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AyMVlRSAHi OF A.fTIKTAM
IV-rtr-oiir- yenr ngo lotlny the ltnttlc
of Atitii'tnm wan fought. It wns one of
tlie (trcMt Itiitlles of the civil war ami
vt liilo not -derisive in its result, Ih-Iiik
In fact n i1rwn lmttle. It was yet most
iniimrtant itt its effect upon the union
cause ninl for Hint reason Is Justly to bo
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l'r.o Kt-ejit xtniKKtos of that most eventful
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of the union forces In tli.it memorable
conflict. iinri which Becniel to hinge tlie
very ltliry of the union, was tJencrnl
Ceoree It. McClellnn. and while he did
not win n decisive victory, he demon
strated more fully than he had ever
done before his ability as n commander
and saved the union army from a defeat
that might have been utterly disastrous.
It was one of the battles on the side of
the union which at least contributed to
no small extent to the ultimate success
of the Rovernuient.
This anniversary Is to be marked by
the dedication of a monument to com
meuiornte the participation In the great
battle of the Holdlers of New Jersey, and
President Roosevelt will deliver an ad
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war. Th union army bad suffered de
feat after defeat and to many
the cause. seemed almost hope
less. The union armies had al
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GEORGE B.
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21MTO was a period or terrime anxiety nnu tne
u l.nln haart et mirth lxfl flllait rltll
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hjwi aitprenension. ' ine great oemana.wus
for a military leader who seemed equal
SUB.070
8M,tKa to the (treat emerfrency and the general
TZSCHLCK. demand was for tho former commander
Subscribed In my presence ana "worn xo . r. pi
before me this Uat da;- of August, A. D. 193. of the Array of the Potomac, (icneral
B,.."h."r5..Mi George B. McClellan. President Lin-
(Sral.)
, PARTIES LBAVING THK " CITY.
Parties leavrlns the city at
any tint may hare The Bee
aeat to them rearalarly by
stlfylag; The Be Easiness
Olce, la persoa or by mall.
Tho address mill b chanced
aa oftea aa desired.
Tho next biting frost will nip a large
crop of nnrlpe political candidates.
makes to the men In this country who
contend, that the t'nltod States should
abandon the policy by which Its Indus
tries have been built up and a home
market created which Is Incomparably
the lest In the world.
We are not very much concerned In
thlS country as to what the outcome
will 1h of the issue of Knulnnd regard
ing the proiosed fiscal policy of Mf
Chamberlain. It would possibly make
some difference to our trade relations
with the United Klugdom In the long
run, but we should not Ite very much
of a loser In any event now conceivable
Whether the United Kingdom would be
a gnlner by the Ralfour policy is a
very serious question that Is at present
foremost In British attention.
congress In states where such representa
tives and Hen a tors are of the same polities'
fiilth as the administration and spoils for
the members of the nstlonal committee,
where the party has no congressional rep
resentation. Is It not time we were getting
past the spoils system In the biggest bus!-
Rot 3D ABOVT SIW TOHK.
Ripples oa tho torreat of lilt a
the Metropolis.
Competing combines of cigar stores In
New York City are now smoking the pipe
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ncss institution operated By me govern- or peace, lui price nave i-n.
ment and the one that touches most In- lamb reposes quietly In the Interior depart-
tlmately the daily affairs of the peopleT ment of the wolf. In other words, the
Independent agar Stores company naa ur.n
Corporate Wlad aad Water. absorbed by tne United Cigar Stores com-
rhitaHotnhin Prpas. nanv. For nearly two yesrs the retnll
VAl.t K OF TIMELY WARNING.
Kffeet of the Law Prohlbltlaar Imports
' of Doped Pood aad Prink.
San Francisco Call.
W hen It was announced that tho Depart
ment of Agriculture would set Its chemists
to work to Inspect every kind and grade of
custom houses seeking access to our mar
kets there was a clamor from Europe that
wo should have trouble. So Insistent were
tho declarations of hostility to tho new
law that the officials of the Department of
Agriculture were compelled to repeat again
ami aguiit their assurances that the en
forcement of the new policy would Injure
no legitimate Industry, but on the contrary
would benefit one and all by ridding thorn
of the compet'tlon of unscrupulous manu
facturers of adulterated or falsely labeled
goods.
The law has now been In force for some
coin ' summoned him to the command
and ho responded. How well and ably
he performed the ilntv history records.
and there 1s no doubt that tho battle of
Antietam Is the grandest fact lu the
military history of George. B. McClellnn.
Tlie monument that will be unveiled
today In commemoration of the part
borne by the soldiers of New Jersey In
the memorable battle of September 17.
1.8(i2, will signalize an event of the
greatest importance In our history.
With a tbrce-fourtha corn crop at
present prices, Nebraska farmers will
have no ground for complaint.
The great problem, which the irriga
tion convention will try to solve la, how
to supply two barrels of water where
only one barrel ia obtainable.
