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0 TEE OMAHA DAILY BEE: FRIDAY, JULY 4, 1002 Die omaha Daily Bee K. ROBEWATER, EDITOR. PUBLISHED EVERT MORNING. TERM8 OF SUBSCRIPTION. Dally Bee (without f jnovi, One Year.H CO r i 1 1 v Umm r. r A a..nv I na Vmr S 'A Illustrated Bee, One Veer x.V) unoay li, une tear - v Saturday Be, One Year l.M Iwentleth Century Farmer, One Yar.. l.(M DELIVERED BY CARRIER. Dally Bee (without Funday), per copy.... te Dally Bee (without Btxiday), per wees....l!c Ijally Bee (Including Sunaayi, per week..Ke Sunday Bee, per copy 6c Evening B-e (without Sunday), per wee K loo Evening Be (Including Bundayi, per weak 15o Complaint! of lrregularitlei in delivery Should be addressed to City Circulation Lepartment. OFFICES. J Omaha The Bee Building. 1 Houth Omaha City Hall Building, Twsn-ty-flfth and M Streets. Council BliilTa 10 Pearl Btreet. - Chicago 140 1'nlty Building. , New York Temple Court. Washlngton-01 Fourteenth 8tret. Correspondence. Communfcatlons relating to news and ' editorial matter rhould be addressed: Omaha Bee, Editorial Department. BUSINESS LETTERS. Bualneaa letters and ramlttancei should fee addressed: The Bee Publishing Com pany, um&ha. REMITTANCES. Remit by draft, express or postal order, leayable to The Bee Publishing company. Lnly J-oeot stamps accepted in payment nf frail accounts. Personal checks, except on Omaha or eaatern exchanges, not accepted. THE BEiii PLBLIbHIU COM PAN f- STATEMENT OF CIRCULATION. Bute of Nebraska, Douglaa County, as : i Oeorge B. Tiachuck. secretary of The Bee Publishing Company, being duly sworn, .says that tha actual number of full and complete copies of The Dally, Morning, Evenlng and Sunday Bee printed during tha month of June, 1902, waa as follows: 1 Stf.410 16 i1l,40 t 3,4tfO 17 20,540 ft 2t,30 1 i,7M JTO.5TO 1 2H.T40 iti,6K 21,BtH ! S9.S10 21 2,BT0 1 Sv.KTO 22 2tt,IMlO 2A.SOO 23 ; 21),B80 29.B40 24 31,330 10 29,610 , 26 ae.eoo U g,BBO 24 Sft.BHO U 29.B10 17 29.680 IS 8S.B80 28 29,540 14 SV.SOO 2) Sttt.BttO 1ft 20,680 SO 20,010 Total 88,220 Leas unsol'l and returned copies.... 9,603 Net total tales..... STO.BflS Kat dally average 29,818 GEO. B. TZSCHUCK. Subscribed In my presence and sworn to before ma this 30th day of June, A. D . 1902. tBeal.) Notary Public. Be patriotic, but be careful. Once more the glorious Fourth. And the Fourth of July orator la broad In the land. Those railroad tax bureau employes have to make a show of earning their salaries". In the light of current market prices, the American bog must be riding on the Tery topmost ware of prosperity. Wouldn't the refinement of twentieth century noise-producing fireworks Jar the framers of the famous declaration. King Edward's rapid recovery con tinues to surprise the medical prophets. The king evidently believes In surprises. The Alaskan transportation companies seem to be degenerating sadly in their business management. Several periodic announcements of new gold finds have been allowed to fall past due. It will take the railroad tax bureau bunco men a long time to convince Omaha business men that railroad as sessments ought to come down while their assessments are going up. -V A suicide in Denver is explained as the result of disappointment over failure to become an actress. Had the victim only preferred to live, she would have had valid claims on the gratitude of the theater-goers she had spared. Acting Mayor Karr has had the privi lege of affixing his signature to the Fourth of July proclamation for this year. This in itself should immortalize Ills name In records of the city sure to be preserved for all posterity. While opposing members of congress re wrangling over the precise sum of th,e appropriations of tha session just losed, it will be well to note that no necessity is Imposed to resort to the democratic practice of Issuing bonds to make good a deficit. . Nebraska fusionista had control of our atate government for four years. They were Just as profuse in their promises of reform then as they are now, but when it came to redeeming their pledges they fell down worse than any. Fusion reform promises are quoted at a decided discount in the political clearing house. Minnesota populist have with great condescension Included one democrat in their list of names for state offices. This la doubtless simply the bait for fusion to afford the capital for trading pur poses. When the political merger is completed. If it should be completed, the democrats will have absorbed the greater number of the places. If tha great telegraph companies want to war upon oue another, their patrons