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The umaha Daily Bee.
K. noSEWATCU, EDITOn.
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OFFICES:
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and M streets.
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'tliU BUt, PUHL181UNU CUMPANx.
STATEMKNT Ol' CIRCULATION.
Htfltc ot Nebraska, Douglas County, ss,:
(Jeorgo B. 'X'mchuck, secretary ot Tlie Xlce
Ptiuilsmug Company, bcli.g duly sworn,
onys that lliu ucUnl number ot full and
complete copies of Tho Dally. Morning,
l-veiling ami Sunday Bee printed during thu
month of April, ia, was as follows:
an.tmo
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17 7,700
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Total
Less unsold and returned copies.
857,8(10
Net total sales 84.",B0M
Net dally average US, 185
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Subscribed In my prcKenco and sworn to
before mo this 1st day of May, A. D. 1001.
M. B. HUNQATK,
Notary Public.
Ak-.Snr-Hen wo shall always have with
us Stand up for Nebraska.
Your Uncle Hussell Sage Is still doing
business at the same old stand.
The historian cnu now set himself to
tho task of writing the chapter on the
bnttle of Wnll street.
Notice has been served on nil whom It
may concern that Governor Savage has
no sinecures to distribute.
If wo arc to have a crusade on "fur
nlshcd rooms" wc may ns well organize
a police raid on "apartments to let."
.1. Plerpont Morgan may have gone
nbroad to rest, but he is coining home
to work. There Is no rest for the trust
builder.
Now that tho embargo on Sunday
shaves and Sunday shines has been
raised, Omaha must Improvise new sen
t-atioiiB for the sensational papers.
When Governor Nash of Ohio sets out
I., i - , i ,. .t , t
agalu to tour the country ho should pro
vide himself with nn arbitration com
mittee to travel along with tho party
Perhaps tho lwst way out of the stato
fair site muddle would be to do nothing
and let tho npproprlutlon lapse. Ne
braska taxpayers would appreciate sav
ing .?n,",000 as much ns anything.
A Chicago policeman has been found
guilty on preferred charges of using
"obstreperous Iangunge." We presumu
that sort of language Is to be met with
only within thc confines of tho World's
1'alr city.
St. Louis Louisiana Purchase exposi
tion promoters propose to set them
selves up right in thc middle of tho
Iluffalo show to start their propaganda
for 11KM. This Is pushing Buffalo's hos
pitality pretty hard.
It Is almost needless to remark that
tho return of President Mclvlnley to
Washington Is being awaited with Im
patient expectancy by a host of Ne
braska republicans ambitious to serve
their country In lucrative postotilco po
sitions.
Organized labor Is prosperous In
Omaha, as It Is In nil parts of tho coun
try. Tho only things that cast a shadow
upon It arc ovcr-ambltlous loaders who
nro constantly quarreling and labor or
gans whoso chief occupation seems to be
cutting ono another's throats.
Members of the Germnn Reichstag are
making desperate efforts to have them
selves put on the salary list, but tho
emperor and upper house Insist that they
shall continue to serve without pay. It
is noticeable, however, thnt none of
them nre handing In resignations to cm
plinslze their protest,
The Postolllcc department, which wns
engaged In the annual work of re-ratlng
the salaries of postmasters according to
the business of their respective offices,
finds that scarce a postmaster nt an Iru
portunt point has failed to earn nn lu
crease of saltiry because of the Incrcnsed
receipts. The expanding business of tho
postotilco reflects substantial rather than
speculative prosperity.
Colonel Dryan has retaliated In fiendish
style upon J. Sterltoj Morton by charging
him with being tho originator of polltlca
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Hryan might have gone still further.
He could havo truthfully charged that
Morton helped to organize tho first peo
ple's party In Nebraska and was can
didate for governor on tho people's
party ticket. That was lu 1807, how
ever, and tho statute of limitations
ought to run ngalnst It.
It Is reported by wny of London thnt
tho lirltlsh soldiers In China express
pleasuro ut the withdrawn! of the Amer
ican troops from thnt couutry. Tho
presenco of the well-behaved American
soldier In China has been a thorn In the
flesh of tho men In tho service of other
nations, who would prefer to have the
field all to themselves and freo from
obtrusive wntchlng. No doubt they will
breutho easier when the American
troops havo been completely withdrawn.
NO MIMTAMSH TllEHE.
A writer In ono of the popoerntlc pa
pen Hint InMsis upon referring to Profi
cient McKlnloy's trip ns "im Imperial
tour" calls attention to a significant fact
in thu following lanKtmpu:
Our president cad travel In open daylight
through the country among the people he
presides over lu perfect safety without a
military escort. 'Ho the"' crowned monarch
and emperors of Kuropc dare to try such
an experiment?
Tho rniestlon of course answers Itself
anil furnishes tho most conclusive refu
tation of the absurd howl about Im
perialism and militarism. The empires
of Kuropc exhibit their military char
acter on every hand. The ruling mon
arch Is guarded night anil day by spe
cial detachment of Ms troops and does
not stir a step without a military cieort.
Tho simplicity of President McKlnloy's
tour, with all Its special trains and nu
merous reception committees onroute, Is
In the most striking contrast to the
movements of the crowned heads of for
eign nations, Tho sovereignty of the
people In America and thu ridiculous
absurdity of demagogic talk about Im
perialism In this country could uot be
more forcibly Illustrated.
I'OUTICAL At'FAIUH IS OHIO.
