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    THE OMAHA DAILY HEE: MONDAY, .TUNE 29, 1903.
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Tire Omaha Daily Bee.
R. ROSE WATER, EDITOR.
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Subscribed In my presence and sworn to
before ma thla Hat day of May, A. D. 1902.
M. B. riUNGATK, .
(Seal.) - Notary Public
Several gasoline stoves hereabouts
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seem to be trying to ceieDrate tne rourta i
nremsturelv
prematurely.
Governor Mickey evidently believes
th nsrdnnini; nower fathers no strensrth I
by too frequent use.
Republican candidates
WeV..-trpwhpTn
thick as strawberries m
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honors are aa
May and blackberries in June.
Nebraska aociansts wui put a.atate
ticket In the Held. The call ot tha pro-
bibltJonlsts may be expected -to come
next.
The coal dealers' blacklist is Just as
obnoxious at the team drivers' boycott
Public aentlment in Omaha will stand
tot neither.
! Joseph Chamberlain declares he
atanria bv hia triff nian. TTia tronbla
la that In all Great Britain he stands
' practically alone.
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. 7 II tne crown prince or esweaen wants i
to tell his ancestral .palace at Stock-
holm he will soon find out that the
American snobocracy offers the best
market
Union labor must respect the sanctity
of contract obligations, whether the con
tract ia a good bargain or a bad bargain
from the union labor standpoint Any
other course would be suicidal.
The new "tid the Dodge
street car line wUJ soon become oper
ative, but the patrons of tho line might
not mind traveling by the old-time
schedule lt the company would substi
tute new cars for the old ones,
Senator Millard will try to revive the
worn or improvement on me Missouri
river, but he will not try to resurrect
the defunct MUsouri river commission.
'in. Mimmifl. nn WHa a irrpHT rmrr vm d
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It lasted too great to. last long.
It Is to be feared that Iowa demo-
crata will again have to forego the as-
Istance of Colonel Bryan's oratory In
the campaign they are about to wage
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for this year. He draws the line at
speaking from anything but a Kansas
City platform.
Emperor William haa persuaded him
self that the American skippers brought
him the luck that enabled, his American-
Duut yacni meteor to win tne race.
The next thing the German imperial
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vftnhtuiniiii will I ia rrvlnir t n It.. .!.
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America's cup.
An occasional railway rate war is
worth the money lt costs as an ndver
vertlslng feature. But whenever it ap
proaches the point where the returns
are incommensurate to the outlay, the
head bosses may be relied on to get to
gether 'and call it off.
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The definite information that the bar
tenders in Omaha have concluded not to
strike should bring a great gob of relief
tA tha army of thirsty mortals who
might have been driven to resort to
...r.t. m..n. In th far nf th. f..t
nnrar..lnff .rei hlirh thermometer.
i
Whst about the proposed regulation
forbidding the promiscuous distribution
of patent medicine samples at door-
steps where they are apt to fall in the
hands of children ignorant of the char-
actor nf tha H.ntent The natent niedl.
cine men can reach their patrons with- London dispatch states, on the author
out endangering the health of the ity of n alleged agent of the Colora
Juvenile members of the community. blan government, that American agents
The outh Omaha Board of Review
reminds us of the mountain that labored
and brought forth a mouse. It will take
the members of the South Omaha Board
of Review several months to explain
why they burned midnight oil in execu
tive session to lower the assessments of
the corpora tloua more than half a mll-
lion dollars after they had raised them
tn opeq session.
TBt TRHD cr TAT RtrvRM. 1 1
The demand for fax reform la not I
confined to one American city or to .njhCTrfj,o be entirely fair and just, and
particular section or me country. i op
ular sentiment baa been roused to tne
unjuat and unequal distribution of pub-1
lie burdens In the atatea and cities on
the Atlantic seaboard a well at In the
atates and cltlea In the middle west. In
h ath nn h rwift ran.t. in
many of the states the abuses by which
Wealthy COfporatlo
jns, and especially
iuiiiwius, unt cujujcu oi,- m.
lieges and Immunities In the assess
ment of their property hare been of
long standing.
It require an active educational cam
paign to awaken public opinion and
formulate the general demand for tax
reform Into law. Rome was not built
in a day and it Will take years of time I
before a system of uniform and eoutta-
i ble taxation wUl be devised, introduced
and enforced in every state in the
nnlon Th hattln la not merely to be
fought out before municipal and county
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tlons, but before legislatures and in tne
very emIhent Corporation at-
very eminent corporation
torney. la quoted as saying: "Give us I
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1110 couria ou we wui ici yuu umc
rna laws." a innu witn cornorauon 1
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lonninn.. , th,nrt .nri nnrto h a t,,m
of the wrlgt tU(1 the ( a wattMCia
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leeislstnre I
1 uc ucuu ui uia itnuiui in iuu in 1 avr
.uu. a - 4 .11 ik.
ajiLinn anu lui mat uiaiiri iu an iu7 i
older communltJea. is toward the a-
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gt nDiuciii vi ail i vj'ci .j j t si iuu i
yahie. In New York filty. for examnle.
