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Now for Hit' pri'jihlent'x iiiosnnpo.
I'oiicrcM Is now In session and ilio
rpolltlcnl nii'dlfliu' mixers will rcsumi!
itperatlonH at the old utiiiul.
rireproof IhHiicph lilot:kn aro tho order
of tho tluy In nil liu principal tnufe coll
iers ntiil Oiniilia t.-auuot afford to bo be
hind tho Union.
Tho Utiltod States Hilrlts assoclatlou
Is noon to bold a convention. Tho phost
ot the old lltflit with the whisky trust
(rorBO Washington read his message
to eoimress In jierson. Hut then Georuo
"WaslilnKtoit did not live a twentieth
century strenuous life.
Prepare now for another eounellnianle
bear dance over the Mirhth street rall-
' umt rJgli'o-way, wl
1lneft:oUtcridlnp;ittoin
wlth vbjn musjc by
eys. ' ",A
It goes without MiyltiK that Omaha
Fndly nee.ls a llrst-elass fireproof hotel,
but It Is much easier to build great hotels
ou pnper than to find capitalists willing
to Invest a million In such an enterprise.
The Chlneso government proposes to
lew a head tax to raise the Indemnity
which nuist lie paid to the powers. It Is
probably called a head tax because flu
poor Chinaman must pay It or lose his
head.
A Nevada jury brought In a verdict of
nssault and battery against a number of
men on .trial for lytmhlng a colored man
There, appears to be ' no limit to the
c'apnclty of a Jury to make Itself
ridiculous.
Santos Dutnont and other bnllooulsts
nre now engaged In studying Paris from
above. Many a man has had a high
old time studying Paris from the under
side, but the .now method mny be just
as exhilarating.
If anything Is to rome out of the agl
tatlon for the consolidation of local
governments in the Interest of the tax
payers, there must bo concert of action
on the part of .the men who have organ
Izcd tho movement.
Tho St. I.ouls exposition authorities
believe they have solved the water sup
ply problem. 'Ihe problem was not
worrying me .rcsuionts, nut it was
feared some of the visitors might In
QUlre for the article.
.Statistics show that tho United States
leads tiO world In tltv mutter of Havings
banks deposits. Why should It not
Its wage workers are the 'best paid In
thu world' and under existing conditions
tho most steadily employed.
Hy Imperlnl edict, Just Issued, the bow
and arrow has ceased to be a recognized
weapon In tho Chinese army. If tho
Chiunimiii keeps ou the double quick for
three or four centuries lie may possibly
catch up with the rest of humanity.
It might be Interesting to compare the
valuations on tho assessment rolls with
the amounts of Insurance recovered for
certain merchandise stocks damaged or
dcMroyu,d by lire, It Is notorious that
the. value of merchants wares always
hhrlniiK materially between the time tho
Insurance policy Is taken Out and th
tas assessor makes his call.
Hoes advertising puyV That deisMids
upon thu medium in which the nier
chant advertises his wares. It pays t
aaver.tife in newspapers tuat are regu
larly delivered and read In the homes of
consumers. Hut advertising In fak
publications (hat have no substantial
circulation Is simply u waste of money
Nobody knows this better than the nier
chants who have built up their busbies
by Judicious and timely advertising In
tlii standard papers.
vacifw CAm.K rno.iECt$.
Telegraphic communication between
the Pacllle coast and our insular pos
sessions In the Hawaiian and Philippine
Islands has become Imiwratlve. Direct
(.'ouiiuunlcatloii with Honolulu and Ma
nila has become it military and commer
cial necessity.
.Several measures embodying Pacllle
cable projects have been prepared and
will be pushed vigorously through the
present coiigiesN. One of these, by
Hepresentatlve Corliss of .Michigan, will
provide for government constriictlou and
ownership. Another, by Koprcsehtntlve
Sherman of New York, will authorize
the postmaster general to enter Into a
contracL with it corporation for the con
struction of a cable which will grant the
government certain concessions In the
wuy of tolls and control In time of war.
The friends of the Pucltlo Commercial
Cable company, which recently let a
contract for the construction of a cable
from San Francisco to Honolulu, will
also press a bill granting that company
landing privileges on'our Pacllle Islands.
It will be borne In mind that only a few
months ago the Commercial Cable com
pany secured an order from the
president granting It the right to
establish permanent stations for a
Pacllle cable near San Francisco and at
Honolulu and Manila. This reipicst,
however, was politely, but firmly de
clined, because It was regarded as
equivalent to the grantiug of a fran
chise and eventually thu establishment
of a cable monopoly. The president
very wisely deemed It proper to leave
to congress thu decision as to whether
or not Pacific cable franchises should
be given to private corporation! under
any conditions.
