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Sunday Bee printed during the month of
August, 1904, waa .follows:
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t sn.ooo IS 2t.40
3 Z1I.660 1 SW.3KO
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6 Z1I.0KO Jl 20.40W
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IS 80,880 U 20,810
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Omoha never does things by halves.
The horse show will bo no exception.
The most unique souvenir of the 1004
campaign will be the Watson and
Tibbies button.
It costs (5 an hour for a ride In an
automobile in the St. Louis fair grounds,
but It costs only S cents an hour to ride
on an Omaha trolley.
Since the emperor of China has pur
chased an automobile the next flight of
the court from Peking will probnbly not
bo without danger to the natives.
If we are to have an equinoctial
ejorm this year it Is to be hoped It will
put in an appearance before King Ak-Kar-Ben
makes his triumphal entry.
Republican candidates for the legis
lature are as thick as hlackberrles in
June, while democratic candidates for
tho Job are ns scarce as hen's teeth.
' The Italian prime minister having de
cided, that the workihgmen of Italy have
a right to strike, the men promptly de
cided to return to work. Nothing like
making a sacrifice for a principle.
Douglas comity democrats are mani
festly in no great hurry to fill the
vacancies on their legislative ticket
They want to see. first, of what timber
the republican ticket Is constructed.
The democratic campaign in UllnoN
opeucd yesterday with the arrival of
Chairman Tnggart at Chicago. It was
not until the national chairman, arrived
that the state chairman felt that he had
"openers."
Since the birth of a son to the king
of Italy the duke of Abruzzl can start
for the north pole without exciting the
Italians and Teary can no longer afford
to take his time in preparing for his
nxt trip.
The effect of St. Clair McKelway's
Visit to Esopus is apparent. The Brook
lyn Eagle now prints its political car
toons, referring to the election of Parker,
under the caption: "If the Unexpected
Should Happen."
Colonel Bryan says he holds peace
dearer than either the gold or silver
standard. This may explalu his reason
for not causing war within Uie demo
cratic ranks by telling what he really
thinks in the present campaign.
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President Hooserelt can have Intelli
gent sympathy for Senator Fairbanks.
Only four years ago ho himself was
swinging around the clrcb as vice presi
dential candidate, making political
speeches as fast as be could reach the
crowds,
. ( be Foo mentions the fact that there
are some students of the military situa
tion In that place. This Is. the first in
timation that there is any one at Che
Foo other than newspaper correspond
ents who would rather sell a good story
than report facts.
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Word comes rrom Maryland that
Grandfather Davis refused to put up for
democratic campaign expenses until
Senator Gorman had been added to the
executive committee. He evidently
wants to keep the money In the family
as long 'as possible.
The Civic Federation, whose chief aim
Is said to be the enforcement of law 1u
this community, will miss an opportunity
if it falls to take note of the track
laylug feat performed by the Union Pa
cific railroad In violation of the Sunday
laws and city ordinances.
The second murder on the Omaha In
dian reservation within two weeks, as
' the result of the use of whisky, empha
I aloe the necessity of intelligent work
by tha federal authorities. The gang of
1 o inlaws who extract the Indian's money
from hi in by the help of bootleggers,
must be wiped out.
tHK INDEPENDENT INDUSTRIES.
In urging a revision of the tariff In
order to destroy the great Industrial
combinations the democratic party ap
pears to be entirely oblivious to the
effect upon the smaller and Independent
Industries. As pointed out by President
Koosotelt, a change In the tariff which
would work Injury to the large corpora
tion would work not merely Injury but
destruction to Its smaller competitors,
"and equally of course such a change
would mean disaster to all the wage
workers connected with either the large
or small corporations." N
It Is a well known fact thnt every
article that Is produced by a so-called
trust Is also produced by Independent
manufacturers, who collectively employ
a very large amount of capital and a
groat deal of labor, and constitute a
bulwark agnlnst monopoly. In 1000.
according to the census report, the total
number of manufacturing establish
ments In the United States was 512,339,
of which 7S5 were corporations con
trolling 2,(40 plants. All the establish
ments together employed 4.749.27B wage
earners, of whom 400,04(1 were employed
by corporations or trusts, being a frac
tion over 8 per cent of the whole. The
total wages paid by all manufacturing
establishments during the year waa
$2.034.211 M.'fl, of which f 195.122,980 was
paid by so-called trusts, being a frac
tion over 0 per cent of the whole. The
total value of all manufactured products
during the year was 111,820,784,005, of
which trusts produced $1,007,350,949, a
fraction over 14 per cent of the whole.
