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THE OMAItA DAILY BEEt TntWSPAV, MAY 1, 1902. 'I'm nnuik Dmv fif r,r at t,rp i ri"N. ' .Wllit ftt nr-t f lf ......... ... J I .4 f ., ..if p iif. ff i f A'-tr Mftl'T', "r ff..lJ t. (,i r MMIftR l Fi'inifi, ft f'Tf.. H V I'll' Miriftfl, rt Ifi i p.,. -,4f ft t-rr. i .... (.,,.,. I ,ni4fi. ..t p (Irt'liHlnC enifiin . , 10 n-fin t it r hmm IS dllfr r -Hfa"j to i it t ifeumtion lie-1 a rrnM. 'mm tith ttmm W'HI'Mn -l'ri nf.,!,. , nan HulldinSi TwSrV If '" Sii f fcW'iholl Ml'irtS 11 fSf WfL ("-. i-wi Imfy 4'ilMiti for fifk frrti4 ' mrt ''(l(ii(ilfMii(i(l rlllf4 lo and XHnHe) ? tli'Md't . In f fre evMnflai iMf '" rtlNIAlKflA Lk I I KhK. M'ilf )Hr ahi t mlManpe lioulj pe ifii ', i he I uolismnf loiii Mif Wfnaha, MKMITTANtfcH. lUtnM fy S, eapf nr postal order, u, 'j b fine funnelling inmptnr, "f -n4 ilimpi v yl -1 in parmxnt of snail oiin ) aronriai chock, cin(it on imario f tj,itn fir), not accepted. iilM rlCK flHUfliUMi UUMfANf. TATKMKNT or etKCfLATlON. I1'1 f Nehmska. Ifnnia County, sa I ..f H i i., hn k, retary of i h 'uhlKfiina ompanv, lltia duif worn. ar iii ih auiuai nuinur of full ni npli rnolca of Tho LHy. Mornlnir, Jcnlna ar,.) Ntiti'lay H tirliill during tJia fnorilh of April, iM, waa m lollowai 1.,. nn,nM I...... fUMirMl m,ti.M 4 , vo.ftio Hll.nfW n,T8o 1 W.IMW n snMvao 1 illl.AJIt in m.nnn 20 sn.nno 21 nn.KMo 2; 2I,5IH 2)1 stn.ftoo 24 a,4iio 26 im.4A M Xn,R4H 27 2,fl05 2 Xf,KMI 2 m,HHO 20 2,620 T imio I. .... 0.... J!.... .... It.... II.... u.... 1.IO Hl,4AO m.nto lf.4T0 Stt.mo n.riMo an, 4 ho Total KM4MMII J- un old and returned copies... 10,107 Net total aalea...... ..T,aH i"tat dally averasi Vtl.WT U ICO RUE B. TZSCHCCK. ffubaerlbed In my prenence and aworn to fcefora ma thla ith day of April, A. D. j:"3. (Heal.) M. B. HUNOATE, Notary Public. Noble tr'p all oer the country will be the moat luiprexulve monuuieuts to the founder of Arbor day. Ak Kar rk'ij'a royal caralval has been fixed fori the perlml' from September 24 to October i. Mark' It down on your calendar. ' ' ' ' The Union raciflc Intimates that It WlU stand pat. If the city will only stand pat It will show that it has the Stronger hand. If they want to be tn cn the corona tion ceremonies the' British troops In South Africa will have to hurry up their unfinished work, w , The second innings in the French par liamentary elections will be pulled off soon as the contestants are able to recover from the firxt scrimmage. And now the council Is asked to do something for tin- billboards. Better do something to protect the public from th dangers of the tottering fences. Senator Money should have waited till he could get that street car conduc tor onto the floor of the senate, where be would hare the protection of sena torial courtesy. When American naval officers want to make night of It In Venice they will consult the dictates of prudence by choosing a Venetian garden In some sea port ou this side of the Atlantic. The cessation of the Conservative from publication with the death of its editor, J. Sterling Morton, will take from the esteemed Coiumouer one of its prin cipal functions, namely, of replying to the dlatrtbvs of the versatile sage of Ar Iwr Lodge. The bog market, which Is registering rrer $7 at Houtli Omaha, was only 5.tiO t this time Ut year and $3.70 three years atra. The sniue ratio of IniTease Is Visible al tn other live stock prices. That may throw a partial light on the fiae In meat products. That astute and experienced politi cian, ex deua tor William V. Allen. In the last lasne of his pungent paper remarks: I. Savage easily has the lead for the gubernatorial nomination by the re psbiirca party." Kx-Senator Allt n has sAother gue rowing. Our Jarkaonlan friends are said to be greatly perplexed aa to what they sbouM do la tlMf event David B. II 111 should be Biie the next democratic nominee for presitWnL The Jack. n la as have a habit of building air caatlw bridge they . are never railed apoit t eroee. The withdrawal of tiuvernor Savage froia th gubernatorial race may clear the atnuHiphere. but it dues not lessen tie ecairy foe rontldertuff only men ef positive strvugtU for place on the HBubllcsa state ticket this fall. Every iaa nominated by the convention nnit wuly be iualltled for the poaltiou be aeeb. but by hie vbsractfr aud m-ord eomiuaud popular routiilt-uce re)uialte tvf succeae at the pollav Muan eiuo wvntea van da more to elevate the standard of our public sk'SouIm. foe which they profa so great awAcerUi by luhig vtguronaly in the