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1'iirtlrn Iengine for the hummer.
Parties leaving the city for the
summer may have The Bee sent to
thorn regularly by ootifslng The
Bee business office , In person or by
mall.
mall.Tho
The address ssin be changed as
often an desired.
The fiieeru-Kpr : has not yet been en
tirely suppressed. It is only subdued
tor another season.
Ainba ndor Cnmbon has a loving cup
anil Spain lias $20,000,000. This ought
to make both of them happy.
They have a serious situation lu Rel-
pinm. and they have n erious situation
In Italy nud a nielo-di.unutic situation
In Trance.
Dreyfus Is paid to be very ictlcenr , but
no biiuh trouble exists sslth the colonel *
and seneralrt of ( lie French army , or the
American nrmy , for that matter.
A few tciiMis supervlhorships are still
uiilllied , but not for lack of applicants.
Tliittouble In these eases nri c.s e -
tliely fiom a surplus of nppliuatlous.
Assistant Sec-tetnry Molklejohn prob
ably has sevetal ambitions , but his first
ambition is to bilns Nebtaska com
pletely back into the topublican column.
The revenues for the patent office for-
Ihe fiscal year shosv a bin plus of $7UV
( KM ) . The American Inventive genius
\\oiklug oveitimo all the Jar round.
The council has just declared the
necessity for a new viaduct across Six
teenth stieet. We fear this Is a piece of
nous on which the council has been
stooped tor several months.
If an inetease ol $ tK.,000 In a ucok's
minings ol Ihe Canadian Haelhc rail-
load Is any cilterlon , American pros
perity must bo spieadlng to out Ca
nadian nciglibois on the north.
The lemonade and soda denleis have
a led in picMe for the weather clerk.
Illowing hot In .Maj > and blowing cold
in .Inly Is enough to disturb the temper
of anybody who deals In cooling drinks.
The Hoard of State University Hegents
svlll do well to go slow about selecting-
a new head for that Institution. Square
pegs in round holes are sure to clog the
wheels of the best oiganl/.ed educa
tional michlui | > .
Accoiding to Rev. Dr. Thomas of
Chicago the tuentieth century Is lu
danger of trustb , rum and cyclone * .
And It is about as big a problem to
head off the trusts as It is to head olT
tutu and cyclones.
The State Hriuul commission has held
iih IIrM session and adjoin nod without
establishing a brand of otlicial refresh
ments for thn popocratle administration.
This oversight should be icctltied at the
eaillo.st opportunity.
Piuyreo assures Oenoral Al-
ger that the recent Interview credited to
him , In which he scoies President Me-
Klnley , Is the tigment of the Imagina
tion of an IndUbtilous reporter. Pres
ently uo shall hear from the reporter
about the siiuarii's of Pingree.
Theie may be some foundation tor
the rumor that the Simulate ! OH octopus
Is icachlng out for the Omaha si i cot
i.illroad , but up to date nobody con
nected A\ith the stieet railway company
is disposed to credit the loport. And
yet It uould not suipilse us to hear any
ila.v that Midi a deal has been consum
mated. The Standaid OH people have
a colossal Income to Invest e\ery ye-tr
and the Omaha slicot rallssay has at.
promising a lutnre as any of the Indus
trials that are In tin ; uarket. One
*
thing Is certain , the blg ell trust hits
abundant meaiib at Its command , and if
the system needed extension It would
bo In position to place Omaha on an
equal footing in every respect vslth
cities that enjoy the best stieet lallway
ir t.i. rmr DO TiiKin wm
The Hoard of County CommNlniiprs
has a dut > to pet form which It should
not Mlihk , T p to .Itily 1 the position of
oletk of the district cotitt w.'is a foe
olllco. The Income of the Incumbent con
sisted In the entire - < uiplus of foes to-
colved above the expense of his eloilenl
assistance. The foes allow od to the clerk
of the dlsttlft court Included not only
court costs Inclined by private litigants ,
but also chatgos against the eountj tor
cilmlnal prostsjutlons. Under the
amended Inw , which went Into elicit
July 1 , the cleik Is to < | tilrod to account
for and pay Into the county ttcasuty
all fees In excess of a injury of M.UOO
a year , exclusive of the cost of clinical
help.
In order to prevent a repetition of
former controversies and litigation , it Is
the duty of the county bo.iul to icijuhe
the clerk to tile at once a complete state
ment of the business done up to July 1 ,
and effect a prompt settlement of claims
and counter-claims against the count ) .
The mere fact that the clotk has a
bond on tile as a guaranty of the faith
ful perfoimatue of his duties a ft olds no
excuse for putting olt the day of settle
ment until after his otlicial term shall
have expired Kvon If a delay of the
settlement were warranted , It Is ex-
tiemely doubtful whether the suietles
would make good any deficit without a
prottacted light In the courts. At any
rate , that has been the experience of
the city and county lu the cnfotcement
of bonds of dellmiuent officers.
It Is the Intetest of the present in
cumbent as much as It Is of the ta\r
payers to have the balances struck and
a settlement made. If It is true , " as Is
curiently reported , that he is bilnglng
pressure against any action by the
county boatd , the boatd's failure to act
cannot fall to arouse suspicion that
there Is something wiong. If , on the
other hand , the democratic maiorlty of
the board aie holding back purposely
to make political capital later In the
sea-son when the campaign Is on , the
lepublican minority owes it to Itself and
the pn.ity to force the issue and compel
the democratic majority to show their
hand.
