The umaha Daily Bee
13. I108EWATEII, Editor.
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STATEMENT OF CHtCULATlaN!
State of Nebraska. Doui'lim County, ss.:
OeorKo I, Tzschuck, secretary of The Uce
Publishing Company, being duly sworn,
nays that tho actual number of full nnd
completo copies of The Dally, Morning,
Evening and Sunday Uee printed during the
inonin 01 November, ww, was as ioiiowb
I 110.870
10 UH,:i3
2
.1 m.oio
4 2S.0I0
G ni.nsiti
e .12,010
7 UH.VM
8 41,2.10
9 m.uio
10 :i(i,7o
11 1:8,100
12 IMt.aoO
U 2s,mo
H 28,080
15 stu.aao
17 hh.uuo
13 tM,lO0
10 un.umii
20 UN,:t7U
21 US.IIO
22 ar,t7i
23 U7.(IU't
21 liH.aao
25 ss,, tit
20 7,1tHO
27 7,!io
28 M7.7-IO
29... i 27,770
30 lt7,B3!i
Total
.!lSft,4nU
. llt.tlil.S
Less unsold and returned copies..
Not total sales 0i:t,l21
Net daily average, 30,447
, ,. GEO. 1J. TZSCHUCK.
subscribed In my presence, nnd sworn to
iiSJi 7 mo UI1S 181 ua" 01 uecemiier. u-i
AI. IS. MUNUATI';,
Notary Public.
Th queen of ITollnnd Is reported to
Imvo ndvlsod rrosldont KrtiRor to lmvo
confidence In (!od. Tho Moors lout con
ndotico In tho Hrltlsh some tlnio ngo.
Boss Crokcr has again been operated
on successfully for a carbuncle. New
York City Iibh not been no lucky In rid
ding Itself of tho Carbuncle of Crokcr
Ism.
uuiKomfr rusion Htato olllclnls arc
kindly bequeathing suveral ood-sized
overlaps to their successors, Just to
mako tho work of tho appropriation bill
frumcrs Interesting.
If tho record of dues turned Into the
city treasury under tho new police Judge
Is kept up tho city will bo able to pay
ox-Judge Cordon's back salary claim
nnd still bo money In pocket.
Nebraska voters who cast their bal
lots at tho polls last month were cer
tainly unaware of the number of speak
ers they were electing to preside over
tho lower house of the legislature.
Omaha's bunk clearings continue to
furnish conclusive proof from week to
week that Its position In the population
scale, uh recorded by tho recent' census,
Is fur below Its position In tho business
world.
In demanding moro light on tho opera
tion of the Standard Oil concern In Ne
braska tho supremo court recognizes the
fact that tho corporation Is In the Il
luminating business. Turn on the
(searchlight.
Kansas City Jobbers never stop In
their efforts to securo railway conces
sions that will help them out in the ex
pansion of their business. When they
try to cut under Omaha, however, they
meet with prompt resistance.
Stnto Treasurer Meserve wants tho
rato of Interest on state warrants re
duced to 4 per cent. Just Imagine any
one suggesting -1 per cent warrants be
fore tho era of prosperity set in with tho
electlom of McKlnley four years ago.
Tlio victory In Nebraska has boon
formully celebrated by republicans In
Washington. The next ratlllcation
meeting will take place at Lincoln on
tho opening of tho legislature and. tho
Installation of tho state otllcers-elect.
Tho State Barbers' Hoard has made
Us report. Its llnanclal exhibit balanc
ing to a cent, showing that all tho fees
havo been carefully distributed among
tho members of the board. It must
lmvo been a close shave to avoid nn
overlap.
A combination Is said to havo been
formed In congress by tho states threat
ened with a decrease In congresslourfl
representation under tho new census.
Tho weak point In tho combination Is
that tho states adversely affected by
tho census Ugures are sadly in the mi
nority. A stato society of labor and Industry
Is Incubating under tho patronage of tho
stuto labor commissioner, the chief ob
ject of which is to promoto legislation In
tho Interests of labor. The flrst ob
stacle against which tho organization
will bump will be tho problem of con
vincing the farmers and tho wage
workers that their Interests are Identical.
This problem has been taken up several
times In this state, but not yet com
pletely solved.
Tho best way for the theaters to avoid
protests against objectionable bill-board
posters Is to do avay with the bill boards
altogether, 'in Boston theater man
agers have an agreement among them
selves by which all their advertising Is
confined to legitimate uewspapcrs,
which Is found to produco the best re
aults, because tho people look to the
newspapers for these announcements
and rely upon their criticisms for in
formation as to tho character of the en
tertainments, Tho money wasted In
bill-board advertising in Omaha could be
put Into newspaper spaco to tho nd
vantage of the theaters.
AX Il.r.-ADVIShD HECOMMEXOATIUX
One of tho recommendations of the
outgoing populist stnto treasurer, In hi
biennial report Just lllcd, Is for n chang
in the law to permit the Imposition of
"mill levy for the general fund Instead
of a C-mlll levy as nt present.
Wo do not believe the taxpayers o
Nebraska will fall In lino with this rec
ommendation. Tho taxes now levied 1
Ncbranka make tho stnto tax rato higher
than In most of Its neighboring stales
Only during the last legislative session
tho university fund levy was increased
on plea of emergency demands
from of a mill to 1 mill
nnd of course the university fill
thoritles will psk to have It continued
as n permanent tax at the higher rate,
Most of the other special funds nro also
replenished up to the full legal limit, so
that any Increase In the general would
llnd no offset In decreases elsewhere.
