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Omaha daily bee., 1911-08-31
Twenty Years Ago

The Omaha Presbyterian Theological
seminary was formally opened with elab-
crate ceremonies in which citizens of
Omaha without regard to church affilla-
ton, took part. The exercises were held
at First Presbyterian church and the
opening address was made by Rev. w.
j. Harsha, d. d. LII D., then OF Tecum-
sch and professor OF didactic and polemic
theology. The original site OF the sem
mary was to be Seymour park, offered at
what was regarded as an attractive figure,
by DR.. George l.. Miller, DR.. NJ. b.
Lowrie was the first president and with
these, formed the faculty announced that
night: DR.. Harsha, Rev. Stephen Phelps,
d. d; Rev. John Gordon, D. d; Rev.
| Charles @. Sterling, d. D.. and Rev. T. L.
Sexton, d. d.
The Bee contained an elaborate ana
highly illustrated article on the New Boyd
theater. which it mentioned asa Modern
Temple of Thespis."
After all the fuss made over the dis
banding OF the Omaha league ball team, 1t
was continued and appeared in a local
game against Denver. Of which George
Tebeau was then first baseman and cap
tain.
! Chief of Police Seavey receives a letter
Of appreciation for the police service dur
ing the smelter strike, from President Guy
C. Barton of the smelter
About seventy of the friends of John M
Hazleton, retiring general secretary of the
Young Mems Christian Association tend
cred him banquet at the Young Mems
Christian Association building
Mr.. and Mrs. Joseph Garneau gave a
small card party in honor OF Misses Sharp
and Aiken.
Friends gave C. w. Keith a surprise
birthday party at his home in Dundee.
There were present Mr. and Mrs. E A.
Benson, Mr.. and Mrs. ]. B. Carmichael,
Mr.. and Mrs. William Shannon, Mr.. and
Mrs w. H. Hancock, Mr.. and Mrs. w.
X. Kurtz, Mr.. and Mrs. r. c. Patterson,
Mr.. and Mrs. Keller, Mr.. and Mrs. M.
A. Upton, Mr.. John t. Shannon, Miss
Perkins, Miss Benson. Mr.. Thomas Thomp-
son of Davenport, Mr.. and Mrs. F1nlay-
son.
Omaha daily bee., 1911-08-31
POPPING OF BIG GUNS.


Chicago Tribune: II must give Mr.. Bryan
a painful shock to think that Mr. TAFT Is
making this swing around the circle a. an
avowed candidate for the presidency.
Chicago Tribune: This Is such q large
country that Mr.. Taft fears he will not
have time to visit more than twenty-four
states during his present circumgyration OF
the periphery.
washington Post: The fact that Presl-
dent Taft is to be carried through Topeka.
Kan. by a team Of lonE-eared mules may
be symbolic Of the manner In which demo
cratic mistakes may cause his reelection.
Sioux City Journal: After being under
fire continuously for a long time II finally
occurred to President Taft that II might be
a good idea TO unlimber the big gun and aim
a shell in the general direction from which
the popping was coming.
Pittsburg Dispatch: Ex-speaker Cannon
is thoroughly convinced that the house did
things much better when It conducted itself
according to his order. Speaker Clark Is
just as positively of the opposite opinion.
But then both OF them were equally sure OF
It before the experiment was made.
st. Louis Republic: mo man ever de-
clined the presidential nomination and no
man ever win,' says Champ Clark. No
not in a country where every mothers son
is taught to seek 1t from the cradle up.
one of the best things about this country
is that every baby is an embryo chief execu-
tive.
Omaha daily bee., 1911-08-31
Starting the Parcels Post.

