THE ( XMAIIA DAIlAr B15E : MOXDAT , NOVEMBER 27 , 1891) ) .
THE OMAHA DAILY BEE
E. ROSEWATEH , Editor.
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Thc foot ball HCHSOU
rulinlnntion niul tl.o . record of the son-
son's deaths and Injuries on the foot
Imll ncld will BOOH be made up.
Former Connnlssnry General Engan
IR preparing a petition to conproHs fern
n restoration to rank and duty. Rome
people ought to know when tlicy arc
well treated.
Municipal ownership vIllTirobably be
the 'buttlccry of all parties In the com
ing city campaign. The difference , If
any , will be on the question where and
when to begin.
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The popocratlc county attorney for
this county was vindicated In the recent
election by n loss of nearly 2,000 votes.
Wonder what be would do If he sought
a now vindication ?
It the tnjc a.ss''S.sor ' has appraised your
property unjustly and has favored your
neighbor , go tell your troubles to the
'Hoard : of UeVicw , sitting in the city
ball , and Imvo the matter Used up.
While the World-Herald is puffing It-
pelf as a great prophet It might go over
the flies of Its paper nnd read its pre
diction , a few days before the last elec
tion , of democratic victory in Ohio by
the success of the McLean ticket.
The government of Natal Is said to
be bankrupt as a result of the South
African war , which by destroying its
trade has played havoc with Its reve
nues. Wonder what Natal would do If
it had a war of Its own on Its hands.
A thriving Nebraska town In the
southeastern part of the state refund
ing Its bonded Indebtedness and reduc
ing the Interest rate from (1 ( toUX - per
cent. And yet the Urynnltcs tell us the
gold standard makes money dear and
scarce. ' .
The rival Intt-r-city motor lines are
ngaln sparring for llrst place on the
streets of Council muffs. To n mini at
n distance It would seem that that mu
nicipal corporation Is In position to uci
us referee and enforce Its judgments In-
Ktanter. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
The Income of the school board from
the license fund will be materially cur
tailed during the coming year and the
board must either curtail expenses In
some direction or force an Increase of
taxes , which already are too burden
some In Omaha.
If thorn is not pie enough in the fu
sion lijtkery to satisfy the appetite of
populists , t silver republicans , Bohe
mians , Germans , Scandinavians , Irish
men , .Tews , Gentiles and colored reform
ers thorn will bi | blood on the moon by
the middle of .January , and don't you
fort'ot It.
The Journeymen Job printers linvu
ngreed to disagree with their employers
and a general walkout Is threatened.
Whatever may be the merits of the con
troversy the trouble Is to be deplored ,
for' It has been the general desire of
Omaha IniHluess men to get through the
year without labor troubles if possible.
It was just about a year ago
that Congressman-elect Neville dis
tinguished himself by writing his letter
explaining the causes of popullstle do
gencraey. Now that Mr. Neville has a
{ ertlllcato of election In sight entitling
him to $ . " > , > 00 n year as the representa
tive of the Klxth congn sloiml district
perhaps he will take a more optimistic
view of the situation.
Congressman Itoberts lias reached
Washington in rcadlnc.sH In take his
oath of olllce. Now the Iwmbardment
of the aiHl-polygamlsts will bo renewed
from all over the country. It would not
bo KurprlHlng If the movement should
finally m'llmltuile in a proposition for
a constitutional amendment restricting
eligibility to seats In congress to nu'ii
who are alho eligible for the matri-
mon I ul market.
CUMI'KTITtOX.
Ont-of town subscribers of The Her-
have recently been Hooded with olreti-
lars nnd sample roplcs of the Omaha
World-llernld Importuning them to dis
continue their stihxcrlptloiis to this
paper. Of the- many letters received
the following from a postmaster In the
j Hlkhorn Valley is a fair sample :
To tlio Editor of The Bee : You must have
a World-Herald man In your camp. About
ten days prior to the November election
the Worlil-Horald mailed n sample copy of
Its semi-weekly to The lieo's weekly list
here no more , no less. This week everyone
ono of The Dally Bco subscribers were
treated to a sample copy of the Dally W.-H.
H Is evident Hint they have your Hot. How
they obtained It > ou will probably know
how to learn.
ruder the moral code , which should
apply to the newspaper as well as to all
other kinds of legitimate business the.
buyer of stolen property , knowing It
to bo stolen , Is no better than the thief.
It Is just as dishonest and dishonorable
for a publisher to buy a subscription
list from thieving discharged employes
of a competitor as It Is for a merchant
to buy goods stolen by an employe from
another merchant. Yet this Is precisely
what the Omaha newspaper fence has
done as a piece of Its peculiar brand
of Journalistic enterprise.
The facts are substantially these :
Some months ago the business man
ager of The Hco discovered discrep
ancies In the subscription books that
culminated In the discharge of two em
ployes. One of these manngcdito pur
loin surreptitiously proof sheets of the
greater portion of The Bee's mailing
lists. With this recommendation the
party , like most of the other Bee em
ployes discharged for questionable
practices , readily found a lodgment
on the payrolls of the fence.
