The umaiia Daily Bee.
15. IIOHHWATKH, EDITOIl.
PUHLfSHIiD KVKftY MOft.N'ING.
THIIMS OF SUH8C1UPTIO.V.
Dally lite (without Hjii(Ih). 'Jne Year.J6.00
Dally Hen una 9undu, One Yeur s.w
Illustrated Hie, urn- Venr S.tw
Bilhduy lice, ono Year S.IW
biilurouy Uuc, One Year l.W
'i wentictli Century Fanner, One Year.. l.W
DKLfVKUKD 11Y CARRIHIl.
Iinlly Hop (without Sunday), per copy... 2c
Daily Hue (without Sunday), per week...K'c
Dally Hei- (Including HJnday). Iiur week. 17c
Sunday lt. per opy oc
cvnnins ue iwnnoui BJiiouy;, per wuch.jw
Kenlng Hen (Inrltiillni: .Munduv). lier
week 13c
Complaints of Irregularities In delivery
snouiu lie auuresscu to city uircuiation uv
purtmcnt.
OFFICES.
Omahn Thn 1 1 Iltillillni?.
South Omuliii - City Hall Hulldliic,
Twenty-fifth and M streets
Council Hlurfs-lu I'rnrl Street.
Chicago 1G Unity building.
New York Temple Court.
Washington uOl Fourteenth Street.
COItltKSl'ONDKNCU.
Communications relating to news and edi
torial matter tihoiild he addressed: Omaha
Uee, Editorial Department.
IILSINL'HH LliTTHHS.
Ihmlhcss litters and remittances shoJld bo
addressed. Tliti lieu l'ubllshltlg company,
umann.
KUMITTANCKS.
llcmlt by draft, express or postal order,
nnvuliln l.i 'I'll.. Il Pnlillnlitni' COMlllUliy.
only 2-'cent stamiis nccopted in payment of
mull nccounts. i'ursonal checks, except oil
Omaha or eastern exchanges, not ueccpieu.
THIS UliU 1'UUL.IHIIINU fUMl'Afiii
STATEMENT OF CIRCULATION.
State of Nehrnskn, Douglua County, as.:
Qporpo H, Tischuck, secretary of Hie Ilea
i'liuiismng uomputiy, ucing uuiy wui,
nays that the actual number of full und
complete copies of Tho Dully, MornlnK.
livening and Sunday Hco printed during
tho month of November, 1901, was as lol
lows: 1
2
3
6
C
7
8
8
ic
17
18
19
M
..nt.ooo
..ao.ano
..iio.r.no
,.:io,:io
..:u.i
jiiii
,.,.:io,(iio
...IID.IIO
...:il,770
...ItO.MMJ
...:i(i.siio
...:io,tto
21
22 :io,aio
23 tto,!i:to
21 Ht),SB5
2S HO. I 10
20 :o,aio
27 :to,oio
28. :io,mo
29 ItO.llO
30 :io,i:io
..:io,iM)()
10 no,:in
n :m,7m
12 .'10,7110
13, ,t tio.soo-
11 no, 7ti
is :io,:uo
Total uar,h!IS
Less unsold and returned copies.... 10,1101
Net total sales 01
Net dally uvcrage :io.!W4
OEO. li. TZ3CHUCK.
Subscribed In my presence and sworn to
lioforo mo tills 10th day of November, A. D.
1001. M. U. 1 1 UNO A IK,
(Seal.) Notary Public.
From now on tho days will nRitln
grow lonniT.
Oniiiha still kci-ps on tho right side ot
tho lodcer In the clearing Iiouko exhibit
for tho pn.st wools.
Ah between making contributions to
tho St. l.ouls exposition and to tho
Oinalm AtKlitorlnni, Uinaha litmlness
men will jjlvc tho proferenco to the Au
illtorlmn. Nubrnsku country papers show prut
lfylnn wlpis of prevailing prosperity
that IniH tilled their ntlvcrtlHlnu; columns
with holiday annoiincoinonts. The coun
try papers deserve tho patronage.
It Is an III wind that blows nobody
good. As a natural consequence of tho
recent cold snap tho lee harvesting Is
In full blast before .Christinas- for the
tlrst time within the memory of the
oldest inhabitant.
The Omaha Central Labor union Is all
torn up over the selection of a member
for tho new Hoard fof Fire and Police
Commissioners. A chase after butter
Hies in tho month of December in this
climate would be Just about as promis
ing. Having had the fun of attending the
ground-breaking exercises for tho coin
ing St. l.ouls exposition, tho Nebraska
commissioners will now have to begin
llgurlng where the money Is to come
from to pay the bills for Nebraska's
participation.
The mayor of South Omaha Is con
gratulating himself on being vindicated
by tho decision of Judge linker to the
effect that the bribery of a city execu
tive is not on all fours with the stutute
relating to the same offensu committed
by other olllclals.
Omaha is not threatened with a coal
famine, but It Is menaced .by the greed
of dea'lJts, who always find a ready
excuse for raising tho price of fuel. In
this respect they are no worse .than the
coal dealers of St. Louis, Chicago and
Kansas City. Down goes tho thermome
ter and up goes the price of.coal.
Nebraska renl estate dealers can do
rlvo good returns from an organized,
well-directed effort to attract home seek
ers. A half million more people residing
within the state's boundaries would
soon make farm lands worth as much
us farm lauds in Iowa and the states
to the east of us.
One of our local contemporaries, the
"Western Laborer, wants to know why
the franchise grafters who are now
brewing a , bridge across the river at
South Omaha do not build two bridges
over the river" and thereby make Just
twice as much. This is .a conundrum
that, can only be answered by, the fran
chise seekers.
According to tho latest advices tho
community .of Interest magnates havo
decreed that the Ilurllugton railroad
bhajl bu conducted as a department
store. To this program The lleo can
Interpose no objections, provided al
ways that the Ilurllugton department
btoro will advertise as freely as tho
local department stores.
