(i THE OMAHA DAITjY BEE; SATURDAY, JUNE rtO, 11)00. The Omaha Daily Bee. :, IlOSHWATKlt, Editor. PUBLISHED KVKIIY MOIININO. TERMS OF SUUSCKIPTION: Dally Heo (without Sunday), Ono Year.Jfi.OO Daily Uee and Bundny, Ono Year S.CO Illustrated Bee, One Year "M HundliV lice, Onu Val .. i'.OU Saturday lice, Ono Year l- Weekly Hue, Onu Ycur to OFFICKS: Omaha: The Jleo Building. South Omaha: City Hall Building, Twcn-ty-flfth and N streets. Council Bluffs; 10 Pearl Street. chlcatro: 1S40 Unity Building. Now York; Templo Court. Wnshlngton: 601 Kourtrcnth Street. Sioux City: Cll Park Street. COmtBSrONDKNCU. Communications relating to news and edi torial matter should he addressed: Omaha Dec, Editorial Department. BUSINESS LETTERS. Business letters and remittances should bo addressed: The Bee Publishing Compuny, Omaha. REMITTANCES. Remit by draft, express or postal order, payable to The Bee Publishing Company, only 2-cent stamps nccotitca in payment of mall accounts. 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Subscribed and sworn -before me this 1st dm- of June, 1900. M. B. HUNGATE. (Seal.) Notary Public. l'AUTIES Ml.VVnG I'-Oll SUMMER. I'nrllen lonvliiK tlie elty for the mummer mil)- linvp The Dec sent (11 (In-111 rcKiilurly liy nntlfyliiK The lire llunliii'mi oilier, In person or !' mull. The nililrrss will he clinniteil nn often lis ilrslrril. Omnhn's autumn festival Is an as sured success. Hut everyone should continue to push It along Just the same. If the local democracy split up Into a few more clubs what fun they will havu gettlug together on a new fusion basis. "For Bryan's sake" he should be de feated for the presidency because he has prospered tinder republican rule as he never prospered before. A New York boy has been killed by lightning while playing golf. Kven the prevnlllng stylo of Incandescent hose was not sulllelent' to protect him. The trusts will be personally rep resented at Kansas City and they Will icl as much if not more at home with .0 democrats than with any other arty. l'o make the slogan complete the pro hibitionists should havo nominated a man named Wild for vice president. It would then have been a Wild ami Woolley ticket. Dispatches from Tien Tsln say the rifle lire of the American and liritish marines was "beautiful." This prob nbly depends upon which end of the gun It was viewed from. Haytl has decided to lake American coins at their face value, lluytl is slow. Kuropean nobility has been offering a premium for some time and taking them encumbered with a wedding ceremony. Chemically speaking the fusion con ventions this year are an emulsion, not a chemical union of the elements com posing them and It requires coustant and vigorous shaklug to keep them from separating. Democrats Indignantly deny that they are never right and In proof of their contention point out that the party has been on every side of every question which has been before the public for several generations. Colonel Molse, ald-de-camp to his ex cellency tho coventor, and Deputy Oil Inspector Fanning are again without a political home. A new stato Institution for tho care of democratic orphans should bu established wlfliout delay. In looking for contempt precedents tho Nebraska supreme court might go to .Tapnn, where bcveral Journalists have been sentenced to long terms in prison for making uncompllmeutary remarks about tho wedding of the crown prince. In addition to ninny oilier tilings the army mulo is to bo turned loose on the Chinese. Tho charge of tho mule to tho accompaniment of tho picturesque profaulty of the American "mule skin ner" will bo more than John can with stand. Tho city tax collections for the month of Juno promise to astonish tho natives. Put It down as certain, however, that a half million dollars could not have been gathered In ns city taxes In that time without the asslstanco of republican prosperity. After cogitating for four years 'David It. Hill has eomo to tho conclusion that ho Is still a democrat, but sorrowfully ndmlts tliero aro only a few of the genuine brand left hardly enough to flavor tho diluted mass which will as seniblo at Kansas City, The Jacksoulaii club went through a little program of expulsion four years ago which seems to afford tho example and precedent for a similar performance on tho part of tho County Democracy now. Continuous vaudeville Is not in It with tho show put up by the local de mocracy In this vicinity. AS 70 A Mint) llCKVT. Will the found money (loinoi'tiits put 11 iircxlrirnllitl ticket In tho Hold, nx they did fur yours iiro? TIiIm (mention will lie (li'tcrniliied next inontli, itftcr the KmiNiiH City convention, tho doelsloi) having lieen deferred until the declara tion of liilnelpleH of tho Hryaulte party 1 Is promulgated. As the character of that declaration Is already known, It would Hcem that the sound money demo crats need no longer hesitate as to whether they will support the parly which has llxed tho gold standard In law or will place a ticket of their