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Omaha daily bee., 1909-06-04
Fanny Side of statesmanship.
Minneapolis Journal.

Craftsmanship is a funny thing. The
tariff bill on which the senators are now
working considerably increases the price of
asphalt mined in California. To protect
the California stuff, every municipality in
the union must pay an increased price for
It's paving material. How much cheaper
and better 1t would be not to have any
asphalt In the United States!
Omaha daily bee., 1909-06-04

Another old servant has identified
the Ohio claimant as the long lost
archduke of Austria. II the claimant
is really what he pretends to be it took
him a long time to realize what a good
thing he had thrown into the discard.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-06-04

Governor shallenberger's flag day
proposition has been amended to make
Flag day come June IA, instead OF
June is. The governor must be try
ing to save time, Notwithstanding his
famous story that concludes, What's
time to q hog?"
Omaha daily bee., 1909-06-04

New York City has $50 miles Of water
front fringed with docks costing Sl25, 0Oo, 900.
An average OF thirty-one steamships, trans
atlantic and coastwise, arrive at or sail
therefrom daily. In 1905 New York's ship
ping handled 81, 256, O42, 267 worth of goods.
Sixty per cent of the nations imports en-
tered the port of New York and $50, 900 900
was collected in customs duties. These fig
ures show an increase of 70 per cent over
New York's foreign commerce OF ten years
ago.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-06-04

II has now been discovered that the
Wright brothers, who are achieving
.ame as AsronHuts. ono lived in Iowa
When small boys, Il is to be noted,
however. that they few away as soon
as their wings would carry them.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-06-04

The New York World says that be-
ing a democrat is a state of mind. If
present conditions continue 1t is likely
to become chronic melancholia.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-06-04
Raain of %Prosperitr.
81. Louis

Mr.. z. n. Hartman hits the nail ~squarely
on the head In saying that the good times
he predicts depend upon crops and not
upon exploitation Of speculative schemes.
In the latter, too much Of the good money
we got from the former was burned, and
the smoke from the burning was seen in
the panIc of 1907.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-06-04

In a recent address in New York
District Attorney Jerome boasted that
even his enemies conceded that he was
honest and capable. He is also con-
victed of modesty on his own admis-
sions.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-06-04

When Mrs. Henry b. Plant, wife Of the
noted builder Of railroads in the South
inherited her fathers wonderful collection
OF art treasures, she made Il her life
ambition to enlarge Il and house It in a
filling home in New York. Her husband
died, and. after she secured from his vast
estate her dover Of Ss,OOO,OOO she was free
to search in every land for the rare and
beautiful. Then she met Robert Graves,
flnancier and inventor. He was attracted
by her. He sympathized with her ambl-
ton. They were quietly married in 1904
end soon her castle in SPAIN babe fair
to become a real castle.
It was a love match purely. The brill
lent young widow of the railroad Croe-
sus had not lacked brilliant suitors. But
when Graves appeared all others vanished
and together they planned the New York
home at No. I West Fifty-first street,
which was to be their treasure palace.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-06-04

A Chicago man hat al
falfa makes good cigars. They may
not be up to the Havana standard, but
alfalfa should be able to u the cab
bage a fair race as a substitute fller.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-06-04

Recently compiled railway statistics
show that North America contains al
most as many miles OF railway as all
the old world combined. and eonsidera-
bly, more than all of Europe. sull,
there are vast stretches OF this CONT
Omaha daily bee., 1909-06-04

Omaha has gotten on the map once
more as being the destination of sew
eral Of the Struggled Partisan gowns
sold at auction in New York. Coming
so soon after that train robbery, too.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-06-04

Omaha can return the jibes. The
bandits who robbed the mail car came
from elsewhere. and they made the
mistake of their lives when they Sc
lected their last place OF operation.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-06-04
why Not Send In q Fewt
New YORK World.

