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Kentucky Is evidently sis duiiRC-rous
proiiiHl as South Africa or the PlilHu-
Thn plcasitntrlPH of Kentucky
nrc a little ( litlieult to umlerstaml at this
distance.
Tun Iowa supreme court has rendered
nn opinion which Is expected to close up
nil the Des Molnes saloons , although the
legislature is still in session. Talk
about , hard luck.
tingllsh generals have tried line buck
ing and end runs , only to he tackled for
a loss every time. If they have any
trick plays up their sleeves now in the
lime to Mash them.
1'ress dispatches Monday stated that
arguments In the. contest case would be
commenced Tuesday. They seem to have
commenced . promptly on time and In
true Kentucky style.
The editor of the World-Herald should
keep belter run of hla ollicc If he wants
to know whether or not the Chicago
Inter Ocean is receiving news letters
from men connected with that Institu
tion.
Omaha republicans of all factions
nhould hear in mind that this Is not an
off-year and that the parly cannot nf-
ford to mnkn blunders that jeopardize
success in the Impending national cam
paign.
The now rules in the colored whist
club In Omaha three sltish ; > s of a razor
for trumping a partner's ace are iol ;
llknly to become popular among any ex
cept those expert enough to avoid such
errors.
The school hoard of Omaha expects
to expend over half a million dollars
the coming year. The necessity of busi
ness methods In the. management of
our school ' .vstem was never more
pressing.
Hryun Is to ho congratulated that the
mugle of his name is still potent enough
In Boston to piMcure. him : i banijuet dur
ing Ills visit , oven If It Is not sulliclent
to keep the ' city in the democratic
column.
The use of a few code words would
FIIVO a considerable- amount of cable
tdlls 'from South Africa. They might
easily bp subrftltuted for such expres
sions as "No change In the situation"
and "I regret to report. "
The next great ralhoad Improvement
for Omaha should bo a commodious tun
nel under the trucks that separate our
two new union stations , so ( he-passen
gers can go from one to tile other with
out climbing across I ho high viaducts.
The State Krand and Marks commis
sion Is proving almost as good a snap as
the. secretaryships of the St.ite Hoard f j
Transportation , One member of the
board performs the duties and the re- j
maimlcr come In regularly on ( he days
when ( ho salary ghost walks.
The fusion crowd which Is shouUng
its lungs hou'-o ; for home rule for Ire
land and homo rnlo for the Hocrs is hav
ing a hurd llmo trying to overturn tins
decision of the. supreme court which
guaranteed home rule to Omaha In the
government of Its lire ami pollen * depart
ments.
Congressman Kobluson KOiids his com-
pllinenfB to Secretary of State Porter
along with ( he Information that tint con
gressman wll | bo u candidate for 10-
nomlnatlon , Should ho fall the same
old district Judgt'shlp which has seived
as the haven Is still at the dHpJsloi | | ( : of
the voters.
A ? 100,000 bridge at Waterloo Is asked
for to acoommodao ( the truck garden-
erg. This means it tax of from $ -1,001)
to $0,000 a year for Interest and main-
tcnance OH thu property owners of
Douglas county , Jt Is a serious ques
tion whether such an enornxnis outlay
f Is JustltleU at this time.
Tin : snooTtM } or HOBO// . .
The shooting of William noebel. dem
ocratic candidate for governor of Ken
tucky last fall , Is most deplorable and
good citizens everywhere will hope that
the perpetrator of the cowardly crime
will receive the punishment he deserves.
It has been apprehended that the con
test over the governorship , which ought
to Imvo ended with the decision of On
board of elections , which gave the cer
tificates to the republican candidates on
the face of the returns a decision un
questionably fair and just would ho
marked by bloodshed. Nowhere Is par
tisan feeling stronger than In Kentucky
and It was roused to the highest pitch
when Cioobol and his adherents deter
mined to disregard the finding of the
election lxtml and carry the contest to
the legislature. The board , composed of
democrats , was created by a law which
tioebt'l himself had framed , and while
this law also provided for appeal lo the
legislature the refusal of Ooebel to
abide by the honest decision of a hoard
of his political partisans was exasper
ating to the rcnuhllcatis as well as to
the ! thousands of democrats who had
voted against him.
This feeling was manifested , when a
large body of armed men went to
Frankfort , apparently with the Inten
tlon of overawing the legislature , and
subsequent events showing the purpose
of the legislature lo overthrow the de
cision of Iho election board have In
tensified the feeling. With the popular
passion Inflamed as it has been by the
course of Goebel and his supporters , It
Is not surprising that an attempt has
been made , to take the life of the man
chlclly responsible for the unfortunate
situation , nor will there bo much sym
pathy for him except among those
whose political interests might have
been advanced by his success. Ooebel
has shown himself to be entirely un
scrupulous and therefore dangerous as
a political leader. During the guberna
torial campaign his personal character
was shown to be anything but credita
ble and thousands of democrats who
attach some importance fo personal
character would not vote for him. The
election law which bears his mime was
denounced by democrats and repub
licans alike as an outrage J > ; > on the people
ple of Kentucky and a disgrace to the
stale. His nomination as candidate for
governor was obtained by trickery ,
fraud and violence and his campaign
was one of the most brutally conducted
in the history of Kentucky , whose po
litical contests are not notable for ob
servance of the amenities. Such a man
has no great claim to sympathy , even us
the victim of an assassin. There is
something of retribution in It.
