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Dully lice nnJ Sunday , One Year . 30V
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Huntlay "PC. One Ymr . 7 ? '
Hniunlny life. One Vrtir . * ?
Weekly lite , Ono Yonr . . 6'
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Otmhn : The lice llull'llnc.
K-mth Omnha : HlngT ItlK. . Car. N nnd 21th 0l .
Omnrll muffs : 1 I'cnrl Sire t.
Clil'dco Olllee : 5"2 Chnmlior of Commerce.
New Vork : Temple Court.
Washington : 601 Kourtoenlli Strict.
.
All communlrntlnna rclntlns id nets nncl "clllo.
rial mailer should be aiMresxeit : To the l-.iH' r.
JlHIH l.iTTHn8.
All burincM Icltofn find rctnlttnn < ' < ! S fhftuM bo
ficlilroifpil to The Hoc 1'ublWilnu . Compiny ,
Oinahn. Drafts , checks , cxi > rr nml pn tone #
money ntftn lo bo mailo pa > able to tbo order or
the company. . . . . *
Till : nni : i-tmr.isinxa COMPANY.
STATKMKNT OK CinCUI.ATIOS .
Hlnto of KMirftfkn , DoiiRl.ir. county , n. :
George II. Tzirhiirk , i-forotnry of Tli ( > l\ \ < * I' " " '
llshlnff rnmpniiy. llnit l ) duly sworn , > > tnnt' "e
iii-timl nnmW nf full nnd complete coplM of Th
Dally. Morntnc , Kvenln * nnJ Hunrtny Uoo prlmcil
durliiff the month of January , 1SSS was as foi-
Tolnl CI7.23 ?
iclurnecl nnd unsold copies 10,473
* * et totnl ptles W6.760
Jfi-l ilally nvoraifp 21J'tl
OKOlinn 11. TZSr-HtJCK.
Sworn to before mo nml riili crllieit In my
prfenrp this 1st day of Kcbrtlnry. ISM.
( Seal. ) N. P. FKtU
Notary Pulillc.
Nt-ltrnska PPIMIIS lo bo piling back to
1li ? i-rn of republican postinastershlps
on the Installment plan.
Tim judicial mills arc asraln
Avlth tliu new term of tlio district court.
Tills Is another castof reopening of the
mills.
Perhaps Ihe World-Herald can explain
ivliy , when W. .T. Connell was renp-
polnled clly attorney by Mayor Itrrmtch ,
It hud not a word lo sny u KM Ins : l.ls re-
tt'iitioa.
Every visitor to the exposition gr
from abroad jjoi-s away from Omalia a
living advertLsemeiit of Omaha's enter
prise and the. brilliant prospects of tli ?
{ jreal fair.
Hill Greene continues lo
cry out In the halls of congress that then-
Is no prosperity. Hill otighl to tale a
vacation and come home to have the. cob
webs wiped off bis spectacles.
' The west Is not so slow after all , If
one may judge by the. speed of the rail
road trains. And the way railroad bnsi-
nnss Is done In the west fairly repre
sents how all business Is done.
Following the experience of the old
Chemical National , the New York bank
ers will for a time cease to warn their
customers against the loose business
methods prevalent in western banking
circles.
St. Louis wants an exposition in ISM ) ' !
lo commemorate the acquisition of Louis
iana by thr > rnited Slates. It is doing
well to Hie copyiiglil papers this early Ii :
the game to protect , the project against
Infringement.
Dr. Nausea's countrymen may rightly
Infer that the search for thrilling ad
ventures Is llkoly to be more successful
among American newspaper reporters
than In the haunts of the polar bear.
JSnt how abonl : the profits ?
City Attorney Connell appears as a
Witness for Mayor Mooros in the
Hroateh-Moores case one dny and the
popocratie organ wllb A. H. O. ap-
pendnges comes out the next day with a
savage attack on the city attorney.
Trainmen sny the time InHwe'en Omaha
nnd Denver can be still materially low
ered. The traveling public has always
wondered why Ilia straightaway lint's '
over the Nebraska prajrles should not
give the fastest railroads In the world.
A member of congress Is said to be
preparing a bill to abolish the use of
the letter " .I" In all publications of the
government on tile theory that the letter
Js absolutely useless , Hut that will not
eliminate all the jays from the country.
Despairing of bringing Hawaii In
through the entrance the nnnoxntlOnlsts
In congress are trying lo smuggle It
miller the tent. In the meanwhile the
United States Is not yet suffering be
cause of the failure of the senate to
ratify the treaty.
The legislators of Kentucky and New
York seem to Imvo dually discovered
that the power to Impeach or remove
a senator Is lodged In- the United States
senate , and afler a state legislature has
elected a .senator It ceases to have any
direct control over him.
It must have hurt the Fakery worse
than tooth-pulling to admit editorially
that under Mayor Mooros' admlnlsira.
lion "Omaha's credit Is as good as ( lint
of any city of Its size In the country and
better than that of a great many cities. "
AVhat mom can bo wanted ?
The county board might make a great
mistake If It put a lot of cheap politicians
Jn charge of the Douglas county exposi
tion display. Hut It would make just
an great : a mistake If It put the exhibit
In charge of some of (1m ( professional
side show farmers who have bivn mak
ing a living by exhibiting at state and
county fairs farm products which Ihelr
neighbors have raised.
The army of Omaha bicyclists will be
reinforced this year by thousands of
recruits who will want to Hsu the. wheel
( in nn adjunct to exposition sightseeing.
Under mieh conditions would It not be
well to consider seriously some pro
visions to prevent accidents nnd Insure
greater safety \ty \ requiring the USD of
lamps and IK-US and the exorcise of the
ordinary precautions oxnuttul of riders In
every other large city lit the country ?