de- luaud tot a aupvrtutvudent i4uailael by exiucatiun end eipviience tt perform the dutlf ef? the poalrina than la any thet way. Ii la "an unnecessary huuiillufk.a K eouipei tntelllgeot and able teacher to serve under a superin sudul what because he has no edUA'a tioa himaeit to g bjti for educational baa rely on pull, paUver and yoi.u j bui4 tun JjIj H tt ttfiiPtiAL r non L tit. "tfffhlri fhfeeJ we-ks onrl rlm !!) f.a 'ni!i'ifsled prsldefit of Oubft sh4 fh ftfw feptibllfl will emf tipon Its Mtffif ss sfi Independent state. The flfft problem the Cuban girvetnment will fists it tr Is obe of dollars ant cents Stt'l It Is Sft in m a perplexing proposl floft. Ifitolvltig nn It will the question of fiiw in stipjinrt a new republic the cost of wfKise ffiterhtnpdt Is more thsn the Income. When lh Aftierlf Art oectipstion ends here will be In the treasury f the lnls.h'1 atioiit wiO,fiw. When the ex penwes which f'ubn will sssurae on be (timing free are considered this surplus looks tery small and it promisee to melt Mpldly as the numerous bills come In Mils now paid by the United States, heporf on file In the War department show thst the cost of maintaining gov ernment In Cuba has Increased steadily slme American occupation, without a corresponding Increase In the receipts. There whs sn excess of receipts over ex (X'tidlttires In lisju, but last year this wss reversed, though the excess of ex penditures wss not so large as to wipe out the surplus of the preceding year. If the Cubans continue the system of asylums, schools, courts, penal Institu tions and public Improvements estab lished by the American administration It will take up about ail the revenue that Is now being received. To the reg ular cost of the government there will have to be added other expenses aa soon as the Americans withdraw. These will Include salaries for a lot of officials who will fill offices now occupied by Ameri can army officer, who are paid out of the United States treasury. Then the number of officials will be increased. Including the president, vice president and cabinet officers. A diplomatic serv ice must be established and main tained and a skeleton army at least will have to be. organized and provided for. Necessnrlly the per sonnel of the new Cuban government will be larger than under the existing administration, which of course will mean a larger pay roll. Another matter that will confront the new government Is the demand of the "patriots" for com pensation for their services in the in surrection against Spain. These are said to number 70,000, whose aggregate cluluis amount to fSO.OOO.OOO. But this demand seems so preposterous that per haps it will not cause the new govern ment any serious trouble financially. ' There will be difficulty lu Increasing the revenues of the Island. Its re sources. It la said, are now mortgaged almost up to their total value and the customs tariff Is already arranged to yield the largest possible revenue, with out Interfering with trade. Thla was the purpose in mind when the tariff was framed. If there is reciprocity between Cuba and the United States this tariff must be reduced as to Imports from this country, so that no additional revenue from customs can at present be counted on. Internal taxation may be somewhat Increased, though it is believed not to any material extent, particularly In the case of real estate. It will thus be seen that the Cuban statesmen who are about to - take up the practical work of government have a very difficult task before them In the matter of making provision for the maintenance of the government and averting the danger of bankruptcy at the very beginning of Its career. THK ASSAULT OA 1BCARMT. The Indiscriminate denunciation of the army in the Philippines by Senator Kawllns and other democrats Is meet ing with some jiopulur resentment A great majority of the American people will refuse to believe that the soldiers who are upholding the flag and the sov ereignty of the United States In the far east are all inhuman and cruel and those who thus characterize them are being sharply condemned, as they de serve to be. The Utah senator has felt called upon to explain that he did not. In his speech in the senate, call General Chaffee a "dastard villain," but this does not mitigate his unjust and unwar ranted assault on the army. No one attempts to Justify the cruel ties alleged to have been committed, but it is manifestly unfair and unjust to hold the entire army responsible. As wus said by Governor Taft In his ad dress to the Yale