Nebraska Newspapers

    THE OMAHA DAl-LT BEE; SATURDAY. OCTOIJEK 3, 1!01.
The omaha Daily Bee
V. ItOSKWATHH, EDITOR.
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rays that the actual number of full nnd
complete copies of The Dally, Morning,
Evening nnd Sunday Ileo printed during
the. month of September, 1D01, wns ns fol
lows: 1 mi.iwr. 16,. 28,7ii
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8 ai,77S a 2H.770
9 :tK,imo 2t 2H,oso
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12 7,MI0 27 2H,0tll
13 -10,210 2? 2.S.7O0
H -i.t,7:to :j 2s,n:!o
15 ill!, 1 110 20 2H.N70
Total ,.r 0:11,710
Less unsold and returned copies.... 12,:tl7
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Net dally average :tO,l40
GEO. H. TZSC1IUCK.
Subscribed In my presence nnd nworn to
before mo this SOth day of September. A. D.
1301. M. II. Hl'NOATE.
Notury Public.
Columbia Ih n 11111110 lo conjure by.
It wns n clout nIimvc, hut we liwl to
have the nice to remain in the cup busi
ness. If Upton wnii Is tlitit cup lie should
Kct hoincoiio to build li 1 111 11 skipper like
Charley Hnrr.
Our Women's Christian Tcmpernnre
union friends ure not the only ones who
Ilnd fault with the strret fair us it bus
been presented here in Oninhn.
Nebraska duy tit Buffalo is said to
liavo been 11 Klltterlnc success. How
could It be otherwise with all those sold
lnced stuff olllcers In attendance on the
governor?
Britishers who deslro to view the- his
toric yachting trophy must come over
on this side. It has become naturalized
and exhibits no bIkii of wishlut; to ex
patriate Itself.
Traitors to their constituents may voto
to (lisfranchlso Omaha republicans, but
the republicans of Omaha will not stay
disfranchised without a protest asalnst
those responsible for the perpetration of
till) outrage.
Paste this In your hat: The new re
publican county machine gives Oiniilm
with 11,180 McKlnley votes twenty
seven members of the governing com
mittee and the country precincts with
1,1)07 McKlnley votes twenty-eight mem
bers. The first day of registration this year
Is set for October 17. Nobody will be
allowed to vote at the coming election
unless he preseuts himself In person for
enrollment by the registrars. Last
year's registration will not hold good
for this year.
British tobacco manufacturers have
formed a combination to light the com
petition of American muuufuuturers. In
a case of combination lighting combi
nation the public has about the samu
interest that the woman had lu thu
proverbial bear tight.
A transport Is being prepared to carry
a body of marines from San Francisco
to Panama, If the people down that
way continue to kick tip a disturbance
until they draw thu bluejackets into It
they will soon arrive at tlio conclusion
they poked a stick Into thu wrong nest.
Emperor William paid all the expenses
of the Chluese, prlneu who came over to
apologize for thu murder of the (icrman
minister, and still the ungrateful wretch
objected to bumping his head on the
lloor. Plenty of people would give thu
floor twice nine bumps for a free trip to
Kuiope.
The Farmers' National" congress bus
adopted resolutions lu favor of uatloiml
legislation to .promote irrigation of and
lauds of tho west. If resolutions could
build Irrigation cnnnls and reservoirs
tho Irrigation problem would soon be
solved. But tho so-called Fanners' con
gress Is not the congress that makes tho
appropriations.
The great burden of local taxation
rests 011 the owners of real estate and
small homes, whllo the great privileged
corporations shirk their obligations.
This Issue must bo met and tho abuse
corrected. Tho foundation stone of ro
form Is in the choice of assessors who
will uelther bo influenced, from their
duty uor sell out.
The World-Herald reprints with great
gusto tho comments of tho Lincoln Jour
nal ou Omaha politics, which are fabri
cated for tho most purt by correspond
ents who draw their Inspiration from
tho WorliMIornld. Would It not bo bet
ter for tho twin organs to consolidate
under tho name of tho Omaha-Lincoln
World-Herald-Journal?
1
tiih cvp utcMA ixs m:nr.
As a matter of patriotic sentiment nil
American are gratified at the victory
of the yacht Columbia, though had the
British yacht won the feeling of re
gret would not have been particularly
keen. There Is a great deal of nilmlra
Hon lu this country for the owner of
.Shamrock, Sir Thomas Upton. lie
has shown himself to be 11 11 Kngllsh
gentleman of the best type and a
true sportsman and had his boat been
victorious Americans generally would
have heartily congratulated him. As
It Is wo are naturally and Justifiably
proud of the achievement of our yacht,
which has again demonstrated the su
periority of tho American model for rac
ing craft.