Tun B.VKAir
The Filipinos are armed \\lth the
Mauser rifle , lu the opinion of some
experts superior to all other rifles , and
they appear to be abundantly supplied
with ammunition. It has been stated
that they manufacture their cartridges ,
but probably their chief supply Is im
ported. Our naval vessels endeavor to
pi event this , but with a coast line of
nearly 11,000 niilea to gnaid eftonts to
pre\ent the landing of ammunition can
not be entirely successful. It Is a profit
able trade and there Is probably no
trouble In getting men to engage in ir.
At all events the piodlgallty with which
the Filipinos use ammunition leaves no
doubt that they have boun.es of abun
dant supply.
While the Filipinos do not do such
execution as the Ameilcan soldiers , the
explanation is to be found in the in
feriority of their marsksmanship , for
unquestionably their guns aie supeiior.
Theie has boon some complaint that in
this respect our soldiers are at a dis
advantage. Heforiing to this the New-
York Times sajs : "Every man of them
who goes out with a Springfield musket
to fight a Filipino armed with a Manner
and smokeless poudcr has been put nt
a disadvantage by his own government
and Is tilled with a lesentment which
may not bo altogether just but is en-
tiioly natural. And it is a nattnal con
sequence that they decline to consider
a piopositloti to io-ongage In lighting
at an artificial disadvantage. " It Is
certainly the duty of the government
to supply Its soldiers with the best
weapons that can be had and t allure
to do so can baldly be too stiongly con
demned. Such a fact would be vety
likely to opeiate against enlistments
and it is not imptobablc that it has had
something to do with the goneial decli
nation of volunteeis in the Philip
pines to continue in the ser\ice. It is j
not cicditable to lids rich nation that
the Filipinos are better aimed than the
American troops.
HUItjECS.
In bis speech at the exposition Post
master Oeneial Smith said that the su-
pieme need of the United States is new
outlets ; "the open Holds for our ex
panding commetce ate China on the
one hand and South Amoilca on the
other , and the Philippines give us a
commercial base In the very tiont of
China , while our advances in the West
Indies command Isthmian tianslt and
open the gateway of cotnmeiclal tola-
tlons with South America. " It is un
deniable that this country needs out
lets for Its suiplus pioducts , but care
should be taken not to make too gteat
n sacilllco In the attempt to sectiie
them. The war In the Philippines Is
costly In life and ttcasuic and It may
fairly bo doubted whether we shall ever
derive benefits from the Islands that
will compensate for the outlay. So far
as their being a base for commerce AS lib
China Is conceined , we should have all
the advantages In this icspect we te-
quite in simply having a naval station
tlii'ie nd that could have been seemed
without the loss of an Ametlcan soldier.
The Idea that holding all the Philippines
Is essential to our commerce with China
is a delusion. The trade wo have with
that cmplio was obtained when we did
not possess a foot of territory in the
far east and while It Is tiuo that con
ditions theie ate changed by icason of
the action of Uuionpau powers , still
there Is uo reason to doubt that our
commerce would continue to grow If we
should hold nothing mote than a nasal
station in the Philippines.
The obvious danger lu the policy be
ing pursued Is that It will ultimately In
volve us In Chinese affairs. The United
States , said the postmaster general , has
taken a position whom It must exetclse
an iiitliieiiu ! in the deieimlnatlon or
those aftalis which belong to the family
of nations. Our lelatlous with the pow-
cis having vast intoiosts In China are
now most friendly and there appears
to be uo menace anywhere to Aniotl-
can trade with that empire , but wo can
not bo certain that this condition ot af-
falis will long continue or that wo may
not at any time be drawn Into Chinese
I nffnlrs our go\eminent bus wisely re
frained fnnn basing aiisililnc to do
i with those alTalis. declaring Its position
i to bo that of "disinterested neutral ) ! ) . "
but It N possible that a succeeding administration -
ministration will take a different vlosv
of the matter. Thoto are some who
now think the I'nllcd States should ac
quire Chinese toirltoiy and the number
of such may be laigo a fosv .seals hence.
This Is the tendency of the expansion
policy.
Commpiclal ontotptlso Is altogether
laudable. All legitimate ellorts to ex
tend Ira tie aio to bo commended and
cncouiaged. Our gteat success In this
respect , hosvever. should teach us that
It Is not necessary to future commer
cial achievement that ssc adopt th *
land-grabbing policy of nuiopean na
tions or place ourselves In a position
svhete sse may become involsed In Asi
atic complications ,
CM A .l/J/.l A' CUMl'K TITIOX.
Within the next tsso months the
Canadian canals aiouud the SI. Law
rence laplds will be so far completed
that vossdq of ; ! , ooo tons can pass ftom
Chicago or Dultith to the Atlantic. The
time Is at hand , lomarKs the Cleveland
Leader , when the long-discussed ques
tion can be decided svhether or not the
St. Lawtunce loute to the sea Is to be
come the main highway of commerce
for coarse Height shipped to ISurope
ftom the lake region and the terrltoty
behind It , wostwatd and to the notth-
svost. Canada has shown gteat entet-
prlse and liberality lu this matter and
theie Is cs'ory reason to exiwct that the
icstilts will be inatoiially beneficial to
that countiy.
