THE OMAHA DAILY BEE: Till) USD A Y, OVKMHEl? 7, 1901.
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1901. II. IJ. HUNOATH.
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The: Hawki-ye statu lins covered Itself
with glory.
As nn excuse for u clothes show the
horse fdiow Is it lilooiiilnfr Miecess.
N'ehriiNkn hns voted to retain Its posi
tion in the republican column.
Judge tionlon will soon lie relieved
from his onerou duties at the police
court.
'raiiiniany evidently did not strengthen
Itsvir hy lllitliiK with Bryan iind free
silver at Kansas City.
With three certified county commis
sioners to till two vacancies there Is
danger of a Jam In the -commissioners'
room.
Those popocratiu campaign roorbacks
will now bo put In cold storage until
tin time conies for their next annual re
appearance. The most momentous victory of 1001
Is the election of Seth Low as mayor of
Creator Now York and the demolition
of Tammany.
When,.ludge Kerkn assumes ills sent
on the pollco court bench there will be
a lively exodus of vagrants and people
who live by their wits.
The kidnaped missionary. Miss Stone,
t'ouhl relieve the tension considerably
If she would only speak out and tell
whether she Is dead or alive.
The Chicago police think they have a
clew to thu recent postotllce stamp
robbery. It remains to be seen, how
ever, whether the clew will stick.
Now let our school board venders of
ivrll-detlncd rumors step up to the grand
Jury counter and show ,up what they
know, or, rather, what they don't know.
The voting machine must come even
tiially. It Is only a question of time
and money .when mechanical recording
,vlll supplant present ciimbersomu metli
id's.
The new Hoard, of County Coniinls
t-lopers must turn over a new leaf and
stop up the ratholes Into which the
money of tho taxpayers has been
poured.
Never' hit a man who Is down. A
niidldale who has ruu the gauntlet
f a campaign only to be enveloped In
defeat Is entitled to protection of the
mantle of charity,
ltrfore election ' the four demo-pop-Municipal
league, candidates for the
school board wore pledged for Peaixj
and against I'earse. Whoro do they
stand after election?
If Mi". Uryan can get any consolation
out of. the fact that his friends forced
tho Iowa democrats, to make a new
demand In state convention for frei
silver colnnge ho Is certainly welcome
to It.
Another uegro has been burned at
tw Btuk In Mississippi. When con
gross takes measures against the an
nrchlsts It might keep an eye out for
tho tiends who resort to such barbarian
lawlessness.
All things considered, the republicans
of Oraahn and Douglas county have
como out of tho election much bettor
than was to have been anticipated un
tier the peculiar conditions that sub
listed throughout the campaign.
A now llsh story from thu M'lssachu
FcttH const, told by one of thu crew of
n fishing sohoouer, describes a ten
minute race with hi boat hitched to a
hlgh-tcppliig whale. Tho Inland Usher
man will have to Ix'stlr his Imaglna
tlon to keen up with his salt water
competitor;
xr.nn.iSKA savelv nnrvnuoAX.
In the face of ninny druwhutks that
tinder ordinary condition! would have
Imperiled siiccesi, the republicans of
Nebraska have triumphantly carried
the state by a decisive majority.
While the returns received up to this
hour tire as yet incomplete, we feel
safe in proclaiming to the country
that Nebraska remains liruily anchored
In the republican column, where It had,
after a fierce battle, resumed Its former
position twelve mouths ago. With un
wavering faith In the time-honored
principles of the party, the republicans
of Nebraska have once more expressed
their devotion through the ballot box
to thu policies pursued by President Mi
Klnley and renlllrmcd by his successor,
President Itoosevelt.
This latest victory of Nebraska re
publicans Is as substantial as It Is sig
nificant. The increased majorities by
which the state ticket litis been carried
In nn off year Unit usually marks a
decline for thu party In power were
polled In spite of the personal appeals
of the late candidate of the fuslonlsts
for the presidency.
Many counties that have not been
carried by the republicans for more
than ten years have elected repub
lican olllcers this year and every Indi
cation points to a large gain for the
permanent voting strength of the party
by the return of former republicans
who had been carried off by the pressure
of hard times and free silver delusions.