TflR THtAt , OF 7.TA ( ,
It appears to bo already assured that
the trial of.oin , clmrged with rollcctlng
upon the military ollkors connected with
the court innrtlal which convicted Cap
tain Dreyfus nnd sent him to IIfo Im
prisonment , will bo n trnvesty. The pow
erful Inlinetieof ( lift army , together
with the strong nntl-Semltlc feeling , nro
arrayed against the accused nutl itt th ?
very outset ho Is denied the menus of
proving his allegations , The documentary
evidence which Xola had prepared the
judicial authorities pay no ntteiitton to ,
while the witnesses upon whom he ro
lled refuse to tcstlf.v , cither because
nfrnld to do so , or for the reason , nn
Hoi n said , that they have bcui ordorcu *
to bo silent.
It Is thus obvious that the accused Is
not to hnvo n fair opportunity to make
his defense ; thnt justice1 Is to bo sacri
ficed in order to shield the army and to
pniidw to race prejudice. Hut whatever
the outcome of the trial , which It Is more
than likely will bo the conviction of Hola ,
Intelligent public judgment everywhere
outsldo of Franco Is In sympathy with
him , because against treni'indous odds
he is lighting In the cause of justice. The
opinion Is nearly universal that Dreyfus
Is Innocent and that ho is Ilia victim of
n conspiracy , but to establish this , as
there Is every reason to believe Hola
could do If permitted , would put n
sllgmn upon the army which might bo
disastrous to it and even imperil the gov
ernment , hence Dreyfus must bo kept
In exile nnd Hola deprived of the op
portunity to show the truth of his state
ments and charges.
TO DHVKMl' ALASKA.
The attention of enstern capitalists Is
being dlrect'fd ' toward Alaska as a prom
ising Held for Investment. The Now
York correspondent of the riilladelplila
Press states that it is thought lo be a
conservative estimate that within the
next live or six months from ? ! ! 0,000,000
to $ r > 0 , < > 00UOO will be Invested by capi
talists who are In New York or who are
associated with New York Interests In
the commercial development of Alaska.
Plans are being rapidly completed for
the organization of various railway ,
steamship , trading and oilier Incidental
enterprises , nil alining to secure sonic
part of the commerce and business cer
tain to bi developed at once. One syn
dicate of capitalists already organized
proposes to establish a Meamship line
from Seattle to one of the Alaskan ports
and to build a railway which will make
the quickest connection between tide
water and the Yukon district. It is
said to be also the purpose of this syndi
cate to engage in general trade and to
explore certain districts In which its Inspectors
specters have discovered every-evidence
of large deposits of gold. Another com
pany proposes to establish a steamship
line , develop mining claims and engage
In a general cdinnlercial business , while
still another company Is said to have re
cently purchased four Hnropr-an steam
ships which will be sent at once to
Seattle to engage in Alaskan trade. At
the same time Canadian capital is look
ing toward Alaska.
The rush of people to the Alaskan gold
regions within the next few months
promises to be enormous. It is esti
mated that not less than 200,000 will go
into that inhospitable territory during
the spring and summer and to feed ,
clothe and house Iheso people will alone
develop a great business. It is to no
purpose to send out such warnings ns
those contained in the report of Captain
Kay to the War department , because
they will not be heeded. It Is perfectly
safe , therefore , to count upon an abun
dant business for steamship lines carryIng -
Ing people lo Alaska and for traders in
commodities needed by people \v\w \ go
there. As to thv development of Alaslca
commercially no veiv great ro.vilm arc-
to bo expected , but those who take im
mediate advantage of the gold-seeking
rush can hardly fall to find it profitable.
SPAIN ItKJKCTS MK
Tlie Spanish government has again
rejected the offer of friendly mediation
on the part of ( lie United States for Hie
pncldcnllon of Cuba. What the form
of the offvr was can only IHJ Inferred
from the report of Spain's response as
communicated to this government by
the American minister at Madrid. This
states that the Spanish government ro-
fnses to admit that It had reached the
end of Its ropeIn Cuba , that It Is unable
to suppress the Insurrection , that au
tonomy Is a failure , or that the assist
ance of the United States Is needed to
bring the struggle to an end. It np-
ppnrs from a dispatch lo the London
Standard from Madrid that Spnln de
clines to entertain the suggestion that
a time be llxed for the pacification of
Cuba and It Is learned from the flame
source that the Spanish government still
complains of filibustering expeditions ,
although none has been heard of in 'his
country recently.
Meanwhile It does not appear that
any progress Is being made with the
policy of Cuban autonomy. It Is true
the autonomists , or such of them as are
In olllclal positions , profess to b.'lluve .
that the policy will eventually succeed ,
but they present no substantial ground
for this faith ; they are able to point to
nothing accomplished In justification of
their professed conlldenco In the ellicacy
of that policy for pacifying Cuba. The
president of the autonomist cabinet Is
reported ns talking of the insurgents
being distracted by conflicting opinions ,
but there Is no evidence thnt such Is the
case. On th ; ? contrary , the recently re
ported declarations of the Insurgent
military commander , General Gomez , In
dicate that the Cubans are as firmly
determined now ns at any time sine ; )
the Insurrection started to ncci'pt noth
ing short of Independence , while the.
best information Is to the effect that
they are. In bolt r nmidltlon than at al
most any oilier tlmo to continue the
struggle , and are full of conlldence that
they will succeed. The military opera
tions of General Hlanco Imvo been un
productive of Important results and It Is
said there Is a spirit of revolt In his
army. It seems certain that ho vlll not
bo able to suppress the Insurrection with
his present force , unless largo numb ra
of the Insurgents should accept au
tonomy , and Spain cannot very greatly
increase the Spanish army In Cuba ,
having neither the money nor the men ,
That the situation Ls a gloomy oue for
Spain Is obvious , yet the attitude of
that government In regard to mediation
Is perfectly natural. To accept mediation
would bo practically to surrender ; It
would bo nn ndmlsslon of wcnkiress thnt
would stlmulato nnd strengthen the In
surgents.
