Nebraska Newspapers

    TTIE OMAILA DAILY BEEt WEDNESDAY, JTTLT 1, 1902.
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E. ROSEWATER. EDITOR.
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publishing Company, being ouly aworn,
ay that the actual number ot full and
complete copies of The Dally. Morning,
Evening and Sunday Bee printed during
to mouth of June, 1962, was as follows;
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I ,.2.30.
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, 20,000
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Nat total sale.............. STO.SOS
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(Bea!) M. B. HUNQATE.
Notary Public,
" As the corn shoot up the corn specu
lation falls down.
. Another cause for thanks: The effort
to trace Tracy to Nebraska has failed. -
"
It's all a mistake about Nebraska bar
ing suffered materially from too much
rainfall.
Lord Kitchener Is again In England,
but no change has been noted In the
earth's center of gravity.
r If Convict Tracy were only versed in
the Intricacies of the wireless telegraph
what fun he could have, If not already
having fun ex ough.
, ' With all these tempting railroad ex
cursion rates in force people should soon
be convinced that it Is cheaper to travel
than' to stay at home. ', r" -
' Missouri republicans are said', to , be
hopeful of carrying that state ia, the
-coming election, but people outside of
Missouri will insist on being shown. ' '
' Every conflict between labor and cap
ital Is a fight for principles, but In most
cases the settlement turns on the con
cession of a few dollars or a few cents.
That young woman who landed safely
after being blown off a railroad train
going at forty miles an hour 'ought to
make a good passenger for the airship
navigators.
, !
It's an off year In Iowa so far as state
politics go, but Iowa republicans will
roll up the usual big majority just to
keep In practice and furnish object les
sons for othef states. ' "' "
King Ak-Sar-Ben is going right ahead
on the theory that he will have Presi
dent Roosevelt as his guest of honor for
the fall festivities. With this strenuous
Showing the president cannot well resist.
- When democracy gets ready to buckle
down to the harmony business our old
friend Richard Croker may be expected
to find it necessary to take an ocean
voyage back to America just for his
fceaith. , . . , ,
. Omaha la in the midst of its periodical
agitation for street signs. The street In
tersections have been marked with the
street names time and again, but no sat
isfactory system, has yet been Intro-'
duced. Unless something more substan
tial can be devised than what we have
already had we might as well save our
money.
The arguments of the counsel in the
railroad tax case, which The Bee .. Is
printing, review in a concise form the
law and the facts brought out by this
Important litigation. Every taxpayer
who is interested in the correct solution
of the- intricate problems raised by the
campaign for tax reform should read
the arguments of both sides therein pre
sented. The railroad tax bureau bunco steerers
are still, engaged in the laudable enter
prise, of persuading the people of Ne
braska that the railroads that employ
them are grievously overtaxed. The
question 1. How after this showing will
they be able to satisfy their superiors
that the tax bureau Is not the most
costly luxury the railroads have been
Indulging!
If County 'Attorney Shields devoted
. half the time and energy toward prose
cuting the gamblers against whom evi
dence has been in bis hands that he
Is putting Into the prosecution of the
editor of The Bee on trumped-up
charges of violation of the corrupt prac
tlces act he would not hare to apply for
writs of mandamus against. the police
officers of Omaha aud South Omaha to
cover up his own Incompetency and neg
Itvt of duty.
.... . . . - .i.-.. y.
A HAM PL BRICK. OF CiriFORMlTT.
According to the railroad lawyers and
railroad tax commissioners the basic
principle of railroad assessment In this
state Is uniformity. A sample brick of
railroad taxation uniformity Is furnished
in the municipal assessment of the Capi
tal city. The grand total of taxable
property In the city of Lincoln for the
year 1002 aggregates 121,289,681, sub
divided as follows:..
Real estate. ...... , I1.156.S5
Personal property 6,032,149
Railroad and telegraphs , 101,147
In other words, the real and personal
property In the city of Lincoln, exclusive
of railroads, is assessed at $21,188,634,
while the railroad property, including
trackage, terminal facilities, right of
way, depot grounds and depots, and the
property of telegraph companies in that
city, are assessed fof the munificent sum
of 101,147. If this assessment stands
the railroads will pay less than one-
half of 1 per cent of the taxes for main
taining municipal government In the
city of Lincoln.
A most conservative estimate of the
value of all the railroad property within
the limits of the city of Lincoln will not
fall short of $2,000,000. This means that
while the property of Lincoln taxpayers
is assessed for Its fall cash value the
railroad property is assessed for about
one-twentieth of its cash value. Assume
that the proportion of the assessment for
telegraph property is $1,147; the rail
roads In round figures are paying taxes
on $100,000, and with a 9-mill levy the
five railroads that converge at Lincoln,
namely, the Burlington, the Elkhorh,
Union Pacific, Missouri Pacific and Rock
Island, will altogether pay $900 toward
maintaining municipal government In
the city of Lincoln, while the other tax
payers will be compelled to pay $196.
