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This should bo a good season for re
rival of "The iMlkado."
Terhaps Mr. Dowle rousons that it
doesn't matter how uinny Zlnns there
are, so long aa they all worship their
creator.
Ex-Governor Hill hits already revised
the slogan for 11KM by making it "Great
is Tammany! And Murphy la its
prophet"
Mr. Olney's eulogy of Mr. Cleveland
puts him hors dc eoncours for the votes
of the Nebraska delegation in the demo
cratic national convention.
Only one new member of the county
board this year. The reorganization will
be completed, however, the next time
the Toters get their chance.
If their resources were only equal to
their public spirit, Omaha's progressive
business men would push the band
wagon along at a still faster rate.
Entries In the race for republican
nominations for state ofllces are begin
ning to be registered. There will be a
full field by the time the gong is
sounded.
Ten times as much revenue in the
police court in 1903 as in 181H). The
change in the police Judgeship was evi
dently a paying transaction for Omaha
taxpayers.
The plan to make the Iroquois theater
into a memorial church will have the
approval of at least those persons who
would rather see a church than a thea
ter anywhere.
Mr. Gorman asks the senate to request
of President Roosevelt the papers and
records incidental to "Intervention" in
the Isthmian troubles. The senator's
motives are, of course, wholly disinter
ested. It Is intimated thut our revenue luw
has not yet completed its ordeal of tire.
Some of the litigation brought under it
before long will bo to enforce provisions
which tax shirkers are disposed to
vade.
How lucky the legislature was not In
session at the time the Iowa state house
caught fire fanned by the breeze of
Windy oratory, there would be no tell
ing what damage the tinmen might not
have done.
Trince Cupid," Hawaii's delegate to
congress, when arrested for fighting, in
sisted upon release as a right of a mem
ber of the national legislative body. Ev
idently the prince has Ik'pii reading the
history of the Tillman family.
. The official information has been con
veyed of the death of the empress
dowager of Corea, but neither the
Japanese nor the Russians are evincing
any disposition to utilize the mourning
period as an occasion for a truce.
Congressman , Do Ariuoud must have
made a hot foot to get from the Jack
son lan feast here on New Year's night
to the Tammany blowout for McClcllan
in New York three days later. The
step from the Jacksonlans to Tammany,
however, is not far.
"The lesser towus of Iowa are clamor
ing promptly for the state capltol
through their local newspaper corres
pondents. A change in cttpitol location
is about as probable iu Iowa as a change
la political complexion, and everyl-ixly
knows bow probable that is.
Ohio republicans have confessedly
tailed their state convention to select
national delegates for the last possible
day in the hope thit something may
turn up to their advantage, Ohio was
never known to Insulate itself to pre
vent political lightning striking lu that
vicinity.
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IfO OCCAtlOX FOB DISTRESS.
Democratic organs in all parts and the
demo-pop organs in these parts appear
to be very imich exercised over the
alleged declaration of Terry S. Heath
t tin t President McKInley had expressed
to lilui n desire to have Mamis A.
Iltuina as his successor In the White
House. There Is really nothing start
ling in thut revelation. It was perfectly
natural and eminently proper for the
late president to express such a prefer
ence. Marcus A. Hanna was his most
Intimate personal friend and his largest
political creditor, but the expression of
preference on the part of Mr. McKInley
Imposed no obligation on the American
people, or on the republican party.
Ours is not a hereditary republic. The
divine right of kings to name their suc
cessors Is not one of the prerogatives
of our presidents. No president, from
Washington to McKInley, has ever been
allowed to name his successor. George
Washington would probably have pre
ferred "some one else than John Adams
as his successor. General Grant would
have preferred Koscoe Conkllng to
Hutherford B. Hayes, had he been
privileged to name his successor. It
Is fairly known to all men that Grover
Cleveland did not want William Jen
nings Bryan as his successor, but sliver
crazed democracy overruled Cleveland.
