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It Is expnuslvo for merchants to ad
vertise, but It Is more expensive for
tlicm not to iirtvprtlso.
Tho Rtiproino court will next tnko n
whirl at the Donghis county commis
sioner district Kcrryniiinder.
PelcKntns to the Kplscopnl convention
need havo no fear of .1. Plerpont Mor
pm Ketthif? a comer on nil the religion
In thu country.
Does Judge McPherson hold an an
nual over tho Union Pacific? If not,
we would suggest to the law depart
ment to send him a life pastebourd at
once. .
It Is to be hoped tho power canal
project will soon materialize, but Invi
tations to ko by trolley from Omaha to
Fremont will have to be withheld for a
while yet at any rate.
Why not award the presidency of the
auditorium company for the year to the
director who withers In tho largest
amount of contributions within a tlmo
limit set to tho competition?
It Is evident that whatever the inten
tion may havo been, that .Manila com
pany did not secure n corner on hemp.
There seems always to be plenty ob
tainable whenever a southern mob
starts to lynch u negro.
Federal Judges who hold otllces for
llfo may defy public displeasure with
Impunity, but they cannot afford to
show such flagrant partiality to corpora
tions as to bring our federal courts
Into contempt and disrepute.
Irish leaders advise tho people of that
Island to give King Edward a warm
reception on tho occasion of his forth
coming visit. If Irishmen really prom
ise to show their king a hot time he will
not need to take his overcoat along.
Tho fate of Tod Sloan and Lester
Relff should waru American Jockeys
against being too successful abroad.
Having won so many races when they
happen to loso It crentcs suspicion for
which they are immediately disciplined.
Another otllcial bulletin on crop con
ditions has been Issued by thu govern
ment and for n wonder It could see no
decline In the condition of Nebrnska
corn. Nebraska corn Is going down, but
It Is down the necks of cattle, hogs and
horses.
Tho Industrial commission has Issued
n report which sets out that there 1r a
mnss of conflicting railroad leglslntlou
on tho statute books of the various
states. At tho rate 'such legislation Is
conflicting with federal courts little of
it will be left In a short time.
Couuty Commissioner Connolly's des
perate, effort to break Into tho court
house for a second tlmo forcibly recalls
tho way ho broke In tho first time, by
tho aid of Albyn Frank and a signed
pledge to voto and act with the repub
lican members of. the county board.
Tho good ship America, which
brought tho famous cup to this side, Is
still in commission ami, on hand to
watch the defense of 'its trophy, it
would be Interesting as a sldo Issue to
havo a race between America and some
British ship of the snme class and age,
Just to. give tho old boat a chance to
ehow that It has not forgotten the old
tricks.
Tho past month shows another de
crease lu tho public debt, which Is now
reduced, Interest-bearing aud all, almost
to tho bllllon-dolhir mark. At the pres
ent rato another fiscal year will see tho
debt less cash In the treasury reduced
below that point for tho first tlmo slneo
tho 'civil war. This debt-paying habit
Is ono of thn legacies of tho administra
tion of President MeKluley.
THE VXlOy VACtPIO linivoK tax.
Tho Union Pacific bridge has figured
conspicuously In many courts for many
years. In tho early days It was held
to be sepnrate and distinct from the
Union Pacific road for the purpose of
cxnctlng special passenger and freight
tolls aud nt the same time to bo part
of the main line several miles west of
Its eastern terminus. Later decisions
have been equally conflicting with com
mon sense nnd fair construction of the
original charter and the law. The latest
decision relative to the right of the
city of Council muffs to tax thu eastern
half of the bridge caps the climax of
Judicial Jugglery. In deciding that
Council muffs cannot collect taxes on
that iMJitlou of the Union Pacific bridge
located within Its boundaries .Judge
McPherson declares:
Tho property In question Is more than
a mile from nny part of the city proper.
Tho city lights throw no light to tho
bridge. It Is utterly Impossible to get water
to tho bridge from the city hydrants In case
of lire occurring to any of he flooring,
cross-tics or other combustible material.
Policemen could not bo gotten there ex
cept by engines and cars on tho defend
ant's road. It Is not possible to drive from
there nnd later get tho benefit of streots.
It Is not possible for one to roaldo on the
bridge aud get the benefits of a city li
brary. No ono but tho defendant's em
ployes and passengers In cars can bo on
or about tho bridge without being tres
passers. I can conceive of no poselblo re
lations between tho bridge and the city.
yuch pitiful pettifogging would dis
grace a Justice of the peace out In the
sandhills of Nebraska. Suppose the
Council HlulTs elevator stood on the
banks of the .Missouri, out of the reach
of city lights, city water aud the city
library, would any reputable lawyer
contend that it was not subject to city
taxes? Suppose Council HlulTs and
Omaha were still connected by the pon
toon bridge over which trnflle was enr
rled before the Union Pacific bridge
was erected, would any reputable law
yer stand up In court to contend that
that portion of the bridge within the
limits of the town, which the law fixes
at the center of the river channel, could
not bo taxed by the city?
