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tate of Nebraska. DoiikIrh County, ss:
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Notary i'uhlle.
The inoiHireliy to which no one 011
lcrs olijcctlon is tlio moniirchy of Klnn
AK-Nir-Hcll.
The crop of merriment in Omiilm thk
AI.-.Uf,K.II.... ... I
.... .".i.vii h k is iin iiirp; us me corn
crop out In the country.
The weather 1111111 keeps on predict
rain, nut Onmlm people Impu it In
only a Hrynulte preiliction-iidt destined
to come true.
rvi. .
"iNiuier 1111111 nas a ciiance now
to make or Ineak Ills popularity in this
community by HprondliiR Ids favor ove
tlio Ak-Har-lten carnival.
Not content with the regular doc
(Ion, Council HIuITh Is to liave a speela
election three weeks he fori! the No
vemhor event. Isn't that crowdln
It pretty fastV
Tim people r Texas are certainly lmv
lug mow than their slmre of genuine
cnlamlty tills year. Texas lias much to
account lor, Including Joe Ilalley. but
It hardly deserves such heroic treatment
Jiryan announces that he lias not
promised any cabinet positions. Tin
chance of his being able to make Mich a
promise good Is so remote that In all
probability no one lias insisted on hav
lug him give one.
Strange how obtuse some people are
Tlio popocratlc press is llndlng some one
every day Mho has been Insulted bv
one. of Koosevelf.s speeches, but some
how or other the man Insulted is nev
able to see It that way.
Compare the makeup of the leglsla
live tickets nominated by the repul
llcans nnd by the fuslonlsts In Doug
Ins county. The republican ticket Is In
overy way so superior that the fuslou
nominees are not to be mentioned in
the sume breath.
As The Uee has several times re
marked, republicans who have to go to
Bryanlte organs to air grievances
have 110 right to expect loyal repub
licans to follow them. No wonder
they try to hide their Identity by sup
pressing their names.
Iirynn, Smyth and Poynter will lire
about 2",000 words of oratory at J.
Sterling Morton during the Nebraska
City meeting. When It comes to a
verbal contest the ex-secretary Is not so
slow and the popguns are likely to get a
Koland for their Oliver.
The State Uoard of Public Lands and
Hulldlngs kindly came to the rescue of
Dr. Lang and voted him enough money
lo restore to tho asylum the amount he
had expended without authority. If
the state would follow the same course
In other cases how handy It would be for
Eomo other olllceholdlng reformers.
Dr. Lang of the Heatrlce state lnstl
tutloUjiind tliQ reform stale olllclals are
still wrangling over tho settlement of the
iiccounts with the outgoing superintend
elit. If the Institution had been man
aged on buslue&s principles and the ac
counts wero in proper shape what need
would there be for so much dickering?
Of thirty public men to whose active
nld Mr. Hryan testified by Inserting
their portraits In his book reviewing the
enmnalgn of 1S1HJ only soventeon are
now actively supporting tho same can
dldate. Some of tho others ure dead
porno simply silent, while three or four
are openly advocating the re-election of
McKinley. The Hryanlte picture gal
lery calls loudly for revision.
In telling why ho has parted company
with Mr. Bryan, Senator Stewart has
made some very forcible charges against
the popocratlc leader. Ho charges
him, In ho many words, with giving nld
nnd comfort to tho enemies of the
United States by encouraging Agulnaldo
and his fellow Klllpluo Insurrectionists,
Now watch Mr. Hryan uso his Ingenuity
to ward off the force of this blow,
.IA AhAUMISU Ft: ATI UK.
Senator Stewart said In his speech at
'relghton hall Monday ulglit that the
(Torts of Mr. Hryan to stir up strife
between employers and employes and to
arraign neighbor against neighbor and
lass against class, are tho most alarm
ing feature of the present campaign.
The Nevada senator was right. While
the democratic presidential candidate
has been thus far In the campaign less
virulent than four years ago In appeal
ing to popular passions and prejudices,
ic has not missed an available oppor
tunity to do tills und It Is safe to predict
that he will show greater nggressiveness
In thla direction before the close of the
campaign. As we have heretofore
loluted out, his speech at Chicago on
Labor day violated every propriety of
tlie occasion by Its appeal to class feel
ing, as well as in Its attempt to prejudice
the worklugmen against the courts.
.Subsequently, at Columbus, 0., Mr.
Hryau was more pronounced in his ef
fort to set class against class, making
use of the coal miners' strike for this
purpose. Another example or ins ef-
orts in this direction was ills speech to
the commercial travelers nt St. Louis.
