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Omaha daily bee., 1909-05-26
OLD AND NEW AT OMAHA.
stock Scenes and a Few Variations
i'm Train OIdup
St. Louis Globe Democrat.

st. Louis Globe-Democrat
Train robbers, like other robbers are
capable of using the new appliances of
civilization without losing any of the
essential coarseness of their work. The
four men who did the neat job Of Saturday
night on the Union Pacific road, in the
outskirts of Omaha, had an automobile,
in which they made a quick disappearance
after the haul The automobile was evil
dence of their adaptability to an advanced
civilization so far as 1t can be made to
serve evil purposes, but the essential
character of their work was seen to be
unchanged. While one man was covering
the chief clerk in the mail coach, and fore
ing the surrender of the registered mail
pouches containing the bank mail, his
three confederates were distributed at
strategic points along the train, keeping
up a constant fusillade and an incessant
yelling" hIs
All Of this sounds like an echo of Blue
Cut of Glendale or of Gad's Hill. The
alone marked an advance in
the art of train robbing. At Omaha, as at
Gad's Hill, Glendale or Blue Cut, the
method of overawing surprised and un-
prepared men was the same. "A constant
fusillade made an incessant yelling being
shown to be as effective at Omaha as else
where for the purposes of their use, We
may confidently look 10 see them remain
as elements in every train robbery Of the
future. No matter how far crime may go
in adoption of the new appliances Of science
or mechanics, there are some old things II
will not abandon so long as they continue
TO make good as they did at Omaha. The
burglar may ere long moor his airship on
the casing of the window through which
he intends to emerge from the house he
Is paying a nocturnal visit, but he will stick
10 the jimmy for forcing locked drawers
and locked rooms. until modern civilization
provides him with something better.
We shall not miss hearing much valorous
talk nf the seven other men IN the mail
car who stood still while the chief clerk
was under cover and in the act of sur
render. S"Put yourself In his place" is an
axiom to be commended to all such critics.
"A constant fusillade and an ,incessant
yelling" to men taken unawares In the
dark, and left in no doubt as TO their
meaning. may have a temporary narcotic
effect which those who have never taken
the medicine can not understand. Such
things sound better when you don't hear
them. II might he more profitable for us
to consider the omaha robbery from the
philosophical rather than the personal
point of view. A question we might
speculate upon is the one OF whether
scientific and mechanical advance, bringing
with them so many new appliances in what
we term a material civilization, is being
accom- anied by a corresponding evolution
in the moral and spiritual nature OF man
kind, which alone can make them benefit
cent. The automobile is civilized. Many
people think II the fruit and flower OF
civilization, But "a constant fusillade and
an incessant yelling are savagery. II
savagery can turn civilization against itself,
which will survive?
Omaha daily bee., 1909-05-26
Federal Court Supreme.

In " decision holding a Tennessee
sheriff and his deputy and several cit
izens guilty OF contempt in a lynching
case, the United States supreme court
serves judicial notice that it is in fact
the supreme court OF the land. This
notice is all the more emphatic because
the case out OF which the contempt
proceedings grew arose in an appeal
taken from a conviction for murder un-
der the state laws of Tennessee, public
sentiment resenting the interference of
the federal supreme court and the
sheriff in sympathy with 1t not only
failing to perform his duty to safe
guard the prisoner but conniving with
the l%ynchers.
Primarily the verdict of the supreme
court is a rebuke to the lax ideas so
prevalent among southern law officers
who deny to negroes equal protection
Of the laws. In this respect the de-
cision teaches a lesson to all court off,
cials that IL is incumbent upon them
to uphold the orderly operation of the
judicial machinery without distinction
Of color.
The point of most ~far-reaching i'm
p%ortance in the decision. however, is
the direct and unequivocal declaration
that In matters concerning individual
liberty the federal supreme court is. in
deed, the court of final resort. If its
jurisdiction 10 broad enough to cover
a murder case arising under the state
laws, it is broad enough to spread its
mantle owe all the agencies needed to
safeguard the civil rights which the
constitution guarantees to all Ameri-
can citizens.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-05-26
PERSONAL NOTES.

