Till;: OMAHA DAILY IMSEi W I3DX KSDAV, .JA N t'AliY 2, 1001.
The omaiia Daily Bee
K. ROSEWATEH, Editor.
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STATEMENT OF CIHCt'LATION.
State of Ncbniska, Douglas County, ss,:
Oeorgo H. Tzschuck, secictary of The lleo
PubllshlnK Company, being duly sworn,
rays that the. actual number of full und
complete copies of The Dally. Morning,
Evening nnd Sunday lleo printed durltiK tho
month of December, 1900. was ns follows:
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7 V.7,1110 23 U7,o:iO
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11 117, UTO 27 ttT.lTO
12 ar.Mo 2S U7,:ti
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H '27,72 30 '2U,Hr,
IS '27,r, 31 gtj,70
10 iitumr.
Total MB.lsrt
Less unsold nnd returned copies. .. lo.noa
Net total Bales ....Hil.-i.l:!
Net dally nvrrngo Bii.n II
OEOROE H. TZSCHUCK.
Subscribed In my presenre and sworn to
bwfnro me this 31st day of December A. D.
1900. . M. It. HUNG ATE.
(Seal.) .Notary Public.
If tlio opening hours nrc any erl
tcrlon the new century Is going to inaUo
things crack.
Nebraska to the popocrutlc olllee
holders: "Take your clothes nnd go,
find I don't care If yon never come
back."
Smiling faces nrc 11 sure sign of a
contented people. And mighty few
people In Oiimlin pulled a long face
yesterday.
If Ooin Paul hud done his pari In
l'urope as well as Dow'et Is doing In
Africa n peace treaty would be ready
for signature by this time.
There Is little comfort for (he crim
inals in the announcement that Hon.
Ben 8. linker Is to preside over the
crlmlunl court for another year.
Making the punishment tit the crime
has always been one of Hen linker's
fctroug points. 'That Is one reason really
guilty men do not like to face him.
(Jrover Cleveland says the president's
term of olllce Is too short. Now listen
for an answering shout from silver dem
ocrats that It was long enough for
CJ rover.
Don't forget that Omaha's Interest In
the twentieth century is not paramount
to Omaha's interest In Ak-Kur-lJoii, the
Auditorium and a few other Omaha
projects.
Onialia was blessed with a wonder
fully bright and cheerful New Year's
ilny bright even for Nebraska. Let us
accept the omen and hustle to make
the whole year as bright.
Omaha people havu little to apolo
gize for In the balance sheet shown by
the last yenr. New Year's day was
nil the brighter for the showing of ma
terial prosperity made by the city.
The popocrats deny that smoking was
indulged In at the recent banquet at
Lincoln. The popocratlc pipes went out
election night and there has been no
material at hand to lire them up since
that date.
Mrs. Nation can be depended upon
to break out as a lecturer after her al
leged martyrdom. Wlien It comes to a
matter of attracting the public atten
tion the Knnsas woman Is unique and
without a peer.
Krauk James, the once noted bandit,
Is a candidate for the position of door
keeper of tho Missouri legislature.
Should ho be elected and anyone should
question his authority Frank Is amply
nhle to show them.
It Is Just about now that the annual
recurrence of school board politics
breaks out. There Is much Indication
Hint the present Hoard of Kducatlon
will Indulge In less politics and more
business than any of its predecehsors.
Tho Chinaman who murdered Huron
von Ketteler, the (iermnn ambassador,
has been executed, but at last accounts
Prince Tuan and the other high per
sonages who instigated the outrages
were wearing their heads In the usual
place.
Now that there Is $.10,000 In sight
some of the people who are so eonlldent
tho police have bungled the Cuiluhy
ease and that the perpetrators of the
outrage could bo apprehended in
twenty-four hours or In double thut
time at the farthest, can afford to lay
off from their regular employment for
n day or two and earn a little pin
money.
One of the signs of the season Is the
announcement by u capitalist and pro
meter that he Is not working to sc
cure an additional consolidation of tube
manufacturing Interests. On the con
trary, he has enlisted capital to embark
In tho ludustry on n new process and
a larger scare, and promises to open
new factories. Thus does tho "octopus"
Issue suffer another setback.
I'UAist; po nit: tuxsvhAti SEitrirr..
Hon. John I. Long, secretary of the
navy, was the guest of honor of a din
ner given lnt Friday by the Commer
cial club of Itnston. In his speech Mr.
Long referred to the consular service,
cordially commending It for the work
It Is doing In promoting the foreign
commerce of the United States.
He said that while our manufactories
have been absorbed In production the
consular olllcers of the Stato depart
ment stationed abroad have by their
activity In reporting trade conditions
aided largely lit turning our surplus
products Into foreign channels. While
the consular ccrvleu lias Its defects,
said the secretary of the navy, yet Its
ofllclals, without speclnl previous train
ing or experience and chosen from the
general body of the public, have been
marvelously quick and elllclcnt In
pointing out not only the opportunities
but tliu hindrances to an Increased
commerce and aiding In the establish
ment of trade, furnishing not only gen
eral Information but minute details, and
aceoiiipllsTTlug so much that foreign na
tions, especially Ureal Hrltaln and Ger
many, awakening to our outstripping
them, have recently taken steps to glvo
a more practical character to their con
sular reports and to Insure their speedier
publication.
