fllE OMAJIA DAILY DfeEi WEDNESDAY, JUNE 4, 1902.
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George B. Tsachuck, secretary of The Bes
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ay that the actual number of full and
complete copies of The Dally, Morning,
venlng and Sunday Bee printed during
the month of May, 1902, waa as follows:
1 S,M 17... XO.50O
1 2W.420 18 20,500
S9,SaO It 89,680
4 29,050 30 Z,O0
80,380 21 89,040
80,300 S3 29,800
1 80.T90 23 20.4T0
2,SSO U 39.8MO
20.T80 2S 89,840
W 29.4SO 38 89,840
" 9,BW 27 89,880
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1 29,880 2 29,480
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W,04H
TOtal 01UABK
Lees unsold and returned copies.... 10,796
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It Is "unconditional surrender," with
terms covering at least, live typewritten
sheets.
Just give the train crews a chance and
they will show the office men what
fast railway time Is.
By grace of a pardon from his ex
cellency the governor of Kansas, Carrie
Nation comes out under the amnesty
clause.
The political mind readers who always
become busy In Nebraska whenever a
campaign approaches are again working
' overtime. .
Leaders of the local branch of the
A merlpa n Tranarail laiona . v.
- iru
disappointed that the war has really
come to an end.
As usual In all big labor strikes, both
the miners and the mine owners are
winning out hands down according to
the spokesmen of each.
France has not yet asked for bids for
the Island of Martinique, but no one
ahould be surprised If the for sale ad
should be sprung at any minute.
There are enough automobile enthusi
asts In Omaha to form an automobile
'club. But to discover their Identity by
Inspection of the tax lists would be a
hopeless Job.
Members of the school board who are
beset by friends of aspiring teachers can
Imagine what it would be if the per
manent teachers' list were to be sud
denly abolished.
The Chicago riot are to be deplored
by every true friend of labor. Labor
hag nothing to gain and everything to
lose by resorting to force In a- contest
wit aggregated capital.
Mr. Ilarrlman's effort to colonise the
Pacific coast is" commendable, but a hun
dred thousand colonists could be planted
In Nebraska without crowding the other
Inhabitants uncomfortably.
The most expensive autograph collec
tlon known to history has just been
gathered by John Bull In the signa
tures appended to the document con
taining the peace terms agreed on with
the Boers.
Prospective discoverers of belching
volcanoes should take the hint con
tained in recent announcements and
plant their- samples of nature's smoke
stacks In out-of-the-way spots that no
one can reach short of weeks and
months.
Everything Indicates that Omaha's
' population has grown substantially
since the census of two years ago, and
, If the pending school census does not
famish figures to prove It the school
census enumerators will be derelict In
their duties. , ,
More fire hydrants are needed within
the city limits of Omaha, but It takes
( money to pay for fire hydrants. As all
' the mosey In the water fund will be
exhausted by the rental of the existing
fire hydrants, we must dispense with
the luxury for a year or two.
Both republican congressmen from
Oregon are elected by Increased major!
ties. This does not look as If there Is
any serious objection out in the Pacific
coast to the policy the president and
his administration are pursuing In the
Philippines or their conduct of public
affairs generally. Neither doe It sup
port the 'claims of the democrat that
they may confidently look to controlling
the lower house of the next congress.
FOT RtADT TO DlSBAXD.
The Lincoln Journal credits Senator
Millard with a desire to assume the
role of peacemaker between the warring
railroad magnates whtf are said to be
striving to get the upper hand over one
another in the control of the Impending
republican state convention and the
dictation of the candidates for the state
offices. According to the Journal, Sena
tor Millard wants the managers of the
Union Pacific, Elkhorn and Burlington
roads to harmonize their differences and
Join forces on a communlty-of-lnterest
plan In the selection of a non-partisan
man friendly to all the corporations for
governor.
Whether Senator Millard has been so
indiscreet as to propose such a plan of
campaign Is exceedingly doubtful, but
the publicity given to this piece of
political gossip Is taken up as a text
by the local popocratlc organ for an ar
raignment of Nebraska republicans, who
are stigmatized as being controlled
"body, soul and breeches" by the cor
porations. If Senator Millard has been quoted
correctly, he has simply expressed an
Individual desire for corporation har
mony that does not reflect the senti
ment of the rank and file of Nebraska
republicans.