With clean, economic and prudent ad
ministration of state government, Ne
braska may be depended on to roll up
republican majorities ns regularly as
Its sister states of Iowa and Kiiusiis.
THE ItBl'UllLlCAX VlCTUtllES.
The victories of the republican party
In Tuesday's elections were generally
more signal and decisive than was ex
pected in this off year, when campaigns
were shortened by a grcnt national
calamity, the popular Interest in poll
tics was Might and a reduced vote was
certain. No one looked for an Increased
republican plurality In Ohio, the general
expectation being that the result In
that state would be close. There was
uncertainty regarding New Jersey and
even as to Pennsylvania, where the
situation was anomalous, republicans
did not feel entirely sure of success.
Iowa was of course known to be safe,
but the unprecedented republican plu
rality In that state Is far beyond what
was expected. In Massachusetts and
Rhode Island there was unusual apathy
among republicans during the cam
paign, but they made a good showing
at the polls.
Tin; slgnlllcance of the elections Is
obvious. It Is that the republican party
Is as strong as ever with the people,
that' there has been no weakening of
popular coulldcuce In. It and no abate
ment of popular support of Its policies
a nd .principles. Nowhere Is there shown
to have been any reaction In favor of
tin' democratic party. On the con
trary, it is demonstrated that distrust
of that party has as strong a hold upon
the minds of a majority of voters as at
any time during the lant live years.
The result of the elections menus that
the people are well satlslled with exist
ing conditions, so far as national Ques
tions nrc concerned.
Looking to the future, the promise
contained In the result of these elec
tions Is for a prolonged continuance of
republican control of the government
They foreshadow the electlou or a
republican cotigress next year and a
republican president In 11)0-1. Doubtless
before the next national election a dc
tcruilucd effort will lie made to re
organize tho democratic party, but
whatever may bo the outcome of such
effort It Is hardly possible that party
can put Itself In condition three years
hence to command the coulldence and
support of the country. It may elimi
nate from its creed the llnaiicial anil
political heresies which It has pro
claimed for the last live years, but It
cannot thereby at once win the popular
faith. Only some unlooked-for crisis,
Hi a great lliianclal crash and' over
whelming business disaster, would give
the democratic party a chance of win
ulng In the next national election, but
while such a crisis Is not Impossible It
Is most Improbable. All indications an
favorable to continued prosperity nlul
the republican victories will strengthen
contldeiice.
The republican party, tints reassured
of the popular contldeiice, should can-
fully consider what Is demanded In or
der to retain this coulldence. The ex
pansion of our foreign commerce, so
that our Industries shall be kept active;
relief from taxation In excess of tin
requirements fur revenue; reasonabh
economy In public expenditures; regit
latlou of Industrial combinations these
are matters which the parly is ox
peeled to give earnest attention to and
If It shall deal with them wisely the
party may continue to administer thu
government for niuny years,
OOltSIA .V OF MAM'MNn.
Then' Is uncertainty regarding the re
suit of the legislative election In Mary
laud, with thu chances In favor of tho
democrats having a majority of the as
sembly. If that should prove to hi
the case It will be a victory for former
Pulled States Senator ionium mid he
would be returned to the senate. Since
his retirement from that body Mr. tlor
man, while active In the political affairs
of his state, has not been conspicuous
In national politics. His return to the
national senate would restore him to
the prominent place In Ids party which
ho formerly held and he 'would doubt
less become, a very potent force In
bringing about a reorganization of the
democracy.
Gorman Is a man of ability ami
shrewd and skillful Hilltlcian. While
he has been "regular," supporting tho
democratic presidential ticket lu the
last two elections, It Is doubtful If lit
was In Uill accord with the platforms
nnd It can safely be assumed that nt
present he has no sympathy with Dry-
aiiNiu. Whether or not Gorman goes
back to the senate, whenever the re
organization of the democratic party Is
ntered uiwn he will, If living, take an
active part lu the work and his lullu
eiice will not be exerted In behalf of
the principles enunciated In the Chicago
and Kansas City platforms.
;;oir tiiev weiie ioxrwEXcr,n.
