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6 THE OMAHA DAILY BISK; SATl'KPAY. "NOVlfilUmili 1(5, 1!)01. The cjmaha Daily; Bee. It' .";-.( ' "a 'JV'rtOBfeJWATEB, EDITOK. PttBfclHHBb KVEItT MOHNINO. .TEnMH OF.flUBBCMPTION: Dally H"5 (without Bunday), Ono Year..W.0O Dally ,Bco. and .Sunday, Ono Year.. S.00 Illustrated BwrOno Year 2.00 HunUy.B" Ot Tear 2.W Saturday Beer One, Y.ar t6o Twentieth CenturyTtfrmer, One Year.. l.W 'rXIKBIVEItED BY CAIIHIEH. Dallytace, without Sunday, per copy.... 2o Datly'JJce, without Sunday, per week,.,. ,12c Dally .Hpc, Including Sunday, per week..l"o Hunday Bee, por .copy.,,'....,.' 5c Evening Bee, without, Swvday, per, week.. loo Evening Bee, Including Bunday, per week.lSo Complaints of Irregularities In delivery should bo addressed to City Circulation De partment. OFFICES. Omaha: Tho Ilea Building. South Omaha: City Hall Uulldlnr, Twenty fifth and M Streets. Council JJlufTs: 10 Pearl Street. Chicago: 1640 Unity Building. Now York: Temple Court. Washington, 601 Fourteenth Street. COimEBI'PNPENCE. Communications relating to nows and edi torial matter should bo addressed: Omaha Ucc, Editorial Department. BUSINESS LETTERS. Business letters and remittances should bo sddrcsscd: Tho Bco Publishing Company, Omaha. REMITTANCES, Hcmlt by draft, express or postal order, payable to Tho Beo Publishing Company. Only 2-cent stamps accepted In payment of mall accounts. Personal checks, oxcept on Omaha or eastern exchanges, not accepted. THE BEE PUBUSIIINa COMPANY. STATEMENT OF CIRCULATION. Btato of Nebraska, Douglas County, sa.: George. B. Tzschuck, secretary of Tho Bee rubllbhlng Company, being duly sworn, says thut the- actual number of full and complete copies of Tho Dally. Morning, Evening ana Sunday Bee printed during tho month of October, 1901, was as fol io wa: 1.. .30,100 .20,0(50 17...... ...28,500 18 20,020 19 28,110 so 20,1:10 21 :m,470 22 28,080 13 32,720 24 28,770 15 30,710 28 30,400 27.. i 20,075 29 32, tOO 20 30,780 30 30,010 31 3,U0 3"" 20,080 t. 20,000 C....M...,2D,200 28,020 20,1 TO 8 .....2H,810 28,800 10 .M..2S,TOO II 28,860 12 20,020 13 i 20,05r, 14 28,030 IS 28,0:10 10 28,030 Total oit,:uo Less unsold and returned copies.,. 0,8B'J Net total sales 007,407 Net dally average 20,274 GEORGE B. TZSCHUCK. Subscribed In my presence and sworn to before mo this 31st day of October, A. D. 1301. M.- B. HUNGATE, (Seal.) Notary Public. ; , The conl dealer is waking for the weather innti to give the Blgnnl for him to begin getting In his work. Nebraska women suffragists will make slate headquarters at Omaha. Ouialm will try to piny' the bout gracefully. Now Yorkers arc enjoying good sleighing at present. Nebraskuns tlml moro enjoyment In a inlklcr brand of weather, . . . TI10 Xcw York Democratic club gave Ulehanl Croker a farewell dinner. The )ieo)I(j of New Yolk are hoping that It Is a long farewell. The comprouilfio between tho city anil the Union l'acltlc 'threatens to be the biggest real estate transaction lu this vicinity for tlin season. 'The-'itflnli'ig"nivHH- iniTuuTactiircrs'ffr'o' reported as forming, a combination. This should make an Impression on Hnanclal circles. Charters have been granted to two more banks lu Iowa. If the present rate keeps up the cracksmen wJll be nblu to get around to thein without any unnecessary delay. The tight for the possession of Eighth street Is to be held in statu ono. In the meantime the railroad attorneys are keeping their ears on the grouud listen Ing for the community of Interest tip. If tho attempt is o'er to be mado to squeeze tho water out of American cor poration stock It would bo good policy to commence building arks. The Hood Is bound to catch many unprepared. The latest is that an American syndi eato has secured control of the traction Hues lu Paris. If this thing keeps up the foreigners will not own enough traction lines even to experiment with . An Irish constituency' has otfercd to elect Com Paul Kruger to u seat in Parliament If the Hour leader will ac cent. With bis big Dutch pipe hi should be able to smoke Joseph Cham berlaln auf. The Doughto County Democracy has passed a, resolution favorlug an extra session of the legislature to submit con stitutional amendments. Now thu local democratic organ is sure to go against the proposition. The official (enuyH6M develops the fact that every candidate on the republican county tltikot rau better In South Omaha than the South Omaha candidate. This should nof-lMj forgotten by future nomi nating convVnilpur..' At a reception tendered to the nowly elected inuyQV of, Now York there was tho ushal amount' of handshaking. While this custom may bo kept up, It Is not likely that ,hy will tolerate the old leg-pulling practice. And now a olllctfrs of tho Nebraska ltetall Liquor Dealers association aro out with an otllpjal pronunclainento de claring,that tho liollcnbeck circular was not official. Tho retail liquor dealers' association seems o have discovered too late that it was loaded. A reinesciUittfVef ot' the