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STATEMENT OP CIRCULATION.
Stain of Nebraska, Douglas County, ss.:
George H. Tzschurk, secretary of Tho Bco
Publishing Company, being duly sworn,
nays that tho actual number of full and
completo copies of The Dally, Morning,
Evening nnd Sunday Bco printed during
mc monin oi .May, uji, was as iouowb;
l ur.-ino
2 27,'Mn
3 u7,:ito
4 ST.urto
16 , 7,KtO
17 a7,140
18 ar,wM
10 7,7U5
20 iill,740
21 27,:iO
23 iHI,7:ilt
23 S2U,7-IO
24 (,-ll)0
25 ,rt:io
26 27,000
27 2W,BU0
28 SU.UIO
29 20.1NO
so ua.mo
31 20,070
6 2(7,(MS
c U7,:uo
7 ,8HO
8 114,030
9 il7,070
10 IMI.tKiO
ll i.a7,ori
12 r,47ft
13 27,0.10
it S7,b:jo
15 U7,1J.V
Total H-lil.OOR
LetH unsold and returned copies..,, 10,187
Net total sale? 8!ta,Hlt
Net dally avcrngo 'Ml.mis
GEO. B. TZSCHUCK,
Subscribed In my prcsenca and sworn to
beforo mo this 31st day of May, A. D. 1D01.
M. B. IIUNGATE,
Notary Public.
Nebraska hns to huve n t.isto of wind
storm work Just to remind It thut tho
geographies locate it within the cyclono
holt.
We fenr that Nebraska people arc In
danger of getting the reputation among
tho bunco fraternity of being decidedly
easy.
Nebraska republicans will not want
for available timber from which to pick
their candidates to make the campaign
this fall.
Governor Savage will today run up
against his Imperial majesty, Ak-Snr-Hen.
the great. His Imperial majesty
will do well to look to his laurels.
Tho railroad presidents arc having
their Inning for tho present. The peo
ple who pay tho freight may want to
have something to say beforo long.
If the county undertakes to go after
nil tho men who have committed per
jury boforo local Juries, it will keep the
courts busy for somo time to come.
Tho Bee lias not tho sllghest objection
to klnetoscopo bull lights nt South
Omaha. It Is satisfied they arc per
fectly humane to both man and beast.
Tho Beo will bo pleased to have n
tow-lino or any other lino take hold
with Its effort to procure a more just
assessment of taxable property In
Omaha and Douglas county.
Tho latest announcement Is that tho
community of Interests hns lapped over
the Milwaukee road. Will tho com
munity of Interests extend Into tho Held
of politics? That Is the question that
the practical politicians are propound
ing to themselves.
If Japan Is really short of statesmen
able to handlo tho complicated politi
cal situation presented to It, It might
draw on tho United States for a few
contributions from Its surplus of states
men out of a Job. Several of them nro
right hero In Nebraska.
King Edward will bo In danger of
losing his popularity If ho persists In
Interposing his veto on tho display of
feminine apparel with which tho women
of tho court, wcro planning to make a
stunning hit nt the races. To rule the
realm of fashion requires more tact
and diplomacy thnn to guide thu ship of
state.
General Callles of ,the Filipino In
surgents has come' to tho conclusion that
tho only way to achieve success as the
successor of Agulnaldo Is to follow his
example by surrendering to the Ameri
can military forces. General Callles
evidently does not propose to let
Agulnaldo enjoy all the comforts of
captlv)ty alone.
Governor Shaw only voices the senti
ment of the great majority of repub
licans In Iowa, and Nebraska, too, when
he says'.lio would like to see William B.
Allison occupy the executive chair In
the Whlto IIousi-. Senator Alllsou was
n likely aspirant In 1S0G, but In 3001
ho will bo 7.1 years old and his ago' may
take him out of the list of availabilities.
For tho benefit of tho school board
The Beo reiterates that tho people of
Omaha want no unnecessary experi
menting In their High school. In this
It is satisfied It voices tho sentiment of
tho wholo body of school patrons. Tho
only change school patrons, nnd espe
cially taxpayers, will approve is tho re
duction of tho High school expeuses
without Impairing tho emcleucy.
Tho honest taxpayer does not want to
do Injustico to nny other taxpayer,
whether It bo an Individual or a cor
poration. All ho demands Is a fair and
equal distribution of the tax burdens.
Tho trouble with taxation In Omaha has
been nnd Is now the exemption and
rank discrimination In favor of concerns
nnd corporations that own millions of
property and aro able to pay their sharo
of .the taxes.
TiEBRASKA VXDER TH O MOXARCUS.
lhen Emperor McKlnley was first
crowned, he abdicated as to his treaty
making functions and nllowed the House
of Lords to suggest, construct and ratify
treaties without his imperial consent. Then
ho abdicated as to tho appointing power
and became a mere clerk to autouranh com
missions which Hanna & Co. had filled out.
And now his royal and most worshipful
majesty is clerk for D. E. Thompson and
signing Nebraska commissions under his
dlotatlon and direction. The Conservative.
When King Orover occupied the royal
bedchamber In the White House he nl
lowed his ministers to make treaties
which the House of Lords was expected
to ratify. But his majesty found out
in due time that the treaty-making
functions could not bo usurped either by
Himself or his privy council. Ho his
most worshipful majesty threw the fnt
Into the tiro ns a burnt offering to the
lords,
In tho reign of King Grover his mas
ter of the roynl hothouses was made
high satrap over tho province of No
braskn, because no one In the House of
Lords agreed with him on any two
political propositions nnd was deemed
worthy of his confidence. Hence, In
making out commissions for federal
mlsllts, King Grover was simply regis
tering tho nrbor-trnry will of his serene
highness.
