Image provided by: University of Nebraska-Lincoln Libraries, Lincoln, NE
About Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922 | View Entire Issue (Sept. 4, 1904)
1 THE OMAHA DAILY DEE; SUNDAY, PEPTEMDEIt 4. IPO. The Omaha Sunday 'Km ft. ROSEwATER, KOtTOM. fVftusiiEO jtykat mormino. IOI 1.00 .. JO TEHM" Or BUfcSCRIPTlON. lMllrM witheut Sunday), om f .xr. Dolly Be mil Sunday, On Year llluatrated Be, On Year Sunday bV, on Year , Saturday it. On Year '.twentieth Century Farmer, On Year., DELIVKRED BY CAKI11ER. Dally bm (mthoac 8undav. Pr copy. Ajuiiy jure twnnou, Duuusir. r' . w i -n iny uee tineiuaing buhuuji. ....-.- rltinday "rJe, pr copy ?: KwnlmBM (without Sunday). per vvrnlnc Be (including Sunday). Pr. weaJc ,.,...i-s t.'ompfaintii of Irregularities In rhould bo addressed to City Circulation "eparUnejit. OFFICES. Omaha-Th Bee Building. w-,. South Omaha-City Hall BuildihiJ, T' (-rtfth Bd M 8treet. Council Muffs 10 Pearl Street. Chleagv-lw Unity ' Building. New Votk 32s Para ltow Building. Washington sol Fourteenth Street. CORRESrONDISNCB. v, Communication reiuclng to new and edi torial matter ahotild b addressee!. Omana lire, Eiiltorial Department. REMITTANCES.- itemlt by dralt, express or poslM order, tayabl to In Bo PuolU'iluu Company, Only -cenl stamp nx.eived in payment ui mall acrount. personal cheka, except on e-malii, or i-Rslein rxvhttiif ' tint HTX" THE BKt 1'UHLlSlilNU COMPANY. STATKMKNTOF CIRCULATION. Stat of Neiuaskn. Doufilu County, es.i Oiorr li. Tf "chuck. secretary of ine lo Publishing tumpany. twins duly sworn. say that the actual number of full una complete copies of The Dally, Morning. Evening and Sunday Hee prlated during th Month of August. M04. was as follows: 1 t;ii iir.o it ,,o.w a ; ,....mmk is ta,-um I MMIAO . 19 .l,n!0 4 SCIMKMt M ,..ai),Hx I ao.nr.o si uM'x aa.iao it .m.aoo 7 2U.750 3 2,15 g tfll.UUO 24 S""HW sn.sio a ai,ar. 10 ItO.UZO 11 SI,NO 11 JH,t-M 13, WI.14II 14 Jiel.SCt U sii,u:io M Xf3 Total wot.uoo l.e unsold and returned coplc... 7,3 a an, too 27 IW,(KiO JtT.lOU a ii!,ant) no u,4 11 -JMilU Net total Boles MUT.TU Doily avornse Ks.tiisu QKOKOE B. T218CHUCK. Subscribed in my presence and aworu 10 btore ni this 31 ai day cf August. 1I. (Seal.) N. B. HUNC3ATK. Notary Publ'n. 1'ow Watuon'a Bttnck ot iirgroyhobUi founds at dradiy if hoc ai viol out as tjiut ithown by Senator Tilluiau. , , Thfl ItiiBHlnn lijdoninlty for tho vtMnoln vroiisfulljr nelzcd lias not yet been pnltl. Maybe tlmt'a r.Ucrc the' Bulttn went to school.' 1 John D. Rockefeller has bid on tin rcinimnt of the nets of thy Salt trut. John 1). hns "tiltod wny qliite a little tvnd In his time. doing from Kmnus to Maine, Senator Fnlrbnnks will have the unique distinc tion of traveling in but one state which la not aofely republlenn. . There roust be n wave of morality sweeping over the south. New Orleans, the borne of tho Louisiana lottery, bas abolished books on the races. ))y the time General Kouropatkln travels It on his return trip, tho road from iLltio Yang td Mukden' may bare been paved with good Intentions. ' It Is to be hoped thnt the letter of acceptance now belnjj penned at Eiopu3 will not havo to bo explained pleco by pleco, as tho speech was explained. Great Britain has succeeded In Bettlnjr two of Us propositions adopted In the proposed treaty with Thibet," and If it can get enough men to L'Unssa in tlrao the entire treaty rutty be'ndopted. Colonel Test Is seriously discussing the question of 12 wheat, $1 wheut hav ing become coinmonplno. ,And free coinage of sllrer at IK to 1 further away than ever. , - It Is Just barely possible thnt Ilryan Shoved David B. Hill off tho sidewalk, hut not even Bryan himself has any Idea that Hill will stay there without trying to climb back.'j King Ak-Kur-Bon Is turning into the home stretch of his 1904 career, vhk-h promises to wind up, in a blase of glory bigger and more dazzling than ever. Clear the track for Ak-Sar-Ben. ; It might not. be a bad scheme for the Btandurd Oil people to give buck to Thomas W. Lnwson tho money of which , he claims to have been defrauded, and get' him to go on a long vacation. He ' talks so much, yon know. The strictness with which a corpora tion Is observing tho federal law can generally be told by the stand taken by Its officers fn the present campaign. Corporations which obey the low do not look upon President Roosevelt as unsafe. Pavld Bennett Hill will muke n virtue of necessity when ho retires from po litical life lu November next. He will have the company of that distinguished Jurist from New York state whom ho forced on the St Louis convention. And there will be others. If the report that Admiral Ouktomsky Is to be court-martlnled for bringing his ships back to Tort Arthur is true the bourse of tho csur In falling to grant dcoratlous to men lu command of the navy upon the occasion of the birth of his eon pay be justified. Wbllo Pouth Omaha baa not been alto gether quiet dnrlug the strike, it has ) been by all odds the best behaved of all the stock yard ceutera affected by tho trtka. Chlcngo, East ft. Louis, Kansas Cltyeta-Hill