THE OMAHA DAILY BEE: THTJHSDAY, OCTOBER . 31, 1901.
The umaha Daily Bee.
13. IlOSE'.VATEIt, EDITOR.
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Til 13 HErJ 1'UlJMBHlNO COMl'AN .
STATEMENT OF CIIICUL.AT10N.
Btato of Nebraska, Douglas County, ss.:
Oeorgo It. TSBchuck, secretury ot Tho Uee
X'ubllsuing Company, being duly sworn,
ttays that tho actual number ot full anu
completu copies of The, Dally, Morning,
Evening anu Sunday liee printed djittng
tho month of September, 19vl, was us toi
lows: 1 SMI.tMS
2 U7.4UO
2
4 ar.ino
6 U7.110
6 41,100
7 47,710
8 .14,77(1
.18,000
10 28,1. "SO
11 28,180
U 27,800
13,. 40,210
U 45,730
IS 32,100
16 38.70O
17 2U.00O
18 30,310
19.Y. 38,000
SO .-.30,38O
21 37,070
22 28,KIO
23 38,770
21 28,1180
25 "... 38,580
20 28,510
27 28,010
28 28,700
211 28,030
SO 28,870
Total ,031,710
trfiS unsold and returned copies.... 13,317
Net total sale , 010,301)
Net dally average 30,010
u . EO. U. TZSCHUCK,
subscribed In my presence ond sworn to
before mo this 30th day of September. A. D.
M01. M. rj. ft UNGATE,
Notary Public.
Resistor Saturday.
Tho original Mr. Dooloy la deml, but
tho laughs ho caused will live after him.
Secret cabnls-wlth Rtar chamber meth
ods In tho management of the public
schools must go.
Assassin 'Czolgosz Is reported to have
carried some life Insurance. Wo fear
his present need Is lire Insurance.
Remember that high taxes mean low
property values. Tax reform Is the
most pressing local Issue before us.
Secretary Wilson has awakened from
his summer dream and now admits Nc
braikn, Kansas and Dakota nre In the
corn' belt A
The British public continues to worry
bocauso General Buller talks too much.
Just think what might happen If he de
cided to write a, book.
President Dlua. Invited oil tho dele
gates to tho Pnu-Auicrlcnn congress to
have ono with him. Evidently there Is
no anti-treat law liTMcxiro.
Lord Mllnor's schemu for re-peopling
tho Transvaal Is doubtless all right, but
ho Is having serious dlfllculty serving a
writ of ejectment on tho present tenants.
Tho annual report of the superintend
ent of schools for tho year ended last
June, duo two mouths ago; has not yet
been prescuted td tho school board.
Why? '
Superintendent Tearso snys It was
$200 and not $500 thut'thc school book
trust paldhlui for a chapter lu Its
geography, Wo cheerfully make tho
correction, .
Give Judgo Gordon credit for ono
thing his keen senso of economy
prompts hltu to use stationery paid. for
by the city as tho only proper back
ground for his telltalo receipts.
When it comes to building n market
hbuse, tho location should be couveuleut
not alono to the commission men uud
markot gardeucrs, but to the house
holder .and prlvute consumer,' who
should reap tho chief benetlt.-
Tho milling, Industry of Siberia is to
be exploited by tho Ituushiu govern
ment Uussln hns one advantage lu
this matter when there Is a scarcity of
labor In this Held a few more political
prisoners .can bo readily deported.
Residents nt tho scene of tho latest
raco v;ar lu tho south inform the gov
ernor of tho state there is no need
for tho presence, of troops tlio peoplo
on tho ground have killed all the ne
groes deemed necessary to demonstrate
tho superiority of tho white race.
Douglas county taxpayers have had
as high as $5,000 a year interest on
county money under republican treas
urers. Slnco Treasurer Klsasser took
charge of tho nuances not n cent of In-
torost has boon turned lu, although ho
has carried au average bank balance In
excess of rjTi,oou.
SJcnoral Malvar, tho present leader of
tho Filipino:, lias Issued an order that
auy nutlvo who netij as guide for tho
American forces shall bo shot us a
traitor if captured. If "the geueral pro
coeds to carry .out this .order ho mav
ilnd'hlmself unprotected by tho laws of
war within 8'short time.
Tho German government wants to tide
tho manufacturers of that" country over
the present period of depression by giv
ing lnrgo orders for goods. That Ameri
can pianufacturers can make headway
In tho world's markets against manti'
fncturerB whoso' mills ate for the most
part Idle and w-hMi they would bo will
Ing to operato on tho Htiiulltist margin
it jjrotU. is linked encouraging, ,
AX lRllWATtOX CAMPAIOX.
