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STATEMENT OF CIRCULATION.
BtoU of Nebraska, Douglas County. , as. t
Oeorg B. Tsschuck, fecretary of The Be
Publishing Company, being duly sworn,
say, that the actual number of full and
complete copies of The Daily, Morning,
Evening and Sunday lies printed during
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(Seal.) M. B. HUnQATH,
Notary Public
If most of this superfluous rainfall
were only being- stored In reservoirs
until Deeded.
The Winnebago land grabber are be
ginning: to feel uncomfortable. They
cannot stand the searchlight of pub
licity. Chicago Is waging relentless war on
v the smoke nuisance. ' In Omaha the
anti-smoke ordinance remains a dead
letter.
The sultan of Zanzibar Is dead. Any
body who wants his job must apply
without delay to his royal majesty,
King Edward VII.
' To use a homely expression, the Wis
tonsln state convention has put Senator
Bpooner la a position where he .will
Lava to fish or cut bait.
Governor Savage and his party of Ne
braska colonels are seeing Chinatown.
And Chinatown Is also seeing the gov
krnor of Nebraska and his colonels.
I ' '
King Edward's coronation has been
definitely fixed for August 0. ' But the
postponement to midsummer has al
ready taken all of the starch out of the
(unction.
Germany need not be alarmed over
the prospect of a meat famine. Uncle
Bam will be glad to hooor requisitions
iccompanled by the market price, when
ever Germany relaxes Its exclusive reg
ulations. New regulations and rules are to be
promulgated by the Omaha Board of
Health, which are said to cover some
thirty pages of typewriting. The first
rule to'observe during all seasons of the
year is, keep your head cool and your
feet warm.
Mr. Mooncalf has taken his revenge.
Be now declares that the president was
absent from Washington when the ed
itor of The Bee was his guest at the
temporary White House. Mr. Mooncalf
Is a genius and was by nature designed
as chief factotum of a fakery. '
Another prince is to Invade the
United States. This time it is Prince
Chen, who was to have represented the
great dragon in the coronation midway
procession that foiled to come off on
schedule time in June, owing to the in
terference of meddlesome British sur
geons.
If we are to believe the strike break
ers, all Is serene at the Union Faclflc
ihops and all along the line from Omaha
to Evanston. Itwe are to believe the
strike makers, all Is confusion In the
shops and everything Is out of gear on
the line of the road between Omaha and
Evanston.'
A' belated search among his papers
has uncovered the Tllden club banquet
Invitation that was addressed to Colonel
Bryan, about which there has been so
much dispute. The only regret now Is
that Mr. Bryan did not receive the docu
ment soon enough to send a prompt
response while his ire was at the fever
point and he could, have dono fuller Jus-
- tlce to his ruffled feelings.
Consul General Bragg may have been
Indiscreet In describlug the Impressions
made upon him by the. Cubans In a let
ter to his wife in bis blunt and honest
way, but that should scarcely furnish
surtleluiit reasons for his recall as con
lul general of Havana, where he Is
nothing more nor less than the commer
cial agent of the United States. But the
old commander of the . Iron brigade
ought to have known that a woman
cau't be expected to keep a secret even
If she has Wen married forty years.
TRADE CONDITIONS BMALTHT.
The fact that In the fiscal year Just
closed our exports declined and Imports
Increased, thereby reducing the trade
balance Is not to be regarded as a seri
ous reaction from the conditions that
hare prevailed for several years and
given this country an enormous advan
tage In the International trade account.
Even with a decrease In exports of $105,
000,000 and an Increase in Imports of
nearly $80,000,000, the trade balance
amounts to $480,000,000 In round num
bers, which Is certainly a very com
fortable balance, which can safely be
relied upon for the liquidation of the
greater part of the transactions between
the United States and Europe. It has
been exceeded, but it brings the aggre
gate of our apparent International bal
ances for the last six years up to the
colossal figures of $2,700,000,000, or al
most as much as the national debt at tho
close of the civil war.
