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Omaha daily bee., 1903-01-10

The street railway company could
confer a great boon OIL strangers visit
ing in Omaha by maintaining a uni.
formed employee at the railway stations
at least during the period of greatest
travel to direct people to the cars that
will take them to their desired destina.
lions. Every day great confusion and
inconvenience is imposed upon visitors
from out of town for lack Of this assist
ance. If we maintained a sufficient pO
lice force this need could be supplied by
detailing an officer to this duty, but II
view Of existing conditions it seems
that the company itself is alone in posi-
ton to provide for the case.
Omaha daily bee., 1903-01-10
strenuosity in the Air.
Baltimore American.

BaItImore American.
Some OF the steamship people object TO
the proposed plan of Marconi to fash news
bulletins daily to steamers on the ocean.
They protest that one great object Of sea
trips-the entire rest from the rush and
hustle Of the outside world-will be de-
feated by this intrusion OF the strenuous
upon the hygienic incidence Of ocean pas
senger life and that nerves will have no
respite. Still, It seems useless to try to
get rid of the modern ~strenuosity Of life,
for, like wireless telegraphy, it is in the
air,
Omaha daily bee., 1903-01-10
False erie. of Demngorues
Indianapolis Journal.

Indianapolis Journal.
Not more than four years ago a cry was
raised that the tinplate trust had not only
put up the price to an outrageous figure,
but had control of all the factories manu-
featuring the machinery for its production.
Somehow a number Of capitalists have got
machinery and are making large quantities
Of plate, the price OF which they have cut
to $3.50 a box-a lower price than was
paid during the years when an English
monopoly supplied the American market.
Omaha daily bee., 1903-01-10

when members of the senate oppose
free coal 1t should be understood that
they are not opposed to receiving their
supply of fuel without an accompanying
bill, but that they merely oppose the
abolition of the duty on imported coal.
It is not to be presumed that the sen
atorial solons would order the driver
to cart back a load Of anthracite sent to
them with the compliments Of the coal
dealer.
Omaha daily bee., 1903-01-10

Ex-Governor William J. Stone will
succeed Senator Vest as the representa-
tive Of Missouri in the upper house of
congress. Mr.. Stone is n of the few
democrats whose steadfast loyalty to
ar. Bryan has found its reward. He
was practically second In command
in both Bryanite campaigns and his
entrance into the senate will be co
Incident with the retirement OF Senator
Jones OF Arkansas, who alone outranked
him In the Bryanite councilA
Omaha daily bee., 1903-01-10
OTHER LANDS THAN ours.

The late Senior sagasta had a long and in
teresting career as a leading figure in the
political life Of Spain. He was Identified at
different times with various parties; and
his course, when viewed specifically. may
seem to have been an Inconsistent one; yet.
on the whole, in spite OF his occasional
~divagations, he always represented a liberal
and enlightened sta~tesmanship. In his early
years his liberalism, like that Of the Italian
Crispl, was Of the extreme type. He might
In those days properly have been called not
only a radical but a revolutionist; and, in
deed, in 1856 he actually took part in an
unsuccessful revolt which led to his exile in
France. These, however, we're the evil
years when Isabel II. reigned despotically
and when the Spanish court exhibited every
form OF Official corruption and private vice.
Later, under the brief regime OF the alien
King Amadeo, Sagasta drifted into the atti-
tude which was at last assumed by CASTELAR,.
He saw that Spain was i'll fitted for consti-
tutional government in the A~nglo-Saxon ac-
ceptance Of that term, and so he gave In his
adhesion to the only sort Of regime that is
possible in Spain-a monarchy governing
with a show OF constitutional forms, but
acting on occasion as though II possessed
the reserved powers Of despotism. And as
a politician he played the game, and in fact
he went as far as any Of his compeers in
carrying elections by bribery, so that in 1877
he was driven from ofRce by a very search
ing exposure Of his methods. Political cor
ruption in Spain, however, is as generally
accepted as it was in England under Wal
pole; and though Sagasta temporarily lost
his ONCE, his reputation as a man was in
no way furnished in the estimation Of his
countrymen.
The return Of the British registrar gen.
eral for Ireland, which has Just been pub
lished, indicates that IL the ratio OF de-
cline in the population for the next fifty
years is the same as during the last halt
century, there will be very few Irish peo-
| pie left-at least in ireland. The number
Of births, which in 1891 was los, 116, fell
last year to 100, 1915, or nearly 5000 less
than the average Of the ten years. Mar
riages, 22,564 in number, we're slightly over
the average, and deaths totalled 9,119, az
compared with IS, 1899 in 1891 and 1854 In
1892, and a decennial average Of SS,6O4
The number Of emigrants, which ten years
ago was SO, 1923, fell to 1913, as compared
with a ten-year average Of 4S,S5S. The sit
uation will be understood by comparing
the population figures calculated to the
middle OF last year with those OF Ireland'i
period of maximum population and the fig
ures for 1924, when the collection of vita
statistics was first systematized. These
returns show the following results:
Omaha daily bee., 1903-01-10

