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    THE OMAHA DAirlY BEE: KM DAY, JUNE 8, 1900.
The Omaha Daily Bee
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llir iiiiiiirr inn- liu Thr ll-
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ofllcr, In i-riiM or lir mall.
Th- MtltlrraK will lie cliaUKetl
an (ifleii a flralrrtl.
'J Jus ffirly bird rat el ion tin worm. 'Jt
In on Tliti Ike's vacation touUft from
tlio htart.
'i ho club woim.'H will not rwrsaiilf.
1'hcy have not ):nl tlmo miousjIi yet to
Icvoto to talking the ttubject over.
H:ii the lee truxt artlht ben pros
tratnj by the heat, or l he only wait
I UK for the ieat tniHt-HinaKhlns attor
ney general to get within tlowr tuvkv
of the election'
I'UHlon iilatfornm In Nebrahka thin
year will carefully avolil ilenounclng
government by Injunction and pimMi
tnent for contemiit without Jury trial,
Orcat In reform.
It Is announced that as soon as con
gress adjourns Nebraska's poporratlc
congressmen will hie themselves home
an fast ok lightning trains and free
uasicN will carry them.
Nebraska can be redeemed to repub
licanism In the year 15)00, but It cannot
bo redeemed by steering the party In
the same old rut that led to lis downfall
nnd has kept It In minority.
After such an offense, Ho v. T. UeW'ltt
Talmagi) may expect his weekly syndi
cate sernioUM to be hereafter promptly
rontilgtivd to the waste basket by our
imlable hyphenated contemporary.
The great article explaining why
Hryau cannot turn bis back on free sil
ver Ik printed In the Kan Kranclsco lx
Btulner as coming from "the editor of
the Omaha Tlmcs-IIorald." Kuch Is
fame.
In counting up the credit marks be
longing to President McKlnley do not
overlook thi! millions wived to tho gov
ernmnt by his linn action In hceuring
complete repayment of the I'uelllc rail
road loan.
The harmless and Innocent nmufc
incut of i.auilng running mates for
President McKlnley can be continued
only another ten days. 'IIioho who
want to dip Into the gamo should then
fore lose no unnecessary time.
When the Kansas City convditloii
comes to realllnn the Chicago platform
It will Imi In order for one of the Ne
braska delegates to move to amend by
milling "All but tho clause denouncing
government by Injunction and con
tempt."
Those High school boys taekled the
wrong clock when they used their green
paint. It Is the stopped clock In the
KiHtol!li'i building that should turn
green with envy of tin High school
tlmepleci) that, llko the luook, goes on
forever.
That estimable and staid old Journal
Issued under tho name of the Con
grcssloun! Kccoril has been again com
pellcil to suspend publication tempo
rarlly. It derives some comfort, how
ever, from the rellectloii that It has run
tho page number of Us expiring volume
up to 7.0S1.
ICilgar Howard seems to be In liuinl
unit danger of having u congressional
nomination thrust upon him without
aid or consent. Hut then ive all reuieiu
her Ihe wise words of .Shakespeare
about some being born great, others
achieving greatness and mi 11 1 others fall
lug Into greatness by accident.
Tim democratic convention In Idaho
endorsed tho administration of (Jnvcrnor
Hleuneiiborg. Ah tho governor an
nounced before tho congressional Invest!
gating committee that he accepted tin
responsibility for everything done In tin
t'oour d'Aleiiu strlku troubles, this en
dorsement of his party takes all the
wind out of the sails of the democratic
member of (ho house committee who
"ought to place the blame on the na
tiomil administration.
rrr: rMfiK rutin hem tor f
lfw'nst'','' sal the I'lilla'Mfsfata
j KwrI, -fr'; tnnl presents th" only
fitfrHv; riM'atiH which cofiirrces tun ap
f'r ,h" IIOU of lnl
trial wojioooh- aiil that 1 nun
r-m why tin iji-momitu hare ln
Indifferent to ah antl-trttKt ht(lilatlou
an the bill which jKiekeil the houw on
Hatttrday laot. Thin I n true state,
nieut of the jiosltlon of th" democratic
jmrty Ju reard to the trut, a wbowu
In the debated in c-ongri. The demo-
cratlc rerroeutallrt" urged that the
, rotftv tariff Ix ref jxjtiMble for the ex-
licence of motjojwly and that U-t traile
would n-niey the existing evllc. Till
view 1 erxlKtntly prenented In the
d'inw.ratlc jiresf. Mr. llryau, who a
hted In framing the destructive tariff
law of entertain It. "The hl2h
tariff haA wn u bulwark to the
trttfctj'," Kajh the deinotTatlc leader and
he would trikc down protection tn
American IndURtrlfM and labor and ojx-n
the American market to the unre
stricted competition of foreign product
made with cheaper labor than our.
'IIjJh Ik In accord with the traditional
iwllcy of the democratic party. It haa
alwayM fought the principle of protection
and It I not leK oppovd-to It now than
In the pant. In t-plte of the wonderful
development of the country under the
operation of that principle. A wan
aid bj .Mr. Hay. chairman of the Ijoum
Judiciary ommIttee, the stock In trade
of the democratic party I opposition to
the protective tariff of IJlalne, McKlnley
and Ulugley. "If the true remedy."
wild Jlr. Hay, "for the evils of monojioly
and combine is to destroy capital,
tear down manufactories, deprive labor
of employment, cripple the maiket for
rlciiltuml products and lmpoverlMi the
merlcan pcjple, then let hh open wide
the door for fr; trade and thc-producu
of foreign htlKjr. J't the factorlei
nd worLhops In the United States clone
their door. I't t"-' tide of exporta
tion of American good cease to flow and
let each Incoming wave bring to our
bores the Khlps of Kurope richly laden
with the JlnMied product of our labor.
