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Omaha daily bee., 1908-10-18

NEW YORK, oct. REFRIGERATED
APPLES-Market continues quiet. Early
new crop fruit is quoted at 57sG6c on spot;
1907 at 4ltN j1Rc. according to grade.
DRIED FRUITS-Prunes are quiet. but
sound fruit Is steadily held. with quota
tions ranging from 44c TO l3c for Califor-
MIA and from SIC TO 75ac for Oregon grades.
Apricots are unchanged, with choice quoted
at SGSlac; extra choice, S&@9c; fancy, 9k0
1Olkc. Peaches remain quiet, with choice
quoted at 7u7hc; extra choice, 7EMSc:
fancy. Shd9c. Raisins are dull. both as to
the spot market and for forward shipment.
Loose muscatel are quoted at 5Ad6jkc;
choice 20 fancy seeded. Glhd7Ac; London
layers, A.6CalG5: seedless. 47bd5c.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-10-18
Kansas city train and ProvisIona,

Hq2c lower; DecemOer, 5Shc; May, 96Mc;
July, s1lsci cash; No. 2 hard, 9iq991ac; No.
8 hard, 9Sq9Sc; No. 2 red, $I.O09l.Gl; No. 3
red, 97cd$1.OO.
constrained to lie lower; December,
b69sc; May. 57&c; July. 5Sc; cash: No. 2
mixed, 62q7Oc; No. 3 mixed, 62QS9c; No. ?
white, 65d70c; No. 8 white, 64469c.
OATS-Unchanged; No. 2 white, 4SQ5Oc;
No. 2 mixed, 47a4Sc.
RYE-75c.
BAY-Steady; choice timothy, S9.JOd1O.OO;
Choice prairie, SS.25qS.5 80.
BUTrER-Easier; creamery, 27kc: pack
ing stock, lThc.
EGGs-Firm; fresh extras. 25c: current
Omaha daily bee., 1908-10-18
Otis ana ROSiR.

NEW YORK, Oct, E.-OILS-Cottonseed.
easy; prime crude, 2S1kGz9c; yellow, SKA
&Ac. Petroleum, steady; refined New
York. $50; Philadelphia and Baltimore,
SS.45; In hulk. SAX.
ROsIN-Quiet; strained. common to good,
&&92S5.
OIL CITY, Oct. I.-OIL-Credit balances.
A.7S; runs. 1910 bills: average. la. 222
bbls shipments, 49, ass bills; average ship
ments. 1S5. ia bills.
SAVANNAH, Oct. E.-OIL-Turpentine,
steady. i6c: shipments. 6s5 bbls.
ROSIN-Firm; sales. 2S69 bbls. receipts.
2.6SS bbls.; shipments. SIS bills: stock,
ls6,907 bills; b., S165; ID. S267k; r, S272H:
G. sat; II, SIS; X. SAO; M, $5.l5: N, 1918;
WIG. S6.25; WV, $3.50.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-10-18
New York Money Market.

NEW YORK, Oct. I1.-MoNEY-On call,
nominal. Time loans, dpll and steady;
sixty days, 2l5q3 per cent; ninety days, 3A
per cent; six months, '3hG3% per cent.
PRIME MERCANTILE PAPER-4g4h
per cent.
STERLING EXCHANGE-Strong, with
actual business IN bankers bills at SiS49G4
ass for sixty-day bills and at $3.50
for demand; commercial bills, $4.S5l9U4 A5s.
SILVER-Bar, 5lAc; Mexican dollars,
45c.
BONDS-Government. steady; railroad,
heavy.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-10-18
PAmadeIphia Produce Market.

PHILADELPHIA, Oct. 17.-BUTTER-
Dull and weak; extra western
2Sc; nearby prints, soc.
EGGS-Ftrm; good demand; Pennsylvania
and other nearby firsts. free eases, &c, at
mark; current receipts, in returnable cases,
= sSc' at mark; western firsts, free cases.
aoc' az mark; current receipts, free cases.
nc, at mark.
Firm. but quiet; New York fun
creams, choice, l2lkc; fair to good, l9lkGl9c.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-10-18
Sc. Joseph Tive sIocx Market.

SOUTH ST. JOSEPH, Oct. H.-CATTLE
Receipts, 500 head. Market steady; steers,
SS6O95.6ei cows and heifers, $2.5O@4D;
lower; ton, $5.S5; bulk Of sales, S5.g5G5. 20.
SHEEP AND LAMBS-Receipts, 200
head. Market steady; lambs, $4.50G5.5O;
Omaha daily bee., 1908-10-18
CoRee A.arket.