Those who carefully study trade sta
tistics find no cause for alarm In the ap
parent loss to this country of $183,000,
000 as compared with the figures of a
year ago. The falling off in exports
was due to a considerable extent to the
partial failure of the corn crop last
year, there being a decrease of $02,000,
000 In the exports of corn, or about
three-fifths of the total decline as com
pared with the previous year. As to
the Increase In imports it Is to be re
garded with satisfaction, since It was
due chiefly to the great activity of our
domestic industries. Our manufactur
ers have been importing steel billets and
plates because the domestic production
could not supply the demand. In
creased Imports are In port explained
also by the larger demand for luxuries
which the growing wealth of the coun
try has created. The aggregate of im
portations for the last fiscal year is the
largest ever recorded and there is noth
ing remarkable In the fact when the
abounding prosperity of the country Is
considered. A very large number of
our people are now able to buy Imported
articles who could not do so a few years
ago and as the trade statistics show
they are doing so. ,
On the whole, therefore, It ts apparent
that foreign trade conditions, notwith
standing the changes as compared with
a year ago, continue healthy and there
seems to be nothing in the' situation at
present to disturb confidence. The
promise for good crops Is favorable and
our exports of breadstuffa and provi
sions during the ensuing year are likely
to be at least as large as those of the
past year and perhaps larger. The for
eign demand for. our manufactures Is
well maintained. A considerable addi
tion within the year to our .stock of gold
la assured, it being estimated that
Alaska alone will furnish about $30,
000,000. If all of which there is now
favorable promise shall be realized there
appears to be no reason why this coun
try should not have for the next two
or three years even greater prosperity
than It has yet known.
A LOSING DEAL.
The recent purchase for the state
school fund on a 3 per cent basis of
$268,000 twenty-year Douglas county
bonds, just refunded by the commis
sioners of this county at 8 per cent In
terest, Is a losing deal for the taxpayers.
The fact that it Is a losing deal has al
ready called forth an alleged-explanation
printed In the Lincoln Journal, to
Justify the handsome profit pocketed by
the bond brokers who negotiated the
transaction.- This explanation Is as fol
lows: i
This arrangement saved the county be
tween 130,000 and $40,000. By waiting for
the expiration of the five years when the
bonds mature the county might not be able
to refund at such a low rat as t per
cent Interest. Even if they could make
such terms at tb end of five years, the
present bargain is said to show a saving
of at least I2J.800 t tb. county. ' Five per
cent Interest on $268,000 tor flv years
would amount to $67,000. Add to this the
t per cent Interest for twenty years would
give a total of $227,800. Under th present
arrangement .th interest . on th same
amount of bonds at 14 per cent fof twenty
years would be $201,000, or $2,80O less than
under the first proposition.
The only proper way to characterize
this statement Is "Important if true."
A resort to grammar grade math
ematics, however, entirely disproves
these figures. The $208,000 of bonds
refunded by' the commissioners of
Douglas county had five years to run at
5 per cent, when they would have been
payable or refundable without any pre
mium to the bondholders. Under the
proposition made-by the brokers acting
for these bondholders the unexpired
five years were waived and new twenty
year bonds bearing 3 per cent Interest
were exchanged for them.
Assuming that the state board would
have, been equally ready to have in
vested the school money directly with
the county on a 3 per cent basis, Doug
las county taxpayers in these twenty
years will have gained for five years the
difference between 0 and 3 per cent in
Interest payments and lost for fifteen
years the difference between 3 and 3
per cent in interest payments. Striking
the balance and counting nothing for do
f erred payments, the gain to the tax
payers of this county is 6 per cent and
tho loss 11)4 PB' cent, making a net loss
of 5 per cent on $208,000, or $13,400. In
other words, the transaction will cost
the taxpayers of Douglas county $13,400,
although the profit to the brokers and
the bondholders whom they represent is
still greater because of their advantage
in the rate of exchange.-
So far as the state school fund Is con
cerned, it is no poorer and no richer than
If It bad been able to buy 3 per cent
bonds directly from the county, and its
Inability to deal direct Is doe to the fact
that it did not hold the old bonds and
was thus in no position to surrender
them for refunding. If -the state could
have bought the old bonds on a 3 per
cent basis and then exchanged them
with the county for funding bonds run
nlng a longer term, the taxpayers of
this county would have been saved their
loiis, while the school fund, would have
had the same lavvstmeut '
The attempt to draw an emology be
tween this Douglas county bond pur
chase snd the Burt and Cuming county
bond deals, however, will not hold
water. In neither Burt county nor
Cuming county was there any excuse
for the state treasurer to deal through
brokers at all, as In the one case the
middleman used school money to buy
the Burt county bonds and then sold
them back to the state at a profit, while
In the other case the school fnnd held
the Cuming county bonds that were sur
rendered and replaced with funding
bonds, but allowed the middlemen to
clip off several thousand dollars of
coupons while the new bonds were In
transit The blame for the present loss
to Douglas county will have to be shared
by the county commissioners, who have
been short-sighted, and the state treas
urer, who might by a little extra effort
have bought the old bonds from the
original holders.
COM1NQ HUME ) AT LAST.
