The Omaha Daily Bee. B. ItOSEWATKIl. Editor. PUUMSJriSD BVUrtY MOHN'INO. TERMS or HL'lJSCKllTIOK; Dally Uee (without Sunday), Ono Year. 11. 00 Dally Beo and Hunduy, One Year S.W Illustrated Uee, Ono Year 2.W Hunday Uee, Ono Year ;.' Hatunluy lice, One Year Weekly Uee. One Year X OFFICKS: Omaha: The lien ttullillnir. South Omaha: City Hall Building, Twent ly-ium nna is streets. Council niufTn: 10 l'enrl Street. Vhli-am: 1C40 t,'nlty nulldlng. New York: Temple Court. Wnshlngton: E01 Fourteenth Street, hloux City: CI1 Park Street. COItllKHl'ON'DHNCE. Commnnlrntlnnti rnlnHtiL' tn npffS and cdl torlal matter should be addressed : Omuha Uee, Editorial Department. HUSINKBS MiTTKIlS. IJuslness letters and retnlttnnres should be addressed: The Hoc Publishing Com pany, Omaha. IlEMITTANCEH. Itemtt by dran, express or postal order, payable to The Ileo Publishing' Company, Onlv 2-rent nfnmni nrreiited In nayment Ol mall accounts. 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(Seal ) Notary Public, 23... 21... 23... 23... 27... 2?... 29... 30... 31... It .ar.,8oo ad, a ni .aii.oso an.a.'o .nao.a' . n,aa I'AHTIES I.UAVIMi I'Oll SII.MMKII. I'nrllrn lenvlnw tlic tHy fcr llie mi in in T limy linve Tin- Hi urnl In tliom rpRiilnrly lty nnliryliiK Thr ! HtiNlliesa, oilier, In permm or b' ninll. The mldress will lie rlimiKed na often nn ilenlretl. Tt begins to look its though a liot time wore In prospect In China. Philadelphia has undertaken to prove to thi' visiting convention delegates that Its reputation as u sleepy town has boon outgrown. itepllos to letters sent out lty Gov ernor I'oynter indicate clearly to him that tho trust Is not tlit' only Ipo dealer In Nebraska. Omaha's census will not bo so rtlsnp polntltu: If everyone lu Omaha iloes his full duty lu seeing that thoso who should be counted are properly enrolled. Tho more, tho school board expends on tho new High school building the bigger Is the architect's percentage. No wonder the architect Insists on putting up the most expensive part of the structure first. Nobody has suggested that the re publicans recede from their position on tho question of sound money. The soundness of the republican position has been vindicated by the Irresistible logic of events since 1SSMJ. Tha country which has no hand la some of the numerous wars and rumors of -wars Is out of dale. Kvon the Cen tral American republics tire falling be hind the procession, but are making preparations to get in the swim. Hecause Nebraska Is sure to attract attention as one of the contested states In the battle of 1D00, the Nebraska dele gations at the great national conventions should have no dllllculty In getting seats near the center of political activity. And now wo are told that a lively con vention of Douglas county populists Is In prospect. If so It will have to go the populist primaries several points better, as tho primaries were absolutely devoid of anv life or even Indication of tho usual interest. And now we see that the fusion can didate for congress In this district has applied the doctrine of expansion to his namo so as to write it J. Kdgar Howard. Hut how can a man who parts his namo In the middle expect to Inspire enthusi asm among common populists and democrats? that If the democratic presidential cam :ali-n Is to be conducted on an anti trust platform, as Mr. I'.ryan has fore shadowed, "the only way now to make a consistent light Is to throw .Mr. Van Wyck overboard and also Carroll and ' perhaps Proker too. seeing that he Is ! responsible for both Vim Wyck and best Informed In regard to affairs In China Is that tho existing disturbance can hardly fall to eventuate lu a eon lllct which may Inrolve all the great powers. At present It Is a game of diplomacy, with Kngland seeking to effect a concert of the nations con cerned, so that each shall bear an equal share lu putting down tho disturbance and thereafter compelling tho Chinese government to accept the conditions which tho combined powers may pro pose. It Is not certain, however, that Russia Is entirely agreeable to this and the fact that she Is forwarding troops to the disturbed district lu considerable numbers Indicates her desire to play tho leading part and dominate the situation. France, It Is presumed, will be found I'.Mlil.. ... U. ....... I ....... I. I. .1.... tl t.. mu. ... J I..... uu t iiiiMiu . Tammany holders of uiu.i iii-ifi mint- i no. .lapau is which- j l)t,n, ing events wmi manifest anxiety, lint i her action will be necessarily governed, to a very large extent, by the course of Great Britain, which under existing con ditions must be conservative. There Is no doubt If tho hitter's hands were free sho and Japan would take a decided stand against any formidable demon stration by Utissla thut would give that power a predominating Inlluence upon the situation. Germany and Italy, It an competitors published lu this section. 