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TIIE OMAHA DAILY TTEEt TUESDAY, MAY 13, 1002. 1 -I tiE dmaiia Daily Bee. E. KOBE WATER. EDITOR. pi;eu6hed kvery mornino. TFts civ BfmrRtPTtnv pally (without HuruiHjr). One Year.M "0 Ially be Bti.1 bunday, one Year 6 W Illustrated iie, una Year 2.u0 Hinday Jie, One Year 2.00 Saturday Bee, Una Year 1.60 Twentieth Centu-y Farmer, One Year. 1.00 DBL1VKREI) BY CARRIER. pally B twitjiouf Sunday), per copy.. 2C v'-:ir Jt" (K'lttiOUt Sunday), per week.. 12c jaliy Hi (Inrludliia; bunuay). per week. 17c erjnaay Be, pr cpk be Kvenlng Bee (without Bunday), per wek.luc evening ilea Uneludlng Bunuayj, per week , 16c Complaints of Irregularities Jn delivery should be addressed to Civ Circulation department. , OFFICES. . Omaha The Bea Bulldlna. Bouth Omaha City Hau iiulldlng, Twen- wnuo anu m streets. Council BlufTa 10 pearl Street. Chicago 1640 Unity Building. New York Temple Court. Washington 6ul Fourteenth Street CORRESPONDENCE. 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Douglas County, sst Oeorge B Tsschuck, secretary of The Bee ruoiishlng Company, bains duly a worn. aye that -the actual number of full and complete copies of The Dally, Morning", Evening and Sunday Bea printed during am nwnia oi Apru, itfu. waa as 10110 wa: 1 ....SO.BOO !..., ..an.two I ..Btt.OHO ,.2,680 4 , 8t,B10 ao.BKrt 6 .2I,720 ? sm.sio 2,no t iftt.fllO 10 .....BH.-IKO 11 29.B10 It ..KtMTO U t,8tO it 2ft,SNO I r a,4to II. ,.B,ft0 ..20,K44 18. 19.. 10.. 21.. 23.. 23.. 24.. 26.. 2lt,roo 9,(MM XO.SNO X!,mo 20,600 2U.420 21,40 28 ,0O 27 21.OB 28 2i,noo 2 2W.SN0 80 20,020 ' Total Less unsold, and returned copies... 10,107 Net total ralee.ik... . ttTO.sas Jtfst dally a vera a. . 20,227 - GEORGE B. TZSCHUCK. Subscribed tn my presence and sworn to before me this 80th day of April, A. D. 1902. iSeal.) M. B. H UNGATE, Notary Publlo. A Credit to the West. ' Ogden (la.) Reporter. If you want to aee real newspaper, one that Is a credit to the middle west, end for The Omaha Dally Bee. The Sunday edition la a magnificent publi cation. Its magazine part U worth five timet the coat of the paper. ' Democrats Jn congress lament that their party la without a policy. As If that were a new complaint Railway trains and ocean steamships may hare their dangers, but they hare the great advantage of sticking close to Mother Earth. ..' . It is greatly to be feared that air ship navigation will not become popular Wrlth the general run of passengers for some time yet to come. The Commercial club's trade excursion ftrill only be returning calls which the country merchants 'have been making from time to time in Omaha. . King Ak-Sar-Ben la again summoning tils loyal subjects to enroll themselves among bis hosts. No patriotic citizen should have to have a second invitation. It Is well to remember that about nine put of ten of the inside tips 00. supreme court decisions, heralded by the local yellow Journals have turned out to be strong. : When necessary, the managers of the Bouth Omaha meat packing concerns know as little about their business as the officers of the local franchlsed cor porations. " ' When the fueionlsta reduced the rail road assessment while they were In xwer In . Nebraska, the World-Herald artist must have been conveniently off on a vacation. ... , - ( When that city tax levy is finally made the business oi advancing money, to city officers and employes on salary claims for which warrants are with held will receive a rnde Jolt. American commerce with Japan shows op In the statistical tables as exceeding that of any other nation. The Yankees Of the east and ' the Yankees of the vest hare mutual trade advantages. The banquet given at IMttsburg by the Carnegie Bteelxmipany to the Inspect lng officers of the Steel trust was con tracted t $100 a plate. It takes a Steel trust stomach to digest $100 worth of Victuals at one sitting. If King Edward would not stand so much jUpoo. ceremony but get himself crowned at once we would be spared a good deal of flummery an,d stupid gossip about the preparations snobo crats are muting for the royal masquer ade. "' The usual host 'of claimants are try ing to deprive the late J. Sterling Mor ton of the credit of founding Arbor day. But with air the trees traceable to that holiday as mute witnesses, they can hardly expect to get a verdict against blm. ' Our Jacksoulau friends are hsvlng a bard time of it to find excuses for with i ikolding that long promised report on dls- cipnuiug rvcaicuraui meiuDera. 