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THE GENIAL FLAME.
Suocinct Essay on Open Firoplaces and
Gifted Flrew0ods.

n ruv rn,rou IN rur SuN,Si,. ono thinv In
the por,.mouth conference .npe.led IN the dulest.
,h.t 4. ,ho,r on.n h.arth Ar. In the faro Of a
drv,nv nor,h.ast rainstorm. From weatherbeateu
tramns N drlftwood cottaycrs on a Cliff dwelling.
income seven 6vures ione. an sorts and conditions
n, ,s., the Instant now OF An OMEN re asainst
Jun,t.r. ,nclemencles. uis a smell besides. whose
nron.r g,n.v udtchcraft ia much better preserved
IN socetv,s h.ck lance and natures waste nj accs
iran IN the sumptuou,. ar,incaa, makeup Of
eIsyea bycr To date. indeed. there Ia even more
direyence-if ono may push rhetoric 90 far In
IN. nursult OF oomparlsons altogether homely
.-be,w,en modern luxury vc,ec-,nrs of the
old sty,, ar.nl.ee and tho SAME In its
nyt.t,n. ou.,ntness. than between those now
classic dairy "toys at Versailles and the real pa.
tor,I q, a. we know It for good and ali by tho
.yInter,s Tale"
Not that In France OF course they have quite
~. Tho n.p We sn,oke NJ Sioog chi
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Prince John Of Walss.

on Thursday brings back into the royal family q
namo which has not been borne for centuries BY
any English prince, at any rate - chief appelation.
Indeed. w ban only recall Its secondary use In the
case OF his present Ma,estys third son. chr,s,ensd
alexander John Charles Albert" who lived but
4 day. Otherwise the associations OF the name
In this respect belong wholly 10 Pantagenet times
King John enjoys . Questionable immortality,
and the same may be said Of John Of GAunt. the
greatest OF the namo being undoubtedly that Duke
of Bedford who was Regent Of France In the minor
ity Of Hcary W., soldier hardly inferior In ability
70 tho victor Of Agtnoourt. Few now remember
tina, We wore meant 70 have . John II. In the list
Of our soverelgns, the eldest son OF Henry III.
being called John. He died young, a. did another
Of the name. the second son Of Edward H.. who
vac created Earl Of Cornwall. The Tudon made
10 Of the designation. nor. after their accsesoa
- tAs EngliaA tAsons. did ~ StuAyts.
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The Mosauito's Choice Of a Home

To THE EDITOR OF THK SuN--.sfr: | have Nc.n
down at Asbury Park and In that vicinity along
Deal Lake this summer on several occasions, and
feel sure that there are practically no mosquitoes
there. STILL all the conditions appear favorao."
for their breeding and the shore Of the lake seems
to be especially 40. The trees are thick 'h'r'
there Is grass for them. and In every way naiur'
scents TO have done her share In supplying the
needs OF mosquito life. Yet there arc. as SAY
practically no mosquitoes. though they are nuneI'
Gus enough at other points In the near neishoof'
hood Under the circumstances. would 1t not ~
q good Idea for the scientists to study conditions
there and discover, II possible. what's An'ason'sc
10 the pesky little insect In that part OF jersey
Possibly Investigation might lead TO such know
edge that the same conditk,ns might be REPRODUCED
all along the coasts within hundred miles OF HeN
York, with some attention TO inland points where
they exist. IHA'hhh"
INV YORK, Aug. 10
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The affidavit Of certain reputable citi-
zens OF Linn county" Ia still weaker:

zens OF Linn county" Ia still weaker
"Dtar Governo,
We present this bottle OF sparkling water from
the John Brown spring IN Linn county. hoping
you will honor the inonory OF JOIN brown by
using the water from this beau to chs,en
the ship that Is to bear tho proud name Kansns'
After this dnky bottle has ceased to be useful as
receptacle for this sparkling aud. kindly accept
II for use on your dining room table. compli'
ments Of YouR Linn COUNTY FRIENDS"
The Kansas City journal, published In
State which looks upon drinking water
even for "chascr" purposes, as unsani-
tary, passes this summary judgment:
Since tho ba,tleshlp Kansas was chris.oned
with water from JOHN BROWNS spring people are
anxious TO locate that spring. As matter OF
fact there Il no John Brown spring. Tho water
was taken from spring In Linn county where It
Is supposed JOHN BROWN once took a drink
Governor HocH will not treasure his
dinky bottle less for these envious GIBBS
In time, doubtless, that bottle will be
deposited in some museum or the rooms
Of the Kansas His orical Society and
labeled:
Bottle out OF which JOHN BROWN drank nom
his Linn county spring"
Have the Kansas skeptis gone far
enough in their inquiries2 Is not JOHN
BROWN Of Osawatomie a Sunfower
sun myth? His execution is the old
story Of the staying Of the bright god Of
day by the powers Of darkness. His
solicitude for the colored race is but the
obscuration Of the sun gods rays by
cloud or his daily setting. His spring
is the sea and the rivers from which he
draws water"
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stu Hope for Huxley.


