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HILMITTANOliS.
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pujuuio to iiio tlou i'uiillsliuig comijuiiy.
omy j-ceiil sLunpH uccepiou III payment oi
man acffiiintH. l-crfcunui uliecits, cxeeiH on
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before mo thin 1st day ut April, A. I), laol.
M. 11. tUJNQATI-2,
Notary l'ubllc.
'I'lto miiiiiiKi'i's of llio prize liRlit ml
vorllsi'il for Sotit h (Jinaliii should mu to
It tlmt a front Hunt Is rcscrvi'il for our
conscloiitlous county attorney.
It Is a llltli! curly for the Missouri
river to Indulge in its Juno rise, hence
It Is reserving Its powers of expansion
for it demonstration a little later.
It Is a tribute to Hie strength of
President Louliet's ribs tlmt he Is able
lo Joyfully return the hug of thu Uus
Man hear in tin; harhor of VlU'efrauclie.
Kvery linen spinning concern lu
Kuropc Is said to have entered Into a
trust. Verily the "Song of the Shirt" has
taken on the volume of n heroic chorus.
The Klllplnos who are laying down
their rilles and small arms hy t lie hun
dred may Hud hope anew lu Uucle
.Sam's friendliness to tlm use of hue and
plowshare.
if the powers collect the claims of
f.'UO.OOiMHM) Med against China every
resident of Hie Flowery Kingdom will
face tins necessity of taking In his
neighbor's washing.
The. next position the mayor and conn
ill will lie called on to 111! will be that
of billboard censor. The Woman's club
should recommend the names of suitable
experts for tills critical work.
If outside railroads continue lo apply
for admittance to the city at the present
rate Omaha will be obliged to instruct
them to employ messenger hoys over
night to lino nil at the box otilce.
(Julie a bunch of Oniuhu men are re
ported to have captured a neat rake-otT
on the turn in the smelter trust stock.
Here Is a chance for the auditorium so
lleltors to go after these fortunate spec
ulators.
Thu validity of the odious garbage
contract is to be tested again In thu ills
ttict court, which has already upheld it
several times. Hy testing It often
enough the term of the contract will
eventually run out.
An acrimonious discussion Is on as to
the effect of the repeal of the barbers'
law ou the barbers. Up to this time the
public was laboring under the delusion
that the law had been designed for an
effect on the patrons.
After n fashion set by William's Nor
minis In the wake of a victory,
11,000 Clileagoans feasted In honor of
Appomattox. In no case, however, did
the Coniiueror's followers ever delay
thu celebration for thirty-six years.
We can now understand the supreme
court deadlock which required more
than a week of the valuable time of the
judges to break. The tug of war turned
ou the question whether one of the ap
pointees was to be called a democrat or
a gold democrat.
Paris supports llfteen regular trade
schools, nine of them for boys and six
for girls, lu which the pupils are lltted
to enter all the different mechanical
occupations. The trade school Is one
of the few educational development
where America can take lessons from
Kurope.
As the commissioner to the Pan
American exposition remarks, the day
Is past when tepees and sod houses can
properly typify Nebraska. Pioneers
who entered the statu In pralrlu schoon
ers are now able to talk Into their own
telephones, with a base-burner warming
the parlor.
The total appropriations made by thu
lute legislature for thu coming blenulum
Is f." 1,000 more than two years previ
ously. This Includes $.'1(1.000 to reim
burse the contributors to the First Ne
braska transportation fund, $:!n,000 for
the new state fair grounds, $100,000 re
quired to replace the burned state peni
tentiary and .?(i.'!,000 for the salaries of
the newly created supremo court com
mission. Taking these Items Into con
sideration, the late legislature, thanks
to Governor Dietrich and his veto mes
sages, was in reality a retrenchment
legislature
Tin: taimt Axn fuiikhix niMm.
The Itrooklyn Hagle situuests that our
foreign complications are not to be over
territory, but tariffs. It remarks that
the I'nlted States having recently be
come a factor lu Hie world's production
and a competitor In the world's mar
kets, that fact has made more commo
tion in Kurope than our capture of the
Philippines did. Says the Fagle: "(ior
inany has been excluding our meat
products, lttissla, for our countervailing
duty ou Russian sugar, is threatening to
erect tariffs against our trust-made man
ufactures, and little Holland objects lo
our duty on her bulbs, while wo let In
garden seeds free. in view of these
complications and others likely to arise
as trade competition grows stronger,
Americans should make a far closer
study than they have yet done of the
habits of thought; and the natural legis
lative trend of the nations with which
we shall come in couillet. Our export
ers can be trusted to understand foreign
method of production and to Improve
upon Ihem, but our tariff legislation
should not be such as needlessly to pro
voke retaliation or to make our ac
quisition of foreign markets more dlf-
tlcult."
The feeling of hostility to American
trade created lu Furope by our competi
tion appears to be steadily gaining
strength and Intensity. There Is re
newal of the talk about some sort of
agreement among thu continental na
tion for mutual protection against
merlcau competition, Austria being
credited with an Intention to propose a
continental tariff alliance to keep out
our goods. Tiiore is, oi course, no
reason to seriously apprehend any such
alliance, lint It Is iUlte possible that In
dividual nations may adopt measures lo
protect their home Industries from
American competition by discriminating
against our nianufacturcs. Russia has
shown her purpose to do so If her sugar
Is required to pay the countervailing
duty and it Is at least possible that other
countries will follow the example.
