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TUB OMAHA "DATLV BEE : TUESDAY , OCTOUEU 2-1 , 180J ) . ! ; . UOSUWATKIl , Editor. * * "Xf * ' " g- * , " _ - * - if\ -i i ' . "j" " ' _ i * * * " * * " * ' * i - i'UULl'gilED KVCltY MOnXIXO. TEHMS 0V SOUSCKHTIOX. Dally Hco ( without Sunday ) , One Ycar. S.OO Dally Ileo and Sunday , One Tear 8.00 Daily , Sunday arid Illustrated , One Year 8.25 Sunday nnd illustrated , One Year 2.2.1 Illustrated Dee , Olio Year JW Sund.iy UPC. One Ycnr ? ! Saturday 13ee , One Yiar < 1-W Weekly lief , One Year. , < OKFICES. Omaha : The Iteo Building. . . . . South Omaha ; City Hall Building , Twenty-fifth ana X Streets. Council muffs : 10 Pearl Street. Chicago : 1G10 Unity Building. New York ; Temple Court. Washington : 601 Fourteenth Street. COHUKSPONDENCE. Communications relating to news and edi torial mnttcr should be addressed : Omaha Bee , Editorial Department. BUSINESS LETTERS. Business letters and rcmlttnncca should bo addressed : Tliu Bee 1'ubllsning Company , Omahn. HEMITTAXCCS. Jlemlt l > y draft , express or postal order , payable lo The Hco I'ubllsnlnR Company. Only 2-cent stamps accepted In payment of mall accoiintH. Personal checks , except on Omaha or Eastern exchange : not accepted. THE HE15 PUBLISHING COMPANY. STATIJ.1I1J.NT OP < ; inCl'l.AT10.\ ' . State of Nebraska , Dougln * County , ss. : Oc'jrpo ' B , Tzschuck. fecrutary of The Ueo Publishing company , being duly sworn , says that the actual number of full and com plete copies of The Dally. Morning , Even ing and Sunday Heo , printed during the month of September , ISM , was as follows : a 16 8 MIDI ) 2 . i-iiio : 17 25,020 3 . ( t.-jor IS 2ir r o 4 . 2 1,1)2:1 ) : 19 ilr 22 G . 12(1,170 ( 20 84,7-10 c . U.-.HIO 21 81,700 7 . 2.rsti : 22 85,0-10 8 . . - , ( ( ! ) 23 81,810 9 . iO.'Ji ! ! ) 24 S5 , 10 10n 2s.s ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! 1,1170 12 27 81,700 13 . 1MIIO ( 28 8lr0 | 14 . : M,7 in -29. . . 84,1140 lo . -J 1,700 30 81,1)20 Total . .750,880 Less unsold and returned copies. . . . 1MMW Net total sales . .7-17,808 Net dally average . , . 2-1,021) ) GHOROE B. TZ6CHUCK , Subscribed and sworn before me this 2nd day of October , A. D. . 1809. M. B. T1UNCJATE , ( Seal. ) Notary Public. Kansas should put tlic Colteyville highwayman cxtorminntor In the Held ( ignlti. The latest accounts from Sun- flowcnloin Indicate that there la Htill ample opportunity for lilui. Having failed In their attempt to get people lo admit before the registrars that they are popocrrtts , the popocratlc organ Is trying to get them to refuse testate state their politics at all. Fusion orators cannot comprehend how the weather can be sovann \ and the voters so cold. But In truth the voters are warm enough until the cold popocratlc draft strikes them. The Iowa boys have safely landed. They missed the storm on the ocean , but the storm of enthusiasm that will greet them when they reach the Mis souri river will give them plenty of ex citement. Bryan Is coming back to stump the slate again. Towns anxious to make a good showing In the next census should make arrangements now with his spe cial press agent to take their enumer ation later. Though the English Have so far been successful In the South African cam paign , It has been at great expense and the stubborn fight of the Boers Indi cates that there may be another Majuba Jilll In store for them. Topocratlc strabismus Is transplanting the sore spots on the fusion body to the republican organization. But the people cannot be fooled by such tactics. The running sores upon the conglom erate ticket cannot bo cured or cov ered up. The discord discoverer of the pope cratlc organ Is focused at too long range to catch anything within Its own fold. Were Its optics turned In the right direc tion It might see more trouble In fusion ranks than a barrel of campaign oil would allay. The prosecution of a policeman for the purpose of currying political favor with colored voters for the ambitious county attorney crazy to sit on the district bench has cost Douglas county taxpay ers In the neighborhood of $1,000. For the taxpayers Is not that a rather costly .ambition ? The only trouble with the populists who object to being swallowed by the democrats Is that they should have made their protest more effective before the swallowing process had gone so far. The democratic ; stomach IK wonderfully strong and It will take a powerful emetic to make It disgorge. Little or no dllllculty seems to be en countered In raising money for the cost of carrying out the reception program Incident to the arrival of the Iowa regi ment. Tlio citizens of Council Bluffs arc" alive to the situation , and there Is not the slightest doubt they will rise to the full demands of the occasion. The Bro has nothing harsh or unkind to say of the candidates on the local fusion ticket for the reason that It docs not bcllovc In hitting a man when ho Is down. The local ticket was fore doomed to defeat when it was nomi nated and the candidates on It arc ob jects of sympathy rather than attack. Every contractor In Omaha who re quires for his work artisans and me chanics Is behind In his orders simply for the reason that ho cannot get enough workmen , This Is an object lesson of republican prosperity that every man who goes home with Ills week's wages In his pocket should hood when ho goes to cast Ills ballot at the polls , Now It Is Iowa's tlmo to rejoice over the safe return of the volunteers. The demonstration inadu Sunday upon receipt coipt of news