( 'Villi OMAHA DAILY li.EE: 'ITKHDAV, A LTN .13 12, 1000. Tim Omaha Daily Bee K. HOSliW ATKH. Editor. l'L'HMSHKD KVUKY MOIIN'INQ. TKHMS or SUHSOIUITION: Dally Heo f without Sunday). One Ycar.$.W jjiuiy ueo nnil Sunday, one Year Illustrated Hop, one Year Sunday Hop, one Year Haturday lite. One Year Weekly Uce, One Year 8.o i i fi' Oi'riCKS: Oma'-a; The Heo Hulldlng. ., s South Omaha: City Hall Hulldlng, Twon-ty-tlfth and N streets. Council Muffs; 10 i'enrl Street. 'htcagt! icio Unity Hulldlng. New York: Temple Court. "Washington: tot Kourteenth Street. Hloux City; fill Park Street. COKKKSI'ONDENCK. Communications rplatlng to news and edi torial matter should be addressed ; Omaha Uce, Editorial Department. HL'SINHSS I.ETTKHB, Husiness letter and remittances should t addressed: rno 1Iee rum......., . mittan'cks. Iiany, Omaha HEM 1TTA NCES. Ucmlt by draft, express or postal order. J',n5t'SH!", , "h."5 TVvXni ot Only 2-ccnt mall accounts Ortmliri hi. I.Viu asteex Til 13 1U-31-3 PL'HIilSIIINO COMPANY, STATEMENT OK CIHCCI-ATION. State of Nebraska. Douglas County ss.: OeorEO H. Tzsrhuck. Hocrctury of Iho Heo I'lihllshltii; comimnv. Uellllt duly SWortl, aay that the actual number of. full find eompleto copies or The Dally. Morning. Kvcnlng ami Sunday Ilee. printed during tho month of Mav. 1S00. was as follows: 1 us.ur.o 17 2 UT.r.r.O 1? 3 iw.mio 19 4 1:7,180 to E Itll.KSO 21 C litl.HIO 22 7 iTT.IIOO 13 ... .2:11,-1711 ,...ai,io ....UT.nio ....au.no itj. ioo 8 it(l,7U( 9 U7.1 IO 10 U7.I-IO ll im.tcto 12 T.r.ao 13 ua.iisn n i;i,-iio ir. art,.-. o 24.... 25.... 20.... 27.... 23.... 20.... 30.... 21.... ...iin.Hoo ...UII.IMO ...au.oHo ...uo.ur.o ,aiM!7n . n.aia 18 Utl.KIO Total Less unsold and returned copies. Net total sales SlS.oxt Net dally average :!:'i,:lS! OKOHOU B. T.SCItyCK. Subscribed and sworn before me this 1st day of June, 1000. M. H. IIUNQATK. (Seal.) Notary Public. Try to rent a habitable house In Omaha and see what an opening there Is for investments In Improving realty. There Is no Imminent danger that the nequltted ex-school board members will Insist on asking a vindication at the I'olls. Councilman I.obcck will be better olT without that fusion congressional nomi nation. A bird In the hand Is worth two in the bush. The shearing season on the western ranges Is well under way. On Wall Htrcct the lambs are sheared any time they can be caught. At whatever tlguro the census taker may foot up the population of Omaha the fact will remain that It Is the most enterprising, pushing and prosperous dty of Ita size In the country. The French government! has pro hibited bull lighting near Paris during the exposition. Nothing more exciting or dangerous than a duel can be toler sited while so many people of other na tionalities are visiting the country. The captured Spanish cannon loaned to Kansas City has been found to be loaded. Dewey came lu ut such an early hour lu tho morning that the ! ancient piece did not wake up lu time to go off with the other defenses of the city. Senator Clark met with a regular prodigal son reception on his return to Montana. If they bring in a bill for the fatted calf lu proportion to the price originally charged for legislative votes the reception will be an expensive one for the senator. lr. lang of the lleatrlce state Institu tion 'is not expected to nccord hearty support to tiovernor Poynter In his can didacy for renomlnatlon, but the gov ernor's friends object to him using the otlicial channels of his school for a po litical arraignment of his chief. Omaha has sulllcieut accommodations for most of tho annual conventions of i national organizations without waiting to erect a new auditorium. And with a little effort wo believe Omaha could se cure tho location of several of the most important. It is worth trying. In case Fdmlsten is ngalu selected as chairman of the populist state com mittee It Is not probable he will locate IiIr headquarters in the governor's private oftlce. Such u proceeding might necessitate the starting up of the steam plant at the cupltol in midsummer. St. Louis Is giving an example of po lice lnetllclency to repress the violence Attendant upon Its street car strike that Is deplorable. The police authorities of St. Ixiuls, by the way, are Intllcted on the city by tho democratic governor lu violation of the principle of municipal lionio rule. Tho fact that the corruption of Cuban courts, administered by natives makes it Impossible to punish Cuban crlmluals who havo money or influential friends, renders it all tho more Imperative that Americans guilty of fraud should be promptly nnd adequately punished, If only us a good example to the Cubans. Affairs lu China would be amusing If they wero not so serious. The viceroy refuses to allow the troops of powers to use the railroad trains, HU) troops tako possession and the viceroy then emulates Mark Twain's gambler nnd says gracefully, "Take It hog." For Juekles and u gun beat all the cards the Celestial can hold up his (lowing sleeve. Tho statement of the Filipino treas urer shows that out of a total receipt of f 0,000,000 there were $1,000,000 classed its extraordinary contributions. lu other words blackmail to that amount Is ndmltted to have been levied upon the people of the Interior of the Islands to prevent the destruction of their prop erty. This Is the "government" which the opponents of the admiiiittratlou In lst upou huvhib' recognized. mrtUl STtiATEUi. That Is to proton ns fur ns It In )k- TIio Ilocrs hitvo bccii kIvIiiu. fit'sh Mini I hII)1p to do so tin lutoi-osls wo linv for tin; llrltlsli