But the deplorable circumstance is
very likely to lead lo more bloodshed.
The passion of which it is evidence will
be embittered and feuds engendered
that will demand more blood. It Is to
be apprehended that this shooting has
greatly increased the ppril of the situa
tion , which before seriously menaced
the peace of Kentucky. The partisan
animosity which has been somewhat re
pressed will , It is to be feared , 'now ' get
beyond restraint and violence for a time
hold sway. It Is the danger that other
lives will bo sacrificed to ( he madness
of political hate that makes the shoot
ing of Ooebel deplorable. Had such a
crime occurred almost anywhere else it
might reasonably be hoped that tli ?
effect would bo to lead men to reflect
up-ill the peril of giving free course to
their passions , but in Kentucky a differ
ent result is lo be expecfed.
WHAT DO TllKV P/IW'aSB TO DOJ
The Board ol Kducation has adopted
the following re.-olutlon :
JlesolveJ , That a resolution passed during
the last year , cxpresfllng an Intention on
Iho part of this bnrd to tear down , as soon
ns practicable , the present High uchool build-
in K. bo nnd the same la hereby rescinded.
That this board hereby expresses Us Inten
tion not to tear down or remodel It and to
discontinue the use of such parts of It as nrc
not suitable for school purposes In order
that ltd continued use may be satisfactory
and proper.
This lucid declaration recalls the saw
dust pic edit.-rials In the extinct O inn ha
Republican , which usually closed with
this Kenlence "and wo desire It dis
tinctly understood that we do not wish
to bo understood.1'
It would pu//.lo a Philadelphia lawyer
to learn from this resolution Just what
( hi ! school board proposes to do with
the High school building. 11 Is clear
enough that It does not propose to ( ear
down or rebuild the'present ' lire I raj )
High school building , but to what HI-CM
It is to be put and what part , If any , Isle
lo bo used Is an open quest Inn.
Whether any part of the building shall
he retained as a high school Is not so
much a question of economy as of public
safety. The building Is a lire trap. Ir
has been pronounced unsafe by the chief
of the lire department and the city
building Inspector. Us retention for
public school purposes constantly oil-
dangers the lives and health of hun
dreds of boys and girls and must con
tinue to do so until It Is comp'etely va
cated.
One of two things , therefore , must b < >
done. If the building Is not to be remodeled -
modeled nor torn down , It must be va
cated as soon as j osslhle ami kept standIng -
Ing as a crows' nest , just bi'causo some
people are Infatuated with the Idea that
It Is an Indispensable ornament and
sacred landmark.
The members of ( he Itymrd < if Kduca- \
tlon seem lo have given way to this
class of emotional obstructionists. I.ei
'
Iheiii prepare themselves lo face the
mot.hers i.f . the chlldien whoso lives they '
are Jeopardizing by ( he stupid du-i.oth-
Ing policy outlined In the ivsolul'on.
Let them remember that should any
terrible accident or conlhtgrntlun >
occur by which precious lives are lost' '
they will bo held justly accountable.
It may matter little whether the High
school hill Is graded down or not. ex
cept to the children compelled lo cllmli
It dally , but It concerns every man ,
woman and child In Omaha whether
juort ! than n thousand ! > ys and girls
am lo be exposed every day lo Iniml- . '
mult danger In a building officially con- '
demnud.
l.el ( hem also remember that every
day tlili condemned building Is retained
as a public seliO" ! the school district
Is liable In damages for any Injuries ov
loss of life that may result from their
neglect.
There can be no shirking of this re
sponsibility by passing meaningless re-
olutlons. Tile people have voted the
$ ir > 0. < X)0 ) and will vote as much more as
Is necessary lo build a new llluh school.
They will tolerate no further procras
tination. It Is not a question with them
which architect Is to be feathered or
which contractor gets the Job. What
Is wanted Is Intelligent , well-matured
action.
The reassembling of the British Par
liament at this time emphasl/es the
gravity of the situation that confronts
Knglnnd. When the last session closed
It was understood that Parliament
would not again convene until about
the middle of February , but the ex
igencies compelled an earlier session
and It meets to deal with a stale of af
fairs more momentous to the British
empire than It has had to face since
the Crimean war , If Indeed It shall n-u
prove lo be much graver than that mem
orable period In British history. Not only
Is the conflict In South Africa already
putting a heavy strain upon the finan
cial and military resources of Great Brit
ain , with the certainty that tills must
be heavily Increased , but there Is the
possibility of dangers In other quarters
to be guarded against. The designs of
other powers Inimical to British interests
must be carefully watched and prepara
tions made lo counteract them , the
present loyalty of the colonies must be
sedulously fostered and some effort may
be necessary to prevent u troublesome
outburst of nationalism in Ireland.
The important work that is before
Parliament Is hardly more than sug
gested in tlie queen's.speech , which In
view of the emergency Is remarkably
lame and commonplace. But It points
out that military expenditure must be
largely increased , showing that the min
istry have concluded that the war In
South Africa Is to be protracted , while
lu urging that the solicitude which has
been shown In providing for the elll-
eiency of the navy and coast defenses
should In no way be relaxed
there Is indicated a realization of the
dangers of which Mr. Morley and others
have spoken. It is not , a speech that
will give encouragement lo ( lie British
people. There is no note of earnest con
fidence In it , no strong summons to pa
triotism , no appeal to national pride and
honor. There is nothing In it to stim
ulate the loyally and devotion of the
queen's subjects which the speech per
functorily commends.