The repented rejection of the proffered
good otllces of the United States It would
seem ought to convince the administra
tion that It Is useless to renew the offer
nnd that It may ns well for the present
dismiss the Cubnn question from con
sideration. The president having given
sound reasons only two months ago'
why this government should not recog
nize the Cubans ns belligerents nnd the
conditions In Cuba having undergone no
change since , the granting of belliger
ency Is not n matter for present con
sideration , while recognizing the inde
pendence of the Insurgents would pre
cipitate a war with Spain and so far ns
known ling never been seriously thought
of by President McKlnley. Heally , how
ever , any course on the part of this gov
ernment that does not contemplate the
Independence of Cuba will not be con
sistent with Us republican character.
Mediation that looks to the maintenance
of Spanish rule In Cuba is not the proper
thing for the United States.
MAYUII
The campaign of detraction and po
litical sandbagging begun against Frank
10. Mooros when William J. Hroatch
was turned do\\n by the re
publican city convention has been kept
up by the popoerntlc. organ for nearly
ton months. During all tlu > se months
the niud-swivel has been kept In active
operation and nil the renegades and
rascals spewed oub by the republican
party have been discharging hogsheads
of blaekwash at Mooros through the
columns of the World-Humid , which n re
opened wide to them.
Masquerading In the stolen garb of
municipal reform , these political mounte
banks hav-p sought to create the Impres
sion that they are enlisted In a holy
crusade against coemption under
a leader of Immaculate Integrity
who Is willing to ncrilW him
self for the good of the community when
In fact his public career constitutes .in
unbroken chain of outlawry and repeated
betrayal of public trus1 : .
Kverybody In this community knows
that as mayor of Omaha William , r.
Hroatch laid himself liable to impeach
ment. While now posing as a great
champion of municipal ownership and
enemy of franchlsod corporations , ills
record belies Ids claims and proves him
to be a monumental fraud. One of the
closing acU of his llrst Incumbency was
the midnight approval of a resolution
directing confession of judgment by the
city on a S-jri.000 gas claim which Gas
Inspector Gilbert declared outrageously
( minted and which no jury would IIHVO
allowed. While making a great bluster
about forfeiting the witer works com
pany's franchise , he riveted the electric
lighting monopoly upon the city by an
other midnight signature to head off an
Inevitable injunction of the job.
The shameless betrayal of trust of
Penitentiary Appraiser 1'roatch Is still
fresh In the minds of the public. Sworn
to put an honest valuation upon the
chattels of the convict labor contractor ,
he made nu appraisement that gave
Dorgan over $ : : : > ,000 for .secondhand
property that could not have brought
! ? 5,000 at public sale.
And this bogus reformer , whoso last
election was compassed by political
street gaiigs and the water woiks pipe
line of 000 coerced trench diggers , each of
whose votes was checked off like so many
head of cattle delivered in a packing
house , tries lo make people believe that
his tender conscience will not permit
him to yield his ollice lo a successor
legally elected , but whose eligibility he
questions.
It was expected that When this pre
tender , who had been repudiated at the
republican primaries in his own ward
and did not receive a slnglo vote at the
mayoralty election , had Hied his claim
In the courts , the contest would be left
to judicial determination and the p-.ibl'c.
spared the further disgraceful exhibition
of political spltework. Instead of put
ting faith in the Justice of their cause
and the fairness of the court , the law
yers and political bandits who are play
ing reformers for revenue have con
tinued a public fusillade through the
popoeratic mnd-batlery in the hope of
prejudicing public opinion nnd Influenc
ing the supreme court and Uic ivfrrco
appointed to hear the evidence. These
tactics have been finally supplemented
by the publication of grossly garbled re
ports of the testimony re-echoed sys
tematically at Llncohv by the republican
boodle organ which Is operated as an
annex to the Hryau-Hroatch-IIerdman
machine in this city.
Fortunately the irowell-Uansom-
Hroatch combine of reformers are pretty
well known In Omaha and so far as
public sentiment Is concerned they have
overreached the mark. ISvery unbiased
citizen realizes that Instead of being
an honest effort for better municipal
government the whole movement from
its Inception lias been a political raid
to nvengo the defeat of the fusion can
didate through his renegade allies.
THE Vll
A proposed amendment to ( ho United
States constitution discloses an apparent
defect In our civil system. This amend
ment provides that in case the person
elected president of the United Slates
dies bvforo the time for his Inauguration ,
or Is unable to assume the duties of the
olllee , or declines to take ( ho oath , the
person elected vice presldvMit shall bo In
augurated as president ; and in case both
persons die or are disqualified congrcs. )
may by law provide for temporarily fillIng -
Ing the vacancy.
Tha amendment assumes that n vice
president 1ms no-right to become presi
dent under present laws save when a
vacancy occurs after Inauguration day.
