THE OMAHA DAILY BEE: TUESDAY, OCTOBER 22, 1901.
The omaha Daily Bee.
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payable to Tim live l'uiillshlt.K ,n0nml,V1a.n,:i';
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mail accounts. Personal checks, except on
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Hl.-itn nf Krhnmloi. Diuu'Ium County. BS.
Gcorco 11. Tzsehuek. secretary of Tho Bee I
Publishing Company, being duly Born.
tays that tho actual number ot full and
SUnTSun
the month of Scntcnibcr. 1W1, was us XOI-
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Net dally uvcr.igc :iO,040
O HO. U. T.BCHUCK,
Subscribed In my prtnenro and sworn to
reroro mo tnis sotn uuy or Hfptemner. a. u,
1 UNI. M. It. UUftUVl B
Notary Public.
Nobody has as yet come forward to ex
plain why the taxpayers get 13 per cent
on ilcioMlts of city money and nothing
!m county deposits.
From the number of lecture courses
BClicduled for Omaha this season, tho
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general culture 01 our pcopie mum uu
nerri'iitllilv nn the Increase
porcipuoij on tin iin-uasL.
Getting u church convention located in
Omaha will not by Itself build the
nudltorium. 8ubscrliitlons to the con-
etructlon fund talk loudest.
A Cullfornlnn proposes to explode an
old theory by camping in the fnmous
Death valley. He Is probably n calam-
ltyltc who has survived the present era
of prosperity and Is co 11 tide nt he can
Etaud anything.
Why It should .cost nearly .$17,000 a
rnh r ninfii fni t)t iuiut tin vrnll i mill v 1
b,. ir ,11.1 v mum ...n. who.. tl,.
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relief was greater, is a mystery tuai no
one has solved.
Chicago Is determined to keep up Its
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email scale. It now holds tho high
mark for postolllce robberies, yet other
robtmasters throughout tho couutry ure
not anxious to try to raise It.
The vnrious governmental depart-
ments, tlirough their chiefs, aro propar-
lug statements of what they want from
congress. If all their demands are grat
lfled tho present treasury surplus will
cioon look like minus 15 cents,
Two Kansas men have been sentenced
to twenty years' Imprisonment nnd to
pay a tine or .vi.utH) lor selling uootiog
wnisKy. l'eopio wno uavo irien tne
Kam-as Joint fluid will be easily per
HUnded that tho penalty Is none too
novero.
It can be safely put down that the
democratic district court clerk has not
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overlooked any chance to give tho demo
crats a majority of the election board
offlrers In every voting district in Doug
Ins county to which they might set up
the color of a claim.
If ox-Congressman Tim Campbell
mukos. n success of running , a restaurant
ln Washington through the notoriety ob-
tallied by saying. "What Is the constltU-
tlon between friends?" Nebraska might
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liiniiMi u puiMii.nt m niiiiuui miium-i,
who would niuko a good business part-
lier fur Mm.
The UclclniiH ure iiiiiklim n irrcnt fuss
Ih'imiiim! their klnir nroimscK to tuko n
nlx months' trl nliroml. 1C t Intro Is nny
tloulit ubottl those, left ttt homo being
uhlo to run the irnvornniont this conn-
try am supply the tleilcleney from lts
btock of statesmen out of a Job.
There Ih no doubt that Onmlm needs
publle-spirlteil men. but It needs more
thnu nil thltms tin Intelligent nimreelii-
tlon among the citizens of the costly ma-
chlnery of local government and tho
.lifUpiiitw that have to im iivnrenmo In
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iiitiMiiiir l ui" niri im Hint: iviiiiin in nn;
community without Increasing tho bur-
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ileus.
A Urltlsh cruiser hits discovered an.
other Island In-the Pncltlc not claimed
by any of the, irrcnt powers and has
filcth a preemption lu behalf of Its gov-
.m-nmnnt. Ak the IkImiuI Is uninhabited
t .lirescnt. It niluht be utilized iih an
ntfiire'iiiHt in.lnnv "to whteh tbo nniireliUtK
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oiit among themselves.
Germnns who returned from Chtnn are
nccused of Jirlnglug home the head of
tho Chinaman who killed flnron von
Kotteler. The head would not be a par
ticularly desirable trophy, but In one re
ppect It ts less objectionable than some
of the things brought home from the
Orient It Is of uo particular value to
t anyone slnco the original owner was
I fccjuurateO. ftwn.lt.
THE PRESIDES! AXD THE WEST.
In a very recent Interview Senator
Teller raid the people of tho west felt
kindly tnwnrd Mr. Kooscvolt an n. west
ern mnn himself, "llo has llvexl In onr
country," salt! the Colorado senator,
"and ho knows moro than any other
president the country has had what
our needs are."
