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Wn OMAnX DAILY BEEr TTTTJTtRDAY, OCTOBER 29. 1803.
The Omaha Daily Dee.
K. ROBKWATKR. EDITOR.
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' After Buffalo's experience no wonder
fit Louis shudders at thq Men' of. Us
banks being shaky on the ere of a big
exposition.
Tbe greatness of President Dias of
Mexico 1b again emphasized by an at
tempt to assassinate blui. ' Assassins
love shining marks.
Remember that nobody will be al
lowed to vote next Tuesday unless he
has presented himself personally be
fore the) registrars this fall.'
The spirit of harmony now prevailing
in republican ranks has opened a large
area of low barometer for the fusion
reform candidates In these parts.
Emperor William -Rill raise a bronze
monument to Krupp, the great gun
manufacturer. It will presumably be
dedicated to the .world's greatest peace
maker. - The Nebraska atato constitution for
bid the remission of taxes. .But then
we have never wonted for lawyers who
were sure they could get around any
corner la the constitution
The report of Fourth Assistant Post
master General Brlntow on the' post
office Investigation is a tout due for pub
lication, but. like the president's mes
sage, It baa been discounted In advance.
The Bee might go down the list , of
candidates on the democratic ticket and
point out the men on it who are -undeserving
of public confidence with the
reasons 'why, but It isn't worth the
while.
We note the World-Herald is out un
qualifiedly for the democratic school
board ticket T If a nonpartisan Judiciary,
why not a nonpartisan school board!
Could the nonpartisan Judiciary fake be
Hiore strikingly exposed?
It seems that Colonel Bryan is mixing
Into New York politics as an adviser of
David B. lllll and the .Tammany lead
ers. The suggestion of such contaminat
ing companionship would have been re
sented not so very long ago.
Another bunch of sun spots has been
ti'.scoTered by an enterprising astrono
mer. It remains' only' for the post
mortem political astrologers to trace the
' cause and effect of this manifestation in
the returns of the impending election.
The Chicago Great Western refuses
be stampeded by the other roads to
recede from Its Omaha grain rate.
That's the kind of railroad independence
that should be not only admired but en
couraged and supported by our ctt liens.
The assurance of the Omaha double
ender, that "the republicans of . Iowa
are In a very tight corner" and seriously
alarmed over the prospective reduction
ef their old-thne majorities, will
scarcely compensate and console the
local democrats . over the prospective
landslide under whh-h they are sure to
be burled next Tuesday.
If Colonel Bryan, stays away from Ne
braska throughout the campaign he will
doubtless expect to avoid being charged
with responsibility for the defeat that
la sure to overtake the ticket he helped
to nominate at the Columbus conven
tion. Uls absence too, is an indication
that he Is satisfied democratic prospects
In Nebraska this year are hopeless
beyond retrieving. :
The railroads covering the territory
wct of Chicago have come to an agree
ment for the use of three kinds of
mileage books. The' mileage book was
tuppoaed to simplify traveling for rail
road patrons, but instead the numerous
forms it has takeu serve rather to com
plicate matters. If the tVket men would
look at the subject utore from the stand
point of the passenger they would make
tue mileage ' book more popular.
KKDAsatntxv pvblic hultr.
Tbe statement made before the Amer
ican Public Hearth association by a
committee of that body. In regard to the
transportation by common carriers of
persons having contagions snd Infec
tious diseases, and also the charge that
blankets snd furnishings of sleeping
cars sre not properly cleaned, will un
doubtedly receive very general atten
tion and should lead to a movement for
remedial measures. It is to be pre
sumed that these statements sre the re
sult of csreful Investigation and they
come from professions! men who cer
tainly have a profound Interest In pro
moting the public health.
