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Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1906-08-15
MARLBORO.
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Rev. A. B. Lorimer preached an interest
ing sermon last Sunday evening.
Mrs. Ernest Hodgkins and two children,
of Boston, are visiting at Colman Hodg-
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1906-08-15

Eben Kingman, Melvin and Homer
Wilbur, Mrs. s. H. Remick and little
daughter Ruth went to Bayside to attend
the Morrison reunion Monday.
Aug. ID. ARE.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1906-01-09
ROOSEVELT AND THE LAND q RABBERs


ROOSEVELT AND THE LAND GRADERS
Attorney Gurley's letter, ostensibly
written in justification of the light SEN
tence imposed by Judge Munger on
Richards and Comstock. is twisted by
the World Herald, which gets its inspi-
ration from former District Attorney
Summers, into an Impeachment of Pres
ident Roosevelt who in an interview
with the Nebraska senator's, is alleged
to have been winking with both eyes
at the land fencers of the public do
main.
Everybody familiar with the course
Of the hyphenated knows that it blows
hot out of its right nostril and cold out
of its left nostril alternately. 1t damns
Roosevelt with faint praise one day and
stabs him in the back the next day, but
always shows a strong leaning to en-
bezzlers, crooks and political porch
climbers, whatever livery they may
wear. Its comment on Gurley's letter
is simply a covert attempt to create
popular sympathy and pave the way for
miscarriage of justice in the prosecu-
ton of parties charged with fraud in
the acquisition of public lands.
1t is true that President Roosevelt, in
his interview with Senators Dietrich
and Willard in the summer of 1903, ex-
pressed a disposition to treat Nebraska
cattlemen who had fenced in public
lands with lenlency if they would take
their fences down within a reasonable
time, not later however, than July l.,
1904. This may have been a stretch of
executive clemency. but it certainly
could not be construed into an invitation
to the land grabbers to continue i'm their
wrongdoing. Instead of taking down
their fences within the time indicated
by the president, many of the ranchmen
fenced in more land and followed it up
with fraud and subornation of perjury
through bogus homesteaders, thus add
ing new crimes to their other violations
of the federal statute. Surely this was
| not contemplated by Roosevelt when he
expressed himself as disposed to show
| leniency to the western ranchmen who
had fenced in the public domain. But
lawyers who expect to be retained and
the newspapers that have been re-
tanned may try to make capital for their
| clients out of the presidents prelimi-
nary admonition, which after being de.
family disregarded has been followed
| up by more drastic treatment.
| There is no doubt however. that the
| light sentence imposed by Judge Nun.
ger upon Richards and Comstock was
commensurate with the demand of the
| prosecuting attorney. The fact is that
| District Attorney Baxter did not ask
any sentence to be imposed.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1906-01-09
WHAT is AT STAKE.


The statement just issued by the bu-
reau of statistics, giving the figures of
the trade of the United States with Ger
many, shows what Is at stake in the ne
gotiations relative to the new tariff
which will go into effect less than two
months hence. During the fiscal year
which ended last June our commerce
with Germany exceeded $500, 0O0, 600,
and the balance in favor of this country
was $76.0OO,000. The value of the ex-
ports for that year was less than for the
previous fiscal year, which is explained
by the decline in the price of raw cotton,
the quantity of that article exported to
Germany being larger in 1905 than in
1904. This largest item in our exports
to that country will not be affected by
the new tariff. There was a marked de-
crease in the exports of breadstuffs to
Germany during the last fiscal year,
while the exports of provisions We're ma
terially increased.
1t appears, therefore that the new
tariff will not hit our agricultural in
terests quite so severely as has been
thought. and in the event of a tariff war
German industries would suffer more
than ours, as very large proportion of
the manufactured articles which we i'm
port from that country could be obtained
elsewhere, such as cotton and wooden
goods, silk manufactures, iron and steel
manufactures and leather manufactures
these constituting nearly one-third of
the value of last years importations
from Germany. There are various other
things imported from that country which
could be dispensed with, to the material
injury of the German producers whose
best market is here. Germany, on the
other hand, is now buying from this
country few things which are not abso
lutely necessary TO her industries and
her people. She must have our cotton
copper, mineral oil and several other ar
| ticles indispensable to her industries
and she cannot wholly dispense will
American provisions without causing
some distress to her people.
But while the trade statistics show
that a tariff war would doubtless hav,
results more serious TO Germany than L
the United States. this does not supply
a reason why We should not endeavor t.
effect a fair and equitable arrangement
by which anything like a tariff confiic
may be averted. This. it is known, tn,
administration has sought 10 brini
about. but the proposals so far of tn,
! German government have not been &c
ceptable to the president and secretar!
! of state. The present outlook is not ia
vorable, still II is possible that an agree
ment will be reached under which Amer
lean products will for time be eXemp
from the operation OF the new German
tariff, thus giving an opportunity 70
congress, if disposed, 10 express itsel
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1906-01-09
Personal NOTES.

