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day tomorrow.
When the flour mills projected by
President Stlckney come to grind there
iwlll be a market for pain In Omaha.
The award In the Alaskan boundary
arbitration looks pretty big. But Just
Walt until the distinguished lawyers who
argued the case present their bill.
Dowle threatens to keep the newspaper
reporters out of his meetings. In doing
this he Is making sure of having reports
of his meetings In the newspapers.
Tillman has not yet offered himself
fts a candidate for some elective office
to vindicate his killing of Editor Con
gales. But that will probably be his
next step under the South Carolina code.
Colonel Bryan has - been making sev
eral speeches An boost the Ohio cam
paign, but he has not yet said a word
in Nebraska this year. The colonel must
regard Nebraska as republican beyond
recall. ,Vi .,-,.
Good wtne needs no bush. Candidates
for the republican state Judicial and
county tickets do not have to hunt for
certiflAtes of eligibility and expressions
of confidence in the highways and by
ways. Commissioner Utt has been dispatched
by the Commercial club to Kansas City
to look after the railroads, but the traf
fic managers are not very seriously dis
turbed over the movements of the com
missioner. -
Now that the Chicago Great Western
has secured Its right-of-way, It la to be
hoped that It will proceed with its prom
ised improvements as rapidly as money
Invested In muscle, stone, brick. Iron andtthero is not the slightest probability of
mortar will permit
Admit that the democrats put up some
decent candidates on their county ticket,
yet they have no right to expect repub
lican votes when the republicans have
nominated against them equally well re
puted and better qualliled men.
The only way for Canada to enforce
Its claims to the dlnputw! Alaskan terri
tory that has been awarded to the
United States is to seek annexation Into
Uncle Sam's family. By such a course
both parties to the litigation might win
out
The Indian summer , weather will
doubtless reduce the profits of the coal
combine, but so long as the combine can
raiao and fix prices without restraint
the consumer will have to make up for
the shrinkage In consumption by , ln
rivase of price.
Saa Frauclsvo will show the bankers
bow to spend their money. It has pre
viously practiced up on the Christian
Endeavorers, Knights Templar and con
ventions of other national orKe&lzatlons
supposed to be persuuded to'
only with difficulty.
let !
ooee
Oiuaha business men who are very
much perturbed over the drastic pro
Visions f the new reveuue law and the
jrospective increase of taxes should
place the renioiitiit!lity where it be
longs upon the shoulders of the rail
road lawyers ami lublijlsts who notori
ously framed the obnoxious bill so as to
legalize railroad tax shirking.
rue president . aebige conveuing
congress speolilu the ratification of the
Cuban reciprocity treaty as the special
puriiose for the enrly meeting. When
congress once coiues together, however,
there Is nothing to prevent the two
lioiibes from taking up any measures
tlicy fel diKiKioetl to grapple with. If
tliey were confined to the designated
subject f li-Ktt-.Intiou the iiuuoti for
sit-1y action on the pending treaty
uul4 be much more prviui.-iiug
CANADIAN ANNKXATION TALK.
It will not be at all surprising if the
dcolnlon of the Alaskan Boundary com
mission shall produce more or less In
terettt la the subject of the annexation
of Canada to the United States. Al
ready there Is a revival of talk of this
and It Is by no means improbable that
It will become more general and pos
sibly more serious in the next few years.
a good deal depending upon bow the
people of England decide m regard to
the scheme of Mr. Chamberlain respect
ing future tariff relations between the
mother country and the colonies.
The very general feeling of dissatis
faction In Canada, probably much more
pronounced than the dispatches Indicate,
In regard to the boundary decision, Is
by no means unlikely to provoke a sen
timent unfavorable to the Imperialistic
idea which has been paramount for the
last few years. It Is by no means dif
ficult to understand that the disap
pointed hope of the Canadians In respect
to this boundary Issue, due to the vote
of the British member of the commis
sion, should lead many of them to think
that there is no chance of Canada win
ning anything against the United States.