will enter no objections. But so long as they confute their contest to the selc ure of territory formerly conceded ex clusively to one or the other and scrupu lously refrain from competing on rates and -tolls, the general public will have no benefit and little interest in their movements. The latest exhibit of State Treasurer Btuefer shows an accumulation of nearly $300,000 la the school trust funds, but the same old farce is repeated of pre tending that this money Is held as "cash a hand." It U all deposited at interest In banks. The people are not fooled by-any such transparent bookkeeping juggle. Mr. Ktuefer would stand much higher In popular estimation and add fore to his protestations that he is not reaping personal profits from the han dling of these funds If he would report Just what banks are holding the mouey and how much each holds. IRE DAT HI fiOKOR. Where is the American who does not honor the nntal day of the republic and believe in the principles for which it stands? Volumes have been uttered during the Inst few year to the effect that the people of this republic were losing respect for the Declaration of In dependent, that the reverence they once had for the immortal doctrines of that proclamation of liberty was departing. Few seriously think that this Is the case and such as do will find a conclusive answer to the charge in the interest and enthusiasm that will mark the observ ance of this auuiversary throughout the land and wherever the flag of the na tion floats. All the; Indications are that Independence day will be celebrated this year as generally, as heartily and as patriotically as In any previous year, thus attesting that the American people now hold the Fourth of July In as great esteem as It has ever been held and are no less devoted to the principles it rep resents. , It Is one hundred and twenty-six years since the founders of the republic threw down their challenge to England in the declaration that the colonies "are, and of right ought to be, Independent states." In that period our free institutions have been subjected to the severest tests and have come out of every trial stronger and more firmly established. No danger threatens them and they will remain se cure so long as the American people contluue as loyal and patriotic as they now are. Reflecting upon the greatness, the glory, the power and the prosperity of our country we shall find abundant, reasons for rejoicing on' this anniversary. DlSSATlsFACTiUX IX CCBA. There Is undoubtedly a good deal of populai dissatisfaction in Cuba, which is not all due to the fact that the United States has not given the new republic the tariff concessions hoped for. The economic situation there is doubtless bad and cauxes a disquieting feeling as to the immediate future, but there is still the relieving expectation that this gov ernment will yet do something to help Cuba out of her embarrassing Industrial and financial condition. The Cubans know that President Roosevelt has abated nothing of his purpose in this respect and that there Is reason to ex pect that a treaty will be negotiated which may receive approval of congress at the next session. Another source of dissatisfaction and one which may prove troublesome la po litical. Already complaints are being made against tha administration of Pres ident Falma, chief of which is that he has discriminated against the negroes in appointments. A meeting of negroes was held a few days ago at Havana at which addresses were made sharply criticising the course of Talma, one of the speakers comparing the president with the Spanish General Callejas, say ing that the latter was more liberal and democratic than Falma, the president of a democratic republic. Another meeting of negroes at Santiago protested against the course of the administration toward that race. These expressions of dissat isfaction on the part of an element of the population which la In the majority points to the possibility of serious trouble unless the negroes' are given the recognition they demand. There is in sympathy with this element some men of ability and Influence whose counsel it. will be well for the administration to regard. The spirit that Is being shown at the very outset of the experi ment of Cuban self-government suggests that the United States may have some thing further to do in the island before the republic is firmly established. VWDICATIOJSI Vf RKPLBLlCAlt POL1CT. The statistics of national progress and prosperity during the last five years fur nish a complete vindication of repub lican policy. The more striking of these are