WASHINGTON. July 17. (Special.)
Congressman Dave Mercer of Omaha re
turned tonight from Atlantic City and will
leave for home tomorrow. Ha will visit
th supervising architect In th morning
and see what can be done toward hurrying
the work of constructing for the new In
dian warehouse at Omaha, for which aa
appropriation of $75,000 was passed- on th
last day of th session of congress.
Mr. Mercer says that he will have no
difficulty In securing a renomlnatlon in th
Second district and will, he believes, be
eleoted by a larger majority than ever. He
believes th republicans will earry every
district in Nebraska In the congressional
election.
This piece of news out of the Lincoln
Journal should make the Mercerltes re
joice. Our Dave Is coming, home (?) at
last, not because his presence Is of any
moment in the Impending campaign,
since he Is already as good as renom
inated and re-elected for a sixth term,
but out of pure habit, Just to keep his
promise to visit Omaha this summer as
he has done once evtry two years.
.Tho fact that Mercer has torn himself
loose from Atlantic City contradicts the
former reports that he has been detained
at Washington in the heated season by
Important department work that re
quired his personal presence. There Is
also a slight inaccuracy In the explana
tion that Mercer's home run from Atlan
tic City by way of Washington Is for
the purpose of visiting the supervising
architect to see what can be done to
ward hurrying the work of constructing
the new Indian warehouse for Omaha,
for which an appropriation of $75,000
was passed on the day congress ' ad
journed.
There Is to be no new Indian ware-
bouse built In Omaha, but the $75,000
was appropriated for a quartermaster's
warehouse, with the erection of which
the supervising architect has nothing
whatever to do.' Army buildings, .'In
cluding quartermasters' warehouBeSt are
all planned by army officers and con
structed nnder supervision of srtry offi
cers and under direction of the War de
partment . Under ordinary usage the
chief quartermaster of the Department
of the Missouri.. who is right here In
Omaha, will exercise supervision over
the construction after the plana are ap
proved. .'..
VThls fact Is as well known to Mercer
as It Is to anyone else, so his return
from Atlantic City via Washington un
der pretense that be had to call on the
supervising architect to expedite the
construction of a new warehouse has
the same elements of deception and
humbug that has characterized every
step in Mercer's sixth-term campaign up
to date.
A AETV ANTI-TRUST SOQQESTIOIT.
The suggestion reported to have been
submitted by the Uusslan minister of
finance to the British government and
the ' powers that signed the Brussels
sugar bounty convention, proposing the
consideration of means to protect in
ternational commerce against the arti
ficial depression of prices,, by the
processes of trusts, is novel. Russia, so
far as we are aware has no combina
tions of the trust kind, but the govern
ment has pursued a policy regarding
beet sugar by which that article was
sold cheaper abroad than at home. The
action of the Brussels conference Inter
feres with the Russian sugar policy and
at the same time the manufacturers of
Russia, in spite of a considerable tariff
protection, are being undersold In their
own markets by foreign manufacturers.
This is a situation which is naturally
causing the able finance minister of the
empire, M. de Witte, a good deal of
anxiety. He Is of course most desirous
to build up the industries of Russia
and as he sees in the growth of com
binations an increasing menace to those
industries he would Inaugurate a com
mon movement, embracing the indus
trial nations of Europe and perhaps the
United States, to prevent what he terms
the "artificial depression of prices" that
is to say, he would put a stop to the
manufacturers of any country selling
cheaper abroad than at home. It is
needless to say that this is a proposi
tion which, while coming naturally
enough from the Russian government,
is not likely to receive svrious consid
eration from any other government.
Neither Great Britain nor Germany, for
example, would consider a proposition
for governmental Interference with the
business of their manufacturers In for
eign markets. If a British or German
manufacturer finds it expedient to sell
his products for less money In Russia
than In his home market that is no
affair of the government This applies
as fully to combinations or trusts as to
Individual manufacturers. It may be
entirely compatible with the Russian
system for the government to undertake
the regulation of the prices of commo
dities, but no other European govern
nient will attempt to do this. It is
therefore entirely safe to say that If
the governments make any response to
the Russian suggestion the general an
swer will be that It is an Impossible
plan.
A St Petersburg paper says that If
an international agreement, as proposed
by the finance minister, cannot be
affected, the only remedy is increased
customs duties. This ts the course that
Russia will, be compelled to adopt If
she wants to keep out foreign competi
tion snd allow her Industries to grow,
but that might be a serious matter for
the masses of the people, who are In no
condition to pay higher prices for what
they need. At all events the Russian
plan for dealing with trusts will cer
tainly not be adopted.
