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About Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922 | View Entire Issue (Aug. 28, 1899)
THE OMAHA DAILY BEE K. UOSEWATER , Editor. PUBLISHED EVERY MORNING. TEHM3 Oi' SUU9OUIPT1ON. atly Bee ( without Sunday ) . One Y ar. . .00 § lly Uta and Sunday , One Year . S.W ally , Hunday and Illustrated , OnoTcar 8.2S Bunaay and Illustrated , One Vwtr. . . . . . . J-2 Illustrated Bee , One \nr . | -W Sunday iwc , One Year . . M" Baturday Bee , One Year . J-60 Weekly BOB , One Year . a OFFICES. Omaha : The Bea Building. . South Omaha : City Hall uulldlng , Twenty- firth and N Streets Council Bluffs : 10 Pearl Strwt. Chicago ! 307 Oxford Building. New Vork : Temple Court. Washington ! EOl Fourteenth Street. CORRESPONDENCE. Communications relating to .news and JJdtlorlal Department , The Omaha Bee. BUSINESS LETTERS. BustneM letters and remittances should be ttddreiseci to The Bee publishing Com pany , Oinalm. REMITTANCES. Homlt draft or postal order . by , express . payable to The Bee. Publishing Company. Only 2-cent stamps accepted In payment 01 luall accounts. Personal chcclM , except on Omaha , or Eastern exchange. not accepted. THE BEE PUBLISHING COMPANY. State of Nebraska. Douglas County , ss. ! George B. Tzschuck , secretory of The Bee Publishing company , being duly sworn , sajs that the actual number of full and complete copies of The Dolly , Morning , Evening ana Sunday Bee , printed during the month or July , 1839 , W B BH follows : 1 . 20,000 17 . 23,020 J . 27,000 13 . 24,700 t . 35,110 19 . 31,700 4 . 25,400 JO . 21,070 c . 2nono 21 . U4rso ( . 25BOO 22 . 24,720 7 . 23,440 ? 3 . 20,235 R . 25,440 Zl . 2I , 00 25 . 24,5U ! > 9 . 27I35 ! ' 10 . 25,200 SO . 24,7110 11 . 25,4 0 27 . 24,770 12 . 24,1(20 ( IS . 24.ICIO 13 . 25,2:12 : 29 . * 4,810 14 . 25,400 30 . 20,150 15 . 25,000 31 . 25,010 10 . 20,040 Total . .783,892 Less unsold and returned copies. Net total sales Net doily Subscribed nnd sworn before me this 3lst ayO ? July , I'nrtlcn LcnvlnR for the Summer. Parties leaving the city for the summer may have The Bee sent to tUom regularly by notifying The Bpj business office. In person or by mall. Th address win bo changed as often as desired. _ _ _ _ _ WagewOTkcrs of Omnlm should mnko the T abor dny celebration a record- breaker. _ _ _ No man should nspfre to a place on the republican county ticket -\vhoso record In public olllcu Is vulnerable. Nobody has yet ventured to explain why the county Is paying moro than twice as much , as the city for feeding prisoners. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ The colored people of Omaha are not likely to bo decoyed Into the popocratic camp by the Rrnndstand play of County Attorney Shields. The declination of Judge Dickinson foV stand for the nomination to 'the supreme" bench opens the -way for a .Douglas county candidate. California Is not bothered about trans portation funds for returned . volun teers. The advantage of Its Tacillc const location was never before appre ciated. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ Show your enthusiasm for the homecoming - coming volunteers by decorating your houses nnd store buildings. Omaha should bo a mass of fluttering flogs when the boys 'como marching home. In the ruco for second place In the United SUites ns a hog marfiet Omaha Is steadily gaining , and nt the sarao relative pacu It will overtake- Kansas City within the next' twelve months. Says the mayor o South Omaha to the cue-mayor of South Omaha let us emulate the patriotic example of the governor of North Carolina and the gov ernor of South Carolina. It's a long time between drinks. Douglas county republicans have It lu their power to carry Nebraska over the Hue Into republicanism tills fall. They should wake up to the responsibility by ruling out of the race for nominations every man who would put the ticket on the defensive. "Tho republican county convention mot today and placed a strong ticket In nomination" Is the way the reports arc coming In from nearly every county in Nebraska. Lot the republicans of each county put up the strongest ticket possi ble and the complete redemption of the ptnta from populism will bo assured. J. Sterling Morton pronounces the re cent anti-trust movement of Attorney General Smyth a strategic assault upon the Standard Oil company ns full of blubber. The ex-socretnry declares thnt Bmytb's harpoon In thrown at ballots , not trusts , and will return greaselcss Into the hands' of the political whaler. Governor Poyntor still hesitates to accept the invitation to participate In Omaha's reception to the First No- brotika. Why should the governor hesl- tate ? Is there liny good reason why the governor should not participate In n public demonstration to the returning Toluntoers nt the metropolis of Ne braska ? Are wo to have a revival of shin plaster currency 7 It is given out tha't the Treasury department proposes to Jssuo SlO.OdO.OOO of paper currency In denominations of 1 > 5 and 50 cents to meet the domniid mid to bo coming princltpally from the west. If this bo true nobody In 'those ' parts has hoard of the demand. Governor Foyntcr has suddenly dis covered that the combination of rail roads to keep up the churgog for bring ing homo the returned volunteers is it genuine gigantic trust. Hut thnt fact bai not yet percolated through the head of the popocratic attorney general , who 1 * death on trusts only when they are bejoud his reach. TrtB TRUSTS. tVe noted a short tlmo ngo a move ment among the Jobbers In groceries In the south In opposition to the