Yacht racing, Is one of the finest of
spoils and It Is needless to suy that
these races have been conducted, as
were those preceding, with tiie ut
most fairness. No complaint has
been made by either side regarding
the conduct of the other and all tho
arrangements In connection with the
races were carried out In the most satis
factory manner. Although defeated,
.Shamrock II Is no discredit to Its de
signer. It Is a superb boat. As to
Columbia It Is probably the ucme of at
tainment In yacht construction.
TMrXEW 101 K CAMPAIGN,
The campaign lu New York City Is
now fully on and Its progress during
tho few weeks before t lie election will
be watched with Interest throughout
the country. Mr. Sctli Low, the anti
Tammany candidate for mayor, bus
been unqualifiedly endorsed by all the
political organizations opposed to tho
rule of Croker and lias entered upon
his campaign witli characteristic zeal
and earnestness. The democratic city
convention on Thursday nominated,
with the approval of the Tammany ex
ecutive committee, a Brooklyn man, I'd-
win M. Shepard, for tho mayoralty.
Croker was forced to permit this to bo
done, notwithstanding tho fact that
four years ago Shepard was among tho
supporters of Low and at that time
was unsparing in his denunciation of
Tammany.
yhepard, like Low, is a man of ability
and high character, but his record In
regard to the political organization
which has now made him Its standard
bearer would seem to heavily handicap
him. The man who a few years ago
charged Tammany with assault upon
the welfare of the people, who de
clared that its ticket represented a
program of vulgar npolhitlou and that
It was a grlndlug tyranny of black
mail, will find no little dllllcully now,
when all these charges have been Justi
fied by four years of Tammany rule,
In championing the cause of that or
ganization. Moreover, It would seem
probable that many Tammnnyltcs, re
membering his denunciation, will refuse
to support him, whllo he certainly can
not hope to draw support from other
sources after having thus stultified him
self.
The chances of the election of the
anti-Tammany ticket should therefore
bo Improved by the 'nomination of a
man who bus in the past, most vigor
ously denounced Tammany and Its
methods and who supported Mr. Low
for mayor of New York In a contest
precisely similar to the present one.
ixaccuhatk chop statistics.
Everybody Interested In crop statis
tics Is familiar with the fact that they
are uniformly Inaccurate. Every year
thero Is a greater or less disparity be
tween the reports of the Agricultural
department and those from other
sources, with the result that no conll
dence can be placed In any of the sta
tistics, those of the department having
been found, as a rule, the least 'trust
worthy. The matter, which is mani
festly Important, was presented on
Thursday to tho attention of the con
vention of grain dealers lu a paper by
an Ohio delegate, in which the defects
In the system of obtaining crop statis
tics were pointed out. Ho stated that
olllclals of the Agricultural department
had admitted that the system could be
much Improved, but that with the ap
propriations made for this special de
partment no different method could be
adopted.
The author of the paper suggested
that statisticians should be employed to
cover every county lu the United Htates
that requires their attention, so that
reports as often as every two weeks
could bo hod. Tills would be expensive
to thu government, but the benellt to
the people of accurate reports would
fully compensate for the expenditure.
Wo think It will be very generally
agreed that the government could wisely
red uco the cost of obtaining some other
statistics, not of general Interest and of
comparatively small value, In order to
be more liberal In providing lor ac
curate crop statistics. They attend to
this matter much moru carefully lu
European countries than we do and
there Is no sound reason why ours
should bo behind any other government
lu this respect.
Another suggestion presented to the
convention Is worthy of consideration.
This is that tl.a weather service and
crop reporting service naturally and
logically should be couolned. It was
urged that there is need of improvement
In thu way of obtaining fuller data as to
rainfall In the critical months of thu
crop season. Discrepancy lu thu statis
tics of crop acreago between the reports
of the government and the states was
also pointed out and It was urged that
tho government statistician would do
well to .keep in closer touch with the
state nttlcluls lu this line, to the eud
that his acreage figures may be up to
date.
These are practical matters which are
of prime Importance to ,thu agricultural
community and to the dealers lu grain.