I.-t us return to the days of 1WK and
1SW, when, under the operations of
lemocracy. In three years' time the de
posit In national bankK declined $VJ,-
The American people. Irrespective of
party, desire the overthrow of tin; trusts.
They demand that all monopolistic -om-
blnatlons shall bo represM-l. Hut the
democratic remedy of free trade will not
ommend Itself to a majority of thorn.
1'he exix-rlence with a democratic tariff
Is too recent, ItK disastrous cjuseoucuces
are too well remembered, to permit a
majority of the American jieoplc to fa
vor n return even to so molcratc an
anti-protection tiollcy as was embodied
In the tariff law of IfelM. The trusts
can bo effectively dealt with without
sacrlilcing American Industries and
American labor, as would result from
the adoption of the democratic tmllry.
AH USWISIS ilOVHilZST,
It Is proiiosed to organlzo a negro
political party, which will place a pres
idential ticket In the Held with negro
candidates and also nominate cumu
lates for congress and state ofllccs. If
seriously Intended It Is a most unwise
movement, that cannot possibly have
lesults beneficial to the negro, but on
the contrary. In Intensifying and aggra
vating the race Issue, would prove
harmful to that race and perhaps a
meimce to tho peace of a considerable
portion, of the country.
1 here Is no more Justification for a
negro parly than for a Cerman, or Irish.
or fcandlnavlan party. Political organ
izations based on race should not exist
In this country, l'nder our constitution
and laws there Is no discrimination as
to American citizenship on rac Hues
and any effort to make polltlcnl di
visions on such lines Is essentially ho-
tlle to the spirit of American Institu
tions. The negro has Just ground of
complaint that In a number of the states
he Is deprived of his political rights and
the tendency Is to enlarge this unjust
treatment. The policy of negro disfran
chisement Is spreading In the south. Hut
tho remedy for this unjustlco is not to
be found in the organization of a na
tional negro party, that would simply
furnish a fresh excuse for the policy of
tho Tlllnians and other champions In
Ihe south of the disfranchisement of Ihe
negro. There are men In that section
who are Hlncerely seeking a solution of
the race problem that will give the
colored race Just and fair treatment.
i'helr efforts would certainly not bo
helped by the formation of a national
negro party.
The negro race has some very Inju
dicious advisers and none more so than
those who counsel it to separate pollt
lcnl action.' There Is nothing to In
gained for tho negro In such a course
and It would be pregnant with danger
to that race and to the country.
A COMMKHOaIILK IXKtiVATlU.V.
The Innovation Introduced by the grad
tinting class of the Omaha High school
In substituting this year for the usual
array of commencement essays, orations
and declamations, an address upon an
appropriate subject by nn educator of
recognized standing Is wo believe a
commendable chaiiRe. Not that there
Is nothing to be said in favor of the
time-honored system of giving the honor
members of the class places on the com
mencement program and stimulating
their talents as essayists and orators,
but the expansion of the school system
seems to have overshadowed It, while
other exercises attendant upon the grad
uation season give ample vent for the
scholastic performance.
What the young men and women Just
going out from the High school most
want on the eve of their entrance Into
practical life Is u reminder of the ad
vantages they have enjoyed under our
great free public school system, Incom
parable as measured with the educa
tional facilities at thu disposal of their
ancestors even a few generations bade,
and a realization of the responsibilities
resting upon them as citizens of a mag
nltlccnt republic. Advice Is cheap, but
advice can be luvaluablo when timely,
and the rising graduates can reap ut
miK-h atteuttve listeners a they could
a irioflal participants In ibe -m 1
HHOieenjeNt program.
ItUUHS SI 11.1. ArriVI.
Til surrender of Pretoria apjioars not j
to have entirely disheartened the Hoeis
ami the latest dl'imtclc-s show them to
le still active and apparently detw-
mined to go on with the unequal strtig- j
'Hie fores tinder Ceueral Hotha are
understood to le concentrated at I.yden-
borg, northeast of Pretoria, which the
dispatches say Is a very strong position
for defensive ojiemtlon". I.ydeuburg !
In a gold Held of some laijiortancc and
had considerable prominence as a center
of Transvaal trade. Th? district In
which It Is situated Is very mountainous
and dilllcult to Invade. It affords ad
mirable ground for defeUMi against
great number and In this natural
stronghold the burghers may give the
HrlUsh a great deal of trouble before
they can bo dislodged or forced to sur
render. The fact that they have been
collecting supplies there In large ouan-
titles Indicates that they mean to make
a stout defease.
At all events It seems that Ixird Hob-
erts still has a good deal to accomplish
In order to secure full control of the
Transvaal and that a great many more
Hrltlsh lives will be lost In earrylug
out the task.
rnr. tiers lac.iro.v coxtlst.
Announcement Is made on another
page of The Hee's second vacation con
test for working girls. Tne plan of the
contest Is substantially the same as was
that o successfully conducted u year
ago, but with more liberal conditions
and additional vacation trips. The Bee
offers to provide outings with expenses
paid for the young women who are ad
judged by vote of its subscriber to be
most popular and deervlng.
I'ree vacation trips will be given to the
seveu girls earning their own living In
Omaha proved most popular In the con
test. The competition for there honors
last year opened up a friendly rivalry
that we believe will Hud repetition with
like good results.