own In the Held. Four years ago the Independent demo cratic candidates. J'almer and Ituck ner, received lUI.U-IK voterf. It Is tilt! opinion of some that an independent democratic, ticket this year would pet a great many more votes than In lSOU. The Philadelphia Record thinks that "Instead of being driven to a reluctant eholcu between two evils In McKlnley and Hryau, the hosts of republicans and democrats who are opposed to them both and to tho policies of which they are the exponents would have n wel come alternative In a third ticket." This may be so, but It seems to us that the sound money democrats who regard as of tlrst Importance tho maintenance of the gold standard and the continuance of prosperity would make 11 grave mis take In supporting a third ticket and thereby possibly endangering the suc cess of the sound money party. Such democrats will do their duty to the country and at the same time contribute to the restoration of true democracy by voting for the republican candidates. That Is the only wise course for men who understand the dangers Involved in the triumph of liryanlsin. ciiAzun would nt: run nit: wuhse. The New York Times does not cirroo with those who think that President McKlnley Is not so strong as he was four years ago and that Mr. Bryan Is stronger. That paper says It believes as llrmly and conlldently as It can believe anything as to the future that Mr. Mc Klnley will surely be elected. "It may be on a lighter vote or by u smaller ma jority In the electoral college," says that paper, "or It may bo by an overwhelm ing majority, but of tho actual result we can see no reason for nny Intelligent doubt." This opinion of the Times Is based upon two general facts ono that the people have no dellnlto plans or purposes sub mitted to them by tho democratic party; the second that when the time conies for a decision the question which every voter not blinded by party passion will ask himself is, Will a change of party In the only way now possible harm the country and particularly his own inter ests? In regard to tho latter the Times says: "The tremendous force of this latter fact can better be seen if wo turn our minds back four years. Then the question was different. Wo were In the depths of business stagnation and distress. What the voter asked him self was, What will help 11s? Mr. Bryan and the populist democracy promised relief from debt by partial re pudiation and stimulus for trade by in flation. To the thoughtless, the igno rant and the desperate tho promises .were more or less fascinating. They had nothing to lose and the hope of im provement was enticing. Tho great body of thoso then misled now have much to lose. They aro creditors, not debtors. They are going forward and not back. They nre no longer Idle, but busy. They will view the delusive promises, which have not changed In tho least, very differently. They will fear to be tho victims where four years ago they hoped to be the gainers." This describes the general feeling, at least among thoughtful people, who are not controlled by prejudice or passion and aro susceptible to tho Inllueuce of facts. Tho multitude who live almost or wholly from day to day, to whom a week's Idleness or a month of bad busi ness means a loss very hard to make up, remarks tho Times, will bo tho most careful as to the iwsRlblo effect of their votes. "In 1800 they felt that a change could hardly make things much worse and might make thorn better. This year they will sec that any serious change must be fon the worse and thoso who aro capable of voting their convictions and not merely their party predilections will not vote for a change." In tho oplnlou of the Times there will be enough of these to decide the result. The voters who will havo most to do with determining the result of the presi dential election are the wage earners and as tho great majority of these arc re ceiving higher wages now than they did four years ago It Is most reasonable to suppose that they will vote to maintain tho conditions from which they have benelltcd. Tho more Intelligent of them know that they could derive 110 advan tage from n change, whllo there Is every reason to believe that It would result to their Injury. Tilt SUXtJAV IKK. Headers of The Bee Suuday will have spread before them n number of exclu sive and special features which will make the Issue particularly timely and attractive. The great national nominating con ventions are naturally the center of uni versal ntteutlon. In Its Issuu just pre vious to tho Philadelphia convention Tho Boo presented its readers with a hand some portrait of President McKlnley, whose renomlnatlon was predestined by his parly. This week Tho Beo gives a new portrait, taken by Its stair pho tographer, of William Jennings Bryan, ! who is also to bo renominated by his party In Its convention at Kansas City , the coming week, as well as a notable ; writ's of pictures showing him as ho nn ! pears In various characteristic phases of ins lire at homo and