'to enforce a more severe test upon appll-' People who want the best will buy The cants for cadetshlps. This has been the tendency lu all the great educational i Itlutlt1lllr.nu 4.t.l..l. j. ..I.... I. Tim T.tMMAXr Tilt .XT- tlcunriK' " l"","- "Io mm,., v x....... " . I.... 1 ,-'"',r l'wimriitloii " -1l im refiling l-osi ouMcrves ovnr Iw.im-,, for the work than The standard of scholar ship In the Institutions maintained by the United States government should certainly bo as high as that of regularly endowed universities and colleges. Iv'lllK if Cotilifi'itom. Mlhtieniiolls Times. A Nebraska banker has Juat confcc-Hcd the IIMrttlila. r .... . ... Carroll and sin,-,, tl,.. ,., t i..v,.... 'u'."u? "l "-uwu wo" ' sold brick. , , " --'""-' ii mo uanKers of that stato arc m ci-iv n so iiiitinti-u ii it... tiuf .. ui i, i... . luul " "IL t lJfly. " ' niiiiii-uimii-iR i "ihi iiiusi mo plain people be? ii uim oe an advantage to t lit ilein- ocratlc party," adds the Post, "of city, Mate and nation if it could dump this load of garbage, witlt public ceremonies, at tiie Kansas City convention." But there Is not the least chance of these Ice trust Mock 'dumped" at Kansas City, or treated otherwise than with the high est consideration. Croker is returning from Knglund for the purpose of taking charge of the democratic campaign in New York. He Is an anient Bryanlto now and as such he will be received by the adherents of Mr. Bryan with tho utmost cordiality, regardless of his having Ice trust stock rriii:ii i.a.mis tiia.v oi ns. Tho first step takm by Ituwla imir.o Jlatcly after It was seen that tho AiikIo-Uo.i war was goln to bo a much longer and mora tedious nfralr than was at first reckoned on waa the raoriK.igo she established oicr 1 cr sla, folioweJ by tho movement of tjo.f to tho Afghan frontier on the road ha. lug to Herat. The next was tho uoncea.o.i f o:u the Turtilsh government giving Hu-s a too monopoly of railway construction In eastcvn Asia .Minor, which virtually c.nvetiu tho great plateau of Armenia into n Hui.-I tt trphero of influence. Siniu.taueously wl h tho negotiations that gave her this foothold In tho regions overlooking the lowh.ndi of Mcfljpotamla and facing tho (lermau sphere In Anatolia, Russia acquired u Ilea on lKil garia la return for a small loan; bite ob tallied tho use of tho Important harbor of llotirgns on tho lllat-k Sen, which Is cuu- ' nectcd by railway wl.h So..u, tho mpl al, nud tho Sn-vlati and .Macedou.au railways; and i tho llulsai l.in army becomes again the ad- vnncc-il guard of Kussla in the llalkaa I'en- , li.aula. These nie hi-r gams In wejtorn 1 FINEST PORTRAIT I In i i an t i KrPQiiiPnT U PKin p , I I UJIUUIIUilUJMIIIbJ I I Tit ITU TlKU-HITJi. IndlftnnpolW JourtiHl. "Junes, never net rich like other nun It you t so tnaliy iifternooiiK olT to bii. e Imll gun "Oh, I ilcill't know; I'll outlive tie in cntch tip In the lung run." Vot uii Aotir I.I fc. PhllailolDhhi Times. Whatever old things may be said In this talk about accepting the vlco presidency few of tho nplraiits aro lu their declining years. I'll Uli nt the SiuipiiliiK I'oltii. San PrancUco (Jell. Tho Omaha mnn who had Ills im,t xmnistipil In n .iii...... . i .. , ... . .. Asia ami ttm tix.ir p.it i u.i.a.uii iuiu tii'.iui ji.s wife - vji remark that tt was not an notld nt but ln tho tar ca!t Hutslii has obtained two I I (lod's will probably thinks that the bust- ,lotHl,lo concetslona, ono of which Is ho- , liofi. of relying linnllcltlv lu thu lilvitm mil Heved by many to endanger tho cDiitlnuatKe , is going a little too far. ! of her pacific relations with Japan. Tho lltHt of reproduced Prom the Original Photograph its frontispiece of The Illustrated Bee Next Sunday, June 17 LOOK fOR IT I HHHII1KIOU Hlnr: "I hupiiosc mi ,, - (i, . jiieciuie mo oiniuriimiiy to Ri-t nwuy n - n I WasliluKton and enjoy it ri t"" ' 1 ........ .. l, ... u t "Why. this Is the time of yonr win n tl dowarlghl dickering uully boKltm." FTho Stnnrt Set: Cleverton Now Hint -- i have stlcceedeil In nettlntt on nm-lt Intlm.i-.-terms with New York's most exelux.M f i literary set nnu tneetlng mi many dlstli i, gulslied men, I don't hco what you waM r . to otilt for. 4, Dnsluiway Tho fact Is, 1 lmven't a ce-,t i-l10"- r- Clevi-Iatut riala Jionlor: "Tho lirenliloiu of Smith college told tho sttidentM that ho whs opposed to yells for college girls " "Hut whut are they going to do If thpy bco n man under the bcd7" i i ; or of the fact that he has wealth w-lih-li tne situation, (iermany aim Italy, t ap--1, ,,,. , . . , pears, take tho British view of the policy I w'b" "mV i."UV.i. ! t0,,' ,.. , ' ' an .ck and Carroll will also coin- that should bo pursued. Tho great danger is that Hussla will take steps which Japan will feel It to be her Imperative duty to re sist. It Is believed that tho Russian ambassador nt Pekln Is bringing every pressure to bear upon the empress dow ager to invoke Ills assistance. This would retpilre thu landing of a Uusslan force very much larger than that at tho (IN- posal of the other powers, except Japan. It Is assumed that If such a force were allowed to land It would never bo with drawn except under threat of war by tho other Interested powers. Japan would undoubtedly