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THE OMAHA DAILY REE : SATUKDAY , NOVEMBER 18. 18J ) ( ) . THE OMAHA DAILY DEE. Ev JIOSEWA.TER , Editor. PUBLISHED EVERY MORNING. TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION. Dally Bea ( without Sunday ) , One Year.W.W Dally Bee and Sunday , One Yenr 8.00 Dally , Sunday and Illustrated. One Year 8.2i Hunday mid Illustrated , One Year 2.25 Illustrated Be < > , One Year 2.00 Bunday Bte , Ono Year s-WJ [ Saturday Bee , Ono Year. I'W Weekly Bee , Ono Year , . . . w OFFICES. Omaha : The Bee Building. . . _ Houth Omnha : City Halt Building , Twenty-fifth nnd N Streets. Council Bluffs : 10 Penrl Street. Chicago : 1610 Unity Building. New York : Temple Court. Washington : B01 Fourteenth Street. CORRESPONDENCE. Communications relating to news ninrt edi torial matter nhould be addressed- : Omaha Bee , Editorial Department. BUSINESS LETTERS. Business letters nnd remittances should be nddrcsped : The Uco Publishing Com pany , Omnhn. Omnhn.REMITTANCES. . Remit by draft , express or postal order , payable to The Bee Publishing Company. Only 2-cent Btnmps accepted In payment 01 mnll accounts. Pcryonnl checks , except on Omnhn or Eastern exchnnRe. not ncccptcil. THE BEE PUBLISHING COMPAM. STATUS ! BNT Ol > ' CIIlCUkATIOX. Btato of Nebraska , Douglas Cou"tyJ.8BY , _ , , George B. Tzschupk , secretary of i The Bee * r. PubllshihB company beltrc ] . ? rn" , ' of full and snys that the nctunl number complete copies ot The Dal y. MornlnB. Evening and Sunday-Beo. printed. during , the month of October , 1S99 , was ns follows : 1 2loo 17 2 . 2 18 3 iit.ono 19 . 24.S50 4 24jr. : 20 . 24,465 6 21,720 21 . a 1-lfeO 6 24-IRO 7 24.ROO 23 . 24,470 g 25,1:10 21 . 24,470 9 2I.-I20 25 . 20,2H ( ! ] 0 21,710 2 . 25,010 11 24-IBO 27 . 25nOO 12 24,4(10 OH . 25,20O 13 2l,4tO : 25 . . . .25,440 14 24,470 30 . 84,1(03 ( 1C 25.0BO 31 . 25,470 16 24,410 Total .771 , 05 Less unsold and returned copies. Net total sales Net dally Subscribed and sworn me this 1st day of November , A. ft 'f 9-HUNGATE Public. ( Scal. ) Notary The cbullltlonB of Nebraska's trust- BiniiKhluK attorney Rencral appear to have subsided alucc election. The Broom Com trust 1ms made a clean sweep by Hcctirlug possession of all tlie product on the market. It scomfTtlmt Kdson Klulu tlie demo cratic representative on this fusion state ticket , bad about as close a Bliuvc in the election as lie did In tlie nominating convention. Omaha's credit on the bond market is quoted as gilt cdRc. Why shouldn't It be ? No city In the west 1ms a more substantial foundation or more prom ising prospects Tlie Washington correspondents arc , ns usual , furnishing the president with nn annual message , but the president is grinding away on u document which he will submit to congress when It assem bles' . ' " - People who remained up all night to see the meteoric shower know how to sympathize with the man who takes nn umbrella with him only to have the sun break through the clouds Just as he gets safely away from home. A real smart burglar , armed with a concordance of the statutes to direct his steps Into the right channels , might conduct a profitable business without fear of the law If some of the recent decisions of one of our district court Judges arc to stand. Had the weather clerk been half as kind to Omaha last your as this the exposition might have kept open house M until December 1. History will record the fact that In spite of war and abomi nable weather the exposition of 181)8 ) was a seven-year wonder. The Ihissinn delegate to the Peace conference Is said to be horrilled that war , should break out so soon after the adjournment of the conference. If h6 put his car close to'th6 ground he might possibly hear the rumble of war prep arations in Ills own country. People who have heretofore refrained from entering the contest for olllce be cause they believed campaigns were expensive should not change thcr ! minds too hastily after reading the returns of expense accounts of the various candi dates. A political skimmer always has many Icake. The public is usually prepared for the Inevitable delay whenever si street pa- radu Is about to take place or n wed ding ceremony to be performed , but It had a right to expect nature to 1m on hand promptly with that meteoric wliower. The customary excuses are now in order , While the I'orO Sidney military reser vation has tit. last been eoltl thu public fihould not forget how' near the land speculators interested in this deal came to heading off the Transmisslsslppl Ex position by blocking tile bill for gov ernment participation when It was be fore the lower house of congress three years ago. The examination of applicants for po sitions In Uio census bureau In this sec tion is In progress , lm ( the rush Is not GO great as expected. Had the census been taken Just beforeMcKlnley went Into ofllco the Idle men anxious to se cure employment would have had to stand in line for days to get a scat at the examination table. Note the differ ence. , And now the Hryanlles are claiming that nil the votes cast for Drown , the candidate for governor of the bolting Kentucky democrats , really belonged to llryun , although the silver colonel him- pelf stumped Kentucky In opposition to Drown , But that Is only on a par with Bryan's claim that all thu votes In Ohio not cast for ( ho republican candidate belong to the democratic forces , HOUSE DEMUCKA.TIC There Is promise rjf a very lively , and Interesting struggle fordetncc'r.'itlc / leadership In the house of repre sentatives. There are already t = ev oral candidates for the honor and un doubtedly more will be heard of before ij the meeting of congress. The latest ' i' to enter the field Is Representative Kill- zcr of New York , who has Just been , endorsed by the democratic congres sional delegation of that state. Sulzer Is nn ardent supporter 9f the Chicago platform and this fact gives slgnlll- cance to his Indorscnioilt. lie 1ms also been pledged the support of thu two New Jersey democratic representatives and It Is quite possible that his candi dacy may become formidable. Other prominent ! candidates arc IJo Armond of Missouri and Ulchnrdson of Tennes see while of course Bailey of Texas , the leader in the- last two congresses , will be In the Held. The fact that there arc several ns- plrants for the leadership evidences the dissatisfaction with the leader In the Fifty-fourth and Fifty-fifth congresses , but It Is by no means unlikely that Halley will again figure In that posi tion , for his qualifications are at least equal If not superior to those of any of the other aspirants , while so far as his devotion to the Bryanlte democracy Is concerned it Is ng ardent and earnest as that of any man In the country. It Is really , however , not n matter of very great Importance whom the democrats of the house select to play the role of leader , for whllo the republican ma jority in the house is small there Is no doubt that in res'pe'ct to all leading pub lic questions it will be united and har monious. If that shall be the case one man shall be Just as useful as another In leading the opposition. It can bo definitely determined In ad vance what the course of the democrats In the house will be. They will devote themselves entirely to the work of mak ing political capital for next year's campaign and for this purpose It Is of no great consequence who shall be charged with the duties of leader ship. The position will be merely per functory , the probability being that the course of the democrats will be to a great extent dictated by the national leader of the party. TIIK VU'flKO MACHINE. Newspapers throughout the country are discussing seriously the practicabil ity of the voting machine as demon strated in the late elections in a numuer of New York and Michigan cities and towns. In those states the voting ma chine has made not only considerable headway , but also , given complete satis faction wherever used. In the city of Buffalo the election returns were known within two or three minutes nftcr the polls closed and were transmitted to the city hall within thirty-eight minutes from the time the last voter had regis tered his choice. Contrast this with the dilatory and la borious counting of ballots in Omaha , where the election officers In some pre cincts did not complete their work until l.uucl G o'clock the next morning and the results were not fully known for several days after the election took place. The room for Improvement Is certainly great and nothing promises to afford the remedy so well as the Intro duction of the voting machine. In this connection It is worthy of note that the last legislature enacted a law Intended to facilitate the use of the voting machine in Nebraska towns at the option of the respective authorities. Up to this time no Nebraska city or town has ventured to take up the me chanical voting device , fearing Its doubtful legality because our coiistltu- tlon requires all elections to be carried on by ballot. Whether the courts would consider the registration of the voter's wish by machine to he a substantial compliance with the constitutional pro. vision for a ballot remains to be sqen , but a test case ought to be made as soon as possible In such a way as to bring up this Issue and secure an ad judication of it. The voting booths which have been In service in this city are practically worn out and must soon be replaced , but If the voting machine can bo em ployed the number of voting places can be materially reduced and the expense of the booths saved. While a larger Initial outlay for the maclilnes would be necessary , In the long run no doubt they would bo cheaper than the present system. Even were they hot the cheap est they would be the best If they af forded complete protection against fraud and the assurance of promptness and absolute accuracy in tile count. A MUUK RItASTIO GUKHKKCi ; The monetary' situation Is pretty sure to revive discussion of the subject of a 'more elastic currency and It may Imvo the effect to strengthen public senti ment In favor of the plan toy nn elastic bank curri'iicy which has been pro posed by the monetary commission and the secretary of the Jroasnry. This contemplates allowing the banks to Issue notes , under certain restrictions , upon assets. Secretary fiage , speaking of this year's monetary situation , which he said is only a more emphatic repetition of what has occurred In former years , stated that the cause of the trouble Is the fixed volume of paper money hav ing all the powers of a legal tender. The remedy , he said , Is to be found In a banknote currency , "The Inward movement of money to the centers would then consist largely of bank notes , non-legaj tender. Those notes would not form a basis for expansion because they do not hi'tomo a part