Governor Cummins of Iowa persists in
asking pertinent questions of the railway
attorneys, who are pleading for low as
sessments of railway property in Iowa,
using the same bunco stories put for
ward in Nebraska. It has been discov
ered In Iowa that the official returns of
the railroads to the assessment board do
not tally any better with the official re
ports of their stockholders than they do
In Nebraska, where flagrant discrepan
cies are admitted. . It does not matter
In which state, the railroads are all a
unit in trying to get as high rates as
possible on their traffic and at the same
time- to evade as much of their due
share of the tax burden as possible.
According to reports from St Louis,
negotiations are In progress , for the
absorption by the company which owns
the present terminal facilities centering
in the Union station in that city of the
proposed new St Louis Belt & Terminal
Railway company, the consideration
amounting to more than $20,000,000.
Railroad attorneys and tax bureaus,
however, will continue to maintain that
when it comes to assessment for taxa
tion the valuable terminal facilities en-
Joyed by the railroads in the great cities
are to be counted as a mere bagatelle
without any real value except as dis
tributed over the whole mileage.
The City of Venice has decided to tax
Itself $200,000 for rebuilding the col
lapsed Campanile, that stood In the
square of St Mark as a monument of
Italian art. It will take several years,
however, before the Omaha Board of
Education will spend $50,000 for the
lone tower that looms conspicuously on
paper over the roof line of the new
High school building and was to have
been made such a striking object of ad
miration for all tourists. Omaha is not
ancient enough yet to venture into the
Campanile business.
Railroad hold-ups are becoming so
frequent that pretty Boon every locomo
tive will have to be converted Into an
arsenal and every baggage and express
car will have to be ornamented with
gatllng guns, while male passengers will
have to wear side-arms and female pas
sengers carry bottles of sulphuric acid
to use while the ' highwaymen button
their gaiters. f j -
The 17th of Ju)y has come and gone,
but the prodigalilms not yet put In an
appearance. Evidently he Is . waiting
for the return ot" Mayor Moo res, who
will present the Wanger with the keys
of the city and, his, telephone number In
case he should get ,lntp trouble during
bis biennial' so jcjrn between congres
sional primaries and election day.
Again the managers of the Nebraska
state fair promise the greatest agricul
tural show on earth In their forthcoming
exhibition. - What. Is better yet, bow-
ever, Is that with favorable weather
conditions, Insuring crops already In
prospect the .premise will unquestion
ably be fulfilled. , ..
Cause and EsTect.
.Philadelphia Press.
Colonel Bryan, a month afterward, finds
that he has an Invitation to the Tllden
Club dinner, and though he could not at
tend he Is stilt suffering from the Indiges
tion it gave him.
Evealasr C th Seore.
Indianapolis News.
Things usually even themselves up.
Oreat Britain is '.'making a sneak" on our
markets In Cuba, but, oa the other hand,
th steel . building material needed In the
Transvaal Is being furnished by American
contractors.
Misdirected Sympathy.
- Philadelphia North American.
Sympathy extended to the short specu
lators caught in th corn squeeze would b
misdirected They sold what they did not
have, and their losses do not affect the
legitimate business of the country. If the
farmer profit by th advance In corn, the
gambler' woe need grlev nobody.
Mich Method fa Ills Madaesa.
Philadelphia Prqss.
Those who cannot explain th exploits
of the outlaw Tracy in any other way are
arguing that he Is Insane. A more reason
able explanation would be that the peopl
along hi rout of escape and tb men who
are trying to capture htm are Insane. He
outwit them so easily and gets tb "drop'
on them So quickly that they and not he
seem to bs troubled with a disordered mind.
Beaeflt af a illg Crap.
St Louis Globe-Democrat ,
The J,50 000,000-buahel-corn crop which
la promised will make short work of the
remaining' farm mortgages in the prairie
state if it comes. This will be 1,000,000.
000 bushel In excess of the yield of 1901.
A crop of anything like this slie will mean
cheaper food tor the country, too, and will
help to put th pork and tb beet prices
down. Corn Is the biggest ot th country's
crops and when It Is large there Is usually
prosperity ' in the agricultural regions as
well a elsewhere.
Aaierleaas Wlaala la Africa.
Pittsburg Chronicle-Telegraph.
English observers who have been sad
dened by the Invasion .of Europe by Amer
ican business men have now another caus
for sorrow. The British trade commis
sioner who went to South Africa to look
Into th business prospects express their
amassment that their fellow countrymen
have been a slow te srssp the opportuni
ties tor peaceful conquest, so aiumerous
now that th clash of arm is overyWar
has been followed by an lnuaedlat and en
ergetic return to business. In all the
principal center ot British South Africa
there 1 renewed activity. They are put
ting up steel skyscrapers la Capetown.
