The .omaha Daily Bee.
K. KOHKWATKIl, EDITOR,
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M. II. HUNOATE,
Notury Public.
M'AIITIES LF.AVINQ I? OR BUMMRR.
Pnrtlm irnvlnn Hie oily far
tli summer niuy lutve The llee
ent to tliem retculnrly liy
notifying The lice llunlncaa
ofllcts In person or liy mnll.
The ndilrean will be chnnued
a often nu dealreil.
Where lire tlio rnlrimnkers?
Just to keep m with tlio Amorlcnn
fcn.lt which It hns started London Ih hnv-
ilng a liot spoil.
Nelirnsku corn Is a Htnyer. Thu weather
Is hot, but It enn Ktand considerable'
more of' It vlthout riiiinnjfc.
Tho threatened cur famine In likely to
fmuBUlo with tlio threateneil rate wnr
by reason of the diminished corn crop.
With corn shriveling In tho HcorchlnR
rays of the sun the prospect for rais
ing fat American hogs Is not very- en
couraging. Hryau'8 friends deny that he was
turned down' by tho Ohio democrats.
Some peoplu have the, lmipy faculty, of
being easily reconciled to tho Inevitable
Under tho conununlty-oMntcrest sys
tem, deposed and retired magnates of
the railroads will draw munificent life
pensions and Jones ho will still pay the
freight.
An expedition has Just started to res
cue Kxplorer I'eary, who Is now some
where In the Arctic regions. Baldwin
Is Just starting and It will not be neces
sary to go after him for another year.
When the supreme court of the United
States receives the certliled copy. of the
resolution remonstrating against the
Torto Hlco decision, adopted by the
Peter Cooper club of Omnha, It will re
pent its error and reconsider Hud revoke
Its conclusions.
Douglas county populists have con
cluded they will help the stato commit
tee pay up its debts. Up to dato this
county has only contributed a howl and
$8 for this purpose. It is an easy mat
ter to raise raoro howl, but cash Is a
different thing.
J. A., Fillmore, who has Just resigned
the'posltlon of mnnagcr of the Central
raclflc. will be' paid $1,000 n month
from how until the end of tho year
and $500 a month thereafter during the
balarico of his life: Who says corpora
tlous'have no soul?
DouglnB county democracy Is planning
to havo a picnic. Therein thoy are wise.
Douglas county democrats seldom havo
an occasion to hold a picnic after elec
tlon. and tho selection of nn early date
will ennble them to have n little pleas
ure -.out of politics,
The professor of Greek and Latin at
Doono college has given out an inter
view ,nll tho way .from New York In
.whipti ho deplores; the lack of live rich
men In Nebraska, willing to contribute
part of their fortunes to tho teaching
of the, 'dead, languages.
The governor of Missouri Is being Im
portuned to issue a proclamation set
ting apart a day for tho bombardment
of heaven with prayer for rain, but up
to date the governor exhibits no In
clination to accede to tho prayers of
bis constituents. He Is n Mlssourlan.
A resident of New York does not see
any reapon why American women
should secure all the foreign titles
through marriage nnd has filed papers
in England laying claim to the title of
Lord Fairfax. If ho wins out he will
bo In lino to become a Hon In Now York
swelldom. '
Tho park commission is again wrest
ling with tho problem of lifting one of
tho spans of the bridge across the la
goon on tho exposition grouuds. It has
already expended more money In rais
ing and removing tho flrst spau than
tho whole structure Is worth. The
quickest and .most Inexpensive way to
lift the second span would be to ex
plode a stick of dynamlto under It
I
wheat pnosrr.cTS axd phices,
The New York Journal of Commerce
presents late Information In regard to
wheat prospects which are of Interest
to producer. It notes that with rare
exceptions reports of the wheat liar
vest grow more favorable In this coun
try and less favorable abroad. It Is
already settled that India will do very
little to offset the deficiencies of Kng
land and Fnnieu and tho failure of Uur
ninny. The greater port of the Argon
tine surplus haH been exported and the
amount has been much less this year
than lost, so that the shipments from
now on to the next harvest are ex
pected to be light. ItusslMii Information
Is Indi'tlulte and Inconsistent, but late
reports regarding thu wheat crop tire
muelr worse than the earlier ones. Hpnln
and Italy report good harvests and Hou
mania will be able to export a consld
urable amount, but from Hungary
northward the crop Is only from fair
to bad,
The crop statistician, Mr. Snow, estl
mates the yield of winter wheat In this
country at 410,000,000 nnd that of
spring wheat at 3.'K),000,000 bushels,
making the wheat crop 770,000,000 bush
els. The crop of 181)8, the largest ever
harvested, was (57r,000,000 bushels ac
cording to tho Department of Agricul
ture and 710,000,000 bushels according
to trade estimates. Says the Journal
of Commerce: "If (Jermany has got
to linitort over 00,000,000 bushels,
France anywhere between 50,000,000
and 70,000,000 and Knglaud rather more
than usual, and there will be very
small supplies from Argentina and
India and not an average amount from
Russia, there Is every prospect that
there will be a good demnnd for all
our wheat; but the price is not likely
to be abnormally high, for If we har
vest more J ban 700,000,000 bushels we
shall be able to spare a very largo quan
tity for export." Our largest exports
of wheat' and Hour have been: 181)2,
223,0ri,8ia bushels; 180S, l!17,a0U,0OI
bushels; lb!)0, '.'i"J,UlS,-l'J0 bushels; 1001,
U18.000.000 bushels. It appeurs quite
probublo that the exports for the cur
rent llsca'l year will bu at least us large
as 111 ib)2. As to the price, the o.v
tent of the corn crop will exert some In
lluence mid of that no trustworthy estl
mate can now bo made. At all uvents
a continued large exportation of wheat
and Hour n certain and this means for
the producers of wheat another profit
able year.