St. Louis Hoard of lieuitii is lu Omaha for the purposo o(v.lleHhiK - tho Missouri river water. VTio'- pedphJ of" St. Louis are mlstakcip Ifthey are of the opinion that tVopeople of this city never use water enough to know whether it is good.', Since.' tho United States aud France met with such good success In securing 0 settlement by their demonstrations against Turkey other powers aro bring ing pressuro to bear. As this country's claim lias been liquldatcdr Interest in tho Bcramblo for bankrupt property is not great on this sido of the Atlantic. Trcsldcnt Kooscvclt and the cabinet ,oro giving serious consideration to the question of tariff concessions to. the sta .plo products of Cuba. It Is regarded at Washington and by the American In terests concerned as a matter of para mount Importance. Its determination Is of vital consequence to the people of Cuba. It Is urged that to refuse any concession to Cuban sugar nnd tobacco would prevent the development of those Industries and therefore the ma terial progress and prosperity of the Island. On the other hand to admit those Cuban products free or at a nom inal duty to the American market would destroy the home Industries and thereby do a great Injustice to our own people concerned In those Industries. Tho beet and cane sugar lnteiests of the United States, Including Hawaii and I'orto Rico, ate prepared to make a, vigorous tight In congress agalntt concession to Cuban .sugar. Tho Sugar trust has' declared In favor of the free admission of. the raw sugar of Cub:', and the retention of the duty on ro ll tied. The obvious purpose of the trust Is to crush out the domestic Industry and thus obtain absolute control of the American market. A committee repre senting the sugar Interest of Cuba will bo lu Washington by the time of the meeting of congress for the purpose of promoting reciprocal trade relations when the new Cuban government goes Into operation. It Is urged that Cuba will bo ruined without something of this kind and It 'Is stated that some of these representatives of the Islaud are already favorable to annexation, believ ing that this would enlist the sentimen tal Interest of the Amcrlcau people as perhaps reciprocity would not and would accomplish most effectively their commercial alms. President ltoosevelt Is expected to recommend to congress some concession to Cuban products. Senator Lodge said lu his Boston speech a week ago that "reciprocity would be started with Cuba." It is not probable, however, that the administration or congress will be disposed to go to tho extent In this matter that tho Cubans desire. The Washington correspondent of the New York Tribune states, upon the highest authority, Hint no program of whole ble reciprocity has been promised to the Cubans, lie says the understand ing is that if, after careful Investiga tion, It is made plain that the entry of Gubau sugar and tobacco free to United States ports would seriously Injure the sugar and tobacco Interests of this country thoso commodities will not be allowed to come here free. On the con trary, says tho correspondent, protection to American tobacco and sugar will be maintained and this government will mako other valuable tariff concessions to Cuba which will so stimulate and strengthen the general Industrial ener gies aud resources of the Island as to enablo the Cubans to compete on an excellent footing with tho United States in tho tobacco and sugar markets of tho world. It Is threatened that if concessions satisfactory to tho Cuban people are not- made, tiniuxuUnn-wUl- result. That Is a question, If It shall ever arise, to bo settled by the American people ac cording to then existing conditions. It should have no weight at present Un doubtedly something must be done to promote Cuban development and pros perlty, but not at too great a sacrifice of American Interests. nir. rKAHstC co.VTnov'Ensr. On tho question of tho rc-cloctlon of Su perintendent I'earse, tho. World-Horald docs not rafo whether Mr. Iloecwator sue credo lu supplanting Mr. I'earso's machine by a Rosowatcr machine. Mr. Pearso Is a republican, and It Ih said by many who may perhaps bo In a position to know what they are talking about that Mr. Pcarso has al ways placed democratic teachers at a dis advantage and given every possible ndviui tago to republican tcachcra, Tbo World Herald does not know this to bo truo, and yet tho assertion to this effect has -so often been made without sorlous contradiction that this newspaper la not prepared to de fend Mr. Poarso on this point, Tho World HcmldUlftrfkH that, tho selection of a super Intendent of schools Is a matter for tho Board of Education, ond yet If It knew what Tho Bee claims to know" concerning Mr. Pcaroo, tho World-IIcr'ald' would not hosl tato to object to Mr. Pearso's re-olectlop.