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TIIF OMATTA "DAILY BEE: FRIDAY, JUNE 27, 1002. Tim Omaha Daily Bee E. ROSE WATER, EDITOR, TUBL1SHED EVERY MORNINd. TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION: pally Bee (without Sunday). One Year. $4 00 Leliy lte and bunday, one Year " Illustrated Uee, One lear Hunciay iiee. One I ear (w fcuturaay Bee. one Year 'iwentleih Century farmer. One Year, l.W DELIVERED BY CARRIER, pally bee (without Sunday), per copy., to pally Bee (without (Sunday), per week. .12c Patty Bre (incluulna- Hunday), per wee.17o Hunnay lire, per copy c Evening Bee (wliboui Sunday), per week.luc Evening Be (Including Sunday), per week 16o Complaint! of lrregularltlea In delivery should he addreed to City Circulation pepartmen. OFFICES. Omaha The Bee Building, atouth Omaha :ity Hall Building, Twsn-ty-tmh and M streeta. Council Blufls-lci pearl Street Chicago imu Unity Building. New xnrk Tttnpie Court. Washington 6ul Fourteenth Street CORRESPONDENCE. Communication! relating to news and editorial mutter should be addressed: lmaha Bee, Laitorial Department BUSINESS LETTERS. Business letters and remittances should be addressed: The Bee publishing Com pany, Omaha,. REMITTANCES. Remit by draft, express or postal order, payable to The Bee Publishing Company. Only X-cent stamps accepted In payment vf man accounts Personal checks, except on Omaha or eastern exchange, not accepted. 'AliJC BEti PUBLISHING COMPANY. STATEMENT OF CIRCULATION. Cut of Nebraska. Douglas County, ss.: Ueorgs li. Tsschuck, secretary of The Be publishing Company, being duly sworn, ays that the actual number of full and complete copies of The Dally, Morning, Evening and Hunday Bee printed ouruig mm uiuuw ui asay, was aa loiiowa 1 1W,9() 17., ao.oao XO.fAO U9,o 4 W,WO 5 ao,2HO 80,800 1 30, 7 DO XU.IVH 2V.TUO 10 2,4SO , 11 ItU.SUS 11 ...1,OSO U. JH,B30 1 KW.OJO li 2U,S70 ! X,SUU 18 18 23 21 23 24 zu.sou au.uao liW.ttOO IIW,40 a,aio .......Jt,4T0 SIO.SMO 25 89.S40 26 Kt,040 n s,sao 28 21),M0 2 8U,430 20 IIU.MUO II 20,010 Total 010,688 Less unsold and returned cople!.... 10.78U v-.I,!t.oU, ' 80H,eJs Nt daily average 20,310 RmW-ik- . CUfi- R TZSCHUCK. subscribed In my presence and sworn to before me ihU gut day of Mar, A. D. 1J0L SeaL ti. B. H UNGATE, Notary Public. King Edward's bedside Is now the Tocal point of the world's news. Hereafter the main show of the fusion Circus will be pulled off In the demo cratic tent The weather man Is admonished to lake another look at the calendar and Lurry up the late consignments. The ocean steamship- combine should now let its coronation schedule of pas senger rates down a notch or two. Our Dave says he is coming straight to Omaha as soon as congress adjourns. ' What will Atlantic City do without him 7 It la now Dr. Theodore Roosevelt, but me will continue -to address him as Tresldent Roosevelt for some time to tome. Nebraska populists may now enjoy the rare privilege of serving as hewers of wood and drawers of water for the democratic animals. According to latest Information, Mont Pelee Is still a warm number,-although public interest in Its indisposition has perceptibly cooled off. It will take a "big giant," to say noth ing of a "little giant," to carry the Ne braska forces of calamity to victory in the midst of republican prosperity. Among the recipients of coronation honors, Sir Thomas Llpton Is to be a peer of England. As a true sportsman he has long ago been voted the peer of anyone. Whenever the franchlsed corporations fcre willing to compromise on a figure for their tax assessment we may be sure that the other taxpayers are getting the Vorst of It- King Edward'a coronation festival has been declared off, but King Ak-Sar-Ben's coronation carnival will be held oa schedule time, subject only to the eta of God. By the adoption of the conference re port on the Panama bill, which is sure to receive the signature of the president. another of the pledges in the last re publican national platform Is redeemed For ways that are dark and tricks that are vain, the heathen Chinee is reputed to be peculiar. When it comes to peculiarity, however, the fusion statesmen iu Nebraska will not have to give way to the heathen Chinee. It was a two-ring show at Grand Island and tlu continuous performance lasted twenty-four hours without inter ruption. Riddle: How long would it have taken to drop the curtain bad there been three rings as formerly iu stead of only two? If the signs are read aright, a grand battle is in the air between rival tele graph companies, and if it is a tight to a finish it will end only one of two ways either the strouger will swallow the weaker or the government will sw al low both Into a postal telegraph system. South Dakota populists have sub tnltted to voluutary merger Into the democratic corporation of that state trading off even their separate name A the bargain for a chance at the spoils. In Nebraska the absorption merger has sot yet been completed, but it is well under way. ' Items have been added to the general deficiency bill before congresa to the amount of S&iO.OOO to help pay the deficits of the Buffalo and Charleston expositions. It rnufct be a gratifying recollection