THE OMAHA DAILY T1KK; FRIDAY, JULY 3, 1903.
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PARTIES LKAYIXO FOR SIMMER.
Parties leaving tfco city (or
the summer may hare The Baa
sent to them reg-alarly hy
notlfy-lag Tha Bea Business .
office, la person or by nail.
Tha address Trill be change
They seem to have spelled it Har
mony with a big n at the Iowa republi
can convention.
The crops may be a few weeks behind
in the corn belt but they are making
rapid progress toward catching up. I
Automobile racing in Ireland proves I
to be no less sanguinary than automo-1
bile racing in France. The automobile
ought to make a good engine of war.
'If Congressman Hitchcock wants to
stand up for Mathewson and the Ne
braska Indian ring he will have an op
portunlty to show his hand in the no
distant rumre. ' I
Judge Holdom who sent two Chicago
strikers to Jail for contempt of court
for violating his antl-plcketlng injunc
tion will be popularly referred to now
as Judge Hold'em.
1C tb. VoK-oaU. ATOtaltln,, I
alon can tet the money for the erection
of the proposed gem club house' from
outside contributors nobody will have
Why can't City Attorney Wright be
Induced to give the police board an offl-
clal opinion as to the legality of the or-
tier banishing music from the saloons
and extending the proscribed district?
Tut Iowa in line for Roosevelt in 1904.
Not a republican state convention will
meet this year that does not go on re
cord for the unanimous renomlnation of
the president by the national conven
tion.
The abolition of postofflce physicians
who hold sinecures in the postofflce es
tablishments of the large cities will not
materially affect the health of the first-
class postmasters. Few die and none
resign.
China continues to pay Its indemnity
to the nowera with silver inntAnri Af
gold as stipulated in the protocol. The
chances are good for still another ar
bitration before the accouuta are writ-
tea off as balanced.
The proposed water power canal at
the mouth of the Niobrara river is a
meritorious project of much promise.
The only Question is whether the de
mand for power in its vicinity will
Justify the Investment.
It is Lq accord with the eternal fitness
of things for the World-Herald to re-
Jolce over the vindication of Indian
Agent Mathewson. Its unbroken record
of active sympathy with boodlers, em-
beizlers and crooks must be maintained.
The peculiar procedure of the Colom
bian congress in connection with the
"ana ma treaty is the first intimation
"given us that the game of ping pong
had made Its way down to South Amer-
k-a aud was being adapted to politics
there. '
Now that Mr. P. K. Her has severed
his connection with the Willow Springs
distillery, it is to be hoped that he will
be able to devote some of his time to the
establishment of his favorite manufac-
turing projects, notably the sugar beet
refinery and leather tannery.
The Aw ebb in the funds of the state
treasury is explained by the disburse-
inent of $3.1,311 ln the form of a semi-
annual state apportionment. In this
distribution every school district of No -
bmska receives its dun. share, propor -
tioimte to its school population.
THK IOWA RKI'VBLU AKS.
The republicans of Iowa are in accord
with the parly throuKhoiit the country.
They nre still unqualifiedly In favor of
maintaining the policy of protection to
American industries and Amoricnn
Itilior. Whatever douljt there may h.ic
been in regard to their position upon
this importunt question, so vital to ilie
continued material progress and pros
perity of the country, must be removed
by the clear and explicit declaration of
the platform. Its statement of reason
for adhering to the protection principle
are cogent and indisputable. The propo
sition that tariff rates "must from
time to time be changed to meet the
varying conditions incident to the prog
ress of our industries and their chang
ing relations in our foreign and domes
tic commerce," is in harmony witn t.'ie
historic policy of the republican party
an(J with the general sentiment Of re-
i.uhllenna at thia time.
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The republican party has never hesi
tated to change rates as conditions suk
geated, but always maintaining the
principle of protection. The courso It
has pursued in the past It will pursue in
the future. In respect of this question,
so long as it has the power to do so.
It has never held and does not now hold
any schedule of the tariff to be sacred.
I. nrnnaroH now In the. nast
regulate rates with reference to two
nrln ary and vital purposes the pres
ervatlon of the home market for
American producers and the protection
0f Ajnerlcan labor against the destmc
Uve competition of foreign labor. As
President Roosevelt has said, the tariff
rat8 ",nust neTer fal1 be,ow I110 which
protect the American worklngraan
by allowing for the difference between
11.. .Anoral laKrte viit bfirA nft nhroorl
.
