Nebraska Newspapers

    THE OMAHA DAILY BEE: MONDAY, OCTOBER 26, 1903.
The Omaha Daily Bee.
E. ROBEWATKn. EDITOR.
PUBLISHED EVERY MORNINO.
QUOD A OV II B 1 11 BA X K HIS.
The linkers of the country should
give heed to the suggestions and advlre
of the comptroller of the currency In his
address before the American Bankers'
TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION. association. .o one " V1" "
Pally Be (without 8unda), one Har.M) portnnity than he to know of banking
&..BaUr?:..!r.':::::::!i! conditions aud his utteran.-e.-ln rein-
Sunday Bee, One Xear f jJ iion to this are to be regarded 88 of the
Saturday He, One Year J9-' ..,,. ti i
Twentieth Century Farmer. One Ttear. 1.W highest authority. Mr. Rldgely said It
delivered by CARRIER. i)ng i,oen evident to any careful observer
?lry 'or more than a year past that bonk
Dally Bee (Including Buinlay). per weea.Hs onns jujve been expanding too fast
Funday Wee, i er copy iQ . .... , .
Evening bee (without Sunday), per week 60 power to loan still exists. The
Ew,hV....V"?!" umy l" Btin ,n tue lmnk for e,"n'(,8
Compiainti''nf'ir'rVi'ui'nritir in silvery , n(j tuer B fla much money a. ever
should be addressed to CHy Cirealat.on De- . . .
partment In circulation outside of the bank, nnd
OFFICES!
Omaha The Bee BulMtng.
Bouth Omaha City Hall Building, Twen-ty-fltth
and M street.
Council Bluffs 10 Peart Street
Chicago 1641 Unttv Building.
New York-232 Park Row P iPdlng.
Washington iol Fourteenth Street.
CORRESPONDENCE.
CnmfniinlnnHnna ralntln to Snd edi
torial matter ahould be addressed: Omahs
' bee. Editorial Iepartment.
REMITTANCES.
Remit by draft, exprwu or postal order
iyar to The uee fuDimning v,Qmi.ni.
and comfort to the attempt to scenro I live In Nebraska which goes to show
court decision adverse to Its const It u-1 that the average Nebrsskan has a great
tlonallty and submitted to the Inevitable deal more Interest In live stock than lu
only when be had to. He did this I railroad stock.
despite hi. promises prior to his elee
tion to be content with the salary fixed I Seral-occaslonally the railroad mag
by law. Teople who have no use for nates by a slip of the tongue give the
sulury grabbers should remember this. I people an Insight Into their methods of
benevolent assimilation. President J
PJXOKns tF MUXiCIPdI. uhxership. j. run eor example, stated among
ATI EMPIRE I THE BIILDIJU.
Rapid Development of Alaska siai4 the
raaaalaa North weet.
Alaska being a topic of the hour, there la
timely Interest tn the story told by YVIlllnm
R. Stewart In World's Work of Its wonder
fully rapid development. Mr. Stewart
shows that the vast stretch of the fir
northwest, Canadian ss well aa American,
Is repeating the wonder story of Califor
nia's magical growth. Within a year or
two Alaska will b traversed by railroads
almost from end to end. Nome, the west-
Only 2-cent stamps accepted In payment of
mall accounts. Personal checks, except on
Omaha or eastern exchanges, not accepts!.
THE BEE PUBLISHING COMPANY.
the treasury. It Is not now so much
the question of power as the disposition
or willingness to loan. A. .to how far
the country will go in .the tendency to
contract loans Is a matter for the bank
ers mainly to decide. - '
"What Is needed now Is business sense
and good Judgment, not legislation,"
said the comptroller. "We need all the
reserve money we can get, .but legisla
tion wllf uot produce It." He urged that
there is no occasion to be nervous or
hysterical about the financial or busi
ness situation, that If we have been too
At the convention of the American otner thinjts at the Irrigation congress
Gn. Light associntlon held In Detroit nc(j at Bismarck Inst week that five
a few days ago Henry L. Doherty of railroads, his own among the number, terminus oi the railroad system of
New York genera, manager of the had 8ubscrlbed $25,000 a year to pay lToT The ralCd .rTeM
American Lighting and Traction com- for a campaign of education on the sub- run to Nome are furthest north of all the
pany, strongly opposed municipal own- 0 irrigation and started It all over world; they are almost within the arctic
circle. Nome has good hotels, dally papers,
banks, electric lights, telegraphs and tele
phonesIn short, a complete outfit of civil!-
sation. It is connected by cable with St.
Michael's and by telegraph with Dawson
and Bkagway. w
ershlp of public utilities. Mr. Doherty the country. The subsidised develop-
declared that the threat of municipal met f the Irrigation sentiment was
ownership was a menace to private un- brought to a fruition last year on the
dertakings and had already , deprived floor of congress after a Judicious ex-
many small communities lu this country pendlture of $125,000. The entirely dls-
of the benefits of ga. and electric interested activity of Mr. Maxwell on
plants. Mr. Doherty's trump cord behalf of irrigation Is now fully, if not
against municipal ownership was that satisfactorily, explained.
mismanagement was almost Inevitable
In municipal plants because the best I It will be remembered that a year or
STATEMENT OF CIRCULATION.
