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Omaha daily bee., 1906-08-04
Personal NOTES.

L. b. Abrahams, head master Of the
Jews free school at Spitalields, England,
has retired after ffty-three years OF serv-
ice. Israel Zangwell was once his pupil.
When Miss Angela Burdett- Coutts was
created a baroness by Queen Victoria, thir-
ty-hve years ago. there was not a single
peeress in her own right in the British
kingdom.
The prettiest hands in the world, it is
SAID belong to Mile. Marie de Casteliane,
member of the famous French family Of
that name and one Of the reigning beau
ties of Paris.
DR.. Elizabeth Blackwell, Americas first
woman physician, who has spent the last
forty years in England. will arrive in Bos-
ton this week to spend the summer in
her native country.
Prof. Adolf Harnach and probably DIT.
Hoch will be among the Germans who
will visit this country in April, 1907, at
the time of the opening of the Carnegie
institute at Pittsburg.
Lord Rendel of England was by profess
sion a barrister and was raised to the peer
age twelve years ago His father, James
Rendel was a celebrated engineer, who
built the harbors of Holyhead and Port
ian0, as well as tne JOCKS at Lellu Whilst
his eldest brother has been consulting en-
gineer to the Indian office for more than
thirty years.
Prof. Boerniel, the favorite sculptor of
the kaiser, will submit to the mayor of
San Francisco a plan for the erection at
various points in the city of water tow
ers fed from the sea, securing the city
from a repetition of its great fire. The
machinery in the towers will be so ar
ranged as to move in sympathy with the
movements of earthquakes.
The youngest and most democratic of
all the Rockefellers is Edna Augusta,
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Rookie
Teller of Russell, Kan. This young woman,
whom John d. Rockefeller is wont to style
his "favorite niece" though he and her
father are only cousins, has Just married
John Porter Brook keeper of a modest
millinery shop in Los Angeles, Cal.
Omaha daily bee., 1906-08-04
Dewey and the veterans.
Washington Star.

Admiral Dewey. in an address to an as
ISOLATION OF war veterans at Utica, N. Y,
voiced an old truth in good style. This is
a beautiful world and none of us is anx-
ious to leave IT," So say we all. admiral
We complain OF II no little, and tinker
with It constantly. but II is a mighty good
place after all. So far as this particular
part of the world is commemorative Amer
lean part-no men have better right to
the good things going and to the satisfac-
ton which comes from viewing and consid-
ering them than those who helped forty
odd years ago to keep the country together
The admiral was addressing a few of them
and being one of them himself must have
found especial pleasure in making his OBJ
servations.
Omaha daily bee., 1906-08-04
MAN NEEDS a NEWSPAPER.
Danger Encountered by Not Keeping
Up with the Times.

Kansas CITY JOURNAL
It is stated that one of the justices Of
the supreme court never reads a news
paper. He fears the distractions of III
formation and misinformation which ne
might encounter and which would dis
turb the delicate equipoise of the judi
cial mind.
It had been stated that he customarily
reads only some papers, and that there
are others which he never reads, his
Judgment might be praised and his dis
elimination appIsuded. But the announce
ment that he closes up practically all
avenues of communication between him
self and the outside world indicates A
narrowness that cannot be commended.
Newspapers reflect life-the breathing,
palpitating life that is electrical with all
that is happening and being said and
thought and hoped and labored for and
condemned by the people of world Of
which every we'll balanced man should
consider himself an integral part. He
cannot segregate himself from that life
and that world without losing some
thing which would make him a more
| completely rounded man and therefore a
better Judge.
The law is often criticised for being too
far removed from the source whence II
sprang-the words and deeds and better
| instincts OF the race, OF the men and
women whose life is reflected in the
newspapers. The highest ideal of n
| Judge is not a man who Is set apart in
al intellectual isolation which reduces
him to a mere walking axiom Of the law
| The best Judge is one who knows men as
well as he knows the law, and knows
both thoroughly-whose sympathies are
keen, who feels acutely the throb of tho
life and movement that is going on around
| him.
There is no better means OF getting into
and keeping I'm this atmosphere than the
constant and judcious perusal of the
right sort of nespapers. The man who
adopts 1t will md him himself continuously
Informed. and, in proportion to the wis
dom of his selection. rarely misinformed
/ There should be little danger Of one
equipped with the judicial mind having
his mental equilibrium thrown out of bal
ance The information which might be
! impaired TO him through the medium OF
the public press will be found quite as
| accurate at least, as most of that whicr
he finds in the undertaking magazines
and the books which purport TO instruct,
There was once sybil who, according
TO mythology, lived to be 30 old thai
only her voice survived the wasting pro-
cess of time. A judicial equipoise which
Is so delicate that Il may be thrown out
of gear by reading newspapers Is in dan
ger Of some such etherealizing attenua-
ton.
Omaha daily bee., 1906-08-04
srcRrTARy Roors MISSION.