-World-Herald. All this gabble about Pearsc machine and Itoscwater machine, democratic touchers and republican teacher's aud the political affiliations of S 11 peri n tendent Pearsc Is simply on effort to bofog the paramount Issue by cuttlellsh tactics. It Is true that the choice of a superintendent devolves upon the Hoard of Kducatlon, but the Hoard of Education Is In duty bound to make such a selection as will promoto and Insure the most elljclent supervision for the public schools. Tho man who fills the position of su perlntcndent should llrst and foremost possess the educational qualillcatlons mat wouiu cuaoio mm to give lutein gent direction to the touchers. A man who is uneducated cannot be expected to kuov the difference between a com potent and au incompetent teacher, nnd when the teachers know that he does not know as much as. they do about any branch of Instruction they do not respect him and do not feel disposed to look up to blui for guidance. It Is a matter of history that Mr, Pearse was Imported Into Omaha nt the Instance of au antl-Cathollc'polltical or dcr, not because ho had a reputation as an educator, but because ho was a will Ing Instrument lu the hands of the A P. A. machine. At that Juncture the World-Herald was the mouthpiec6 and champion of tills secret political society and therefore would see nothing wrong in the degradation of the public schools by a sectarian crusade. While The Heo had no affiliation with "the persecuted clement, It entered Its protest then against the ImiMUtatlou of I'earse on the grouud tiat he lacked the essential qualifications of educatlou and experi cnee. While It Is truo that he ha gained In experience in the past six years, it has been gained at the expense of tho taxpayers and to tho detriment of our public schools. Tho Heo cares nothing whether tho superintendent, of schools Is a rcpub llcaii. a democrat or a prohibitionist. It has steadfastly advocated the merit system lu the schools and was Instru mental fit securing the adoption of per maiient tenure for school teachers and anltors. Neither .Mr. I'earse nor any Member of the school board has ever teen aked by The llee or lt editor to ue the machinery of the schools for po litical purposes. On the contrary all effort to turn the schools Into a po litical machine for partisan ends have been opposed by this paper and will continue to be opposed by It. Our opposition to the reelection of Superintendent I'earse is Inspired by no Interest except that which all citizens and school patrons have In common. We oppose Mr. I'earse because his forte lies more In politics than In edu cation. We oppoe .Mr. I'earse been 11 e he de votes time that should be concentrated upon the public schools to currying per sonal favor with members of various iiislness organizations and secret orders, through whose Influence he hopes to keep himself b( the saddle. We oppose Mr. I'earse because he has xerted a demoralizing influence upon lie school board, organizing uud manip ulating its committees for tho benefit of the school book trust, by which he has icen subsidized, and for other benetl- larles of the school fund. We ifre opposed to Mr. Pearsc because lie has eucouraged nepotism and favor itism lu the appointment and promotion of teachers, the examples of which are so flagrant that they need not be again eclted. We are opposed to Mr. I'earse because he tyrannizes over and terrorizes teach- rs who have been made to fear his displeasure. All these abuses are well known. They tend to lower the standard of our entire public school system. No amount of pettifogging cau distort tho recent lection Into a popular endorsement Ither of Mr. I'earse or of his methods. KXCLVSWX Of ClllXESE. There appears to be no doubt that the Chinese excluslou act, which expires next -May, will be re-enacted. There Is a practically unanimous demand for this on the Pacific coast, organized la bor Is a unit In favor of It and It is said that President ltoosevelt will In his message to congress recommend the re enactinont of tho law. So far as ap pears there will bo 110 serious opposition to this. There has been some talk of a sentiment In the south favorable to al lowing Chinese Immigration, but If such a sentiment exists there It has not been manifested aud Is not likely to be, at least to nn extent that would entitle It to any consideration. The movement Inaugurated some time ago by the Chinese In tho United States looking to the creation of u public senti ment against the re-enactment of the exclusion net, In which prominent rep resentatives hero of tho Chinese govern ment took part, has failed to make any Impression, as have the arguments of Mr. Wu Tlngfnng, the Chinese minister, chiefly directed against what ho deems an unfair aud unjust discrimination ugalust his people. The plea that there Is no real danger of a flood of Chinese immigration should no restriction be placed upon It has no weight with a large majority of our people and par ticularly those of tho raclflc const. Hc- sldes, It Is Just now met by the state ment, upon what seems to bo good au thority, that In anticipation of congress neglecting to re-enact the law, tho steamship companies plying between China and