In an address to a Jury In a bribery
case a Chicago attorney .expressed tho
opinion that every railway and Mroot
railway company In the state made a
business of Jury-bribing. Such state
ments should not be Idly made, but, If
founded on fact, their verltleatlon
would bring out n condition which is
truly alarming. With au Iowa Jurist
declaring that perjury was Involved In
a majority of the litigation and another
olllcer of the court making almost as
sweeping charges of another kind. It Is
no wonder popular faith In the honesty
and fairness of "judicial tribunals Is so
fieijueutly bhtikcu;
IIETTEIl A( KSOWLEME T1IK cons.
It Is now up to the Omaha Hco to say
that tho investigation and report ot the
officers who checked up tho state treasurer
in tho matter of the school funds is wrong
It Is cither that or nn acknowledgment that
Tho Ilco Is wrong. Mlnden Gazette.
When a public man makes a mistake
ho can gain more lit the esteem of the
publle by trying to undo It than by
sticking to It. Tho Hoe never charged
that the Investigation and report of the
state otllcers who checked up the state
treasurer was wtong, but It did charge
that the exhibit made by the treasurer
and certified to by these olllcers 'did not
explain away the questionable bond
deals by which the school fund has
been milked for several thousand del
lar for the benellt of speculators. The
lleo did not even charge Treasurer
Stuefer with being a direct benellclary
of this manipulation of sacred trust
funds, although the peculiar methods
resorted tend strongly to Inculpate him.
The position of Tho Hco in this re
spect Is impregnable and cannot be suc
cessfully assailed by pettifogging or by
quibbling. While It does nut contend
that the books of the treasurer ate In
correct, It makes bold to assert that the
exhibit was prepared to meet the tin
tenable assumption that every cent of
tho school fund reported us "balance on
hand" has been kept constantly In the
vault at the state house. Tho exhibit
of -Mr. Stuefer that shows that every
penny In all current funds was at the
tlnio of the Investigation drawing In'
terest In tho state depositories Is within
itself a proof of deception and Jugglery.
Does It stand to reason that the state
treasurer of Nebraska would on any day
when his olllco was open to the public,
leave his cash drawer without a nickel
to make change'.' Does it stand to rea
son that the olllcers who certified to the
correctness of the treasurer's figures
actually believe that the money they
counted as credited to the school fund
had never been on deposit In a bank
subject to tho draft of the treasurer?
These state olllcers certainly could not
havo been oblivious to the fact brought
out by the exposure of the Hurt county
bond deal that the treasurer has Issued
checks In the sum of .$80,000 on school
money held by Omaha banks.
Why not acknowledge the corn and
face tho situation as it Is V The mem
bers of the Hoard of LMucutlonal Lands
and Funds were not charged with com
plicity In the bond deals. In author!.-
Ing the treasurer to purchase bonds for
the school fund, the board simply sanc
tioned the investment of a fixed sum at
a llxed rate, leaving the details of the
transaction to tho treasurer, who was
presumed to pursue business methods
In their purchase and give the state
the benellt of the best bnrgalu. If tho
treasurer bought tho bonds through
middlemen, to the detriment of the
state, ho alone was responsible.
It Is only when the board seeks to
cover up and excuse such transactions
that it becomes subject to criticism and
distrust. Its course should have been
to disarm suspicion by taking such
steps as would right tho wrong and fix
the blame where It Justly belongs.
WILL HELL ATAX1' 1'ltlCE.
The l'anauui Canal company Is now
willing to dispose of Its property to the
United States at uny price. At a meet
ing In Paris Saturday of the directors
and shareholders of the company,
marked by great excitement, Air.
Hutln, tho president, who made a bad
mess of the negotiations here with the
Isthmian Canal commission and had his
scheming exposed by Senator Morgan,
resigned. A report was submitted re
lating to the negotiations for the sale
of tho Panama canal property and the
directors stated that they would give
mandatory power to propose a fixed
price, which It was hoped will exercise
a favorable Influence upon the future
negotiations.
It seems safe to say that this comes
too late. Had the Panama company
shown u disposition at an earlier time
to negotiate on a reasonable basis and
had been straightforward in the
matter, there was a good chance
of Its having accomplished some
thing. Sentiment in this country
favorable to tho Panama route, If
tho property could bo secured at a fair
pticu and all complications removed, had
been growing. Then was the oppor-
tunlty for the Panama company to have
proposed, as. It was Invited to do, the
terms upon which It would dispose of
Its property. Its representatives in this
country, however, delayed and dallied
with tho matter and finally submitted
to tho canal commission a proposition
which they should havo known would
not be acceptable. Then cmuu the ex
posure of .Mr. llutln's course, which
quite dlscouruged the friends of the
Pauama route.
Wo think it extremely doubtful If
congress will uow give consideration
to uny offer that may come from the
Panama company. It lot go by its op-
portunlty and In consequence has lost
about all tho American support It had.
No opposition of Importance has been re
cently shown to the bills for tho con
struction of the Nicaragua canal and
It can bo confidently predicted that tho
proposed legislation will be enacted very
soon after the reassembling of congress.
THE HOSTILE SOUTHKUX UEl'UHUVS
Tho latest nilvlees regarding tho ter
ritorial dispute betweou Chill and Ar
gentina represent the situation as ex
tremely acute, with the chances appar
ently unfavorable to an amicable set
tlement of tho controversy. Whllo tho
governments are employing the agencies
of diplomacy In seeking an adjustment,
popular sentiment In both countries Is
strongly In favor of ,var. Chill, It ap
pears, Is responsible for tho trouble. The
territory In dispute Is occupied by both
countries under au agreement that
uelther party should treat Its presence
as anything but temporary until an
award was mado and should maintain
unchanged existing conditions. Chili,
however, has used Its temporary occu
putlou of tho territory to coustruct
THE OMAHA DAILY BEE: MONDAY. DECEMBER 23, IHOl.
roads, bridges and tunnels of strategic
value In case of an attack and It I
against this apparent infraction of n
mutual agreement that Argentina has
protested. Hoth countries have mado
military preparations for possible hos
tllltles.