"oeorae B.TrVchicS0VltayUof tyhY'Bes hopeful we must not all at bnce become
Say.' th'rNheira Sr fa"".n3 too pessimistic. t "Let eacl, bank stand
rnrnnUl a. ,
Evening and Sunday Bee printed during
the month of September,
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by Its customers and stand by the
country, a It deserves. It never was
in better condition when facing any
such situation." Mr. Itldgely properly
recogniees the vast power, which the
banks exert and he simply reminds
those who control this power of the
U' duty and necessity of applying to its
.it,Tao use business sense and good Judgment.
He tells tbein that they should stand
Total.
B100 I bv their customers and hv the eotintrv.
27 ,,...g7,a40 .--
3(8,700 It Is sound counsel and timely. A Judl-
2 8sBo clous degree of caution and conserva-
..atMiQ-eo tlBm j BiwaTg to be desired, but there
.ttwtjtao Is in existing conditions nothing to war-
Lew unsold and returned ooptos.... ront fear nn(1 p0flmlsm. No one who
Net tout sales 864,744 will give intelligent consideration to
Net avrag. - the facts which' the statistics of busl-
subscribed la my prwence aud sworn to ness present can have any doubt that
beiorm. thu hnh dy .r, - the country Is still prosperous or fail
iseau Notary Fubiie. to be convinced that the general condi
tions are favorable to the continuance
Th last week of the campaign of 1903 0f prosperity. As Comptroller RIdgely
!a on. Now for the home stretch I said, it is no sudden effervescense or
bubble of speculation, but the natural.
Yelser wants to sit on the district inevitable result of potent existing and
a a. I A. I
penca ana no aoesn i care wuo auown iu eontlnulng forces. It Is not going to
dlsaonear or vanish tn n Anv honn 11 HA
It is not always the 'varsity with the of a , -tocb. or t. ,vlIIflnHA .
. . 1 i . I I . A. I "
Diggest endowment mat pi.es uy uio a few union,.ritlng syndicates. "It may
Biggest loot Dan score. be necessary to nnnae n llttl r cof ,.e
breath after the paca we have aone.
The democratic nominee for police but if there is any serious check it will
Judge against Judge Borka appears to only be because we have lost our nerve
be actually wasting good money get- anj courage.
ting out campaign cards to promote his
candidacy.
STCDYtSO MILITARY VUXDITWXS.
It is stated that the general staff of
That Bennett will threatens to tane tho arnir wl Bend geutB to severa,
up valuable time from Colonel Bryan couutrles of South America to study
that he could readily coin into more military conditions, as a preparation for
money man is invoivea in tne wuoie war ln that, part of the world in which
touirovemj. the United States mlsrht be Involved. It
appears .that already military officers
have been sent to foreign parts and that
these have been busy getting together
all the information available that would
be useful to our army. According to a
Washington report, behind the activity
of the general staff in studying military
matters in South America is understood
What irould Henry W'atterson do If
It should come to a contest for the presi
dency between Roosevelt and Cleveland
as the standard bearers of their respec
tive parties? : ' ' "
When the railroads now building and pro
jected are completed It will only need a
short northern spur from Russia's great
Siberian railr oad to give all-rail communica
tion frnm K. Yfirlr t M Pn rim.
closs of men could not be secured to two ago Joslah Flynt, the professional Meantime Dawson Is ths city to which all
take positions dependent upon the re- author-tramp, was imported to tell us railroad building leads. Dawson has 1,200
stilt of elections after tenure. what a wicked citv Omaha Is the ob- population, and Its municipal equipment
j i i 4. li .i i i . I Includes all modern improvements, its
linn uiu uiiftut "r tuny lerrviiasc vim- jevute jmiiii ueiug lu inuuum "wmc i - til 000 00O
dren. but will scarcely frighten grown effect on the then pending election. . . i,uiliiur a 16.000.000 water supply
people. The great majority of Amcr- Now a preacher-e-angeiist is imported piant.
lean cities own and operate their I to do the same thing Just in front of
water works, and hundreds of cities.
towns and villages ln America own and
operate electric light plants and some
their gas works. While there doubtless
luis been occasional mismanagement
another election. Same old game.
The Yukon river Is open to navigation
from May to October, and forty stern-wheel
steamboats ply between Dawson and St
Michael's, covering the 1,600 miles In about
ten days.
Frimarllly ths railroads so far have been
A Foraottea Deal.
Washington Post.
Democrats who are poking fun at the
present efforts to capture the delegates
and some leaks in the operation of these I from tho territories should remember that buH.t to tap ths enormous mineral wealth
municipal plants, the service rendered tne Hwal'an deicgata had tne aecicung of Alaska and the Canadian Yukon. But,
to the public has in nearly every in-1 voto on the democrat platform of 1900. contrary to old notions, there Is Immense
I agricultural ana loresi wenn.ii m u uo
Grinds E.ltner way. I ,tnT.-A in ih. HiMaon hnv. North Baa-
luan me service renuerea ny irancnisea Philadelphia Record. katchewan and Peace river districts, i
corporations. When the miners reduced the supply of Neariy ooo miles north of the boundary
This Is perfectly natural, rrlvate coaJ tM pnce' 01 course' wenl up oul now between Alaska and the Canadian north
ma uira uiu. a,in vm iu iu. i west, in the valley oi tne eace nver,
OITS1DH VIEW OF LOCAL POLITICS.
