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Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1905-11-01


isn't that right" Carter thought
that ne had very verdant subject
on MS hands and with a smile of
conscious superiority replied: Il
nave an office in my home town and
II yo1l have any legal problems that
you desire to have solved shall be
pleased to enlighten you for finan-
cial consideration" Not in the least
abashed Babson drew from hispocket
a ten cent piece and held it ont TO-
ward Carter with the words: Here
tell us what you know and hand
back the change" In the roar Of
laughter which followed the court
joined.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1905-11-01

man of IS may be fit to command q
bait eship, and yet too Old to dc
work in some minor occupation.
Incidentally the president takes
pains to remind the senate that he
can tell a railway rate regulating
bill from a large ornamental bluff.
President Roosevelt captured
Richmond with ease, and is pleased
to report that the only difficulty he
experienced was in getting away.
Maybe gang like that of Phila-
delphia does not look as obnoxious
to man accustomed to the United
States Senate as it does to normal
persons.
A Harvard College paper says
there is something wrong with
football" It is Yale's intention to
show that there is something wrong
with the kind of football Harvard
plays, at all events.
AS our loving Filipino subjects
compare the views advanced bv
Secretary Taft, and Mr.. Bryan, they
must get queer notion Of the state
of things in this country.
A few weeks steady in the office
of the marriage licence clerk, would
show those sceptical scientists
whether or not cupid is still at large
and practicing his trade.
While the Japanese will greet Mr..
Bryan cordially, he must not expect
that they will exert themselves to
provide whales" for his luncheon
as they did for Secretary Taft.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1905-11-01
victed on the jury's thirteenth bal

victed on the jury's thirteenth bal
lot.
Instead of replning, let the
Mutual policyholders cheer up and
think what might have been. if
President McCurdy had more rela-
tives.
Metropolitan policemen OCCASION
ally do something original. One of
them saw three pickpockets in a
street car the other day and ar
rested them.
Mllwaukeeans who have been
! trained to think that it is bad morals
to tip the waiter, wouldn't get any
thing to eat in New York.
New York is living in hope.
Every time Marshall Field Of Chi
cago, passes through that town,
talks about the possibility of having
big store, begin.
1t doesn't exactly tickle the
politicians to note that District
ATTORNEY Jerome is turning them
away at his meetings.
Judging from the Pittsburg ex-
ample, a political pull is not first
class security for bank loan.
If President Roosevelt calls the
German ambassador "Specky" what
can be his pet name for Castro?
That Pittsburg express clerk ap-
pears to have taken 800, 900 just to
pay for his initiation into the third
degree"
The man who discovered the
diamond mines at Pretoria. has
come to this country looking for
diamonds. He Will find that the
leading diamond fields are the
boxes" at the grand opera.
King Oscar feels almost ss bad
over loosing Norway, as Chauncey
Depew did over the loss of his in
surance ready money"
Also it should be borne in mind
that it irritated too much, Mccall, |
McCurdy, ct al, may decide next
time, just to let the blamed old
country go to the bowwows.
The title of President Roosevelt
to be considered a genuine south
erner," is certainly not open to dis
plte.
Still, it would seem that the Iowa
woman who asks divorce because
her husband has not taken a bath
IN twenty-five years, ought to be
used to him by this time.
Attorney Hughes has dug pretty
deep into the mire of the New
YORK insurance business, but ap-
he is not anywhere near
the bottom yet.
Certainly it is an odd view that a
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1905-11-01

The Madison Democrat tells the
following of Thomas B. Reed. When
a young man, just completing the
study of law, he wrote to the post
master of a small Arkansas town.
asking what opportunities it offered
for an honest lawyer, stating that he
was a republican. This answer
came back: eff you are a reprbli-
can the game laws will protect you,
and it you are an honest lawyer
there won't be any competition I"
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1905-11-01
Observations.

One of our local attorneys who
draws up many important wills is
frequently bothered by inquisitive
people wanting to know how much
money and property are involved.
Upon the death of a certain well
known citizen village gossip under
took to find out the facts. Calling
upon the lawyer the gossip re-
marked:
Well suppose you made Mr..
Blanks will?
Yes.
Well then YOU probably know
about how much he left. Would
you mind telling me?
Oh no-certainly not-he left
every cent he had.
~
In certain case Babson was a
young lawyer of western town
while the opposing counsel Carter
was a much better known attorney
OF neighboring city. Babson was
addressing the jury and-having ex-
planned point of law to the jurors
turned to Carter with the words:
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1905-11-01