students, there are .Vs military posts In the Philippines and a larger number of detachments In the field, so that it Is possible for ex ceptional Instances of abuses to occur without typifying the conduct of the army, which he declared Is on the whole humane and considerate toward the na tives. That this Is so was shown by the numerous petitions of natives a few days ago sent to the senate In which there was unqualified acknowl edgement of the good treatment they had received from the American sol diers. "It was not to be expected, said tioveruor Taft, "that In an army of flO,- men there should not be brutes or weak uieu who would yield to the temptation of arbitrary power and the provocation of the ambush and treach ery, savagery and danger of the Filipino guerilla warfare aa it was practiced." Some information as to the character of this warfare Is coming out in the testimony before the court-martial at Manila, but doubtIes much of the evi dence is not made public for the reason that the details of Filipino brutality and barbarity are not fit for publication. Is it astoulshlng that soldiers who have witnessed these things, who have seen their comrades aia.W the victims of treachery and unepeakabie cruellies, should retaliate when the opportunity offered? A thorough investigation of the con duct of the army In the Philippine will be wade and we do net hesitate to predict that the reeult wlB justify the statemeut ef Uovvraor Taft, that oa the whole the conduct of the army baa been human an 4 . considerate toward the native. Exceptional in tiui. of iraeltv there undoubted!? have ba. but aa en familiar with Ue i'UAdid mlztvj mr4X tianaraljj Chaffee, dating from the beginning of the civil war, will believe, without the tnost Indubitable evidence, thst he Is the "dastard villain' who is re upon I Me fof stjch cruelties, or that the of fleers generally In the Philippines have counseled or countenanced any prac tlces not Justlfled by the laws of civ ilised warfare. The Philippine army as a whole is still entitled to the respect and confidence of the American people. TRK DUTY or THt VOVHCtb. In complying with the mandate of the supreme court It Is the duty of the council to ascertain the actual value of the taxable property of the franchlsed corporations by adding together the bonds and stocks Issued by each cor poration, computing their value at the current market price and deducting from the total the amount assessed against these corporations for the real property listed by the precinct assessors. It Is the duty of the council, when this computation has been completed, to fix the value of the property and franchises of each corporation at the same ratio to actual value at which the property of individuals and other corporations has been appraised. In other words. If the average of as sessments made by the tax commis sioner Is at the rate of 40 per cent of actual value, the assessments of cor porate property must be at 40 per cent of their appraised value. This does not imply that the council should not be able to reach a conclusion as to the ratio until it has overhauled the assess ments of each and every parcel of real estate and each and every Item of per sonal property, but It means that It shall take a general average of the tax commissioner's assessment roll. As suming that there are a great many In stances of favoritism and undervalua tion, that fact alone does not warrant the council In refusing to proceed with its assessment of the properties of the franchlsed corporations. Such a read justment would certainly be Intermi nable and could not be completed during the life of the present council. It Is even questionable whether the council could reopen or revise assess ments of the undervalued properties without specific complaint This power, It would seem, was exhausted by its former adjournment. The order of the court which reconvened the board can hardly be constituted into an order to reconsider the entire list of assessments and to re-value properties that are as sessed at less than 40 per cent of their actual or market value. . While this would doubtless be just and desirable, an attempt on the part of the council to reconsider Its former action would be regarded as a deliberate evasion of the order of the supreme court to pro ceed expeditiously with the business in hand, namely, with the assessment of the franchlsed corporations, to be fol lowed by a tax levy that will be in pro portion to the estimated needs of the city for the fiscal year. Granted that great wrongs