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About Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922 | View Entire Issue (Nov. 12, 1897)
THE OMAHA DAILY BEE E. JIOSBWATKH , Kdllor. TKUMS SUUSCIUrTlON : Dally Ie ! ( Without Sunday ) , One Ycnr . * J Dally Uee and Sunday. One Year . * IK Months . Three Months KundAjr lice. One Ycnr J | RMurcUy lite , one Year ' ' Wecklr I . One Year . u 01-TICKSI Omaha : The lite DulMlng. . . , Bouth Omaha : Binder llik. , Cor. N and 24th SW. i Council llufr : 10 I'carl Street. . Chicago Olllce : 317 Clmmber of Commerce. i New York : Hooms 13. II nn.l It Tribune HMe. Wnihlngloni Ml Fourteenth Street. COimESt'ONUKNCK. All communlcntlom idntlnK to " 1nl"Lc1l.lJ" | * Hal matter hould to nJdrencd ! To the nailer. HUnlM-.KH I.KTTHHH. All business letter * and remittance * jliuulJ b ddrei oil to The Ilee I'ulillnliltiS Company , Omaiiu , Draft * , checkii , cxprcaa anil pjslolllce money orrlein to be made payable to the order or lh. . company. vm HTATKMUNT OK t'lUCt/I.ATION. Bute of Ntbn.fkn , Hondas County , sa. : aeorgo II. Tuehuck , nccretnry ct The Ilee Tub- JI ltlnK Company , bi-lnn duly iworn , eayn that the actual number of full and complete copies of Tht Dally , Mornlntf , KvonlnR aril Sunday lire printed during IhB month of October , 1837 , wns ns fol- Tin-5 lHH 0.THAIXS. . All rnllroiHl m-waliny * nrc miplillril vrlth ptiiiiiKli Ileon li nuooiitmniliiti * t'ViM'y iin - HiMiKpr tvliti iinnl.i to rrml n ncr\Niiiii-r. liiNlut upon liitv- IIIK The llrf. If you riitmot Kut n lire tin it train from tlie iii'TVH iiK 'ii' . iilruio report ( ho flu- 1 , MtntliiK tin * train mill rnlli-oml , In ' ( InClioulntltin l ) < - | iiiiliiin < nf Tim lire. Tin * HIM ; In for Miilc < in nil triilux. INSIST O.V IIAVI\n TillUK 15. Speaking a good word for your city wherever you n < > Is only another way of iif , ' soniethliiK for your own ood. The TlianksjdvhiK turkey has one con solation , in that he was not pressed Into the service to pose on the olllclal ballot ns a popocr.itle bird. The business of the county poor de partment on bt to be affected by the ad vent of prosperity in a mnniu > r just about the reverse of ordinary business. The llolln bond case , which comes up next week , Ls expected to throw lilit ? on the question whether a man's s ! na tare on an olllclal bond means anything Democratic newspapers In Iowa de clare that what Is needed for the party Is better organization. l' ut the bet or ganization in thu world will fall without good principles for a hacking. The Commercial club should not forget that It has undertaken to fulllll the con- clitions'tlmt will give Omaha the Indian supply depot provided for by congress in Its last Indian appropriation bill. The New York clergymen who have started In to abolish the Santa Claii ! < myth have selected the wrong season for their work. Knrly In Juno the children' * faith In good Kiintn might be more ea.slly shaken. Many of Omaha's Jobbing houses have been so busy with orders for shipment of goods that tiny have had to work their employes overtime and Sundays to keep up with their trade. That does not look as If calamity were still upon us. The Sixteenth street viaduct should be torn clown without further dilly-dallying. It will be time to talk to the railroads on the subject when plans and specifica tions for a. new and substantial structure nro ready and bids for its construction luvltcd. An association has been formed In Iowa to induce the Iowa legislature to put married iiK'ii on an equality with single men In their relations to creditors. As the married men are In a majority In Iowa it Is doubtful If the changes can be secured. It may be Interesting to recall for the bi'iiellt of our amiable Ilryanlle contem porary that the Uosuwater-Hryan debate of n year and moro ago grew out of a challenge Issued fora debate with W. II. Harvey and that llrynn came Into It only as a substitute for "Coin. " An adventurous Frenchman who hus been hunting In lireenland claims to have Hindu the discovery that ( ! re.'iiland Is the native home of the mosquito. If what he says Is true a hunter wuuld wl.sh no liner game than the mosqiiltos of Greenland. The election of Judge Waterman to a place on thu supreme bench In Iowa leaves vacant a desirable place on Ihe district bench In eastern Iowa. This Is paralleled In Nebraska by the promotion of Judge Sullivan from thu district court to thu supreme court. The quick Job performed by the con tractor who set up and removed the elec tion booths this year calls for a. word of commendation , The Improvement over the dilatory pro-ceccllngs of previous years , when thu streets wore disfigured for months liy thu hideous Iron stalls , Is marked. Attorney Oenoral Smyth Is a pretty busy man , but he ought not to bo too busy to defend the Injunction suits brought against the State Itoard of Transportation by the express companies toprovent the execution of the law empowering ( powering thu statJ board to regulate express - press charges. Kven at this risk of dis pleasing the S' OOO-n-year-do-nothlng sec retaries who constitute thu board the at torney general should represent