THE OMAHA DAILY BEE: WEDNESDAY, APJtlL 11, 1900.
The Omaha Daily Bee.
li. U0SBWAT1SU, Editor.
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HTAT12MHNT OK CIltOUI.ATION..
State of Nebraska, Douglas County. ).!
George B. Tzschuck, secretary of 'lhe Hce
rubltohlng Company, being duly sworn,
rays that tho actual number of full and
completo ronlPB of Tho Dally, Morning,
Evening and Sunday Dee, printed during
tho month of March. 1900, was us follows:
,.S7,Orl
..T,01T
..ar.r.so
..27,800
..5:7,020
.. 27,1170
..27,700
.. 27,070
..28,mo
.,27.810
..28,200
,.2i.iso
,.as,i7o
,.28,-JOO
.. 28,520
I ,...u7,:iro
J 27,1500,
3 27,470
4 .17,08b
6 27,000
6 ,28,470
7 28,000
8 27,100
9 27,200
10 27,11:10
II 27,2.'IB
12 27,200
13 27,1 10
14... j 27,070
15 27,200
16 20,070
Total 800,117
Less unsold nnd returned copies... io,:tos
17..
IS
10
20
21
22
23
21
3
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27
28
29
30
31
MtAMXU WITH TlteTUVSTS. will doubtless tnkc the matter In hand
TI10 country expects legislation by 1 nt once nnd 11s soon us possible report
this congress in relation to tho trusts u measure reducing taxation, The de
nud It should be had nt the present ses- inand for this will have to be regarded,
slon. 1'hefo. Is sald-to be a prospect There can be no Justification for main
that the- house of reproseututlv6s will tuinlng unnecessary taxes and there are
take some action on this very Imiwr- very sound objections to the nccumula
tnut subject. The Impression appears to Hon of a large surplus in tho national
be tlint the house Is pretty sure to pass treasury. It Is damaging to tho business
a Joint resolution proposing un nmcud- of tho country by withdrawing money
incut to the constitution giving to con
gress ample power to deal with com
binations formed for Hie purposo of con
trolling production and preventing com
petition, it being the general opinion
from the channels of commerce and it
Is an Incentive to extravagant expendi
tures. An Ideal treasury condition Is
one in which tho receipts and expendi
tures balance. The surplus estimates
either that the track will bo amply largo
to hold all the genuine cases.
n
E.
that sucli at) amendment Is necessary to furnished by Secretary Gage show coil'
tho repression of trusts. Whether or- not gross what It is practicable to do In les-
such a resolution can be passed In the selling (he tax burden nnd It should act
senate Is problematical, though it would
seem the republicans of that boily
should bo ready to sustain those of the
house, while the democrats could not
consistently oppose such action.
accordingly.
co.vr; a ts sm a .v s ta uk t: x pla 1 .vs.
Congressman Stark Is trying to square
ltltllHfdf with lllu friliatltllntltH nil the
There Is a disposition nmong some of f,.e(. ,mss question. Colonel Stnrk ad
the house republicans to do more than ,ntH j open lctfcr llmt i,0 lul8 i)Cim
propose a constitutional nmendment traveling on railroad passes some of the
Representative Hay of Now York, chair- 1 time, but denies that he has been doing
man of the Judiciary committee, who it nil of tho lime. lie says that when
has given much time and study to the ' hc collects mileage from the govern
question, Is reported to be of the ,nent he pays his fare and pockets tho
opinion that even without an amend- J difference, but when he travels fo;- glory
incut of the constitution congress can )P H military representative for the
enact a law supplementary to the net j tate, he then considers himself entitled
of 1S00 which will at least ' mitigate to free transportation as a compensation
some of the abuses of the trusts mid it 4 for his services to the railroads In push
Is expected that a bill for this purpose iK their claims for hauling soldiers in
will bo reported fo tho house nnd ' nnd out of Nebraska,
pushed to a vote before the ndjourn-1 The congressional colonel In his slm
mont of congress. It is understood that vMty ndmlts that up to 1800, when the
a measure mis aireuuy neon drawn, cm- congressional convention of his district
Crttelttl 'I rial of Hce-inl-..
Baltimore American.
A woman 1ms been nominated In Idaho for
congress. If sho gets there she will havo
hard work to keep up her sex's record for
superior tonguo power.
1Hmk-iinIiik of tlir .loll.
Cllobe-Dcmoerat.
England's fleet of transports for taking
troops and supplies to South Africa include
117 steamships, purchased, chartered or Im
pressed. The taBk of subduing tho Iloers
Is ono of tho largest evor undertaken by the
British empire.
