THE OMAHA DAILY BEE: TUESDAY. JANUARY, 3. 1903.
The Omaha Daily Bee
K. ROSKWATEP.. EDITOR.
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OKORUK B. TZ8CHi:CK.
Subacrlbed in my preaciira and aworn to
before me thia 31t day of December, 1H04.
(Heal M. B. HUNOATE.
Notary Public.
For one and for the first time,
Arthur ha really fa. lien.
Port
The ftunounrvinpnt tht Dotvle la to
found h Zlon In Mexico elicit no chortm
of protest from Chicago.
(.'he Foo correHpondents may now rv
pure to mitke Home other plnce noted as
h war newg factory.
Japan lis 8 once more umdi It possible
for St. Petersburg writers to tell how
the Russians are brute In defeat.
The election In Colombia can now le
rixK'lared ended, alnce the unsuccessful
candidates are aafely placed lu jail.
The Nebraska legislature Is about
convene and John X. Baldwin still
Council Bluffs. Can such things be?
The failure of a Fall River cotton mill
should create renewed interest in the
Mibject of arbitration of laltor disputes
In that community.
The political legislature about to con
vene will be the most unique and unanl
mous body that has ever convened to
make lawa for the people of Nebraska.
General Htoesacl has made a New
Year's gift to the mikado which will
probably never be forgotten, but Nojtl's
invitation to make the present was com
pelliog In Its fervor.
The emperor of Japan commends the
bravery of General Stoessel. Those
Japanese are not going to dim the luster
of thel. arms by permitting the world to
think they are righting a despicable
aeniy.
Ar there any ordained preachers in
the' new Nebraska legislature? If so
won't they volunteer to relieve the mem
ber of the uecessity of hiring some one
at the expense of the state to do the
praying for them?
There Is a widespread demand for a
law that will provide the machinery for
direct party nominations, but public sen
timent has not yet crystallized upon any
particular scheme of primary elections.
It Is good subject to Invite discussion.
t . J'
From the Htreunoslty of struggle
which precedes the election of minor offi
cials of the legislature one might be led
to bttlleve that there was large enough
salary attached to each position to more
Uuu pny expenses but If so, it Is not
ioned In the statute.
It will take from now until Thursday
to ring out the old and ring In the new
county board but In the meantime sev
eral hundred political place hunters will
remain on the anxious seat praying, hop
ing and waiting for one of the capital
prlxes In the political gift lottery that is
advertised to come off.
From the Interest the popocratlc or
gan la taking in its report that pros
pective Henator Burkett will not follow
the Roosevelt jirograni one might Im
agine that the editor really wanted to
see the program carried out, while, in
fact, his sole object la to obstruct the
president's administration.
If the aUtemont la true that Attorney
Jerome auppressed evidence which
would have gone to prove the truth of
the testimony of Nan Patterson, tho dis
trict attorney will appear In a bad light,
for protecting attorneys, even In New
York, are supposed to demand Juatlce,
not the coovlctfon of peraoue on trial, re
gardleM of the facta.
In tbe sudden death of J H. Evans,
Omaha baa lost another of Ita public
spirited and progressive cltiseua whom
It will be very difficult to replace. Mr.
Kvana was one of the few men who ac
cumulated a fortune In tbla city that
could always be depended upon to stand
up for Omaha, rain or shl'ie. a4 hJa loss
will bo ,'ivir:y VnVorr1 bf V is o-a
munit
CRttf.rKR VF PORT ARTHUR.
The capitulation of Tort Arthur cloces'
one nf the niot exciting and memor
able chapters of the Japanese-Kuesian
war. The record of courage and hero
ism on the part of the besiegers and be
sieged is unsurpassed in all the annals
of ancient or modern warfare. What
the Japanese accomplished was at the
outset thought Impossible. Itusslan en
gineers declared the fortress impregna
ble and military observers of all nations
found in it an Asiatic Gibraltar, which
well garrisoned could hold out against
assaults ly ea or land as long ns its
supply of food and ammunition lasted.
Th assault on Port Arthur was en
trusted to the third Japanese army, un
der General Nopl. and his successful
conduct of an enterprise so perilous Is
the crowning feat of Japanese arms In
the present war. It has cost an Im
mense sacrifice of life, but the advantage
gained by the victors is of Incalculable
value.