Prolmbly thn whole western country
realizes and approves what Mr. Toller
said. It Is an unquestionable fact that
no president of tho United States has
jiati s intimate an association with the
west, In all relations, as Mr. Kooseveit. the conversion of the natural products
He knows the western people, their Im- of the great corn belt and the by
picssloim and- their Impulses, and ho products of tin! packing houses and
knows western spirit and nsplraUons
better thnu any other man In tho cast
If not In the country. President Itoosc-
volt has mingled with the western poo-
pie as no other president has. He has
found some of his greatest pleasures
and personal triumphs In tho west. Ask
him today who his most congenial and
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socialite companions wen: mm no wuuiu 1
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.liferent west. Whero did ho co when
he wanted "to uct the men to co with
no vtmiu.ii 10 1,1.1. " lu,u l" " "
Mm mto Ul0 Spanish war except to the
west? He was nn eastern man, born
and roared there, but ho did not look
to his own BcctlotTfor tho men that he
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Ho camo west to. get those men and the
showB that ho made no mistake,
Prrtr1unt TIohhovpU: rnnld not foreot
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a western man himself ever to lose
siuiit f i,n crenL section of the country.
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1ILI1 IJU IWUJI.n U1 LV. tllUU .... J wi .....
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predecessors, is too very center iinu
bulwnrk of our nntlonnl progress nud
prosperity. Wo may fairly conclude
.1 , ilnif llmni will Ivn nil illMnrlttlllm.
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t(l11 u11 1'aiL ul x ii:niiiuiiL iiuunuiun
so rar as mo west is concerueu. as
wns H(i ,y Sonator Teller, "We all feel
tunf t Itonurivolt Ik siiniowhnt 11 west-
em man himself. He has lived In our
country and he knows more than any
other president the country has had
what our needs are." That expresses
pretty nearly what every western mnu
fools In regard to the present admin
istration. President Roosevelt Is the
president of the whole people, but ho
will not lose sight of the west during
his administration.
HEGIXKIKU TO SEE THE LIGHT.
correspondent o the Chicago Chron
icle pertinently points out the direct
relation of the present high price of
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'!t 10 e l"esuon 01 irrigation, r.ver
Biiwo 1 1 in winf nnmm in iii'iinti inr rnv-
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eminent aid and control or irrigation
ami
uie reuempiion ol me scmi-urm
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lands eastern mcmoers or congress nne
stood in the way or accompiisning re
suits. The west maintained that the
question was not sectional but national
and that the east had an interest in
rendering these lands productive.
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'Alio people or UlO east arc now oc-
glutting to see tho light
The shortage
iu the beef supply; has raised the price
almost beyond the ability of consumers
in nnr The i-onsiimlnir
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casing rapldl w til the
In that sectlou
lor cos are Incr
expansion of industry, but Ohdor ex
let im fniifHllnim 1n itrnilunt Ivit rfillfl
rllv nf lh ..nimti-v has .innmnche.l the
i.i.ii if .1,.. ii. t nnt nP ,
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west tor tnnt mntter, is to nave meat at
la price he can afford to pay the pro-
ductlve capacity must be Increased.
Year bv year the ranges have been
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n result much land which formerly af-
forded good pasturage will not sustain
tilu i,0rds which used to graze upon
lt. The soil Is rich and capable of
producing more grass than ever grew
., lt ollt waur ls m.C(jcd to make lt
,,ro(iuctlvc. In place of the wild grasses,
which wero nutritious enough, hut not
sutllclently luxurious Iu growth, must
be substituted alfalfa or like forage
plants that will not grow on the arid
land, no mntter how rich In plant food.
,...,... ,H noceHSity. xyith lt the capa
d,y of the werttcrll ruBt.8 to produce
boL.f wlll bo multiplied many times
Llllltl Which HOW nrodllCCS from Olio-
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quarter, one-half or a ton of forage will
proUUCO iroin two IVSiX'tons per ncre
..,.1 i,n-nnmiiAP hf ..nttlo mIuku. nml
and the numboi of cattle, sheep and
otuer auimais coire&pouniufoij muni-
I'll(u' -t
lt Is none too soon to commence the
work of redeeming, the? tends am.
making them protlucdve. Jhe task Is
piieu. -v .
not ono of it tiny, a month or ,a yenr,
but of years (mil consuming capacity,
under present conditions, will Incrense
almost, If not unite, nsj'apldly as pro-
dilution can by, stimulated 'hllo the
west mis neon awaic 10 me situaiiou
rt,r J'L'ars Uiii tnnl .'." iiwiikcuihk
to tnu, real signincancc ot yie irnga-
I Hnii miiviMiinnr.
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uo Boittiy to miuirni tuivniiiiiRCH or to-
I u.mou. i iii'.v nccoims Krt-UL l"P"n"u
centers oniy wnen tnoy nssme biuinij
employment for urenti winner.
J cnormoiw growtn or Aincurnu
U'ltios within tho pnst quarter of n cen-
is w nimont wnony to ino concen-
trntion or capital invested in inmistriai
enterprises, uihciiro couia noi navo dp-
come n etty ot ncnriy -.wiv.uiw pcopic
simply by being a railroad center and
hike port.
Its phenomenal expansion
eould not linyo been possible but for the
constant enlargement or its manufactur-
Mm' fni 1 t ea w i eh In urn lmvo mn.
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trlbuted lu making Ulilcago tho chief
nisinmiiiiig iitaihci tor tuu western ouu
of tlio contiuent.
What Ik true of Chicago applies with
similar force to other cities, including
Omaha. Twenty yearn ago Omaha had
a population of 30,000. Within twenty
years Onilillll hits (lUtulrui)Ied its oonu
latloiOnot by reason of Its tiHtural ad
vRiitaces. hut bv tho location of stock
1 I r1 it n nit kpiiii f in 1,1 1 nn nt-1 n a nit n M I u
ments. the cnlarcement of Its smeltlnc
works, hreweries, linseed oil mills, re
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smaller ,!i.n.ntnn..
illmenslons
llmenblons.