of the arrival of the trans port In Kan Francisco bay Is but a prelude lude to the splendid reception In store for the gallant troopers of the Fifty iirst Iowa regiment upon their'arrival at Council Bluffs and other Iowa' towns. , ; tsr HRFOHK TIIK JMTTLE. The preliminary skirmish In the battle of Nebraska has been fought and the republicans have by all odds the best of It 11 n to date. Three years ago when .Bryan nnd Holcomb carried the state ) by decisive majorities this iwpocratlc 1 forces were marshaled under that Invincible - | vincible commander , General Distress. J This year the republican hosts are rally ing 'round the standard of General Pros perity , whose potent Intluence has deci mated and thinned out the ranks that were swelled by calamity and hard times. It Is the marvelous transition that has taken place under republican rule stud the Improved condition of the producers nnd tellers In the workshop nnd on the farm thnt has demoralized the followers of "Coin" llnrvey nnd the other apostle ? of cheap money nnd wild Ideas nnd par alyzed the fusion mnclilno at the state house. The people are prosperous nnd con tented. They arc busy gathering In and marketing their crops , feeding cattle and plying their vocations In the workshop and mill. They have no disposition to listen to the walling and lamentation of campaign croakers and political trance mediums who try to make them believe that prosperity Is unreal ; that times are not good and that all the good things they are enjoying by rcnson of Improved conditions are artlllclal and but the forerunner of the awful things' confidently predicted by Hie apostles of free coinage three years ago. In spite of nil appeals to prejudice nnd passion and the pounding of popocratlc gongs , tom-toms and the discharge of heavy and light artillery to rouse the masses to the danger thnt menaces their liberties , the masses , are Indifferent and show no Inclination to be taken In by political confidence sharps a second time. The llual onset Is gradually approach- Ing. Within two weeks the battle of Nebraska will have been fought and won. All Indications point to a decisive republican victory. The fact thnt Bryan Is returning post haste from his Ken tucky and Ohio canvass to make twenty- five speeches a day in Nebraska is almost a confession of Impending defeat on the part of the fusion sham reform cam paign managers. The frantic appeal to hold the fort may Inspire the pie-biters to throw themselves Into the breach , but the rank and Hie of the army of reform have no heart In the contest. They have lost confidence in the Integrity and sin- ccrlty of their leaders. They have no faith In the promises of men who have never kept a promise. They have no enthusiasm for a standard-bearer who has betrayed his party for the sake of personal gain , and they have no patience with 1he jugglery and thimble-rigging by which the political alliance of three separate parties has been effected under false pretense and mnlntalncd by treach ery , deceit nnd downright Imposture. The Harrington-Boyle letters , the rupture In Douglas county and the wholesale deser tions reported from all parts of the state have caused a general disintegration of the elements of fusion that foreshadows a disgraceful and disastrous rout all along the Hue. THE ELECTIONS A'fiXT MOUTH. Two weeks from today elections will be held In eleven states for state officers , Judges , legislatures or those legislative classes chosen annually. These states are Iowa , Kentucky , Maryland , Massachu setts , Mississippi , New Jersey , New York , Ohio , Pennsylvania , Virginia and Nebraska. Full state tickets will bo elected In Massachusetts , Maryland , Ohio , Kentucky , Mississippi and Iowa. The contests which command the most general attention are those of Ohio , Maryland and Nebraska , all of which possess national Interest. Ohio admittedly stands first in this respect , chiefly for the reason that It Is the president's state and its verdict will therefore be regarded as an Important expression of the pop ular sentiment upon the expan sion policy of the administration , the democrats having made that policy the paramount Issue of their campaign. \t present the.situation appears to be favorable to republican success , but there are conditions which conduce to uncertainty ; It Is ten years since Ohio was carried by the democrats. That party elected its candidate for governor in 1SS ! ) and since then the state has been steadily republican. The pluralities since and Including 1803 have been large , the only one of moderate proportions tions being 28,1(55 ( , In ISO" , nt the second election of Governor Bnshncll. The others ranged from 47.-107 to 137,087. There Is some disaffection In the repub lican ranks , but Just how serious this Is cannot be determined until after the election. There Is also defection In the democratic ranks and this may prove to be more extensive than now appears. The campaign Is being vigorously prose cuted by both parties and the prospect Is that n large voje will be polled. The national Interest In the Nebraska election Is of course due to the fact thnt this Is Bryan's state and it Is assumed that Iho result will exert more or less of nil Influence upon the question of his availability as a presidential candidate next year , In view of the fact , however , that Bryan absolutely dominates his party it Is not probable thnt the result In Nebrnskn will In the slightest degree affect his eaudldncy. Ills renomlnatlon is generally admitted to