Reports from Washington state that a
number of western senators and mem
bers of the house have agreed to com
bine for action In favor of government
appropriations for Irrigating purposes in
their respective states and to defeat the
river nnd harbor bill unless an appro
priation for Irrigation Is mnde n part of
that measure. Senator Dubois of Idaho
Is named as authority for the statement
that the senators nnd representatives of
California, Idaho, Wyoming, Montana,
Utah, the Diikotas, Nebraska, Colorado
and Nevada have Joined In thu move
ment. According to the, Idaho senator,
ns reported, the proposition will be to
devote the receipts from the various
land offices, in excess of expenses, to tho
construction of reservoirs nnd canals by
the government nnd then to use all the
money obtnlnod from sealing, reclaimed
lands to extend the system, of Irrigation.
It Is expected to In this way secure from
congress an appropriation for Irrigating
100,000,000 acres in thu west.
Whether or not there Is such nn un
derstanding between western congress
men as reported, there Is uo doubt that
the west was never more earnest than
It Is at this time In the purpose to se
cure, national aid for tho promotion of
Irrigation, so that It can conlldently bo
said that western representatives will
make a most determined effort to ac
complish this. Western sentiment Is prac
tically unanimous that the time has come
when tho government should take hold
of this most Important matter nnd in
augurate a Policy that will assure tho
steady reclamation of the arid lands, thu
necessity for which Is growing moro
urgent from year to year. The fact Is
fully recognized that It is n large under
taking, that it Involves a great expendi
ture of money, but It Is Impossible to
doubt that the results will many times
repay the cost. Let It bo assumed that
the reclamation of 100,000,000 acres of
arid lands would cost ?200,000,000 or
even a larger sum, every acre of land
reclaimed would bo worth at least $50,
so that wo should have au Increase in
tho jyealth of the country lu land alone,
without Improvements, of ?5,0O0,00O!0O0
by the expenditure upon the part of
tho government of $200,000,000 and wo
would have n country opened up for the
surplus population of the east niid the
middle western states. It Is a great
practical question, In which the wel
fare not of tho west alono but of tho
whole country Is Involved.
Near tho close of tho last session of
congress a blll'wns Introduced by Repre
sentative Newlands of Nevada to pro
vide for the disposal of tho arid public
lauds and to authorize the construction
of reservoirs for tho storage of water
and other necessary Irrigation works for
arid-laud reclamation. This measure,
which will doubtless como before the
Fifty-second congress, met with very
general- approval from tho advocates o
Irrigation and will probably have their
support If again, Introduced. As wo
have heretofore said lu regard to this
question, it Is certain that only the gen
eral government can provide the mentis
and exercise Ihe'ititthrlty needed for
tho successful 'cstablldlimeiit' a'ud'mulu
teuancc of the general system that will
bo necessary for tho conservation of the
water needed to carry on tho Irrigation
of tho vnst area now lying Idle, and If it
bo admitted that It is the right and duty
of tho government to do this there Is no
sound or sutllcieht reason why this most
Important work should not bo begun as
soon as possible.
AND THAI' BEM1XDH US.
The executive committee of the Com
mercial club Is trying to revive tho
Bchemo to establish a quartermaster's
supply purchasing depot in Omaha.
And that reminds us forcibly of the
mischievous Interference of thu sttmo
committee two years ago, when "the
project wns In a fair way of materializ
ing. In December, 1890, Assistant Secretary
of War Mclklejoiin drafted a bill to es
tablish a general depot of tho quarter
master's department In Omaha, That
bill provided for tho permanent location
of the department nrmy headquarters lu
tho west wing of the new federal build
ing and tho conversion of the old post
ottlco building Into a quartermaster's de
pot. The bill was mailed to Judgo Me
Hugh for revision, but at tho request of
the executive committee of tho Com
mercial club tho essential points were
cut out nnd tho bill redrawn so as to
carry a $50,000 appropriation for a new
building.
In tho face of the warning that no bill
carrying au appropriation of that kind
could possibly go through cougress, the
committee Insisted upon the change nnd
requested Congressman Mercer and Sen
ator Thurston to' Introduce It in that
1 oi in. The bill was Introduced lu each
house and killed lu thu committees of
both house and senate.
hi February, 1000, tho Melklejohn bill
for a quartermaster's, supply, depot was
Introduced by Senator Thurston at tho
request of the editor of The Reo nnd re
ferred to the committee on military af
fairs. It was submitted to tho War de
partment and remained lu the hunds of
the quartermaster geueral up to April,
when Ueueral Ludlugtou, after declin
ing to recommend It, was persuaded by
thu editor of Tho Bee to return tho bill
to the senate committee without recom
mendation. Thereupon Secretary Gago
was prevailed on to eudorsu the bill on
behalf of tho Treasury department,
which has control of federal buildings,
aud wlthlu ouu week thu bill passed thu
suuatc, although both Nebraska sena
tors were absent.