presented in a speech by Sena tor Galllnger of New Hampshire, de livered in the United States senate ten days ago. He pointed out that during the period from 1893 to 1897, when democratic policy prevailed, there was an annual treasury deficit, necessitating the selling of bonds by the .government to the amount of $262,000,000. Under republican policy the revenues of the government were increased and today the national treasury has the largest cash balance and the greatest stock of gold in its history. It Is estimated by competent authority that during the period of democratic policy 3.000,000 men were out of employment, while the wages of those employed were con stantly forced down, many working only part time at that. In the last five years there has been nearly all the time full employment for labor and wages have been Increased again and agalu. The rewards of agriculture during the past five years have been the greatest in the history of the country. The official statistics show that the value of the products of the farm. Including live stock, In 1901, was greater by $2,000, 000,000 than in 1890, due to the In creased price of the products. The higher value for farm commodities is explained by the largely augmented consumption In the home market, created by the fuller employment and better compensation of labor and the generally prosperous condition of the people. The growth of manufactures during the five years of republican policy since 1896 has been most remark able. The value of products for 1900 is given by the census at over f 13.000, OOU.OUO and it Is believed that for 1902 the value of manufactures will reach $15,000,000,000, which is double the out put of lSl5 or lS9ti. la spJta of con solidations and combinations, the num ber of manufacturing establishments in creased over 44 per cent in the last dec ade. The largest gains during the last five years have been made In Iron and steel, the production of which has more than doubled In this period, placing the United State in this particular first among the manufacturing nations. Said Mr. Oalltnger: "The manufacturing situation today In the United States can be summed tip in the statement that practically every mill and factory and hop Is working to full rapacity, with orders far ahead and prices most satis factory The transportation business last year was very greatly in excess of that of 180(1, a fact that shows as strikingly as any other the country's progress and prosperity. Another fact equally im pressive is found in the bank clearances, which last year were more than double In amount those of IS! hi. Many other Interesting facts evidencing the success of republican policy were presented by the New Hampshire senator, who con cluded his most instructive speech, all the facts of which were from official sources, as follows: "Our friends on the other side are looking for an issue. They need not worry, the issue is look ing for them. Prosperity Is the Issue and all other questlous are secondary. The American standard of living, Ameri can manhood and American homes are but the resultants of republican legisla tion, the sequences of a protective tariff which brought to us aqd will continue to give us an unprecedented age of luxury and unparalleled era of prosperity." WHIHTHXQ TU At IP UP CtiCRAOti. That the democrats who have been countiug on the possibility of democratic control of the next cougress are already forced to whistle to keep up their cour age la plain from the statements given out by the so-styled party leaders on the conclusion of the congressional ses sion. In a pronunclamento over bis name as chairman of the democratic congres sional committee Mr. Griggs, who halls from a safely democratic district down In Georgia, can find nothing worse to say than that the session "controlled absolutely by the republican party, has done many things that people of the country did not want and failed to do many things the people want." When he comes to specify, however, the fall urea refer to tariff revision and Cuban reciprocity, two things which the demo crats would have obstructed whenever attempted. Mr. Griggs professes to be lieve that the people demand a revision of the tariff and especially a redaction of the schedule on trust-made and trust controlled goods, but he may . be sure that the people are firmly attached to the protective principle and when tariff revision is desired will look to repub licans as the friends of protection to do the work rather than to democrats who would revise all the protection out of it Another lament comes from Senator James K. Jones