These figures show how great a part
Is played In our Industrial system by
Independent or Individual enterprises,
which compete with the combinations.
In 1000 there were 13,890 establish-
nwnts engaged In Iron and steel manu
factures, of which 2,040 were in com
binations or trusts. The entire number
of these establishments employed 733,
908 persons and paid out In wages $381,-
875,490, of which the combinations em
ployed 145,009 persons and paid $81.-
098,5&3 In wages. The product of the
trnst establishments was a fraction over
28 per cent of the whole.
It being Impracticable to remove tariff
duties from goods made by the combina
tions without removing protection from
their independent competitors, anyone
can understand from an examination of
tho above figures what the effect would
be of carrying out the democratic policy.
It would simply result, as the presi
dent has pointed out, in destroying the
Independent industries, with incalcul
able Injury to both capital and labor.
The bulwark against monopoly being
thus broken down there would be a
clear field for the combinations and
there enn be no doubt that they would
make haste to cultivate it. "From the
standpoint of those Interested In the so
lution of the trust problem," says Mr.
Roosevelt In his letter of acceptance,
"such a change would merely moan that
the trust was relieved of the competi
tion of Its weaker American competitors
and thrown only Into competition with
foreign competitors, and that the first
effort to meet this new competition
would be mode by cutting down wages
and would therefore be primarily at tho
cost of labor." This view is so obvi
ously sound and rational that it would
seem it must receive general acceptance
and acquiescence. The industrial com
binations cannot be hit through tariff
changes without at the same time hit
ting the Independent Industries.
MUNICIPAL COMPLIMENT A BIBS.
Omaha is not the only place where a
ruction has been created over the issu
ance of a circus license. According to
the Lincoln Journal, the license agent of
the Burnum & Bailey circus, after pay
ing $150 license money Into the city
treasury, worked the city for one-tenth
of that amount by evading the sM sliotv
license and then followed It up by nuk
ing the city council to remit S73 of the
amount paid for the main show.
This move has Inspired the Journal
with the novel Idea, which is promoted
to the mayor and council of that
town in the shape of an ordinance, con
ferring on certnln city officials tights
una privileges and obligating the gen
eral public to observe conditions named
herein and Imposing penalties for the
Violation of the provisions herein ret
cut and made binding. The ordinance
read as follows:
Be It Enacted by the City Council of
Lincoln, the Mayor Approving:
Boctton 1. That members of the city gov
ernment of Lincoln are herehy named and
expressly set out to be privileged char
acters to whom shall be accorded all the
good things that ordinary mortals may ob
tain only by paying therefor In cash; pro
vided that nothing In this section shall be
construed to mean that officers of the city,
either elective, appointive or hereditary,
ahall he compelled to pay for anything
they may desire, whether such thing Is
good or bad.
See. 2. Shows, circuses, carnivals, etc.,
shall leave with the c'.erk of the city of
Lincoln such tickets as the clerk may de
mand, his demands to be made In the form
of a list of officials opposite the names of
which shall be set out the number of
tickets and complimentary franks desired.
Seu. i. Proprietors of entertainments,
amusements, carnivals, etc, shall be held
amenable to the rules laid down and set
out In Section 2 of thla ordinance.
Bee. 4. Managers of street car com
panies, traction lines, etc., shall leave with
members of the council and other elective
officials of the city of Lincoln yellow books
containing 100 tickets each, each ticket to
be good for the privilege named on the
face thereof. i
8ec. . Tickets Issued by street car and
other transportation companies, when
printed on yellow paper, ahall read "Good
for One Trip." Suoh tickets shall be
countersigned by the president of the com
pany. Bee. 4. Street cars and traction company
vehicles shall be used free of charge by
members of the police force at their p ens
ure. Conductors and motormen In charge
shall be required to remove their hats, or
cape, when uollctmen board the car; pro
vided, further, that all employes of said
company shall appear In full uniform when
policemen ride.