Passing from the. ridiculous to the
sublime, we may be permitted to In
quire, How came Kmperor McKlnley to
supplant that clean, efficient nnd honest
collector of Internal revenue for Ne
braska, the Hon. James E. North, with
his clean, efficient nnd honest successor,
Jacob E. Houtz? Had Mr. Houtz any
greater claim for recognition thnn Mr.
North, who Jumped Bryan, tho com
moner, for McKlnley, the emperor?
And why was not the offenso of Em
peror McKlnley In abdicating In favor of
Lord Thurston four years ago as grent
ns It Is now In abdicating in favor of
Nebraska's two new lords?
As to D. E. Thompson's ordering tho
emperor of America to commission one
of his Heutennnts, tho late master of
tho royal hothouses of King Grover
surely ought to know better. Ho knows
that nil the chief magistrates of this
republic since tho days of Andrew
Jackson have abdicated the selection of
federal officers to tho lords represent
ing their respective states when they
wore the livery of their own party. If
Thompson hnd anything to say In the
Into appointment, It was through the
senntors. In this respect tho practice
at Washington has not been chnnged
for tho special benefit of Thompson ot
any other clalmnnt to the royal pre
rogative. FAVOR XWAHAOUA ROUTE.
There was u discussion n few days
ago In the Southern Industrial conven
tion at Philadelphia on the lnteroceaulc
cnnal question, In which It was clearly
shown thnt the business Interests of tho
south favor tho Nicaragua route. The
delegates from the south who spoke on
the subject want the canal built by the
United Stntes no matter whnt happens
nnd they do not believe thnt England
or nny other country has n right to inter
pose nny objection. It is needless to
say that these southern representatives
have no concern whatever for the treaty
obligations of the United States In this
matter. They believe thnt If the Clny-ton-Bulwer
treaty Is not already In
effective It Is the duty of our govern
ment to abrogate It regardless of what
the British government might think of
such n course. The question of good
faith does not bother them In tho least.
Commenting upon the attitude of tho
southern men In relation to this mat
ter the Philadelphia Inquirer snys:
"There Is no doubt whatever that we
shall construct thnt cnnal, and further
more thnt public sentiment requires It,
but nt the same time everything ought
to be done lu good order. There is no
uso of Invltlug hostilities when wo can
nvold them. To go nhead regardless of
everything, to erect 1 in men so fortifica
tions nt tho two ends, to create a stand
ing army of from 100,000 to 200,000 men
to patrol the canal In times of trouble,
this would bo n ruinous policy. Tho
mere Idea that wo aro big enough to
defy tho whole earth and that wo can
put a chip on our shoulder and no nation
will dare to knock It off Is mere bragga
docio. It is not business."
Wo think that the sound and senslblo
view conveyed iu the above Is gaining
ground with the American people. There
Is no question that an lnt6rocennlc canal
will be built and It will be controlled by
the United Stntes, but tho. accomplish
ment of thnt should be free from nny
complications or difficulties. The people
who urge flint our government should
arbitrarily renounce Its treaty obliga
tions would invite trouble, the conse
quences of which they are probably un
able to foresee, or possibly are quite
Indifferent to. .
CEMEXTIXQ THE TIES.
The address of Secretary Hay at Buf
falo last week was a characteristic ef
fort In Its patriotic expressions in behalf
of a closer union between the United
States and tho sister republics of South
nnd Central America. It voiced unmis
takably the sentiment of our people.
"Twelve years ago," Said the secretary
of state, "we held, the first reunion of
tho Amerlcnn republics. Much was said
and done, destined to be memorable in
our history, opening and blazing the
way along the pntli of peace and fra
ternal relations. We hnve made steady
progress, we have grown day by day
to a better understanding, until now
wo nro looking to our coming conference
In tho City of Mexico, In which we have
tho right to hope that with larger ex
perience nnd profounder study of the
great problems beforo us, results still
more Important nnd beneficent will bo
reached." Regarding the idea, enter
tained by soldiers ami statesmen In
tho past, of a vast American army re
cruited from every country between tho
arctic and tho antarctic sens, which
should bind tho republics of this, hemis
phere iu otio Immense military power
that might overawe the older civiliza
tions, Secretary Hay said this con
ception belongs to the past, to an order
ot things which ho hoped has gone for
ever by.
Such expressions as this of the secre
THE OMAHA
tary of state of the United States, repre
sentlng tho national administration,
cannot full to produce nn effect upon the
minds of the people of the southern
republics most favorable to this coun
try. They will luevltnbly convey to
those people the assurance that the
United States has the most, friendly In
tercst In their welfare nnd thnt the con
stunt purpose of this republic Is not
only to maintain cordial relations with
the southern countries, but to exert all
Its power, If the necessity for doing so
should ever nrlse, to protect the Amort
can republics ngalnst nny Interference
or aggression on the part of foreign
nations.
The sentiment of this country toward
tho people to tho south of us hns been
misrepresented during the last few
years, particularly since the war with
Spain. Tliey hnve been told thnt the
American people had entered upon a
career of territorial acquisition that
would ultimately bo extended to them.
Spanish and other Influence has been
brought to bear to Induce them to be
lieve that tho United States was un
friendly and was actuated by purposes
Inimical to their Interests. Such unwar
ranted and unjust accusation the utter
nnccn of the Amerlcnn secretary of
state, speaking as ho did with the ut
most care and deliberation, will go far
to render Ineffective and It Is to be
hoped that they will be widely dissemi
nated among tho people of the southern
republics. The greatest value of the
Pan-American exposition is in the oppor
tunity it gives to show tho people of the
southern republics tho hearty and corolal
friendship of thu American people and
their fixed determination to preserve
the Integrity of every Independent gov
ernment In this hemisphere.
FOR UREA TER OMAHA.