Ohio will elect n governor next No
vember and already much Interest Is
,,el8 shown In the political affairs of
that state. The udvlces Indicate that
the republicans nre determined to take
every precaution against defeat nnd
there nre reports that the loaders arc
contemplating n departure from the
precedent of giving the Incumbent of the
gubernatorial olllce a second nomina
tion and placing a now man at tho
head of the ticket. It Is said that Judge
Tuft, president of the Philippine com
mission, Is being considered by tho men
who map out republican campaigns In
Ohio In connection with the nomination
for the governorship and that an effort
Is to bo made to prevail upon Governor
Nash, lu the event that Judge Tuft Is
willing to run, to stand out of the way.
Thero Is doubt, however, as to whether
Judge Tuft would accept a nomination
for governor nnd ninke such uu active
campaign as the circumstances require.
He has not hitherto maulfcstod any lik
ing for political contention nnd probably
has none. Besides, thero Is- every rea
son to believe that he Is well satlslled
with the work he has In hand uutl is
ambitious to carry It to success. There
Is more fame for hint In the accomplish
ment of his present tusk than he could
derive from being elected governor of
Ohlo-aud then there Is the chance that
lu this off yeur tho republican candi
date will not be elected, purtlculuily In
view of the fuct thut there Is not com
plete harmony in the Ohio republican
ranks. Governor ush has given u crcu-
ituble ndmlulstrntlon, but It seems to
bo tho opinion of some of the leaders
that a stronger and more popular can
didate Is ueeded at this time ami Judge
Taft appears to meet the requirement.
h to the democrats, while they are
no more Harmonious tnan inc repuu
cllUHl there is no doubt that thq leaders
u . .
intend to make a very determined effort
to carry thc state Ttuls yea'r, not aloue
becauso of the desire to secure coutrol
of tho state administration, but becuuso
success in 1001 might play un Importuut
part lu tho naming of candidates for
president and vice president In HMJ1 and
lu the presidential election. That, It is
true, Is a considerable time ahead, but
political managers look ahead and do
not wait until the eve of battle to pro
linn, tholr nluus of action. Says a
Washington dlsnatch: "Tom L. John
sou Is lust now tilling consider
space in the popular mind of
there is little doubt thut lie
shape his administration of tho
nltv of Cleveland as to bring
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nection n.u. u.o g. uvimnu
Perhaps no democrat can be elected
governor this year In Ohio, but nil the
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sumo Johnson would luako u stubborn
fight If nominated, therefore thu repub
llcan managers are not disposed to take
any chauees." A legislature will also do
elected lu November which will cuoose
a successor to United States Senator
Foraker. John It. McLean wants to go
to tho senate and will vigorously direct
his efforts to winning the legislature
It Is thus nppareut that this years
campalgu in Ohio will bo nggresslvely
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fought by both parties uutl It would Do
i.a, ..,i,,u time to medlct the
; , th.. chunces of success
ciniti tfi lw In fnvnr nt1 tin ivmil) -
UUiu n. v fcv 1 w w
llcans.
NEEDED TAX HKFOIIUS
Nebraska will be represented at thc
untlonal conference on tnxatlon which Is
to bo held nt Huffalo May M und -I
The problem of equitable taxation has
occupied tho minds of men lu public llfo
In every stnto Of tho union, but Its solu
tion appears to bo about as far off as
ever. Everybody admits thut radical re'
form 1n American taxation methods Is
uecessnry, but no one has devised a plan
by which honest returns of property or
Income can bo Insured.
In Nebraska more than liny other state
perhnps this question of tax reform Is
nresslng to the front. It is doubtful
whether as great discrimination and fa
voritism arc tolerated lu any other state,
and tax shlrklug and tax exemptions
are as tlagraut
What Is true of Nebraska In general
niniUeH os,)t.cally to the assessment and
tllT i itr nn.l inuntv
collection of tax lu tins city nuu 1 ounij .
wiiib. rnllv sr. onO.OOO lms been exnemlcd
VI vi . T -- -
1.. i,v,.i,i..nta 11 Oninllil mill South
lit 1 nij'i w
Omaha within tho past live years and
realty values havo been materially ad
vnnci5ft, thero has been but a trltlliig In
crease In tho aggregate valuation of tax
able property
Tho worst abuso from which people
who do pay taxes suffer Is thu exemption
from local taxatlou of mllllous of dollars
worth of corporate property that shares
with all other property tho betiellts
of all branches of local government.
Tho city of Omaha expends uearly ?."00,
000 a year for police anil fire protection,
street llghtlug nnd cleaning. Uiider our
constitution this burden should bo borne
by nil persons nud corporations In pro
portion to their property and franchises.
The terminal facilities of thu railways
In Omaha and South Omaha arc catl-
THE OMAHA DAILY BEE: MONDAY,
mated to be worth not less than S.,0W,
000. but the math practically escape all
local taxes under the pretense that their
terminal facilities are Included lu the
state assessment of the mllenge, which
Is credited back at so much per mile at
the same rate In Douglas county as It
Is In Dawes county or Hed Willow
county, where there are no terminal fa
cilities or Improvements.
Similar evasions are practiced In dif
ferent form by other corporations which
do not contribute nnywherc near their
title shares to the expense of city and
county governments. The result ts that
the tax rate In Omaha Is exceptionally
high and constitutes a drawbnek to real
estate Investments. Were all property
assessed on an equal basis, the aggre
gate valuation would be raised by many
millions and the tax rate correspond
ingly reduced.
IIVO DESTllOYED 7itf MAISKt
Who destroyed the Maine? Was tho
explosion the dastardly work of Spanish
conspirators or was It nn accident?