Our esteemed contemporary The NRw YoRK SUM-
which claims 10 hAva seen him nrst." to day hangs
In an agony OF suspense the impending fate Of
tho would be Hon. kinsey Huskey Of Cherokee,
the sspirant for legislative honors who has split
900 rails my own self In one winter" and who 10
sure that III will try a. hard - ought to" can
do anything Abe Lincoln did" Tho primary
came on" In Cherokee Tuesday and the would be
Honorable Huskey received i+s votes, while his
leading opponent got as many as as. But. gloomy
as things look for Huskey. there may yet be some
hope for Il is possible that the leader. DR.. Ander-
son. has not majority Of the vote cast. In which
case there will be second race with Huskey In
tho running. We hope No. II will be great pity
Il the would be Honorable Huskey should have his
political ambition 30 soon pipped In the bud. II
would be misfortune to his county and his State
There 10 strong need Just now Of statesmen Of
the Abraham Lincoln type. and II would Be .
calamity II Mr.. Huxley. who Is sure he can do
anything Abe Lincoln did," should not have .
"try out" at his ambition.
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amt . politician. 90 help mo GoD. ain't.-Ths
Hon. BENJAMIN RYAN TILLhAE.
Senator TILLMAN Is a careless quoter.
In letter written the other day he gave
this version OF PoPE's we'll known couplet:
About forms of law let fools contest. that law
which Is best administered 10 best
The correct version OF the pious denial
given above is this:
Il amt pollticianer, 50 help mo Boz. I aint
ainr q politlcianer, I'm Jest little saint
The edge Of 'politicianer' is not worn
of. It is freeher. stronger and more ex-
pressive than its hsckneyed brother.
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The Hole Which Twenty-Five MILLION
cubic Yards Will Mako.

Chairman SHoNTs Of tho Panama
Canal Commission is reported as saying
at Washington:
A comprehensive plan has been formulated
for moving asooo,ooo cubic yards OF dirt. Until
tho typo Of canal has bean determined, cans say
wns, percentage Of tho canal that ngurs viii oom-
ple,e but It will be big hole"
This sounds like business, and Mr..
SHoNTss announcement has naturally
attracted much attention. As he justly
remarks, it is impossible to say yet what
percentage OF the canal the 25,ooO, 900
cubic yards will complete. 1t is like
wise impossible to say how much money
the removal OF the 100000 cubic yards
will cost.
The unknown factor in the first prob.
lem is the type OF canal; that is, the
level to which Mr.. SHoNTs will have to
dig before the canal can be opened to
traffic.
The proportion Of the total cost which
will be represented by the excavation OF
the $4,000 900 cubic yards contemplated
by Mr.. SHoNTs's comprehensive plan
is also Understandable, not only because
the total cost Of the canal is, like the
type OF the canal, an unknown quantity,
but also because the cost of excavation
varies greatly according to the character
Of material excavated. The schedule
adopted by the Walker commission for
the purpose of their inquiries and esti-
mates ranged from 20 cents a cubic yard
for dredgable material and As cents for
earth not handled by dredge. up to 80
cents for soft rock, $ll5 for hard rock
and A.75 for rock under water.
Fortunately we have one method OF
measuring, by comparison the hole
which Mr.. SHoNTs's 25,OOo0oo cubic
yards will make at Panama.
Before We took over the job from the
French company the engineers OF our
Tsthmian Canal Commission made a
careful estimate OF the amount OF ex-
cavation already accomplished which
would be of value in the further prose-
c,lton of the work. They found and re-
ported to the President on January 10,
1902, that the Frenchmen had benefited
us in this respect to the extent of SO, $50, 1892
cubic yards; and tho estimated money
value of this amount Of French excava-
ton, at the standard rates adopted by
the commission and allowing 20 per
cent for contingencies, was $27, 4,0S3.
The hole which the 25,OOO,0O0 cubic
yards will make, therefore, is just about
hve-eighths the size Of the hole which
the Frenchmen had already made when
the United States Government bought
them out.
The cost Of our first $4,000, 900 cubic
yards of dirt moved, supposing that in
grades Of material it averages about like
the Frenchmen's 39,5S6,332 cubic yards
as appraised by the Walker commission,
will be in round numbers sls,0OO,OOO.
We do not recall these figures and
make this comparison to magnify the
difficulty of the job, but to illuminate the
Understandings of those who think the
French Panama Company sold us gold
brick.
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with the Swedish sovereign, on. tho
ground that friction between the swe-
dish and Norwegian peoples would thus
be minimized and the way smoothed
to an ultimate triple alliance on tho part
Of the Swedish, Norwegian and Danish
kingdoms,
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John Browns Bottle.