The capitulation of Port Arthur not
only liberates the Japanese fleet, but a
goodly number of seasoned Japanese
troops as well, which can be sent to re
inforce Marshal Oyama. Relieved from
the necessity of maintaining the block
nde of Pott Arthur. Togo's fleet will be
free to deal with Vladivostok, which
probably will be n much less formidable
task than the one just ended, though
Vladivostok Is strongly fortified. It Is
believed, however, that the Pacific for
tress cannot withstand a long siege or
make any effective resistan"e to a jmiw
crful bombardment. Perhaps condi
tions there are such as to make It Im
practicable to attack the place at once,
but its fall Is necessary to Japan's com
plete success nnd undoubtedly it will be
Attacked ns soon as it Is practicable to
do so. Whether or not the Baltic fleet
will continue on its voyage remains to
be seen, but should It do so It will be In
the quandary of having no destination
save some section of the oien sea within
firing distance of the Japanese. The
purpose of sending the fleet was the re
lief of Port Arthur. It Is not easy to
see what It could now accomplish, since
It is admitted that It is not strong enough
to successfully copo with the Japanese
fleet. There are some first-class modern
ships in the Russian squadron and as n
whole It is not very much inferior to the
fleet of Japan, but the great superiority
of the Japanese Is In the men behind the
guns. The armies of Kouropatkln and
Oyama continue Inactive and it has been
assumed that they would remain so
throughout the wluter, but it Is possible
that the surrender of Port Arthur will
lead to early action by the Japanese
forces near Mukden. It Is likely, bow
ever, that there will be no serious tight
ing there before spring.
What effect the Port Arthur cnpltula-
tlon will have upon the Russian popIe
Is a question of no little Interest. There
Is a very considerable opiosition to the
war. as was shown by the resolution of
the Moscow Jtemstvo, nnd It Is to be ex
pected that this feeling will be Increased
and Intensified by the surrender. An
other Interesting question Is ns to
whether some of the neutral powers may
not consider thut the time has come for
proposing Intervention. Russia has
j more than once declared that a proposal
of Intervention, from whatever source it
might come, would receive no considera
tion, but the czar would perhaps be
found In a different frame of mind now.
As to Japan there Is reason to believe
she would not reject Intervention, her
minister to Great Britain having stated
a short time ngo that nfter the fall of
Port Arthur a proposal of mediation
would doubtless le favorably considered
by his government.
FH1LIPPISE TARIFF RKI'SOX
A vigorous effort will bo made by the
American tobacco and sugar interests to
prevent the proposed tariff reduction on
Philippine tobacco and sugar. The rate
now is 75 per cent of the Dingley sched
ules and It is proposed to reduce It to
25 per cent. Secretary Taft has urged
that this be done and Senator Fornker,
chairman of the senate committee on
Pacific Islands, and Senator Lodge,
chairman of the committee on the Philip
pines, are favorable to it. The proba
bility Is that there will be a compromise,
perhaps on a .10 per cent rate.
Meanwhile the opposition to the pro
posed reduction Is active. The associa
tion of Connecticut tobacco growers has
sent to each senator and representative
of that state in congress a circular letter
protesting against the removal of the
tariff from Philippine tobacco. It Is de
clared that a further reduction of the
duty would transfer to the islands a
very large part of the business which
now supports thousands of citizens In
the cigar-leaf growing districts of the
United States. It Is further asserted
that all tropical countries suited to to
bacco culture and having supplies of
cheap lalor are able to compete with the
home producers In temperate climates,
even with protective tariffs. The to
bacco growers in other states are also
carrying on an active opposition.
The duty of promoting thq industries
of the Philippines is admitted, but in do
ing this congress must not lose sight of
home Interests. Some reduction of the
duties on the products of the archipelago
ta doubtless expedient, but the reduction
proposed is too great.
WHF.RT THC NAVY IS IiEFKCTIVf:.
While the American people are Justly
proud of their navy, it la poiuted out
that there Is urgent need of reform in
several respects. A naval officer, writ
ing on tbe subject, says there is no at
tempt made to rid the service of Incom
petent officers snd that men are pro
moted regardless of what they have
done or failed to do on board ship. As
s rule, he states, sny one Is considered
good enough for duty on board ship.
whether as executive officer, captain or
admiral, yet upon these men the discip
line of the ship depends. In consequence
of this the navy afloat has become s
mere side show to the nary ashore. The
bureaus snd shore stations art the ends;
the shins are I'.-fcy utau to this fid j
Voting line officers eagerly seek duty In
the construction corps or ns specialists
In ordnance, torpedoes or engineering.
