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STATEMENT OP CIRCULATION.
State of Nebraska.' Doudu County m. :
George B. Tsechuck, aecretary of The Bee
Publishing Company, being duly worn,
ayr that the actual numLmr ot full anJ
complete copies of The Dally, Morning.
Evening and Sunday Bee printed duiin t. e
montu oi .May, ihih, was an luuuwe.
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Ket total aales ......t 801,821
Met average aales... 89.091
OKO. B. TZ8CHUCK.
Bubecrlbed In my presence and aworn to
before me this Slat day of May, A. l. 1904.
(beal) M. B. HUNQATK,
Notary Public.
Booterelt and Fairbanks t
"Quick' work but . good" appears
bar been the motto at Chicago.
to
The . ''Cannonading" 'at Chicago was
solid -shot and ever one "truck the
mark. '
The chief wonder ia how Iowa could
harb escaped without haying something
forced upon some of its statesmen.
Just note it down that the rule of Ak-Sar-Ben
does not depend on the out
come of ' any political conrentlon or
presidential election.,
The harmony at Chicago is painful to
the World-Herald at least, so it says.
The discord at 8t Louis, however, is
ltkefy:to be more painful to It
naytl seems to be creating a diversion
in, favor of RalsoulL While 'France is
buay -in the Occident it cannot be ex
pected tv, jiejr ' the" United States in
Morow.-''-' ' ' ' - "' '
For a blind-folded ma a that Indiana
correspondent vaw so much at Port Ar
thur; as to lead to the ..suspicion that
he j&-now. press agent for General
StoesseL , '' .
After Colonel Bryan's special 'pil
grimage to Texas, the most unklndest
cut of all ls the instruction of the Lone
Star democrats for. Judge , Parker of
New ,York. . i .
For. some unaccountable reason the
platform declarations of the republican
national convention do not suit the local
popocratio' organ at all. The expected
sometimes happens.' v '
The Oeriuon .officer who compared the
Japanese, army and those of Europe to
the disadvantage of the latter is laying
Up prosecution for lese majesty about
the time he reach the fatherland.
Winston; Churchill says that the re
publican ' national "convention was not
Interesting from an historical stand
point But perhaps Winston was think
ing; of history as seen In the historical
Corel.
When Chauncey M. Depew began h!i
speech at Chicago some one asked
"Have you had your dinnerT" 'it wai
than after noon and the senator Lad to
confess that for once he , was not an
after-dinner speaker.
The next man , tempted to assault a
lawyer In this reservation will take care
either to call him outside of the court
house before' beginning his fistic prac
tice or to stake out a ring In a court
room presided over by some other judge.
' 1XJ.UI. i... I . 1. U. 1 J
-Delegates from -Wet. V!r,:',-,tn. X-l
, , , ,w ,
7", .'
liardly go, to the trptb.e U p,: t
cold atorup!. If wll! b
. p new ones four veers .'rvmi i;i.-,v if
Heeded. ' e '
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Now tlmt Koi)v(';i'.l.:i a U.- toll, tie
soldiers cf the czar t.--:;t tV.r uj to
stay la Mttuehuria u :: t' y I .jvm
Whipped tlje Ji'5i',V.il,N (,i;),'fcl
many of them Till 'be tvlhvg th n.te vu i
houehold tV-i !" ms.a-latTi
taUrcud. -
- eyi. ..... . .;
TLut ?HK,jMj hjitjij'itt aCvr!tacd for
Tom Wb l:b fciiii.Mi wi. r, u to a dlu-icr
tendered if, , f';kf lj ' Cola-Jmi, fur
Which th't ii'.v is H.-I cieTa.d i 9 a plate.
The SliMO'ty baiio,1 t :'-:r j. L.)wtvir.
Hill do duly !u V.-o ;.'.;- rith: yn-u
tbrtU(.'h tte v.oie-cf U e ".,..:'. ;v..
: ThhvtH i fcy y cf doii-fast g.stH-
VlUe ifl that 'thO Voie of N:lil U. ka ixl
St IaiuU will Lu lrctlU' d for Srvator
Francis M. Ci.cl.nil fur llrst pluco ta
UlS douiocnttlc iMlKniul lii Let. tlocUiell
tulght be a, fi umU for Mryan to Mart
With, but the o,um.Uott U wWw UumUjh
to UumL
rr .rxrr.LT Ann FtmntJdj.
WlJii tbo T)nariliniki ni-iuiiaitioii ot
ibid ti.-kot fhc thirteenth national con
tention of th ivi'iihlican ruity WOilt till
reonrtl as ow ! the nueit liuiii'Di,iliri
in the party's histyiv. If t!in - w t
shown soinewhrit )es of enthminru
i:!'i) flii.r.-n (-"rlr.ol mump iinfi.lmt,' "
V.'iillotH, It v.-i U" -it tli" f'titj" JJ
he. vtrfoiui'tl was tlnt4'I.v ill it of fm rti
rilly ilocl.iii.iic tlic nli.'nclj ft irt !
wUl -jf I lit" ni-ixsi's of (Lo ir;ii!!i.T.ii
voti'tH lin.l iif in'r.ii'sl Thculjr-
v.. it. n-for,. the con vcntioit tnt't, v.Lil"
S. imf.n" i'!iiil:ii'ks ('in second j liuo 1 --1 1
for Miiri? tiiiif in'iMi rcsfifili-U by n :ul)-lii-an
l.-iid'TK n iiiiiiil'S tlio itnij:(,('t
x,. !, (!(. ii tlmt rull ! niu'l- Httd tlu'i';
is no dMilit that it will (' o viewt'tl by
ro;iiililicaiis Ki'iM'taHy.