The announcement that Charles NJ.
Schwab will resume active discharge Of
his duties as president of the steel trust
corporation in March is received with
eQuanimity In the business world. Mr..
schwab would be perfectly safe in pro-
longing his vacation indefinitely so far
as the interests Of American industry
are concerned.
Omaha daily bee., 1903-01-10

ton OF the tax was resisted on the ground
that the exaction is a tax on interstate
commerce. The court held that the as
sessment is within the powers Of local
government and is constitutional. The
amount involved in this issue is small, but
1t IL regarded as a test case.
Omaha daily bee., 1903-01-10
Reforms in Foot Bau.

New York Tribune.
The great majority Of broad-minded and
loyal admirers Of college foot ball would
like to see fewer mass plays and more open
work, more hnesse and strategy, more trials
for goal from far off in the fields, more
long range kicks and punts, more deft es>
capes from tackles, more dazzling runs.
Mass plays too often smack Of mere brute
force.
Omaha daily bee., 1903-01-10
Local Taxation of Telegraph Poles.

The decision OF the federal supreme
court sustaining the action Of the borough
OF New Hope. Pa, assessing a tax upon
the poles of the Western Union Telegraph
company erected within the borough limits,
is Of far reaching importance to telegraph
and telephone eompaniss- The impoSi-
Omaha daily bee., 1903-01-10
when the Home OK H. Gored.
Chicago News.

Chicago News.
Some Of the coal roads which were loudly
protesting last fall that the federal govern
moht has abundant authority to send troops
into a state, whether they were asked for or
not, win now reverse themselves long
enough to demonstrate that the same gov
eminent has no right to interfere in the
conduct Of between one state aud
another
Omaha daily bee., 1903-01-10

Can anyone tell us why the state mill
tia of Nebraska should be enlarged u n
less it be to give a larger command to
Field Marshal John N. Baldwin Of the
Union Pacific corps? a
Omaha daily bee., 1903-01-10

Both gubernatorial messages put in a
word for an appropriation for Ne
braska's participation in the Louisiana
Purchase exposition at st. Louis. This
Is one of the very few points on which
the two executives agree.
Omaha daily bee., 1903-01-10

The Colorado legislature appears to
be doing its best to furnish another
object lesson to support the demand for
the election Of United States senators
by direct vote of the people.
Omaha daily bee., 1903-01-10

lstion must pass. has been invited and At
present seems likely to 60 in a body on a
junketing tour to Texas to celebrate the in
auguration Of a member Of the committee
who has been elected governor Of that state.
Omaha daily bee., 1903-01-10

Having made known his yearning for
a constitutional party, our friend Of the
iridescent whiskers, ]. Hamilton Lewis,
can relapse once more into temporary
eClinse.
Omaha daily bee., 1903-01-10

Perhaps congress might relieve the
pressure a trihe by setting apart n
day each week for the Introduction of
antitrust bills. .
Omaha daily bee., 1903-01-10

Omaha cannot be made a grain mar
ket except by a long pull, a strong pull
and a pull all together.
Omaha daily bee., 1903-01-10

st. Jackson's day without a speech
from William ]. Bryan is an anomaly
on the calendar.
Omaha daily bee., 1903-01-10
A Pronhet WIthout Honor.
Washington Post.

II looks as II the appearance OF Mr..
Bryan on the scene might hurry the Next
cans on toward the gold basis. They dent
take kindly to a prophet whose home ter
minal facilities are so faulty.
Omaha daily bee., 1903-01-10

South Omaha charter committeeman
are at skies and sevens On some Of the
most important subjects Of charter re-
vision. Get together.
Omaha daily bee., 1903-01-10
Dimensions of the GouEe.
Philadelphia Press.