968. And they call this "uniformity" at
railroad headquarters.
Assessed at their true value the rail
roads should, by rights, pay into the city
treasury at Lincoln not less than $18,000
Instead of $000 and relieve the other
taxpayers of $17,100, or reduce their rate
by nearly 1 mill. Surely that would not
be too much in view of the ' privileges
and protection the railroads enjoy at the
hands of the municipal government of
Lincoln. t .
MA'DOHSlXQ TBS PRCSIDtXT.
Senator Foraker Is of the opinion that
the next Ohio state convention will put
itself formally on record in favor of
the nomination of President Roosevelt.
If it should do so there would be pe
culiar significance In the action, since
it would be, the most conclusive assur
ance that Ohio has no aspirant for the
republican presidential nomination In
1904. Senator Piatt of New York was
recently reported to have said that the
republican convention of that state un
doubtedly, would declare in favor of
Mr. Roosevelt as the republican stand
ard bearer two years hence and It is
said that Governor Odell and other
leaders are In favor of this. The re
publicans of Minnesota have already
endorsed the president for nomination
and their action has found general ap
proval from republicans.; .-
There Is no doubt that there is now
practical unanimity among republicans
throughout the country in favor of mak
ing President Roosevelt the candidate
in -1904. The attempt to make it ap
pear that some of the republican lead
ers were unfriendly to him utterly
failed. No republican of prominence
and Influence with the party has shown
hostility to Mr. Roosevelt and the at
titude toward htm of such leaders as
Foraker and Piatt, who earnestly urge
that he should be nominated, amply at
tests the good standing of the presi
dent That he has the respect and con
fidence of the rank and file of the party
is unquestionable. The republican
masses see In . Mr. Roosevelt an able,
honest and courageous executive, who
knows his duty and his responsibilities
and does' not hesitate to - take "'the
course which he believes to be wise and
right' , , . , :
, . U QUKSTIUS OF B0VKRE1OATT. .
- What appears to be the most trouble
some point In the negotiations between
the United States and Colombia 'relates
to the exarctse of sovereignty over the
territory to be ceded for the canal. The
act of congress requires that the United
States shall be conceded perpetual con
trol of a strip of land through which
to construct a canal, such control to In
clude Jurisdiction over said strip and
the ports at the ends thereof. There is
understood to be a decided repugnance
In Colombia to granting sovereignty
over any portion of Colombian territory
and to meet this popular feeling It was
provided in the draft of a canal treaty
that "the rights and privileges granted
to, the United States by the terms of
this convention shall not' affect the
sovereignty of the republic of Colombia
ever -the territory within whose boun
daries such rights and privileges are to
be exercised." It is further declared
that the (United States freely acknowl
edges and recognizes this sovereignty
and disavows any intention to impair It
in any way whatever.
, Thus there Is considerable difference
between the requirement of the act of
congress, which clearly contemplates
the exercise of sovereignty by the
United States over the canal territory,
and the language of the protocol signed
before there was action by congress.
The task, therefore, before the parties
to the convention is to define with clear
ness the limit and extent of the control
to be exercised over the strip of terri
tory to be ceded for canal purposes, so
that the treaty will be acceptable to the
Colombian congress and people. It is
obviously not a simple task, if on our
part there shall be strict adherence to
the requirement In the act of congress,
which It Is to be presumed will be done.
While the government and people of Co
lombia are most anxious that the United
States shall construct the Panama ca
nal, they want to retain complete sov
ereignty over the canal territory and
it would seem to be pretty safe to as
sume that they will not accept the terms
of the act of congress.
, Can the United States safely accept
anything less than Is provided for In
the act of congress, that Is, . "exclusive
and perpetual control of a strip of land
In the territory of the republic of Colom
bia, with jurisdiction over said strip
and the ports at the ends thereof and
the right to make such police and sani
tary rules aud regulations as shall be
necessary tp preserve order and pre
serve the piibllc health thereon, and to
establish such Judicial tribunals thereon
a may be necessary to enforce such
rules and regulations?" When the draft
of a treaty was made several months
ago It was evidently the opinion of the
secretary of state that there was no
objection to Colombia retaining full sov
ereignty over the territory to be ac
quired and it was declared that this
sovereignty should not be affected by
the rights and privileges granted to
the United States. This vital matter of
sovereignty, manifestly a question of
great delicacy, Is the only one that pre
sents any serious difficulty and what
its final determination will be cannot
now be predicted with any degree of
certainty.
