0 THE OMAHA DAILY BEE : TUESDAY , AUGUST 15 , 1800.
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The address win bo changed ae
often as desired.
The circus elephant -will not reach
Omaha until September , but the three-
ringed popocratlo circus comes next
week. . . .
Judge Wade Is another Iowa democrat
who begs to be excused from posing ns
the corpus delicti nt the democratic
funeral In November.
Douglas county democrats are enjoy
ing their picnics now. They realize
there are no picnics on their bill of fare
when the campaign opens up.
Has not the population of Cuba been
depleted sufficiently by. other means
without starting an exodus by the threat
to furnish -work to all the unemployed ?
'The Filipinos will learn before long
that the United States has nil kinds of
fighters In stock. Colonel Burl's colored
troops In their brush set the same kind
of a pace the white regiments have done.
"Camp Poynter" Is not used to Intro
duce official documents by the First Ne
braska regiment But It makes a con
venient and pleasing data line under
which fusion papers can run news of
the regiment
Members of the city council of Atlanta
want the mayor to resign simply because -
cause ho got drunk. The mayor refuses
on the ground that he was drunk when
lie was elected and has a perfect right
to maintain the statu quo.
The weather has been so moist of late
that the popocratlc press of the state Is
having difficulty raising dust enough to
becloud the damaging disclosures of the
senate Investigating committee , thougJ :
heroic efforts are being made.
As the county conventions are being
held numerous gaps in the fusion fences
are being brought to light. In the
scramble of all three parties to get to the
feed trough boards are broken off and
lii sonio cased the trough itself upset.
"Coin" Harvey is still repeating his
lecture on law and civilization to fusion
audiences throughout Nebraska. Mr.
Harvey might eave his energy by cir
culating copies of The Bee which contain -
tain a verbatim report of his speech.
Cases are rare indeed wherein a
police officer is Justliied in employing
brute force in arresting an offender.
As a rule , the officer who resorts to cx-
trcmo measures is n coward , especially
In eases where the prisoner is unarmed.
As usual the democrats of Douglas
county are willing to give the populists
all the offices for which there is no hope
of an election , but insist upon having
nothing but good democratic candi
dates for places which they think they
have a cluiuco of capturing ,
lowans compute the cost of bringing
the Fifty-first regiment from San Fran
cisco at | 40,000. If that bo a fair esti
mate it is evident the First Nebraska
regiment cannot bo transported for
? 1 ,000. There are army officers in
Omaha who can tell Just about what the
cost will bo and their estimates would
bo important at tills Juncture.
Referring to the World-Herald's re
port of the meeting of the republican
county central committee , it is evident
that the flag-of-truco man has again
slipped his trolley. As time goes on
there is less danger of an exposure of
that paper's true relations to the late
managers of the G. A. Expo and the
money till and when the danger line
has been passed the Insincerity of the
pcaco proposal will become still more
manifest.
LKHAUZED POOMAO.
Mr. Ktinpp of lite Interstate Com-
m6rce commission Is In favor of legal
ized pooling , but he would give the com
mission additional powers to prevent
the roads from misusing the privilege.
In regard to the course of the railroads
Mr. Knapp says : "I undertake to pay
that if the worst enemy of the rail
roads whom you can name wore elected
president of the United States , and If he
should pack the Interstate Commerce
commission with the worst populists of
the laud , those men would never dare
to do the reckless and Indecent thlngn
which the malingers of railroads them
selves have donp. " This Is a severe
indictment from one who has had
abundant opportunity to learn the con
duct of railroad managers , but there
can be no doubt that it is justified.
Indeed some of the moro candid malin
gers have themselves given like testi
mony.
The question of legalized pooling will
probably come before the next congress ,
but It Is doubtful whether any legisla
tion can be obtained. The railways are
not yet ready to hand over to the Inter
state Commerce commission the power
of control over their rates and while
this condition continues n practical
deadlock exists between the railways on
one hand and those who wish to con
trol them on the other. The railways
are not strong enough to secure the
enactment of a pooling bill , but they
are strong enough to prevent action
strengthening the hands of the Inter
state Commerce commission while
there Is absence of agreement between
the two sides. Political considerations
may also interfere , it being doubtful
whether members of congress would
care to take the responsibility for au
thorizing pooling contracts In face of the
effort to arouse public sentiment against
the trusts.
In the meantime events are antici
pating legislation and the new condi
tions are creating their own remedy
through the voluntary action of the
railways. The consolidation among the
New England roads , whlui has resulted
in uniformity of rates and very few
complaints to the Interstate Commerce
commission , Is believed to be the be
ginning of a movement which may be
come general. A tendency In this di
rection In other sections of the country
Is noted and those who carefully study
the railway situation confidently antici
pate other consolidations in the not re
mote future. This would not do awuy
with the necessity for governmental su
pervision , but the demand for inter
ference by the commission would doubt
less be greatly diminished.