" to at least equalise the conditions
arising from the difference in the rtaud
ards of labor here and abroad a dif
ference which it should be our aim to
foster insofar as it represents the needs
of better educated, better paid, bettor
fed and better clothed worklngmen of a
higher class than any to be found in a
foreign country."
In regard to reciprocity, the Iowa
republican platform is in accord with
the declarations of the national plat
forms since this principle was first an
nounced as a part of republican policy.
It recognizes what was urged by Mc
Kinley and accepted by Roosevelt. It
declares, following the argument of the
great republican advocates of recipro
city, that "protection builds up domes
tic industry and trade and secures our
own markets for ourselves; reciprocity
builds up foreign trade and finds an
outlet for our surplus." McKlnley sa'.d:
"Reciprocity is the natural outgrowth
of our wonderful Industrial develop-
ment under the domestic policy now
firmly established. What we produce
beyond our domestic consumption must
have a rent abroad. The excess must
be relieved through a foreign outlet and
we should sell everywhere, we can and
buy wherever the buying will enlarge
our sales and productions- and thereby
mtt a greater demand for home labor.'
This waa h1 anmment In fnvnr reci
procity treaties, which he declared to be
In harmony with the spirit of the times.
That this view Is steadily growing
among our people, particularly In the
northwest, there is abundant and ' an
mtstakable evidence.
A" lOWH . UUVIBmUUIl IB regBfU Q
m V u aj f m a
trust" PHdt and Judicious and will
be PP"Te conservative public
opm,on- "publican- of Iowa cor-
uiany endorse uie umimsirauou oi
President Roosevelt and express a de-
slre 'or h,s unanimous nomination as
m 6wn "accessor. The platform in
,ts entirety will be commended by
republicans generally as a wise and
clear statement of republican principles
and policy.
RBAVT KIR ARBITRATION,
The third appraiser of the Omaha
water works has been agreed upon and
designated without friction and . the
water works company now stands ready
to submit to the Inspection and ap
praisement of Its plant without inter
posing any objection to the process by
which the purchase price of the water
works is to be fixed, although the com
pany has claimed heretofore that the
time for so doing, without taking into
account the value of Its franchise, will
not exPlro untU September 4 of the pres
nni yew,
The complaisance which the managers
of the water company have exhibited In
connection with the Impending appro
priation of the works by the city Justi
fies the conclusion that they are not
very seriously alarmed over the pros
pect of a very low appraisement
The amazing thing in connection with
this initial movement for municipal
ownership Is that the members of com
mercial bodies who have constantly
clamored for the acquisition of the
water works have shown such lnexpli
cabl indifference to the iuterests of tho
cltT 1 the Jug handle arbitration and
the abandonment on the part of the city
f H safeguarda for its own protection
lQ negotiations that involve millions of
dollars.
, A1SOTHS.R ATTRACTIVE MCRGKR.
The irresistible trend of the times Is
toward mergers and unions, not only in
domain of industry and commerce,
Dut l8 ln tbe sphere of religion. The
Tery litest movement in this direction
is the proposed church merger that cou-
I templates the union of the Congrega-
tiona lists. Methodists aud other Pro-
testant denominations.
The promoters of the proposed church
merger assert that a Protestant church
union has become imperative iu order
to prevent the unnecessary multlpllca-
i tlon of church buildings as a measure
of economy and the absorption of the
struggling church weaklings by the rp-
bust religious bodies that have already
obtained a firm foothold in the United
1 States.
1 From the economic, or rather busl-
I nets, point of view this plan Is very at-
tractive, especially to the robust and
high-salaried ministers, but it is also
manifest that the merger will crowd out
the weaklings among the clergy and
compel thein to find other congenial oc
cupations. The merger would also have
a very strong tendency to send up the
pew rents in the fnshlonnble metropoli
tan churches by a few notches, and in
cidentally stimulate the price of Easter
linnets and fashionable female apparel.
Since mergers have become the order
of the day suggestive comment from
the secular press Is liable to be regarded
as nn impertinent intrusion.
JCLT DlSBUItSKMtSTS.
The dividend disbursements at New
York for this month, estimated at f 137,
000,000, will be substantially larger than
those at this time a ear ago, but not
greatly larger than the disbursements
in January of this year, which were at
that time placed at about f 132,000.000.