The Indications are that Ihe session
will be somewhat stormy , but there Is
no doubt that the government will carry
Us proposals. It will probably be sub
jected , however , to a great deal of se
vere criticism , the answering of which
will fully ( ax ( lie ability of the minis
ters. But while Lord Salisbury and his
advisers will be told in plain and vigor
ous terms what Is thought of their ad
ministration of affairs , they will un
doubtedly be. sustained in whatever they
ask Tor'carrying ' on ( lie war , because
the defeat of ( he ministry under exist
ing circumstances might bo disastrous.
K Is expected that Parliament will be
called upon to provide a war fund of
several hundred millions of dollars , for
It Is obvious that a very large sum will
be needed and it may as well be voted
now as at some future time. The na
tion looks for It and Is as well prepared
at present as It will ever bo to accept
( lie burden. It has come to a full real
ization of the magnitude ot1 Hie ( ask it
has undertaken and Is now willing to
go lo any extent in the expenditure of
men and money for Its accomplishment.
The police and the police funds seem
to be a fruitful source of revenue for
blackmailing shysters. When Ihe force
was reduced for the purpose of econo
mizing the resources a number of law
yers got hold of the discharged police
men and , on an agreement by which
( hey were to have HO per cent of the pro-
ci'cds , forced ( lie city to pay unearned
salaries amounting to several thousand
dollars. The same kind of game Is now
to be worked on the Shukert reward
fund. Is It not. time for the courts to
put an end ( o tills sort of business ?
If every public Improvement were lo
be blocked every lime a difference of
opinion cropped out as lo the advisa
bility , Omaha would still he a strag
gling village. If the protests of the mi
nority were to be heeded Farnam street
would still- rise with a thirty-foot de
clivity In front of Hie present court
house and Ihe old Jones street creek
would still separate the railroad depot
from Ihe business section of Ihe town.
The mossbaeks never carried the city
forward a single step.
An impecunious member of the Mon
lana legislature who switched over and
voted for Clark for senator and sud
denly acquired a bank account explains
his rise to aliliience by saying that he
won Ihe money playing poker ami
faro. That Is the worst slap yet. The
Idea that a country member could clean '
up any such sum from the card sharks j
of Montana's capital city !
Barbed wire compliment- ; continue to
be passed around by Ihe popoerallu oe-
cupanls of the state house. I'p to the
time the recent furor was rained against
tin' railroad commlsston not a member j
of the crowd could lie Induced to admit '
anything was wrong. Now that lluy
see Ihe public can no longer be gulled
by general denials they are making an I
effort to gel fr .m under.
The scliojl board estimate of revu-1
line for the coming year contains an !
Item of ? : ! 00 for po'Ko court lines. Tills j
Is simply ridiculous. If all Ihe police '
court business In a city the slxe of
Omaha for ( he whole year does not pro- '
dm e more than $ : > ( > ! ) In linen somc.lhlng
must he radically wrong and the school
board should locate the leak.
In ( > : TIIIILT | tinOHIIIIIII ,
Cleveland Plain Dealer. j
( iic-nt Britain HCCIUH to have u tartar on
Its hands In the perton of Osman IJIgna. It
Isn't safe lo let him so , nnd there Is no
sultnblp prison t > hold him Ho might be
sent tn A'TietliM to lecture. We're not
nfrald over here cf his conspiring nature.
\Hiilnnlilii l.'olloufl < ! nFiinliloti. .
OhlrnKO Chronicle.
Ktnlllo Agulnnldn has nt last succumbed
to the. Inevitable and adopted modern am-
munition. Having tried his luck with diim-
| dum bullets and other ancient contrivance ) .
ho has now concluded to tr.'ce n leaf from Mi
enemy's tactics and adopt the most mcilcrn
ammunition namely , the typewriter. AKU- !
inddo , we are told , has , written n war slor.f.
The end of the revolution cannot now bo far
off , when the mighty Otla and the crafty
I Agulualdo have adopted the PIUIIP deadly
1 weapon , In defiance of the Heel Kroes so
ciety.
.Nildiilin U'l nil mill K In Action.
Washington Stnr.
Scientists have lately had their attention
called by the Ingenuity displayed by the
farmers of Nebraska In the Invention and
use of homo-made windmills , which trans
form the winds which sweep over the prai
ries Into power for watering stock. Irrigat
ing land and churning butter. One typo of
Iho mills Is called the "jumbo , " while an
other and more popular form la the "merry-
go-round. " U Is to be hoped that these de
vices bring moro benefit to the people of the
ntate tbun ito the exertions of n more famous
combination "Jumbo meiry-go-round" wiii'l-
nilll from Nebraska whoso gyrations nro
even now markedly In evidence , n long way
from base.
. \im-rli-nii Alnimrr * In ItiiMliu-.iH.
Hoston Transcript.