have been perpetrated in the undervaluation of other taxable property than that of the franchlsed corporations, the remedy will have to be Bought through next year's assessment Now that the franchlsed corporations are vitally concerned in a fair and Impartial assessment of other properties, they will see that the owners of all taxable property shall be com pelled to pay their just proportion of the taxes. They can make a good be ginning with the county board this year, but they cannot very well undo what has already been consummated by the city tax commissioner, the Board of Re view and their own action. WILLIWO TO STAKD BT IIS RECORD. The Bee has been accustomed to Im pertinent curtain lectures from irre sponsible nondescripts who for some Inscrutable reason temporarily occupy editorial positions in this community. These people never lose an opportunity to represent The Bee and its editor as Intensely selfish and Insanely hostile to enterprises calculated to promote the growth and prosperity of this city. Pointing backward only a few years, we recall the bitter denunciations of this paper because it opposed the acceptance of a public library site with a string tied to It and persisted In Its assertion that water would be struck within twelve feet below the surface of the Hitchcock potrtofflce block. In both in stances The Bee's position has been fully vindicated. The Geraldlne Incident during the ex position was another example. A few months ago The Bee was denounced as an enemy of Omaha because it dared to admonish the promoters of the auditorium that another $100,000 would have to be raised before the project could be successfully carried out That position has also been sustained by the disagreeable logic of events. The howl about The Bee's attitude toward the self-styled National Editorial association is made the subject of an other impertinent lecture. We are told that "the editor of The Bee attacks everything In which he or his progeny are not personally Interested." We are told also that "Omaha people know that the National Editorial association is made the target for the shafts of the Omaha paper because its editor has uo Interest in the association." The people of Omaha may not rememlier, but It is nevertheless a fact that The Bee ex pended several hundred dollars in en tertaining the National Editorial asso ciation in it building eleven years ago. That was before the association bad struck the ieri'i that resulted In U" practical disintegration. Even then its traveling membership was made up largely of actresses, milliners, country doctors and other people who managed in some way to travel on editorial badge. It !s scarcely necessary to add that the hostile attitude of The Bee is not Inspired by selfishness, but because it detests shams and humbugs of ail kinds and because tt does not want Omaha to be Imposed ot). . The, Bee .doe not propose to countenano or.en conrag editorial aaaodatlona that have tln- i&aa de&al UaUJH HU'lda not cars tec aor appreciate. roads And dead-heading lunches and en tertainments tn the name of the press. If taking this position makes The Bee st enemy of Omaha and the outcast of the 8alvatIon army exhorters. It will cheerfully take the consequences. According to the ruling by Judge Bax ter, to the effect that votes pworn In by unregistered electors must be vouched for by two resident freeholders of the voting precinct. It Is doubtful If a single unregistered voter has ever had his vote properly sworn in at any election In this city. Such an Interpretation of the law means substantially the dlsfran chlsement of all persons who fall to register tn cities where registration Is required, as it Is manifestly next to im possible for each political party to keep legally qualified freeholders accessible on election day for each of the seventy odd voting precincts in Omaha. The total elimination of the unregistered vote would entail no special hardship and would be In line with practice In eastern cities, but would It not be better to have It done by legislative amend ment of the election laws rather than by Judicial law-making? The fear that the franchlsed corpora tions may get the worst ot It la the cur rent tax levy under an assessed val uatlon revised according, to the supreme court mandate need not worry anybody seriously. Even though, it be true that the corporate assessments might be fixed proportionately higher than some personal assessments made by the tax commissioner, the corporations have been having decidedly the best of it