senator Elkins. of West Virginia, at one
Mexico in the house Of representatives.
English suffragettes feel themselves un.
equal TO the occasion only when necessity
arises for the propulsion of bricks. They
are all right At the bat but i'm throwing
hey lack control.
Col. John Jacob Aston has applied for a
patent for a machine which it Is hoped will
make possible the utilization of peat de-
posts as a fuel for power. The current
number Of the Scientific American contains
an account of the process. and says that
Colonel Aston intends to present II to the
general use.
At the homecomers' festival al Adrain.
Mich, on June "a, there will be unveiled
a statue OF Aunt Laura" Haviland. a
"Quakeress Of simple life and quiet de
mesnor. of whom General Grant once said
that II he had a few more women like her
he could dispense with half of his generals
and soldiers and put down the rebellion
in a few months
President Taft has promised 10 visit 81,
Louis next fall. ami the flourishing fat
mems club there will try and get the Pres.
dent TO play a match game OF golf The
ST. Louis Democrat explains that
this is because the president is a heavy
weight, and It is one Of the objects OF the
club TO entertain distinguished fat men
who visit the city,"
Omaha daily bee., 1909-05-26
Another Railroad View.

President w. C. Brown of the New
York Central takes exactly the oppo-
site view OF recen railroad legislation
to that expressed by President Ripley
of the Santa Fe, Mr.. Brown frankly
admits both that the railroads have
been wrong in their favOritism and dis
elimination and in objecting to all reg
ulation and that regulation, where JUS
tice is kept in view, is beneficial to the
roads as well as TO the public, In ac-
cusing the beneiciaries of the rebates
with being. as much to blame as the
railroads, he enters a plea in avoidance
as a starting point for urging that the
cure must not work injustice to the
railroads.
Mr.. Brown is not by any means the
only railroad mar who takes this posi-
ton; in fact the majority Of the broad
gauge managers have reached the same
conclusion. II they viii honestly ad-
here to their public declarations and
themselves undertake 10 correct abuses
in ate and trafhc discrimination. the
railroads and the public will both be
the gamers and m of the greatest
drawbacks TO uniform commercial
prosperity will be removed.
II is n Of the most hopeful signs
Omaha daily bee., 1909-05-26
A Family Affair.

Mr.. Hitchcock continues to lash
himself into fury W. the prospective
su~pplanting of his pet city prosecutor.
He would have people believe that a
change in this insignificant position
would mark Omaha's complete down
fall.
Mr.. Hitchcock's distress would be
pathetic IL 1t were not so funny. If
he does not have his way about the
city prosecutor he is sure Omaha will
become general western headquarters
for crooks and criminals, burglars,
train robbers. porch climbers, %grafters,
strong-armed men, safe blowers and
swindlers of all kinds and classes"
What a terrible indictment of the
present county attorney. The prose-
cution OF all offenders of this class
charged with violating the criminal
law devolves upon the county attorney,
who happens to be a democrat. Has
the democratic county attorney gone
wrong?
No one can be appointed city prose-
cutor, nor to any other charter Office,
except on nomination by the mayor.
With a democratic mayor responsible
for the city prosecutor and a demo-
cratic county attorney responsible for
the prosecution of professional crimi-
nails, the sad case of Mr.. Hitchcock is
only a family affair.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-05-26

Buffalo EXPRESS.

During the five celebrations of the
Fourth of July from 1908 to 1907 inclusive,
21.520 persons we're injured and l.153 we're
killed. according to statistics just gath
cred. The giant fire-cracker alone injured
l, 4s9 persons in the celebration of 1907,
killed eight and led to the death of eight
more from lockjaw. SO says one Of the
medical papers.
Now is the time to think about these
things. A little thought now will be better
than a %sorrowful recollection of the facts
of July 4th.
DO not get out of the habit of celebrat-
ing the Fourth Of July. But try to make it
a celebration without an undertaker's bill,
Omaha daily bee., 1909-05-26
Beware of Land Grabbers.