The drilling of men and handling of
ships is irksome drudgery.
In the opinion of this naval officer the
result of nil this must necessarily be
humiliating disaster In our next war.
"The material has alsorled all onr at
tentlon at the expense of the personnel
The Japanese started In forty years ago
to build up an effleletit personnel and to
day they have the reward of their far
sightedness." Manifestly the defect
stated by this offii-er are of such vital
Importance Ihst they should command
the careful consideration of the naval
authorities and of congress. a e are
building un a great navy, which will
soon be. If it is not already, third I
rank, but ships are of no value without
men thoroughly competent to handle
them nnd It would seem that under the
existing system such men are not. lwin
trained. The needed reforms are prac
tlcable nnd can be easily effected an
there should 1k no delay In lnstitutin
them.
.Voir TUF.r ARE DiSlLLUSluSED
It takes a kitten nine days before it
gets its eyes open, but many credulou
people in Omaha, do not get their eyes
open even after nine months. Mor
than six weeks ago the editor of Th
Bee urged the Ministerial association
nnd the Woman's club to endorse certain
lnxKel police reforms advocated by
him in an open letter a few days nfter
the election. These reforms contem
plated the banishment of the saloon
from the prosc-rlls-d district, the strict
enforcement of the midnight ordinance,
a reasonable enforcement of the Sunday
closing ordinance and the rotation of
police officers stationed in the proscribed
district. The Woman's club, after pro
traded internal discussion, unanimously
endorsed the proposed reforms. The
Ministerial association, nfter very brie
internal dissension, directed Its secre
tary to advise the editor of The Bee to
Join the Civil- Federation, which was
endeavoring to accomplish the hhuic
tilings through 'Its attorneys.
Now the mask has dropped nnd the
people who sinuerely believe in civic
purification must discover that they have
been duped. It will be remembered that
a year ago protests were filed by I. J.
Dunn." who was then posing ns re
form champion, against 175 saloons, but
every one of these protests were with
drawn by him Just ns soon ns the police
board had overruled the protests and
granted licenses to the saloons owned
by Walter Moise. That action should
have convinced every intelligent ierson
that the Willow Springs malster was
pulling the wires behind the screen.
When Klmer R. Thomas filed protests
with the police commission against sev
enteen saloons in the name of the Civic
Federation three weeks ngo It was noted
thnt not a single one of the saloons pro
tested was selling beer of the Walter
Moise brand. That in Itself was a dead
give away, but the ministers and cred
ulous inemlors of the Civic Federation,
who had Implicit ftUJi in Mr. Thomas,
were not disillusioned, chiefly, perhaps,
because they know not li lug about the
source of supply of the vifrlous saloons.
We apprehend, however, that they will
rub their eyes with surprise when they
learn that Mr. Thomas on the Inst night
of the year withdrew all bis protests
and licenses were Issued to all the
saloons but one, and that one withheld
simply because It was not reached In its
turn.
An examination of the protests with
drawn by Mr. Thomas reveals this fact
That eleven of the seventeen were filed
against keepers of the tough Joints
within the proscribed district; the
charges against each were being open
on Sunday, being open nfter 12 o'clock
and telng resorts for women of ill re
pute. In withdrawing these protests Mr.
Thomas exacted a farcical condition that
these resorts shall be closed at midnight
shall not sell to minors or to the class
of women that Inhabit the district. But
he knew that when the license is granted
it cannot be revoked during the present
year wit hout prosecution and conviction
In the courts.
Of the six other saloons protested.
against whom the Civic Federation at
torney withdrew his protests, three were
music halls. Including thut of Mickey
Mullen. In' tills instance the farcical
promise was exacted that no women of
any character be allowed to enter or
mingle with the audience.
How does this performance strike the
Ministerial association? As a matter of
fact, it Is well understood in Inner cir
cles that these withdrawals were made
under an ngreement between the Omaha
brewers with Walter Molse that If
Thomas would withdraw his protests
they would enter no objection to the
concerns with the Molse brand to run
unmolested for another year.