Under existing conditions no contldence
can be placed or In fact Is placed In
tho government crop statistics. They
have been so uniformly shown to be
Inaccurate that they havo come to be
utterly discredited. Perhaps the Agrl
cuKurol department does the very best
It can with tho means and facilities it
has at command nnd If so congress
should provide It with more, for it Is
worse than a waste of time and money
collecting statistics that are untrust
worthy. Tho association of grain deal
ers should not be satlslled with pointing
out the defects of the existing system,
if It can properly be called a system lu
view of tlie unintNfaetor.v results. The
matter should be persistently pressed
upon the attention of congress until the
needed Improvement Is secured.
OMAHA AS A (IHAI. MAIIKET.
Although Oninha has for ten years
been the third largest, pork packing cen
ter lu America, It has as yet no rank as
a grain market. Tills Is due to the fact
that Its milling and elevator facilities
do not create a sutllclont demand for
grain either for homo consumption or
for export.
In a speech before the National, Grain
Dealers' association Mr. I'eavey, Iho
most prominent elevator manager of the
northwest, declared that tho most phe
nomenal growth of t he grain business
has occurred In the northwest, with
Minneapolis and Duluth as terminals.
He said that when the I'eavey syndicate
commenced doing business through Du
luth thu elevator capacity of that city
was HDO.OOO bushels, whllo today It has
a capacity of .T-'.OOO.OOO bushels. In
18S0 Minneapolis had an elevator ca
pacity of 1,000,000 bushels; In 1001 its
elevator capacity Is 33,000,000 bushels.
Tills marvelous expansion of the grain
handling business at these points may
be ascribed to two causes: First, the
location of Duluth nt tho bend of Lake
Superior, making It the initial ixilut for
waterway transportation to the sea
board. Second, the great milling facili
ties of Minneapolis, which have given It
the name of the world's Flour city.
Willie Omaha can never hope to rival i
either .Minneapolis or Duluth as a grain
distributing or as a grain consuming
center, 110 good reason exists why
Omaha should not become the chief out
let for tho grain raised lu this section
of the corn belt. Nebraska Is fast be
coming as much of a wheat growing
state us It is of a corn producing state.
And Oninha should by rights be the
great milling and flout' distributing point
for the entire territory commercially
tributary to It.
To bring tills about we must have
more Hour and cereal mills and larger
mills, more grain elevators and larger
elevators. When Omaha has the ca
pacity for handling grain In transit and
for converting wheat, corn and oats Into
Hour, starch, breakfast foods, etc., Its
position as a grain market will be llrmly
established.
LOOKING WESTWARD.
Tho future center of Industrial ac
tivity is destined to bo west of the Mis
souri. The development of tho Inex
haustible mineral resources of the
Rocky mountain region Is yet In Its In
fancy, Wyoming alone will overmatch
Pennsylvania in Iron and Ohio In oil.
Tho extensive coal beds of Wyoming
and Colorado when fully opened up and
made accessible by railway lines will
completely revolutionize the seat of
steam power and electrical energy. In
stead of drawing on tho factories and
mills oust of the Alleghenles, the people
west of the .Mississippi will look to tho
industrial centers to the west for their
wares and manufactured commodities.
Tho possibilities of Industrial develop
ment west of the Missouri havo not yet
been realized even by the most enthusi
astic promoters of western enterprises.
Twenty-five years ago Alabama's coal
and Iron Ileitis were dormant and no one
dreamed of tlu; modem Birmingham
that now competes with Pittsburg lu the
markets for iron products. But the coal
and Iron deposits of Alabama are Insig
nificant when compared to those of Wyo
ming and Colorado.
All that has letarded the growth of
the Rocky mountain states has been the
lack of railway facilities and capital
for exploiting their most valuable min
eral wealth. Willie gold and sliver havo
monopolized public attention and In
vestment, the greatest wealth-producing
deposits lu tho shape of iron, copper,
coal and oil have been neglected.
Everything points to an early awak
ening to the capabilities of this western
country to meet the demands of grow
ing populations at homo and export
abroad. The Industrial development of
the transmlssourl country cannot fall
either to exert a most beneficial effect
upon tho grain and cattle raising sec
tions this side of the Mississippi. In
stead of dependlug upon the east and
upon Europe for a market for the sur
plus of tho farm aud range, the demand
for these products In their own territory
will give them a more profitable market
lu tho west.
It is also more than probable that the
export of American machinery and other
mill and factory products to Asiatic
countries from tho Atlantic ports will be
transferred to tho Pnclllu coast. Such a
change In the channels of trade Is sure
to stimulate the growth of thu traus
nilsslssippl country, which more than nil
things needs moru population nnd more
capital for tho full utilization of Its
latent resources.