of the legal reserves of the banks. Tlie e notes would be sent homo for redemp tion 111 legal money. Bank A sending homo'tho notes of Bank B would bring forth , not a payment In legal tender , but ns an offset the presentation of the note. * of Bank B , This would result In u mu tual retirement of the banknote lia bilities. " The bccretary said further that the needs of the Interior of the country eoch autumn on account of agricultural expenditures would be conveniently mot by the. power of the banks to Issue circulating notes and the need ? of Industry will coincide with the desire of the bankers to make their profits , and the value of the power to Issue notes will be felt In the Interior , where the farm Industries arc going on , and not In the usual Ocntcrs of money activity , where the banlr cur rency Is not needed nnd will not circu late. It Is stated Hint Secretary Gage will develop this argument In consid erable detail In his annual report. The proiK > slton ! to nlldw the national banks to Issue a part of their circula tion on assets Is favorably regarded by nearly nil financiers and there appears to be no other practicable way of pro viding for a more elastic currency. Under present conditions the banks will not Increase their note Issues to meet the growing demands of business , there having been little change In the bank circulation during the last few years. The subject Is of particular Intelcst to the agricultural community , since It Is nt the period when the crops are mov ing that the pressure for currency Is greatest and monetary stringency oc curs. If the banks had prepared for the present demand by Increasing the volume of their note Issues there would be no necessity for looking to the na tional treasury for relief of the money market , hut with the requirement that bank circulation must be based exclu sively upon government bonds It Is not to be expected that thu banks will pursue n different course from that which they have been following. Were they allowed , however , to Issue notes upon other assets , It Is not doubted that they would do so to whatever extent - tent the demands of business might warrant nnd those who advocate this contend that It would be absolutely safe and would In nowise Impair the soundness and security of the national bank currency. TUB SUXDAl' IIEK. Headers of The Bee , Sunday , will Hud before them an up-to-date modern newspaper complete In every detail. They will have the events of the old world described In special cable letters covering all the notable Incidents of every European capital. They will have an unexcelled "domestic telegraph service presenting the news of the day In nu attractive and readable form. They will have the usual Sunday de partments replete with Interesting in formation touching every phase of social and business life. They will have an Illustrated paper set ofT with liigu grade hall-tone pictures of people nnd events bearing on pertinent topics. The frontispiece of The. Illustrated Bee this week Is a new portrait of the recently-elected grand chancellor of the Knights of Pythias for Nebraska , which should be appreciated particu larly by the 7,000 Pythlans In this state. The series of camera etchings of the Fifty-first Iowa volunteers Includes ' photographic snap shots at many inter- estlng features of the regiment's career , the principal pictures relating to the receptions accorded the returning sol diers at. their home towns. In addition' W a group rff Company 'if'of ' KMOakf taken just before the mustering out , a line of the hospital corps and a picture of the 'Iowa troops crossing the Bag Bag river sent to the War department by Us ofllcinl photographer. A striking article describes the gov- crunic'nt Industrial school for Indians at Genoa , Neb. , and shows from photo graphs how the Indians are taught In the different Hues of trade In that pro gressive institution. Another Instructive article relates to the uses of compressed air in modern mechanics , with views of compressed air mechanisms at work in car building , track-laying and cleansing operations. Among the miscellaneous subjects treated plctorlally are the Woman's Bimetallic league of Lincoln , with Its oflicers in a group , the new pastor of the Grant Street Christian church ot Omaha , a striking picture of an Omaha boy in the Philippines after u ride as a messenger from San Fernando to General MncArthnr'u camp , a typical group of Omaha artisans In thu build ing trades , and several others. On the fashion page we have a row of prettily attired waitresses , such as serve refreshments at theater box parties under the latest f.ul , together with living fashion models showing the latest styles In hats and coats. Every department of The Sunday Bee will bo up to the liljh standard maintained by this paper. People who want the best newspaper will buy The Bee. The railroads now plead for an extension - tension of time In which to equip their cars with automatic couplers and air brakes on the ground that they are so busy they cahuot spare the rolling stock long enough to make the change. A short time ago they asked for an exten sion on the ground that business was so poor they could not afford to do the work. The railroads are much like the man whose roof did not need fixing when It was not raining and when It mined ho could not fix It without getting wet. Senator Thurston ciiino within an acn of establishing