It Is true that the constitution devolves
the odlco of pivsldent on the vice presi
dent In case of "the removal of the pres
ident from olllee or his death , resignation
or Inability to discharge the powers and
duties of said olllco , " but the fact that
biwclnl provision Is made for the vice
president to become president when the
election has been by congrtthrowa
doubt on the regularity of this succes
sion after an election' ' by electors. Whllu
It Is probable that a newly Inaugurated
vleo president , finding the office of prcsi'
j dent vacant , woilMM > e upheld In nsmiuv
Ing the higher olHce yet his title would
not lie entirely cfear , nnd If he should
choose to nbldo lJia ! strict construction
of the eonstltutlon..n sltuntlon might fol
low rendering ILUuposslblc to have n
legnl president or n legal election , liven
the remotest possibility of such a con
tingency should be removed.
Jn case of the death of both president
elect nnd vice npresldent-elect before
March 4 following .their election , It Is
now provided thnl'tho ' secretary of state
of the outgoing administration shall net
ns president until one can bo elected nnd
Inaugurated , though1 , this Is not the best
provision for meeting this contingency.
In recent years the administrations have
alternated between the two political par
ties , so that If this provision of the law
had been resorted to at any time wo
would have hail the life of an ndmliirstrn-
tlon extended beyond the time when the
people had decreed it should go out of
existence. These defects might possibly
be remedied as well by laws ns by nn
amendment to the constitution , but some
changes seem to bo necessary.
Under the American system of gov
ernment there is no provision for the
president or his cabinet making known
their views on public questions otllelnlly
except through Ihe messages and com
munications to congress , but President
MeKiiilcy and members of his cabinet
are not hiding their opinions from the
people. The public utterances of the
president and his secretary of the treas
ury on the financial policy of the coun
try have attracted attention all over the
world and have done much to Inspire in
the people confidence in the administra
tion. Public olh'clals with well matured
views on public questions never fear
discussion and the widest publicity.
The proposed enlargement of the Yel
lowstone National park Is In accord with
the necessities of the case If the park
Is to become a great permanent game
preserve. It1 has been shown by experi
ence that with the present limited area
of the park It is Impossible to prevent
tilling of the game , since the animals
will wander down the valleys to ( ho low
lands surrounding the park region and
thorp come into range of the guns of
the poachers. The proposed enlargement
of the park would be by the addition
of land not now useful and not likely
ever to be of use for productive pur
poses. .
Our amiable popoeratic contemporary
asserts that we. have too many people
with us who spend their time trying to
make us feel sad'and ' not enough who
exert themselves. IJo inake us laugh and
rejoice. The relleclion certainly does
not fall upon our p : c. ' Kven its attempts
lo be serious ate mqst generally laugh
able , i
The demoralized ' condition of the
police and the" riof of highwaymen ,
thugs and thieves in- just what was to
1)0 expected under a police board that
itself constantly .Violates law and pro
motes to the headship of the force only
inexperienced ami Incompetent ollicers.
Cfipltiil "nil Cunllilencc.
GUjfof-Pemwrat.
The sales of railroad bonds In New York
In January were the largest on record and
double the monthly average. Money la seelc-
IOK Investment , In spite ot the Teller reao- !
lutlon foolery.
1
Somelliliiv ? < > f < i Mvi ! ' | i. j
Courier-Journal.
Polecats got Into Uie ( basement or the
Cleveland city hall nnd caused nn evacua
tion of that Institution. The polecat treat
ment would greatly Improve many city halls
all over the country.
i
Siniif Olil Sore.
WnslilnRtcn Post.
Mr. Bryan has been Induced 'to write
another opinion on the financial question
Tor a newspaper. The man who labored
with Mr. Bryan with this end In view Is
not showing signs of extraordinary wear
and tear.
I'Uy < lu > Clu-onlc.
Minneapolis Tribune.
The calamity bowler Is .abroad In the land
and will continue his ravages Just as long
as there Is a campaign In prospect and an
ofllco In eight. But the only thing for the
truthsceklng citizen to do Is to take no
man's unsupported statement for or against
the return of prosperity. The facts and
figures speak for themselves , on ovcry hand
and no ono but a willfully blind man will refuse -
fuse to Investigate for himself.
Tlic-SuITrji i' HIMV In Inivn.
Chlc.iRO Post.
Just to show tlint they are entitled to the
ballot a number of Iowa women hnvo had a
row about it , nnd people who were there
say Uiat men couldn't , have done It bettor.
It was qnlto tbo equal of precinct primaries
In a tough district. However , not all women
can do this. Some of them are just ns gentle
and quiet and nverso to tbo use of harsh and
discourteous words and phrases now as they
were before they over thought of mastering
practical politics , Consequently the argu
ment Is not as perfect as it seems.
Our IC.vporlrtl I
ISnltltnore Hun ,
The ability of our manufacturers to compote
pete abroad with foreign manufacturers for
orders and. of course , to do the ramo nt
homo without high tariff ratea Is Illustrated
anew by the- fact that a car-manufacturing
company of Bloomsburg , I'a. , has been
awarded the contract to build 100 gondola
cars fortbo Orange Free State Hallway com
pany of South Africa. I' or the same company
fifteen passenger cars are to lo supplied ,
to bo similar tn cfTAinerlean passenger car ,
excepting a little smaller. These will bo the
first cara of thla description built in Amer
ica for USD In Africa. This Is but ono of
the hundreds of onltVs our manufacturers )
are receiving o-id It IS gratifying to obraarvo
that our mantlfactllfdln are beginning to ap
preciate- the Impor'tanco of the- foreign mar
ket. _ _ J
nX'l'H.Vl- J'JIK IOOTJ\J.
