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li , M. 11. MCNUATK.
(Seul) Noiar l'ublle.
Only one month mnro to iln
the ballots.
lmttlo of
Push the iitiilltoiltini. If over.voiio
Joins In pushing It will not l)i long be
foro It looms Into sight.
Tlio iioio(Tittle story about republican
npittliy In Nebraska will luivo to be
111II01I In. Houso-vcll put It to sloop.
Tin cntiipiilgn In Nebraska Is now
wlilo open niul It will stay wlilo upon
until tlio polls close niul tlio returns tiro
counted.
Congrossiinih Dulllver snys tlio repub
licans need Duve Mercer In Washing
ton. Tin; iieoplu of this district mwl
ltltn tlioro, too.
Si'tuitor Ilunua will probably admit
that when hu said tliuro woro 110 tnists
lie overlooked tlio fusion polltlonl trust
organized by .Mr. Hryan.
The i'tislonlsts aro praellclnpr on a few
now yellH with wltleh to reet Hourko
C'ockiiin wheu ho comes to Omaha
Those used four years mro will not an-
Kwor.
Tut It down that the army or the un
employed produced In democratic
Union Is nlwajH a more costly luxury
than tiny army of soldiers called out
to defend the tltij; or enforce Its ail
thorlty.
If the latest biographer of Hryan ox
uKKorntos his good ipiulltloh as much as
he has the crowds which have listened
to the candidate there will bo nothing
in me calendar ol saints to compare
with htm.
uie republican tide In Nebraska Is
rising higher and higher with each sue
coodlng day. Nebraska Is out of the
slough of despond and Its people aro
not going to vote for distress ami dis
honor forever.
China is to bo requested to pay ?-00,
OOO.OtX) and the heads of a few of lis
leading citizens for the fun It lias boon
having with the foreign devils. A fow
more such sprees as that are likely to
run Its bank account Into a vacuum.
Democratic organs seek to exaggerate
tuo trouble In Luzon by saying It Is
Htrango that CO.OOO men cannot suppress
ouo tribe. A dog could easily suppress
a Hen If ho could catch him, but the
catching process Is often hedged about
with dlllkultlcs.
Will Mr. Mryan or some one speak
ing for him please explain tlio dlffer
eiieo lu the application of the consent
of the governed doctrine to Porto Kleo
and to the Philippines? Why should
Mryan Insist on complete Independence
for the Filipinos but not for the Porto
lllcaus?
Nebraska populists supporting Mryan
should carefully read his speeches in
the east and observe how the tincture of
populism lu the candidate weakens and
loses color In that section, it requires
different bult to catch the voters In the
cast, find as an experienced political
ungler ho Is careful in the selection of
his lures.
City tax collections coutluue to show
unprecedented gains, this year's levy
having boon covered Into the treasury
already to the extent of 71 per cent of
the realty taxes ami SO per cent of the
personal taxes. Such a showing was
uover made before and could not be
made now except for tlio prosperous
conditions that enable people of all
classes to pay their taxes promptly.
The withdrawal of the American
troops from Pekln has been vocifer
ously demanded by the Mryntilte ileum
gogues for some time, but now that the
troops are being withdrawn these wind
pounders have suddenly become silent
on the subject of tbo Chinese situation.
The popocrnts alwnys want something
until they get It, but nre never satisfied
If it comes from a republican ndmluls
tratlou.
nni)sn't:i.T t. itttVAXS statu.
Uoveriior Uoofevt.'lt hits completed bin
tour of Nebtasliu. having In lour days
traversed the state and eome In contact
with Its people from the Missouri rivet
to the sandhills mid from the Kiiiiim
border to' the Dakota line.
From his llrst entrance to his llnal
departure his reception bus been one
continuous ovation mid a display of
genuine enthusiasm uumalehed In the
history of the slate. From every direc
tion come reports that the governor and
his party have opened the eyes of the
people to the real slgnlllianee of the
Issues presented to thorn III the present
political campaign by pointing out the
duty of every patriotic American to
sustain the liiind of the president In
upholding the national honor at home
and abroad.
As a typo of tbo best American man
hood (Jovernor Hoosovelt Is, as cliarae-
terl.etl by Mr. Dietrich In one ol bis
IntioiluctloiiH, "a living Gibraltar of
true Americanism, patriotism anil man-,
hood" and 11 most strlUIng example of
the truth of his assertion that what Is
necessary to national as to Individual
success Is rugged honesty, Incessant
labor, dauntless, courage and common
soiiho. '1 ho contrast wtin tuo oratorical
demagogues who have boon appealing
to our people by making false prophe
cies ami pandering to petty prejudices
cannot fall to react favorably to the
republican cause and the republican
ticket.