of all connected with the Omaha exposition that It Inherited no deficit with which to waylay congress. Ft so.y cox rn ion. The populist and democratic conven tlons Jtit held at Grand Island, to put In nomination a state ticket for the com ing campaign, have afforded a striking illustration of the confusion of fusion, The efforts of two conventions, going through the forms of nominating one set of candidates to make the race on two different platforms under two differ ent nnmrs, which all admit have no difference In meaning, would be amus ing If they were not taken so seriously by those participating In them. That nothing sustains the maintenance of two sopnrnte party organizations, except the lust for spoils and the lioe of each to get the upiermost In the distribution, is no longer concealed. The purpose of fusion Is twofold. First, each party to the compact Is struggling to fool the other party Into the belief that it is furnishing the bulk of the fusion votes and therefore entitled to the bulk of the offices; and, second, both together are endeavoring to fool the people Into the belief that they are still really two great political parties unselfishly Joined together to accomplish patriotic purposes. We feci safe in ex pressing the conviction that neither of these games of deceit can succeed. As to the ticket aud platforms, they are precisely what was to be expected out of a mass of heterogeneous and con flicting Interests, with no common pur pose except to divide between them the patronage of the state government. While some of the candidates are above the average In point of personality, on the whole they are of an Indifferent and conglomerate character, with no special fitness for the offices which they seek which would appeal for support outside of their own party lines. Their platforms are radical on nearly every Issue they touch. Their extreme partisanship is disclosed In the arraign ment of the republicans for offenses of which the fusion officers were equally. If not more, guilty when they were in control of the state house. The railroad tax planks are in line with public senti ment, but no more bo than the railroad tax plaBks of the republican platform, which promise in scarcely less specific terms to respond to the popular demand. The issues joined in the platforms will, of course, call for further discussion as the campaign progresses. SV OCCASION FOR COMPROMISE. The supreme court In the Omaha tax case laid down a specific and unmistak able rule by which the value of cor porate franchises was to be reached In computing their valuation for assess- ment purposes. Under that rule the taxable value of a franchlsed corpora tion is to be found by adding together all of the bonds and stocks at their mar ket quotations and deducting only an amount equivalent to that returned as the assessment of Its real estate and other tangible property. When the question of revising the as sessments of these corporations was be fore the city council a grossly inade quate valuation was agreed to In the form of a compromise under the pre tense of the corporations that a large part of their property and business was situated outside of the limits of the city of Omaha and, therefore, not subject to municipal taxation. It is a fact, how ever, that none of the property of any of these corporations, with the excep tion of the telephone company, la out side of Douglas county, so that in list ing them for assessment on the county rolls there is no excuse nor occasion for compromise of any kind. The mandate of the supreme court certainly applies to the county commis sioners sitting as a board of equaliza tion just as much as it does to the city council. That mandate requires them to assess corporate franchisee at a val uation computed as the sum of the out standing stocks and bonds, minus the tangible property already assessed. No other deductions are to be made no other concessions to be granted. The bond and stock Issues are of record and their market quotations accessible. The problem is simply one of mathematics and calls for the intervention of neither the Real Estate exchange nor the cor poration lawyers. When the sum Is added all that the county board has to do is to reduce It to the same ratable proportion that has been applied by the asset-sors in fixing the values of real es tate within this county and enter it upon the assessment roll. Any devia tion from this plan is a flagrant viola tion of the law in deliberate disregard of the supreme court decision. HE WAT CAXAL BILL ADOPTED. The house of representatives having adopted the senate canal bill, known as the Spooner substitute, that question Is disposed of and In a way that will be satisfactory to a very large ma Jority of the people of the country who have given intelligent attention to It. The vote In the house on the conference report agreeing to the senate measure was nearly unanimous, showing that a great change In sentiment bad taken place since the passage' of the Hepburn bill In January, when the house was overwhelmingly in favor of the Nlcara gua route. I be change was due in a measure to the subsequent report of the Isthmian Canal commission favorable to