What tho taxpayers of Nebraska do
mand in tho form of revenue law re
vision Is revision that will bring the tn
in-.- uuwn instead or sending it up,
They want revision that will make tho
grand assessment correspond more to
the real taxable wealth of the state and
stop tho exemption and evasion of tax
atlon by the great classes of property
mat escape altogether. A vigorous
campaign for tho collection of outitand
Ing unpaid obligations duo to the state
would also help the Idea of tax reduc
tion along. It Is certainly creditable to
Mate 'treasurer Mcsorvo's foresigh
mac no has waited till the very eve of
his exit from olllco before coming out
for a 7-mlll general fund tax levy.
IF A XT MOllK VUOTECTWX.
J no uernian agrarians hnve, It np
pears, declared war against the Imperial
chancellor, Count von lluelow, who they
declare has no heart for suffering tier-
man agriculture. It Is to bo Inferred
from this that tho chancellor Is not In
sympathy with tho demand of that ele
mcnt for higher tariff duties in foreign
food products, with particular reference
to the products of the United States.
A revision of tho German lineal system
is being made and the government I
negotiating new commercial treaties. The
agrarians nro earnestly endeavoring to
secure more protection than they have
under existing arrangements and the
moro radical of them do not hesitate to
urge discrimination against American
products, even at the risk of Inviting n
tariff war.
The government has to some extent
favored them In the meat Inspection
law, but It seems Indisposed to go very
much beyond this. There are lmporfuit
industrial and commercial Interests In
Germany that arc opposed to any policy
that might result In retaliation, partic
ularly on tho part of tho United States.
and these Interests have a strong Influ
ence with tho government They aro In
favor of protection, ns well for the ag
ricultural producers as for tho manu
facturers, but they want a policy that
will bo equitable and fair iu Its appli
cation.
Tho conflict between these elements
makes a perplexing situation for tho
government In the matter of defining
a fiscal policy and of negotiating com
merclal treaties, but the tendency is
apparently ngaliist further conces
sions to ttio agrarians, for to
comply with tho demands of that
element would be to increase the cost
of living to tho great body of consum
ers, wltli tho result of causing much
hardship and widespread dlscontenc.
German agriculture may be suffering
from foreign competition, but the pro
tection It asks would be nt the expense
of tho masses of the people, since Ger
many must Import a considerable part
of its foodstuffs.
XO FUrtTllKH COXGKSSIOX.
London advices aro to the effect that
the li.'ltish government Is not likely to
accept any amendment to the Hay-
'auncefoto treaty, regnrdlug tho con
cession a?rcudy made In agreeing to
tho abrogation of the Clayton-Bulwer
convention no all It can afford to make.
'he Loudon correspondent of tho New
York Tribune rays that the rejection of
tho treaty, or een an amendment In a
spirit hostile to the Suez regulations,
will be regarded as a sign that tho
American senate is bent upon ending
rather than mending the Clayton-Bulwer
convention, and upon doing this,
moreover, in an offensive way. The
doption of a fortifications amendment,
says this correspondent, will be tho
Ignnl for u stroug agitation by the Brit
ish press against a departure from
Suez practlco and tho foreign office
will havo tho public support if It de
clines to accept tho treaty In a now
form.
The somite will vote next Thursday,
according to present understanding, on
the amendment offered by tho commit
tee on foreign .relations providing for
tho policing of tho canal. This amend
ment does not distinctly conteinplute
fortifications, but it provides that tho
United States may adopt any measure
which It may find it necessary to tako
for securing, by its own forces, tho do
fenso of tho United States and the main
tenance of public order. Its real object
Is to rcservs to the United States tho
right to close tho canal to warships of
the euemles. It Is urged that the situ
ation of tho United States on both
oceans renders this amendment neces
sary, but as has been pointed out the
similar situation of Canada on both
oceans would compel Uuglaud to reject
tho amendment.
The result of tho voto on this amend
ment will probably determiue the fate
of the treaty. If It should bo adopted
nd the British government declined to
ccept it that would bo the failure of
tho Hay-rauncefoto treaty, leaving tho
Clayton-Bulwer treaty In full force, tho
present administration having nckuowl-
dgod that convention to bo binding on
us. As to this the JSew lork Tost says:
Whatever the senate may think, what
ever any future administration may say
or tlo, Mr. McKlnley and his advisers
aro committed to take no step, In tho
way of canal building, In contravention
f It. This would not be tho only con
sequence of tho falluro of the new
treaty. The spirit which cuuses Its re-
Til a OMAHA DAILY UEE: MONDAY, TTEPEMBEK 10, 1000.
jecuon ny us would not be without Its
effect upon the governments of Kurope.
They would Interpret It ns n purpose on
our part to control tho only passageway
between tho oceans and would be
prompted accordingly to aid tho com
pletion of the Panama cnnnl, which, ac
cording to the reports of our own engi
neers, can be finished at much less ex-
Dense nnd In llttln m..ro Hum linlf tlio
time required for tho Nicaragua line."
J he indications are that the Hay-
Pnuncefote treaty cannot be rntlllcd
without this amendment.
ii we nave heretofore said In re
ferring to this subject, there Is little
danger of any serious difficulty between
tin. tn-,. ,.nii,.u 1.,.. , u
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" "IU urging niueuuiuoni or me
treaty will, if successful, cause tho
postponement of tho beginning of work
on the nrnnnsoil cnnnl fur nf tmiat ii
year, for It Is lint to lw. ilmihtnit Hint
..i.t... i.t i. ... i.i.
ivmim nuuni ice I ll 10 ins m
duty, in tho event of tho failure of the
trenty, to veto tho cnnnl bill should It
bo passed
TllOSi: SVUVUIIAX UUADS.
While all projects for suburban elec
trie roads running out of Omaha are Just
now In a quiescent slate, the popular
demand for this much-needed improve-
ment Is as Imperative as ever.
