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Omaha daily bee., 1910-09-28
COST OF RAILROADS.
An Exhibit from Government EngI-
neers Mt Panama.
Pittsburg Dispatch.

Pttsburg Dispatch.
very interesting sidelight on the ques-
ton of bona fide capitalization OF our rail-
road system is furnished by information
concerning a railroad being built by the
government of Panama to form a link of
the expected Pan-American railroad. The
authorized statement concerning this rail-
road is that it is to be ga miles long, from
Panama to David, and it's estimated cost
is S4,657, $50
Estimates of cost are often exceeded in
the actual construction. But are the en-
gineers of Panama 80 deuded as to esti-
mate that they can build a railroad through
the difficult country of Panama at a cost
of less than $4,000 per mile. while in the
United States the average cost as expressed
in capitalization Is three times as great?
There Is certainly a wide discrepancy here,
and on which side it lies is indicated by the
the Pennsylvania railroad in contrast to its
vast expenditure on the New York terminals
that the average cost of constructing a
mile of railroad in the United states is
$4,000.
Such signs as these are what cause the
popular demand for physical valuation of
railroads by impartial authority. That de-
mand is certainly accumulated by the pres
ent thesis of the railroads that after the
period of the greatest net earnings and
dividends in their history they must be per-
mitted to advance their rates to save them
selves from disaster
Omaha daily bee., 1910-09-28

James A. Tawney. whom the repub-
licans OF the First Minnesota district
defeated for denomination as their
candidate for congress, was one of FIVE
candidates for the senate in 1901,
when Moses e. Clapp was chosen.
The other three were Robert Evans of
Minneapolis. now dead; Thomas Low
rey of Minneapolis. now dead. and
Tams Bixby. then of Red Wing. Clapp
of st. Paul, who had been running nip
and tuck with Evans, won on the four
teenth ballot. Tawney. Lowrey and
Bixby were only pacemakers in the
race. The seat in the senate was then
held by Charles A. Towne, who, upon
the death in the previous November
of Cushman X. Davis, had been ap-
pointed by Governor John Lind.
Towne's tenure was only few
months, as Clapp was elected in Janu-
airy and took his seat March t.,
Omaha daily bee., 1910-09-28
friends in this work of retaining the

friends in this work OF retaining the
soil.
Boston ESQ years old. Manifestly
it has not, or the people of the state
have not, made the progress they
should in scientific farming, or this
waste land would not lie at the very
door Of the Hub The Outlook writer,
in reply to the boasts of the Golden
West" declares that they have a
Golden New England" that one crop
alone I'm a single season amounts TO
$50, OOO. OOO-the crop Of tourists or
sightseers. This is an unstable re-
source. One year of hard times might
cut II sQuarely in two. The west has
such resources. but they are side is
sues. II depends more on the natural
stability OF the soil.
And Boston and Massachusetts, had
better look out for this uncultivated
waste land surrounding the city II it
would meet the demands of a steadily
increasing congestion of urban popu-
lation. Land on the threshold of Bos-
ton selling for $50 an acre! The
thought is preposterous. Land 100
miles west of Omaha--out here in the
wild. weird prairies OF the west-sells
for far more than that
Omaha daily bee., 1910-09-28
STRANGE COINCIDEN CE.
Empress CarIOtta Dying as Mexico
Celebrates.


Brooklyn Eagle.
Mexico, celebrating the centenary of its
Independence. unveiled yesterday hand
some monument OF Benito Pablo Juarez in
Cuidad Juarez opposite Ell Paso. And news
paper readers who were present at that
celebration had In their hands papers CON
tanning the news that the former empress,
Carlotta, was dying at Brussels after forty
three years OF hopeless insanity The CO.
incidence is striking. II was Juarez who
kept up the long campaign against odds
that resulted in the complete evacuation OF
Mexico in March 1867, by the French troops
lent to Carlotta's husband. the Austrian
Archduke Ferdinand Joseph Macmillan,
whom Napoleon Ill had made emperor OF
Mexico, and the execution Of Macmillan on
June 10 Of the same year
Charlotte was the daughter OF King Leo
pold of Belgium. Her personal charm. her
misfortunes, her disappointment In requests
OF Napoleon the Little for further support
her unavailng appeal to the pope, the exc
cution OF her husband, and the unsettllng
of her reason, aroused sympathy for her
the world over. even among the people Of
the United States, which had been ham
pered when Macmillan first landed In
Mexico by our own civli war. but which had
tEaly tofceu the endlnB OF french inter-
ference and had given Juarez his victory.
With the exception OF the brief time dur
ing which Macmillan was dc facto emperor.
Mexico has been at least a nominal repub-
lie for 100 years Juarez. a real statesman.
belongs to the heroic period OF its history.
Cariotta belongs to the same period. And
as for Macmillan, his death was perhaps
a needless tragedy. His fault had been one
springing from his point OF view He had
refused TO do what Napoleon the Little
wanted done unless arrangements should
be made for Mexico to vote on ratifying
his selection for emperor. lie was not a
tyrant, not bad man. But, standing for
the European domination OF the life and
the trade OF Mexico. he deserved to fall
The United states could have taken no
other position than ii did la the face Of
such an attack ON it's hegemony on the
American continent.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-09-28
A Gettysburg AnniverHary.
Springfield Republican.