When It reached the house tho bill
wns referred by tho speaker to Con
gressman Mercer, as head of tho com
mittee ou public buildings. Hut Mr.
Mercer, nt tho Instigation of members of
tho Commercial club nnd out of per
sonal spitcwork, pocketed tho bill and
refused to report It back to tho house,
either during tho long session of 1000
or short session of 1000-1, Tho bill,
therefore, died In his pocket.
When it Is borno in mind that the
army headquarters had been removed to
the old postottlro building July 1, 1900,
and that original motive of opposition on
tlu part of tho members of the Com
mercial club executive committee who
had been distressed nt seeing the army
flag limiting over The Hoc building had
been removed, tho deliberate suppres
sion of the quartermaster's depot bill
affords striking proof of the spirit that
animates the bellwethers of the Com
mercial club. When the bill was half
way through congress they preferred to
sandbag It because It originated with
this paper. Now they are anxious to
wait on General Ludlugtou to procure
li's assistance.
LET THEM LOME UVT IX THE OVEX.
The campaign for the continuance of
the present method of extravagance and
favoritism in the conduct of tho public
schools is being carried ou from behind
the screen under the false pretense that
the republican mnchlno Is trying to con
trol the patronage of the public schools.
Good wine needs no bush and a right
eous cause need not travel In tho dnrk.
The public schools are a public Insti
tution nnd public affairs should not be
transacted In secret conclave, nor should
n cnmpnlgu lu tho Interest of the public
schools be waged from behind the am
bush In prlvntu residences, social clubs
and lodge rooms.
If Ihu parties engaged lu this dark
lantern campaigning stand for good gov
ernment, let them come Into the open
and Invite full aud frco discussion. It
does uot take much courage for men to
circulate rumors and falsa charges be
hind the bncks of men who have no
chance to defend themselves. It Is
eminently proper that women who hnvo
a' right to vote shall bo roused to their
duty and responsibility lu the school
election, but It is a reflection upon their
intelligence aud Independence to Insist
that they blindly follow self-nppolntcd
reformers who will allow them to hear
only one side.
If the Issue for which the better cle
ment of men aud tho voting clement of
women arc to stand Is to keep politics
cut of tho public schools, why should
these voters be Importuned to support
only the democratic candidates? IIow
can politics bo kept out of the schools
by retaining nl tho head of the public
schools one of tho most adroit and slip
pery politicians lu Nebraska?
If thu self-styled nou-partlsaus tire
anxious to keep politics out of the
schools, why did they not nominate n
real non-partisan ticket of their own
Instead of making themselves catspaws
ot the democratic machlnu and thu
champions of Superintendent l'cnrsc,
who works his politics through Insur
ance agents, Ak-Sar-Beu activity, audi
torium directorship, Commercial club
coteries and high Masonic Intrigue?
Tho hue and cry nbout "the machine"
can deeolvo nobody. The light, nar
rowed down to Its legitimate outcome,
Is between' those who represent a plat
form that declares against nepotism,
agnlust star chamber methods In public
school mniiagemcnt, against extrava
gance nnd high taxation, and demo
cratic candidates pledged to no reform,
but committed to the re-election of
Superintendent Penrse and tlo perpetua
tion of all the nbomlnntlons that have
been fostered under his pernicious lu
lluence. If this is not a correct presentment of
the true Issue, let the men And women
who stand for Mr. Tearso and stnr
chamber school government come out lu
the open nnd discuss It not behind
closed doors lu private residences and
club rooms, but lu public hnlls, where
both sides can be heard.
IXTMIEST IX PORTO IUCO.
More attention Is now being given to
Porto Rico tlianat auy other time sluco
Its acquisition by the United States, duo
largely to the visit hero of tho delega
tion of merchants aud bankers repre
senting the commercial bodies of tho
Island. There are many evidences of a
growing trade with Porto Rico, partic
ularly lu fruits, while considerable or
ders for machinery to go to the Island
have recently been placed in the cast.
It Is stated that tho sugar, coffee aud
tobacco crops of the Island arc capable
of great development aud as these prod
ucts come Into our market free the fu
ture prosperity of Porto Rico would
seem assured.
A pressing need of tho Island Is some
way of Increasing tho circulating me
dium nnd au lnliux of capital to create
better transportation facilities and de
velop the agricultural and mineral re
sources. So far as the first of these re
quirements Is coucerued there would
seem to be no very serious dltllculty in
providing it, while capital will certainly
go to the Island If the conditions theru
arc such as to Invite It. Tho proba
bility Is, however, thnt Industrial de
velopment in Porto Rico will be slow,
for the reason that while the promise
of prolltable returns on investments may
be good, there Is more favorable prom
ise 'In other directions. Still there is
every reason to expect a steady Im
provement of industrial and commercial
conditions lu tho Island, whoso people
nro rapidly becoming Auiericaulzed.