Can this bo averted by a motlillcation
of our tariff-.' That Is a question tlmt'
the -Fifty-seventh, congress Is likely to
be called upon to consider. It Is already
announced that a bill will be Intro
duced providing for the lowering or re
peal of duties on some articles ltianu
factured by the trusts and this promises
to bring forward the question of a gen
eral revision of the tariff with a view to
Its moilllicatlon. It is clear that in the
Interest of our foreign trade we should
endeavor not to provoke tariff retalia
tion, but the perplexing question Is as
lo how far we can go lu modifying our
tariff system without Injury to our own
Industries and labor. It will be admitted
that as to some manufactures there
would be no danger of serious foreign
competition If the duties were entirely
removed, as In the case of articles ex
ported and sold at lower prices than
like articles can be made for abroad,
but what would lie the effect upon our
labor? Would American manufactur
ers pay as well for labor as at present
with the duties ou their products re
moved or materially reduced? That Is
a question which must be considered lu
connection with that of tariff inodilicu
tlon. The subject Is manifestly of surpass
ing Importance and there will undoubt
edly be a strong pressure on the next
congress for Its careful consideration.
Fiui'ixos Fun nn: xavy.
Rear Admiral Remey, commanding the
Asiatic station, has been Instructed by
the Navy department to enlist ."DO na
tives of the Philippines for service on
board the former Spanish gunboats nnd
other small vessels which are to be
maintained exclusively in the Philip
pines. It Is stated that these men will
form the nucleus of an Important serv
ice composed solely of enlisted men and
It Is tlie opinion of Navy department
otllclals that besides resulting In the
government obtaining elliclent service
the employment of natives will spread
respect for the American Hag and create
a strong feeling of loyalty.
It Is unquestionably good policy to
employ Filipinos on the naval vessels to
be exclusively maintained in the archi
pelago. They can perforin such service
as Americans break down under in that
climate and there Is no doubt they will
prove elliclent and faithful. Admiral
Dewey found them so and they are nlso
apt In learning. There Is a provision
lu the army bill for the enlistment of
Filipinos In the military service and tills
will be done sooner or later, though
perhaps not before there Is complete
paeltlcatlon. There Is no doubt that
under the training and discipline of
American olllcers they will make good
soldier and a few thousand native
troops associating with our soldiers
might have a very great lnlluence In
spreading respect for the Hag and creat
ing among their fellow countrymen a
feeling of loyalty.
It Is the policy to give the Filipinos a
liberal degree of participation lu civil
government and there are equally good
reasons for gjvlng them employment In
the army and navy.
.MM.V IS SATISFIED.
The most reassuring news lu regard to
Chinese affairs that has come for some
time Is the fact that Japan accepts the
recent deehiratlon of Russia respecting
Manchuria as being satisfactory. It
been reported that the Japanese gov
ernment did not regard t ho Russian
declaration as sutliclent or as made In
good faith, hut It Is shown that there
was no foundation for this report and
that on the contrary Japan took thu
same view of the matter as did our
government.
This relieves the situation of tin
danger of a rupture between Russia and
Japan and ought to have the effect of
hastening the pending negotiations with
China. The understanding appears to
be that so far as Manchuria Is concerned
the present status Is to bu maintained.
Thu Russian occupation, of course, will
continue until such time as Russia feels
that she can with safety to her Interests
withdraw troops from the province. She
will, however, probably not seek further
concessions there from the Chinese gov
ernment. Having declined to have fur
ther coiuinuulcutlou with that govern-
tneiit on the subject, It Is not at all prob
able that Russia will make any effort
to renew negotiations, since to do so
would necessarily levlve the Issue which
has been closed by Japan's acceptance
of the Rtwslan declaration.
The important part played lu this
matter by our government should not
be lost sight of. The United States was
llrst among the powers to declare op
position to secret agreements with China
on the part of any power and to the
acquisition of Chinese territory by one
of the powers without thu consent of
the others. All concurred lu this view,
yet Russia went on witli the negotiation
of the .Mancliurlau convention and but
for the protest of most of the powers,
the United State again leading, would
undoubtedly have carried her point.
From the beginning of thu trouble with
China our government has played a
masterful part and to Its wise and safe
diplomacy and Just policy the existing
lavorable situation Is very largely due.
what sin u. in: .t: with Tin:
.?
The report of the city engineer deals
from the praitlcal standpoint with the
perplexing question of placing electric
wire under ground. The experience of
other cities with telegraph, telephone!
and electric light wires has demon
strated beyond doubt the feasibility of
underground conduit for the transmis
sion of electric currents of every poten
tiality without seriously Interfering
with the elllcleney of the service. In
tlie larger cities of Kurope telegraph
poles were abolished year ago and
within the past ten year New York,
Washington, Philadelphia, Roston and
other American cities have burled the
wire either lu public conduit expressly
constructed and owned by thu city or In
conduit systems built and maintained
by the franchlscd corporations.
