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TflE OMAHA DAILY HEE: MOXDA7. AUGUST 24, 1 DOS. I i Ti ie Omaha Daily Bee. e. rose water, editor. PUBLISHED EVERT MORNING. TERMS OF fiUPSCRIPTION. pally Pr (without Honday). On Tear. .$4 00 ifh.ctfHtrt H. on Year J lunrinv nc One Year ? w 8lurriy He. One Year "V Twentieth Century Farmer, One Tsar.. 1.00 DELIVERED BY CARRIER. Da!lv Bee (without Sunday), pr copy.... as Dally Hee (without Sunday), per week... .12c Dally Bee (Including; Sunday), per week. .lie Jflliy rttrv iijiuuui.i, . a..w.Anr limm r.r rnnv W Evening: Bee (without Sunday), per week 6c Evening Bee (Including Sunday), P8r10, Complaints' ' of Mrregularities' in" df'livery should te addressed to City Circulation De partment. orIrICES. . Omaha The Bee Building. 'South Omaha-City Hall Building, Twenty-fifth and M Streets. Council Bluffs 10 Peurl Street. ; 'hlc ngf ltHO Unity Building. New York 2328 Park Bow Building. ' Washington 601 Fourteenth Street. CORRESPONDENCE. Communications relating o news and edi torial matter ahottld be addressed: Omaha Bea, Editorial Department, -j, REMITTANCES. Remit by draft, express or postal order, psvable to The Bee Publishing Company. Only 2-eent stamps accepted In payment or mall accounts. Personal checks, except on Omaha or eastern exchanges, not accepted. THE BEE PUBLISHING COMPANY. STATEMENT OF CIRCULATION. State of Nebraska. Douglas County, ss .: Oeorge B. Tsschuck, secretary of The Bes Publishing Company, being duly sworn, avs that the actual number of full ana complete copies of The Dally Morning, Evening and Sunday Bee printed during the month or juiy. ww i""""" I ...80,MM . 17.. t ao.oao is,. 1 81.140 II., 4 .....BU,030 .-. 2T.345 St.. 80,750 B.. 80.B00 a.. 1 80,M . , M.. 1 80,080 .. 3O.330 .80.6KO .8T.3UO .82,810 .ito.uuo .sooo .3O.07O .ao.aoo .30,020 .-37.140 V 10 80.TBO 26 11 80,770 11.... 87,010 13. 30,000 11 80,040 7 .'. 80,170 S0.200 0 80,310 0 iltl.THO is ao.wao u. IS. 30,1100 Total Leas unsold and returned copies. .80,010 ... 083,313 ... , Net total sales V2S.OU7 Net average sales 80.7W0 GEORGE B. TZ8CHUCK. Subscribed In my presence and sworn to before me thla 3lst uuy of July, A. D. lUa. M. B. 11 UNGATE, i (Seal) . Notary Public. PARTIES LEAV1MO FOH SlUiUUH. -1 Parties leavlna- tha ltr (or e . B- b-a Tha Baa 1 sent to them . regalarly by .' notifying The Baa Bnalaesa ' "' affloa, la nenoa os by Ball. Tha addrea will be changed la flea aa desired. -.Spectacplaristi Open to a limited num ber of engagements. For terms apply to Duvld B. Ulll, at Wolferf Roost. . The proposed occupation tax may be a good thing, but Bow1 Vll'l it reach, the tax shirkers who have n6 occupation? President , Roosevelt's belief In the west ia reinforced ' by bis sending of young Roosevelt to the Black Hills for an Initiation Into true .western life. ,The Lincoln Journal discourses learn edly in its editorial columns' on'tbe "Ju dicial Tenure : of ' Offlde." ' And ' It la printed In a town that boast Itself a university center. 'With the; banana crop in Beveral West Indian islands wiped out of existence by the late hurricane, some of the people In tills country may have to content themselves with domestic fruits. '. T JAa a mattor of precaution the dry hall hould be picketed and barricaded against Injunctions and counter-injunctions until" the paring contracts have all been signed, sealed and delivered. And now all the fusion regents of the State .university, are accused by their party organs as being simply repub licans In disguise. Strange what con tact with th fonts of .education will do. Former Senator Allen declares the populists are no more Indebted to the democrats than they are to the repub licans. That depends whether the book keeping ia done by a populist or by a democrat . Another problem yet unsolved Is how to reconcile General Miles aa a presi dential candldute to all those fulmlna tions against militarism with which democratic platforms have been loaded down year after year. The fences "have been the sticking point in the agitation for a land leasing bill. Get the fences down once and all the government land returned to the public domain and the leasing question .will gradually solve itself. Secretary of War Root will not retire from the cabinet till well lrto next win -ter. For this extension of the time at tbelr disposal to guess the identity of his successor, the Washington correspond euta should be duly thankful. ',A city rock pile would certainly be most appropriate appendage to tho city bast lie, but in the Interval the city prls oners could get Healthful exercise and contribute toward their board bills by extracting weeds from neglected side walks and roadwnys. An eastern critic wants to know whyjmul promote its industrial and commer- tbe Nebraska republicans in their state platform omitted to insert a few words pushing J he Irrigation project along. This complaint, though, is hardly war ranted. Tbe platform endorses the late legislature and a good majority of the legislators were sturdy devotees during the session to the cause of irrigation. There Is a slight snu Inexplicable dis crepancy between the assurances given by lao 'oiiU-llerttld that the engineers who have recently been relnspectlng the locations for tho power canal hove an a hu win lit amount of capital ready to carry out the project successfully and tbe other rateteut lu the same paper that tbe financing of the scheme Is still under consideration. TBK Marquis vr SAUSBVRi: I Among British statesmen the late ninr- quls of Salisbury held a most dls- tliigulshed place, the