be a foregone/ conclusion and Colonel Brynn Is sparing no effort to make It so. Except In these two states there Is really little of ni\ tlonal Importance In the campaign , The quarrels within Hie republican party of Maryland , between the bosses that are and those who want to bo bosses , ren der thnt state doubtful , with the chances perhaps rather favorable to democratic success. The republican administration , however , has been very creditable and on his record Governor Lowndcs merits re-election. There Is some Interest In the Kentucky contest , but not because there Is any national question Involved , though Colonel Bryan sought to give the campaign a national significance. Iowa , It Is needless to say , Is as certain to go republican as Missis slppl Is to go democratic , which is the case also With Massachusetts nnd Penn i. sylvania. On the whole the state campaigns have not been marked by any unusual or exciting - citing features , with the exception of thnt In Kentucky , where a great deal of. bitterness has been shown and still pxlsts between the democratic faction * . The Ohio democrats promised a fiotisa- tlonnl campaign , but they have not yet made It so and are not likely to. That England understands perfectly well she bus no sincere friend among the leading powers o'f Europe Is not to be doubted , llussla has had no really friendly fooling for England since the Crimean war , France heartily disllkos her and Germany's friendly attitude is purely diplomatic. Undoubtedly all of these powers are hopeful thnt the South African war will be protracted and prove a heavy drain upon England's military resources. But It Is not proba ble , as Intimated in foreign dispatches , that any of them now contemplates tak ing advantage oC this conflict to formulate or to put into effect any plans hostile to British Interests. A London dispatch a few days ago stated that much Interest was felt In the movements of the Kusslnn minister for foreign affairs , who recently visited Spain and Is now In Paris , and It was suggested that the presence of Count Muravleft in western Europe is duo to llussla's desire to find out whether tiie French alliance is valuable enough to make It safe for her to mnkc u stand against the International policy of Great Britain. It was further said thnt Hussla had sought lo Induce Germany to join her In Interfering between England and the Transvaal and thnt failure to ac complish this had served to strengthen the entente between St. Petersburg ami Paris. Lord Salisbury and his col leagues , said the dispatch , would not be surprised to see Franco and Hussla utilize the hour of England's ditllculties in South Africa io assert claims they have often made with respect to China , Morocco , the Persian , gulf and possibly even Egypt. It Is not dlfllcult to conjecture possible complications and Intrigues In connec tion with European affairs , because the opportunities for such are practically unlimited , but It Is not likely that the shrewd nnd sagacious statesmen of Eng land have been blind to these pos sibilities and failed to take precautions against them. Germany and England some timengo entered Into an agree ment In regard to South Africa and this Is quite sutllclent to prevent any inter ference In that quarter on' the part of other powers. The Transvaal war , whatever demands It shall make upon the military resources of England , will leave Intact British naval power , which will continue to be available for the protection of British Interests In China and wherever else there Is a possibility of these Interests being assailed or menaced. It is therefore obvious that however protracted the South African war may bo it promises no opportunity to any power to carry out designs hostile to British interests that could not have been carried out had the war not oc curred. England's sea power Is undisturbed nnd will not be affected by the conflict in South Africa. Herein Is her security against any plans or intrigues of Euro pean powers unfriendly to her interests and this security , there can be no doubt , she will most carefully maintain. Great Britain's ability to defend herself against any European , combination that could be formed Is not In the least im paired by the demands of the Transvaal war. Clem Denver says he saw a democrat in the populist state convention select the delegates for the committee on plat form and such selections were promul gated by the chairman. The democrat of course acted for Mr. Bryan , who either wrote the populist platform or ex ercised a strict censorship upon it , which amounts to the same thing. The popu list party in Nebraska has already been swallowed by the democrats , boots and breeches , though many of the mid-road ers are not yet aware of It. The fortunes of war are Illustrated In the lives and deeds of Major General O. O. Howard and his son , Major Guy How ard , killed in action in the Philippines. General Howard , after years of hard lighting In the war of the rebellion , emerged the hero of several historic campaigns , and now , a generation later , he enjoys the respect and veneration of the nation. On the other hand , the son , lifter years of service In the regular army , falls in battle in his first cam paign. It is minonneed that Colonel W. .T. Brynn will make another tour of Ne braska , speaking twenty-five times a dayi Jim Dnlilmtm "will carry the chopped Ice and Joe Edgcrton the sponge , The Bryan tongno will bo worked upon the principle of the hair- trigger. The situation in Nebraska