Preachers and women nrc more easily
contldeiiced by political charlatans
than any other clnsi. With the best
Intentions and the highest Ideals, their
Innocence, credulity and lack of pene
tration render them an easy prey to
the political Pharisee. This fact hns
again been strikingly Illustrated In tho
school board campaign which has Just
losed.
They were told that the candidates
on the republican school board ticket
wore committed to do the bidding of
Tom Oennlsoii and that the republican
candidates represented the elements of
Intemperance and debauchery. They
gulped down these silly stories as If
they were gospel truths.
They were told that an awful con
spiracy had been hatched to control
the schools In the Interest of the repub
lican machine, which would stop at
nothing short of thu removal of the
women teachers and thu tilling of their
places with men who were to be the
tools nnd henchmen of the tnachlnu and
run the schools to promote the politi
cal fortunes of machlno candidates.
They eagerly swallowed this foolish
fake.
So the preachers, inaugurated a holy
crusade as non-partisans in favor of
the democratic ticket, which Euclid
Martin and other democrats had nomi
nated for the Municipal league as a
wedge to give their hungry followers
a chance to nibble at the school board
pie.
The women, trusting, emotional and
sentimental, followed in thu lend of the
preachers like a flock of geese led on
by the quacking of( thu ganders. They
voted the democratic school board
ticket to save thu schools from desecra
tion and pollution by the iiortiy-headed,
cloven-hoofed Tom Deunlsoit and his
satanlc associates.
When they recover from this political
stupor they will discover that they have
simply been catspaws lu the hands of
Wirepuller I'earse. who has also suc
ceeded In pulling thu wool over the eyes
of a number of business men who con
stantly grumble about burdensome.
taxation and yut work for the con
tinuance and perpetuation of the most
extravagant branch of our local gov
ernment. rue DtiFHA t or tamm'axv.
Tlie overwhelming defeat of Tam
many Is by far the most gratifying
result of Tuesday's elections and none
will hiivo a more salutary effect. It
not only means better government for
New; York City, but It is a good thing
for the whole country In the demon
stration it gives that tlie people, when
properly appealed to, will rebuke dis
honesty and corruption in the admin
istration of public affairs ami overthrow
political power gained and held by un
scrupulous and vicious means. It Is a
lesson to men of the Croker stamp
everywhere.
Greater New York will Jiave under
the administration of Mayor-elect Seth
Low honest and good government. It
Is a great task that he has before hltn
to weed out corruption, suppress vice
and give better security to life nnd
property lu the commercial metropolis
of the nation, but lie Is not without
experience lu municipal alia Irs and lie
has thu ability and will to discharge
the duties devolved upon hlni. Mr.
Low has shown that he has plenty of
tho aggressive lu his makeup and he
will not hesitate to do those things
which he llnds necessary to improve
conditions and to benefit the city mor
ally and materially. His will not be
a Puritanical administration, but vice
and crime will be sternly dealt with
and no corruption In public alTairs will
be tolerated.
To havu overcome a political organ
Izatlou as strongly Intrenched as was
Tammany was no small task and thu
triumph of the fusion forces repub
licans, democrats and Independents-is
one of thu most notable In our political
history. It would bu well If It were
the linn! destruction of Taiumnny, If
that political organization had comu to
the cud of its corrupt career. Hut It
has been beaten before and will Mir
vivo this defeat. It was not killed by
Tweedlsm and Is not likely to bu by
Crokerism, though tlie hitter has per
haps been more corrupt and venal than
(lit! former. There Is reason to hope,
however, that It will bo t-omo years be
fore Taiuniaiiy regains power and that
in the meanwhile men will come Into
control of the organization who will
Improve Its character.
The Heu has nothing to retract or to
apologize for In its conduct of the
school hoard campaign. It lias not
magnified the abuses that permeate, our
school system nor has it distorted tin:
facts relating to school board Ilnancler-
lug. It will continue to battle against
the reckless extravaganco lu tho tils
biirsemeut of our school funds and
against' excessive taxation to maiutaiu
expensive fads.' It Is needless to say
also that It will coiitlnuo the agitation
for the retirement of Mr. I 'curse until
he shall bo replaced by an educator who
will devote his entire time and talent
to the public schools.