exactions of the various combina tions dealing In grocers' special ties , the Jobbers who Joined In the movement agreeing to purchase en tirely from Independent corporations. At Milwaukee , on Saturday last , .there was a conference of Independent dculers In sugar , which resolved to light the Sugnr trust It was announced to be the purpose of sugar refineries not controlled by the trust to make pa-Ices , If necessary to sccuro trade , which will mean losses to nil refiners. The trust hns recently reduced the jxrlce of sugar and the cut was promptly met by the Independent refiners , BO that there seems to be n contest on which will materially benefit the consumers of sugar. In New York City the Uetall Butchers' association Is endeavoring to create a corporation wllh n view to making the New York retailers nnd wholesalers , principally the former , absolutely Inde pendent of the corporations or firms which are 'thought ' to control the meat supply of the country. This undertak ing , It Is said , Is wholly for self-protec tion nnd there Is understood to bo abundant capital behind It These movements lu opposition ( o the trusts are Interesting ns Indicating n tendency which may become widespread and have very Important results. AVe nro not Informed as to whether the association of southern grocers Is ad hering to the punpOHo It proclaimed BL'vorul weks ago , but the earnestness with which It entered upon Its rrusndis warrants the assumption that It Is mak ing , the fight as ngrccd. As to the Inde pendent sugar refiners they have shown In meeting the trust prices Umt they mean business , but how long they will hold together lu a light that may mean a heavy loss to them It is Impossible to sn.v. In such movements , of course , success will largely depend upon the good faith of those engaged lu them. If the Independent eugor refiners shall UrmJy maintain the position they have taken nnd nre able to sustain the possl- blo loss It will Involve , they may win. Orlalnly they cau count upon the pub lic sympathy and support But they have a powerful combination , with al most unlimited capital , to light nnd there Is danger that they will not hold together. At all events , those efforta to combat the exactions of the combinations prosjut an Interesting phase of the trust situation -and should receive all yosslblo encouragement from the public. THE .SOUTH .1FHICAN SITUATION. The latest advices regarding the South African situation do not indicate that It has improved. The report of proposals said to have been submitted by the Transvaal government to the British ministry , which include a proposition that the British government shall relin quish all suzerainty rights , has not been confirmed , but assuming the correctness of the report It can'Up confidently 'pre dicted that the proposal to relinquish suzerainty will be rejected. There Is no doubt that the Boers are extremely anxious 'to he absolutely independent of Great Britain and It Is not difficult to sympathize with this desire , but It Is equally certain that the British govern ment will surrender no rights it now has by treaty In the Transvaal , whatever concessions the Boer government may offer lu return. The warlike preparations on both sides continue , but It Is still possible that war will bo averted , though It would seem that this cua only be ac complished by the Transvaal republic receding entirely from the position It has taken and accepting the British terms. Meanwhile It Is Interesting to note what an Englishman , having a per sonal knowledge of South Africa extend ing over nearly a quarter of a century , says In regard to a war between Great Britain and the Transvaal. He declares that such a war would not only be un justifiable , but that It would Inevitably moan ruin nnd disaster for the terri tories south of the Zambesi nnd would leave n legacy of undying hatred and dis trust between the two white rnce . Ho believes that if England should push her Intervention to the point of war the entire Dutch' population of South Africa would pnrtlclpato in the conflict as allies of the Transvaal Boers , which Is by no moans Improbable , slnco all of them nro united by ties of blood , nationality , senti ment and mutual affection , besides hav ing in common n distrust of Great Britain. In that event the military problem for the British government would embrace more than the 80,000 armed Boors of the Transvaal , It might have to uond there nn army cnpnhlo of coping with n force pf nearly 100,000 Dutch. This English authority believes thai the British would conquer the Dutch , but rot until after a struggle mich ns Great Britain hns not experienced slnco the Crimean war or the Indian mutiny , whllo after the Boers worn beaten there would be no certainty of permanent peace. The danger of Insurrection would bo always present. Doubtless Lord Salisbury and Mr. Chamberlain nro duly'Weighing these possible conditions , which mnko the problem a very serious one. A UKAltTIl OP INl'UIIM.tTIUA , The Washington authorities , It up- pears , have very llttlo Information In re gard to civil nnd commercial conditions in Cuba nnd I'orto Illco , particularly the former , notwlthbtandlng the fact that five months ago an order was issued by the asblstant secretary of war to the de partment commanders In these Islands directing tliem to report upon the clvlu conditions In their respective depart ments. It was expressly stated In the order that these reports should bo for warded wltl\ the loost prnctlcnblo delay. It is stated that only one report has been received ut the War dopnrtrnoat , this