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Bint * of Nebraska , DoiiRlas County. ss. :
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J'UhllHliInK company , being duly nworn , says
that the nctunl number of ful ! and complete -
pleto crtplrs of The Dully. Morning , Even
ing nnil Sunday Bee. printed during the
month of October , 1SK ! , won as follows :
' 1 . l ! < ) ,000 17 . 2lt80 :
M , : IO IS . ! ililO :
3 ID
4. . . . . 20 . iit85
G 1,71:0 21 . 2-1-ISII
Gc
7 . Ul.r.OO 23 . a 1,470
8 . an.lltl ) SI . 141,470
9 . iM.420 25 . auaus
3D . 1M.710 26. . . . . 25,010
11 . 1 ! ,4 " 0 27 .
12 . 21,400 2s zaznn
13 15,440
14 . 24,470 30 . 24,005
15 . 2ROnO 31 . 25,470
16 . 24,410
Total 771.WKS
I.e.8g unsold and returned copies. . . . l,8I8 !
Net total Bales 7U1SR7
Net dully average 24.B7O
GEORGE B. TJiStHUCK.
Subscribed and sworn before me this 1st
lny of November , A. D. 1839.
M. B. tlUNGATK.
( Seal. ) Notary Public.
Register today.
Lot the bolls nnd whistles bo unllm-
borpil nnd oiled up In readiness for tliu
arrlral of the Fifty-first Iowa boys next
Monday.
Popocratlc promises have bcun ex-
teiulwl so ninuy times that they have
ceased to be counted as available assets
In the political bank.
In order to vote at the election next
Tuesday every elector must have his
name properly enrolled on the registra
tion lists. No previous registration
holds good this year.
Today , Saturday , Is the last day
of registration. If you fail to register
by the time the registration closes at ! )
o'clock this evening you will not be
able to rote at the election.
Popocratlc stock Is about the only one
which shows n. steady and persistent
decline these prosperous times. All ef
forts to bull the market have simply
resulted In the absorption of the mar
gins put up.
Placing an export tax upon bananas
Is likely 'to cause a revolution In
Nicaragua. The president of Nicaragua
should remember that numerous per
sons before him have fallen down
through stepping on a banana , peel.
This bright , crisp autumn weather Is
ominous of republican success Novem
ber 7. The Nebraska corn crop is so
heavy that farmers arc occupied now
with the work of garnering It every
fair day nnd too busy to listen to ca
lamity howlers.
Says Assistant Secretary MeiUleJohn :
"I would not he surprised If the repub
licans carried the state by 7,000 major
ity. " And then -the distinguished gen
tleman goes on to give the reasons for
the faith that Is In him. Many other
well Informed republicans are of the
name mind.
The multiplicity of suits and restrain
ing orders against the owners of the ex
position buildings the wrecking com
pany might disturb their mental com-
iwsuro but for the fact that they have
locn frequently In like predicaments.
The presumption Is that they know
what they are doing.
Ohoctaw maidens appear to be In de
mand In the matrimonial market , as
each ono of them has a milllcicnt dowcry
In land and money to provide a living
for a family of modest tastes. Fortune-
hunting people of title and depleted
purses from Kurope pinking up desira
ble heiresses might tlnd n now ana
prolitnblc Held down In the territory.
If the republicans arcto have any
differences amongst themselves over
party organization they will fight it out
In their own primaries. The republican
county ticket this year Is composed of
clean , capable candidates , and no republican -
publican will have anything to gain by
voting against any of them unless It bo
to curry favor with the popocratlc
organ.
From the speeches of popocratic orators
tors one would suppose that Mark
Hanna was a candidate for olllce in
Nebraska. Almost anything which wll
distract attention from the record 01
the man who heads the popocratle state
ticket Is eagerly sought by his cam
palgneiv. The record hangs to Hoi
comb , however , like a mini's shadow ot
a Biuihlilny day ,
The Sioux warriors who did the In
( llnu congress act at the exposltloi
yeurn for a season at UuiYalo. The ra
ttons are said to bo better than tin
reservation fare , while tlm opportuuttj
to soil trinkets brings ample pin-money
The Panamerlcau Exposition of llni
could put ou no attraction of hlghei
value than was thu Indian congress o
the exposition of 1808. An a speclacu
lar feature It is uurlvnlltMl and It uf
fords an opportunity for study of abe
rlglnal types that must BOOU disappear
run I'tioinniriox nnur
The following circular ha been
mailed to members of the Nebraska
jlcinor Dealers' association :
Dear Sir If you have the liquor Interests
f the state at heart do not vote for rtce o
or nupromo Judge. Remember the prohl-
Itlon tight of 1890 ,
NElfKASKA RETAIL LIQUOR DEALERS'
PROTECTIVE ASSOCIATION.