V; imiTisn ki.uvtiuas.
In his inaullosto to tin.' electors of
the Tutted Kingdom, In anticipation of
the Parliamentary general elections,
Lord Salisbury emphasized tbo neces
sity of supporting the government by
a strong Parliamentary majority as "the
only ineiuis of convincing the inhabi
tants of tlio eonipiored South African
territories that there Is 110 hope of di
verting the government from Uiclr pol
icy by persistent resistance or agita
tion." The returns of the elections In
dicate that the appeal of the prime min
ister produced tbo desired effect and
that the government will have an ample
majority In Parliament to enable It to
carry out its policy regarding South Af
rica, without any obstruction. It Is, In
deed, a very decisive defeat of the ele
ment that favors a different course
toward the Moors from that which the
government bad announced, but under
existing conditions It Is not surprising
that this element has not made a better
showing. Then.' Is no doubt It would
have dune so a few months ago had the
elections then taken place, though at
any time there Is no question that the
government would have been sustained.
The paramount question being the
South African policy the government
may now proceed without hesitation to
the cairylug out of Its program, the de
tails of which are probably already set
tled upon, or If not certainly will be by
the time tbo new Parliament meets
next month. In his manifesto Salisbury
said that 11 will depend upon the dispo
sition and conduct of the Moors how
long an Interval Is lo elapse before their
full position as a Mrltisli colony Is at
tained. The result of the elections may
have a pacltlcatory effect upon the
Moors, though they coutluue to show a
disposition to give the Mrltisli all the
trouble possible.
TUH COl.UHEl) VOTKU.
The Hryunlto party is seeking the col
ored vote lu tbo north while disfranchis
ing colored citizens lu the south. A
low days ago, in Minnesota, Mr. Mryan
talked to members of a colored men's
club w hich Is supporting him. Ho said
not a word about the negroes of the
south being deprived of their constitu
tional rights, but congratulated them
011 their Intellectual ami moral advance
ment, for which they aro Indebted
wholly to the party which gave tlio race
freedom and bestowed upon it civil and
political rights. Mryan said the lepub
llcan party bus long regarded them as
political cattle. "So far as otllccs nns
concerned you have bestowed presi
dencies upon the republican party and
received jmiltorshlps In return." lie
promised that If elected "the citizens of
this country, regardless of color, creed
or condition, will bo protected as far as
the executive hits power to protect
them."
livery Intelligent colored man knows
that the republlcan party has treated bis
race fairly and Justly. Colored men
have beeu appoluted by republican ad
ministrations to positions of more or less
responsibility In nearly every depart
ment of the government. They have
been made postmasters, letter carriers
and clerks lu the civil service. the
colored man has an equal chance with
the white man to gel Into the public
service under the merit system. Itepub-
llcans have scut colored men to legisla
tures and to muulelpal councils. All
the rights and privileges of citizenship
now enjoyed by the negro race it owes
to tbo republican party, but It Is being
deprived of these as fur as possible lu
portions of the south by the democratic
party. A negro appointed to a federal
otllce in the south takes it at the rink of
his life. The brutal murder of ft col
ored postmaster In one of the Carollniis
last year Is well remembered, Will any
body believe that Mr. Mryan, with Till
man and other "red shirt" advisors,
would appoint a colored man to any
position above that of Janitor? Will
anylHidy believe that Mr. Mryan would
make any effort to protect the negroes
of the wnith in their civil and political
rights? Now, when he Is seeking their
votes, ho will not say a word In reproba
tion of the wrong and Injustice tlio no.
gro In tbo south Is experiencing. Is It
not wholly Improbable that ho would
concern himself about It If ho should ut
talu his ambition?