Postmaster General Hitchcock reit-
crates his desire to inaugurate parcels
post in the rural districts before ex-
tending II to urban territory. He
would give us a partial parcels post
as a starter in order not to interfere
with the operation Of the regular post
office machinery. The postal system
of this country is tremendous and COM
plicated and it's service so important
to every activity Of life that It would
not do to interrupt the steady, con-
tinuous flow of the mails. Those who
imagine, however, that the government
desires or intends to withhold the par
cells post from cities longer than lie nee
essary may take comfort in the assur-
ance that a general parcels post is the
ultimate object Every extension the
Postoffice department has made has
been upon exactly this basis of small
beginnings. The rural free delivery
service was a very restricted affair at
first, whereas today It covers the en-
tire country It would have been next
to impossible to have made it general
at the outset
Postmaster General Hitchcock pro-
poses to urge congress in December
to enact a law giving his department
authority to establish parcels post on
rural mail routes. II congress acts
upon his recommendations It can
hardly help it-then we may look for
ward in the very near future to an
enlargement Of the function of our
postoffice to correspond with what is
countries.
Omaha daily bee., 1911-08-31
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Thirty Years Ago
AUGUST 81.

Thirty Years Ago
George A. Custer. Post No. Z held an
adjourned meeting at the Young Mems
Christian Association rooms, corner Tenth
and Farnam, to consider matters con-
nected with attending the @. A. r. re-
union at Lincoln The call was signed
by c. H. Fitch commander. and F. W.
Moon adjutant.
Very good water was supplied from the
hydrants to visitors at the water works
today.
The Western Newspaper union, whose
establishment was burned out recently,
has secured lot at the corner OF Twelfth
and Harvey, and will rebuild 1T once.
X. c. Moorehouss has been appointed
general freight agent and ]. r. Buchanan
general passenger agent Of the Sioux City
and Pacific railway. The general freight
and passenger departments viii remain
at Missouri valley as before. Mr.. Moore
house was formerly assistant general
freight agent and Mr.. Buchanan traffic
auditor.
Miss Anna Zoos returned from her vaca-
ton trip to Columbus Ohio, and her sister,
Miss Kate Zoos, teacher in the Third ward
school, from her trip to Georgetown, Col
orRdo.
Mrs. c. II. Dewey has returned from a
trip to the east.
Simeon Bloom, a prominent attorney of
this city, left for Cincinnati, his old home
He will be absent for some time and his
many friends wish him a pleasant visit
E. b. Chandler went east this after
noon.
Omaha daily bee., 1911-08-31
CALL OF THE COOK.

Puck.
Oh. when I married Linda l asked her;
can you cook?' -,
She lust looked wise and answered. Il
know my little book" -
And since that time she's fed me on disheS
la France, X
when there's chance
I've breakfasted on wsffles with jam and
mayonnaise,
For lunch I'VE seen spaghetti cooked In
fifty different ways;
And when I'm called to dinner quite often
there Will be
Hungarian goulash on the board, Scotch
scenes and Russian tea.
My appetite is hearty and dote on simple
But II / should confess it my wife would
So ali my meats are stuffed and praised
croquetted and saute-d,
My vegetables au grained, my deserts
I'm stepped in spice and curry, I'm filled-
with crumbs and paste
Qm pretty sure that nothing in our
kitchen goes to waste),
And when, with all my hungry soul,
yearn for Irish stew,
hear the carol OF the cook: Just taste
this Swiss ragout!'
sigh for beetsteak simple but my sigh
ing is in vain
I'd give a whole weeks salary to see an
love a boiled potato. but always, pom
my SOUL
They're minced with peppers, nuts or
cheese, or served en- casserole!
How l would relish pork and beans! And
o. what a relief
Twould be to find upon my plate a hunk
o. good corned beef.
But bark! A voice calls Dinner. John,
Come see what | have made;
Here's shrimp souffle with creole sauce,
and mushroom marinade!
Omaha daily bee., 1911-08-31
Mayor GHynOr's wound.