The Bee docs not represent the sentiment
ot Omaha people in Its assault upon, tho
auditorium. Tho business men of the city
who have subscribed to the fund aro neither
fools nor knaves. They knew what they
wero doing. They have demonstrated their
confidence in the probity, energy and ability
of tho men who make up tho auditorium
company. Tho project will not fall. The
Bco may hinder, but it cannot defeat. Ptlll,
thu people of Omaha should not permit Tho
Bee to go unrebuked. For its own good,
and for the future of tho city, It should be
taught an unmistakable lesson. Tho peoplo
havo this in their power. Will they vin
dicate their courage, or pine In cowardice?
AUDITORIUM. Tho Examiner.
Tho Bee ennnot bo diverted from Its
position on the auditorium project by
anonymous bushwhackers. Tho Beo
stands for greater Omaha. It has set
an example In that direction by the
erection of a metropolitan building rep
resenting the highest typo of modem
architecture. It has stood nt all times
for monumental public buildings and
enterprises of the first magnitude. It
was the first paper In Omnha to advo
cate tho erection of artjjulltorluni. But
Its Ideals have ever been for u structure
that would be a credit to greater Omnha,
and not for a mlnlnturo structure, Insig
nificant or commonplace.
While it does not expect an, audito
rium surpassing that erected at Kansas
City, neither does it favor the erection
of a building having but one-third tho
capacity of that at Kansas City ami
bereft of nil the attractive, popular and
paying features of tho Kansas City
auditorium.
When the present auditorium project
was first presented to our public-spirited
citizens they were led to believe
that the building would bo very nearly
If not quite as capacious as tho Kansas
City auditorium, in every respect as sub
stantial In point of construction nnd If
nnythlng superior In acoustic proper
ties and facilities for popular entertain
ment. Such a project Tho Bee heartily
encouraged, not only In its columns, hut
iu the subscription list. But tho audi
torium for which plans havo been
adopted Is not the auditorium that Tho
Bee advocated. While the promoters
nre to bo commended for tho energy dis
played nnd tho work accomplished thus
far lu rnlslng funds, we ennnot com
mend tho attempt to telescope the pro
posed auditorium Into a structure that
will not meet the demands of greuter
Omnha.
The outline sketch of the plnns that
have been awarded first prize represents
a structure much like tho old union
depot, which had a substantial roof of
iron nud pinto glass, but was lacking
Jn most of the conveniences of n depot.
The Beos Ideal auditorium Is n struc
ture that will not only advertise
Omahn's enterprise, but also pass mus
ter ns a twentieth century building.
Tho present plans nro no reflection upon
tho architects, who have been limited by
the managers to a building to cost not
to exceed $125,000, when $200,000, or
more, Is absolutely requisite for the
erection of a structure which will com
bine the essential qualities of useful
ness and beauty.
Omaha cannot claim to match Kansas
City as regards population and wealth,
but Omaha has demonstrated lu tho
past that It Is equal to and nhead of
Kansas City In public spirit. It lias
demonstrated this in the matter of tho
Transmlsslsslppi exposition and lu many
other Instances, nnd It will do so again
when great enterprises are projected.
We make bold to assert that If the pro
motors of the auditorium hnd started
out with a subscription paper for an
auditorium building ns now proposed,
one-third as largo as that ot Kansas
City, with all the attractive nnd paying
features of the Knnsns City nudltorlum
eliminated, they would hnve met with
a receptlou considerably below 32 de
grees I- ahrenhelt.
Chairman Edmlsten of the populist
state commltteo Is going through tho
forms of ascertaining by referendum
tho wishes of tho party on the question
of holding the next fusion stnte con
vention. In the meantlmo tho fusion
macblno Is waiting to see whnt the re
publicans will do and may bo ex
pected to tall up tho procession.
The discrepancy between the assess
ment of South Omnha packing houses
ought to bo au eye-opener not only to
taxpayers Jn general, but to South
Omaha packing house owners In partic
ular. Tho assessor lu one of the South
DAILY .BEE: MONDAY,
Omaha wards Is employed ns fire chief
of one of the pncklng houses and he
has earned his salary the first year for
all tho years Unit he lias been employed,
Confidentially upeaklng, If you are a
taxpayer, the safest thing for you to
do Is to own your assessor.
Chancellor Andrews of the State uni
versity Is llllllloil Mil KIIVlllIT! "I llllVII 111!
. . . - 1-1 - "
use for the qnlbblers who spend their
time disputing whether the decision of
the supreme court was right or In try
ing to determine whether tho constltu
tlon follows the Hag In whole or It
part." If the Chancellor keeps on talk
Ing In this strain, Is he not likely t(
(ltieet himself With thf trlnnrtltn niiti
of dlllbblers who. hnve un to tlilsi thin.
looked upon him as ono of their heart
and fancy?
And now wo are assured by the local
popocrntlc organ that Mr. Bryan will
never again Do the nominee tor presi
dent unless his nomination means elec
tlon. The trouble Is It professed to be
lieve his nomination meant election lu
l owu and again in 1800. It is Just pos
sible it might b fooled on Its political
lorecnst once more in 11)01.
Klna PlillHim Plilliititliroiiy.
MlnnitntmllH Journal.
Corn Kins I'hllllnn wnnls the envnrnmmt
to stand ready at all times to pay 40 cents
. .j ...... ...
ior corn, wo men mat on silver and tno
result everybody knows.
.Nil ill- In Art nnd .speech.
Detroit Journal.
President Dodgo ot the Young Men's
Christian association repudiated tho Idea
that tho nude In the Boston Museum of Flno
Arts made it an Improper placo for tho
young people of tho association to meet
As this Is tho naked truth the same ele
ment may be expected to roako further
objection,
TO III." IH-lll'IM!)- MISMtMl.