the In terests of tlio public iu Uiu cases. CVllTAlMNO 1T3 The Intorstiito Commerce commission lins nfaln experienced a judicial curtail ment of IU power. The decision ren dered by the United States supreme court a fo\v days npo , overruling the commission In a case In which It lind lii'ld that when tliere was competition between railroad and water transporta tion thu railroad , before reducing rates to meet the competition , must file the lower rales with the commission , Moms to weaken the authority of the commis sion In an Important respect. It leaves the railroads free to reduce rates at will under certain circumstances and wo have no doubt that the general judgment will bo In accord with the dissenting opinion of Justice llarlan , who said that It not only minimizes the power of the Interstate Commerce commission far be low the Intention of congress with refer ence to It , but puts Into the hands of the railroad companies the power so to ar range flic transportation business of the country as to destroy the business of In termediate points. Tliere appears to bo no doubt that It may liavo this clTect and If so It Is a serious matter. This decision therefore presents an other matter for the careful attention of congress In connection with nmomllng the Interstate commerce law so as to In crease its effoctlven-oss. As It Is the courts have not left the commission 'much authority for the satisfactory en forcement of the law. < UHST.ICtiK TO UKCll'ltOCtTr. Itritlsh desire to secure an advantage in the Canadian marlwt over American manufactured goods , In the matter of tariff discrimination , u'lll continue to be an obstacle to reciprocity between the UnlUd States and the Dominion. There is nothing surprising In the statement from London that Colonial Secretary ( 'liamberlaln is hostile to any such trade arrangement as It was reported from Washington the Canadian premier was prepared to propose to this government , because It would be disastrous to the ex pectations of English manufacturers , so far as their Canadian trade is concerned , while It would bo very disappointing to tile hope of the I'rltlsli government , or at any rate of the colonial secretary , of bringing about closer oomnnrelal rein- rlons between the Uritlsli colonies and the mother country. To accomplish this is the chief aim of .Mr. Chamberlain and ho is supported In it by the English manufacturers , whose Interests would bevry materially .sub-tervod by the suc cess of his pulley. Were Canada , how ever , p''rinltt-Ml to show any favor to American manufacturers , sifter its gov ernment had pledged Its-lf to discrim inate in favor of British goods , tin- Chamberlain policy would iveeivo a seri ous if not fatal blow. Hence the fore bodings of the colonial secretary iv , ucl ing English attitude toward the Dom inion , which simply means that Canacl-t will not be allowed to make any tnr'.lT discrimination In favor of American goods over Hrltlsli goods. Premier T.aurlor was elected on a plat form one of the planks of which favored closer pommerclal relations with the United States. This was dur ing the Clewlnnd administration. The new government In Canada made a revision of flu tariff and i'l V'CMV ' of tlie prospect of a more protective tarilT in IhN country tliere was iiu-'ir- [ -.orated in the Canadian tariff , as ; i son of menace to us , n provision Inoising to profiM'ontinl duties on British good * . This promised Tlninalion ! wati re- < " ! vcd with ivit : favor in England. Therefore the suggestion now made that this policy may be abandoned by Ciiuadn very naturally causes sonnanxiety. . Hu ; thei-e is very small danger tbat it will be abandoned and for this u-ason Ih.'iv is not much likelihood of a reciprocity agreement being reached. /Mll.lfM.Y PHO't'KST. Tt Is announced that early next month a delegation of Hawaiians will arrive In Washington to protest aualnst ( he an- n'.xatimi of their country to the United States. These representatives of the na tive population of the Hawaiian l.sland * should receive the most reaped fill atten tion from our government. They will come here we assume the report to be well-founded to speak for a people who have not been consulted In connection with this to them most vital question of annexation and who have a just anil paramount claim to consideration. The cabal of annexatlonlsts In Hawaii has had lt.s emissaries in Washington ever plnce the establishment of the so-called republic Industriously working up an nexation sentiment , but the natives of Hawaii have not been represented h"ie. Tir.- people of those Islands who liavo the best right to be heard in regard to what shall be done with their unlive land the people whom it Is the duty of this republican government , if faithful to Its principles , to consider-have re ceived Illthi or.no attention. It Is true that most of them are ignorant and poor , but Jhoy can understand what is meant by the proposal to transfer the land of their birth to another nation and to make th.'in subject to the laws of Ktrainrors , They should have a full and fair opportunity to sav , whether or not they desin- that this shall be clone and one of the greatest ancl be.st of Amer ican principles will be violated If they are denied .such opportunity. About a month ago a mass meeting of Hawaiian cltl/ons adopted a memorial to the president , congress and peopleof the United States , In which It was s.