A carnivorous contributor to an
Omaha paper, published for revenue
only, suggests that the committee of
safety organize itself on tho lines that
mnde the Omaha Claims club memor
able, with n view to purging the town
of Its undesirable and disagreeable popu
lation. Manifestly, the valiant vice ex
terminator entertains confused notions
about the function of the Claims club,
which operated a water cure in the fif
ties for the purpose of acquiring quit
claim deeds to valuable lands by dipping
their owners in the murky Missouri Just
long enough to make them tractable and
acquiescent. An attempt to revive the
quit claim methods by Ihe committee
of safety might make It rather unsafe
without an escort of militia.
Nebraska Is to witness the reclamation
of some of its arid lands within the com
ing year by the establishment of storage
reservoirs under supervision of the na
tions I government, and the predictions
are made that the valley of the North
Platte will, at no distant day, attract
many new settlers.' While this Is a con
summation devoutly to m wished, there
are siUi millions upon millions of acres
of uncultivated, lands In Nebraska that
do not need irrigation. An assertion
that Nebraska's untllled area of llkW
would support a population of 2.'s.k
to 3.J(0,1M) more by the year 1!C0, Is
not extravagant or vislouary.
The land grablers and grafter In
festing the Winnebago reservation are
anxiously waiting fr the announced
coming of the new commissioner of In
dian affairs, to see with bis own eyes
what is doing st the agency. In the
interval, however, It is safe to say they
will lose no time trying to cover up
their tracks and make things look as if
they were ship-shape all the time.
Cold weather has caused suspension of
moblllz-ttion of troops by Russia. With
40 degrees below nero it requires some
thing more desperate thnn the fall of
Port Arthur to arouse martial fire.
A Modern Reanrrect ln.
Chicago Record-Herald.
Thnman Collier Piatt ha Juat risen tip
once, more and tossed his tombetone over
into the next lot.
Waiting; for th Armada.
New Tork Tribune.
The reason of the Russian fleet's failure
to make a final aortle from Port Arthur Is
set forth in the atatcment that the best
guns were taken from the ships for use
in the forts. The fleet was thus sacrificed i
for the strengthening of the land defenses. .
There is thus some grim satisfaction to j
ths Russians in the loss of their fleet
the naval guns have doubtfcss done far
mora execution against the Japanese on
land than they could have done on the sea.
Freak amra for New States,
Philadelphia Iciger.
There Is no more pleasing name than that
of Arizona, yet all aorta of montroue In
ventlona have been offered for the state
which it Is proposed to make of New Mex
Ico and Arliona. "Irrlgatla and even
"Irrlga" have their advocates, and one
demented person wtnta 'Arlzonexico.'
The chetf charm about most of the names
urged is that they auggeat a new break
fast or a cure for indigestion.
A I'ertlneat Question.
Chicago Chronicle.
How little we really know about any
thing la Illustrated by cotton. A few
months ago there was a great cotton panlo.
in which untold millions were made and
lost by speculators because of what was
said to bo an Incurable shortage In the
crop. We were told that there was ler
hope In the future crops than in, the past.
and the assertion waa backed up by un
answerable arguments. Now we are dumb
founded to read that the planters have
cotton to burn and are actually burning
It in large quantities In order to keep the
price up. Do we know anything? Is any
thing true?
Here's tbe Rob.
Philadelphia Press.
If a federal law could be devised to stop
corporations euguged in Interstate com
merce from watering their stock, and to
otherwise regulate them, It would be an
enormous gain to the public President
Roosevelt favors such legislation, und It
will be fortunate if a way is found to curry
it Into effect. If railroad and other cor
porations were capitalised at the true value
of the Investments, charges would be much
leas and dividends much greater. It will
be difficult to .secure legislation to that
end; but it is not Impossible of accomplish-
met.
Jmt I.Ike Other People.
New York Sun.
When Admirals Togo and Kamlmura
landed in Toklo, returning from their suc
cessful crulaea, we are told that they found
the streets Jammed with vociferous and
wildly enthusiastic crowds. The school
children turned out,, the citizens set off
fireworks, the triumphant sailors rode
beneath triumphal arches, and Japanese
cheers welcomed and followed them. The
way to their carriage waa obstructed by
the dense throng. That is, the mikado's
people did very much as the people of any
other country would have done under
similar circumstances.
PERSONAL AM OTHERWISE.