The Irrepressible conflict In congress
will bo between government ownership
and prlvutu monopoly. While thu senti
ment of the American people Is over
whelmingly In favor of government
ownership and control of all telegraphic
communication between the Pacific
coast and our new possessions It Is ex
ceedingly doubtful whether thu congres
sional committees will be able to with
stand the pressure which the promoters
of tho Commercial Cable company will
exert during thu session.
Tho enormous sums which Hie gov
ernment has already paid In the shape
f cable tolls lor carrying on the neces
sary military correspondence with tho
Philippines would have more than paid
for u cable from San Francisco to Hon
olulu aud there Is very little doubt that
thu government could recoup Itself for
the cost of the Pircltie cable from San
Francisco to the Philippine Islands
within tho next twenty years from the
tolls on commercial dispatches, leaving
out of consideration the advautage that
would accrue to the government through
direct ownership aud constant control
it the arteries of communication. In
lew of the fact also that the govern
ment has effected cable connection be
tween the principal Islands In the Phil
ippines aud now operates those cables
direct through military teleura pliers.
who also transmit all commercial dis
patches between the Islands, the etli-
clout and economic operation of govern
ment ownership can scarce be called In
question.
ItTgoes- without snylng that the capi
talists who are willing to invest iu the
Pacific cable project are not venturing
lirto tho scheme blindly or without rea
souable assurance of haudsomu returns
ou the Investment. They know, more
over,, that the Pacific cable from San
Francisco to Manila will completely
revolutionize Oriental telegraphic com
munication by triusf'errlng practically
the whole of the Asiatic commercial aud
news service, now transmitted by way
of Hong Kong ami Iudlu, to San Fran
cisco by way of Manila, so that lit the
no distant future Sail Francisco will
be the great repeating station of all the
Oriental telegraphic service, la-cansc
thu Pacific cable will afford the most
speedy aud direct mode of communica
tion that can possibly be obtained.
It Is to be hoped that congress will
not allow Itself to bo hoodwinked Into
granting franchises of incalculable
value to private corporations for the
transmission of the world's telegraphic
newH between San Francisco aud the
slatie coast.
STBEh CUIU'UltATlUX I'jiunr.
The Steel corporation has thus far
made enormous profits. It has been
able to pay yiS.tWO.OOtl to those who
originally paid the investment Iu the
syndicate, which It was not expected
would be repaid for several years. The
syndicate was to last until May of next
year and therefore the subscribers did
not look for the color of their money or
their profits, or a release from their ob
ligations, until fifteen months after they
had entered Into these obligations and
paid their subscriptions. The fact,
therefore, that their money has been re
turned to them long before they had
looked for it Is a most extraordinary
circumstance which "has naturally at
tracted a great deal of attention In
llnanclal circles.
The simple explanation Is that the
corporatlou has been doing a most ex
traordlnary business. As a matter of
fact the repayment of tlie first sub
scrlption to the syndicate of $'J5,0uo,
wo does not fully represent all of the
euornious business which the corpora
tion has done. Its actual profits, ac
cording to the best information, amount
to at least '-'." per cent of Its actual cap
ital, or from .f UMM)D,U00 to .s."o,ooo,iMX)
proilts upon .'(KVXMUmjo subscription.
This great prollf, it should be under
stood, has beeu made in the home mar
ket. The products of the Steel trust
exported do not yield very great protlts,
Indeed the president of the great com
bination is authority for the statement,
made to the Industrial commission, that
a large part of Its products scut abroad
do uot yield any profit ami some of
them are marketed in foreign lauds at
an actuul loss. In view of this Is there
not a very good argument for the re
duction or removal of duties upon cor
talu trust-made articles? If It can be
shown that the great Steel corporation
IS making its enormous proilts out of
the home market Is not that fact a very
substantial argument In favor of tho
proposition to reduce or remove duties
on certain of the articles made by tho
corporation? There Is only one consid
eration that can weigh against this, and
that Is the danger of Injury to Amer
ican labor that may be Involved In re
ducing or repealing tariff duties, and
this Is a matter of the highest Impor
tance. The question of precedence Is
that of protecting American labor.
TH K XOUVOLK ASYhUM. '
The report of the State Hoard of Char
ities and Corrections recommending the
removal of the Insane patients still re
tained at Norfolk since the destruction
of the Institution there by lire will
doubtless be acted upon by the slate au
thorities and tho patients cared for tem
porarily in fiio other state asylums. This
ls(j evidently, the only course left to be
pursued If the patients are to have
proper accommodations through tho
winter, as there might be suffering or
hardship among the Inmates If they
were kept In the present Inadequate
quaitots.
