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The log cabin Democrat., 1909-03-27

ton; B, rank I, Eugene Stevenson, Royce Wilkins, Byron Shaw, George Harton, Wallace Harrell; B, rank 2, Charley Heiligers, Gus Allison.
 Eighth grade, rank I, Jennie Parker; rank ?, Myrtle Townsend, Pearl Johnson.
 Ninth grade, rank I, Leona Maddox, Sallie Harton, Pauline Newborn; rank ?, Anna Wilson. Tenth grade, rank I, Paul Clay ton, William Harton; rank 2, Fay Canada.
 Eleventh grade rank I, Jesse Vaughn, May Parks; rank ?, Yer die Maddox, Ola Ford.
 The following is the enrolment by grades with average attendance:
 Epro11aJ Ay A.
The log cabin Democrat., 1909-03-27
ROY CANISTER
 MEETS DEATH CONWAY MAN SHOT AT ARGENTA Slayer is Unkown to Police Au-
 thorities
Offle Douglass, Also of Conway, Arrested s.,ssgR saai on Charge of Being Implicated
 in Killing.

Argenta, March 27.-Special.- Roy Canister, a Conway young man, was shot and almost instant ly killed, while standing in front of Adolph Kahn's saloon in this city at } o'clock this morning. The identity of his slayer is un- known to the authorities here. Two bullets passed through Banis- ter's body and he died almost in- stantly, without making any state ment as to how he came to be shot.
 Canister was seen during the night in company with Offie Doug las, also of Conway, and another man whose identity is yet un- known. The third man wore large white hat and boots, with his trousers stuffed in his boots. All were drinking.
 At about 5 o'clock this morning the three men and a negro were caa,, cfat,1 i,,n tonat lar in front of 7,
The log cabin Democrat., 1909-03-27

Offie Douglass, son of T. R. Douglass of this city, who accom- panied Banister to Argenta, is un- der arrest here on a charge of be- ing implicated in the crime. Douglass, however, denies any knowledge of the killing, and stssSes that ne left Dauistef shortly
The log cabin Democrat., 1909-03-27
BOX RENTS WILL BE RAISED
POstmaster's Protest is Without
 Effect.
New Schedule Enforcing Higher Rates For Postoffice Boxes Goes Into Effect
 April l.

Effective April I, marked in- crease will be made in the rental of boxes at the postoffice i'll this city, in compliance with an order of the postoffice department. The new rates which will be put into effect are as follows, the amounts given being the rent per quarter, which must be paid in advance:
 Call boxes, small, 35 cents; lock boxes, small, 60 cents; lock boxes, medium, 75 cents; lock boxes, large, ST; lock boxes, extra large, $I5 This is an increase of from twenty five to fifty per cent over the rates in force for the past year, which were higher by about the same proportion than the rates in effect two years ago.
 When the order was first made requiring the increased rates Post master O. J. Owen wrote strong letter to the department protesting against the increase, but was in formed that the rates are fixed ac- cording to uniform schedule Of the receipts of the office, and that 5 no exception could be made to the schedule.
 Free Delivery Probable.
 In speaking of the advanced rates, Postmaster Owen said: II very much regret the order and did all l could to prevent the advance in prices. l hope that all who de- sire to retain their boxes will kind ly call and settle for them on or before the first day of April, other
The log cabin Democrat., 1909-03-27

PRESBYTERIAN - The pastor, Rev. A. M. MacLauchln will preach both morning and evening. Sun day school at o:3o a. III. Christian Endeavor meets at GAS D. Ill.
The log cabin Democrat., 1909-03-27

BAPTIsT-Rev. J. J. Hurt will preach at II a. m. and 7;45 p. m. Sunday school at 9;3O a. Ill.
The log cabin Democrat., 1909-03-27
Sunday at
 the Churches
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METHODIST-Rev. J. B. Steven son will preach at both hours. Sun day school at 9.3o a. Ill. Epworth League meets at p. m.
The log cabin Democrat., 1909-03-27

New Orleans, March 27.-To- Il ght and Sunday generally cloudy wi h showers tonight or Sunday; colder Sunday.
The log cabin Democrat., 1909-03-27
WEATHER FORECAST.