fpjj eBtate has been assessed up to re
cently at 67 per cent of its full value,
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,w. Thla nemldoua nractico of under
Talnatlorj hos boen abandoned during
tho present rear In his message rec-
ommending the enforcement of the law
Mavor Low very nolntedlv declared:
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A 119 nsnt-ajBiiinii i bi lun vaiurj inaars
equality and justice In taxstlon. Nobody
can reach a percentage of full value such
as 67 per cent or any other per cent with-
the percentage of It. When, however,
there Is no standard for the percentage
K. .!.. wtitm A. tUa nn.
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Uly se"or' mmenae Tan.on in ioe
assessment are inevitable. Incapacity and
I fltsirinnAsifv VirttVt to nri ft A corn vn t A the
t,..M." .vnhniv has a riht to fix a I
.t.niiiirii .th.e h ih stAndm-d fixed bv I
law itself and that standard is run vaiue.
111 value is Bomeining upon wnicn mo i
court, can much more readily form an
opinion than they can upon questions of
com atlve vaJ(18 ,uch ; M haV9 htre.
to tore been presented, to them. I
What la true of Greater New York
woula applj. eqUai f0rce to all
other Amerlcan cities, and for that mat-
ter to all counties and school districts.
The new Nebraska revenue law, which
goes Into effect next Wednesday, re-
quires an .ppraiBmiem. ai tun tww
and an assessment at one-artn ot tne
appraisement, but that la only the first
step forward In the direction of tax re-
form. Now that we have Inaugurated
In radical change In the methods of as
aessment, we are bound to make pro-
gressive chances until we have reached
the sound and tolid basis of uniform as-
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sessmenta or an property - ai its true
value as near as it can be ascertained. I
COLOMBIA JAD TBt TRKATTt
The message of the president of Co-
lombla to the congress of the republic
ls favorable to the ratification of the
t.... h.. tTa nninta nut
Panama canal treaty, tie points out
that' detriment to the sovereignty of
nt ki. i. .imvrkivoit hn ..rr,o tht
VVlwUlMU) AAA V V T lasta (J V- uhw
even at such a sacrifice obstacles should
-t be put in theway ofso great an
underrating, Decaus it wm ue nu-1
mensely beneficial to the country and
.iM-..t.Ml.h m. Intimate and ex-
tensive relations with the United States.
TT- In tl, ,iurummtlon of the en-
nr,H an Incalenlabla fraln to the in-
dustry, commerce and wealth of Co-
lumpia. us leaves wo iuii resuai-
billty for the declaion of the matter
I with the congress, but the reasons he
on fai in ra rnr nr nui viujt lum itmii ti
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1 most conclusively show that he urn -
estiy desires tnat resuir. discussion 01
a a arv. M
the convention Is In progress, but no
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confident prediction " can be made as
to the outcome, though there Is a pretty
gtrong Indication In the fact that the
objection of the government to trans-
I mlttlng to congress documents relating
to the treaty was sustained in the
house of representatives by a large
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majority.
A potent factor in the situation it the
nractlcttllv unanimous demand of the
people of FantRia that the treaty be
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muueu. muv..Dl..u
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mous benefit that would accrue to them
from the construction of the canal and
.nHl. Indl-r.nt t .n n.
..deration, relating to sovereignty. The
question is regarded by them, so lt ap-
win. wholly from a Dractlcal nolnt of
view. There have been intimations that
In the event of the treaty being re-
in ine event or tne treaty Deing re-
Jected the people Of Panama will start
a revolution and this lt by no means
. KVii. TTnor tha u Hicarv.
pojntment they would feel from a de-
feat of tbelr wishes it would not be a
difficult matter to organize a revolt
I against the government, probably more
formidable than any With which it has
I TM Dal- Manama is m large
I part of Colombia and.' were its people
to unite in a revolt they could giv"e the
government great trouble, particularly
If assisted, as undoubtedly they would
I, by those in other portions of the
republic who are favorable, to the
United btates constructing tne canal. A
bare been secretly at work among tne
I people of the Isthmus for months In-
I spiring them with a desire for inde-
I nendence. undoubtedly there Is no
substantlal foundation for this state
ment, which very likely is put out by
opponents of the canal treaty in lxn-
don. It is needless to say that our gov
ernment is doing nothing and will not
I do anything to Influence public senti-
ment In Colombia. The Unified States
-pre Pared to carry out without delay I
the forma f tho trr-atr which fire be- M10
there will be no pi-ensure whatever ex-1
erted By thla government upon Colora-
hia.
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CAPITAL FOR THE PHiLirrtStS.
According to repon irom iew
number of financiers are seriously
considering the question of construct-1
lng railroads in the Philippines and
there appeara to be a probability that
at no very remote time plana will be
formulated for this purpose. Sir Wil
liam Van Home, prealdent of the Cana
dian Pacific, is said to be at the head
of the movement and it is stated that he j
"pects in the course of a few years to
haTe opened up much of the islands to
"wy rommumauira auu. iu uuuiuuh i
" wiannsneu consi nu
f.n mtcrisland steamboat communlca-
tlon believing that following develop-
tnent of thla kind there will Come not I
only auch prosperity a, will tend to
the peace and contentment of the pco-
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KIa Ki,f aloA in IhA nara nnmonr fir tha I
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nalural resources oi me urcuii'eias".