for a long succession of years and on the average will still be noticeably to the good. Lucky for them that the supreme court decision does not provide for the collection of back obligations which these corporations have evaded from year to year. The general crop report Is encouraging so far as conditions at this early stage in the season warrant and hold out good inspiration for the farmers, particularly of the district comprised lu the corn belt The weekly bulletins Issued by the weather bureau will be carefully scanned by people in every walk of life because they realize as never before the fact that the entire fabric of our pros perity is built up on the foundation stones of agricultural products. Good crops mean brisk business in every line of trade and industry. If the office of the supervising archi tect of the treasury Intercepts 10 per cent of the amount curried by the ap propriation for new public buildings just passed by the house It will absorb more than $1,000,000 under that one act No wonder the work, on our public build ings goes slow. It takes time to get rid of such enormous architects' fees with out exciting too much notice. Our amiable popocratic contemporary has unearthed a dmnocrat who refuses to take an office to which he has been elected. It should at ouco close with him for an exhibition engagement The only democrat who ever refused an office" ought to be a drawing card worth money to the box office and a rake-off for the kitty. The St Louis world's fair managers are said to nave nnauy reacneu me point where they will take official ac tion looking to the postponement of their exposition for a year. Everybody knows that the exposition must be postponed, they may as well face the music first as last and have their letterheads designed auew. They Hold the Pone Strings. Buffalo Express Congress Is very impartial la sanding out tbe speeches of members of both parties for campaign purpose". but "hy should the government pay the cost ot this distribu tion T Tbe War of the World. Saturday Evening Post. 'So Utile done, ae much to do," said Cecil Rhodes before he died. Otners nave saia the same thing differently. Others will say it again. It Is the fact that there la al- waya so much to do that make lite wortn living. Sqaarla the Accounts. Washington Poet The financiers on tha other side are aome what alarmed over tha operations of John Plerpont Morgan. But the man is merely trying to get back some of the money tha pianists, fiddler and grand opera stars come over and taks from us every year. Senatorial Scrapper. Boston Tranacrlpt. What's . the matter with our senator? Tillman and McLaurln were disciplined for aorapplng; Money baa been arrested on tha charge of using a knife too freely, and Clark for driving his automobile faster than the law allowa. The lawmakers are making quite a record as lawbreakers. Preaaalna Booattlfal Cropa. St. Loula Republic. Farmers of tbe middle west sra not con gratulating themselves on the present high prices of wheat and corn. The short stock ot feed In tha country must be re-enforced by bountiful cropa during the coming sum mer If the agricultural Interests are to profit by the atrong markets. ' Oa the nomt Down Deck. New York World. Casablanca Bryan will live in tbe history of 190J aa the boy who stood on tbe burnt down deck "whence all hut him had fled." From far Nebraska's prairie elopes to tha nortbeaaternmoet point In Maine ha is tbe only democrat whoae voice I attll raised for tha Chicago-Kanaaa City platform. Give Them Time to Cool Off. Chicago Tribune. Manifestly tha aavage Inhabitants ot Min danao can do no barm if they are Isolated. Tbey have no navies, no modern weapons, no important commerce. Tbey can o per mitted to work out their own salvation with fear and trembling. The Pnlted States can occupy a few of tbe Important towna on tbe aracoaat and let tbe Inhabit ants la the Interior rage and Imagine vain things If tbey are ao disposed. Oradually tbey will coma under tbe influence of civili sation and will be softened by association with wblta men. It will be a mistake to organise expeditions Into tbe interior to at tempt to '.'wipe out' the people or to Intro. Sura them 'fornlhl tn morfea ot llvlnc the BITS Of WASHISOTO LIFE. Sreoea and larldesMa Obaerved by Artlata oa the Soot. Secretary Wllaon of the Departnent ef Agriculture eipresaes the opinion tha there Is but one man in the world wbe waa smart enough to find out through scientific study what made the difference between tobacco raised in tbe I'nrted State