A new feature of the contest Is to be
the award of vacation trips to three op-
ular girls outside of Omaha. The only
limit on aspirants for favor Is that they
reside In the resiectlve districts one In
Nebraska north of the Platte, one In Ne
braska south of the Platte and one In
western Iowa.
Tho voting Is open without restriction
to readers of The Bee subject to the
rules of the contest. Let the mot de
serving girls win.
The session of congress Jut closed Is
one of the shortest "long sessions" on
record, but In amount und Importance
of work accomnllHhed It will rank with
any of Its predecessors. Not since the
clow of the war and reconstruction
days has there been a congress con
fronted with so many new and complex
problems, yet It has left the legislative
affairs of the country In good shape.
While everything wlileh should have
been 'Hon" was not accomplished, we
can hardly hope for a congress which
will come nearer this feat.
The Paplo stati-sman would not avail
himself of the privilege of naming the
delegates from his county to the demo
cratic congressional convention on the
ground that such a practice Is contrary
to democratic doctrine. Hut the nomi
nation for congress will be made by del
egates from Douglas county selected In
prii-lscly the manner pronounced so
odious. How. then, can any true demo
crat accept credentials from a conven
tion made up In illr-ct defiance of the
democratic principle?
The sacred ratio Is being omitted from
democratic platforms this year with
regularity, only a few of the more radl--nl
of the states mentioning any ratio
and several falling even spcclilcnlly to
endorse freo coinage. Like every other
Issue It has ever raised, democracy
will sooner or later admit that Hi to 1
free coinage was wrong by abandoning
It altogether.
Our Boer visitors, In several object
lessons In American geography pre
sented to them In their tour of the coun
try, will meet no more striking example
of push and enterprise than Omaha It
self built up In less than u half century
from a wild waste to the present pros
perous and promising community.
Ciiunt- uml i:nr t.
Philadelphia Times.
The tradltlonul attitude of tho Turk In
that of sitting. Hence possibly tho sultan's
not rising to the occasion In thla Indemnity
bunlniuH.
Triinllr In the I'orr.
Minneapolis Journal.
The New York diuiocratn Hhuwed tlulr
enmity to trusts by clcctlug (.'roller and
Mayor Van Wyck of the lci trust dcli gatcs.
at-lurgo to tho Kansas City cinveiuluri.
' Conf -lnn of .Miidrnt),
Wnshlncton Post.
Prom tho editor of the Omaha World
Herald has been dragKed tho admission that
ono of his recent articles on the Ilnmclnl
question l the ablest thing ever wiltten on
thu subject.
A Xov (.'ninpiilKii I'riilinlilc.
Cleveland Plain Dealer.
When ono considers the supurlutlvo resist
ing power of tho Dutch, as exemplified by
their lighting In tbe religious and Spanish
wars In their native Ilollunl no lean than
la Africa, It should occasion no purprlsu
If. even after tbe fall of I'rolurla, Itnbrrts
has to plan and fight a now campaign.
I'nlan I'rof i-sslium IJxiioaril,
Globe-Democrat,
Tho dumocruts la congress voted against
a proposed unti-trust amendment to the con-
iitltutlon on tho ground that It would give
CQngrrtu too much power. This tender solid
tudo for monopolies Is characterise of thu
party that organized tho Tammany Ice trust
of New York and consolidated the street
railways of Ht. Ixiuls,
1'iirly l'iuinler t'ulli-il llni-U,
I'hlluilelplila I.t-dk'cr.
Kn fur as knonn only fourteen of the
men who formed tho llrst republican con
vention, which met In Philadelphia oa June
18, 1656, aro now living. It wan a thought
ful act ot Chairman Ilanna, on behalf of tbe
republican national committee, to sond these
veterans a special luvltatlon to attend thu
convention of their party which metis In
Philadelphia on June 19, 1900. These men
saw their party's beginning, with a total
T8( trt i.ttl 1U pojralar aal lit e-l'rl
role. an4 tby It cm: a 'o al of
7,K.7T psplir tad 271 rlctortl t(t t
b- lat ntloi conttet. It to wBlalr
nttlnc taat they ibould be bronrat 'e
aratn on tb toe o? that b"'
t";llsg j lorty-ioor year ago.
Mo- nni! Mo-n liir Iuk.
f.'tw York Bun
Happy Colouvl Hryan' He li going on a,
taxation with Colonel Mote Vetoire 'ce
More i4 Towce and Jim Jmfi are to l- ta
the cettpany. Colonel Mom Wetasare I aa
rjame preiTrve and avUrie and fith pond-,
where are all beatti; of the field and fowlt i
the air ead Sb of the tea. save the Onopuf .
d he ha eouutry hovies to barn. I. lie
Fearien Johany In the elk-tale, he doat
know whether fear U farted or feathered,
and btn he etandi up to the trniiti! they:
eorae donn.
SrrnllluK llir Wlt'Urd.
Chicago Chronicle.
One of the cturacttrirtlc of a great man
M hi ;ui'.l:nes to arall blmtelf o.' a geo-1
tbisg no matter who orlg.oated it. Htrt.
for lmtance. Ii Mr John D. RxkefelKr.
who, la humble Imitation of the s'f.e-J Mr.
Gat-, li tyfne up hit halfback Strt
r.lt h a Mew to tqjeezlns the ore thlppeM
until they descend from the perth wl.h
proper celerity and humility. Kor a gent t-n-an
of cmlntat piety Mr. Rockefeller dis
pl)j a remarkable aptneti la the devi.t-n
of wicked D3n.
