Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, December 11, 1902, Page 6, Image 6
ft THE OMAHA DAILY IJEE: THURSDAY, DECEMBER 11, 1002. Hie omaha Daily Dee. & ko8awATER. sorreiy Fb'BimiEQ ever? iiofi-tiim- PTtfRMS W VKTION. ' JJatr iit! mU.i- uauHjf, On Tear.. 14 04 Wily Jtt-e ami Hunriay, une Year 'JO Illustrated Hep, One Year .2 00 Bunrtny Her, Una Yrr.. ! W Hnturdajr Hee. One Year... 1.50 Twentieth Century Farmer, One Year.. 1.W DEUVERKD BY CARRIER. T 1 1 jr He (without Sunday), per copy.... I lally Hee (without Bundav), per week.. ..12c Dally Dee (Including Bunday), per weelc.l7o Hunday Hee, per ropy '.. so Evening Hee (without Sunday), per week to Evening Bee (Including Sunday), per week lo Complaint of Irregularities In delivery hould be addressed to City Circulation De partment. , , OFriCES. Omaha The Bee Building. South Omaha-i lty llall Building, Twenty-fifth and M Streeta. Council Blun-10 I'earl Street. Chicago 1M0 1'nlty Building. New York 23?S 1'ark Kow Building. Wafchlngton bit Fourteenth Street. -CORRESPONDENCE. Communication relating to newa and edi torial matter should be addressed: Omaha Bee, Editorial' Department. BUSINESS LETTERS. Business letter and remittances should be addressed; The Bee Publishing Com pany, Omaha. REMITTANCES. Remit by draft, ezpreiw or postal order, payable to Tho Be Publishing Company. Only 2-cent atampa accepted In payment ot Omuha or eastern ezchnnge. not accepted. THE BEH .FUBUSUINO CUMPAN Y. STATEMENT OF CIRCULATION. Btate of Nebraska, Douglas County, s.: Ueorge B. Tznchuck, secretary of Th aava that the actual number ot full and Ev?nP&nTB ee I'uDimning company, oeing uuij nw.. Dionm ot ovtoiDr, uui, wm iuh. .'.'."..'.'.'."."X'.'.a,4rio i".'".'.'."""!"8o;uo t ai.oo . . w 30.BTO 4... 6... ... 7..., S... ... 10... ..31. .tSO ..41.0NA ..34,6SO ,.81.210 ..80,840 ..21,B7B ,.8i,aoo 1 20 21 23 24 .3O,40 lao'two .81,410 38'" .80,920 2!!;"!"!!!-"i.h n so.tho ."!.'.".'8i,4o !!"!!!!!!!"!M75 u ao,T 12 80.TOO 13 , 80.SJIO 14 .80,730 15 31,810 ua, ttlo Total Less unsold and' returned copies.... Wf Net total sales ...Kta,Ta Net average ai"!!".!!"!"""'. o,TB5 . , . OEORQB B. TZSCHUCK. bem VM. n'-?vlbu lPt""' : - 1V imn nii be soon In a position to sympathize with iolSns whtse fence, are out of re- politicians pair. Four Nebraska counties are afflicted with a want of boarders in their county regard to the controversy as it now billion dollars a year. The great llve Jails. Something ought to speedily be stands between Venezuela and the Btocs producing states of the west are done for their relief. European powers that have claims Incomparably more Interested than After a few flays more of bard labor, with much talk and little action, con- j gress proposes to 'take -Its well-earned reRt for the. holidays. Judging from the discoveries made by the Board 6f Review, Omaha has accu- 'mulated an enormous amount of wealth within the past twelve montha. The railroad and express .companies in vmana uuouiu oe t a uauon iu (huhuiuvu iw iu ODCBUJcU ,r an otner ciaase. 01 property-no more, BO less. X it IU vt Mtu nraiuci iu enow a' v This contrast, in the In the west language of Reverend Jasoer.ot Old Varglny, affords conclusive proof "that uuu """a-""0"" protecting power. 0maha at $34,500,000. This demand ap the sun do move." t.1 . certaln,y been-mo8t amPly pears to us excessive and unreasonable. The recent advance In the. price of brooms should not aeter tne uoara or County Commissioners from investing in a few and making good use of them about New Tear's time. It Is observable that European govern- ments. when actlnir as bad debt col- . . . .- . . . jecting agencies, are scrupulous to pick u urn. rr-i i vui sum nrai uvua uuiiuu. xuc ue I take a man of their size. , s ti,. ffli.i ..... f tho t. f Nebraska will not, be made. until the legislature meets, but no one either of the Tlctorloua or defeated candidates are Sonatnr Hamia. ncain takes occasion to say most positively that he is not and will not be an aspirant for the presl- dentlal .nomination, but. that will not be the last time he will be called on to enter a denial. If silence is a sign of deep thinking, tne uougias county, aeiegauon to tne legislature must be engaged in profound reflection on the. subject of municipal noma rule, but t&ere is so far no other I indication or sucn occupation. Tl.o malt nfkAn anil Inmliiir 1 ... ' dealers seem to have a longer pull In congress than the millers was exempli .fled by the defeat of the London dock Kill Tin hroail a tA rti ah aha tars tiavsk I bill. The bread and meat eaters have long since lost their pull altogether. Having polled 400.000 votes in the late election, the