If property that does not havo the
benefit of light, water, gas and police
Is exempt from municipal tuxes, what
right has the city to Impose taxes on
personal property, such as mortgages,
stocks and bonds?
If the logic of Judge .McPherson Is
sound, what right would Council Muffs
have to school taxes upon people who
have no children lu school or out of
school?
The Idea that property located within
the city that does not enjoy all the
benelits of municipal government can
not be legally taxed for the maintenance
of municipal government has been dis
carded long ago. Non-resident owners
of vacant lots who can not possibly
have the use of libraries, schools, hos
pitals, lire department, police or water
supply arc taxed Just the same as resi
dent property owners who enjoy all
municipal privileges; and no court, statu
or federal, has ever held such taxes to
be In violation of the fundamental prin
ciples and equities of taxation.
It Is to be hoped the muulcipal au
thorities of Council "luffs will test
Judge MePherson's theory of taxation
by appeal to the higher courts.
TIIE XtifV MAVHIXt:.
Do the republicans of Omaha realize
the full Import of the work of the re
cent county convention? Do they
comprehend tho Injustice that has been
perpetrated upon them by treacherous
leaders who, for sellish ends, have not
only disorganized the party, but placed
thu great majority under tho domina
tion of a small minority?
The fundamental principle of thu re
publican party has been that majorities
should rule not only at the election, but
In the nomination of candidates. The
whole purpose of the machinery of thu
party should be to give force to tho
will of tho party expressed by a ma
jority of the runic and file in caucuses,
primaries and conventions.
Under tho now dispensation, this prin
ciple hns been reversed and every rule
of Just representation trampled under
foot. A few figures will throw a light
on tho shnmeless bargain by which
Omaha republicans have been disfran
chised and robbed of the voice to which
they are entitled In the party councils.
Tho total vote cast for MeKInley In
Douglas county at. the last election is
1-1,!M0, divided as follows: Omaha.
11,180; South Omaha, 1,7011; country
products, 1,3117. In other words, there
are more than six republicans in Omaha
to one lit South Omaha, and there aro
nearly nine republicans In Omaha for
every republican in tho country pre
clnts. Yet while South Omaha and tho
country combined cast less than ono
thlrd of the vote of Omaha for MeKIn
ley the representation of South Omaha
and tho country In the next county con
vention Is to bo eighty-eight delegates,
as against ninety delegates for Omaha.
This rank disproportion Is even worse
in tho new couuty committee, lu which
Omaha, with Its 11,180 republican
votes, Is represented by twenly-seveu
members, while the county precincts,
with 1,3(17 republican votes, have
twenty-eight members and South
Omaha, with 1,703 republican votes, six
members. In combination South Omaha
and tho country control the committee
by a majority of seven, when a Just
apportionment would entitle Omaha to
three times Its present membership.
'lhls scandalous gerrymander appears
more striking when the fact is recalled
that the Sixth ward, which cast l.StU
votes for MeKInley, has three- com
mitteemen, while tho country, which
cast 1,307 votes for MeKInley, has
twenty-eight committeemen.
Where Is the blamu for this outrage?
First, It must rest upon the delegates
that misrepresented tho Seventh and
Ninth wards In the recent convention
and cast their votes to disfranchise
Omaha. This betrayal of their own
constituents cannot bo condoned under
any plea. Their iireferred candidates,
Judge Vlnsonhiiler aud Charles Uultt,
had been nominated before tho voto
was taken to shackle Omaha and leave
It at tho mercy of tho minority.
What would be thought or a legislative
delegation from Douglas county that
THE OMAHA DAILY BEEt THURSDAY,
cast Its voto to defeat a reapportion'
incnt bill raising Douglns county's rep
resentation in tho legislature? How
many of them would bo likely to se
cure re-election? How many would
flare to present themselves as candl
dates for any city ofllce If they had
Joined tho enemies of Omaha to ills
franchise Omaha?
Suppose the Omaha members of the
state committee should vote to cut down
the representation of Douglas county lu
the next republican state convention,
would they not bo Justly denounced as
traitors to their constituents? Yet this Is
precisely what the Seventh nnd Ninth
wnrd delegates have been guilty of,
Not only did they voto to disfranchise
Omnhn. but they have sought to tie the
hands of all future conventions so that
Omaha should forever remain In the
minority In committee nnd convention
Curses like chickens come home to
roost and this unmitigated outrage is
sure In due time to react upon Its per
petrators.
coy veato.v of atu in jjea uuis.