There can be no question that mu
nicipal ownership of these electric wire
conduits would be most desirable and
eventually must prevail everywhere,
not only as a matter of public
safety, but an a matter of econ
omy, necessity and convenience. Tlie
original cost of construction Is less
for one comprehensive system than for
half a do.cu separate installations. In
the maintenance there Is u decided econ
omy for one over many. Tlie question
of space under ground, the Interference
with water and gas mains and frequent
breaking up of pavements and the dan
ger to building foundations from the
digging of trenches, all argue hi favor
of a single system of conduits projected
ou a scale that will accommodate all thu
various wire services that may bu in use.
Whether Omaha Is lu condition at this
particular time to undertake the con
struction of a modern subway system In
view of Its limited financial resources
becomes a serious problem. The con
sensus of opinion certainly will be that
we can bettor afford to submit for a few
years longer to thu overhead wire nuis
ance than to venture Into any half-way
business. The telephone company al
ready has its conduits in the business
district, with sutliclent capacity to ac
commodate all thu telegraph wires, and
if these companies were required to take
the telegraph wires lu at reasonable
rate there would be no hardship on
cither. That would relievo Omaha's
business streets of the unsightly tele
graph pole and mitigate the overheiiTl
wire nuisance to a great extent, at least
until the city is in position to build a
subway that would solve the whole
problem.
In connection with the now law
enacted by the late Nebraska legislature
Imposing a tax ou inheritances and be
quests within tlie state, tlie figures re
cently complied to Illustrate the effects
of the Inheritance tax law In Massachu
setts are Instructive. The tolal Internal
revenue receipts from the tax on
legacies In Massachusetts for thu federal
fiscal year ending June 110, 1000,
amounted to .frill.OIM), while the total
amount covered Into the slate treasury
from the collateral legacy tax for the
year ending December !ll, 1000, was
SlOI.-tOO. The total revenue to the
state under Its Inheritance tax law for
the nine years it has been In operation
has been .fJ,0!i0,7."0, In which Is In
cluded .foOXid 1 Interest. Nebraska is, of
course, not to lie compared with .Massa
chusetts In point of population and
wealth, but the time will come when the
Inheritance tax will cut as big a figure
lu our state finances as elsewhere.
Over 00 per cent of the Indian popula
tion of the United States returned by
the census Is included lu Indian terri
tory and Arizona. If any danger ev.er
existed of Interference from the red
man lu the affairs of our western states
It has long since been dissipated. Thu
Indian problem has about solved Itself.
It has been given out ollleially that
the nine supreme court commissioners
were selected entirely regardless of
politics. Let It be understood now and
for all time that the selection of five
fuslonlsts, one gold democrat and three
republicans was a mere accident, polit
ically speaking.
Ik II n lloyoollt
Iloston Globe,
The marked falling off In commerce be
tween Cuba nnd thu United States may well
be made the subject of Investigation nt
Washington, ft menus something, surely,
KIiiiIih'kn A iiproclntcd.
lndlniiupolls Press.
No ono will question tho propriety of
President McK'nley's tanking suitable ac
knowledgment of bis obligation to Senator
James IC Jones for assistance given htm In
tho lust presidential campaign,
IlonrN llir Axiilinlt Smell.
Philadelphia ltecord.
Terrible stories are ntlout recounting tho
misdoings of President Castro In Venezuela
but there Is such an asphalt smell about
them that exaggeration Is suspected. Tho
slickest liars In the business nro diplomats
and promoters.
GnmliiK- Wonr- of I'rro Truilo,
I'hlliulolphl.i Ledger.
Public opinion In Rreat llritaln is still
strongly opposed to a protectlvo tariff
but business men nro beginning to see
that they nro hopelessly hnndlrapped by
the nation's freo trade pulley, ami art con
sidering ways and means for defending
themselves ngnlnst the competition of other
nations. The outcome will probably be the
Installation, to soanV I tent nt leuat. of
the nyatcm of ' fuliJ fde," about which
no much was said n TL years iiko.
lluod Tlilnit tn WurU.
Oloho. Democrat.
It Ih ofllclally utiited that the forrsts of
the Philippines nro u splendid possesslou,
yleldlnn Kinns, rubber, oil, drtiBS nnd n
great vnrlety of the finest hardwoods. An
IntelllRert nynteni of forestry for the Islands
ought to be established nt onrc.
Wittler-iun to Uriiiocrnla.
Louisville Courier-Journal.
Let the democratic leaders quit theorlzlnp;
nnd working out Impossible revolutions In
their mind:) und ro to work upon the prac
tical business of presenting the people a
more economic and orderly scheme of gov
ernment nt homu nnd abroad, and sec how
quickly the great determinate slates the
money centers which exercise so potent nn
Influence upon tho machinery of elections-
will turn to them cars which hnvo been
hitherto so deaf. As between n set of quack
doctors nnd scamp doctors they hnvo pre
ferred the scamps. At least let us kIvo
them tho chance for something better than
a choice of evils.
As mnttcrs nre, tho republicans hold nil
tho trump curds. Prom Hoosovclt to I'un
ston they have had only to lend to win.