Norfolk News: The efforts of the World
Herald to -show that there Is a compact
between Roeewater and the enndldate for
Judicial honors on the republican ticket
reads backwards to many readers, who sea
In It evldencs of Jealousy that there la nut
such a compact with Editor Hitchcock.
Lyons Sun: The people of Burt county
have had the pleasure during the last
week of greeting five of the republican
candidates for the district bench of this
district, vis: Messrs. A. C. Troup, W. Q.
Scars, W. A. Redlck, A. L. Sutton and I.
F. Baxter. All these men are well quali
fied, aa are also Judges Day and Estelle,
for the offices to which they have been
nominated. They are men of experience, I
men of good Judgment and men of Integ
rity. The full ticket should and doubtless
will be elected.
Kearney Hub: Edward Rosewater has
agiiln proven the truth of the saying that
he who laughs last laughs best. In the
recent primary contests ths antl-Rose-waterltes
scored very handsomely, but on
ths finish the Rosewater element secured
Ing meanness of spirit revealed by his own
testimony.
PKHSOMAL AND OTHER WISH.
That sausage should fltrura In the menu
of golfers la a delicate tribute to autumn
tinted links.
One thousand peopls are killed each year
In the crowded streets of New York. The
strenuous pace Is an unrivaled cemetery
promoter. .
Dealers ln cork legs and anus have de
cided to boost the price. Vlcflms of the ,
automobile will hardly Consider this a
corking proposition.
When the water was thoroughly squeeted
out of the Salt trust In San Francisco ths
residue had shrunk from 111,00,000 to 137,
000. Scarcely enough is left to give each
sucker a pinch.
John D. Rockefeller Is building two sun
parlors In his residence near New York
City. Consumers of oil will be gratified to
know that their money is brightening his
life In two spots.
Brother Dowte'a mission to New York
vuu.u.Bi.uim uo nut fsu.oi.su aim op- ply 0 that tne prlce sha not g0 down.
erate public utility plants for their The law of supply and demand catches the
health but for profit. If these public I consumer both ways,
utility corporations were rontpnr with
- to tu-, . Jsmttce, Tempered with Mercy.
a lunwiiuiuc iiuiii uu lueir aciuui i ii-
vestment, the demand for public owner-
Baltlmors American.
President Roosevelt has certainly been
ship would not touch the popular chord, almost more than Just In the caBes of the
but most of the public utility corpora- West Virginia miners who killed the United
tions have bepn orennlz a utnoh 1r.h. States deputy marshal by commuting the
u,li concerns unu capitalized on enor- ever lt ha, ever the tendency of great " VI wonder
nt-ruo j,. ,,pv.li , c fiuuio. ritqueuujr i presiaeiiis to lei justice lean lowwu uioiti,
the plants are bonded for double or I
....... u.,u .mmuu. Minneapolis Journal
upon minions or stocks are Issued on Mr. Eniott, the new president of the
top of these bonds. To pay the interest Northern Pacific, came up from the ranks
ou the bonds and dividends on millions on merit. He pursued the policy of always
nf rvuro rvntor .,u.i. -. I doing Just a little more tnan ne was c
wheat, barley and oats are grown In quan
tities limited only by the number of farm
ers. The most uortherly roller-process flour
mill on the continent has Just been built
at Vermilion. The wheat which took the
first prise at the Centennial exhibition of
1876 at Philadelphia came from the Peace
river country, which Is estimated to con
tain more than 15,000,000 acres of good
grain-growing soil. '
The postal service of this empire In em-
Mall steamers leave the
Pacific coaat dally, bringing bags from
Sitka, Bkagway, Nome and other points
by all manner of means wagons, dog
sleds, eta Russian reindeer carry tne sacks
over froxen lakes and snow-covered hills
with remarkable rapidity. The highest sal- the factions, they came together Monday
' Is pronounced a failure. Secular nrninotara
control of the county central committee, i have so thoroughly sheared the flock that
Which Is pretty much the whole thing and the truly good cannot raise SO cents whertx
Insures his control of ths party machinery Wth to start the rattle In ths box.
In Douglas county next year as well. It H . Carrle Natlon lrlel, , brMk ,nl0 Brother
a good thing for the party In Douglas r,owie-, conversation In New York, but
county that It Is so. and ths united front j th9 rooa brotner wfu(Md t0 dlvM, tlme and
ircauy uemg presented pears out mis
opinion.