TKSTl.JO FOOD PRESERVATIVES.
The Department of Agriculture Is
about to undertake an investigation of
a unique character, the object of which
will be to determine whether or not
certain preservatives that are employed
In American meats, vegetables and
other foods are injurious to human be
ings. The inquiry will be thoroughly
practical and boys and young men will
be utilized as subjects for the testa, so
that there will be no doubt as to the
results. The work- will be under the
charge of the chief chemist for the de
partment, who has made a specialty of
food analysis, and will be carried on un
der authority of a recent act ot con
gress which directs the Department of
Agriculture not only to furnish data re
garding the effects on the human sys
tem of eating food treated with various
kinds ; of preservatives, but also to
gather Information regarding the same
subject In foreign countries.
A . Washington dispatch says., this
movement, is for the purpose of secur
ing facts which will form a basis for
retaliatory measures on the part of our
government against foreign countries
that have adopted legislation hostile to
American food products. In a; few
months the German government will
put Into effect a law which will exclude
from that country all American meats
that have' been treated with borax. We
Import articles from Germany in which
preservatives are used and If these are
found to be injurious to health' steps
will be taken to exclude them. It Is
certainly desirable that a thorough In
vestigation of food preservatives shall
be made. Upon the question whether
they ore Injurious to, health scientists
disagree and the tests which the chief
chemist of the Department of Agricul
ture will make should go far to settle
the question. V .
Complaint Is made that paving opera
tions in Omaha are again being deferred
because the preliminary steps required
before contracts are let have not'-been
executed. . The trouble Is that the city
leaves the initiative either to the prop
erty owners concerned or to the paving
contractors who hope to get the contract.
In both cases with unsatisfactory re
sults. Where the Interest of the' prop
erty owner is not. sufficiently aroused
the petition lags, and the same Is true
when the contractors' ardor is dampened
for any personal motive. This defect
might be remedied if the council should
take It upon itself to declare the neces
sity of a new pavement on any street
where the need of street Improvement is
flagrant and Instruct the Board of Pub
lic Works to procure the petitions with
out the intervention of either the prop
erty owners or the paving contractors.
If this were done the streets which most
need pavements would soon have them.
At the same time the opportunities for
Irregrularitles on which the validity of
the special taxes could be attacked later
in the courts would be greatly reduced.
In answer to court proceedings brought
to prevent the execution of its proposed
$200,000,000 bond conversion plan on
the ground that the new bond issue
would be in excess of its property val
ues, the Steel trust, through. its presi
dent, insists that the assets of that great
corporation are fully equivalent to all
the bonds and stocks, preferred and
common, which aggregate $1,400,000,
000, and that therefore no fraud can be
committed on the holders of outstand
ing securities by Issuing new ones. If
this test were to be spplied to the rail
roads whose attorneys insist that their
franchises constitute no part of their
nronertv. how would they go about veri
fying the value of the stocks and bonds
they have marketed? what wouia uiey
do if they were not allowed to Issue an
other security until they had shown as-
sets to balance all outstanding securi
ties? Would they not have to draw the
water out of the stock or show up the
property and what would be harder yet
pay taxes on the property they would
thus be foreed to schedule?
Promoters of the Louisiana Purchase
exposition are fully realizing now bow
foolish they would hove been had they
tried to prepare for their' show for next
year Instead of postponing It till 1904.
They find that they have no time to
waste even now to get ready for busi
ness on schedule time.
Announcement Is made of 'the death
of a, woman once pronounced by WJ1
liam Makepeace Thackeray to be .''the
prettiest woman In America." It was a
long time ago, however, that Thackeray
passed this handsome compliment.
A Chase Better.
' Brooklyn Eagle.
Our Indians are beginning another sua
dano. It la better to let them danc to
th sua tbaa to bav them dancing tor
bullet.
Esaaseratea Trtasspbu
Chicago Chronicle. . .
The spectacular reception accorded to a
geaorai who, wtiA 260.000 Vetifs, m able
to force some 18,000 ontralnet farmers to
retire from the field sbows tbat the Latla
race are tot alone In emotional exaggera
tion of aatlonal triumphs.
olid finals ot Prosperity.
Indianapolis Journal.
It might be expected tbat the failures In
business would Increase even la th years
of prosperity, but th figures for the Brat
quarter of 1901 show a strlklsg decrease
when compared with th first quarter of
1901. This decline In business casualties
proves the solid basis of the country's
prosperity.
Prereatleu of Strike.
Chicago Chronicle.
