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u-lhH-t .u-rm-au-ly the
insist on
TintMojilo of Omnlia slioultl
i iMn" HIP t H bridgecroctcd by HIP i
lallionds mm llutnuUs that sepnr.itt'
C two di-p.ts past of tlio Tenth stiect )
vhuUn-t.
The inllls orT"iig7ossaioagnin grlud-
In the prosperity that
liif ; and sliaililg
has pnv.-lopxl the other mills since the
took active
admlnistiatiin
M.Ivinlp.v .
contiol ot national uffalia.
foiviPSMiian Uoborts may dorlvo snt-
IsftK-lhJn in Knowlnu that the great poet
obvom-d that vvhllP some men are born
aohlovo greatness , still
gu-it ; and otheis
thrust upon thorn.
otheis have gicatnos-B
The bounties of the two-depot system
fai Ins one set of tracks come to light
niMlu in the aiuin einent by which
transfetrliiK from one
e\eiy passenger
to the other Is to be held up for HO cents
for each trunk carried.
The chief of police of Santiago do
Culm paiaded the streets of that town
Sunday with 150 uniformed policemen ,
while the Omaha chief can scarcely
muster half that number. And yet
Omaha has at least live times the popu
lation of Santiago.
Iowa not enl > nilsed a big crop of corn ,
but Is raising a huge number of towns
nlong the lines' of now railways -which
I IM > been or are being built In the
state. They aie RI owing like corn in
August and the town lot boomers arc
piepatlng to i ap a harvest.
The Washington forecasters can now-
put In their time telling what congtess
Is going to do the ne.\t day. Congress
geneially docs something else than out
lined In the forecaster's program , but
Uu > guessing furnishes amusement for a
number of people and does not Incon-
veiik'nce congtess In the least.
With the \allant trust-smashing at-
lornov general out of fhe state for sev
eral weeks the corporate combinations
may be expected to overrun Nebraska
without obstiuctlon. The return of the
attorney geneial will then bo hailed like
the advent of St. Patrick when Iieland
was oppressed by an Invasion of biiakos.
Paul Vandcnoort has suddenly pio-
Jected himself Into a scheme of benevo
lence in which ho doubtless expects to
be the chief benellclary under pretense
of organl/.Ing a memorial otphanage for
Cuban cliildien which shall bear the
name of the late Mrs. Thmston. Van-
deivoort has for some time past been
the promoter of a Cuban colonl/lng
agency , which Is to'tibo. tl/b / pioposed or
phanage as nn advertising medium.
The largest sale of wool ever made
In the west Is leported from St. Louis.
It Is said that the wool sold at1 cents
a pound move than it could have been
nmikotcd for three months ago and fully
double the prlco it could have com
manded tineo years ago , befoio the elec
tion of MoKlnley A\as an assuied fact ,
Yet fieo tiaders persist In denying that
the tariff has proved beneficial to Amer
ican farmeis as well as to American
manufacturers und American working-
men.
The- binning question by which pa-
tions of the Omaha High school and the
noiud of iMucation aio confronted cannot -
not bo snuffed out by icprlntlng opin
ions of School Supoilntendent Pearso In
fnv. r of tiiplleato high school buildings.
That Ibsuo has been disposed of until
Omalm'H population shall have been
dnibled and It.s taxable valuation shall
have icached not less than one hundred
millions. The only question befoio the
house just now Is the dissolution of the
Injunction In the district cotut and the
piosecutlon of the woik laid out by the
board for the erection of the. wlut ; to the
High bihool building.
TUR
Perhaps It cliould not have be < n HPC
ownrr for Secretary of the Navy Long
< o urge upon congress the duty of prop
crly recognizing and rewarding the
Santiago naval heroes and doubtless It
would not have been but for the un
fortunate controversy as to who was
entitled to the greater credit for the
destruction of Cprvpra's sqtindion. Had
this controversy not arisen It Is not to
bo doubted that what congress did In
recognition of the gallantry of the
nnvnl forces at Manila would have been
extended to the Santiago heroes , who
no less dcsene to bo thus honored.
It Is not too late , however , to give
the men who participated In the de
struction of Spain's most formidable
fleet just recognition and proper toward
nnd undoubtedly this will bo done If
there Is no moie of thp unseemly dis
pute which Is responsible for the fallute
of the last congress to take such action.
There will bo no dissent from what
Secretary Long says regarding the naal
operations at Santiago. It was , as he
states , "a campaign of gioat scope and
enormous responsibilities" and was
"marked by unsurpassed precision ,
brilliancy and vigor. " It was one of the
most Illustrious achievements In naval
annals. The American people honor
the men who participated In It and
there Is no one who does not think
they should receive the recognition they
merit , but this must bo perfectly fair
and Impartial. The people believe that
there Is 111 that memorable event
"honor enough for all" and any effort
to specially glorify and exalt OHP man
should and will fall.
We have taken no part In the Samp-
son-Schlcy controversy. Wo have re
garded It as most unfortunate for those
distinguished olllcers and for the navy.