The distribution of the patients will
not, however, settle the question of re
building thu asylum at Norfolk. The
state has an Investment in tills properly
representing several hundred thousand
dollars which. It can hardly afford to al
low to go to wreck and ruin or lo be
come a dead holding by disuse. Kxperts,
who have examined the burned build
ings, have expressed the opinion that
they can bo restored at comparatively
moderate expense; and, further, that
early rebuilding would save thousands
of dollars by utilizing walls and materi
als which will become unserviceable
within a short lime If left expocod and
without protection.
Unfortunately, however, without an
appropriation It Is practically impossible
to find any responsible contractor who
will undertake lo rebuild except at llg
tires leaving a good-sized margin to
cover the loss caused by delayed pay
incut and the cost of legislative lobby
lug. Prompt legislative action making
mi appropriation Immediately available
for reconstructing this asylum would be
worth thousands of dollars to the tax
payers. This saving alone would coun
terbalance a large part of the cost of an
extra session, to say nothing of the need
of better provision for the insane wards
of the state, who cannot possibly be
looked after as well under temporary
arrangements as when permanently
placed In Institutions specially adapted
to them.
Those wont to complain of the exac
tions of the trusts in tills country might
perhaps find some consolation iu thu
knowledge that they are worse In some
other countries. The steel and Iron
ring, or trust, In Russia, is demanding
that the government give It stiltlclent
orders to keep Its works running regu
larly, that It take measures to secure
for the iron men long credits and that
foreign machinery be excluded. No
American trust would dare niake' such
a demand, for If it did something
would surely drop.
A South Omaha paper suggests that if
thu county boaid is in earnest about
economy a good place to commence
would be In dispensing with the services
of the assistant county physician resi
dent In that city. It Insists tliat a resi
dent county physician for South' Omuhu
Is altogether unnecessary when South
Omaha Is paying for thu services of a
city physician. Here is a chance for the
retrenchment ax.
Senator Millard's advent In Washing
ton has been signalized by a vigorous
effort to have tin: west wing of the fed
eral building completed without delay
on the remodeled plans that will make
It correspond to the main front. The
senator's effort Is highly coniuiendublo
aud It Is to be hoped that he will en
counter no serious obstacles in tl
ho way
of tho proposed Improvement.
The threshing machine, the sorghum
mill and the stalk cutter must now take
a back scat as a medium, for maiming
men who work on farms. No other
Implement ever devised has been able to
approach the cornstalk shredder. A
little improvement might render It an
efrectlvu weapon of wur.
Another cloud appears ou the eommu-
nlty-of-lntercst horizon lu the shape of a
projected combine between Senator
Clark's Los Angeles nud Salt Lake rail
road and the Chicago, Hock Island &
Pacific, but the new octopus has uot yet
taken shape.
A (aultliiK Aapcct.
Chicago Het-ord-nerald,
A western Judgo has decided that sausage
Isn't sausage unless It Is In links. Wo mny
yet have to admit that the color of the
hair mnkes the dog.
Cnuae mill l'.ffect.
Washington Post.
Tho lato democratic nominee for gov
ernor of Iowa kicked an editor tho other
day. H serves the editor right for tickling
the heols of such nulmals.
tin Home mill Stn- There.
Philadelphia Record.
Ulchard Croker says thai there Is nothing
he would not do to restore 'harmony In
thu democratic party. Let him go back to
his English home and stay there.
Put Your I.IkH. t iiIiik Hud Iu Order.
Baltimore American.
Ex-Senator Allen declares that there
may be a populist candidate for president
In lOOf. Tho editor of the Commoner will
kindly assume an Innocent expression.
.Vew Century llcnefnct Ion.
New York Tribune.
Rural' free delivery of malls Is now an
accomplished fact and will before long be
a universal benefaction. It should promote
good roads and good roads should cu
courage it,
.Mini net ii WlnnliiK Hriuitntlnu,
Washington Star. .
It Is announced that Mr. Hryan may be
tho fusion camllilato for governor of No
braska. If Mr. nryart can only succeed lu
finally winning Nebraska ho may ftel that
he has some chance with the rest of the
United States.
Waste nt (lie llonulioli-.
Kearney Huh.
If an extra session of the legislature for
twenty days will not cost more than $20,000
as has been estimated, and nothing moro
should bo donn than to submit a constitu
tional amendment for the better dlsposl
tion of the permanent tchool fund of the
state, tho money would be well expended.
It Is not a wise thins to save at the spigot
and waste at the bunRhole.
Anllnlilr Timber.
Washington Post.
We Infer from reading Hon. J. Sterling
Morton's newspaper that tho gentleman
feels that tho next democratic nomlneo for
tho presidency should bo some good man
who has served In one of Mr. Cleveland's
cabinets.
.Mayor from Ihe Itnnk.
Saturday Evening Post.
Democracy ruled In tho recent mayoralty
elections. In a great western city an or
chestra leader becomes mayor and In the
cast one city has chosen a stoker to be Its
chief magistrate and another has chosen
an undertaker's assistant.