FEEDlNU-lX-TRAttSlT RATES.
Nebraska is on the eve of harvesting
the largest crop of corn In its history.
Other states In the corn belt are simi
larly situated. This condition will un
doubtedly produce low prices for that
portion of the crop which is thrown
at once upon the market , and if the
grower is to receive a , fair price for hfs
corn it must be by converting it into a
product for which there is u , better de
mand and a better price. Hogs furnish
the medium for disposing of a portion ,
but when the hogs are ready for ship
ment there will still remain a large sur
plus. There is a demand for all the
corn-fed cattle which cau be put upon
the market and an assurance of a fair
price for thorn. Thousands of head of
cattle in the corn belt will be fed and
other thousands on. the ranges of the
west would find their way to the feed
lots If feeders were granted the same
privilege us In other years.
For several years previous to last
spring feeders could buy range cattle ,
bill them to the markets , but stop them
at Intermediate feed yards to bo finished
up on grain before finding their way to
the slaughter pens. Wltu the present
margin between grass-fed and corn-fed
cattle the feeder cannot afford to pay
present prices for stock cattle and at
the suue time pay a. good price for corn ,
when Hhc Is charged local rates of freight
011 the cattle both Into and out of the
feed yards. The feedlug-in-trauslt rate
Is no more than is granted to tile wheat
growers at great milling centers and 1
subject to no abuses of magnitude suf-
Uccnt to warrant the withdrawal of the
privilege. The statement that the cattle
tlo often change hands and that others
are sometimes substituted when the
final shipment to market Is made maybe
bo true. The bill of lading calls for the
transportation of a certain number of
cattle between certain points , and so far
ns revenue to the road is concerned it
makes no difference whether the cattle
are owned by the original consignor.
The original cattle must bo shipped
some time and the railroad gets the
freight.
The real reason for cnncching tne
fcedlng-ln-traiiblt rate must bo different.
In the first place , the railroad charges
a higher rate both into and out of the
feed yard than the proportionate share
of the through rate. In the second place ,
many cattle are shipped past the feed
yards to the big markets , sold and ! then
shipped back to where the corn grows ,
only to bo returned when fattened ,
Again , if by the Increased cost of se
curing feeders the fanner ships his
grain Instead of feeding it the railroad
gets the freight on the grass-fed cattle
and also on the grain. While this shows
well on the traffic statement of the rail
roads It is revenue derived under the
system.
Under existing business conditions the
railroads can afford to bo fair to all.
The permanent prosperity of the rail
roads is dependent upon the prosperity
of the people who live along their lines ,
Whllo the granting of the fccdlug-Iu-
triuislt rates means the loss of consid
erable revenue in one direction , It means
a gain in the amount of lumber , ma
chinery , merchadlso and every other
product which the farmer and stock-
raiser buys when he has the money to
purchase.
By helping the corn raiser to secure
cattle to eat up his corn crop the rail
roads will not bo donating anything in
the long run , but investing for future
business which will pay a hauclsoinn
dividend. There vas no legitimate rea
son for withdrawing tlic feedlug-ln-
'transit rate on lire stock rttm 1'iero ' Is
no excuse for withholding H.
TI1K Khl'AtlTK TU WOHKWUilKN.
In commenting upon the lesson of
the Cleveland street rallwity strike the
Western laborer of this city sounds
the keynote of the problem with which
organized labor has been wrestling
when It declares that worklngmen must
get rid of the grand chief barnacles ,
who have no Interest except that of
keeping themselves In good , fat Jobs.
"Worklngmon must strike at the ballot
box and throw the guidance of the
grand chiefs to the devil. They don't
require a new party in Now York or
elsewhere. What they must do Is to
take control of the existing parties and
legislate for themselves. "
This hits the nail squarely on the
head. What American worklngnien
most need Is honest leadership and a
political education. They have learned
by experience In this country , as they
have abroad , that the most beneficial
reforms in the Interest of labor can
only be gotten through political activ
ity exerted upon old-established par
ties. When Dennis Kearney proclaimed -
claimed from the San Francisco sand
lots that "the Chinese must go" he did
not attempt to organize a new party to
carry out his program , but he brought
pressure upon both the republican nnd
democratic parties and made them
pledge their candidates in national nnd
state platforms to labor for the Chinese
exclusion act. In less than three years
after Kearney Issued his edict In the
name of California worklngmen the
Chinese exclusion net \\tis passed by
congress and signed by the president.
