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TI1R OMAHA' DAILY BEE: TUESDAY. SEPTEMBER 15. 1003. The ONiAiiA Daily Dee. E. ROSEWATER. EDITOR. PIBLI8HF.D EVERT MORN1XO- TERMS OF 8CB3CRIPTION. Dsllv He (without Sunday). On Year..t 0" laily Hm and Sunday. One Year W Illustrated Bee, one Ver ' '! ftmiriat- Rp. One Yejir -on Saturday Be. One Year Twentieth Centurv Farmer. One Year 1 Ml 1.00 DKLIVERKD BY CARRIEIi. Dally He (without Sunday), per copy.... - Imilv Bee (without Sunday I. per week...l-C Pally Bee (including Sunday), per week..lc frur'.ay Bee. per copy :vnlng Bee (without Sunday), per week 6c fcv.uilng Bee (Including Sunday). Pr W gek ' tVm plaint a "of ' Vrrcgulnritles In delivery should be addressed to City Circulation De partment. OFFICES. Omaha The Bee Building. South OmahH-ntv Hall Building. Twen-ty-nfth and M Streets. Council BhirWIO Pearl Street. f'hlcago 1640 Unity Building. New York 232S Park Row Building-. Washington Dill Fourteenth Street. CORRESPONDENCE. Communications relating to new and edi torial rratter should be addressed: Omaha Bee, Editorial Department. REMITTANCES. P.emlt by draft, express or postal order pnvsl)le to The Bee Publishing Company. Only U-cent stamps accepted In payment ot mail 'accounta.. Personal checks, except on Omaha or eastern exchanges, not accepted. THE BEE PUBLISHING COMPANY. STATEMENT OF CIRCULATION. SMte of Nebraska, Douglas County Georae I! Tzschuck. secretary of Oeora-e I! Tzschuck. secretary of The Bee Publlslilng company, being duly aworn. says that the actual number of full end com plete copies o The Dally Morning, Evening and Sunday Bee printed during the month ef Auauat. IBos. waa aa follows: 1 SH,01 j7 ati.tttw ...2T,ao ...39.T30 ...stSTtm ...8U.7BO ...20,9110 .. .80,180 ...20,010 ...30,800 18.. 19., 20.. 21.. 22.. 23.. 24.. 25.. .30,010 ...20,220 ...aim M ...w.aTo ...20.S80 ...2,60O ...21,20 ...ifO.830 10.'. 2 SrS.ZMO u ao.wto 12 StO.IWO is an,tsn U 1M,430 is ai.otta i....: 2u,;iu 27 m,tuo 20,320 2 2.etOO 30 241, 31 20,470 .004.NH2 M.NUU 1esa unsold and returned copies... Net total aalea s8,9TO Met average sales 2S.903 GEORGE B. TZSCHUCK. Subscribed In my presence and sworn to before me uui list day or August, a. u. ivw. (Seal.) Notary Public. PARTIES LEAVING THE CITY, Parties leaving- tho city ay time may bars Tbe Bee eent to them regularly by notifying; The Bee Business offlee, la person or By mall. The address will bo changed aa often aa desired. The weather clerk evidently thinks we re raising ducks for market. The great American corn belt has reached the critical stage for the corn crop. Judge Sullivan Is old enough to have known better. This is an on year for popocrats. The summer of 1903 has passed in his checks and we shall probably never see bis like again. ' ' Man makes the town, God makes tbe country. What Omaha needs above all things is more nieu. How would it do to call another grand Jury to clarify the atmosphere of a good many well-defined rumors? President tStlckncy is eminently cor rect when he declares that a market town is not an accidental production. If the Weather bureau will reserve Its fair and warm forecast for Ak-Sar Ben week, it will be forgiven, if not forgotten. If Abraham Lincoln needs any monu nients in brtfnze or stone, why Isn't the city of Lincoln the most imposing arid enduring memorial that could be built Before the county board proceed with the plan for straightening out the Elkhorn it will be well for It to straighten out the kinks In the bridge building record. Sir Thomas Upton lias once more learned by experience that there Is many a slip between the cup and the Hp. This time It was not the American racing cup, but an informal cup of Oyster Bay broth. 1 ! That democratic, nonpartisan judicial masquerade Is after- all not llkeiy to prove a drawing card. Kebraskans are credited wlU a high degree of intelli gence. They know a hawk from a spar- J row when they see it. . It requires an inexhaustible fund of optimism to figure out a population of 32.000.000 for Nebraska in the dim and distant future. For the next decade Nebravkans will be satisfied with run ning up the population to the two-inil-llon point. Senator Carmack of TenBessee an nounces his Intention to Introduce a negro disfranchisement bill repealing the lift ecu tu amendment. There Is Just Unit as much t bunco for the passage of such a bill as there would be for a bill restoring slavery through a repeal of the thirteenth amendment. It may be Interesting for Governor Mickey to learu that reform In ball room manners and round dancing Is ad vocated by' New York dancing masters and we may safely anticipate that the 'squaring of the circular dance and the . rouudlug of the square dance will reach Nebraska before the uext luitugural ball. Charles Joseph Bonaparte has been se lected by Mr. Hitchcock to take charge of the Investigation of the o)erntious of tbe Indian land speculators and crooked Indian agents In Oklahoma and Indian Territory. If the umn with the Nsikv leonW ancestry had bevn detailed to pay a visit to the Omaha aud Winnebago reservations in Nebraska he would have found a state of uffalra Just as scan dalous has sultslsted in the southern Indian settlement. A WRtAT t OMPKTrtun. There la a naturally great Interest In tliist country regnrdltig everything In the way of wltwt competition, "ur