Four years ago Mr. Iirynn went
through tho country Inciting the farmers
agulnst the merchants, labor against
capital, the poor against the rich. He
and his associates are now endeavoring
to make votes by this means, though
they are less bold and reckless than they
then were. Hundreds of thousands of
votes were won by appeal to class pas
sion and prejudice In lb'M. Doubtless
some will be secured in this way in the
present campaign, but not so many, we
think, as four years ago. Fnrniers and
worklugmen have learned much since
the last national campaign and not the
least valuable thing they have learned Is
distrust of Mr. Hryan. They do not
forget that what he told them four
years ago, when seeking their votes, has
been refuted by events, nor are they tin
mindful of tho fact that every promise
and prediction that was made by the
rcnubllcan natty has been fulllllcd.
They are consequently not giving Mr,
llrynn the attention this year that they
did four years ago.
None the less, Senator Stewart Is cor
reet in characterizing as an aiurnilng
feature of the campaign the efforts of
the democratic presidential candidate to
stir up class strife. It Is a most dan
gerous thing for u man to do who oc
cupies the position before the people
that Mr. Hryan does. As a leader of
ono of the great parties and a candidate
for the highest olllce in the gift of the
American people, he could do nothing
more harmful to the general welfare
than 'fostering and promoting popular
discontent and dissatisfaction and set
ting one portion of the people against
another. It is bad enough when the
ordinary political demagogue does this,
but In the case of a man like Hryan,
who makes a claim to an honest and
unselllsh desire to benefit the people, the
effect is far-reaching and full of. danger.
To Instill Into the minds of part of the
people that they are the victims of op
pression and injustice by another part,
to make labor feel that capital Is neces
sarily Its enemy, to teach the poor to
hate those who are more fortunately
clrcumstauced-thls Is to sow the seeds
of disorder and revolution and to in
vite a condition of affairs perilous to
the republic. Manifestly there is noth
ing that should cause the good citizen
greater alarm than this.
ATMA7.K1' AM) LAUOll.
Mr. McKinley has always been the
friend of labor and Senator Stewart was
entirely correct In saying that the pres
ident has, through his long public ca
reer, done everything in his power for
thu benellt of labor.
During his entire term of service In
the house of representatives Mr. McKin
ley was recognized as the champion of
the rights of labor. On August 'JS, 1S00,
ie advocated, on the floor of the lioune,
a bill giving force and effect to the
law providing that eight hours shall
onstitute a day's work for employes of
the government. On that occasion Mr.
McKinley said: "Now it must be re
uienibeivd that when we constitute
eight 'hours a day's work, Instead 0 ten
hours, every four days give an addition
al tlav's work to some workltiguiau who
may not have any employment at all. It
Is one more day's work, one more day's
wages, one more opportunity for work
and wages, an increased uemiinu un
label'. The government of the United
States," no continued, "ought finally
and In good faith, to set this example
of eight hours us constituting a day's
work required of laboring men in tho
service of the United States. The ten
dency of the times the world over Is for
shorter hours for labor, shorter hours
In the Interest of health, shorter hours
lu the Interest of humanity, shorter
hours In the Interest or the home and
tho family and the United States can
do no better service to labor and to Its
own citizens than to set the example
to states, to corporations and lo In
dividuals employiug men, by declaring
that, so far as the government Is con
cerned, eight hours shall constltuto a
day's work und bo all that Ih reiiulrcd
of Its laboring force." McKinley was at
that time tho leader of the house and
ills speech had the effect of securing
for tho bill a uuanluious vote when It
came to passage.
Mr. McKInley's advocacy of tho policy
of protection had In view -tho Interests
of American labor In supplying a market
for It and In maintaining a higher
standard of wages than that of any
other country. Pour years ago lie in
slsted that the welfare of labor, then
suffering from Idleness und low wages,
required the opening ot tho mills and
results havo most fully vindicated his
policy. McKinley Is still the friend of
labor, still desires Its Improvement and
elovatlou, and the attempt to make labor
believe that tho republican admlnlstra
tlon is in tho remotest degree respon
slblo tor the unfortuuiito conillct be
twecn tho anthracite mine owucrs and
miners is nn Insult to the Intelligence
of worklugmen. The grievances of the
miners are very much older than the
present national administration. They
go back for years, existing under demo
cratic as well as republican adminis
trations. Health's, whnt has a national
administration to do with the wages
of miners In Pennsylvania or any 01
the other conditions of which the miners
complain? The rate of wages in the
anthracite coal region has prevailed for
years, but under republican policy
which restored activity to the Indus
tries of the country miners have been
111610 fully" employed during the past
three years than they were In the pre
ceding three, so that In this respect
the national administration has bene
llted the labor employed In coal min
ing.
Mr. McKInlcy's record as a friend of
labor Is unassailable and It is not too
much to say that no man now In public
life has done more than he for the bet
terment und uplifting of the wage work
ers.
rossutiuTV aad vuohauiiaty.
The election of William Jennings
Hryan to the presidency of tho United
States Is a possibility, but not n prob
ability. The electoral college will have
11" votes, of which constitute the
majority necessary to a choice.
It Is claimed for Mr. Hryan that he
will carry every southern state and If
that claim were well founded he would
receive the following electoral votes:
Alabama ..
Arkansas .,
Delaware . ,
Florida
Ceorfda ....