B,lhhfng with pride and self-applanse.
the Hon. EDWARD w. HoCH, Governor
OF Kansas, has returned to Topeka from
Camden and the launching of the battle
ship Kansas. Before the launching It
was believed that he had yielded to prec-
edent and the Navy Department and
sailor superstitions, and consented to
the use of breaker of champagne on
the bows Of the Kansas. At the last
moment bottle Of water, said to be
from JOHN BROWNS spring" was
substituted Old tars shake their heads
The Drys utter thanks and hymns. The
aspirations rimed two years ago by the
Rev. ERNEST LEE THOMPSON have been
made fact
"chrsten her not as pagan:
Baptise her not with champagne.
But send for the sunkissed waters
From p.ohbiton's domain.
"Then halt. all hail TO the Kansas,
As abe cuts the oceans brine.
Let her DO chris,eied with water.
Nor ever be cursed with wine"
"Not member of our party but my
wife and myself. says the happy HocH,
"knew that we had a bottle Of water
from JOHN BROWNS spring with U.S."
; But was 1t JOHN Browns spring
waters Did JOHN BROWN ever have q
spring? Alasl back wounding calumny
the whitest virtue strikes. Skeptics
and emitters Of historic doubts are not
wanting in Kansas. They say that
JOHN BROWN never owned any real es-
tate in Kansas, never had spring or a
we'll. Some Of the defenders Of the au-
thenticity Of the John Brown well rather
weakly aver that at least Ne once took a
drink out Of his 80 called spring. The
Governor says that he "has the docu-
ments to prove" the authenticity OF the
spring. We are afraid that he il not a
trained historical inquirer. One of the
documents is this affidavit:
TO whom may concern:
This 10 70 certify that personally visited the
historic John Brown spring on the premises for
msriy owned by JOHN BROWN. and procured the
water contained In this bottle. IsAAcA. DAVE"
This merely shows that Mr.. DAVIS got
a bottleful Of water from what he re-
CARDS as @the historic. spring. The
world is full Of JOHN BROWNS and springs.
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In no way can this increase, in some
cases enormous, be attributed 10 tariff
influences. Its due almost, II not quite.
solely to decreasing supply, increased
demand and higher wages for those who
handle the wood from stump to building.
Among miscellaneous items entering
into building processes the following
may be cited. The basis Of COMPARE
son is the same az that Of the foregoing
table.
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It's a pieasd.s w md Or. OsLHR recommending
thu practise 81 .adng In bed for half hour before
going 10 seep.-Hayfford Tkde,,
There Is no other comfortable way Of
reading. 1t is the greatest intellectual,
and one Of the greatest physical, Mxuries
procurable. But you want more than q
book. You want cigar. There is no other
really ft smoking room. Bed. book and
cigar, and let the timid squawk in horror.
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when 10 Go to Work.

From nv NeFchdnFS Rfc1eW.
II had humble hundred,
Ia leave the city's din
And blde while at Coney lsle,
And blow that hundred In.
II I had q humping thousand,
Id buy Q put or call
Down 10 "thc street" whose pace Ia feet,
And maybe lose II all,
II had . mighty million,
"A touring car Ia get;
With spirits high. away I'd ny
To the fsrthest coast, you bet.
II had q blooming billion
With ne'er chance 70 shlrk
Tank I'd 90 70 work.
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To THE EDITION OF TEE SUN-.str: Ny attention
has been called to letter on American beer thA,
appeared In your Issue OF Aug. II, signed Nv. s..
Seamsns. N. D." request that you print In yoJr
next morning edition that the only w. s. Seamans
registered in the New York county ofncial list Of
physicians IL myself. and that emphAtically deny
thc authorship Of said letter. It would appear that
my name has been used BY your correspondent
without my sanction and apparently With intention
70 deceive. WILLIAM s. SRAMANs. ND.
NEW YORK. Aug. 10. 10 broadway.
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Foreign Contract Opportunities