If It is the practice of railroads to
carrry persons sick with the diseases
specified In the report to the association
they commit an intolerable wrong
against the public and a way should
be found to put a stop to It. That it
Is practicable to do this does not admit
of a doubt Of course there is a stage
in the disease noted where they might
not be detected, but a railroad carrying
a person plainly sick with smallpox, or
scarlet fever, or diphtheria, should be
subject to a heavy penalty. As to the
other charge of Inattention to cleaning
the furnishings of sleeping cars. It
would perhaps be more difficult to rem
edy, though an aroused public feeling
in the matter would be very likely to
have a salutary effect The revelations
made by these statements are something
of a surprise, since It has been com
monly supposed that the railroads are
very careful not to carry persons known
to hare contagious diseases and also
In keeping sleeping-cars as cleanly as
possible. There appears to be no good
reason, however, for discrediting the re
ports presented to the Public Health as
sociation. - .
MOlTASA'S CVPPtR COMKST. .
For a number of 'years Butte, Mont,
has been the scene of a remarkable
contest between copper Interests, until
the situation has assumed a very grave
character. The production of copper
there. Is . suspended . and thousands of
men have been thrown out of employ
ment,' with the result that a good deal of
distress Is beginning to be felt, the busi
ness of Butte is at a standstill and the
entire state is experiencing the 111 effects
of the contest On the one side is F.
Augustus Helnze, who controls exten
sive mining properties valued at mil
lions, and on the other side Is the Amal
gamated Copper company, which la said
to be backed by .the Standard Oil com
pany, and the value of whose properties
runs lrtto hundreds of . millions. Re
cently Helnxe obtained , a decision
against the Amalgamated company and
this was followed by an order of the
latter closing" all Its mines 'and works
for .an indefinite period. Efforts have
been made to effect settlement through
mediation, but according to the latest
advices there ' appears . to be small
chance of accomplishing anything,
neither side showing any disposition to
make concessions. -
Long ago the contention between
these copper interests entered into all
phases of Montana politics and charges
of the wholesale corruption of courts
and legislatures have been freely made
by both sides, undoubtedly with good
reason. Indeed, Montana has a worse
reputation 4han perhaps any other state
in this respect, due to the debauchery
of the state government by the Clark
and Daly factions and the open purchase
of conventions, voters, legislators,' gov
ernorships and senatorshlps. To this
the existing condition Is largely due.
FOR tirSULAft DtFMXSB.
The annual report of the chief of en
glneers of the army again calls atten
tion to the necessity of making liberal
provision for the defense of our insular
possessions and the importance of not
unduly delaying this. He suggests that
the degree of defense to be provided for
coaling and other naval stations and
for the larger naval bases, which must
be promptly established, should be de
termined by. a tribunal similar to the
Endlcott coast defense board, the work
of which has been of great service. In
regard to Insular defense something has
already been done, In the way of In
vestigation, by a board acting under
authority of the secretary of war. This
board has partially considered and re
ported upon plans for the emergency
defense of several of the most Important
harbors In the Insular possessions, but
General Gillespie, chief of engineers.
points out that before these preliminary
plans are actually entered upon It might
be well to invite the co-operation of the
navy by the assignment of a certain
number of naval officers unon a nw
Joint board of army and navy officers
appointed to revise or enlarge the pre
liminary . plans of defense heretofore
prepared. This is obviously deslrahl
and should be authorized as soon as
possible. "
Projects for defenses of thirty-one lo
calities have been approved sod a num
ber of others sre . under consideration.
"It Is believed." says the chief of engi
neers, "that the time has come when It
will be no longer possible to Ignore the
question of insular defenses. The Navy
department is properly Insistent that all
Its important coaling stations should re
ceive proper defensive protection to keep
off predatory attacks from possible hos
tile fleets." While there Is nothing at
present to cause spprebenslon regarding
me security or tnese possessions. It
would not be wise to assume that this
condition will continue Indefinitely. It
is at least possible that the United
States may at no very remote timrf l -
come Involved In difficulty , with some
roreign power and In such an event
certain of our Insular ioasesalons vnuld
be vulnerable If left as at present The
question of tbe retention of these pos
session being practically settled for nn
party that should propose to abandon
mem could get the support of a majority
of the American people It Is manifest!.
expedient to proceed at once to provide
adequate defenses wherever they . shall
be deemed necessary. This will involve
a large expenditure. General Gillespie
submits sn estimate of over 110,000,000
for fortifications for tbe fiscal year of
1905 and undoubtedly, a very much
larger amount than this will be required
before insulsr defense Is completed. It
Is a work, however, that la Imperative
and the sooner It Is entered upon and
actively prosecuted the better.