have their little dally riot. Omaha nas set a very fair example. No one ran blume Jmle Parker for dceMng to keep off the stump during the caiupalgu, Ilia first utterance in tho cauipalgu wea bis 'gold telegram." which set the national convention by , the ears, and bis seeojd waa his letter - on the Philippine question, which has v gUeaa.a-4 acarcol tt Totes, The Uct that the city council of .Chi cajro has voted authority to the msyo to emiiloy a Bian at a salary of 2,UO0 n year to look kfteP the city's Interest as affected by lp.titlott at the state capital. Is eliciting curious comments In Various quarter Not the Icat "of prising, however, Is that of the Outlook, wttich seenis to look- with favof upon this tendency. The employment of ft municipal lobbyist by Chicago, It pro fewift td K'snrd ss In line with sound public policy and Indicating thnt that city intends to keep Itself In the fore front In municinnl matters. "When wc recall,? it declares, "the fact that large corporation maintain cot a lobbyist only, but a whole lubby. to watch and Influence legislation there Is no sound reason Whr the city, which hnl still greater Interests to protect and advance, should not follow the same practice. If a few more cities Mere to follow Chi cngo's example we might hear less of adverse state' Interference In locol af fairs." The fallacy of this reasoning Is In the assumption that the same taxpayers and citizens who are organized for mu nicipal government need a lobby to pro tect themselves against their own repre senttttives whom they sent to the legls. lntnre to make Inws for them. The great corporations maintain a. lobby be cause they want to get something from the legislature to which they are not entitled, or to prevent the enactment of legislation thnt would tnke nway from them valuable privileges they have no right to have. They are not content to rest Upon their lawful claims and constitutional guaranties, but they want discrimination In their favor even if they have to bribe legislators to neconi- pilch their ends. No municipal corporation goes to n legislature for favors of this kind. The grentost boon a municipality ever asfcs la thnt its people be allowed to attend to thlr own local affairs in their own way without Interference of greedy cor porations through roundabout legislative methods.' To seenre such legislation It ought not to take extra pressure upon legislative members who are elected to represent the same public interests ns do the members of the nitinlelpal adminis tration, and even If It dtd each city has salaried officers galorh already on the payroll who ought to lie competent and able to look after its Intercuts In legisla tion from tlnTo ' to time by appearing In their official capacity In their proper places before legislative committees. The practice cf employing municipal lobbyists by our city wou'd be tanta mount to an admission that th main tenance of a lobby by the different corruption-breeding corporations Is n.it only excusable but Justifiable. The er: 0Tpk st would confirm every charge that we have n government simply by special interests and would exert a per nicious influence on our civic morals whose baneful results could not be fore shadowed. There is no call for a mu nicipal lobbyist In our form of govern ment and the action of the Chicago au thorities. Instead of being commended, should bo emphatically disapproved and roundly denounced by all true friends of municipal reform. American people beeYiming iubject wholly to trust domination, as some, doubtless sincerely, but w-lthont a Cor rect understanding of conditions, profess to apprehend. Undoubtedly there will continue to be Industrial, combinations. These ore not pecnllnr to this country. They exist In (Jrent Britain, Germany and other countries. But with our nl niot unlimited resources and our vast and Increasing capital there will also continue to be competition. ' - A LJCSSOS LV tXPOtlTS. The latest statistic of exports Issued by the Department of Commerce and Labor show he highly Interesting fact that the exports of manufactures are rapidly Increasing, while our exports of agricultural products are not materially declining. For the fiscal year of 1004 the value of manufactured products sent out of the country was $4.")2,5(to,000, a sum never before equaled and repre senting a gain of more than 11 per cent over the same kind of exports for 100.1. Of our total, exports manufac tures now constitute practically one- third, whereas as late as twelve years ago they formed Only about 10 per cent of the total. Tills increase In manufactured exports, observes the New York Commercial, ac companied ns It is by more or less of an expansion in agricultural exports, Is a condition eminently to bo desired. , It In dlcntes that, ns n nut Ion, we are not cnrrylng all of our eggs In one basket and. that when business stress shall over tnke Us we will be bettor prepared to weather the gale. There Is another Inter esting consideration In connection with the statistics. They very conclusively confute the contention of the opponents of tho tariff that it operates as n barrier to the exports of manufactures. With these very much lnrger than ever be fore and steadily Increasln.!? that argu ment Is completely demolished. chnng of heart. 