The New York correspondent of the
rhlladelDhla Press aava it is the un-
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ciernrjinninfr t nnrp rnir
warmly approves the general proposl-
tlori that the Philippines be openert to
American capital to the end that trans-
porxauou laciinifa majr uo as mew
1-11 M 1 1 I V A- w.tl
I perfected there as id to be the
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case in Cuba, when the railroad
enterPrif In the latter are com-
Dieted. Mr. Root 1b stated to be
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of the opinion that not only would
there be great material advantages
the construction of transportation
lines In the rhlUnuines. amply remuner-
, if.itt. in.0.in fh.t
alInS ie cnpltalista InvesUng. but that
1110 moral pffect would also be great and
80 far ttB the nlted States government
- concern, xne cmer aav.ntage.
Wlm Deflce Prevaiung in tne rcni-
iwiHsTO anu uie Dfouie very ireueraiij
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satisfied with American rule, the con-
dltlona there would seem to be favor-
b, to tne lnveBtment of capital in
transportation enterprises, which must
De ine nrst Step toward aeveioping uo
a. .Via 4c1an1. PrnffvAna I
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tnls direction, however, is likely to be 1
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slow ana it win aouDtiess re a gener-
atlon at least before projects now said
in ho In enntemnlntinn are fully rpnl- I
lzed Capital will not go there freely
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untU thcre 19 more satisfactory knowl-
edge than at present in regard to the
natural resources of the islands. These
may b even-crester and morn vnlnnh
thn i. irenersily ...nnoaiaL but canital
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will require as accurate Information as I
it Is nossihla to obtain. Meanwhile re-1
Dorta from the archlnelaito show that
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lyiugicco 9 iiuft uihuu aaaava waiu k I
portunitles for the profitable lnvest-
ment of capital are Increasing.
In granting amnesty to all persons
convicted ot newspaper otfenses King
Peter is showing a level head. If he it
to make his reign successful he-will
have to have the Servian newspapers
with him and the best way to Insure
their aupport Is to Inspire them with
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connaence in nis mtenuons oy saie-1
guarding the liberty of the press. A
free press, too, is the safest outlet for
governmental opposmon, while a
governmental opposition, while
shackled press forces a people to look
to revolution to relieve their grievances.
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we oo not violate any connaence in
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forecasting the publication ot an exclu-
slve dispatch from New York In the ex-
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canal have secured all the money needed
'or Pushing the enterprise to completion
uu re reau' lu "u uu cousimc-
n 11 -,maIla Srant Cerlaln
" "" uiucuimeijr puaii.oue DIU
nlc,Pal ownership of electric lights.
There la evidenUy a screw loose some-
wnere i the fire alarm telephone. If
lt tke aoven minutea to turn in an
alarm, ine pnone aiarm wui nave to De
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ltnplMH. off nd , wlli ni.Ta
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rMnma Ua flrA ... foinvranh
v ..I
I wuiuu n aa uikuucu utxiuno iug ibib-
phone company gave assurance of more
efficient tervice at less expense. In the
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uiancr vl uiq umiuia, uu.tin, nuuim:
must not De saenncea to economy.
Governor Beckham is' getting alto -
gether too touchy about the reputation
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of Kentucky at a law-abiding, peaceful
state. Kentucky used to boast that Its
I itwn were ready to flirht at the sllchteat
infringement of their honor or veracity
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mm wumuc.cv. ou luiiuii auiucu
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I until the feud exterminated one family
or the other.
resume Its former activity. It
So of our populist friends are
grievously wrought up against the two
outgoing university regents in spite or
the fact that they were elected as popu-
lists and declare that their official terms
.
mum mn. i umC i. mm
danger that they will be re-elected even
I If they should be renominated. This Is
not a popuust year.
Bat Promoters J. at Large
St. Louis Globe-Democrat.
People are beginning to wonder what ths
next get-rlch-qulck scheme la going to be.
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to have been successfully plugged.
Habbla It la.
Washington Post.
It seems like rubbing it In to engage Mr.
- "Zuo! Vp-eaS
?vlce wUo wer. al.0 appointed by Mr.
Cleveland's former solicitor general to
Cleveland.
Klcklaa la tha twins.
New Tork Tribune.
Where's the Noah of today? Is it not
almost time for the laying of the keel of a
MT "k; T!'!..J""! ',0"" ".f
and sodden that the old rhyme comes to
mind:
In went the animals, two b;- two,
The elephant and the kangaroo.
And also the mosquito.
Start, tharp ..4 t.-ela.lr.
Springfield Republican.
There la Just on formula that means
business In declining a nomination for th:
presidency or. vice presidency, and Mr.
Henna uses U wheo he la suggested asUhe
runtime mat of Mr. Roosevelt, "i would
accept w"" nomination given
r naVv w iTh inc..
Mark
low Flanks In Frir,
Philadelphia Record (dem ).