Pnblio opinion ha taken very pronounced
shape In the matter of strikes. The next
tew years undoubtedly will aee th matter
regulated by some system akin to the New
Zealand method. It may be called com
pulsory arbitration or It may be called
something else, but the effect will b th
same to stop th disastrous and wasteful
wars betweon capital and labor which Im
pair publlo prosperity and Imperil publlo
safety.
Iadastrlal America.
Chicago Inter-Ocean. .
While America's population has Increased
about fivefold during the last century, the
productive power of that population has n
creased forty-fold. Man for man, Indus.
trlally considered, the American Is twenty-
flva years ahead of the Englishman, who la
turn Is tar ahead ot his European neigh
bor. At this rate in 1920 there will be 110,-
000,000 Americans, with a working power
equal to all th 850,000,000 people which
Europe will then probably contain.
Remedy for Oomklits,
(Springfield (fass.) Republican.
The president Is right In supposing that
the people are very much disturbed over
the rise and spread of the industrial com
bination and decidedly In favor ot effect
ive restraining legislation. And thla Is
true of bualneaa circle as well aa of the
people' at large. The trustees of the New
York leaf tobacco board of trade, for ex
ample, have adopted resolutions which
speak of that trade aa being in -the grip
of a trust, mention some evil feature ot
the combinations In general, and finally
declare In favor of placing "all corpora
tion whose securities are offered to th
publlo", - under government supervision
"similar to that new exercised In th case
of national banks." . . .
Peace la th Philippines. . ,
Manila (P. I.) Justice.
, There wa never a better outlook for the
Philippine Islands than at the present time.
Peace has Deen restored In Samar, LagUna
and Bat&ngas provinces. Military posts all
over the Islands are' being abandoned
nearly every day 'and the country being
turned over to the constabulary and the
local civil authorities. The people are be
coming convinced that the United States
means to treat tbem fairly, and they are
settling down with a great degree of confi
dence and contentment. The military - Is
not only learning but1 taking -' Its proper
place in a land of peace. The ladrone ele
ment Is being run to earth In every part
of the Islands where It exists. Many people
who have never been amenable to any law
are now. being mad to answer not only
for recent crimes,' nut for those committed
in years gon by". Th' judiciary is no
longer aa experiment but a marked 'suc-
CIVE THEHWAMB, PLEASE.,. .
- 'i.' . "
Which of the fellow Sheets Cabled
,t for, Tubs of Ooret ,
.Cincinnati Cora merelal-Trtbun .
'Archbishop Ireland, addressing th Na
tional . Educatlpnal association, . aald tea
words of and concerning newspaper and
newspaper work where ha said five with
reference to the, profession of teaching.
And there wa nothing out ot place in the
address.,. No one ,knows better than Arch
bishop Ireland that the press la. today. th
greatest educator of them all and that its
curriculum is free to all teachers and
prelates Included, But, while there waa
nothing out of place in the subject matter
ot the address, there was an omission
which it Is Incumbent on Archbishop Ire
land to supply. -Among other pointed
things he aald that an American newspa
per prior to the Spanish war Instructed Its
European correspondents to "wire all that
makes for war, nothing that tenda to pre
vent or delay It."
Archbishop Ireland surely owes It to
th press, of th United States to make
publlo the name of the journal which ao
prostituted Its high mission. His address
teemed with words of praise for the press
of the United States as fair, intelligent,
honorable, enterprising and deserving of
the highest meed of commendation and
he aald it truly, knowing th facta. But
he knows also that "a dead fly tnaketh th
ointment of the apothecary to atlnk" and
that It impregnate the body of the drug
to the Injury of the patient. He ought,
therefore, to dlsclo to th American pub
llo th name of th American newspaper
which cabled to its European correspond
ents th bloody and yellow message to
"wire all that makea for war, nothing
tbat tenda to prevent or delay It."
SALVE FOR BRITISH PRIDE.
Proportion, of Boer to British Troop
In the Peld.
4 Philadelphia North American.'
Authentic figure supplied by the Boers
serve to show how absurdly Inaccurate was
the information relating to th strength of
the enemy obtained by th British forces
during the war. The British Invariably un
derestimated the number ot Boers on com
mando and were continually running
agalnit unexpected bodies of the enemy
where the country waa auppoasd to have
been cleared by the weekly "bags" reported
to Kitchener. It was believed by th Brit
ish that the total number of Boer la th
field did not exceed X5.000, but it now ap
pear that-not less than 75,000 men were
on commando from first to last.
Th Boer loise in action wer 1,700
killed and fatally wounded and 12.000 wer
mad prisoners of war. Th British losses
exceeded th entire number of Boers en
gaged In the war, being In round numbers
90,000 killed, wounded, died of disease and
invalided. .