Kansas City Star.
The failure of the tomato crop In this
part of tho west may bring the people to
an understanding of the great value of that
vegetable. Next to the potato there Is no
product of the garden and truck patch
which Is so Important as the tomato. Tho
dietetic habits of the world havo under
gone a great change slnco the tomato was
held as poisonous and was set up on the
mantelpiece merely to look at.
KhiK Corn' Doinnln.
Chtcngo Chronicle.
Tho writer on tho subject of tho corn
crop who says that tho limit of corn pro
duction In the United States has been
reached has never seen tho extent of
prairie fields in the corn belt. Not half of
the lands In tho west fitted to the corn
crop, perhaps uot a third, Is yet under cul
tivation. Belter methods ot culture, es
pecially through Irrigation, will make the
present cornfields twice as productive.
There is no use in trying to "bull" tho
corn market by telling the story that the
limit of corn production has been reached
It has hardly been touched.
Triumph Over Dltllcul t lea.
Detroit Free Press.
Court-martialed for cowardice, cleared
of the charge, then promoted for gallantry
at the time he was said to have been a
coward, Is the record in the caso of Cap
tain N. H. Hall of tho marine corps. It Is
an unusual result, hut Hnll and the marine
corps aro vindicated, while the wives of
certain American officials in Pekln aro
sh )wn to havo bedtime vixens because Hall
refused to permit Ills men to accord them
salutes of "honors" shown officers. Hall
was right, and the official approval given
the women's trumped-up charges against
hlra by high" authorities at Pekln Is thus
properly condemned.
JU.VE IMIEACHBUS.
A Lay Senium on thr Demand for
VnmiK .Mm In the Pulpit.
Boston Transcript.
Juno Is tho month when theological Insti
tutions set free their bevy of new preach
ers. Fresh, vigorous, sure of their the
ology, they leave a pleasant aroma with
that ot the new mown hay around country
churches. It is a pleasant thing to hear
the first sermon. Such a production has
the nervous tension and Inspiration that
follow In the wake of every professional
duty, successfully exercised for the first
time. The young preacher has everything
in his favor. Ills freshness and spring
like animation cover a multitude of faults.
His congregation feel toward him some
what as tho father feels toward a boy who
has developed an aptitude for a certain
kind ot work. They prophesy for hlra
succees. How many preachers have been
showered with compliments for their first
efforts and had greatness thrust at them,
only to meet after five years or more of
experience a lack of commendation truly
painful!
Congregations aro always clamoring for
freshness. Tho pulpit yields to tho de
mand and consequently there Is yearly de
veloping more and more superficial preach
ing. In no profession 1b the young man
more caressed and fondled than In the
Christian ministry. Ho Is fairly Idolized.
His elder competitor stands aghast and
wonders what hns brought about his "own
personal transfiguration, that ho Is side
tracked. Ho candidly searches for a reason
and finds none but the simple question of
youth to stand to the credit of the neo
phyte. There are exceptions to this. Gen
erally speaking, however, ho Is right In
his conclusions. Put this supplanting of
tho tnaturer mind by the freshness of youth
is a mlitalie. The pulpit has been degen
erating In consequence, becauso what Is
learned in a theological seminary is often
tho very thing that has to be" unlearned
afterward In practical life. Tho old way
was for the young preacher to be under
the tutelage of tho old preacher, and It
was mighty good discipline. All this has
latterly been reversed and tho old man,
mellow with experience, skilled In the ad
justment of church quarrels and gifted with
raro Insight to satisfy the "cranks," Is
assisting tho young man.
The church in these days loses much In
relegating clergymen to back scats upon
no other ground than that they have
reached the meridian of life. Jf a preacher
Is or hns over been worth anything, he
must certainly show at the best in tho
maturity of his powers. It is a serious
mistake to throw a man out when ho comes
to be 60 years of age. This utterly un
christian thing Is being done by hundreds
of Christian churches of all denominations.
If other callings or professions make no
such age distinctions, why should tho
church? Are doctors of medicine worth
less at oO, or bankors, or admirals? If
thoology keeps only In tho mind of the
youth, and grows stale In the mind of
the matured preacher, there would be a
good and substantial reason for this change,
nut nobody ever maintained this distinc
tion. Churches, like business houses, can get
the best work out of their experienced
men. The pulpit Is being distrusted nowa
days for many reasons. It cannot afford
tn dispense with able men becauso thoy
aro not to handsome or agreeable In mnn
ner as they once were. Tho older clergy
men should be more generously trusted
as safe guardians of their respective
church principles. They have seen much
snd have been through much, and are
lessoned. They certainly do not deierve
ostracism on retching the age of discretion.
JUXE IT, 1001.
state pitnss poTPotnm.
Alma Journal (rep.): Our populist friends
aro having considerable amusement be
causo a bolt of lightning knocked the re
publican rooster from off the flagpole on
tho First National bank building. Just
mnrk It down in -history that tho demo
cratic party didn't do It, although It
look two cracks at It under Bryan leader
ship, Orsnd Island Independent (rep.); The
republican stato central committee will
meet at Lincoln on Thursday, June 27, for
the purpose of fixing a time and place for
the republican state convention, which Is
to place in nomination candidates for the
others to be filled at tho fall election, Sep
tember ought to be early enough for the
convention.
Nelson Herald (pop.): J. O. Yelser comes
out claiming that wo are obliged to elect
a governor this fall to complete the unex
pired term or governor Dietrich. His po
sition Is rather strnlnnr!. l.rirnllv It miv h
all rleht. hut. mnr.illv II la nil WTnn. Thd
republicans elected their man nnd let them
nave uint tney earned, however It may
nave been accomplished.