A war between Chill and the Argon
tine republic would probably bo mow
serious than South American conflicts
commonly are. They nro the two Im
poitant countries of South America
whoso populations are almost wholly of
European blood. Hoth havo .consider
able resources. The area of Argentina
Is more than three times as great as
that of Chill and Its arable lauds are fat
richer. Chill has very vulttable mineral
deposits, but equally Important- re
sources of that kind may be developed
In the Argentine republic. It Is estl
mated that there are fully l,oX),o)0
persons of foreign birth, mainly Italians
and Spaniards. In Argentina, while there
are probably not to exceed .10.000 In
Chill to offset this powerful element,
which by Its energy and resourceful
ness has rapidly developed tho Argon
tine republic. Its population is about
n.000,000. while that of Chill is approxl
finitely :i,:!00,(KK).
This difference In population, how
ever, does not necessarily mean equal
disparity In military strength. The Ar
gentine republic could put more soldiers
In the Held than Chill, but the Chileans
are the most warlike people In South
America and they are Inspired by tho
memory of victories over various foes.
The army that Chill could marshal, If
less numerous than that of Argentina,
would doubtless prove more fonnldablo
In war. Still the lighting, If War should
come, would doubtless be mainly on
the sea, owing to the mountain barrier
between the two countries, anil In naval
strength Chill Is Homowhat the stronger,
besides being more familiar with naval
warfare. It Is altogether probable,
therefore, that tho smaller republic
would be victorious on the sea.
Chill Is not unjustly accused of being
a habitual disturber of the peace and
In the present case she appears to be
clearly In the wrong.
AT THE VUUSSUUAD9.
When Tho Hoe pointed out the ob
stacles that would have to be overcome
by the promoters .and managers of the
auditorium some eight months ago and
ventured to make suggestions for the
modification and Improvement of the
plans It was at once stigmatized as an
enemy of the enterprise and denounced
as a malicious knocker. The men who
resented and pooh-poohed the views ex
pressed. by The Hoe would, if they were
disposed to make the admlsslou, be
compelled to confess that tho forecast
then made was correct and 'the words
of warning uttered were timely. Tho
conclusion reached by this paper that
It was absolutely essential that at least
$100,000 additional subscriptions and
donations would havo to be raised to
insure tho erection' of a commodious
and fireproof auditorium building has
been proved to have been sound as well
as Its Idea concerning the change In
the plans, which have since been recast
along the Hues , originally suggested by
this paper.
It did not require a prophet to foresee
that It would be Impossible to Induce
any .responsible contractor to erect a
S'JOO.OOO building unless positive assur
ance was given that tho payments for
material and labor would be promptly
made as the construction of the build
ing progressed. (Inasmueh as the com
pany had no right to Incur a bonded
liability there was no prospect of rais
ing any funds by n building loan. That
prospect will. not be materially Improved
even by a repeal of the provision In tho
articles of Incorporation which pro
hibits the concern from Incurring a
mortgage liability. It is a. well knowu
fact that capitalists do not make in
vestments in any considerable amount
in building loans unless a sulllcleut In
come Is assured .to guarantee the run
ning expenses, faxes and tho Interest.
Will the managers of tho auditorium
be able to do this? If not, they are not
very much , nearer tho solution of the
financial problem than they were six
months ago. The sending of a commit
tee to Kansas City to ascertain how
much tho Kansas City auditorium .has
arned since Its erection will cut lit
tle or no figure with corporations or In
dividuals who are disposed ,to niako
buildlng.loans. The earnings of a pub
lle hall In Kansas City afford no cri
terion for the earnings of a public .hall
u Omaha devoted to similar purposes
any more than a comparison of tho
earning power of a theater in .Kansas
City would be a basis for gauging the
earning power of a theater in Omuhu.
in the end tho managers .will dis
cover that the money for an auditorium
must ho raised In Omaha, and, as a
matter of safety, tho entire amount
required ,for construction and equip
inent must bo subscribed before a con
tract Is let unless wo are willing to let
tho contractor take tho grounds, bulld-
tig and money now .In sight In satis-
faction of his liens.
One of tho fallacies common to statis
tical discussion Js brought out strikingly
in a recent article which tries to iinii n
redeeming feature of the Increase in
divorces In Its correspondence with the
Increase In the employment of women.
Thofceusus Is cited to show that tho
number of women In the United States
having "gainful occupations" Increased
from l.saa.'JSS In 1S70 to y,(J7,ir7 In
1SS0 and to ;i,01-l,r7l In 1800, with a
probable fluoreaso of similar proportions
In tho census of 11(00, when It Is finally
tabulated. The Inference Is that women
who have not been enumerated In the
census as having gainful .occupations
have not been contributing to their own
support, when the facts would point In
precisely tho opposite .direction namely,
that women were compelled ,to lajior
more for tho support of themselves am!
their families In former decades than
they do now. In our census only those
women who are working for wages are
returned us having "I'uluful occupa
tions." Tho transformation of our sys
tem of production has, In Its very
nature, lengthened the wages list by
forcing Into mill aiid factory production
which was formerly carried ou by
piece work or In the homo. It Is safe to
say that, while the .opportunities for
women to support themselves Inde
pendently are much greater, tho neces
sity for such stipjKirt has beconio less.
Whether .this development can be con
strued as a factor In the Increase of
divorce Is open to serious question.