The convention of the National Grain
Dealers' association at Dos Moines rep
resents u most Important commercial
Interest. It was started only live years
ago and now numbers, as stated In the
address of the president of thu nssocla
Hon, L'.OOO members, with an nlllllated
membership exceeding three-quarters of
that number. The objects of the or
ganization arc of a thoroughly practical
character aud It has been of no Incon
slderable benefit to the grain dealing
Interest and Incidentally, also, to tho
producers
Governor Shaw's welcoming nddress
to tho association presented some highly
Interesting facts showing the great
progress that has been made In grain
transportation from the Missouri river
to thu Atlantic ocean and tho conse
quent reduction In the cost, which Is
now one-third what It was per bushel
when thu first rail shipment was made.
He stated that within thirty months
further Improvements in transportation
would greatly facilitate the carrying of
grain to the Atlantic and across the
ocean, further reducing the cost and
insuring the producer better prices and
the consumer cheaper food.
KKEl'INO Cl.KAIl OF FACTIOXS.
President Roosevelt, says it Washing
ton dispatch to the Philadelphia Ledger,
Is beginning to have his troubles over
the federal olllces and over expressions
attributed to him by rival politicians
that he Is particularly their friend and
will do their bidding, but the corre
spondent predicts that the president Is
not going to be drawn Into a factional
light In the party anywhere. This is
to be expected of a man who has had
the experience lu politics that Mr.
Itoo.sovelt has nnd Is so thoroughly fa
miliar with our political history.
If there Is danger anywhere of a
factional tight over the federal olllces
It Is In thu president's own state and
he undoubtedly knows how to deal with
any dilliculty of this kind without being
drawn into It. Twenty years ago a
change In the ofllce of collector of the
pott of New York produced a political
disturbance which ended In a tragedy
That ofllce Is now a factional Issue.
The Incumbent, Mr. llldwell, was re
appointed by President MeKInley, but
tho senate did not act upon It. There
Is a faction of republicans opposed to
him which Is expected to urge the
president to withdraw his name from
the senate. This Is not likely to be
done and in that event Mr. Uoosevolt
may Incur the hostility of tho faction,
but he will be fully Justified In standing
by the action of Ids predecessor, whose
reappointment of the collector was am
ple ondorsument of his worth and merit
as an otllclu).
Mr. Hoosevelt can be trusted to keep
clear of factional lights in the party.
Thus far he has shown excellent Judg
ment and tact aud is making friends
rapidly. It is said that of the hundreds
of persons, lu aud out of congress, who
havo called on him since he has been
In the White House not one has gone
away without being favorably Im
pressed. "At making a good Impres
sion and Instilling belief In his sin
cerity," says a Washington dispatch,
"Mr. Roosevelt Is quite as successful as
was his distinguished aud lamented
predecessor." The president would not
long retain his influence If ho should
permit himself to be drawn into fuc-
tlonal lights anywhere.
TAKlt'F COXGBSSIUys TO CUBA.
That tariff concessions will bo made
on Cuban sugar and tobacco Is probably
assured. Tho administration, favors
doing so and It seems safe to assumo
that congress will not refuse conces
sions. The dilliculty will be to de
termine how far we can go In helping
the Cuban Industries without doing
fatal Injury to American sugar and
tobacco interests. The Cuban argument
is that It Is necessary to modify In a
more liberal way the customs relations
between the .lslnnd nnd the United
States for political as well as economic
reasons; that this country havlug bound
Itself to keep order In thu Island It can
best secure this by fostering thu wel
fare of Cuba. It Is furthermore urged
that for tho nialntenauco of the influ
ence of thu United States in Cuba no
means will bo so effective as tho ere
utlou of large economic Interests,
shared by both Americans and
Cubans. It Is pointed out that If such
liberal concessions are given to tho
sugar aiul tobacco of Cuba as will In
sure thu greater development of those
Industries American capital will go to
thu Islam! aud boom those Industries
and thus Cuba would become a part of
tho economic system of tho Uulted
States. Not only would American In
fluence in thu Island, it is argued, be
thereby Increased, but thoro would also
be created a valuable market for our
products.