This Is the view taken by some of the
more prominent Canadian papers, which
it Is reasonable to . suppose reflect a
good deal of the popular sentiment
It is not to be confidently assumed,
however, that the drift or trend of
Canadian sentiment will be In the di
rection of annexation to the United
States. It will be rather toward in
dependencethe establishment of a
Canadian republic, for which that coun
try Is very much better prepared than
were the American coloules aud to the
accomplishment of which It Is probable
the British government would make
no very great resistance, particularly In
the event of the United States sym
pathising with a Canadian movement
for independence. So far as the ques
tion o? annexation to this country is
concerned there (s no evidence of any
considerable sentiment In the Domin
ion favorable to it On the contrary
nearly all the information entitled to
confidence is to the effect that the prac
tically unanimous sentiment ia against
annexation. There are among the Can-
adlnn people traditional antagonisms
against the United States and no or
dinary circumstances will dissipate
these. Whatever influence the Alaskan
boundary decision may have In weak
ening Canadian affection for the mother
country, and it seems that this may be
considerable, it is certain that the ten
dency will not be to create In the minds
of Canadians a stronger liking for the
United States. What is rather to be
expected la a more determined atti
tude of hostility toward this country on
the part of our northern neighbors.
LOOK AG TO AMKB1CA.
Some of the European correspondents
assert that the eyes of Europe are upon
the United States In regard to condi
tions In the far east It is declared to
be the opinion of Old world diplomacy
that the development, of the American
policy in the far east will have a crucial
effect upon that complicated and danger
ous situation. . ' It is suggested that the
more 'stem and uncompromising the at
titude which our government and people
shall ossunie toward the empire which
sacrifices its honor for diplomatic ad
vantage, the more will It become possi
ble to settle the crisis in the far east
without bloodshed.
We believe that it can be admitted
without a single qualification that it is
in the interest of the United States to
see that nothing is done by Russia or
any other European power that will mili
tate against the Interests of the com
mercial nations In China. That has
been the uncompromising view of our
government at alll times since the Chi
nese problem became one of serious con
sideration by the civilized world. It is
the position of this government now and
any change. , We have obtained from
China certain concessions in the matter
of treaty ports and these coucessious are
In territory that Is under Kussian
domination. According to late advices
Russia may refuse to permit ns to take
advantage of these concessions. It la
said that the Russian government is in
dignant toward China for allowing them.
Fosslbly this is so, but If It should
prova to be a fact would it Justify the
Lnlted States in taking a position that
might lead to its becoming involved in
a serious controversy with Russia T. Un
questionably American interests in the
far east are of very considerable Im
portance. Everybody who has given
intelligent attention to the matter real
izes this. We naturally desire trt main.
tain those Interests and extend tbem,
but It is a very serious question as to
how far we should exert our power to
compel recognition of thoe principles
which are essential to the maintenance
of our rights and interests.
'It Is very easy to Insist as some are
doing, that the United States should as
sume an aggresHtve policy In respect to
Russia's course In the far east but it is
necessary to understand what such a
course would involve and whether the
United States is prepared to take it
Our government wUl undoubtedly insist
that all its rights and Interests in China
shall be respected, but only in the event
of an absolute refusal of -this demand
would we be Justified In taking an ag
gressive position. ' ,' .
It M Intimated by a shrewd lawyer,
who was a member of the last legisla
ture, that the validity of the law pro
viding for the erection of a new nor
mal school for Nebraska under which
the city of Kearney has secured the
location after a competitive contest is
doubtful Should this turn out to be
the case all the cities and towns that
exerted themselves so strenuously for
preferences for the normal school site
would have only their pains for their
trouble, and the succttufu! as well as
the unsuccessful woulJ be holding the
sack-, There la no question, however,
but that the legislature intended to
enact a law that would stand the test
nd that the proceedings so far have
been the; theory that the law holds
good. Should the courts declare It on
constitutional it would simply devolve
upon the next legislature to re-enact
the measure and the danger would be
that two or three additional normal
schools wou d be tacked on In transit
Sometimes It Is a good thing to let well
enough alone.
rat stir rktbhub law.
