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Omaha daily bee., 1910-01-09
The Fate of Andree.

Recurrence from the Canadian
northwest Of circumstantial reports of
a "house from the sky" hat fell
within the Arctic circle to the aston
ishment of the Eskimos and Indians
gives color to the theory hat at last
civilization has definite tidings of An
dree and his balloon quest of the pole.
Bishop Pascal at Prince Albert, Sas-
katchewan, has received official docu-
ments from Father Turquetit, a mis-
sionary in the wilds, confirming the
earlier newspaper chronicle that three
white men who came down from the
clouds in a "house of ropes had been
sheltered by the natives of the Rein
deer Lake region, that they had died
shortly afterward and that the ropes
and wreckage of the house had been
divided among the tribes. William
Irwin, for ffty-seyen years in charge
of the Hudson Bay post at Good Hope,
on the Mackenzie river, tells of seeing
a balloon pass overhead at night, so
close that the voices of the occupants
were heard.
A world suffering from strained con-
fidence concerning polar explorations
may be ~pardoned for receiving these
meager details with skepticism, yet so
much Importance has been attached to
them in Sweden that the Swedish cor
sui at Montreal has been authorized to
undertake an investigation with a view
to sending an expedition to Reindeer
Lake. The mystery of Andree's fate
has been for twelve years n of the
most thrilling and tragic chapters in
the worlds great drama of the race for
the pole, and II the remnants of his
balloon and relics Of his adventures
are SO near civilization as indicated it
would seem to be fitting TO search
there for the records OF his voyage,
which he doubtless kept intact to the
last. The possibilities of the Reindeer
Lake tidings ought to be cleared up in
the interests Of history and for the
sake Of the heroic Andree and his no
less brave companions, strindberg and
Frankell.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-01-09
Interstate Commerce Court.

President Taft's proposal for an In
terstate court has been so
carefully thought out that it is diff
cult to see how congress can discover
any way of improving the definite
stipulations he outlines in his recent
message. On it's merits the plan does
not appear to have met any serious
objection in any quarter, and this is
one Taft measure that seems likely to
be recognized promptly as a desirable
accessory for e~xpediting the opera
items of the Interstate Commerce COM
mission. Enacted into law it would
undoubtedly afford simplification OF
government control of railroads and
concentration of authority in a body
competent to dispose Of vexed ques-
lions of transportation along business
lines and with due regard for the
national principles of Jurisprudence.
Such a court, properly constituted,
would be a speedy practical solution
of the legal authority for the acts of
the commission, n its decisions
would be as nearly final as could be
that of any body subject only to the
revision of the supreme court.
The delays caused by appeals are
the subject Of much chatting, when inn
portant questions are to be deter
mined, but the president has stipulated
a possible means of providing for a
minimizing of appeals in the sug-
gestion that the operation of a decree
appealed from shall not be stayed un-
less the supreme court shall so order.
This provision for the elimination of
a multiplicity of appeals is n of the
admirable features Of a measure which
seeks only to afford the government
speedy and sound judicial procedure
Interpreting the propriety of the Inter-
state commissions activities.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-01-09
REMINGTON.

John d. Wells I'm Buffalo News.
"a true appreciation overhead in Laramie.
Wyo., In 1908, and pertinent now that the
great portrayer Of horses and wild life
'I knowed the man." the uncouth ms
said,
And ''cinched" his horse the while his
mem'ry fed
On the other days before the vests re-
81 knowed the mamie want like tender
feet
Are apt to be, but seemed to me he
Our coutry here. as we'll as us. an
A iikin', too. But barrin' hat, of
I liked him most because he loved a
horse"
II packed him one from here t. Sixty
To wood Fork's-or waterhole-the
while
He dabbed around with brushes made O.
T. paint a fight tina never happened
AS far, as / know, 'twixt cavalry an
Bout one t teD-with waterhole the
stakes!
An ioolin' on it struck me purity
That that cavalry was plum invitin'
hell!
He pitehered men all doubled up-an'
dead
With rifles damned, an life blood run
Around the sand! Twas awful but !
swear '
II seemed T. me he never turned a
hair
Through all Of it, ontwell he come Z
draw
A wounded horse. an lookin' on |
saw
His eyes I'm up! Twas foollshness, Of
co'rse,
An VT it showed how much he loved
a horse"
= > d,
And now he's dead! The last paInt tube
II dried!
Hes past the crest, and down the Other
side
In Indian file with trapper and with
scout
And long-passed types he skerched and
wrote about,
Posterity will pass the oldtime trail
For time to come and may II never
fail
To heed the lines-the simple lines that
tell
"A man lies here who loved Gods crea-
lures we'll"
Omaha daily bee., 1910-01-09
SECULAR REMARKS AT PULPIT.

