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fABTIUS LBAV1KU FOH aLMNER.
Pavtie loakvlag. tko Ur !
the aauNumer may have Tko Boo
oat to thoaa resjoUirlr hy
otlfylnat Tko Bee Baalaoaa
oflloe.B porooat or fcy atoll.
Tko address will be ekaagad
a eft.a ao doalrod.
It wag an awful downpour, but the
damage might have been greater.
In the Ohio political foot ball ttame
V-inninnnti wa inn nn hv nieveland.
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It la a little too early in the state
campaign for tinpan thunder and sky-
rockets.
'A careful relnspoctlon of every old
brick building in Omaha would not be
out of order.
Lee ueraman nas now rormaiiy
opened ,iils, campaign to bold on to Ma
$12,000 office.
, Isn't , It -awfully imprudent for Vesu-
vius to throw stoues'into glass houses
'v without warning?
Returns from minor Nebraska nomin
ating conventions Indicate that the dead
lock la again coming Into favor.
a urn- mnr. nf thi. weather .nd th
problem of street pavement repairs will
olve itself. There will be no pave-
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$ wants w repair. i
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Why can't the retail grocers and
butchers invoke Brother Mickey to pray
for a dry spell? The governor has In-
fluence with the celestial sprinkler.
The Montana sheriff who has issued
Invitations to a necktie party will still
br. . tlm tn r,nr.,,l-H,tt tbt.
style of entertainment as a social func-
tjon. '
Omaha still maintains ltg place as the
second pork packing city of the world,
leadfog Kansas Olty by 240,000 In the
aggregate number or nogs packed since
March L . I
If Colonel Bryan is really grooming
Charley Towne as a dark horse for the
presidential race he should have taken
better precautions not to let the cat
out of the bag.
. The Real Estate exchange will do well
to keep its eyes open to unnecessary
expenditures of public money, but In Its
eagerness to watch the city hall it muet
not turn Its back -to tne court bouse.
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grandfather committed suicide has Just
JollQwtM suit. If he baa left an chil-
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a! uu M" u.uu u.acaiisu
Around the world in fifty days is the
latest globe girdling record. Jules
Verne will have to have several reefs
;taken in his elastic imagination that
only a few decadee ago fixed eighty
days as the height of absurd lninrob.
ability.
Governor Poynter declared at the
, Grand Island convention that the re-
pudlatlon of the Denver manifesto
would be the same as for the populist
party lo vote iiaeu uu me puuuiii uip.
.IADS luereupon me ufirjaiw uitu uowa
the endorseuu it of the Denver confer -
once.
l v.hnin 1t.
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patches General Humphrey is anxious
to get the Omaha quartermasters sup-
ply warehouse under roof before the!
snow flies, but there Is a hitch In per-1 lugton to be the Intention of the ad
fectlng the, title to the lots on which I ministration to have the boundary line
the structure is to be erected. There is
always a hitch In the erection of EOV-
' ernmentbuUdlng. and no exception was
To nave neen expeciea in ui umana
tjuartermaster warehouse, . .
A VPTiOA dkmvChaTh Aruiu. I
Democratic utterance are unstluted
In condemnation of republican policy I
In the Philippines. Notwithstanding
the fact that the people of the islands
are enjoying a greater measure of lib-1
ertv than they ever before knew, that
lhl'y LaVe Dearly a11 th rignU STdaran-
oy ine consuiucion to pur owu
people, that in the administration of
justice they are impartially treated and
that everything pracUcable is being done
promoUon ot tlieir material wel-
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luru, ujw ueiuucruio uercib mat iuo
Filipinos are deprived of their liberty,
are oppressed and are being outrage-
ily wronged. This U the major note
in every democratic speech and plat-
form. The chairman of the Ohio demo-
cratlc convention said, "let us not 'lower
or surrender our high ideals on the
...vt, nf human rlehta: let ua maintain
f , Wo .h.ii thr h hitr
mi a Intiv folt vmt h
to the nnnreesed or all nauons. DUl mat
there s.
f M ' fnPth the .uh-
lime doctrine of liberty to all men every-
All Americans will acquiesce in this
sentiment. No republican will find fault
with it, because it is entirely In accord
with republican principles. But the
democratic party does not apply it to
our colored cltiaena in the south who
ar - aenled that liberty which the COU-
stltutlon of their country gives them,
in 0t least eight states of the south
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cIv,i riKht,, and this .outhern deni0.
cratlc policy respecting the negro h
neing steaaiiy exienaea. xms aeni&i ox i
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liberty to American citizens, in distinct
. . - .. tTw, Aavnn.
" ;jwe need only to nolnt to 8t Louis.
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pro t ir nonv thepb no nmirn nr. it
t. In.nlvpfl ,n . mllT nn th. nart of
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the southern states which is far more
thrntonlnir to our nnlltlcal Institutions
I V.nn 4a w AMtin K 4 iV. a 4tlA Tallin.