record of his pub- lie career, covering nearly half a een- tury. constituting a notable chapter In Kifgllsh history. A member of the fa- iuous Cecil family, which has contrlb- a uted so lnrgely to British statesman- ship, Salisbury had those qualities of mind and cb a rater which com- mended him to the confidence of the conservative party in England, of which he became the leader, exercising a con- trol over the party, until bis retirement from public life about a year ago, which was not surpassed by any of bis prcde- censors. A man of marked Intellectual I force, earnest In his convictions and of great determination, Salisbury made himself felt In British politics almost from the day he entered the House of I Commons, and moved steadily forward to the attainment of the highest place in the British government, for England's prime minister exercises a greater power I over the affairs of the empire than does ing that the denial to the negro of his tho sovereign. This power the marquis constitutional rights Is a very real dan of Salisbury held at different times for ger to the nation. After pointing out about thirteen years and it was for the most part sagaciously used for the ad- voncement of British Interests. No I English statesman was ever more watchful of those Interests. Salisbury ranked very high in the field of diplomacy, his early lessons having been received from Disraeli, who was a master of the art according to I European Ideas and methods when Sails- bury entered the field. There has been a considerable change since, due In no I small degree to the open and straight-1 forward course in diplomacy of the I United States. More than any other I European statesman Salisbury was 1 brought to a -realization of the Amerl- can diplomatic method, as in the Vene- ruelan boundary controversy when the I British government was plainly told by our government that the Issue should be 1 who represent 10,000,000 of colored peo submitted to arbitration. It Is said that pie, substantially all of whose legal Salisbury was never a good friend to America, but the statement needs to be qualified, for in his inter years he rec- agnized In common with all other Intel- llgent Englishmen the value and im- portance of cultivating friendly rela- tions between Great Britain and the Unlted States and he improved every opportunity to show how he felt in this respect The marquis of Salisbury was one of the most scholarly men In England and be was a constant student, devoting mnch time to the stndy of science, for which he Is said to hnve bad a much stronger liking than for politics, while not celebrated as an orator, he was yet a strong and Impressive speaker, Sails- bury was not popular, as that term is I far as the local governments are con commonly understood, being cold !n cerned be has no rights which the whites manner ana exclusive in habit yet bis countrymen had confidence in his abll-1 ity and his patriotism and did not al - low the fact that he was the embodl- ment of . British aristocracy to Interfere I with admiration of the talent and qual- lties - which won him political dlstme-H tlon. He was one of the really great men of his time.' uauibow PHOSPiCTOfits. unai a system or electric trolley ana suburban tramways radiating In every airecoon irom umana win re duui at of Btateg whlch di8franchl8e colored cit no distant day la a foregone conclusion. lzen8 and tUa authority should be exer- The success of electric interurban tram- ways In Ohio, Michigan. Indiana, IM- nuis, Wisconsin and eastern lowa ai- fords a guaranty that sooner or luter western Iowa and Nebraska will be fa- vored by similar transportation luclll- ties. There is, however, no prospect for the prosecution of such enterprises In this or any other section of the country until the financial conditions In the money centers of the country have materially improved. For the same reason there Is no lm- mediate prospect for the launching of wreckage in the wake of the cyclone the Platte river power canal. That a threatens to Impede the democratic ve power canal supplying motive power for hicje so seriously that republican success factories, mills, packing houses, street railways and electric lighting plants win d Dunt somewhere witnin a raaiua of 100 miles of Omaha is conceded by all who have glTen the sub- Ject serious consideration, but the peo- pie or omsna snouia not allow them- selves to be hoodwinked or humbugged into giving away their birthright for a mess of pottage by highly colored stereoptlcon prospectuses of enterprises and projects thst lack the chief ele- meuts of success financial backing. The fsct that so many power canal electric railway schemes are all being focused in the public eye al thla time. when the dniaha Electric Light com- pany is asking for a monopoly of all the public lighting In this city for a period of ten years. Justifies the sus- plclon that the voltage for all these at- tractive and promising chesp power and low fare projects is generated in the power house and percolated through the main office of the electric light com- pany for home consumption. If this suspicion is not well founded The Bee will cheerfully make a dls- clnlmer as soon as convincing proofs are furnished that there Is substance for fulfillment behind the rainbow pros- pectuses. The liee is for Ouinlm first, last and all the time, and it is for any- body who will help to build up Omaha da I growth, but The Bee is not given to rainbow chasing. " Ths Bee says: "Tha JuClcial race of 1904 la Nebraska Is not to be between Barnes nd Sullivan hit tttm-,n RnKrl