Shall wo never learn that virtue Is still
compatible with Rood sense and that be
cause it man urges moderation and forecast
even takes a hint or two from tho other
side ho Is not necessarily u renegade, or a
rascal?
Tin; .ntiu:.;tii iik o.iiaiia.
Commercial West, Minneapolis.
The points of strength In Omaha's rela
tion to tho west should not bo underesti
mated. Tho city Is developing a Btrong
buslucss. Tho leading Industry Is lu South
Omaha, where the great packing companies
have expended hundreds of thousands ot
dollars lu tho building of nu enormous live
stock plant. .More than 30,000 people aro
supported by this Industry alone. Thn men
who expended these sums of money In
Omaha looked Into tho future and they
saw that tho city was so located us lo
command for ntl tlrao tho range shipments
for more than 1,000 miles away.
It must not be forgotten also that tho
American Smelting company has built in
Omaha ono of Its great plnnts nnd that
thu city is going to piny a part in the
smelting business of tho country. This In
dustry will support thousands of people
Added to these great Industrial enter
prises Is a largo and growing Jobbing and
manufacturing uslness. A largo amount ot
building has born dono In the wholesale
district of Omaha tho last year and moio
Is In progress. Omaha Is tho great pas
senger transfer point between tho oast and
tho far west In tho central district, it Is
a natural result that out of this should
grow an Important support to tho city.
This Is n great country. The man who
says thero Is room for only one or two
cities west of Chicago has failed to grasp
this fact. Thero will ho several great cities
weBt of Chlcngo Kansas City, Omahn, Den
ver, Minneapolis and St. Paul will be great
cities of tho first class. There will bo many
more. Tho city of 50,000 and of 100,000 will
hnvo 200,000 by tho Utno two or three de
cades roll by. Minneapolis nnd St. Paul
will bo one great city by that .time. Kan
sas City will bo a great metropolis. Omaha
wltl bo n great central distributing point
with a largo population. Wo have. Just
begun to grow. As a rulo wo look at devel
opment nt too short n range. Some of us
need to use a glass.
Minneapolis Tribune.
No ono who Is nt all familiar with tho re
sources of tho western country anil has
watched tho development of tho last quar
ter of u century will dlsputo tho conclusions
reached by tho Commercial West. Thero is
room In this territory for all tho cities
which now plume themselves on being
motropoles, nnd doubtless for others cspe-
clully for several other cities of tho second
class. None of the great cities of the west
need bo Jealous of any other city In thu mnt-
tcr of population, for every ono will havo
nil tho population that It can support. Tho
concern of tho promoters of a city's growth
need not bo to get in population, but to pro
vide employment through the multiplication
of Industries and tho expansion of business.
Whenever nnd wherever wages aro offered
peoplo will como to earn them.
CO.-VCOIUI'S llATt'HKT 1IOSS.
Xrlirnnku Tcmn AcciinnilntliiK I'll
liriilllnlilo Notoriety.
Philadelphia North American,
For tho next year Concord, Neb., a town
of 1,100 population, will bo better worth
watching by persons having tho senso ot
humor than any vaudevlllo show over put
upon tho boards. Mrs. Carrie Nation, the
able hatchetcer of Kansas, has been ap
pointed dictator of Concord by tho almost
iinnnlmous consent of the Inhabitants, the
mayor nnd council having signed this pledgo
befnro election:
"Wo pledgo ourselves to use nil honor
nble means to secure the services of Mrs.
cnrrio .Mition ns our solo adviser in our
olllclal duties, if elected, and to adopt no
ordinance or measure of Importance rela
tlvo to the town's government without
receiving Mis. Nation's approval."
Concord has two saloons, but as soon lis
the voto wan counted the owners pneked up
and flitted, fearing that Mis. Nation might
wlro instructions to her subjects to smash
things by wny of celebration of the great
victory at tho polls.
It Is proposed by the dictator's admirers
to change the name of the town to Nation
vllle, prohibit smoking on the streets, forbid
theatrical performances ami other frivolous
amusements, nnd punish uy ducking or
public whipping any person who may bo
caught with tho odor of liquor In his breath
The use of anything which Mrs. Nation docs
not 111(0 doubtless will bo mnde u mlsde
mennor and llfo in Concord will be ono con
tinunl round of hatchetlng and Ico water
sociables. If thero is u live, normal,
healthy man left in the town at the end
of n month he will bo either In Jail or
barricaded In a hatchet-proof house.
Chicago Tribune.