'iney are H doubtless afraid that if the report tl should go back far enough mighty few I ' Jacksoulans Would be able to keep in side thtt ban. Cuba 1s rapidly nee, ring the day when t will assume a completely Independent position among the nations of the arth. Although such speculation Is ulte idle. It might stimulate the gra ti lde of Cuban citizens if they , should to figure out when a Cuban republic uld have been established without the terventioa and active aseiBt&fice of Putted tnatssj- TUB 1MPKSD1XO 8TR1KK. ' Obeying the order of the executive coinmlttije of their orgn nizaOon, em ployes in the anthracite mines of Penn sylvania to the number of 140,000 did not go to work yesterday morning. It wn not a formal strike. Whether or not it shall become so is yet to be de termined by a convention of miners that will assemble tomorrow, when the is sues Involved will be fully discussed and the men will say through their del egates what further shall be done. It is presumed thnt at this convention all the matters at Issue between the miners and the operators will be presented and carefully considered. There is a strong sentiment amoug the miners against a strike, but whether sufficient to prevent a contest remains to be seen. . So far as the operators are concerned there is no prospect Tf any coueessluti. The latest lufomiatlou in regard to their attitude Is thnt while they tlo not Intend to "Irritate the men" and do not want a fight, they propose to do nothing to avert a conflict. This Is not reassuring, nor will it be agreeable to . the inter ests throughout the country . which would be affected by a cessation of an thracite coal production to learn that It Is the purpose of the companies to stop selling coal, even though thej result of this policy should be a famine. It Js not eaay to understand the motive of this extraordinary policy, which, contem plates punishing all consumers of an thracite coal because the miners have grievances which the operators refuse to recognize or to remedy. On Its face this seems to be a course of reprisal on the public for which there can be no possible Justification and the effect of which upon public sentiment must be to create a strong sympathy .with the miners, whose demands have already been very generally recognized as on the whole reasonable ,and worthy of the serious consideration of, the oper ators. Indeed the operators have not undertaken to show that there is any thing unreasonable in the grievances presented by the miners, but have con tented themselves in simply giving then requests a perfunctory attention, never at any time since the situation became aggravated manifesting a sincere desire to do anything for bringing about an amicable settlement. This matter Is of very vital Interest to a large portion of the public. The anthracite mine owners and ooal roads and the workers In the mines are not alone concerned in the impending con test. Many manufacturers and mil lions of domestic consumers are Inter ested. It has a very direct relation to the Question of a continuance of na tional prosperity. From every point of view such a strike as is now threatened would be most unfortunate, but the In dications are that nothing will be done by the operators to avert It, AMERICAS iJVTJCRtSTS IS CUBA. The question as to the extent, of American Interests in Cuba Is mani festly important in Its bearing UDon the pending proposition for tariff conces sions to the products of the island. It has been asserted that the Sugar trust does not own lands In Cuba, but the president of that .corporation stated be fore the congressional committee that he had purchased land in the island on Individual account It has also been asserted that very little Cuban sugar lands are owned by Americans and that the ownership of nearly all those lands Is held by the people of the island. In his statement before the senate committee last week, Mr. Bryson, com missioner of deeds of Havana, gave the names of a number of large sugar plantations In Cuba which are owned by Americans, lie stated that more than one-half the sugar of the Island is produced by American citizens and American corporations and.' that he knew of no large plantations owned by Cuban citizens. There were hundreds of small Cuban planters, but he did not know of a single central or sugar factory owned by Cubans. lie esti mated that 20 per cent of the sugar production of the island Is controlled by Spanish citizens, but not many of these own lands outright If the state ments of this witness are correct and his position as commissioner of deeds certainly gives him most favorable op portunity for knowing the facts It ap pears that Americans are more largely Interested in Cuban sugar production than the people of the Island, and why may it not be fairly assumed that', the Sugar trust or what la the same thing, the men identified with that corpora tionowns most of the sugar kinds in the island and therefore controls the greater part of the sugar production! If that be the case it is not the Cubans, but these American investors, who would profit by tariff concessions. It Is stated that an attempt will be made to demonstrate beyond a perad venture that the. Sugar trust has a con trol over practically the greater part of the sugar lands as well, as .this year's crop of cane In Cuba, and that an In vestigator has been 'dispatched . to the Island to make an examination into the state of affairs. It is thought that the records of the office in Havana where mortgages upon real estate, crops and other property are recorded will disclose the desired information, though it may not be possible to get complete