The National Public Domain league
has been organized in Colorado, with
the avowed purpose of it's projectors
to reach out over the other states in
which there still remains any consider
able portion of the public domain,
especially sections containing lands set
apart for forest reserves or reclama-
ton projects. The objects of the asso-
citation, as set out, are to look after
the rights of settlers ana would-be set
tiers on the public domain, but the
personnel of its founders suggests that
it may aim at multiplying the plans of
the government for forest conservation
and reclamation of arid and semi-arid
lands.
The disposition is widespread among
a portion of the people in the sections
containing these reserves to ignore the
fact that such lands are MOI the prop
erty of an individual or even of the
states in which they are situated, but
with The sole exception OF the lands In
Texas belong to the general govern
ment. 1t is the duty of the govern
ment to administer the public domain
in the interests of the whole people
rather than for the sole benefit of those
living in the immediate vicinity, al
though these latter, of course, have an
immediate and vital interest in seeing
them utilized to the best advantage.
Mistakes have doubtless beer made
in the administration of both the for
estry and reclamation service, but this
is ~inseparable with large incursions
into new fields of endeavor. The dis
satisfaction of worthy people thus en-
gendered has been utilized by land
grabbers and Spectators for an on
slaught upon the entire service and
everyone connected with 1t. Both of
these branches of the federal service
have done remarkably good work and
If permitted to proceed without un-
necessary interference will accomplish
still more for the west
1t will be we'll to be on guard against
any crusade to break into the public
domain held away from settlement.
Anyone with a real grievance should
have 1t righted, but no bars should be
let down to the land grabber or the
water power and water right grabber
under cover of these walls.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-05-26

Railroads, brewers, corporations, Tom
Dennison. Rosewater and his Bee, crooks
and gamblers and prostitutes and plug
uglies-these are the elements that are de-
handing Tom Lee for city prosecutor
World-Herald.
For willful mendacity the World
Herald can't be beat. Contrary to
Hitchcock and his World-Herald
"Rosewater and his Bee" have not de-
manded, n are not demanding, nor
even suggesting, anyone for city prose-
cutor. AS to the others mentioned we
cannot speak, but Hitchcock and his
World-Herald must be In closer touch
to be able to speak so by the card.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-05-26
Democracy's chronic Trouble.

Springfield CMass) Republican.
Ohio democrats of the anti-Bryan per-
suasion are planning a big barbecue to be
held somewhere in the state next July for
the purpose OF launching a Gov. Harmon
boom for the party's next presidential
nomination. The Franklin county demo-
cratic club Of Columbus is hack of the
movement, and has been stirred thereto by
the action OF the jefferson club of the
same place in ~banqueting Bryan there a
week ago. Cows johnson of Minnesota
and Marshall OF Indiana will be invited
to attend this funeral of their own booms,
but BRYAN apparently is to be ignored. 1t
is an early recrudescence of what has be-
come the democracy's chronic trouble.
WHY does the Nebrasksn insist upon stay
ing alive?
Omaha daily bee., 1909-05-26
THE NATIONAL PAY ROLL.
Wider Activities Of the Government
Involves Increased Cost.
San Fra ncisco CbronicIe

San Francisco Chronicle.
At the last session of congress the
number of persons employed in the ma
tional service was increased by 1857. with
salaries aggreeating s5.C72, 600, which is an
average of substantially s1,46O per annum
each. An average salary of less than Sl,5OO
a year is probably moderate for the SER
vices required, for government salaries are
almost invariably less than those paid for
similar service by private employers. The
government, in fact, Is continually losing
its best men to enter private service. Pre-
sumably the salaries of the positions newly
created are not too much to pay IL we
desire the service, and that there is a
popular demand for continually increasing
government service there is no doubt. So
long as the country Increases in population
there must be an annual increase in the
number of persons necessary TO carry on
the government; but an increase of 1857
in one year means more than the natural
increase of the old services. 1t means
new services of some kind demanded and
granted.
And in all probability the increase Of the
salary roll is but a small part of the addi-
tional cost incurred by these new appoint.
ments. The duties Of many government
servants involve travel, which must he
paid for, and no public servant can do
anything to earn his salary without caus-
ing expense in addition to. that salary.
The appointment of a new scrubwoman
will usually mean a new building to be
scrubbed. II is certain that no new SER
vice and no extension of old services has
been authorized byN congress except in re-
Spouse to insistent demand from some
large body OF citizens. The moral of It all
is that II we insist on having the services
which We demand from Government II
is ourselves and nohody else who will pay
for them in increased taxation. And II we
object to increasing taxation we must not
demand the services. Food inspection,
mail delivery. conservation Of natural re-
sources, aid to agriculture, the irrigation
of dry lands and the reclamation of swamp
land all cost money, TO be raised by tax
alton.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-05-26
A BUSINESS DEAL.
Detroit Free Press.