and that raised In Sumatra. This man waa a Oe-tnan, who was considered so hare brnlned In Germany that he waa laugbed out of tbe country. He came here and proved to Secretary Wilson that It waa a certain soil and a certain fexment in the tobacco leaf that caused the superiority of the Sumatra tobacco, so now tbey are rals leg 800 acres of the real Sumatra leaf In Connecticut under canvas. But Japan heard of this wonderful man, offered him $7,000 a year to make discoveries of thla sort, and he has left us. Thla moves Secretary Wil son to say that Cecil Rhodes' $10,000,000 aeem? almost wasted alnce mea wbo can delve into the secrets of nature scientifically are wanted by the world now, and not mere delvers In literature, history, languages snd easy things. What the younger gen eration should want and struggle after Is to fit themselves to earn $7,000 a year. If It is worth $7,000 a year to be able to tell bow many crystals there are In an ounce of sugar or some auch thing as that, in stead ot how many persons perished In the first or second Punic war, there are num berless young men who are going after that It pays better, it appears, to under stand the true Inwardness snd outwardness of electrolysis than to know who Mlthrl- dates was. Storing the mind with facts doesn't seem to store the pockets with sn equal bulgingnees unless they are scientific facts. So, If there sre any more $10,000,000 to give away, let them go to some school of science. Congressman Henry C. Smith of Michigan occasionally brightens his speeches with snatches of song. The other day he said the Cuban reciprocity bill reminded him of the following, which was duly printed in the Congressional Record: Blch a 11 T feller, en he eettln' nr. mn wine' Hay he like his daddy, but he got hla mflmm v vph: Angel tuk and drap him fum a window In ae skiph Bv-bve. honev. twell rte mnwnln' fllch a UT feller. In the cunnln'ea' er close! Say he love his daddy, but his mammy's what he knows! Foun' him In de springtime, and dey tuk ii i in ier a row Bv-bye. honey, twell de mnwnln'. Rich a It T fpller, en he talkln' like a man! By-bye, by-bye klse yo" UT han"! Lots er 11 1' chlilun In de sleepy Inn' By-bye, honey, twell de mawnln'. "Here are two pennies Just turned in to the superintendent of delivery by one of the carriers," remarked an official of tbe Washington city poatofflce to a Star reporter. "The amount of cash gathered up by the cpilectors of mall Is really sur prising. Hardly a day passes without a certain percentage of the coin of the realm finding its way to my desk through the medium cf the street letter boxes. "It is hard to believe, but hundreds of persons every day In the year drop unstamped letters in the box with pennies to accompany them to cover the postage. They think the money will do just as well as stamps. But tbey are mistaken. All such unstamped letters, if there Is no Identifying mark on the envelope, ulti mately land In the dead letter office. 'It often happens," added the postal official, "that coins placed in envelopes for transmission work their way through the paper. In nine cases out of ten, even when the money Is no more than a dime, this office is notified of the occurrence by the loser, who requests that he be reim bursed." Last week, reports the W'ashlngton Post, the speaker of the house was officially In formed that Daniel Lewis of Fort Leaven worth had accidentally broken tbe tongue of his wagon and that the government owed him $3. This was occasioned by an unmanageable government team of six strenuous mules. Congress is looking into the matter. It required a great expanse of manuscript to convey this , intelligence and when a printer in the government printing office had consumed $3 or $3 worth ot time in putting all of the story into type, locking it into forms and making it ready for the press there were four pages of ordinary book form, winding up with a paragraph affidavit, which ends: "And further deponent sayeth not. Daniel Lewis (his x mark)." Ellhu Root, as secretary of war, signed the communication, to which waa prefixed fourteen military endorsements. Three were mads at Fort Leavenworth by tbe adjutant of the Fourth cavalry, tbe quar termaster of the same and the captain of the corps of engineers commanding. Two were made at department headquarters In Missouri by tbe chief quartermaster snd the brigadier general commanding. The sev enthly and the eighthly were made tn Washington by the assistant adjutant gen eral and the deputy quartermaster general. Back to Omaha the