IH DfMOVHATtV aVSVO GAMt.
So long ns they thought success of
their candidates could be accomplished
with the aid of populist votes, the demo
crats of this city ami county were care
ful to foster a populist alliance under
the bogus banner of reform. The popu
lists were buncoed Into support of pup
pets of a democratic machine more
arbitrary than Tammany by the nomi
nation for minor offices of one or two
candidates professing their party faith
who were regularly cut off without
even the democratic votes, while all the
work and money of the campaign were
employed ' In pushing particular demo
cratic favorites. The only solace the
populists ever got came in the shape of
a few crumbs of appointive patronage
begrudglngiy given them ever protests
of hungry democrats Insisting on tbe
whole feast for themselves.
With the obliteration of the populists
from the political map of Douglas
county the democrats have found it
necessary to look for new allies. As a
consequence they have stifled the mask
of "reform" and taken up the cry of
"nonpartisanshlp." Instead of fusing
with the populist they have fused with
a handful of disgruntled or disappointed
republican lawyers In the production of
A mongrel Judicial ticket, with the idea
that by swapping democratic votes for
a couple of republican Judges who failed
to connect with renomlnatlons in their
own jiarty convention they can get
enough votes for nominees on the demo
cratic eounry ticket to keep control of
tho best offices in the court house.
The democratic bunco game, however,
is altogether too transparent No repub
lican Is so deficient in intelligence as to
fall to see through it It will not work.
WBtRK WAS HULLIVABI
The supreme court Is the last recourse
remaining to the humble taxpayer. It Is
the only lion that stands In - the way of
the railroads. That is why the railroads
picked John B. Barnes as "their man,"
and are seeking to secure his election.
That Is why the taxpayers, who-are to be
compelled to pay the railroads' taxes,
ahould support John J. Sullivan. Barnes,
the railroads think. Would decide as they
wish; Sullivan, they know, would decide
fairly and fearlessly and Impartially and
for that reason they fear him. World
Herald. Tills will do to tell the marines. When
the issue of equitable railroad taxation
was squarely presented to the supreme
court a year ago In an appeal to compel
the state board to assess the franchises
of the railroads, as well as their tangi
ble property, where was Judge Sulli
van? How much comfort or redress
did the humble taxpayer get ont of his
decision, or rather his refusal to take
a hand In bringing the railroads - to
time? If the railroads are really mor
tally afraid of Sullivan they have man
aged to conceal their fears and suppress
their dread so well that not a solitary
runner or capper entertains the slight
est suspicion of it
Judge Doane's appeal to the demo
cratic organ for genuine reciprocity has
fallen on deaf cars. In bis open letter
Judge Doane calls attention to the fact
that he was nominated without solicita
tion on his part for one of the district
judgeships by the people's Independent
party, with which party the democratic
party of this state has maintained a
vu-y close reliance In every campaign
for several years past;. "The purpose,"
says Judge Doane, "was to make up a
strictly nonpartisan ticket from all par
ties Instead of a bogus one, composed of
six from one party and one from an
other." That hits the nail squarely on
the head. The six to one or five to one
demo-bar ticket was a piece of rank
Imposture for which the word "bogus"
Is but a very mild term. Judge Doane
has been a lifelong democrat and cer
tainly has greater claims upon the sup
port of democrats than either Judges
Read or Dickinson, who have been life
long republicans. But the thlmblerig
gers and Jugglers who manipulated the
democratic Judicial convention would
not touch Donne with a thirty-foot pole.
He is altogether too honest and too
Independent for the gang.
The expectation that a new cardinal
will be created shortly by Tope Pius X
for the Lnlted States is given a set
back by the information from Rome
to the effect that several other Ameri
can countries unrepresented in the con
clave will have to be provided for first.