Tho most remarkable experiment In mu
nlclpal government on record Is Just begin
nlng at Concord, Neb., a town of 1,000 pop
ulatlon. At the election Jutt hold tho so
cnllcd "Carrie Nation" ticket was elected
by nn almost unanimous vote. Hvery man
on tho ticket signed a pledgo before tho
election was held ngrcolng that Mrs. Nu
tlon, the "Joint smasher," should bo em
ployed as the official adviser of tho city
government ami that no legislation should
bo passed or exerutlvo action taken which
did not meet with her approval. What Is
more to thn point, tho olllclals who wore
chosen havo already notified Mrs. Nation
to como on and tnko churgo und sho has
started for tho front, wiring preliminary
Instructions. Already enough reformatory
legislation hns been proposed to koep things
lively during thn coming silly season
Smoking on tho streets and theatrical per
formances of nny kind aro to bo strictly
forbidden nnd tho man who lingers with lh
wlno cup Is to bo publicly ducked nnd horse
whipped. It Is suggested that tho cltl
zens of Concord might Improve and add to
their present Intending program by se
curing itov. unarier, M, snelilon to co
operate with Mrs. Nation In managing tho
city government II would doubtless bo
able to supplement Wr work In certain di
rections nnd under Wir Joint control thero
can be no doubt thM Concord would soon
become one of tho Wst fit in on a ot Amor I
can cities,
'lilt:
MINATUIIS
O'Neill Frontier (rep.)-. Very vigorous
was tho llgln, very vicious tlie lighters
nnd very IntercstiiK the result In the
senatorial contest thnt hung on la the
Nebraska legislature for throe months, but
republicans of Nebraska extend congratu
lations to tho withdrawing candidates for
their honorable and sensible conduct when
It came to the point whore personal mu
nition needed to bo sacrificed.
Partington Herald (rep.): Tho Herald
believes thnt our now senators glvo uni
versal satisfaction. Senator Dietrich has
shown in so tunny ways since entering
upon tho duties of governor tlmt ho has n
head of Ids own und has the Interests of
tho taxpayers ut heart, that he has won
admiration from friends and foes. Sena
tor .Millard Is a new llgure la the political
world. llli friends und biielness itc
qu.ilntnnccs speak lu highest terms of his
ability and Integrity. Unquestionably his
selection was a very wise one.
Arcadia Champion (rep.): The repub
licans of the state of Nebraska hnvo reason
to congratulate themselves on the end of
tho senatorial tight. It has been a bad one.
Wo hnvo heard good republicans of life
long standing sny that they were minded
never to voto the republican ticket again.
Hut all tli.it is past now nnd nil of us re
joice that the legislature hud enough good
rcpuhllcnnlsm In It to subserve tho Inter
ests of nny ono liinn to tho welfare of tho
party. Our new senators aro men whom we
enn all endorse. Onvernor Dietrich had
started tho best administration of stnto af
fairs which tho stnto has ever experienced
and will doubtless use the same senso In his
senatorial toga. Mr. Millard Is one of tho
best business men of Omahn nnd his friends
predict that ho will muko a splendid sena
tor. If thoy do their duty well tho mar
of this senatorial campaign will be for
given.
Greeley Leader (rep.): Tho tlnal out
come of tho senatorial light Is satisfactory
to everybody but tho principal defeated
candidates. J. II. Millard was ono of the
best known men among business circles
In tho stulo nnd horoer ho was known
ho wns respertcd. lie had been a (onslstont
republican without any breaks In his en
tire history: his private and business char
acter 13 entirely nbovo reproach. Until
last yenr Mr, Dietrich wns a comparatively
now man in tho political horizon, but his
phenomenal success on tho state ticket last
fall and his admirable pluck and keen dis
crimination In his short gubernatorial
career mark him ns unique In tho adminis
tration of stnto n (fairs. Tho people will
feel that their Interests nro In sufo hands
und that thoy will be represented In nn
honest, business way In stnto and national
matters. As wo remarked Inst week,
There's qqlto u bit of salt left In Ne
braska yet," and It has not lost Its savor.
Hentrlco Kxprcss dep.): If Charles If.
Dietrich desires to win a national reputa
tion for sound sense anil business ability
ho has only to follow tho course at Wash
ington that ho has followed in Nebraska.
As governor ho hns stood up for sound
business methods in public affairs and for
economy. It is to bo hoped, nnd It Is prob
able that ho will, stand up for economy
when ho In In tho senate. It Is truo that
many have dono that before, but tho
troublo with tho nverngo statesman who
clamors for retrenchment Is his mnntfcrt
biHlncerlty; it is nn old trick for :t politi
cian to call himself a wntchdog of tho
treasury nnd howl for economy, and at the
samo time tnko mighty good caro to feather
his own nest. Thero Is nothing Insincere
nbout Dietrich; ho has made himself popu
lar In Nebraska becaiiso of his rugged hon
esty nnd fearlessness, and ho has only b-,n
governor for threo months. Tho same lino
of conduct In Washington will make him
populnr throughout tho country and will
bo n good thing for tho people. Congress
Is generally too liberal in the matter of
expenditures; n few cool-headed business
men to temper that liberality would be a
profitable Institution.