Johannesburg and other title and in many
ways making preparations to keep up with
the world's progress. The British commis
sioners are thoroughly disgusted to find
that English firms arc unprepared to take
advantage of the great business oppor
tunities offered, while Americans are book
ing orders at excellent prices and promis
ing expeditious 4yllTerjr.
OTHRR I.ASDS Tlltl Ol R".
Tb renewal of the' triple alliance I re
garded in Belgium as a decided diplomatic
victory for Germany, whose allies have
been ' compelled to subordinate tbetr
economlo Interests to their political neces
sities. The Independence Beige maintains
that there la no Illusion on this point
either In Rom or Vienna, and adds that
If Franc ts disappointed at her failure to
induce Italy to withdraw from the com
pact, she must hav been foolish In think
ing that anything of th sort was likely to
happen Just yet. It does not believe, how
ever, that the agreement will outlast Its
present term. It says: "There Is every
reason to believe that this I the last time
that the triple alliance will be renewed;
for seven years hence the situation as re
gards Oertnany will be materially altered.
-It Is Impossible, as M. de 8icll recently
affirmed, that a political alliance -should
not Involve an economlo alliance, and tb
trlpllc will crumble of Its own accord
on the day when It la clearly proved that
Germany, desirous afJfJve all or satisfying
the agrarians, has become the commercial
and industrial enemy of the nations who
are now her allies. In view ot the tenden
cies which are now manifested In Berlin,
this day Is not far off."
There are indications that Russia Is be
coming uneasy concerning her naval posi
tion in the far east The Svlet of Bt.
Petersburg publishes a noteworthy article
In which It declare that th Russslan
squadron In th Pacific ocean I oompletdy
at the mercy ot Japan on account of the
difficulty which the Russian ships would
experience In that part of the world In
reooallng and reprovlsloning. Moreover, it
says, there would be many obstacle even
to their carrying out many necer.sary re
pairs, Inasmuch a tb dock at Vladivos
tok and Port Arthur are Iniufflclently
equipped for the purpose. The Russian ves
sels, it remarks, are obliged to winter In
Japanese ports, as Vladivostok Is almost
inaccessible during the cold months, while
at Port Arthur there la not sufficient ac
commodation. Moreover, there is not a
sufficient depth of water In the Inner basin,
and the outer basin, which la somewhat
larger, Is dangerously exposed to every
wind. The Svlet also foresees the danger
ot the ships ot the Russian fleet being
blockaded by the Japanese in Vladivostok
and Port Arthur in time of war. The ar
ticle concludes by saying that. In view of
these many and sinister possibilities. It is
absolutely necessary that Russia should ob
tain a fresh point d'appul on the Paclflo
coast and for this purpose Ma-san-pho, In
Cores, would satisfy all requirements. It
does not seem to have occurred to th
writer that this was one of the plans which
the Anglo-Japanese treaty was designed to
defeat
It la only a few years ago that England
monopolized eastern commerce, so far, at
least, aa the carrying was concerned. The
vast inroads which Germany has made in
the last ten or fifteen years are familiar
to all, but Japan's Increase has been even
more rapid and as much a Germany's
at the expense ot England. In 1870 Japan
had forty-six vessels of "foreign" style
with a registered tonnage of 17,000. This
had Increased by 1882 to 614 and 209,000
respectively, and In 1891 to 7,614 and 684,
000 respectively. As to the Increase since
then, it is sufficient to say that in 1891
but four line received state subsidies,
their steamships traveling a total distance
ot 110,000 nautical miles annually. Now
th number of lines subsidized by the gov
ernment is sixteen and th total number
of miles traveled 1,800,000. Eleven year
ago, when Japan's foreign trade totaled
142,000,000 yen, only 14,000,000 yen was car
ried on Japanese bottoms. In 1901, when
Japan's foreign trade aggregated 600,000,
D00 yen, Japanese ships carried 148,000,000
yen. To hav this remarkable rate of ex
pansion increase because ot th treaty Is
naturally more or leas disturbing to Brit
ish shipping interests.
Certain comments In the German press
upon the treatment of the non-Magyar na
tionalities In Hungary have caused no lit
tle ill-feeling In the twin monarchy. Not
long ago, the Post of Berlin remarked that
In the projected erection of a .new univer
sity the Hungarian authorities are not
guided solely by educational requirement,
but the desire to promote national alms.