Not a great many years ago a new
constitution was submitted to the vot
ers of Nebraska that contained Btrln-
gent . clauses for the restriction of cor
porate monopolies and fixing exiraordi
nary responsibility upon stockholders
In blinking concerns. Incidentally, a
separate article was submitted provld
ing for universal taxation. The cor
poratlon managers and bankers, not
daring to make au open tight against
thu constitution, enlisted the preach
crs to raise the cry of church taxation.
Their battle cry was: "To your tents,
O Israel! Do you waut your churches
and the boucs of your dead tnxed?"
This cry was taken up by all religious
denominations, even the Catholic and
the Methodlxt churches uniting In op
position to thu constitution. When the
battle was over a f 1,'JUU silver service
was presented by the corporation
managers to one of tho preachers In
recognition of the effective work he
had done lu pulling their chestnuts out
of tho tire. This chapter of ancient
history Is forcibly recalled by the late
school board light, In which the repub
lican preachers have so valiantly bat
tled for the lH'tietlt of the democratic
machlno sailing under the attractive
color of noti-partlsatishlp.
The elevation of one of thu former
leaders of the lloxer movement to it
high position in the Chinese ministry
affords ample evidence that the olliclal
apology tendered the powers under
duress carries no conviction with It. It
will take more than niiolrc.'ics and In
demnities to make the Chinese welcome
the foreign devils with truu fraternal
spirit.
Above tlie lii-rnur,
Chlcnco Chronicle.
President Hoosevelt's Thanksgiving proc
lamation is to bo commended In that U Is
terse, thoughtful, free from vainglory and
rises above tho perfunctory.
Some Melon lu .sight.
Chicago Chronicle.
V recent statement of the Naval board
shows that another melon is to bu cut In
the Philippines, it calls for the expendi
ture of 520,000,000 for construction of a new
naval station nt OlonRnpo.
II nt v IIiivp till- l i K Ii t I'llllen.
Chicago Hrcord-Heraid.
A New York butcher Is now going lo go
over Niagara Palls. Poor old Niagara!
Once tho marvel nnd terror of mankind It
Is now used to run street cars, furnish light
and grind buckwheat, nnd homely women
und Illiterate butchers arc navigating tt
with Impunity. How has the mighty lost
its might!
Itnrnl .Mnll l)ellrr.
Indianapolis Journal.
The development of the rural free deliv
ery system has reached a point that makes
its general establishment throughout tha
country a (ttcstlon of only a few years.
Tho superintendent predicts that within five
years It will be In operation over nn area
of 1,000,000 square miles, which will include
practically all tho inhabited territory of the
United States. This means the Introduction
of a new and potent factor In American
socinl life.
Tlie West Setn the Puce.
Sprlnglleld (Mass.) Hepubllcan.
What is claimed will he the fastest pas
senger train service In the world will be
Inaugurated next week on the Union Pacific
road in connection with the Southern Pa
cific, Northwestern, Lake Shore and New
York Central roads. The train leaving
Omaha for tho west each afternoon will
run to Ogden, 1,023 miles, In twenty. one
hours, the average speed being flffy-flvo
miles an hour. In many places a speed of
from sixty-flve to seventy miles Is ex
pected. Kuropo cannot bo allowed to lake
the lend lu an American specialty like rail
roading.
A CtiferlitK Outlook.
iyJj!h'$on Post.
U this time the outlook for the United
States In both foreign and domestic trade
is nil that could he reasonably asked for
and vastly better than the most enthusi
astic of us hoped for four years ago. Our
natural resources and our cnpaclty to
make the most of them are greatly su
perior to those of the most tortunato ot
our competitors. Irosporlty In ample
measure has heen with us since we climbed
out of the dreary ' depths Into which we
were hurled by the panic of ISM, and It
bids fair to abide with us yet a good while
longer.
(lie nl Itnllronil Kxpniinloii.
New York World.
The Pennsylvania railroad alone will
spend $15,000,000 In adding 13,000 pressed
steel freight enrs to its rolling stock within
a year. The New York, New Haven" &
Hartford road has ordered thirty locomo
tives nnd 1,000 freight cars and the Denver
& Hlo Grande company has ordered forty
locomotives and 2,000 freight cars. The
wooden freight car will soon he nn obsoleto
feature, in railroad equipment. Tho stcol
freight car costs nbout the sama as tho
wooden one, but tt costs less for repairs
and lasts much longer. It will carry 110,000
pounds of ore or 104,000 pounds of coal
21,000 pounds more than tho bust wooden
car.
noOSKVIJI.T OX TIUr.STS.