This question has presented Itself In a
now fn m before the Hnanlsh treatv
nCV 101 111 lieiore llll. nimilisil mui.v
..i..i... .i,i,.. vin fnr tlmf
tribunal to make n searching Judicial In-
vestlgatlotl as to where the responsibility
for the blowing up of the grent battle'
ship rests,
Two petitions for damages have been
filed with the commission by surviving
members and relatives of the crew and
others will doubtless follow. While
popular opinion has been almost uuani
mous In ascribing tho destruction of the
Maine to Spanish treachery, there always
has been a divergence regarding the
Maine Incident among naval olllcers oi
high rank. A member of President Mc-
Klnley's cabinet, tho late Secretary
Sherman, Is reputed to have entertained
the belief that the explosion was nocl'
dent nl.
The fact that Cnptnln Slgsbce, who
commanded the Ill-fated battleship, was
sidetracked after Its destruction by as
HlLMiinont to tho command of a dlsnatch
boat Instead of another battleship, nnd
the fullure of Cnptnln Slgsbce to secure
promotion since tho Ill-fitted ship went
down, strengthen the belief thut the de
struction of tho Maine was due to nn
Internal explosion.
CUI.OMH1A WANTS THU CANAL,
The latest advices In regard to the
attitude ot the government of Colombia
toward the canal question give assur
unco of its earnest desire to do what
ever is possible to secure the acceptance
of the Pnnama route by tho United
Stntes. The Washington correspondent
of the New York Evening Post says
the general theory now Is that Colombia
stands ready to cut the Gordlan knot
and offer to our government a grant
for canal purposes clear of all embar
russmonts, exercising for that purpose
her right of eminent domain in and
undertaking to settle with her conces
sioualres herself. In that case, thero
would be nothing In tho way of our
government's ncceptunco of tho offer, as
the private Interests concerned would
not appear In the transaction except
Indirect Ijv
It appears from current reports that
the Colombian government would mukc
nn nnnrnlsnl of tho finished work nnd
franchises of thc Panama company uutl
take that amount from the United
States government In bonus. 1 uoso,
with tho hich credit of this government
behind them, would bo worth a great
ilnnl more to the concessionaires than
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what they would hae to sutrendu,
since' private resources do not seem to
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i tii.it- tint rnrr npiniiiiiu i-xii-iitiL'ii riMim l ui
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the commission will have some striking
regardlug tho Panama route
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ject with u now light.
After experimenting with tho system
of vertical handwriting thc school uu-
thorltles ot Now York have come to the
conclusion that it Is not as serviceable
us the slanting system und nre about to
discard instruction lu vertical writing,
Btilistltutlug lu its place a compromise
hand between the vertical and thc old
Sneucerlnu. This experiment has been
,. tcu ,.irnllv tllinllL'll-
goiug u u. B-.......
out the puouc scuou.s u u.
country with very much the same re-
Handwriting, especially when
I blllis.
character snail lie. 11 is uuronunuiu
that so many graduates In the public
schools come out with such poor hand
writing, which Is often less legible than
that of tho pupils In the primary grimes.
It Is not so much tho stylo of writing as
the care taken and attention devoted to
It, but how can the children bo cxpoctco
to write well wheu the great majority
of their teachers could not come up to
tho ordinary handwriting test?
It la Vp to (he Ailmlrnl.
Chicago Tribune.
There Is moro or less speculation as to
what Admiral Dowey will do with the
bakery In Omaha ho took on a mortgage
tho other day. Nobody would object to hla
giving that to his wife.
Ten lletter Tlmn the Pipe.
Philadelphia Times.
lnstcnd of a smoking concert, had It
been a tea rrty, at wlitch (leneral Chaffee
spoke, In Chlnu. '7S reasons might nave
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BUSK""-.. iiii.c..v dCuwi.iiu..
HiiKtlmr MiiNt tin.
IJaltlmoro American.
Nov n trust is to be formed In music
to bar out all melody below a cortaln
standard and so purify nnd elevato public
taste. Out, as long ns Solomon Is dead, It
will bo hard to select an arbiter of taBte
wno wm ,,ieaso everybody
l'uraitkliiK Hnil llnbltii.
Iloston Transcript.
King Kdward's posting lu Windsor castle
those rigid rules of conduct created con,
sternatlon, and no wonder'. "Thou shall
lay no wagers" Is a hard saying for the
ordinary Englishman to accept without a
protest
t'liinliili .Vntlonnl Cuot. IloiiK.
Kansas City Star.
The national Department of Agriculture
has employed exports to prepare recipe,
for cooking staple articles of diet, which
,n, in I bo coming to tneir am unu wiey can muci, 0f this wanton destruction or birds -.wu, n ci:-. cirrn j.ouu, .-josimasier oi mm uvuvaiy m tniniuoi. mouiua i nu ju-i-
nuif. I ... , . ... ..i..t . . ... .. . , v.. i I r.tnnlla in.RnO. lila nsalittun- t" "Sn lihlll,.. I tpcf ruling nnrl rierlslnn. Nnmlnnto Allrn
. . . .i iijiriiiv UOpe 10 cowpieu: men iiiujuut m going on until li is uruugni, uuiue iw i - - ....- r, - .......
Ohio UUd .,.',. ...i ,.t A,,.,. (hm a Mr of rnhlns havo concluded to I'lncs civil servico board J2.D00 each, general and tho peoplo who nccldently defeated tho
will so '- " " ' : 7 m also a family In the top of a pole wig- superintendent of public instruction X5.000, reform forces last fall will have another
mayor- n-"" i . warn in our yard. Thero is hardly a Satur- collector or customs at Hollo at cxampm oi our nonesiy oi purpose as a
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hlmselt " v : . . : - day passes that somo hoys are not trying ""rv, T " - "i " K . , a .1 , , ', ; . ' .. ;" '
1 , ..1. ii.i . l-vi 1 1 tt 11 1 n v n nL'unc 1 il iiiiiutinniiivn tit-nn. vaitLu imiiuviu v t .. it.. tin. j n. . . .
tnuglll 10 ciiiimeu iu iivhiuiiiuh "i " ,, " - . . lue na luu uuuea stales to take com-
s entirely artificial, so that It rests ealnesf' cannot work' ho sayB' nmong mand of his old regiment, the Seventh In
wholly with the instructor what Its "J B"t l,0''..,., .. . r fantry. at Vancouver barracks, Washington.