It then proceeded to denounce "the ruth
lee fashion In which the Magyars endeavor
to - suppress th minorities belonging to
other nationalities," ot which the "hew uni
versity scheme is a fresh illustration. The
Magyars, as an Isolated race situated be
tween the great Slav and German masses,
should beware, It said, of risking the loss
of foreign sympathy through the violent
oppression of other nationalities living
among them. This and other similar utter
ance In other Journals have not only
offended the Magyars, but have given to
the Austrian Slav a rare opportunity of
responding with a "Tu quoqu" in refer
ence to th policy adopted by Prussia
toward the Polish provinces. The Novoye
Vremya of St Petersburg', returning to the
subject, repeats its assertion that the Pan
German Idea, which mean an empire ex
tending to the Mediterranean, free from all
non-Qerman elements, Is lust a menacing
to th Slavs as It is to th Poles, and will
precipitate a Slav coalition.
The bvewhelmlng Influence of the Emperor
Francis Joseph in the affairs of Austria
Hungary ha been demonstrated once more.
In very striking fashion, by the result of the
Joint ministerial council held under his
presidency a week or ten day ago. Before
it assembled lr looked as It the relations be
tween the partners In the double monarchy
were strained to the point of open rupture.
Th two prim minister were evidently on
cool terms, th inspired newspapers ef Vi
enna and Budapest were Indulging in mu
tual recriminations of th bitterest kind, and
oa both side ther was talk ot th estab
lishment ot a separat customs frontier at
the earliest possible moment But now
grlm-vlsaged war ha smoothed her wrin
kled front and put on the smiles of gentle
peace. Th emperor has declared that the
dangerous gam ot bluff which ha been
played for so long must be stopped, and
henceforth the watchword is to b "recon
ciliation." Negotiation for th renewal t
the Ausgleich and th revision of the auton
omous tariff are to be renewed, and nobody
seems to doubt that a satisfactory agree
ment of torn kind will be reached, and all
predictions of the alarmists falsified. A
th old proverb says, "a watchsd pot never
bolls."
Pea nrawiaar at th Elect.
Atlanta Constitution.
Spiritually dominant la th greatest condi
tion to which th mortal man attains on
earth. He who can keep hla body under,
mortify the deeds of the flesh and keep
himself unspotted from th world 1 Indeed
a freeman, among men. And when to this
freedom h can add the powers of a clean
mind, renewed and regal in Its loyalty to
righteousness, he is greater than any man
who ever took a city or founded an empire I
Coadla Natara aaa Be Happy.
Philadelphia Record.
After long and weary waiting th vast
corn belt in tb west and northwest wel
comes a blated hot wave that come Just
la time to ripen grain en fertll moisture
laden fields. Only let Dam Natur con
tinue propitious snd all crop records In
year past anay be broken by tb coming
I American harvest
POLITICAL DRIFT.
Democrats '. of North Carolina hav
nominated for rongrets a msa who sup
ported McKlnley. ' '
Judge Parker, Daniel Lam out and John
C. Mllbnrn hav In turn declined to con
sider ;th democratlo nomination for gov
ernor of New York.
Having failed to reach the presidential
mantle the peerless leader Is about to build
a mantel of marble, one piece coming from
each of the states voting for hint.
Senator Thomas C. Tlatt of New York
celebrated his sixty-ninth birthday anni
versary last Tuesday. The event drew a
large crowd to the "Amen corner."
Hon. J. Ham Lewis, former congressman
from the state of Washington, Is fondling
his burneldes with much fervor. He has
Just picked up a law fee of 1100,000.
L'.ghtnlng has shattered the wooden In
dian that stood on the roof of Tammany
Ha l. That Is th only strike the tribe bis
achieved since Van Wyck hit the road.
Sovsral patrlota holding office In Virginia
have resigned their Job a a protest against
th provision of the new constitution for
bidding the acceptance of railroad passes.
Robert B. Pattison has been the demo
cratic candidate tor governor of Pennsyl
vania In 1882, 1890 and 1902. It Is twenty
years sine his first nomination tor that
office.
Connecticut has In th present congress
four members; In the next It will hav five.
The new member will be elected at large,
a provision equivalent to tb addition of
on republican menjber to the delegation.
Day Hill' presidential goose Is peril
ously close to the bake oven. Bomeone has
dug up a letter written by Dave In 1896, in
which he said: "I am a democrat still-
very still." Treason's hideous head de
serves the ax. t
A letter from W. J. Bryan to a bunch of
"loyal democrats" at Senaca Falls, N. T.,
advises the klckersTo put their batt In
soak and fight for the Kansas City plat
form inside the tent They would be very
lonesome. outside. .