San Kranclsco are making arrangements to handlo tens of thou sands of Chinamen that would come in. The commissioner of Immigration Is re ported as saying that he knew of other lines that wero being orguulzcd for the same purpose. Whether or uot these statements bo correct, they have a de cided lutluenc.e upon the public mind. There Is no questiou as to our right to exclude the Chinese or any other people, Our alien labor law shuts out people from any country who come hero under contract to labor. Hut In discriminating against the t;nincse as we uo umier the exclusion act, China Is Justlllcd In charging that we arc unfair and has good ground for commercial or other form of retaliation. Perhaps nothing of this kind Is to be apprehended, but It Is certainly possible, and It would seem to be worth while to consider whether, at a time when we are court ing Oriental trade and the competition for such trade Is growing more Intense, we can afford to Invite Chinese dislike atid hostility. However, there seems no probability that this consideration, If It receive ntteutlon at all, will have any lnlluence and the re-enactment of the excluslou law early In the coming scsslou cau be confldeutly predicted. The ouly safe plan for 11 political or gaulzatlon In making up Its ticket Is to require each candidate to muster the representatives of a majority of tbo party for his nomination. Allowing del egates who represent less than a third of Uie party vote to Impose candidates upon those who represent more than two-thirds of the voters works no hotter In practice thnu It does in theory. reorganization of the party machinery In Douglas county to make It conform in its make-up to the voting strength of the party Is the first Important step to ward re-establishing the republicans in control of county affairs. Two American girls are said to have started for Turkey with the Idea of having themselves abducted by brig amis, If their fathers have any spare money they wish to dispose of It can be donu Just as easily by marrylug them to European fortune hunters. The mar rlugc plan Is warranted to be effective and uot nearly so dangerous as trilling with brlgauds. One of the republican candidates the Lancaster county ticket null through1 with a margin of thirty-seven votes over bis fusion opponent, while the county gave Sedgwick a plurality over 1U00. Evidently the voters sisted ou'cxcrclslug au Independence Judgment in some other counties beides Dougln. . l-'itrqitkrn Htmtr. GIobS-Democrat. It is rot at all probable that UaMd 1). lllll will go to the next national demo cratic convention by ay of Llncolu, Neb. Ilonlnu to (be tni-t Itiilile vtusuingiou aiur. lo order to compete with American man ufacturers, Europe Is Obliged to purchase American machinery. It looks n little like lobbing Peter to pay Paul. A Point Ori'rliioUril. Chlcaco News, Agulmtldo. havlug heard of Its virtue, "as llntr In Irv n tlflhuna i-nt-nlta. hut ttin .nt. ko nrnmnnt dnnlftml ft, n U'plf nt Hint had not yet been acclimated In the l'hlllp- pin es, .Mao, Vrry I'orKt'tfnl. K.'insa City Journal. The decision of the Schley court of In quiry Is not expected for six weeks yet. Wltvn It comes the report should not omit to mention uhat the controversy was about. This Is a busy world. A lllteh In (In- llnriuilti. BulTulo Express. The main difficulty In the negotiations for thu purchase of the Danish West Indies Is said to be the Insistence of Denmark that tho Inhabitants of tho Islands be Immedi ately given the status of cltlr.ens of the united States, Denmark would be false to Its duty toward Its subject If It consented to sell the Islands on any other terms. Uplift r the finmonii. Philadelphia Ledger. Commandant Tllley's report on the condi tion of things In Samoa under American auspices la roseate and encouraging. Ameri can lawa aud American customs appear to have fallen upon a pcoplo prepared to re ceive them and make the best, Instead of the worst, of them. The Samoans, accord- ng to Commandant TUley, nrc "a gentle. kindly, simple minded people." whose worst fault heretofore has been that they wero somewhat unduly given to hospitality. In somuch that they would Impoverish a whole community for tho sake of exercising It: but they dropped that at the suggestion of their new American rulers, and now they arc everything that could be desired an uncivilized colony. .May tney never coma under tho Influence of the wrong class of American Institutions. A Cf.OSKIl CAltKEIt. I'fiRiliiK nt llr 11 ti nn the l.riidrr nf llir Driuocrncj. Philadelphia Press (rep.) One result of the elections of last Tues day must bo plain 10 tko most hidebound Bryantto In tho country. They end all prospect of Mr. Bryan's nomination to the presidency In 1004 and of bis exerting a deciding Influence In tho contest for that honor. What little hope Mr. Bryan may havo hud a week ago of being again the candidate of tho democratic, party or of iTc- termlnlng who that candidate shall bo must have vanished vihcu he read tho re