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Omaha daily bee., 1902-11-16
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"To provide battleships and cruisers
and then lay them up" said President
Roosevelt, with the expectation Of
leaving them unnamed until they are
needed in actual war, would be worse
than folly; it would be a crime against
the nation" In a recent speech Secre-
tary of the Navy Moody said that 607
officers were needed to give ever the
minimum complement to the vessels now
In commission and that for sixty or
more vessels under construction 1888 adj
dltional officers will be needed to pro-
vide the minimum complement. The
navy is thus shown to be short of 1880
officers. At the present rate Annapolis
will provide 355 officers by July, 1905,
and under the law not more than eight
cen enlisted men may obtain promotion
by that date. Even with every midship-
man graduated and every enlisted man
promoted who is entitled to a commits
sion, the navy will lck more than 1000
officers in July, 1905.
The navy also needs an increased en-
listed force. With the 5000 increase
authorized at the last session Of con-
gress the present enlisted force numbers
$4,000 men and boys, giving the ratio of
sixty men for each 1000 tons Of ship.
The completed and authorized tonnage
is 10000 tons, so that on the basis of
sixty men for Zach 1000 tons there will
be required an enlisted force Of $1,000.
1t is said that plenty of men can be
enlisted, but not of those who are really
qualified by ~seafaring experience and
I training. 1t takes time to train men
who are to be OF use to the navy and
they need to be men of better intelli-
gence than are usually found in the mer-
chant marine. The naval authorities
are now ~endeaVoring to secure enlist
ments, but it does not appear that they
are meeting with satisfactory success.
While there is no difficulty in securing
men of the most desirable kind for the
army. relatively few are disposed to go
into the naval service.
The secretary Of the navy has asked
members Of congress to nominate can
didates for midshlpmen, for whom a
special examination is TO be held at
Washington City November -. Mean
while the question of providing officers
for the navy is regarded in naval circles
as a serious n and congress will again
be urged to adopt legislation for meet
ing this urgent need OF the naval estab-
lishment. 1t is manifesty useless to go
on increasing the number OF ships in
Omaha daily bee., 1902-11-16
MAKE IK-sAR-BEN pERMANrNr.

The benefits accruing to Omaha from
the work of the knights of Ak-Sar-Ben
are so obvious and so numerous that no
one interested in Omaha's future would
listen to a proposal to disband the or
g~anizat1on. Yet from its inception Ak
Sar-Ben has been instituted upon a
temporary basis, its membership being
recruited and new in its entirety each
successive year. While some advantages
have resulted from this system they are
far outwelghed by the disadvantages
and by the unnecessary repetition of
laborious work on the part Of volunteer
committees that could be almost COM
pletely obviated If the organization were
put in a more permanent form.
Instead of soliciting applications each
year, membership subscriptions could
without additional exertion be secured
for a period of three years, the fees
being paid annually, as now. This would
give a membership nucleus to be con-
stantly expanded, t. say nothing Of
permitting more definite estimates upon
an assured income. Such a change need
not interfere In any way with the lnitia-
ton ceremonies, which constitute a dis
tinctlve feature, participation in which
might be made one Of the conditions Of
membership.
The temporary character of the Ak
Sar-Ben organization is due originally to
the fact that its promoters had no idea
to what extent it would become a part
of the social and business fabric of the
community. That 1t has more than met
all expectations and now justihes q de-
mand for permanency is the best tribute
to it's efficiency as a factor in the
progress and prosperity of Omaha.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-11-16
THE TROUBLESOME MoRos.