B,M m,. nn; . ,,;
110t only to the disfranchised colored
citizens, but also to every State that
places no such restriction upon the suf-
fruge, since the disfranchising states
hnve a representation in congress and
in the. electoral college to which they
are not fairly entitled.
The democratic party avoids this ques
tion because it is in sympathy with the
southern policy of negro disfranchise
ment The party as a whole has no
respect, never baa had and never will
hnve, for the righta of the colored race.
When it talks of liberty it has no
thought of the negro citizens of the
United States to whom liberty is being
denied. Such democrats as the chair-
o' the Ohio convention, and they
constitute at least nine-tenths of the
party, care nothing about the political
or civil rights of the millions of negroes
in the south and would not trouble
themselves in the least if every .one of
them should be deprived of all the
rights which the constitution bestows
on them. If the democratic party were
to show some interest and solicitude in
behalf of the people here at home who
nr .iinwAit in noHm their n.
Btitntionai ghtg their professed concern
for the Filipinos would carry more
weight '
TBK BUUJXDAUr COMMISSION.
Next week the Alaskan boundary
commission will meet in London, the
American commissioners being Senator
Lodge. Secretary Boot and former Sen-
atbr Turner of the state of Washington,
Canada has two representative, on the
commission and England one. The
American and Canadian commissioners
n.in toA tu,,.,!,. nt thotr nm. I
i..vv.v ,
nounced views on the Question in dls
pute and it is thought probable that the
English commissioner will stand for the
claim made by Canada, although it Is
! said that the Canadians themselves are
by no means confident of this.
A Waahintrton renort sava that while
there is hope that a satisfactory out-
come mav be reached, there is little ex-
pectation of such a result One thing
may be confidently assumed, and that
Is that the contention of the United I
States will be firmly maintained by our
representatives. There will be no con-
cession mate, we may be sure, that
would involve tho surrender of a single
foot of American territory which . has
been recognized as belonging to this
country under the treaty with Russia.
nn tn i7a rnd im not nnHnn
the delimitation of the boundary as set
forth in the treaty of 1825 between
Great Britain and Russia, and but for
the discovery of gold there would not
now he any controversy. What the
American commissioners are expected
to insist upon is that the boundary de-
limitation which was so long acquiesced
in shall stand and it is not donbted that
tho tHU h .hl t .hr,r th. onHr.
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ness and Justice of the American con-
. t. . - ,. ...
L. m i . T v .
1 thnr r( norMknionr will ru roarhAn VAt
the fact that the lord chief Justice of
vn I. . mK. f
holda out a Promise that a decision may
De reacnea ravorame to tne Amencan
Blde- The deliberations of tte commls-
sIon are llkely to extend over two or
three mon'h. as there is a vaat amount
01 nintter relating to tne controversy
I to e eIaru1npl and it is needless to say
tnat tne examination win De maae witn
the greatest possible care and thorough-
ness. Doubtless everything bearing upon
I the issue has now been collected' and
so arranged that there will be no diffl-
ruiiy in uiaaing tue examination anal.
uu uemj iu griuug at any ibcis tnai
1 mny be required In the deliberations.
uur own lu-nartment or Btate nas spared
no effort in this direction and undoubt-
.lalone. aa mere ox inr nu nn lime
l"r -"unuiaii Kuverameni nas Deen
no less careful to obtain all data that
I could be secured.
Meanwhile, it is reported from Wash-
I between Canada and Alaska dellminated
in Dlaoe, Whether the . hounds rr com.
mlssloner. come to an .treement ot
ine miner or not Referring to
I this . the Eeattle rost:Intelllgencer re -
marks that In the event that there
j, a deadlock Iu the coinualHHlon
the duty la atlll incumbent upon the
Uulled States to dellmlnate the loun
dnry, with or without the consent of
Canada. It urge that auch a step la
absolutely necessary to avoid further
friction along the boundary line, since
as it stanas tnere is notning, at any
place, officially established, . to .show
where Canadian territory commences
and American territory ceases, under
any construction of the boundary treaty.
.
omaba'B ntDVSTMAL PossmiLlTltS
raana a luture growio an i..uu-
cenH?r oepenus mrgeiy upon in,
ol"V ro convert me raw materm.s 01
the farm nd cattle rane lnto "Dished
Products for general distribution and
consumption witnin its trace territory.
f louring mills, cereal muis, starcn
factories, glucose mills ana beet sugar
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uansiorming me proaunis-01 r-euraBK 1
leruie sou into tue necessaries or ine
nuay "wPPa rroM matia t0 De n-
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more Plally boots ana snoes ana
8loT9r Bhould be hanaled 88 ty-V
the South Omaha packing houses
nd redistributed from this point to the
4mU . annnllitl V. Aa IntlKAIMi A Vt1
-uWueu
manufacturers.
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employment to tnousanas or worning-
men and working women and give
Omaha a greater impetuses a manufac-
T'r Tv? , ,
uuiut uiai cuuju ue ueveiuutru.