Against such dishonest competition
The Bee has no remedy except the su
periority of its publication and the
natural resentment Its patrons must
fool at the low and underhanded trick
ery to which Its would-be rival Is con
stantly resorting In Its desperate effort
to build Itself up.
TIIK OPBA DOOIt QUESTION ,
Our government has not yet received
a formal reply from any of the Ku-
ropean powers to its request for
dellnlte assurances that the rights of
the United States in China will bo
respected. According to reports from
Washington there Is some disappoint
ment in administration circles at the
apparent reluctance of the nations hav
ing territory In China , particularly Una-
sin , to give the assurances asked for by
the United States , though It is still
hoped they will ultimately respond
as desired. When the American note
was sent to the several powers It was
thought that the Hnsslan government
would promptly reply , availing Itself of
the opportunity to once more attest Its
friendship for this country. That It
has not done so , but on the contrary
has asked to know the reasons why
the United States should now request
such assurances , is a cause of surprise
and has created tnc impression tnai
. negotiations
Hussla Is preparing.to-prolong
ations or possibly refuse to give the
assurances called for.
Uussla having already proclaimed to
the world that the port of Tallen Wan
is to be open to the commerce of all
the world , it Is thought not Improbable
that the Russian government may sim
ply refer the United States to Its
former declarations on the subject and
consider that no further guarantees are
necessary. This is practically what
Germany has done. It Is suggested ,
however , that If Great Britain , Ger
many , Japan and the United States
believe It is for the best Interests of
the world that the integrity of the
Chinese empire should be maintained ,
Hnssla and France or both combined
will not attempt to overturn this
opinion. On the other hand it Is
urged that the United States having
neglected the opportunity to exact
assurances for the protection of Its In
terests In China when these were lirst
put In Jeopardy by Germany's seizure
of Chinese territory and by the acquisi
tion of exclusive Russian privileges In
China , our government cannot reason
ably expect Russia to give It conces
sions for which It has nothing to give
In return. "The time for us to have
made conditions with Russia , " remarks
the New York Times , "was when Rus
sia wanted something that was against
our Interests , to-wlt , the acquisition of
Manchuria , and would have boon will
ing to pay something lor It. Why
should she pay anything now , when
she has got all she wanted from us , our
benevolent neutrality , for nothing , or
at no greater cost than the besfowal of
International compliments , which cost
nothing , at the Slate department or at
the White House ? Now It Is we that
want something and we have parted ,
for nothing , with the equivalent for
which we might have had It. " The
Times regards our attempt to get from
the continental powers by separate ac
tion what we forewent tno opportunity
to get from them by joint action with
England as an acknowledgment of the
great blunder we made a year and a
1mIf ago when Germany and Russia
took possession of Chinese territory.
I'crhaps at that time a request by
this government for assurances that Its
rights and Inteiests In China would be
respected would have received a prompt
and satisfactory answer , but circum
stances were then of a nature to re
quire extraordinary prudence and cir
cumspection In our rolatjons with Eu
ropean powers and It Is powlble that
had we then demanded what we now
ask we should have become Involved
in a controversy that would subse
quently have operated to our Ferlous
disadvantage. Resides , we had not at
that time so great an Interest In China
as wo now have , nor did any one fore
see that wo should have. We were not
blind or Indifferent to the possibilities
of Chinese trade a year and u half ago ,
but we did not value that trade as wo
now do. Having obtained a foothold in
the far east not dreamed of when tier-
many and Rimshi became possessed of
territory In China , we have nn Inletest
In the commerce f that quarter of the
world vnbtly greater than before and
which fully Justltles our government In
asking dellnlte atiiuraneos from Euio-
poan government1 * .
There Is still reason to think that
these assurances will be given. The
United States can confidently count
upon the support of Great Britain and
Japan and the example of the former
Is very likely to be followed by Ger
many. Russia will hardly array her-
i self against the Influence of these three
powers In behalf of the open door Iti
j China nnil Krance is pretty certain to
I follow the course of Russia. We have
no doubt the result will show that our
government has made no mistake In
this matter.
T11K KKATl'CKl' ' SITUATION.
No fair-minded man can doubt the
election of the republican candidate for
governor In Kentucky on a fair count.
Democratic papers In that stale have
conceded his election even without the
contested Nelson county votes cast for
W. P. Instead of W. S. Taylor and the
just decision of the court of appeals
that these should be counted as the
voters Intended ought to put an end to
all controversy. Yet Goenel and his ad
herents seem determined to persist In
their effort to steal the governorship ,
relying upon the Infamous election law
of which Goebel Is the author to accom
plish that purpose. That law was the
leading Issue In the campaign and It
was repudiated by the people , but the
unscrupulous partisans who hoped to
prollt by It still Intend to use It to de
feat the popular will. As now Indicated
they mean to play their dishonorable
and disgraceful game to the last card.