AN AUSPICIOUS EXAMPLE
ll.irtlngton Herald.
We learn with pleasure that the
republican factions and leaders of
Omaha have buried the hatchet nnd
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.11.- .,ui niitr tuv i;uillliife llllll,illll
with a harmonious front. Let the s
republicans of every county In the
stale follow this auspicious example I
and there Is not a shadow of a s
doubt but that fusion will meet Its
S Waterloo next fall.
IMCUSONAIi poi.vmiis.
'rum (lint I'lniitc-i Itsi'lT.
Brooklyn Englo.
thu natrlrhro hnvn been -fathered '
OX ICOl1 AMI Vl'll.DT.
Scene mid Ini-ltU-iil" AlnttK the I-'IrlitK
I.lne In South Africa.
Theater benefits aro talked of tor tho
Dewey Arch fund In New York.
I It Is well for Cecil Rhodes that he secured
1 his' doctorato when he did. There aro no
honors being kept on ice for him In Great
Britain at tho present time.
Commander Scaton Schrocder, tho new
governor of Quant, was a classmate of Com
mander Wnlnwrlght at tho Naval academy.
I Both men wero appointed by Lincoln In 1864.
1 Senntor Devcrldgo Is an enthusiast on the
subject of tho practical benefits of college
1 fraternities. He In himself a D. K. E. man
nnd was steward nt Its chapter house while
a student at Du Pau university.
Superintendent l'ryo of tho Cuban public
schools says tho Harvard faculty have told
film ttiat I tin fuhnfi f annhnfo miitali
. ... . . . i. . 1 "W VIM VMM -tWMVMWO nUIIU feUVOlO
.ow mo osmence nave ocen gn uerc , . , V iV.i.ui. m -1 t 0 university will be housed In tho
mo a irusi nua you canuoi pun lucir inn 1'"' ,C . 1 homes of President Eliot and othc
t,AU(JMIN(l (JAN.
Chicago News: "Family portraits should
generally bo hung In the hall, shouldn't
"Yfs: most 6f them In n real dark back
ball."
Brooklyn Life: "Mrs. Strongntlnd Is a
warm advocate of women's rights, Is she
notv
"Oh, yen. if nho had her way, man would
not be ellglblo for nnvthlng more Important
than tho vice presidency.""
Cleveland Plain Dealer: "t see that Brit
ish Hags nave been made lit this country
for use In the South Afrlcun war.".
"It's the sarno way with mules."
Chicago Tribune
cltargea with
"This mineral water !
I
feathors out unless you pay well for doing hi South Africa aro true to life they rovcal
so. If this makes tho wearing of feathers tho secret of tho great mortality among
unpopular, then tho ostrich trust will bo them, Tho largo per cent of killed and (
one of the good ones. 1 wounded officers Imb been attributed gen- .
orally to tho eupcrlor marksmanship of the
Boers. Tho latter undoubtedly shoot well,
but It does not require a high order of
marksmanship to top over men clad In
knickers with bosonm built on tho bal
loon order. Tha central featuro of tho
uniforms look as though tho "bishop
elccvcs" worn by women a fow yoatu ago
Net total sales 858,771
Net dally average 27,702
aiiOUOE B. TZSCHUCK.
Subscribed nnd worn beforo mo this 2d
day of April, A. D. 1900.
M. I). HUNQATE,
Notary Public.
Several plums are still hnnging on
Mayor Moores Christmas tree.
bracing among other things thu reconi'
meudations of the industrial commis
sion as to publicity. Information to
stockholders nnd annual reports show
ing tho business of tho combinations. '
There certainly appears to bo no good
r
In purchasing submnrino bonis for the
navy this country Is behind the times.
Spain has bad several under tho water
ever slnco curly in 5S08.
Tho first boquet thrown at Mayor
Hnsor of South Omaha by tho local
popocratlc organ comes Just as hc is
making his exit from olllclal position.
Mayor Kelly of Soutlt Omaha has
come to bat, and while ex-Mayor Ensor
goes into the field It is presumed ho has
something else to do besides catching
flics. '
passed a resolution against candidates
riding on railroad passes, he bad made
good use of his passes without con
scientious compunction. In other words,
during bis first term as congressman
and up to the time tho nccentanco of
ensou why congress may not now enact uS bribes was denounced In the nonu-
legislation of this character, applicable , nst platform of bis district he saw
to combinations engaged in Interstate , nothing improper or out of the way in
commerce. Some may question the 1 taking valuable presents from railroads
authority of congress to require corpora-' whcll iin',,0IIi,t rp,ulor fhfm no oti10r
service than olllclal favor. That the
railroads do not regret having extended
these pasteboard courtesies was evi
denced in the generous advertisement
tho Burlington gave him about two
years -ago ill publishing far and wldo
tho testimonial be had kindly written
over bis name as an endorsement of Its
elegant train service.