] ly all means remember the prohlbl-
Ion light of JSlHi. Itemember that the
mint of the fight against prohibition
vas borne by The Heo while the World-
lerald gave all the aid and comfort It
hired to the prohibitionists ,
llomembcr that while the prohibition
ight was hottest In 1800 U. M. Hitch-
ock , chief proprietor of the World-tier-
Id , started ou a pleasure tour for
Simipp to keep out ot the wny of the
Ight jintl when he returned and found
hat prohibition was In desperate
traits ho Issued his famous edict :
'Throw the Jonah overboard , " and
hreatened to turn his 'paper over to
he prohibitionists unless the editor of
The Hoe was forced oUt of the manage-
ucnt of the anti-prohibition campaign ,
Hemcmber that Mrs. Helen Gougar ,
ho ramp.int prohibition agitator from
ndlana , who Is now stumping Ne.
irunka for Silas A. Holromb , was given
oliimns ofspace In the World-Herald
n 1800 in support of the prohibition
imcudmcilt.
Uumembcr also that Holcomb himself
vas at that time In as full sympathy
vlth the Gougar woman ns she Is now
vltli his candidacy for the supreme
icnch. If Mauoah B. Ilccso Is an enemy
of the liquor dealers why Is Mrs. Cou
gar working so hard day and night to
elect Silas A. Holcomb ?
liOLCUMIi AKD THE CHAltTElt
citizens of Omaha who are asked
o support Silas A. Holcomb for a place
on the supreme bench will do well to
refresh their memories with reference
o the part played by Governor Hoi-
comb in the enactment of the Omaha
city charter of 18 ! ) " .
That charter , it will be remembered ,
was framed and put through the legis-
aturo by n gang of democratic ward
icelers who hoped through Its lustru-
nentality to put themselves in control
of the entire municipal government of
his city. The charter was part and
iarce.1 of a grand conspiracy to repeal
he laws against gambling , to make one
if the principal gamblers' tools mayor
of the city , to turn the police over to
) olitlcal blackmailers and transform the
entire municipal organization into a
> Iece of hold-up machinery for the ben
efit of the conspirators.
In. this Infamous scheme Silas A.
Holcomb played tl\e \ willing and ready
accomplice. In exchange for the resto
ration to him of the power to appoint
the Board of Fire and Police Commis
sioners of the city of Omaha he as
sented to legislate out of ollice all the
city officials who had been elected by
the people to administer their city gov
ernment eight months before their
terms lm < l expired.
Under the provisions of the new char
ter the first election under it AVns to be
lield oo the- sixth Tuesday alter It went
Into effect. It f-o happened that the bill
was pulled through the'two'houses of
the legislature on a Monday , and for
fear that the gang might be kept away
from the crib a week longer than neces
sary It was enrolled under whip and
spur by extra work at night hours ,
taken by its promoters at midnight , pre
sented to the governor by whom it Is
signed without reading , aud hurried as
fast as horses could drive to the secre-
tary of state that it might be recorded
as law before the calendar date should
change , and move up the desired elec
tion to live weeks after Its passage In
stead of six weeks after the passage.
The people of Omaha administered a
Just rebuke for this piece of jobbery
nnd trickery ut the municipal election
of 1807 , when it repudiated the authors
of the charter and reinstalled Into onlce
nearly all the men who had been legis
lated out of office by the democratic
spoils hunters and the populist gov
ernor.
The people of Omaha should make
this stamp of disapproval emphatic at
the coming election by registering their
votes against the man who as governor
showed such disregard of their rights
and now asks them to clothe him for
six years with judicial robes ou the su
preme bench.
I'HIUPPWH COMMISSION HKPOllT.
The preliminary report of the Philip
pine commission discloses little that the
public was not already familiar with
and Its chief value consists In the unan
imous opinion of the commissioners , of
whom Admiral Dewey Is one , that the
war was unavoidable by the Americans
that having been attacked there was
no alternative except Ignominious re
treat. In this connection the report
says : "It Is not to bo conceived of that
any American would have sanctioned
the surrender of Manila to the Insur
gents. Our obligations to other nations
and to the friendly Filipinos and to
ourselves and the flag demanded that
force should be met with force. What
ever -the future of the Philippines may
be , there Is no coun > e open to us now
except the prosecution of the war until
the insurgents are reduced to submis
sion , " There can bo no doubt that had
force not been met with force ami Ma
nila had been surrendered or our army
had allowed the Insurgents to hi-slego
that city , the people who are now most
vociferous In denouncing the course
that has been pursued would bo equally
zealous In condemning the administra
tion as cowardly and lacking respect
for the honor of the nation and the ( lag.
Especially would the popocratlc leaders
have made retreat or surrender a prom
inent feature In their appeal for votes ,
proclaiming It ns a disgrace and hu
miliation to the American people , an
Ineffaceable reproach to the country.
As to the claim of an alliance M'ltli
Agulnaldo and a promlno of Independ
ence , the commissioners state that there
was neither and It Is to be presumed
that no fair-minded man will question
the authority of Admiral Dewey In re
spect to this or doubt the truthfulness
of the statement to which he subscribes.