Minister Wti Ting Tang's speech at the
American Asiatic assoclatU'.i dinner , last
night , contniiip.1 uotne sound ndvlco to Amer
ican business airn seeking new opportuni
ties through the "open door" In China. He
told them that they must go to ChUm'o mar-
kcto , study the needs of the Chinese , deal
fairly with them and not expect that China
will do everything for the Americans nnd
expect nothing In icturn. Yet we nrc told
that when Minister Wu advised the Ameri
can B lo "study manners nnd ho a little civil , "
there was "a roar of laughter that shook the
walls and completely disconcerted the min
ister. " It In not often that a reproof and
u specimen of the olfcnso come so closely
together , but the Chinese minister well knew
that our American miinucrn In business nro
far fr m pleasing to the average respectful ,
bowing , punctilious Chinese merchant. Ills
Intimation WHS plain thai the open door
might easily be shut If the American mer
chant did not have sufficient consideration
for the Chinese to wipe his foot on the door
mat before entering.
i > i < : cit.\ni\ i I.AIIOH.
cN of ( In ; I'nlliniiii ( 'miltinny
Ciuitrllinte ( o : - Memorial.
Chicago Chronicle.
The 1'ullman company hns announced a 20
per cent cut January 1 In the wages of Its
sleeping car conductors. This Is one of the
effects of consolidation with the Wagner
company , which paid its men better. U Is
expected that the porters will also suffer
a cut.
That so rich a corporation should thus
attack \ho poorly paid amoug its servants
is only another proof of the heartlesBness
of a canting and pretentious concern. There
is pathetic as well ns grim satire In the
simultaneous announcement that a fraction
of the wealth thus amassed Is. to bo used to
ralHO a monumental school at Pullman in
honor of Its founder. The order will de
grade decent labor In compelling both con-
ductoru and < porters ( o resort more to tips
to eke out a bare living. Americana who
visit Europe- find themselves subjected to
this vexation constantly. They submit with
Impatience nnd resentment. They cannot
make a safe estimate on any day's traveling
expenses because tfyoy Cannot foresco the
total this organised jobbery called "tipping"
will amount to. They invariably recall ( hat
tipping Is an uri-Anierican , practice and they
know that a self-respecting American cm-
ployo would not consent to g t his living
by what is , Jn fact , beggary or piracy.
The Pullman companylu breeding this
noxious exotic on American roll. Its under
paid conductors and porters , whose services
arc presumed to bo Included in a living
wage for value received by 'the ' company ,
naturally discriminate in favor of the pas
sengers who fee them liberally and neglect
these who cannot or will not. 'Meanwhile '
tha monumental school rises at the shops
to point a stinging'moral.
DIJAI.I.M ; WITH AHIII iA\ns.
finvei'iiiiiriit t't-MMloii ( o the Herri-ill
StRtOM AllVOUIllfMl.
NQ\V York Sun.
Various estimates of the extent of the
arid and semi-arid public lands which might
bo reclaimed and rendered useful run from
70,000,000 to 100,000,000 acres. The move
ment for svBtematlc and vigorous prosecu
tion cf the work us a federal undertaking
Is strong and proceeds with definite ideas
of method. A favorite plan of the advo
cates of the -policy called "national Irriga
tion" Is ito entrust -the control to a bureau
or department''to ' bo created In connection
with the geological survey and lo push
the job with continuous npproprlailcns by
congress. The total expense for the con
struction of tbo dama , canals and storage
reservoirs needed In nil of the states and
territories concerned Is , cf course , beyond
present computation , and so Is the time
required for reaching results which will
bring to .the government some return for
the tens or hundreds of millions Invested In
the stupendous enterprise.
Governor Murray of 'Arizona Is greatly
Interested In the subject , but , wlillu fie la
convinced of the Importanca of wholesale
ruclamatlcn , ho rtoca not share the views of
many other Irrlgatloulsts as to the best
method to pursue. Ho IH an earnest advo
cate of { he alternative Idea of the cecxlon
of the government's tirld and semi-arid
landr to the several btatea and territories
In which they are Bltua-tcd.
In a letter recently written by the Arizona
governor he HummarlzcB lilt * objections to
any legislation by congrcgd looking lo the
Inauguration of an extcnslvo scheme of IrrU
gallon nt federal cost. t. Ho doct not doubt
the ultimate feasibility of Iho work. He Is
strongly convinced of the benefits that will
roEUlt ; thci reclaimed lands will provide
homca for a largo population and be u
Honrcu of wealth to the states or territories
containing them and the country generally.
Hu doe ? not even n wt the Idea of federal
aid. Hut at the name tlmo.hu holds that
the quickest , best and niOHt satisfactory way
tr. redeem nnd Ecttlo these now worthier
and uninhabited regions is to turn them
over to the stati-H and territories under
proper 'restrictions. He Bays :
"Thn ownoiahlp of the public lands would
be n rich endowment to the states nml ter- '
rilnrles the history of Tcxaa In this par
ticular In a noticeable example although I
to'fcvo It would bo wlsu for the jjenern !
government to retain the ownership anj con-
ttol o" mineral land * and foreato , for dlu-
1 < * It Ion according to existing lawn *
To mo there seems lo bo no logical reason
why the lands should not be accepted. If thuy
carbo obtained , and by reeling them I be-
Hive the gnvrr.vncnt would make the very
best disposition i > a ? . > | bln of the territory In
qiuatlon and In tie ! moil appropriate way
bilng about Its reclamation and occupancy
by Industrious citizens , bo relieved of vea-
tlou * responsibility and richly endow the '
Iccalltlcu most directly affected. " <
Without going Into ( ho detallH of Governor , '
Murphy's wcll-coneldrrcd argument , wo may i' '
Bay that , ho Is advancing a very distinct and :
very Interesting propreltlon , not wholly In ,
lint with"thu general tendencies of the [ ires-
cut time toward thu Increase rather than the i
diminution of federal ruiponelbllltlea , hawi i
ever onerous. ' i <
JS OP 01 II AVAIL
1'rlvato Kennlth Klcmlug of Keavenworth ,
Kan. , member of the hospital corps of the
KlKhtccnth Inf.intry. thinks the I'hlllpplno
climnto bents anything Kansas ever put up.