R T Aa Herdir.an and ths republican dark horse for tha supreme court clerkship." Ths office of judge of tha supreme court nas always iwo regaroea as a very im- portsct one; and yet this republican paper tells us that the contest la not between the two candidates for that office, but Is be tween the present clerk of the court, for whom The Bee editor entertains a very strong enmity, and a republican dark h"rs. World-Herald. ' In the discussion of Issues and men The Bee has made Its reputation by .1, j , ,. . calling a spade a spade. Its compressed estimate of the issue of tbe state cam- palgn la the frozen truth, expressed without personal blag or prejudice. The office of supreme Judge Is supremely ini- portnnt. As a bone of contention, mess urPi by mandnrd dollars, It is very In significant. Judge Sullivan's salary Is $2,500 a rear. The clerkship of the su preme court Is reputed to yield $12,000 year.- with such an Income Mr. Ilerd- man can afford to drop $5,000 Into the fusion contribution box without shed ding a tear, while Judge Sullivan could not drop $500 without some embarrass nient. Manifestly, it is of the utmost importance for the fusion reform forces to retain Ilerdman at his post. TUK DlSFBAZCBlstMKKT ISSVK A notable feature of the address of former United States Senator Chandler, at the dedication of the monument to President Arthur, was his reference to the disfranchisement issue and other wrongs to which colored citizens In the south are subjected. This is a matter as to which Mr. Chandler has long shown a most earnest interest, bellev the Injustice to the colored people In parts of the south, in utter disregard of the amendments to the national const! tutlon adopted after the civil war, Mr. Chandler asked how Lincoln and others of that time would meet the situation if they were living now and urged that the northern states of the union cannot be too soon or too thoroughly aroused to the conditions. He said it Is true that the result, of a presidential election has not yet been changed by the increased representation given by reason of the colored lnhabi tants, but such an outcome Is not lm probable In 1904. "If the white men of the solid south take possession of the presidency by an electoral majority of ninety or less it will be seen that the work has been done by the fifty electors voters would vote the other way if not debarred and robbed of their voice ntid their vote." Herein is Indicated the dange of the government passing Into the control of men who are in hearty sympathy with the southern treatment of the colored race and would exert ln- fluence and povver to extend and make permanent the policy now in operation in several of the southern states and which will certainly be put into effect in others If nothing be done to prevent it A writer In the Chicago Chronicle says that "in the six Gulf states and In South Carolina and Arkansas negro suffrage Is certainly a flat failure. In these eight states the black man is, not only denied the ballot, but practically so are bound to respect" Yet the repre- sentatlon of those states in congress and ln the electoral college Is in part based npott the colored population. This is an obvious Injustice to the states which give the suffrage, to ail citizens, Mr. Chandler did not in the least ex- aggerate the gravity and Importance of this Question. -It will have to be dealt with sooner' or later and the duty of do- mc this will devolve urion the renub- Hcan Dart iThere l8 constitutional an thorIty for reducing the representation PiSAi ThA fiftTiiri.th rnnri.a m.v ha called upon to seriously consider this Question ' Congressman Vandlver of Missouri ex plains that he will not accede to re- quests of his friends to seek the demo cratlc nomination for governor against Circuit Prosecutor Folk because "I don't want to run against a cyclone." But there are other ambitious democrats in Missouri who are not so reluctant and Insist on being shown. The political in Missouri may become a possibility Prohibition crusaders have always centered their fire upon the signs of the saloons. They did not want the boys to gee the sign of a saloon because the sign has Its attraction. Now Chief of Police Donahue has fixed his gatllng guns on the stick drink signs In the drug stores and the signs must come down, but the stick drinks will still stick and velvety-throated girls will eon tlnue to swallow mixed soda without giving a sign of discomfort. One of the leading candidates for the Judicial vacancy on the federal district bench In the Northern Iowa district has declined a re-election to the state senate of which he was assured because he does not want to be asking more than one honor at a time. But this is over in Iowa. Here In Nebraska every aspiring politician feels perfectly free to aim at as many targets as he can fit arrows into his bow The local democratic machine must be I in good working order. It has assumed to Itself the exclusive right to appoint the delegates to state and Judicial con veuUuna without asking for the aid or consent of the ruuk and file expressed through a primary, and its usurpation seems to have aroused but little pro- test. And the dictionaries define democracy as the rule of the people. Is it possible that there is not one lawyer lu all the ranks of Nebraska popunsis competent to aspire to a p.uce Ion the supreme bench? Or are the pros- I nects of success so poor that the popu- nrofor tn hB. ti1B himlon of d- feat borne by a democratic ally? Navel Incident af Trade. Pittsburg Dispatch. Of tha "crop" of 180J the Kentucky dis