The dentocrats ot Iowa, who In tha ap
posite lingo of Devery are "touchln' on
and appertalnln' to" the peculiar stamping
ground of the great Nebraskan, have re-
fused to renew their indorsement of the 16
to 1 platforms of ISM and 1W0. It begins to
look as If the east, the west, the north and
south may manage to get together In the
next national convention. Iowa has made a
good start.
Dlatlactloa Wittiest a Difference
Chicago Chronicle.
.i thTt i pipe" "us.
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steamship trust and divers similar organ
iiuira miini oe eipecieo o near wun
. "uVeamMim aWinat
"hSuEJ SSeme. whh VTt
headquarters In Wall street. Ths sentle-
men mentioned will havs no apprehension,
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which fall to receive the approval of the
Stock exchange that are branded as swln-
diwi cAi.iiaiRv l ii et l nrv hi aiiuru
dles. A listed" Institution which
goea to
a swtn-
pieces of Its own rottenness Is not
Idle, but "a case of unwise financing."
KAIfSAS AID ITS IIFFERERS,
Governor Bailey's Tonrs.
Kansas City Journal.
A number of tho newspapers of Kansas
ar severely criticising Governor Bailey for
calling for contributions to the flood, suf
ferers from outside the state.- This call
may have been an error In Judgment, but If
so It was prompted by sympathetic feelings
and a knowledge that the aid must be lm
mediate. However, It Is not so easy to ex
plain or reconcile tha attitude which the
governor has since maintained. He con
Unued to issue appeals to outsiders, de
cUlrm' that hundreds of thousands'
would 8U1I be demanded after the generosity
o( Kansas had hn ha.ti .....
after convening the legislature in special
session bogging proclamations were issued
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lairi .r th ff mwsA ...
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v. ... v HU . w, anv tv iiiuoi oujjljusb
that he has entirely overlooked the sppear-
ano which these circumstances will wear
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0f every outsider Is that Kansas has either
overraiea ner own material condition,
ner own
thrOUgh Official rCDOrtS find nfherwi.n M
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peoples, money without being willing; to
give of her own. The fact Is that Knn.
has neither overrated her own wealth nor
he less willing to contribute for charltv
il tnat th. 7 trouble
i ...fc..au. nuiruunu-
Ung the governor made him get off on the
wrong foot. They conceived that it would
b ad . pontics to contribute of the tax-
I.:::: "".ie!: a"? .iney ..lea h,ra
"J """tr, uib oaaness or tha
morals which can prompt an oDnosition in
tht) legislature to an pproprlatlon for thi
purp.".''hn9 ". to th. charity of
""' aies ana peoples, Is rather mere
COnrplClJOUH.
Preachln fend Practice.
1 Kansas City Star.
Ths sedulous efforts put forth by Gov.
"J., prevht th "actment of a
tme entitle him to nioi,.
lover the result of his undertaking
understood that he has scarcely eaten or
'nt?"!Vpon the task '
Drohibit th. . L" ..
i i :r " ior us
own peopie tne
'ww wnicn ne was
prompt to solicit . from outside common!
ties. .
Now, as Governor Bailey Is hv nn m.an.
Indifferent to the blessings of sleep, which
knit up the raveled sleeve of care, nor ..t
t0 the pleasures of proper dletetjc induig-
::i "lZ P-"fce a
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himself anew to slumber and to the de-
lights of a bountiful table with that gratm-
cation and seat which triumDh inanirea
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t TksWorrUeLeda!
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I " minm wun which
the publio may be assured-to drop into
hKana vemacular-the gubernatorial
board groans. In. tha hope that assistance
ror Kansas will continue to pour into To.
peka from the various sections of a avm.
pathetlo republic.
In this crisis tha buoyancy of Kansas la
a pleasant thing to think about Whatever
It vnay be today, there Is a strong chance
tnat it will be something else tomorrow
Aireaay tne "water waste In tha Kiw
valley" upon which the governor took
u, . .....
i ,u,'1 i""""" ouaung in nis sd
peals for aid to the country, haa subsided
I tt n1 th 1ai4 ... .
r "" rvl" w"n an ,no,P
L."!-r.' "r v"aurf' . Cha. lv,n
o oraer. rne rruits of Industry be-
I in ven B0W to obliterate the tokens of
7n,.4," ..."w V'!'!.' .nu
I r - - - " . imi; wuv a.ra
destitute, but the American people are
1 una ana easily touched and the formal
declaration by the governor of Kanaaa
1 n the legislature that the state cannot
?!lp "f'1' w"' e"clt aenrus assistance
I rora all over the land,
Governor Bailey will now .at an .,n
with all of the relish and profoundity that
were habitual to this hearty and unen.r.
" p"7e 7ror ,ne n-
thVlruU".of the husbandman win soon
in the nelds that were recently
I . .
I swept by the devastating flood; the bridges
serosa the kw win be rebuilt and com
"t'1"; 1""??"'?
that will not be within the memory of
the present generation
while ths physical scar, which Kan.a.
fhow" ow will heal within a year and
disappear, alas, there are other scars which
wlI endur, to restrain the old-time ex-
uberance of the state for a long time to
come. You may note even now a curious
and unwonted timidity In the Kansas news
papers In speaking of the great wheat crop
this season. What heart la there for mer
riment about plenty In a state that has
consented, through the obstinate action of i
.,, n heeoma th. r.,im... .
ch.rityT What nolnt of flavor would th...