It U a tiiktt tlui t'r wiil not uyily co.u
mil ud ili' Mipisnrt of all rcpubllcauM.
but sboulil iil'O sraln that of the nu
merous lx ly t Independent roters.
There Is no doubt as to what it repre-
seriis and maDtUi for. National pr'jrtN.1
the continued development of the rntin
try, . the mifeguiirdlng. of , AmurU;HB
rights and interests everywhere, n con
sorvatlve yet firm foreign policy and the
maintenance of financial and ei'oiiomlo
policies that hare proved so benetlclitl
to the nation these tilings are assured
If the ticket nominated at Chicago Is
elected- next November. The country
knows thoroughly President Roosevelt
and the people have faith In him. As
was said by Senator Bevetidge in sec
onding the nomination of Sir. Roose
velt, the people trust him as a states
man and love him as a man. Senator
Fab-banks la not so well known to the
country, but'it will learn that he ia a
man of sterling character and fine abil
ity, who has had long experience in
public affairs and also has had a suc
cessful business career. He did not
rseek the nomination, but accepted it
from a sense of duty, and be undoubt
edly will grow In popular favor as the
campaign. In which he will probably
take a conspicuously active part, pro
greases. i
Only twice la forty-four years has the
republican party met defeat in a presi
dential election. With Roosevelt and
Fairbanks as Its standard bearers it
should this year achieve one of the
greatest victories in its history.
TRVBTa ADD MODVOUOa.
Inhis speech as permanent chairman
of the republican national convention
Mr. Cannon made a statement which
merits more than passing attention. He
said statistics show that competition Is
ater all the great foce that regulates
production' and the price. "If Vou"
all the alleged trust properties engaged
in productloa In the year 1000," declared
Mr. Cannon, "they produced 14 per ceut
while the Independent factories pro-
daced 60 per cent of the factory product
of the country. It is impossible," he
added, "to permanently corner1 capital
and muscle and the raw material which
nature has produced in such, abun
dance." : ' . '
It Is a very common but wholly mis
taken idea that the greater part of
everything in the line of manufactures
Is chiefly produced by the t industrial
combinations. For example, the Steel
trust has to meet In the market the
competition of hundreds of Independent
manufacturers and these, will in time,
tbere Is good reason to .believe, compel
a dissolution of the trust That com
bination found It Impossible to corner
the raw material and therefore could
not stop competition, which has been
Increasing ever since the steel corpora
tion was organized. There Is no exist
ing trust that we know of. unless- it be
the Standard pil colnpany, that. has a
monopoly in its line of production. All
hare competition and will continue to
have so long as protection Is accorded
to the independent 1 manufacturer.
Withdraw',, this and" the independent
manufacturer would have to go out of
business as well as'the trust, though It
Is by no means certain' that the latter
Would not survive. Those who demand
that tariff duties be removed from ar-
tlcles manufactured by a combination
or trust ignore the Yuct that a tariff
law must be equal In its operation, so
that If - removing duties would crush
the trbsts it would Inevitably also de
stroy the independent manufacturers,
who are now t safeguard against trust
exactions.
While enforcing the antl-tnist laws it
rtint that !
)f,., ' ' ,.. .,t..
r-i . - imi;w iliri'- ri-uii i -r? . iup llllil 111 n
iihe j.oii.-v which eneouragt-H. comiietf-l
Tn,, u wlmt t,, rrpubUcn pirtU
rrp'u oilcan party
t .'v;,i:s- .to. do. fliivuig nJiioed on the
' i ' 'ire ?f-i..:;M ii!l the laws we. have r
I la'iiig i iri-yj nnd combinations, the
l ;- y vi!I i :iu'ii ' iliof.o la ws, which nr
l4-;hn ! to b". .pj for the crrection
of ..Vv.-e'r c'.VV erist, hut It Vll nd
iie e, t!.-' i!icy iiihIt which the
. 'f .-t-y jif i':vil Its vriNit ndnstr!al
','
''' :
!, pt-j.i r. Till t Is :W ueces'iry tiow
1- t rs lit, of Aun ritan nb('r.as it
I o ; wa f.
if .si-per r.t of ira fnetory frodtK't
(' the Of I'.-iy ,''i Ine ft-oiu li d, J. end, "it
i.'ii.'.ul'ai luiiTii ! i l'-ftif), It Is nut to be
iiohi'fd thtil tli" jifoporUon lit present
si'i'i'titd' hy i).,i.si. inrnuflctflrers Is
Iti Ser thnii f ,nr 3 -i r bo. Tt N pmbn.
h' ".i,t i.l j i-:(, i't the comblnntlons
are nut i . ft i vt.-i f i to exceed 10 per cent
if the f.o tn-v- pi ,,ihict ,oi the country.