Whether Congressman's Stark's ex
planation to bis constituents will satisfy
them as to bis attitude on the railroad
pass question remains to bo seen. For
our part we fall to comprehend why any
Nebraska congressman should have
been designated as the state's military
representative at Washington. Kvcry
member of congress Is presumed to rep
resent bis state In all matters of public
business without a special commission
uud without special favors from the
railroads,
Tho senate proposes to muzzle the
dogs In the District of Columbia. How
unfair, when tho dogs nre already
handicapped In tho howling business
when congress is In session.
Ak-Sar-Ben bas decided not to go Into
the opera, business. Ak-Sar-Ben has
made its record of success In another
line nnd shows wisdom In recognizing
the force of tho nduge about the shoe
muker'stlcklug to his last.
The senate committee has decided
unanimously to report In favor of un
seating Senator Clark of Montana. This
Is clearly an outrage, for It was con
clusively proven that he paid a god
price for the votes which elected him.
Tho council may repeal the bicycle
lamp ordinance,' but that does not mean
that tho ordlnunco Is not salutary. The
cyclers, as a matter of fact, ought to be
glad to respond to so small a require
ment for the protection of pedestrians.
Attorney fleneral Smyth bas not
started to knock out an octopus in so
long that tho trusts aro beginning to bo
nervous. There Is no telling, however,
whore a storm Is going to strike as long
(is tho great trust-destroyer Is abroad
in tho laud.
So far Omaha has been remarkably
fortunate In the matter of freedom from
strikes and other labor dilllcultlcs
"Whllo the season has only begun It Is
to be hoped that nothing more serious
will be precipitated than the differences
that have already been adjusted.
tions and trusts to make public their
business, but tho power of congress in
the. matter wll be determined by tho
courts and the opportunity for Judlclnl
determination should be given. Thero
Is aio doubt s to the desirability of a
constitutional amendment, such, per
haps, as that proposed by Representa
tive Jenkins of Wisconsin, but amend
ing the constitution is a slow and un
certain proceeding nnd in tho mean
time the combinations would lucrcnso
and flourish. What Is needed Is im
mediate legislation that will at leust
remedy some of the trust evils, even If
It be not possible under existing condi
tions to suppress the trusts.
The republicans In congress must
rcallzo tho Importance of acting upon
this question at the present session In
a way to convince the country that the
party In power Is sincere In its avowed
opposition to all combinations for com-
trolling production and prices and In
restraint of trade by preventing compe
tition. The trust question has a very
strong. .hold upon the public jnltid and
it would bo very dlmcult to excuse a
falluro on the part of congress to" take
action In regnrd to it intended fo have
Immediate results In the public Interest.
A COMMUXDAHLK HU01S1UX.
Tho unanimous decision of the senate
committee on privileges nnd elections
In favor of unseating Senator Clark of
Montana will be approved by all fair
minded men familiar with this extra
ordinary case. In tho history of the sen
ate there has been no case to equal this
as an example of the reckless use of
money In politics and In corrupting leg
Islators. The testimony taken by the
committee- showed that not only did
Clark or bis agents use money lavishly
in buying votes In the legislature, but
they endeavored to bribe the Judiciary
Clark and his sou testlllcd that they hud
spent UiO.OOO to defeat Daly's control
of Montana politics and a more flagrant
system of corruption nnd bribery than
they practiced has never been known In
this country. To permit a man unques
tlonably guilty of such venality to hold
a sent in tlfe United States senate would
be a great national disgrace and his un
seating should place him beyond tho
EQUAL TO EVURY AMfiROffAC'l.
Omaha has always proved equal to
every emergency. Wheu the business
men of Omaha decide to get together in
.support of any enterprise tlley always
succeed In tholr object,
During the worst Unnnclal depression
thnt ever overtook this city and section
they successfully launched and financed
a great exposition that Involved an out
lay of several million dollars and Is
pointed to as a model for similar en
terprises all over this country
The annual fall festivals held under
the auspices of the Ak-Sar-Ben organi
zation bnve become famous for their
untune magnlllcence. They have been
a source of pride nnd pro lit to our busi
ness men and the whole community.
