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Omaha daily bee., 1908-06-11
nrrs or wAsm1NeroN L1rn.
Minor Scenes and Incidents sketchcd
ON the spot.


on the SPOT.
Before many weeks have passed federal
machinery will be set In motion designed
to crush the life out Of white slave traf-
fickers In large cities as effective as the
Taft road roller is doing business in Chi
cago. The plan Of action embraces an in
ternationsl agreement. already effected,
but awaiting the initiative Of the United
States, by which the agreed government
will cooperate in discriminating the I'm
moral monsters trafficking in Innocent life
on both sides OF the Atlantic. President
Roosevelt Is about to proclaim the treaty
and Secretary Root is working out the
details 10 make the treaty ef-
fective. Owing to the fact that
the United States government has no fed
eral police It has been found difficult to
obtain the cooperation provided for by the
convention in keeping down the number OF
women and young girls brought to the
United States from abroad by the white
slave dealers.
The plan OF Secretary Root will be to
bring about the cooperation Of the immi-
grafton officials with the police Of the
large cities, particularly those on the At
lantic coast, to prevent importation or ex-
portation of the women. The carrying out
of these plans will be placed under the
direction of the Department OF Commerce
and Labor. This department will proceed
to take active measures as soon as the
presidents proclamation is issued.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-06-11

Wheat is quoted at 80 cents or bet
ter, corn at about 20 cents and beef
at fancy prices, but what's the odds?
The sheep sorrel pie is making its reg
ular annual visit.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-06-11

Mr.. Bryan says he does not know
much about music. OF course. then,
the song, Maryland, My Maryland"
will not appeal to him, particularly as
the vote of the delegates stands IA to 4
in favor of the nomination of some
other candidate at Denver.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-06-11
speculation and the FinIsh.
Brooklyn Eagle.

1t Is the old story. Bank Teller Rel
Der of Plttsburg and Young, the bank
auditor, lost their own money in specu-
lation. Then they threw $1,lO5,OOO OF the
banks money after the little Jumps they
had lost. Each will have a long period
ten years in the penitentiary-to cogiate
upon his own deliberate idiocy.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-06-11

According to these figures tour of
the roads earned more in April of this
year than they did in April, 1905,
when new high records were being es-
tablished in the history OF American
railroad earnings. In the net earnings
for April the Union Pacific and South
ern Pacific showed increases oyer the
same month in 1907. while the Atchi-
son. Pennsylvania, Erie, Baltimore &
Ohio and the Southern about equaled
the 1905 records, While in most
cases the net earnings have failed 70
equal those of 1906. It must be re-
membered that the earnings that year
were abnormal, while the earnings OF
1907 and for the four months of the
present year still show a handsome
Omaha daily bee., 1908-06-11

The selection of Senator Julius Caesar
Burrows of Michigan as temporary chair
man of the republican national convention
is deemed by a Washington paper suffi-
cient warrant for digging up a story about
the senator's orstorioal powers when he
became a member of the house OF repre-
sentatives, thirty-five years ago. Burrows
was then a spellbinder and one of his
earlier efforts secured him the title of
Columbian orator" On one historic day
Mr.. Burrows enthralled the house and the
galleries with his eloquence. Strong men
and weak women wept, and everybody
cheered, and until it's close the speech was
pronounced to be "the finest burst of ora
tory ever heard in congress"
AS Mr.. Burrows scared into the heights
of his matchless peroration, and as his
eloquence grew louder and more p%enetra-
ting, Mr.. Cox was suddenly carried back
In memory to his barefooted boyhood days
In the little red school house in Ohio. He
saw again the ~playmates of his youth and
heard again the Friday afternoon attempts
to initiate Demosthenes and the other great
orators of ancient days.
Something in the speech of the Michigan
man seemed strangely familiar, and as
Mr.. Cox followed it in his nimble mind
from line to line he began to recognize
1t as an old friend. Full conviction came
upon him at last, and while Mr., Burrows
was yet rejoicing in the sound of his own
voice Mr.. Cox sent a page boy to the IL
brary, then in the capitol building proper,
and the lad soon returned with a volume
which caused the face of the New York
member to glow with amusing and joyful
recollection.
Rising in his place after Mr.. Burrows
had concluded and the thunders of APP
plause had rolled away. Mr.. Cox, from
the little volume in his hand, read to the
house, in the midst of a burst Of aston
ished laughter, the important passages of
his Michigan colleagues speech.
The book was his boyhood's friend and
| companion, 1.-THE Columbian Orator"
The talk about Vice President Fairbanks
being an iceberg, cold, and all that. says
the Washington Herald, is a mistake. He
is the warmest thing in the United States
senate. Ordinarily he sits In a high-back
chair, upholstered In seat and back, but
| the last few days have been too warm for
such a warm member, and he has dis
carded that chair, now using a much
smaller one with cane seat. When not
using the gavel. and he doesn't have need
for that instrument of torture just now,
he Yields vigorously a large palm leaf fan.
The human iceberg idea of Fairbanks
| must be dispelled. and instead he must be
thought Of and pictured as the "warmest
baby in the bunch!'
Omaha daily bee., 1908-06-11