request of Dan Lewis, teamster, for $3 for tbe broken wagon tongue was forwarded. There It received another endorsement and then three more endorsements were put on at Fort Leaven worth. Again Omaha added an endorse ment and the string of red tape ended as the document traveled on to Washington, wltb the endorsement by Quartermaster General Ludlngton. I In the fullness of time Dan Lewis' name will be embalmed in one of the big books that will be known to future generations as House Docs." The osly Instance In the memory of the oldest capltol employe on any person com mitting suicide by leaping from the dome. says the Washington Star, ia that of a young man wbo was studying for the priesthood, snd who took tbe fatal leap about thirty years sgo. His mind bad been weakened by overstudy and bia friends bad kept a close watch over hia movementa. On . the day in question be eluded their vigilance and climbed to tbe top ot the capltol dome. When first seen ha bad mounted the railing and was walking around. Upon reaching that portion Imme diately above tbe east front of the capltol he halted for a few momenta and then sprang into the air. Tbe kneea of tbe unfortunate man struck first, wltb suco force tbat they made deep indentation In the thick copper aheathing. These in dentations remain today and are pointed out to visitors by tbe capttol guides as tbey relate the details of the tragedy In midair. Senator Morgan Is 78 yeare old. Thurs day laat he stood on bla feet for five hours snd read 30.000 words of a Nicaragua canal speech and waa aa fresh aa a daisy when he had finished. Everybody lert tbe cham ber, but Senator Morgan ambled along con tentedly and probably didn't know or car whether on senator or fifty listened to him. President Frys escaped early. He called Senator Scott to the chair. Senator Scott kept awake aa long aa b could and then took a nap. Senator Klttrldg was present most of the time, because ha Is going to mak a speech in reply to Morgan. Once b roae to make an Inquiry. Senator gcott alcpt peacefully. "Chang cars," aald tb reading clerk. 8enator Scott awoks with' a start ' and answered the queatloa and Senator Morgaa want oa and oa and en, . BaJdxLg iMfe&es Cle&n Bred' With Royal Baking Powder there is no mixing with the hands, no sweat of the brow. Perfect cleanliness, greatest facility, sweet, clean, healthful food. Tb " TUrsl Baker say f attry Coek " containing ever S aiect practical valuable cooking receipts free to every pstran. Scad ooMai rsrd with row Jail address. Ssvat awuaa eevosa COST OF MOrjERX WAR. ftreat Britain' Military Borrow lu Moch I.araer Than in 1812. New York Evening Post. So far as government borrowings sre an indication, the annual cost of the Boer war to Great Britain has been nearly doubla tbat of the wars sgalnst Napoleon 100 years ago. In the period of 1792-1802, when England was fighting Incessantly In almost every corner of the globe and waa In ad dition subsidizing half a dozen continental atates, the principal of the British debt Increased 297,989,687 an average annual Increase of 29.789,000. Between 1802 and 1815, a period which covered the Spanish campaign, the American war and Water loo, the debt increased 323,388,041 an annual average of 24,876,000. Loans ralaed by the exchequer during the two years following the Boer war outbreak in October, 1899, foot up 114,000,000. They Include the 30,000,000 war loan of 1900 and two Issues of 13,000,000 exchequer bonds In tbs same year, 60,000,000 consols In 1901 and 11,000,000 exchequer bonds. The above list does not Include the tempo rary treasury bills Issued in 18S9 and 1900 or tbs 14.413,000 of the sams bills Issued after ths consols -loan of 1901 snd still out standing. Neither does tbe above list in clude loans Issued by the exchequer for other than war purposes. It will appear, therefore, that, disregard ing the amount raised by increased taxa tion in thla war or in tbe Napoleonic con test, ths Boer war has cost the British government an average of 67,000,000 per annum in loana, against an average annual cost of 24.800,000 to 29,900,000 per annum In the Napoleonic conteet. .. The much greater cost of supplies, am munition, transportation and equipment aa ompared with 1802, and the fact tbat there have been and are still more British sol diers under arms in South Africa than were commandel by Wellington In 181(1, aufficiently account for the heavier outlay. It must, however, be remembered tbat the British war loans of tbe Napoleonic period were Issued at very heavy discounts, being