AhAauSlphAa IFNHSs
AS much as SIS and $50 a ton is being
asked for coal in New England. The
coal that sells at that price would fur
nish a good profit II sold for Sc.
Omaha daily bee., 1903-01-10

No moro bull fights in Nebraska under
g~ubernatorial patronage for at least two
years.
Omaha daily bee., 1903-01-10

with so many lawyers in town,
Omaha people should have no difficulty
in breaking into court.
Omaha daily bee., 1903-01-10
Junkets Preferred 90 Duty.
Minneapolis Journal

Although this trust question ought to be
the most important thing before congress,
IL appears that the house judiciary commit
tee, before which committee the trust leKis-
Omaha daily bee., 1903-01-10

If this keeps up, stealing coal will
soon constitute grand larceny instead OF
petit larceny.
Omaha daily bee., 1903-01-10

Business has again taken the place Of
sentiment in the executive department
of Nebraska's state government.
Omaha daily bee., 1903-01-10
srArrMrNr or c1RcuLATIoN.

STATEMENT OF
State Of Nebraska, Douglas County SIS:
George Il. Tzschuck. secretary OF Tne Bee
Publishing company, being duly sworn, says
that the actual number Of fun and com
plete copies Of The Daily Morning, hVen-
mnnth of Decamher- 1902. was as tOllOMe:
Omaha daily bee., 1903-01-10
SMILING REsfARKs.

she-The strain on the soldier in modern
warfare must be very great.
He-It is. Sometimes the photographer
isn't ready and you have to walt hours,
and then the pictures may prove failures
Judge. ...
"But," protested the plain citizen, don't
you consider honesty a good thingI'
Sure" eplied the politician, but It's
like all good things; you've got to make
Philadelphia Press.
Neighbor-It costs a great deal to raise
Mr.. Tucker Gather OF Tommy)-My ex-
perience is that 1t doesn't cost as much to
raise a boy as IL does to suppress him.
Chicago Tribune.
Mr.. Askem-Do ' GU believe in ~heredity1
Old Mr.. Kidder-Sure; now there's my
grandson, for instance. Hes in love with
was his age.-Detroit Free Press.
81 nave had a good many good jobs
said the political oficeholder, and guess
there's a lot of people who'd like to see
me resign my present one"
well" replied one Of his rivals, II think
most of us would prefer to see you die In
office. philadelphia Press.
az don't believe she has the true artistic
temperament. Look at her clothes. Why
they almost look as IL they were made for
her."
"oh, yes; but then, you know. she has
only been studying art a very short time"
Brooklyn Life.
He must be a pretty good mathemat-
cian."
How is that?"
Hes manager of a burlesque show"
"Weii, that's mostly a question OF figures
isn't ?'-Chica Post.
Omaha daily bee., 1903-01-10

From these figures it will be seen that
the population in the middle Of last year
was 1882, $40 less than it was seventy
eight years ago, and IL the estimated popu-
lation in the middle Of the present year
4,425, 00O-be, compared with that Of the
maximum year, the diminution in ffty-six
years will be found to reach the astopish-
ing figure Of 3,s70,061.
Omaha daily bee., 1903-01-10

81 don't believe she has the true artistic
temperament. Look at her clothes. Why
they almost look as II they we're made for
Omaha daily bee., 1903-01-10

GEORGE q. TzSCHUCk.
Subscribed in my presence and sworn 70
bsfore me this S1st day OF December, A. ,.
ie1a nj. y, HUNGATE,
CSaan Notary Public.
Omaha daily bee., 1903-01-10

"Oh, yes; but then, you know, she has
only been studying art a very short time"
-Brooklyn Life.
Omaha daily bee., 1903-01-10

81 nave had n good many good jobs
said the political officeholder, and I guess
there's a lot of people who'd like to see
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1903-10-30
OUR MaNCHURIaN TRADE.