has reached the point of desperation , calling for this last supreme effort to stay the disintegration of fusion masses. Admiral Dewey has again declared that under no circumstances would lie bo n candidate for the presidency. This statement Is made without any refer ence to the nomination at the hands of any particular party. The admiral's head Is evidently still Just as level as It was during his' stay at Manila. No matter what he may do or be In the future ho will always be remembered as the victor of Manila. Omaha will be honored by the pres ence of Major General Nelson A. Miles , commanding the United States forces , and of Hon. George D , Melklejohn , as sistant secretary of war. Our people feel especially grateful to the commandIng - Ing general for accepting a second Invl- taton to visit the city and they will show that sense of appreciation at a public reception to be tendered the distin guished warrior. One of Omaha's popular pastors Is de livering a coui'Ko of Sunday lectures on the Omaha public schools , The discus sion of such subjects In an intelllgenl way from the pulpit cannot fall to work good. The link between the churches and the schools Is close , and while we Insist on complete separation between church nnd school the two can unques tionably supplement one another to ad vantage and without detriment to cither. When the voters In Nebraska register their verdict nt the polls It will be this : Holcomb killed himself when he went tack on all the pledges of reform on which he was elected governor , closed ils eyes to the treasury raiders , ncf copied pass bribes by the wholesale , lockctcd money illegally appropriated for house rent and sold out the populist mrty for democratic favora. Omaha Is willing to help Kansas City out when It can conveniently. Last year t helped along a grand opera company which stranded In the town down the river and now they have another com- iiiny of the sninc kind on their hands. f the members could only secure enough noney to come up where people appre ciate good music they might get another stnrt. "No , son , thnt snd looking man has tot lost si member of his family , but he iS a popocratlc candidate who has been looklug over the registration returns , rile worst feature of his case Is that lib idvlscrs have boon unable to find any thing -which will benefit his case. " llnroiin lnnnr for Information. St. Paul Dispatch. The final price of coal Is not yet deter mined , probably bccnuso the trust hasn't yet earned how much money wo have. SivenrliiB ; Too Mucli. Washington Post. The democratic Icndcro seem to put In considerable tlmo in taking the oath of nl- eglanco to each other and to the Chicago platform. Ciiti't I.ONC "Your Unrlc. " Chicago Times-Herald "Your Uncle Horace" Boles of lown has null eating with the hired man long enough to choke a few of his convictions nnd take the stump In support of the democratic ticket. IVlint the Bolter Did. Globe-Democrat. "What did the tbolter do In 18067" asks Colonel Dryan. Ho captured Kentucky , smashed the Chicago platform , helped to cloct a republican president and , Inci dentally , snatched a few other thorns from the brow of labor. ItUoili-K Fnuc * tlic Foe. 'Minneapolis ' Tribune , Cecil Rhodes Is certainly a bold man. Ho knows that the Boers hate him with unutter able hatred , that they have set a price upon hla head , and If they should capture him would not treat.hlm as a prisoner of war , but would make him the victim of a prompt military execution. And yet Rhodes takes up his position at Klmberley , right In the center of the hostilities , and has , according to report , put himself at the head of a bat talion of rough riders , and raided a Beer camp. If Rhodes comes out of this war alive he. . will be a greater man than ever In South Africa. YntltiK br Machinery. Indianapolis News. There arc no defective ballots In voting by machinery. There are no protested bal lots. There are no ballots spoiled by Ig norance or Intentions 'No question can arise as to whether a vote" Is to "bo " counted or not. No vote can bo changed. No fraud Is possible " sible , either on the "part of the voter or the election officers , Np'delay Is possible. The whole process Is niGctt more economical. The precincts can bo large ; the election of ficers fewer. Time nnd money are saved , and doubt and suspicion , ever a legacy of voting by the present methods , are ended In voting by machinery. TrnKtn CloMiiiK the IMnntn. Philadelphia Ledger. The complaints of 'tho leather men at Woburn. because or the action of the trusts In closing down certain factories and shops have attracted public notice , but months ago comment waa made In these columns on the fact that qulto a number of manufacturing establishments were being closed every month In Massachusetts and that the total number of persons thus thrown out of em ployment must be far larger than the public had como to understand. Most of the shut downs so far , however , have , been In places much nmaller than Woburn In little , almost Isolated , communities , whence news rarely gets lo metropolitan Journals. In such cases the cessation ofwork Implies a blow to the whole community. Factor In .Modern < Wnr. Chlcneo Chronicle. After centuries of ridicule and jeers the humble mule Is beginning to receive the rec ognition which his merits deserve. Ho Is a nccesalty of modern -warfare. Next to gun powder ho Is the most essential munition of war. Indeed , without him there would bo no gunpowder available In campaigns like that In Cuba