The republicans of Nebraska will not
surrender their Independence In the se
lection of candidates to any of the cor
porations or all of them combined.
They hare never taken Instructions
from their representatives at Washing
ton as to candidates or platforms, and,
while they may take suggestions, they
reserve the right to reject or ratify.
They have in the past suffered by cor
poration Interference and are not in a
frame of mind to harmonize themselves
Into Inevitable disaster on the recom
mendation of anyone. The party in
Nebraska Is not ready to disband to
turn the state over to the corporations.
THE HIBA TC rROPOSl TOA.
A number of republican senators are
reported to be favorable to the proposi
tion to grant a rebate In Cuban prod
ucts, the amount to be paid into the
treasury of the government of Cuba, to
be distributed or used aa that govern
ment may think best It Is said that
the Dietrich plan Is well thought of,
but will probably be modified. Presi
dent Roosevelt Is manifesting .a good
deal of anxiety to have something done
and there appears to be a chance of
something being done, although there is
no definite assurance of anything.
We noted a day or two ago a state
ment by Representative McCall of Mas
sachusetts that the proposed tariff con
cession of 20 per cent would give f 8,000,
000 annually. This would be a very
handsome sum for the treasury of the
new republic and would go far toward
solving the problem of providing for the
ordinary expenses of the government It
would, if properly used, benefit the
whole people, whereas under the bill
passed by the house only a small por
tion of the Cuban people would be bene
fited. The American Sugar and To
bacco trusts, there Is no doubt, would
reap most of the benefit. Evidence pre
sented to congress shows beyond ques
tion that a large amount of Cuban
sugar lands. Is owned by Americans,
presumably connected with the trust,
whose president has acknowledged that
he has purchased lands there. A cor
poration has just been organized for
the purpose of controlling the tobacco
industry of Cuba. These corporations
would be the chief beneficiaries under
the operation of the house bill. There
Is no question that the rebate plan
would be more advantageous to Cuba
than the other, but there may be a con
stitutional obstacle to its adoption.
TRADS P0881B1L1T1K8 III SOUTH AFRICA
While some foreign Journals express
the opinion that the work of reconstruc
tion In South Africa will encounter diffi
culties and may therefore be slow, the
probability Is that the British govern
ment will push It with all possible
energy and that it will be aided In this
by liberal investments of British capital.
The restoration of peace Is welcomed In
continental Europe as promising an
early revival of commercial relations
with Africa, which were Impaired or
altogether cut off by the war. The
Austrian minister of commerce spoke of
the satisfaction that would be created
by the termination of hostilities because
of the benefits to trade and this is the
feeling In Germany. It Is the belief
that under British rule there will be a
rapid development of the Transvaal and
there Is very good reason to think that
this will be realized. It is true that
British enterprise generally operates
slowly and along conservative lines, but
In this instance there Is an extraordina
rily strong Incentive to vigorous exer
tion and it Is not to be doubted that this
is realized by the British government
and people. The mineral wealth of
the Transvaal will draw capital and
population to the country and improve
ment In all the facilities of modern ac
tivity will be made as rapidly as possi
ble. The British government, we may
be sure, will lose no time, when order
shall have been fully restored. In show
lng that Its rule means material prog
ress and the steady development of all
the resources of Its newly acquired ter
ritory.
The United States has no little Inter
est in the trade possibilities of South
Africa. There should be a market there
for our manufactures to a considerable
amount, particularly the products of
Iron and steel. In the consular reports
of last February the question of our
trade relations with Africa was consid
ered and It was stated that the 150,
000,000 people In Africa do not need our
bulky grain, nor our cotton, nor our
animals, either slaughtered or on the
hoof, but they do need our flour, our
cornmeal, our cotton goods, onr pre
served meats, boots and shoes, tools,
machinery and locomotives. In his
communication Consul Strickland said
"Here are railroads being built and
equipped, millions of natives being
clothed and otherwise provided with the
appliances of civilization, wharves,
bridges and docks being constructed
and electric plants and appliances being
Introduced, while we are taking no part
In the furnishing of all these things."
He pointed out that what Is needed Is
the means of getting our goods to the
Afrlcsn market under American control
and said that the welfare of our manu
facturers requires that good lines of
steamers under the American flag
should be established Immediately be
tween the United States and Africa.