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shoe industry has assumed of late years
which has become one-f the greatest
-
boot and shoe manufacturing centers in
4.L. U 1 91 XI C. T
..v,
ot uiui ciijr, wuru eujuys tue uisiiijc-
on of being the largest shoe house in
lue wor,u' "i"5"11 m
factories, furnishing employment to
more than 6,000 people, whose yearly
pay exceeds $2,800,000. The output of
this concern exceeds 31,000 pair of shoes
daily, or between 8,000,000 and 9,000,000
pair a year.
While Omaha can not hope to overtake
Lynn, Mass., or St. Louis In the manu
facture of boots and shoes, it has al
ready made a very fair beginning and
could 'with the proper encouragement
become the great leather and shoe cen
ter of this region.
It remains only for Omaha to put its
shoulder to the wheel and concentrate
its efforts on fostering and stimulating
its home Industry.
The National Municipal league is en
deavoring through a committee working
in connection with the National Educa
tional association to extend the instruc
tion in clvlcs In the public schools to
a special study of municipal govern
ment. There is no question but that a
knowledge ot the government under
which they live will conduce to the
making of good citizenship for the pu-
plls nd that they are more dlrectly
cerned with municipal government at
least those In city schools than they
are In national and state government
At the same time great care will always
nav to exerted to prevent the public
"chools from being used for the propa-
Band of particular lams or the promo-
"on ' partisan ends even though mas-
queraamgin tne aisguiseor nonpartisan
""P- " D 100 cmi
"en learn aoout cuy government jn me
schools perverted from their true fnnc-
nicipal government will, therefore de-
Pena cnieny npon now it is. taugnt
Where was the Douglas County
Democracy at the .Columbus convention?
Th Douglas County Democracy flaunts
at ,ts " a declaration of princl-
t"eB uua.uii.ruUI1mg.J u.u iu iu-
,on ,lth "nylone' b"f ye membie"
Mt 1Ient,y whlle tw0 PoPts
crowaea onto tne ucaei ana maae mem
,e,VM comfortable as democratic nomt
nees for university regents,
Colonel Bryan has a special lnvita
tlon to speak In Ohio in support of the
platform declarations promulgated by
the democratic state convention. If he
confines his efforts to states where the
democrato Bryanlte doctrine in
thelr platforms this year, he will not
have to make auch long trips as hereto
fore.
Appeal ta High Favor.
Washington Post.
Th imr nf Missouri hoodlera whose an-
peals are pending in the state supreme court
are picking all kinds or flaws In Justice
Brewer's contention that the right of ap
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lliuum UB buviibucu l ll iiuiuai I a n um .
Chicago Chronicle.
Considering the hysterics Into which clvl
llsatlon was thrown by the relatively small
affair at Klshlneff civilisation retains Its
composure wonderfully well, while whole
towns are being obliterated and their people
tortured to death by bashl-basouks. Civili
sation evidently Is cultivating self-control
Tko Remedy, If Applied
Baltimore American
The frown of the national and state
executives, the merciless application of the
Z .t. 7 ".. in nuni.hina- th original of-
lendere will do much to discourage and to
prevent the mob demonstrations In various
P" in country
Tttm Booth Hit Rack,
Memphis Commercial-Appeal.
I speaking about southern barbarism, we
I ooerve tnat mer r ii,u momi m me
r"1 ouo ,n l"!
i . )n th. .mith In K-
York. Wonder If we can't do something to
I reform that benighted stat.
A MUaoart ladaatry.
Philadelphia Record.
Governor Dockery of Missouri speaks
I lightly of th boodllng exploits of th mem
bers of th Missouri legisiatur. n ay
i;
UoM onlr ,owed themselves to be aand
1 bgd In erdor that they might procure d-
aired legislation enabling them to mora ef
f ecru ally sandbag the good people of Mis
souri betrayed Into their hands by their
own trusted representatives.
A Geanlne Air I. ine.
Indianapolis News.
This scheme to run a railroad from Hud
son bay to Colombia Is probably another
one of the things that will hava to be re
vived a good many times before anybody
will be able to malts a trip over th line.
A Family Trait.
St. Louis Qlobe-rmocrat.
Judge Taft. who Is to be secretary of war.
Is the son of another Judge Taft who held
the same position In the cabinet during
Grant's second term. The elder Taft was
also successively minister to Austria and
Russia by President Arthur's appointment
Tbey Have Magcred To toag.
New Tork Tribune.
The crossing of the Hellespont Into the
Orient would round out the career of the
Caliph. At Bull Run the veteran who was
a little lame Started early. Could there
be a better example for the autocrat of
Islam? In 1163 the city of Constantino was
carried by assault. In few chapters of
literature may be found more vivid and
picturesque descriptions of the capture of
one of the greatest towns of all the ages
than In the pages ot Gibbon whereupon
the renowned historian of "The Decline
and Fall of the Roman Empire" recounted
the overthrow of the splendid metropolis
on the shores of the Bosporus.