Curiosities of Mnlnc Tnnnlefoot.
New York World.
The remarkably long list of both men
and cows killed in tho woods of Maine,
New York and 'Wisconsin during the late
hunting season suggests tho need of more
instruction In (he shooting style ot the
hunter who, when In doubt of his target,
said ho "aimed so as to hit It if It waa
a deer and miss It If It was a cow."
Anierlcnii I'riiKrcm lllnmiosed.
Philadelphia Ledger,
(irrnt Ilrltaln's business depression has
been skilfully diagnosed and Seymour Holt,
her commercial ngent In tho United States,
laid his finger on Its principal cause when
ho told n London audience that It Is duo
to her backwardness In using, labor-saving
and automatic machinery; that her working
classes must ho educated up to these before
she can eompcto with America. The pro
cess of education will bo a long out, for
tho Ilrlllsh laboring classes place brawn
before brains, and will not uso tho latter
so long as they havo any chance to tnnko
a living by the former.
Training- fiir Knriit WnrU,
Philadelphia K .rd.
Probably none ot tho cot'eges in tho
United States are doing better work than
those which are teaching young men how
to apply their brains as welt as their hands
to farm labor. Tilling the ground Is tho
ono vocation In which there Is abundant
room for all ,vho aro willing to engage In It.
Thero Is also n surety of reward for Intel
ligence and skill, and there Is besides health
aud Independence. Tho farmer seems to
deal at nearer hand with his Creator than
any other of his fellowmcn, and If ho but
know It ho Is tho most Important pcrsonago
that walks tho footstool. Without him we
should all revert to Instant savagery.
Courts riitcnlntc On.
I.oulsvlllo Courier-Journal.
Juktlco 'McAdams, of tho New York su
preme court, has handed down this defini
tion of a "high roller:"
"The grantor became reckless and prof
ligate, going from had to worse, so that he
was pleased while upon tho witness stand
to acknowledge himself 'a high roller.' a
term which, according to his evldcnco,
means a sporty man who rolls around dur
ing tho night, an over-generous man, a
spendthrift and giver of wine dlnnors and
entertainments to friends, In which sobriety
plays but a small part."
According to which the high roll Is a
result of the high ball. Tho modern de
velopment of the languago Iu very rapid,
but the bench Is making commendable ef
forts to maintain a speaking acquaintance
with It.
ASSl.MI.f; TOO MUCH.
it
Contempt Proerrd lnK nn n Mraim or
Personal Vrnncanee.
Philadelphia Record.
The Chicago Judgo who has Imposed a se
vere penalty on ttevaral newspaper men for
comments on his course In relation to a
public franchlso may have been, moved ab
solutely hy his fear that to refrain from
punishing the offenders would be to en
courage attacks on the courts of tho coun
try. The punishment may be fully do
served. It Is possible, however, that not
every mau who sits on tho bonch has heon
able to shed his human qualities and to
view without personal feeling the criticisms
of the preea. It Is appalling to think that
r judgo with some of the frailties of man
kind might uso his power of punishment
for contempt to wreak porsoual vengeance.
Tho law which allows the Judgo to decide
what constitutes contempt aud within cer
tain limits permits him to determine bow
severe the punishment should he assumes
that he rises above all personal feeling;
that be can consider an attack upon himself
with absolute Impartiality and mete out
strict Justice to the offender. It is assum
Ing too much. There Is cause to doubt
whether any court could deal fairly with
casea of contempt In which It should have
an Immediate personal Interest. No man
should be allowed to pass judgment and
sentence from which there Is no appeal in
a case in which he Is the complainant.
TUB l-'I.AG AS AX ASSET.
Should fit Stamped on Kverr PackaKe
of Hxpnrtrd (ioodn,
Saturday Kvenlng Tost.
Whatever tho enemies of Mr. Cecil Rhodes
may have charged up against him, he bits
never been accused of lack of either com
mon senso or business acumen. Ot all tho
remarkable utterances of this roraarkahlo
man one Is more likely to bo remembered
than tho statement ho made recently In an
Interview with an American newspaper cor
respondent when he referred to the flag of
Great Britain as "tho greatest commercial
asset In the world." Great Drttaln Is
known In every corner of tho earth, for Its
ships carry the flag alike among savage Isles
and Into civilized ports. Even on our own
coasts the proportion of British mercantile
flags to our own Is often moro than threo
to one.
Germany Is beginning to realize tho power
of a national emblem In Martins business
Inquiry snd quickening trado, and much of
Us machinery that goes to foreign lands
now bears In enamel a mlalaturo of Its
flag.