According to the report there was m > de
mand on the purl of Affitlnnldo for na
tional Independence until after the ar
rival of General Anderson and his re
quest to Agnlnaldo to remove his forces
from Cnvlte. It Is slated that even
after Agulnaldo bad Issued his proc
lamation of Independence ho privately
admitted that Independence had not
been promised by Admiral le\\cy or
any other American. Perhaps he was
encouraged to expect It In his confer
ences with American consul * , but they
had no authority to promise anything of
the kind. The commissioners further
say that there was no co-operation of
any kind bctNveen the Filipinos and the
American olllcers with a view to oper
ating against thu Spaniards and no pre
concerted operations or combined move
ment by the United States aiid Filipinos
pines against the Spaniards. For this
statement , also Dewey Is the authority.
These arc the more Important features
of the report , which distinctly lays the
responsibility for hostilities upon the
Filipinos. Tlie commissioners think
well of the Intellectual capacities of the
Filipinos , but the masses of the Dee
pie are uneducated and not now fitted
for self-government. Having had lllt'e
or no experience In It under the Sp.ui-
Ish regime , they must be educate ; ! to
the task of governing themselves. It Is
therefore the opinion of the eoii'inls-
slon that only through American o'-cu- '
patiou Is the idea of a free , self-gov
erning and united Philippine common
wealth ut all conceivable.
The report is timely and the high
character of the commission warrants
the belief that it will make a decided
Impression upon the public mind. Par
ticularly will those portions which bear
unmistakable evidence of the authority
of Adihlral Dewey carry great weight.
He had all to < lo with Aguinaldo at the
outset and until the arrival at Manila
of the military commander and his of-
j ficlal declaration that there was no
promise of Independence made to the
Filipino leader will be accepted with
out question by the great majority of
the American people , while his ac
quiescence in the opinion that the war
must be prosecuted until the Insurrec
tion Is suppressed will materially
strengthen support of the government's
policy.
T11K SUtiDAY I1KE.
The Bee Sunday will be as usual re
plete with all the news of the day , to
gether with Interesting literary , in
formational and pictorial features sure
to satisfy the most exacting taste.
The war news from South Africa and
from the Philippines will have first
place in the special cable letters which
The Bee receives from the leading Euro
pean capitals by arrangement with the
New York World. Political news In
our own country at the close of the
campaign will be fully treated in an un
biased style. Local happenings of the
day will also be chronicled .In readable' '
and Intelligible fashion.
The Illustrated Bee , which is served
to every subscriber , will be particularly
striking and attractive , . The &ubject
of the frontispiece Is -portrait of the
late Alvln Saunders , whose death has
marked .thp-nasslng of.JS'ebroska'a-great
war governor. Accompanying the portrait
trait are some Interesting reminiscences
of Governor Sauuders' early life as told
by his own lips.
Especially timely by reason of the.
stirring events In the Transvaal is the
article on the men who will lead the
British forces In the war against the
Boers , set off with the portraits of Gen
eral Sir George Stewart White , in com
mand of the troops at Ladysmlth , and
of Major General Sir Hedvers Buller , In
supreme command In South Africa.
The return of the Iowa volunteers
comes In for a page of unexcelled views
bearing on the history of the regiment.
We have pictures of the landing of the
transport. Senator , with Its pi-ecloua
cargo and the troops emerging upon the
dock at San Francisco. Other pictures
show the regiment marching up Mar
ket street to the enthusiHstlc cheering
of the crowds greeting them on their
return. We have a group 'photograph
of Company L and another showing the
Fifty-first Iowa In native entrench
ments near San Rogue on the outskirts
of Cavlte. The photographs of the re
turned troops at San Francisco are
taken specially for this paper.
An Interesting Illustrated article on
the varied uses of the klnetoscoiic Is
accompaulqd by photographs that ex
plain the work of the rapid fire camera.
One shows the first nnd last of the bio-
graph series of hatching chickens and
another shows a huge piece of fireworks
In action. Still another picture shows
the blogrnph in operation taking the
record of .the International yacht race
aboard the New York Yacht club's re
gatta committee boat.
Among the miscellaneous subjects
treated plctorlally are portraits of sev
eral more republican candidates for dis
trict judge hi Nebraska , the portrait of
T. I * Matthews. Nebraska's newly ap
pointed United States marshal ; the portrait
trait of Miss May Ilees , the rising young
woman violinist of Hastings ; a snap
shot at President McKlnley addressing
the people at Huron , S. D , , during his
recent tour , and another of the Nio-
brnni contingent to the South Dakota
volunteers on their return to their homo
city ,
Our woman's page shows the portraits
of living models In latest garments and
the handsome portrait of another of
Omaha's popular society debutantes.
Carpenter's letter this week Is a pot
pourri of Interesting topics picked up
about Washington.