They should bo kept up and Improved
from year to year, whatever exertion
may be required.
Omaha has never done things by
halves and it cannot afford to lower its
flag this year. A long pull, a strong
Chnuiii'cy ltlvnln Sir Hiiyle.
San Francisco Chronicle.
Tho famous mixed metaphor of Sir Boyle
Iloche, "I smell a rnt, but I will nip It In
the bud," has been matched by Chauncey
Dopew's outburst on Monday in tho debate
on tho Porto Ulcan bill: "What Is nil this
rnntnllllnn nhniil? Whnt Is the nnnle of
dlsenrd which Is lBuhlnir somo friends to had been converted Into abbreviated trous-
fury9 ers ror tuo warriors at mo ironi, unu mo
, underpinning 19 bo long urawn out as 10 pre-
A Mllltnry Problem. i sent tho opponranco of golf sticks In boots.
Philadelphia North American. Tho vcrUtlt amateur could scarcsly miss
Hero Is a problem for military mathema- fiUf.h trroslstlblo tareeta. They would Dro-
tlclans. If 7,000 Dutchmen drlvo 10,000 voko ,. unionded cun to action.
Tommies Into tho Tugrla river, 4,000 Boers 1
hold Bullor's 55,000 men In check, and it I
takes 16,000 British foldiera to forco 2,000
Free Staters to rotlro In good order, how
many British troops will bo required to
capture Pretoria and assawlnato tho South
African republics.
No wonder tho English generals In South
Africa do not llko newspaper correspond
ents. This la how ono of tho latter, Mr.
Alfred Klnncar, portrns Oonoral Lord Mo
thuen: "In his war kit of khaki nnd drab
puttees, walking with bent head nnd rounded
shoulders, his legs curved outwards ns If
from a Hfo's growth In tho eaddle, he sug
gests from a rear vlow nothing eo much as
tho rear end of a camel dragging Itself
acroso tho veldt He sccma Instinctively to
lluteli I'rlaiuif rn 11 1 SI. lU-loiui.
Chicago Chronicle.
Llko tho grent Corslcnn, who ripped up tho
foundations of a fow European thrones be
fore helni? flnnllv mihdnpd. (leneral Cronle.
with ft lnrgo retinue, Is now being conveyed suggest want of Intellectual and physical
bv an Encllsh eunbont to St. Helenn. It proportion. Ho is visibly a man of nervous
might bo -venturcsomo to pursue tho anal- indoflnltonrss." This Is taken from a volume
ogy nny further, but it Is worthy of nolo entitled "To Modder Itlver with Methurn,"
that n eomo resne-cts Napoleon I was moro nna 11 proiesses 10 00 a ueiensc or Lru aie-
powerful as au exiled Drlttsh prisoner than
as n military cyclone, with vast armies nt
his back. And when Napoleon's ashes were
taken to Paris, not only Franco but tho
world paid such honors ns fall to tho lot of
few mortnls. England can hold Cronje In
durnncc vile as a military prisoner, but tho
enuso of liberty for which the Boer general
Union, tho author expressing In tho preface
his dcslro to "do Justice" to a much-ma
llgncd general.
Mrs. Joubert, tho widow of tho late Boar
general, has from tho days of her earliest
childhood been used to war's alarms. Sho
can load nnd llro oft a gun, and on many oc-
fought nnd suffered will Hvo ns the soul of : caslotis has shown tho greatest courage. S.he
John Brown survived Harper's Ferry.
I.OM3I.Y JtOClC or KXII.K.
Deportation of t.'eneral Cronje to nn
InIiiihI I'rlMim.
Clnclnnn.il Commercial-Tribune.
Tho lonely rock of St. Helena now extends
tho grim iwclcomo of Its prison walls to tho
has an extensive knowledge of Kaffir war
fare and her advlco has often beon acted
upon by her husband, plans of campaign be
ing freely discussed over her dinner table.
During tho Magatoland campaign she, not-
withstanding tho hentovcr 1U0 degrees In
tho shade and the fever, Joined the gen
eral a week or two after his arrival, ac
companied by only two or three llttlo Kaf
fir mnlds. Finding General Joubert In any
bravo and Indomitable Cronje, whoso deeds
of herolrm In support of a cause prodoorned , thing but a comfortable tent, she routed him
to falluro recall tho valor and constancy of out, erected a tent of her own nnd Installed
his Dutch ancestors against tho cruel and
merciless Philip of Spain.
