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0 TIir-OMAITA DAILY . JIT.Ta TUrSPAT, ATJOUST 5, 1002. The umaiia Daily Bee FCBLISHED EVERT MORNING. TERMS OF BUBHCRimON. pally Fee (without Pun1ay, On Year.. H .00 l'Klly lee and Hnnrlay. i ne Year IHtmtratM Bee. Otm Year M Sunday Bw, on lr l.(M Paiurclay Hp, tine Yenr 1 oO 'i'wentleth Century Parmer, Ont Year.. 1.00 DELIVERED BY CARRIER. Tally Ilea (mlthnut Sunday), par ropv... 3e Xmlly Pee (wlihnnt Runiiny), per week. ..12c l'ally Bee (Incliirilns; Hunday), per week.. 17c Pi(!y Uee, per ropy c l-venlng Ufa (without Sunday), per week. loc evening tfe tlncludlng Sunday), per week 15e 1 Complaints of Irregularities In delivery Should he addreeeed to City Circulation juepsrtment. OFFICES. Omaha The Bee Rulldlnz. . i South Omaha city Hall Building, Twen- w-niin and m etreets. Council HlufTa 10 Pearl Street, Chicago IK4 lenity Kuhding. New York Temple Court. vyaahington 6ol Fourteenth Street. , . CORRESPONDENCE. Communications relating to news and edi torial matter should be addreaaed: Omaha iiee, Editorial Department. BUSINESS LETTERS. Business letters and remittances ahnuld i addreaaed: The Bee 1'ubllahlng, Com pany, Omaha. REMITTANCES.' Remit by draft, express or postal order, payable to The Bee Publishing Company. Only 3-cent stamps sccepted In payment of inall accounta. Personal checks, except on Omaha or eastern exchanges, not accepted. 1HE BEB PUBLISHING COMPANY. STATEMENT OF CIRCULATION. Ctate of Nebraska, Douglas County, as.: Oeorre B. Ts'hnck, secretary of The Bae Publishing Company, being duly sworn, aye that the actual number of full and complete copies of The Dally, Morning, Evening and Sunday Bee printed during ins momn or July, lifji, waa as follow! 1.. ...80,530 . .2,ST0 540 ...sa.ttzo ...20,520 ...38.1M10 ...20.S10 .. .20,400 ...28,B40 ...sn.itno ...SO.BIO ...20,820 ...8O.015 ...20.H4M ...20.BO0 ...S,B0 17.. 21,K10 I t .... T 10......... U.. ....... .. ....... 13 . 14 IS M 18 U to 21..... 22 23..... u 25 is.,,,. 2T..... 28.:... 23 30..... 20,580 U9.6T0 211,6 IB ao.seo ..... .20,560 ......20,510 ......20,500 20.UT0 21r40 20.4H0 20.550 ...... 20,5I0 2,I10 ......20,520 Total... Lesa unsold and returned copies. .810,450 . (MM Net total sales ...OOfl,sa4 JJet dally aerage 20,253 - GEO, B. TZ8CHUCIC Subscribed In my presence and sworn to before me this 31st day of July, A. D. 1902. (Seal.) ' M. B. H UNGATE, - Notary Publlo Belated descriptions of King Edward's Coronation ire now tn sight of release. , Montana reports an earthquake shock. Tbey will be discovering- Tracy In Mon tana next The cotton crop Is said to be doing finely. It will hare to do well to score bead of the corn crop. Ak-Sar-Ben will show those Black Hills people later that he knows how to act the host as as the guest, Lots of new bridges are being built all over Nebraska, The farmer thinks the shortest way to the, market Is the cheapest way. The school board and the architect might as well hare It out now as later as to who owns the school house plans paid for by the taxpayers. . . Whatever date may be selected for President Roosevelt's visit to Omaha, he may be sure of an, enthusiastic and cordial welcome. Why go to witness the maneuvers of army or jaavy when electrical storms give us realistic representations of ar tillery practice right here At borne T Tio republican campaign text book for 1902 Is ott The best republican campaign text book Is to be found la the prosperity which prevails In all parts of i country. The law prevents corporations from Importing armed mercenaries Into Ne braska, but the corporations may with impunity convert the police force Into Mercernariea. The new Rock .Island Inflation corpo ration' is organized under the laws of New Jersey. Nothing has yet succeeded .In shaking New Jersey's claim as the head hiving place of trusts. Official announcement Is mode of re stored peace and Quiet in Haytl. Sus picions still rurk none the less that the weights on the safety valve are not yet 'adj aated with exact precision. Wanted A magnifying glaas, auffl ciently strong to unearth a few Issues for service In the Impending campaign. Apply to the general manager of the democratic national campaign bureau. ' Members of the Catholic church in the United States Lave always found Arch bishop Ireland a safer leader than the incendiary organs that subBist by fo menting religious prejudice and discord. According to cable dispatches, they are still fighting down in the republic of Colombia. When they get through, how ever, and count ' up - the dvttd and .wounded, the slaughter will not com pare with the annual wreckage we In herit every year the next day after the glorious Fourth- " . What vould the people of Des Moines, JiuViUtgtitn, Sioux City or., any . other Iowa town do if a Nebraska corporation lawrer should venture to interfere In th.ir local polities and appointments? Wci.ld they not have Just grounds for res-utlug- It as a piece of Impertinence? Yet that U precisely what John N. Bald wins defensive alliance with Dave Mer cer pieans for Omaha. At last the Jaekoulans hare waked Bp to the critical necessity of -starting eoimth!ng to offset the proposed County Lei oeracy picnic, although