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Tnken nil In nil tins Chrlstmnn shop
ping wi-atliiT 1ms ncvi'r boon more satis
factory to tli rutiill merchants.
Tho Kront liattlo of Kljjlitli stroot lins
lict'ii lndcllnllcly postponeil by the lntur
yentlon of a Jtulli'lnl tlftK of truce.
It Ik to bo nottMl that It was tho mor
chants who advert Iso who hnd to turn
holiday customers away In this city last
week.
Send your friends copies of tho special
Christmas number of The Illustrated
IJee. A very limited supply Is still
available at our business olllce.
Omahn found tho auditorium scheme
In Its Christmas stocking hist year. It
would like to Ilnil the money to make It
materialize In his stocking this year.
The cotton batting Santa Claus has n
short season, but he always gives the
"dldn't-know-it-wns-loaded" man a good
run for position In the casualty list.
Laborer Mnolay evidently 1ms the ex
pansive part of his trousers lined with
luillet-proof cloth, as the tire does not
6ccm to have reached him tip to date.
With Peck's Had Hoy and J. Ham
Lewis among the .laeksoiilau club ora
tors, some headway should be made In
Hspolllng the gloom which settled over
democracy after last fall's elections.
The Italian protectorate over Tripoli
Is now an accomplished fact. Past ex
periences of other countries in Africa
should urge the milkers of dictionaries
to supply a new dellnltlon for tho word
protectorate.
"Never touched me!" shouts tho at
torney general of .Minnesota, after read
lug tlio letter of Railroad Magnate Hill
The attorney general should hug the
base closely If ho doesn't want to be
caught napping.
The New Year's resolution of the Heal
Kstnte oxohaugo should be a resolve not
to let up on Its campaign for equal taxa
tion until every privileged corporation
bears Its full share of the burdens of
local government.
Tho city council has put ofT wrestling
Willi tho question of assessments as a
bourd of equalization until next month.
By that time It doubtless hopes that
everyone will have turned over a new
leaf and made Its sailing smoother.
Turkey Is said to have notified natu
ralized American citizens that they must
leave the country. While the spirit of
the Turk may not bo appreciated over
here, tho nicu affected by tho order may
congratulate themselves on being able
to leave tho country.
If General Masso proposes to balk and
get himself left nt tho post in the Initial
race for the Cuban presidency, he can
blamo no one but himself. He will get
little sympathy In this country by such
a course. The American people have
little uso for a quitter.
County Attorney .Shields Is said to In
tlninto that he will not prosecute any
of tho bills for gambling voted by thu
grnud Jury. As Mr. Shields has not
prosecuted any gamblers since ho has
held the otllce of county attorney, It
would not be surprising If he ignored
the grnud Jury indictments.
An English earl has discovered a
plnu by which ho assures his friends lie
enn break tho bank of Monte Curio, If
they will furnish hlin the money with
which to try. The men behind
bank are watching the earl with cage
solicitude, as the crop of suckers Is re
ported to bo light up to tho present.
Tin: FiaiiT ron ihmqatiox.
It is not to bo expected that tho fight
for the reclamation of tho arid and
semi-arid lands will be won without
n determined struggle. While thero Is
no question that sentiment In favor of
this policy has been steadily growing,
there Is still u formidable opposition to
It which will manifest Itself when tho
question comes before congress and will
employ all conceivable means to de
feat. the policy. Already objections are
being urged ugalust tho Irrigation bill
agreed upon by tho committee of sen
ators and representatives of the arid
land states, forecasting what may be
looked for when that, measure reaches
consideration in congress.
Tho bill contains n provision for plac
ing u reclamation fund at tho disposal
of tho secretary of the Interior and it
Is said that this will bo strenuously
opposed in congress on the ground that
It bestows too great authority and ills-
retlon upon un administrative otllcer
of the government. The amount of such
proposed fund would be about ?;i,000,-
000 and it is urged that this would give
u isocretury of tho Interior enormous
power to reward friends and punish
enemies. It Is possible that at some
tlmo thero might bo nt the head of
that department a man who would use
tho fund in that way, but thero Is no
warrant In cxpcrlcnco for apprehending
this and If it should ever huppeu thero
would bo no dltllculty In congress ap
plying a remedy. This objection there
fore seems to us to have little force.
It suggests, however, how readllv tho
pposltlon to Irrigation will seize upon
any pretext to make u light against it.