informa tion In this way. It Is conceivable that the trust officials have carried on their operations, both in the ' purchase of sugar and of lands, through brokers and others so that these officials would not be publicly Identified with the ' trans actions. At all events It Is well that such an investigation should be made. The great Interest which the Sugar trust has shown la the question of tariff concession to Cuba- warrants the belief that it owns a very Urge part of the sugar and the sugar lands of the Island and consequently,, would, be the thief beneficiary of a concession. Indiana democrats, who have been traveling through the gloomy highways -Jaad byways of a lost canst for tha-Uat ten years, are said to be greatly en couraged by the results In the several city elections which were held last week. Indiana democrats are known to possess a sanguine temperament. They actually pretend to lelieve that much of their gain came from the agl tatlon over the high price of beef, when their victories in the city elections are doubtless due for the most part to low grade of candidates put up by the opposition party. THE GARBAGE FHOBLKM. One of the problems Omaha will have to grapple with and solve in the no dls tant future Is that of the collection and disposal of Its . garbage and refuse. While there Is no pressing emergency that requires immediate attention. It Is generally admitted that our present gar bage system is inadequate and unsatis factory both by reason of the methods employed and certain legal obstacles which prevent the strict enforcement of sanitary regulations necessary for more effective work. The inquiries which the city engineer has been making with reference to the treatment of the garbage question in other cities to be embodied in a special report develop the fact that there is no uniformity whatever, although the ten dency seems to be In the direction of in clneration, especially In inland cities. In many places the refuse and manure is In great demand for purposes of fer tilizer, yet here In Omaha we suffer from the fact that the surrounding farm lands are so rich that no fertilizing ma terial is necessary. While the volume and rapidity of the flow of the Mis souri river effectually prevents any seri ous water contamination, at the same time we are probably expected to have consideration for. the towns and cities below us on the river, in case Omaha should grow to proportions that would largely increase its waste matter. Inasmuch as the present garbage con tract has nearly two years yet to run, we can -be ln.no hurry to Inaugurate a new garbage system, even if we were in a position to do so. When the time for action comes the system must first be agreed upon. We will then have to de clde whether the plant shall be erected and operated by the city or by contract with a private person or corporation. This decision will have to depend upon the financial condition of the city and the relative importance of other public enterprises pressing for attention. While political demagogues are harp ing on charges against the army in the Philippines, based on Individual cases of cruelty and barbarism in the treat ment of false guides and prisoners, peo ple should not overlook some of the blessings brought to the Filipinos by American occupation. A- cable dispatch covering only a few lines tells of. the abolition by the Philippine commission of imprisonment for debt in the islands by a law that will Boon be put into effect . Imprisonment for debt la an Incubus that our forefathers threw off only by a long and determined struggle. It has prevailed in Spanish-governed countries as a remnant of medlaevallsm to be rooted out by twentieth century civilization. In wiping out this barbaric practice the United States gives the Filipinos a priceless boon acquired by other peoples at cost of great and cease less efforts at emancipation. A big silver strike- is reported from Arizona and lumps of pure silver as large as a man's head are said to have been taken from the surface of the mine. The deposit is thought to be the mother lodeXf great silver mines which tvlll surpass the Comstock In riches. If this forecast only proves true sliver bricks will presently be used as a sub stitute for granite pavement and silver spoons will be so cheap nobody will want to steal them.' Our amiable popocratic contemporary seems greatly concerned over the can didates the republicans may choose for dlvTerent offices to be filled at the elec tion this f aU. Its concern, however. Is always manifested with a view to forc ing weak candidates onto the republican ticket so that an otherwise disconsolate democracy may be infused with a spark of hope that all of their innocents may not be slaughtered. The public school teachers who have volunteered to act as school census takers want it distinctly understood that they are engaged In a labor of love for the benefit of their annuity organization. If the school teachers had only volun teered to take Uncle Sam's census for him we feel sure Omaha would have fared considerably better In the