" - i ,,.,,.4.ir. 4-iuuin luibvuin oi.uu, 10 ......... uoionci looiiiigo went to cuca with th
will be distributed In pamphlet or bulle
tin form and will, perhaps, afford the
means to congressmen to make themselves
as solid with the wives of the farmers as
they have become with the farmers them
selves by the dlssotnluatlon of free seeds. In
this wnv mnrli cnn.l mm- be neenmn bed v
and for once, the use of public literature
by politicians will not be a Joke. The first
bulletin will relate to the preparation of
the sweet potato, which Is one of the hard
est things to spoil that grows.
K crj tliltm Co in I ti K nr Wnj.
Portland Orojonlan.
We can gtow nil our coffee In Porto
Hlco, Hawaii and the Philippines, says the
Treasury department. Then when we have
I arranged to grow all our tea lu tho south,
alt our sugar In tho west and tho Philip
pine, nnd make all our own manufactures,
what shall wo buy ot Kuropo In exchange
for exports, and what use will there be
ror a merchant marine;
Competition nml Trusts.
Philadelphia Hecord.
In .lnvloB thft nsspftlon of ttusscl Saee
that tho tendencies of tho trusts are evil
Mr. Logan, head ot tho envelope trust,
maintains that the supreme beneficence of
the trusts lies In their suppression or com-
petition. "Competition Is Industrial war."
ho affirms, "and means Injury to nil. even
tho victor suffering from wounds received
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m me connici. Il IS noun mm . ,OUl-
000,000 combination has entered on a war
. 'lns, th. hiiion dollar steel trust. This
mU8i mean a hard flcht. with loss to both,
and perhaps tho buying up of tho new. rival
at a fancy price. Then other capitalists
will go Into the same business In order to
be bought un. The same sort of wounds
seem to be Inflicted In trust warfare as In
ordinary competition.
fllK tlnit for 111k People.
Philadelphia Ledger.
The new slxtcen-lnch rifled gun, which Is
now about comnlelcd. will grainy inu
American tastb for big things nnd will
do to brag about, but will bo of very
little practical utility so far as results
aro concerned. It can send a shell twenty
one miles, but thero Is no certainty that
It could hit a mountain nt that dlstanco,
while the chanco that It could hit a hostile
ship Is Infinitesimal, ns It would have to
shoot nt an object below the horizon
line. and. thcroforo. Its aim would have
to be directed by a system of slgnnls, which
would probably bo hard to maintain in
tho presenco of an enemy. In practical use
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tho rango of tho gun would probably be
limited to tho range or sight, ami tnis
could bo attained by guns built nt much
less cost, but more effective for destruc
tive purposes,
IVimlnn Gruffer nt Work
Philadelphia North American.
Tho pension attornoys arc sharing in
the general prosperity following the war
with Spain. Commissioner Evans lias ocen
looking Into tho methods and has found
a remarkable condition of affairs, par-
tlculnrlv In San Francisco, where tho
troons from tho Philippines arc held pend
ing muster out. Tho attorneys navo seni
their "runners" into the Presidio to solicit
buslnoss and established a system of spot
ting about tho railroad offices, whore, tho j
soldiers apply for transportation. They
havo even offered special Inducements to
nnnllcants In tho way of free medical ex
aminations. Tho greatest abuse has been
mo nung oi cmn.ia unum m -w-
actually discharged, tne unioruinaio iri
oi ine uuBincna i mat v.uj. u,,"
ncss of the attorneys discredits tho whole
pension Bystem and that worthy veterans
suffer through no fault of their own.
Two KneiiilcM of the Illrda,
D.ivld City Press.
Between the vanity of woman who has
headgear to decorate, and tho boy marks
man, who knows nothing of Kindness,
tceri-v or utility, tho birds of the country
Becra doomed to extermination. Until tho
sparrows ennio it was almost Impossible
to ralso plums In Nebraska, becauso of
-. "
orchnrdlfru com-
..lalnlnc that the fruit business Is doomci
to detraction If tho persecution of birds
Is not stopped. Scientists tell us that If
all tho birds w.cro to disappear tho human
race would soon follow, as the Insect world
lncrcaso so rapidly as to destroy all
veetaUot, 0tle ig not mindful of how
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1 TH Kill LnilHI TUUllia.
cdltor want to almost commit murder,
That pair of robins are actually worth moro
humanity than many of these same bird
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murdering uoys win uvi-i uu iu iuch unu
kind. Havo wo no sense, even If wo
haven't any hearts? A man may have no
hoart n(j yet protect that which is useful
to him.
I'KIISOMAI. MOTES.
Jules Verno has written seventy books
during his long literary career and is now
at work on a new one.
Tho mysterious syndicate which Is sup-
nmarf in hn l.nol, nt fnrn Klne l'tillllns Is
',, nf ,vp..prn farmers.
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acncrai uewefs imponanco io ungiana
may bo gauged by tho tact tnai is rauuro
to catch him Is costing 1 ,1.0 0.000 a day
William Dean Howclls does his writing at
... ,innntA and unearnoted floor.
va,,itod celling and thick stone walls. These
last aro covered with Implements of labor.