All recent reports regarding the Phil
ippines show that with the exception OF
the territory occupied by the MorOs peace
prevails and the functions of civil gov
eminent are being fully exercised. Vice
Governor Wright has said that there is
a degree of peace and safety in the Phil
ippines now that was never reached I'M
der the Spanish rule. This is corrObo-
rated by General Chaffee, who states in
his report, just made public, that all
parts of the archipelago, except what is
known -s the Moro country, are free
from disturbance Of a serious nature,
though bands of ladrones continue to
menace some communities. These,
however, can be taken care of by the
constabulary, which appears to be gen.
orally efficient and faithful.
The task of dealing with the Moros is
the one remaining Of greatest difficulty.
They are fighting people, fearless, obsti-
nate and will not be easily subdued.
General Chaffee recommends aggressive
measures and he thinks that even with
these 1t may be several years before the
Moros can be brought to fully recognize
and submit TO the authority Of the
United States. 1t seems evident from
the report of the former commander in
the Philippines that there must be ac-
tive military operations in the Moro
country before those people can be
brought to obedience to American au-
thority, and even after this is accom-,
pllshed they are likely to prove more OF
less troublesome for an indefinite time,
OF course there is nothing to do now but
compel them to yield and undoubtedly
the advice of General Chaffee as to how
this should be done is sound.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-11-16
EXPERT EVIDENCE.

1t is remarked that the chief lesson
of the Mollneux trial is the utter worth
lessness Of the evidence of so-called
handwriting experts" in such cases.
These were so contradictory in their
opinions that the court regarded this
evidence as Of no value and it was
largely for this reason that the jury
promptly acquitted the defendant. 1t is
another instance added to the many
which have caused expert evidence to
be very generally discredited and is one
of the most striking examples ever given
Of the untrustwOrthiness of such testi-
mOny.
In q recent magazine article Justice
Woodward of the appellate division Of
the supreme court Of New York points
out that grave criticism Of expert evil
dence in courts of law has not sprung
from recently celebrated criminal cases.
1t is almost as old as the use OF this
species Of evidence, which goes back
several centuries. He gives numerous
examples showing the dangers inherent
In such evidence as they appear to an
experienced jurlst. An incident is re-
lated Of a conscientious prosecuting at
tOrney who discarded the services of a
handwriting expert, because IN private
trial be found the expert ready to prove
that the handwriting on certain decoy
letters which the attorney had procured
to be written was exactly the same as
Omaha daily bee., 1902-11-16


Several recent fires in eastern sky.
scraper buildings above the line where
fire-fghters can do effective work to.
ward extinguishing flames come as per.
tinent reminders Of the dangers of ex.
.cesslvely high construction. Eeen where
the buildings are to all intents and pur-
poses tireproof in character, the contents
are more or less infammable, and al.
though the damage to property may be
slight, the risk of life to inmates and
fremen is beyond what the necessities
require. The engineering problems of
lofty construction can without doubt
readily be solved so as to permit Of tow
ering structures of several times the
present height, but other considerations
that involve their safety for human oc-
cupation will fix limits not easily over
stepped.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-11-16
The Church-GOinE Habit.

Too many people go to church merely to
hear a good sermon or fine music or to see
people and be seen. And so when there is
likelihood of an Indifferent sermon or poor
music or a storm prevails or other ad-
ventitious conditions obtain they stay away.
The church-going habit is one to be Guilt
waited, the same as the habit Of attending
to ones business or daily duties regard.
less of weather or anything else. Once
acquired, the church going habit goes
quietly on moulding character and deter
mining destiny.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-11-16
RrroRM BIZ oRIMINAL PRosEou

REFORM BY CRIMINAL PROSECUTION.
One of the st. Louis prosecutions for
bribery and corruption has just ended in
the conviction and sentence Of the guilty
man to the p~enitentiary for a term of
three years The novelty of the case
does not consist in the fact that It grows
out of the existence of a widely ramifed
conspiracy of wealthy politicians and
corporations operating in public fran
chises and public contracts. These exist
in all cities Of considerable size. There
is scarcely n city or town which has not
had scandals of this character or in
which attempts have not been made to
get at the public treasury by tampering
with the authorities who should guard Il
for the public, attempts which too often
have been successful.
The extraordinary feature OF the st.
Louis case is that a millionaire briber
and corruptionist, influential in political
circles and backed by powerful corpora
lions for which he acted as agent, should
Omaha daily bee., 1902-11-16

Bear stories and bear cartoons will be
the fad from now on until Christmas.
People whose memory carries them back
into the Sos will recall forcibly the
campaign of the first republican candi-
date for president General John G. Ere.
mont, whose encounters with grizzlies
were the all-absorbing topic for the boys
and afforded material for the pictures
Of the yellow press of those days. The
next time President Roosevelt goes on a
bear hunt he should try his luck in
Alaska, where he can buy four bear
cubs for a dollar with the privilege of
perforating their fur with lead thrown
into the bargain.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-11-16
As TO BRANCH BANKING.