Central City Nonpareil (rep.): K cry-
body rejoiced over tho election of two sen
ators last Thursday. Tho rejoicing was
over tho fact that the deadlock was elided
rather than over tho cholco the lcgUla'tire
made. Joseph H. Millard of Omaha, who
was elected for tho six years' term, Is a
representative N'ebraskun nnd ono who will
bring no discredit to tho stuto In tho U.iltcd
States senate. Many years ago Mr. Millard
made the raco for senator, but was de
feated, since which time ho has novf-r ten
an aspirant for political preferment. The
writer Is not so sanguino as to the wisdom
of tho election of Ciovernor Dietrich to the
short term of senator. Tho people had al
ready placed him In a position of public
trust anil it wus duo to tho voters of t'.ic
stnto that he should servo out his tlm"
as governor. There was no excuse for his
election as thero nro plenty of South
i'latto statesmen fully ns well qualified to
draw n senatorial salaryexcept that It
was tho last request of Thompson and his
supporters, ns that statesman's hop.M mil
aspirations vanished. Probably Mr. Thomp
son's Investments In tho late legislature
wore suniclently heavy to entitle lum to
some volco In what should tnko place, and,
after nil. what's the use of kicking; it ended
better than it might havo been, but the
peoplo of Nebraska aro almost a unit In
hoping for tho timo when senntors will bo
elected by direct voto anil render lmyoss'
blo such contests ns tho ono Jiibt ex
perienced. pmisn.VAi, xotijs.
It is to bo recognized that Oeneral CasslU3
M. Clay at U2 Is Just as young as ho shoots.
Dr. Kdwurd Uverett Halo has Just passed
his 70th birthday. He still thinks ho is u
young man.
Things nro coming Count Honl's way. To
win u duel and a Inwsult Is more than hap
pens to tho average nobleman In distress.
Rudolph E. Smyscr of tho Korty-soventh
regiment. U. S. V., Just promoted by Presi
dent McKinloy, Is probnbly America's
youngest first lieutenant. Ho In IS.
(leorgo W. Uoyor, one of tho Jurors lu ths
enso of John Drown, "tho emancipator."
who was bunged nt Hurper's Ferry lu 1S59,
has Just died nt Chnrlcstown, W. Va. Hut
ono momber of that famous Jury now sur
vive!: William A. Martlx, who lives ut
Deleplnlne, Vu.
"It Is cheaper to go Into partnership with
Mm nconlo tbun to buy their tervunt," de
(('.M.Miivr
clares A. L. Johnson, n traction magnate
who offers Philadelphia und Now York a
3-cent rate in return for a franchise. Out
the oweia that bo chuck'o meirily and hcol
In unlhon, "How much, Johnson?"
Tom L. Johnson, mayor-elect of Clevelund,
is a Keiitucklan by birth mid retains strong
rovereneo for tho south nnd Its traditions.
So deeply ground Is this feeling that when
his daughter was to uiako her social dobut
thu family went to Louisville, where Miss
Johnson was Introducid to society.
Among tho distinguished Englishmen who
will attend tho young Men's Christian as
sociation Jubilee convention In Huston on
Juno 10 aro Lord Klnnairl, Howard Wil
liams, a son of Sir (ieorgu Williams, the
founder of tho nisocli.tlon; John McCall
of Epsom, Hlchard Cory of Cardiff, V. H
Moson of Leeds nnd A. W. Churchill of
London All of these nro prominent In
Voing Men's Christian association work.
Now Hnmpshii-o peoplo uro planning oven
now for tho third annual Old Homo Work
next suninifr Tho secretary of tho as
sociation says that no movement In recent
years has contributed more to tho genoral
welfare of the ruinl sections of New
Hampshire than did the old Homo week
meeting i of isyy and 1000. Enthusiastic
meetings were held In fore-four towns In
U'J and lu scvcuty-slx towns la 1000,
I
rr Mir.i.i s or pitch.
Ciiiitrnrr)' Over llir Ailin1t Moiiop
ol- of iMirr.iicln.
Tho recall of American Minister Loomls
from Caracas, capital of Voueztiela, cen
ters attention on tho nsphnlt controversy
which led to the practical severance of our
relations with tho government of Venezuela,
Dispatches announcing the departure of
Minister Loomls from Caracas show the
peoplo of tho capital do not tdiaro tho Ill-
will alleged to exist in government circles
toward tho mlnlstsr nnd tho United States.
On tho contrary the minister's departute
was marked by a notable demonstration ot
goodwill and n marked change In tho offen
sive tone of government newspapers.
In u review of tho controversy la the
Chicago Hecotd-Henild. William E. Curtis,
Washington correspondent, says the trouble
grows out of u dispute between two Ameri
can paving '.ompnnles over the title to cer
tain deposits of nsphaltuiu In tho stato of
llcrinudes. Tho National Asphalt company
of New York City, of which A. L. Harbor
of Washington Is tho principal owner, and
(lenernl Frnncls Vinton Oreene. who wai
grand marshal nt thu recent Inauguration,
Is president, owns the nsphnlt lake at Trlnl
dad, and hns nrruuged Its facilities hi
conveniently thnt ships can bo loaded
directly from the deposit. It nlso owns
several other deposits along tho Venezuelan
coast, and has had practically n. monopoly
of tho nsphultum of tho American hemis
phere, In 1SSS, when Genrrn! Guzman lllanco was
president of Venezuela, ho gavo u conces
sion to operate certain deposits of asphal-
turn In tho stnto of llermudcs to an Ameri
can biscuit drummer named Horatio It.
Hamilton of Now- York, with n stipulation
Hint tho concession "shall remain In force
for twenty-llvo yonrs, common lug from this
date, December 7. I8SS, and during that tlmo
tho government shall not grunt equal rlghtu
In tho stato of Hermudez to any other per
son. Cpon that clause In tho contract
hangs all the trouble.