Whether or not this opposition will
bo able to defeat Irrigation legislation
In tills congress cannot as yet be dell
nltely determined, but In order to win
the friends of Irrigation must stand
llrmly together and make their tight
nrnestly and aggressively. If thero is
dissension among them, as there has
been hitherto, they must expect to bo
beaten. Tho bill framed by tho senators
and representatives of tho arid laud
states embraces features of several Irri
gation measures heretofore Introduced in
congress. It represents the most In
telligent opinion as to tho policy thnt Is
necessary for the reclamation of the
arid and semi-arid regloiis. Perhaps it
needs some modlllcatlon as to details,
but Its general provisions appear to be
Judicious and entitled to the support of
all who understand the great Impor
tance of adding to our productive area
the vast arid and semi-arid regions.
oun sun ah and tduacco avxjo'rest.s.
A contributor to the New York Times
remarks that the duty of maintaining
the protection of our sugar and to
bacco Interests is Just as Imperative as
that of keeping up the protection of any
other interest. It is argued, giud we
think wisely, that It Is hardly fair to
build up tho Cuban sugar and tobacco
udustiies ut the expense of tho home
Industries that have taken years of
patient Industry and experiment nud in
some cases stuto bounty to bring into
u condition of prollt.
The writer of thu communication to
the Times makes a very convincing ar
gument In behalf of the protection of
the sugar and tobacco interests of this
country and very pertinently urges that
wo are under no obligations to admit
Cuban enne sugar duty free, or even at'
n nominal t a rill', and thatuch a course
would not only ruin tho prospects of
our own home industry, but would tell
against the future prosperity of Cuba
when she becomes the self-supporting
and Independent state thnt It Is our
duty to assist her to become.
When the question of our commercial
relations with Cuba shall como befotu
congress It will be necessary to deter
mine not only what will be to tho Im
mediate advantage of tho Island, but
what will be to Its ultimate and perma
nent benetit. In the meanwhile our own
interests must not be forgotten.
OEUMANV IS CUXCUJATUIIY.
The dltllculty between Germany and
Venezuela will probably bo settled In
a perfectly peaceable way, without any
intervention on the part of the United
States or any other power. According
to the most authoritative advices the
Gormnn government, before taking any
action, had fully Informed Itself as to
what the position and views of tho
United States government would be In
the matter. Herliu dispatches say that
the German government is preparing
for military action against Venezuela
and also that forcible measures are to
be taken to collect the debt claimed by
Germany by parties In that country
against Venezuela.
At tho snmu tlmo It Is stated thnt
nothing will bo done by the German
government to offend the United States.
In other words, 'Germany will do noth
lng to contravene tho Monroe doctrine
In Its efforts, whatever they may be, to
collect the debt which Is claimed to bo
duo to certain German llnanclers con
nected with the building of railways In
Venezuela. The Issue Is not really one
of governmental obllgutlous, but of In
dividual rights, and consequently the
power or authority of the government
to Interpose Is ono for very serious con
stderntlou.
According to Washington advices, our
government lias not yet determined
dellnltely whether or not It should take
any action In tho matter. It Is taking
cognizance of the issue, but simply to
the extent of (hiding out what the pur
poso of tho German government Is. If
that purpose goes no further than the
collection of tho alleged debt and tho
action of the German government does
not go beyond what we have recognized
aw legitimate In such controversies, of
course this government can say nothing
and will make no objection. Only In
tho possibility of the Gennun govern
nient attempting to seize territory
the
would thero bo any protest or opposl
tlon on the .part of tho United States.
According to the lutest advices from
Horllu, there Is not the least probability
of the Gormnn government doing any
thing that will be offensive to the
United States. On the contrary, It the
reports are to be credited, the desire
of tho German government Is to care
fully avoid anything that will glvo of
fense to this country or In the least de
gree Interfere with the existing friendly
relations, in effect the German govern
ment bus at last como to recognize tho
force of the Monroe doctrine.
4.V kXTItAVAOAKT 1'ltUl'OSlTlOX.
Ex-Sonntor Thurston, who Is a mem
ber of the nntlonal commission to the
St Louis World's fair, Is said to be
deeply Interested In tho plans for the
representation of Nebraska at that ex
position. Ho Insists that at least $100,
000 ought to be raised for this purpose;
no smaller amount will, In his Judgment,
be sutllclcnt. This sum the ex-senator
feels confident will be repaid by the
next Nebraska legislature without a
murmur and he does not hesitate to
say thnt If he were In Nebraska he
would cheerfully advance the money
needed.
This assurance on the part of Com
missioner Thurston will doubtless bo
gratifying to tho people of St. Louis, but
we would not advise them to put too
much rellanco upon It, even though tho
senator should head the list with a sub
scription for tho $5,000 which repre
sents hlB salnry for ono year as n mem
ber of tho exposition commission sine
cure. In 18!)7 tho Nebraska legislature np
preprinted only $100,000 for the Trnns
mlsslsslppl exposition in thu face of the
most vigorous opposition. If $100,000
for uu exK)sltlou held nt the metropolis
of the state and chiefly designed to ad
vortlso tho resources of Nebraska and
tho section commercially tributary to
Omnha was deemed sutllclcnt, it is not
probable that any Nebraska legislature
would vote a similar amount for an ex
position from which only remote nud
Indirect benellts could be expected.