'l'riiljli- of the Trust. j
HprlntIeld Republican. :
It l itated that the three independent
augar refining companies which havo been
consolidated Into a New- Jertcy cotporatlc:i '
were capitalized altogether at Ji.OOo.W-. '
In the eonaolldation they will appear ai ;
posieiKrd of a capital value of about :.- j
W).W). If tuch a thing exists a an hon- '
i-stly capitalized Icduurial combination. t
has not besn generally heard oi up to dale. '
But the trusts already in the field are find
ing out that It Is vastly t-axler to Inflate
capitalizations than to earn dhldends on
the same.
O.M,V O.NB KI.AU MW.
Son of Conf rderntr Vetersnn Itr
liuked tr n huuthernrr.
Atlanta Constitution.
We regret that any difference of senti
ment should ha vp sprung up In the ranks ct
the Eocs of Confederate Yeteraca at Louis
ville la regard to carrying the ctars and
stripes along with tbe mars and bars at
tbe head of the division In Friday's patads.
If the veteran thcmtclvui who bore the
fiery brunt of battle through four long year
of eacrlfice could so far forget the asperlttei
of former conflicts as to mingle tbe colors
of both flags above them similar fetllngs
ought lui'-dy to have characterized the
action of the sons. When the war between
the states ended some thlrty-flvu years ago
the confederate soldier preinted the epec
tacit; of gracefully returning lo bis old alle
giance under the stars and stripes. He left
the union to fight for what he conceive! to
hf tbe rightful Interpretation of the consti
tution, and when be failed to eitabllsh thi
contention he accepted the situation in go.d
faith and promptly rtafflrrntd. his devotion
to the country's flag, realizing that it meant
as much to blm as It did to anyone else and
that its folds were broad enough to cortr
north and south alike. If such was the
spirit which animated tbe confederate sol
dier on returning to the union thirty-five
years ago, there Is certainly no occatlcn for
the exhibition of any other spirit at this
time, when the once1 divided tectlons hav
In recent yearn becalst(ll more cloiety knit
together by common" sacrifices and comm-n
achievements upon the field of battle. We
commend to tho Jponsof Veterans tho con
duct of tbn veterans themselves, and we
would further Impress upon them' this fact.
that If the confederate soldier Is their Hesl
In war he should alio be their Heal in peace.
Let u honor tbe flak Under which our fath
ers marched to battle In the 'COs and let
us treasure the memories of heroism which
have come down to' us from the past, but
let us also remember that we'JIvo under
the ttarn and strlptw. which Is henceforth
and forevermorc the flag of tbo whole
American people.
TWO AIIMIMSTIIATIONS.
SlrlUltiar ('ontraatu llrlnrrrn rlfvr
ImiiiI'k a ii it MrKlnlpj-'s 'IVrinn.
Ht Mills Olob-DernoTat
Senator Oallluger ot Now Hampsh ro
made a statistical speech a few dars ago
which will be ono of th- Important docu
ments of the campaign. It contrasts, from
a business point, tho situation under Mc-
Kinluy with tbnt which preceded it under
Cleveland, and covers the ground with full
data from ofllclul sources. The (.Rowing
oa one side Is that of high prosperity and
efiectlvo legislation; on the other a sum
mary of general Industrial distress and uf
lawn that, conceived In Incompetency, rap-.
Idly tended to make bad condition i worte.
The success of Cleveland In lh'J'1 led to
national adversity, that of McKlnley In
IS'JG to good times and the most favorable
business prospects ever known. Senator
Galllnger proves the proposition with aUul
figures. There ha been no democratic
response, to tho senator's speech. Its facts
aro unanswerable. Democratic orators
dare; not touch it. But thu companions sro
of great valuo to thH peupln and serve to
make, still clearer their political duty in
tho present year. The roads by which
prosperity wan lost and regained aro Indi
cated fco plainly that to mistake the way
again Is Impossible.
Thu cbadow of an Incapable party fc.'l
upon tho country almost as scon as Cleve
land was Inaugurated In U'J.1. Democrats
were In full contlol of all departments of
tbe government. Distrust uprang up on
all sides. Before the end of the first year
of tbn democratic term (31,518,001 was
withdrawn from the savings banks ot Nev
York In excess of deposits. Business fall
urea multiplied, Increasing from un aver
ago of 1,009 a month In 1VJ3 to 1.501 a
month In 1S0B, liabilities going up 75 pur
ceut. From May 4 to October 3, 1893, the
people drew an excess of (378,000,000 from
the national banks, At the end of six
months of Cleveland's term tho volume of
business had decreased 47 per cent. The
(Jorman-Wllson tariff law -was pasted and
In ten months Importations of foreign goods,
largely In competition with our own prod
ucts, Increased from J8;,:0.',7f0 to $169.
200,731. Kactorlc were closed and tens
of thousands of workmen searched In vain
for employment. It 1b a matter of record
that under that abortive and chaotic demo
cratic tariff the farmers lost tnoro tbau
(1,000,000,000 and tbe government was com
pelled to borrow enormoun sums of money
In a time ot peace, In order to meet ex
penses. Hepubllcan hucccsh' In 1S9S changed all
that. In Its Industrial census of ld9 th
American Kconomlst showed, as compared
with 1B95, an Increase of 35.90 per cent In
the number of hands employed and fil.09 per
cent In wage-s. The btinlneiis of the Now
York clearing haute advanced from 2.!iS9,
3t,832 la January, U97. to (5,090,717,778 111
January, 1S99. Tbeao figures servo m an
example of the many presented and all teach
ing tbo samo lessons. When th democratic
party v.as In complete authority It muddled
everything It touched, changed the laws to
the great disadvantage of the people und
brought upon the country a period of uni
versal Ion and suffering Little Is heard
now of "a tariff for revenue only." The ono
tested mode frightful deficit In tbe revenue
Tho threat to dobaao tho currency has run
against a solid republican barrier. Pros
perity ha not been restored by accident, nor
can It bo preserved except by a repetition of
tba verdict of mi.