Tho latest royal personago to suffer from
the automobile craze Is King Victor Km
manuel HI of Italy, who has Just ordered
from Franco n most expensive automobile
tor his private use,
Tho casket In which the corporation of
Windsor presented to Lord Roberts tho
freedom of the royal borough Is carved
from a pleco of oak from Windsor forest
and stands thirteen Inches high
You glvo me pain," exclaimed tbo sultan
of Turkey tp his chief physician, wnere
unon ho nulled his gun and performed a
surgical operation on tho medicine man
It wns n success. Tho doctor Is dead.
A Michigan postmaster sought to prose
cute a man for using Pan-American stamps
on letters, claiming the stamp's to bo crude
forgeries. He Is now In the woods, striv
Ing to get out of range of the Jeering
throng.
Tho Agricultural department reports that
Insects are destroying tho crops In various
parts of tho country. Formerly thc birds
destroyed tho Insects, but man destroyed
tho birds, nnd now he must do their work
himself or go hungry.
Omaha's merry Midway of three years
ago U renewing Its graft In a larger area
at Duffato. One needs but recall a few
of thc hot nights of '9S to Imagine himself
or hersolf among the Pan-American freaks
And It costs less, too.
Henry A. Do Lille, who died In London
a short while ago, was a New Vorkor by
birth and a Journalist by profession. While
In Paris he aided Napoleon HI In a con
fldentlal matter and was rewardod by the
rlbbou ot a Chevalier of tho Legion of
Honor.
The prohibit bnlsts of Pennsylvania are
unwontedly active for so early In the
political year, having already ten organizers
giving their cntlro tlmo to the work of per
fecting local organizations, enrolling names.
circulating llteratuiti and arranglnj for
public meetings.
MAY IIHU.
i.trt: in tiik I'liii.ti'i'iM:.
i:ii'lilnu of ( II) mill t niiiilry t inter
Viiirrli-mi Hull'.
The olllcets and men of tho Tlilrty-nlnth
lnfl,nr'' organized and outfitted at Fort
' ""-'" uinisu in i m.-
M"'"' American for their valorous work
" "u,"u'",'; "l"ue provinces m
i.uiuh. lie ten uinuria nun men ill uiw
teglment remaining behind In the Islands,"
says the American, "are iiultc puffed with
the succfcs thai marked their last opera
tions In the Held In the territory last of-
ruplcd by them. This territory comprised
nearly all the province of Katanga west
of Lake Tanl, and waa commanded by
colonel Clprlano Lopez, who had 250 men
and 150 rifles, very neatly organized, for
the colonel wis a soldier. For tho Inst two
months, however, the Thirty-ninth had so
knocked tho colonel and his men about nnd
at Mich urexnocted time and nlacos that
n few davs hefnm ih Thlnv. ninth em-
barked for tho t'nlted States tho colonel
signified his readiness to quit and ho did
"e oruerea in an nis men, wno pre-
P"te' themselves to tho Thirty-ninth In
detachments under their oftUors-ln all 250
meii with 10 rifles. Little was heard ot
" numing saiu except ny me appro
clatlve district and department command
ors, Generals Sumner and Pates. This
surrender took from General Trias all his
onnnnrl ni,IH nf ral li.. . hv
"
niado him feel more like coming to rea-
son with Colonel Baldwin, which he did n
few days later, and It enabled the Thirty
nintn to end their Philippine service with
moro prldo than ever In the work of 'Thu
Indians.' "
A Louisville boy, an officer In tho Philip
pines, tells a story in the Courier-Journal
on ono of his brother officers which will
bear repeating. The officer In question, n
captrln, stutters badly. He had been on
recruiting duty In tho states, and while
at his work had enlisted for his regiment
a mtn who stuttered ns badly as, if not
worse, than tho captnln himself.
Some time later ho was ordered back to
his company, nnd n few days afterward
was on duty ns officer of tho day. As It
happened, tho stutterer that he had en
listed was without his knowledge put on
guard duty that night. When the captain
went nround to Inspect tho guard he camo
to the now sentry and was challenged.
"lluh-huh-h-halt, who-who-who c-c-comcs
there?"
The captain answered: "O-o-o-of-of-f
of-flccr of the dld-dad-day."
Then tho sentry said: A-n-a-ndvance,
of-f-of-of-oulcer of the d-d-day, to b-blb-
bab-bo recognized.
By this tlmo tho captain was mad all
over, for ho thought the man was mock
ing him. He did not know the recruit, al
though the recruit knew him. Tho cap
tain went bouncing up to tho sentry and
yelled at him: "W-w-wh-wh-what d-d-d
d-n f-f-fool enlisted y-yu-yay-you?" and
the sentry said: Y-y-y-yu-you did.
sir."
Tho men who havo enlisted In tho navy
from tho "fresh water" strftcs appear gen
erally to he contented. One of them, who
lives lu Kansas, writes home: "I havo
dono very well In tho navy. 1 havo had
three promotions, until now I am a petty
officer with tho rate of Q. M. 3 C, which
means quartermaster, third class. I stand
four hoxirit and W(lk up nnJ (own thc
j.,t, ,h i,ri,t , .,,,.
glnss in ray hand, on the lookout for slg
naU from tho flagship or any other ship
of tho navy. I get $30 n month and my
board and lodging. Don't you think that
Is as good as I can do on tho outside?