This certainly Is plausible. Americans
desire that Cuba shall be peaceable
and prosperous aud they understand
that tho preservation of peace and
order lu thu Island depends very largely
upon tho Improvement of industrial aud
commercial conditions there. They
realize, also, that the United States Is
under some obligation to promote
Cuban development. It has been doing
this as far as practicable under mllltnry
government and It will continue to do
so, there Is no doubt, after an Independ
ent government shall have been estab
lished. Hut that obligation does not re
quire that wo shall sacrifice home In
dustries in which a large amount of
capital Is Invested nnd which employ a
great deal of labor. Having encouraged
the beet sugar Industry until It has
reached a point that warrants belief In
Its ultimate development to an extent
that will supply the domestic demand,
shall we now adopt a policy that would
destroy It aud rulu those who are en
gaged In It? As between Cuba and
any other sugar-producing country our
first concern would naturally be for
Cuba. We aro not called upon to con
sider the Interests of the sugar-producers
of F.urope nnd no account of
these will be taken In connection with
the question of commercial relations
with Cuba. Hut the claims of our own
Industries must not be Ignored.
It Is urged that If tariff concessions
are not made and If the Industries of
Cuba languish under the self-government,
It Is extremely probable that the
annexation of the Island will not bo
long deferred, and after annexation
Cuban sugar would come In free of all
duty. That does not Impress us as n
particularly forcible argument. Cuban
annexation Is a possibility of thu future.
It may come within a generation.
There are many who think It Inevitable
sooner or later. Rut such n possibility,
be It near or remote, furnishes no sound
reason why we should now ndopt u
policy that would destroy valuable and
promising home Industries. The ques
tion of tariff concessions to Cuba de
mands very careful consideration.
College students aro often given to
emotional antics which upon sober sec
ond thought do not appeal to good sense
or cool Judgment. This applies forcibly
to the resolutions adopted by tho stu
dents of tho Wesleynn university at
Lincoln demanding the deportation of
corpse of the assassin of President Me
KInley as a warning to other anarch
ists. Quite apart from the obstacles lu
the way of sucl! a scheme lu both state
aud International law, It Is doubtful
whether such a warning to anarchists
would have the slightest effect. In the
case of thu ussassln of Lincoln thu body
was secretly submerged under the Po
tomac to prevent his friends from fabri
cating martyrdom for him by its exhi
bition. The assassin of Garfield was
Interred like that of any other executed
murderer and that course will doubtless
be pursued again.
Governor Shaw of Iowa, lu addressing
tho grain dealers' convention, has
pointed out a fact which tells In large
measure tho cause of tho rapid upbuild
ing of the west. Grain rates have been
reduced wlthlu n decade from 01 to 'Jl
cents from the Missouri river to the sea
board. Through the wonderful develop
ment In railroading and In methods of
handling graln'tho present rate Is com
paratively a better one for the roads
than the old.r while the producer and
the consumer divide tho profit rep
resented by the difference in charges.
The greatest power plant on the con
tinent has Just been Inaugurated in St.
Lawrence county, New York, utilizing
the power of the river. TJiough great
strides have been made In recent years
lu the economy of steam power, for all
that the ablest engineers of the day arc
turning their attention to utilizing
natural forces which require only con
trol to make them valuable. In this
case $11,000,000 has been expended to
produce a water power aud avoid fuel
expense.
Nebraska fuslonlsts have established
their state headquarters lu a business
block at Lincoln without the aid or con
sent of any of the Lincoln hotel keepers.
Nebraska republicans will sooner or
later have to follow suit. The state
headquarters of the party should be lo
cated aud maintained with a view to
promoting effective work for party suc
cess Instead of being made a mere pig-
tall to some hotel willing to furnish free
feed for tho oUlcers.
OIUclnl niiiiinueliii;,
Chicago News.
Those officers who got up the naval record
of the Spanish war mistook their calling.
They should have been writing historical ro
mances.
FlKhtliiK "liy f 'Silver.
Springfield Republican,
Tho Iowa democratic candidate for gov
ernor, In his letter of acceptance, ex
presses confidence In "tho wisdom of lay
ing aside for this campaign the principles
enunciated In the Kansas City platform of
1900." IJut tho convention which nomi
nated him, while declaring in favor of
emphasizing state issues, also voted down
a set of resolutions which Ignored the Kan
sas City platform and Insisted upon re
affirming that platform. The candidate
seems to be cutting loose from tho conven
tion In order to win tho gold democratic
vote.
Amerlonn Home for Aiuerlrn,
Kansas City Star.
An cxamplo of genuine Americanism Is
the determination of William C. Whitney
to withdraw entirely from tho English turf
and add his efforts to thoso of other loyal
sportsmen In Improving the standard of
racing In this country. This dopurturo by
Mr. Whitney will tend to discourage the
practlco of sending tho beat American
hornes abroad and It Is a token of fealty
to the United States which Is highly becom
ing In a citizen of the republic! who has
boen so freely honored as Mr. Whitney.
American horses for America Is a good
motto,
I llllzliiic Wntrr I'iMvcr.
Now York Tribune.