Tn bureau of labor at Washington Is
able to figure out for 1908, as against 1907,
an average decrease of SO per cent in the
cost Of living. It is unfortunate that the
statisticians cannot pay the bills.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-06-04

Nearly three-fourths of the entire popula-
tion of New York City makes it's homes in
apartment houses. tenement houses, two
family houses and in apartment hotels.
The rentals derived from apartment dwell
ings amount to about SIS. eOO,O 900 a month or
$50, 900, 900 yearly. The total amount in
vested in apartment houses in the five
~boroughs reaches many billions of dollars,
and is rapidly increasing.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-06-04

A city rock pile is all right for a
summer diversion, but the eventual So
luton Of the problem is a workhouse
that will do business all the year
round.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-06-04

Governor Shallenberger rode from
Omaha to Peru on the Missouri Pacific
and then as Dor as he returned to
lincoln prevailed on the State Board
OF Assessment to reduce the valuation
Of the road, This inside history
should be made q matter of record.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-06-04

A New York critic says modern poe
try has not enough fire in it. The
trouble is that the portion which burns
10 never read by the public.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-06-04

s, A Chicago man has sued a surgeon
for robbing him of cuticle while under
the influence Of ether and using it on
another patient. This lie reducing
graft to a fine art.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-06-04
A check for High Living.
WashinEton Herald.

The Omaha Bee thinks the family gar
den is the only solution of the high cost
Of living problem. In other words, the
common people should understand that free
garden seeds may be made to cover a
multitude of congressional sins.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-06-04

Mr.. Hartman say the Lands de-
cision was responsible for the panic
and Judge lands lays the blame on
Mr.. Hartman. Arbitration would be
\ good way TO settle their differences.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-06-04

1t is suggested to Senator Bailey Of
Texas there are several larger men in
and about congress than any of the
newspaper correspondents he has at
tackled up to the present.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-06-04
SNAIL FOES THAT COST.
Tribute Productive Industry Pays 10
Rats and Insects.

~ "a hHNCNA
New York World.
Great enemies are met and vanquished
Small foes thrive while the ways and
means of their Punishment are sought in
vain. As a case in point there comes an
official statement from Washington that
the Norway rat Is costing the country
800, 900, 900 a year.
Similarly, the cost OF enduring the cotton
boil weevil threatens TO reach a far greater
sum each year; there are a score Of fiends
OF the beetle family chewing up 500, 900 900
Of forest trees annually; the chinch-bug
genus has been equal TO the destruction
OF about $3.50, 900, 900 in cereals In a decade,
and It's capacity increases yearly. Besides
which, the codling-moth in the apple trees,
the borer among the peaches. the Hessian
fly. the brown-tail and gypsy moths and
many other swarming pests help To pile
up a total annual insect cost Of hundreds
Of millions.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-06-04

Chicago Tribune.

Chicago Tribune.
In tabulating the wealth OF disable knowi-
edge let loose upon. the world during the
graduating season do not overlook the
baccalaureate sermons.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-06-04

e. H. Hartman says he would
gladly retire If he could find anyone
to handle his job. There are plenty
Of men who would be willing to try.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-06-04

Subscribers leaving the city tenn
~pOrRriIY should have The Bee
mailed to them. Address will he
changed as often as requested.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-06-04

nent waiting for railroads for their
full development, which gives some
idea OF u possibilities for supporting
increased population.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-06-04

That story about Ave brides recently
arriving In a bunch in Iowa from Eng
land should war; congress to see to 1t
that the American cupid is suitably
protected,
Omaha daily bee., 1909-06-04
ThrowInR . Scare.

Cleveland Plain Dealer.
Count Zeppelin. the German, guides his
mammoth airship $50 miles without alight-
ing. English channel has an average width
Of seventy miles. Ergo, panic in Piccadilly.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-06-04

STATE Of Nebraska, Douglas County S.
George b. TEschuck, treasurer OF lmS
bee Publishing Company, oSlhe uHH
sv,orn. saws that the actual number OF Iuli
and complete copies Of The Daily, Morn
inn Evening and Sunday Bee printed OUT
ing the month Of May, 1903, was as ioi-
lnUfm.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-06-04

The former Turkish officials who
fed from the country have been de-
graded. That is decidedly com
Portable than being hanged.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-06-04

Take note that the moon was in
eclipse on rising. This lie our hrst
trial OF the new early closing law.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-06-04

Wonder II those six democratic
councilmen could agree or the answer
to the question, What is a demo-
erat7"
Omaha daily bee., 1909-06-04

The announcement is made that
Champion Wrestler Gotch is to be mar
ried. Getting ready for the match OF
his life.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-06-04