1 be now to tne pieaaant little quips about
the bursting granaries In Kansas and the
clamor for more room to pile up tha wheat?
How sad and cruel lt was In Governor
Bailey to place an embargo on all of this
Innocent and gladsome Jocularity! How
X 1 'and ".7
r of Kan... funding ?n hf. earst
It Is too mournful to contemplate without
tears.
Golden harvests without a note of ex
ultation! Bank statements showing a fab
ulous per capita of deposits without a
slngla facetious allusion to the Kansas
taVmera who hava mad. Croesus go 'way
back and alt down! Oh. the measureiesa
pity of it all! Oh. ths unavailing re
gret that will aurge up In all tha days to
come In the hearts of the erstwhile spon
taneous Jsy hawkers when they are re
minded with every smile of kindly torture
that Governor Bailey haa sealed with a
perversa and obstinate hand tha sparkling
fountain of humor which has hitherto
I lei.t grace and engaging piquancy to the
J Inatiact for acquisition la Kansas
ROl'SD ABOIT SKXV YORK.
Rlples osi the Carreat et life In the
Metropolis.
The process of consolidation of banks
In New York clly, which began about two
years ago. Is steadily growing snd prom-1
lees to result In the largest Institution In
cash capital In the world. New Tork Is
the second of tha world's cities In elte snd
the first In the amount of business. The
total of Its bank clearings has led thut of
London for several years. The gsp between
them must grow wider anl wider as time
passes. More millionaires reslds In New
York than in London and Tarls together.
Within a quarter or a third of a century
New York, at ths present relative rate ot
increase of the two towns, will lead Lon
don In population. Long before that time
the world's financial center will be on this
side of the Atlantic. That 100,000,000 bank
which Is soon to bs established In the
American metropolis will probably have
many counterparts within the next ten
years.
Here Is a subject for the women's clubs
of the country. A Mrs. Fltspatrick, of
Brooklyn, got Into a dispute with a neigh
bor, a Miss story, and applied to her the
epithet "old maid." The case got hito
court, and MaglstrateTurlong, in holding
the accused for tha court of speelM scs-
slons, said: "It Is a very serious thing to
call a woman an old maid. If a woman Is
unfortunate enough to reach the nge of
20 without being married It Is an annoyance
to her that amounts to disorderly conduct
to call her an old maid."' But suppose that
Mlfs S. la unmarried by choice. Suppose
that sho has had many offers snd refused
them all. Suppose, even, thst she expressed
a dislike for matrimony. Surely evidence
should be admitted on these points. And
would It not be an adequate defense? Here
tha point arises, why Is It not an offense
to call a man an "old bachelor?'
"There's lots of tricks In the wine trade."
nM . m.n h. .-.i t... .v. o..
"and I want to call attention to the latest!
It ts practiced by a man whom some de -
scribe ss having his offlcs in his hat. This
chap gathers together one or two thousand
bottles of odd makes of French champagne
of a second or third grade, sticks on to
them a label with a name almost similar
to that of a first-class make of wine and
Introduces them Into the second-rate res
taurants of New York City. He gives all
Sorts of bonuses for the Introduction of his
wine, and when you go Into these second
class restaurants and ask for the cham
pagne which this fellow with the office In
his hat la attempting to Injure, the waiter
will bring you this spurious wine. The
waiter flashes the label before you and It
Is almost similar to the meritorious article:
he pops the cork and you Immediately find
that you have been swindled. But the cork
la out and you don't want to Injure the
waiter, and you don't know whether he
Is responsible for the swindle and so you
keep quiet. It Is an Ingenious scheme,
but It won't work much longer.
Mark Twain Is disappointed because the
burglars who have been working his neigh.
borhood steer clear of his house,, although
he was prepared to extend his hospitality
to. them. He has had a longing to meet a
real expert at the trade. "You know,"
says he, "all we literary people and second
story men have a good deal akin. We all
travel In groups. We work one neighbor
hood until we feel that we hove sapped
the lemon dry and then we move on to
more fruitful soil." A real, scientific bur-
glar, according to Mr. Clemens, should bs
treated as such. "There Is such . a thing
as despoiling even the fatted calf, and
these fellows understand that as well aa ws
do. Id like to meet the gentlemen- who
have this route now. I would treat them
well. In fad, I fear I might succumb to
the temptation to treat them too well."
Perhaps these experts are afraid that Mark
wants to turn them into copy. ..That would
bs enough to keep away the most daring
and reckless of housebreakers.
The white steam yachts, that cost from
$6,000 to fl5,0OO a month to keep In commis
sion, are beginning to skim down the North
and East rivers along toward 10 o'clock in
the morning to their downtown private New
York slips, cany lng their sybaritic owners
to their ottices from their country places up
on the Hudson or on the waters of Long
Island sound.
