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TTTE OMAHA DATL.V . JVEE : MONDAY , /Ft'LY M 18JM ) .
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Ti ; Ms or stmscmi'TioN.
Uallj Hoe ( without fiutvlny ) , One Yonr..JflOO
Dally IJro mid Sunclii > , One lenr . . S < > l
8lx MoruhK . I'M ' !
Three. .Months . 2 ) j
Sunday HIP. Onr Yc.'ir . ! M
Saturday II. c , one Year . l.M
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ori'icus.
Omarm The Hie Unl'dlng.
Honth ( imnhu ritv Hall Hulldlns , Twenty-
flfth nr.a X Slree ! ?
Council lllufli : 10 I'onrl Sit eel
Chicago Hlock llMlinilB'i Ulllldlng.
New York. Ttmplf- Court
Washington : 501 Koitrti cnth Street ,
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Communications rcliitliiir to news and
editorial mnltir fhould bo addressed :
Ldltorlal Unuarlmenl , The Omaha Uee.
HUSIXESS urr'rnus.
Business Inters and remittances should
be. address , d to The lleo Publishing Com-
pnn > , uin.iha
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lt by ilrafl. express or postal order
le lo The Hoc 1'ub lahlng Company.
Onlj 2-od l slnmiiS-SccPpted In pajmpiH or
mall m oui't. * 1'crHonal chocks. except on
Omaha or Eastern ex < hangc , not tN-reptcd.
Tin : niu PUBLISHIXO COMPANY.
vr\Tiiinvr or ruin \TIO > .
fitn'o of X brn Ua , Douglas t'ountv f" '
Ocoipo H Trsrhitrk - piot.u > of Tin1 Iloo
PubllnhlnK roinpanv , being duly sworn , ( >
that the actual number of full and complete
copies. of The Dull ) . Morning , livening niul
Bund.iv Hep , pi'ntfd during th- month oC
June is'jj , was ns follows.
1 ui.i : o in . . . . as , nw
2 . .u 1,700 u . u.ir iii >
3 . . il.VITO IS . -7,1 IO
1 . . ai. 7o IQ . an.oao
Xel tot il sales 7IS.17S
Net dullj average . . . . , ail > : i ! >
Oi:0 : H. THSCHUCK.
Subscribed and sworn to before me this
SOlh dnj of June , 1S03 1 * K. HOJLL
Public.
( Seal ) Notary
l-nrtlo * l.vnvlnw for Uic Summer.
Parties leaving the city for the
summer may have The nee sent to
them rcgiilnrly by notifying The
Dee business ofllcc. In person or by
mall.
The address win bo changed ns
otton as desired.
j "Tho rare to the swift" Is no Idle jest
5 when applied to Tlio Hco's popular Kill
4 vacation contet.
Stiitc TioiisiirctMorrvc Is playing
'povsmn vvhlli' the governor and auditor
arc liavlns a set-to over the lns.ur.uice
bin can. _ _ _ _ _ _
The Illuinlnatioiis and Ihvvvotks will
doubtless ho the most attractive fcatutos
oC exposition eiitortalninonts for the
no.\t two days.
Tlie inaniifri'iN of the exposition should
iTiiioiubor that tlioio is such a thing as
making things on the Midway too hot
for respectable people.
If Omaha cannot ontortalu the hero of
Santiago bay today it will bojrlvlU'pCl
to pay lt.s iotp.0ls ; to one of.thL iier s
of the felefrc of Santiago. ' "
| AUoruey Onouil Smyth pronouncon
1 the new Insurance law weak In several
| spots. The same is also true with toward
f to Attoiuoy General Snith.
If middlo-of-tho-ioad populNts will
lofer to back liloB of The Hoe they will
road the piophoslos concornins fusion
which the Kearney meeting seems to
have rcnllml.
i Thirty of the 1-Mrst Nebraska icKlmont
f have ro-onlisted juwt to sliow that with
[ i Ilioin the desiie to return homo is not an
{ frtronn as the desire to enjoy the fun of
I liKhtln ; , ' to the end.
Taxpajeis and patrons of the public
M-hools expect the lUmid of iMucatlon
to K'VC ' tlfem the host talent for the
salary paid , whether it be In the selec
tion of superintendent of schools or
buperlntendent of building * .
Coneml , lo > epli AVIuHer makes his
lirst entrance into Omaha and Nelnaska
today. lie will be welcomed by men
who fought against him \\h"u lie wore
the ptny and by men who fought \\lih
him when lie woio the blue.
C'itl/.ens of Omaha will for four
months enjoy bettor stieet car service
us one of the results of the exposition.
With a more liberal Issue of transfers
and nu impiovod train service the com
pany Is placing the people under spccla :
obligations.
If any Nebraska popocrat who either
holds nn olllce or expects to hold one has
not been touched by the frantic app-al
of the Inass band relief orgun for cam-
pnlgn contributions he will bo marked
for life as devoid of sympathy for dis
tressed humanity.
The Hoe heartily concurs with former
Hoerotary Merion In expressing the hope
that the enumerators employed In tak
ing the census of lixx ) will bo only In-
'iplligent ' tellers of the truth. In the
lout ; run nothing can bo gained by stuffIng -
Ing the census retiuns ,
Governor I'oyntor should Instruct the
brand commission to lo e no time In
getting to Kearney mid rounding up iho.
portion of the fusion held which has
stampeded. I'nU'ss prompt measures au >
taken them may bo serious trouble in
getting them Into the branding chutes.
The toun of Pullman Is noa reminis
cence bliii'e Satuulay , when the city
olllclals of Chicago took formal JKJSSOS-
slon of lt.s fatreots and public buildings.
What was originally designed ns the
model Indtistilal town has therefore be
come u fringe on the outskirts of Chi
cago.
