THE O3IAIIA DAILY BEE : SATURDAY , OCTOBER 7 , 1890.
Tins OMAHA DAILY BEE ,
E. llOSKWATHli , Editor.
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Day of October , A. D..UW.tlUNQATR
tlUNQATR
( Seal. ) Notary Public.
"Wireless telcKrnpliy Is a Rood excuse
for yellow newspaper fakes. The wires
can po down nny day without a storm.
Coin Harvey seems to l > o circulating
much more rapidly than the coin con
tributed to llic democratic relief fund.
Popocratlc politician ! * are having a
Imrrt time trylns to raise enough of n
smudge to conceal the vulnerable points
of Ilolcomb's record.
Prepare for the Invasion of the Hast
ings brigade next week and show the
jicoplo of Hustings that Omaha's hos
pitality lias never boon exaggerated.
The World-Herald 1ms suddenly dis
covered tliut John Tower la a great and
good man. It Is not so long ago , how
ever , that that paper was denouncing
him as one of tbo odious Uosewatcr dem
ocrats.
The death of ex-Senator Harlaa of
Iowa will bo mourned by Ills many Ne
braska , friends. Mr. Harlnn was In
Omaha only a few weeks ago and 1ms
always bad tbo respect and admiration
of the people , of this state.
November 1 Is not far off , when the
beauties and glories of two expositions
will begin to fade away. Lot the people
make the most of the brief time they
Jiavo to enjoy the magnificent exposi
tion buildings and grounds.
The Nlcaraguan. court-martial which
recently sentenced a number of generals ,
now outside the borders of the country ,
to death should remember Uncle Ilcmus1
advice about cooking . rabbit "the first
thing am to cotch de rabbit"
1C nny one doubts that Omaha IH enJoying
Joying a. constant and substantial
growth lut him try to Hud a desirable
< -mpty dwelling that Is offered for rent
at n reasonable price. He will wear out
enough shoe leather to pay a month's
rent in advance.
Omaha and Nebraska regret the
action of the Southern rtu-lflc railroad
company rendering necessary the return
of the South Dakota regiment by the
northern route. Nebraska would have
tnkcn pleasure In doing honor to the
lighting men from the state to the north
The Fakery has discovered another
jnaro'fl nest in a conference called by the
chairman of the republican state execu
tlvo committee for the purpose of or
ganlzlng campaign clubs. The election
of several Websterito ward politicians is
advertised as an organized bolt from the
republican county ticket.
I'onocrntlc press reports indicate the
greatest enthusiasm in the campaign
throughout Nebraska. The aetual facts
as learned from unbiased pimple in sec
tlona where meetings liuvo been held
are that the attendance has been too
small generally to rover the benches
and Uio enthusiasm all In the mind o
the press agent.
The Cook County Marching club o
Chicago is going to visit Iowa in tin
hopes of Injecting a Uttlu life Into tin
democratic campaign In that state. l < 'o ,
the present , howi'vcr , thu democrats
temperature In Iowa Is so low that tin
club will not venture further Into th
Interior than the towns along the Missis
Blppl river for IVur of encountering
kllllni ; frost.
An eastern newspaper correspondent
who has been sizing up the political nit-
nation In Nebraska writes to his paper
that the political Identity of the democrats -
crats in this state Is lost completely and
that the real opposition to thu repub
licans la popullstlc. Nebraska demo
crats may bo loath to admit it , but an
Impartial examination into the precise
situation makes this conclusion inevita
ble , It Is about tihio for thu true demo
crats to ask what of the future of their
party in this state.
rOttTIIAlTS OF ItRESK AXD 7/OLCOJ/n.
"Iliitiilwnine Is as handsome dons" Is nn
ndngc that nppllcs forcibly to the two
candidates , ( competing for the position of
Justice , of tlie state supreme court. It Is
conceded on all hands tliut the portrait
of Hllas A. llolcomb IB more beautiful
than , tlmt of Judge Hcose , ns bis person
Is | nioro Imposing In Mature , lint the
portraits J > of the two im-ii do not con-
stltute a true picture of their respective
mental nnd moral calibre. Under the
wnrehllght of publicity turned upon
thflr public nets the stalwurt ami superb
llolcomb shrivels Into a quivering , mar-
rmvlesH , pulpy mass In contrast with tha
rugged , forceful nnd virile character of
llolcomb nnd Itccsc Imve both passed
through tin1 ordenl tlmt tests the inornl
.stamina nnd backbone of men charged
with sacred trust * . The ono came out
of the furnace a muss of glittering dross ;
the- other came out the pure metnl.