1'MMil teiil.,- v- sn-ill always have ln
iit"la! e .i ihi "it'ons." Those that are
iiiili' fid ran .: 1 Aiippressed and there
i adequate j .w t-f In the government
to ilo th's w'.Il i such as 'defy' natural
oeoiioml.'al lui? must sooner or later
pay tli InevltMhl penalty, ,Uawwhll
the policy that encourages coupeUUou
ami fiivi'rf protection lo tL inrii pt'iiUent
tuanulaclurer muat be maintained. -
ths Tr.AUk hXil.i.atvns.
, TJie new s-rh-e f trade eacursions
"iiii-lertaivfn tiii'hr H e auspices of the
(.'oiuiiM'irf.il r)nh '(.lu tt prove fruitful
of s I ivMiin f'if (Hiiahn, In the way
not only of .jiiinilM a prowlug IiuhI
iirn, hut t .-lill 1'iiMlnr :ti!nT tini;
lu.-f r!rlt(o:i.s Vhli tho prol'lo of thii
C'Mitl'ii'i tcrrifrtry -whkio errry (lay
fr! !!('.. vf i-mrt ;i! 'wc-il ut their
Ii.-i:i'- 1 f., or-t.
Thv-i1 lr.ulo Ki'iivsIi'iih iirn-ii't uhsit
lutcly in nv l.iii iv;! tiolis, hut they nro
l'i'i!tui of ,tir innvor induil'Ial devel
opment iiinl their Miecirt inlhn past hns
not only whit riled it repetition now,
hut. lids i-titijuiateil liulliltlon by the.
irvrchnnn of other nml cO'.ni.rllng i-Mie.
The tni'lo policy of Onlalui, however,
must bo to. li'iiM lip lis own interests by
1 1 'Jin fist iii t i ii the rer'prociil dvantnfc,',s
of coiiHiiereiiii inteivot rise between this
c.fy riM Mio title 1n tributary territory.
While (loiiis us well by their patrons as
competitors the general principle of
common Interest must be emphasised.
Tlio prowt!i unci pfoperity of ttmnh.i
and Nebraska and the Immediately ad
juiiiiii elates hiivc liecn sliiillltdUeous.'
They can all help themselves by helping
one another, 'and the prosperity of the
s, nailer cities and town lra desirable
nnd . no essury , to the propc rlty of
Omnha ns It Is to themselves.
The country merchant comes to the
city regulnrly several times a yenr, but
these trade excursions offer the only
opportunity to the city Jobber to come
in personal touch with the country mer
, chant at his own home. The exchange
of visits Is certain to promote better
understanding and more conltftl feeling,
and for this should be encouraged as
well as for the direct business benefits.
' The Real Estate exchange has been
listening to a man from Mexico who has
been trying to impress his auditors with
the promising prospects of the country
to the south of tis declaring that there
are nine chances of making money In
Mexico to one in the states. The man
from Mexico forgot to say that there
are also nine chances of losing money
in Mexico to one in the states. People
who want to speculate or gamble may
occasionally strike it in Mexico. People
who want to Invest money for steady
returns will not have to go away from
Omaha and Nebraska.
It is said that no Nebroskan who
made the trip to Chicago for the pur
pose of attending the republican na
tional convention failed to get into the
hall for lack of a ticket If the Coif nty
Democracy excursionists expect to fare
as well at St Louis it might not be a
bad idea for them to find out iflrst how
It Was done at Chicago.
Is not the scheme to condemn Joslyn
castle and make its grounds part of the
Omaha parte system a trifle premature?
Why not let the absentee lord bold.his
feudal estate a few years and pay taxes
on itl ,If he is constitutionally .opposed
to paying taxes in Omaha the city may
get the property finally by operation of
the scavenger law. . .
The South Omaha city council Is said
to be considering the purchase of voting
machines for use in the elections in that
city. The only objection to the installa
tion of Burn machines there is that It
might deprive the lawyers of the lucra
tive business arising out of annual elec
tion contests based on alleged fraud in
South Omaha. . , r '.
The Insurance companies are objecting
as strenuously to paying city taxes un
der the new revenue- law as ever the
railroads did. Of course all they wish
to do ls'-to test the validity of the in
surance clause as a matter of principle,
but the incidental sarlng they will ef
fect If they win out will not be passed
up.
Who Con id Rnlit Smiling,
Chicago Post.
Perhaps Mrs. Catt wondered why her
staters assembled In Berlin smiled broadly
when she declared that the Improvement
noticeable In the public officials of Colo
rado was due to the exercise of woman
suffrage in that unhappy state.
Glvlna; Himself Away, .
Chicago Chronicle.
