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THE OMAHA DAILY BEE u. nosiiATEK , Editor PUBMSHKD n MOHNMNO. TKKMS OF SUBSCRIPTION. DMly lice ( without Sunday ) . One Year.J 00 Dully Uee ind Sunday. One tenr SW Daily , Sunday and Illustrated. One Year S i. , Biinday nnd Illustrated , On Year . . . 22j Illustrntcrt Hoe , One Year 2W fcunday lite. One Year 2-1 Haturda ) Hce Onr Year 1 to Weekly B c , Ono Ycnr < OKI-ICES Omaha. The Uoe Building South Omaha City Hall Building. Tw nty-flfth and N Streets Council Bluffs 10 1'enrl Street. Chicago 10(0 ( Unity Building New x.ork' Temple Court Washington 501 Fourteenth Street. COIlIlESPONDENCn. Communications reflating to news and edi torial matter should be addressed. Omilia Bee , Editorial Department. HUSINESH urrrnns. HuMne i letters and remittances should \jf addressed. The Bco Publishing Company , Omaha , P.EMlTTANCnS. Remit by elruft , e.xpresH or postal order , jmjablo to The Boo Publlimlng Compin ) Only 2-cent stamps accepted In pajment of mall accounts. Personal ehecks , except on Omahn or Eastern exchange not accepted TIM : nuu puHUsniNCr COMPANY. hi'\TIiMUVP 01' 8t etn of Nebraska , Douglas County , ss : George 11 Tzschuckecretnry ef The Uep I'uhllshlnK companv , being eluly Hvvorn , nays thnt the. nrtual number of full and eoin- pletc copies of The Dally , Morning , Even ing nnd .Sunday Ike , prlntent during the month of September , 18SJ , was na follows. 1 1:7,170 1C . ui.nop 17 . - -,1120 13 . SIiBO ! 19 . , a4.rsa 6 . 'JII.ITO : o . a 1,7 10 G . U.-SII ) 21 . a I.TOO 7 . - : . - , r.t ; i 12 . a.,040 S . . ! . - . , < > ' a . ai.sio 51 . 2.1.01O 10 . iin.nr.o 20 . 21,070 12 . t.titll ) 27 . 21,700 13 . 1:1,010 23 . til10 14 . Hl.TCI ) 29 . 10 . UI.TOU 20 . Total 7n , SSO Loss unsold and returned copies. . . . O.OSU Net total salcH 7 7s H Net dally average 2l-JI ! OEORGE B. TX.SCI1UCK , SnbBcrlbcd nnd sworn b fore me this 2nd diy of October , A D. . 1STO M. 11. HUNGATn. ( Seal ) Notary Public. Thursday , October 39 , Is registration day. Mnik It down. From no\v on until election Nebraska \\ttl How with cauipalgn orntoiy. The wind storm which vlsltcil Nc- Innslui this Avcuk will h.ive Its uses. It lilcw Ilio corn down so that It vlbe \ \ possible to gather It \ \ ithotit the use ot stepladders. An cxtinoidlnnry tes > .loii of the Mon tana legislature Is bitilted. They must mean by that n session in which none of the members arc accused of btlbory or of receiving bilbos. People In NobiasK.i ean appieclatc what a line country they live In when they read the accounts of HIIOW block ades at this season of the jcai in other sections of the. country. The dcmoi'iatb arc spailng no effort to keep coutiol of the county bo.ud whose patiouagu they have enjojed for the last year. A taste of the spoils only culti vates a demand for moio. The coloiodvoters aie not to be caught by lUjanlte talk. Several reg iments of their race aie doing good sen-ice over In the Philippines nnd they me not willing to believe them to be iniiidcrors and assassins. It Is really too bad that accident hap pened to Shamrock. The AHUM Ran people expect to keep that cup , but they prefer to give the challenger n run for Jils money , since he has proved himself such ft royal good fellow. Under the new law reglstiars will this year ask each voter who presents him self for icglstratlon this question : "What political party do yon deslio to adlllato With' ' " I4et every republican answer : "The republican paity. " Whenever the Woild-IIeiald gets into a tight corner It plays ciittlelKh and tiles to cover up Its clocked hacks by shed ding an inky lluld. The cuttleliMi game , however , has been played so often that It no longer fools intelligent people , The Commercial club is planning a trip to the south along territory which lsto _ bo put In close connection with Omaiia by the opening of the Illinois Central. This Is a rich territory tthieh should not be neglected by Omaha's business men. Hemember that In order to vote at the coming election you must Ihst lu\o jour name enteied on the registration lists. No previous legislation list holds good. Registration day is Thursday , October 10. Do not neglect this Important duty. Mr. Isi'llu'n yacht Is not the only Co lumbia possessed of speed , rnclu Sam possesses n war ship of that name which can outfoot anything of the Kind o\\ned abroad. If it comes to a show down the original Miss Columbia herself la not so slow. "There aie times \\lien man wants to bo alone. " Popocratle orators In Ne braska object , however , to having it occur when they wish to make a cam paign speech. A compulsory attendance law may bo expected If the next leglhla hire Is popociatlc. The school board has taken action to teopen the night schools , which weio so miccpfsfully conducted last jcar. l-'oi people who have been unable to secmo an education and are now required to work during the day the night schools are a priceless boon. Popociatlc managers Jiave not yet been able to tlgure out why Mr. Hryai left this debatable state In outer ti spend a week In Io\\a , a Mate hope lessly republican , unless , peichanu' , I was Tor the puipOMt of anticipating President McKlnlej or talking to the people attrailcd b > him. r/m ruMcr o The o were .strong and significant words that were uttered by Pres dent McKlnlcy at Milwaukee whe-n he "ild. "The greatest policy In this world for men or nations is duty and whenever that calls we should follow. " No fair- minded iimn ran doubt