Fillmore Chronicle! Douglas county has
given Its assurance to Roosevelt next year
In the most substantial way that Is, by
every leader of avery faction uniting for A
splendid victory for the whole stats and
county ticket this fall. When men like
Webster and Green. Rosewater and Cur
ley, Moores and Van Dusen. speak elo
quently for ths republican ticket from ths
same rostrum, It means that a strong pace
Is set for republicanism throughout the
state. It means that they all see that
Roosevelt will bs triumphant and ths great
west will have a large part In making
him so. and that the man or faction that
sulks In ths tent this year will not be
heard in council next year. Douglas
county made the test. The result of pri
mary and convention Is sufficient warrant
for republican support, and that Is good
doctrine In Fillmore county, where every
candidate Is a clean man and was nom
inated In a fair convention struggle. It Is
certainly gratifying to be generally as
sured that Fillmore leadors are not to be
outdone by those of Douglas.
Geneva Signal: A few weeks ago a lane
harmony meeting was held In Omaha at
which were gathered the representatives
of the various factions of the republican
party In Douglas county. This was before
the county convention. It was freely pre
dicted that the harmony would not last
beyond the county convention. Although
some of the candidates nominated "were
personally objectionable to the leaders of
told Carrie to hire a hall herself. Two
stormy petrels cannot converse In ths same
nest.
Ths somber pathos of the parting of the
Twenty-second Infantry was somewhat
relieved by this toast: "To the ladles Our
arms your defense, your arms our recom
pense. Fall tn!"
A Chicago wife seeks a divorce on the
ground that her husband refused to kiss
j her. The question hers presentd Is
whether good taste should not be subordl
; nated occasionally In ths Interest of happl-
. ness.
j According to a ruling of a New York
court a person who watches ths festive
skyrocket on July Fourth or any other
day and stops the stick In Its descent
cannot pull the municipal leg for the price
of the poultice and trimmings.
SMlLi.U L13ES.
....li.. I A A on4 nf rfninv If nr.ll
acted from the publfc and from private No boy wh0 adopt, that policy will havs to
consumers. Under municipal owner-1 hunt for a Job: the Jobs will always be
ship the service charge would be based hunting him.
on Interest npon the actual investment Yieidtagr to Temptatioa.
and cost of maintenance and operation. New York Tribune.
Another phase of. private ownership I One of the saddest Instances of yielding
is the systematic pernicious tampering t0 temptation known for many a day la the emulation. Its cod banks are believed to to Jlna np f'of RooBevet
aried postal official In the world serves In
Alaska, He Is paid 125.0O0 a year for carry
ing the mall fortnightly to Fort Yukon,
providing bis own dogs and sleds for the
purpose. Alaska has now upward of 1U
postofflces and mails are collected and de
livered regularly beyond the arctic circle.
The fisheries of Alaska are rich beyond
If railroad traffic and railroad earn
lnaa are keeping uo without interrup
tion what call is there for the railroads to be a reason more Immediate than the
to reduce the service and cut off em- mere opinion that the maintenance of
Dloyest Here's a chance for an ex- Monroe doctrine will be settled by
planatlon. force of arm9 ,n toat Continent It is
snia to nave come to the knowledge of
Henry W'atterson is still chasing the the Washington authorities that mlll-
devlt that inhabits the society set in tary agents of European countries are
New York and Newport and ln the lu- busily engaged in coliectiug information
tcrval giving thank, to heaven that be a. to the character of the roads, the
did not happen to break Into the com- country generally, the food supply and
pany of such a disreputable bunch. other things which it ia important for
la military commander to know in re-
If all the democrats vote for Dickln-1 gard to hi. prospective field of hostile
son and Read, and several hundred re- operations.
publicans ahould also vote for Dickln- Doubtless this is a work quite within
son and Read, what chances will there the scope of the duties of the general
be for the election of Ferguson and staff of the army. The information ob-
)?age, the two democrat, on the patched talned may never be of any actual
quilt nonpartisan ticket? - value, for it is hardly possible that we
shall ever have to defend the Monroe
One of the twentieth century features doctrine by a military force in any
will be the establishment of political Bouth American country, but no harm
portrait galleries in .every voting pre- can come from sending our military
clnct ln order to acquaint the people agents, providing care is taken not to
with the men who are willing to serve arouse suspicion and distrust of our In
them without putting them to the trou- tenrion. on the part of the people of
tie of a personal canvass. tne southern countries. There Is obvl-
t ously some danger of doing this, since
The president of the Burlington is there is a considerable feeling in some
aid to have gone to St Taul to confer of those countries thnt the professed
with the president of the Chicago Great friendship of the United States is not
Western concerning the cut ln Omaha altogether sincere. Such a result, by
grain rates. What Mr. Harris will say no means Improbable, would certainly
to Mr. Stlckney and what Mr. Stlckney unfortunate.
wtll av i tr Ifurrla will nrnhnhlT
:r:Ji fort mty MAXtvrts.
u uu.s" - "- Tbe military maneuvers at Fort Riley
Since Mayor Moore', reelection the wU1 b concluded tomorrow and accord
local popocratlc organ is not so crs.y ,n to ccounta they are. the moat suc
for the immediate acquisition of the ce88ful held- The rpKular troop,
water work, at whatever cost Had Participating have of course acquitted
h. m.n..n,nt f the rltv. affairs wemteJvea nnely. That was expected.
gone Into tho bands of tho democrats
wuu tue municipal pmcers and es
pecially with city councils and boards
or puDiic works, which amounts to
wholesale bribery and does more to un
dermine and corrupt municipal govern
ment than all other agencies combined.