1 Now that the fathers hare returned to their democratic al teglance. Harper's ssya that the young men will not turn away from the repub licans. Just because their fathers do, They hove seen the working of the re publican party and know what It has done, whereas they know next to noth ing of n democratic regime. Moreover, young blood likes a party that "does things" and oue with a successful rec ord. Manifestly there Is something In this reasoning ond It will help to keep the doubtful states In line for Roosevelt. COMaiSATlOS AND COSfPETITIOX. We bnye heretofore referred to the effect upon the 8 tee! corporation of com petition ami cited the fact that In spite of tha trust's efforts to acquire a monop oly of the Iron and steel trade there has been a steady growth of competition In the Industry. Not only hare new enter prises been started since the so-called trust was formed, but mHISon3 upon million,! of dollars havo been spent In enlarging and developing old plant-;. In a recently published directory of the iron and steel works of the United States it is shown that instead of the great combination having the effect to check Individual enterprise or the enlist ment of comparatively small firms and companies In the manufacture of Iron and ateel, It has apparently not inter fered with tho growth of our Iron and steel Industries under independent aus pices. A surprisingly jarge number of Independent plants havo been built in the last few years, while many old and well established companies have grently Increased their facilities in theso years. Especially has there been a marked de velopment of Independent enterprises lu the mnnufuctnro of Iron and- steel spe cialties. Referring to this tho Financial Chron icle remarks thnt nil experience tenches that It Is neither jKsslble to maintain an artificial level of prices nor to elimi nate competition, no matter how power ful the organization or the aggregate of cnpltal behind the attempt. Examples are seen In the Knit trust and the Amal gamated Copper compnny. The latter hnd an extraordinary array of financial Interests behind It. yet It fatled sig nally In an attempt to hold up prices nt nn arbitrary and artificial figure. The attempt resulted in diminishing the con sumption of copper, cutting off our ex port trade In the metnl nnd In making the United Htntes the dumping ground for all the surplus copper in the world. Tho Chronicle points out thnt eveji the strike at the beef packing establishments Is furnishing some interesting revelstlona. It baa disclosed the fact that there are quite a number of independent slaugh tering and packing plnnta and these aeem to have been nblo to make profits and continue In business, notwithstanding the methods of the beef combination. It has been pretty conclusively demon strated that In this country the elimina tion of competition In the industries is almost impossible. Indeed it ran be accomplished only by a combination In any industry acquiring' a practical mo nopoly of raw materials and the Im practicability of this, under existing con ditions, la apparent. This does not, of course, affect the question of trust su pervision and regulation and of enfor cing the law against combinations that violate it. but It does furnUb assurance that ther is no Imminent danger of the mSTAKtSO AMEItlCAfT, POLTCT. Thnt there Is misapprehension abroad In regard to tho relation of the United States to the conflict in tho far east ia made evident by recent expressions of newspapers and public men. There was noted a few days ago in a Taris dispatch that a feeling exists in official circles there thut France, Great Britain and the United States should together ndopt means to stop the war, lest Japan shall chk-vo such a victory as to mako her the dominating power lu tho fur east, ' As we pointed out in referring to this, the United States, lu suggesting to the etitral powers and to the belllgeronts lint the area of the war bo circum scribed and urging that the neutrality of 'hlim be respected, assumed no duty or csponiMllty In the matter. The sug gestion of our government, accepted by the powers, did not imposo upon it anr obligation to see thnt the agreement thus entered into Is compiled with. A8 a writer on the subject In an enstern jour nnl snys, the United States is neither more nor less bound, than the other treaty powers which gave a cordlnl ad hesion to tbe Americnn note to see thnt the terms of its acceptance are faith fully carried out It China proves too wenk to enforce the neutrality which It officially declared, and whlcin the belliger ents undertook to respect, and If ib'.a re spect accordingly lacks something of the strictness which would be observed In the ense of n more vigorous power, thnt Is n situation which must be dealt with by all the powers whose commercial In terests may bo affected by it. They may df.il with the situation singly, or they may deal