on his farm in Lin coln, Another feat tiro suro to strike tho pop ular fancy is a group of snapshots made at the recent policeman's picnic, expos lug the different kinds of fun Indulged lu on that festive occasion. Well known characters, easily recognized from their photographs, hnve been caught by the camera and presented In a new light unfamiliar to their every-day friends. Carpeuter's letter tells how hemp Is 'grown In our Philippine possessions and describes the primitive methods still In vogue In preparing It for the market. The accompanying Illustrations show , the progressive stages of the manufac ture at once entertaining and Instruc tive. ' Another Illustrated article takes tip the subject luxury In the modern lloat ! Ing palaces owned by American yachts ; men with glimpses at the Interior of one of the most costly of these pleasure boats. These are only a few Items from the literary and pictorial menu card of next Sunday's Ilee. lie sure to but It and end copies to your friends. T11K C'UUATl MANAGES. The Increase In the tax rate llxed by tho county board on nn Increased val uation for the coming year calls atten tion to tho fact that the county llnanccs are too much neglected by the taxpayers who aro vitally concerned In tho expen diture of tho county funds. There Is no question but that considerable room for retrenchment is open In the various branches of administration under the supervision and control of tho county board, but since the board has passed Into the hands of a democratic majority the tendency has been toward Increased expenditure and an expanded salary list wherever the fusloulsts could be made tho benellclarles. In this way the county attorney's olllce, since occupied by a democratic Incumbent, has been more expensive to the taxpayers than ever before. A new auditing department has been created entirely outside of the otllces provided for by law In order to give places to fusion favorites and take the work away from the Jurisdiction of the republican county clerk, by whom It had always been previously performed. In the clerk of tho court's department the tlrst rule made under the new law putting the olllce force on the county pay roll was to Increase the salaries far above what had been paid by the clerk in his Indi vidual capacity when ho figured on re taining all the fees for himself. With the Income from the clerk of the court's olllce going Into the county troastiry In stead of Into tho private coffers of that official the office should bo a source of revenue Instead of an expense to the taxpayers and would bo so If strict ac countability wero enforced. Various other leaks, most notably those in tho jury service which make our courts so ex pensive, the prison feeding contract of the county jail and tho proposed raid for a fake county fair could and should be stopped to the advantage of the taxpay ers. With an economical and careful ad ministration of county affairs as con trasted with the profligate policy of the present fusion board, the tax rate would be reduced Instead of Increased. But no relief can be expected In that direction until the people arouse to tho necessity of looking after their interests by the selection of county commissioners who will rescue the affairs of tho county from tho grasp of tho fusion machine. Tho most ludicrous farce of the sys tem employed In making assessments of property hero in Omaha Is that relating to the valuation of banks nnd bank prop erty. All tho banks lu Douglas county arc listed for taxation at ?oS."i,ri97, which is supposed to include capital stock, sur plus and undivided prollls. Tho way this Is arrived at Is by taking tho actual llgures and dividing by six on the theory that other property Is taxed tqion one sixth of Its full value. The reason for the one-sixth percentage in assessing real and personal property, however, is that a forced sale would not bring more than one-sixth of the actual value. Ap plying tills principle to the banks, wo sec the authorities taking actual cash held as bank surplus and saying that it Is only worth one-sixth of its face value. No ono ever heard of any banker who would sell his property for I ho amount at which It was assessed, although plenty of people would dispose of realty at the assessed valuation. One of the petitions before the council for repavement applies to a strip of Nineteenth street only one block in length between Dodge and Capitol ave nue. No contract for paving this street should bo let unless It Includes the strip from Douglas to Dodge, which has not yet been paved. No good reason exists why property owners in tho center of tins city should hnvo tho benefit of street Improvements all around them, yet per sist In obstructing Improvements where they might have to bear a portion or tho cost. Woolley and Metonlf constitute the nominees on tho prohibition national ticket. Tho man chosen for second place must not bo confused with any Individ ual of tho same nnnio residing In Ne braska. Tho Nebraska Metcalfe and prohibition aro total strangers to ouo another. Judge Van Wyck of New York pre scribes for tho democratic party on the theory that Its Ills aro many, as accord ing to tho late democratic candidate for governor ten different medicines are re quired. Ho does not nretend to k.