It Is to ho hoped that there Is an end
to It , that the friends and admirers of
these olllcers will have the good sense
to lot It rest. If this shall be done the
present congress may bo expected to
justly recognize and reward the San
tiago hetoes and perhaps no one can
do more than Secretary Long to bring
this about.
OiV 111B ItECUHDS
The financial bill was introduced in
the house yesterday , but It will of
coutse receive no consideration until
the committees arc formed , when it will.
U Is presumed , be refer : ed to the bankIng -
Ing and currency committee. It will
then probably be promptly reported to
( he house ano\ taken up for cousldeia-
tlon. Discussion of the mcasuio Is not
Hkoly to bo protracted and Its passage
by the house Is probable before the holi
days. Meanwhile acurrency * bill will
bo Introduced In the senate and will
doubtless remain In the hands of the
finance committee of that body until
the house has acted upon Its measuie.
It Is now seen that the bill that will
Ilnally bo passed will bo the result of a
conference , but there appears to bo no
doubt that It will contain the essential
features of the house caucus measure ,
though there are republican senators
who are not disposed to go so far in
regard to fixing the gold standard. In
view of the fact , however , that repub
lican sentiment In the country Is over
whelmingly In favor of an unequivocal
declaration of the gold standard , as con
tained in the house bill , it Is hardly
probable that the senators who think
something less than this will do will
make any seilous opposition to the pie
posed legislation.
The free silver men , It Is stated , aie
exceedingly pleased with the decision of
the house republicans to pass a bill fix
ing the gold standard In law , for the
reason that such action will he certain
to bring forward fice silver as
the dominant Issue In the next na
tional campaign. They say that no
matter what the senate may do they
ptopose to take the passage of a gold
standard bill In the house as represent
ing the republican position on the inonej
question. As now Indicated fiee silver
will be an Issue In the national cam
paign whether a gold standatd bill Is
passed or not , but such legislation will
deprive that Issue of the Injurious ef
fect It would otherwise have. With a
law fixing the gold standard , scenic
for at least six years , n free silver cam
paign will not disturb financial or busi
ness confidence.
A A'EEDKD FUbTAL REPOttM
Postmaster General Smith renews the
recommendation of several of his picdo-
cossois for reform In respect to matter
sent through the malls as sccqnd class ,
which has reached enormous proper
tions. Ho declares that this Is the most
urgent need of the postal service and
the one thing required to make the
service self-supporting. The figiues
presented to prove this seem to be con
clusive. The postal deficit for the last
fiscal year was .fO.OlO.OOO. The postmaster -
master general says that the abuse of
the second-class matter privilege In
volves a waste of $20,000,000 or upward
a year. If this estimate he coirect the
question of reform In this direction Is
manifestly very Important. Perhaps
the exclusion from the pound rate of the
matter which the postmaster general
believes not to bo entitled to that rate
would not result In Increasing the postal
revenue to the extent of the estimated
waste , but If it should benefit the
revenue to only half that amount It
would bo a gain tlmt would enable the
department to make valuable impiovo-
menls In the service which the constantly -
stantly Increasing demands upon It call
for.
for.The
The postmaster general says that as
the result of careful Inquiry It Is be
lieved that fully one-half of the matter
mailed us second class and paid for at
the pound rate Is not propelly second
class within the Intent of the law , the
total amount of such mutter in the last
fiscal year having been 170,000,000
pounds. It cannot ho doubted that the
law has been gl\cn a latitude In this
respect which it was not Intended to
havo. A great number of publications
are admitted to the malls as second-
class matter , paying but 1 cent a pound ,
that tinder a btrlct construction of the
law would be excluded from that class ,
but the iihn > p has become HO firmly
established that it Is doubtful If it can
bo remedied. Ilepented efforts have
been made In congress to secure
remedial legislation , but those who
profit by tlio abuse ha c been Influential
enough to prevent action. It Is a ques
tion In which the genpral public really
takes no Interest or very little. The
people do not care parllculatly whether
the service Is self-supporting or not ,
their only concern being In legard to Its
elllcleney , nnd so long as there Is no
public complaint as to this the icp-
re entatl\es of the people are Indifferent
about cot reeling even a palpable wiong
which Is glowing ftom jear to year.
Possibly Postmaster General Smith ,
who shows a most earnest desire that
the abuse ho points out shall be
remedied , will be able to secuie from
the present congress the needed legisla
tion , but he will find opposed to him
formidable Inlluences and n discourag
ing lack of popular Interest and sup
port.
T VMAIIA HEKUS MOST
It Is not to be expected that all men
In any community will agtce on every
project 01 suggestion calculated to pro
mote the public welfare. There Is , how
ever , n giatlfylug consensus of opinion
among the business men of Omaha In
favor of ceitaln policies and enteiprises
which commend thcmsehes to popular
approval. A recent round-up among
business men by the Ironing News has
dtawn out a vailety of e.\ptesslons on
what Omaha needs most , which fuinlsh
a fair rellex of sentiment among men
who are acthely Intoiosted in building
up the c-lty.