Iitiit Yi-nrH Hcconl of Di-fali-aHonx
SlIlllllK'll l'l | ,
Springfield ( Mnss. ) itcpubllrnn
Ono of the fidelity companies of Now
York figures up an aggregate of fllM.30 ]
ombTOzlca In the 'Uriltcd ' States during the
l 3t year. This U'MlJ ' to exceed thu 1890
record by som& $2$0,000. ( The trusts which
were violated arq. thus classified with the
respective amounts'cmbezzled :
Federal nnd state'i. . ' . J2.17C.S33
Municipal 1,4IS,271
Transportation compnnlca lftS'l , 92
Henevolent iiKsociutlons 223B1
Saving's anil loan aHsocIutlons . . . . 87ul
IiiHuranca companies ,121CU ! )
Hanks l.CM.soa
Court trusts 728S35
Commercial corporations iiml ( Inns 1,47S.)13 ! )
Miscellaneous Go3ir > 9
"
Total . $11,154,530
It should bo surprising to find public
funds suffering oven more than bank funds ,
but perhaps It Is not. Probably the federal
government Ls affected least of all. It la
the fctato governments which are most de
frauded , Illinois , Nebraska , South Dakota
and ono or two other etatoa have wltllln two
or three years experienced defalcations la
the office of atato treasurer Involving very
largo ajuouutd of money.
TIIIJ UHU.VT KXI'OSITIOX.
llplnr. )
St , IJOUIA Hepubllc.
Missouri cannot afford to let much more
tlmo pats before arranging for a credltnblo
display at ttio Omaha exposition ,
Not to bo represented would bo lo bo very
badly misrepresented.
Missouri , with Its three great manufactur
ing nod trading cities St. Ixiuls. Kansas City
and St. Joseph anil with Its abundant surplus
product of raw material , would appear lu un
enviable ligbt If It were no-t prominent at an
exposition wilcu ! attracted n multitude of
visitors from every p5rt of the Missouri river
valley. And the Omaha cvunt will nttiact
a great attendance from the ititiro valley ter
ritory this summer.
The last year was prosperous along theMis
souri. The cattle and grain Interests reaped
larger profits than had crme to them In matij
years. The gradual recovery of general busi
ness from yanlc conditions has wi'.ianred the
good effect of a favorable agricultural sea-
eon.
eon.Kxhlbltcrs a Omahn will get the benefit of
this betterment. Missouri as a state and her
cities as commercial centers should be eauer ,
Instead ot slow , lo contribute means for the
best representation on the- grounds at Omaha.
TU' ( liiin < < < > of it MOtlinc.
Ktui. is Clly Stnr.
The adequate representation of Missouri
at the Omaha exposition will devolve largely
on the Commercial club of this city , That
places the responsibility where It Is likely j i
to bo faithfully fulfilled. The state com
missioners appointed by the governor to
look after thl.s business wore wise In see-k-
Ins the co-operutlon of the Commercial
club , nnd It was n happy arrangement to
hnvo all of them meet hero February 15 to
ibMug1 Jn reports nnd map out a plan of
action ,
Kansas City will not have a building of
Its own at Omalia. 'but ' Ita products nnd
resources will be liberally represented In
the Missouri building , which ou ht to bo
worthy of the fifth state In the union.
In this undertaking much Is due tn Omahn
from the states contiguous to Nebraska. The
enterprise Involves enormous expellee and
la'bor ' , nnd the untlre transmlsplsslppl
country Is under a strong moral obligation
lo do all that It can to make the venture , t '
a thorough success. The display should beef
of a character to Invite a patronage which i j
will reimburse' Omaha , for Its enormous out
lay. The attendance from Missouri ought j !
to bo very largo , and Kansas City must not | ! I
fall ID contribute Its full < iuota. This much j I
Is required by the claims oC neighborly
friendship , If nothing else. I I
But there are strong buslsicss reasons |
'
why Missouri nnd Kansas City should.make
thu right sort ot an exhibit at Omaha. It
Is not otten that a state or a community
enjoys sue.h a chance for effective advertis
ing nnd that Is sonu-thlng which Is murh
needed by Missouri. It has probably a greater
variety of products to show than any other
state In the union more , for that matter ,
than most of Us o i people know anything
about. Missouri is full of riches as far
down as anybody has gone Into the bowels
of the earth. Its wealth is diffused nmoap
the animal , vegetable nnd mineral kingdoms ,
and Is practically without limitation. All
of this ought to bo made known to thu
thousands of people who are expected to
visit tbo Omaha exposition , since the profits
of such a proclamation will vastly exceed
Its cost.
l-liiiis of
MlnnrapollH Journal ,
The preparations for the Transmlsslsslppl
nnd International Exposition at Omaha , to
bo opened to the public Juno -1 , are on a
most liberal scale , nnd the correspondence
of the directors shows that most of the
states and not a few foreign countries will
bo represented. The government has ap
propriated $300.000 and there will bo n
handsome government building nnd exhibit.
Minnesota has made no provision for a state
building , but her leadltig features will bo
represented and they should be generously
represented. Wisconsin and North and
South Dakota have made ample provision
ifor their exhibits. During the summer and
autumn over seventy big conventions will
bo held at Omaha , so with the elaborate
exposition and national conventions Omuhn
will have a very largo crowd to handle ami
may be able to conduct thu hffalr In such n
business way that there will be a small
surplus. The Nashville exposition last year
made both ends meet. The Atlanta ex
position came out short. The New Orleans
exposition was disastrous to the manage
ment. The Chicago World's fair was not a
mcnoy-ninker , but all these expositions
made returns In advertising advantages and
are of public benefit , more or less.
We have had a good many ambitious at
tempts in the cxocsltlon line in this country
aud they nearly all present the same features
and at Omaha there will have to be something
decidedly new to make It attractive. In the
program there are named foreign villages
with native populations , theaters of foreign
nations and various other devices seen at
other shows. The Crlipplc Creek mining camp
will be reproduced in miniature and the edu
cational and mechanical exhibits will be on
a largo scale and special attention has been
paid to Instill an exhibition of nilntlnga.
