davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
Omaha daily bee., 1909-07-10
The July Crop Report.

The July crop report Of the Depart
ment Of Agriculture, coincidinE as It
does with the Information gathered
by railroads and private parties, Is
most encouraging. The n note Of
reserve in the predictions Of fnancisrs
and manufacturers has beenSthe crops.
Without exception these men have
predicted not only a continuance OF
present business activity. but q still
greater expansion In case the seasons
crops prove good. A much better
small grain crop than last year
10 now assured and ooFn up to date Is
In better condition than last year, with
an increased acreage. Cotton alone OF
all the staple crops is reported below
the average and this not seriously so.
With such an outlook there is every
assurance that the west and southwest
particularly, which were the anchor Of
the country in the last panic, would
pour their abundant stream OF wealth
into the channels Of trade. Every
western city. village and community is
showing It's faith in the future by
reaching out after and preparing to
handle the increased output, and II the
eastern moneyed men ever had reason
to hesitate they may allay their fears,
barring only unforeseen and unlikely
mishaps.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-07-10
PERSONAL NOTES.

A German specialist has prescribed beer
for E. II. Hartman. Probably he did not
have the heart to recommend champagne
when he thought OF the bill he is fixins
up,
Prof. John Morse ordway. widely known
as educator and chemist, died in his home
at saugus, Mass, al the age Of SO years.
Prof. Ordway was III only a few days and
death was due to Ills incident to age.
President Eliot Of Harvard (emeritus). is
the only living American who could posi-
bly, rival Ambassador Bryce as a holder OF
university degrees. Or. Eliot's last LII. d
a six OF that sort gathered since 1863.
&c home and study the Bible for three
months. Then come back and repeat the
ten commandments, the Lords prayer and
two psalms and you will be free" Such
was the sentence imposed by Judge Brown
Of Oklahoma upon a young man who plead
guilty TO horse stealing.
Premier Asquith was formerly a folIowe,
OF Lord Rossbery and counted q Ieadins
member OF the Rosebery wing OF the lib,
eral party. The report that the noble lord
has about decided to leave the liberal,
altogether and Join the conservatives lndi.
Gates thai he despairs Of liberalism even
under Mr.. Asquith.
A beautiful driHking fountain to cost
$4,000 is bequeathed to the University OF
Pittsburg by the will OF the late Mrs
Eleanor Masee. in memory OF her husband
Senator Christopher L. Masee. The will
stipulAtss that the memorial fountain 1,
to be erected In the now grounds OF The
university. II The trustees sShetion tbs
! ogfer-
Omaha daily bee., 1909-07-10
Promise Of Currency Liquidation.

Senator Aldrich. chairman Of the
senate committee on finance and also
Of the joint currency commission,
states In . public interview that he is
confident the commission will be ready
to report at the opening of the regular
session Of congress In December and
that currency legislation will be taken
up Nt once, The senator gives no clue
As to what the commission will favor,
except that 1t will seek a general re-
modelling of the currency system,
which at present il the outgrowth OF
pieceueal legislation,
That u currency system is weak
In many places and inelastic 10 gen.
orally conceded, and foreign financiers
particularly are Of the opinion that
nothing but the tremendous resources
Of the nation have prevented disastsr.
The legislation following the 1907
panic was admittedly only q make
shift and intended to continue in force
only until the commission Of which
Mr., Aldrich is chairman could investi-
gate and report and congress act with
the light OF that report. The senator
co~ntemplates a European trip when
congress Adjourns and this IL taken to
indicate that the commission has prao-
tically completed its work.
Failure OF Speaker Cannon to name
the banking and currency committee
for the house also beclouds the differ.
ences as between the ideas Of Con.
greSsmen Fowler and VreelaAd. Wal
street financial papers have It that 9
central bank viii be recommended
while some well-informed observers
insist that the commission will favor
asset currency to be issued as bank
notes are at present, by any bank
which puts up the required security
80 long as the members Of the com,
mission refuse to talk, however, ono
mans guess is as good as another, ex
cept that Senator Aldrich's assuranc.
means that some positive action will,
be had,
Omaha daily bee., 1909-07-10
Strengthening the Man.

