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THE OMAHA DAILY HEK: WEDNESDAY, "NOVEMBER 11. 1000.
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Subscribed In my prosenco and sworn to
before mo this llrst day of November, A.
V. 1900. M. 11. IlL'NOATK.
(Seal.) Notary Public.
Wake up and put your shoulder to the
wheel for the auditorium.
In making your fall purchases don't
forget to patronize home Industry.
The people hope to leam in January
where that $200,000 of Idle school money
Is deposited.
Now that the smoke of conflict has
settled down it is discovered that Hryan
curried Texas.
Somo enterprising department store
manager might get up a wreck sale of
paramount Issues.
Several other cities besides St. Joseph
had their census populations badly
punctured by tho election figures.
Tho report that (Srovcr Cleveland
voted for McKlnley may or may not be
true, but somebody In New Jersey did.
Tho democratic party Is now In good
condition to bo reorganized. All the
water was squeezed out of the stock In
the last election.
Tho organ of the late defeated Is
amusing Itself building cabinets for the
successful candidate. That Is the only
amusement left to It now.
Omaha bus nioro buyers after Its newly
authorized bond issue than ever before,
l'coplo who want safe Investments know
a good thing when they bear of It,
Tho news of tlie republican landslide
lias not yet percolated up to Alaska, but
when It does the Avium time sure to fol
low will save coal bills for the miners
No one has heard of any competition
for Speaker Henderson in the next
house of representatives. The present
speaker will hold his place by right, us
.wctl as by precedent.
Governor l'oynter bus one consolation.
Ho will not bo bothered during tho next
two years over tho refusal of populist
ofllclals to get out of warm places In
.which lie has Installed them.
It Is a little early for Nebraska demo
crats to nominate Jlryan for governor In
1002. In the llrst place, Hryan may
not want It, and, In the second place, he
might not be able to get It If he should
rant It.
The popoeratle organ has arrived at
tho point where It can concede the elec
tlon of Dietrich and the remainder of
tho republican state ticket. Secretary
Jowell will probably bo convinced only
when his salary stops in Janunry.
Tho new party which Senator Petti
grew Is to organize is to be composed of
men "who are discontented with the
elements of politics." If tlie scuator is
considered ouo of the "elements of poll
tics" this definition might admit tlie ma
Joiity of South Uakotu voters to mem
bershlp. -
A bunch of Hawaiian land speculators
lmvo been knocked out of the box by
tho ruling of the attorney general that
uo government grunts or leases were
valid without tlie president's atmrova
during tho period between annexation
und congressional legislation. Tho land
grabbers will get little sympathy.
Ono week from election (lay the World
Herald tlually discovers that Governor
l'oynter Is defeated and Charles H
Dietrich, t ho republican candidate for
governor, elected. Tho Heo Informed its
. readers. of this fact tho second day afle
the election. When It comes to cor
rcct election tlgurcs the people have to
rely on Tho Ilee.
Tho great Purls exposition flickered
out in a cold, drizzling rulnfall, which
put a decided damper on tlie cut hits!
u'sm, The wludup of tho Trausmlssls
Blppi KxpoHltlon itt Omitha was more
favored in every respect and therefon
still holds tho record for the most hllurl
ous finish of any great exposition since
tho Chicago World's fair.
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Tlio flnntiPlnl nlTnlni of the i-ouutr.r nro
Rcrtiro for four .tenrs more. Tin fiscal
policy will not be disturbed for nt lenst
live years. Wlmtevor n republlcim con
Kress nnil ndinlnistnitlnn shnll deem It
xvlu and nccossnry to do In order to
promote the Industries mid commerce of
tlie nntlon will be done. Capital hesl
tated before- tlie election) There Is no
ason for hesitation now. Miuitifiu'tur-
Inc experienced a check from the with
holding of orders. Tho apprehension
that Induced mercantile caution there Is
lt now no esciiHo for.
.Such being the case the watchword of
all sliotiltl be, "Now for business." The
next four years should be a period of as
Kreat prosperity and material progress
for tho American people as the last
three years have been and there Is every
orison to expect It will be If the energy
nd enterprise of our people are properly
xerted. We slittll undoubtedly very
greatly enlarge our foreign commerce,
which means the further development of
ur Industries and tho fuller employ
ment of labor. This will make a better
home market for our agricultural prod
ucts and further Improvement In the
condition of tho fanners.
There Is nothing In tho Immediate, fu-
turo that Is not encouraging. Tho In
dustrial and commercial qutlook has
never been brighter. "The opportunities
for enterprise and for the safe and prof
itable. Investment of capital have never
been better. We do not expect n busi
ness "boom," nor Is It to be desired, but
o do look for u steady forward move
ment, which will add very largely dur
ing the next few years to the national
ealth, enlarge the development of our
csources and enhance materially the
ell-belng of every class of our people.
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Southern cottou mill operators have
signed a petition to Secretary of State
lay In reference to the Chlueso policy
f tho government. They approve what
has been done In protecting American
Interests In China and express the hope
that this position may bo maintained,
particularly as to Manchuria, to which
M'etlon of the Chinese empire a large
lortlon of the production of the cotton
mills and sheeting manufactured In the
southern states are exported. The
letltton says that this trade has In-
reased In recent years to such an ex-
ten; that the prohibition or Interference
n China by any European government
would tend to seriously Injure not only
the cotton manufacturing Industries, but
other Important products of the United
States which are being shipped to China.
