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The Independent., 1905-10-05

Il M ~ n uikub hOuOOlb lOtbl0u lOt,
' This afternoon the steamer Niihsu
will leave for Kauai with load OF
coal.
Sale OF the Waikiki Annex at the
beach has been postponed to octo-
ber 81.
Repairs to the tug FeeHsss will
be completed by the last cfQthis
week. ~
The steamer Lehua left yesterday
for Molokai aud Maui on lighthouse
business. ,-,x:Sss..sS
Y Sailors OF the Chffel, now'in port
say they deserted bscauss tbo ship y
fall OF Gess. -
The Msuna Los viii get swsy'et
noon tomorrow for Maui and Hai'
wall ports.
The PSrker ranch case stilInhelH
the boards iu Judge Robins9n's
court today. ~ ~
Another meeting OF the Kalihi
Improvement club will be held on
Monday evening.
Yesterday the ship st Francis
departed from her anchorage out.
side for Eleele to discharge coal,
Yesterday afternoon the Teuth
Infantry baseball team defeated the
naval station nine by a score OF 9 to
5.
AS they are cleaning ship, only
q few Of the men OF the italian
cruiser Calsbris will be allowed
ashore tonight.
Judge Robinson yesterday quash'
ed the indictment against four
Japanese charged with conspiracy
against Consul Saito.
JT HaRnor will arrive here about
October 10 to become United States
pay officer, purchasing pay officer
aud general store keeper.
The Maile lima iootbAlleTB met
yesterday for the purpose Of organ
izinR AHd II was arranged tohave
practice begin this afternoon.
The steamer Maui arrived this
morning from Maui ports and will
sail again at B o'clock tomorrow
afternoon on the same Toute.
M T Simonton has filed $1,000
bonds, with Cecil Brown as surety,
as commissioner to sell certain lots
in old oyclomsre park. Kewslo.
The old liner America Maru,
which went through the late war,
will arrive here next Tuesday from
Japan on her way to the Coast.
News has arrived that the Ger
man training ship Herzogin Il Char
lotte put into Montevideo in dis
tress aud that repairs will take sew
sorsl months.
The cases Of Sister Albertina W
David Kswanauakos aud w .
Smith VS. Pacific Heights railway
were argued 10 Supreme court yes
terday and submitted.
The coroner'S jury ia the ease OF
Sato returned o verdict yesterday
afternoon that the man came to his
death by cutting himself with
SsGor with suicidal infant,
Poles and wires are bsing gotten
10 place Tor tho elsstris Syytsp be-
tween WainahA and .WshiAwa,
Ksuai. L l. Robertson will super
intend this part oi the work
The funeral OF the late Mrs j
Hspai Nui is taking place this after
The Independent., 1905-10-05

Ia Parties wishing to disposed OF he
PropeTties.are inuiten TO call on Ms
Omaha daily bee., 1905-10-02

to be commended for their action. Men
who aspire to state offices, will find that
they must place themselves in line with
public sentiment on this question or be
ground to powder with the blow that
smashes the railroad machine
Falls City Tribune; Regardless Of politics
1t seems the plain duty of every Richard
son county voter to cast ballot for v. G.
Lyford for regent Of the state university.
The office, while possessing no remunera-
tive value, is one greatly sought by men
who desire to be OF distinctive service to
the commonwealth. A regent bears the
same relation to the university that MEM
Der Of the school board does to the local
school. Richardson county sends large
number of students to the university, in
fact there are but three counties In the
state which send larger delegations. We
were entitled to the place given Mr.. Lyford
by the state convention. His election Is
assured, but the voters of this county
should be for him without regard to party
Affiliations. No man better qualified was
ever nominated for the office. and his ser.
vice to state will reflect credit on the
county and rebound to the benefit OF the
university.
Omaha daily bee., 1905-10-02
Personal NOTES.