Some time ngo the Now York Age, the
leading orgau of the colored race, said:
"Can a black man support the demo
cratic party, lu stnte or nation, with this
program of disfranchisement the most
thoroughly developed feature of demo
cratle policy? It Is a matter of polit
ical life niul tlentli. There Is no otlu-r
reasonable view of it. We are against
the democratic party because- It Is
against us." Vet there are colored men
so recreant to the Interests of tllelr race,
so apparently forgetful of what the re
publican party has done lor It and so
seemingly Indifferent to the future, that
they will vote for the party at whose
bunds the negro has never experienced
anything but wrong and Injustice and
Which today, wheie that party Is In
control, threatens the race with the de
struction of nil the rlghtsjind privileges
the republican party lias bestowed upon
It. Wo cannot think, however, that the
number of such Is large. We cannot
believe that Mlsbop Turner and a fow
other more or less prominent colored
men represent more than a very small
element of their race. On the con
trary, wo have 110 doubt that an over
whelming majority of the colored voters
of the north are with the republican
party, whose standard bearer has always
been their earnest and consistent friend.
l.f.W WM.l.AVF. FOH'M'KINLHY.
A few weeks ago tlio local Mryati or
gan In during headlines purporting to
parade the names of prominent, repub
licans who have gone back on McKln
ley cited "a galaxy of prominent Indi
ana republicans," among w hom was In
cluded the name of (ieiioral Lew Wal
lace. While this lake has already been
exploded, General Wallace has now
himself riveted the mill through the lie
by delivering a speech Wednesday at
Crawfordsvtlle, Intl., declaring himself
for McKlitley and the entire republican
ticket ami denouncing Mryan mid Mry
tiutsm In radical terms.
"1 hold Mr. Mryan directly and per
sonally responsible for the death of
every American soldier slalu In the
Philippines," said General Wallace,
"lie Is responsible for every wound and
for every tear shed In this war, which
would have long since been ended but
for the encouragement and promises
held out by Mryan and others of his
like to the rebels In arms against the
government to which Mryan professes
loyalty." General Wallace also de
clared that the Inauguration of Mryan's
linanclnl policy would ruin the couutry
and appealed to all patriotic citizens to
rally to the support of the republican
ticket.
While the force of General Wallace's
example Is not to bo underestimated,
his declaration Is cited specially to show
how absolutely unreliable tiro the claims
made for Mr. Mryan by his newspaper
fakirs.
Tin: suavav ut:t:.
The nuino of The Moo has become
such tt guaranty of newspaper excel
lence that a detailed prospectus of The
Sunday Mce Is scarcely necessary. From
day to day Tbo Moo presents all the
news of the world In a form at once
readable, convenient aud instructive.
The Sunday Mce In particular Is a vast
c,oiiipendluin of the events of the day,
with the addition of various depart
ment features and entertaining contri
butions handsomely Illustrated.
The Illustrated Mee this week Intro
duces In Its frontispiece the representa
tive of the west in I'resldent McKln
ley's cabinet, who occupies the position
of secretary of agriculture. Secretary
Wilson halls from our neighboring state
of Iowa aud has a long, distinguished
career which has been cleverly sketched
by the pen of The Mee's Washington
correspondent.
lichees of the recent Ak-Sar-Men car
nival take the form of striking photo
graphs, among the subjects belug the
queen of the ball, the hobo brigade, the
public marriage ceremony and the main
entrance to the street fair by electric
light.
A review timely because of the at
tentton now attracted to China Is a
contribution describing the marvels of
the sacred forbidden city, with pictures
of bpeclal points of interest to out
siders. Wonderful palaces of the em
perors aro described lu vivid language
and the fortlllcatlous and gates ox-
plained.
How cattle are transported across
the Atlantic Is told lu the story of the
men who go along to take care of them
The experience Is ouo shared by few, yet
Interesting to all, particularly to the
people lu this section which is the great
emtio country. Tlio Illustrations aro
from photographs taken 011 shipboard
Carpenter's letter deals with the
Moxer inoveineut In China, going Juto
the power behind the society and
tracing the connection with the Chlueso
olllclals. Carpenter, as usual, throws a
timely light lon this topic pressing
on the public mind.
The Sunday Mce Is conceded the best
paper published lu this section. Me
sure to get It of your newsdealer or
newsboy If not a regular subscriber.
It develops that Prof. li. Monja
mln Andrews, the newly Installed ehau
cellor of the Nebraska State uulverslty
Is renewing his activity In behalf of
Mr. Mryau. He Is not only partlclpatlu
In the fusion political rallies, but at a
recent meeting addressed by Senator
Wellington and ex-t.overnor Hogg
helped the speakers out with liberal ap
plutiso anil inierjecuous as well as
pointers for their remarks. No one can
deny Prof. Andrews' right to his own
political convictions, but his present ac
tlons belle tlw statements given out
at the tlmo ho was chosen for the po
sltion by the fusion members of the 10
gents' board, who insisted that politics
cut no llgute In reference to their ac
tlon, when it was plain that the deter
mining factor was to bo found in the
display of Mryanlto proclivities made
by the chancellor In the campaign of
1K0H. It Is to bo hoped Prof, Andrew
will not allow his political exuberance
to Interfere with his innnagemont of
the university.