The petitioners therefore ask that for
tho protection and perpetuity of theso
commercial relations the administration
will take such action as may be proper
under existing conditions. "It is not only
the manufacturers of cotton goods,"
says the petition, "that would be seri
ously affected, but tlie southern planter
and cotton grower, who finds a ready
cash sale of his product at his very
door, and also the thousands of em
ployes and laboring classes who are en
gaged In tho cotton mills and depend on
the success of these manufacturing in
dustries for a livelihood."
It Is not apparent that the government
can do more than It has already done to
protect our commercial Interests In
Chiua, but If anything more is necessary
the administration can be depended
upon to make every possible or practi
cable effort for its attainment. The
United States has obtained from all tlie
powers having Interests in China an
understanding that tlie "open door" pol
ey shall bo maintained and there Is no
reusou to doubt that this agreement
will be respected. Certainly our gov-
riiment will insist upon Its being ob
(served and this, It would seem, is all
that it can do under existing condi
tions.
IXSTHUCTIVK FACTS AXD FlGUni:!!,
People who are not In the habit of
reading statistics will Hud in tho facts
set forth In the annual report of the
treasurer of the United States a simple
statement that Is exceedingly Instruct
ive. In the llrst place they will find,
as a strlklug evidence of national pros
polity, that for the fiscal year ended
last June the revenues of the govern
ment were the largest In the history of
the country. With tho exception of a
single month, tho llrst in the llscal year,
the receipts of the government exceeded
tho expenditures.
Another interesting fact In this report
Is that the aggregate amount of money
In circulation on October 1, 11)00, was
larger by more than 51S0.000.000 than
fifteen mouths before, the per capita
having grown In that period from ?'25.:U
to $27.10, $10.t!0 of which was In gold
a greater amount, says tho report, than
that of all the currency In 1S02, while
tho total of gold Is greater than all the
circulation at any time previous to July,
1870. This Is a fact which practlca
men will do well to think of. The in
crease in the gold supply has had a
stimulating effect upon prices, which
seems to justify the quantitative
theory of money and Is held so to do by
the free sliver advocates, but would the
adoption of the free silver policy have
had u like effect In the absence (of an
enlarged gold supply? Gold being the
money of the civilized world, an In
crease In Its supply operates to lift
prices and to maintain u higher aver
age. It Is a natural ami not an
artltkiul process. Free silver, how
ever, If adopted by tho United State
alone, while It might raise prices
measured in sliver, would create an
artificial condition, which Is not Hi
case under the Increase In the supply
of gold. Tho quuntltutivo theory o
money, therefore, while . apparently
finding vindication In the effect of th
augmented gold supply, must be con
sldered with rcforenco to tho quality
bf the money.
There bus been a decided Increase In
the silver circulation during the pas
year, the treasurer stating that tlie
provision made by congress for In
creaslug tho subsidiary colnago having
.lbet?u a great convenience to tho do
i
partni'-nt, nil diniatids for the smaller
olns having been met. The conclusion
o be drawn from this report is that
the financial affairs of the government
re In excellent shape and that they
re working smoothly muter the opera
tion of the law of last March, known
s tlie gold standard act. A disposi
tion 's being shown to urge upon con
gress additional currency legislation at
the coming session, but It Is not proba
ble that it will be heeded, because It
s obviously unnecessary. The Fifty
eveuth congress will be republican
ud It will be Its duty, as wo have
heretofore pointed out, to strengthen
tlie gold standard law, hut there is no
good reason for further currency
legislation by the present congress and
we think It entirely safe to pay that
there will be none. The country should
have two or three years of freedom
from currency discussion, the effect of
which Is always more or less disturb
lug and unsettling. Itcpuhllcnn
monetary policy Is receiving satisfactory
Indication.
TiiKin vovuli: ltKsi'ox.iiiiiUTi:
The republican candidates for state
ofileos who have been elected to take
tho places of tho present populist otll-
litis have n responsibility not only to
the people, but a special responsibility
to their party as well.
On their faithful and eUlclent perform
ance of duty the party will be Judged,
nd the records which they will make
luring the coining two years will de
termine largely whether the party will
ontlmie to hold public confidence, so
necessary to keep It In the ascendant.
While we have no fear that any of
the newly elected candidates will prove
forgetful of their duty or obligations, It
may not be out of place to recall that
tlie loss of republican prestige in the
past in Nebraska Is to be ascribed prln-
Ipally to the misdeeds of recreant pub
lic olllclnls who have turned their backs
upon all pledges as soon as they rend
their titles to ofllce clear.
The only way for tho parly to hold Its
own is for Its representatives to keep
strict faith with the people and to give
the state an administration that In point
of honesty and elllclency Is above com
plaint and In point of economy com
parable with any that has gone before.