Just why Britain should select St. Helena
for Cronjo's prison home Is not qulto appar
ent. The Anglophobo Journals of tho Paris
ian -bouloviirdb claim that the purposo Is
to revive tho soreness and humiliation In
flicted on Franco by tho detention of the
him amid all the comforts of home. What
-was more, sho re-constructed the goneral's
mens arrangements and cooked h! meals
with her own hands.
v
Tho story that Cnptuln Re-lchman. the
United States military attache with tho Boer
forces, commanded tho detachment which
great Napoleon on that bleak and barren captured tho British guns at Bushman's kon
rock. They claim that whero Napoleon onco probably Is explained by tho later report that
was and Cronjo Is now held in durance, Brit- Colonol John Y. Ulako was with this Boer
am intimates to .the worm, anu to r ranee column. The British correspondents havo
in particular, that sno nas room ror otner probably -confounded tho two Amnrienni
Illustrious encmlcs'J We cannot attrlbuto , ulako, though a West Point graduate, Is not
any such unworthy motive to tho government . now In tho United States service, but has
thor mem
bers of tho various faculties.
Tho popularity of ex-Governor Plngree of
Michigan nmong -the Poles and Hungarians
of Detroit Is In a largo measure due to his
ability to speak the language of those peo
plet When ho Btnrted out to work among
them hn first took lessons In their tongues.
Hammond Lamont, professor of English at
Brown university, has resigned from that
position and will ticcomo managing odltor
of the New York Evening Post. After his
graduation from Harvard In 1SSS Prof. La
mont engaged for some years In newspaper
work In Seattle and Albany.
A Michigan Jury brought In a verdict of
guilty against Inspector General Arthur F,
Marsh of the Stnto National guard, who
wns charged with conspiracy to defraud the
state In tho sale of military clothing nnd
equipments. Tho other conspirators,
alarmed, havo asked for a change of vonuc.
Senator Caffery is pumping considerable
ginger Into tho Louisiana stato campaign in
opposition to Foster, democratic candidate
for governor. Tho senator, who is making
speeches for hlB son, tho candldato of the
populists and republicans, has referred to !
Fostor as having been "twlco gorornor and
never onco clocted." "Who, In tho name ,
of Qod," Caffery has said, "can stuff votes
In Louisiana but Governor Foster, and, not
1 enrhrtnle nrlil ran. 1 It nnl7"
nPKt-i mt, Arnuit, inKinuaiiugiy.
"Yes, sir," roldly replied the grocer. "But
that's the only way wo chargu It."
Detroit Journal: "And you make a prsc-
e of reading ine yeiiow newspapers?
'Certainly! It's the best -way 1 know of
tlco of reading the, yellow newspapers?"
ccrinmiyi its tne wssi -way 1 k
to disqualify myself for Jury duty.
Cleveland Plain Dealer! "Weary, I'm
goln' to tueklo dls ypr Dr. Pearson's rules
fer llvln' to a green old, age,"
"Wot aro they. Dusty?"
" 'Keep cool, don't git excited, don't over
load do stummlck, don't eat late suppers,
an' take a snooie nfter dinner.' "
THE HACIIKI.Olt'S TOAST.
Ohio Stnto Journal.
I drink to tho man who ne'er woos nye,
nor weds
The mnn who sews buttons and -mends
The man who can llvu without women
around:
Hero's Joy to my bacholor friends!
IIo bus none to keep but himself happy
mint!
And always enough 16 pay bills;
IIo gives to the grocer tho merry ha-ha!
And squanders no shekels on frills,
IIo wnlkR not nt nil In tho dark, silly
night.
With colicky offspring In arms,
Which squalls with a zest that Is dread
ful to hear,
And fills tho whole block with utnrtns.
Ho knows when he tnlks to himself he
won't havo
To veil so that he will be beard:
Ho known wlton lie talk
s to litmelf that
To chuckle the very last word.
he'll get
So hero's to tho bachelor blexsed Is he,
Who Ii.-ih itono to keen but himself
content with stuffing boxes, ho Is now stuf- , The man wbo smiles grimly whllo Cupid
flng tho people with th. veriest rot ever Isclii.;rMnc;iu, fI,.lye(1 g00(,8 on tMr
of Britain, but It Is certainly open to ques
tion of Cronjo's dispatch as a prisoner of
war to Str Holona Is, In tho present temper
of tho French nation, a measure of prudence.