Chicago Is about to try the exj > "rlmont
of "establishing u municipal pawnshop
under the law which went into effect
July 1 , Municipal pawnshops have been
a great blessing to the poor In some of
the largo Kurope.m ciilco and there Is no
reason why under proper restih-tlonn
they should not pro\o u success In this
country.
While the gmoni'ir of N braska and
tin * now ( ommlssloner of Insurance are
wiestllnc with Auditor Cm neil
over the abdication of IiU supnr-
vision of liisutanco companies the
tire and totnado Insitranco ( ' ( iinpanlos
that do business In MI Montl aio
restling wllli tlio docNIon of th
Miprenie coiitt of that state by which
all cimitanlcs In the Insunincn combine
are lmm > d out under Hie piovNloiis of
tliu .Mlsxoml antl-lriisi la\\ . Nnlwltli-
landing talk of an appeal lo tli < ' ti-
piemo court of the I'lillod St.lie * the
Iminedlato en eel of the d ( Nloa must bo
tlie bieak-up of the undoiwrlteis'organl-
Hitlnns foinied to pievent ( oiupi'iitlon liy
living nibltiary uniforiu lates.
Inasmuch as the Nebraska null trust
and iinH-comhlimtlon laws embody sub
stantially the s.mie piovMoin as the
Missouri law the outcome of Mie lusui-
ance light In M ! ' < .jouil will be wiitehod
with Inteiest bv insurance agent'j and
policyholders In this state. Incidentally
It may not be out of place to contta t
the nUl\lly of the attoiney general of
Missouri In the enforcement of null-
triis'l laws with the dellberjitc Inactivity
of the attoiney goneial of Nebraska ,
who poses as nn anti-trust reformer.
The Missouri anil-trust law was
enacted In the spilng of 1SJ)7 ) and In
.Inly of that ! year ( lie attorney general
of that stale Instituted proceedings
iiiralnst , the liisiinincu comhlnn which
have culininatc'd in the tlccNIoii Just
icndorcd by the highest state couit.
The anti-trust law of Nebraska wan on
the statute books when the present to-
foim attorney geneial took his olllce and
the law has since then been strength
ened. An anti-compact lnw was aUo
enacted by the Nebraska legislature of
KS)7 ! ) expresslj dltocled at insurance
combines. Yet those law.s temfiln dead
letters so far as the attorney general Is
collect ned.
J inlying tliu future by the past theie
Is no prospect that he will do anything
mote .serious tigalnst the trust than
diawing anti-trust platform resolutions
and fulminating harmless , denunciations
troni the stump.
HKKT suu.ill
The icport of the special agent of the
Department of Agriculture In togard to
the beet sugar industry is highly en
couraging as to the picscnt condition
and prospects of this Important Intei
est. The Imostlgatlon was vety thor
ough and complete and the conclusion
i cached is that tlie United States can
ultimately supply every pound of sugai
for home consumption , In doing which
theie will be given piolltable employ
ment to an immense amount ot capital
and labor. When this industry shall be
Sully developed , as it will he In a lew-
years if piesent conditions are main
tained , the rnited .Slates will bp abso
lutely independent of other countries so
far as sugar Is concerned and the large
annual sum which we have been paj-
ing to toioigti producers of sugar -will be
distributed among our own people.
American fanners and American woik-
Ingnien will get the benellt of the more
than ? ] 00,000,000 which we have been
paying to the , loiclgn sugar growers and
manufacturers and the consumes ) of
this necessity will get their sugar at a
less pi Ice than they are paying for It
at piesent.
Nine states produced sugar boots last
year and this year the number will be
Increased to more than twenty , thougn
in some of them the pioduelion will be
merely evpcilinontnl and theiefoio not
on a very extensive scale. It Is a piotty
well demonstrated fact , however , that in
all of these states the cultivation ot the
suj/ar beet can be successfully can-led
on and there Is every reason to expect
that with proper encouragement the In
dustry will continue to be prosecuted
In all of them. According to the lepint
of the treasury expert there Is also a
considerable area of the aiid legion ,
whore Irilgatlon is practicable , that Is
pocullaily adapted to the cultivation ot
the sugar beet.
It Is cleatly shown by this repoit
that if tlie sugar beet Industry Is piop-
eily fosteicd It will In a few yeais be
come one of the most valuable Intciesln
of this country , giving the American
people not only cheaper sugar than tho.y
now have , but retaining among them ,
to be expended for other homo products ,
Iho enormous sum annually sent out ot
tlie country in payment lor loicign-
grown hiigar.
.1 AKKDKI )
It Is reported that the comptroller of
the cuncncy lias decided upon ceitaln
changes in the system of bank exam
inations which look lo u reform that w. >
think will bo generally nppioved. As
staled , his plan Is to choose the best ex
aminers in the service and start them
to woik simultaneously examining all
the national banks of tlio country , beginning -
ginning with those of ( he most Impor
tance and continuing until the entire
Held has boon thotoughly covered. The
comptroller of the curioncy pioposu.s ,
also , that the examiners shall be trans
ferred from one district to another , In
older that their work may bi > as fioe
as possible fioin personal or local Inliii-
CIKCS , itnd that the system shall be ab
solutely Independent In scope and opeia
tluu.
