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Los Angeles herald., 1906-11-25
The Weeks BIS

AUDTTORIUM-"Ch "Cavalleria
Rusticana" and "I Pagliacci," Barber
OF Seville"
ELAsCO-"Captain Courtesy"
MASON--"The College Widow"
BURBANK THE Christian"
HOTCHKI ISS-"Hello Bill"
GRAND-"The Marriage of Kitty"
ORPHEUM-Vaude
FISCHER'S R'S-Musical travesty
PEoPLEs-Musica comedy.
GAIETY-Burlesque
A r last the theatrical season
n may be said to be in full swing.
II has taken good while to
start It. this year; there have been
many ballSs and hesltates and pull-ups,
but It is really off now, and from this
time on. we may expect the best, so
they say.
Certainly, these last couple of weeks
justify the assertions. Even the Ma
son has wheeled into line, and has
given two good shows in succession
the first this year. Louis James was
great, and Peggy" in its own way.
WAS just as good-beter, in fact, than
1t ever was before.
The Belasco scored another of those
wonderful successes which are so
habitual with 1t, in 1.-THE Pit" One
wonders, in fact, what 1t would be to
see the Belasco players in a failure;
their record is so clean that not one
really bad effort has ever been marked
up against it. Really, Los Angeles is
so accustomed to the highest art from
this company that it would be startled
IL it presented a merely good play
there.
The Burbank has to it's credit, too,
the best all around performance that
the writer has yet seen there. True,
it was light comedy, but what of that?
Just as much art must be displayed
in comedy as in romantic drama or
tragedy to do it well. And the Bur-
bankers this last week did it well, and
more.
The Hotchkiss rounded to with an
other farce, for which it's company is
best suited, and gave a very clever
show. And the other houses doomed
well in public view, so that one could
go to a different play every night and
matinee, and find much to please one.
The present week promises WELL too.
1.-The College Widow" is a good COM
edy, and should fill the Mason. The
Belasco will present for the first time
on any stage an entirely new play of
this vicinity, and the Burbank will
return to the heavies with THE
Christian while farce will be on at
the Hotchkiss, giving the one big
chance to laugh in town.
And the promise for next week is
also excellent Glory be! Perhaps the
days of small things are gone for
good. 1t must be for good if they have.
Los Angeles herald., 1906-11-25

William Collier is said to have al
unusually congenial role as Dick CraW
ford, a mine manager, in his new com
edv "CauRht in the Rain" which ha'
its first performance at Atlantic Cit.
this week and for which successfu
run is predicted.
Los Angeles herald., 1906-11-25

Maude Adams will appear for the first
time in London next July IN play
which Barrie Is writing for her Re-
hearsals will take place in America, aud
the company will be American.
Los Angeles herald., 1906-11-25

Bogg-Did he hurt himself when he
fell downstairs?
Fogg-I think not. He died without
making sOund.-Harper's Weekly
Los Angeles herald., 1906-11-25

When Henrietta Crosman appears as
Christian in her production of "Pil-
grlm's Progress" she is to wear suit
OF armor that has been made for her
in Berlin and that has just been COM
pleted.
Los Angeles herald., 1906-11-25

Henry w. Savage has recently ac-
cepted the manuscripts of three plays,
ali of which are by American authors
and all of which deal with some phase
of American life.
Omaha daily bee., 1906-06-18
Passinr Of the Territories.

st. Paul Pioneer-tress. 3
1t is a rather impressive fact that the
passage Of the statehood bill has opened
the way to the creation OF the last state
that will be carved out Of the present
aFeo OF Continental United States" un-
less here are some further divisions. II
Arizona and New Mexico should by any
chance vote TO unite their destinies for
the sake OF immediate statehood there
would not remain another inch of territory
except Alaska and the Islands, from which
TO create new states. The District OF
Columbia, the Yellowstone park and such
exceptional areas, It IL safe to say, will
always be devoted TO their present pur-
poses and will not be made into states
The filling UP and conversion into a sys-
tenn OF organic states OF the whole vast
expanse of the United States will have
taken less than a century and a quarter.
Rcatucky and Vermont led the procession
through the portals Of the original union
In 1891 and there has not been a decade
since that those portals have not been
throwp open to admit one or more, others
70 tine ssaSerhood. .
Omaha daily bee., 1906-06-18
FTNANC1Ne THE cANAL.