with It In concert, but the fact of the United States hnvlng taken the Initiative to minimize the loss which the wnr would necessarily inflict on com nieyce nnd tin peaceful Intercourso of the world, cannot bo held to lmposi on It any obligation beyond the sphere of its special and Immedlnto Interests. "The function of International mediator and peacemaker Is not necessarily that of nn Internntlonnl policeman, nnd Secretary nay may, with entire fidelity to the diplomatic traditions of his country, per form the one part while holding studi ously aloof from any attempt to dis charge the duties of the other." This entirely sound view of the Ameri can position respecting the agreement as to the reutrallt of Chlnn seems not to be cenernlly entertained abroad, pven jin official quarters. The opinion there at lenst among some, s thnt our govern ment assumed a responsibility in its note to the powers which It is needless to say wns never thoncht of nt Wnshtngtnn. As to tho suggestion that the United FNte should Join with other powers to stop tho wnr, been use the trtvmplf of Jspnn would give her a preponderant position in'the fnr e.ist, thnt Is not worthy of n mo'nont's serious consideration. This country hns nothing to fear from Jnpnn becoming the dominant power In the Orient, but rather much to hope for from the political, industrial and commerclnl regenerntlon of Chlnn which would fol low such nn event. The United States can hnve'no sympathy with nny move ment to deprive Jnpnn of fho legltlmnte frulta of victory, even if It shall be a victory of the most sweeping kind. . The selection of Omahn fof the next meeting of the Nebraska State Teacher'a association, the first of tint organiza tion to be held In this city, is of mora importance than tbe mere announcement Would indicate. The Nebraska State Teachers' , association Is one of the strongest State organizations in point of intelligence and character, as well as In numbers, nnd the nnnusl holiday time assembly of active workers in the field of, education brings together somo of the brightest nnd best minds In the stnte, as well as a number of distinguished educators of nntjonnl reputation, who nre engaged to nddress tho tenchers on educational subjects. It behooves the cultured people of Omaha not only to make the temhers welcome, but to lm press them with the advnntnges of this City for their meeting place so that In the future we shall share their favors Instead of having them showered ex cluslvely upon the state capital. The World-Herald Is straining itself to enter denial to n statement snld to have been circulated by The Bee, at tributing to W. II. Thompson, who ran for governor on the , fusion ticket last time, the remark "This fellow Berge will not get as many votes as the Parker electors, and there is not a populist in the state who will vote for them." Tho World-Herald need not be so exercised. The Bee never attributed these words to Mr. Thompson, but they were ottered by Judge Willis D. Oldham within tbe hen ring of several people. We do not believe that Oldham himself would sny he was Incorrectly quoted by The Bee any more than would Jack Harrington when he voiced characteristically tho prevailing sentiment among the dele gates to the late democratic state convention. Americnn and British correspondents were permitted to approach within eight miles of the fighting line August 25, and were told that after that they could come within four miles. General Oku, who issued these orders with a desire evidently to break the horrors of war gently to the writers, forgets thnt many of them have served their apprentice ship reporting foot ball games nnd po litical conventions, and that their prede cessors, in America nt least, were not only permitted on the firing' line, but by a large part of tbe population wern believed not only to make and unmake generals, but to furnish ninny of the plans of battle.. It may be that these latter facts flre what keeps the corre spondents eight miles from the booming guns. sure of a Job or bave enough money lo make wages unnecessary. This advice is approved by the United Rates gov eminent, although It Is strange to see even a government on the bull side of the labor market when it Is compelled to Lire men.' Eneonraclasr Silk ladnatry, Boston Uiob. To encourage the silk Industry In th Unlttd State, tbe government offers free to American women enough silk worms to start btalnrsa, cuttings of mulberry tree and a market for tho 'silk cocoons. What mors can anybody ask? Pell by th Way aide. , I'lilludciplila 1 rouo. Two bullooiis' started from the St. Louts exposition on Saturday q go to Washing ton and sailed off In tbe opposite direction. There was nothing original about that, however. The democratic party does the same thing quite regularly. Panatua'a Railroad Monopoly. Philadelphia Press. The contract between tne Panama rail road and the Pacific Mill Steamthlp com pany, which creates a monopoly by pre venting Competition, cannot be broken, It appears. Until there Is a change In th directors of the railroad company. , They wer elected In the Interest of the racinc" roads and refuxe. It appear, to reslnn. Although th government owns -o,-.ti61 of the Panama rond, it cannot get a. majority of th directors before next April. Con gress should legislate In Leccmlr to break up this outrageous monopoly. Western Sladent In tbe Vt'eat. Rprlngfleld (Mass.) Republican. The falling av.