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aya that the actual number of full and
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Evening and Sunday Bee printed during
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2 a,T0 It 30,430
1TU,4 IB 2O.B30
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I Ztt.UUO 21 KU.SIO
XV&W 22 XU.CWO
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I Ztt.700 ' 25 KU.BItO
JO.. K,SO 26 2W,0UU
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12 2M.3TO 21 20,540
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14 2,620 30 STO.OOO
IS 20,670 31 20,44
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They have a few more anarchists In
Russia.
David Bennett Hill hungers for har
mony with a big II.
Members of the Moulders' union call
It a lockout Other people call It a freeze
out
When all other sources of revenue are
exhausted John Bull cau always fall
back on the Income tax.
Omaha needs a garbage crematory
very much. The only question Is where
the money Is coming from.
The open- season for bunting ducks
and geese Is closed,, but the season on
political canards and roorbacks has
Just opened.
If President Roosevelt keeps up bis
fight on the trusts he may force the
democrats to take the plutocrats under
their protection.
An all rail route through the heart
of Alaska up to the Arctic circle Is to
be constructed this year and summer
hotels near the north pole will become
the fashionable resort at no distant day.
When Touias Kstrada Talma came to
this country twenty-five years ago he
traveled In an emigrant car. Talma's
return journey as president-elect of the
Cuban republic Is made In a palatial
private car.
While the attorneys of the Taxpayers'
league are bombardlug the supreme
court It will uot do to lose sight of the
precinct assessors who are quietly at
work listing property for next year's as
sessment roll.
As an argument against dispensing
With kindergartens the Chicago Chron
icle rites the fact that Insurance statis
tics show that a large proportion of fires
re started by children who are neither
at school nor at work. This Is a clincher.
Iowa has captured another juicy plum
from the federal pie counter In the ap
pointment of General J. 8. Clarksou as
surveyor of customs for the port of
New York. If there Is anything Iowa
wants all she has to do la to ask for It.
Henry Wattcrsou still Insists that the
future of th republic is Imperiled by
the inau on horseback, and yet Thomas
Jefferson, the great patron saint whom
Henry Wattersou swears by, was the
only America u president who came on
horseback to tie Inaugurated.
The secretary of the Omaha Commer
cial club and keeper of the Omaha In
dian supply depot, so-called, are now In
Chicago to witness the opening of bids
for ludlan supplies, but their presence
at the ceremony will have about the
same effect as the pope's bull against
the rx.met. .
Representative Ray of New York,
chalriuuu of the Louse committee on
Judiciary, to whom was referred the
resolution railing upon the attoruey gen
eral for Information relative to the
prosecution of the Beef trust, confidently
believes that the attorney general will
Immediately probe the matter of the al
leged Beef trust to the tottom. We ap
prehend that it will take several X-rays
and the searchlight of publicity to ex
pose the skeleton of that stall fed bovine.
The squatter, governor of South Da
kota has been appointed United States
commissioner for Gregory , county for
the purpose of accommodating the new
aettlers who are expected to locate on
the Rosebud Indian reservation during
the coming summer. Nebraska's squat
ter governor, the lamented Pearutan,
has passed over to the happy hunting
(rounds, but If he were still in the land
of the living he might also have taken
a Land in the distribution of the Indian
That was bis favorlt pastime.
PDHSVjya THE COMBINATIONS.
The admlnstratlon Is pursuing the
policy promised by Fresldent Roosevelt
In his annual message and repeated In
his Charleston address, of enforcing the
law against the combinations. The
United States district attorneys at Kan
sas City and Chicago have been In
structed to prosecute a thorough Investi
gation as to the alleged beef combine,
with a view to ascertaining whether the
anti trust law has been violated. In a
letter to the chairman of the Judiciary
committee of the house of representa
tives Attorney General Knox states that
he has no evidence which can lie classed
as legal of the existence of such a com
bination, but he has directed that a
thorough Investigation be made. Until
this Is done of course the Department
of Justice cannot determine whether
steps shall be taken toward a prosecu
tion. The public will heartily commend the
action thus taken, from which some
good results may ' reasonably be ex
lccted. It may not l possible to show
that there Is actually a "beef trust,"
but the common Impression that there
is an arrangement between the leading
packers to maintain and advance prices
is probably well founded and If this
shall be proved to be the case there is
no question that they can be prosecnted
under the Sherman anti trust law, on
the ground that such arrangement Is a
conspiracy to monopolize trade and als
In restraint of trade. The law Is very
clear and explicit in. regard to this.