a reputation as the poet laureate of the I'ulted States senate by that fanciful effusion , "The White Hose. " The sentiment disclosed by the verses , taken in connection with the senator's approaching nuptials , causes unfeeling newspaper scribes to chide thu senator , who now publicly admits tint poem was written In his youth. This saves his literary reputation It looks as If both the fusion candi dates for university regents have been elected sifter all , but the narrow ma jority polled by one of them Is enough to give the machine a terrible shock. Should their purpose of distributing the spoils of thu university among the faith ful accidentally go awry there will bo still further walling and gnashing of teeth. The retail clerks arc organizing to push the early closing movement , whk'h they hope to effect by January 1 , No one will deny this privilege to the clerks In retail stores us a class , but their threat of Invoking a boycott upon every storekeeper who shall decline to i close early docs not commend good judgment. The Iwycott Is unamerlcnn and unwise nnd ought to be discounte nanced by-A'verybody at all times nnd In all places. The police department of Council Bluffs Is all cut tip over the resignation of Chief Blxby , which seems to have been the starter for n general shake- up. There may have been good reasons for forcing the Issue to n point com pelling the chief to resign , but so far as the public Is Informed Chief Blxby was justified In the stand he took. Tea a man up a true it looks like politics Invading the police department. Illinois manufactjlrors propose to test the constitutionality of the trust nlll- davit law. Those bringing the suit say they are doing HO not because- they be long to any trust , though it is noticeable that nil who object to the law are cor porations commonly believed to belong to s6me of the various trusts. People clearly conducting nn Independent busi ness do not find that the law works any hardship. Public-spirited men of , Omaha must not lose sight of the fact that most projects depending upon pass-the-hat subscriptions are doomed to failure In this city for a year'to come. For nearly three years business men have been called upon to put up cash for this , that or the other scheme , and while pro testing have felt obligated to contribute lest failure to do so would hurt them. Our amiable contemporary refers to n recent gathering of democrats "at the temporary headquarters of the Doug las county democracy , " but fails to state that the headquarters are located over a saloon on Douglas street In a room which has seen more use as a poker joint than for any other purpose. It is presumed , however , that thu democrats felt perfectly nt home. Deferred for ihe Tliup Ho Inc. Philadelphia Times. This liberal railroad destroying business of the Transvaalers In Natal indicates that Just yet they are not disposed to make tracks for home. Not ! > > a Jnaftil. Globe-Democrat. Nothing la the election returns indicates that sound money democrats have applied for the suite ' of sackcloth and ashes Bryan promised 'them three years ago. XOTT WI-'o IN Hltf St. Taul Pioneer Press. The Agricultural department has issued a pamphlet entitled "The Windmill In Ne braska. " Coming so soon after the recent campaign it almost seems as though it must have a personal bearing. Tlie HeorKitiil/oil Army. Philadelphia Ledger. In the United States so Intense Is the paU-iotlsm pervading Hhe nation that re cruiting-officers may .choose the best ma terial : Our volunteera are picked men. and , unless Wo pursue In , lhe , Phljlpplnes eomo course Of'cruel repression , abhorrent to the popular sense of equity and humanity , voluneers { _ will contlnpe 'to .enlist .with such readiness that there will be no excuse or Justification Jor .an attempt to increase the regular army above.65,000 men. Jnim liMllatfdcr AmcrJcniii. Plttsburg' Dispatch. Complaints that pur bland and conciliatory friends , the Japanese , have been selling arms and ammunition , to our Insurrectionary subjects in the Philippines are heard , but the Idea * that International representations can be made ot It is erroneous. It is probable that tbo statement Is correct. The concep tion that Japan must stop this trade nlll be dispelled If we go back a couple of yeans to the time when Spain was dealing with the Insurgents and our enterprising business men were selling the guns and ammunition. Xo MyHtorjAliont It. New York Life. Lord Kosebery , In a recent speech , said : "I do not know why we should attract so much Ill-ieeling. " His lordship appears to bo a singularly simple person which he is not. But If his lordship will drop In at thla office any morn , ing when wo arc not too busy wo will ex plain to him why it Is that a big boy loses popularity when ho picks a quarrel with a very little boy for the purpose of obtaining the lattcr's property , bo It Jackknife or marbles , gold or diamonds. In fact , this war with the nocrs"seems to bring the Brit ish government somewhere in line with the man described by David Ilarura , who was "about as popular 'as ' a skunk in a hen house. " UTILITY OP TIIK COKXSTAI.K. Hitherto IlorleNHov 11 Factor In I'oir < Ur anil Wnr Slilim. J. Sterling Morton's Conservative , It Is a far call from tbo pith of a corn- talk to a battleship or the roar of Its guns , but science has found a way to express one In terms of the other. This