The Omaha Daily Bee.
B. ItOSEWATKIl. Editor.
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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""
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"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
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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"
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; 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.,