If the worklugmen of the United
States would emulate this example
they will have no difficulty In secur
ing such legislation ns they deem es
sential for the general welfare and Im
provement of the condition of wage-
workers. Starting new parties organ
ized exclusively to legislate for labor
is simply shooting In the air and wast
ing ammunition. A great country with
over 70,000,000 population has diverse
interests nnd its national legislature
must necessarily formulate Its laws
with the aim to promote the general
welfare of nil the people and not
merely n single class. Under our sys
tem of government there will always be
two great parties and worklngmen can
achieve the most substantial results by
making their Influence felt In the polit
ical conventions of both of the great
parties and giving their support nt the
ballot box to the party whoso policy
promises to promote the greatest Indus
trial activity in other words , to the
party that Is committed to the policy
that will create the most active demand
for the products of labor and by an in
creased demand will enhance the earn
ing capacity of the wage-workers.
We were under the Impression that
the state labor commissioner was re
quired by law to operate n free employ
ment bureau , which has several times
been heralded as a wonderful success.
Governor Poynter , however , evidently
has little faith In the ability of his own
labor bureau to handle the applications
for employment for the returning vol
unteer soldiers. As a matter of fact ,
we believe the governor's apprehensions
are largely without foundation. There
never was a greater demand for labor
in Nebraska than there is now , as a
result of republican prosperity , nnd
the returned soldiers ought to be ab
sorbed in the army of the employed
without any great trouble or delay.
Douglas county populists are not
alone in their wish to repudiate the
plans of the fuslonlsts. It Is significant
that the advocates of fusion arc In
variably Bryanlte democrats who cannot
hope to get Into office except through
fusion. They ask the populists to sur
render their convictions of principle as
the only means by which the hated republicans -
publicans cau be defeated , but In Doug
las county they are unwilling to give the
populists any office paying a good salary.
Kcports from other counties In the state
give unmistakable evidence that fusion
IH designed for the good of Bryan fol
lowers exclusively.
It only requires time nnd opportunity
to show the falsity of the yellow journal
fakes. The captain of an English war
ship was quoted recently In an inter
view as making some very harsh criti
cisms of the American campaign In
Luzon. The captain not only denies the
story in its entirety , but demands to beset
set right by the paper which originated
it. Papers of that class are too busy
originating other stories of the same na
ture to devote any time or space to cor
rections.
Brynn is expected to bo in Omaha to
attend the .Tncksonlnn club picnic ,
which probably means that ho will re
main to attend the democratic stuto
convention. It is safe to say that no
stone will be left unturned to keep the
three fusion parties together and there
is nothing the populists might nsk thnt
the democrats will not readily concede
for the sake of their favorite presldeu.
tlal aspirant
It is said the lieutenant governor of
Colorado proposes to take advantage of
the absence of the governor from the
state to call an extra session of the
late unlamentcd populist legislature. If
compelled to handle the legislature after
it assembles and keep the members in
side of the corral the lieutenant gov
ernor might think twice before he
signed the call.
Nothing can head olT the advance to bo
made by South Omaha's great meat
packing establishments. South Omaha
Is sure to Increase In Importance as a
cattle market because the territory
tributary is the best cattle producing
country in the world.
Omaha is doing all that can reason
ably be expected In the way of sup
porting the exposition , Let the exposi
tion management direct Its attention to
securing out of lown visitor * and with
good weather and favorable railroad
rules the success of the enterprise will
be practically assured.
Port Arthur boasts that It H now n
seaport , since a magnificent steamship
beautifully decorated with lings nnd
streamers entered Its ship citnnl lust
Saturday nnd steamed through In cele
bration of the completion of the work.
If Port Arthur will now entertain n
few steamships bringing In or taking
out cargoes of freight the Haps nnd
streamers can be well dispensed with.
The usefulness of n harbor must de
pend upon the carrying business which
goes through It.
Another Omaha saloon keeper 1ms
been bound over to the district court
for maintaining gambling slot ma
chines , but so far as known none of
the protected slot machine operators of
South Omaha have ns yet come in con
tact with the displeasure of the county
attorney.
The editor of the Wichita Knglo insists
the United States should promptly give
the Caniuliuns n spanking. He forgets
thnt the spanking machine is now fully
occupied In other quartern nnd no Kit li
sas mnn should think of engaging in
such a pastime with Funstou 0,000 mlle *
away.
I' nil IT < 1io Cniivim.
Washington Post.
Hon. J' . Sterling Morton Is at the head of
a party of distinguished gentlemen who pro-
peso to execute a eneak back late the demo
cratic party via the anti-expansion coalhole.
Dilemma of the Demooriipy.
Indianapolis ( Ind. ) News.
The democrats are confronted with about
this proposition : Shall Bryan bo nominated
just 'because ho Is Bryan and the party bo
defeated , or shall the party nominate some
other mun and stand some chance to win ?
Knoil 'I'll I URN on ( he ltnt.
Globe-Democrat.
Among American mineral productions last
year were molybdenum , ferromolybdenum
and tungsten , metals used In the production
of 01(02 ( ! of special qualities. There are many
other odd names in the long list that makes
up the eplcnclld aggregate of $709,000,000 , the
mineral yield of the United States in 1898.
In tin * South.
Springfield Republican.