EFFECT O.V THE STOCK MA11KET
The Injury to crops from the pro
longed hot spell Is" having the natural
effect upon tho stock market, as yet the
stocks of the "corn mads'- being cblolly
affected. All of these experienced n
marked decline yesterday and are Very
likely to go stlU lower tp.day, since there
Is no general abatement of the high
temperature nud no promise of nn early
change from the crop-destroying heat.
In the case of most of these 'stocks, If
not all of them, the price hnd been un
duly advanced by tho nctlvc specula
tion ot the last few months and now
that- the- roads urc threatened with u
large reduction of buslness-through-the
Injury of -crops' thc-'markct value of their
stocks Is likely to fall to a legitimate
point.
Of course other stocks were nflccted,
particularly tho Industrials, lu which
there was 11 considerable decline, In a
few cases even greater thai! was' ex
perienced by the railroad stock's, a fuct
which serves to show the Insecurity of
some of the Industrials as Investments.
At tho first sign of unfavorable condi
tions the holders of the Industrial stocks
akc alarm and throw them on the mar
ket, thus Intensifying apprehension. It
is easy to conceive of circumstances
that might produco .a crash in this
class of stocks that would have disas
trous consequences.
The lujury to crops Is already serious
and may become more bo, but undoubt
edly wo shall produce sufllclcut for
home consumption nnd perhups some
thing to spare. Meanwhile those who
speculate In stocks will bo wise to ob
servo caution pending better informa
tion as to tho crop outcome.
VXJUST CRITICISM.
Criticism of Secretary Gage for the
action taken in the Russian sugar and
petroleum cases Is wholly unjust. The
secretary of the treasury simply ncttd
In both cases In conformity with the
law, as construed by the law officers
of the government. There was nothing
arbitrary In the decision applying the
countervailing duty to Russian sugar
and It should bo borne in inlnd that
the decision was sustained, after care
ful consideration, by tho Board of Ap
praisers, a Judicial body created by
congress to pass on such subjects. As
the rhllodelphln Press says, neither the
president, Secretary Onge nor the en
tire cabinet could overrulo the decision
of the board any more than they could
ono of tho supreme court. In regard to
the Imposition of a duty on Russian
petroleum, tho llnanco minister of Rus
slu has practically admitted that' It did
not Justify his action lu increasing du
ties on certain American products,
omitting any reference to the petroleum
duty In his proposal to vacate all of
tho additional duties levied on Ameri
can goods since thu Imposition of the
sugar differential If the. United States
would vacate Its notion respectlug the
countervailing sugar duty. It Is probable-
he also reall7.es that a mistake was
mode In retaliating bn account of the
sugar differential, but of course he will
adhere to his action.
The chagrin of the exporters to Rus
sia at the treasury' decision was quite
natural. They view the mattor from a
purely seltlsh standpoint. Rut If they
would be fair and Just thoy should visit
their criticism upon the law rather than
upon tho secretary of the treasury, who
merely performed his duty, having In
support of his decision the cabinet and
the Ronrd of Appraisers. Secretary
Gage, it Is not to bo doubted, Is as de
sirous as anybody to preserve friendly
commercial relations with Russia and
to promote trade with that country, but
he must observe" the law and onforco it
as ho finds It and that Is all he has
done. It Is pertinent to remark that
j there has been a-great. deal of exaggera
THE OMAHA DAILY MEEt SATURDAY,
tion as to the Injury done our trade
with Russia by tho action of the secre
tnry of the treasury. As a matter o
fact It has as yet been Inconsiderable
and the Russian government having
through Its minister of nuance, c.v
pressed a desire to avoid a tariff war.
there Is reason to hope that the lujury
to our trade with that country will not
bocouie serious.
HOT AIR CIIARIT) .
Recause The Roe has seen fit to sug
gest that tho money solicited by the
Halvutkm Army for a fresh ulr fund
for the entertainment of the children
living In the so-called congested dis
tricts at the Salvation Army cniuj) at
Fort Omaha might be more ndvantu
geously expended for fresh meat, fresh
dairy products and fresh vegetables, the
World-Herald Indulges In the following
diatribe:
What Is there about Tho Doe that prompts
that publication to attack cvory good un
dcrtaklng? What Is there about that pub
llcatlon that prompts It to dlsparago tho
elforts of charitably Inclined men and
women?