Altogether , the contents of The Bee
Sunday will Invite comparison with
these of the best metropolitan dallies
printed In the largest cities In the coun
try. . _ . _ . _ _ _ . _ _ . . . . . _ . . , . . .
The poiK > cratlc orgun continues to
cuttlefish in order to cover up the fact
that the fusion machine has been
greased with thousands of dollars col
lected by Coin Harvey or shipped Into
thu state by the democratle national
committee , which has been raising
money under the plea that It IK needed
to save Bryan at homo. The pop"eratl. . '
campaign managers never had n > mueh
money at tholr disposal as they have
this year , and that Is the reason that
they have started the silly fakes about
| Hnnna's $ ( X ,0X ( ) . Who is paying for
, Bryan's special trolu , nnywny ? Surely
he would not iK'cepj , it n a gift from
the rallionilff , although they would be
ghtd to donate that much In recognition
! of past favors.
It Is reported that , many local drug-
gluts have Joined with manufacturers
of ctirc-all preparations to subject cer
tain out-rate dealers to a course of dis
cipline because they persist In soiling
goods at mnall profit. In this contest
of course the cousnhier will be In sym
pathy with the out-rate druggist , and
any compact having for Its purpose the
maintenance of excessive uniform prices
would be n combination lu restraint or
trade , declared lo .be unlawful by the
statutes of Nebraska. Let the p i- .
makers beware of the trust-smashing
attorney general.4. .
The democratic national committee Is
to meet November 'JO. The date is long
enough after election fur the members
to digest , the resultH nnd ascertain
whether It will be necessary to lake a
new tack In order to enable the party to
make a respectable showing lu the na
tional campaign o'f the conilng year.
Democracy always has a full stock of
Issues on hand , nnd when one plays out
puts In n substitute. The p.trtv Is eon-
slslcnt In one thing opposition to every
thing accomplished by some one else.
The fusion committees of the various
Nebraska counties have been notified to
meet at a date fixed by the state com
mittee. They are notified that a repre
sentative of the state committee would
be there to meet with them and had
something to say too Important to trust
to the malls. Edmlsten's counting ma
chine Is too valuable an invention to
trust to the malls , for , by some chaufc
the method of working it might be di
rected to some one -not to be trusted
with the combination.
The district bench decides cases
which Involve the life and property of
individuals and the rights and preroga
tives of public officers. The district
bench Is no place to experiment with
lawyers who have never shown that
they possess Judicial ability. The re
publican judicial ticket is made up
from top to bottom of men who have
had experience on the bench aud their
election will entail no hazardous ex >
pertinent
The great reform attorney general
was too busy out In the state hunting
for an octopus which ho could kill to
write a brief in the suit to settle the
muddle over thepcitmc Insurance de
partment. At fast occounts no news
had been received at headquarters that
the legal representative had bagged a
single octopus , though popocratlc orators
tors assure us that the woods are full
of them. . „ ,
Insurance Commlssloiier Bryant cast
all Iwpes to the wlndT of 'securing the
auditor's voluntary signature to his
salary voucher when he'-'llled that brief
In the Insurance casein tjjb supreme
court. ' Mendicant , " i'p'olltlcal tramp , "
"Caucus roustabauC-and pet names of
a kindred meaning are not the words to
use to soothe ajiianjfleeted by the only
truly reform party on earth.
ClinnliiK the
Buffalo Express , ' ) '
General Otis now has 39,000 troops and will
have 65,000 before the end of next month.
The largest army actually put Into the field
against the Spaniards numbered only about
16,000.
nil Ancient Kunetloii.
St. Louis Republic.
Cecil Rhodes la eald to bo showing his
fearlessness of Boer capture by giving daily
dinner parties. Perhapa It has never occurred
to him that Belahazzar was giving a dinner
party when trouble appoarcd.
M * < cii anil Give Him the
Indianapolis Journal.
The sacrifice of his liberties to the militar
ism which ex-Governor Altgeld eo darkly
depicts as already casting Its shadow over
the land secma not to affect the cheerfulness
of the farmers of Nebraska. They listen ,
smile nnd return to the harvesting of the
Immense corn crop. And it Is the same
elsewhere.
Tlic U'lwnril Tendency.
Sprlngflel Republican ,
The transcontinental lines post new tariffs
which effect an advance of 25 per cent In
rates. This Is an Inevitable outcome of the
general rise lu commodity prices which has
been going on. Wages advance last of all ,
but in due time ( hey also must rise. The
country Is in effect adjusting itself to a
lower standard of value , but whether the
purchasing power of the gold dollar will long
remain as low as It Is or lower Is a question.
Great Volume of Trnlllc.
Philadelphia Record.
Railroad traffic has reached a volume In
this busy country which fairly overwhelms
the most efficient and well equipped lines.
New rails and locomotives , more cars and
Increased terminal facilities Is the cry Irom
every headquarters of the land transporta
tion agencies. The shrewd railway managers
SM that the tide of .huslness . activity la no
mcro passing boom , but a permanent en
largement of the Industrial and commercial
activities of the republic.