-l forth that they were qualified voters un der the constitution that existed prior to the overthrow of the monarchy , but were now cllst'ranclils-jcl and held In .subjec tion by the armed forces of the alleged republic n government to which they have never yielded and do not now ac- knowl 'de ; willing obi-dlonce. The me- morinliMs di'clarvd that the so-called re public Is not founded on a basis of pop ular government or republican princi ples , a statement which the American people know to bo true. U Is nothing more nor less thanan oligarchy and ! ] while there Is n constitution republican j In form it has never btvn submitted to I popular vote. Annexation , the int-morl- allsts urged , would subvert the personal and political rights of themselves and of the Hawaiian nation and they ap pealed to the ipresldeut aud senate of Uie , United States to tnlto no further stops toward tlio ratification of the treaty of annexation until such of the Hawaiian people as were qualified to vote under the constitution of 1S87 shall have hart the opportunity to express at the ballot box their wishes aa to whether such project of annexation shall bo accepted or rejected. This proper appeal of the Ilawallans to be allowed to exorcise a right recognized as Just and necessary In our American system of government should not be disregarded. It will not be If the amicxationists uro not nfrafc1 to test the popular will. It may bo hoped that President MoKinley will not bo found among those who are disposed to Ignore the Ilawallans and appropriate their country without giving them the right , precious to Americans , of expressIng - Ing themselves on the subject. The annexation treaty will probably 1m taken up for consideration In the senate - ate very soon after the meeting of con gress and Its supporters may bo ex- peeled to press Its ratification with all possible vigor. It Is Impossible to say how much strength the opposition to It will develop , but the fact must be recog nized that there Is danger of the project being successful. A CKNTUAti POUCK STATION. The periodic agitation for new city jail quarters has again put In an appearance. \t this time , as prevlouslj' , the pressure conies from the parties who have vacant buildings to let or real estate dealers who want to earn n commission. Now , as heretofore , the greatest stress Is laid upon the necessity of u commodious city prison , when In fact that Is merely an Incident secondary to the main object In view. What Omaha needs Is a central police .station with quarters for the police force and police court rooms constructed with : i view to the class of business to be transacted. The central police sta tion should have otlico.s for the chief of liollce , city prosecutor , the gar bage contractor , poundtnastor and other officers who have con stant business before the police court. Tile compart mi-lit for city prisoners is really only a place of detention. All prisoners convicted of misdemeanors and crimes should either bi > confined In HIM county jail or sent to a work house which the city must sooner or later establish. II has been suggested that the old postolllce building when vacated by the government would make a model central police station. The building is absolutely fireproof. It is detached on all sides and is so divided as to require few , if any , changes in construction. It contains one of the finest court rooms in Hie state and its basement can be readily fitted as a place of detention. It is already provided with heating apparatus and In every way equipped for the wants of the city. Inas much as the grounds upon which the postollicc building stands were donated to the government by the citizens of Omaha , it would not l > e unreasonable to ask the government to lease it to the city for a reasonable sum. In any event , however , the rental of th ? building would be much less than what any other sub stantial biiilding'eould be hail for and the city would have the assurance that it could remain indefinitely In possession. For the coming winter the eity will be compelled to keep its present police court quarters. With the prospect that the removal of the postolllee and other federal olllces into the new public build- lug will lie completed by .Tune 1. there is no reason why any of the schemes and propositions before the Advisory board should be entertained until an at tempt Is made to secure the use of the old postofllce building. -S TO V1IK KXt'OSITlOX AIICIUTKCTS Tile controversy prvclpliatccl by the attack of the World-Herald upon the Department of Publicity and Promotion has brought to light some matters that we're not known up to Wednesday either to the editor of The Hce or to the execu tive board. While the- records of the exposition and the journals of the executive com mittee dlsclo-ie no reference whatever to the appointment of an architect or arehlU'cts-in-ehlef , but on the contrary make Mr. Walker supervising architect , the linn of Walker & Kimball has in its possession a letter dated hist March and signed by the manager of the Depart ment of Buildings and Crounds In which they are styled nrehitects-ln-ehief. It is claimed by Mr. Kimball that this title was assumed from thu outset by his firm and that they would not have ac cepted the position of supervising archi tects for the1 compensation which was agreed upon witli the Hoard of Man agers. Viewed .In this light , Messrs. Kimball & Walker think they have1 In'cn justified In advertising themselves as architects-ln-chlcf of the exposition. Tlie action of Mr. Walker In securing thu Insertion of his birds-eye visw in Harper's Weekly Is claimed to have been authorized by the Department of Publicity beciinso In requesting the re turn of the sketch he had writ ten : "I think I can get Harper's Weekly to pub lish an article and give some illustra tions and If thought proper gut them to publish a birds-eye view of the ; grounds , " He had also asli-'d for sk--lches for the American Architect of Huston and says hu construed the return of the drawing In question to constitute approval of his proposal with reference to Tlaipiv's. ! Neither The Itee nor its editor has any j I disposition to misrepresent anybody or > to do anybody any Injustice. For this , reason it cheurfiilly nivirds MCSMS. I I I Waller & Kimball full publicity of the 1 veislon presented by the.ni In.lutlllc.iton ! i of tile course they httvu puisucd both as j i I regards the title under which they are acting In conn-eel Ion with the exposition and the publication In Harper's Weekly of a sketch rejected by Ihu Department of Publicity. Commissioner of Itallroads Wade Hampton In his annual report expresses j i ! the opinion that the gavernnient would ; ' faro better If It negotiated for a settle- ! meiit of the debt owing from the 1'nlou Pacific and the Central Pacific at one and the same time. It turns out , however , that the government has gotten all It ever could possibly have collected from i , Hit ) Union Pacific and it Is doubtful If It ! I : would have done so well had there been j other entangling/complications. AH It Is , there Is a precedent sot for exacting the full value of the government's security and It will soon be the turn of the Cen tral Pacific owners1 to come to time. Money must be more plentiful than In former years lfthpro , Is no mistake about the recent dlseoVery of the bills of pay ment of the crewsT f the caravels which Christopher Columbus brought on his Journey to the West Indies. These bills , recently disclosed In the archives of the Spanish navy , Snow that the sailors , ac cording to thelr-clHss , received from 10 to 12 francs a juontli , Including their food , the captains of the caravels each had SO francs a month and Columbus , the commander of the expedition , re ceived pay at the rate of 1,000 francs a year , and Columbus was enlisted as an admiral In the navy. The man of convictions and courage Is respected evciywhore. Mr. Gladstone Is an example. In acknowledging the re ceipt of a book on Greece he wrote to the author : "The moment of publication Is one , for Greece herself , of weakness and humiliation , brought about by a process In which my own country has taken not Indeed a principal but yet a substantial part. " Mr. Gladstone never spared his own country or people when there was a point to bo made In the larger Held of World-Wide justice , but Kngll.shm.en re spect him and rejoice that he yet lives. Until the olllclal canvass of the votes has been made It will not be known whether the national democratic ticket led the prohibition ticket at the last Iowa election. The national democrats of Iowa , however , are rejoicing that they at least polled a. sutllcleiitly large vote to give them legal standing as a party in the state and It Will not be necessary next year to petition for a place. Chair man Mullen believes that when the votes are counted It will be found the ticket got from ! ) ,000 to 10,000 votes. In Montjziuua county , Colorado , only two voters cast their ballots for McKlu- ley last year , but this year one of the two was elected county judge on the'Mc- Klnley republican ticket by the largest majority received by any candidate on the ticket. The Times , the free silver paper of Maucos , Is still staunch for free silver , but admits that according to the returns It voices the sentiments of only about one-fourth of the voters of the county. The people must not imagine because the experts say , they have found over JiSL'OO.MO additional 'funds ' against which the city is authorizf-d to draw that they have actually fo'un'd ' Some money be longing to the taxpayers of whose exist ence nothing yva.s previously kno vn. The find , If anything , is simply a find by which the ledger account can be In creased and cauuot affect the city's bank deposit. - . Having issued his Thnnsgiving proc lamation , Governor.ITolcomb . has en listed witli Mr. , ' Bryan and a squad of lesser popocratie lights for a campaign against .N'ebra.sk.a ' 'quail and prairie chicken. WluUe'vor , may be the