-ay cf pairuntge from thj wext at New England colleges la empha sised In the statistics of entiance exami nations held this year under the direction of the colics entrance examination board. Fewer students every year reach New Eng land from the country beyond th Alle gheny mountains, a fuct that reveals the growing competition of the stronger west ern Institutions. The r-atrormrs at the New England college, however, steadily grows, because this section sends more boys and girls to them than ever before. rfctasoxAt, Ar oTnunwisB. When opposing armies get busy a bunch of "regrets to report" Illumines the after math. t Owing to th pernicious activity of the Japs, tha HuKstan soldiers find lb lime b tween vodkas mighty long. Talk about "getting rich quick" gami The Jeffries-Monroe divvy of 115.000 Is Stout the smoothest and quickest In the pack. Five divorce esses pending In the cour's of Newport-are baaed on "Incompatlbllit." The rtrst two syllable usually drag In th rest. Army recruiting officers stationed at r E t t.An SHOT! AT TUB PtXriT. St. Louis Globe-Democrat: The M'hop's tavern may eventually take th place of th city saloon, but It Tan never hop to supplant th Kansas drug store. Minneapolis Journal: Th arehbUhop of Canterbury Is to be guarded by a detail of clergymen so that the wicked reporters cannot get at him and ask him questions while he la here In Amerl.n. What's ths use of making th archblsHop appear ilk a ninny or Incompetent? Tan to one h will dlsmlas the self-appointed guard as soon as he gets on to their offlclousness. ' Baltimore American: A Cleveland mln- orla -ejeole-1 alxty sppllcanls becaure the, ' ") that bos of wealthy families First Runs; ot the Ladder. (Saturday Evcnlha: Post. Now, thousands of young fellows gradu ated from college, hfgh school, top grado of commerc-3 schcol, are astir looking for their first job. Probably pretty nearly every on of them hns a fftTly dcflnlt no tlon of what kind of Job he wants and of what his valuable services are worth. But neither of theso things la Important The only Important thing about a first Job la tnnt it bo a chance to do honest work. Don't wait till what you're fitted for offers. Don't bother about the pay. Abov all, don't worry over the effect of the Job on your school pcsltlon. Get a leg to stand on. , Get a- place to stand ths leg. Th only standpoint from which you can get a view of a Job that suits you Is a Job that you salt. Finally, don't listen to good-luck stories. tot That small portion of the democratic press which expressed eagerness to have President' Roosevelt Interfere In the Colorado situation under tho terms of tie fourteenth amendment to tho fed eral constitution have suddenly ceased their clamor. It Is evident thnt some ona hns Informed them that the demand forinterferenco in Colorado could not be supported except by arguments thnt would nlso sustain n demand for similar action In Georgia.- Another sheep war is threatened In Wyoming, settlers saying that they will kill All sheep found on the range where their cattle nn. " Two years ago this wns done nnd none of the perpetrators of the deed were punished. Wyoming's sheep wars sem to have become as chronic as the ly'nchlng'of negrops In the south, but ""til they begin to bum the sheep alive Jackson's hole, wilt still bave something exclusive to boast of. The New York "Evening Tost occasion ally stumbles into nn accuracy. Some timet ago It commented on Littleton'! speech In which he nominated Tarker. Littleton snld Parker would bo tho servant of the party, Tho Post sold In Italics, "What the party needs Just now Is a mnster." This, however, does not prevent the Poet from attacking Roose velt because be baa proved a strong man Just nt the time the country needed a strong man. This Is where democratic consistency Is less in evidence even than usual. . In tho light of charges made against the bureaucrata In charge, it may be that General Kouropntkln found that "80 per cent of nil Russian supplies In Asia" Stored at Llao Yang wre not worth fighting for, Japanese occupancy of this alleged Russian stronghold may throw some light upon the efficiency of the Russian commissary and quartermas- ter's departments. . t!"l...i'J i-.