Tho agitation of tho question has con
vinced tho people of this city that the
construction of a suburban railway ays-
tern would promise as much, If not more,
than any other ono thing for tho up-
SemKM r1 uirrl wB,enr
ftlendiy relations with the surrounding
itiw ns aim villages.
The various plans that have been pro-
posed to bring about this cnternriHo
havo almost Invariably been blocked by
legal difficulties. It is safe to say that
were there no obstructions in tho law
tho necessary capital would be easily se
cured to float the undertaking. We be
lieve the men Interested In tills project.
especially tho merchants nnd business
men who Would reap the principal direct
benellts, should get together again and
map out some lino of oneratlou.
wv . I. I i i t . .
"e secured nt
the pending legislative session. Tho
Bee believes that the most feasible and
satisfactory method would bo for tho
county to construct the roadways a,,d
lllu operation on contract to the
oesc aim most reliable bidder, with pro-
vlsos for tho reversion of the machinery
and rolling stock to tho county nt tho
expiration of tho agreement, in case of
no renewal.
Omaha's competitors nre taking ad
vantage of every opportunity for stim
ulating suburban trnffin nnd Onmlin
must nnt l..t limn, f ..i,...i i.. t. .
J ho meeting of tho Amerlcnn Eco-
nomlc association, which takes place In bettor than tho loss of so many lives, In
Detrolt nnd Ann Arbor during the hoi- eluding among thorn tho flower of British
Iday week, promises, nccordlug to tho
program, to bring before the public the
,.!,...! m,. n,n.a e
v,i omaai uui mum
r.voo.i.t, uun inuuii-iiiB, in imiiers ueai-
Ing with the history and nroblems of
our colonial possessions, the finances of
Porto Itlco, and our Porto Klcnn policy.
A committee will nlso report on tho
questiou of uniform municipal accounts
UUU Statistics, tllO absence of which data
IS OnO Of tllO LTPIir Htl, milliner lilrw.lsu I,,
n - - - ".uluj m
tlm t o ,.,....i.. ....i
...w . .. tu.U,m.iU)u mimi oi 1UU-
nll.lnnl rrnv,.rnmo,,(. f-.,...l..l ........
.......... .w....Mv..t. . 1.H.UV.U. jhiiiii-
mius um3 uAiieci. to get several timely
suggestions from the theoretical econo-
mists.
Au Insanity expert has appeared bo-
foro the Industrial commission to advo-
cato more restrictive legislation to keep
uin imuiiui mm insaiiu iiiiuiigrnutH.
The present Immigration laws bur these
lasses of denendentfl nml If tlmv nn.
not being excluded It is because of lax
, .
enforcement. As a matter of fact, how-
.1... I 1 .
ull:'i MuimKiuuuu jinvH were never
uotter enrorceu than they are today.
Tho foreign nld societies that nsnil tn
unload paupers and defectives on this
. in ....
country by tho wholesale have been
forced out of business and If an oecn-
iuuui ueiciici geis in it is oy accident.
Tho Immigration laws are as strict as
they need be, so far as they apply to
huropcuu Immigrants.
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If tho appropriations made by the
coming legislature aro In excess of those
made two years ago the fuslonlsts will
probably howl about "extravagance."
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The outgoing officials estimate tho ex-
vhimb i.i. ui fiwpww iiiuru tiian ino
him usHion appropnaicu ami in audi-
tlou there will be a deficiency bill of
ver $100,000 which the present ndmln-
istrntlon has expended above tho
amouut appropriated. Nebraska will bo
well rid of the popocratlc brand of
couomy,
Cn the Dead Huenk Ontf
"Detroit Journal. ,
Isn't It a bit remarkable that h irn
Adlal Stevenson has so far declined to ex-
plain how It happened?
Scniit CmiMiilutlnn.
Kunsas City Star.
The fact that Mr. Ilrvan ran nhend nf
overnor Beckham In Kentucky will hnrriiv
consolo him for his failure to run ahead of
McKlnley In Nebraska.
Uootl Motto to Work Uy.
Indianapolis Journal,
Tho fact that an Industrial convention
composed entirely of southern men tin
adopted for Its motto, "No politics, no sec-
tlonallsm, but business," shows a great ad-
ranco over former years.
H- What itlKhlf
Boston Globe.
That tho Nicaragua canal shall bo frco to
11 nations nt equal rates In time of peace,
nd shall bo treated as part of tho open sea
during war, 1b tho minimum of the British
demand, according to tho London Post. Somo
pooplo cannot see, howovcr, why Great Brit-
aln has any right to make any domand at
all
Kit)- to Clot Freedom.
Pittsburg Dispatch.
Apropos of tho proposition of tho comp
troller of tho currency to' limit the bor
rowings by national bank directors of tho
funds of their own banks it Is tiotlceablo
that numorous bank ofllcers tn Now York
aro reported to bo highly robolllous. Ono
bank president declares: "Wo havo al
together too much of the Washington end
of this, business," Others nre quoted n3
aylng: "Wo ought to be left freer thin
o aro," anil "you can't mako bank offi
cers honest and ot good Judgment by law,"
It Is truo that you cannot mako bank
officers honest and of good Judgment by
,aw But bv a supervision thoroughly on
forced you can limit tho Blunder nnd
bankruptcies caused by thoao who are dls
honcBt and of bad judgment
The Illftlit Milrlt,
Now York Sun.
A treaty negotiated with Nicaragua or
Costa nica concerning tho ultimate control
f" ln'eccn' canal to bo built, owned
tM4 ui'Viuivu uj UIU UUUt'U Olilll'n VWUIU UQ
consonant with the Monroe doctrine
l'nlth on l.lttle l'oiinilnt lull.
Ilnltlmore American.
