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Omaha daily bee., 1905-10-04

Chicago Chronicle.

According to a Washington observer Of
the situation the anti-graft campaign in
the departments has resulted in general
uneasiness. THE undetected guilty are
fearful, the innocents are worried and the
independents are Disguised" 1t is easy to
allow for some worry on the part of the un-
detected guilty, but it is hard to see why
the innocent should be uneasy. The cam
paign has, at any rate, caused a pleasing
condition of interest and activity which
can not but be beneficial to the public
service
Omaha daily bee., 1905-10-04
ROUND ABOUT NEW YORK.
RippIes on the Current OF Life I'm the


Ripples on the Current OF Life in the
- Metropolis.
For three full days excitement bordering
on a panic reigned in wall street over that
bundle Of securities procured from a bank
by means Of a forged check. The recovery
OF the papers reduces the temperature
somewhat, but leaves an underspread feel
ing of insecurity mingled with this vague
dread is the possibility OF competition from
professional crooks who are not regularly
commissioned TO work both sides Of the
street and pile the wool in the middle.
Besides the event disturbs the infalllbility
Of the dead-line established years ago for
the protection of the regulars. who have
shown themselves fully competent to take
care OF the business
For men as smart as they are, the wan
street brokers and bankers have a loose
way of doing business. At least three
quarters of the messenger work is done by
small boys from 16 to is years old. Millions
and millions of securities and cnecks and
sometimes in actual cash are sent along
with such boys.
They go, to a bank with an envelope full
Of securities, and put them through the
window. Sometimes the loan clerk has
to lean over to see an especially small
boy.
would be comparatively easy thing for a
bright fellow to look over the shoulder OF
another and read on the back of the en-
velope he was carrying all the details of the
transaction.
Omaha daily bee., 1905-10-04

Another Wall street juggler, Clarence
H Venner, Of more or less notoriety in
Omaha in connection with the water
works receivership Of a dozen years ago,
is aching to play the Tom Lawson act
to the New York Life. Lecture bureau
managers should get into touch with
Mr.. Venner without delay.
Omaha daily bee., 1905-10-04

Please note that the decrease in the
funds in the hands Of state Treasurer
Mortensen does not mean that the peo-
pile of Nebraska are getting poor, but
simply that the state is paying Off some
of it's debts as result of the prosperity
OF its inhabitants.
Omaha daily bee., 1905-10-04

But some of our big insurance companies
haven't been writing that kind. Washing
ton Star
who was the man that was kicking so
about the crowded cars?" asked the con-
ductor
He just got on, said a passenger, with
out paying his e."-Detroit Free Press.
Hcks-Scribbler looks detected doesn't
he, since that publishing house refused his
novel?
Wicks-Yes. even his collar IL turned
down-SomerVille Journal.
Omaha daily bee., 1905-10-04

II suits continue to multiply against
the executive officers OF life insurance
companies, attorneys who have been fig
ureheads on the pay rolls the directories
will have ample opportunity TO earn
the salaries they are drawing.
Omaha daily bee., 1905-10-04
Another Coal Squeeze in sight.

new 1Ork Tribune.
President Robbins of the Pittsburg Coal
company has made the discovery that the
consumer has been getting his coal too
cheap" Our unintentional Pittsburg phil
anthropists need not be pitied for their
mistake. They know how to figure profits
fairly well when once they learn how
much it is possible for the people TO pay.
Omaha daily bee., 1905-10-04

Building permit figures have almost
reached the three and one-quarter mil
lion dollar mark for the first nine months
OF the year. The year 1905 is sure to
be red letter era in Omaha's building
annals
Omaha daily bee., 1905-10-04

Train robbers show lamentable lack
Of originality. The story of the latest
attempt on the Great Northern gives
not the slightest indication of advance
in methods. Here is an opening for
some one with true genius.
Omaha daily bee., 1905-10-04

IL would be mighty interesting to
know what President Roosevelt would
have said TO President Mitchell II they
had talked on the labor conditions in
the Pennsylvania coal fields.
Omaha daily bee., 1905-10-04

Prospects are good that Omaha will
this week entertain more out-of-town
guests than during any previous carnival
period. 1t is up to the people OF Omaha
TO make themselves each a committee
Of one to provide for the entertainment
az the visitors.
Omaha daily bee., 1905-10-04
A. Mission for Cleveland.