very surprising evidence tlirro by virtue of treaty and to safe of their ability as strntt'ciats. With all Knnrd as best we can the lives and the the care that Uml Roberts had taken to Himnl his ooniiniinleatlons the active feilornls succeeded In cutting them and to such an extent ns to prove decidedly embarrasslii); to the Hrltlsh commander, whose plans are undoubtedly u (jootl deal (iisconcerteit tncreny. i lie uoors have also been Inllletliitf pretty severe punishment upon their enemy, have taken a considerable number of prls-! oners and altosether have within the teract the Irresistible logic of prosperity past week shown an activity and as-, following upon the Inuiijrnratlon of re sresslveiiess which were not looked for. , publican policies In the conduct of our All of which- Indicates that the bur-1 national government Is Illustrated no , fillers In the Meld are still numerous, mat. tney are ny no means (iisneartoneii and that they still have capable and L,m,IwtL. it.11(i,.,.H. When Pretoria ca- pltulatod the very ceneral opinion was I)im,tCM,y nt ,,lui ! and there eertalnlv seemed to be cowl reasons for this view. Now It Is thought , that hostilities may continue two or i three months. The fact Is, no one can foretell the end of the war with nny degree of certainty. It Is eight months today slnro war was declared and few believed It would last more than half that time. It may continue ns long again. V.4A Al'MAliS. I'lie appeals that are being made to the Hryanlte party to put aside at Kan- ...m:mu sas City the Issue which developed that ' ""Unit! l)0"llt'u' organization and holds It to gether are so utterly useless and vain '...M.'Mu that one wonders they continue to be made. Here Is the Sprlnglleld (Mass.) Republican saying: "IT, In order to keel) up a formidable and, it Is to be hoped, a successful opposition to Im perialism and plutocracy, It Is neces sary to abandon 10 to 1, then ubandon H! to 1. At least, so modify the plat form that what Is become a minor Issue may not confound and demoralize the greater Issue lu Its broad, sweeping ap peal to tho people nt large." Sixteen to one a minor Issue, indeed! Mr. Ilrynn did not think so when he wrote his article lW, the .Tune North American Hevlew. The members of the national committee of the Hryanlte party who were Interviewed a few days ago do not think so. John P. Altgeld does not regard It as n minor Issue. The fusion populists whose candidate Mr. Uryan Is and the silver republicans who will support him do not so consider It. Ilrynn and the elements behind him tuny appreciate the vote-getting value of the anti-trust and auti-lmperlallsm Issues, but they also understand that to aban don ll! to 1 would result lu the disinte gration of these elementa and u more hopeless contest thau that which now e&nfronts them. Mr. Uryan has a considerable sense of humor and the effort to have him oast away the one Issue that gave him po litical prominence and party leadership must give him some amusement, If he does not regard It as Implying a doubt of his sincerity. TltK VSITCD STA1KS AiD V1IIXA. Tho United States has other than commercial interests in China. There are citizens of tills country residing there and owning property. The pro tection of the lives nnd property of these American citizens merchants. missionaries and others-Is -'uaranteed by treaty. It Is the right and the duty of our government to demand of the Chinese government the fulllllnient of Its treaty obligations, so far as it is aide to do so. This is all that It has so far done or proposed to do and the action it lias taken has not heen in con junction with any other power. It has been Independent action, although on parallel lines with tho other powers, be causo It could not be otherwise. The formidable uprising against foreigners was bellev.ed by the Ameri can minister nt Pekln to threaten the safety of the legation and he asked the Washington government to give him such protection as was at hand, con sisting of a small body of marines. 1 1 is request was promptly compiled with and ho was Instructed to conilne the use of this force to the protection of the legation. Tho utniosUcare was taken by tho Washington authorities to avoid any appearance of joint action, or of nn understanding with that lu view, with any other power. Could our gov ernment havo done less without for feiting all claim to tho confidence and respect not only of our own people, but of the civilized world? Suppose the government, In reply to tho representa tlons of our minister at Pekln, hnd said that It could glvo him no protection, that If the legation was In danger It should withdraw to a place of safety, that American citizens whose lives ami property were In peril must tako their chances. What would havo been thought of such u pusillanimous course? It would have aroused the Indignation I of our people to tho highest pitch and brought upon tno government the re proach and contempt of the world. Yet the comment of some of the Hryanlte organs Implies that they think i this is what should have been done. , The local organ of that party, with ex- traordlnary puerility even for It, pro- fesses to see In the relation of the I rnltod States to affairs lu China a departure from the admonition of Oeorgo Washington ngaliiht entangling alliances. It also remarks that "every thing under the McKlnley administra tion is sacrlltcd to commercialism" and that "In order to retain and acquire ! China's trade we must manifest and ! ItMin'tsil tllO H1U1HI llltl'l'iwt lllltl nnvlnll' lu Asiatic all'alrs that Huropcau powers