THE COAST DEFEXSES.
The coast defenses of tho United
States are generally In a very satis
factory coudltioii, reports the chief or
engineers. Twenty-live of the principal
harbors could make an effective re
sistance to naval attacks, being well
supplied with henvy guns nnd mortars.
The work ou coast defenses Is uot yet
completed and there 'must be'conslder
able more oxpeudituro before it Is, but
It Is probablo that congress will not
hesitate to provldo whatever additional
mouey may bo necessary to fully carry
out this Important work, which is uo
less necessary thau tjlie building up of
the navy.
It took tho country some time to re
alize the necessity of liuving adequate
coast defenses. Slxteeti years ago,
shortly after the beginning of tho tirst
Cleveland ndnilnlstnitlou, Samuel J, Til
den wroto to the president pointing out
tho unprotected condition of our prin
cipal ports and the consequent peril to
au eiiunnous amount or property in tho
event of war. He urged a liberal policy
of coast defenses, but the administra
tion mid congress paid uo attention to
his ndvlce, though it was fortlllcd by
the opinion of military and naval otll-
curs. Hcreral years lutcr tho matter
received serious consideration and a pol
icy was entered upon which hns pro
duced the present satisfactory condition.
Now that we have the defenses they will
be maintained. Congress will tie called
uiion to make liberal appropriations
from year to year for this purpose, but
there will be no opposition to this, every
body now realizing the wisdom of the
policy. Tjie millions thnt have been
spent upon const defenses Is u good Investment.
The Turklsli ambassador at St. Peters
burg telegraphs his government that
nothing enn prevent the early transfer
of the Island of Crete to Greece. Inter
national politics works out some queer
results. The disastrous war waged by
Greece upon Turkey wns to accomplish
this purpose, but tho" powers at that
tlmo refused to even glvo Greece moral
encouragement. Now they propose to
turn the Island over, after having tnken
It away from Turkey, simply becnustj
they cannot ngrce among themselves to
allow any other power to have It. When
the big ones cannot agree It Is some
times u good thing to bo small.
Since tho pnssagc of tho law limiting
the number of gnmc birds and fish n
man Ib allowed to have at one tlmo u
marked decrenso has been noted In the
slzo of tho stories told by returned
hunters nnd fishermen. In n competi
tion with outsiders Nebraska sportsmen
nre, seriously handicapped.
Mr. Ccrmak, one of tho candidates on
the fusion school bonrd ticket, had him
self registered ns n prohibitionist a year
ago. Ho says he never was a prohibi
tionist, but recorded himself "Just for
fun." A man who records himself
falsely under oath Just for fun must be
a funny man.
Of courso tho money extorted from
police court prisoners by S. I. Gordon,
attorney, hns nothing whatever to do
with the "goodness of heart" of S. I.
Gordon, police Judge, through which
these prisoners nre turned loose,' even
after they plead guilty.
The only way to pull the tax rate
down is to elect men to membership In
thu tax-levying bodies pledged to econ
omy nnd retrenchment. This applies
not merely to the city council, but to the
county board and school board as well.
DniiKcr nf lint Air.
Urooltlyn Knclc.
A speech cost Duller tho command of nn
army corps. He was asked to resign and
refused. Some men prefer a boot to a hint.
Where lie Kvlilcncc In Shy.
. Washington Post.
Thcro was not a siuglo line ot evidence to
show that Admiral Schley showed tho least
conccrr about the prize money.
Too Mnny nt Large.
Baltimore Ameilcan.
Wyoming Is rejoicing; over the discovery
of a fossil. Out, .considering they nro so
plentiful elsewhere, It seems hardly a mat
ter at which to-point with pride nor a fact
to go so far to dlspovcr. What tho country
needs Is nqt souch tho discovery of fos
sils as their extermination.
Wontlem In Telegraphy.
Philadelphia Record.
Multiple telegraphy has made a seven
league stride from four messages on ono
wire to sixteen, it reports from Paris of tho
success' of tho new Mcrcadtcr system bo
not Ungcd ali r'oso color. To send at one
and tho same tlmo sixteen messages, whllu
receiving an equal number, Is certainly it
feat in single wire telegraphy.
Cnt It .Short, Mr. 1'rcnltlent.
Buffalo Express.
The dispatch crediting President Roose
velt with a determination to draft his mes
sage on new lines Is almost too good to be
true. It has always seemed a great waste
of tlmo for the chief magistrate to Incor
porate In his annual communication to con
gress a summary of tho doings of tho vari
ous departments of government when the
heads pf those departments aro also ex
pected to present their full reports and
recommendations. It is quite enough for
tho president to conflno tho message to
such topics as ho thinks merit the special
attention of the national legislature.
Democracy mid the Xenmpnpera.
AVashlnston Times.