Under our form of government the
people have more to say on that score
than the man on the throne. The pref
erences of presidents have no greater
binding force than the preferences of
the humblest citizen. There Is no good
reason why Mr. Heath's statement
should be discredited, but the fact that
'. 1 II in m McKInley, had he lived to serve
out his full term, would have been
highly gratified to see Senator Hanna
inducted into the office which heswas
to have vacated on March' 4, 10or,
should not bar Theodore Uoosevelt from
aspiring to a popular endorsement of
Ills course while tilling McKlnley's un
expired term.
At all events, It seems passing strange
that the democratic press and demo
cratic leaders who maligned, vilified
and accused William McKInley of all
the crimes in the calendar while he was
president, should exhibit such distress
ing solicitude lest the republican party
should not carry out his expressed pref
erence for an heir presumptive.
FRIENDSHIP FOR J A FA If.
There is said to be some feeling of re
sentment in Russia toward this country
because of our friendship and sympathy
for Japan. It is the most natural thing
in the world that Americans should en
tertain such sentiments regarding the
Island kingdom, since the United States
has been so largely instrumental in rais
ing Japan to the position she occupies
among the nations. It was this country
which first acquainted the Japanese
with western civilization and pointed
them the way to the great material prog
ress they have achieved during the last
half a century. The expedition of Com
modore Terry to that land gave it a new
light and an inspiration .that has had
wonderful results and ever since Japan
and the United States have been on the
most friendly relations, to their mutual
advantage.
But there is ample reason for Ameri
can sympathy with Japan in the fact
that she is in the right in the contro
versy with Russia. Her contention Is
in the interest of tho world's commerce
and of civilization. She Is courageously
standing against Russian aggression and
rapacity not wholly for her own welfare,
but for that of all the nations that have
lights and interests in China and are op
posed to the spoliation and dismember
ment of that empire. American sympa
thy for Japan, which is general and
strong, Is based upon the soundest rea
sons and cannot be affected by Russian
resentment
DEMOCRATIC HARMON F EFFORTS.
The efforts of democrats to harmon
ize and place the party on a solid fight
ing basis for this year's campaign are
characterized by Interesting and instruc
tive features. The reactionary ten
dency of the party in recent years the
country is familiar with. In 181X5 it
sought to revolutionize the monetary
system of the country and four years
later it demanded that the nation
should recede from the position it had
taken as the result of the war with
Spain, at the same time adhering to its
platform declarations of the preceding
presidential campaign. Overwhelmingly
defeated in both contests, the democracy
has since been considering how the con
filctlng factions of the party can be
brought together and made to agree on
a candidate and platform for 19M.
Within about six months the demo
cratic national convention will be held
and there is not at this time any posi
tive indication as to who will W the
standard-bearer of the party In the cam
paign or what will be the character of
the platform. A number of men are be
ing talked of as possible candidates, but
none of them commands a very strong
following or represents principles upon
which the party can harmonize. Mr.
Cleveland, in spite of his explicit state
ment that he would not be a candidate,
is still being talked of by some demo
crats as the most available mau to again
lead his party. Mr. Olney is being urged
by the democrats of Massachusetts as
one who would prove very Btrong lu
New England and in some of the doubt
ful states,. Judge Tarker of New York
has a considerable ixxly of admirers
who confidently believe that he would
prove a successful leader. Senator Gor
man has earnest friends and there are
some democrats who think that Judge
Gray would le a strong candidate. But
It la by uo means certain that any one
of these could unite and harmonize the
Iarty.
In regard to the platform an even
greater difficulty than that of selecting
a candidate confronts the democracy.
This is quite clearly shown in what was
said by the principal speakers at the
dinner 1a New, Xtrk Monday night Mr.