The orders of the War department to
northern recruiting officers to take recruits
for the volunteer regiments being organized
at Fort McPhe'rson , Oa. , and Fort Sam
Houston , Tex. , are due to the failure of the
south to respond to the call for soldlerf.
At the Georgia post the government has
succeeded in eqllsUiiR only 635 men , and
at the Texas post only 549 , The north and
west will make up the deficiency.
Alllnncc of South Amerli'itii ItcniihllrH.
New York Tribune.
The South American republics are striv
ing to bring about an international alliance
to promote peace and commerce among them
and minimize the chances of war. That Is
In line with modern ideas nnd tendencies ) ,
which look to building up and producing
rather than tearing down and destroying
as tbo ( buttressing force of nations. Sus
tained by the spirit of the time , which Is
In favor of such movements , the South
American stntqs vlll no doubt bo able to
arrange a pact of amity strong enough , to
tide them over umerous difficulties of the
minor sort , itidugh they will all * e ready
to fight as usual when any serious interest
is menaced or any deeper mood of enmity
is stirred among them.
The HincnluK Corn Crop ,
Indianapolis Journal.
A current article on the prospective corn
crop and the means of transporting It re
calls the great crop of 1891 , which it says
"haa furnished the most exciting traditions
for tbo railway managers and for these who
then had an opportunity to pass through
eomo part of the millions of acres that com
prise the corn belt. " It Is added that , this
year's crop promises to exceed that of 1891.
The latter was 2,060,154,000 bushels. Thla
had never been equaled but once before , viz. ,
In 1889 , but It was surpassed in 189G , when
the crop was 2,283,875,000 bushels. The rail
road facilities of the country are consider
ably greater now than they were eight years
ago , nnd this year's corn crop would have
to exceed that of 1891 very considerably to
test the railroad itacllitlco In the same de
gree. It Is certain , however , that the mov
ing of the wheat and corn crops will con
tribute largely towards making this a
lecord-breaking year In the way of railroad
earnings.
OPPOSING THE CO.VL. COM1II.M : .
Cnn Wen torn Cities Unite AK"ln t thu
Aiithrnclto Ilarnmf
Minneapolis Times.
Cities all over the country , and particularly
those of tbo west and middle west , will
watch with Interest the outcome of the pro
test .mado by ( Minneapolis against tbo
arbitrary and gouging methods of the ? oal
barons. Local fuel deafers here , in all
probability , referable their fellows else
where and would be satisfied with open
competition It each man had a fair field
and with living profits. It Is very doubt
ful , Indeed , whether the local men get
raoro than a living profit at any time.
Wo have not heard that any of them are
buying diamonds by measure. Every man
knows , who knows aught of trust methods
and combine channels of action , that it is
the big coal barons in the cast , In con
junction with their kin , owners of the
docks at Duluth and West Superior , who
fix Iho prlcea of coal for the twin cities.
Tbo eastern barons Ux theprjco also for
every city , town , village , hamret , house and
flro In < thls land. They gay , to a ton , how
much anthracite is to bo mined and bow
much hauled within a specified time and the
natural law of supply and demand glvro
them of anxiety not one lota.
It it not at all likely Minneapolis can even
dent the coal trust by refusing to buy the
usual amount of fuel at the Increased cost
and supplementing Its supply with coke and
wood. Dut if to Minneapolis were added St.
Paul , Omaha , Kansas City , Denver , St.
Jxjule , Chicago , Milwaukee , Cleveland ,
Detroit and Buffalo and a municipal bund
we're formed in which tbo primal article of
faith and the earnest agreement met In the
dictum "Wo will use as llttlo coal as we
possibly ran , supplementing it with other
fuel whenever possible , " it may be the
barons would be uneasy , at least and , later
more complaisant. The cities will not form
the bund. They win roar lustily at the In
justice they euffer and continue to Buffer It
with nothing of recourse save protest ,
\i-nrly All 1'ny Their I < * | HL M.
JEFFBnSON O1TY , Mo. , Aug. H. 'All the
ousted Insurance companies have paid the
fines of $1,000 each assessed against them
under the anti-trust law , except the Com
mercial-Union , the Law Union and Crown ,
tlis Victoria Fire and Marino and the Citi
zens' of New York. The time expired this
morning and as these failed to pay they
are forever barred from doing business in
Missouri ,
Ilunhoud nnd Wife Iloth Ilend ,
CHICAGO. Aug. H. In a fit of Jealousy
Thomis Houghan shot his wlfo this morning
and then tent A bullet through lila own
hialn. Both died Instantly. Houghan wab
formerly a cashier for tbo A. Booth Pack
ing company ,
s or Tim \v\ii.
The Helen Gould of the volunteers at S n
Francisco l < Mrs. A. S. Townscnd. Like
the queen of Lyndhurst-on-thc-Hudson , Mrs.
Townsend controls n large fortune and ecn-
tributes generously to every worthy cause.