Silas A. llolcomb was elected chief ex
ecutive pledged to great reforms. He
wn elevated to thin high position by nn
uprising for batter government that had
broken over all party lines. Ills oppor
tunities were as great as were the ex
pectations of those who placed him In
power. W'hen his career ns governor
closed he passed out of olllce as the
greatest disappointment for political re
form and a most stupendous failure as
nil , , agent to correct the abuses from
which the producers of. Nebraska had
been 1 suffering.
When Mtuionh 13. Heeso was elected
supreme judge nobody expected him to
achieve distinction as a bulwark against
corporate aggression. On the contrary
lie ] was regarded as a man with strong
leanings townrd the dominant monopoly
power. Hut Judge Heeso had a more ex-
nlted Idea of the obligation Imposed by
bis olllclnl oath than had Silas A. llol
comb. During the six years of his In
cumbency on the supreme bench be was
the unswerving exponent of justice In
the face of all political and corporate
pressure. The proof of bis unwavering
uprightness Is embodied In decisions
that commended him to the masses nnd
made him so offensive to the corpora
tions that they decreed and encompassed
his retirement from the bench at the end
of bis first term. "While Holcomb laid
his wires for a position that no man
should seek and scrambled for It up to
the very hour of nomination , Hccso was
nominated In spite of his refusal to bo
a candidate and forced upon the ticket
by the spontaneous and Irresistible cur
rent tlmt came out of the rank and fllo
of his party as a reparation for the
wrong done him ten years ago.
These are the unvarnished and unre-
touched portraits of the two candidates ,
which The Bee would probably never
have drawn but for the attempt of Hoi-
comb's fool friends to make Invidious
comparison and malicious comment over
the portrait of Judge Reese that ap
peared in last Sunday's Illustrated Bee.
POSSIBLE COMPLICATIONS.
While the British newspapers favor
able -to war with the Transvaal reject as
unworthy of consideration the sug
gestion of possible complications grow
ing out of foreign Interference , there
are some things that give plausi
bility to the Idea that in the event
of protracted hostilities between Eng
land and the Boer government some of
the European powers might take ad
vantage of the opportunity offered to
carry out designs Inimical to British In
terests In other parts of the world , par
ticularly In India anil Asia.
The dispatches note a mysterious visit
of the Itusslnn minister of foreign af
fairs to Spain , whence he Is to go to
Paris , and remark that Russia's attitude
in the Transvaal matter is common
knowledge. There may be no slgnlll
cance In the movements of Count Mum-
vlcff , so far ns the Anglo-Boer quarrel Is
concerned , but there can be little doubt
that Russia would take any advantage
that might present Itself through a war
In South Africa for strengthening her
self on the frontiers of India and In
China. It WIIH reported a few days ago
that Russia was constructing entrench
ments near tlie frontier of India. A
protracted conflict In South Africa would
enable Russia to push such operations
and it Is by no means improbable thai
this would be done , while at the same
time efforts might be made to weaken
British authority in India. In whorl
nothing would better suit Russia than to
have- England Involved In u war that
would draw largely upon her resource-
and reduce her ability to safeguard her
Interests In other quarters.
France would probably bo found readj
to second any policy which Russia
should deem It expedient to adopt. The
former has interests in South Afrlci
which would perhaps be menaced bj
an increase of British power there am
France has not forgotten the Fashodi
affair. She would not Interfere dlroctlj
in a South African war , but she coult
give support to Russian projects tlwi
might add to British dltlicultles In car
rylng on the war. ( Sermony , It Is stated
Is olllclally neutral and would pcrhap
remain so , though there is no doubt
where her sympathy Is or that she
would like to BCO British power dimin
ished. In short , the powers of conti
nental Europe are not really friendly to
Great Britain and If a good opportunity
shall present Itself , promising them sub
stantial advantages , they will not hes
itate to manifest tliU.
There Is another feature of the South
African affair which has received little
attention nnd that Is the possible atti
tude of the natives In the event of war.
It Is stated that armed Katllrs accom
pany the Boor commanders. If the for
midable native tribes should take the
Boer side England's task would be enor
mous , for these tribes number many >
more than the whites nnd some of them
are desperate warriors. The Kalllrs ,
however , nre said to dlsllko the Boers
rsh
qulto as much as they do thu English ,
for whllu the latter subdued thorn the
former 1mvo not treated them well , MI
that the danger Is that If war comes
these natives will turn upon the whites ,
both Dutch nnd English , nnd slaughter
thorn Indiscriminately.
The Transvaal dllllculty Is pregnant
with the gravest possibilities. War there
might load to complications of world
wide effect.