what novel form their dcnionstrrtlon shall take la the nut ihey have to crack. Fu nics are site jathtT too tame for Jacksonlan war ricis accustomed to disport tbemst-lves wit'j tlijerq, .kitties and other wtld aui toa;. A. prise, for an exciting Idea ahould be put up at enco. rwo vtnt eortTiKS hka(id vkom. In order to carry out the plan of cam paign for which the allied railroad cor porations have set apart f.in.noo for dis tribution among Nebraska newspapers, the railroad tax' bureau has favored us with comparative exhibits of taxation and valuation of two( more counties. One of these Is the fairly settled and fertile county of Saline, the other the sparsely populated county of Deuel, lo cated In the semi-arid region. In both Instancpg the magic figures of 1803, cen tennial of the French reign of terror, have been taken as the basis for com parison with the, census yesr 1900 In stesd of the present year 1002. The' point sought.to.be made in the Saline county exhibit Is that the railroad taxes for 1900 were considerably higher In that county than the railroad taxes Imposed In 1803. Conceding that to be true. It simply proves that the tax levy tn Saline county was higher In the year 1000 than it was seven years previous, but In no shape or manner does It refute the charge that the valuation of rail roads In Saline county has Increased ma terially. If not doubled, within the past ten years, while the assessment baa been steadily decreasing. For example, the Burlington k Mis souri railroad In Bailee county vas as sessed $297,832 in 1891. It waa assessed $207,039 In 1901 and at about the same figures this year. The Omaha & South western was assessed $116,076 In 1891 and $112,149 In 1901. The Kansas City k Omaba was assessed $34,480 in 1891 and only $30,170 In 1901. The Nebraska & Colorado was assessed for $99,440 in 1891- and for only $83,032 In 1901. . The Chicago, Rock Island A Pacific, which did not exist In Saline county In 1891, was assessed In 1901 for $16,020." This amount represents two and two-thirds miles, which Is Just being 'recapitalised for $100,000 per mile, and the ratio of assessment - would "be to the , market valne In Saline county as one-eighteenth, whereas the bulk of all property In Saline county Is assessed, according to the tax bureau's figures, which are pur posely stilted, at one-tenth to one twelfth. ' : ' " 1 ' ; In holding up Deuel county as a nor rible example of railroad over-taxation, the tax bureau has overshot the mark altogether. There Is only one railroad In Denel county the Union Pacific In 1801 It waa assessed for $308,503 and In 1902 It was assessed for $262,248, a shrinkage of $41,265, or 184 per cent. In spite of the alleged distribution of the $15,000,000 terminals at Omaha , and South Omaha and the Union Pacific bridge. What made the Union. Pacific shrink In value more than 13' per cent within the past ten years" whenevery- or four times as much as it was eleven' years ago? ; The most startling revelation of the Deuel county exhibit Is that In 1803 agri cultural Implements were returned for $3,783 and in 1900 there was no return. In view of the fact that even the -indefatigable census taker found only. $02, 510 worth of farm implemente, appraised at their' full value in Deuel county in 1002, the omission Is not so. remarkable, especially when It la borne in mind that Deuel county has been' remanded to stock raising and what little land is under cultivation, has to' "W-irrigated. Had Deuel county .remained howling wilderness as barren as. the desert of Sahara the Union Pacific railroad still should pay taxes in proportion to the value of its mileage. . Under our system of taxation all property except railroads is appraised by precinct Assessors and taxed by he county. The 'railroads are appraised by the state board, regardless of local Improvement and local value, and each county Is credited with Its pro portion according to the number of miles. Deuel county l credited with twenty-six and two-thirda miles of Union Pacific road, which- at the lowest estimate ha a market value of $100,000 per mile, so that its proportion for Deuel county would be $2,675,000. Ten years ago It was assessed for $11,440 per mile. This year It la assessed for $0,800 per mile. It still remains for the tax, bureau to explain why It should be assessed for less this year than It was from 1800 to 1805. ' ' ". V. postal, aasvjc riNASCtss. It Is stated that the receipt of the Postofflce department for the,laat fiscal year will come within a million dollars of covering the entire cost of the postal service, which is the most favorable showing that has been made in . more than twenty years. It. Is noteworthy that the small deficit for the past fiscal year (s attributed by the authorities of the department to the roral free deliv ery service, which has hitherto been regarded as a' source, of increased ex penditure without an adequate return. ' On the contrary, however, It appeara that the establishment of rural delivery Kas really been' a means of Increasing tut) revenue' of the postal service and thus has proved a pacing investment to the department as well as a most im portant and valuable thing for the pub