have there." The logical deduction from which Is that If It were not for the trade consideration our government would probably take no Interest In the lives and property of. American citizens In China, and "commercialism" being the solo Incentive the "Interest and anxluty" which the government Is manifesting are to be condemned. Only a ltryau partisan of the most virulent type Is capable of such a view us this. The Fnlted States ha n very clear and plain duty lu regard to the existing situation lu China which the adminis tration can be depended upou to dis charge fulthfullyt houvcably aud Justly. property of A motion ti citizens. Kit I lure ' ho do this would destroy the coiilldeiue , of Americans In all foreign lands In their Koverument and be an Invitation to their Ill-treatment everywhere. sampijK of VDVucitATic ulspkrativx. The desperation of the popoeratlc poli ticians for capital ujriilnst the admlnls- tratlon of President McKlnley to couu more graphically than In the contradlc jmn uium hhsiiiiil'u u.v me jh-.vhhhc with reference to the Philippines and the South African republics. The whole tenor of the popocrats pos- Ing its ultra radical lloer sympathizers i that the t'nlted States should go fur- her than It has In coming to the as- slstance of the struggling Itoers without reference to the obligations of Interna- tlonal law. To go further, of course, would mean that thin country would have to stand ready to reinforce the Poets with force of arms In other words, to send an army to South Africa to help them hold their own against the P.rltlsh Invader. Such a course would be Impossible un der present circumstance without an Immense Increase lu the regular or vol unteer army. Vet while The menace of militarism feared from the suppression of the Insurrection of the Filipinos! Is held up by ilrynn and his followers ns endangering the life of the republic, they experience no scruples about the mili tarism that would be threatened from an American arniv in South Africa The "11, V, , . .. , ,.. vivi ui .... ..,... iim11- nit luiiuiiniuM . r iiilunuM in u ci iiiioie iuiiticriiiic niLui- i mare, but, tho vision of an army to light the Hrltlsh Is it dream of loveliness and security. A PICTOUIAL FA K K IS HAl,F-TU.f:. Ilalf-tono reproductions of the archi tects sketch of the proposed new High school building have been Inserted spon taneously In the Sunday editions of Omaha contemporaries, one represents the structure with a tall tower looming ubove the roof line, giving the Impres sion that It Is part of the main front. Another picture represents the wing about to be erected east of the present High school building. As a matter of fact the tower Is no part of tho building, but Is designed to stand In the center of the open court, arouud which the four sides are to be erected. It Is given out by the archi tect and the school board members that the tower Is never to be built, but Is simply put on the picture to impress people with its grandeur. Surely no rational man would propose to expend $."(),(HK) on it tower standing by itself In the middle of the court and destroying usefulness and beauty. That being true, the picture in half tone Is simply a fake bearing the Im press of designing Imposture. 'With the same propriety the sketch might have been embellished with n tower at each corner or a monumental colonnade on all sides of the square. The sketch of the main front repre sents a plain building, whose only strik ing feature Is the columned facade at the principal entrance. There might be no serious objection to this plan, barring the fact that it cannot be built with the best material aidl most modern con veniences within the limit of the fund voted for the purpose, and therefore should not be attempted at this time when the same school facilities can be had by the construction of the west wing, which would not require a stone front or ornainentnl llnlsh and could be erected with the money In hand. rnfortunntely a majority of the school board seems to be hypnotized by the architect, who appears to fear the build ing may run away from him unless he forces the erection of the most prom inent and expensive section of the struc ture Urst. Why the board should be so tenacious lu promoting the architect's Interests rather than displaying reason able business sagacity Is Inexplicable. Most of its members are good business men who would never dream of pur suing such a course If they were erect ing a building for themselves. The most promising enterprise for the upbuilding of Omaha and the expansion of Its trade Is the proposed system of suburban electric roads that would bring i it In close touch with all the no.mii. within a radius of fifty -miles. The ex perience of other cities-enjoying such suburban transit facilities proves that the plan Is perfectly feasible and that nothing strengthens so well the ties be- 1 1 ween the city and Its country patrons as ease of access nnd communication The rural free mall delivery forms one link lu tlie chain, but it suould be sup plemented at an early day with sub urban roads that will carry passengers nnd freight. Columbus, Ohio, wauts the democratic national headquarters located lu that city. Columbus Is ns eligible as is Lin- coin for populist national headquarters, but republicans will as usual give con sideration to the advantages for jiolltlcal strategy of a location in the most cen tral great population center and fix lieiulquarters in Chicago. What has become of the populist pro tet entered a few mouths ago against giving the nomination ot attorney