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Omaha daily bee., 1909-03-19

wrought up to a high pitch over
petrosini's death and are demanding
That they be given free rein in deal
ing with the BLACK Hand" and SINH
lar societies that have been fourishing
In that city for some years. This re-
quest should be granted and the fed
eral government should cooperate for
more effectively shutting out criminals
who in their own country have been
accustomed to take the law into their
own hands. In spite of the opposi-
tion to the secret service shown in the
last congress it would be a good in
vee;ment for this government 20 es-
tablish bureaus i'm foreign countries to
keep our American authorities in
formed of the immigration of foreign
criminals.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-03-19
ADVICE TO A PRESIDENT.
Puck.

=
BE gentle with the senators and soft a.
chocolate creams.
Be gentle as a female Infant child;
Avoid all interference with their little pri-
Vate schemes,
For Tactless Opposition drives them wild.
In case the hand OF justice In a paded
velvet glove,
Address the. High and Mighty in dulcet
tones of love.
And coo to malefactors like a biue-eyed
turtle dove. So.
Be gentle, oh, be gentle. oh, be mild.
BE gentle with the congressman and do not
muss their fur;
To c%riticise is wholly unrefined.
Remarks on deals and jobbery are sure TO
cause a stir,
With consequent distressfuIness of mind.
Four hundred gallant gentlemen, all white
as driven snow,
The welfare OF their country is the only
thing they know
Or II II chances otherwise one must not tell
them so.
BE gentle, oh, be gentle, oh. be kind!
BE thankful to the plunderers for all that
they have left,
Be gracious to the pirates OF the street.
Forbear to mention "knavery' and never
speak OF theft
Explicitness * always indisCreet,
Employ a barkless watchdog who has lost
his final tooth;
Conciliate the erring ones with tenderness
and ruth,
And never hurt their feelings with the hard
unvarnished truth.
BE gentle. oh, be gentle. oh, be sweet!
Omaha daily bee., 1909-03-19

With a million dollars to be paid
out by Douglas county in the course
of the next three years for court house
construction, the audit of the bills by
a county comptroller, Independent of
the county board. is demanded as a
business proposition. The abolition of
the county comptrollership for pur-
poses of political spite work would be
needlessly exposing the treasury to all
sorts of jobbery and manipulation.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-03-19
The Assassination of Petrosini.

The murder at Palermo, Italy, of an
Italian member of the New York de-
tective force will probably have the
effect of aTousing both the state and
federal governments TO more strenu-
Gus and intelligent effort to suppress
the BLACK Hand societies in this
country and prevent further admission
of immigrant members of such MUIR
derous organizations.
Petrosini was a lieutenant of de-
t~ectives and had done splendid work
in depressing the Siciliah societies in
New York, He had been sem quietly
to Italy, on a secret mission, to con
duct an investigation regarding Italian
criminals supposed TO be the leaders
OF murderous organizations in this
country. He was a-ssassinated in a rail
way station and his murderers escaped
detection. He was a high and gallant
type of the Italian race and accord
ingly hated by the criminals whose
schemes of murder he was constantly
blocking.
The police officials of New York are
Omaha daily bee., 1909-03-19
Conditions Of the Treasury.