"rteunlfilinn mill .Not I'rrt enl Ion Ik All
I'll lit In SiiiikIiI."
St. I.ouls Olobo-Depiocrat.
The general assumption that President
Hoosevelt's nicssHgo at tho opening of
congress a month hence will contain h vig
orous expression on the nuostion of the
trusts will probably be shown to bu well
founded. U'hlln he whs vlco president
Colonel Itoosevelt dealt with the trust
question In sovernl peeehes, particularly In
ono delivered a few days before the nssas
slnntlon. He took tho ground that the
trusts ought lo be controlled by tho gov
ernment, state, or national, In somn of their
operations. Ho also said that publicity for
tho work of tho trusts xhnuld be Insisted
upon. Similar views are likely to bo ex
pressed In thu messnge.
All this nnIII meet tho favor of the coun
try. In its general phase consolidation In
business activities cannot bo prevented,
nnd ought not lo be prevented If It could
be. This principle of concentration i nt
work In all forms of activity among labor
societies as well ns among all the great
industries nnd Interests, It is part of tin
general evolution of society anil will con
tinue. Tho growth of capital, of Inventive
skill nnd of command over the forces of
nature Incite) tho extension of tho general
prluclplo of eo-opornllou Into nil sorts of
activities. Organization Is the rulo with
employes n well as with employers and
in all fleldf- of enterprise.
A general .tsuuult on tho principle of con
centration in tho great activities would do
much more harm than it could do good.
Regulation and not prevention is all tli.it
Is sought bv Intelligent persons. This can
bo effected by legislation, either eongrrs
sloniil or sttte. This, undoubtedly, Is what
President Itooiievelt will recoirfmend. Pub
lic opinion is strongly In favor of carefully
framed legislation which will force the
trusts to give a certain degree of publicity
to their opt rations and which will put nil
tho great combinations under a certain de
gree of suptrvlslon nnd control by thu
country. Thoro Is no partisanship in this
Issue, Tho republicans were earlier In the
field than the democrats In urging govern
mental supervision of tho trusts, They se
cured legislation by 'congress against the
trusts as far hack as 1S90, in nn act signed
by President Harrison. Whatever can be
done and ought to be done toward bringing
the trusts Into proper control by tho gov
ernment will be achieved by the republican
party.
WHAT Till! PAX-A.MIHtlCAX CO IT.
Sonic fuel Alimit tlie I'lnnnei-n nf thr
HlirTnlo i:pol tlon.
The financial results ot the TransmUsls
slppt Kxposltlon at Omaha lu 1SHS nrc likely
to stand well through tho twentieth cen
tury ns the top record In financial results.
Tho actual returns to stockholders, after
nil claims wero paid, was 014 cents on
the dollar. The World's fair paid 40 cents
on the dollar. Tho first of recent exposi
tions to show a deficit U the Pau-Amert-can
at buffalo. A statement of the cost,
Income and outlay of the exposition, pub
lished by tho Duffalo Kxprcss of Monday,
supplies material for an Instructive study.
Tho Kxprtns says, In part;
The Kxposltlon company pays $2,323,000
of Its first-mortage bonds. It defaults nn
$173,000 of the first-mortgage bonds. It de
faults on the $300,000 ot secatul-mortgnga
bonds. It defaults on $1,630,000 of capital
stock. It defaults on over $330,000 of un
paid construction claims. Its total default
Is over J2.CS0.000. The first-mortgage bond
holders lose 7 per cent of their principal,
They have drawn Interest on their bonds
equivalent to about 6 per cent, so that their
actunl loss Is about 1 per cent, and they
have received In principal and Interest
nbout 99 per cent. The sccoml-ruortgago
bondholders and the stockholder receive
nothing.