tillers are making preparations for the I exportation of SO.OU) barrels of whisky to German porta for storage. This Is a new Idea, and Is tha first exportation In Ken- '" , . .nv M. amoun. D, young whisky to be matured In Europe. I It Is a novel Incident of the trade. Tbe whisky to be sent abroad Is Intended largely for ths trad in, California and other western states. Toor Old Mlssanrl. Kansas City Star. Still thers will be considerable specula tion throughout the country sb to why the fifth state In the union makes chicken stealing a felony and the solicitation of bribes only a misdemeanor. Aaother Credit Mark. Philadelphia Frees. The percentage of girls and women em ployed to the total self-supporting popula tion Is less In the United States than In ny other great nation, being only 14 per cent. In Germany the percentage is IS, In England 27, In Italy 40 and In Austria 47. The more backward the nation the larger the percentage of women employed in In dustrial pursuits. Fortane Walta on Saeceaa, Harper's Weekly. Radium, discovered in 1898, was valued at 15,000,000 a pound. Its estimated value has since been reduced to $2,721,655.90 a pound, which Is a very material reduction, but the price is still high.. We read with Interest that a Buffalo man, Mr. Stephen Lockwood, expects to engage in the manufacture, or extraction, of this inter esting substance, and hopes to lower the pries still further. Ills hopes, as recorded In ths papers, are based on the possession of certain deposits of carnotlte in Utah, from which he has been able to extract radium, and which he believes can be In duced to give Its radium up somewhat easier than the pitchblende from which tha radium so far obtained has been ex tracted. We hope he will sucoeed. Radium Is the most Interesting substance out, and. dear though It Is, a very little of it goes great ways, and lasts 'apparently for ever. We want more of It,, for, unlike liquid air, It seems really to be of use for something besides amusement and specula' tlon. Municipal Lighting riaats. Chicago News.., Chicago has the largest municipal electrle lighting plant In the world Detroit comes next, but In both these cities light Is fur nished by the municipal plants for public purposes only. Ths Chicago and Detroit experiments are considered successful. Many smaller communities own lighting plants and furnish light for both public and private use, ordinarily with satisfactory results. It yet remains for a large Amer ican city to demonstrate that a municipal lighting plant can make a success of ths commercial lighting business. The city of Cleveland, under Mayor Johnson's rule, ap parently Is to be the first to try the ex periment. Immediately after his re-elec tion last spring Mayor Johnson set on foot a movement for the establishment In Cleve land of a munlpipal lighting plant that not only should furnish light for public pur poses, but should sell to private consumers as well. The city council was asked to authorise a bond Issue .for the purpose. The Chamber of Commerce of . Cleveland offered objections. Mayor Johnson met this opposition by suggesting that the proposition be submitted to the people. It will be voted on at a special election early In September, and Mayor Jdhnson's friends expect a large vote in favor of it THINGS WORTH INVESTIGATION. . - v. Smooth Palm of Graft Observed lm the Llttaaer Glove Deal. ' Harper's Weekly.-' Scarcely had Representative Lucius N, Llttaucr announced that he regarded as a complete exoneration of himself Secre tary Root's comment iff Colonel Garllng ton's report concerning the glove and gau Atlet ''contracts, when new order "was Issued by the secretar' dlreotlng Colonel Garllngton -to continue Ihe investigation. It Is to be hoped thst Colonel Garllngton, In the course Of his renewed inquiry, will examine Edmund R. Lyon of New York. with reference to- the dealings which he (Lyoi.j had with Llttauer during the years when that' representative's firm was fur nlshlng gloves and gauntlets to tha federal government. Lyon's testimony should be relevant and Interesting, In view of the fact that, In proceedings before a referee In bankruptcy in New York, he declared under oath that Llttauer's firm had share In ' the contracts eecured by Lyon from the War department. Timothy Keck has also sworn that, after meeting Rep resentative Llttauer In New York City, he' (Keck) refrained from bidding for certain government glove contracts, and was paid so much a pair to keep out of the com petition. 'A facsimile letter has been pub lished In which Lyon acknowledges the payment of 11,600 to Brothers Keck In con sideration of their withholding bids. It would be worth whlla . to learn whether this money was furnished by Lyon him self, who has never been a rich man, or by his bondsmen on the government glove contracts, who were Llttauer's brother and brother-in-law. If there are in existence any other documents that would throw light on the true Inwardness of Represen tative Llttauer's connection with govern ment glove contracts, it is to be wished that they will now be exhibited to Colonel Garllngton. The president has declared, we are Informed, that Llttauer need ex pect no mercy If that federal lawmaker has violated the federal law forbidding a representative to be Interested in gov ernment contracts. RELIGIOUS CENSUS IN GERMANY. Growth and Numerical Strength af . tha Several Denominations. New York Independent. The German government haa Just pub lished the full report of ths religious cen sus taken some time ago. According to this the Protestants number 