These trips are pretty nearly the acme of
luxury, as viewed by the humble rider oft a
S-cent ferry ticket across the stream whose
waters are plowed by the beautiful white
steam yachts. The Wall street owner of
thu yacht step on board tha vessel, gen
erally . quite alone, at 8:30 In tha morning,
say, from his country house pier.
A breakfast as la a breakfast awalta him,
steaming, lu the rose-tinted breakfast room,
or, u tne sales oe clear, ait, under a
iioman-stnpea awning. Tha yacht gets
swiftly under way, with Its prow pointing
toward New York, while the owner of the
yacht begins his breakfast In comfortable,
solitary grandeur. The run to the private
New York slip takes from an hour to two
houra, generally the former, for ths steam
yachta of these watera are mostly twenty
knotters nowadays. All hands of the crew
line the gangway aa the owner
.ten.
shKama A kl. t4.T - . . .
-Ki
I- "..:-..7- .L L r'V. "r r101"
. ... UW It
and la whipped away to his offlcs hi tho
.nnnnl.l Aitmln
At 2:S0 or t:30 In the afternoon, when he
Is through with business for the day, ha la
conveyed down to his private dock again In
hia coupe or automobile, and generally finds
a number or invited guests, men and
women, waiting for klm there. They go
aboard, and find ths elaborate luncheon
ready to be served.
The yacht steama down the bay aa far aa
the owner and his guesta elect to go. and
then Ita nose Is pointed toward the country
place, arriving there, as a rule, at the din
ner hour. At an expense of from 15,000 to
I1S.0OO a month the white yacht Is keDt in
commission primarily for the purpose of
conveying tne owner to and from his office,
a aisiancw 01 rrom nneen to twenty miles.
PERSONAL, HOTEI.
The temptation to the royal assassins In
Bervia nas been reduced one-half. King
Peter Is a widower.
Lieutenant Hobaon took the precaution to
resign from the service before beginning
work on his history of ths United States
navy.
Captain Alfred Johnson, who was the
first man to cross ths ocean in a small
boat, In 1876, la still living at Gloucester,
Mass.
District Attorney Jerome has discovered
"dirt trust" In New York. The trusts
have long been suspecUd of wanting to
own the earth.
Mrs. Rebecca B. Nichols, one of Indiana's
earliest literary lights, has Just died In
Indianapolis. In 1M0 she published two
books of poetry of Cincinnati.
Without exception, the crowds that
gather to see tha liberty bell on Its travels
over the country a tree on the point that
It Is all It Is cracked up to be.
Colonel William D. Bnymaa, ens of the
best known of the Boer fighting men,
In Chicago, on his way to Mexico to ar -
range for the coming of aHout 100 Boer
families.
General Lee Christmas, the American sol
dler of fortune, who commanded a detach
ment of revolutionists In ten desperately
fought engagements In Spanish Honduras
during tha recent Insurrection, has arrived
at his heme In New Orleans.
TALK OF TUB STATR PRESS.
Stanton Picket:- Omaha Is endeavoring
to unload Its opium fiends upon the coun
try. It won't work. A man who hos once
contracted the dope habit will never remain
long In a harvest field.
Beaver City TImes-Trlbime: The Lincoln
Btaf is eminently correct In its contention
that the republican stats conventions nre
too large. Six hundred delegates make a
convention amply large. Mors results In
confusion. .
Rradshaw Republican: Our governor
now being a doctor of law. It Is hoped that
a number of our laws that have been so
,ong ng,ect, thBt tn,y h,va grown sickly
will havo attention given them and auch
restoratives applied as will bring them to
the full vigor of their usefulness, or kill
them, as Is the custom with all doctors.
Lyons Sun: The Judicial convention cf
this district convenes at Omaha July 11.
Hon. W. Q. Sears of Tekamah Is eminently
qualified for a place on the district bench,
and wa would, be pleased to see him chosen
as one of ths Judges. His nomination
would strengthen the ticket and his election
would bring to ths bench an able man,
one well fitted by education and experi
ence to discharge the responsibilities ot the
office. ....
Norfolk Press: The fact thst the demo
cratic and populist conventions are to bs
held In two different towns la hardly Sig
nificant. Ths populists who are still attend
ing conventions are mostly democrats, but
hate to own up to It. The populist con
vention will be connected by wire to ths
democratio convention, and whatever ths
democrats do will bs endorsed. Of course
there will bs some delay about It. for ap-
pearance sake, but the populist program Is
to endorse.
Ashland Oaietre: Ths attitude of ths
fusion press on ths subject of a non
partisan Judiciary makes a aubllms con
trast with the attitude of the fusion press
?f tne 'P"' on h ?am' .' JJLf
WW years ago mo mnmin "
of miln r " r"r
1. """-" - "...
cnRn naB. com" "ver . "r "A 'i
dreams. This change may be accounted
for only on the ground that fuslonlsts can
not have things all their own way as they
formerly did.
Norfolk Press: There Is really no populist
party In Nebraska. Whatever there was of
principle In the organisation at the start
has been surrendered to. the democrats for
the Sake of the offices. Those who sre
keeping alive the populist organisation are
politicians, ss a rule, who hope to profit
trafficking In the votes thus controlled.