The home of 1.-The whole Dam family"
has christened the town Dam Site.
1t is estimated that If Ambassador Reid
shall keep up the social pace he has set
in England, his term as American repre-
sentative will cost him about a half mil
lion dollars.
A practical Joker terrified a boy by
threatening to throw him from a bridge,
and in the effort to make the pretense
realistic himself, fell of and was drowned.
1t was with this incident the Joke came
In.
Emperor William has a greater fond
ness for posing for photographs than any
other monarch. His latest posing was
for a set Of official portraits of himself
in full regimentals. Something like two
dozen attitudes were assumed.
The movement for a Patrick A. Collins
memorial in Boston has been organized,
and the call is to be for $4,000. The form
of II will be carefully considered when the
money is in hand. The sum aimed at is
about what the, memorials Of John Boyle
O'Reilly and General Bartlett cost.
It is said of Marshall Field. the Chi
cago merchant. that he never borrows
money, never gives note or a mortgage,
never deals in margins on stocks or grain,
always buys goods for cash, sells on
short time and narrow margins and in
sists to the last letter on the fulhllment
of every contract between him and his
customers.
Omaha daily bee., 1905-10-02
PLACING WIRES UNpERGRoUND.


City Electrician Michaelsen makes
strenuous objection to an ordinance now
pending in the council granting permits
sion to electric wiring companies to
keep their wires overhead until October
1, 1906 The city electrician declares
that the enactment of this ordinance
would be a gross injustice to corpora
tons who have constructed conduits for
the electric wires and a gross injustice
to the property owners, who are en-
titled to a reduction of their insurance
rates when the wires go underground.
Mr.. Michaelsen points TO the fact that
all electric lines in the business district
will be underground within sixty days,
except those owned by the street rail-
way company; and Mr.. Michaelsen fur
Their points to the fact that the street
railway company owns no franchise to
furnish electric light and power to con-
sumers, and in so doing is rival of
the electric light company. which must
pay royalty of per cent on its com
mercial business.
From a strictly impartial point OF
view the protest of the city electrician
may be well founded, but from behind
the screens it looks veIy much like an
attempt on his part to prevent the
street railway company from competing
with the electric light company in the
sale of power and light; in other
words, to attempt to give the electric
light company the complete monopoly
Of power and light supply in Omaha
under the guise of protecting the public.
In this connection It is amusing to
note that Mr.. Michaelsen claims for
himself the credit of forcing the electric
wire companies to place their lines
underground. Mr.. Michaelsen has
doubtless done we'll in this direction,
but he evidently is oblivious of the fact
that years before he had set foot in
Omaha The Bee hammered away at mu-
nicipal councils to compel the telegraph,
telephone and electric companies to
place their wires underground. This
demand was at first resisted under the
plea that 1t was not workable, but later
on the telephone company constructed
a conduit Of Its own, demonstrating that
it was feasible to operate its wires I'M
derground as well as overhead. Sub
sequently the electric light company
which has no franchise any more than
the street railway company, Iog-rolled
conduit ordinance through the cohn-
ell under the pretense that it was the
fOrerunner Of the construction OF an
electric power canal that would solve
the light and power problem for Omaha
This was before taking. After the ordi.
nance had passed and the conduit had
been built the electric power canal
scheme was put to sleep to dream the
dream that knows no waking.
What the city should have done was
TO construct, own and operate it's own
conduit or subway, requiring all cleo
tric wiring companies to utilize the mu
| nicipal conduit by paying the city q
Omaha daily bee., 1905-10-02

royalty, instead Of allowing each com
pany to pillow burrows through the paved
streets and alleys, which never can be
restored after they are once torn up.
Being confronted with condition
rather than a theory, the question now
is whether the council grant to the
street railway company an extension Of
twelve months to plant its power and
light wires underground or leave their
customers and all other electric light
and power consumers at the mercy Of
the electric light company.
In view Of the fact that the overhead
trolley wires and the poles supporting
them must remain, so long as that sys-
TEN Of propulsion Of street railway cars
continues, there appears to be no urgent
reason why the tap wires that branch
of from the trolleys could not be al
lowed to remain for twelve months
longer.
In a nutshell, would the council be
justified in destroying competition and
building up an electric light and power
monopoly, even If it only lasts for
twelve months, in view Of the manifest
pressure being brought by existing
franchised and unfranchised concerns to
keep out all competition by lining and
cross-lining our principal business
STREETS with privately owned condults7
Omaha daily bee., 1905-10-02
FOR ELECTRIC TRAINS.