The great Kngllsh shipping firms that own
largo fleets of vessels havo standing rules
governing tho display of the Union Jack;
the result Is that every one of their ships
at anchor In a foreign port flics Its flag
from 8 o'clock In the morning till sundown
"What's the mo of wearing out flags by
keeping them up all the tlmo?" I once hoard
au American skipper say In a foreign port
"My owners kick at tho bunting bill as
It Is."
So long as the greater part of American
trado going to foreign lands travels In
foreign bottoms and under a foreign flag
Just so long will our merchants be sharing
with another country the advertisement
that their energy and enterprise entitle
thorn to enjoy alone. Though It Is prope
to forbid tho uso of the flag for advertising
purposes direct, It Is well to reincmbe
that the flag. In Itself, constitutes tho Brett
est advertisement that tho country pos
Bet-Acn. Wo should Keep up nud ever In
cruaso tho peaceful mercantile Invasion o
foreign lands and harbors with the flag. It
cannot ho sceu thero too offen. ' Let over
toil of merchandise and every plpco of ma
chlnory that leave the country carry, on
soma part of It, tho eagle or the shield
It la the simplest, the best and the most
direct method for 'tho enlargement of com
merce. The flag Is the greatest business
asset we have and tr.tde will follow It
everywhere.
CHEER SECRETARY WILSON
Nttioial L!t BUck Mn in Amitl Ituita
lit Ohioago.
GOVERNOR AND MAYR BOTH SPEAK
I.arnr Attendance Marks the Opoulnic
Session and l.onir 1,1st of
Prises Is Already
Airnrdcd.
CHICAGO, Dec. 2. Tho International
Llvo Stork exposition was formally opened
hero tonight before an appreciative
throng which crowded tho Dexter park am
phltheatrr. Mayor Harrison, Secretary ot
Aftrlculluro Wilson, Governor It. W. Yates
and It. W. Hall of Texas spoko in tho or
der given.
A parade of prlzc-wlnnlng horses and
concert preceded tho speech making.
Mnyor Harrison delivered tho address
of welcome.
Secretary Wilson wns greeted with loud
applause. His remarks were largely on
tho Importance of tho rattle business In
the United Stutos. He said that while tho
cattle exports 'from this country last year
were worth ?SO,000,000, the great market
was at home "among our own people and
under our own flag."
"Tho horse," said the speaker, "is with
us tonight and he will be with us through
tho ages when the automobile and tho
btcyclo aro In tho Junk pile. No man over
rodo a bicycle who had ever owned a
horse; no man would own an automobile
who understood tho beauties of the horse."
I, oils; Applatiftc for M'llnnu.
The nudlcncc was still applauding when
Governor Yntcs arose and bade tho visitors
wolcomc to tho state.
The governor was followed by II. W,
Hall. Mr. Hall maintained au humorous
tone to tho end and held tho audlenco to
tho end.
Tho work of Judging tho nrlstocratlc ani
mals began today. Judging of purebred
steers and tho intercollegiate Judglug con
test both began at 9 n. m.
In tho sheep department the Judges took
up purebred wethers, In the swlno depart
ment Tamworths and Yorkshires, and In
tho horso building Perchcrons were put
through, their paces on tho tanbark. Tho
Intercolloglato Judging contests In swlno
and sheep began during tho afternoon.
Tho gates of tho exposition wero thrown
open nt 8 a. m. to a big crowd, consider
ing the earllncBs of tho hour. The ma
jority of them were out-of-town cattle
men, In many cases attended hy members of
their families, and General Manager Skin
ner, basing an estimate on this crowd, said
the day s attendance would be between
40,000 and C0.000 people.
Tho committee on Judges has named the
following gentlemen to detcrmlno the mer
its of special cattle exhibits: V. A. Nnvc,
Hercfords; J. C. Imbodon, Aberdeen-Angus,
aud Wallace Estill, Shorthorns. Prizes were
awarded today as follows:
Prlcea Are Awarded.
Shorthorns Steer or spayed heifer, 2
years and under 3, prizes $70, $30, J 10 and
$10. The Dutchman, a fat steer, first,
owned by M. Dunlap, Jacksonville, 111.:
Crimson Babe, second, owned hy Minnesota
University Experiment station; Cumberland
Chunk, third, owned hy T. J. Ryan &. Son,
Irwin, la.; Junior, fourth, owned by M. T.
Bunker, Tipton, la.
Hercfords Steer or spayed heifer, 2 years
and under .1,, $70, $o0 $40 ami $10. Apollo,
first, owned by George P.'llbnry, "Goodnow,
111.; Isaac, second, owned hy H. T. Schncl
ker, New Hnvcn, Intl.; Undo John II, third,
owned by Georgo Redhead, Dcs Moines;
Bu I..OU, steer, fourth, owned by Makln
brothers, Leos Sumlt, Mo.