II would appear that the opponents
OF tariff revision have been busy try
ing to create the impression through
out the country that the Treasury de
partment at Washington is really In a
bad way and on the verge Of bank
ruptcy, the purpose evidently being to
prevent any radical reduction Of ex-
listing tariff schedules for fear of the
effect on the revenues of the govern
ment. Many OF the articles recently
printed have directed attention to the
disappearing surplus and have laid
stress on the necessity of either going
very lightly with the pruning of the
tariff schedules or else providing new
sources Of revenue.
The effect of this campaign of pub
licity has been greatly relieved by the
statement just issued by Louis A.
Coolidge, assistant secretary of the
treasury, showing the exact condition
of the treasury balances and placing
an intelligent estimate on the pros
poets of early recovery by the resump-
ton OF normal conditions in the indus
tries with the resultant increase in
foreign trade. Mr.. Coolidge shows
that the available cash balance in the
treasury on March IS, 1909, was
1886, 0S7,9 99, compared with SAL
498,436 on March Is. 1905, the be-
ginning of Mr.. Roosevelt's last term.
The present cash balance is 100000
900, compared with only $37, 600, 900
on March Is, 1905. The free gold in
the treasury fund on March Is, 1909,
was $S7,531,S25 compared with $751;
5SS,250 on March 10, 1905.
The amount of actual cash in the
treasury, satisfying as it may be, is
less significant han the figures show
ing the changes in receipts and dis
bursements of the department. The
revenues for the first fifteen days Of
March we're $4,000, 900 larger than for
the same period of last year, an in
crease of 81 per cent, while the excess
OF expenditures over receipts were
81, 600, 900 less, a gain of 65 per cent.
The revenues for the first fifteen days
OF March were larger than for any cor
responding period in the last five years,
and it is confidently predicted by treas
ury experts that the governments rev.
enues for the present calendar year,
in spite of the dull trade in the first
two months, will be equal to those of
any year in the nations history. The
treasury receipts from imports are
showing substantial gain. The treas
ury is meeting all obligations promptly
and will continue to meet them with
out resort to bond issues or the ennis
sion of certificates of Indebtedness,
such as have been authorized by con-
gress. 1t is natural to expect that
there will be a lull in import business
pending adjustment of the tariff
schedules, but importers are already
enabled TO base their estimates and
place their business in lines not af-
fected by the pending tariff bill so that
the effect on customs receipts may not
be material.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-03-19
PERSONAL NOTES.

Uncle Joe's mallet continues in a striking
attitude.
TIL suddjack Of Novibazar is breaking
into the dispatches again.
The estate Of the late Bishop Henry C.
Potter of New York foots up 1881, 5S3, &C.
cording to the schedule filed in the probate
court.
Sir Thomas Upton has taken TO aero
nautics. This se.ms quite an appropriate
step, as he has been so MUCH in the air
about yacht cup racing.
Samuel ]. Tilden's massive and hand
somely carved bedstead brought only $3.50
at a New York auction. How quickly the
odors of political s~anctlty vanish.
Chivalry is not wholly extinct in the
north. A Maine lawnaker proposes to i'm
pose a tax of $40 on all bachelors for the
benefit of spinsters of 20 years and up
ward who have never received an offer Of
marriage"
The movement to reconstruct the Raines
law of New York is likely to succeed.
One thing that works for a change is that
the sandwiches set up as an excuse for
drink have lost their shape by eight years
hard usage.
All the attractions OF the navy are not
set out in the enlistment poster. One
seaman on the Kearsarge claims to have
won SS,OO shooting craps On the trip
around the world. His Workmanship is
not a part Of the ships gunnery record.
The Man with the Golden Nose" one
OF Kentucky's eminent citizens. is dead.
His ability to tell by the smell the make
and vintage of Kentucky whisky put him
in a class By himself. II he was content
with the smell. he was a suTe-enougb
wonoer.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-03-19
LAUGHING GAS.

"If those two men como together theJ,
will b, Eoublc. The big one is a stA-
footer.'
yes, but the little ono has a six
shooter, Baltimore American.
1.-The shoemaker must he a man ~particu-
larry suited for an affinity.
"Why the S~hoemakcr?'
Because he naturally gravitates to-
wards sole mates. Chicago Tribune.
"Why does a woman always want an
other woman to go shopping with herr?
selections and then takes something else
Louisville Courier-Journal.
The Lady-why Is the average mar such
The Cent haven't an idea.
The Dady-And the average man hasn't
either-I guess that's the answer.-CleNe-
land Leader.
Il expect my husband will want TO go
fishing any day, now
rive Just sold all his old clothes to a
peddler. detroit Free Press,
so you favor tariff revlsion?"
81 do answered the sardontc statesman
But you do not hope to devise a system
that will please everybody?
mo. But it may bring in a new set OF
complaints from the same old people or the
same old complaints from a new set or PEG.
pie. In either case the monotony Will be
relieved. Washington Star.
DO you attach any Importance to these
stories they are circulating about YOU
Yes answered Senator Sorghum; 81
intend to be a literary person myself, ana
I object to furnishing material for articles
I don't get paid for.'-Washington Star.
81 strolled into the Globe last night and
heard MaXil, and | want to say right
here that think him the greatest mono
"You do, Ell? You never heard my wife"
Boston Courier.
physical culture, father, is perfectly
lovely" exclaimed an enthusiastic young
miss Just home from college. Look! To
develop the arms | grasp this rod by one
end and move II slowly from right to left!'
"Well, well!' exclaimed the farmer:
what won't science discover. If that rod
had straw At the other end you'd be
sweeping. Success,
Omaha daily bee., 1909-03-19
big Heads" Among Diplomatic.
WashinRton [ a