lowered interest whenever it eot
good and ready.
Tammany will now endeavor f.
show that the Hearst boom in New
York is composed of mixture Of
red ink" and fire works.
Let all pretenders step back an6
make way for Col. Watterson. the
original Roosevelt man.
With regret, the Prudential com.
pany perceives that Its turn or
the investigative gridiron comes
next.
Where did you get it?" is prov
ing to be about as uncomfortable a
question for Boss Murphy as it was
for Boss Croker.
Secretary Taft's qualifications in
the matter of avoirdupois will be
rated at high value whenever he
sits down on boss like Cox of Gin
cinnati
Fire broke out in the executive
mansion where Gov. Folk lives
the governor having left some of
his antiboodle speeches" around
in proximity to the woodwork.
Doubtless those sharks that hang
about ST. Augustine looking for
something good, had heard from
the bears of Colorado, for thew
struck out for deep water when the
president took his plunge.
Doubtless the Prudential company
is SO very proper that it does not ap-
preciate the efforts of the investiga-
ton committee to firt with it.
Will the yellow fever germ make
the discovery that a visit from the
president is more to be dreaded
than visit from polite and mild
Jack Frost?
A Cleveland man who has been
dead for four years was brought
back to life. They can't spare any
of them in Ohio, during a campaign
year.
1t is a lucky life insurance com
pany that has nothing to explain.
By his dash across the continent.
3. Fl. Hartman expects to expose
Scotty of Death Valley, Ariz., IN his
true colors as pitiable piker.
Bill Devery's declaration that
Jerome is ION the square, NAV be
only a malicious effort to discredit
him with the New York electorate
Senator Penrose of Pa. says that
the Republicans of his state shave
no apology to offer" If they had.
they would have nerve to offer it.
Any one who thinks there is
in the superstition, should
consult the prisoner who was con-
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1905-11-01

''Who is the richest man in the
world?" asks an exchange and be-
gins measuring millions against mil
lions All wrong. The richest man
IN the world is the one who gets the
greatest amount of happiness out of
what he has, whatever it is. It is
an old truth, but it was never truer
than it is to-day.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1905-11-01

If Chinaman dies while being
tried for murder, the fact of his dy-
ing is taken as evidence Of his guilt.
H. has departed but somebody must
suffer and his eldest son if he has
one is sent to prison for year.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1905-11-01

Uncle Sans oldest civilian EN-.
ploye in point of service is Thomas
Harrison accountant and correspond
ence clerk of the naval observatory
For fifty seven years he has worked
in the observatory and is an author
ity on naval observatory history.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1905-11-01

Roosevelt marched into New Or
leans and captured their hearts.
The hide-bound old rebel city threw
open it doors and waved its flags
our fiag-as it had not done since
the Mexican war.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1905-11-01
Electric Sparks.

When the Fall River, Mass, cot
ton-mill workers are not on strike.
they spend their tune in getting
ready for the next one.
The insurance presidents LOAN
and Graft Union" raised wages and
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1905-11-01

Lenroot may be sorry he ever lis
tened to "Bob" and his seductive
ways before the time for the spring
caucuSes comes.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1905-09-25
CHARLES b. LETTON.

Bradshaw Republican: In the selection
OF Judge Charles B. Letton for the su-
preme bench the republican state conven-
ton conferred an honor upon one of Ne
braska's most worthy citizens. The con-
vention, to our mind, could not have done
better. Mr. Letton should be elected by
the largest majority ever given any state
candidate. because ne is clean, competent
and one OF the common people.
wahoo Wasp: The republican state con-
vention nominated Hon. c. B. Letton for
supreme Judge after a very exciting con-
test. The candidates for the nomination
were all gentlemen OF ability. fully COM
petent to I'LL the position, but, after all,
Judge Letton appears to come nearer rep
resenting those ideas for which the re-
publican party is contendinB that his
rivals. We congratulate Jsdge Letton on
his great victory and believe the party
and state made no mistake in choosing
him as their standard bearer
Humboldt Leader: Judge c. Il. Letton
is recognized as one OF the most able
iurists OF the state, and we OF the judicial
district where he has served credltably as
Judge know him to be in every way wor-
thy of confidence. His elevation to the
supreme bench in the state of Nebraska
at this time would be a most fitting tribute
to his talents and his high standing and
his selection for the race by the republican
party is a compliment TO the southeastern
part of the state, which is most enthusiast
tic in behalf of Fairburys favorite.
Blue Springs Sentinel: The republican
state convention could not have made a
better selection for its candidate for the
supreme bench than they did when they
named Judge Charles b. Letton, Fair
bury. The Judge has grown to manhood
in Jefferson county. and those who have
known him longest and best are his
warmest supporters. The editor OF the
Sentinel is pleased to see him secure this
nomination. For eight years he was judge
Of the First judicial district and retired
TO accept a position as supreme court
commissioner with a spotless record. His
majority will be a handsome one, ...,.
Beatrice Times: Judge Letton has come
into possession Of much more than a nom
nation to the supreme bench by politi-
cal party that is abundnntly able to elect
him. His nomination carries with 1t the
guarantee that in him the masses of the
people OF Nebraska have friend in the
best sense OF the term, while every cor
porate interest can, with equal certainty,
rely upon absolutely fair treatment at
his hands His great majority at the No
vember polls should be reflex Of the
heroic and dramatic conditions which made
him the nominee OF the republican party
for supreme judge. Gage county should
give him 1000 majority over all opponents,
and the Times predicts here and now that
this Is just about what II will do.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1905-09-25
FOLLOWING AMERICAN EXAMPLE.