The point made by Reuntor Dolllver
In reference to the dlffcrcnco between
trikes during republican 'idmluisira-
lions and strikes tindot' democratic 1011-
tllt'.ons iniiy well be emphasized by
every labor organization, lie showed
that under republican prosperity the
workmen strike In order to Increase
their share of the fruits of capital and
labor, while In democratic bard times
they are forced to tight to hold what Is
left to them out of Jhe general wreck.
Is there n worklngman who works who
does not prefer republican prosperity
to democratic depression?
Thu express messenger who killed the
train robber In Council Mltilfs should
receive recognition for his courage and
fidelity from his employers, but It Is
questionable whether he should bo made
the object of a charity fund raised by
public subscription. If ho is made of
the kind of stuff which Ids deed Indi
cates he will not want to bo icebarltablo
tibject. On the other hand, the Inllu-
eiico of 11 money prize paid to people
who shoot down highwaymen might
lead to general target practice which
would hardly be conducive to the safety
of the community.
livery step In the negotiations for a
so
til
ttlomeiit of affairs In China made by
10 United States has been with the ob
ject of getting out of that country and
bringing the other powers out, leaving
tbo open door for trade. The latest
phases of the diplomatic correspondence
show that this policy Is meeting with
success. When the trouble Is till over
the powers of liurope will discover that
tbo I'nlted States has not inado many
inlsplays.
Governor Poynter's denial has brought
out a bill of particulars. The governor
must present something more specific
than "a general denial and when he
does this Is likely to encounter further
testimony In rebuttal. The preponder
ance of testimony up to tlato sustains
the charge that ho called the soldlerH
jjil.-Hi-iuouth hirelings. There aro so
many of these ex-"hlrellngs" In Ne
braska no wonder ho wtints to crawl
out of It.
Who Cuti Anivrerf
l'hlladeliilila l.educr.
If tho Bhadow of Hryaulsm throws n
chill over tlio country's prosperity wlint
would tho substance do?
Scant Crop of Olilciinrlc.
Wu.ihlnton Star.
Agulnaldo is too busy studying tho elec
tion prophecies In this country to note
tho luck of consideration he Is now meet
ing in the matter of fuuerul uotlces.
DulihlhiK III HUtorj.
liultlinoru American.
Hv mixitiK up his Doer sympathy with
somo comment on tho I'retorlan KimrriH of
ancient Home Hlchurd Croker has shown
us what a dangerous thing Is history when
left around where people may play with it.
XVelllliKtini Oiityf-lln IIiivIn.
Kansas Cltv Star.
Senator Wellington declares that Cuba
finds tho United Stutes a worse master
than Spnlu. That beats anything that Wob
IMvIh ever said' or did. well may the
democratic party pray to bo delivered
from Its republican Hoppers.
A l'loiirr That Knllril.
Cleveland Leader.
Webster Davis seems to have failed to
create tho sensation in tho campaign
which ho had plunned. Ho Is not even mak
ing enough of an ImVresslon to entltln him
to consideration if by any unlucky chance
liryan should happen to bo elocted.
no.VT im too sriti:.
I'he llHttle In Nut XViiii I'nlll I lie Votes
Are lu the llo.
Minneapolis Journal.
Speaker Henderson of the house of rep
resentatives told an audience of 2,010 peo
ple nt Milwaukee the other night that there
was no cause for worry on the part 01 me
republicans In this cr.uipalt;u. That la
probably true, and yet there are a good
many more Important thlnss to say In this
campaign than to repeat asturancts 10 our
selves that tho battle Is won.
If tho republicans do not win this car
It will bo because of Just such talk as
that. It will be because they assume that
everything Is safe and do not wugo tho
battle hot enough and strong enough to
Bocuro tho presence of nil republican
voters nt the polls on election day. Tho
sentiment of tho couutry Is undoubtedly lu
favor of tho continuance of republican
administration. Tho country is prosperous
under present republican pjiicles and
wishes to remain so, but tho sentiment of
tho country and tho voto on election dny
aro often two very different thinss. Un
doubtedly tho sentiment of the c untry In
1892 was in favor of tho coiuinuanco of
tho good times then prevailing, but n goad
many republicans failed to voto and a
good many votes wcro enst (or Mr. Cleve
land that would havo been cast for Mr.