Aberdeen-Angus, steer or spayed heifer.
1 year nnd under 2, prizes, $70. $."0, $40 and
$10.
Prizes, $70.. $55, $40 and $10 Tho Wood
Principal, first, owned by G. P. Henry, Good
now, III.; Clipper second, owned hy T. P. H.
Solham, Chllllcothe, Mo.; Hickory Grove,
third, owned hy G. P. Henry, Goodnow, III.;
Avalettc, fourth, owned hy Thomas Clark.
Beccher, III.
Sheep were exhibited from Illinois. Iowa.
Minnesota and Michigan and tnanV Cana
dian sections. Canada won each prlzo in
the first contest. Shropshire's, fat wethers.
first, Richard Gibson, Delaware, Ont.; sec
ond, John Campbell, Woodville, Out.;
third, Richard Gibson.
In the class for Aberdeen-Angus cattle.
tho prlzo for champion steer of spayed
heifer went to M. A. Judy & Son, Wllllams-
port, Ind. Judy & Son also took first prize
for tho best lot of threo head owned hy ono
exhibitor.
Montana Man Win.
In tho class for Polled Angus the
championship for steer or spayed heifer
was awarded to W. J. Budd, Eden Mills.
Mont. Mr. Budd also took first prlzo for
the best threo head shown by one exhib
itor. In the class for Red Polled cattle, the
championship for steer or spayed heifer
was awarded to Andrew Broe. of Center-
vllle, O., who also took first prize for the
best lot of three head.
Tamsworth bogs: Class G7, boar 2 years
old or over First prlzo $15, second prize
$10 Minnesota University Experiment Sta
tion, first prize. Class 58, boar 1 year eld
or over First prize $15, second prize $10;
Minnesota University Experiment Station,
first and. second prizes. Class nn, boar 0
months old and under 1 year First prlzo
$12, second prize $8; Minnesota University
Experiment Station, first; R. S. Hartley,
Plttsfleld, Pa., second. Class CO, boar under G
months old First prize $12, second $8; R. S.
Hartley, Plttsfleld, Pa., first; Minnesota
University Experiment Station, second.
Class 6t, sow 2 years old or over, first
prize. $15; second prize, $10; R, S. Hart
ley, first; Minnesota University Experiment
Station, second. Glujg f2, sow 1 year old
and under 2 years, prizes $15 and 12, It.
S. Hartley, first; Minnesota University Ex
periment Station, second. Class 63, sow (1
months old nnd under 1 year, prizes $12 and
$8; Minnesota University Experiment Station
first and second. Class 64, sow under 6
months old, prizes $12 and $8; R. S. Hart
ley first and second. Class 65. boar any
age, prlzo $20; Mlnucsota University Ex
periment Station,
Champion Tamworth sow, any age: First,
R. S. Hartley. Plttsfleld, Pa.
In tbo dais for large Yorkshire swlno,
first prizes wore' awarded as follows:
Champion boar, any age: First prize, D. C.
Piatt ft Son, Champion sow, any ago: I) C,
Piatt & Son.
Distinct llreedd of :StIiic.
In the class for other distinct breeds of
swine tho following were awarded first
prizes:
Champion boar, any age; Davis Hros.,
Dyer, Ind., first. Champion sow, any ago;
Davis Bros.
In tho class for draft horses, breeding
division, first prizes were awarded as fol
lows: Perchoron stallion: Charles Plain,
Dunham, Fletcher and Cnlemau, Wayue, III,
Percheron stallions, 3-year-old and under
4; I'ourqutpols, Dunham, Fletcher and Cole
man, Percheron stallions, 2-year-olds nnd
under 3: Krugcr, Dunham, Flett-bcr anil
Coleman. Four Pereherons, any age, tho
get of ono sire: Kruger, Pourciu'lpols,
Ludls and Cyfron, owned by Dunham,
Fletrher and Coleman. Champion stallion,
any age, Pourqulpols, Dunham, Fletcher
1
nnd Coleman, Chnmplon mare, any age:
Linda, Dunham, Fletcher and Coleman.
Best American bred Percheron stallion,
3-year-old and over; Itasca, J. H. McMll
III), Hrspcr, la.
Best Percheron marc, 3-ycar-old: Dun
ham, Fletcher and Coleman.
CHARLESTON FAIR IS ON
Interstate nnd West ndnn tltpoil
tlnn Opeurd by Prcildent
Itutiset ell
CHAHLESTON. S. C. Dec. 2. With Im
posing rercmonlcs embracing a parade of
federal forces, stato mlllta and confederate
veterans, beautiful women and cheering
collegians, a program of exercises, graced
by distinguished speakers aud with words
of greeting from the president ot the United
States, tho South Carolina Interstate and
West Indian exposition was opened officially
this afternoon. Tho dny was set aside as n
holiday and nil places of business wero
closed,
In the auditorium nt the exposition
grounds, where today's exercises wero held,
an audience of 1,000 people cheered the
name ot tho president of the United Stales,
gave hearty applause fo Hon. Chaunccy M.