The Boston -millionaire who ha contribu
ted an article to an eastern magazine
telling how he was or ted In a copper
"deal" with the. Standard Oil crowd la
posing as a martyr when hia own narrative
proves that he was only a sucker.
Stand from t'nder.
Baltimore American.
This is the twentieth century, and knowl
edge is widespread among all classes, but
people still stand under trees during thun
der storms and get struck by lightning
wich that neatness and dispatch peculiar
tq the djingi of the electiict fluid. -
WouMu t Tlil Jar roof -
PhllariVphUi Record (dm.). '
- If William pfennings Bryan were a big
enough mun to forget WHUani Jprnliu
Bryan for ten minutvs. while rememU-rliig
the tribulations cf the den, erratic lu.riy
In followlngia dtarou l.M!di-rh)l, he
!.iig1st ret up In (hw St 1xjU con vn 'i n'
mri formally bend Mm If to-ihe nH ot
his eour.tr men ! y'aui.m.n' Jns hi udhtr
ence to the t." 'Id stui durd and his wlh.nK
1 eps to go forward Mth t.lrt party 10 a re
1, wal i f p riVht -foi ; lis tratliiloi al p i
e.j,t. Hut Mh inordinate Keif en ell bars
tin.- ey. He eiipnot realise this truth of
tin put lie fancy : '
Tii.it p f 11 inay ft- , t, InoKtoaas
Ot thsir J'-i.d .-eiv is to h:sl.ei li.inM.
Darin- it,em tlous la Surgery.
New Vwk Tribune.
Daring operations of nun eons w4 Ich
would rever have been a tempted In the
lot gi.ner .ilon now have no tenors for th
foretnont per;s with the kr.l'e. Ia Chi
cago an enterp: ialng meniber of the profes
sion has taken six tltchea in the outer
tcge of the heart of a boy who had been
wounded by a bullet,' and It la thought the
patient may recov&r. Before the thorough
um of antiseptics so bold an experiment
would hardly have tea thought of, but In
this centOry surgery lias 'gone 'forward
with giant strides, and In desperate casts
In prearnt conditions radical measure of
the extreraest type aav prev4 frequently
te fe suoceaafuj. y ....
TAXATIO.1 or RAItBOADS.
Falls City Journal: The State Board of
Equalisation has Anally announced the
railroad assessment and has Increased It
from 27,077.iiJ to i.0lH,i4i, beihg about 70
per cent Incieaae. The beard has sptot a
good deai of time and lisiened to a great
deal of talk before coming to this comlu
S.un, but the tlnal result 4S f jrly S't-s-fartory
to the people of this slut.. While
the Lfse-'i-nu'iit is not jet as h g 1 as li
should bo It is such a suhsinntlil mcteun
nvif wla.t It liai he, 11 Una li"v:i p.irily
s'f.'.i.-.'f.v the nia.l rlty el' tln V -oplo h e
iWM'nfi;n,ii t haa ) n in-Tfahil I'eni p, t
rent to Vv pit' (-'M. Thfl hoard has net
4iniiounet'l how the (livlsi-in Ifi mafl, i.a,t
b Pa feu. will h"' dtstributiyl ov r t'as
diffi rent line'?.
FprlriRfielil lonlt,M': Tho Slain ib.ard of
KiuaIl7.itlo?i ha l'.e,l tho valuation of
tho rillroiida in th" slnt-j nt aiiotit M';.i''0.
i, II ,'). 'J more than )aet yenr Wh"t
cfr.-ot. If any, th:S 'will have upon o'hr
pe'i,h,' taxes it Is hard to ray, hut It Is
af it isert !hct It will nut lower thun
to any grrst extent. The bi srd ho duubt
f , i- a relief after performing this great
duty.
O'NVlii Frontier: The nseessd valuation
of ral rond property in the stnte bus been
announced by the Board of Enuallsailon
to be t4(.01I.CS6. This Is an tncrenso over
the assessment of last year of something
like fl9.oro.000. As the aspesFmiot fal a
short some S POOO00 or I10.OXI 000 of what
the radicals have been demanding and is
In exeesn ab-'Ul th aime amotint of wht
the rallrondn iliinod It should be. It ap
pears tho beard ha. etruck a happy mi
dtjin and fixi-d the valuation at a fair fig
ure. , Tobias . Express: The state board has
raised the railroad assessment In Ne
braska T19.000.0CO. or nearly TO per cent.
While this may possibly fall short of one
fifth of their actual value, yet this sub
stantial Increase Is a long step' toward an
approximately correct valuation of tho
railroads. Of course this big increase will
not please the fuslonlst. for It will take
away about the only Issue they had in the
state.
Hastings Tribune: After almost oontdn-'
Uous deliberation since the second of Hay
the State Board of Assessment has at last
fixed the assessed valuation .of all the rail
road property In the state at M8,017,683. an
Increase of something less than $19,000,000
over the last previous' assessment This
assessment 1 lower than expectation had
como to be, general opinion had come to
concentrate on $50,000,00 as the probable
valuation that would be made.