Ex-Senators It. F. Fettlgrew ot South
Dakota and Charles A. Towne of Minnesota
have temporarily leased a furnished bouse
in New York City. 'Both radicals In poli
tics, they have both made successful use of
the plutocratlo regime to fill their pockets.
A large bunch' ot foxy politicians for
years past hav enjoyed the fruit of th
earth aa receiver for Insolvent corpora
tion In New York state. With a seal
worthy of their calling they received with
great regularity, pocketed big fee and mer
rily chased away every thought of winding
up. . The attorney , general threatens to
make them Jar loose. - ,
In 'Sumner county, Kansas, on Thomas
A. Hubbard Is a candidate for county treas
urer. He has Issued a great many card
announcing that he la In th field, but
thriftily makes use of the other side with
an' advertisement that he is a breeder of
One hogs which he offers for sale cheap. All
of which moves an opposition editor to say:
"Vote for Tom Hubbard and get a hog."
Geauga county, Ohio, Is one of the very
strong republican counties in the western
tier, originally settled by natives of Con
necticut Some of the political views and
customs of the land ot steady habits still
pervades the western tier. Henry K. Smith
has served continuously at probata Judge
there for thirty-five years and as an officer
of the court for forty-five jrears.
. '. MISSOURI LIGHTS THH ' WAT,
ninht'of Self-Defease DeAned to Doar
' ) rona Fine Style. '
-r--??- Chicago Tribune. ' J. ' ,'
Once ther wit' s man who sued ' another
man because the other man's dog chased
his cat He said hla cat had suffered from
nervous derangement ever afterwards and
that her value as a household pet had beon
Impaired. The attorney for the defendant
held that the dog had not chased the cat
out of any malicious desire to derange her
nervous system, but simply out of good
humor and regard for tradition. He was
taking advantage of the Inherent, inalien
able, and Immemorial right the dog baa al
ways had to chase the cat whenever be
pleased. ......
A similar right has Just been 3tablinhed
for the dog In Missouri. Mr. Simon ewned
a thoroughly exemplary dog called Jupiter.
Mr. Qulnn owned a less exemplary boy
called Willie. Jupiter was basking In the
sun when Willie found him. To Willie's
taste basking was rather slow fun. There
were other things that would add more
seat to life. Accordingly, he tied a tin can
to Jupiter's tall. Now, Jupiter was uot a
bully, but neither was he a non-resistant
The can annoyed him. . He bit Willie.
Willie ran home and told his father. His
father prosecuted Mr. tmon. Fortunately
Judge Sldener was a man of discernment
His- decision was that Mr. Qulnn was to
pay the costs f th trial. Th dog was
not to blame, for, as th decision most ad
mirably ear:
"Any dog ha a legal and undeniable right
to bite any man, woman, or child who pur
posely and with intent to disturb said dog's
tranquillity and peace of mind does attach
er cause to be attached to said dog's tall a
tin can or other weight which will Impede,
or tend to Impede, the progress ot said
animal. A dog which bites Its persecutor
In auch a cause la acting purely and hon
estly in self-defense, and ts a Justly Im
mune from punishment as the man who
strike at a burglar In defense of hi own
life and welfare."
This seem no more than reasonable, and
it is to b hoped that th court of other
states In the union will take the same
stand. . The tlncanned dog ha right
which dsserv recognition.
r
33a Per Cent Discount
f
That.ia the reduction we are offering on broken and
Blow selling lines of Men's Suits. There is 4 great va
riety to choose from. If you are in need of a good,
stylish suit, made up in the best possible manner, come
here at once and make your selection.
33 j Per Cent Discount. .
Straw Hats at tho Same Redaction.
' , -
No Clothing Fits Li fa 'Ours. , .
Exclusive Clothiers and Furnishers
Re & Wilcox, Manager.
W Clooa at 9 O'clock Saturday Night
REAL OPTOKKJIT OF.TRISTS.
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oteratloa of the Inexorable Law of
ftaniily . aacl neanaad.