protest and perhaps take up arms, but Mie Is at such a dis advantage that probably Russia could wear her our by playing a waiting game. J lierelore It Is tho opinion of arel'ul observers that China's disin tegration will tlato from the day when tho Cossacks land at Taku. This It Is the aim of the other powers to prevent, but as yet It Is u question whether they can do so. Tho statement made In the House of Commons Thursday by tho parliamentary secretary of the British foreign oflice, that complete accord pre vails among the powers, whs reassuring. but this condition of affairs nmv lio onlv v k' temporary. It Is plainly possible that a very grave conflict may grow out of this Chinese listurbaneo. The uprising against the foreigners in China can be put down If tho powers effect nn understanding utd persistently pursue it, but It Is in what may follow, when tho question of Indemnity and territorial division Is to bo determined, that the greatest danger to tho world's peace is involved. A great anil deplorable tragedy on Chinese soil seems Imminent, but when that Is ended and the distribution of tho spoils is to bo mado there may ensuo a con flict of unparalleled proportions. The Lulled .States should avoid unv action that might make It a party to n quarrel over Chinese territory. Our government iioultl use all proper and legitimate means to protect lis rights there and conserve the interpsts of its citizens, but It must ninko no compact that might In- olvo It in the possible complications of Kuropcan powers. mnntl great consideration at the na tional convention and Indeed the whole Tammany outfit will be accorded the greatest attention. Moreover, Mr. Bryan himself will undoubtedly consult with these men during the campaign. The Kansas City convention will rail vigorously against trusts, but nonethe less the Tammany "garbage" will be carefully cultivated and made to feel that It is essential to democratic success. Soveral thousand people who reside In Omaha are temporarily absent from the city. Some of them are tourists In Ku ropp, others aro traveling men on tho road and others boys antl girls attend ing school or college. They all belong In Omaha's population list antl their names should bo recorded. Tho secretaries of the State Board of Transportation nro at liberty to go fish ing, after tho national convention, until such tlmo as tho popoeratlc campaign committee needs their services. With a sign hung on tho door, "Closed for re pairs," tho absence of the secretaries will not bo noticed. ..Long lists of Nebraska postofllces whoso postmasters nro entitled to In creased salaries by reason of Increased business nro promulgated from tho Post ofllce department. No such lists were published during the hard times of dem ocratic administration because business was stagnated and moving backward rather than forward. Republican pros perity Is rellected In every brnnch of business activity. AVo aro pleased to see our contempo raries fall In with The Bee's plan of col lpctlng tho names of people missed by tho census enumerators. Let everyono who Is not sure that ho has been counted or who knows of anyone who may possl bly have been overlooked send in tho names by mailing them to Census .Super visor Wheeler or handing them to The Beo carrier and Tho Beo will uo that the llbts reach the proper authorities. TUB SUNDAY HER. The most striking feature of Tho Bins- tinted Ileo Sunday will bo n large half tone portrait of President McKluley, re produced from one of his most Vecent nd most speaking likenesses, as the front Isplcco of the number, accompanied by a sketch of tho president, Riving timely information about Ids career and haracteristlcs particularly pertinent to tho Philadelphia convention, at which e will receive a unanimous reuouiina- tlon. .Suggested in a similar vein Is a reml- Iscent story by the wife of General ,1. S. Clarkson of Iowa telling of the con ventions In which James G. Blalno was candidate ami set off with a portrait f Mrs. Clarkson. Tho taking of the census forms the subject of an Instructive contribution, with appropriate Illustrations bearing irtlcularly upon the part played by the oinan census enumerators. One picture shows a group of women census takers for this district; another shows ono of them ln tho -act of filling out her schedule, while another gives a view of census taking lu an Omaha hotel. Tho graduating class of tho Omaha High school, which has just received Its diplomas, Is represented by a largo group portrait of the whole membership In which tho various students can be readily recognized. A similar group shows the curicut year graduating classes at David City, Neb. The first of a series of illustrated articles upon our women wageworkers found iu out-of-the-way occupations takes up the making of chocoluto bon-. bons, with a photographic view of ono of tho most handsome bonbon makers at uvn ijKfkctiv t: tax systkm.. The annual returns of the precinct as sessors upon which the county assess ment roll Is made up disclose the usual number of accidental or intentional