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0 THE OMAHA DAILY BEE: MOM PAY, OCTOBER 28, 1901. The UMAHA Daily Bee. K. ItOSEWATEH, EDITOR. PUBLISHED EVERY MORNING. TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION: Pally Hee (without Sunday), One Yenr.,lfi.00 pally Bee unit Sunday, Onu rear 8.W Illustrated uuc, One fear., t.W pundny Her, One Yuur ............ W patunmy Uec, one Year.. .. i.W twentieth Century Knimcr, One Year., l.w DKLlVEIiKD BY CARRIER. Dally lieu, without Sunduy, pur copy.... 2c Dally Hue without bunuay pr wtfK.....ljfo Dally nets Including bunuay, pur week. .lie Hunuay Hue, tier coty '"'in0 Evening live, without Sunday, per wefK .luo EvenllJK tier, Includ tig Sunday, per week. lie CoinpmintB tt irreguiurltius in delivery houia ho uddresEiu to Uty circulation De partment. OFFICES. Omaha: The Bee Building. Mouth Omutmi City iittll uulldlnB, Twcn kyllrth ana M Streets. Council ulurfai W rearl Street. Chicago: low Unity building. New fork; Temple Court. .Washington. SOI Fourteenth Street. CORRESPONDENCE. Communications relating to news and edl lorlal matter should be addressed: Omaha Editorial Department. BUSINESS LETTERS. Business letters und remittances should bo ddresseo: lhe Bee i'Ublisniug company, Omaha. REMITTANCES. Kemlt by drut, express or postal order, payanie to The. Bee Publishing Company. Only 2-cent stamps accepted Ir payment of gAll accounts. Personal check:, except on maha or ustern exchanges, nut accepted. THE BEE l'UULlSHlNU COMPANY. STATEMENT OF CIRCULATION. 'Itato of Nebraska, Douglas County, ss.: Qorg B. Tischuck, secretary ot Tho Heo publlsnlng Company, being duly sworn, hays that the actual number ot lull and complete copies of Tho Dally. Morning, Evenlnn ana Sunday Bee printed during the month 'of September, lfM. was as fol lows. 1 30,015 3 7,4no 3 a7,aro i 27,150 6 37,110 41,100 7 47,710 S 34.77K 8 38,000 10 2H,10 11 39,180 12 117,8110 13 40,210 M 43,7.'IO 15 02,100 16 S8.7IM) 17 aii.000 18 20,380 19 2S.0U0 20 20,280 21 37,070 22 3M,tl(I0 23 2S.770 21 28.0S0 23 28.BS0 23 28,B10 27 28,010 28 28,700 rj 28,030 80 28,870 Total 031, 710 JLcss unsold and returned' copies.... 12,317 Net total sales 010.303 Net dally average 30,010 GEO. B. TZ8CHUCK, Subscribed In my prosenco and sworn to before- mo this 30th dny of September. A. D, 1901. M. B. IIUNQATE. Notary Public. Last chance to register Is next Saturday, November 'J. Mark It down. The Impending execution of O.olgosz will simply exemplify the triumph of 'law over lawlessness. Mr. Swlft'n enlargement of his Omaha mcut-packing establishment cannot come liny too swiftly to suit Omaha. The Pan-American conference threat ens to resolve Itself Into a mutual ad mlratlpn society for the representatives pf the different countries participating. This much must bo said for the late lamented no-enlled nllvor republican party: The leaders held out long after all the privates had retired In disgust. More than $80,000 -was expended on roads and bridges in Douglas county during tho past year. What has the county to show for this extraordinary expenditure? If the state nudltor can succeed in fencing out of Nebraska all the tontine fakes that fatten on gullible victims he will earn a big credit mark from all Intelligent people. Not a person has been found to say a word against tho clinracter or qualified' tlons of Samuel II. Sedgwick, tho re publican candidate for Judge of the su promo court of Nebraska. Ten minutes Is all tho time tlie Rock Island magnates gavo Omaha on their Inspection tour of the line. This would Indicate that they nre satlstled with local conditions and management Tho Real Estato exchange must not nllow Itself to be diverted from tlid pressing problem of tax reform by con Bplklntlon rainbows, Consolidation Is bound to come In time, but tax reform .will have to roni tlrst. Iowa republicans arc to keep right on bombarding their opposing candidates up to tho very eve of election just as If Iowa worn a debatable state. That Is tho kind of political devotion that builds up Impenetrable republican majorities. It Is announced that Andrew Oamegln and family will winter In Italy In a quiet Riviera spot. It Is noteworthy, however, that the precise location of tho spot Is not disclosed for fear It might become too popular for douatlon seeking pilgrims. Another twenty-four-hour visitor hns discovered that Omaha Is "the very worstest city" on the American contl nent. This gentleman also makes his living by discovering the worst cities In existence and describing them for pay In magazines or on the lecture Ituge; Omaha's retail grocers, butchers, restaurateurs and hotel keepera propose o go Into tho Ice business to escape tho exactions of tho iceman. The strange part about It is that they have actually taken up the project before the Ice crop, lias been sown and In time to come In cm tho harvest. Setiator Jones of Nevada has tho hard! hood to admit publicly that tho free silver Issue Is dead beyond resurrection Mr. Ilryan, however, who Is only a tils clpo of tho Nevada pioneer, persist in touring Nebraska with renewed n peals to ins former loiiowers to con tlutie to stand by silver. A dispatch from way up lu Wisconsin tells us that the stone Is being quarried dressed ami sawed there for William .1 Bryan's now residence lu course of croc Uon at Lincoln and that the stone Is of the best quality procurable. This does not look as If prosperity had failed include .Mr, ilryan or Unit two unsui fcssful candidacies for the president- bare impaired lib lluauclal standing. JAJOK TO TUB ASSESSUnS. Xo marked reform enn bo had In our ystciu of taxation until tho people wake up to the Importance and neces- Ity of electing fearless, Impartial and competent asscssorn. I'lio tap-root ot systematic tinner- valuation of taxable property Is In the asseshors. While every assessor l Hworn to make returns that, represent the sal able value of real and personal property returned for taxation, the Kreat majority f assessors are endowed with India- libber consciences. Property mortgaged for thousands Is returned at hundreds. 