The representation in the list of car
dinals, however, ought to be according
to the Importance of the church
Interests and memberships rather than
by countries. Were it so. the demand
of the United States for additional rep
resentation would not appear to be out
of place as compared with Canada,
Mexico and tbe South American repub
lics. To hold the Roman Catholic
church in the United States down te a
single, cardinal, while giving enual
recognition to its neighbors which count
for relatively little in world movements,
would be sanctioning an Inequality with
out Justification.
Voters who labor under the delusion
that citizens who registered tor last
fall's election or for last spring's
election will be allowed to . vote
without new registration this fall will
lose their votes. Under the law no
body will be allowed to vote next Tues
day unless he bss registered this fall
snd nobody can swear In his vote unless
be wss absent from the city on each
of the three registration days or brings
a doctor's certificate to show that he
was detained at his home by sickness
on those days, snd even then he cannot
vote unless tk-se facts are certified to
under oath by two freeholders in the
voting district In which he resides.
A Mat fee A' AsT.
Chicago Chronicle.
How many other free silver men have
had their mills written for them by Mr.
BrysnT
The Werat Revealed..
I
Kansas City Journal.
Thanks to Mr. Cleveland, we now know
what Is the matter with tho relations
between capital and labor. It la "Incor
rigible dislocation." Worse than we sus
pected. Seaeltlva Loaarleare Brewa Treable.
8an Francisco Call.
Stricken by conscience, a Wyoming man
who participated as among those present
at a recent lynching has confessed to the
authorities and has Implicated thirty-five
otherwise reputable people of the state In
the crime. His self-satisfaction, conscience
inspired, is somewhat clouded by the un
comfortable fact that avery one of the
other thirty-five fellows Is possessed by an
animated desire to murder him.
Real Csatcsipt ef Cetart.
San Francisco Call.
The wise men of the law In Hawaii have
decided to place a contempt of court In the
category of Infamous crimes punishable
only on an Indictment by a grand Jury.
This has all the ear-marks of a deep-laid
schema to put all the Juetlce-lovtng, peace
desiring cltlsens of Hawaii in Jail. From
what we have heard of some courts In the
Islands contempt of them Is a sure sign of
decency.
Speaking at Graft.
Mlnneapolla Tribane.
Speaking of graft, our Minneapolis and
other boodlers must hide their diminished
heads In the presence of the Colombian
variety of grafters. Our thrifty graspers
after the unearned increment are content
to count their gains in modest hundreds and
thousands, but the Colombian patriots reach
out after millions. When Uncle Sam suc
ceeded In striking a bargain with the
French owners of the Panama canal, the
sum of 110,000.000 In addition to the 140,000,-
000 to be paid the Frenchmen 'was ap
portioned to Colombia for Its concessions.
This sum was universally conceded to be
liberal, but when the Colombian states
men got together and slsed up their neces
sities, they concluded that It wasn't enough
to go round, and proceeded to hang up the
treaty, and now word comes that they will
demand 125,000,000 as the price of Colombia's
consent to the prosecution of this great
engineering work through Colombian ter
ritory.
Cesnsaom Forsa of Detaaloa.
New Tork Times.
The form of delusion which prompts men
and women to give to strangers money
which should be kept for those who have a
natural claim upon them Is familiar to alien
ists and has been described by them. There
was an Instance of It In New Hampshire
the other day, when a .woman sold her
farm for 11,500 and sent 11,400 to Dowle. Mr.
Bennett was a political and social visionary,
with exalted notions of the capacity and
the mission of W. J. Bryan. An evidence
of his blindness to reality Is found In tbe
sealed letter, where he says he is prompted
to give the $60,000 to Mr. Bryan because
"his political work prevents the application
of his time and talents to money making."
It Is notorious that Mr. Bryan's "political
work" has raised him from. tho condition of
a newspaper reporter working for $30 a
week to the possession of a fortune much
in excess of Mr. Bennett's, as Indicated in
his will. Mr. Bryan's "political work" Is
a highly profitable business. .
THE HAN BEHIND THE DESK.
He la the Warrla Wha Plaas
Makes yiatery Possible.
Philadelphia, Record.