errors which make our system of taxa tion so unequal and so unjust. Tho con stitution of Nebraska provides for tho taxation of all property and franchises In proportion to tho value, but the only class of property which Is Invariably listed by the assessors Is real estate and Jlxtures which cannot be overlooked. As a result the owners of real property bear practically tho entire burden of govern ment, while the taxation of personal property Is simply a sham ami n farce. Another great tlefect in tho present system arises from the exclusion of rail road property by its exemption from listing by local tax otllcers ami Its reser vation for assessment by the State Board of Kquallzatlon. By this process tho railroads antl similar corporations escape almost entirely their shares of tho local taxation. With these Interests combined as tho bpuellciarles of such nbuses it is no wonder that all efforts to revise and Improve our revenue sys tem by new legislation have foundered on the rocks. But tho evils are becoming more and more pronounced nud tho people will not much longer submit to the rank Im position Inflicted by the present practice. The next legislature should bo compelled ny force of public sentiment to take up tho question of revenue law revision nnti to give Nebraska a tax code In harmony with modern conditions. If necessary every man nominated for legislative olHco should be pledged lu advance to give the people relief from an outgrown system or taxation and to seo to It that tho railroads and colossal cornoratlons and largo owners of intnnglble pcional property contribute In some equitable measure to tho tax collector as well as tho owner of farm lands or town lots. Iliirmoiiy I'm to die '!.. Chicago News. Marines of tho thirty-ono shlpj of war of all nations now lu Chinese waters have a big Job cut out for them If thov ti.ulonnkn to protoct ull tho foreigners In China As a matter of fact they cannot do It, and Hus sla la tho only country with the iu.ee sary military forco on call that can effectively deal with tho Mtuatlon. Ueforo Germany, Prance, England or America could send a sufficient military force to Pekin tho mis sionaries and nil other foreigners would probably share tho fate of tho Christians ln Armenia five or six years ago. Tho Jeal ousy of tho powem should not now stay tho hand of Hussla so far as actual protcctl.n of foreigners Is concerned. Otherwise tho blood ehed will be upon their heads. I'iir-lt-ii-liliiK ConI of War. Uoston Advertiser. One of tho unfortunnto things about war Is that tho cost of It generally falht haidcst upon tnoso who nro Innocent of anv roil part In prosecuting the war. In the United I Kojedo or any other lslund, which would States, for example, tho cost of the war In i cver I'ort Hamilton nnd Quelpart Islands, tbo Philippines Is borne by business m n 1 which England haB hud an cyo on for a log these concessions is tho right to build a railway from Klakhta, tho Siberian customs frontier btatlon south of L.iku Ualkal, to Kulgan on tho gleat wall of Chlua northwest of Pekln. Tbo obstacles to tho construction of this road through eastern Mongolia aro nothing compared to tho3c presented by the country through which the Manchurlan railway panics to Port Arthur and Via Jlvostock. Its strategic advantage Is alto greater, as It Is eo far ro nioved from the coast that tho chanro of Its bclug Interrupted by an enemy foreign to China and HuusU Is reduced to u mltt.mum. Tho last concession wus obtained from Corc-a on March 30, when tho Co man gov ernment made over to Russia a el.e on tho Bhoro of tho harbor of Masampho at the southern extremity of tbo Corcan Ponlu HUla, to nervo as a coal dopot and naval hospital for tho exclusive usa of tho Rus sian licet. Tho value of tho concession Is doubly enhanced by n clauso which prevents Corea from alienating to any other powor any land ln the neighborhood or cveu on poi.iTic.vi, nit n r. On to Philadelphia. letiutlus Donnelly having formally ac cepted tho nomination for vlco president, the ptocertlon may now movu along the middle of tbo road. Senntor Hilly Mason of Illinois has pre empted his old seat In tho u-publlcau band wagon. Camping outcldo the party tent ptovfd a cold nnd prolltlcss Job. It Is reported that Senator Piatt of New Philadelphia Press: "Well, I'll be da-l-bllttercd! exclaimed the spruce young rnliblt. "So this Is tho choice foitst v-m said we'd llntl here." "What's tho matter with this?" demanded tho other rabbit, who had generously U-d tho way to this rmrtlculnr truck patch "What could possibly bo better than fresh spring onions?" "Hut," retorted tho first, dlrgustedly, ' t told you I had a (Into with my best gin for this evening." MAUI) AM) Tllll 1IAI1Y SHOW. Haltlmoro American. Maud 'Muller tho 'Maudlo who raked th hay And gazed ut the Judge on the summer .U , And. thanks to good Whlttlcr's rhyming pen. Gavo chnnces for parodies to other men and by charitable orcanlzatlons and hv in dustrlnl Interests that would be glnd to see tho war ended. The educational Institu tions of the United