As against this evil the menace of In
competency and inefficiency in the man'
agement of municipal lighting plants
is no offset "A. a matter of fact, the
very best men are -willing to enter the
service of municipal corporation, aa
readily as. they are private corpora
tions, and there is no more danger of
their' losing their Jobs by changes in
municipal' government than there Is by
changes ln the directory of a corpora
tion.
So far as the. taxpayers and consura
night at Washington hall before an enor
mous crowd and there, with Mayor Moores
presiding, John U Webster, Edward Rose-
water, C. J. Greene, A. W. Jeflerls, H.
C. Brome and J. H. Van Duen endorsed
ths whole ticket It looks now as If the
Douglas county republican majority would
bo 8,000. Thls-general getting together of
republicans In every county in the state
looks like 10.000 for Barnes. The desire
next year, en-
.lt . a ...n.rlnt.nnnl nl Ih. Mmlffn' fTinll I ... . . . . I
"t Z .Z .T. u.i.i k.T ,n weaun lnoB" ol ' conraged by known accessions In every pre
branch of ths postafflce He had been ,1a. More tha half of our ,nUr, ,almon product clnct to the r,nklI , lnZtrZ
thn ervtca fnr almost thirty years and had I . a t- -.-- if wnrih I .. """- ', is inspiring
. . I is aiuui, im " line repuDiican candidates and ummltiMi
worked his way up to an Important and re- ono.00()exactiy what we paid Russia for ,h. ,,. " ""V . !"m,tte!
- - i - ".mwnfl u& victory, ana
sponsible position, no iimu mm uu the whole territory.
hundred men under Mm ana was not oniy The wntar, of Alaska are less rigorous
popular wun menu uui ne enjuycu mo than thoM of -wying or Montana, and
that for the whole ticket
fldence of those above him. After so ex
tended a term of loyal and valuable labors
he was detected tn'SSeallnc money from let
ters. He' was trusted thoroughly that
the evidence of bis t yillt amaxed everybody
who knew hlnv
IMPROVED DIVORCE LAW.
A MT9TERIOIS FROCEEDI3QL
Wllllaaa Jeaalaaja Bryan aad the Bea-
' aett ejaeata.
Minneapolis Tribune. 1
Mr. William J. Bryan places himself ln
a rather undlimlfled position by bla testi
mony In the Bennett will contest. In his
Impetnoas Separatloalsta Receiver
Check ia California.
bought and all she sold. In 1892 was less bequest of I50.0P0 he frankly admits having
. i... t.n fr ih. Aval I been a pensioner for some Years en the
Chicago Chronicle. ' it reached a total bounty of a weak-minded admirer. The
Th .nnrema court of California recently I
' ' I .n ii-uiiuua irsia
upheld the Mellick divorce law, which pro- or ijo.wu.wm.
vlriaa that final" ludement shall not be en- I
tered within a year. The effect of the law Americans and British settlers are push
will be deterrent upon Impetuosity seeking ng steadily north Into this great terrltry dlsnatchea In
ers are concerned they have no more conjugal release for Insufficient cause. It a about equal numbers, and Mr. Btewart whether the money wi
horses and cattle are worked there without
fear of being frosen. The cold la Intense,
but there ara no storms. Excep); on the
coast of Behrtng sea all the. hardy vegeta
bles are grown with marked success
throughout Alaska and the Canadian
Yukon, south of the arctio circle.
As a measure oi Amaj a " i -.Harold whenever you say i
noted that her total foreign trade, all she enort to secure an indirect ana dountrui spite of papa!' Philadelphia ii
i - . icq. w. a I... I nwiiiHT nr , . . wm m.K T Mfimira mtih. i
To "Things are not always what they
seem '
This saying may be added :
Full many a manly shoulder's not
So bro4 aa it la padded.
Washington Pott.
"Paw, what Is a political machine?"
"Any slot machine. Tommy, 'ihey'ra all
under the protection OI tne politicians."
Clucugo Xnoune.
"De people dat puts ln de most time
lookin' ion irouole," said Uncle Kben, "Is a
very ones oat knows de least about what to
do wit It wiien tley nnUS it." Washington
Star.
"No, I make It a practice never to carry
money around with me."
"What Is your reason T"
"1 haveu't any to carry." Cleveland Plain
Dealer.
Franklin had Just Invented bla store.
"1 hat s all rignt," exclaimed tna people,
"but why dun i you Invent sowieoue to gut
Up nrst to make the lire. T"
beeing how signally lis had failed. Poor
Rlciiuru turned ins attentiou to eteolrlolty.
iw York bun.
"Edgar," shyly asked the maid, "would
you bo willing to omit the word 'obey'
from the ceremony 1"
"Why, oi course," said the young man,
clamping her a trifle closer. "You a never
Uve up to it, anyway." Puiladelphia 1'reaa.
In the temporary absence of the beauty
editor, this question banded by mis
take to the spurting ed.tor;
"How ahaii one get rid, of suparfluoui
hairs on the upper lip?"
"That's easy,' he wrote In reply. "Push
the young man away. "-Chicago i'ribuna.