Is as good a prospect for Omaha
Iruplo Its population within the
Thero
to tiuHiiruiuo its iiopuiaiion witmn me
next twenty years as there was In 1SS0.
Omaha can Im linule a irroat irrtilti attd
mllliug wntvr as well as it has been
ittailu a great cattle market. Omaha
can rvluforv its preiMnt tautaciss and
factories', beet sugar retlnerles and
scores of other Industrial undertakings
that would give steady employment to
thousands of worklngtncn and working
women.
Hut Omaha, In every effort to pro
mote Its growth, should protlt by Its
past experience. It should discourage
all attempts to Introduce the fabrication
of articles made out of materials that
have to be Imported over long distances
or articles that cannot be produced as
cheaply as at competing points
What
Omaha should encourage and support Is
smelter. In this direction there Is room
for all the capital that can be attracted
to Omaha for many years to come. Re
torles that prove n failure can only
damage the city's reputation and retard
"h growtli, wiillc every successful fne-
tory is an advertisement, altiiougii lis
output may bo comparatively insigiiiu
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What Is wanted above nil thlncs Is
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confidence In Omaha's future greatness,
backed by local capital Invested In In-
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dustrlal Institutions. hen Omahil
Btauds up for Omaha outside capital will
not ncaitato to come
THE RECIPROCITY QUESTION.
Next month the manufacturers of tho
country will meet In convention to dls-'
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tUH u,u r-cu.iocii.y. 11.
Do one of tho most lmportnnt nsscm-
blagos of business men, to consider one
of the most commanding problems, that ccrtnln cases whero thcro has been an un
i,nu i,r.ni, imi.i in n,u onunfrr 'rim p... demand for tho products or where
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procny issuu is luini, ucyoim iiuisin.n,
the most Important that can engage the
public attention. As outlined by the
lato President McKlnley, It occupies
the very llrst place among the great
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UOllg tllC gtcat
economic problems Mint will engage the
public mind during the next few years.
The reciprocity question Involves so
much of the future of our foreign com
merce nud Is so completely ldeutllled
with the extension of American trade
with all the rest of the world, that Us
careful consideration Is one of the pri
mary facts In connection with any
thought of our commercial welfare, do
mestlc or foreign. That is the fact In
regnru 10 wunc uie coming congress win
Have to do nml lit tlic lucauwniie puu-
He expression In regard to It will help
tho representatives of tho people to
know what the popular sentiment Is.
Like all the sham reformers nnd false
pretenders who have been exposed by
The Beo. Candidate Kunkhouser tries to
luake political capital for himself by as
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sort utr that Tbo Hee s onnos t on snr ni:
pposltlon springs
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Knl,l,... tain. tl. noonlo Into i,H
"denec by telling where, when and
'? ""f over been solicited for any-
thing by t he e. r f Jllu, lice or any
Can he name
mil nui'iikiiilt 11 if imiir
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lor; i.inu ne naiue any single instance
when The Hcc had any Interest In tho
Public school system or its admlnlstra-
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. est of the friends ot the public schools
au1 tl,e taxpayers.' is not Uls latest
effusion merely a palpable subterfuge to
,, his own tracks and those of the
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mLS' .,n",H,s" ,um 'i"';c"i uu
Hiiuiuuiun-u i iiuuniiuiia ui iiuniiin ui
thousands of dollnrs
school money under pretense of reform?
The problem of emiltable taxation is
oy 110 iiicuus uu1111111.11 viiuuu m
boundaries of Oinalia and rsobraska. lt
Is anuounccd that the supreme court of
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llliuuia .iiii. i.i.i,.. t. ...-..i.
.l.vn ,, .lf,,.UI,,n In li.. f..,i,.J,..PH
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tax case against tno oig rrancuiseu coi-
porntlous in Chicago. It ls given out
that the decision will bo one of the most
ttuwnliiif nnd nt the same time one of
thn nn-.r linnortiint rendered ln mnnv
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years ly tne Illinois supreme court,
which, by practically unanimous voice,
lu hiiIiI to ntllrin the rlclit of the cltv of
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I UUllUK" IU UlA mu iiuui.uiot:ii uuniuiu -
ton8 on tll(,,r cinp)ta, 8tooki Soonol. Ql.
. . t, ,,, Hiiclnln will lie rocne--
" U pnutipio v ill lit rctog-
lze(1 Hlul L,uforced by corts of other
8tnt0rt nH a proper basis for equitable
tnxntion. The corporations controlling
tnxatlon. The corporations controlling
w utmicH avo t0 be tuxed not only
on tll0 nctual vnllI0 of their plants and
cqnlpmc,ntg but lso upbu tho frau-
chlses, which often have much greater
vnim,
a'he exhibit of school building Insur-
unco published by Tho Beo seems to have
roused tno ire 01 .Mcmoer i-uni
''unkhousor,
Who lias Deen posing as tuo 'cmer re
former ot tno scnooi iioarti. xne ex
lill.lt lu u nin v n ilitnlloil Htatnment
i a, n.,.iii I iwk uiiiuini imnfji rnoni'i a Tt.