This responsibility resting upon the
Incoming state olllcers can neither be
hll'tcd nor evaded. On the contrary, they
will be called to account at the close of
their terms ami If the record Is creditable
will undoubtedly bo given popular en
dorsement, while failure to meet the
osponslblllty would reflect not only
upon the derelict olllcer, but also upon
the party which stands sponsor for him.
Hy giving the people an unimpeach
able state administration the republican
party can be strengthened and its su
premacy Indefinitely prolonged.
What docs the supreme1 court mean by
asking Attorney General Smyth to try a
loud ease again before tie goes out of
ofllce, thus absorbing talents that should
be directed to the smashing of the
rusts? How can that court Justify it
self In depriving tlie people of the
services of this great trust-extcrmluator
at a time when the trust octopl are
menacing them most? To turn Smyth
away from the trusts and against the
bondsmen threateus to obscure the end
ng of this glorious olllclal career, which
should go out with skyrockets and
Itoiuan candles and all kinds of scintil
lating pyrotechnics,
The Hee conceded the election of the
Grand Old Man of the Ninth ward, Mil
lard Fillmore Fimkhouser, as soon as
the returns on the school board showed
up lu sufticleut numbers to Indicate the
result. Notwithstanding the Importance
of the ofllce and the greut stakes at is
sue. It acknowledged tlio situation with
out squabbling or quibbling. Funk-
houser certainly should appreciate tlie
compliment In securing such a decisive
victory that even Ills opponents had no
cause to contest If. From now on lie
should be thu hero with all the school
teachers.
Returning Omaha people who have
been visiting In the cast tell of the no
ticeable rise in Ncbraskn stock, due to
the redemption of the state from pop
ulism and calamity. "No stato occupies
u higher position lu the nation's nffairs"
is the way a well known railroad man
puts It. You may be sure, moreover,
that the benefits will Increase rather
than decrease as time passes.
Tlie special session of tho Kentucky
legislature fixed up the election law In
such it maimer that it accomplishes Its
purpose expeditiously. The republicans
are confident they carried tlio state, but
see no use of entering upon a contest in
which the case is prejudged against
them. What would not tho Nebraska
popocrnLs give for such a system in the
hour of their extremity?
Dr. Gulterns, the yellow fever expert,
expresses thu opinion that, as a result of
tho sanitary measures adopted by Amer
icans, when tho works are completed
nud tho city kept clean Havana will
sufl or no more from yellow fever. If
tho United States had done nothing
moro for that city than this It would
bo entitled to tho lasting gratitude of
Us people.
MuUe the Sirvlcc Allrnellvc.
, Chicago Journal.
If tho navy Is shorthanded and enlist
merits aro desired tho servlcu must be
mndo moro attractive to tho common sailor
That seems to bu tho solutlou. It Is not
much uso enlisting sailors and then making
thorn want to run away.
C I I ii K Poor l.o Sunn- Pointer.
llrooklyn IMglc.
The Cherokeea of Indian territory hava
been robbed of nearly JIIOO.OOO by their
auditor. Until tho whlto meu arrived and
hi: owed thorn how, the Chcrokecs never did
such things. Next thing wo hear will bo
that they havo elected aldermen.
t'oiiilnu f lii'iirrnt I.ci'.
.Minneapolis Times,
The Department of tho Missouri Is to be
congratulated upon tho fact that General
Fltzhugh Leo has been placed In command of
that grand division of the national army,
rcU?yVen.Po'rarlly to fill the ncuncy oc-1
The nation has no luoro gallant or popular
onVor In ita gervU-o. nor ono to whom
military and civil circles In tho southwest
would accord a heartier welcome.
Abolition of Wnr stniuin.
Chlcapo TIme.i-lterald
If tlio surplus falls below that of the lmt
fiscal year thero will still bo room for tax
reduction, and tho first taxed to ro should
te the stamps upon checks, deeds, mort
Rttftcf. bills of lading and tolranis. These
are tho raxes that most directly affect tho
pcoplo and which cause tho greatest In
convenience. Hi'iuilj of I'orm-llliiK.
Now York World.
General Iluller is now tho Hon of tho
banquot tables In I'ncland. His defeat at
tho Tugela river and his uttll bloodier ro
verse at Sploukop nre forgotten and for
given. It must be admitted that tlio tlriiish
people are not over-exacting In their stand
ards of military Glory.
DlriiriiNloii-i of n I'lililr.
Chlcngo Chronicle.
Tho reported nlllanco between Itussla,
France, Japan and tho Frilled States to
counterbalance tho Anglo-dermaa under
standing Is obviously absurd. Cndcr certain
conditions It Is possible to conceive of the
United States and Itussla acting together,
but It Is out of tho question to credit Japan
with pro-Hussfan sentiments. Uvery Interest
of Japan la directly opposed to tho Russian
policy la China. It may bo added that tho
United States has no mottvo for opposing
England and Germany In tho Orient. Tho
wholo story Is u palpablo fable.
Tno Mrn- Mliiniln TaKcii In,
Chicago Tribune.