Harrison if pains had been taken to In
terest tho voters in tho consequences of
their act In voting. Wo do not want to
moke that mistake this year. Over-con-
fldencc never elected anybody. It takcj
work and votes.
KI.KL'TKI.N day,
Story of How II Clinic In lie l-'Ueil 1111
Tuextlny In . emlier.
Chicago Tribune.
Tho designation of tho duy for holding
tho presidential election is left to con
gress. Tlio tirst uct passed by It relating
to that subject was In 1792. It provldod
that presidential electors should bo ap
pointed "within thtrt -four days beforo
tlio first Wednesday In December." This
left each 8tntcfreo to select n day to suit
Itself within those limits. Pennsylvania
choso electors on tho last Frldny In Oc
tober. Other states elected theirs on
different days between the beginning and
middle of November.
When Harrison was elected In 1S4Q tho
democrats asserted that his succiss was
duo partly to fraudulent voting, which
wns made possible by tho lack of a defl
nlto election day. It was alleged that
Kentucky nnd Ohio whlgs had voted In
both states, the election being hold on
different days. So In 1S45 the democrats
passed the law now on tho statute bonks
making tho first Tuesday after tho first
Monday eloctlon day.
At that time but live of tho twenty-six
states held their stato election In Novem
ber. In Michigan and Mississippi voting
was carried on through two days the llrst
Monday and tho following Tuosduy. New
York had thrco election days tho first
Monday, Tuenlay and Wedncsdny hut had
Anally confined voting to tits mtddlu day,
or tho first Tuebday after tho first Monday.
Massachusetts chose stnta offlcr.i on the
second Monday In November and Delaware
on tho Sflcoud Tuesday, So congress so
Inctsd the first Tuesday after the first
Monday to consult the convsnlencu of
tliroa states out of Ave, orni of tlin throe
bdlne the Important state of New York,
ti l IIIIll I, AMIS 'I II X N Ol IIS.
A i;ood deal of nngry feeling against
Croat Ilrltnln has boon excited In Austria
Hungary by the tales of the Auslrlnu emi
grants who woro forcibly expelled from
Johannesburg In July and transported back
to liurope. These men. about sccnty
flvo lu number, mostly brlckluyors, carpen
ters, (abinctmnkers and stonemasons, de
cluro that tiny were nil gaining a com
fortable livelihood und had not meddled
with politics la any way when they
wcro arrested for deportation. They al
lege, moreover, that they would have been
permitted to remain on the payment of a
special license feu. They were selied on
tlio streets or In their houses nnd con
ducted under military escort to tho Jo
hannesburg prison, where they wore kept
In custody, notwithstanding consular In
tervention. Although many hours elapsed
before they wcro removed from Johannes
burg they were refused permission to put
their nlTnlrs In order or to take with them
or placo in security tliolr movables and
snvlngs. Nor wcro they nllowed to fetch
fresh linen or tho most necessary articles
of clothing. They also complain of tho In
different aeeommodntlou and food with
which they wcro provided while confined
In tho prison. They assert, that they suf
fered from cold and hunger and that on
hoard the steamers that carried thotn to
Kuropo both accommodations and food
were Insulllclcnl. Some of them are said
to hao borno upon their persons unmls
tnkublo murks of the hardships which they
had undergone.
The emperor of Austria docs not hesi
tate to exert his nuthorlty vigorously
whonevcr any attempt Is made to cucronch
upon his prerogatives. Not long ago he
told the leaders of the Czech party In tho
must unmistakable terms that he would
not tolerate auy Introduction of tho lan
guage Hgltutlon Into tho ranks of tho army.
Now, through the chief of his prlvnto cab
Inot, he has tiddressed a sharp remon
strance to the archbishop of Sarajevo,
who, In a speech at tho close of tho Cath
olic congi'i'ss recently hold at Agrnni, ex
pressed thu hopo Hint Bosnia would bo In
corporatid with Croatia at tho earliest
possible dato As that question Is purely
political aud foreign to the vocation of
tho archbishop the chief of tho cabinet
was Instructed to communicate to tho
archbishop the firm expectation of the em
peror that ho would abstain in future,
both In word and deed, from Interference
In political questions. Such a reprimand
to an eccleclastlc of such high rank has
caused somewhat of u sensation, but tlio
course adopted by tho cmprror meets with
goucral approval. It Is recognized that an
emphatic delivery of this kind was neces
sary to nssure tho Mohummedau popula
tion of tho occupied provinces of Dosnla
that tlio government entertained no scheme
looking to their absorption In a greater
Croatia and did not propose to bo Identl
lied with any plan of wholesale proselytl
zatlon. Tho want of a death penalty lor murder
seems to huve somo uncomfortable results
lu ltuly. Tho assassin who recently klllo.1
tho king got a life sentence of imprison
ment, witli u chance of escaping. Ttio In
cident excited surprise In some countries.