A petition has been circulated in Mns
suchusctts asking tho governor of "Now
York to commute the death sentence
of the assassin of President McKlnley.
The petitioners do not express sym
pathy for 111 tn, but are opposed on prin
ciple to capital punishment. Governor
Odell has Intimated that ho will not
consider commuting the sentence. No
matter what one may think about flic
wisdom of capital punishment it is cer
tain that In states where the law pro
vides for It as the extreme penalty for
murder It should bo enforced. Any
other course would minimize not only
tho punitive effect of tho law, but at
the sumo tlmo Its deterrent effect upon
other criminals. It Is essential that
crimes of the Hist magnitude should re
ceive the severest punishment provided
for that character of crime.
It is to be hoped that State Treasurer
Stuefer will comply with the demands
of the republican state platform without
evasion or equivocation. Ills published
exhibit leaves thu Inference that the
permanent school fund Is stored away
in money bags In the vaults of tho state
treasurer. That may be the Intention
of the law. but no Iocllntiii-i or court
would Impeach the state treasurer for
exercising ordinary prudence lu safe
guarding that portion of the permanent
school ruiid that Is lu the shape or cm
lent UlOllev. Xolintlv could tmsslhlv
blame a state treasurer for depositing a
quarter of a million dollars or more of
the school money lu banks whose sol
vency cannot be called lu question.
i-.voryiMxly believes that Treasurer
Stuefer does keen the school funds on
deposit In some bank or banks, but they
want to know and have a right to know
In what particular banks this money Is
deposited, and the sooner Htule Treas
nrer Stuefer takes them Into his conil
deuce tho better It will be for his own
reputation and that of the republican
party.
The progress of the work of restoring
order lu the Philippines is told In tin
mlstnknble manner by the trade stalls
tics. During the last nine months an
Increase of substantial proportions lias
come lu both the Import and export
trade of the Islands. Another year of
the same relative progress will see :t
moru settled condition than has been
known thero for many years and the
active development of the untouched
resources of the Islaud can be com
menced.
Agalu tho report Is current that
former President Kruger of tho Trans
vaal Is falling mentally and physlcnlly
Ho Is certainly a strong character, but
It would not be strange If at his ago
ho should break down under the strain
which has been upon I1I111. Tho lives
of few men embrace so much of tragedy
as his.
A .Model DcM-t'itjcr.
St, Louts Globo-Demociat.
At tho present rate of reduction tho
public debt of the United States will soon
be below the $1,000,000,000 mark again.
Tho decrease In September wns $1,825,401.
Ootlici-ft Iliitlly ficnreil.
Minneapolis Journal.
Nebraska may not beat the Minnesota
eleven on October 12, but the cornhtiskers
would hardly touch ground It they fully
understood how tbey havo scared tho
gophers.
N'o Hurry to .Sliiillle.
tlaltlmoro American.
People may dlo in spite, of modern scl
enco and methods, ns pessimists are fond
of saying, but, Judging from thu number
of centenarians dally coming to the atten
tion of the public, they nro getting Into
the habit of putting It off much longer
than they used to do.
Ciuixr nnd RrTrct.
Cleveland Leader.
And now the republicans In control of
the government In Washington aro getting
more money Into the national trensury
than Is needed to pay expenses. That Is
nn old republican dodge. Every tlmo that
party comes Into power tho country and
tho government become prosperous.
Much Income, I, title Outco.
Chicago Tost.
Tho first financial statement of the United
States Steel corporation shows that Its
earnings during; the months of tho strike
were greater 'ttiarl In tho earlier months.
There Is nothing, surprising tn this. Tho
combine was disposing of surplus stock nnd
wns not paying wages (o some 50,000 men.
Need of I'nclllc Cnlile.
Minneapolis Jnurnnl.
There can bo no difference of opinion ns
to the. need of a cablo to the Philippines.
Ono slifluld be laid at once. The govern
ment doesn't seem to be likely to build It
nnd a prlvnto company wants to build It.
As this company agrees to surrender tho
lino to tho Govqrnment In case of war or
emergency, to glvo government business
tho right-of-way at all times and reduce
general rates CO or CO per cent, It looks as
If the offer ought to ho accepted the more
especially as there Is no subsidy grab In
volved. DoctorliiK liy Cnntrncl.
New York Tribune.