ono being from General Kitzhugh I/co covering points along which the government la Booking Information. A report of General Wilson , in charge of the Matanzua province , Is tald to bo In the hands of General Brooke. This de lay In sending to Washington the Information mation desired nnd called for months npo Is presumed to bo duo to the fact Hint the army officers on duty In Cuba nnd Porto nice have been so busy with the details of their , olllccs that Uiey have not had time to make the reports asked for , but this explanation will hardly be satisfactory If there Is much further delay. The Information desired Is needed for the enlightenment of congress and also for Uio Instruction of the commercial Interests of this country that will bo af fected by the opening up of the productive resources of the Islands. These Interests desire to know , from of ficial sources , what nre the Industrial conditions In the Islands and what the promise is of future development It seems that so fnr ns the War depart ment Is concerned Its efforts have been well directed and If the department com manders had forwarded the Information called for the department would now bo lu possession of facts of particular value to the commercial and Industrial Inter ests of this country. Much of the Information asked for In the order of the War department will bo comprehended In the census to be taken of the Islands , for which arrange ments nro about completed , but It will bo several mouths , perhaps a year , be fore this census Is taken nnd compiled. It Is expected Umt It will bo rcndy for the use of congress by January , but this Is scarcely probable , though the work lu the Islands may be accomplished before that time. Doubtless the duties of the department commanders In Cuba and Porto 111co keep thorn well .employed , but the public demand for better nnd fuller Information concerning conditions Vn those Islands should be met without much further delay. WHAT IS A SORAtAL SUPPLY OF MONEY } In every lecture delivered by "Coin" Harvey for the benefit of the popocratic campaign fund the npostlo of free silver repeats his delusive assertion that "money being the blood of commerce and life-giving fluid of civilization a normal quantity of money Is a neces sity. " But nowhere has the npostlo taken the people Into his confidence so far as to reveal the secret how much money It would take to make the supply of that life-giving fluid normal. In this evasion Harvey exhibits the sarno reckless disregard of stubborn facts that characterized his campaign harangues of 1800 , when he asserted that there was not enough money lu the country to do Its business. The best proof that there Is money enough to do the business of a country Is when nil Its business Is douo with money. Whenever a people do not have n sufficient quantity of money to carry on business they always Improvise a medium of exchange to tnkc the place of money. In other words , they either resort to barter by exchanging one class of commodities for another class or duplicate money by Issuing credit tokens redeemable in merchandise , farm products , etc. There were periods in the history of the United States when there was not money enough to do the business of the country. As a consequence farmers could not sell their products for money , but were obliged to barter their grain , hogs , chickens , butter and garden products for store goods. In those days mechanics , laborers nnd wageworkers generally were compelled to take store orders as their pay and thus pay two prices for what they bought while sell ing their labor at less than one price. During the civil war when there was a scarcity of small change storekeepers Issued brass and cardboard checks re deemable In goods In lieu of quarters , dimes and half-dimes. Had there been a normal supply of money such ex change mediums could not have been kept In circulation. The best proof that the supply of money Is abundant nt this tlmo is that all ordinary business In the United States is transacted with money. The farmer cau cxchniigo his products nnd the mechanic and wagoworker their brain , skill nnd muscle for money , and all the vast transactions of commerce are carried on with money. The fact that money Is superabundant in all channels of tnuln conclusively disposes of the assumption that there is not a normal supply of the life fluid of com merce and Harvey's fictitious fabric goes down like a card house. In Judge Neville's certified state ment of money paid out by him to procure the popocratic nomination for congress lu the Sixth district is an Item of 50 cents as a tip to a sleeping car porter. AVhat do the horny-handed farmers of the Sixth district think of tills ? Imagine n calamity candidate for cougivsrt doubling the customary rate for porters' tips. 