Mr. Long said Hint at the very outset
of the present administration the Im
portance of this service was recognized
and steps taken to still further facili
tate the commercial publications of the
Department of State and to distribute
them 'more promptly for the benellt of
the business community. There has
certainly been very great Improvement
In this respect and unquestionably tho
consular service Is at present very
much more elllclcnt and useful than It
was four years ago. There can bo no
assurance, however, of maintaining the
high Maudard that has been reached
until the consular service shall be ab
solutely divorced from politics. The
next change in tho political character
of tho national administration might
undo nil that has, been accomplished
In Improving the elliclency and elevat
ing the standard of the consular ser
vice. THE LAW VINDICATED.
Results hnve fully vindicated the cur
rency law of lust March. It was freely
predicted that the refunding provision
of that act would be a failure, but on
the contrary It has proved quite as
successful as Its most snngulno tidvo
cafes anticipated, more than one-half
of tho bonds bearing I!, I and per cent
interest und mnturlng within tho next
eight years having been exchanged for
the 2 per cent bonds authorized by the
act. As. was expected, by far the
greater part of this refunding hits been
done by the banks. Tho net saving
of interest to the government Is stated to
be over .? 10,000,000, which Is not tho
least Important point In the transac
tion. While the secretary of the treas
ury stopped refunding at the close of
the year he can resume It at any time,
but It is probable this will not be done
until there shall be a demand for if,
since there Is no doubt the treasury
will be able to pay off the remaining
high-Interest bonds as they shall ma
ture. -Marked success has also attended that
provision of the currency act relating
to national banks. Of the .103 batiks
organized since the law of last March
went Into effect have a capital
less than .Y.'O.tMM), the principal Increase
In this class of banks being in those
sections of the west and southwest
where national banks could not be or
ganized under the old law, owing to
the capital required. Very great benellt
to these sections must come from the
banking facilities they have thus ac
quired. I'mler the operation of this
act tho bank note circulation has been
Increased over !?xr,ooo,0(o.
Tho law has fullllled all that was
promised for It. It strengthened llnnn
clal confidence, Improved the notional
credit, effected n large saving" to tho
government In Interest, relieved the
treasury of the problem regarding tho
payment of bonds maturing during the
next few years, supplied bauklng facili
ties where before there were none and
materially increased the volume of
paper currency.
LIVESTOCK MEX'S I'llOULE.VS.
The coming meeting of tho National
Livestock association, which convenes
in .Salt Lake .January 11, will In many
respects bo the most important gather
ing of the kind ever held. Tho live
stock industry is at present In -as pros
perous a condition ns It has ever been,
but It Is equally true there are problems
ahead which, unless they ate promptly
and correctly solved, the range live
stock mau will be facing ruin. Condi
tions have changed bince the day when
large herds roamed at will over wide
expanses of territory and tho restric
tions aro growing more pronounced
with each succeeding yenr.
' The Introduction of largo bands of
sheep Into what has In the past been
Called the cattle country has compli
cated the problems. Sheep and cattle
cannot occupy the same range, and the
growth of the sheep Industry lias driven
the cattleman from many sections
where ho was formerly supreme. Tho
advent of the sheepherder has provoked
quarrels Innumerable, resulting in the
killing of his flocks and In many In
stances nlso of the llocktnasters. Some
equitable method of settling these differ
ences must be devised. Ono industry
must not lie allowed to drive another
out of existence. Neither must per
souul violence and tho destruction of
property bo tolerated.
Theoretically the solution Is easy, but
practically It will tax the best minds
in the two Industries. It is ensy enough
to say that all trouble will be averted
by each class respecting the rights of
the other. Mau Is selllsli, however, and
always fixes the lino where his rights
end and tho other oues begin a coil'
slderablo dlstauce beyond the point ills
opponent U willing to concede. Sg
long, therefore, ns the land Is open
range, the property of the government,
Just so long there will be differences.
Private ownership of the land offers
one solution. In agricultural section
this Is an easy problem, but In the
rniige country It Is different. In fann
ing sections land Is divided up Into
small tracts, but on the rnnge, to be
of vulue, must bo held In lnrge bodies.
Comparatively small portions of the
vast stretches of territory control the
value of all. The range country Is
seinl-arld. The ownership of the minor
portions which contain the water car
ries with It the control, of all, provided
title Is absolute. If the range country
Is to prosper permanently this must
never lie nllowed and any law for the
passing of title of large tracts of land
In th range country must protect tho
right of free access of all to the water.
Tho small owner of live stock and also
those, however few In number, who tiro
In a position to cultivate the soil, must
have their Interests safeguarded.
The formulation of a bill which will
accomplish the results outlined, work
an injustice to neither Individual nor
any industry, Is a most dlflleult prob
l"in, which will tax the ability of tho
wisest and an accomplishment which
any man or set of men can well be
proud of if they achieve the result. The
association at previous meetings has de
voted much time to the discussion of
these subjects nnd they will be the
most vital ones before tho coming meet
ing. If the measures prepared for sub
mission to congress are fair to all par
ties there will be comparatively little
dltliculty In securing their enactment
Into laws. If they are narrow and do
signed to further the interests of any
particular Industry or nny particular
class engaged In the stock Industry It
will simply be Inviting opposition which
will render the passage of any incus
tire Improbable if not Impossible.
SOME noOli RESOLUTIONS FOll OMAHA
Omaiia nnd its people have an in
viting Held -before them to cover with
good resolutions on the opening of
tho new year. It may bo dlllleiilt to
put them In any order resembling their
Importance, but among them will be
found:
A resolve to expand the auditorium
fund to the necessary llgure und make
the auditorium materialize in stone, steel
and mortar.
A resolution to lime the new High
school building In shape to receive the
pupils ut the beginning of the next
school year, thus relieving the danger
from overcrowding under the present
accommodations.
A resolution to plant at least a dozen
more factories and mills In the city, of
fering remunerative employment us the
incentive to continued population
growth.