New York City has 27 banks. Fifty-two
OF these are savings banks, 102 are national
and state banks, and there are fifty-three
trust companies carrying on a banking
business. Through these repositories OF
public and private funds S262, 592, IA flows
daily. The clearing house transactions
show a daily average of $24l, Ala. O22 in ex-
changes and balances of $11, i7s, 1872. Since
its organization fifty-four years ago the
clearing house transactions have exceeded
ST. O0,O 0O, 900, 1000.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-06-04

MY lazy son has at last decided on a
procession that he thinks he'n like"
Good. What has he chosen -
He wants to be a lineman for a wireless
telegraph company. "-Cleveland Leader.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-06-04

dancing.
Orme lin distress)-welL there is rather
too much sameness about II.
ack-Er-how may ! vary Il?
~Orme-Suppose YOU tread on my left foot
once In a while.-Milwaukee Wisconsin.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-06-04
LINES TO A SMILE.

How is that?" the stalwart young fell
low asked, as he finished wiping up the
floor with his hated rival.
Dear" she answered with shining eyes,
'1t was a sweeping victory" -Baltimore
American.
We'll" said Cassidy, "'tis too bad that
none av us kin iver be as good as some
people think we thu be-"
AYE" replied Casey, but tits consolin'
Omaha daily bee., 1909-06-04
Around New York

Nipples on h Current Of Life
as Seen In ths GREAT American
Metropolis from nay 20 Day.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-06-04

Algy-If there is anything ! detest, il Il
this so-called Joy riding
MISS Tartun-I don't doubt &C.. / saw you
on horseback the other day and you didn't
LOOK the least bit like a Joy rider Chicago
Omaha daily bee., 1909-06-04

Treasurer.
Subscribed in my presence and sworn to
before me this slst day OF May, 1903
Nj. P. WALKER,
Notary Public.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-06-04

to think that none av us kin ever be a.
pad as some people think we are."--Cath.
Ole Standard and Times.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-06-04

The work progressed magically. In the
great halls and galleries hun pictures
that had graced the courts OF the Medici;
tapestries that had been the pride of ORR
entail kings. But with the reality develop
ing before her eyes, her dream expanded.
There we're countless changes TO be made
and innumerable treasures yet to be Sc
cured.
And then in the midst Of the great task,
when at last the finished whole was
clearly pinned, but only half completed,
Mrs. Graves fell III.
The malady did not seem serious at
first, but she gradually grew weaker and
slowly forced herself TO forsake her am
bition for a while, at last to seek complete
rest. She retired to st. Buke's hospital
and later to Edgemere. She did not gain
strength. She was unhappy away from
her fairyland, on which the work was
sail progressing.
Finally, a few weeks ago, they took her
home. But she was unable to view the
splendor that awaited her. When II was
all finished they told her she should 60
through all the rooms and behold her
completed work.
Last Saturday was the awaited day.
The last touch of the artists hand had
left the mansion an embodiment of the
highest modern architecture and the rarest
ancient art. But a sudden sinking spell
made it inadvisable for Mrs. Graves to
leave her bed. She was told that all was
ready and that the palace only awaited
its princess.
Saturday she died.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-06-04

~ Art has its thousands of votaries In New
York, but it seemed to the passerby that
never was such an ovation given the great
est of artists as was granted a humble
sign-painter, depicting a B~robdignagian
portrait in an advertisement design cover
Ing the whole side OF a house. He swung
on a ladder, with gallon cans for tubes,
sketching in generous breadth the outlines
of the picture as far as he could reach.
Then he began to FIJI in, and with each
stroke another interested spectator Joined
the crowd on the sidewalk. Transfers
stopped their drays on the street as long
as they dared. A policeman charged the
crowd to clear a way for pedestrians, but
made no appreciate effect on the conges-
ton. 1t was not until the artist a
stopped for the day that the last onlookers
left, and ever then they went reluctantly.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-06-04

The representative Of the gas company In
New York City who visits houses to I'm
spect the meter or on any other pretense
VIII hereafter present with his credential a
photograph Of himself in proof of his Off
cial character The photograph, we assume,
VIII bear on its back or face the attesta-
ton of the gas company that it is the
picture of their employee,
The reason for this p%recaution is obvious.
1t is ordered by the Public Service COM
mission as the result of its investigation Of
robberies committed by fraudulent meter
inspectors, who obtained entrance to resi-
dences by false pretense. Pretended tele-
phone examiners are able to commit the
same crime.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-06-04