of Arkansas, who is still able to subscribe himself "chairman of the national democratic committee," al though repudiated by the democrats of his own state, who have already se lected his successor. Senator Jones is convinced, In his own mind, that the result of the session has not met tho expectations of the country In reducing taxation. The republicans preferred to rescind the payment of the war . taxes rather than destroy the tariff as the democrats would have liked, and this constitutes the disappointing feature. Senator Jones, who owes his loss of prestige and power at home, and con sequent loss of his senatorial seat, to his Identification with the Round Cot ton Bale trust, baa the audacity also to complain that the trust question has been passed over without congressional action, as If the action of President Roosevelt under existing anti-trust laws were not quite sufficient to Indicate the firm attitude taken by the republicans against trust evils and trust abuses. If these two democratic leaders are advance agents for the tale of woe on which democrats hope to gain control of the next congress, the party may as well admit now that it is heavily handi capped and concede that nothing short of a miracle will give us a democratic house for the Fifty-eighth congress. - ' The completion of a double track rail way between Omaha and Chicago marks a decided advance In the development of transportation facilities in the west. Many Nebraskans recall the day when passengers left the railroad at Boone and Journeyed the remaining distance to the Missouri river by stage. Now the pioneer railroad, the Chicago & North western, which then traversed but half way across the state of Iowa, has two sets of steel rails stretching from Omaha to Chicago to provide for only its share of the constantly increasing commerce flowing between these two centers of In dustrial activity. The other roads must soon all follow suit in fact, some of them are doing so now and eventually double track railroads will be the regu lar thing everywhere. Nebraska la again demonstrating that It can come out of a protracted spell of either drouth or wet weather with less real damage to growing crops than any other agricultural region. This fortu nate recuperative ability is due to favor able soil conditions, which enable the vegetation supported to resist heat and shed water quickly that otherwise would produce disastrous results. States to the east of us have not had as much rain fall as Nebraska, but the moisture cling i longer, thus working damage that can not be made good by subsequent dry ness. As an agricultural state, Ne braska yields to none. The government census of the sur vivors of the buffalo discloses a sad state of fast approaching extinction of these once useful animals. So far as they existed iu a wild state, the work of extinction is practically completed and the donsfsticated buffalo la but a shadow of the real thing. The loss-of the buffalo, however, is now simply a case, of spilled milk over which there is no use crying. Tat Oaeat Door. Cleveland Plain Dealer. Soma of tba Canadians are Incensed be cause tba cttUana of tba United States call themselves Americana to tba asclu stoa of all otber titles. It U a little late la tba day for this to be corrected, but U tba Canadian fael very badly about It thay can coma in most any time and share it with us. Wis Farethoaght. Washington Post. Tba conduct of Admiral Clark la stay ing away from tba coronation and getting a deserved promotion has been thoroughly vindicated. Give the Asts Its Dae. Detroit Free Tress. There Is something te ba said la favor of the automobile. It never runs away when a small boy explodes a bunch of firecrackers under it. How the Heat Mae Generated. New York World. After all, Mr. Bryan has only demon strated anew the old truth of natural science that when a falling body Is sud denly stopped its motion Is tranformed Into heat. Mr. Bryan stopped with a thud and Is hot accordingly. Milt Never Be Happy Agala. Brooklyn Eagle. William J. Bryan will never forgive Grover Cleveland for having three times received as tba nominee for president mors votes than were cast for his republican opponent. A single experience of that kind would have made Bryan more bappy and less bowling than be is. Bailer Robbed Down. Nashville American. Senator Bailey has made an unfortunate exhibition of himself In bis assault on Senator Beverldge. His conduct was not Justifiable. Senator Beverldge disclaimed any intent of Insulting bim, and the lan guage he used will be regarded by reason able men as