Judge Paynter Joe" Blackburn's sue
cessor, is said to be the first senator from
Kentucky in forty years who didn't serve
in the confederate army. Yet Kentucky
was never confederate state.
Somebody kidnapped the statue of the
devil erected in front of Detroit man S
home. While people are entitled to enjoy
company of their own choosing, the feeling
against monopoly is too strong to be openly
defed.
Nathan Wesley Hale. republican con-
gresham from Tennessee, can claim de-
scendance from Oliver Cromwell. and one
of his ancestors, General Nathan Towson,
was quartcrmaster general under George
Washington.
The worst thing yet heard Of Mr.. j. p.
Morgan is the admirlng statement OF a
hotel waiter that no matter how large a
banknote he has handed a waiter he al
ways tells that avaricious functionary 10
keep the change.
The democracy of Portland will pass up
the Jackson anniversary today without a
celebration. The "gilded saints and the
''roughneck" divisions of the party could
not agree on the proper stimulants for the
glorious occasion.
big Bill Devery eX-chief of police in
New York has been quoted number OF
times concerning General Bingham. the
new commissioner OF police. But the best
thing he has said yet is this: Il do pity
the man. Does he know what he is run
ming against? Say, did you ever see q
baby try to wrestle with a 2-year-old Jer-
soy bull ,"
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1906-01-09
WHERE THE BOYCOTT HURTS.


The Chinese boycott of American
goods Is being felt on the Pacific coast.
a dispatch from Seattle says that I'M
less the boycott is removed within the
next thirty days two large milling COM
panies with combined capacity of 4, 400
barrels of -four per day will be forced
practically to close down. The report
adds that the boycott has been felt for
the past few months Icy every -four mill
ing concern on the Pacific coast. A
short time ago an officer of the navy,
who had been sent to investigate condi.
tons in China, stated that the American
warehouses were piled to the roofs with
-four and there was no sale for it. Be-
fore the boycott there was market for
all the -four exported from this country
to China.
Perhaps the closing down of Touring
mills on the coast would have the effect
to modify, public sentiment there in re-
gard to the exclusion policy. but at pres
ent 1t appears TO be quite as strong as
ever in support of that policy and would
even extend it to the Japanese. which
would doubtless Intensity hostility to
American products in the orient. OF
course injury from the boycott, If it is
not removed. will not be confined to the
Pacific coast, hence the matter is one of
national concern and must be so treated
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1906-01-09
PANAMA r.y.L CONDITIONS.

The letter of President Roosevelt.
transmitting to congress the reports of
the canal commission and the Panama
Railroad company will remove the bad
impression made by the statements of
newspaper correspondents and others
that conditions on the isthmus are I'M
satisfactory and that no substantial
progress has been made in canal work.
He states that the work is being ad
mirably done and that especially during
the last nine months great progress has
been made. What has been accom-
pllshed has been done in the most care
full and thorough manner, giving good
reason to believe that the canal will be
dug in q shorter time than had been
anticipated and at an expenditure within
the estimated amount.
The president states that he has care
fully examined into the accusations of
bad conditions on the isthmus and in
every case they have been proven to
be without foundation in any shape or
form. The letter says: Every specific
charge relating to jobbery, to immo-
rality or to inefficiency. from whatever
source 1t has come. has been investi-
gated, and in no single instance have the
statements Of these sensation mongers
and the interested complainants behind
them proved true" This is sufficient
answer to the charges and allegations
made by Poultney Bigelow in the indie
pendent. and which have been accepted
as true by newspapers always ready to
discredit the administration. Mr.. Roose-
velt's letter should remove whatever
doubt may exist in regard to the canal
work and reassure the country that this
vast enterprise Is going forward as rap
idly as possible. The reports being now
before congress- the subject will doubt
less receive early consideration by that
body and probably there will be some
new regulations regarding it.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1906-01-09
CoNGREssMEN AND PASSES.
Roar Provoked by Withdrawal OF
Railroad FavOrs.
ID