Dcpcw, the orator ot tho day, listened at
tentively to the afternoon exercises nnd
then Joined tho crowds Inspecting the
grounds nnd marveled nt tho audacity of
Charleston In undertaking an exposition of
such magnitude. About 300 people, Includ
ing tho governor of South Carolina and
stag, the oltlccrs of tho exposition, the.
board of lady managers and tho city council
of Charleston, wero on tho stage of tho
beautifully derorated auditorium when tho
excrclsen began.
Senator Depow on entering was given an
ovation by tho nudlenco and tho cheering
continued for siveral minutes. After wel
coming addresses by F. W. Wagencr, presi
dent of tho exposition company, and Gov
ernor M. B. McSwecney, Senator Depew was
Introduced hy J. Adgcr Smith, ma) or of
Charleston,
Mr, Dcpcw was never In better voice.
Ills oration commanded general and un
usual attention.
Tho exposition, on a signal from the
White House, where President Roosevelt
touched a key connecting with the expo
sition, was then declared open. Greetings
were nrranged between Captain Wagenor
and President Roosevelt, Captain Wagencr
In his tolcgrnm sotting forth tho object of
tho exposition nnd expressing tho people's
regret at tho president's absence.
The president In reply asked Captain
Wagencr to "please accept for yourself nud
convey to your pcoplo my henrty congratu
lations on what has been accomplished nnd
my hearty wishes for the complete success
of your undertaking. I hopo It may prove
of great and lasting benefit to our Indus
tries and to our commerce with the West
Indies."
NORTH END BRANCH LIBRARY
Iinnrnt enienl Club Outliers SlatUtle
to Convince- lite llonrd of Its
Necessity.
In preparation for a second .hearing be
fore the library board, a committee of the
North Omaha Improvement club gathered
further statistics nt last nlght'B meeting of
tho club In Woodman hall, Twenty-fourth
street and Sherman avenue. The club has
had on foot for several weeks a movement
to sccuro for North Omnba a branch library
similar to that maintained nt. Vinton and
Sixteenth streets.
now P. E. Henry, a leader In the move
ment, has collected statistics In support of
the claim, among which aro the statements
that with tho (territory represented hy tho
petitioners aro 5,000 people nnd five schools,
with nn nttendnnco of 1,300 children.
He reported to the club that the board
had given encouraging, though conserva
tive, hearing to the committee, nnd that nn
Initial and preliminary step may be tho es
tablishing of a distributing station In a
storo at Twenty-fourth street and Ames
avonuo, the storekeeper to act as a deputy
of tho library and give shelf room to books,
his salary to bo a part of tho public library
expense.
Rev. Henry also reported that the mayor
had expressed himself as favorable to such
library' movements and that several of tho
counclhnen had shown a willingness to
stretch the appropriation to the limit. Rev.
Henry secured a list of the on tiro member
ship of the Improvement club to bo fur
nished the library board.
At next Monday nlght'e meeting succes
sors are to bo elected to John Morrison,
president, nnd Frank S. Cannon, vice pres
ident; Edwin A. French, secretary, and J,
Y. Craig, treasurer. The latter Is III and
was released from a spoclal commtttco on
which ho worved long enough to get the
park commission to act favorably on the
petition of the children to have a skating
pond cleared In Miller's park.
Ed Patrick, now a cattleman of LubI:,
Wyo., but back In the '70s an attendant at
the old Saratoga school, was present and
addressed the club, praising It for what It
had done for North Omaha.
IT.HSONAI, NOTUS.
Mayor. Morris of Ottawa, Ont., proposes
to establish a municipal coal yard In order
to checkmato a combination of local dealers,
oVganlzed to Increase tho price of fuel.
Mr. and Mrs. D. T. Denny, whoso settle
ment of Alkali Point was the genesis of the
prcsont city of Seattle, have Just celebrated
the fiftieth nnnlversnry of the landing of
tlje party, the latter part of October, 1S51.
Frank Munsey, tho magazine man, who
has Just purchased b Wnsblugton dally
paper, was In a barber shop last Sunday
when tho place was "pulled" for violating
the law providing that saloons and h.irhnr
shops In tho national cnpltal shall bo closed
w
LONG AND LOOSE
The Fitphionuble Model in Overcoats.
Pci'fffll.v Tailored.
And IMenty of Them.
You'll find no other etiially complete display in town.
$12.50, $15, $18, $20, $22, $25,
$30, $35, $42.50
"No Clothing Fits Like Ours."
Exclusive Clothiers and Furnishers.