insufficient to warrant Senator Bailey's conduct. Tha Texas senator is entirely too sensitive. He showed more temper than judgment, more excitement than courage, more anger than sense. The affair is to be regretted, and by none more than Senator Bailey's friends. Generosity Well Directed. Portland Oregonian. Tha Carnegie Steel company bas volun tarily Increased by 10 per cent the wages paid to nearly 15,000 unskilled laborers in its service. An event of this kind in the labor world attracts very little comment beyond the merest mention. A reduction of 10 per cent in any Instance, on tba con trary, is heralded far and wide, met by a atrike and perhaps followed by a boycott. We all know something of the tendency of human nature to remain silent in the pres ence of generous deeds and speak out In loud condemnation of those that are even seemingly ungenerous. If proof of this tendency were wanting this citation would furnish it. WHERE GRIEF ABOUNDS. 'Ve that Have Tears to Shed, Prepare to Shed Them How." New York Evening Post. Now that King Edward Is recovering, publlo sympathy is naturally expending itself en the people who prepared for the coronation and were disappointed. Americans, of course, are most deeply touched by the misery of those women of American birth who bought new gowns and now have no chance to wear them. Can any man with a heart in his bosom remain dry-eyed after reading these har rowing do tails? " had a new coronet even more mag nificent than the big. pearl-tipped tiara she has hitherto worn st court. Her un worn acquisition rivalled that of the duch ess of Portland, in 'whlcb the great Port land diamond Itself, worth 12,000, had been reset. " would have worn a costly emer ald and diamond tiara, collar, pendant and brooches formerly belonging to her mother. Her dress was embroidered with diamonds and pearls. " had her robes embroidered with gold and would have, worn a four-row pearl necklace clasped with a huge sapphire and furrounded with diamonds, once the prop erty of Marie Antoinette, to eay notblng of her diamond coronet. " would certainly have made a sen sation as she had a very high diamond tiara, and instead of a necklace would have had rubies and pearls, draped like an aigulllette, on her left shoulder. " intended to wear all the heirlooms of the family which she recently In herited." Smitten with grief though these ladles may be. It must be that they possess enough American grit to defy fate. They will surely Invent soma way of bringing these bushels of diamonds and pearla and these acres of gold embroidery before the longing eyes of tha public. They can count upon the earnest co-operation of their ad miring friends on this aide of the water, who are always profoundly gratified when ever an American woman can dress so as to create a sensation in Europe. ISSUES THAT WILL NOT STAY PIT. Democracy's Feeble Roar Throngs a Congressional Megaphone. Philadelphia Press. Our democratic friends have great diffi culty in making and keeping their Issues. President Roosevelt said in one of bis Washington speeches that the flag will "stay put." That is why It is wholly un like democrstlc issues. They won't "stay put" Three months ago the democrats la con gress decided to make the Philippine ques tion paramount. They determined to fight the coming congressional and presidential battles on that line. In their delusion they thought tha conditions were propitous tor tbls policy. Just at tba moment the exaggerated reports of the water cure and distorted stories of cruelty produced an ephemeral feeling of restlveness which the eager democratic leaders mistook for a re action against the Philippine policy of the government. This manifestation was transient; it rested chiefly upon fiction; In tba very nature of the case it could not last. But tha democratic managers Immediately aelsed upon It aa the foundation of a fixed policy and tha basis of a national cam paign. They framed their acheme in minute detail; they formulated a complete plan down to the smallest particulars of oraanlzlna an independsnt Philippine na tion, withdrawing American control and engaging all tha great powers to keep hands off. This plan wss put forth with loud trumpetlngs. and It waa ostentatiously proclaimed that this question was to ba made tha pre-eminent laaua oa which tha democratic party would light for control of congress and tha government. In further ance of this program tbey entered upon the most extended debate of the session and consumed many weeks In the discussion. What k tha outcome? On Friday sight tha democratic members of tha