The Keynote of what Omaha needs
most was stiuck by Mr. Euclid Mai tin
when he dcclaiod that the most vuluer-
ible spot in Omalm'H make-up has been
the lack of unity of action and purpose ,
which never can bo attained until Its
citizens btop lighting among themselves
urn get together. From the puictical
standpoint the iccommondations made
> y Mr. M. O. Peters doubtless hit the
mil on the head most eflectlvely. From
ils point of view Omaha needs ;
1. The reorganization of the Cpmmerclal
ilub , not necessarily eliminating the social
caturcs , but combining solidly all business
ntereats and pCMSessIng thp positive back-
ng ot the allied commercial strength of
South Omaha and Omaha.
2. A promotion company , properly organ-
zed , to secure the location of now jobbing
md manufacturing Industries , and partlcu-
arly to do\elop extensive planting of sugar
wets , without which the establishment of a
boot sugar factory Is a problem still un-
ohcd.
3 A street railway skirting the western
precincts connecting the northern and south
ern portions of the city and South Omaha.
1. The perfection of the shortest possible
roadnay to facilitate trafllo between South
Omaha and Omaha.
5. A boulevard connecting all the nearby
parks , traversliiE the best portion of the
residence district and accessible from the
heart of the city by the route that will make
the best Impression on visitors.
6. An auditorium , giving an opportunity
to secure large conventions , leading opera
companies , horse shows and other features
of Instruction and amusement for the benefit
of the general public and the advertisement
of Omaha
7. A market house centrally located.
8. The education of the masses to the com
prehension that the patronage of the prod
ucts of home institutions ultimately results
to the advantage of the Cjnsumer.
9. More efficient fire and police protection.
Last , but not least , the awakening of a
true spirit of municipal patriotism , a unity
j of purpose unselfish In Its devotion to gen
eral progress , combining elements that will
force the realization of the projects sug
gested.
Each and all of these suggestions have
ftom time to time been made and fie-
quently urged by this paper and will
continue to bo advocated until they Mull
mateilalize. The coming year is full of
promise to Omaha. This city is on the
turning pojnt of unparalleled substantial
' giowth and Its enteipilslng citizens
should be alive to their opportunity.
With a full knowledge of Its needs
I Omaha should press forward tow aid its
goal In solid array and vie with Its most
I enterprising and public-spirited rivals
In the race for commercial supremacy.
Superintendent Peaiso favored three
high school buildings for Gi eater
Omaha , but thiee high school buildings
mean the purchase of two more high
school sites , the heating of two new
buildings , the employment of throe sets
of high school Janltois and last , but not
least , thieo separate corps of teachers
and a corresponding Unvoting of the
standard of high school education un- j
less the city were In position to enormously - ,
mously Incieaso Its butdeu of taxation.
The tiiplleato high school scheme Is ,
however , no longer a subject for prac
tical discussion. The pioposltlon was
tabled last year when the people voted
? lf)0,000 ) In bonds for the erection of a
wing to the existing High school , which
In as near the center of Omaha as any
location accessible to the sheet railway
systems.
A few months ago our conscientious
county attorney was paiadlng himself
as the enemy of all lawbreakers , pub
licly announclnu his Intention to see to
It that no gambling should take place In
this county during his Incumbency of
olllcc. Now ho Is out with a self-Im
posed Interview In the organ of the gang
apologizing for allowing open gambling
to go on unmolested In South Omaha.
This Is another case wheie promise and
performance aie not the same.
Philadelphia Is an aspirant for repub
lican national convention honois. It
guarantees , in case tlio convention
comes there , that the ralhoads will stop
all tialns at the city depot during the
convention and that delegates who re
main up late at night will not bo dis
turbed In their morning slumbeis by
any undue nolso on iho streets. It as-
bines the country that there Is no place
where those who attend can have as
quiet a time.
South Omaha Is finding itself con
fronted with a pioblem which will bo
dllllcult of solution unless the people of
that city cut loose from the political pi
rates who have woiked It for their own
l > eisonal gain. Its debt Is growing
faster than Its ability to pay through
the medium of taxation and In spite of
this It Is compelled to do without the
lire and police protection which the
magnitude of the UitoicstB Involved de
mands. Rut one rational way exists out
of the difficulty and tlmt Is to become
an Integral part of Omaha and do away
with thp dual city governments , which
for South Omaha Is n burden without
adequate compensation.
Washington society experts would
have a new problem to solve should
Congressman Iloberts bring his family
to the city. The question of prece
dence Is always a disturbing ono In the
capital city. The standing of the nu
merous Mrs. Uoberts Is one which has no
precedents for guidance. The proper
form of calling card for the several and
distinct wives Is aK0 another problem.
The social world will watch with consld-
eiablo Inlciest the efforts to settle these
vexed questions. Congress can wait fo
the solution of ( he right of Iloberts to
sit In the lower house , but affairs of the
official social world will biook no dc
lay.
The populist machine In South Da
kola Is having as much difficulty keep
lug the old-time warhorses of the parlj
In line as In Nebraska. The natlona
commlttceman fiom that state Is not
entirely In sympathy with their moth
oils nnd a loud call Is made by the ma
chine men that he reslpn. The populist
machine does not allow any gieat lib
eity of thought or action to the mem-
hois of the parly. They must keep In
the band-wagon and play the machine
tune or walk.