In a letter to his parents he tells nn Inci
dent of campaign life that will awaken
memories of other days cnjoycal more or lets
by eld and new soldiers. "Our rations were
falling n little t.hort. " he says , "and we had
strict orders' not to steal anything , like
chickens , hogs. etc. Hut the temptation was
too great. I resisted , but could not stand It ,
so I eald to one of the boys : 'Come on. let's
get n pig. ' The cook paid ho would cook
whatever we brought In. Finally we found
a pig , chased It for two hours , could not get
, It. nnd cnmc back for dinner.Ve went oil
, again and chased another until wo were
| tired out. but c-uld nut get It. Hy tha
, tfeno I was mad. but Just then n big , fat one
' rtMcl < his head out of the- brush across the
way ; out came my revolver 'bnng ! ' The
old porker rolled over nml grunted. I ra
over nnd pulled him out of the- brush , am
wo both grnbbed him nnd started for the
company , when the major came rushing down
j ( luHtrcit , and he gave us a fearful rnklnj ,
I down. He put us under arrest nnd told us
i to Icavn the hog there , hut wo dragged I
! along to the campr.Ki- . with the major on on
heels scolding us constantly. Ho took us to
the commanding olllcer , who scored us , am
called the company commander , nnd
thought the Jig was up. When we go
through ho sent lor the sergeant of the
mess , who came. The commander told the
sergeant ( o ma'to ' us cut enough wood to cool
Iho hog. The hog wns cooked for supper
The colonel sent for a piece , nnd wrote ot
a slip of pnpcr , Tlrnao sc'.nl enough for the
major , too. ' I tried my beflt to get tha
scrap of paper , but the cook kept It. say
Ing that It beat anything IIP had ever hean
of , nnd ho had been In the service twenty
two years. Ho Intended to keep the pnpc
for a relic. Ha Btlll hns It , and there I
nothing too good for mo In Company K.-bti
they spring the hog racket on mo when
ever they can , nnd that makes the tale o
the hog. "
Senator Hcvorldgc'n lump of gold , will :
which ho Illustrated his Philippine speech , Is
not a lonesome nugget from a salted lode Ir
the far-away Islands. The Manila Tribune
rcportH the discovery of several gold-bearlnj ,
strata In the northern province , camples o !
the gold having been brought to Manila
n Spanish prisoner named Diaz. The goli
was found in provinces occupied by the
Igorrotcs. Natives frequently wash out the
gold by the- old pan system and "make
from 20 to 30 pesos a day. " The
mean elevation of this section of the
country Is from 0,000 to 10,000 feet above
the sea level. The surface of the country
is rugged and mountainous nnd streams of
sparkling clearneFK whose waters are almost
Icy cold dart here and there among the
mountain valleys , now rushing over some
gorge Into a deep canyon below , winding
In and out among the mountains , a If to
escape from the tall sentinels who stand
guard over them , until ul last , free from
the uplands , they merge their waters with
those of the great ocean beyond. Thesi.
streama arc all rich In gold nnd thousands
of dollars worth of the precious metal are
yearly borne away Into the sea. In thest
provinces wild game abounds In plenty , the
wild hog , deer and a species of grouse
being hunted by the natives.
.General Schwan , who Is conducting a hot
campaign after Filipinos south of Manila ,
was born In Germany inS4l , and entered
the United Stales army as a private In 1857.
For meritorious services he advanced
through the various grades during the civil
war and was commissioned captain In 18(50. (
HlH captaincy came to him for "gallant
services In the battle of Chapel House , Vir
ginia , " in 1SC1. For his entire civil war
service ho was also brevetted .major. . Fein
year ho was stationed at Fort Snelllng , St.
Paul this In 1867 and then sent into Indian
service In the southwest. He fought through
part of the Custcr campaign and saw all
kinds of field service until 1S80 , when he
was called to Washington , where here -
malneil until the breaking out of the Span
ish war.
Ono of the rustling pension attorneys ran
against a real patriot In New Jersey , a
soldier of the Spanish war , who resents the
suggestion of applying for a pension. His
name Is W. n. Dill. Replying to the letter
of the pension agent , -Mr. Dill says :
"Your letter strikes mo as rather amusing.
You have to look further for pension busi
ness.
"Liko many others I enlisted In the
Fourth New Jersey volunteers , did my duty ,
received my discharge and came homo feel
ing better physically than I ever have before
or Blnco. The army was for mo , nnd doubt
less many others , a sanitarium , that gave
me an appetite for anything digestible and
thirty additional pounds of avoirdupois.
"If I were in a pcsltlon financially to dose
so , I should like to pay Uncle Sam a pension.
New Jersey regiments saw no active service
during the past war and lost few men by
dlEpaae , the Fourth two , I believe. If any
In the latter regiment were disabled , It cer
tainly was not active service or Ill-treatment
that did it. "
ACTIVITY OF I'U.VSIO.V AOKXTS.
for dm Miiimfm-turc of
Kriiiiilulcnl ClnliiiN.
Wns'.ilnrton ' star.