Everywhere there Is an earnest public
protest against what Is believed to be
the unwarranted advance In the price of
meats and in taking notice of this and
endeavoring to ascertain whether the
advance is due to an unlawful com
bination amoug packers, the adminis
tration is doiug a service to the public
which will be universally appreciated
and which there is reason to expect will
have a salutary effect
THE IiVSSIAN ASSASSINATION.
The assassination of the Russian
minister of the Interior gives most
pointed Illustration of the bitter feel
ing among Russian students toward the
government. Recently the students have
been vigorously agitating for political
and social reforms and a large number
of the more radical ones have been sent
to prison. In their prosecution the min
ister of the Interior was especially ac
tive and consequently Incurred the re
lentless hatred of the student class, or
that portion of them who are agitating
for reforms. His assassination by one
of them Is therefore a dee'd of revenge.
The student class In Russia la a force
which the government has constantly to
reckon with. Intelligent, with Ideas of
political and social progress, they exert
a very considerable influence upon pub
lic thought and are almost continually
engaged In agitation. The government
consequently finds It necessary to main
tain a most careful and thorough sur
veillance over them and their move
ments are watched with the utmost
vigilance. Their agitation, however, has
not been altogether fruitless, but as
sassination will certainly not Improve
affairs or promote the realization of the
reforms which the student class desire.
On the contrary. It is likely to result
In the government adopting severer
measures for the repression of agita
tion and more harshly punishing those
who engage In Inciting popular senti
ment against the existing order of
things.
PROTECTION SENTIMENT IN ENGLAND.
There is unquestionably a growing
sentiment in England against the free
trade policy. A member of Parliament
recently expressed the belief that a se
cret ballot in the House of Commons
would result In a large majority in favor
of duties and London correspondents say
that arguments are now constantly
heard that free trade has been too long
a mere fetich, that the day of pure Cob
dentsm Is past and that If Cobden were
alive now he would favor certain re
stricted tariff measures for revenue.
Articles have appeared iu leading Brit
ish magazines and commanded much at
tention urging that England, with its
present economic policy, . could not
compete with the United States and Ger
many, and that she must have a pro
tective tariff to save her manufactures,
with which Americans and Germans
now successfully compete even In her
home market. ,
The revenue requirements of the Brit
ish government, created by the costly
war In South Africa, have forced It
to Impose duties on soino of the neces
saries of life, as sugar, flour, meal and
grain. Notwithstanding the declaration
J of the chancellor of the exchequer that
these duties do not . violate the prin
ciples of free trade, it certainly can
not reasonably be contended that they
are In accord with that policy. Nor Is it
by any means certain that they will not
have the effect, as he asserted, of In
creasing the cost of food. But the lni
porta ut thing Is that these duties, with
the exception of .that on sugar, are
likely to be permanent for not only
must England have large revenues after
peace, if her proposed plaus respecting
South Africa are carried out, but her ag
ricultural interest Is demandiug protec
tion.' It Is urged In support of this de
mand that the security of England is
Involved In the question of Improving
agricultural conditions, that more wheat
must be grown and the nation mado, if
itoesible, less dependent upon forelgu
supplies.
Political as well as economic reasons
will therefore be urged in favor of
maintaining the duties, which will of
course have the support of the agrl
cultural producers. This breach In the
free trade policy havlug been made. It
appears highly probable that the manu
facturers will sooner or later luslst that
they be given some measure of protec
tion against the competition that Is not
only taking trade from theui In foreign
markets, but is steadily reducing their
business in the home market. There
are already many British manufacturers
who .want this and If tb demand
should become general there Is no doubt
that It would be supported by British
worklnginen, who could hardly fail to
see that they would be benefited by
protection to the home market.
Sir Robert Olffen pointed out In a re
cent address the need of new taxation
and the possibility that It would be In
direct taxation, which may fairly be ac
cepted as Indicating the trend of senti
ment The Innovation made by the gov
ernment can hardly fall to give an Im
pulse to the anti-free trade feeling and It
seems a safe prediction that in the
not remote future the economic policy
of England will uudergo a pretty com
plete change.