When Omaha was nrst surveyed as
a townsite the streets were laid out
according to q regular plan in the
area comprised in the original town
site. It stopped at that time at
Twentieth street N the west. Since
then the city has grown in all direc-
lions, with additions tackled on plated
to suit the convenience Of those inter-
ested In selling the property. and with
little regard to the interests of the flu
turs Omaha.
The most fragrant example OF thii
irTsgularity is to- be found in the block
from Twentieth street to Twenty
fourth, which has no cross streets
whatever from St. Mary's avenue on
the south to Dodge street on the north.
Along the three east and west streets
that are in the path Of business devel-
opment there Is an uninterrupted
stretch OF four squares, with no CON
Meeting streets running north and
south. In several other parts Of the
city this situation is repeated, al
though the urgency for opening up
cross streets may not be so great.
The point The Bee wishes to make
IL this, that where streets must sooner
or later be opened up to straightsn tbs
map OF Omaha the time to make these
improvements is at hand and the work
should not Be deferred, because the sI-
penss Of GppropriAting the necessary
land is constantly Increasing. More
over. the longer We wait the better and
more costly will be the improvements
on the land that must be cleared. and
the dimculty Of doing anything at sil
~Ill be immensely increased.
Other cities which have made the
Omaha daily bee., 1909-07-10
ECHOES OF THE 0 R


What did Willie do on the Glorious Fourth
Towsly- haired Bill with = squint IN his eye,
With pants All bepatched and snked up
high
He sat quite still, dear boy, on a chair,
Away from the racket and revel and din,
From all the great hullabaloo shut In;
He sat quite As still-as you or l.
TIL he Eobbled his pieoe Of cherry pie
II.
What aid Jimmy do on the FOURTH
Freckle-fsced Jim, with legs brown and
Fishy-mouthed Jim with oArroty hair;
why he sat up, sedats as could be- thai
Ana Behaved In a very angsi-like way;
Far from the racket, far from the noise;
Perhaps you may think him unlike other
He Sat-but pray, do not think he =
He sat quite sull-'twas because he had to,
FOR visions OF wrath and a hickory stick
Were crowding upon him, fast and thick.
III.
What aid Chaunoey do on the Fourth
Dandyish Chaunesy, with groomed finger
Sweet, gentle chaunOey, whose very heart
At the boom and the bang, the zip and
the fi8z.
Well, chsunOsy, dear boy. the startling
TACT Is
Went screeching around at . pretty swift
rate
His certainly was a precipitoua gait;
And the reason he ran. you will please
bear in mind
A great niETer-ohassr was there close be-
hind.
~.
What aid Father do on the Glorious
FOURTH
DIRnlfied father, with manner sedate:
He sat up erect In his chair OF state,
And frowned ct the fun as 4 father
should.
He sat there Just as long as he could,
Then sneaked TO the wood shed and found
there q store
OF fireoracker punches, maybe q SCORE,
He called to the boys-to Billy and Jim
And they came, as ever obedient TO him.
Well. they said father made the most Of
the noise.
But, Of course. It was Just to amuss the
boys.
Twas a friEhtful bore" we heard him
say,
But he stayed with the fireworks the rest
of the day.
BAYOLL NE TRELB.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-07-10

Water board lawyers have all the
time talked about voting bonds to pay
the overdue hydrant rentals. which is
mounting up at the rate OF considera-
bly, more than 100000 a year, includ-
ing interest. They were very careful,
however, not to submit this bond prop
osition at the same time with the
~t6,6OO,000 purchase price bond issue.
II the voters had realized how much
money they will be expected to pay to
s~traighten out the water works situa-
ton they would have looked into the
whole subject more seriously.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-07-10
Poser for a MIaaourIan.

st. Louis Giobe-Democrat.
Senator Stone is taking time to answer
that poser Of Senator Brown which asked
what good a democratic platform can ever
be to the country. unless some other party
in the country puts into practice what the
democratic platform proclaims and advo-
Gates. 1t will be a long time before the
Mirsourian takes the t1oor to make a
formal answer to that question. For no
answer can be made to It which would
not admit that the confidence Of the coun-
try In the democratic party. or In any
thing it may promise. is irrevocably lost.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-07-10

same mistakes are paying a high price
for their experience. They are open
ing thoroughfares and Strengthening or
widening streets often At colossal out
lay. II Omaha would avoid repetition
OF such costly undertakings 1t will go
to 1t at once to perfect It's street plan,
and be fully prepared for the era Of
material growth and expansion which
10 Immediately in front Of our city.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-07-10
Lesson Of the Slaughter.
Philadelphia Press