the Panama route, made after it was ascertained what the French company would sell Its property for, and in part to conditions In the region through which the Nicaragua canal would pass that were deemed by eminent scientific authority to be dangerous. It is impos sible to say definitely 'which of these considerations was the more influential in changing opinion In congress, but probably the latter, which undoubtedly was the case with the public. The bill will doubtless be promptly approved by the president and the ne gotiations It provides for entered upon as soon as practicable. The general terms of the measure, have heretofore been stated. It authorizes the presi dent to purchase at a cost not exceed ing $40,000,000 all the rights, franchises and property of the new Panama Canal company of France on the Isthmus of Panama, provided a satisfactory title to such property can be obtained. He Is further authorized to acquire from the republic of Colombia exclusive and per petual control of a strip of land six miles wide extending from the Carib bean sea to . the Pacific ocean, with other concessions necessary to the con struction, operation and maintenance of the canal. If the president should be unable to obtain a satisfactory title to the rights, franchises and property of the Panama company and the required territory and other concessions from Co lombia, within a reasonable time and upon reasonable terms, then he shall ncgotlato with Nicaragua and Costa Rica for territory through which to con struct an lnteroceanic canal. The bill creates an isthmian canal commission, provides for appropriations, the first of which Is 10.000,000, aud authorizes the secretary of the treasury to borrow from time to time, as the expenditures on the canal may require, the sum of $130, tKX), out), or so much thereof as may be necessary. There Is no time limit for negotiations. The construction of an isthmian canal is now - assured and there will be a general feeling of satisfaction that the matter has been taken out of the field of controversy. A great responsibility has been devolved on President Roose velt, but there can be no doubt that he will perform the duty faithfully and with the least possible delay. THE TRUST JSSVS. The democrats attack the trusts as If they alone were opposed to trust abuses, Ignoring the fact that the republican party was the first to declare opposition to monopolistic combinations and enacted the only federal law against them. As was said by a republican congressman a few days ago, trusts are not a new Issue. As long ago as 1888, when Cleveland was president and the democrats had a majority In the house of representatives, the committee on manufactures was instructed to investi gate trusts. It made an Investigation at an expense of some $10,000 to the tax payers of the country and with what result? The committee reported In 1889 that It found the number of combina tions and trusts to be large, affecting a considerable portion of the manufactur ing and Industrial Interests of the coun try, but that owing to the difference of opinion between the members of the committee they limited the report to "submitting to the careful considera tion of subsequent congresses the facts shown In the testimony taken before the committee." There was no suggestion as to legislation for dealing with the trusts and no attempt by that demo cratic house to frame legislation. The democratic party came Into con trol of the presidency and both branches of coneress in 1893. after the republican party had enacted the anti-trust law, but the democrats did nothing against the trusts, the number of which steadily Increased while that party was in power. It did not attempt to enforce the existing anti trust legislation and when the Cleveland administration pro nounced the act of 1800 to be defective and Inadequate the democrats In con gress made no effort to remedy the al leged defects and render the law more effective. They merely Incorporated In the tariff act of 1894 a provision relating to trusts which was so manifestly. Inade quate that even the democratic admin istration paid no attention to It The democratic party had an excellent op portunity at that time to strike at tne trusts and utterly failed to Improve it. although the demand for some action no-nlnst the combinations was then hardly less general and vigorous than It is at present Now that the republican administra tion Is seeking the enforcement of the anti trust law the democrats are not satisfied, complaining because it has not instituted criminal proceedings, instead of taking the more direct way of reme dying abuses through Injunction. Had th administration resorted to criminal prosecution against the alleged beef combine, for example, it is not 10 ue doubted that the democrats would have found fault with that course on the ground that It was Intended to give the onmhlne an opportunity to continue its exactions upon the public, which It was the purpose of the injunction proceea- ings to promptly check. The republican party declared us op- rwitton to trusts fourteen years ago and attested its sincerity in the law now In force. The democratic party, wnen It had the opportunity, did