'arms that would sell readily for $50 an ere are turned In at from $15 to $3, even when their nnnual rental value Is. more than that. lilootlctl livestock worth from $50 to 500 are assessed uniformly at so much per head with common cattle nd no returns whatever are made for millions of dollars worth of personal roperty. This lax condition of affairs Is grow- ng worse In -Nebraska front year to ear. Tho effect not only works Inequal ity nud discrimination, but opens tho way for cumulative Injustice In the utilization of assessments by couuty nd state boards when they arc called on o nppralse the projierty of frnnehlsed corporations, rnllroads and common carriers. These boards are .Importuned by the ttorucys and agents of the corporations to outdo the assessors In "Undervaluation nd for JustlUcfitlon ot auch n course they point to the outrageously low val uations placed 011 taxable property by he precinct assessors. In the cud the bulk of the burden of taxation Is piled up on the home owners In cities and the owners of small tracts of land In the country. If the people of Nebraska can arouse themselves suHlclently to exact pledges from the candidates for assessor and county commissioner that they will do their duty without fear or favor If elected the tlrst step toward genuine tax reform will be taken., THE LEADING lXlQllTim SATIOX. The United States Is at the head of the list of exporting nations. According to the treasury statistics of average monthly exports of twenty countries for 11)00 and 1001, the United States hns this year passed the United Kingdom, whoso average monthly exports hIiow a marked decline' from Inst year, when they were In excess of the exports of this country. Germany occupies third placo and makes a very good showing, the average monthly exports of that country being given at $S7,000,000. while that of the United States Is stated at $11:1.000,000. France ranks fourth and when population and resources are con sidered the figures for that country In dicate a prosperous condition of her foreign trade. Whether 6r not this country .will con tinue at the head of exporting nations Is a question to be determined by events which cannot be foreseen. As I In greater part of our exports are ngrl cultural products gobd crops In' Rut-ope would make a very decided difference In our export account. Then there is the possibility of foreign tnrlff dlscrhn (nations against our manufactures which are very likely to be made If there Is not something done to avert them. It Is In this direction that a broad and enlightened policy may accomplish much townrd ennbllug tho United States to maintain Its lead as au exporting country. If we shall earnestly endeavor to cultivate closer commercial relations with other nntlons we may reasonably expect to continue the lead wo have reached, but otherwise we will very likely go back to second place. Our commercial rivals are carefully studying American Industrial and bus iness methods nuil while we undoubt edly have the advantage at present, we cannot be sure of holding It unless we recognize and conform to t lie; new con ditions. The Idea that other countries will stand still aud.'itllow us to get the best that Is to be had lu the commer cial world Is fallacious. Tho United States has made wonderful progress lu tho last few years'. In order to keep what wo have gqt.-e shall, it Is per fectly plain, find ft. necessary to make somo concessions t-. countries whose trade wo want. ANTl-TUUST LEOIShATlOX. It Is to be expected that numerous propositions relating to the industrial combinations will be presented nt the coming session ot congress and It Is safe to predict that few of them will bo of a practical clinracter. It Is now pretty well understood that so far as tho restriction of monopoly Is concerned congress about exhausted Its power when It. enacted the Sherman anti-trust law. If it is desired to suppress monopo listic combinations the constitution must bo amended so as to extend the authority of congress and It would seem wise to Inaugurate 11 movement for such amend ment at tho comlug session. We believe 11 proposition of this kind would have general public approval. The New York Journal of Commerce suggests that without somo modification of tho constitution tho further exercise of the legislative power should bo con lined to tho enactment of laws calculated to securo reasonable publicity concerning the affairs of the great combinations which dominate the Industrial world. "The existing law Is amply sutHelent, ' says that paper, "to correct nuy attempt to establish 11 monopoly fn transport!! Uon nnd tlio natural laws of trade "seem likely to reinforce tho somewhat feeble operation of statu law In preventing the creation of monopolies in production Kvents have demonstrated that there Is no combination so powerful as to be removed above tho reach of the forces of competition and how powerfully theso aro already asserting themselves Is most convincingly shown In some of tho re cent balance sheets of Industrial trusts Without transcending the bounds of what is both possible aud desirable, con gross may do much to correct somo of the worst abuses of the trust system by compelling the great industrial comblna tlons to make statements as explicit aud Intelligible as the Interstate railroad commission demands, of tho great trans- portatlo