'How can they expect to receive duo attention when they travel If the porters are demoralized by such reckless and extravagant distribu tion of cash favors ? Lincoln papers nro nguin saying menu things about Omaha because Its luvlta- tlon to the l rst Nebraska to be its guests nt the exposition has been ac cepted. Why should Lincoln be doubled up with sour grapes every time Omaha accomplishes something thnt adds to Its prestige ? Omaha Is prepared to treat the Lincoln members of the regiment Just as cordially as Its own volunteers. Candidate Ilolcomb has taken time by the forelock and mounted the stump In his own behalf even before his certificate of nomination 1ms been filed. If his opening campaign speech Is correctly quoted by his black flag organ , ho con centrated nil his lire on national Issues and discreetly avoided reference to Iwgus reform ns practiced In Nebraska by himself nnd his popocratic associates. The colored troops fought nobly In Cuba nud there lu no good reason why they would not bo equally efficient In thu Philippines. It goes without saying that colored troops recruited in the south could stand the tropical cllmato better than the white Roldlers recruited In the ttest nnd north. They would , moreover , furnish good material for colonization if the islands nre to re main permanently annexed to the United States. Attorney General Smyth linn no trouble finding time to write lengthy epistles to the deputy Insurance commissioner tryIng - Ing to explain why lie does not cooperate ate In enforcing the Insurance laws of the state , but when It comes to enfotclup other lawss regulating corporations whoso validity Is not questioned , he Is altogether < oo busy. The blnck' Hug organ hns opened Its batteries upon Judge Norvnl. But Judge Norvnl Is not a candidate before the people nnd nothing lid may have done or may not hnvo done cnu have any bearing upon the candidacy of Silas A. Holcomb. Every tub must stand on Its own bottom nnd Ilolcomb must Bland or fall by his own record. Keen of Scent nnd Appetite. Washington Post. The Nebraska uopullsta are eo keen far ofllca that they cannot wait for the death of au offlcoholdor. A death rumor Is sufficient to mart tholr appetite. Can't Shut Out the Hnm. Philadelphia , Times. Unfortunately for the calamities , should any remain , the year's 12,000,000 boles ot cotton Is too much for them to stop their curs agwlnst hearing the hum ot Industry In otbor'fields of labor. AVntch the Itcturnn. Qlobe-Democrat. Nebraska was half poraunded last your to ! > o republican , and it con no longer claim to bo in doubt about the party of prosperity. It ia thno lor Nebraska to reaume Us ror- mal place In the political affairs of the country. Hovr Will Exclusion Promote TrndeT Kansas City Star. General Otis has eoen nt to Ixir from the Philippines the Chinese , who are , by ' all odds , the beet business mon of the Orient. This can scarcely bo intended as u scheme for Broraotlngr the commercial relations be tween China and the United States. Cheaper to liny Than Bleed. Chicago Chronicle. Our great and good friend Womolol Klram and BO forth of Sulu has acknowlcdxJd the sovereignty of the United States and drawn his first montfi'a pay In advance. A norEen - Eon niunod Bates fixed it. This Is well. It is cheaoer to buy Womolol tian to butcher him. There Are Other * . Philadelphia Record. General Otis declares Uiat the newspaper correspondents are In the Philippines "only on sufferance. " Judging from the censorship exercised over their reports they doubtless aro. At tho'saruo time It Is a great pity that Ooneraf Otla has not taken note of the faot that ho Is In command at Manila not even on sufferance , so far as the American people are concerned. His retention Is merely a personal matter between himself and the president. DravrlnK the Color Line In School. Buffalo Express. A decision of Justice. Smith of the supreme court at Patchoguo , L. I. , Is to the effect that negro pupils may bo excluded from schools which white children attend. The case In volved the town ot'Jamaica , which has a school especially fofttegro children. Justice Smith does not proUnd to take 4 new posi tion , for he asserts that lie Is merely fol lowing the court of''appeals , which decided that under the * school act of 1864 loc l au thorities have the right to provide separate bulldlago for the two races and that negroea can be excluded from the schools for whlta children. The legislature has power to change the law on which these decisions are based. A truly democratic school system would make no race dlsttnctjon. A Public MUfortune. Philadelphia Times ( Ind-dem. ) . The two potent reasons for Mr. Reed's undisputed supremacy in the house were , first , his pro-eminent and unchallenged ability , and , second , bis sterling honesty. In debate without a peer , in knowledge of parliamentary law the best equipped man on ' the house floor , he served the public for his salary and the consciousness of public duty well performed. No taint of Jobbery or cor- ( ruptlon has ever eulfled his long and honorable - , orable public career , and ho retiree with the ' rcspo2t of the peoplp of the entire country , coupled with sincere regret at the loss of bis services at a time when real statesmanship is in great demand and In smaller supply than at any period In the country's history. There should be a dozen men ot tbo force ful , brainy type of Reed in the house of representatives , and it is certainly a public enlsfortuno that the ono and only Thomas B. Reed , who has served his country so long and BO well , should retire of his own accord. "HONESTY IS THK BUST POMOV. " Injurlon * KfTcct of Exporting : Imlta- tlonH of "Ilcnl Creumerr Butler. " Philadelphia Press. A marked Increase in the exports of butter this season may , in some measure , bo duo < io the efforts of Secretary Wilson of the Agricultural department to Improve the quality. But the principal reason is prob ably the decrease In the available supply from Denmark and other countries in north ern Europe. During July 20,807 packages of butter were exported , as compared with 2,587 packages in July of last year. But In the corresponding month of 1897 there 'were ' 36,012 packages exported. For the week ending lost Saturday 35,125 packages were exported from Montreal , more in one week than the United States exports In a month. This Is du to