turns of tho elections. They made him Dually a back number. If thcro wero no other Indications tho result In Nebraska would bo sufficient to show that Mr. Bryan's political career Is closed. No man can remain long in public llfo without the support of his homo con stituency. Tho fact that Nebraska wna for frco silver first gave form and potency to Bryan's career. It sent him to congress In 1890 and ltfiS and hacked his presidential aspiration In 181)6: and 1900. What Is now known an tho woati or tho states situated beyond a lino drawn up and down the east ern border of thtT Dakota, Nebraska 'and Kansas, was alio rln sympathy with him. With this broad section following him he appeared to bo tho ideal candldato to real ize tbo long-deferred hope of tho frco traders and cheap monoy advocates, a. union between tho west nnd tho south. Tbo nchomo was tried In 1S9G and failed, and tried again In 1900 nnd madn a worse fail ure. And with two national failures and tho emphatic ncgatlvo put on It this year tho schemo must bo relegated to tho limbo of dead political projects and tho candldato who typified It put In his political grave. Who will bo the new democratic leader it Is ldlo to speculate. Homo say Hill. Homo say Gorman. And somo say an en tirely now man. But events will deter mine. A certain amount of Bryanlsm will survive. It polled 1,000,000 votes In 1S92 and It can poll as many In 1904. The recent movo to reorganize the populist party was for tho purpose of getting these votes together ngaln. But for Mr. Bryan thero Is no political resurrection. Thore may come a time of depression and disaster ngaln, but it will need a now demagogue to typify It. A twlco defeated one will not serve. Nebruska put tho seal on Mr. Bryan's political tomb last Tueeduy. TOO MANV HATTI.I3SIUP5. Time lo Cull Unit In Prevent Top. tirnvlnr. Baltimore American. It Is said that among the additions to tho navy to be asked for by Secretory Long aro two battleships of 16,000 tons displace ment. It Is high time for congress to call a halt on tho construction of battleships. In addition to tho huge number already In the service, which make tho navy tophcavy, five aro under construction and the plans for two more havo been prepared. This ought to be quite enough, considering that some of the greatest naval experts havo con demned them, and considering also the ox perlence of the United States and other countries, In tho war between China and Japan tho cruisers did tho fighting and do stroyMi ,tho battleships. This was tho first and only experleuco un til tho war between the United States and Spain, Meanwhile Admiral Colomb of tho British navy, probably tho ableHt expert In tho world, condemned battleships and pre dieted that tho cruiser would bo tho naval vessel of thu world, That the admiralty paid no attention to him does not matter. Tho methoda of this wlso body havo been mado known to tho public by "Pinafore." It Is a sattro with an underpinning of truth, Tho English build torpedo destroyers that break their backs upon the slightest provo cation, but that la not a reason why other countries should do o. In tho Spanish war one battleship was the admiration and won der of tho world. Captain Clark of the Ore gon was In the fight ut Santiago and stayed In It until the finish, but the other battle ships never were In It, and by the npplause given to Clark It was evident they wero not.! expected to bo In It. They wero hopelessly handicapped by their terrible burden of armor. The theory In the construction of theso battleships Is to pilo on tho armor, and uo armor has been Invented that will withstand the repeated fire of rifled guns. In a fight with an enemy that knows bow to shoot It would be possible for cruisers to sail around these cumbrous masses of armor and put shots wherever they pleased. They cost enormous sums of money, which would build a number of cruisers, and large sums are required to maintain them lu the serv ice, and yet, with the exception of Oregon, they havo done nothing to Justify their ex istence and, with tho euine exception, thpy havo never made their contract speed but once, and that was on their trial trip. Tho navy should be provided with ships that can fight apd not with monsters whose only service In a real war would be as harbor defender. o l imit l,M)S Til t. lit It?. Stories of Industrial depiessiou and finan cial troubles In Oermany which have fre nutntly of late formed the subject of Lon don Times special dispatches, while ex plained by the Berlin press on the ground that the country is simply passing through a stage of economic transition, are never theless confirmed by the details of actual failures presented by these very papers. I'or example, the news was recently sent out from Berlin that the case of the Trober-Trocknung-Osrllschaft was not at all ser ious, that stories of Its bankruptcy had been exaggerated and that the creditors would lose nothing lu the long run. According to the report recently Issued by the re ceiver appointed by the government the position of the concern Is utterly hopeless. The liabilities arc found to amount to ths enormous sum of 173.TiiO.0u0 marks (about f (3,430. r.OO) and the creditors will receive ouly t per cent. I'or years tho books were falsified by the manager and false balance sheets deceived the board of directors ns to the real situation. The balance sheets showed lictltlous assets of many millions and when the company had long been bank rupt dividends to the amount of JG, 000. 