census exhibit South Omaha's school board is talking about establishing permanent tenure for the teaching force in that burg. A dvli service tenure, reached, however, only through the most rigorous tests. Is the best wsy to raise the school stand ard and keep It steady when, once raised. As America has no ribbons or crosses to bestow on notable warriors in the service of other nations, our military and naval heroes will suffer nothing by their inability to accept favors from foreign potentates that we canuot pos sibly reciprocate. Kmulatlac the Psurrot. Washington Post. It la too bad that certaia democratlo sen ators cannot be Induced to deposit tneir voices In the cloakroom waen there is as important hen on. Mew Will Ue4f Philadelphia Ledger. Just how much of a boost Lhe convention of Women's clubs gavs la la weary 010 earth Is not apparent now, but doubtless tt was quite aa much aa Is given by tae arenas convention of aaeo. A Mrk. IMCereae. Saturday Evening Poet Much is being said la congress and la the newspapers about lbs Americans tn ths Philippines following ths example of Weyler la Cuba and establishing reconcentrado camps. But. though the general fact la true. u ut. the dlfferenoa la great ana important, in rages aid starvation; in the America camps the streets and houses arc kept clean and the people are well fed. Death stalked In the Weyler camps; health flourishes I the American camps. Eipesslre, bat We Mast Have Them Ft. Ixiuls Olobe-Pemocrat. The estimated cost of the six new ships Included In the naval program, consisting of two battleships, two first-class armored cruisers and two gunboats, is 129,500,000. Not many nations In these times can afford to keep In the naval swim. fast Rnnalnsr om Western Hoada Philadelphia Ledger. The other day the Chicago, Burlington Qulncy railroad ran a train 14.8 miles at the rate of 98.6 miles an hour, and the Ledger alluded to it aa an excellent "earn pie," but expressed a preference for longer runs in practical work. Considering that the tralu consisted of nine heavy cars most of them Pullmans, and that the engine was a ten-wheeler, "not built for great speed" ten wheelers seldom an the run, which broke all records for five miles and upward, was a very remarkable one, but the passenger department of the road does not like that word "sample. and has sent the Ledger 4he history of a run made as far back aa February 15, 1897, from Chicago to Denver, 1,025 miles, In 1,047 minutes, or at the rate of E4.25 miles an hour, with the stops that were made. and 51.74 miles, excluding stops. That train was a light special, but was run "Impromptu," so to speak, as It was made up and aent out without any special prep araLlon whatever and was handled In the ordinary manner. It was good railroading and seemed to forecast the time when such speeds, or something near them, will be at the service of every American traveler. PERSONAL NOTES. James and Edward Coon, two wealthy merchants of Rantoul, 111., have donated a property tn their home city to the Children's Aid society as a home for orphans. Ths bronze statue of Richard P. Bland, which Is to be erected at Lebanon, Mo., his old home, has been completed and will be mounted as soon as the pedestal can be prepared. Dr. Charles F. Rand, who is accepted as being the first volunteer for the civil war, Is still living in Washington, D. C. Ho was also. the first soldier to win the con gresslonal medal of honor for distinguished gallantry In action. t Jacob A. Rlla of New York advocates the opening of ptlbllc schools In great cities on Sundays. Lectures and entertainments should be given to keep the toys from the evils of tenement bouse life and the all alluring glitter of the saloons. The sale in New York of the famous library of John E. Burton of Lake Geneva, Wis., recalls the fact that It was Burton who some years ago traded his $100,000 hotel to Hurley, Wis., to a letter carrier, Byron S. Ross of Chicago, for a collection of 8,000,000 stamps. A Boston policeman named Flytm did some heroic work at a fire and the news papers of that city have been showering Mm with compliments. Officer Flynn publishes a statement urging that one William Wiley be given equal credit with himself and he adds: "There Is enough life-saving glory for both of us.M Shelby Cullom has his little weaknesses, one being a desire to be considered spry and active on his feet. The other after noon he was seen climbing a stairway In the capital building and a friend asked why he did not take the elevator. "Because 1 am In a hurry," said the Illinois senator. skipping upstairs; With his 73 years. The late Bret tlarte was a good deal of a recluse, in that respect resembling Haw thorne more than any other man of letters. In spite of his .long absence from Cali fornia be never lost the spirit of that golden state, his latest . stories of mining camps breathing the same air aa those he wrote for the Overland Monthly In early days. APPALLING FATE OP ST. PIERRE. St. Paul Pioneer Press: History affords no record of volcanic catastrophe of like magnitude since the