lic, or at least for that large portion of the public which couttitute the rural population. It Is pointed out, as partly showing the effect on the postal revenues, that during the past fiscal year the rate of increase tn postal . receipt In rural communities where' the free delivery was not in operation w as about 2i per cent, while In those rural district where It was In ogierailon the rate of in crease was from 8l,4 to 10 per cent "Thl does not by any means represent the real Increase in revenue," says a Washington dispatch. "It account only for the increase which is due to the in crease In the number of letters sent out from the rural free delivery district. It takes no account of tbe Increase from the number of letters, circulars and the. additional mall matter of other kluda sent Into these districts. That Increase helps to swell the postal revenues from the larg cities." - It is further pointed out showing the value of the rural free delivery sys tem, that Cit-rcUsnt a .a J u-auufai'turers are largely availing themseive of it to reach the rural communities. In oihcr ways the beneficial effects of rural de livery are being shown, the department having been Informed that Its estab lisbment baa been worth many millions of dollAra to the livestock Industry of the country. "By Its agency the farmer has been able to. follow the course of the market from day to day In his dally paper and he has refrslned from ship ping his cattle when the prices were low, with the result that It hag steadied the market and raised Its general level." The evidence I conclusive that the es tablishment of rural free delivery has not only been a very grent benefit to the people who are served, but has also ma terially reduced the postal deficit, that having been lesa by about $3,000,000 for the last flacal year than for the preced ing year. The appropriation for rural free delivery for the current fiscal year la very much larger than before, but therels no reason to doubt that the re sults will justify the expenditure. . MKRCZR AND JUS ALLIES. Tbe partisans of Congressman Mercer are clamoring for recognition ' on the police board. Mr. Mercer appears to havs formed a defensive alliance with the railroads, as evidenced by his visit to the governor in company with John N. Baldwin. Llnoola Journal. . . ' Thl revelation create no surprise in this community, although It drops the mask behind which the nonresident con gressman ha been hiding. Mr. Mer cer's early training as a railroad lobby ist was recalled during the, recent de bate by the citation of the testimony of his oil room running mate, W. F. Gur ley, each of whom received $200 a month from the Union Pacific for ma nipulating the legislature against the in terests of the people. . But Mercer's affiliation with the rail roads has been growing closer from year to year and the intrusion of Mr. Baldwin Into the police commission, ap pointments on -behalf of Mercer dispels all doubt as to tbe community of inter est between Mercer and the railroads. Mercer want to control tbe police commission to club the republican of thi district into giving him support which tbey are not disposed to give him voluntarily. Baldwin want a police commission not only to force Mercer upon the people of the district, but also to overawe the worklngmen who are at variance with the Union Pacific. What a spectacle 1 presented by this offensive "defensive alliance" of Mercer and Baldwin. Mercer live in Omaha not more than alx week's every two year. Baldwin has never- jivea in Omaha or paid a dollar of taxes in Ne braska. Neither of them have anything in common with the people of Omaba except their salaries and both of them are simply corporation Mercenaries who want to ride rough shod over the people by dictating executive appoint ments and party nominations. Will the people of Omaha submit tamely to foreign rule? ' . Will the home-owning worklngmen .of Omaha remain Indifferent to the high handed attempt to transform the police force which they are taxed to maintain Into a corporation constabulary for the benefit of Mercer and his railroad master?'-, "i' ' .. : , ' The newly appointed military cadet from this congressional district who has Just been admitted to West Point Is doubtless a deserving young man who may finish the course of Instruction with credit and win an army officer's com mission, but that constitutes no good reason why the cadetshlp should not have been awarded by competitive test open to every ambitious youth in the district Instead of going by personal favor of, our nonresident congressman. In other congressional districts In this and other states every boy who aspires to a military education has a chance to try for cadetshlp appointment. Why not under the dispensation of the great and mighty Mercer? The financial agent for tbe Rnsslan government at Washington declare that the czar note for an international truat conference has been misunderstood and that the proposed conference is simply to discuss the sugar question and tbe sugar bounty system maintained by the European countries. What the confer ence does when it meets will afford the best means of Judging the aims and ob jects of tbe czar. If It