R. S. Wilcox, Manager.
Baking Powder
Most healthful
leavener in
the world.
Goes farther.
ftOVM. lla FSWDtH C1..M vo.
on the first day of tho week. Tho law Is a
dead letter except for occasional Incldentn
of tho kind mentioned. Mr. ittinsoy wsi
subpoenaed as n wltnesa against tho pro
prletor.
Brigadier General Harry M. Rolmrts, t
S. A., retired, has gone to Galveston, Tex
having been appointed by tho commission
era of that city to superintend the plan
for tho protection of tho city from the sea
In severe storms,
According to a citizen of Bohemian hlrlh
now a resident of Chicago, tho name of Jnu
KtibeltU, tho renowned Bohemian violinist
who Is about to make a tour of this eoun
try, Is pronounced Koobeleok, with nccen'
on tho first syllable.
Dr. Joseph It. Do Lcry, who rncentL1
brought suit for $100,000 damages agalns
Henry II. Rogers of tho Standnrd Oil com
pany, who purchased a patent oil burne '
invented by the doctor nnd designed to
savo fuel In the production otn gives
amount ot light, alleges that tho defendant
formed a company - to nianufacturo th"
burner nud then failed to push It' hecnuse
of a fear that It would decrcaso the dr
mr.nd for oil.
pi,A.siii:s ov pun.
Boston Transcript: Miss llartt Do you
think n rrentlcinan would break his word
to a lady?
Mr. llrazler No, Indeed, I'm sure he
would not. Unless It wero to please soni'
other lady.
f'lcvolnnd Plain Dealer: "A man rsrnpeil
Jail In Now Jersey by marrying a woman
from whom ho had been Httallng."
"Now, l Hupposo nil tho old maids will
leavo money lying around loose,"
Puck: Gladys Thoy say Untold Is an
export In tho art of self-defcnseV
IJthel Nonsense! Kdlth mridu him pro
pofe In Just one week!
Yonkern Statesman: Mrs. Crlmmnboak
I kucsh It's the 1 1 1 1 11 1 iiftuo he's got.
Mr. Crimson beak No, It can't be; he's nil
thu tlmo talkliur about It,
Cleveland Plain Dealer: "Well, J nnalh
got somolhln' nut of that id' hunks, But
1 had to threaten him to get It."
"What did he give you?"
"He gave mo tho laugh."
Washington Star: "Some folks," snld
Undo Ebon, "Is So wrapped up In rlchts
dat tley 'pears to 'splso politeness .'cause
It don't cost'iinflln'."
Pltlaburg Chronicle: MIsh OmhliiRton
What do you consider tho heat Illustrated
paper, Mr. Scribbler?
Jfr. Scribbler A banknote, by nil means,
New York Hun: First Tramp 'Whnt do
they mean hy Fiiblnn Inactivity?
Second Tramp Oat's de llrst 1 over heard
of dat kind, hut whatever It Is I havo great
respeck for It,
Philadelphia nullotlu: "Did you untie.
how she Jabbered away when she sat there
between those two 1110117"
"Goodness, yes. It made mo thlulc of a
tongue sandwich."
Philadelphia Press: Tess That beggar
woman's a fraud. What did sho ask you
for?
Jess Sho snld sho wanted 11 few pennies
to got a chocolate Ice cream soda and some
lobster naiad.
Chicago Tribune: "Aimer, nro you not
Bolng to church this morning?"
"No; I'm not feeling well, Miranda."
"Why, you wero well enough a llttl
while ago to curry tho horso. clean tho
buggy, nnd mend a broken plnco- In thn
harness."
"I want you to understand, madam, that
n. mnn mny he able to do all that and yet
not feel well enough to go to church."
i:.n,i:n.
Kugene Field.
It cornea to mo often In fdlenon,
When thn firelight splutters low
When the black, uncertain (Oiadown
Seem wraiths of long ago;
Always with a throb of heartache,
That (Ills each pulslvo vein
Comes the. old, unquiet longing
For tho peaco of homo again.
I'm sick of the mar of thn cities,
And of faces cold and strange;
I know whore there's warmth of welcome.
And my yearning fancies rungo
Hank to the dear old homestead,
With an aching senso of pain.
But there'll bo Joy In tho coming,
When I go homo again.
When I go homo again! There' tnuslo
That never may dlo away.
And It seems tho hands of angels, .
On a myHtlo hnrii at play,
Havo touched with a yearning nadueos
On a beautiful, broken strain.
To which Is my fond heart. wording
When I go homo again.
Outside of my darkening window
Are the great world's clnsh and din,
And slowly the autumn shadows
Como drifting, drifting In.
bobbing, the night wind murmurs
To the splaah of tho autumn rain,
1,UU. lreain of tho glorious greeting
When I go home aguln.