Congress has adopted sound policy
in the provision of the sundry civil ap.
preparation bill that the allowance OF
nearly S26,OOO,0OO for work on the
Panama canal during the ensuing fiscal
year shall be made good to the treas
ury by the sale of bonds. 1t is the
only practicable way in which treas
ury deficiency can be avoided.
So far none of the $4,000, 900
bonds authorized by the original
Spooner act for defraying the ex-
penses OF canal construction has been
sold, but the entire cost has been met
by direct appropriation from the treas
ury, that is to say, out of current ;reve-
nues. Thus the treasury has been
called on within three years to the ex-
tent of almost $4,000. 700. to REIN
burse the French company, to secure
the Republic of Panama concessions
and to carry the preparatory and con-
struction work to the present stage.
1t was due to this cause that there
was deficiency of $25,000,000 last
year and $4,000, 900 the year before
deficiency which was not serious be-
cause of the large surplus in the treas
ury three years ago, which surplus was
not gravely impaired by repeal of the
remaining Spanish war taxes, With the
sale OF bonds to meet construction
work for which appropriation is made,
the treasury. income for the next year
and a half is reasonably expected at
least to balance current outgo and
probably to produce some excess.
1t will necessarily be long time be-
fore the benefit of the canal can be
realized, as construction will require
at least eight or ten years. The cost
therefore should not be saddled onto
taxpayers in the meantime, but rather
distributed through bond operations
upon those who will reap the returns.
The present generation has already
paid far more than it's fair proportion
ate share of the cost. especially as the
public credit was never before so high
TO facilitate the bond distribution and
simplify the fiscal problem.
Omaha daily bee., 1906-06-18
THE WATER WORKS CASE.

The decision of the circuit court of
appeals. sitting at Minneapolis, revers-
ing the ruling ,of the district court
that the Omaha Water poard had a
rieht to regulate and fix the water
rates, notwithstanding the rate
schedule Incorporated into the original
franchise ordinance of the company,
puts the water rates back where they
were before the Water board sought
to reduce them. Although the attor-
neys for the Water board indicate. a
desire to appeal to the supreme court
and thus prolong the litigation and in
crease their attorneys fees. this de-
cision forces the city to look in an
other direction for solution Of its
water problem. ~~
II must be admitted that II the city
council or Water board had the right
to determine and fix the charges to
water consumers 1t would not, make
much difference whether the city ever
acquired the water plant. but II the
water works. franchise is contract al
lowing the water company to charge
such rates as it may choose, not TO ex-
coed the schedule therein specified,
then there are but two ways in which
the city can secure lower rates for by
drant service or private consumption.
The city must either acquire the plant
by purchase and operate it under mu-
nicipal management, fixing the water
rates on such basis as will cover op-
Grating expenses and fixed charges, or
IL must make a new agreement with
the present owners of the water works
by which in consideration OF passing
the purchase option for the present
and extending the contract for hydrant
service. new and mutually acceptable
maximum schedule of rates TO private
consumers may be provided.
Whistler the city will find It prohta-
BILE to buy the works or not will de-
pend upon the appraisement for which
We have been waiting for three years.
and whether purchase at the valuation
established by the appraisers would
permit Of operation without loss at
rates lower than those now charged.
Even then should the Eppraisement be
satisfactory TO the city and unsatisfac-
tory TO the owners OF the water works.
long period Of litigation would have
20 be reckoned upon. during which ex-
tsting conditions would remain I'M
changed Whether the water com
Omaha daily bee., 1906-06-18
PERSONA NOTES.

J. J. Hill. the Great Northern railroad
magnate, has bought a. home In New
York City for $4,000.
John Sharp williams employs his va
cation days IN Mississippi almost all the
time in reading in his library, which IL
one OF the finest In the etate His chief
outdoor hobby is his rose garden, which
he helps keep IN order
William II. Newman. president Of the
New York Central this year holds the
record of drectorships and trusteeships
He represents the Vanderbilts In los cor
porations. Frederick Underwood presi-
dent Of the Erie road, is second in the
list, with seventy-two directorships, and w.
X. Vanderbilt Is fourth witn 'aKtyshve.
DIT. J. W. sayers of Philadelphia. has Just
been reelected chaplain OF the Grand Army
OF the Republic in Pennsylvania, this be-
ing his thirty-hfth consecutive term in that
position. He served with Company Of
the One Hundred and TwSntS-sSc0Rd Penn
sylvania volunteers during the .ciyn war
and participated in many battles with the
Army OF the Potomac. NV wv '"'-'-
Julian Trask. formerly labor commissioner
OF New Hampshire stammers greatly in
his speech and this popularity is we'll
known throughout the state. One day ne
was approached by a stranger who, after
some preliminary talk, confessed that he
had son who suffered He was anxious
to have the lad cured and asked Mr. Trask
for advice regarding the matter The
labor commissioner reRecsed grayely for a
few minutes and then responded with all
the emphasis he could command: "s-s-s-hoot
him."
The Chamber of Commerce and Real Es-
tate exchange OF Buffalo are fighting
shoulder to shoulder against the billboard
nuisance. At recent hearing prominent
real estate dealer. w. ]. -Kunzle., con
fessed that after trying tho forms OF sd-
vertising that under FIRE ne was convinced
that they were almost useless. and that
he had been wasting his money. Il have
absolutely given up thar Kind Of advCr-
Using matter and am. reaching my people
in the only approved modern manner,
through the newspapers" '-.'i S-
Omaha daily bee., 1906-06-18