A resolution to cement closer relations
between Omaha and its suburban
neighbors through the construction of a
network of suburban electric Hues.
A resolution to encourage homo mer
chants nnd home manufacturers by giv
ing them the preference in making pur
chases of all kinds.
Last, but not least, a resolution to read
The Hee, as the best and most reliable
newspaper published in these parts.
TIIHEA TEXlXd THE CUDAIIYS.
One of the worst features of the Cud-
ahy kidnaping ca-e is that Just now coin
ing to tho front. The criminals, secure
for the moment in comparative obscurity,
seek to Increase their i.iniunlty by prey
ing on the parental feelings of Kdwnrd
A. Cudahy and Ills wife. Not satislled
with having extorted a large sum of
money us a ransom for 11 stolen boy,
they now threaten murder. It Is likely
the threat Is empty, nnd would bo so
treated under normal conditions, but it
Is not possible that either Mr. Cudnliy
or his excellent wife can look on the
matter calmly. They have felt the
danger nnd realize now more than ever
what It means. It Is this very knowl
edge that gives the hidden cowards con
lldence to threaten, feeling that thereby
they may shako the father's resolution
to hunt them down. The Cudahy fam
ily has not only been subjected to an
unusual mental and physical strain, but
the miscreants engaged In the kidnaping
seem determined to make the condition
permanent. In the menutlmq nothing is
to be gained by the iibandonment of tho
search, and it is certain that there will
bo no relaxation lu the efforts being
made to apprehend and punish t lie kid
napers. Tho United States starts the new cen
tury with the best credit of uuy na
tion on earth, Its people are the most
prosperous, enjoy more of the worldly
blessings of life than those of nny
other country and have better opportu
nities to Improve their position than
those of any other. The government
of the I'nlted States Is not perfect, nor
are the pleasures unalloyed, but for nil
the rantlngs of the pessimist nnd en
lamltylte conditions are Improving and
the United States and Its people aro
doing more to solve the problems of
life than aro those of any other sec
tion of the globe.
Mrs. Nation of Wichita has of a cer
tainty Improved 011 the nineteenth cen
tury notion of a crusade. It Is not
altogether unlikely that she will be
found too far In advance, even for Kan
sas, and that the gentle restraint of a
padded cell will be used to curb her
zeal In behalf of "temperance."
The fusion papers which have filled
columns of space telling about the
great tight and bitter feeling that was
to result from the selection of presid
ing olllcers of the state senate and house
are doomed to dlsapifpolntinent. Hut
I'uslonlsts must be getting used to dis
appointments by this time.
The publishers und working printers
of the country hnve stuffed the year
right by promulgating a plan of arbi
tration which will avoid strikes and
lockouts. The sooner nil trades and all
employers adopt the plan the better
it will In; for both classes.
One thing is certain. If the twentieth
century brings about nil tho wonderful
things that aro being prophesied for it
the dweller on earth In the year 2000
will look back on we poor mortals with
I
much of the same condescending pity
we are now wasting on our forbears
of the dark ages. It to comforting to
know that we will be spa'red the humili
ation of having our ignorance paraded
before us lu .the bright light of the
glorious day the prophets see.
Punning lu Nebraska pays in spite
of the elaborate llgures made by the
departing labor commissioner. Mr.
Kent probably realizes by tills time
thut the mau who weeks the soil will
harvest more cryps and less fnllures
than the man who tries to work the
farmers.
AiioIohUU AIuiim Around.
UIobo-Democrnt.
Thcro novcr yet was a system of brutal
ity, at West Point or elsewhere, but that
apologists for it could bo found. Slavery
and duelling wore formerly defended by
tho same class of "reauoncrs."
Cnn't lllti Them it Rest.
New York. World.
Tho utter UBclessness of prolonging tho
African war Is shown by the fact that the
squadron of Urltlsh cavalry captured near
Crltston on Tuesday last was perforce re
lented by its floor captors tho very next
day.
WnrUliiK flu 'Wolves.
Cleveland Leader.
Tho fact that a boy with only $20,000,
which lie had secured from dupes In va
rious cities, was nblo to po3o ns a mil
lionaire in Wall street, is pretty good cvl
denco that nil tho suckers nro not outaldo
of that Ramblers' paradise.
A llt (It (iiilfly I11 Wiir.
San FrancNco Call.
The Doers aro not deficient in humor.
Their military operations sometimes talto
on a turn of thnt kind. For Instance, two
wngonlonds of Christmas luxuries, destined
for Lord Methucn's forres, were captured
and duly appreciated by tho captors, who
evidently know a good thing when they
seo it.
f'laliiiH at the AVroiiK llimr.
SiirliiRlield Republican.
The statement thrown out from Washing
ton that tho United Stntes government
will not pay tho clnlms of European gov
ernments against Cuba for loHses.sustalned
by "foreigners during tho insurrection
against Spanish rule Is entirely proper.
Nor should tho government of Cuba be
mado responsible for such losses. Spain
manifestly is tho power thoso claimants
should turn to for compensation for losses
suffered under Spanish rule.
lirni'riil Aimer lit lluini'.
Detroit Journal.
General Alger's defense Is that of a mnn
who Is conscious of having suffered for
no fault of his own. Ho did nil that man
could do to provide, tho soldiers with arms,
rations, clothing and transportation. Tho
war, under all tho circumstances, was one
of tho most brilliant In conception, execu
tion nnd triumph tho history of tho world
records. Tho master mind of it all was
houuded from his exalted position Into pri
vate life while tho chief traducer of his
matchless servlco to his country is re
warded with undeserved and unearned
honors.