Bee T. In consideration of. the privileges
demanded by this ordinance proprietors of
street car and traction lines shall be per
mltted a violate city ordinances at wl'l.
Seo. t - Failure to accord privileges herein
demanded shall make offenders amenable
U the taws by which their actions, move
ments and desires may he restricted; their
occupation or other taxee may be In
creased; or licenses may be boosted to an
unseemly figure, as provided by the elastic
and far-reaching license ordinance now In
full force and effect.
THE RUSSIAN CONCESSION.
If what hag been reported In dis
patches from St. Petersburg, regarding
the concession made by the Russian
government as to contraband of war, Is
correct, ait Important victory In the In
terest of commerce has been gained and
the credit for It belongs largely to the
United States. The decision as reported
Is that foodstuffs, fuel and other ar
ticles capable of a duaL use that is, a
use as Instruments of peace as- well ns
of war shall be considered "conditional
contraband" only and the burden of
proof as to whether such articles are
contraband Is to rest entirely upon the
captor. He must show affirmatively that
goods shipped 'from a neutral port to
the port of a belligerent and consigned
to private persons are actually In
tended for military or naval use. If
the cargoes are consigned to private
parties in unbloekaded belligerent ports
the presumption Is that they are
not contraband and t therefore not
subject to seizure or lengthy detention.
As to railway supplies, It Is Intimated
that these are to be regarded as
contraband wherever found and con
signed to Japan, and this appears to be
entirely Justifiable, since obviously the
Importation at present of such supplies
can be intended only for military pur
poses. Russia reserves the right, ff the pa
pers of the ship stopped on the open seas
should be Irregular, or if other circum
stances capable of presentation before
an admiralty court warrant suspicion of
Intent to give aid and comfort to the
enemy, to take the vessel to the nearest
Russian port and submit tho question to
the adjudication of the proper tribunal.
The assent of Russia to the American
and British contention practically places
the articles to which the decision ap
plies out of the list of contraband of
war, for no shipper of such articles will
make the mistake of consigning them to
other than a private party. It also nar
rows the field of activity of commerce
destroyers, except when they are block
ading vessels. Now that Russia has
modified its position on the contraband
question a resumption of trade between
the United States and Japan can be
safely effected.
AN UNWARRANTED CLAIM.
The democratic national platform
claims the Irrigation law Is a democratic
measure and refers to It "as an evidence
of the policy of domestic development
contemplated by the democratic party
should It be placed in power." The San
Francisco Chronicle very conclusively
shows how unwarranted this claim Is,
pointing out that the policy of national
irrigation was favored by the people of
the west without regard to party and
the fact that Senator Newlands of Ne
vada was conspicuously active in secur
ing legislation does not entitle the demo
cratic party to claim all the credit there
for. National aid to Irrigation, says our
San Francisco contemporary, first he
came an Immediate possibility when on
December 3, 1901, President Roos. . fit,
as one personally familiar with the sub
ject and the west, devoted about 1,400
words of his first message to an argu
ment for it. On the day before several
bills on the subject had been Intro
duced In the two houses, among them
one in the senate, by Senator Hans
brough of North Dakotn, a substantially
Identical bill being Introduced in the
house (he same day by then Repre
sentative Newlands. This was known
as the Hanshrough-Newlands bill and
became the basis upon which the com
mittee work was done, but It did not
become a law ns drafted. The measure
was revised, but it did not meet the
views of the president In certain re
spects and at his suggestion was
amended in these particulars and be
came the law as It stands today.
"To President Roosevelt, therefore,
and to him alone," declares the Chron
icle. "Is due the fact that there was any
national Irrigation at nil In that con
gress, and thnt the law as enacted ab
solutely protects the poor man and
render any large holdings of nationally
Irrigated land Impossible forever. The
speaker of the house and the majority
of eastern congressmen were still un
converted and the bill became a law
solely by the personnl Influence of the
president." This Is the Incontrovertible
fact nnd the democratic claim to all the
credit for irrigation legislation Is utterly
unwarranted.