The exposition received between $300,000
and $600,000 for rentals of exhibit space and
concession space. It received about $1,000,
000 ns Its share of the receipts of conces
sions, lu other words, lis percentage of
Midway show receipts. It received about
$2,300,000 fiom the sale ot admission tickets
The exposition cost over $3,300,000 exclusive
of the state, foreign and government build
ings nnd the Midway. Tho operating ex
penses wero $1,000,000 or more. Thus It Is
comparatively easy to figure the totals:
laical stock subscriptions $1,230.0
Itallr'il corporations, stock subscrlp. W,0X)
Hands, first nnd second mortgage.. S.tMJ.OOO
Kentnts from exhibitors and con
ces.'lonntres M0,0(0
J3,150,OW
. 33?A0
Owing to contractors
Minimum cost of construction $3,600,0
The exposition probably cost nearer $6,
000,000 than $3,500,000, hut tho purposo of
the present statement Is to be accurate and,
abovo nil, not to overstate or understate
any Item where approximate exactness Is
possible. The following shows, tn round
numbers, tho disposition of tho subsequent
moneys:
llrcelpts from tickets $2,300,0 0
C'onceislon percentage 1,0.0iO
Total
Operating expenses
$3,Sl.lifj
1,173,000
Pnld to tlrst mortgage bonds $2,.123,flCO
Those nre tho figures In round numbers.
Tho detailed statement of where the $3,500,
000 went In construction nnd where tho
$1,175,000 went In operating expenses may
come out later. The cost of each building,
the amount of each contract, tho work
done, all may bo avallnblo as, of course,
the record of these expenditures hns been
kept. The Items of the operating expenses
also may bo available.
Tho $1,175,000 for operating expenses in
cludes tho electric light, all labor during
the exposition, the natural gas for night
flares and torch fountains, tho bands and
other music, tho splendd fireworks, repairs,
administration, etc. Tho operating ex
penses at Chicago were $4,000,000 or more.
If Is no small task for the auditor's de
partment to perfect tho statement which
will be forthcoming. The exposition audi
tor, Mr. Little, Is on oftlclcnt and expert
official.
Tho $1,000,000 concession percentages
means tho percentages of the receipts of
tho Midway shows, which was paid to tho
Kxposltlon company under the contract the
concessionaires wero compelled to make
with the company lu addition to paying $25
per foot for land on the Midway. It means
the concessionaires had over $3,000,000 as
tholr share of the receipts and that the
public spent over $4,000,000 with tho con
cessionaires. The Item of $2,500,000 as tho receipts
from tho sale of tickets, otherwise the paid
admissions, may cause some comment until
It Is understood. On a general basis of Co
cent admissions the Item of $2,500,000 would
mean a paid attendance ot 5,000,000. The
total attendance nhown by the unofficial
figures was 8,300,000. Hetwcen that and
5,000,000 Is a difference of 3,300,000. This
3,300,0000 does not mean there were that
many passes Issued, In the first place, tho
Item of $2,500,000 Is made up of 50-cent ad
missions and 25-ccnt Sunday nnd child nd
mtsHlons, so that the total paid attendance
was In excess of 5,000,000 and the frco ad
missions wero less correspondingly.
It Is a fair estimate, say those who
should know, to ay that the paid admis
sions were about 5,500,000. This is 2,500,000
short of thn 8,000,000 paid admissions
which, If they had materialized, would
havo paid tho sccond-mortgago bonds, the
contractors' claim nnd a substantial pay
ment on the stock,
Thn total amount of stock subscribed
was $l,72!),Ono. Ot this $1,050,000 was paid
In. AVhcn tho second mortgage bonds wero
Issued a bonus of $300,000 of stock win
given with them, making tho totnl Issue
of capital stock $2,150,000. There was nn
income to the exposition from the extra
$500,000 Issue of stock unless tho $300,000
which wits balanced by tho $3u0,n00 ot
bonds could bo so considered. There Is
duo tlie exposition today from stockhold
ers $70,000.
There 1ms been inoro or less talk that n
great many people put In $11) each to buy
stock. It Is said by some of tho exposi
tion experts that It Is doubtful If much
more than $25,000 of tho $1,030,000 pnld
In on capital stock whs raised by $10 sub
scriptions. All tho operating expenses am nn! Ket
tied finally nnd hence their exact amount
Is not flxcil. The Items of Insurance nnd
Interest on bonds nre Included and as
everyone knous they amounted to consid
erable. What went into publicity, build
lugs, grounds, etc., also arn Items that
will be treated In fuller detail by tho ex
position officials.