On Wednesday evening Mr. Edward Rose
water, editor of The llee. spent tho even
ing at Lako Manawa. It there are no
"congested districts" In Omaha, why did
Mr. Honewutcr go in search of fresh air
nnd other comfortH? Certainly there la as
little "congestion" about tho district In
which Mr. RoBcwater lives as there Is In
any other portion of tho city, nnd yet that
gentleman seemed to find It agreeable that
he should go to the trouble ot crossing
tho Missouri and riding over the prairies ot
Iowa lu search of a bit of Hawkeye breeze,
What Is there about the World-Herald
that prompts It to stoop to personalities
on the slightest provocation? Why can
It not enter Into the discussion of mat
ters of passing public Interest without
dragging In personalities?
It Is true that F.dward Rosewntor
spent one evening this week nt Lake
Manawa, but he did not go there in
search of fresh air, but because of an
invltutlon to accompany 11 party of
newspaper people. How does that fact
In any way rellect upon The Roe or,
Justify the assertion thnt The Roe nt-
tacks every good undertaking nnd dis
courage thu efforts of charitably In
clined men and women?
The Ree has at all times advocated
nnd encouraged legitimate eharltublu
enterprises and has contributed sub
stautial aid to such undertakings, while
Its contemporary has contributed
merely hot air nnd sentimental gush
There aru different points of view to
take of public charity. The Ree has
preached the gospel of labor, Industry
and frugality, while others have
preached thu gospel of habitual idleness
and habitual beggary. It has no ad
miration for the l'hurlsees who con
stantly proclaim their good deeds from
the housetops. It does not blow hot
and cold to pander to public sentiment
or seek to make itself popular by prat
lug about thu wretchedness and miseries
of the poor. It believes lu organized
charity and private benevolence.
As to the necessity of deporting chil
dren nnd families, from the so-culled
congested districts to the fresh air camp
at -Fort Omaha, The Bee eutertulns Its
own views and does not fear to express
them. There Is as much congestion
wlthiu the tents of the Salvation Army
as there Is In the shanties occupied by
thu poorest of our poor. If there is
any difference In temperature It Is in
favor of tho congested cottage district
rather than on the sun-scorched prulrlc,
with this difference that tho mos
quitoes nnd other Insects are more
abundant lu the fresh ulr camp.
From a moral point of view, the trans
fer from tho congested city districts into
the Salvation Army camp of persons, of
all ages und sexes, does not tend to
Improve their spiritual welfare any
more thun It does their pcrsouul com
fort. lu tho great world cities, like London,
Now York, Chicago and Philadelphia,
where hundreds of thousands of poor
people ure huddled together In wretch
edly ventilated tenement blocks, a fresh
air outing campaign In tho country un
doubtedly alleviates distress and nffords
needed relief for impoverished humaulty,
but in towns like Omulm It Is exceed
ingly doubtful whether fresh ulr camps
serve tiny good purpose.
it Is un old adage that Idleness Is the
mother of crime and vice, while neces
sity is the mother of Invention. The
example of able-bodied men and women
who Insist upon being Idle when thero
is an abundance of work at good wages
Is not likely to inspire a desire for In
dustry or a disposition to labor for u
living traits which ure as essentlul to
tho honest toiler as they are to the
wellbelug of society und thu safety of
the country.
Tho Board of Education cut down the
number of High school teachers at the
annual election nud Increased the hours
of labor of the others to maku up for
Friends of the teachers dropped
have made a raid on the members of
the board and If thu usual course is pur
sued the spasm of economy will pass
away with thu re-election of thu teach
ers. Pressure brought to bear on thu
members of tho board has heretofore du-
feated every effort at curtailment of
expenditures. If the schools cun be con-
lucted without detriment to the public
with thu number of teachers ulready
employed there Is no excuse for yield
ing to this pressure. If they cannot
the board should have uscertulued this
fact beforu they were dropped. There
Is no reason why the public should pro-
Ide any class with a living unless their
services are needed.
The census figures show It Is n
mistaken lden that It Is always the
older states which contain the greater
per cent of urban population. It Indi
cates rather that It is those In which
tlio manufacturing industries are tho
most highly developed, or where the
building up of railroad and shipping
towns has caused tho cities to outstrip
the country. An Illustration of this Is
found In the comparison between Iowa
und Nebraska on the one hand and Wy
oming and Oregon on tho other. Oregon
and Wyoming have a much larger per
ccntago of urban population thou the
other two. Bomo of tho original thir
teen states stand very low In per cent
of urban population, notably the Caro
Unas and Virginia. It Is largely com
merce which builds up great cities, but
the manufacturing cities and towns con
tnln the major portion of the urban pop
ulatlon of the country, disproving the
oft-made assertion that the city dwelle
Is as n rule a non-producer.
(treat Truth In .Small Compim
Philadelphia Record.
This Is a great country, and no
may fully understand Its greatness
has not visited Oraoha.
man
who
.linking Cropn it Cortnluty.
St, Louis Globe-Democrat.
Irrigation turns the results of ngrlcul
ture into a certainty, and thero will bo
more of It as tho country grows large
anu ricner.
nniinil to fio On.
New York Tribune.
The admirable movement for good roads
may meet occasional obstacles and Bet
bocks, but It must prevail in tho end. be
causo everything worthy and of good report
is worning in its favor.