the bad reputation United States butter obtained in Europe by reason ot the large exports of oleomargarine and other Imitations as "real creamery but tcr. " There never was a better Illustration of the wisdom of the old saying that "honesty is tbo beat policy" than lu the experience of the United States In the export trade in butter and cheese. Formerly we did a largo export trade In these goods many times greater than that of Canada. Now Canada greatly exceeds the United States In the exports of cheese and sends abroad nearly as much butter , which Hells for a higher price than butter from the United States. The United Kingdom imports 350,000,000 pounds of butter-of which not C per cent comes from the United States , This country permitted Imitation cheese and Imitation butter to be exported as the genuine arti cles. European consumers soon found that they were swindled and refused to buy either cheese or butter from this country. As a result our export trade In these arti cles fell off to insignificant figure * . Canada -would neither permit the manufac ture or export of imitation butter or cheese. Ilenco our loss was Canada's gain. Her ex ports lu cheese and butter increased In pro portion as those of the United States de clined. This result was not because she could produce better or cheaper butter and cheese , but for tbo reason that European consumers could be sure of getting the real articles when purchasing cheese and butter that came from Canada. Congress legislates to some extent on the question when It was. too late. Our ex ports ot cheese this year are only about one- half what they were last year. It looks as though more stringent legislation wag needed so far as the export trade is con cerned. wiTiii5 THIS iinrtrnMCA * KOMI. Alnsworlh Star-Journal : Frank Becman Iras withdrawn from the congrcfslon * ! race. This mcnns ttic nomination ot Judge M. P. Klnkndd by acclamation , Nothing could 1mvo recommended the good judge ont ot Mr. Boeraan brtter. Klmball Observer : Frank Bc non of Kearney has withdrawn from the race ns n congressional candidate , which loaves the fteM clenr for Judge Moses Klnknld , The latter will doubtless bo nominated by the republicans by acclamation and will no Into the campaign with bright prospects of winning. Bnwlshaw Republican : The Republican would bo very much pleased < o support Judge Sodgwlck for the supreme bench , but nlth this , ns with nil nominations , we nro willing to trurt the wisdom of the party In bringing out the best nnd RtronKwH man , lot it be Sedcwlck , Ryan , Dickinson or BOWO other good man. The republicans , we feel confident , will make no mistake , and wo feel equally confident of victory. Sidney Telegraph : The withdrawal of Frank Beemnn of Kearney leaves Judge Klnknld the only candidate In the field for the republican nomination for congress. The Judge will receive the unanimous nomina tion at Lexington. He Is a very able man ami will bo an honor to the district nt 'Washington. The fight may be a hard ono , but Judge IHnlcaild has a happy faculty of betag a vote goiter nnd will have a few to eparo at the wind-up. Kearney Hub : By the action of Mr. Frank R. Beoronn In the Buffalo county repub lican convention Saturday afternoon In de clining the delegation to the congressional convention , the field has been left entirely clear tor Judge KlnkaJd. It was prac tically clear before , but there lo now no reason why there should bo any other can didate seeking so much as'a complimentary ballot or why the judge should not receive the nomination unanimously and by acccla- matlon. His nomination will bo received with great cnthuslanm and the outlook Indi cates that ho will be elected by a handsome majority. Kearney Hub : Buffalo county lias honored Hon. IS. C. Calkins with the delegation to the republican state convention , aud eighteen of the beat working republicans of the county will go to the convention for the purpose of pressing fala claims for the supreme judgcshlp nomination. This Will not bo a difficult task , because Mr. Calkins la known by nearly every promi nent republican in t'ho ' state , and Is recog nized no ono of the leaders of the Ne braska bar. The party cannot make a bet tor nomination and the Hub bespeaks for his candidacy which hag been brought about entirely by Ills friends a cordial re ception in t'ho ' coming convention , j Auburn Post : The friends of B. W. Laweon of Stella are urging his candidacy for regent of the State university. The Post has enjoyed a personal acquaintance with Mr. Lawson for the past twelve years and knows him to be a man capable of fill ing the position to wtolch tie aspires. For a number of yearo ho was one ot the leadIng - Ing school teachers of Richardson county , both la the country and t'ho graded schools , and now he is a member of the school board ot his town , so that he has kept In touch with educational interests elnce ho retired from the actlvo school room work a few years ago. The nomination of Mr. Lawson for regent of the university will be no mis take. "Wahoo Wasp : It would be very gratifying to the people of Saunders < : ounty to have Judge Sedgwlck nominated for supreme judge. It Is the unanimous opinion that ho would make an able and impartial judge , but the motives of some of our people dUfor In regard to this matter. The republicans j would like to see him nominated because they think ho would be elected and do himself - | self and the state honor. Some of our pop- | ullst friends have an entirely different in centive. They are of the opinion , and some of them confess it , that if