Schuyler Sun (rep.): Considering the
number of decisions that will bo handed
down from the supreme court of this state
for tho next two or threo years tho ro
mtbllcan Convention should nnl full In nnm
lnate the best Judge of law In this state.
foi
Its representative at tho head of the
ticket. A nomination of this kind will
carry tho party to victory again this year
sure.
Madison Star (pop.): Edgar Howard, In
his Columbus Tolegram, disagrees with the
nowspaper boys who are pushing Hon, C.
J. Smyth as a candldato this vear for su
premo Judge.' He thlnka thnt Smyth would
bo n more deslrnblo candldato for governor
a year hence. We would suggest that tho
campaign of 1001 be attended to first. Who
knows but what the peoplo of this great
commonwealth would prefer Edgar Howard
as Its chief executive In 1902.
Springfield Monitor (dom.); John 0. Ycl
er, tho Omaha populist politician, has
broken out again and asserts that Nebraska
will havo to elect a governor this fall, as
tho law says It won't go to advance the
lieutenant governor to governor for nny
longer time than to the next regular elec
tion, when a chief executive must he
elected. Dut then as Yelser has heretofore
always been turned dpwn on his interpre
tations of n political nature, It is safo to
say that Opvcrnor Savago will serve out
the full term to which his predecessor was
elected.
Stromsburg Journal (rep.): There Beems
to be a ereat amount nf imngnlniKi nmnnn
tho populist and democratic politicians to
now to guide tno machine this fall. Many
feel that fusion Is abandoning principles
for spoils and that fusion has already de
moralized both populism and democracy.
Others favor fusion, believing that a few
plums at least will fall within ihn rii
of the machine if they can hold together.
considering the amount of snngs they ran
onto last fall, fusion Is doubtful and a
sure loser In time, as nennln win innH hv
principles, but when principles nre compro
mised to get office the result Is only a ques
tion ot time.
Albion News (rep.): The death of Judge
Munn will necessitate the annointment nf
someono by the governor to fill the vacancy
until tne next election. Tho manv friends
of J. A. Price of this city havo sent In a
petition asking for his appointment. Thcro
is not a. lawyer In the district mnr mm.
potent for tho place than Mr. Price. As
a matter of justice nnri Mnv.ni.n.. .
the people of this end of the dlstriri nnn
of tho Judges should be located here. If
uovcrnor savage desires to honor an en
tirely worthy and competent man and also
wlshC3 to be entirely Just tn th n.nni f
this Judicial district, wo do not see how ho
could do it bettor than by tho appointment
oi our respected citizen, J. A. Price.
Tecumseh Chieftain (ren.; Thu rtntv will
rest upon the republicans of Nebraska this
fall to elect a successor to Juden Nnrvnt
of tho supreme court. It Is understood
that Judgo Norval will not be a candldato
for re-elcotlon nnd honce It win ho
sary for the stato convention to select new
timber. In this connection It will h won
for the party to consider the elaimo nf
Judgo Samuel P. Davidson of Tecumseh,
who Is n candidate for that honor, who
proposes to make a vlKorous rttnrt in on.
euro the nomination and who. If nominated,
will add strength to the ticket and make
republican success practically a certainty.
It will not be denied that Judge Davidson
Is one of tho leading lawyers in the state.
He possesses a thorouehlv ItirilMnl mimi i.
a hard student and delights In difficult legal
prooiems. ho has had a wide exnerlenon
In the state and federal emirtn ot-v.,i
with distinction as Judgo of this Judicial
district for a time and Is recosnlznd an
man of deep erudition alone tho llnA nf
Jurisprudence. His character cannot bo as-
sailed and his many qualifications for this
particular position raako hlra an Ideal can
didate. I'EHNONAI, NOTES.
Tho comic weekllr j nndrr nhii mo
tions to n. n. Wllsoc ..fount Hone. Kan..
who has started an .i-klssing lenrne.
A correspondent of the New York Post
now traveling In Palestine nv ihnt i
Jerusalem thcro nro telegraphs, telephones,
ciccinc ngnis, pnonographs nnd American
beer.
Dr. N. Seward Webb's country nlar in
Vermont. Shelburno Farms.
acres of ground and Is the larsest mIha
owned hy a single Individual east of tho
.Mississippi,
Daniel Mills, the Canadian mlnUtrr nf
Justice, has been appointed the Dominion's
representative at tho coming conference on
an imperial court of appeal, Ho Is 70 years
old and has occupied his present placo slnco
1S97.
Popular Sllbscrlnttons for & monument tn
tho memory of Archibald Forbes, tho fa
mous war correspondent, havo rolled up a
largo sum in London and It Is expected that
work upon the memorial will be started
mis summer.
Chicago Is to have a now elevated In thn
form of a railroad station ten stories high.
A baggage room on tho ton floor, with
greased chute down to tho track level,
wou hi mako tno fraternity of haeemrn.
smashers supremely happy,
Darnev Morris, famous lahnrnr. whn
emnloved In Prosnoct nnrW rtrnnklvn l.n.
Just been celebrating his 109th birthday
nnn is 10 ne tounn attending to bis duties
six days a week tho year round, He was
born In County Cavan, Ireland, Juno 10,
1792, nnd camo to this country seventy-
threo years ago.
M. A. Cotton, who has been nnnnlntrrl
superintendent of education In tho Depart
ment oi .uiimiuiao and join, i'nilippino
Islands, wns for one yenr Instructor In
French at Ynle. Ho was one nf thn flri
annnlntees of thn Tuft rnmmlanlnn.
yenr he was especially valuable to Superin
tendent AiKinson in ino worn or organiza
tion herHimn nf his knnwledorn nf Snnnlit,
and his ndmlnlstratlvo ability.