At the recent auction of Orpheum seats for
the benefit of the fund \\elcome nnd en
tertain returning volunteers at San Fran
cisco , Mrs. Towimend outbU all bidders at
the sale and paid n premium of $2,025 for
the first two boxes. Mayor I'helan paid
11,000 for third clirlcc. Other blJa ranged
from $030 $ down to $25.
Mrs. Townsend Is a member of the local
Hed Cross society end has spent fully
$20.000 In the soldier's cause. When the
volunteers began arriving In Snn Francisco ,
bound for Manila , their sufferings In camp
touched her heart and her purse strings
were unloosed In their behalf. The Tennes
see regiment suffered most , and to the
southern boys she proved a guardian angel.
She not only bought handkerchiefs to bo
used as inufliers by the men , but secured
baths for the entire command at Sutra's ;
paid for their luncheons and car fare to and
from the Cliff house , and gave other signs
of her generosity to the boys In blue. Each
day she sent loads of fruit and vegetables
to the various regiments then stationed nt
Camp Merrltt , and besldw devoting her
fortune to a good cause Mrs. Townsend
was among the troops each day , seeing to
their wants , giving kind words to the sick ,
bringing them delicacies nnd personally
seeing that her donations were properly dis
tributed. For her goodness she became be
loved by the soldiers , who actually wor
shiped her. Like generosity marks her ef
forts to provide for the comfort of the > re
turning volunteers.
Captain Mark L. Horsey , quartermaster of
the Twelfth United States Infantry , a Maine
man and a West Pointer , In nn Interview In
the Boston Globe , mlds some facts to the
supply of Information about the Philip
pines nnd the natives. Captain Horsey par
ticipated In the Santiago campaign , was
later transferred to Manila with bis regi
ment nnd is now at homo on leave. Ho Is
quoted as follows :
"Tho climate of Manila Is much hcallhlor
than thnt of Cuba. We have no yellow
fever there and the thermometer ranges
from 76 degrees to 90 degrees.
"I heard no kicking among the troops.
Their rations are good , dried fruits , such as
apples , prunes nnd peaches , have been added
to the rations. The beef wo got there is
excellent , the equal , I think , to our own
packing house beef. It conies in excellent
shape from Australia nnd is delivered
aboard our refrigerator ship In the bay at
8V4 cents per pound. "
"Is Agulnaldo losing his grip on the people
ple there ? "
"That's hard to eay. One can form an
opinion as well from what Is printed here
ns from what appears in the Manila Jour
nals. "
"Is Manila a good place for Americans ? "
"For the capitalist I should say yes.
For the Inborlnc man no. Labor Is too
cheap. Why , you can hire the best of male
servants for $4 American money n month.
There are vast coal fields there. American
capital , aided by native labor , could produce
coal nt S3.50 nor ton. whereas It costs nbout
$17.50 per ton. The country is fertile beyond -
' yond any standard we have In this country -
try- "
"What nbout the people ? "
"They are far from being the ignorant
men that they have been represented to be.
They arc not idol worshipers but belong to
the Cnthollc church nnd are well grounded
in the tenets of their belief. They are an
Intelligent people , a largo part of them being
able to rend and write. In my army experi
ence I have como In contact with the Mexi
can greaser and the Cubans. From what
I saw and heard whllo In ( Manila I have no
hesitation in saying that tboy are the
superior of cither of these people. They
are men of education and refinement. "
"Aro they competent to govern them
selves ? "
"Well , the Mexicans have succeeded very
well in that direction nnd I see no reason
why the Filipinos shouldn't , Inasmuch as I
believe them far moro intelligent than tha
former. "
"What sort of fjeld is It for the mission
ary ? "
"Well , they might Just as well send them
to convert the people of Spain ; there's Just
as much chance to make converts. "
"Aro the people priest-ridden and do the
clergy exact exorbitant fees from the people
ple ? "
"Not knowing , I cannot say. But the
priests I met at Manila the Jesuits , those
who have control of the observatory there
ure n very scholarly , high-minded set of
men , who do all in their power to restore
peace in the Islands. "
PAYING roil USB OK ST1113UTS.
IluvtMiuo IH'rlvrd from Traction Cum-
jmiilcN hy ( he City nt Toronto.
Chicago Times-Herald.
The city of Tronto , Canada , continues to
illustrate in a most striking and convincing
manner the wisdom of the policy that exaoto
a percentage of gross earnlnga as compensa
tion for the use of the streets.
According to the Toronto Mall and Empire
of August 10 last the earnings of the street
railways of that city for ten months of the
present fiscal year have already passed the
million-dollar mark. By .tho terms of the
franchise under -which the Toronto otreet
railway plant Is operated the company was
required to pay Into the city treasury 10 per
cent of these earnings. The city treasurer
has therefore received a check for $12,721 ,
which is the municipal share of tbo earn
ings for July.