Tho Swedish residents of Ludlngton,
Mich., have Introduced n custom of their
fathcrlnnd, namely, tho employment of a
Community physician, A health associa
tion has been organized by the heads of
300 families, each of whom pays fiO tents a
month toward tho salary of a physician,
whoso services aro nt their command In
ense of Illness. Many doctors earn no more
thnu tho $1,800 a year paid to tho Ludlng
ton contract physician, but for that sum
tho organization hnd to bo satisfied with a
recent graduate from a medical school, and
the probability Is that It will always have
to bo content with a comparatively lncx
perlerfted man. The doctor now engaged Is
satlslled, nnd he should be. He Is gaining
expcrlcnco and has a comfortnble salary In
addition.
I'KKSON.VI, OTRN.
Lieutenant Peary Is n graduate of Mow
doln college nnd whllo thoro was considered
tho best "all-around" nthlcto among the
students.
Tho composer, Ocorge Vlerllng, who died
recently In Gormnny, has left to charitable
Institutions In Derlln tho substantial sum
of 1,600,000 marks,
It Is an odd coincidence that on Thurs
day, September 26, tho dny Lincoln's re
mains were bestowed In tholr final resting
placo, occurred tho death of John O. Nlc
olay, tho great war president's private sec
rotary. The old controversy nbout the pronuncia
tion of Roosevolt's name has been reopened
and tho Boston Transcript, to scttlo It,
wrote to the president. Ills private secre
tary replied that the namo Is pronounced
as If spelled "Rosyvclt."
The centenary of Victor Hugo's birth,
February 20 next, will be marked In Paris'
by the erection of an Imposing monument,
The Musee Victor Hugo and his old home
qn the Place des Vosges will bo open then,
with many relics and memorials of the
great poet and romancer.
Now that Soth Low hns been nominated
for mayor a New York Journal finds It nec
essary to tell tho public how he passed
Sunday. Ho arose, breakfutted, went to
church, came homo again, ate dinner, chatted
with his friends and read the newspapers,
ate supper and at 10 o'clock retired,
Lord Lonsdale Is perhaps moro prominent
In tho nrltlsh .sporting world than any other
man of title, He awns the finest pack of
hounds In England, Is a splendid boxer,
rides and drives to perfection and has
earned fame as a yachtsman, hunter nnd
oxplorcr. As a further distinction, he Is
patron of forty church livings.
Dlshop Potter and Chauncey Depew were
Invited to the same function recently, and
both were expected to speak, which moved
tho bishop to remark: This reminds me
of tho story of two oysters who were In
attendance at nn ecclesiastical festival, Said
one to the ofher: 'What Is this, anyhow?'
'It's a church fair,' was thn reply. 'A
church fair! Then what In the world do
tbey want with both of us J' "
O l lir.lt I. AMIS THA Ot IIS.
Sweden Is the latest country to reorgan
ize Its army. Since the davs of (lustavus
Adolphus nnd of Charles XII the Swedish
army has fallen upon the piping times of
pence, and nil tha' they menn. but now It
Is to bo made modern, nnd prepared to
meet Itiusla 011 moro equal terms, should
that great Jowrr undertake to absorb Hie
Scandinavian peninsula. The army wns
reorganized In 1S92, without much effe-t
In the matter of modernizing It. Ily the
law of that year, It was composed ot three
classes of troops: The Varfvade, or enlisted
troops, serving two or three years with
the colors; the Indelta, tho men of which
nro trained for six or seven months la tho
first year, and thereafter aro called out fr
rather less than one month hi each year:
nnd tho Vnrnpllgtlge, drawn by annual
levy from tho male population between
the ages ot 21 and 40. The conscripts enter
ing Vnrnpllgtlge serve ninety days during
tho first two years; nnd nil nro liable for
duty until they nre 10 years of age. The
nrmy consists, ns to Its embodied troops,
of three regiments (one ot cavalry) of life
guards, two regiments and two battailous
of lino Infantry, four regiments nnd one
battalion of lino cavalry, nrtllleri'. en
gineers nnd train; nil these nre lu the
Vnrfvnde. In the Indeltn nro tweutv-two
regiments and one corps ot Infantry, .ind
three regiments of cnvnlry. The strength
of tho army has been nbout 40.000 ofllccrs
nnd men. The Varnpllgtlge, when mobilized,
are divided between tho Varfvado nnd tho
Indeltn. Hcrenfter general personal serv
ice will bo required, recruits serving ono
ytnr In tho cavalry and artillery, nnd eight
months In the Infantry; the twenty-four
existing regiments of Infantry, of which
two aro In the Varfvade, will bo Increased
by tho addition of n third battalion to each,
and three new fortress regiments will be
raised, with three battalions In each. Tho
field nrtlllery will receive now Krupp guns,
and the reserve of officer, which numbered
725 In 1900, will be Increased. As about
20,000 men enter tho Vnrnpllgtlgo yearly,
the army will bo Increased temporarily
each year by Hint number, besides tho per
mnnent Increnso ot tho Vnrfvndo nnd the
Indeltn; the total strength will therefore
be nbout doubled.