Olney and David B. Hill outlined what
each thought should be the democratic
platform for 1!XM. There are some
quite important differences in their
views. For a simple noteworthy ex
ample, Mr. Olney said nothing about
the currency, while Mr. Hill, obviously
with the Intention of catching the ear
of the sllverites, suggested that there
might be a plunk In the platform simply
declaring in favor of International bi
metallism, a policy long since, shown to
1k utterly impracticable. There Is not
a little In the utterances of both of
these prominent democrats that Is dis
tinctly demagogic', but. David B. Hill
goes much farther in this direction than
the representative of Massachusetts de
mocracy, who had the good sense to say
that the democratic party "will of course
bow to the logic of accomplished facts,"
a statement which the members of that
party In the United States senate as
well as In the country at large would do
well to give attention to.
We are unable to see that the demo
cratic party has made any substantial
progress toward harmony. The men
who have been endeavoring to reorgan
ize the party and rid it of the spirit
which took possession of it eight years
ago perhaps believe that success is as
sured, but there is little in evidence to
warrant such confidence. The leaders
of democracy in the last two national
campaigns are yet to be heard from.
THERM IS AO St'Cfl SMEROBSCT.
There is a well-defined rumor that a
resolution Is to be sprung and rushed
through tho council declaring with a
Whereas" that an emergency has
arisen that Justifies and impels that body
to summarily dispense with the serv
ices of the acting city electrician and
to substitute In his place a man who Is
highly rec mmended for this service by
the manager of the Omaha Electric
Lighting company.
If such a scheme is really con
templated it is altogether too trans
parent to deceive anybody. The office
of city electrician Is created by tho
charter and the appointment of tho city
electrician is vested by the charter in
the mayor, subject to confirmation by
the council, and conditioned upon spe
cific qualifications named in the charter,
In vesting the appointment of the city
electrician exclusively in tho mayor and
subjecting his appointees to ratification
by the council, the charter distinctly
draws the line between the powers of
the mayor and the council. The mayor
appoints and the council is privileged
to approve or, reject, but the council
has no right to usurp the appointing
power under pretext of emergency.
The manifest object of ousting the
acting electrician, who is fully as
competent as the man selected by the
manager of the electric lighting company,
is to fill the position of city electrician
for an indefinite period in defiance of
the plain letter and spirit of the char
ter. If the council can fill a vacancy
by naming an officer in a resolution
that does not require the approval of the
mayor, it can practically exercise the
appointing power and dispense alto
gether with even a suggestion from the
mayor. All the council would have to
do would be to declare an emergency,
Install a temporary officer by resolution
and hold him in the place by rejecting
every appointee the mayor might sub
mit and leave Its own appointee in
the position during tho unexpired term
of the mayor. If tho precedent for
such a usurpation Is once established,
the council can declare an emergency
every time an appointive office becomes
vacant and dictate the appointment of
Its own choice by rejecting every ap
pointment submitted by the mayor.
Such powers have never yet beeu con
ferred upon a legislative body and we
can conceive no emergency that would
Justify their exercise. The mere fact
that an imperative demand for strict
inspection of, electric wiring has sug
gested itself by the Chicago Are does
not necessarily mean that an emer
gency exists that would Justify the
council in assuming the appointing
power, vested exclusively In the
mayor, especially when, as In this in
stance, the Initiative comes from a pub
lic utility corporation that wants to
control the city electrician.
The fact that the Filipinos regret the
transfer of Judge Taft from the head
ship of their government augurs well
for the kind of government we have
been giving them under him. The very
Idea of fetelng a departing governor dur
ing the late Spanish era would have been
a novelty to the Filipinos, with whom
government at that time was synonym
ous with oppression, and the only senti
ment aroused by each change In ad
ministration was that of Joy at the
thought that the new could not be worse
than the old.
The congressmen referred to In the
Bristow report as having secured spe
cial favors from the Tostofflce depart
ment through Beavers, the discredited
salary allowance chief, might Just as
well stand up and be counted volun
tarily without waiting to be smoked
out by the democratic inquisition. It is
Just possible, though, that a few demo
crats, willing to take republican pie, are
also in the number.