Marvelous progress has been attained al
ready In the utilization of water power In
many states of the union, but much re
mains to be done. Since It has been found
practicable to transmit a considerable per
centage of tho force of cataracts for long
distances by electricity, the rivers of the
country will from time to time contribute
mora extensively to tho expansion of
American industries. And thu Interesting
stutement Is made that In Porto Itlco there
are so many brooks nnd streams tumbling
down from thn high lands that hundreds,
and even thousands of wheels will be turn
ing ere long, with beneficial results to tho
people of that picturesque Island.
OCTOBER 3, 1901.
HOt;D Anuti'T SHW YORK.
BteliliiK ( Si-rur Mini Incident' In
Hip 111k Tiiivii,
Stand where you triay In upper New York,
you can see an Immense stone arch out
lined against the sky. It Is on the edge of
n high place that In Itself overlooks the
city, Tho arch Is one of four which will
support the tower of the Cathedral of St.
John (ho Divine, and this square tower
will In tlmo rise to a height of 440 feet
above tho arch. When work was begun on
tho llelmont chapel, ono of seven which are
to surround tho choir. It became necessary
to decide on the kind of stono to bo mod
for tho exterior work of the whole ca
thedral and now that the walls of the
chapel are rlMng from the ground the color
of the cathedral walls can be seen for the
first time.
Tho material Is a granite, quarried near
Yonkcrs, and whllo many havo Bald that
tho color, a grayish yellow, la not specially
plenslng, tho stone has so many good quali
ties, hardness nnd durability particularly,
that tho trustees choso It, knowing that
In a few years after erection the color would
bo softened by time nnd weather so that
Its new appearance wns to some extent un
ltnportnnt.
The trustees have decided to uso Fron
tenac marblo for tho entire Interior finish,
Tho Rclmont chnpel Is to be completed
In about a year nnd will cost J20O.000. H
will bn entered from the end nenr the ca
thedral proper, Its walls for tho first third
of their length will spread out at nn angle
of about 15 degrees nnd beyond this will
come tho nave, with parallel walls. Still
further will bo tho choir, almost square
In shnpo.
It Is Intended that a row of Immense
polished grnulto columns shall Rtnnd across
tho front of tho cathedral, each of which
shall bo sixty foot high. The deslro was
to havo each In ono piece, hut tho actual
test of manufacture has shown that It can
not bo douc.
A Now England quarry company look tho
contrnct. A special polishing Intho was
constructed nt a rost of J.'.O.OOO. Tho shaft
was squared In the rock and placed upon
tho machine. Just as tho polishing was
completed It broke In two nnd a second
shaft met tho same fate. The pillars will
havo to bo made of two sections of thirty
reet rnrh.
Hcneath tho arches now standing they
havo built a crypt chapel, beautifully fin
ished, and used for stated services. It has
nn organ, a beautiful altar and memorial
windows. Near a half century may pass
before the final builders can look upon
their work and say; "It Is finished nt
last." From 120,000,000 to J30.000.000 Is tho
ultimate figure now talked nbout. Hut an
tlmo goes by anil tho rountry grows richer
It Is Inevitable that tho cost will he In
creased. When you como to decoration,
statuary, paintings, moBalcs, altars, win
dows and so on, thero Is no end to tho
wealth that can bo added to a building of
this character.
Next to tho rapid transit subway perhaps
tho most extensive and costly Improvement
now under way Is the great sea wall do
slgned eventually to encompass the whole
of Manhattan Island. In fact, tho actuol
cost per running foot Is nenrly, If not quite,
a much as that of tho subway, whllo the
engineering problems presented aro fre
quently very much greater. The wall Is
now being constructed by the department
of docks and ferries at many points along
East river, and the Dnttcry wall In com
parison Is a trifling and prlmltlvo affair.
Tho uses of the wall are several, making
possible wide marginal streets which tho
enormous traffic to nnd from tho river front
has shown to be Indispensable; tho sowers
aro carried through the wall Into deep
water at all stages of tho tide, and It
makes a solid and permanent abutment for
any piers that may bo erected beyond It or
structure built upon It. The typo nnd cost
of the wall, of course, vnrlcs with the river
bed. Wheru tho rock substrntum, upon
which It Is built. Is even and nenr tho sur
face, tho work Is comparatively easy. It
being made perfectly level by deposits of
concrete' In bags. On this foundation the
wall Is built up of seventy-ton concrete
blocks, each 17.Sxl0 feet. When the bed
rock Is from fifty to soventy-llvo feet below
low water, however, tho work Is more diffi
cult nnd concrete In bags has to be dls
pensed with, and piles by tho thousand arc
driven Into the soft mud to mal;o tho re
quired foundation. This, nf course, adds to
tho nvcrago expense of tho wall, ns It Is
necessary to keep tho piles In certain posi
tions rclatlvo to each other In order to
glvo n solid support to tho enormous con
crete blocks. A diver Is, therefore, required
to Inspect each pile separately before the
blocks are let down upon them. It will re
qulro a number of years and tho expendi
ture of hundreds of thousands of dol
lars to complete the wall as now projected.