For purposes OF comparison bear these
figures In minds In the WAT with Spain
the total number of officers who were
killed in battle or died Of wounds was
twenty-seven; the total number Of enlisted
men who were killed in battle Of wounds
was 81S-in all S46. In the battle Of Santiago,
lasting two days, there were 21 killed and
I,2Ss wounded on the American side, These
losses we're the price of a nations indie
p~endence. They came in the course Of
desperate warfare. Set them alongside the
returns of death and wounding in the
peaceful celebration of the Fourth and
read the lesson.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-07-10

Hood River, Ore, orchard men esti-
mate the loss Of fruit from insect pests
this year will be only l per cent, while
a few years g It reached as high as
25 per cent. This shows what intelli-
gent orchRrdists can do II they will try
and is an object lesson to fruit grow
srs In this section.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-07-10

South Omaha has a new home rule
police board made up of three non
partisan democrats appointed by the
democratic governor At Lincoln. But
the 8 O'Clock closing law is doing bus
mess in South Omaha Just the same.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-07-10
Passinr OF wooden Car.
San Francisco Chronicle.

oHH FIHHVIsvU NHTUHIVIt'
The order just placed by the Hartman
lines for $500 steel cars, at a cost of
IS, eoO,0Oo follows closely the placing by the
Pennsylvania railroad Of an order for some
10000 cars constructed OF that material.
Other important railroad SYSTEMS are also
preparing to replace their wooden cars with
steel ones. When the complete replacement
is effected there will be & much smaller
loss of life In railroad accidents.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-07-10
AN EXAMPLE, NEEDED.
Law Enforcement Against Rich Cor
pOrattOns,

pOratiOns.
Minneapolis Journal.
The notable feature Of the Roosevelt
administration was the emphasis placed
on law enforcement against rich corpo-
~rations. President Roosevelt was incon-
sistent in his handling OF the question,
but, none the less, he emhasised with
great accuracy the danger OF corruption
in high places.
The doctrine he preached was sound to
the core, even II his practice was weak
and too much colored with favortism.
Hence the hope is that Mr.. wickersham
will succeed in proving the high officials
Of the sugar trust guilty under the in
dictments returned.
The sugar trust has long been an ar
rogant offender. II stopped to rob the
government Of duties by tamperinK with
scales. 1t drove a competitor in Phila-
delphia to the wall by Misrepresentation
that secured to II control Of the company.
The conviction of q high thief in one
OF the big trusts would have saIutary
effect ~ an example.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-07-10

Those who were fearful that An
drew Carnegie and Mrs. Russell Sage
had given away all their money may
and relief in the New York assessors
returns, where each confesses to hav-
ing S5,OOO.OoO worth Of personal prop
erty in the taxation district.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-07-10

Positive announcement is made that
the corporations will fight the federal
tax II 1t Is finally a part Of the revenue
bill. That is no news. however, as no
new souros Of taxation is aver opera.
tive. whether against corporations or
individuals, without being tested in
the courts.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-07-10

There are several reasons why the
session Of the Georgia legislature
promises to be a short one. There is
no cash in the state treasury to pay
salaries. The other reasons need not
be mentioned.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-07-10

In tho meanwhile we are paying 7
per cent interest on the judgments for
hydrant rentals, which the Water
board has confessed in favor of tn,
water company. Two per cent is all
the city is getting in on its surplus
money in city repositories. How long
would 1t take a private corporation
doing business that way to go bank
rupt7
Omaha daily bee., 1909-07-10

A mar 80 years old who had been
In prison twenty-five years when re-
leased in New Jersey the other day,
was unable to comprehend the things
which he saw. Those who have wit
messed the developments of the last
quarter OF a century. step by step, do
not appreciate what a complete trans
formation It has wrought.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-07-10

1t IL all right to have a little rivalry
between the upper and lower stretches
Of the Missouri. but when It m TO
putting the Missouri on the waterways
map It Is all one river from the mouth
to the head OF navigation.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-07-10