A Spanish-American convention bits been
signed In Washington, by which two small
Islands, bearing tho names of Cagayen and
Clbotu, aro ceded to tho Cnlted States by
Spuln for $100,000. Theso islands llo at the
southern und hottest extremity of tho archi
pelago, btdng tho tall end of tho Sulu group,
Cagayen lies In tho pasrago from tho China
sea Into the Sulu sen, and Clbotu lies be
tween tho Sulu and Celebes seas. Both
properly belong to tho Philippine archi
pelago nnd wero supponed to bo ceded to tho
United Stotes by the Purls treaty. Hut tho
limits of tho cession were designated by
geographical lines and two llttlo Islands
wero afterward found to lie oulsldo tho
boundary named in tho treaty, though be
lieved, owing to their position being given
Incorrectly on tho maps, to bo within them.
They wero of no uso to Spain, but that gov
ernment had the right to demand an extra
compensation before turning them over to
tho United States. For this reason the full
prlco of thu archipelago In money may now
bo said to liavo been $20,100,000. Tho mlstnke
of tho-commissioners has cost tho extra
amount, but tho government has acted
wisely in purchasing the stray Islands nnd
keeping tho archipelago Intact.
oik;am,i;iis of victoiiy.
I.nnn-U of Triumph I)UtrlliiiU-il
Amnnif MrM'U'in und lluiimi.
St. Paul Pioneer Press.
Of course tho brunt of all effective cam
paign work Is homo by tho nowapapcrs.
Their educational work Is not confined to
tho few months of tho campaign, but Is
carried on all tho time, ovcry day In tho
ytnr In all tho years Intervening between
one presidential election and another.
Their arguments upon nil the leading ques
tions of tho day and tho facts they present
bearing upon tlicm go directly to the homes
of every reading citizen, and they form
tho chief agency lu molding publlo opinion,
or rather in furnishing tho voters with tho
materials from which to mold their own
opinions. Hut It la tho campaign work done
by tho national committee nnd thu state
and local organizations, especially la send
ing out speakers to every locality to pre
sent thu urgu'tneritfj face to fuco with the
voters, which nrouses tho latent forces of
public opinion Into octlvlty with many who
would otherwise bo passlvo and Indifferent.
Tho remarkablo activity displayed by tho
national committee in organizing nnd di
recting tho educational forces of thu cam
paign Is chlelly duo to tho splendid leader
ship of Murk Ifuunui who has proved him
self to be lu 1000 as lu 1S0C, an "organizer
of victory." For four years tho Hryanltes
havo been pelting lfnnnu with mud In tho
ndcavor to create a popular prejudice
a Inst him. And thoy had succeeded to
such un extent that sonio republicans
doubted tho policy of putting him ngnln at
tho head of tho national committee. Thoy
even mado "Ilanualsm" ouo of thu most
prominent lssuc3 of tho campaign. Mr.
lanna has scored u great personal triumph
for himself by his hucccsb in completely dls-
Ipatlng tho prejudices against him which
had been Industriously fostered by tho op
position. For the first time ho took a per
sonal part In tho bpeechmaklng of tho
campaign, and although ho makes no pre
tentions to bo an orator, his speeches had
such directness and forco, striking right
at tho vital Issues of tho campaign, that
they completely carried his audiences with
thorn. And when tins people camo to find
out Just what "Hannalsm" Is, they found
that It meatit simply common business
senso applied to tlio practical and honest
administration of nffnlrs. And that Is Just
what takes wlti tho American people, ft Is
Just tho opposite of Hryanism, which is
all theory and sentimental cunt and fus
tian, and that Is why they Infinitely prefer
Hannalsm to Ilrynnlmn.
MAlXTK.V.VXCr. OF PIlOSPUlllTY.
Healthy I'nmrci" More Prolinlile
Tliitn u llooiii.
Chicago Post.
No intelligent business man desires or
oxiccts an unhealthy trado boom us tho
consequence of tho decialvo rejection of
Uryunlam und tho vindication of tho ud
ministration. Tho people havo declared
for u continuation of tho industrial condl
Hons of tho last threo yours. Wo uro not
ou'orglng from u period of depression and
paralysis; wo are, ou tho contrary. In tho
midst of u period of general and prolltablo
activity. A menaco has been removed
and threatening cloudy havo been dlssl-
patcu. llioro will uo uorimu pruKr"" uon
legitimate commercial growth. Trado lu
all forms will bo stlmulutod, but uo ro
action-breeding and Irrational bpcculatlon
and plunging uru to bo untlclpatcd.
The responso of tho stock market to tho
popular verdict was Immediate. Tho
trading ou tho exchanges, as tho figures
Indicate, was heavier thau It had been for
many a day. Iu tho general world of com
merce, however, tho beneficial conso
nueiices of thu election will bo felt moro
slowly. Thero Is no doubt that business
hhs been affected somowhnt by tlio agita
tion of the silver issue. Thero was less
depression than usual during tho cum
palgn, chlelly beciuso the defeat of tho
nryunlzed democracy was looked upon us
u forcgono conclusion. Still, many con
tracts were mado contingent on McKlri'
ley's reelection: many hesitated to em
bark on uow enterprises or to extend those
they wero conducting, whllo tho llnanclal
Institutions of tho country prudently ab
stained from eularglug their oporutlons.