tluu.This
This question of proper and adequate
b.inU examinations has been dlsciissoil
for jiais and It Is by no means one of
01 dlnary concein. There Is not n de
positor In a national bank that has not
some Interest In the question , A thor
ough and systematic plan of bank ex
aminations Is something that lias been
urged by e\ory comptroller of tlie cur
rency for many years , but as yet no
dcllnltlvn action has been taken to In Ing
about the deslicd lesult. Why this Is
so Is not qulto appatent , since exist
ing legislation appears to bo suttlelent
to enable the comptroller of the cur-
icney to adopt any policy In icgard lo
bank examinations which he shall deem
to bo iieccssaiy. So far as wo aie
aware thcio Is no restriction upon him in
this texpect except as to the number of
examines. Pot Imps these arc not as
numerous as they should bo , but the
matter of their employment Is nhso
lutely within the conliol of the comp
ttoller of the curioncy and there Is good
reason to thluk that the ; could have
boon oinplnjcd to luui h hMtor advan
tngo Mian tlioj lnn been
At all events the business public will
be glad to know that the comptiolloi of
tlio currency has decided upon a chance
In the matter of examinations which
cannot fall to give depositors a more cor-
roil know lodge tliau they have ever had
befoic of the condition of the banks , and
which will have the ellect of liisphlng
mote conlldonco In the tepoits that aic
given out fiom lime to time ivu.uding
banking conditions , ruder the new
regulation the lopoits of tlio banks will
be entitled to absolute confidence , which
has not been the case In Iho past , for the
simple ica on that examinations liiue
been for the most perfunctory. A 10
form In ( Ids dliocilon Is very much to
tie desired and undoubtedly would ha\o
good results.
IIIH A'KII' .lATM'.t.s'.S - / , . ! If.
Among the new laws that have ju < t
gone Into effect and foice Is the act mak
ing It unhiwlul for slieet railways to
carry municipal olllcors fico , except
alone llremeii and policemen. Tiidei
this law It Is a misdemeanor for any
olllcer or agent of a street railway com
pany lo I'uinlsli passes or fice transpor
tation to any city olllcer elected or ap
pointed , except the chiefs and members
of the lire and police departments. The
act also makes II a misdemeanor pun
ishable by a line not less than S'JOO nor
more than K > 00 for any street railway
company to furnish anv city otllcer lieu
of charge any emblem or emblems upon
metal or other substance wheieby such
olllcer may be carried free upon the
cars of said sheet lallway , or to icsoit
to any other means whereby said olllier
may be enabled to ildu tree of chaise
or for a loss charge or price than inch
company exacts from other ciislomeis for
similar services. This act , however , ex
empts any conductor in chaige ot any
street car Horn punishment for recogni/-
ing a tree pass issued by any olllcer of
the company. Another section of the
act makes the acceptance of sheet car
passes or i educed uitcs by any city olll-
clal , except members ol the lire and po
lice departments , an offense punishable
by line or imprisonment , besides operat
ing as a forfoitmo of his olllce.
While this law applies to all cities in
Nebraska it is by no means a new do-
partmo so far as Omaha is concerned ,
except in granting tlie pilvlloge of free
transportation on shoot railways to
members ot the police and lire depth t-
inonts. The language of the chatter lor
mctiopolltan cities is that
The tna > or , councllmen nnd all other offi
cers , agents and emplo > es ot the city aie
especially prohibited from soliciting or re-
celvlnp , directly or Indirectly , any contribu
tion of nione > or supplies of whatsce\er'
kind or any valuable or special privilege at
the hands of any city contractor , his or their
agents , or from any franchlsed municipal
corporation for any purpose \\hatsoe\er.
The new law prohibiting the issue of
fieo passes on sheet tallways to city
olliciaK is mote specillc in its penalties
than the chin tor , which simply makes a
violation of the vague prohibition of
valuable ptlvileges a misdemeanor , but
des ( ) not punish their acceptance by foi-
felture of the oliice held.
It may not bo Ilupertlnent to note
Incidentally that the legisiatuie Mulch
prohibited the Issue to and acceptance
of sheet railway passes by municipal
olllcers exhibited such a tender icgaid
lor mcmbeis of the legisiatuie , county
and state orticers , who travel on rail-
load passes ye.ir In and year out. Still
mote Inexplicable Is the falluie of the
leglslatuio to prohibit the issue of rail-
load passes to city officials , while at the
same time subjecting them to lines and
Impiisonment for accepting sheet i all-
way passes. It all depends whose ox is
goied.
The three fusion parties have called state
conventions to meet at Omaha August 22 , to
place In nomination a ticket. The date is
nbout right. U will she us time to make a
thorough oainafa of the state , which will In-
btiro an Increased majority. There must be
no stay-at-liomcs this time.
ncryotor
must go to the polls and vote. It elhould bo
the duty of c\ery leading niatv in the pte-
clncts to bee his neighbors -and secure a
promise ttiat they will \olc this time. Ctete
Democrat.
This Is CMlnlnly tuguelous advice , but
ipjKise when they get lo the polls they
vole the republican ticket ?
If It Is hue that Auditor Cornell pro
poses to Ignoio the new Insurance law
on the evasive and wobbling opinion ol
tlie attoiney general that the law Is
weak In parts and may bo declaied un
constitutional by the courts he will hang
up the law by a very blonder thread ,
There Is scaicoly a law on the statute
books which the courts may not declare
Invalid on some point , but would that
fact justify an executive olllcer In Ignor
ing all the laws that seem weak In some
place until the courts have passed upon
their constitutionality ?
\Vo can comprehend why there has
been a shrinkage In the assessed value
of pioperty In Kast Omaha , but why
thoio should bo a shilnkago In any or
the outside county pieclncts Is Inexplica
ble. Thoio certainly has not been a de
cline In faun land values In * this vicinity
within the past year , but quite the con
trary lands have been marketed at an
advance over market prices of the pie-
ceding live years and Improvements
have been made every whole In the way
of drainage , fencing and enlarged fa
cilities for the care of live block.
The now law restricting the hours of
labor In woikshops , stores and hotels
will commend Itself to Iho general pub
lic , but Its shlct enforcement may not
bo possible during the next few months.