The Installation of David B. Hender
son of Iowa as speaker of the national
house of lepiesontatlves Is specially
gtatlfying to The Hoc. The 15ee was
the first newspaper outside of his own
state to espouse the candidacy of the
eminent low an , who has several times
taken occasion to make acknowledg
ment of The Bee's proud privilege.
All Klniln oil Tnp.
New York World.
The Cubans don't want a , civil governor.
Well , we can furnish them oevoral uncivil
ones. There li nothing monotonous about
our official timber.
An O\crzculi > un Lrxmlloril.
San Tranclsco Call
A stubborn German landlord threatens to
turn United States Ambassador White , bag
ind baggage , out of doors from his Berlin
home. Mlno host probably does not know
that the kaiser has Just paid a social call
upon the American duchess of Marlborough
nnd that the German and American eagles
are striving to scream In harmony.
The Ariui In Culm.
Indianapolis Journal.
General Wood's recommendation that the
American army in Cuba bo reduced 20 per
cent Is In accordance with his generally
vvlso and conservative administration In
Santiago. Such a reduction will reduce ex
penses and bo a practical assurance to
Cubans of the Intention of the United States
to withdraw- from the Island entirely us
econ as the work of pacification and recon
struction Is complete.
Si iHllenff MIUcr'N Lonir Ilnnl.
New York World
The record of twenty-three business1 days
of the "Franklin ' " '
Syndicate's" spider's web
shows that the receiptsucrc $131,000 and
the outgoes $138,000 mainly for "Interest"
| to keep the flies quletinnd bring more to the
j net. This left a profit for this brief time
alone of $793,000. Does this not help to
I explain how Miller escaped ? And what an
enormous number of gudgeons the record
f
reveals !
Illlilc in the .School * .
Buffalo J3xpress.
It Is expected that the supreme court of
Nebraska will be called upon to decide
whether the reading of the blblo In tha
public schools is a violation of the constitu
tion , which declares that the schools shall
be non-sectarian. This Is a question that
has appeared In many states and the best
opinion seems to be that there may be r.n
element of sectarianism In the indiscrim
inate use of the bible.
CnnnolliliiUon of Ilnllrmuln.
Philadelphia Record
The great railroad companies of the coun
try are beginning to see the advantage of
agreeing to agree. President Cow en of the
lialtlmoro & Ohio company puts the case
felicitously , Ho says "Competition among
railroads In the future will bo In facilities ,
not In rates. " Slnco the companies are for
bidden to pool their business , they may undertake -
| dortako to accomplish security by pooling
their properties following the tendency to
consolidation observable throughout the
world In great buslnasH undertakings.
AVIiorc tlie rinur COIIICH Down.
Boston Advertiser
The principle that the American flag
shall never bo hauled down In territory
vsbero 1 ( has once floated evidently doei
not apply to a largo part of the Samoan
Islands. In the principal Islands of that
group the American flag Is to be hauled
down , and Is to stay hauled down. No
spasms of Indignation or of righteous horror
ror are prostrating the American people
In consequence. A few American newspapers -
papers , It Is true , are Indulging In "traltoi-
ous" language , but most people In thin
country seem to think that tbcro Is extra
reason for thankfulness on Thursday , lu
the consciousness that most of the load of
Samoan trouble has bcon shouldered off
upon Germany.
MST WI2M < C.NOUUII AJ.OJVn.
T\o KiitnnulInK Allliiiiccn with Ktiro-
Iirnu I'ovrrrn In Clilnii.
Baltimore American
A sphere of.Influence for the United States
fieemf , to bo desired by certain powers who
nro now moat Interested In China , and they
art ) sounding our government to know how
this country stands on the subject. This Is
nnothor evidence that this nation , since the
war with Spain , has become In the eyes of
foreigners a inoro Important factor In In
ternational matters. ' What they mean by
"sphero of Influence" in their own cases la
more territory , and If the United States can
bo Induced to accept a slice In the general
carving up of the empire It would rnuko
mattois simpler , perhaps , for those powers
which nro anxiously watching one another
In ttift east.
This country wants no territory In China.
Hero the reckoning must be made with 11m
people , through their representatives nt
Washington. There Is no ovorelen to re- ,
cldo offhand what lie would like to do It
la al'mcBt Impossible to Imagine that con-
grew would vote to enter Into any scheme
In which land In China Is Involved. The
political effect of such a move would be dis
astrous for the party timt attempted It.
ThU country has as large a contract on Its
Imnda In the east as It can handle In dealIng -
Ing with the 10,000,000 of people In the Phil
ippines. What we want in China la to trade
with the people there on terms as advan
tageous as these posseeeed by any olher na
tion If the open door means fair and open
competition to eupply China's millions with
American goods the United States will ac
cept as liberal terms as can bo huJ. It will
be more profltablo to sell goods in China
than to run the risk of going to war at
some time In the future.
AM , iMtAisn THIS iM.rvrn vrnn HUB.
Gibbon Hcportcr Last Sunday's Illus
trated Omnlia Bee v as n marker Within It *
handsome covers was a tenet of good things
for the eye and mind.