TheorlvN (ioni- to Seed.
Washington Post.
A few days ago a crowd surrounded
local dog on the theory that the animal
wns mad, but a policeman camo along and
demonstrated that It was simply thirsty
There arc some old theories that should
uo muzzled.
IrtcrennhiR Cunt of Iloera.
Philadelphia Ledger.
Boer casualties, according to llritlsh ofil
clal estimates, numborcd 8,000 In the past
four months. Tho cost of the war for tho
samo period was about 1120,000,000. So It
costB $15,000 to put one Doer out of action
and then ho doesn't always stay out.
riiK'hliiK Aiuerleiin llnxern.
Chicago Chronicle.
Through Minister Wu tho Chinese covcrn
mont 'has filed a claim for Indemnity to the
amount of foOO.OOO on account of Injuries
innicieu upon tno property nnd persons o
unincse by American Boxers at nntf
aiont., some nfteon years aso. Stranee
how obtuso these MonKollans arc. The
Chlneso Boxers committed their nntmK
upon "Christians," tho Amorlcan BoxerB
committed theirs upon tho heathens. That
Mr. Wu should know, makes nil tho dif
ferent In tho world with the rlchts of tho
victims.
Alliance Mnlicn 11 llecord.
Now York Sun.
This .has been an Interesting summer for
meteorologists. Nothing stalo about It and
nothing plow; rich In beat and rich In molB-
turo. Perhaps Its greatest boon to science
was the hailstorm that pounded Alllanco,
noo., on tno evening of tho Fourth. ;
procloiis and unique hailstorm. "Hail
stones ns largo as goose eggs fell." Wo
navo kept a careful record of all the hall
storms reported In tho United States in
tno last forty-throo years. In every case
tho hailstones were "ns large as hen's
eggs. Alliance makes us hopeful. Thero
may yet ho hailstones of assorted sizes
running nil tho way from shad roo to roe's
eggs.
.Veltrnnkn'fl Contly Ronda.
J. Sterling Morton's Conservative.
The slxty-slx-fect-ln-w!dth roads of Ne.
DrasKa ought to be ensmallcd. Thirty
thrco feet across Is enough for any common
rouu ana cnoueb for anv hnnnl nf
county commissioners to look after 'and
levy taxes for. Tho next legislature ot
tno stato should narrrow thd 'hlithway's."
ino soiling to adjacent owners on each sldo
of the road oCOIxtoen-and-a-half-foot strip
win reauco tno nighway to tblrty-threo
:eet. it will give to each farm of a
quarter-section one acre more ot tillable
land. It will reduoe tho weed growing
area or Nooraska by one-half. It will
mdko out of tho money received by each
county for lands so sold a permanent road
fund of gigantic proportions. Thus it will
reduce taxes in, each county.
MUCH ADO AHOUT NOTHING.
nnuli of Admlm! CroTriiln-ililrld'n
Claim to Wnr llonom.
Washington Post,
On April 24, 18!)S, tho following dispatch
was sent from, tho N'avy donartment to
(then) Commodoro Dewoy, commanding
our ueet in Asiatic waters:
Dowey, Hong Kong: War has commenced
botween tho United States and Spain. Pro
ceed at onco to Philippine islands. Com-
menco oporatlona at onco. particularly
against tho Spanish fleet. You must enpturo
vessoia or destroy. Uso utmost endeavors.
"LONG."
Now, raoro than throo years afterward, we
novo tho nmatlng spectacle of Secretary
uong ana Admiral Crownlnshlold by tho
ears ovor tho nuthorshlp of this extraor
dinary piece of literature. Just how thero
can be a controversy wo do not understand.
By every rule, based on precedent and
custom, the omcor who signs an order
writes It. Ho may not dot tho I's or cross
tho t's. Ho need not havo dono tho actual
ponmanship. But when he signs the docu
ment ho becomes tho author. Ipso facto.
Controversy on such a point Is ridiculous.
Crownlnshield has given out n lengthy
tatcment for tho press. In the courso nf
which he tells ub with great ulaborntlon
f detail how ho came to "write" tho dis
patch In question. Lon; responds with a
ess garrulous but equally posltlvo procla
mation as to tho circumstances under which
tho dispatch was written. And there you
re. As wo havo said, n controversy be
tween two such men of high ofllclal posi
tion and conspicuous porsonnl nbllltj-
might easily develop Into a national dis
aster but for the Intrinsic absurdity of the
ubject.
What doeB this order amount to any
howeither as a literary production or
s a thrilling and explicit call to action?