that the picM dent Is animated by a profound SCIHP of duly , that what lie has done and Is doIng - ' Ing he conscliMitloiiKly brlloves the Im perative ieiUlioiiient | of his constitu tional obligations , ( in another occasion Mr. McKInley said that "theovoi - elguty of the United .States In the Phil ippines cannot be given away by a pus- Ident , " jet there arc .ontu who e\ldeiitly think It can bo and who beiatc the DHS- Ident because lie docs not give It away. There has nucly been in our history an } thing more unfair and unreasonable than the assaults made upon the prc l- dent which atllrm or Imply that he has acted In disregard of duty , and the people ple who are doing this , tlu-io can be no doubt , would be equally zealous In de nouncing the piesldcnt had he taken a dlffctont ionise. Tlie sovereignty of the Philippines , said Mr. McICInlcy , belongs to the people ple and the president of the rutted States has but ono duty to per form and that Is to maintain ami establish the au thority of the Tnited States In those Islands. "He could not do less and per form Ills duty. " Whoever will ghe this fair and candid consideration must np- ptove It. The president Is acting for the people , as required by the icpresenla- tl\os of the people In congress. lh > Is proceeding strictly within the limits of his constitutional authority and the duty devolved upon him by congtess. When congress ratified the treaty of peace It rccepted , for the Amcrlc.rn people , the soveielgnty of the Philippines ceded by ' 'pain , and whatoM'r may be thought of he wisdom of this action it uitqucstlou tbly Imposed upon the president the luty , as Impciatlvo as any druilud upon him by his oath to faithfully execute - ecute the laws , of maintaining that sov- relgnty. The whole matter was de termined by congiess and let It not be forgotten that some of those who now- leery and denounce the president be- arisehe is faithfully performing his luty were in ir huge measure io&ponMhlo for the war with Spain. They peislst- ently endeavored to plunge the uninhj nto hostilities while the president was Miiploylug all the resouues of diplo nacy to obtain justice for Cuba without ecoutse to war. It requited all the in fluence of the administration to defeat the efforts of popocrtrtlc jingoes , to pie- clpltate war in the midst of diplomatic icgotiatlons and when the country was itteily unprepared for war. It is obviously 1o no purpose now to irge that a different policy should 1m e been adopted In lespect to the Plrlllp- ilnes. What we are now called upon to do is to deal with the actual condi tions that e\ht there and the president , is cornmander-In-elilef of the army and iayy , is simply performing the duty le- inlied of him by the action of the pee ple's representatives. lie cannot give Tway the sovereignty oC the Philippines accepted by < ongiess. He cannot alter i single condition or relinquish a single responsibility created by the treaty of peace with Spain. Krom the moment that treaty was ratified it bLC.rine as Jludlug upon the executive as any other act of congress and he has given i no construction not authorized by its terms Vs upon congress icsts the responsibility for having accepted soxeiclsuty in the Philippines , so with congress Is the duty of determining what shall be the futuie policy regarding those Islands. Pending that decision the president must con tinue to assert American sovereignty thoie and do his utmost to maintain it A n.AtlHAhe AliVSK One ot the most flagrant abuses to which communities and private Individ uals are subjected In this state IH the use of obscure and roadeiless papers for the publication of olllclal legal notices that should by rights be given the wid est publicity. It Is common practice for county judges to order the publication of notices of the settlement of estates and directly aU'efting widows and 01 plums In papeis that have not a handful of bona tide subscribers , when it Is manifestly the duty of probate judges to have such orders published In newspapers of general circulation. It Is the piactlcc of sheriffs and master commissioners to publish notices of fore closures of mortgages and chattel sales In papeis that have not a single p-ild subscriber and the \icliins of this ninl- practlce have no icdie s for the willful suerllleo of thulr Interests In propertj sold under the hammer wheio there arc no bidders because of the lack of proper publicity. And jet the courts wink and blink at this shnmoful abuse of public trust , wlille many lawjers aie reputed to charge tip to their clients the full legal uites for adveitNng in reader less papers that give them a rake-olT. A stiIking Illustiation of this abuse lias just come to our notice. Among several - oral columns of notl < es of foreclosure sales , divorce notices and sherllt's sales that appeared In the last Issue of the Omaha Labor Itulletln Is a notice of an election foote bonds for a propound street railway in the village of Itenson , one of the suburbs of Omaha. This notice Is addiessed to the \oteis of the village as a pretended compliance witli the law. After a thorough earn ass it ap peals that oalj thice copies of the Labor Bulletin , so called , could be found with a searchlight In tlio town of Meiison , whlih boasts nearly 100 voters. It would bo safe to parry dollar > to doughnuts that not one solitary person In the vll lage of Hcnson , e\cept alone the village clerk nnd possibly some of the promoters of this bond guilt , huyo