gen eral on the fusion ticket to the demo crats for the reason that all the demo cratic lawyers nro too closely allied with the great corporations' Has tho order from headquarters shut down on this Hue of talk? Papers captured by Oeneral Fnnston are said to prove conclusively that Aguluujdo is a liar and that he had deliberately planned to kill every American In the Philippines before tho outbieak of hostilities. This cannot be, however, for Senator Pettlgrew says Agulualdo Is a geutleinau and a patriot. StlniiiK iinii'N All Ariiiiml, Chicago Chronicle; Wars and rumors ot wars continue to , multiply. The South Atrlcuu cuupalgu has flared up aRaln, the to In the Philippines continues unabated, trouble In China Is In evitable ntid now tho Austrian Chamber of Deputies has begun Its regular session. u I'lltl TIlITt'. Philadelphia Times Considering Oregon as a straw. It's not one free ellvor enn suck any consolation through. Perils of Month Oiietitnu. Phlladelohlit Times. Ilrynn will work out his period of self enforced silence Ilfhlng. t'nlikp. him. tho flnny tribes do not know tho danger they Incur by opening their mouths. Why ut 'Tit. Philadelphia Ledger. It Is la tho nature of a compliment to tho republican party when its assailants havo to go all tho wav back to 18f2 for . material to use against It. Sump I hi lie, .Siiiiie Ciiih'IiinIihi, Hoston Transcript. As western and southern democrats come Into tho campaign tho silver forces gain power nnd clearness In expression. Thus we llnd tint tho Missouri democratic state convention Wednesday not only reaffirmed hu Chicago p atform but. that there might be no misunderstanding, declared for free , coinage of sUvcr nt he ratio of lb to 1-I U Is only in tho cast that democrat gag . nt free allver, and they finally swallow It. ' Th ,Mi' ,,J ,n .tP,.in ' of 1S!)(5 over again. A I'nxorlte Omen Dostou Advertiser. Tho news from Oregon I distinctly cn- couraglng to republicans, and It must bo, to that extent discouraging to democrats, Of course, tho fact that Oregon has gor.o lighting for tho Hoers. he set about the republican does not necessarily Imply that preliminary steps to havo the body brought the country will go for the republican ticket hack to Franco for Interment. A legal for next November. Still, tho fact that the mallty, however, required an examination democrats havo apparently made only small f tho dead toldlcr's will. Tho Instrument gains In Oregon after a vigorous campaign wag opened before tho court, and the first shows that nt least one of tho republican nnp 0f tho document was as follows: states of tho northwest Is reasonably ccr-i ..j ,iPSlro to bo burlel where I may die' tain to remain loyal to Its party allegiance. j tho fac0 ot thg spectc declaration no Tho republican plurality is below the aver- onli01, lcft t0 tho relatives, and the I nrr. nt tttn Inni ulv fnnt.,, I, tit- nnl-Ulln 4 Vi - t I , ' ' ul" Iwns 10 lmve been expected JuhI ut this time, jn view of the Cuban scandals and other In- iiuenccH lavorautc to me ucmocraiB. aiiq Alto- , gether the Oregon election furnishes a fa vorablo omen, coming ns it does so soon he foro tho Philadelphia convention. Out- 11 en I Position. Sidney Hrooks In Hurler's Weekly. It Is perhaps rcgrcttablo that England should havo been completely misled ns to tho real opinion of tho United States on the Hoer war. The natural Ignorance that outbreak ot ho8tiutM. Whether tho monu prevails throughout hngland of America. If mcat w, bo crcctw, , Kruger.fi fnnner not, quuo as great as it was neioro tno Venezuelan squabble, is still formidable enough, nnd in this case tho correspondents of the English press have rather added to It than otherwise. That England expects tho United States to repay the good turn , done her in 1898 and throw all her moral weight against the Doers Is certain; but It lu tin. It 1 nn. I 1 1 1- IT I I ? " .' ' 'V.. , ,,ulVDI has dono no such thing. The Hrltlsh, how- ever, are still under the delusion that tho najorlty of Americans approved of the vast majority of Americans approved war from tho start, and have been with them In sympathy ever since. As a matter of fact It would probably bo nearer the mark to say that thero wero scarcely any Americans who did not belluvo that tho war could and should havo been avoided, and that those who ranged themselves on the Hrltlsh side, when tho war had actually opened, did so In a lukewarm and some what reluctant fashion, less on tho specific merits of the Hrltlsh case than In the gen crul Interests of civilization. iowa's r.yonrri3 sox. Tin- Conilni; .11 nn for Sveoiiil I'lnce cm the It ll 111 It'll n Tlfket. Savoyard, the gossipy Washington corre spondent of the Louisvillo Courier-Journal, throws a democratic searchlight on the career of Congressman Dolllver of Iowa, tho man most frequently mentioned for second place on the republican national ticket, and finds it up to the standard. Under dute of June 6 ho writes as fol- J lows "Tho g. o. p. Is much given to the prac- ' tlce of lighting on Its feet. It Is tho luckiest layout that ever kw ordered. Just now it Is going about with a lantern, hunting a candidate for vlco pici'iuont. The man a a congressman from Iowa, uud It would just . be tho luck of the party to make tho ticket McKlnley and Dolllver. It Is true Dolllver i Is not a rich man, but neither wa.s Steven son, nn3 Stevenson was elected. Since the war Colfax, Wllaun, Wheeler, Arthur. Hendricks, Morton, Stevenson and Hobait have been vice presidents ot the United Slates. Only two ot them wero rich men, i and only one a very rich man. So