THE CNWN PACIFIC SHOULD KEEP FA 1TB
When the Union Tactile railway man
agers appealed to the mayor and council
for an amicable settlement of the long
standing differences between the city
and that corporation. The Bee voiced
the sentiment of the community In sup
port of the proposed adjustment Under
the compact made between the contract
ing parties the city of Omaha made a
generous graut of right-of-way to the
Union I'aclflc by vacating a large num
ber of streets and alleys and the Union
Pacific bound itself to construct and
maintain permanent terminal machine
shops and repair shops, equipped with
modern machinery, at Omaha.
It was clearly understood between the
contracting parties that the recon
structed machine shops were to Include
all appliances for the construction or re
pair of locomotives and cars. Including
foundry work, which had for years been
maintained and operated as part of the
old shops. The summary abolition of
the foundry and the transfer of the
foundry work to Chicago has very
naturally created the Impression that
the Union Tactile railroad is not acting
In good faith.
While no specific provisions are em
bodied in the contract for the main
tenance and operation of the foundry
as part of the machine shops, the com
pany could with equal propriety aban
don any other of its shops without tech
nical breach of the contract. The ap
prehension that such a policy could or
would be adopted at any time In the fu
ture Is within Itself a menace to the
prosperity of Omaha.
If the abandonment of the shops was
really contemplated before the contract
was entered Into It would have been but
right and proper for the representatives
of the Union Taclflc who negotiated the
joint agreement to have so Informed the
mayor and council. While no positive
announcement has been made that the
closing down of the Union Pacific foun
dry la to be temporary or permanent, it
is to be hoped that the Union Pacific
managers will set at rest all conjecture
and doubt In the premises. The Union
Pacific cannot afford to break faith with
Omaha any more than Omaha can afford
to break faith with the Union Paeiflc.
The contention before the United
States supreme court over the Great
Northern and Burlington merger recalls
forcibly the contention over pro rata be
tween the Union Pacific and Burlington
railroads years ago. Whenever an effort
was made to pass a pro rata bill
through the legislature the Credit
Moblller lobby at Lincoln would insist
the redress must be sought through con
gress and not through the legislature.
Whenever the pro rata bill was brought
before congress the Credit Moblller lobby
pointed to the legislature as the only
tribunal to enforce the right of the Bur
lington to make reasonable traffic con
nections with the Union Pacific. And
this game of shuttlecock and battle
dore continued until the Burlington had
secured an outlet of its own. Just
now the same tactics are being
pursued with regard to the . Northern
Securities company merger. When the
Minnesota legislature was in session the
lawyers of the Jim Hill syndicate de
clared that the only tribunal that could
deal with the question -was the United
States supreme court. Now that the
case is before the supreme court they
claim that the only tribunal to deal with
the merger Is the state legislature.
The commissioners of Douglas county
are making a tour of observation over
all of the country roads with a view to
ascertaining what repairs and improve
ments will be required during the pres
ent year. We are assured that the com
missioners started out with a firm re
solve not to sanction any additional
work this year aside from what Is now
mapped out Although this Is the mid
dle of April, we must class this resolve
with the new year's resolutions, which
are usually broken before a change of
the moon. It may be safely predicted
that the commissioners will not be able
to withstand the heavy pressure for po
litical grading and bridge work that al
ways comes Just before election.
Joy for Smoked Haass.
Philadelphia. Press.
Knm noonla are not bothering so much
about the price of meat since the coat of
cigarettes Is being reduced. All kinds of
living are not dear.
Cassias Errsla 1'astlas; Shadows.
Indianapolis Journal.
Nebraska democrats who claim to know
aay that William Jennings Bryan will be
the fusion candidate tor governor In that
state next fall. You can't lose William J.
Aaetacr "Air" Mae Road.
Brooklyn Eagle.
A great national highway, 3,000 miles
long, extending from the Atlantic to the
Pacific, would be glorious achievement
and a perfectly feasible one. We want one
good road In this country, and that ought to
be it.
Chicago Chronicle.
Rhodes' tombstone, as unlmpaastoned pos
terlty will inscribe It, will perpetuate his
only sentence sow remembered: "Every
man has his price and I have the price."
That was the fundamental maxim of Rhodes'
statesmanship.
Missals- Slow la Oae Thlac
Philadelphia Ledger.