THOI II m: l Clll t.
'U,!n Journal If i-e must utilise in
hiti. k s go in with Ruada. who em to
bo la the ChinaauB i confidence We don't
vaut inythiSg to do with France, which has
always sneaked aroaad China la pickpocket
fuhion, and Qeraalty talks too aaurh rant
about "divine m.siion" and that srt ct
thing Ust Ituvla is a good, neaeet chap,
with 4 comparatively clen record, and a
pretty lusty fellow into the bargain.
Baltimore Sva: Tair country Is not called
upon to pull Brlttih ctKctnats oat of the
rhinese fire and Great Britain ought :o be
left to settle its c-xa troubles with Russia if
Xh-tv should be complication! between the
two countries as a result of the rising of
"Ooxern." With our troubles in the Phil
ippine and our maladministration in Cuba
the United States h all that it can attend
to without hunting for trouble elsewhtre or
taking sides In the disputes between rival
European land-grabber? tn the far east.
Philadelphia Press: Tbe Chinese territory
now occupied by the Boxers Isolates Pekla
from the region to the uth. It is Incon
ceivable that thl diiturbance should exist
without the connivance cf the mandarins in
Pekln. by. it l probable that the riot and
rapine will slowly tub'ldc and leave the im
perial authority In full control and the Im
perial treasury with a heavy Indemnity to
pay. The lots of life l deplorable, but
every one has known that It Europeast
r-icitu iaruiviitv ger rural mna nBfa
riots came tae central government would be
unable to protect them.
Cleveland Plain Dealer- It will no: be
long before Siberian terrl'.ory contituout to
China will be occupied by millions of Rus
sian: a "made to order" expire which
will furnish an Inexhaustible and perma
nent base for military operations ia Asu
and practically lbdependbnt. so far as a-u
ad tuppllcM are concerned, of the czar's
dominions west of the Cral recur talus.
Wan the-fe not remote results are accom
plished, if tbe tzar then finds that he aeecU
China in bis burinesi it will seed tcore tta-j
China to check him. These s-orie cf
menacing Russian armies are not likely to
materialize for years. Time 1 Russia's
bett ally.
Minneapolis Times Ihe to horss o.' the
dilemma would stern to be th- bid fee-ttng
between Russia and Japan and th d-ter
minatlon of the empres dowager to Vt-p I
China solely for tbe Chinese. Bad s either
war would be. one which rtr-ultxi in th
partition of China amongst the great pow
ers would teem to be more in the Interests
of civilization and progress than one which
witnessed a claih between Japan and Enc
land on one side and Ruttia on the other.
Should the latter come about, It Is Impas
sible to foresee hat cornpllcatlors silzht
result, how- widespread might grow- tie
conflict or what nations might become In
volved before the war was tlx months oil.
iM:itMi, roiTint-.
The beat-rocking ic-iK.a hit opened ith
a fatality The boat-rocker was droce4.
A movement has been iUrtd la Erie to
r-ct a monument to the memory of Captain
(Jridley. who eosasnded the OiympU is
tb battle of Manila.
General Arthur MacArthur. who succeeds
General Otis in command in the Philippines,
is eight yeara younger than his predecessor,
although he does not look his age.
Walter J S Ingle, the agricultural ex
plorer for the United Stater. Department of
Agriculture. s in Algeria buying 200 date
palms, which are to be shipped to Arizona.
The firs, blood of the censu enumera
tion has been thed. A New Yorker resented
the questions as impertinent, and knockf-d
down the enumerator. He went to the
TombJ.
. Vice Admiral 'Uenalmc, the new chlefof
h. Frtach naval 'staff, gained promotion'to
that place over (be heads of eleven rear
admirals, a distinction unequaled In French
hWtory.
Three Catholic nuns and a Christian
brother have been appointed census enumer
ators. In New York, and they will enumerate
the Inmatez of religious Institutions to which
ouuidoru are not generally admitted
Lieutenant John H. Gibbons, wbotc brav
ery h3s been officially praised by Admiral
Watnon and General Otis, ft one of the few
survivors cf the Vandalln. which was
wrey.ked in the cyclone at Apia. Samoa.
"McKlnley and Bryan are men of Immense
and enduring physical power." says John J.
IngalM. "Their vitality has not been Im
paired by riot or eocrem. Both have the
staturx and temperampnt that indicate and
accompany longevity."
General Theolore Srhwan, who recently
arrived In fc'an Francisco from tbe Philip
pines, is ono uf the ablest officers in th-?
regular army, which he Joined as a private
In 1657. During the civil war he earned
his lieutenant's straps by personal courage
on the field of battle and was afterward
promoted for his algnal bravery In the
Custer campaign.
I'KSiMI.MIftVI AMI FACTS.
I'lii-ln Hint I.i-iivp CiilnniHy lloulerx
Wltlioul n I.rir l Htuml I ii.n.
I'hlladelphla Times.