THK MASSAWWllKTTS n
The republicans of Massachusetts held
their stnto convention yesterday and
adopted u platform which nil republicans
can heartily apptove. 1'crbnps the most
ClI
Important I declaration relates to na
tional 1 finances. This says that the obligations
1a
gations of the government payable In
coin must bo made by law payable In
gold. "Tho republican party , " it Is de
clared , "stands unreservedly pledged to
maintain the existing gold standard and
wo look with confidence to the Fifty-
sixth congress for the enactment of
measures to so perfect our mon
etary system that there shall be
ample money for the expanding
business of the country and to so
arm nnd guard the treasury that
it can at ftll times protect the national
credit. " Tims another republican con
vention Is on record In favor of legisla
tion unequivocally fixing the gold stand
ard.
ard.The
The republicans of Massachusetts nre
In accord with the party throughout the
country In regard to building up n mer
chant marine as a means of extending
our foreign commerce nnd they declare
their opposition to trusts and monopoly
in unqualilled terms. In regard to the
Philippines , It Is declared tliut thu re
sponsibility for the protection of life and
properly In the Islands was put upon
the United States by the law of nations
nnd the hope Is expressed that congress
"will establish and maintain in those
slnnds , hitherto the home of tyrants ,
government as free , as liberal and ns
rogresslvc as our own. "
The short campaign In the Bay state
vlll probably not be marked by any un-
isual interest and the republicans will
vln by at least their usual majority.
TUtJ SUA'DAl' HBK.
The Bee Sunday will be one of the best
lumbers of this paper ever Issued. This
vlll be true not only of the general news
service , but of the special Sunday fea-
.ures and Illustrated articles.
Particular interest attaches just now
o the development of the South African
troubles , nnd this will be fully treated
u the exclusive cable letters set before
readers of The Bee. The great celebm-
lon In Chicago , participated In by Presi-
lent McKinlcy , will form the center of
domestic telegraphic reports , while all
the political news of the day will bo
accurately chronicled.
Particular attention will surely be at
tracted by this week's Illustrated Bee ,
which covers a variety of subjects cer
tain to please all classes of readers.
For the frontispiece we have a hand
some full length portrait of tlie queen of
the Ak-Sar-Beu carnival , reproduced
from a photograph mode particularly
for The Bee. The photograph , which Is
one of Rluchart's -best productions ,
stands out strikingly on the first page
of the illustrated number.
Supplementing the portrait of the
queen wo have the portrait , of the king
and also a number of fine photographic
plates 'of the unexcelled electrical Il
luminations that dazzled till visitors to
Omaha's Ak-Sar-Beu festivities this
year. The Bee's pictures of the clcc
trlcal floats in particular are the only
ones that show them as they were glit
tering with glowing incandescent lamps
Another interesting feature of this
number Is a group of republican candl
dates for the district bench In Nebraska
Republicans have everywhere nominate !
their most representative attorneys 01
their judicial tickets and this series wll
therefore Include the portraits of lead
ing lawyers In nil the judicial districts
It Is to bo followed in succeeding nuin
hers with the portraits of addltiona
candidates.
A special Illustrated article describe !
the Black Hills Cave of thu Winds , neai
Hot Springs , S. D. , a natural resort sc
much in favor wtlh the people of thi1
eectlon. One picture shows the wliu
cave house and another a. view taken
through the entrance of the cave.
The Illustrated fashion series show
timely novelties for' the autumn season
Carpenter's concluding letter fron
Porto Hlco deals with the opportunltle
for Americans in our new Island acqui m
sition.
.Interesting . for South Omaha readers
Is the picture of the proposed new school , j
building , for which the plans have been
drawn and the construction under way.
Another picture Illustrative of Nebraska
enterprise Is a snapshot of the women
of Boomer , Neb. , unloading the brick for
the now Congregational church which
they are building. For church people
we have the portrait of Rev. F. M. Sis- '
son , recently appointed presiding elder
of the Norfolk district of the Methodist
Episcopal church.
As a political novelty we also repro
duce a photograph of the crowd which
listened to Bryan at Papllllon two weeks
jigo , which was described as a cheering
multitude by his Imaginative press
agent , but which the camera discloses
to have been only a few 'hundred ' per
sons.
If you want the best paper be sure to
buy The Bee.
Omaha last year achieved no little
reputation as a convention city and en
tertained during the Transmlsslsslppl
Exposition more congresses and confer
ences than any other one city In the
country , with possibly one or two excep
tions. Tills is the season of the year
when the locution of a number of large
national conventions Is decided upon.
Thu Commercial club might do well to
put out its lines and hook a few of them
for Omahii.
English papers so radically opposed to
anything suggested from this side of tom
water could learn a valuable lexuou
from events of the recent past. The
inn
sumo papers now suffering conniption
fits at the very suggestion of 1111 offer
by the United States to mediate the
Iffereuces with the Transvaal were Jut !
s much exercised when this country
ractlcallyforced the Venezuelan nrbl-
ration upon England. The result of
hat arbitration \ wild to bo highly
* atl.Hfactory to England and In the pres-
nt Instance there Is no reason to bo-
love that the Intervention of the United
States would prevent that country from
getting all It Is In equity entitled to.