Tho easy way In which some men lose
fnUh. In 11,0 ruturo of 11,18 Brcat ,rc
PU"c reminus ono or tno story oi mo cicrK
In a bookstore who called down tho speak
ng tube: "Say, you, sond up some of Man
nlng's 'Confidence In Ood. Can't do It,'
was ,,1J reply: "Manning's 'Confidence In
uo" is an gone.
-" "Profo flip liorsc.
Plilln.1!..l.l r
Tho establishment of a United stals rourt
'n tho Philippine Islands would mean por
mancnt control of those Islands nnd tho nd
ministration of their affairs In accordance
with American laws and customs. For this
reason Sonntor Btowart'H bill for that pur
pose Is premature; It should not bo consid
ered until congress has decided definitely
what our policy with regard to tho Phllln
Pne s to be,
IIfkIiiiiIiik if n l'ossllilr Pincette.
New York Tribune
A new Colonel Sellers In tho west pro
poses to cross Uelglon hares with the com
mon JacUrabblt of tho prairies, and In
lmu wny 10 Provl,1 n almost boundless
t0 ts?
moro proline than tho cottontail. In fact.
he Is so excessively prolific that Victoria,
Now South Wales nnd South Australia spent
,nr8 8ums ot money m trying to extcr
mlnate him. Tho conjunction of Helglnn
liareB and Jackrabblts might ravago west
ern farms In n way that seven-year locusts
never approached.
(.ood (IrontiitH for Contest.
Kearney Hub,
Some queer things aro developing In
tho legislative contest rnan In Untie.
las county. For Instance. In one vot-
lnB precinct In South Omaha forty-flvo
ropumican votes wero thrown out by tho
rntlltoiltin t.-- .1 . . - a
" uuv,n. itHHom;il UlBll'UU UL till 111-
dellblo pencil, nnd In other places tho foot
IngB wero forced to show totals that the
tnlI' ehcela ccntradict. Tho contest has
not nroccedci1 very far, but It has gono far
bHcan ' leglsiauVo Tk.V ZX
county would hav hn,i m- ntiinn. hH it
not been for tho frauds In South Omaha
iinivy iTiee to ruy.
Clevclnnd Plain Dealer.
In his farowcll order to tho troops in
South Africa, announcing his resignation of
tho army In the field to General Kitchener,
Lord Roberts said that during tho cnmpalgn
14,300 ofllcers and mon havo died from
wounds, fever, and exposure.
to pay for tho wiping out of tho two ro
nithllna nn.l 1 a ahS I . . A n . .
cost is also creat. h.n tht mn , wl
mannx"J-
L ' lZ ,,; . ml co,ino enadcr 18
'he "flection that In years to come, when
mo entire trantactlon can bo reviewed with
out projuaico or cxcitoment. thero mav hn
nothing to bo proud of beyond tho readiness
of the vlctImB to risk their lives for their
COUDirT' "rIsht of frronsr."
A CENTUKV OF EXPANSION.
Dl Fonr Anion Nations Snrenillnir
UV" ,nC tUTUl.
,
New lork World
Tn , im .1.- .......... .t
irrrnory OI lOO
united States was 815,244 squaro miles; In
iauo it is 3,7GS,02l square miles. This Is an
expansion of nearly 3,000,000 squaro miles
In 100 years. It Is tho most amazing record
of territorial growth ever roado by a na-
'l0"' " wo conslder that the bulk of nit
ai " Z" ,.7..a.-
ocean to ocean, and whoso Inhabitants speak
mo sarao languago nnd live under sub
Btnnt'al'y the snmo laws
0rcnt Britain has cxpandod tho area of
UtilfiKqT0le' ,n
1800 to 12,161,000 squaro miles In 1000. nut
her nowl acoulred torritnrin. Z L,,
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scauorca ana nro peopled by a largo va-
rlol' ot n"a races, speaking different lan
euages and living under different laws.
JE1 Tr l,m,m Bqunr8
miles In 1800, now files her flan over 3 oa .
755 8qUuro miles, but In her case also her
enlarged territory la populated bv mm..
ruces.
""siuan territory has Increased from
o.uis.iii square miles In 1800 to 6,438,682
squaro miles In 1000.
Germany Is a brand new cranlro. whlcn
dates from 1S70 nnlv nn,i i
- - - - - 1. ...... .tj.. uillUltlLCQ
territory that aggregates 1.023.840 Bnm
m"es.
Anu lr 010 worId ls regarded simply as a
i rVfi. Tat . . w naUonB-th0
United States, Hush a. Great Iirltnln nn,i
France-own 23,000,000 of T,s total Trea ot
Di.wu.uuu square miles, Including by far Ine
mosi vaiunuio oi u an
OUIl UI5ST CUSTOMEHS.
Enrope
Taken TlirPr-Konrtli
of
Amerlcnn IjxurtM.
Chicago Chronicle.
Tho secretary of tho treasury ronnrtn th.t
tho total valuo of our exports during tho
"Bl" ""8 .' ..8Z. Out of
l"18 total no lees Ulan T1.0I0.187.7C3 went to
tho countries of Europo. That Is to sav.
ovcr 74 0 pcr cont ,vent t0 EurP0 and less
than 2S.4 per cent to all the rest of tho
worm.