Kentucky . ,
Louisiana .
Maryland
Mississippi
... 11
... 8
... 3
... i
... 13
... 13
.... S
.... 8
... 9
.... 17
Missouri
North Carolina '. 11
South Carolina 9
Tunncsseo . 1-
Texas 13
VlrElnla 12
West Virginia 6
Total lu
Conceding to Mr. Hryan Ave mountain
states, his vote would be Increased as
follows:
Solid south 137
Colorado 4
Idaho 3
Montana 3
Nevada 3
Utah
Total 173
Conceding to him the two debatable
states Nebraska 8 and Indiana l.V
Hryan would have a total vote of 111(1,
leaving McKInlcy 'J.'il votes, or 27 votes
to spare.
If Hryan should carry the -4 votes
of Illinois, In addition to these states,
lie would still be short I! votes. Hut
Illinois Is as safe for McKinley as Ohio
or Massachusetts.
If it were possible for Hryan to carry
New York and Indiana, he still could
not win if lie should lose Maryland and
Delaware, or Nebraska nnd Nevnda, or
West Virginia nnd Delaware.
With these figures before up we can
not see how Hrynn's chances for elec
tion are any better than they were four
years ngo, if as good.
The iridescent radiance of J. Ham
Lewis, whoso name and whiskers are
both parted In the middle, Is soon to be
shed over Nebraskn prairies in the In
terest of the popocrntio ticket. The
Honorable J. Ham comes from a state
that lias repudiated not only .1. Hani,
"but Rryan as well, so that he Is free
to devote bis time and talents to the
work of holding Hrynn's state in line,
it Is to be hoped that while the guest of
Nebraska no overzealous member of the
populist branch of the reform family
will, In his mad enthusiasm, crowd in
upon the speaker, for feur of marring
the Immaculate liollsh on his iwots or
Intercepting the reflections from his
dlainonil-studded Jewelry.
The mid-road populists have secured a
court order alilrmlng their right to a
place on the otllcial ballot under tho
name "populist" and holding that there
Is no law which prevents them from
using that designation. The fusion ma
chine will now seek some means of
evading the law. Their engerness to
push the mid-ronders off tho ticket Is
the best proof that tho fusion gang is
afraid of the mld-rond revolt.
South Omaha has broken another
record. Monday's cattle receipts set a
new mark. What Is fully as encourag
ing Is the fact that tho market readily
absorbed the offerings. The record of
this market shows that a smaller per
cent of tho stock received Is trans
shipped to other points than "any other
center, and, while the receipts aro grow
Ing, there Is an assured demand for all
tho stock.
A lllflTereiit't In Artillery.
Philadelphia Times.
Hobson might remember that whatover
Dewey did to tho Spanish fleet ho did not
do it by shooting off his mouth.
MlKbty Oluil In iut In.
Philadelphia LedEr.
In tho proposed salo ot the Danish West
IndleB to tho United-States, the consent of
the governed uppears to havo been se
cured In advance.
A l.eHDini Wholly l.oxt.
Chicago Tribune.
If Candidate Wharton Barker really
thinks nowEpaper notoriety would bring
6,000,000 votes for his party, the lesson of
Qcneral Coxcy's career has been wholly
lost upon him.
A Prnuil Achievement,
Washington Post.
"The stability of tho gold standard has
been secured. Instead of denying or
doubting that great and bencllcent achieve
meat, the republicans should bo proud o
it ns tho crowning glory of their flnancla
history. It Is the capstone on their
monument of prosperity and progress.
Iirynn Portrays llliiiaclf,
Ilrooklyn Eagle.
"When a hog Is hungry he squeals
When he is full he sleeps. That is what
our opponents think laboring men are.'
So said Dryan the other day. Illustra
tlons illustrate Illustrators, Pictures por
tray portrayors, Metaphors mirror those
who mako them, What a man thlnkcth
that be is, said Solomon. Tho quotation
reflect Uryan's estimate of worklnsuicu
who prefer prosperity to him. It reveals
th conception of them with which ho has
saturated his own mind. Tim scintilla
tion is of bristles that stick out on him,
Atncrlcmi UIII nnd .Mnohlnerv.
Qlobe-Democrat.
In a speech last week, Sir John Lubbock
remarked: "Wo havo been forced Into n
rivalry with American cleverness. VtflU-
Ing In tho highest rtcRroo tho possibilities
of machinery, American manufacturers
nrG enabled to enter foreign markets un
der unapproachably advantageous condi
tions. " The growing exports ot American
manufacturers confirm tho statement.
The IntcKrltr "f Clilnn.
Kansas City Star.
Uv Its recent action tho United States
not only throws Its influence strongly for
the Integrity of China, but It also puts
that enmlre under obligations to America
and withdraws this government from en
tangling complications with the other
powers. The difficulties with China ore
by no means ended, but tho American
trnntis will bo only a few days' voyage
away In case they are needed. Meanwhile
tho United States will begin negotiations
and await developments.