The violent opposition to outside inter-
erenee. even when tendered ns n
rlendly offer , h-ads to the conclusion
hat It Is not strict equity , but nn an-
nnrnge , thu English want hi .South
\frlea.
Governor Poynter's Iowa campaign
ias been declared off. Iowa people who
enow a little about practical reform
hemselves nnd have also heard somec
hlng of the peculiar brand dispensed
rom the Nebraska state house were not
slow to make It apparent to the Ne-
iraska governor that they had a decided
> referencc for their own brand which
nas reduced the cost of running the
state Institutions without decreasing
he comforts of the Inmates , kept them
free from scandal and with a moderate
tax levy piled up n surplus In tlto stnto
treasury. The time which the governor
will save by giving up his proirased
speaking tour through' Iowa can bo
irolltably occupied In studying Iowa
methods.
Having seen the folly of the free sil
ver agitation the Illinois Federation of
Labor at its last meeting omitted thu
10 to 1 , plank from Its platform. Some
irdent free silver men In the conven
tion , thinking the omission was simply
ihrough Inadvertence , made an attempt
b have thu plank Inserted , but were stir-
irlsed to find an overwhelming majority
of the delegates opposed to the plan.
Laboring men are like other people , not
ilways correct In prescribing a remedy
when things go wrong , but they know
when they are well off.
People In the United States have been
in the habit of looking upon the inhab
itants of South America as lacking in
enterprise. That opinion will have to
be revised If they have found a way
to beat the American insurance com
panies by Insuring the lives of poor
people and then killing them as re
ported. As n stroke of enterprise in con
verting a , worthless asset Into ready
cash Ibis would be fully up to American
and European standards.
Omaha should and undoubtedly will
honor all drafts Council Bluffs will make
upon It lu connection with the reception
to the Iowa- regiment soon to return
from the Philippines , not only for the
reason that it will be honoring a reg
iment in every way , worthy , but because
Council Bluffs has never hesitated to
resiioud to a similar request by Omaha.
Auditor Cornell Is not one of the
bright particular s'fars of the popocratlc
campaign firmament now engaged In
the attempt to enthuse empty benches
out in the state. The reformers do netlike
like him and the 'Spoilsmen ' have just
as little use for him , because he does
not make what they consider a fair
divide.
The easiest way to fill up the editorial
columns of a brainless popocratlc organ
is to reprint columns of editorials that
have appeared In The Bee years ago
nnd by dove-tailing them with a few
words of original comment seek to apply
them to conditions that nre entirely at
variance with their spirit and letter.
RcfllHtuiicc Unuvnllliiir.
Philadelphia Times.
'Apparently ' "prosperity " liad to como In.
Out In the great corn-growing states nature -
turo took it by the ear.
One of me First.
Chicago Record.
A great many noraoos nre claiming the
credit of having discovered Dowejv but
Montojo la entitled to part of the honor.
Only Houni ( or One.
Indianapolis News.
At least Admiral Uowoy was an expan
sionist In the aenso that there was not t
enough room in the harbor for both himself t
and the Spanish Moot.
Ill > llll > ( C I'OHHlllllU- .
Boston Transcript.
Successful experiments have 'been made
at sea. In telephoning without wires. There
is reason 'for ' hoping that nt eomo distant
day even politics may ibo run without wires.
Dconiluiice of ( lie .Spellbinder.
Washington Star.
The times are propitious for a change In
campaigning. The stump speach has for
eomo yeara been eteadlly losing ground. It
has loot much of Its old-time thrill. H U BO
| much the same thing. The people are out-
' growing It. The extravagance of phrase ,
j thd sweep of gesture , the venerable ane < : -
dote which characterize It and carry It
along are not potent as they once were.
"Worker mill Huoiiter.
Minneapolis Journal.
A Nebraska town haa an old nvan who
does odd Jobs for a living while lila eon , a
ellver-tongued reformer , In prosperous cir
cumstances , goes about the country deliver
ing political speeches and woeplng real tears
over the woes of the laboring man. This
smooth and specious fraud wears line
clothes and stops at the best hotels and
lives In cnso and comfort. There must cer
tainly ho u modified lilnd of a hell some
where.
tlic A roll of Victory.
Philadelphia Press.
The New York arch , to which attention
has been already called In these columns ,
cost | 30,000 as It stands. The most costly
work of all was given free the labors of
the sculptors and dwlguera and architect.