II anything we're needed to empha-
size the success Of Secretary Roots
mission 70 South America It would be
abundantly supplied by the signs of
jealousy and apprehension manifested
among our European competitors, OF
which, perhaps, one Of the most no
table so far is the sensational warning
in a leading Partisan paper that the
harmony OF the American republics is
now secure and the prestige of the
United States established beyond all
question. The secretary's design, It is
now apparent, has been conceived and
executed with consummate skill, one
great object being to remove any sus-
picion of a disposition on our part
towards territorial aggression or un-
due influence of any kind for selfish
ends. The secretarys extended tour
through the chief South American
evidence OF good will the announce
ment of which produced a favorable
impression. This has now been deep
ened by the ability and tact with which
he has brought home to those peoples,
not merely the pacific purpose of the
United States toward them, but also
It's power to shield them against
wrongful aggression from the old
world.
The keynote of Secretary Roots ad-
mirably conceived address before the
Panamerican congress was pitched in
these words: I'VE wish no victories
but those of peace, no territory except
our own, and no sovereignty except
over ourselves. which we call indie
pendence." And this assurance, doubly
! significant to small and weak repub-
lies, was followed by a statement of
broad commercial policy. I'VE wish, -
said the secretary, "to increase our
prosperity, expand our trade and grow
in wealth and wisdom, but our concep-
ton of the true way to accomplish this
is not to pull down others and profit
by their ruin. but to help our friends
| to common prosperity and to growth
that we may all become greater and
stronger together" To succeed so far
in establishing confidence in the sin
certify and righteousness of our pur.
poses is a great step in advance which
is especially opportune at this time
when the Panama canal is we'll on the
way, when we must be more than ever
Interested in nearby markets and wher
colonization schemes are rife ir
Europe.
Moreover. our people are at last be
ginning to take practical and really
serious views of trade opportunities t.
the southwark and to appreciate the
great industrial progress In recent de
cades there, in the fruits of which the!
have not shared as they might. Since
1870 the total annual exports of thu
countries south of us has risen from
800, 100000 to $1,733, 900, 900, anC
of imports from $340,00O,000 Il
81 ,002, 100000. The Roosevelt con
ception, which Secretary Root Is SO eff
fectively representing, looking far be
yond the great isthmian canal enter
prise, aims by winning confidence ant
good will to pave the way for our in
terests in these great and growing
markets.
Omaha daily bee., 1906-08-04
BETTER ALL AROUND.
Protective Laws Not Perfect. hut Good
for Something.


for Something.
Cleveland Leader
Neither the pure food law nor the mea'
inspection law il entirely satisfactory in
itself. but fortunately the deficiencies of
the former are largely made up Cor by the
latter The officials having their enforce
ment in charge will work together and the
result. IL their efforts are properly di-
rected. will be satisfactory TO the public.
The pure food law supplements the meat
inspection law in that II prohibits mis-
branding. Canned veal cannot be sold
chicken without mourning a severe pen
atty. A mixture of lard and cottonseed oil
cannot be labeled pure leaf lard" There
will be a noticeable falling OF in the num-
Der OF "Westphalia" hams on the market.
There is little doubt that the oft-made
prediction that the meat inspection law
will prove to be the best thing that ever
happened for the packers will come true.
The secretary OF agriculture emphaticsily
expresses the opinion that within short
time the meat products of the United
States will be purer and more wholesome
than any others in the world. The condi-
tions existing In many OF the packing and
slaughter houses OF Europe are as hal as,
IL not worse than, those which recently
prevailed In Chicago. As a consequence.
American meat products are likely soon 10
enjoy prestige in Europe greater than they
have ever had.
Omaha daily bee., 1906-08-04
PROMOTING NEW INDUSTRIES.

