax bureaucrats. The task OF convin-
chg the people hat the railroads OF Ne
braska are overtaxed Itself taxes all
their r-esourcefulness and ceaseless n
6rgy.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-08-10

King Edward may shake hands with
himself that he does not have to go
through the cOronating performance
more than nee in his royal career.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-08-10

Louisville Corrier-Journal.
Baldwin not only brought back a picture
OF Nansen's hut, but he brought back a pic
ture Of Baldwin in Arctic costume. Evil
IDENTIFY the pole had a narrow escape.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-08-10

The astrologers and soothsayers who
1nsisted that Edward would never be
crowned king now have a all to go
way back and sit down.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-08-10

Disappointing as 1t will be. according
70 present outlook the north pole win
not be found among the exhibits at the
81. Louis exposition.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-08-10

Ajax .defying the lightning win not
be in 1t with the country that tempts
fate by harboring the proposed interna-
tional earthquake congress.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-08-10

If any other national associations or
societies want Omaha to furnish execu-
tive officers, their acquisitions win be
cheerfully honored.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-08-10
when the Corn come. In.
]. Louis Globe-Democrat.

81. Louis be-Democrat.
The corn crop promises to be so big this
year that the packers will have to invent
some new explanation Of the high price Of
beef next winter.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-08-10

II Nj. Bryan confines his 1902 cam
paignins to states whose conventions
have expressly endorsed the Kansas
City platform and the candidate who
was nominated on It. he win not have
b repeat his record-breaking. long-dis-
hnee. rear-platform oratOrial expedi-
hons this year.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-08-10

As the army divisions In the Philip
pines withdraw, the school teachers
.brIgades advance.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-08-10

II King Edwards head should lie un-
easy he win know it is because he
wears the crown.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-08-10

star.

washington Star.
''rhe boys in olive green will never
sound as poetic as 1.-THE boys in blue" But
the men inside the uniforms may be de-
pended on for the usual results.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-08-10

somerville Journal.

When the government begins to use
Martha washingtOn's picture on a postage
stamp, 1t will not be polite to pound the
stamp to stick 1t on an envelope.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-08-10

King Oscar Of Sweden should present
himself with a life savers medal.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-08-10

Boston Post: "You promised yo~ wou;t
the ardent sutton. and now you breaX tbs
engagement"
'Yes." she replied listlessly. land irs /,
great wait on my mind"
Omaha daily bee., 1902-08-10

Philadelphia Press: Young Wife (witl
a pouD-So 1 am a bird" am ~ You uset
10 say I was an angel
Young Husband-Well. l sull give yOl
credit for having wings, don't ~
Omaha daily bee., 1902-08-10

State OF Nebraska. Douglas County, SSH
George b. Tzsohuck. secretary OF The Bee
fPnblishing Company, being duly sworn,
says that the actual number Of full and
lcomplete copies Of The Daily. Morning,
Evening and Sunday Bee printed during
the month of July. 100. was a. followsi
Omaha daily bee., 1902-08-10

Chicago Tribune: %Johnny-I sp.ct II
wasn't here, Mr.. S-poonamore. yod'd klsi
Bella, wouldn't you
Miss Bella Gushing with indignation)-
You impudent boyi Leave the room thit
momentl
Omaha daily bee., 1902-08-10

Pittsburg Chronicle: 'He certainly givei
promise OF living 10 a green old age"
HUH He's reached Il already. He's Just
married a girl thirty years his junior an{
he thinks she loves him for himself Alone
Omaha daily bee., 1902-08-10

Detroit Free Press: Papa-You were ur
late last night, daughter.
Daughter--Yes. papa. Our fresh-air club
met on the piazza.
.Papa-Who belongs to your fresh-aii
Daughter (slowiy and somewhat re-
luctantly)-Weu, observation-disclosures.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-08-10

Baltimore News. "But before we wen
married" she complained. you used 4
give me beautiful presents"
Yes. but a dollar looked like a dimi
then, and now-er-a dime looks like
miracie!'