nothing ,0irBt the trusts. There can be no doubt which party is to be trusted to properly deal with this question. County Clerk Miller has come to the conclusion that county officers ought to be elected to serve four years instead of two years as now, and he is inviting opinions of other county clerks through out the state on the same subject with a view to promoting legislation having that purpose. It is safe to say that Mr. Miller will find unusual unanimity amomr all the county officers, who are always convinced that their terms of official usefulness are altogether too short. The strange part of the proceed lng. however, is that County Clerk Mil ler never discovered this remarkable tie feet la our legislation until he himself became duly Installed on the county pay roll free from the threat of au election contest Klcklac Over the Milk Cam. Kansas City Journal. Mr. Bryaa figures that there will be much mora fun In heading off the plans of tb party reorganlsers thin la making a losing race for governor of Nebraska. Ceaeroalty Appreciate. Philadelphia Ledger. To the American people the sending of a relief ship to Martinique was such an ordinary matter that many of them, doubt leas, have already forgotten that such a ship was sent, but Assistant Secretary Adee, who happened to be traveling In France at the time, reports that the act had a wonderful effect on tbe French po sis. who became eathualastlo ever such aa act of benevolence. The ffeot of gaining the friendship of the population of Franc was worth far mors than the cost of the expedition. Words That Bara. Chicago Tribune. Vpon the whole. Mr. Cleveland hat rather the better of Editor Bryan thus far. The latter has not been able to wrlggl out of that shadow of predestined defeat. Whom Does the Shoe Fltt Washington Post. The gentlemen who gathered at the home of the late Richard P. Bland last week for the purpose of unveiling a monument to his memory were conspicuous In the work of plotting the great silver advocate out of the democratic nomination In 1898. Somehow or other hypocrites have a great weakness for gathering about the graves of their victims. Good Example to Follow. Baltimore American. The king of England ordering that all loyal addresses and references shall In elude the queen ss well as himself, and the emperor of Germany leading the stu dents of Bonn In cheers for his empress are setting notable examples as apprecia tive husbands. And the royal ladles In question are both deserving of the marital tributes thus gracefully rendered. Operation of the Natural Law, Baltimore American. Europeans continue denouncing the American Invasion, but they are not mak ing any strenuous efforts, seemingly, to re pel It by refusing to bay the goods. In brief, no amount of human Indignation, or policy will do away with the natural law of the survival of the fittest and as long as American goods are the fittest, they will survive those of European competitors. An Appeal to the Books. Philadelphia Record. The dispute between the anthracite miners, who assert they are underpaid, and the mine owners, who declare that the wage now paid is adequate for the service rendered, is In fact an appeal to the books. The Reading company, which is the largest employer, offers to show Its books and give all required information. Out of such a situation It would seem a way might be found to break the present deadlock. Labor Commissioner Wright, who has had free access to all necessary sources of In formation, ought to be able to at least sug gest the right thing to do. Who Said Harmony T Chicago Chronicle (dem.) Is there a genuine democrat anywhere who can make a speech on party affaire without receiving unpleasant attention from various hsrmonlzers in all parts of the country who are armed with brickbats and decayed vegetables? Every old leader of the democratic party was more or less of a democrat. Most of the new leaders trace their political ancestry through a populist or two to a long line of flat money republicans.- If the old leaders eannot speak without precipitating a riot what will happen pretty toon when some of the new chieftains take the floor? TAKING , AND GIVING LIFE. Troths Aboat the Philippines Over looked by the Opposition. Chicago Tribune. Genoral Wheaton has a philosophic way of looking at tbe situation In the Philippines, where he has been on duty for the last three years. He sees compensations for the rav ages of war where Senator Hoar csn see none. The general admits that there has been much 'Ipsa of life among the natives, due to their obstinate and unwise resistance to American authority. He says that the sanitary reforms which have been Intro duced by the . American civil and military authorities have saved many more lives than the American soldiers have taken. American rifles and cannon have sent many Filipinos to premature grave, but compulsory vaccination and the stamping out of the bubonic plague have saved many Filipinos from such graves. The destructive and conservative' agencies of civilization have gone through the archipelago hand In hand. The general estimates that 600,000 lives have been preserved by the presence of the Americans In the