Mrs. Chadwlck'a friends discredit the re
port that the famous magician will apply
for a Carnegie medal of honor.
The announcement that Chauucey M.
Depew will be elected to succeed himself
carries with it assurances of an abundant
peach crop.
A jersey city man had to call in the
police while he was dlacharging a maid of
all work. The girl was very much at
tached to a bunch of his hair.
Ihe fickleness of paragraphers Is sadly
shown in the prevailing obscurity of Carrie
Nation und the flood of light turned on
Cassia Chadwlck.
A single policeman In New York City has
n two years- time turned over to the city
J-'b pistola taken from mea who were llle
gaily carrying them.
Governor-Elect Douglas of Massachusetts
haa on his staff five generals, eight colonels
and lieutenant colonels and tlv maiura
ot to mention the captains and lieutenants.
Ernest Hooley, founder of the Hoolelaan
school of finance, has been acquitted by an
English jury. Mr. Addlcks should lose no
time In securing tho services of Hooley to
ive lorn ijiwsun a literary lambasting.
The Illinois girl who klosed Senator Cul
om Decause ne secured the discharge of
her soldier lover has received a legacy of
iw,00u. Any girl who mumers auttleleni
heroltim to kiss Uncle Shelby merits all
that fortune haa to bestow.
A lecent photograph of the Japanese oitl-
cera mens before Port Arthur showa an
Inviting assortment of four-pounder bottles
alcuiated to banish thirst. Evidently the
Japs realise the importance of the eommls
eary end of a flghtlng machine and th
aiue of a corking aupply of Interior am
munition.
Anarew jucKson Kcndrick. formerly of
The tiee'S btafT. la doinir arear hmin...
own in Fort Smith, Ark. The Chrlatmaa
number of hia uiier. the Newa-Reeor.i
as the biggest pi. per eve turned out In the
tate and. Was loaded with seasonable men
tal pabuluma and Juicy ads.
The police of Philadelphia are aorelv ner.
piexeu oy a pathetic appeal which came In
a brown paper bos ajong wiUi a small
glass hog. In touching words the writer
exclaimed; "Captain, dla dlstrlot is on de
hog. De lid la on and nawthln' doln'.
Ease up. can t yer?" What bothers ths
bluecoats Is to find the locality where "ds
lid ia on."
A reminder of other days as pleasing as
a norther in midsummer ia the quill pen
sent to acribes in the atates with the com
pliments of the Munlta Free Press. The
quill were plucked from the wings of
Canadian wild geeee in the Hudson bay
country and poiuted for buaineaa In Eng.
land. In former yeara the Free Press sent
out tiny sacks of pemmlean. the favored
fodder of hunters, and later mounted taila
of prairie dogs possessing greater mystical
power than the left hind foot of a rabbit.
The Free Prea ia quite original In Ita an
nual reminders of the growth of the great
northern couuliy fur allien U seta the
pace.
ARKi ;oip is wtm;Tov
Matters of (ieaeral latereat Oleaaed
from the Army anil ay Register.
Another case has come to the attention
of the War department wherein a former
soldier seeks by civil process to secure re
lease from confinement In a military prison
as a. result of sentence of a general court
martial after having been tried and ac
oultted by a civil court on charges growing
out of tbe an me alleged crime 'for which he
was tried by mil tary court. This is the
ease of Fredle R. Stubbs. who was tried
in the Department of the Columbia on
charges growing oiit of the killing of an
other soldier. He waa acquitted by the
civil court which tried him prior to th"
trial by court-martial, but he was sen
tenced by the military court to dishonor
able discharge and confinement at hard
labor for five years. The military prison
at Alcatraz .Island. Cat. was designated
as the place of confinement. The prisoner
Is now seeking his relciise by a writ of
habeas corpus from the circuit court of the
United States, Ninth Judicial district, dis
trlct of Washington. The ground upon
wlch the petition Is based is presumably
that clause In the constitution of the
United States which provide that no per
son ebnll be placed twice In Jeopardy for
the same offense. However, the War de
partment has heretofore followed the prac
tice, when It has been deemed advisable
of trying soldiers for offenses for which
they have been acquitted by civil court
but the legality of such proceedings has
never heen passed upon by the supreme
court of the United States.