Tho Now York hotel keeper Is growing
wise, not to say "foxy," In his day and
generation. Tlmo wns when tho offlco and
lobby of his establishment were regarded
ns the most Important features nnd conse
quently received moro paint, plnster, gold
leaf and tinsel than wns allotted to any
other department, besides occupying tho
most directly accessible portion of tho
house, whllo tho dining room was an alto
gether secondary consideration, In so fnr at
least as Its location was concerned; It
might be abovo or below, In tho front or tha
rear, as the better location of office parlors
and guest chambers might determine All
this Is now changed and the dining room
takes precedence, occupying the best por
tion of the house, In ono notable Instance,
that of tho Gllsey house, thu entire front of
tho ground floor being converted Into a
dining room, while the office nnd lobby Is
relegated to the rear, with tho main en
trance on Twenty-ninth strrct, instead of
on Ilroadwny, ns before.
The rule seemB to be, the ncaror the
sidewalk tho bettor, and great plato glasi
windows with tho flimsiest of curtains, In
many cases no curtains at all, forming the
sole barrier between table, guest and the
passing pedestrian, the latter having an un
obstructed and most appotlzlng vlow of the
entire Interior, with Us wealth of mural,
tapestries and mirrored decorations, Its
gleaming tablownre. faultlessly attired
army of servitors, and withal tho highly
groomed guests. The window seats, thoso
nearest trio passing crowds, are tho choic
est In these palatial banqueting rooms; 'tis
as In tho piny, thu actors, men and women
in tho drama of feeding, all want the
contor of the stage, or at least the front
row.
'I'll i- SiirpliiH In Xclirnnkit.
Louisville Courier-Journal.
Nebraska Is a stato that has been one of
tho worst sufferers from tho corn crop
failure, yet hero is what an Omaha Bpcclal
says of financial and commercial conditions
thoro:
"Not In ten years has money been so
plentiful and so much in demand In Ne
braska as at present. The surplus In statu
banks Is greater by $500,000 than six months
ago, nnd bankers report loans readily made
at 8 per cont. This Is considered extraor
dinary In view of tho fact thut so much
money can bo had In different sections of
tho stato. Tho stiff Interest rato, howovor,
Is duo to tho Increased demand for short
loans, Money Is being Invested In lm
menso sums through Nebraska today. The
stock Interests nlnno are consuming mil-'
Hons of dollars. A great deal of building
Is going on. .Many socond mortagca ar
being made and the mortgages held by east
ern firms paid off with homo loans. This
Is said to be thn secret nf much of tho
loans that are being made."
Tim nmrjAMiv missionahv imm.i:.
Ualtlmoro American; If our State de
partment can bring to terms those brigands
who have captured Miss Stono tho diplo
mats of Uuropo will bo ready to admit that
tho exp'erts at Washington are tho men to
settle tho Turkish question:
Drooklyn Ragle: Miss Helen Stone, an
American missionary, Is held by Turkish
brigands for a ransom of 25,000. It really
seems that tho services of a missionary are
needed In Turkey. Ilut, at the price, mis
sionary teaching comes high and doesn't
scc;u to produco much result,
Chicago News! Thoso bandits who hold
Miss Stono for a ransom would probably
deliver her up safo and sound If wo wcro
to send the sultan a diplomatic note, deco
rated with verbal skull and crossbones, to
tho effect that wo would hold him person
ally responsible for her safety.
Cleveland Leader: Abdul llamld slioutd
bo compelled to control his wild and savage
subjects and ho can do It If ho will send a
force of troops into tho mountain fast
nesses. Ho surrendered very quickly when
n war ship was sent to enforco tho col
lection of tho claims for Indemnity pre
sented by American missionaries whose
property was destroyed In Armenia nnd he
will do something now If tho samo methods
aro used. President Hoosevelt. has a
chance to teach tho ruler of Turkey a
lesson and ho should not neglect to do It.
.M'lvlM.UV ISt.ANDSf
Kansas City Journal- Tho name nnd
fame of President MeKInley nro secure.
Tho part that tho late magistrate played In
tho acquisition of tho Philippines Is an
Impcrlshablo part of history as aro tho
deeds of Dewey and Lawton nnd Funston.
If President MeKInley wcro allvo to glvo
answer to this suggestion ho would ho tho
first to opposu It, for his conceptions of
national dignity and historic consistency
wero clear nnd broad.