It may confidently be assumed that
American manufacturers will not be
blind or indifferent to the opportunity
for business which the African market
will offer and the time may not be re
mote when they will have the advan
tage of American steamship lines to
that market, as well as to the Orient
and South America.
THE VRKQOX KLCCTlurr.
The result of the election In Oregon
was a republican victory except as to
the governorship, which was lost be
cause of a factional fight. The repub
licans elected all the rest of the state
ticket by about the usual majority and
the two members of congress by In
creased majorities. Tbey also elected a
majority of the legislature. While,
therefore, the result Is not wholly satis
factory from a republican point of view,
yet Oregon has declared In favor of
republican policies and principles. The
loss of the governorship is, of course,
to be regretted, but with the circum
stances understood this fact will have
no influence in behalf of the policies
and principles represented by the suc
cessful candidate for governor. On the
contrary the verdict 1 distinctly and
unequivocally an endorsement of repub
lican national policy in all respects.
There Is no good reason, therefore,
why the result in Oregon should not
have aa great an Influence In the coun
try at large as If the entire republican
ticket had been elected and It Is not to
be doubted that It will have. It re
flects the attitude of a majority of the
people of the Pacific coast, particularly
in regard to the Philippine policy. They
believe it to be the duty of the United
States to retain possession of the archi
pelago and to give the Filipinos peace,
good government and the benefits of
American instruction and protection.
The voice of the republicans of Oregon
calls to the party generally to stand by
Its principles and policies and the call
will not be In vain.
IN A NUTSHELL. r
How many times has Mercer been In
Omaha during the past four years?
Where did he spend his vacations and
at whose expense did he travel! , .
Would Mercer return to Omaha If he
should not be re-elected? ,
Would he not establish bis home In
Washington and resume the old busi
ness of corporation lobbyist, fof which
he received an early training In Ne
braska? ,
How much money has Mercer con
tributed to the republican campaign
funds in this county and district and
how much time has he contributed to
promote the election of republican can
didates?
Where has Mercer ever teen known to
make a speech in favor of anybody ex
cepting Mercer since he has been In
congress, and why has he always found
some excuse for skulking when the bat
tle was raging most fiercely? .
Mercer's friends generally insist that
Mercer has become Indispensable. Two
years ago Mercer asked for the suffrages
of the people on the ground that his
long service and special acquaintance
made him not only invaluable, but in
dispensable. His friends laid great
stress upon the fact that no other man
In the district could replace him. The
people took Mercer at bis word and ex
tended bis contract for ' two years
longer. On those conditions Mercer
was elected. He was In honor bound
to serve his time out, but be started to
break faith with bis constituents almost
Immediately after election and three
months before bis present term com
menced be was scheming to vacate bis
seat in congress, If be could be elected
senator. How would this district have
fared If Mercer had succeeded and left
us without a man In the bouse who
had become Indispensable? What would
have become of us all If Mercer bad
succeeded In throwing up bis Job two
years ago, and will he tell us whether
Mercer will be any more Indispensable
for the next two years than he would
have been for the last two years?
If Mercer gets a sixth term will that
satisfy him? Will It be the last term
or will he Insist on a seventh term, on
an eighth term and on an indefinite num
ber of terms to follow, until be becomes
like the old man of the sea astride the
neck of Slnbad the sailor?
The railroad attorneys have been
granted leave to be beard In the rail
road tax case, but profess to be unde
cided whether to appear as representing
the railroads or as friends of the court.
It will make no difference under what
name they may present themselves
every one knows that they will talk for
the railroads who hire them. If they
came In their Individual capacities as
citizens tbey would be on the other
side, pleading tot more Just assessment
of railroad property In Nebraska that
would lighten the tax burden they tbeiu
selves are compelled to bear and which
ought to rest on the corporations, with
whom they have no common interest in
this matter except as they depend on
them for their salaries. ..
Governor Cummins of Iowa reiterates
bis position that the great combinations
of capital must be restrained and regu
lated by the government In such s way
as to protect the public and patrons
without throwing away the economic
advantages accruing . from organized
production. Governor Cummins is
therefore widely at variance with mer
ger champions like Mr. Harriman. who
Insists that no legislation should be at
tempted until requested by those iotcr-
ested In a proprietary way. If the rail
way magnates and trust promoters had
first to give the word, no measure limit
ing their arbitrary action would ever
find Its way on the statute books.