Now thero Is no further reasou for hcsl
tatlon. Investors will go Into tho market
raorchauts and manufacturers will wan
moro raouey, and tho banks will bo ready
to accommodate them. Thero will bo steady
und remunerative employment for labor
and this will entail a heavy demand fo
goods of all kinds. Our homo niarkut Is tho
greatest In tho world, and our opportunl
ties ure still boundless. Continued prog
rass Is Inevitable lu tho absence of Inter
ferenco and reckless legislative oxporl
incuts.
Interviews with scores of business me
confirm this view, Hrlsk, nctlvo business
but no excitement or boom, la declared to
be tho desideratum,
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Washington Post. The latist returns In
dicate that .Mr. Hryan' friends nrn to be
pared all embarrassment over those Ne
braska senatorial seats.
K litis. vh City Star: H looks now an If the
tall had gone with the hid In .Nebraska.
The Inlest news from that state indicates
the election of the republican candidate for
governor.
New York World: Tho eight electoral
otes of Nebraska will go to McKlnley by a
majority of from 7,000 to 8,000. Tho re
publicans hac elected the state ticket.
Tho legislature, which will choose two
nltcd States senators, Is vory close per
haps u tie. No state' result has been so
complete n ourprlso to those who did not
ook below tho surface of tho campaign.
Nebraska has been carried by tho demo-
rats or fuslonlsta at every previous elec-
Ion sinco 1S91. Mr. Hryan's plurality In
1S90 wim 13,50 and last year, uhen a
special effort was mndo by tho republicans
to carry thu state, Mr. Hryan threw him
self Into tho contest and tho fusion candi
date for Judgo was elected by n majority of
15,107. This year a completo fusion of thu
threo anll-rcpubllcan parties was effected
ndcr Mr. Hryan's personal supervision
nd his catnpulgn for the presidency began
nd ended in his own state. Its losr, In
tho circumstances, must bo tho bitterest
drop lu his cup of disappointment, as it Is
doubtless tho severest blow to his personal
prestige.
St. Louis Globe-Democrat: Tho repub-
lean victory In Nebraska Is u crushing
rebuke to Hryan. Tho democrats, populists
nd the fusion of tho two parties have been
carrying that slate for so mauy years that
they felt confident of winning it In 1900.
None of tho republicans havo ever claimed
Nebrnska lu any of their pre-election esti
mates. Tho fact that It was the stato of
Hryan's residence, reinforcing tlio other cir
cumstances, seemed to inako this state suro
for tho democrats this year. Tho
epubllcan victory in Nebraska will end
the hoodoo which that statu has been under
for many years. It will attract settlers
and cnpllHl as a consequence of Its changa
f political base. The mnral quarantine
hlrh has been raised against It on account
f Its affiliation with Hryuulsm and liUml-
flratlon with his fortunes will now bo ro
moved. There Is no reason usldo from Its
bad politics why the large gain In popula
tion which It made from 1SS0 tu 1S0O Bhnuld
be followed by a practically stationary con
dition III the decado between 1S30 and ll'OO.
ts Inhabitants havo grasped this fact. Tho
bandonmcnt of Hryan by his ov.ii statu Is
the most signal robuko which that pcrnou-
go has received In tho memorable canvass
which has just ended.
PKItMlVW, A.MI OTIIKHWISi:.
Clark's vaudeville campaign In Montana
appears to havo been n success politically.
A Now York court holds as good law that
a deposit of personal property In a seat In
a railway car entitles tho owner of tho
property to tho scat when he claims It.
A citizen of Sabetha, Kan., Is about to
petition tho Icglslaturo for a chango of
name. At present it Is Andrew Hrucjar,
but his neighbors do not attempt to pro
nounce It ho Is simply Andy to them.
Funds aro now being raised to be placed
at the disposal of Or. Edgar Jaraos Hanks,
former United States consul at Hagdad, who
s to act as director of tho expedition to
excavate Mughelr. which Is supposed to be
Ur of tho Chaldecs, whero Abrahum und
Sarah wero born.
C. Oliver Iselln has yielded to tho urglngs
of Now York clubmen and will manage tho
yacht Columbia In trlul races against the
now defender of the America's cup. Mr.
Iselln had announced his retirement from
yachting life, but w-ns Induced to recon
sider his determination.
Charles Hacker Plukham, president and
manager of tho Lydla K, Plnkham Medicine
company, died last Saturday morning nt his
homo In Lynn, Mass. He was tho son of
.ydla 11. Plnkham, tho founder and pro-
motor of the groat business which bears her
name, and was born In Lyun December 9,
1611.
A tablet marking the site of tho houco In
which Suimiel F. 11. Morso mado his homo
for many years and died has beon sot la tho
wull of a ten-story business block on
Thlrty-secoud street, Now York. It wax
forinorly on tho Morso rcBldcnco Itself,
which was torn down to niako way for tho
larger building.
Tno lossos by flro In this country and
Cnnnda wero less In October than In tho
samo mouth of last year or 189S, nnd wero
below any month slnco Juno of 1S9V. Tho
otal was $7,107,000. For tho year to dato
tho losses are tar ahead of tiny recent year.