Tax on VniuIerlillt'N MIllloiiM.
Minneapolis Tribune.
There are some drawbacks to dying and
leaving an Immense fortune after all. The
Vanderbllt bequests are subject to a tax of
from 12.25 to ? 15 on each flOO. The tax Is
$2.25 ( or each ? 100 on amounts of over
Jl.000,000 left to a brother or lineal descendant -
ant , and { 15 for each $100 of sums be
queathed to strangers In blood or a body
polltjc or the corporation. It la estimated
that tbo national government will receive
between $2,000,000 and $3,000,000 $ , according
to present calculations , from the Vanderbllt
estate. In addition to thin the state of New
York will collect an Inheritance tax which
will amount to $700,000 more. Still there
will he enough loft of the Vanderbllt mil
lions to keep the heirs from actual poverty.
l''llr.lniuli J.IMIn Culm ,
Boston Globo.
No one enjoys a greater share of the con-
lldence ot the Cubans , and no one has had a
better opportunity to judge as to existing
conditions In the "Pearl of the Antilles"
than General Kltzhugh I-ec , His view of the
situation Is decidedly hopeful. Ho declares
that life and property Under the protection
of the United States aic now absolutely
secureIn Cuba. There Is little friction
among the Inhabitants , The people are
wisely restrained by ( he civil nnd military
authority , without In any way belog In
timidated or oppressed. Nevertheless , Gen
eral Leo emphatically declares : "When they
have adapted themselves to the changes In
their conditions he feels strongly that our
government' ' ; pledge to grant Independence
to the Island should be fulfilled us swiftly
as is practicable. "
M\Jin % MM'IK.H TWO.
Cleveland Leader Altogether , the tloerii
hnvo struck & fnr-renchlnfc and serious blow.
Its ultimate consequences cannot yet bo
mcanurcd. At the least It means a stub
born , bloody ntriiBgle In Africa. At the
most It may net half the world on fire.
Globe-Democrat ! "Itemember Mnjubal"
has long been a. British motto , yet Inet Mon
day the ( daughter was repeated with l.GOO
men instead ot the fits of February , 1881.
.Strongest . of all , the Urltlsh themrelves ar
ranged the trap by another night march nnd
occupation of an Isolated hill.
Courier-Journal : General White's frank
avowal of responsibility for the Drltish dis
aster at Ladysmlth was the net of n manly
man and appeals to manly men everywhere.
Such a blunder , coftly as It was , will not
lie charged against him without credit for
the flno record as n soldier he him made In
the past.
New York World : One thing General Sir
George White did not lose In the capture of
n part of his force at Uulysmlth and that
Is his manliness. With a courage greater
than that required In any battle , he has vol
untarily taken upon himself the responsi
bility for a disaster which shocks nnd angers
the nation ho serves.
Philadelphia Record : The Iloern nrc splen-
dldly maintaining their reputation ns stub
born fighters. The capture of two British
regiments and n British battery near Lady-
smith was an exploit which , however the
war mny terminate , will be remembered as
an example of their process. It will extort
pralso even from their enemies. j
Philadelphia Prces : The picnic which !
Urltlsh writers thought that her majesty's
troops would have In South Africa turns out I
to be a , very different kind of an entertain
ment. The Urltlsh will win In the end , but
Mr. Chamberlnln'e prediction , made a few
years ago , that "the victory would be .ob
tained at fearful ccet , " Is proving true.
New York Sun : As to the Bocre ,
their victories at the start will give spirit
to their armies and a prestige to their cause
which will tend to strengthen them morally , !
and probably materially In South Africa , If '
not elsewhere. They have struck the BritIsh - |
Ish army the severest blow It has received ,
In this generation. So far the glory of the
South African war Is wholly thelre.
Cleveland Plain Denier : President Kruger
said at the beginning of the war the re
publics arc determined that If they must
belong to England a price will have to be
paid that will stagger humanity. The British
people , dazed by the news of disaster that
can no longer be kept from them , are be
ginning to think there was something more
than an empty threat In Krugcr's declara
tion.
Boston Transcript : The disaster must
have a most Important effect on the effective ,
ness of the present British force in South.
Africa , as It Is at present , and possibly on
Its morale. The less cf confidence In Its ]
officers Is even more disastrous to an army
than the loss of raero numbers. Soldiers do '
'
not pause to realize that their commanders
may not be free agents. They only see that
they have failed , soldiers being In that respect - |
spect much like other men. The British , '
public Is etunned by the magnitude of the I
disaster that has overtaken the British armi ,
but the British public soon recovers Its composure - i
posuro and marks Its recovery by taking on j
renewed determination to carry out its pur-
pose.
1'OLITICAI , DH1FT.
The w so election prophet waits until the
returns are In.
The registration in Ohio IK the largest
ever known. '
A fraction over 96,000 voters have regis
tered In Boston.