That rift in the cloud was not as
PRrPOSTKRUUS VLAIUS.
Antl-macblno factlonlsts who are op
posed to conciliation are trying to make
themselves believe that the antls repre
sent ISO per cent of tlie total republican
strength in the city of Omaha, which in
national election years approximates
11,000 votes and in off yeurs has aver
aged about 9,000 .votes. If these people
had studied the returns of bo last city
election they would not indulge in such
BLOW'IAO POWIH CASAh BUBBLBS.
An enterprising news monger wires
from New York to the Omaha papers
that It was stated on Wall street yes
terday that a syndicate of capitalists
was being organized for the purpose of
financing and building the Fremont
power canal, of which the John Kelley
Engineering company of New York is
said to be the chief promoter in tho
east. It is also stated that the syndi
cate will need to raise upwards of
$3,000,000 to complete the work, which
will take over two years, and it is
furthermore stated that the electric
light companies, the street car com
panies and large packing and manu
facturing interests have guaranteed
already to take all the current that can
be developed.
This In, about. the 'stecnth time that
the same well-defined rumor lias been
wired to Omaha, but the only figment
of truth in the bubble isjhat somebody
on Wall street, or In Wall street, has
Isvn approached by tho promoters.
There Is absolutely no foundation for
the statement that the street railway
company has made any contract or
signed any guaranty, and inasmuch as
the electric light company's contract has
not yet boon extended beyond January
h llMsl, the city of Omaha is still free
to negotiate for its public lighting dl
rectly with the canal company when
ever it shall be able to supply the
uecessary energy.
If It were true that the street railway
and electric lighting companies and the
packing houses of South Omaha would
exhaust nil the current that can be de
veloped, the citizens of Omaha and
South Omaha who do not own any
stock in the electric lighting company,
street railways or stock In the packing
houses would derive precious little
benefit from the power canal, unless
there was assurance of a reduction in
street car fares, electric lighting and
packing house products.
New Jersey s corporation business Is cigar dealers have been waging outer war
ehrlnklng. aa should be the case. Since the fare against the United Cigar Stores corn
first of the year forty-four corporations pany. which Is supposed to be backed by
organised under New Jersey lawa have the Tobacco trust. About a year ago the
gone Into the hands of receivers. Their Independent Cigar Stores company was In
capital aggregates tsn,34O,00O, but their Ha- rorpnrated and twenty-eight stores were
bllitles are only 117.272,333, and yet the on- opened In New York. A fierce profit cutting
tire assets are estimated at 11.564.684. The war was waged. Now the Independents
capital" seems to have been "wind." like have given up the fight and sold out. Thus
so very many of the corporations organised the trust has removed all organised oppo
nniier New Jersev'a lawa. For Instance, citlon In New York. During the last two
the White Mountain Paper company, capl- years retailers In all parts of the country time and the results have proven that the
t.ii.e.i .t nsnonnnn hi liabilities amount- hv. organized to flaht the trust, but this fears of Injury to foreign producers and of
Ing to $11,944,000, while the asseta ara 12.000 opposition, the United Cigar Stores com- Possible vindictive retaliation on the part of
hook account, and some material on mnv says, has amounted to little. It was European governments were, uncriy un-
and of no great value. The leas that the the price cutting of the Independent Stores founded. In fact, the former exporters of
neonle hnve to .lo with such corporations romnanv that hurt oi.jecuonauio gooas nave proiitea oy tne
ih hetier. anil th wema to account for warning given oy mo puoucation oi mc
the areat decline In new organisations un- An exceedingly vealy junior reporter on law and have made no effort to get their
ih .mrr of nn of New York's yellows gouus uo our mantel, n is siaiea mat
volunteered, not long ago. to get himself while upward of 100 cargoes of foreign food
committed to the asylum for Insane paupors nd drink products have been Inspected by
on the island In the East river and "write the government chemists, not a single aara-
. torv" about his exDcrlence. There had P' nl snown tne slightest adulteration.
heen soma comnlainta reaching this news- A report from Washington giving an ae
paper office about the alleged cruelty prac- count of the manner In which the law Is
tlced upon Inmates of the asylum. Tho operated says: "The result Is declared to
young inan a pauper makeup waa pretty 08 m08t "ratifying In every detail. No de-
obvlous when he presented himself for ad- lay Vint has caused Inconvenience to ship-
mission to the asylum as a "bug" and the Ppr r consignee has resulted. The Do
examining physicians Instantly saw through Partment of Agriculture receives Invoices
him. They admitted him to the asylum of every cargo destined to ports of the
with many and sundry winks, one to the unueu mates. These Invoices are sent by
other, and they passed the word down the fast n,Rl1- The department Is also Informed
line among the asylum attendants as to tha "u" vl "nipmenis ana the cable ad
character of tho new Inmate's mission. vlces are tnade explicit, so that tho mall
"Oh, we won't do a single, solitary thing 1 vices need not be awaited as a basis for
to him!" the attendants said unto each ln0 issuance or an order on the Treasury
other, spitting Joyously upon their hands, department for samples from that partlcu-
J.,i ,f Hmed or utterly The young man didn't know that his "dis- ,ar rar- lne tne cable has only
,,n"'u" v.., " i . . . . .... I rront 1 V hn nt nnt tA 4fv 4Uim ..... -
i .iin4-iAai tt .itiakfli onf i rill ho naa neen neneiraiea irom me iro- i ""i" puiuwc,
appiruyru. iifc uibuio .v. . ... ... . : . .. 1 Thm nnU.vUM h0ta -
.ho,t.an.t vjf .nu.r. of farm lands on ana mat nis imitation or insanity wasn t ""-- wmpimeu
were uci noia iru, uib uviwo - i i i.. . . . . .