ever seen the bond election notice. And yet the tax- pajlug voters of the village of Benson are piosumed to ha\e received fall warning that a moitgage is about to be plastered upon tlieir town whKh they urn ( > \pecteci to rnleoui , pilncipal and in terest , b > speilal taxation upon their piopertj. The' < llniBy'ci.ciibo given for thU sham 1 publication Is that publication In f the Hulletln Is cheaper than in , a paper of general cliculatlou. When It Is n'liieinhried that this special elec tion Is adveillscd to take place on Thuis- dny , No\ember - , between S a. m. and 0 p m. . while the general election will bo held on Tuesday , Xo\ember 7 , the true object of the cheap publication be comes manifest. Whj was a special election called live lays ahead of the general elect on ? Ki i- dclitly because the promoters of the lit tle moloi | ob did not date il k the full \ole usually polled at goueial elections. Why was the notice of election Insoitcd in a shoot that does not circulate In the village ? Evidently to keep the people In the dark. H goes without sajlng that such llti- grant abuses could not be prictlced upon the people If all publlnitlons of legal notices Involving taxation and moitgago foieclosuies were required to be gl\cn the widest publication through papers of established general circulation. A M MfT/vT. . Colonel _ llryiui's hnaslon of the lllw Glass slnlo In icspoiise to the cty of dis tiess of the ( jochel managers , who ha\c contracted to deliver to him the Ken tucky delegation In the nc\t national demociiitic coinentloii , discloses the fear of the democrats that the bieak in the solid south at the last pit sldeiitlal elec tion may be- repeated and enlarged In the election of UHX ) . Bryan's Inaugiiial speech , In which he sajs that It depends somewhat on what Kentucky does tills jc.ir whether the next president of the 1 nlted States Is a demociat , emphasizes this point. To Insure Kcnttick.v In the democratic. column ihu Infamous Goebel law was passt-d for the .impose of plac ing the election machinery In the hands of unscrupulous partisans who could be relied on to take everj advantage olleicd to count In democratic candidates Irre spective of how the ballots are cast. To meet this political c-\moiicy Colonel Itiyan , alwa.vs an opportunist , llmls It expedient to go to the icscue of the author of this notorious law now at the head of the democratic state ticket , and to ally himself in Kentucky with men opposed to a fiee ballot and an honest count , which in the northern states he pretends to champion In the name of liberty and Independence. The alliance made bj' Colonel Bryan In Kentucky should be as icvoltlng to democrats and populists of the noun and west as his compact with Croker of the Tammany gang In New York , who are willing to deliver the support of the Empire state in the nominating coiufiition to anyone who will bargain to them the sole con trol of the spoils and patronage allotted to that commonwealth. Whether the democrats of Kentucky will appreciate * Mr. Bryan s tender of ad vice , which they know is prompted by selllsh motives in the Inteiest of his own presidential aspirations , remains to be seen. The contest In Kentucky is be ing vigorously waged by the republicans and by the democrats who lefuse to sub mit ( o Tammany methods. Although the state Is naturally democratic the best ad vices are to the effect that the light will be close to the very end. I'KHMAXBXT. Among the significant utterances of President McKInley dining his western tour one made at the little town of Ack- lej' , la. , deserves more than passing notice. In the couise of hih remarks em- phasl/lng the wonderful change which had taken place In the Industrial condi tion of the country since ills advent to the presidency , he said : "We are on a gold basis and we mean to stay theie. " According to the icpoit sent out by the Associated Pi ess this sentiment was met with a gciiei.il cry of "Uood. " The same cry should be reechoed thioughout the whole length and breadth of the land. Whatever question there may have been In the minds of sound money men in 1800 us to the possibility Of establishing a double standard by International agree ment , that Idea has been dissipated by the unsuccessful elToit of President Me- Klnlej' to secmo the cooperation of other governments and the lucontio- vertlble logic of events that lias made the gold btandard the symbol of our re turn to national and individual piospcr- ity. ity.The The progiess which the countiy has made on the money question Is well ox- emplllled by the money plank of the state platfotm promulgated by Ne- biaska icpubllcans this year. Not con tent with simply icntllrmtng the St. Louis platfoim the party goes on to say : Wo adhere unequivocally to the gold stand- aid nnd are unalterably opposed to the frco coinage of silver. Oold has been our stand- Hid slneo 1S34 and Is now the Btandard of | every civilized and Important country In the world. After more than twentj years of harmful agitation and a campaign of cxlrn- ordUiary earnestness and full discussion the pojplo of the United States by a majority of more than 600,000 decided In favor of that standard. Our experience and present pros perity In the amplest and fullest measure demonstrate the wisdom cf that decision. Pipsldent McKinley's assurance that we me on H gold basis and wo mean to stay there shows that on the money question Nobiaska republicans , uc strictly In line with the position of