socialist party is now in position to enter Into traffic arrange ments with other political parties. And there is plenty of evidence that David uennett mil is one or tne nrsi to see uie point Whou Archbishop Ireland says that labor wars ore a blessing he has the thought that they ore waged for the amelioration of the condition of labor or the betterment or tne relations be tween labor and capital. In a broad ense this is generally true. t..' w.r.tpn f thn tw.niti.tiarr feel, reir anxious over tnaprospex-Uve advent f iiovrnor Minke.. hut th lnmat-a of the penitentiary do not seem to be dls- turbed very much. They all feel sure w n.i fiir tw win h- .hi. keen their lobs. mark when It asked tho Board of Utirlew , to assess the Union Pacific properties at t i $34,500,0001 The exchange should re - member that the Board of Review u not auction shop where things or ImAM Iotq to tho hlchcat bUsVec. RlLATliMS WITH SOUTHERN RtriBLns. Current events give fresh Interest to the relations of the United States with the southern republics, at all time a matter of concern and one of constantly growing Importance. In an address de- Ilvered about a year ago Secretary Hay, committee, our inausinai ana rommer referrlng to the Independent countries clal development maies an urgent de- of this hemlrohere?. said that the briefest ..t .c nn mi. nf raminrt la nor- liana the Monroe doctrine and the golden rule. He thought the republics to the aonth of ns were perfectly convinced of the sincerity of our attitude. "They It to say, of course, that the know we desire the prosperity of each of proposed department could not accom thom aiM the aecretarv of state, "and P" anything in this direction, but that peace and harmony among them. Ve no more want their territory than we covet the mountains of the moon. We are grieved and distressed when there are differences among them, but even then we should never think of trying to compose any of those differences unless by the request of both parties to It. We . 1 Ail t.A fwinaliTarattnn which I nra olalm for nurupl vp." This voiced A the unanimous sentiment of the Amer-1 lean people. ' I Another reassuring statement of the friendship of the United States for the southern republics was made. In the annual message of President Roosevelt This declared that no independent nation 1 a America need have the slightest fear aggression from this country. "It be- hoove each one to maintain oraeriw gruuuu uu utuuu w ue auncui- within its own borders and to discharge its honest obligations to foreigners," said the pregllient "When this la done, they can rest assured that be they strong or weak, they have nothing to dread from outside interference." This is a t,i. .,., e tv.n ni. I tlon of our government toward the Bouthern republics. Not only have we no design upon their territory and no Intention to Interfere with them politic- ally, but we shall protect them against any foreign aggression that threatens their territorial integrity. That is the construction our government places upon tne doctrine declared nearly eighty years a- Tbe Un,ted 8tate t0 too countries that they should faithfully ful- fill their International obligations and that they should pay. their Just debts, that when they ave done this It will defend them against foreign ag- gresslon. This attitude relieves the' United States ot any duty or responsibility in against that country. So long as those powers confine themselves to the pur- pose to collect their claims in accord- lance with precedents and do not attempt to seize Venezuelan territory tho United States will not interpose. It offers no ghleld to repudiation of Just debts by I anT country, nor does It undertake to taj how long a creditor nation should van f0P the payment of valid claims Onlv in the avent nf CI 0rcat Brltain nva(,ini. ,, th.tnin to Dold possession of the territory of Venezuela would the United States feel caUod upon to intferpoi,a, fln4..uch mntlniuiiiT'la twe at n .v...,r . j w 4" Southern republics OUght to cXTl1 ondcrstand the feeling of this country toward them and its relations mrormea as to tnese, yet it seems they are nt Te properly understood ty Vl l""B" wuun.tB. THI DVTT ON anthracite. I The DroDoaed reoeal of rha duHr on anthracite coal is likely to meet with I ,. i.i ... I T1B"U l"' i-awnc xchnn nnai int.rant rn.M oi,ifl v De aaecteu Dy tne removal or tne autr. , . ' A.n eat"e rost-inteuigencer says tnat the auty is very vital to the prosperity of the whole Paclfle coast for the bene- " of which Jt was put into the tariff " points out that there are bltu- Inoua coals of high grade which are brought to the coast In ballast and sold In