Ono of tho problems with which thn
Hoard of Education will bo compelled
to grapple is whether the free book
system should extend from tho kinder
garten to tho University. While the
kindergartens undoubtedly abforb a
greater aiuouut for the purchase of free
picture books and pianos, It Is n serious
question whether the free book distribu
tion In the High school Is not carrying
free education altogether too far. In
view of the fact that but a very small
percentage of the graduates of the High
school represent the poorer classes, It Is
a question whether It Is not doing alto
gether too much to carry the free .gift
school book system through to tho High
t-chool clusses. The Important question
is: Will the School Hook trust permit
us.to economize In this direction?
The head organ of Nebraska point
lists professes great astonishment at Uu
report that Henry C. Payne, who is to
be tho new postmaster general, favors
government ownership of telegraphs
and telephones. Why should there be
anything astonishing In that If true?
Several republican postmaster generals
have favored the postal telegraph, most
notably General Creswell und John
Wnnnmaker, who urged It repeatedly
upon congress. On tho other hand, wo
do not recall any democratic postmas
ter general who championed government-owned
telegraphs. Wo ought to
have a postal telegraph system, but the
only encouragement comes from ro
publican postal authorities.
Senator Allison has presented to con
gross a lengthy petition from citizens of
Iowa asking for a law against the black
listing of employes by corporate em
ployers. It Is a question whether con
gross has full Jurisdiction over this
subject, although It could, doubtless,
pass such a law applicable In the Dis
trict of Columbia and In tho organized
and unorganized territories. Hlackllst-
lug should bo made Illegal because It Is
wroug both In pructlco and In principle.
Hut tho boycott ou.tho purt of employes
Is based on tho same principle and
should be barred ut the same time.
Hoth the boycott and the bluckllst are
repugnant to the spirit of our free In
stitutions.
The breakdown in tho Hrltlsh tele
graph system on account of Uio recent
storms .has brought out uu urgent de
mand that all telegraph and telephone
wires b placed under ground beyond
tho reach of storm damage. Tho gov
ernment, which operates the telegraph,
objects on account of the cost and the
business world cites ub an answer the
loss of over $1,000,000 In business for this
ono storm alouo In addition to the cost
of repulra. The time will undoubtedly
come when all the wires, if not made
unnecessary in tho interval, will bo
iluced beyond danger of Interruption by
storm, but in this country of magulilceut
dlstuuces it Is still a long way off.
At the assessments .placed upon them
several local franchlsed corporations are
to pay tuxes on less than their actual
annual net earnings. How would own
ers of Improved real estate like to havo
their assessments brought down below
tho yearly rental collections for taxa
tion purposes?
Another Kind of Democrat.
Indianapolis Nows.
Tho three Louisiana democrats that voted
with tho republicans for tho Philippine
tariff bill constitute another kind of dem
ocrats.
AVlint it .lulfy l'ronpi-ctl
Wushlngton Post.
Tho spectacle of a Vandcrbllt running for
congress against a Ilelmont would ho a
fine thing for the Amalgamated Association
ot Political Wlro and Leg Pullers.
Kffi-ct of ft lluundury Line.
Ixut8vl!lo Courier-Journal.
Tho price ot beef continues to climb in
the United States, but in Canada tho ranch
men nro complaining that they can get only
3H- cents a pound for flno cattlo. Our
sacred "free broukfost table" does not in
clude steak.
Hotter (' Slow.
Springfield Kopubllcan.
The proposed Pacific cablo may bo worth
less In ten years, in view of tho progress
wireless telegraphy Is making. A wlrolcss
ystem perfected would do all tho work at
nflnltcly less expense At Hawaii and
Guam relay statins could bo established
In sending messages across tho Pacific, If
tho Jump from tho golden gate to West
,uzon were too much for the wireless sys-
em.
The Country fn C'fover.
Minneapolis Times.
Agrlculturo is In a decidedly flourishing
ondltlon Just now. The corn yiold was
greatly reduced by tho drouth, but thcro
was a good wheat crop and tho scarcity of
corn helped to keep up tho prlco of tho
ther cereal. Hogs havo commanded high
prices this winter and tho samo Is truo of
cattlo. Farm landB overywhero aro Increas
ing in value nnd especially Is this tho case
in tho northwest.
I'oliitiirN from Alirnnil.
New York Sun.
For tho past few weeks probably four-
fifths of tho potatoes reaching Now York
City for consumption havo como from Eu
rope. That America should bo a buyer of
trans-Atlantlo potatoes seems pretty
trango to tho prlvato consumer, nnd even
thoso on tho Inside of tho potato market ad
mit that It is rather odd. Not for eight
years had this country bought potatoes
broad In nay great quantities. Hut the
teamor Southwark arrived last Saturday
from Antwerp with 00.000 bushels, tho
'adorland Is expected today or tomorrow
with C0.0OO barrels mid the Laurentlan from
Glasgow In a day or two with 30,000 bushels.
This has been going on for about threo
weeks. Tho potatoes como from Scotland,
Ireland nnd Ilelglum. The potato crop in
theao countries has beon particularly good
nd the crop horo the worst this country
has had tor many years.
tut ic i-1 nrrs or M:iittAMc. politics.
Wayne Herald (rep.) It now looks very
much ns though Norfolk would lose tho asy
lum, or In other words, tho establishment
will not bo rebuilt. In thu ovent that It Is not
It will bo a direct slap at north Nebraska,
which has become very much the backbone
of the ntate. However, when tho next leg-tF-laturo
convenes thero will be a storm cf
protest go up from the North Platte coun
try that will be heard throughout thn
length and breadth of the state.
Tekamnh Herald (rep.) : Tho flood Surety
company this week made good the shortage
of J, N. (lallln, former state oil Inspector,
who was short In his nccounts ou settlement
when he went out of ofllce, by paying tho
money Into tho stalo treasury on the de
mand of Attorney Ocncral l'rout. .Mr. Ratlin
was prominent In fusion politics. Ho was
speaker of the houso In thn 1807 hcsslon.