Bottlnff In Ohio is two to one on the re-
publlcan candidate , with very few takers.
One of the things' to be backed as a sure
winner In a campaign is that a majority of
candidates get left.
It nil members of the Jones family In
Ohio veto for "Golden Uule" Jones , he can
safely count on 10,000 votes.
The political sphinx of Pennsylvania ,
Matthew Stanley Quay , Isn't saying , a word ,
but his machine IB getting there Just the
same ,
'Alfred ' Perdue , non-partisan candidate for
governor of Indiana , makes his campaign
travels through the state In a lumber wagon ,
from which he makes speeches.
Boss Croker says a simple election law
rigidly enforced Is the best assurance of an
honest election. Uncle Dick's counting ma-
chlno wouldn't slip a cog for a world.
A shoemaker announces himself as a can
didate for mayor of Chicago , a female so
cialist Is running for mayor of Boston , and
an nnnaturallzed clotheutter wants to be
mayor of Philadelphia.
The postmaster of a small town In east
ern Massachusetts resigned the other day ,
and before nightfall six candidates were
actively in the Held canvassing for the ap
pointment to succeed him.
There Is considerable talk in Massachu
setts favoring Secretary Long on the re
publican ticket next year. General Draper
of the same state was supposed to have
aspirations , but it U understood he has
stepped aside In favor of the secretary.
Thirty United States senators went out vf
office on March 4 , 1889 ; thirty more are to
go out of office on March 4 , 1001 , and thirty
more on March 4 , 1903 , the whole member
ship of the senate being ninety. Of the
thirty who went out in 1899 fifteen were
democrats , eleven republicans , three silver
republicans and one a populist.
The St. Johnsbury ( Vt. ) Republican prints
the following letters from Senator Proctor ;
"There is no truth In the statements of my
unfrlondllneaz to the administration or that
the president requested mo , when I read to
him my remarks about Cuba before they
were delivered , not to deliver them in the
senate. Nor la it true that I am trying to
start a 'Dowey boom. ' I had understood
well from various sources before he reached
America that the admiral did not purpose
to ho drawn Into politics , and he has made
this ( statement so freely since ho landed that
I supposed It must be generally understood ,
BCnio newspaper statements to the contrary
notwithstanding. "
Government Income nnil
Sprlnslleld Republican.
The federal treasury will show a surplus
from the October revenue operations of some
$3,600,000. Expenditures have aggregated
over $44,000,000 , which Is a very large total-
nearly 60 per cent larger than the ordinary
monthly expenses of the government prior to
the Spanish war. But receipts are more than
50 per cent larger now than they were then
and rise for October to the great total of
nearly $48,000,000. Increasing Imports and
the business prosperity nro producing such
generous revenue that the position of the
treasury Is one of easiness , notwithstanding
the. great costs of the war In the Philip-
pines.
No Wny Out of II.
Philadelphia Times.
When Bryan talks of calamity In Nebraska
and the farmers simply point to the big corn
fields he has to acknowledge the corn ,
I'nrlrr Steal * HIIK of Gold.
NKW YOniC. Nov. 3.- George \V. B.rchctt ,
a colored porttr employed by the Adamg
Kxpress company , wo arraigned In police
court todny uml held for trial on a rhurse
of HtcnUng n. money hag containing M.OOO
In goUl from the company's oincn on Satur
day last. Hurohntt contended nnd Bulcl he
hnd taken the told out of the company's
olllco In a bundle of wood.
Ke er U Dylnir Out ,
JACKSONVILLE Flu. , Nov 3. R-portn
froin Key West show one new cane of
yellow fever there and from Miami two
new cases. No deaths have occurred.
OTIIHIl IAM ) . < < THiX OIHJi.
A special edition of the PosttldnliiR ot
Stockholm contains thp protocol of the rtlt-
tings held on October 6 and October U by tha
Scandinavian State Council , which consisted
'of Swedish and Norwegian members. Ac
cording to this protocol the king declared In
the State Council that ho regretted the reso
lution of ( he Norwegian Storthing to Intro
duce an absolutely Norwegian flag , ns < ho
emblem of union In the flag Implied equal
rights for both nations. As , however , added
hla majesty , the resolution had thrlco been
passed by the Storthing , ho would not refuse
to sanction the promulgation of the new flAg
law In accordance with the constitution.
Immediately upon thn reception of the
above news In Chrlstlanla , thp Norwegian
capital , the party of the left published Its
platform for the forthcoming elections. The
program Includes :
" 1. Norway's Independence , to be brought
about by means of a Bcpnralc Norwegian
ministry for foreign affairs and a separate
Norwegian consular system ; a resolution
concerning the consular system to be drawn
up In the course of the election period.