IL.
The resentment of many members or
congress against the railroads for cutting
off their passes reveals n small graft
among the members that is surprising.
Though members receive from the gov
eminent mileage at the rate of 20 cents
a mile for the trip between Washington
and their homes. too many of them have
been saving out of this cents mile
which is the regular fare for most long
trips, through the gratuity of free trans
portatlon.
The 20 cents a mile allowed by the gov
eminent will pay all railroad fares, Pull
man car fees, restaurant and other incl
dental expenses of the trip and leave
something over for pocket money. 1t
amounts to 800. going and coming. for
trip of 1000 miles which is about the
distance between st. Louis and Washing
ton.
And yet members are grumbling be-
cause the 2-cents-a emile pass is no more
for them. Grosvenor of Ohio expresses
their sentiments in a grovelng way when
he suggests that since the roads will save
such large sums by cutting Off the pass.
they can spare, perhaps, slO,oo0oO of the
$50, 600 600 which the government is paying
them for hauling the mails.
Is there in this any sort of suggestion
that Mr.. Grosvenor and fellow benefciaries
OF the pass have been voting the railroads
all this money over and above what their
service has been worth in carrying the
mails?
If the roads are getting N00oo,00O a year
more than their service is worth. that
sum should surely be cut out Of the APP
preparation for carrying the mails. But
| the suggestion seems unpleasantly like a
threat of retaliation when IL comes from
! a locked beneficiary of the congressional
pass.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1906-01-09

One OF the last, but not least. deSira-
BILE reforms inaugurated by Governor
LaFollette in Wisconsin was the placing
Of all state employees under civil service.
The first examinations under the new
law for the positions in state civil SER
vice were held in 100 places Saturday
and 1000 persons competed, including
1875 in Madison. Manifestly positions on
the Wisconsin state payroll are at
tractive.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1906-01-09

The earthquake vibrations that shook
eastern Nebraska and the report that
Jim Hill had secured control of the
Union Pacific railroad reached Omaha
at about the same time, 6 o'clock, 80
minutes and 80 seconds D. NJ. At pre-
cisely I o'clock p. M there was coun-
ter ruction with the announcement: 1T
is wild tale. +. II. Hartman is n
fox" The weather forecasters at Lin
their stethoscopes with them when the
murmur occurred in the mitral valve.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1906-01-09
HIGH TIDE OF PROSPERITY.
Material Prizes Won by Uncle sam In
| the Worlds Race.
Leslie's Weekly.

Leslie weekly.
Never before in all the country's history
has 1t been so prosperous as Il is at the
opening of 1906 The products of it's farms
for 1906 amounted to over Sc, Oo0, 600. 600 This
is not only several times larger than the
products of any other country. but it marks
a gain Of $3.50, 100000 over the highest pre-
vious record in the United States, which
was for 1904. The yield OF the country's
farms in 1905 equaled the country's aggre-
gate wealth of all sorts for 1S45 The
country's gold mines furnished $4,000 Geo
for 1905, which was slo00O, 900 in excess Of
the largest previous year. and double the
output of 1895. It's mineral products of all
sorts for the year aggregated 81 800, 600, 900,
which is twice that of 1899 and four times
that of 1886. In gold production in 1906 We
lead the world, except the Rand, in South
Africa. In mineral output in the aggregate
we exceed that of Great Britain, Germany
and France.
For 1905 the country's foreign trade passed
the $500 10000 mark for the first time,
but our domestic trade was UNNECESSARILY
In excess of this, being far above $4,000, =
0OO,0O0 We produced 22,5OoOoO tons of pig
iron in the year, or as much as our
three nearest competitors combined-Great
Britain, Germany and France In manu-
features, in which we have had a prece-
dence over England since 1880, and have
been increasing our lead ever since the
country has been particularly active In
the year. The countrys railroads. which
exceed those of all Europe in mile
age by about 25 per cent, having been
scoring new records in earnings and ac-
tivity. More than $500 900 have been
added to the wealth of the United States
since January l, 1905 bringing the total UP
to SIP, 0oo, 900, which exceeds that OF any
other two countries in the world put to-
gether.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1906-01-09
Boston Transcript.