The president is always opportune. He
proposes to send Mr.. Cleveland to a peace
conference abroad when a thousand wo-
mans societies have declared war against
him. II Mr.. Cleveland can not plead elo-
quently for peace, nobody can.
Omaha daily bee., 1905-10-04

Developments in the New York bank
robbery sensation prove that woman
still exercises potential influence on
the AFFAIRS OF men. "Cherchez la
femme" hasn't lost lap since the days
Of Louis the Bourbon.
Omaha daily bee., 1905-10-04

1t will be well to remember that
Hooker county is not the state of Ne
braska when making an estimate Of
public sentiment ON the land fencing
matter
Omaha daily bee., 1905-10-04

The Gould-Ramsey quarrel may I'M
cover some OF the unwritten history OF
that famous entry into Pittsburg, but 1t
does not appear just where the small
stockholders Of the Wabash are going
10 profit by the ARRAY.
Omaha daily bee., 1905-10-04

o. bVuiS OloOo OeihVSiat'
Government land sales In the arid region
for the last fiscal year netted "a, 100000 for
irrigation. The new law is on Easy street
in regard to funds needed for present and
prospective work.
Omaha daily bee., 1905-10-04

Pat Grove Is ,foreslghted to the last.
II there is place on earth that would
reconcile a man to confinement In Jail
Butte is the place.
Omaha daily bee., 1905-10-04

The question arises, Was Colonel
Bryans around-the-world trip FASTENED
by the information that Grover Cleve-
land was to invade Nebraska as the ora
tor at the unwilling OF the Morton monu-
Omaha daily bee., 1905-10-04
Doing the Adam Act.

Baltimore American.
Now the railroads are saying that the
packers made them do it. There is much
significance in the way that accused in
terests are rushing to stand from under.
Omaha daily bee., 1905-10-04

ment2 Or did MFR. Cleveland walt to
make sure that Colonel Bryan would
not be at home before accepting the in
vitation to crate?
Omaha daily bee., 1905-10-04

Old King Cotton is playing a poor
second fiddle to King Corn. 1t is hardly
likely that there will be any extensive
burning of cotton to maintain prices
this season.
Omaha daily bee., 1905-10-04

The Omaha Woman's club has re-
sumed active operations. If the coun-
oilmen cannot settle their telephone and
gas franchise difficulties they might call
on the club women.
Omaha daily bee., 1905-10-04
WHEN OUT OF TOWN.

Subscribers leaving the city tenn
pOrariIy should have The Bee
mailed to them. 1t is better than
daily letter from home. Ad-
dress will be changed as often as
requested.
Omaha daily bee., 1905-10-04

The Hon. p. Grove of Butte, Mont,
will kindly relieve an anxious public by
telling whether he is himself or merely
a masCuerader.
Omaha daily bee., 1905-10-04

That reminds us, those electric trolley
cars were to have been running hourly
between Omaha and Lincoln by this
time. What is the trouble?
Omaha daily bee., 1905-10-04

According to newspaper reports
Councilman o'Brien has been testing
lamp posts with a gasometer and a
stenographer.
Omaha daily bee., 1905-10-04

Discharging employees for failure to
attend and listen to curtain lecture by
the employer is new phase of the labor
reform movement
Omaha daily bee., 1905-10-04

The destruction of much of the Ma
Mia hemp crop by a typhoon will not
disturb the Texas burners in the least
Omaha daily bee., 1905-10-04
LET OUR MERCHANTS DECORATE.

Omaha will entertain this week and
next week more out-of-town visitors
than during any like period Of the year.
1t behooves our merchants to make their
places of business attractive and invit-
ing to the strangers within our gates.
The opportunity for window display
and decoration should not be neglected,
nor anything omitted to make favor
able impression upon patrons and sight
seers. During the first few years of
Ak-Sar-Ben our merchants exhibited a
commendable energy in the matter of
decoration and illumination, but of late
they have not kept pace with their own
former records.
First Impressions are often more last
ing. Every visitor to Omaha should
have a first impression of wide-awake,
enterprising and up-to-date methods on
the part of our local merchants that
will convince them without further proof
of Omaha's right to be ranked high
among the pushing, progressive western
cities.
Omaha daily bee., 1905-10-04

The printers strike has gotten as
near as St. Paul and Minneapolis. If it
will circle around Omaha without touch
ing MS no objection will be entered.
Omaha daily bee., 1905-10-04
LAUGHING GAS.