I 111 rt l 11 1 1 trill tiu nv.uuui imii i t v.w ikj, h
M,f.,. with ti, ,nnU nf th r,lna.
Spu,pl WKn u,u n"u,0H 01 uw "oiuihii.ii:h.
1 vim it liioiiuiw i)t iiiu jiuiii.icb luHi'ii uul iu
. .....i ... totfll ,n.nlinnls nill(l. This
.i.Iiil' tlmt llns lnccnsod Mr. Klinkhousor
,8 th(J luli,icity KVon to the fact thnt ho
has usi.(i i,ts position In tho Bchool
, , .. ., lntcrest 0f tho tiro insur
anu0 t.omllut.s n geuernl, including
,lIs own co,npany. This i whero tho
, .,. ll0 acknowledges by
ni.ntnntiv ttinir it on,
KmiHiiB Olty 1h now Having a live stouu
show which Is attracting tho best cattle
in the couutry as exhibits, drawing
stockmen from all sections ami provlug
U ..i-nnf niliieutlniiiil fiiftor In tills most
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important Industry, umalia is tne --n'
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tor or ouo ot win imcsi iuicu-gruving
hectlons of the world and tno Drectiors
n this territory aro among tlio largest
exhibitors at tho Kansas City show.
Would Kansas -City reciprocate- If
Omaha held a stock show?
- A Hoston man has been dismissed
from tlio church of which ho was a mem-
i. I her lM!ClllSO lU being UlltliniliZOd llli
swore to uphold the coustltutlou and
- laws of tho United Mates, u no cnurcu
I i,ni,it tn thn Hnotrlnn that tlio cnnstl-
tutlon Is Immoral iKKauso It does not
tutlon Is Immoral because It docs not
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speclncnllj recoirnUe God. Such truly
Bod people should bo too pure to re-
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main iu this wicked country and accept
the beuettts of Its laws.
CiiMtribiitlana to tne Furrvrell,
nr..b.,.n n,.i
Th. n-i-hinnr of Hnsr.. r.hnri-A.. Tamu
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off, and Mr. Hrya turned In and gave hlra
a round of talk. Let every person glvo ac
cording to his means.
Miirr Snlintntiur, l.rnt Hot Air.
Washlneton Star.
Nebraska recently received a Rold medal
(or an agricultural display. Nebraska de
clines to let Its famo rest entirely on Its
Importance as an oratorical center.
Tn .Much nf n Ontnl TtilnR.
alobe-Deinocrat.
A commissioner of Indian affairs com
plains that Undo Sam's treatment of tho
lied men Is so Indulgent and frco handed
that the virtue of self-rellanco Is Impaired.
Tho chargo of luxurious nsslrallatlon should
bo looked Into.
51 11 rh Ailn A limit Aulhliiar.
Chlcnco Chronlclo.
President Itooscvclt appears to bo of the
opinion that every man's houso Is his castle
and that ho may Invito to dine at tho White
Houso whom he pleases without belne
called to account. Tho country, with rare
exception, will ngreo with him.
Ituriil Jin 1 1 Mrrvlcc
Philadelphia Ledger.
President lloosevolt will only display his
usual common ttenso It he puts rural mall
delivery under civil service rules. There
Is no good reason why this service should
be exempt, but many reasons why It should
not be. As a branch of tho public busi
ness It should come under the same re
strictions and tho samo safeguards as other
public business.
Little l'rnflt In Trusts.
Ht. Louis Republic.
Tho siowlng prophocles of tho trust pro-
motors have not beem fulflllod. Tho larso
dividends arc sot forthcoming, except In
thero has been an excessive ovorcapltallza
,, Thn ,,. of tlmn nlnni, thn
industrial stocks on a basis that Is near
tholr truo value. That this non-fulflll-
'"t of expectations has caused no dls-
turbanco in the commerce or tho country 1
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speaks well for tho solid condition ot busi
ness.
nnnkii DoiIkccI liy Crook.
Buffalo Kxpress
That bank burglars avoid, as a nile. the
Institutions which aro members ot tho
American Bankers' association Is shown by
tho report of tho commlttco on protection
for tho year ended on September 15. In
this period only three members wcro
robbed, tho loss being J8.300, whereas In tho
samo tlrao forty-flvo banks not membors of
Inn nnqnplntlnn Inaf llfl fl.-.l Qnfn hlnwar. I
havo learned from sad experience that tho
robbery of members of tho association re-
"ults iu relentless pursuit by tho detective
Kency which has charge of tho association
work.
rito(iin:ss in i'oiito mco.
llcnultn of American Rule Contnienil
I'ralsc from Opponents,
Philadelphia Press.
An American commercial agent who was
. ..T,"".. ""7 "n.
tti iiiu iniiiiiii ij i-iiriu it rn in inn nnrintr nr 1
1901 w . onnn.iiinn .h
Proponed new methods ot taxation, then
pronounced, would dlo out ns soon ns the
lfiw waa uml(Jratooa
u that time certain j
fc.n Juan who were o.
d Its effects noted 1
nronertv owner of
blectlne to tho In-
c,easo ln tno property valuation of the
capital from JO.000,000 to J15.000.000. under
the Mollander 'law, wero moklng a great
how-de-do. and ns their "eausn" won Im.
mediately espoused by the Brvanlte nress In
the United Slates, another caso against the
administration tor "crushing Porto Blco"
was supposedlyi.mado' out.