Astronomers assert that on the
shady side Of the moon the tempera-
ture is 200 degrees below zero. II
the mar in the moon is able to stand
that he would be just the person to
send on a polar expedition.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-07-10

The only strange part about the
selection of a sculptor for the Lincoln
monument to be erected at the state
capital is the unexplainable oversight
Of the artist who modelled the Lincoln
statue that stands on the high school
grounds In Omaha.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-07-10

A Chicago Judge has ruled that
merely calling q man a CRATER does
not entitle him to recover damages.
Possibly 1t does not detract from ones
reputation in Chicago.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-07-10

Republics may be ungrateful, but
monarchies never. Great Britain has
voted a pension Of $3.50 per week to
the four grandchildren Of Dickens.
The amount might have been in
creased, but the nation needs the
money to build Dreadnaughts. y
Omaha daily bee., 1909-07-10

Western railroad oficials are
smoother than their eastern brothers
they W the coal mines themselves
instead Of letting the railroad com
panies own them.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-07-10

Omaha used TO boast that It was one
Of the best paved cities in the country.
We regret to report that We are moi
doing our full share these days IN
making good on that boast.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-07-10

II the wOOdmSn Of the World peO-
pie had FantSd to avoid pulling and
hauling b. real estate agents they
would have secured the desired site
for their new building before givine
their intentions Naoh wide publicity.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-07-10

mankind for having to so through life
with Z broken nosei"
Even then, as he further reflected, II
wasn't half as bad a. Barrie making Sem
timental Tommy hang himself on some
body's ~fenoe.-ChicaEo Tribune.
The Doctor-He's what you might call q
walking lamp of knowledge.
The Profesaor-Not exactly; he's q
roanin, candle.@ChlcARo Tribune.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-07-10

I~ndianspolIs News.
The making Of the platforms in the next
political conventions will be a most in
terestfng feature. Or will anybody care
what the plRnks are made Of as they are
to be ~disregarded anyhow3
Omaha daily bee., 1909-07-10

Reports from York are that the
temperance workers on gathering
there found themselves all at sea. We
trust they had a full supply Of seasick,
ness medicine with them.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-07-10

In order to ptisfy the critics Prssi,
dent Eliot states that his nvs-foot
book shelf is OF the sectional variety
and people are. Of course. at liberty
70 add a. many sections as they please.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-07-10

The Missouri river VIII still be open
In December for any delegations to
the waterways convention at Omaha
who may want to show that the way
to navigate IL to navigate.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-07-10

A Columbia professor a y there
was a time when man had six fingers
on his hand. That must have been
before the cannon cracker was In
vented.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-07-10

Crop conditions are reported better
than a year ago and Nebraska is up
with the leaders, which will help mat
ters along some.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-07-10

Half a dozen men are said to con-
troll the meat supply of the connlry.
but who cares If they will only put 1t
over the platter
Omaha daily bee., 1909-07-10
A RIidsummer Diversion.

With the exercise Of q large n smiling
optimism the ultimate consumer may see
something to cheer him in the meeting OF
the tariff conference committee to revise
Mr.. Aldrlch's revision. Much will depend
upon the condition of his liver.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-07-10

Sioux City has Just opened a new
auditorium, with a seating capacity OF
$500 people, erected at q cost Of S7o,-
900. We congratulate Sioux City.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-07-10

Illinois is starting agitation for an
other primary law, which would indi-
cate there was no intention to permit
the state supreme court to get out Of
work.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-07-10

Those charging lions in Africa could
learn something to their advantage by
consulting certain members of con-
gress at Washington.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-07-10

the educational world looked to the
Tar Heel state for educational light,
but let us hope It will be an omen Of
the future.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-07-10
pEMOoRAoY,s GRRAr NEED.
True LeadsrshiD and PriAeiPIss In
sare New Life.
Nov York VOID ldem

The correspondent OF the World who
asks II the democratic party is going the
way OF the old whig party Is representa-
tive OF a large and dependent class. He
would be a wise man who could foretefl
the fate OF any political party. but it Is
not probable that democracy viii pass a.
did whiggery.
American whiEs we're In fact democrats
Omaha daily bee., 1909-07-10