T. 1. , .- . 1 . . I .
" 10 lruu ",ero "us a lnrBe increaso
ln our exports to otner parts of the world.
that ls to say, thero was u largo percent-
nse of Increase Making tho comparison
wllh 1S0O( ,no 8rotory shows that tho
increaso to isorta American countries waB
aa Ior cent; to uecanica, 163.0 per cent; to
Asm' -iv ncr cenl' 10 Africa, 322 per cent
ui to couin America, atter an tho "pan-
American" efforts of republican states-
mfn the Increaso was only ono-hnlf of 1
I'er ccnt daring tho period of ten years,
During tho same tlmo our exports to
Europe increased oo.o per cent. Wbllo tho
rato of Increaso in our European trade
was comparatively low, tho absolute In-
crease was j3fG,B00,000, or more than our
total exports last year to all tho rest of
tho world, which amounted to J354.300.000,
Vet our republican statesmen persist In
making commercial curalos of Europo
whllo nngllng for Cle comparatively In-
significant trade of tho poverty-stricken
peoples of othor parts of tho world.
Our trade with tho Islands with which
wo nro in new relations is shown to have
increased largely slnco 1897. ThU was to
havo been oxpectcd, ot course, especially
In tho case of Cubn, for In 1807 that
Island was Bupposod to have been desolated
by Weyler. Tho Increaso la the imports
rnm all those Islands uas E8.1 nor rent.
whlIo In exports to them tho IncreaBo was
214.6 por ccnt. But the total Imports last
year wero only $61,000,000 and tho total
exports only J47.300.000. This Is a pretty
small matter as compared to our entire
foreign trade a trifle as compared with our
European trade alono. It ls costing us
many times u much as It Is worth.
HONESTY THE BEST POLICY
Huffalo Uvcnlng News.
Honesty In newspaper work lias
Its reward in tho more or less wild
and woolly west as well as else
where. A notable evidence Is
found In the fact that The Omaha
Bee, which has deprecated tho
"black-wanhlng of candidates," and
every form of rnklug throughout
the campaign, sold over !S,000
copies In n city of l02Xt" the day
after election. The demnnd Indi
cated by these figures Is a nntural
consequence of straightforward en
terprise and fair dealing with
readers.
WHAT TIIU CK.VMl'H I'IUL1U13 SHOW
creto Idetto: Tho census shows No
hfnskn to havo a population of 1,06S,53!, an
increaso In ten years of only 9.629. I'eo
pie and money as a general thing do no
rush Into a populist stnto. It will bo qulto
uuiorent in tho next ton years.
i riend Telogrnph: Tho census Indicates
a falling oft In Bevoral Nebraska countlo
from that of ten years ago. vet tho voto n
tho November election Indicates a much
larger voto than has ovcr been recorded In
theso counties. Whllo tho census of ten
years ago may havo been somewhat padded
yet the voto would indicate that In tho
cuumoratlou of last Juno several had been
omitted.
Kearney Hub: Tho showing of less than
1 per cont Increaso In tho population of No
braska during tho last ten years ls the
result of tho census padding by nearly ovcrv
city nnd town In tho state In 1S90, which
amounted vorv closely to 100,000. Had It
not boon for this tho stnto would easily
r.ave snown n 10 per ccnt Increase. Uur
ing tho next ton years tho gain will bo 2;
por cent.
htnnlon Iteglstcr: Tho census returns
tnnt havo Just been published nro very dls
appointing. Nebraska shows only 10,000 of
a gain in ten years. Tho outrageous pad
ding of tho census by Omaha. Lincoln nml
other cities ten years ago was a crime
that all tho state mest suffer for. Th
census or tho Third congressional district
snows mat wo havo a third more population
man, any ouicr district In tho stnte. This
district shows moro gain than all tho other
combined.
uram isinntl Independent: Ono tnnt
shown by tho cciisub reports, ns well as
oy tno industrial conditions. Is that Sn
braska la down to business on n ntrlptiv
business and conservative basis. Booming
in tho larger ns well ns tho smniirr ritin
has ceased. Business enterprise Is being
cunuucicu upon tno immediate and visible,
not upon Illusory prospects. Ten years
ago every little city In tho state hnd tho
mea mat It was going to becomo n mnnn
fscturlng cltyt And, ns a mntter of course,
mum wiih nnn is room for further Indus
trial Institutions. Howovcr nt this time
tho basis of Industry and endenvor In thin
siaie aro agricuituro and stock-raising.
Thoy aro on a firm footing. Tho continu
ance of their prosperous condition ls the
wlthout-whlch-not. Everything else In tho
stato ls dependent upon success and pros
perity In these. What ls being dono In this
lino Is shown by tho rencrt of thn immnn
of statistics published in another column.
Norfolk Nows: Madison county stands
eoventh In tho Increaso of population In
tno Btnto since tho census of 1890. That vn.ir
tho population of tho county wns 13,660.
The census this year shows Its population
to bo 16,976, nn Increase of 3,307. Its popu
lation In 1880 was B.G89. Madison, with n
number of othor agricultural counties, has
kept tho stato from showing a decrease In
population, in padded districts and west-
orn counties thero has been n falling off
from.tho record of 1890. Flfty-flvo counties
show n total Increnso In population of 87,
928. Thlrty-flvo counties, containing most
of tho moro densely populnted districts,
show a decrenso of 78,299. The net Increase
for tho stato Is, therefore, but 8.628. an
shown by tho census. If tho truth hnd been
told ten years ago thero would havo been n
mucn larger increase. Tho returns aUn
show that tho Third congressional district
is uio ip.rgcst in tho stato In the mattor of
population, tho figures being 214.019. Th
Sixth district, largest In area, is tho small
est in population, containing 164.365 nennie
It Is, therefore, possible that tho districts
will be rearranged. But for the padded re
turns of tho larger cities In 1890, Nebrnskn
would havo n good showing. Tho fleures
show that northeast Nebraska ls growing
rnpiaiy, mo people realizing that It ls one
or tno nest districts of tho stato. it la tho
garden spot of the west and bound to ad
vance. I'KIISO.VAI, I'OI.NTEHS.
Blr Arthur Sullivan's estato ls estimated
at $700,000. Pooplo pay to bo amused.