But as al. klr.ow nw. the Hollander law
raore thBn m.i. exnectations. And. with
the revenue which its equitable Incidence
of taxation secured, proving fully equal to
'He Island's nscal needs., Porto Hlco en
tercd upon a now epoch last summer con
sequent upon the president's proclamation
of free trade on July 23. With free trade.
new markets and continually Increasing ex
i'wi mu uuiiuu niuics, hub isiana is
booming and tho American ystem Is being
praiBvu ay tuo very men wno wero reartv
" ' "'l ' f'. u' ,A"vo an. ns tne
UOStOn Herald nolntn mil. thn rnmnrlmKIn
success of tho American fiscal system In
Porto ntco in so Bhort a time has called
'orth the admiration of our Spanish friends.
i luiuirriy uur uiicinieH. i no iieraia nuotes
-
luu "raiuo an unmsguisea
tribute to our methods, which unsolicited
nnnrovnI of 0UP DoUcv ,, nv frinn. nf
tho administration's Porto nican policy
could ask for, slnco tho .Madrid newspaper
wants Spain to adopt tho very American
uavu vrovcu so Denepciai in
tno island it governed ro badly,
Tho ur)U8Unl COmnllmcnt of the HernlHn
can bo accepted at Its full value, since the
I newspaper Is ono of the most conservattvn
Ir. Madrid anil h9H much welehl utnl Inflii.
i - -
enco. And what it sees to praise In the
... "" "'
Wnrrantrd. In tho Island, under Spanish
regime, taxes were Inequitably laid and
there wero waste and corruption In the col
lection, it is to our credit that with
lection. It is to our cr
e5ulty', ff ,eM, "ml ,mcl
ftnSrtZrtil
now prosperity, nnd not
niciai uoncsty tho
so far. the whole
classes feel the
the privileged
few, as would have been the caso under the
rnlo of Spain. And lt ls therefore easy to
see, in view or win mem, way ino iteraiuo
wants Uncle Snm's Porto Itlcnn methods
imitated In Spain. In this Issue wo have
scoml )n pcace a nB(;a, vlctory M Rrcnt a
Rny physlcol success ln tho war of 1S08.
I'KHSOX.il. ,OTBS,
Sir John Ramsdnn Is said to bo the rleh
i . . i,
f"1 0 k11 bnro"ct.incorao' u
- -
1s estimated, footing up to $810,000 a year.
I men hH prMcnt term expires In 1903,
Wt Alllvnn nf Tnu-n will tinvn Vtnnn a 1
United States senator for thirty consecu-
vo years.
A monumont to the memory of John
Ericsson, the Inventor of tho first armored
wnrshlp, tho Monitor and of tho screw pro
pellcr, has been unveiled ln Stockholm, Swe
den.
James Monroo Hill of Austin, Tex., Is
ono of tho few survivors of tho battle of
San Jacinto, which assured to Texas Its
independence Ho was born In Georgia
and is n cousin of tho late United States
Senator Ilenjamln H. Hill of that state.
Tho gravo or tormor iiovcrnor jonaman
Jennings at i. niiritBiowii, iiui., iuu uiaw
, i
I Hnlnirnto in unnprMit rrnm t in inninnn inr
rltorV nnVi tho frnrncr of tho Indiana con
i nrnhlhltlnc slavery, has been
muTkQn by the Btnte with a lnrgo granite
monumont.
The gold medal presented by Kmperor
William to Prof. Vlrchow on the occasion
of hts eightieth birthday ls possessed by
no other momber of tho medical and law,
faculties of tho University of Berlin and
by only throe members of the phllosophl-
cal faculty. Including Dr. Mommsen, the
historian.
Tho first of a series ot nnnual festWitlea
m honor of George Band bas Just been held
D pha,i, vnr. There wu a atrcet
parade, which was reviewed by n BUBber
parade, which was reviewed by a aunber
of nrominCTt literary people, tome cbarae-
7' athori bCinK perso.lfled
meB an4 w.onen ot the
. .
I WlLlhJncton correSp0ndents are pretty
,,.,. In fI)re(la,Un that President Roose
ProahlanL McKlnley and "that tha rest
th. nnt hn BunnailflML but
will be In th twwi sni! frik styta nt
. .nmJtfM Tin v..nl I a ' nil M 1 n uNlftTWinil.
nOt'M) ABOUT XKXV YOIIK.
Krslnrra of thr Wnrtnpnt I.nent Cam
paign WrrciI for Yrnr,.
Dispatches, letters and local news
paper reports substantially agree In stat
ing that the present campaign Is the
warmest municipal contest New York has
had slnco the flush days of Dill Tweed.
Thero are nine New York exchanges on
Tho Bee's list and not one Is uncompromis
ingly In favor of the Tammany ticket.
The nearest approach to a Tammany or
gan U the New York Journal, but that
"loyal" sheet vigorously resents the pro
posed promotion of Mayor Vnn Wyck to
tho local supreme bench, a twelve-year Job.