- The long period which the matter ha
been under deliberation, the strenuosity of
argument which has been yielded as to the
amount of Increase which should be applied
to railroad taxation has given an Idea of
the difficulty In metlrig out; Justice to all.
The wide disparity between the values
named has made It evident that either
someone has been trying to impose, or
someone has been trying to evade duty,
and as there Is such a pronenese toward
the latter ' known to generally exist, sus
picion of the latter has -been tending to
form. t
One of ' the dlfflcultlee In making an
equitable adjustment in matters of this
sort is that the preponderance of expert
knowledge Is likely to be on the side of
the railroads. Their repreeentatlves are
likely to be tnen Whose profession tt Is to
do with transportation' and transportation
companies, expert by Virtue of the knowl
edge which they-must' possess In order to
be f service" to1 theHf employers In their
capacities, while ttaosei.hoBe duty It Is
to look after the vjreveaiue '-of the state
usually have not the knowledge to see
througWany deception which experts might
perpetrate, when It 1st assumed that the
former attempt to do their duty con
scientiously. But an Increase of 119,000,000 Is, a step,
and If it I not enough, by the mean
whereby this Increase in valuation was ob
tained there will follow a correct adjust
ment. Knowledge of conditions from this
on will accumulate rapidly, and when It
Is complete the problem Will be solved. -
Butt Oasette: The State Board of
Equalization ha raised the railroad as
sessment over last year's assessment over
68 per cent This father gives the He to
tha charge of the fusion force that the
railroad own the republican pltrty In If-'
braska. .
Albion Nsws: It Is announced from tin
coin that the state board ha decided that
the aggregate assessment of the railroad
of the state shall be fixed at Mfl.0U.68i.
This Is an Increase over last year of about
119,000,000. Whether this Is an equitable
Increase or not is a matter of opinion, and
there will naturally be, a reat diversity ot
opinion. The railroad have had many ot
the ablest men In their employ representing
them before the board, presenting all kinds
of argument to Induce the board to lower
the assessment It Is fair to presume th
board ha tried to be fair both with th
railroad and th public Whether vthey
have succeeded or not Is hardly susoeptible
of proof. We are free to say that we had
hoped for a higher assessment, but will
not assume to say that th board has not
acted fairly and honestly. It Is natural for
the man of small means to think that th
wealthy man and especially the great cor
pora tfons are not mullced sufficiently In '
th matter of taxation. There Is always
Inequality In taxation because Imperfect
man cannot fram a perfect' revenue law.
central ntv Knnnareil: The State Board
of Equallxatlon. after four weeks of de
liberation and painstaking investigation.
1 dnaiiv attleil unnn 1-16.000.000 as the
taxable valuation f railroad property In
thla State. Thl IS an increase 01 auum
l9,00f'.(iP0 over last year, or about 70 per
cent. Compared with the average of as
sessments over the state, this would sp-
n ha nlantv hlirh enough. It Will
make a difference In Merrick county alone
of over 1300.000.
Chappell Begister:. Th State Board of
r-r,i(Ttlnn has rdnceri the total value of
railroad property In the state at t,000,000,
an Increase of 66' per cent over last year.
The railroad attorneys mnde the fight of
their live to keep the nesment down,
and the state fcoard Is to be commended
for th stnd 4t has taken. Their action
.will Incrense the amount of railroad tax
in this county and lessen the tax of the
resident taxpayer.
TIMn rit"n ' Nnw that the' state board
has lnerend the am, sfd valuation of the
various-railroads In the state from 46 to
115 H-r cent over bnt year's vnluntlon of
th sum .rrtpprir. it. Is r,nslh!e. though
not prolrible, that tho democratic editor
will admit thst om-virtue Is to be found
In the new revenue law.'
tyneh Journal,: It I reported that th
State Board of dement has fixed th
assessed valuation of the railroads of th
state at I46017CJ an Increise of little
less than I18.0on.fwn; over that of last year.
It ha taken the board a long time to ar
rive at this vorlcrualon. a they eared the
railroad would take th matter Into court
for adjustment and It was their earnest
desire to he fair with all ennoemed that
they would se sustained In th action.- If
all otheV property that ha bert under as
sessed In the past ha been reached
successfully a the railroads the new rV
snne taw win prove a great blessing to tfee
tat at large. '" - 4 t
eossrp aboct the war.
Some
Featare De-reld
(he
Straggle Pregresae.
Anti-Russian sentiment Is particularly
consplououa In thoa sections of New York
City where live foreigner who enmity
1 Inherent Th real brand of antipathy
Is to b found among - th Swede and
Finns. Th Intensity of thla feeling was
strikingly shown the other day at a con
cert or Swedish university singer In Car-tir-Kle
hail. The hall wits crowded to the
doors wt.c n the d ai, orus ration took place,
Tie su.KeiM hud jjl begun the chorus of
an old fa, ni.d la;U l.n,n that- hurl
d- HaiH O Into Um temu of the'Unsiun loe.
w I en a rvsounding cba.r tlist s-junJeiI like
a. 1-i.tUc '-ry wan li, ard in tlio biick of the
luUl. Then tins Immense auJo nee of fair
h.ii:-' ,1 and i uddy-fa- ud Sweden arose as
out, nm li. Willi cyca flashing und with
sin"ili ant fc";uieH some joined in the
ii"t'l, sv.,.-llin,$ chorus; women waved their
I iindkcrchicis, while cheers and anathemas
ag.ilunl F'jki.a at time drowned the voice
of the tingeis. For several minutes th
dcnionotratiun, the tike of which ha rarely
been witnessed In the city, continued.