he Is nominated district judge he will be elected , and thus one of their Idols will have to be defeated. They feel satisfied that If Judge Sedgwlck is nominated for the supreme bench the pops can elect both judges in this district. Tecuinseh Journal : Some weeks ago the Chieftain mentioned Judge * S. P. Davidson of this city as a desirable candidate for judge of the supreme court , but at that time was not sure that the gentleman would allow his name to go before the convention. Wo are now assured that the judge Is desirous of the nomination and that ho will make a dig nified effort to secure It. It Is safe to assert that ho will receive practically the united support of the delegations from the southeastern part of the state , and it is reasonable to assume from present indica tions that moro remote counties will add materially to the strength of his column. Judge Davidson baa a very extensive ac quaintance and his personality is such that ho makes many strong friendships. This element of personal popularity is greatly In his favor and Is sure to make his candidacy a conspicuous one. UXNECESSAIlt CITY XOISES. Aflllctlon * of City Life thnt Ought to ! le Ahuteil. Chicago Chronicle. There la no nuisance of the city as out- raueous B the unnecessary noises. In the daytime theyaro bad enough. At night they are almost unendurable. To the sick the terrible disturbances created for no reasonable object and in mere wantonness render every hour a period of torture ; re covery Is delayed ; often If is not impos sible that at the crisis of disease the racket In tbo streets causes an unfavorable or fatal chance. To tired muscles and brains seeking needed rest the roar , shouts , rattle , banging and clanging bring surcease of alee ? or cause It to be a revel in pande monium a picnic of nightmares. One of the ereatest noise nuteances Is the early Sunday morning cry of the newsboys , beginning at daylight , an hour before any body "who would 'buy ' a newspaper IB awake , and continuing throughout the time when the morning naps and dozes otherwise would be so pleasant and healthful. The early milk wagon , with every joint In the structure rattllnz a devil's tattoo that can bo beard blocks away driven at the full speed of a foundered horse clattering along the hard pavement and churnlne the milk into pre mature butter Is another outrageous nui sance < too exasperating ( or description. But space Is lacking to name even n part of the dissonant noises , entirely unnecessary , which produce discomfort during tbo day and make the nlht horrid for all but these of cast- iron nerves or the deaf. A few days since a well known physician visited the high authorities of two railroad companies whoso trains are switched near u choice residence portion of the city. The nlgbt noises of the trains , with the hulla baloo of the trainmen while at their work , woke all the echoes ot earth and sky , makjng the neighborhood nlniott uninhabitable. By argument , illustration and persuasion ho convinced the railroad officials that the work on their tracks could bo conducted with comparatively little noise and orders were given to that effect. The orders were obeyed better than similar police orders and ( ho residents pf the neighborhood In question now know ot sound sleep , to which they had been strangers for years. This case Is cited to show with how little effort rightly di rected a seasonable reform may be effected. A New York Inventor has devised a plan to muffle the mlzhty rattle and roar of the elevated railroad trains. He has taken out no patent on the device. Ha only asks that a small section of the elevated track may bo placed under his control , so as to use his appliances and make a test of their efficacy. It Is a ripe ( time for all demonstrations against tto unnecessary nolso nuisance and outrage. Every man and woman should b considered a crusader In tbe cause of this reform. msuiicn Ttinin enow , Pflpllllon Thn j : l > y a nractlcatlr unani mous vote th threw contentions ot the popo- cmtlc forces nominated for supreme judge ft man who WM not the first chdlca of the Tims. This mwr nml Its editor uwil nil honorable inenns to prevent that nomina tion. But wha/t / Is our duty newT Simply this : Bryan expects of every friend this yenr Iris duty. Columbus ! Times : The populist state con. ventlon nt Omaha Tuesday nominated ex- Governor Silas A. Holcomb for supreme judge by n practically unanimous vote , the democratic and free silver conventions promptly Indorsing the ramo. This leaves nbout fifty democratic editors nnd Charley Wooster of Silver Creek with a big dose of crow to masticate nt their leisure dur ing the campaign , Beatrice Democrnt : At the fusion state convention In Omaha Tuesday , ex-Qbvcrnor Holcomb was nominated for supreme judg * . Thls was simply a ratification of the slate ! made some tlmo ngo , whereby the pops are to take the offices nnd the democrats ara to look pleasant. In return ( or votes the populists are to support Bryan next year. Politics In Nebraska Is framed two year In advance. All the offices nro promise nnd the holding ot conventions Is A Uscles expense ot tlmo and money , Columbus Telegram : The nomination o Sllns A. Holcomb by ttio democratic , popu list nnd silver republican conventions n Omaha last Tuesday was A surprise to none ono and a ecnirce cf satisfaction , wo believe to a Inrgo majority of these rotors who g to make up what Is known ns the reform forces of Nebraska. Whllo It Is doubtlcs true that every democrat In the etat would have preferred to honor one of thel own party with the