luck of the hunting party It ought to 1m safe to count on n great killing of political game while the excursion lasts. "Writing just before the election' ' ex- Sccrctary Morton -expressed the fear that the I'usloiiists would roll up a majority of UO.iXA ) in Nebraska for their state ticket. Although the ex-secretary must have been happily disappointed in hav ing Ills forecast disproved he should not bi ; so free in making distasteful pre dictions. \Vm > I niv Calamity. I'hllailelplila KecorJ. Any one who will taho tlio trouble to com pare the vote hi the Kroat wheat and corn Htates this year with the vote last year will observe that populism IB on the wane. I'rixlillnur IjiiMlrrii Vanity. New Yoilc Journal. The election In Maryland developed the fact that thcro ere sever.il counties In that state that aio without either telegraph or railway lines. Maryland people should do lestj talking about the undeveloped west. Safety in I'l-cxi-nt MIK-H. Chicago Itccord. As the pen is acknowledged to bo mightier- than the sword , the country will bo satisfied to have the war with Spain , which IB being carried on. so ausplclouoly with tlio quill and the typewriter , continued Indefinitely along the same linen. I ill 1)11,1 iuv AnicTlcn n 111 ens. Milwaukee Wisconsin. Joseph Chamberlain , the Hrltlsh secretary of state for the colonlcK , seems to bo a good republican. He declares liiat Iho govern ment of Now York has been turned over to "a party whoso object Is avowedly to get tlio greatest uinount of spoils. " Perhaps Joseph's American wife ought to be credited ultii this , although her father happens to bo on Uiu other side of the political fence. liven Cliinii drown Wrnry. ( lobe Democrat. "And you , too , China ! " ihe sllverltefl will soon bo saying , The movement which has started In China to establish the geM standard 'In that country will probibly suc ceed. "Itovolutlons never go backward , " The American continent , except in 0110 or two bjiotaabandoned silver as an equal partner with gold long ago and no did ISuropc , while Asia , led by Japan , Is dropping It now. There Is not a ray of hope In any cjuartcr of the glebe fo. § the unhuppy 1C to 1 men. Every country of any tlnuiurtanco 1 the world hai B'lven ' up 'Dryanlsiu ' oxeopi China and Mexico. China Irf about tonrclualato | It , while Mexico Is likely to drop fi U-foro 1900. l'r < IHM--U5 | .III tillVCM ( . 'U TMIiune. The Tri-Stnto JtanUer hns uniformly en- oouraslni ; reports from many counties in .Minnesota , Iowa 'lind Nebraska. The gen eral testimony isf , that ( hero has not been , n tlmo In four years when farmers have i been more prosperous. They uro lining the , money which la flowing In In such abund ance from their liliiii-prli oil crops to pay --IT thi'lr ' floating ami mortgage ImleliU-iiiKxss which accumulate during tiio years of de- prcsslon. This jyllL be followed , If pros- pcrlty dwells with- them another year , by the oirryliiK out of plaus of Improvement and better living anil this In turn will give in creased business. , to the merchant , lumber man , manufacturer and laborer. llHM-r lip , I.iiin ! I.oulBVlllc Courier-Journal. Hon. hum Tanks c.f Tennessee , Is of the despondent opinion that the country ls goIng - Ing to the bow-wows. jjon hum Tanks should not glvo way to unreasonable pes- aimlsin. lie should expand his hnrlz n. The world does not end with the- Tennessee Ex- position. lion , hum Tanks would tlud It -beneficial to take a Jaunt over the country with Tennessee's governor , who was speak ing in Texas the other day , telling them how "Texas wan the biggest walllo on the griddle of North America. " and how this -wallle "uas sweetened with tlio honey of happiness pouring from the tiungholu of prosperity I and 'buttered ' with pure Democracy. " In- ! stead of going to the bow-wowa Hon. I.uni Tanks might go to Texas and get him one of Uol ) Taylor's bungholea. TUB nnuAT ISXIMI.SITIU.V. Scope , rrourcBi nnil I'roiin-.Mi of the drnit Slimv. . H Is sold that travelers from abroad who rnako a tour of the United States uml min gle freely with our people pronounce tin a nation of "conventions. " Wo may not have r.s many holidays r.s the Krench , but wo nro constantly havlni ? reunions and celebra tions , and , for a country without any ruins except such as the aborigines nuy have contributed , thin Is doing very well. The newest candidate for exhibition honors Is the Trunsmlsslsslppl and Intern.itloii.il K\prsl- tlcn , which Is scheduled to throw open Itw doors In Omaha Juno 1 , 1S9S , ntul to con tinue for live months. The project lind Its origin In resolutions adopted by the Trans- mlsslrolppl Commercial congress at Omaha In 1S93 , representing twenty-four states icml territories. The exposition Is controlled by n corporation known as the Transmlsslsslppl and International Exposition , with u capital of $1,000.000. The ni.iiMRenient Is vested In a directory of fifty members with an ex ecutive committee of nix department man agers. Kach department la divided Into ap propriate bureaus In charge of experts In their respective branches. In addition to the stock subscriptions , revenues aggregat ing not lifs