It will lake time for establishments Hint
gl\e employment lo largo numbers or
wage woikeis to adjust themselves to
Iho new condition , and the icpresenta-
thes of the laboring classes will do well
to exercise prudence and patience In
their effoits to bring about the icform
for which they me contending.
It is to be iK.ped that all letall dealers
will bo able to come to an ngicomcnt
In favor of the early closing movement
at least dining live da > r > of the week In
the summer months. Such a course will
enable thorn to comply as far as pos
Bible wiui the law llmltlug the hours of
labor and plvo nil thrlr omplo.vrx needed
oppoihtnlfy for iTciealloii without soil
otisly Interfering with business.
All Unit I'-nroful ( Jiinin.
Philadelphia Ledger ,
The moro \\p hoar of troubles la our
other rolonle * the more we mint congratu
late otiisclxts on having se"iircd Guam.
Tciu'liltm CIIIIIIIKIII sense.
nuffuio ilvpicsx
Instead of worrying about disarming fit-
bans Oenernl James H. Wilson has bren
settling them on farms and making them
self-supporting There Is a practical , sensi
ble Administrator.
IMII ( < - N llrncillctx.
C oveland Plain Dealer
That beautiful New York \\onmn who tried
to smuggle na entire Jcwelrj shop Into the
big city seemed to forget that there were
several tough old married men among the
Inspectors who were not to be deteircd by
the sight of dimples In
CoiiNi-ul llnKcs It Knsler.
XPVV York World
llofore our \\ar with Spain our army num
bered 25,000 men. That was military estab
lishment enough for n natloh of 6. > ,000,000.
Ocncral Otis sajs he must have nn rm >
of 30,000 men to control the- Philippines ,
with a population of only 8,000,000. This
shows ho\\ much easier It Is to govern with
"tho consent of the governed "
SlM'llrcil lij Urn Own Toolx.
Philadelphia Itccotd.
The Xatlonal Shear trust has tiled a pe
tition In Involuntary bankruptcy. There arc
other trusts organised to shear the con
sumer which will in due time come home
shorn. A few dajs ago the promoters of the
trust In oucstton Issued a statement show-
Ing nnsel8 of $1.270,297 , against liabilities of
$301,000 , but the monopoly couldn't pay Us
notes ,
I'rciu'lilnu mid I'nu'tli'e ,
Indianapolis Xews ,
H Is a queer commentary on the proceed
ings at The Hague that Russia is about to
expend $80,000,000 for artillery , ammunition
and other war supplies. Much of this vast
sum la to be spent In this country for can
non. H Russia's disarmament proposals had
been can led wo should have lost a good cus
tomer , which shows how disinterested wo
were in supporting the views of Russia at
the conference.
Tin1 ! ) < < ' > Homo Puiiil.
Xevv York Tribune
A distinguished officer who knows nnd
loves him ( Admiral Dewey ) well said the
other day that howould be "the maddest
man In two hemispheres" If ho know just
what nns going on here in connection with
the house fund He might have accepted
with gratitude. If not with perfect content
ment , such a bpontancous testimonial as the
fund \Mi expected to be , though some ot his
"friends have declared he would rather see
the money used for some worthy purpose.
But the employment of personal Importuni
ties and catchpenny devices to capture re
luctant contributions must necessarily mor
tify and exasperate him. It Is conceivable
that the committee In charge of the affair
. has more reason for encouragement than Us
I adoption of qucst'onable ' methods of procod-
j ' ure would seem to Indicate , and that by slow
nnd tedious growth the fund may reach re
spectable proportions before the admiral's ar
rival , but even In that case it would lack
grace and attractiveness , and we are afiald
the time has come to call a halt.
nit STIITi3i nnn cvrciins o.v.
Beaver City Times The Omaha Bee came
out Lift Sunday with an Illustrated supple
ment which was a success both from a lit
erary qnd pictorial standpoint.
Ord Journal : The , Pmaha Bee is now out
with an Illustrated unday edition that Is
right to thefront' , jirlnted on good paper
and with Illustrations well selected.
Albion News. The Omaha Beo's illus
trated edition which accompanies every Sun-
dav's edition is a model of artistic typog
raphy. The pictures are timely anil accom
panied by suitable descriptive text.
Arapahoe Pioneer. "The Illustrated Omahi
Sunday Bco contains a great deal of inter
est Ing matter. One of the main features Is
the excellent work done on the many half
tone cuts illustrating personages , fashions ,
t.ccnciles and public buildings.
Humboldt Standard- The Illustrated sup
plement of The Omaha. Bee- which Is being
Issued each Sunday is becoming quite popu
lar among the readers of that Journal. The
Bee never attempts anything but what It
succeeds In reaching first place.
Wymote Wymorean : One thing to be said
in favor of The Omaha Bee's Illustrated sup
plement Is that the illustrations do not look
i like the plcturo of a black cat In a dirk
loom , which Is more than can he said of the
illustrations In the World-Heiald
Kearney Hub- The Omaha Bee Is to be
congratulated upon the beautiful Omaha Il
lustrated Bee first published a couple of
weeks ago. It would bo a creditable enter
prise In connection with any metropolitan
journal and It has no supeilor in the counttv
BH a dally newspaper enterprise.
St Paul Phonograph The Omaha Bco Is
fully sustaining Its enteiprlslng character
and keeping In the lead of journalistic prog-
icss. Its latest acquisition Is the publlca-
tlon In 'Connection ' with Its already large and
complete Sunday edition of a beautifully
Illustrated wcekry news magazine , ptlnted on
fine paper with vciy excellent half-tone en
gravings.
York Demociat : The Omaha Bee is Issu
ing an Illustrated weekly news maga/lno In
connection with the regular Sunday edition
of the paper. The magarlnn tieats of the
latest fashions , pictures of the principal rur-
lent events , Carpenter's letters of travel
Illustrated , athletic sports , poitraltH of men
of the hour , etc. Kach Issue Is n gem of tha
printer's art.
