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Omaha daily bee., 1909-12-13


After a trial lasting eleven weeks
the ~thirty-three steel firms and agents
under indictment at Boston on charges
of collision in city bidding have been
acquitted. This case was made nota-
BILE throughout the nation by being
quoted by President Roosevelt in a
message to congress In April Of last
year. 1t resulted from investigations
of the Boston Finance commission,
whose members we're unquestionably
sincere in their report that the de-
PENDANTS had combined to maintain
prices. But under the technicalities
Of the courts of law the evidence was
subjected to q different test than that
applied by the commission; the court
found that the defendants had a right
to combine to advance their WI in
terests so long as they did not create
a monopoly, and the jury took the
view that no monopoly had resulted.
Thus is again illustrated the fact that
there is a line of demarcation be-
tween natural commercial agreements
and collision in restraint of trade.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-12-13
Union of the Cities.

The matter of union between the
two Omahas is now ~squarely presented,
the director Of the census having fixed
a date beyond which consolidation will
be useless for census purposes. Four
months remain In which to determine
If the two cities are to continue to
stand before the world In their present
remarkable attitude. Every interest of
commerce, of industry, and of social
and political economy. requires that
the two cities be united under one gov
eminent. The arguments on this
point are so many and have been
presented so often that repetition is
needless. There is but n way to get
together, and that is to get together,
The commercial clubs of the two cities
should act In the matter without fur
Their d~alliance.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-12-13

Charlie Towne wants to butt into
the Nebraska guaranty law case, ask
ing to be made special counsel for the
state in the final hearing at Washing
ton. Before determining this point
the attorney general might look up the
history Of the railroad rate case, when
an attorney general of Nebraska
stepped aside and allowed an eminent
political colleague Of Mr.. Towne to
address the court, The case was hope
lessly lost.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-12-13
scrapinE The Treasury Bottom,

According to official figures, the sea
power Of the United States is second only
to that Of Great Britain. in spite Of the
stupendous activity OF Germany in con-
structing warships. II will go hard with
our jihgoes. who are always for the flas
and the largest appropriations as we'll Of
with the arrnor-plate and ship Hobbies, n
the sea power OF the United States shall
not soon exceed that OF Great Britain. The
only drawback is In the fact that the bot.
tom OF the treasury at Washington ha
been well-niEh cached.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-12-13
Promises of Wizards.
Philadelphia Press.

FnIIdutIpHId TIV5b'
We are getting disposed to be chary Of
accepting the promises Of the imaginative
enius Edison was to give us years ago
a cheap electric motor. He hasn't done 1t.
Now that other wizard" Nikola Tesla.
announces that he is planning to build a
huge electric power plant which will en-
bale him to operate all the telephone, tele-
graph, lighting, traction and Industrial sys-
TENS OF the earth by wireless currents
II he does 1t, all right; If he doesn't, it will
be about what we expected.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-12-13
7 A OMNIA TEMPUs.

Last year she was a butterfly
Merged deep in life's frivollty;
She fluttered thru the mystic maze,
And held her own with quality;
She prided herself upon her wit,
Her voice held much Of promise,
Her sphere "a a most eXalted one,
TIN she murmured Yes" TO Thomas.
This year her bearing Is sedate,
Subdued her aspirations;
The mystic maze hos lost its charm.
h loves not its gyrations;
She has left the realm Of higher art
To more exalted souls
You'll find her at the Corn Show,
Concoctin' bread "A rolls.
-BAYOLL NE TRELE
Omaha daily bee., 1909-12-13
Cruel Pokea AT the Peers
Springfield Republican.

Is England getting the shivers over the
budget campaign? At the Trafalgar square
meeting on Saturday some Of the demon.
strants bore turnips on the ends OF poles
as an emblem OF the general Intelligence OF
the peers, The London Sunday Times in
discussing the meeting said; The turnip
emblem was tossed about by the mob and
torn to pieces, and II looked like a head on
a pike In the twiliEkA
Omaha daily bee., 1909-12-13

Que advantage Of the Nobel prizes
is that they serve to call the whole
worlds attention to scholars who
hitherto have enjoyed only a restricted
fame. For instance. Selma Lagerlof.
Swedish ~authoress. has been little read
in this country, but her receipt Of the
Nobel prize for literature viii insure
lher a worldwide audience worthy of
her pen
Omaha daily bee., 1909-12-13
DUTY and Destiny.
NeM York Press.