The Omaha Commercial club has at
last undertaken to systematic the
work, which it has previously per-
formed in a desultory manner, of en-
couraging and promoting new indus
tries to locate in this city.
, There Is no question but that a
great deal can be done along this line
with telling results for the future
growth and prosperity of Omaha. 1t
is recognized on all sides that Omaha's
greatest need just at present is more
mills and factories and allied instiUu-
tions that will give steady employment
to men and women wage workers, who
in turn will constitute an effective
patronage for our retail establish
ments.
The location Of every new industry
that comes TO Omaha spreads out its
benefits in countless ways. The occu-
patton OF a warehouse or factory site
not alone affects the real estate mar
ket at once. but is followed up by a
demand for residences and dwellings
by those who are to be employed in
connection with 1t. Each new indus
try opens up new bank accounts col
lectively and individually. adds TO the
volume of mail coming through the
postofiee, increases the freight trafiC
on the railroads. In and out Of the city
Omaha daily bee., 1906-08-04

and spreads its benefits in a constantly
widening circle.
Every new industry. although it
may start in but a small way. is worth
while going after because OF It's posi-
bilities Of growth. Whatever plans
the Commercial club committee may
develop. that promise substantial sue
cess toward interesting capitalists to
go into business here. should receive
the unqualified and cordial backing of
the entire business community. be-
cause the measure Of success will de-
pend upon the support given by our
public-spirited citizens.
Omaha daily bee., 1906-08-04
THE FAILURES.

We burnt our youth out gaily,
And, faith, we had our fun!
We laugh and dream. and trusted Luck,
And now. at last, were done.
The river is our kinsman;
Fettered, and foul. and blue,
With it's yearning lap at the arches
Where the tugboats elbow through.
One day, when the farce is ended,
He'll give us a friendly bed,
When the New Years caught us mapping
with a gray, dishonored head.
Not vet Wen claim our lodging,
Good cousin. your sheets are damp
The bitter east wind snatches
At the flame of the faring lamp.
Not vet. Well risk our fortune,
If the game goes up again,
Well kiss Marie at the corner
And try your rest house then.
Sara H. Birchall in the Reader.
Omaha daily bee., 1906-08-04
AGAINST THIRD TERN ON PRINclPL E.

AGAINST THIRD TERM ON PRINCIPLE N.
While the evidences of popular de-
sire that Theodore Roosevelt might re-
yet another term continue to multiply,
and are believed by many to be so
strong that he must In the end yield
to It, every expression that comes au-
thentically from him amounts to a re-
iteration of his statement, deliberately
made from the White House on the
day when the result of the last presi-
Dental election was known, to the eff
feet that he considered the present
term his second and that he would not
again be candidate.
The latest indication of the presi-
dents attitude, which is identical with
that contained in various letters over
the signature of his private secretary,
is this statement of Charles Emory
Smith, the we'll known Philadelphia
editor and former cabinet member dur
the Mckinley administration, which
was made after a whole day spent
with the president. 1.-THE president, y
Mr.. Smith says. "is opposed on prin-
ciple to a third term, and he conceives
that for him to be a candidate would
violate that principle" which involves
in the Philadelphia editors view "the
absolute exclusion of President Roose
welt by his own unalterable decision.
II IL two years till the republican
party has to act, and the proof is con
elusive that the presidents mind. Sc
far as that is to be taken as finally de
cisive, is at present substantially al
Mr.. Smith states II.
Omaha daily bee., 1906-08-04
UNPREcEDENrED PIG IRON PRODUCTION

UNPRECEDENTED PIG IRON PRODUCTION
The authoritative figures show that
the production of pig iron for the first
half of the year by far exceeds that of
the same period of any year in our his
tory, being 12.603,O0O tons, against
11,s29,000 tons during the first six
months of 1905, the latter then being
the high record. Pig iron, being basic
in the vast group of iron and steel in
dustries, is regarded as always one Of
the truest barometers of general bust
ness and industrial conditions. and
from this standpoint the showing is ex-
ceedingly gratifying and encouraging.
II is corroborated by the specific facts
reported by the several great corpora
lions representative of iron and steel
interests, and particularly the United
States Steel company. which, after a
period of several years. has Just de-
clared a dividend on common stock.
The pig iron production of the
United States for the year, we are as
sured, will reach the prodigious total
of % 100000 tons, or immensely more
than was annually produced in the
whole world only few years ago,
Omaha daily bee., 1906-08-04
Graft in England.
Atlanta CnnstlintInn.