The Increase of the earnings and percent
ages for four years Is nhown by the follow
ing figures for July :
Qross Receipts. Percentage.
July , 1809 $117.C8S.80 $12,721.01
July 189S 103,070,00 8,293.03
July , 1897 106,750.00 8,010.00 | I
July ! 189li 87,761.37 7,020.90
Toronto bought Its street railroads in I
1891 and operated them for six months at a !
profit of $25,000 per month and then sold' J '
them tor what they cost on the following ! '
conditions : Eight hundred dollars per mile '
per year lo be paid Into the city treasury , 8. ' i
per cent of the gross receipts up to $1,000- '
000 , 10 percent up to $1,600,000 , of the groua'
receipts , 12 per cent from $1,500,000 to $2- $ ) :
000,000 of the gross receipts , 15 per cent on
the receipts up to $3,000,000 and 20 per cent
on all receipts over $3,000,000. After twenty ,
years the city can take back the plant at its i
actual value. i
In 1894 the city received $58,000 mileage'
rental and $76,000 In percentage of earnings. j I
In 1895 the city received $60,000 for rolleago I
icntal and $78,000 In percentages en ita
earnings. Up to 1899 the street railroads
had paid into the city treasury of Toronto
a little over $1,000,000.
The experience of Toronto in dealing with
its traction companies furnishes Incon
trovertible proof of tbo wisdom of the plolcy
which secures to a municipality a fair com
pensation for the use of the etreeta based
upon a fixed percentage of gross earnings.
As a matter of fact , there is no demand In
any city of tbo union for a 3-cent fare out
side of the politicians -who are desirous of
cultivating the labor vote.
OMAHA'S THAOHOV ,
Philadelphia Record : The fatality nt
Omnhn by which four firemen were
Killed by contact of a ladder with a
llvo eleotrlc light wire furnishes a
startling reminder of the danger continually
lurking In the use of overhead wires heavily
charged with electricity and not Infrequently -
, quently lacking proper Insulation , llcccnt
i dentl'fl In this city show that there Is not
I . sufficiently stringent regulation for the re
moval of ununed wires. Carelessness In
respect to the tine of such a dangerous agency
ns electricity should not go unchecked.
There should be n legal responsibility nt-
Inched that would Insure the observance of
all libtelble precaution.
Washington Star : Four Omnhn firemen
were shocked to de.ith the other night while
fighting a fire. They were hoisting an extension -
tension ladder when the npparntm came In
contact with n naked electric wire. In-
( Etnntly the deadly current sprang down the
I metal fastenings of the ladder And the men
| , at the crank fell to the ground , two In
stantly killed , two others so badly shocked
thnt they died Immediately aftorwnrd. Two
other firemen were seriously shocked. Hero
! ' .ngnln . the miserable mctbid cf strlngl ig thcso
dangctaus conductors through the nlr makes
gcod Its threat against human life. The
danger Is not only to the bravo fellows who
man the ntcamcis nnd trucks , but to the
property owners nnd hoUsenolders , whoso
buildings may be destroyed because the fire
men nre prevented from fighting the flames
by the wires , whtso families may bo de
stroyed while the apparatus Is being extri
cated from the maze of electrified motnl ,
The menace affects every citizen. Not un
til every wire of every kind , electric light ,
fitroct car , telegraph and telephone , la put
under the ground and exposed only nt the
point of Immediate use Is the / safe.
Washington hopes to attain this Ideal soon ,
H has accompshcd much already to that end ,
But there are yet many wires overhead nnd
these must all be buried. These four vic
tims In Omaha are sacrifices to the sloth
and pcnurlousness of the municipality nnd
the corporations.
PKUSOXAL AM > OTIIHUWISE.
Inm Daisy Cook Is the name of a lady who
has recently been appointed postmistress of
an Oklahoma town.
Georgia populists nre going It alone this
year , In spite of the fact thnt Tom Watson
has retired from politics.
Ilogcr Q. 'Mills of Texas has struck It rich ,
having sold a part of his farm to the Stan
dard Oil company for $342,000.
The Chicago woman who recently offered a
reward of $300 for her lost pet poodle , and
who has had no claimants for the prize , now
fears the wurst.
There is fresh trouble In Kansas. The
farmers there Lave so much corn , this year ,
that they nre put to the expense of building
larger corncrlbs.
The fact is stated in n letter from Butte ,
Mont. , dated Aucust 1 , that , thouch the
recrultlnc offices had then been opened for
three weeks , only twelve volunteers had
been secured In the state.
To add to the comfort of bicycling a
spring attachment has been patented , which
Is Inserted In the rear forks , with a central
rod In each fork engaging the hub connec
tion , the springs holding the rods down and
lessening the shock nnd Jar to the rider.
The death of Mmc. Aubrion Menziercs , the
mother of the celebrated French acade
mician , calls to mind Iho metamorphosis ol
Irish family names In France. Mme. Men-
zleres was n descendant of the O'Briens , but
her surname was changed by the Parisians
to Aubrion.