The Goebel law provides a state
board of election commissioners whose
decision Is llnal when It declares that
a candidate of the same party as a
majority of the commission has been
chosen , but subject to appeal to the
legislature In case of a decision favor
able to the candidate In sympathy with
the minority members of the commis
sion. Thus should the majority of the
board say that Goobel was elected the
decision could only be set aside , If at
nil , by the courts , while if it should be
decided that Taylor , the republican can
didate , was elected , an appeal may be
taken to the legislature , which the
democrats control. The latest advices
say that. If Goebel is not given a cer
tificate of election by the state board
he will accept the verdict of that
body and not carry the contest to the
legislature , but no such jissurauco has
come from the candidate himself and is
not likely to. The probability Is that
he believes there will be no necessity
for an appeal to the legislature , that
a majority of the members of the state
board of election commissioners being
his partisans will give him the certifi
cate of election.
lit Is to be apprehended that this will
be the result , though there are pow
erful influences at work to defeat the
Infamy which the Goebebies would per
petrate and to save Kentucky from the
obloquy and reproach which the state
would suffer from their success. Dem
ocratic newspapers and thousands of
democrats arc arrayed In earnest oppo
sition to the Goebel scheme of high
handed fraud and robbery , while the
republicans of the state , with right on
their side , are In no mood to permit
themselves to be deprived of the fruits
of a fairly won victory. Should a ma
jority of the state election board ren
der a decision agahibt the unmistakable
verdict of ii majority of the people of
Kentucky , there would be grave danger
of a popular uprising that might have
the most serious consequences. This
possibility may not be without Influ
ence upon the state election board.
MUST STAND TOGETHER.
In union there Is strength. Whenever
the business men of Omaha can be
united on any vital issue they will carry
their point. This has been the secret
of success of commercial competitors
and should be the keynote of Omaha's
jobbers and manufacturers In every ef
fort they are making to secure fair
treatment if not equal favors from pub
lic carriers. Heretofore the lack of har
mony and superabundance of selfish
ness on the part of some firms have pre
vented Omaha from receiving proper
recognition by trafllc managers nnd
rate-makers. So long as concerted ac
tion on the part of shippers can be
thwarted by special favors In the shape
ofpasses and secret rebates the rail
road managers will Ignore Omaha's
grievances and pay no attention to Its
demands.
The reason why Kansas City and
other competing business centers have
been able to distance Omaha In the race
for commercial supremacy Is chlolly he-
cause Its business men stand together
and do not allow themselves to be
bought off or bulldozed Into submission.
Now that the battle over the Omaha-
Kansas City differential is on , the mettle
of Omaha business men will be put to a
test that will demonstrate whether
Omaha can piesent a united front and
maintain that unity to the end. In
view of the fact that the Burlington
road has taken position in1 favor of plac
ing and keeping Omaha on an equal
plane with Kansas City In competitive
territory It would be an eternal dis
grace for Omaha to stand aloof and let
the road light It out , or , worse yet , to
discourage the managers of the Bur
lington by dividing among themselves.
It goes without saying that Kansas City
will exert every influence within Its
reach to balk the Burlington and com
pel the retention of the differential by
which Its jobbers and manufacturers
have for years enjoyed undue advan
tage. But Omaha can hold Its own In
this contest If It will only present an
unbroken front and give the Burlington
all the backing at Its command , bearing
In mind 4hat in lids campaign , as In all
others , the > e win are not with us are
airalnst us.
The pipullst organs are now taking a '
now tack In their assault upon National' '
Commltteeman D. ( . 'loin Denver. A
week ngo they won * demanding his res
ignation. This week , without walling'
for his reply , they are calling upon tin *
national committed to expel him , The-
populist who refuses to pluy the r > le
of assistant deniocrat and to co-operate
] with the conscienceless leaders who are
j j trying to deliver the party over to the
j democrats has a hard row to hoe. A
, plebiscite , however , might demonstrate
that Mr. Denver represents the rank
and file of the party better than the
men who are propagating fusion for the
sake of keeping up their connection
with the salary list.
Wo hope our now regent will not under
take to turn out all the present tutors and
employes In our State university who did
not vote the fusion ticket. U will surely
bring disgrace and defeat to our party
just as It did down In Kansas. Thlngj
have bceii done nearly ns foolish , but we
ought to have mor& sense. Nebraska Inde
pendent.
Hut Mil tlio Nebraska fusloiilsls
have more sense ? Discarded professors
who were expelled from the faculty for
cause are already boasting that they
will be reinstated as soon as the new
board gets Into otliee and one of the
present democratic regents who was
not given a renomlnatlon , although he
had been serving only an unoxplred
term , attributes Ills turning down to
the fact that he refused to Inject poli
tics Into the university management.
If one of the regents has been cut out
because he refused to bow to the po
litical dictation of the state house ma
chine what Is to be expected of the
now board when It Is constituted of a
majority who are the creatures of the
popocratlc patronage distributors ?