The Journal of Commerce remarks that
although there have been hundreds of
mllllous of dollars of new. stocks and
bonds issued during the past twelve
months by railroad and industrial cor
porations, it happens that nearly all of
the large bond issues have Interest pay
able in other months than July, and con
sequently any such payments are not
reflected at the present time. In the
case of stocks, remarks that paper, it is
Important to note that comparatively
few of the Industrial consolidations Of
last year are paying dividends as yet,
while of those that do pay not all do so
in July.
The present returns cover only a lim
ited number of the many corporations
which will divide a portion of their
profits with their shareholders at this
season. The Immense number of com
paratively small companies whose divi
dend declarations attract no attention
would largely swell the total, while the
Interest charges on private mortgages or
loans would add many millions to the
total of larger corporations. The most
general conclusion as to the actual total
of all disbursements, sayi the Journal
of Commerce, is that Inasmuch as com
paratively few of the larger companies
have suspended or reduced dividends,
while some have increased their rate or
the amount of stock on which payment
is made, it is entirely safe to assume
that the grand total of profits dis
tributed the current month will be larger
than for the same season in any previous
year.
This Is an interesting statement, since
It indicates a higher measure of pros
perlty for the corporations generally
than in previous years. It would seem
to be a safe estimate to place the total
July disbursements for dividends and
interest at not less than 1250,000,000, a
very large percentage of which will find
Its way Into new Investments and thus
all In the continuance of prosperous
conditions.
If the old settlers will settle the dis
pute over the exact location of Fort
Atkinson and Fort Calhoun the Daugh
ters of the Revolution will beat liberty
to proceed with the erection of the pro
posed monument, or rather with the col
lection of subscriptions to the monu
ment fund. Why the Daughters of the
Revolution should have any greater in
terest In the site of the old forts than
the sons of Omaha, or the daughters of
Nebraska, is a puzzle. Would it not be
more rational to impose the duty of per
petuating historical memories by monu
ment or otherwise on the State Ills'
torlcal society T
The assessors' returns of crop acreage
from forty-one of the ninety counties in
the state have been sent to the labor
bureau. Why these returns could not
have been Just as well transmitted to
the state auditor, or state land commis
sioner, or to the Agricultural Bureau of
Statistics of the State university, does
not transpire. Presumably the state
labor bureau is not overburdened with
labor and might as well earn its salary
in compiling crop statistics as in ponder
ing over musty reports of labor commis
sioners of other states.
That the Industrial organism of this
country is in a precarious situation, is
the statement of Marshall Field, the
great Chicago merchant prince. It is
always a good thing to take every rea
sonable precaution and to this end the
admonition may be of service but it will
be hard to make the people believe that
the tide of prosperity Is about to ebb,
at least until some material change in
external conditions Is forced by crop
failure, stock bubble bursting or stag
mint labor.
Russia may not receive the petition of
the American Jews but that will hot
alter public sentiment In America, which
it reflects, and which is with practical
unanimity wrought up to a high pitch
of indignation at the apparent conniv
ance of the Russian government In the
barbarous persecution of the Russian
Jews.
Just wait until the Iowa republicans
come to make up their delegation to the
coming national nominating convention
There will be at least ten pegs for every
hole and some of the distinguished
statesmen will have to occupy seats in
tho gallery.
Tho Master Hand Needed.
SI Louis Globe-Democrat.
Tha master hand of a Missouri politician
Is needed to put the canal treaty through
tha Colombian congress. A dignified sum
prudently distributed, would aoon do the
business.
A Heuiarkahla Case.
Philadelphia Press.
The most t-Ansplcuous case of locomotor
ataxia ever known in America Is that of
the democratic party, whose two wings
cannot, by any of tha expedients known
to political doctors, be made to flop to
gether,
t
Flood
of International
favors.
Buffalo Express.
Not to ba behind tha Germans In showing
courtesy to the United Bttes navy, the
British government will admit Admiral
Cotton's squadron to tha Inner harbor at
Portsmouth, where no foreign wtr ships
ever yet hava been permitted to go. What
difference that little Spanish war made
n the International standing of the Cnlted
States!
t rael Crack la the slats."
Washington Post.
It wna wotse than offering n fisherman
polled bait for ex-Secretary Falrchlld to
declare that Grover Cleveland Is tha most
vallable democratic presidential candi
date, and to then add a nreilletion of
Roosevelt's election.
Trro Missing Make.
Cleveland Plain Dealer.
They waved the kalsor to the American
rbcklng chair when he visited tha officers'
quartera of the Kenraarge, and ha found it
delightfully restful.' But tha American
porch and the American Julep were both
missing from the pleasing combination.
Too Much of a Good Thing.
Philadelphia Record.