The most sensitive part of a man's
makeup is his stomach and next to that
his pocketbook. The general impression
prevails that the new revenue law will
materially increase the tax burdens of
the farmer, the merchant the manufac
turer and the banker, while the taxes of
the Nebraska railroads, which own one-
fifth of all the. property values In the
state, will be lightened correspondingly.
This impression may or may not be well
founded. Everything will depend upon
the interpretation of the law and its
honest and Impartial enforcement
The new revenue law contemplates the
appraisement bf all property whether
tangible or Intangible at Its true value
and ita assessment for taxation at one
fifth of the appraisement Carried Into
effect without discrimination or favorit
ism, no individual or corporation would
be wronged, although some property
would pay heavier taxea than It paid
before, while other property would pay
correspondingly less because of the in
equity and wrong perpetrated under the
old system by assessors, county boards
and state boards. '
The mere fact that under the new rev
enue law property of every description
will have to be reported for assessment
arid appraised at full . value does not
necessarily signify that the amount of
taxes levied opon the property returned
will be greater than it was under the
old revenue law.. In other words, if it
takes f 1,500,000 a year to maintain state
institutions and pay the salaries of state
officers and state and district Judges and
to meet the expenses of legislative ses
sions, the amonnt of taxes to be col
lected will not necessarily be Increased
if the aggregate assessed valuation
should be raised from $184,000,000 to
twelve hundred or fifteen hundred mil
lion dollars. Raising the assessed val
uation would Elmply result In a propor
tionate decrease of the tax levy. That
has been the experience of Omaha under
the full valuation assessments, except
that a flagrant injustice was perr-r.t.ated
by exempting the railroad property from
full valuation. When the assessment of
Omaha aggregated $20,000,000 the city
tax levy ranged from SO to 35 mills.
When the assessment went up to ovet
$100,000,000 the tax levy went down ac
cordingly. Last year's city tax levy wat
less than 0 mills, and the great majority
of property ownera were taxed less foi
1903 than they had been, taxed during
any previous years for ten years.
It was to have been expected that some
features of the new revenue aw would
be Invalid. That would be true of leverj
proposition that works double taxation.
It is to be hoped the courts will promptly
rule those provisions out so that the bur
dens of taxation may be equitably dis
tributed In conformity with the letter
and spirit of the constitution. . .
rVHO THSY Alt. .
The opposition organs are trying to
make believe that the candidates nom
inated on the republican Judicial ticket
in this district are men of unknown abil
ity and reliability, frhe fact is that
every man on the republican Judicial
ticket has been tried in positions of nub
ile trust and has demonstrated his quali
fications for public service. '
Three of the republican nominees-
Judges Baxter, Day and ' Estelle are
now serving on the bench and have been
renominated for second terms. No ques
tion being raised about their quallflca-
tlons, they have been endorsed without
solicitation by the democrats.
William A. Redlck la a younar man.
born and raised In Omaha, where he has
practiced law successfully for manv
years. He once held a responsible posi
tion as deputy under Judge Crounse,
when the latter was collector of customs
for this district and he has also served
as deputy in the county attorney'a office.
No breath has ever been raised against
his honesty or competency.
Andrew a Troup has lived In Omaha
for more than ' twenty years, during
which time he has achieved a wide and
favorable acquaintance. He. too, has
served as assistant to the county at
torney, discharging his duties faithfully
and efficiently, i
William O. Sears has a reputation In
Burt county, where he resides, of being
one of the ablest lawyers that county
has produced. He has been repeatedly
tried and not found wanting. He has
served as county attorney and twice in
the legislature, bring honored with the
speakership during one session. In the
legislature he was constantly the cham
pion of all measures in which Omaha
was interested.
A. L. Sutton, whose name comes last
on the ticket is one of South Omaha's
most promising attorneys. In the ca
pacity of legislator, county commis
sioner, member of the school board and
city law officer he has shown fidelity to
the public and made a creditable record.