people are Inevitably interested In etery fact Hint bosrs upon the tjucstion of future relations Ix-twccu the wheat production f the United States and that of other countries, with particular reference to int of the Ihmilnloti of Canada, which urlng the lust few years has been stead- y growing as a competitor of thl coun try and which there Is reason to think III Increase still more rapidly in the ears to come, very largely by reason of the migration of Americans to the Cana dian provinces of the northwest. In regard to this some valuable In formation Is supplied by ft contributor to the New York Evening Tost who seems to be very well Informed in regard to what he writes. He says that there has been a good deal of exaggeration In regard to the grain production of the anadian northwest and he presents fig nrcs to attest his position. In regard to the exploitation of the Canadian northwest as the finest and largest wheat country under the sun. this writer says that the single state of Kansas has produced this year alout six times as much wheat as the uew Canadian north west with its area, of a million square miles. A favorite comparison in the Canadian boom literature, says this Titer, who evidently talks of what be knows, is between the wheat producing capacity of Minnesota and Manitoba, nd the yield In Manitoba is always given ns twice as great. It is also stated that the wheat lands of Minnesota are wearing out, "and yet Minnesota this year produces twice as much wheat as Manitoba and as many bushels per acre." That is a fact which It Is well to bear in mind, for It shows conclusively hat there has been more or less misrep resentation in regard to the comparative fruitfulness of the Manitoba region, the effect of which has been to induce many thousands of Americans to go to that country who could have found Just as vailable opportunities In their own country. There is no doubt that the Canadian northwest is to become a strong wheat competitor with the United States, but there Is no reason to apprehend that this competition will become so serious as to materially interfere with the position of this country as the foremost mnrket of the world for supplying the nations with breadstuff's. We shall only cease to occupy that position when our own population Is so great as to need all the breadstuffs we are able to produce and that will be in the very remote fu ture. RCa.SU MODIFIES PRUPOSAL. According to the latest advices Russia has modified her proposal regarding the evacuation of Manchuria. As originally stated she was to withdraw her forces from the Chinese province early in the coming month and there was no quali fication or reservation connected with this promise. The evacuation, as then announced, was to be complete. It now appears that the Russian goveriment has changed its policy aud proposes'a. piecemeal policy of evacuation, the end of which will be a year hence. In the meantime Russia will undoubtedly avail herself of every opportunity to strengthen her position in . Manchuria and augment her power In that quarter In every practicable way. There ought to be no surprise at this apparent change of attitude. It Is quite In accord with Russian policy and Its meaning is obvious. There will doubt less be a withdrawal of Russian troops from Manchuria next month, but the extent of the evacuation will not be so great as to materially weaken the mil itary power of the country In that pro vince. A few mouths later another with drawal t troops will be made, but still leaving a sufllclent force there to main tain the Russian domination. TLeu will ensue a year during which Russia may become even stronger in Manchuria han she is today. All of which simply evidences the shrewdness and sagacity of Russian methods. Meanwhile the United States makes no objection and perhaps Is not warranted ii making any, although the policy of Russia, according to the latest announcement, is obviously not favorable to the principle for which this country has been contending. TI.WC FOR ACTWX. Four mouths ago the mayor and couiv ell were fleeted on specific pledges in favor of municipal ownership of public utilities, including light and water, These pledges cannot be fulfilled I uless ! the ptople of Omaha are given an op portunity to carry them into effect. The proposed extension of the electric light ing contract, confessedly designed to head off ' municipal ownership of public lighting, haa brought the issue to the forefront. If the proposed scheme concocted by Mr. Nash receives the sanction of the mayor and council the city would abdi cate its right to establish and operate a lighting plant of its own, If not for ten years, at least for five years, with tho chnnces that at the end of five years the electric lighting monopoly would pro cure another extension. Manifestly the only way the mayor and council cau redeem their pledges is to submit the question of municipal ownership to the people at the coming election in tangible form through an or dlnauce authorizing the issue of a suffi cient amount of bonds to establish an electric lighting plant and to either erect the uecessary nles and build the neces shry conduits or acquire the conduits and poles of the electric light company by condemnation process. If the cltiiens of Omaha actual! favor the proixiaal of the electric lltfht company lr