States are suffering In many ways from the war acrcus tho rniflc. A more striking instance is scon In lndl i at the present time. There tho unfortunate natlvos nro slowly starving to death becauso their money has all gone- to pay taxes nnd thoy nro left without funds enough to save them from absoluto starvation. Nor can tho Hrltlsh government Intervene to sivo mom becauso tho money needed to banian tho famine has gono to pay for the war In South Africa. Few people comprehend the magni tude and importance of the census through which the country Is now pass ing. On the population returns of this enumeration will be based the appor tionment of representation iu congress for the next ten years. That appor tionment llxes also tho participation in the electoral college for two coming presidential elections, since each state Is accorded tho same number of electors as it lias senators and representatives. Tho census Is the very foundation and fountain head of our system of repre seutatlvo government. The state house combination of sham reformers seems particularly agitated lest the searchlight of publicity bo thrown upon the conduct of the state Institutions under popoeratlc regime. When the ftisionlsts were trying to get n foothold they arraigned tho repub licans for mismanagement of these In stitutions and inatlo various ami divers promlsos as to tho Improvements they would Inaugurate if turned over to popoeratlc control. If they have carried out all their promises they need not feel uneasy nbout the Inspection of the records. a Tit a hi? itnvmts.w,. Probability of ltr.1,1,.,.,1 Props iinrt ,r KnVi't on HiitorlN. Philadelphia I'ress, Another great revolution i.i before tho world of trade. For threo years the wheat crops havo been far above tho average. They have averaged In three years 530,000.000 bushels. Tho current wheat crop will bo less. It may be much less. It cannot bo much above 1S9G, or 427.000,000, and It may bo letts. Acreage is smaller and condition Is poorer than last year. Kor flvo years tho corn crop has averaged over L',000,000,000 bushels. A sixth big crop may come. H is against alt tho probabili ties.. Wheat and corn will. Ii Ik n ble, bo a low averagg;for this year. Cotton will be n big crop, but this Is tho only great staple that looks that way. But whllo cereal crops and exports aro likely to bo reduced, exports of manufac turcB grow every week. They are destined to be blggor than o or. Cereal food prices will probably rise tho world over. Hut for tho competition of tho United States manu factured go dH would rise. As It Is, iron nnd stool have ulready fallen. Cotton and woolen goods, with leather manufactures, now look likely to go lower, ln tho first nnd last of these tho United States Is certain to Increase Its exports. Por tho first time, therefore, if cereal crops nro light, the United States will make up tho lack by exports of manufactures. Thu gold product of tho Transvaal mines cunnnt begin on any larger scale before next year; but by tho middle of the year the yield will have gone up to $100,000,000 annually. Mean while, the yield of tho Nome and Klondlko mines promliies to bo heavy. Small cereal crops anil therefore high wheat and corn; low manufactures, Includ ing Iron and steel; heavy exports of these from tho United States, and for a year to como a gold yield centering in tho United States, or nt least North America, offer an entirely new trade situation. It will strain Europoan credits, tax European banks and put European manufactures under a compe tition they havo never beforo known. upaixt I'n.vi'i ui:s or i.iru. Coventor Nash of Ohio has appointed P. M. Marriott of that state, who is 0 years old, "superintendent of squirrels." Tho time. It is a rcmarkablo circumstance that tho South African republics havo already held out against England longer than Prance did against Prussia in tho war of 1870-71. War was declared by Napoleon on July 15, 1870, nnd the preliminaries of peaco were signed seven moutlis and eleven days later, namely, on Pebiuary 2G, 1S71. Already tho Hoer war has lasted eight months anil tho end is not yet In sight. The war between Spain and tho United States began April 21, 1S0S, and ended by the signing of tho peace pro tocol on August 12 of tho same year. Spain was able ta maintain a show of resistance to to United States for only three months and twenty-two days. When the British forces embarked In tho war it was euppojed there was to bo nn excursion to Pretoria and that once thcro rcs'stanco would cease. In this expectation they have been sadly disap pointed by the stout little republics. The existing complications between Pranco and Morocco aro an outgrowth of tho efforts of tho Prench to take effectual possession of tho Algerian hinterland. To this end tho construction of tho projected TranssHharan railroad was begun with the double- purpeso of opening the rich oases In tho desert to commerco and of securing control of tho country from which tho fanatical and 'nomadic Tuaregs, who infest tho Sahara, obtain their food supplies. As