Where does the deputy state labor
commissioner get bis authority for step
ping in with orders or advice to the
theaters with respect to asbestos or
steel curtains? The luw gives him cer
tain Jurisdiction over the question of
outside fire escapes, but he has no right
to go Inside the theaters that duty de
volves upon the local authorities, who
ought to be competent to attend to it.
Whatever the mayor and couucil de
cide to do to provide for the collection
and removal of garbage and refuse, now
that the old garbage contract has ex
pired, they should impose conditions
that will make sure of improvement
over what we have had. The health
Land cleanliness of the community should
have consideration over the profits of
the garbage men.
The Lincoln Journal Intimates that
some one In Omaha has beeu trying to
organize a club to prevent the selection
of a Konaovelt delegation from Nebraska
to the Chicago convention. We some
times have to go away from home to
hear the news, but If so, In this In
stance, it Is noticeable that the nntls are
not succeeding very fast.
I nneressary Labor.
Incllnnapnlls News.
Just why General Weylor should tafc
the trouble to write a book to explain why
be did not invade this country Is pretty
hard to understand, but the reason Is per
fectly clear to everybody who has given the
matter a thought.
Significant t'hanare of Time,
Philadelphia ledger.
When we tonic the Philippines how
sweetly the English newspapers sang in
unison with our triumphal march; when
we stole Pannmn how sour vlsaged they
became. At the time of the Philippine
venture the English were doing a little
stealing on their own account In South
Africa and needed to be kept In counte
nance. flanner Year for Commerce.
Baltimore American.
The Department of Commerce and Labor
shows by figures that this has been a ban
ner year for commerce. There certainly
should be a department of depression to
gather what statistics might be hunted up
for the relief of the calamity howlers, who
have little In the way of pesslmestlc re
turns, showing how fast the country Is go
ing to the dogs, to cheer them up.
Peace Policy Put to the Test.
Philadelphia Record.
If the Czar Nicholas be an autocrat with
tho pacltlc deposition that Is almost uni
versally attributed to him, now Is the time
for him to show It. All his benevolent ef
forts in behalf of international ' disarma
ment and arbitration are little compared
with what he could accomplish by stopping
the war with Japan. There Is a pretty well
authenticated tradition, however, that while
the czar reigns, his ministers govern.
A KIOO.OOO nallroad President.
New York World.
The salary of 1100,000 credited by popular
report to tho Rock Island's new president,
Mr. I.otce, Is likely to excite remark as
munificent even for services now more
generously remunerated than ever before.
Tho general officers of all the railroads In
the United States were paid S13.090.2i4 last
year, as against 112,497,957 In 189ti. Less
than $1,000,000 Increase, taking Into consid
eration tho number of additional officials
provided for by the wider extension of rail
roads In the country and the creation of
new systems is not large. The Inference is
a fair one that the salaries of the higher
officers of the roads do not show an in
crease of more than 6 per cent. Meantime
the aggregate of railway salaries and wages
for all employes has increased from tiK,-
824,631 to $G76,02S,592. The mere distribution
of these wages economically, apart from
the efficient management of the tremendous
total of income and expenditure of the com
bined roads, may seem to call for talent
Justifying the payment of a large individual
salary to the man at the top. In the Rock
Island's operating expenses of 19,615,000
there are opportunities for economy of ad
ministration which could make even a 1100.-
000 president well worth his price.
hestohTio the oi.n ci'stom.
"
Vice Presidency a Stepping: Stone to
the Presidency In Early Times.
Leslie's Weekly.
Tyler, Fillmore, 1 Johnson and Arthur,
vice presidents who went to tho presidency
through the death of their chiefs, failed
to reach the latter office subsequently by
elation. Recause of this failure some
of the prophets are saying that Colonel
Roosevelt, who gained the presidency tn
the same way, will likewise fall. Those
ingenious persons are Ignorant of, or over
look, the differences in the conditions in
tho present instance from those of the
other cases.
In the present Instance the situation is
diametrically different in every respect.