-iv 'what the trouble Is, but It Is doubtless general debility and au overdose of ice water. Mayor Moores' proclamation restrict Ing the dlsclmrgo of Uroworks to the day set apart for celebrating the birth of the republic Is timely and should be strictly enforced. The exertion of ordinary pre caution for the Kourth of July celebra tion would bo the means of saving val uable property ami moro valuable lives. Two-thirds of the Increased county as sessment Is to bo added lo tho bridge fund. If Douglas county Is not soon ( planted to bridges almost as closely as It Is plauted to corn it will not bo the fault of the bridge contractors and the popocratle majority of tho county board. I'rophi'U Without Honor. Washington Star. Ono of the lucky circumstances In con nection with a political campaign is that tho preliminary loud talk by the nmatetir prophets Is usually forgotten In tho ex citement of listening tn tho election returns, "Our Friend the i:neiii.v." Saturday Evening Post. Some men who think they arc patriots nro only partisans. ThropN of the l.vlMK t'entury. Baltimore American. Tho war news of tho world Is beginning to get slightly bewildering. It comes from all quarters of tho globe whllo you wait. Working; (lir (Mil Uniiir. Chlcnso Record. Wasn't It stratigo that rain came along nml saved tho wheat crop Just when tho Innocent outsiders hud loaded up on n nlco line of It? Jollying the Olil Admiral. ChlcHco Tribune. Admiral Dewey, It Is reported, notes "a fctrous feeling In tho west for Mr. Bryan" ami believes that "If ho runs for tho pres idency ho will bo elected." Tho ndmlral Is a good soul, but somebody has suc ceeded in stuffing htm. Do Strike I'ny (he Strlkrrsf St. Louis Globe-Democrat. According to nn ofTlclal statement tho amount contributed to tho street railway strikers In St. Louis for forty-six days has been $33,915, of which $2,271 went for expense.?. Tho remainder is $31,611, which distributed among 3,000 men for the time mentioned gives au averago nf about 23 cents a day for each man. Tho wages of tho men for the same period would havo amounted to $276,000, a loss of $244,356. Go ml Sample nf WmtiTii l'lnck. St. Loulu Republic. American pluck of tho finest typo Is re vealed In tho undaunted spirit with which tho pcoplo of Bloomlngton, III., aro already setting to work to rebuild that considerable portion of their city which was recently de stroyed by lire. Th! Is tho Indomitable spirit that has always been tho keynoto of tho marvelous march of progress tn tho middle west. Equally In Itls degrco Bloom lngton manifests tho same courago and en ergy that wero shown by Chicago following tho great fire of a generation ago In that city. With tho ruins of Us burned district Etlll smoking, this bravo Illinois town has already begun plans for rebuilding and Its architects aro busy with the necessary pre liminaries. CONCUIl.MNU GOLD IIRMOCIIATS. Why They Should Stnml liy the lle publleuii I'urty Thin Ycur. New York Tribune. A republican congress and u republican president gavo tho country a gold standard law. Gold democrats received from the re publican party something that they could never get from tho democratic party and yet a number of thoughtless pcoplo assert that thoy can now support Mr. Bryan, as tho enactment of tho present currency law has, they say, removed tho strongest reahon which Induced them to voto tho republican ticket four years ago. In other words, hav ing received from tho republican party tho boon they asked, theso people aro-rcady to lend their votes to a caiuo Ufo very object of which Is to upset the conditions that aro responsible tor current national credit and national prosperity. Dock tho republican party deserve to bo punished for doing well? Do tho gold democrats owa the republican party nothing? Is It fair to take and gjvo nothing In return and do honest men endorse tho course of tho fawn ing hypocrlto who accepts hospitality In the daytime and steals from Ills host at night? Is there not a question of gratltudo nnd morals Involved In this case? All gold democrats In fact,1 all men are In debt to the republican party for tho stand It has taken on the mbrfey question. It Is a debt that demands payment; not a debt that can be charged 6ft; not a dcT)t that was liqui dated tn advance by tho votes of four yenrs ago. In tho establishment of tho gold standard law tho gold democrats should And amplo reason for standing by tho re publican party this year and, falling to do this, they will add ono moro gloomy Inci dent to the history of political Ingratitude and oven political crime. TUB C A XT 13 MX AXD Til 12 AIIMV. Inlrmpernle Itrinurlin hy n Temper-iiiu-e Ail viu-iilo. New York Times. Mr. James