The opening of this route , connecting
the lakes ssitlt the ocean , will bu of
baldly less Intetest to the pioduceis
ol the northwest than to the Canadians
tiiomsolves. One effect It may be ex
pected to ultimately have Is the losser-
lug of freight intos , at least during the
pottlon of the year , eight or nine
months , that the route sslll he open , lu
regard to the general etlects ol this
Canadian competition the I/eader s.t.is
that on the American side of the fton-
tier they will not be altogether favor
able , but wcstsvatd of Htillalo the con
sequences ssill be slight , at ssoisU The
effects svlll be most seiious , In the opin
ion of that paper , fiom the foot of Lake
I3ric to the Atlantic , but esen theie
the pressute of the nesv competition
must piosc far less important than
many alaunlsts have predicted that it
ssould be.
It ssill take some tiuio to demonstrate
the effects of this competition , but
whatcser they may be the impiovcmoiu
is certainly most creditable to Canadian
enterprise and promises to have a de
cided influence upon the piospetlty ot
the Dominion. If , a.s our Cleveland
contemporary observes. It shall be dem
onstrated that the St. Lassience loute
is to be the chief highssay Horn the
lakes to the Atlantic and to I'uiope , for
grain , flour and lumber , Canada sslll
have nesv ptomlso of piospeiity.
TllK Clllh Itltia.tDK.
The opening of the Gioater America
Exposition has added matetialb to the
tbe ilsk to which this city is exposed.
The constiuctlnn of veiitable tinder
boxes and their occupancy by people
ssho aie no better than childten that
play with fire makes It Impetatise upon
the exposition authorities and city au
thorities to forestall a contlagiation tlrit
may not only pios'e disastious to thu
Midssay battacks and exposition buildIngs -
Ings but to the whole city.
With the limited file fund at its dis
posal it is Impossible for the police and
lire commission to rclnfoicc the hie
brigade or to place any additional ap-
pai.ittus on the exposition giounds. The
only ssay to make sure of the needed
lite protection Is by uilslug the neces
sary ituuis tniotign private contimu-
tlon unless the exposition ticasury can-
be diasvn upon. An ounce of ptevontlse
Is ss'oilh a pound of cine. A conflagra
tion on the exposition giounds dm Ing a
ssimistoim is liable to sssoop the north
half ot the city anil dostioy millions or
dollai.s' ssorth of pioporty , besides en
dangering thousands of lives.
Thcio Is no telling at what hour 01
thu day or night a lite is llablo to Incak
out within the exposition cuclosmc.
Piompt action may check the spiead of
such a the beyond the confines of the
giounds , but piocrastlnatlon may lead
to a terrible calamity tor which our citi
zens ssould be Justly responsible.
The coriospondonco betsseen Governor
Poynter and Auditor Cornell lelatlve to
the enfoicument of the ness insurant c
lass1 Is decidedly moie creditable to thu
toveiuor than to tile auditor. The au
ditor Intimates In language nnmlstaka
able ( hat the laje loglslatuie was In
competent , Irrelevant and Immateilal.
In this thu auditor may bo con cut su
far as Its failutu to go be.sond a mcio
censure of his oillclal conduct. The
dlsclosutes of the leglslatlso Investiga
tion Into the methods and practices of
the Insmance department under the im
mediate dliection of thu auditor would
have ssaiianted Impeachment piocec'd-
Ings against the auditor , who Is nosv
such a stickler about sscak spots In the
nesv lass , but allossed his subordinates
to hold up liistiranco companies. The
auditor seems to bo oblivious of the
fact , too , that the people of the whole
btate , icgaidless of paity , are emphati
cally In tavor of a change In the Insur
ance department and its separation
fiom his office , and the leglslatuio has
simply icgisteied Ihe ssill of tin- people
In that respect. If theio are any minor
defects In the lasv the next leglslatuic
may be depended on to cine them.
Why should the superintendent of
schools have a three ) oars' tenuie of
office sshllo the piinclpals and teacheis
are sis en employment for only ono jear
at a titnoV Heio Is a poser for tlio
school boa id membeis.
fiiiuil SI I'll fur I'miuxi-l ,
Hostou Transcilpt
Thomas n need , Benjamin Iliurlson ,
fit01 go F BdmumU and George P. Hoar are
the republican "big four" mho do not con |
sider It statesmanship to prolong a costly
and bloody
Tinllrtlcr KuteriirlNi * .
PhlUdelphla Ledger.
Potter Is being laughed at because lie
nUhta the goserument to build 6,500 milca
of now railroad * at a cost of $210 000 000 ,
but he might retort that at least thi < enter
prise ssould pay better than a $250,000,000
war.
SIUMM ! n X < M * < < fl < ilt ) < " *
Globe-Democrat.
American printing presses hase appeared
In IMInburgh nnd the only ndsersc criticism
made li that they turn out papers faster
than Is npresf ry That may be so In Atlld
Ilcekle. but In America the demand keeps
the presses hummlnj ;
( rtmliiu Spirit of S.inlt > .
Loulssll c Courier-Journal
Spain ha besun to buy Kentucky tobacco
nnd the great steel \sorks hase resumed the
biolng of the Spanish Iron ores , which arc
amoni ; the finest In the ssorld nuslncss bo-
tssecn the two countries mill not long fed
the effects of the ssnr
' 1 hi * Uliiloinatlc Dottier.
ChlenRO Post.
The proceedings nt The llnguc arc now
easy to understand A subcommittee takes
up n question referred to It , refers ft bnck
to the full committee , the full committee
refers It back to the Bontcrcnce and the con
ference refers It back to the po\scrs. And
there > ou are
liiNiilrntloii of Uliorly.