It will i bo seen that It Is not nbeolutely oifentlal ; that the candidate for vlco president be a millionaire. "Admirers of Mr. DolUvor and their namo Is leglou In this town throw up their hands and say It will never do to bury such a promUlng man in such an office. Dolllver Is a promising man. It Is a great pity that he has not the self-assertion somo other folks have. Hu could havo been speaker, and ho ought to have been speaker. Ho Is tho most effective orator In tho house, and moro feared by democrats than any other republican. I think Cousins a greater ora- tor than Doiuver, nut tno miter is mo better man for u rough-and-tumble dls- cusslon. No man from the transniisslEslppi region has ever been cIiohcii vice president. Until last winter no man from that section had ever been chosen speaker ot the house. It is not at all improbable that Iowa shall furnish tho men to preside over both branches of congress In 1001. "If DoIIIvqo is nominated for vice presi dent, Mr. Bryan will not havo a monopoly of tho oratory. There nro plenty of peo plo who would put their mouey on the Iowa man In n talking 'match between him and tho democratlo lender. As u maker of epigram Dolllver la simply superb, and that Ib Bryan's strong suit, too. For my part, I do not Ilko Dolllvcr's voice. It comes from his throat Instead of his lungs; but I havo heard democratic congressmen say they thought him tho most charming orator they had ever seen Dolllver has been in congress since 1S59. He has been fortunuto In his associates. William 1.. Wilson was his teacher In youth, nnd when ho camo to congress Speaker Uecd took tho urcatcst Interest In him. He was nl ways put forward when there was oppor tunity for him to score a triumph, and his efforts never failed to Justify tho con fidence of his sponsors. Heed, Burrow b, Dalzell, Payne, Dlngley nnd other repub llcan leuders wero exceedingly proud of him nnd tnado much of him. It got to be that Hoston, Now York, Philadelphia- und Baltimore could not hold nn oratorical shindig without Hon. Dolllver, who could hurl epigrams with Hob Ingtisoll or John J. Ingalls, or nny of tho lest of them. "Dolllver Is only -12 years old, and one of tho most brilliant men in public life. Tho utllco of vlco president would not hurt hlin. On tho other hand. It would do him a power of good, It would bo a great school for him, and nt the end of his term ho would bo lit for any station lu tho wholo gamut of American politics, from president down. Ho is Jowu's favoilto son, and Iowa could not forgot him. Ono of tho Iowa senators Is "." and tho other 71. Dolllver is ccrtnln to succeed tho first ono of tho two that re tires, and that will bo about 1005 or 1007. He would be tho most popular vlco presi dent slnco John C. Breckinridge, nnd the most admired, In 1836 Breckinridge was tho Idol of tho southern democracy, and' In 1000 Dolllver Is tho Idol of tho western republicans. The olllce did not hurt ; Breckinridge, and it would not barm Dol- , livtr."- on kop iMi vr.t.nT. fe'iii' n nd litelilrutn Moiiu (lie I'li lim Line In South Afrlen. The marvelous lighting and rtaylng quatu ties of General Cronje, tho retired Una ot South Africa, have been attributed to the pugnacity of Dutch ancestry When he and his followers fought almost to the death at l'aardeberg, the press of the civilized world poured unstinted prnlso on the desperate j valor thero shown, and pronounced It an j Inspiring Instance of Dutch tonicity and i bravery. So far ns Uener.u Cronje U con .,, ,hl vpr.i,e, of hlstorv-nukers will have to ho revised. There I the best of Scotch nuthorlty for saying Cronjo Is not n Dutchman. He Is a Scotchman transplanted in South Africa while too young to resist tho Influences f Hutch environment. Those facts were revealed nt a recent meeting of tho scotch Homer counties' association, an organization of ancestral rooters locally famous. Dctalla of the discovery nro too meager for extended notice. It may be added that General Cronjo's Scotch name was McCrone, not Cioney. as t-ome Infjtu ated Hibernians nstert, and It 1 said he his ancestors still living in Scotland. To clinch tho evidence of his Scotch descent it Is ctnloil hi fl ni'n.l .ru It'tiru tlnliMl 1tnta.Mmn Im, mo,.0 )ar(lcuUrly 8wlft and hklllfu, , , u , , of ,h llc,Khbors. Tllli, nnci.rtM, (ralt ,,, the aj,t0Illshln(5 ....,,.,..., .,,.,.. .. , ., "" troop.i In South Africa. Kurlher Inquiries by the rooters promise to land Kruger's forefathers In some famous Scotch glen. When the Count do Vlllcbols-.Marcull, In Paris, was otllelally informed of tho death, on a South African battlefield, of his dls- tlugtilshcd brother, who had died thero ........ ... gallant soldier to wnose vnior mo opposing rltl8h troopH naM mnitary honoK-wlll bo ,.,. tn n ,hn African nlnlns where i, n Just prior to the beginning of the South African war tho Transvaal republic decided to commemorate tho victory over tho Jame son raid by erecting a colossal monument lu bronze nt Pretoria. Tho order for the work wno secured by V. II. Mulllns of s . Q u (leslBlm ,rttWn nmi accepted ., ..- . n.. ... i,-- .i. i , . ,nriv nrnMnmnHn.il. Pnll.lv ll I mnv tw omnnlntiul hi- nrilnl- nf lint- tnnlnatv'M ' government nnd set up as a token of Hrltlsh success, although tho figures are hardly types of the Hrltlsh soldiers. Tho main shaft is to be supported on a massive pedestal of marble. It Is sur IIHIUilttU mounted by u gigantic llgure of Victory standing In nn attitude of protection over a ., .. ... rrnor Ilr ...,.