After having successfully passed through
the severest trial of his life , General E. Burd
Grubb of Edgewator , N. J. , annnounces that
ho has retrieved the fortune which ho lost
in paying the debts of the Iron firm of
William M. rfaufman & Co. of Sheridan , Pa.
General Grubb says that ho is richer today
than ha over was In bis life.
Father Duccy is a Catholic priest In Now
York who is well nnd personally Known In
that city. He has immortall/d his name
by erecting a structure ! n Nuw York to to
known ns tbo "House of Repose for the
Dead , " which wlir bo as free 10 Protestants
as to Catholics. Tbo unknown dead may be
berne thither and await the last rites of
their faith. A great number die yearly In
Now York who are unknown. The structure
with .tho ground ccet $65,900 , A most hu
mane and noble work !
The West Indies , -which have Just been
devastated by a cyclone , are peculiarly lla-
blo to such visitations. In 1880 nearly the
whole Island of Jamaica was devastated ,
hundreds of bulldlncs being destroyed and
twelve lives lost. In October , 1882 , a hurri
cane crossed Cuba , killing forty people and
thousands of cattle. In 1888 a cyclone killed
1,000 people In Cuba. Three years later a
hurricane struck Martinique , wrecking all
the shipping In port and killing 340 people ,
In addition , to a property loss estimated nt
$10,000.000.
CltlllS FOIl HUM' FlUm TllK WKST.
IlcinnrkH on the Shnrtnirc
of Harvrnt llmid * .
'New ' York Jlnll nnd Express.
Up from Iho wide , free west the vocifer
ous land of Bryanlsm nnd "The Man with the
Hoe" there comes n long , loud , Importun
ate call lor hoi ? . Not that the west is In
pain ; not that she is In the clutches of the
money cower ; not that the octopus of mo
nopoly has smashed the fences and swal
lowed the stalled ox , nor yet that the grass
hopper , tbo potato bug and the soventecn-
ycar locust have combined to eat every green
thing off the face of the smlllnc earth. It
Is not because of these nor any of thcso that
the west lifts her resonant volco and yells.
U Is all on account of tbo crops. They nro
so enormous that she can't handle them ,
and hence her earnest , hearty cry to evcry-
body to come out and help.
Dispatches from the western era In fields
report n scarcity of harvest hands. Em
ployment agencies In Chicago , St. Paul ,
Omaha and Sioux City are sending every
man they can hire to the creat wheat re-
glens of the northwest , yet the supply Is
not at all equal to the demand. The rall-
road companies offer special rates in order
to enable helpers to reach tbo fields at the
lowest possible cost. Wages for farm labor
nro the hlshest ever known. Common har
vest hands are receiving all the way from $3
to $3 per day and board ; men to feed
threshers and sack the grain are paid $4 n
day and engineers for threshing machines
get JC a day. The wheat harvest is well
under way and will last for six weeks ;
after thnt comes threshing and storing of thu
grain , which will afford employment for an
army of men for twelve weeks. The em
ployment bureaus nre , therefore , able and
willing to guarantee three months of steady ,
well paid labor to all the competent men
who apply to them and the unanimous report -
port is that they cannot get enough.
This iswhat alls the west , she has tickled
the arth with a boo and It has laughed
with a harvest which overtaxes her labor
resources. Tbo argument of tbo grain
fields is being made up for the campaign of
1900. Can any one doubt that It will be In
favor of o 100-cent dollar ?
BAKING
POWDER
"
ABSOLUTELY "PURE
Makes the food more delicious and wholesome
. , .
HOTAl&AKthQ PO0R CO. HIM VOftK.
UKATIIS IN Tin : pii
Itnnnrknhl ) ' ( Jonil Iuric of Amrrlrnn
.tnltllor * In the TriiplPHi
Chicago Tribune ,
The deatlf Icxwtft of the American military
forces In the Philippine * during the four-
tccn months ending iAugu.nl 1 foot up forty-
one officers and 6S4 enlisted men. Of thli
total of 72S the- deaths from disease -were
3SO , while 345 officers nnd men were killed
In action or died from wounds received In
battle. The average number of mon
operating In the Philippines lins been nbout
30,000. The losses by disease have beeu
IMS , therefore , than 1V4 per cent. Tim
deaths In the United States. Irt the camp *
of mobilization and nmong soldiers going
to and returning from the- scat of war were
4.100. The tropical climate of I < uron ha
not been us fatal its was the milder cllmnto
of the Unltovl Stales.