Detroit Free Preis
The hlstorj of our nation's struggle for
Independence. Us constant ptcachmcnt of
the goepel of liberty nnd lt glorious tia-
dltlonn mny hase Inspired the Filipinos to
mnke n stand for freedom , ns they hase
Inspired other peoples ot the earth. The
attltudo of this nation's represcntatlscs to
ward Agulnaldo nnd his followers In the
earl } dajs of the American occupation
doubtless led the nails ee to look for Amci-
Ican protection and co-opcr.itlon In the re-
all/ation of their centurj-long yearning for
release from foreign domination , but to seek
to fasten upon the opponents In the United
States of a policy of Imperialism nnd con
quest all the responsibility for the stubbom
struggle of the liberty-seeking Islanders for
sshat thev conHlder to bo their rights Is
too specious for ssords.
llrroli * Itrnifdj ( or SnoihiR.
Phll.idelphla Times.
The young woman % \ho cut her husband's
tin oat because ho snored adopted hcrols
troatnifuft. She may hase thought that he
ought not to sleep at all , but she certainly
belles ed that ho ought to sleep In silence.
She must accept the responsibility of the
cure , nnd If the people of New York do not
send her to the electric chair ft may be
because of her sex , or It may be because she
has led a righteous effort for n needed re
form. That Is a matter that concerns her ,
hut she has cured one patient. It Is no\s-
nn open question sshcthcr the distemper of
snoring cnnnot find milder remedies If these
sohes ot the night cannot be stifled ssith
nioie temperate applications than a raor.
\\'c admit the effectIsenoss of Mrs. llam-
pey's measures , hut murder as a euro for the
nasal note of sleep Is something out of line
s .lth modern Ide.is and must not be encour
aged by any lightness of appreclatlso le-
gard.
M \HVni.OIS IMH'STUIM , ( illOWTH.
I nclc Snm Suiiplj liiK llio Markets of
VII Nations.
XesYoik World.
Our exports of manufactured articles for
the fiscal jcar sshlch ended jesterday haso
amounted to about $310,000,000 , or more than
27 per cent of our total exports.
A jear ago our export of manufactures
was $49.000,000 less than this , nnd during
the last six years the total of such exports
has considerably more than doubled.
Another fact of special tnterret fs that
the manufactured goods vo export are com
ing more and moreto consist of finished
products of Iron and atccl machinery and
the like all highly protected against "for
eign competition" by our tariff for bounties
only. Tor the first elcscn months of the
fiscal year 1895a exported of such products
a trifle , over $20,000,000 ssorth ; for the flint
eleven month. ? of the fiscal jear 18 % our
exports of that class sscro more than $ H7-
000,000 , for the corresponding period of 1S17
$52,000,000 ; for the s.ime term of 1898 $61-
000,000 and for the first eleven months of the
year 1S99 the great total of $84,873,812. These
llgureo do not Include agricultuial imple
ments , blcscles , electrical apparatus and
other manufactures Into svhlch Iron and steel
largely enter.
Wo are rapidly becoming a great manu
facturing country for export , nnd nt the
present rate of progresso shall before
many years be Helling to the \\orld as much
of manufactured goods as of grain and meat.
THU MJW VOI.t NTI3I3H ! > .
l.air ForlililMcrf < | i < iiiirc of State
Orsrniilsatloiix.
Hoston Transulpt.
The statement that the president In rals-
iiiE additional reclments for service in the
Philippines svlll accept no existing stnto
oiganlzatlons Is published with an empha
sis that suggests that It is news to those
svho send ft out. Yet the plain provisions
of the aimy reorganisation bill passed nt
the last session of congress left the presi
dent no choice osen If ho were Inclined to
raise state volunteer regiments by proclama
tion. That lasv provided for a regular army
ot 65,000 men , nnd a provisional army of
. ,3,000. The fatter It Is provided Is to bo
composed of volunteers who enlist for two
years practically or until midsummer 1901 ,
but they nro to bo United States volun-
leeis oiganizcd ns were the to-called "Im
mune regiments , " and officered by men ap
pointed dlicctly b ) the president.
The "Immune" regiments were simply so
many regiments of United States , volunteer
Infantry. "Immune" was no part of their
official designation. Roosevelt's famous
icglment , "tho Hough Riders , " was the
"First leglmcnt , United States volunteer
c avail ) " It drew Its officers nnd men from
nil sections of the union , and the former
woio directly appointed by the president
It had > i very brilliant and able array of
officers ; for , In nddltlon to the "strenuous"
> oung men of military aspirations who filled
places on Its line nnd staff , a number of
young ofllcors ot regulate , nmbltlous of
early distinction , wore commissioned In thn
corps , nn d this Icasen did a great deal
toward leavening the lump , Undoubtedly
tl'orewas much In the character of thn
regiment to Justify Roososelt's claim that
ft svas far better than any other soluntecr
leglment at Santiago , Sesrnil of the "Im-
mimo" regiments or , as they vsern called
In the nrmy , "tho had 'cms" were excel
lent. Ono of these regiments ssent thiough
the worst period of Chickaranuga without
losing a slnglo man from disease , The ex
planation of Its escape from typhoid fcser
U found In the chaiacter of Its commander ,
a young officer of legularn commissioned
ns Its colonel who ruled It with sanitary
severity and made it a model. At first his
men cursed him In secret , then they began
to think there was reason in his mania for
keeping them and their camp clean , and at
last they came to look upon him BS "the best
colonel In the service"
What ssas done with these regiments can
bo done vvltb those that mny bo raised
United States volunteers officially , but In
all but name regulars fy ) commissioning
as ofllcera young regular officers , the flosver
of the officers of the existing volunteers ,
and bright berRcants and corporals the pro
posed regiments can be from the start
model organizations Oeneral Otis has
struck the Kevnote of what should be the
policy by commissioning n sergeant major
of regulars aa adjutant of one of the volun
teer regiments he Is forming with the rank
of captain Plenty of good men can be
obtained , and HO officered these volunteers
will be ver > different from the slouchy.
sullen mobs some of the state volunteers
of last summer were. i
TOUNS ut.triiiTr.n in i nt TS.