house met in conferenoe to outline party Issues for tha coming congressional campaign. They adopted a series et resolutions setting forth what they now conceive to be the strong points that can be made against the republican majority, and, strangely enough, these resolutions neer once mention the Philippines! They are devoted wholly to the failure of Cuban reciprocity, and to tha subjects of tariff and trusts. Tha demo cratic leaders bave found that the Philip pine Issue aa tbey made it up would not "stay put." Ita assumed facts were fictions and ita policy of scuttle wss repugnant to tha American sense. The otber Issues will be feuad equally futile. BITS OF WASHIJGTOX LIFE. Minor Scenes and Incidents Sketched a the Snot. Scenes of uncommon Interest were enacted In the national capltol during the closing hours of congress which the tumult and the shouting ef relieved congressmen did not wholly eclipse. "Probably the United States la the only country In the world," says tba Chicago Record-Herald correspondent, "that could present such a scene as we saw in the president's room at ( o'clock this (Tuesday) afternoon. Tbls gorgeous Spsrtment one of the show places of the big capltol Is Just off the senate chamber. Tha president bad Just come from the laying of the cornerstone of a church, and congress had had to wait an hour and a half for htm. He sat down st a table and seven of the members of his cabinet gathered about. "Officials of the senate and house laid before Mr. Roosevelt many bills and reso lutlons, to which be affixed his signature one after another. He was supposed to consult tha members et his cabinet, but he did not He went It alone, and signed his name ss fast aa he could make his fingers move. The members oT the cabinet saw that they were not needed, and so they drifted off to the edges of the room to cbat and smoke. "Boxes of cigars were st hand and also a big bowl of lemonade. Senators and representstives and newspaper correspond ents and page boys came in and there was a general renewal of acquaintanceship and a right good feeling all around. Tha presl dent Joked snd exchanged sallies with beet sugar senators while affixing his signature to the big, formidable looking bills. Cigar smoke was everywhere. Laughter also. It was a truly democratic crowd, a character istic American gathering. There was dig nity enough, but no stiffness. And business was done in an easy, comfortable way." "There is only one provision I want in this bill," said Chairman Hcpbufn of the house conference committee to the senators who were advocating the Panama route. "I want it to contain a provision making It mandatory upon the commissioners to live on the Isthmus of Panama." "Why do you want Ibat sort of a fool clause In the bill?" Inquired Senator Hanna. "Because," said Mr. Hepburn, "among the thousands of graves of laborers build ing the canal I went to see the grave of an American canal commissioner here and there. It would be a 'monument to our un selfish purpose as well as to tbe Panama climate." Tbe aenate conferees refused to grant Mr. Hepburn's request snd now ha Is say ing that they admitted that Panama was nt place for a white man to live. A time-honored feud exists between Colonel Montgomery, the chief of tbe White House telegraph force, and Arthur Sim mons, one of tbe colored doorkeepers. Colonel Montgomery haa served at tbe White House telegraph wire continuously since 1877. Arthur haa opened doors for every president, with the exception of Har rison, siace the days of Lincoln. The cramped quarters In the temporary White House are the cause of the numerous clashes that are taking place between these ancient foes. Tbe otber day Colonel Montgomery waa in a hurry to get to the telegraph room, which lg on the top floor of the new building. As he hurried down the narrow hall he Joatled Arthur. A heated argument followed, dur ing which Simmons asserted that he was deserving more consideration, for, besides being an old man. he was a member of one of the first families of Virginia. "Yes," retorted Montgomery, "one of the first to rush to Washington and get a job after Lincoln had emancipated you." "Huh," returned Arthur, "you got your job without ever beln' 'manclpated." The first Cuban minister, Senor Gonxalo de Queaada, and his family have taken apartments at Chevy Chase inn, in the near suburbs of Washington, pending tbe selec tion of a permanent home for the legation. The minister's wife is yet In her early 20s a typical Cubana who speaks no English. They have one child, an infant daughter named Aurora. Senor Queaada Is very