Of all the hot air schemes that have
ever been projected, the proposd air
line from Omaha to the gulf for the
purpose of capturing the trade of Cuba
and the Invasion of Central America by
Omaha Jobbers Is the most visionary
and wild-eyed. With Kansas City, St.
Louis, New Orleans and Galveston so
much nearer and with superior facilities
for Intercepting and building up traffic
In the tropics, the Omaha airline
would prove a bubble. Why should
Omaha waste energy on trade exten
sion Into the Caribbean sea so long as
It has not fully covered Its natural ter
ritory In Nebraska, Iowa and South
Dakota?
Mayor Moores' firm stand against
overdrafts on the water fund will be
endorsed by all our taxpaylng citizens.
What be says against overdrawing that
fund applies equally to overdrafts on
other funds. All these funds have been
limited by charter provision and, how
ever great the pressure may be, the
mayor and council are expected to hold
expenditures within appropriations.
The quickest way to send the tax rate
up next year would be to accumulate a
lot of overlaps.
Consider the Wa.lt.
Detroit Free Press.
President Palma's salary Is to be $25,000
a year and It's none too much for a man
that had to wait twenty-five years for his
lob,
Spiking- Democratic Gana.
Indianapolis Journal.
The reduction of the army 10,790 men
will Interfere with the platform maker who
mjiy seek to frighten people with the
menace of an Increasing standing army.
. Good Motto to Tie Too.
St Louts Globe-Democrat.
Senator Hanna's advice at the Ohio con
vention was: ''Keep on letting well enough
alone." A proverb to this effect has done
good service throughout all history, and
doubtless before.
Knew When to ttntt.
Philadelphia Record.
The wise ex-preeldent of Haytl, Simon
Sam, has brought bis sheep to shelter to
the .figure of 11,600,000. There are few
politicians of Simon Bam s class who know
Just when to quit.
And the Horse 1 Still There.
Kansas City Journal.
Edison say be has Invented a storage
battery that will throw the horse out of
business. The bicycle waa to throw the
horse out of business, and so was the auto
mobile, but horses are still earning their
feed as usual. Like the flag, the horse
seem to "stay put."
Reeoadled to the Inevitable.
' Philadelphia Ledger.
Conservative England ha had its shock
over the proposition to illuminate St. Paul's
cathedral with electrlo lights, and by an
American at that; has calmed down again,
and now accept the innovation with undis
guised 'satisfaction. It 1 easy to predict
that Mr. Morgan's gift will do much to
reconcile England to what It calls "th
American Invasion."
Lcie Haestle.
Chicago Chronicle. .
That entertaining collection known as the
United States senate Is "talking" of passing
the house bill forbidding the sale of liquor
in the capitol so as to punish the member
of the lower house who catered to the pro
hibitionist by passing the bill. We can
fancy the dignified old demijohns doing any
thing of the sort. Never a particularly In
teresting body, the senate without whisky
would be a mere intellectual Sahara.
IX THE RANGES OF THE DEEP.
Reminder of Bow Little We Know
Aboat the Earth.
New 'York Mall and Express.
Convulsion within that ridge of earth
that rise from tha depth of the ocean
and present to the force of the air and
un those Jagged point that are trans
formed Into a blooming chain of Island
to Inclose the Caribbean sea and the con
temporaneous eruptions and tremors that
have been noted elsewhere, are Impressive
reminders of how little we still know of
the Solid surface of the glob. Our knowl
edge 1 acanty enough of th exposed sur
face, but two-third of the area Is swathed
in tho restless water of "old ocean's gray
and melancholy waste."
Exploration of those depths Is slow and
difficult and all our groplngs have revealed
but little of their secrets, leaving th
Imagination free to roam over Its moun
tain and plain, to penetrate It valleys
and gorges and range through its mys
terious caverns, for we know that It ha
below th wave all the feature that char
acterize the earth's corrugated crust as It
appears above them, vsrled with growth
nourished by the element of water, a
these are varied with the lit begotten by
light and air.