49, =
Aha" said wife. 81 will show
That man of mine that I'm not slow,
That | am keen and not afraid
To enter in the marts of trade,
And, though a women, | can be,
As shrewd and bUsiness-like as he.
I'll show him | know how to sell
Our useless stuff, and do it we'll
And so she listened all the nom
To hear some Hebrew ragman's horn;
Upon her ears the strident blast,
Like sweetest music, fell at '6st.
She threw the window opet. wide,
And urged him, then, to come inHid,'
Then straight to bargaining they fell,
For all the stuff she a 20 sell.
Three dozen jars. two window screens.
Two hundred pounds of Irag5lines,
Six pairs OF shoes. sumo garden hose,
And two of my good suits OF clothes;
Next, half a dozen sG'r's Of mine.
Including two of new design,
A gasoline stovs, q )st new.
And t~wenty-four good neckties, too.
A table and an iron bed.
BRUSSELS rug of Turkey red!Aa
Three skirts sh'd never wear agin.
Two fancy vests. she'd sold him then,
She dickered, while he weighed the stu.
Determined that she'd get enough;
when Mt last the sale was made,
cents was What h, paid,
Omaha daily bee., 1909-05-26
SMILING LINES.

Never allow yourself to come to a
standstill,' said the energetic citizen.
Keep moving
81 do" answered Mr.. Meekton, YEARLY.
1--WE have a new landlord every six
months. Washington Star.
What's Thomson swearing SO viciously
about?"
Why, he scheduled his property in order
to bail one of his croniss out OF iail, and
the assessor somehow got hold of the docu-
ment. Chicago Tribune.
What was the fruit of your wife's mi-
linery hunt?"
"A peach basket nat. trimmed with ap-
pies, peaches and grapes. Would you want
more fruit than that?'-Balt more Amei.-
con,
Where do you open with the new play
"Hooperton.'
That's where they have .ho egg famine
isn't IT,"
quite so.~"-Clevelaad Pain Dnaier.
Mrs. Bjones-How NAM girls it'd Won
make love to before you proposed e. me"
Mr.. Bjones-Twelvt, darn II! liut |
didn't count up till It VAS 30 late.-ClcVe-
land Leader.
Knicker-Women will get the ballot when
the majority Of them ask for II.
Mrs. Knicker-Do men get their buttons
Omaha daily bee., 1909-05-26

of the times that there is a tendency,
ayers than with other large corpora
lions, but to a considerable extent
manifest in all. to come to terms with
the public and consent to reasonable
restrictions. Such a spirit will not
only hasten the solution of the DIM
c%ulties, but be conducive to an equi-
table settlement.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-05-26
Recasuns Party Of Jenerson.

Charleston News and Courier.
II is announced that Mrs. Ruth Bryan
Leavitt. daughter OF William J.. Bryan, Is
about 10 undertake, through the women
voters Of the west, the upbuilding Of the
democratic party from the feminine stand
point" II has been a good many years
since the cartoonists Of the opposition be-
gan to picture Miss Democracy as a
sour-visaged old maid; il has remained for
the de ughter OF the Peerless One" TO
seek actually TO put into petticosts the
party which was once led by Thomas JEFF
ferson and later by Grover Cleveland.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-05-26

The Lambs gamboled in a New York
theater and the box office took in $4O,-
600 from those who wanted to see the
fun. The intention was to put on Ham
let, but as neither Judge Cooley nor
Governor ~Shallenberger could be Sc
cured for the cast Julius Caesar was
substituted and the stellar part given
to DeWolf Hopper.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-05-26

Nineteen million dollars is the sum
estimated to be required to complete
the elevation of the railroad tracks in
Chicago in addition to the millions al
ready spent for this work. 1t will cost
millions upon millions TO abolish grade
crossings on the railroads, but the toll
of human life is so heavy that sooner
or later the railroads viii have 10 come
to il everywhere.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-05-26

Discussing in her book some phases Of
American life as observed in New York
Ellanor Glynn writes: 1T is a mercy Amer
lean woman ave such lovely feet and nice
shapes, because when they cross to a place
called the Flatiron building the gusts do
what they please with their garments. !
am quite sure If the Roue's club in Picea-
dilly could get itself removed to a house
just here those wicked old men would
spend their days glued to the windows"
Omaha daily bee., 1909-05-26
An Apology Extorted.