NdSHIISIUH pVdTs
President Taft will confer a favor upon
Americans abroad, and establish a whole
some precedent. If he will make his diplo-
matte appointees understand that their Of
fices, like all others. are public: that the
American people, not favored individuals,
are the supporters of embassies and lega-
tions, and are entitled to conslderate and
impartial treatment by the incumbents OF
those offices. The diplomatic representa-
tive who uses his office for the aggran-
dizement of himself and his friends should
be separated from IT long enough 10 realize
that the honor and prestige of 1t belongs
to the United States, and not to himself.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-03-19

The United States circuit court of
appeals in New York has decided that
a locomotive is entitled to protection
from automobiles. The decision
it the duty of automobile driv-
ers to stop, look and listen" before
crossing a railroad track. If the
chauffeur does not heed the warning
it is inferred that the railroad COM
pany could collect damages In case of
a collision. The owner of an automo-
bile has no friend except the repair
man,
Omaha daily bee., 1909-03-19

The amendment Of the Boland bill
to require popular approval Of any
proposition in settlement of the water
works controversy, whether in the ma
ture of a bond issue to complete the
purchase, or a franchise extension on
stipulated terms, is perfectly proper.
The Immediate and compulsory" pur-
chase promoters have gotten the city
into a bad mess, from which the city
will have to extricate itself the best it
can, but no outcome can be final with
out the expressed approval of the
voters,
Omaha daily bee., 1909-03-19

II the legislature submits all the
constitutional amendments thBf have
been proposed, the transfer OF the pub
patronage to Governor
shaIlenberger will be amply indicated
in democratic eyes.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-03-19

One of the members of the Douglas
delegation at Lincoln is wondering
how he got back the money returned
to him by pickpockets who had stolen
il. Some other people are wondering
how a Ave-dollar-a-day lawmaker got
the money that was stolen.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-03-19
Success I'm Perseverance.
Chicago Record-Herald.

Let the insurgents at Washington re-
member that they will be insurgents only
as long as they remain in the minority
and that may not be SO terribly long. Who
would have predicted five years ago that
twenty-etght republican representatives
would ever have the courage to stand up
and bodily vote in opposition to Cannon?
Omaha daily bee., 1909-03-19

Mr.. Bryan expresses hope that he
may never again find 1t necessary to
run for office. but he will not run
away from a call to run for United
States senator neXt year-in fact he
might even be persuaded to meet it
half WaV.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-03-19

Henry James new play is to be pre-
sented as soon as the manager can find
a star capable of speaking an 5000
word sentence, with proper regard for
commas, semi-colons, colons, asterisks
and a rising infection all the way.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-03-19

Spokesman for our Water board
have to be agile and adept at turning
corners. First the board says it wants
no authority to settle pending litiga-
ton by compromise, next it says that
it already has hat authority, and
finally it says it is willing to have such
authority conferred on it, if made sub
ject to approval by popular vote.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-03-19

What has become of Joseph W. Bah
cock of Wisconsin, who used to cele-
brate the opening of every session of
congress by introducing a bill for the
reduction of the duty on nails?
Omaha daily bee., 1909-03-19

Reports from Madrid indicate that
the king is looking over the list Of
proper names in the back of the Span
ish dictionary expecting to have use
for some Of them along in May.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-03-19

II is not a high tribute to American
intelligence thai a prize fighter can re-
fuse to engage in a fight because the
5000 stake offered is not large
enough TO tempt him.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-03-19

A girls school in New York has
been destroyed by fire caused by a
cigarette in the dormitory. Girls
should be given a course of instruction
in the use of ash trays.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-03-19

The Navy department has entered into
a contract for a wireless apparatus vastly
more powerful than any now I'm operation.
which. II is expected. will enable the gov
eminent to communicate with warships at
a distance OF 3,OO miles, or practically
across the Atlantic. The system carries a
code. the exclusive property Of the govern
ment. 50 that naval messages caught by
other instruments will be unintelligible.
Should the apparatus in operation come
up to the advance notices It will mark one
OF the greatest achievements in wireless
teIegranhy. Messages Of a thousand miles
or more are now common I'm the Marconi
lines. Only a few weeks ago the Siascon-
set station indirectly received word from
the steamer Corona, which at that time
was sailing peacefully in the Mediterran-
can. From one steamer to another the
message passed in its journey across the
ocean, eventually reaching Cape Sable.
whence in an instant It was flashed
through the ether to Siasconset. 500 miles
away-a total journey Of over 1900 miles.
And then that night in February. when
the American fleet tried hours and hours
TO get into communication with Fire
island. the messages sounded quite dis
tinctly In the telephone receivers at Sias-
conset. Every word which the fleet sent
1900 miles was caught with as much ease
as though the distance between 'Sconset
and the battleships was no greater than
the width of the road on the moors of
Nantucket island.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-03-19