The British Pact He cable has reached the
rijt ialanda. oa its way from Australia to
Canada. The Indications are that It will
be A&iabed, M at work, before. Ulia country
hss finished talking about who shall bulM
the one proposed for eur use between the
United States. Hawaii and the Philippines.
Illah Tide of Heroism.
Chicago Inter-Ocean.
Man's chivalry toward woman has seldom
been more beautifully or more heroically
exemplified than in the case of Louis
Hanck, who Jumped Into the Chicago river
to rescue a drowning woman without wait
lag to get a report from the health depart
ment on the condition of the water.
Warm Pare of Justice.
Minneapolis Journal.
The dispatch with which a cold-blooded
murderer in Detroit was hurried to prison
for life sets an example that cafc well be
followed In other cities. Now and then
there are criminal cases In which ths evi
dence Is so nicely balanced that the ac
cused la entitled to every delay that can
possibly be wrung from the laws. But, on
the other hand, there are many crimes of
a flagrant nature, where the guilt of the
accused Is certain, that the ends of Justice
and public order are best attained by the
utmost possible celerity.
tlrrlna; I'p the Moaanacka.
Philadelphia Record.
British Self-confidence has been given an
other severe shock in the appearance of
American enterprise and capital to finance
the London underground railway project
This means more than the mere floating of
the undertaking financially. It means the
use of American material In the building
and equipping of the road. It becomes an
American enterprise, in short, and tho Lon
don newspapers are again busy trying to
harmonize the situation with their clalma
that British commercial and financial su
premacy has not been shaken very re
cently. Rural Made Boxes Hans I'p.
Philadelphia Record.
Rural free delivery has a department
string to It In the guise of an order com
pelling the rurallsts to buy one out of four
teen specified mall boxes, or in default
thereof to suffer exclusion from the free
delivery privilege. Each jolly farmer must
have an Iron mall box and must buy it
from one or another of the favored fourteen
manufacturers. This Is regarded by the
department officials as a beneficent ar
rangement all around, but a senate amend
ment has upset it and the fur will fly in
conference committee accordingly. Think
of making the free delivery privilege con
tingent upon a reluctant purchase of some
petty contractor's patented mall box!
FATAL INITIATIONS.
Too Mats "Horse Play" Causes
Troable la the Camp.
Brooklyn Eagle.
Another case of over-initiation comes to
notice in Michigan, where a dying man
brought suit against the order of Modern
Woodmen for $50,000 for Injuries received
In the process of making him a member of
the company. It cost him a leg. So It
would seem that the sports of the Woodmen
may be expensive to them. And they should
be. Rough and tumble sport Is not neces
sary to the joining of any order. Initia
tions of any sort are not necessary, If It
comes to that No person is better for
having been made to stand oa his head
in a corner, to make laughter for a crowd
of hU fellows, or is wiser for having been
forced to slide down a greased board Into
a tub of Ice water.
These things belong to the hobble-de-hoy
age, and are sometimes forgiven to col
lege students, but not so easily to adults.
Secret societies' have nothing to tell or
confer on humanity that makes any form
desirable. There may be forms that are
impressive, and there are some which are
symbolical, but three times in four the
doings of the lodge and society room are
the veriest antics, and the member is se
cretly ashamed of them. Indeed, one of the
best reasons for secrecy Is the fear of
ridicule If the public finds out how super
fluous, how childish these performances
are
So long as the purpose of an initiation
is to have a laugh at the initiate's ex
pense, to exhibit him naked, dripping with
water, to toss him in a blanket, to prod
him and scare him, to lower him into holes
by ropes, to chase him with fire, to threaten
him with Swords, and to do any other of the
silly things that grown men sometimes
descend to, the public has no right to Inter
fere. The initiate will be mortified, but be
will take his revenge by initiating other
people. When the performance la so savage,
however, as to Imperil life and limb, the
law has a right to stop it. It did so a
number of years ago when the Sons ot
Malta had injured and crippled a number
of persons In proceedings of the most
savage character.
COl'HTS AS ASSESSORS.
Faaetloas Aaaamrd by Ike Federal
Coarts la Cktcaaro.
Chicago Record-Herald.