destruction of Hercu lean eum and Pompeii by an eruption of Vesuvius In the first century of the Chris tian era. Indianapolis Journal: When an earth quake comes along the theory that the earth's surface Is a mere crust seems easy to accept. It is plain enough then that the human creature skates on very thin ice in deed. New York Tribune: The appalling tragedy at Martinique Is a traglo reproof to those who have been skeptical upon ths subject of ths storied earthquakes of the past. Tales of Pompeii and of Lisbon 'may well be true, In all their horror, after all. Baltimore American: The period of disaster on which the world has apparently entered is fearfully rounded out by the de struction of a whole city and almost Its en tire population by an earthquake. This Is one of ths horrors which can be neither foreseen nor prevented one of those ap palling assertions-of the might of nature before which human resource and human power stand helpless. 81. Louis Republic: Men of science will find tn the eruption on Martinique material for their atudiea. The disturbances, tt may be noted In passing, have covered a consid erable area. The neighboring British Isles of St. Vincent and Dominica have been more or leas shaken, while the peak of Soufrlere on St. Vincent has been in seri ous eruption. In Guatemala on ths conti nent an earthquake of a grave character has taken place within a month, involving the loss of 600 lives. 80 far as can be de termined by present advices there has been widespread selsmio convulsion In the American tropics. Chicago Chronicle: The Martinique earthquake appears to be due to a volcanic explosion. When lava contains water In ternal heat forms steam, which. If stored for a long time, blows off the top of the mountain, jarring the ground and cleaving fissures at varying depths in the earth's crust. The extent of the calamity In the French island And contiguous waters will probably not be fully known for soma time. Present reports place it among historic catastrophes, the loss of life being esti mated at 40.000. Indianapolis Newsi In such eases as this ths astonishing thing Is that people will consent to live la such places. It was knows that ths velcano was a source of ex treme danger. The people had been appre hensive tor soms days. Great destruction had been wrought by the volcano In the paat. Yet people apparently grow careless. Indifferent or resigned and somehow masags to live to cneertuinesa oa the brink of ruia. Possibly it Is as well, for there la daager of ens kind or another every where. And when men have made their homes they are reluctant to abandon them. New York Post: St. Pierre Is the chief commercial city of the little island of Martinique, and lta destruction will doubt leas Involve widespread distress. We can not doubt that the horror and the sym pathy which this unparalleled calamity arouses may find eocaalon to express Itself In practical beneficence. Aa appeal for aid would undoubtedly meet a ready response. Reports of similar volcanic dis turbances In the islands of St. Vincent snd Santa Lucia are most disquieting. The soonomle distress of theae eoioales Is al ready extreme sad disaster by fira or flood would fill ths tteuora tt Uslr xalafixtu&a, Live Nebraska Towns FREMONT Fremont has been known for years aa tho prettiest city In Nebraska and well deserves the title. From the time It was platted In 1857 to the present It has been the aim of its citizens to look after aesthetic as well as business needs. Its streets are lined with thrifty snd graceful trees, principally elms and maples. Only a block from the business portion Is the park, which is al ways kept in good condition. Its streets are broad,' those in the business portion paved with stone or brick and In the resi dence portions well graded. They are kept exceptionally clean, and its sidewalks and crosswalks In such condition that In flfteeu years but one small judgment has been re covered against the city for Injuries. Its situation, in the valley of the Platte, only a few miles from the Elkhorn, in the midst of the best fsrmlng land tn Nebraska, make it an exceptionally good "farmers' town" and a good polut for retail stores and implement dealers. - Its retail business is in the hands of active, progressive men, who have the interests of the city at heart and are here to stay. Its railroad facili ties, the main line of the Union Pacific and the main and branch lines of the Elkhorn, resch all the principal points in the north ern and western parts of the state, the principal towns la the southern section, ths Black Hills country and the states of Wyo ming and Colorado. Its wholesale Interests cover groceries, coal, lumber, hardware. Jewelry, notions, fruit and produce, butter and eggs, books and stationery, school sup plies, llqulrs and cigars. Its manufacturing Interests Include a hemp mill, the pioneer of Its kind in the west, a harness factory employing fifty to seventy-five men, bindery, mattress factory, woven wire fenoe factory, a flour mill, foundry and machine shop, which has been recently enlarged on