This death rate In the Philippines l re
markably low. No European soldiers on
duty In the tropics have ever escaped as
easily. The Spanish regiments serving in
Luzon fared far worso. The comparatlvo
Immunity of < he Americans was duo partly
to the fact that they wore In ndmlrabU
physical condition when they left home , bul
chlolly to the- fact that tholr ofllcors bavc
tnkcn extremely good care of them. Thi
poldlcrs hnvo been supplied nbundantl )
with suitable food and they have been com
pelled to observe sanitary rules. Thus It It
thnt they have been nblo to endure with so
llttlo Iof8 the labors of a trying campaign ID
an unaccustomed climate.
The conclusion to too drawn from tbt
figures given out by the War department ,
which show the smallest percentage of lo.'i
over known In the history of a campaign In
n tropical country where troops have had
to bo transported from n great distance , la
thnt the climate , of Luzon Is not as un-
hcalthful as has been alleged , provided the
soldiers are taken decent care of.
M..VKS TO A SMIMS.
Chicago Record : "I suppose he gains his
popularity by Doing all thiiiR ! ! to nil men. "
"No , he's a tank , tlrst , lust nnd all ths
time. "
(
Cleveland Plain Dealer : "She has n. fac
like nn exotic. "
"Thoso are the kind that come in boxes ,
ain't they ? "
Washington Star : "Human nature It
weak , " snld Uncle Kben. "When you tells
Satnn to git lichln' you , an' ho docs It , you
Immejltly hna a terrible temptation to rub
ber-neck. "
Chicago Tribune : "Wo want a. clergyman
who enn see a Joke. " . . . . .
" 1 ciin see a Joke all right , but I don't
want nny humorous nrrangements nbout
my salnry. "
Philadelphia Record : May Arc you very
particular about how your chapcrona
looks ? , ,
Fay Um , yes I want her to look thei
other wny.
Somcrvlllo Journal : The next morning
nfter a girl lias sold "Yes" to a young1 man'n
proposal the sneaking- thought Is npt to
come to him. "Perhaps , nfter nil , I might
have done a llttlo 'better. ' "
Washington Stnr : "Pnpa , what is the
difference between subject nnd object ?
"They sometimes amount to the bame
thing , my son. For cxnmple , Mr. William
Wnldorf Astor has become a subject of
Great Britain nnd nn object of. contempt. "
AN IXTEHHUPTKI )
Denver Post.
( Scene : A Creek Near a Mountain Camp. )
Listen ! Hear that jolly laughter !
Wonder what those girls arb after ?
Let'H sneak up a llttlo closer
To the creek : eavesdropping ? No , sir !
Wouldn't think of such an act as
That ; It la a beastly practice !
Knsy now ! No noise ! Don't skeor ' < ml
Muslin * t know that we are near 'em !
Here , let's hide behind this boulder ;
Hunker down ; peek o'er my shoulder.
Holv smoke ! If there ain't Bessie.
Mollle , Knto and Maude and Jewile ,
Ix > ok ! Je-whlz ! but ain't It shocking !
Jeos la peeling off a stocking !
Bo Is Maude and Kate and Thunder !
AVhat are they up to. -wonder ? , „ , f.
Say ! LOOK there !
8h-h-h-h ! Don't speak !
I'll declare !
Ain't that a freak !
Every blefsed charming maiden
Sheds Jier hose to go a wadln'
In the creek ! I
Hear 'em glglel Ain't they Jolly !
Well I never ! Look at Mollle !
What's she doing ? Sure'a you'ro born
She Is picking at a corn !
Dainty fee * you've got , my glrllc !
Bmall , and tinted almost pearly !
Ain't her ankles white ! And , pay. Jack.
Isn't that a curve from 'way back !
See 'em skinning oft their stockings ,
Kchoes coming back In mocking *
At their laughter ! Kate Is modest ,
Says It Is the very oddest
Thing the ever dtdl Jemima
Crickets ! look at Jessie ! I'm a
Wilted old last season's onion
If she hasn't got a bunion !
There they go !
Now lay low !
What you blushing for , you sneak !
nude ? What folly !
Why. U' Jolly.
Watching1 wadera In the creek !
Hear them squeal ! The water's colder
Than they thought ; they'll soon get bolder.
See the crystal ripples playing
Round their toes ! What's Bessie saying :
As her neck she'tt backward crooking ?
Says nhe knows someone Is looking !
There ! you careless chump ! she eaw you !
May the wolves of torment gnaw you !
On our fun you've put the damper !
Now we've got to cut and scamper !
Quick ! before the dears have sized us
Up ! They haven't recognized usl
Make a. sneak.
You awkward freak
Of nature ! Darn your pictures , that's
The way It always goes ! Ol ratal
That
Special
Sale.
was well attended Saturday -
urday , but not all the
offerings were taken.
There is still a good
selection to be had , of
boys crash suits at
$ J.75 , $2 and $2.50 ,
that sold for $3.50 , $4
and S5 , respectively.
Then we have taken
all of our ladies' and
misses Straw Sailor
and Rough Rider
hats , and made them
at one price. Your
pick of the entire lot
of Straw Hats for
25c
See our Douglas street
window.