As a mutter of unwritten history, only
S'J'J.OOO of tho amount appropriated was
paid Into the Trutismlssisslpp! exposi
tion treasury; a fraction over iJ'JO.OOO
was paid for the Nebraska exhibit
building; the residue, or more than half
of thu entire appropriation, was ex
pended for Incidentals, such as sala
ries of tho Mute commission nud their
retlnuo of employes, entertainments,
collection of special exhibits, station
ery, etc.
Senator Thurston may be oblivious to
the fact, but It Is nevertheless true, that
the great state of Mlssoul did not ap
propriate a dollar for representation at
the Omaha exposition, and the exhibits
of Missouri, made through private en
terprise, fell far below those mndo by
some of the territories, notably Arizona
anil New Mexico. Thu entire value of
Missouri's exhibits at the Transmlssls-
slppl would not exceed $-,."00.
In marked contrast with the parsi
mony and lack of business enterprise
exhibited by" Missouri, whoso commer
cial center.s are extensively patronized
by the merchants and farmers of Ne
braska, was the liberality of the state
of Illinois and the city of Chlcngo.
Although not within the transmlssls-
slppl region, Illinois, through Its legis
lature, appropriated $4.",000 to repre
sent Its people and products nt the
rransmlsslsslppl exposition, and Chi
cago merchants and manufacturers ex
pended many thousands of dollars for
tloor space and creditable exhibits In
the exposition buildings.
Without disparaging the clnlms of St.
Louis or underrating the advantages
thnt mny be derived by Nebraska from a
creditable exhibit at tho Louisiana Pur
chase exposition, It may us well be un
derstood first as last that the money for
a Nebraska exhibit must bo raised by
private subscription, with llttlo prospect
of the money so subscribed being re
funded by a legislative appropriation.
Tho precedents heretofore established
in that respect are wrong, both In prin
ciple nud practice, and we feel sure that
no candidate for tho next legislature
will pledge himself to refund out of tho
state treasury money contributed for
the exposition by private subscription.
The next legislature will bo elected on
the broad Issue of retrenchment and tax
reduction. It is an open secret that the
tlnnnccs of the stuto are in a deplorable
condition, that tho state owes more than
$',,0)u,000 over nud above the limitation
fixed by the constitution and Its aggre
gate expenditures exceed Its Income by
over $100,000 a year. With an enor-
mous dellclt staring It In the face and u
popular demand for relief from the bur
dens of taxation, the next legislature
would not ilaie to order an Issuu of Interest-bearing
warrants for $100,000 or
even a half or one-fourth of that amount
to pay for a Nebraska exhibit at the St.
Louis exposition.
Omaha again bids welcomu to Colonel
William I Cody, the famous Indian
scout and rough rider, who hns adver
tised the Antelope stnto throughout tho
civilized world. Although Nebraska
boasts a number of stalwart frontiers
men who have made themselves
supremely ludicrous by aplug Buffalo
Hill, wearing long hair, cowboy hats and
Louis Napoleon mustaches ami goatees,
Nebraska has produced only one superb
specimen of typical frontier manhood,
who stands peerless as the possessor of
tho traits which murk the gallant knight
without fear nud without reproach
Ills Imitators are us silly as they are
spurious.
Our popoerntlc contemporary, that has
never ceased to bespatter and vilify tho
Omahn police, has at last allowed ono of
its report orlal fakirs space In its col
umns to say that the police department
Is entitled to a big credit mark for Its
work In the poor relief. Tho dispensa
tion of charity Is no part of police
duty, but tho police nre entitled to
credit whenever they execute tho orders
of their superiors In a faithful and elll
dent manner. Tho year's record of
professional crime Is tho best credit slip
for any pollco department ami, tested by
this, tho people of Omaha will have
every reason to be sntlstled.
If Nebraska democrats nre going to
begin already to quarrel whether to
pledge the next delegation to the demo
cratic national convention to David H.
Hill, Admiral Schley or Tom L. John
son, It may Imj necessary yet for Mr.
Bryan to consent to lead the hosts an
other time, Just to 'keep peace In the
family.
One man who was tendered the posi
tion of secretary of the treasury hns de
clined and another who wus nominated
collector of customs nt St. Louis hns
done likewise. Coming so closely to
gether It Is suggested a congressional
committee of Inquiry might be neccs
sury. It would bo n nice thing to have Ne
braska and Its resources creditably rep
resented ut the St. Louis exposition, but
the chances of the legislature appropri
ating $100,000 for that purpose arc de
cidedly slim. A few pressing obliga
tions of the state demand attention also.