NEW YORK. oct. H-COFFEE-Market
for coffee futures closed steady, net un-
changed 10 5 points lower. Sales reported
Of 2.30 bags. including October, 5.6c;
November. 5.25G540; December, 5.Sd5 20,
January, 5.Soc; February, 5.Sd5.40 c; March.
5.25G5.30c; Nay, 5.25e; September. 5.35c. Spot
coffee. quiet; No. 7 Rio. &C; No. 4 Santos.
SIC; mild coffee, quiet; COrdoya, 9hq12hc.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-10-18
Wool Market.

LONDON, Oct. 17.-WOOL-A superior
selection Of 1884 bales was offered al the
wool auction sales today. Bidding was
active and superior clothing was in ami
mated demand fer srmany. Course crUsS-
traders. Americans bought superior cross
bTeds freely at extreme rates. They also
secured several lots of fine, greasy merinos
sales follow: New South Wales, 5000
bales; secured. Is 2d@ls Sd. Queensland,
200 bales; secured, Is Sd4ls I'd; greasy,
hdd1s SID; greasy. 3Kd6ls hd. South
Australia, 200 bales; secured, 1ldd1s sd;
greasy, nil. Cape of Good Hope and Natal,
200 bales; secured, Is sd; greasy. 6hd61bd.
ST. LOUIS, Mo, Oct. 17.-WOOL-Firm;
medium grades, combing and clothing. l6q
zoe; light fine, l6al6hc; heavy fine, uQ12c;
tub washed, &c.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-10-18
Article. Open. High. Low. Close. Ye'sy.


mo q
Cash quotations were as follows:
FLOUR-Steady; winter patents, A4NQ
ASS; winter straights. $A2OGt4.65; winter
clears, S3.G04.O5; spring patents, si25lra.S0:
spring s~traights. Ao0Q4S6; bakers 5000
3S5.
WHEAT-No. 2 spring. s1.OSa1.0s; No. 3
spring, 96cqA.Oi; No. 2 red, Sl.00@1,0iA.
CORNING, ., 72972i4c; No. 2 yellow. ISc.
OATS-No. 2 white, Sic; No. 3 white, asa
5G1bc.
RYE-No. 2, 75c.
BARLEY-Good feeding, 55Q55hs; fair. to
choice mailing, 57d62c.
SEEDS-Flax, No. 1 northwestern, .23n,.
Prime timothy, S.25G3.30.
PRoVlSlONS-short ribs, sides QOose),
S.6Ou9.12h. Mess pork, per Dbl, Sl3. 37ls0
3.5O. Lard, per 100 lbs. So. ZTBa9.s0. Short
clear sides (boXed), 50. 6da50.
Following were the receipts and shipments
OF flour and grain:
Omaha daily bee., 1908-10-18

The percentage of actual reserve OF the
clearing house banks at the close OF bust-
ness yesterday was 27.9.
The statement of banks and trust COM
panies Of Greater New York. not members
OF the clearing house. shows that these in
stitutions have aggregate deposits Of $l,06O,-
$4,000; total cash on hand, 500 9JS,O0Q, and
loans amounting to Sq6S 41S10O.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-10-18
liverpool Grain Market.

LIVERPOOL Oct. lT.-WHEAT-spot.
steady; No. 2 red, western winter, Is SHd,
futures quiet; December, IS Sd; March. rs
Ibsd; May, Is 4fsd.
CORN-spot. steady; American mixed. Is
sid. Futures quiet; October, IS sd; De
eember. IS 40.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-10-18
Mnwaakee Grain MARKED.

MINIATURES, Oct. IL-WHEAT-Lower:
NO i northern, A06d1 .O6lh; No. 9 northern,
tlN; December, 99hQ9she, bid.
CORN-Dulli December, $3.50, bid.
BARLEn7Steady; standard, 65lk66Gc;
sample. 54lAa65c.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-10-18
Movements of Merchnndise.

NEW YORK, Oct. 1L-Imports of mer-
chandise and dry goods at the port of New
York for the week ended October 10 Were
valued at 81, 945, 1SS. Imports of specie were
$l75, l26 silver and $12S, 1874 gold. Exports OF
specie were S1S5, 37S silver and no gold,
Omaha daily bee., 1908-10-18
CHICAGO LIVE STOCK MARKET
Cattle and sheep steady-Hogs weak
TO Lower.