The fearful effectiveness of Boer meth
od of fighting t shown by th tact that
th British loss In killed waa tl.OOo, or
nearly six to on compared with th Boer
loss. The greatest disproportion of casual
ties doubtless waa in th first tew month
of th war, before the British realized the
folly ot moving troops In masse against
intrenched sharpshooter who never fired
without seeing a man through their rifle
sights. After a few. thousand stupidly
brav officers had been shot th British
mad some attempts to subs tl tut brain
for bayonet and military sens for social
superiority on th firing line. Tommy At
kins wa taught to tak som car f him
self and hunt cover, and th disparity In
casualties became lesa marked.
While th disclosure of the Boer records
shows th Intelligent department of the
British army to hare bees Incompetent, it
supplies salv of a sort for bruised British
conceit. Th military prestige of tb em
fir waa not lost by aa army outnumber
ing th enemy tea to one, aa had been sup
posed; there war only four ot th "finest
troop In th world" against on Dutch
faxtttx ia th field. .
Or WASHINGTON
LIFE
Mlaor Seeae ead laeldeata Shetehod
oa th Spot. . ..
Th dull season In Washington is likely
to contlnu unbroken until th reunion
ef th Grand Army, October (, T and 8,
for which extensive preparationa ar now
under way. Ten years ago th veterans
ef th great war were th city's gueets
and marched on Pennsylvania avenue, the
hlstorlo thoroughfare, where the grand
review ot victorious troops waa held In
18 65. Once more the thinned ranka will
b seen on th avenue and- Washington
people propose to make the occasion a
memorable one. The whole city will be
bandaomHy dressed.' A conspicuous fea
ture of thla decoration will be that It con
alsts almost exclusively of American flags
hung at an angle from all buildings along
th tin of the veteran' march and from
moat houses within reach of the business
section of the city. All the advices received-
in Washington either by members
of congress whoa constituents are Inter
ested in th encampment or by those who
have charge of th encampment prepara
tionsIndicate that this gathering in the
capital of the nation forty years after the
period of service at the front Is exciting
extraordinary Interest throughout the
country. The expert testimony ot the pas.
aenger agents whose roada reach Washing'
ton, dtreotly or indirectly, la that the
crowd will surpass even. that of 1892. Th
officers of th local Grand Army posts
speak confidently of a larger post attend
anoe than at any other encampment In
the history of the society. General Tor
rance refers to the encampment as likely
to prove th moat Interesting, th moat
significant and th moat memorable re
union ot veterans la his knowledge of the
order and that knowledge began almost
with the foundation of the Grand Army of
the Republic. - - k
Mike waa an underling in the Treasury
department, but on whose duties were so
multifarious and - complicated that his
superiors found It difficult to dispense with
bis aervtces. Once In six weeka, with the
regularity of a well-seasoned periodical
toper, he would disappear for three daya
and then come meekly back by way of the
police court. In spite of vigorous prom
Ises, which, by th way, the use of years
had woven th.eadbare. he Invariably met
with peremptory discharge. Then things
would begin to go wrong In hi bureau
and rather than -take a, hand themselves
or th trouble to break in a new man hie
chiefs would confer thus:
"Well, we had better aend for If ike."
"Tea, he'e 'the only man who can
straighten us out." - ,
So Mike would return to his post with a
whit ribbon In his coat and all the joy
6f reinstatement.' Thla went on for many
years and then Secretary Shaw struck
town.
Coming at the end of a rather protraoted
period of bard work and sobriety, Mike
yielded to the stress of Fourth ot July.
The usual routine followed up to the time
Mr. Shaw waa consulted.
' "Mr. Secretary," said one of the delin
quent's immediate superiors, "things are
m a bad way down stairs. I think we had
better aend for Mike to aet things right
again."
"Mike! Mike!" aald Secretary Shaw, "I
thought ws had dlacharged Mike."
' ' "Yea, I know, but It haa always been our
custom to take him back."
"What would yon do If Mike were dead?"
"Oh, I suppose we would straighten
things out ourselves."
' "Well, so far aa this department Is con
cerned, Mike Is dead. So get to work and
straighten things out." - ' '
Mrs. Semple, President John Tyler's
daughter. Is boplng that the Improvements
at th White House will spar th old
chandeliers and candelabra. "They wer
aeleoted by Prealdent Monroe," '8b aaya.
"He wa minister to France before he waa
elected president and both he and his wlf
had excellent taste, a all ot the furnish
ings which they selected show. Th chan
deliers I speak ot have been made to suit
oil lampa, candles, gas and electricity. In
my father's time candles were used and It
took twenty-four boxea ot spermaceti can
dles to light the house for one evening
only. It was the most becoming Illumina
tion In the world and the whole expense ot
it, which waa considerable, aa you may
imagine, cam out ot the president's sal
ary, which waa only halt at that period of
what it la today."