-JU " Fashionable Oinalnw Is now supposed to lie renewing its knowledge of tiio horse. There are n few expressions which nre' sa,ld to distinguish the dlile- tnnte from the practical horseman and it is this distinction which requires study, as it would never do io apply to the trappings of the show horse those terms which arc daily used for work-o-day horse gear. TAXATION VERSIS TRISTS. On Way of Plnehlnsr Combines Throttling Inoal In.lnatrles. Philadelphia North- Amerocan. There Is sound Justice In the act of tho Camden tax commissioners Increasing the taxable valuation of the sugar trust's Idle refinery in that city from $400,000 to $700,000. Although the Increase as based directly tipon the discovery of a mortgnge of $1,000, 009 on the property, the commission told th protesting lawyers of the trust that the very fact that the refinery Is not In use constitutes a good reason why It should be heavily taxed. This Is common sense. If 'corporations, bent upon expanding their profits, restrict the Industrial enterprise of a community, they should be compelled to pa7 a good price for the privilege. It would be all th better Jf 'the prloe were made prohibitive. Here In Camden Is an Instance of delib erate strangling of local enterpdleo for the furtherance of trust ends. The sugar trust purchased the refinery at th foot of Penn street, not because it feared that the plant n Independent hands would Interfere with the successful execution of its policy of gouging the public. Having mad th pur chase, It was shackled In Idleness, to the detriment of Camden's commercial future. Camden Is eminently right, though some whrt lenient. In presenting a bill for dam ages to the trust. Other communities would do well to In quire Into and apply this Idea of heavy taxation on properties made Idle by monop oly manipulation. For the Camden case Is far from unique. All over the country, 'In all lines of Industry, are to be found dead furnaces, abandoned mines and unused fac tories and land, In the wake of trust armies battling for extortionate price for trust products. The people nre daily paying for this policy of the commercial blood suck ers. In higher cost or living and losses resulting upon the artificial paralysis of portions of the producing power of th coTTimuniues uncciea. Then let the people see to It that the emr.sr.ulation of Industrial opportunity shall coat mere than It comes to. , wer bowlegged. Ixiyalty to home indut try puts many a weiry load on Poorlans. The latest color.c! commissioned In the Russian army doesn't bother abcut Port Arthur cr Llao Yang. Ills ono:gleorj confined to th commlstary departmen. New Tork claims that Its people con tributed $40,030,0X0 of the Jfto.OOCOOO donated to philanthropic and charitable work In the United fetatos laat year. Magnificent gen erosity, surely, considering the rource. Let mankind rejoice and make merry. A Cincinnati court holds that a wlfj has no tight to 'search her husband's pockets. An occasional crumb of comfort such cs tht gives ths burden-bearers a little Sweetness and light. . The National Association of Phirnbrr la In session In St. Louis. Although tha Pikers are not activ members Ihey can give the delegates the. brotherhood grip good and plenty and make tlx-in feel st home. ' y All mirrors have been removed' from ths cars of the elevated ror.ds In New York City. , 80 many baldheaded men persisted In stopping In front of them to arrange stray locks of hair and se,e If their hats were on straight thnt the management had to expedite traffic by radical means, i. bunch of youngsters employed In "a colliery In Pennsylvania threatened to strike real hard and close the dump unless th management granted certain demands, A fatherly boss tcok the boys, singly, over hts knee and counseled peace In the usual way. Then th boys settled down to work by standing up to it. One hand settled the difficulty. Carrie Nation says In her autobiography thnt she was awfully astonished when her first lover stole a kiss from her. "I bad never had a gentleman take such a prlvi lege, and felt shocked, threw up my hands to my faca, saying several times, 'I am ruined'." Although a'acore or more of years have rolled by since then the memory of the stolen smack Is vivid and pictur esque. (The recollection Is an interesting Instance of sentiment crowding Into the ac tivities of a knocker. Douglas county is entitled to a better brand of law makers than thoso thnt represented It at the Inst legislature. The legislature deals with matters of utmost importance to Omnha business Interests and the Douglas delegation ought to include nt least a sprinkling of substantial business men. Harper's Weekly reasons that the democrats who voted the republican ticket in the Inst two campnlgna have sons, many of whom bare reached the voting age in the last eight years, and who have all this time heard their fathers', arguments about the faults In th democratic party which caused their A parcels post convention baa been arranged between the United States and Norway, to become effective October 1. Strange the postal department enn grant to foreigners privileges which ore denied citizens of this country, but the express compaulea cannot defeat tho parcels post law forever. 