Contracts are In the market for electric power
and lighting. electric railways, water and sewerage
works. gaa works. public baths and buildings. DO,
a. the case may b. 70 be paid for out Of bonds IS
sued by the following German municipalities. TO
the amounts set opposite each:
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n our friends vho favor Us Dfta mahu'enp' ~,
publication otsh 10 hare rejected an'eeA
nusf m all cases send stamps for that purpose
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1905-07-12
MORTON STOPS THE TALKING
Issues Circular Telling OhicIaIs and
Employees of Equitable to
BE SuSAG

NEW YORK, July n.-Chairman Morton
of the Equitable Life Assurance society,
in a circular letter warns all officials and
employees of the society not to discuss pub
licly the society's affairs
In the future. when there is anything
to be said l will say it," is the concluding
statement of MIR. Morton's letter.
Chairman Morton announced this after
noon that he intended to retain the services
Of Second Vice President Gage E. Tarbell.
Mr. Tarbell and / have agreed to work
together for the present" said Mr.. Nor
ton He will have a chance TO demon
strate his usefulness to the society along
the lines Of his special work and then II
we DO not agree later, why one or the
other of us will leave the society"
Mr. Morton also said that the resigna-
ton of Archibald c. Haynes, local agent
of the Equitable, will not be accepted. He
added that he expects Mr.. Haynes to with
draw the resignation which already has
been presented to the chairman to take
effect January / next
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1905-07-12
SOLDIERS FIRE ON THE POLICE
Authorities Investigate the Trouble
Between Troops and
Civilians.

HAVANA, July 1.-Two deaths have re-
suited from the conflicts last night between
Cuban artilerymen and civilians. Captain
Portundo of the artillery, who received
bullet wound in the intestines, died this
evening. OF the score of persons reported
injured most of them sustained slight con-
tusions, inflicted by policenens clubs
The body Of the policeman, Amparo Her
nandez, was escorted to the cemetery by
100 policemen and the Municipal band fol-
lowed by government and city officials.
The first conflict occurred between artll-
lerymen and policemen and the toughs who
infest the locality. Then the company of
soldiers who were sent to restore order
mutinied and fired upon the police. Gen
eral Freye and Rado, secretary OF the IN
terror, are rigidly inquiring into the identity
of the official who ordered the company of
artiilerymen to that district and are also
| endeavorlng to find out who Is responsible
for the lack OF discipline. The lieutenant In
command of the artilierymen says he was
ordered to en- train by telephone message
from some artillery captain who had pre-
viously arrived at the police station to in
vestigate the participation of their men in
deny that they ordered any troops to the
scene of the disturbance.
General Rodriguez and other Cuban mill
tary men are ashamed Of the lack of disci-
pline shown by the manner in which TWEEN
ty-five soldiers under orders were so easily
excited into attack of the police. The
soldiers have long persisted in regarding
the police as their rivals.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1905-07-12
WILLIAMSON WRITES NUMBERS
strong Evidence Connecting Oregon
Congressman with Fraudulent
Land Entries.

PORTLAND, Ore, July u-Aside from
the testimony OF three witnesses, Wilford ].
Crane, George NJ. Gaylord and Christian
Fouerhelm, to the effect that they had met
and oonversed with Congressman William
son relative to filing on timber lands and
that the congressman had written the num-
bers OF their claims for them, a letter read
by District Attorney Heney to show the re-
lations between DR.. Van Gessner and Chris
tian Feurhelm and the knowledge of the
defendant. was the most interesting piece
OF testimony at the trial of Congressman
Williamson today. The letter of Van Geas-
ner 10 Feurhelm. which was dated March
l2 last, advised Feurhelm 10 go TO The
Dalles land Office and rellnquish his tim
ber claim. Van Gessner wrote that he
would have to give up all his timber claims
to avoid getting into trouble. owing to the
activity of Attorney General Moody.
The witnesses, Crane, Gaylord and Feur-
helm, testified to Williamson's knowledge
of their purpose Of taking up land for un-
lawful purposes They told of conversa-
tions in which the congressman took part.
of meetings in the woods. of his writing
down the numbers OF pieces of land upon
which they were TO file and his participa-
ton In a conference in Van Gessner s
once, where the contents OF a newspaper
article relating 10 the land frauds were dis
cuSsed,
me government dragged from the un-
willing witnesses admission OF their own
guilt In perjuTing themselves. the admis-
sion being made that there was an agree
ment between them and Williamson. Van
Gessner and Biggs that they would receive
$500 upon final proof. or a bonus Of SIS. for
perjuring themselves and violating the land
laws of the nation.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1905-07-12
LITTLE GIRL BADLY BURNED
Gasoline Thrown on Bonfire ExplOdes
and Envelopes Child in
Flames.