Until the populist party gets Into ths oon
trol of men who are willing to stand up
and be counted for principle regardless of
the or-olls, lt will not bs much of a facfor
In polities.
Springfield Monitor: If it should be de
cided that the law under which our legisla
tors draw 25 per day for their services for
a sixty-day term Is unconstitutional It
will cause the future lawmakers to hustle
to make both ends meet on tho paltry sum
of $3 per day until they can Increase their
salary. Even tS a day la not enough to
keep a legislator In proper style while at
tending a session of ths legislature and
meet all the extra expense to Which a man
In this position Is subjected. To double
that amount would be nearer tha proper
figure. But then It Is claimed that lt la
some of the later laws that are being
aimed at Instead of ths salary aad time
limits of the sessions in testing the vaUdlty
of the law In question. Tha court will no
doubt uphold the amendment in which the
teat is being made.
Panllllon Times: This naner has been
Informed that the Omaha, Llnooln ft Beat-
riot electric- railway people are meeting
with strong opposition In some parts of the
country where It Is desired to Secure right-
of-way for the electric road. Ws are sorry
to hear of this, because the people of ths
country are, anxious to have ths electric
1 road go through. The opposition comas
In the shape of some farmers demanding
of the railway people prices for the right-of-way
across their land that are unreason
able and exorbitant In the extreme. The
railway people are willing to pay a reason
able price for tha land, but they do not
like the Idea of being "held up." These
farmers sre not putting a high price on
their land because they are opposed to the
building of the electric, road. Quito the
contrary. They all want to see the road
built, but they are unreasonable In their
demands. We have nor the slightest doubt
but what tho Omaha, Llnooln A Beatrice
electric railway wUl be built. The time
has come when the people ot eastern Ne
braska demand Just such a road, and If
the farmers, who are now holding their
land at auch an exorbitant figure, do not
meet ths railway people on fair terms they
will eventually be forced to give In and
take what they can get Better put a rea
sonable price per acre on the land and let
the road go through without any further
delay. Now, friends, be fair. Sell aa much
of your lane as the railway people ask for
right-of-way at a reasonable price. Many
of the farmers In. Sarpy county who own
their land could well afford to give audi
clent around ror Ms-ht-nr.wav hut h..
are hot asked to donate It. They can set
I. -
,n col CMn a" " 18 w011"' tut the railway
I vesvasie sail an WUl III, VUl IIJO IUII WB.y I
People are not going to buy the entire
farms In order to have
a narrow strip of
land that they can use for an electric car
line.
ry a sincerely trust tnat ths farmers
living near rapmion, as well na those In
other parts of the county, will be fair in
this matter.
JOl'RXALIST AMD THE LAWYER.
Newspaper Men Better Paid Than
Law Clerks, Bays One Writer.
Dr. Albert Shaw In Cosmopolitan.
Ths great thing in Journalism, aa In any
thing else, Is for ths Individual man to
malntAln hia aelf.raan.nt Vil. V..h
' ' ' "
Btandlwr and bis determination to do the
best work he can even ata small salary,
rather than do work Of a kind that he
secretly loathes, for the sake of a larger
salary. I have known a good many men
In metropolitan Journalism whose positions
were not ' - congenial to them, and who
longed to be doing Journallatlo work of a
kind better suited to their tastes and Ideals.
But they consider the present rather than
th rutur" Aai r" ured by a large ss
ary. I do not think that this 4s more
necessary In Journalism than for a lawyer
to take an objectionable lino ot practice,
as some lawyera 3o, merely because it
pays well.
Mr. Choate Is a great New Tork Uwyer.
now ambassador to England. He has made
a brilliant success. But In the offlcs of his
firm In New York there have been perhaps
thirty or forty (I do not know Jusc how
many) excellent lawyers of whom one never
hears west of them college graduates, too
a few of them, perhaps, sharing In ths
profits of the frro and ranking aa part
ners, but many ot them employed at very
moderate saiarids anl working as law
clerks.
Not s very far from the great law
offices In New York are tha buildings of ths
great newspapers. Take tha New York
Tribune as a typical great newspaper, nre-
Is I sided over by Whltelaw Reld. Not so very
1 long ago vtr. Held was a special ambasm.
I dor to Great Britain; than he waa a mem-
I ber of the board ef American peace corn-
- mlssloners who made ths treaty of Paris
with Spain, and again a special ambassa
dor. 1 Before that he Waa a nominee for
tha vice-presidency, and he had been
United States minister to Prance. Mi.
Reld has anode a' conspicuous success in
Avers
Sarsaparilla
Your grandmother's doc
tor ordered it for your
father. It's the same
old Sarsaparilla today.
Tested and tried for 60
years. If constipated,
use Ayer's Pills; gently
laxative, purely vegetable..
I. O. aTia CO., lwsu. nn.
Journalism, as Mr. Choate has dons In
law. But employed In . Mr. Re Id's news
paper office, and engaged In ths business
of writing, and editing, ss fully trained
Journalists, are probably Just as many. If
not more, college graduates thrn you will
find lawyers and trained law clerks In one
of the large offices like Mr. Choate' s.