nomination for this po Bltlon , yet greater nnd moro far-reaching Interests demanded that perfect harmony prevail and personal preferences were ens nsldo 'with this object in view. Tlio Tele gram believes that the 'tlmo ' 1s not far dls ( anit when the forbearance and gcnerou spirit which has charnoterlr.ed the notion o Nebraska's democracy during the past few years will meet with the reward It justl > merits. If It were not for this hope , the future would , indeed lose much ot the in tercet it now possesses. Springfield Monitor : Silas A. Holcomb was the choice of the fuslonlsts at their several oral powwows In Omaha Tuesday fo supreme judge. While there was some oppo sltlon In parts of the state to HolcomKe candidacy , yet It did not prove strong enough to bo felt to any considerable ex tent In the conventions , as one ballot was enough to settle the question. While the Monitor does not question in the least Hol- oomb's ability to fill the position to which he Is nominated , yet it looks to us ns 1 ho had been honored enough by having two terms as governor , without seeking furthur favors from tbo people of Nebraska. There are plenty of good and capable men In the popullet and democratic ranks who are en titled to recognition and who would fill the position with equal honor to themselves one constituents who should have been given a chance.Vo believe in passing the good things around and giving the greatest possi ble number of the boys & taste. But , then the powers that bo said otherwise , and the boys will have to walk and take their med icine. Flaittamouth Journal : A good democrat or populist believes in the principle that ma jorities should rule and support 'the nomi nees of his party conventions. No man is better tihan bis party and no man or paper has the right to set his or its judgment up in opposition to the crystallized judgmcnl of the majority of his or Its partisans. The Journal , In its Basicity for the success of the fusion cause , had recommended the nomina tion of some other candidate than Gov ernor Holcomb for supreme Judge this fall. This -was done in the best of faith an4 because - cause the publishers thought that some stronger man might be named for the place. lA majority of the fuslonlsta ot th * wtato viewed the matter in a different light , how ever , and Mr. Holcomb has been made the nominee of the allied portico by on over whelming majority. Th Journal is demo cratic and wdll be found henceforth battllns loyally and unflagglngly for the success of the fusion candidate , knowing that his election Is for the Interest not only of Ne braska alon * , but of the nation at large ; for the eyes of the entire country will be turned upon this state this fall and the re sult will unquestionably tavo a great effect upon national politic * next year. ECIIO1OS OV THK 1VAH. Brigadier Genera ? Irving Hale , who wen to the Philippines as colonel of the Firs Colorado regiment , arrived In San Franclsoo last week. The first thing ho did on land ing was to deny emphatically the publlshw etory of his having quarreled with Genera Otis. Llko all returning army officers ho declined to discuss the military or political features of the Philippine question , but on the subject of the cllenato and its effect on white men he expressed some vigorous opin ions. "Whlto men begin to suffer from the en ervating climate soon after their arrival there , " he paid , "and it seems that they never become accustomed to the conditions. Americans are hardly Americans thero. They Icae their dash and spirit under the heal and enervating influences. The health of many of the men became permanently Im paired. Even those whites who have livoc in the vicinity for many years have not be- Icome acclimated. Tholr systems are per meated with malaria. For this reason the valor of the American troops stands out pre eminent. They have been through a cam paign In a torrid climate , where the mi asmatic atmosphere was more to bo feared than the bullets of the enemy. Notwith standing the effects of the cllmato , they have always been ready for the order to charge. In fact , they have been overanx ious to be on the firing lino. The meat general complaint among the men Is that they have not been given sufficient oppor tunity for fighting. The persistent and un daunted pluck of American soldiers has been well Illustrated during the fighting with the Insurgents. " Ono of the unique tokens of appreciation to be presented to Admiral Dewey on his arrival in Now York is a decorative tablet , three by four feet in size. Tbo design is burned into prepared and polished white basswood by the application of heated Irons , producing an effect of rich brown tones , combined with a slightly modeled eurfaco that suggests wood carving. The design represents the admiral seated In his famil iar wicker chair , with his hand rotting on the hilt of a sword , while beneath Is tftown a view of Manila bay , with the fleet in ac tion ; eagles , with outspread wings , laurel wreaths and the Inscription , "Manila , May the First , 1898 , " are portions of on arohl- tectural border surrounding the whole. Colonel J , H , Dornt , vibe has been ap pointed to the command ot the new Forty- fifth regiment of Infantry , took n Important port in the opening and closing of the war In Cuba. Early In the campaign lie md a trip to Cuba In the Leyden , a govern ment lighthouse tender , and landed arms and ammunition for the insurgents. The Leyden was riddled with Spanish bullets during the expedition and after an unuuc- cesul attempt -to accomplish its mission drew off and secured