With some notable exceptions the ranks
nf pension attornoyH nro filled with men who
are persistently trying to .mulct the govern
ment , by the manufacture of groundless
claims , by the drumming up of fraudulent
applications for pension and by the enact
ment of now lawa so extravagant lu their
liberality as to pass all hounds of notional
duly or sentiment. So rank hove become
some of the abuses which these nttorueyH
have Injected ; into the pension system that
a reaction against even the virtuous pen
sioner and the deserving claimant has begun -
gun to assert Itself. The people have never
complained of ( ho weight of taxation , requi
site to balance ( his burden of honorable debt
to the men who fought for the union and for
the widows and children of those who died
Inconsequence of their services. Dill they
huvo protested In sharp terms agalnbt the
prostitution of thu pension system to busi
ness cf greed and avarice and even dis
honesty.
The pension commissioner has Incurred
the enmity of the professional pension agi
tators by the fidelity ho has shown to the
government's Intercuts and the care with
which ho has Interpreted and executed the
laws. The iiccupatlon against him I.i vir
tually the highest praise and the country
at large , Irrespoctlvo of party , unquestion
ably B9 Interprets It and echoes the plaudits
which have been tlncerely tendnrcd him.
If jongrcss will but net In the passage of
special pension bills with even In If as mnh
aLsoluto equity toward both Hides as ( .am-
nilsMom-r Kvams has acted In IiU whole ad-
mlulBtratlin of the pcrulon ofllcj the annual
pension burden will not continue to grow In
dcflunic of Iho laws of proportion and
longevity and the deiuandu of righteousness.
Let there bo direct legislation to euro the
attorney evil and the system will Btlll fur
ther commend itself tn the Judgment of all
the pec pie. Ami , finally , let there be moro
of such manly defences of honest officials
ngaliiKt the Intrigues of EpolUmcn an ; ! the '
pension law vultures who seek to Rrov , ' fat
on the BulTcrlngB of the veterans and command - '
mand u hearlni ; In the abused name of
patriotism. Then the full vlrtuo of the pen-
xlon roll will bo moro keenly appreciated.
lli'imlrlni ; llniUnitli
St. 1'nul Plonec-r I-jr < .
Soldiers who have wrecked sonic of tliulr I
prliidera on hardtack will bo glad to Icarn r
that n bill IB being prepared to permit ( be
employment of dental urceoni In the army.
KOl'.S AM ) KOIMKS ,
Now It Is up In Ijord Roberts.
l/ilyinlth ( Is still twenty miles from the
Tugcln.
'If ' public sympathy noes with the under
dog In the light , meetings to give It ex
pression nro In order. i
( lencral Mothucn was born to the perngc.
Wolscley , Roberts nnd Kitchener were sol- 1
1 dlers first and loids afterward.
Kxperiencp shows that an average of one
I runner out of twenty dl.ipatchcd from - '
smith passes through the' Doer lines.
The I.yre Is Iho name of n paper publlshol |
In hadysmlth. All Iho e.xploilvo imisla of \
the town Is not confined ( o Its columns. i
Carbolic acid , used In the manufacture of
lyddllo shells fired by the llrltlsh imval ]
guns , has doubled in price , owing to the
necessities of the war.
Rfilonkop , the new M.ijub.i. Imn an eleva
tion of 4.COO feet. The- view from Itn sumI I
mil Is said to be magnificent when the '
atmosphere Is not loaded with lloer bullets. -
Thousands rf bulloprocf : MiKds ore bc-lns j
made In England for the war. They wclR'.l
700 pounds each nnd arc dcslcncd to protect - |
tect the vital pat IB nt n range cf 400 yaids. |
The rough rider regiment now being or
ganized in London Is composed of b' > > |
bloods. If they run against a hall of leaden
on the veldt or among the kopjes the grouu I '
will bo given n rnro gory tint.
Lieutenant Ocneral Warren , who bore the-
brunt cf the fighting last week. ) a oald to bo
thoroughly acquainted with ever. mile of
the 'South ' 'Afi ' lean country. Ho has surveyed
n large pait of the country , IncluH-g Splbn-
kop.
kop.War
War correcpondenta with the British nrmy
have to deal xvlth the press censor , thp provost
vest maruhal , the assistant provost marshal.
the camp commandant nnd finally the com
manding general , consequently fuw guilty
letters escape.
Pictures of General White's hcaJqua-tera
lu I.adysmlUi show n iluscut In th 1:111 :
near by , built for the use of the general
and hla olflcerH as a rofuuo from lloer
shells. General -White puraUtSMi-tly refuses
to enter the cave.
A shell from Jouberl's "Ixmg Tom" dis
turbed the mess of the naval brigade In
Ladyemlth and blew up a young pig the/
had reserved for n feast. The anlnul W.IH
i winced to hash and a feast spoiled. War's
ravages are terrible.
An Kngllshman residing at Lynn , Mass. ,
became BO worried over British defeats In
South 'Africa that he mistook his wlfo and
children for Boers , charged on them and
routed itliem from home. When the police
appeared ho hoisted a white Hag.
Lady Roberts , wife of General Lord Rob
erts , knows something of the sorrows of
war. Her only son lies In a ( soldier's grave
at Colenso , Natal. Her husband , who Is at
the front actively engaged In directing
affairs. Is 07 years old. Lord and Lady
Roberts have been married forty-one years.
Lieutenant General Clcry , who commands
a division of Buller's army , Is said to ho
the greatest tactician In the British service.