All Italy is now horrified with tho doings
of ouo Mussollno, uu escaped murderer.
He announced on making his escapu that
he wns going to kill everybody concerned
in his trlnl and conviction nnd he is keep
ing his word. Ho has assassinated the
Judge who presided at his trial, all the
witnesses who testllicd against him und
seven of the Jury, besides two soldiers
Three of the Jury havo died natural
deaths, but somo say they died of terror.
Two survive, but await their doom. Mus
sollno, of course, has little to fear, since
If taken and tried ho would uot bo exe
cuted, but would be merely imprisoned
nguln, with another chance of (scaping.
His career reflects somewhat the social
conditions In Rogglo Calabria, where he
tlnds sympathizers. His llrst crlmo was
tho murder of a peasant, for which ho got
twenty-flvo years.
A beam of light Is thrown upon tlio con
ditions In other parts of Italy by the trial
at Palermo of 24S prlsoucrs who havo a
record as brignuds In Sicily. Tho Maila
and like secret murder societies have long
terrorized society nnd paralyzed tho civil
government In that Island. Tho crimes of
which tho IMS havo been convicted range
from murder to housebreaking, stealing as
well as personal spite nnd oftlce-gettlng
being among the motives Unit animated
tho members of tho "ring." The aggre
gate of the sentences of tho criminals u .t
convicted Is sixteen centuries. How lung
their victims would have lived had they
escaped their assailants cannot be so
readily calculated. Where tho Jails aro
not Btrong or securely guarded tho ab
sence of the death penalty seems to present
Inconveniences sometimes.
The snnltury department of the ministry
of the Interior at Cairo hns just issued a
roport on the plague In Ugypt, covering
the period from May. 1SP9, to July, 1900.
It begins with a full account of the out
break lu Alexandria, which began In tho
flrst-uamcd month and tho lust caso of
which occurred on tho 6th of November
following. In all ninety-six cases became
known to the authorities and It was esti
mated that twenty-seven more, of mild
character and followeJ by recovery, might
pohsibly have escaped notification.
The ninety-six wero made up of sixty-six
natives nnd thirty forelgnern, the latter
mostly Greeks, Frenchmen or Italians em
ployed In groceries, bakeries, wino shopj
or nt restaurateurs'. Tho mortality among
reported cases was 48 per cent and there
was reason to bollevo that no death from
plaguo ebcaped notice. Tho precautions
taken for arresting tho courso of tho dls
casc appear to have been admirably de
vised and conducted and are set forth un
der tho three heads of: (1) Measures to
assure prompt discovery of each ease of
plague and of. all suspicious cases; (2) di
rect measures to pre; out tho propagation
of tho disease, from Individual cases, aud
(3) Indirect measures, such ns general
cleansing of dirty quarters, with a vlow
to eliminate, all conditions favnrablo tn tbo
existence or propagation of tho dlsas.'.
The official report of casualties In tho
Uoer war up to September ID shows how
expensive oven a small und successful war
may be, to say nothing of a big one. The
total losses aro given at 40,075, of which
2S.100 arc persons scut homo as invalids,
2 sr. officers and :'.718 men killed In action,
80 officers and 797 men died of wounds, 149
oQlcers and tM- men died of disease, 3
ofllcers and 80 men died in captivity, 12
olllcers and 809 men are "missing" or In
captivity nnd 3 ofllcers and 107 men wero
killed In accidents. Every week uses up
nearly half a regiment. In tho week ended
September 15, for example, thero were 21
ofllcers and 440 men killed, wouuded, died
of dlscaso or Invalided homo. As many as
110 died In South Africa of dlseaso during
tho week mentioned. Thero were 1,073 olfl
cera and 13,001 men wounded during the
war. Tho British taken prisoners, or miss
lug, were 284 officers nnd 7.339 mon. of
whom 269 ofllcors nnd 6,444 men have been
released or hnvo escaped. These- wero
losses of an army aggregating about 230.000
mon, Including colonials. The total of 40,
075 casualties, It will bo observed, about
equals the aggrcgato of Doer soldiers of the
Transvaal and Orange 1'reo Btato. Includ
ing the Hours of Cape Colony and Natal
who Joined tho burgher array, the grand
total of the burgher army when tt was
strongest was not over 53,000. Hut It was
all mounted Infantry or artillery and the
most mobtlo army ot modern ttmei, It was
ulso an army of the best marksmen the
world has ever seen, nrmeil with lh best
weapons evor used so far In war. To their
mobility nnd marksmanship tho Doers I
added tho ndvnntngc ot exceptional skill In ,
selecting defensive positions In n country
that offered lino facilities for the defensive.