Mayor GRynOr's wound.
The question whether Mayor Gaynor has
fully recovered from the wound inflicted
upon him on August g. 1910, has been
brought into discussion by the mayors
statements on the anniversary OF the
shooting when he was presented with a
loving cup. on that occasion he said
And now II has pleased God that at last
the principal cause of my lingering physi-
cal Improvement should wear itself out,
and that my general health should he re-
stored" This is taken to mean that the
bullet had worked itself out OF the mayors
neck through the back OF his mouth and
that nature has eliminated the poisons OF
the lead. But a physician who was as
ISOLATED with the specialists in charge Of
the case lie quoted as expressing the belief
that the bullet has not been eliminated and
that II is almost certain TO remain in its
present position through the remainder of
the mayors lifetime. This physician also
declares that, while the bullet itself is
unlikely to give further trouble. the damage
originally done by It to the nerve which
supplies the vocal cord was irreparable and
that the. mayor Is INDUCING in vain hopes
II he thinks that he can ever again take
his place as a campaign orator. 1t is said
that at the small assemblies which the
mayor has briefly addressed since he re-
covered his speech he has articulated with
considerable difficulty and has been in
terrupted by frequent coughing. His voice
is declared to lack its former clearness and
its carrying power is so slight that only
the closest listener can follow his words.
Omaha daily bee., 1911-08-31
Profits in Drug store..

Profits I'm Drug Stores.
A New York drug merchant who is not
druggist at all-he is only a merchant, and
hence makes n great success OF it in the
drug store business-thinks of requiring
his various clerks and prescription artists
and soda fountain manipulators to wear the
white and somewhat spotless uniform of
the hospital attache. He is wonderfully in
sistent on having everything quite clean.
One of the most accomplished graduates
in pharmacy had to be discharged the other
day because, after repeated warnings, he
left the door Of one of the showcases open
and thus admitted to the company of the
soap and the peFfumery q considerable
number of house flies.
There 10 q very comfortable home atmos-
phere in this particular drug store; canary
birds singing on the top of the soda foun-
tain; an easy chair to sit in II one is tired (;
a polite nod OF recognition for the new GUS
toner as we'll as the old, whether he comes
or goes: the little package, which you order
in the morning, all ready for you as you
rush to catch the train at evening; every
egg for the various egg drinks fresh as a
daisy that day; quite a satisfactory lunch
con at the soda fountain at the noon hour
chicken sandwiches and buttermilk and
that kind of thing; and the buttermilk is
good or the druggistS's most unique Gus
toner wouldn't come downtown for It from
Twenty third street every day.
Many New York drug store takes in
$500 a day over the soda fountain counter,
and anywhere from 30 per cent to 90 per
cent Of this is profit, more or less-more,
If you make the ice cream yourself, and
It is good and goes we'll; less, II you buy
all the supplies. There is one drug store
in lower Broadway which receives over its
soda fountain counter in a year $4,000;
but that is a very big place. and along with
this immense soda fountain business goes a
big business generally. employing probably
200 people
Omaha daily bee., 1911-08-31

Our amiable democratic contem-
porary, which has been knocking the
commission plan of city government
at every opportunity, has at last found
one point in it's favor, namely, that no
yellow-dog candidate can claim sup
port because he wears the party label.
Well, that democratic sheet has never
refused to support democratic nomi-
nee on the ground that he was a yell
low dog, and 1t remains to be seen
whether it will ever change the habit,
Omaha daily bee., 1911-08-31

Of 10 per cent, whilu in 1910, 1t de-
clared an extra divitend of 900 per
cent No wonder It Increased It's capt.
tai stock. In 1909 the Americans
stock and regular dividends we're re-
spectively 1913 and - per cent; Ad-
ans, 23.s and ~ per cent; United
States, SO and per cent. whenever
congress gets ready to probe the ex-
press business in earnest, II certainly
w4ll have no difficulty in finding basic
facts and figures.
Omaha daily bee., 1911-08-31
Ten Years Ago