Colonel Roosevelt has been in complete
harmony with his party from the begin
ning. Tho distinctively McKInley men are
as devoted at this moment to his fortunes
as are those who did not fall into this
classification. His nomination for vice
president in 1900 was not given him as a
concession to any particular element, or
at the demand of any party boss, but as
a tribute to his own personal worth. The
west declared for him spontaneously and
enthusiastically in the convention. It was
the west's determination that he must
serve in any cose which overcame his op
position to accepting the vice presidency
and gave him a unanimous vote. His
narao aroused as much enthusiasm in the
cenventlon as that of McKInley. If Me
Kinley had not been the candidate in 1900
Roosevelt would have headed the ticket.
In the early days of the government the
rule was that the vice president should
succeed to the presidency by election. John
Adams did this. So did Jefferson. So did
Van Buren, though many years later than
Jefferson. Roosevelt's election In 1904 will
restore the old custom in which the vice
presidency was the stepping stone to the
presidency.
DRAWIG THE IX) 5 O IIlAV.
Mild Daah of Gaiety Where Grief
Returns.
Chicago Record-Herald.
The attention of those doleful pessimists
who claim that society Is going to the bow
wows because, there are so few marriages
Is called to the efforts of the state of Ne
braska to suppress an epidemic of matri
mony among the teachers in the public
schools. '
Never were teachers so scarce and never
were marriages so numerous among them
as in Nebraska. Singularly enough, tha
young men of Nebraska have suddenly de
cided to be satisfied with nothing but
schoolma'ams for wives and they are de
termined to have them for Christmas gifts.
They are not willing to wait until the
teachers' contracts with school boards have
expired. They regard the connubial con
tract aa much more important and mors
binding than contracts with school au
thorltles. And the interesting feature of
the situation which complicates the trouble
for the school trustees is the fact that the
schoolma'ams are in happy accord with
take anxious swains upon these proposi
Uons.
The situation has grown so desperate
that the attorney general has been urged
to start Injunction or mandamus proceed
ings to enforce teachers' contracts. Teach
ers will be enjoined from getting married
until tbs end of the school term, which
conies in May or June, according to tbs lo
cality. It is the state court against the court of
Hymen. It will be interesting to see which
comes out on top. In the meantime the
education of the youth of Nebraska is In
the balance. The occasion is opportune
for congratulating the stats upon these
manifold evidences of prosperity, in spite
of the plight of the schools, and for con
gratulating the young men upon their good
Judgment and pluck In making a scramble
for ths school ma'ams.
ARMY GOSSIP 151 WAlllGTO.
Trend of Affairs Gleaned from the
Army nnd Knvy Register.
A general order Is in course of prepara
tion In the War department prescribing
the system by which will be established
reserve list of militiamen regarded as
eligible to appointment as commissioned
officers of an auxiliary military force In
time of trouble. The order was prepared
by the general staff and represents two
drafts of a method of examination, the first
being regarded as too severe In Its re
quirements. The system Is devised in ac
cordance with the provisions of section 13
of the military law and when it goes
Into effect will provide a list of officers
available for duty in a volunteer force.
The general staff has continued its dis
cussion of the establishment of a distin
guished service class In the army, and
various propositions have been presented
with the Idea of providing a means of
reward for certain officers, which system
shall not be at the same time a punish
ment to other officers. There Is a senti
ment In favor of stipulating that no ofllcer
shall be admitted to the distinguished ser
vice class save for unusual gallantry on
the firing line or In the field during a cam
paign. It has also been suggested that
officers of the distinguished service class
shall be regarded as on a preference list
whenever an especially attractive billet
Is to be filled, or when appointments are
to be made to the grade of general officers.