If thero be a 16-year-old boy In any of our
public schools Incapable of better rhstorlc.
more felloltous phraseology and moro Intol-
llglbln expression than arc to be found
In this "order," he should he soundly
spanked, removed from school and put to
driving pigs or milking cows as thp only
occupation for which ho is Intellectually
equipped. "War has commenced.'' It
hasn't been declared. It hasn't evon
broken out. It haB "commenced." "You
must capture vessels or destroy." De
stroy what? Does "Long" mean "you
must capture or destroy vessels?" Then
why didn't ho say so? Why wrap his pur
peso In a fog? So much for rhetoric and
coherency. "Procoed at onco to Philip.
pine Islands. Commence operations nt
onco." Thero are morn than a thounand
'Philippine Islands." Downy could have
gono to Ouftm and commenced oporntlonH
t onco and still havo obeyed this wonder
ful ordor. So much for IIh lucidity nnd
oxactness. As a matter of fact, war hnd
been declared. Dewey had been untitled
by tho governor of Hong Kong thnt he
must leave Chinese wnters within a few
hours. What could he have done, even
without this order unless ho sailed for
he Phlllpplno islands, commenced oper
ations at once and attacked the Spanish
fleet? Can any rational human being after
careful consideration of the clrcumstancrH
declare with his htnd upon hl heart thnt !
Dewoy was any wiser nfter receiving that
order than ho wag before? Can any one
Imagine why two such men ns Iong nnd
Crownlnshield should dlsnutu tocuthpr over
tho authorship of n document which vlolntes
every rujo of rhetoric, which Is curied with
incuaDie lautoiogy and whim Is nowliero
exDltclt and unmistakable! ,
JULY 13, 1001.
OTIIIIU I, AMDS THAN OfllS.
Advices from Tlsitslkar and Mukden,
.'lancnuria, the purport of which is con
firmed lu part by correspondent of Paris.
Ian Journals In St. Petersburg show that
Russia has completely organUed tho vast
territory south of the Amur Into govern-
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""" mni iiuftsian governors are
gradually taking the places of the purely
military ofllclals, who, since tho Invasion,
havo been in control. With the introduc-
tlon of the Russian governor In a Kovern
mont Ilussian law is proclaimed throughout
that district. Advices from Moscow also
tend toward confirming this news. It Is
said tnere that a high commissioner hai
been appointed over tho whole of Man
churia, whoso principal function will be
10 see that Russian laws when proclaimed
aro enforced; ho will also ndjust uny claims
iu uKuiu 10 concessions wnicn foreigners
may havo obtnlned from the Chlneso gov
eminent wncn tno territory ln question
was under Chinese rule. The adjustment
of mining claims Is expected to Involve
serious international complies! ons. fnr
many foreign gold seekers secured mining
rlghls from Ihe Chinese authorities before
...u uun nuuuie ocKan, ana 11 is intl-
mntfid fim llll.alnH .1... .1.- , .
j -00..... cwuitco uiui uiu riRnis
hiumuu veru Bimpiy laouious in cnaracter
unci extent, nunnreas of square miles of
auriferous country being leased to one man.
Thc latest papers from Madrid show that
tho aubject of Gibraltar's fortifications In
the light of recent debates In the British
House of CommonB Is Btlll a matter of In
terest and that the government has been
forced to pay nttentlon to certain Insinua
tions made by members of Parliament.
1110 premier, Senor Sagasta, recently
speaking at a council of ministers, held
under tho presidency of the queen regent,
said that thc relations between CJreat
Britain and Sralu were very friendly and
that nothing threatened tho maintenance
of the friendship. It was recommended,
nowover, by the minister of war and an-
proved by the cabinet that, ns a matter
"-
.,..u,..u u uiapnicncd to inspect tne
ns.gnrioriif.Od or Olbrnltnr and tho tortlfl-
cations of Ceu.a. Mc.l.la, A.geclras, the
ijiiicanc lBinnus nna tuo canaries. The
premier, moreover, told tho council that
Algeclras and Sierra Carbonera were well
rortiiied and capable of res stlnir nnv nt-
tack. It is understood that th Mm,
of
mcnt
Common
placed
flnl
by
position. Certain Spanish popular Journals
treat the matter humorously and say that
Kngland should cherish such natrlota .
Mr. Bowles, who publicly expose their
iu puuuciy expose tnoir
ess to a possible enemy.
are of It before. '
country's weakness
wtitnli Wfl nnt nu'nv.
The crowning of Kaiser Francis Joscnh at
Prague as King of Bohomla will bo an inci
dent of considerable Interest from a aentl-
mpnt.il nml itlatnrtonl nnlnt n ........
will mark tho re-estnblishraent of an an-
clont kingdom which once ranked onion
tne great powers of Kurope. It will mark,
nlan 41m l..natni.miillnn , . I. ...1!
r.:v'". rap
and polyglot dual realm Into a triple realm,
hrn 7 lTL0! L. Wl"
the Czechs will be able acaln to call thorn,
-
, . . - o.
long deferred, yot none the less welcome. It
Is probable that credit for It Is chiefly. If
nnt solely, fn lin irlvnn tn no ,,n.rnv,i
re ' i hi i t, . I , v"v
....Uw ......a,.. i.,v iuvai iiMiiuu ui uui i wen i
aiii.i. C L
muuiuiiuu uuu imimuuj, who. uy me
simple force of his personal Influence has bo
long hold togothcr a "Vast and discordnnt
emplro and who through some rare genius
has 'caused even his errors and-disasters to
endear him all tho more to nil classes of
his people. Upon tho face of It tho incident
will mark tho winning of a lonjc battle by
mo peopio or uonomia. it win indeed do
that. But it will also mark the beginning
or a far greater battle, to-wlt, a battle for
tho possession of Bohemia, In which there
are three mighty participants. Bevond
doubt, Francis Joseph wants to rotnln
Bohomla as his own. Equally beyond doubt.