In celebration of tho elehtleth annlvrr.
sary of his birthday and In recognition of
hi Ihlrt v.rlclit vrars nf dlstlniriiUhnH
continuous senlro en tho bench of the
superior court, tho liar association of Chi
cago will lender Judge Joseph R, Gary a
banquet and reception at the Orand Pa
cific hotel on the evening of June 20. The
Judge's birthday falls on July 2 and the
dt of thn event was fixed annul half uav
between that date and the one of bit elec
tion to tne superior oencn in 15W.
HITS OF WASHINGTON 1,1KB,
Scene mill Ini'lilt'iit Otiftrnrit nt the
antlumti (npltnl.
ino .Navy department has ordered a
SCIrfhtnir InVAatlfrrtlln,, InlA II. a n.UIn nf
the recent fire In n magazine at Mare Island
navy yard, The mngnzlno was stored with
Smokeless Powder, nnd the nnlnlnn la re
pressed that combustion might have been
mused uy mo cneniieal constituents of tho
explosive. Thi3 casts a doubt on what Is
known ns nltro-cellulolse powder, to which
class belongs the smokeletn powder used in
the army and navy. Tho navy has fi.000,000
pounds of this powder nnd the nrmv 2.000.-
000 pounds. Tho material In tho naval
service Is stored In ships of war,, and if It
Is possible for the composition to become
ignitoa tnrougn cnemicni ncuon tne titun
tlnn nf llinn nn l.nnnl U'nrhlnn In Any
thing but pleasant, for, of course, such a
nro ns that nt .Mnro Island on board any
VCp1 df R"tt wmtM ttrnlrnl- It.
It practically In Impossible to extinguish
a flro caused by smokeless powder, which
burns comparatively slowly, but with a fmr
Imr hln?e.
This Is by no means tho first mysterious
fire at a naval mngnzlnc, nnd tho army hns
had similar explosions, so tho apprehen
sions of tho ordnance officers of both serv
ices aro entirely Justified.
Among the 90,000 persons on the pension
rolls of Uncle. Sam ore a number of slmon
pure Indians, who fought In n Wisconsin
regiment during tho civil war. A corre
spondent of tho Milwaukee Sentinel says tho
tnrllnn rutin frnm Hut rrunt vntlnn In Khn.
wnno county, Wis,, nnd "were enlisted In
the spring of Hfit by Jnmes W. Hitchcock,
who was Inter commissioned captain of tho
comnnnv. tho first rantaln of t'omnanv If.
A. A. Burnett, having been killed at the
chargtt before Petersburg.
"Hltrhrnnk'n lndlnnn wrrn wind fcnlillnra
especially on tho picket line. They did not
ihk-j very inniiiy 10 tno uriu ana strict dis
cipline of tho army, hut they were good
shots and hard fighters. There was not a
rowanl among them nnd some were regu
lar daro-dovlls.
"I rememhor seeing ono young Indian get
A ball through his cap, Just grazing his
scalp, lie felt of his head, looked at his
cap, raised the warwhoop and kept on
shooting. It was Fort Mnhone. at
Petersburg, which we hnd charged nnd can
lured. A sharpshooter had got range of
tho young Indian nnd tho latter was not
wlso enough to know It. A second bullet
haicly missed killing him and he then took
better cover.
"Tho Indians wero all right as long ns
whisky was kept from them, but somo of
them were Very ugly when drunk, nnd while
we were waiting nt Washington to bo mus
tered out one big fellow tried to kill Cap
tain Hitchcock. They have a Orand Army
post on the reservation and are as proud
of their record ns nny of us. There nre a
few other Indians scattered through other
Wisconsin regiments, but ihr Thlrtv.
sevonth had the only considerable body of
them, forty-five at the outset in one com
pany, and one. an Oneida, In another com
pany. Twelve or thirteen of them werr
killed, or died of wounds."
"Ono of tho attractions of Washlnoton tn
som people who have chosen tho city as n
residence," snys the Now York Times cor
respondent, "has been tho absenco of a
personal taxation law. Tho tax nsnrsnnr
has put real estate down for half its shnre
or tno burden of taxation, the government
snaro being provided for bv cono-rean. Thn
lax rate has been largo enough, but when
rem properly had been reaulred to hpnr its
sharo of the burden of maintenance every-
iiung else was safe. As a mntter nf tart
the, retired officers, retired bimlnma man
literary persons seoklng the advantages of
study and association to hn fmmrt hm
might have known that there was a law
nanging over them that could be Invoked
at nny time to require them to pay addi
tional taxes upon their persona! nrnnnrtv
The subject has been much discussed, from
nuie to time. Dut some alarm has been
caused by the announcement thnt tho ot.
torney for the District of Columbia has de
cided mat the law of March 3, 1877, Is still
In force, and that citizens must be pro
pared to fill out blanks t fi hf f urn latirt n
them within a specified time. This t..r Is
to bo at the rate of J1.K0 nrr tinn qai,.
ules not returned before Attaint i m,ii
to 50 per cent. The returns call for nn no
counting ns to stocks and bonds, household
couiiris, including almost everything o man
or woman must own to bo at nil comfort
able, vessels, goods In stock, capital stock,
and goods held In trust. There are exemp
Hons, of course, which nre not likely to
m?.uh) lmnosltl" the tax less popular.
While tho attorney for tho District con
siders tho law enforceable, tho assessor
disagrees with hlra on legal and cconomlo
considerations. He considers It Just as in
equltablo as would bo n polltax, nnd de
clares that It would not reach a largo part
of the population, of members of congress
retired army and navy officers nnd retired
politicians. As the population of the Dis
trict is pretty nearly 300,000 and the gov
ernment nnd legislative part of it ts only
about 30,000. the argument of tho assessor
may not bo accepted as conclusive as
against the opinion of the attorney for tho
District.
nJb,? n bulI,lln f0- the government
printing office, now under construction, will
embrnco nil tho modern improvements and
mnny new dovlcc to fncllltnte business and
for the comfort of the wnrWmm a
ough ventilating system Is ono of these. Ten
monster pipes. 12x5 feel, win .....
ent'Iro building, making their exit at the top.