Edgar Brehm, tho youngest son of the
famous Oerman naturalist, ls dead at the
ago ot 63. With him tho family has bo
como extinct.
Ex-I'rcsldent Harrison ls continuing to
scoro success In overythlng ho undertakes.
His latest achievement ls bagging twelve
quails while on a short hunting trip.
Tho fugitive ox-governor of Kentucky,
Mr. Taylor, has settled In Indianapolis and
opened a lnw office with two moro Ken
tucky refugees who wero members of his
administration,
Ex-Governor Plllsbury of Minnesota has
given 1,000 acres to that state's forestry
board to encourago forestry reserves In
Minnesota and to facilitate experiments
with cut-over timber tracts.
H. G. Dun'a estato Is valued at J2,COO,000,
most of which was left to his wife and
relatives. Ho gavo $5,000 each to four Now
York hospitals nnd twenty-five paintings to
tho Mottopolltnn Museum ot Art.
Ooneral Joseph Wheeler's successor In tho
houso of representatives Is William Illch
nrdson, who wns onco sentenced to be
hanged as a confederate spy by General
Crittenden, but who wns recaptured before
tho scrtenco could bo executed.
Lord Roberts will teke chief command ol
tho Drltlsh army January 1. Ho Is an Irish
man, and It Is a notnblo fact that during
tho tlmo slnco tho English onny was
organized on Its present bnsls, most of tho
commandcrs-ln-chlcf havo been Irishmen.
Max Bllllghelm and Max Elchensholmer,
two litudents from Heidelberg, tho noted
German university, arrived In Now York ro
ccntly and havo now ntartcd on a walking
tour across tho continent. They wear khaki
costumo and will help pay their expenses
by delivering occasional lectures.
According to Intimate friends of Attor
ney General Griggs, tho real reason of his
withdrawn! from the cabinet Is that ho
rnnnot for financial reasons afford to re
mala. He Is not a wealthy man and tho
education of a largo family has left him
but. llttlo margin. It Is denied by theso
friends that thn relations between the
president nnd Mr. Griggs lmvo at any time
been otherwlso than friendly.
Tho court of Austria, tho most aristo
cratic and exclusive In Europe, seems to
bo Blowly giving way to tho domocratlo
movement. The number of marriages made
by members of the house of Hapsburg out
side of royalty ls becoming proverbial and
now another Btep has been taken which Is
viewed with alarm by the upholders of tho
old ways. A grandnophew of Frunr Jo
seph has begun bis studies In a public
girmmar school. ThlB Is a step unprece
dented lu Austria.
I'llKSS I'OIXTMIIS ON POLITICS.
Grand Island Democrat: Tho republicans
rem to havo all tho rest of tho earth and
wo should hato to deprive them of such a
nine thing ns the Nebraska governorship
.rcic videttef rep.): Tho supremo court
has declared tho law forming tho State
Beard of Transportation unconstitutional.
Tho Omaha Bee rendered tho samo decision
ten years ago. Now watch old Laws hlko
u lor somo other snap.
Beatrice Kxnrrs fri.i.1? Tim u'nrM
Herald is probably responslblo In somo
.U....U.V or mo republican victory In Ne
braska. ItB yellow nietlioiln rnt thn Intolll.
gent renders rattled and they voted tho
r,T n UCKCl- A great editor who tries
to mltnte the New York Journal Is taking
serious chances,
Beatrlco Democrat. Thnr io
mendnblo thing about Mr. Dietrich nnd his
method of dolug business nnd that Is as
soon ns he mnkes up his mind to appoint
n man ho publishes tho fact and mds tho
ui'unncne. nils relloves the thirty-soven
other fellows who nro nppllcnnts, but It
will havo n tendency to lessen tho attend
ance nt the Inaugural hall.
Aurora Sun (dem.)- Tho Sun Is not In
fnvor of unseating the governor elected by n
majority voto of tho people on a tech
nicality. Let the majority rule. Tho people
have voted tho rnllrcnds and corporations
Into power In ttile Btnto and tho mnro mat
ter of Illegality by contribution to an as
sisting wing (the mld-rondors) Is of so llttln
moment In such n vnstucss of error against
tho Interest of tho common pcoplo that no
attention should bo paid to It.
Schuyler Quill (pop.): Wo favor lettlne
Dietrich havo his gubernatorial nucnet. A
majority of tho pcoplo havo voted for him
and they nil knew what manner of man
ho wna when they did It. They know he
had violated tho nntl-brlbcry law by giving
Morcnrlty, a mid-road populist, $25 for
his Influence nnd that ho did not llvo up
to ItB provlolons In many wnvs. Now.
Blneo they havo chosen a law-breaker for
gcvernor, let them bo ruled by the man
of tholr choice.
Beatrlco Democrat: It Is reported that a
systematic effort will be made to prevent
tho nppolntces appointed by Mr. Dlcrlch
from taking peaceable possession of tho
state institutions. Thero Is no ono thing
which has reflected so much discredit upon
tho pop administration ns tho ncinlstmice
with which they havo clung to jobs, Even
where a change hnti been thought best
among themselves It Is the samo old scram
ble. Of course they aro no worso than the
republicans, but then they profess to bo
bolter.
Beatrlco Express (rep.): If tho populists
mako any effort to prevent Dietrich taking
tho olllco to which ho has been elected they
will mako tho crowning blunder of their
career. Tho people are fair and when a
man has been elected they want to see him
Inaugurated and thoy aro opposed to any
sculduggcry. Thero was a time when
General Thayer was very popular lu Ne
braska nnd tho people hnd much admira
tion and respect for him; when ho fool
ishly kept James E. Boyd out of tho gov
ernor's ofllco, to which tho latter had
been elected, tho general sacrificed a great
deal; ho has never been popular slnco
nnd there Is no saying how much his con
duct Injured tho republican party.