Hamilton sold his concession to tho
Harber company, which bus been getting out
asphalt under the title of tho New York
mid Hermudes company, mid a Mr. Garner
has becii the resident agent and manager.
In ISO" threo native Venezuelans claimed
to havo discovered new deposits of nsphal
tuiu In the stnto of Hermudes, which, ac
cording to the poetic custom of the country,
thoy named Lu Felicldad (the Happiness),
and told their claims to Patrick Quintan
and W. C. Warner ot Syracuse, N. Y., for
$10,000. About two years ago, soou nftcr
this transaction took plu:c, thero was a
revolution In Venezuela by which An
drado was deposed from the presidency
ami Castro was seated in Ills place.
Tho latter, finding an empty treasury and
needing funds to maintuln his government
nnd protect his aiithmlty, began to noli
concessions and uso other means familiar
to tho olllclals of tho South American ic
puhlics. The fact that ono government
wilt repudiate tho acts and contracts of
another disturbs public confidence, pro
vents tho investment of cnpltnl nnd re
tards tho development of a country. In
Venezuela this practice hus been common
and some of tho more valuable privileges
nnd monopolies nre sold anew to the
highest bidder whenever tho government
ruus out of money, rcgurdless of contracts
and obligations.
Mr. Loomls, our minister nt Caracas, at
tempted to arrango matters between tho
two companies, and admonished General
Custro's government that the rights of the
Harber company must bo protected and bus
shown a very firm and posltlvo determina
tion to sco Jubtlco done. This hns brought
down upon him the hostility ot President
Castro nnd his adherents, und, although his
olllclal relations with the government con
tinuo to bo friendly, he has been subjected
to Insults und petty annoyances of all kinds
which ho could not resent lu a formal man
ner. Tho ofllclnl nuwspaper of Caracas
published ubuslvc attacks upon his personal
character, Illustrated with cartoons that
wero even worse. President Castro could
havo stopped this with u word, but has
chosen not to do so. Ho treated Mr.
LoonilB with respect und courtesy, but
everybody knows that ho has Inspired the
outrageous attacks upon tho American leg
ation. For thnt reason Mr. Loomls has
been recalled and tho simultaneous depar
ture of Senor Pulldo, tho charge d'affaires of
Venezuela at Washington, Is practically
equivalent to n suspension of diplomatic
relations between tho two countries.
In the meantlmo tho rival asphalt com
panies are maintaining an armed truce. Th;
Harber company Is In possession of Lake
La Felicldad. Captain Ilnffcrty, who dis
tinguished himself at tho battle of El
Cancy with tho Seventy-first New York
volunteers, is In command with n detach
ment of nrmed employes. Tho dispute over
tho title will sooner or later reach tho
courts, where It should havo gone Ht tho
beginning. Tho New York and Hrrniudes
company can suo tho Warner-Qulnlnn syn
dicate for trespass or the Syracuse syndl
cato can suo their rivals for tho value of
the usphaltum they havo taken out.
Theso deposits arc curious natural phe
nomena Tho most celebrated nnd oxten
bIvo Is familiarly known as the Pitch Luke
of Trinidad, nnd lies ou that Island near
the mouth of tho Orinoco river, almost a
stone's throw from tho sen. It resembles
a swamp In appearance, hummocks of sand
covered with rank grass and underbrush
rising above tho surfucH, but thoy are sur
rounded by black mineral pitch Instead of
water. In somo places tho pitch Is several
hundred feet clear of sand and vegetation,
nnd In spots It bubbles up like a spring.
Science hns fulled to account for thete
curious deposits. They are composed of
bitumen, turpentine, petroleum, maltha and
other Ingredients mixed with sand and
ATTENTION.
Is called lo tho fact tlmt whon ,vou tin? ready to consider
the matt cm1, tho place in which to eon.sidci' it is how
The matter is spring clothing.
We don't fancy for a minute that we are the only maker
of clothing, but wo are almost the only manufacturers who sell
at. retail directly to the wearer. And if yon aro a wearer of
ready to wear clothing, or if yon hnvo it hoy to he fitted out thin
season, ours is the "store of the town'' where yon are sure of
dealing at headquarters.
"No clothing tits like ours."
Browning,
Exclusive Clothiers and Furnishers.
R. S. Wilcox, Manager.
limestone In powder, and nre heated nnd
renewed by subterranean fires. Tho l.iko
nlwnys remains at the snmo level, and when
oBphaltum Is taken uwiiy tho cavity will bo
refilled within a few weeks, nnd s.imetlnve.4
dnys. At the bubbling springs tho heat is
nt tho boiling point, but tho substan. o
grows colder ns one gets farther away, and
on tho edges of tho inko in ns hard and solid
as a paved street. Thero Is nlwnys u crust
; caused by evaporation nnd tho heat of tho
!un, but when It Is removed tho nsphal-
tum underneath Is about tho consistency uf
ordinary mortar.
I.IUHT AMI l,t Ilia .
Philadelphia Prosi: - Hero!" exclaimed
tho egg that was stttl Intiict. "you appear
to he all broke up."