Venice flashed up Into quite a medieval
splendor In tho celebration of the visit of
the king and queen of Italy, Tho young
king, who has now been on tho throne a
little moro than n yenr, was lacking In
popularity before his accession, but has
since gained greatly In tho popular estima
tion, having shown somo ot tho best qual
ities of a prudent constitutional monarch.
Ills queen, the Montenegrin Helena, has
been populnr ever since tho inarrlago In
ISOli. The present Itnllan government Is
doing much for Venlco by turning It Into
a military nnd nnvnl stntlnn of Importance.
Tho proscnt demonstration Is a domestic
and peaceful Jubilation, but It may bo said
to contain n side glance across tho Adriatic,
where lio those moro than half Italian
lands whoso destiny tho Itnltnns hopo to
link with theirs, A strong and cxultnnt
Venice, a Montenegrin princess on tho
throne, a stimulating of Italian emigration
to nnd Influence In Albania these nnd othr
things Indicate tho direction In which tho
Itnllan kingdom In looking ns It emerges
from Its year's mourning for Its murdered
king.
The recent septenary of the little repub
lic of San Marino passed almost without
comment by tho press, and yet the event
was one of exceptional Interest. The mere
fact that the city on Its crag hnd managed
to carry down to modern times the organ
ization of tho medieval communo was suf
ficiently rcmnrknble. To recall thnt this
tiny stnte hnd mnny times defended Itself
when general wnrfare ravaged thn sur
rounding "marches," hnd stood off Slgls-
mondo Malatestn, tho tyrant of Kltnlnl, and
later had worn out the ferocity of Cae3ar
tlorgla was a most natural expression of
congratulation. Such experience has natu
rally bred an Intcnso loyalty, which pre
lates and princes hnvo hnd to consider. In
tho eighteenth century, for oxnmplc, thn
pope ordered that the statue of Marlnus
tho fabled founder of tho republic, who wns
later canonized by populnr veneration of a
patriotic rather than religious sort, be
taken down from tho high altar, and tho
stntue of the messed Virgin be set up In
his place. Tho people rose agnlnst tho
edict, nnd today Saint Marlnus. In defiance
of ecclesiastical proprieties, hns tho placo
of honor In tho cathedral.
That "emergency" cabinet which Wal-
deck-nonsseau got together whllo tho Drcy-
tus arrair was shaking France has proved
good enough for all other emergencies
whatsoever, by lasting longer than any
other cabinet of tho third republic. It
weathered thnt trial, it laid Its swells to
rest with a genornl nmnesty mensure. It
beat down clerical opposition by tho pas
sago of the law of nssoclatlons, It rode
tho storm of pro-Doer sympathy when
Kruger enmo to France, nnd It hns Just
drawn tho tooth of natlonnllst nttack on
Its nrmy reforms by demonstrating that
the czar Is rather moro than less nn ally
thnn before, and that ho thinks well of
the French military nrm. With tho added
roputntlon which tho Franco-Husslnn spec
tacle gives It, tho Waldcck-Housseau cab
inet crosses the line nnd nchleves a length
of servlco grentor even than that of Du
Fnuro, in tho presidency of Thiers, on
he very day that ono of Its heaviest par.
llamcntnry movements becomes the law ot
the land. Tho Inw of nssoclatlons. re
quiring nil tho religious orders In Franco,
including wi ranio nnd 1,511 fomalo com.
munltles, to receive civil authorization or
disperse, is now In effect; tho exodus
Into other countries and tho effort to evado
or contest tho mensuro In tho courts prom
ise temporarily to unsettle conditions nnd
to glvo tho cabinet all It can handle. Nev-
crtholosB, It stands triumphant at this
moment with a tenure of two years nnd
nlnety-elght days to its credit.
IN .EllltASKA TOO SEXSITIVH?
Sonic lliislon Allimliin to'llie Aiilrloiiu
I'oi-lli'lllly llrnrntt-ri.