Less than ten years ago the democratic
party commanded tho support of tho ablest
nowspapt-rs of the country, nad this fact
caused much complaint on the part of Hon.
James S. Clarkson and others who were
prominent in the management of the re
publican campaigns at that period. Since
that time the democratic platform makers
have managed to dispel all that journalistic
support, and today there is not one flrat
class dally newspaper in the north that
supports unreservedly the- tenets of democ
racy as )aid down by tho Kansas City plat
form, and there aro few southern news
papers that do so. Is It not time to change
the platform makers?
DI3AI) OF Till: CIVIL WAR,
Make Other Warn of the United Htatea
Appear Paltry.
General F. V. dreene In Scrlbncr's.
The campaigns and battles of the civil
war were on a scale ot surpassing magni
tude. There was moro than a score of single
battles, sometimes extending over several
days, in each ot which tho losses In killed
and wounded on tho federal side were
greater than the aggregate ot nil our losses
In all other wars combined. How paltry
seem tho 5,000 killed and wounded In the
war of 1812, or tho war In Mexico, or tho
war with Spain, .compared with tho 14,000 at
Shiloh, 15,000 at the Chlckabomlny, 13,000 at
Antletam, the same at Fredericksburg, 16,000
at Chaucellorsvllle, 23,000 at Gettysburg,
16,000 at Chlckamauga, 37,000 In the Wilder
ness and 26,000 at Spottsylvanla! The grand
aggregate of destruction fairly staggers the
Imagination, accustomed as we have been
for more than a generation to the figures
03,000 killed by bullets, 180,000 killed by dis
ease, 25,000 dead from other causes a grand
total ot 301,000, about one In nine of every
man who wore the uniform,
In no other war In all tlmo has such re
spect been paid to the dead. Immediately
after its close tho secrotnry ot war was di
rected by congress "to securo suitable bur
ial places, and to have tbeso grouuds In
closed, so that resting-places of tho honored
dead may be kept sacred forever," In seventy-nine
.separate und distinct national
cemeteries tho bodies ot nearly 300,000 sol
diers who died during the civil war are In
terred, and tho decoration of tholr graves
with flowers on a fixed day has become a na
tional custom. Somo of (he cemeteries eon
tain each a silent army ot over 10,000 sol
diers, In serried ranks marked by the. white
headstones, on' nearly hall of which Is In
scribed "unknown." The world may be
seached In vain for anything similar or
kindred; there Is no other such Impressive
Why Hogs Are Up.
Kansas City
Here Is a typical argumeut made by Mr.
Brynn In his desperate swing around the
circle in Nebraska In the effort to vindi
cate himself and keep his state In line with
his particular political views-
"I hate to believe that men will recant
their beliefs because their material inter
ests nre advanced by voting contrary to
their principles. 1 hate to think that a
former who believes In silver, In Independ
ence in government and against Imperial
ism, will vote the republican ticket becauca
hogs nre up and wheat Is high. Tho pros
perity argument defeated us last year and
when one admits that a man who has pro
fessed bollct In our principles votes the
republican ticket, you have to admit thnt
ho puts material Interests above the wel
fare of his country, prosperity above prln
clrle." What higher tribute to republican poli
cies could bo paid thnn that under their
opcrotlon prosperity Is general and undis
puted? What makes hogs "up" nnd wheat
high, It It Is not the fact that the commer
cial policies of the republican party cre
ated a condition of general prosperity,
which In turn created a demand tor tho
products of tho farmer? Hogs are up be
cnuso tho business of tho country was in
such splendid shape that everybody had
work and tho laboring man could buy pork.
HITS OF WASHINGTON MFC
Etching of Men nnd Kvenln n the
.iitloiml C'npllnl.
The secrotnry of war Is up against a dcll
cnto proposition, Involving tho Issuance of a
commission nn lieutenant In tho regular
army to William P. Crawford of Chester.
S. C. The only stain on tho record ot Craw
ford Is that ho failed to nppeor at tho time
set for his marriage to Miss Hnbccca IJoug-
lass of Chester. A few hours heforo tho
ceremony was to hnvo taken ploco, when
tho church hnd been decorated and the
guests bidden, the prospective groom sent
a formal noto to tho lady's mother Inform
Ing her that, having ceased to lovo her.
daughter, he could not enrry out his part of
tho agreement. Friends ot tho Jilted woman
promptly laid tho fact before tho depart
ment nt Washington nnd succeeded In hold
ing tip tho promised commission. Crawford
has been in tho nrmy practlcnlly tho whole
tlmo slnco tho beginning of tho Spanish
American war. Ho went to Cuba in a South
Carolina regiment as captain and ns rooti
as released from that service raised a com
pany nnd got In ono of tho first volunteer
regiments thnt went to tho Philippines.