and the prospective one In South Africa. Ho Is the carrier and upon him depend the movements of nrmlea. He endures all climates nnd all fodder. Strong , agile and sure footed , his uncertain temper Is his only falling n falling which can well bo overlooked when his many virtues are considered. The mule Is destined to fill a higher place In warlike heraldry. The eagle does not fittingly symbolize the genius of war. The honor belongs to the mule the great American mule with n paint-brush tall and ears n foot lone * Ho Is the modern Mars. PIU3SIDI3\T M'KI.VhKY'S SPEECHES. Tnct , Talent nnd the Ilnppy Faculty of 1'lt-nHliiK. Boston Transcript. President McKlnley , In a journey which lias covered something like live thousand miles of territory , has delivered nearly n hundred speeches. There have been no appeals for votes to secure a renomlnatlon , and President McKlnley has tnken care to Bpeak as the representative of the people and not of a party. Ho has taken occasion In nearly every opportunity to emphasize the position of the administration on the question of the Philippine policy. Even those , who are Inclined to believe that Presi dent McKlnley has gone too far In proposing to add to the.American political system n system of Island colonial dependencies foi governing which wo have neither laws nor trained officials , are agreed that ho has now stated the position of > the administration with clearness nnd frankness , and that his appeals for the assent of the whole pcoplo to his treatment of the grave problems before fore us , are entitled to respect and consld cratlon. Perhaps the most significant thing of the president's many addresses Is the felicitous manner in which he has manjfested a desire for the unification of the country , broken Into political parties and these In turn split by factions. His address before the reunion of the veterans of the blue and gray was highly gratifying to those who fought for the south , and could give no offense to any northern soldier , The tribute of the presi dent to the south for the prompt response of that section to the call for troops In the late war was naturally pleasing to the southerners and will tend to promote fra ternallsm and wipe out sectional lines. That it will also tend to wlpo out party lines Is to bo expected , it Is gratifying to observe that the prospective candidate Is at his best as a campaigner when he speaks as the rep resentatlvo of the whole people. In this role President McKlnley certainly has a happy faculty of phasing. 1MIMTICS IX S1.\TU 1JI8THICT. St. Paul Uemrbllcan : JIURO ! Klnkaltl made n very favorable Impression upon all the people ho met In St. Paul l st Saturday. Ho IB ft plain , unaffected sort of a fellow , who would make n typlcnl representative of the vcoplp of northwestern Nebraska. Judge Klnknld will probably visit Howard county ngaln 'before the close of the campaign , and ho may rrst assured of n cordial reception from the scores of friends he made upon the I occasion of bin recent brief sojourn among Us. O'Neill Prontter : JudgeM. . P. Klnkald can show ns clean a record as nny man thnt over ftcrvcd the public. His enemies can Qnd nothing \vonso against him than thnt ho greets his friends with a handshake. Judge Klnkntd'o Immeflso popularity Is shown by his carrying the Fifteenth Judicial district by big majorities all through the popullstlc times of recent years. .Nothing . better can be said of him than that ho has ecrvoil one pcoplo sixteen jenrs nnd leaves a. record that s clean from 'beginning ' to end. Such are the men that are needed In congress. Kearney Hub : There Is nothingspoe - lacular about Judge Klnkald's campaign for congress , but -while It Is quiet nnd unpre- ending on theJudge's part It Is getting there | uet the same. Ills meetings hnvo been well attended , his speeches are being welt received , nnd In all parts of the district thcro nro numerous recruits under his standard. The fact Is thnt Judge Klnknlil s n candidate In a good cause , nnd aside from that his personality Is such ns to create confidence and command support. A few montha ago it looked as though the repub lican canvass for congfess this fall would bo hopcloas , 'but ' the situation Is quite dif ferent now nnd It Is reasonably safe to pre dict Judge Klnknld's election. North Plalte Tribune : That It Is th'o plan of the democrats to absorb the populist party In Nebraska Is made plnln by the publica tion In Wednesday's Bco of the corre spondence between M. C. Harrington and Juan Boyle. In his first letter Mr. Hnr- rlngton eays : "After 1900 there will be no more necessity of a third party and by our many sacrifices ( by which ho means the endorsement of Xovllle ) wo will win nearly all the populists to our party. " In n second letter Mr. Harrington says "tho future of i the democratic party In the Sixth district | i depends largely , on the number wo can { I co draw from the populist ranks. There Is j j only ono more year to wait nnd fusion will bo j over. There will be but two parties nnd the leaders 1 of the democratic party now will be 1t the recognized leaders then. " Mr. Harring ton In these statements but voices the senti ment and purposes of the democrats of the state , Bryan Included. It Is now a question whether the populists will allow themselves to bo swallowed by Ihe democrats. Grand Island Independent : An outrageous fraud seems to have been practiced In the Sixth district In favor of the populist can didate , Neville. The democratic and populist convention of the