CHICAGO. Oct. observation-disclosures.
500 head; market steady, beeves, S.4OM so;
Texans, S&di.O; westerns, S.1Ou5.IO;
stocks and feeders, 'S2.0O0A50, cows and
heifers, A,6Ou0.S0; calves, S6.0OaS.5O.
HOGS-ReCeipts, 1000 head; market weak
to loo lower; light. S.sOd5.7O; mixed, S5.3Oa
500; heavy, 5.S0a6.03ia; rough. S5.30a545:
choice to heavy, S.4546O2h; pigs, S3.OOa5.OO;
bulk OF sales, $o.45d6.75.
SHEEP AND LAMBS-Receipts, 1900
head; market steady; natives, &.50a4.6O,
western, S25oQ460, yearlings, $A4OQ5M;
lambs. N0oM6.Oli western lambs. A.0OM6.l0
Omaha daily bee., 1908-10-18
Sioux City Live stock Market.

SIOUX CITY, oct. ~17.-(Special Tele-
gram observation-disclosures zoo head; mar
81. 1898. rs; feeders, 81. 75qi.25; calves and
yearllngs. s.. 25G3. rs.
HOGS-Receipts, $500 head; market 1Oc
az. 40.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-10-18
sugar and MoIaanes.

NEW YORK, Oct. H.-SUGAR-Raw.
test, 3.9Sc; molasses sugar, 3.2Sc; refined.
steady; No. 9, 4.6Oc; No. Z, 455c; No. 8,
45Oc; No. 9, 4.45c; No. 10, 4.35c; No. II, 4.3Oc;
confectloners A, 4.s0c; mould A, 5.25c; cut
loaf. 5.S0c; crushed, SOC; powdered, Bloc;
granulated, SC; cubes. 5.25c.
kettle, good to choice, 2sg42c.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-10-18
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Omaha daily bee., 1908-10-18
nulnth Grnln Mnrket.

DULUTH. oct. l7.-WHEAT-No. l north
ern, 3LO2h; No. 2 northern. lCJN; Deem.
Der, n.00h; May. Si.ofh; October, N.@A;
November. N.O2h.
OATS-7c.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-10-18

fA000425; feeding wetkers. 2Oaa6b: good
20 choice ewes, AO0Q4G u. fair to good ewes.
&50u4O; feeding ewes, S2OOuS.OO; culls
and bulks, NO0H2.5Q.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-10-18
Treasury Statement.

WASHINGTON. Oct. E.-Today's state
ment OF the treasury balances in the gem
eral fund. exclusive OF the $3.50. O00, 900 gold
reserve, shows; Available cash balance,
$40, ~ COS: gold Going and bullion. $40, 81
400; gold certificates, $s. lOl. $50.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-10-18

SILNER-Bar. steady at 20 Ad per OF.
MONEY! @% per cent.
The rate of discount in the open market
for short bills is 1 7-16Q1h per cent; for
three months' bills. IL az 1916 per cent.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-10-18
London Closing stocks,

LONDON, oct. lion the Stock ex-
change today American securities started
fairly steady, but weakened later and
closed easy and irregular after the trans
action of a small amount Of business.
lnndnn closing afncka.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-10-18

shows that the banks hold S1.l1,125 moro
than the requirements Of the . per cent
reserve rule. This is a decrease Of S.&56,lVO
in the proportionate cash reserve as com
pared with last week. The statement FOL
love-
Omaha daily bee., 1908-10-18
Toledo Seed Market,

TOLEDO. oct. 17.-sEEDs-Clover, cash,
sac: October. A.6o, December, Si.67k;
Morch, $3.50; No. ?. s4.S2; No. 8, Sass; re-
jected. sA.10; alsike, prime, $3.50.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-10-18
Metal market.

NEW YORK. Oct. lL.-METALS-The
metal market was generally quiet in the
absence Of cables. Tin remained duh. at
S29O0Q29.3. Copper Was practically nominal,
with lake at NS3shdi3.62h: electrolytic,
Si312kQlasT1; casting. $l2S7%Ql3l2h. Lead
was unchanged. at A&d4.S0. Spelter CON
tinued duh, at AThqASh. Iron was IN
changed.
sT. LOUIS. Oct. n.-MErALS-LAad.
weak. fAl0 spater. dull. $40.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-10-18
HOGS TEN TO FIFTEEN LOWER
Fat Lambs Twenty-Five TO Forty
Lower for the week, with sheep
steady TO Lower and Feed
ers a.