Replying to complaints about the poor
Quality of glue on postage atampa, an offi
cial of the Postofflce department aaya: "Th
quality of the glue on all of th Issues of
our postage atampa la the result of many
years' careful study and experiment at the
bureau of printing and engraving. When the
government first began the manufacture of
it postage atampa at th bureau tha qual
ity of glu used had not been brought up
to the preaent aatlafactory standard, and I
recall considerable general complaint re
garding it nonadheslveness. But the com
plaints were general. Now they are very
rar and Isolated and prove to our minds
that th cause is produced by aome local
reason. Ton see, our postage atampa ar
aold to postmasters in sheets. It th glue
wer of poor quality th complaints would
bo general from the communities wher th
poorly gummed sheet wer sold and th
atampa distributed. Th fact that none ar
received support the reason I advance. Be
fore each of the ten of thousands of sheet
ieavea the bureau it ia critically Inspected
by experts, whose business It is to find
flaws from imperfect coloring to th qual
ity of th layer ot gum on th back, the
inspection being along lines similar to that
given to each sheet ef treasury notes after
It Ieavea the plate printer's hands, and be
fore it goes to the treasury tor the af
fixing of th government's final aeal.
"Aa to the other complaint th Insufficient
slie of th newspaper wrappers when uti
lized for the wrapping ot magazines and th
Sunday editions of newspapers, step hav
been taken to meet public demand for a
larger wrapper. These will shortly b Is
sued in the I and 4-cent denominations and
will no doubt prov a convenience, aa tha
preaent wrappers are perhaps a trifle short
for this extraordinary purpoa, but of
ample ali for a alngl newspaper of th
usual dally edition."
"Th owning of a cat In our city ia going
to b a pretty ' expensive' luxury unless
tabby la under excellent discipline," re
marked Mr. W. O. Potter ot Omaha to a
Washington Post reporter.
"Th Omaha city council lately enacted
a law to fin every cltlien $25 ahould he
allow any felln belonging to him to run
at large. I auppo ther ar no more cata
lu our town than In any other city of lta
els, but for som reason they bav become
unpopular and bene thla piece of restric
tive legislation. Lawyers of eminence say
tb atatut Is at varlanc with tb con
stitution and that th owners, if fined,
could fight th sentence successfully in th
higher courts. That may be true, but no
body wants to tak th chancea by making
the fight, and cata will b either dlspoaed
of or very securely fastened up in Omaha
for th preaent."
Tmmss, B'Gosh. '
Waahlngton Post.
Mr. John Plerpont Morgan'a contention
that poker la not a typical American game
la based upon excellent logic. Bluffing and
deceit ar tb mala accomplishment of a
poker playar, and thr la no plac la th
gam lor either aUenc or skill.
BITS
WATCHIMQ THE COR CROP.
Pablle latereet la th Welfare of th
Klas: of Cereal.
Baltimore American.
Th eye of th business world la now
turned towrd the problem of crop. It baa
been a long time sine o much depended
on that problem. It Just ao happens that
the future of the ensuing year'a trade re
sults depends very largely upon th see
son's crop yield. The failure of the corn
crop last year crippled general buslaesa
conditions. Had It not been for the enor
mous reserve resources of th country th
injury would hav made Itself far more
apparent. Fortunately, the natlon'a fate
doea not depend upon any one year'a crops.
Our wealth la sufficient to support th
march ot progress despite Just on aea
son's Ill-luck on th farm. That haa been
proved by the record of the past twelv
month. The distressing shortage in last
year's corn crop would bav been a stag
gering blow under, normal conditlona. A
It waa. It checked the apeed ot what waa
then a rapidly accelerating march of pros
petity, But It waa not powerful enough
to reverse tb movement by changing
progress Into retrogression. The mo
mentum of our advance waa too strong for
that. General trade conditlona had before
then received a forward impetus which no
sing! year's crop failure could completely
halt. '
Everybody concedes, however, that two
consecutive years of crop failure would
present a rather grav altuatlon.. It could
aot be otherwise. Sine tb farna Is th
principal sourc from which, springs our
prosperity, any succession' of misfortunes
would be certain to work a calamity. Ia
thla country it 1a almoat Impossible to es
timate the importance of wheat, corn and
cotton. They are the true sovereigns -of
our nation. Th value of everything else
depend largely upon them, because they
ar the leading agenclea In regulating th
purchasing Capacity of our people. Large
crop on the farm and plantation, with an
average of good prices, beget general ac
tivity, because the yield of the product
form the baste ot the country'a power of
consumption. If this, tha underlying
stratum of the country's wealth, to strong
It Is certain to make the whole buainesa
atatua solid. Big crops not only provide
the farming class with abundant purchas
ing power, but they alao mean much for
the railroads, for exporters ' and for our
general balanc in . International com
merce. In Tact, th influence ef good or
bad crops extenda Itself Into the remotest
ramifications ot all lines of business.. f, .