a means of reducing thef"o robber tribes to submission, Pranco desires to cut off their resources. In carrying out thhs project tho Prench government has distinctly dis avowed any Intention of encroaching on Morocco' and tho railway line, which bus now almost reached tho Moroccan oasis of Flgulg, Is to ho run noveral miles east of that Island of fertility in a tea of sand, not withstanding the desirability of making Flgulg a station on tho route. Morocco, however, claims dominion over the no man's land east of tho oasfs, through which the railway Is being run. It tho dog-ln-the-manger policy of Morocco Ehuld lead to a clabh of arms with France, tho Sultunate might lows Flgulg an outcomo which no body outsdo of -Morocco would regret. The curly accounts of tho destruction of the old English Iron-clnd Bellelslo by the modern lino of battlo chip, Majestic, all agreed in declaring that tho hulk wan In llamcs from end to end within a mlnuto or two of the beginning of tho bombard ment. It now appears, to tho apparent as tonishment of everybody, that this was not tho caee. In answer to a qucntlon ln tho Hotiso of Commons the other evening, Mr. Goschon, tho secretary of tho navy, declared that "tho Helleislo did not take llro at all, to the- extremo surprise of nil concerned. Spectators woro misled Into tho supposition of flro by scoiug clouds of steam nrWng through n stcamplpo being cut and lyddlto shells ns they hurst in tho wnter omitted York will retire from olllce at the close of (Maud Muller got married, but not to tbo Ma tnrtn In 1 tlft!l If lc ntilu .,....., Wl... , Jurine. knnntnr i.n-i nvin- ,. .or,i i., it ' And Whlttler tells us that she had t Mrs. Elizabeth Cohen will represent Utah doinocrucy ln the Kansas City convention. Two women will sit ln tho republican con vention, one from Utah nnd ono from Idaho. Congressman John Alien of Mississippi bite Informed some of bis intimate friends that at tho end of his present term he will re tire. He has served fourteen conuccuttvs terms. Davo Hill is now among tho "also men tioned" for tho domocrutle nomination for wco president on tho fusion ticket. Tho fcicttx i alls tall hasn't enough oncrgy left to wag. There were 400 absentees from the ro publican state convention in Massachusetts, n clrcumstanco which has revived agltntlon for a samller convention than one of 1,800 delegates. Oregon's republican plurality continues to grow. At last accounts the llguro for supremo judgo was 10.3S0, and for tho two tcpubllcan congressmen, respectively, S.C22 una 3,i3V. Georgia, which has a largo population of negroes of voting ago (180,000 by tho last rcuerai census), is ono of tho southern states which havo not adopted any constitutional restriction upon suffrage. Having been scured for deserting tho gold bug democracy, Henry Wnttorsoa fires this scattering shot: "Tho Courier-Journal had described tho republicans ns the organized rancallty, tho democrats as the otganlzed folly of the time. It had declared that in a choice between tho fools and th? knaves it would go with the fools. And there It is ted ay." Minnesota is looming up politically this year. Threo vice presidential candidates hall from that state. John O. Woollcy, the prohibition candidate, wns formerly a resident of Minneapolis; Ignatius Donnelly, tho mlddlo-of-the-road populht candidate, lives alternately in St. Paul nnd Nlnlng.tr, and Chnrles A. Towno. tho candidate nf the other branch of populism, lives nt Duluth. t-orraer benator Washburn of Minneapolis Is willing to render llko service on thn re publican ticket. Colonel Joo Flory, republican candidate for governor of Missouri, proposes to net around among the voters bv means nf a railroad tricycle. Being nn old conductor, hn obtained permission fiom nil the railroads to uso their trucks, and wilh a bunch of time cards nnd an accident policy ho will soon begin his tour. To reach towns not on tho railway ho will leave his trlryclo In some station and make his side trips on I lircaK....1. . . .... ""-"""'vn, iuuiuu.iuk ur oy carriage. The colonel expects to speak lu every city, vil lage and hamlet In the state, nud tho re publicans hopo for great results from his unique style of campaigning. coxti:jht ok couiit. Judge, And Whlttler drudge. Mnu.1 Muller for that was her timidm mime Her married cognomen Is unknown to fame. It chanced that the stood In the b.Uiv sho j 'Mongst Infants displayed In mnny ii row Pables ln satin, nnd babies In silk. Anil -babies to ndvcrtlfo "HaisemrlglH . Milk." Hables thnt giggled, and babies that cried 'Tvvns there that tho Judge by fair .M audio was spied. Tho Judgo was nil dignity, portly and slow For ho was a-Jtidglng this Infantile show And JIaudle the Maudlo who charmed m her youth Exhibited triplets in her dainty booth. Three triplets (why, certainly, there would he three) And Maudlo, nco Muller, ull proudly stood she. Tho Judge ambled slowly ndown the dis play. When hp saw the triplets he stopped In dismay. Heflcctlons ctne humming- like bees In a swurm Ho saw tho new hay nnd tho old Muller farm, lie