Mount of tin- I'll rn mount.
Now York Sun.
When will the nryanltes learn to rcase
to pain tho Peerless by their toys of des
potism and martial pomp? In St. Louis
thoy wouldn't let him go to make an anti
trust speech without decking him with the
trappings of militarism and imperialism.
They put him Into a barouche drnwn by
four white steeds and hedged by a band
of mounted policemen with naked sabres.
Not thus does the champion of the "pro
ducing classes" wish to appear. Let him
walk with tho Declaration of Independence
In ono hand and a small silver Liberty llcll
In tho other. Silver mil. that gifted Texas
ostrich, would be the right mount for Para
mount, but Silver Illll tried to swallow a
copy of the Kansas City platform a week
ago tomorrow nnd will not bo out for a
month.
rVAMvlll) 1WVOII till VNTKI).
Incident nf Oniu I'ntil Krimer'n
lli-iuirttirc for Holland.
An
Washington Post.
We note with pride the Ilrltlsh govern
ment's consent to President Kruger's
transportation from Lourenzo Maruucz,
in South Africa, to Amsterdam, in Hol
land, on board of n Dutch war ship. What
makes this act of generosity more remark
able Is the fact that tho Netherlands gov
ernment did not nsk England's permission,
but simply notified London that such was
Its purposo and Intention. England has
mado a great show of Indulgence, and hns
proclaimed, for the edification of the out
side world, its gracious acquiescence in the
arrangement.
This coarse and truculent bully tries to
save its dignity b pretending to grant a
request that has not been made. Having
expended all Its military energies and ex
hausted Its military resources in destroy
ing the liberties ot two Dutch republics In
South Africa giving n year of time and ap
plying nearly 300,000 men to tho abominable
enterprise England now declares that It
will not Interfero with the Netherlands In
paying a tribute of respect to Paul Krugcr,
tho grandest old man of modern times.
Dr. do lleaufort, the Dutch minister of
foreign nffalrs, has taken pains to explain
that England was not consulted la the
matter. His statement to the rarllametii
was, Indeed, contemptuous and scornful
of Great nrltaln. Hut England will, of
course, pose as a -model of chivalry and
self-abnegation and' nsk tho world to con
template with ecflWcy her noblo attitude.
It would bo intorastlng If one had time
to consider tho probabilities In case Eng
land had attempted to seize the person ot
President Krugcr enrouto to Holland In a
Dutch man-of-war. It had to call into
action tho greatest army it has ever or
ganized in order to quell 40.000 South Afri
can farmers. What would It do If con
fronted with Holland, ten times stronger?
England is n ridiculous spectacle today.
Us military prestlgo is destroyed. Its
bluster no longer nffects any nation whose
people wear trousers and know how to
sight a gun. It Is the laughing stock of
Europe and Its unasked consent to Hol
land's Intention In Hip matter of President
Kruger excites tho disrespectful comment
of all Christendom.
oit(;.VM.i:i 1, Alton.
llPUsniiN AVIiy II Minimi llr 1' i hiiki?
HimmikiiUimI by KinployerB.
Philadelphia Times.
It Is Idle for employers at this late day
to deny recognition to organized labor.-
Tho example of organization was given to
wage-earners by their employers. There
is no moro complete organization in any
channel of industry or trndo thau tho or
ganization that controls the mining, trans-
nortatlon and sale of anthracite coal.
Not only by open example aro the miners
nt our nnthraclto coal Holds taueht tho
Importance of organization by their cm
ployers, but this completeness of organ
lzatlon gives tho bqst assurance of profit
ablo returns by the great coal operators
of the Btate; and it also enables them to
pay better ages to labor than could lie
paid under tho cutthroat policy that onco
nrovalled among tho producers ot nn
thraclto coal. Millions of tons wero mined
and sold at less than cost, and the heaviest
blow foil upon labor; but now by orgnnlza
tlon tho output of tho coal Js absolutely
controlled to provent loss to tno producers
With such high example, and with such
beneficent results from organization why
should not tho miners of the nnthraclto
coal fields perfect and maintain thorough
organization? It is not only right that
they should do so, but It Is mado lawful by
the statutes of tho state.
Tho time has come when organized em
ployers should frankly and manfully reo
;ognlzo organized labor. Such recognition
WOUlu UO moro man uu inner causes iu
elevato tho character of labor leadership
and bring to tho front as representatives
of labor tho most intelligent and faithful
men.