than $1,000,000 from various sources "have been assured. " Under an net of congress the enterprise Is granted recog nition as a national and International expo sition , with privileges for the admlsMon of foreign exhibits free of duty , the right to strike memorial medals through the United States mints and all other privileges hereto- foni granted to International expositions. The government will erect a largo building and place therein a government exhibit. The bill carried ai > appropriation of $200.000. Thc ( Bccrctary of the treasury has tended olllclal orders covering the regulation ! ) under which foreign exhibitors may participate. Ily di rection of President McKInlcy the State de partment has extended Invitations to the rulers of foreign nations , soliciting them to participate. Nebraska has appropriated $100,000 , Illi nois $15,000 , 'Montana ' $30,000. and Colorado , Utah , Iowa and other -wratcrn states have made -appropriations and arc preparing ex tensive exhibits. In Nebraska aivJ adjoin ing states thcro Is an aggregate population ofovcr 9.000,000. The managers of the ex position estimate -the - total attendance will not ibo far from 2,600.000. The city of Omaha has contributed $30.000 , through Its pork commission , and ' 'will doubtless In crease this sum" to a total of $100,000 by expenditures for ibeautlfylng and Improving -the exprsltlon grounds and approaches thereto beforethe opening day of ttio expo sition , while Douglas county , of which Omaha Is the seat , will Issue $100,000 In exposition lionds. The great 'buildings of the exposition are to bo situated on either sldo of a lagoon nivl show up well In the Allans. The build ings and colonnades will not bo white , as In the case of the World's fair at Chicago , Jnit the "staff" with which the skeletons of the structures will bo covered will ho colored to Imitate old marbles. In this way It Is expected to produce a novel and pleasing effect. The exposition grounds are on the north side of the city. A pam phlet Istued by the management says : "A mammoth Indian wigwam will form an attractive background for n display of all produces of the skill and handicraft of the American Indian , by which the progress of agencies for the civilization of the red man may bo measured. Incidentally , It Is pro posed to secure the co-opcratlon of the gov ernment ami the commissioner of Indian affairs for the assembling of representatives of nil Indian tribes from Florida to Alaska. Not only will the various types of North American Indians be assembled , but thcro will bo also an exhibit of their old and new Implements of war , the great variety of ap parel showing meat striking contrasts be tween northern and southern tribes , the va rious ornaments and aboriginal Jewelry with which the tribesmen bedeck themselves. The wild Apache of the southwest and the sotnl- clvlllzed Indian of the Five Nations or of the reservations In the east will be brought together to enable the visitor to sco the various tribes as they live today. " The Agricultural and Mining departments are expected to bo particularly Interesting and all of Iho western states are arrang ing for attractive displays. A feature of the amusement section will be "Sherman's Umbrella , " . a mechanical Invention by which passengers are elevated to a height of 300 feet and revolved slowly within a circle whose diameter Is 2SO feet. The "umbrella" will bo taller than the celebrated Ferris wheel. Partly because of the exposition many na tional conventions are to bo held In Omaha next year , including the National Indian , In stitute , National Philatelic society , National Dental congresses. Society of American FlorisW American Forestry association , American Fisheries association , Swedish Evangelical convention. Dairymen's Na tional association , Travelers' Protective a - so'clatlon , National Good Roads parliament , American Seed Trade association , National I3ducatlon.il association , National Dee Keep ers' association , National 'Eclectic ' .Medical Hoclety , National Electric Light association , American Nurserymen's convention , Amer ican Institute of Homeopathy , Danish Luth eran church of America , National League of Republican clubs , National Association of Postal Clerks , American Institute of Elec trical Engineers , Association of Theatrical Stage Employes , National Encampment of the Sons of Veterans , Western Traveling Men's Accident association. Fire Under writers' Association of the Northwest , Gen eral Assembly of United Presbyterian church , United States League of Duildlng and Loan associations , the Society of the United States Military Telegraph corps an nual convention of American Cemetery Su perintendents , American Association of Ag ricultural Colleges nnd Experiment Sta tion * . National Cricket cluba , Swedish Ep- worth leasuo and Grand Cotnnjandory Knights Templar. Many of our cttlzcnn who visited the expo sitions at Chicago , Atlanta und NnahvlIIo will bo likely to go to Omaha during the coming summer and upend a profitable va cation In taking In the nights. I'TllJ SIJAI. THHATV. lloston Olobe : It will be rather difficult even for the moat