While it is not at all probable that
there will be any legislation in the near
future authorizing national banks to es-
tablish branches, the proposition yet has
some earnest advocates and therefore the
discussion of the question by Mr..
Dawes. former comptroller Of the cur
rency, before the American Bankers as
sociation, is timely and merits consider
alton by all who are interested in the
matter. Mr.. Dawes presented reasons
against the creation Of branch banks
which seem to us to be conclusive. He
pointed out that the effect Of such a
system would necessarily be the central
ization of the banking interest and the
banking, controlled by a few great banks
in the principal cities. Consolidation is
now going on and under a branch system
it would be only a few years until the
would be in the hands of a score or
less powerful institutions, all acting to-
gether for the control of the money
market and the financial affairs of the
nation.
Such a system, Mr.. Dawes said, would
not be In the interest of the large class
of business men who in a small way, as
manufacturers and merchants, are de-
veloping the country and whom we are
not ready as a nation to dispense with.
These men require credit and they are
more likely to obtain it from independ-
ent banks in their localities hn from
the branches OF institutions that are
hundreds of miles away. The advocacy
Of branch banking m from a few
only, a majority of the bankers of the
country and particularly of the west OPP
posing 1t. The country does not need
such a system and the more it is dis
cussed the more unpopular it is sure to
| become.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-11-16

The Canadian press aud government
will be wise to refrain from undue ex-
element over boundary questions, They
will be settled in due time aud the
boundary fixed exactly where it belongs.
But they ought TO understand by this
time that they cannot make successful
theft old scheme OF claiming a lot Of
United States territory. or Of disputed
territory, and then trade it on for CON
cessiOns in other directions.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-11-16
Justice Does a Good Job.
Philadelphia Record.

Pnlladelpnla RECORD.
The magistrate who imposed a fine of
$50 on a coal dealer for selling coal by
short weight, and further bound him over
for trial on a charge of false pretense, will
receive commentator from the average
housekeeper. To pay a fancy price for
coal, when it can be had, is hard enough
to get less coal than is paid for is too
much for endurance. The lightweight coal
dealer is an obnoxious person at all times,
but Just now he is an object of particular
execration.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-11-16
A 1 LOOK BACK,
Louise Chandler Moulton.

Louise Chandler MouItOn.
From some. dim height of being, undescried,
Shall / look back and trace the. weary
way
BY which my feet are journeying today
The toilsome path that climbs the noun
tain side,
Or leads into the valley sun-denied,
Where, through the darkness, hapless
wanderers stray,
Unblessed, uncheered, ~ungladdened by a
ray
OF gertrude their Grant steps to guide?
Shall 1 look back and see the great things
small;
The toilsome path, Gods training for my
feet,
The pains that never had been worth
my tears?
VIII some great light of rapture, bathing
all,
Make bygone woe seem joy; past bitter.
sweet?
Shall | look back and wonder at my
fears?
Omaha daily bee., 1902-11-16

1t would be interesting to know just
what the so-called mo shelter to monop-
oily" plank of the Iowa republican plat
form means. With almost as many in
terpretations as there are interpreters,
about the only thing regarding it that
everybody agrees on is that it does not
mean a general revision of the tariff.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-11-16

Tom Johnson, like Colonel Bryan, is
now speaking Of the first battle, and in
dicates, with contemptuous illusions to
Mclean, that he is enlisted "'enduring
de wah." The distinguished Ohio states
man probably means that he intends to
take his circus on the road next year.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-11-16
DOMESTIC PLEAsANTRIEs.