Tho total Iosa for tho year Is $113,000,000,
which is $12,000,000 greater than In 1S99
and $47,000,000 moro than In 1S9S.
A VHRV BXCIT1XU SUASOX.
Hiiiuplr I ii n t in-t-x of (iali-ty Anionic
HlK Gnini- llmili-rs.
Washington Post.
Tho pust summer has been remarkable In
many ways, but In nono moro Rtrlklngly so
than In tho eccentricities of tho sol-dlsant
'hunters" xvho havo exploited tholr deadly
and homicidal Imbecility In u fashion cal
culated to shock tho wholo country.
Wo iimmI not say, of course, that all this
buugllug bloodshed nnd mutilation has been
achieved by tho very nicest and irioat select
city ptople, who look down with scorn upon
provincials" and find In tho contemplation
of slmplo rustled nothing but a shudder.
Thoy luvudo tho educated fastnesses of Now
York tho Adlrondacks, and so ou attired
In beautiful and correct costumes, armed
with weapons beyond prlco, and lift their
sinuous and giiudy legs over tho most for
midable obstacles, such as bushes aud pros
trate timber. Thoy wear clothc3 which aro
doubtless charming. In tho tailor's elegant
nalon. They uro tricked out in kucu deli
cious raiment as to mako tho chipmunk
Binllo again. Hut, all tho same, they have
boon shooting each other with interesting
frcquoucy, and even their simple-minded
gulden havo had to pay dearly for tho
wages they obtained.
Wo freely admit that wo havo not kept
an uccurate account. A sporting dentist
filled with No. G shot has not appealed to
us on national grounds us forcibly as the
egging of ono politician. Tho spectaoto of
a Now York person mistaken for a duck
Impressed us as a sad but not especially
Hlgnlflcutit event. Tho eplspde of tho play
ful city youth, who put on tlio lmt of bis
"lady frleud" aud was shortly shot for a
rabbit by some thoughtful aud Judicious
Nlmrod from tho metropolis, of coutbo
seemed to bu qulto In tho nuturo of things
Wo uovor for u moment lost our polso bo to
speak until a memhor of tho vory highest
set in tho wholo United States recently Bhot
and dangerously wounded bis guide, under
tho Impresssion that tho latter was a stag
of great merit und quarrelsomn disposition
It seemed to us then that the hunting of big
gaum by tho bedizened dudes of tho smart
Bet hail reached tho limit. Tlio only con
solatlnn which occurred to us lay In the
thought that people that dressed themselves
bu as to suggest ducks, rabbits und Blags
and In bucu costumes foaled about In the
carefully trained wilds of Now York Btato,
could easily bo spared. Wo sincerely re
gret tho accldwt to the honest and hard'
working guide. At tho samo tlrnn wo ro-
allo tho fact that ho should have known
better.
Upon tho xvholo, however, ft has been a
scasou of great excitement. The country
at largo will, lu our opinion, upprnvo und
really enjoy u long succession of nucli sunt
mers oven though tho rasualtlea should In
crraso upon a rising Hcalo. Wo aro a trifle
everetockcd with Idiots about tbls Urn.
soi.tiis rim 'in i stmuovviMi.
Washington Piwl Perhaps thrro won't
bo a fur living time when Don Dickinson
goes Into the i ago to "rrorganlzn" Mr. Alt
geld. Washington Star fvhs lndulo la some
Inllnnud prophecies of what will happen
undr-r thli tidmltililratloti. Debs Is ono of
tho people who never will got over ""celtig
things"
Ilaltlmurt American: Naturally, Ken
tucky's vote Is to bo contested. Kentucky
without n tight would bo u moro dismal
spectacle than "Hamlet" with tho mel
ancholy Dane left out.
Hoslon Transcript: Senator l'ettlgrow
says a new party will bo formed with him
self as one of tho leaders. Well, It's nbout
thno for tho Houth Dakotan to bhlft again.
In 1S!5 ho was n republican, n year later
ho Jollied tho silver republicans and this
year ho appeared as n delegatfl to and an
olllcer of tho populist national convention.
Hrooklyn Haglo: Hryan wants to enter
the ministry, and ho uleo 1ms un offer of
$10,000 for his services as nominal editor ef
a paper. Let's tee; ho has been on actor,
author, lawyer, farmer, legislator. Suppose,
now, iu order to glvo to him such variety
and cxperleneo as ho seems to enjoy, he be
allow ml to n-tlro from his position as per
ennial candidate for tho presidency.
Now York Sun: Colonel Moso Wotmoro
of St. Louis Is still tho only democrat who
cim tolvo and hus solved the trust problem.
As Abel Slnkcnzooper sings or says:
"That Octopus tnntaciilur
In In Ivs dying throes,
Sparod In a mode sppclacular
Hy Old Missouri's Mosy."
For president of tho next anil-trust con
ference: Colonel Muses Charlemagne Wet
more. ax iiPisoiin ix uMicTiucrrv.
Whi-iii Coniiti'tltliiti ftir l,urc Cnn
trni'tn In London.
Now York World.