35,231,104, or 62 5 per cent of the total; the Roman Cath ollcs 20,327,911, or 841 per cent of all the In habitants. In addition there are 203,763 "other Christians" I. e., .Methodists, Bap tists, Irwlngions, etc., and 68S.K33 Jews, the latter constituting 1 per cent of the popu lation. Thus nearly two-thirds of all Ger many la Protestant and a little more than one-third Roman Catholic. It Is particu larly Interesting to note that, notwith standing the fact that educated Germany has again snd again been declared to have broken with Christianity, there were, out side of the Jewish contingent, only 6.933 persons In the whole tnplre who declared that tney were nut Ciiiwtlaus. . Although social democracy la determined In Its oppo sition to the church and to Christianity, It has not been able to Induce Its adherents to break with the state churches, although naturally hundreds of thousands who have enrolled themselves as Protestants or Ro man Catholics are bnly nominally adher ents of these churches. Neither of tha two great churches has made material gains or suffered serious lo.ses since ls71, when the Protestants had per cent and tha Cath olics "4A.t per cent of tne population. In 1&0 the figures were 62.2 per cent and 36. t per cent; In ISii they wre 62 7 per cent and X5.S per cem; In 1J they were 62.1 per cent and 36.1 per cent. The Jewl-h ont.n gent has gone back from 1.3 per cent In 1870 to 1 per cent now. North Germany Is the stronghold of Protestantism, lu mis places the percentage being S and 19, while ttouth Germany, tha Rhine districts, and especially AUace-Lorralne. are predomi nantly Roman Catholic. The mort Catholic country Is tha little provtnea of Hohenaol lern, with M per cent ot ' IU population members of that church. THE RF.rtBLlCAK STATE TICKET. Ashlsnd Gatette: The republican state convention at Lincoln Tuesday named a winning ticket. Pender Republic: Judge Barnes haa al ways been an active, ardent republican and has attended every republican conven tion since and Including the one held In 1872. David City Banner: in the nomination of Judge Barnes as candidate for supreme Judge the Banner believes that the party made no mistake In the selection of a standard-bearer. Battle Creek Republican: Having Judge B. Barnes of Norfolk at the head of the State ticket ought to be an incentive for Madison county republicans to get out and hustle harder than ever this fall and they 111. Howells Journal: The republican state convention held at Lincoln on Tuesday nominated Judge Barnes of Norfolk for supreme Judge. Mr. Barnes Is an old resi dent of the state snd as an attorney stands well, wherever known. Norfolk News: For the first time In many years tha North Platte republicans are to know how It seems to support a man from this section for the first place on the ticket. That they will, do so energetically and continuously may be taken for granted. Ponca Journal: Judge J. B. Barnes, who was nominated for supreme Judge by the republican convention at Lincoln Tuesday, was a resident ot Ponca for seventeen years. Ills large acquaintance throughout this part of the state will make him many additional votes. Elm Creek Beacon: The state republican convention last Tuesday nominated Judge Barnes of Norfolk for supreme Judge, and Whltmore of Valley and C. S. Allen of Lincoln for regents ot the State university, They are popular candidates and will be elected by a large majority. Blair Pilot: Judge Barnes of Norfolk has been nominated for the supreme bench by the republicans. Barnes has lived In Ne braska a third of a century and Is recog nised as an able Jurist one ot the ablest In the state. The only question left to decide Is tbe size of his majority at the polls. O'Neill Frontier: Judge Barnes by the way, an exceptionally good man for the place was nominated for supreme Judge st the republican convention as expected. The pops will now yell louder than ever, but their yell has lost its terror. It would have been the same with them whoever had been nominated. Monroe Republican: The republican state convention at Lincoln nominated Judge J. B. Barnes of Norfolk for supreme Judge and W. G. Whltmore of Valley and C. S. Allen of Lincoln for regents. These standard-bearers are men of recognised ability and their candidacy will no doubt Increase the republican majority In the state this fall. Ord Quia: The republican state conven tion Tuesday was not long In doing the work it had in hand In nominating ths head of the ticket One vote sufficed to name John B. Barnes of Madison for su preme judge and another ballot nominated W. G. Whltmore of Douglas and C. S. Allen of Lancaster for regents. The ticket Is a good one and will of course be elected. Tekamah. Journal: Nebraska republicans seem unanimous this year in the selection pf their standard-bearers. At Tuesday's state convention J. B. Barnes was nom inated for supreme Judge by acclamationr W. G. Whltmore and C. B. Allen were nom inated for regents on, ths first ballot and Harry C. Lindsay was re-elected state chairman for the third time. - With a united party the republicans cannot be de feated. Tekamah Herald: The nomination ot Judge Barnes-by . acclamation at. the re publican state convention was - a well merited compliment. The naming ,of the candidate was conceded to the north part of the stats and the choice fell on the judge, he now being on the supreme court commission and having a large acquain tance in the state, and being very popular In hla own congressional district, made him an available candidate. No better choice could have been made. North