While the city council of South
Omaha is wrestling with the problem
of meeting the payments on the out
standing bonded debt of thnt town,
petitions are being circulated for the
submission of a proposition contemplat
ing another bond issue of $100,000 for
the erection of a city hall building. The
annual Interest on a $100,000 bond issue
would be from $4,500 to $5,000 a yeir
and the cost of heating, lighting and
Janltorlng would aggregate from $5,000
to $6,000 a year and possibly more. At
the lowest estimate, therefore, the South
Omaha taxpayers would have to pay in
$10,000 to $ 12.0(H) a year for the luxury
of more commodious quarters for their
city officials. For half of that amount
a very respectable building can be
rented In South Omaha, ample for the
accommodation of ail its city officials,
and this expense would include heat,
light and water.
The most striking proof of Omaha's
substantial growth is furnished by the
erection of more than 4'K) uew dwelling
houses within the city limits during tho
present season. These homes have not
been erected for speculation, but In most
cases are to be occupied by the borne
owner.
The chairman of tne democrntlj ra
tional congressional commifee icports
a dearth of campaign fundi; dispatcher
from Edopus say that the candidate for
president Is "broke." and Candida
Davis refuses to meet the demands
the committee in the spirit In which
they are made. Either the democrat
party Is In a bad way or it Is making
strong bid for the votes of Individuals
who are In the some fix.
We are coming closer and closer to
the time limit when any municipal own
ershlp proposition can be submitted to
the people at the coming election, but
for unexplained reasons no step has yet
been taken by the council toward the
submission of a proposition for the ac
quisition of a municipal electric, lighting
plant
Mppon's Worst Fee.
Philadelphia Press.
A deadlier foe than Russia is rising up
against Japan. The war correspondents
are turning against it because of slights
to their dignity. Now Sherman's apO'
thegm will be demonstrated.
Business Energy of a Xeatral.
Philadelphia Record.
Neutral Great Britain has supplied the
two belligerents In the far east with ap
proximately 2.250,000 tons of Cardiff coal, i
quantity equivalent to the peace require
ments of the British navy for four and a
half years.
Kelahbortr Courtesies.
Chicago Chronicle.
In response to Canada's cordial Invita
tion to American Immigrants four of our
compatriots have obligingly Journeyed
thither and held up a Canadian Pacific.
train. Anything else we can do for our
friends across the border?
Rldlcaloas "War Lord" Talk.
New York Tribune.
The peace congress at St. Louis evidently
does not consider President Roosevelt a
"war lord." On the contrary. It has Just
sent htm a message as a chief magistrate
who "Is considered by all nations a cham
pion of International peace." This reas
suring message ought to be specially grate
ful to the democratic editors In New York,
whose knees have been knocking together
lately through 'fear of the terrible "war
lord."
THRIFT'S HIGH MO XI' ME NT.
Gsnerons Store of the World's Goods
Stored hy Was;e Rarners.
New York Eun.
The number of depositors In the savings
banks of the United States has doubled In
the last seventeen years. The total amount
of their deposits has Increased from 11,235,
247,371 In 1887 to $2,836,204,848 In 1908. The
statistics for 1903 show 7,306,228 individual
depositors, and the Increase In the average
of Individual holdings since 1887 Is a little
more than 10 per cent.
Special students of this phase of our na
tional life find it' Impossible to classify the
depositors with accuracy, but their general
conclusion Is that one-half of the amount
deposited represents the savings of the
wage earntng class. The figures not only
show an Increasing prosperity among those
of small Incomes, but also Indicate an In
creasing frugality. The rich may be get
ting richer, but the standard of living for
all Is higher than ever before, and the so
called "poor" have unquestionably grown
richer as well as their more fortunate
fellow countrymen. The cry of the "rich
growing rlaher and the poor growing
poorer" Is today, only the wall of the un
scrupulous demagogue.
The BankereMonthly for August pre
sents some . interesting figures. It shows
that oui oflhetcul deposits of the entire
country. 3M' pen -cent are I" the , state
of New YoVk; 20 In the county of New
York, and that ..twelve savings banks In
the county of New York hold 17.8 per cent
of the entire hatlonal deposot In such In
stitutions. The report of the comptroller of the cur
rency for 1901-03 shows the average amount
of Individual deposits in different sections
of the country, as follows:
Average to
Each Depositor.