St. Helena always revives, at oven its merest
mention, the memory of the great Corslcan
who, on Its uninviting shores, far from the
beloved Selno on whose banks his ashes now
rest among tho people he loved so well, Lhnd his Christmas dinner at tho Transvaal
fumed and fretted his great lifo away,
Whllo European statesmanship may ho
Justified, duo regard being paid to all the
circumstances of the case nnd times, for
Indorsing the deportation of the most Illus
trious prisoner In all history to a forbidding
African isle, nothing can palllato the In
justice of driving bo great a man to his death
by petty annoyances and unmanful re
straints. British publlo opinion will, we
believe, coincido with tho opinion of civili
zation that the brave but unfortunate South
African general now consigned to St. Helena
been regularly enlisted in tho Boer army
slnco tho beginning of tho war.
If tho Boers aro such awfully bad people
nS somo correspondents with tho Mrltlsh
army assert It Is passing strange they do
not show their "badness" to nrltiah
prisoners nt Pretoria. A British officer who
capital writes to tho I.ondon Graphic as fol
lows: "Tho officers have their own cooks
nnd servants. Tho bathrooms aro commo
dious nnd books can be procured from the
stuto library. Tho rations supplied to tho
prlsonors nro of much the same quantity
nnd quality as those Issued to tho wives and
families of burghers throughout the state.
Tho groat bulk of the captured men are In
camp nt Waterval, the now military prison
camp outside of Pretoria. Their quarters
consist of a series of long galvanized Iron
sheds. In them tho soldiers make them-
must bo treated with all consideration and selves comfortable and seem to havo settled
pull and a pull all together will insure ,von generosity. Napoleon made and un- down to a regular garrison cxlstonce. The
success. 1
' The only thing now needed is to re
aw'aken the latent enthusiasm nnd pub
lie spirit for which our citizens have
ulwnys been noted.
The treasurer of the Nebraska State
Fair association expresses amazement
that some Sli.OOO of money available for
possibility of ever again holding public 1 ,)il8t.ano premiums has not yet been
olllce. His opponent, Daly, who is not i ,...., fm. Tj10 oulv 0v,,i,inatlou is
Popocratlc papers over the state at
tribute the republican victories in
municipal elections to the fact republi
cans put up tho better candidates ami
ijo t to any change of political sentiment
Tho republicans cheerfully admit the
first proposition ami the popoerats will
have to revise their conclusion on tho
latter nfter the fall elections.
The latest political gossip has It that
Judge Caldwell has declined positively
to allow bis name to be considered In
connection with a nomination on a
one whit better, should also bo per
mitted to remain permanently In private
life.
Politics In Montana was shown by the
disclosures In this case to bo greatly In
that the people are too busy with profit
able work to take the trouble to look
after such small claims. No such situ
ation, however, could have presented
a lew years ago noiore tuo era 01
made empires, made kings of plebeians nnd largo Inclosuro Is surrounded by a barbed
plebeians kings, nnd for years hold a world In wlro entanglement. Ea:h corner Is pro
awe. Cronjo has no such achievements to tectcd by stockades, on which Maxim guns
his credit, but In his lasting honor must It aro mounted. Each stockado Is In electric
bo said that ho fought nobly for what ho be- communication with the others, and tho
lloved his country's rights. Llko Marco wholo camp seems to form an absolutely se
Bozzarls, of whom Fltz-firceno Hnllock so euro detention ground for tho prisoners,
beautifully writes ho struck for "his altars , Tho sentries appear to bo men of middle
and his fires," for "tho green graves of nis
fathers, for "God nnd his native land."
simMixu ui th i-i itKconn.
the
, i , i ' .- c-' Will On IUO WUUIO CUimiUlu mtuiuui) nn
need of reform. It is evident that tho j (lonross0 !iml tmuneiul distress bad thnt of nny of its predecessors. The legis
average politician In that slate has very
little Idea of political honesty. Perhaps
the case of Clark will tend to bring
about au Improvement.
Ilrlef 'llevltiw of I.iiwh PiinnimI by
loiwi I.eulxlnturc.
Chicago Tribune.
Tho v ork of tho Twenty-eighth general as
sembly of Iowa, which adjourned last week an(j vegetables. The hospital arrangements
after a session lasting Blxty-clght days, nro Baj to be excellent, but complaints had
will on tho wholo compare favorably witu uccn ma0 that tho water supplied to the
camp was unsuitable. Tho government.
age. Hiey aro In every-dny mutfl and look
nnythlng but military, tho only evidence of
poldierly llutles being their rifles and ban
dollors. It Is a matter for congratulation
that many of the prisoners have expressed
their appreciation of tho treatment meted
out to them. They were for a tlmo fed upon
tho rations captured by tho Boers at Dun
dee nnd woro allowed to purchase fruit
been dissipated by the Inauguration of lature spent moro money than usual and thcrofore, Is now sending a dally supply of
MeKiuley and a republican national administration.