All defaulters arc not of tho samo political
faith. No party has a corner on honesty.
lltishvllle Recorder (rep.): (Jovernor Bav-
ago must tnko tho peoplo of Nebraska for a
lot ot suckers if hit thinks the statement of
tho Hoard of Kducatlnnal Lands and Ilulld
ings, of which he Is a member, disposes of
tho Stuefer bond dealn. Why, bless your
sox, It don't even mention them, but merely
says Stuefer lx honest nnd has accounted
to the board for every cent of money ho
has, That's all right, hut what about the
school money ho ought to have and hasn't?
York Times: The security company
that signed J. N. (laflln's bond as state oil
Inspector has settled with thn state and
paid tho defalcation. Mr. (lallln wns a great
leader of the fusion hosts. Ho was speaker
of the houso of representatives and wa
ono ot the committee who paid $30,000, tho
exact amount ot tho appropriation, for the
wheezy old steam cngtno and few- tools tha
tho contractor had at the penitentiary. Will
Porter do ns ho did, or will ho pay It him
self?
Wcsteru Laborer: David tho baby
kisser, "Our Dave," has introduced a bill 1
congress to macadamize tho military roa
between Omahn and Fort Crook, tho ex
penso of grading to bo borno by Douglas
county. Tom Dlackburn Is letting a goo
thing slip If ho falls to secure a franchise
for ono of thoso hot air street car lines o
his. Ho had better hurry up, ns Dave con
templates Introducing a bill for tho build
Ing ot a road from earth to tho moon on
tho route surveyed by Jules Vcrno, Hurry
up, Tom, Davo Is going to open up many
good chances for you to help hltn hold hi
Job.
Hushvlllo Recorder (rep.): The most un
satisfactory part of Auditor Weston's semi
annual statement Is tho llttlo mntter o
tho stntn's Indebtedness of over J2.000.000,
It looks as though thcro was an Item hero
demanding the Immediate munition of th
legislature, and they should strlvo by every
lawful means to inaugurate some reforms
or retrenchments that will keep thn Btate'
Indebtedness somowhero within tho limits o
tho constitution. If tho demands of tho
stato havo outgrown the limits of the con
stltutlon, then it ought to bo amended.
if
our state motto is equality before tho law
it certnlnly ought to ho our pride to live
up to tlie law.
South Omaha Independent: F.dltor Hose
water is still after Stato Treasurer Stuefer
In regard to tho Otoo nnd Hurt county bond
deals. Governor Savago says that tho books
of the treasurer havo been Investigated nn-
every cent of tho state's money has been
accounted for and ho considers tho matter
settled. Wo hardly agreo with tho governor
on this issue, and commend tho attitude
of Mr. Edward Hoaewater. What tho people
of Nebraska want to know is why Mr,
Stuefer bought tho Otoo nnd Hurt county
bonds from middlemen nt 3 per cent, when
by dealing direct they could havo been
bought at -114 per cent. Toll us, Mr. Stuefer,
into whoso pocket tho 1 per cent grnft went
Governor Savage evidently failed to discover
this fact when ho mado his Investigation
CIVIIi SHHVICK IX UL'SINKSS.
Growth of hr Merit Syatem In I.lnr
of Indnntry.
Kansas City Journal.-'
One of tho most Important steps In thodl
rectlon of closer relations between capital
and labor Is that Just token by tho Steal
trust, which hns adopted tho civil service
Idea In its dealings with Kb 2,000 employe)
on Ins lako steamship lines. Tho prrsump-
tlon Is that this is but the forerunner of
similar action In connection with tho tens
of thousands of men employed In tho various
enterprises of the trust. Civil service
practice, of courso, obtains In a modified
form In tho buslneso world, to such an ex
tent that the contrast between conduct ot
private and public business Is proverbial
Other things being equal, tho tenure of
potltlon in ordinary business enterprises de
pends upon fidelity and competency to n far
greater degreo than positions in political
offices. Discharges arc usually mado for
cause rather than on account of a change In
officials nt tho head ot tho concern. It Is
fashionable among political demagogues to
say that tho employe has to voto with tho
corporation for which ho works. Hut tho
fact remains that Interference with private
political belief is very rare and that the
business man does not caro what views are
hold by hla employes, unless they consti
tute a direct attack upon his Interests, and,
Indirectly, upon their own Interests.
Hut this conspicuous endorficment nnd ap
plication of tho civil service Idea must
bavo a good Influence. It Is co-operation In
a certain form nnd tho feeling of stability
on thn part of the employe must bo an In
centive toward a cluaer relationship with
tho employer nnd tho recognition of tho In
terdependence of Interests, ft Is along
these lines that capital and labor must ap
proach each other If thoy aro ever to cease
to maintain their present nttltudo of hos
tility and distrust on tho ono hand and in
difference and solflshncss on the other.
rnitsoNAi, noths.
Tho Captain of Colon seems to know what
hit him.
Now tho Hobson romanco appears to bo
nipped In tho bud. Nothing lnsts with our
naval heroes but trouble
Tho consensus ot Hrltlsh opinion on the
Hay-Pnuncefoto treaty appears to be that
they didn't want tho bloomln' canal, any
way.
A check for $10, given by President Roose
velt In aid of the Washington Newsboys'
home at a bazar last week, wns framed by
tho lady receiving It and sold at miction for
(SO.
A Brooklyn Jury has awarded 8,500 to n
woman who Incurred a tlff finger as the
result of a railway collision. The company
ought to bo thankful her whole hand wasn't
stiffened.
ThomiiH W. Murcbment, who died re
cently In Philadelphia, bequeathed $18,000
o tho Humane society of that city, the
prococds to bn used In giving prizes for ex
ceptional bravory or llfo-savlng at floods
and fires.