The reduction of the floating debt
of the state accomplished under the
administration of republican officers is
the most convincing reply to the allie
cations of extravaganza made by the
popocrats. 1t is also an excellent
reason why the affairs of Nebraska
should be continued in republican
hands.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-06-11

1t is announced that Mr.. Roosevelt
is going to Africa to shoot elephants.
1t Smacks something Of party disloy-
atty to think Of Mr.. Roosevelt shooting
at the elephant,
Omaha daily bee., 1908-06-11
Rnokn and Fnod.

st. Louis Globe-Democrat.
The United States supreme court has de-
cided that book publishers holding copy
rights can not fix the prices at which
their books shall be sold nor combine
with others to do so. Perhaps the man
with the market basket may yet see the
day when meat and vegetables will be
relatively as cheap as books.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-06-11

Mayor Brown of Lincoln has vetoed
an ordinance intended to place the
city in line to compete with private
corporations in commercial lighting.
While Mayor Browns action is In &C
corr with prudent municipal admins
tration, 1t hardly squares up with the
ideas of government ownership ex-
pressed by his distinguished fellow
toWnsman.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-06-11

"At least Emma Goldman has never
worn a directoire gown" says the Mil
waukee Sentinel. Nor, 1t may be ad-
ded, the neck ornaments which were
much in vogue with some of her Chi
cago associates some years ago.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-06-11

John Hays Hammond has opened
his vice presidential headquarters In
Chicago. The next notice probably
viii be, "Nonpaying. Abandoned.
John Hays Hammond, Mining Engi-
neer."
Omaha daily bee., 1908-06-11

Il is semi-ofncially announced that
omAhans consume about 200 gallons
of buttermilk daily, regardless OF the
fact that the Omaha support of Mr..
Fairbanks presidential boom would
Indicate . buttermilk ban
Omaha daily bee., 1908-06-11

Commander Peary now wants to or
ganize an expedition for the discovery
Of the South Pole. The North Pole
ought TO bring suit for damages, al
leging alienation of affection.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-06-11

II all the nice things written about
Governor Guild of Massachusetts, when
It was thought that he was hopelessly
i'll were true, he should have little OPP
position for the vice presidential nom
nation at Chicago.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-06-11

Pittsburg Dispatch.

Well, II republican legislators in Oregan
vote for a democratic United States sena-
tor bcause the people voted 10 have them
do It It will at least be a slight improve
ment on the case of democratic legislators
in Pennsylvania voting for a republican
United States senator because political ne
gotiations made It worth their while.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-06-11

1t is unfair to blame Mr.. Bryan for
refusal to admit knowledge of cam
paign funds that some other fellow
was allowed to receive and expend-
II he did expend them.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-06-11

John Sharp Williams refuses to can
Gel certain lecture engagements in or
der to attend the Denver convention.
Mr.. Williams is not willing to fight
for Bryan, and has learned the folly
of fighting against him this year.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-06-11

Thomas F. Ryan is going to Europe
this week. 1t is understood that he
will pay his expenses from current
funds, and not from a promised rebate
on his contribution to the Nebraska
1904 campaign fund.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-06-11

Senator Dick of Ohio insists that
Foraker's presidential boom must be
taken seriously. Most persons take 1t
with a liberal allowance Of salt.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-06-11

There is a cheering prospect that
Senator Gore OF Oklahoma will regain
his eyesight. At that. Senator Gore
has been so blind as some sena-
tors who think they see.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-06-11

Colonel Bryan has made a speech
bitterly %denouncing perpetual fran
chises. Perpetual candidates are in a
different class, evidently.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-06-11
Overflow Watchers.