Because the men who took part in the
battle OF Gettysburg are so rapidly passing
away. II has been decided to hold the
commemoration of that crucial conflict OF
the civil war next year, two years in Rd
vance OF the fiftieth year General Sickles
is the most prominent and almost the only
civil war major general stil surviving and
IL is hoped that he will live to take part
in next years Gettysburg reunion on the
field where forty-eght years before he lost
leg in consequence Of a wound received
in the second days fighting Not only will
this anniversary be OF uncommon interest
because of the great heroism It commemo-
rates, but the presence of many who fought
there Is greatly to be desired.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-09-28
MIRTHFUL REMARKS.


Atlas suddenly BEGAN To show signs OF
Il have lust learned" he said. shittine
globe am holding NY Weighs 1ONWaV@V"
Thus we see. DESPITE the old maxim that
knowledge is not always power.-Chicago
Tribune.
The suanger-Is This a pretty healthy
The NaGVe-You bet It is Thar amt
bin a death here in years, 'ceptin the
undertaken an he died q starvation. r
Harper's Weekly.
Freddie What Is philanthropy. dad?
Cobwiggcr-C compromising on your con-,
science for few cents on the dollar MY
son.-Puck.
Can YOU tell me what is the matter
with my machine asks the man in the
Certainly" answers the other. your
carburetor is out Of order. your sparkling
plug Is broken the gear is stripped and one
OF the dres Is blown out.
And how shall fix it,
81 don't know how to fix it. I am only
a critic. Chicago Post
Have you heard that Long Jim has run
away with Jack ltammond's Wife,
"Confound it, Long owed me five
poundsl"
Poor old Jack Hammond was 50 upset
Then ! come out SQUARE owed Jack
Hammond five pounds, M \. 4.
Come ON and 40 to the theatcr with me
this afternoon"
Any thing special2'
"a professional elocutionist is going to
try to recite 'Curfew Shall Not Ring To-
night with her hands tied Houston
Post.
This" explained the cigar salesman,
will make an excellent pipe for your hus-
band. It's a meerschaum.'
a. fltlsl
Indignantly, attempt to sell me fraudu-
lent articlel 1 want the genuine or moth
ng."-Judge.
Wrong ideas of life has hc"'
Yes. He thinks Sc bill was made to
be changed. "-Harpers Bazaar.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-09-28

According to his own testimony before
the Legislative investigating committee in
New York, @. Tracy Roberts. lobbyist.
spent In three years $S2,475 Of the Street
Railway associations money~''to elect good.
square, honest men that couldn't be
bribed" And this philanthroplc and pa
triotic association pursued Its noble pur-
pose of buying good men who could not be
bribed in absolute secrecy, instead OF
proclaiming IT from the housetops. The
modesty of the association and it's paid
agent exceeds even their patriotism.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-09-28
ON DEATH.

Where is the promethan heat
That left the lldelCss much too soon.
Thy fingered smile,
To memories eNiled-
And all is stilled.
In time all things must change;
Since life began; 1t too must end.
Grief signs and tears.
Through all intervening years,
Till we are stlled-- t..
BY death,
But one life to live a ".
Would II were life indeed!
One heart to love
Where hope dwells ever.
Footsteps slowly follow thee;
While life must last.
Only one death to die
For IL must be; ...
Life, Love and Death are we,
Earth whispers low
Eternity.-R Vavra.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-09-28

South Omaha's prominence as a live
stock market is showing most brightly
these days. A yard that can care for
5000 sheep in a single day, in addi-
ton to the regular run Of other live
stock, is an institution of importance,
and a country that can absorb such
offerings has resources that are not to
be overlooked. The showing tells
most eloquently of the greatness OF
Nebraska.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-09-28