su extension of Ps con tract they will vote tbe Itoitil propoal tlon down. If the people still boh! to the conviction that municipal ownership of public lighting is desirable either for reasons of economy or because they want to put an end to the tampering with city councils and municipal offi cials and the debauchery of the public service, ami at the same time Insure more efficient public lighting than we have had, then they will vote to endorse the bond Issue. In view of the fact that less than eight weeks Intervene between now and the day of electjon. Is It not high time that the preliminary steps for submitting the bond proposition be taken without further delay? DEXUUM1XQ rtUXAGt. The governor of Alabama, In his mes sage to the legislature, takes a very de cided stand against the peonage system, which has been practiced in that and sMne other of the southern states. He states that In least one locality in Ala bama several farmers have been work ing men and women under guard with out legal authority to do so and that some of these "have been sinners for a dozen years; they have acted without the shadow of n right and have been plain violators of the statute laws." He therefore urges, as becomes the ex ecutlve of a state who has a proper re spect for the observance of the laws, that these offenders be properly pun Ished for their crimes and there seems to be reason to expect that he will cause to be taken the proper course to bring them to punishment. It Is certainly gratifying to find a southern governor willing to consider this matter of peonage, which is a sys tem of slavery even more reprehensible than that of the old form, in Its proper character and to call for the punishment of those who are guilty of it. The (lis closures that have been made regard lgg the practice of pooling in some of the southern states are a reproach to the country and Its complete abolition, with the condign punishment of all who have been guilty of it. Is imperatively demanded. Under no circumstances can such a policy be tolerated In this land. The Colorado state board of assess ment. which is now in session, Is con fronted with an urgent demand for a material increase in the railroad assess ment. Tubllc sentiment In Colorado hns been aroused to a high tension by reason of the favoritism shown to the railroad corporations in the assessment last year and the indications are that the state board will yield to public opinion. As usual, the railroad attorneys and tax agents threaten to appeal to the courts in case the board of assessment resists the pressure of the corporations. The outcome will be watched with interest not only in Colorado, but also in Ne bra ska, because the Nebraska assess ment, which is outrageously inequlta ble, Is cited by the railroad attorneys as an example which Colorado is expected to follow. Political campaigning in Kentucky is always full of startling sensations and exciting Incidents. The opening ruelo drama in this year's Kentucky campaign was signalized by the appearance on the stump of General Simon Bolivar Buck ner In support of the republican state Jleket and in specific opposition to the democratic candidate, Governor Beck ham, whom he accuses of issuing altO' gether too many pardons. General Buck ner was the veteran in gray who capitulated to Unconditional-Surrender Grant at Fort Donnelson. eventually be come governor of Kentucky and In 180ft was vice presidential candidate on the gold democrats' ticket beaded by Gen eral Palmer. If the new home rule charter formu lated for the government Of the city of Denver Is ratified at the coming elec tion, all poles and overhead wires, ex cept trolley wires and poles used In op erating street railway cars within the business district of that city, will have to be removed by the telegraph, tele phone and electric light companies and the wires placed underground within five years from January next. Denver always has been a metropolitan city and Omaha must emulate Its example with regard to the wire and pole nuisance If it wants to keep up with the procession. Peculiar to the Trade. Detroit Free Press. The oath of the Typographical union la being taken more rerlously than It deserves. The printer has always been a facile and fluent swearer. Glass House Folly. Chicago Tribune. If Uncle 8am picks up an unappropriated Island now and then we know of no European relative that can afford to throw stones at him. Getting, t p to n War Pitch. Washington Post. With a record of 60.000 killed, 160,000 in hiding and several hundred villages burned by the Turks, the Bulgarians are getting almost up to the point of losing their temper and declaring war. A toneoltma; 'Ihooght Chicago Record-Herald. We can bear up under Senator Beverldge'a loss of his pocketbook and hla 150 while he waa enroute to speak at the Indiana bank era' convention. But If he had lost the manuscript of the speech in which he ettlvd the money nuestlon this nation might not have su urvm ved the shock. la Reform Possible There f 0.1 1c a go Chronicle. What we need to prevent wild speculation era zee. ending in panic ana aisaster, is i a. I "elastic" currency or even an eni-rgency eurrn"y jo inucn as honesty and truthfulness In corporation manage merit. VWvtr will bring about reform In this respect will be a public benefactor worthy of Immortal renown. Kent