Platte Tribune: Mr. Barnes was the unanimous choice of the convention and was declared the nominee by acclamation. His candidacy has been before the re publicans of the state for many months and that It was enthusiastically approved by the republicans of the entire state Is demonstrated In the fact that no other candidacy has, since the Barnes announce ment, received anything like serious men tion. He has the support of a united party nd that he will be elected there can be but little doubt. Falls City Journal: The republican state convention at Lincoln was quiet and har monious. The only Important nomination was for supreme Judge. Judge J, B. Barnes of Norfolk received the nomination' with out material opposition. He ' should be elected without trouble. His ability, and Integrity are unquestioned and he has been on the supreme court commission long enough to get acquainted with-the bar and prove his qualifications. The regents ot the university, while a very important position, has never made much stir in the campaign. Both candidates are well quali fied. Chadron Journal: Ths republican state convention, which met at Lincoln on Tue day of this week, resulted in ths unanimous selection of Judge J. B. Barnes of Norfolk for candidate for supreme judge, and W. G. Whltmore of Douglas county and C. B Allen of Lancaster county, candidates for regents ot the State university. The very best of feeling prevailed. Judge Barnes has long been looked upon as excellent timber for supreme Judge, and a nomina tion at the hands of the republicans ot Nebraska this yesr Is generally conceded to be as good as sn election. The honor bestowed certainly comes to a man thor oughly dean, conscientious snd able. Norfolk Press: Tha republican state con' ventlon nominated Judge Barnes ot this city for Justice of tha supreme court by acclamation, as ""everybody expected It would. W. O. Whltmore of Valley and C, 8. Allen of Lincoln were named for unl verstty regents on the first ballot. Judge Barnes needs no introduction to readers of the Press. He has lived in thla portion of Nebraska for more than thirty years, and has friends and admirers In all political parties. The writer haa known W. G, Whltmore for a great many years and considers him sn admirable candidate for regent, lie la one of tha progreiwlv men ot Nebraska, and In his hands the interests ot tha great educational Institution would be safe. The Press knows very little of Mr. Allen and so cannot say so much as It does of the other two candidates. Hastings Tribune: Tha republican state convention at Lincoln Tuesday was any thing but a "cut and dried affair,'' but majority of our fusion friends are still harping away on that old threadbare phrase, and It sounds so good to them that they hava to keep rolling It around under their tongues Ilka a sweet morsel. It Is patent that the republicans of Ne braska were unanimous In their choice of J. B. Barnes of Norfolk for supreme Judge, and the result of the first ballot spoke their sentiments clearly for C. 8, Allen ot Lincoln and W. a. Whltmore of Valley for university regents. And It his always been conceded that Harry C. Land say of Pawnee would be kept at tha hci of the state central committee, becausa of his successful experience and splendl knowledge of the right way to conduct clean and effective campaign. s BITS OF WASHINGTON LIFE. Minor Scenes and Incidents Sketched n tha Spat. What Is believed to be ths most sensi tive machine In the world has Just been procured by Director Btrrtton of the Bu reau of Standards. It can weigh the slight est rhsnge of temperature. It puts the scales that registers the weight of a hair out of the running. That test used to be regarded as the acma of delicacy In. the weighing line, but If a hair were placed on one pan of Prof. Stratton's machine without the other pan being counterbal anced, the pan containing the hair would drop down quickly. Bo far the experts hava been able to detect the difference ot three one-bllllonths of a kilogram. A kilo gram Is equivalent to 2.2046 pounds. When the machine Is permanently installed on an absolutely firm base, and where at mospheric and thermometrlo conditions sre In perfect control, they expect to be able to detect variations ot weight down to one-billionth of a kilogram. That Is to say, about ths one sixty-five thousandth part of a grain. Articles to be weighed are placei on the scales for twenty-four hours before they are weighed in order that they may have exactly the same temperature as the scales. The colder a weight is the heavier, and vice versa. Variations In temperature are recorded more faithfully than with tha thermometer. Prof. Stratum says that when a weight is placed on the scales which Is warmer than the scales and tha atmosphere that surrounds them there Is an upward current whose lifting power Is recorded by the scales. Two platinum weights were placed on the pan and they balanced the weight on the other side ex actty. One was lifted from the pan, held In the Angers a moment and then restored to the scales and a reading made. There was a difference of seven bllllonths of a kilogram In the two weights, which were not as large ss a gold dollar. The scales ate to be used in determining the exactness' of the standards of weight which are to be put out by the bureau. They were made In Vienna. The expert coin counters of the Treasury department have beaten the Yankee, In ventor who thought he could build a ma chine that would count faster than human eyes and fingers. One day last- week the agent of an automatic coin counter se