Entered at Omaha postoffice as second
lass matter.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-02-10
MANY QUESTIONS
DEMAND ATTENTION

Tomorrow evenings session OF 'ilo
Commercial club will be a busy one
many questions of Importance haVlIs
been submitted to the organization lof
action and ratification, and 1t is proo-
able that routine business Will, TOT lho
time being. crowd the publicity discus
sion from the spotlight. Among Tue
communications received, upon Wnicn
action of the club is desired is one
from the transportation bureau OF tne
Seattle chamber of commerce, lhcluu
ing resolutions which have oeeh
adouted by the Queen City organiza
ton. giving to the state railroad com.
mission at its discretion the power 70
institute or defend any suits oetwesn
shippers and railroads, where th.
question involved lis in the interests VI
the whole state and not partial 10 any
one section or community. The res
oIution, which provides for leglsia.loi
giving such power to the commission, !,
Is regarded as a meritorious one anu
1t is not improbable that the Coniiiiei
cial club will take favorable action.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-02-10

! the vice president called to the ros-
trum the tellers appointed by the two
houses. They Were Senators Burrows,
republican, of Michigan, and Bailey.
democratic, of Texas, on the part Of
the senate; and Representatives
Gaines, republican, of West Virginia,
and Rucker, democrat, of Missouri, on
lle part OF the house. All of these ex-
cept the last named, officiated in SINH
lar capacity four years ago, when
Russell, of Texas, was the democrat
ic teller for the house.
From a polished hardwood case
which was unlocked by an attendant,
the ce-president then, amid impress
slVe silence, took a document resplend-
ent in red and gold seals This was
passed 20 Senator Burrows who an
nounced that it appeared to be a duly
authenticated record, in legal form, of
the electoral vote of the state of Ala
bama cast for William Jennings BRYAN,
of Nebraska, and John W. Kern, of In
diana. This was greeted with demo-
cratic applause. The reading of the
records of the other states in alphabet
lcal order was then proceeded with,
each teller making an announcement in
turn.
States of the east and middle west,
in which big majorities were rolled up
for Taft and Sherman, followed in
quick succession. Senator Burrows
had the satisfaction of reading the re-
turns from Michigan, and Senator
Bailey was equally pleased to an
nounce those from Texas, despite the
fact that the whole eighteen votes were
pumped for the losing candidates.
After about one hour had been con-
sumed, Wyomings name, the last on
the list, was reached and with the an
nouncement Of her vote, the vice pres
ident raped for order. AT his request.
Senator Burrows counted the tally
sheet and announced that the record
showed that the whole number Of cleo
toral votes cast had been 4S3; that Of
these 242 constituted a majority; that
William HI. Taft and Jas. S. Sherman
had received 321; and William Jen-
nings Bryan and John W. Kern had re-
ceived 162-
The vice president then repeated this
statement of fact, declaring that it
would be deemed sufficient notificatios
of the election of Taft and Sherman, and
directing that the result be spread upon
the Journals of both house and senate.
This terminated the ceremony. The
duty imposed by the constitution had
been performed. The senators filed out
TO return to their own chamber, the
galleries emptied, and the house re-
sumed its discussion of pending 1egis-
lation.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-02-10
TAFT and Sherman Declared
Duly Elected, by Congress