la Mlnlr.Wir. Philadelphia Record. Wiiat feats of arms may not be done In mimic warfare when the doer is a kaiser and the umpires are his obedient servants Kaiser Willulm'a charge on Tuesday at the head of T'.COO Prussian tiorwi on the Saxon Lotteries and entrenched Infantry n Hslle. where t!e annual fall maneuvers 6re now In progress, would have been a act of niadnesa In teal warfare. The duet raised from the dry fields by the horaea' hoofs revealed every movement of the cavalry of the "enemy," who waa enabled to point 10,uO rifles and hundred of ma hlne and field guns at the charging troop ers; nevertheless, the judges decider mat the enemy" was routed, and the ktlser won. The March of ttntalre. Boston Herald. Go west, young man, and grow up with he country" Is a hit of advice that the oung men of Canada are heeding with a vengeance. A recent harvest excursion to the Canad'an northwest was made up of (WO young men from Prince Edward Island and no from the eastern section of Nora Scotia. One of the local Nova Scotia newspapers says: "This is certainly an enormous drain on our country, and the chances are hat It will be an annual drain. Of the 300 who went, at the outside not more than &K will return. The others will prob ably remain to build up the west at the expense of the east. The your.g men who went are the pick of the country, the best blood and sinew in It, and they did not belong to the Idle class. They went west to spy out this mueh-talked-of land and to select homes. It is Indeed unfor tunate If the home land Is to be robbed tli's way every year. And have we not right here the best country under the sun? But It is the old story of the human foot and its wrstward roving." And now, as ever, westward the course of empire takes Its way. COSTROI. OF THt'STS. Government Ownership Proaoaaeed the Rest Method. New Tork Independent. Three possible means of controlling the so-called trusts were suggested by the com mittee of the American Bar association. One Is by severe taxation: another Is by further Interstate commerce laws, and a third Is by government assumption of the business of these trusts that is. by the extension of the socialistic features of our government. Of these the first, destructive taxation, seems oppressive and unfair. We doubt If It will be very much applied. The second provision, legislation for Interstate commerce, ought certainly to be developed. The Interstate commission has asked for further power. Railroads ought not to be allowed to give preferential rates which will foster monopolies. But It Is to a cer tain extension of the third method, that of government assumption of certain Indus tries, that we look for speediest Important control. The other nations of the world have set us the example, even the most conservative. We lag far behind Oreat Britain or France or Germrfny or Austria. Enormous combinations of railroads and trolley lines are now being mode here wnicn would not be allowed abroad. Our government ought to hold these means of transportation, which have been the fos terers of unfair wealth. The name Is true of the express business and of the lighting ministry, nils amount of socialism, al ready begun In the postofflce. Is safe, and should be developed. A JtORWEOIAJf TRIUMPH. Descendants of the Vlklaara Carried Reliance to Victory. Chicago Tribune. Sir Thomas Upton, in one of his inter views, made the remark: "Tho smartest sailors i ever saw In my life are sailing Re llance." Sir Thomas was correct, as the re. suit proved. As compared with the crew of Shamrock III they were quicker and more Intelligent, and quickness and Intelligence In obeying orders count for success In a race. They were men who anticipated Cap tain Barr's orders and were ready to obey mem before they were given. In other words, they were experts In navigation ape clalties, and each man was selected for ape ciai work. Captain Wrlnge'a sailors were not so quick because they did not antlcl pate orders Sir Thomas Lipton's remark has been ac cepted as a compliment to American sea manehlp. and there has been much boaat mg over "a lankee boat and a Tankee crew." Reliance Is a Yankee boat. It was built at Bristol . by Herreshoff. who is. spite of his name, a Yankee, born In B lrtol, But. alaa. Reliance did not have a Yankee crew. There was not an American on board of It nor a person born In America. Its cap tain la a Scotchman, who has taken out his first papers. The first, second and third mates are Norwegians. Of Its crew of forty two men thirty-seven are unnaturallxed anJ two naturalized Norwegians, two unnatural ized Swedes and one an unnaturalized Daife. Reliance therefore was a Yankee boat manned by a Scotch-American captain and Scandinavian crew, and the result must De set down as a Norwegian triumph. Evi dently the days of the Maine and Deer Island American sailors, who figured In the old contests, have passed away. It Is sur prising that Sir Thomas, with a knowledge of the skill and alertness of these descend- nts of the Vikings on the water, haa not manned one of his Shamrocks with Nor weglans Instead of Britishers, for the Nor wegians are the men who successfully maintain the blue ribbon of the seas. THE WASTE OF FORESTS. Time lor Action to Prevent Farther Destruction. , Jan Francisco Call. The newly issued year book of the De partment of