troublesome pith , worse than iiijcleey to the farmer bn- cause too much of It in corn fodder kills hla cattle- , now supplies the best chemical bnso for Binokclrss powder and the best filling for the space between the Inner and outer plates of a war ship's hull. The stalk can be put to various valuable use . In different ways parts of the corn plant sup posed to bo little better than waste are now In demand for specialized manufactur ing. Considering tbo Immense annual crop of this cereal and the growing Industrial value of what Is left after the ear Is ex tracted , the corn plant promises to he per haps the meat striking illustration on a large scale of the value of a by-product. It changes tbo very no'tlon of It. Instead of restricting It to the cast-off clothing Idea , or that of sweeping the mint floor for gold dust , It suggests the creation of Industrial staples out of the leavings of agriculture and manu facturing. ' In 1897 the corn crop of this country was nearly 3,000,000,000 bushels and Just now considerably exceeds that amount. Consid ering that uo In manufacturing has been found for every pound of cornstalks It maybe bo roughly Imagined what value will be added to the country's domestic and exported wealth by utilization of material much of which wou formerly looked upon ns worse than useless or left to rot In the ground. It Is perhaps the most Impressive Ictson given for a long time In the value of the by product , Tha American corn giowcr la changed at mice Into n producer for more than a dozen different demands , all of them apparently with a permanent place In In dustry. Defcre long It may bo worth while [ or him to grow his crop even If he can sell' It at half present price for the grain , BO | long as ho can cell the stalk and pith to be worked Into tbo new uses which science has discovered , lie will have In part an cus tomers the armlcti and navies of the civilized world , the paper Industries , certain klndi of chemical manufacture and other Industries n which Inventors are discovering further uses for his product. OTHKIl IAMS T1IAX Oim.1 , The discussion In the German press ovc the proposed creation of ft fleet to mate the army Is of the liveliest description , an shows great dhcrslty of opinion. The sup porters of the scheme deny the existence o financial difficulties. They argue that th revenue from custom * ? and excise duties ha during the last four years Increased fron b'62,000,000 marks to 782,000,000 marks a Increase of 120,000,000 marks ; nnd that I this rate of Increase should continue th revenue from these sources will In 190 amount to 925,000,000 marks , In 1OC ! ) t l.OJl.OOO.OOO marks , In 1910 to 1,281,000,00 marks , and In 1014 to I.GIS.000,000 marks What Importance , they nsk , Is to be nttochei to nn Increase of SS.000,000 marks In nnnua expenditure on the navy , In view ot sue an Increase in the Imperial revenue ? Th number of these enthusiastic journals , how ever , Is not many. Most of the conservatlv papers and the organs of the liberals nm moderate radicals receive the project wit ! marked coolness. The clericals , the ex trcmo radicals , under Hcrr Hiigen Itlchter the social democrats and tbo extreme agra rlan wing of the conservative party have al ready declared themselves In opposition Some of the indlcal and socialist papers dc clare that that Is the object of the govern raent , and that Dr. von Mlquel desires "a conflict In the empire" to distract attention from "the conduct In Prussia , " caused b > the canal policy of the government. The punltlvo methods recently adopted by the Italian government against certain hlg ! prelates have greatly Increased the continue ! strain existing between the former nnd th Vatican. At the same tlrao an agitation has been begun by eminent lay writers o both partlcfl to arrange a settlement of the difficulties which have continued with vary Ing Intensity since 1871. The plan which Is receiving the most serious attention was devised vised by an anonymous writer In La Trl buna dl Roma. It is suggested that , as a symbol of re conciliation between the qulrlnal and the Vatican , the pope should during the 1m pending holy year crown King Humber emperor of Uomo in St. Peter's , and tha pope and king should thenceforth labor fo the spiritual and temporal welfare of Italy The Vatican press has not yet officially re piled to this Ingenious proposal ; It continue * to emphasize the sovereignty of the pope however. Quite recently La Clvllta Cattol lea published two articles In support of this proposal , maintaining that the sovereignty of the pope Is effective and not merely hon orary , since the Vatican was never occuplet by the Italian . A troops. semi-official an swer was at once made to the effect thane no one contested the effective sovereignty of his holiness In the Vatican , and that the Italian goAernment was nt all times read } to render him sovereign honors should he wish to enter Italian territory. * From the evidence given In the recent "gambling trial" nt Berlin it would appear that the Innocents' club , where the high play occurred , was appropriately named. I seems that'a majority of tie members were a set of young spendtjirlfts who actually be lieved that they could retrieve their rulnei fortunes by steady gambling , and hoped to emulate the prosperity of the bank at Monte Carlo. A good many of them apparently were the dupes ot a fe\v shrewd profes