Wo doubt whether thore Is a railroad
magnate In tho land who would be glad
to seo tho Locomotive Ilrotherhood do
stroyed. It Is tho best organization of
all our industrial circles, and under tho
leadership of Arthur It has commandod
the absolute confidence of tlio railroad
pooplo of the entire country. This organ
ization Is frankly nnd conuaiiy recognized
and when grievances nre presented by
that organization, they aro always
promptly and fairly considered; nnd the
result has been, not a alnglo strike has
occurred In that Industry since Its organ
lzatlon has been recognized by employers
Thus every dictate ot Justice and of ex
ncdlcncy demands that the labor organlza
tlons of today should be cordially recog
nlzed by employers. Thoy could not do
otherwlso If thoy would and they should
not do so if they could. Labor organlza
tlons nro hero, and hero to stay, aud tho
sooner thoy aro brought Into tho closest
rolatlons with organized employers, tho
sooner will the control of labor bo brough
to the highest standard of intelligent aud
honest administration. It has been don
by tho Coal Operators' Association of 1111
nols; tho result hns been most satisfactory
to all, and tho anthracite operators of
Pennsylvania would do well to Inuugurat
the system at once in our state. It would
bring the disputing parties Into more
friendly and sympathetic relations, and
whon employers and employed can ronfe
upon equal footing strikes will likely bo
eliminated from our Industrial circles
HecognUe organized labor.
IMPERIALISM IN 1804.
New York Sun.
We respectfully cull the attention of Mr
Uryan, both as a statesmnu and as a law
yer, to a remarkable classification con-
talned lu a statute of the United States
passed by tho Eighth congress nnd ap-
proved on March :7. 1S01.
Tho nrl In nttoHtlnn Hnnnlflrnllv divided
n ,-..i,,. ,i, .(,,. n- nn.i unvxt-Mcitu
of tho United States Into three classes, as
follows: within the United States, by the attesta-
1. States of the union. tlon of the clerk,' etc.
2. Territories of the United States. And tho next section:
3. Countries subject to the Jurisdiction "Section 906. All records and exempllflca
of tho United States. Hons of books, which may be kept in any
The congress which enacted this lmperl- public oftlco of nny state or territory, or
allelic classification was providing nt the of any country subject to the Jurisdiction
time for tho authentication of local acts of the United States, not appertaining to
or public records Introduced ns evidence a court, shall bo proved or admitted in nny
in the federal courts and In all other courts' court or office In any other statu or terrl-
withln the United States. The second sec- tory, or in any such country, by tho nt
tlon of tho act was as follows: testation of the keeper of said records or
"All the provisions of this oct, and the, books, or of tho governor or sec
act to which it is a supplement, shall apply' retnry of state, the chancellor or keeper
as well to tho public acts, records, offlcc of the Great Seal of the state, or territory,
books, Judicial proceedings, courts and or country," etc.
offices of tho respective territories of the Onco more lot us catalogue tho three
United States, and countries subject to tho classes of United States territory recog-
Jurlsdletlon of the United States, as to tho nlied by this statute:
public acts, records, office books, Judicial 1 A state,
proceedings, courts and offices of the sev- 2. A territory.
eral stales." 3. A country subject to the Jurisdiction
Hero Is n distinct recognition of "Im of the United States,
perlallsm;" a designation of successive nut who was the Imperialistic president
grades of United States territory, from tho so reckless of republican Institutions or so
subject country up to tho state In full' blind to tho dangers lurking In a graded
membership; a framework for a system of system of alleglnnce permitting colonial
outlying possessions, colonies, provinces, enterprises and the holding of distant pos
er whatever you please. sessions that aro neither states nor organ
It is still the law of the land. The Ized territories, Unit he signed the original
classification was preserved In tho revision act establishing these distinctions?
of the statutes In 1873 by tho Imperialists It may Interest Mr. Pryan to learn that
of tho I''orty-thlrd congress. Mr. Hryan his name was Thomas Jefferson.
WH AT THIS 1'A It Mllll I WOHTII.
l.nrKP I'lmircR HMtilr-il to Mcnmire
Mix I'roxiirrlO'.
Clilcaro Post.
At the market prices the American
fanner today has on hand nt a conserva
tive estimate $1,270,000,000 worth of
cereals. Evidently ho Is prospering.
The figures aro large, but they are easily
verified nnd it Is Interesting to work the
problem out. The Agricultural department
has mude Its estimate of tho totnl crop ol
wheat, corn and oats and the various pa
lters ond exchunges that make a practice of
keeping track of such things have made
theirs. Tho result shows only a compara
tively Blight difference. Tho estimates of
thn wheat crop range from COO.000,000 to
650,000,000 bushels, the most conservative
flgure3 being those given by tho Agricul
tural department. Cash wheat Saturday
went as high as 79U cents,' but of course It
Is not fair to take that as a basis in com
puting the value of the crop, for the
wheat will not all grade up to the re
quired standard. Estimating It nt 76 cents,
however, which Is moro than 2 cents below
tho lowest price touched Saturday, a 500,-000.000-bushcl
crop Is worth J3S0.000.000.