Agriculture contains In the report of the secretary a striking passage upon the waste that haa followed the par tial destruction of the forest at the head waters of the streams of the Appalachian mountains. That part of the United States la far from California, but not so far but what the lesson of Its teaching should come home to us and warn us of the danger that threatens our own land from the waste of the woodlands. It Is estimated that during the twelve months ending with April, 1902, the damage done by floods resulting from the destruc tion of forest along that mountain district approximated 118.000,000. The report goes on to say: "The examinations also show as additional results of the deforestation of these mountain slopes that the water powers along these streams, which have an aggregate annual value of tO.OOO.OOO, as a basis for manufacturing enterprises, are being gradually but certainly destroyed through the increasing Irregularity In the flow of the streams; that the soil which 1s being washed down from the mountain slopes Is rendering annually less navigable the Ohio, Mississippi, Tennessee and other rivers of the southeastern states, and that the rate of land erosion on these mountain slopes from which the forest cover has been removed Is now as great in a single year as it was in ten centuries while the slopes were covered with primeval forests." A statement of that kind emanating from an official source after expert Investigation Is startling. The attention of the eastern public haa been drawn to the evil and bill Is now before congress providing for the establishment of a great national forest reserve along the Appalachian summits The maintenance of such a reserve will of comae be highly beneficial to all the wide region of country through which flow the streams that have their rise In those moun tains, but great as la the need of a good forestry system In that section of the coun try. it Is probably not so great aa the need of such a system In California. It Is In deed high time for us to approach thli subject seriously and with a -eeolve to take action before the destruction of the woods goea much further. Man cannot afford to so waste the mountain lands as to bring about every year an erosion equal to that which nature would have csusod ia ten centurion, DOI1GS H THF. ARMY. Matters of Geaeral Interest Gleaned , (ram the Army aad Mary Register. The order relating to transportation of baggage of army officers contains the provision, not hitherto recorded In an abstract of the order given last week, for the baggage of a lieutenant general of the army. That officer Is allowed to have 1.800 pounds transported at public expense when on duty in the field. The allownnce of baggage thus transported, on a permanent change of station. In the case of a lieu- enant general. Is 15,000 pounds. An Im portant provision In the order, which may escape some officers. Is the following: "Jn turning over horsrs to the quarter master's department for shipment under the authorization of this regulation, officers ran have the privilege of shipping them from other points to their new station, provided the mileage in such cases does not exceed the total mileage between the old and new ststlon to which an officer la assigned." This enables an officer to dispose of his horse at one station and purchase another at his own station, or any other place en route, where he may happen to have the opportunity of acquiring a suitable anlmnl. The other day an officer who was trans ferred from Fort Aesinlbolne to Fort Sill desired to obtain a horse In Kentucky, but the regulations of the army did not permit this, although the advantage of trans portatlon was entirely on the side of fbe government, since the distance between the purchasing point In Kentucky and the of fleer's station was much less than that between the officer's old station and Fort Sill. Under the new provision officers will be benefited materially. The Judge advocate general of the army has before him the Interesting question whether the badge of the Society of For elgn Wars may properly be worn with the uniform of the army. It seems there are two resolutions and an act nf congress bearing on the authority to wear bndRes of military societies under such clrcum stances. The first resolution was that of 1R90, which related to the emblems of the aocloties of the wars tip to that time. The next legislation was the act of February 2, 1901. which hud to do with the badges of the societies ol' the Spanish war and the incidental conflict In the Philippines. The most recent legislation was inc resolution of January 12 last, which related to the China relief expedition. The Society of Foreign ,Wr embraces a large field of military activity and naturally the opinion from the Judge advocate general's office will be awaited with keen interest, Tt Is the occasion of remark that In the designation of army officers to serve in the capacity of umpfres during the army and militia maneuvers at West Point and Fort Riley there has been no assignment to duty In that connection of officers attached to the general staff of the army. The omis sion from that important list of tho names of any general staff officers has created profound surprise. It has been commonly supposed, outside as well as within the army, that general staff officers would