Yet the dispatches have not mentioned any
of his tactical triumphs. In addition to
his professional skill , ho sportH the most
luxurious spread of side whiskers tp lie
found within a thousand miles of the Tugela.
Ofllcers with hyphened names are common
In the British army. Brigadier General
Reginald Pole-Carew commands the Cold-
stream Guards at Moddcr river ; General
Kolly-KcnneJy Is with French ; Colonel
Baden-Powell commands the beleaguered
force In Mafeklng ; Major Sir John Dlckln-
son-Roynder is on the way to the front , and
General Forestler-Walker commands at
Capetown.
One Saturday afternoon In November lait
the Gordon Highlanders , who are cooped
up In Ladysmlth , got up a gnmo of foot ball.
which was played Just outside their camp.
The oagle-eyod Boer gunners saw the sport
and presently dropped a 'big ' shell Into the
middle of the grounds. The shell struck
a sandy spot and burst underground , so no
damage was done. The Highlanders filled
up the hole made by the shell and then re
sumed their game.
KA1IIUCATIOXS OF SIMTHWOHK.
Innlilr FiiciN Hearing on ( lie Old I'oxl-
ofllco L'oiitrni't.
Western Laborer.
The Omaha World-Herald of December ID
cald :
If present plans carry through army head
quarters will In a few months bn la. died In
the finest , most , t-cmmoflloua , 'Cheerful ' rind
Independent olIU-OK ever enjoyed 'by ' the m II-
tury nrni ot the government In the city.
Plans are proceeding in the usuil business
like wnv of the government let alone , nnd
there In nothing to prevent "their " consum-
inaMon rave that K. Host-water Is in Wash-
iiK'ton now pluming through daylight uii.l
Iiirknesj to huvo prespnt. orders roscln'Jod
: h.H nrmy headquarters may remain In The
Rf building at J8,0u9 per year.
From the above paragraph the World-
! iiau ! uoulct have the citizens of Omaha
jolleve that B. Rcsownter was In Washing
ton opposing the reconstruction of the old
postofllce , a work whl h would be n mate
rial benefit and permanent Improvement to
he city. Thlc action cf Ilosewater prompted
by such selfish motived as the Herald
charges him with would call down upon him
ho Indignation of every citizen who takes
in Interest. In the growth and progress of
Omaha If such charges were true , nut since
when did IS. Hrsewater begin lo work
against the upbuilding and prosperity of
limiliu ? IB it not a fact that ever slnco
IB published Tbo Bee that paper has dnnn
moro for the advancement of the city than
nil other agencies combined ? The Uco has
iupportcd and advocated every honest effort
nralo In public Improvement , and the city
B Indebted to Us editor for many valuable
suggestions In cnrrylng cut Improvement ) ) nf
n progressive and permanent character.
In defending the Intelestfi of the people
from the manipulations cf contractors' rings
and combinations of boodle ofllclalu the ndl-
or of The Hee has rnarlo many cncmlrc ,
nit they are anch enemies as an honest citi
zen might 'ho proud to have. The editor of
The Bee has saved this city largo Bums of
money time nnd again. He has thwarted
moro Bleating jobs in public Improvements
ban all the rest of our citizens together ,
i ml during the construction of Bewors and
vaterworks ho Insisted on honest , good work
hut would bo permanent nnd profitable.
The pftmo Is true as to cur streets and rail
road acccciimortalionB and he watched this
vork go on with as much scrutiny and zcnl
is If Omaha were hla personal properly and
one might truly eay It IB since all ho has
s In It. In tlilB course- pursued by 13 , Koao-
voter ho had many battles to light f jr th
iroplo against corrupt Influence ) ! and lie has
Iways been a victor because his propositions
vern honest and the result of mature dpllb-
ratlon , thu product of a great brain devote : !
o tin. general good and the building of n
BiciU city. In.lheue battles a/jalnst / Jobbery
ml boodllng rings Ihe COIUOHU have been
omctlinra mofit bitter nnd personal , but hH
UJIHI enemies hare never .v.-euiic'il him ( f
liavlng eelllsh motives , or that hlu opposi
tion to any Bchcmu would benefit K. Knuc-
water pcrBonal' ) , and It Is lee latt- now to
tell ua tl'ui ho dcluyrd or UUH opposing the
reccnt-triui'.lon of tH- old pcutofTlt'e.
Wo arn not disposed to cnuinenito tin-
nany g'od ( hinge ( ho editor of The Dee has
lone foi- the building up of Omnhn. nnd It Is
jail laBto lo eulogize people before they
ire dead , but wo would "give ( he devil bin |
'uo" In Haying that when K. Ilosewater ami I
lU brother , Andre/ . ' , have passed away j
} mahu will if'jiember what the city WHS
r.-r-cn they canto lo It and testify to their
\ In HH Improvements and concede ! thai
nuch of what It nuw In Is due to luclr brains ,
lont-ity and enorijy. Three things nro llv-
ng fact * , well kno n to our poopl ? , iinJ a
Morbid disposition or rabid hate of Itoiic-
lutcr personally cannot dUtort thu
ruth or set our pcoplo to think for *
moment that ho sought to Injure Omaha for
personal gain.
All men have their faults nnd weaknesses
and Rosewater has his , as WP think we see
them. Ho Is lodfty slultlfylng hlmflplf nnd
supporting thp policy as well ns npologlzlni
for the most ratcally nnd damnable admin
istration that ever had control of the Amer
ican go\ernment , buf no ono dArca deny that
ho hn always stood up for a capable , hon
est nnd economic administration of our
municipal nlTnlrn. May we ask what has the
World-Herald man done for the building nt
Omaha with an hundred times Rojpwaler's
means ? What ?