Hues." Thcro appears to bobrousht tTom tb Un,tc1 suu'' whUo ot no question as to the authority of con gress to do this and since a few of tho combinations have adopted the policy of making their affalra public perhaps 110 great opposition would come from that source to legislation requiring this of all of them. At all events, If congress has the power to compel the Industrial combinations to do what Is required of the railroads In this matter It should promptly exercise that authority. ItJ Is expected that President IJoose volt will make some practical recom mendations on this subject lu his annual message, he having Indicated an earnest Interest In It. The president, In what ho has said regarding the Industrial combinations, has shown that ho does uot favor a policy of extermination, which would have a disastrous effect upon all Interests, but rather a policy of regulation and control, one feature pf wlijch would be the requirement of publicity. "Undoubtedly the question of dcnllng with the Industrial combinations will receive en refill consideration from the Fifty-seventh congress and there l reason to expect some -practical legisla tion. l KFFWWXT FlltK: DKPA IITMKSY. Tho efficiency of the Omaha tire de partment has been subjected to a severo test'wlthlu the past ten days and there It. no dissent In the popular verdict that from the chief down the department has nevor shown Itself to greater advantage as a tire-fighting force. Rut the very best lighting force enn not be expected to cope successfully with great conflagrations unless It Is equipped with the best, modern ap paratus. In this respect the department Is still behind other cities covering no larger area. It Is not merely essential that the equipment for putting out tires shall be up to the latest standard, but the department should be In position to meet demauds upon It In case part of Its machinery Is disabled while the lire Is raging. No expenditure for this purpose will be begrudged by the taxpayers, who' will cheerfully second any effort on the part of the lire and police commission to keep the department abreast with all the requirement likely to be put upon It. The property owners of Omaha have contributed .f',ooo,oijO this year toward maintaining state, city, county and school government. This enormous lax revenue Is apportioned roughly between tile three bodies that control the city, county and school government, one half, or $1,000,000, to the city; one quar ter, or $500,000, to the county, nud $500, 000 to the school board. If the tax payers look for any relief during the coming year they must make their wishes known and their influence felt at I lie coining election. The demand of the hour is for reduced taxation through greater economy, retrenchment nnd a more equitable assessment of taxable properly. The great decision of the Illinois su pre 1110 court requiring I ho public utility cjurpoi nttoiis of .that state to pay taxes on the capitalized value of their fran chises and special privileges was brought about ! a test case Instituted and carried through by the school teach ers of Chicago. Those school teachers have accomplished what the great body of taxpayers have for years demanded but tailed to secure. This, wonderful vform, if It Is not again overthrown, will stand as the greatest achievement hose teachers ever scored. Itetueniber that Judge Dickinson held the evidence of willful Irregularities In lhe police court sulllclent to Justify tho Impeachment aud removal of Police .Indue Cordon and the writ of ouster was reversed only on technicalities by the supreme court. The citizens of Omaha should make Judge Dickinson's writ of ouster effective by their votes at the coming election. Only 0110 more day for registration nnd more than one-half of the legal voters 'of Omaha are yet to register their names. Can these people bo coaxed or persuaded to do their duty ns citizens? Or will they remain away from tho polls on election dny because this la au off year In politics? Wlllliiw to Divide. Indianapolis New3. If Admiral Schley comes out ot the in vestigation with all of the Santiago honors It will not bo his fault. He said there was honor enough for all. Iteuord Tlint Xeeiln .i MftKlipliuiic. Chicago News. Captain Clark is In the happy position where ho can let tho achievements ot the Oregon speak for themselves without his taking up tho megaphone to tell about them. Somo DeliilU l.nuklnR. St. Paul Pioneer Press. And still no one has nppenred to tell tho world whether the president and Mr. Wash ington dined on porterhouso and onions ar on n small hot bird. This matter should bo Bottled before wo go further. Hcnry'n Yell for Sum my. Now York Tribune, If Colonel Henry WatterBon ever makes his promised run for tho presidency we liopo ho will not reissue his famous call of 1877 for 100,000 democrats to march on Washington to secure nn unmolested nnd tranquil Inauguration. A IIIimt nt l'oot llnll. Minneapolis Tribune. Some tables of longevity compiled by that sreat mathematician, tho late Prof. Plorco of Harvard, Bhow that in tho first ten years after graduation tho greatest mortality Is found among those who whllo In college stood lowest In scholarship. A Hold, Ilrnve Menapnicer. Indtaunpolls Juurnnl, Tho express messenger out in Oregon who declined to bo stampeded by train robbers, but remained nnd protected tho property In his care, deserves well of his employers and of tho railroad company. Tho robbers proved themselves to bo cowards, as all such gentry would do if boldly opposed. Trnilc wllli Culm, Philadelphia Itccord. A comparative statement of Cuba's Inter national commerce for ten months up to April 30 last shows Imports of $34,112,262, a decrease of 9,2 por cent