the chief executive and that they undo no mistake In Joining Issue squaiely with those who still clamor for the fice coinage - ago of silver at the ratio of 10 to 1. All the pessimistic piedlctlons made by the Urjanltcs in IS'.HI depleting the calami ties that were to occur should the gold standaid bo maintained have been com pletely disappointed. Wo aio not only on a gold Imsls , but wi > aif also cnjojlng a peilod of piospeilty unequaled In the hlstoiy of the countiy , and if stajlng cm a gold basis means the peipetuation of piosperou.s conditions , no people as In telligent as the people of the I'nlted Slates nlll vote for a change calling for a lur/aidous experiment sine to sot the count o buck fuither than It was In 1MUS. Iowa railroads aio again troubled with tiamps. When Iowa faimcic , mine owners , bulldeis and rallioad graders are tr.vlng In every w.ij po siblc lo e- um > men enough to do the woik in slqht , men who tramp over the countiy and rofu p tn nuept nn > of the nuniei otis offers of work cannot oxpeit to re cehf miKlioimld ( < iatlon. In times of Induslilal distress such us the country passed thtoiigh thice .veins ago It was a dllllciilt matter to sc | > atatc the woilhy men who would work If thej hud the op porlunlty fiom the p who humped from choice. No such dllliculty exists now and eveiy able-bodied man cnnstunlly out of work Is so f i om choice. Tin- wholesale gioccis of Missotiil vul ley dlstilbutlng ( ciitcis met In Omiiha this week to take action , It Is wild , against ceitaln of Its membeis for .oil- Ing sugar below cost. It appears that ti compact had been ciiteicd Into some months ago by which all agreed to up hold the pilco of sugar at a small tuaigln * of prollt. A few members bioko the pool and had lo be disciplined. Heu > Is a Hue opportunity for the luist-sni.ishiug attorney general to iiish to tin- teller of the cousined member < and piotoct them in their piactlco of selling sugar below cost. Ameilenn newspaper correspondents who cudgeled ( iem-ial Otis Into lomov- ing the piess censor of dispatches to Ameilcaii papeis will soon permitted to sec how the English commanders hi South Afilca heat the picss men. News- papeis , of i-ouise , will u-o evci.v expedi ent to gel the news , but war Is one thing and the newspaper business an other. They laiely mix well. Vpoir the iniival of Ctenotal Btilk'i- may bo expected - poctod that onlj news of Kagllsh vie- toilos In the Ttansvaal will leach the woild at laige. Chaplain MallloyV record in the cam paign above Manila was lopoitod by popociatlc oigaiis and by the popociatlo boiler plate makers to have been in all icspi'cts mulltablo , it not brilliant. Had the chaplain , upon his rotmn home , been | willing to smother his honest coin lotions his v It hies would have been extolled to this day by the fusion press , which is just now engaged in bespalteilng the chaplain with campaign mud. The tecoveij of .stolon goods upon promise not to ptosociite for tbi-ir theft Is nothing out of the onliiriiy. Head the lost columns ot almost any dally news- piper and jou will llml advertisements offering rewards foi the return of prop city with the extra inducement "no questions asked. " Iowa domociatlu papeis aio dis- ciKSsing what effect the election of Kiod White as governor of the state would have. The space could be used to far better advantage , as the chances of his election are about as remote as the formation of ice in the equatorial hoie- after. Republicans should reall/e the 1m- poitauee of being ; registered this jo.ir ns republicans. The primary election law passed by tlje last legislature pro vides that ouly those who leglster as republicans can vote at republican pri maries. lo'M Tip tn Ocwcy. lirookljn 13a glc. President McKInley gave to Admiral Devvey a good hint when ho fcild : "Shako hands with them ! don't let them nhaUc hands with jou. That distrlbutca the fa- tlguo through them , and jou escape it alto gether. " Those of us on the high road to the presidency or to admiralshlps will do well to boar this in mind. l'r < > Niorlt > for "Coin. " Portland Ortgonlan Strenuous effort by 'Coin" Harvey In the state of Nebraska has rwulted In contribu- | lions to the Bllver cause of $2,038 30 This | if ! not a tenth of the sum ho expected to gather up in Bryan's stile. In his disap pointment , "Coin" talks seriously about the lack of prospcrltj in Nebraska It does not occur to him that there may be a lack of Interest In bibo money .Shun DluiuoiulH , llu > L'onI , Minneapolis Journal Ono of the early effects of the South African war Is an advance In tbo prlco of1 diamonds. Diamonds have been rising ever [ since the trouble 'between ' England and the ' Transvaal began , a year ago , and now the ! advance has reached 50 per cent over the prlco of a twelvemonth ago. In view of these facts , It would seem as It a good many people would have to economize on dla- jnonds while many may bo compelled to go through a hard winter without an ) at all. riuronii-lcr of Hunlne.is. Philadelphia Pici There is no bettor index of the business conditions of the nation than its postal 10- celpta. Tor the quarter ending September 30 , last , 14GOJC,4G5 inoro stamps , stamped envelopes and postal cards were sold than during the corresponding quarter of 1898 and the receipts were ? 