" 2. To labor to establish a rourt of arbi
tration and neutrality ,
" 3 , A system of Insurance against In
capacity to earn a. livelihood , to apply to
the whole Norwegian people. "
The capitalists Interested In the goldflelds
of Rhodesia are about to make an organized
effort they will wait , probably , until quiet
has been restored again In the Transvaal
to restock that vast and fertile district with
cattle. If they are successful , and there
seems to bo no good reason why they should
not be , an enormous trade will be developed
In the near future. The whole country is
admirably adapted for grazing purposes. In
Lobengula's time It teemed with cattle. After
the war many thousands were disposed ot as
loot , flno young cows nnd oxen fetching as
Httlo as $7.50 apiece under the hammer a
ridiculously low price compared to their
present value , from $33 to $40. The value
of the land for grazing purposes had only
juat been recognized when the dreaded rind
erpest arrived and practically swept the
country clean. From this blow the country
has never recovered , but now , ns has been
said , an organized attempt Is to bo made
to populate the limitless grazing lands , now
Ijlng fallow and waste , with herds of cattle ,
as In the olden time.
*
Reports still como from Rlissla of the
wholesale expulsions-of suspected peiaiEB
upon the slightest pretext. The Arbcltor
Zcltung of Vicuna tells how a bork ( f f-ilry
tales was the cause of the expulsion and
consequent ruin of 173 persons at Poltova.
A pupil at cno of the sfate schools tha <
was caught In the act of rosdiug thl )
volume , which had been prohibited by th ;
ccntor on the ground that certain of tbo
tales might be applied to Ru.-slan condlt ons
and Russian politics. This boy cxplV.noJ
that the caretaker of the school bulldlns
had lent him the took. The principal cf the
echool reported the caretaker to the police ,
and on this denunciation the offender was
sent to Siberia. The officials of the In
stitution , together with several parents of
pupils , wore so Indignant at the conduct ot
the principal that they drew up a protest
describing It aa mean and despicable. The
result was that the officials lost their posts
nnd , together with the residents who haU
signed the protest , were expelled from the
province of Poltova for three jear ? . Tlie
order of expulsion was extended to all the
relations cf all the offenders , so that 175
persons were sentenced to th's severe
punishment on account of a book of fairy
talco which In other countries Is given to
every child to read. A student namo.1
Lleven was arrcste-1 In Moscow for propagat
ing revolutionary views , but afterwards re
leased again , owing to lack cf evidence. A
day or two later he was again arrested and
kept In solitary confinement for five month"
without trial and without any kind ot
judicial examination. In the end he went
mad and committed aulcido by setting fire to
his clothes with a match.
* * *
Extensive- insurance frauds are now under
investigation at EsklUtuna , a city well
known for Its cutlery , and some-lluus called
the Sheffield of Sweden. The frauds seem
to have been committed by a league of
several persons , a prominent member being
the city physician , Dr. E. V. . Pnlln , who Is
now under arrest and has partly acknowl
edged his guilt. Eleven other pcrtnus have
also been arrested , and It is expected that
others will follow. The cheating has been
done In different ways. Dr. Pallln , It Is al
leged , has either furnished health certificates
to persons known by him > to bo sicker
or has allowed metal grinders , who by In
surance people are regarded r.s bad risks , lo
get high Insurance at low rates. It Is also
eald that the swindlers have "borrowed"
healthy persons , , who , In the names of sick
folk , have obtained health certificates and
ultimately life insurance policies. The per
sons Interested In the Imposition have then
held the policies as security for allege !
loans , and have even tried to lead the in
sured persons to Irregular HVCJ , that they
might die the sooner. When the investiga
tion began twenty-ulna insurance pallcias
were found in the possession of a common
workman , and Dr. Pallln had sixteen policies ,
Issued to different persons. Sucu , frauds
are uncommon in Sweden , and this case baa
caused a great sensation.
* *
Rlcclottl Garibaldi , son of the late liberator
of Italy , ! s now In Buenos Ayres. He has
publicly declared that there was no truth in
the report that he was conspiring to estab
lish a papal democracy in Italy. He has
como to Argentina , ho says , with the purpose
of proposing a great scheme of Italian Im
migration to populate Patagonia. He asks
that the government of the South American
republic should grant him all the available
public land In this territory and leave to the
directors of tbo colonization movement tbo
Internal administration ot tbo settlemcntx.
Garibaldi propcbes to bring out no less
than 100,000 Italian families and settle them
In Patagonia , selling them land at nominal
prices. The general opinion In Buenos Ayres
Is that Garibaldi Is not a sufficiently Influ
ential man in his own country to Insure the
success of the experiment , oven if the Ar
gentine government granted to him all the
concessions ho seeks. The administration
has not yet officially replied to his pro
posals. It Is deemed extremely unlikely
Which Way ?
Are the children growing
nicely ? A little stronger
each monthJ A trifle
heavier ? That's good.
Or is one of them growing
the other way ? Growing
weaker , growing thinner ,
growing paler ?
If so , you should try
Scott's Emulsion at once.