Eastern division 8380.72
Middle division 428.4S
Southern division 1 .47
Western division , J .02
pacific states and territories 703.66
The part of this grand total of deposits
which may be credited to the wage earning
class by no means represents all of the
savings of that group. The building and
loan associations, with total assets of more
than 1600,000,000, arc a favorite form -of In
vestment for many. Personal hoarding, life
lnsjrance and even modest Investment In
stocks and bonds, are other channels of
accumulation. In country towns and in
small cities there are many wage earners
who own their, own homes.
All this is evidence of the extent to which
the wage earners of the United Btates have
shared In our, national prosperity.
STA.DINa VP FOR HIS RIGHTS.
Good Example Set by "a Short Maa
wltli a Saaare Jaw."
Chicago Inter Ocean.
The other day a man described as "short
with a square' Jaw" walked through a
railway train at Tamaqua, Pa., found every
scat occupied, and took post on a car plat
form. A tralnrnah told him he would have
to go Inside the car. 'The short man with
the square Jaw positively declined to go
Inside until provided with the seat for
which, he had paid.
There was quite an argumentver the
point The train crew insisted that the
Bhort man obey the well known and com
mendable. rule forbidding passengers to tide
on car platforms. The short man Insisted
on being provided with a seat, holding that
until the railway lived up to Its contract
with him he was not bound by Its rules.
Superior officials were summoned from
the superintendent's office to remonstrate
with the short man. He set his square
Jaw still more firmly and declined to hear
any argument until he was supplied with
a seat. The train was delayed ten min
utes. ' Finally the railway officials capitu
lated, and put an additional car on the
train.
Probably many of the other passengers
on the train regarded the short man as a
crank. Doubtless many people who read
about the Incident will say that ha made
an unnecessary disturbance over S very
small matter. Yet. as a matter of fact,
he merely stood up for his unquestionable
right to get what he had paid tor and what
the railway was bound to furnish him If
It was humanly possible to do so.
Furthermore,, he not only secured the
comfort that was his own right, but also
that of any later passenger who might
board the train before any of these he
found on It left. He conferred a benefit
upon the public by ils resolute resistance
to the neglect of the railway to provide
seats for all whom it undertook to csrry,
and whose money It had received. He was
a M a to do this because he wss willing to
take trouble to stand up for his own rights
and the public's.
There Is need of more such men In every
community. The beginning of great public
grievances and wrongs Is In the toleration
by the average man of such petty neglects
as this man stood out against. This world
would be a much pleasanter place to live
In, and there would be much less complaint
of Injustice of all kinds. If there were In
It more men who resist wrongs In their
potty beginning more maa willing to take
troubla.
ARMY GOSSIP in WASHIJGTO.
Carrent Ereats Gleaaed frosa the
Army aad Kary Rearlster.
The recommendation has been made by
the general staff for the assignment of in.
fantry to the Philippines during the coming
year. The first regiment to go will be the
Twenty-first Infantry, which Is planned to
proceed to "Manila, relieving the Eighteenth
Infantry In the Islands, so the latter regl
ment may sail from Manila on January' 18.
It has been suggested that the Eighteenth
Infantry, on Its return, be stationed at
Fort Leavenworth. The nest regiment to
go. according to the present plan, will be
the Sixth Infantry, now stationed st Fort
Leavenworth, destined to sail from San
Francisco on March 1. The third regiment
to go will be the Nineteenth infantry, now
stationed at Vancouver Barracks, and
booked to sail for San Francisco on April 1
This will be followed by the Ninth In
fantry, now stationed at Madison Bar
racks and Fort Thomas, with one company
at Allegheny arsenal and In Pekln, each
That command will leave May L while on
June 1 the Sixteenth Infantry, now at Fort
McPherson, Oa.. will depart for Island gar
risons. These regiments will relieve, re
spectlvely, the Fourteenth, Twenty-third,
Fourth and Seventeenth regiments, which
will soli from Manila on March 16. May 16,
June IS and July 15, reapectlvely. It has
been recommended that the Fourteenth In
fantry be assigned to duty at Vancouver
Barracks on Its return to the United States;
that the Twenty-third regiment be sent to
Madison Barracks and Fort Ontario: that
the Fourth Infantry be sent to Fort
Thomas, although there Is some question
of this assignment, and that the Seven.
teenth Infantry be assigned to Fort Mc.