The following table shows the receipts OF
cattle, hogs and sheep at South Omaha for
the year to date, compared with last year
1905. 1907. Inc. DEC;
Cattle ........... 79S,5O9 9O6,SS ..s lo"'%
Sheep ..........l,6S 76l 1,6S5,Z75 .....' Io'oI4
The following table shows the average
price OF hogs at South Omaha for the last
several days, with comparisons:
~. ,ooe 1,oo- 500 1,oos I,oot 1aoQ 1902.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-10-18
ArtIclss.l open. HiEh.I Low. cIose.I Yss'y.
Omnha Casb Pricea.

WHEAT-No. 2 hard, s3c; No. 3 hard,
gl@s2hc; No. 4 hard, s9d91c; No. 3 spring,
9249ic.
CORNING. 3, 69d691hc; No. 3 yellow, 691zc;
No. 8 white. 70Q7Okc.
OATS-No. 3 yellow. Ah945c; No. 3 white.
4hc; No. 4 white, 44hQ4Ac; standard,
45kc.
RYE-No. 2. 6saeshc; No. 3. eSa6sc.
Ga-I.a n.o,
Omaha daily bee., 1908-10-18
Ticket Agent regrets Act

SIOUX FALLS, 8. D., Oct. 1E-CSpecial)--
While temporarily acting as depot agent
OF the Milwaukee Railway company at
Marion, Fred Sweep, a well-known resident
Of White Lake, made a curious mistake
which will cost him several hundred dollars.
He sold a large number of landseeks rs'
tickets at one fare for the round trip, when
the company had authorized no special rate
whatever. The landseekers who received
the benefit of the mistake can consider
themselves in luck, but Sweep does not
feel very cheerful about 1t.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-10-18
Minneapolis Grain Market.

MINNEAPOLIS. Oct n.-WHEAT-De-
No. hard. A@A; No. ! northern, ul@A;
Omaha daily bee., 1908-10-18
cIearInE House bank Statement.

NEW YORK. Oct. 1.-THE statement OF
the clearing house banks Tor the week
Omaha daily bee., 1908-10-18

On the Produce e~Nchange today the but
ter market was weak creameries, 9Ofi26c;
diaries, lSazSc. Eggs, firm. at mark, cases
Included. l7q2c; firsts. pc; prime firsts.
&c. Cheese, easy, 1sk6i3hc.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-10-18
Boston stock aud Bonds.

BOSTON. Oct. 17.-Money, call loans, NO
2 per cent; time loans, 2kG4h per CEN.
Quotations on stocks and ponds were as
follows.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-10-18

You can build up your business by using
The Bee Want Ad columnA
Omaha daily bee., 1908-10-18

BRAN-In bulk. H7.5O01S2S.
second patents. SlOd5.So, first clears, $3.50
h4H: second clears, R.900R20.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-10-18
81. Louis General Market.

ST. LOUIS, Oct. 11.-WHEAT-Lower:
track, No. 2 red, cash, S1.0l14Ql. O3A; No. 2
hard, 97cq$l.Ol; December, $3.50; May,
Sl.O2%.
CORN-Firm; track, No. 2 cash. 76c; old,
No. 2 white, 76c; old December, 6OAc; May,
-61Ac.
OATS-Weak; track. No. 9 cash, 47a471kc;
No. white, 50q52c; December, 461lc;
May. 49Ac.
FLOUR-Steady; red winter patents, SAC
q4sO; extra fancy and straight, A.20a4.5;
clears, $3.50.
SEED-Timothy. $2363l5.
CORNMEAL-$3.60 q.
BRAN-Weak; sacked, east track, SEQ
$l.O0.
HAY-steady; timothy. sS.5Oq14OO; prairie,
S1.O0H 1880.
IRON COTTON TIEs-$l.W.
BAGGING-Sc.
HEMP TWINE-7c.
PROVlSIONS-Pork, lower; jobbing Sl4.OO.
Lard, lower; prime steam, S9.071Ad9. 20. Dry
salt meats, steady; boxed shorts, $11.12h;
clear ribs. $l.00; short clears, a .l2h.
Bacon, unchanged; boxed extra shorts,
N2OO; clear ribs, sll.S7h; short clears. $500.
POULTRY-Lower; chickens, Sc; springs,
lOc; turkeys, l2kq14c; ducks, nc; geese,
sac.
BUTTER-Quiet; creamery. 21G271Ac.
EGGS-FiTm. zoe, case count.
PROVISIONS - Pork, lower; jobblng.
standard mess S1a %
Omaha daily bee., 1908-10-18

Advertise in The Bee, the paper that goes
into the homes of the best people.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-10-18
Bank CIenrinRn.