the markets where no duty la tin- posed. They comnete with the domestic product and break down the domestic industry. That paper states that they are called anthracite and if permitted to come In free will work great Injury to the coal Industry of the Taciflc states. It Is a fact that it was in the tntere.t c that industry that a dutv vm nio on coaj that does not contain 02 per cent Gf fixed carbon and it is doubt- enB correct to classify such coal as bl- tumlnous, but In the present temper of the country it is verv doubtful if rnn. BTP8S will Delimit thn riutv tn iwnmln i-osslBly Its removal would have no effect upon the anthr8Clte lnterest8 of Pennsylvania, and as the Poet-Intel- gencer declare8f wouW flt no human being in the country,' yet public sentiment is so overwhelmlnHv fr h- repeal of . this duty that congress wU, hardly venture to disregard it orPOMTtON to new department. There Is still more or leas opposition t0 tte proposed Department of Com merce, though there is reason to believe that it is not so strong as at the last ses- slon. An eastern paier representing commercial interests and which perhaps has some Influence at Washington, op - poses a new department as superfluous, It thinks that the need for the proposed department has by no means been proved when it ' Is' shown that there are several branchea of the public ser- 8nd UT' vacated by the city nry department which have no Imme- dlate or d,rect connection with the fluan- cW or fiscal affairs of the govern- aent The main question would seem to be. It urges. Is the business of these Iomcen ana Bureaus oauiy aone ma would their administration necessarily b Improved by the transfer? I It Is not alleged by the advocates of 1 a .Department of Commerce that the I business of the bureaus which It is I proposed to transfer Is now badly I dona, but they do think that probably g higher degree of usefulness and cfll- clency could be attained under a new. department and this appears to b reasonable. Hut the chief object sought In the creation of a new department Is to advance our commercial Interests. As stated by the chairman of the senate mana for me estADiisnmeni or a ueparx nient of the public service to have the charge of and to aid In our Indus trial development, and to secure us bet- ter ana more extenmve markets aoroaa is not a sound reason for refusing to create the department At all events. It Is the judgment of all the leading commercial bodies of the country that a Department of Commerce could be made very serviceable to the Industrial and commercial Interests of the country and lueir "u m"' liuu. STAMP OCT THE C ATT LI PLAOCE, ne country will approve prompt and liberal provision by congress for stamp lng out the cattle contagion which haa broken out in New England, and "such provision will doubtless be forthcoming. It is not going to be easy to stamp out me contagion ana it is apparent rrom the reports of the specialist who are on tural department that It will cost a great u"ai or money, vjuite extensive districts are already Infected and one ne.ceesary precaution is the slaughter of the dls- eased animals. But too rigorous precautions cannot rx taken and nnv exnenae. however large, necessary to the extirpation of the plague is an economy. Under mod- ern means of communication the germs of th,e disease, unless they be isolated ana destroyed, will certainly be dissenv lnated with great rapidity. They can be carried In the clothes of persons who are In contact with infected objects and may thus travel with the speed of the "Khtnlng express, to say nothing of the fatal, trail of contaminated livestock cars. It would require but compara- tively a few months to spread the dis- ease throughout the length and breadth The industry whose best interests are thus emperiled Is one whose aggregate Produce is of the prodigious value of a tne evf isngiand states tnemselvea In the obliteration of the contagion - in districts where it has already gained a fothold. The Agricultural depart- ment has acted commendable promptitude and energy In quarantine measures and in investigations which nave ' clearly shown the . serious character of the emergency and the means which are indispensable fot meet- lng it It remains to supply and employ those means, and this cannot be done 100 Qjy or too thoroughly, :a wohd of caution. The tax committee nf the Omaha Real KRrntA ol.no. hBa th BnaM nf ReVew to assess the property of the union Taclflc railroad within the city of The D,alll dutv of thn Board of Revlpw Js to a8seBa all property, whether owned b lndlvlduala or pornorationa. on th basis of their actual value as near as possible, and any assessment