' That ia why th farm holds so impor
tant a plac ia the publlo ay lust at thla
Juncture. Th Wheat crop, though, not a
failure, la less than original estimates had
led ua to believe. Very true, stoma dam
age has curtailed the aggregate some
what: Cotton la very promising. Tb next
question ia: ' What about corn? Until tha
answer ' to that la definitely known th
bualneaa circle will remain perched high
on the anxious bench. '
PERSONAL NOTES.
The sheriffs of the extreme northwest
"regret to report" that Outlaw Tracy re
mains uncaught.
William Clark, the well-known thread
manufacturer, who recently died in Eng
land, will be burled In Newark, N. J. ,
General Methuea received no welcome on
his return to England. Ha has tucked him
self away in a quiet place, glad to be alone
and unnoticed.
Harriet Beecher Stowe's 90th birthday
waa celebrated recently by negro residents
of San Franciico in th old church oa
Stockham atreet.
President Rooaevelt haa appointed amaa
to 'look after the remnant ot buffaloes how
remaining in thla' country and to prevent
that animal from becoming extinct.
Since public announcement waa made that
John Master son Burke of New York had
given 14,000,000 to charity he has been pes
tered by cranka and begging letter people
to auch an extent that ha has taken flight
and gone to the country. Before he' left it
became necessary to post a polio guard
near his residence, .'. " ' "
Colonel John 8. Mobys men ot the con
federate srmy ar to hold their next annual
reunion . at. Leesburg, "Va., en Wednesday,
July SO, and they will invite all former
confederatea . in the state of Virginia to
Join with them in making a glad holiday.
Colonel J. H. Alexander of Leesburg la
their present commander.
John W. Greeley, a cousin of the founder
ef ths New York Tribune, died in London
derry, N. H., July 8. in the 8th year , of
his age. He and Horace Greeley wer bora
in th earn house la Amhurst. N. H- He
waa a member of a family of thirteen chll'
dren. He la aurvlved by his widow,- to
whom he had been married fifty-eight
yeara. .'.
James Hamilton Lewis of Seattle," who
formerly represented Washington in con
gress, waa hurt in Chicago last week,' in
attempting to rescue a teamster' from ' a
position of peril under a wrecked wagon.
Mr. Lewis quite recently won a' $300,000
lawault for John Healy, formerly of Fort
Benton, and how of Alaska, and the' latter
preaented Mr. Lewis with (100,009 of th
amount. .
W. A.' Pefter, formerly a aenator from
Kansaa, haa been in th background for sev
eral yeara, but la not letting his faculties
rest. In his quiet Wsshington bom he Is
writing a series of reviews of certain per
iods ot American history and for aome time
baa had In mind writing a work dealing
with th question of labor and capital. Ha
haa thirty larg acrapbooka Oiled with pic
torial and other caricatures ef himself and
bla Ideas.
ALTERATION SALE.
We told you in last Sunday's paper what we were going
to do to the store, and what we were going to do to broken
lines glow gelling ones and straw hats. '
Well, "we are doing it." There are some great values
for those who appreciate a real bargain. ,
Bojs' and children's suits, 25 per cent and 50 per cent
off
Boys' and children's straw hats, 60 per cent off.
Men's suits, 33 1-3 per cent off
Men's straw hats, 33 1-3 per cent off. .
NO CLOTHING FITS LIKE OURS. .
Exclusive Clothiers and Furnishers
P. H. Wilcox, Hcmoger. -
W CLOSE SATURDAY EVENINGS ATI P. M. VXTRXHtf JULY AJfD ATJOCST.
LET TUB PRESIDENT ALOXB.
Craah aad Bores . blstarh Life at
Oyster Bay.
Philadelphia Prees.
It is time tbat ere a th foots aad the
cranks learned that th president haa
som right which they are bound to re
spect. On Friday an indlvual who is described,
aa secretary of the Cane Growers' aaao
elation of Louisiana went from New Tork
to Oyster Bay to ee the president. It
wanted to take an hour or two of tbe pres
ident's time to talk about sugar. H had
no appointment. H bad no credential.
He had not aought in advance to arrange
an Interview to ault th president's con
venience. He simply bolted over to th
gate at hie own pleasure and expected the
president to stop all other business e)
leave everybody else in order to listen to
his tat about augar.