damaging the states along tho western From the hour they got hold of him the P; Agriculture In two days and beyond
communication that scores of cities were attenaants proceeaea to mane tne peculiarly i "i-rinDu m mo
nioA Wa. thA .ipntrnrtlon of the means of vealy reporter for the naffron sheet sorry v wu mrougn ino custom
0 a .m. ..iiknll rallvav trotn. with- I that, ho had pvr ttrnn thA "nrhonl tnr
lur 11 1 lie uaj a nivnuuv ca, ---p - - - l . . . , .
tn ,iv without mllwav train, w th- Journalism" up New York state from wh ch . '""" uuBamo rears mat trio
.. n a m of them without tele- ha was araduated. Thev nve him tlin hot ,aw wuld be a disturbance of trade and
UUV. llin.ll uu puii". v . . - I I at l
graph or telephone communication with tha and cold water cure alternately and in nrrctual as a remedy against the evils
outside world. amaalngly quick sequence, and then they P',mpIalBBd "r- Experience has shown that
The conditions favorable to floods have massaged him with such huge enthusiasm 1 Lem nl 01 lne law- ccom
no. heen ehunired. Kansas may be dam- that they kneaded most of the nclt from pBn"n Dy ft clearly manifest Intent to
aged to the extent of 510.000.000 next spring his frame. Then they decided to live him a B,r,ct,y . enforce It, has brought about
1. anr coin, on the Mia. I novel ner-e treatment" or the r own rte. 1 1-. ... n.c mjunuui iinporiB. ino
sourl and the Kaw may bo swept by tor- vising. One of them eat on his head while rPsult "J18 naturally enough gtven encour-
rents again as they were a few months another tickled the soles of his bare feet "1 aavocaies ot the adoption
.. . . . . . ... . I of a domestln nnre fnnil ! . i
i) .. H n-n .1 ipttmi. nav n nnra ivipn mm wilii " Himw. jki. ihke nn wnj iwrmniM I - - ' " " utiu 11 to 11 1 i.
It was last June. As long aa the conditions to escape from his tormentors, but the un,lkelv ' my e provided at the coming
ihoi nnia einnila remain iinehana-ed there I story he Dlanned ramaina unwritten I session or congress.
will be floods,
The problem of the day Is to change the I "There is a species of petty blackmail
ennitltlnna favorable to the recurrence of I practiced In New York with which very
disastrous floods. Experience and science few of even tho nativt? are familiar," I The Peculiar thing about the Indiana
point the way to a satisfactory solution: 1 writes a correspondent of the Pittsburg woman s eighteenth suit for divorce is that
Korestatlon of the river basins In the pral- Dispatch. "Not a few of tho big uptown Bno " not on lne stage.
of
der New Jersey laws.
PROBl.KM OK THK DAY'.
Checking Flood Baraaes la tha West
.y Forestatl .
Chicago Inter Ocean.
The floods of last spring cost the Santa
Fa railway $1,000,000 for repairs. , Other
railways In Nebraska, Kansas and Texas
and many of those In Iowa and Missouri
suffered as heavily. Depots and ware
houses were Inundated or swept away,
tracks and bridges were destroyed and the
freight traffic of several states was para
lysed for two weeks.
Tho direct damage to railroad property
represented only a small percentage of the
loss by flood. Valuable freight in Immense
quantities. In transit or In warehouses
y oiiKslte party ,x
damaging as It might have been. It I preposterous claims.
waa Uke a mild case of Tarlolold when It goes without saying that a coni-
we were threatened with smallpox. parlson of the votes cast for candidates
for niayor Is no criterion., A fair com-
W'hat ia a nonpartisan? A candidate I parlson ot the strength of the two fno
,who falls to secure a nomination from tlons may be gnlned from the vote cast
one party turns his political coat Inside for city treasurer and city tHX commls
out and accepts the nomination of the i0ner. Mr. Hennlngs, who was1 Sup
ported without division' by both factions,-
received 0,209 votes, while Binn
ing, who received no support from the
anti-machine faction, and lost several
hundred . votes by Fleming's second
term, secured 6,8M votes, a difference
of 2,315 votes. Councilman Nicholson,
Judging from his letter to the irrlga- Bcureu the unuiviaea support or
tlon congress, we are forcibly Impressed th factions, polled 8,978 votes, while
with the idea that President Roosevelt HrV Lrawford, who was defeated ty
the anti-machine faction as candidate
for councilman, received 0,032 votes, or
2,046 less than Nicholson. Adding tho
Viewed from the conning tower of
the world iieraiu, jonn Kusn is a re
publican politician and T. J. Mabouey
a nonpartisan who does not know any
thing about politics.
has given the irrigation problem more
than passing attention.