"Do you think the methods of the trusts
are strictly honorable?"
"Of court I do," answered Senator Sor
ghum. "1 don't know of anybody that ti
more liberal or surer pay than a trujt."
Washington Star.
"Too are so persistent. Harold." mur
mured the' fair maiden, "and papa is SO bit
uriy oppoaeai to you I s oat can myt
Can't you ae how it perpcxa saal Put
yourself ln my place."
"1 will. Bertha." said the young man,
with a marveioua assumption ot feminine
coyness. "Here goes'. 1 will marry you.
Harold whenever you aay tn woru, in
curious testament provision made by Mr.
Phtlo 8. Bennett of New Haven needed
the testimony of Mr. Bryan to make It
even partly Intelligible. No one could
re
lation to the will whether the money was a
to fear from the men employed in the win chlu tha base motive to cast away says that "the entire Canadian northwest I (ft o Bryan or fc ynKu ,rre,pon,ibu,
public utility service than they have wlfe or husband order to take up at 18 taiy more American than Britisn in .duc,tlona, trusti to dl,po,ed of tn his
own way and without accounting to any
.i . v. w,. y,aw I ... .j.ini.t,.llv. avatem
from the men emnloved ln tli mrnnr. . . . .1.. I . at Bnttia
. -- - - - 1 Any law wnicn oucouniira rewn m iii i fresiaeni nuuoocii, r"'" lone.
iiou -ervii-e. insteau or reinforcing tribunal which so frequently stigmatises t May last, predicted mat men now From Mr Bryaa-, testimony lt appears
the so-called municipal machine, the the innocent and rewards the guilty and "WOuld see Alaska one of the greatest and thjU Mr jj.,,,, des,red to give him 50.
tendency of an increased force on thai whose decrees so irequentiy inmnge me most populous states 01 1 e..i.. ........... ,n hli wllIi he nad preV0u8ly given him
miinlHnnl nni-rnll n-mil.1 r. n t.i ngnts or cmianooa u 10 uo mumreuu, It may oe ma iv wm uovwi. -- considerable sums. Air. uryan miwnui
municipal payroll would be to neutral- QMty coU8lon WU encounter a vigorous populous for one state, or even for two, 8ut.a that tb. money be given him
ize and minimize political activity by obstruction In the Mellick law. ju area Is larger than that of eighteen ot n trut to dl8trlbute for educational pur-
the popular demand for civil servlen Comprehensive reform or even material .ha nreaant states of the union. Including .nd th. the gift be embodied In a
rules and the enforcement of the merit I mitigation of the divorce vice ln the United I fjew York, Pennsylvania, Virginia, Indiana, I r.quest to Mrs. Bennett, as the executor
system kt anv rate thnt hns Wn tha oUtes cannot be expected until tue states Louisiana and Maine. i u ana cW,r neir. ratner man in a lonwi
" " -v w kAtA annlA a unl frtrm aiia r uta fnn. I a l 1 I tint illshil ITinrH lerrilUI Jr .1.,... . Ka will
a- a. M i a ., . 1 I1Q.1I lsV UV.Va uiuiwiiu nvawiuvnui- nfLriftOll. AlttB ii.vii.-v. - vlHUOC VI HW w
eutti oi intreascu actnuy la tile postal Mddlnr remarriage of the guilty party Iv-.n .h. vtritlsh Isles. France. Germany, I If Mr. Bennett complied with the
sertice. l-wenty-nve years ago. When while the Innocent party lives. Adoption Portugal and Belgium all put together. Tne quMts, the money would come to hire
mere were less than 5,000 letter car-1 f ucn statute may reasonably De hoped l ruture of such an imperial aomnin iuuoi i without any accountaouuy o tne prow
court ror nis aispowii ot ii. n i mra m
understand Just what the will provides
rler8 and railway mall clerks emDloved for ,,ter a mor enerBl an1 more honest reat indeed!
were irfateu -f the marrlaae bond has al.
FIGHTING RATE REDIXTIOS.
Character of th. Rallroa Araraiaeat
Before the Mlaaoarl Cosaatiasioa.
Kansas City Times.
Tn hir effort to prevent a reduction
from the meagre dispatcnes; out nr.
Bryan Is claiming the CAOCO on the strength
of a letter from Bennett, which he says la
copy of a letter to Mrs. Bennett, which
the executors refused to make public
It Is an amaslng tangle, on which a little
light Is thrown by Mr. Bryan's remark
as political assets of congressmen and ready so widely distributed In the United
senntors. The rostofBce was political States.
headquarters In every cltv. and nnnt. I The more radical remedy, absolute pro-
masters, clerks and letter carriers were ,llblt,on remarriage of divorced persons.
hn i ji . t . cannot be expected while respect for the
the leading factors in political primaries nt,.r. of th. mamare bonl, i.