that would ive coior to tne cnarge or tavonusm or discrimination would be pronounced by the courts as eontrarv to the anlrlt and '7 ' ... " letter or tne state consutution Tli Rca hn. atonitll. or-nt ; - - ' T y. i.u.unu. t0 W their Just proportion of state. and city taxation. Within the 8t J" " haa to battle before U'T. wu "uu lUB BUle court, ana it aoes not propose to recede rrora lts Position until the rall- road corporations are placed absolutely on an equal footlnT wltl a" corporations and Individuals with regard to taxation, The Bee win not- bowever, countenance any attemPt on the part of assessors and uuuruB Ui equalization to single out tne ruuroaua ror punitive taxation on ex prbltant valuaUons any more than It would countenance any scheme to black- mall the railroads by hold-up legislation. The west half of the Union Pacific bridge represents, without doubt any where from $ 500,000 to $800,000 of actual value. Its assessment for $1,506 on the mileage basis Is scandalously low, but It would be equally scandalous to appraise it at j.uuu.uw, py reason or its enor mous revenue producing capacities. The uepo" Bna aepo1 rounas represent any. where "m 113.000.000 to $20,000,000 in. J a n i . terest-bearing and dividend producing capital, and their assessment for less than $100,000 is a travesty on equity and Justice, but it would be equally a trav esty on Justice to return these properties for municipal taxation at a valuation of $30,000,000. To raise these properties to that value would afford an excuse for the city council to override the Board of Review and return the property at the nominal figures fixed by the state board 1 Tne Union Pacific shop grounds and buildings doubtless represent several million dollars of tangible property Talue. The grounds not only Include the I ,and an(l ,ots donated to the road or purchased by the road, but also the na aeetiea to the company. These properties should be assessed the same as all other tangible ptpperty In Omaha, Is to be hoped that the Board of Re- vlew ftr full hearing and mature i '"""""" iu" Tuiuowon or tne I properties of the Union Tactile and all I "e other railroads at a minimum rather I tnaQ a maximum. Give the railroad . . I coiuianies mat converge in Omaha such I ,n,r ireauEeni as win aeprtve their man I vl ' argument tnai Luey are I ssaeu to pay mors than their just pro- portion of taxes for the maintenance of municipal government. 1L . ...U li Governor Mickey's avowed purpose to rrtaln In office heads of state Insti tutions who have shown themselves to be eminently quallned for the positions they hold has already been commended by The Bee. The report of the superin tendent of the State Industrial school at Kearney shows that its present head, Ir. Beghtol, has worked a marvelous Improvement in the condition of that Institution since he took charge only six months ago, and that if given an opportunity to continue his work he will certainly make an enviable showing. Even If the new. governor were dis posed to make a change he would have difficulty In finding a man qualified tn an equal degree to take charge of this institution with the ' present superin tendent A new idea hns struck the State Board of Charities and Corrections. The board proposes to nsk the next legislature to make wife desertion a criminal offense. This bill is liable to be strangled in the committee on the principle that "us fellers must stand together." Men with pump handles in front of their names are Just as liable to be struck by the epidemic as an ordinary mortal. In any event the woman that runs away from her husband ought to be punishable Just as much as the man who runs away from his wife. The vehement attack, led by the New York Sun, on the Cannon bill to author e payment of the expenses of the coal strike commlsHlon Is groundless. No precedent Is violated. In hundreds of Instances congress- has voted appropria tions where at the time the expenses were incurred there was no legal au thority. This attack is a significant exhibition of hostility to the whole policy of the administration in dealing with the coal strike and the regulation of trusts. i The lower silver drops, the greater the Incentive to making counterfeit full weight silver coins. With a clear CO per cent margin, while giving the victim Just as much bullion value as the government, ;the counterfeiter can ease his conscience without diminishing his- profits. Striking; Statesmanship. Chicago Record-Herald. They have during the past week or two had fist fights la' the German Reichstag and the French Chamber of Deputies. It's up to congress. Prosperity Flouts Economy. New York World. Nebraska