The War department has undergone the
loss of another lieutenant of tha regular
army on landing at San Francisco from the
Philippines. In thia case It waa not be
cause of a deficit In a cash account, but
because ha had ona wife mora than tha
army regulations tolerate, although, his
spouses ara as widely separated as Cin
cinnati and Manila.
Warning to Land Grabbers.
New York Tribune.
The warning to cattlemen In Oregon that
they must tear down fences on government
lands was no doubt amply Justified, or such
official action would not hava been taken.
Many people hava been reckless In en
croaching upon federal property, both In
tha forests and on tha plains. It la time for
a mora rigorous enforcement of tha statutes
for tha expulsion of such invaders.
Brutality of Southern riaatera.
Philadelphia Press.
Several mora arrests hava been made In
Alabama, Including a deputy aherlff, In
connection with peonage and conspiracy
eases. Tha developments so far made dis
close a most revolting condition of affairs,
hardly to be believed In this age. But the
trials so far demonstrate tha truth of all
the charges. The Inhumanity and brutality
practiced by those southern planters would
shame South African savages.
Thia Ongbt to Grow,
Philadelphia Telegraph.
Now It la the Agricultural department In
the administration of which "irregularities"
are declared to exlat. It Is In connection
with the seed distributing bureau, aa might
be expected, that this discovery has been
made. Tha allegations, brought forward In
a case pending ln the court of claims at
Washington ara to the effect that short
weight packages of low-grade seeds have
been sent out, that the shipments have been
delayed in violation of law, and further
that an official of tha department Is directly
Interested in a patented machine which Is
used In making up the packets. Whether
these charges are true or false, tha seed
distributing branch of the department Is a
glaring fraud upon the taxpayers of the
country and should be reformed entirely
out of existence. As a -source of extrava
gant and needless expenditures It la com
parable only to the government printing of
fice. WHERE the: world STANDS sttlx.
Awfol Dolnga of the President of the
South Dakota University.
New York Commercial Advertiser.
Garrett Dropper, president of the South
Dakota State university, seems to ba a
veritable monster -pf Iniquity. He la 'on
trial before the Board of Regents for "Im
morality," and two of the charges or speci
fications appear to be sustained by Impres
sive testimony. A state senator, Qunder
son, testifies that he waa present at a dinner
which Droppers gave to United States Sena
tor Kittrldge and was "greatly shocked to
find a glass of claret at each plate." He
considered this an "Immoral act," but
whether the Immorality consisted ln there
being only one glass apiece or In claret be
ing served Instead of whisky is not dis
closed. Ounderson's suffering waa acute,
and there muat hava been a atrong reason
for It.
Another specification Is that Droppers
used two bottles of beer at a chafing-dish
party in his own house. In the composition
of a Welsh rarebit. The natives of the
town, being accustomed to the use of milk
ln such composition, missed the "ropy"
quality In the rarebit to which they were
habituated and were consequently Indig
nant, as well as shocked. They knew that
anything ao grateful to the palate and so
easily masticated must be "immoral."
Other specifications are that Droppers
once read an essay on Emerson, instead of
a prayer, at chapel exercises, and that,
having been educated at Harvard, ha has a
leaning toward Unitarlanlsm. It looks very
black for Droppers. He seems to be what
the Scotchman called a "a regular deevll."
A man who would do what he has done
would be capable of almost any crime. The
only thing for the regents to do Is to lead
htm to the eastern border of the state, with
his face toward that hotbed of Immorality,
Harvard university, and, giving him a vig
orous push, tell him to go and never re
turn. South Dakota, the home of easy di
vorce. Is no place for a moral Iconoclast of
hla reckless type.
MOVES OX RAILROAD CHRSSIIO ARD,
Captains of Finance Striving to Do
the Other Fellow.
Chicago Post
A material change has taken place ln
the railroad situation of late, which may
affect ln an unusual degree the future ln
terests of the country. For a time prior to
the great coup of E. H. Harrlman in buy
ing a majority of the preferred stock of
the Northern Pacific road and thereby fore
Ing a material modification of the plans of
tha Hill-Morgan Interests in the consolida
tion of tha Great Northern-Northern Pacl-flc-Burllngton
systems little was discussed
but the community of Interests Idea and the
potent effect the application of It might
have on the general welfare of the country.