The Turks under Ifahomet II made them
selves masters of eastern Europe and
western Asia in the fifteen century, and,
had they not been turned back from the
walls of Vienna by gallant Sobleekl, their
tidal wave ?f conquest might have reached
the Rhine, and even engulfed Anally
Germany, France, Italy and Spain. Five
centuries and a half have gone by since
the Ottomans gained foothold westward of
the Propontlo Sea, European civilisation
Is weary of them.
IMPROVING THE) PUBLIC SCHOOLS.
Vast Room for Betterment la Raral
Communities.
St. Louis Globe-Democrat.
A country paper In Missouri congratu
lates the people ot the state on the fact
that In many rural localtltles the public
school house Is becoming "a place of com
fort and refining Influences, contributing
to the development of robust bodies and
mental vigor." Suitable desks and seats
are provided, and heating, lighting and
ventilation are scientifically considered.
Everything Is kept clean and wholesome
and the walls are fittingly adorned with
pictures. All this progress Is commend
able and gratifying. But taking the sta
tlstics In the state superintendent's latest
report as a guide, one serious defect In the
public schools of Missouri remains to be
remedied. In nineteen counties, the av
erage pay of all teachers employed Is
less than $30 a month each, and In forty-
one counties female teachers . receive less
than $30 a month for their Important and
arduous labors. More than a third of the
counties are embraced In this list where
teachers are underpaid.
A teacher's work Is thus held to be far
lees valuable than that of the lowest grade
of manual labor. Custom must be largely
to blame In this matter. There Is no
justice in such a' scale of salaries for
teachers. In two counties all teachers
get an average of only 125.06 each a month.
In one county the average of all, men as
well as women. Is 126.25; in another, $25.86.
One drops to $25.06. "When school improve
ment la the theme here Is a good place
to concentrate attention. Another leading
subject Is the constitutional amendment
providing, for free text books - In all he
public schools of the state. It will be
submitted at the November election of next
year and its adoption Is practically certain,
though not a single state official has said
word In Its favor. The school book trust is
still a powerful institution in the state and
continues to take Its extra toll from the
pockets of parents.
6ACGES OP PROSPERITY.
Statistical Evidence of tko Coaatry's
Industrial Strengrth.
Baltimore American. .
Two tables Just made public give a very
fair gauge of the prosperity prevailing in
th United Stales. In on of taas tabU
are summarised the statistics of the iron
and steel production of the leading ooun
tries of the world for the year 1902 as com
pared with the year 1901. In tho other ap
pears the statistics of our Importations
during the fiscal year ending Juno 80, 1803.
These two tables ar Issued by different
authorities; but, appearing almost almul
taneously, they have a bearing In relation
to each other which cannot be mistaken
By the first it la shown that there were
produced during th calendar year 1902
44,557,991 metric tons of phj Iron, as against
40,889,353 metric tons In the preceding year,
the exact Increase being 3,668,633 metric
tons. Of this amount 13,003,448 metric tons
were produced in 1802 by the United States,
the increase for this country over the year
1901 being 1,871,040 metrlo tons, or more
than one-half of th world's total Increase.
Of the aggregate production nearly 40 per
cent Is to be credited to th United States,
which alone produced nearly 1,000,000 tons
more than the combined production of
Germany and th United Kingdom, iu
closest competitors.
Almost Identically th sam conditions
prevail In th steel trade. Th world's
production of steel during th year 1903
was 36.478,788 metrlo tons, an increase over
1901 of 6.444,814 metrlo tons. Of th total
production 18,186,406 metrlo tons, or more
than 40 per cent of the whole, ar credited
to th United States, while th aggregate
production of th United Kingdom and
Oermany exceeded by little over 12,800.000
metric tons. These figures ar quit lufflr
clent to show that we occupy a position
from which we can arbitrarily exercise the
righta of comm&ndershlp. In th Iron and
steel trade of th world, and, whlla It la
too much to expect that our ratio of rapid
Increase will ba maintained Indefinitely,
the figures show, using Iron and steel sta
tistics as th recognised standard gauge
of prosperity, that w are more fortunately
situated than Is any other country.
This fact is amply verified by th sta
tistics ot Import trade, which show that
during the last nscal year 47.73 per cent of
the total Imports Into this country were
of raw or partially worked-up materials
for use by our manufacturers. What this
means can be realized when It la known
that aa recently as 1890 manufacturers' ma.
terlals formed only 34 per cent of our Ira-
ports. This show that In thirteen years
we have been able to supply nearly 14 per
cent of tho former demand for foreign
products with home-made goods, whlla In
the same length of time our manufacturers
have advanced to that stage at which they
consume not only all of the available ma
terials, of home production, but go abroad
for so great a volume of raw material that
their trade alone amounts to nearly 60 per
cent of all our Importations.
With the production of iron and steel In
this countr)', as compared with other na
tions, standing at Its present figures, and
with our manufacturer calling upon other
nation for materials for manufacture, our
prosperity can be put dowa as having a
surer and more substantial foundation than
It ever enjoyed befor. Changes will come.
of course, but with the conditions pre
vailing, th change will have to be a
veritable upheaval befor It can seriously
affect ua .