A good deal of interest is being man
ifested in eastern railroad circles re-
garding the project of placing electric
locomotives on the New Haven railway
system. 1t was recently announced that
the president of that system had or
dered twenty-five electric locomotives
and while definite details have not yet
been made public in regard to the pro-
jected electrical equipment Of the sys-
TEN, it is understood that every effort
is being made to have the electric trans
portatlon problem quickly solved. 1t APP
pears to be the intention to use the
electric locomotives between New York
and Stamford, Conn, with the general
expectation that before long they will
run to Boston, which means the elimina-
ton of the locomotive from New York
City. Already the New York Central
is putting in its electric system to ex-
tend some forty miles from the city.
The Long Island railroad is being con-
verted to electric power as rapidly as
possible, while the tunnel lines of the
Pennsylvania will be similarly equip
ped.
The Philadelphia Inquirer remarks
that the most astonishing feature about
all this is that five years ago the rail
way companies declared such a thing
impossible. 1t says that the change Is
partly due to the fact that the com
panies had to do something very radi-
improvement in the generation and
transmission of electricity has reduced
the question to one of expense only.
That three of the largest corporations
in the country" observes that paper,
"have started to use this power is not
only important in itself, but 1t seems
certain that 1t is only a beginning. 1t
is hardly likely all the millions which
are to be spent In installing plants
in New York would have been avail
able were not the prospect of indefinite
expansion good" 1t points out that the
problem is practically one of coal. ."At
present coal is used to create steam
and a most wasteful process 1t is, not
more than 10 per cent of the potentiality
being used. Coal is also used to de-
velop electricity, and much higher
potential from a given amount of fuel
is secured by the use Of turbine en-
gines. Every year the cost of develop
ing and transmitting a unit of electric
ifv becomes less, aside from the value
of coal. If the process continues pro-
gressively for dozen years, the loco
motive, that pride Of the nineteenth
century, will be relegated almost TO
obscurity." The installation of cleo
trical service on the eastern roads must
if it prove successful in operation, pro-
duce a very great change in railroading
in the not very remote future.
Omaha daily bee., 1905-10-02
AccoRDs WirH AMERICAN PoLrCr.

AcCORDS WITH AMERICAN POLTCR.
The offensive and defensive treaty Of
alliance between Great Britain and
japan Is said to have the moral sup
port Of our government, as being in
accord with American policy relative to
affairs in the far east According to
statements from Washington officials
these are pleased with the alliance be-
cause It carries out policies for which
Secretary Hay contended for I'VE
years. AS we have heretofore noted,
It guarantees not only peace I'm Asia and
India. but is a long step in the direc-
ton Of the peace of the world, provides
for the territorial integrity of the
Chinese empire and insures the open
door in the east to the commerce Of
all nations on an equal footing.
The treaty, it is pointed out. crystal
ICES and puts in permanent force the
things for which the United States has
been working for several years, or since
Asiatlc affairs became a matter Of
world wide concern. 1t was this coun-
try which took the initiative, at the
time of the Boxer trouble, in pro-
nouncing in favor of preserving the
territorial integrity and the administra-
tive entity of China, a position to which
European powers reluctantly gave their
assent. 1t was the United States that
championed the principle of the open
door and succeeded in inducing other
nations to give 1t recognition and APP
proval. Now this principle, so i'm
portant to the worlds trade, has been
Incorporated in the Anglo-Japanese
treaty of alliance, thus giving 1t a place
in the relations between the eastern and
western nations which it is likely to
maintain for all time. 1t is said that
Germany alone among the nations is
not pleased with the treaty, but whether
such be the fact or not is of small CON
sequence. She will not decline to ac-
cept the opportunity accorded to her
in common with all other countries for
securing trade In the orient and II is
NV w bo hOublCu VIII III l1lIc give
hearty support to principle the wis.,
dom of which is obvious.
In our diplomatic history the United
States has achieved mounting of greater
value to the nations than that of Sc
curing world assent to the principle of
the open door in Asia. 1t was an act
of far-sighted craftsmanship the i'm
pOrtance of which 1t would be scarcely
possible to overestimate. Under the
operation of that principle the barriers
which have for centuries existed be-
tween the occident and the orient will
be thrown down and there will be es-
tablished mutual interests and relations
that will be of incalculable worth to
mankind. The accord Of the Anglo
japanese alliance with American policy
as to Asia is one of the most significant
facts of the time and contains the
promise Of vast good for all the nations
that have interests or may hereafter
establish interests in the lands of the
orient 1t means not only long-con-
tinued peace in that quarter of the
world, but also an incentive to enter
prise and progress there of universal
benefit. 1t will open a new era for
the eastern world in the advantages Of
which all western nations will share.
Omaha daily bee., 1905-10-02
CARNIVAL TIME.