Tho Agricultural department estimate of
the corn crop (2,000,000.000 bushels) Is the
next to tho lowest of six made and may
fairly be taken as a basis In computing the
nlue of that. Making n proper allowance
for Inferior grades would give an average
price of 37 cents (more than 3 cents under
tlm lnu'rnt mtntpil Sntnrrinvl. whlnh ntlts ,
its vnlno nt 1740.000.000. Annlvlne tho same
,..i . ( u-oa nnnaorvntivo ..iimni.
of 750.000,000 bushels at 20 cents a bushel,
or n total of $150,000,000. These three
urns added together glvo an approximate
Idea, of what the American farmer Is worth
today. Of course he has other products
which serve to swell tho total, but these
ro sufficient to show that ho has had a
good season nnd "Is doing quite well, thank
cu!"
IMiHSONAI. poivrciifi.
Chicago university threatens to send out
an expedition to clvlllzo Agulnaldo. Now,
Emlllo, will you be good?
Hoston Is now contributing about $1,000
a day to the Galveston relief fund. The
total amount thus far is more than $5U,-
000.
The arrival of General James H. Wilson
In China to report to General Chance re
calls tho circumstances that In 1863 Wilson
was a major general nnd Chaffee a serg
oant. Tho survivors of Galveston had a report,
when the wires were all down, that the
city of New Orleans, too, had been struck
by tho winds and the wators and 15,000
lives lost.
riernhard von Huelow, the German em
peror's right hand man in tho Husso-Ger-man
diplomacy concerning China, entered
the diplomatic service In an humble posi
tion as late as 1874, and Is not yet 50 years
ot age.
William A. Clark, the copper king, re
cently had himself photographed In the
costume of ono of the ancient kings of
Ulster, from whom ho Is descended. ?o
copies of tho picture have, however, been
mado public.
The threo principal officers of tho now
stato government in Arkansas form a trio
of very famous nam.es. Whon tho govern
ment is Inaugurated Jefferson Davis will
bo governor, Crockett secretary oi siaio
and a Monroe stnte auditor.
n. J. Mackoy. the former railroad mag
nate, announces that, having since his fall
lire, wiped out liabilities of about $500,000,
he will, at the ago of 07. again remmu nis
lost fortune. Ho is a native of Evansvllle.
Ind and was at 15 tho support of his
widowed mother.
General Chaffee Is said to be a soldier of
tho soldiers: ho Is as careless in his per'
Rnnnl annearanco nnd unfit for formal so
cifltv as was General Uawton, uresses iiko
his men, eats their food on campaigns and
Is moro careful for tho wclfaro of every
private under him than for his own.
Tho lncrcoso of nearly 33 per cent lu the
emlcratlon from Germany for the last eight
months over tho corresponding period of last
year Is a fact that will doubtless do
variously explained. H is unuoumemy not
pleasing to tho German emperor and uo
may be relied on to say someining siuriiiiiK
about It.
President Eliot of Harvard Is not afflicted
with what tho students of that placo call
thn "Harvard handwriting." un tne con
imrv in snitn of tho vast amount of
writing ho does, his "copy" is always clear
and oven, with fow erasures, incro is n
tradition to the effect that ho never ye'
received a query on it from a printer.
John Plood, one of the last IrlBh rovoh.
tlonlsts la alio Kenlan movoment of 186'
died In Iloston the other day, so alone an-,
poor that his body was baroly saved from
tho potter's field by some ot tho Irish
organlzatons In Iloston. Flood was one of
thoso who refused on Miolr trial for treason
to testify against John norlo O'Hollly.
Tho statue of Henry Clay has finally
been removed from Canal street, Now Oi
lcans, thanks to tho long-continued efforts
of tho street rnllway companies, and tin
been placed la the middle of Lafayette
Hquaro. It has crowded Henamln Frank
lin's statue from Its pedestal In the center
of tho square over to one of tho cornors.
Frank Stockton's illness has mado him
nppreclato tho quiet retreat of his West
Virginia home from tho noise and excite
ment of city life. In spite of tho Illness,
however, his 6C years of age and his white
hair and mustache, ho rcjalna his mental
vigor, works every day In his large llbrar)
and will soon send from there a new book
will And on pane 171 of his copy of the Re
vised Statutes.
"Section 905 -The acts of the legislature
of any state or territory or of any country
ntiinoi In thn Jurisdiction of the United
states, shall bo authenticated by having
the scnla'of such state, territory or country
affixed thereto. The records find Judicial
,rni,n,lln nf thn l-nllrts nf snV Statu or
. ou an,,), Kntmirv .hull im I
nroved or admitted la any other courtl
WITH IIUO.KVi:iT I TUB WKST.
Incident, of III Tour HHnlril l- Cnv
rt'KMinil-iitH nn the Spot.