His elevation to the bench will be a
well-earned promotion.
The voters of this district and espe
cially the republicans must not allow
themselves to be deceived as to the
characters of the republican Judicial
candidates. They never had a JudlJial
ticket which they could support without
exception with greater consciousness of
doing their full duty as patriotic citi
zens, i
Tomorrow will be the second day of
registration. Voters in Omaha and
South Omaha who have not yet regis
tered for the coming election should not
fall to do so. Remember that last year's
registration will not auswer for this
year's election. Every citizen f Oiuabg
and South Omaha, who desires to par
ticipate in the election November 8 must
present himself In person to the reg
lstrara of his voting district th same as
If he had never before been registered.
King Leopold of Belgium baa fre
quently expressed a w ish to visit the
United States, and so have several other
crowned heads of European states. The
members of the royal family, however,
are kept so busy visiting one another
and exhibiting themselves on dress pa
rade that they are seldom able to find
time to devote to the monarchy-bating
Inhabitants of a pleblan republic
The message of regrets transmitted to
the city council by the committee on
public lighting, expressing profound
sorrow of its inability to find the
quorum of the council in time for the
passage of the electric light bond ordl
nance, should be framed and hung up
in the council chamber at a memento of
broken pledges.
Scars of Burt was one of the few re
publican members of the legislature out
side of Omaha who stood up and voted
for the bill for the local assessment and
taxation of railway terminals for mu
nicipal purposes. For this alone he has
a claim on the gratitude and support of
every taxpaylng citizen of Omaha and
South Omaha.
In view of the recent disclosures of
Jobbery and downright fraud In the con
tracting of county bridges and the fur
nishing of court bouse vaults, the ques
tion is frequently asked whether we
have a county attorney and if so why
be doea not proceed against the parties
implicated.
l ' 3
Ciraft Straaare) Places
Minneapolis Journal.
The Colorado national guard Is being In
vestigated for boodllng while It was pre
serving order during a strike. It would be
hard to say whether the strikers who re
sorted to violence or the militiamen who
boodled would stand higher as anarchists.
Babbles Things.
8t Louis Post-Dtapatch.
The water in a soap bubble one foot In
diameter is about one drop. A financial
bubble of 1 100,000,000 may contain t,000,QOO
water, 1760,000 monopoly and 20.000 real
value.. It Is possible, however, to dispense
with everything but the first If a little as
surance Is mixed with the water.
A Fake, et sk Faust f
. Philadelphia Inquirer.
Let ua hope the story of the boy tele
graph operator who saved a train In Mon
tana by telegraphing the news of an In
tended bold-up, when, the chances were
ninety-nine to one that be would be killed
for doing so. Is a true one. .If It Is, that
boy has In him all the stuff that makes a
hero.
Not
Sara ( , Deceat BarlaJ.
Boston Transcript.
During the last ten months no lees than
forty-four trusts with New Jersey charters
have been placed in the hands of receivers,
and, though they had an aggregate "au
thorized" capital of over tSO.000,000 and had
contrived to get trusted for more than 7,-
150,000, diligent seaxebrtms so far been able
to- -discovert among than), all scarcely more
than $1,500,000 ,e aassts, which makes the
lawyers and,. receiver wonder, where they
are going to get the noney decently to lay
out and bury, the corpses.,'. -v.
doing Home, with a rile.;
Springfield i Republican. -The
slack In the Iron Industry has started
some 4,000 workers - front the coke region
around Pittsburg in search of employment
elsewhere. About half of them are : re
turning to their former homes In Europe
and carry each, It ts a&ld, from 1200 to 1600
In gold with them. This will be preferable
to thera remaining here In Idleness, and If
the great mass of surplus low-class labor
which pours In here from Europe during
flush times would dispose of Itself In like
manner during dull , times the country
would look unon the Immigration problem
as less serious than It has appeared to be.
Whs Freesaea Rejoice.
' Baltimore . American.