His ncrvleo got him a recommendation for
a coramlrslon In tho regular army and on
returning to America last July he passed a
erodltoblo examtuatlon. Slnco then ho has
been waiting for tho commission and as
signment. Tho men of South Carolina who
had endorsed the original application of
Captain Crawford had requested that ho be
not appointed. In tholr letters to tho de
partment they declared that ho left the
home of Miss Douglass at 11 o'clock tho
evening beforo their wedding day and ap
parently without provocation tho next
morning wrote her a noto telling her thnt
ho wished to break off tho' engagement and
that ho would not mnrry her. Tho young
lady wns very popular and tho Boclal sen
sation which resulted so worked up tho
sentiment In Chester that protests poured
In against his appointment.
The official program oi receptions and
dinners to be given nt tho White Houso
during -tlio' season ot 1902 has been promul
gated by the secretary to' the president,
George U. Cortclyou. Theiprogrom Is nota
ble for the fact that It is dated from "Tho
White House." Formerly all Invitations
and announcements were Issued from "The
Executive Mansion." The official social
season Is one of tho briefest on record. Tho
eight traditional receptions and dinners
are Included In tho month of January, be
ginning with the New Year's reception and
concluding with the army and navy recep
tion on January 30. The other receptions
are the diplomatic on January 7, the Judi
cial on Jnnuory 17 and the congressional
on January 23. Tho thrco state dinners
will be given nn January 2, 9 and 16, when
tho guests of honor will bo consecutively
tho cabinet, tho diplomatic corps and tho
members ot tho supremo' court. There is
no official, announcement of the public re
ception which Is always scheduled for
Shrovo Tuesday. The renson of this omis
sion Is that Mrs. Roosevelt intends giving
three public teceptlons during December,
as hitherto unofficially announced, on the
14th, 21st nnd 28th. She will also rtoume
Saturday public receptions during tho post
Lenten season. The Intention Is on Shrove
Tuesday to give a grand cotillon In honor of
Miss Alice Roosevelt,- whoso 18th birthday
occurs on February 9.
Captain Albert Head of Jefferson, la.,
while In Washington last week, piped a
merry song of jirosperlty Into the cars of
the Post Interviewer. "The west, I bellovc,
is reaping moro ot tho benefits of the pres
ent unexampled era of prosperity than nny
other section of tho country," said ho. "Out
there the people with money aro more will
ing to take risks than here and when times
are good nnd things booming Investments
nre heavy. This, of course, makes money
for everybody, for It is an old financial rule
that If one man or Institution prospers tho
nolghbors of thnt man or Institution must
prosper, to a greater or less degree.
"In my state there has been a noticeable
advance In manufacturing enterprises. Iowa
has a reputation as an agricultural region,
but It is also coming to have somo stand
ing ns a producer of manufactured articles.
Its futuro In this respect I consider Is very
brilliant, chiefly because of Its coal re
sources. Tho question of power need never
bar anybody from locating In Iowa. The
only Inconvenience at present Is tho mat
ter of freight tariffs. The various commer
cial organizations have begun a movement
to secure better arrangements."
"If a man wants to succeed In a political
reform In Kansas ho must make his argu
ments strictly along pecuniary lines," said
James 0. Day, Jr., of Atchison, Kan., to a
Washington Post reporter. Mr. Day Is nn
attorney, employed In tho legal department
of tho Missouri Pacific Railway company,
tho geneVal counsel for which Is Bailey P.
Wagner. Contlnulrg, Mr. Day said:
"It Is useless out there to ask for a re
form on tho grounds ot morality. You
must show the people that such reform
will bo a good thing for the public, from a
standpoint of dollars and cents. An Illus
tration of this came tp my notice when the
Missouri Pacific took tho Atchison Cham
pion, a daily morning paper, formerly
printed there, but since suspended. I am
an old newspaper man nnd was given the
management of the Champion. One of the
first things I did was to Institute a crusade
against slot machines, I appealed to tbo
people to demand their removal on tho
ground that they were bad for tho morals
of the youth of the community, and nobody
paid nny attention to me. Then I began a
series of editorials tended to show that the
grocers, dry goods merchants, etc., who did
not have slot machines lost money; that
the men and boys played tbo machines with
money which they would use to buy po
tatoes, Boap and clothes It there were no
slot machines to play, That attracted at
tentlon and ultimately resulted In tho ma
chines being taken out."
Journal.
Hogs arc not up because of the drouth or
any shortage In the supply. The drouth
was only a tempornry flurry and the seml
panlc which seined the farmers of tho west
had tho opposllo tendency to lower prices
by .flooding tho market. The drouth did
not raise the prlco of wheat, for the wheat
crop was not only bountiful but snfo be
fore the drouth began.
The farmer Is getting big prices for his
staple products, his hogs and cattle nnd
wheat, because factories nro crowded with
orders and labor is employed thd consumer
has money to buy beef and pork and flour.