Chicago Inter Ocean.
Tho Nebruskans nro In danger of becom
ing too sensitive. While It may bo truo
that the Now York and Uoston Idea of tho
state Ib rather vague, still, other parts of
tho west that have as much causo for com
plaint as Nebraska are saying nothing, or
next to nothing. For Instnnco:
Several Chicago excursionists who re
cently visited tho homos of tbolr nnceators
near Worcester, Mass., wero ut once
amuBed and surprised by the questlous
nsked them und tho remarks mado nbout
thorn. Had they seen tho elevated railroad
In Uoston? No! Would they bellovelt, the
enrs ran overhead In the streets! Had any
of tho party ever ridden In an nutomobllo?
There was one In Worcester a few weeks
ago. Too bad that Chtcngoan's were not
there to sco It, etc., etc.
Now, nil this was taken good-naturedly-
accepted, In fact, as one of the most Inter
esting features of tho excursion eastward.
nut because a Iloston man has written a
Nebraska!!, asking tho latter what would
be tho chance of starting n school lu tho
statn, Indignation 1b at flood tldo from
Omaha to Grand Island. Tho Nobraskans
are writing to their newspapers, recalling
other ovldenco of the denso Ignorance pre
vailing In tho cast as to the transmlssourl
country, nnd asking If there Is not some
way In which tho pernicious Iloston Idea
regarding the west nnd Its people can bo
dispelled.
Somo of theso writers Insist that mis
sionaries ho sent to New England with a
view to teaching the Inhabitants that In
ROYAL
The absolutely pure
BAKING POWDER
Made from Pure Grape Cream of Tartar.
Royal gives to food that pecu
liar lightness, sweetness, and
delicious flavor noticed in the
finest bread, cake, biscuit, rolls,
crusts, etc., which expert pas
try cooks declare is unobtain
able when any other leavening
agent is used.
HOYAL BAKING POWOCR CO.,
dians In wnr pnlnt nro In these dny seldom
seen on tho streets of Lincoln or Kcnrney,
nnd that buffalo hunting Is not whnt It
used to bo la the Republican valley. Not a
fow of them nre giving vent to their Indig
nation In rhymo nnd blnnk verse, nnd ono
of them, nt least, has sent n poem to a pub
lication nt the Hub, called "Uoston Ideas,"
which Is Intended to correct nt onco and
forever erroneous Impressions concerning
culture In Nebraska. The poot, to establish
his light to spenk for the Injured state, re
marks :
1 gilesn from all my parents tell
I Mrst met them in Nebrnska:
I found them spry nnd looking well,
As nil ri'i! In Nebraxka.
It was tho month when sirup thickens,
And It freezes like Iho dickens,
When begun my birthday "llcklns"
Jn Nebraska.
I'nsalni; over mnny of tho most pleasant
physical nnd social features of tho common-
wenlth, tho poet, ns If soliloquizing, then
neks:
Why go off to eastern schools?
Just try thorn lu Nebraska.
AVo'ro not no smart, but we've tho tools
To dig with In Nebraska;
Wo know Homewhat of what to read,
AVu tanle tho food on which wo feed;
Wo'rt liayswds, but not going to seed,
Not yet, sir, tn Nebraska.
With the idea, perhaps, of coaxing tho
surplus women of Massachusetts to mi
grate, tho poet hcclntt this stanza by ap
pealing to the weaker sldo of her nnture,
after which he gets down to tho practical
nffalrs of ltfo:
Tho world linn not produced such swains
As prow here In Nebraska;
AVe bent tho world for tortile plains
Right hero la Nebraska.
Search historic recordH through,
Crops of every clime review
Tho greatent, lr, that over grew
AVero plunted In Nebraska.
If such propaganda worq called for bv
the lpnoccnt Inquiry ot tho Dostou man. nr
If It wero ncccsBory to tho wclfaro of tho
state, It might bo carried on In verso as
well as any other way nnd with bad verse
ns well ns good. Hut, really, thoro Is no
stlfllciont provocation. Tho people of the
cost would rnther than not think well of
Nebraska, nnd. therefore. It would be bet
ter for Nebraska to glvo tho cast no cause
to think nbout It at all.
AVIUTTI.Kn TO A I'OIXT.
rhllndclnhla. Tress: "Well, whnt's Iho
llfferonce between lunch nnd luncheon.
nnyway?"
li s just tins way; ir u amounts to
pretty near enough to satisfy you H'h
uncn; it u cioesn i un iiincncon.