The vegetable and mineral kingdoms have
contributed to the fighting machinery of
man and It is only a step to the employ
ment of the animal kingdom to the same
end. The army board of ordnance and
fortification has had before it such an In
teresting proposition, at least, and has
treated it, as is customary in all cases,
with seriousness and courtesy, although
the experts were compelled to report that
tho plan did not possess sufficient merit
to warrant the expenditure of public funds
In that direction. At the recent session of
the board an elaborate plan was presented,
contemplating the use of largo fish, prefer
ably sharks. In the propulsion of torpedoes.
It was proposed to Imprison the shark In
a tubo In the rear end of these projectiles
and control and direct the shark In its
movements by the active application of
wireless telegraphy. Whenever tho shark
became obstinate, or desired to go off on
its own account. It was to receive a
shock and in this way be kept on Its course
until the deadly missile had reached Its
target. From the same ingenious source
came the proposition that war balloons
could be guided by large and powerful
birds harnessed to the aerial vehicles, and
also directed In this or that course by the
principle of wireless telegraphy. The bal
loons were to carry torpedoes or bombs
or other devastating projectiles which could
be dropped at the right time, also by the
use of wireless telegraphy. As has been
stated, both propositions were regarded as
presenting too many difficulties to be of
practical service at present.
Secretary Root has transmitted to con
gress the clulms of a man In Bellevua,
Neb., for Injuries to his horse which army
officers admit was Injured during the vol
ley firing of Company M, Tenth infantry,
at Fort Crook, Neb., and & board of offi
cers convened at that post reported on the
damage and recommended that the owner
be reimbursed $60, or $30 less than the
amount claimed.
The reports received from tho army in
spectors general all over the country con
tain a striking unanimity of view respect
ing the need of a military prison. Tho
army has no such institution except in tho
Inadequate prison at Alcatras Island, in
San Francisco bay. Tills dues not begin
to accommodate all the prisoners of the
military establishment and the result at
nearly every post is an overcrowding of
the guardhouse Some time ago the mili
tary prison at Fort Leavenworth was
turned over to the civil authorities, who
are now about to vacate the property and
move to more commodious structures on
the Leavenworth reservation further re
moved from the army garrison. The rec
ommendation has been made that the old
prison revert to the military authorities
at least until some better provision can be
made for caring for the prisoners. This
would relieve the situation at the poet
guardhouses, where the condition causes
more or less apprehension on account of
the Influence military prisoners have on
the new arrivals.
Another comment which Is found In - the
reports of Inspection of army posts Is the
6rltlc1sm of the general mess system, and
the more the officers see of this method of
living and the more they hear of It the
less there is to commend it. It la only a
question of time when every post where the
general mess exists will return to the com
pany mess system. Indeed, arrangements
are being made now for this change. The
experiment has proven a flat failure and
no one stands as its advocate and defender.
In days of the company mess, and as the
company mess exists today, there was and
Is general contentment with the table.
There Is a spirit of rivalry and a great
deal of pride In table decorations with such
features aa special china and silverware
and with extra grade tablecloths and nap
kins for the gala occasions. All this is
Impracticable and Impossible in the general
mess, where everything Is done by whole
sale and where the food gets nothing of
the special preparation of the company
mess. The provisions are manufactured in
vast bulk and this does not add to the at
tractiveness of the table.
It is probable some effort will be made
by the army authorities to amend the law
so as to permit the counting of time as
double for soldiers and marines serving In
Alaska and Guam. It is believed that the
best way to effect this would be to have it
submitted as an amendment to the army
appropriation bill. Official reports from
officers in Alaska contain favorable refer
ence to such a project, mainly on the
ground that the soldiers on duty in the
territory suffer privations, discomforts and
perils Incident to the severity of the c'l
mate. Added to this fact the cost of liv
ing Is high in Alaska, and by ontrast th
worklngman In the territory receives as a
daily wage more money than the soldier
has as his monthly pay. Under such con
dltions it Is naturally difficult to promote
contentment among the soldiers. General
Qreely in his hearings before the house
military committee spoke with much
warmth of the suffering endured by signal
corps men in Alaska and has pointed out
that something must be done to make
Alaskan service less of a positive hard
rhlp and menace to the soldier who is now
Injured physically and mentally ty duty in
Alaska. There have been developed several
cases of Insanity among enlisted men of
the territory and It is all traceable to the
isolation and the hardships of the climate
A Bay State r'rost.