000 were distributed. This mancuer was pos sible, tho receiver declares, owing to the carelessness of the Leipzlger hnuk, which, also deceived by the false balance sheets, loaued tho Treher-Troeknung-Oesellschafl no less than $20,000,000. Another Indication of the real state of Industrial depression In Oermany is the re cent order nf thu Prussian minister of state requiring tho presidents of the provinces to ascertain what proportions lack of employ ment has assumed, "the evil consequences which have appeared or may bo expected to appear, that measures may be taken with regard to them.", According to a supplementary tnlnlsttrf.il report on the condition of thoso Russian provinces In which this year's harvest was a partial or total failure, tho sum neces sary to provide succor for the eleven famine-stricken government Is 40.000.000 rubles. Tho wholo of this amount Is to be provided by the imperial exchequer. but It is to be turned, as far us possible to practical account by the employment of the assisted peasants in the construc tion of various public works, chiefly In road building. The latter Is the most Im perative need of tho empire. It Is strange to hear that while there are now about 40,000 versts of railway lu Kuropoan Russia, thero aro only 12,000 versts of properly built highways. It Is this grievous want of roads passable, In all weathers which so severely handicaps tho peasant holders In getting their grain produco to the near est railway depots. Tho want Is of such a crying nature, Indeed, that M. Khltkoff, a well known public economist, proposed In a pamphlet published tho other day, that the Imperial government should apportion a credit of no less sum than 990,000,000 rubles, spread over a term of ten years, for tho construction of highways. A cor respondent of a Iondon paper says that this Is the first timo during tho famine senson of tho last fifteen years that the Imperial authorities havo taken nmplo nnd timely measures for reducing tho hardships and miseries of the helpless poor. Much suffering thpro Is certain to he. but It will not reach the dimensions of other years. Tho history of the tltlo of prlnco of Wales has not been an altogether happy ono. Including lldward of Carnarvon and tho present prince, It has been borne by sixteen porsons. Of theso flvo havo diod beforo coming to tho throne, four came to tho throne, but wero deposed and put to death, ono camo to tho throno and relgnod long, but wa3 Insane, four had unbroken reigns, and a fifth Is now adding to their number, whllo tho remaining one has just received tho princely1 tltlo In cir cumstances perhaps moro auspicious than thoso of any of his predecessors. In one Important respect thcro has of lato been a docldcJ chango for tho better In tho rela tionship nf tho prlnco to tho sovereign. In moro than ono early caso tho holr ap parent was moro than suspected of leading n sort of "opposition court against his father. But Edward VII during all his long tcnurn of tho princely title tho longest on record Invariably set tho flno example of perfect loyalty to nnd sympathy with his mother, the queen, and now that ho Is king ho enjoys n similarly well-affected regard from his son, whom ho has just mado prince of Wales. That fart makes tho present occasion ono upon which both king nnd prlnco aro especially to becon- gratulated. Since tho disastrous war with tho United States tho navy has been exceedingly un popular In Spain nnd hna been subject to nil kinds of attacks In tho preBS and In Parliament. Thero have boon constant dc mnnd3 for reorganization, retrenchment, etc., nnd this has cnuscd so bitter a fooling In tbo navy Itself that tho senior officer, Admiral Vnlcorcl, sought and obtained a special audlonco with tho quoon regent, with n view of laying the grievances of tho fleet beforo her. Ho presented a memorial declaring that naval officors objoct to tho contemplated creation of olvll controllers over naval affairs and credits. Thoy pro fess not to bo guided by political motives, but by mere consideration for tho dignity of their profession. They ask tho govern ment and Parliament to declare, onco for nil, If tho existence of tho navy Is neces sary, and In that caso, to provide It with what la necessary to Its efficiency. If tho country docs not r'equlro n navy, tho gov ernment, they Bay, should dismiss all who belong to it. The Incident has caused much excitement and tho liberal press at tacks the minister or martno for permit ting what is described ns, a glaring breach of discipline. Meanwhile, tho government Is In a sad flnonclal predicament, wanting money for tho army, the navy, education and public works, and not knowing where to look for It. It Is a llttlo difficult to say exactly what tho Siberian railway has cost, as somo of the exponso has not figured In returns, but It will reach moro than ? 