once convene it will not take long to find out whether the conference is friendly or boetile to the United States. . . President Roosevelt Is said to be In a quandary whom to appoint to the vacancy caused by the death of a Dis trict of Columbia commissioner. He nays he wants to make a choice that will satisfy the residents of the district On that theory, Our Dave Just fills the bill. Ue Is at home In Washington more than any other place unless It Is Minne apolis and he has been representing the District of Columbia in congress right along, although charged up to the Sec ond Nebraska district Why not our Dave? . Ex-Senator Alien announces boldly in his paper that "the Union Pacific me chanic at Omaha, Cheyenne and other point along the road have been de feated In their walk-out." The striking Union Pacific mechanics at Omaha are likely to take decided exception to the ex senator decree. Baaall tksiki of Coatselattea. Chicago Record-Herald. The grave diggers la one of Chicago's cemeteries have struck. Still, the situ ation Isn't as serious a It might be. Since the advent of the automobile scorcher It frequently happens that there Isn't any thing left to bury. Eatraarttaarr l-lectrle Seasaa. , . New York Wwld. , : Remarkable for Its weeping skies, - the passing summer la remarkable also for Its long record of fatal electrlo at onus. For that considerable number of persons whose nerves are given to timorous tingling when lightning plays Ha pranks the season ts one of the most trying In many years. On a average (00 persons are ancunlly killed by lightaiag U U.S V&ilaA fclal. The chance that any one ef our 711,000,000 people will nreet death in this form ars u 1 In R5.000. This surely la a , nerve aoothlng reflection for those who too much dread tbe thunderbolt Maaitefpnl Home Rale. Tekamab Journal. 1 The Journal should think tbat the t fIsIod of the supreme court tn tbe .Omaha rire and police commission caae would be odious to every cltlsen of that city. That great city may.be actually ruled by a man who has not a dollar's Interest or claim of citizenship Is contrary to all conception of popular government Direct Tote tor desiaters- Blootnington AdToeate. United Etates senators ehould be elected by a vote of the people and not by the leg islatures of the several states. All state representative should be pledged before election to stand by this principle and use their influence, to bring about this result snd vote for no person for United States senator who would not favor this mods of procedure In our upper house of con gress. Beet Snsrar a Stayer. , ,. . Kearney Hub. The- Norfolk News remark that news papers In a number of towns where there Is no sugar factory, but where they think there ought to be one, take particular de light. In giving Oxoard and the beet sugar Interests a dig at every opportunity. This Is, alas, too true. Reason snd fairness have very little te do Is tbe matter. It ts pretty safe to assume, however, that the beet sugar Industry will not only survive the sneers of the purblind -and the machina tions of the Importers' trust, but that It will grow and grow, and still continue to grow until it tops them all. ' x ' Inciting Hatred mm RaTy, New York Journal of Commerce. The whole Influence of Mr. Bryan's oratory is to convince persons of small means that wealth Is an evidence of crime and that they are oppressed ' and robbed by all who are rich. The public sentiment of " this country has always been too healthy for the long lodgment of any such false and injurious idea as that, and w believe the American people are as sane as they ever were, flut It la lust ss well to notice as we go along that In his des- rperate efforts to keep himself before the public eye Mr. Bryan Is gradually degen erating Into a mere Inciter of hatred and envy of the rich, and Mr. Bryan himself is passing rich according to the standards of millions of people. TUB ROCK ISLAND DEAL, ' Met beds of tlie ProMoters Roatlla to Good PsMla Poller. Chicago Record-Herald. In discussing the Iowa lawa and the Rock Island merger Governor Cummins says: "It Is true that there is Do limit placed upon the capitalization of Such a company, but there is a limit upon the Indebtedness of such corporations, and there must be some thing shown to the credit of the stockhold ers which will represent the difference la Increased capitalization." ; An official of the road replies to the ef fect that Its attorneys have been slippery enough to get around all the legal difficul ties. But It Is clear without expert advice that the whole ' transaction offends the spirit of the law and tbat It belongs in the category of mere financial legerdemain. Out of the old stock Of $75,000,000 there Is created a bonded debt bf the same amount and to this Is added new stock, common and preferred, of the facf vlue of im.oOO.OOO. ths property all the while remaining abso lutely unchanged. ,-i7 . ' .', A conelderabie portion of thee securities are issued for no other t purpose than to dispose of them -for cash. The managers of the scheme, who have more capital tied up In ths road than-tbey desire.' will unload In thl way, but hot to ie extent of losing control. "Control," says a