Loudon's underground railroad Is to bo
converted from a steam to on electric sys
tem ut a rost of $25,000,000. Tho manage
mrnt of tho road has called for bids for
this greut electrical engineering contract
from tho electrical companies of all na
tions. Oermun, French und American firms
nro bidding In competition with Urltlsh
concerns. And tho American firms aro
qulto hopeful of securing this inrgo or
der. Sir William Preece. consulting engineer
of th" Loudou underground system, says
his company has not hampered tho bidders
with speclllcatlona of any kind, and It "cx
pocts to bo tendered a schemo for the best
system of electric traction which modern
Ingenuity Is capable of devising." Speak
ing of the anticipated American competi
tion, ho compliments this country by say
ing: "It Is the pioneer of all that Is good
and great. In electrical science and In the
application of It ohe Is not to bo sur
passed." This recalls the fact that American con
tractors built tho London Central "tup
penny tubu" r6ad and tho Metropolitan
tunnel road lu Paris. Our Wcstlnghouse
company has nearly completed nn Immense
electrlcnl plant ut Manchester, which will
employ 5,000 men, and our Thomson-Houston
company Is rapidly constructing
another hugo ostabllshmeut at Hugby.
Brltlsn electrical firms will, of course
grumble If American or French firms got
this big contract away from them. Hut
thero Is no sign that tho Hrltlsh nation
Is in tho least Inclined to abandon Its well
settled commercial policy of buying v;hut
evcr It needs In whatever market It can get
the most and tho best for its money.
Tho civilized world Is fast becoming an
open market placo lu splto of all urtlflclal
obstructions.
FACTO It I US AS CIVlMZKIlil.
TUelr Inlliicnce In tlio Social Life of
Coin muHlUm.
Indianapolis Journal.
A convention has Just been held at Wash
ington composed of men whom Mr. Bryan
calls plutocrats, monopolists, enemies of
labor, etc. It was a convention of tho New
England Cotton Manufacturers' associa
tion, nud tho 100 members present
represented capital amounting to nearly
$50,000,000 Invested in tho great textllo
manufacturing establishments of New Eng
land. Many if not most of these concerns
urn Incorporated and therefore cotuo under
Mr. Bryan's denunciation of all corpora
tions. Of courso, everybody of ordinary
ntelllgcnco knows that tho proprietors and
managers or tueso grcai esiauiisnracuiB
represent brains, capital, labor, industry,
thrift and all the best elements of Ameri
can citizenship and nro not publlo enemies,
as Mr. Hryan paints them. At tho meeting
in Washington Hon. Carroll D. Wright,
nicut In Social Llfo," In which ho advanced
somo Interesting vlown. Mr. Wright, ft
may ho remarked, has made a study of
social and economlo condltlono for thirty
yeara, uud is the highest authority In thn
country on such questions. Tho central
Idea of his paper xs'us that great industrial
establishments, Instead of exercising a
deteriorating Influence on communities and
people, us is commonly supposed, operate
exactly tho other xvay, and aro rcolly
agents of udvancament and civilization,
lifting up tho social llfo of tho people.
Tho establishment of tho textile factory In
tho south, ho said, led to tho employment
of a body of natlvo people, born and bred
In tho south, popularly known as native
whites, who had lived a precarious exist
ence, alwuys In nutagoulsm to tho colored
people, looking upon work as degrading,
because of the peculiar Institutions of tlio
south. Today these people are furnish
ing tho textllo factories' of the south with
a class of operatives not surpassed In any
part of tho country. The experlenco of tho
south was simply that of other localities.
Tho factory meant education, enlighten-
meat nnd an Intellectual development ut
terly Impossible otherwise to a class of
people who could not rcuch theso things In
This Weather
CALLS FOR
GLOVES We have 'em f)0c to $5.00.
MUFFLERS Wo havo 'em 50c to $4.00.
SWEATERS We havo 'em
FLANNEL SHIRTS-Wo have 'em
UNDERWEAR Wo havo it 50e to $3. 75.
HOSIERY Wo have it 25c to $1.00.
ARE YOU PREPARED?
Not a store in town is bettor equipped with cold
weather furnishings, than ours and wo would
suggest coining here first.
Browning, King & Co.,
R. S. Wilcox, Manager.
Omaha' Only Exclusive Clvtkicrs Ir Mc and Vey
any other way. It was nn rlt'inent in soclsl
life, and was. by Its educational Intlurmcr,
rnnoiiinlly lifting the people fruin a lower
to a Ii letter grade.
This Is a rational view of the i ,i
honest labor Is elevating. There ts no prog
rrss lu Idleness. It is the army of re,
ployed that makes n country proaprrc.
happy anil progrt'irslvc, not the nrrny of u
employed. Protection for American In J
try nir.ms nUo protection for Amerl an
civilisation. Tho policy that rslaldljlui
factories and mills and gUes tho best
wages to the sreatest number of workers
contributes not only to tho material pro?
perlty and wealth of people, but to thnr
moral elevation as well. This cannot t
said of llr.uilni.
i'i.i:.sAvn,v itt.
Somcivlllp Journal: Tho lone.iomrst pi. tec
In the yyjrld for a man Is In tho middle o
tlio rush of cut miers In a blir dnmrtm'-n'
store.