Columbus Journal : The Omaha Bee has
Marled out on Its course of Illustrating , se
lecting a special edition for Sunday. Like
everything The Bee Btnits out to accomplish ,
UK alms are 'high ' and Us purposes commend
able. Admiral Schloj's portrait grated the
first number , and last Sunday's , the second
number , bears the familiar features of
Ocorgo 1.1. Mllfer , the former well known ed
itor of the Omaha Herald. The illustrated
Sunday edition Is to be a special feature of
The Bee ,
IMIit.SO.N lM )
The transports to Manila can have fieight
both ways nblebodled soldiers out , sick sol
diers home ,
The ( .octal purification of Coney Island is
progressing Bteadily. That warm locality
has had another fire.
The sun of prosperity continues to shine
on Us favoriatc sons. Jlmtvall SquUky has
been granted a license to run a saloon at
Xagatuck , Mass.
When Captain Coghlan , late commander
of the Raleigh , reached Ills old home at
Belleville. 111. , the whole town turned -/lit
to greet him and now a fund Is being raised
to erect a statue of the captain In the
town hfjiiari' .
Mark Twain has an Intense ( Unlike for
clothed. "If I could , " ho said recently , "I'd
live In pajamas. " He does wear them to
breakfast , receives Ills friends while wearing
them nnd works In them. His favorite mode
of writing IB to He flat on his stomach with
a plpo In his mouth.
Ccsaro Lorabroso , the eminent crhnlnolo-
glst , dlscusaod In tlio Jul > Porum the ques
tion , "Was Columbus Morally Irresponsi
ble1" and conies to the conclusion that he
uaa. This decision will , of courto , be gratl-
flng to the Spaniards who have rc'cmlv
been In DO much trouble because ot Colum
bus' dUcovci Ics.
ri MON rout H > IN \ rr.tninvr.
Beaver Vallev Tribune ( rep ) Wo predict
that the World-Herald will not have to
equip Its campaign fund plan with fcinlrrs
to keep from running over people running
toward U
Papllllon Times ( dom 1 It will be mnro
profitable for democrats and pops to do tholr
fighting now than wall until after the con
ventions shall have been hold , and that's
why the Times this earlv In the game tavs1
"Down with Holcombhni , and up with < Io-
mocrac } ! "
( ilbbou Repotter find ) Omah.i popull ts
are hrt under the collar bcait' e the governor
and oilier appointing powers In the state
are removing populist ninBeholders and re
placing them with democrats The middle-
of-the-road popurist Is the only fellow who
doesn't care a cuss what thegoveinor dors.
Albion Aigus ( pop ) If all signs do not
fall Boone county Is to furnish the district
jlldgo to succeed Kendall. This part of the
district Is entitled to one of the Judges nnd
Captain McGaim Is the logical candidate
Should he get the nomination , which Is no\\
very probable , there can bo but little doubt
about his election.
Springfield Monitor ( dem)1 ) The warden
of Xobraska's penitentiary has handed In to
the governor his resignation , the reason
given being Ill-health Here's dollars to
doughnuts for vou that old Sam Startler
doesn't get a smell of the jnb. Sevcial good
nnd self-secrlliclng pops nro willing to take
the place and Its emoluments.
O'Xelll Prontlcr dep ) Warden I.ctdlgh
of the state penitentiary has tendered his
resignation to Governor Poster to take ef
fect September or October 1. John Hopkins
Is at the capital prepared and anxious to
nsaumo charge of alTalrs , but the present
incumbent does not appear eager to let loose
for a couple of months. But then John Is a
good staver.
Klmball Observer ( rep- I ) Clem Deaver
of Omaha is n pop statesman without a job.
Only recentho had gubernatorial aspir.i-
tlons , but gladly accepted the position of
slcwaul of the Deaf and Dumb asylum nt
Omah.i at a salary of $1,000 per voar , with
board , etc. , thrown In. But the Board of
Control thicw him over ttie transom and put
a. democrat In his place and now there are
weeping and walling in the camp of D.
Clem and his followers.
Slnnton Register ( pop ) : Who aio the
fellows that nro fighting Holcomb' Just
the ones who did not get their friends posi
tions when Xebraskn's clean governor was
In the executive chair. You find but few
people among the lank and file that arc op
posed to Holcomb nnd none that will not
vote for him. The kickers don't have any
body to propose in place of Holcomb and
they would Imperil the fusion prospects
could they but carry out their preconceived
plan of trying to defeat Silas A. Holcomb
for the nomination for supreme Judce.
Papllllon Times ( dem. ) . If the pops will
help the democrats elect a supreme judge
this fall every democrat In the state win bo
ready now to pledge himself In favor of
Poynter , the pop , for a second term as" gov
ernor , nnd for Allen , the pep , for a second
term as senator. Come , brother pops. Xovv
is your opportunity to prove jour love for
> our democrat- ! partners by giving us a
democrat for supreme Judge this fall , or by
making Allen run for supreme judge nnd
pledging j ourselves to help elect a democrat
to succeed Thurston. Democrats are not
hard to please. Either plan will suit the
bombons. It's up to jou , hi other pops.
Fremont Leader ( pop. ) : Wo must an ad
mit that the candidate selected to occupy the
place on the supreme bench ought to be a
man of ability and a. pure character. His
ability should command recognition at the
hands of the voters. The Leader notices that
some of its exchanges have already hoisted
the name of ex-Governor Silas A. Holcomb ,
and wo bellevo thr * he is JUst the man to
nil the bill we had mapped out. Tlie journal
ists who have raised the name of the ex-
governor for the judgcshlp are good and true
patriots and ever ready to condemn wrong
in their own party , but they see strength ,
ability and strict honor in the man whose
name they have hoisted nt the head of their
columns.