farmers are so "flush" that they throw awy 125,000,000 a year In corn fodder they won't "bother" to cure. Pros perity is a fine thing, but economy Is not Its eldest child. " '-i Hot Alr-l)ld the Business. Washington Post. Mr. Bryttnils sa'li' to. have contributed $760 to the populist Vampalgn fund and but $200 to . the democratic campaign fund. But It was the talk he contributed to the republicans that counted. Hov Mnch Moref Cleveland Leader. ; Now there la to be a hard coal trust in fact as well af In theory. If Morgan's plans are adopted the whole anthracite Industry will bfe under one head. The people may as well get ready to foot the WU. - , . Wonders of Hindsight. Baltimore American. The fatal fire In Chicago again points the moral that death traps are always exposed sooner or later. It Is true that the ex posure is generally made by a holocaust and that as death traps they are allowed to drift along until they fulfill their deadly mission. Then everybody wonders why. Contradiction of Prophesy. Providence Journal. Before the end of this year our army will number less than 60,000 men and we shall have only 13,480 enlisted men in the Philip pines. Is there an antl-imperlaltst candid enough to acknowledge that this Is not what he was predicting a couple of years ago? . .. Inhnmanlty ' of Conl Barons. Indianapolis Journal. No more damaging testimony against the anthracite coal operators has been adduced than that of a 12-year-old boy who pro duced due bills showing tha.t he worked several weeks at 4.cents an hour and was docked every cent ot his pay on account ot an old' debt against his father, who had been killed in the, mines. A corporation that wuld be gultty of such oonduct as that would violate any law, human or divine. ' Am Aa-e;ravnlaa; Deeialoav ' Minneapolis Times. It is a queer state of affairs, sure enough. The United States, befora Arbitrator Oscar ot Sweden,, strenuously contended that It did not owe 'any damages to any one on account of military movements in Samoa. Oscar has decided that the United States and Great Britain transcended their powers and must pay for damages incurred. Now Uncle Sam must make up a Hat of the debts he must pay debts ha mad aO- davit ha did not owe. Row Will Critics B Goodt (fhlcago Chrdhlcle. Having come to the defense ot Dickens against the modern critics, Charles Alger non Swinburne has now turned his atten tion to those temerarious folk who venture to question the absolute infallibility of Shakespeare. He disposes of them as "dirty and dwarfiBb, creature ot simian intellect and facetious idiocy, who deny the sun in heaven and affirm the fragrance of a sewer." This ought to silence Irreverent criticism for some time to come. Good Advice Farmers. Baltimore American. Secretary Wilson given Rood advice to American farmers when he tells them to make thorough and systematlo atudy of foreign markets, so that they may be able to ship their products la the best way and to tb places where they will commLnd the highest prices. In this work the sec retary proposes to aid the farmers and will send experienced uei to several ot the most prominent foreign markets to note special conditions that may there prevail. In a limited way. if the funds of tb De partment of Agriculture permit and they probably will the work will be beeun the forthcoming year, and can hardly fall of practical and beneficial results. The market are nearly all open to American products, and the only question is bow to put then to the beet aaa most roiiubl BITS Or WASHINGTON LIFE. Minor Scenes and Incidents Sketched on the Snot. Hon. Galusha R. Grow, the venerable con-gressman-at-large from Pennsylvsnla, Is cneduled. to deliver today the fourth Im portant set speech be ha made tn congress In half a century. The first was on the homestead agitation In 1851, the year after he entered congress. The second. In 1880, wss entitled Free Homes for Free Men." The third, delivered at Oil City In 187s, wa devoted to the money question and at tracted wide attention. The last tor Mr. Orow says he expects It to be the last, as ne win retire from congress on March i treats of the relations of American labor to capital, with particular reference to the recent experiences of the state Mr. Grow represent. Here Is a pun credited to President Roosevelt, which Is going the rounds: When Secretary Shaw was trying all sorts of expedients to rellev the financial strin gency he was severely criticised tn many newspapers, some ot which called for hi retirement. In the midst of the hubbub he went to the cabinet meeting. A he en tered the room the president shouted at him: "Hello, Shaw! I see from the papers that