Now the scene Is entirely changed and
rumors of contending factions and of In
trlgues of opposing glanta of finance are
heard on every side. The Hills and Mor
gans are credited with being after the
scalps of the Harrlmana and all allied Inter
ests. The Uoulds and KocKefellers are
said to be on a still hunt for the Pennsyl
vania and the Baltimore & Ohio interests,
and vice versa. An ao It Is around the en
tire circle, with the result that the values
of the various lines of securities have been
materially shaken and losses have been sus
tained which In any but the most prosper
ous times could not fall to result In flnan
clal disturbance.
The western passenger rate war now In
Its Incipient stages affords another llltistra
tlon of the lack of harmony which now ob
tains and emphasises the fact that human
nature is the same whether manifested In
the conduct of enterprises In which billions
of money are Involved or in the ordinary
affairs of everyday life.
Fortunately, however, the actual business
of the railroads continues to enlist all their
energies and thia "barometer of trade"
shows no algn of an Immediate drop from
the hlghprosperity mark It now registers
This may hava the effect of quieting the
rumored Internal unrest and of counteract
ing any serloua disturbing affect it might
otherwise hava,
noun a not t mew voniv.
Ripples on the Current of life In tho
Metropolis.
There are certain sections of New York
City where it docs not pay to be polite.
One of these Is tha East Side. The other
day a woman dropped her chatelaine bag.
A nicely dressed young man stooped to pick
It up. While In that defenseless position
the women gave him a resounding whack
on the back with her umbrella. A police
man rushed up Immediately to see what the
trouble was, and tha woman accused the
gallant young man of most things on the
criminal calendar, but particularly of at
tempted grand larceny. With great diffi
culty tha young man succeeded In pacifying
her and explaining to the policeman, who
let him go with this reprimand:
'Them manners don't go down here,
young feller. Just keep yer hat on an' blow
amoke In tha ladles' faces an' you'll ba all
right."
Senator Clark of Montana, with a party
of friends, undertook to examine bis new
palace on Seventh avenue the other day.
The residence has cost W.000.000 and Is likely
to cost as much more. Senator C'ark went
up the steps and was about to go In when
he was atopped by a watchman.
"Where you going?" demanded the
watchman.
"I'm going. to look over the house," re
plied the senator quietly.
"Well, I guess not," retorted the watch
man, emphatically.
"But I own the building," announced
Senator Clark In tones of some surprise.
"Say," said the watchman, swinging hla
club and winking confidentially at the sena
tor, "I've been on thia Job three years, and
If I behave myself I can stay here three
years mora, ao you see no 'con' game Ilka
that for mine."
Senator Clark pulled out a amall card,
saying: "Here Is my card," On tha card
appeared tha name, "Senator William A.
Clark."
The watchman took ona look at the card
and then swung his club.
"Up the street for you or I'll call a 'cop,' "
he aald decisively, and at thia one of Sena
tor Clark'a guests began to laugh, and the
senator became Indignant. But he could
not get In, and the next day he told his su
perintendent to buy the man any hat ha
wanted for his faithfulness.
A young man from Chicago, who is visit
ing In town, was Invited several nights
ago to a house In tha Murray Hill section.
Early in the evening he picked up a pack of
cards and while handling them, for want of
something else to do, showed a few trlcka
for which he Is noted at home. The men
applauded and the women marveled.
There was a short musicals later and
after It a little poker game without trlcka.
From the atart the young Chlcagoan
couldn't loae. He even broke threes to
draw to an Inside straight and invariably
caught. Once he drew four cards to a
deuce and picked up three more at a time
when a full house and a flush were agalnat
him.
When the game finally ended the young
man was $47 to the good. As he left the
women passed him coldly and the men eyed
him suspiciously. It is doubtful if any felt
half aa bad as did the young westerner.
Tha new building being erected In New
York as the homo of the New York Times
Is located in tha triangle bounded by Broad
way, Seventh avenue, Forty-second and
Forty-third streets. Its construotlon has
Involved the solving of some architectural
problems of an unusual character, due to
the shape of the site, the purposes for
which the building is to be used and the
providing for the passage through the base
ment, below the level of the street, of the
underground rapid transit railway, with
entrance to a passenger station Tor- the ex
press trains.
Tha space occupied by the building at tha
level of the street is 4,000 square feet, while
the space at the lowest level Is 18,000 square
feet. This lowest level, which will contain
the press rooms, will be at a depth of fifty-
five feet below tha street, or more than four
full stories, though the division will be Into
three. Structurally, then, the building is to
be considered as four stories, or fifty-five
feet higher than appears from an exterior
view, and from bedrock to summit of tower
it may very probably be the tallest building
In the city.