ROtRO AfJOlT HEW YORK.
Ripple oa tko Carroat ot Llf la
tko Metropolis.
"When woman wills she will," and when
one of the sex possessing the requisite
nerve and determination wills to capture a
man the victim might as well surrender at
once and save himself a needless waste of
energy. Occasionally a man overburdened
with conceit chooses to disr jrard his
fate, exposing the stratum of fully In his
makeup. One of this class, while doing a
burgling stunt In a New York house, rudely
laughed at the commands of a servant girl
and mad her do a toboggan slide down
the stairs. But the plucky maid was not
easily balked. She wanted that particular
man and was bound to have him. Striking
Dan Patchen pace and yelling "Stop,
thief!" she led the procession on the
burglar's trail. A shot from the burglar's
pistol scattered the crowd, but the maid
kpt light on and ohased th crook Into
the arms of a policeman. When the ex
citement subsided she did . not faint or
cry.
While trying to resoue his dog, which
was being carried away by a swift current.
Rudolph Tausch was drowned In the Har
lem trlver last Sunday. The dog, a large
Scotch collie, sank with Its master, cling
ing to his left shoulder, where It had
fastened Its teeth In the death struggle.
Tausch was amusing himself by throwing
a cane in the water for the dog to swim
after. Coming back the last time the
animal had a strong current to swim
against and it became exhausted. Sud
denly it let go Its grip on th cane and
floundered about as though in agony.
Tausch, seeing the dog was drowning,
plunged in. Swimming rapidly toward the
dog, Tausch called to him and seeing his
master approaching the dog mad a final
effort to keep his head above water.
Tausch attempted to grab the collar, but
missed It and the brute was upon htm,
fighting desperately for life. Tausch tried
to fight the dog off and for a couple of
minutes a terrible struggle ensued. Tausch
was completely exhausted when finally the
dog. In an effort to climb upon him, tore
his face with its claws and sunk Its teeth
In his shoulder.
With a cry of pain Tausch sank. He
came to the surface a few yards further
down stream with the dog still clinging to
htm and then sank for the last time Just as
a skiff with a couple of men in it reached
the spot
One of the passengers on the last trip of
Kaiser Wllhelm II told some things which
seemed to explain why Captain Hogenmann
of Kaiser Wllhelm II did not take more
stringent action against Maurice Levy, th
passenger who was accused of swindling his
fellow passengers In a card game.
"Within a day or two after we started,"
said the passenger, "Mr. Levy had won all
the ready cash that Robert Hill of the
Untied States Oeologlcal survey and
young army officer had and signalized his
willingness to take their drafts, and they
went on playing. He got a draft from Mr.
Hill for something like 8400 and one not
quite so large from the army man. They
complained to the captain, the captain had
Mr. Levy up and demanded the return of
the drafts. Later the young aoldier cor
nered Levy In the smoking room and told
him he would have his draft or take satis
faction out of his hide. Mr. Levy then re
turned the soldier's draft. Hill next de
manded his draft and threatened to send a
wireless dispatch to trie New York police
if he did hot return it. This settled it, and
Mr. Levy also returned his draft
Jack, the big African lion at Glen Island,
had a tooth extracted one day last week,
and it required the united efforts of four
strong men to accomplish the task. Ten
days ago Jack became very Irritable, At
times after eating he would fly into a
paroxysm of rage and dash about his cage
roaring viciously. ' ,
Head Keeper Frank Heaiey discovered
the cause of the trouble a Jumping tooth
ache. The lion suffered so that he had to
be removed to the animal hospital. There
was but one thing to be done. The tooth
had to come out.
Early yesterday morning Jack's eagre was
wheeled out and after a great deal of ma
neuvering a noose was slipped over the
lion's head. Ropes had been attached to
two sides of the noose and while these were
tightened and held to the floor Mr. Heaiey
lipped la the door. In an Instant he had
put over the lion's head a large peach bas
ket containing sponges saturated with
chloroform.
Before Mr. Heaiey was safe out of the
cage the Hon had demolished the. basket
with his paw and the attempt to administer
the anesthetic was made half an hour later.
This time a rope was run under the lion
and with the rope about his neck he was
hoisted to the top of the cage, when It took
but a moment to twist a few colls of rope
around his legs. When he was lowered to
the floor he was helpless. Then he was
chloroformed. Two men pried open his
massive jaws and Inserted a block of wood.
The decayed tooth waa found, th forceps
applied and the big molar pulled out Then
an antlseptte waa placed on th wound and
when all waa completed th rope were
loosened and the cage wheeled out in th
open air.
Within fifteen minutes the lion had re
vived and was sniffing about the cage. His
actions showed that he was aware that
something had happened, but did not real
lze what It was.
REFERE3DIM IX OPERATION.
First rst of tke Plan Embodied ta
tko Constitution of Oregroa.
Philadelphia Press.