Chill and Argentine are now discuss
ing arbitration of their differences. The
record of both countries would warrant
the prediction that a war between them
would not bo the usual South American
pastime, so both will do well to listen
to the voice of the peacemaker.
"I.rt Well Kntiawh Alnnp."
Washington Post.
Tho Hon, Pat Crowo should announco Just
what ho wants. Wo think tho Omaha po
llen will be Inclined to grant It as a
Christmas present.
A Mistaken Anmiitipllnii,
Detroit Free Press,
Tho congressman who declared that wo
aro doing a corner grocery business with
tho Philippines weakened his caso. Tho
running of a cornor grocery Implies profit.
Nut nn Attrnctlvc .lob.
Indianapolis Journal.
Persons who aro seeking positions as
teachers in tho Philippines should not de
celvo themselves as to conditions thero.
Although tho salaries offered seem liberal
(ho cxponscs of living are CO per cent higher
than hero and thero aro other drawbacks
which It requires considerable missionary
real to overcome.
Fnlry Tnlr Ilpcnmr Hrntltlr.
Baltimore American.
The century is beginning with the great
achievement of wireless telegraphy. With
what it will end passes the imagination
of man If progress Into tho secrets and re
sources of naturo continues at tho samo
rate. Wo havo already realized In common
business ltfn gomo ot tho wonders of tho
ancient fairy tales.
How the "Mcriter" Work.
Minneapolis Journal.
Speaking of tho benovolcnt purposes ot
tho railroad mergor newspaper readers havo
doubtless noticed tho fact that as a result
of this consolidation cortnln projected lines
of now railroad will not be built. This is
ono ot the first fruits of tho combination
nud certainly does not point very strongly
toward Improved facilities undor that con
dition of things.
Import' of Troplcnl l'rndnctn.
Philadelphia ledger.
The valuo of tropical and sub-troplcnl
products Imported Into this country during
tho lineal year 1001 was $323,810,155. Of this
Iurgo amount tho Philippine Islands fur
nished J3.1S6.9G3, tho importation from this
sourco consisting almost entirely of hemp.
Tho Philippines aro not in a producing con
dition Just now, but there aro vast possi
bilities beforo them If they can grow all
tho tropical products we need.
Ilcnth Snlvlna; n llnce Problem.
Philadelphia North American.
In six, months tho Ilrttlsh havo "advanced
civilization" in South Africa by killing
14,000 Iloer men, women and children
mostly children and a fow thousand blacks
In prison pens. Tho British army has not
killed so many armed Doers In battlo In
two years. Tho death camp Is Great
Ilrltaln'H solution of the race problem in
Africa and It ovldcutly moots the approval
ot Tho Uaguo convention for tho promotion
ot pcaco among tho nations of the earth.
Mournful I'rrtlletlona.
New York Trlbuno.
Tho prophets of evil who havo been In
dulging so freely In mournful predictions
In recent years that tho coal mines and tho
forests of tho world will bo exhausted in a
few centuries moro or less, should tako
heart ot grace, Cassandra died long ago.
When thero is no moro coal to bo mined
and when no moro wood can bo spared for
Ores, may not crude oil supply tho scarcity
of both? With oil for tho furnaces behind
tho dynamos and for other uses will thoro
bo any lack of fuel for gas, for electricity
and tho sources of motlvo power?
It Looked I, Ike Money.
Philadelphia Ledger.
A United States court in North Dakota
has decided that it wns not a crime lot a
cowboy to glvo nn Indian a itiO Confederate
note in payment for a horse, on the ground,
as tho press syllabus puts It, that "tho
general likeness which ono bill holds to tho
regular currency In Insufllclent to convict,
unless it has been attempted to mako it an
imitation or forgery of real money." Tim
court does not seem to havo been concerned
with the moral aspect of tho caso, hut It In
to bo greatly wished that its doclsion might
bo revlowed by tho supremo court, In order
that It might bo established whether or not
the present prnctlco of tho Treasury depart
meut In suppressing everything that looko
llko money, oven to the painting of a dol
lar on a board, has tho sanction of law.
CHIU.STMAS THKI3 1'IIIKS.
Cnre mid Watchfulness Itenulred to
Prevent Trouble.
Good Housekeeping.
People cannot be too careful in guarding
against flro when trimming a Christmas
tree. Thoro havo been scores of Christmas
treo fatalities in homes and la Sunday
bchnols which a llttlo care might havo pro
vented. Tho present writer once sot a tree
In a blaze, consuming nearly half of It, tin
sol ornaments going with tu, green
branches. A tiny candle had beon wired too
high and It took only a fow minutes of Its
brisk heat to char a branch abovo It and
start a flamo. A thick portlore was torn
from Its polo nnd thrown over tho blaze.