Figures compiled by the Iowa State
Railroad commission show gross re
ceipts for the year ending June ItO ,
IS'.K ' ) , almost S'MM)0,000 ) more than re
ported by the railroads for the previ
ous year , and for the year 1803 , which
had been the largest in the history of
Iowa railroads. Other Interesting sta
tistics Indicate that 1,200 more mon are
employed for railroad work In that
state than ever before , with a compen
sation greater by $ I.M,00 ) ( ) < ) . The total
number of employes Is 'S'J.HS. and their
wages and salaries SlS.-lOtvlS.1 ! . Is It
any wonder that Iowa Is staunchly re
publican when It Is sharing so largely
in republican prosperity ?
It Is pleasing to know that the tinder
boxes at old l-'ort Omaha are to be
raxed and that the large brick struc
tures are to be preserved and put to
some good use. This was doubtless
brought about as a result of the recent
personal inspection of the abandoned
barracks by General Miles and Assist
ant Secretary Melklejohu.
The Bee's special Thanksgiving num
ber Sunday made a distinct hit % s the
best newspaper ever published In these
parts. The Bee'Is not a cheap news
paper , but the best Is always the
cheapest. \
They Iliive Other Troubled.
"Washington Star.
The n-anner In which the Boers tear up
railway tracks Indicates a decided disinclina
tion to bother with any grade-crossing prob
lems.
iiu : Gooil * for Gold.
Glc be-Deniocrat.
A fleet of thirty-five vessels has been en
gaged to carry T25.000 tons of structural
steel from Philadelphia to Australia. The
How of Australian gold to this country Is
likely to continue.
ConMilcr h > Promoter.
Minneapolis Times.
The Marconi Wireless Telegraph company
has been capitalized at $10,000,000. Why
should a concern whcee plant -will consist
merely of a few poles , a few brass balls
and the atmosphere of the earth need $10-
000,000 in Its business ?
Their Klttlna : finivc.
New York Tribune.
It IB well that the dead of the Maine are
to be brought home for sepulture in their
native soil. Ae O'Hnra wrote of those slain
in another war , they
must not slumber there ,
Where stranger steps and tongues re'
sound
Along the heedless air.
Not even though those stranger tongues
would give them all honor ae the first
American martyrs for Cuba's sake. The
fitting grave of the American sailor or
soldier Is under the American flag.
PEKSO.YAI.I A\D OTIIBRAVISI3.
The National brango has $50,000 In the
treasury , and its members are not calamity
howlers.
Michael Davltt , during his day In Parlia
ment , did nearly all his literary work Jn
the house writing room , where silence Is
enforced , sitting Invariably in the same
seat ,
The king of the Mosquito territory has
contracted a morganatic marriage and lost
his throne , but the local Nlcaraguan thrones
are about as substantial as a broken rocking
chair.
The new legislature of Mn.ssacliuaetto will
bavo nlno democrats In the senate nnd
seventy in the house of representatives
more democrats than have been in any legis
lature of the state since 188C ,
The llfo-slzcd bronze equestrian otattie of
Frederick the Great , by J. L. Gorome , the
French sculptor , which bo will exhibit at
the Paris exposition , has been purchased
by Peter Gibson of Cincinnati 'and Imme
diately after the exposition will be shipped
to this country ,
Awell New York fakir who takes in BO
much coin that ho hires men to shovel It ,
Indignantly protests that his offer of 10 per
cent profit every week to depositors IB
strictly honest , and that ho makes It and
pay It , Ills patranaga is enormous. Evi
dently there are 11 few mickers left.
When United States Consul Macrura , at
Pretoria. In accordance with Instructions
from our Btato department , asked President
Kruger If ho might be allowed to take
charge of cnoney sent by English people to
procure comforts for Drlllsh prisoners of
war , ho was refused and treated to a cold
snub.
A Chicago lecturer explained ono of Hie
grievances of the outlanderfl to remedy which
Great Britain brought about war against the
South African republics. The hurdenfiomo
tax complained of "amounted to 2 3-B per
cent on properties , eomu of which yielded as j
high MR 300 per cent , and yet Canada taxes
American outlunders in the Klondike 10 4-5 j
per ccut. " |
The Washington correspondent of thn Chicago
cage Tribune saya Mrs. I-ogan Is troubled
over the Mory that she urged her son to go
to the Philippines in splto of the wlnhesi
< if other members of his family. Including i ' j
hip wlfo. "The fact IB , " says the Tribune.
"Major 1-ogan himself waa anxlouti to go.
Ho enlisted first for the war with Spain
When that was over he resigned only be
cause there sec-met ] no prospect of more
fighting. When the fighting started up In
the Philippines ho was anxious to tee terv- ' 1
Ico. and finally bin wife and mother both I
ive their consent. "
mtlMt OF Tim I'OMTICAI , MilI. .
Hastings Tribune ( rep. ) Major Dungnn.
the boy orator of Adama county , Is now en
gaged In setting hie pins for the nomina
tion on the fusion ticket for congress to
succeed II. U. Sutherland. There arc three
or four others who are engaged In the same
kind of work.