General Corbln's farewell from the adju
tant general's office waa a panegyric on
"the man behind the desk." No army can
be efficient, he said, unless the work of this
man be well done., "The man behind the
desk." he continued, "in a sense enlists,
pays, transports, mounts, arms, equips,
feeds and provides surgical and medical
treatment for the men behind the guns."
Who "created" the army that acquitted it
self In the war with Spain with so much
honorT Why, the man behind the desk, ef
course; the fact is now "history," declared
General Corbln. And why shouldn't he be
Impressed with the splendor of the achieve
ments of the warriors of the armchair and
the roll-top?
The retiring adjutant general Is the beat
exemplification of the superior might of
the soldier who wields the pen as compared
with the soldier who wields the sword. And
there Ik the great Eagan, the redoubtable
commissary general of supplies, retired;
does anybody suppose he would have risen
to the dlsiy heights of glory had he
wasted the time devoted to doing clerical
stunts and gathering "Inflooence" In per
forming mere feats ef arms on the field of
battle? Let the young men entering the
military profession take example from "the
men behind the desk" If they would achieve
fame and distinction. The words sung by
Blr Admiral Porter, K. C. B of the Sulll-van-GUbertlan
opera
Stick close to your desks and never go to
sea
And then you will be rulers of the queen's
navee,
appear to be equally applicable to the army
of Uncle Bam.
MAKB IT A GOOD OHE.
Importance ef Maklag- a Record Ite
aslleaa Majority la Nebraska.
Lincoln Star.
The Omaha Bee does not too strongly
emphaslxe the Importance of making a
record republican majority In Nebraska
this year. It can be done. If It Is not
done It will be the Inexcusable fault of
Nebraska republicans themselves.
' No competent observer questions' that
with anything like a fair poll, the re
publican majority on the state ticket this
year will be at the very least equal to that
ef last year. But this Is not enough. The
poll should be larger and the majority
should be much heavier. Only one thing
Is necessary and that Is the Interest ef
republicans In going to ths polls and get
ting out the party vote.
And The Bee does well, too, to point to
tbe example of Iowa republicans who, not
withstanding they can count on a majority
anywhere from (0,000 to 75.000, are carrying
on a campaign as If the result between
the parties were doubtful. It la thus. In
part, that Iowa has acquired such Im
mtnso Influence and prestige within the
party as a national organisation, and
within the government
There la a thousandfold more reason
why Nebraska republicans should this year
put forth effort at least equal to that of
their Iowa neighbors. The eyes of all tbe
political parties throughout the union will
be' Axed on the election returns of Ne
braska. Here Is the home of Mr. Bryan,
and, after the history of the last eight
years. If Nebraska this year shall throw a
largely heavier republican majority than
laat year. It will be universally aocepted
as significant and probably as conclusive.
Bo true la this that It will probably save
the state from a strenuous struggle next
year.
In short, it is within the power of Ne
braska republicans now virtually to throw
their electoral vote of next year, and to
compel the fuaionlsta, local and national,
to see the point '
, Lt us make It a good one this tlnae.
BITS OS WASHINGTON UFE
Mlae Seewea
esj ke St.
Employee of the White House are taking
en a uniform aspect by degrees. The in
novation Is to be effected gradually, so as
not to provoke criticism or ridicule.' Klght
messengers are already garbed In uniform
of dark blue with nickel buttons. Other em
ployes will follow In due time. The uni
forms planned for the ushers at the White
House are gorgeous, and will remind the
traveled victors of the courts of Europe.
Even Chief Usher Stone will be attired In
brilliant color.
President Roosevelt has given the plan
his tacit approval, but If too much ff a
row Is kicked up Secretary Loeb will have
to stand all the blame.
One oft the moat Interesting Incidents of
the American public school system to the
members of the Mosley Educational com
mission of London, which are studying
school methods In this country. Is the dis
covery that Quentln Roosevelt, - the prest
dent's youngest son, is a regular attendant
at one of the public schools here and that
he goes and cosnea unaccompanied. The vis.
itlng educators Inspected this school and
plied the superintendent, A. T. Stuart with
question They wished, especially, to
know how the safety of the Roosevelt boy
was guarded and how the superintendent
kept the school "select" and let only the
children of the "best families' meet him.