The irrigation congress at Pueblo
has run against the states rights
snag Ii is very well to talk about a
state controlling its own waters, but
where other states are interested in
the same waters the decision is not so
easily reached, and here is where ma
tional control serves the user better
than state recognition possibly could.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-09-28
New York Tribune

What has become of that standby of old
fashioned interchangeable equinoctial
Storm In these days when the ground
hog finds few to do him reverence 1t is a
breach OF professional comfy for the
equinoctial tempest to fail to come to time.
Pretty soon all the old oracles of weather
wisdom will be as dead and disregarded as
the delties OF Valhalla or Olympus.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-09-28

Doubtless the people. of the First
Minnesota district aseertained before
hand that young Mr. Anderson would
guard the treasury as safely and Sc
eurely as did Mr.. Tawney, who be-
came known as the Watchdog OF the
treasury"
Omaha daily bee., 1910-09-28

The United States court Of customs
is wrestling with the problem, rs
hen a bird?'l II the court wants ex,
pert Testimony il should consult the
farm wives OF Nebraska, who realize
that-a properly constituted hen is a
gold mine
Omaha daily bee., 1910-09-28

South Omaha annexationists are
coming through with their petitions in
good shape and win have plenty of
signers in time for the county commits
sioners TO act The move for the
union of the two cities is in better
shape than ever.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-09-28

Tom Watson has bOlted again and
is advising Georgia democrats TO vote
against Hoke Smith. Wherefore the
Housson Post remarks that IL kept
Tom in the party for seven weeks,
anywass Il probably took Tom that
long 10 md out that he had no show
Al the pie counter,
Omaha daily bee., 1910-09-28

H, Tibbles has deliberately ex-
planned who MIR. Hitchcock is. Now
II Mt. Hitchcock will only tell the
waitine world all he knows about Tib-
bles the case may\ be considered as
made 40. ,
Omaha daily bee., 1910-09-28

The growth in population in Cherry
county is fairly safe indication OF
Nebraska's increase during the decade.
While it is not tremendously large. it
is permanent, and that is the sort Of
growth Nebraska desires.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-09-28

The result Of the government census in
Brooklyn will cost the saloonkeepers OF
that borough about f75O.OOO a year. The
census returns show that the population of
Brooklyn has reached 1634,S51. Under the
state law saloonkeepers in a city or Dor
ough with a population Of over l5OOOOO must
pay license fee of $1,000, instead of the
1915 charge which is collected I'm cities OF
the next lower class. There are about $500
saloonkeepers in Brooklyn who must now
pay the increased tax. According to the
secretary. of the Liquor Dealers association,
the increase will drive nearly third Of the
saloonkeepers out of business.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-09-28

The settlement of the Miles will case
closes another chapter in very inter-
esting suit But the interest of the
public in the affair has been very
slight in comparison with that of the
attorneys
Omaha daily bee., 1910-09-28

It Is. an very well to try to dodge
the issue by talking about the shadow
OF 1917 but what is before us Just
now is something more tangible than
a shadow
Omaha daily bee., 1910-09-28

The admission of a prominent
Omaha attorney to practice in the SUI
preme court brings to light the fact
that the records OF the court are In
complete and suggests that inVestigA-
Omaha daily bee., 1910-09-28

The Boston Herald claims that the
real" Boston has 100000 popula-
ton. Then this they are panning of
on us is Just a bogus city, is it?
Omaha daily bee., 1910-09-28
OversteppiuR the Hounds.
Washington Post.

New England might stand for the vests
tariff sneers. but when It comes to a
western doctor hurting a lot of con-
tempt at mince pie and baked beans, New
England is likely to get sarcasticaly sec
tional.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-09-28
knowledkc from the stump,

Louisville Courier-Journal.
If the English scientist who admits freely
that he does not know how the world be-
gan. will Historian American politician will
tell him hRw ft will end, If it does not
heed his advice and initiate his virtue.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-09-28

A season or two more and aviation
should be so far advanced that some
of its champions could find profitable
engagements In vaudeville.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-09-28

Boston Transcript.

bOstOn ITanSCFlpt.
Whatever else may happen, the next con-
gress is likely to show more beardless men
than any previous one within half CEN
tury.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-09-28

tion might disclose further discrepan-
cies in it's record All Of which EN-
phasizes the need of having better
home for the supreme court Of Ne
braska---a place where It's records may
be housed properly.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-09-28

Texas refusesto admit that its mag
nifcent growth in population is due
to the weIl-known fact that Mr.. Bryan
owns farm there.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-09-28