Norfolk Journal ( rep. ) : The Nebraska
Liquor Dealer * ) ' association In now claiming
all the credit of electing Ilolcomb. That
takes a very serious responsibility off the
shoulders of a lot of other fellows , and
puts the liquor dealers In the worst light
| they have ever appeared before the publlo.
j Crawford Gazette ( rep. ) : "Pic , give us
i pic , or we perlshl" Is the Incessant cry of
hordes of office-hungry democrat ! ) and popu.
, lists flnco the recent election. The great
trouble Is there Is not nearly enough pie to
go around. These hungering ones seem to
realize this fact and the ecramblo Is said
to be sickening. This Is Indeed a cold , cruel
world.
Hebron Kopubllean : The contemptible bits
of mud thrown by thai daffy organ , the
Omaha World-Herald , at Assistant Secretary
of War Melklcjohn como from a diseased
brain and as The Dec says are "simply
effervescence of small-bore apprehension lest
some eminent Nebraskan outside the furlon
fold should achieve illntlnctlon In the na
tional arena. "
Schuyler Sun : The thlrnt of some demo-
pops for office. Is so Insatiable that It will
not bo quenched. In Merrlck county the
fusion candidate for sheriff wan beaten by
fifty-four votes , the clerk by forty-two and
the clerk of the district court by eighteen.
Each has begun n contest for no other rea
son than that they want the offices and want
them badly. Here's hoping that they will
be nquelchcd. When a man is fairly beaten
ho ought to be manly enough to acknowledge
It.
Plerco Call : Populist papers Inrt week
with one accord jumped on to U. Clem
Dcavcr , the populist national commlttecman
for Nebraska , and demanded his reolgnatlou.
D. Clem Denver before election declared he
would not be a party or further the schemes
of politicians to deliver the populist party to
democracy. These populist papers now howlIng -
Ing for hie resignation base their demands
on the fact that D. Clem Is a "leech and
bloodsucker at the public crib , " a "sorehead
and Inveterate offlceseekor. " Good Lord , he
shouldn't bo condemned for that ! He
wouldn't be a good populist with those vir
tues ( ? ) eliminated.
Fremont Herald ( dem. ) : The Nebraska
City News has It "from what It considers a
reliable source" that Hon. C. J. Smyth Is
to bo appointed dean of the law school of the
State university , and that E. Benjamin An-
drewc , who Is at present at the head of the
Chicago public schools , Is to be made chan
cellor of the university. The "other side"
would doubtless say that this was all very
wrcng , but really , how would they like It
themselves ? When ono side does It , they
call It "politics ; " when the other sldo docs
It. It la "patriotism. " We think the state
school and all the state Institutions should
be kept out of politics , of any brand , as much
as possible. There isn't any of it any too
good.
Fremont Tribune ( rep. ) : The good fusion
wire pullers , who were looking for the
emoluments of the clerk of the supreme
court , which Is the best thing from a
financial point of view in the state , have
discovered that Clerk Campbell's appoint
ment runs on four-year terms and that he
has something like two and n half years yet
of hla present term. This is fixed by the
constitution , but no constitution Is tight
enough to hold any republican In office when
the fuslonlsts are In control. It may , there
fore , be taken for granted Mr. Campbell will
be given his walking papers at the earliest
moment after Holcomb and Sullivan are In
control' the supreme court. Notwithstand
ing Mr. Campbell has been a capable and
honest , in fact an Ideal , court official he can
soon be "removed for cause" when the
fuslonlsts get comfortably settled in office.
ANOTHER VERSION OF STORY
I'rlvnte OroKim liicllneil < o Doiiht Ilc-
l > or < Coiiccmlnir Colonel Me < -
cnlf'H AIlcKed Cruelty.
SPRINGFIELD , Mo. , Nov. 26. C. L. Gro-
gan , lat < ? of Company L , Twentieth Kan
sas , Is In the city visiting his parents. Con
cerning the alleged killing of a supplicating
unarmed Filipino by Colonel Mctcalf he says
ho is surprised at the statement made by
Callahan , who was his lieutenant. Grogan
says Callahan and Hall were five companies
back from where Metcalf was at the time
of the killing and could know nothing of the
matter from their own personal knowledge.
Grogan says ho and five other privates
were detailed to bury the dead Filipinos after
the battle of Caloocan. on February 10.
While be and a private , from Company I
were at work together they came upon the
body of a Filipino with a knife In his hand
who seemed to have fallen while lighting.
His companions looked at the body and
said it was the ono Metcalf had shot. Ho ]
said the fellow had boon taken prisoner
and was unruly. Metcalf stopped to talk
with him nnd 1rlcd to got him to go along.
The Filipino sprung at him with his bowle
and would have plunged It Into his body
had Motcalf not shot him Instantly.
FOR AN APPALACHIAN PARK
Appointed In I.nr < he
Mutter Ilcfore ConureNH anil Serv-
ieex of AVi > in en IJnllMleil.