dlspatcblo the Record-Herald, "is to .be vested arbitrarily In the preferred stock, lth holders of which shall have the right, to' the exclusion of the holders of common stock, to choose di rectors of the first class.' " who are to have a permanent majority. And Joint directors may "apply the working capital In purchas ing or acquiring ths shares of capital stock of the company to such an extent and in such manner and upon such terms- as the board of directors shall deem expedient" The merger Itself and the methods that are employed by Its promoters are plainly hostile toi good publlo policy, and with all their astuteness tbsse tricky financiers are giving new foroe to the argument for gov ernment control.. PERSISTENT RAINBOW CHASING. Sekrcblnsr for tbe Berth Pale tearea Aaother FaJTIave. Chicago Tribune. "Baffled but not beaten.'T Such Is the outcome of the Baldwln-Ziegler expedition, whose head, Evelyn S. Baldwin, the young Illinois explorer, ts back tn Norway. He has abandoned the attempt to reach the pole this year, but .looks forward with hope and courage to next year, when he will renew the undertaking. He has to show for this year' work several depots of con densed food, marine collections, new charts, meteorological observations, new surveys, and many data as to the force and direction of winds and as to cloud phenomena. But In the Held of work he lost a large number of sledges and much food for ponies and dogs, and as the les In June was more broken than he expected to find It the ex pedition returned. The pole was not reached, though never was an expedition more completely fitted out than Baldwin's. He says the ice was more brokn than he expected. It is al ways the unexpected that confronts "the Arctic explorer. It is always some unlocked for difficulty that overtakes him, and the nearer be gets to the pole the more appall ing Is tbe difficulty. Science la not acute enough to take Into account every element of success In polar expeditious. The un known quantities are apparently more numerous than the known. Baldwin seem ingly had everything In his favor youth, courage, endurance, experience, sclentlfio knowledge and an almost unlimited Bnsnolal backing. He had everything that could be of. the slightest possible, use tn a polar exploration, but the pole Is still as far away as It was from Nansen and others. Camp Zlegier appears to have been Bald win's northernmost point, which he left on July 1 so as not to Imperil the expedition, he says, but he omits to say how far north ths camp is and how near the pole. It would be unfair to say that the Baldwin expedition is a failure. An expedition tor 1901 was. contemplated when preparations for that cf 1902 were made, and the former will be the real test. - "Baffled but not beaten." Prom the original north pole eipedltiona of Captains Phtpps and Cook In 17TS and 177( down to that ot Baldwin In 1901 every explorer has been baffled and beaten, and many of them have been victims of that cruelly inhospi table region or have only been rescued after almost Intolerable suffering. It la a proof of tbe completeness ot Baldwin's outfit and the eare and skilled knowledge with which all his preparations were made that no casualties Lav attended this season's work, and apparently no suffering beyond what Is Inevitable from Arctic expoeure. The young explorer is full of courage for an other seaaon. Let us hope the report of lyoi will be the announcement of success, and yet, looking back over the long cen turies' record, "baffled and beaten" is tbe message Just a Ukely U some, , IJt THR CONGR . ION At, RACK. Aurora Republican: It la suggested by someone that Colonel Btark will bars to arrange to have his diamonds stole to arouse a little notoriety for himself. render News: J. J. McCarthy I not making much noise., but he is tending well to his political fence snd has them In fine repair. When It comes to a wlndup It will be found tbat his fences ar horse high, Dun strong and pig tight Falls City Journal: The democratic congressional convention will be held In this city. We are glad this Is to be ths case, for we want to see the convention that will undertake the task' of nominat ing a man who can defeat Hon. B. J. Bur ke tt. . ... . . McCook Tribune: For fear there may be some misunderstanding the' Tribune wants to say Judge Norrls Is the nominee of the republicans of the Fifth district and that be will be the successful candi date of the people In November requires no stretch of the Imagination. Kimball Observer: For nonpartisan paper tbe Seotts Bluff Herald has a good deal to say about M. P. Klnkald and goes out of Us way most every week to say mean things about that gentleman. But despite the Herald's opposition we are con- naent tbe next congressman from this dis trict will be Moses P, Klnkald. ' McCook Tribune: The prospects this arly In the campaign are bright for re publican success in state and consresalonal districts. A clean sweep of Nebraska's congressional districts is a promising probability. The state ticket does not ap pear te be endangered at any point' The crop reports prove It Is a republican year. North Platte Tribune: Renubllcans that they will win this fall In the Sixth congressional district, and when republicans maae a prediction they work to make It come' true.