Nellgh Advocate Tho republicans will
do well to remember thnt one reason of
tho success of tho populist party was a
protost against tho ring of corrupt and In
competent politicians who had secured con
trol of the Btnto offices nnd mnnaged things
for their own benefit regardless of tho best
Interests of tho taxpayers. This being tho
case It would be well to turn down overy
member of tho old gang who ls In any
way Implicated In steals without hesitation.
Put new mon and honest ones In each and
overy position and give tho pcoplo a busi
ness administration and thero Is no dan
ger of tho peoplo withholding their ap
proval. It Is not tho populist party that wo
need fear In tho futuro it ls our own acts
and methods that must bo watched and
kopt up to tho high standard that pure re
publicanism demands. Do this and rcpubllc-
nlsm has como again to stay.
York Times: In dealing with tho suits
brought against tho alleged trusts by At
torney General Smyth, Attornoy General
rout will bo compelled to follow ono ot
two plans: Either ho will havo to dis
miss tho caseB already begun by Mr. Smyth
or ho will hevo to bring an nctlon against
theso whom Mr. Smyth has overlooked be
cnuso they aro good fuslonlsts. No honest
man can afford to mako sucker of ono and
gooso ot another on account ot politics,
as Mr. Smyth has dono. Ho has seemed to
want everybody to know ho was punishing
his enemies and those of Mr. Bryan and
favoring their friends In his allrged enforce
mcnt of tho anti-trust law. Never wns n
moro glaring enso ot mis kind than whon
ho commenced to prosecute tho Jones &
Douglas cracker factory at Lincoln
n and (
Bald nothing to tho Joseph Garneau crackor
factory at Omaha, both of which belong to
tho same trust tho Amorlcan Biscuit com
panyand which differ In nothing at nil
except In tho politics of tholr owners. Of
courBO, no republican Btato officer will ever
bo guilty of prostituting his position to
such ends nnd If ono should bis own party
papers would make it bo hot for him that
ho would bo glad to resign his offlca and go
off and hide.
INUL'STIIIAI. CO.VUmOX.
Marked I'raRroM for the llettcr
Within Itecmt Vmri,
Cleveland Loader.
Tho Novomber bulletin of the Depart
ment ot Labor contains a very interesting
article written by an attache of the depart
ment on "The Betterment of Industrial
Conditions."
The artlclo summarizes the observations
of tho writer at a score or-moro of Indus
trial establishments In various parts ot thn
country In which stops hnd been taken to
elovate and improvo tho condition of tho
worklngmon by means of social and literary
clubs, gymnasiums, libraries, profit-sharing
and other moasurcs that havo bcon adopted
by employers to bring about n hotter feel
ing between capital and labor,
In every lnstnnco It was found that the
worklngracn approclatod tho efforts of tho
employors In their behalf and overy em
ployer who expressed an opinion declared
that ho' wan pleased with the result of tho
exporlment. Ono employor who had tried
to Improvo the condition ot his employes
said:
"No ono has a right to hopo that a man
will improvo very rapidly who feols that
ho 1b simply used as a cog In a wheel as
a moro Instrument from which his employer
wants to squeeze profit. There ls no room
for question but that fair play treatment
pays, from tho sordid, economic point of
view. I have not cared to Inquire, howevor,
whether It paid or not; that doea not con
cern mo as much n tho question, la It
right? But thoso who are looking at the
mero material Bide of tho question will bo
pleased to know that It pays In sordid dol
lars and cents."
Another manufacturer who has tried
profit-sharing with hl3 employes said:
"Wo employ In our factory about 700 poo
plo, of whom about 300 aro boys and girls.
Among the 400 men omploycd there Is now
hold, at tho present market value, over
1220,000 worth of the common stock of the
company, wo would especially call atten-
Hon to tho benefits, both to tho employe
and to tho corporation, of such a scheme.
If a plan which affords proper protection
to employes against suffering nny financial
loss can be dovlsed and encouragments held
out to them to Invest their savings In thn
stock ot the corporation for which thoy are
working, wo believe a great deal of thn
labor trouble can be avoided. Of course,
tho first consideration must be the nbooluto
protection of tho laborer In such Invest
ment." Tho conclusion of the writer Is thnt em
ployers lmvo within recent years taken a
long step In tho direction of the establish
ment of better relations between cap
ttnl nnd labor and that nil such efforts to
Improve tho condition of tho working peo
ple arc suro to benefit their employers ns
well na them,
NONE MORE DESERVING.
Magic Ctty Hoof nnd Horn.
No man iu Nebraska has done
more for the republican party than
Hon. K. Kosewnter, and on that
scoro he deserves to bo elected
I'nlted States senntor.
tri'o.v a sKni.uii n amis.
.Voiiio mill Kliiiullltr- Mliir n.
StnnilltiK on Th.-lr .Urrl(,
Portland Oregonlnn.
Mining excitement ls dying nwny, leav
ing the gold mines of Alaska to stand
upon their own merits. All estimates
agree thnt, upon this bnsls, they will mako
an excellent showing In the courso ot a
few years. Tho whoop and hurrah havo
died nwny. Mon who trod on each other's
heels In tho frantic endeavor to bo first
at Klondlko or Atlln, Cook Inlet or Nome,
havo dropped out of tho ranks of gold
srekers dlFcomfltod, or have rushed oft In
another direction In tho pursuit of a
vain hope the hopo to llnd a placo where
riches can bo had for tho taking. lie
malnlng upon tho ground, or coming south
to spend tho winter with the purpose of re
turning in iho spring, nro those who wont
thither with a dellnlto purpose lu view nnd
who worked Intelligently toward ItB ful
llllmciit. Alnskn Is a lnnd of gold. Thnt
Is to sny, gold abounds In Its mountnlns.
along Its river beds and In Its beach sands.