BATTEUY PARK HOTEL. ASHEVILLE ,
N. C. , Nov. 20. George S. Powell , president
of the Appalachian National Park associa
tion , has appointed a committee which will
go before congress In the interest of the
proposed Appalachian National park , con
sisting of M. V. Richards of Washington ,
D. C. , N. G. Gonzales of Columbia , S. C. ,
P. A. Stovall of Savannah , M. H. Cone of
New York , E. P. McKUstck of Ashcvll ! ? ,
J. A. Holmes , state geologist of North Carolina
lina ; J. F. Hayes of Pennsylvania , A. M.
Waddell of Wilmington , N. C. , J. S. Carr of
Durham , Frank Lochran of North Carolina ,
Josophus Daniels of Raleigh , N. C. , II. S.
Harklos of Ashovllle , N. C. , S. P. Ravenel
of North Carolina. A resolution passed
asking the women of the United States to
assist In the movement to Induce congrcEO
to establish tbo national Appalachian park.
ELECTRICAL " ? AN COMBINE
Fourteen FlriiiM with n Capital of
8ar,0IOltl ( ( ( Control Hie Miiuiifiif-
ture of 1'leiitrlc Cooler * .
NEW YORK. Nov. 20. A neilos of meet
ings of the electric fan manufacturers of
Iho country have been held at the Imperial
hotel during the past week and It haa been
decided to Mtablisli a permanent organlza-
tlon under the title of the American Asso
ciation of Electrical Fan Manufacturcre.
With a view to carrying into effect the de
cisions of the meetings a provisional com
mittee has been appointed , with H. Ilurd
Cased of Marietta , Pa , as chairman. The
objects of the asac-clatlon nro lo secure bet
ter , more stable and so far as U practicable ,
uniform prlccti. The electrical fan Industry
of the country li la the hands of about four
teen firms and the capital employed In the
lujKlncBB la more than $25,000.000. All the
loading firms of the country have been repie-
ented at the meetings and It U said that
there U practical unanimity among the |
manufacturer * , I
i : < uor.s or 01 it w vi .
One of the sweet singers of Dundee , the
classic heights of Omaha dedicated lo the
muse , honors The Hee with a poetic out
burst of Indignation against the tyrannical
orders of Governor Le.iry of the forlorn Isle
of Guam. The provocation for this sonorous
ous onslaught Is to be found In certain or
ders of the governor requiring the natives
lo forsake a lifo of Idleness and ease ; to get
"a move on , " to hustle , to tickle the fruit
ful Boll with spade or plow and ralfe fodder
for themselves and Incidentally for pigs ,
chickens , etc. The poets of Dundee ate
peculiarly fitted to nro the popular heart
against the ceaseless linstp , the strife and
struggle of modern life. From yon lofty'
perch they can look over Intervening space
and behold the emoklng clouds of Indu-try
that Bhcd Ilakcfl of ebony on Omaha's hust
ling multitude. They can observe the jostling
ling throngs , pulling , hurrying In every di
rection In search of the festive dollar. No
wonder the unseemly scramble , the sordid
zeal for Uncle Sam's I. 0. U. , arouses Indlgj
nation In souls far removed from Ignoble
strife. No wonder they protest against the
threatened desecration of Guam's sac-ed
foil with America's high-pressure system
of life.
The poet contends In vigorous phrnseJI
that work Is an enemy of ideal existence ,
and while appreciating the misfortune of
those obliged to work , Insists that If the
chalnn of toll are to be forged on the limbs
of a defenseless people they should bo per
mitted to chose more aesthetic occup.itlons
than Governor Leary nominates.
Space forbids the publication of the entire
poem. Besides , Its publication might pro-
volte more Inspired lines In that locality.
An eminent poet once remarked that In
spiration Is a genteel name for hard woik.
As the Dundee poet rebels against work , to
encourage him would destroy the force of
his metrical remarks. We append the cloa-
Ing lines of his bugle blast , to show the lofty
pitch of bis muse :
Oh , Lenry , Lenry ,
You make me weary.
Coming back to the plane of the common
people from the eyrlo of Pegasus , It Is In
order to drop n few words of friendly advice
to the governor of Guam : Hownro of the
ambition to become a hero. These are ttou-
blcsome times for heroes. Wo loveJ them .
for the dangers they have passed. Distance
lent enchantment to their deeds ; wo placed
them on lofty pedestals , sang their praises
In countless songs , loaded them with houses ,
loving-cups , swords , medals , etc. , and
smothered them with shouts nnd adulation.
But when they came and settled down to
stay awhile , and the tumult and the shout
ing passed away , they could not live up to
the public Ideal , They were themselves
just ordinary men. Babbling tongues ,
prompted by envy nnd malice , were set In
motion and soon the country was scandal
ized and sickened by shallow controversies ,
shocking charges , cruel Innuendoes and cal
low criticism. No hero of the war has es
caped. If any warrior still at the front has
an Itching for a halo , a desire to pluck glory
from the cannon's mouth , some kind friend
should whisper In his ear the solemn cau
tion : Don't !