Russia wants to seize it for her own. And.
Anally, thero Is no secret made of the fact
that a powerful faction ln Germany alms at
Incorporating Bohemia into that empire.
Forsomo time past certain Prussian semi-
oClclal nowspapors, particularly the Ber
liner Correspondcnz, have pointed out the
direful results that would ensue If tho bo-
called Polish movement In West Prussia
wcro allowed to devolop unchecked, and
what astonished these papcrB particularly
was that Russia soeincd to give no heod
to n similar movement thAt was constantly
inspection will sec whether the state- bus eh PZ 'l",,"0.tfai 0' ery
of Gibson Bowles ln tho House of nnr,.n..." .7. . "'"'"." "encot by
s. that heavy artillery could he Z.Z uo m 1'nclflc
within striking distance of the un- of . . I'" or..,,,e reclamation
shed western fortifications. Is bomo out cuP1 ion o TZ -leu tnr.1 VT C"
tho actual strategic elements of the ., , , L"K'f"""ral or.k.- " uc
gaining ground in tho Warsaw district. Tho contrary, tho section will open a large mar
other day these papers were thrown Into a ket for corn nnd hog products not nrodueo-
stato of confuHlon, a confusion of which
even thp inspired Cologne Gazette partook,
by a speech delivered In Moscow by M.
Tscherep Splrldlnowltch on bin election to
the presidency of the Salvonlc society. His
wordB arn believed to Indicate that Russia,
while apparently shutting hur eyes to all
warnings of an Imminent Polish revolt, has
secretly been circumventing tho Pan-Oor-manic
movement and has actually inspired
tho so-called Polish rovlval In western
Prussia and similar movements in other
Slav states contiguous to the Russian em
pire.
PF.IIMOXAT, NOTICS.
King Edward' coronation Is to cost 7.-
000,000 and will be a magnificent spectacle.
Another Caatellano has married a mil
lionairess. The Castellane family seems to
well understand the marrying business.
Although President Henry O. Weston of
crozer seminary ib more tnan so years
Id, bo still performs all the duties of his
xccuttvo office and delivers, besides, four
ecturea a week.
Mayor Van Wyck Is not nt all a summer
man. Throughout the warm season ho
makes llttlfi apparent concession to the heat,
but goes about ln vest and high collar, al
most sls In winter.
Spain has so far forgiven us ns to con-
sumo over 110,000,000 worth of our farm
products Inst year without making up a
wry face. Spain also thinks well of tho
American pigs, when they come In the
form of salt pork.
Ibsen btlll remains In poor health and
his frleiiilH uay that tho end must como
within a tew months, His wife Is nursing
him with thn greatest care, never leaving
111 in day or night and refusing 19 allow any
thvr nurse to help tier.
Lord Charles Iloresford, who Is about to
resign his naval position to lead one branch
the opposition In KintlUh politics, has
eon in thn navy since he was 13 and has
orked himself up through sheer merit, al
though he is by birth tho fourth marquis
or wutorrnrd.
Hamuci .Marsnnii, lor nrty-nve years
prosldent of a bank bearing his name at
Milwaukee, has retired at tho ago of 81.
He Is succeeded by a man who has been
with the bank fifty-two years, and the man
who takos the latter a place aa vice presi-
ent has been with the bank fifty years.
Thnt Is a record which would bo hard to
upllcate,
The Philadelphia Press figures that eight
ay of extreme hot weather cost that city
231 lives, with 1,119 prostrations, and an
xtra expenditure In various ways of (61ft,
000. At Suntlagn tho operations of twenty.
vu days entailed a loss of 222 killed and
M,' wounded. In New York alone the
empurature of 100 was more deadly than
II thu battle of the War with Soaln.
t
WBSTI'.H X n 13 VH Ml V M K.T.
(lliiirlnK I'rnniiprt for Trade ami H?
Irlntitlon of Arid I, nnd.
riosldcnt J. J. Hill of the Orcat North-
em
possesses unbounded faith In the
luturo of the wr.t nud the Pacific coast. '
He has grown up with the west and Its'
development has made him a man nf vast I
ani' railroad magnate of tho first
rnnk-- The marvelous growth of the west
in tno last half a century Is, in his opinion,
the prelude to far greater strides in ma-
tcrinl advancement with, the reclamation of
the arid region and the Inevitable mnstery
of the Asiatic trade. "There are a thou
sasd million people off our western coast,"
he said In n Chicago Trlbuno Intervlow,
"with whom we should trade, and yet wo
have only 3.000,000 population to reach out
lor n.
Ho confesses to tho handicap of the
present coast country, but ho Is sangulno
of the good time coming when the United
Stales shall dominate the trade nf Asia,
fir. inn insists thnt tho building up of
such n irade vtlll depend In grenl measure
"Pn the development of the agricultural
"sources or the Pacific slope. To develou
I (!.-- u ...
iuvsu no rnys mai government nld In build-
mg irrigating -canals will be
" - ..... iiiireoiu ,
Oraln and flour will be prime nrtlcles of
export to the Orient, and at the present
tlmo rates ore prohibitory on these prod
ucts of tho middle west.