And factories nro crowded and tho con
sumer has money In his pocket because re
publican business policies are In operation,
Jt Is nonsenso to nppeol to the" farmer to
voto for a financial policy which niakes
capital distrustful and closes up factories;
It Is nonsense to appeal to him to voto for
a "colonial policy" which hauls down flags
and, insults tho patriotism of tho people.
This Is not a calamity or annrchy year and
tho last argument which any scnslblo man
would use Is that tho farmer should vote
tho populist ticket becauso his material
Intercuts are advanced by tho success of tho
other ticket. It is not merely solflshness
that makes him voto tho republican tlckot.
It Is his common senso as well.
ADMinAIi SCIII.F.Y". NAItnATIVH.
Detroit Frcn Press: Itnpnaslonatcly,
without attempt nt dramatic effect, yet
graphically nnd with rero chivalry toward
thoso who were with him In (ho flying
sqnadron that n tided now luster to tho fnmo
of tho Amerlcnn navy, Rear Admiral Schley
has given his version of tho story, covering
tho full scope of the Inquiry mndo upon his
Initiation. Whcro ho hns questioned thu
correctness of testimony given hy Junior
otllcors or held thnt In ccrtuln emergencies
Ills Judgment was to bo rolled upon rather
than theirs, he displays tho utmost cour
tesy and nn absence of that rancor which
has characterized tho attacks ot his assail
ants. Portland Oregonlan: Admiral Schley'n
nnrrallvo of tho b.ittlo of Santlngo makes
plain tho rauso of tho persecution to which
ho has slnco been subjected by tho naval
cabal at Washington. Though In bis Just
nnd generous estimation at tho tlmo, thore
wns "glory enough for hll" In tho result
of that battle, It wns clear that unless
strenuous efforts were mnde to prevent It
history would glvo tho eommodoro nnd his
flagship the lion's shnro of tho credit for
n most glorious victory. As events proved,
theso efforts wcro pushed beyond tho
bounds of prudence and the bluff old sail
or's patience. Hence this inquiry, beforo
which, nt last, tho truth has coma out.
Philadelphia North American: A nntlonal
apology Is duo to Admiral Schloy for three
years of baseless defamation nnd abuse. It
would be difficult to account for tho origin
nnd development of tho conspiracy to be
smirch the fame of n veteran and victorious
commander were it not for tho revelations
ot mindless mendacity nnd petty mallco
made on Hie witness Btand of the court of
Inquiry by tho small fry of the navy, but In
the light of somo of the tcUlmony It enn
now bo seen that Ignorant ward room chat
ter and stupid criticism by apprentices pos
ing ns experts was picked up by persona
having motives for making trouble and per
verted into pretended statements of fnct.
It is none the lees discreditable to tho na
tionparticularly to tho. Navy department
thnt tho campaign, ot slander .was allowed
to go on for three years and thnt no ado-
quato effort to ascertain the truth was made
until the victim of tho conspiracy took tho
Initiative and virtually placed himself In
stead of tho real offenders on trial.
I'KllHOXAb NOTES.
Hereafter tho hand that shakes tho hand
of the president will bo held In honor.
Admiral CrownlnBhicld's assignment to the
European fleet seems to be qulto generally
regarded ns n typical case of "kicking a
man upstairs."
Notoriety has Its rewards. Mrs. Taylor,
tho woman who shot tho Horseshoe falls In
a barrel, has already received $200 for a
inngazlno article, a bid for her services as
an exhibit at the Buffalo exposition and an
offer of marriage.
James Monroo Hill of Austin, Tex., is op
ot the few survivors of tho battle of San
Jacinto, which assured to Texas Its Inde
pendence. Ho was born In Georgia and Is a
cousin ot tbo Into United States Senator
Benjamin II. Hill of (hat state.
Stockholm, tho capital of Sweden, has
320,000 Inhabitants, who read twelve dally
papers. The city also has a Press club ot
440 members, ot whom twenty-two aro
women. King Oscar Is always considerate
to newspaper men and Is very popular with
them.
If nil tho heirs of the late Menzo Shaul
of Herkimer, N. Y should get together
they would make an Imposing congrega
tion. Mr. Shaul left $21,000 to be divided
among his third cousins, explaining that
by third cousins he meant "the children
ot those persons related to me as cousins."
Thcro rro 370 claimants.
Several times In tho Inst deendo John II.
Reagan, who was postmaster general of the
confederacy, has been at the point of death,
and on each occasion he had numerous op
portunities of reading nls own obituary.
The veteran, who is over 80 years old, has
rallied from his recent illness and says he
means to live a long tlmo yot.