American "and foreign , of the highest merit ,
and the exhibit of electrical cf.pllances will
be equal to anything of the kind In t'.ie world ,
as all the latest Inventions will bo on hand.
It Is Interesting to reflect that when the
first World's fair was held In London , In 1851 ,
Omaha had not been founded. The London
Crystal I'alaco and contents were thought lo
bo the very acme of human Inventive attain
ment. At this approaching Omaha exposition
there will be seen appliances and labor-saving
devices which were not dreamed ot In 1851.
The Crystal Palace ot 1SIU will bo like a little
side show compared with the Omaha dK-nlay.
At the beginning of the century there was not
a state west of Pennsylvania , north of the
Ohio river. Today there Is no frontier state.
The frootlor has disappeared and the country
from Pennsylvania to the Pacific Is dotted
with gtcat growing cities and smart towns
and reticulated with railway lines. Omahn Is
ono of a dozen greater or It er cities in t'.io
region west of the Mississippi very Fparsely
settled In 1830. It Is well to have such an ex
position there to reveal more csneclally thu
enormous prosress and development ot a portion
tion of the- country comparatively unknown
fifty years ago.
A S.V.IMMil'2 ' l.YSTANOfl
Ilt'iicfltH Kloivliifr from 'Art ' i\lillills
OIH-II on Siiiiilny.
New York Independent.
The Corcoran art gallery ot Washington
has been opsn to the public on Sunday
afternoon for the last year. The step WAS
taken Boon after the removal was made to
the new art building , quite a year ago ,
and nu harm has como from It. On the
contrary , the attendance from the first was
large , and hundreds of men , women and
ehlldion have enjoyed the privilege of seeIng -
Ing the beautiful paintings and sculptures.
If it was a pleasure to some nnd more ) tnan
thnt in education to others great good has
boon accomplished. The national museum
Is undtr the direction of the government
and has never yet been opened on Sunday ,
probably for the same reason that Is given
against opening the library In the evening
that It would bo an additional expense. If ,
however , the library Is opened undoubtedly
the museum will bo opened also. No cx-
pcuso has been spared In making the library
building ono of the finest In the world. It
has nmplo room , Is easy of access , and when
opened to the public evenings , If not Sun
days , It will beccmo what It ought to be.
( Mr. John Hussell Young , the librarian ,
would add to thu Interesting features of the
library collections of autographs , rare manu
scripts and valuable records , to bo found In
the departments of the government. The
most valuable manuacrlpts probably are In
papers of the early presidents. Then there
are the supreme court records from the date
of Its organization , February , 1700 , up to
the present time.
Royal is the greatest
of baking powders
in strength , purity
and healthfulness.
AXTI-TUt'ST 11KCI5ION.
A Cnllfornln C'otirt Dissolve * n Con
VrnlcrV Trimli
Mlnnonpolln Jnurnnl.
Judge Morrow of the X.'nltedvStates clrcul
court nt San Francisco ft tow days ngo dcllv
ered a decision and granted n prcllmlnnr
Injunction against the Coat Dealers' assocla
tlon of California on the ground that It wean
an organization In unlawful restraint o
trade and n monopoly of very objectlonnbl
character. The decision uoJs the fate o
the combine , which 1ms long inaliitalnci
rules nnd regulations , rntea and prlcrn fo
coat brought from Dritlsh Columbia , Wash
Ington and Oregon to San Francisco for fuel
This combine exacted dues , fines nnd na
Bessments and affectively shut out compotl
tlon by Independent dealcns. H fixed rate. ,
and prices arbitrarily and compelled citizen :
to buy from the monopoly. The decision o
Judge Morrow was based on the evidence oil
dueed showing thu violation of the antl-trus
'law ' of IS90.
Ho took the ground that the federal law
of 1890 does not require n showing of Ir
reparable Injury to Justify the court In Is
suing a restraining order. Nor Is It Hmltei
to contracts and agreements unlawful nt
common law or to rcstiulnta and monopolies
In violation ot state statutes. On the con
trary , It means to declare Illegal any such
contract whlc.li U In unreasonable restrain !
of trade and no exception or limitation can
be added without placing In the act what had
been omitted by congress. If a combination
Imposes any restraint whatever , no matter
how little. It IS wltllln the prohibition , according -
, cording ti > the supreme court's decision In
the freight association case. The evidence
: showed that the agreement of the coil men
I meant , on'Its face , restraint ot trade us It
stilled all competition between retail ttealora.
| restricted trade within prescribed limits
and established n monopoly of the most
I odious character In nu article of dally consumption -
, sumption nndprime necessity. The cream
i of Judge Morrow's decision Is embodied In
j the following passage :
I "A case entirely In point Is that of the
| United States against Jelllco Mountain Coal
and Coke company , 46 Federal , 432 , brought
under tha anti-trust act In 1SU ! against the
I members of the Nashville Coal exchange.