Charleston News and Courier: A New
York minister preached on Leopold in
Hell; Satan Abdicates." Maybe the minis
ter will nave the opportunity to change his
views.
Baltimore American: The clergyman who
accuses his wife Of cruel and lnhuman con-
duct because she says his sermons are bad
has some Justification, for who can be
expected to listen to a mans sermons II
the wife of his bosom, the partner of his
joys and sorrows, can't stand them2
Louisville Courler-Journal A Texas
evangelist says persons who speculate on
the stock market or bet on horse races are
bound for hell in a racing automobile" but
the experience OF an observer is that those
who speculate on horse races or bet on the
stock market usually arrive there as pedes-
trlans.
Chicago Tribune: BY means of a circular
the Rev. w. L. Southerton of the Baptist
temple, New York City, tells his congrega-
ton that hereafter copper and nickel coins
will not be acceptable as church contribu-
tons, Nothing less than a silver quarter
or dime is wanted. 1t Is possible that this
will meet the approval Of his flock in gem
eral, but undoubtedly there are some mem
bers who cannot stand the p ante insisted
upon by the clergyman. 1t is possible, also,
that Pastor Southerton has forgotten the
parable of the Widows mite, or that he
thinks 1t is not applicable to modern times
and conditions.
Philadelphia Record: A Pittsburg de-
faulter charged with squandering $50, 900 of
the money of the Presbyterian church Is
said to have been located in Chicago, and
is quoted as saying that the Pittsburg peo-
pie will not try to extradite him.. Il would
give some OF them a few bad hours he
says, 80 l guess they will leave me alone"
At the same time the officers of the First
Presbyterian church are reported to have
said: 1T costs money to hire detectives,
and what's the use of sending good money
after bad We're not going to bother him"
Is 1t possible that he is to be let alone
because he would tell too much II ne came
back? We trust this inference Is not war
anfad
Omaha daily bee., 1910-01-09
Boston's Exneriment.

Whether Boston is to emerge tri-
umphant or a victim of a misguided
effort to divorce municipal government
from partisan politics is to be deter
mined on Tuesday, when the first cleo
ton under the new charter will be
held. If the plan proves a failure the
citizens will have only themselves to
blame, for the charter was adopted by
referendum vote, in an open field
against another proposed form. The
old-fashioned political primary and
convention system was deliberately re-
pudiated and in its place the voters ac-
cepted the plan denominations by petit
ton. The new government is to con-
sist Of a mayor elected for a term Of
four years, a council consisting of nine
members at large and q school COM
missioner.
The campaign has been a lively one
and promises to bring out a general
vote, for the new mayor will have the
expenditure of 500, OOO, 900 and the
control of 1900 city employees, of
whom 5000 are school teachers. Be-
cause Boston is the first of the great
cities of the country to adopt the non
partisan method of electing a chief ex-
ecutive advocates of reform already
are hailing the Hub as a shining exam
people of their creed, but 1t is less than
two weeks since that SO eminent a Bos-
tonian as the president Of Harvard col
lege decried what he termed the folly
of attempting any permanent form of
government without the basis of united
purpose as indicated by the established
usage Of rival party organizations.
At any rate, it is difficult to see at
off in the matter of candidates than it
has been hitherto. Storrow, a banker,
best known to the country as a former
Harvard athlete, is being supported by
the reform element, but among many
of the people is looked upon as too
much of an %aristocrat; Fitzgerald, who
has held the Office of mayor under
democratic auspices, is a spokesman of
the Tammany type, but has a strong
popular following; Hubbard, present
mayor, is a dyed-in-the-wool repub-
lican; and Taylor is the family candi-
date of the leading Boston newspaper.
So hat so far as personality is con-
cerned the campaign has all the char
acteristics of the usual Boston election,
A hazard Of the results of the Boston
experiment may be made from the re-
suit of Tuesdays balloting, but the full
fruits thereof will not be determined
until the plan shall have been in active
working force some time.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-01-09