small, very dark, with the "soulful" eyes of the Creole, long hair brushed straight back from a disproportionate broad brow, the most ladylike hands and feet ever seen on a man, of whose amallness rumor says he la rathsr proud. Of all the peculiar ways of making a liv ing In Washington there la one man who is unique. He la an old German and he says that he la a "chiropodist to canary birds." The old fellow goes about cutting tha talons or claws of canary birds. Birds In captivity are unable to keep their talons to tha proper length end they curl up, causing tbe bird great pain. If they are not properly cut tha bird Is likely to die, and this old man goes from bouse to house trimming the birds' talons. Representative McAndrews of Chicago tells a stery showing the way Washington hotels are conducted. "I waa paying the hotel nearly my entire salary as a congressman for my meals and lodging," he said, "when I became indisposed and called a physician. He de cided that the Washington climate did not agree with me and prescribed a tonic. After I bad eecured the medicine I found that I bad no teaspoon with which to measure tbe dose, so I went to the hotel cafe for one. They gave me one of thoss plated affairs that sell for about 60 cents a dozen. The medicine corroded It badly, but I must confess that I was somewhat shocked to see an item on my monthly bill of 11 25 for the teaspoon. Tba hotel keepers have got so much nerve here that guests have not the heart to kick." "There are many kinds of raiment from day to day In the bouse," says the Wash ington Post, "but Judge Stark of Nebraska is decidedly unique. When he needed a cool suit for his rounded figure he bought a suit of khaki In a local establishment and bad it built on broad proportions. Ha looms up like a lone soldier on the horizon of the hall, designated by tha rear row of aeats. "Just in front of him site Mr. Adamson of Georgia, who revels in a hand-me-down linen costume. There Is one unfailing sign about Mr. Adamson. That is when" he Is going to make a speech. No matter how hot the day, if Mr. Adamson Intends to talk, he discards the linen costume and blossoms forth la black cutaway, with a white vest." PERSONAL NOTES. British surgery appears to bave won a royal triumph. About tbe biggest bear in tha Chicago grain pit Is "Old Indications." Rear Admiral Walksr is spoken of as likely to be made president of the Panama Canal commission. Prof. Hellprin, the man who knows most about the Mont Pelee eruption, declares be knows nothing about it Then, the rest of us may aa wall stop guessing. John Piersoa of Swedesboro, N. J., who was a member of the New Jersey senate during President Lincoln's term. Is 97 years old and has lived In bis present boms for sixty-Bve years. "Bob" Womack, who discovered tba riches of Cripple Creek, Colo., but who never profited by what be learned regarding the wealth concealed there, la working as a day laborer In Colorado Springs. Ha bas been Invited to spend Fourth of July at the great gold camp, near which he lingered until his 17. n. BENNETT CO. Specials for Saturday. GROCERY DEPARTMENT Salad dressing per bottle Pork and Beans 3-lb. can Assorted Jam 1-lb. glass jar Good Cream Cheese per pound Macaroni per package .124c . 7c .10c 12ic ...10c TEAS, COFFEES AND SPICES Teas, best values ever offered, per pound ... 38c We pulverise coffee while CANDY DEPARTMENT ICE CREAM BRICKS--three box, 30c dish Cocoanut Cream Bar per pound Lemon trrps per pound Chocolate Creams per pound .18c 15c 15c Cream Mix i1.r per pound Gum Drops On per pound CIGAR DEPARTMENT Oeo W. Chllds 25C 1.75 for Cremo 7 for Fifty for .. Graf 7 for Fifty for... ..25c 1.75 25c 1.75 II W. R. BENNETT CO. I old-time herding ground had yielded nearly $100,000,000 to the men whom he Induced to Investigate his find In tbe winter of 1890-91. When, at the funeral of Mr. Gladstone, the then prince of Wales paused at the pew of Mrs. Gladstone and, lifting her hand, kissed it with the tendereet respect, a life long English radical of republican views, who witnessed the act, exclaimed: "So long as I live I will never say another word against the prince." Secretary of War Root while on his way to the commencement at Hamilton college stopped at a hotel in a little New York town where he Is well known. He called on some women he knew as a boy and tbey asked him if he was comfortable at the hotel. "Oh, yes," he said, "but I would like a bath snd tbey haven't one. "Oo 'way, sir," said one of the women, "you're put ting on style since you got in the cabinet You go out to Cedar run and take a swim, as