If It had not been at hand the light window
curtains in another minute would havo
caught tire. 8lnco that Christmas our tree
has always been placed In tho center of tho
room, and wo havo eschewed cotton wool,
tlssuo paper angels nnd celluloid ornaments.
First of all, wo wire each candle securely
In place at tho furthest end of n brnnch
which has nothing abovo It, olthcr fir treo
or trimming. Then ns tho treo Is denudud
wo watch carefully thu fast disappearing
candles. Sometimes ono of them, nearly
burnod down, will topplo over or bo morely
a spark ot flamo, but near to somotnlng In.
flammable and be a menace.
HITS OK WASHINGTON 1,11'K.
Gllinpwrn of Minor Actlvltleft nt the
ii t In it ii t ("niiltnl.
A number of so-called "radical reforms'
In the social side of Whlto Houso Ufa fur
nish an abundance of space-filling ma
terial for tho correspondents. Tho most
conspicuous chimgc uotcd Is tho abandon
ment of tho custom of hand-shaking.
President Koosevelt enjoys a
a hearty hand clasp as much as any
strenuous pcrsou, but objects to It as a
continuous performance. Consequently tho
pump-handlo spcctaclo of public functions
Is doomed at the White House. It would be
a good thing if tho example was followed
universally. Another innovation Is tho re
fusal of tho president to receive delegations
from conventions In session la Washington.
These delegations have been quite numerous
of late, so much so ns to seriously Interfere
with public business, and tho president felt
compelled to abandon nn old practice. Still
another chango harped on is tho closing of
the gates to tho grounds on tho south of tho
Whlto House, so that they can no longer
be used as a thoroughfare by pcoplo walk
lull to or from tho State, War and Navy
department buildings. Tho president con
siders that, with tho entire north front ot
tho Whlto Houso open to tho public all
tho time, for seven days In tho week, nnd
with tho Knst room and Its approaches
open from 10 till 2 each day, and with one
third of tho second lloor occupied by ofllcla!
business and callers, the president's family
Is entitled to tho llttlo privacy afforded by
tho grounds on the southern slope, toward
tho monument nnd tho river.
T. M. Pnttorson, successor of Edward 0.
Wolcott as United States senator from
Colorado, has not yet arrived in Washing
ton, says a correspondent of tho Clloba
Domocrat, having been delayed by tho trial
of a mining Bult In Iowa. Tho fact that ho
has agreed to stand hitched with tho demo
crats, according to the data furnished by
mm ror nis sketch In tho congressional di
rectory, Is responsible for a good story that
is being told by tho members of tho Colo
rado delegation. Tho senator was In con
gress once as u democrat. Ho bolted Clove-
land in 1892 and for a number of years was
tho head of tho populist organization in tho
west. Ho also took a hand In tho organi
zation of tho silver republican party, tho
national ullver party nnd kindred factions
and was tho chief promoter of tho many
fusion deals that hnvo been engineered In
Colorado. In county nnd city elections the
senntor led civic federation, good govern
ment clubs, taxpayers' leagues and all
sorts and conditions of independent politi
cal organizations. If ho did not llko the
pollttcnl nltuntlon ho wont to work and had
a new party in tho Held boforo ho went
homo in tho evening. This was cortalnly
dlsconco'tlng to tho pcoplo who wcro try
ing to follow In his political footsteps. Hut
hero Is the story: A canvasser for ono of
tho political organizations, who did not
know tho senator, called at tho Patterson
mansion. Tho colored maid who answered
tho ring cheerfully gavo tho desired In
formation about tho voters in tho houso.
Thoro was Mr. Patterson and Mrs. Patter
son, and Mr. and Mrs. Campbell, and the
butler, coachman and tho female servants,
with their names.
"l)o you mind telling mc," asked tho
canvasser, persuasively, "what party Mr.
Patterson belongs to?"
" 'Deed, I doan know," replied tho girl,
without tho slightest hesitancy, "ho ain't
been homo since mawnln'."
Here is an old story with a decidedly
local color, attributed by tho Washington
Times to Senator Millard:
Senator Millard is a straight republican,
but bo does not permit partisanship to
spoil a good story. "I very well remem
ber tho first tlmo I ovor mot Mr. Hryan,"
said tho senator tho other day. "It was
in tho congressional cnmpalgn ot 1S90. A
friend of mlno, Conncll, wns running on
tho republican ticket in tho Lincoln dlBtrlct
und had arranged for a scries of Joint de
bates with his democratic opponent. Ho
came over and asked mo to sit on tho plat
form at tho opening meeting 'to mid dig
nity to our side.' Ho said a young follow
named Uryau was tho rival candidate.