Dr. and Mrs. Ewing Brown returned
from a two months vacation at Shelter
Island Heights and Asbury Park, N. ].
Il, F. schurig, city electrician, went to
Niagara Falls to attend the national con-
ventlon Of municipal electricians.
The marriages Of the day were: Chris
Berger and Emma e. Nelson, Joseph
MiraslSy and Carrie Kektor, Charles Hou-
weart and Dora Curling, Benson; Harry
g. Rose and Nellie e. Brown.
The first contest for the Cartan golf cup
at the Country club resulted in q splendid
victory for H. Lawrie, whose score was:
Gross 70, handicap 8, net "a
Annie May Kingsburg, 1s-year old daugh-
ter OF Mr.. and Mrs. f. 2. KinEsburg, died
at the family home. SOOs California street.
Mr.. and Mrs. c. w. Morton returned
from Chicago. Mrs. Morton spent the
summer in Portland, Me-, and Mr.. Morton
met her at Chicago
Word was received by Father p ].
Judge Of the death of his brother, Father
Andrew Judge OF Fremont
Omaha daily bee., 1911-08-31
oANADA's FIGHT FOR RECIPROCITY
Are American Trusts Furnishing the
sinews of WRrS
Harper'sc Weekly

Are American Trusts Furnishing the
sinews of WRrS
Harper'so Weekly
II is not bit surprising to learn that the
Canadian liberals, now fighting for reel
procity, have accused certain OF our big
trusts OF taking a hand in the struggle
Naturally the particular trusts accused are
the lumber trust. the paper trust, and the
beef trust There are two reasons why the
charge should not surprise anybody. One
is that II any sort of evidence can be got
to support II the effect should be very dam
aging to the anti-reciprocity side. II would
be a mighty effective answer TO the con-
servative charge that the American trusts
are only waiting for the wall TO come down
and viii then rush in and monopolize
Canada's trade and industry. Apparently
there are q good many Canadians who
have really believed that There IL also
In the charge a fine opening for eloquent
appeals 10 the pride and the purity OF the
Canadian electorate. We should be sur
prised. indeed. II the astute liberal leaders
should neglect 30 obvious and promising
line OF attack.
The other reason why the charge was
to be expected lies in the inherent proba-
bility OF It's substantial truth. Does any
body doubt that these three great oombinA-
lions spent money in tse effort TO defeat
reciprocity at Washington? Was there not
evidence that they were really responsible
for a great part Of the opposition which
took the form OF an uprising OF the farm
srs against that poiioy2 Why, then. should
they not oppose II at Ottawa Also and
with the same methods aud Weapons1
Omaha daily bee., 1911-08-31

haven't heard them mentioned, but tnin ,
we can depend on finding Lover 1tSaeh,
Bears Den Devils Elbow 'Spook 49, ~. =,
and the rest OF the customary cataloeu''Fa
Washington star.
NY good woman" said the social re
former "vour children seem TO be sllsh.lt
obstreperous Have you any Clearly ~
fined theories about bringing up your INV
ones by scientific Methods -.
NO l haven't madam answered w
much-tried mother as she firmly graspeo
a souirmng child In one hand ana her
slipper in the other. I'm bringing thefn
up by hand Baltimore American.
Omaha daily bee., 1911-08-31

Down in Lincoln the district Judge
beaten for reelection gives out a pub
io expression OF thanks to his friends
N which he says incidentally, "A man
who cannot accept defeat Just as grace
ully as he would have an election is
lot big enough to be in public life. ="
some OF the defeated in this vicinity
hould take that home With them and
noeD on IL
Omaha daily bee., 1911-08-31
worlds Trading station.

Worlds Trading station.
New York 10 coming to be one of the
greatest distributing centers in the world.
Foreign merchandise TO the value of $780,
100000 was brought into New York harbor
in 1911 and reshipped to foreign ports. Such
merchandise is carried from New York to
more than seventy different countries. The
greater part OF this foreign merchandise
is carried to Canada, Germany, France,
Belgium, Cuba, Mexico and Argentine in
the order named. Canada alone, our Iarg-
est customer Of foreign merchandise, re-
ceived nearly N4,OOooOO worth last year
South America and West Indian ports show
rapidly developing trade in these i'm
ported articles. Last year an increase of
fully 80 per cent was registered over the
previous year.
Omaha daily bee., 1911-08-31
GRINs AND ORGANS