The World Is nominally on tho fence, but
misses no opportunity to throw a harpoon
at the tiger. The Times, the Herald and
tho Brooklyn Kagle, usually classed as In
dependent, are strongly antl-Tammnny.
Thus tho nowspapcr odds aro heavily
against Crokcr nnd his crowd. Lacking
adequate nowspaper support, Tammany Is
obliged to resort to bill posters, nnd all
the dead walls ot tbo four boroughs aro
plastered with Tammany proclamations.
The poster Idea Is one of tho rcniark
nble features of tho campaign. A letter
to tho .Chicago Kecord-Heratd states that
tho number In use Is enormous. Evidently
the plan has somn effect, for tho nntl-Tam-many
forces havo adopted It. Tho poster
plan began when Tammany people put up
thousands of big flaring bills quoting An
drew Carnegie as saying New York City was
the best governed place on earth and
that In conscqucnco of the perfection which
had been reached In this regard ho lind
given tho municipality slxty-flvo free li
braries. This was a stunner and tho fuslonlsts
did not know Just what to do about It until
ono night n letter wns read, supposed to
be from Mr. Carnegie, In which that philan
thropist stated ho had said New York City
was tho best governed on earth, but that
ho said It when Strong was mayor. This
w Wor t0S Aammnn "
crushing blow for Tammany nnd
uco,a" ""i i"o "
mnn " mlm lnn.nill.i.l. nff.i nnnn rr.
man," who Immediately offered $2,000 for
tho letter In which Carncglo had said he
wrote his original statement when Strong
was mayor.
Nobody claimed the $2,000 nnd then It
camo out that nn ambitious boy In Brook
ya wh had political alms had written the
letter to himself and signed Cnrncglo's
name to It. When ho saw what a comma
tlon ho hnd caused ho went to the nearest
political headquarters, confessed his doed,
said he wns sorry and Insisted ori being al-
lowed to go out to mnko speeches telling
thn nrnnln vhv lin iltil It nml tvliv tin
thought It was Just tho kind of a letter
Mr. Carnegie would wrlto If ho had tho
present good of tho city at heart
Billboards and etono heaps In many parts
of the city aro covered with posters ten-ply
deep. The war began ono night last
week, when bcouIs for tho Citizens'
union found tho Tammany bill posters
sticking up "Carncglo" posters over those
reciting tho woes of tho city under Tara-
mnny rule. Bcprleals wero immediately
determined unon and an hour later a enuad
men. armed with paste pot and brushes
J"?1. travcrscd. to territory
covcred b" the Tammany men nnd changed
100 raeo or in'ngs. 1 nis territory was Do
tween Fourteenth nnd Twenty-third Btrccts,
especially along fourth avenue, 111 close
proximity to tho vnrious anti-Tnnimany
headquarters
Over and over tho rival squads patrolled
I this 'territory. Nn trnnliln riifiiieit nnd thn
men annarentlv enloved their rnep. Thn
prize of necessity went to the last at the
post Instead of tho first. From somo cause
the Tammany men had the better staying
qualities and at the finish tho ftislon bills
were 'burled out of sight
Two women In rnlny-day skirts and etout
boots, each nrm'cd with a stock of
pamphlets and a bagful of republican but
tons, were trudging along Kast Houston
street last Friday sowing the seed of fusion
gospel In tho very heart of Tim Sullivan's
district. They were envoys from tho re
publican women's headquarters on the
Bowery, which opened last week. "Humph!"
growled a man, Jostling against the daunt
less Intruders, "tho devil's out now, suro
enough, that women are In politics." "Oh,
no
responded one of tbo women quickly,
'the devil's In nnd wo'ro working to get
. . -,,.1 Dn.i oKm.., r In.. 1.1
""'" "" ,upm uuiu ww
bystanders recorded tho first petticoat vie
tory. The distinguishing characteristic of
this pair of petticoat politicians Is the mas-
cot a cat In tho prevailing whlte-and-
black effect, who staggers under the naino
01 iogic. ino worners ucny mat ne i tne
only one gifted with that commodity.
A poll of the city made by New York
Herald reporters ono day last week leads
to tho conclusion that there Is no land
sltdo ln sight. Brooklyn borough. In a total
vote of 10,529, gave Scth Low a plurality of
253, Indicating that the fusion candidate, if
this ratio should bo mnlntalncd, will carry
Kings county by a plurality of 4,000 votes.
In Manhattan, however, n majority was
recorded for Edward M. Shepard, tho demo
cratic candidate, who, on the final summing
up for the two boroughs, led his opponent
by 520 votes.
Thousands of citizens In widely separated
sections of Manhattan were Interviewed by
reporters as they passed through the
stroets. On Broadway a poll of 2,000 voters
was taken In this way, while at tho same
time reporters wero recording tho prefer
ences of voters on tho east sido nnd In the
avenues west of Broadway. Public mar
kets, breweries and many establishments In
tho dry goods district were visited and
straw ballots wore taken. As had been an-
I
- tlclpated. the breweries turned In-a heavy
voto for Bhopard, but the market men
showed decided leanings tho other wny, and
it is clear that tho men who purvey pro
duce will support Low, In the dry1 goods
district tho fuslonlsts outnumber tbo Shep
ard men four to one, and It Is probable that
tho dry goods merchants and their employes
will cast 20,000 votes for Low to 6,000 for
Shepard.