When assured there was ne attempt at
excluslveness and that the son of the cor
ner grocer or the blacksmith was en the
same footing as the child ef the president
the visitors marveled greatly.
"No better Instance could have been of
fared ef the real meaning of American de
mocracy," said one of the commissioners.
Another brilliant triumph has been
scored by the Agricultural department. It
has discovered a disease that will kill a
goat The new disease is called takosla.
This Is a new name for a new disease, and
It comes from a Greek word, which means
to waste away. The disease was first re
ported from a large flock of Angoras near
Langhorn, Pa., and Dr. John R. Mohler
and Dr. Henry J. Washburn were detailed
to make a thorough scientific study of the
malady and report on It at length.
They went to the farm in Pennsylvania
where the disease appeared and found that
It had been brought north In goats bought
in Texas.
A number of goats had died, and It was
supposed that the cause was laurel poison
ing. Later it was suspected that Intestinal
parasites were the cause, and treatment
for that was used, but to no purpose. It
mrm nf until th exnerts came on the
ground that It was determined to be a dis
tinctly new disease.
Tha YtnrtArtnlnrical experiments show
that the disease Is contagious among
goats, but has not been sumciemiy preva
lent in infect other animals, fowls or
human beings. A new specimen of bacteria
was found on development in nouuion, io
which the name of micrococcus caprlnus
was given.
Inoculation on rats railed to snow pa-in-ogenlo
symptoms, but rabbits proved to be
.n axantihia. Don and sheep proved
to be Immune after inoculation. Reports of
the appearance of the disease m various
parts of the country have been coming to
the department for a year back. It is said
to have been brought Into the country by
highly-bred specimens from Turkey, Thibet
and Cashmere,
Tirim.m x smith, for fifty years the
superintendent of the national botanic
gardens in wasi.ingion, w u .
h. n.mnrlil tree Idea, and he has
superintended the planting of many trees
t.i and around Washington by famous men.
tt.ii ara ini the Dresldsnt planted
trees In the botanle gardens instead, of In
the White Mouse grounus. -
eral old elms and plane trees In the gardens
which were p'.anteo ny nowu
Near the eastern end of the palm avenue
is a large, stately tree which was planted
many years ago by Governor Alexander
Shepherd of the District of Columbia.
While speaking of tree planting. Mr. Smith
.. PraMmt Roosevelt recently
planted a graft of the Washington elm,
which etands on Boston oinii.. -v -
Ha also said that Sena
tors Allison and Aldrlch have arranged to
accompany him (Btnltnj to o.
soon for the purpose of planting two other
grafts of the same hlstorio tree. The
- in the possession of the
superintendent of the national botanic
gardens. ,
,.t, ,h -nininnulre Iron and steel
n. -. trun,
-. nitt.hii,, h-a rtreaented to tne
magnate oi -
government, and the president has accepted
a llfe-slre painiing
v. - nrntnrol In August 1S88. ,ThlS
1119 sa -
hlstorio event took place in what was
known as the cabinet room oi me mum
it.,,.. rldant McKlnley occupied
nniu hww .
that room as his office, and many presi
dents before mm a " -"
.nd aa the meeting place for
the cabinet. The room now belongs to the
private apartments or tne wnue nouae.
wa preliminary to the peace
conference at Parts. President McKlnley
was not a direct party to tne iinmi u.
h, vis r,lrture Is a consnlcu-
oua one In the painting. Associate Justice
Day of the United States supreme court,
who was then secretary of stat. represented
the United States, and Jules Cambon. am
bassador of France to this country.
represented Spain. .....
Once signed the protocol for the United
States and the other for Spain, but stand-
Ing around them were otners oi pronn-
those were Assistant Sec
retaries of State Adee and Crldler of the
State department and M. Thlebault, sec
retary Of the Trench embassy; George B.
Cortelyou. now secretsry of commerce and
labor; Major Montgomery, wno nu
. . ,k telsrarjh and cipher
bureau of the White House during the war.