100,000,000 in order to gain tlmo tho road was at first constructed with light rails and temporary bridges and much of tho cmbankmont work loft to bo filled In later. Tho western part of tho lino has been reconstructed to a largo extent, but oven now twelvo miles nn hour Is tho best that ran be overaged by "express" trains. Just what tho effoct of this road will bo on tho Asian question cannot now bo properly estimated. In Its Inception It was a political and military undertaking. It Is evident, however, that It will be of commercial Importance. Thero aro vast uninhabited wastes In Siberia whoro millions can be supported, nnd tho mineral deposits are known to bo enor mous. Furthermore, tho caravans that have moved from China to Russia from time Immemorial must glvo way to tho Iron horse. When Hankow, tho commer cial center of Interior China, Is connected with Pekln and the Manchurlan railway la completed, trains ran run through to St. Petersburg lu much less tlmo and oventuaily at less expense than by the present tedious water courses. In any event China will be in direct touch with Russia and with no I other country In the world. These i 6,000 miles of railway nro destined to ! hflvn n crri-nf oitnrt iinnn thn world. Thftv rompleto a chain of communication ho tween the cast and tho west, and ns tho eastern question seems destined to occupy statesmen for many years to come Russia has secured an advantage that may need to bo curbed by others who aro ambitious In at least the commercial partition of the Orient. Do You Wish the Finest Bread aund Cecke It is conceded that Royal Baking Powder is purest and strongest of all baking pow ders, absolutely free from alum, ammonia and every adulter ant. "Royal" makes the best and most wholesome food. ROYAL EAKINO POWOr.ll CO., 100 WILLIAM ST., NEW YORlO WHAT FUTtlltK I'OR nn VAN t 'I'liiiiiftli Vni-r ArmIii to Hp KIiik, Mr Jlnj- llr n KIiir MnLrr. St. IjouN Olobe-Democrat Does the republican victory In Nebraska mean (hat William J. Hr)" is dead as a presidential nomination possibility for 1904? It looks that way. The republican victory in Nebraskn lu 1900 was the sc verest blow dealt to Mr. Bryan's prestige, next to his general defeat lu the country at large. Tho adverso verdict of his own community was a setback to him which gave tho reorganize In his own party n great deal of aid ond romfort. In the election which has Just been held In Ne braska the late democratic leader mado on earnest effort to regain the nscendanry In his state, but ho failed. Ilryan had n much greater Interest at stake In tho re cent election In Nebraska than did tho demo-pop candidates for supremo court Judgo and regents of the Stato university. Tholr defeat nnd tho overthrow of their general ticket bits blin harder than It does any of thorn. Mr. Bryan can never again bo the presi dential candidate of tho united democ racy. This much seems at tho present writing to bo settled. But this dors not necessarily mean that his Influence In his party has ended. Ho has ninny btrong friends In the democracy of tho trans- tnlssiFslppI region. They aro particularly numerous and enthusiastic. In Missouri. There aro tens of thousands of men In Missouri who would like to see him get tho presidential nomination tn 1904, de spite bis defeats In two successlvo na tional campaigns, tho second of which de feats was moro staggering than the first one, and despite tho adverso voto In two successlvo campaigns In his own state. It is. Indeed, within tho bounds of possi bility that theso western supporters of his may bo strong and earnest enough to glvo him an Independent nomination In 1904, when tho regular conventions of his party declares against him, as undoubt edly It will. POLITICAL JintFT. Official reports of campaign expenses In dicate that several Douglas county candi dates got a poor run for their money. All Is not lost, howevor. Tammany saved Its coronnr. It Is very comforting to tho afflicted to have a sympathetic friend con duct tho post-mortem. Dispatches from Now York show that David Bennett Hill Is attending strictly to his legal business. What he IJilnks on matters political Is caretutly kept out of print. Tho Chicago Chronlclo spoaks slightingly of James K. Jonos as "a backwoods leader." Kortunately his rnro talent sb a prophot serves na an armor plato tn turning aside tho barbs of envy. Mayor Tom Johnson of Cleveland will havo a pledged delegation of sixteen mem bers, all from Cuyahoga county, in tho noxt Ohio legislature. What lends sweetness to tho number Is their capacity for tall kick ing. Tho announcement Is mado In Washing ton by Senator Quay that ho has decided to rctlro from