Agitators with personal or partioan axes
to grind continue In e.pcechcs and printed
articles to claim that tbe country Is going
to thn dogs: that tho laborer has beconi
a slave, without hope of future emauclpa-
tiun or advancement; that all tho wealth
of tho country Is being absorbed by tho
few and that tho poor must grow poorer
In all the future. They argue, further,
that tho prcuent assumption of good times
for worklngmcn and capitalists alike is
partly a newspaper fiction and partly the
result cf a desire on tho part of political
leaders and money kings to make a good
showing until after ele:tion.
Thu s.teady growth of American experts
of tho products of mines and factorltn.
the figures of which do not lie and cannot
be mado to lie. sweeps away this entire
tissue of diaphanous peeslmlsm at una
stroke and leaven tho calamity howlers
without a leg to stand upon. Our exports
of food products can with somo measure
of truthfulness be attributed to tempor
ary crop shortages abroad. Our (400,000,
000 export trade in the products of Amer
ican manufactures can bo accounted for only
In tbo clear and Indisputable fact that old
world resources are on the decline, while
ours uro Just beginning to bo utilized.
Wei lire selling coal abroad because tho
European coal deposits aro rartlally ex
hausted. Wc arc selling Iron nnd sterl
abroad because?, with our inoxhaustible Block
of Iron ore and coal wo can produce iron and
steel cheaper than they can lie produced
elsewhere. Wo arc selling our finished
fabrics everywhere becuuo American In
ventiveness and American machinery have
outstripped tho Inventiveness and machinery
of other rountrle. Wo aro Increasing our
export trudu abroad by leaps and bounds
bucauso wo huvo raw tnuterluls, skillful'
workmen and labor und time-saving
machinery In excess of all other nations and
because wo are, for tho flrBt tlmo In our
country's history, beginning to inalco these
facts known to Ibe rest of thu world,
With unlimited naturul resources to draw
upon und thu markets of thu world being
onciied to tho salct of our products, such
a thing ns permanent bunlness stagnation Is
no longnr possible, And 111 tho prosperity
that ctcnes through tho development of the
country's rich resources all who are able to
contrlbuto by work or the employment of
capital must share, The professional pes
simist will doubtless continue to create
discouragement and dissatisfaction as lone
as ho continues to breathe. But the farts
and conditions will continue lo disprove Ills
assertions, and facts are stubborn things
that cannot bn brushed aside by tho empty,
unfounded assertions of poetimlatlc calamity-bowlers.
lienor. r ot it v n.
?ome of the lndutrici natives around
Manila he absorbed the Vmerlcan spirit
and do no: take kindly to a backward step
They legist on American wase for American
work and have rudely disturbed the peaceful
Hampers c: certain capitalltts ho dreamed
ef fat dividends extracted from cheap labor
Some time ago the military au'horitiea
relinquished control of the Manila & Dsgu
pan railroad. Immediately the new manase
men: proceeded to cut wase. fader army
control eslr.ejtP received !50 a roenth.
conductors $. brakemen 1150 and secHoi
bands cents a day. These prlncelr ware
nae been mtrrlle-sly flashed. Kaglace rs
arc now rated at It, conductors at it,
brakceaen at 149 and re::loa hands at V
cer.ts. Naturaly such a shaking tp Irriiated
the natives. Manila Freedom of May Z re-
portit that a Mrike ImtK-nds and nertxlitlont
were opened with a view to prevent a
walkout.
As an evidence of the ability of the native
to catch oa the threatened strike l ilgnlfi
nt. A little more v booting in American
method will enable the Manila natives to
produce some variations of the raj'.iav at
St. LjuI.
A writer in Aisslee's Migazine declares
that the most amazing thing about a Mo-o
is his trouters. ' If he Is of any station, or
h any money. thy are made of silk and
the more colors an the brighter they aro
the better. I have see-n red. green, rello.
white and black all la one pslr. Aad the
zreens and redt ar ao toft, subdued af
fairs, they are tbe raott Molest aad vehe
ment thlsrs In tbe color line. It Is the at
of them that is the wooler. though. If
they wtre of the right ibade of browa yov
couldn't tell thst there were say troute.f
Nothing so tight ever was contrived by
ay sartorial anit who ues the English
lasgeage. Est for one thlag the conclu
lion would ! In-ftis uble that they are
made oa the wtarers. aad worn off: thst If.
that MOit-titae they are changed. General
Bates oote -waited about two hours for a
Dstto with wheal be had tome butinets to
change hit troof-ert. and those two hours
mere filled with Ungsige and atrtage
lounds from wnhsE the boaie cf the Datto.
But at the end ot thes there was th
deiiKisstration that the trouters could be
changed, although tbe mystery of their
i oonttruetioa was iscreaitd
"Mors wozta wear trouteri alto, but
they go to the other extreme. Each
trover leg is big eaou;h to make tacks
for IW psuads of bran. Each wosaa djs
tbe Slxiy silk of which the makes her
trousers to suit herself. I raw use thit
were of tevt-a or eight colo.-r. the diSereat
dyes nnslng ia cseres streaks around
the les. The women wtsr Ttry tight liU.
hut the men ctiully leave their Jackc'.i en
buttoned, displaying their brawny chettt.
If a asa Is a howling swell his jacket Is
embroidered all over with prayers zad ether
remarks In the Moro tongue. Sometimes the
women twiit a bolt or two of gauzy, gaudy
stuff Into a big loop and throw It over oae
shoulder. If the woman it yonng eaough
that Is all she wearr "
Lleuteaaat John H. Gibbont. whose dash
and daring were the subjects of tpeclal re
ports from Admiral Wateoa and Gtaeral
Otis to Wathlagton recently. Is attache! to
the Brooklyn. He was placed in command
of the Alvera and was tent to ssutbera
Luzon, where he retcued over 600 Spaalth
prisoners and ten Americans. Lieutenant
Gibbons Is a native ot Grand Rapldt. Mich.