Valley Enterprise-- The Thanksgiving
number of The Omaha Illustrated Bee , which
appeared last Sunday , was n magnificent
holiday edition and nicely Illustrates the
wonderful progress that is being made In
the newspaper profession
Bloomlngton Echo1 The Illustrated Bee
of last Sunday was Issued as a Thanksgiving
number and was a marvel of neatness from
all standpoints It was printed In colors
/and / was of the finest workmanship. The
I Bco is a great newspaper.
i Aurora Ilcpubllcatr The Thanksgiving
I number of The Omaha Illustrated Bco Is a
i handsome piece of printing nnd Is full of
I Interesting reading. This feature of Thti Oeo
1 Is gaining them new business over the state
and Is proving most successful
North Ix > up Loyalist The Omaha Illus
trated Bee Is the best thing of the kind pub
lished In the west and It should bo In every
Nebraska home The Thanksgiving edition ,
published last Sunday , Is a marvel Sample
copies may bo seen at this office.
Ord Times The Omaha Illustrated Bee
of Sunday was a thing of beauty and a joy
forever. The Bee people fairly outdid them
selves In their effort to get out an'up-to-
date magazine Head The Illustrated Bee
and the Valley County Times nnd jou will
wear diamonds
Cambridge Clarion The Illustrated mag-
nzlno Issued with last Sundav's Bco was a
Thanksgiving number. It was simply elab
orate from n standpoint of art and liter
ature. The Illustrated Bee Issued with
every Sunday edition Is becoming Immensely
and deservedly popular.
Junlata Herald- Last Sunday's Illustrated
Omaha Bco was the Thanksgiving number
and It was by all odds the finest thing of Its
kind ever Issued bj any newspaper. The
Bee Is ttrlctly up-to-date and Its enterprise
In giving Us patrons the most news and
the boat of everything accounts for its great
popularity.
Konnard Enterprise1 The Thanksgiving
number of The Omaha Illustrated Bee , which
came out last Sundaj , was something grand
to look at. The frontispiece wna ImleeJ a
beauty. The half-tono engravings , of which
there were a number , were superb. With
out doubt It nas the handsomest holiday
edition by any paper.
Mason City Transcript : The Thanksgiv
ing edition of The Illustrated Omaha Bee
was a very attractive number. The paper was
elegantly and artistically Illustrated and
contained handsome half-tono engravings of
many prominent Nebraskans The Illustrated
Bco Is a feature of Nebraska's great dally
that Is appreciated by the reading public.
Wnusa Gazette The Thanksgiving num
ber of The Omaha Illustrated Bee Is on our
exchange table. It Is a beautiful art souve
nir and reflects much credit upon Its pub-
Ishcrs. It Is chockful of excellent photo
reproductions , short stories and pen sketch .
Wo know ofno other paper that Issues so
attractive an art supplement each week as
The Omaha Bee.
Pawnee PressSunday's Thanksgiving
number of The Omaha Illustrated Bee v\as a
most excellent publication. The various
[ lustrations and appropriate articles pub-
Ished were complimentary In the extreme
o the enterprise of The Bco Publishing ccm-
iany , which Is ahvajs up-to-dato with 'he
atcst news and finest illustrations knonn in
he newspaper world.
Nelson Gazette. The Thanksgiving num-
> er of The Omaha Illustrated Bee Is the
icst yet produced by the publishers. It
onslsts of twenty pages of highly Interest-
ng reading matter and Is beautifully Illus-
rated throughout. The cover is printed In
olors. As a whole the number does great
redlt to the publishers and wo believe is
he finest Issue we have over seen published
n the west.
Humboldt Leader : The Sunday edition of
The Omaha Bee was a Thanksgiving num-
icr of more than usual Interest and was
ecelvcd with many expressions of appro-
latlon by the numerous readers of that
apcr in this section. The Illustrated Bco
was a whole magazine in Itself and con-
alned Illustrations and articles of more
than ordinary Interest to Nebraskans. The
Bee Is a winner at all times.
Sheridan ( Wjo. ) Post- The illustrated
Thanksgiving number of The Omaha Bee Is
another good mark of progress which en
titles this up-to-date publication to much
praise. The number In question is a work
of art throughout and within its covers arc
many fine Illustrations of diversified subjects
of Interest which are from tlio pen of our
most talented writers Wo return thanks
for the elegant copy of the publication.
Table Rock Argus1 The Thanksgiving
number of The Omaha Illustrated Bo ? , which
appeared last Sunday , was a beauty , and
from title page to outside back was filled
with Interesting matter elaborately Illus
trated. The Bee Is showing commendable
enterprise and easily maintains its position
as the leading newspaper of the Transmls-
slsslppl valley and Us special Thanksgiving
number Is ono of the practical proofs of this
statement.