2"ll,433 greater. I A.i the nation wan prosperous In 1SOS this 1 Increase of nearly 14 per cent In the re- Icelpts this > ear is remarkable There Is every Indication that the unprecedented prosperity will continue A victory for frco silver , frco trade and copperheadlsm In the November election * ) would check the pros perity , but that does not seem probable. Toniinriir > llciuiiiliir > In Alnvkn. Philadelphia Ledger The latest statement of the Alasltan boundary dispute is that a provisional line has been agreed upon pending the final set tlement of the contention The "tcmporar > " line , It h understood , concedes territory to Canada which was previously ours , and this surrender Is made * while the extreme apostles tles of "expansion" are roving up and down the land vociferously declaiming against the lowering of the flag upon any territory where It has ever been unfurled and brand- j Ing any proposition of that sort as treason I The flag lus been hauled down In Alaska I and withdrawn from territory L ld by us over since Ha purchase from Kussla b ) an unchallenged title. AVIiy Si-aliMT * Thrive. Chicago Chronicle. Instead of crying out against the scalpers , who are an effect , not a cause , Mr. Itoswcll Miller of the St Paul road puts tbo rate- cutting caeo plainly. Sa > n he "Tho small , weak line cannot starve or go out of bubl- ness and the wa > it protects Ittelf is to tut tariffs" In other woidn , the scalper la merely the agent of the railroad , without whose co-operation ho couldn't do business. This Is the truth of It There Is loom for difference of opinion , however , respecting Mr Mlllei'a remedy for rate-cutting Ho would legalize pooling , which Is a scheme to protect the railroads against competition la It desirable to extinguish tompetltlon between - twoon railroads , thus forming , in effect the blggcet trust of the whole trust family ? iiuin > > VM ) mir.ii. Philadelphia North American In the lonfi run It will doublledi be to the ndvinttqo of nnnVInd to liavo ICngllih substituted for Hoer dvtllratlon , but neither prows nor Rood morals cm be helped b ) the revolting emit with which the llrltlMi "eck to dl ulto their robber purpo'e And the lloern , though destined to vanish , ire entitled to cverj particle of sjmpathy which the sound sentiment of the world nceonlt them Springfield Hcpubllcan There are , Indeed , "brcakcri ahead" N'o mtlon can have England's past nnd orcupj lur present posi tion without being hated llverj race , or state that she may Inve trampled upon. OVCTV nation thnt 1 < envious of her power ami vUshes to occupy her place , will wel come the opportunity to help drag her down Not even her subject peoples love her. All this Is human nature. It cannot bo other wise while empires are built upon force Washington 1'ost There Is much talk , hero nnd there , of a compact , secret , but well understood , between Kngland and the United Stntes.Ve do not believe nnd hnvo never believed that anj such compact could bo possible1 Hut we know , Iicjetul the stndovv of a. doubt , that the sentiment of the American people Is aRalnst Knglnml In this enterprise , and wo predict the defeat nnd humlllitlon of any government that ehall be oven suspected of an entanglement so odious and so bise The avmp.ithy ot the whnlo clvllbod world Is with the Hoers In this affair Vosslbly the nctlvo encourage ment and aid which follow sjmpathy may rovcal themselves In time. New- York Post Mr. Pioudo was an npcHllo of the expansion of Hngland , vet in n lecture which he delivered in IMIn- burgh In 1SSO ho told some vcrj unplcasnnt truths about the way the Hngllsh had wronged the Dutch In South Africa In pir- tlcular did ho dilate upon the manner In which Klmbcrle > , with Its diamond mines , became a llrltlsh possession The rcT = on- IHK was , in brief , "No state but England could bo allowed to pctt < c s the finest diamond mend mhio in the world" Ore-it Hrltain had abindoncd the Orange Hlver territory because It was thought useless Bj the treaty of Allwal , signed with the Dutch In ISC' ) , Knglnnd pledged herself to Inter fere no further north of the Orange river Hut the ink was scarcelj dry on this docu ment when the Kimbcrlej mines were dis covered , and that altered the ease entlrcb The diamonds stirred the consciences of the Himllsh authorities Thev found tint the Klmberley region really belonged to n Griqua chief , not nt all to the Dutch , BO they proceeded to tal > o it nvvaj from the Free State in order tn hand it carefully bnck to lt i rightful owner , the lawli' native chief Hut , unfortumtcb , ho could not bo found when the time came , and , therefore , England was compelled to annex the diamond fields , handing over $150000 to the Orange Kroe State as "compensa tion " It was , said Mr Troudo "one c/ the most scandnloim acts recorded IT our his tory. In modern European hlstoij no treity has ever been broken with more deliberate shaniele ° sness than the tieat > of Allwal was broken b > us when wo annexed the dli- mnnd fields " Yet Mr Froudo acquitted the English authorities of doing what they "con sciously knewto be wrong" The explana tion Is thit "when Englishmen wish that a particular course shall be right they are perfectly convinced that It Is right" I'iilSONAI. VM ) OTMmiWISP. Prof. George T Ladd of Yale has received from the Japanese emperor thethnlclirs ! decoration of the Order of the Ul'lng Sun. Clnrlcs B UUtlofield , who succeeds Nelson Dinglcy In congress , will be the tallest man In that body , being six feet five Inches in height. Ella "Wheeler Wllcox thinks the succeEsful man "is one who has made a happy home for his wife and children , ro matter