woman just dropped dead in the bar
gain crush at the ribbon counterW cried the
floor walker, eXcitedly.
How inopportune" exclaimed the head
OF the firm. Our undertaking department
won't be opened until next Monday !'-Phil-
adelphia Catholic Standard.
why don't McSosh take the gold cure?'
Matter of principle with him. Says he's
always been a silver man and always will
be."-Cleveland Leader.
do you think ! could get an audience
with the boss? asked the political hanger
on going in.
Yes" snapped the disappointed ONCE
seeker coming out. III you featured him
in a dime museum the 'Two-Faced
Man."-Chicago Tribune.
THAT man shows when he's we'll bored"
That's because he's so we'll drilled"
HIM! Augurs well for his social sue
cess."-Philadelphia Bulletin.
Honesty. is the best policy" remarked
the old fashioned man,
Eyes" answered the discontented citizen.
Omaha daily bee., 1905-10-04
sTATEMENT on CIRCULATION.

State OF Nebraska, Douglas County. IS:
G., G. Rosewater secretary Of The Bee
Publishing Company, being duly sworn,
says that the actual number of full and
complete copies Of The Daily, Morning
Evening and Sunday Bee printed during the
month OF August 1905 was as follows.
Omaha daily bee., 1905-10-04

Clinging like a fly to the surface OF the
Flatiron building, John Garrick of Brook
Ign, a steeplejack, last Saturday walked
down the side Of the building from the
twentieth story 70 the street and up again
several times while thousands below stood
trembling at his daring feat. Women
tainted from the strain on their nerves.
men turned white, while Garrick, as I'M
concerned as though strolling along the
street, was rapidly ascending and descend
ing, stopping to pose for his photograph.
clinging all the while to the sheer wall
with his fingers and toes in the inch and
quarter deep grooves that indent the
buildings surface. And all to earn a 50
bet. Garrick did not touch a window sill
save to leave or enter windows.
His hair-raising performance is un-
equaled in daring in the annals Of steeple-
| Jacks. The Flatiron building is 2s6 feet
high and the window through which Gar
rick made his first appearance is go feet
from the ground.
Omaha daily bee., 1905-10-04

The Bee agrees with its local popo-
cratic contemporary that all business
meetings of the State Board of Univer-
sity Regents should be open and that
there Is no call for closed door sessions
for the ordinary administration of any
public institution. 1t is not out of order
to recall the fact, however, that the
board Of regents was for many years
under control OF a popocratic majority,
and that the offensive star chamber
methods were just as much in vogue then
as now Worse than that, when the popo-
Gratis were running the university, mat
tiers Of Importance were decided in a
little party caucus without even the
presence of the full board, but so far as
any one knows the newspaper organ
which processes now to be so greatly
shocked never put in a remOnstrance.
Omaha daily bee., 1905-10-04

. G. G. ROSEWATER, Sec'y.
Subscribed in my presence and sworn to
before me this 30 day of September, 1905.
(SeaD NJ. B, HUNGATE,
Notary Public.
Omaha daily bee., 1905-10-04


Valuations made Of park lands in the
borough of Manhattan. with comparisons
of the cost of the properties, make an in
teresting showing Of the great bargains
the city obtained when it bought these
lands Central park is an instance OF the
city's unconscious foresight In it's real es-
tate improvements. The park site, with
the adjoining Manhattan Square, was
bought in 1899 for 100000. The city nd
spent $2SOOO,OOO on this park in the inter-
vening' years, and now 1t is worth, accord
ing to the official valuation set upon It by
the tax commissioner, $1S5,OOOOOO, while
Manhattan Square is valued at 100000
When the Battery park was first laid
out the gross valuation of property in the
whole city Of New York probably was not
as much as that breathing place is valued,
at today-S15, OPS, 900. When Washington
Square was bought, in 1897. for S77,970 the
price was considered a stiff one. Today II
is appraised at 100000
In 1888 Father Knickerbocker bought an
other property of this kind at Union
Square, paying $116O51. At the present
time that is worth just 100000. In 1884
he bought Tompkins Square for $73,S5S,
and, after holding It for seventy-one years.
his official commissioner who values the
holdings says 1t is worth s30O0,Ooo
He stopped investing in these properties
for several years, and when he resumed
operations with the purchase of Madison
Square in 1s47. he paid the absurdly small
figure of s65, 952 for 1t. Now 1t is worth
100000, and the little irregular block
across from the park on which the Worth
monument stands is valued at H,OoO0OO.
Omaha daily bee., 1905-10-04