I Owners or operators of mines were not to
neil or ship coal to any person , firm or cor-
poratlon In Naahvlllo who wore not members
of tbo exchange , and dealers wore not to
buy coal from any one not a member of the
exchange. It appeared that several mining
companies In Kentucky engaged In raising
coal nnd most of the coal dealers of Nasli-
vlllo had entered Into this ngrement. The
court held the agreement was In restraint of
trade and commerce and that the defendants
by the organization of the Nashville Coal
exchange nnd In their operations under It
had violated the law nnd they were accord
ingly enjoined from further violations of the
law. It Is not , however , necessary to mul
tiply authorities dealing with this question ;
they nro numerous , and they all clearly es
tablish the dor-trine that commerce among
the several states and with foreign nations
must bo absolutely free and iintrammeled ,
except as It may be regulated by congrern ,
that no stale law , with certain exceptions
not necessary to bo hero stated , will bo al
lowed 'o Intcrofere with It , nnd no contract
or agreement on the part of Individuals ,
associations or corporations would be per
mitted , directly or Indirectly , to hinder or
restrain Its natural current or volume. "
It is difficult to see how Judge Morrow
could arrive at any other conclusion , after
Justice Pcckhnm's decision In the Trans-
mlssourl Freight association case. Substan
tially , that decision was that any agreement
which la binding on the companies restrains
their control over their own rate.3. The Cal
ifornia coal combine was Intended to drive
all Independent dealers out of the business
and place the public nt the mercy of prices ,
arbitrarily fixed by the combine , for n com
modity which Is rightly classed among the
necessaries of life.
IMDHSOXAl , AVI ) OTIIK11AVISK.
John 0. Carlisle , Abnor McKlnley nnd ox-
Oovernor Campbell of Ohio nil pay rent to
the same landlord in Uroad street , New York.
A permit has been asked for in Now York
to start a hotse meat sausagefactory. . As
Sam Weller remarked , "It's all In the sea-
fionln' . "
Governor John R. Uodgors of Washington
In a recent addrosa In Tacoiiia summed up
what ho termed his faith thus : "Life Is ft
struggle ; a school ; n test of fitness. No strtiR-
glo , no school ; no school , no fitness ; no llt-
ncss , no future. "
Representative Dlngley Is not an orator.
Ills voice is too i.asnl to bo pleasant and too
weak to be heard. Thla Is true even when
he. speaks with -extemporaneous freedom ,
when he reads a speech the members havu
to gather close around him to hear his words.
Mlssourlans are Inclined to think that Wil
liam Goforth must originally have had "anrt
sin" suffixed to his name. lie was arrested
last month In Mil art , In that state , and Is
wanted In other towns on fifty-two charges
of obtaining money under false pretences.
He Is CO years old.
A delegation of MIftslsslpplans , trying to
persuade Mr. Heed to allow a certain bill
to come ! before the house , ended their argti- \
ment by assuring him that ho would thus
endear himself to all the people ot the state.
"Perhaps so , " drawled Mr. Reed , "but I am
not in the endearing business this year. "
On Jubilee day In San Francisco a squad
of United States soldiers was firing salutes
with fifty-pound charges of powder. Ono of
the guns mlesed fire and the officer ordered
the charge withdrawn. When-this was done
Private John M. Jones saw that the end
of the woolen bag which held the charge was
Ignited. Quick as a Hash ho Jumped to the
spot and rubbed out the fire with his bare
hands , thereby saving the lives of tho-Boven
soldiers who were working the gun.
Professor Park of Andovcr , flgure.s rather
amusingly In the reminiscences ot the late
Professor fichafCof Now York City , Just
published. In 1812 Schaff ( being a prlvat-
doccnt at Derlln ) introduced Park to Ills
Gorman friends , and among the rest to
Kahnls. lie relatra that , under the contin
uous pelting of Park's questions , Kahnls j
finally exclaimed In despair : "God forgive
Christopher Columbus for discovering Amer
ica ! "
Llfo Is hot altogether gloomy In Alaska ,
Mr. Dunham writes from Circle City to Col
onel Carroll I ) . Wright : "I am well and
strong. The weather [ n fine , the coldrnt to
date being 25 degrees bolowzero. . Two feet
of snow on the ground. The sun rise.s at
10 o'clock nnd sets at 2 o'clock , giving \it >
seven or eight hours of daylight. Moor ,
swings In the heavens all night , , giving a
light by which one could read a nowspapoi
If It were to bo had. "
'
Clt\lHK VM > HIS IMJVI.S j
Chicago N'ew.v Just how Mr OMMP sue-
ceedcd In getting money out of e.n wary an
Institution as the Chemical Is n iujsrcry.
although President Wililairis declare * thai
Cn hler IJulnlan , thn source of production ,
Id hisane.
Ici.lliiiflpolls Jrurnnl ; Wlu-n Hitruiwident
of the Clu'uilral National b.wik was aske-I
regarding ono of the persona who had got
* 3M.OOO o.nt ot It "What U Sllvcr'o tul.
ncs < > ? " his reply w-is , "Chiefly to get money .
out of banks. " There Is something in * " " * ?
name.
Chicago Post ! The more we learn nboul !
Gr-iblo and his demand * on the cashier of >
the New York Clu-mleal National l > .mk tin ?
mote WP are reminded of Oliver Twist and
his plea for "more , " the only - be <
Ing th-it Oliver didn't get tnich a line larcd
meal at the start.