Chicago Record Herald.
King Edward has forced a British earl
to apologize for making insulting remarks
concerning a New York heiress who mar
ried a titled Englishman. 1t appears tina;
the offending earl referred TO the lady as
being "dumpy.' whereas she Is, in fact,
quite gracefully slender. The king is nat
urally a little "touchy" about flippant ref
erences TO dumpiness.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-05-26

Iowa is contesting in court for a
slice of Nebraska. Can it be blamed?
Lots OF folks would like to have a slice
of Nebraska soil. especially II it was
located right up against the Iowa side.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-05-26

Omaha's new train schedules are
better timed to suit the convenience of
people from nearby towns, who may
want to shop here, but Omaha will not
get the full benefit at once unless the
fact is thoroughly advertised. This
is where publicity counts.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-05-26

A Boston woman insists she is a
sister OF the German emperor. With
an Austrian arehduke and a German
princess In this country vi are almost
as we'll supplied with royalty as Europe
is with American h~eiresses.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-05-26

Under ordinary circumstance it is
reasonable to expect hat Mayor Jim
will not spend so much time out OF
town during the next three years as
he has during the last three years.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-05-26

A Berkeley, Cal, chemist asserts
that he has discovered a process by
which whisky can be rendered nom
Intoxicating and still preserve its ex-
h~ilaratlng properties. II he can also
extract the headache from the stun
there will be thousands 70 rise up and
call htn blessed.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-05-26

Thomas A. Edison has notified New York
newspapers that he has completed his de-
vice for building a cement house for $3.50.
which, IL constructed Of stone in the same
design. would cost between $4,000 and $40. %
600. The price he names could not prevail
II only a single house was to be built. That
he wants to be understood clearly. What
he means is that II the reinforced CON
crete houses were built in blocks, by his
design and through the use Of his molds
the cost of each house In a block would
not be greater than 1900.
The Edison house-building plan calls for
a one-family house, on a lot f0x6O feet. The
floor plan OF the house is SxSO feet. Each
house viii contain six rooms and a bath
and the cellar will extend beneath the en-
tire house and will contain the boiler. wash
tubs and coal bunker. The decorations will
be cast with the house and therefore will
come from the molds as part of the struc-
ture and not merely be stuck on.
Castiron molds will be used in building
the house and this will vary in design.
After the concrete foundation has been laid
and has hardened the molds will be set up
upon 1t.
Edison says 1t will take four days to- set
up the molds. The liquid concrete can be
poured into them in six hours. The mUlds
will be kept in use for four days until the
concrete hardens and then it will REQUIRE
four days to remove them. That means
the house will be finished in a fortnight.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-05-26

II the commission plan is such a
guaranty of good city government, why
should II be necessary over at Des
Moines to request the newspapers to
cease printing stories OF municipal
scandals1 After all isn't honest govern
ment a question of securing honest Of
ficerS9
Omaha daily bee., 1909-05-26

According to Prof. Todd the people
Of Mars have been trying to talk to us
for 100000 years. If they cannot
make us understand their language
they should try making signs.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-05-26
RooseveIt's what is Itrp
Chicago Tribune.

II the unclassified animal captured by
Mr.. Roosevelt proves 20 be the mysterious
glssticutas We shall know in due time
whether /or not It has the nine,y-piEe
visible stripes around ls tail which ira
dition so long has credited Il with having.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-05-26

The assumption that the democrats
were entitled to the presidency of the
city council turns out to have been
presumption.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-05-26

Professor Caldwell of Nebraska uni
versity predicts that Chicago ulti-
mately will have 100000 popula-
ton. Chicago is q great city, but the
professors optimism is too colossal to
Rrasn.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-05-26

Our amiable democratic contem-
porary. the World-H Herald, has not yet
ventured to say which of the six dem
ocratic city councilRen the franchised
corporations are afraid of.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-05-26

sewed on when the majority of them ask
for wallpapers Bazaar.
why don't you get married."
Because | detcst women on TrincipIe,
and besides. marriage would interfere With
my literary work"
What class of work? %
IL am writing love stories. '-Phllauel.
phia Telegraph.
Your boy was Just a little-er wild when
he was at college, WASH = ae?"
20, yes; he generally was a little wild AT
first. Couldn't get ETA over ,he ilatc. YOU
know. But he always steadied down. Re.
fore the game was over. Chicago Tribune.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-05-26

Atlanta has raised 100000 for the
construction of an automobile race
course. What is the matter, won't the
police permit scorching on the streets?
Omaha daily bee., 1909-05-26

If 1t isn't tornadoes or Haskell it is
floods in Oklahoma and between the
three the people may count on having
a strenuous time.