"Hxccpt for manufactured stuffs nnd cot-
ton, these exports will bo grain and flour,"
saiU .MT. Hill, "ami th.,n ,..l.li....l
products must be grown on tho Pacific
coast. For this purpose wo havo a torrl-
1.000 miles snunre. whlnh. hri.i,
centuries of aridity, has become a vast
It m Tnn.. . ..' Wn,cr to kc
must productive nnnl In it,-
world. There Is water enough for the pur
poso meltliiK from th
(,., I. .... .. " .tiun 3 1 uil
, lid-lieu is Wle rana Sytem.
i-ecuuon or this work Is tho ono
" "'omimulon' rT'l
morco and the i.r,rm,v J .
trn,in , " '
because. "Z",
ply of f,ln,i ,,,. , nu'
shipping port It wm T" "l
sure fun TaTll " T' 0 to An'
v-.i. " " '"i"cu to mo
L: "., , "" cupneuy, wlilch alone
ccsaful In tho advocacy of this public lm
sbatio of new , , cu,no ln tho
L,?ft mT..,s '". ,ho Orient, nnd It
" . onallr at the Bottle-
mont nt tho .., ' . ",v- ""-
.i-vi. 1 1 .,e ,moun,aln region has
' M0-" mnr1 r,chcr ln naturaI
- - . .1 ..iuii
earth's surface
man any nthnr
portion of tho
"There, whero th n
will grow tho best ;,. I",,,"" "",""" ""
a" l,he Rrnlns oxcept corn, all
11,. ,, .V - uiiu K'micBi
. 'rullB- lhQ ground Is
ner len.i ' -, .BU'"' 9llver CP-
- , uu Luiu, i nprn la fhn
'
lowai supply 0r smnnw
petroleum and nat,,r. ,V nnt
'uencnontoahoa8drybrndosnhUer;
and
dry atmosphere
ami constant sunshine
vol.- , .V f". . booo neaitn pro-
.. en-vine ncai, ngnt and
equivalent In rnnrcv .
motor Bcrvlee
of 300,000,000 tons of coal per annum
I "nnni. . ...
tho combustion
. nKnni wun amazement tho
i" uu i rumii irrnu'ih nf .. ,(. , . .
tr-i.-j ? . "nu iu mo
oinieB, DUt this will bo compara-
tlve poverty when with 20,000,000 peoplo on
tho Pacific slope, engaged ln raising grain
Bn1 manufacturing flour for thn nrion,
can dispatch largo frolghtcrs dally from
eacn 01 the Pacific ports loaded with tho
manufactured goods of tho eastern factories
tlle cqtton of .tho south and tho food nmn '
luu mountain valleys. Then a river
" ",n oe turned into the United
wnicn win put to shamo tho vision
luo w,",esl dreamers.
"If congress at its next session will nn
proprlato $100,000,000 2 per cent bonds to
u usea m canal and reservoir construction
the money will bo returned directly many
tlmca In tbo Increased value
land. Indirectly, ln trade results, tho bene
fits will bo permanent nnd incalculable. An
a matter of political policy, tho party which
r.iu iuko up anu coldly ndvocato an Im
mediate nnd liberal annronrlatlnn win
colve tho support of millions of people now
hnmnlpsM nti.i iH..nHinn,.j
homes and the opportuni y of making a
living by honeBt labor
"The ngrlqultural products of tho Pacific
slopo cannot como Into competition with
tho farmers of tho mlddin t,i nn th
udio mere. Tho storage of tho water in
mountnln reservoirs will reduco the flood
level of the lower rivers nnd measurably
relieve tho cotton and sucar states fmm
the dangers of overflow. Also the satura
tion of tho land by Irrigation Avlll Increase
tho rainfall ln ICinBas, Nebraska and the
Dakotas at times when needed by the
growing crops.
"A policy of arid land reclamation to
bo effective must be conducted on a large
scaio. An appropriation of only Jl. 000.000
would bo childish. Two hundred and fifty
million dollars was voted without discus
sion for tho Spnnlsh war. Thl was want p.
In those days of large undertaking an ex
penditure of $100,000,000 for a permanent
Improvement which will benefit mllllono of
pcopto should not cause hesitation. Such
nn amount properly used would add $3,000,
000,000 to tho national wealth. While It
would make homes for a multitude of tot-
tlers, tho greatest benefits would como to
thn manufacturers of the eastern nnd mld
dlo western statos and their employes, and
to tbo cotton ralsera and spinners of tha
south."
The boy's
can
out dooring made breezy no matter ihe state of the
atmosphere. Looking nice and cool and keeping
so. It can only be done one way. Materials light
but sinewy, sewing lastiny, fashioned becomingly.
There you are.
Most surprising reductions on this kind of
clothing and straw hats.
At the prices they are markek now, you had "
better not delay your purohase. Providing you
are interested.
No Clothing Fits Like Ours.
Browning, King & Co.
Exclusive Clothiers and Furnishers.
R. S. Wilcox, Manager,
lore floats Suturdny Mght. at I) O'clock, Othor ErtaUgs t 0.1)
Pit VAN ISM JIMltXHI).