He la one of the few turvlvors of the Van
dalla, which was wrecked In the fearful
cyclone at Apia, Samoa.
TlllOirilS OK THE tVI.MJ.M
I.L.
A Boston raneirrrle on a Nebraska
Psnesrrlc on
Instltation.
liOIton Globe.
Expedients for Irrigation, so essential to
the cultivation of tome of the most product
ive countries of tbe world, have never be?n
thoroughly studied by tbe American fanne
It land was
not good enough to ralae crops.
y gone to me other place to
ue o - --
settle And when, as in California, the soil looklr-i clod. J the mother of th cSl"
by its marvelous richness has Invited Inl- j aren mIU UvlnsT'
gallon, it has usually been through the , ..Po hef wt t
agency of big corroratlons, organized to, worth seeing-."
construct great and cctily system! ct
ditches to make available the water of some youhin tVr.on'ar'.V??
river, dammed up In distant mountains, ana cev much support at the presidential elic-
the email larmer nas oneu iuuuu iuk us .
cost to him of water has made his profit
shrink almost to tho vanithlng point- Some
times, to be sure, thete ditch companies
aro co-operative affairs, with the farmers
as owners; but even then the- ctt of watsr
has frequently been almost prohibitive.
But the Ingenuity of the farthers of Kan
sas and Nebraska has recently taken a
turn that may result In a new phase of the
Irrigation question in this country. The
history of the development of central
Kansas and Nebraska Is a painful subject
to New Kngland investors. Adventurous
settlers, .attracted by a favorable year,
pushed out Into the "Great American
Dekcrt," raited one good crop, induced east
ern people to lend money on mortgages
upon what appeared to be very product.ve
land (productive In truth, when there was
enough rain) and then a bad seon or
two would be enough to burst the bubile;
foreclosure would leave the mortgage hold
ers in possession of whole countlos with ni
Inhabitants and county buildings and
school bousci a worthless as If tboy were
on a dccrt Uland.
it uas all a nucnUon of water: onu no cne
took notice of the wlndB that blow nlmcst
ceuseletsly acrosa the plains, nut wimin
last few years tbe traveler tnrougn mis
r.t-inn cannot but have bad bis Interest I
aroused by tbe hundreds and even thousands
o -ln m il. there, often of uncouth design
nnri nondcscrlDt construction, which, beside
their almost inestimable tiwmy. ueip io
m.in thi. landBcano picturesque. Tbeie are
tho home-made wind engines which arc mak
ing a new conquest of the arid west a con
quest that seems to promise permanen-e, and
one that Is oil mo morp i:jiii.-oiu
Is being made by the farmers own cxer-
Hot Weather
Receipt
Take one of our "special" serge suits at $10.00
Or one of those swell flannels at $12.50 and $15.00
Keep wearing our $1.00, $1.25 and $1.50 soft shirts
Endeavor to get your light-weight underwear here, 50c, 75c & $1
Every kind of neck scarfs at 50c up to $2.00
purchase your hosiery of us 25c and 50c
Collars and cuffs in the new shapes 15c and 25c
Our light-weight suspenders at 25c and 50c are the best
Only place in town to get a cool night shirt at 50c
Lose no time in getting one of our straw hats 50c up to $4.00
Any of thitno articles will cause u.coolwavo. If possible, tlo your
shopping l'Viduy. Saturdays always a crush hotc.
Browning, King & Co.,
R. S. Wilcox, Manager.
OniRbVs Ouly Exclusive Clothlcrtt (or Mca und boysv
tkins. without dependence trpta ci:-a
capital
So Important lo thes home-OMde
nlllr seem that the t'nlf-l State f
cultural experiment atattea In Meats ' has
sent an observer throvgn tbo rcncloa. r
! has devoted a god-tiled pxcphler to t
report. In rest the average mill mill i.
exceed 1. not counting the labor, whl-h
that of rainy 4ayt and Idle dayt la wlc
The materials ln(lad everything tai .'
geaul'y can auggeat. One mill thi .
Irrigating a five-sere garden cot l, i4 h
sails made of oeffee tacks. Barrel ttavei
fence wire, part of old mowing machine',
and the tin from old fof hat all ea
i used, and gsi pite or a diaaUed wsxo vf tt
supplies the axle From Omaha u
and from tbe Dakota to Oktahom thei
j rvde mills are penspiag for ww
I saving crop la lime of dretb d aniitc
! it posslbl' lo twlthile i.'nily ea 'X:
very lnd oace given np as wrtilii Vj the
lukle esortgage holder.
The. farmers of Neb.-.ik itare set :
pool example to the tVs of sunt waiMig
for capital to do rMsgrtblitg fr tiea t:' .
seal- freak of the t"MNk ia.sk tt K lw;t
sIMe for them to hold thr taj-aus a;.lt'.
the ssortgsge that to Ai-x aug vvrr thwir
Capital asvally charges attarily lm x
favors, asd wker It U ttfktt-4 bt- Mt
presence of a zsortgtge a wactlag yvUer -t
apt to play Icto Hi &t4t. TVe tm'ixi
over 14 dISereat hoe-saa4( ntmCruUt '
rt-t-n that now isi diversity t la rrJlvav
traveler's ti-w are a AAA ytw! ii
aetity Is the fraltfal as-XLcr r tot
tion. IMTI'OMM; f.llll VIMAIM.