Without attempting a review of the de
cision ot . Judges Qrosscup and Humphrey
in reducing the reassessment of the fran
chises of public service corporations lo
Chicago, there Is one point about the
basis which they adopted which should
not be permitted to pass without pro
tect. The rule fixed by the decision read
as follows:
"The basis shall be the true net earn
ings of the several complainants for the
year, covering April 1, 1900, proper allow
ance being made for depreciation and re
placement, but not for extensions, and re
duced further by the amount of additional
taxes that the enforcement of thla rule pro
duces. Upon this basla the value of com
plainants' capital stock. Including fran
chises and tangible property, shall be cap
italized on a ratio of per cent: this
equalized by reduction of 30 per cent, and
then divided by five."
It may be questioned whether the court
has not adopted an excessively high ratio
(I per cent) In capitalizing the capital
stock, franchises, etc., on net earnings,
when private property Is capitalized on a
ratio of between 4 and 6 per cent and taxed
on such capitalization. But the chief ob
jection to the court's rule is the SO oer
cent reduction.
In the layman's view there is no war
rant In law or justice for any such re
duction. While there was a great amount
of real and personal property In Cook
county assessed at less than 30 per cent
below Ita full value. It was Illegally and
inadequately so assessed.
But If the per cent ratio of the earn
ing capacity of property In Chicago were
adopted to fix its assessed value It would
be found that more than half of all 1-
assessments in the business section of tte
city were made at more than their full
value. The full value, without any reduc
tion of 30 per cent or any other variable
percentage, must be the aim and practice
of courts as well as assessors If we are
ever to arrive at a just and equitable assess
ment of all taxable property In. Cook
county.
If Judges, when assessments come be
fore them tor revision, may read 20 or 30
or 60 per cent reductions Into the basis
of assessment there can be no protection
or appeal against assessors doing the
same.
The law says that the assessors shall
determine and fix ' the "fair cash value."
which ahall be set down In the column
beaded "full value." Any departure from
this basis Is fraught with Injustice and
danger of Inequality, favoritism and corruption.
Live Nebraska Towns
Alliance Marvel of the West.
Alliance, situated In Box Butte county,
northwestern Nebraska, on the Billings line
ot the Burlington. 361 miles from Lincoln,
Is the marvel of all visitors and commercial
giant of the western half of Nebraska.
Founded In 1888 on unsettled prairie table
land. It haa today 8,000 people and unlimited
prospects for further advancement.
Such progress Is a mystery to the stranger,
but easily accounted for by the citizen who
knows this development Is made possible
by railroad Interests ever vigilant for the
town's welfare, and the natural adaptabil
ity of tho country surrounding Alliance for
stock raising. The quality of potatoes and
hay raised is exceptionally fine and the
shipments of these large. Alliance has,
briefly: Accredited schools with an enroll
ment of over 700; nine church organizations,
six of which have their own edifices; water
works; electric lights; telephone system;
$30,000 opera house; newspapers; pressed
brick works: steam laundry; planing mill;
secret societies galore; substantial business
buildings and many comfortable homes.
Most Important are Burlington Interests
at this general division, and junction for
the Denver and Guernsey lines. Here are
located car, machine and repair shops and
general offices of the company. The Bur
lington employs in the various branches
here about 600 men. the monthly payroll
easily reaching 330,000. These men are an
Industrious class, and It Is a fact that nearly
BO per cent more of them own homes 1n Al
liance than do tho company employes of
other towns in the state. Freight and pas
senger receipts at Alliance station have In
creased three-fold in the last Ave years and
now amount to over $20,000 per month. Here
ail cattle from the south via Denver, or
from the east and southeast by way of St.
Louis, Kansaa City, Omaha and Lincoln are
unloaded for feeding and Inspection. The
The Nation's Growth
Washington Post.
Outside of such wild Actions as those
of Gulliver, Munchausen and W. S. Gil
bert's opera librettos, it would be difficult
to And more astounding statements than
the cold facts published by the Treasury
department's bureau of statistics showing
the progress of the United States in its
material Interests In the ninetenth cen
tury. In 1800 three years before expan
sion began the area of the republic waa
827.844 square miles. The population was
6,308,843 a total now excelled by each of
several states and much less than double
the aggregate of a single city. The popu
lation per square mile was 6.41. The pub
lic debt was $82,976,294 and the net revenue
only $10,848,749, scarcely sufficient to run
a single third-class city of these days for a
year. But It met all the wants of the na
tion, for the net ordinary expenditure was
$7,411,370, of which $2,660,879 was for the
army, $8,448,716 was for the navy and $64,.