Minneapolis Times.
If our Massachusetts friends want the
wounds of 18D6 to heal they will stop shout
ing for Olney. If there is a man on earth
for whom the democrats of the west have
less love than for Cleveland that man Is
Olney. And he is not a bad fellow, either.
Locking- tho Stable Door.
Detroit Free Press.
Mayor Harrison has closed all theaters
In Chicago for failure to comply with the
Ihw. Chicago is great city for locking
tha stable door after the hors has teen
4stolo,
Ask Yoir
NONE i BETTER MADE
PERSON Ab ROTES.
California figures that It will be able to
support 20,000,000 people when the year 2000
rolls around.
Joseph Frtedenwald of Baltimore pur
chased a beautiful cane made of tortoise
shell during a recent trip to Europe and
presented it to Cardinal Ulbbons.
John Hazeltlne, known throughout central
New York as a philanthropist, has an
nounced plans to take a colony of 1,800
Syracuse people to Montana for the pur
pose of establishing a town.
Paul W. Bartlett's herolo statue of Gen
eral Joseph Warren Is being exhibited in
New York and sculptors of that city pro
nounce It one of Rartlott's best works and
a strong end attractive statue full of
character.
Dr. W. Seward Webb will throw open
his park to the public. It is located near
L'tlca, N. Y., and contains 8,000 acres of for
ests and lakes, and is well stocked with
moose, elk, caribou, black-tailed deer,
English stags and other game.
The bench and bar of Jefferson eounty,
Kentucky, which Includes Louisville, pre
sented a sliver laving cup to Judge Sterling
R. Toney, on his retlrem- nt on January 1
from the bench of the circuit court, after
seventeen years' service. The cup is fif
teen Inches high and weighs 400 ounces.
The French minister of war. General
Andre, is one of the best abused men In
France because of his recently announced
purpose to promote equality In the ranks
of the army. To further this object he
has recently abolished the custom of
"presenting arms" as a mark of respect.
William Durant, treasurer of the Boston
Transcript company and for seventy years
a faithful employe and guiding spirit of
that corporation, died last, week in his
SSth year. Mr. Durant was born in Bos
ton, studied law for a short time and in
February, 1834, became a clerk in the
Transcript office.
Secretary Hay has In his possession the
Panama flag in which was wrapped Pan
ama's treaty with the United States on Its
trip from Washington to the isthmus and
back again. The flag was presented to
him by Minister Bunau-Varilla, who h'.m
self kept the American flag which was also
wrapped about the treaty.
A recent letter from Abyssinia describes
King Menelek as a man of about 60 years
of age, dark In complexion, his face
marked with small pox and his chin cov
ered with a slight gray be-.rd. He has a
keen, thoughtful fane, brilliant dark eyes
and through an interpreter converses in
telligently with his guests.
A great number of offers of marriage have
been received by Miss Lillian Bennett,
the young English girl who came to Amer
ica to marry Ambrose Good, who was killed
in a railroad wreck at Dawson, Pa. She
is now living with Good's brother in Mc
Keesport. Miss Bennett has also received
offers of money, theatrical engagements
and positions by the score.
The women of the Northwestern states
are trying to raise money to erect a statue
to Bacajawea, the Indian woman who acted
as a guide to the Lewis and Clark ex
pedition in 1804. The memorial la to have
a temporary place In the Lewis ana tiarK
Centennial, in Portland. Ore., and after
ward to be permanently erected in that
city. The statue is to be of bronie, heroic
in size, and to cost 17,000.
As Good as a Gift
Every suit, coat and vest, overcoat and ulster, for MEN,
left from our big 50 per cent discount sale, will be old Wed
nesday morning at
$5.00
About the price of some of the linings especially o of
black clay worsteds, Prince Alberts and cutaways. Hut
sizes are broken. They have to go. First foiiic 'iit
served.