I am expected to do with you what Mitchell did with his miner." "How I that?" asked Shaw, wonderingly. "Why," salff" the president, "I shall have to send you back to De Moines!" One ot the first things that Justice Holmes found It necessary to do after ar riving in Washington was to placa him self In tho hand ot the court modiste to be. measured for his new gown. Every new Justice Is expected to order a brand new gown. These robes are all black and are all made alike, the only difference being In the material, the chief Justice wearing black satin, while hla associates are robed In black silk. Justice Holmes' gown, Ilk that of his associates, will cost htm $100, and I mad of wide, straight widths, at the bottom three yards and a quarter wide, . and it come down to hi ankle. The gown has a narrow hem around the bottom and a broad one straight down the front. At the top it i gored to a yoke which la short on the shoulder and forms a deep scallop at the back. This yoke ha a silk lining be tween the outside and the inner one of silk. The sleeves are a yard and a quar ter wide and reach to the hands. The lining of the sleeve 1 formed by doubling tho material at the bottom, turning It up on the inside and plaiting It about a quar ter of a yard above the bottom to a narrow Ilk lining, which nicely fit the justice's arm. -. This arrangement make the lower part of each sleeve appear to be a wide, loose puff. The sleeves are gored and yoked on the shoulders with many rows of plaiting, but not so many as at the back of the gown, where it Is a quarter of a yard deep. A new gown on the bench is sub jected to as critical an examination by the wearers of the older gown as a woman's Easter bonnet at church Is popularly sup posed to be. It is one of the traditions of supreme court circle that the only justice who ever had a gown made outside of this country was Justice Miller, whose robe for some unknown reason was made in Paris. All the other gown for more than half a century have been made by one woman in Washington. Senator Spooner tells a tory, according to the Washington Post, In which the late Senator In gal Is and Senator Van Wyck of Nebraska figured. Van Wyck wa making cue of hi characterlatta-speeches in at tacking corporations. He had a peculiar style of delivery and as he warmed to his subject It was his habit to move restlessly from one aide of the chamber to the other, continually talking. He talked so fast that he often "sputtered" and senators were careful to keep out of range of the mois ture he hissed through his closely set teeth. Mr. In gal Is and Mr. Spooner once .sat directly in front of "Mr. Punch," a Sena tor Van Wyck wa often called, because of hi resemblance to that noted charac ter, when he was delivering an impas sioned utterance and an atom of spray rested upon the hand of the immaculate Ingalls. "He adjusted his spectacle carefully in spected his soiled hand and deliberately signaled for one of the pages to come to him. Then in one of hi famous whisper, which penetrated the entire chamber, In galls said: "Boy, bring an umbrella for Senator Spooner and a rubber overcoat for me." The Incident provoked general laughter, hut it did not interfere with Van Wyck' speech. He simply shifted hi position so a to get beyond range of hi always fault lessly dressed and sarcastlo colleague. In office," Those two little words are more significant or broken promises, blighted political faith and blasted hopes than any other two in the language, says the Washington Post. At the same time they convey a pride of possession that is the breath ot life of some people. A col ored maid recently employed by the wife of a western senator confided to Mr. Senator that her "ateady company" wa "in office," and the pride with which she made the an nouncement indicated her belief that he was in a class not far removed from the senator. Inquiry developed the fact that the maid's steady" wa a laborer In one ot the de partment. But her I the other picture. Aa elevator conductor at tjie capltol wa one of the moat Influential politicians in his section of a western state. He wa an im portant factor in the community In which he lived. He had a good business and money in bank. The desire of his life was to be "in office." He came to Washington with the senator whose election he had championed, expecting to obtain a lucrative position at once. He was disappointed. Too proud to return to hla home town without having tasted the fruit of political office be waited many weary month. Finally hi senator got the position of elevator con ductor for him. Now this man, whose Influ ence was sought by a senator and who cut an