Loyal Americans never wince at the Idea
of lowering the United States flag under
circumstances such as those that attend
the lowering of this ' government's symbol
of protectorship In Cuban cities. - Believ
ing in Independence, ' this government re
joices when, under right conditions, that
blessing may be given to any country that
has been struggling along under despotism's
iron hand for long and discouraging gener
ations. And as soon as the Philippines
shew even as much jlgns of the power to
govern their own affairs peaceably and In
telligently as Cuba is now doing, the same
blessing will be vouchsafed the peoples of
that wonderful and turbulent archipelago.
PERSONAL. NOTES.
Jessie Cherry, the youngest member of
the quartet of Cherry sisters, entertainers,
who several years ago were quite a vogue,
has Just died at her home in Cedar Rapids,
la. .
Because he referred to the probable win
ner of a prise In a local beauty contest as
"dark horse" F. t. Stone, editor of the
Estelllne (8. D.) Tribune, had a narrow es
cape from being mobbed by the Irate young
women, who did not understand the mean
ing of trie term.
An old Georgia clthten gave Information
which led to the capture of his own son.
who was an escaped murderer, and re
ceived a reward of 1150. Another Georgia
man, a young spread-eagle orator, is speak
ing for Tammany In New Tor It. Georgia la
reaping honors.
The new British governor of Hong Kong,
Sir Matthew Nathan. Is an Israelite who
has been In publlq life . for a number of
years. He was an officer In the army. He
commanded " a , portion of the- expedition
which went to the relief of "Chinese" Gor
don at Khartoum.
The Minnesota Historical society expects
to publish the diaries of Alexander Ram
sey, who was governor of Minnesota when
It was a territory, was governor of the state
during the civil war and represented Its
people In' the United States senate. These
diaries cover a period ot sixty years.
Members of ths numerous Grant family
have been Invited to attend the third re
union of the Grant Family association, the
descendants . of Matthew and Prlacllla
Grant, at South Windsor and Hartford,
Conn., on Tuesday. October 27, the SKd an
niversary ot the birth of Matthew Grant,
the progenitor of the family In this coun
try. Interest In the bicentennial celebration of
the birth of Jonathan Edwards, the emi
nent metaphysician and theologian, makes
noteworthy the fact that Mrs. Roosevelt,
the wife ot President Roosevelt. Is a de
scendant of Jonathan Edwards la the line
of his eldest son. Timothy Edwards of
Btockbridge, Maas., of which town ha was
for Diary years an honored and dlsUa
uUh4 resident.
ROIND ABOVT NEW YORK
Ripples ea tke Carreat of i-tfe la
be Metrepolla.
Mrs. Charles Perkins Oilman, a lectures.
In a recent address undertook to give New
lorkers Information on a topio as perplex
ing as the age of Ann. Going back of the
returns of the recent and remote floods
she declared that woman was created be
fore man. Adam was a subsequent In
cident of the creation. She asserted that
Eve wan no mere rib and was found by
Adam when he Jumped the fence into the
Garden of Eden. "That made It paradise,'
murmured a gallant man In the audience,
It la the female," .continued Mrs. Oilman.
without noticing the Interruption, "that Is
the original and permanent thing In
creation, and man la only subsidiary,
Now, Adamites, will you be good?
A grovp ef New Tork business men are
convinced of their power to . emulate the
teat of Aaron and obtain water by striking
a rock. If the novernmant will nvimrata
wjm tnem they will undertake to establish
the truth of their theory to the benefit of
the city. At the head of the aroun la
Sherman Klngsley. Mr. Klngsley believes
that Benjamin Turner, engineer, has
aiocovered a means of supplying New Tork
wiln an endless stream nf ntw r.
from a rock, and will back him financially.
we are satlsned." said Mr. Klnnlev.
rom tne report ef Mr. Tamer that an
underground river rushes through our city
streets. . we nave Interested the govern
ment and Mr. Turner will demonstrate hla
acuity to produce this sunolv.