President Tafts drastic action toward
the little Napoleon OF Central America
smacks more Of the breaking up of a
drunken brawl on our national doorstep
than of any Imperialism. 1t is merely
another case of fulfilling American duty
and destiny"
Omaha daily bee., 1909-12-13

The work of establishing the physi-
cal valuation Of the Nebraska railroads
under the law passed by the last legis-
lature is going to be sufficiently costly.
If it should be valuable in proportion
to the state. It will be the greatest
achievement the democrats have to
their score.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-12-13

its utmost astuteness in efforts to be-
guile our diplomacy, which under mod
ern conditions has every need to be
unusually wideawake in all its inter-
national dealings.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-12-13
Highway to The Heart,

CnlCdkO IbSCOTu-I1eld
In Omaha recently q young woman who
worked as a waitress In a restaurant became
the bride of a man whom she had seen for
the first time when she waited on him an
hour before the wedding. He must have
noticed that she didn't W her thumb in
The soup or else that she wiped his plate
with a clean napkin.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-12-13

While the ice combine appeals from
the verdict of guilt in New York state,
1t ought to be gracious enough In the
meantime to consider itself on its good
behavior in Its attitude toward the
Omaha daily bee., 1909-12-13

Scores Of abandoned ice houses in
Maine and along the Hudson are ready
for harvests II New York state is to
follow up its conviction Of the ice COM
bine with practical results.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-12-13
Up TO The Consumer,
St. Paul Pioneer Press.

The government proposes to stop the
Sugar trust from stealing slo,oOO,OOO a year
by its system Of short weights at the Gus
toms house. Doubtless the Sugar trust will
get even by advancing the price to the con-
aumer.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-12-13
Real Yankee IavasIOn.
Cleveland BON Dealer.

VI0FVIHHu IIuIH DeaIer.
II is stated that American investors have
secured control Of most OF the roller skat-
ing business In England and that American
roller skates are admitted TO be infinitely
superior TO the British article. Perhaps
some daring Yankee viii later on offer to
lease the house Of loEds for q skating rink.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-12-13

to recall to the minds of early settlers
episodes Of frontier days that have
been forgotten under the accumulated
experience of the busy life that has
developed Nebraska within the span
Of a lifetime from the condition of
an Indian hunting ground to that Of
one Of the most prolific agricultural
wealth producers the world knows.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-12-13

II these frequent disgraces Of the
battleship Nebraska are really due to
incompetent ohicers and m~utinous
men, It is time Secretary Meyer per-
Eonally took a hand In cleaning ship.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-12-13

The Nebraska debaters Who lost both
the Affirmative and negative sides of
the same question have established a
record that ought to be permanently
preserved at the university.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-12-13
High ROAD to Popularity.

st. Paul Pioneer Press'
President Taft is said to be giving con-
siderable thought to a reform in the system
Of taxation. He can cinch his renomina-
ton and reelection If he can devise some
plan that will compel the other fellow to
pay the taxes,
Omaha daily bee., 1909-12-13
sac Xentnre.

Charleston News and Courier.
The Sugar trust is still in business, al
though we venture to say that a private
citizen who had so robbed the government
would have been making shoes in the PEN
.itentiary.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-12-13

1t is safe to assume that Mr.. Crane
of Chicago is having a whole lot better
time as a private tourist in Turkey
than he would have had as minister in
China,
Omaha daily bee., 1909-12-13
An Example Of Enterprise.
Boston Transcrint.

Boston transcript.
~Tworhundred thousand farmers are Inter
ested f9tthe National Corn exposition now
in progress at Omaha, where $780, 900 in prizes
will be distributed. This ought to give edge
to the exhibit that New England proposes
to make next year.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-12-13

The s,Gaynor enthusiasts who are
boosting him for the next democratic
candidate for president might wait a
few weeks and watch him on the may
or's lob.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-12-13

With corn selling at the rate of
$4,000 a bushel. the Corn exposition
is putting up prices at a rate that
ought to suit the most enthusiastic.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-12-13

Now that the Prairie has been re-
floated, let it remember that the way
to Nicaragua is not across lots, even
on dewy nights.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-12-13

And o the price of hogs is
mounting at a rate that makes one
dizzy. 1t surely is the farmers year.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-12-13