'Taking tho canvass b a whole," says the
Herald, "lt Is apparent that a landslide Is
not to bo expected. Party linen nro closely
drawn, and a close vote Is Indicated, In
Tammany strongholds little spirit for tho
.nmlUnln t'am .Vis ar vnri Thn Hlntrlf.t
' . ., Irt worried hut thev
had hones of getting out the full voto on
i eioctlon day. The fusion canvass has pro
Brpssed tavorab y thus tar. nut lurtner,
gains must be made to overcome the nor
mal Tammany plurality ln Manhattan."
Happy l.nl of the Fat Mnn.
Bt. I.outs IJIohe-Democriit.
Those phlegmatic individuals whoso
philosophy of lifo is exemplified In tho
ancient admonition to "never run after
your hat, when It is blown ort on tho street,
for a dozen fools will chase It for you,"
are born with a peculiar charm that makes
other people render them all sorts of serv?
Ices without thinking It unusual, mese
people are usually fat and good-natured
and nave utile to say. ana are w-y,
I looked up to, not on account of any lntcl-
lectoml gift, fcut became of thdr '
lectoal girt, nut Decade 01 Vujoiim
solidity and repo-e, which Inspire. confL-
d.nce. If a man of the thin, nerrou type.
be he ever 10 brilliant In mntaUty. tries
to . through the world on thia fxt ma's
- philosophy, be will starve u ueaxn. inr.
of enrae great, buttha fat. man hna gmOieat
UtTUSt UDnn htm. II III hettW to lUWtt
all vnlnmpnl any tlma than brain, nut; a.
Miss Lillie Degcnkolbe, Treasurer South
End Society of Christian Endeavor, 3 141
Michigan Ave., Chicago, 111., Cured by
Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound.
"Dear Mrs. Pinkham : When life looked brightest to mc I
sustained. ,a hard fall and internal complications were the result.
1 was considerably inflamed, did not feel that I could walk, and lost
my good spirits. I spent money doctoring without any help, when a
relative visited our home. She was so enthusiastic over liyrila 13.
Pinkham's Vegetable Compound, having used it herself, that
nothing would satisfy her until I sent for a bottle. I havo thanked
her a hundred, times for it since, for it brought blessed health to me
and cured mc within seven weeks.
I now wish to thank you, your medicine is a friend to suffering
women." Lillie Deoenkolbe.
$5000 FORFEIT IF TUB ABOVE IjKTTRR IS NOT GENTTINT3.
When women nro troubled with irregular, suppressed, or painful
menstruation, weakness, leucorrhcea, displacement or ulceration of tho
womb, that boaring-down feeling, inflammation of tho ovaries, backache,
bloating (or flatulenco). general debility, indigestion, ami nervous pros
tration, or aro beset with such symptoms ns dizziness, faint ness, lassitude,
excitability, irritability, nervousness, sleeplessness, melancholy, "all
ojone," and "wantJ-to-bo-lcft-alono " fcolings. blues, and boixilessnoss,
theyshoui remember thoro is one tried and truo remedy. Iyilla E.
Pinklmm's VQgrotablo Compound nt onco removes such troubles.
RoftMo K boy any other medicmo, for you need tho best.
BlN.'PlDkliran invito all sick women to write licr for advice.
Bhe has guided thousands to health. Address. JLynn, Mass.
OXi: SUCCGSSKUI. co.miiim:.
Prnntu nf the Pullman Cnmpnny I
.KlKht Per Cent and n ".Melon."
Boston Transcript.
A brief glnnco at tho operations of a
successful "combine" ln theso days of un
pleasant rovclatlons among bo many trust
or Industrial concerns Is suggested by tho
Pullman company's statement of Its llnan
clal position. Tho shares yesterday reached
a new high prlco record, $:'25, a prlco which
returns tho Investor but 3jj per cent, nt
onco a tribute to tho sound Investment
valuo of tho shares, to tho contldcnco of
Investment interest ln tho company, nnd
Now England' probably holds well over ono
fourth of tbo stock, nnd to tbo wisdom
which conspltdatcd tho grcnt Interests of
the Pullman and tho Wagner compnnlcs
into tho present grent corporation, with Its
,$71,000,000 capital stock. Thcro havo been
labor troubles and competition nnd poor
years and, other disturbances ln the past,
but ruljman continues to pay 8 per cent
In dividends npd to earn substantially
.more. Whllo stocks generally hnvo declined
.appreciably In tho Inst few months, Tiill-
man Hob advanced J28 In tho lant eight
months, and, this week lt has gone ahead
ot its rormcr nign record price, 1222 In
1R03. Iri tho'lSSS panic tho stock sold
as low at $135.
'Tho annual report appears today, cover
ing operations for tho twelve months ended
July 31. The Wagner operations wore In
cluded In tho previous year's report and
thus wo havo u good basis for comparison
In this year's figures. They mnko a re
markable showing, even In a period of great
railroad exhibits of tho practical benefits
of a year of business cxpnnslnn. Tho Pull
man company reports $18,000,000 gross rev
enue for tho year, an Increase of $3,000,000,
or 20 per cent over tho preceding year, and
expenses wcro less than n million larger
than the preceding yenr, so thnt not In
come, or amount earned on tho Bhnres,
was over $2,000,000 Inrger. Included In
expenses l.i $1,500,000 for depreciation,
which certainly must appear liberal
enough. The compnny shows not qulto
$9,000,000 earned for dividends and paid not
qulto $0,000,000, earning 12 per cent with
"which to' pny 8, nnd adding another $3,000,
000 to surplus account as tho result of ono
year's operations.