Consequently , were It reproduced In marble
and bronze , as Is propcsed , the actual cost
for material and the art creations would be
very considerable. Ono estimate places thlg
at Jl,500,000 , which Is certainly not ex
orbitant , but most economical. Placed prop ,
erly and executed a It ought to bo , the
arch would bo a thing of beauty and a joy
forever , and It Is to be hoped New Yorkers
will see their way clear to making it per
manent. This problem raised will bo a
splendid teat of the real local prldo Inherent
In the financial prlncca who make New York
their business rendezvous. Spread among
ten of them J 100,000 apiece would represent
a IIca bite , and yet nothing Is more likely
than that if the arch io built It will bu bult )
by the poorer taxpayers. Hut built It should
be , und even the poor should welcome the
opportunity gladly. They will get their
money'u worth , anil their children after
them.
m\VI5V AMI Til 15 I'll
Sun Krnnclaco Cnll ( rep. ) : Viewed from
the politician's et.indpolnt. the admiral's im
mediate future offers the most alluring pos
sibilities for promollnR his candidacy. The
unequnlcil effusion ot feeling In New York
l ! net lo bo the last of patriotic demonslrn-
tlon. \ little inter he Is to go to Philadel
phia and Chicago , nnd the furore will bo pro
longed. j , At present the question If the moat
Interesting ono In our politics.
Indianapolis News ( Ind. ) : There la Just
ono other contingency : The democratic
mass , or mob , or whatever Mr. Wntterson
may ehooso to call It , might tnko the bit In
Its teeth nnJ nominate lowey ) ns the whlgs
nominated Taylor , who was no whig at all
nnd who represented the policy ot territorial
expansion , which the whlRs opposed. All
these things are possible , bnrrlug ono thing ,
that la , n decisive word from the Admiral
himself , a word , bo It noted , he has taken
j,1
care not to speak since ho tins been in this
country , denying even thnt his son knew his
politics In answer to n statement that his
son said he was n republican. Dewey in
America ! e n different quantity from Dcwcy
in ' ' the Philippines.
Uoston Transcript ( Ind. ) : Just now the
country Is Inclined to too hysterical in Its
mood of hero worship and to say things It
will forget n month hence. Everybody
realizes that Admiral Dewey Is n great v.nr-
rlor of the ocean and thnt In a critical sit
uation at Manila he exhibited the talent and
tact of a trained diplomatist ot the first or-
dor ; but beyond courage and tact docs any
body rcnlly know whether Dewey possesses
any qualifications < or the presidency ? Nine
people out of ten In the United Slates
never heard of Dewey before May 1 , 1S9S. lie
had lived the life of ncoroa of nblo olllcers
of the navy , discharging every duty confided
to him BO quietly , and o efficiently , that
oulaldo of tlio navy hej "was ns little known
as Karragut In 1861.Vo nil know him now
ns the hero of Manila llay and while wo
may draw legitimate Inferences from the
doings of the admiral that shed point- lighten
on the character of the man , our knowledge
of him rests on nothing more substantial.
Minneapolis Tribune ( rep. ) : The proba
bilities at this writing nro that Dewey will
not bo a presidential candidate , but he Is
not nn Impossibility In that relation. The
best brains nnd character In the democratic
party would like to nominate him , but we do j 1
not think ho could be Induced to train
under Iho ausplceo of that party , lie would
not make as strong a democratic candidate
as ho would republican candidate , Horace
Greoley found that tbo old-tluie democrats
would not vote for a man who had been a
republican , no matter what promised ho
made them. Dewey comes of a republican
family. All hlo antecedents are republican ,
and , so far as known , his principles also. If
ho should become the democratic candidate
ho could not command the unanimous vote
of that party and especially not In the
south. On the other band If , through an
uncontrollable sequence of events , ho should
become the republican nominee , he would
command the unanimous vote of the repub
licans , and would draw thousands and thou
sands of votes Jrorn the opposition. He
would be elected by the biggest majority of
the people of all states that any president
ever received.
I'OLITICAIj 1) III FT.
Money Is oald to be flowing like water in
Ohio. The floating vote Is In the swim.
Ohio dead walls are being plastered with
pictures of John R. McLean , democratic can
didate for governor. Mr. McLean's face ,
however , Is not half as fetching as his
bnr'l.
Lemuel Ell Qulgg now admits that the
Platt machine made a blunder In opposing
Seth Low for mayor of Now York two years
ago. As usual political hindsight Is wonder
fully Illuminating.
Philadelphia threatens to go after one" of
the national conventions. In view ot the
pace shown In shaking the city ball com
mission , the Quaker city's chances of suc
cess are not brilliant.
Robert S. Parke , an Americanized China
man , who was born In San FraucUeo , has
recently organized the Chinese voters of
California , an'd they now propose taking an
active part In the city and state politics.