K111111I ltlKlitx, to tin Itonil.
Now York Tribune.
It is the duty of n pedestrian to keep
upon tho sidewalk save when it Is neces
sary to cross the roadway and then to cross
at an opportuno moment and with reason
able expedition. It, is. nevertheless, equally
tho duty of thoso' tn chargo of vehicles,
however propelled, to restrain them within
reasonable speed, to koep them under con
stant control and steerage way nnd to ox
crclsa all possible dlllgenco In avoiding
collisions. They are ns much bound to
look out for pedestrians nt tho crosswalks
ns pedestrians nrc to look out for them.
They aro as much bound to slacken their
speed to nvolil collision ns tho pedestrian
Is to quicken his. It Is In fact, far easier
for tho men on tho vehicles to keep their
oyes on tho pedestrians nnd avoid run
ning them down than It Is tor tho pedes
trians to keep theirs on tho multltudo of
vehicles which may bo converging upon
them from dlfferont directions. Simply
ringing tho gong Is not enough. "Caveat
pedes" Is not tho only rule of tho road.
FIRST 1 n.VPORTS.
The I'nlted SIiiIon AkiiIii l.riuln All
Other XutloiiH.
St. Tiouts Olobe. Democrat.
The United States seems likely to stand
at tho head of the .world's list of export
ing nations In tho year 1900. One by ono
the great nations havo fallen behind in tho
race for this distinction, until during the
lost five years only tho United Kingdom
nnd tho United States could bo considered
ns competitors for tho distinction of being
tho world's greatest exporter of articles of
homo production. In ISO t tho United
Kingdom led tho United States by nearly
$250,000,000. and In 1897 tho United States
had so rapidly gained that sho was but
$60,000,000 behind.
In 1898 tho United States took first placo,
our exporta( In thnt year exceeding thoso
of tho United Kingdom by nearly $100,000,
000. In 1899 tho United Kingdom again
stood at the head of tho list, her exports
exceeding th.030 of tho United State.) by
nearly $35,000,000.
In tho eleven months of 1900, whoso fig
ures have been received by the Trcnsury
Bureau of Statistics, tho domcatlo exports
of tho United States exceed thoso of tho
United Kingdom by $5,173,070 nnd should
tills rato of gain be maintained In Decem
ber tho United States will In tho year
1900 show a larger exportation of domestic
products than any other nation In tho
world.
Even this distinction, howovor, of lead
ing tho world's list of exporting nations
but partially tells tho story of tho won
derful growth of our export trado ns
measured by that of other nations, Com
paring tho growth of our exports during the
last quarter of tho century with thoso of
tho other great n'titlons of tho world, we
aro nblo to better moasuro tho wondorful
pronrc3H shown. Franco shows no Incrcasn
In her exports of domestic merchandise In
tho closing quarter of tho century: Ger
many shows during tho samo period an In
crenso of about 50 per cent and tho United
Kingdom shows from 1875 to 1900 an in
crcaao ef nearly 40 per cent, whllo tho
United States shows during that tlmo an
Incrcasn of prnctlcnlly 200 per cent.
Tho following tnblo. rom,MIed from ofll
rial Koports. shows tho exports of domes
tic merchandise fropi tho United States nnd
the United Kingdom, respectively, In each
calondar year from 1S75 to 1S99, and cloven
months of tho year 1900:
, , United I'nlted
Calendar ear. States. Kingdom.
1875 $ 497.2iW.737 $1,087,197.00(1
1K7R r.75,735,80t 070.410,000
1577 r.i17,r.M,493 !i(!7.913,0OO
1578 723.2Sfi.S2t !US,(Kin,000
1879 751.IW1.7S5 91:'.0),fi00
1S81 875.50 1. 075 l,n8.-,52l.0mi
1881 814.Hrj.ft.jl 1.13.8.873.000
188J "49.911.309 1,175.099,01")
m 777.523,718 1.165.HS2.0IJI)
1VSI 733,7fi.S,7fil l,131,(ll(l,fKK)
1&S. 073.503.50(1 I,n;i-,I24,CK)
ISM 1199.519,430 1,035,220,000
1SS7 703.319,092 1.079,911,000
1SS.8 079.597,177 1.1I1,3C,000
1SS9 Mt.lM.SOl 1.211,442,000
ISM 845.999.W3 1,2S;.I74,0"0
9.'.7.333,M1 1,203.189,000
1S12 923,237,315 1,1X.,747.00(
lb93 S5I.729.45I l.j62.1G2,UU)
1F.9I R07.SI2.ltfi 1.051,19.1.000
1S95 , 807,742,115 1.100,452,00(1
i9,.. 9sa,83o,ftso i,ir.s,o7i,oipo
JS97 1 079.831,29(1 1 139,SS2,0o0
m 1, 2.11.504, K2S 1. 135.012,000
1899 1,253.186,000 1,287,971.039
1W (.eleven months). 1,308,913,763 1,303,44.0,000
i omiii.m: aiiaivmt imui sam.
Our Slumlord of KlllcliMtny llrnt
liiiroiii nt lt (Mtii tiitnir.
Philadelphia. Ptess.
Confronted with tho spectacle of the
paramountry of tho l ulled States in tho
Western hemisphere tho recent Spnntsh
American congress nt Mndrld talked of
combining all I.ntln-America In a moral,
social aud economic zollvercln to oppose
tho "pretensions" of tho United Slates.