..ubu oneiric tans win bo placed at the top
of these vents and will draw off the heatod
air from each of tho rnonm. iieh i. ...m
ho supplied through radiators established
Just abovo the floor and along tho celling.
Heat will ba furnished hv otonm m- u
colls sf pipes placed In rccceses undor tho
windows, ir n:cessary, cold air ran he sup
piled by means of tho pipes. Special pains
wore taken to Insure plenty of light In nil
tho working rooms when tho plans were
drawn. The building has a frnntn .
feet on 0 street by a depth of OR feet nnd 175
feet on North Capitol street. It has 168 feet
on jacuson alley, it will consist or seven
stories nnd a haeemrnt nr,,i n.,..
basement wilt be used for stnrmm .'..
mainly and tho first floor will be occuplod
by tho press department and ns n paper
warcroom. The second flnnr -m
dato the executive offices of the officials of
the printing bureau, while at ono end of
the samo floor tho bindery storeroom will
bo located. Tho folding forco will bo qunr
tered on the third floor nnd thn bindery will
take up tho fourth floor. Thn composing
nnd proof forces will take posseselon of the
fifth and sixth floors nnd the sevonth floor
win no devoted to tho Job, press, stereo
typing and clectrntyplng departments,
u is funiculi for n novice," writes tho
Ilrooklyn Eaulo corresnondrnt. "tn mnn.
elate tho tremendous resources of Uncle
8am's printing cEtabllshmcnt. It i ,
at Its best during tho rush hours of a
midnight session of congress. Rvcry win
dow In tho hlg rambling building Is then
ablazo with light, nnd Inside men nro busy
at their eases, others aro hurrying to the
stereotypers with forms, presses aro turn
ing out ropy which nn hour hnfnm h.
been "set up," and through It all tho air
is nuen wiwi mat peculiar droning pound
pertnlnlng to workshops where thore are
no idlo hands, Thcro are it n...... i
tho present building, the total capacity of
which Is over 1,000,000 Impressions per day
of eight hours, Among
capsble of printing cards on both sides from
i wen oi nrisioi board at the rcte of 65,000
cards per hour; also threo envelope prcises,
the output of which Is 9.R00 printed en
velopes each per hour
"As may bo Imagined, It requires a tre
mendous qunnllty of supplies of alt kinds
to keep this big printing establishment run
ning. Including wages of workmen and ex
penses of materials, tho hill nt tho end of
tho year nmounts to n round $6,000,000.
During that time 0,000 tons of paper will
hnvo been used nnd 37,000 pounds of glue.
Last year 4,000 packs of gold leaf were dis
posed of In finishing off fancy printing,
while 75,000 squaro feet of Imitation Hus
slan leather nnd 200,000 pounds of bar lead
wero utilized. Forty thousands pounds of
printing Ink were spread over paper dur
ing tho samo tlmo and 3,600 gallons of lu
brlcatlng oil were bought. Among the
other miscellaneous supplies that were
found necessary lu year were 1,000,000
pounds of binders' hoards, 50,000 yards of
muslin, 10,000 pounds of cotton waste, 11,.
000 pounds of soap, etc,"
THAT STATE FA I It "1TK.
Springfield Monitor: It wns rather a
hard task, but Mncolnltes at last Induced
tho Stato Hoard of Lands nnd Buildings
tn purchase the old state fair silo In thnt
cltv. They magnanimously lot It go for
$18,000, somo $4,000 less thnn they first
wanted, by convlnclne thn Imni-H ih.i
wero thirty or forty acres more in tho tract
man waa nt first supposed, which induced
the state representatives to change their
minds. So Lincoln can rest easy now that
sho will havo tho fnlr for all time to
come.
Ucneva Slcnfll: Thn nnnr nf T),.h1l
Lands and liulldlngs has at last closed
tho purchase of the old state fair grounds
nt Lincoln, paying $18,000 cash. Tho own
ers of the grounds refused to take this
sum, but tho citizens of Lincoln mndo up
n purso of about $1,600, which they added
to the $18,00(1 thn state officers were will
Ing to pay, bringing the price up to that
demanded by tho owners of the property.
Tho lcglslnturo npproprlnted $35,000 for
grounds and Improvements. The payment
of $18,000 for tho grounds leaves tho bonrd
with $17,000 with which to repair nnd paint
tho old bulldlnirs and ernrt nw l,,,ll,il.
and mako such other Improvements as
shall bo found necessary. The stnte officers
drovo rather n hnrd bargain with the old
owner! of the land, hut thn .in.. .. in n.n.
by their good business management. Thoy
vui bo abio to mako a flno showing hi tho
Way Of Improvements nil Din nnnnJ. ...III.
. ..... n.......vo wbu
the $li.000 still at their dlsposnl.
THU FHIST FKUKHAl. PI, DM.
Columbus Times fren.l! Thn gnnnlnin..i
of Elmor Stephenson of Lincoln ns collector
of Internal rovenue for Nebrnskn will,, out
sldo of rival cliques and strong partisans In
tho enemy's camn. clve as irnnd untiaroiinn
as any selection that could havo been made.
Blair Pilot fren.l: Thn annntntmnnl
of
mr. timer btephenson to be revenuo In
spector for Nebraska will meet with ap
proval by republicans Bonerniii- Mr. mnh.
enson Ir an untiring worker and Is n busi
ness man of successful experience. He will
take charge of tho office nbout July 1.