131 tor pensions. Exports were worth $70,
971,780, Imports $91,252,768. American ton
nage In the foreign trade waa 669,921 tons.
The number of postofflces 903. with re
ceipts of $280,804.
New York City requires annually for its
government more than twelve times the
cost of the national government In 1800,
and the police department of a first-class
city now calls for more money than our
army and navy cost a century ago.
' In 1900 ' our area, exclusive of Alaska,
Hawaii, Porto Rico, the Philippines and
other insular acquisitions, had grown from
827,844 to 8,025,600 square miles. Popula
tion had climbed to 76,303,387 and popula
tion per square mile to 25.22, leaving plenty
of room for Increase. The estimated wealth
in 1900 was $94,000,000,000, but it is im
possible to make a reliable estimate on
that subject. The general opinion Is that
IV THE Fl'SIOX FOLD.
Custer County Beacon: The Beacon sug
gests Judge H. M. Sullivan as a candidate
for congress. If populists want a vigorous
campaigner, he's the man for the place.
Saline County Democrat: W. V. Allen
gives It out that he is not a candidate for
governor. He should be taken at his word
snd it should be seen that he sticks to It.
Howells Journal: The fusion press of
thla district is almost a unit In favor ot
the renominatlon of Congressman Robinson.
His four years of faithful service have
shown him to be the right man for the
place.-
Columbus Telegram: Several democratic
newspapers are advocating the nomination
of Editor Adams of the Grand Island Demo
crat for lieutenant governor. Why not for
governor? The signs read that in the
fusion mixup this year the nominee for
governor will be a democrat. Adams is
worthy the place.
Madison Mall: Congressman Robinson's
position of ranking opposition mem
ber of the committee on the revision of
laws Is vitally Important. It is not often
that a young member ot the house reachea
this place. But Mr. Robinson's experience
on the bench and bis standing at the bar
no doubt convinced Speaker Henderson that
his appointment would bo a wise one. to
make.
North Platte Tribune: While aome of
the North Platte friends of Congressman
Neville claim that ha will not be a candi
date to succeed himself, yet there is evi
dence galore that pins for his renominatlon
are now being aet. During the sickness of
Mr. Neville, he naturally felt pretty blue
and he thought that If he recovered his
strength again he would refrain from the
arduous work incident to a campaign In
the big Sixth district. But now that he
has fully recovered and is reported to be
feeling better than for many years, his
hankering to continue in the harness sa a
lawmaker is strong and he evidently de
stres to be re-elected. It will be well, how
ever, for Mr. Neville to keep out of the
campaign It may endanger his health and
his defeat la certain.
Columbus Telegram: Hon. John C.
Sprecher of 8chuyler was in the city last
Saturday. He did not come on a political
mission. It Is true that be is prominently
mentioned as a probable fusion nominee for
governor, but he is not seeking the place.
It would do htm no good to seek. He could
not be nominated. The corporations would
not permit such a man as Sprecher, to be
come governor of this state. He stands
too fast by his honest convictions. Such
men as Sprecher are nominated for hiah
offices only when there Is a slip in the po
litical machinery, and the corporations
temporarily lose control of the wliei.
Some day the people of Nebraska, demo
crats, poputlsta and republicans, will break
away from the corporation leading atrings
and nominate men of the Sprecher atrlpe.
But I fear that day will not come during
the present year.
A t'aae of Maat.
Indianapolis Journal.
After many statements to the contrary
the commissioners of the St. Louis exposl
tlon have Anally decided to postpone It till
1904. The decision la caused by the Impos
slblllty of completing all the buildings by
1903, and by the general disinclination ef
foreign governments to participate In the
fair before 1904. The postponement ought
to result In mors thorough and satisfactory
preparations.
stockyards have a rapacity of 125 carload,
with good water, excellent quality of hay
and all conveniences. Alliance la to have
the largest coal wharf on the Burlington sys
tem, and a large car shop Is also to be con
structed. The value of company property
Is now placed at $300,000. and this city is
destined without doubt to become the largest
railroad center In the state, with the single
exception of Omaha. This will be made pos
sible by the extension of the rosd from
Guernsey to Salt Lake, the building from
Billings to Great Palls ard connection with
a narrow-gauge road Into British Colum
bia, making a direct line from St. Louis,
and by the construction of a line from
O'Neill to Alliance, giving a direct route
from Sioux City and northeast to Denver,
Salt Lake and the southwest. Ths realiza
tion of these plans are all strong probabil
ities for the immediate future.