Detroit Free Press: ~Sidney-Have you
any marked ability of any kind?
Rodney-Well, I've kept a lot of widows
from marrying me.
Philadelphia Press: He-No matter how
plain a woman may be IL she has pretty
teeth and hair she's bound to attract some
attention.
she-Yes, they may be said to be a
woman's best friends.
He-That's so; for, they say, the best of
friends fall out.
indianapolis News: YES" sobbed the
widow. me poor husband was cut right in
two be the cars"
'"Terriblel Terrible!'
at was so. The wheels jist ruined the
brand new watch in his vest pocket"
Detroit Free Press: Mr.. Hutt-Well, the
coal trouble is happily over.
Mr.. Sutton, no; l still have three I'M
married daughters.
Baltimore Herald: II hear that Jacks
1ancee has made him promise to stop
smoking"
THAT so? Well, mine has not said a
word about giving up the weed, but our
engagement has just the same effect"
"How so?"
Every time 1 call all the cigars in my
vest pocket manage to get crushed, and, OF
course, L don't smoke then!' h
Omaha daily bee., 1902-11-16

You always have to go away from
home to hear the news. Down in Lin
coin they are constructing a hew
100000 railroad organ for Omaha, but
they have not indicated yet where it is
TO be set up and who is to work the
bellows.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-11-16

Omaha has been made a port of orig
inal entry for packages sent from
abroad through the registered mail, but
Omaha has veto be designated a point
for more rapid distribution of mail at
the point of departure from the various
depots where railway mail cars arrive
and danart
Omaha daily bee., 1902-11-16

General Chaffee is right about the snl-
tan Of Jolo. 1t is nonsense to DO treat
ing with that fellow as II he were an
independent sovereign. The thing to do
is to send out and bring him in the same
as IL he were a blanket Indian who had
got on his reservation.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-11-16

AS a cabinet maker and a cabinet
builder King AlphonsO Of Spain has no
equal among the crowned heads of Eu-
rope. His average has been one cabinet
q month ever since he has been permit
ted to warm the seat of his pantaloons
on q throne.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-11-16

One army that is not being mustered
out is that of the rural free delivery
service, in which under republican poll
cies 1000 carriers have been enlisted in
four years.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-11-16

1t isn't fair to keep on poking fun at
Herbert Spencer for his vegetarian fad
after he has honestly explained that he
was very young and a good deal of a
crank at the time.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-11-16

Central Kansas has experienced a
slight attack of terrestrial jimjams
which some people in those parts inn
agine to have been the flag end Of an
earthquake.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-11-16

What about the dangers of early mat
rimony besetting the young officers in
the navy? Are the graduates of An
napOlis more immune than the gradu-
ates of West Point2
Omaha daily bee., 1902-11-16
Suspicious Visits.
Buffalo Express.

Prime Minister Balfour ridicules the idea
that the visit of Emperor William to King
EDWARD is anything but a friendly call.
Yet in this wicked and prying world no
man can go to see his uncle without ex-
citing Suspicion. -
Omaha daily bee., 1902-11-16

For some unexplainable reason Cap
tain Christmas fairy tale did not even
survive the Danish island treaty nego-
tiations.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-11-16

Betting on weather forecasts is about
as hazardous at this time of the year as
banking on the Mercer democrats in the
last election.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-11-16

The up-to-date Thanksgiving turkey
that desires to improve its figure will try
20 acquire a foot ball form.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-11-16

President Mitchell seems to make as
good a witness as he does a diplomat.
Versatility is one of his strong points.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-11-16

President Roosevelt will have to find
n surer field of sport for the huntsman
If he wants to lure Emperor William
oVer to join him in the chase.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-11-16

Uncle Sans team will line up to tackle
the trusts. as soon as President Roose-
welt returns to Washington to assume
the position of center rush.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-11-16

1t is observable that under the opera
ton of the new Iowa law the prohibition
counties still contribute their full quota
of inebriates to the insane asylums.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-11-16