Now , as to the truth with icgard to the
delay In the reconstruction of the old post-
office. Our readers will remember that the
government advertised the work and the
successful blddprs It was thought would get
It , but no the government rctiervcs the right
to reject any or all Mils , all bids were ro-
Jectrd. This has been repeatedly charged to
Rosowater's "plugging" nt Washington , but
what nro the facts ? Organized labor In
Omaha discovered thai a certain Bcnb con
tractor was one of the duccesnfnl bidden
on the work to bo done , and ns the worV
to bo done by him would bo done by scabi
It would embarrass olher fair employer !
working union men on other work on tin
sumo building. The employment of scobs bj
thin icnb : contractor would Imvo created a
Btrlko nnd Omaha men nrc not particularly
auxloiiit for a strike If It c.\n be avoided.
Thp trades Interested oat In deliberation
upon the problem and roon decided what to
ilo. They decided to use their "lilllo
hatchet" nt Wnshlngloii , ami did It like
wise little men. They forwarded their lop-
rcfcr.latlons In Ihe case to the assistant
nccrct.iiy of war. Mr. Melklejohn , and IK
having had all the strike ho wanted over
the niMv government building In Chicago at
once rejected all bids on thp old poatofllra
work at Omaha nnd ordered It midvertlsM
In order to get n chaiico to award the work
to union men. This was a wise and kindly
act In the sc-crctary and one for which or
ganized labor in Omaha feels grateful
toward him. nnd now where did B. Rone-
wnlcr'B selfish "plugging" come In ? Ho had
no moro to do with the delay than Agulnaldo.
I.Hi I IT AM > IIHUniT.
Detroit Frro Pre.-w First Bike I sntr
soini'llihiK today that mulii-s me tired.
Second Hlkp-Wlmt's that ?
Flr.Mt Hll ' . { libber.
Cleveland Plain Dealer : "GeneralVnr -
ron'H Holdleni ought lo be arrested for re-
xtatlni ; an olllcer. "
"flow so ? "
"They run nwny from u kop. "
Indlaimpnll.4 Journal : Jonox 8ny !
nuldo has n great K.I It. luiHii't hu ?
Hrown You : they eun'l even enti-h him
with : i Ulnetoseojie.
Brooklyn Life : "I.s the difference between
the winIn Alrlca and the one in the
Philippines * a matter of opinion , nuna' . " '
"No , my sou ; merely one of eolor. "
Indianapolis Preen : llopan There IH wan
thing about a black eye Hint l daelnt.
Orognn An' fwut In that ?
Ilogun It lurrns green befoor It goes.
Chicago Post : " ! H he very rich ? " they
fished.
"Hlch ! " wan the reply. Rich ! Why , bow
much money do you think hu has ? "
"Hive It up , " they answered. "How
much ? "
"Why , gentlemen , " said the authority Im
pressively , "that man IIJIH enough money to
go Into politics in Montana. "
Washington Star : "Rafferty , " said Jlr
Dolan , "did ycz ever hear th' old sayln' ,
'beauty Is only nkln deep ? ' "
"I did. An' u folne , true tinyln' It Is. "
"It's notbln' Iv the kolnil. O'lm thlnkln'
Iv It'H foollHhncKH Ivory tolme Ol tnko Iho
cover off a baked pltuty. "
Tllli 1MIIC13 IT COSTS.
S. K. Klser in the Times-Herald ,
f'fho men are splendid. * * * Tbo peoplt
exulted In the rent of nrm.s which hurt
transformed the Hltiiatlnn. * The re
lief of the te.iiKlon uti the StoeJc oxolmnce
was very marked. Business begun more
cheerfully all around , * * * Thn casualty
lint will be a long one , but the position
gained was worth what It cost. Kxtrncts
from London dlspatelies. ]
O they took the height and they put tf
flight
The foemen who guarded there.
And the rocks are red and the turf Is
spread
O'er some who huvo ceased to earc.
And they glance at the list , the sad , lonfl
IS.it.
Of the men who dared ami lout.
And they turn away and they cheerfully
pay :
"It was worth tbo price It eost. "
There was gold lo win , there was land to
gain
When the bristling height was won :
There was glorious prestige to main
tain.
And duty that must be done !
And be read the list who bad neither
. " < ' : .
Nor brother among the lost ,
And he raised bis head and eheerfullj
r-- ' . :
"It was worth the price It cost ! "
They took the height that stood In the
win-
To the vantage that must l o won.
And the brokers turned to eac.-li other to
- . *
n-.i :
That the work was "splendidly done ! "
But others are reading the nail , loi.s
Hat.
Tliulr loved ones He with the lost
Ask the mother who grieves If nhe b -
lleve.i
It wns worth the price. It cost.
To balance the conflict
ing claims of all the adver
tisers nowadays ,
You must know the
stores to determine which
one Is telling the truth ,
We , Browning , King &
Co. , among the very oldest
manufacturers of fine cloth
ing , as well as the largest ,
respectfully present our
claims to your serious con
sideration ,
We offjr you the best
clothing we know how to
make for men and boys
all the time.
Just now we have some
special suits in breast sizs
34 nnd 35 that we place at
a very reduced rate ,
$12.50 suits , in sizes men
tioned at