B. Dunn of tho National Tem perance society has written to tho Bvenlng Post a letter upon tho nrmy canteen, which seems to us to havo all tho vices of the discussions upon this subject of the "cru saders." It Is us unfair as tho editorial re marks upon the question In tho Now Voice, which, ns theso tamo poreons know who have read them, aro Inspired by that par ticular blend of Ignorance, Insolence and In tolerance which mankind has agreed to (all fanaticism. If wo take tho view of tho original report, which tho Methodist general conference wisely declined to accept, that tho permitted sale, under any conditions, of intoxicating liquors Is a "bin," then, of course, there Is no moro to bo said. There Is nothing to do but to refiuo tho permission, oven though wo know that prohibition docs not prohibit, and even though the effect of nominal pro hibition wero to make an army of drunk ards. But really that is a view as lncradlblo to tho great mujorlty of adult malo Ameri cans as tho view which wo bollevo w,is taken by tho saio committee, that tho usa of tobacco U n "body and soul-dcit:oylng evil," which every banc man, whether he happen to to u cqnsumer or nn abstainer, knows to bo mere bosh. And when we put tho quostlon of tho canteen on biiblunary ground?, nnd discuss It aa a matter of 'ex pediency, which Mr. Dunn nnd his kind at onco protend ar.d refuso to do, tho best 'hlng vc can poaalbly do Is to tako tho testimony of expert wltnoatea. Thcsj witnesses are In this caso tho officers of the army, Th?y not only know mora nbout tho comparative results of a canteen under restriction and nn unrtstrlctcd saloon than anybody else, ! but they nre also moro warmly Interested than anybody elso In tho efficiency and wclfaro of tho enlisted men and discipline of the army, to which cxcesslvo drinking is ono of the greatest enemies. Tho War department very wisely took this highest class of testimony. Tho results woro overwhelmingly In favor of tho restricted I nnd Inspected drinking of tho canteen, 11 s 1 ngalnst tho unrestricted and uninspected 1 drinking of the saloon. In order to weaken tho effect of this absolutely conclusive show-' lug, Mr. Dunn finds It proper nnd tasteful, and oven Christian, to Insult tho ofllcorn of tho army by charging them with cooking tholr reports to suit what ho nssuraes to bo tho vlows of the War department. Thcro could not bo a grosser or more baseless in sult than this, nnd yet tho Insultcr delivers It with tho nlr of calm argumentation and "sweet reasonableness." Hear him: "Under such circumstances P. was not to bn expected that many officers, dependent ns they aro upon tho secretary of war for favors, would enro Jo put themselves upon record as avowo to tho vlows and wishes of tho War department. Any public adverse criticism of an army officer Jeopardizes his position nud puts him out . of favor with tho War department." I U Is such reckless and Insolent absump-. Hons that an officer of tho National Tem poranco society undertakes to sweep away a mass of export testimony which would bcrve as an infallible guide to n rational and modest reformer. What can you do with a fanatlo llko that? Ono thing you can surely do U absolutely to disregard his advlco when an Important and practical question, like that of promoting temperance lu tho army, la under popular or legislative discussion. POLITICAL DIIII'T. Jeff Uavls is running for governor don In Arkansas. Some heartless cartoonist, bereft of respect for the dead, pictures David Bennett Hill as a dicky bird. if the democrats take Sutler In thelr's It will bo pretty strong evidence that there Is "a stick In It." Tho democrats nbout to assemble In Kan sas City will naturally "view with alarm" the dubious prospect ahead. The prohibition candidate for president Is nil Woolley and a yard wide. With characteristic loyalty to principles the party refused to take a Swallow. Colonel Drlnkwatcr is going to Kansas City to do some political booming. Tho colonel's name will not nttract much at tention, except on tho side. Rev. Sam Jones calls tho democrats of Gcorclu "a lot of damnable red-nosed ras cals." Jones Is n Georgian himself and a fair Judco of creed and color. Charles Umory Smith serves notlco through the Philadelphia Press that "the republican party will not permit Its plat form to bo Qulggcd a second time." Tho (lerman-spcaklng socialists had hot ter watch out. Tho socialist candldato for president Is Joseph Maloncy, nnd for gov ernor of Now York, Charles Corrlgan. Tho Loulsvlllo Courier-Journal calls tho present democratic party "organized folly," and decides to "go with the fools." Tho tasto of tho ntar-cyed goddess Is hope lessly corrupted. Oeorge Walker of the Alabama delegation at Philadelphia had a lot of fun thero on account of hla marked resemblance to Hanna. All Borta of men Importuned him for tavuis, poured advlco Into his ear or warned him against real or fancied dangers to the "grand old party." Tho democratic candidate for governor