actlvo politics and will not bo a candldato for ro-olectlon to tho sunato. A continuous fight Is douccdly tough for an old man. Kormer fiovernor James Stephen Hogg Is soothing tho wotinda of Tammany with somo of bis surplus oil. "Tammany," he says, "Is the cleanest, most upright, most honest political organization that ovor slid down hill." Mr. Hogg belongs to tho sugar cured variety. Thero Is something doing in Chicago. General plans for a campaign "to purify the Cook county legislative delegation" aro announced nearly a year before the elec tion. Tho projectors of this gigantic task havo much faith In the saying, "The early bird catches tho political worm." . Nothing Hurts So Much as the Truth. It Is nmuslnu, If not convincing, to observe tho published announce ments of sonic dealers. We mil attention to their pretentions only for tho snUe. of siiylng that wo do not innku ALL the good clothing In th country. We will wnlve Hint point nnd sny that we make TUB BKST cloth ing In the country ami wo make more than any other manufacturer In tho country, nnd wo give MO I IK for your money than any other. Tbo volume of our production Is the advantage wo havo over others in milking trustMorthy clothing. Character, style, tjunllty thn very best and It U an acknowledged fact that utlmltH of no dispute that , "No Clothing Fits Like Ours." Stills, $10,00 to $25,00, Overcoats, SS.oO up. Klther prlco full value for yotir dollars, rovftir-i2 Exclusive Clothiers and Furnishers. R. S. Wilcox, Manager. CIIHKn V CHAFF. Chicago Trlb.tne: "She affects a taste for literature nowadays, does nhe not?" "Well -f should say. You know her name Is Attn Eliza? Hho writes It Ann E. Llznrro now." Washington Star: "Who is that man who keeps paying It Is always the unexpected t tin t hnpjioii!?" "I'm not sure. Probably an attache of tho weather butcnu." Cleveland Plain Dealer: "lllxley hna marin a Krent hit with his dialect stories." "Von, the hook Is bound so beautifully and tho prlci Is so low that a great ninny peo ple buy It lo give It iiwuy." Chicago Post: "Silence Is golden," hi quoted, when sho was thiotigh with hr llttlo lecture. "Oolden, but not gold." she retorted. ".You'll note tho difference If you ever try to mint it " Philadelphia Press: Magistrate Vour ex cuses nro plauslblo enough, but they dun't go with me. I'll have to glvo you the same old choice, ten days or $10. Lushlcy-All right. I'll take the SIC. Chicago Tribune: "tn your vermiform appendix," tho surgeon told him after th operation was over, "wo found, strango to say, n small brass tack." "That proves T nun r'Khl." fembly an swered tbo sick man, "when f said It was something I had eatou In mluco pic." "Washington Star: "They tell mo that your boy Josh Is getting very Industrious," said tho neighbor. "Yes," answered Varmor Corntossel. "Josh Is gottln' right busy. Ho ptiti In threo or four hours day now tellln' me how I'd orter run tho farm, l'vo cot nn Idea that Josh Is one o' these V.'O.oeo a yenr mon that tho steel trust Is lookln' fur nn' can't find." AN' trMMIlll.INHKI) VUF.M HV nORKn t' mirtNf. MnoMillnn'ti Magazine. (The following vcraes were recently found among somo papers' belonging to the lato Mrs. Bcrrlngtou, who died In 1SS.1. During a great part of her Mfo, Mrs. Berrington lived In Monmouthshire, at no great distance from Itton court, tho homo of Mrs. Curre. to whom, according to thn Indorsement on tho manuscript, thn verier! wero addressed by Burns. Mrs. Curre, who died In 182?., wan tho daughter of John Bushby, Keq., ot Tlnwald Downs, In Dumfriesshire. The, copy from whloh tho verses aro printed Is tn tho early handwriting of the lato Miss Kllza Waddlngton, whoso family also lived In Monmouthshire It is hoppd that thn present publication may load to tho dis covery ot tho original manuscript.) Oh, look jir, young Lasslo, sao Aiftlj nnd n weetly t Oh, smilo nn, younir Lassie, kiio sweetly on mo! Tlier'n nought waur to bear than tho mild glance of pity When grief swells tho heart and tho tear bllns tho c'c. Just such wafl tho glancs of my bonnlo lost Nancy, Just hucIi was thn glancn that oneet brlghtenod hor 'o; But lost Is tho smllo sao impressed on my fancy. And cnld Is the heart that sao dear was to me. Ilka weo flow'rct w grieve to nee blighted, Cow'rlng nnd whirring In frost nlppet plain; Tho nalst turn of Spring shall awauken their beauty. But no'er enn Spring wauken my Nancy again. And whs nho less fair than tho flow'ra of tho garden, Was sho less sweat than tho blossoms of May." Oh, wiih na hor cheek like the rose and tho lily, Llko tho Sun's wavfns glanco at th" closing o' dny? 1 And, oh, sla a heart, sao gude and san tender! Weol was It fitted for beauty so leal; 'Twas ua pure us the drop in tho bell of tho Illy. A weo glinting gem wt' nought to con ceal, But tho blush and the smllo and tho dark e'es' mild glances, I prized thorn tho malst, they wers love's kind return, Yot far less tho lnas of sic beauty laracnUd. 'Twits tho love that ho boro ma tlut gnes me to mourn.