account of the In creased trade, several cigar factories and numerous other smaller industries. The wholesale and manufacturing business have Democracy's Moses New York Evening Post (Ind.) Where is the new democratic Moses? out as the fit national leader of his party That is the question which everybody naturally asks and there would be no ap- proach to agreement among those who should answer. It is worth while to point out that it has repeatedly happened that men have been national leaders who ware hardly thought of as possible presidential candidates two years and a half before the election. It is now May, 1902, and the next preel- dent will be chosen In November, 1904. In May, 1894, Mr. Bryan himself was serving his second term In the house of repre- sentatlves, but tt is safe to say that not one human being, either in congress or outside it, then dreamed of such a thing this government cannot endure perma as his being the democratlo candidate for nently, half slave and half free." The Joint president two years and a half later and becoming so much the master of the party organization that no other name than his would be mentioned in the convention of 1900. Twenty years 1 ago this month of May Thomas A. Hendricks, Allen G. Thurman, Tbomss F. Bayard and other democrats of national reputation were thought of and talked of for the presidential nomination in 1884. The name of Orover Cleveland was almost unknown beyond the city limits of Buffalo, which had elected him mayor !n November, ' 1881. Before the following autumn, however, he had made a record as a reform official, which rendered him the most available candidate for governor that his party could present. His election by a phenomenal majority and bis work as a reform governor rendered inevitable tne acceptance of this new man as the national leader of the democrats. This he continued to be for eight years, running for presl- dent three times and 'serving two terms. la May. 1874, Samuel J. Tilden was a private citizen of New York, respected for his ability as a lawyer and honored for his services in exposing the Tweed ring in 1871, but not known throughout the coun - try. His record as an opponent of Tarn- many corruption in this city made him an Ideal democratic candidate 'for governor in a year when reform was evidently the win- nlng watchword for a state campaign, tus years from next fall will prove to be a man executive office at Albany furnished Just who has not been mentioned' for the noml the ODDortunlty needed for a democrat to nation. Whether he will turn out to be a 'show that he could reform the abuses In the management of the canals which haa thriven under ths republicans, and this demonstration of his ability pointed him ROUND ABOUT HEW YORK. Ripples the Current of Life la the . Metropolis. It will take upward of 1250,000,000 to comDlete the manifold works authorized or projected for tunnels, bridges nd railroad terminals In Nsw York CWT. to wis sum should be added the millions needed for new water supplies and nsw docks. These expenditures will fall on the city, on rail road companies and partly on private enter prise. A correspondent of ths Philadelphia Ledger, reviewing the great enterprises projected and under way, says that within tsn or twelve years New York should have five bridges across ths East river and at least three tunnels under It, four tunnels under the North river, two underground railroads through Manhattan island and the Bronx, enlarged terminals tor the New York Central railroad and an elaborate station In the heart of the city for the Pennsylvania railroad. Yet Thomas W. Knox, in his hook on "Ths Underground world." written about thirty years ago, describing the first attempts at an slevated railroad and a tunnel la New xora cuy, expressed the opinion that It was doubtful If more than a slngls traca wouia ds num. Thera was then only one elevated line. which was a wretched affair, running only to Thirteenth street. There are thousands of women employed la offices and business bouses on ths lower end of Manhattan Island. The majority of these are under 16. Scores of them come down town on every elevated train before 9:80 a. m. Many of them read tne newspspora. a row hara books that they peruse snd a large number leaa back in their seats and sleep- . . ... . Thres years Is the average me 01 an 01- Oce girl. They marry at the ena 01 mai time; usually soms fellow clerk. DesplU the romantic and humorous paragraphs few f them marry the bosses. Ths great ma jority of thsse girls are graduates of the grammar schools, are or tne oesi coarwunr, modest In bearing and are treated as ladle because they expect to be treated as such, and by their carriage compel It. A handsomely dressed lady, riding re cently In a crowded Amsterdam aveaus car, was fortunate enough to aavs a seat, out wbea nearlng her destination she noticed that the lacing of her Oxford tie waa un fastened. It was the work of a moment, but a very warm aad trying moment, to stoop down and knot It securely. When this was accomplished, relates th New York Times, fcsr bat and veil readjusted and her gloves ocvoe more carefully put oa. It waa time to signal the conductor. This she did, and after two vain attempts te rise looked arouad todtgnaily te Cad tus cause of ksx retards movements. . fe Pretty and Pushing mads the city the home of a large number of traveling men. Fremont has four na tional and two savings banks. The deposits of these six institutions aggregate $1,600. 