1 , s J Many of tbe democratic ncwt.pnpers that were giving much space to1 "Tom" Lflwson' articles on the Standard Oil company seem suddenly to have dropped the series when they found some of thn strings of that company ran in the direc tion of Esopus. Minister Barrett advise all person to stay away front raaama until they are MEA.flKQ OF LABOR DAY. "Stnnda Conaplcnonaly for Social Ad. Tinccmtnt of Common People." ' St. Louis Republic. Mr. Samuel Gompers, president of the American Federation of Labor, entertains tsom remurkably Interesting and profound views upon the meaning of Labor' day. That day murks a new epoch In human hifctory. Jt differs essentially from some of th other holidays of the year in thut It glorifies no armed conflicts or battles of man prowess over man. y . It is a deep-seated propsnslty of human nature to observe with appropriate cere monies the periodical return of cerUln timet, suspending tha ordinary business of life on certain days to memorialise some Important event or principle. Tho observ ance of such occasions la an Vvldence of growing civilization, unquestionably. Our inferior fellow-animals pursue an unvaried course of existence from day to day, but man Introduces changes by elevating some days abov others. Sunday has been of Incalculable benefit to mankind. Th Institution of th wc-ekly rest day or fertlval and of numerous other holidays-ran Increasing number of them In recent time gives needed relaxation and cheers the heart of man. ' "Among all the festive days of th year," writes Mr. Oompers, "of all th day com memorative of great epochs in tho world's history, of all th day celebrated for on eausa or another, ther la not on which stands so conspicuously for, social ad vancement of tho common people a the first Monday In September of each re curring year Labor day. Labor day Is tht day conceded by no on class of peopla to another It Is the day of the worker, se cured by the workers for tho workers, and for all. It observance now is sanctioned by law In thirty-three states, In th Dis trict of Columbia and In tha United State territories. "No martial glory or warlike pomp sig nals Labor day. The marching boat of worker manifest their growing Intalli genc ond unalterable determination fr th effarament of the unnatural and brutal cause that Impel man to rala hi hand against his brother. I.abor'day stands for Indita'rlr! r-rera ad for th toiler' eco nomic, political, social and moral advancement- WIERD CAMPAIGN STORIES. Sample of tbe Staff netalled by New 'York Democrat. New Tork Dispatch to Record-Herald. A report found Its way Into print Tues day that Wall street and the trusts were under agreement to pontrlbute $10,000,000 to a fund to be at the disposition of the na tional republican committee. Possibly among the ignorant a statement of that kind iay be. of Influence. . In tb Wall street district It caused nothing buf amuse ment. Not even in 1S!6, when there was real despair because of' superficial Indica tions that the free silver dogma was to be approved by the peopla, was It possible for frightened finance to contribute so large a sum as this. In tho closing week of that campaign ther were contributions that aggregated about $3,000,000, and to this fund democrats as well as1 republicans sub scribed. The absurdity of the sum men tioned In this report is equaled by the in- 1 consistency the report gives to others that have been kept In persistent circula tion for two or three year, namely, that the great financial and business interests of the country . looked upon President Roosevelt as unsafe. Republican Wall street still is republican. Democratic Wall street Is to be this year what It was before JS96. In that year a political revolution carried a very large part of the capitalists and financiers of this) city over to the democratic candidate. To be more particular, Frederick P, Olcott, president of one of the great trust Institutions, who was a gold democrat ana one of tho few democrats who did not see his way clear to support Grtover Cleveland, now I persuaded by Judge Parker's atti tude upon th currency question to support him. On the other hand, John A. McCall, president of one of the world's great cor porations, one that Is especially concerned about the maintenance of the values of se curities, has spoken earnestly In favor of the eloctlon of President Roosevelt, al though Mr. McCall. before 1896, was an old line democrat, and no doubt looks upon himself now as of that persuasion. A ma jority of the gold democrats doubtless In tend now giving their support to Judge Parker, and yet a considerable nnd a vory repreoentatlve element among them, identi fied by the names of James Bpeyer, Jacob Schlff, A. A. Croasmnn, have announced their purpose to support the republican candli'-'e ond to continue.' that support until tee democrncy takes officially and formally tho position with respect to the currency which Judge Parker announced to be his In the telegram to the St. Louis con are hand1ennne. Huf varv few arm, 1,4 unwilling to be so weighted in starting out on the race of llfo. One of the hardest tasks which a social philanthropist ha ever set himself Is to convince the groat majority that money-Is a curse from which men should pray nnd- strive to b delivered. Kansas City Star: Without doubt th most notable bit of news of the day Is th announcement that a Methodist preacher In Chilllcothc has notified his congregation that ho will refuse to serve It