There are now In the city of San Franclsci
1,000 native born Chinese of legal voting
age
There will be more than ICO democratic
members of the Fifty-sixth congress , an In
crease of forty over the democratic member
ship of the preceding congress , and already
there Is some contest over the democratic
leadership. It Is wholly limited , however ,
to southern members , n nong whom are John
H. Bankhead of Alabama and J. D. Richard
son of Tennessee.
The nomination of General Funston for
congress by the Topeka Dally Capital would
appear to -without embarrassment for the
gallant lighter and swimmer since he has nol
committed himself too fully on the question
of expansion , which would probably be made
the Issue. The Capital thinks the nomina
tion would bring thousands of votes to the
republican tliskot. and wants It to bo unade
without regard to party.
According to the statistics compiled by
Comptroller Coler , these are the large Ameri
can cities which make no contributions of
public moneys to private charitable Instltu
tlons : Boston , Cincinnati , Plttsburg , Clove
land , Milwaukee and Jersey City. The con
tributions ot Chicago , St. Louis , New Or
leans , Detroit , Newark and Minneapolis are
Insignificant in amount. Philadelphia
Baltimore and Washington charitable In
stitutions get public aid , but Now York con
tributes more in a year than all other
American cities collectively. The amount o
Now York's contribution to private charlta
bio funds is In excess of $3,000,000 yearly.
TS OK THI : THI.M , .
I < 'rmic Snlil ( o Ilnve Miulo Iliiiulnomi
Sum Out of Jlt'iiiifN Court-Martliil ,
London Graphic ,
Some Interesting figures have been workec
out uhowlng the activity of the tclegrnphU
service at Hciuies durlni ; the trial ot Cap
tain Dreyfut * . It Is ttitlmated that more
than U.OOO.OOO words wcro transmitted eve
the wlrea during the tlmu the trial laated
On the day of the verdict no fewer thai
3,000 telegrams wore dispatched from Itcnnea
to all parln of the world to announce th
verdict. For the month of August alone
that Is to eay , for twenty-four days ot th
trial 'tho telegraphic receipts In France
represented ait increase of $94,000 , com
pared with the receipts for the month o
August last year. This Increase , althoug !
nominally applying to the whole of France
Is duo solely to the tele-graphic communlca
tlons between Ttennea and Paris. In ordo
to arrive nt the exact amount of profits
accruing from the work occasioned by tin
court-martial it Is , of course , nectwsary t
add to the amount already stated the pro
cei ds for eight daya of September , the fig
urcs for which nre not yet known. It I
lafo to say , however , that the total gait
to the treasury will not bo far uliort o
(120,000. (
The telegraphic staff wan divided Into tw
groups , each comprising forty-eight persona
and they worked twenty-three instrument
connecting Paris and Heunes. Never bofor
have so many words 'been ' transmitted be
tween two places for so many days In sue
cession. The operators worked elovei
hours a day , Instead of the scven-hopr ehlf
which Is their normal working day. Th
minister of commerce has decided to allot
three days' holiday to each telegraphist cm
ployed at Ilcnnui , as well as a small monetary
tary gratuity. The telephonic service wa
not less active. For tbo month of Auguu
OTIIKIl LAM1S TIIAX OlllS.
The British Indian press Is giving : much
attention to the concentration of Uusilnn
troops In Central Asia. According to the
most authentic reports there are now In
' Turkcstftn nbout 80,000 men , numbering In
Inf.intry nlouo W.OOO efficient soldiers ready
to ako the field. There Is much specula
tion ns to the purpose of the largo increase
of the Russian army In that part ot Asia
during the last summer. The general opin
ion seems to bo that it Is Intended to sup
port demands about to be mode on the Per
sian government. At the same time tbo
garrisons on the Afghan and Indian fron
tiers have been strengthened. A clue to the
1 i object of this lluMlan move may bo found
In the discussion that has been carried on
actively of late In the St. Petersburg nna
Moscow papers. TLeso Journals utinnl-
mously ngrco thnt the time 1ms conic for
Hu&sla to have direct railway communica
tion across Persia to the gulf , nnd that I'er-
ela must bo called upon to make the eon-
cession without further delay. Ono step
lins already been taken in obtaining the
renewal of the concession for n Hussion line
from Hesht on the Persian coast of the Cas
pian to Tehernn , but the Russian press In
side that this line is of itself of little value
for strategic purposes , ntid urges the prcec-
cutlon of the greater enterprise , including
n strongly fortified harbor at Its maritime
extremity.