Judge Sullivan's opinion iu the "Bible majorities' for Nicholson and Hennlugs
reading case" is not half as important together and dividing by two gives an
to the great majority of taxpaying petv average of 2,181, or. less than 24 per
pie as Judge Sullivan's opinion in the cent of the vote cast for Treasurer Ilen-
President Stickney's Omaha banquet
speech seems to have created quite a
sensation on "Wall street. Prominent
New York bankers and brokers take
issne with Mr. Stickney's assertion that
a panic in the Stock exchange would
not seriously affect the whole country
under prevailing favorable conditions.
There Is no doubt a sympathetic chord
between the great American money
center and the country at large and the
shock produced by a crash in the New
York (Stock exchange would be felt in
every American trade center, but no
general disaster would follow so long as
the country Is fortified by prosperity.
t'aworthy of America.
Minneapolis Times.
That dance on tho deck of the returning
Philippine transport while 300 dead soldiers
slept in the hold was mora worthy of
Bervia or Ti rkey than America.
afKREnur.RIJIC. cmcnTiow,
Caadart at Baaka Contrasted with
Tfcelr Assertlaas.
Chicago Chronicle.
A New Tork newspaper which advocates
asset currency for the sake of Its supposed
elasticity prints a statement that the banks
food and of drink products that reached our i Save already made applications for the
withdrawal of I3.000.nno or their circulation
this month Tho full amount they are
permitted by law to retire In any one month.
This docs not harmonise well with what
the same newspaper says to the effect that
there Is likely to be a scarcity of currency
to move tho crops this fall and with its
assumption that if the banks wers freo to
Issue and withdraw as much circulation ss
they pleased they would regulate the sup
ply to a nicety.
If, with the money famine clone at hand,
the banks are retiring circulation tip to
the legal limit and hastening to file ap
plications for retirement to the same ex
tent next month, aa a stated, that would
they be likely to, do If they were free to
retire their notes without limit at anv
time?
Those who clamor for asset Issues sre
Just now telling us what dreadful things
would happen were It not understood that
the secretary of tho treasury would de
posit $40,000,000 of publlo money In the
banks to help out the crop-moving.
It behooves them to explain why the
banks are surrendering circulation aa fast
as they ran under such circumstances
and to state, If they can. what reason there
Is that the banks would be putting out
more currency tinder the same clroum
stances If they were free to expand and
contract ad libitum. ,
The facts seem to show that elastlolty of
bank circulation Is a humbug. Chlcaao
Chronicle.
POINTED PLEASANTRIES.
"Rhe had the fatal gift of beauty, had she
not T''
"Well, I don't know whether It waa her
beauty or her money that was fatal, but
anyhow sho married a titled nonentity."
Chicago I'ost.
Mrs. Enpeck Oh, you needn't talk. You're
not qulto perfection yourself, 1 would have
you know.
Knpeck No, my dear, but when you're
around I'm mighty near perfection.
Mrs. Knpeck Oh, lleury! Baltimore
American. .
"Ho! Caitiff!" cried the sultan. Just awak
ened from his sleep, "what have you done
with my shirt?"
"Oh, Highness," replied the grand vizier,
"It will bo here Immediately. The Imperial
blacksmith has been mending It." Philadel
phia Press.
"She uses slang!" said th cultured young
woman in a tone of deep disapproval.
"That Isn't tho worst of it," answered
Miss Cayenne. "She uses slang that hasn't
yet received the sanction of smart society."
Washington Star.
"Uncle Henry," said little Robert, "do
you absorb water?"
"How absurd!" replied Uncle Henry, Do
you think I am a towel?"
"No, but pa said you were a sponge."
Chicago News. '
"I have noticed," said the observer of men
and things, "that fat men are invarlablv
honest."