In the current issue of the Outlook
George Kinnan says that Verestchagln
once showed him hi painting of the battle
i.eid of Plevna with the remark that the
original sketch had shown the Hill ooou
pied by the Kuaslan staff all strewn with
champagne bottles. A grand duke who had
seen the drawing Insisted thst the bottles
be painted out, ami the artist had com
piled.' It will be remembered that whea
some icnperunce people pro'.exted to Lin
coln that Grant wus a whl'ky drinker, the
president replied that he wished he k ne
ttle brand ao that he might send noma of
the name li iuor to hi other generals. But
the KussUu generals have not 'th Grant
brand.
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"There lu an Important difference be
tween th constitutions of western na
tion and that of Japan," writes Baron
Kentaro Kaneko In the Century. Th
former are th outcome of popular upris
ings against the tyranny of rulers In other
words, of a demand, as of a natural right,
by the people. Consequently, even in mos'
archlcal Europe, constitutions axe drawn
In such term a to lay the greatest stress
upon popular rights, while at th same
time curtailing the power of the sov
ereign. The Japanese constitution, on th
other hand, emanated from the emperor,
the fountain head of all power. Before
the people dreamed of popular rights or
of a parliament, the emperor had already
marked out the grand policy of estab
lishing constitutional government in th
future, because of his evident desire and
purpose to elevate the country to an equal
place among the civilised nations .of th
world, not only because he wished It, but
also because that course was in strict ac
cordance with the national policy be
queathed by hi Imperial ancestors, fol
lowing that policy, our constitution was
drawn up with close adherence to and care
ful preservation of the fundamental prin
ciple of the Imperial government from time
Immemorial.
"In form, however, it . 1 similar to
western constitutions, with thla differ
ence, that the text of our constitutions
contains only th fundamental principles
of state, namely, the prerogatives of the
emperor; the rights and duties of ths
people; the powers of Parliament; the
power and duties of minister of state
and Judiciary and finance. The ar all
embodied In seventy-six article Matters
of detail, such, for example, as provisions
relating to the rules and proceedings of
Paruamontf the law for election of mem-
oer, me national budget, . eto,, are sepa
rated from articles enunciating funda
mental principle, and are, embodied la laws
supplementary to th constitution and en
acted at th same tlm." .
Writing about life in Japan during war
time, George. Kennan relates these charac
teristic Incidents in th Outlook: Leaving
the carriage, I made my way' with soms
difficulty toward a big American flag,
which I could see side by side with a Japa
nese standard- near th center of th
throng.. Just before I reached It on of th
band suddenly struck up "Th Battle Cry
of Freedom." The whole assemblage In
stantly burst Into a thunderous shout of
"Bansai!" and before I knew it I was hold
ing both hand aloft In tha Japanese fash
ion, and shouting "Bansai!" with all th
votoe I had. It wa not th batile cry with
which I was moat familiar, but if th Japa
nese were going to carry -our ling and play
our muslo I was ready to adopt their hurl
rah. A few minute later another band
began to play '"John, Brinn's body lie n
moulderlng In the grouua;" and I doubt
very much whether that old war song,, to
which so many thoua.! cf American
troops have, marched, evr stirred th fight
ing spirit of a stranger or more- patriotic
assemblage - of people than the crow J of
bareheaded Japanese labor!, artisans,
fishermen and sailors, who hold their hsncs
aloft under that forest of don; and shouted
"Bansall for- th great emplra of Japan,
bansai!"
Th patriotism of th Jananes people
strike even an American ai something ex
traordinary and phenomenal. I Jiave teen
women stick little oottoil -dags In the lists
of th babies on their oacWa. and stand fo"
hour beside a railroad tia.c i. walling for
a tralnload of troop, satlnfle-1 if they
could throw a package of cheap totton
towslfj Into an open window or even wave
their handkerchiefs one to the men who
were going to the front Soldiers who bid
their friends or thsir families good by bid
them goodby forever, with the expectation
and th assurance of death. "Three or four
day ago an English lady living on th
"Bluff" in Tokohama received a letter
from a Japanese boy who had been em
ployed In her house as a servant and who
had gone to Cores with th first reserve.
After giving her dm new of his health
and his movements, he concluded by say
ing. In quaint and Imperfect English:
"Please remember, that though I will
die, Nippon Telkokti f Great Japan) ahould
have victory and honor.
"Touth who unfear death,
(Signed) "HIRO TAMAASOTO."