It was developed that there was nc
charge against them nor evidence to
support any charge. Moreover, IL was
shown that they had been arrested at
the instance OF a detective in one OF
the department stores who thought
they had fingered too long in the vicin-
ity Of a iewelry showcase.
About the same time in Denver the
body Of a murdered woman lay in the
casket at an undertaker's ready for the
funeral ceremony to begin. While the
mourners waited for hours the funeral
was delayed. At last 1t was disclosed
that the police we're insisting that a
second autipsy be held on the body, be-
cause an Individual had reported at
the police station a dream, in which
was revealed to him that the husband
of the murdered woman had shot her
in the center of the forehead. That the
woman's face and head showed no ex-
ternal indications of a bullet wound
was not satisfactory to the sapient de-
tectives who had the matter in charge,
and they insisted that the surgeons
proceed to the minutest examination
of the interior Of the skull before they
were satisfied that the dream reported
to them was a dream.
1t is such cases as these hat shake
the faith of the laymen in the efficacy
of modern police practice.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-01-09
prOphesies of the Wizard.

Edison's long promised concrete
houses that could be poured into molds
to harden over night at slight expense
have thus far proved such a chimera
that tho public is hardly in a mood to
treat gravely IN more prophesies from
the wizard until there Is tangible evil
denoe that they are seriously intended.
Nevertheless what the inventor OF
modern wonders has to say of future
possibilities is always entertaining,
and in his latest review of the prob
lens of science he covers such a wide
range that he is apt to hit ONE of his
forecasts right.
Air flight, he believes, will be accom-
plished, but he does not deign to give
the Wrights credit for having devised
a practicable machine. The success
full %aeroplane, in his opinion, u be
built on the helicopter principle or it
will never defy the winds, His idea
is to have foot-size planes distributed
on a 100 to 150-foot circle and con-
trolled from the center by wires. He
recognizes the vast force locked up in
radium. but fails to discover any way
of freeing It so that the tremendous
energy may afford fuel, light and
power. He has confidence that science
will achieve commercial success in its
efforts to conserve the power of fuel
which is now so largely wasted in COM
bustion, and he has full faith in the
utilization of the water falls. but con-
fesses thai the problem OF Harvesting
the ocean waves calls for too stagger-
ing an investment.
Little vexations he yet expects 10 be
solved are the abolition Of friction, the
determination Of gravity, heat, light
and electricity, concerning all OF which
he holds mankind as densely ignorant,
and the mastery of obtaining power
direct from the sunlight. He has 40
use for the monorail, decides that
chemical food will be a CONNER
ciaI proposition and considers wireless
as in its infancy. The silkworm bar
Omaha daily bee., 1910-01-09

barism he expects to see abandoned
within fifty years, as the indigo OF
India ven before the synthetic produc'
tton Of German laboratories, for arti-
fetal silk is already made superior 10
the natural; aud he adds the comfort
ing thought that the clothes OF the flu
ture will be so cheap that every young
woman will be able to follow the mu-
tatlons of fashions promptly. His re-
mark that the c%heapening of commodi-
ties will enable the ordinary laborer TO
live as well as the man doesi with
5000, 900 income shows the true Ed
son optimism, but he us that
this prOphesy is based on the logical
development of automatic machinery
and scientific agriculture. Great is
modern progress, and Edison is its
prophet. In the meantime he affords
even the skeptic some food for thought
because of his past real achievements.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-01-09
Mastera Of Today.


In every form Of human effort the
tendency is to belittle the current
things which crowd Familiarity about ur
and to pay homage to the survivals OF
times's test. This Is particularly true OF
movements in art. music and literature
while we recognize the talent of the
contemporary. we are prone to dismiss
him with a gracious nod and turn ia
his classic predecessor. Yet If we are
to have faith in the future, and to give
inspiration to our descendants, we must
manifest a greater loyalty for our own
times, their energies and their ideals.
The correct attitude toward today
may be restored to those who are cyni'
cal of modernism II they will but re-
fleet that the classic of today repre-
sents the modernism of yesterday, and
thereby grasp the fact that today's
vital and worthy forms of expression
are destined to survive as the classics
of tomorrow. In every age modernism
has been a manifestation of the ~virility
of its time, a keynote that has sounded
the harmonies of development from
the beginning.
The most striking example of mod
ernism of late, because the most sensa-
tional departure from ancient stand
ards, is found in music, particularly
as represented by the radical innova-
tiOns OF Strauss and Debussy. These
are extremists in modernism, and, as
has been pointed out by Redfern Mason
In a recent treatise on the subject,
they depict such unpleasant characters
as Herod by sounds that jar the ear
just as the perverted nature portrayed
jars the mind. As Mr.. Mason says,
Strauss boldly realizes In music the in
euphoniousness Of sin, choosing ugli-
ness as a means of musical conviction.
Thus abnormal aspects of tonality ac-
complish results sometimes deemed
barbaric, yet the same extreme mod
ernists utilize effects no less strange to
accomplish expressions OF delicate and
wondrous beauty when interpreting the
good and the true.
The conclusion must be, in all the
arts and crafts, as illustrated so wildly
in the universal speech Of music, that
the genius of man today is striving to
express in modernism the themes that
record the spirit Of the human race, so
hat future stages of civilization may
gather grace from our interpretations.
While we build on what we term the
classics of the past, the future has need
of the structure that we are develop
ing; and out of our manifestations of
modernism those who come after us
shall acquire growth and pay grateful
tribute to the geniuses who in their
own day we're misunderstood and I'M
appreciated.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-01-09
Modern Police Practice.