- represcnlInK oerB ,n varloua attudM. one . ' , .. , ... . ... .. I., ui uiu iiwiill-'i nuu ljua lull- ills jiumuib lu (alio up arms for his country. Another rep resents tho working class of the country soldiers, while a third depicts the rank nnd file of tho regular force of the Transvaal. I Tho statues as well as the rest of the work I were designed by American artists and aro , considered from a sculptural standpoint to bo remarkably truthful representations of Kruger's subjects. "The Boers' 'pom-pom' guns, that figure so prominently in war news, wero quite famil iar to tho Hrltlsh artillery sorvice," said one of the English olllcers nt New Orleans to a Times reporter. "We know them, however, ns the Mnxlm-Nordenfclt 'seml-automatlcs.' Tho weapon was submitted to tho War office hevernl years ago, but after a severe' test It was rejected on tho ground of 'comparative Inefficiency,' which means that other guns could do better work under similar condi tions. I saw ono of tho seml-automatlcs cn trial at Aldershot. It was a strange-looking machine, and its chief feature was a big, squaro steel box, mounted on a carriage, like a field piece. Protruding five or six inches from the front of tho box was a metal cylinder, ns large around as a man's leg, and In the middle ot that a gun barrel about an Inch and a half In caliber. The cylinder was a water Jacket, to keep the weapon from overheating. The cartridges, which wero about the size of links of sau enge, wero fastened In clire and fed in through a slot at tho rear of the box. When n trigger was pulled it fired the whole bunch ns quick or quicker than n man could count, tho action being about the samo ns that of an ordinary Maxim, nnd tho words 'pompom-pom-pom' convey a fair Idea of the swift succession of explosions. That, of couise. Is how It got its name In urmy slang. . Th Bhca flrC(, from ,he wc;lpon aro bout I as long as one s linger, and aro scored around the inside n ns to separate Into twenty-four smull fragments when they burst, which Is supposed to happen as soon ns they strike anything. That makes HI missiles to tho clip theoretically pro lded they all explode. A good deal has been written about the horrible noise they make, and that, part Is perfectly true. They do ralso an awful row. It begins with a Knarli tnat rJf.es crescendo. and ends with n gml(len yeu( a8 t R0C8 by, that Li very discomforting. I listened to the things a hundred yards off. at tho sldo of tho range, nml It gceme(j i0 mo that every one of those confounded shells was coming straight at the buckle of my swordbelt.1 I'IMISO.VU, I'OINTHHS. An expert testified in court that Ice sold In New York City nt $1 a ton gave a profit of 23 per cent. Whew! A Michigan millionaire sold his property near Detroit and nd to Canada to escapo tho tnx collector. From tho frying pan Into tho fire. The Amorlcan Kitchen Magnzlno solemnly nfllrms that tho pie-belt is expanding. Tho uvurago surcingle caucot wtund tho tralu. It Is mild at tho War department that for every vacancy In either tho military or naval academy, which the president has tho powor of tilling by appointment, thero aro loO ap plications. Democratic Mcklnc against Kansas City hotel regulations In prompted doubtlcsa by the bonlfaces establishing n intlo of six to ono rconi. That Is a cruel thrust nt tho sacred standard. Six presidents Jeff ei son, Mndlson, Mon roe, John Qulncy Adams, Vnn Huron nnd Buchunan terved ns secretary of state, (icneral (Irant was secretary of war ail In terim nnd performed the duties of that ofllco" for Iho months. Thoro l a legend about the senato cham ber that (ffiiorn! Ilawiey, for ten or twelve minutes, In a speech once spoko 255 words a minute. The average hpeed of henators In t.iittvlir docs not reach 110 wordt, and In dictating letters rarely reaches lui) words. Itobert Avery of Wlnsted, (Vnn.. who hal his rlnthcii stolen while in bathing, wan dered in the woods adjacent to tho ntrcum for two days und night. Ho was shot at and chased by dogs ns a "wild man" when ever ho appeared until finally ono courage ous man got close enough to hear hM story and bring him clothing. Senator McComas of Murylaud mourns the oj of a handsomo watch, which was taken froiu his pocket whllo ho was at Antlctam with the presidential party. Ilo took Mr. McKlnley's arm to eacort him through tin crowd and in tho crush his pocket wu:i picked, Tho timepiece was purchased for 2r0, a lawyer'pi feo which ho received Just before hlo umrriuge, I MM.ITICS. York Times (rep): Governor Poynter would be glad to trade Dr I.ing another coat of whitewash for n tesigii'itlon that would resign. Superior Journal (rep.)- W. 1). Oldham l booked to make the nominating speech of llry.in nt the Knnsas City lonventlftti. W trust some grammarian will revise hlrf speech beforo he delivers It. Oldham's home-grown grammar Is something awful. Norfolk News (rep.)