Grand Island Ind enrndrnt frn1 Ti i.-
Thompson seems to have drawn the first
blood In tho matter of federal appoint
ments. Elmer B. Stenhensnn nf I.lnrnln h.
been appointed collector of Internal rev
enue to succeed J. B. Houtz. Stephenson
wns D. B. Thompson's lleiiten Ant Hllrlncr Ihn
senatorial struggle nnd received tho con
gratulations of bis chief by wjre from
Washington.
Bloomlnglon Advocate fron.l: Them Is nn
question but what somo of the fellows
holding federal positions in this stnto nre
In a state of nervousness fnr frnr ih
will be removed. During tho Into sen
atorial struggle many officeholder' did not
know on which sido of tho fenco to drop
and ns a consequence did nothing to help
any candldato and they, too, are doomed to
me guillotine. The first fellow to loso his
Job Is J. E. Houtz of Lincoln, itnlto,!
States revenue collector, who Is succeeded
by timer E. Stephenson of Lincoln, who
was manager of D. E. I'hnmn.r.n1. .n.
atorlal campaign. This "shown that Mr
Thompson, though he may be In Europe,
cuts quite n ngure In this state.
MIHTIirtH, II KM AUKS.
ii.v nw, lny in ll, film
whispered nt the closo of the ceremony.
Pl.lt,ll..l,lr. Tlr..a. lit...... . ..
he couldn't cull his soul his own?"
"Probably," replied her brother. "It's be
causo from that moment ho really can't."
. i-imihi;, tuu iiiiii me ueinro
we were married you were worth thousands
Phtmrrn TrlKim., HV... I.I. , , .
i.iii iiiiiiiMuuuH oi uonnrs. Ami now I
find you have got Just n pitiful $I,000, all
told.
"VVII l.i ,, , .!,.. I. ..
-; . w.iifc iiiuueauua UUUn IIIOU-
sands? Can't you ndd7"
Plttnhtlrcr rM.rnntnla. r r- -
nnillil imUitt- ln,l.p.,n.,l .. . u . . , t -i . . 11
call their ruler tho whltp czar.
nr. nnnggs i suppose mat the numerous
plots ngnlnst his life keep him pale all
me time.
Baltimore American: "Oh. I vlnltrrf nrh
ft wofully poverty-stricken family this
morning." said tho sympathetic member
of the chnrlty committee,
"Indeed?" nsked the chnlrman nf tho
committee. "Wero they very, very poor?"
"Poor? Mnn, II Is pitiable, why, they
are so poor that they keep fifteen dogs."
Detroit .Tnurnnl! "Dnplnr whni i. , v,
matter with ran?"
'Vmi nnH nhnnt i Vt ...
buslnees-tlmt Is all'
"I'll rr mnnilm' rili Tl.ni 1 1 1 .
9 AAA r Vl 4 ' ""I- Will UMUl ni"
$5,000. Tho other doctor nald T needed un
op?rfl! P f?r nPPfndlcitK Thnt would cost
only J100. I think I'll let him orerntc.,
ninvolnnrl Plnln nnnlni-. ti.a j... i..
the case of the Yonkern man who wnu ar
rested for plnylnff Rolf on Sunday seems
to hnve hroiiKht In n Scotch verdict'
ry anpropnnie. wmu wtn It 7"
' W IV. tllAV On1 t Ha npiunnn ...lli.
nl then ask that the law ho violated be
changed."
P 1 1 1 N rr r f P f ( K . . . . t 1 ,1 P.. 1. 1 u .
i ou observe no falling off In splrltualliv
in jimr cuiiKrcKxtion, nopor
Pnmillir Vnnmr CUrnumnn I tl,ll. ...
. "----r- "-" J . iniiin tiwi
COnKrecpntlnn hnn nnwi- lifiAn nm nr.l., l
Church work iih nnw Thn u-nmon1. im
lee
nnl
cream socials are excellently attended
our Inst rummngo sale realized nearly
JIT.)
IUI UIU WIKUII Lllllll,
SAftA AXD MAUD,
J. J. Montague In the Oregonlan.
When Sara plays bold Romeo to Maudle'n
Jullut,
We'll roe the other mummers hump to keep
the pace they set:
As old Jack Falstnff, Ednn May will t IP
nrrnsa tho nrene.
And vtnld Dick Mansfield must tog out ns
ilenr. petite Arllne!
Nat Ooodwln ns Lo Tosca would go thirl
ing for revenge;
As Tess could Irving, hunted, flee for shci
ler to Stone Ifengo.
The fad will heat the book-play craze, 'twin
he tho greatest yet.
When SarA's playing Itomeo to Mnudlc s
Juliet.
Tltannl. Tl.l.. ....... 1 !. - 1 . . . rmr.i.i.
...,,i.-n nuuui iiiiiiin n. uiavc ni'v
Hal, an Topsy could John Drew
.Achlevo a lilt; and how Jean D'Aro would
iw nil iy?-it uriiewi
As Portln, Joseph Jefferson could hardly
fall to score,
Gillette iih Cleopatra would he well worth
paying fnr,
And Mrs. Flsko ns big Bill flykes would
crowded houses draw, .
While Frederick Warde would mnkn the
best Nell Owynn wo ever saw.
They all must got In lino or find they'rn
left out In th not.
When Sara's playing Borneo to Maudlo s
Juliet.
When Fiancls Wilson makes his bow as
Little F.vii, we
Will see Modjeska's I'ncle Tom, a thing
worth while lo see;
And Ada Itehnn, when ngnln she chooci
to appear,
Will wear a white and flowing beard nnd
rave nnd mnrm hh I.enr,
May Irwin would be great an Wang, and
II. Clay Barnaboe
As Desdemona couldn't fall to bo 'way up
In a,
There'll be things doing on the stage next
season, you can lt,
When Hara's playing ISomco to Maudlo
Juliet.