Wonder II Edgar Howard 10 going
to run his obituary notice OF the death
of Popular Government" in Nebraska
as a serial story?
Omaha daily bee., 1909-07-10

BY resorting to the use Of q hand
organ New York suffragettes will get
q hearing at least.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-07-10

Subscribers leaviAG the sitV ten-
Porarily sbOula have Ths Bee
mailed to them. Address will be
changed ss often ~ requested.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-07-10

Thirteen men signed the call for the
reorganization of the free trade party.
No wonder they wanted to get m
body else in when they counted noses.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-07-10

STATEMENT OF CIRCULATION.
state of Nebraska, Douglas County, sgi
George p. Tzschuck, treasurer OF the
Bee Publishing Company, being duly
sworn, says that the actual number q I0n
and complete copies Of The Daily, Morn
Ing the month OF June. 1905. was as fol-
Omaha daily bee., 1909-07-10

A former French deputy slapped
one Of the cabinet members for accua-
ing him Of lobbying. Those French
lobbyists are much more sensitive
than our OWE.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-07-10

II Mayor Jim is not careful some
Chautauqua booking agency will lasso
him.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-07-10

A North Carolinian has been elected
head OF the National Teachers asso-
citation. II has been q long time since
Omaha daily bee., 1909-07-10
In Other Lands

side lights en what Is Trans-
pirinG Among the Hsaf ana
Fax Hsuons Of the Earth
Omaha daily bee., 1909-07-10
SUNNY GEMS.

Did you spend a quiet Fourth"
"Oh, yes. Jinimy's toy cannon exploded
and blew off two fingers, and Willie acct
denSally set the house on fire, but other
wise we had very little excitement, consid-
sring the day. "-Baltimore American,
Omaha daily bee., 1909-07-10

The smell Of smoke certainly does make
me ILL.,"
Then why do you allow your husband to
smoke so much in the house7"
II might as we'll. When my husband isn't
smoking the chimney ts."-Baltimore Amer
lean,
Omaha daily bee., 1909-07-10

Treasurer.
Subscribed in my presence and sworn
to before me this list day of July, 1909.
(SenD N, p. WALKER,
Notary Public.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-07-10

Biobbs Crying to think Of clairvoyant)-
What DO you call the person who is a
medium through whom we with
the splrits7
siobbs-A Observation-Disclosures Rec
Omaha daily bee., 1909-07-10

Entered at Omaha pOstOfneo as second
class matter.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-07-10

When Paris does anything, It does It on
a grand scale. The municipality OF Paris
is preparing to eKpend S1SO,ooooO in i'm
proving and identifying the city. OF this
about 800, O0. 900 is to go in the way Of
improvements and the purchase Of ad-
dItional parks and Fairgrounds, and the
other $50, 10000 is to be spent In adornins
The klfv
Omaha daily bee., 1909-07-10

VICTOR RosEwATER EDITOR
Omaha daily bee., 1909-07-10

malady7
The Candidate for In~surance-0uess not
The only thing that bothers me is In
somnia."
Insomnia, eh3 Let me see, what's your
business7"
'Im a night watchman. cleveland
Plain Dealer,
Omaha daily bee., 1909-07-10

Three months ago japan discovered a
nest of corruption in which members OF
the Diet and directors OF the japanese
Sugar COMPANY we're snuggled together.
The directors OF the Sugar company were
forced to resign, the shares OF the com
pany dropped sixty points In the market
ana now t~wenty-three public officials, for
mAr and present members OF the Diet.
have been sent to jail for completely in
the scandal.
The Wenatchee daily world. [volume] (Wenatchee, Wash.) 1905-1971, 1909-04-30
DEATH CAUSED BY
BLACK HAND
(By Associated Press. }

New York, April 30.-Eight per-
sons, five of them children, were
burned to death and IA others were
injured in an incendiary fire in ten
ement house at 81 Spring street, oc-
cupied by twenty families early this
morning. The blaze followed a de-
r.and from the Black Hand for pay
ment of $1,000 blackmai. Thv nall
wayG were soaked with oil by The
hlackmailers and the FIRE spread
amazingly fast. A panic followed the
alarm and tenants fought their way
down the fire escapes or jumped from
the windows while the babies We're
thrown from the windows into the
arms of policemen. Among the in
jured three children are not expected
to recover.