For the last ten days, relates the Tribune,
the employes of tha Mount Vernon station
of the New York, New Haven & Hartford
railroad have been curious to learn the
Identity of a dog who seems to have beooma
a regular commuter on tho road. The dog
answers to the name of Jack and ia a
mongrel.
Jack usually arrives at tha station pant
ing from exertion to catch the 8:47 train
for thia city. He waits until he sees a
good chance to get on tha train, and, after
ail the passengers are on board, ha makes
a daah up the steps and Into a coach. He
hides under a seat. At first the conductors
and brakemen chased him and kicked him
when they caught him stealing rides, but
he has since made friends ct them and
they have come to respect hla rights, at
least as much as they do the rights of tha
other commuters.
The dog, when he reaches tha Grand Cen
tral atatlon, bounda oft tha train and dis
appears ln the crowd. In the evening ha
returns, and, - by watching for the Mount
Vernon commuters, manages to find tha
train for that city.
Yesterday Jack was put off two trains
and then disappeared. In the afternoon
he waa seen getting off a train from this
city, showing that he had come here despite
the efforts of the station employes to pre
vent him. When he cannot get a train
Jack goes about with his tall between his
legs, whining disconsolately.
The tax department announces the valuea
of the properties In the greater city exempt
from taxation 1798.523.339, which. If taxed,
would produce about $11,000,000. thus divided
among the boroughs: Manhattan, $612,648. -200;
The Bronx, $54,291,SS5; Brooklyn, $113,
320.400: Queens, $12,834,636, and Richmond,
$5,530,718. The chief beneficiaries of the tax
exemption law are the United States gov
ernment, the city and religious ar.d charit
able Institutions.
THE WEST STANDS PAT.
No Immediate Drrnsnd for Revision
of tho Tariff.
Pittsburg Chronicle-Telegraph.
The antl-tarlff revision expression of Sen
ator Warren of Wyoming Is an Important
Indication of tho change In sentiment In
me west, f rom tnat section had come a
considerable demand for a revision of the
schedules along protective lines. There
has been no demand at any time for aban
donment of protection, but there has been
a suspicion that some schedules were more
thun protective. This has been at the
bottom of the demand for revision. As the
west is now Interpreted by the senator, it
believes that It Is less harmful to leave
some schedules for the present mora thaji
protective than it would be to open up the
whole subject of revision. "A revision of
tho tariff," says 8enator Warren, "would
bring with it uncertainty which would re
sult ln untold loss from the stoppage of
business." This is the view that seems to
be generally taken now, and republicans
ara agreed against agitation of the subject
unfit after the presidential election.
The situation was well summed up re
cently by Representative Hemenway of
Indiana, who said: "About two or three
years ago there waa a visible current of
sentiment ln favor rf tariff revision, but I
think thia, la the main, has disappeared."
rKH0AI KOTF.i.
Major James A. Bunds, U. 8. A., retired.
Is now practicing law In Havana.
The funeral services of Paul du Challlu.
the explorer, were held last week In the
rark Presbyterian church, NeW Tork.
lames Traux, the last of the Watnor.gs,
an Indian tribe once numerous near Mor
rlslown, N. J., has Just died In that city.
King Peter has passed an extraordinary
test of courage. Ha attended church In
Belgrade on Sunday without a military
escort.
Lord Roberts Is due to visit America In
August, If the depredations of the Mad
Mullah do not oblige htm to cancel the
date.
Slowly but surely humor la departing
from this life. Measurement statistics show
that the Chicago girl's foot Is becoming
smaller.
Even the sultan of Morocco has not es
caped criticism, but when ha gets his stable
of Missouri mules he will be prepared to
kick back.
Emperor William thinks the United
States battleships and the ofHcers are very
fine. The emperor sometimes hits the nail
on the head.
Clarence B. Strause of Salem, Va., once
owrler and trainer of race horses, Is now
an evangelist and Is preaching a cruaada
against the "sport of kings."
Frans Remmerts, who for thirty years
was one of the most popular and well
known German musicians and singers of
New York, has Just died In Switterland.
By tha time Sir Thomas Llpton reaches
St. Louis ha will be tired of tha ordinary
loving cups. A decorated atein and a trip
to the Tyrolean Alps will look good to him.
Mr. Representative Pou of North Caro
lina tells the Washington' reporters that
he Is hopeful of democratic success In 1904.
The republican papers very generally pooh
pooh this, of course.