Our boy orators will be panied to OBJ
serve that a Chinaman has carried of
the Ten Eyck prize Of $4,000 for pub
lie speaking at Yale.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-12-13

Subscriber leaving the city tenn
DOrarily should have The Bee
mailed to them. Address will be
changed as often as requested.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-12-13

Omaha girls who helped destroy a
tradition at Wellesley are not the first
Of their kind. Omaha girls are
progressive.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-12-13

Invention of a torpedo which picks
up the sound of a warship's propeller
and rushes to it" should bestir the
geniuses to devise a noiseless warship.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-12-13

The woman who v a bridge party
on the v of her fatal operation may
be said to have made her ruling pas
sion strong in the face of death.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-12-13

The courts having labeled the COM
bines fragile" the window glass in
terests may consider themselves log
lcal in going into one.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-12-13

The passing of Red Cloud is not the
matter of moment to Nebraskans It
might have been twenty-five years ago,
The notice OF his death merely serves
Omaha daily bee., 1909-12-13

Thaw now wants his release because
he has no piano. Won't Santa Claus
bring him one and keep him quiet?
Omaha daily bee., 1909-12-13

In reading Of the death of the
famous chemist who reduced the cost
Of gas, remember that 1t was the cost,
not the price.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-12-13

Strange, how the natural gas failed
just as congress opened up!
Omaha daily bee., 1909-12-13
STATEMENT OF CIRCULATION.

STATEMENT OF CIRCULATION.
State OF Nebraska, Douglas County, ss.:
George b. Tzschuck. treasurer Of The Bee
Publishing Company, beinE duly sworn,
says that the actual number Of fuh ana
complete copies of The Daily, Morning,
Evening and Sunday Bee printed during the
month Of NoYemher. 1909. was as folloMs;
Omaha daily bee., 1909-12-13
Around New York

nipples on the Current Of Life
as seen In the Great American
Metropolis from nay 20 Day
Omaha daily bee., 1909-12-13

Combinations of leading bread baking
establishments located in Manhattan,
Brooklyn, and on the west Of the Hudson
into a giant baking trust that will control
the output of upward of 100000 loaves
of bread a week is he object Of negotia-
ions and conferences which are now go
ing forward. Representatives Of con-
Germs which nave three-quarters of the
entire factory" capacity of this profitable
territory have already taken part in these
conferences, and it is now declared by
prominent bakers that a combination is
inevitable.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-12-13

"A man never knows how many friends
he has until he gets into politics.
True" answered Senator Sorghum, NOR
how few he has until he gets out Of Of
flee. '-Washington Star.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-12-13

Whatever Binks wears, he always looks
well-dressed."
Ain it so? Why that man would look
swell IL he wore ear muffs. "-Cleveland
Leader.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-12-13

"Ruggles, 1 hear you are a happy father.
l congrat-"
stop right there, Ramage. It's trip
let's. "-Chioago Tribune.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-12-13

II wonder what the inventions OF the
next ten years will be?"
Probably devices to protect us from the
Inventions Of the past ten.'-Cleveland
Plain Dealer.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-12-13

II should think fiction writer's would be
the men to call ON for %jurles."
why so?'
Because they are natural born tales
men. Baltimore American.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-12-13

He-Look var, Miss Booker, Use a bono
ter pick wifi you.
She-Wha's matter, Rastus2
He-Wha' for when a gem'lan ~salutes
ton hey.-Boston Transcript.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-12-13

That fellow made money, but he cer-
tainly Is a faker."
Indeed, he is. Why, the habit was so
strong, that's why, he built his new house
on a bluff. "-Baltfmore American.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-12-13
POINTED P-LEASANTRIES.