- Of uch "youth who unfear death" ar
the arm lee of Jspin made np, nrid behind
them Is the flaming patriotism of a proud,
brave and united people. '
"A very striking rroof of the cxar's
bondage," writes fleorjre Welse In Success,
"was recently afforded when the csar dis
patched on of his personal favorite, a
certain M. Klopoff, Into th central
province of Russia to .report on the true
condition of affstrs there, about which he
hu.l ijrevloiTFly rood ted official Informa
tion. He deFlred to test the accuracy of
bureaucratic reports, but he knw thnt let
ter from M. KlrpnfT direct to him would
Inevitably be opened and suppressed If'
they contained statements of which offi
cialdom disapproved. Ia order to avoid
this -espionage, he ordered M. Klopoff to
mall his report In small envelope of th
pattern used for private letters, not
straight to th palac. but to the address
In St. Petersburg of a certain General
Hess. General lies wa entrusted with
th eer4. and he undertook personally
to carry all th letter received from U.
Klopoff to th csar. M. Klopoff went on
his mission, but out of eighteen letters
which be poated to General Hesse for th
csar oaiy five reached their destination.
A strong ruler would doubtless make a
rigorous effort to liberate himself from
thla tyranny, but th csar 1 essentially
Fifty Yoaro
-proves tho (lavcr and adds Jo
hoalf&fulnoss of (ho food.
PRICK BAKINQ POWDER CO. OHIO AGO.
a weak man. The unhealthy, pale, almost
gray color of his complexion betrays his
want of physloal health and strength.
while th amaslng Inconsistencies of his
reign Indicate successive surrenders te
conflicting Influences."
SAYINGS BY ROOSKVKLT.
We must do our duty by the state. We
must frown down dishonesty and corruption
and war for honesty and righteousness.
Quack remedies of the universal cure-all
type are generally as noxious to the body
polltlo a to the body corporeal. -
In our political and social life alike. In
order permanently to succeed, we must
baa our conduct on th decalogue and th
golden nil.
Something can be done by good laws;
more can be done by honest administration
of th laws; but most of all can be done by
frowning resolutely on the preachers of
Vague discontent . ,
Good can often be done by orttlolslng
sharply and severely .the wrong; but exoes-
slve Indulgence In criticism i never any
thing but bad, and no amount of criticism
oan in any way take, the place of active
and sealoua warfare for the right
Practical politics must not be construed
to mean dirty politics. On ths - contrary,
in th long run the politics of fraud aal
treachery and foulnet I unpractical poll
tic, and the most practical of all politi
cian la th politician who sis tdeanA and
decent and upright ,v;r J .:'0
Every great nation owes to the . mn
whose live have formed part of Its great
ness not merely the material effect, of what
they did, not merely the law they paoed
upon tha statute books' or the victories they
won over armed foes, but also th Immense
but Indefinable moral Infhiijico produced by
their word and deeds upon national char
acter. , , ,
PERSONAL NOTES. ;
Admiral Kamlmura, having twice allowed
the Vladivostok squadron to efoapa mm,
tha Japs are suggesting he would do well
to commit suicide.
Th government of The Hague will now
proceed to select plan for Mr Carnegie'
'Palace of Peaoe," In which the arbitra
tion of th nation la to be attended to.
Rejected' also of London, Elijah Dowle
returns to th land of hi pristine triumphs.
Had he never - left the - neighborhood of
Chicago he would never have been sus
pected of being so much queerer than other
people.
Samuel S. Mile, thVpldest active news
paper man In New England, has been art
crltlo of the Boston Globe since 1!?2. He hs
just turned his 80th year and began his
newspaper career In 188 as a reporter on
tha Boston Herald. I
Palmar Brandon of Enid, Okl., a former
New York stat senator, ha received from
Judge Alton B. Parker of New York a
letter promising Brandon to make him
governor of Oklahoma in case Parker 1
nominated and elected president. Th two
were boyhood chums.
Soma of th builnea men at Coney Island
want the' nam of th place changed to
Surf-CHy-by-the-Sea." They urge that
th placa has a past to live down and that
It could do so more easily with a new
name. Others are opposed to c bang a, say
ing that reform oan be effected without
adopting the cumbersome nam suggested
r any other.
The United States senate will have among
it member when Philander ChageKnox
Join it five former cabinet officer. They
ar Senator Teller of Colorado, who was
secretary of the Interior under President ,
Arthur; Alger, secretary of war under
President MrKlnley: Proctor, secretary of
war under Preeld-nt Harrison, and Eiklns,
who was secretary of war under President
lurrlson.
Mr. Takahha, the Japjnesw minister at
Washington. Ii en friendly terms v.Hh th
Russian aml'a.adr, fount Cnmn:, nod" is
ireful neverto nay anything that will ot-
fer.d him. Ian he like harmless plfi.imt y
once In awhile, ftomeon-j informed Mm
thst President ltoosHvelt had tie-iiird te
discontinue th training in Jlu-Jiis i and
asked him If he could guess why. "t'an't
Imagine the reason," replied the envoy:
'perhaps Casslnl ohjrcied to the lesions a
breech of neutrality."