Philadelphia Press.
The Chicago convention hall will accom-
modate about 1850 persons, which means
tina about 7,S5O,OOO republicans will get
their account of the proceedings some
Whee elsre.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-06-11

Philadelphia Record.
That time-stained theory of the numerl-
cal supremacy of the Smith family has
been rudely shattered in Georgia, where
Brown won over Smith in the ~gubernator-
ial primaries without ever making a single
speech in behalf Of his own candidacy.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-06-11

Even the Washington Post has dis
covered that Mr.. Taft viii probably be
nominated on the first ballot at Chi
cage. The Post is usually more
prompt in capturing news items.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-06-11
simpIifyIng the job.

Kansas City Star.
Mr.. Fairbanks is quoted as saying that
he will have first place or nothing. This
simplifies the work of the Chicago con-
vention so far as the tall man from In
diana is concerned.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-06-11

1t is fitting, logical and natural that
the World-Herald should discuss Mr..
Bryan's chances under the caption,
Grave Questions"
Omaha daily bee., 1908-06-11

The telegraph editor is having a
hard time of 1t. The best he can do
IL to think up VARIATIONS of Taft Vic
tor Again; Has Twelve More Votes
from the South"
Omaha daily bee., 1908-06-11

Governor Sheldon is not worrying
about the vice presidential nomination,
but a lot of eminent South Platte
statesmen would like to see him on
the national ticket.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-06-11

WHEN OUT OF TOWN.
Subscribers leaving the city ten-
poFaEfly should have The Bee
mailed 20 them. Address Will be
changed M often as requested.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-06-11

The construction of another viaduct
over the railroad tracks in the south
western part of the city is but another
step in Omaha's growth.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-06-11

John N. Elliott, a clerk in the Postoffics
department, last Saturday celebrated the
fifty-first anniversary of his appointment,
He is still as active as a man Of as many
years as he has seen service in the de-
partment and is now detailed to the second
assistants office on work in connection
with the letting of mail contracts.
Mr.. Elliott is reticent concerning his ex-
act age. When he was appointed a clerk
from Delaware James Buchanan was presi-
dent and Aaron ". Brown Of Tennessee
was postmaster general, and he has seen
the entry and departure of many presidents
and postmasters general and expects to see
others come and go. Since his appointment
Mr.. Elliott has drawn from the government
in salary Approximately $4,000. He rarely
misses a day from the department.
Mr.. Elliott's hair and side whiskers are
snow white. but with his rudy skin he
presents a picture Of perfect health. When
asked to what he ascribed his health and
clearness of his mental faculties, Mr.. FL
lott said with a smile:
Don't worry"
Omaha daily bee., 1908-06-11

In another day OF so the "allies''
will probably decide that it would be
better to ride on the Taft bandwagon
than to be run over by It.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-06-11
humping the Bumps.
Cleveland Leader,

Cleveland Leader.
Not the least of the entertaining features
to be pulled off in Chicago will be the
sight of several well known gentlemen
climbing down from their lofty ambitions.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-06-11

st. Louis Times.
job A. johnson Of Minnesota is ad-
mirably fitted to write a book on the sub
ject of Fool Friends / Have Known"
Omaha daily bee., 1908-06-11

Japan is making a splendid record
l n pacifying Corea, providing you
don't mind the bloodshed and shame
that nearly obscure the record.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-06-11
PASSING PLEAsANTRIEs.

Remember dis SON." said Uncle Ell zen,
"dar ain nc work you kin cut out foh
as hard as tryin' to get th'oo life
wifout workin, ."-Washlngton Star.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-06-11

would you use an appeal to sentiment
as political capital?"
MY friend" answered the astute cam
paigner, that sort of political capital is
a sort of credit account to be used when
no reliable campaign fund is available. -
Washington Star.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-06-11

80 wild Bill died Of a snake bite? whar
did he git bit?'
"Oh, tn snake didn't bite Bill. TIL snake
bit Tough Tompkins, an Tompkins drank
two quarts o. tn remedy an then shot
Bll. "-Judge's Library.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-06-11
sTATEMENT OF CIRCULATION:

State of Nebraska, Douglas County, SIS:
George y, Tzschuck, treasurer OF The
Bee Publishing company, being duly sworn,
says that the actual number OF full and
Evening and Sunday Bee printed during
the month OF MAY. 1903. was az follows:
Omaha daily bee., 1908-06-11

Il see they are printing President Madi-
sons love letters"
I'll bet they are not the kind a man
would pay 5000 for in order to get them
back. "-Cleveiand Plain Dealer.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-06-11