find very great opportunity for something be sides desk work In the observations of the maneuvers. In Kurope tho general staff officers are especially active and prominent on such occasions and evidently it Is most profitable for the Individual officers and for the service generally to detail members of the general staff for duty in the field during maneuvers. It can only bo re garded as a significant Indication of the policy of the present administration that the general staff of ourarmy Is not to be personally and actively Identified with this year's operations, although they doubtless serve very useful purposes In Arranging for such exercises and in finally passing upon the report of other officers who do have the opportunity of personal observa tlon. Nevertheless, It Is found to be tho subject of comment and the occasion for surprise that tho general staff Is pot to be represented In the field at West Point and Fort Riley. Of course, such comments an are here recorded are based on the assump tion that the list of officers to attend the maneuvers Is complete and has been pub lished without the chance of amendment or addition. It Is barely possible, however, that In some way the general staff will be represented, after all, in the Kentucky or Kansas exercises, although there does not appear to be present prospect of such an event. The detail of Major John F. Gullfoyle, Twelfth cavalry, aa Inspector of rifle prac tice Is a notable incident. It marks the re j establishment of an Important military billet, recreated on the recommendation of the board which has been engaged in the revision of the small arms target practice ystem and manual. The last officer to discharge the duties of inspector of rifle practice was Colonel (now General) J. M Lee, T7. S. A., who served for a few weeks t the then headquarters of the army on the staff of General Miles. It Is recalled In this connection that the detail of an In spector of rifle practice waa a hobby of General Miles. He never succeeded In Inducing the authorities to adopt the Idea, although It has always been considered necessary If we were going to maintain a standard of excellence In army marksman ship. It Is possible that Major Guilfoyle'a detail to this duty In Washington will be followed by the designation. In a similar capacity, of officers attached to the staffs of the territorial departmental commanders. The first lieutenants of the Signal corps who were marked for advancement to the grade of captain have been promoted, or have passed their examinations and ere ready for promotion. Threo advancements remain to be made. The block In these pro motions waa removed by the return to this country from Alaska of Lieutenant William Mitchell, who has been examined and re ported as qualified for promotion. These advancements created eleven vacancies in the grade of second lieutenant, and twelfth vacancy Is mad by the retirement on account of disability, of Captain Charles B. Rogan, Jr., who Is now at the general hospital at Washington Barracka. The problem Is to fill these vacancies. None of the officers of the line Is disposed to go In the signal corps where the demands are for technical knowledge and practical expert ence In signal corps work, and where the additional reward largely consists of the consciousness of duty faithfully performed The condition Indicates the necessity of some very strong recommendations to con grass, and It is probable this will be made In the annual report of the chief signal of fleer. Numerous changes are likely to be made In the next few weeks In the assignments of officers to regiments, and constant change are being made In the list nf va cancle in the distribution of the vacant second lieutenancies, as published $. few weeks ago In these columns. These changes are due mainly to the desire on the part of the graduate of the Military academy to duty In the Philippine. Numerous re quests are coming from these officer for as slgnment to regiment which will take these officer to station In the Island. Of course this make a draft on 'the regiment home, but a the officer are more needed In the Philippine than at Vnlted State garrisons It la probable that application of this kind will not be denied. Perntclooe Disrespect. Bt. Louis Globe-Democrat. General Brtstow must have queer notion of th publto service. He Is trying to run his branch of th Postofflce department without consulting th politicians. HRRAK FOR Kr'OSn PLACE. Political Expediency Demands n West ern Man for Vice President. Toledo Blade. Nebraska-; brought Into prominence dur ing the two last national campaigns by the fact that the state is the home of the demo- er ratio candidate for the presidency, has again bobbed Into notice by the recent action of its state republican convention In advocating the selection of Hon. John I,. Webster, of Omnhn, for the second place on the ticket to be chosen In 1904. By this action it has brought to countrywide prom inence a man who has been known throughout the middle west fir years as one of Its ablest citizens. This should not be taken to mean that Mr. Webster haa not been known beyond the confines of the Missouri valley, but rather that the know ledge of hla ability has been confined prin cipally to those attorneys who keep In touch witli the more Important legal work of the country, and