It earned In tho preceding year Just over
$1,000,000 surplus abovo tho S per cent paid,
figuring on the basis of total stock Issued,
$74,000,000. Tho surplus now stands nt
nearly $8,000,000, equivalent to 10 per
cent on the stock, and naturally rumor re
ives of possible distribution of this In somo
form Pullman "melons" aro famous for
richness nnd seem to he expected onco In
n while, although nothing developed nt the
annual meeting yesterday to Indicate any
immediate Intention of making nn extra
payment. The report shows tho number of
passengers 'carried in Pullman enrs In tho
year to ha.vd Increased by 21 per cent over
tho preceding 'year, nearly 10,000.000 bolng
the total, figures which give a fair Idea of
tho magnitude of n business which ramifies
thoroughly through nearly nil departments
of American life and whose growth fairly
reflects tho gr'nornl business conditions and
prospects nf tho country.
A Good Overcoat
We've Ovorcoate for as high as 40 Hut wo have
some mighty good ones i'or
$15, $18 and $20.
Our wintor underwear at from 50c up is so good we
need not say a word about it.
Alpine and Derby Hats $2.50, $3.00, 3. BO and
$4.00.
The price doesn't tell half the story.
"No Clothing Fits Like Ours"
Exclusive Clothiers and Furnishers.
S.Mir,l.( ItKMAKKS.
Puck: Gladys Wcro you alarmed when
he Mused you?
r.thrl-Drendfiillyt
(llnilyB And did yon scream?
Kthcl Oh, no! It was a still nlarm.
Philadelphia Press: "nut they sny." re-
marked tlio patron, "ho has u good head
for liuslnei
.in "
"Nonsense," replied
lie's absolutely bald,"
tho barber, "wlt,
Chlcngo Post: "Old ynu tip hint' oft to
the pollco?" asked the burglar.
"Suro," answered thn contldcnco man.
"Why?"
"lie's a nonunion safe blower."
Chlcngo Tribune: Thn Damsol lint this
Is such ii iucer. unromautli' way to prnpoiii
to a girl, .Mr. Wellup. In the daytlmo and
on tho wny to a suburban train!"
Tho Widower I know It, Miss Do Mulr.
I've generally proposed whilst tukln' n
moonlight llde with thn cnl, but I thought
I'd go at It different thin time, Just for
variety.
Homcrvlllo Journal: Mrs. Youngwlfc -Harry,
how do you like my now hut,?
Mr. Youngwlfc Ict mo sco the bill.
Wnshlnptoii Star: "My time," said lli-
multl-hllllonnlrc. "Is worth $1'X a mlnut'."
"Well," answered tno friend rasnalh.
"let's go nut this afternoon and play ten ur
fifteen thousand dollars' worth of gulf.''
Detroit l''reo Press: "Don't forget 'm
Hurry, dear?" 'wiilloiUtho. frtlr .youitu Kill,
"when you nro away nt college..
"I won't, sweet one," replied the linivn
boy, "1 will tlo n thread iiround my
linger to uld my memory."
Philadelphia Press: "Pnpu," said Mli-s
Htrong, "I wish you would slay In this
evening'. Mr. l'nrdey will want to pcnk
to you."
"Ilns he really proposed nt last?"
"No." replied the dear girl, with a look
of determination, "but ho wll tonight,"
Chicago Tribune; "Oash-dltig lt, Maria' "
exclaimed Mr. HIIIuh, pulling ii crumpled
document out. of his pocket. "There's that
Ipttnr you gnvo mo to mall a week or moro
ago!"
"And you told mo you dropped It Into thn
first letter box you passed!"
"That's what grinds mc. 1 certainly did
drop something Into that lotterbox-. I wlah,
by George, I knew what It was!"
AN OLTOIII'll MAI. I. All.
Josh Wink In llaltlmoro American.
Tito Boldenrod now blazes
On the hill;
It spreads Its yellow mazes
Hy tho rill.
It thrills us nil with yearnings
lu tlio soul,
And sets our fancies turning
Toward coal:
Kor tho gnldcnrod that blazes
Heats like Ire,
While tho I'tuel coalman raises
Uvery jirlce.
Tho earth, with autumn's blessing.
Shakes Its gay ,
Flimsy sort of summer dressing'
For array
That's mure suited to October,
With Its chill,
And thn hues grow brown and sober
On tho hill:
Whllo tho dreamy poets tune a
Tender unto
For a beaver or Vicuna
Overcoat.
Oh, tho leaves grow red and yellow
On the ttees.
And the mornings wain a follow
Of u freeze.
Yes, the good old world Is losing
Sutntnor'H Htntlrs,
And the women 'aW) perusing
Winter styles,
Whllo the gas bill ami' the coal Mil
Mnko jihelr spurts, ,
And tho men who pay the' whole hill
Kind It hurls.
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