St. Louis Olobc-Dcmocrat: It Is a happy
fiuggestlon that tho name of tho Philip
pines should bo changed to tho MeKInley
Islands. Tho present tltlo commemorates
tho reign of a powerful Spanish tyrant, one
of tho most uulovablo figures In European
history. There aro peculiarly strong rea
sons why the nnmo of MeKInley should be
applied to the archipelago now that It In a
part of tho territory of tho United States.
Tho late president faithfully represented
thn honor nnd genius of the American
people when ho decided that tho treaty
with Spain should Include tho acquisition
of tho Islands by this country.
Detroit Freo Press: Whoover made tho
suggestion that the l'hlllpplno Islands bo
renamed tho MeKInley Islands made a vory
foolish one. It was never considered neces
sary to call IMilslana Jeffcrsonla in order
to honor tho nanio of tho great president
that acquired tho territory. When Florida
was annexed nobody thought of substituting
Monrovia for tho Spanish namo so fragrant
with poetic and pious suggestion. Texas was
not rechrlstcned for Polk or Scott, or Taylor
or Houston or auy man that had unythlng to
do, directly or Indirectly, with its comlug
into tho union or remaining In tho union.
California Is not tho Latin for Fremont
nnd nobody evor Insisted that wo must give
Alnhka a now namo In order to do honor
to Sewnrd.
Pnit.HO.VAl, .OTKS.
Abner McKlnley's resemblance to tho late
president Is so striking that It Is n shock
to anyone who now sees him for tho first
time.
Lord Kitchener has rut kitchen rangis
nnd pianos off the list of army Impedi
menta. This ought to Increaso the mobility
a little bit.
Mr. Mllburn of Buffalo still has to keep
his premises guarded to prevent the curio
vandals from whittling his house and mu
tilating his trees.
"Billy" Patterson, who is in tho Lynn
(Mass.) hospital, Is prepared to answer tho
famous question. It was his wlfo who
Htruck Billy Patterson.
Verestchagln, the noted Russian painter
of war scenes, has returned from China,
whither bo went some time ago for new
material. He will paint a series of pic
tures of the Chinese war, which will bo ex
hibited throughout Europe.
bust of the lato Empress Frederick for
her coming monument has been modelled by
tho Berlin sculptor, Uphues, at command
of Emperor William. She wears a crown
and with one hand holds her cloak over her
breast. It will bo carved of heroic sko In
white marble nnd will stand on a high ped
estal of red granite, approached by stops.
The young men of Norway aro jubilant
over a law lately passed In that country
providing that lu future any woman who
desires to got married must present to tho
proper authorities a certificate showing that
3hc Is skilled In tho nrts of cooking, sew
ing, knitting and embroidering. Tho young
women nro wondering why no certificates
are to be required from men which shall
prove that they aro able to support their
wives.
A New York broker who boasted ac
quaintance with J. Plerpont Morgan wrote
to tho multimillionaire asking for an In
vitation to view tho yacht races on Mr.
Morgan's yacht Corsnlr. Tho magnato an
swered regretting that ho had loaned his
yacht to a friend, adding: "If you think you
would care to go on tho yacht of either Mr.
Gould, Mrs. Ooolet, Colonel Astor or any of
the others that may bo going down tho bay
I will try to get an Invitation for you, and
will assure whoever may take you that they
will havo the honor of entertaining tho
cheekiest man I over heard from."
The Order of Things
If .you haven't a new lop coat that is the first essential
for fall.
Then comes the new fall hat, and after .that the fall
unit and no clothing- tits like ours.
Then conies heavy-weight , underwear, new shii'tH, ho
siery and gloves, and a new tie.
Come here for all these things, and be sure of quality,
style and a saving of money besides.
Exclusive Clothiers and Furnishers.
ft. S. Wilcox, Manager.
' somen mico.mi tiiomjiit.
Iiniiurlnnro of Time t" !lRCllnn
Itrmeillrn for Annrehr.