Oregon Is working out the principle of
the referendum. Illinois has adopted It in
modified form, but Oregon has It in its
entirety. By an amendment to the Oregon
constitution, recently adopted, new legisla
tion does not become operative until ninety
days have elapsed after Us approval by
th governor, and these ninety days give
th objectors their opportunity. During
that tim 6 per cent of th voters by sign
ing a petition can compel th submission
of any act, to which they object to the
people voting at a special election, and
only when endorsed by a majority of them
does it go into effect.
This year's Oregon legislature passed the
usual amount of law, subject to the possl
blllty of Its being submitted to the arbitra
ment of the ballot, but thus far, though
some acts have awakened hostility, the
necessary 6 per cent of the voters have not
petitioned for a reference. Soma of th
labor unions tried to get a vote on the
question of making an appropriation of
8500,000 to th Lewis and Clark Exposition
company, but only 3.W signatures could
b obtained for the petition for a referenoe,
which Is 400 less than the required 6 per
cent ot the voters.
Even if references under the provisions
ar rare It Is manifest that Its existence
must b a curb on. unpopular and Inde
fensible legislation. - Th recent Pennsyl
vanla legislature tried to Indulge in I
homeopathic dos of this principle of th
referendum. A prohibition law applicable
to the township of Snyder, In the county
of Jefferson, was repealed, provided, a ma
jority of said township should vote in favor
of such repeal at th coming November
lection. Governor Pennypacker 'vetoed
this bill and showed his opinion of the
referendum by. his declaration that '"legis
lation depending upon th determination
of an uncertain future event is not legis
lation at alt"
WILL COLOXEL BRVAK BOLT?
Aad U Ho SkoalA, How Lar Woald
Re His Following!
Philadelphia Bulletin.
Editor Henry Watterson'a political proph
ecies, If not always Instructive, ar usually
entertaining, and his latest printed remarks
concerning Grover Cleveland and William
J. Bryan do not form any exception to this
rule.
The Kentucktan Journallatlo philosopher
occupies a position which In one respect at
least Is essentially different from that of
nearly every other member of the demo
cratic party. II Is a sworn foe alike of
the Princeton sage and the Nebraska ora
tor. Both In his estimation are equally re
sponsible for bringing th democracy to Its
present low estate, and he Is absolutely In
tolerant of either.
With respect to Mr. Cleveland, the gallant
colonel observes that all talk of his fourth
nomination and, third election "la too wild
to be considered by sensible people." As
for Bryan, he Jauntily predicts that th
twice defeated nominee "will not carry a
corporal's guard with him Into the next
convention, and when he bolts s he will-
there will be few or none to follow him."
That Bryan Is insisting on a degree ot
dictation In democratic affairs which Is
highly distasteful to great numbers of the
Intelligent members of the party la unques
tionable. That he will have his way in
framing th next democratic national plat
form or In naming th candidate la a mat
ter yet to be decided with the odda at pres
ent apparently on the negative side of the
proposition. Whether a bolt will follow if
he is "turned down" Is likewise an open
question. It must b remembered that
Bryan actually did vote for Weaver, the
populist presidential nominee, in 1892, al
though he declares that he did so in order
to facilitate democratic success In his own
state. If Gorman and the "reorganise!-"
get the upper hand In next year's conven
tion. It Is not beyond the bounds of possi
bility that the Nebraake man will set up
the standard of revolt.
This, however, Is a contingency that Is too
remote to require discussion at length. The
only certain thing about the matter la that
the conservative and radical tactions of the
democracy are still as wide apart as ever.
and that there seems to be no basis tn sight
on which they can unite.
THIS IS TUB LIMIT.
Inaentoa Defense of Jadgr
ran' Merger Decision.
Detroit Free Press.
Lock-
Numerous defenders of Justice Lochren
In deciding that the Northern. Securities
company had not violated the laws of
Minnesota have put In an appearance
Some of them are Identified with great
corporations, some of them are great pro
moters and some of them are the organs
owned and controlled by such Influences.
But th silliest and most puertl attempt
at vindication Is by a Massachusetts law
yer, whose source of Income It would not
ba difficult to ferret out His conten
tion is that the Northern Securities com
pany was created in New Jersey, that it
operated in no other state -and that the
lawfulness of what It did depended entirely
upon th statute of New Jersey. This
would bo Important if true, but in the light
of the facts it positively damns the act
that leans upon so flimsy a defense.
Th company obtained Its charter from
New Jersey, had its offlc there and kept
its books and papers there, where It did Its
planning and had its clerical work done.
But to say that it confined its acts to that
state Is flying in the face of a conceded
fact of record. The two great lines that
It merged do not touch that state; yet the
company with the New Jersey charter In'
vaded Minnesota and openly violated a law
clearly -expressed': and as clearly
sanctioned by lta constitution as any piece
of legislation' It has ever enacted. It Is
settled aa a principle of law that no state
can grant a valid charter contravening a
national law. This charter set at naught
the Sherman act It Is Just aa well settled
that no state may grant a charter which
will conflict with the valid law of another
state. It was also embodied In the charter
that the power granted waa to be employed
only to the extent of "any lawful purpose."