Chlcngo Tribune: "When you have put
your hand to tho plow," said Elder Keep- I
along, by way of gentle, admonition, "never I
urn barn.
"You bet I don't, elder, repllpd Farmer
Hnvcraft. "I stay right thorn nnd watch
him llko a hawk."
rthleiiiro Tribune: "Now that Private
Secretary Cortelyou has told us how to
pronounce President Roosevelt's nnme," ro-
A Saturday Special
S5.00
BOYS' AND CIIILDRFJN'S SLUTS and O' COATS
It would please us greatly to have mothers bring
the boys to us tomorrow and see how wo havo arranged
to dress them at this special prico of $5. 00.
And tho profit wo put on this dress won't pay gas.
THERE ARE SAILOR SUITS AT $5.00
NAVY BLUE GUT SERGE SUITSAT $5,00
STORM SERGE SUITS AT $5,00
FANCY MIXED CHEVIOT SUITS AT $5,00
TRIMMED OR UNTRIMMED
And thero aro tho new Oxford mixed overcoats at
$5.00 with or without tho yoke back Just like papa's
This is a npecial oiler for Saturday unci one of the
greatest oirers wo have mado and it will be impossible
to duplicate them after this sale.
NO CLOTHING FJ1S LIKE OURS.
Exclusive Clothiers
R. S. Wilcox, Manager.
100 WILLIAM ST., NEW YORK,
murked Undo Allen Sparks, "I wish Presi
dent Roosevelt would glvo us the nxnet pro
nuiiclatloli of Private Secretary Cortelyou s
name,"
Cleveland Plnln Denier: "I seo that thev
refuse to treat Admiral Sampson as a
party to tho Hchley Inquiry."
"Hut couldn't they glvo him nn nbsent
treatment or something?"
Philadelphia PresH: She AA'hy does a
ship have to weigh Its anchor every time It
leaves port?
He Well er you see, tho weight Is con
Rtnntly changing on account of tho bin
uncles that grow on It In tho water,
Atlanta Constitution: "How inany times
did you voto In the election, Undo Jim?"
"Well, mill, I don't keep no 'count, but I
staid dnr 'twell I heard 'cm holer dnt my
man wuz elected)"
SOM! or tiii: CllllYMANTIIf3Ml)M.
J. .1. Montague, In tho Oregonlan.
AVhen tho roses aro dend and tho asters
hnvo shod
olr.l",",,H like snow on tho ground;
',..Pn. tn. .yloIetH bluo no longer may strew
Their dellcnto fragrnnco nround:
Ahen tho lilies aro gono and tho popples
tnko on
The withered nppearancn of age,
And the smug marigold Is faded nnd old,
It Is then thnt I am tho rage.
In shades thnt nre bright (chiefly yellow
and whltej,
With tcntnclcs frowzly nnd long,'
And a pungent pcrfumo that will fill a
wholo room
AVIth nn odor Intolernbly strong,
ion seo mo dlsplnyed In tho windows, ar
rayed In vases nnd Jardinieres tall,
And you'll hnvo to admit I'm emphatic
ally It,
Tho flower that's queen of.them nil.
Tho swell boutounlerro thnt Iho chappie
mny wear
Coiihihih of a blossom of Me,
And the corsngo bouquet on tho belles of
tha dny
Is composed of n. couple or three
Of ilowern so vnt thnt you stand quite
aghast
AVheu their lone snnkv nntnlH vmi m
.Tho great foot linll game would bo llstlei-s
mm inmo
t'lilrss I was there In full force,
And I grnco every hnlt for a banquet or
ball,
Which dependa on my presenco, of course.
Though my gigantic slzo Is a. source- of
surprise,
H will never a moment sufllco
To hold down n plnce In tho thundorlng
pace
That Is set by tho slzo of my price.
Tho dUwiond Is high nnd tho stars In tho
Arc rather of lofty degree,
Hut they both look ns low as n vaudeville
show
AVhen they'ro stneked up alongside of Me,
Oh, 1 nm tho fnd, thditgh I'm way to
III beauty and frngranco nnd grace,
I'vu elbowed tho roso nnd each flower
thnt blown
From favor, nnd taken their place:
I'm ragged and tousled, and ugly and
frowzlcd,
I'm vulgar nnd loud, but I've como
AVIth Intention to stay, so got out of tho
way
Of tho wlld-hnlred chrysnuthemum.
and Furnishers.
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