The reports from army posts, the officers
of which were the subject of mean and
... i win iiiaii-p t'li iiir tari or me
f We mnn'a Ct.H.llun T . . 1
the local agent, the Hcv. W. F. Crafts,
show how baseless were the allegations. It
was said that army officers were occupy
ing the poat exchanges to the, exclusion nf
the enlisted men for whom the structures
were erected. Of course, there is nothing
In the law to prevent tho officers from
using the halls and assembly places on oc
caslon and It Is eminently desirable that
they shall do bo. If the buildings and their
facilities of entertainment and recreation
are to be put at the disposal of tho en
listed, force only: tho law must Bay so, but
there la no special advantage In any such
restriction. The effort to make It appear
that the post exchanges are used In an Im
proper way by officers Is nernlcious and
altogether unworthy of the women who
are engaged In the fight against the can
tei n, of which campaign this present at
tack is a part of the Ignoble strategy. We
haven't words to express our views of' a
minister who takes part seriously in such
a performance.
iwo oau cartridges- were found among
the blank cartridges furnished for use at
the maneuvers at Manassas and at Call.
rornla in the fall, one at each place. The
ordnance department at once instituted an
Investigation to place the responsibillty
The ammunition was packed in the Frank
rort arsenal, and each box was marked
with the Initials of the packer. Uy this
means the packer who packed the box con
taining the ball cartridge was Identified and
discharged. The Manassas box was not
forwarded to the department, and the
Initials furnished were not those of any
packer. About l.TiO boxes of blank ammu
nition, containing about 1,T50,0"0 rounds.
were supplied for these maneuvers. Since
the finding of the two ball cartridges
a.mong the blank ammunition, additional
precautions have been taken to prevent
similar occurences. Each carton of
twenty cartridges Is weighed, and any
carton containing a ball cartridge will
weigh 237 grains heavier than one containing
nothing but blank cartridges, and the car
tons are weighed by some one other than
the packer. Precautions have also been
taken of weighing 1,000,000 rounds of packed
blank ammunition on hand, and by this
means one ball cartridge was found, and
the packer discharged.
The military secretary of the army haa
sent out a letter addressed to each of the
division commanders, calling their atten
tion to what appears to be a growing ten
dency to Ignore official communications.
Orders will be Issued from division head
quarters requiring In unmistakable terms
that official letters sddressed to army
officers shall be answered with the least
possible delay. Any other course will be
regarded as an act of Insubordination. Two
officers of the Atlantic division have re
cently been confronted with trial by court
martial for this failure to answer letters,
one of them escaped trial by the tender
of an apology. The other. Lieutenant 11.
c. Kvans, Jr., Ninety-fifth company of
coaat artillery, on duty at Fort Hancock,
N. J., will probably be ordered before a
court, although at present he Is said to be
on the sick list. It Is, proposed to do this
as a sort of example and In order to Im
press officers with the necessity of paying
due and proper attention to official com
munications. There have been lately sev
eral serious results of this carelessness on
the part of officers. One instance was that
which concerned the settlement of the
final statement of an enlisted man, who
waa kept out of hia money for a long
period and caused the War department to
go to the expenae of cable messages to and
from the Philippines.
The next vacancies to occur In the per
sonnel of the general staff of the army will
be by the promotion of Major E. J. Mc
Clernand of the cavalry arm, to be a lieu
tenant colonel, and Major James A. Irona
of the Infantry arm to the next higher
grade. It. will be some time before theae
officers are advanced on account of vacan
cies In the grade of lieutenant colonel, but
In anticipation of their promotion and their
consequent detachment from duty on Ihe
general atarT, a board of offlcera will meet
in Washington on January 30 for the pur
pose of making selections for detail to fill
these places. The board will ls composed
of Major General John C. Bates. U. 8. A.;
Major General O. K Gillespie, general
staff; Rrigadier General Frederick Fun
ston, I. S. A.; Brigadier General T. II.
Bliss, general staff, and Brigadier' General
T. If. Barry, V. 8. A.
Baralnar C'ottoa to Raise Prior.
Springfield Republican.
The latest plan proposed in the south for
lifting the price of cotton ta to burn l.OOO.CmO
bales. On the theory that the price rUes
out of proportion to the reduction in sup
ply, this might be a profitable course to
pursue for the planters, but the burning
of 2.000,000 or 3,000,000 bales, by the same
token, would prove even more profitable.