Mindcn Gazette ( rep ) : The pop party has
ahvays been In favor of two terms of office
for a man and then btep aside and glvo
some other fellow a chance. But now comes
Judge Bcall nnd asks for the nomination
for the third term as district Judge. Judge
Beall ns a clll/cn is a good enough man ,
but Judge Beall on the bench has never
dlsplajed any very great legal talent or
done anything else that entitles him to
greater consideration than other men , even
in the pop party. There are too many good
lawyers in the district to still keep such
mediocre talent on the bench as Judge
Beall. The state has paid him moie money
In the eight jeara he has been on the bench
than he could hove earned in hh whole
life as , i practitioner and he ought to be
satisfied.
Beatrice Democrat- is very evident tlilt
the time Is at hand when our populist friends
in the state will have to fish or cut bait.
So far as the Democrat is concerned It has
had little to say , preferring that those who
had been limning the machine do the talk
ing. But now the democrats who have acted
as helpers in the roundups because ( hey
thought It was helping Bryan have become
, tired of holding the sack nnd are sriueiling
j upon the ratio of blxteen offices for the pops
to one prom'ho for the democrats. There
is a strong Intimation that Kcvillo Is to bo
nominated for congress , Holcomb for supreme
premo judge and Senator Allen Is modestly
to step In and succeed Thurston as senator.
The democrats will receive a smile and .1
! promise of support for Bryan in exchange
for this. Hut wo don't know that thoj
really have a kick coming. Mr. Bryan In
poison delivered the party to the pops a
few jcars ago , so that we , as meek and lowly
follow era , should accept the Inevitable.
Central City Xonpaioll ( rep ) ix-Gov-
cinor Holcomb H red hot after the nomina
tion for supreme Jtidgo at the hands of Iho
fuslonlbtH this fall. The democratic branch
of the fusion parly looks with considerable
disgust upon the ex-goveinoi'i ! aspirations
and some of the traders of that faction
openly declare that his nomination would
bo the final stiavv that would smash fusion
all to pieces They urge with coimldorabic
icason that Holcomb has had hi * Hharo of
cjlllcoholdlng and that the popa ore getting
considerably moro than their share of the
olllces. The voice of criticism even goes i-o
far ns lo say that the olllcoteeklng habit
has become chronic with the ex-governor
and that ho has not tlio norexsary legnl
qualifications to ciedltably fill a place on
the supreme bench. Despite all those mtir-
miirlngs Holcomb is leaving no Btono un
turned to captuie the nomination , and If lie
gctH It there will bo trouble , nnd If he
doesn't got It there will likewise bo trouble.
I'lattBmoiith Journal ( dom)1 ) "Kx-Oov-
ornor Holcomb la nn active candidate for
bupreme Judge , but with the fight there Is
against him In his own party It would
appear to us to bo Inviting defeat to nomi
nate him " Howell Jouinal. Tint Is all
true , but It Isn't all the truth Kx-Gov
rrnor Holcomb has served his day , has dls
appointed hie frlondh by weakly surrender
ing his Independence to the corporate powers
and drbervcH to bo ictlred to private life
permanently Populism had for Its chief
inspiration the power of the rallwa > s m
the state politics Governor Holjomb made
lila peace with the railway magnate * dur
ing hlh first term , and accepted their bcno
fits without Btlnt during bis mcond term
The people n\ant no more of him. He has
done what lie. could to kill the Inspiring
centime-lit which caused the growth cf bin
party to power Xelthcr democrats nor
populists want faucli a ciraturo at the foic
unless we greatly mistake their fccntlincnih
Cannot Governor Pointer take a hint from
the doniiMtll of bin predecessor ?
r.i nor.s or TIII : w vn.
Bollevors In the pntoncv of the her e < hoe
as n vmbol of gordluck need have no fear
for Admiral Dowc > H health. Moder.ve seas
nnd favoring winds will attend his Journcv
homeward. The hero of ( Manila may not
have n hoi oshoo over his cabin door : po- *
slbly there M no strain of superstition In hU
imkcup. It does not matter Ho took with
him from Manila. If not the real thing , nt
least , i strong Impression of U It was at
tached to the heel of what the Plllplnos c.ill
n houo , nnd Miuck the admiral ns a formid
able weapon when In action How It came
nbout It told by Pieo.lom of Manila. The
admiral. General Otln and a party of Indloi
went lo the hoadqtmters ot General King nt
San Pedro Mnoatl "Tied to n hltohlng
post , ' relates Freedom , "was n miserable
quadruped called n Filipino horse. Xovv
whllo this animal Is not great In size , equal
ing perhaps n Shetland in that respect. It
manages to combine to n romaiknblo degree
the stubbornness of n tnulo. the speed of a
Jatka N and the me.inmm of , i raj list * \ *
the pail ) passed In icar of this noblo.
charger , who Is no respecter of persons , he
was scon to lower his ears , nnd before n
warning cry could be given , ho , with a
snort , inlr.eil his heels nnd sent them flying
In the direction of one of the ladles of the
party. Quick as u flash the admiral sprang
between the pony nnd the lad.v nnd locolvcd
the full force of the living hoofs In tlie place
where nil kicks nrc supposed to bo delivered.
A cheer and a laugh which the soldiers could
tint suppicss wore as gracefully as Ihe cir
cumstances pel milted acknowledged by
Dowcy. who had really invcd n lady from
serious Injurv. albeit the manner was rather
ludicrous.
"As Ihe party entered headquarters build
ing , a rush was made for tlut pony , nnd de
spite all his kicking and Hiioitlng the of
fending shoes wore wrenched off and carried
away by their proud possessors , who had
souvenirs really worth boasting about. "
Osborno Dcignan of Iowa , the seaman who
was with llobson on the Mcrrlmac and who
was made eligible for an appointment to
Annapolis by u special act of congicss , has
decided not to go to the academy. He fecla
that he could not , at present , pass the en
trance examination nnd ho has no means to
prepare himself for U Friends have ten
dered him the necessary assistance , but ho
h.is declined It.