It was qulto clear at tho congress thnt
tho economic combination could not be
effected and as tho spiritual and moral
leader of Untln-Amerlca Spain Is likely
to gnln moro la the matter of Idle compll
nionts than In substantial results. Un
impressed by tho futllo character of the
Latin-American nntl-Ynnkee move, Paul
Iioroy-ileaullcu, It stems, hns written to
the Vicuna Tageblatt advocating an eco
nomical fedora! km of all Europe iu oppo
sition to our own commercial development
In order to protect Kuropo from becoming
tho Industrial vassals of tho United States.
Whllo the project seems even moro fan
tnstlo than tho bcntlmentnl cnmpalsn
Initiated by Spanish publicists It must be
remembered that M, Leroy-llenullcu Is
n celebrated economist nnd not a visionary.
If what ho suggests bo largely .imprac
ticable, nt least It Indlcntes the nppre
hcnslon felt In Kurope over our industrial
advance nnd should open our oyes to the
kind uf ctrugglo that wo nrc in for In the
contest for the world's trade. Tho wars
which wo shall bo called on to wago In tho
coming century will bo Industrial. Armed
ns wo nro by tho higher Intelligence of the
human factor and tho greater natural re
sources of the country, we shall havo to
put forward all our best efforts it we aro
to confront a united Uurope. .Mr. I.croy
Hcaul leu's schcino cnenot bo realized In
full for fenerations, but tho slightest ap
proximation to n tariff arrangement which
would unite European countries and shut
out tho products of tho United Stntes
might prove a serious embarrnssmcnt to
tho oven development of our commerce.
It will not do to borrow trouble nor to
cross tho brldgo of n hostllo economic Eu
ropean coalition until wo come to it, but
nt tho sama tinn It not do to ignore
tho obvious drift of things abroad. Our
own ladustrlnl advance cannot bo too sed
ulously watched. Everything that gives
it force and increases Its possibilities
should bo carefully cultivated, Wc aro
doing much In tho way of general educa
tion. It is not true, as Stanton Colt has
said, that our working people ore Illit
erate. Ho looks through Latin nud llrltlsh
glasses. Great Hrltaln, In fact, only be
gan to realize the value of a common
education for all clashes about thirty years
ago, Wo havo an advantage here and can
keep it, Just as we nro ahead of England,
If not Germany, In our technical and com
mercial education. Hut wo cannot rest
whero wo nro. We must rnlso our standard
of elliclency and beat Europo nt its own
game.
nit; crop of moo.
t.riirrnl ArrrRi CIiino to tin Top
.Vuti'li.
St. Louis ' Globe-Democrat.
The country has no right to complain
about tho crops of 1900. According to the
report of tho Department of Agriculture,
522,229,505 bushels of wheat and 2,105,102,
010 bushels of corn were produced In tho
year. This Is a slight loss In tho caso of
wheat and a slight gain In tho caso of corn,
oa compared with 1899, when tho yield of ths
former was 547,303,840 and of tho latter
2,078,143,933. This year's wheat crop has
been beaten only four times In 1891, 1897,
189S nnd 1899 tho highest yield, that of
1S9S, being 675,148,705 bushels. This year's
corn production has beca exceeded three
times only In 1889, when It was 2,112, 892,
000 bushels; In 1895. when It was 2,151,138,
5S0 bushels, nnd in 1890, when it was 2,
283,875,105 bushels.
Oats was also a largo crop In 1900, tho
yield being 809,125,989 bushles. Only once
has this been exceeded, In 1895, when the
crop was 824,443.537 bushels. In potatoes
also tho production was largo In 1900,
amounting to 210,926,897 bushels. Tho year
1899, with a lcld of 228.783,232 bushles, beat
this record, but no other year did. In some
of tho other Important agricultural products
tho figures aro not so high. Parley's yield
was a fraction short of 69,000,000 bushels,
and thnt of rye waB about 24,000,000 bush
els. In each of theso products tho output
for 1900 has been surpassed several times In
tho last ten years.
On tho gencrn! average, however, tho
agricultural yield for 1900 has been good.
Corn nnd wheat, the two greatest of tho
cereal products, scored high llgures. Prices,
too, in tho Inst few months, have been
higher than tho nverago of recent years,
Tho farmer has been doing well, nnd Is
likely to contlnuo In this condition at least
until tho next crop comes in. Tho pres
ent fairly high prices stand a chanco to
provall for many months yet, dcsplto tho
nbundant yield, for the demand In exporta
tion continues to bo large. Tho farmer, llko
all tho other members of tho community, Is
enjoying prosperity. When tho balance for
1900 is struck it will bo found that tho year
has yielded a fair share of favors to all
tho workors of the United States.
pi:rso..i, xotks.
Twcnty-thron men dug $297,000,000 out of
Wall street this year and yet miners will
go nil tho way to Nomo nnd tho Klondike!
Mnyor-olcct John F. Hurley of Salem,
Mass., declares that, when In his ofllcr, ho
will glvo the wholo of his salary to tho
poor of that city.
Tho widow of a man who whs lynched
in Indiana three years ago has Just been
awarded $4,000 damages, payablo by the
bondsmen of tho sheriff, who failed to
prevent tho lynching,
Tho shortest biography In tho new con
gressional directory Is that of Congress
man Allan Langdon MrDormott, demo
crat. of Jersoy City. It Is threo and a
half lines long, Tho sketch of Senator
Dopcw Is tho longest fifty lines.
New Jersey Is ngaln to tho front, mod
ostly calling attention to n tnlo of a caso
of dynamltu taken In mistake for pro
serves to n cellar in her bounds, placed
near n hot furnace and opened with n ham
mer all without hurting nnybody or tho
dynamite.