Those West Point cadets are show
ing the force of concerted action.
which is one of the points in an army's
efficiency.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-09-28

A cat lit on an Iowa womaus
chantecler hat. but with a chicken on
top and rat or two beneath. could
you blame the cat?
Omaha daily bee., 1910-09-28

Talk about prosperity and the hired
girl problem, A hotel at Chadron had
to close its dining room because 1t
could not get mattresses.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-09-28

Somebody has neglected to an
nounce that the heavy increase in
population is due to the influence of
Mr.. Hearst and his newspapers.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-09-28

AS the worlds series probably will
Ie over before November, election may
be able to attract some attention.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-09-28

My notion about progress" says
Uncle Joe. lis that it should be a for
ward movement" Even the insur-
gents can endorse that.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-09-28

II is sometimes dificult to see the
advantage of Justice being blind. AS,
for instance, in the case of Mr.. Lee
O'NeiI Browne.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-09-28

we are making immense strides"
says a British snffragette. Then she
is not wearing the hobble skirt.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-09-28

The Japanese are good walters"
says the Boston Post. How about
their batting averages?
Omaha daily bee., 1910-09-28
over the Alps and a tumble.

New YORK World.
The height of irony is reached when an
aviator flies over the Alps and then in
alighting falls thirty feet with his machine
breaks both legs and ruins his aeropiane
Omaha daily bee., 1910-09-28
Crime OF Carelessness.
NYasl,tn,.oo De-.

Carelessness which causes railroad
wrecks that main and kill will be less fire.
quent when the punishment fits the
crime
Omaha daily bee., 1910-09-28
sTArEMENr or CIRCULATION.

state Of Nebraska, Douglas County, TSs
George B. Tzschuck. treasurer Oh ai
Bee Publishing Company oelnB ,HH
sworn saya that the actual number OF Lui
and complete copies OF The DAILY. MILL 9,,
ing Evening and Sunday Bee printed III III
lnMA.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-09-28

Although meeting discoursgements at
every turn. digusted by the petty tricks OF
trade cheats. elem" Driscon derives oc-
cssional amusement from his war on false
weights and measures in the metropolis.
Just for a change Of scenery he led his
raiding staff to the farmers market
place" in Brooklyn, expecting to find
honesty there in all its glory. At the close
of the inspection 900 short-weight baskets
and barrels had been confiscated The 500
bushel baskets taken from farmers wagons
weighed but forty pounds instead of sixty.
the barrels held 1870 pounds instead Of III
pounds. as required by law The farmers
blamed the wicked basket and barrel max
ers for their short measures. The activity
of the bureau in another direction Is caus-
ing much uneasness among makers OF
barrel scales. Mr. Driscoll does not like
the machine that weighs and tells the price
% the goods at the same time. Some OF
the scale charts in the commissioners possess
sion show that man who goes into a
store and asks for 20 cents worth of meat
may get anything from one pound and
fourteen ounces to two pounds and one
ounce. The commercial value for all the
intermediate weights Is 20 cents. This wide
range OF choice does not conform to the
commissioners idea Of honesty in weigh
ing. The defense put forward by the scale
makers is that II is impossible to weigh
meats to the exactness of small fraction
of pound one of the chief points of con-
tention concerns the locking OF the adjust
ment screw. Driscoll contends that It
should be kept locked so that inspectors
may know that the scale is not tempered
with after they have passed upon it. The
scale-mskers argue that it should be kept
nanln cd hoo ono1a of1 fro
quently need readjustng.
Aside from the tons of false weights and
measures confiscated and destroyed, the
crusade has accomplished a vast amount of
good as an educator. Ii has shown New
York housewives that they have been
cheated right and left, and tens OF thou
sands of sharp eyes have been trained upon
the dealer. If of them gives short
count in these days, he is discovered and
disciplined. No more do five shops pass the
kitchen muster, when six have been paid
for. The butcher is told to keep his hands
off the scales
Omaha daily bee., 1910-09-28
Around New York

Nipples on the Current Of Life
- seen In the great American
Metropolis from pay 20 Day.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-09-28

subscribers leaving the city tenn"
porariIy shoula have The Bee
mailed to them. Address will be
hanged as often 49, requested.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-09-28

GEORGE Is. TZSCHUCk,
Treasurer.
Subscribed In my presence and sworn
TO before me this let day OF September. 1910.
SO II. b. WALKER,
-ttf Notary Public.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-09-28