Upon three counts the Judge Is con
demned. The use of franchise conflicted
with the laws of the United Statea and
with the laws of the stat of Minnesota,
Th company also exceeded Its charter
rights In the fact that it sought to use
them for an unlawful purpose In a sister
state. If this can be legally done, one
state like New Jersey can. If so disposed,
nullify every act restrictive of corporate
power in every other state. In other words,
It could make the corporation laws for tfce
union. The reduction to an absurdity could
not be more complete.
TWO-MUTUTB TROTTER HERB.
neea. of tke Tart Achieve tke
Longed-for Reeord.
New York World.
There is again a queen of the trotting
world. Cresceus, the t.D24 wonder of 1901,
Is dethroned. 'Lou Dillon reigns and the
two-minute trotter is here. The track at
Readvllle, Mass., on which the little Call
forala mare knocked the odd seconds from
the mile record Is a fast one. It
Is the same upon which Star Pointer re
duced the champion pacing figures to 1:694
the record recently lowered by Dan Patch.
Nevertheless, all glory to the plucky flyer
from th Pacific coast who has reached th
long-coveted mark In fast harneaa work.
Lou Dillon is 6 years old. She first felt
the touch of the bridle twenty months ago.
Her speed was with her from the start of
her career, and ao great has been the gen
eral confidence in her ability to outdo all
previous efforts that her trotting of a mile
In two minutes flat is almost the accom
plishment of the expected.
Alix, with her record of 2:03, mad In
1894, was th last of a long succession of
queens of the trotting turf. Bine she was
beaten the sovereignty has lain with the
other sex. The new queen Is a gallant per
former, who has never made a break In her
public exhibitions and has seldom needed
th urging of the whip.
In making her record of 2:04, at Terra
Haute, Nancy Hanks covered 42.68 feet per
second.. Th requirements for a two-minute
trotter, met by Lou Dillon was 44 feet per
second. Cresceus did 43.01 feet tn th six
tieth of s minute. It doe not seem possible
that living turfmen will see a further
quickening of the stride from the,two-mln
ute pace of th new queen yet trotting his
tory has mads prophecy In this Itn utterly
unsafe.
CIRCUS TRAINJS WRECKED
Raaawar Frolckt DtikM lata It aad
Several Persons Ar
lajarad.
PITTSBURG, Aug. 27. The third section
of th Barnum A Bailey circus train, com
posed almost entirely of sleeping cars, tor
the performers, waa wrecked at Wliawooa,
Pa., on the Pittsburg A Western railroad,
arly today, and a serious accident i
narrowly averted.
As this section of th train waa passing
on tb northbound track a fralght train on
th southbound track got beyond control
of th crew snd cam dashing down th
grade.
Just as th last of th sleepers was al
most clear th runaway train Jumped th
track and on car crashed into th rear
sleeper, damaging th car badly. Bvrml
persons were injured.
FTXRSOlf AL ROTHS.
A nrlnted list of plain and fancy drinks
shows that there ar 1.000 different kind
of Jags for th wayfaring man to Dump
against
It Is said that Emperor William Intend
to build a caatle on the Island of Piohel-
werder, in the River Havel, and to fortify
It against the socialists.
Theodore Roosevelt has made application.
at Dallas, Tex., for enlistment In the nary.
He Is an Austrian by birth and disavows
any relationship with the president.
If ever a man needed close afllllatlon
with the "cup that rheers" It is Sir Thomas
Upton. If It wasn t for the same cup. by
the way, he couldn't afford to be her.
It Is said in London that J. M. Barrle has
reaped larger profits from fiction than any
other contemporary writer. The same has
been said of Hall Calne, Mrs. Humphrey
Ward and Rudyard KlpUng.
Leon C. Marshall, who has recently been
called to the chair of economics In the Ohio
Wesleyan university, is probably the young
est man to occupy such a position any
where. He Is now 24 years of age.
Mr. Cleveland has written friends In St
Paul Minn., accepting conditionally an In
vitation to visit Minnesota on a hunting
expedition In October. The former presi
dent states that he will go if h can so
arrange his affairs.
11. A. Blgelow. an attorney of Honolulu,
to whom waa tendered the chair of crim
inal law in the University of Chicago, has
accepted the offer and will ahortly leave
Honolulu to assume his duties. Mr. Blga-
low waa formerly an associate professor
at Harvard.
One hundred and twenty-one tna who
were born and reared in Owenton, Ky.,
have become cashiers of banks since setting
out for themselves tn the world. This fact
was brought out at the funeral of Walter
8. Gazle, the cashier of a local bank, who
died last week. A majority of the surviv
ing cashiers of the town were present on
th occasion.
Colonel Elijah Walker of th Fourth
Main Infantry, now rosldlng tn a Boston
suburb. Is said to be lh eldest surviving
field officer of the Army of the Potomac and
he waa a marked feature In the (looker
monument ceremonies at Boston recently.