CHRISTIAN-Usual services.
The log cabin Democrat., 1909-03-27

Today's Marriage Licenses.
 G. C. Holman, %, and Laura Baker, I5, Mt. Vernon.
 J. M. Hunt, 45, High Texas, and Mrs. Ada l.. Kelley, B, Vilonia.
The log cabin Democrat., 1909-03-27

Old papers for for sale.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-05-02
M BOILED DOWN.

All our aspiration has to be measured
by our perspiration.
Some are so anxious to be good that they
are good for nothing.
Measure the appreciation you bestow by
that which you desire.
The religion that cannot live in business
has no business to live.
Reform is a matter Of refrigeration
rather than of uprooting,
Lives are to be measured by their out
goings, not by their income.
The finest private goodness grows out
of devotion to public welfare.
One of the most popular ways Of lodging
a duty is to write a book describing 1t.
They who nave lone least to prevent sin
always want to do most in Furnishing it.
Some men are sure they are humble be-
cause they can think only in ~diminutives.
Many a church that rails at bibulous in
dulgences is eager for mental anesthesia.
When the church acts as an umpire 1t
usually waits until the cup has been stolen.
You may know how heaven regards
money when you see the people who
nave 1t.
The only hope some have of staying in
their heaven is hat no wind will arise
sufficient to blow any chaff over the walls.
Chicago Tribune.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-05-02
Administration and Trusts.

There is nothing obscure or uncer-
tain in Attorney General Wicker
sham's public address since assuming
office. 1t is clean-cut and incisive and
leaves no doubt in the minds of those
who want to understand what is the
position of the administration, of
which he is a part, on the antitrust
and similar laws. To the man who is
simply an agitatoT seeking for no.
toriety he makes 1t plain that there
will be no attempt to play to the gal
leries and bring spectacular prosecu-
lions which promise nothing of benefit
to the public. On the other hand,
those who may have II in mind to en-
gags in illegal practices to swell pri-
vate gain at expense of the public
are told in an unmistakable manner
that the administration will use every
power which the law gives to prevent
or stop such lawless practices and pun
ish the perpetrators. The laws. he
tells them. have been so prominently
called to their attention and so
~elucidated by the courts that there is
no reason for falling into serious
errors as to what are the rights of cor
porations and individuals. With the
laws and the policy of enforcement so
clearly set out, the business world has
guiding stars which leave no excuse
for those who wilfully go wrong.
The procurement of Mr.. Wicker
sham, coming from one who speaks
with authority, is particularly timely
in assuring the public at the outset of
the administration that the ground
Omaha daily bee., 1909-05-02
Breen for Mayor.

People who want to restore the
good name of Omaha by putting an
enc to the cowboy government which
has run rampant in the city hall for
the last three years will vote for the
republican candidate. John P. Breen,
for mayor.
When those who are advocating a
continuance of our broncho-busting
administration point to the continued
progress Omaha has made in material
prosperity, we answer that Omaha has
gone ahead not because of its cowboy
mayor, but in spite of him. The for
ward march which Omaha has made
under this blighting incubus should
set us to thinking how much greater
strides 1t would have taken and how
much higher its prestige abroad would
nov be IL we had had at the head Of
our city government all the time an
executive of ability and respectability,
commanding popular confidence for
both himself and the community.
If the people of Omaha will send
the cowboy into the retirement of pri-
vate life and vote Mr.. Breen into the
mayors chair, the contrast will be
striking and salutary. In the fierce
fire of four weeks campaign the oppo-
sition has made no appreciable head
way In its attacks upon Mr.. Breen's
personality nor have his qualifications
for filing the Office satisfactorily been
seriously impugned. That as mayor
he would be a tremendous improve
ment over the present incumbent is
conceded by friend and foe alike.
There certainly ought to be enough
people who have been disguised With
the performances Of Mayor Jim" at
various times during the last three
years to elect Mr.. Breen mayor and
restore Omaha's good name.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-05-02
LAY OF A MODERN 0 M