Apropos of the latest discreditable evi
dence of mercurial public temper , a South
Omaha contributor sends The Bee a clipping
from the Chicago Drovers' Journal , which ,
lie says , "Is so full of good hard sense
according to my way of thinking so pointed
In Its dealing with that damphool thing , the
American public , that I would like to have
It given a circulation as wide as The Bee's. "
Here it Is :
"The people who inaugurated the scheme
of presenting Admiral Dewey a house were
misguided ; the admiral , in agreeing to ac
cept It , was misguided ; when he made that
hasty transfer he w'as misguided , and when
the people Jumped onto him roughshod
over the matter , they were misguided. It
was a piece of fool business from start to
finish , and very small business at that. As
a rule mercurial people who are ready to
make an Idol of a hero and to shower at
him contributions he doesn't need , are the
very first to turn and rend him when ho
shows by some small , thoughtless action
that ho Is human after all. To thinking ,
sensible people Dewey was no god when he
was on his triumphant return from Manila ,
and he Is no devil now that he has gotten
mixed up with the people who think a 10-
cent subscription to a fool fund entitles them
to forever after keep a string on the dime. "
OAUnYIXO COAI < TO XKWCASTMC.
Annuinea neiv MeniiliiK In Ihe I < l iht
of I'jTlMlnir KnutN.
Philadelphia Record.
More thaa thirty years ago much alarm
was created In Great Britain by a statement
made by a prominent economist to the effect
that the supply of coal was In danger of he-
coming exhausted within less than a hun
dred years. Thereupon a royal commlssl-n
wag appointed to Investigate this Important I
matter , and after a lapee of five years of
j
study and investigation a report was made I
stating that at the then existing rate of I
consumption the coal supply would net be In
langer of exhaustion In less than 1,273 years. 1
1
This was In 1871 , and tlie Immediate effect
was to give a sense of security to the pcoplo
and lo bring Into disfavor the vleus of so-
called alarmists. More recently , however ,
a number of Independent estimates have been
made reducing the time of posslblo exbajs-
tlon of the coal fields very materially. On
October 11 a "Blue Book" was If-sued by ( ha
homo ofllco giving the output or an minorats
In the United Kingdom during the last year ,
and in this volume oneof her majeiily's Inspectors
specters of mines , Dr. C. Lo Novo Foster , de
clared that ho would bo lacking In his duty
If he should fail to repeat the plain warning
of such an authority as W. T. Foster Brown ,
who In his paper upon "Our Coal Supplies"
stated emphatically that in another fifty
years that Is to say , within the lifetime of
many now living the dearth of cheap coal
would begin to be felt. In commenting upon
this etatcracnt the London Engineer Rays
that , while not disposed to take an alarmist
view of the situation , U Is constrained to
declare that the husbanding of the coal re
sources has become a question of national
Importance. The Engineer adds :
"In America , In Russia , In China and O'BO-
where there are immense supplies of coal
as yet untouched. It will bo with coal as It
with wheat. At first '
was we were nel'-sup
plying ; then we bought from abroad. Mean
while by nil means do not let UB be too ex
travagant ! "
i The old raying about "carrying coals to
j Newcastle " may assume a new mranlnt ; In
tlio light of these facts , and that which was
originally considered an absurd propoal Ion
may In the not far distant future come to b3
an everyday occurrence. Blti : < mlnous coal I )
today cheaper In this country than In Gnat
Britain , and It docs not require much ntrctch
of the Imagination to conceive of the p ail-
blllty , In these daye of cheap ocean frrl lit-
Ing , that coal may become a regular nrt'cio
{ of export from this country lo Great Britain , j
) During a strike of the Welsh miners , about
two years ago , coal from Virginia was ex
ported to England , and Its steaming quality
was found to compare favorably with that of
the Weigh coal. Nova Scotia coal Is now be
ing extensively mined at Cope Breton , and
Immense wharves are being cciutructed at
1 Sidney , with coal-handling appliances of the
latest design and largest capacity. The Capj
Breton coal deposits are controlled by a BCH-
ton syndicate , and we bavo tea son to believe
that the exportation of coal and coke to Great
p
Britain on a large scale. Is contemplated. The
( 'ape Breton coul does not , howo\e. . compare
In quality for steaming imrpoip.i with the
fame us I'ocaliontuB coal of Virginia , tut the
coke made from this coal IB raid lo be alnost
equal to Connclltfvllle coke ,
Great Britain baa already become , In B
largo degree , dependent Upon foreign Iron
ores , and wlnn she shall also have bcomo
dependent upon foreign coal the losltlon
which she malntftlned for years ns a leading
producer of Iron and steel will iicc.sswully
bo materially affected. Indeed. < ? lgns of this
approaching change are already apparent.
AS TO TIIIJ PAI'KK TIlfST.
A Crnoplntr Co ml. In.41ml Denrrvr *
the Attention of Cointreau.
Kansas C'ty Star.