saw tho fair girl who wns rnklng tha hay He thought of the blues which beset him that day. He thought of the fancies ho'd cherished so lonir The funcics that Whlttler rut In his song. Ho gazed at tho triplets nnd gasped, with a trlii. And n. sigh of relief; "Ah, It might havo been! Ho tied the blue ribbon on Mntidlo's dli-pl.i, vvuu inuai uigninouiy no timuiou away. But nil through tho would go To 'Mitlldle and then show. day his reflections to the triplets on "Pm thankful! I'm thankful!" he'd mutter, "becauso It might huve been lint It never was " Becauso of nn epidemic of scarlot fevir In Plalnllold, N. J., traced lo Impuro milk, the Board of Health has mado a law tint whoovor milks n cow lu the town or for ih-j town's supply must first wash tho handi and brush tho clothes. Milk tickets here after aro to bo used only once. A committee has been appointed to notify Mr. Towno that ho lias been nominated for vlco president by the hlotix Pulls convention. chief duty of the newly created olllcer will ' clouds of smoko, iignln giving tho imprcs be tho wearing of a bluo uniform with big sloa of thn ship being on llro, but sho wns brass buttons on it, not oa fire. Thero was only a llttlo smouldering flro In ono nf the cabins nniong fiomo clothes. Tho woodwork wns shattered in all directions, but did not take lire. Whllo tho ship wus being battered tho flro pumps wero uninjured nnd for n long time continued to work, flooding tho deck." Ho ndded that ono of the chief objects of tho experiment was to sco If tho woodwork would bo set on fire, ns was reported to have beoii tho cos? ln tho engagements bo tween American and Spanish war shlpB. Tho first mining operations In Germany wero begun lu Iho Hnrtz Mountains, nbout I Hevnn hundred years ntto. Tho Emneror Mr. and Mrs. Chaunccy Morlau of In dianapolis weigh Ji.liuly 700 pounds, he being -150 and sho 250. They havo Just ro turncd from a trip abroad. Thero was no berth on tho steamer big enough for tho huge hooslor and a tp-ilul uuo was toii- ttructed. It was also found necessary to William has accordingly ordered that tho provide a special scat for Inm in the dlnhw B0VUI1 hundredth nnniversnry of tho event room, none on board being of sulllcieut ' .i. Iho end of this month, in his presence. Tho first initio is said to have been opened nt Hcttstedt, in Saxony, and tho cmpuror will strength. Tho following birth i:otlco lecently up- The committee ! . ,L tu""""J l,nne.: K0 by special train to this hill town and In ' ijiji ii. in i ii n ItH'lilUt tliift solemn j1nt miill ..t'f.M. ' , -.w..... iiiiij iiiiiii lltlt'l HUT Kansas City convention has given notice lim ii-Ai.1' tit . . ..... l. .. .i .... ... ou wum.ui cnuuy lactoiy. i ...i..,.,,.,. -,.,.. u ,. , Carpenter's Philippine letter Is dated t.llN , ,7' ,, . " , frJS omV 01 "l, '""V," - , ; riit. .mnii,,,. .... . . ! '""etiou tor which it has been created, tills sectlou of our new possessions has however mav be rell.-d mum nnt (,.,,,, , ' . " " ' " '") tpt-ct otuo in n ng works, especially the , . . . . . lellul lll0" I10t 10 """-Tho boy favors his old dud la soveral ways, L.iin,i o,iHn,, nf Kiiv.., that is. the vtv H Is bnlil. has a rod ncro. tnkus i-AllnliiiT I lwt motnl In n ml nnt , . . (uwLUJn ui i niiiuiiti iiiw ihhiii ii ii v, . , to a bottle like a bumbleben to a lump of -nll .,i10llt thlrty yonrs ago silver and cop-st-.ir an; "lake a lot of nolso about r.oth- j ,.r w,.ro til0 most remuncrutlvo metals ing. olah. fmlt)(1 , (h0 mHz .Mountatns. but hIuco i tho discovery of largo Bllver deposits in morirn, tho German hllver initios hav Snmiile InNtniifrn of II r. van He I'reneli liiff unit I'metlee. J. Sterling Morton's Conservative. Will tbo Nebraska Bryanarchlsts, in view of tho contempt proceedings of our own su preme court, favor reaffirming at Kansas City the following plank from tho Chicago pin-'- - -n "Wo especially object to government by ' ltijui.i u it .is a new and highly dangerous form of oppression by which federal Judges, ln contempt of tho laws of tho states and tho rights of citizens, become at once leg Ulators, Judges, executioners; nnd we ap prove tho bill passed at tho last session of tho United Slatfs senate, and now ponding In the house of representatives, relative to contempts lu federal courts and providing for trials iby Jury iu certain cases of con tempt." Was tho criticism by tho Nebraska editor moro severe than tho following reference to tho supremo court of tho United States mado by a well known Nobraskan during the campaign of isitfl: "They say wo pat-scd an unconstitutional law. I deny It. The Income tax was not unconstitutional when It was passed. It was not unconstitutional when It went beforo the supremo court for tho first time. It did not bcoomo unconstitutional until ono Judgo changed his mind, and we cannot bo ex pected to know when a Judge will change his mind." (Applause nnd a voice, "Hit him again," as recorded In tho "First Battle.") Tho ono thing that quali fies a person to (five ad vice on rsny subject is expcrFenao experience creates knowledge No other person has so wide an oxporienco with female Ills nor such a record of sucooss as Mrs, Pinkham has had. Over a hundred thou sand oases oomo beforo her each year Some per sonally, others by mall. And this has been going on for 20 years, day aftar day and day after day. Twonty years of con stant success think of the knowlodgo thu3 gainodl Surely women are wlso in seeking ad vice from a woman with such an experience, es pecially when It is free. If you aro ill get a bottle of Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound ad '3insothen write Mrs '7,i'n :;fcam7 Lynn, Shlassa No Clothino- Fits Like Ottrs Kentucky ilemocrats who uow dt never beforo been udeiUteJy de.