Governor Koosevelt's strenuous campaign
lu tho mountains and valleys of tho west
occasioned notablo demonstrations of cor
diality and warm hospitality characteristic
of tho country. Incidents illustrating tho
popularity of the republican candidate for
vice president nro related by correspond
ents accompanying the special train. At
Logan, Utah, a correspondent of the New
York Sun says tho meeting, which was held
In the Cache Stake tabernacle, was "a
queer experience for easterners. Governor
Iloosovclt was escorted through the streets,
streets that wero shaded with thickly
leaved eottonwoods, and that had clear
snow water streams running In tho gutter
on each side, and then thn committee took
him for an hour's rldo out of town to the
Utah Agricultural college on Its beautiful
site on the mountainside. When ho re
turned to town he found that the tabernaclo
which Is built as any other church In a
town of tho same size would be built, was
full of people. The main room of the build
ing was up a flight of stairs. Over the nltar
was the legend in gilt letters, "Holiness
to the Lord." On the platform were crayon
portraits of Presidents Grant. Lincoln and
McKinley. These were draped with Ameri
can flags.
After Governor Roosevelt the meeting
was addressed by one of those who walked
out of Iho St. Louis convention with Sena
tor Teller. Ho is ex-Congressman Allen
' this district. Mr. Allen declared hlm-
Isolf In unmistakable terms. Ho reminded
his hearers that he was one who had left
the republican party at St. Louis to fol
low Bryan.
" '1 can follow him no longer,' he said. 'I
followed him then becnuso he seemed to
nil! to be a sincere man. He seemed to
me to be devoted to tho cause which was
then closest to my heart. I can believe
In his sincerity no longer. If Mr. Dryan
was a sincere man then, ho is not a sin
cere man now. For If ho was a sincere
man he would not be going about dumb
as an oyster on this subect east ot tho Mis
sissippi river. If hewas n -sincere man
he would not go nbout tho oast encourag
ing the nomination of candidates for con
gress who will, he knows, vote against freo
silver on the floor of tho house. And even
did I believe him to be a sincere man I
could not bring myself to vote for a man
who is lending aid and encouragement to
those who are firing on the American flag.'
Onco moro tho tnbernaclo trembled with
tho stamping of feet and the ring of cheers.
Certainly 800 of tho voters of Logan, men
and women, were In full sympathy with
the former congressmen."
At Dlackfoot, Idaho, while Koosevelt
was bidding goodby to his audienco a llt
tlo girl about 10 years old called htm re
peatedly and waved a little flag. When
he heard her voice ho alighted from the
car and asked what ho could do for her.
She told him she wanted him to get work
for her father. "Ho passed the examina
tion a long time ago, but ho can't get
work,1' shu said, "Won't you do some
thing for hlra?"
'I will if I can, my llttlo dear,'. laughed
Roosuvclt. Upon Inquiry tho rough rider
learned that tho father, Charles 11. Wood
ot Illackfoot,' had passed tho civil service
examination at Washington nnd was wait
ing for nn appointment. "I'll toll you
what I'll do," said Iloosovelt, patting tho
llttlo girl. "I'll find out nil about your
father and If thero is nny way that I can
hasten that appointment I'll do it." That
night ho dictated a letter to Washington
urging an inquiry into tho raso of the.
child's father, and advising speedy ap
pointment. Governor Iloosovclt gave an exhibition
of hlB splendid horsomanshlp at Salt Lake
City, outriding a bunch of the best horse
men In that loculity. "Mountod on a
To Strangers
we want to say that
No Clothing Fits Like Ours,
AcqunintnnccB of IL K, Si Co., nre aware of
their superior quality of clothing.
"No clothing AtK like ours" is tho point we wnnt
to he thoroughly understood, nnd it, can be demon
strated for very little money here this week. A line
fall suit cheviot, "serge," worsted or tweed, for
example, isn't worth much if it's not worth $10.00.
Wo'd rather you'd pay $12.r0 or .?15n0, hut our
suits are of the $lf kind elsewhere and they are
( MTT TO FIT.
Everything else in fall wearing apparel for men,
hoys find children.
Browning, King & Co.,
R. S. Wilcox, Manager.
Omaha's Only Exclusive Clothier (or Men and Uojra.
plobald Arabian stnlllen.' rsys the Chlctco
Heiorif correspondent, ' he bolted from the
Alia 1 bib with 400 horsemen at bis back
struck cut for the foothills of the Wasatch
mountains like Slier Idn 11 going to Win
Chester and saw dozens of ambitious fol
lowers fall by tlm wayside or drop ba '
oxhaustcd by tho unaccustomed gallop
"When tho chase reached beyond tho cv
limits the paco set by th vice presidential
randldale becamn so hot that most of hu
shouting followers quit, Thu fiery hors'
ridden by thu govornor seemed uncoatroll
llo. Tim yelling stampedo of horsemen
,M!h. 11,1 "V "Hindering n ong n a cloud of
white alkali dust, scftned to Infuriate the
Arab. Hoosevelt sal hltn as If he were
riding In Central park. He never looked
back. Up from thi bottom lands ot the
Jordan river, nut oh the tawny tnoia of thn
Wnsatrh, clattering Into the canon and
thundering up trail into the loneliness of
tho mountain fuiteneves, Itoosovvlt rode
like a lono trooper III followers fell off.
soma tumbled from thrlr saddles, and the
horse of one "ldcr, urged to his topmost
speed, stumbled ami fell, rolling over his
rider and charging ahead without hltn.