A drop of gasoline falling from bottle
to the flames of a bonfire near Eleventh
and Capitol avenue Tuesday afternoon at
o'clock, caught fire to the clothing Of
Vetta Schrodman, a 4-year-old girl, living
at 200 North Eleventh street. and she re-
ceived injuries from which she died at $3.50
o'clock last night at the Clarkson hos
pital
The child was playing on the street when
one of her companions came up with a
bottle OF gasoline. The schrodman child
started of with her companion and in
passing bonfire in the alley near Daven-
port street a drop fell to the flames and
Immediately caught to the clothing of the
child and she was horribly burned.
Montgomery Logan, young colored man,
was passing and heard the childs screams
and ran to her assistance. He wrapped
his coat around the child body, but could
not put the flames out before she was
fatally burned. The girls rescuer put the
child in an express wagon standing nearby
and took her to the police station where
Surgeon Willis administered all relief pos
sible, after which she was taken to the
| Clarkson hospital, where she died. Logan
was severely burned on the right hand
Police Surgeon Willis dressed his burns
| also.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1905-07-12
MORE GRAFT in MILWAUKEE,
Grand Jury Returns Sixty-Seven Ad-
ditiOnaI Indictments Against
Twenty-Five OmciaIs.

MILWAUKEE. July l1.-Sixty-seven in
dictments against twenty-five individuals,
most of whom are former county officials,
were handed down by the Milwaukee
county grand jury late today in the munic-
ipal court. The probing Of the jury stiT
goes on, the terms not expiring until Sep
tember l. Today's batch of true bills
added TO the thirty-eight returned ten
days ago, makes a total OF lO5 thus far,
with the expectation that further probing
will result in many more indictments being
brought in later on. Today's list contains
twenty out Of tho twenty-one names re-
turned in the last batch, there being but
five new names not before reported. Nearly
all Of the indictments charge bribery in the
sum OF $50, the amounts, IL is alleged, hav-
ing been paid TO present or former county
officials I'm connection with the awarding OF
county contracts for the erection of an
addition to the county hospital several
years ago. Many of the indictments are
the result of confessions Of Otto Seidel, jr,
and Edward T. Strauss, former members
OF the county board.
Fred c. Schultz, a newspaper reporter, is
indicted on one count. charged with Offering
a bribe OF $50 TO Herman ]. Pioneering a
member OF the state assembly In 1901, TO
vote against the primary election bill.
Pioneering is indicted. charged with accept
ing the bribe.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1905-07-12
NEBRASKA WEATHER FORECAST
REPUBLICANS OF TENTH WARD
Club Organized and Omcered for the
New Division on the
south side.

Some fifty or more republicans of the
new Tenth ward assembled at Metz's hall
on South Thirteenth street, near William.
Tuesday night and effected an organiza-
ton of the Tenth Ward Republican club.
Fred Benin was made temporary chair
man Of the meeting and Bert c. Miner
temporary secretary. The question of a
permanent organization was at once taken
up and c. e. Foster. Sam Scott and B. c.
Miner were placed in nomination for presi-
dent. Mr.. Miner subsequently withdrew
his name and the ballot resulted in the
election of Mr.. Foster as president. Sam
Scott was elected vice president by ac-
clamation. Frank Kaspar, jr., was unani-
mously elected secretary and b. c. Miner
similarly elected treasurer.
c. E. Foster, B. c. Miner and Fred Behm
sr.. were made a committee Of three to
prepare a constitution and bylaws for the
club, to report at the next meeting, which
was set for Tuesday evening, July 25.
After some discussion as TO the proper
name of the club It was decided to call II
the Tenth Ward Republican club.
The president was authorized to appoint
three committees OF five members each tc
be known as the executive, finance and
speakers committees, and to report theiI
names at the next meeting.
Short addresses were made by E. r
| Bradley, candidate for denomination as
coroner; w. NJ. Mckay, candidate fol
coroner; Constable Ed Simpson; George w
Roberts, candidate for county surveyor; ]
H. Berger, Fred Kaspar, sr., Fred Benin
Sam Scott, Frank Bandhauer and Ed Peter
/ son.
vote of thanks was rendered Mr.. Kas
par for the free use of the hall for tht
meeting. The club will hold it's meetings a
/ this same hall in the future.