"I went over to tho meeting, which was
held In an opera house, with some 3,000
people present. It was tho campaign when
thoy wcro talking n great deal about tho
tariff on ton-penny ualls, barbed wire,
wool nnd tho llko. Connell led off, and
made what I thought was a 'hang-up'
speech. It mot my views. I thought It was
all right and unanswerable. Then It waa
Ilryan's turn.
"I cau too now Just how ho looked. His
trousers seemed too small for him and when
ho nroso they didn't fall down to tho tops
of his shoes, Ho had on a long Prluco Al
bert, a broad expanso of white shirt and a
black string tlo. I thought ho would bo
tiresome and wanted to go home. In about
threo minutes ho warmed up, howovor, nnd
ho had not proceeded far beforo ho had tho
wholo crowd with him, shouting, cheering
and applauding. He flayed my friend Con
noll right and left, wound up his argument
and pitched it out ot tho window whllo tho
mob went wild.
"Connell seemed sick. When Hryan got
through with hlra Connell looked llko a
5-cent cako of Ico that had beon left all
tho afternoon In an August sun. It was the
first and tho last of the Joint debates and I
was not In tho least surprised when I woko
up tho morning after election and learned
that 'tho young fellow named Hryan' had
been elected to congress.
Senator Chnuncey M. Dopow prepared a
remarkable biography of himself which ap
pears In tho rongrcsslonal directory. It is
one of tho longest In tho book, notwith
standing his term of service as a senator
Is ono of tho shortest of all tho members of
that Impressive body. Ab ono senator put
It: "Depow's biography Is as long anil as
Interesting as ono of his after-dinner
speeches." Tho most Interesting part of
tho biography Is that convoying tho Infor
mation thnt ho wbb married In December
1901, to Miss May Palmer. Inasmuch as
tho senator has not been married to Miss
Palmer and will not bo until tho latter part
of this month, ho Is receiving many con
gratulat!on8 on his entorprlso as a
chronicler of current ovonts, Thu directory
containing tho announcement of his mar
rlage appeared December 2.
MA Kll IT UNANIMOUS.
Susrirentlon IleRiirilliiB; tile Itr-Mlco-
tlon of Seiintor Alllnon,
New York Mall and Express,
If the legislature of Iowa, by the vote of
republicans and democrats alike, unani
mously re-olects Senator Allison for bis
sixth term, a Is proposed, It will perform
an act of appreciation and grnco on behalf
of tho state that ho has richly carnod.
Sonator Allison's longth of servlco will
have been unprecedented, If ho llvo until
tho expiration of his sixth term, In March,
1909, for although he U to bo re-elected In
January, his now term will not begin until
March 4, 1903, Ho will bo SO years old In
1909 and will have served forty-four years
In congress, olght years In tho house. Ills
years rest o lightly upon him that there
Is reason to expect no Impairment of his
physical energy, whllo his intellectual ac
quirements tplaco him among our foremost
statosmen. The namo legislature will oleet
Mr. Dolllvcr, who Ih now a senator by ap
pointment. As thero Is no candidate against
Senator Dolllver, It may ho hoped that ho
will sharo with his senior colleague tho
honor of unanimous election.
"ci.osino Tin: incident."
Chicago Trlbuno: Ocnoral Miles, it
seems, hns been called upon by Secretary
Hoot to c.xpalu tho remarks he mndo con
cerning tho Schley verdict. They don't
need any explanation. They are perfectly
plain, eminently truthful nnd highly credit
able to him,
lndlnnnpolls Journal: The proposition
to mako Sampson, Schley and Captain
Clark of tho Oregon vlco admirals might
furnish n happy compromlso solution of a
most unfortunate controversy and the pro
motion of the gallant captain of tho Oregon
would bo popular.
llaltlmoro American: It Is very well
for the opponents of Admiral Schley to be
willing "to let tho wholo matter drop," now
they have had their way. Hut, as a matter
of tact, injustice Is a thing which will not
down. The moro troublo It makes, tho
surer It Is to float conspicuously on top ot
them.
Detroit Kreo Press: Tho great mass of
American opinion Is overwhelming ngnlnst
tho majority verdict and Schley has ns
many supporters today as ho had when the
Maclay libel appeared. If tho caso Is
closed for tho Navy department, It Is closed
nlso for tho American pcoplo, und If tho
verdicts clash, tho worso for tho depart
ment. Now York Times: It Is vain that con
gratulations nro offered to tho senato and
houto on their having packed tho naval
committee against Schley. It is evident
that tho Schley caso will not "down." It
ought not to "down" until tho eternal laws
ot Justlco havo boon successfully Invoked
for the defenso of a bravo and cnpablo offi
cer against tho most Infamous and malig
nant assaults over mndo upon any wnrrtor
on sea or land by his corarades-ln-nrms.