Courier-Joumcl : The Cliemlcnl National
Uank s $100 shares are worth on the market
about JI.500 and Us reputation for careful
management Is equal to thai of any bank lit )
the world , yet Ita cashier has Just resigned , '
tonfesslng that he bid' made $39.1.000 In b.iil l
IO.UM without consulting Iho president. This , :
like tie ! Ml'ldletsbotough ' speculations o"
Cashier May of the Uamk of Knglaud toimi ; .
joarH ago , shows how hard It Is to eccuro \
the careful and conscientious management of
unlimited fttnda
Milwaukee Wsconsln : 'Francis ' arable ,
president of the SMIe Uank of Crawford ,
S'vb. , Is certainly n notable IndlvlduaK
He has secured on his stock of the Inter
state Land and Itrlgnllon company and
smelting works about $1,000,000 from differ
ent persons who had faith In his business
enterprises. Mn > or Harrison of Chicago Is
ono of his victims , and so ulso Is ex-Sucre-
ary of the Navy Hptijamln F. Tracy ot Now
York , nho says ho li.is been "singed , but
lot badly burned. " A glib tongue und hand
some maps nnd diagrams have enabled Urablo
o take out $1,000,000 from diggings In Now
York. Chicago nud elsewhere. Mr. Grublu
a now fliiiinclnlly st.rnmled and the State
lank of Crawford has collapsed. Ills trans- (
nrtlona have taken rank among the must >
lotcwurthy swindles of the nineteenth con-
ury.
ury.Kinsas
K-insas City St.ir : The loss of $300.000 Is
not of very much consequence to the Cheml- j
, il National bank , fr.r It holds a surplus ot i
8.000,000 nnd undivided profits of $1DOO,000.
Is capital stock Is only ? 300.00i ) , but each <
1CV ) share Is worth $1.000. The bank's uti-
uial dividends amount to $150 on each J
hare. The great value of the stock Is duo |
o the Met that the Institution has always (
nit aside part ot Us annual profits tn In-
rcaso Its working capital. It Is one of the
Hlest banks In New York , nnd Its steady '
ccumulatlon of surplus funds , until Us
: ! 00.000 of original capital has grown to
early JS.000.000 , capital und surplus , nnd ' v
ndlvlded profits , Illustrate the posslblli-
Ics of accretions of Invested money under '
onscrvntlve management. The bank's Indl-
Idual deposits amount to $21,500.000. It
ias not made any greater profits than most
ither banks , but In Its early il-.ys - Us stock-
loldcrs preferred to' lea'vo sumo ot their
roflts In the bank to Increase Its working
inpltal. Instead of making Us dlvldcmia ns
arge as possible and paying them out as fast
s earned.
Oil HI-HI V CHAT.
Chlo.iuo Itecord : "Is your uvlfo literary ? "
"Yes ; every tlmu I step out of the IIOUPU
t night she says : 'Quo Vulls7' ; "
Detroit Free il'ress : "SpenkliiR of hot
me , " snld the kerosene In oily tones ,
Hvhr-n I start to rush the. emi It Is'a blow-
ut worth mentioning. "
Truth : Hlhron How miteh did Daubre
set for his academy canvas ? ,
Garner Don't know. Three years would
be about right.
Chlengo Tribune : "Tlint Teller resolu
tion , " remarked Tllvers , "fnlled to pass tbo
lower house , mul that , of course , throw It
baek on Its uppers. "
Indianapolis Journal. "I do so enjoy being1
nt sea , iiway out of Fight of land , " suld the
Ingenue ,
"It Is romnntle , " nsenlet1 the soubrette.
"I bn-ln't thought of thnt. I3ut when I loolc
arouiiCT nnd see the horizontal the same dls-
l.'inro everywhere them comes over me a de
lightful sensation of occupying the center ot
the stage. "
Washington Star : "I thought , " said the
man who bad been burned out , "that you
told mo this i.vns u fireproof safe. "
" 80 It I. , " replied the traveling pnlosman.
"If anybody doubts' that you have had n
file you can -point to that safe nml prove It
Immediately. "
4
Chicago News : "When .Tones married tlint
$10000widow - ho thought ho could quit
work. " i
"Well , hasn't ho ? "
"Not much ; he. has broken down bin con
stitution trying to ge't money out of her. "
Detroit Journal : "Ob , Reginald , " she sob
bed , for bnr husband had sneered nt her
wn.111 PS. "You Imvo no henrt ! "
Gathering her tenderly In his nrms ho told
her the story of his llfo ; how In years IOMJJ
gene li < j hnil bad bis stomnch'amputated. '
That wan to say , while bo had a he.-irt , the
conventional way to It was lucking- .
"SVIIRN JHVTI3D.
.TllllRO.
When rirctty , pouting lips say no
To nil your earnest pleading- .
Don't go nnd plunge yourself In woo
Or chniifro the life you're leading ;
For other mnlds tbcro nro ns fair ,
AVI Hi eyes 113 blue nnd lips UK rare ,
AH she who drives you to despair '
And sets your heart a-bleedlntr.
Then b.'inlsb all despondency
And < llre forbodlngs Hinother ,
And seek tbniru out where'er they bo
And straightway > ' .voo another !
Tho' IOVO'H i fashion somewhat old ,
Yet womcn'rt hearts are not all cold ,
And when the tale Is truly told ,
Ono innld'H as good as t'other.
TO \X01-3 WITH YOU.
Weekly.
To dance with you has been the best
1Ae brought mu ; more than pencil or
I prized the favor ; now you say
You ehoose to take thu boon nwny ,
For fear hope linger , unuonfcsttud.
Amen. I have no heart to wrest
Umvllllnu nlnif , I wan but best ! ,
What time I pleased and nmdo you Kny ,
To dance with you.
nut were I dead , none lo protest ,
And Tlmo. who loven suc-h sorry Jest ,
Taught ruth for these hard words you nay ,
Heaven could not hold mo from you nay ,
I would come baek , n bidden guest ,
To dance with you ,
Between $8 and $10 isn't much , but what there is when our
Clothing is under consideration is chiefly in the cloths. It is
the same with the $ J2 and $ J3,50 suits.
In each case about the same pains is taken with the tailor
ing , Each is cut with the same regard for fit and stylish effect.
You might not bz able to tell one from the other but the added
value is in the higher price suits ,
S * W Cor. lath and Dott&lna . Sts.
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