of Indlnnn, John W. Kern, Is n native of Botetourt county, Virginia, nnd an Intimate personal and political friend of tho Into Senator Daniel W. Voorhces for many years. Ho Is now city solicitor of In dianapolis. Western men who attended the Phila delphia convention were much disappointed In the appearance of Governor Rooaevelt. They had expected, after all the rough rider talk, to find a stnlwart, broad-shouldered man Instead of a compact fellow of less than 5 feet 9 Inches. Tho Alabama populists oro having dlfll culty In mnlntainlug their state ticket. Threo men nominated for state offlcej hnvo declined Rev. S. M. Adams, named for governor; A. G. Drake, named for stato treasurer, and John II. Porter, nominated for superintendent of education. Lieutenant Governor Woodruff's announce ment that he 1ocb not want the nomination" for governor of New York and that ho will go back to business, though ho will not re llro from polities at tho end of his present term, Is translated by tho experts as mean ing that ho Is going after Mr. Piatt's placo In the senate, tho great boss having 'In nouueed that ho will not havo it uzain. Tho only recorded tnstanco In many years of a democratic nominee who was reluctant to accept his party's nomination for vice president was Thomas A. Hen dricks, tho choice of tho St. Louis conven tion for that ofllco in 187C. Ho hesitated somo time before accepting. On tho oc casion of his second nomination as vice president by tho Chicago convention In 1881 Mr. Hendricks showed no like re luctance. AI.LIKI) ARM IKS IX CIIIXA. LenilerNhip n. Mutter nf Itnuk I'ncle Snm'n l'oslllon, Buffalo Kxpress. Oeneral Adna, R. Chaffee, who has been ordered to tako command of the American troops which will bo sent to China, Is nn officer with a fine record and is worthy of tho fullest confidence. Tho only objection to his selection is his subordinate rank. Ho Is a brigadier. As such ho will bo out ranked probably hy tho chief military repre sentatives of every other nation which sends troops to China. .Ho will, consequently, be under tho command of every Englishman, Russian, Japanese, German and Frenchman with whom ho may bo required to act In alllnucc. 16 may bo that tho government does not doslro any greater prominence for our forces than this. Only a small number of troops 'will bo sent and our Interests In China are comparatively slight. A secondary position is not Inappropriate. Still, It might bo observed that hero is a raso In which tho promotion of General Miles to a lieu tenant generalship might havo been turned to good account. U Miles had been sent to command in China his rank would have placed him on an equality with most, If not with all, of tho foreign officers thcro and tho Influence of tho United States would have been correspondingly greater. Instead of sending American troops out under -tho general command of an Hnglish officer to bo defeated and surrounded, as has happened to thosi who went with tho Pekln relief ex pedition under 'Admiral Seymour or under u Russian officer to be led Into an ambuscade, 113 happened to the Tien T.dn relief expedi tion, we should have had a man at hand en-titli-i to tako chief command over the allies, and Americans nt least would have felt more confidence lu the results. Possslbly tho others would havo resented our for wardness. On tho other hand, they might havu welcomed our action as furnishing a means of moro hearty co-operation than has marked the movements of tho International forces to far. nwxi3itsiui I.V AIR. ItlKhtu nf Ileal ICtnle Owner' lu the Air Ahove Their I.miiln. Boston Globe. Tho valuo of land In a great city has long been recognized, but few people, por haps, havo realized how far up ond down real estate ownership extends, A lawsuit Just decided in Now York has settled tho fact that a man can get damages If his neighbor encroaches for even a few Inches on the air abovo the land to which he has a legal claim. The evldenco In tho Case Just decided showed that the wall of a twenty-story building on Broadway overhangs the land adjoining at tho first cornice of tho building thrco Inches and a quarter, at tho second cornice threo Inches and three-quarters nnd nt tho third cornlco four Inches and three-quartors. At tho Now street end thero Is an overhang of ono and ono-elghth Inches and In addition to this there are overhanging cornices and swinging shutters, Tho owner of tho air encroached upon got opinions from experts that tho consequent Injury to him was from $50,000 to $250,000. J ud go Lawrcnco of the supreme court has uwarded to the sufferer $5,000 dam ages, Ho says that tho defendant will bo onjolned from maintaining tho cornices nml swinging shutters, tho Injunction to tnke effect when tho plaintiff decides, It nt all, to carry up his building, which Is four Btorles high, or to erect nnothcr higher building. If tho defendant agrees to pay the $5,000 tho plaintiff must give an ac quittance of all claim for tho encroachment of tho wall, Tho