At Hrunswlck, Mo., lives tho printer who
did nil tho typesetting nnd pretswork on
Longfellow's "Outrn-.Mer; or, Tales of the
Sea," tho first novel the great poet wrote,
Ho is Theodore Mclllan, now !il years of
ace.
Tho duko of Argyll haa placed with a New-
York real estate firm the sole agency on
this stdn of tho ocean for tho leasing of hli
astlo nt Invcrnty, In Argyllshire, Scotland.
and for the sale of Tlreo island, off the
oust of Scotland, nnr the Ishs of Mull and
Iona. Thus Is tho American Invader Invited
and encouraged to come and take tho best
n Britain palace, deer prk, game und
tUalDS.
Tiioitot niiiiitr.ns ttv tiik wkst.
llriiHileiiln tr Infltipnrp of I'rnlrtr
Otnnp i nd I'rnlrlr .Spirit.
Francis Ilellumy In Saturday KvenlnB Post.
Young men go west for business nnd
young men havo gone enst for their educa
tion. That has been tho drift, and it still
seems tn be a natural tendency, equable
for tho extremes nnd salutary for tho whole
country. Tho conservatism of the oldest
communities goes to settle In the newest
camp, and reciprocally the sharp wits of
western-bred youth go to got their
polish lu eastern colleges nnd eastern
contact.
Though conservatism often seems broken
up in the swirl of western enterprise, It is
usually a tenacious Influence. If tho east
ern boy stays west he keeps allvo a host
of fancies about tho east that become an
object of cult to him and his family. If,
after n business experience there, ho goes
back east to live, ho Is bolder and broader
In affairs.
Likewise, when tho boy from tho west has
finished long courses of study lu the etf,
it may be assumed that for him us an
Indlvldunl a liner equilibrium has been
gained, if he returns to mine or ranch or
stirring town he carries with hltn some
thing more than the Impulse of enterprise
Tim chnngu must certainly havo rescued
him from overweening confidence in the
MK"a ui u.uo jii -uspvruy, ior no lias leu tllo
gentle forces of tradition and of Inherited
culture. These nro happy sectional ex
changes which have bceu made because of
the Inadequacy of each part to tnko caro
wholly of Its own young stock.
coast us to Harvard on tho Atlantic. Or.
ft they look eastward at all, ft may be no
What remit, from this rather new tend-
ency Is a new product fn tho types of edu-
cated youth-a thoroughbred of the west,
untouched, except indirectly, by eastern In-
mi. .
Tho reasons why a boy doea well to
travel far to an old university aro familiar,
What are tho reasons why ho may do bet-
ter to keep to his own. section of the
country for his studies, as well as for the
chances of business?
To bo sure, tho two new-rich universities
which bound tho west havo added vastly to
s aro not dolnr
I or half of tho work. State untverslt.es
also are growing In popularity. This Is
S. f, T ,VOrf tborou,sbKol? ln'
stltutlons. It l also becnuso boys Iko to
contlnuo associations nlrendy begun and
which may benefit them throughout life. It
, " "ore is an increasing feel-
lng that boys born nnd raised In tho west
nro In better training for their futuro
thero lf they matrloulato where conditions
are similar.
1 an now motto is, "A western educnt on
ior a western boy," Just as It Is more
broadly declared that an American boy
needs an American education from start
to finish, nnd that a buslnosa man needs
to begin as a boy In tho counting room.
There Is Bomo narrowness in theso gen
ernllzatlons, but thero is also much force.
1 rcpr ration for Ilfo means nrennratlon for
l ,UI- 1 . . ....
...,.t.. Ul ,??. an'.' iar
i-.....,.uUU ..mm uu. L-oimuiuns is ino
ochi. 11 11 puis n man out of Joint with
t,L I. ...
ii. a i.mit 11. in n misioriune. a posiliva
tinnlonn 1 n 1,1. 1
-4v-"i' m ii ruL-crsB, oven
though uch preparation Is obtained In the
OITTS TO IUIUCATIO.-V.
Million for Mlml-Trnliilnfr
In the
IllRlirr I.rvrlii.
Philadelphia Press.
Thn year 1P01 will bo tho banner year for
i... .. . .. . -
h.t.o iu nmcnuoo, u woh thought that tho
record of tho year 1S90 would long remain
unsurpassed, fn that year about $55,000,000
were given to education. Last year the
sum reached over $35,000,000. Hut much
more than either of theso sums will bn
glen beforo 1101 closes, Tho total will
irobably bo over $75,000,000.
The arcest of nil (1,o -if.., - i... ...i
year Is the ono mado by Mrs. Jane L. Stnn-
, : .-vwiui-u nun i
fnril to Mm T.nlnn.l c.n..rn-.i .
r- 1 fnVnin Th.. il V. I . . . L
-....v in .. .muui kiil ui aiii.uuu.- i
000, representing tho accumulation sin
the death of her husband, the late Senator
Stanford. It Is In addition to gifts ho made
Himself during his lifetime, nnd will In-
erensi. tin. ntni vi.... ..f i. . . .
.reuse ino total valuu of thn property anil
endowment of tho Stanford tinlvnraOv (,.
about $30,000,000. Tho ruxt t-lf tn ,i..nn-
tin., in ,!.. i rt- r.. i . ,
tlon ln slzo Is Mr. Carnegie's donation of
$10,000,000 to found a great Institution for
rescarch and hlcher eduentlnn nt vi,i
I. 1 1 i . ., , . hashing-
ton. And If Mr. Rockefeller has reallv
given fu,uuu,uuij lo endow a law school In
connection with tho University of Chicago
no win rank third In tho list of 1901 givers
to education.