Sixth had not agreed , the first nominating Harrington , the other Ne ville as candidates for congress. In a secret meeting of the high dignitaries of the de mocracy In Bryan's room at Omaha Har rington was Induced to resign. In a letter to J. Boyle ot Kearney , the chairman of the democratic central committee ot the Sixth district , ho urged Boyle to have Ne- vlllo appointed by the district committee also as democratic candidate In his place , stating that the democrats must make sacrl- Ices to the populists In order to gain them over to the democracy , aa the populists would cease to exist as a party nfter 1000. At the same time ho sent a certificate , to [ jo eworn to by Doyle , who had been the chairman of the democratic convention which nominated Harrington , to the effect that the convention had authorized the cen- Lral committee to fill vacancies if such occurred. But Mr. Boyle refused to sign this certificate , -stating that no resolution iad been passed by the convention entitling the committee to fill vacancies and that ho was not willing to perjure himself. Later Mr. Boyle has been Induced to resign nnd a moro willing tool , as It seems , has been found. Mr. Boyle , however , has filed n pro test against Neville's nomination as a demo cratic candidate with the secretary of state. This swindle of the grand bosses will not Improve the slim prospects of Neville. i AND OTHERWISE. As a junketer Admiral Dewey doesn't shine as .brightly . as he does In some other lines. Charles Laurier , a brother of the Canadian premier , Is a traveling salesman for a cigar firm of Calumet , Mich. The report that' 1,500 Boers have been killed by an explosion Indicates that the British Journalist has his war paint on again. Ex-Speaker Reed has received his final pa pers and Is now a full-fledged member of the New York bar and a prospective citi zen ot the Empire state. A man who Is preslCent of two banks In St. Louis Is said to receive more money as salary than any other man In that city. Ho is paid $15.000 a year by each. The most remarkable thing about the proposed - posed half a million dollar hotel for women In New York City Is that the location has been kept secret for three weeks. An Indiana girl Is accused of having laughed over a Joke for live hours. If It was the Hoosler variety she may congratu late herself on having escaped with her life. A New York woman , while addressing her sisters In favor of equal rights , became ex cited and was mortally stricken In the midst of a beautiful peroration. This sad experi ence suggests eoveral don'ts. The kaiser has decorated men of the Ger man navy for showing discretion at Samoa. So far as Is known Adailral Dlcdrlchs Is wearing no special medals for discretion at Manila. The owner of the defeated yacht can draw better on land than on sea. When ho drew on the Bank of England the other day the cash wns transferred with the speed of cable lightning. The first head of the Vnnderbllt family died at the ago of 83 , the second at the ago of 65 , and the third at the age of 54. The care of millions sccma to 'bo ' leas conducive to longevity than does the making of thorn , It Is to bo noticed that the queen of Eng land in her address to parliament avoided always the use of the word "war. " She re ferred to the present situation In Africa .11 "difficulties , " "ovejits" and "n state of af fairs. " As an offset to England's purcba&o of mules in this country for the Transvaal cam paign Colonel Sumpter , military attache of the United States embassy In London , has been arranging for the purchase there of two batteries of Maxim guns for UEO In the Phil ippines. They will be shipped next month. Some methods employed to collect overdue - duo bills are undignified , to put It mildly. In an eastern city a colored man tried to extract the wherewith by throwing down and sitting on an alderman , But It didn't work , Stranga to say , the discourteous proceeding provoked unseemly merriment among on lookers. COXCP.HMMJ SILAS HOI.COMtl , llrecny Sltrleli of tlip Cnrcer of the ItnKtin Ilrforntrr. Western Laborer ( Omaha ) . When ( bo people nsk a fellow citizen to accept their nomination to nny particular ofllco they nrc supposed to select the can- illdato because nf hlo clean character and well proven honesty nntl Integrity. In such n man we expect to find self-respect and In dividual dignity , especially in a candidate for judge of n supreme court , but what do wo find In Silas A. Holcomb ? It Is n notorious fact that even before Holcomb's term ns governor had expired ho was "set ting his pins" for the supreme bench , ami Tom , Tctcr , Joe nnd the whole trlbo of the state house gang of smallbore poli ticians were grooming him nt his own re quest for the office Jio now asks the people to glvo him. Later the officcholdera nnd pnpsuckcrs conceived the Idcn of a dollar dinner at Omnhn , where Holcomb was to bo given the opportunity of "bringing lilmwlf out" for the office of supreme Judge , nnd ho was allowed to bore that dinner party to death listening to his tiresome screeching on "tho Judiciary. " Since thnt night Holcomb hns never censed Jawing on the judiciary , nnd since his nomination he hns been on the stump In every llttlo vil lage where ho could got nny ono lo llstev to him on "the judiciary. " Is this the man the people nro to clothe \\lth the dignity of n supreme judge , a man who has not pcnso enough to see his own want of self- respect , without any native dignity , nnd whoso eager scramble for the place causes him to demean