Whatever Binks wears, he always looks
"Ain't it so? Why that man would look
swell II he wore ear muffs'
Leader.
"a man never knows how many friends
he has until he gets into politics..
True" answered Senator Sorghum, NOR
how few he has until he gets out OF Of
ficr. "-Washington Star.
II should think fiction writer's would be
the men to call on for jurles.'
"Because they are natural born tales
men."-Baltimore American.
-
"Ruggles, l hear you are a happy father,
stop right there, Ramage. It's trip
let's. Chicago Tribune.
He-Look var, Miss Booker, Use a bone
he-W matter, Rastus?
He-Wha' for when a gem'lan salutes
you on de street, you no return his solu-
ton hey.-Boston Transcript.
II wonder what the inventions of the
next ten years win be?"
Probably devices to protect us from the
inventions Of the past ten"-Cleveland
Plain Dealer.
That fellow made money, but he GER
Indeed, he is, why, the habit was so
strong, that's why, he built his new house
on a bluff. "-Baltfmore American.
Mrs. Pyne-Mrs. Blank certainly pos.
sesses tact"
Mrs. Hyne-What is your definition Of
tact?
Mrs. Pyne-Tact Is a Woman's ability to
make her husband believe he is having his
own way,-Lippincott's Magazine.
Twas in the cleaning, and the young
man had just stolen a kiss.
Sir" exclaimed the fair maid, with an
outward show of Indignation. "You are a
heartless theft
That's right" rejolned the bold young
man, but you are TO blame for H."
How am l to blame7' she queTled.
You stole my heart" he answered.
Boston Herald.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-12-13

Entered at Omaha postofncs as second
class matter
Omaha daily bee., 1909-12-13

Mrs. .Pyne.aMrs, Blank certainly pos.
sesses tact"
Mrs. Hyne-What is your definition OF
tact?
Mrs. ~Pyne-Taot is a woman's ability to
Omaha daily bee., 1909-12-13

VICTOR RosEwATER. EDITOR.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-01-17
WHIRLPOOL RAPIDS, NIAGARA FALLS

o for the second best
to be
be
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1909-05-14
The Rice God.

In the Malay peninsula, after a gen.
eral propitiatory service has been held
as an apology to the rice for cutting
it, the "rice SOUP is diligently sought.
First the spot where the best rice
grows is selected; then seven stems
are chosen, each having seven joints.
Within this sacred bundle resides the
soul Of the whole precious field, and,
dressed in swaddling clothes like live
infant, it is borne home in basket
and tenderly, reverently, placed on a
new sleeping mat.
After the rice harvest in Ceylon the
priests take a little old god called
March, down to the river. A hole is
dug where the water is shallow, and
into this is crammed a bag Of dry rice,
with the god placed on top. The satu-
rated rice expands, forcing the image
upward, so that in about fifteen days
it comes to the surface and is well
coined as a new god with acclama-
tons of great joy. i.
Both in China and Japan are held
special festivals Of thanksgiving and
Offering up of first fruits.-Los An
geles Times. ......s. -
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1909-05-14
sierra Leone.

Sierra Leone---knoWn to fame as 'tthe
white mans graye''-viewed from the
deck Of an; incoming steamer presents
an appearance distinctly attractive. AS
to climate, the sobriquet white mans
grave" is sufficiently instructive. Suf,'
fee it to say that the first Of the daily
regimental orders ran thus: funeral
parade at 6:3O a. m. tomorrow" and it
was seldom indeed that the parade
was dismissed for lack Of a victim to-
the pestiferous climatic condihons.I
Indeed. so arduous became the duties.
of sepulcher that, whereas it was GUS
tomary in the beginning for the entire
regiment and band to attend, only the
company of the deceased and the firing
party did SO later on. Sierra Leone is
infested with snakes, large and small!
The former are Of the constructor spe-
cies; the latter are all extremely ven
omous. The most deadly Of all per-
haps is the yellow jack, a beautiful
yellow and black reptile, whose bite is
reputed to prove fatal within a space
Of twenty minutes.-We stchester Coun,
ty Magazine.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1909-05-14
What He Was Allowed to Do,

A Presbyterian delegate who was
accustomed to being sent to denomina-
tional conventions to extend fraterns1
greetings was delegated to the general
conference of the Methodist Episcopal
church. -.-..
Rising to speak, he said it was al
ways an interesting study to him to
note the different receptions accorded
him at the conventions Of the various
denominations.
whenever I attend a convention Of
the Episcopal church, for example,"
said he, 81 find I can do anything
like except preach in the pulpit. When
I go before the Baptist church I am
accorded every privilege except that
Of taking communion. And" he said,
with smile, when I appear among
the Methodists notice I am allowed
every privilege except taking the col
lectionv;--Ladies' Home Journal.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1909-05-14
Won Her 4 piaden1.