American trade with Manchura does
not amount to four million dollars a
year but the chances for Improvement
are there, provided the door can be
kept open,
According to government statistics
for 1909, the principal American goods
exported 20 Manchurla was sheetlnes.
drills, Jeans, and kerosene. The tota.
value of these four articles entered In
1902 was 6,l1S920 taels, which Is SAID
to be equivalent to $3,s54,92O. The
value of the same imports In 1901 was
6l95,li6 taels The imports for 1900
were only about a third as great, bot
those for 1899 were slightly greater.
The total imports OF goods at New
chwang from all foreign countries was
about slSO00,OOO taels in 1902, 1900 =
900 in 1901, and SOOOdgo IN 1900. This
country then, has a fair share Of the
entire trade, but there certainly is
room for further development.
It is the trade possibilities that make
the far eastern situation Of interest to
the western world. Russia advances in
Asia. China appears to be doomed TO
dissection and the question Is whether
Japan's national life is not menaced,
too. With Russia the sole master IN
the east, there VIII he no open door
for anything that can be supplied by
Russian manufacturers and Traders.
That is the contingency modern states
men have 60 face.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1903-10-30
POTTER ON RACE SUICIDE.

Bishop Potter of the Protestant
Episcopal church, has spoken on the
subject OF race suicide and made
some practical suggestions, The ex-
isting opposition to large families, he
said Is a great menace to the Repub-
tic. He expressed the opinion that the
association Of large families OF children
with each other in the time Of Webster
say, caused so many good men
and women 10 come forth upon the
stage OF the young republic They
came from large families They were
used to self-denlal for the benefit Of each
other and for the benefit Of their par
ents, and no wonder that they became
strong and noble When brothers and
sisters mlngle together under not too
easy conditions, their most worthy in
stnots are awakened and their moral
nature developed as cannot be done
under conditions Of opulence and sell
fishness,
II Is subject which cannot be dis
eussed too often or TO seriously. Not
only Is the nation menaoed by the ten
dency to draw the family circle on a
smaller scale than that demanded by
nature; but the individual is threat
ened too by physical and moral ruin.
Much OF the wrong committed IN this
direction comes from ignorance The
light Of truth and reason must be shed
on all that relates to family life and the
companionshlp and relationship of the
sexes TO each other, Of parents to child
rem, and so on. Ignorance on these
subjects is very dense, even among en-
lightened people Of the world, and cor
rect information Is necessary. II wo-
men fully understood their mission up.
ON the earth, they would not desire 60
change the blessings OF motherhood for
the pleasures Of clubs and Offices. Dis
cusson Of the subject Is therefore
timely and the more general II be-
comes the better
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1903-10-30
A STORY OF noBGoBI ms.

a story important enough 10 he sent
az special cable dispatch from Lon
don TO some American contemporaries
Is to the effect that certain family
in Yorkshire Is very much annoyed by
the visitation Of spJoks. For eight
months, 1t is said the people referred
to have found themselves without bread
IN the morning, no matter II the good
wife baked the previous evening, For
a long time they kept the mystery TO
themselves, but az last It became pub
lie. Last March one evening the lady
baked bread and placed It on stone
floor to cool, In the morning It looked
as II 1t had been gnawed by mice
Next night the bread was placed on
high shelf In a dairy inaccessible to
rodents, The same thng happened,
Another kind Of -four was used; the
loayes stlll dwlndled There were no
servants in the household The lady,
suspccting a practical joke placed fresh
bread in closed pan set rat trap
inside. another ON the lid, sprinkled
flour on the dairy floor and not only
locked the door, but stretched two
lengths OF cotton across It, In the
morning she found the threads unds-
turbed the Hour unmarked and the rat
traps undisturbed, but one Oft he loaves
had entirely disappeared and the other
had dwindled to half it's original size.
This was too much. and a policeman
was now called in, The same thing
happened. Chemists We're employed to
analyze the -four. but they found moth
ing suspicious in Il, II was absolutely
pure. The strangest part of the story
however is this, that when the lady
started to bake bread specially for the
hobgobins and laid this out FOR their
benefit they did not attack the bread
baked for the family, unless the supply
given them was insufficient.
This Is an awful story to be told in
this age Of enlightenment and freedom
from superstition and crodulity. In the
good old tlmes, when witches confessed
TO nightly rides IN the air, and to the
power OF harming their enemies by all
sorts OF uncanny MEANS and when
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1903-10-30
HAPPY by ELECTRICITY.