Suppose, then, the wheat grower should
get together each year and destroy enough
of their crop to keep, tho price of bread
double or triple what It is now?
A WINTER AFTEH.VOO.V
Edward C. I.iliey in the Housekeeper.
A swirl of brown leaves frosted thick with
snow; 1
A low. aray sky of InlerlaDDlna- clouds:
A bank-high streamlet thut has ceased to
now;
Uaunt-arined. barn trees, close wrapped in
leeli' ahrouda.
A lone bird fares athwart the drooping sky
Vtltll sure, strong wing men uiaea
awlft and true:
Forih from h.a covert allnka the fox. hia eye
. wttn Hunger wua, roanie searrnmg out
the view.
A farm hnue, gabled, lying wrapped In
now; ,
A wraith of amoke corkaerewlng the rold
air.
The ni'ilfied uliapea of men whleh rome
and o.
And bitivr, biting winter every litre.
I Annual Clearing Sale
I THIS WEEK ONLY.
All $23 to $35 Overcoats $20
All $30, $27.50, $25, $23, $20 Suits, $15.
All IV. t. U Suits. S26.
All Odd Trousers and all Men's Rain.
Coats. ASH Per Cent Off
All Women's to X, Rain Coats. $15.
SO per cent ofT on all Women's Hto-ks.
Belts, Scarfs. Silk Btocklng.
Hf1 per cent discount on t nderwear.
Fancy Vests, Bath Robes. Smoking
Jackets.
ifj per cent discount on Fancy Hos-
THIS SALE ABSOLUTELY CASH.
1117 FARNAM
PMMi PI,EA8T!MKS.
"There are a great many accidentals
lu
mat piece your oaugnter is practicing.
"I hope so." answered Mr. Cumrox. "I'd
hate to think she was doing It a-purpose."
Washington Star.
Ascum t suppose you know a gixd de;il
shout the Ins nnd outs of married life.
Henpeck Well. I know that a good: many
of the foolish men who are In want to get
out and other foolish men who are out
want to get in. Philadelphia Press.
The Caar Where is Ivan?
Flunkey Your Imperial majesty,
out taking his constitutional.
Ivan Is
The
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Of the United States
HENRY B.
120 Broadway, New York
Preliminary Statement, Jan. 1st, 1905
Outstanding Assurance, $1,500,000,000
Iucreaee during 1904, $90,000,000
Income , , , ' 78,000,000
Increase during 1904, $4,000,000
Assets 410,000,000
Increase during 1904, $29,000,000
Assurance Fund and all
other liabilities
Surplus
Increase during 1904, ?5,000,000
Paid to Policyholders
Inorease during 1904, 12,000,000
The Amount paid in
icyholders was larger
previous year in the
James W. Alexander, Pres.
James II. Hyde, Vice-Pres.
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TAR BELL, 2nd Vice-President.
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H. II. LOUOIIRIDGE, General Agent, Lincoln.
JOE KLEIN, General Agent, Lincoln.
COAL WOOD COKE KINLINCS
We sell the best Ohio Cooking Coal-clean, hot, lasting
Rock Springs, Hanna, Sheridan, Walnut Block, Steam Coal.
Best medium grade Is Illinois Nut $6; Egg and Lump $6.29.
For heaters and furnaces-Cherokee Nut $5.29; Lump
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$4.79. 8cranton-the best Pennsylvania Anthracite mined.
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chiefs, pjijamas. N'lght Shirts. Suit
Csee Hat Boxes. Hats (except Knox
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W Neckwear, three for tl.on.
li on and $1 2S Neckwear. Tin-.
$1 5t and $;'0f Neckwear, $100
2.f and MOO Neckwear, ll.fsV
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The Ctar Say "morning walk." dog of
a serf. Po you not know that word "cni .
ntitutioiial" Is an offense to me? Balti
more American.
"Mow do you like that whisky?" asked
the host.
"Reminds nie of a funny story. That Is
to say, It s like h good funny story," re
plied the guest.
"Worth repeating, eh?"
"Not only that, but it's too good to keep.
Inrtianui'oHs News.
Mr. Cowley-Pld you give your wife a
riding habit for Christmas?
Mr. Horsely No. I'm trying to break her
of the one ehc bus. Cleveland lieader.
lerv. Gloves. Suspender.
Equitable
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78,000,000
37,000,000
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