important figure in hla own state, i serving at the call of anybody at tne capitoi capable of pressing a push button. A few davs aao he escorted a party or nis oia friends and neighbors to the principal point ot Interest about the city. They wanted to see the president, and. putting on a bold front, he took them to the White House and made the effort. Unfortunately the president was engaged with some mem bers of the cabinet or he might have re ceived the nartr. As it was. the rebuff added only a trifle to the burden of dlsap polntment already borne by th man "in office." Celebrated Cm In Conrt. PhlladelDhla Record. The aupreme court In New Tork has granted William Potter a preliminary in junction restraining the labor union of which ha was a member from expelling him because ot his refusal to withdraw from the National Guard and because of bis service aa a member of the guard during a strike. Potter alleges tnat ne wa ex niiai without auch a trial aa he was en. titled to under the rules ot the union, ni rliimi damages for loss of work and wages. It was also clalated on his behalf that the act of the union In expelling bim was In contravention of publlo policy. The OJtcoms of this litigation. If it shall be pushed to final determination, will b of great public interest. YourfIJ?, is www w w,t ax ai a n - ja FEED If your hair is turning gray or falling out, it is starving. There isn't life enough in the roots. The remedy is simple : Feed your hair. Feed it with Ayer's Hair Vigor. It will not do impossible things, but it often does wonderful things. It always restores color, - . druit, and prevents splitting at the ends. Mt !. ih... n.pta ..rat, there isn't a gray nair to oe seen. same experience with it. Henry LAMENT ATI OSS OP THIS LEFT. Looking? tor Trouble. Stromstmrg News. It Is rumored that Mercer and his dis gruntled element will start a new paper In Omaha in opposition to The Bee. If you don't want to get stung it is a pretty good Idea to steer clear ot Honey's stinger. More Political roily. Broken Bow Republican. The talk of Dave Mercer for mayor of Omaha and a new republican morning paper there, no doubt is intended as a jest for Rosewater's benefit. An attempt at either would be folly. The nomination of Mercer or Broatch would result In the election of a democrat for mayor, and the newspaper would soon follow in the wake of Its prede cessors whose object ha been to do up The Bee. Poof Bnalness Proposition. Humboldt Leader. There is talk ot the establishment ot another morning paper in Omaha, said to be backed by Congressman Mercer, who, it is said, seeks this method of getting even with Rosewater. In case this is true, which we very much doubt, the projector of a paper for the purpose of punishing some one Is a mighty poor business proposition. The newspaper field in Omaha is well filled, and while many are not satisfied with its editorial policies at all times, the tact re mains that The Bee Is a modern news paper and will be patronised by the people of Nebraska so long a It occuple its present place in western journalism. And the patronage Is what make a paper pay. Lesson of Mercer' Defeat. Syracuse Journal. The State Journal and a few other news papers In the state are still flighting the battle in the Second district. Their guns are all trained on Rosewater. They seem ingly lose sight Of the fact that Mercer was doing a considerable amount of "dic tating" both before and after the nomina tion. Had the "heelers" of Douglas county taken the "old man's" advice and nomi nated some good, clean republican other than Mercer, the Second district would have gone republican With a nice majority. The trouble in Omaha la that the party machine ha gotten into the hand ot a few mercenary politician who care nothing for party If they can attain their end and gather In the pelf. Mercer' defeat haa taught the party that it 1 unwise to force a nomination by fraud and otherwise upon the people. You may be able to coerce dele gates, but not voter. PERSONAL NOTES. Dr. Henry S. Cutler, who died a few days ago at Swampscott, Mass., organized the first boy choir in the United States. Dr. Timothy Field Allen, the author ot an extensive encyclopaedia or materia medlca, and a well known physician ot New Tork City, Is dead. Senator Proctor of Vermont Is president of the first manufacturing corporation In New England to erect a fine building near the works for the educational and moral benefit ot the employes. Fred P. Clark, twenty year ago a promi nent and wealthy mill owner In Minneapo lis, was arrested a a vagrant the other day and sent to the workhouse. A succession of business and matrimonial misfortunes