OMAHA, Oct. -Ba clearings for
today were $2,30l, 776.N and for the corre-
spending period last year $2,049,S 51 80.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-10-18
Stock In Girhf.

Receipts of live stock at the six western
markets yesterdays:
Omaha daily bee., 1908-11-21
TURN OF TIDE.

officials of the bureau of immigra-
ton at Washington report that for the
first time in a year the tide of alien
migration, which has been running
from American shores, has turned this
way again. For the second week in
November the number of arrivals at
Atlantic ports was 1887, while the
departures were 10,S99. a margin of
only thirty-eight, but considered sig
nificant, as the difference has been
persistently on the other side for a
year. o..
From the beginning of the year up
to November IA there were 349,655
arrivals and 601,288 departures, a net
loss of 261,633. In the same period
last year 850,637 more aliens came to
the United States than left for their
former homes abroad. Last year was
almost a record-breaker in immigra-
ton, due to the unprecedented demand
for workmen in all classes of American
enterprises. AS soon as the industrial
depression set in last October the tide
turned and the emigration broke all
former records.
This exodus, 1T Is now clear, was of
great economic value to the country.
II reduced the number of idle work
men and consequently increased the
opportunities for employment for the
rest. AS a result there was less ac-
tual distress among workmen In this
country than in any other serious in
dustrial panic. The exodus furnished
evidence, too, that the aliens had been
prosperous and frugal during the busy
times and were able, when the depres-
sion came, to return home and live
cheaply until the hard times in Amer
lea were over.
The fact that the immigrants are re-
turning is a cheering sign of renewed
activity in l~abor-giving enterprises. II
is not expected that the influx of these
workmen will be heavy during the
winter months, but with the full re-
covery in industrial activity and in
business lines a considerable food OF
immigration may be expected in the
spring and early summer months.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-11-21
KENTUCKrs BID FOR SETTLERS

KENTUCKFS BID FOR SETTLERS.
The officials of Kentucky have or
ganized a systematic plan for inducing
immigration to the state. Headquar-
ters have been opened at Louisville
and the agent in charge
that he will make a systematic effort
to bring to his state a desirable class
Of foreigners. The states
will be advertised both at home and
abroad and attention directed to the
opportunities offered to those seeking
homes or locations for business or In
dustrial enterprises.
In n respect, Kentucky has much
to offer to immigrants. The state has
thousands of acres of fertile lands lying
idle because of the scarcity of help
and much public work that lags be-
cause Of the lack OF unskilled labor.
Labor Is in great demand and, accord
ing to the reports of the immigration
agent, the farmers of the state are
anxious to sell part of their land at
reasonable prices and on most favor
able terms. II by 80 doing they can
secure ample help for the cultivation
OF their own farms and the marketing
of their products.
All of this sounds highly attractive,
but it would seem that this is an I'M
fortunate time for Kentucky to begin
bidding for immigrants. For more
than a year the news columns of pa
pers throughout the country have beer
filled with reports of the murderous
operations of the Might Riders" who
have kept a large section of the state
In a condition of terror. They have
made life and property rights In the
state unsafe, as shown by the fact that
many hundreds Of farmers are leaving
the state through fear OF these des-
peradoess Immigrants going into Ken
lucky would claim the right of protec-
ton, and the record of the last year
Omaha daily bee., 1908-11-21
r-oRHARn-Nor RAcKwnRp