what ho has done In the waj of winning money or fame. " The condition of ox-Pcstnnstcr General Wilson's health contlnufo to cause grave fears among his friends His recovery Is now regarded ns most doubtful. Tor mouths ho has been almost totally blind. Thomas Hnln , the new speaker ot the Canadlin Parliament , Is of lanky build , six feet two Inches in height , nnd looks a typical rustic This has gained him the nickname of "Partner" HP speaks In the nasal sing song way of Maine and Vermont farmers Louis Vasquez , the clnmplon bllllird plajer of Spain , is on his way to New York , after a jear spent in Mo\lci , Cuba and South America It is probable that as soon as he arrives a serleo of matches will be ar ranged with Slosson , Daly or Mclaughlin Some fools with monej with which thej parted sought to revenge themselves by causing the nirest of n New York woman who supplied bogus tlra on the Nev Yoik stock market. The couit wisely declined to aid the dupes and disc barged the woman The old AJax nnd Passalc , both tjpcs of the first Ironclad , and built In 1S02 , have been sold by the government for $20,506 and $1V 783 , respectively , which Is said to bf > lcs > than the value of the old Iron Iloth were purchased by Philadelphia concerns The Hector , formerly the Pedro , cipttired from the Spanish In 1898 , brought $05,150 $ , though appraised at only $ " 0,000 Mr and Mrs. William K. Vanderbllt , Jr. . contemplate an Egyptian outing , for which they have engaged n dnhabeah , the most luxurious ono obtainable on the Nile It Is a sort of flatboat , with a house at one end nnd an Immcnfo rail at the ether In this picturesque boat , surrounded b > 1-alf a do/cn friends , they will float under n liUc-hucd sky to the music of stringed Instruments touched by native performers carvriMi WITIIOIT 'inn HOST. r.oi-s Out \Vli > AiiiiTlcnn Sjmpiillij lo llullorrx. . Chicago Chionlcle A former home secretary of Great Uiltaln exclaims1 "Tho Americans hava not for gotten , nnd I bellevo that tliov will not forget , the attitude which this country , al most nlono among the nations , apsumed toward them recently when they were en during times of crisis nnd emergency sim ilar to those which cecm now before us The sympathy shown In these hours of dan ger and need engendered a warmth of grat itude , and , I might say also , a tenderness of sentiment which Is no less genuine and strong between the nations than betveon Individuals " Americana cannot full to remember that England did exactly what international law required her to do kept hands off Wherein bhu was as other nations Perhapn such coursq may bo regarded as singularly friendly It certainly indicated a dislr- able change of heart Americans Imvo not forgotten how England turntd upon them the Eavago and tha hireling in < i mad ef fort to retain the colonies under her sway Nor how when they were ntruggllng Into existence she burned their capital at Wash ington. It Is fresh In American memory and not likely to bo effaced by the soft sawder of the Birmingham butcher that when tbo republic was fighting for lib very existence , applause for secession eamo from England , whoso statesmen not onlv looked for the disintegration of the icpubllc , but actually forwarded their dcslro in tint direction by permitting the fitting out of prlvateere to prey on our commerce American memory Is long It does not forget Injuries nor Is It deceived b ) tlio soft words that butter no parsnips While it ma > bu too magnanimous to cherish giudgrs. It Is certainly too Just nnd Intelli gent to give England support of any kind , moral or ph > slcal , in bullIng a peaceful people la South Africa , in nor.s or i in ; \ \ ut. Several shades of clvllizitlnn boon com panion ? of the real thing , are making prog ress in the Philippine * . Lite papers from Manlli furnl h glowing rvidMiro of the- In fluences of environment rn the unlive1' Ex ample nl o cuts a modera'p svvnth In popu larising Yankee notions Two dusky natives , | Inspired b > an exhibition of the "manly nrt , " mounted the local jtnge and had n I four-round bout before a largp crowd The reporters filled to give the ruitomnrv details of the ' RO , " their only comment being tint the natives were not well up In the tai- tlos of the ring , but were surprlslngl > . s > Hfly on their feet " "SurprlMiiK ' Is good , considering their training ns sprinters In the Held. Another untlvu went up agilnst J John D.irlejcorn fet one round and nccutuu- Irtted siilllclcnt experience to list his lelatlve i for n lifetime. Somehow or somewlicre ho secured three bottlcvi of Scotch whisk ) , which ho put under hit , bolt within four hours , from tlmt moment ho knew not ! what hit him The next dii ) his name was j called out In couit , but lie heard not. lie i wns deid a martyr to an overdose of civ ilization. HcuultliiR for the twenl-five ) volunteer j regiments Is prnctlcallj completed , excepting the rortv-nlnth ( co'oictl ) . which Is a few j bundled thort. A total of about .1.1,000 men have been i-nllsled during the past three months The peisonnc ! cf the volunteer regiments In considered excellent , nnd b > sonic1 oflleeih is pronoutued supeilor to tint ot the regular aim ) A thorough examina tion ot all recruits lias been made , the un desirable element has been weeded out , nnd the mun who will start for the Philippines are all cf gael eliaractcr and of cxco , > tlonall > strong phjblquc. Admiral Walton will soon havent Manila and vlciiilt > the largest