A bowl of milk and a couple of crackers
or an apple la tho extent of Senator Fair
bunks' luncheon. Tho Iudiunlnn, who, by
tho way, Is already an avowed candidate
for presidential nomination In 1904, holds
that no man ran do good work after filling
himself full of food nt noon.
Senator Wolcott of Colorado tho other
afternoon tok n long look at E, II, Keller,
one of tho senate doorkeepors, who strongly
resembles "Hilly" Mason. Then ho h.ild
iu an awo-strlckcn tone: "Truly tho ways
of Provldenco nro past finding out. To
think that Senator Mason should havo a
double!"
John W. Yerkcs, commissioner of Inter
nal rovcuuo, says that beforo tho recent
election, when ho was a cnndldato for tho
governorship of Kentucky, ono of his ac
quaintances among tho mountaineers in
sisted on calling him "governor," and vshen
asked why, replied that it was because
after election he wouldn't havo a chunco
to call him that.
A number of enterprising nutomobllo
makers havo tried to get tho president to
add a liorselciu machine to his stable
equipment. They havo offered him es
pecially constructed and elaborately deco
rated vehicles nnd havo used nil their com
mercial wiles on him nnd his representa
tives, A great many Washington officials
use automobiles, but the president sticks
to horses. 1
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Mil STATU CAPITOL.
LINCOLN, Jan. t
The spcnkorshlp contest this year re
called that of two yeats ago chiefly by tho
difference. This year the caucus paper
was circulated by Dr. Andrews and
promptly signed without tho sllghtctt lie.il
tatlnn by everyone to whom it was pre
sented. Every republican member attended
as a matter of course and an ngrcenicnl
was reached with scarcely a contention.
Two years ago tho struggle was to get
all the republicans Into the caucus. The
republican margin wns still smaller then
than now, being flfty-ono altogether and It
was absolutely necessary to have a caucus
agreement If nny choice wns to be reached
and a deadlock avoided 011 house organiza
tion. Then even moro than now the soua
torship was the disturbing factor. Fear
that the success of n Thompson man for
speaker would bo used to autagonlo other
candidates for senator held five men out
of tho caucus until long past midnight, In
tho Interval they received various propo
sitions from tho fuslonlstB to cast tho
solid fusion vote for ono of tho five recalci
trants, but gradually the pressure became
so great that n conference was effected
nnd terms agreed on between Speaker Clark
and his opponents. Tho price of tho full
cnucits complement was tho chairmanship
of the most Important committees which
wcro named for tho speaker lV tho live
republicans who stood out against nlm.
This yenr Speaker Sears boasts that ho
did not havu to bargain nway a thulo
prerogative .nnd the best of feeling prev.uls
ns contrasted with the long standing it
svutmcnts of tho last session.
The choice of tho houte chaplain prcclpl
tatcd tho only rent contest in the house
caucus. Douglas, county had put forth a
candidate for this placo tho only thing
tho delegation nsked nmonk the elective
leglslatlvo positions. To keep tho wagon
running over smooth road a slate had boon
fixed up by the friends of the principal
enndidates for tho chief places and en
dorsed by tho signatures of twenty-eight
membern pledging their support. When It
enmo to tlio ballot on chaplain only twenty
votes emerged from tho hat for the ngrced
chaplain, which goes to show thnt promises
nro Just ns easily broken when in writing
ns when made by word of mouth.
Douglas county, having been left out en
tirely In tho elective position!, In tho two
houses, Is looking for adequate recognition
in tho distribution of committee places.
Senator Haldrlge Is a likely chairman of the
senate Judiciary committee nnd each of tho
seven houso representatives expect to bo
accorded committee chairmanships.
"Well. I have put up $3,000 and bought
my official bond for ono year," sold Treasurer-elect
Stuefer this morning, This
menns thnt tho bond company combine hns
como out on top nnd that rather thnu
bother his friends to go his surety the now
treasurer ha3 acceded to tho bond com
pany's cxorbltnnt demands, As tho treas
urer's salary Is only $2,500 n year It Is
readily eeen that ho will havo a red letter
balanco on his pcrsonnl account ledper
when the yenr Is evened up unless reim
bursed by leglslatlvo appropriation.
J. W. Armstrong of Nemaha struck n
responsive chord In the house of representa
tives today when ho Introduced a resolu.
tlon authorizing tho omploymeut of two
additional clerks to compile dally tho record
of houso proce-dlngs. Tho real object of
tho resolution Is to reduco tho expense
or preparing tho houso Journal for tho
printer. It hns been customary In tho past
for tho houso to employ cither tho chief
clerk or one of tho assistants to do the
work nftor adjournment, usually at a cost
of $1,000 or more. Speaking of IiIb motion
Representative Armstrong said:
"Two extra clerks, regularly employed,
could keep the record up to dato and havo
it completed ind In condition to bo sent
to tho printer tho day nftor tbo legislature
adjourns. They would cost not over $500,
and besides saving tho stntc about tho samo
amount, they would onablo tho prlnt'jr to
havo tho Journal ready for delivery a few
weeks after adjournment. After tho last
session there wus n long d'jlny In furnishing
tho copy nnd then Just beforo tho books
wcro completed tho printing establishment
was destroyed by flro nnd tho Stato Print
ing Hoard had to relet tho contract. All
of that trouble and expcnBO would have
been eaved If tho record had becu kept up
to dato during tho nesslon."
Mr. Armstrong mado an eloquent appeal
for tho adoption of his resolution, but owing
to tho lateness of tho hour tho houso ad
journed without voting on it. This action,
however, Is not an indication that it will
bo defeated, for Mr. Armstrong voluntarily
agreed to allow it to go over until to
morrow. .