as compared with the corresponding period ot 1900, and ex ports of $49,987,117, an Increase of 41.2 por cent. Over IL'3.000.000 of tho Imports wern tho exports nearly $33,000,000 came to this country. That la, Cuba buys nearly one lialf of Its foreign supplies from tho United States nnd sells to us nearly three-fourths of Its products for export. Thero Is no good reason why this preponderance ot American trndo with tho Island should not Increase proportionately from year to yuar. I'liirkliiK tlif I'imlc. Unltlmore American. The cost of living has gone up In Manila slnco tho Americans have been there. The childlike, untutored native has grasped aultc as keenly and Just as promptly as tho cultured and experienced Parisian tho fact that tho American eaglo Is a mighty lino bird and very easy to pluck. Cunt nil cif Cnmlilnntluita. HutTalo Express. Justice Broker's address at tho Yale cele bration, In which he said the movement toward organization and centralization, as exemplified by trusts, could not bo stopped, but could nnd would bo controlled and made to servo tho public Interest, shows this gr?nt Jurist to bo as sound on tho trust question as he Is on that ot expansion. A i l n lew (.'iinillt Inn. Indianapolis Journul. ' The fact that tho census nbotva that there wera moro males than females In tho United Slates In 1900 is cnuslng comment, as If. it wcro an unprecedented condition. As a matter of fact tho pcrcentngo of males has exceeded that of females tho last fifty years. In 1850 tho males wcro G1.4 per coht of tho population; In 1860, Bt.lfi; In 1ST0, otter tho wnrfor tho union, tho males wcro C0.66 per cent of tho whole; In 1890, B1.21, and In 1900, 51.20. This shows that the chango In tho relatlvo numbers be tween the sexes has been inconsequential allien 1860. DmltfliiR 11 VHnl Question. Springfield Republican. Tho trusts arc not replying freely to tho question sent out to them by tho federal Industrial commission whethor they nro selling their products nt lower prices to foreigners than to our own people. Most of thorn nro said to bo not replying at nil. Hut what a truo answer would bo protty much everybody knows and the commis sion knows nlso. It remains to bo seon whcthcr( or not It will dodge the matter In Ha report to congress, simply bernuso many of its members nro high tariff partlsnns who hnto to udmlt that their system op erates thus to tho dlsadvnntngo of tho homo mnrkct. A City AVorlh Hnvlnnr. Now York World. Houndly stated, 613,000 voters will de cldo our city election. Their decision will control tho government of .1,500,000 people. $3,837,000,000 of assessed property and the nnnual expenditure of $110,000,000. Only six states in tho union have a larger num ber of voters than New York City New York. Pennsylvania, Ohio, Indiana. Illinois and Missouri. And no government In all tlu union, stnto or municipal, excepting only tho nntlonal government at Wasulng ton, makes annunl expenditures one-half so large. It Ik Indeed an imperial city, well worth a mighty effort to save from misrule. Tip for the Commercial Club. Western I.nborer. Thft Commercial club ought to visit tho Oreat Western Typo Foundry nnd seo the nctual work of the flro department laBt Saturday night and then go back to tho club rooms and kick themselves1 for going off half cocked him May. Tho work last Saturday night was real flro lighting by real firemen undwn a real flro chief with twenty-five ycarsnxpcrlence. No firemen were killed, iiono.were choked nnd none were "brought up on the carpet." It's like a dream. Why. wc venture to say that thn wholesalers are now willing that tho firemen should haye good beds, fuel, light nnd every possible comfort In their quar ters. J.ACK OF KXEHCISi;. One or Ihp nUml vnntnKrM of I'ultllc Scrvlei- nt WnsliliiKlon, Boston Transcript. The physicians and surgeons who attended President McKlnloy In their report to the Now York Medical socloty enumerate among the "contributory eausos" of his death lack of exercise. This may well hnvo been tho ease without the president having been naturally Indisposed to exercise. Indeed, ne nau tnKcn a groat deal of exorcise In his early life, for tho four years of hl nrmv. service Involved much labor, fighting and marching, nnd many days and nights In tho saddle. Whether such an experience gives or Impairs strencth dnnenHn n n,i deal on the natural constitution of a man, but certainly President McKlnley was of rmnariiy active bodl y hab ts until hi nn. tcrcd the White House. Onco president, ho. llk othnr nllhllr man In Washington, found it difficult to obtain tlmo for exercise, Tho president was a very hard worker. He was up early and ho wont to bed very late. Ills nrnrbin day, with simply the Intervals for lunehnnn and dinner, often was from 9 o'clock In the morning until midnight. In this tlmo he ransactea a great deal of routine htinlnARB passed upon many questions requiring his decision, listened to "delegations" which terra uindstono denned n noun of mnitHnHn sIcnlfyliiK manv. but nnt. si irnlfvlna' mnnli and received visitors who camo to talk cither patronage or somo more legitimate subject on which they desired tho execu tive's views. WhaUcxerclso tho president could obtain was very limited. Ho was a most conscientious worker, who between himself and his work never favored him self. One of tho president's cxnedlents for ret ting a llttlo cxerctso was to take a walk In tho corridors of the White House Just before retiring for the night. He would then light a cigar and march up and down until he had smoked it out. Then, going to tho door of his apartments, ho faced nnout, and with a courteous "I wish you good night, gentlemen." dismissed members of tho Whlto Houso staff who have no "hours," but nrn on dutv ns lnnc n tho president's lamp burns. Last winter there wore nerslstont rumors In Wnnhlnc-. ton tnat tne president's health was break ing down. A mombcr of the cabinet In commenting on them said that thn nro.l dent's condition was simply that of a man of his "build" who got no exercise worth mentioning, and that he had advised him to resort to chest weight exorcises which he had found beneficial In his nwn run. Public men in Washington havo to llva under conditions that exnose the of them to tho risks of physically "going stale." Tho public buildings, after tho weather JiiBtlHcs any Arcs whatever, are imoicrauiy not. Kvemne corridors of th great department buildings aro fairly stifling, and the offices seem llko ovens, 1 tt wonderful that men who are In kmc rooms eight or nine hours a day suddenly loso vitality, become bilious, dyspeptic and tired out? Our cabinet officers lead very dinerent oniclal lives from those of Euro pan ministers. The heads of the great cab Inct departments work hard, get little ex nrclge. aro overrun win visitors and rvhtali llttlo rest between official duties and social exactions President Roosevelt demonstrates a ills position to set plenty of exercise. W hope he will porsevero In this determine tlnn nvfin 1 It nnmnnlN thn "delflo'ntlnnft1 to wait hours until he has finished a brisk walk or considerable rougb-ridinE, Taxing Corporations Chicago The street railway, gas and telephone companies of Chicago will have to pay much heavier tnxes for 1901 than they paid for 1900. They have been underas sessed in past years by the Stato Board of Equalization, which has been regard less ot tho plain, equitable provisions of the statutes. The uprcmo court has ordered tho stato board to live up to tho law nnd while it may dlsllko exceed ingly to do so It has no option but to obey.. The law requires tho board to ascertain tho fair cash value of the capital stock and franchises of n corporation, Including' Its bonded Indebtedness, and to deduct therefrom tho value of tangible property ot tho corporation. On tho excess valuo ot Intangible over tnnglblo property, If thcro be any, tho corporation must pay taxes In addition to those. It pays on Its tangtblo property. Last year tho stato board did Its work so poorly that It required tho street railway, gas, electric light nnd tele phone companies of ClUrngo to pay taxes on nn assessed valuation of a little over $2,000,000 on nccotint of capital stock and frnnchlso vnlues. This was on the faco ot It nn unjust valuation. The board dis regarded evldenco to that effect which was laid before It. An appeal to the courts followed and the iupromo court hfl8 now decided that tho conduct of the board was Illegal and highly blameworthy. As this decision relates to the 1900 assessment tho corporations concerned will havo to pav back taxes for that year, ns well as larger, fairer taxes la the future. Tho stock and bonds of the People's Gas company foot up $65,000,000. Last year tho stato board was ablo to find values to tho amount of only $19,300,000. Thero will havo to be a much higher valuation this year. The North and West Side strerft railroad companies were not assessed nt nil last CAMCIXS niGIIT MAN' FOIl PI.ACH. Wood IUver Interests. Tho republican stato central committee ha named Hon. E. C. Calkins of Kearney for regent of the State university to tako tho place of 11. L. Ooold, resigned. Mr. Calkins Is a very ablo lawyer and nn honorable and cultured gentloman. He hns always taken an active Interest In educational matters. Kimball Observer: E. C. Calkins of Kear ney has been placed on tho republican ticket as a candidate for regent of the Stato university to fill a vacancy. Mr. Calkins s ono of the leading and Influential citizens of Kearney, a lawyer by profes sion, a friend of education nnd a man In every way qualified for the position. Tckamah Herald: Judge E. C. Calkins of Kearney wan selected by tho stato repub lican coramlttco for candidate for stnto regent to fill tho vacancy caused by tho wundrawal of tho regular nominee. Judno Calkins has a largo acquaintance In tho state, he Is an old resident nnd has always taken an active interest in cducntlonal matters. It was a wise selection. Falls City Journal: The withdrawal of H. L. Goold, republican candldnto for regent of tho university, necessitated tho substitution of another namo nnd. after maturo deliberation, tho committee choso Judge E. C. Calkins of Kearney for tho placo. It Is tho general opinion of the stnte prcBs that tho choice Is a bannv one. .Itidcn Calkins enjoys moro than a local reputa tion as a lawyer nnd Is a man of most ex cellent personal character. Tho ticket ha3 not been weakened In any sense by tho placing of his namo upon It. Tho namn of sucn n man never weakens any tlckot. Pierce Call: The republican stain rn tfnl pnmmlltiiii mnA nn 1 1 . i ; - "'" cAcuueni seiec- i-iiuai: uuuku IJ. i:nlKln nr Kearney as its candidate for regent of the State university. Judge Calkins Is not a politician. Ho has always tnken an active Interest in the educatlonnl af fairs In his city nnd has been for years a member of tho Hoard of Education. He la proud of the fact that hn has done his part toward the upbuilding of tho Kearney public schools. Ho Is a man of middle age, in the prime of life and capable of serving his stato well In any cnpnclty that tt snail require of him. Dakota City Eagle: Tho republican stnto central commltteo met and chose Hon. E. C. Calkins of Kenrney to fill tho plnce on tho tlckot vacated by tho withdrawal of H. L. Ooold, one of the nominees of the state convention for tho position of regent of the Stato university. This was a wise selection and will bring strength to tho ticket