cured permission to try his machine In the treasury. When It became noised among the women counters that there was to be a test of speed and accuracy be tween one of their number and a labor saving device, much excitement prevailed. It was feared that if the machine won out in the contest It would mean the ulti mate dismissal of the women and the In stallation of the automatic counters. The women picked out their champion In the person of a pretty young girl who held the record for counting. The chief of the division selected a number of bags of pen nies 1100 worth, or 10.00J In all. These he handed over to the agent, stipulating that the rules governing everyday work must prevail in the contest. Thus the agent Was required to skim over the pennies In search for counterfeits. He spread L0O0 out over tbe counter, ran hurriedly over them In a hunt for counterfeits. After satisfying himself that the remaining pen nies were all right, he hurriedly swept them Into a receptacle attached to the ma chine. Then he grabbed a crank and be gan turning it, while at the same time the coppers began flying Into little stacks at a tremendous rate. The 6peratlon was re peated ten times, and when the 10,000 had been .counted, the official time was an nounced as fifty-eight minutes. Then the-young woman ' seated herself at the table. At the word "go" her fingers began to fly over the mass of pennies at a rate . which ' filled the hearts of hex as sociates with joy. Not 'once did she make false movement, and when, with a smile she threw the last of her 10,000 pennies upon its stock,, the time was announced as forty-eight minutes. The defeated agent sent his cart to the treasury yesterday and took his automatic counter away. Much has been written on the subject of the tall columns in the pension office build ing snd of the "pictures" outlined thereon by tbe artist, In Imitating the color and grain of Sienna marble, says the Wash ington Post, but there are few, doubtless, who realise that this Is sn old trick ot decorators the world over, or. who sre familiar with how the fad originated. The facts, however, are that In polishing a slab of marble certain curious twists and turns of the grain often times bear a close re semblance to well known objects. This, of course, is merely accidental, and due to what geologists call the "faulting," "over- lapping" and distortion of the strata In past sges, producing knots snd pockets In the grain of the marble not unlike the whorls and convolutions in a place of blrdseye maple. Some of the figures thus produced In cutting a slab ot marble ."across the grain" are truly remarkable. There are equally curious mar Die pic tures on the walls of other depaitment buildings. Perhaps the most notable of these are three very striking pictures on the walls of the library in the Navy de partment.. Part of the Navy department library walls are lined with verd antique marble and on the larger of the two panels to the left Of the main door, as one enters, are the outlines of what has received tha name of "Ths boot on the snowdrift." Part of the marble panel is profusely veined with white, while a certain section of the lower psrt, having the exact outline of sn army riding boot, is clear, deep green. The "Dlcture" Is a very striking one ana a Derson csn make out ths outline ot the boot lying on ths snowdrift the moment It Is pointed out ' Then, singularly enougn, on mt panel, to the right ot the large one, are certain veins snd dark ana ngnt spois which srs known to ths Navy department people as "The shoe." It bears a close resemblance to a man's shoe, although not near so plain as the boot. On tbe panel to' ths rlgtit or ins main door as one enters ths navy library there Is still another "picture" much mors strik ing than tha others. It consists ot a quarU- Ilka Inclusion of perfectly wnite color, set In ths deep black-green of ths marble, ami has long been known as "Sarah Bernhardt sitting on the rock." The marble cutter has. Indeed, split through the raarDie ana Dolished It down st the right spot In this white Inclusion to proauce a ngur, im m lines of which resembles nothing quite so much ss the figure of a dainty and chic French actress, perched In characteristic on a large bowlder. The figure is atrlklnir snd lifelike snd doubtless bad this slab been erected In some house oi worsnip t medieval Europe Instead of In tha Navy ri.nartment of modern America u wouia have been called tbe Angel uaonei, inncu of the name It nas receivea irom m thinklnc Deople of this country. The artists who painted tne columns in statuary hall of the capltoi were up to the um mischief ss those who pain tea tne Denslon office columns, only, this Having haDoened a gooa many year- nla ara aware of the laot tnai m rit hall columns are literally oesirewea wmi nicturea of "men. women and events, while all ara more or less familiar with those of the pension bureau. In fact, If anything, tha Statuary ball pictures are a tine mora Interesting, for the. reason that .hey aie harder to And, and yet plainer md more realistic, once that they are dls covered, than thoee In the former building 1'lie masterpiece Is tha picture known as Horace Greeley, which tbe stranger nods almost Impossible to locate, but once thst some of the rapitol guards have pointed It out he Is struck by lu realism, the features of the distinguished statesman being as lifelike and correct as one could well Imagine. PERSONAL NOTES. Isaac P. Van Wormer, a pioneer stock man of Colorado, who has Just died In Denver, originated the Idea of branding cattle. This