I'N7'|V77II
1t Is plainly apparent that the railroads
Of the country have come to the conclusion
that period of general prosperity is
ahead and that it is no use in trying any
longer to do business with an inadequate
equipment in the expectation of a ''letup"
in the amount Of traffic to be handled.
There is not a single great railroad in the
county that has not contributed within
the last year to the overwhelming orders
for car equipment
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1906-01-09
BITS OF WASHINGTON LIFE.
Minor scenes and incidents Sketched
on the SPOT

on the spot.
Wall street will be brought closer to the
national capital this year than ever before.
Indeed the development OF close business
relations between stock brokerage and the
people of Washington has become too con-
spicuous to be overlooked Several Wash
ington correspondents comment signih-
cantly on what they term the invasion Of
the national capital by Wall street brokers"
Many of the big Wall street houses have
established branches. others are coming
and another class have direct wire COM
municatlon with offices of local brokers.
1T is difficult to conceive" says the Chi
cago Chronicle correspondent. that the
invasion was prompted by a desire to
share in washington's brokerage business,
which is not large and never has been
profitable except to a few firms. The Stock
exchange seems to be awakening to the
fact that Washington, as a center of &C
tivitiese which exercise a dominant infu-
ence upon the market, can no longer be
left out of their reckoning.
The plungers and gamblers. whose sue
cess or failure depend upon the procure
ment OF early and accurate information,
foresee that the next two years are likely
to be crowded with epoch-making legisla-
ton. There Is no place where information
concerning such legislation can be procured
like Washington. Then, too, there is the
supreme court, with its vast calendar Of
litigation that affects, to a greater extent.
every form of life in the United States.
The departments are honeycombed with
men who do not hesitate to increase their
incomes by selling information which may
be deemed useful for stock market pur-
poses.
The machinery Of the government in all
its branches is regarded by Wall street as
an essential part of its own organization
and how to get into intimate touch with
this machinery is the present eager quest
of Wall street"
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1906-01-09
Keeping cool in the Tropics.

San Francisco Chronicle.
Mr.. Bryan has disappointed the Filipinos
of the Agunaldo stripe A number of them
at a banquet given to the late presidential
candidate at Manila asked that he exert
himself TO secure immediate Independence
for the islands. but he refused to commit
himself. 1t is said that travel broadens
the mind. 1t apparently has had that effect
on William ]. Bryan, who is becoming
more and more conservative with advancing
DAYS
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1906-01-09
In Boston, unlimited tele-

In Boston, unlimited tele-
phones are $le2 a year.
In Glasgow, $26.25 the
city owns the telephones; and
makes $IoS,ooo year for the
public purse.
We have much TO learn
from the old world and Rus
sell is teaching it in his inter-
esting and wonderful fact
stories in Everybody's. See
January.
Eveybody's Magazine IS coats
$3.50 year
Special representa- lives wasted Cor DvefJ bodyr
Magazine In town where there aFs eealzss.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1906-01-09

Pennsylvanians on the Isle Of Pines
who hope for relief through the inter
vention of Senator Penrose have prob
ably not heard the latest report from
Philadelphia, where the senator may he
kept busy with his own political affairs
for a number Of weeks.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1906-01-09

The Fontanelle organette screams in
red headlines: Corporations or the peo-
pie is fast becoming the issue of the
spring campaign" Which of the three
Fontanelle candidates represents the
people, is it Benson. Broatch or Saun-
ders in this irrepressible conflict?
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1906-01-09