The local democratic organ, the
world-Herald. is endeavoring 20 read
into the returns on the legislative
ticket In this county an endorsement
of a scheme for an elective police COM
mission, for which 1t has drawn plans
and specifications. Although the city
Of Omaha gave It's majorities TO the re-
publican legislative candidates, 1t is
hardly worth while discussing whether
the democratic home rule slogan was
or was not the real issue in the local
campaign, because it is a condition
and not a theory that confronts us.
The aim and object Of establishing
and maintaining a police commission
for Omaha as a metropolitan city was
from the outset to divorce the police
and fire departments from politics and,
particularly, to remove the police de-
partment from the sphere of influence
of the classes subject to police surveil-
lance. The particular plan for an cleo
tive police commission, now proposed,
instead of keeping the saloons and
vicious elements out of politics, is es-
pecially designed to force them into
politics and to keep them in politics
year in and year out.
1t is proposed not only to make the
four members of the police board cleo
tive instead of appointive, but to elect
them one each year so as to make the
control of the police commission an
issue in every election. That this
would destroy all the reforms that
have been slowly accomplished in the
conduct of Omaha's fire and police de-
partments in the last twenty years
must be s~elf-evident.
If we are to have a change In the
method Of selecting members of our
fire and police commissions, by all
ean let us go forward and not back
ward. If we are to have a change, let
us have some plan carefully worked
out in the light of experience here and
in other cities that will not put up a
prize that will be fought for year by
year between the elements of civic de-
cency and the elements of vice and
Righteousness.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-11-21
POLITICAL DRIFT.

Richard Croker came over as Fingy Con.
ners went over, thus preserving the equili-
brim Of the planet.
Thomas l.. Hisgen announces that he is
"out Of politics for good" with the help
he received 1t will not take Thomas Ions
to get out.
Tom Taggart OF Indiana has decided to
pass up the senatorship which he couldn't
reach, and for the present confine his ac-
tivities to French Lick.
Some heartless democrats in Illinois
rudely scott at the suggestion that Uncle
Adlai Stevenson should be packed in moth
balls for future races.
Norman Mack says there is a deficit in
the democratic campaign fund, but all
bills will be paid. Mack has a large purse
and a liberal disposition.
A Savannah paper suggests that the
democratic party run a southern man for
president in 1912, mildly intimating that a
southern man could not do more damage
than Parker and Bryan.
General j. Warren Keller, the Ohio con-
gresham who fell outside the breast
works, is going to make a try for Senator
Foraker's seat. Before ]. Benson gives up
his seat there will be several political
coiffures mussed in his neighborhood.
New Jerseys hunt for the octopus has
been checked by a court decision multiplying
a law which sought to holdup nonresident
stockholders of Jersey made corporations
for death dues. The court remarked that
state laws were limited to state bounds,
an intimation which Jars the local i'm
preston that Jersey is the whole works"
Something Of a political sensation APP
pears 20 have been created in North Da-
kota by the re-entry of Senator Hans
brough into the race for reelection to his
present seat. His term will expire next
March, and at the primary election last
June he was defeated by NJ. N. johnson.
But in a letter now addressed to the mem
bers OF the legislature Hansbrough declares
that all moral obligation to vote for the
candidate chosen at the primaries has been
obllterated by the fact that 10000 to 1900
democrats voted for Johnson and one other
republican candidate.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-11-21
TAFT AS SEEN ABROAD.
cur Grasp of Election Results
in This Country.

Continental Review, Brussels, Nov. Z.
The election Of William II. Taft to be
the next president of the United States
and entering that office on March 4, 1909,
means that for the next four years the re-
party will dominate that nations
affairs. The picturesque president, as Mr..
Roosevelt has been called, will retire from
what has been a very active battlefield,
leaving the country in the hands of a very
worthy successor.
William H. Taft is worthy; his record is
absolutely unstained. Whatever he has laid
his hand to do has been done well. His
policy will be one of progress and purity.
He has been tried among men, SO that men
know he cannot be bought or sold. His
personality is strong, winning and never
unpleasantly aggressive. He has many of
the virtues OF the present president, with
less, perhaps, Of his faults. The Roose-
welt policies that meet Mr., Taft's approval,
and that means the countTy's, will be car
rled out seriously and skilfully, but not for
one moment will 1t be a continuation of a
Roosevelt administration 1t will be a
Taft administration, virile and progressive
without being venturesome. The United
States is to be congratulated and the en-
tire world will breathe easier In the knowl-
edge that William H. Taft is elected pres
ident of the United States.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-11-21
Washington Post.

That 5000 offered by the Metropolitan
Psychical society for the medium who can
summon from the spirit world a disem-
bodied intelligence versed in simple addi-
tion is still in the Golfers of the associa-
ton. The test of counting the number
of articles concealed in a bag and held
above the head Of the medium is APP
parently too severe. After all the mar
velous phenomena recited in good faith by
the Journal Of Physical Research, it is
strange and perhaps significant that such
a simple test should prove a poser. If
spirits can move tables, impart wonderful
information, and transport bulky articles
through massive locked doors, 1t certainly
seems reasonable hat they should not be
unable to do a little stunt in counting.