Is the day ot great benevolence, A man who died out west the other day left sll he had to an orphan asylum; he had fourteen children The American eagle, presented by a 308 ton man to Sir Thomas Llpton for a mascot. Isn't In it with the mHScot that has Just been presented to C. Oliver Iselln by the stork. One result ot the closing ot the Cornell school of forestry Is that many ot the students of that school will join the Yale school of forestry this fall. The Cornell School Is closed because the legislature failed to appropriate for It Captain David Nation breaks into print to say that his late spouse ot hatchet fame did him several mean tricks. He de clares that Carrie and her son-in-law and a lawyer took all his money and his home. Hence there is bitterness In his heart and woe on his tongtn. But David didn't say It to Carrie's face. ' Herbert H. D. Peirse, third assistant sec retary of state, has gone on a pleasant trip at government expense, accompanied by his wife and two children. He will In spect the principal American consfllats In Europe, visiting the leading ports of Great Britain, France, Germany, Austria and Russia, The tour will lost about two months. Business men going across tha Atlantis often take with them scores of unanswered letters. For the convenience of such hur ried travelers one steamship company has engaged young women stenographers who taks replies to such letters and then type write them, thus giving the busy man . much more time for real enjoyment on the voyage. . Lord Mlnto, governor of Canada, and Lady Minto, are guests of Whltelaw Reld In the Adirondack, where their lovs for the picturesque In nature is being gratified to the full. Lady Mlnto Is a oontlnual source - of wonder to her sex, being so -youthful in appearance that she and her eldest daughter are frequently taken for -sisters. The governor general acts like a grown-up boy with his children, romping with the noisest and always acting the part of a chum. Regular visitors to the Navy department In Washington will now miss the cheery "HI. brother." with which Rear Admiral Melville, Just retired, used to greet ac quaintances. When Roosevelt became as-' slstant secretary of the navy he was grewted with the usual exclamation when he first met Melville, then chief of the bureau of steam engineers. The new assistant secre tary was rather inclined to resent such familiarity on short acquaintance, but ere long he and Melville were warm friends. Boveral constitutional amendments sre to be voted for at the general election In Ohio this year. One of them does away with the double liability of holders of stock In Ohio corporations, which ' Is said to have driven much capital from Ohio enterprises. Another authorises the legislature to di vide cities Into three classes and to provide a different form of government for each. The cities having more than 100,000 are to be In one class, those , having between 60,000 and 100,000 In the second class and those having between 25,000 and 0,000 In the third class. All other incorporated places sre to be under village government. FOISTED REMARKS, '.A ' j ' " J vs "Who'd hava thought we d live" to see our boy In ths legislature?" exclaimed the old man. "Nobody," exclaimed the old lady; "but the Lord's will be done!" Atlanta Consti tution. - i "In a few million years," said the sal entlat, "the sun will cool and the Coal fields will ba exhausted." "Well," answered the wan, weary look ing man, "that will make life easier for us weather prophets, anyhow." Washington Star. Edgar What precious stone means ?'8uo cess In love?" ' Eleanor The diamond, I think. Detroit Free Press. "Well," said the doctor, "how do you feel dav?'' today? "on, doctor, '' replied the patient, ' wear, fferlng the torments of Jse iy, "I am ufl damned. What; Already?" Inauired the dootor. pleasantly. Chicago Post. "There goes a man who In always anx- ous to see his name In print." Keanyr ts ne one or inose intotsT No. one of those wise men: he's sn advertiser." Philadelphia Fress. "You should have studied the time table." said the gentleman to il.e LeUieJ traveler, "then you wouldn't tint ulased your train." 'You talk like a (1.98 phonograph, re plied the angry left-over. The train puuea out wnue i was trying to translate the time table." Chicago News. s . If you weren't so lasy you wouldn't be so pessimistic." un, nonsense f - 'Why don t you make hay while the sun shines and" Huh If I tiled to do that lt d lunt be my luck to get sunstruck." Philadelphia . Ledger. - "That man says you sre very reckles In making promises. Thai s wnere ne s wrong, - answerea Senator Sorghum. "One cf the most care less and Indiscreet things a man In politics can do Is to refuse to promise." Washing ton Star. A YACHTING SONG. Oh. Shamrock third, sail back, salt back, Across the briny sea! Unless you let us keep our cup How can we drink your tea? Tha spicy odors thst you bring From faraway Ceylon r Will seem more pleasant to us when We know that you are gone. For two and fifty changing years. In contests fair and free, We've trimmed our silver loving-cup. With sweets of victory. There was a time-but let fhat pass--And. yet, I needs must say America will now defend Her own at on that day. - ;f Bo, Challenger, keep sailing on. Ball on right merrily, liut If you tuke away our cup How can We drink your tea? f BELLE W1LLET; QUE. Wlnslde, Neb. Ayefs Satsaparilla To Know all there is to Know about a Sarsapa rilla, taKe Ayer's. Your doctor will say so, too. He orders it for pale, thin people. Tested for 60 years. f.e.AywOe.. Unmli, Mass.