Philippines. This is not the way In which tbe "anti- Imperlallsts" keep their account books. They will not give credit to the agents of the government In tbe islands for tbe saving of a single life. They will contend that nothing done there has worked for good not even vaccination. Yet General Wbeaton's logic seems to be sound. It Is unfortunate that tbe Filipinos did not allow tbe Ameri cana to devote themselves exclusively to the task of protecting life In tbe archipelago. That was their desire. They would not have fired one hostile shot if the Filipinos had not made It necessary for them to do so. THE PEERLESS IS IT." Bryan's Announced Intention to Boss the Graveyard Party. Kansas City Star (Ind.) Under existing political conditions la the United States publlo Interests are best served by a comparatively even balance In the numerical strength and popular prestige of the two leading parties. For this reason all high-minded citizens, regsrdless of nat ural preferences, would welcome a rejuvena tion of the democracy. They would gladly see a return of the high-plane rivalry that once existed between tbe two great political organizations of the country, the strength of the one acting at a check on the policies of the other. For these very good reasons the statement given out by Mr. William J. Bryan deserves Consideration. Mr. Bryan has at least cleared the demo cratic atmosphere, even if he bat grievously disappointed those supporters who had hoped that he would some time hearken to the voice of reason on the subject of demo cratic reunion.' To apply to him the Illus tration he used in discussing Mr. Cleveland he has made the democracy a "preferred creditor" by letting it know the worst in advance. His statement bat made clear these facts: That Mr. Bryan means to remain active In politic, accepting any leadership that may be offered him In national affairs, and as suming such leadership when It is not of-. fered. That he will give no countenance to those democrats who could not conscientiously support htm In his races for tbe presidency, except on what he knows to be tbe Impos sible condition of confession of sin, pleat for admission to the Bryan ranks and a term of probationary membership. That he utterly refuses to approve any plan of democratic alignment that does not endorse as essential policies the erroneous doctrines that twice caused the defeat of the party. That he would rather be the head of a losing faction or a defeated party than to retire In order that the democracy might be led to victory by others. That his course will be. as it haa been for some time, utterly selfish and disloyal. Inasmuch aa there Is no hop of success In his leadership or through his policies. It is also quit plain that if tb regular democratic organizations should ss It ought repudiate such a hopeless leadership Mr. Bryan would become the standard bearer of tb populist party or bead a new organise tlon made up of his remaining followers. Under the circumstances all who want to see tbe democratic party restored to It old-time prist lge, with possibilities ot agaia securing tb reigns of government, must real Is that they can have nothing more to do with William J. Bryaa. A New Indianapolis News. New lands for great masse of people country should not be drawn on more than will be created by tbe Irrigation of the waa absolutely necessary, and so the pur. srld sections of the Rocky mountain re- pose of the law It to work out a way that glon and Pacific coast. The government shall be nearly self-supporting. H Is to owns about d00.000.000 acres of land In thit begin under the direction of the tecretary region, and 10 per cent of It will be avail- of the Interior with money yielded by the able for agricultural purposes under a tys- current government land aale. Ther will tem of Irrigation entirely practicable and be only a few million dollars which will not difficult to attain. The vast remainder be Increased yearly. At land Is irrigated consists of mountain and forest and desert It will be sold at a price to cover tbe cost beyond reclamation or at least for many of Its reclamation and of maintaining the years to come. Tbe lands that can be brought In constitute an area equal to one and a half times that of New England, and their reclamation would open to settle- ment a region easily capable of supporting more than 10.000,000 people. Of course, the work can not be done all at once, and this perhapt will constitute part of IU value. It will require a good many years to make valuable acres out of valueless lauds. Farmera east of the Rocky moun- tains have complained that tbey would be taxed under public irrigation lawt to open chcap landa to be brought into competition with their more expensive land. On tha other hand, it wss held that the states In which tbe land lay would take up the work If the national government would cede to them the arid lands. This the govern- ment had repeatedly refused to do. It was then agreed that the rest ot the ROUND ABOUT NEW YORK. Ripple oa the Current of Life in the Metropolis. Rev. John L. Scudder, an up-todate con gregational minister at Jersey City, hat started an athletic boom among the women of hi congregation. The other evening he preached a sermon on "How to Bring Up Our Girls," In which he said: "The kind of angel I like to see weight not lest than 130 pounds. "Her waist Is more than five inches In diameter, and her heels. Instead ot being perched upon stilts, are on a level with the rest of her feet. 