All $1.00, f 1.50 and ?2.00 colored shirts
50c, 75c and $1.15
ALL Broken line 50c, 75c Neckwear all shapes at
one price
25c
And plenty of good things for the boys and children at
Half Price.
And for "one day only," WEDNESDAY any hat in
our store above ?2.00, except "Stetson's,4' ?1.00 off.
2.00 hats, ?1.00. $2.50 hats, $1.50. $3.00 hats, $2.00.
$3.50 hats, $2.50. $1.00 hats, $3.00.
gro Wiring Kl 2 (
R. S. WILCOX, Mgr.
Dealer For
WAIFS Of TITO WITS.
Doctor Well, how does the eye feel this
mornlngT
Patlenfc-It's exceedingly painful, doctor.
I'm afraid I'm going to have trouble with
if.
Doctor OI don't worry; it will come out
all right. Philadelphia Press.
"Do I understand that you favor govern
ment ownership?"
"Not exactly," answered Senator Sor
ghum. "I never favor extremes. Rut I
3o believe that government employes oiiRht
to own as much as possible." Washington
Btar.
"Joslah," said Mrs. Chugwater, "have
you ever seen a bureau of information?"
"Yes."
"What does it look like?"
"You've seen a table of contents, haven't
f'ou?" replied Mr. Chugwater, somewhat
rrltably. "Well, it looks like that, only
it's larger." Chicago Tribune.
"Well," said the young lawyer, after ho
had heard his new cllont's story, "your
claim appears to be good. I think we can
secure a verdict without much trouble."
"That's what I told my wife, and yet
she Insisted at first that we oughter er,
5 age a first-class lawyer." Indianapolis
ournal.
Father Doesn't Edith know what that
young man's Intentions are, yet?
Mother No. Hhe says he is keeping her
completely In the dark.
Father What! My dear, when I was
calling on you you wouldn't let me keep
you In the dark until after I had declared
myBelf. Philadelphia Press.
THAT'S ENOUGH FOR HE.
Bismarok Tribune.
Sometimes I think I'll thrash him good
He needs It bad I'm sure.
An' sometimes well, I b'lisve I would
'N then I can't endure
T tech th' 'msln' little kid.
For when he smiles, y' see,
He looks Just like his mother did.
An' that a enough for roe.
I guess a hundred times or more
I've taken him inside
Th' bedroom titers an" closed th door
An' tried an' tried an' tried
T' bring myself to strike him onot,
Jes' onot an' then I see
His mother's smile on his wet face.
An' that's enough for ma
First thing I know I'm slttln' there
Pettln" the little chap
An strokin of his cuny hair,
Holdln' him In my iap
Ati' dreamlu' of l.er seclo'., her
Jes" as she used to be.
An somethln" makes my eyes t blur
An' me cry silently.
He's got the same brown eyes she had
An' the same silky hair,
Ixok so like her. the little lad.
That well, I Jes' don' dare
To lay a finger rough on him,
'T'd almos' seem as though
I was beln' harxh to her.
An so I let him go.
He ain't a bad boy no, he ain't
Jes' mischievous, that's all;
In all hla makeup th' ain't a taint
O' meanness an' I call
T mind when things sho used to do
Exactly like he does
I thought was Jes" the cutest an'
Th' dearest ever was.
Y' know, sometimes he'll come t' me
An' say to me: "Bay, dad,
Y' ain't goln to whip, now, ere yeT
I ain't been very bad."
An' then he'll :v.1st and sort o smile,
My eyes get blurred and dim,
Th' ain't enough gold In the world
T' hire me C teoh him.
Folks say I'm spoHin him may be
I am, but I don't dare
To tech him rough ue looks line she
Did, an' so I don't care.
He puts his little arms aroun
My neck, an' I can see
Her in his eyes, to big an' brown,
An' that s enougn lor me.
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