School Suits
Our Suits for Boys, big nnd littlo, have nil the stylo
that the young fellows could desire, and they nre made
of such durable mnterinls nnd ho thoroughly well-made
thnt they will com ns nenr ns anything can to defying
the -rough and tumble and wear and tear to which the
henltliy boy will nubject them.
You'll find the prices nil right too.
"No Clothing Fits Like Ours"
Exclusive Clothiers and Furnishers.
R. S. Wilcox, Manager.
NERVOUS JURATION,
Nta W. ChlMs-llIacklmrn Tells
llow She Was Cured.
" IlKAn Mrs. I'inkham t I take
blensurn In acknowledging the efforts
sf Ijyilla K. l'lnklitim'8 Veffctahlo
Coninotiiifl, In my estimation there
In no icmaln'remedy to equnl it. Weak
dCBS not properly, attended to, together
MISS W, dltlLna-BI.ACKTIURN,
Secretary Rock Island Literary and Art
Society.
ivlth the closo confinement at my desk
brought on' nervous prostration.
io much so that for & year I doctored
ontlnually. I tried different rem
dies which only succeeded In poison
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was perfectly cured, called my
ittcntfon to your Vegetable Compound,
ind I made up my mind to give it a
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Nothing will relieve this dJj
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CIIHF.IIY CHAFF.
Judge: Guest Will you kindly tell ms
how you cut thin beef no thin?
Walter With n carving Unlfo. Why?
Guest Nothing, only I was Just wonder
ing If It. wns dono with a snfety razor.
Philadelphia Press: Miss Ascum Doctor.
I rend somowhero that onions were a good
remedy for wenk nerves. If thnt so?
Dr. Bright t don't know about that, but
r think nn onion Is a good remedy for a
weak breath.
Puck: "What Is tho situation today?"
asked the siiltnn.
"Why," said the grand vlzlor, "I have re
ceived n number of new claims which I
hope to keep unsettled."
Chicago Tribune: "Well, take cars of
yourHClf," called out tho friendly microbe,
whoso traveling companion could swim a
llttlo the faster In tho Chicago river and
wns rapidly' forging uhcad. "I'll sco you In
St. Louis, I hope."
Chlcngo Post: "I think I'll have to put
you under bunds to keep the peace." said
the Justice to the victor of the fight.
Keep the piece 1" broke In tho van
quished Indignantly. "Why, your honor. It
belongs to me; ho bit It out of my ear."
Washington Stnr: "What have you ever
dono to mnko yourself remembered by
posterity?" nsked the reproving friend.
"Given tho lnwyom something- to flg-ht
over when. my wfl .comes ua In the pro-
oate court,'
answered
Bcnuior uorgnum
promptly.
Philadelphia .Press: "Do' you always
prench without notes?" Inquired the new
vestryman.
"Yes," replied tho old minister.
"Don't you think you might do better
If you prencbed with notes?"
"Undoubtedly 1 would If they, were flvd
or ten-dollnr notes."
CI.AHK, OF TUB OnEGOlV.
Josh Wink In Baltimore American.
(Cuptnlu Clark, who commanded Ore
gon during Its iVmnrknble dash around
Cape Horn nnd nt the nuvnl battle of San
tlngo, Is, like Admiral Schloy, ono ot thn
few heroeH of tho Spanish-American war
who hns not brought himself before the
public by talking or writing ot his record.)
Now, hero's to Clark, who made his mark,
And novcr said u word:
Who did his deed and wroto no screed,
nut siienco ueep preterreu.
A health to hlrn that' lighter grim;
Who met tho wily Don,
And mndo his ntrlkc most workmanlike
Clark, of the Oregon!
From sen to sea nlonc sailed he,
With ever-ready guns;
From where tho tide Is hnlf-world wide,
To where the Icefloe runs;
Through scorchltiK hent to mmw and sleet,
Full Kneed both nleht and morn.
Ills good Hhlp hurled hnlf round the' world.
From 'Frisco 'by Cnpe Horn. r
Back to the line, swift through the brine,
With neither swerve nor sheer;
He met the fleet up to tho cleut
Tho signal flew: "We'ro here!"
All clear nnd clean, hit) war machine
Was trim from stern to bow
"If there's a light hy day or night,
We're ready for It now!"
Then came the race, the thrilling chase
Through smoko nnd enume nnd foam.
Ami each shell's clang in rhythm sang:
"My captain nentln me home!"
Then back again with cheering men,
When buttle smoke nrew 'lUm. " f
Yet not a word from Clnrk was heard
ins turrets iniaeu tor mm.
So. hero's (o Clark, who made his mark I
nod senn lis more, wo nrnv.
Who do their deed, yqt write, no screed,
rm iiuvn uo upeurn'riu Bty,
Who never tnlk and npven balk,
But fight at dnrk or dawn,
Mny ho hnvo health and Joy nnd wealth
Clark, of the Oregon!