Those, thrcn clfts aeeroentn sm nun nnn
nut thero aro many othor largo and nmnll
gifts for tho tamo purposo which will foot
up to even a larger figure. It Is reported
from llnston that tho Simmons fortune.
uiimiiiiiiiK ui $.:,uuv,uuu, is now avauaiiia for
ho establishment of a technological school
ior women 10 no Known ns himmons college,
Clark university lu Worcester Is ulso to bo
enriched by tho fortuno left by its founder.
This will more than doublo tho original en-
i -. . 1
iiowmcni, wnica was $a,ouo,ooo. Othor gifts
o Now Kiie and un vera t ra ln lf)01 nr
second $t,000,000 to Drown university in
i-rovuienre. nenriv xi.ooo on i tn Va n i
ersltv In New Ilnvnn nn.l ttnn Mn m iv...
leyan university lu Mlddletown, Conn.
About $5,800,000 of tho $20,000,000 thank
--- " t"v,u'iv V w MID" I
fferlng. of which $15,000,000 Js already
raised by thn Methodist church, will go to
thn educational Institutions of that denom-
Mn
Theso great gifts, with numerous smallor
nr, will make up n phenomenal total for
1901. They are significant proofs of the
rent prosperity nf thn country and of tho
agcrness of men of wealth to use their k
bundnncn to advance tho cause of edura-
ion. These great gifts give promise of thn
continued commercial and manufacturing
supremacy of this country, n sunretnacv
which can only bo maintained on tho basis
of an Intellectual supremacy. No other
country can show such glfia and no other
country will reap such benefits during tho
new century, whoso first year Is marked by
uch noble generosity
; I ii MT llni'k lo Aiioli-iit Work,
New York Tribune.
Th.. i-rA.-ittint nf Am.rli.nn rfillna.la r. n
urlng down many of their metal bridges
and building In plaeo nf them stone arches. U
men win noi rust, wnicn win navo no neeu
change or repair or strengthening for
muny generations, and will defy the twth
f thn agoH. That Is a notablo going back
to tho best work of ancient duyk. Thu
Roman nrch In Its noblest form, with Its
sound, strong lines, with tho Imperishable
rock from foundation to koystonn. was a
motici ior an lime, in dignity, in stoauiasi-
oss, In calm, sereno dlsregnrd of tho
trannllnrtr. Uu, flontlnir ..n.l thn nnutnl.l,.
......... .. ,
mo nomau nrcu uas Known no superior. i
nut conditions am changllng. at least nJ lf hp , ' ! "
tnose pertaining to n liberal education in prudent she m i,. , " ns
tho west, and tho change is affecting the ?& Pr'
flow of Undent life. JJeyoud tho Mississippi no moral rial,? en "he
the boys who possess talent, thoso having fl. " !
ample means, are now beginning to go In want a lit l more than , , ! 1
increasing numbers to their own state unf- ,omp,tttloI1l Z nMy Zr 's, ' U
versltleir Moreover, for their professional , tho next place she w" l , , , ,,,,, . r
decrees thev nrn niilm im t knlv n l. ,i-nu-n -i.. . . ' " "" r
, ' . ,' imiiii oi campaign anil dec do aa neurit n
to Stanford or to Cal fnrn n mi Dm Pitkin . .i.i. . " . '.! n.Tirit a
KM rvlnnnt Innnl nrnatlitn t . .. i -1. 1 .. I
" " ' necessary to watt her turn patiently, and
l a th. nnr oi T P""-"' '" to lessen the unavoW.Mo
tha the O der universities may well envy frlctou of tho time. It is wonderful ho
at their bicentennials, and ft fan hurried a little good humor and polltene s wl 1
trained instructors to nil the new chain,. permeate a crowd and how a Hum
CllltlVr.MA.S MIOIM'I.XJ.
A of S.nnUr M,er,ol
on the I'rol.lriii of the Pr.
Itnltlmore Am-rir ir.
Nrm- la ftlf tlttt . U ,,
...... .o nut-,, nn rne i ii t
and civilization one pnn, s t,
grand test lu Oirtsttna- shopptt.'t
who has met Ktireessfnlly this t, si
cause to congratulate herself -tnei,
nut nf the niii.ati,. -i .
., 9iHiiii-rs ui... ,tt
Ing principles of the very Mnrdir i
As a rule, all the base tid unseemly ,a
slons of human nature seem to i- -'.r
selws loose m holiday shopping ,,n0il
emper. good s.-nse am good taste ir. , ...
la the general rr.,,h ,M the Jov ,f
holiday season I. hraMi,- h.mdlcapp-j .y
this preliminary form of torture
The shopping season lu, already beR,m
and the wise woman will .vail herself of
Us early advantage. , from w
the pressuro will lnrren, nMi n(
fever height. This .n , , ,
to nn teplored. Crowd- on the
fairly Homllng thn Mnrr
proofs that prosperity fx upon the Ur - a, i
"- "injuiiiy are going to r
happy Christ lima and an enemiraem,
year. Hut comfort and crowds an- , v
synonymous, nnd to minimis the , K
nnd discomforts of shopping rtm ,U1, , ,
are to bo considered.
In the first place, tho wary shopper w il
fleet that a clever man. nhnh.r . ,.
r(.flect thflt a c
or 111. always watches out and seizes t ,
opportunities, and that her purse or wat h.
or ornament will be the opportunity to tin
seized by tho clever pickpocket who see
his harvest In Incautious crowds. She will
shopping may h ,i ' ,, .
sfstVinaUcsllyf ,h lT""
- - - - . tt ' H
tnm in rtfinf .itnti m. ,i. ..,t-. i
f . V. ,
m.,M.fm,n n,i ,..,i i. ... ' . s
slrabln selections, as often 1 nppe ns "
embarrassment of riches. SlT wUI u "
I - j MW1 uiijirj flu-Hi, ui v.
things to bo Bwu. but will, on the
trarv nnnr ,,., tu t... .