Tlldon Citizen1 The Thanksgiving num
ber of The Omaha Bee was a masterpiece
ot Journalistic enterprise and mechanical
excellence. It contained "something of every
thing" In the way of reading matter , the
Illustrations were copious and form a group
of realistic pictures not daubs. Taken al
together , no bettor descriptive advertise
ment of the state could well be Imagined
than this production of the most thoroughly
equipped newspaper In the west
Dakota City Eagle The Omaha Illustrated
Bco of last Sunday was ono of tbo handsom
est papers ever published In the stato. It
contained a number of finely printed half
tones of many prominent Nebraskans now In
Washington , among them United States Sen
ator Thureton and his new brldo , Aeslstant
Secretary of War Melklcjohn , cx-Congrees-
man Andrews , now holding a position In the
Treasury department , and others , besides
many other pictures of Interest. The paper
contains nearly a hundred columns of bright ,
Intel cstlng reading , The Bco Is a hummer.
Pargo ( N D. ) Porum : Every Sunday The
Omaha Bco Issues a splendid supplement with
Us dally , but for the current week , Novem
ber 26 , a Thanksgiving number of twenty-
four pages of news and regular matter ,
comes an Illustrated supplement of twenty
pages , with Illuminated cover of as many
colors as reported of Joseph's coat. What
ever may bo said of a first-class , up-to-dato
dally may bo said of The Omaha Bee. Omaha
ought to be exceedingly proud of Its representative
sentative/ dally grown so great because of
the ability , energy and liberality of Us
superb management. Editor Hosowator In
a practical , cverjday worker. The Bee has
a sworn circulation of over 24,000 and seems
worthy of all of It.
Chadron Journal. The Omaha Bally Bee
Is ono of the great newspapers of the coun
try It has but few equals and no superiors.
It la pro-omlnently a newspaper. The regu
lar readers of Tbo Omaha Bee need ne er
bo behind tbo times H la up-to-dato every
morning It not only finds out what Is going
on over tbo world , but the facts obtained
from all attainable sources are edited with
care and ability The Thanksgiving num
ber of The Illustrated Bee , which appeared
last Sunday , is the handsomest and mcst
entertaining holiday edition which has eier
come to this office. The articles , "Speaker
Henderson's Chlefest Hobby. " "Boor Prep
arations for South Africa War" and "Al
falfa Fields , the Gold Jllnes of Nebraska , "
are In thcmBelvfc * worth the jirleo of a ) ear's
subscription The Bee Is a great paper , pub
lished In a great state and for the benefit ot
a peoplu whoso Intelligence and Informa
tion would bo Inucased If everybody read It.
MHUHY M0nCII OP OI'AM. '
Boston Globe Judging from the report
of Captnln Itlchard Leirjr. governor ot
Ouim , he ccnv > to control a veritable Ar
cadia , happy under the wnlchful protection
of n lenovolenti one might almost say n
patriarchal , rule
Philadelphia North American1 Hnppv
Guam1 Why should wo not envy if It Is
living under a despotism so are we. Its
despotism is benevolent ; ours Is malignant.
It Is In power by legitimate- title ; ours by
the reek of a defiled ballot box. It works
for the good of the people ; ours plunders
the people for thp profit of the despot. What
Pennsylvanlan would not cheerfully ex
change Quay for Leery ?
Now York Times It must be owned thnt
the regulations of the governor seem calcu
lated to Americanize the natives qulto as
fast as their Innate notions will permit , and
that ho la In a much better position than
any Blny-at-homo American can bo to know
how fast It Is. Slnco the dn > .s of Old King
Cole there has been no merrier monarch and
Guam la without doubt a more hilarious
place lo live In , under the administration of
[ Governor Leao , than It has ever been be-
| fore.
Philadelphia Ledger Among Its many
peculiarities , Guam appears to have the de-
clrable ono of being able to support all I'n
! Inhabitants At least , HO much Is tn be In
ferred from Governor Leary's order tint
every man who has no other occupation
must turn farmer , and , If ho has no land of
his own , the government will furnish him
with enough to support himself nnd his fam
ily In comfort , and even luxury. Under
Governor Lean's administration Guam In
evidently no place for tramps
Louisville Courier-Journal The governor
of Guam has evidently not lost his sense of
the humorous Lcary Is an Irishman , the
sime , who , according to Robert Louis Stev
enson , In his book on Samoa , caused the
German officials to "siaro and gnsp" by his
peculiar remonstrance , as commander of an
American sloop-of-war , against the doings
cf the German navnl force at Apia "Krom
that moment , " according to Stevenson ,
"Lcaiy was In the front row His name was
diagnostic , but It was not required. On
every ? tep of his subsequent actions In
Samoa Irishman Is writ large , over all his
doings a mallgn > spirit of humor presided
No mallco was tco small for him , If It were
only funny" The governor , by his orders
that the care-free , unsophisticated people
of Guam shall marry and go to work Indi
cates that his sense of humor has\not \ lost
Us tlngo of "malice "
P12HSOXAI , AMI
Captain Maximilian Suna , who was
wounded In the Philippines a few days ago ,
Is said to be the only officer of Spanish
blood In the American army.
A great sigh ot relief has gone up that
Emperor William got safely away from Eng
land without any of the binds playing "I
don't care If > ou never come back. "
J. Plcrpont Morgan , who gave the Lylng-
In hospital In New York $1,000,000 , has
added $350,000 to his donation and has also
turned over to the hospital bomo buildings
and land adjoining It.