It must not bn thought that $5,500,000 or
$D,000,000 represents thn entire cost nf the
entlro exposition. No, Indeed. Tho United
States government spent $500,000, tho stare
of Now York had $300,000 for Its buildings
nnd other expenses, the Midway cost hun
dreds of thousands nnd the stain nnd
foreign buildings nnd speclnl buildings,
such ns Maker's nnd Lowney's and Iarkln's.
cost many thousands more. Ono of (lie
lowert of the high-figured experts who
talked of the matter sold that the exposi
tion cost $K,000.000 to build.
111; ti.Tiirri.xii.ts or citiiis.
Siirii'lliii; llevelmloiiK of I lie ('cumin
SlMllxlli'K.
Atlanta Journal.
Tho Idea that tho rural districts are
healthier than tho cities, though held by
nlmort evorybody who has not yet investi
gated the subject, is hliown by rceent sta
tistics to be erroneous, at least so far as
this country Is concerned.
(ireat surprise was caused by the revo
lution of census statistics that between 1S00
and PiOO tho proportion of deaths to popu
lation decreased nearly 10 per cent, and the
average ago of nn American at death In
creased from 31.1 to 38.2 yenrs. It Is al
most Incredible that such great changes
eiiulil occur in 'en years, but tho rel ablll'.
of the Ilk-urn 1' ttoutly uulntalm-d b
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the most economical in the end, because
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medical authorities. Almost ns surprising 1
ns the fact of Increasing lougevlty itself Is
the discovery that the improvement Is con- j
fined nlmost entirely to tho cities. This Is'
due to tho Improved methods of sanitation
which nre observed In all progrcsslo cities,
but receive little attention In the country
districts. One of the most striking proofs
of the efficacy ot modern sanitation Is found
in tho reduction of the death rate from
consumption. In 1890 thnt rate was 245
persons per 10,000, and by the year 1S0O it
hnd been reduced to 190.
The ravages of diphtheria, cholera Infan
tum, bronchitis, diarrhoea nnd typhoid feve,
were also reduced to a remarkable extent,
but tho proportion of deaths from pneu
monia Increased from 186.9 per 10,000 In 1SP0
to 101.9 In 1900, owing to the epidemics nf
"grip" and other forms of Influenza. Thero
was an increase also ot cancer, kidney
troubles, heart nffcctlon nnd npoplexy. The
Medical Ilecord tnkes n hopeful vlow of
cancer treatment In the future. It says:
"The activity of scfentlflc men engnged
In tho Investigation ot the origin nnd cnuso
of enncer gives rise to the hope that some
of Its unknown features may soon be
definitely solved, and thnt as a consequence
Its treatment mny be conducted upon mors
intelligent preventive nnd curative prin
ciples." I'UltSOXAI. AM) )Tlli:mVIfK.
Iowa went as predicted. Ditto, Ken
tucky. Richard, Old Sport, go way back to Want
age and sit down.
Even in a political game a Low card Is a
handy ono In nn emergency.
Massachusetts piles up the usual off-year
majority. Joslah Qulncy's ax .failed to
cut In.
Tamm.tuy Is to ho reorganized. Great
care will be taken, however, to prevent tho
use of disinfectants,
Judgo Jerome, the Now York Whirlwind,
Is given the desired opportunity to put his
preachments Into practice.
Tho decided snvlng of Nebraska to the
party of progress Insures a large output of
friendly comment in the cast.
Any remarks tho Commoner may feel dis
posed to make on tho situation may be sot
down ns superfluous In advance.
Tho Conscrvntlvo of Nebraska City re
ceives from Otoo county sufficient warrant
to pipe a few ragtime tunes nnd flash a
starched front.
Senntor Matthew Stanley Quay may now
retlro for a few weeks' rest to tho ever
gludoK of Florida, satlslled with the fruits
of his labors. Ills grip Is Invincible.