- The fuslonlsts of Snllin have instructed their delegates to the legislature to voto for Bryan and Allen for t'nltel States senators. This Is a little pre mature In that It Is a concession, even be foro nominations nro made, that McKln ley will bo re-elected and tho friends of Bryan want to mnko a soft place on which ho may fall. What the fusion lata need Is n. little, nf this republican confidence that they had so much fun with lu 1S90 until the votes wero counted. North Platto Trlbuno (rep.): Down in Saline county last week tho fusion con vention Instructed the delegation to tho legislature to vote for Allen and Bryan for t'nlted States senators. This can be taken as evidence that the men forming tho con vention wero not altogether saugulno of Bryan's election as president. However, the Saline county convention mado public tho well prepared program that If Bryan Is defeated In November he will bo a candi date for United States senator, providing the fuslanlsts get ti majority In tho legislature. Humboldt Standard (rep,); A disgusted HlcburdM)ii county fuslonlst Is reported to havo cxprctfccd Ills views in tho following forcible language: "Wo have qunrrclcd until tho people nro disgusted; we hao fooled tho foreign voters until they aro thinking for themselves; we have forgotten freo silver nnd our party lu congress has voted against thu anti-trust bill. Now all wo need Is tho fool-killer." A mnn who Is cnpablo of so accurato a description of his party's work bhould take up the club him self until the olllclal fool-killer reaches this section In November. Pender Times (pop.): Wo notice that a number of our fusion exchutigei aro boom ing this nnd that man for noma stato office because ho has been a county clerk or some thing else. That's nil right ua far as It goes, but a candidate for a state office needs some other recommendation. Not only Is n tstuto office a llttlu larger than a county olllco. but every stato official is n member of somo board llko tho Stato Board of Transportation or Heard of Equalization. Thcue positions require men who havo tho ability to fill positions other than min isterial. It not only requires honest men, but men of backbone as well. Kearney dlub (rep.): Hon. W. D. Oldham, deputy attorney general of this state, whose homo Is In Kearney and who is slated to make tho speech ut thq democratic national convention at Kansas City nominating Bryan, has expressed himself regarding the vice presidency. Mr. Oldhum pays that Charles A.' Towne, who was nominated at Sioux Falls for vice president, will not be nomlnnted by tho democrat at Kansas City. The reason, says iMr. Oldham, Is that his nomination would connect the ticket too closely with populism and destroy any hope the democrats may havo of carrying any eastern Htato for Bryan. For this reason the democrats will have none ot it. Schuyler Quill (pop): The Quill desires to glvo Governor Poynter hts dues, for It lias learned to admire blB ndmlnlstratlon as a whole, and herewith submits his statement rclatlvo to tho valuation of railroad property by tho State Board of Equalization, ci which ho is chaltroan. Tho view Mr. royn ter takes of tho matter offers somo excuse for hla consenting to leave the assessment as it stood last year and tho year preced ing nnd may bo sufficient to give satisfac tion to all concerned and to tho governor's conscience, but tho Quill is still ot the opinion that the assessment Bhould have been rnlBed to cover the value of tho ex tensive improvements mado by the rc-at's within the last two years. This Is mot apparent since it Id estimated that tho as sessed valuation of tho railroads Is only about one-tenth their actual value, whllo tho assessed valuation of land is about one fifth or one-sixth its actual valuation. The railroads should not bo made to pay a cent more than their proportion cf tho taxes, but public officials should exerciso their prerogatives Judiciously in requiring the roads to bear their part of tho burden of taxation. Mlnden Courier (rep.): You farmers ot Kearney county who wont Into the popu list movement ten years ago because you felt that freight rates and railroad assess ments wero not what tbey ought to bo have been benefited a wholo lot, haven't you, by the change? "With complete control of tho stato government and tho supreme court n well, what has been accomplished? join ing. When you had only part ot it me cr w.is that you could do nothing until you had tho court ah well ns tho balance of it. You huvo bad It, and what has been done1 Nothing. The freight rates hnven't been changed, nnd when It comes to the assess ment of railroad property, whllo tho valuo of tho property has been Increasad hundreds of thousands of dollars, yet tho as?e.ssments remain at Just the same llgur. dreat re form tills. Your leaders and your papers shout "Imperialism" and "militarism and Mark Hauna, to keep you from noticing tno things they fall to accomplish which they promised to you If you would only voto tor them nnd with them. Thero Is no tuc'i thing In this country ns Imperialism and militarism, and If Mark Hanifa U respon sible for CO-cent whent, 25-cent corn u.ii J5 hogs, ho Is the best friend you've got. 1'apllllon Times (dem.): It la conceded on all aides that the nomination for govornor Bhall be awarded to the populist branch of tho fusion forces, and good politics nnd horse sonso dictate that tho populists shall bu permitted to namo tholr own cnudlduto for that office. Three or four places on the stnto ticket will be awarded to tho demo crats, and certainly wo shall demand tno right to namo Just such democrats as wo may ehoore to (ill the offices which shall bo allotted to uh in tho fusion arrangement Wo speak of this bocause there is u tendency among democrats In some quarters to iay down" on tho pops and compel them to re nominate Ciovornor Poynter. The Times en tors a vigorous protest against such work. Tho populists nniBt be left free to namo tho man of their choice If they should choose (lovcrnor Poynter the democrats would be la honor bound to accept him. If they shall name John O. Yelner, Senator Canady or Judge Westover, -wo must still endolse their selection, becauso we shall ask the same courtesy at tholr hands when It conies to the endorsement f candidates which democrats en mi:vr.s or rtsiov "Our Windows" loll u wonderful