Indianapolis News: What n thousand
pities that tho Sampson-Schley controversy
over arosel Thero won glory enough for
alt In thnt great battle, and nil thnt partici
pated In It did their duty greatly. Why
rould It not have gono for that? Sampson
did nil thnt ho found to do, and with zent
and Judgment. It wan his misfortune thnt
In tho lino of his duty ho happened to bo
uwny when tho Spnnlsh fleet sought to es
cape. All that ho can fairly bo criticized
for afterward was his lack of generosity In
his attitude toward tho men that did the
actual fighting. It is too bad that one of
tho greatest events In our naval history
should lead to endless crimination and ro
crimination rather than to gratulatlou and
congratulation.
PUHSONAI. NOTF.S.
Postmaster Oeneral Smith is an editor
of rare merit. Ho did not even lot his
own paper havo a "beat" on his resigna
tion. Senator Mark Uannn rccelvea three bush
els of letters dally. Ho reads nono of tho
letters himself, however, unless they aro of
a personal nature.
Theodoro S. Mcl.ellan, tho printer who set
tho typo on Longfellow's first book, "Outre
Mer" ("Tnles of tho Sea"). Is still living
at Hrunswlrk, Me., at tho ngo of 91.
Judging by tho interviews published, tho
Impression Becnis to prevail among onlcors
of Cervera's fleet thnt Wlnflold Scott Schley
was at Santiago at the opening and tho
finish.
Thero havo been four postmasters general
from tho stnto of Wisconsin Alexander W.
Hnndall, Timothy O. Howe, William V.
Vilas and Henry C. Payne, tho Incumbent
of tha office
A Kansas City brldo of Inst June, whoso
olopement had tho customary frills of ro
mance, Is now rfppcallng to tho courts for
divorce. How soon the roses fado, also tho
glamor of romance
A report comes from nrussels that an In
genious Ynnkeo ban mado It posslblo for
usors of telcphotios to soe each other. What
will bo tho effect on tho grnphophono when
"tha lino Is busy?"
M. Capazza, who crossed tho Mediterra
nean from Marseilles to Corsica In a bal
loon, now tnlkB of going from tho Canary
islands to Panama in tho samo way, a dis
tance of over 4,000 miles.
John D. Rockefeller has opened another
tank of oil for tho Chicago university. His
donations to that Institution now aggregate
18,000,000, a sum sufllctcnt to prevent Im
mediate friction In tho educational ma
chine. It was a Justlco of tho New York supremo
court who held that tho genuineness of a
painting by Corregglo could not bo estab
lished, bccnUBc, ns Corregglo died 300 yenrs
ngo, nobody could bo found who saw him
paint it.
Hlchard H. Cooper, n prlvato of tho Klav
enth United States cavalry, who has Just
returned from the Philippines, has brought
with him tho regalia which Agulnnldo al
ways woro on dress pnrndo beforo tho
outbreak.
Emperor William's six sons aro to got
their education In part at tho military
academy of Plon. Two of them nro there
now and threo have been there. Tho crown
prlnco is at present nt tho University of
Honn nnd Prince Adalbert Is making a
long trip on a military training ship.
Kmperor WIlllam'B declaration that tho
habitual drinking of beer Injures tho pro
ductiveness of tho German workman hna
raised a storm about bin ears, and ono
Herlln speaker secretly asserted that tho
divine right of kings did not glvo his
majesty tho right to dictate what his sub
jects shall cat and drink.
A New Jersey girl has applied to court
for an Injunction to prevent n young man
from marrying another girl. Tho grow
ing scarcity of marriageable men In the
east forces tho surplus of women to tako
desperato chauceB. Mary Llvermoro's ad
vice, "Go west, girls, go west," should
bo heeded. Thero truo happiness nbldes.
OUR STORE
WILL BE CLOSED ALL DAY CHRISTMAS
We are going to be busy
our KiucKing. do (io your mining tomorrow u you nro
desirous of doing it here, llent place in town to buy tho
necessary things that a man
OPEN AT NIGHT, ALSO, if you can't get down in
daytime.
A Merry Christmas to all and
"No Clothing Fits Like Ours."
Exclusive Clothiers and Furnishers.
R. S. Wilcox, Manager.
IMIOSPHHITY ON THU I Vll.1l,
Aitrlctiltiire Never llefore lu n Mur
I'lnur Inking Co ml It lit u.
Now York World.
mo woriu-wmo Kcarcuy oi s'n, ,o
means high prices for city conr.ui ,eis, l
for this country thn scarcity has Pa ttr
fill side In tho prosperity of the fan ., rs,
nH l..1l l.W ,1.. .1 - .L .
t, M.1IH ..!..!. I I .. ,1.