The Water board still delays formu-
lation of its proposition to vote
S6,5OO,OOO in bonds to complete the
purchase of the water works at the
appraised value, formerly denounced
as outrageously exorbitant. What are
they waiting for?
Omaha daily bee., 1909-03-19

Stephenson gets the senatorship,
what does Wisconsin get?" asks an
eastern paper. Most reliable evidence
on the subject is that Wisconsin gets
about $40. 600.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-03-19
what Can the Matter BeI
Ptttsburg Dispatch

Roosevelt out. the Standard Oil case ex-
plunged from the record, and stil stocks
are dumpish. Is 1t possible that Wall
street did not know what was the matter
with it?
Omaha daily bee., 1909-03-19

J. ogden Armour u that
beef will be cheaper next summer.
Now let someone assure us that ice
will be cheaper next winter and then
everybody will be happy.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-03-19

will Mr.. Roosevelt be missed?"
asks the New York Sun. Hear the
unanimous chorus of affirmative an
swers by the c%artoonists and the para
graphers.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-03-19
Kingdom of the Horse.

Buffalo ENpTeSs.
The Department OF Agriculture estimates
that there are over 100000 horses in this
country and that they are worth nearly
1000 1000. which exceeds the figures OF
a year ago. Who said anything about the
automobiles driving horses out Of existence?
Omaha daily bee., 1909-03-19

The daughter of Oklahoma's gov
ernor received sixty pairs of hosiery in
a shower II is not unnatural that
so much hosiery should be displayed
In a shower.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-03-19
Yankee Tact.

FhiIadcIpEla Record.
Like a Yankee, Hartman knows how to
answer one question by asking another.
To a query at Ell Paso as 10 whether
times are likely TO brighten, he said.
after a long dry spell here In Texas
don't you look for rainTg
Omaha daily bee., 1909-03-19

Pennsylvania's new senator, Mr..
Oliver, was BORN in Ireland, but this
advantage is Offset by the fact that he
has lived for many years in Pittsburg.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-03-19

Mr.. Foraker did not say that he was
out OF politics. He declared that he
would not enter politics again of his
own accord.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-03-19
Lincoln newspapers profess to

Lincoln newspapers profess to be
astonished that Senator Ransom
appear before a committee as
attorney for the stock yards, while at
the same time drawing pay as a MEM
Der of the lawmaking body, There is
no cause for surprise. Ransom knows
who pays him his biggest retainer.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-03-19

The Texas fruit crop has been de-
stroyed by frost. That's what Texas
gets for inducing Mr.. Bryan to buy
land for a fruit farm in that state.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-03-19

1t seems that the trainers of the
tariff bill neglected to follow Judge
McPherson's example in sending out
advance copies of their decision.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-03-19

The World-Herald has found a joker
in the Payne tariff bill. 1t is always
safe to trust an adept for tasks of that
kind. 1
Omaha daily bee., 1909-03-19

why Americans Love Lincoln" is
the title of a magazine article. The
best reason is that Lincoln loved
Americans.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-03-19

Speaker Cannon is said to be in a
forgiving mood. Let him prove it by
subscribing for Golfers Weekly.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-03-19
STATEMENT OF CIRCULATION.

STATEMENT OF CIRCULATION.
State Of Nebraska. Douglas County. SIS:
Publishing company, being duly sworn, SAYS
That the actual number Of full and complete
copies OF The Daily. Morning. Evening and
Sunday Bee printed during the month OF
February. 1909 was AZ follows.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-03-19

Uncle Joe" Cannon saved his hide
before the others were placed on the
free list.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-03-19

The record of building permits to
date promise to make 1909 another
topnotcher as a building season in
Omaha.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-03-19

According to Judge Smith McPher-
son the Missouri freight and passenger
rate law is mot worth 2 cents"
Omaha daily bee., 1909-03-19

General Miles is about due to renew
his old habit of calling occasionally at
the White House.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-03-19

Spring will arrive ofhcially on March
21, Mr.. Roosevelt will sail for Africa
on March % and Chancellor Day may
Omaha daily bee., 1909-03-19

Anyway, the will not
have to pay that $29,24O,OO fine.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-03-19

be expected to come out OF the cyclone
cellar almost any time after that.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-03-19

eastern manufacturer has placed a
Taft Panatella" cigar on the market.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-03-19
WHEN OUT OF TOWN.