, we propose to drill thronrh the rwW
In our own way. We Insist that an under
ground river sweeps under Oovernnrs
uiana.. TVe ask $150,000. assuming that our
experiment Is sucocesafuL and ahull
flatly refuse to accept any money on our
contract until ws have proved our c .'
One of the features of the rlt-r ummim
Is the picturesque contests that Ave promi
nent young democrats are making for mem-
oersnip to the assembly, In districts that
are overwhelmingly republican. With the
enthusiasm and Intensity of youth, these
young men are working night and day,
malting speeches. - distributing lltaraturn
ana making a personal canvass of the vot
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respective oistncts. All are
of well known families, and it seems a pity
that they have allied themselves with
Tammany Hall, as they have nothing in
common with the rank and file of that
organisation, except "regular" democracy.
In at least two cases, however, affiliation
with the democracy "through thick and
thin". Is doubtless a herltace. as the
aspirants for assembly honors are the sons
ot distinguished southern democrats and
confederate soldiers. . These strenuous
young campaigners are Champs a An
drews, son of the late Colonel Garnet t An.
drews, of Tennessee; Harvey Watterson. a
on ot ins ramoua Kentucky editor; James
h. Metcalfe, the dramatic crltlo and Htera.
teur; George W. Korn, a member of one
of the best known families of his district,
and James F. Mack.
A well known New Terk actress, who.
following Lillian Russell's example, became
an enthusiastic Christian Scientist a couple
oi years ago, figured In an elevator acci
dent In a New Tork department store
last summer, and one of her arms was
broken. She sued the proprietor of tha
department store for $10,000 damages. The
case was on trial last week.
'Tour arm was not . really broken, vnli
know," said the lawyer for the defense,
sneerlngly, to the actress. "How could
you, a Christian Scientist, suffer a broken
arm It- Is preposterous! Tour broken
arm. according to the Christian Scientist
doctrine, as I understand It, was simply an
error you had a belief of mortal jnlnd
that your arm was broken, but It wasn't
broken at ail, of course. How can,
you
reconcile these Inconsistencies ?'
' Oh, but I don't have to reconcile them."
sweetly replied the actress, smiling gaily
upon the impressionable looking jury.
how, persisted the lawyer, "can you
ask for damages In this case when the
proving of the fact that you really suffered
a broken arm must necessarily make a
mockery of your Christian Science doc
trine T"
"H'm, because I need the money." was
the actress' amiable reply.
The celebrated Hamilton trees on Wash
ington Heights, Manhattan, are almost gone.
The effort to preserve them, mads several
years ago, has come to naught, and slnoe
then the old house has been torn down,
other building have been put up on the
premises, and no such memorial of the bril
liant statesman, friend of Washington and
victim of Aaron Burr, will exist As for
the thirteen gum trees he planted, for the
number of states which began the Ameri
can union, they could not have been saved.
They have fallen by the ravages of borers
and old age. for the gum la not a long-lived
tree. There la but one that retains life, and
that is almost gone.
Another one of those frequent cases in
New York which show that It la easier to
obtain whisky than bread occurred last
Saturday. A man named Charles Tiahler
wandered over the East Bide begging for a
meal, but, although he was more than once
offered a free drink, he found no one will
teg to give him food. Half an hour before
a policeman found him dead. on the door'
step of a saloon a chance companion of
fered him liquor. "A meal vould do me
more good." the unfortunate man replied.
He was penniless when he died, and had
evidently been homeless for a long time.
He was seemingly about 40 years of age.
A workman In a big building company's
yards nearly died of fright a few days ago.
The foreman heard a yell and much com
motion among a lot of carpenters In the
yard, and rushed to the scene. He found
one of the men on the ground with a two-
lnchj bit apparently sticking through his
side, white as a ghost, and practically out
of his mind. His fellow workmen had sent
for -an ambulance and were about as badly
frightened as bo. The foreman took out his
knife and slit the man's Jumper and shirt
down the back. "The bit came away with
the shirt, tightly rolled up In It, and the
man was absolutely unscratched. It ap
pears that he had been standing against
unfinished caisson In which two-Inch
holes were being bored. The bit was run
by compressed air, and when It came
through the planking was very hot. It was
the beat from the bit which made the work
man think it was In his body.