pronounced Amerlcopho- blsts In London to try to make the English public believe that In signing a treaty pledg Ing their respective nations to prohibit pelagic scaling so far as their power goes , the delegates from Rnssla and Japan have carried out n deep , dark plot agrtlnflt llrltaln , devised and promoted by Uncle Sam. Philadelphia Press : The signing of a treaty between Russia. Japan and the United Stales for the protection of the seal herds from destruction while at sea will , If agreed to by llrU llrltaln , solve the problem as how brst to prevent the seals from being exterminated. Great llrltaln will assume a great responsibility by refusing her assent. Hut her refusal will not md the matter. She will regret In tlmo any attempt to thwart the will of the only nations which own Islands to which the seals resort for breeding purposes. Philadelphia Record : Now that a treaty has been agreed to between the representa tives of the United States , Russia and Japan for the discontinuance of i-elaglc scaling It Is Intimated that the Canadians would bo will ing to stop killing the seals In the open seas for n pmmlary consideration. Any negotia tion to ibuy off the Canadian sealers should be emductcd with the understanding that the ptirclvtse money should como out of the pockets of the monopoly operating under the authority of this government. It Is a pity that the seat herds should bo destroyed ; but Itwould - be a shame to Impo'c upon the public treasury a burden the whole ad vantage of which would fall to a private corporation. IMIMTlUAIi SXA1' .SHOTS. Minneapolis Tribune : Kx-Qovernor Holes' letter of condolence to ox-Candidate White seems to have gone astray In the malls. Globe-Democrat : Van Wyck received In New York 17.D81 less limn a majority and 60,000 registered voters remained away from the polls. Tammany Is successful , but It Is a minority party. Louisville Post : The cities In 1S9C gave the victory to McKInlcy. In 1S97 the cities are democratic. It Is well for aspiring load- es to remember that and not Insist on talking silver. Sllenco is golden. Chicago Times-Herald : Here Is a pointer for the professional spellbinder : Van Wyck made Just ono speech during the campaign. It consisted of thirty-four words. His plural ity is 80,000. Verbum sap. Indianapolis News : Croker eera no national Issue in the New York election. Indeed , he deprecates anything that will alienate votes. What Mr , Croker Insists upon Is votes. As lent ; as men. vote him In he Is not going to Inquire after their principles. Buffalo Express : Ono of the most encour aging results of the elections of ! est week was the success of the republican party In Iowa. There the candidate for governor talked constantly for the gold standard and was elected by a majority of 30.000. No bet ter proof of the subsidence of the silver craze could bo given. Springfield Republican : Hesldco voting down Gorman the people of Maryland also voted down a constitutional amendment es tablishing the merit system In state and local appointments. They shook off the man , but tllng to the system for which tlu > man stood. Of the two the state could better afford to keep the man. Kansas City Star : It will bo cold comfort , Indeed , which Mr. Gorman will realize from the discovery thut -change of thirty-nine votes , properly distributed , in the recent election In Maryland would liavo given him control of the legislature and Insured his return to the senate. In this case a miss was qulto as gcad as a mile , and Gorman Is as dead as If he had been snowed under by a majority of 100,000 votes. PKllSOXAt , lAXIJ OTIIKIIWISK. Jefferson Davis' birthday , Is to be made a legal holiday In Georgia. Robert E. Lee's birthday Is a legal holiday In five southern states. That lions' den wedding- Boston1 goes to show that wlien a man wishes to do some thing foolish thcro Is always a woman ready to help him. j The memorial exorcises held by the school children of Missouri In honor of Eugene Field iiavo added almost l$10,000 to the fund for his monument. Richard S. Croker , Jr. , son of the boss of Tammany hall , Is a student at 'Brown ' univer sity anil is making a muno for himself as a first-class fullback on tiio foob ball Held. Thomas Arnold , father of Mrs. Humphrey Ward , the novelist and social reformer , has lived for many years In Dublin , where he is a professor In the Catholic university and ; a fellow of the Royal university. Assistant Secretary of War Molklejohn completed the Inspection of the army post at San Francisco last Saturday. On Sunday evening ho left for southern California , pro-1 I ceedlng eastward from Los Angeles , and la I scheduled to arrive at St. Louis on the 20th. j Prince Krapotklne , known all over tlio world as an advanced anarchist , has proved ; 1 a surprise to Now Yorkers , wim had ex- . pccted to lind him of the loud-mouthed i Johann Most brand. Instead they see a small , benevolent-looking old man of retiring manner and kindly eyes , preaching brotherly love and deprecating violence. i OP KUff. Yonkers Statesmani He-My frlenfl to opj nosed to everything Knglltfh. 