Moses Esekiel, ' tha famous Cincinnati
sculptor, now a resident of Rome, Italy,
has presented to the Virginia Military
Institute a monument In commemoration
of his schoolmates who fell at the battle
of Newmarket, Va., ln 1S64. He was for
merly a student of the Institution.
LET IT BE CIVILIZED.
Dangers and Horrors of the Latter.
Day Observance of the Fourth.
' Detroit Free Press.
There Is not the slightest desire in this
country to forget tha Fourth of July and
all that It Implies. There never waa a
time when It waa more binding upon the
country to contemplate the plain and hon
est ways of the fathers who founded a
government at a time when Its promoters
must stand ready to die for their con
victions. But the hideous lengths to which
we go in the celebration of their Declara
tion of Independence Is enough to make
them stir in their graves and call out
for something ln resemblance of a decent
recognition. No sane - man - defends tha
dangers and horrors of our latter-day
observance of the Fourth.
The opening given the small boy has
proved the entering wedge to the barbari
ties practiced by themselves and their eld
ers. The toy pistol means an epidemic
of blood poisoning and lockjaw. You can
buy 'the cause for a nickel and the man
with the cure has "yet to be found. The
cannon cracker 1 another barbarous In
fliction. It means a pestilence In which
the halt and the blind fill the roster. If
It were patriotism done up after the Chi
nese method, the fullest expression of the
noisy sentiment would be In the explosion
of a few tons of dynamite or a train load
of giant powder. We are not tha people
to do things by half. It Is impossible to
connect tha shattering of limbs and trunks,
to say nothing of the demolition of nerves,
with tha Irrevocable doctrine of universal
freedom and equality to which we are com
mitted. Nobody la quite prepared to take the
inoffensive little firecracker from the
youngsters, but the powerful skyrockets,
the "chasers" that conspire with summer
dressea ln a work of cremation and the
other Instruments of demolition should
either be cut out entirely or confined to ten
acre fields with ground limits at the en
circling fencea. Modern methods of cele
brating Fourth of July have made It a day
of terror and death and mutilation, and
It would be interesting to know how long
a publlo that detests theae barbarous meth
ods of "celebrating" will meekly tolerate
them.
WRATH OF THB CATTLE MEN.
Propose to Get the Scalp of Secretary
Hitchcock.
Kansas City Journal.
Secretary Charles F. Martin declares that
tha National Live Stock rasoclatton In
tends to make a fight to a finish to get
Ethan Allan Hitchcock removed from tha
office of secretary of , tha Interior. Tha
stockmen's complaint against Mr. Hitch
cock la that he strictly enforces the federal
lawa and regulations for the protection of
the western forest reserves. Tha National
Live Stock association Is a very powerful
organisation, and Mr. Hitchcock la not
likely to hava much peace aa long as It is
after his scalp.
It seems very doubtful, however. If the
officials of the association will get the un
divided support of their Own members In
thia proposed fight. They will be backed
by the cattlemen of tha west who until
recent years were allowed to grate their
stock at will on the publie lands, but the
stockmen of the rest of the country ha-
not the same interest In the matter. In
fact, their Interest seems to He in an ex
actly opposite direction.. .If existing forest
reserve regulations continue to be strictly
executed, the expense of producing cattle
We are closed
the Fourth
But will keep open Friday evening for the accommoda
tion of those who are unable to shop in the day time.
We've everything for man or boy for holiday, or any
other day. We're outside of shoes, and our lines of 25c
stockings, for tlie inside of those are remarkable val-
a
ues. Koft shirts and underwear, in endless variety.
Leather belts, suspenders, handkerchiefs, bags and
traveling cases.
NO CLOTHING FITS LIKE OURS.
(A special line of white madras, pleated bosom,' at
tached and detached cuffs, $2.00).
During July and August, our store will clow Sat
urdays at 9 p. m., instead of 10 p. w.
groWning-Kifc2''
R. S. Wilcox. Manager.
In the west Is sure to be considerably In
cressed and the supply from this section
Is likely to ba reduced. The necessary ef
fect will ba a rise in the value of live stock
In all parts of the country. This would be
a bad thing for the western range men.
because the rise would be due directly to
tha Increase which had taken place In tha
expensea of their business, but it would be
a good thing for stockmen everywhere
else. for. without Increasing their expenses
In breeding stork and msrketing It, It
would Increase their receipts from tha cat
tle marketed.