dis sipated hi fortune and he took to drink, and now, at tho age of to, he 1 a mental and physical wreck. . When Congressman . Hill of Connecticut first went to Washington he fell into con versation on day with a portly and some what pompous lawyer from the southwest, into which section Nutmeg state capitalists at that time were putting a good deal ot capital by way of investment. "Connecti cut I not muqh Qt a state, I believe," said Boys' Clothes There's nothing shoddj in oar suits and overcoat", for boys big or little. But with sound materials and workmanship, we combine all the style that the dandi est boy or the fondest mother could desire--jaunty and serviceable, and our pricea are in keeping with the gar ments-r-just right and don't overlook our fino line of wiuter caps and furnishings. - "No Clothing Fits Like Ours " gnjmi---( R & WILCOX, Manager. y " Vi ' " r, ..a.... . ill ,yj.v .aa. - u ' stops falling, cures dan 'a a Vt f J. O. XrrC., Lewsll. bum. Kfnp t Maeil Aver'a Hair Viffftr. . Nnnr 1 have many friends who have had th Coleman. New York City, N. Y. the lawyer in rather patronising fashion. "Well," aid Hill, quietly, "the people of my state own about all ot the country down where you live." ' "Bill" Sewell, the Maine hunter-gulde-friend of President Roosevelt, will visit Washington with hi wifa in February, hav ing been invited to do so when the presi dent visited Maine last fall. . Straaburg Is about to erect a monument to Goethe. The German poet passed some of the best years of hi youth la the Al satian town and referred to It frequently with words of admiring affection in his memoir. The design for th statu ha not yet been selected, but no attempt will be spared to make it worthy of th great nam which it 1 to commemorate. POINTED REFLECTIONS. New Tork Time: W. C. Bryant at a recent dinner apoke of Daniel.' of biblical fame, as one of the few men who was lionized and kept his head. Philadelphia Press! "Well," said the flaln citizen, "there are always two sides o a question." "Of course," replied the diplomat, "other wise how could we dodge it?" Washington Star: "When a mule stahts In to be a kicker," said Uncle Etwn, "he' mighty ll'ble to land an' make some differ ence. Dat's whah be hab de advantage ot human folka." Somervllle Journal: Of course It I pos sible that a dry goods clerk may make a good husband, but he must feel tnmpted at timea to take revenge on his wife tor th trouble that other women give him. Cleveland Plain Dealer: "Blmler says the president blustered too much in hi menage." . "Blmler said that! By Jove, -I always suspected him of having English blood in his veins." Chicago Tribune: "There goes Bmartloy with the umbrella I lost yesterday." "If you're sure he's trot It why don't you make him give It to ouT , "Because I'm pretty aure be kaowe) where I got It." Detroit Free Press: "He says h'a bound to have his magazine read." How' he going to do It?" "He's going to put the reading matter where th advertising usually la. Phlladelphla Bulletin: "Mrs. Plumm holds her own well, doesn't he?" "But It Isn't. That's her sister' child." THE GIRL BHHIND THE PIE, Baltimore New. Th man behind the cannon and the girl behind the man Have been sung in fabled story ever sine the world began From the day the Trojan Helen, leader of a grizzled herd, ' . To the time of "Maggie Moorpby, mascot of de bloomln' Third;" 'Bound the world have spread th stories of the brave who do or die. But we've aever heard an anthem on th Girl Behind the Pie. There she stands, with cup of coffee, slabs of pastry, chunks of cake. Temptingly arrayed around her. with dys pepsia In their wake ' And she eyes th deadly sinker with a most bewitching eye. A a stream ot win ling victims sorrowfully wanders by; Filled or filling, starved or foundered, go they on their varied way. And for her who works the pie pump they have naught but ready praise. Call her Us, or plain Eliza, or Elizabeth, 81nceBheP'chance la ten to nothing that she doesn't care a rap Call her "madam" . she will snicker; call her "honey" she will Irown, But you're safe to call her anything, o you don't call her down; "Slnkenrup draw one!" she iwUrmurs. Ah! the magic of her voice I a wicked death to sorrow and s bidding to rejoice 1 You may keep your fabled wonder In the long, Immortal line. But 1 11 take the little pte girl aa th heroine, in ml net ... Ay. I'll take the little pie girl In her modest suit of drab, As she cuts a brand new custard, when I ask hr for a slab! Laud your man behind the eunon and nis girl to the sky. But I'm writing this here anthem to th Olrl Behind the Pie I . . ."J" ' ,f-T !.: J S , 1 -.i.:3.-j4iro;t. i