But what Impresses us most whan the
volcano break forth or th earthquake
rumble beneath th Islands and coast Is
the fact. that this vast engulfed surface
come nearer to th elemental force by
which the solid earth waa shaped and
which seem not yet to hav finished their
work. In th interior of continent th
mountain ar solid, or thoss that were
volcanic long age past seem dead beyond
resurrection. What changes still go on
In the range of the deep w cannot tell,
but wher they project above the surface,
especially In th "broad belt of the world,"
wher th cooling of th crust ha been
slowest, w ar liable to hav startling
exhibitions of th unfinished process of
creation.
The Intervals of quiescence, that seem to
us so long that we fancy th work, may b
done, ar but moment of time In the
geologlo age. That Mont Pelee slum
bered for fifty years, that ninety years
passed in comparative quiet after th erup
tion of St. Vincent' Boufrler and th Cara
cas arthquak, even that centuries go by
while some old volcano repose la peace, 1
no assurance that th day of convulsion
for th earth ar over. From within a
thin crust th primal beat still slowly radi
ate sad unbalance th pressure, Btlll
thr may be sinking and uplifting, th
breaking and eliding of great masses, the
burs Ung forth of fires and th shaking ot
regions far apart, for distance count for
iktl more than time, and rifts and faults
may run' for thousand of mile In th pro
found depth, to connect th foundation ot
th Carlbbees with tho of th Alaska
Islands. -
Geological acUnc and land and sea ex
ploration hav received a new Impul in
tb Wsst Indies and may find many a clew
to th mysteries of lb Internal action of
tho earth. Thy avr before had such
equipment for studying the symptoms of
deep-seated disturbance end. tracing thsm
te their cause.
ROUND AHOIT NEW YORK.
Ripples on the Ca treat ot Life lay iho
Metropolis.
A green goods man named Montgomery,
who Is booked for a long rest from the
cares ot business, I convinced that the
twentieth century woman I sharper than
a row of upturned tacks on a bedroom
carpet. Hs regarded them a tempting
game ot th "come-on" variety a "come
on" being a person with a bundle of money
anxloua to exchange it for twice the quan
tity of counterfeit bills. To test his
theory he selected a milliner In a Pennsyl
vania town, sent her a charming letter
Inviting her to Invest and promising profits
that would make a stock of Easter bon
nets look like remnanta at a bargain sale.
But the milliner did not embrace the op
portunity. She aent the Invitation to the
poatofllce authoritlea at Washington, where
such documents are gleefully accepted.
Presently a letter, ostensibly from the
milliner, was received by Montgomery, ask
ing when she should go to New York,
where she should stop, and what she should
do. The Information was sent immedi
ately and when Montgomery reached the
hotel designated he met a demure little
woman in country garb, who told him she
was ready to do business. ,
"Did you keep It to youraelfT"
"Of course I did. Good gracious! How
could I pass any of your money on my cus
tomers if they knew I waa down here buy
ing counterfeits of you! Do you think I'll
be arrested for passing of ItT"
"No," said the sleek New Yorker, "I
don't think you will ever be arrested for
passing of it on any one." Then he said
to himself: "Oh, these women are so
easy; why did I never try them before?"
And he had to work hard to conceal his
Inward mirth.
"Have you the money?" he asked.
"Right in this sachet. All bills. Where
are the goods?"
"Over in Brooklyn. We will have to go
over there to get them."
"I hate to go to Brooklyn. I don't know
that town. But I auppose I will have to.
I'm ready."
Bo was Montgomery. Bo were two de
tectives listening in another room. The
green goods man had not got to the door
when he was placed under arrest.
"Miss launders" was Miss Mamie Clancy,
one of the best detectives employed In a
large New York department atore.
Douglas Robinson recently purchased a
number of houses on the blocks bounded by
Thirty-first and Thirty-third streets and
Seventh and Ninth avenaes, New York.
The land Is to be used by the Pennsylvania
railroad as a station, but not right away.
To prevent the vacant houses from being
plundered by thieves- Mr. Robinson has
offered them to policemen rent free and
already a number of families have moved.
Some of the residences are very fine and
there Is some prospect that the officers
and their families may have the use of
them for a year or more.
There are taller buildings In New York
and in other cities, for that matter, than
the so-called "Flatiron," which is soaring
aloft at the junction of Broadway, Fifth
avenue and Twenty-third street, but this
structure, which' is to be but twenty stories
in height, is often termed the most re
markable sky-scraper in the world.