As the Journal has before remarked en
this subject, the Live Stock association
will hava to do soma very clever work If
It convinces President Roosevelt that the
secretary of the Interior Is unfit for his
position merely because he enforces tha
lavs. Mr. Roosevelt has earned a reputa
tion for requiring conscientious work from
his subordinates and he Is more likely to
commend that kind of service than to pun
ish It. The Live Soock association should
bring Its Influence to bear on congress to
have the lawa changed, not upon the pub
llo official who does his duty In enforcing
them.
HEAD OF THEAMERICAN MAN
Its Peculiarities of glao And Shape
as Described hy a
Hatter.
A hatter had Just finished selling a hat
to an Irishman.
"The Irish," he said, "have heada of a
graceful shape: long and oval, and very
large. The American fcaa a head shaped
vjry much Ilka the Irishman's, only It Is
smaller and slightly rounder.
"The German has a square head, flat
on top and very wide between the ears.
A German's hat Always looks too big for
him. It looks so because It Is so. In order
that It may encompass the heed's great
breadth It must be bought a tittle too
loose In its other dimensions. Some Ger
mans, who are particular, have their hats
made to order on this account.
"I sell hats all over the United States,
and I And that heads run bigger In the
west than anywhere else. The Chicago
man haa tha biggest head In America. The
southerner has the smallest. We easterners
Fhiladelphlans, New Yorkers and Bos
tonlana all have heads about the same
rlzo. That sice Is. on the average, 7. The
westerner's else Is 7V4. The southerner's
Is 6!s." Philadelphia Record.
POINTED REMARKS.
He If I stole a kiss, would It be petty
larcenyT
She I think it would bo grand. Smart
Bet. .
"Does that girl know her business r
"Know her businessT Whv, Isn't she
starting out for the summer with a
perpetual smile and a silk bathing suit!
Know her business, indeed!" New Yorker.
Mrs. Kicker-Is Mrs. Jones a well In
formed woman T
Mrs. Bocker Yes, Indeed: her cook has
lived with all the ether families In the
neighborhood. Harper's Basar. .
Jasper Young Scadaby haa enough. Whv
doesn't he keep out of business and give
others a chance T
Jumpuppe But It is by going Into busi
ness that rich young men like him give
smart young men a chance to make
money. Brooklyn Life.
i ' ',
"Ah me!" sighed tha lovelorn Mr. Kallow,
"I tossed and turned upon my bed last
night, and I couldn't sleep a wink."
"That so!" replied the heartless maid.
"What's the matter? Are you teething? "
Philadelphia Ledger.
Tess Miss Fltx-Menny says that 71 per
cent of the fashionable women are not
aa shapely aa they sometimes appear.
Jess How does she get that Informa
tion down ao fine?
Tess Being a dreesmakerr she - gets" at
the inside figures. Philadelphia Press.
"I can only spare the time for a week's
vacation this summer. I wish I eould make
it seem like a month."
"You can do that easily enough, old chap.
Leave the gas burning In two or three of
your rooms when you go away." Chicago
Tribune.
"Do. you know what precautions the
proprietor of thia hotel has taken against
fire?" asked the nervous old lady aa the
bellboy escorted her to a room on the fifth
floor.
"Sure I do," reptled the knowing youth.
"De boss haa got da Joint tnahoor d for
two timea de worth uv it. Seel Chicago
News.
THE BIRTH OF A NATION.
No thoughtless Impulse gave It birth.
No rash and hasty sctlon formed
The foremost nation of the earfh,
No blind desire by passion warmed.
Tar back this potent life began.
And slowly through the ages grew,
Amid the doubts and fears of man,
From deep desire Its nurture drew.
Persistent grew the endurlhK germ,
By nature warmed and well sustained.
Until it passed the lengthy term
; The Power Divine had pre-ordained.
And when the time was ripe, behold!
On fair Columbia's happy breast,
creature of no common mold, -
The lusty nursling of tha west.
The coming giant, whose deep Voice,
In clearest accent, sweet and atrong)
Should make aspiring souls rejoice
In liberty's world-circling song.
And when this ringing voice proclaimed
Self-government ln freedom's light.
From heights of every land were flamed
The signals of eternal right
A precious truth, long trodden down.
The new world lifted mightily,
And offered every man tha crown
. Of manhood's righteous sovereignty.
Great monareha turned a look of scorn
Upon the high-browed, stately being
With lofty asplrstlons born
And gifts beyond their power of seeing.
The startled nations here ssw one
Advanced hevond all nrecertents,
For where the light of freedom shone
Grew virtue and Intelligence.
Omaha. BEBJAH F. COCHRAN.