himself nnd lower the office to the level of a ward asscrsorshlp ? We said In our last ho "lacked character. " Wo say now ho lacks "horse sense , " or he would Icnve It to hla friends , If he has nny , to do his "stumping , " nnd not trail the Judicial ermine In the mire of n shame less personal canvass. In this campaign Holcomb claims to have been a reform governor. L t us see If that Is so. T. H. Tibbies In riding between Lin coln and Omaha was put to eliamo nnd con fusion when ho saw so many reform legisla tors and state officers band out passes to the. conductor , nnd delivered himself In the Lin coln Independent in the following manner : "Tho frco pass system. It should bo made a crime , nnd passenger faro reduced to " cents a mile. The railroad managers are the criminals ; they should be sent to the pen for doing it. " Wo don't know whether Tib bies had a paes or not , but lie must have read in the papers thnt Edmlsten charged up 28,000 miles to the state and put neaily $500 In his pocket credited as mileage. Wo called the virtuous Tibbies' attention to this nt the tlmo nnd said : "These horrible , cor rupting railroad managers furnished a car for the governor , his secretary and their families nnd friends to Texas aud rctuin , and we fear these incorruptible reformers have yielded to the seductions of tht > rail road managers and lost their virtuous reputation. " It Is little wonder that Tib bies Is angry and says the railroad mana gers 'should be eent to the pen' for debauch ing such a reform governor and his vir tuous ( ? ) secretary , Benton Marot ; but where would ho send the state auditor , who has also fallen a victim to the seductive wiles of the railroad managers ? In fact , the whole state administration seems to have been raped by the beastly railroad mana gers. " But now Holcomb comes before the- people ple and iclls them he will sin no more , but they are not likely to trust such an unre pentant sinner. The office dU not seek the man In Holcomb's case. Ho Is moro hungry for office than a starved dog would be for a bone , and no man of sense with a record like 'his would presume to come before the people again at least until a new gviioin- tlon bad arisen , when his rent peculations from the state treasury and his railroad bleeding for transportation had been foigot- ton. His apologists say he meant to do well , but was' Influenced In all his actions by his private secretary , Maret , who was the real governor of Nebraska during Holcomb's in cumbency , and that all his shortcomings were duo to Marot's rascality. This Is n very lame apology and one that will not ba received by thinking pcoplo , as It proves Holcomb's weakness. But surely Marct dfiln't profit by the excessive rent that Hol comb charged up to the state while putting it in 'his own pocket , and if ho was weak enough to 'bo led by his secretary , . ho v would ho withstand the blandishments of railroad attorneys If he was on the supreme bench and "anything In it for him ? " The political enemies of Judge Reese all admit.that It was because ot his Integrity and loyalty to his oath of office nnd the pee ple's interest that the corporations turned him down in convention. Hla party now forces the nomination upon htm without his seeking , and what a contrast there Is be tween him. and the man that hungered for it ! ' FAHM LOANS AND FAIUI LANDS. Wentern IiivcNtniciit SoiiKht by Shrewd FlnnnclcrM. Chicago Bonds and MortgORes. The demand for loans on western farm property shows signs of becoming active again after a period of remarkable dullness. The inquiry for gilt-edged .farm mortgages Is brisk , especially as they still net tbo in vestor at least 1 per cent moro than the best municipal nnd railway bonds. Few securities ore today better understood or more appreciated by the Individual In vestor than the western farm loan In a good agricultural eectlon. This Is particularly true of people of moderate means , accus tomed to manage their own affairs , but who of necessity nro forced to obtain a maximum return for their money consistent with ab solute safety. They have profited by the ex perience of others and eagerly covet the farm loan securities of the central western states. They do not indulge in any old-time Imprudence nor are their Investments made In any superficial way. They realize the fact that the true and best way to place their funds Is to get ns close as possible to the borrower nnd to deal with n representa tive in the west whooe Integrity , experience and knowledge of farm mortgages offer ample protection and the highest guarantee. Whllo the decline In the values of farm lands In the last thirty years In the state ot New York nlono has reached the enormous sum of $1,000,000,000 , with a manifest dccllno In the productivity of the farm nnd the prldo and ambition of tbo farmer , values In the reliable agricultural sections of the wont nro steadily enhancing nnd safe for a genera- tlon to come. As fast as the amateur farmer of the boom days abandoned the farm thcro has como In a farmer from Germany or other European countries , severely trained by practice In the nrt of roll preservation , which has filled up the west with careful , painstaking husbandmen. The eons. In turn , have an ambition to become farmers. With several good crops and a strong bank ac count to his credit the western farmer finds himself in a po ! tlon to gratify the desire of the younger nnd growing generation and has been looking for the "adjoining quarter" for that purpose. This may bo