How did the French come into Sici.
"? a woman did it. At festive en-
tertainment held at French court
Beatrice, countess Of Savoy and wife
Of Charles Of Anjou, the brother Of
Louis TX. Of France, was removed
from the superior range Of, seats oc-
cupied BY her two younger sisters,
the queen Of France and the queen of
England. Mortified by the humiliation,
she returned to her apartments and
burst into tears. Upon learning the
cause Of her chagrin and her saying
that she would be able to give up her
life to confne her tresses for one hour
beneath a diadem Charles embraced
her affectionately and said, .sSet your
heart at rest, countess, for before long
I will make you greater queen than
either Of your sisters" So he prom
Used her. He defeated Manfred, the
last Of the Norman kings, and caused
Conradino, the great-grandson of the
Emperor Frederick, to be mercilessly
slain, he himself and Beatrice witness
ing the scene. Upon the death of his
brother Charles became king of, Ma
pies, thus fulfilling the cherished de-
sire of his wife for diadem.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1909-05-14
The Russian Joke Teller.

Story telling and TESTING have al
ways been counted the favorite amuse-
ments of semibarbaric people. To the
first we owe the arabian Nights
and to- the second the clowns, who
were formerly the appendage Of all
great houses. In Russia the paid
Joker still fourishes, and the people
pay so much an hour to listen to his
Jokes and witticisms. He provides
himself with two or three hundred
tickets, and, mounting a sort Of ros-
trum, he announces that he is going
to regale his audience with choice It'd
bits Of mirth provoking lore. He be-
gins selling tickets at a penny each,
and when he has sold enough to war
rant his beginning he turns himself
loose, and the audience remains spell
bound by his humorous stories for an
hour or two. A recent traveller who
saw number of these jokers in ST..
Petersburg says, 81 listened to them
several times, and, although I could
not understand one word the joker
said, was sure from the way the au-
dience greeted his stories with roars
Of laughter that the jokes were above
the average"
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1909-05-14
The Wrist and the Arm.

The real wrist, as one might say, is
the elbow joint. 1t is all hand, prac-
tically speaking, from that point to the
tips of the fingers. When you turn
your wrist it is the whole forearm
that makes the twist, and every move
ment Of the fingers is controlled by the
muscles of the forearm. The power
to turn the wrist to and fro at the ell.
bow joint is possessed only by human
beings and monkeys, and even the
higher apes are not able to do the trick
nearly as well as we can. In this
movement the great biceps muscle
In the upper arm is Importantly con-
cerned, it's powerful action in turning
the forearm outward being accounta-
BILE for the fact that we are able to
put so much more strength into twist
in that direction than the opposite
way. Many Of our most familiar tools
indeed, such as the screwdriver, are
made with reference to the anatomical
popularity in question. It is for this
reason and no other that all screws
turn to the right
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1909-05-14
Reed and Strout.

Thomas B. Reed served in the navy
during the civil war, and in 1865 he
returned to Portland to practice law.
One Of the strongest men at the Port
land bar at the time was A. A. Strout.
Before beginning the trial of suit it
was Strout's habit to inquire Of every
juror as to the state Of his health and
impress each with the idea that the
lawyer was solicitous Of that jurors
personal welfare. Reed and Strout
were constantly antagonizing each
other, though they were very good
friends. In nearly every case Of i'm
portance Strout and Reed were on CD.
posite: sides. It was annoying indeed
for the suave Strout to hear Reed
drawl out before the opening Of a
case:
''Well, your honor, Brother Strout
having finished. his morning task Of
shaking hands with, the jury, we may
now, I hope, proceed with the bust.
ness Of the COURT
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1909-05-14
Luck In Golf,

Luck, as will readily be understood,
IS factor that enters very largely
into golf. Perhaps the most notable
case on record is that Of jamie An
derson when competing for the cham
pionship at Prestwick in 1873. He had
just teed his ball for the seventeenth
drive when a little girl standing
among the spectators remarked that
he had unconsciously placed it just in
front Of the proper line. Although
nobody else had noticed the fact, this
proved on examination by the referee
to be correct. Thereupon Anderson
teed his ball again in fresh position
we'll behind the line and made drive
which landed him in the hole and
eventually enabled him to win the
match. If, however, he had played it
from the original spot he would have
been penalized a stroke and have lost
the championship. Clearly, then, luck
on the links is something to be taken
into consideration whatever nonbeliev-
ers may. say to the contrary. -Bailey's
Magazine