Captain Loeffler, President MCKiniey s
doorkeep-r. and the late Assistant Sec
retary Pruden.
No photographer was present when the
protocol was signed, but In view of the
...i... th .rent the cersons who were
preaent were grouped in the same positions
the next day and a photograph made. Mr.
Prick commissioned Theobald Chartran to
paint the picture, paying him 120.000. It la
said te be one or unartran s greatest paim.
ings.
The government engineers In Washington
who are engaged on the Irrigation projects
In the west, are calling attention to what
appears to be a bare faced swindle, which
soma western promoters are attempting to
work. It was thought when the govern
ment undertook to expend tl5.000.000 or t.
000.000 In a few Irrigation enterprises that
some shrewd speculators would take ad
vantage of the opportunity to work tha
public for a few dollars. , But the at
tention of the Washington authorities has
been directed to a scheme which would do
credit to a Dowle. An alleged Irrigation
and evangelisation company has been
organised to sell land to people on the
claim that it is to be watered by the gov
ernment soon when It will be worth ten or
twenty times as much aa is asked for It.
A number ef letters have been received by
the secretary of the Interior, complaining
against the operations of this company, and
soma action will be taken.
The company baa shrewdly calculated
upon the wide Intereat which the cltlsens of
this country are taklng'ln the subject of Ir
rigation, and has Issued alluring circulars
full of glowing promises of enormous profits
and pictures ef prosperous end happf
TiEGLB
Absolutely Puro
WERE IS NO SUBSTITUTE
homes. Ths literature has been designed
to catch the attention of the church people.
The circulars are full of sanctimonious
phraseology.
PERSONAL NOTES.
Muriel Morton Gwendolen Clendenln, a
S-ycar-old granddaughter of Horace Gree
ley, died on Friday last In New Tork City.
Americans are getting a little satisfac
tion out of Canada for the Impositions put
upon them In tha past fifty years at
Niagara Falls.
Senator Morgan's announcement that he
will have something to say on the Isthmian
canal question during the winter should be
changed to read "through the winter."
Governor Tates of Illinois has appointed
five commissioners to purchase a statue
of Frances E. Willard, the temperance
worker, to be erected In Statuary hall,
Washington.
Austen Chamberlain, the new chancellor
of the exchequer in the British cabinet.
Is the youngest man but one, over a long
course of years, who has been head of the
English treasury. His age Is 40. Lord
Randolph Churchill was three years short
of that figure when he took the poet.
King Oscar of Sweden It is said Is a
speculator on a fairly large scale and has
made a large amount of money by dealing
In stocks and by privately buying up out-of-the-way
slums in Stockholm on the
chance that they would be wanted for
street Improvements in course of time.
Dana Richardson of Manitowoc, Wis.,
claims to be the oldest printer In the west.
He learned his trade at Southport (now
Kenosha) In 1810 and has worked at it
continuously ever since. Among Richard
son's fellow workmen In the early days
was Thomas Sullivan, for many years fore
man of the Chicago Tribune. He is still
able to set type, but has not succeeded in
mastering the typesetting machine.
Harry A. Garfield of Cleveland, who will I
accept- the chair of politics at Princeton
university, and expects to begin work about
February I, 1904, It Is said, has a law prac
tice In Cleveland worth $20,000 a year. He
Is a member of the firm of Garfield, Oar
field A Howe. Tbe Garflelds (James R.
and Harry) are sons of the late President
Garfield. James R. Is now United States
commissioner of corporations under Sec
retary Cortelyou. The chair of politics at
Princeton was established two years ago.
Major General David McMurtrle Gregg,
who has been chosen commander-in-chief
of the Loyal Legion, is the man who led
the famous cavalry charge which con
tributed so much to Meade's victory at
Gettysburg. Lieutenant General S. B. M.
Young, now head of the army, was at that
time a captain of cavalry under Gregg.
General Brooke, another famous fighter.
was chosen vice commander, the , Junior
vice being Rear Admiral Clark, whose rec
ord breaking trip with the battleship Ore
gon around Cape Horn made him a figure
of international .fame.