Arthur P110 (Jormnn appears nmong the
resurrected. Thn smoothest of Marylnnd
politicians Is Hltoly to bo seen nnd felt, If
not heard, again In the upper house of con
gross. Tho hosts of reform in Philadelphia tit-
torly failed to pry loose a cog of thn Inenl
machine. It Is nil the more amazing in
view of the fact that tho npostlcs of graft
had hut ono organ In action,
In the light of the returns, New York
City appears decisively in fnvnr of homo
rule. Kvcry ligature binding Dick Croker
to tlie urea of his graft is severed, and he
can return to his peaceful homo In Rngland
and enjoy undisturbed the Increment of hia
loot.
Winter
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Note. You cannot, if voti value good
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baking powders. They are tnostiv, in
spite of the pure food laws, made from
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physicians will tell you that such pow
ders in food are injurious.
IMIIXTKII HKFI.KCTIriXS.
C'hlcngo News: Hlggs Do you belong to
nny society?
Dlggs No; but I'm going to assist In
organizing ono next week.
Illggs Wlmt Is to be the nature of It?
Dlggs it will be a society for the up
prcssiou of useless novlath"1.
"Wnshlngton Star: "I am very much
nfntld," mild Jtls Cayenne, "that I :im
losing my reputation as u keen observer
nnd ii satirist,"
"Wtuit makes you think so?"
"Scvernl people yesterday snlil they were
glad to see nlo-as If they renlly meant It "
Philadelphia Precs: "How ,enn ybtt null
his thesis excellent," demanded the Itrst
professor ot theology. "If, lis you k-i,
Home of his arguments nru extremely li
rc levant?"
"You misunderstood me," replied tho
other, "1 said Irrevernnt."
"Oh! that's different."
Chicago Post: "Yes." said the, weary
wayfarer, "I once was prosperous nnd had
u good Job. I wns 11 butler for nn 'arlMn
crntle fnmllv "
"Mow Old you ionn the pliice?"
"After being properly solemn fur li
years I tlioughtlcsidy smiled one ihiy."
Puck: Clnra (examining new trlumphi of
dentistry In John's mouth) Why, John,
they're temporary fillings.
John Yes, ilcnr; temporary tilling in
temporary teeth In n temporary mm.
Whnt's tho use of putting anything perma
nent Into a mouth t3 yenrs old?
FOOT ll.MA. OASAIHAXCA.
Ilnltimoro American.' '
The boy stood on the foot ball field.
Whence all tint him had lied;
Tho rooters' phnutlngs echoed o'er
The dying nnd the dead.
Ills hair hung down Into hi eyes '
Such of It ns was left
For cud tA state, nt one fell swoop,
Of It he'd been bereft.
One arm hung limply nt his side,
And fluttered ns he reeled;
Ills teeth, llko snowllnkes In the wind,
Wero scattered o'er tho Hold.
Ills shirt whs torn across the chest,
Ills pants ripped nt the knes.
Ills shoes clung sadly to his feet,
I.IUo mistletoe to trees.
Yet beautiful and bright he stood,
While nil around, nlnck!
Wero fragments of the center rush,
The half and quarterback.
The tackles on tho goal posts hung;
Tlie guurds wero borne away
In nmbulnnces which were called
Quito enrly In the fray.
And hero nnd there. lay a shoulder Made.
And ears on every side,
With lingers, foot and locks of hair,
All unidentified.
But still ho stood amidst thn wreck.
Oh. that thiH tonguo could tell
How brnvoly ho essayed to speak,
And give his college yell J
Ills father cnlled hint from thn box,
Ills mother from the stnnrt.
let ever nobly stoml he there,-
A foot ball In his hapd.
Tim other side wan lining up,
With husky boast nnd scream,
"Crime on." he mumbled, toothlessly,
"I'll buck tho entire tenm!"
'1 hey formed 11 flying wedge nnd hurled
thn gallnnt lad nu high.
And when they downed him shoes nnd bss
cro waving lu tho fky.
Thern rnmo ri hurst of thulldnr sound,
The liny Oil, where w'ns he?
Ask of thn other tenm, that left
With college, ehnut unci glee.
Ask of the other tenm, nnd ienrn:
"llo hiiHn't yet been tieen.
They don't expect o rind him till
They got name gusoleuc."
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