The Omnibus statehood bill is the next
automobile vehicle that will attempt to
complete the trip through congress.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-11-16
whenceness of the Attack.
Baltimore American.

bdIIIIuOIt AHtIICdH.
Attacks on co-education frequently en-
anate from those who fear that women
will prove more than a match for men in
the struggle for learning.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-11-16

J.. Pierpont Morgan caught a cold and
the catch was followed Immediately by
q slump in stocks.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-11-16

STATEMENT OF CIRCULATION.
State of Nebraska, Douglas County, So:
! George Il. Tzschuck, secretary Of The
Bee Publishing Company, being duly sworn,
says that the actual number OF tull ana
complete copies OF The Daily, Morning,
lEvening and sunday Bee printed during
the month OF October, 1902, was as follws:
Omaha daily bee., 1902-11-16
ECONOMY VS.. EXTRAVAGANCE.

On the wOrd of one of the wtSeat philosophers of the ae you may set IT down
Is a truth-ht a man ian better ahordt he most economics OF xtrayagance than
the most euFayagan Of economies
It's extavRAnt economy to wear your old glasses II they are not exactly
suited to you.
We can show you whether the are an it won't cost you anything to know.
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the navy without making adequate pro
vision for offering and manning them.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-11-16
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The silver state. [volume] (Unionville, Nev.) 1870-1903, 1902-12-29
LOCAL MEN AMONG
GREATEST OF RIDERS

The December McClures magazine
contains an interesting account of the
championship rough riding contest
held at Denver last October in which
Tom Minor of this county took the
second prize and Frank Stone also
made creditable showing.
From the opinions expressed in this
article it would seem that Minor is
better horseman than the man who
retained the championship belt, Thad
Sowder, of Wyoming, who held the
belt prior to that time.
1t is reported that Frank Stone rode
bucking horse while he, Stone, had
a broken leg. Both local men are
splendid riders and Minor probably
has no superior at rough or fancy
riding in the country, if in the world.
The silver state. [volume] (Unionville, Nev.) 1870-1903, 1902-12-29
Home
Happening

Last night was the coldest of the
season. The iceman wears a broad
smile.
A Western Union work crew Is
stringing wires along the new grade
near Golconda.
Constable McVey is down from Col
ccnda after more witnesses for the
murder hearing.
Phil Roberts, who has been suffering
from a severe cold is convalescent and
able to be out again.
DOOLEY-In Winnemucca, New. De-
cember %. 1902. to the wife of
Thomas w. Dooley, a son.
Dave Staunton went to San Fran
cisco last night. 1t Is rumored that he
has immediate matrimonial intentions.
The silver state. [volume] (Unionville, Nev.) 1870-1903, 1902-12-29
NEW YEAR SERVICES
AT METH DIST CHURCH

There was a splendid audience at the
the New Year sermon Of tie pastor
The text was from Proverbs 18th
chapter and 25th verse: "'The Way
of Life is Above to the Wise" The
speaker dwelt at some length upon
the changes that have been wrought
among the nations of the world dur
ing the last twelve months: most of
them proving of great blessing to the
children Of men, Then mention was
made of the passing of so many
great men since last New Years day.
among them some of the makers of
history on the Pacific Coast.
Continuing. the preacher said, what
| changes have come to individual lives
in physical, material or spiritual con-
ditions since you met here one year
ago. Some are richer in this world S
good. while others feel that they have
seen more of the frowns than of the
smiles of kind providence. Many find
yourselves richer in thought, stronger
in moral character, and higher in your
spiritual attainments, while a few.
perhaps. look back with sad regret up
on a misspent year. How perfectly
the past has pictured the sad condition
OF some poor liver tonight
The pastor here recited, Nothing
but Leaves" with telling effect
The members of the audience were
reminded of the text, and urged to fol-
low the part of wisdom by aspiring
to life on higher levels. Good reso-
lutions are now in order, but it is
much more important to keep them
than to make them. The address wal
punctured with a number of excellent
illustrations and certainly made pro-
found impression on the audience.