The property valuation of Alliance for
1901 is believed to have been $1,325,000.
With the bringing tnto the limits of con
tiguous territory, the figures for 1902 will
reach a round $2,000,000. The amount of
business transacted is enormous, ranch
trade coming a distance of seventy-five
miles, snd many of the ranchmen making
this city their homes. The field for Invest
ment Is unlimited and tho returns derived
from rentals offers to capital an Inviting
field. One of the urgent needs of the city
In a sewerage system. The climate Is
Ideal and healthful, resident being espe
cially Immune from pulmonary sod other
disorders so prevalent in the lower lati
tudes. This thriving young wonder of ths
west offers advantages in the educational
and social line that are unsurpassed In any
city of Its size. It Invites attention and
challenges comparison as a typical, huat
llng city whose march forward Is bound to
keep it in the van of all In the great north-we,t-
HARVEY J. ELLIS.
this is too high, but It Is not Improbable
that It Is too low. At any rate, the flgures
are too huge for comprehension by any
class of citizens except astronomers. The
public debt, despite great reductions from
the maximum flgures, stood In 1900 at $2,
136,961,092. The net revenue had Increased
to $567,240,852. the net ordinary expendi
ture to $447,653,448, of which $134,774,768
was for the army, $55,963,078 for the navy
and $140,877,816 for pensions. Exports In
1900 were worth $1,394,483,082; Imports,
$849,941,184. American tonnage In the for
eign trade was 826.694 tons. The number
of postofflces waa 76.688 and the receipts
therefrom were $102,354,579.
We know of no better Inspiration to pa
triotism than the comparison presented in
those statistics. And to those who believe
in special providences it should be sn In
spiration to devout gratitude to see "what
Ood has done for this most favored land."
But there are soma Items of great Interest
as showing the country's growth which
did not exist or were not reported in 1800.
Upon the estimate of $94,000,000,000 as the
total wealth, the average wealth of every
man, woman and child Is $1,235. There
are 6.107,083 depositors In savings banks,
who have $2,449,647,885 deposited, and there
are besides $2,508,248,558 of deposits In na
tional banks, exclusive of deposits with
trust companies, state banks snd private
banks. The money in circulation was $2,
055,150,998, averaging $26.93 to the in
dividual citizen. Gold was produced to a
value of $79,171,000, silver to a value of
$74,533,495. It adds to the marvelouaness
of the story ot this republic's growth since
1800 to remember that for four years dur
ing that century we waged an enormously
destructive civil war.
PERSONAL NOTES.
The German emperor owns 359 carriages
for the use of himself and his court.
Mavroyenl Bey, who was Turkish minister
to Washington a few years ago, has been
appointed by the sultan prince of the Island
of Samoa.
Ex-Secretary John W. Foster has accepted
an invitation to deliver the oration at the
dedication of the soldiers snd sailors' mon
ument In Indianapolis, Ind., In May.
George Gray Ward, who la In San Fran
cisco arranging for the Great Pacific ocean
cable, says that by next Thanksgiving day
the United States will be doing business
with Honolulu by wire.
The late Dr. Thomas Dunn English was a
close student of natural sciences, as well
ss an accomplished mineralogist, and could
go through a cabinet collection and give an
expert opinion of every specimen.
Allen Welsh Dalles, the 8-year-old grand
son of ex-Secretary John W. Foster, has
written a book entitled "The Boer War."
It was printed March 15, for private circu
lation, Mr. Foster acting aa publisher.
Every afternoon at 2 o'clock Senator
Cockrell of Missouri eats two apples. Ho
is an expert regarding this fruit, and never
eats it unless it shows just the proper de
gree of redness and haa all external evi
dences of being perfect.
The Patriotic League ot the Revolution
haa petitioned congress to secure a pension
for Theodore R. Tlmby, who. It Is alleged,
la the true inventor of the revolving turret
used on Monitor In its battle with Merrl-
roac. . He is a native ot Duchess county.
New York.
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Good
Friend
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THE SKI'S KNIFE
Hr. EckN HteTMinon of Salt
Lai City Tells How Opera
tions For Ovarian Troubles
May Be Avoided.