Indianapolis News,
In ono sense, It Is fortunate that a tun
intervenes between our national loss nd
tho meeting of congress. Tho Just lndlg
nation against anarchism and anarchists
might hurry congress Into tho enactment
of uuwlso laws. It would bo posslblo to
mako a better provision against tho cx
ploltlng of anarchism In this country con
sUlcnt with the preservation of liberty
which should and doubtless will bo done
but efforts already mado In this direction
point to the risk of Ill-considered action
Shortly after tho assassination of thn
French president Sadl-Carnot, tho senate
In ISO I, passed n hill for tho exclusion from
this country of alien nnarchlsts nnd the ex
pulsion of such as might previously hAvo
obtained nn entrance A discussion of th
bill showed Its grave defects and doubtless
had much to do In causing tho non-concur
rence of tho house of representatives, At
thnt time two of our presidents had been
aesasslnnted, but In neither caso was an
archy remotely the cause. Presldont M
Klnlcy's assassination, directly tho result
of anarchistic teachings, was yet done bv
a man born In America. And the smuts
bill applied only to nitons, it was, more
over, retroactive, and so would have been
unconstitutional. It was Ill-guarded, tun
In Its procedure; It did not define the t m
anarchist, nnd henco It left nn open wav '
tho prosecution of nny resident of forns
birth who may havo mado enemies. Funi)
crmoro, It gavo no Inferior magtstrn'M
power to dctermlno whether the presen n
of any alien was n menace to thn gorro
ment nnd peace of tho country and to orlrr
him deported. It also permitted tho lnr.-
ductlon of hearsny evidence, which na
against one of our fundamental rules rf
law. It Is of Interest now only In pointing
to thn fact that so conservative a body ti
tho senate may bo carried away from safe
positions. It emphasizes tho fact thai
whatever wo shall do townrd tho better
protection of publlo pence and order and
tho better safeguarding of tho president,
we need the utmost care, for wo are deal
Ing with a problem that is as old ns human
nature.
i.kadim; TO A I.Al C.ll.
Atlanta Constitution: "Is thero nny point
In my poem?" nuked tho new contributor
"There Is." replied tho editor, "but It Is an
exclamation point."
Wanhlngton Ktar: "Who Is the hero nf
this plcco?" naked tho man who wns com
ing out of thn theater.
And tho manager thoughtfully replied
"Tho man who Is putting up tho money '
Philadelphia Press: Percy T don't cm
how you keep so blamed cheerful nnd con
tented. uy r-nny ciiuiiRn; i non I wnnio umo or
vitality thinking nbout tho peoplo who have
moro of this world's favors than I hnve.
Catholic Stnndnrd: "Ah. professor," ex
claimed the conceited young man, conde
scendingly, "I wish I knew as much ns
you do.
"You would know morn than I," replied
tho shrewd nrofessor. who underHtood thl
vountr man. "If you only know as much as
you think you know."
rinlHmnrA AmnrliMin! lleirlnnld T-.M nf
llolnnd Park, asks; "What Is tho object of
I'rnry's Arctic expedition?"
nny per cent or me lecture recoipin,
Cloveland Plain Dealer: "I fool greatly
encouraced nnd mean to try snmo morn
articles on tho magnzlne editors."
wnat lias encourngeu your
'Thn fact that President Hoosevelt may
bo exnected to null out and leave room for
tho rest of us."
Chlcniro Tribune: "In thn clear ntmno-
phero of the west," tho Immigration agent
was saving, "the distances aro remarkably
deceptive."
"Hut thn ntmosphero hasn t nn absolute
monopoly In that line." replied the man In
tho dilapidated blcyclo suit. "Whenever a
western PJOurasKii. or unioraoo larini-r iviin
mo It's four miles to the next town I al
ways linvo to rldo ubout fourteen to get
there."
Philadelphia Press: "Gracious!" exclaimed
her husband, when she camo down In her
new decollete gown, "you're not nil drcsBed,
are you?" ...
"Yes." replied Mrs. Ioeutte, "except for
a modest llttlo bunch of flowers for the
corsage." ....
"My denr, tho most modest bunch of
flowers you could wear would be nbout
twenty-flvo or thirty large chrysanthe
mums." ntlTWAIll) HOUND.
PrmluVut MeKlnleyi Died Srpfrmber
14, 1001.
(Tho following verses by Edward Sydney
Tyleo. printed In the tendon Spectator. nrj
esteemed tho best thut have yet appeared
at homo or abroad on the death of Presi
dent MeKInley.)
Farewell! for now n stormy morn nnd dark:
The hour of greeting nnd of parting
brings: . . , ,
Already on a rising wind yon bark
Spreads her Impatient wings,
Too hasty keel, a little while delay!
A moment tnrry, Oh thou hurrying dawn I
l!"or long and snd will bo the mourners' day
When their beloved Is gone.
Hut vain tho hands that beckon from th
shore: , , , ,
Alike our passion nnd our grief are vnln.
Behind him lies our llttlo world; before
Tho Illimitable main.
Yet, none the less, nbout his moving bed
Immortal eyes u tireless vigil keep
An angel at tho feet and nt tho bend
Guard his untroubled sleep.
Two nations bowed nbovo a common bier,
Mudo one forever by a martyred son
One In their agony of hope and fear,
And In their sorrow one.
And thou, lone traveler of a wuste so wide,
The uncharted seas that all muHt pass In
turn, ,
May tho same star that was so long thy
guldo
O'er thy last voyage bum.
No eye can reach where through yon
somber veil
That bark to Its eternal haven fares;
No earthly breezes swell Its shadowy sail;
Only our lovo and prayers.