"That's because they're so sensitive about
rlo atRtea and reforestation of the districts resturants employ 100 or more waiters dur- The rank of a governor, or naaha. In Tnr. th'Jr .fat.v" replied the deep thinker. 1
a t Vi a Vflnilmnlara r,f all Mill Prna f HvUfl i In B tnA filnlnfiF hntim Anil tllA man nrelkCV lfl determined hv thA mt.mlw, I I , 11 1 , 1 m . . i Vi . ,' m . . .1
lv ................. v w. d - ........ . - - , , -- - ....... . i - j ...w ..uiuww ui numc i vi m, it mey miuum us aienoneai, ana
The process of forestatlon Is slow, but if engaged by favor, because these Jobs are I tails that dangle from his standard. I Pt caught at It. they might have to wear
trees were planted by the million the especially desirable. The average diner Major J. H. Beacom. an Ohio man and .mn-T" slT Zf.
gruwiu wuuiu utrgiu iu u c miuuciiv.it ui . , '-.- .-.w.v.v. vt. i'i oi.- i a, oruixirr oi juage m. Yv . ueacom Of CI eve- reas.
few years and would have Increasing In-1 ticany amounts to a demand. Tips aro land, has been appointed military attache to
fiuence In prevention or floods witn eacn usuany neavy ana gooa men may easily i the Court of St. James.
succeeding year. . make 13 or 14 during the three rush hours.
PERSONA!, NOTES.
Butkclwclcr. the new tackle in the Uni
versity of Pennsylvania foot ball team.
weighs over 00 pounds and is said to be Ir
resistible, as his strength Is as great aa his
weight.
Prof. David Starr Jordan of Leiand Stan-
, Railroads are growing timber for ties at The average person who gives a gratuity
a profit. If one railroad loses $1,000,000 in to a waiter docs not know that tho waiter
a single season by floods, would It not be In turn must also give tips to hold his Job,
profitable to Increase Its tree planting a 1 There Is one very large place which engages
hundred fold? If a state like Kansas loses I Its waiters through an agent, who keeps
1 1 n rwi ivia in nf UmA wiuM nnM s s&loon In the . nelffhhorhood. This mnn
iri.iniii. nn . ri.nin V enn. not only exacts a fee for aettlnsr the nlacea ,or(J university has presented to the Inst!
omy, particularly aa forests so planted more for waiters, but be also demands $1 a week tutln K1" his magnificent collection
ih.. nv .h.ir own w.v .n.1 if r.r.c.tiv so long as the men he recommends are of nooks' on tho subject of Ichthology, on
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managed bring as good returns as crops employee, uesiacs mis mey are expected " ".vl....
of corn or wheat? I to patronise ills bar. The waiters who do"
The value of forestatlon and reservoirs not know the ropes or who rebel against Mr. and Mrs. William II. Ellis of New
as flood nreventlvea la recoanlaed. hut no the extortion are quietly dropped. The York have paid a visit to the king of
adequate steps have been taken to create inference is mat someone in authority Anyssinia ana were coram uy receivea.
forests or build reservoirs. We talk but divides the velvet with the agent. It is Menelk seems to have a great liking for
we do not act. The way to prevent floods not generally known that waiters must Americans and few visit his realm without
Is to begin at once the work of tree-planting also tip the kitchen employes to insure the a pressing invitation to partake of his
nospitaiuy.
The. death mask of President William
McKlnley, taken some few days after his
death by Prof. William II. Holmes of the
Bureau of Ethnology, has been placed on
xhibltion In the National Museum, oc-
Grlef has queer ways of testifying Its cupylng a conspicuous caso by Itself near
length breadth and depth, as the monuments I the main entrance.
VVOOaiawn Frank flohntiken nt VlnoennM Ind . hnlila
on a large scale.
MAKING WASTE PLACES FERTILE.
kind of service that produces a gratuity
from the castomer. Then they must tip
the omnibus, or apprentice waiter, to have
the dishes removed at the right moment
and for other details of auxiliary service
THE TOWN BAND.
railroad assessment case.
A cavalry corps of the Salvation army
la about to invade the mountain districts
of Kentucky, Tennessee and Virginia on
a campaign of salvation, where they ex
pect to recruit their ranks and achieve
much peaceful glory.
nings, as against 7(1 per cent of the ma
chine faction. In the face of these fig
ures the claims of the "Irreeoncllables"
will strike any rational mind as prepos
terous.
TBK BRITISH riSCAL PUL1CT.
Not only the United States, but every
country in the world, is intimately in-
The Bee has had much to say concerning terested-ln tho statement of the prime
lu pretended desire that the present state uiinlster of England In regard to the fis-
campalgn be fought "on a high plane." In . ,, . ,, - .. , ,. . .
- T.,. , Th. h ,...? cal policy of Great Britain. The state-
the signature of John Rush, attacking tho ment of Mr. Balfour in regard to his ,
Supply Inequal to the Demand.
Washington Post. '
Representative Littauer of army glove
fame proposes to make a fight for a vin
dication. He will have to tight for tt, as
the supply has been running pretty low
since the department scandals were un
earthed. .
Iselrss Ulaeasslon.
Chicago. Chronicle.