defendant must also de clare that ho will make no claim of adverse possession for tho timo the cornices and shuttcra remain. Real estnto exports soy that tho caso Is of such importance that It may bo car ried to a higher court on an appeal. The present decision has shown, however, that the plaintiff's hopes for damages wero not altogether "In tho air." Theoretically, It would appear a man's ownership of a piece of land extends upward to tho limit of the atmosphere and downward to the center of tho earth. Thk Nkxt Ni'Mhku The Illustrated Bee Will Contain n Notable ScrlcH of Bryan PICTURES Showlnc MR. BR VAN AT 1IO.MK and ON 1I1H KARM. Photographs tuado tor Tho lira by spe cial appointment with Mr. tlry&n by Tho Uco's stair photographer. l'rontUpleca -PORTRAIT OI' MR. BRYAN. Out July 1 Buy II. OTIII'.lt I. AMIS TIIAX OI IIS. A British naval officer, writing nnony mously to tho London Times, but clearly of high standing, his letter being accorded the honors of leaded type, pays that tho real cause of tho uprising In China is tho fact that for years the great powere havo re garded that country 11s tho playground of their diplomacy, and have been carrying on the Interesting gamo of outwitting each other for a number of years, without ever, for one moment, taking Into consideration tho opinions or feelings of tho millions of natives, or believing in tho poudblllty of that concerted action on tho part of the Chinese of which there havo been so many tioglcctcd warnings. Ho argues that tho British policy of constant suspicion of Rus sia which Lord Salisbury somo time ago declared to bo exploded, but which has been pursued steadily nevertheless, Is re sponsible for tbo whole trouble. That policy, tho writer argues, Is confessedly a humiliating failure, nnd ho proceeds to de claro that tho only satisfactory solution of tho Chinese problem will bo found In tho cordial co-operntlon of England nnd Russia, and he urges tho British foreign office to Utilize the acknowledged friendli ness of the czar for Great Britain .toward securing a pcrmnncnt settlement of that fnr eastern question, which has so long been the terror of diplomatists. The most eloquent descriptions of tho fnmlno In India, Its extent, nnd tho suffering caused by it, aro scarcely so vivid as the bare statement of facts In the official com munication which the viceroy. Lord Curzon, sent recently to the lord mayor of London. From this It appears that the average an nual rainfall of the Indian continent, cal culated upon data extending" over tho last thirty years, Is forty-one Inches. In 1S9G the deficiency was flvo Inches. In 1Sj: (when the monsoon broko that regulated tho harvests of 1900), the deficiency was eleven Inches, or 27 per cent. Such a deficit is unparalleled lu Indian records. In the mlddlo of May, ISO", an area of 203.000 squaro miles, with a population of 40,000,000 persons, was affected. In the middle of May, 1D00, tho figures were 417,000 square miles (or nearly a quarter of the entire extent of tho Indian empire), and 54,000,000 persons. In May, 1S97. 3.SU.00O peisonu wero In receipt of government relief; In May, 1900, the total was 5,607,000. At the present moment, lu tho whole of the af flicted regions In British India, 15 per cent of the entire population aro being supported by the government. In summing up the present situation be tween Japun and Russia, the Pekln cor respondent of the London Times guys: "Russian cannot permit Japan to occupy Korea and Japan cannot expose her country to the peril of seeing Korea In tho hands of Russia. Yet the population of Japan Is growing so quickly that thcro Is an impera tive need for territorial expansion. Forty two millions of people, bravo and warlike, cannot remain cooped up In islands for tho most part mountainous, the territorial area of which Is less than Sweden, while the population Is nino times greater. And ex pansion cannot' bo looked for In Formosa. Formosa -will bo dovdoped as we develop India. No Japanese contemplates tho Im migration of Japanese Into Formosa to dis place Chinese and aborigines. Korea, on tho other hand, having a cllmalo nnd soil llko that of Japan and yet being thinly peopled, is tho natural and Inevitable coun try for Japaneho expansion, Korea must becomo Japanese. Japan must have Korea. But to occupy Korea Involves a war with Russia, for Korea cannot bo held by tho power that Is not in occupation of the Leao-tong peninsula." Somo Interesting particulars appear In the London press concerning that compact and formldablo body of native troops which England has organized under the namo of tho West African frontier forco and which has furnished tho backbone of tho Kumassl relief expedition. It consists of two bat talions of infantry, thrco batteries of artil lery and an engineer company, with all necessary transport nnd medical arrange ments. Tho rank und fllo arc Hausas, Yorubas aud a few Nupes, all superb speci mens of humanity and nil said to bo In a high stato of discipline. A