8ho YCSJ I noticed that In Ills conversation. Chicago Tribune ! "It l recorded of ono of the great ! leaders of the French revolution tionHobesplcrre , I think thnt ho never at- ti-ndcil a theater In hN life. " "I think that's a. mistake. My Impression Is Mint he went out between the ax. " Somrrvlllo Journal ; Some people Ret ft firciit reputation for being chnrltnhle on other people's money. Washington Btnr : "The drawing If thli picture Is something unusual , " said the con. nolsxcur. "yea , " replied ' .Mrs. Cumrox. "My hus band ? nys It's the only thing ho won In a charity bazaar In all his life. " Chicago News : "Do you think a man hns a right to open his wife's letters ? " "Well , ho may have the right , but I don't sec how ho could have the courage. " Detroit Free Press : "What's the matter with lllngly. He used to lie eternally blowing what an expert wing shot ho was. " "Oh , ho always does that during the clos season. " Cincinnati Enquirer : "If a man do network work , " snld the gentleman wllh the good clothes and the distillled expression , "ho shall not cat. " "I don't tliul It V.artly that way , " snltl Perry IMtrtllr , "but 1 know If my stories don't work I don't cat. " Indianapolis Journal : "My youth , " said the penurious man , "was spent as a sailor. " "I'd Ilko to have known you then. " "Why ? " "It would hiivo lieen a pleasure to pea you pay out sonu'tliltig , even If It was only a cable. " lloston Transcript : Teacher What Is the difference Ix-twi-iMi a llxi d Htur and any other star ? Pupil It ilrpi-nds n good deal upon the advance ngnt. . Uonvcr Post. As you pull aloiu ; tin- trail never let your courau'o fall , If the hill ho steep an' rocky Is the road , Keep a cllnibln' for the top , never falter , never stop , Thong1 ! ! your shaky limbs may totter 'noath the load ; It you fall to catoh the trumps do not fall Into the dumps An' declare It Is no use to further try ; Though It seems a inc-ky game keep on imckln' just tlio same , An' you're hound to make a wlnniti' by- an'-by. l ) nvt-r Post. lie was a tender dudclct , with a mlcroscoplo head , And o'er his milky features was a look of terror snronl : The tears , like liquid crystals , studded both his dreamy eyo. , And oft his honing bosoui was convulsed with windy sighs. Ho told his thrilling story In a sob-Impeded voice , And oft Ilia Plnttrred fcelliiEH seemed to lose their equipoise ; Each hearer's heart was sorely rent with sympathetic pain- Some hoAWlil girls had belt ! him up and webbed him of his cane ! TillSICXAI : , I.ICIIT. \VIIll.un Winter. The lonely sailor when the night O'er ocean's Rllmmcrlng waste descends. Sets at tiniie.ik his signal light. , And fondly dreams of absent friends. Starlets the sky above him broods , Pathless the waves beneath him swell ; Through peril's spectral solitudes That beacon- Hares and all 13 well. So. on the wandering sea of years. When now the evening closes round , ' I show the signal llaine that' cheers , And scan the wide horizon's bound. The night Is dark , the.winds nre loud , The black waves follow , fast and far ; Yi-t soon may flash , through mist and cloud. The radiance of some answering star. Haply across the shuddering deep , Ono moment seen , a snowy sail May dart with one Impetuous leap , And pass with one exultant hall ! And I shall dearly , sweetly know. Though s-.orm bo fierce and ocean drear , That somewhere still the roses blw.v. And hearts nro true and friends arc near. Each ccipar.ite on the eternal main , Wo seek -tlio same celestial shore ; Sometimes we part to meet again , Sometimes wo part to meet no more. Ah. comrades , prize the gracious day When sunshine bathes the tranquil tldo. And , careless as a. child at play. Our ships drift onward , side by side ! Too oft iwlth cold and barren will , And stormy pride of Iron sway. We bid the voice of love bo still , And thrust the cup of joy away. No comfort haunts the. yellow leaf ! Walt not till , broken , old anil sere. The sail heart pines , In hopeless grief , For ono sweet voice It used to hear. Thought has Its throne and' ' power Its glow. And lAealth Its time of transient ease ; Dut besof hours that life can know Are rose-crowned hours that fleet Hko these. Lot laughter leap from every lip ! . To music turn the perfumed air ! Yo golden pi-nnons > , glance and dip ! Yo crimson banners , llasli and Hare ! On them no more the tempest glooms Whoso freed and loyal s-iplrlts know To frolic where the lilac blooms And revel where the roses blow. I5nt lights of heaven above them kiss As over silver seas they glide- Ono heart , ono hope , ono futo , ono bliss To peace and silence sldo by side. Derby Saturday It's half price Black and brown Derby Hats , agency 38 * ' blocks always $2.50 and $3,00 ' 'f extreme bargain price . . , . , The best Derby made Let us glvo you the best hat you can buy and positively nave you SiMMKxtremo ) Itargaln 1'rlcu _ , Fedoras with somu of tlio best ? -.00 hats in the world wo will make this a busy corner Saturday Extreme liargaln at . . . Extreme bargain in Extreme bargains Extreme bargains In fiOc medium \volght in Necktio.s 25c Underwear not to bo had 7fic Underwear at Saturdoy ut olbewhoro at 1.00