Gentleman Ito cigar dealer)-Have you
and So-and-so brand in stock? How are
they?
Dealer-First class, sir. This last lot Is
an extremely fine one.
Gentleman (departing)JThanks; you
wrote that they were very poor, but ! am
pleas ed to find you were mistaken. l am
the manufacturer. Good day.-Philadelphia
Inquirer.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-06-11

Here is another proof that the world
is preparing for universal peace"
What's that?"
while the men sheathe the sword the
women sheathe themselves. cleveland
Plain Dealer.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-06-11

Net tohh sAtAASffAV
Daily average 500. ss,sas
GEORGE B. TzSCHUCK,
Treasurer.
Subscribed In my presence and sworn
TO before me this list day of June, 1908.
M. p. WALKER,
Notary Public.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1908-08-15
GOVERNOR GUILD "
VICTIM OF APPENDICITIS

Boston, Aug. 15-Following
closely his recovery from a pro-
tracted Illness which nearly proved
fatal, Gov. Curtis Guild, jr, was
operated upon Friday for appended
It's at the Charlesgate hospital, a
private institution in the Back Bay
district. The operation was pro-
hounced successful by the surgeons
and the governors condition is said
to be most satisfactory.
| The governor has been spending
his vacation at a camp on Sebago
Lake, Me-, but on account OF his
illness he was obliged to cut short
his sojourn there and he returned
to Boston yesterday. Early today
his trouble was diagnosed as ap-
pendicitis, an operation was advis-
ed and early in the afternoon he
was taken to the hospital and sub
mdtted to the operation
Gov. Guild had but recently re-
covered from serious Illness of
more than thirteen weeks, during
much OF which time his life was
despaired Of.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1908-08-15

that Hartman Is seeking to unravel
He evidently thinks more highly OF
Mr. Bryan than he once did, for he
says, 81 am beginning to think
more of my fellow man." He will
undoubtedly ponder in the vast
solitude of the mountain whether
the success of the Democratic ticket
Is not more TO the advantage of the
country and of Mr. Hartman than
the success of the corrupt and ex-
travagant party he has hitherto ad-
hered to.
Thus good may come out of evil
and Hartman may be the chosen
instrument to thwart the powers OF
evil that for twelve long years have
oppressed the American people The
pilgrimage of Hartman to the noun
tain may result in change of poll
cies for the Nation. A word from
strings OF Wall Street SO tight that
the demands of Treasurer sheldon
would be unheeded and the BAD
ance of Wall Street would not risk
their cash to save the sinking Re-
J publican ship.
| We are doubtless on the eve OF
great events the World over. There
is demand for, more freedom in
many quarters of the earth and ev-
erywhere is unrest in mems minds.
The old order of things Is passing
away and a new era is dawning that
will, through the growth of Demo
cracy, dispossess autocracy and
bend the wills of Emperors. Kings
and Potentates for the benefit oi
those who toll and spin and pay tax.
es Even the Republican politicians
here have felt the whip and spul
of the ever living Democracy ant
the good old doctrine Of Equa
Rights to All and Special Privileges
to none. is becoming a world wild,
shibboleth that is ever growing
stronger and louder. No wonde
the world wise Hartman is seeking
counsel that men cannot give hin
in the solitude of the mountain
ROBERT MILLER.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1908-08-15
PLUCKING THE GEESE

John Mitchell the retired labor
leader, will stand neutral in this
campaign. He announces he Will
make no speeches ior Bryan or any
one else, having accepted the posi-
tion OF Chairman of the Trade
Agreement Department OF the Ma
tional Civic Federation, with a salary
OF $4,000 a year. This trade agree
ment policy is to carry out the Han
ma idea that as the trade unions, or
ganized into a federation, is a labor
trut, there should be agreements made
between 1t and the Industrial Trusts
to control the price or labor and pro-
ducts. The basis OF the agreement
being Tyou tickle us and Wen tickle
you" by dividing the tariff swag be-
tween us. The people who have to
pay the trust high prices for products
and labor are the poor geese that
are being plucked with the least
squawk possible.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1908-08-15