the Wilmington as a convoy , then returned and completed Ko 1 task. It was Colonel Doret who carried General Ecafter'g demand for the surrender ot Santiago to the Spanish line * . Tb return to Salt Lake ot tbo Utah vol- unteera revealed * singular grievance of the men against their communder , Major Iliohard W. Young. As reported in the Bait Lake Tribune , Major Young became ex tremely unpopular boonnse h n glocted to look mfter th w ! f r * of Mi command ind "played Into the Imuds of General Otis to gt something good for himself , " Some of thei privates allege that the major would foot make complaint ot Inaumelrnt supplies , us olher officers did , ftArlng It would InJure - , Jure his standing at headquarters. It required - ! quired personal appears to prevent the men showing openly their resentment when the volunteers marched into Salt Lake City. FHHSONAIi AMI OTHHHWISn. Maine's spruce gum crop this ymr beat * the record , having n market value ot $63,000. Oem Paul evidently thinks that If ho can cnllft the Lord en his side he can dispense with the good will of the other powers , William H , Rlcknrd , tbo noted Hawaiian revolutionist , who died a short tlmo ngo , was ono of the martyrs to Hawaii's lost cause. Ho wns n Cornlshman by birth. Captain Edward J. Hnrdy of Company M , Twentieth Kansas regiment , Is raid to be the youngest commissioned officer In the Philippines. He Is only 23 years old , nml has won hl way from the ranks to n captaincy In n yenr. The Hon. Daniel J , Hynn , who bns been chosen director genernl of the Ohio Centen nial exposition , to be hold In Toledo In 1902 , had charge of the Ohio Interests at th World's fair. Mr , Ryan was born In Cin cinnati and la 44 years old. By profession ho U a lawyer. A great natlonaf movement has bean darted ( or the observance of the one hun dredth anniversary of ths drath of Oeoria Washington on December 14. The Sons of the Revolution And other similar orgnnls- tlonn have the matter In hand and are ar ranging details ot the plan. If the story from Pekln that the em peror of China Is developing symptctni of In- faulty Is a straight ono , and It the madness takes n violent turn , H may be that hU majraty will always bo nssured of n jacket of his own , no matter how many yellow jackets ho confer * upon others. In the midst of a sermon he won delivering nt Perth Amboy lost Tue dny the Rev. Stephen Szytnlnownkl looked through an open window of the church nnd saw oma boys raiding one of hie npplo trees in lh rectory yard. Ho stopped the sermon to th congrogntlon nnd delivered ono to the boys in the tree. Not sure , however , of Ha effect he secured next dny a warrant for th ar rest of the marauders. TO A LAUGH. Philadelphia Record : Berauc * a man' * a barber , that doesn't give him any llctnio to lather hta wife , Chicago Tribune : "Uncle Rufe. I am told you moda a pretty fat thing of U by holding on to your corn. " "Well , yen , I did. I raised a ho * that weighed mighty near 'lovcn hundred. Indianapolis Journal : "I ee there U a coritt truHt , now. " "Yea , the octopus will soon hart in Its roivp everything most dear to man. " Chicago Journal : Examiner What if tha chlaf qualification for a soldier ? Frenchman A thorough knowltrlua of penmanship. Chicago Pout : "I believe , " ha ( aid thoughtfully , "that Mtos Jenkins Intends to marry me. " "What makes you think BO ? " "I asked her to so to church with ma and sHa wanted to know If wa couldn't just as well go to the tnlnleter's house. " Washington Etar : "Can't the democrats of this town get together ? " Inquired tha political exhorter in Kentucky. "Out together ! " answered tha man with court plaster on his ear. "Why , it takes eleven deputy sheriffs to keep 'em apart I" Chicago Tribune : Presiding Officer ( at French court-martial ) "You hear what the witness testifies. What have you to eay to that ? You cannot answer III Hal" The Accused Ho lies I He lies ! Witness Mon colonel , could I weep Ilka this if I wera not telling the truth ? Indianapolis Journal : , . ' . 'Have you ever had any' experience ? " asked th theatrical manager. "I hara hud a good many experiences. " replied the beautiful lady who fain would , adorn the stage. Detroit Journal : "Hoot ! " cried the. Owl. ever and anon. The fowls of the air and the baaati of the field stirred uneasily in their sleep and muttered maledictions. "Why are they so angry ? " asked the Owlet , at last. "They are envious , my chlM , " replied the Owl , "of my Scottish dialect. Hootl Hoot ! " THIS KICKEH. Washington Star. Oh , man with the frown and the role * oi complaint. Oh , man with accent of woe. ! Why is it you always rejoice to acquaint I Us with thine * we would rather not ' know ? Why do you delight to thu nhatter each oroam When with talk of base > ball you begin ? Why be only concerned with tha grief of our team ? Why don't you come round when wa win ? Your language is loud and emphatic and frca ; Your rhetoric shlnea like a star. Why don't you appear when w rev l In * From triumph why linger afar ? You wait till our burden is heavy enough Ere you lift up your harrowing din , And tumble more rocks in a road that li rough Why don't you coma 'round when we win ? Our fall blocks in derby and fedora and pasha hats , are here and read/ for your selection. You may want to hang on to the old straw or crash for a while longer. Best come now while the stock is fresh and crisp , and make your choice You can pick one at $1,00 , $1.50 , $2.00 , $2.50 , $3.00 , $3.50 or $4.00. Just as the style and fancy suits , and at either price they are the b es made for the