sionals , like the man Wolffe , who already had served a sentence of two years' Im prisonment , and his associate Montalbl Both these worthies disappeared , probabb with material gains , nt the first sign ol trouble , leaving their luckless associates ft bear the brunt of prosecution. The three young men who were tried for "professional -gambling" escaped conviction on a legal technicality , receiving the beneflt of the doubt , but , tlo ? Judge intimated" pretty clearij ; that their moral responsibility was beyond question , the Implication being thai there was fraudulent intent. If so , the would-be biters were bitten pretty badly. Just what the total losses of all the mem bers were can only be guessed , but It Is known that twenty-six of them lost $150,000 , which Is a tolerably large eum for lads ex isting updn taodcrate allowances. * * Some weeks ago there appeared In Lo Journal du Peuple of Paris an article which contained the following expression : "Some times , amid the stupid resignation In which the serfs of the barracks stagnate , there como comforting gusts of revolt , like a furtive ray of sunshine In prison. " Lo Journal du Pcuplc is a socialist organ , and the moderate republican press Immediately quoted the passage and commented on It to the effect that since the socialists held two portfollcs In the cabinet they had been al lowed to take great liberties , which would have been Instantly suppressed under a true republican administration. The writer ot the article , M. Degaves , a former professor and a bachelor of arts , was finally prosecuted for the language used and condemned by default to three months' Imprison ment and a fine of 500 francs. Ho appealed against the sentence , contending that bo had no. Intention to Insult the army ; that to point out and stigmatize abuses , to reprove such acts as those of Voulet and Chanolne , for Instance , wan no insult to the army In Its entirety. The jury which had acquitted Urbaln Oohler , charged with libel ing the army In his book "L'Armee Contre la Notion , " had known how to draw the necessary distinction ; the jury before whom the appeal was heard would know how to do likewise , argued the defendant. The trial on appeal has Just been concludoj. The jury returned a verdict of guilty , with ex tenuating circumstances and the court has confirmed the sentence already passed. The faction of the socialists opposed to the par liamentary program of MM. Mlllcrand , the minister of commerce , and Jaures are now attempting to make political capital out of the affair. Advices from Sofia by way of Paris are that tbo Vienna bank syndicate has re fused to make any concessions to the Bul garian government In regard to a further loan. This , It Is said , unleM the govern ment decides to break Us agreement with the syndicate , in which event It Is not unlikely that Austria would Intervene , prac tically leaves Bulgaria bankrupt. It will bo recalled that last June the hank syndicate contracted an optional loan of 260,000,000 francs. According to this ar rangement the loan was to be undertaken by the Vienna banks at S9'prsduclng 232,000,000 francs , effective , the amount of the C per cent debt and the floating debt , which It was Intended , respectively , to con vert nnd liquidate , being 205,000,000 francs. There Is a clause In the June agreement which debars the Bulgarian government from seeking assistance In other quarters. Quite recently the government demanded an advance of the remaining 27.000.C03 francs for , on account of the cxccfslvo expenditure on public works and on the army , and a suc cession of bad harvests , neither civil nor mllltaiy officials have received their salaried for the last two months , Moreover , a con siderable number of the treasury bonda ore falling due. The syndicate , It Is understood , refused to make the required advance , In view of the effect proJuccd on the European mar ket by the Transvaal war , and thu low price of Bulgarian securities the last making the conversion of the C per cent debt Im possible. It Is reported In Sofia that Bulgaria can only secure a legitimate advance by con ceding to the Vienna syndicate the cpn- trol of Bulgarian monopolies , Such action U resented by tbo Bulgarian press , and M , Teneff , the Bulgarian minister of finance , and M , Natchovltch , minister of cdmmcrce , who were In Vienna conducting the negotia tions , have returned to Sofia without mak ing the concession , POMTH'Atj Albany , .V , Y. , hfts n new mayor and his name U nireslnR. Albany needs one. Notwithstanding the hoar e hoots mesa- phoned from Wolfcrt'fl noost , the late Mr. Hill Insists that he Is a democrat , Keports ot bogus voting In Philadelphia do not Justify the horrible suspicion that the plum tree was sbnken too vigorously. The democrats of Maryland have captured the legislature of that state nnd will return nt the next succeeding election a demo crat In place ot Qcorgo L. Wellington of Cumberland , whoso term expires on March 4 , 1903. The city of Milwaukee has put In a claim to be considered ns nn applicant tor the democratic national cbnventlon of 1900 , anil there Is being circulated by n committee of Milwaukee delegates pictures of the audi torium In that city. Boston elects n mayor next month nnd the democrats hnvc In view the nomination of General Patrick A. Collins , and the pros pective republican candidate against him Is former Mayor