An Index to the financial development of
New York Is furnished by the records of
the New York Clearing house, which fin
ished a half-century of existence last week.
Tke business done the opening day, Octo
ber 11. 1853, was 122,600. Of i0 in exchanges
and $1,190,000 In balances. A half day's busl-
iast Saturday was r4t.e00.000 In ex.
changes and IS. 800, 000 In balances. When It
comes to totals, however, the figures are
really startling. The total exchanges for the
fifty years up. to Monday noon were $1.S0T,-
111.S0.X8O. This Is $77 times the present
asaessed valuation of New York; and an
Interesting computation shows that If such
a sunt were In $20 bills It would be enough
to entirely cover the erea of New York City
ana put a collar bin on earn twenty.
Kveletlya at tke Faraaer.
Washington Star.
It la estimated that 600.000 farmers have
telephones In their houses. The old Idea
of the farmer as a man who whittled pine
sticks and chewed tobacco ts disappearing.
The successful farmer today must be a
business man.
I :
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Absolutely Puro
TUEHEIS KQ SUBSTITUTE
ALASKAN BOUNDARY DECISION.
Indianapolis Journal: The decision of tha
Alaskan boundary commission Is not a tri
umph of American diplomacy, but simply
an honest recognition of the Justice of the
American contention from the beginning of
the dispute.
St. Paul Pioneer Press: In view of th
fact that Canada ha considerable land (hat
Is not In Immediate danger of being put to
practical use, It ts difficult to understand
why the Lady of the Snows should have
become so excited over th prospect of not
securing possession of " a larger strip of
Alaska.
Philadelphia Record: Th decision In the
Alaskan boundary contention la nothing
mora than fair and just. That such a deci
sion has been procured at the hands of arbi
ters on both sides of the controversy who
might have deferred or defeated agreement
by standing out for self-interest Is a matter
of good augury. John Bull has done him
self honor, more especially as In the way of
land bargaining he has been heretofore, like
Hotspur, disposed to cavil upon "the ninth
part of a hair."
Springfield Republican: While bitterly
disappointed by th result of the Alaskan
boundary arbitration, the Canadians have
no real grievance because of England's
part In th business, unless they go back
thirty-five years to th tiro when Russia
placed Alaska on the market. It ts very
probable that th British government could
have bought Alaska at that time; indeed.
Is understood that the Russian govern
ment one offered to sell the territory to
England. It Is easy now to se that a
great mistake, from th Canadian view
point, was made by British statesmen ia
allowing the opportunity to buy Alaska to
slip by. Secretary Seward of the UnKed
States was quick to close the bargain, and
with Alaska In the possession of the United
States fully half of the eoast line botween
Vancouver and Mount St. Ellas was lost
to th Dominion. ' '
New' York Sua: It nas been for a third
of a century our understanding ot th
rights acquired by rurcbase from Russia.
It has not been disputed until recently. It
has rested upon what Americans have be
lieved to be the only Just Interpretation of
th terms of the treaty which defined. In
183, the Russian possessions conveyed in
1867 to us. It has never for an Instant
been regarded by this government as a
proper subject for arbitration. Th only
concern It has given to th people of th
United States has arisen from Its almost
limitless possibilities as a breeder of Ill-
will between ourselves and Canada, and
even of an ultimate conflict with Great
Britain. The danger latent In the Alaskan
boundary, question during the past four
or five years can scarcely be overstlmated.
If this danger Is finally removed today by a
single act of conscience and courage by an
upright Englishman of the first order of
judicial distinction, appointed ex parte to
an equally divided commission for th ex
amination of the technical features of our
title, the event will be Illustrious In th
records of International controversy.
MIRTHFUL REMARKS.
"He's booming a new suburban town now
called 'Joneahurst.' "
"Huh! What a commonplace name."