CONGRESS AND THE PASS QUESTION.
Indications from Washington so far
as the free pass question is concerned
point towards an ultimate agreement
Of tho rate bill conferees to disagree.
leaving the statute work on this sub
ject rs It was when congress convened.
II has been maintained that the laws
as they stand. and especially as they
will be amended by the pending meas
ure, against railroad determinations,
II actually enforced, would prevent
most OF the worst pass abuses. Ex-
perience has shown. however, that such
prohibitions in general terms are not
effective as to this practice.
The two branches of congress have
occupied positions which, though
widely diverse, should have been recon
cilable in conference. The senate's
pass amendment in it's final form I'M
cluded so many excepted classes as to
leave wide open the door for perpetua-
ton OF old abuses, while the provision
which the house insisted should be
substituted was so extreme as TO ex-
cite reasonable protest in many quar-
ters. It ought to have been possible
to bring these extremes to a rational
and yet effective prohibition Of recog-
nized free pass abuses.
But such a result can at most be Ere
vented only temporarily. The-anti-pass
movement. which has already written
its purpose in the statute books of
several of the states, is now well nigh
universal and so irresistible that con-
gress will soon have to fallin line with
the state legislatures in accomplishing
this reform in thoroughgoing man
ner.
Omaha daily bee., 1906-06-18
war in school Histories.

Cleveland Plain Dealer.
One OF the most interesting features OF
the work Of the American Peace society.
which recently closed 1es,ann0al session, at
Lake Mohonk is thsSAnort that is being
made to relesate Iatfnarratives to a sub
ordinate position in the school histories.
The claim 10 made that in historical teach
ing far too much sstFess has BEEN laid
upon the military development Of peoples
and too little to the lar more potent infiu-
ences which have ie@ "a, national upbuild-
Ing The tendency now is to minimize war
In the histories and to give more space to
more Instructive topirs=-The disastrous ef4
fects OF war upon victor as we'll as van
pushed are being shown more truly, and
the fictitious siamor of glory is being re-
moved from the bloody operations Of the
battlefield.
Omaha daily bee., 1906-06-18
INDIAN TERRITORY TO DISAPPEAR

INDIAN TERRITORY TO DISAPPEAR.
The obliteration of the name of In
dian Territory, and its merger in the
soon-to-be-admitted state of Oklahoma
mark complete change of attitude
towards the aboriginal races of this
country. While the change from the
time when the Indian was treated as
permanently incapable of citizenship to
the time when citizenship is regarded
as the ultimate aim of all dealing with
him has not been sudden. It has gone
forward rapidly in recent years.
When Indian Territory was originally
set OF. no one dreamed that there
would ever come a time for its inclusion
in great thriving, rich. highly civil
lied commonwealth grown up still to
the westward, or that it would be
within the range of possibility that
such an outcome could be necessary
or desirable either for Indians or the
whites. The fixed idea was that the
Indian must be treated as ward. de-
pendent or prisoner, or else removed
entirely beyond contact and reach Of
the whites. The latter alternative was
undertaken by setting apart Indian
Territory. There Is no reason to be-
lieve that there was the slightest in
sincerity when it was declared on be-
half of the government in a treaty in
1928 that Indian Territory should be
"a permanent home that shall never
In all future time be embarrassed by
having extended around it or placed
over it the Jurisdiction of any territory
or state, nor be pressed upon by the
extension in any way of the limits of
any existing territory or state"
How complete has been the revolu-
ton of conditions and conceptions of
policy is now shown by the fact that
the great majority of the Indian popu-
lation in the territory thus set apart
themselves approve and welcome its
abolition and merger of themselves in
the mass Of American citizenship.
They take this step, too, with full
knowledge that the change inexorably
means the loss of their identity as In
dams. Hereafter the completion of
the process of breaking down tribal
relations, of government maintenance
and of all remnants of the old system,
will go forward with greatly acceler-
ated speed.
Omaha daily bee., 1906-06-18
METAMORPHosIs- OF BOYHOoD1.