"Nevertheless," replied the one In tho
bowl of eggaog, "I'm In good spirits. '
Washington Star: "What Is your Idea ot
a reformer?"
"Well," answered Farmer Cnrntosiel,
"from my limited observation I should nny
a reformer Is a mini who Is willing to
promise anything."
Detroit Journal: "Nor aro turn strong lu
their hates!' quoth she, proceeding with
her Indictment.
"1 guess that's nu Josh." replied ho,
"Anyway, you never see men kissing each
other."
Philadelphia Prf-xs: "I never icillzod,"
said the new benedict, "until 1 get married
what blessing life holds."
"I can iitnleistand tlmt," replied the miur
old bachelor. "They say 'blessings brighten
ns they tuko their night.' "
Chicago Tribune: Abdul llanild What
wiih that loud noise, Iludji?
lladjl All Folk Hoy-It was an Mirth
quake, your Serenity.
Abdul Humid (much relieved) Oh, I
thought It was that American bill col
lector ugaln.
IndlauapnliN Press: "Your son Is studying
art abroad, Is ho not?"
"Ho Is," said the old man. "t iliinno how
)if Is getting along with his color studies,
hut he has learned tho art ot' drawing on
tho old man to a tlnlsh."
Indianapolis Press: "Somo one has sbdiu
the telescope," reported the astronomy pro
fessor. "That ought to bo an easy thing to look
up," said the dean, and tho astronomy pro
fessor, la duty bound, laughed cuusuniedly.
Iloston Transcript : Dickers; Aren't you
extravagant buying strawberries at this
lime of year?
Tetlow Not at nil; It's a saving. When
mv wife tastes of those berries ho will say,
"For heaven's nuke, John, don't bring an
other box of berries Into tho house tilts
year."
Philadelphia Times: She snld she loved
botany. Thoy wero wandering through
Hortlciiltur.il hall. "Ami whero do thoy
keep the electric plants?" she asked, lie
was too shocked to reply.
Cleveland Plain Dealer: "Thoso outrage
ous trusts ought to bo wiped out of exist
ence If It takes every gun and every gal
lows In tho land to do ft."
"What's your special grlevuaco against
them?"
"Why. tho scoundrels refused to buy up
our plant!"
Indianapolis Press- "Now." stated I,
"electricity will do much for tho fanner
yet."
Hut my thltd cousin, 'acbarlah. a I way a
of a gloomy disposition, saw tit to add;
" 'limit all It's doln' nowadays Is to knock
him oft tho cur trucks 'bout over so officii."
Washington Slur: "Did you say you fore
saw grout danger In this now trust?"
"I did," answered Senator Sorghum. "I
wns afraid for a little while that I would
not bo nble to buy niij' stock In It."
Tin: iiam) that ioi:s.vt hum.
S. K. Klscr In tho Itccord-IIr raid.
A num. fair-fronted, started out.
One ilny, lo reach tho Promised Land;
"To all I meet In want or doubt,"
lie said, "I'll lend a helping bund."
Ho turned a corner just ahead.
And there was one, beside the way.
Who, reaching upward, weeping, wald:
"Your hand, oh, help mo on, I pray!"
Tho hand held forth wus moist and stained
With 111th In layers! Ho that sought
To help mankind passed onward, paliinf
That ho had hoard and answered not.
MORAL.
The wnnt. tho hate, the helpless woo,
The sorrow In the bitter cup,
Might bo much lessened hero below
If peoplo only would wash up.
WELL KNOWN BUSINESS MAN
Loses One of His Valuables.
niiie .Not nro! loord.
A well known business man of this city
lost ono of his valuables not over ten days
ago. It was of vital Importance. Ho
could not cat wlthuitt It; ho could not sleep
without It; work wns no longer enjoyable
and became neglected. His friends wonder
ed why ho did not enliven them ns befnrn
with his Jolly humor. Ho was losing
llesh and energy; llfo was not worth living.
Driven to desperation, ho finally sent for
the aid of tho reliable detective, Cascarlne.
With this aid that which ho hud lost, which
Is Health, wns soon recovered, and ho is
now ablo to enjoy both work and pleasure.
Loss uf appetite Is n serious thing, It )
a sign of Indigestion und u congested stuto
of tho bowels. Aro you suffering from this
loss? Don't, for your stomach's sake, lot
a day pass without obtaining relief. Your
trouble may become chronic.
Tho best remedy for stomach, liver nnd
bowel complulntn Is Cnscailne. Savo
troublo by keeping this laxative tonic closu
at hand. Cnsearino will not gripe tho
most dellcatu stnimich. It tones up the
system, purities the blood, stimulates tho
liver, makes the bowels regular und drives
nil Impurities from tho system.
At all druggists. Prleo per bottle, fifty
cents. If your druggist hasn't ft, nsk him
to get It for you of his Jobber.
Tho manufacturers of Cnsearino will send
tn nny address, free of charge, a littlo
booklet which explains thoroughly tho dis
cuses of tho tdnmuch. kidneys, liver lint
bowols, with instructions how to treat
them, aud ono week's treatment for leu
cents lu stamps to cover postage.
Address Ilea Hros. & Co., Minneapolis
Louisville and New York.
King &
Co