During his recent stay In Vienna M. Poble-
donostzfff | j , procurator general of the Holy
Synod In Uussla , submitted himself to n
ho touched upon several matters of current
Interest. Ho denied that either Roman
Catholics or Jens , as such , are persecutes
In Russia. He declared , however , that every
Catholic priest Is n Polish agent , and pro
claimed himself strongly opposed to the np-
polntmcnt of n papal nuncio In St. Pctcra-
burg. Knglnnd , he snld , had sent agents to
Finland to agitate against Russia and cir
culate false rumors abroad. The Finnish
question , he declared , wns simply one of the
unity of the army. What would bo said In
Austria , ho asked , If ono province or ono
section of the community demanded special
privileges In the army ? Was Russia not at
liberty by the abrogation of the Finnish
privileges to unify and strengthen her mlll-
tary forces ? Referring to the Jewish qtics-
tlon , M. Pobiedouostzeft said that for all Im-
partial observers the proceedings at Rennes
roved the Innocence of Captain Dreyfus ,
lo strongly criticised the condition of af-
alrs lu France , and ascribc-d the root or
ho mischief to the false education of the
oung. In conclusion , he remarked that
Russia's present relations with Germany are
f the "most correct description. "
*
A new regulation in the British nrmy pro-
Ides for the IBSUO of a good-conduct medal ,
in English paper says that hitherto .many
, man who has served In an exemplary mau
ler for fourteen or sixteen years , or 'even
onger , has found himself debarred from
icing awarded the medal , with Its accom-
mnylng gratuity , owing to some crime of an
usubordlnato nature , committed in his re-
rult days. Even where the soldier had
; ervcd with a clean sheet In all parts ot the
vorld for years , ho wna Ineligible for the
medal It hie records were stained by the
Jlack mark of Insubordinate conduct/ even
n the first few weeks of his career. Under
ho new regulations no offense , not of a dlH-
ijraccful nature , will debar a soldier from
ils right to the medal
, provided that no se-
lous off cnso has been committed by him
after his first two years of service. If H can
) o shown from his defaulter sheet thnt ho
ias served In an exemplary manner for
eighteen years , hu will get the medal , even
hough In his younger 'days lie may huvo
irred against tlie strict requirements of dis
cipline. The new regulation will be wcl-
omcd throughout the service , all the more
so It made retrospective.
* * *
Among" other signs Indicating the inferior
: haracter of the modern French officer Is an
unpleasant Incident which occurred recently
at Auxerrc. On their departure for their
lomcs a tow days ago , after their twcnty-
olght days' service , lltty-slx reservists of
ho Fourth Infantry regiment published In a
ocal Journal nn open letter signed by all
of them and addressed to .the minister of
n'ur. In this letter they denounce two of
ficers a lieutenant because he dally Insulted
: hem with the coanscat abuse , and the cap-
: aln because ho know and tolerated these
acts on the part of his subordinate. As the
military regulations punish all faults against
discipline committed by superiors , the Mar
quis do Galllffet , the present resolute
minister of war will
, undoubtedly make an
nquiry and punish the two officers In ques
tion , If the fncts are as represented. But the
military regulations also torbld 'the publlca
tlon of any complaint or nny writing whatever
over without the consent of the minister ot
war , nnd H Is probable that the fifty-six
reservists will bo called to account , also ,
for their technical offense , which was com
mitted , probably , moro In Ignorance than In
malice.
The growth of prosperity In Oreat Brit
ain Is shown by a report which hna Just been
published by the labor department of the
Board of Trade. From this it appears that
during the year 1808 Increased wages were
received by moro than 1,000,000 workers , ex
clusive of agricultural laborers , seamen anil
railway servants , who are known to have
shared In the ganeral advance. The increase i
In the case of persons continuing to work In
their accustomed manner , amounted dur
ing 1898 to no less than 95,000 per week.
In contrast with an Increase amounting to
J245.000 per week In the year preceding , so
that the laboring classes of the United King
dom are known to have received In wages
last year something like 2,000,000 more
than they received in 1897 , and between
7,000,000 and 8,000,000 moro than they
received In 1896. The net "weekly rlsa In
the first six months of the present year
SECURITY.
Genuine
Carter's
Little Liver Pills.
Must Bonr Signature of
See Pac-Slmllo Wrapper Uelow.
m U and a * eury
\n take oa augur.
FOR HEADACHE.
FOR DIZZINESS.
FOR BILIOUSNESS.
FOR TORPID LIVER.
FOR CONSTIPATION.
FOR SALLOW SKIN ,
FOR THECOMPLEXIOH
CURE SICK HEADACHE.
Baking Powder
Made from pure
cream of tartar.
Safeguards the food
against alum.
Alum baking powders nrc
menaecrs to litalth of the present day *
row oAnwa rowotR co. , M * vo" .
amounted to over 60,000 , nnd the upward
movement atlll continues.