put out at prices aa low as SO snd with Interest aa high as 6 per cent, whereas tbe lowest price of the recent loans has been 94H for a 2 per cent loan. PERSONAL NOTES. Paul Revere's house in Boston, from which be started on his famous ride. Is now sn Italian bank. Ex-Governor Morrill's apple orchard in Kansas now contalna over 64,000 trees, and Is said to be the largest single apple orchard in the world. Eight thouaand trees have been set out this spring. Senator Ben Tillman, In denying that he posaessea "unexplained wealth," aaya he has had a note for $4,000 In a certain bank for four years paet, which baa been renewed four times on account ot his Inability to pay it. Thomas Brackett Reed always had a well-fed look, of course, but nowadays he wears a well-groomed air of comfortable prosperity auch as he never could boast while In congress. When he visits Wash ington he puta up at the best hotel, which Involves greater expense than he could have met in the old days. The ex-speak ni MM 1 WBH1.XIIIB Nothing jauntier or more serviceable for the young bays. Dozens of styles and they're all pretty. Some of these is just what your boy wants. $5.00 a Suit. We have a big line of them at this price and theysare exceptionally good values. And some are very fine double-breasted and single-breasted Jacket Huits, that' we are going to sell at this f flCh special price of tjpUKSS "NO CLOTIIINO FITS LIKE OUKS." . . Excloshre Clothiers and Furnishers. IUfl Wilcox. Jtlatiagor. L Powder; Atsm Is ased la snmebsklar powder and in next of tb soolled aoosphAlr pow er, became it I cbaap. and makes a cheaper powder. Bat alaai It a corrottva Minna which, takes In load, acts intnr-U-ljr upon the stomach, Uvar aad kldat s ao., to - sums sr. saw tea is said to wonder why he remained In public life so long. Jacob A. Riis of New York tulvouaU-a the opening of public schools in great cities on Sundays. Lectures snd entertainments should be given to keep the boys from the evils of tenement houss life snd the all alluring glitter of the saloons. Somewhere about a hundred members of congress are base ball cranks ot deep or shallow dye and over halt ot them were at the opening game ot the season in Wash ington. The home team won and the states men returned in the evening hoarse, but happy. Robert M. McWade, Unit fid Statea consul at Canton, China, has charge of tbe wel fare of Americans in a territory vaster, perhaps, than that of any other consul In the world. It comprises 170,000 square miles, snd a population of 86,000.000 human beings. AIPY TRIFLES. Boston Post: "Is this milk sterilized?" asked the cranky hunband. "No," replied his wife, "but it's water cured." Chicago Tribune: "Talking through your hat" In slang. "Laughing In your sleeve Is IdiomI Cleveland Plain Dealer: "A Connecticut man la said to have been oruna iwice a day for three years." 'Say, ho mutt have a remarkably quick recovery." Bomerville Journal: It in no sign that a girl doesn't love her do Junl because she looks down at him. and nays enthusi astically: "Oh. Nero, you would make a lovely mat!" Judge: Hewitt Well, a dumb man has one advantage; he dornn't have to bits hla lip to keen trom speaking. Jewett No; all he han to do is to put his hands in his pocket. Philadelphia Press: "Merchant has most remarkable tw-pewriler girl. 'What's so remarkable about her?" "Why. she clopan't carry one of the 'Duchess' noveln to the office with her to read between whiles." Detroit Free Press: "Orace spenda a good deal of money." "Wot a Bavins grace, men. Chlcngo Tribune: "Johnny, what Is cen tral time?" "Central time, ma'am. Is the time tho telephone girl keeps you waltln" while eho gits ready to say 'hello!' " Baltimore American: "It says In the paper," remarked Mrs. Fadongua. "that the man who Invented the steam calliope baa Just died." "Is that so?" asked Mr. Fadoogus. "I thought he had been lynched long ago." TRANSLATED. (In Memory of J. Sterling Morton.) He has not ceased to be; nay, dry your team. Ye ahould not sorrow that the morn ap pears. Ye would not grieve because the flowers unroia And grasses spring from out the dewy mold. Changed he is, but lost he cannot be. Though blm no more our narnonea eye rnav ee. As fades the bird Into the liquid blue. And atill exist, he keeps hla pathway, too. Be comforted. Ills feet have founrj the K'HV 1 Out of earth's treach'rous soil, the mire and clay. His lonely, faithful heart, so true and tried, Has found Its love upon me otner sine . I&AHEL RICHEY. Plattamouth, April 23, Wi. SAILOR SUITS.