battalion con sists of eight companies, each 150 strong, with a lieutenant colonel commandant, bec ond In command, adjutant nnd quartermas ter. Each company has Its company com mander and two subalterns, with flvo Brit ish nou-commlssioucd ofilcnrs, besides na tive non-commlsslonod officers. Every com pany has, moreover, Its own Mnxlm and gun detachment, tho men being armed throughout with the .303 Leo-Euficld car bine Two of tbo threo batteries consist each of four seven-pounder guns of easy traction aud quite powerful enough for the work expected of them. The third battery has a formidable nrmament of six Norden- "Saturday" Is your last chance to buy a fine summer suit at less than cost, all of our broken lines at this big discount 33i per cent. $6.50 Suits $8.50 Suits $10.00 Suits $15.00 Suits $4.35 $5.70 $6.70 $10.00 Saturday night ends this sale, get a bargain while you can, Browning, King & Co., R. S. Wilcox, Manager. Otuflba' Only Exclusive Clothiers lor Mcu tmj Mojb, frit-Maxim guns of the hlghfst pattern. These guns can be readily managed by th powerful llHiifHB. oven over very b 1 ground. Tho rapidity with which a batiery marched In single file, as l. unu.il In tli bush country. Is said to be very remark -able. Tho native gunners have beon trained carefully and are said lo be extrcraly ef ficient. Most of the railways of China nre In tho region which Is now the scene of military operations and of the depredations of the Boxers. A railway eighty miles long, be longing to nn English company, extends from tho port of Tien Tsln north to Tckln. At Fengtal, five miles south of Pekln on this line, begins tho Belgian "Lu Han" rail wny, which extends southwest seventy eight miles to Paotlngfu, where the Boxers havo been particularly nctlvr. Both tho English nnd the Belgian lines have been largely destroyed by tho rioters. From Tien Tsln a railway extends 2S7 miles east ward to Chcnchou nnd thcro nro branches aggregating fifty miles. Altogether tho English system has 407 miles nnd tho Bel gian" cighty-clght. It Is tho former that Is to bo ultimately connected with Mouk den, In tho Russian sphere, where It will connect with tho Siberian railway. About sixty miles of the American Hankan-Pckln line has been graded, but work Is now stopped. SMILIXC. ItllMAItlCS. Detroit Journal: In politics, the wlsn man layeth pipes, while tho fool only ypouts. Chicago Record: "John Is so absent minded." "U he?" "Yes; whenever I glvo him a letter to mall he goes und mulls It." Indianapolis Journal: "Let me sell ynu an ulurm clock to help you get up In the inornlni;." "Help me get up! Man. nre ynu crazy? All an alarm clock does Is to make veoplo feet doubly determined to stay In bed." Chicago Tribune: Mr. Brynn looked at hla watch. "Cull In tho young men of the press," he said. "This Is my regular hour for assur ing tho country that the Chicago platform will bo reaffirmed ut Kunsas City." Pittsburg Chronicle: "I hear that married life Is expensive," said u young urn 11 contemplating matrimony to a benedict of his acquaintance. "Well." replied the latter, evasively, "t saw In the newspapers that Brlghum Young Roberts had Just been fined $lfiO for bigamy." Cleveland Plain Dealer: "That tnlkatlv Mr. dabble reminds mo of heavy siege gun." "Why?" "Ah soon ns It's known he's loaded every body runs for cover." Detroit Journal: Tho sneaker waxed lm imssloned. "Are you." he cried, feelingly, "of tboe who, having eyes, see not; having ears, hear ifot?" "Vcs! yes'" thniited the assembled eli tors, ns with ono voice. For nil of these men, us It chanced, were candidates for places on the pollco force TII1J CAXXOX CHACKKn. Mary Marshall PnrkH In St. Nicholas It was a Chinese cracker. All clad In glowing red. Lay trembling lo n wooden box, BcKlda our Tommy's bed. "Tomorrow," sighed tho cracker, "Unless I swiftly fly Lour ere the shining sun Is up, I shall most surely die!" Out of the box hn clambered, With many a glance of dread Where Tommy, dreaming of the Fourth, Iiy tossing on his bed. 1 The cracker, trembling greatly. Then hied him to a wood. And sought a dark und lonely dell, Whero drops of moisture stood On flowers and grass. lie ehucklrd,' "This Is the place for me," And xiit. down nn h cpld, diiiUP toiir, Beside -h moscy'treei - A"V- , Tho woodland creatures gathered, And gazed with startled eyes, And listened to his tale of woe With murmurs of surprise. Said the selfish, boastful cracker: "You see, I used my wits. My brothers In that fatal box Will nil bo blown to bits; Whllo I, because I reasoned. And dared to net" Per-HANti !!! A terrible, explosion Throughout the woodland rang. It was a frisky flrelly Toyed with that iluiigllug cuo, And Into countless pieces Tho cnnnon-crackcr flew! Free If your glasses aro bent o looso or do not fit your face Juht right, bring them in and wo will straighten nnd adjust them for you. If tho Joints nro worn nml need tightening wo will a'tend lo that. 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