All the r.uklitlee to much desired In a perfect table water are
moit hnpf'ilr comblticd In ' . . .
fed
mm
Its sparkling purltr cannot be excelled. Londonderry has a
peculiar frehnes of it own that placet It In a class by Itself,
- and mtket it Incomparable with other table waters, In which so
many disagreeable features are found. Herein lies the secret of
- Ii superior blending qualities with all wines and liquor.
Londonderry It therefore especially adapted (or ths mixing of a
High Ball," to which It tend a charm beyond comparison.
THE RICHARDSON DRUB CO..
.. i ) JACKSON STRUCT,
UISTKIBtTiaa AGENT,
tho Standard
PLUCK AND ENTERPRISE.
Weeping Water Herald. '
Last Sunday Th Omaha Be was
thirty-three years old, and, as It
editor states, during that tlm "max ',
velous changes have taken place la
th commercial. Industrial, political
and social conditions of th oity of
tt birth." Very few editors have
had as Strenuous a career as. the
dltor of Th Bee.- Our first day's
work in Nebraska was In the old
Be building, over' nineteen year
ago, and since that time The Bee has
warmed and settled Into the finest
newspaper building erected ln'.the
west Its circulation, commands tor
it a prosperous business. Mr. Reee
water baa enemies, yet he has
friends and patrons that admire, his
pluck and enterprise, and th ,are .
not satisfied up less that great paper
is a, regular visitor.) The. Bos ljoa
assisted In making Nebraska on .of
the best state. In th union, and Is a
standing , monument to a tireless,
faithful and proficient, worker was) 1
qualified to fill any public. office. He Is ,
an editor, a statesman,, a' better law
yer than many practicing and ought
now to, be a United State senator
That Is what we think of Roeewater
and we are not ashamed to' say it of
the ablest man in Nebraska.
. , PLEASANTLY POINTED.
"I've heard "It said that the Chinese ar
the least Intemperate ot all th races, ao
tar As drinking la. poncfrnedJ'
i ''.'No- Wonder; ' ia you eveAattend a Chi
nese playT There are no Intermission be-twet-n
the act." PhUadelphULeUser.
"What a quiet woman; this. -Mrs, Smud
gerly laf"- . - . i vi
"Yes. I Was talking wit her husband
about It last night end h. said ttre wa
no doubt in his mind that she coUid easily
trace her relationship to Judge -Parker. "
Cleveland Plain tiealer.;.'-: ;
The man who was always butting in ap
proached. . ' , 1
"Woodman, spare that, treS." he com
manded. "
"I don't see why I should' replied th
woodman, "the woods- are full of ,ra."
Cleveland Leader. . ... ;
American War Corerapondent In Man
ehurla I wish I were back lo -.New York.
English War Corerspondent-'Whyt.
' American War CorrespondentI'd b able
to learn something -about what .. they're
doing here.-e-Puqk. ' i v ''
Tlrt Vml ttllnlr that wiectiona afc4 aa hon
est as they UBed to bt" ' J La
"No," answered Senator -Sorghum. "1
can't say I do. A lot of. people get paid fori
votes nowadays and. then 4on t. deliver the
"How curious," the man sald that,
Japanese custom Is of taking .ft the aboe
before entering th house." !':y.'
"it Is only curious," tne woman reunreu, .
"because It la practiced St ail hours In 1
stead of at night solely." Modern Society. J
i
mow, '
The mornlna sun wa hiding loW
When he came forth the grass to mow,
With nalnful creaks and H chins neck
Across the lawn he did trek. , Vk j
With moaning cogs, and aching baok ,
He ccfW-rud the returning track. ..
Ha lonked about, alack, ahal ... r j
lie hadn't cut a blade ot grass! i
Cleveland ZUaindeaUr, - .
. A MAGNATE'S CONFESSION.
Washington Star. ;
Down by the livery stable, oa a suit
summer day, .'...'. ... 1
Cy Jonea got out the checker board ai
cnujiengea nie ro piay. . . . i
I thought I Htoud a chance, for
watched the game a bit;
But he started for my kink- row.
vanquished when he lit
And everybody laughed and said
myself to blame
I w
I if
For thinking (hat Cy Jones would lt
beat iinniat uie game. ,.
ft
That's my earliest disappointment It
blttered my career. ,
I went and got a book, and settled di
10 won severe.
I beat some other plsyers, and thei
time went by.
I thought that i' ay he I was strong sin
to tackle i y. .
But my wn. 'i iu cakulullons Meine,
i:iiiiM i,iul ut lama.
Cy hi em ml"' a ineii nnd then juif
ll,lt Uliu .',
As year weni h; I had some luck
i,inhi0ivd initio or less.
And tl Uitii'H ,1m iwi little tiiltm il.
stioils my whole success.
I know lint 1 a.ii , nvicJ iu a most scl
clous man.
Llktr iiB nonilred or lilted for the- v
that I can plnn. '
Cy 1 Hin t made ooieii money but 1 .kn
ih.it lust the same -
If ever we pl ,y checkers, h Will beat i
at the game.
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SHERMAN L UeCONXELL DRU3 TC
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