both on account ot the personnel of the candidate and tho geographical location. Ho Is a broad-minded man of culture, nn uttorney of high standing, n man of education nnd high scholarly at tainments with n stntcwldo reputation and popularity. Kearney Journnl: Slnco his selection bv the state central commttteo as a candi date for regent of tho State university to fill n vacancy Mr. Calkins has had many fine things said of him by nows papers of all sorts of political faith. Ho came to Kearney twenty-eight years ago, with nearly his wholo business life beforo him a young man. What faults ho has we, his neighbors nnd friends of twentv olght years, know all about them. And we aro sure that no one will ask for tho romoval of his name from the ticket because of any shady transaction with Joo Hartley or any other man. Mr. Calkins Is In no sense an ofAceseckcr. If the peoplo want his services they will have to ask for them. His republican friends and .admirers pre sented his name as n candidate for tho su preme bench to the stato convention, with the hope that that body might look nt It In tho samo light that wo did. If the other counties had known him as we know him the result might havo been dif ferent. He has always taken an Interest in educational matters and Is well equipped for tho office of regent. For about twonty years we have kept him on tho Kcarnov school board and tho splendid condition of our city schools Is one of tho dlroct results of his Influence. Wo ought to make It very nearly unanimous In Buffalo county. 1'EnSONAI, NOTKS. With $75,000 worth of postage stamps In stock, the looters of the Chicago postofflco are booked for a prolonged licking. Horace Brooks Marshall, ono of tho now sheriffs of London, Is said to be tho young est man who has ever attained to such a position. He Is 32 years old. Through trains nro not always best. Ex Governor Hogg of Texas took an accommo dation, stopped, over at Beaumont and hap pened upon an oil land deal that netted him $1,000,000. The first fivo cadets In order of merit at West Point nro nil southern boys, They ball from Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina and Maryland. Mississippi bears off tho palm with two of her sons, ono of whom Is tho head of tho class. v In spite of his devotion to politics, Her bert Oladstone gives much time to outdoor exercises and is preBldont of tho National Physical Recreation society. He Is, be sides, enthusiastic on music and has often assisted the Kyrlo society as a vocalist. Joseph Fielding Smith, president of the twelve apostles, becomes the next presi dent of tho Mormon church. He Is In hla sixty-third year and In 1S66 was ordained as nn apostle by President Brlgham Young and sot apart as one of tho twelve apostles on October S, 1867. The new president has three wives, Tribune. year, tho pretext being that their prop erties were leased to tho L'nlon Traction company, which was nssersed slightly. Tho supreme court says theso two omitted cor porations "earned during tho year prior to April 1, 1900, a great dividend of from 6 per cent to 25 per cent per annum upon their stock, mainly lu tho form ot rents accrued from tho leases of their rights and privileges to use tho streots of tho city of Chicago to other corporations," and must be assessed. Thus It appears that the supreme court recognizes tho fact that tho right and privilege to use public stroets for street railroad purposes Is a valuable privilege, constituting no small part of the value ot its capital stock, and that this element of value cannot bo omitted, as It has been, by the stato board In making Its assessments. The corporations affected by this decision will deny Its Justice. Hut tt Is eminently Just. It compels certain companies which havo hitherto borne much less than their fair share of public burdens to bear some npproach to a fair share. They will not bo cnltcd on to do more than that. The stato board will take care that they nro not ovcr- CSSCSBCd. When thn state board shall hare mado that fair valuation of the capital stock, In debtedness and franchises of Chicago pub lic service corporations tho supreme court has ordered It to make, tho total volume ot valuations In this city will bo largely In, creased. The 5 par cent limitation on taxa tion will not then make it difficult for the city or any other municipal corporation to get necessary revenue. The owners of real estato will no longer be overtaxed, whllo corporations that aro coining money out of the use of the publlo streots are nndor-taxed. HOUMl ABOUT IVF.W YORK. nipples on the Current of A flu Irs In the Mrropoll. Thero is a bnro possibility of the fools who poured their money Into the coffers of tho Franklin syndicate of Brooklyn last ycai. on promise of 10 per cent n week profit, getting back a few cents on the dollar. William F. Miller, the chief orga nizer of tho swindle, who was convicted of larceny and sentenced to the penitentiary for five years, hns been grnnted n now trlnl nud his return to Diooklyn Is signalized by thn discovery of $115,000 of tho money taken from the dupes In a New York bank. Miller Is said to havo scooped In $900,000 during tho life or the syndicate nnd very little of It wns found when tho "bank" was pulled. Whero the money wont was a mys tery. Probably one-half of the deposltR were securely planted by Miller and his confederates. One Edward Schlcslngcr was In tho deal with Miller. When the author ities pounced on the syndlcnto both fled tho country. Miller carried at least $9S,000 worth of securities In his grip, besides car faro. Theso securities havo not yet been found'. Schlcslngcr Is. now bcliovcd to bo on his way homo nnd In order to checkmate the recovery of tho monoy bolloved