I ilcitgo lU'conl. "The mutineer an f Hi"!
orchestra leader had u. row."
"Wlmt about?"
"The band played ' TIs hut a Llttlo Fud?d
I' lower.
Philadelphia Pre.s: Clerk-Perhaps you il
like to look ut Hume good u llttlo moro
expensive than those.
Hhopper-Not necesnirlly. but 1 wouio
like to look at some of better iiuutlt)
Hrooklyn Life: Morgan-They (. ho
came from a very wealthy famllv
Wrlglit-Cnmo? Huh. They drovo hint
nut.
Now York Journnl: Walter-Haven t cn
forgotten Huinctlilng, Fir?
Oucst-Hy George! So I have. I fcrgot
to post that letter my wife gave me this
morning.
Washington Star: " 'Tnln' de lr.-:n n'
money dat hurts xvhen you pays a Me Hot
Im.'.V i'al,J ,in,c!.,,ihon'. ""'s hv' ?
yuthuli feller bcllevo wan .o inu r
stnuhter d.in jou. an' perducln do dc J.
merits to prove It."
Detroit Journal: It mwrnq vri- illrririitf
to get a crisis to Btnnd still lour enough
for us t confront It. to my nothing u'
hanging trembling upon tho verge of it
Ilaltlmnro Amrrlrnti- llr.M.a VnH,.
Joined the greut majority thla mornlnjr
uouun-iw ioiijw, l nm Miockeil t
learn nf lili death.
Ilobb.-Oh, ho didn't die. lie voted for
McKlnley.
Cleveland Plain Dealer: "Sp that fellow
there with tho pretty side vhljkcrs
"i ps.
"Well, ho rot up and left the audience
tlio other nUht when tho orator said lie
wanted to tulk to the plain people '
Chlcngo Post: "Ho Ii contddi red n gnnt
mini by his college clussrnates, I under
stand. "Well, rather. Why, there's, no one -.vim
ranks higher."
"llo was it ;rent scholar, I !uppo.se.
"Oh. dear, nr : but he Invented the coll ie
yll Hint gives hN alma mr.ter tho Intererl
Icglalo standing thut It hus."
av 1 1, 1 1 1: i, m i x.vs wool x (. .
S. H. Klser In the Times-Herald.
So, fair lltt'o Wllhelmlnu, you have picked
lilm out, they su .
You have looked the princes over anil
you'vo sent them all away
All but one. who fondly lingers, with a
Btnllo upon his face
And n fort of buoyant feeling that hen
needed 'round the place.
Tell u. llttlo VVIIhcImlna. how the hnppv
trick Wii.i done;
Did ho gently stand, or did you have to
rntr.tl lilm rtt ,! mii9
Toll us where your nwe'ot words thrilled
nun ii riu i , nun It luie.
Did It happen In tho parlor or beside the
palace gate?
Did you cull tlio stum to witness that you
loved him more than llfo7
Did you humbly kneel then-, begging- hint
to lut you bo his wife?
Did ho buck or did hu tremble? Did ho
shyly buck uway?
Telling you to llrst "Heo papa" nnd find
out xvhul ho would say?
Did ho cry: "This Is so sudden!" Did he
ask for time to think,
Or accept tho proposition In the space It
takes to wink?
Did lm auk If you could keep lilm in the
ntylo he'd always known?
Did lie nsk von what thoy paid for doing
chores around tho throtio?
Huppy llttlo AYIIhelnilna! Fortune smiled
upon your birth,
aivlng you the bulge on all tho other
maidens here on earth!
You had but to look thorn over size them
up from top to too.
And then mnko your own selection and hu
couldn't answer no!
Common Property.
Public Praise is Public Property
Omaha People May Profit by
Local Experience.
Grateful people will talk.
Tell tholr oxportenco for tho public good.
Omaha citizens pralso Doan's Kidney
Plllc.
Kidney sufferers appreciate this.
They find relief for every kidney 111,
Itcad what this citizen Bays:
Mr. Fred K. Hull, G08 North 32nd street,
employed at tho railroad bridge, two miles
from tho city, says: "I had u bud back for
nbout a year und In tho winter of 1S98 It
becH mo very rovnro. When lying down It
was very difficult to get up and on stooping
sharp pains caught mo In tho smull of the
back and my kidneys xvura weak. It was
for this that 1 procured Doan's Kidney
Pills at Kuhn & Co.'s drug store. Slnco
UBlng fhem I hav hud no occasion to com
plain of my back or kidneys and 1 have told
frlcndd my high opinion of Doan's Kidney
Pills and will personally corroborate th
abovo nt any time."
Sold for COc per box by all dealers.
Foatcr-MIIburn Co.. Buffalo, N. Y., sole
agents for tho United States.
Itemcrnber the namo Doan's and tako no
other.
Chicago Tribune: "Dear futlier," wrotr
the young man who had gene to Arizona
as ti inemlx't' of n party of government sur
yeyors, "you told me whin 1 left homo that
I ought to lav by u portion of my oalarv
ox pry month for n rainy duy, but 1 hnveti'
dono It. borniiM) It never ruins here pica.r
send mo $35."