.... uui ;iijuniinL oi inc various
mem.' for her proh wl l 1 X
packed ut.,1 hr mi.i ,
them. ""
(Vrtnint .h. -m . . .
0es consideration to other shoppers that
she must bo nreoared to r.v" ? 1 , 1
" n- " malt
uminranr uiu ...iti,.ni. .1 ..... ...
And the ha m Z t Z en "d
overdriven salespeople will receive th,
lKt menuro of patience, forbearance,
tnleranen n,i l n., , ..... ......'
shopper, and no harsh word from her or
cutting reproof will add to the burdens that
the Immenfo volume of holiday business in-
evlinblv lipint-i I., iio ti
This Is tho advlen whirl.' Pn. i.f,
tho season as reetilnrlv n, ,hn im ...
around and which, ala! Is oftcner shaken
than taWnn
ri.AMtns or ic ux.
Somervllle Journal: Klntterlnc Pnnvnu.
ser--Aro you tho head of the house,
madam?
Mury No, Ium only ono of tho hands.
Detroit Free Press: "I'tv- hemi ninnHinr-
I nil fl fllr-lf f.ip tin, l.'iuf liiiir" .J..........
e removed hi;i,oeV
-it is discouraging when tho Iron en-
lcrs 0110 8 soie, uuueu spinins.
I
n,i,i.... t.-..i 77777. ..
I i . ..V".., I ,......"....:" J ul! sanl
it tvuuiu iio unnecessary 10 remove .Mr.
Ui)rTiHybonvH-Uii I
need to buy nn
autoniobllo
Washington Star: "Did vou look nt imti.
sides of tils argument?
"I did," answered Henutor Sorghum. "Ah
soon ils bu lianded inn u. cheek I tiirm-,!
It over to seo that it wna properly eii-
uorneu. -
Yonkera Statesman: I'atlnnee I lioni-
women refer to sonin women iir Mont unit
fi01"" aH fat; wliuru u" ,ll,'v lniw t'"'
lino
I'atrlce-Why, If th woman In quostt.m
' a friend, sho'a stout; If alio used to bo
a rriBnd- B,l0'a ful
Chlcnco Tribune: Deiiler-A n.nnlo nf
furnacca of this size will heat tho building
. V. L;L"'" ,"i..'. ', .. " " K
snap.
Owner (of tint) When thero comes a
' m."l'L m.i nira miyiiuw.
inum iwo iur
.irnaces will do, I guess
whispered-, "thero'B a burglar- downstalrrt
in in- mnincrnn
tlln the silver. '
LMJ" e,llc', le'Pu "u' yw
"Listen! That sounds ns If hn wns
sampling t nnt ocean er or wntHiiy."
Oeo whlzstl Walt ti l 1 got my
volver."
'
Detroit Fre Press: Mrs, . Dash The ldn
' IrH- lui having society asplratloiiB,
why, her father was a huckster.
J'r- Dash Yes: shn'H entirely ton for-
w-nnl. She ought to hang back until peo-
,, i,avo forgotten ft. Now. fn our case,
my dear. It was vour crandfathur who
waH tt "ucimier.
HIS CIIItl.Sr.MAS I'lfAST.
All day tho salesman scurried and faltered
v- n. i, .,
burning deck.
A11 ,,"y no danced attendance ana rcit ni.i
And showed "th,! I" women dry goods who
never nougat a tiling.
So ;hei tho shudeH ot evn descended
IUUI1U uuuui wiill mum
"ris t-nsy to imagine ho waa hungry, lamn
and soro.
u B' of,0c?iuroli aU'r'ru,nm"Bn" 8alft pp
Cnntii-nt..l with a hoi. tier to draw tho hun-
Kry mere,
rt,,u "u uiu iirc.u n.-. n -..,...
Provided, nlway, that It met thn congro-
cnunn h vk h-h.
J- "e. Kind invueu nun, nu tui iii
ml tlwiln il r tflu
Ho stopped to sample their culslnn nnd
. royel In a flmllp.
M 'VMn.Yn Tnhn'wH. -
And then camo lobster salad, some turlc
" 111 "rnmeai roiiB.
Hum, lamb and nheon und mutton and pork
Welsh rnreblt, deviled eggs, frlcasseo and
. """, !.t,'!?.":.
peacJir,
1 ""
Hrnwn bread and l"ins and bacon and
Xr7. ,, " ,,i nVetlotis
With i-dlbleB-pasi mentioning -which ho
tlVekei beneath his vest thn grub and
u,..i it in Ms race
Ho paid thn price and, rising up, ambled
from thn Jdaeo
When with
i Mia us
tlva effort hlH slfeplnr
room did rent h.
Ho f''11.1111"-"",,," Haylnsr i!,-hn vnui
,)tlt wh'thn downed hln "nighty" and Inld
i, in, fin.t-n In rest.
Kxpertlng that his sleep would hn the slum
ber of tho blest,
Tho old, old-fashioned nightmare came
..nt nrlnc rniirirf his bed
And gave lil rn tho dyspepsia, nnd his vision?
He saw w'-f.'J''10,'' XT Bml ,,rean,'51 '
painieii reu.
- hut stood upon his stomach and trod upon
in oriis. . . ,
Then . wi eo . ' ,""u "'
jarly worked hlrn to a finish whlli for
nun in -y mnne ii inn.
" ' 1 , h ",i. " u;,,.tV
i. - or (.u.ry time lie sprang uheutl would iillr.
Just that iiiucn nar.
.,, ,,,, ,... ,,nli. -m, u.u. ..i,,,,
morning did appear.
Un thanked HIh atara unit i.nirgtmaB timu
l-umo limy uwi
lt L-l.rtJll
Kearney, Neb., December iv, vm.
i
- - kv.mw 1 IfUDBIMl.l fill UMtlf ft1.a .,.,.
tr
ns
in
at
r.