licet of Anurlean war shlb | over assigned to ono station With the IlrooKljn , N'nvark , New Orloai K , Nush- vllle. Mailotta and Badger nt Manlh ho will hive at his disposal at least flft ) fight ing ships Iho list Includes , besides those mentioned , the Oregon , Ililtlnioro , Concord , Ilennlngton , Helena , Castlno , Petrel , Prince ton , YorKtown , Wheeling , three of the Spin- Ish ciulscrs , thlitecn t > malt craft bought In Asiatic waters , nnd , last of all , the heavy monitors , Monterc ) and Monadncck. The retirement of f ar Admlr.nl Henr ) h Howlfcon advances Hear Admlinl W T Simpson to tbo foot of ( be senior loir ad mirals , but It will not glvo him neldttlont ! link It will , however materlallv Increase his ealar ) . As junior rear admiral while serving at sei he received { " ' , .100 On shore duty ho would rccelvo onlv $ lG ii. When ho n biimcs command of the Hoston nav > ) ard he will draw a bilary of $6,175 , and will have1 the Use. of the commanelntit'o bouse , and he will bo given other allowances which will make his ) earl ) Income from the gov ernment equal to If not grcitcr than sea pav In bis new grade , which would be $7,000 The retirement of Admiral Howlson also ad vances Admiral Schle ) one number , nnd makca him the eighth ofllcer In thu mv ) . Gcncial Henry W Iivvton hns been tr- ing to correct In an Interview with a cor respondent In Manila homo of the mlbstale- ments In a sketch of his life printed In this country some weeks ago Tor example "His intimates will back him to drink any man under the table " The general sas "I never drank a drop of liquor , as my In timates very well know. " Again , the sketch sas , "When he feels like It , ho works fort-elght hours on a stictch. " The gen- eial.responds "I never do feel like It. " TH VSVll , rilOM'IKUS. rnliit * that > ovVtlinet VtOiitloii ns rioiiiiiiic SCOIM-N r Hosemtii'N. New- York Sun Six points' along the frontiers of the South African Republic and Orangw Tree State are now of special Interest either because the ? ) arc the centers where the Doeis are massing their forces or because Llie-y arc strategic positions whore the British may advance Into the territory ot their encmv with the least bloodshed aud difficulty The chief center of activity at present Is near the- apex of the acute northern anglo of Natal where it pushes Its mountain-walled tongue of land up Into the pliteau on which the South African Republic Is situated Nearl ) all the Boer towns on the pliteau around ll\'a gate way and the Natal towns on the pliln to the south nnd along the railroad leidlng up through the valley to tbo plateau aie men tioned daily in the dispatches. The Boer towns are the more-st hamlets in a region , parti ) of forms on the platenu and of mountains In the little strip where the Transvaal frontier Includes some high hills Most of these Doer hamlets have sprung up slnco the railroad from Durban to Pretorl-x was built nnd the mobt Important among them Is the administrative town of the district , Wakkerstioom , FOIIIU mlicn to the cast of the rallroiel , wheio the Boers are- said to have mounted a big Rim to detencl the place , with Its "count ) building" and Its fe > w stores ami churches and n hundred or so homes , against attack Volksrust , rlgbl on the railroad , -where Is now encamped the first largo force the Boers sent to the frontier , Is a railroad station and so Is Sand- fipriilt , w bleu Ls on the > road about fifteen mlli s to the northwest , nnd the Hoer camps nro now scattered along between this place nnd Volksrust This last named plice Is right on the fiontler and Is confronted by Gharlestown on the other ldo of j"ie border , and their chief Importance comes from the fact that they nro places where the customs are collected by tbo respertlvo governments Newcastle , about twenty-live miles south of Charlostown , io the headquarters of Sir George White , who has about 12000 British troops In that neighborhood to oppose any attempt of the Boers to advance on Durban It IH a town of consldenblo Importance , with hotels , banks and newspapers Almost all tbo Newcasllcs In the world nro content of the con ] trade , and this Is the rase with Natal's Newcastle , for nil around It Is the carboniferous district of the colon ) , about 1400 squire miles In extent , with some scams over ten feet thick It is c tlmle ! > d ] that 2,000,000 000 tons of good coal arc store'd up In these Iilllu for future use There are 'perhaps ' 1,000 Europeans In Ni-wrattlc Be tween It nnd Charleston n are the battlo- flelds that proved BO fatal to the British In the war of 1880-S1 , at Ingogo Majuba hill nnd I.alng's Nek , as the British are now spelling the name , though Grrswell nnd other authoritative writers spell It I.nng Nok The British forces thus far hive bcem rendezvousing nl Newcastle , Dundee * nnd I.adsmlth , all on the linn of the rillroi I Dundee Is the neare-at of these1 towns to ! Zululnml nnd GOOD soldiers nrn htutloiie'd , there to guard against tlio Boer Invasion of Nata ! from that district of Zululund which became a part of the South African republic a few ) cars ape Dundee Is a small mining lown and a flourishing coal mining center I.adsmith on the other hind Is n bustling commercial town , the < enter of trades for all that northern part of N'ntal and the junction FREE 'J he ) makers of UEBBC | COMPANY'S EXTRACT OF HKLP w 11 mnl fr.o t. . nav housewife ) nil nttrnr'.vo ' e Milt l.uuk roiitniuiug 100 lenities. Ki 1 j.uir ' oddrrM