Ak-sar-Ben they say is the time to feel
gay
When Omaha people will throw care
away.
Wen on with the colors, red, green and
yellow,
Don our. best costume and march with a
fellow"
And now Uncle Reuben while in town this
week
We always will know you. so innocent. so
meek
Don't mind the confetti that's thrown In
your face,
Nor frown on the boys who lead in the
race.
For this week of froiic only comes once
year,
So you must be patient, the closing is
near.
On the Midway at times beware OF the
fakes
The gay Esau who charmeth the snakes
The several beauties of gay Paree,
And three of our sisters by the name or
Cherry.
The Old Plantation. with darkeys who
The Cuban Wild Girl in a three weeks
The Esauimaux village, Streets Of Cairo,
with camels to ride, or else n buTro.
The high-diving elk, or the Ferris Wheel,
And daring pick-pockets, your purse to
steal
Take heed. my good friends, in all yous
good times.
These various shows do rake in the dim0A
When back to the country the 'varnished
We hope ySoai'n remember our Ak-ssr-BeU
show! e. B. b.
Omaha daily bee., 1905-10-02
Misery Loves Company.
Phtiadalnhta Racord

One state insurance examiner has dis
covered something. A Chicago dispatch
says he has found out that the policy
holders in twenty-eight small assessment
companies which merged In the Western
Life Indemnity are without protection; the
ending Of the subsidiary companies ended
their policies. but they are still permitted
TO go on paying premiums Mr.. Frouts
cannot find any one TO blame for this ex-
traordinary situation, FOR the absorption
is done according to law" The west has
been making ribald Jokes at eastern life
insurance, but nothing in the east is so
bad as Abe collection of premiums for years
from persons whose policies have been
extinguished.
Omaha daily bee., 1905-10-02
speaking About Cleveland.

Susan B. Anthony in an Interview.
He isn't worth botherins about have
been invited by several newspapers to
make reply to that article Of Mr.. Cleve-
lands, but what is there to say in reply?
If he had said one new thing, given us
one new idea or suggestion, there might
have been a chance for argument. But
no, Just hash, hash, hash, on the old, old
lines-we are not fitted for It. 1t would
destroy woman in her home life. 1t would
add further corruption to our politics. etc,
to the end of the chapter. What possible
reply can be made to such assertions, based
on not a shadow Of experienced facts7"
Omaha daily bee., 1905-10-02
MIRTHFUL REMARKS.

What makes you so blue? inquired the
first new woman at the club.
MY father-in-law has come to stay with
us" replied the other, and Henry and he
sit at their knitting all day long and cry
about my treatment of Henry. -Philadel-
phia Ledger.
Yes, she's ordered all the papers mad'
over again"
What was the trouble?"
why her husband, by mistake, signed
his name on the top line and she had 10
sign under him" Plain Dealer
Hell was an intimate friend of your
late husband, Can't you give me some
thing to remember him by?
She (shylyl--How would I do?-Topeka
State Journal.
our gas bills are awfully high" pro-
tested the lady. "well, what can you ex.
pect?" replied the collector. 81 pass here
every night, and your gas is always the
same way."-Detroit Free Press.
my new theatre" boosted the manager,
seats even the curtain-all made of steel"
You have overlooked one thing" OBJ
tected the insurance man. 81 attended the
show last night and observed that your
actors are undeniably wooden. It's bad
risk cleveland Leader.
80 you ran across that millionaire when
you was goin' down de road" said Me-
Yes" answered Flooding Pete
ANY conversations"
mo. We tes' exchanged thoughts. ] was
wishing had his money an he was wishin'
he had my appetite. "-Washington Star
Omaha daily bee., 1905-10-02
Tarin shiftinE in the south.

The news that the south Is likely 10
fight revision OF the tariff helps to explain
why the democracy has been searching
since 1896 for a new issue as diligently as
Japhet in search of his father or Coelebs
Of a wife. The south is where the demo-
Gratis live, or people who call themselves
democrats, though now most of them are
firmly in line for policies distinctly republic
can in their origin. Time as well as politics
makes strange bedfsllows
Omaha daily bee., 1905-10-02
How Money Grows in America.