That common n is law is a cher
ished maxim, and common sense is per-
mitted to permeate the application OF
all law, and especially should It govern
the operations of the police in their
dealings with the criminal classes. II
inal is an individual in whose mental
processes a flaw exists, and under an
application of common sense to a case
In hand the flaw is most frequently de-
tected. This holds good through all
safe police practice. Detective
stories are built up on a basis Of sup
posititious facts, the surprising deduc-
tions being produced after the result
has been determined, and are no safe
guide.
But nov and then the police seem to
be imbued with the idea That common
sense has no part in tneir work. One
day recently in New York City the en-
tire force Of detectives at one Of the
central police stations fought for two
hours with two girls to force them to
submit to the indignity of being photo
eraphed and measured by the BertillOu
system for future Identification. After
the physical strength Of the girls had
been exhausted. and they were nc
longer capable of resisting. they were
photographed and measured and
permanently recorded IN the anthropo-
metric records OF the New York police
department. Then they we're taken be-
fore the police magistrate for trial, and
Omaha daily bee., 1910-01-09
M BOILED DOWN.
at
Maturity

He who cannot laugh like a boy cannot
labor like a man.
The lamb never converts the lion by
leaping into its jaws.
A fertile imagination often mistakes
itself for a generous heart.
Many mistake feeling good in church for
being good in everything else.
It's little use talking to a man about mis-
soul when the soup is burned.
Most of us would be miserable If we
could manufacture no enemies.
Doubt is a good thing to forge through,
but q poor thing to fatten on.
The supernatural may be but the natural
in it's incomprehensible operations.
II we paid more attention to enforcing
good laws we would waste less time MAX
ing poor ones.
Some men think they are exhibiting faith
in Providence when they buy a horse on
his specifications.
Some men think they are not spiritually
mirded save when they are conducting
clinics In their own souls.
Our nation will be the home OF righteous
ness only as righteousness is practically
taught in its homes.-Chicago Tribune.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-01-09
PERSONAL AND OTHERWISE.

Strenuous objection to 1.-THE cooler i'll
BELTS an ice king. Coolers are a necessary
asset OF the business.
The unusual thickness and hardness of
the ice crop, and the trouble of harvesting
the same. enables captains OF the industry
to see a rise in the price.
No use. January will conserve emery by
pulling out. There isn't enough interest
at the box office to Justify a try for the
low-down record OF December.
Those who see any good in an "old-fash-
Toned winter" are welcome to all the Joy
in sight. For me- observes the butter
nut sage, the good old summer time
A bulletin issued by the Illinois Board
Of Health requires dispensers of soda water
to placard the ingredients of the syrups.
Is this an intlmation of doped sweetness?
Perish the thought,
General James B. Weaver of Iowa
threatens to take the road as a divine
healer" Formerly the general was a near
healer in popullst circles. The later task
calls for a more extensive tangle of
whiskers.
Talk about the weather.? Who doesn't2
Why the sunkisst boosters of the Pacific
coast are talking louder than a California
folder, emphasizing their remarks with
heated dashes designed to temper the
winds. From Seattle to Los Angeles they
are having all varieties of weather-snow,
frosts, floods and winds that cut the cuticle
deeper than a safety razor, At Golden
Gate on New Years day the Olympian ath-
letic club INDUCED in its annual official
bath in the ocean. Hot drinks between dips
were necessary, but the salvation Of the
- - 80 IT. .Aa a. - -Va
house and a steaming lunch. Still the sun
shines out there as elsewhere when the
clouds are pushed away and the fogs lift.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-01-09

The course of the Kentucky Judge
who promised a mob that II its in
tended victim should be found guilty
he would be. sentenced to death is OF
doubtful propriety. The Judge was
justified, perhaps, in demanding the
extreme penalty Of the law, but by nc
process Of reasoning can he be upheld
in his pledge to men ben upon an un-
lawful purpose. No court should ever
mortgage its opinions by promising in
advance to do certain things. Laws
that are upheld at such expense do not
gain in the respect that makes law
effective.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-01-09
Our Birthday Book
8, 1909.