Lippincott's Magazine.
Let's build us a beautiful home" said
she,
With pillared porches galore;
With great bay windows and white-tiled
halls,
And curled birch finish on all the walls,
And with polished oaken floor"
And how shall the kitchen be?" said he.
Pray, how shall the kitchen be?"
Wen plan a dainty boudoir," said she,
For me, and a den for you;
or course, an art and a music room,
A handsome greenhouse with plants
a-bloom,
. A pretty pergola, too"
Blu how shall the kitchen be?' said he.
"Oh, how shall the kitchen be?"
Wen have a lofty tower said she,
And an observation dome;
A bath with the newest kinks and quirks.
A library with the finest works,
For our lovely modern home.'
But how shall the kitchen be- said he.
Say, how shall the kitchen be?'
You make of my life a care" said she,
with wall of you woeful fret;
Wen do quite we'll with a c~hafing-dish,
But If more bountiful meals you wish,
Wen plan for a kitchenette-
"A plain little kitchenette," said she;
"A cheap little kitchenette."
Omaha daily bee., 1909-05-02
Graft Not ALI American.

1t is, Of course, no excuse for graft
and public abuses to cite the fact
that other countries are afflicted with
the same ills, but that it is true fur
nishes ground for hope that out of the
universal disease a remedy will event
ually be found. Those who take a
lugubrious view are prone to think
that no others are similarly cursed and
that the evils of u own place and
time are the sum of 1t all. Germany
in particular has been pointed out by
the critics of American cities as af-
fording an example Of good govern
ment. The arrest, on board an incom-
ing steamer at New York. Of the mu-
nicipal officials Of a German city
brings some obscured facts to the sur
face. They are charged with padding
the municipal payroll, and the Ameri-
can public hears of it simply because
they scaped arrest when discovered
and fed to this country.
That municipal affairs abroad are
better managed in many respects than
here no one who either reads or
travels would pretend to deny, but hui
man nature is everywhere much the
same. European cities are older and
their expansion and Improvement are
of more gradual growth. Methods
such as render graft and waste more
difficult and unnecessary there would
be intolerable here under existing con-
ditions Of our rapid expansion. On
the other hand, European cities are
burdened with a mass of officials
foisted upon the public service by So
cial connections which no American
city would tolerate.
That American cities can learn
much abroad in the way of thorough
ness and permanency of public i'm
provements is patent, but while we are
struggling to evolve model city gov
ernments, we will have to evolve Il
own system to meet our own special
problems rather than copy old world
models, for they are as faulty as u
own
Omaha daily bee., 1909-05-02
PERSONAL AND OTHERWISE.

C. Castro and A. Hamid are so situated
that an exchange of condolences would
help some.
Mehmed signifies glorious" AS the new
sultan is red-headed, the significance OF
the title is obvious.
Several sections of the country would
readily subscribe to a consolation purse II
Medicine Hat will quit working overtime.
For a man who did not nave a nance
to do his stunt for thirty-three years, the
Sheikh-ul- Islam did a pretty smooth and
effective piece Of work.
II Mehmed v would doff his fec long
enough for a snapshot, the world might
see enough improvement to reconcile it to
the change OF sultans.
A test vote of 15 spinsters in Chicago
shows that they are unanimously in favor
of husbands in the possessive case. Lack
of experience serves to fortify the wisdom
Of their Willingness.
In one Of the counties of Missouri, which
went dry by a large majority, a farmer,
In digging a well, tapped a spring OF pure
apple brandy. Nature in its kindliest
moods could not have sprung a more well
come leak.
Patrick Egan, formerly of Lincoln. is
down in Washington. exercising his voice
on the war key. In IN interview In a
Washington paper, he expresses the opin-
ion that war between the United States
and Japan rs inevitable" and outhobsons
Hobson in boosting for "a strong navy,
supplemented with "a good merchant ma
rine." Put the emphasis on the last four
quoted words and you press the button of
Patrick's Inspiration.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-05-02

gained under Roosevelt is not 70 be
surrendered, but, on the contrary,
made more certain and the reforms
carried further forward. In a business
way it is also o%pportune, as it assures
a firm basis for honest investment and
enterprise. 1t is in line with the en-
tire policy of the president and his adj
%visers, who have demonstrated a fac
ulty for avoiding precipitancy without
going to the other extreme of being
dilatory. These declarations also
demonstrate the ADMINISTRATORS view
that law enforcement is not a matter
of ~partisanship or to be used as a
mean Of party advantage, but rather
for the furtherance of the common
welfare.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-05-02
Mr.. Bryan's Figures.