Little boy, wouldn't you like to come to
our church?'
What is your church, ma am?"
THE one with the tall steeple just around
the corner
Il guess you don't know our family very
we'll ma'am; that Is where my dad
breaches. Chicago Tribune
"will you have another potato, Miss
Greenleaf?"
No I thank you"
please do. Really, we can afford it,
Detroit Free Press.
ANY interesting places around that
mountain hotel2'
"Of course" replied Mr. Groucher. Il
Omaha daily bee., 1911-08-31
supplying a Long Felt want.
FfawaiauH plain naaler

The postmaster general says he IL con-
vineed the parcels post. with careful super
vision and proper adjustment and orgAniza-
ton, will be one OF the largest rev4AuS pro
dueers IN tho department. There IL every
indication the Inauguration OF a parcels
post win be advocated by next summer by
both rational conventions II. indeed. the
necessary legislation IL not enacted by con-
gress this winter,
Omaha daily bee., 1911-08-31

The superintendent OF the new rail-
way mail division, with headquarters
at Omaha, has at last been officially
designated. The new superintendent
cannot get busy too soon to suit us.
Omaha daily bee., 1911-08-31
Regulating street Advertising.

New York City has an ordinance that no
advertising trucks, vans wagons shall
be allowed in its streets under penalty
of $40 for each offense. Under this ordi-
nance the authorities sought to restrain the
corporation operating stages on Fifth ave-
nue. from displaying advertisements on the
outside Of it's buses. The court of appeals
of the state held that the use of stages
for advertising purposes was not a neces-
sary or essential incident of the company's
franchise giving 1t the right to carry pas
sengers. Appealed to the United States
supreme court the decision of the lower
court was affirmed Justice McKenna in
his opinion holding that, IL the right
claimed by the Fifth Avenue Stage COM
pany actually existed, It existed also in
the case of all wagon owners, land there
might be such a fantastic panorama on the
streets Of New York that objection to it
| could not be said to have prompting only
in an exaggerated esthetic sense" The
ordinance does not interfere with business
notices on ordinary business wagons when
engaged in the regular work OF the owner
ane not principally for advertising pur-
poses.
Omaha daily bee., 1911-08-31
Fact Outshines Fiction.

Real sea adventures are often stranger
than the fictitious ones. Until 1t hap
pened, probably no one would h0ys be-
lleved that a man could be rescued alive
and uninjured from the cabin Of a scow
which had turned turtle and been ten
hours bottom up in the water.
Omaha daily bee., 1911-08-31

Just to show that his heart is right,
the mikado added to all his conees-
slons TO the car the highest decora-
ton the imperial power enabled him
to confer on the daughter of the Rus
sian ambassador.
Omaha daily bee., 1911-08-31

Upton Sinclair must be finding it
hard to come back" First he gets
himself arrested and derives only a
moderate amount of publicity from
that; then he sues his wife for divorce,
and It begins to look as II the public
had turned deaf ear to him.
Omaha daily bee., 1911-08-31

Los Angeles will have a squad Of
policemen on roller skates. Skates
and rollers, separately. have been
known among policemen in other
cities, but this is the first time they
have been merged.
Omaha daily bee., 1911-08-31

Members of the recent Nebraska
legislature are to hold reunion and
experience meeting at the state fair.
When the Douglas county bunch Is
called on to report they will have a
sad tale to tell of the ingratitude of
republics, or, to be more exact, Of
democrats.
Omaha daily bee., 1911-08-31

Writing to the New York Sun an
Ansley (Neb.) man says that II the
democratic ticket next year lie Bryan
And Wilson 1t will carry Nebraska by
10000. But the next democratic
aeket will not be Bryan and Wilson.
Omaha daily bee., 1911-08-31

The IRE department wants the army
officers to agree upon a set OF rules to
govern at Fort Omaha, so that when
an alarm OF fre is sounded the fremen
may know which to fight frst. the SOL
diers or the FIRE.
Omaha daily bee., 1911-08-31