to bo In Borne New York bank or Bafcty deposit an Injunction has been Issued by the United States district court restraining every safety deposit company In Now York from delivering to Edwnrd Schlcslngcr, William F. Miller or Robert A. Ammon or nuy one representing them, individually or col lectively, anything of valuo whatsoovor, without an order of court. Schleslncer was Indicted with stiller when 1 tho "520 per cent'' bubble burst, but escaped beforo a warrant of arrest could bo KnrvpH Ho Is a man of striking person ality nnd In appearance the antithesis of Miller, being morn than six feet In height nnd weighing nearly .100 pounds. In the conduct of tho Franklin syndicate ho was tho "silent partner." Few of those who were attracted by tho promlso of princely dividends ever snw Schlcslngcr. Ho kept out of sight of the "customers," but was always on hand when, nftor the close of business, the receipts were counted up nnd divided. It Is said that Schleslnger Invested the funds of the Franklin syndicate In various gambling enterprises and that for a tlmo tho returns actually fulfilled tho promises mado In tho advertisements. A statement prepared In the comptroller's ofllco shows that 40,914 persons wore In 1900 employed In the government of the city of New York. Thus one-llftoonth of tho total vote to bo cast ntho comlug election will bo that ot municipal officeholders, and nearly everyone of them will vote for Tam many. In 1S9S the number of employes wns 34,1598, so there was an Increase of over 0,000 in two years. The amount paid for snlarlee In 1900 was $43,927,317, an Increase of over $7,000,000. A pamphlet Issued by one of the reform organizations presents a remarkablo show ing of tho cxtortlounto taxation methods prevalent In New York City. The thirteen American cities next In voting strength to Now York aro Chicago, Philadelphia, Bos ton, Baltimore, Buffalo, Cleveland, Detroit, Cincinnati, St, Louis, New Orleans, San Francisco, Milwaukee and Pittsburg. These cities combined have' moro than double tho population of Now York. Thoy havo nearly threb times tho area. Thoy have moro miles of paved streots nnd moro miles of sewer per Bquaro mtlo; they havo more school children In proportion to populations they cmployo more school teachers and they pay moro monoy for the purpose of educa tion in proportion to population than Now York pays. And yet tho 3,400,000 people of New York City pay more every year for tho purposes of municipal government than tho 7,200,000 peoplo of thoso thirteen other American cities pay for similar purposes nnd for larger results in nearly all cases. In tho yenr 1899 tho average tax levy por capita of .those thirteen cities was $14.35; that of tho city of New York wns $25.86. This doos not include special assessments, license fees, tho various Incomes from other sources than tho taxation such as wnter revenue, frnnchlso tnxes, etc., nor the pro ceeds of bonds. It cost $852.71 per mile to keop the paved streets of theso thirteen othor cities In order; not to pave them or to grndo them or to reconstruct them In any way, simply to maintain them. It cost $1,911.51 for the samo work In this city and In addition this city has a largo extent of asphalted streets, laid In recent years, nearly all of which aro maintained for a period of from five to ten years at the cost of the contractors who laid them. Thereforo, this large cle mont of cost Is not Included In New York's outlay. The city paid In the year 1899 $471 per linear mile for the maintenance of Its sewers, whereas tho avcrago paid by the other cities was but $263. Theso cities have more miles of sewer per square rallo than the city of Now York. There was something like $120,000,000 of debt upon tho city when Tweed left the scene. The corporation of the city of New York today owes about $280,000,000 in ex cess of tho amount of bond whlc'h It holds In its sinking fund. It has something like 45,000 emplqyes In Its service. It pays out annually about $100,000,000 derived from direct taxation, which Its fatuous taxpayers seem to think represents Us total expenditures. Besldos tbat tt pays out many millions more de rived from special assessments, several million dollars derived from water revenue, from franchises, from rentals of docks nnd wharves and from various othor nourccs. On top of this It borrows nnd spends nil the money which tho constitution nllows It i ofllclnls to borrow a total outlay for the city government ot not far from $200,000,000 a year at tho present time. I'OMTICAI. TI,K I.N Till! STATU. Pender New Era: Thero Is n rumor fly ing about tho stato that Joo llnrtloy Is somowhat Interested in tho great fusion organ of this stulu, the World-Hornld. Ono thing nbout tho actions of this paper, which hnvo always looked suspicious, hat been tho World-Herald's tender spot for Hartley. Wouldn't It bo a stunner on Ne braska fuslonlsta to And out thnt tho de faulter owns n few shares In tho "wild and woolly" World-Herald? York Republican! Tho fuslonlsts In Adams county set up tho claim thnt they had run the asylum at Hastings cheaper than tho republicans nro doing. Thero seemod to be lack ot faith on this point and tho tnntter wns Investigated. The records of the nsylum show that during the last year of fusion ruin tho cost por enplt.t was 39 cents. The dnlly nvcrage cost per capita for the eight months of republican conduct of tho institution Is 29 cents, 9?A centB lower than under tho reform ad ministration. They wcro strong on prom ises and loud In claims, but weak In accom plishment nnd breathless In fulfillment. With nothing to recommend them but their desire, to hold tho oftlres tho fuslonlstB arc certainly facing a dark future In Nebraska. Norfolk