AIIHIIH N0TstIIUIIVTI.
deputation Of city functionaries went
from York. England, to Hull, the other day
to see about the proper painting Of bound
airy post connected with the navigation Of
the River ouse. The post was duly painted
in a few minutes and the deputation dis
tributed a good deal of metaphorical red
paint in the vicinity. The bill for $3.50
which the corporation Of York has been
asked to pay for painting the post and vi
cinity includes such necessary items as
cases OF champagne. two dozen bottles Of
fine Scotch whisky, liquors, salmon, fee.
cigars, chickens, ducklings, Telons, pine
apples, grapes, oranges. breakfast and tea.
oh, no; there is no such thing as graft in
dear hold Henglandv
Omaha daily bee., 1906-08-04
RaiIroad. and the Law.
Springfield Republican.


1t is fair to assume that the railroads
are not comforting with their lawyers to de-
wise plans for circumventing or overthrow
ing the new interstate rate law. More likely
the recent conference at Chicago was for
consideration of the requirements of the
law and of how to conform to them. This
is not saying that the roads will not test
the power of the commission to fix maxi
mum rates. They may do so, but 1t will
be time enough for them to think OF this
when the commission has begun to exercise
its new power. Meantime the general traffic
manager of the western New York Central
lines expresses the belief that the strict
enforcement OF the new law in the matter
of rate discrimination, midnight tariffs, -
publicity OF rates, free passes, and so on,
will prove of the greatest benefit to the
carriers. He predicts that the law will
prove far more obnoxious to the big ship
pers, hitherto enjoying unjust descrinina-
tons, than to the railroads ....
Omaha daily bee., 1906-08-04

There is no danger that the Venner
proposition to increase the water
works load now carried by the city will
ever be accepted. But in the interval
Omaha has a $6,OOO.OOO water works
appraisement hanging over its head
with municipal ownership tied up in
definitely in the courts while the high
priced-lawyers are serenely milking the
cow--all as a result of a so-called i'm
mediate compulsory purchase law.
Omaha may delay tackling the job. but
the water works problem will have to
be solved sooner or later.
Omaha daily bee., 1906-08-04
TO MANDAMUs AN ASSESSMENT.
Kansas to Try Expedient Pursued by
Editor of Bee in Nebraska.



Kansas railways have welded their
power in politics so skillfully that they
are underassessed as compared with other
property and now David Overmeyer, a well
known lawyer who is a democratic candi-
date for the Office of attorney general, has
advised that the state board be man
damused for the purpose of compelling 1t
to make a new assessment based on the
true value of the property. The success
OF the proposed procedure will be OF in
terest to the taxpayers of many of the
other states which assess railway prop
erty through the agency OF state boards,
since any taxpayer who feels that he can
prove that the railways have been under
assessed, and there are many OF them, can
institute such suit which will pass the
matter up to the courts. Such a suit was
brought against the State Board of Equal
ization OF Nebraska in 1902 by Edward
Rosewater, who is now a candidate for the
United States senate. He lost his suit. the
court holding that the board had acted
without an abuse OF the discretion allowed
IT, The success of such litigation would
hinge largely on the good faith in which
the board acted. II a state board deliber-
ately underassessed the corporations in
face of evidence as to their true value.
such proceedings as Overmeyer proposes
might be OF great service.
Omaha daily bee., 1906-08-04

That reminds us that If Colonel
Bryan has set himself to the task of
cleaning out the democratic national
committee. the member for Nebraska
might on close inspection reveal some
corporate connections" that would at
least put him upon the probationers'
bench
Omaha daily bee., 1906-08-04

The British insurance inspector who
reported on the San Francisco disaster
evidently understands the situation
better than some American concerns,
since he tells stockholders bluntly that
they can either pay losses without
haggling or prepare to surrender
American business
Omaha daily bee., 1906-08-04
Insurance companies are putting II

Insurance companies are putting in
a new schedule of local fire rates said
to be based on careful inspection of
the individual risks. 1t is safe to say
that the changes when the ratings are
completed will be found to be largely
in favor of the fire companies with
only enough exceptions to be pointed
out as shining examples when the
kicks come to be registered.
Omaha daily bee., 1906-08-04

According to figures of the local
weather bureau station the tempera-
ture for the month of July in Omaha
was considerably below the average.
II the weather man will now see to it
that the month of August is as COM
Portable as was the month of July his
popularity will increase.
Omaha daily bee., 1906-08-04