He Is 86 years old and on his birthday Kins
ley post Grand Army of the Repiibllo, of
which he Is a member, presented t him a
handsome chair.
Captain Henry Hoffman, al survivor of
th crew which sailed the yacht America
in 1861 and brought th oup to this ccruntr.
waa among those who witnessed thoy
on Saturday. He was a small boy XT ' X
he sailed In th yacht America, but bea, ' g
a vivid recollection of the hurtorio contest
fifty-two years ago. Captain, Hoffmah haa
made a large fortune as a coal dealer In
New York, where he resides. He owns and
sails a fine yacht
Simeon Ford, the New York hotel man
and wit who haa Just returned from a
visit abroad, waa discoursing upon th
relative merits ot European and American
hosteliies, much to the disadvantage of the
former. "Don't you think that our
cuisines are Inferior to theirs?" was asked.
Not at all," waa the reply, "and our serv
ice In many Instances Is Infinitely better.
Why, the only two warm things that I
could absolutely rely upon getting abroad
were the ice water and the butter."
THOVGHTS THAT TICKLE.
"So Mlatuh Erastus Flnklev Is srwlne to
git married." said the coffee-colored youth
witn tne large scan pin.
"Yea." was the answer. "Somebody done
tol' him dat marriage waa a lottery, an'
he's sech a spoht dat he's boun' to talte a
onance. Washington mar.
Th a-trla amuse me." r
Batoheller.
ure none or
boastfully, "ana you may
them will ever catch me.
will
Well." replied Miss Pert, -no aoUDt
you'ro right. They say 'the biggest fish
always gets away,' and I suppose that ap-
nil.. 1 1 A , V. & Yi i u . InKatAM "
L 1 1 1 l HO . I i . V. I V W.pB 0W .WfDVO.W.
Philadelphia Press.
Mr. Bragg She's Just crasy to marry tne.
Miss Sweetly Naturally, any airl would
be. Detroit Free Pros.
She Mamma says I musn't encourage you
at ail.
He That' all ris-ht .' I don't need inr en
couragement. Philadelphia Press.
Miss Passav You may sneer at net don.
but they're faithful anyway. I'd rather kiss
ug dog than some men.
r. Shnrne Well. well, some men are
born lucky. Philadelphia Catbolio Stand
ard.
(the MfLmma. n v I mustn't ancourava.
you at all.
He That's all right. I don't need any en
couragement. Philadelphia Press.
Teacher Why. Johnny. I thouaht you,
knew your alphabet!
Johnny I don't know the names of th
letters nor the way they come, but when I
see the alphabet all together I know U fast
enough. Boston Transcript. -
'Poor Grimly! Ho followed Carneate'a ad
vice about putting all his eggs in one bas
ket." Wasn't that all rlghlT"
'Yes. but he sat on the basket" Detroit
Free Press.
'You can always tell an Eriailahman."
said the Briton, proudly.
Vtl Mn.tvaA vai. "a n mhII IK. U
"but It doesn't do any good, because ha
thinks he knows it ail." Philadelphia
Ledger.
"Why are you so Insanely Jealous T I don't
see how you could marry a woman whom
you will not trust?"
"My dear girl, don't you know that the
union Is th sworn foe of th trustT"
Town Topics.
The beefy looking man standing up In the
aisle of th crowded car had managed to
grab two straps with each hand, and waa
holding on tightly.
"Gee!" exclaimed the little man standing
next to him, admiringly, "what an end seat
hog you'd be If this was an open car,
wouldn't you!" Chicago Tribune.
"Some peopl are always making mis
takes," said the talkative bore. "Strang,
isn't itr
"Oh, not so strange," replied Pepprey.
"Naturally there are some peopl who have
never had th benefit of your advice."
Philadelphia Press.
a wrrn uit it, uu id me u(i KeniieniQ.n.
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t in
XOCTtR.IE.
Thomas Bailey Aldrioh.
Up to her chamber window
A slight wire trellis goes.
And up this Romeo 1 udder
Clambers a bold white ros.
I lounge In the ilex shadows.
I see the lady lean.
Unclasping her silken girdle,
Th curtain's folds be I ween.
She smiles on her white-ros lovn
She reaches out her hand
And helps him In at the window
I see It where I stand!
To her scarlet lip she holds him.
And kisses him many a time
Ah me! It was he that won hsr,
Beoaus he dared to climb.
BROVNELL HALL,
OMAHA.
Social atmosphsr home-like and happy.
General and solleg preparatory courses.
Exceptional advantages In music, art and
literary Interpretation. Prepares ' for any
college open to women. Vassar, Wellesley,
Mt Holyoke. Western Reserve University,
University of Nebraska and University of
Chicago, admit pupils without examination
on th certificate ot th principal and
faculty. Thoroughness Insisted upon a es
sential to character building. Physio&J
training undar a professional director.
Well equipped gymnasium, ample provl
slon for out door sports. Including private -
saaiing ar ounu. cuna rnr niuairai i
logue. Alias Atacrae, principal.
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