roMTICAl, IIHII'T.
Mr Kugeno Debs says he will not turn
nny otvs over lo llrynn. Oene Is still for .
Weu. 1
Hryun's campaign li passing Into the !
critical singe. Admirers are Ilrlng polit
ical poetry at him.
The lato Arthur Sewall, democratic can
didate for vice president In tS9, had two
life Insurance policies of $50,000 each.
The towu elections in Connecticut nro an
good pointers for republicans ns Georgia
Is for democrats, lloth states nro sta
tionary. Dick Croker Is browsing around In He
man hlstery nnd making Indiscreet refer
ences to Nero ns n precedent for tho Tutu
many boss.
llourke Cdrkrnn's olcc Is said to have
beeu spilt up the buck by his Chicago
effort. Kvldently his voral pipes possess
less strength tliuu his lungs.
New York's presidential electors will re
ceive this year $1' for their sei vices und
10 cents n milo for every tulle travel d
from their homes to Albany nnd return.
Mrs. Mnry Kllzabeth Lease Is eoudiutlng
such a warm campaign In Nebraska and
Kansas that populists are plowing fire
breaks around their platform and candi
dates. According to tho Uoston Globe, JS.S00.000
In Bctnl-anniml dividends was paid In that
city last Monday, causing the already full
dinner palls to overflow with thu usufruct
of prosperity.
Tho Louisville Courier-Journal prints a
fuc-slmllc copy of tlio Declaration of In
dianapolis. It will bo Interesting reading
for Kentucky democrats in connection with
tho revised Goebcl act.
Missouri oters aro up against seven
amendments to tho constitution, in addi
tion to stato and national tickets. This
abuudancu of political questions puts tho
gray matter of tho l'ukes to a painful test.
Tho commission In charge of tho con
struction of tho Philadelphia city hall lias
been in action thirty years and spent $23,
739.A92. Hie commission hints thnl It will
tako several more years to finish tho Job,
but tho Juice of tho lemou Is exhausted.
Tho democratic candidate for lleutennnt
governor of New York has been called
variously William P., William J . Wllllntn
T.. William 31., William it. and William
A. Mnckey. Actually, he Is William P.
Mackey. Ho Is a Clevclund democrat, lllie
Daniel Lockwood, also of Krle county, who
ran for tho same office In 1894 and was
defeated by 127,000.
Senator Wellington of Maryland, the
rcnegudo republican, was accurately sized
up by an absent-minded local spotttor In
Michigan, who Introduced the senator with
theso words: "Thero Is nothing In tho
world I so detest, nothing I so hato with
tho very deadliest hatred, as a traitor to
tho principles aud nominees of his party."
Tho audience Is said to havo grinned au
dibly. Tho republicans of Vermont, who had a
plurality of 31,391 (thero wcro 66.CS0 votes
cast in .the state by all parties), carried
every county. In Grand Islo county their
voto showed a gain of 1 per cent over the
voto ot 1896, and Pranklln county shows a
loss ot 1.17 per cent since the phenomenal
republican victory of tho same ycur. The
democratic voto of Vermont at the Sep
tember election vftta 17,006.
Tho contest for governor In Minnesota
this year is on somewhat complicated cos
mopolitan lines. Tho democratic candi
date is a Swede; the republican candidate
Is described ns u Dutchman a Holland
Dutchman. Tho most active republican
in the Minnesota fight Is Knute Nelson,
a Norwegian, whose term in tho United
States senate expires in March next, and
the only Minnesota man on n national tlckot
of any party Is Ignatius Donnelly, tho
middle-of-the-road populist candidate for
vice president.
Wnrkn ISvery Time.
Salt I-ako Tribune.