Chicago Chronicle (dem.)i Ohio sweeps
the popullstlc and socialistic rubbish nut
of the wny, clearing the roAd and the
atmosphere at tho samo time. It Is a good
"' " 01 Promue.
Indianapolis Journal (rep.). The Ohio
democracy as represented in tho state con-
' vcntlon has had enough of 16 to 1 and other
, l'PUHtlc heresies, and consequently re
i'ul""iu uscu uy reiusing to reamrm tne
' KaaR l'll' platform. Five years ago th
i SHme men ln thc nm t'nrt' convention
howled for 16 to 1 as the ono Issue. Thus
- i th0 democracy presents Itself In tho
ntlllude ot condemning Itself,
Chicago Post (rep.): It is not too much
to say that the Ohio democratic conven
tlon marks an epoch In the history of tho
great party founded by Jefferson and
splendidly led since by statesmen of ability
nnd conviction. It Hpe'lit the repudiation
of populism and the dlsappearnnro of tho
cheap money Issue. 'It means complete de
feat for Bryanlsm and tho leadership which
has caused three disastrous defeats In
presidential and congressional campaigns,
Minneapolis Tribune (rep.): The only
real Interest attaching to tho Ohio demo
cratic convention Just held lies lu Its nt
tltudo toward Bryanlsm. Contrary to that
distinguished leader's recent pronuncla
monto tho Kansas City platform wns Ir
norcd entirely in tho resolutions, Further
more, John It. McLean and his friends
dominated tho convention, and everybody
' knows how much McLean loves tho Lincoln
tmi'l Tho nrnro.Hlnn' n S..t.1 1
1 cvpr. were qulto harmonious and It looks
. n 'f reorganliatlon of the party" had really
set In. '
I Kausas City Star Mnd.l: The c'rmt ,..
J Jorltjr ot thc democratic party has waited
for Just such bu official demonstration of
nntl-llrynn sentiment. Tho example set
by Ohio should, and dpubtleaa' will, be fol
lowed by other states. A few auch local
evidences ol the real convictions of the
party toward tho Nebraska dictator should
bring now hope nnd new determination to
thc rank and file, nnd Insure tho selecttoii
nt thc next national convention of a leader
upon whom all factions of tho organiza
tion enn unite.
MIimi.MMr.lt MIHTII.
Cleveland Plnln Dealer: Milwaukee has
a citizen who keeps ninety cuts.
No doubt thc neighbors would be glad to
have a hlcr made expressly for them.
Chlcnco Ilecnril.llorulrf!
Pinching Him
Rnv, It Ik silly for you to wear your he
' light on behind.
ad-
i.igiiining nug-Not nt nil. I'm awfully
nervous about rear-end collisions.
said Uncle Ebon. De mule mnnages to
Kit nlonir n spite or his klckln'. but he
upo!:,rkrti.i7ror.,n"'1 h0M bo'8 to mako
Pittsburg Chronicle: Djsnnn-I went to
lletirlquer restaurant yesterday In n shirt
waist ami they refuaetf to serve me.
Ilertwhlatlo-Is that so? Why. I under
stood they served lobsterH in every style.
Somervlllo Journal: Mr. lllones I
NihUnul,W. W1" wn".n niih foSSr
Mrs. HJones Well, to It Is.
oMrnr-ml.11 Cn,,,t bc' 1 ,,ke 11,0 tMi0
Judge: Doctor To take the rest cure
will cost you $100 a week.
vtyiZZr'ilV' doctor. I can send my
wire nwoy to tho country for half that. "
iil'W.110"'1 "I demand." said the hobo
nh0J "i1 'cen orrn'Kned In a police court.
trial b. rny ,,ecr8. That's the wav
they're doln' things In ol' England" y
"Your peers!" exclaimed I the justice
Who rtro your peers?" justice.
win lnoso ,n"" fhnt' been in the rnmo
.kndXn'nnapc that I'm now.' "aid
900 OF TUB TIIF.nMOMF.TKH.
Baltimore American.
They always kick.
No matter what
I reenter
It Is "too hot"
A thousand times
A day they bring
This curse to me:
"Confound the thing!"
Why do they look?
YV hy do they stare?
" hy do they pant?
Why do they swear?
My rule Is this,
In warmth or freesc
I always nlm
And Btrlve to please.
Why lots of times
tI7?y.'.ro fccllnff "na
Until thoy see
This face of mine.
An&.thcn they gasp:
"It's ninety now!''
And wheeze nnd puff
And mop tho brow.
It Is my fault.
They always claim,
And on my head
They put the blame.
w,h winter comes,
lth ice and snow,
They look at me '
And mutter "Oh!"
They stamp and swear
V heno'er they see
Me taking In
My mercury.
And when It gets
N"' down tho lln
They rant agaln
The blame Is mine.
Now, why is It.
I set the hooks
And draw naught elsa
But nngry looks?
Why do they scoff
When I'm up there
Or 'way down heraT
To 'tend to bis
I'm simply bound.
Why do they keep
Mo hanging round?
There Is no fun
I tell you, sir,
In being a
Thermometer.