Officeholders In
the Philippines arc
booked for literal ealnrles, considerably
above what similar service (omraanJs at
I'ome. The difference Is belloved to bo
sufl'.clent to still tho longing fur homo nnd
cffi.c. tho Inconveniences of llfo In the
troplrs. Herti nre a few ot the olflccs
established by thc Philippines commission
and the salaries ntttched: "ho socrotnty
to tho Philippines commission Is to receive
$7,500, treasurer of the archipelago $0,000,
bis chief cler). $2.1"&0, auditor $6,000, deputy
auditor I4.00D, collector of customt ti.MQ,
deputy collector and captain of tho port
1.000. custom, house cashier 13.000, col-
lector of Internal revenue 4.000, deputy col-
lector 2,000, director general of posts
1 rff. 1.1.. ..1.1 -i -1. aapan i. -
$3,500,
Tho office of the military governor Is
provided with forty-six rlcrks, ono private
secretary and ono law clerk; thc Phlllpplno
commission with a private secretary for
each member, an assistant secretary to the
commission, one recorder and twelve clerks
and ono Interpreter:
treasurer, with
four clerks; auditor, thirty-two
clerks; collector of customs, seven chiefs
of division, two clerks, 109 Inspectors and
03 employes; the collector ot Internal
revenue with seven Inspectors, soventoen
employes nud twelve clerks; departmont of
posts, ono chief clerk, disbursing officer.
poatofllco Inspector, four clerks and ono
coachman. In the Manila postofflce fifty-
one clerks and ten drivers.
Colonel C. A. Coolldgo has beon relieved
of tho command of tho Ninth United States
Infantry In tho Philippines and Is now on
Sovcnth nnd won distinction with that regl-
mcnt. soon after his return to Foit
Logan ho wns ordered to tho Philippines.
Tne Ninth was sent to China. Colonel LIs-
cum was killed, and tho command of tho
regiment devolved upon Coolldge, then
lieutenant colonel. His services earned
him promotion,
Tho citizens of Sparta, Wis., his homo
town, recently gave ji banquet In honor of
Captain L. K. French, Compnny H, Thirty-
fourth Infantry, nnd presented u sword to
him. He left for tho Philippines In June,
1899, has seen two years of active service,
anu gained nn enviable reputation as an
officer and soldier. He was In command
of the troops that rescued Lieutenant QUI-
moro ond his party, and figured promt'
ncntly In all of the many Important do
tails of service of tbo Thirty-fourth regl
ment, an Important factor In tho subjection
of the Philippine rebels.
I'riililvma fur Stnrkmrii,
Hayes County Republican,
The present Indications are that the
range question will loom up ns n serious
problem to the stockmen of this section of
the state before long. Most every farmer
has a bunch of stock that must depond
almost wholly for austcnanoo on the sue
eulent grasses the prairies afford. For
the last few years It has beon an easy mat.
ter to find nmplo grazing ground, but with
tho rise In the prlco of stock tho Industry
has grown and qulto naturally tho value
of range has Increased. Tho larger stock
men aro buying up all the rango possible I
and the canyon and sntidblll land has been
homosteaded in an effort to secure grazing
facilities. All government land Is under
fonco or occupied by stock, but of course
this cannot be kept up very long without
private ownership. It looks now as If the
smaller stockman must sooner or later give
way to tho larger who Is In position to
buy up territory. And, furthermore, the
raising of more feed and alfalfa will he-
tome n necesnlty for those who pretend
to keep stock.
and It makes thlS I f-.W" uauil, UlllCl Ul U1U OUrCUU Ol biailSWCS I l"" ui-oi. itbl laivui no u in.iiiii: ivil II1U11
politics 1'iin.M m:iiiivk puns.
Pawnee Press (pop.). Colonel H. C, Lind
say of this city Is to remain with Ooernor
Savage r his private secretnry. Mr. Llnd-
Lay's friends hereabouts, and they are many,
congratulate him and lion to t-eo nun
cccln governor some day ere long
,,nstl.igs ,.ul)c opinion (pop.); Mr. Itosc-
water's remarks regarding the nomination
of Colonel Hryan for govemot have brrn
taken b many republican papers as n Joke.
Thero Is ho Joke about this, It Is both log
Icnl nnd good sense,
Norfolk News (rep.): It Is now positively
known that the democrats who have as
sisted In the fusion movement nil these
yenrj have been nothing but populists. Kx-
Oovernor Poynter has said so and he has
not served tho state for a term In the chief
executive offlco without acquiring a thor
ough knowledge of men's political beliefs.
At the recent banquet of the Peter Cooper
club Mr Poynter snld: "Thc populist or
ganization must and shall bo tnalnlnlned,
for If the democrats should go back to the
original principles of the party before they
became populists lu all but name we must
havo a party left for thoso who still stand
for tho rights if the people."
Aurora Sun (dom.): A pass Is seldom n
compliment. Were It so they would be dis
tributed nmong trades, professions nnd busl
noss men a little, every legislator can have
n pasteboard, be he friend or foe of tho rail
road. It InduccJ 'he one to moro effort In
behalf of thc corporation and limits the
fighting qualities of thc opponent, l'.vcry
congressman nnd senator can get one also,
but when their servico to the state Is
ended and they can no longer be of benefit
to the corporation their passes die with
their office. Business men who patronize
the road every day, and many of them
largely have to pay their fare, when n Jack
pot politician, that perhaps had never pat
roulzrd to the extent of a saw-buck, gels
free transportation for his Influence, real
or supposed. A pass Is seldom a compliment.
Columbus Telegram (dom.); It Is un
pleasant to thc men of Nehraskn who have
supported the tickets nnmlnnted by demo
crnts and populists to read the constant
appeals ot the populist state committee for
funds with which to defray campaign in
debtedness. Those who were Instrumental
hi creating the deficiency should go down
In their pockets nnd square the debt
Somo candidates for high office In Hie Inst
Nebraska campaign were poor men, nnd yet
thc Telegram knows of ono such on tho
popocratlo ticket who went out after his
defeat, hunted up every claim against thc
committee lu his district, nnd paid It out
ot his limited means. Thc way to pay
debta Is to pay them. The best way to
avoid political debts Is to contract none.