Nows: Tho fuslonlsts aro des pcrate and will swing Nebraska from Its stnnd for republican prosperity If thoy can do so. It wilt stand the republicans In hand to meet their assault with vigor and keep tho stnto In lino with national policies. They havo a good ticket to fight for and all should bo nwnko nnd active. Tho fuslonlsts urc prrpnrlng to celebrate their victory, If they secure one, as n protest against national policies and as an endorse ment of Mr, Bryan nnd tho policies he rcprosunts. Their nnxlely to weave Hartley Into tho campaign Is Indicative of des peration. Thoy lack campaign material and anything, from events that nro past to ldlo prophecies as to the future, wilt be employed with vigor. Anything to confuse tho voter nnd detract from tho popularity ot Judge Sedgwick will bo worked without mercy. Pierce Cnll: Tho World-Herald this fall Is pursuing tho samo tactics toward re publican candidates and tho republican party of this slate ns It did In 1896 and In 1900 toward tho lamented President Mc Klnley. Its only existence In thn news paper world seems to bo to out-Herod Herod In yellow Journalism and In tho blaekening of character aud abusing and vilifying tho candidates nnd principles ot republican candidates and principles of rr publlennlsiu. Hut what can ynu expect ami what weight nnd Inllucnco can n paper have that tho noxt morning after the elec tion of President McKlnloy, printed In large black headlines, "not this man hut Bara bas!" thn cry of a maddened and cruel mob nt tho trlnl nnd crucifixion of Christ! Out upon such 'dirty, hypocritical polities. Tho World-Hernld management should be changed or else tho editor Icarn "modera tion In nil things." I.IM'.S TO A I.At'till. Brooklyn Life: "Pupa, what's the differ once between uu amntctir unci a prorer slnnal politician?" "Oh, from two to twenty thousand a year." Puck: "They say the anti-foreign fccllhir III China Is incrruslii pteaillly." "Yes? The Chlnrso nro not so different from other people, nro they?" Brooklyn Eagle: J'etinlnpe t cannot ."-cn how Ethel can bear to h.ivo her llnnco play foot ball. . Constance Oh, Ethel Is nno of those people, who would lnnk especially well In mourning. Chicago Tribune: "My dear Miss Hill more," sadly wrote young llnnklnsou, "I return herewith your kind nolo In which you accept my offer of iimri'lnge. Ym will observe that It begins 'Dear llenrgn;' I do not know who George Is, but my inline, no you know, Is William." Washington Star: "You say ynu regnid the railroads as u menaco to human happi ness?" nf hearts. Nearly everybody that pays full lare nownnays is miseriinin nct-niico nu didn't get a pass or u rebate." Chicago 1'ost: "Do you believe that all things como to him who waits?" "No." answered the hustler decisively, "Pretty nearly everything that a man doesn't wrmt comes to him who waits, but the. things worth having como to him who gets up and humps himself." Washington Star: "So ynu want a gen eral redistribution of wealth!" "t do," answered the man with schemes for reorganizing society. "On what plan?" "On h plan that would enable m to get rid of a lot uf things 1. don't want and to got posseslo.i of a number that 1 huvo taken a fancy to." Detroit Free Press: "Why Is that plcturo turned toward tho wnll?" "Oh, that Is a haying Bce.no nnd wo havo to hldo It whenever Unelo Thomas visits us, because he 1b" a hay fever sufferor." "Washington Starf "Mike," said Plodding Pete, "dnso 'help wanted' columns In do pnper Is a great nsslBtanre, ain't day?" "AVhut good do dey do you?" "Dey shows a whole lot o places ynu better keep nway from fur fear of lioln' offered work." Brooklyn Life: "When you refused nm you promised nlwnyH to bo my friend, and now you urn ns cold as nn Iceberg." "But I didn't think you wero going to stop proposlmr." Philadelphia Press: "I'm grtlne Into tin business for myself," tho plumber'n clerk nnnounced. . , , , .... "Whnt!" exclaimed his employer, 'you don't know nothln' about iilunibln . "t know nil I need to," replied the clerk. "I've been making out your bl s for you for tho hint threp or four years." New Orloana Times: "My brain Is on fire!" tragically exclaimed Mrs. 'Bobklns ns Bhn throw herself down upon tho ho fa, "Why don't you blnw It nut?" absent mindedly replied Hobklns, deeply absorbed In the evening newspaper. And then ha dodged n Hying hair brush. Chicago Tribune: "How do you spelt 'socurlty'7" asked Badlclgh Mlldudo, la boriously writing n letter to Andrew Carne gie to ask him for a loan of $30,000. "With a 'c' nn' ft 'q,' Of finurnc,' re sponded Tuffuld Knutt. "Catn't yn tell by the sound of U7"' CIIILUHOOD'H f.ONT IIEI.IKF.S, Eugene Field. I once knew all the birds that came' And nested In our orchard trees; For every flower t had a uumo My friends wero woodchucks, tonds and bees: 1 I know what thrived In yonder glen; "Whut plants would soothe a Btono-urulsed I wns very learned then Hut that was very long ago. I knew the spnt upon the hill '' Whero tho checkerberrles could be found t knew thn rushes near thn mill Where pickerel luy that wolghed apoundl I knew the wood the very tree Where lived the poaching, nancy crow, And all tho woods and crows knew me But that wftH very long ago. And plains for the Joys of youth, I tread tho old fumlllar spot Only to learn this solemn truth: I have forgotten, am forgot, Yet there's this youngBtcr at my knee Knows all thn things I imed to know. To think I onco wan wise as he! Hut that was very long ago, I know 'tis folly to complain Of whatso'nr the fates decree, Yet wero not wishes all lu v.tlu I tell you whut my . Wish would" bo; I'd wish to bo a boy again, ' . Hank with tho friends I used to know; For I was, Oh I so happy then But that was very Ions ag.