1 Uurooi AVork of tit- i,uimti
In HunnlnK U'tvtt ll-lllr.
Wa.ir.i-.gtv5. I'vn
Wall the .rta aa4 wr.ijii tf i.
repaMkas ar.y a.- tr3y j-vA-pwoiuti'
aad Wl'iliag the ui.r.4Ui Ji-
BrUtow u tjlly nt.K ia litvwnc w tin.--the
acaadalt are real vwnr Jvj vu nuticiit
thame aad sorrow ntiy -i- jiteiilfleii'.
giving the fe-vertii. -Mmrtlwi ur. li-.-.i-eaconragtaest
ir i.- t-;.n4i WLi iiilsu.w
la bis woffc ttt vi-jtUi.ti-.m i,ti Juitver j ri-
Blasehe aad S w-Kt.taj-i .t Uifr uiaioticuti
Iatllges. rM sk i?x nunietl tiiutulun
by the lLSr i-i U.e i.(R-i.uiutir tirutnf
asd se-wt?i;itcs Tit- vlmls- i.-ouiit'-i ihv
perceltts tistj K- KeJCu'.icj U imjtiut- .i
have tie tiliui-f e-spiu.!fi
Oae verr larnatiwrt Imr.uu- uf Mr H'u
tflW, r-tJk i;ut. lis. U the- C'Miillimnre- oT lnr
oplatoa lilt thfiw .riitrtHnu'-y biilu'i't
aad aJlsTXii. it luur tif ntliuluh mutitinut
at Hhvtt.i L'f iiw t.r iuUiruiMiiHtttile ur vi
hive i-eea uttii t brllt-iec. He -nui nut tin''
CbJiteiate-i a ritii.t mury pfljf-1. -tur! lie hut
rttiucea in a. very mtrl.e-fl Cicri-e tin- e-ruuli.
lz.e-av i.: tnci.c-i "3 tiic.e vhiub ur- jinuiimt
.Urt-aiy he htt at &vv u tii- mrnt. . .
t-ct:st stay tbo'Js-Ltifir td dtdli-rt! Btdti:e tj
is dose he will tire thuwa j til n.ttHlwuiiii
of the eetir c&uarry zw osly mv stwl hu
lK-ea sttdec. tut bow aw .a -vtesetfi it thr
wiche-i aad lictnticut trzavta titt htr bt-ifi
the Cuiaa boards Jcc the kt yew er .t
W ahaJl taow the ettect ef tie tjtrif t
robterae aai the saaes. of the -criaittus
We thall Vaow iXvi tbe exteot J -preSiyacy
asd the Ueolaty erf the- trtitws
Mr. Britow sy fee i.a4 to rejcci.ect ie
Cuba the Integrity aai hira purj.ut of th
Americaa pwple. He 1 there show tie
Cubas that, while wt have- rt-H-n kx,i
tpollatorz amoag nt. we make it owr batlae-ti
to expofe aad pualh thecs.
HOT IVKATHKB. CIIKCn.
Chlcaso Post: "By man I waj thrawa
J!erti "v faJd, ---a skin risfieetivrty.
"and here I will throw man.-
Indianapolis Journal: "What xnad Syd
ney ftnlzzer's health break downT- "
"Well, the doctor said It wa because
h had ben hauled over the coal at home
and hauled over the telephone aires dousi
towu. Chicaco Tribune: "You se-e that old fallow-
wrho Is standlnir by the window-? He's
i?10? the father of nineteen children.
ffiJW'J" -mmon.
1 sto ilim. II- S a. vrn- ommnn.
Mr. Ga.wrll I shmtM thinv . t..v...
tiers' ,0 rec'lvc lhe vo,fr! of all dor fan
Chlca:o News: "Captain Cobb mi to
. . " "i prominence in your countv
I should say so"; he has been defeat
ed
c.mj jiuuhl- ouirc wc nave.
Detrolt Journal:
"Kvery little mah i
mlckle." This Is
stand.
un old d)tng. under-
,ncf "Pri a time there was a slrl who
looked like thirty cents
But she wh. very ambitious
Accordingly she became two-faced, where
upon she looked like Mxty cenf
Still she was not content, but bocarne
each day more-faced, until at lajtt her faro
was quite a respectable fortune.
"I.KST WS FOHC KT,"
Cleveland Leader.
. .. . Uefore Examination
Spirit of mem ry-durlnc exam ,
Mem rj- of elusive dates
Beneath whose welsht w cram and cram-
(Lphold us all ye gracious Fates')
Klusive mcm'ry! bide with u yet-
Lcst wo forget lest we forget.
During Examination.
Tho tumult and shoutlns dies-
The tumult of recess. I mosnt
Stlll In our brains those ringing r., r
Mound loud as ever on the gren
Composure otuld! lie with us ypt
Iest wo forget lest we forget.
And now tho nuesilnnx nr. nn h.. .,.!
.rei'd eearches of our knowledge's storaj
A! ?.f?.lLp,, V "floored.'1
Hwlft 'scaping mem ry, llnijer yet:
lor we forget-fur we foraet.
After Examination.
1-ar called, our meni'rle swept nway.
Deep Hunk Is Hopo In misery's mire;
Gone all our pomp of yesterday
i."11,3, ,' 7ilUl Nineveh and tyre,
kindly Fates, share our hard lot
For wo forgot for wu forgot.