"Yea but he flmires that everv Jonea In
the city will want to be known 'u.
Jones of JoneahursL' "Philadelphia Press.
Mother How often have I told vm.
Tommy, that you should never let the sun
go down on your angerT
Tommy I can't help It, mother. I ain't
no Joshua. Yonkers Herald.
Mia
Passaj It's funny that handker
always seem to be so popular as
chiefs
birthday gifts.
Mlns Pepprey Yes?
Mins Pv Yea. r mt nnM
three dozen thst were given to me.
lifiea Cnnritv W 11 . 1 1 ,
than
each
birthday, eh T Philadelphia Press.
HOW do Votl account fnr thm anM ..I.
emlc of sraftlnv In mil t.n. ..,..
llo servicer' asked the reporter.
uraftlna Is nlthr mJii..
replied the practical politician. "Hunttn
Do
Want a crackln' good suit of clothes to put on nor and
wear right through the winter, and still be in good shape
when you lay it aside in the spring for another season's
wear? If you do that's the kind of clothes that bears
the name of t
Browning, King & Ca
We won't speak of our cheaper suits, but call your
attention to the ones we are selling at f 15.00 and fl8,00
they are the best you ever saw for the money and the
style that goes with them is certainly fine.
Ask for our new catalogue and see for yourself the
splendid clothing you can find here at
R. 8. WILCOX, Manager.
NO CLOTIIINO FITS LIKE OURS.
out and exposing grafters Is the latest fad
that's ail.' r Chicago Tribune,
A scum I read In th financial news this
morning that "money ts easier" now.
What on earth does that meant
Brokeleigh Perhaps It means ' that It
"goea easier." I'm sure I don't And that it
comes any easier. Philadelphia Press. -
They dug the bruised and battered form
pf the Inventor out from under the ruins of
his flying machine, ,
''I want to say." he whispered hoarnely,
"that my Invention la roing to be a mag
nificent success! I have found out Just 1
what alls It!"
Wsvlng the surgeon awav he continued
to talk to the reporters. Chicago Tribune.
"Your husband has a dreadful cold." said
the visitor.
"Yes." answered young Mrs. Torklns, "he ,
can scarcely apeak above a whisper. But ,
Chsrley is lucky In one wsy. The Wee ball I ,
season Is over snd he doesn't ncd lilse
voice much, anyhow." Washington Star.
EACH IN HIS OWN TONGl'B.
The following beautiful poem was written
by Prof. William Herbert Carnith of tha
University of Kansaa. Prof. Carruth Is
now in Omaha In attendance upon the
Unitarian conference, of which be la presi
dent: A fire mint and a planet,
A crystal and a cell,
A jelly fish and a Saurian,.
And caves where the cave men dwell;
Then a sense of law and beauty
And a face turned from th clod, '
Some call It evolution, .
And others call It God.
A haze on the fair horizon.
The infinite, tender sky.
The ripe, rich tints of th corn field
And the wild gees sailing high;
And all over upland and lowland
The charm of the goldenrod, '
Some of ua call It autumn, .. . .
And others call it God.
Like tides on a crescent sea beach
When the moon is new and thin,
Into our hearts high yearnings
Come welling and surging In, ' "
Come from the mystic ocean. t '
Whose rim no foot has trod, .
Some of ua call It longing, f
And others call It God. - A
A picket frosen on duty. '.
A mother starved for her brood.
Socrates drinking- the hemlock, .
And Jeaus on the rood, ' -And
millions, who. humble and nameless
The straight hard pathway trod;
Some call it consecration.
And others call it God.
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$3.50
You can pay more if
you Insistbut not !
here
Sorosis
$3.50 Always
That you ought to
pay more for Sorosis
is an open question.
The value of any $5
shoe is in Sorosis at
$150, but if we In
sist on $3. 50 always
you shouldn't Insist
on paying1 more, -should
you? '
Sorosis
$3.50 Always
Frank Wilcox Manager
203Sl5?St
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