- After a dosen of years of wan. derlng In the wilderness of the sandhills of western Nebraska the republicans will o led out by a modern Moses Moses P. Klnkald. Grsnd Island Press: JuCge O. W. Norrls of McCook. republican candidate for . con gress of this district was a Grand Island gueet today. He Is a very pleasant gentle man and asures htopolltlcal friends In Hall county that In the event of bis election he will do something for Grand Island, which Is unfortunately tacked onto the Fifth con gressional district Stanton Picket: The Picket Ms perfect! willing that Mr. Robinson's campaign should oe made on bis congressional record, but as to his election, that is quite another matter. W have not eopy of such rec ord reduced to writing before us at the present time, but such parts as we are fa miliar with are very favorable to the elec tion of J. J. McCarthy. Wllsonvill Review; judge Norrls' atti tude in regard to the appointment of his successor to the Judgeship, In case be ts elected to congress, is quite plain. The unexpired term will be very short one year at the outside end this will be sup plied by appointment, this power being vested In the governor, and In which Judge Norrls will take no part whatever. ' ' J Osceola Record: When the conscien tious voter In this district .begins to think about the next congressman he should re member that ths republicans have placed before the people a man wno m eiara s bu perlor In every respect. Hinshaw ha more energy, in bis little finger than our present congressman has in all his three-hundred pounds, and In point of ability the contrast is about as marked In favor of Hinshaw, Tecumseh Chieftain: Tbe fuslonlsta, of the First congressional district will bold their congressional district convention in Fall City, Monday, August If. i They feel that It Is necessary for them lo go through the motion, though, of course, they have no . expectation of coming vwithln ' several thousand vote of electing their man. The victim ha 'not yet been decided' on, for tbe reason that bo oos is willing to make the sacrifice. WInslde Tribune: The Stanton Register wants McCarthy to come out and plainly say whether he Is a Roosevelt or an Ox nard republican. This 1 a solar plexus blow, but before the Register presses the question too hard It should see tbat Its own candidate would be free to answer embarrassing questions connected with this sugar business. Since Allen has endorsed Oxnard there are many who are wondering how Robinson stands on this question. Norfolk News: .The -republicans of tbe Third congressional district have Just rea son for a republican representative. In that such representative would be in accord with the administration and therefore capa ble of accomplishing much good for bis con stituents. The - first time Cleveland was elected the republicans gave heed to the demands of the democrat that they should hay a congress In harmony with the cfclef executive, and that kind of a congress was sleeted. ' The present situation calls for re publican congressmen ' and the Third Ne braska district will be acting wisely to elect congressman of that faith. York Times: H. H. Hinshaw arrived In York yesterday and left on the Elkhorn train thi noon. He is making assurance doubly sure a he goes along. There ts no reasonable doubt of hi election if the republicans will do their duty. Every re publican in the district ought to make it hi business to see that Mr. Hinshaw Is elected. He la a man whom w can all support cordially and sincerely. He Is genial and square and will make very creditable member In congress. He will work In the interest of the entire district and will do us good. Let us all Join In with a determination to win, and w will do it Broken Bow Republican: Judge M. T. Klnkald, the republican candidate tor con gress, was In the city Friday to see the members of the county central committee relative to bis campaign In tbe county. The Judge feel very confident ot bis elec tion. When be enters on an active cam paign ha expects to visit Custer county and will visit as many localities as the com mittee msy dem advisable and his time will permit The Judge is one of the most popular men In his Judicial district and is highly, capable of filling the position to which he aaplres. His election Is a fore gone conclusion and it is only now a ques tion of majorities. W predict tbat . old Custer county, which gave him a hand some majority two years ago, will doubl that majority this fall. Hayes Center Times: The effort mad by the fuslonUts . to "ring In" the old chestnut regarding the first election of O. W. Norrls as Judge of this district is conclusive proof thst they are mighty hard up for an Issue. This same chestnut was worked "overtime" tn the Judicial election three years ago, until the voters got whack at It, when they rolled up a ma jority of several hundred for Norrls, al though at that time there was a natural majority against him. That Issue will "cut do Ice" la this part of the district, and if we are not mistaken as to the intelli gence of tbe voters of the east end of the district, they