OIICdBU HUT ONtdII.
striking sign of the prosperity of the
American people during the past year is
given by the figures showing the position
OF the national banks on August Is, as com
pared with that on September 6, 1904. These
figures have just been made public by the
comptroller of the currency.
They show that the banks prospered for
their total resources grew from not quite
ST. 600 100000 to nearly $500, 1900, or nearly
Z per cent. But they also show that the
people prospered more rapidly than the
banks, for individual deposits increased
from not quite $500 100000 to nearly $780,
100000, or more than 10 per cent.
Omaha daily bee., 1905-10-02

A leading Photographic concern has a
number of branch offices in New York City
and Brooklyn. People who do business
in them are surprised at one thing. No
matter how often they may call, they
find a new man in charge.
The explanation is easy enough. A man
left too long in one place would form the
acquaintance OF his customers, and become
solid in the neighborhood. The possible
and probable result would be that he
would open a shop Of his own next door
and bid his former employer TO drop of
the earth. Hence his removal before he
has a chance to become warm.
Omaha daily bee., 1905-10-02

Asphalt officials who testify to the
neutrality of the company during the
Venezuelan rebellion probably mean that
when Castro compelled them to con-
tribute funds to the government they
placed a like amount in the hands of
the rebels, so there would be no hard
feelings If the rebellion should become
q revolution
Omaha daily bee., 1905-10-02

Secretary OF Agriculture Wilson ZEN
lures the forecast that retail prices dur
ing the coming winter season for meat,
dairy products, poultry and other neces-
saries of life will be lower. This will
be welcome news to all the consumers
of food products, but as most of them
are from Missouri they will have to be
shown
Omaha daily bee., 1905-10-02

II France and the United States
should make combined demonstration
against Venezuela 1t will not be until
after full investigation and a crystaliza-
ton Of sentiment that this country is
not pulling chestnuts out Of an as
phaltum fire.
Omaha daily bee., 1905-10-02

1t is to be hoped that NJ Witte was
given opportunity to secure bomb
proof house before being created a
count for ii may not have been an act
Of true friendship to call him to the
ranks Of the prescribed in Russia.
Omaha daily bee., 1905-10-02

That man who attempted to black
mail the president of the Equitable Life
must surely be demented or he never
would have waited until Alexander was
out Of the Office before making a start.
Omaha daily bee., 1905-10-02

Judge Vinsonhaler declares that he has
withdrawn his proposed conditional res
ignation because he does not want Rose
water TO dictate his successor. II this
were really true, and he knows 1t is not,
why should Vinsonhaler want to dictate
his own successor?
Omaha daily bee., 1905-10-02

If Germany really desires reciproc-
ity treaty with the United States It
should first find a solution to the prob
lem OF altering American tariff laws
without injuring any industry. The
problem at present seems too deep for
the average American statesman.
Omaha daily bee., 1905-10-02

While the building inspector is MAX
ing the rounds 1t would be well for him
TO note the dangerous billboards that
have been erected in the business cen
ter of Omaha within the last six months.
These billboards do not merely consti-
tute a menace TO life, but also to the
property in case of a general confiagra-
ton
Omaha daily bee., 1905-10-02

A report from Sweden says that an
american newspaper reporter" at the
Karlstad conference could not obtain
sufficient facts upon which to base a
fake" telegram. II this is true that
reporter had never served ON some Of
the yellow journals or the absence OF
facts would have increased the length
OF the story.
Omaha daily bee., 1905-10-02
versatility of Able Minds.

The similarity of the methods OF insur-
ance companies. as developed in the New
York investigation, makes II pretty clear
that able minds have accurately worked
out some other things besides those ex-
pectation Of life tables
Omaha daily bee., 1905-10-02

Should any of those Chicago packers
turn states evidence it may be neces-
sary for the captains of industry to
devise ''gentlemen's agreement" with
out words.
Omaha daily bee., 1905-10-02

Just at present Omaha business men
are turning a deaf ear to all political
talk and 1t is not likely that anybody
will be able to interest them in politics
before the first week in November.
Omaha daily bee., 1905-10-02

With the last of the leaders of the
''rising of AS" dead and ODonovan
Rosa at home, Ireland may be consid-
cred as entering upon a new era-but it
viii require the collaboration Of o'Brien
and Redmond to tell what sort of an
era
Omaha daily bee., 1905-10-02

1t is to be hoped that the controversy
over the Woodmen of the World reserve
fund tax will not be carried into local
politics
Omaha daily bee., 1905-10-02

The projected expansion of the Hill
Burlington system into western and
northwestern Nebraska is represented as
being designed especially for the trans
portatiOn of live stock and farm prod
ucts to Sioux City, Omaha and Kansas
City, but we apprehend that Omaha
will occupy the place between the upper
and the neither milestone.