'Tis both a food and a
medicine to all delicate
children. It makes them
grow in the right way
taller , stronger , healthier
fee. Mid Jl.co , ill dr
Baking Powder
Made from pure
cream of tartar.
Safeguards the food
against alum *
Alum baking powders are ( fie greatest
mcnacers to health of the present day.
R6r l BAKIN , XtW T8IIIC.
that It wll | Rrant them unices it rcseiven
trustworthy athurnnco that Patagonia will b
speedily colonized.
TIlblinilTS THAT
Detroit JnlirnnlVhnt : an eloquent dlft-
cnursol The wnlrll of the Sermon on the
Mount breathed through It nlll"
"Not all. It wn too Ions for that. "
Cleveland 1'laln Dealer : "Cecil Rhodes
must be a very proud mini plnco the Boors
Offered fro.COO for his hcntl. "
"Yen , 1 suppose he'fl cnrefill to see that
It's on straight every time he walks out. "
Somcrvlllo Journal : Sometimes the CKK" '
that you buy nt tlie department grocery
store nren't half so fresh us the clerk who
sells them.
Washington Stnr : "There's n Brent deal
of Hjmpntliy for you In various parts of
the world. "
"Sympathy ? " repeated the lloer.'n
haven't much need of It.VI1 bo generous
nn'tl sco If wo can't l > ut the enemy In a
Dosttlon to use sumo of It. "
Indlnnnpolta Jnuinnl : The Instructor
What li tlie difference between n. subject
and n citizen ?
The Student If you please , the subject
1ms to bo humored uiul the citizen ccts
bossed ,
Cleveland Plnln Dealer : "Thoso victories
In the African Kold fields * don't Seem to have ,
been at nil decisive. "
"Well. It's natural that sold field battles
should have nuggctory re-suits. "
Detroit Free Press : "Illuminated letter
boxes nro n new Invention. "
"I wish somebody would get tip letter
boxes that would ring a bell every tlmo a
married man goes by with n letter In his
pocket. "
Brooklyn Life : "I am not satisfied with
the new minister , " snld the olcl-fashloned
dencon ; "his sermons are too short. "
"I could stand that , " Euld the liberal
brother , "If they were not HO narrow. "
"Even that might be overlooked , " said
the third , a studious one , "but they nro t 1
hopelessly shallow. " Then they voted to !
make u change ,
Chicago 1'oat : " 1 won't tnke Ihosa
pictures " mid the woman angrily. "Why ,
they make mo look like a fright. "
"Madam , " said the suave photographer , "I
see that you do not want n photograph ,
but a fancy picture. Just make your own
selection from the showcase. "
Dnltlc Sonjr of Oem 1'nnl.
Cleveland Plnln Dealer.
Rise up and bring your musketoons and
drive the raider back ! '
Rise up nnd trek the heavy guns along the
mountain 'track ' !
The raider Is advancing1 fast , .he thunders
nt the gate ,
Rise up , ye sons of freedom , or your rising :
will be Into !
Oh , I myself will lead you through the dis
tant mountain pass ,
I'll lead you where the raiders all advance
In serried mass.
I only ask that when on them like thunder
bolts you foil.
You'll bear In mind your orlflamme's the
whiskers of Oem Paul !
THE WI3ST.
Edwin I , . Sabln In Leslie's ' Weekly. '
Oh , Knst. have you heard of the fighting
West-
Its deeds in the Philippines ?
Of the lads who braved with a lausrb
nnd jest
A death 'mid alien pcenea ?
Wherever the swarthy foem n made
His walled rli-fcnse , and where
The brush , the.ditch , and the ambuscade.
The men of the West were there.
The junple > encompassed with ileath about
Opposed their march In vain ;
With a ringing cheer nnd a Joyous phout
They plunged through swamp and cane.
They raked with a pitiless stream ot leafl
The. thicket and ditch , and then"
They tended the -wounded and burled their
dead ,
And ever swept on acaln.
A turgid river their course would bar ;
Envenomed Its flood and shore -i
AVIth hissing'bullet but lo ! they are if
Stout breasting the ford , and o'er.
From town to town 'twas a weary way.
But who is the lad would lac ?
Through mud and rain and the flcrct
sun's ray
They fdllowed tha dear old flag1.
Oh , East , you have earned your laur l
wreaths
In many a struggle lone.
Your spirit of desperate valor breathes
In story and vcrhe- and tone.
Now grasp the hand of the best there bo
Of valley anil plain and crest
From a river broad to a sunlit Bea
The hand of the fighting1 West.
Fat or
Lean
Your stature
will be perfectly
clothed here
Suits or Overcoats ,
it makes no
difference ' ! ,
Some folks think
that no
"Ready made"
can fit them
We can make Q
alterations
just like the
tailor
' - 4-t t
until you -
couldn't
tell the fit
from his own ,
$ JO , $12,50 , $15 , $18 , $20 , $25.
Every one at these prices
warranted to fit to be all wool ,
to wear , and to be the best made
for the money.