Now, sugar is all very well In its time
end plac. It haa consumed a great deal
of discussion la th last few months and '
will doubtless conaume a great deal more
In the montha to come. But the president
doea not heed augar Just now to sweeten
bis vacation and the fool from Louisiana
was vary naturally and properly told tbat
bla bumptious way ef coming unannounced
and unarranged waa hot tbe way to Im
pede an hour'a dose of sugar oa the presi
dent. He thereupon want Vjff mad. aired
bis ridiculous grievance, which in the mid
summer dullness gets on ths wires, and
all tb newspaper even the best of us
print the alily end trivial stuff. No harm,
Indeed, is done beoaus every sensible per
soa sees what a fool he waa and perhaps
his fate will warn away other. '
Why can't these Intrusive and fussy in
dividuals learn that the president ought
to hav a little time to himself At th
beat he must apend many hours with pub
lie and official repreenttlvea on essential
matters. He must devote other hours to
the correspondence and business which ,
comes before. He Is a rapid and prodl
gtoua worker. Nothing drag. He takes
hie toll aa he takes his play, vary seri
ously snd strenuously. Let him hV all
th time be can And tor rest and recrea
tion. Tb American people will follow
him in his outing. Not intrusively aad
annoylngly, but with their beat wishes and
with a friendly Interest in his vigorous
llf.
nOT WEATHER SMILES.
ttamervllle Journal: Watkyn I have
made up my mind to keep a dog. What
kind would you recommendf .
, Vllkyna A rubber on. ., .
Chicago Tribune: "Tour hah seems to
be falling out," remarked the baroer,
briskly wielding the shear. "I think I can
aavo It."
"All right," aald the customer. "Save it
If you want to. I've got no us for It."
Tonker Statesman: Patience She says
she ' Just loves the surf.
' Patrice Well, I saw her swallow some of
It yesterday while bathing, and from th
face she roada you'd never believe it.
Cleveland Plain Dealer: "I dare you to
come out In the open," cried the summer
shower.
"I shrink from notoriety," aaid the cheap
serge ault
Philadelphia Preaa: "'Tea, he'a' very vin
dictive. That's one of hi worst fault."
"Ia that aoT I'd hate to have a man Ilk
that owe me a grudge."
"Ah I but then he has another fault. He
never paya what he owes.".
Cincinnati Tribune: "Did you ever take
an oath?" asked the Judge.
"Wane only, y'ud honor." replied th
witness. "Big Moike ah wore at me from
the top av a slvin-shtory bulldtn', an' I
couldn t 1'ave me team f git at him ao I
had f tahke- It" .... v i.
Judge: Bramble It cannot be denied that
Christian Science haa don a grdt deal ot
good, i - ...
. Thorne Do you think aoT i
Bramble I know It. It haa cured num
bers of people of their faith In patent
medicines. . .,
Detroit Free Press: Clara Do you suffer
from InsomnlaT
Alice Ye; It' awfully mean to be kept
awake half the night by another girl hav
ing beaux on tbe porch next door.
' Waahlngton Star:' "Don't tell yon trou
bles," said Uncle Eben. "You'a H'ble to
give somebody d Idea dat you's unlucky,
an' tempt 'lm to ataht In an? do you some
mo .
Cleveland Plain Dealer: "Well, say! Out
In Omaha they've got an ordinance fining
a householder $35 If he lets his cat or cata
run at large. What do you think of that?"
"Why, I think that the back fence pro
menade and the ridgepole cake walk will
be deader 'n smelt when that ordinance
goes Into effect"
THE DYING WEST.
Farewell, wild, woolyweat, farewell.
Now sound her last sad funeral knell;
Silent the hills where once ther rang
The doleful chant th redskin aang; .
Vanished th bear, th timid doe, , ,
Vanquished the cumbrous buffalo.
Gone every mark of the long ago.
In th dying west v
Tha wild wind acarnper o'er th fclalnaj , '
The asm moist falls whene'er It rains)
Huge mountain rise in majesty; .
High hoot the owl In a lonely tre
?h moon look down on th silent night,
he yellow moon with Its mellow light.
And the hills laugh loud at th peaceful
night i
, In the dying west.
The bad man ateal to his den and dies;
The wild fowl cornea and away he files;
The rattler acurrls to grasses high;
Like rush of the wind speeds the Flyer by;
The coyote whines in a mournful way -A
dismal dirge to the dying day,
A aad postlude to the worn-out play.
In the dying west
Farewell, wild, wooly wast, farewell.
Let History's page th tory tell
Of reckless past of glories gone;
Awake to meet th new day a dawn.
Farewell, wild west, farewell for ay,
progress walks In th land today,
Th bad must go: th good may stay
In the living west
. H, P. VAN ARSDALS.