will treat It as the voters who were acquainted with all the facts did In 1S99, by giving Judge Norrls rousing majority, thus repudiating those who ob tain votes by false statements. Kmmr War ta tae Pole. .Louisville Courier-Journal. , Baldwin, one of the latest to start for the north pole, has reached Norway o hi return trip. "We have been baffled," be says, "but aot bea,teo." Certainly. W have aot reached the pole, but w shall yet reach tae lecture platform. AIT KXAMPXIII FROM OMAItA. " Ceaaeaai tae Cselaslaa Aataiaeallea from Parka. Denver Post Some thing they do exceeding well Omaha. . , la In one respect t least they outclass Denver they protect the people's right at in publlo parks. One they had the automobile nulsaac there. The hissing, puffing, snorting contrivance went racing up and down and round among tae crowds at these resort Ilk so many iron demons, Just s they still do In Den ver. The park authorities promptly gave them warning - that they must not abuse the privileges extended them. To thl warning the tttomoblllst paid ao heed whatever, Just as they do In Den ver. Here, however, the parallel cease. I Omaha, when the reckless driving did not cease, the reckless driver were ex cluded from the parks entirely. And they are still excluded. In Denver,' when no attention Is paid to their orders, th park commissioners smile weakly and do nothing. ' And the automobllista continue te rao to their heart content - la Omaha the policy of the park commis sion Is: "We will permit nothing that dis turb the peace of tbe parks, frightens horses or In any way endangers the com fort and safety of women and children." In Denver the motto apeara to be: "Any old thing with Influence or a 15 per cent attachment" By which token It would sppear that Omaha, so far as it park management Is concerned, has much the best of Denver. - COMPARISONS ARB ODIOTJS. Taa-satrklaat Railway- Are Gelsl Mines Beside tae Best Farm. ' York Teller. In making a , plea for lower tax ation the B. ft M. took three half col umns In the paper last week. No one wanta to wrong the B. ft M. or any other road. After spreading over large space in the paper to give names of divisions and the, figures for' each division the ' whole thing is" boiled ' down to the . following tables: Miles of road, 2.4t(; taxes paid. M61,19,?S; tax per mile. 18 89. Th road took In last year tl2.C67.4S8 51. Expense, $7,628,426.2. .Net earnings, $4,938,061.25. Net revenue' per mile, 2.040.00. To get these figure the road deducts the loss on four branches which amounts to J43S.130.07. Let us compare that .Investment, earnings, expenses and net profit , with , that of the farmers. If the railroads leave out their bad lands in th calculation, the farmer should do the same. A section of land Is worth more than, mile of railroad, but compare mile of railroad with a section of land. It takes eight men and four women to run a section ot land. Give them what they could get if working for others and you find the men worth $30 a month and ths women $20. Or pay the man $20 a month and his board, $3 a week, and yon have $31 for the average man, and the woman $$ a week and ber board, $3 a week, and you have $24. In this fair way of figuring you pay for labor on' a section of land $3,480. then deduct this and the twine bill, thresh ing bill, shelling, wear of machinery and Dorses Kieouct ' an or yiai and rnima lue taxes, mind you section of land does not leave anything like the net revenue that a mile of railroad yields. Remember tbe B. ft. M. take 1,418 mile of road and take out the wages for all the men from presi dent down to track "walker, takes out re pairs of all kinds, taxes. Insurance and then has $3,040 per mile for dividends. Take 3,116 sections of lsnd and deduct $4,000 a year for expenses and see where the farm ers will come out. They will not have $1,040 per section to put in the bank. An other thing yon want to remember and that Is the people voted bonds enough to build tbe roads. - , PERSONAL ROTES. ' ' ' "Baffled but not beaten" Is a somewhat fa miliar message from th frosen north. Beveridge has decided not to visit Texas, although there Is plenty of room In that state for Bailey to dodge him. The prince of Wales' private study at Bandrlngham Is very unpretentious. It Is the smallest In the suite, is lit by a single window and Is In every respect a mere work room. Charles'. Eliot Norton hss given to the library of Harvard university several volumes .once th. . property ot Ruskln, which contain many marginal - note . In Ruskln' own band. The queen of the Netherlands I per sonally .on of th richest of monsrehs, her eetates In Holland and the east bring ing ber In an Income alone sufficient t maintain a royal hpusehold. . President Eliot of Harvard t an en thusiastic rose grower. He is very fond of th flowers, of which hs has an exact scientific - knowledge, and three bushes at hi Cambridge home ar hi especial per sonal car. Senator Hanua 1 going to make per sonal campaign In Cleveland, determined to overthrow Mayor Tom L Johnson If be has to talk to every voter In Cuyahoga county between now and election day. He ha even Intimated tbat on a pinch he might kiss the babies. General Lukas Meyer, th Boer leader, Is k big man with big ideas. Borne year go be formed a sort ot repubtto of his own, with headquarters at Vryhetd, but was pur- suaded to tack ft on to th Transvaal. H was already very popular and used to be known a "th lion ot Vryheid." S 7 A Picnic - for Big.Meii: Blue Serge Suit Sale '- Single and double-breasted Blue Serge Suits, in S3, 10, 41, 42, 44 and 48, our regular $10.00, f 12.50 and $15.00 Y&lues, on sale . 