Politicians, like preachers, should pay nu
they go, If they want to rotaln their own
rc3pect nnd tho good opinion of the public
Pawnco Press (pop.): Candidates for the
supremo Judgeships arc looming above the
horizon. With nil due respect to the other
gentlomcu who have been mentioned In this
connection, tho Chief, on behalf of the
fuslonistB of Pnwnco county, miggests thc
nnmo of Judge Albert S. Story of Pawnee
City ns a candidate. Judge Story Is
lawyer of ability. He Is a democrat of the
old school and has never shirked n duty
or wavered In thc faith. When there was
party work to bo dono he has nlways stood
ready to do his share. His time nnd his
monoy havo over been at tho service of his
party. Now that thero Is an office to ho
filled, for which ho is peculiarly fitted, the
Chief asks tho (unionists of Nebraska to
consider tho candidacy of Judge Story,
Should ho bo honored with n nomination
ho will bo oleeted, and his services on the
supremo benoh will bo alike credltnblo to
tho state, his party and himself,
Stanton Iteglstcr (pop.): Wo bellovo that
under tho existing circumstances Senator
William V. Allen Is the man that should
bo nominated for supreme Judge next fall.
When, considering tho grent importance of
the place, the necessity of a trained, talcntoj
and well balanced legal mind, the citizens
nt onco turn their thoughts to thc plain,
unassuming statesman nnd Jurist that by
a polltlcnl accident was retlrod from the
United Stntes senate when tho legislature
elected Dietrich. 8cnator Aliens quali
fications nnd ability nro unquestioned, the
peoplo of Nebraska regardless of politics
havo always found In him n friend. His
well balanced mind sees tho right of a
proposition nt n glanco and his Integrity
uffragc.
Cin ilCHKS AMI) MUWSI'AI'KHS.
Mlnlntrrliil Virir ot thr Itrlntlonx thnt
Should Kxlnt llrtttiTii Tlit-ni.
lirooklyn Kugle.
Tho Rev. Dwlght R. Marvin, 1). D
Preached n sermon nt Aabury Park Inst
Sunday In which he talked of tho church
"s a business center and naturally made
somo reference to legitimate advertising
methods and to the relations which should
nIlJ should not exist between churches and
newspapers
' Churches do not advertise as thoy
should," said Dr. Marvin. "Tiventy-flvo
years ago e simple announcement In tho
local paper was considered sufficient by
most business men. Today the successful
merchant feels it incumbent to take moro
space and ndvertlso more carefully nnd at-
I tractlvely, yet the church has not changed
but still retains the custom of former yenrs
nnd contents Itself with brief statements of
services In the column nf church notices
e 1 louau lu mil ntiiuruuy imuer. iiiun. i it me
matter of advertising alono 'the children
of this world are wiser than tho children of
light.' Churches thnt spend money In ad
vertising not only In the dally papers, hut
through various methods employed In busU
ncss, are making themselves known nnd
reaching tho people.
"Thero should be honor In churches. The
church ts no charitable Institution, begging
for worldly palronago, asking for support,
and giving nothing In return. It Is God's
earthly business center, whero Ho bestows
upon men tho greatest guts, bomo cnurcnes
make themselves repulsive to straight
forward, clear-headed business men because
of their methods that are small and de
grading. If a church society gives an en
tertnlnmcnt nnd sells tickets, returning an
equlvnlont for thnt which Is charged, It
acts In a businesslike way, and does nothing
that It need be ashamed of. Hut when It
torcos tickets on business men nn pain of
losing trade, it slmplo goes Into the black
mailing business nnd deserves to receive
tho condemnation of thc community. Any
church has the right to expect thc support
of tbo dally press
"Thc nowspnper Is tbo church's hand
maid to assist In ndvnnclng tho divine king
dom, but It baa no right to ask for all kinds
of complimentary notices nnd reviews of in- '
significant meetings and cntcrtnlnmcnM ns I
puffa. This, too, In degrading. I havo como I
In business contact with a large numbor of 1
publishers in my life, nnd I have generally
found them businesslike, courteous nnd will-
Ing to act goncrously toward the churchos,
but I havo found few churches that have
shown thcrasolves willing to advertise to
any great extent or speak good words for
the dally paper.
"It should be thoroughly understood that
tho publisher of a dally paper is under no
obligation to advertise the church without
pay or spread Its fame and receive there
for only criticism. As a vendor of news anl
an educator of tho peoplo he U under obli
gation to toll tho nuwB, speuk tho truth
and teach morality, hut that does not put
him under bonds to print paragraphs laud
ing the minor activities of the church."
to rt'su on mot to rrsR.
uror.i Republican The annual seance
of the Omaha Peter Cooper club was a
love feast of brotherly affection, nnd a ce
menting anew of fusion ties. Hut, follow-
ng In thc wako of a recent untl-fuslon
democratic powwow, It bespeaks a hot old
tlmo la Douglas county when tho cam
paign opens,
Stamen Register (rep ): The Register has
nut discussed fusion of Into, becauso there
Is no question In our minds o tho need
of It ami that co-operntloti In tho past
bas been a great benefit to Nebraska.
There Is nn added force In tho necessity
of fusion of the reformers now whero one
of the most exacting of polltlcnl miichliiks
dominates tho republican party.
North Platte Tribune (rep.): At the
meeting of the Peter Cooper club In
Omaha the early part of the week W, J.
Hryan declared that win or lose fuslou
must be continued, Two years ago Mr.