000. It is one of the few of the larger towns of the stats that had no bank failures during the hard times. All the leading YellgiouS denominations sre represented here and many of them have church edlflcm which would be a crMlt to a metropolitan city. Fremont has acquired a reputation In Ne braska and adjoining states on account of being the location of the Fremont Normal school. This Institution, founded In 1884, has Increased in size until its average at tendance during the year exceeds 800 and the value of Its buildings and equipment reaches 1100,000. . It Issues state and life teachers' . certificates. The increase of pop ulation during the past few years has been ' of an exceptionally desirable class of pco pie. A, large 'number ' of farmers from Dodge and adjoining ' counties, having ac quired a 'competence by bard ' work and close attention to business, and desiring to obtain better school facilities for their children, and the additional comforts snd privileges of living in a small city, have moved here, many of them building commo dious and attractive homes. Others have been brought here by the inducements ths place affords for wholesale and retail trade and manufacturing enterprises. This spring a ten-foot vein of coal was discovered near Jamestown, about thirteen miles northwest of the city, and should that prove to be of a good quality, fuel for manufacturing estab llshed here will be so cheap that with Us excellent facilities for reaching all parts of the central west many kinds of factories will hava a great advantage over thoss sit uated farther east. The development of the beet sugsr Industry has given employment to many people here, to the benefit of the retail trade. ARTHUR K. DAME. in 1878. wnen it carried tne aouoirui states of New York, ConnecUout and Indiana for the first time since the republicans csme into powsr in isbi. In May, 1858, Abraham Lincoln was known throughout Illinois as an able man, but his nsme signified little outside of that state, In June of that year, however, the Illinois republicans held their convention, and de- clared him their "first and only choice" for united States senator. In response be ds- livered that speech which was destined to become hlstorlo, based upon the quotation, "A house divided against Itself cannot stand," in which he declared: "I believe debates with Douglas which followed at- tracted wide attention, and the capacity for effective leadership which he dlsplsyed during this campaign rendered possible his nomination for the presidency In I860. ' Here are . four cases within the last half century where men have become preslden- tlal candidates who were not thought of for the nomination by party managers two years and a half before the election, more than one. Indeed, a man the very very sugges- tton of whose national leadership would have been received with ridicule thirty months, before a great party supported him 'at the polls. Yet two of the four were twice elected to the presidency, and a third carried the three doubtful states which would have Insured his Incumbency of the White House but for the counting of three southern states for the republican candl- date. Each of the four except Tilden wss more than once a presidential candidate, and It was generally believed that Tilden might have secured a second nomination if he had not put It away. History will very likely repeat Itself In this matter. Familiar too familiar names are now suggested for the leadership of the - opposition In 1904. Veteran managers are diligently at work laying pips and pulling wires In the Interest of men who have long been before the public. Yet It may easily happen that the presidential candidate two Moses is another question. One previously unknown democratlo candidate for ths presidency led his party twice to victory; another, twice to overwhelming defeat. came face to face with a very Irate gentle, man, who had been sitting next to her. "Madam madam where are you trying to take mer' he demanded. "I vou!" she summered. "Yes look there!" He pointed to ths floor, and in an Instant she had grasped tne situation. By mistake In groping she had found ths lacing of his shoe, which she had taken for the other end of her own, and bad fastened them so carefully to gether that It took tie gentleman quite five minutes to effect a release, under the amused glances of the other occupants of the car, which had traveled twice that number of blocks before the lady was ready to gtve another signal. . There are now residing In ' Nsw York seven former members of the cabinet, three of whom wers secretaries of ths treasury namely. Falrchllds, Carlisle snd Osgs; four men who