]. w. Foley in New York Timeglt
Since she walks down owr strete 20 swete
ann fare
bill peerscn blakks his shooEe ann homes his
hare i,n ~,f---.' -
moast every day ann wares his 'sunde close
ann reddy brown rubs sumthen on his nose
to take the freckuls on ann trize to be
uz nete uz wacks In hoape that she will sea
the change in him ann hennry beamua .sedd,
he guess he otto ware his shooze instead
Nv goen bairfoot anvil the time uz tho
he didunt have the shooSe, to ware, uno.
ann hennry sedd wen he looks up an sees
hur kummen down benestiI the resa Nv treeZ
along the walk he wunders N his faice
lie wasn't ann II his neckt Is in plais
II yoostoo be he woar his OVerawls
In the frunt yard but now he goze ann
hawls
the leeves OF aftur dark sooze she woant
sea .fl..+. 6Et.-
him inhs wurken close witch shose that he
Just wurshipps hur ann gives a seaorSlt 81
NV happiness wenneavur she goEe bi.
ann hennry sedd the wurld will neavur SEINE
the saim to him, like sum wun In a drsms
he goze abowt ann dug not SEINE to care
fure uthly things ann offered me his shair
NV awl owr basebawl things, ann wenn he
goze
apasst hur howse he wares a hansum roze
ann entities avn his pockutsI owt sore thay
WIFI not stick owt ann 'oyles his hare TO lay
down smooth ann slick like barhuIs hare.
how
kood emmy gurl on urth resist him nowf
Omaha daily bee., 1906-06-18
PERIL of our Time.
New York Sun.

Mr.. Edison's promise to put the automo-
bile within the reach OF everybody when
the cobalt system of storage battery can
be used raises a. doubt whether the ma
chine would hold its vogue. The once pop
ular bicycle IL now almost a curiosity on
the pike. Everybody wanted one when
the cost OF manufacture was high and the
bicycle was regarded ,as a luxury. When
all the world and his wife could ride the
demand fell on. Mr.. Edison thinks that
when the price ofJthe automobile lie re-
duced so as to place 1t within. the reach
Of all the horse win become a thing OF
the past" Ia II not more likely that there
will be a reaction in, favor Of the horse
among those who tire OF the new toy?
Omaha daily bee., 1906-06-18
OPPORTUNITIES M THE ARMY.
Promotion from the Ranks BenenciaI
TO the Service.

! Promotion from the Ranks Beneficial
to the Service.
Baltimore American.
The War department and many OF the
distinguished oficers OF the army are In
search Of a remedy for desertion. There
Is one to hand which will help as much
as any other device that can be thought
of TO stay desertion and create a proper
spirit in the army After the West Point
graduates have been assigned there will
be a number Of vacant commissions in
the army. It Is customary at this time
OF the year 10 detail a number OF men
from the ranks TO take instructions for
examination for Commissions, and It lie said
that twenty will be so detailed In the next
two months.
Generally one or two men from the ranks
are chosen from those examined and the
balance OF the appointments are given 20
civilians who. because Of their ignorance
of the common soldier, are likely, by their
treatment OF him. 70 prejudice his mind
against service more than his own ofheer
succeeds in doing. BY giving 20 the men
who are fitted for II the promotion which
the vacancies annually offer there will be
gradually established in the mind OF the
army feeling OF self-respect, and outside
OF II a feeling Of respect which IL does not
now possess. When men feel that they be-
long to a corps where each man by devo-
ton to duty may eventually rise TO the
highest rank. desertion will become a thing
Of the past. Men will condemn II as they
would anything else which they considered
dishonoring and debasing.
To give to a few men, backed up by
influences commissions in the army At
certain intervals may be all right per Sc
but II It is a barrier 10 the Improvement
OF the service 1t should not be considered
for moment The ofhoer who ordered
the sergeant away from his vicinity In the
theater had view OF the service which Is
not confined to him, but IL IL not the view
which Improves the service and makes real
soldiers. Give the rank and hle the Aasur-
ance that they can rise 70 higher things
by devotion 10 duty and interest in the
army. and the complaints OF assertions
from the army will soon cease. II must
however. be bona hde system. and not the
practice said 10 be common OF sticking
man in the army for a few months in order
TO promote him from the rankA
Omaha daily bee., 1906-06-18