SKVHKTAltr BJOK'S HTATKMKNT.
The statement of receipts and expendi
tures of the government and estimates
of surplus sent by Secretary (Sage to
the liousc of representatives. In reply to
a resolution of that body calling for tills
Information, will have the effect to
strengthen the public demnud- for a re-
1 dilution of taxation. Mr. (luge estimates
tho surplus nt the close of the current
llscnl year, June IIO, at $70,000,000 and
It was reported that nt one time last
week 1,000 carloads of grain were lying
in tho railroad yards In this city and
Council Bluffs owing to a breakdown of
an elevator used for transferring grain,
A large portion of this grain was wheat.
Hut why should a single bushel of this
grain be shipped east except 1n tho
shapo of flour? The couutry tributary
to Omaha raises enough wheat to make
created a number of unnecessary oiuces,
but It was no more extravagant than a legis
lature usually is, -and It resisted strong in
fluences In refusing to mako other ex
penditures. Probably tho most important
raeasuro was tho Titus conBtltutl nil
amendment, providing biennial elections.
This amendment Is popular and Is likely to
bo sustained. Another Important reform
In tho election laws will permit the use
of voting machines. Tho hour of closing
fountain water In tanks from Pretoria. One
prisoner, when asked by a correspondent
how ho fared, replied: "Why, they treat
us hero llko gentlemen. Tboro has not been
a hard word Bpoken to us since we were
taken prisoners."
DKWIJY I.V POllTICS,
Washington Post: The admiral was quite
nrwlnltntn and unconventional. Ho didn't
tho polls was extended to 7 p. m., tho l-.tter oycn walt for HOn)0 hcn to jn6Cribe bis n-
bolng supposed to make likely a larger voto.
Taxntlon claimed a largo sharo of tho
legislature's attention. Cheshire's bill tax
ing -express companies on a mlloago baHls
ticket beaded by ltryan and that former
Congressman ' owne w-ho also poses as , nt Uu lm, of t,u BWlI ytfur mi ,(t
1L nint-t 11-411111111 1111. in iiuiii punueii tin
the most likely running ninle for ltryan.
Where do thu populists come Into such
-a 001111)1111111011?
thlx u irreut nilillurr center, and that It was passed. Tho methods of taxiug tele-
1.. ui...i., ..n.t.uiu im f,w.f phono and telegraph companies wero
in nut muiiuj l..w,,..D...v0 ... ...v - ,l h Bo,l vnlnn
itlal on an eggshell.
Washington Star: Wilt David n. Hill sit
silently by and allow Gcorgo Dewey to ap
propriate his copyrighted declaration, "I am
a democrat?"
St. Louis Republic: Admiral Dewey's ral
Men who are being pushed to accept
second place on the ticket with ltryan
do not appear to be so sanguine of suc
cess ns tho Nebraska colonel. One after
another declines to be considered for
tho place, tho last being Judge Caldwell.
Tho democracy may be forced to taku
up with the class which never declines
nnythlng from au Invitation to take a
drink to a long shot for au olllce.
SS'.'.OOO.OOa The receipts under the war
revenue net for the last llscnl year wero 1
a llttlo over fl." ,000 ,000 and they will bo
about the same for the current year.
It will thus be seen thnt If nil tho war
Omaha Is overlooking one of Us oppor- amonB tho taxlUon districts In accord with lying song for his campaign ehuld bo the old
tunltles,
Now tho Hrynnitos are talking seri
ously of adjourning the Sioux Falls
fusion nonullst convention without mnk-
revenue taxes were dispensed with the , lng uon,m,tlons and relegating the
receipts of the government from other oholco of t.am(lates for the populists to
Internal taxes and customs would be ,.m. iH,m fnrnnnbiiniMi in endorse
sulliclent to meet the ordinary expendi
tures and leave a small surplus. In
view of this it would seem safe to as
sumo that congress will make reductions
to take effect at the beginning of the
next fiscal year, July 1. It Is not prob
able that nil the taxes under the war
revenue act will be dispensed with, but
tho stamp taxes will doubtless fie re
pealed nnd enough others to reduce tho
revenue from this bource to perhaps one-
mileage. Flro nnd life Insurnnco com
panies nro to be taxed 1 per cent upon pre
mium receipts, less expenses, which will
yield nbout $30,000 annually. Tho Insur
ance laws wero amended In several rcspecta
In favor of tho policy holders. Including
tho valued policy law. Attorney General
Hemloy's recommendations In regard to
building nnd loan associations resulted In
an excellent law that will protect the In-
Hrvan ami whoever may be named as
his running mate by the democrats at , vestors and eliminate the speculative cle
Kansas City. What a roaring farce!