Of thnt thorn Is no question. Tho belief
that It can bo gathered by n barehanded
multitude each man to the extent of his
wildest deslreB hnB na much foundation In
fact today as It had whon tho Btampodo
of 1S97 begnn. Tho fiction of "tho poor
man's opportunity" a most absurd ono
when located within tho Arctic clrclo
has been dispelled by cold reality. In Us
placo thero Is tho reasonable prospect that
men who have means to open and work
theso frozen gold fleldH, with plenty of on
cigy and endurnnco to back It. nnd who
nro willing to devoto two, three or five
years to tho work, will bo fully rowaided
lor their persistent endeavor.
Tho rush to tho Klondlko nnd tho
stampede to Nomo havo become mutters
of history. Ench furnished n chapter
to tue record of milling excitement that
was unique in its wny. In n senso
ench chapter represented a tragedy, tho
elements of which wero failure, disappoint
ment, suffering nnd death, It is well that
they nro closed, so far na now Incidents
go. Tho details of tho story ns outlined
In this record will never bo told. In tho
very nature of thlugs they fannot be, slnco
tho lips that could best olco thoni nro
dumb. But gold mining In Alaska, of
which tho wluter rush to tho Klondlko and
tho spring exodus to Nomo were excit
ing preludes, will go on nnd on, tho out
put of gold Increasing as tho years go by.
Such n statement as this temptB no
man to abandon his workshop or leavo
his plow In tho furrow In order that hu
may go to Alaska In search of gold. It
does not attract tho floating population or
oxcltn tho cupidity of tho unreasoning mer
cenary. But to tho practlcnl mining man,
tho enterprising business man, It appeals
a a fact of which ho will tako advantago
to blB profit. '
RIGHT KIND0F SUPPORT.
Stanton Picket.
The mnn who thinks that Ed
ward Itosowater Is not the choice
of republicans for United States
senator must draw his Inspiration
from tho politicians. It cannot bo
claimed for him tnnt ho is in very
close touch with them, but his
supporters are nmonj; the rank and
Hie of his party.
"WOKTH I,Ai;a!IIN( at.
Detroit Vrco Press:
woman!
She An Interesting
He Very!
She Sho mnkes tho loveliest epochs I I
Just wish I know her recipe!
Washington Star: "Somo folks," said
T!cie Eb?n. "is nniei.niiv h t nn i'mi. h.,.-u..
no usso o' der even tryln' to prollt by good
"uyico. 'loll 'cm dnt Mar Is safety In num.
buliB,' an' .ley simply goes along nn' takes
ii us un cxuuau lun pinyiu policy,
IndlanBpolls Press: "1 heard a variety
nctor say thero was to bo an onion trust'
Bald the Solemn Boarder, "and I want to
know why thero Rhould bo nn onion trust?"
"To smother tho beef trust," said tho
Cheerful Idiot.
Philadelphia Press: "You wnnt my
ripnin j-reHs: -you wnnt my
r?" sternly exclaimed the wealthy
itelacc. "I havo reason to bollavu,
you are a beer-guzzler."
unuguiLi 4 o
Mr. fitratelac
sir. thnt vnu
"Well," replied tho suitor, "I suppose I
havo drunk my share of It, but I'd stop that
If I married your daughter."
"You would, eh?"
"Yes, sir. I'd ba ablo to afford wlno
then."
Detroit Journal: Bho fairly throw herself
at his head.
"nut. nlns. In vnlnl" wo niched.
"No," exclaimed thn beautiful young per
son, buoyantly, "not In vain, by nny menus I
Kor lookl I havn swelled his head and I
flhitll not fall the next tlmo I throw myself
at It!"
Coaauinmato knowlodgo of human nature,
this.
Indlnnnpolls Press: "No, married llfo Is not
so different," explnlned tho young father.
"When 1 lmvo been having nn nll-niht ses
sion arguing with tho baby on tho question
whether It is better to yell over tho ml
vont of new teeth or to sleep It off 1 havo
much tho sumo feeling next morning that
I used to have after a bachelor dinner.'1
Til II .SUCOEWHKUI. OI'ICHATIOIY.
H. TO. Klfler In tho Times-Herald.
My friend was on tho table
And I waited, full of doubt,
But the surgf-ons brought mo comfort
Ah thoy hurrle.1 In nnd out
They wero full of bono, thoy said,
It was not a thlnu to dread,
They had found tho ueut of troublo, and
they know
Whero to probo and where to cleave;
Ho they gave mo to bellevo
That my friend would reat In penco when
tliuy were through I
They were famous, they had practiced
In thoso foreign countries whero
Tho tnscrutablo professors
Lay old Nature's sucrnts bare,
And they laughed my fears away
As they closed tho door, that day
It wub somothtng that had oft "been dona
before!"
Long I waited for tho end.
For the moment-when my friend,
Through their Hklll, should bo the pray of
pain no more.
Full of smiles, at last, they sought mti
And they told mo It was done
"Hklll had waged another battla
And had gloriously won!"
They rubbed their hands In glee,
They congratulated me,
And thoy complimented ono another, tool
Much hnd deftly done hla part,
Each had glorllled his nrt.
Fon Surccss had followed all tholr move
mcnts through I
I hnrd them, full of wondor
At tho marvel thoy had wrought,
And I asked If ho could sen ine,
But they told mo ho could not
For my luckless friend wax dead I
It was all his fault, tlioy said
They bad triumphed, Skill had risen to the
call!
They had found and cut away
All thoy sought, I heard thorn say,
And thn shock had left him lifeless that
was all!
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