Here are some business maxims ana BUSH
ness methods taken from the testimony of
Banker Schiff before the insurance investl-
eating committee:
1T is not a good thing for any corpora
ton to be at the mercy of one man."
IF all men were honest, no checks would
be required. 1t is my practice to believe
all men honest until they are proved to be
dishonest. 1 think that much better
practice than to believe all men dishonest
until they are proved honest"
mo law can make men honest"
mo law which you may frame, and which
the legislature Of this or any other state
may enact-no law, however close it may
be--will protect you against dishonest
action or dishonest measures"
TT has been my practice to believe that
every man in the world is honest until
find out that he has been dishonest, and
in going through this world / do not sup
pose that any man is dishonest until 1 find
out that he is not honest That has been
my practice individually as a director of
the Equitable Life"
THE system of dictatorship in great cor
porations OF the city of New York is such
that director has practically no power
He is considered in many instances and
may say, in most instances, as a negligi-
BILE quantity by the executive officers of the
society. He is asked for advice when II
suits the executive officers; and IT, under
the prevailing system, an executive officer
wishes 10 do wrong or wishes to conceal
anything from his directors or to commit
Irregularities such as have been disclosed
here, the director is entirely powerless;
he can only act in an advisory capacity,
and he can only Judge OF such things as
are submitted to him"
Omaha daily bee., 1905-10-04

Eighteen languages were spoken in New
York before the war Of the revolution, and
that number has now risen to sixty six or
seven. A writer in Harper's magazine says
there is a school in the Syrian district in
which twenty-nine languages and dialects
are used! The greatest problem to be
solved in New York, not only as a munich
pality but as the gateway to the United
States, is the naturalizing of the host Of
children,-not by the forms of law, but in
spirit, temper, habit, and speech. How is
this army Of children from Europe or OF
recently immigrated parents to be trans
formed into an army of American citi-
gems?
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1905-07-03
TEETH AND APPENDICITIS

Professor Symes Thompson of Lon
don, in a recent decture at Gresham
college. advanced the theory that neg
lected teeth are largely responsible for
the increase in appendicitis. In support
or this he declared that the organ
isms found i'm a decayed tooth were
also found in the appendix and from
this he concIuGes that iH-kept teeth
lead to appendicitis.
Incidentally, Professor Thompson
came to the defense of smokers. He
said he had not been able to find that
bacteria had any particular objection
10 nicotine, but he had found that
smokers generally We're more careful
about cleaning their teeth than nom
smokers and because of that he was
able TO commend smoking.
Here. then, is the way TO peace of
mind for those who dread appendicitis.
Learn to smoke. if you are not already
a smoker Smoking viii tend to make
you keep your teeth clean and clean
teeth tend to eliminate the menace of
appendicitis. It's delightfully."- sfmple.
and the doctors loss is the tobacco
trusts gain.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1905-07-03

che $4,000 pounds and put it in the
Delaware vacancy as provision against
possibilities
The Philadelphia paper is thought
ful enough to make no allowance for
the vice president, evidently appreciat-
ing that he needs no further cooling.
We cannot help thinking. however, that
the $4,000 pounds that would be re-
leased by the failure of Hale and Al
drich to claim their shares should be
allotted to Utah. None familiar with
the facts can deny that Utah is respon-
sible for the two hottest things in the
senate and we are firm in the convic-
ton that 1900 pounds of ice would be
none too much for them. Naturally.
the greater part of the quantity should
be given to the senior senator, who is
much the hotter of the two and. per-
haps. viii be hotter than he ever was
before the next session is ended.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1905-07-03
PENNYPAcKER's LITTLE JOKE.