Governor Cummins' ideas on the sub
ject of improved life insurance laws are
such that the legislature will have little
trouble in complying with them. Vague
ness has merits OF it's own.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1906-01-09

Not even the presidents structures will
stop people from exercising their inner
ent right TO knock" whenever they feel
like it, and no good cause can suffer
from malicious attacks which are not
well founded
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1906-01-09

II it takes the Fontanelle governors
seventeen ballots in one night and sew
eral times 'steen ballots one night each
week to nominate candidate for
mayor, how many full moons will it
take to nominate councilmen for the city
council in the twelve wards of the city /?
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1906-01-09

AS there is no doubt that all members
of congress have decided for themselves
how they will vote on the Philippine
tariff bill further discussion can only he
for the purpose of making a record, and
there is really too much to be interest
ing
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1906-01-09

The hearing OF the case against the
standard Oil company in New York
shows that Frank Monet was unable to
ell defeat when he saw IT, The dis
~olution" was evidently on the order at
tempted in the Northern Securities case
md was much more successful.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1906-01-09

In the light of the moderate sentences
passed by judges in Iowa 1t is not sur
prising that criminals arrested In other
states are willing to admit more serious
offenses in the Hawkeye state than
those for which they are held.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1906-01-09

The request Of Congressman Morris
Sheperd of Texas for an investigation
of the expulsion of Mrs. Morris from
the White House office is so apparently
aimed at the chairman on military af-
fairs of the house that 1t is bereft of all
its sting
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1906-01-09

When the Beef trust" and the ION
trust" lock horns the people may see a
demonstration OF the law OF competition
IN large scale, but it is more probable
hat they will learn another lesson re-
sarding the community OF interests"
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1906-01-09
THE CAMERA FIEND.

Lippincotts Magazine.
He took the house. he took the barp
The children at their play, ....
He took the dog. he took the cat
And Dobbin. Nell and Gray:
He took the pretty parlor maid
A-sewing on the gate,
And posed me with a rake and vowed
The picture simply great.
He took Priscilla fifty ways
Indoors and out Of doors
I've loved Priscilla ever since
She romped In pinafores);
He took himself away by stealth
One night without adieu,
But, oh--the hardened miscreant!
He took Priscilla, too.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1906-01-09

Although the Board of County Com
missioners holds its session in the dark
basement OF the court house, there Is
no reaon why the business OF the
county should not be transacted in
broad daylight.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1906-01-09

President Roosevelt is OF the opinion
that the best is none too good for the
Panama canal work and under the cir
cumstances the people of the United
States will agree with him. 1t is result
and not investment which counts in this
day
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1906-01-09

New brooms sweep clean, but change
for the sake of change is not desirable.
If there are to he any changes made
in the saIaricd employees OF the county
the changes should be for the better not
for the worse.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1906-01-09

sighted as to the duties of the railroads
to the public. and as to the duties of its
individual members to see those other
duties discharged as representatives of the
travelling public
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1906-01-09
ScaIpine Time Deferred.
New York Tribune.

-NtN 10TH lTiuuHt-
Senator LaFollette, having been duly
sworn in at last and secured a seat in the
Cherokee strip is now one of the big
Injuns' Of the United States senate. Some
time, however, will probably elapse before
he goes after scalps.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1906-01-09

There is no doubt that the soul of
John Brown is marching on and at the
present time it has got so far from Kan
sas as to permit that state to draw the
color line in it's public schools.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1906-01-09

And now it transpires that there has
been no checking up of the accounts OF
the county judge or the clerk of the dis
trict court for nearly year. VIII the
new commissioners take that lid off?
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1906-01-09

Senator Tillman is showing some Of
his old spirit in asking for report on
the status of Santo Domingo while the
officials of that island are endeavoring
to discover that fact for themselves.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1906-01-09

One of the men Indicted by the federal
grand jury at Omaha is said to be suffer
ing from cancer of the stomach in Den
yer. Strange how incurablc malades so
often follow discovery OF crime.