General J. Franklin Bell, chief staff Of
ficer OF the United states army, celebrates
his fifty-fourth birthday today. He Is a
Kentuckian with a brilliant military record
and has more than once made visits Of
inspection to Fort Crook and Fort Omaha,
Senator Julius Caesar Burrows Of Michi-
gan is 70 years old. He presided over the
last republican national convention, and
before going to the senate was a member
OF the lower hIIse OF congress for many
years.
James Richardson, member OF the Omaha
School board and in business with the
Richardson Drug company, was born Jan
uary 9. 1879, al 81. Louis. Mr.. Richardson
studied at Cornell university.
Charles Howard Walker, who used to be
associated with Thomas Kimball under the
name Of Walker & Kimball, was born In
Boston January =, 1857. Walke d Kimball
we're the supervising architects OF the
Transmississippi exposition
Omaha daily bee., 1910-01-09

The return of the SO hog is one OF
the lessons of the cold weather. It is
merely another indication that the man
has not as yet succeeded in overthrow
ing all of the natural obstacles that
impede his way. With a fine taste for
bacon and eggs and an appetite for
sausage and pork chops, he must be
satisfied when he finds a blizzard
blocks the road to market that he must
pay the price for having developed civ
~ilization to that point where the
smoke-house larder is no longer to be
relied upon as a source Of creature
comfort and visitory good.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-01-09
We Sell 100 Kinds
Mineral Waters

We will sell over 100 kinds Imported ana
American Mineral Waters, and, as we OBJ
tain direct from springs or importer, can
guarantee freshness and genuineness.
Boro Lithia Water. bot, Soc; case, $500.
Boro Lithia Water, pints, dozen, 31.5O,
&c Sc, 100, 5000. "
We are distributing agents in Omaha for
the celebrated waters from Excelsior
Springs, Mo, and sell at following prices.
Regent, quart bottle, 25c; dozen. S2 q:
case, so bottles, $500.
Sulpho-Saline, quart bottle, 25c; dozen.
$2.25;; case, so bottles, $500.
Sulpho-Saline, quart bottle, 25c; dozen,
$1.6O.
soterian, quart bottle, zoe; dozen $500.
Soterian, pint bottle, 15c; dozen, a.. &
Soterian Ginger Ale, pint bottle, 15c:
dozen, $L.5O. ~,
soterian Ginger Ale, quart bottle. CSC;
Diamond Lithia; half-gallon bottle, 4Oc,
Crystal Lithia, 5-gallon jugs, each, $500.
salt sulphur, 5-gallon jugs, each, $2.2S.
Delivery free to any part OF Omaha,
Council Bluffs or South, Omaha.
Sherman & Mcdonnell Drug Co.
10th and Dodge SITS. \
Owl Drug Co. J
10th and Harvey SITS.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-01-09

December and January. railroads en-.
tering Omaha were tied up for days
and weeks, while many OF the smaller
communities in the west we're cut OF
from the outside world for months.
Yet today people complain IL the huge
passenger trains do not wheel into the
station exactly on schedule time. Mans
Impotence has not been lessened any
by his experience or he would be more
willing to give to the railroad men
greater need of praise for their efforts
to keep the arteries Of commerce pull
sating with the worlds life.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-01-09

One of the really impressive exam
Publications. of progress OF civilization
has been Afforded by the railroads OF
the country during the present winter,
Time was, not so very long ago, when
any one OF the several storms that have
afflicted this country within the last
month would have put the t%ransporta-
ton companies entirely out Of bust
ness. Twenty-Five years ago, during
Omaha daily bee., 1910-01-09

The former governor Of Greenland
nov complains that Cook stung him in
the little matter of some eider-duck
rugs, Let him tell his troubles TO the
policeman of Greenland's icy; w have
our own cana n,