44 *
The recent report of the registrar general
of New Zealand leads to the conclusion that
the fine warlike tribes ot the Maoris nro fast
dying out. Though they may not become
absolutely extinct for a few decades , their
loccu IB evidently scaled. Among the causss
ofllclally aPslRiied for the thinning of the r
numbers are the high InfnutCo mortality re
sulting from poor food , exposure and the
vant ot the most ordinary care ; constitutions
debilitated by old debauchery , the belief In
nattvo doctors , the neglect of the sick nnd
the adoption ot Kuropenn habits und cos
tumes , leading to disenscs of the respiratory
orgijiis. A Maori master of arts , Mr. NB.ita ,
In recently mlilrcRsIng u cnntereneo cf his
countrymen , added to these causes that ot
Intemperance In the iso : of liquors , which ,
ho declared , was rapidly pauperizing them
and Nipping their vitality.
\Vlml AnnllK J. Hull.
Louisville Courier-Journal.
Heio I * a quotation ! rom the Boers' na
tional hymn :
"Wtml hoop nou In otis liclctrc lug ,
Trnnsvaiilse vrlJhoIdsvlnKl
OIIH vljamU * In WOBROVIUB. "
Ons bllnk'n blljer il B.
If John Hull thinks he Is going to have a
walkover In the Transvaal he > had better
wear extra-soled boots.
IVDIVN Kl.i C1IAKK.
Philadelphia Iloconl : Sllllcus-Clothus
don't inalci * n 111:111. :
Cynlcus No , but 1 am n midlclcnt be
liever In tlu > Darwinian theory to say that
they often muko n monkey of him.
Indianapolis Journal : "lluvc you over
jilnyi'il foot ball ? " she asked.
"No , " he replied , "but when I was a
cowboy 1 was once run over by a herd
of stiunpuded steers. "
Detroit Journal : " 1 wonder why these
emblems arc called arms' . ' "
"Well , you know , a family with nrms
has n good ilcul that would otherwise bo
qulto beyoml their reach. "
Philadelphia nulletlu : "Thiwo rival mil
liners nro trying hard lo outdo cnch
other. "
"Yen , anil they both seem to be In good
lighting trim. "
Chicago TlmoH-Ilerald : "Wbut wo need , "
snld the i-illtor , "Is higher criticism. "
Thereupon lie Issued orders to have the
book reviewer mul the dramatic critic
El von ulllces on tin.1 top lloor.
Chicago News : "In this wur-ruld a Muff
BOOS , " tmld the Janitor philosopher. "Th1
moil tliot stands out In liimt nv n swill
hotll will a toothpick- hU mouth kin
borrow a dollar quicker tlion tb' mon
who KOCS In a lunch room an' Kits n M
male. "
Cleveland Plain Dealer : "Did that bottle
of medicine do your smut any pooilV"
"Noj us noon as she read the wrapper
she got'thrcis new flls-'ons-Os. " -
Washington Star : "Of course , " said Sen
ator BorKhum , "Dewoy Is u romnrkubla
man ; but "
"You arc not going to qualify your
pralso ! "
"Well , I ndmlro his couriiKC and nil
thnt ; but I must say that wh < Mi a nuin
with his opportunities stands up and re
fuses to rim for olllco It sets a mighty bud
precedent. "
THU CO : N citoi * .
Syracuse ( N. Y. ) Herald.
Oh. th' peaches la n failure.
An * th" grapes Is lookln * slim ,
An' th' prospe.ck for p'tuters
Is mighty dull nn' dim :
Th' punklnn nln't nil likely.
An' th' squashes are ngree.
An' th' turnips soft an' mealy ;
Hut th' corn crop
Jlully Gee !
Th1 apples IB all gnarly ,
Th' orchard Is a shame ! !
Wlmr nro th' golden Pippins
Thet gave this country fame ?
Th1 Northern Spies nil languish.
An' th' OreenliiBS nlopo th1 tree ,
An" tb' liussots are llko cord wood ;
But th1 corn crop
Ilully Gee !
Tlicy's u tliousan' million bushels ,
They'H u billion o' fat ears ,
Tli" biggest crop o' corn , sir ,
AVe seen In twenty years ;
Fnim north , east , south an' west , Blr ,
Y' lienr th' farmers1 glee ,
Tliey hick about p'tntcrs ;
But th' corn crop
Jlully Gee !
Something
Good
. . .
Those
Two-piece
Suits for
Boys.
. . .
That we have on sale on
the second floor Cass.meres ,
Worsteds and Cheviots , in
Broken Checks. Plaids and Mix
tures , Regular $6.00 , $6.50
and $7,50 Suits , for only
OO
JSACJ * .
Sizes from 8 to J6 years ,
and the best two-piece suits for
the money ever shown in
Omaha. Look them over and
be convinced.
. . .Open Saturday Kvu. . .