Our of tlin DliiiNtroiiK HriMtll * of Iti-
iltiKtrlat Coinlilnntloti * .
Chicago Tribune.
A pl n for the mnnufnclure ot starch from
corn was the chief Induitry of the little
town of Kdlnburg , In the neighboring state
of Indlatn. H emplojed sesenty-IHe men
who got $600 n week , most of svhlch was
spent among the merchants of the town.
The farmers of the vicinity had ft home
market for their corn. This starch factoiy ,
which was worth about $125,000. has been
bought for $175,000 bv a concern which Is
endeasorlng to get ft monopoly of the busi
ness
That sale Is a good thing for the owncia
of the Kdlnburg factors' , who receive an ex-
icsslvo price for It. Their gain , however.
Is the great loss of others The factors has
'been closed , for the consolidated concern
does not haso to operate nil the factories
It owns In order to make the amount of
starch It thinks the market cnn absorb
The acsontv-llse emplojes have been din-
charged and most of them hnve moved
away. The merchants have lost good cus
tomers nnd the farmers hnvo lost the homo
market for their corn , which does not bring
them na much ns It did. Real rotate hai de
preciated in vnluo because the population
has decreased. Kdlnburg Is a blighted
town
Naturally the people of that place nnd
the Immediate neighborhood have positive
opinions on the subject of trusts nnd com
bines. They see that they have been griev
ously Injured , while nobody has been ben
efited except the old owners of the factory.
If the combine had lowered the price of
starch It might haso been claimed that the
general gain to the consumers offcot the
special loss to Kdlnburg. The price of
staich has been adsanced , howcser.
Kdlnburg is not the only Indiana town
which has suffered. The desolate buildings
of the wire fence company at Craw fords-
vlllo haso stirred Oeneral Lew Wallace to
Indignation against trust methods. Though
thu Iron and steel Industries of the United
Statea are at the present moment turning
away bids and doing the greatest business
In their existence , the Crawfordsslllo shops
arc closed and the workmen nro without cm-
plojmcnt. The tiust got hold of the plant
merely to close U. The merchants nnd
other business men of the town ( eel the
blow scserely , but the trust Is naturally In
different as to sshether It kills the town
and Impoverishes Its Inhabitants or not.
Its business Is to make money for Itself and
It has decided that shutting down the Crasv-
fordsvlllc works Is ono way to do this.
When It decides that lalslng the price ot
Its pioduct will put money lute Its treasury
It vslll gouge the consumeis with the same
conscienceless Indifference It has howu
low aid the Crass fordsvllle workmen.
General Wallace Is right In comparing the
iclcn ot the trusts to that ot the feudal
barons In mediaeval Europe. The robber
barons Used by holding the common people
in vassalage nnd using them to make pre
datory war upon the surrounding countrj.
They had their castles , as the trusts hase
their vast capital , making them Impregna
ble to attack , save from some stronger rival
of the same sort. As long as a feudal lord
had use for his own vassals he treated them
as well as his horses or dogs , but the rent
of the race were regarded as his legitimate
prey. If ono of his vassals offended him
he killed the offender out of hand. If he
chose to abandon one castle for another he
left his surplus liegemen to starve , as the
trust leases the Craw fordsvllle workmen.
The feudal regime could not last forever
as a system of government and It cannot
last forever as nn Industilal sjstem. The
majority of the people finally rallied around
a king , and the lords and barons thence
forth s\ere held In check and lost their
much-abused power. The king In the pres
ent instance Is the federal government ol
the United States. Congress and the execu
tive must find wa > s to curb the insolent
power of the trusts nnd divest them of the
ability to ruin towns and raise prices at
their own soscrelgn pleasure.
oi n IAIII.Y i.w \iccns. .
rirNt PrrHlilrnt and Plrnt SpraUer of
N 'l > rnNUn' Flrnt I.e rl lB ure.
J. Sterling Morton's Conservative.
Joseph L Sharp was the president of the
council of the fiist leglslatlsc assembly of
the territory of Nebraska which convened
at Omaha , January 16 , 1855. The council
of that assembly was equivalent to the
scnato of the present state legislature.
Colonel Sharp had been a member of the
legislature of Illinois ana subsequently of
that of Iowa. He was a man of alert and
superior Intellect and likewise an expcrl-
on'ed and quick parliamentarian. His knowl
edge of the rules and of parliamentary tac
tics in general was copious and correct.
Never has he been succeeded by n better
presiding officer In the law-making body of
Nebraska.
Honorable Andrew Jackson Hanscom was
the speaker of the first houne of representa
tives In the territory of Nebraska , Ho was
an educated and nble lawyer from the state
of Michigan sshoro his family , especially
his brother , Hon A. II Hanscom , was dis
tinguished for ability and brlHiawy. Mr.