The tax levy fixed by the state BOARD
at the same rate as last year means a
bigger tax burden on Nebraska prop
erty owners and a bigger revenue to
the state because of the increased
grand assessment which serves as the
basis. With an addition Of more than
$8,6OO,000 to the assessment roll. the
proceeds of the state levy for 1906 of
mills will be some 100000 more
than of the levy for 1905. With this
in addition to the extra mill the entire
assessment ought to go a great way
toward wiping out the state debt. But
will it? ~
Omaha daily bee., 1906-08-04

Soldiers stationed along the Cana
dian line are said to be deserving
They will probably report for punish
ment when the billiards begin and
troops along the Mexican line resume
breaking over the border.
Omaha daily bee., 1906-08-04

Fortunately for Mr.. Bryan the ira
dition of Jeffersonian simplicity is ex-
ploded, so that the trip from New York
TO Nebraska in special train would
not necessarily disqualify him as a
''eommoner."
Omaha daily bee., 1906-08-04

Colonel Bryan should hurry home
and straighten out things political
within the fusion ranks OF his own
home county, where the rivalry OF COM
peting candidates for the governorship
nomination on the democratic ticket
threatens open war. Colonel Bryan
might deliver a lecture 10 his followers
on the VGnity OF empty 'hOn0rG
Omaha daily bee., 1906-08-04

Douglas county continues to defray
substantially one-tenth of the entire
burden OF state government. Some Of
the interior state politicians. however,
who try to make capital out Of preju-
dice against Omaha would like to fence
Douglas county outside of the state
limits.
Omaha daily bee., 1906-08-04

While Mayor Dahlman is undertake
ing to verify the accuracy of the scales
by which Omaha hOuseholders buy
their meats and groceries he should
not overlook the scales held aloft by
the blindfolded Goddess of Justice who
surmounts the court house statu-
esquely just across the street from the
city hall.
Omaha daily bee., 1906-08-04
After returning to the stockholders

After returning to the stockholders
in dividends 2915 per cent of their
subscriptions the Portland exposition
has gone out of business as a corpora
ton. This leaves the Omaha exposi-
ton, which paid back 80 per cent to
the stockholders. still with the record
for successful financiering among all
American expositions ever held.
Omaha daily bee., 1906-08-04

The report that Iowa democrats are
to draft platform from the ideas laid
aside by progressive" republicans in
the interests of harmony is probably
started by some one better acquainted
with Iowa democracy than with what
was discarded"
Omaha daily bee., 1906-08-04


II is quite right to provide the employees
Of the South Omaha packing houses with
white duck suits and a complete change
for every day. But In the amended Ian
guage Of the poet, Clothes do not make
the man, nor guarantee the contents Of
the can"
Omaha daily bee., 1906-08-04

The defeat of mutineers in Russia
may cause revision OF that opinion
which attributes the defeat in Man
churia entirely to official incompe-
tency.
Omaha daily bee., 1906-08-04

The government has evidently de-
cided that IL John D. Rockefeller needs
an immunity bath, he shall not have 1t,
and If he doesn't need It, he will be no
worse of.
Omaha daily bee., 1906-08-04

North Dakota democrats accused Of
selling their votes in national conven-
ton TO Parker should easily disprove
the story, as the nomination could
never have been worth the alleged
price.
Omaha daily bee., 1906-08-04

When the United States shall have
discovered the way to insure competi-
ton in the food supply trust on the
canal zone 1t might try the same plan
at home.
Omaha daily bee., 1906-08-04
End of the snap.
washington Post.

" lHIIIIIE TVII V5Ns
The Treasury department has ruled that
hereafter bidders for United states bonds
will need something more than 2-cent
stamp and a liberal allowance Of nerve.
Omaha daily bee., 1906-08-04

thronement Of the strawberry a nd-cream
complexioued dairymaid: the hands that
milk this and most other farmers cows
are those Of unpioturesaue men with their
trousers hitched un by one suspender.
Omaha daily bee., 1906-08-04

Lawyers in the HartJe case will
prove their ability as salvage crews If
they can bring their clients anything
but dishonor out of the testimony.
Omaha daily bee., 1906-08-04

And now the political situation in
Iowa is to be further involved by a
gift from Rockefeller to two Iowa col
leges. ''''''
Omaha daily bee., 1906-08-04

In view of the collision between the
Illinois and the Alabama, further proof
OF the necessity for naval maneuvers
need not be given.