Peoria.
Most of the members OF troop B, |
of Taylorville, are on guard around
the Jail, from which Richardson, the
negro who assaulted Mrs. Hallam, at
her home yesterday, I was removed
early in the evening. The rioters
who had gathered in front of the
Jail following the Incarceration OF
Richardson, wer enraged. by the ruse
practiced by the sheriff in removing
Richardson from the county Jail. A.
company of riflcmen was sent down
the street in front OF the jail on a
spectacular run, attracting the at
tention OF the crowd While Richard
son and another negro named James,
charged with murder, were stealthily
taken from the Jail, across the San
| CANON river and placed In a. train
bound for Bloomington.
Finding that the negroes we're gone
the mob amused itself for a time by
looting negro resorts in East Wash
ington street. The amusement of the
rioters was tragedy for the negroes,
many OF whom were roughly han
died and beaten with pieces of their
own furniture.
A white man ana his SON., whose
names were not ascertained by the
police, were shot and injured, sup
posedly by negroes. This encounter
further enraged the members of the
mob and they began general search
for negroes wherever they could be
found
The situation became so serious
that Governor Dennen sent hurried
orders for extra troops. The Local
militia had been called out earlier
in the evening to prevent trouble thai
was feared at that time.
The Springfield militia, after the
shooting of the two white men las
night, seemed powerless 10 contro
! ] the rioters and when the automobile
, | which had taken the two prisoner
, from the Jail to the train across tn,
; river returned to Springfield driver
, I.by its owner, Major; Harry T.. Loper
, commlssary of the Secopd brigade
Illinois National Guard, a large mum
Der of the rioters assembled aroun,
the machine in front of Loper's res
taurant.
Despite guard of police and mem
bers of the Fifth infantry with
gatling gun, the crowd wrecked tn
restaurant, tearing everything {
| pieces inside, demolished Ioper's au
Z tomobile and set 1t afire, The fir
j department was summoned to extin
guish the burning automobile, an
another struggle ensued when tn
militiamen tried TO drive back tn
= rabble to allow the fremen to pla
hose on the burning machine.
Three members of the gattllng gu
squad were injured in the melee, an
the rioters took several guns fror
: the soldiers. These captured gun
! we're used to finish wrecking the res
taurant. When the mob reached tn
bottom OF the stairway leading to tn
buffet OF the restaurant, they foun
i the dead body of Louis Johnson.
h doctor who examined the body has
q lily, said the boy had been shot In tn
neck, where there was a wound, bI
another doctor who came up late
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1908-08-15

said that the boys death was due to
broken neck.
Governor Deneen was asked by
Sheriff Werner to furnish him with
al the troops he could. He sent ord
ers to the following 10 come at once:
Companies G. and l., Fifth infantry,
Peoria; company ID, Fifth infantry,
Bloomington; Company h, Fifth In
fantry, Pekin; company F, Fifth in
fantry, Decatur; company f, Third
infantry, Pontiac.
Orders were also sent to the fol-
lowing companies to be in readiness
to come to Springfield at any time:
Company VI, Fourth infantry, Cham
palgn; company A, Fourth infantry,
Arcola; company b, Fifth Infantry,
TaylorvEle; battery A, Danville.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1908-08-15
Things Political
"A soFT SNAP.

The Aldrich Monetary Commission
consisting of nine Senator's and nine
Representatives in Congress has been
having a good time at Narragansett
Pier and have now arranged to visit
Europe, all at government expense.
No limit is set to the amount they
can expend, neither can any Auditor
of the Government dispute the bills
they send in. If that is not a cinch
which could be turned into fine
field for grating, what is 1t?
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1908-08-15
STRIKE
IS CALLED
Men in Cr00ksville Coal Dis
trlct Lay Down Their
Tools.

GAINESVILLE, O., Aug. 15-Twenty-
five hundred miners In the Crooks
Vile district went on a strike to-
day following an all night confer
ence between the miners represen-
tatives and the operators at which
no agreement was reached regarding
the removal OF "bone coal"
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1908-08-15

II the number of negro assailants
continue at the rate which has been
kept up for the past few weeks, the
race question will be an issue, long
before the South has predicted.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1908-08-15

A New York woman has shot down
her husband because he demanded
that she debase herself in order that
he might live in idleness. II the un-
written law does net apply TO this
case, 1t should.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1908-08-15

The prosperity congress in New
York refused to listen to the unem-
ployed who are clamoring for work
and suffering for food. Another IL
lustration of the saying, 'If you
amt go no money, why, you needn't
come around "
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1908-08-15

Governor Hughes has accepted the
invitation from Ohio Republicans to
speak at the Youngstown opening,
but Foraker has not yet signified his
willingness to keep still at the same
gathering