The Canadian tariff commission has
entered upon its work Of investigation
as to how the Industrial and other in
terests feel in regard to the fiscal policy
of the Dominion and the matter is be-
ing freely discussed in the press. This
indicates very general sentiment in
favor of following the example Of the
United States in protecting its indus
tries A Toronto paper that advocates
greater protection for the manufsctur-
ing industries argues that Canada is to-
day In very much the same position as
this country was in the days of the
triumph of free trade in Britain and
points to the great results that have
come to us from the adoption of policy
under which our industries have been
built up and our vast resources de-
veloped.
The paper urges that Canada's future
as q nation depends on attainment of
commercial and industrial independence.
1t says that the present tariff has re-
suited In an influx of capital into the
Dominion and in the establishment OF
home industries and has compelled
United States producers to manufacture
there. The logical conclusion is that
more protection for the Canadian in
dustries will attract still more capital
to that country to be invested i'm manu-
features, with the effect of leading the
country forward toward Industrial and
commercial Independence. While there
are some who earnestly oppose this posi-
ton the evidence appears to be that
the number of such is not as large as
formerly and is steadily diminishing.
1t is very difficult to combat the argu-
ments drawn from the example Of the
United States, where the principle OF
protection has had its greatest though
not it's only vindicatlon. When the Ca
madam people have brought to their at
tention the statistics of the wonderful
industrial expansion of this country,
particularly during the past thirty years,
II is impossible that they can fail to
realize the benefits and advantages of
the American policy or doubt that its
application to themselves would be
greatly beneficial. They have very gen
orally come to believe that industrial
and commercial independence is attain
able and they see in our example the
way to reach 1t.
There is reason to believe that the in
vestigatiOn being prosecuted by the tariff
commission viii show that the senti-
ment Of the country is very strongly in
favor of more protection. The manu-
featuring interests are OF course united
for this policy. They have been urging
II for several years and are now doing
so more vigorously than ever. The agri-
cultural interests also desire the upbuild-
ing OF the home market and undoubtedly
Will TO large extent be found favorable
to a policy that will attract population
and capital What may be expected,
therefore, is a revision OF the Dominion
tariff increasing duties on all manufac-
lures imported into the country This
would necessarily mean a decrease in
our exports TO Canada, now very large.
II is noteworthy In competition with this
matter that Canadian seISiment for reel
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1905-09-25

guished literary merit" When the decora-
ton arrived DR.. Egan was away. Mrs.
Egan, who has small generation for royalty
forwarded IL to him saying in a letter that
she was sending him "a sort OF trousers
button" which had just come from Europe.
An association has been formed at wash
ington. with Charles c. Glover of Riggs
bank at It's head, to erect a monument to
Pocabontas. The jamestown exposition
is to be made the occasion of the dedica-
ton. Committees OF 100 win be formed,
The first 100 will be composed OF the de-
scendants of Pocahontas. among whom are
some of the most distinguished persons in
the country. The committees win collect
the money to erect the monument.
Peter p. Shelley of Boise city, Idaho,
contributes TO the Portland Oregonian a
great boost for the ozone OF his home city.
He says It has no rival outside OF Pau and
Lourdes in France. These favored spots
have certain drawbacks, whereas In Boise
one may inhale undiluted the perfumed
air of Paradise This song. IS shade
more melodious than that which Mr.. Shelley
used to sing when Omaha was his habitat.
But the old love is shelved for the new.
button to the effect that Mr.. Shelley has
applied to President Roosevelt for a posi-
ton on the Interstate Commerce commits
sion, stating that he is the only applicant
west of the Missouri river endowed with
proper qualifications for the job who is not
in some way connected with a railroad"
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1905-09-25

Railroad managers and railroad at
torneys hail the levy Of fines on the four
Chicago packers who pleaded guilty as
affording an excellent argument why
congress should not enact railroad rate
law. Their claim is that these fines
show that the federal government has
in its hands all the power needed to fine
all who enjoy rebates. and therefore a
railroad rate law is unnecessary. Mani
testify the railroad managers are oblivi-
Gus of the fact that there is such thing
as excessive railroad rates and that there
can be such a things as unjust discrim-
ination between localities as well as be-
tween shippers.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1905-09-25
MAKE OMAHA MORE ATTRACTIVE.