New Tork Mall and Express. 1
Th enactment of legislation to control 1
"trusts" Is a task so formidable that viy
doubt whether It can be successfully ac
complished at this time, when the publlo
mind has yet to regard them In more
lrlendly light than "necessary evils," and
the trust themselves hsve still to work
out their own commercial destiny. Th
effort of course, should be mad and un
doubtedly . win 1 be mad la congress next
winter, for ther are many features of
the trust problem that concededly need
the restraint of law, but we ar also to
keep It In, mind that "trusts." ar after itfW
an Industrial evolution and therefore hot'
to be- Indiscriminately set down and at
tacked as a menace to the country's wel
fare. They hav proved a strength rather than
a weakness. Instead ot being "In restraint
of trade" they have been a potential fsctor
In a period of unprecedented Industrial de
velopment and prosperity. Obviously they
cannot be attacked without attacking our
entire industrial Interest and tor that rea
son the conservative line laid down by
President Roosevelt In his Pittsburg speech
fix the limits to which all reasonable peo
ple will agree. -
It Is quite a different task, however, to
formulate legislation that will stand th
test of constitutionality and at the sam
time prove responsive to th Just demsnd
for proper supervision ot these great cor
porations. Moat ot them would welcome
legislation not framed In th bostr spirit
of populist octopus hunters. They desire
to organise and conduot their business law
fully and they are as much Interested' a
anyone else in preventing th organization
of corporations for piracy or stock-Jobbing
purposes. Th so-called "trust" of today
Is the partnership of other dsys -the part
ners being many instead ot tew. It must
be managed strictly on business prlncl-
pies or It will go to the wall. Quite a
number have already sunk under the bur
den of over capitalization. Others ar sure'
to follow.
A more Inexorable law than any statute
framed In Washington I responlbl for
the early demise of these corporations
the law of supply and -demand. The
American dollar frame that law. It is
alert to opportunity, eager for Investment,
hard to beat In competition. It la at work
all the time against the "trust" that in
flate price or seeks return on watered!
stock. And It will come nearer solvlnj
the "trust" problem than will any legisla
tion enacted by congress. Congress can do
much and should do something to make
unlawful aoma ot tb present practices of
the "trusts." but individual American en
terprise and capital will after all prov to
be the real and vital force against them.
FLASHES OF FU2I.
Chlcaro Post: "She" one of th mos
remarkable women I ever mot.
"How Is that?"
"She doesn't wish she were a man.
Detroit Free Press: "Tou were sitting on
that young man' knee last night May.
"Oh, well, pa, he's an tiphoiaterer, and
we were testing the furniture."
Philadelphia Catholic Standard: 'H?otne,
come," cried the candidate' friend, "don t
be disheartened o easily." -
"But I'm sur to be beaten," replied the
candidate, dismally.
"Nonsense! Let your motto be, "He who
runs and fights away may Hv to run an
other day.' " . . . .
Yonker Statesman: Benedict Do you
think automobiles are dangerous '
fcacholor Yes; I know a fellow who took
a girl out. In one, and he's going to marry
. - , ;. '
TowaVnd Country! . flhe And you hav
kept your resolution? r
He Yes; I haven't lasted a drop tor
nearly a year. .
She And you ar better and happier for
It, ar you not?
He Oh, ye-s. Let me see, th time will
b up In about three week.
Bomervilla Journal: City Sportsman
Have you seen anything worth shooting at
around hereT
Farmer Well, tig; not till you came.
Philadelphia Press: "That new oil com-
8 any seems to be In trouble," said th first
nancler.
"Yes," replied th other, "but there's
a plan on toot to help It along."
'VAhl A plan, I suppose, to put some
water in the troubled oil stock."
Boston Tranacrlpt: Roads What' tho
mutter with that horse of yours? You can
hear him breathe half a mile away.
Streets There isn't a tning me matter
with him. He Just makes that n"l bo-
cause he tninKs nei an auiomoDiie, an
1 warning everytning on nis iraca.
tVnuhlrnrtnn Star: "Do vou think that
any salary a man can get in political U(
Is worth while?"
"Certainly." answered senator ejorgnum.
"Unless a man is content to be a pensioner
on the government Instead of hustling In
the interests of some liberal corporation, be
can lay by quite a little money."
IK TUB S'niKKT CAR.
Somervlll Journal,
aha amlled at mel
A sudden thrill shot through m as I met
her eyes.
Bh smiled at mel .
A glance from one so fair no man could
neip dui prise.
Hh smiled at mel
My bippiness and pleasure how could I
autguineT -fh
smiled at me!
My foolish, foolish heart was filled with
giaa surjiriBn,
She smiled at mel -
fih smiled at me!
Her bright expressive yea upset my calm
repose.
fih. smiled at me!
Instinctively I quickly took a more becom
ing pone.
Hh amltod at mnl -
Alas! I heoltnte the r-oon to disclose!
She smiled at mel
I had -1 --eat big streak of black across
my nose
8hs laughed at mel
if