This revived dlHcussion respecting the
advisability of cutting the word "obey"
out of the marriage service is useless. In
the future as In the paBt women will
cheerfully promise obedience, but will majce
things interesting for the man who under
takes to enforce It.
opinion delivered by Chief Justice Sullivan j
In the "Bible case." So tar The Bee has
failed to print Judge Sullivan's opinion.
World-Herald.
The Bee does not keep supreme court
opinions Id cold storage. If the World-
views Is a matter of world-wide inter
est. The British nation has trude in
terests that extend to every quarter of
the earth. It is today beyond question
tho most powerful commercial nation.
Toachea the Top Rank.
New York Tribune.
The prosecution In the Whltaker Wright
case In London declared in court that
shareholders In three Wright companies
lost amounts equivalent to $25,000,000 in
American money. Should these statements
be proved by convincing evidence Wright
would rank with the Humberts of France
Herald or Jude Sullivan will furnish to the Unlted sttp- ia he rld-
a eonv of Judo Sullivan'. "Rlhl e.." ! TUe 6 Question with the statesmen
opinion The Bee will give It publicity.
General Kobbe, commanding the De
partment of Iakota, expresses the
opinion in his annual report that an
improvement in discipline would follow
a proper 'change In the regulations re
lating to army uniforms, which are fre
quently bartered for liquid refresh
ments or bric-a-brac In the neighbor
hood of army posts, wheu by rights
they should be the property of the
United States tho same as the arinsnd
accoutrements supplied the regulars.
There is a good deal more of truth than
jHetry in this observation.
It is to be deplored that Attorney Gen-
tral Trout has peremptorily refused to
allow other legal counsel to be asso
vlated with htm lu maintaining the posi
tlon of Lflnd Commissioner Folltner In
the Boyd county Und cases. Ills at
titude in this Instance is at variance
with that taken in the railroml assess
ment cases, when the attorneys f the
'railroads were permitted to appear as
friends of the court and mouth plecs of
th state, when. In fact, they apix-ared
In the interest of the corporations and.
against the state. In this tustuiic; Mr.
Fullmer is trying to protect the pttr".
mony of the state, and bis efforts should
have been seeouded by the attorney gen
ual Instead of being thwarted.
of the United Kingdom today is how
they can keep what they have -got and
by any possibility increase the power of
their Industrial and commercial condi
tions in the world.
That is a problem that has been wor
rying British statesmen for several
years and the solution of which Is be
ing urged byMr. Chamberlain and a
few other British statesmen, who pro
fess to see tlie necessity of departing
from the old policy in order to put the
British nation In accord with the gen
eral iMillcy of the leading nations of the
world In respect to their fiscal relations.
It is lu ac-ord with this that we have
today a declaration of the prime mln
ltcr of Great Britain, a man who. Is
confessedly a free trader, the statement
that he is in favor of a chauge in the
tisi-.il policy 'of 'Great Britain which will
mean an nbsolule departure from that
jMilicy thut litis for more than half a
eentury distinguished Englaud from
almost every other' country of the
world. ' What an extraordinary com
metitary this is upon the position of
those who are urging free trade as an
American policy. For more than hnlf
a' century England has had free trade
ami yet today her foremost statesman
sn.vs It is a failure and that to continue
It means disaster to the industrial and
commercial inferests of the United
Kingdom. Think of the answer this
Lesson Worth the Cost.
Baltimore American.
The tremendous denjund for return pass
age at the various Kuropean ports shows
that Americans, -eager as they were to go
abroad, are far nSire anxious to get back
to the only country worth living in. It
lias cost them much money to learn this,
but, after alt, the lesson la probably worth
what it has cost.
Eastern and Western Roads.
Hartford Courant.
The choicest rolling stock on the western
roads surpasses any In the east, and the
average out there is far ahead of the
average here. The passenger rides In more
comfort there than here, but It costs him
more money per mile. Practically all the
roads are single tracked, and It la amasing
how close to time trains can be run under
such hampering conditions.
Competition Versas Combination.
Philadelphia Record.
Competition !a the life of trade, accord
Ing to a venerable maxim, but the monop
olies say that It Is the death of traders,
This proposition has not been proved. It
Is doubtful If competition lias driven as
many concerns out of buainesa as have
combinations In their efforts to establish
monopolies. The public bus no reason to
look ou the suppression of competition
without: concern and If it Cannot prevent
unreasonable exactions by direct legisla
tion, which Is difficult of application,
may very wisely Insist on preserving
enough competition to protect its own In
tereats.
PosteMces as Spoils.
Indianapolis Journal (rep.)
Postmaster Oenerul Payne's explanation
of the removal of Mist Todd, a fourth
clam postmistress lu pelaware, calls the
attention of the public sharply to the fact
that the fourth-class postofflca is no thin
more nor less than spoils for members of
Stewart H. Simpson of Oil City, Pa., one
of the most prominent oil producers In that
section, entered suit at Franklin, Pa.,
I against the Pennsylvania railroad for $100,-
000 for the loss of his vision. He alleges
that he was so badly hurt In a wreck on
the Buffalo & Allegheny division, near
Siverly, last March that he will never see
I again.