WASHINGTON, Feb. 1O.-Wih i'm.
pres1ve ceremony, the closing scene OF
the presidential election was enacted
today in the hall of the house of rep
resentatives
In joint session the members of the
senate and of the house of the ma
tlonaI congress met and counted the
electoral votes for president and vice.
president and declared the election of
William Howard Taft, of Ohio. and
James Schoolcraft Sherman, of New
York
AFTER teilers appointed by both
houses, and representing both political
parties, had carefully scrutinized the
returns from the several states, Vice
President Charles w. Fairbanks an
hounced that out of the 4S3 votes in
the electoral college 321 had been cast
FOR Taft for president; 321 for Sher-
man for vice president; 162 for Will
lam j. Bryan for president and 16s
for John w. Kern, for vice president
incidentally the fact ds recalled that
1t was the largest vote ever cast for
candidates for president in the history
of the United States, the recent admis-
sion OF Oklahoma having added seven
votes to the electoral college since this
ceremony was performed four years
ago.
The joint session began at 1 O'Clock
in the presence of a notable assem-
blage. Admission to the galleries was
only obtained by card and these points
of observation were crowded with the
wives and friends of members Mrs
Taft and Mrs. Sherman, with a large
party of friends, including Mrs
Roosevelt and Mrs. Fairbanks and
members of their families, were inter-
ested spectators, and the diplomatic
gallery was well filled with the repre-
sentatives of foreign governments eag-
erly watching the process of the elea-
tion of president in the greatest re-
public on earth.
Precisely at 1 o'clock the doorkeeper
announced the coming of the senate.
The speakers gavel fell and the repre-
sentatives stood to receive their col
leagues from the other end of the cap
itOl. The doors were thrown open and,
headed by Vice President Fairbanks,
Secretary Bennett and Sergeant at
Arms Ransdell, the senators filed into
the fall of the house in pairs They
were escorted to seats reserved for
them on the democratic side near the
speakers rostrum.
AS soon as the hum, hustle and con-
fusion, incident to their arrival, had
subsidized Vice President Fairbanks, as
president Of the senate, took the speak
er's chair with Speaker Cannon sitting
on his left Then. rapping for order,
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-02-10
Fatal
Wreck

EVERETT, Feb. 10.-Engineer John
Ledehan is dead and Fireman Carl
Bloom is missing and undoubtedly
daed under wreckage as a result of
the locomotive of the Great Northern
"owr' train exploding this morning
near Mukilteo. The passengers were
not injured. The engine was hurled
over a steep embankment. Lenahan
was thrown into the sound.
Although internally injured and his
leg broken, the engineer struggled in
the shallow water and was pulled
ashore. He died a few minutes later.
None of the coaches was damaged ex-
cept the baggage car, which was parti-
ally wrecked. The engine is completely
demolished The boiler was shot one
hundred feet down he track.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-02-10

The Merchants association OF New
York in a communication, has submit
tod a nroposition to raise the salary o1
1he chief Justice of the supreme court
to $4,000 a year, circuit judges to slo,-
900, and the district judges 10 s9ooo'
As the club recently adopted resolu'-
tions providing for legislation 1or
martial increase in salaries OF the oi
ficers named, it is not CONSIDERED Ike
lv that its endorsement Will De re-
peated.
Alaska Wants Roads.
Daniel S. Kahn, chairman VI -
Alaska road committee, In an eloquoh'
nlea that will be read tomorro" even
ino sets forth the fact that Alaska
has no vote in congress, but ursihs
some action on the part OF representa-
+;vas whereby trunk wagon roaos may
ha built for the benefit of miners, WIZ
will on completion Of the trunk Hisu-
,.,,s construct branch roads and tnus
oefora access and egress to the minins
sections. The communication II ioii.
Kain con aims the statement INA. &C.
xa has no rivers and haIpors oou tS
and that other federal lmproVehicn
arc not being given much al'ehtion,
-. +ho+ roads are a vital necessity
80 come action looking to improve
roent along that line is greauy 80
resolutions recently adopted ny ny
chovanne Commercial club nave oeen
- rded TO the local club, with re-
r,,ast that they be endorsed. The reso-
,i.+iona nroyide that Yellowstone ma
tiona1 mark be opened to autonopii7
o1yners. who are at present conn
- entering the park, to separate III. :.
o,,rine from the auto, and nave -
ha,,Ied through the park as separa.e
aonvavance. at rate of 10 or ~ niile1
dav The resolution asks mat au'os
a. narmitted in the park, under reas
.hIa restrictions, as the place Is pe
oon,ine more and more populaf aio
tha time has come for recognizing a"
tomobile owners. vuo va,la
The change of date in Waiia ,a
dav at the Alaska Yukon Faci,e
uaf ~ which has been set for Monoay
I,ly bv the management OF ne a.
r:+;on will also be a question TOT uis-
p pss;on at the regular meeting anu a.
oror+ is to be made to have the uas
ohonged to some time later IN Tue ST.,
cns 7vhen the busy season OF the ,al
lliel iii he over and Walla WaiianS
,Ii ,nill he in a position to take a vac"
fiOn