'She It at straight at an arrow; she never hat hysterics; she sleep seven hourt and enjoys every moment of It. 'She haa a clear head, a pure heart and a cheerful disposition. She Is a real woman nothing artificial or assumed about her. She Is no sham, no apology or caricature ot a woman. She Is Just what God meant her to be healthy, hearty and perfectly natural." He endorsed athletics for girl and asked thit question: "If an English girl can play cricket with her brother, why should not an American girl play something better than bean bag?" Recorder Goff't statement in the trial ot Jerome Victory, that "the polloe have only business to keep a prisoner In safety and not to put him through an inqulsitory de gree," amounts to a caustic denunciation of what Is known in police variance ae "The Third Degree." "The police." be added, "transcend their power every time they question a prisoner. No -captain, sergeant or detective has any right to question a prisoner. That Is the magistrate's duty. It is a dangerous and malicious practice." That tbe recorder's criticism is lust la proved by young Victory's statement of the kind of "Third Degree" to which he was subjected. A boy only 15 years old, and In nocent of crime (the jury promptly ac quitted him), he was detained two or three days before being arraigned, nearly starved at the station house, twice knocked down by one policeman and spat in the face by another, and otherwise roughly handled. In order to make him confess to a crime he never committed. The People's University Extension society of New York hat completed Hi fourth year of work for tbe improvement of social con dition!. It Is the aim of the society, says the New York Sun, to help tbe hundreds of small local organizations which are strug gling to aid the people around them by providing for these little societies the trained teachers which their work most requires. How much the poor themselves appreciate what it being done is teen in their pathetic desire for the practical knowledge given. It is not unuaual for working girls to at tend the evening classes supperless, because they have not had time to go home to eat a meal first. Women Just com from the hard labor of scrubbing offices after business hours are found at these same classes. Instruction in dressmaking and household economy mean much to them in their struggle to feed and clothe their children well on scanty means. Lecture courses for mothers on hygiene, eanitattoa and tbe care of children form tbe largett department of tbe society's work. Then there is instruction in elementary manual training for Instance, In basket weaving and cbalr caning for boys and girls, helping them to earn a living and keep them out of mischief. Sewing and dressmaking classes are also held and are In great demand. Especially they awaken enthusiasm among the grown girls and married women. A man thought the cooking class the best thing In the society's work. His wife worked In a store before' they married. The result waa that It took all his wages to buy canned food, and yet the couple never had anything tit to eat till the wife went to cooking school. For tbe girls working In shops and fac tories physical culture classes are held. The girls Ilk them and gain noticeably In health and strength. , Lecture courses In clvlrt and American history designed to Inspire a stronger sense of civic responsibility in the Individual are gtven. For these and for all other kinds of Instruction it offers the society It con stantly receiving more appeals than It can possibly satisfy with the meant at ita dis posal. Th recent hotel disasters keep the guests of these places in a state of ready watch fulness. "They are ready to rush Into the street at the scratch of a match," tsys on of the proprietors. A dsy or so ago there was a curtain oa fire in the dining room at the Hotel Endlcott. Someone said "Fire," and the whole household trooped Into the street. On woman rushed upon a second floor balcony and was about to throw her self to the pavement, when a woman more cool advised ber to go Into the hall and walk down stairs. Th contractor for the stone work of th Hall ot Records at Center and Chambers streets has In place on of the monster granite pillars which will form part ot th facade ot the structure. There will be thirty-two pillars, eight of twenty tons of 2,200 pounds each, eight of twenty-eight tons, eight of thirty-two ton and eight of forty tons. The on In place Is one of the smallest size. Its dimensions are thirty six feet long, four feet wld and two feet thick. It was quarried at th John Pelrce'a works at Hallowell, Kennebec county, Me., and th quarry work for It alone took up thre months. It wss taken to Harlem en a special flat car. lightered to th Battery, and transported by ten horses on a truck to th west front of the Halt ot Rscorda. It waa lifted from tb truck Into the alley by a