Not the least amusing feature of the
Philadelphia upheaval is the language
used by Governor Pennypacker of
Pennsylvania in accepting the resigna-
ton as state insurance commissioner of
Israel W. Durham. the notorious Re
publican boss.
I'm accepting your resignation, it is
only just TO you to say that no COM
plant has ever been made to me con-
corning the conduct of affairs in your
department" writes Pennypacker to
Durham.
This is something extraordinarily
good. The job Durham quit is one of
the few remaining Zee offices" of
Pennsylvania. 1t is worth about $50
600 a year and it has been freely
charged i'm Pennsylvania that Durham
has not rendered the state 81 worth
OF service as insurance commissioner
since he was placed in the office several
years ago. The exposures made in
Philadelphia, showing Durham's con
nection with most Of the hold-up con-
tracts, and other developments of the
publication fight have resulted In the
great discontinue of Boss Durham. II
is a safe bet that he resigned his posi-
ton as insurance commissioner TO
avoid being legally ousted for miscon-
duct or neglect. 1t is another sa fe
bet that the step was taken after con-
sultation with Pennypacker who is
merely creature of Durham's.
As matter of fact. Durham's con
duct of affairs" while insurance COM
missioner has been public scandal
IN Pennsylvania. Yet Pennypacker has
never heard Of it,
Putting the matter in the most
friendly light, Mr.. Pennnypacker is q
humorist.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1905-07-03

(New York Times1
Han. that long awaited day
All the thoughts of merry Youngsters turn
from pages back to play.
zone VIII lesson and with rule.
stray the vagrant hearts of childhood 10
the tempting wood and pool!
Wc will tell in rune and rhyme
OF the glory and the Crime
In the dusty lanes and hyways of a
hoy's vacation tine2
Hark, the whistle and the cry
That is piping shrin and high
From the chorus OF glad youngsters
trooPing riotousiy by
Say. did sun Ger brightly shine
As when. with his rod and line
Tramps the barefoot lad a-fishing. and
the water clear and fine,
Sweet the murmur Of the trees,
In TIE chatter of the wild birds and the
buzz of humble bees,
Hear the green woods cry and cali.
Through the summer TO the fan.
We arc waiting. waiting. waiting, with
welcome for you ALI.
Hear the lads take up the cry.
With an echo shriH and high
We are coming. coming. coming, Tor
vacation time is nighi'
How the skies arc blue and fair.
How the cloved scents the air
With a witchery OF fragrance that is
delicate and TaTC,
How the blossoms bud and blow
And the great waves flood and Tow
In the ocean Of boy-hsppincss, like bill
lows, to and fro.
Ah. my heart goes back and signs
when the piping calls aud cries
From the hearts of merry youngsters like
song OF triumph rise,
And l would that rune and rhyme
In my heart 10 tell the story Of boy S
vacation time.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1905-07-03
PREVENTION OF FIRE LOSSES.

County and city officials are TO be
commended for their attitude i'm re-
gard TO the brush and grass fires that
have taken place during the past few
days, and it is to be hoped their eff
forts to apprehend the persons guilty
of starting several of these fires viii
be successful. Residents in the out
lying districts have already suffered a
loss of thousands OF dollars through the
fires, the extent of which is indicated
by Fire Chief Bywater's statement:
I'VE won't be troubled with them much
longer, for nearly every spear of grass
has been burned" Aside from the
financial loss entailed the fires are to
be regretted because of the unsightly
aspect given the country by the
stretches of bIackened fields.
The approach of the Fourth of July
celebration, with it's inevitable fire
menace, should make the residents of
the city more than ever careful. Mr..
Bywaters efforts to have rubbish piles
cleared away should be seconded by all
citizens. The long period of dry weather
has made the danger of disastrous fires
greater and the people of Salt Lake
and vicinity cannot afford to minimize
the possibilities of the situation. IT is
the duty of every one to not only place
his own premises i'm good shape. but to
see that his neighbor also takes
proper precautions. Places likely to
furnish starting points for fires should
be reported TO the fire department
headquarters. The department may be
depended upon to take the action
necessary to correct the bad conditions.
IL will be impossible for the officers to
personally visit every danger spot in
the city. but the citizens can do their
share by calling attention to places
they know to be unsafe
A little cooperation viii be of great
assistance to the authorities and may
result in saving thousands of dollars
worth of property.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1905-07-03
ICE FOR THE SENATE.

Taking as a basis of speculation the
fact that Sergeant-at-srms RansdeIl of
the United States senate has just closed
a contract for 100000 pounds of ice
for the use OF the senate during its
next session, about 1000 pounds for
each member. the Philadelphia North
American suggests that Senators
Hale and Aldrich really ought not to
insist upon having their share; but,
supposing they didn't, it would only
make a difference of a few pounds
more for the others. and. all things
considered, it would be safest to lump