-ciibt'il and none could tlo It as well as Mr pouter. Tbo illustrations accompa Blvo an InslRht Into the quaint life I'.iitin,. .1,.. , . . . . i ' m!'" I""", " street .....forltv at the iw.iu i,,t,. ., ,i ...... i-anny Ward, the American actress, who served ns a barmaid at tho opening of tho National bazar la London, succeeded lu selling-a Manhattan cocktail at what is I titi''ilitPiMi- tlm reiord price. It win a c''-' nounce their net measure the (!.el..l matt01' Qf ,nln,t and n R''cl,t t'r,,e ' la mill" i . , nl"'H1"-' '"- l.oeliel t,olla am, w, M w , f , n n cu-ctlon law, do so not because the law , waiting to hn ,crved she .aid she word " , w 'I lalluro ln turnliiR the republican wait on the highest bidder first. Wh.-n tho scene anil a Rroup of Davao children AmoiiK tho miscellaneous subjects nie- toiially treated may be enumerated the 1 portrait of James Mitchell, now residing 1 at Valley, Neb., who was one of the I deleRiites to the first republican national convention held In Philadelphia In 18.V1; a plcturo of tho Hoer envoys taken by our special photographer diirlns their visit to Omaha; u Rroup of the prize de baters of the Nebraska State university; a snapshot at a tcoro of little llohemlan Rlrls plcnlokliiR at Hanscoin park; the floral service of tho Ancient Order of United Workmen held a week iiro. The Hce Is above comparison with victory that caused Its fall from favor, but becauso It did not do the work as expeditiously nud smoothly ns Intended. jirico was run up to tho go.itl.man offering Hint sum got his, cocktail first. As a result of a quarrel over toinn chick ens Which rntiineil In Inv pithk lira in. I. ( dents of CofToyvlllo, Kan., havo become In volved In a roninrkablo lawsuit. Jn-oa Biophy, tho plulntiff. avers that his neigh--bor. Neodham Weeks, presented htm tea hens nnd two roosters In February last and assured him that tho hens would lay upwnrl of sixty oggs a week. Ilrophy fod and cared for tho chickens for ton woeks. "do- , voting most of his tlmo to lhm, to tha detriment of other interests," but the ho:is 11.1 , ..... . ..... lamu in in any i-nss. ino planum al- The Hoard of Visitors of West Point 'fK"8,'" be was unlawfully deceived by Mm..,-,. ,i ...in , , the defendant nnd seeks to recover JPO Mi l r academy wl l recommend nils- f lug the requirements for admission so as expenditures for chicken feed. Mr. Ilrynn should make haste to so cure tho services of his old-time press URont. The dispatches quote him ns sponkliiR to a crowd of .'100 people dm Iiir his Wisconsin trip. Why It should have been made so small when ono more Jab at tho typewriter would have made It :t,000 Is hard to comprehend. Its a fine thing to believe in yourself confidence inspires confidencewe believe ,? in the goodness of the clothing we make Tfj And you will believe in it too if you'll make er 'j. i , ' us acquaintance. You might scrape acquaintance with one of our serge suits at il 0.00 its a special suit at a scecial orice- But we I-mv thero win bo a dinner to aii tho inin.-n ami , worsteds and cheviots at the same low figure if you desire them. i nc pertection ot tit is as much a merit of these floods as of $15.00, $18.00 and $20.00 suits. dono little, l-'rom Hettstodt tho empero will drlvo to Ulsloben, nn Important copper mining center, nnd nlso tho birthplace Martin ' Luther, whobe father was n miner there. The miners nnd foundry-lun-ls thrnughmit tho district will line the high toad nn his nrrlvul, mid ho will bo received by tho local authorities. Tho ceremony will end with a march-past of tho miners and foundry-hands. On tho following day other hands to tho number of nbout eighteen thousand. They will nil bo allowoJ to loavo work for two shifts, without loss of pn. ; OU1' lll-WOj'M VllllNllPll lllllllll, Ciili-iiKO Chronicle. As Admiral Dewey's priwldentljl l.com Hears the varilihlug joint his porsonnl jo u larlty mice more begins u augment. Tlu admiral has by thi- time definitely asc i taiued that hl-i fellow citizens don't au him for president preferring 10 honor him as victor of Manila and lilghcfct type of thi American sailor. If ho i wis- h II realize that such nn honor is lo Lo pn-f rr d to tho premdeno) even If he could get It, nnd he couldn't. Look over our assortment anyway before you decide. Brownin; mm & o R. S. Wilcox, Maunder. Omaha's Only lixcltislvo Clothiers for ,Ucu nud Uoy Co.,