~ ~ VI
Subscribers leaving the city tenn
pOrarily should have The Zee
mailed 10 them. address win be
changed ms often as requested.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-03-19
w Washington Life

short Sketches OF incidents ana
npisodes that MARI the Progrses
Omaha daily bee., 1909-03-19

Entered at omaha postofhce as second
class matter.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-03-19

Multi-millionaires are flocking TO Wash
ington and putting up palaces by scores.
Two diamond kings from South Africa, and
an enormously wealthy gold miner from the
same part of the world, have newly es-
tablished themselves here. and even the
richest New Workers, such as the Wander
bits and Belmonts, are building or are
about to build magnificent residences at the
national capital.
Hennen Jennings. whose house on Sheri-
dan circle is but recently finished. IS a
nephew Of John Morris, the principal owner
OF the great Louisiana lottery. But he him
self was a poor boy. and went from Louis
lana to South Africa not very many years
ago with scarce a dollar in his pocket. He
he took a great fortune out OF the diamond
fields and has come back to his own coun-
try to enjoy It. His new palace is Of In
diana limestone and light brick, in the
French renaissance style, with terra Gotta
trimmings and a light green roof; and he
has a daughter who is the most beautiful
girl in Washington.
Gardiner F. Williams, the other prince of
diamonds, was for many years chief engi-
neer OF the DeBeers Consolidated Mining
company in South Africa, which controls
the diamond market of the world. The
northumberland of gold is John Hays
Hammond, who, likewise as an engineer.
developed the wonderful auriferous reefs
at the Rand. He has bought a piece OF land
at the corner of Twenty fourth and L
streets, on a rise of ground, and is about
TO put up a house there that will cost
10000
Omaha daily bee., 1909-03-19

VICTOR RosEwATER. EDITOR.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-03-19

!" I"Io oWITT NVTB TtNN WdS HD-
rropriated $4,000 for the extension or tho
present executive offices, making the en-
tire appropriation for the executive estab-
lishment, including repairs. salaries, main
tenance and improvement and care of
grounds, S317,25 II should be added that
the White House is policed by the District
OF Columbia, so that no separate item of
appropriation for that purpose apnears.
The president is authorized also tn detail
employees from any other department of
the government to his own office "for
such temporary assistance as may be
necessary
Omaha daily bee., 1909-03-19

One or the most extraordinary renorts
on a government industry was that from
the printing investigation commission reIa-
tive to government printing in Washing
ton. The commission, which consisted of
senators and representatives appointed at
the close OF business by congress four wears
ago. discloses a riot of waste and profit
gacy In the public printing office and in tho
conduct Of nearly all departments of the
government which possessed the authority
or the excuse to have document or books
issued at the public expense.
Nearly every department was accustomed
to order a huge number OF volumes or
pamphlets in order to provide always a
surplus over and above the estimated moods
and demand of the country. The aRrr-
cultural year book. copies OF the congress
sional record and the publications OF the
geological survey had been piling IN for
years. The officials In charge Of the NIB
locations vainly offered them TO the docu-
ment rooms of other departments and TO
more than 5000 libraries in the limited
States, and the offers were refused. They
could not give them away. Finally engi-
neers we're employed to estimate the bulk
and the weight OF the millions OF publica-
lions, and 1t appeared that the surplus or
waste amounted to $500 tons, on which
the government was forced to pay sl3. 500
a year In storage. The documents would
nave filled freight cars enough TO make a
train three miles long.
The printing bill had grown from $500
600 in 1870, to 100000 annually in 1905. and
from lSO to 1900 the Increase had been at
the date OF 20 per cent each year. From
1899 TO 1870 the annual bin had increased
by nearly 100000, or by l2 per cent. and
II the commission had not checked the
waste the bill for the current year would
have been nearly 1850. zoo.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-03-19
TIE OMAHA DAILY BEE

FOUNDED BY EDWARD RosEwATER