The Chicago Inter Ocean thus descilbes
General Law ton " Today Dfl years of age ,
Law ton Is as good physhnllj ns he ever was.
And ho Is a phjslcal mm vol. Ho stands
six feet three inches and weighs 210 pounds.
Ho Is straight , long-armed , deep chested and
thin flanked. Ho does not carry an ounce of
fat , ho Is bono and sinew and muscle. His
teeth nro sound nnd his stomach is perfect ;
his only sign of nge Is a few gray halls.
Neither starvation In the southwest nor ease
In Washington , nor the sun or fever of Cuba
and the Philippines have left a mark. When
he feels llko It he works for forty-eight
houis at a stretch. When the mood takes
him he sleeps as long -without turning over.
He may fast two days and then eat a. dozen
rcedblrds at : i sitting. He Is a bachcloi ; if
he over had an affair of the heart his friends
have never hoard of it ; he is not n pretty
man. His hair stands up Tike bristles on
a brush. His forehead is high and narrow ,
his cheekbones prominent , his jaws square
and his lips thin. His moustache droops.
His eye Is the lighter's eye grey and there
Is not enough money coined to Induce him
to write a magazine article. This Is the
man who ! leads the firing line in the Philip
pines. It is easv to eee In him the race
tjpe that marks the centuries from Viking
to American. "
KNCOUIIAGIXO IF TRUE.
I'rojrc-icil Corncrliift' of Texan
l y " KitKllRli .Sj lulleilU' .
Chicago Tlecord.
The news from Texas that nn English sjn-
dlcate , with n capital of $100,000,000 , has been
formed for t.ie purpose of cornering the cat
tle market of the United States would be
accepted as a dazzling assurance of In
creased prosperity it It coufd be believed at
all.
An attempt to coiner the cattle market
would mean simply the donation of what
ever capital the cornercrs might be pos
sessed of to the growers of the country.
Time vvn < ) when plans to corner a staple
agi ( cultural product \vero supposed to be
very dangeious things and long experience
has shown that they are highly dangerous
to the people doing the cornering. It may
now bo set down as an axiomatic rule that
when a man tries to corner the wheat or
corn or cotton or cattle or hogs in the United
States that man Is "broke" whether he
has $1,000.000 or $100,000,000 to devote to the
undertaking.
In two or three- Instances a corner has
been worked at the expiration of a specu
lative option boauBO the commodity cor-
nercd could not bo moved to the point where
'
'the options were made In time to fill the
contracts. In these few cases it has been
some bpcculativo contracts that were "cor-
neicd" and not the actual commodity.
A British plan to corner the cattle market
would cause a broad , anticipatory smlfc to
spread from the Mississippi river to the
Rocky mountains.
r.\MOUS DICTUM riiMni ) .
IIITiM'l i > f ( In * rimiiKc of ii Ir rr in
HoiiK'oinidilc I.iiir.
Philadelphia Ledger.
One of the most Important transactions at
the closing bcsslon of tlio American Institute
of Homeopathy Satuiday morning was the
decision to change the famous dictum HO
long identified with homeopathy , "Slmllla
Slmlllbus Ciirnnlur" ( Llk < - Ale Cured by
Likes ) to "Slmlllii Slmlllbus Curonliir" ( Let
Likes bo Cured by LikoK ) . The- decision
comljig f i oiu the moHt inlltlontlal body nf
homeopallile phvhlclanH In the world , will
have thp effect of changing the motto In the
ontho literature In this w-hool of medicine.
The ( hnnge was ndopted after the Institute
had heard the report of ( lie committee on a
correct rondeilng of the homeopathic law ,
submitted by Dr J. H. McClelland of Pitts-
burg
The icport stated that Hahncmann used
the gubjiinctlvo form , "cuientur. " The first
iixo of the indicative form "was made by the
British Jouinal of Homeopathy , which It did
without authority , Hnd , as the Mory goof , ,
much to the indignation of Hahncnianii him
self. Tliu cxiimpln of Iho British jomn.il
was soon universally followed We are glud
to know that later Kc'holarxhlp retuniH to
HUinemiuin's tcimlnology , ; IH Is hhown , for
example , In many papers of if cent date.
rii-H-l'noli'il Will 11IV'lllK" .
Hpilngfleld IU > put > liin
The now cup defender , Columbia , la per-
formlns the usual trick of beating easily
the last cup defender In the tilal nice *
When will the maximum of speed , combined
with stability , In thrso racers be i cached *
For some fifteen JCHTH the jacht builders
have not once failed to meet the demand
for a faster boat
Lttiinv : . nrr. .
I
IndlrttinpoKs Journal "We make our own
lee cream , ' . ald < ho jestmirmrt proprietor
"Con oiucnll ( } w know Just what It eon-
"Vott do , " replied Uie pation , "but I
ilon'P
'
WachltiKton Slur : "Uo vou tblnk in *
iflii'o.of nrbltrnllou 1 inakliiK nnv bend-
" Veitiilnl.v. " answered the ilorman diplo
mat "Hav'en'l wo alreadv potion so fnt as
lo b- willing to arbitrate upon the question
of whether wo will arbitrate or not *
I Oettolt Prto Pie : "The vvorsl enomv I
over m.lde , " * , ild 'the slrttosninn. "was th
mini 1 got u government Job foi a few
'
yenr IIBO
" \ \ lint Ingratitude' ,
"Xo , It was dovvnilglil IUIKOI There nn
.v good salaty nltaolied , but he Imd to
woik. "
_ _ _
Chicago Post The Ilo had been i j ed be
tween the iwo rlv.il ? clentlsl ! and a du I
" vour' weapons , " said tlie olmllon-
gei , his p.ile f.ieo denoting thai lie fullj
lenllrrd 111- gravity "f the "lluallon.