aud conventions, but now when we felt by so small a fracUon of ths present of freight rates by the State Board of Rail- that h, would not allow his wlfs and chll-
hnve more than 33.000 city and rural generation. way and Warehouse Commissioners, the aren to receive a cent of nny unless
delivery letter carriers and rallwsv r The churches can . contribute toward railroad officials at the present meeting In Mrt. Bennett were willing. What have
uc.ntrij icuci laniera uuu railway DOS- . . . .. ..... . . . n .ilnmi meas- ki. ll. arnt phlldran to da with an educa-
... ,i maintenance ot tne true loeai oi marriage, this city nave mavi.t- - i --
tal Clerks organized on civil. crrli I .. .. -..imm nf their .in i im.l anvwav On Brvan'a aide I
unfortunately, as tne statistics snow, an ures, dui navo suowu n . . -- - ; ,,
lines the induence of the postofflce in effectuul discipline which church member- position by the very method, employed to tner. seems to be an effort to get the The t ' JntVf "le ,hat ,em y0ur
large cities tiion local, state or national ship ought to Impose is now limited within sustain it. The chief argument advanced money Into hie own hands, which the ToJ m,m, ity blM., an(1 ihank the world
THK CHJDSTOB OF FATES.
tRoy FarreU Green la Suceeea.1
One iay when I. a hoy. bewailed ths
wealth t m dctej.
I reooiiect my L'n iiirana taking ma aside
To chhie m for soy ptttuaace ojtd wluaper
in say ear
A bit ot iwcrkrepun. k'g'. aad 83dm facts
uaesigned t tcr.
"My bu.' h "ia, after jaars you U
rwv-vguise that irlt.
L'qsi.mu tuil aavt pwverty eaiy one best
for p.;
For neo. hke toula. duat gut aa edge es
thtegs saiouca at wax
It's Juji th rinJutuaa rvaglaess, lad,
that sharpaos lg tb
- Twm IJuooIV taa of sfattttg rails, Us
buftvtmg by Fate
la early lit, trat atadw him fit t steer tha
saip f scat.
A tow-path lit proved Oar9eafs steal, a
tanarU s phca jurea eoani
And weary round of wvra, hroogbt eat ths
beat thero was in Grant.
If each had hU within hia mouth, when
txrn. a a.lvr epoo. . .
And had not been so ground by Fata tha
ho of life a forenoon.
Tbeir brains that krenneas would have
lacked to probe prcaaic facts
It's Jual the grtndatone a ro'ighaeaa, lad,
that sharpens up the axe.
"If things went always emooth with you,"
my I ncia Hi ram vowed,
"Tou'd go through life unknown and un-
dlatliigulshed Iroro the crowd.
More apt than not; while rasping want ans
arliHiing wora. i v lounu.
Will aharuen wits that steps may cleave to
fortune's higher ground.
politics Is infinitesimal. Railway mail continually narrowing area.
clerks, letter rarrlpra anil r-wira in th.
. I ... a )i.Dci,aiiuu ui ui. 'i'v i il ail iiuniv
postofflces can no longer be conscripted by extending the partial remedy of the
a. a result or last spring s city election
lt would hare been yelping about pro-!
c ras tins tion.
But the National Guards have also
made a most creditable record, show
ing themselves to be possessed of that
military Instinct which is markedly
characteristic of American soldiers.
Nebraska populUts have another 11-1 The Nebraska and Iowa regiments have
lustration of the beauties of fusion In 1 received warm commendation for their
the utter neglect by the democratic I general bearing and dlst lpllne rwhlch
orgaus and campaigners of the two compared very favorably with that of
fusion candidates for university regents, the regulars.
It ao happen, that the regency nominees J That these maneuvers will have a
were furnished out of the populist I good effect upou the men composing
corner of the camp, while the demo- j the National Guard la not to be doubted,
crats took the first place on the ticket. They. are. insplrltlug, they teach disci-
Result no fight being waged ou tho pline and they tend to promote soldierly
fusion side fir anyone but the head of qualities and patriotic feeling. , Every
the state ticket I uia engaged ln them has obtalued use-
j ful Instruction as a soldier and this
Out of the $3,000 dollar allowance for I will certaluly not make him a less
a county fair exhibit $1,000 was' paid I worthy cltlsen. The plan of baring
for V) feet of exhibition space in the 1 these anuual maneuvers aud associating
Ak-Sar-Ben carnival grounds at an ay-1 regular troops with the National Uuard
preclably lower rate than was charged I will, there is every reason to. believe.
other exhibitors. What became of the I be fully justified by results. It un
other $J,000 has not transpired, luas-1 doubtedly must prove very beneficial to
niuh as the county board voted thai the cltixen soldiery
whole appropriation In a Iuujd aud left
the fanners who form the taxpayers of when the law was attacked that
Douglns county to make their own ulls-1 abolished the pffiee of clerk of tUe dis
tribution without fillug a name or a I trtct court aa an unlimited fee office.
voucher with tta 'county auditor. " I District Court Clerk Broadwcll lent aid
or dragooned Into the political army and
are absolutely free to vote asa they
please,
The trend of the time, is toward the
neutralization of civil service employe,
in politics and thi. tendency will grow
from year to year as the standard of
municipal employment Is elevated by
the Introduction of professional men
thus far against the proposed reduction of executors are resisting, either on behalf
Conservative, trnhllo oninlon ran aaalat In 1 ,.i.i in Missouri Is that It might necessl
nrhment. Including a reoucuon
of wages paid '.o the employes.
of Mrs. Bennett or of the educational trust
More light on the singular affair may re-
The of- I ileve Mr. Bryan of the suspicion of grasp-
HIKES A SOBER SOLDIER.