those politicians who make the growth of every public man their study. As tH first candldnte In the field, Mr. Webster's personality Is perhaps of more Interest than those of the men who will enter the running Inter. Of bis ability there Is no question. The west knows him as an attorney, one of the coterie of first water men. who have served to whip Into shape the sometimes unique, sometimes grotesque, laws passed by states stilt In their long clothes. In turn ultra-conservative, railroad ridden, populis tic and demagogic. To tbero is due the credit for whatever protection of property and soundness of state finance came about during the wild-eyed days when the people of the plains were led by sockleaa states men and divine healers of national wrongs that consisted mostly of grasshopper peats, a lack of rain, and other things that caused crops to fail. To their good work the west Is Just now awakening. In the framing of laws governing the nation's relations with the red men he has played an Important part. , One of tho first attorneys to bo ad mitted to practice before the Interior de partment and the commissioner of Indian affairs, he has never lent himself to the high-salaried defence of the myriad men and schemes that have looked to rob the children of the plains of their remaining lands. Rather has he done as much. If not more, than any other to put tho laws governing tills diminishing race on a plane of firmness and Justice. Mr. Webster has had experience In politics. Several timc he has been a re ceptive candidate before the Nebraska legislature of senatorial honors, but his ever present stand against a coalition r-ith and the resultant control by dom inant railroad forces In the state has kept him from the goal. But, defeated or not, ho has always fought at the front for his party, and by his example and power both as a speaker and an advisor, has put republicanism again In the ascendant In his state. In person Mf. Webster Is a picture In ctlon of the old time courtesy and chlv Iry of the days before the war, combined with the aggressiveness and more solid Intellect of the present day leader. He has frenquently been prominently men tioned for an ambassadorship to a Euro pean court, and was lately seriously con sidered as one of the men to make up the Isthmian canal commission. His honesty In politics Is as Inflexible as In his private business, and has become a motto In Ne braska. With Mr. Roosevelt's nomination for the presidency a foregone conclusion, It fol lows that a western man will be chosen as his running mate. Many factors of poli tical expendloncy will enter Into the selec tion for second place, and Nebraska Is early In the field with a good man. If the other states which will undoubtedly place fav orite sons In the race, shall name equally capable men with Mr. Webster; the choice of the convention cannot fall to be a wise one. TKRSOSAL XOTRS. Another New York hunter has shot his guide In mistake for a deer.. It Is wrong to make game of anybody. There Is a shadow of hope of reform In Kentucky. Fifty years' growth of whl- ers was cut from the chin of a politician the other day. Lord Roberts and Lord Kitchener can not agree as to the result of the South Africa war. Why not leave the question to soma of the real generals on the other side? The New York Sun has passed Its seven tieth milestone without a wrinkle on Its face or a cloud to 'obscure Its fays. The Sun was founded by Day (Benjamin II.), but It shines at all hours. Dr. C. E. Bentley of Chicago has been appointed chairman of the committee on Clinics for the big international dental con gress which will be held tn St. iouls next ear, In connection with the World's fair. King Alfonso of Spain Is about to start on a tour or Europe, visiting an tne principal courts on the continent. It Is said the Itinerary is undertaken with the purpose of finding a wife to adorn hla palace. Will fasting cure dyspepsia? Yes; a Kansas man cured his by a fast of thirty seven days, and there waa a grand dispute whether the members of the Barber's Union or the undertaker's Resistant should have the privilege of shaving the corpse. Elbrldge Gerry Glgger, the last survivor of the Hassanamlsco tribe of Indians, once numerous In Massachusetts, died last week at Gardner. The Hussunamlnco tribe onee owned the land where the town of Grafton Is located. When the state took the land to open It for settlement j pension was given each member of the tribe In settle ment. Mr. Qlgger's pension now having expired, the state no longer has to pay for the taking of this land. OVERCOATS Ar overcoats of oourse, but ther ft a vat dlffernc among thera. Th nam and price aion does not alway constitute tho coat. You are looklsg for tyl, value and good wear when you want an overcoat, . and th reliable clothier. BROWNING, KING CO.. should be your guiding tar. W hav taken extra pain this eason to strengthen the already good point about our coat, and you will find more originality of design, better tailoring, handsomer fabrics, and In general better styles, than you ever saw before in ready-made coats. W might add better values, but we leave that for you to determine. Good one for f 10.00 or better, snd up to 133 00. "No Clothing Fits Like Ours'' Then ther 1 the rain coat, that ar water proof, very dressy and answer both purposes, beside the