1 . , Wednesday for $5.00 a Suit A chance and a good one to get something for practically nothing. No Clothing Fits' Like Ours. . (A Fine Awortmenf of Bathing Suits.) K vrn .1 1 ill) 10) i j kail Lit y I Excladra Clothltn end Furnishers. A WORD TO THE GREAT ARMY OF SU:.!!.!En TOILERS. f If You r Not as Robust. Vigorous, and nappy a Others in ths Month of August , . PAirJE'O CELERY conpour.D Will Givs You Health, Full argy and llfeppinea. Many men toiling In office, store and workshops - during this hot summer weather, and women weighted with 1 tbe work and rare ot home, ar critically near th breaking down point. Th symp toms of eomtng sickness and disease ar manifested I sleeplessnesa, - nervousness, tired feeling, laniruidness. Irritability. falling appetite snd poor blood circulation. Paine' Celery Compound I a precious boon to the ailing, sick and rundown In tbla August weather.' A bottle or two used at once will quickly bestow the needed strength to battle against the weakening and enervating effect ot th oppressive heat nd will enable men and women te go through th necessary routine of dally toil with heart soul and energy. Palne's Cat- ery Compound Is specially distinguished for Its ability to build up rundowa ys tem In hot weather, . Mr. George W. Demarost of 111 Wast 17th street New York, says: T am a licensed etationary engineer and although my work la not very laborious I suffered so Intensely with sever pains In my back and kidney that I was compelled to leave my work and remain at home for six months. I suffered greatly with bead che and soreness in chest and lunca and my Joint became very stiff, t actually felt I wa doomed to fill aa old man a grave at the age ot 81. A a last resort I used two bottles ot Paine' Cel ery Compound, when I wa able to resume my work, .and after using th third bottl am in perfeot health, Th value of Paine'a Celery Compound Is Inestimable nl I urge other afflicted I was to POINTED REMARKS. Somervllla tmim,i an . . the truth excepting when they are nary--and such men don't allow themselves to get angry very often. Puckl Father Tn swkriASilsasB a Bat4A .. should never Jude by appearances. -lr.n7ThJlV- r'ih.t- o',en tn pettiest , - - - . . .iiu i a v muney. New York Bun: that old maldT Ted What becam f Ned She gave away her parrot and cut bJcheVgrrl Dd nW ,H" A Philadelphia Press: Teas The material In- my new gown Is very pretty, but It need aomethln e shape of It Jess vny not let wear Itt omo other girl ..h'c?d TT10"": Bh wa Idling at tbe oda fountain. . . "How many different kind of drink do you serve hereT" she asked, .n!'?"' 'ten or flrtean," replied the clerk, for then V X ' 'lxt Altttrat names trSsts,r"t0B BUr! "Don't- you fear th "Not a bit." answered 8enator Borgburn.' In rny younger days I felt kind o bashful In the presence of so much nusiej. But I oon learned that trusts can be riant ehummy and agreeable, If properly ap-- JrOtaCIlOfji ! - - f Wasblns-ton" Star? "M VAIiaai alJ eld Senator eorghum. 'yoQ have an ex ceptional talent for spoeoh-makinsV', Tf rP'iel the statesman, who rets a great deal of apnlaune from the galleries. " ylng that oratory la 'hat's what It' 1st There are mighty day 0 n et p,J1 ,or u nowa- Philadelphia Catholic Standard: ' Tni TZ "id Mr- Pyhenta to the new neighbor, "but If those boys of yours con tlnue their rude behavior around here 1 11 have to prosecute you." -'u5' Oo ,ahe,ld .n1 Pfoseout. You can t find no law against tn." "Not Perhaps you havenever beard of the fimits' 'ing of hogs In i2i,1i,h,f TlmMv ver 'adver tised his business did he?" tlednowU" "'" bln Pretty WCI "Indeed!" "Yes, th sheriff Is doing it" Baltimore American: Tee T don't like f-H."n"Jlm " wajr H's always trying to kiss me. . . .J"rPh!, Come now. You know you E?" tJ1Tna!n anything nicer than to hiv him kiss you, Tess Exactly, but, as I tell you., he' lways trying, and that' all. . Chicago Tribune: Mra. Chugwater There! T?u v to" hole In the umbrella! - It'll only .How when the thing's onsnid Philadetnhla ! "tt.ii.. '.. gas' omce'"'"" 'phon- '',v wth "Yes. sir." replied the operator, "but I must warn you in advance that we cannot tolerate any swearing over the wire." YEARlfINO FOR A MTIXU BXOW. Washington Star. When the summer starts to simmer . -. And the pavement's arrowlna- matt. . When the hot wsve puts a shimmer On ths mountains there aloft ... Then old thoughts of vengeanc quit me Tender fanctea come and go vi me mue Doy mat nit me witn a anow ball, long ago. Nt a trace of ln1l(rnat1o?i : Would appear upon my brow If In joyous recreation Ha should thus aeeall me now. Gifts on him, should he permit me, I would cheerfully bestow If once more he would but hit me witn a mu Duncn or anow. rf m ) i m s a " v.' ilV - CJ Ii Jr",s (2 t