Omaha is no longer in its swaddling
clothes, but it is still in the formative
period. The greatest mistake Of its
founders was that they staked out the
old townsite with a view to getting the
largest number Of corner lots. That ac-
counts for the short blocks, the wide
streets and checker board formation.
For this blunder the second generation
of Omaha's upbuilders have paid hun
dreds of thousands of dollars and will
eventually pay millions Of dollars In the
cost Of paving, heavy expense Of main
tenance OF pavements and greater cost
Of street cleaning.
A more costly and more inexcusable
blunder was the creation of a separate
corporation for South Omaha, laid out by
Omaha capitalists and built up on
Omaha capital and which must event
ually become part Of the Greater Omaha.
This blunder is responsible for the black
eye Omaha received after the collapse of
the padded census Of 1890, which left 1t
with a census population slightly exceed
ing 100000 when 1t would have been
credited with a population approximate
ing 100000 To the outside world South
Omaha is just as remote from Omaha as
South Chicago is from Chicago, or East
Liberty, the stock yards center of Pitts
burg, is from the smoky" city.
A later blunder still was the absorb
ton of 100000 voted for the acquisition
of park grounds in large tracts Of unim-
proved land, clear out Of reach of the
industrial population for whose benefit
parks are chiefly maintained, when by
rights a large portion of the park fund
should have been expended in the ac-
QUESTION of small squares and tracts Of
land in the heart of the city with view
to breaking the monotony of the checker
board block and making the city more
beautiful. The task of the present gen
Grafton must be to rectify these mistakes
wherever possible and to bend all energy
toward the building up of a Greater
Omaha, attractive and yet expansive,
with all the modern conveniences and
facilities of a metropolitan city.
AS the transcontinental gateway
Omaha is lamentably lacking in hotel
facilities and public buildings that would
accommodate and interest the great
army of tourists that pass and re-pass
through Omaha every season. In other
words, the huge dry goods boxes in brick
that have up to this time characterized
the architecture of Omaha's business
blocks are altogether too commonplace
to attract a stranger, and with half a
dozen exceptions our churches and pub
lie edifices do not compare favorably
with those Of other cities of equal popu-
lation.
What Omaha needs is monumental
buildings and unique buildings whether
public or private, museums and art halls
that will make it worth while for men
of means and education to place Omaha
on their itinerary Of transcontinental
travel and afford to the people Of Ne
braska, Iowa and South Dakota who are
within the territory commercially tribu-
tary to Omaha to make periodic visits to
Omaha.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1905-09-25
Personal NOTES.

The death OF Rain-ln-the-Face was all
right except for a hardness of about thirty
years
A woman cashier brought into court by
her employers on a charge OF embezziement
is one OF the latest sensations in Chicago.
Sir Thomas Llpton's toss from the horse
he was riding indicates that he is not so
much at home as a knight as he is as
viking.
Denver reporters are so enterprising
that one OF them had an interview there
with Mr.. Schwab just as the gentleman was
leaving Paris.
Although reform hasn't progressed very
far in Philadelphia at least one resident
thinks the town is regenerated and has
developed an apparatus for telephoning TO
the Angel Gabriel. Unfortunately the only
connection yet made has been with a
policeman.
DR.. Maurice Francis Egan. professor OF
comparative philology in the Catholic uni
verslty at Washington. has been decorated
by King Leopold Of Belgium for dlstin-
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1905-09-25
Age Limit Rule Dropped.

OOIIIeT 3 W bbkIys
Age limits have been dropped by the
Chicago & Alton railroad, which first
adopted them, by the Chicago, Milwaukee
& st. Paul and by the Chicago, Burlington
& Quincy. and this change in the laws for
physical employment comes not long after
DIR. Osler set the world agog with his
frank observations about creative intellec-
tual periods and the general inferiority Of
age. Fortunately for the happiness and
hope OF all. the exception is always present
to lessen the horror OF the rule; a sort Of
pardonins power of which every man may
believe himself fortunate enough to receive
the benefit No doubt these railroads will
continue TO employ mainly men below the
age which they formerly set. but 1t is more
agreeable, and also more just, to be freed
from rule more absolute than the facts
of nature are.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1905-09-25
Conductors Courage Failed.
San Francisco Chronicle.

OttH T IdIINI5NU OIII UIIINIV'
The seventeen girls who were the victims
OF the carelessness OF a conductor who
kept their tickets after giving a receipt for
them came out much better than the aver
age person who gets tied up in transporta-
ton red tape AS a rule the corporation
insists on having, the best of Il in all con-
tentions affecting its interests, but in this
case II may be fairly assumed that the
conductors who accepted the receipt In
lieu of the tickets did not dare to take a
bold stand against 50 much feminine lowell
ness. Any merely human conductor would
sooner face a corporation than fight 1t out
with seventeen girls.