Mr.. Bryan is again trying to console
himself with the thought that perhaps
his third defeat was not quite so bad as
it might have been, because the
change of a comparatively few votes
out of a large total would have con-
verified last years defeat to victory.
In his article on THE Future of the
Democratic Party" reprinted in the
last number of his Commoner from
Munsey's Magazine, he says:
The republican majority in the electoral
college was 169. To change a republican
victory into a democratic victory would
have required a change Of 80 electoral votes
from the republican column to the demo-
cratic column, and the statesNof Ohio. Indi-
ana, Missouri, Kansas, West Virginia,
Montana and Delaware would have fur
nished the electoral votes necessary. The
combined republican majorities in these
states were less than 10000; a change of
5000 votes, therefore, properly distributed,
would have changed the result of the cleo
ton. A change of only 1900 votes in
Missouri, Indiana, Montana and Delaware
would have transferred 80 electoral votes
10 the democratic column.
In the electoral college Mr.. Bryan
received 1872 electoral votes, many of
them from states carried for the dem
ocratic ticket by small majorities. The
combined democratic pluralities in the
states of Arkansas, Florida, Kentucky,
Maryland, Nebraska, Nevada, North
Carolina, Oklahoma. Tennessee and
Virginia were, according to best avail
able figures, 151,015. These states
gave Mr.. Bryan go electoral votes, so
that a change of 5,50S votes from the
democratic side to the republican side,
properly distributed" would have
cut down his total from 1872 to 70 and
would have increased Mr.. Taft's total
from s21 to 413. A little change,
therefore, of $500 votes, properly
distributed" which he figures would
have given him the election had the
change been from the republican side
to the democratic side, would have left
him buried under a republican major
ity in the electoral college of 343. had
the change been in the opposite direc-
ton. To take away 81 of Mr.. Bryan's
electoral votes, namely. those from
Kentucky, Maryland, Nebraska, Ne
vada, North Carolina, Oklahoma and
Tennessee, would have required a
change, properly distributed" Of only
S3, 800 votes.
When 1t comes to specializing on
what would have happened If $4,000
votes, properly distributed" could
have been transferred from one side
to the other, for the purpose of getting
an idea of what might happen IL Mr..
Bryan should engage in a fourth bat
tie, he should figure the changes both
ways.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-05-02
. Significant labor Movement.

The incorporation of the National
Employment bureau in New York, to
commence operations about May l.,
bids fair to have a widespread influ-
ence in labor matters in this country.
The announced purpose at the outset
is to extend its influence at first only
to unskilled or common labor, but 1t is
expected to increase the scope of the
enterprise ultimately to all the fields
of labor. The bureau has a subscribed
capital stock of 500, 600 and is to be
In no sense a charitable institution, a
small fee being charged In order to
make the bureau self sustaining. BY
making the institution national in
its scope the originators, who are all
high in the financial and business
world, hope to effect a better distribu-
ton of the labor supply of the country
when there Is an excessive demand and
also to find work for as many as pos
sible in times of stress.
The workings of the bureau will be
watched with a great deal of interest
from numerous sources. If 1t follows
close to its announced plan, 1t will
help prevent a congestion of idle labor
at one point while there is a demand
for it elsewhere, its universally en-
abling the association to keep In
touch with the conditions in all sec
tons. From the standpoint of LABOR
there is likely to be a suspension of
Judgment and an inclination to sus-
picion as to the real motive back Of
the move. If the promoters were so
inclined, it could be used as a clearing
house TO send laborers to points where
other laborers do not want them.
Until it's motives develop the bureau is
not likely to have extended support
from the leaders of labor, while on the
other hand, If its avowed mission
should prove it's real one, its strongest
advocates and also its most effective
support must necessarily come from
this class.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-05-02
THE r0PE's VIEW OF WOMEN.
Exceptions 10 the StRndDat Utter
ances of Plus n.