Melllrk law to the atatuta books of nthar flniala have not made thla argument in so
states. many words. They nave noi iiwmb
nolnt directly. They nave cnoaen an mu.-
r.rt course designed to be very "foxy.
Thiv have had soma of their employes
ranresentlna- several organizations oi rail
road men present a petition to the board
asking that rates ba not reduced lest lower
wages might follow. The petition recuea
.m K.rln. tn n M hard.
Tha grit that puts an edga on Is Juat what
success exacts
It's Just the grindstone's roughness, laJ,
that sharpens up the axe:"
protection of the taxpayers.
Record ot "Oar Little Irtws Brother"
la tha Army.
Philadelphia Ledger.
Our little brown brother. If ha does not
make a remarkably stalwart soldier, makes that tha operation of railroads In Missouri
a sober one. This wa aather from the an- I la mora e xbenslve than ln Iowa or Illl-
wbose tenure in office must be guaran-1 nual report of the surgeon general of the I nols. There Is not much to this claim, but
teed by laws and ordinances for the I rmy- Tn enrollment of about 6.000 native if there Is anything to It. tha difference
Filipino scouts has added "a new racial between operating expenses are dui a mu
element" to tha armv. and th lurieon I n.m aa rom Dared with the difference In
general Is Interested In the comparative rates,
effect ot disease upon them and upon our But ths railroad men ara not In a posl
white and colored troops. For the whole I tion to argue that they cannot afford to
army, at home and abroad, during: the I mika tha proposed rates. They cannot
past year- the white troops had an "ad
mission rate" that is, the rate of entries
upon the sick list of 170 33 a thousand,
the colored troops 1897.74 and i the Malay
scouts 1707. In tha death ' rate, however.
There Is nothing small about St
Louis. The St. Louis exposition will
not only be the biggest show that has
ever been seen on earth, but the tit
Loulslans also want to boast that they
have successfully coaxed congress to
give them leave to scoop more dollars
out of the national treasury than any
other Interstate or International exio
gltion ever ha. dreamed of getting. Not
content with the draft of $5,000,000
that Uncle Sam ha. already honored,
they now propose to make blm cough
up several hundred thousand more for
sideshow, and Incidentals. For sublime
audacity Chicago is uot ln it with St
Louis.
logically, even, hold out the idea, directly
or Indirectly, that their employes must
suffer a reduction ln wages If the rates
are cut. Tha shippers admit that before
the enactment of the Elklns antl-rebite
Waltham Watches
A faithful and true servant,
'The Terfedtd American Wtkh' n illusirtttd look
of Interesting infottruiNon aW WcAi. U sent
free upon request.
American Wtlfun Wkh Company.
Wdttum, Muss,
Among the twelve states traversed
by the Illinois Central railroad system
2.218 stockholder, own $14,434,300 of
stock at par value, 1.324 of these own
ing $11,871,000 ln stock reside lu Illi
nois. ' St) owning $'K)3.2O0 reside ln
Iowa, and only fuiuteea owulug $35,600
the variation Is much greater. It la but law there were riven rebates smountlng to
11 40 per 1.000 among the white troops, 24.11 1 about 40 per cent of the published tariffs.
among the negroes snd 14.04 among the I This rebate, presumably, was enjoyed by
Malays. The white troops evidently stand I all who shipped In considerable quantities.
the rigors of the service much better than I Tha railroads made money. They were aat-
the others. On ths other hand, while white I Isfled and the wages of the employes
soldiers were admitted to tha sick report I were not lowered. Now the proposed re-
on account of what the surgeon general I ductlon by the state board Is only about ti
calls "misconduct ln the use of alcohol" I rp nt nf She DUblltfhed tariffs. It la
at the rata of 24.71 per 1.000 and the colored I true that lt would apply to all shipments.
troops at the rate of 11.70. the Milav scouts I for one oblect of the Elklns law Is to
show tha extremely small admission rate 1 show no favors to ths heaviest shippers,
of 62. That out of 1,000 men only three I who In nearly all caaea. are batter able to
were treated for alcoholism during the I pay the regular rates tnaa are me smaiier
year Is certainly a very striking evidence
that drunkenness la not among ths Fili
pino's vioea Drunkenness and the diseases
commonly aaaoclated with It are every'
where the Vmy'i bane, and the surgeon
general thinks It Impossible not to attribute
a large part ot their recent lucre to the
loss of the aroiy canteen..
ones. Thla reduction of per cent on all
freight would probably amount to about
th same In taa aggregate as th rebate
of 44 per cent to the larger shippers la
times past. It Is, therefore, mere ruODisn
to say that the proposed reduction would
I eaua a loss to railroads or would naceaai-
tate a reduction of wages.
The men who wait upon you at our atora
do not pride them-eWes apon their abllty as
ealeBinen but aa experta in giving other men
fits and we guarantee fit and satisfaction If
our men do the fitting.
1331
ttar shoe sell themselvaa t4 $MI and
13 00.
Direct from soaker Wears.
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