A monopoly that will ha\e to finht In con-
Krcv > 3 at the coming session for Its right
to charge the American people inoro for a
commodity than they would have to pay
' for It if permitted to buy It abroad is the
Paper trust. It has a capitalization of $5.V
000.000 , which Is said to bo fully three times
the value of its plants. U controls olmcat
all the paper mills in the country and re
cently has been steadily advancing prices.
The tariff on paper Is not as great nn the
duty on many other articles , but It Is suf-
, flclcnt to give to the trust more profit than
j 1 It U entitled to , and the- publishing com-
| i panlra of the United States arc disposed to
' make a spontaneous demand on congress
|
i for the abolition of thlw tariff , so that the
I I exactions of .the trust may at lenM be llm-
I lied by the prices at which foreign-made
paper may be brought to ( his country free
of duty.
J i The Import tax on paper Is purely a pro-
' tcetlvo tariff. It yields prncttrnlly no rev
enue at all to the government. Thn coun
try Imports J,000,000 worth of paper of
I all kinds annually , nnd cxportu $ r,500,000. ;
I Almcst all the Imported paper | lltho-
I graphed or printed in some other way , or
Is of a special character. The mills of thn
United Btatca produce about K'0,000,000
i worth of poper annually , and by reason of
a duty Imposed solely for the purpose of
i keeping the foreign article out nnd not for
j I revenue purpofcs the manufacturer. " ! are
able to sell their product for about zr per
rent more tbnn they would bo able to get
if the tariff did not exist. In other words ,
the law onnblpi ) them to collect from .every
consumer of their product the amount of tax
that the government collects from the people -
plo on the Insignificant amount of paper
that they purchase In foreign countries.
The manifest injustice of this must bo ap
parent to everyone. There Is no excuse
for the tariff on paper , even from the standpoint -
point of the protectionist hlmsHf unless
ho happens to be a paper manufacturer as
well as a protectionist for it Is manifest
that a corporation which Is capitalized for
more than three times the value of Us prop
erty nnd completely controls the home mar
ket Is able to make a normal manufacturer's
profit without any governmental aid.
I.1XKS TO A I.
Cleveland Plain Denier " '
: "I didn't know
Doxer was so howleggcil. "
"He wasn't until a few days ago. Ho i
went to nieep In the sun and that wooden
leg of his warped. "
Chicago Record : "Why did the beautiful
Miss Punk have two weddliiK ceremonies ? "
"The blogrnph man was late , so they had
to go through the service again. "
Detroit Free Press : "As wo sot older we i
think less of oursflves. "
"That'i because we've bnd time to eel
thorouchly well "
Chicago Post : "it seems strange , that you
never received a proposal of mnrringc , " r < -
m.irked the sarcastic sirl.
"Who t-ays 1 never reoelved a proposal of
marriage ? " demanded the other.
"why , no one , of course , hut I've always
understood that you arp u spinster. "
Somervlllp Journal : Mrs. Housewife
And BO you have fully decided to bp mar
ried. Bridget. Have , you ronslilered that
innrrlnse Is a sorlout * thing ?
Bridget Yes , mum. I've been watching
you ami Mr. Housewife.
.SlICCCHN III Itlto.
Chlcaeo Tribune.
Ribbon counter girl. Her weekly wage ,
Three plunks.
Married wealthy man of middle age-
Old Hunks.
Jewels now upon her may be Been
In chunks.
And she takes , when traveling , nineteen
BlfT trunks.
TIIUIIl WOIUIIES.
S. E. Klser In the Tlnics-Heralil
She mot him at the door and frowned ,
Her heart was full of woe :
She was n rhlld of trouble , and
She freely told him so.
The gown that fhe h.i 1 hoped to wear
Would not bp done that nlsht :
She fretted and she fumed and there
Were tears that blurred her right.
Slui wanted him lo svmpathUe :
A'us. tht man sut down ,
A < - though there were no such thing as
An uncompleted gown.
He merely Razed away at space
And twirled his thumbs nor fviw
The bitter tearw that strpnked her face.
Nor seemed to care a Htrnw. \
She left the soulless wretch and threw
Herself upon her bed.
And mourned that she was treated K >
And wished that she were dead.
'Ah ' , men are selfish bruttH ! " nbe sluhoil ,
"Who neither think nor rnre ! "
And , with a brenklnc heait. nho cried
'Twos more than she could bear.
Hn at and twirled his thumbs nnd looked
At nsmethlntf far nn-ay ;
Tomorrow there would bo a note
They'd call on him to pny
A tioto for thousands more than he
Could hope to steal or borrow !
Upstairs. Elonc , mistreated , Hho
Kept pouring out her sorrow.
The top coats that
we have made for our
boy-friends this season
are just like the men's
coats in cut and style.
It isn't all boys'
clothing that has the
distinctive style that
the youngsters appre
ciate. Ours has ,
For boys of from 5
to 10 , the prices are
from $4,00 to $10.00.
RELIABLE AND EXCLUSIVE fUR-
NISIIERS.