you did when a boy." - Judge Philip H. Dugro of the New York supreme court Is believed to be the richest Judge la the country, his estate running well up In the millions. He Is one of tbe younger generation of judges, being still under 47, though be has been on tbe bench ainoe 188. He owna a large block of stock in the Savoy hotel In New York and la In terested In several other business ventures. The Judge prides himself upon being, and is generally conceded to ba, one of the best carvers in the world, and thinks nothing of throwing off his coat and turning to with the carvers in the kitchen when there ta a rush in the hotel dining room. SMILB CRACKERS. Judee: He (American) My grandfather fell at Bunker Hill. She (Engllsn) un, wnai a pry name for a golf links! But how did he happen to fall? rhirun Trlhune: Chollv I'm rolns; to spend my vacation on. the broad plains of the west. I want to give my mind a chance to expand. Birdie Going to bave something done to your head? vhiiAilrihla. Press: "G-u-r-1!" hissed the villain, "you will become my bride or I will hurl you over yon precipice." She. the heroine, looked in the direction Indicated by his swarthy forefinger. "Huh! that'a only a bluff." she returned, for she was up in topography aa well as soma other things. Chicago Post: "His motto In life Is Don't be too sure. " "Well, with that motto he can be sure of one thing." "What a inaiT- "He'll never do for a political campaign manager. rvilraro Tribune: Anxious Father Do the beat you can for him. doctor. That Is all I can ask. If it te the will of Provi dence Burgeoft v on t try to piece ine rspnn ihiiiiv on Providence In this case. Mr. McJones. You bought the toy pistol for the boy yourself. New York Bun: Physician Your symp toms indicate perityphlitis. Patient For neaven's sake, doctor, don't call it that! You'll bankrupt mat Philadelphia Press: Magistrate Ten dol No Clothing Fits Like Ours "Particular ly" those Wool Crash, Homespun, Flannel and Serge Suits at S10, $15, S18 and $20, Straw Hats, 50c to $15, Exclusive Clothiers and Furnishers. R 8. Wilcox. Manager. 9c I 8ic A 5c T Queen Olives per bottle ... Assorted Pickle per bottle.... Soda and Oyster Crsckers, per pound Best Bread larga loaf .., Coffees, fresh roasted I91r splendid drink, per lb you watt, flavors, quart size, In Salted Peanut per pound Dumb Bells each Indian Clubs- each Bon-Bon Box, filled with candy, each Cartridge Pipe 26c pipe for ..... Bo Cob Pipe Oln (bone mouth piece) for " 3 w lars and costs! This Is at least the tenth time I've had to fine you this year, and Inebrlste Well, ssy, judge, oughtn't I git wholesale rates? THE DAT WD CELBBRATK. This Is If any one should ask you. Or even If no one should The Day we Celebrate. Don't worry, Or lose any sleep over It If no one should aajc you Never fear. fvery one will And It out he man who don't know That It is The Fourth Of July Would have to be blind In both eyes. Deaf In both ears And lame In his intellect. To be perfectly safe It would be well also i For him to be , . In darkest Africa And to bave been j . ' Dead ten years. There Is no danger But people will find It out. In fact. Most of them know It now And thoss who do not Are rapidly acquiring The information. In the olden times Fourth of July Was comparatively harmless. The average boy Had about five cents To spend. That would buy 100 crackers. After they were touched off He was through. Possibly he got up !n the morning And shot off the old musket. But he was not allowed To waste ammunition During the day. No one waa hurt Unless he ate too much. Now it Is different. The email boy Who is not allowed To have two toy pistols. One In esch hand, A firecracker between each toe And a bunch of cannon crackers To throw into street ears Thinks he is abused And that his father Is not patrtotio. Many years have passed Blnce we licked the British, But, say, we did such a job Of It that we are Obliged to get together Ones every year and Yell! Our forefathers fought. Bled and died , That we might ahoot firecrackers Onoe a year. Provided we had the money Or credit To get them. They licked the British Bo thoroughly That the latter Never Interfere With our Innocent sports; And we are at liberty To ahoot off our thumbs. Ears or toea To expreaa our feelings. Then turn tha Small Boy loose. Give him full awing, And matches, Aa well as suns. Let him enjoy himself While we Take to the wood a. 15c .v ... aa.es . t 20c ewiua 20c 5c A Cornell Mixture Smoking To- TOJ baeco. S 1-4-os. 0r vsiaK box for OC Wlneberry Chewing .Qr Tobacco, lOo cut for Per 7fr To pound auw 15c If a