boom steam derrick with a capacity of 100 tout and laid oa chockt. When th largett' pillars ar landed-at th Battery Domain irrigation. Not more than 160 acre will be sold to any one owner. While this to a degree Involves an appropriation equal to the present net proceeds of public lands from the general fund for the advantage of a small part of the country, the appro- propria! Ion Is not great, and, besides, storage basins which frequently have to be con structed In the mountains of one etate for lands lying In another, might be held as examples of government work quite as clear as a great deal of what Is don under the river and harbor bill. Altogether, tbe con- elusion Is probably as fair and as work- able as la often reached In human affairs, The practical results are going to be an addition of good land that will hold about as many people aa there are In the Philip- pines and tbey will be American people, It will only cost us a few million dollars and not a drop of blood. the truck that will take them to the Hall of Records will be drawn by twenty horses. The cost of the thirty-two pillars will be about $170,000. The largest of them will be round and thirty-six feet long, with a diameter of tour feet two inches. The Provident Loan association, which conducts a philanthropic pawnbroking busi ness In this city, made, last year, a profit of 6 per cent on a capital of $383,000 and has a surplus of $111,000. Philanthropy In this case Is a good business Investment which makes It the best kind of an Invest ment. Loans are made on personal prop erty at moderate but paying rates. Among the trustees of the association are William E. Dodge, Abram S. Hewitt, IX O. Mills, Cornelius Vanderbltt, George F. Baker, Solomon Loeb, James Speyer and J. Ken nedy Tod. President Bonnard's report says: "After branches have ben opened In the Important center of the Greater New York city we may well consider the advisability of extending our usefulness to less profitable business In poorer sections of the city, making more loans on clothing and less de sirable pledges. We must not forget that the purpose of our corporation Is phllan throplral so far as la consistent with tbe full measure of strength and safety." PERSONAL NOTES. In the event of the death of King Edward British insurance companies stand to lose $10,000,000. The corporation controlled by J. Pler pont Morgan and his associates pay enough taxes Into the New Jersey state treasury to cover all the expenses ef the common wealth, It Is said. John Philip Sousa hat tent King Edward a copy of his march "Imperial Edward," beautifully Illuminated upon vellum In an tique fashion and Inclosed la a gold mounted morocco case. Robert de Billy, one ot the Rochambeau party, before tailing for home last week, said that what had surprised him most In this country was the loyalty ot the nat uralized citizens to th country of their adoption. Tbe lose entailed to London in innumer able directions by the abandonment ot the festivities has been roughly estimated at $20,000,000. Hundreds of bankruptcies ow ing to aeat, food, timber and decoration speculations are expected. Harlan P. Hall of St. Paul, Nee tor of the Minneapolis press, bat announced himself as a candidate for governor of Minnesota on the democratic ticket. Mr. Hall started five newspaper at St Paul, four of which survive and are prosperous. Personally he Is exceedingly popular. Democratic Congressman Joseph A. Conry of the Ninth district of Massachusetts has been selected by Mayor Collins of Boston to deliver the Fourth of July oration be for the city authorities and people tn Faneull hall and he ha accepted th Invitation. Bos ton's Hat of Fourth of July orators It long and contains many eminent names. Considerably over 400 columns of . the Con gressional " Record are occupied with speeches on the Isthmian canal bill. Sena tor Morgan's eight tpeechet on th subject fill 172 columns, Senators Hanna and Mitch ell coming next with forty-two columns and two speeches. .The shortest talk of tbe lot was one of a column by Senator Hawley. Senator Klttredge of South Dakota takes pride In never saying more than "Yet" or "No" to newtpaper men. One day recently a correspondent Interviewed him, but was unable to get more than th monosyllable named In reply. Finally he asked: "What Is the largest city In South Dakota?" The senator looked his surprise aa he answered: "Sioux Falls." The correspondent bowed and left. Meeting a friend a few moments later he said: "I have all you fellows beaten now. I have Just added the words 'Sioux Falls' to Senator Klttredge's vocabulary." the comprehensive assortments and the re markable price concessions have attracted the atten tlon of Omaha's shrewdest parents. We assortment by th addition of ssvsral ceived and now offer you yonr pick of $14.60, $11.00 and $20.00 values, at 500 high grade Russian at one-third the prioe and lest tht New York'$ ucelUit manufacturtr serges In all colors, fancy worsted, Petsr Thomp son and regular make In choicest effects many with xtra collars and shields th chsapast were $4.S5, more were $5.tS, $4 S and $l.5 choice , f WHERE BRITAIN EXCELS. Death from Railroad Arrldeat tn Enalaad nod