hsve been mlnlstsrs to Francs Blgelow, Morton, Raid and Porter; two ex governors of ths state, two men who have been lieutenant governors and thirteen who I a fpF- V $ 9 THAT you arc thinking about is awaiting your choosing. Wc take it for granted you will choose it here for we have the "only" ready-to-wear clothing made that equals the cus tom tailors so thoroughly. Quality, fit, finish and manufacture, the best, NO CLOTHIKQ FITS LIXE OURS Either at GI0.00 or at 025.00. Exdudve Clothiers aad Furnishers. Il 8 Vlccx, JlatiftcsA have been mayors either of New York a Brooklyn. All of these men he hern a pointed, with other citizens and offloial. a members or the committee on recepti,,n ( General Brugors and staff, who are coi , to this country to attend the unveiling .1 the statue of Rorhambesu In Washlugtcn "Sulolds Hall." one of the notorious ! v.. of New York City, and the toughest of'Vi has gone out of business, the authority refusing to renew its liquor license, (if t!l many resorts which grnvs the Bor- , malodorous reputation, "Bulclde Hall," It was commonly known, overlapped a others In Infamy. Its downfall Is due to th. persistent hsmmerlng of a newspaper r porter. He was called to ths dive rn. evening to get the details of a druokn staoDing anray. He took note of the is year-old girls there and It seemed to hlu that any means would be Justifiable thai would close the Joint. Not long after hli first ' opportunity came. A 17-year-o!i victim of the place poured carbolic acid luu her whisky and died there. He wrote 1 series of articles about the place. In political protectors only laughed at him Another unfortunate -committed suicide oi the sidewalk In front of the cob. ert hall This time the reporter called the pia, "Suicide Hall." ' Ths name stuck the proprietor brazenl) accepted it snd put a "barker" outside l announce to the Bowery that this was th. only genuine "Suicide Hall," There followed an epidemic of sulcldn among the fallen womon of that locality. Few of them were actually Identified wltt the place, but the young reporter organize; a campaign among his fellows at poiu-i headquarters and every one of these desthi was laid at the door of 285 Bowery. Publlo opinion was aroused; the proprie tor and his backers became alarmed. Th conduct of the place was modified. It losi Its distinctive qualities and the end cam slowly but surely. Casuists may find food for discussion as to whether the reportot wss Justified In perverting the facts tc gain this end. DESIGNED TO BE FINNY. Washington Star: "Money," said Plod, ding Pete, "slips, troo me hands llk water." ' "Well," answered Meandering Mlkn, "dafa about aa close as I care about comln' to takln' a bath." Baltimore American: "You thl nk von could elevate the stage," says the Dra matic Manager. "Why, that Is. the II in followed only by x-prlsoflRhteni." "I know," answers the ex-stage robber. "But It would come more natural to me, I am used to holding them up," Philadelphia Press: "I've rot a scheme," said the chief of the brigands. "Let's have It," demanded the low browed lieutenant. "We 11 lust capture a bunch of mission. arles, hold 'em for a while, and then let them go on condition that we trot 50 pet cent of the receipts from their lectures. Washington Start "That mediaeval armor must have been very uncomfortable," said visitor ai tne museum. "Yes.'1 answered the man with damed clothes: "but there was one satisfaction about it A man could always take down suit of It In entire confidence that tha moths hadn't gotten Into it." Detroit Free Press: He I love vou, darling, I swear it by those lofty elm's In yonder park. She Don't swear by those, Reginald. lie v ny noil 8h Because those elms. trees' are slippery Philadelphia Press: Gavman I wsnted to thank you for the handsome beer mug you sent on my birthday. Mrs. Goodart Of course, yo stand I meant.it to be used rou'll under- only as sn ornament. Gay man Oh! my wife keeps tt full for me all the time. Mrs. Goodart She doesn't reallyT " Dayman Yee, full of temperance tracts. "JIM. Bret Harte. Say, there' P'raps Some on you chaps ' Might know Jim, WlldT Well, no offense: Thar ain't no sense In gltUn" riled I Jim was my chum Up on the Bar, That's why I come uown from up yar, JjOokln for Jim. Thank ye. sir! You Atn t of that crew Blest If you arel Money T Not much; That ain't my kind; I ain't no suoh. Hum! I don't mind, Beeln' It's you. Well, this yer Jim -Did you know him? Jess 'bout your else; Same kind of eya. Well, that Is strange) Why, it's two year Since he oome here, ' Sick, for a change. Well, here's to ust EhT TOU Deadf That little cuset. What maids you at an You over tharf Can't a inao drop 'a glass in yer shop, But you must rar! It wouldn't take D much to break . You. and .your bar.. Dead!' '. ' Poor little Jlmt Why, thar was me. Jones and nob Lee, Harry and Ben, No-account men: Then to take him I Well, the good-br-. No more, slr;,4 EhT 1 What's that you eayf Why. dera It I shol Not Yesl By Jol Soldi ' Bold ! Why, you limb. You nry, - Demed Old - ' Long-legged Jim! . SPRING SUIT iv V . ) t 7