Hanscom Mill lives nt Omaha. He has
seen more than thlity legislatures convene
In Nebraska since 18 ! > 4. Hut he has seen
not ono t\lth a speaker of more tact and
and ability than that forceful' speaker ssho
presided over the house In 1855.
PIIISO\.U' : : AM ) orunnivi.sR.
An orator In the Canadian Parliament has
made n speech occupying nlno hours one day
nnd three hours the next. That comes peril
ously close to the Nebraska record.
The annunl expenditure of the Dominion
of Canada Is reported to bas < v reached $10
A head and i-omo of the opposition journals
mo proclaiming that the line of safety has
been crossed.
Hero is fieorgo Mnedonald's Idea of paintIng -
Ing the town led"If I can put some touches
of u rosy sunset Into the llfo of any man or
woman , " ho says , "then I feel that I have
walked with God. "
The trolley cars recently Introduced In
Corea having run over and killed several
cl lldrcn , the people , not trained to Miffer In
slloiito as In more clvlll/cxl countries , have
risen In revolt , burning ono car and smash
ing another.
A btatuo of the late United Slates Sena
tor Zcbulon n Vance Is to bo placed nt the
eastern entrance to Capitol square , Raleigh ,
N. C. , oppohlto the monument to the con
federate dead. The htate legislature appro
priated $5.000 for ft and prlvato citizens
added $3,000 to the amount.
The firm of William Shirley & Son , which
has been In existence * In naltlmore for over
fift-five years , In nbout to be dissolved.
The senior member has been In business on
ono street for alxty-flvo jears , and for
forty-five years has occupied the same
building. The head salesman lias been with
the firm for forty-five years.
Anna S. Douglas of New York caused the
arrrbt of a man who sold her a Cripple
deck mine last year and tued fo-r the pur
chase money , $ r > ,000 , on the ground that hhe
had been buncoed Into biolng a worthless
property She lost her lase and now the
ore bolng taken out of hei" mine run from
$10,000 to $100,000 to the ton and Die vein
Is nbout eight feet wide
The Spanish minister of Mexico Is eald
to have made serious , though Informal , re
monstrance to President Diaz because the
Chthuahua brass band crosbcd over Into
New Mexico and helped to make music for
Colonel Roosevelt and the Rough Riders'
leunion at Las Vegas The remonitrance
was made on the theorv that giving the
band permlulon to vlelt this countr > and
amlst la celebrating a victory over Spanish
arms V.M not the act of a friendly nation , j
iinor. or inn \\AII.
The fund for the purchase of a sword
for Urlgadlcr General funston b > his fellow
unions of Kansas has bcn over-subscribed
The amount was fixed at $1,000 , nnd there
ssa * considerable rlsnlrj as to whojo con
tribution ahould elo e ft Scvciiil largn
contributions toward the last were declined
because they would base oscriun the amount
fixed upon.
The svnr stories told by volunteers In
their letters to friends nt home have re-
tinned to plnguo them at the front. A mem
ber of the WnshliiHton regiment , writing
from Manila , under dnto ot May 15 , to
the Seattle Post-Intelligencer , tells how let
ter writing Is being discouraged by the i
otllcers. He says Friends of the regiment )
at home ssho hnse been scanning the pnpeis ,
for news of Its doings have probably noticed
before this time a growing diminution ot the
number of correspondents in the regiment ,
and a growing spirit of gu.irdcdni-'s esen
In personal letters written b > Its members
H has been Increasingly dllllcult here for
members of the regiment to wille to the
papers. Certain olllcers of the regiment
have from time to time expressed verv
strenuous objections to the practice , for
reasons unknown to the writer , even to
positively forbidding nny writing to the
papers Some time ago a letter was sent
out from regimental headquarters winning
ofllccrs nnd men of this regiment to have
no letter published In anv paper here erIn
In the United States. Later another clr-
ioulnr cautioned nil members of the com
mand that they would be Held strictly ic-
pponslblo for nlf letters written by them
or which they were In nny manner the cause
of. Half open , half cosert threats of dis
cipline esen coltrtmartlnl nase been glsen
out from time to time ; tha writer Is per
sonally assaio of seseral of these instances ,
two or three where courtmartlal would fol
low the mention In any communication ot
ct'italn names or Incidents. "
Up among the green hills of his native
state. In the- beautiful village of Norwich ,
the name and fame of Admlial Dcwcy mete
to bo perpetuated In a fitting and endur
ing manner. Norwich unlserslty. the alma
mater of the hero of Manila , has decided
to erect on the uniscrsltj grounds a fine
new building which will bo known as Dewey
hall. The building vslll consist ot a cen
tral hall and two wings. The hall Is to he
hexagonal in plan , and will rise aboso the
fiat roofs of the vUngs in a clear slors ,
supporting a low circular dome Projecting
from the central haH , between the two
wings , which conscrge toward the front will
be the entrance portico , with two Ionic
columns , cnrrjing an enriched pediment.
Abose the entrance door a trophy em
blematic of the navy will he placed , and
on cither side will be tablets for appro
priate Inscriptions.
In stjle the building Is to be a simple
adaptation of the classic , the detail being
Greek Effect Is sought by the careful pro
portioning of masses without elaboiato otna-
mcntatlon.
The building Is so disposed as to present
an Interesting perspeotlso from any point
of view. It Is proposed to establish a line
mldwny between Dodge hall and North Dai-
racks as an axis for future additions to the
group of buildings and the formation of a
campus or quadrangle Upon this a\la
Dewey hall will be placed , facing the present
structures.