Hryan declared that after 1900 there would
bo no more fusion! that the man would
bo cither u republican or n democrat. It
Is evident thut things, ns viewed by Iiryan.
nro very different now from what they were
then.
Orand island Democrat; We took occa
Ion recently to comment upon the un
democratic way Into which some of our
brethren had fallen, and made special
reference to the course of the Douglas
county democracy ns voiced by the official
club organ thc Quill. From the way that
paper squirms wc feel that wc have "laid
the nx at tho root of tho tree." lis only
defenre Is that a Herman-American club of
South Omaha had done likewise nnd that
some Union county (Iowa) populists had re
solved to unite with us. Of this latter
circumstance wc feel glad; but, ns gen
eral proposition, wo state that tho Quill,
as usual, shows a hidebound sentiment,
unwittingly emphasizing our former criti
cism. Tho (net tcmnlus patent to all ob
servers that tho success of the democratic
party In Nebraska is made an uncertain
quantity by tho ceaseless Jealousies nnd
blckcilngs ot cliques nnd clans, and not by
any other clement In the "opposition to
the republican party." That thc populists
as an orgunl).cd party nre certainly drift
ing townrd democracy Is a fact ion well
known to be denied; but this very fact. If
none other, should teach our party the
quality of nuignnnlmlty. It should teach
us' tho value of co-opcrntlon when princi
ples remain founded upon democratic
tenets. Wc havo never been hurt with too
much populism nnd are not now. We havo
been almost ruined by too much Cleveland -Ism
and our party In this state Is weighted
down to the water-linn with J, Stcrllns
Mortonlsm, und It actually pains the Demo
crat to seo the Quill btundlng shoulder In
shoulder with tho Conservative and the
Kearney Democrat In decrying every effort
put forth to combine thc opponents of re
publicanism unless license bo first granted
by a superior power so-called. This Iihs
long been thc chief rauso of complaint of
the Ncbrnakn City Judas who claims even
yet to be n "true democrat." We have said
that the, populists were drifting toward us,
but they cannot be driven wholly within
the party gates now. Neither Is It probable,
that nl this time they can be cajoled Into
a surrender of their party organization.
Three-fourths of the county officials of
Nebraska are not republicans, yet all this
tamls for naught when the Quill demands
room at thc official pie-counter In Douglas
county. We have ''felt the pulse of the
people" (outside of Douglas county) nnd
know that nine out of ten genuine demo
crats demnnd nn united front against tho
railroad "redeemers" this fall, while an
equal proportion of Mortonltes are "dema
crata" If It can be nrrnnged so that no op
portunity for party success presents Itself.
IIIIISK7.V CHAFF.
Chlcncn Post: "You mustn't sav 'wash
dresses' uny more."
' wnai must 1 say?"
" 'Tub gowns.' "
Phllndclnhln Press: Tess I hocln to
realize that I'm getting old.
.less What makes you tlilnK s07
Toss Three different brldcs-to-bo havo
asked mo to be their bridesmaid.
Clovnlnntl Plain Dnaler: "Don't vou talk
to your huwbhnd over the 'phone?"
"Never. When I huve anything of Im
nortnnco to uny to mi- husband I want to
get near him."
Chlrniro Tribune: "I've often wondnhod."
snld Cholly, "how hq many fellnhs I know
mriniigo to gel wen on, wniio rm niwiiyn
poor."
I'ernnps, repneu miss 1'opprey, "11,11
hcciui!o so many nennlc nmtiso themselves
nt your expense."
Phllndelnhln Press: "It's surnrlslnir tho
pot and kettle should nlono call each other
names.
It h ho ensv for them to cct hot.
"Possibly, but with n broil on In tho
kitchen Id naturally think the gridiron
would be in It."
Chicago Post: "Harry Is so absent-
minded: he went un to dress for a narty
once and went to bed Instead."
'H m: that looks to mo like a una case
of proeenco of mind."
AM ACii; OF IMK.
Charles II. Webb In Atlantic Monthly.
Of nil tho lines ever known,
Of iirass or iironze, of iirlck or stone,
thc DiacKoKt nnu tne worst. 1 minK,
Is this pestiferous Age of Ink,
In volume viint tho torrent pours.
Its volume blocking nil outdoors;
And fed and fattened as It llnws
With verfeH Hcunntd nnd potted prose,
Thouirh all would dam It nnd somo do
Tim Deluge mill lu npres nous.
l.ureii to tne nritiK women ann men
A moment pause then dip a pen.
If. deen nf keel nnd broad of beam.
Some mighty monster stem tho stream,
flrorn paths and pastures boys forsaku
To founder In tbo Kipling wnke.
And girmnni gunners nor mnrines
So swift could Mnod tho magazines.
Through mnny-Htorled novelettes
Their hero strides, In pantalets.
Haughty of mien, pallid of brow;
And would bo bad If ho knew how.
Pity they've not u sneclal pen-
Tim! women must line up with men;
Hi tne hm mo iieni iney nnrruw ho
She with her Uiike, In with his Hoe;
And wonder wukes wfih every screed,
If nil Uro writing, who's to rend?
Have You
Been 111?
If very sick, you had a
doctor. That's right. Wc be
lieve in doctors. They are
among our best friends.
Now that you arc recover
ing, don't you think that a
bottle or two of Aycr's Sarsa
parilla would do you great
good? Ask your doctor about
it and do just as he says.
We believe he will tell you
that this blood-purifying and
nerve-strengthening medicine
is just what you need.
It will certainly take out all
the impurities in your blood,
caused by your sickness, and
will make you feel better in
every way. si.m ttut. ah inniiu.
J 1 C, AY Ell CO,, Lowell, Maei.