PASSING PLEASANTRIES.
ir win. What makes Bobby's couch so
bad this morning?
.r . . ' I 1... n . n .1 ,, . 1 rV M, fnf him 111
Hart for school. Denver Republican.
Church That new doctor down the block
Is the limit. .. . .
FlHtbush w nai oia ne aor
i'U hv T called on him to see If I could
borrow his lawn mower snd he charged me
Jl for a call." Yonkers Statesman.
"But why did you not send for the doctor
nnt door when you became suddenly ill?"
arkod the friend.
'YOU lorgei, answered inv suueror,
that I have been learning to play the cor
net recently." Puck.
'What did vour husband do during the !
six months you were awayT
"lie did one ming i aian i at an uxe.
What waa that?"
"He went right awav and lolned a
Don't ' Worry' club." Cleveland Plain-
Dealer.
Mrs. Chuawater was shopping at a de
partment store.
I aon ( Know mai l want 10 pur any,
she said to the girl at tha notion counter,
For the Youths.
Here are some opportunities for tbe boy, nud they
are too good to be iiiiswed.
Youths Long Pants Suits,
15 to 18 years, 31 to 34 breast. , ... , . .
Casairuere, mixed Tweeds, blue and black cheviot, TibbetB
and unfinished worsteds.
$10 and $12. 50 a suit.
If you are looking for style, quality and dependable
clothes you will surely find what you want among this
assortment. -'j
OVERCOATS. V
Overcoats, too, might Interest the youths whether
..they have a new suit or not. They are certainly flne-f?rea-tions
for young men's wear, and about every "whiuV' caa t
be satisfied In the range of coat we show from '
$4.so to $20. . X : ;
NO CLOTHING FITH LIKE OUK8. ' -'r ' f;
B..B. WILCOX, Manager,
MIIMGIB
:-, r7
"but I've heard a good deal about these
base ball fans. Will you show me one,
please T" Chicago Tribune.
"He's what I call a 'good loser. "
"He didn't seem that way to me."
"Why. I saw him lose $150 at poker last
in, ana ne inan i kick ai ail.
Funny! You should have henrd him
swear today when he dropped a half dol
lar and It rolled down the culvert." Phila
delphia Catholic Standard.
Cumso Well, young FrUble will make his
way In the medical profession.
Cawker Has he got a good start?
Cumso I should say he had. He- wan
such a prime favorite In the college that
they made him surgeon to the. foot ball
team. Detroit Free Press.
- RUSSET-CHEEKED OCTOBER.
Boston Transcript. ,'
The poets all may tune
Their lyres in praise of June,
And In redolence of rose leaves robe her.
She's dainty, fair and sweet,
tlllt VKt Hllinnt fnmriatA
nun vine-enwreatnea
russet-cheeked
October.
Deft, many-fingered winds
Open the window blinds
Of forests sweeping back the foliage cur
tain, To let the seldom sun
Its radiance pour upon
Where, summer-long, dim twilight shone
unoertain.
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Through leafy lattice ahlnea,
Dsngllng from tangling vines.
The purple grape, each luscious bunch In
viting; While plum and peach and pear
And apple swing In air.
The eye, the taste and appetite delighting.
With gorgeousness that vies
With color-throbbing skies
When sunset banners in the west are
spreading,
The woods are all aglow, x
' While, o'er leaf paths below,
Gay autumn with ber golden feet la tread
ing. October's glorious moon '
It cannot oome too soon
To o'er us cast Its soft effulgent splendor;
It seems more close and near .
Than other of the year,
More generous and intimate and tender.
' ' O month of nuts and fruits! .
" Her beauty none dlaputes;
Wo revel in her, whether gay or sober.
Her coming welcoming.
The praises let us slug
Of vlne-enwreathed; russet-cheeked Octo
ber! KARBACHMii V
There are 100 styles
and patterns of
Sorosis .
$3.50 Always
better than some,
equal to any.
Monograms $2.50
This Is our other
shoe that equals in
value the $J.50 shoes
that we don't sell.
We sell Sorosis $3.50
and Monogram $2.50
Frank Wit cox Manager
203SI5'.hSt
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