The tall, athletic young man sprang to
his feet and caught the roses that drifted
toward him. lie crossed the narrow pas
sage and placed them with low bow
in the hands of the beauteOus maiden OPP
posite, who received them with a blush and
whispered thanks.
But the scene was not a summer gar
den. 1t was the first passenger car of a
subway train rushing through the Brooklyn
tunnel and swept by a wind that carried
hats, newspapers, feathers and flowers
alike from the persons of their owners.
And the girl remarked to her companion:
Gee, Ethel, but I'll have to sew those
things tighter on my lid"
Omaha daily bee., 1910-09-28

From Broadway ear, at Seventy second
street, the other day lover of horses who
finds himself continually fretted by the mis-
treatment Of them he sees on the part of
stupid drivers noticed man trying to back
a heavily loaded coal truck into the curb
The horses were splendid animals and were
doing their best to understand what was
wanted, but the driver had worked them
into frenzy, and they had reached the
stage where they we're jumping forward al
ternately in the collars The driver was
flashing them with the whip and both
horses were in a lather.
The horse lover jumped off the car to
stop the brutality but a mounted police
man was before him. The policeman Jumped
from his mount and ran to the coal wagon.
Get off that seat" he called to the
driver.
The truckman, evidently expecting to be
arrested, climbed down, mutterng impre
cations. To the surprise of the onlookers.
the policeman, taking off his gloves.
climbed up in the drivers place and gath
cred up the reins. He waited a minute to
let the horses calm down and then clucked
to them. pulling evenly and steadily on the
reins at the same time.
Steady, boys; both together now" he
| called to the horses in soothing voice.
The team went into the collars and the
work was soon done.
There, you fool" the policeman re-
marked to the driver as he climbed down
from the seat. DO II that way next time II
Omaha daily bee., 1910-09-28

Entered at Omaha postoffics as second
class matter.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-09-28

VICTOR RosEwATER EDITOR.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1910-07-02
SOUTH AMB0Y FIGHT
LASTED TWO ROUNDS
Special to the EVENING NEWS.

Epecfut TO fhe NHWS.
South Amboy, July 2:-Jeffries
and Johnson will decide the worlds
championship at Reno on July
Fourth, but, as usual, South Amboy
Is bound to be ahead, even Ii it is on
a smaller scale. Now, whether 1t
was for the championship and gov
erned by the Marquis of Queensbury
rules, we are not prepared to say,
but we do know that on July /, on
John street, South Amboy, Sam Wax
and Jacob Fisher tried conclusions,
not in the roped arena, but in a
pitched battle. ,1
Round first ended without advan-
tage to ethel beiligerent, but in
round second Wax reached Fisher
with the toe of his shoe in the region
of the solar plexus and, whether this
would have put Fisher out o. not
there was no proof to determine, for
Wax's wife must have considered
this a foul as she stopped the fight
aud the further outcome resulted in
Wax being brought before Justice
Mason on complaint of Fisher, who,
after the examination of those pres
emit as witnesses, held Wax in 5000
bail to await the action Of the grand
jury.
Wax and Fisher have been identi-
fed In the junk business together In
South Amboy for about sever years.
A little over three months age Wax
got married and entered into bust
ness for himself. Last week Fisher
moved to another location and was
returning to get the manure that
was made on the premises when the
fight, or rather the assault and bat
terry, took place.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1910-07-02
F0RMERM MAYOR
SOUTH AMB0Y
KILLED A DOG
Specie, to the EVENING NEWS.


South Amboy. July "A number
of times has the NEWS correspond
ent referred through the columns of
the press about the large number of
dogs running at large throughout
the city, and has urged that steps be
taken to eliminate, as far as posi-
BILE, the dogs from Dur streets, espec-
tally those that are apparently with
out owners. Yesterday a lady by
the name Of Mrs. Frank Mcclure,
believed to be from n of the boats
lying at the wharf, entered former
Mayor McGonigle's place of business,
followed by a dog belonging to her.
The dog suddenly exhibited all the
symptoms of the rabies. Mr.. McGon-
lyle Is one of the old forty-niners of
the golden era of California fame
and his eye has not forgot its cum
ming nor his nerve its steadiness, and
by a we'll directed shot of the former
mayor the canine was on his way to
dog heaven before doing any injury.
VIII not this be a reminder to
those who have the power to take
some action whereby the citizens of
South Amboy may be more secure
from the danger of being bitten by
some canine affected with this dread
disease? We all may escape without
being harmed as in times past. but II
one of our loved ones should fall a
victim of this disease by being bitten
all the dogs in South Amboy would
not compensate the loss.