H Is understood that another motion with
a similar object will bo introduced In tho
senate.
Among tho Interested spectators la the
gallery of representatives' hall during tho
first session was Chaliman J. H. Edmlstca
of tho populist stato central committee,
who led tho fusion forces lu Nebraska to
defeat In tho last campaign. It was his
first appearanco in public slnco tho re
sult of tho election wns determined and
tho expression on his couiitenanco plainly
denoted ills bltterr disappointment. Mr.
Edmlsten left Lincoln a few days afl:r
election, leaving over $1,800 of unpaid bills
against tho committee, and Ills presence
today was tho signal for a gathering of
a largo number of the creditors. One of
theso was waiting for him ns ho emerged
from tho houso gallery at tho close of the
session.
"It waB a bnd day for 'Jim' Edmlsten
when wo lost tho state," said a fuslonlst
today ns he noticed tho painful oxpreHHlon
worn by tho Into director of fusion den
tlnlcs. "If ho had won that battle lie
would bo tho blggcnt man on the floor n
this time, but ho lost nnd nobody thinks
of him nny more. I don't supposo there
uro flvo fuslonlsts on the floor of tho houso
who know that ho Is In tho gallery nnd I'll
venturo to say that nono of them would go
out of their way to speak to him."
KMIlll.Z.I.HMU.Vr.' OF Till! VI1AH.
Kvlilciier of I'mmiiTltr In tin Line f
UfllllK" Otllfl'N.
Although the embezzlements of 1900 show
a docldod Increase over thoso of 1899, It Is
to bo considered that tho total of last year
was tho smnllest in twentythren years. The
figures for 1900 are $4,002,134, as compared
with $2,21S,373 In 1899, an lncrcaso of $2,383,
761. Largo as this sum oppoars, It Is far
below tho avcrago of tho last twenty-tbrco
yoars, which Is $7,339,800.
Tho losses for tho year aro distributed as
follows: Stolen by public officials, $1,183,
678; from banks, $1,857,701; by agents, $271,
878; forgeries, $15C,900; from loan associa
tions, $125,100; by postofuce employes, $24,
427; miscellaneous stealings, $982,390, Dank
omployes hnvo tho unenviable reputation of
heading tho list, nnd moro than threo
fourths of tlio bank total was taken by six
employes, lu Newport, Ky., Fort Worth,
Tex., iaizabothpnrt, N. J., Huffalo, N.
Y Rutland, Vt and Now ork City
banks, under conditions which would not
have existed had tho embezzlers been under
proper Mirvolllanco nnd tho banks been
conducted u;ion safe business methods.
There is nothing discouraging In tho In
crease for tho yrar, however, ns It Is btlll far
below tho average iho comparatively
small sum, embezzled uro an evidence of
tho goncrnl prosperity of tho rountry. In
188.V81 tho totals wero $26,504,000 und in
1893.'94 $35,203,711, and theso wcru hard
times years,
tiOMSIP OF
! OUGHT TO WIN
Nebraska Enterprise. ,
We believe thnt Kdfvard Hose
water Is the mnn who will make
Nebraska an ideal senator. Ho
has the ability ami capacity for
the position, lie Is a mau of
broad, statesmanlike views, lie
has done herculean service for the
republican party, not only In
state, but also In national, affairs.
The credit of swinging Nebraska
back Into the republican column
Is due lamely to him. He loves
Nebraska, and Its Interests are as
dear to him us the apple of the
eye. lie Is In touch with tho com
mon people und lias their cotill
deuce and esteem. Personal abil
ity, party service, state Interest
are 11 triple alliance which ought,
nnd we believe will, bring victory
to Mr. Hosewater's candidacy.
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WIIKIIIl'S PAT CROWllf
lint lilt ul For tin llumlliiii "Who
.Struck Mill. Pttttrrnnii t" "
Indianapolis Journal.
Years ago It was "Who struck Hilly Pat
terson?" Later, "Havo you seen Tom Col
lins?" might bo hoard on the "levee" nnd
other like resorts. Now it promises to bo
"Where's Pat Crowe?" And whero Is Pat
Crowe, anyhow?" Is he n myth ori reality?
Did ho kidnap Millionaire Cuduhy's son nnd
receive $25,000 gold ns a ransom? Is ho on
tho ocean, speeding toward Europe, as Hos
toulans nsscrt, or Is he In Chicago, mas
querading In female nttlre, ns Windy City
peoplo fear? Again, can It be possible ho Is
lurking somuwhero In Indiana at Dcmo-cratlc-rlbbrd
Fort Wayne, whero he was
supposed to bo a few days ago, or ut Mun
cle, trying to steal tho "Gem" from that
prosperous gas belt city with tho intention
or holding It for u fabulous ransom? Aud
still again, Is he lu I-urnmlo prison, chuck
ling over the search that Is being mado
for him, or is he hiding in Dcs Moines, St.
Joseph, Denver, Knnsas City, Catlottsburg,
Springfield, 0., What Cheer and other cities
whero news "fakers" reside? Or Is ho
quietly "lying low" in Podunk or Tnllholt,
safe from tho Inqulsltlvo reporter, waiting
until tho excitement blows over and legis
latures begin enacting Inws making death
tho penalty for kidnaping? Perhaps, after
all, he Is llko Kugeno Suo's "Wandering
Jow," doomed to wander over tho earth and
appear at unexpected places at unseason
able times.
If PatCrowols ns ubiquitous as tho press
dlipatcbes Indicate, v.' hut protection hns tho
public against him? May not his ways bo
ns devious nnd divers as his ublqultarlncss?