"Wo will light. " i "turned Hioothet. "with
oholera microbes In u darkened loom
Chicago TiJbiine "Yes , 1 know I ought
lo have some life Insuirtiice , an a rnatt'r of
c'ommon liUHlnoss agaelt > . Hut 1 work In H
giant Iliocnieker fac-toiv. .Mu > bo your com-
panv wouldn't take mo.
"O , ves. we'll lake > ou nil rlglil enough
"Well , I don't want to lime ativthlng to
do with such a coinpnii > . "
Wa hliiKlon St.ir "U takes 111' average
politician a lone lime to admit that he has
boon ninklng a nilstuke '
"Vcc. " ansvvcrod Senator Soiglium. "U
humiin nittuio Thoin Ifn't " "e WHII In ten
who will admit th.ii his policy Is open to
iilllcl-in until after It lint b'en closed for
Indianapolis Journal : The Hank Pre-ldeiu
-Aro vou awnro the cnslilor lus taken .
'
" °
!
, , | , . Avlfer-Xo. , , Perhaps
wo bad b ttor "ec lie ( loot not become a full-
Hedged skipper.
Somoivllle Journal : "I was M sorry to
hear of your husband's death' "aid the
svmptithlilnK frlind.
"Yes , " ebbed tlie voting widow , and
bl.ick Is so unbecoming to me , tool
Deliolt Jouinal. Today the American fin-
li.is-.ndor vvadlnltiff wHh the queen of Lng-
' ' '
"Can nm thing ' Jier majesty was ox-
rlulmllig. feelingly , "over again elo - > .the
door between tluo lv\o great nations- '
"Well , you Mnvbrlolc It up. you know ,
loplled the .unlMosndor. humorously.
lloro the iiu'en plnyfullv smashed his ex-
celeiipv over the head with the coffee urn
"Alir't vou tenlble ! " she protested , and
changed th subject
| | Hill TIDi : AT OnTTYhUUHG.
Will II. Thompson ( ox-Confedornio Soldier ) .
In Century Magazine.
A eloud pos-wwil the hollow Hold
Thu IT.Itin-ring battle's smoky shield.
Athwart tlio gloom Ihe llglilnlng- ashed ,
And through the cloud some horsemen
dashed , . , .
And from the heights the thunder pealed.
Then at the bilof command of Lee ,
Jtoved out that nulchleHH Infanlry.
With Plckett lending- grandly down ,
Tn iiisli against the roaring crown
Of thobo dread heights ot destiny.
Far heard above the angry guns ,
A i-iy across the tumult runs
The voice that rang through Shlloh's woodi
And ChlcknmniiBn's solitudes.
Tlio llercc South cheeilng' on her sons'
Ah , how the withering tempest blew
Against the front or Petllgrcw !
A Kam ln wind that scorched and singed
Llko Ihnt Infernal name that fringed
The British squuics at AVnterloo !
A thousand fell wboic Kempor Ird ;
A thousand died where Garnctt bled ;
Jn blinding- name nnd strangling smoke
The remnunt tluougb the bntlerles bioka
And crossed the worka with Armlstead.
"Once more In Glorj's van with me. ! "
A'lrglnla cried lo Tennessee :
"Wo two together , como what may.
Shall stand upon the ° o works today ! "
( The reddest day In history ) .
Brave Tennessee ! In reckless way
Virginia heard her comrade say :
"Close round thlb rent and riddled ragl"
"What time she sot her Imttlo flag-
Amid tlio guns of Doublcday.
Hut who shall break the guards that wait
Hefore the awful fnco of cKato ?
The tnttered standardof the South
AVcro .shriveled at the cnnnon'- mouth ,
And all her hopes were desolate.
In vnln the Tenncsscean set
JIls breast against the bayonet ! '
In v.iin , Virginia charged and raged
A tlgiess In her vvralh uncaged.
Till all the hill wan red and wet !
Above the bayonets , mixed and crossed ,
Men saw a gray , gigantic ghost ,
llecedlntf tluoiiKli Hie battle cloud.
And heard ncross > Urn tempest loud
Tlis de.itli ciy or a nation lost !
The brave went down ! "Without disgrace
1 hey leaped to nuln's red embrace ,
They only heard Fame's thunder wake ,
And saw the dazzling sunbuist break
In amd'S 011 Glory's bloody face !
They fell , who lifted up a hand
And bade the sun In heaven lo stand !
Thev smote and fell , who set the bars
Against the progress of th stars ,
And stayed iho march of ftlolherland !
Thev stood , who Bnw Iho future come
On through the light's delirium !
They smote and stood , who hold Iho hops
Of nallons on that sllppciy slop"
Amid the cheers of Christendom !
Oed lives ! lie forged the Iron will
That clutched nnd held that trembling hill.
Uod lives and reigns' ' Ho built nnd lent
The h'lKhta for rioedom's battlement
Where ( louts her llug in triumph still !
Void up the banners' Smelt tlio RIIIIS !
Love rulea 'Her ' gentler purpose runs.
A mlghly molhor lurns in leara
The page of her battle years.
Lamenting all her fallen sous !
There'll ' be a hot time in the
old town the 4th ,
We are going to celebrate
with the rest and are going
to be closed up tight all day
long , and shoot off a few crack
ers and also shoot off our
mouth today about this hot
weather , and those cool skeleton
coats of serge , cheviot , alpaca
and crash or those light cotton
coats at 50c.
Whatever it is you want , this
is the place of all places to find
it , and find it just right ,