The predominating feature of the design Is
the central hall , which is open from floor to
dome. Opposite the entrance door a grand
staircase will lead to a gallery at the second
floor lesel from sshlch access may be had to
the sin rounding rooms. Upon the walls
there will be ample spaces for memorial
tablets and framed historic documents. In
the center of this hall. In front of the stall-
case , and in view from the. entrance , the
wings and the gallery , will bo placed a
statue of Admiral Dewey.
The Philadelphia Times a supporter of
the expansion policy , published the following
dlsn.ltcll frmn its Pnrrp nnnrlnn ( at Ilnnt *
Kong : "The censorship at Manila Is so
btrict that a meeting of correspondents was
called for today to protest against the
action of the United States military au
thorities. Nothing Is allowed to be sent
out on matters which affect the administra
tion at Washington and unless dlspitche- >
are rosy and optimistic they are not allowed
to go. I have Just returned fiom Manila
and a correspondent submitted hih matter
only to haso it held up by the authorities.
There Is a great nnxlcty on the part of the
volunteer soldiers to return home , although
any mention of the fact Is suppressed by the
censor. The censor also nrovcnts the renorl
of the terrible suffering from the heat being
sent. Our men drop like sheep from the
overpowering influence of the sun'h rajs.
Nothing concerning the movements of the
army is allowed to go out , although the lot il
papers freely u.so this news. Cabling is ex
tremely discouraging under these circum
stance ! ! , but It Is not at all likely that nny
help will come from thn protest to be filed.
The ofilccrs are unhopeful of nn early set
tlement of the wnr , and In their eagerness
to keep the public from obtaining an Ink
ling of nfTairH they make ficc use of the
of press censor.
PIlI.Ni II" THIS COST. "
Some HlatlntlcN on thriitlonal Onl-
In ; In the PhlllpplncN.
San Francisco Chronicle.
If the war Is to go on with an active
nimy strength of 35,000 men the dally bill ,
s.ijlng nothing of nasal costs , will be $ ! 00-
000 , Ueforo congre * * * can meet in regular
session and doddo whether or not wo nro
to keep Ihe Philippines 161 ilnjH must elapse ,
Assuming that it will tnko thirty dnvs to
reach n decltlon In so Importtint n matter ,
svo hnvo 194 days to consider , which , at
$300,000 apiece , would mean H total military
oxpcndlturo of $58,200OrtO Of course , If a
larger army Is employed so much moro
money vslll have to be laid out on It. Is
not thin pa > lng a rather high premium on a
$20,000,000 Investment which congress mny
see fit to discontinue4 Putting tlie con
servative totals together , the $63,000,000 and
the $58,200,000 , nnd the product Is no ICBB n
hum than $121,200,000 for a pleto of property
wo have ourRelveit rated at lees than one-
tenth that amount , Then there are the pen
sions to come. What llioso may bo nobody
knows , but nn army officer has mndo thn
astounding Htatwnent that 80 per rent of
I bo nolclliTS In the Philippines will gel pen
sions for dysentery and other Intestinal
complaints If 20000 men receive $8 pel
month ench on this account wo itliall have
to pay out annually for no ono knows how
many years a sum which at the beginning
will aggregate $1.920000 , or nearly 10 per
cent of tlio market value of the Philippines.
Would It not bo good policy , before wo go
any farther In this bunlness. to find out
what congress means to do with our newly
acquired or newly unacqulred possessions'
Would It not be simple common fecnse to
lold an extra tmsloii now t Suppose It
should happen next December or January
hat congress should decide against keeping
he Philippines. Is It not true that the
\merlcan people would hasn 121'JOO.OOO
reasons and more to tcgrel that the national
aw makers did not meet earlier and save
the cost of lx or seven months ot fruitless
war ? It Heems to us a square business
> rope lllon that rongm < thould tome to-
sillier at oru.p nnd adopt a program ,
.Suiuiile llrli'K of ( iriilKiiilr.
New York W.irld
One of Ian Muclaren's published opinions
about us Amerlcanii Is that we are "mttr-
cemry to a repulsive degree " D ) Ihe way ,
tow much good American money did fau
Maclaren carry back with htm , and how
altruistic and unmcrtenary were the con-
racts he made with the managers ol bis
American tourT
uurrn.nn v i-oivr.
Imllnnnpoll * .lournnl "Dlil that trn t
of vour reiuh a romiimnmtloli"
"No It onls got m far as tlie consomme ,
und there It stink '
Philadelphia North American"Trunk *
lln ' suld .leffercon. HI they snl Dipping
cool drinks In the Patriots' club over thn
riser. "I ro the Phlladelplilalis hase given
> on a Xiitue " .