The plucky rider soon captured hh mount,
swung Into tho saddle and rejoined the
chase.
"From tho point of a mountain orag
Governor llooscvelt then viewed the city
Not more than n score of his horsemen
succeeded in reaching the difficult coign
from wl ich the hard-riding easterner over
looked tho green and yellow valley tht
surrounds the holy city of the Latter Dy
saints.
'"That was n delightful gallop,' mur
mured Governor llooscvelt to a enw
puncher who reached his side first,
"'It put half tho -tmnch on the ihelf."
gasped the cow boy, 'but I could stand It
all day after a llttlo practice.'
"Governor Koosevelt, with his decimated
battnllon, returned slowly to the Alta club,
from which they had started. The splendid
horse, with all his caparison, was pre
sented to the rider ns a token of the e
teem In which the republicans of Salt
Lake hold him.
" 'I never sat a better horse,' replied
the governor. '1 never handled a Oner
bridle, a neater bit, nor sat in a better
saddle. I will take these latter tokens
gladly as an evidence of the friendship of
as fine a set ot republican citizens as I
over saw, but I'll have to pass up the horse.
I have no stall In my private car, and he's
too good to send back homo in a freight
car.' "
POITI2I HIIMAHKC.
Detroit Free Press: Mrs. Youngwe 1 -"This
milk ought to he gcod, dear. The
man says it Is ctrtlilcd. '
YoutiKwed "Who by. tho wnter cominlt
sloner?" Indianapolis Jouriml: "Were men scare j
where you worf this summer, Clnra7"
"Scarce! I think so: there weren't even
any girls there who tried to look like men '
Iloston Transcript; -StoughtoTi "Did vou
have a good time nt the banquet lssi
night?"
Manhattan "Splendid. I drank mys'if
Into IneenHlhlllty before the speaking oe
gaii."
Chicago Tribune: "It seems to me." said
Gnyboy. "It's n mighty ihto hour of the
night to be cleaning up the town."
"Yes. sir." replied the man who wue drlv
Inp the sweeping niachliii:. "We have 1
wait till you fellows get done painting It. '
Washington Star: "Wo must nt ltat
treat tho Indian as a rational being." suid
the man nf philanthropic 1'iMlnrtn.
"That's what we must." .mswered Urnne ,
Hob. "Hntlons Is about all lliem fellers
seem to think about."
Philadelphia Pro: "They say." lemarkr I
tho philosopher, "that the darkest hour I
Just before the dawn."
"Jlnunlny!" exclaimed I.azlbones, "that s
one of my brlghtt hour', for I'm nlwn
sure to be asleep then."
Brooklyn Life: "The troub'e with t-e
drntna of today." snld the severe orltl '.
"Is that the mauastrs aro too fond of th
mighty dollar. They produce plays to
make- money."
"Just so, said his friend. "True nrt. I
suppose, would furnish us with free
pusses."
Detroit Journal: "My dmr." observe J
Calliope, the muse of c do. with the natural
solicitude of an cider tlter. "you look III' '
"Nn wonder!" exclalme 1 Clio, the nvl e
of history. "Mr. Murat Hulstead has ben
waltzing me again!"
It was Indeed no pudding being muse of
history for a generation which clamored
for history right off the reel.
Chicago Tribune: "Isn't It too bad nboiH
young Mr. Puddlngly?" said the girl In the
pink shirt wnlst. "His rich old aunt !ia
becomo tired of paying his bills and to I
him the other day he would havo to sta t
on his own resources hereafter."
"And how very (.lender they are! ' mm
mured thn girl in thn Eton Jacket . InnVI
pensively at the creases In young Mr. Pu I
dlngly's trousers.
A .lAPA.NKSi:
itr.Qrir.M.
Chicago Tribune.
Here sho lies whero all must conn
After days grown wearisome;
She that was Chrysanthemum.
Tulips falter In tho wind,
AVIth blown leaves her oyes are blind
And her Hinging mouth Is dumb.
Hero she lies whero nil must come.
Eyes as dark ns Indigo
Now n deeper darkness know;
Hair that mocked the raven's wing
Feels Its lotus withering
After days grown wearisome.
Lotus (lower between her breasts
Rests as deeply uh she rests;
Milky veil about her rolled
Feels seeds quicken in Its fold.
-Heat she fears not, nor the cold-Ik-re
she lies where all must come.
Little feet that moved so light
Music will not stir tonight,
Though the strongest love of men i
Lilted on tho sainlsen.
Little hands men's hearts that led
Into snares that sho had spread
After days grown wearisome
Little hands shall hold no more
Cloning door or opening door;
Keys of pleasure or of grief.
Lo! they hold a withered leaf.
World, and whero Is thy distress
Ono chrysanthemum the less?
World, what sayest thou? She Is dumb,
She that was Chrysanthemum.