Miss Julia Rlchman of New Tork City has
Storage Reservoirs Planned I'nder the
Irrigation Act.
Portland Oreonlan.
The United States Geological survey is I In any large cemetery attest
working Bteadily upon preliminary plans for cemetery. In The Bronx, has many and the record of the country as an Inventor
irrigation In states and territories where striking proofs of thej fact, but none more and patentee. He has designed no less than
mere are arm ouiu sections mm may do sirmmg man me memorial recently ereciea 6 024 instruments of various kinds, obtain
rcciaimeu iu agriculture unuer me new na- Dy me over me nave oi ueorge I lng patenta upon all of them. None of his
tlonal law. These surveying parties have Bchlosser, once a prosperous butcher of the i,i. wver h,. hrnnht him for.
had a busy seasort. and many of them will vlnclnlty of One Hundred and Eighty-seventh , though ho lB drawing a small Income
continue in tne neia until snow nies, or as 1 street ana xroepect avenue, ino monument I from some of them.
long as tney can ao enecuve work. The I is omy auuut luur ieei mgn ana is a plain
law sets aside the proceeds of the sales ot I block of granite bearing the family name
public lands In the regions covered for gen-1 In large, letters, supporting the sculptured
eral Irrigation work. I'p to the close of fhel figure of an ox. Many critics say the ox
last fiscal year the money thus set aside I seems to smile, as though saylpg
for this work amounted to about $15,000,000. "George was on top In life and slew many
The annual receipts showed a steady In- of us, but in death are we triumphant.'
crease. , The total for 1901 was $3,141,861, for It Is said that Mrs. Bchlosser paid $2,500
1902 It was $4,565,518 and for the year ending for the memorial and that the expenditure
June SO, 1903. it was equal to the proceeds of has left her but meager support for her
tha two former veara Tho atatea anri rri- I self and children. Bhe feels, however, that
torles entitled to irrigation money from the she has done her duty and la pleased with been appointed district superintendent of
sates nf their own iHnda aenarateiv ar ah. the result. She has not been heard to schools In that city, she being the- first
nna California rv.inradn T.iahn v.na.. criticise the expression of countenance worn woman to be selected for such a position.
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Montana. Nebraska, Nevada, New Mexico, bV nurf' ml" " " "auc-
North Dakota. Utah. Washington and Wyo- V tlon"1 work for nMry twen,y y"r P"1
mln Tha r.nnrt la intr.aHn o Without solid food for seventeen days, and is recognised aa one of the most ca-
touches upon reservoirs, dams, arterlan Stephen Playated, a muscular machinist. Pable Instructors In the publlo schools of
possibilities and the undertow of large "as managed to put in a hard day's work tne eastern metropolis
treams whose beds are dry in summer every tweniy-iour nours aunng the entire William M. Bunn, ex-governor or Idaho,
The government, after careful considers- I Perloa witnoui reeling unauiy urea when nnancler, politician, sometime candidate for
tlon of the Irrigation problem and Its possl- nI"nl come" fisysiea, wno is bb years old, mayor and promoter or "tne city beautiful"
bllitles, decided last year to build what arefana "vf at 1875 Mrtle avenue, Brooklyn, Idea, Is again In the hands of his friends
known' as the Sweetwater dam and th ftr ha started out with the avowed purpose at Philadelphia and If they have their way
Mary system of canals In Montana the I OI denonBlral,nB' tne trutn or his theory I he will be made proinonotary or tha Penn
Gunnlson tunnel Irrigation works In Colo. that "atlng Is merely a matter of habit" sylvanla supreme court, filling the vacancy
His omy aiet nas oeen tnree pints or water I rausea Dy trie aeatn. seevrai monins ago,
taken at the regular meal hours during the I of Colonel Charles 8. Greene.
last seventeen days, but notwithstanding
this his health has not suffered In the least
All of his friends declare that he seems to
be In as good condition physically as when
he began his fast. Playated is an athlete
with a well-proportioned frame and finely
developed muscles, and Is about five feet
eight Inches tall, and weighs about 160
pounds. The Idea of fasting occurred to
him some time ago after training for a
boxing match. At that time he fasted three
weeks, and as no injurious results came
from It, decided to make a test to see how
long he could abstain from eating without
It interfering with his strength. He has so
Idea that he can go sixty days.
rado, the Truckee system in Nevada and
the Salt river dam In Arlsona. The aggre
gate cost of these five enterprises is esti
mated at $10,000,000. Arid lands In the
regions where these works are to be under
taken are now practically valueless, except
for grazing, and for that purpose will not
bring $1 an acre. Tha great Increase In
value of these lands through Irrigation la
predicated upon the fact that land In the
same localities that is supplied with water
sells now for $50 an acre and upward.