Pherson. In addition to the regiments here
specified there will be withdrawn from the
Philippines eight regiments, while five
more will be designated for duty In the
islands during the year.
It has been definitely decided not to mske
ny change in the armv uniform .h.iq haa
which would result In the reduction of
numc-er and variety of uniforms worn by
the commissioner personnel. The quarter
master general 'has rennrted to thm ..hi
of staff, as alreadv entinarf hi-i.m.. i
these columns, that there Is no perceptible
n-eeny ior such policy and that so long
as officers must have ohtiin hi
forms in accordance with orders issued
some months ago It would not be worth
white making anv rhn in h.
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proposed. He believes It would be as well
io iei me uniform alone for two years at
, .,u c nun win come or the use
of the apparel as prescribed for the service.
n me meantime, however, the general staff
till has under consideration th. -
the general order which Introduces certain
modifications of the ii.nnr
latlons. with no special hint of the result
excepting the official announcement made
this week to the effect that no provision
will bo made for the abandonment of the
full dress coat, which mm. nm..
as a useless garment. Whatever Is done
should remain In force without further
mg. tor a period of years, and thu
only amendment to h r.,,i.i ' ...
should be considered Is that of reducing the
uimorm o the officers.
There is a lack nt nt..... ..
".uitiiii on me part
of the governors of states respecting tho
Privilege of sending militia officers to gar.l
h0.v'h0M18, n,y a "w 01 th -tates
ft II VA fasnilak t ...
ikl xi T eecona Invitation from
the War dumnmini ..
v "- ur nominations or
militiamen, who may avail themselves of
the benefits of military education. Colo
rado. Maine, Nebraska. North DakoU and
l FT1 hau Mni,.i.. .
nimti, aecunea to send offi
cers to anv of th i .
. -- """' norma nas
notified the department that one of its
militia Officers l r
. . v...u lur ins artillery
school and another for a, garrison school;
Massachusetts will send two officers to the
school at lv,i,.n.,i, . j ,.. ...
"u Illinois win
send one officer to the garrison school at
- ine lack or Interest In
the matter Is due to the fact that the sec.
ond notice sent to the governors advised
them that the mlim nmo... .
-..-. - iiiuai pass an
examination, prescribed in general orders
" - "cioro mey could be ad
mitted to the higher schools at Riley,
w. , j , wunroe.
Military observers durlnr ik.
in Virginia were ImDrefuwri siih ,,.
sity of regulating the wearing of army
uniforms. Some of the officers appeared In
the cotton khaki and others In the olive
drab The latter uniform was more com
fortable after sunset, but was found to be
very heavy on the march over dusty road
and up and down hills under a scorching
sun. It has been proposed that an order
shall be issued regulating the wearing of
these respective uniforms so that the ques
tion of temperature, as controlled by the
season and the location of the army posts,
may be taken Into conMratinn n .
Chaffee observed during his tranacontl-
nentai inspection tour that at one or two
posts officers were wearing either uniform
without regard to any rule of general an
plication. A general order has been
to the method of paying troops. This is a
revunon ana expansion of the general order
Issued In 1896 on the same subject and Is In
tended to place the system of paying troops
on a uniform basis and In accordance with
the demands upon the pay department, as
Influenced by the establishment iin ie
of large military posts.
PERSONAL AND OTHERWISE.
The famous foghorn of Mole St. Nicholas
seems to have transferred his base to a
Chinese Junk.
This Is a fine year for royal heirs ahmn l
but they are not In the running with the
royal airs of Nebraska, where the host of
King Corn abides ond whoops.
New York has a curiosity In a man-entn
shark quartered at the aquarium. Precau
ttlons have been taken to prevent competi
tion wun tne sharks of Wall street.
Notwithstanding reports to the contrary,
It is now settled that the cruiser Mil
waukee took water. Ify Is possible that
water will yet make th Milwaukee fa
mous. '
If the Japs csrry out the reported plan
of driving cattle over the mined territory
around Port Arthur it Is expected beef will
go higher than at any time during the late
strike.
A Jersey woman weighing 805 pounds snt
on a man weighing 110 pounds and made a
deep Impression, As soon as ' tha light,
weight caught his breath he chased a
policeman for protection.