If it is an improper diversion of
public funds to appropriate money for
medical instruction at the state uni
versity, a lot of other objects for
which legislative appropriations are
regularly made will be in danger of
being likewise ruled out on strict con-
struction of the constitution.
Omaha daily bee., 1911-08-31

When will lynchings cease7" be-
walls correspondent to a Philadelphia
paper. Probably when courts and
juries and the administrators of law
tighten up on common sense justice.
Omaha daily bee., 1911-08-31

What has happened to those royalty
rich marriages? One can almost count
the counts who are now winning Amer
lean brides.
Omaha daily bee., 1911-08-31
No Rush for Army Commissions.

II seems there IL a seoond-lieutenant
famine in the army, and enough applica-
lions are not coming In to fill the need.
But young men OF the day are too busy
either IN breaking their necks with motor
cars or marrying susceptible heiresses to
bother with passing exacting examinations.
Omaha daily bee., 1911-08-31

Just to make it interesting we VEN
ture a guess that the total vote in the
recent state wide primary will prove
to equal almost so per cent of the
total vote polled in Nebraska in the
election in November.
Omaha daily bee., 1911-08-31
NIIsdirected Talent.
Chicago Record-Herald

The Copenhagen reporter who showed
how easy It was to steal portrait from
the Danish museum could better him
Felf and make use Of his talents by
coming to America and obtaining employ
ment on a yellow journal.
Omaha daily bee., 1911-08-31
JULY CIRCULATION.
47,93l

State OF Nebraska County of Douglas, So.
Dwight Williams, circulation manager OF
Tho Bee Publishing company, being duly
sworn, says that the average daily cirou-
lation, less spoiled, unused and returned
copies. for the month OF July, 1911 was
II 931. DWIGHT WILLIAMS,
Circulation Manager.
Subscribed in my presence and sworn TO
before me this % day of August 1911.
(Seal) ROBERT HUNTER.
Omaha daily bee., 1911-08-31

II It could be put to a general vote
It is safe to say that the people of
Omaha would record themselves over
whelmingly against any railroad
strike
Omaha daily bee., 1911-08-31

with accommodating experience in en-
pertaining big conventions, Omaha
ought to be getting it down to a sys-
tenn before long.
Omaha daily bee., 1911-08-31

Any one else want to get little
free advertising by opposing the COM
mission plan OF city government?
Don't all speak at once.
Omaha daily bee., 1911-08-31

Omaha will try to make President
Tafts stay here pleasant, even though
his time schedule renders a ride on
Ak-Sar- Ben's goat impossible.
Omaha daily bee., 1911-08-31

It is getting around to that time Of
year for Ezra Meeker and his two bay
bulls to show up. And he is on the
WaV
Omaha daily bee., 1911-08-31

This cry against the gallery gods
seems inconsistent. Where would the
stage heroes be without them?
Omaha daily bee., 1911-08-31

France is more disturbed, sppar-
entity, over the disappearance Of
pretty Mona Lisa than the threatened
clash with Germany.
Omaha daily bee., 1911-08-31

An exchange says Niagara Falls are
not neglected. No, fool bobs up
every now and then to slide over and
under
Omaha daily bee., 1911-08-31

Now it is put in the form of a ques-
tlon, Are vacations harmful" Not
unless you make them so.
Omaha daily bee., 1911-08-31

The Honorable Gotch says he has a
new hold. After he throws Hack he
will have still another-on the gate
receipts.
Omaha daily bee., 1911-08-31

Subscribers leaving the city tenn
pOrnrily should hHV" The Bee
mailed to them. Addr viii be
changed aS often az =, ed.
Omaha daily bee., 1911-08-31
Around New York

nipples on the Current Of Life
a. seen In the Great American
Metropolis from nay 20 nay.
Omaha daily bee., 1911-08-31

If there were aught in names, one
might hope that Miss Force could hold
Colonel Aston in check.