On an average an acre of IrrigaU-d land
wilt support one person. In the United
States there are 600.000.000 acres of vacant
land, one-half of which Is suitable only for
grazing. Knough water runs to waste In
these arid and semi-arid regions every year
to Irrigate 75,000,000 acres. It la clear that
a matter so extensive must be dealt with
systematically and that Its preliminary
steps must be carefully taken. The five
projects above noted rest upon former In
vestigations and engineering reports, so
that no risks are Involved. The lands In
cluded In the tracts In which these opera
tions have been decided upon have been
withdrawn from settlement, to be reopened
again when water can be applied to them
for agricultural purposes.
Secretary Hitchcock at the beginning of
last year Indicated the part that the na
tional government proposed to take In
Irrigation as follows: "Water should be
brought to the point where the settlers
can, with their own labor, or by co-operation,
construct ditches and laterals to re
claim the desert land. With the require
ments of actual settlement and cultivation.
to be followed by the payment of the cost
of storing water, the speculative element
will be eliminated, leaving the ground free
to bona fide settlers." This policy may be
W. t. Nesblt, In Chicago Trtbuue.)
I want to say there waa a time when this
town had a band
That didn't take It s hats off to no other In
the land.
Them was the times when music of the fin
est kind was made
The times we had the cornet band, and
Charley Hunter played.
, . ., ,, ,..,if
Of course, there was soma others thai was
some shakes on the play
Why, Curly Brown, the drummer, Was the
finest of his day;
And Minor Stephen, he could take his alto
horn and make
Tou feel so soleralike, until you halt begun
to shake.
But Charley Hunter! When he'd lift his old
E-fiat cornet.
And sort o' pat It with his hands, and get
his mustache sett
When he would lift that little hom, and
put It to his mouth.
And playl I've heard of mocking birds that
warbles In the south.
But. Charley Hunter, he could make them
birds go hang their head
He wasn't playing music, he was Uvin' it,
Insteadl
He had a lot of medals from the places he
had gone
And when he played you wanted to go pin
another on.
I'd like to hear that old bond now, a
sweetsnln' tlie air
With "Come" on all the horns "to where
the lilies bloom so fair,"
Or "John Brown's Body" like to hear that
rlngln' from afar
The old band and the banners and tha post
of O. A. R.,
With Charley Hunter playln' till the drum
mer hushed his " boom"
And the music was a garden with the flow
ers all In bloom i
Nobody knows where Charley Is; but if he's
livln' yet
Somebody somewhere's Ustenln' to that E-
flat cornet.
I reckon, when t wander where the pearly
gates appear, ,
Til ask shout the music then: "Ia Charley
Hunter heref"
llutcson's
Chatty Talk!
Many a man Is a critic because he likes
to be contrary. Tou can go contrary to
the wishes of your friends and neighbors,
and sometimes get the best of them, but
go contrary to the dictates of NATURE,
and you always get the worst of It there
fore, CARH IX)R YOUR KYES. The eye
has been our life's study,
HUTESON OPTICAL CO.,
20J Saatb Ittb Street, - Paitoa Neck
From the Demand
The New Yorker who turns an ear toward
Bandy Hook occasionally hears a deep
boom, like the sound of a house falling
down. It is an echo from the severe tests
being made by the government of the tea
Inch wire gun, out of which 100 shots are
to be fired before a decision Is reached.
The figure stands in the twenties at pres
ent. In each round 134 pounds of powder
is used, of which 35 per cent Is nitro
glycerin. The weight of the projectile last
fired was 675 pounds. In its initial velocity
2,500 feet per second and the pressure
17.600 pounds per square Inch.
Hereafter we will see only giants on the
"Broadway Squad." The police commis
sioner has assigned six men, all of whom
are over six feet two Inches, and he says
that the biggest and cleanest men will be
favored In the future. The Broadway
policeman has always been the pride of
New York. He makes a specialty of pleas
Ing the many women shoppers along that
aald to have heen fairly Inaugurated and thoroughfare. He helps them off the cars,
Its continuation cannot fail In time to be escorts them to the curb and does all those
of Immense value In making, fertile the I things which snouia be Cone by a cftlval
w aste olacea of the continent. I roue o nicer.
WW
we have had the last three days the Brown
ing, King & Ca kind of overcoat must have
caught the public fancy. That they are the best to be had
for the money has been a positve fact and they are surely
taking such a lead in popular favor that we fee! called upon
to caut oi those who have an overcoat purchase to make
his ss as an to not postpone it.
If they would like to find the widest scope
of selection Our entire lines are complete
eo4 the selecting now Is a pleasure.
Price, quality, style and patterns considered you will never
have a better chance than now to choose what you . want
from among the finest lot of Overcoats you ever saw and
we are ready to prove to your entire satisfaction what we
say That the Best Ready-Made Clothing Bears this
Trade Mark.
groWning-Kins
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R. S. Wilcox. Manager.