longer un less his salary is reduced $200 a year. At first blush there will undoubtedly be a dis position In certain quarter to discredit the news as untrue or at least a exagger ated. It Is so extraordinary that many persona will Insist n the need of corrobor ative evidence, as Hume' did in th mat tar of miracles. New York Sun: It was noon hour and quite a number of workmen had dropped Into the Subway tavern. He was a HI bernian, antique, grlsslod, seamed nnd warped with age, but he shifted his din ner pall with a certain aprightllness as h stopped on the way out to light his clay. He eyed th clerk. . "I hod a dhrlnk." he prefaced with dignity. "Me name Is Dlnnls Mulcahy. I have th' distinction av beta' th' oldest laborln man In New Tork. I am 91 veara ir nap. Yn ml? tpll th bl shop I was In, an that hi liquor Is vlrry Ixcollent. Good-day." DOMESTIC PLEASANTRIES. Lawson I thought you said UJones had two automobiles. Dawson No, 1 said he had two runabouts his automobile and his wife. SoruarvUie Journal. "Harry, how dare you take my hand!" "Is It so serious an offense. Flora? Re member, 1 have been coming to see you for two years and this is th first time." "Two whole years? And this Is your first offense? Harry, it is unpardonable!" Chi cago. Tribune. The Wife I fully realise, that I ought to economise, Jack, but The Husband But what? Don't you know Where to begin? The Wife Oh, yes; but X can't decide on the time. Town Topic. "No, Mr. Hoamley," she said, "I bar no thought of marrying any man." "But." he persisted. "Is there no hap for me at all?" Of course there Is. You'll Hnd lots of glrli who are not so particular as I am." Philadelphia Press. Mrs. Crossway I think your husband Is the most attentive man I ever Mr. Crossway To you, of course. Who ei., f Mrs. Btrongmlnd (fanning herself li a better Del Chicago jnoune. "We must be married at noon," said he. "But. why not In the evening, as w originally intended?" protested the bride. ' But, my aear, tne DanKS ciose ai a anu we don't want to tana any cnances on your father wedding check. W must cash It Immediately." Cleveland Leader. You never saw as absent-minded a man as my husband is," said Mrs. ltoiw7. I told him to weigh the bnny tn otner ...... n V.,.., mih . V. t II,. La thlnff hall sained in the last month. He went to one of these weighing machines, put a cent on the platform, and tried to drop th baby in ths slot." Chicago Tribune. "I wanted the dentist to give me laugh, lng gas," she said, "when I went to nave my teeth examined." "And what did he do?" "He gave me th ha hal" Cleveland Leader. , sing ye of the summer girl Down A fellow Feeling. Indianapolis News. When Admiral Cervera reads thnt Rear Admiral Prince Ouktomsky's orders nro Imperative to go out of Port Arthur harbor or destroy hi ships beyond possibility of repair before the fortress falls he munt find some comfort in tha thought that ther Is nt least one man who understands how ho felt at Santiago. uy MIC nnii iiiih Ben . Or sing ye of the winter girl With furs and filagree. But any girl, If good and fair, Is good enough for m; And so I've lost ray heart to her, . For such a girl is SHE. Leslie's Weekly. THE TIDE Or TIME. W. D. Nesblt in Chicago Tribune.. "All the rivers run Into th sea; yet tb sea 1 not full; unto the plaoe from whence the rivers come tnlther tney return again." iiiccleslustes, 1:7. All the rivers And the sea. And all the years, oternlty. The rivulet that Idles on Where sigh the rushes tremulous, Or laughs hesido, the flowered lawn, Or Uuunts the spicy calamus. Or breaks and leaps and shouts aj brawls With echoes from the farther hills, Stll! hears th sea's Insistent calls And flows on aa that calling wills. The river of the varied moods That sing across the singing plain, or in tne rorest solitude Chant measures in a somber vein- They, too, but answer that one call! Or north, or south, or east, or west The rivers Journey, one and all. Down to tne sea or peace ana reaej And from the sea the river rIM AS from eternity tne days Within the heart of tlmo there 111 The rule of their appointed ways! Within the heart of time each dawn And golden noon and twilight gray And every moment coma or gone ' Ha known ita ca.l to go or stay, 1 So all the smiles and all tho tear, And trlef and Joy live o er and o en And on the bosom of th years Drift out from soma eternal snore. R!p out of that eternity Which waa and Is and shall endure: And what has been and what shall be iviiuw, anu aiiuti aiioH, Liiai naven sure. All the rlvar find the &, And al! th years, eternity. ' , . Just Before You Leave 1 the time you ought , cere fop Your Eyes If your eyes or your Glauses have bean troubling you of late com to u befor you tart away from horn and have thorn Sttanded to. See to It also that, before the children commanc school that, their eye and glasses are all right for the work befor them. We ar OPTICAL HEAD QUARTERS. Hutcson Optical Co., ex:ujsivb orncui. 2IJ. lotaCt., PasUn Sleek, OrtAHA. Whol! and Rata II, Factory on Framlaas. Kst'd 1J lL".-.'ia aji.M k JS W k UfLil illHUWJ is ylM 2 i v Y ' '!lvi m 1