"So eon na thlt ? ' queried the sage In
Mirpile ,
Cleveland Plnln Dealer : "A California
man tiled the other day to uinokc In n
posvder mill. "
"Wli.it liuk did he have ? "
"It SSHI the v > roners svho had the lurk ,
Thes- sat on his icmalns In four different
lountles "
Washington Star "I oujijiose jour wif
Is the supreme ruloi nt home. "
"Wei I would lmidl.s like to' say Hint "
answered the mlld-maiiuered man , but 1
will admit that tlio IIOUHC Is Met sphere ol
Inllueuce "
Philadelphia Hiilletln "Yos. iw mother-
In-luw went to have her picture taken , but
ihe ithotuKiaphfr lo-H the job"
"SS hat happened ' ' "
"Why , he olTi-nded her Its saying' 'Pleisj
trs to look plfii aiit. Just for a few
MHomK then 111 iclli-se > ou. ' "
Journal"Whlih do sou pro-
lor" " asked her Indulgent fnthrr
' It Is o hard to di'ild' ' .she nnssvrrcd ,
"but nt the price 1 think the duke \t \ i
better bargain limn the lount. I gucsoU
bus. mo the dnki- "
Indianapolis Join mil "Mv hubind ' ilit
the llttlo | u | ) with pardonable pride ,
iMiiBht me a icnwon soul In the. hlghe l-
pilinl thiMier In the iltv
"A more tillloslglad the Imposing
' " er "M.s husband bought n oat In tlio
I nltel Slates senate nnd It test more thnix
the svholo tht-ntei sou ie tiilklng < ibout. '
Chluign Post"Pooh she exclaimed
xioiiifullv "I icmlil mimv a tltlo us woll.ui
insoiip if u were not for one thing. "
'SS hut's that" " tlios asked
i s Iln , tn ' l'ie ' money to make the pur-
PIill.idel . | > hla .North American : "I ntn not
In , , ' , h.01'1" ' " " "Ml11 thl > frt"ier. "that tnv
iiiitiKhtiM loses
joti suiik-lonlls to svnriint
tint" "Urustlns her lc > > our keeping for
, J. ' . l'1" " lcl'llr , < l tinVOIIIIR mm "iiMlnpn
ok' ' J0".1 ! , ! " " ' " " ' - < I P Advantages for
abscising "
things ns 1 base.
Star : SS'lnt do von think ;
, . " lr , > " ! l"K question In sour cam-
1 f.J ? . . ' " 'inlrcd ' the close counselor
Oh niHsverod Senator Sorghum "I sup.
imiili'1" Mme "s " " 'al-'how
riiliago Post"SShs Is that sweet girt
graduate j.0 dKon nlate ? \S\is her giadua *
tlon osw.iv a failure0
"No , he i Kiiiduiulon essav WHS an Ini-
ni'iiMimme s hut her graduation gown
'
wasn't ui to htr expei tations "
\\iisiiiiiRton Star "I notice tint v-our
box mows the lawn evoiv three or four
" " . .V. " , " ? w ' ll0" ( ct him to do If
S-sh-li' Don t let him hoar His papi ,
mY.ITTTi'1"llCM ' 'V ' b < 8hi the mowei. to
il \ ' " ! ' " , ex.flcli lf ne oxcr rtarcii ' 0
take It out of the basement. "
Detiolt Journal The doomed nnn foare.t .
0 aiollfi : the wny l
blarc at mc > "
> ou m'Kllt ' ruhber-
tlu < plas-
'Irem ' " " not "ml
"f " t nn
ber " SVllcl > ' "to thls sonii
\oici : , orrun M < ; nr.
Denver Post.
A"dlufl.I'bsT03 olll'y ' 'whl pcr atmospheric )
T" ° sleeps ' ! ° s 'o'.V1'1 ' ' ' . ' lhat olhe *
HICmn7e " ohonis th < lt ' " 'nighty
! (
But tttoif > .ilvvajs ooinc-s niiothu- ono to
knnik their intisli Il.it
tllleV"Nh ftop' ' tno of th" ol't
"nrt
llicn sv pull ourselves together , muMcr
cour.iRp to nnshui It ,
And we think HIP hod the veiy softest snap
sse nsei stnu k
Irettsooii HIP vlslon-nngcl opens up liH
nlglillv show ,
And we sviitch HIP f.ili dip.un pictures ns
thov bilghtlj come nud go ,
rill theie comes n scumllv veto on smh/ /
ecsu.ic'v H-- that
In the slepp-destiojlng solo of the old
Tom cat.
In a VO'PP he think * Is tend v and , i dream
of liaimoiu
He will perch upon the woodshed and wlU
t-all His s\\fft Mnrle ,
And thp two will KOI together , \nd rc-
liPHrMo their tal > of love
In n w.iv ' 'el scarp an angel from Its
roo-tliiK pine e abos '
Then H follow s Christian spirit alwavfl
goes upon n strike ,
And his w ids mo wild as ever came rc
sounding down the pike
. \s n nuns n-i noiiseiiolil treasures out to
Intel nipt Hip chat .
Of tlint diabolic pussy nnd her old Tom
(
Wo MIP WPHM of the stoiy of the voice *
of HIP night
Told bv ( lipam-allllttpd poets when thej'vj
nothing elsp to ss ilte.
for HIPS pick HIP grains of sweetness from fe
HIP c huff of painful fact
And omit HIP sounds bv which our
.IIP devilishly lacked'
SS'lij HIP dlcki ns don't the ncrlbblers rtro
a Mill A now and then
AL the nu'oiiue that m ikps demons of wo
meek and h.ilnHv men'
CC.IFP to wild HiPlr fancy pictures through
thn old poetic hat
And ai-siiiit the nightly vvaibllng of th
old Tom tnt ?
FROM
TOP
TO
TOE.
This means from a new
and nobby straw hat to the
finest and fanciest socks that
you ever saw.
It covers the newest
things in underwear at
prices that ought to sur
prise you if you know any
thing of values.
It includes stylish neck
wear and linenf and be
sides these things , the best
clothing that is made and
at prices such as you can
not expect to find in the
smaller stores.
Our store will be OLOSKD every "SAT-
UKDAY" nljfht at C p , m. „ .sure and do
your trading that day before closing tlaie.