title today unci tomorrow. Tho Sub ject is nockweitr, and the price is 25c each. iKxcopt black and.strlu; ties. Every 50e scarf in our housu is placed at just half price Kour-in-liands, Iinporials, IOnglish Squares, Ascots, Pull's, etc. A quarter saved is 25c earned. Browning, Kiftg & Co., R. S. Wilcox, Manager. Uruuhii's Only Excluslvt Clotliicr lor Mca ami Uoya, iilrrt to fill , state offices which may be tttnrilcl to tin. Wp must have fuidon. and ue must have fair fusion. There must bp no llciillng on either side. Democratic ap pointees of the governor must keep their h.inds off the populist convention Peidmp? hat convention will renominate the gov ernor, but the Humiliation must be made Althout any dictation on the part of demo cratic appointees of the populist govermir. The Times can cheerfully support (Invernnr I'oyutpr if he shall be renominated, albeit he bus grievously disappointed us In th matter nf mnkigg u railroad assessment. Ho has a good record In other lospcvts. But there nro other populists Just as worthy ns the governor, and wp Insist that the pops shall bo left free to present their fmorlte for democratic endorsement. Stiihlnur I'iiIIiIcmI A ii iih rum. Tho Now York league of Republican Club has Issued campaign cards bearing the fol lowing historic truths: IIKMKMM3II '!;. During the campaign of 'S3 you thought you wero too busy to tako nn active Interest In politics. YOF HKMI1MHICK i'HK HKSUI.T. Constcrtiutlon, I.DHS of eonlldi'iire. imply pocketbooks. Vicious tariff laws, r.mcrgency bond Kuos. Iiohxch in business. Assignments. No employment. DlatrcHU. DO NOT MA KM TIIK SAMK MISTAKB THIS YKAU. rill-lllltV CHAFP. Philadelphia Press: "Was that man's statement nbout tho misconduct of thu city officials mvorn to by him?" "I don't know, but It's pretty safe to bet It was sworn nt by tho oillcluls." Chlcnco Tribune: "The trouble, about onions." philosophized Umle Allen Sparks, "Im that when you eat them you have to take so many peoplu Into your contidcnc about It." Harpors H.tsar: "What's that crowd of men over there?" asked tho traveler In J-ondcn. "That's the first mnn to outer Iidy smlth," was tho reoly of the ropller. Chicago Ilecord: She Think of a woman bolotit-lnsr to thirty-seven clubs! I(p-Oh, I can't; I'm thlnklnir of the nwn belonging tn tho woman belonging to thirty seven clubs. Indianapolis Journal; Presbyterian Now ' the tltno limit Is abolished, how will you Methodists get rid of a olerrymau -when you don't like him? Methodist Oh, I suppo.se we shall have to cut off his pay and starve him out, as you other pec's do. Washington Star: "what Is father's atti tudo in the political fight?" naked the grave llttlo sill's uncle. "I don't know, exactly, but the last I heard about It they said that first he got on his ear nnd next he was standing- on his head. I'm a great ileal worried about father." Cleveland Plain Dealer: "Yes. my daughter's graduating essay will be strictly Impromptu." "Indeed?" "Yes. that's her typewriter you hear now, clicking off copies of tho essay for tho dally puperj." 'Philadelphia North American: "Why won t you marry tn now?" ho linked. "It s too soon," she answered. "We havn't been encaged loop enough. Why, vvo have hnd the pleusure of onlv on lovers' uunrrel so far." l'lttsburg Chronicle: "How old are you?" the census enumerator proceeded, la his question asking. "I won't tell you!" She was vory decided about It. too. "O, well, never mind," the enumerator went on. with tho air of n man who had given up the struggle, "In what yenr were run born?" "In U53.'' C hlc.iEo Pom: "I Uiaiik heaven." suld the successful mnn of affairs, "that I had somo hardships when I was a boy." "You think they served to develop votir oharactor mid make you the success vou have boon In after life. I suppose?" "Well. I don't know about that." was the nply, "but they luive given me oinotblng to boust nbout at old settlers' reunio.is." at ;it.ni .vri; tijir. Denver News. The graduates nie going forth liod bios them, every one! To run this hnrd and stubborn wo: Id Just nn It Mhould bo run; Hut much I fear they'll find that fncts Don't alwn.vH track with dreams. And runnliiif thl-5 old earth Is not As easy us It seems. As seniors we are prone to think Our wisdom Is complete. We'vo but to ask the world will lay Its treble nt our feet. Hut school duys done and work begun. Wn lenrn to our resret The CoIIcp of Kxperlence Wo have not mustered yet. A"-blt!on beckon on to us And easerly wo press Towurd n distant, gleaming- goal. The Temulp of Success. It Feeirs a plensnnt Journey at The dawning or life's day; Hut ns we stumble on It grows A Ions and weary way. Tim wot Id has garlands nnd apidnum At craduatlnc time: And then forgets us the next day. When wo iittfliimt to climb. I.lfo Is a buttlp, where eueli one 'cst iioek and ''old bis own. Hp who would lisp above the crowd Milt .cnle tho heights alone. This Is the rule of life today . It litis ever been; Tho world bestows. Uh smiles on those Who hnvo the strength to win. Honi'iitii nil outward semblances It Joo'.' ln rinrit true. It little enres how much you know. Hut asks, what pan you do? When you have left ynur college halls You're barely at tin" st.trt, For Wisdom's height l Inilnlto And long the wnys of "Art. You'll llnd that In tho school of life Acts ponnt for moie than dreams. And runnlns t'lis old earth Is not An oasi- ns It seems, COffig It picks me up in the morning, It holds me Up all day, It brightens me in the evening, It keeps me in health alway. rHF.FARBll (av V THE DR.J.H.McLKAN MBDICINE CO. St. Louis, Mo.