The Detroit Tree Press Is enjoying un
common prosperity. H gathered In three
libel suits In ono day recently , Involving
$450,000. Pretty hard to beat that record
In mild winter weather.
Our national house of representatives
( after December 4) ) will have had two speak
ers of foreign birth Charles Frederick
Crisp , born In Sheffield , England , and David
Bremner Henderson , of Old Deer , Scotland.
Denis J. Swcnlo celebrated on Sunday the
fiftieth anniversary of his connection with
the Chicago fire department , of vhlch ho
has been chief since 1S70. Ho entered the
lire service of Chicago when 15 years old
in IS 10.
James Pulton , who Is ono of nine aspirants
for the democratic nomination for mayor ot
McKcesport , Pa. , promises that If nomi
nated and elected he will never use the veto
power on any ordinance passed by the city
councils.
An observer of the customs and habits ot
the supreme court justices In Washington
has discovered that Associate Justice Brown
smokes stogies on the street and that As
sociate Justice Harlon walks frequently three
miles from the capltol to bis home.
John T. Hinton of Paris , Ky , ono of the
best known politicians of the Ashland
( Seventh ) district , has announced , If given
the nomination and elected to congress , he
will give every dollar of his salary to the
widow and family of the late Representative
Evan Settle.
George C. Musgravc , who assisted In the
rcscuo of Evangcllna Clsneros by the Now
York Journal In the fall of 1807 , soya In his
new book about Cuba that Paul Decker ,
who was the head of the enterprise , formu
lated a plan during the winter to rescue
Captain Droyfus from Devil's Island In a
way -which It Is bellovedwould have avoided
International complications , but that the
Maine disaster and what followed put an
end to all consideration of the scheme.
MHAMISG OP nil VAN IN 1000 ,
I'ahtcrii LrniH-rs Inorcnui ! Their Ilcp-
utatloii for SiiKftolt ) .
Kansas City Star ( dem ) ,
To persons who have given any thought lethe
the natural differences between William Jen
nings Bryan and tuch democrats as Mr.
Crokor and Mr Gorman there appears some
thing feupplclous In the unanimous support
which the eastern statesmen and politicians
are giving to the presidential claimant from
Nebraska. Before his departure for Europe
the Tammany chief made the decisive an
nouncement that Bryan would bo the presi
dential nomlnco for the party In 1900 and
Mr. Gorman and other democrats of the
conservative school , to which Mr. Bryan la
distinctly antagonistic , have sanctioned
Croker'n choice.
What might be called the excess of har
mony on this question , manifested by demo
crats whoso sympathies have not hitherto
been with Bryan , raises a reasonable quos-
tlon concerning Us sincerity. Is It In the
least heartfelt and docs It carry with It the
wish of success to Mr. Br > an'
H must bo apparent to experienced poli
ticians like Croker and Gorman that the
democracy has no show of winning next year.
Those democrats who are able to reason from
cause to effect have already admitted to
themsolvus the certainty of republican vlc-
I tory In 1000 The party cannot revor o Us
pcoltlon on tbo Issueof expansion and it
cannot , win as the enemy of the United
States Mr. Bryan Is committed to the pol-
1 Icy of national isolation Ho cannot be
f called the "Old Man of the Sea , " but he Is
the "young Man of the Plains , " who Is
firmly seated on the back of the democratic
party. The eastern democrats , with a view
to tbo future , cannot afford to nllcmito
Bryan and his followers They know that
there In no hope for the party next year
under any circumstances. As a sacrificial
offering Mr , Urjan 10 eligible In the highest
degree His wonderful powers of endurance
will enable him to go through the motions
of a campaign wI'll ' a show of confidence that
will add at least a semblance of Interest to
the contest The result will bo to bury Mr
Bryan , frco silver , anti-expansion and all ,
and gl > o tbo democrats a show for a now
deal and a reorganization on rational and
popular principles ,
Whatever may bo said of their ethics ,
Croker , Gorman et al have alwa > s been
noted au shrewd politicians and their smooth
scheme to permit Bryan to bo swallowed up
In u forlorn and hopeless fight docs not In
the leaht lessen their reputation for great
sagacity
omTIST "iii.ow or AM *
St. I/nils Republic General Ixird Methuen
claims A victory and calls loudl > for re
inforcements. The Irishman who caught n.
Tartar won Just such victory.
Baltimore American General Methuen did
an unwlso thing In onthuplastlcnlly claiming
the Mrusglo at Modder river 1ho bloodiest
battle cf the ceniurv The statistical flendg
have promptly camped on his trail and the
figures they are producing will makn him
regret thnt he did not consult an encyclo
pedia before making his boast.