Edison now announces that he has per-
footed an invention. which IN a short
time, will enable even the less we'll
to-do to have their own electric lights
and their automobiles, II this Is cor
rect the invention Is different from
some others For many new inventions
are too expensive for all but the most
wealthy. They sell at popular prices
only when the rich have become tired
Of them. as children OF toys, and dis
car1od them.
Edisons new invention is an eiec-
trio generator which derives It's power
from fuer Of marvellous potency
but which is so cheap that any fam
ny can afford TO buy it. Mr. Edison
says Of this inventions
lyon can wire your house for elec-
trio bells. telephones from room TO
room, or for anything that electricity
VIII do, and the batteries In your au.
tomoble viii operate them The cost!
IT is so trhlng after you are provided
with your plant that II Is not worth
for want OF a better term lust at pres
ent 10 apply to the means by which II
il operated The fuel used In this ma
chine IL one that has never before been
used for fuel under these conditions
The inventor say In this invention he
has achieved the aim Of his life For
It has always been his ambition TO bring
the use Of electricity within the reach
Of IN. lie wants 20 see the homes OF
men and women whose incomes are
small lighted with electricity, lie wants
to reduce the cost on such pleasures
and pastimes as are afforded by the
electric power to the size of tho pock-
etbooks Of the moderately poor lie
wants 10 see the world happy and con-
tented, and he desires to bring those
pleasures, now belonging solely to the
rich, within the reach OF the poor lie
says he has achieved this.
OF course, the machinery has not yet
been made, by which the world can be
made happy and content but the
secret Is solved. The making Of the
special machinery is but matter OF
time
Edison does not generally promise
more than he can make good lie Is
a scientist, not an enthusiast,
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1903-10-30
Portland oregonlan.

The settlement OF the Cuban reci-
procity question has been too long de-
layed. our trade interests are now
suffering IN that Island. our merchan-
disc sales to cuba were 500 ISL. 700 In
1893 and s26,O53 1876 In 1902. shrinkagc
Of 100000. The imports from cuba
IN the last fiscal year were in value
&b2,9l219O, while the exports aggre-
gated only i2i lGl .6SS. AS no other ma
lion win get the 20 per cent reduction
IN duty allowed Cuba, her sugar viii
all come here instead OF that OF Java
ana other countries to which we sell
practically nothing. Under the reduc.
ton on American goods I'm Cuba there
Is sure TO be a vast increase IN exports
from the United states There Is 500.
100000 of American capital now invest =
ed In cuba. and under the reciprocity
treaty this investment is sure 10 be
increased. These facts present the
commercial argument for the approval
or the treaty but, as the president said
IN his message to Congress IN Decem
ber' 1901, there are weighty reasons OF
morality and National interest that can
be fairly pleaded in its behalf
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1903-10-30
A GREAT CALAMITY.

a throb Of grief and sympathy Is
felt throughout the civilized world,
caused by the sudden crushing cut OF
the life OF Emma Booth-Tucker, In
the wreck on the eastward bound
train from Kansas city ON Wednes-
day night She was lovely woman
engaged In benevolent cause. and
her exceptional talents were devoted
to the uplifting Of the lower classes OF
humanity. She was full Of religious
fervor and her ability as public
speaker was Of high order. She la
bored with her husband in sphere Of
usefulness, with sincerity and devo-
tion that won the admiration even OF
skeptios and sectarlan opponents. and
her tragic demise is great loss TO
the wing Of the Salvation Army to
which she belonged. Her bereaved hus-
band has acquired no less celebrity and
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1903-10-30

In a very interesting talk to the
Harvard Graduate club on "a Days
Work. President Eliot gave an outline
of what it should be. Regularity of
method and simplicity Of diet, he OBJ
served, are the great essentials for the
student and professional man. The
speaker advocated rising at about six
o'clock; light exercise, breakfast, and
the planning of the day, occupying the
time until nine o'clock. when the active
work Of the day should begin From
THIS hour until p. m. It is especially
essential that the mind be concentrated
on the work in hand, During the lunch
hour work should be dismissed from
considerations then work of a lighter
nature may probably occupy the next
Two hours. The hours from four to
SIX should be devoted to out-of-door ex-
ercise; from six to eight to dinner and
amusement, and from eight to ten for
work. Ten o'clock, ordinarily is a
suitable hour for retiring.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1903-10-30

IL is hard to see Just what the Mon
tana legislature, II called IN extraordln-
AIRY session, could do to relieve the
Butte situation, Whatever the trouble
there may be It is legal and not egis-
lative. Were new legislation enacted
the very courts that are now blamed
or criticized would be the ones to first
oonstrue the new legislation, and their
construction might be just as obnox-
ious as the present laws. It looks
very much as though the whole matter
would have TO take the regular course
through the courts.