Kansas city journal.
Any u~tterance by the head of the Catho-
lie church receives, in the nature Of things,
a maximum of publicity, and the adherents
Of the church of Rome, as a general thing,
attach a maximum of Importance to those
utterances. His holiness has recently con-
tributed to the literature of the equal suf-
frage movement several declarations which
are notable in many respects. The first
draft of these statements placed the pope
in a rather unfavorable light on the ques-
ton of the relative superiority OF men and
women. He was made to say that woman
was obviously foreordained and predestined
mans inferior; but the later and fuller re-
ports considerably modified these manifsstly
unjust structures. The self-evident meaning
of the views expressed is that woman goes
outside her sphere when she INDUCES in
the struggle for political powers.
There is nothing specially new in this
view, but Pope Plus adds sons curiously
anachronistic quotations from the Bible to
govern the status of modern women. Ultra
conservative views are to be expected from
the head Of the Catholic church, and yet
there will be few, even among the English
speaking member Of the church. who will
accept ST. Paul as the arbiter OF the posi-
ton to be occupied by the women of a time
] 800 years later than ST. Paul and in coun-
tries whose viewpoint is so far from being
that OF oriental lands even of today. The
up-to-date thought of the twentieth CEN
fury insists that the statute OF limitations
has run against St. Paul in the matter Of
the subsection Of women.
Enlightened critics do not charge Il to
the Bible as a fault that It's attitude to-
ward woman Is not consonant with that
OF the present dag and in occidental coun-
tries, That would be unfair and Illogical
but for all that the modern western woman
will not accept even ST. Paul as an infal-
lible guide in the designation OF women's
status. The argument Is Incompetent.
Irrelevant and immaterial, as the lawyer
says, based on hearsay, calling for a con-
clusion. tho opinion Of an Individual who
has not ever qualified as an expert and
subject TO other exceptions hereby saved
but not specifically enumerated.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-05-02
A MILITARY PATRIARCH.
General Daniel HI. Rucker, the NestOr
of American Soldiers.

Boston Transcript.
General Daniel II. fucker, who was 81
Wednesday april 2S), must be among the
Nestors of the profession of arms the
world over If he is not Nestor himself. He
was born before Napoleon set out on his
march to Moscow, and his original COM
mission, dated more than three-quarters of
a century ago, bears the signature of An
drew Jackson More fortunate than most
military patriarchs, General Rucker has
preserved his mental powers, and while
his memory permits him to tall of the
brevet he received at Buena Vista sixty-two
years ago last February his modesty will
not. General Fuckers modesty stands in
the way of some very piquant recollections,
for his first detail for duty was at Fort
LeavenwoTth, which he was compelled to
reach by a ride of 200 miles through a
wilderness, lodging Indians most of the
way. General Rucker was 80 years old
before his famous son-in-law, Sheridan,
was heard of outside the army. The long
evity Of soldiers, barring those hat got
killed, as the Irishman said, is remarkable.
General Rucker may be the dean of the
profession, but here and there are still
found hale old men, who did their full share
of fighting seventy years ago. Alphonso
Steele of MeXica, Tex, who was at the
battle of San J~aclnto, survives. in his
ninety fifth year, and was able last winter
to reciprocate the courtesles Of a public
reception by the Legislature of that state,
lie is not the only survivor Of the Texas
army that fought Mexico, for Captain
Huber OF Austin. who was an aide-de-camp
of Sam Houston. but not personally present
at San Jacinto, is able to tell of the moving
incidents of the war for independence he
Omaha daily bee., 1909-05-02

The decision of our courts uphold
ing the right of the different political
parties to present complete tickets to
the voters at the impending city cleo
ton and the right of each nominee to
have the same benefit of straight party
votes means that our government is
still a party government and that po-
litical parties are still to be counted
among our established free institu-
tons. Any who do not like the exist
ing political parties are at perfect lib
erty to flock together and form them
selves into n or more new political
Omaha daily bee., 1909-05-02

II you had a lawsuit, which your
lawyers kept insisting you were sure
to win, would you mortgage your
home to borrow money to pay the
judgment before the case was even set
for trial? If this lawsuit were pend
ing in the United States supreme court
and turned on an appraisement Of
$6,263, 295.49 for some property
which you expected to get for $1,000
900 and the case could not possibly
be heard before next November, would
you borrow $6.5OO,OO this May in an
ticipation of losing the suit?
Omaha daily bee., 1909-05-02
COddIinE Uncle Samuel,
Philadelphia Press.

Russia wants closer political relations
with the United States, not as a menace
to Japan, oh, no; but only to guarantee
that the mikado's government will keep
its promises. This is where the Hon.
Samuel Starzenstripes begins to ruminate
on the topic OF 'entangling alliances" The
nation that lmagines the old gentleman
is capable of being made a catspaw needs
to wake up and read. the diplomatic his
tory Of the nineteenth century.