New York World If General 1/ird .Me
thuen reall > telegraphed , ns reported , lo the
queen thnt his little engagement nt Modder
river was "tho bloodiest battle of the cen
tury , " It merely Illustrates the British na
tional habit of survcvlng their nwit nclilcvn.
ments through a magnifying glass and lookIng -
Ing at the rest of the world through thn
wrong end of the telescope. The total los'ej
In the union armies alone In some of tha
great Intllew of our civil war were Octt > s.
burg , 13,001) ) Spottsvlvnnln. 18336. Wilder
ness , 17.CJC ; Chalicellorsvllle , 17.2S7 , Chlcka-
mnugn , 16,179. These lcs cs exceed the num
ber of troops engaged on both sides at
Moddor river , not to jpcnk of the vast
slaughters of the Franco-Prussian war or the
otlll vaster slaughters of Napoleon's wars.
Philadelphia Press The battle cf MoJdor
river , the full details of which ard still waul
ing , admlltedly one of the severesi engage
ments the Brlllsh arm ) hits ever been In.
will run the total of the British losses up
to nn alarming figure The list of killed
and wounded and missing from October 13
up to dnte U conslderablj over .1,000 , with
over 230 killed and about 1,000 wounded.
Our own hfucs In the Hlst > nno-Amerlcan
war up to October , isos , from casualties ami
disease were but 2,110 , of vvh'ch ' number
2,565 died of disease At this rile the British
losses will soon equal our total of casualties
of ,1,454 killed nnd wounded from May 1 , 1S9S ,
to Juno 30. 1890 , and with the war Just
begun ! What the final cost may be may
raslly take all glory out of Iho colonial
diplomacy.
< ; IM.U , MIUTII.
WnshliiBlon Star1 "A grenl mnnv men
are never taken nt their true value , " said
the philosopher
"Thnt M rlht , " answered Senator Sor-
Khum "I have seen the littlest men In the
IcR-lsUiture hold out successfully for the
biggest llcuron"
Chicago Tribune "Rhyno tells mo he JIM
gone out of politics entirely"
"That's true Politically speiklnp. ha
was on the fence , nnd when the ward heel
ers began pulling a leg on ench side It was
moro than ho could stand. "
Indianapolis Journal. "Delia , are you for
Knclnnd or the Transvaal ? "
"Neither" 1
"Whj , how's that' "
"Tho English wear side whiskers nnd tha
Boers wear chin whiskers. "
n
Detroit Journal "War , " expostulated
Humanity , "Is hell' ' "
England , the Brent , throbbing commer
cial Rlnnteos , did not deny this
"Hut buslnesH Is business ! " she In
sisted
That Is to sav , theic nro truths and
truths ; some taking precedence ot
others.
Indianapolis Journal. "As I understand
It , " said Cum o , "oleomargarine Is nindo
of beef fat "
" 'iou ure undoubtedly right , " replied
Cnwker .
"t should think tlmt the mamifacluicra
would make It of goat fat. "
"Why"
"Because the goat ! < n natural butter. "
Wn'liliiBton Star : "Do you thlnlt Ham
let was Insane' " '
"Certainly not , " answered Mr. StormltiB-
ton Barnes. "But If he hud known what
was going to happen to him on the mod
ern stage I should expert but whercforo
Indulge In Idle
Chicago Times-Herald "Muldrum Is Iho
laziest man I ever saw. Ho keens a shoo
store out In our suburb , you know. Well ,
whllo ho was resting the other day a man
came , In und said he wanted to buy n pilr
of slippers What do jou BiipPO'O hap
pened ? Muldrum said :
" 'Oh. come around some time when I'm
' "
standing up
J1AM , VIi : OF MSCUbSITV.
T P Garrison In Life.
No moro I tune the oft-strummed 1 } rTe
To pral'owhatever pods may be ,
No moro I beg celestial lire
From Clio or Calliope ,
Nor Tlnlla or Terpsichore ;
Mv rhyme through rhapsody hnth led ,
I hymn a now divinity ,
I servo the muse of d.illy bread.
For her I plan , dovlse , aspire ,
Stern-vlsagod female , only she
Drives on the pen that dare not tire
To do nor blddliiK constantly.
Goddess of breakfast , dinner , tea ,
Spur on the weary hand , iml hond ,
With empty purse ln plro me
I serve the muse of dally bread.
Nor name nor fame Is mv desire ,
I give but hired minstrelsy ,
And harping- the mud and mire
Twang on for the expected fee.
Hear thou m > prayer , herd thou my plea ,
Goddess , this day may I be fod.
Send manna down In currency ,
I servo the muse of dally In cad.
L KNVOI.
YP dainty muses three times threp ,
Your love I crave , your anger dread ,
Still pity my necossltv.
I bcrvo the inuso of dally bread.
Like today Is likely to catch you unprepared.
The proper preparation , of course. , Is an
overcoat or ulster lAnd If you know of
any store wheru you can get a flnor , hand'
somcr coat or ulster for a man or a boj
than wo can sell you at any price , you havt
explored Into regions unknown to ua.
When It comes to price , If you appreciate *
quality and style you will find that no ono
can sell you a better coat or ulster for
$10.00 than wo can ami then you should see
what values wo have at $12.50 and $15.00 , or
even higher.
Of course , the boys' coats are cheaper and
there are soma nice rcoforu , also , thatt are
very reasonable.
I
RELIABLE AND EXCLUSIVE fUR.
MSIIERS.