Why don't those fusion populists Join
the democratic party and stop their
ninsquerade as au Independent party?
The popoeratic campaign committee
has been quiescent for some time on
tho question of funds. ICarly In the
year u wall went up that there was no j half or less. of what It Is at present, It i
money In the treasury and the fnlthful ! Is not likely that there will be any Inter
ment,
The schools fared liberally. Increased
appropriations wero made, provision Is
made for school libraries and for a moro
thorough system of collodion of statistics
and Inspection by slate officials. Tho stato
institutions were well treated, nearly all
receiving Increased appropriations, n new
female reformatory was established, and
refrain: "Needles and pine, no 'dies and pins;
when a man marries his trouble begins!"
Philadelphia Record: Admiral Dewey and
tho democratic stato convention aro quits.
Tho convention never noticed the admiral's
candidacy and the admiral only noticed the
convention to remark that "Pennsylvania
always goes tho other way anyhow."
Globe-Democrat: When Admiral Dewey
-was advised to run for president it would
havo been well for him to ask his counselor,
or counselors, what party he should rejiro
sent. Tho peoplo aro apt to take an Inter
est In this detail
nil over the stato wero urged to con
tribute. Kroin tho fact that tho appe
tites of tho managers aro known to bo
of great capacity, it is fair to presume
that tho appeal met with response. Ue
publlcau prosperity may rob the calam
ity party of much of its campaign am
munition, but It renders the collection
ef tho Bluews of war easier.
Tho installation of the new city gov
ernment In South Omaha puts an end to
the dupllcato olllceholdlng by which the tho county Inrane asylums wero placed un-
treasuror of South Omaha and the clerk ' i;r , ' 11 ""a " -"-
. , ,, , 1 . . 1 ,1 Attendance at Natlonnl Guard drills U en-
of tho district court were one ami tho C0UnIKe(l ny ,hn pros.Mon t0 pay 10 cents
same person. No good reason exists nn jlour to militiamen for tlmo spent In
why one olllce at one time should not bo drilling.
onoir'h for ono man. I These aro the main features of the legls-
" ' J latlon. The most Important laws that failed
wero those to establish additional normal
The railroad contingent In the popo- schools, tho county high school bill, the
cratlc party is working lis cards to have I '' establish an appellate court and the
every candidate suppose,! o be a genu- L of l
lue untl-nionopollst set over on the wall-, body onh. t0 r..Uo hoeg thBt wcre dashttd
Thc houKo ways uud menus committee ting-order track, fear In expressed to the (round in the other house,
ferenco nt present with tho customs du
ties, for tho reason that unless the ses
slon is to be prolonged far Into the sum
mer It would be inexpedient to under
take a revision of the la'rllT law. Tho
opponents of that law, however, may bo
expected to make n strenuous effort to
have changes made in it,
1
Daisy Queen"
31 fragrant ptrlumt, rich In tb
swtttness of field and forttt.
Dtlieatt yet lasting.
Sherman & McComiell Drug Co.,
nipersiDlllon Drug Co.,
Kubn & Co. ,
BIIOW.M.VG, KING A CO.
Caster Cilies
Given Jlway
Year after year we have given
away Easter lilies in our Childteti's
department. We are going to do so
again this year, but on a larger scale.
Heretofore we gave them on Satur-;
day only, and there was &o much,
complaint last year on account of so
many of our customers being unable
to do their trading on that one day
alone, that to reach all and to give,
every one a chance to get one of the
large beautiful plants, this offer is
good for
THURSDAY,
FRIDAY AND SATURDAY
Any one purchasing a suit of
clothes in our Children's depart
ment on either of the days mention
ed will be entitled to an Easter lily,
You will be given a card on
your purchase for a lily to be called
1
for Saturday at our store, as the lilies
will be delivered to us Friday night.
We have the most complete as
sortment of Easter novelties and
spring suits ever shown by us,
and the choosing will be a pleasure
for you. From $2,50 to $15.00 is
the range of prices on this vast col
lection. Don't wait until Saturday
if you can help it, come earlier in
the week and secure better attention
OiubUk'u duly Uiolmlva Clotblers for Mc a a By,