popular eravenettea. and thejw coat of our own make are made broad shouldered, full cheated, permanent front hand-mad throughout, and without an equal for Style and MnUh. 112 M to 13 00. I R. S. Wlloox. Managsr. LAROR'9 GREAT PROBLEM. Ita Contracts? Chicago Inter Ocean. r Frank nuchanan. national head of tb union of structural Iron workers, on Thurs day revoked the charter o the local branch In New York City, of which Sam Parks ! the virtual head, because he was satisfied that the loeal union had wilfully violated. snd was violating, the agreement made list May between the national union snd the employers' association. The local union received the revocation of Its charter with hoots and Jeers. J. W. s. J. W. the bi-l nan hadl s charter' Johnston, secretary-treasurer of tlonal union, denied that Buchanan authority to revoke the local union's without his consent. It Is reported that Johnston and Buchanan had a personal en counter during the day over the conduct of the local union, Thus structural iron building In New York, already crippled for weeks by strikes, haa become still more uncertain because of a factional quarrel between the workers In ths trade. This quarrel. It will be observed. Is over the point whether or not a local union shall be permitted to annul contract made with employers by tbe national or ganization of which It la a part. Fundamentally the question at Issue Is whether or not a labor union can be trusted to stAnd by Its contracts. To get that question answered right Is ths great prob lem before organised laber. Unless or ganized labor succeeds In answering that question right its whole cause Is In Jeopardy. It Is comparatively easy for workers tu organize and by watching for a favorable opportunity compel employers to glva them higher wages. But when a labor union, having made an agreement on wages and conditions for a certain lengtli of time, re fuses to keep that agreement' it sets about It sown destruction. Capital, finding that labor union agreements are worthless, simply refuses to take chances with work ers who will not keep their contracts. Thus work In that Industry and allied In dustries ceases. The final result of contract breaking by labor organizations Is to leave workers out of work. That Is the fact that labor or- ganlzatlons have got to face. That Is the fact that makes the assurance of fidelity to contracts the great problem before or- ganlzed labor today. For failure to get such fidelity brings about not only strikes of workers, but strikes of capital, and when capital I forced to strike labor's op portunity cease to exist. LINES TO A LAIGH. "Listen to that girl's peculiar laugh." That ten t a laugn. "No?" "No; she's s Boston girt. That's a cachln nation." Philadelphia Ledger. Mrs. Anger I can't see why my husbsnd should be Jealous of me. Her Friend No one can. my dear. Judge, "Come, come, old boy. brace up! Ton know that faint heart ne'er won fair lady." "But she's a brunette." Cleveland Plain Dealer. "She needed rest when she went to th country, I believe. "Yes." "Then why is she coming home so soonT" "Well, she thinks she needs a little com-fort."-Chicago Post. "Some people fails." said Uncle Eben, "because dey tries to est de persimmon befo' It's ripe, an' some because dey leta it lav aroun' till it's no good." Washington Poet. "Ala!" said the unhappy woman, "and we were once considered wealthy!" "But, mv dear," said her husband, aooth Inglv, "we have as much money aa ever." "Oh, ves, I know, but there are so many who have a lot more that nobody pays any attention to us any longer!" Brooklyn Life. "I fear." said his host next morning, "you didn't sleep well last night. Every time I woke up I could hear you thrashing around in your bed." "I ought to have told you apologized the guest, a man from Kansas City, "I've got so used to floods that I tread water In my sleep." Chicago Tribune. "Are you training your daughters in th household arts!" 1 "No. What' the ue? Jet a soon as I got one of them trained so- he could help me ome man would come along an' marry her. An' men are havln" It too easy these days, anyhow." Washington Star. "Some men are so fortunate In securing good wives," remarked the man who wanted to be sympathetic. "Yes, replied MenpecK. -now, my wire is Just like sunshine about the houe." "Indeed! Well er really. I'm urprlsed " "Yes. She's never there at all at night. Woman's Rights meettnga and all that, you know." Philadelphia Pres. A 4VARTET. Carolyn Wells, In Life. , - .... A Ul.. flmltk A muv T nail VAU 1 1 D 01 ? U , win. fcJ. ...... w. - Kitty? t , I Moon (This promises, I fear, to be quits f tame.) She You oughtn't, but you make It sound so pretty; Cupid (They're starting In a ' usual. Same' old game.) He The moonllghj; paints with gold your fairy tresses. Moon (Now wouldn't that Just make you faint away!) She Only a poet thus his thought ex presses! Cupid (What Idiotic things some people say!) He Dear, If I loved you would you care to know It? .... .. - Moon (Now that, I must admit, I rther V good.) 7 She Oh. If I cared I'd be too shy to.t ahow It. Cupid (They're doing better than I thought they would:) He-Ah-lf I dared-but you're so fsr abovs in e Moon (Ahem! I think I'll hide behind this tree.) Bhe- Txve levels all ranks He Do you, can you love me? Cupid (Well, now they have no further use for me!)