Things look bad In tho east. Thero are
not half freight cars enough to carry away
tho products of tho country nnd then wholo
trains of freight cars loaded heavy with
freight are tied up In tho eastern senports
because there aro no ships to receive tho
goods. No wonder some people aro cry
ing out for n change. Thoy know that
with n democratic president and congress
all tho difficulty nnd congestion would pass
away lnstdo of two years. It never yet
has failed.
JlIllTHI'UI, HIJKLKCTIONS.
Detroit Prc Press: "Sprlgglns Is an In
veterate gambler."
"Yes. 1 understand that ho has been
married several times."
Pittsburg Chronicle: Mr. Mloomflold who
is that chap who Is so loudly proclaiming
that straw lints havo been railed In?
.Mr. Helletleld-That s Hpltllns. He didn't
wear a straw hat at all this summer.
Detroit Journal: A living doesn't havo to
be poor In order to be ho icst. whatever It
has to bo in order to bo hygienic.
Chlcngo Tribune: "Whnt magnificent
trout! How much did you nay for them?"
"I hnvo documents to show thut they
orml mo J17 M anlece."
"Then you lln catch them yourself, didn't
you 1 suHprcicu vou eu iiaviug uougni
them from a Oealer."
Chicago Record: "They took n straw vote
at thu theater last night.1'
...I't.nt
, till. I , Ul .
"They had to know which way to let the
nil... lint. :?f In Ihn liluv."
riillailelphla I'rcbs: ''one problem wn
should discuss," nam tuo vestryman, "s
this: How can wo get our sons to go to
ciiureu 1
"Thut will solvo itself." said tins 11 w
minister, who had had wide experience, "If
Other
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We can't say too much about our new
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Overcoats, but perhaps we don't say enough
about
Hats and Furnishings
In these matters m'o are always just a little
in the lead in showing the new things.
Fall Hats are a necessity.
Fnll Underwear and Shirts are wailing for yon.
Fall Neckwear anticipates the glories of
the autumn woods.
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Women are iuvitcd to consult Dr. Tierce
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Address Dr. U. V. Pierce, IJuiTalo, N. Y.
we gnn llrst solve the pnblem: I low ' '
we get our pretty daughters" to K "
lndlannpotli Journal: "Microbes attai li
their victims when they nre worn out."
"That's so; we rend about them until we
nre dead tired, and then they take a nieiin
lulvatitago of
Washington Star: "Aren't ynti nshumi d
to lead this tiekles, Idle life?" lll(Uliel
the elderly man.
"No," answered the Impertinent spend
thrift "1 nm .1 man of .uivaueed sneloloa
leal Ideas. I'm om- of theie people, who bo
lleve It's a rllgraee to 1II0 1 leh.
The (iulfei-'s It 11 lull) at,
I'hlengn TItnes-IIerahl.
Wake, for the sun has seaiiered Into flight
Tho stars before him ftoni the Held of
Caddie, rouse tllie! Precious mo
inentH tilt!
Nino holes ere breakfast, tor an appetite!
Kucli moon a thnuMiml roses brings, you
say?
Ah, yes! Hut there's tnv score of yester
day! I can t forget how- Janshyd broke my
heart
Dcfeutlng mo three up nnd two lo play!
Tin: im.i: soi. mints.
Haltitnoro American.
("This country has a hundred thousand
soldiers walking uruuud lu id.eness." W.
J. Hryan.)
Walking nrnund In Idleness,
Wherever the llng'H ussulled;
Meeting the too with an Idle might
That never yet has fulled.
Lawton, and I.lscum, aim I.ogtiti, too
Capron the list Is long
Wont to their death In "Idleness,"
And their "Idleness' was wrong.
Grant and Hhermnn anil Sheridan
Why should we call the roll?
Thoy Idled away In the Idle light
In lights that tried tho lenl
"Walking nround In likeness"
Hravlng the lcndcn hull:
What of tho glow of a nation's pride?
Is thut but an Idle tale?
"Walking around In Idleness,"
Over tho l'ekln road;
Scorched and worn by tho gulling sun,
Lugging an Idle loud.
Fighting with Idle energy,
Cheering with Idle breath
Thinking, with Idle love, of homo,
And dying uu Idle death.
Prlvnto Smith, with nn Idle gioan,
done to a home nbove;
And Idle tears marl: the Idle woe
And the Idle mother's love
"Walking nround l'i Idleness"
l.awton nii-l I.lscum, too;
Legions more will enme Idly when
There are Idle deeds to Uo.
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