"DrAR Mrs. Tiskham :T suffered
erith inflammation of the ovaries and
Womb for over six years. enduring arhrs
and pains which none can dream of but
those who have had the same expe-
MRS. KCKI8 BTEVEVSOV.
rlenee. Hundreds of dollars went to ths
doctor and the drugjrlst. 1 was simply
a walking- medicine chest snd a phys
ical wreck. My sister residing- in Ohio
wrote me that she bad been cured of
womb trouble br nslnjr Lydia K.
Plnkham's Vegetable Com.
pound, and advised me to try it. I
then discontinued all other medicines
and gave your Vegetable Compound a
thorough trial. Within four weeks
Eearly all pain had left me ; I rarely
had headaches, aid my nerves were in
a much better condition, and I was
cured in three months, and this avoided
a terrible surgical operation." Mrs.
Boms Stkvfnson, 250 Ho. State St.,
Bait Lake City, Utah. (6000 forftit If
few tnllmonlal I fft gtmiln.
IJemember rery -woman Is
cordially Invited to write to Mrs.
IMnkham if there is anything
about her gymptoms sue does not
understand. Mrs. PinkLam'a
address Is Lynn, Mass.
i.ai;iii) l ATT Kits.
Judge: "Yes," says the philosophical per
son, "wealth lirlriKH its disappointments."
"After we lose It," puts In the material
istic man.
New York Sun: Juggles Is there 1ps
danger in keeping an auto than a car
riage? Waggles There seems to be. If you hav
marriageable daughters. I haven't yet
heard of a girl eloping with a chauffeur.
Cleveland Plain Dealer: "I see that the
chorus girls In a comio opera conipnny
have struck because the manager wuntod
them to pay the expense of having their
costumes washed."
"Well, well. And there seems to bo so
little to wash, too.''
Philadelphia Press: Leading Tenor I
love to sing that drinking song In the
second act.
Soubrette Why so?
leading Tenor There's a rest almost at
every bar.
Washington Star: "I am writing a story
of a struggling Inventor."
"It won't do," answered the abruptly
critical friend. "Inventors don't strugglu
nowadays. They let the people who aru
eager to buy stock do the struggling."
Chicago Tribune; "What are you In
prison for, my friend?"
"Stealln' a, pin, ma'am." . n.' . .
"What?"
"That's right, ma'am. It had a diamond
fastened at one end of it."
Ohio State Journal: "Hello, buddy!" ex
claimed the sprouting blade of grasa to
the embryo leaflet.
"Please don't shoot!" exclaimed the bud.
In mock alarm.
Philadelphia Press: Tess Ho told me I
had a complexion like a peach.
Jess Mow mean of him!
Tess Mean?
Jess Yes, he told mo the fuss on a
peach made his blood run cold.
THK FAMILY MttKTISn.
Charles Sprague.
We are ail here,
Father, mother,
Sister, brother.
All who hold each other dear.
Kach chair is filled; we're all at home!
Tonight let no cold stranger come.
It Is not often thus around
Our old familiar hearth we're found.
Hless, then, the meeting and the spot;
For onee be every care forgot;
lt gentle Peace assert her power.
And kind AfTectlon rule the hour.
We're all all here.
We're not all here!
Some are away the dead ones dear.
Who thronged with us this ancient hearth
And gave the hour to guileless mirth.
Fate, with a stern, relentless hand.
Ixtok'd In and thinn'd our little band;
Some like a night-flash passed awav,
And some sank lingering day bv dav;
The quiet graveyard some He there
And cruel Ocean has his share.
We're not all here.
We are all here!
Even they the dead though dead, so dear
Fond Memory, to her duty true,
Wrings back their faded forms to view.
How life-like, through th mist of years,
Kach well-remembered face appears!
We see them, as In times long past;
From each to each kind looks are cast;
We hear their words, their smiles behold;
They're round us, as they were or old.
We are all here.
We are all here.
Father, mother
Sister, brother,
You that I love with love so dear.
This may not long of us be said;
Soon must we join the gather'd drad
And by the hearth we now sit round,
Some other circle will be found.
Oh! then, that wisdom may we know,
Which yields a life of peace below!
So, in the world to follow this,
Mhv each repeat In words o( bliss.
We're all all here!
The doctors said my blood waa aV
BaiaaDartll
BanaparUla, and soon my health tu folly
J. C AYES CO., Lewell. ftuas.