, To begin with, the lot area upon which
the "Flatiron" stands la of only 8,770
aquare feet, yet Ita cost to its present own
ers was, in round figure, $2,250,000 or
about $250 a square foot. The building,
which la approaching completion, will cost
another $2,250,000. The building rises
twenty stories above the sidewalk and
there are two atorlea below It. The height
above the walk la 300 feet, below it thirty-
one feet. The total floor area la 204,000
aquare feet. The area of wall on street
fronta la 152,000 square feet. There will
be 40,000 square feet of glass surface. It
will have 1,200 windows, 6,000 electric
lights, 8,000,000 brick will be used; seven
teen stories are of terra cotta and pressed
brick and 4,000 ton of steel la used In con
struction. The structure will have 400
office and atx high speed elevators.
To the casual observer the twentieth
story of this spindle-shanked building
would not aeem to be a desirable shelter at
the time of a heavy wind storm, but there
are many applicants for offices in the top
story.
A retired police sergeant who died In
this city a year ago, aaya the New York
Bun, believed In the latter year ot hla
life that he was the only man then liv
ing who had known Aaron Burr, but there
la atlll living in Brooklyn a man who aa
a boy knew and served Burr. He I Gab
riel Harrison, an actor and a teacher of
elocution. Mr. Harrlaon'a father lived from
1830 to 1833 at 33 Read street, and on this
ame street lived Aaron Burr, then an old
man, Burr occupied the front and back
parlors , of Mr. Proudhomme's two-story
and dormer brick house. Mr. Harrison used
to carry proofs as a boy for his father, who
was a copper plate printer, to Mr. ProSd
bomme, who waa Un copper engraver,
and in thla way he met Burr. He ran many
an errand for the old lawyer. In return
Burr gave him a few lessons In elocution
and so won tho boy's gratitude. Mr. Harri
son aaya that even then Burr'a vole was
one to win the listener. This waa In 1831,
and during the cholera scar of 1832 he
missed Burr. In 1834 or 1835, he says, h
went with a companion, George Canlerre,
who . afterward became mayor ot Chicago,
to take delicacies to an old man In the
Tontine building. To bis surprise th In
valid proved to be Aaron Burr. Thla was
th laat Urn Mr. Harrison saw aim.
Th New York Chamber of Commerce haa
received as gifts three group of statuary,
the cost of which amounts to about $36,000.
Tb statue will adorn the front of the new
horn of tb chamber In Liberty street. Th
statue ar in memory of distinguished
New Yorkers who were Identified with th
earlier history of th chamber, and they
hav been given to the association appro
priately by members who are in th public
ey at the present time. The men in whose
memory the three statue will bo erected
ar D Witt Clinton, Alexander Hamilton
and John Jay. The first Is the gift ot
Morris K. Jesup, president of the chamber;
tho second 1 given by John S. Kennedy
and th third by William E. Dodge. The
cost of each Is estimated at about $12,000.
The sculptors who are doing the work ar
Daniel French and Philip Martlny. Work
has been begun on th groups, but bas
not advanced beyond th first stag. Be
cause of the great amount of labor In
volved In the chiseling ot the marble It
1 not expected that the statues will b
completed In time for th dedication ot th
building, which baa been planned for No
vember 11 of this year. Inasmuch a th
statue will play a vital part In tb pro
gram of this occasion, plaster casts will
be erected In their place, which will b
Identical In li and figure to their tnarbl
prototypes. '
A It 1 now planned the figure of D
Witt Clinton will stand la the center over
th office door of th building, th statu
of AUxaoder Hamilton being at th right
band of th central figure and that of John
Jay oa th left. Th statue will be of
heroic sis, ot a height of about eight feet,
and each will be flanked on either aide
with crouching allegorical figures. Mr.
Preach I making th atatu of Clinton
a ad Mr. Martlny those of Hamilton and
Jay. . .
A GREAT SPEECH,
Trlbat to tho Prealdeafa Deeeratlea.
Day Addrooa.
Brooklyn Eagle (Ind. dem.)