Ilntt. ' Boston gave n ma jority of 5,000 to the democratic candidate J for governor on the 7th Insl. A successful republican candidate In the Into election In' New York state declares that the fees appertaining to his future office nre excessive and thnt ho will apply to the legislature for n bill abolishing them nnd putting him on a fixed salary. That fellow was allvo at last accounts. At the recent election In Mississippi a pro posed amendment to the constitution for an elective judiciary was defeated. This guar antees to Qoveriior-clect Longlno the dis posal of a large amount of judicial patronage which would have been taken out of his hands had the amendment carried. After all ho hns had to say on tbo subject It appears that Ulchard Croker of New York did not know Just how to vote and had to ask for an explanation ot the method of marking his ballot. Similarly cx-Prcsldcnt Cleveland tried to vote in the wrong pre cinct In Princeton and had to be directed to the proper place. The majority ot 00,000 recorded In favor of the republican candidate for governor ot Iowa has been described ns the largest ma jority ever given for a republican governor In that state. It Is , and the New York Sun adds that It Is the largest majority over given for any candidate In that state In an election not for president. A local political Industry In Ohio has been disclosed , or "unmasked" ns it Is termed In that state , by one George Jack son , a republican with n democratic name whoso statements are quoted by the demo crntlc papers. At the Independent colorc republican meeting on the night prccedln election a colored man named Ricks fcl In a fit on several occasions , yelling like madman. The speakers paused until h could be removed. On election day It i said Ricks told Jackson that ho bad beei paid for throwing the fits nnd tnterruptln the meeting. . WIIISTMXG IX A GHAVI3YAHIJ. Tire Mcliinuholy .MoKapIioiicn Seek to Clicer the ItlonrncrN. Wnshlncton Star. It is a recognized rule In politics that candidate and the manager of his cam palgn must both bo confident of biiccess They must -affect a confidence If they hav It not. To admit or even slightly to manl fest discouragement is tp dampen the ardo of their supporters and Invite defeat Defeat may bo certain. It may loom aheai as high as a mountain. But they canno afford to see it. They muet keep up thel spirits and their claims to the end of th struggle. Any other course would be ruinous For these reasons one may consider wit ! many allowances the recent deliverances o Senator Jones of Arkansas and Mr. Bryan The one , as chairman of the democratic na tional committee , is oveu now ehaplng hi party's fight for next year , while th other , as most likely the party's candidate must consider the effect on that campaign of every word he utters. So when Mr Jones can sec no prosperity In the country at this time , and Mr. Bryan in his library a Lincoln is able to extract sunbeams from last Tuesday's' ' cucumbers , we are at liberty to saluteboth' men RS experts in the game of politics. They are merely obeying the rule which requires of both that they re main chipper and confident in the face o things not In reality cheering to their souls That the country Is prosperous both capitalists and wage-earners testify. Surely men may bo expected to know when their pockets and their stomachs are full. When 'armors find U difficult to secure help enough o' harvest their crops , when railroads find t difficult to move the/ crops , when manu facturers becnuro of the number and size of their orders are months behind In filling them , times cnust be good. Mr. Jones to the ontrary notwithstanding , the times are good And whether Mr. Bryan felt It or not , ho got a nudge last week vigorous enough to wake the dead. The Chicago platform , per PC , was not indorsed nt a single one of the state elections. Nebraska paid him a per sonal compliment , and Mississippi would lave gone democratic if the proposition had icon the repeal of the Ten Commandments. Wherever it was really the Issue the Chicago ilatform was rejected , But Mr. Jones and Mr. Bryan have a duty to perform , and a too close examlna- lon of their statistics or deductions Is calculated to obscure that fact. If not with a straight face , let us hear them with a clndly one. GLENDOWER "lean call spirits from the -vasty deep" HOTSPUR " Why , so can / , erse so can any man. ' ' But will they come when you do call for them ? " SHAKESPEARE. How quickly Hotspur's ' wise and witty retort tears the tragic mantle in which Glendower stalks , and shows beneath the seer's robe , the motley of the mounte bank. Most people would have taken tlie Welchman nt his word , and called him seer , without noting the difference between to call and to command , Certain points of comparison are sug gested between Glendowcr's tragic claim and the comic claim made in sonic spe cious advertisements. "I am a woman , I know all about woman , I understand woman , nnd 1 can cure woman because I nm a woman. " The modern Mrs. Hot spur puts her finger right on the weak spot of thnt clamorous claim by saying : "Why if you can cure woman simply because you are n woman , then so can I nnd so can any woman , " Which very plainly brings out the common sense fact that the cure of diseases does not depend upon being u man or being a woman but does depend upon being a tnuncd nnd experienced physician , There is , as far ns Is known , no quali fied womiin physician associated with any proprietary medicine firm. It is cer- tnin that tliero is no one , man or woman , who can show an experience or record equal to that of Dr. R. V , I'iercc ; more than thirty yeura of treatment of wom en's diseases with ninety-eight per cent , cured out of more than half-u-million women treated , Sick women can con sult Dr. Pierce by letter absolutely free of charge. Every letter is held ai strictly private and sacredly confidential. All answers are mailed securely scaled in perfectly plain envelopes. Address Dr , K. V. Pierce , Buffalo , N. Y. Dr. Pierce's Favorite Prescrip tion makes Weak Women f 'rona and Sick Women Well. on the When your cold has settled down deep in your chest , cough syrups will not relieve you. The system must be given strength and force to throw off the disease. docs just this. It enables you to conquer the inflam mation. The lungs soon heal , and all danger is passed. Do not let the disease become chronic because of neglect. ; ex. ind $1.00 , ill ilruggliti. SCOTT & DOWNE , Chtmlili , New Y . l'OI.\Tii ) HKMAIIKS. Chicago Record : "What Is an crn of good feclliiK ? " "It la when nil the politicians who want ofllces set them. " Detroit Journal : "Surely It Is honorable to bo descended from the Conauerorl" "Oh , yes , the Conqueror'x mother was a washerwoman and earned her living. " Chicago Tribune : "Paw , " asked Tommy , "what becomes of n cowboy when ho grows up ? " "I presume ho becomes n horseman , my son , " replied .Mr. Tucker. "Don't bother me with foolish questions. " Indianapolis Journal : "fioodness ! Whom did the Joneses got thnt big- silver loving cup that Is In their parlor wlmlowV" "Why , It wns given to them by the neigh bors thnt used their luwn mower nnd tele phone all summer. " Washington Stnr : "Did you liyuh 'bout dem Filipinos goln' back Inter do lslan'7" "Da's all right , " answered Mr. Erustus I'lnkley. "Lcf Vm alone. Hey'.s Jes' gwlno back Inter do woods ter Uetch n 'possum or two foil ilc TlmnUsKlvIn' dinner. " Chicago News : "Tho Chinese nre not progressive , " remarked the studious boarder. "They have no lofty nmbltlons. " "No lofty nmbltlons ? " paid the tnnn In blnck suspenders. "You forget thnt the Chinese nre the grenlcst kltc-tlyers In the world. " Philadelphia Record : Wlggs Why doe * BJones hnvo that phonograph going all the time ? It's nwful. Wnggs Well , you s.ec his wife's nwny , nnd when ho hns the phonograph going ho snys be doesn't miss her no much. Chicago Tribune : The Doctor I Imvo n. distant relative In the tlxMitrlciil bu.slnc'ss. Ho nets ns a prompter , merely , but he N well off. In his pnrllcular line he Is simply mii nf * jt rht. The Professor Likely as not. Well , It ought not t6 bo Impossible for a man to feather his nest from the wings. . I Indlamtpolls Journal : "And remember , dear , " said the oxpcrlcnred matron to thn bride , " 1C you wish to procorvf your hus band's love , do not be jealous. Merely pretend tend to bo. That will give him a peed opin ion of himself and of your appreciation of hlH fascinations. " WIII3X 01)11 ) ( i.U. SI-OKIl A JM1SCK. S. W. Gillian In Indianapolis News. I ben t' doln's off nn1 on , Like apple-bees an' Hpellln's. T' ctuart-ly meetln's , public sales , Hnngln's nn' wpildln" bolllnV. But muvthln' since th' hhootln' scrane Down on Bill Jones' lease llez worked mo up like t'other night When our gal sjioko .a piece ! 'Twuz down't th' old frame mcetln * house They called It children's day ; Th' younguns done It purt' nigh all Except th' preachor'B Bay I > An' that whole program wiggled oft , Ez slick oz mcltpd crease- But th' place where I forgot t' breathe 'S when our gal spoke a place. The sup.'intepdent ' spoke right up I hcered Mm call her name ! An' thor' she come n trottln' out ! 'Tothers may looked th' same , But they wa'n'l nary 'nother one , Not even Thompson's niece. That looked wtith sdinrks t' Moll an' mo When our gal spoke n piece. JIp an" my woman set-down front , night rlost t" th' mourners' bench : A-hearln" that there young "uii speak , Gtvo me a nawful wrench , An' when wo heard 'em ' cheer nn' cheer WP set llko two ole geese , Wlpln * th' Hilly tears nwny When our gal spoke a piece. 'Twuz jest Home lottle , easy thing Like "Twinkle. Little Star , " 'Er llarv's leptlo cosset lamb. Ur somethln' llko that 'nr. But 'twnn't no twlnklln' starlight beams , Ner tags fr'm Inmmlo'H fleece That mudo us blow our noses hard When our gal spoke n pleco. I hain't ben what I'd orto ben , I'vo staid nwny fr'm churnh , An' sometimes Moll an' mo hez thought They'd left us In th' lurch. But well , we've klndo rounded up An * let our wund'rlns c-onse Benco wo wuz down there t'other night , And heard her spenk a piece. "Look Before You Leap" No doubt but tomorrow you will be down town after a suit of clothes If you have not made up your mind as to just where you will make the purchase , we , would be pleased .to have you look over the suits we have on sale Some broken lots that we are selling way below their value. Our windows on Douglas St. are filled them with and our (3) ( ) front tables are filled also and your size is there at from $3,00 tea a $ JO saving , $8 and $15 and $20 $ $25 and SIO Suits $18 Suits $28 $ Suits $6 $30 $15 & $18 Don't buy elsewhere until you have looked at these splendid bar gains. 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