According to the latest returns the great-
eat effort In tha life of St. Louis brought.
In round numbers, 406,000 to the fair. This
figure Is likely to be the top notcher of
the show, unless Chicago decides to come
down and show the Showmes. The big
days of other great shows left these num
bers on record: Philadelphia. 274,919; Chi
cago, 761,942: Ban Francisco, 90,097; Atlanta,
68.336; Nashville, 98,678; Omaha, M.846; Buf
falo, 162.424.
A timely group of campaign facts grouped
In a folder of convenient aloe comes front
the literary bureau of the Prudential In
surance Company of America. It contains
portraits snd short biographical sketches
of the republican snd democratic candi
dates, names and addrerses of members of
the national ropimlttee, tables of the elec.
torsi votes of 1900, and a roster of party
nominees since 160. The Information la
exceedingly useful for every voter., I.u '
a million copies of th folder svS to be
distributed, ,
SITK Or COMING BATTLE. ,
Tie l,lm a Mara of Hlah Improtaace
la th Manrharlaa ramaalca.
The forty miles of plsln between Muk
den snd Tie Ling Is the most fertile and
best cultivated region of the whole south
Manchurlan province.
In the rainy season It Is a sea of mud,
with dense fields of corn, ten feet high,
which force the troops to keep to th
roads and the railway.
The latter Is In a very precsrlous con
dltlon owing to th constant danger of
washouts.
At Tie Ling a transverse chain of hills
walls In the valley. It run nearly east
and west, snd along Its base flows th
Llao River, coming from the hills of Mon
golia to the west. At Tie Ling the Llao
river makes a shsrp bend to . the south
and then turns more to the west on Its
way to Ylnkow and the sea.
The best pen picture of Tie Ling comes
from Captain Enselme, who was attached
to Captain Do la Coste's Manchurlan mis
slon. Of the city of Tie Ling be says:
"It Is situated on the bank of the Llao
river at a point where the mountains shut
In the valley, closing In and forming a
very pronounced barricade. This situation
is a main factor In the commercial Im
portance of the city, as It forms a sort
of corridor, through which all the traffic,
whether by road or river, must go.
"The Lfao Ho Is the scene of very ac
Uv navigation. There are quantities of
Chinese Junks snd barges on Its wsters.
From th city of Tie Ling neither the
river nor the boat hulls can be seen only
an uninterrupted succession of white sails
which seem to navigate the plain and
form a curious spectacle. The Catholic
mission Is backed up against the foot
hills, which come right up to the town on
the east. This gives the mission a dom-
Insnt situation, at once agreeable and pic
turesque." "Tie Line" means "the Iron hill " mn
called from a? mountain rich In Iron ore,
close to the town. The town Itself Is an
nclent Chinese walled cltv with a. tele.
scope-shaped pagoda on the bank of the
uao river, like all caa-odas. a sls-n of
former Buddhist Influence. The river
sometlmeii overflows and floods the south
ern suburbs of the town causing great
damage. The town Is celebrated for its
blacksmith work, the metal belnr taken
from the iron hill.
Tie Ling Is the seat of a Chi nee nr.
fectur and, besides the Catholic mis.
slon, has an agency of the Russo-Chlnese
nan, -rnree miles west of the city is
tha Russian settlement, headduarters of
one of the section engineers of the Man
churlan railroad, and also a strong mili
tary outpost against the bandits who
come from Mongolia. The Tsal Ho Is a
small stream which flows through (he
barrier of hills and Joins the Llao Ho
close to Tie Ling. Apparently the rail
road which goes north from Tie Ling fol
lows the bed of this stream In Its passage
through the hills. Captain Enselma irives
a fine picture of the pass through the
mountains.
'After fording the Tsal Ho we began
rapidly to ascend the moutnaln side; the
road, tortuous and very narrow, has a
few wide spaces at long Intervals to allow
carts to pass each other. Therefore, a
horseman has to go ahead to guard against
a chance of meeting on a narrow part of
the road.
"Our Journey begins very agreeably. We
dominate the valley, which here becomes
steep and undulating, and In which a few
rare villages cling to tho mountain sides.