on justul to I.teUix K\ . tract Co ,1 > O.15ox271H , > , \ Cuv where the railieiad from Durbnn to Pretoria meets the line that inns northwest to IHr- 1 rlsmlth and Bethlehem In the- Orange Free State Thus trade goes brlsklv on from l.adsmlth ) through the two pn srs over the I DrakcnberK mountain ? leading In ono dlrec- , lion Into the Orange Tree State and in tha i other Into the Transvaal i The town his about " OOrt Inlnbltaiits , meist ] of whom nro Europeans There Is .1 strong British Rnrrlsan at Ixulvsmlth and It Is dally I bclni ; reinforced Thus we ee nl this main point of Interest , on the ono hand , A few Boer hamlet9 where the Hrgcst foreo ot Beers has been mustered , read ) to elcfend the. plite.iu or to Invade Natal , and on the other , n few Nntnl settlements , enl ) one of which Is of considerable sire , where British troops nre waiting to iepil a hostile ndvaneo. The next gathei ing point of linear troops j to the west Is nt and near Hnrrlsmlth In the Oringo 1'reo Stale , whcie n force ot the troops of thnt republic Is on guaid to prevent - vent a British Invasion thtough the pose alotiR the line of nllroid between Ildsmlth and llnrrlsmlth This Is known ns Van Kpenpiia pass nnd Harrlsmllh , whleh was named after Sir Harn Smith , a former English governor : it the caiv. Is 11 thrlvitiK town ami a centeT of trade between Durban and the Otange Tree State. The British can win the-lr wa ) Into the Boer republics through those two pissea , It Is believed only b > hard nghtlng and at the cost of many live. H IH reported that on tint account they will attempt only the ele- fciso of these passes against an ) effort the Boers ma ) make to pass tlnoiigh them and invaelei Natal , nnd thnt the British will peek an enttnnre Into the South African Ucpubllo on the west , striking across the border from Vrvburp or Mafeklng. and making for Kle-rksiloip , which Is the' terminus of a rallioad line runninc east to Pretoria. Klerksdorp Is a bustling town close to the V.inl river nnd about 3,000 Europeans llvo there It Is one of the gold mining centers rf the Tinnsv.nl and Is on eine ? of the main trades loutes to the capital of the country. The purpo'o of the British would be to solzo the railroad terminating theie and use It , If pcwlble in their advance on the capital. If the report Is true that the Portuguese will permit the British to ullllro the rall- loal from Delngoa bn ) for the Invasion of the Transvaal , the Boers will have to guard another pass In tlw mountains , but they would probablv bo able to make It very ellf- flcult for their enemies to got tlnough the rift In the I bombo mountains by which the inllroiel giliifl the plateau nnd goes on Itn wn ) to Pretoria. This lift Is known aa Komati poort or pass and it is a narrow elolllp with a Bleep gradient. I , VI CIHMi < ; VS. . Indiampollb Join mil. "PeUi Johnson's sot u iie-w Jol ) ' " \ \ h.it's ho doln' ' ' "St.uHilu1 outside ono o' deso hero de part inont stoics wlnr do customers kin le > an elcre hMcKlcs ngalnst him" Washington Stnr : "I den's ' h ite , " said Tncio niieii , "tereo n growed-up man elat lias boon holleiln' hlsse-f hoarse at a mass nu > etln co hnme > an' threaten to spank do chllleu foh e-r\ln' " SonuVv Illo Journal It doesn't cost any more to have a beautiful elrcam thnt > ou are t'cli and Imppv and admired than It does to hnvP a nightmare ami jet people continue to have nlghtnuues. Ch'cago ' Post : "My bov Is strictly up-to- elale' " "In what 'wnV" "He onlled my alte'ntlon ' jestorelnv to the fact tint nioril suasion h.ul taken the plice of brute force " New York PnSs Squlldlg "Ynnken Doodle' ' Is an nbsurel SOUR Who on eirth w is Micaronl , anvma ) ' ' Mrs tqulldlgVhv m dear , don't xou know' ' He was the mm that Invented that wltoless telegraph ) ! Detroit .Journal "Wo arc clothed tvlth biich political powers as men plods' ' " ex claimed the advance11 woman , vvllh intense blttcrneE- ' "Well , man-t lilorinpr Is eert ilnly swell' " ventured the other woman , who wns prone tq look , U the bijglu hide of things. Wnsh'nston Stnr : "Wlmt a beautiful Hco rurt tin > ou hive , " exclalmeel the rillDlno ladv "That's not n Hce curtain , " answered thc ( chief "That'H a fl IK of truce WfVvo Flialton It .it the pnemv so much trjlng to get tlie > in to come > v Ithln range that it IIBJJ i.ivelcd out a bit " I.N l.ATU The rornleavcs clash amidst the drlexl out- llelds IJke paper swords that children use In pluv The wild RPC'-C call acre s the nnlumn Bkv , As ni row-like they wing the'h houthwarel vva > . In late October. | t The Rtnbbletlclds nre as great squares of And strawst irks dot them with their hcips of gold , While through the uplands prairie chickens CO In tuimpe't ' tones foretelling "now and i old In late OctobeT. 4t Aorois the prairies like n thltifr of llfo The nimble-weed moves lazllv and slow , And In tlni "lilvoilng breerp the goldenrod In tottering age > turns vvhlt < as winter's snow , In late Octeiber The skies are ovcrcabt with low-buns clouds. The einvs nre full of haunting old regrets , The winds t < vvlil upward like .1 dancer's sklrt , The elead leaves sound like castanets , In bite October WIUMAM HllliD DL'NUOY. Omah i Octrtbei 13 , IfDi Satisfaction in price , Satisfaction in quality Satisfaction in style. Satisfaction in wear. True satisfaction to be found in our All blocks represented , Youman , Knox and Dunlap shapes at $2 , $2,50 , $3 , $3,50. The best assortment in town to select from. Sec our window.