Who knows when or how ho will swoop
down on soma lndlnnnpollB multl-mllllon-n
I re's home, rob it of Its heir, hlo himself
and prize to a lonely placo on V.'hlto river,
Fall Creek or Pleasant run, nnd then send
n letter back to tho city demanding $100,000?
Who knows in whnt guise ho wilt nppear?
Smooth-i.huven nnd husky-looking as ho
did at Omaha? Wearing n heavy black
mustache, as soma of ills friends say ho
does? Dressed in tho garb of a widow, as
Detective Gothlm saw lilm in Chicago, or,
perhaps, ns a buxom girl wearing a nurse's
cap nnd seeking employment at tho homo
selected to bo despoiled?
Yerlly, Pat Crowe, mythical or real, is a
menace to tho community. If ho bo merely
a bugaboo, created to terrorizo fond par
ents, who will ntone for tho nerves ho hns .
shattered? If he be flesh and blood, cun
ning and heartless, and escapes tho sleuths
who aro trying to earn Mr. Cudahy'B $25,
000 reward, what possibilities in the Held
of crime nro open to him! And If ho be
Innocent, how the country will bo tortured
when he stars in tho thrilling drama thnt
Is sure to havo him as a villain, or when
tho museums begin ndvortlslng him ns tho
only real, llvlns Pat Crowo! Taking nil
things into consideration It Is well tn ask
"Where's Pnt Crowo?" And If ho bo found
thero should bo no hesitancy as to tho
course to bo pursued. As Governor Dlx
onco snld, "Shoot him on tho spot!"
niti:i:.v chaff.
Chicago Record: "Mnn never gets too old
to learn."
"No; but ho has to be old enough tn dl ,
before ho will admit thnt ho doesn't know
It all."
Hnrper's Hnzar: He Has your father
any objections to my calling upon you '
Sho tan heiress) No; out ho nald you
couldn't call on him.
Detroit Froo Press: "Everything which
Is dono has been dono beforo. '
"Oh, 110; when a man hns Just been dono
you can't do him over again.'
Cleveland Plain Dealer: "Those cautious
New York critics objected to 11 new prima
donna because sho U too fat. rhoy vM
sho bnd but ono poso and that wnsn t
Brncrful." . ,. , .,,
"Objected to her adipose, eh?
Philadelphia Press: Mrs. Ifonpeck-t
wonder why they Insist on calling woman
"Iho weaker vessel'.'" .
.Mr. llcnpeck-1 can't Imnglne. Sho scn
erally carries tho most sail.
Homorvlllo Journal: Mr, Wlggles-Dnn't
von think that Miss 'Watkyns Ib h very
pretty girl? ...
Mr. Waggles (after wnltlng lone, ennuuli
nrfiiiml nml lncato Mrs. agulc.t
hitting across tho roonn-Shc's a peach!
Indianapolis Press: Mr. lilugore-I'vo en
gaged 11 box ut tho opera for this evening.
Mro ii!n..,,ro I low tliniiL-htless of you!
You know that cold has left mo so honrsu
I can t speiiK auovr 11 wiunprr.
llnnvnr Vows: "I MM SO Illllcll In tho
newspapers about subsidies. What does a
inibsldy menu, John?" , , , ,
"A subsidy. Mary. Is whero fglvo yon
t20 for going to sen your mother instead or
having her come 10 sen you.
,'inininml 1 M n 1 11 1 IrviliT' Ilnn't drnc mv
namo into print In connection with tills
nhsurd uffiilr," cried the Indignant citizen:
"but If you do. bo Biiro tn Hpell out my
middle namo In full."
iiifihiiinnnllii Press: "I never snw any
thing moro absurd and Inappropriate."
"Tluiu what?" ,, , , ...
"Why. hero Is a puglllstto column hradrd
Unmli Tnllr nf llm K L'lilors.' mul ovrryimo
knows that they indulge iu nothlm; but bU
tallt."
Pittsburg Chronicle: "A monkey In llm .
Philadelphia zoo has died nf tobacco heart,"
remarked tho observant boarder.
How human:" excluimea too cross-cyeu
boarder.
r'iil.niT,i Trillium' "I ri'cnenlzo tbo fact.
of course," tho young man nald, "thut
woman is hrindlcnpped In divers wiiyn by
her sex. Under stress of emotion 11 man
run relievo tho prexHuro by going out and
getting drunk, but them Is no such wifely
valvo for woman. Hho must suffer and du
nn.'I'hiK." ., ... ,
"JNOl lleCCHHIiril) . irpurii ansa 1'1lM"'.
"Hho can go and rut a pickle,"
a M'.w vi:ah'.s pitAVi:tt.
f. who am only human, can but pray:
Not inlnn to add ono hour tn your day;
Not initio to shield your soul from Morrow's '
nlKht, , ... ...
Nor turn your straying footsteps tow'rd
1110 rigin.
May Clod, wIioho Invo Is tender, coinforl
you i . .
May Ho, who Is omniscient, guide your
(Villi
May Ills strength hold you when your own
inrcii 1 iu i.i
To bear the burdens of tho liurtH you
meet,
Mav Ho direct vou rv'ry passing hour,
Tiiruugii 1111 inu icsHuiia ni una untried
vrnr.
May Ills smllo heighten ev'ry buuyaut Joy,
-May Ills Peaco soften rv'ry bitter tear.
This strong deslro of uiv stcnilfast hcurt
In ni ijnii n invn -i very 111110 pur!,
And If. through death, your houI goes on Its
,
I, who nm only human, can but nrav. 1
, Wlusldo, Neb. JJULLI3 WILUSy QUI3.
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