But we are soon overtaken by one of those
spring downpours, which make the roads
almost Impassable; nevertheless, we con
tinue to advance painfully, meeting many
carts heavily loaded with wood cut In the
mountains and going down the plain. They
ore pulled by seven mules, one in the
shafts and two groups of three In tandem.
which have a hard time of It over the
muddy rut-seamed road, but It Is pleasant
to watch the energy with which the nfules
strain at their collars. During a lull in
the storm we follow the road down to the
northern valley.
Near a village the ground Is all torn
up and covered with heaps of sand a yard
high with innumerable holes dug In the
earth. These mark the gold mines of
Plncheman, worked by the Chinese from
about 1898. From these mines large quan.
titles of gold have been extracted, nuggets
worth as much as $2, COO having been found.
At times there are as many as 16,000 diggers
at work along the line of the foothills.
From Tie Ling the railroad runs north
between thirty and forty miles to Kal
Yuan, another ancient walled city of Chi
nese times, with walls six miles In cir
cumference and thirty feet high.
Kal Yuan has many temples and a mls-
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slon station. Its wall Is washed by the
Chlng river, an affluent of the Lino, which
Is thirty feet wide at this point, but of no
great depth. Kal Yuan also has a pagodit
overlooking the river similar to the pagodas
at Llao Yang, Pal Ta Pu, th Hun live',
Mukden and Tie Ling. Kal Yuan Is the
renter of the most extensive pork raising
country In Manchuria, snd huge droves ar '
sent southward by road and river.
"A short distance to the north of Kal
Yuan Is the line of the palisades, the an
cient Chinese defense against the Mongol
hordes. The line of the pallsadea Is still
marked by long rows of willows, which
were originally planted along the top of
the earthworks. At this point we are,
therefore, at the extreme northern limit of
the former influence of the Chinese em-
plre."
LAIGHISC HAS.
Doctor You must have some chance first.
and then we'll see what we can do tor you.
murni-uon i ne airnin. i our Dill will
be paid. Philadelphia Ledger.
Mrs. New Do you believe evervthlna- the
fortune teller told you?
Mrs. Blue No; sh-s said Jack and 1 would
never quarre: again, mid 1 know that mv
new winter suit in' minor to cost at least
8oO more than I've ever paid before. De
troit ree i'ress.
"Wealth has its rilsannointmenLs." said
Mr. Dustin Stax sadly.
in wnat way?
'The excitement of finance often Induces
dyspepsia, and you keen a 310.000 ohef to
cook oatmeal mush." Washington Star.
"Who's that unhappy looking fellow over
there?"
"That s Scribblers. He writes for the
funny papers. "
"He doesn't look as though he had any
sense of humor."
Who said he hod?' Cleveland Plain
Dealer.
madam," said the Judge. "Where have
seen you before?''
. . l. . . v . 1 1 1 c .milium i ii an.-.
Why. don t you remember. JuogeT asked
the fair young woman to whom he had
Just granted a divorce. "You performed
tne ceremony tne last two times 1 was
married." Chicago Tribune.
"I believe the black hand Is after my
money."
"What makes you think so?
"Well. sir. last night I held an ace-hlrh
straight against a club flush." Brooklyn
tiagie.
The Woman That isn't the same story
you told me before.
i ne Beggar mo, woman, you amn t be
lieve the other one. Philadelphia Tele
graph.
"A South American country has Its ad
vantages." said the woman with the gold
lorgnette.
"But there are so many political dis
turbances." "Yes. Think of the opportunities for or
ganizing daughters of the revolution."
Washington Star.
"Mr. Spoteash," hiccoughed the suave
Serson with the valise, "I have Just
ronped In to say"
"Well sir," Interrupted the busy mer
chant. ''I csn see that yonv'e taken a drop
too much. Williams, show this man out."
Chicago Tribune.
A LOVE LETTER.
Smart Set:
Jsar Adeline: Your grace hath lent
To life new charm. Of old. I bent
Above a dark and toilsome way
With empty heart. By naught made gay,
When Duty becked, In grief I went.
And then you came! The clouds were rent;
The roses bloomed with rarer scent
Beneath your smile. The world was May,
Dear Adeline.
But one thing lacks. To crown content,
Defer no more the glad event.
Come, sweetheart, name the happy day,
When next you write, a postscript, pray
A word or two to give consent.
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