The splendor of the address I the splen
dor of Illuminated manhood. The trength
of It Is the strength ot manifest right. Not,
we think, since Lincoln's words st Gettys
burg ha th constitutional commander-ln-
cblef of th army and navy of tb United
States said that which will be longer re
membered or which more deserves always
to be In mind. Truly, th baptism of duty
and th touch of destiny hav made or re
vealed thla president to be a thinker and a
leader, who can carry hi countrymen with
him, forgetful of party, compact of patriot-
Ism, resolute for the right and a scornful
of political cunning as of personal conse
quences. The address la In all parts patrlotto and
eloquent, but In none merely rhetorical. It
auras the past, portrays th present and
face the future. Its summary of the past
la accurst to nicety and discriminating te
the very shade of Justice. Ita portraiture
of the present not only glorifies th army
and the navy aa a whole, but scarifies those
of their number who have yielded to the
temptation to retaliate on aavages the out
rages of savage on our men. U also
classes and characterise the wholesale con
demner ot th army In word that
will neither down iter die. Tb presi
dent likewise meet th proposition not
merely of the hour, but ot the far future
with regard to th Philippine In a way to
show that ordered liberty, graduated gov
ernment, regulated right, taught truth and
trained purpose of flttednes for freedom
enter Into the veritable missionary move
ment of our army la the archipelago.
The program is and looms so large aa to
appal some. The details ar o many aa
to fatigue others. Both the magnitude of
the project and the multitude of tho par
ticulars invite pessimism, stimulate appre
hension and lately did give apparent im
munity to partisan defamation. But the
work of contemporary copperheadlam ha
been overdone. Tboae who resorted to It
are running away from it and denying their
responsibility for It This nation never
did desert, decry, defame or fall to honor
its army or Its navy. Thla nation never
will. It ha set them to no tasks of which
it Is ashamed, to none by which the world
has not been made better, to none which
bas not made the bound of ordered freedom
wider yet. The liberated thought, the
atored statesmanship and the luminous and
pulsing power of the president's words to
day lift the occasion of the address to a
high Importance and make and mark an
event of long and ahaplng significance In
our history.
PERSONAL NOTES.
Charlea E. Williams, though mlnua limbs.
Is one of the successful young lawyera of
Palmyra, Wis.
Even volcanic ashes cannot escape the
dollar In thla commercial age. Bottles -of
them are now for aale In New York.
Evans Badby,. laat In the line of direct
descent from the king of the 8eneca In
diana, Powhattan, was burled on Friday In
New York.
Colonel D. B. Dyer of Augusta, Ga., has
the distinction of being the only repub
lican who haa ever been on the ataff of a
democratic governor la Georgia.
Henry 8. Blsbln, the painter of cowa. Is
the latest edition to the long list ot Ameri
can names on the roll of the Legion of
Honor of the French government.
President Dtas of Mexico begins his
working hours at 8:30 every morning, stops
at 1:30. p. m., return to his desk at 4:30
and scarcely ever leaves before 11, and
often not until midnight.
Two large laurel wreaths placed oa the
grave ot the late Bret Hart at Frimley
bear the Inscription: "In Loving Remem
brance. From the Bohemian Club, San
Francisco," and "In Remembrance. From
Blr Henry Irving."
Senator Lodge Is to deliver an address
on "Oliver Ellsworth" at the commence
ment exercises of the Yale law school on
June 23. On the following day Dr. Roawell
Park will address the graduating class of
the medical school.
King Edward has almost realized the
dream of th small boy who wished that
Christmas would come twice a year. The
king now haa two birthdays, one on May
80th, for uae In England, and the other on
November 9, for use In th colonies.
When it comes to originality In shirt de
signs and colors Senator Lodge ot Massa
chusetts always takes a long lead over his
colleague, but in hi latest effort he haa
outdone even himself. He appeared la a
waistcoat and shirt of Identical material.
a delicate purple, which 1 ald to hav
been specially woven for him. Nothing
approaching It ha been seen at tb capitol
before.
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fancy trimmed former price 85.00, $100, $160 ;
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MERCER AND THE OLD SOLDIERS
SPRINGFIELD, Neb., Juno L To tin
Editor of Th Be: I notice that you
charged la your recant debate that Con
gressman Mercer bas displaced two unlot
veteran from employment la th capitol
but you do not glv th same. Tale Is i
serious charge. Mercer la th eoa of i
veteran, and old soldier are ganerallf
friendly to htm, bat It this story la true w
do not propose to support him for enolhef
term. It tt Is not true, then you ought
to retract. Unless you publish ths names
and glv us a chance to Investigate w will
not credit th story. O. A. R.