pany would be disposed to hold the
city to an appraisement regarded by
our people az excessive, or would In
that event consider a proposition for
extension and rate reduction, is prob
lematic,
With the old rates restored by a
court order recognizing the validity of
the water works contract and the
Water board enjoined from Interfering
with their collection, n becomes all the
more important that the sppraisement
now long overdue should be fastened
so that we may know where we stand
and take counsel on the next step.
Omaha daily bee., 1906-06-18

The law is supposed to be CONCEALED
common sense; but every once in awhile
some court hands down a decision thai
knocks such an idea galley west" Gs
That decision may be law, but II is far
from being common sense, y4. y, at
Both these propositions may be law, but
they are mighty poor law Viewed from the
standpoint Of common sense.
These extracts are from the comment
OF a local contemporary on a recent
court decision. Reading them as here
quoted one would assume at once that
they referred to the rotation ballot
outrage upon Douglas county voters as
perpetrated by the district court on ap-
plication of the Fontanelles. The fact
is, however, they were intended to re-
fer to the decision OF the circuit court
OF appeals on the waterworks rate case,
although they would Just as we'll, IL not
better, fit the decision nearer home.
Omaha daily bee., 1906-06-18
Best QuaIiaed for The Place.

Leigh World (rep.)
The senatorial scrap goes merrily on. Elk
Governor Crounse is making little stir
and Norris Brown OF Kearney still has his
friends at work. While few are trying to
turn the sentiment from Edward Rose
water. he seems to be gaining ground ev-
cry day and it looks more now than ever
that he is the choice of the people for
senator. He is the best qualified man in
Nebraska for the place and his friends
are enthusiastic that he shall get II.
Omaha daily bee., 1906-06-18
where Experience cOunts.

lhurtton 6ehette Wep)'
what's the matter with Rosewater for
SENATOR The only thing Hubbard can say
against 90 him IL that he is eb years old.
Talk about being "harmlvs." II you can't
rake up any old pills worse than that, Hub,
we are thinking Mr.. Rosewater and almost
any Of his friends can take q box OF about
forty-nve. without any particular uneasl-
ness on our part. ''old men for council and
young men for war IL safe adage to fol-
low these days It-reouires the experience
OF years OF rubbing up against the rough
edges Of this old world to At one for the
battles to be fought on the floor OF the
senate, unless. OF course. one IL going in for
graft. Most any young duck can choose
which pile he will take.
Omaha daily bee., 1906-06-18
A Peculiar EpIdemIc.

baltimore American
There is a peculiar epidemic of sickness
among counsel OF corporations when the
presence OF ofiicers is desired at investi-
cations or IN court, and its prevalence
strange to say. seems to have attracted
no special attention from the medical pro-
fession, as violent and unusual epidemicI
generally do. The low standard OF the
health of the country is also shown by the
fact that many eminent business men are
this summer driven to Europe for relief
from nervous troubles.
Omaha daily bee., 1906-06-18

Colonel Bryan declined to make a
public statement as to what impression
the Russian Parliament had made
upon him, but he will tell what he OBJ
served there in the series of Around
the-World letters which he is con-
tributing to The Bee. If you want a
description Of his. visit to the Duma at
first hand you should watch The Bee
for his letter from St. Petersburg.
Omaha daily bee., 1906-06-18
Obedleh.cs to PubIle wlII

7NIH7'1N'-''
Senator Gearin OF Oregon has proved the
sincerity of his belief in the popular cleo
ton of United States senators. When It ap-
peared that the legislature was in doubt
and that he might be returned to the sen.
ate as democrat, even though defeated
in the popular expression. Of preference at
the recent state. election. he sent on word
that he would not accept legislative cleo
ton opposed to the expressed desire OF the
people. This will not make him any less
popular in Oregon.
Omaha daily bee., 1906-06-18

Of the senate wing and n. II. Cay. the
chief electrician. placed on every door of
the senate elevators small device by
which when the door q opened the-curreut
IL cut on and q Is an impossibility for thu
operator to start me car. The moment the
door 10 shut small bolt r. pushed back
until the circuit is' completed aud the car
responds 60 the lever The elevator men
were jublant over the perfect working
excellence Of the device, and they are kent
busy all day expainins the invention to
senator's ..ts srag