Interpreted to be the forerunner of the active demand In the farm lands which will manifest Itself this winter. In .tbo meantime new farm mortgages will &AKINCV POWDER ABSOLUTELY "PURE Mokes the food more delicious and wholesome . , . OVl EAKma POWOtR CO. MCW ORK. grow * cnrcor nnd they Tvlll too rwtlrlcted nl < moat to refunding loano , partly paid oft nnd the balance to bo refunded on ft more favorAble - Able basis of interest and such mortgARcf as will represent a , balance of purchma money for now land bought by n farmer who hna faith In the sanio and knows Itn value. Such securities admit of no doubt nnd It Is but natural that the demand foC them should become brisk. Even In western Knnoas nnd western Ne braska , which sectlonn were never Intended for agricultural pursuits , the chnnscd condi tions appeal to the most discriminating In vestors. As water finds Its own level thcoo western counties hnvo readily adjusted themselves to their possibilities , -with the stock and dairy Interests nourishing beyond expectation. Hero also values hnvo been en hancing , business Is progressing very sntls- factorlty nnd n condition of financial sta bility nnd contentment exists which muet bo ft revelation to the holders of some ot tbo defaulted western securities , which miiy yet redeem themselves wherever properly nursed nnd cared for. Western farm loans and farm Inmls nro the peer of nny securities ? offered and today the investment world nttrsts to the truth of this allegation by the unlimited confidents which Is once moro being placed In thorn. TIIK CUPMiSS Ml'TOX. Washington Post ; Pcrhnps Sir Thomas will concede that the Shamrock wns n trifio too strong In Its ndvnnco notices. Philadelphia Times : ( Regarding that America's cup It's almost a pity so good a fellow ns Sir Thomns Llptou should have to sup disappointment from It. New York Trlbuno : Whenever Sir Thomas Upton chooses to pay us another visit ha will receive an enthusiastic welcome , whether bo comes -with or without a new Shamrock. Indlannpollo Journal : Sir Thomns Llpton Is a good loser. A man who , nfter being boatcn In a , sailing contest , can join In thrco cheers for the winning boat nnd extend per sonal congratulations to Its owner is game- . St. L/ouls HcputTilc : The America's cup Is held by the gentlemen of the New York Yacht club against all Drltleh challengers. Thcro Is no distinction , nor should thcro bo. limiting or restricting the challenging class. Hut let us all hope thnt the clement of busi ness advertisement will not creep Into thcso heretofore flno contests. It will tend to degrade the America's cup to the level of a coupon or chromo moans of stimulating trade. inn TICICMUS. Cleveland Plain Dealer : "I hear Jennlo Is about to marry n painter , " "Ah ! By trade , or profession ? " Indianapolis Joitrnnl : "That deal you hnvo Just engineered will bo qutto a feather in your cni > . " "A feather In my cnpl" echoed the financier. "It will bo a whole bunch oC feathers in my wife's hat. " Detroit Free Press : Ho had his nrm about her shoulders when the younc brother dashed Into the room , iilaylng- "street car. " "Chance to the belt line. " whooped the innocent youngster as ho dashed out again. Chicago Tribune : "When I came to this town. " said the man on the dry goods box , "everything 1 had In the world was tied up In n. red bnndana handkerchief. " "And now ? " nuked the tourist , who was wnltlne for a trnln. "And now , " replied the man on the box , scratching' his Jaw , "everything I'vo got In the world Is tied down with mort gages. " Chicago News : "What Is this ? " exclaimed the rurnl editor , " 'A golden liead and elcht ribs were found on the fair urounrts last night. ' Is this a mysterious tragedy ? ' "No , sir , " responded the item writer , "they belonged to a red parasol that ono of the girls waved at the prize bull. " Washington Slur : "Woman's work Is never done , " quoted the sympathetic citi zen. zen."That's Hfiht , " nnswerod Mr. Mcckton earnestly. "I have observed It In Henri etta's case. Woman'H work Is never done. There Is always enough of it left over to keep her husband liusy from the tlmo lie sets through dinner till he's so tired ho bos to BO to bed , " * TO COLUMBIA. We hall thco , proud yacht ! and thy crew , Yankee sailors , Victorious o'er Shamrock , thy rival well made ; The conquest Is thine , and thy Jacklcs valorous , But wo , the whole nation , form in gala parade. The mistress of seas may bo proud of her Shamrock , Her mettle was best of our motherland's skill , But Age must in Youth at length find a deadlock , Must yield It the pennant , n'nd , submis sive , bo still. From the days of Deratur our navy's been growing. Our Jackles have mastered the craft of their trade. Columbia , 'twas thine to make a clear pliowlnsr , That better In speed-craft remains to bo made. Accept , then , our thanks , as a nation wo're cheering , The shouts oC our gladness thy in-hcnrt must reach ; The best wo can nay , though deeply ro- Is , trup to our idiom , "Ayo , nho's a lionch. " DAVID JONES. Hnstlncs , Neb. Neb.Hats. Hats. It certainly is agree able to go in that "quiet" little hat store two or three times a yearand hear the hat ter call you by name while he picks out your size from mem ory and gently presses it on your head. You take what he gives you and he takes your money , as an act of personal friendship. But isn't it rather expensive to pay his price for such a fleet ing pleasure ? Upon our word , we V have the same , but for $3. Why pay him. VT more ? T i