America. Atlanta Journal. We were aware that the number and per centage of deaths from railroad accidentt Is very much smaller in Great Britain than In the United States, but a recent report of the British Roard of Trade con tains the almost Incredible statement that In the whole of England, Ireland, Scotland and Wales not one passenger waa killed last year In railroad train accidents. When we consider that the railroads of the United Kingdom carried 1,600, 000,000 pas sengers list year thit statement is very hard to believe. The number of persons In jured in any way out of this vast number Is given at 476. The British Railway Gazette boasts that only one In about every 3.000, 000 passengers on the railways of the United Kingdom last year failed to reach his destination without injury of any kind. The accuracy of thit report Is guaranteed by the government, at the British Board of Trade it a government bureau. The report for 1901 It the cleanest on record. The statistics for the year 1900 show that sixteen passengers were killed and 863 Injured during that year. While passengers on the railways Of the United Kingdom escaped entirely last year eight trainmen were killed and 156 Injured. This waa a marked decrease of tbe number of fatalities and injuries to railway trainmen laat year. Tbe number of railroad employes killed and Injured in this country Is shockingly large every year very much greater than the number in all the countries ot Europe combined. The enforcement of th federal law requiring airbrakes and automatto coup lers on all cars used in Interstate com merce has reduced the percentage of fatali ties and personal injuries on our railroads to a notable extent, but the number of them Is still frightfully large. FLASHES OF FUN. Philadelphia Press: "There's no progress about him." "No? But he's still doing business at the old stand, isn't he?" "Say. rath or, he is doing business at the old stand-still." New York Sun: "Yes, papa. Jack says he expects his Income will be doubled next year.'' "That's good. Some day he may make enough to support himself." Chicago Post: "No. George." isald the girl regretfully, "I'll not sit In the hammock with you this evening. Papa has attached a patent device to it that registers the weight." Detroit Free Press: "Don't you think she's a model mother?" "Why, her children are little terror!" "Yes. but Bhe writes such good papers for our mothers' meetings." Chicago Tribune: Girl with the Gibson Girl Neck Fan Btlltwtnk haa begun to show her age, hasn't she? Girl with the Julia Marlowe Dimple I should say not. She'e begun to try to hide It. New York Bun: Madge Dolly Is going somewhere with that young man. this even- $arJorle Yes. going to sit with him In the hammock. RlKht after dinner she went upstairs and put on a dark shirtwaist. Detroit Free Press: "There la only one place where an American Is content to nave another above him,' remarked Bell ingham to Glldersleeve. "And where Is that. I'd like to know?" "In the upper berth ot a sleeping car." Philadelphia Press: "Well. I'm glnd this rag-time music Is getting- out of date," re marked the business man. "I'm sure it gave me indigestion." "Nonsense!" "Fact. ,The orchestra at the restaurant where I take my lunch always played It and I couldn't help keeping time with my Jaws." Washington Star: "Why should we care so much for gold?" asked the philosopher; "We don't a much as we use.) to, an swered Senator Sorghum; "I'd rather have sugar or oil or several other things than gold these days." YOUNG LOCH INVAR TP. TO DATE. 8. E. Klser In th Record-Herald. Oh, young Lochlnvar came out to the west; He claimed that his automobile was tho best; It was painted dark red and It brilliantly ehene, Ha went like a streak and he rode all alone; He shot over ruts with a slpp and a Jar, And people fled madly from young Lochln var With a whirr of his wheals and a hum of his oogs He knocked down the children and ran over dogs; v He frightened the horses and laughed at their pranks, And men who got mad he regarded as cranks; He gave her the very last notch on the bar. And a cloud of dust followed the gay Lochlnvar. He stayed not at bridges, he stopped not for stone. He calmly took all of the road as hla own Till he came to a crossing and smashed throurh a aate And endeavored to butt through a tralnload of freight They searched and at last lying under a car, They found a few chunk of the bold Lochlnvar. The lady sat watting to hear the loud hum That would tell her the gallant had finally come. But she waited with sighs and she watted In vain Those car wheels bore many a sickening And, to show you how pitiless some people are, . . They aald it was gooa ror the young lcninvar. Thousand Upon Thousands of Youths' Stylish Suits Ages It to to yeart Several thousand dollars worth This has proven to b en of th most successful dealt w have ever made, showing concluaively - the strong demand for the highest clasa youths' clothing. . The high character of these suits, ;iu ius alien 10.45 have strengthened th choice 1st lots Just re th entire lot actual & Sailor suits entir surplu tlock of English and American i American 1.95 Duchess Trousers 10c a but ton, $1.00 a rip.