These men In Mr. Reld's newspaper offlos
at least average a good deal better pay
than the lawyers and law clerks In Mr.
Choate's law office. In my opinion they
are engaged In a much mors interesting
and diverting sort of work. They are in eon-
sunt touch with all ths grsat movements
of the world at target and their business
is cf a kind thst gives them very little
chance to think about themselves.
I am not a recruiting sergeant for ths
profession rf Journalism. It Is an exacting
kind of oalllng and It offers little leisure.
But If It allows scant freedom from work
It gives more freedom In work than (he
average pursuit. Its usefulness and Im-
portancs are Increasing all ths time.
POINTISU REMARKS.
"Love laughs at bolts and bars." said
Smiling Venus.
"Not when 1 furn sh th bolts." retorted
grim old Jove. Cleveland Plain Dealer.
"Some men could be mlshtv useful In a
perfesslon." said Uncle Eben, "if dey'd put
as mucn srucy in It as (ley does on book
makers' odds an' de previous rrformanca
of horses." WAMliltiRton Star.
"Wonderful man, that Brackett."
"How so?"
"He can remember the names of at least
a dosen of the works of fiction that were
popular five or six years ago," New York
World.
Clara Pa. George savs he Isn't half aood
enough to be my husband.
t-a Mumpn: tie taiKea to me as if na
was plenty good enough to have me fur a
father-in-law. Detroit Free Press.
Cholly Really. I've changed my mind
since I saw you yesterday.
Molly Well, It doesn't appear as though
you had made much of a bargain. YonkSrs
Statesman.
"WS may not have much summer l" mir
latitude," muttered the professor, looking
it the thermometer and notln that the
temperature had fallen thirty dearees In
twenty-four hours, "but we have a great
deal of latitude In our summers. "-Chicago
Tribune.
Briton Your heroes of the revolution.
your so-called patriot generals, were really
a common illiterate lot. Most or tneir cor
respondence was not only uncrammatical
but-
Yankee They did n ay hob with the
king's English, sure enough. Philadelphia
Press.
Don't you think a great many people re
gard you as having profited pecuniarily by
your position?"
"Mv friend." said Senator Sorchum. "I
have no doubt they do. And that suspicion
I Is one of the things that help to make. my
credit so good In financial transactions.
Washington Star.
"You spoke very admiringly of that man's
courage.
'But he never was a soldier or a fireman
or a policeman."
'No. But ha eats muehrooms that he has
gathered himself." Washington Star.
"Is It true the iurv disasreed In that mur
der case?"
"Yes: they say there was one blamed
crank that held out for convlctln' the man
who done the klllln'." Chicago Tribune.
PARADE OP THB LIGHT BRIGADE.
I Forward, came to Light brigade.
Who were very neatly atrayed
in wniie.
Shone all their arms and throats so bare,
Riant out In the evening air
It made one ahlver!
Onward, marched the chattering set;
Onward, marched the dearest pet.
Carrying the flowrrs.
Deftly holding a vase. With flowers In it,
A ileliiitite present tor Prof. Benet,
Site walked proudly onward.
Men to rlsht of them, (
Men to left of them,
Man in front of them. .
Stared and goo-rooed.
8ulckly dli
ome in oc
aia ner nign Menaer ccai
ontdct with a banaua peal,
And snmelhlnc hannened.
Frantically she clutched for a while,
I Then all heaped up In a pile
Was maiden, vase and
PM.rrelv tha niece new. '
Of the vase, which everybody knew -
Couldn t stand the pressure.
Flashed all their arms so bare,.
Flashed dazzling in the air.
To aid she. who was unfortunate there
Among tne nowers.
?nUy and iu'c.k
I And glanced eout.
I in. cyiiuiuiu u; in.li J .
Vivid blushes suffused her brow.
nrt I. ..a Ait . r. .ali. .....
"V..r" ,ki
I But thelr's not to make reply,
I ineir a noi io .ari wn.
The peeling was slippery.
Very much embarrassed wsrs thsss
maiaens mir.
With rosy cheeks and such glorious hair
That hang below the waist.
Thelr's not for them to stop for Sprains,
Thelr's not for them to mention say
names,
Although they Knew
Humeoiie hnd blundered. ..
Gathered I hey the flowers then.
That wlitcn wae leu oi intra,
And retreated homeward.
The Inhuman men.
I'hey laushed the laugh
I ( i f li.
l.,l,. .n1 KM., hia t.x.h
"inA V ami "
I Thus ends thd story of ths Light brigade,
I Vase, nowers ana prcuy maia
Altogether.
GEOFFREY HERMAN.
Tekamah. Neb.
In both the pleasures and; praises
of Hires Rootbaar. It flellfbU end
benaflu both old aad young.
Mires
Rootbeer
is pre-eralnenUy the home bevar
age for hot weather healthful
bracing, eoollag sod refreshing.
And you can drlak ap you wast,
tha more the better. '
A sank. a. la. Sr. aalloaa.
Sola .TarrwlM, or iit bj baI
ujwa Moat pi ut at ami.
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