Not by tb Editor Tti charge that Mor
cer ha caused two Nebraska veterans to be
dropped from omploymost la th national
capitol to make place for men from Min
nesota waa publicly mad and cannot be
refuted. Tb names of tho veterans ar
Martin Ennla of Doniphan, Hall county, and
Jam Bright ot Grand Island. Mercer'
action In thla onneotlon was severely
c ensured by Nebraska members of tho
Grand Army at Washington and no attempt
has been made up to date to justify 11
CHEERY CHAT.
'Puck: "So the president Is th servant
of the people, ehr' said th man from a
foreign land. "Well, It eema to me that
you treat him with a good deal ot reapeot
and consideration for a servant"
"Huh!" scornfully retorted th netlvw
born. "I sues you never lived In tho
suburbs."
Philadelphia Record: '"That duck waa
fine," said th enthuaiaatlo patron. "I
cant imagine anything more acceptable
than a nice little canvaaback."
"Unless," Bald the proprietor of th roo
taurent, "If a nice big greenback."
Bomervtlle Journal: ' Th exaction of
fubllo life are very great.- For Instance,
he street car conductor seldom get mor
than ten hour' sleep at one.
Chicago Tribune: "What a liquid voice
your wife has!" eatd the guest as tha
hostess left the room in response to a
call from th nursery.
"Liquid!" exclaimed the host. "That
describes It exactly. It flows at th rata
ot 300,000 gallons a minute."
juiKi9; v,invic.r ail, mum i 11 x a only srnc
de girl I loved I never would hev como
to such an end aa dls.
. . J . 1 4 .w t , . . . ..
rnnantnropisi vou would notT
Convict No. mum. She killed de guy
dat aot her in leea'n two week after Am
ceremony.
JUNE.
Jame Russell Lowell.
What Is so rare as a day In June?
Then, If ever, some perfect daya;
Then Heaven tries earth If It be In tune.
And over It softly her warm ear lay;
Whether wo look, or whether wo listen.
We hear life murmur, or see It glisten;
Every clod feels a attr ot might.
An Instinct within It that reaches the
towers.
And, groping blindly above It for light,
Climbs to a soul in grass and flower!
The flush of life may well be seen
Thrilling back over hills and valleya.
The cowslip startle In meadows green,
The buttercup catcnea tne aun in us
And there' a never a leave or a blade too)
mean . .
To h some hdnDV creature' palace:
The little bird sits at his door In the sun.
Atllt like a blossom among tne leaves.
And lets hi Illumined being o'errun
with thm rieluv of Summer It receives:
His mat feel the eggs beneath her wings
And the heart In her dumb breast flutter
and sings;
He sings to the wide world, and she to her
In the nice ear of Nature which song Is the
beat?
Now la th high tide of the year.
And whatever of life hath ebbed away
Come flooding back with a ripply cheer.
Into every bare Inlet and creek and bay:
Now the heart Is so full that a drop over
fills it,
We are happy now because God will It:
No matter how barren the past may have
'Tls enough for ua now that th leaves are
We alt'ln'th warm shade and feel right
well
How the sap creep up and th bloasom
swell; . .
We may shut our eyea, but w cannot
help knowing
That skies are ciear and graa la growing!
The breese coma whispering In our ear,
That dandelions are blossoming near.
That malse ha sprouted, that streams are
flowing, . ..
That the river U bluer than the sky.
That the robin la plastering his house bars
And lfythe breeae kept the good news back.
For other couriers we should not lack.
We could guess It all by yon heifer a low-
And 'hark! how clear bold chanticleer,
Warmed with the new wine of the year,
Telia all in hi luty crowlngl
Joy come, grief goo, wo know not how J
Everything is happy now.
Everything Is upward striving,
Tt as easy now for the heart to b true
A for graa to be green or kle to DS
Tls the natural way of living.
Who knows whither the clouds have fledT
In the unacarred heaven tbey leav no
And Th'eye forget tho tears they have
Thhheart forget It Borrow- and aeh;
Tho soul partakes tho season youth.
And the ulphurou rift ot paaslon and?
Lie deep 'neath a silence pur and smooth.
Llk burnt-out crater healed with snow.
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