.1 ..1.1 n I ..111 ... . .
keted. The samo Is true of wheat II
sugar production, prosperous In Color i
and Nebraska, makes lu other states a f
beginning. California fruit profits 1
quicker freight scrvlcn and by tho s-
npplo crop. Hogs soil at high prl f
minis id .Montana; now, occauso of f
Iloer war demand, thoy aro worth 110
f.n Nhln.. I.a h.h.l. T - . T.I I .
ers are gottlng double prices for potatoe
which aro a paying crop from Maine
Michigan.
T.ntiil 1n nden unn.t Ih f
aro buying stock, making improvements
atinPti ftni.ll,iM In nnn1lfllln n -,.... .
I . . 1 1 I t. ... .
nfn n H t ,1 1 1, . .. II nl.l.l.. ...
hnvo increased In valuo 1I per cent in
cent.
A nMln1..A It.n I. - I In.!.... J ..
never In moro flourishing condition than
this country tofluy.
POINTI'.U HUMAIUCS,
Judge: Mlsn Madison Avenue. Ami
DUUIKTU3 I
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quiiuuo.
rnnU T.-.W... 1M... .,111... ... . 1 . ...
MV'Ift ..iv.u ... I I. nn IV Kill)
"lion trying to tap tno wireless line"
VnMb.M Ulnln. r.t... 1.
lnl.l.l. I ..... . u.. ...I , -
oiuclal over thero who lnul held oflleo for
uozen years just got uwny with jk.uii,
V.W...U... ...... V ,.ll BIV, b ItfUH 111
nearly iwoivo years to do it'
TM. I..... . . , . . .
..in omul I. imiii ir?, ynu pre p
luiu nun ni'i iiiinri ii in iii.il l i a wpuit
jubi in lest ins iovo ror ner
Vila And then"'
nine.
cnrrkH a poitiigo ntamp flirtation card
ins pockoi gt'iicriuiy wears n iiimg,
r .nlln'. t.t.i... mm. .ni
your hub, inuy, nmi i n put it on top '
the enb.
.-..in mm -in llll.ti: ill
111 carry It on my lap.
woman.
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Harnen: ' 1 am liberal-minded enough
IIHI, III,. Tlllirill UIIMtl.n, (tlflmll.vl. I ul.n.
(HHIIKfl In hn Plllli.il lliMin In Tin rl li.iilr, n
iiosmii iranserint: .Mrs. Frrson It lien
......p. ,......, ... iinuui uiprjin
ciwier, lor mat matter.
Mr. Person No, but he knows about
thero Ih to know about human nature.
11.1,1... A... ...I- , rl ,,
tins year.
it ...... .1 At... I I I r, ....
t,w. ,,irvi, j.... .,,.- j.t.i. i llu.V l I(1L J
nil.) IIIVJU llll .Ull K1L 111 U IHUlUUIl III HIT
CIIIIIST.1I.VS TI.1IK AT III I.I, t MIS.
Will T. Hale.
Hupposln' I havo tlmo to burn, some ono
seiulln' mo
t IIU IKIIfi:! IIIJUL'U I.IIUIV IIL inline. I II n ,1
Ings Weekly lice.
j nriiups .iiiiiii wilds ii ninin o il jo
who still holds to tha farm
t. . ,. f, - '
...... niiiMi.n . ,,, ,,i,.. ...ill. ll
things that used to clmriii,
men, as iikc as not.
I II nlioul forgot:
a mi,
.ii ii'tirii iwutL f. Hum in nriuiH nn nun
nut Here b n social suit:
niiiiirn .11 mi .i iiiirno. nil . niriui mn t ti
will glvo ii dinner, nud
111.. ... ... I . I V. T I
ii) do on iiuiiii.
iney int little mvir;
i-uu nil luti-iiiHiiinnfHi i n riKi man limns t
como nut once a year'
I see In thought tho furnilioiiHn an'
log lire's cheerful ulow.
of mistletoe.
w.i. . 1... i n n,,.-i. r. ill ii iiiivi .unci, nut. i
1 i flw, ,,lr
iiiui u ii.it-.in in.; iifiu null ninuiT lliu
an not ono vacant eiinir
tuo winner, nils
With all the K'ory that hung round
homo iniiuni: the hills.
easily understand
-io do on naiiii'
Repairing Glasses-
Aiiiviif, vnu iinvn ii nnir ni i-inRRiH a
mini repairing, rossiuiy n ions iosi
nr n leinnin nrnicnn. I'prnnTin n.iriv nil
them on your face, or you dropped thorn
luu iiuui iiiiii inuy nuiu fuipiutt uu. J.
throw them away. Parts that ennnot
repaired wo will replace.
Wo do every kind of work connected
tho spectnelo business.
J. C. Huteson & C
Munufncturlntr Optician,
1520 Douglas St.
examining tho contents of
will fancy.