Till: OMAHA DAILY HKE: RITUKDAY, JANUARY !, 1004.
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against Senator Charles II. IHetrlch by
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a acquittal before the regularly constl
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sarily citizens of the L'nlted States, and! tbe great transcontinental.
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J" gretted by Senator IMetrlch's friends
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SJI'ISI postofllce appointments. The Impression
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Net total sales ,08o984 attaching by custom to his official posl-
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GEORGE B. TZSCHUCK.
Subscribed In my presence and sworn to
Derora ma tnls Slst day or December, A. u.
1903. M. B. H UNGATE,
(Seal) Notary Public.
Iowa legislators decline to be driven
from home even by fire.
cerned they are entitled to the same
rights and privileges as a native American.
Tula Is the only conclusion, so far ns
we can see, to be drawn from the deci
sion of the supreme court. A Torto
IUcan, under that decision, has as un
disputed n right to come Into tbe United
States as any American citizen living
in Porto Hlto, and unmistakably the
Comptroller Ix)beck. who has for years
been an advocate of the municipal own
ership of the water works, made this
declaration at the West Side Improve
ment club meeting:
The law raosed by the last legislators
which provides for the purchase of the
water plant by the city killed the usuftl
appropriation for maintenance of the
water system and nothing can be done to
afford relief to this section of the city thst
is now sadly In need of water supply. The
same principle appnes to me peopie 01 cty , the moflt n,lpieM ,tate of any
the Philippines. If the people of Porto municipality I ever heard of. Before the
IUco are not aliens and consequently 1 'w was passed empowering the city to
are entitled to come freely into tbe 7" "U'T Jl"",. J rZl
United States, it Is perfectly clear that Bet whlch WBt framed ogtenslbly'to afford
the same principle applies to tbe people relief cut off all hope of the city acqulilng
of the Philippines, w,ho can come iuto the plant for the present
tbe United States as they please with- This Is precisely what might Have
out interference or hindrance. been expected and the amazing inmg
It is thus seen that this decision of about U Is that thousands of Omaha
the highest Judicial tribunal Is of the business men and taxpayers allowed
very greatest Importance. It does not themselves to be hoodwinked Into en
mean that, the people of our Insular dorsing the waterworks purchase Kin
possessions are citixens of the United by Which tho city was placed in the
States, entitled to all the prerogatives helpless position It now occupies,
and rltrhta of citizens, but It does mean
thnt the are a nnrt of onr oeoDle who " 8e,m to be becoming customary
may properly claim a right to the pro- r raiiroaa oraciais xo uav a p.-
tection and care of onr government. In """"" U1 " iiuiw.rn.uB n
other words they are an element of the to out medical attendants by
nntlnn which w are bound to take care i"U" m auvance oi vu
f . I catastrophe. If they would only have
tneir premonitions early enougn wey
might send the surgeon's staff along
with the doomed train and be sure to
have the medical corps on tbe spot at
the critical moment.
THE "UtILY CANDIDATE."
According to Mr, Olney the only avail
able candidate of tbe democratic party
is Grover Cleveland. There are some
other democrats who believe this and
who are more or less persistent in ad-
30,230 tlon, and many people were led friaJie
Heve that no one could have secured tbe
senator's favor for federal appointment
except for a cash consideration,
From this charge the verdict of acquit
tal was rendered by the grand Jury
Itself, prone as It was to promote Mr,
Summers' work of vengeance. The state
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VITWm , j ...... 1 . , WHS llUtMUUUI-VUUiWU 1U1 omfULO UJ
th. Jacksonlan. if ho were alive today? 8how postmasters named at the re
. xjuest of Senator Dietrich had paid blin
Douglas county . roads and bridges for his recommendation and at least a
teem to be the highways by which the doaen Instances were thoroughly probed
bt contractors tap the taxpayers. by the testimony of numerous witnesses
in the vain effort to find proof of pa-
The South Omaha Live Stock ex-1 tronago brokerage. Though every enemy,
change has a right to change Its mind every disappointed office seeker and
at well as to change Its rjile. Wise men every gossip monger who had a story
change. ' . I to tell was heard, not a single Indict
ment was brought airalnst the senator.
A new record price has Just been es- .nt in th on matter f th. iinatir,
tabllshe In Whaleback-Which ought to Loatofflce. In which all the charees of
gladden the hearts of the dress reform brIbip- conTOlracy and orofltina- bv a
Agitators. I p-nvornmpnt lpnohnld nrnRA out. of a
r .
fight between property owners in oppo-
In the death of Oeneral Victor Vif
aualn Nebraska has lost one of tbe most
vanclng their views. On the other hand Btur(iy and patriotic pioneers. Uenerul
arc a great many thousands of the mem- yifqualn was one of the very few Ne
bers of that party, among them leaders bnifUmns who had served with more
of force and power, who insiBt that Mr. tnan or,jnry distinction In two wars
Cleveland is an impossibility and that and waB tno only Nebraska veteran who
if he should be nominated he would be receiveii a medal of honor from congress
overwhelmingly defeated. U0P gallantry in defense of tbe flag in
There Is no question tbat Orover tne war tor tuo preaervatlon of the
Cleveland Is today stronger than any unjon.
other man with the masses of the dem
ocratic party. His prestige of two terms One ginall chunk of the new Nebraska
in the presidency is something which revenue law has been found to Interfere
the average democrat has an Intense with Interstate commerce and is there
appreciation of. He naturally thinks of fore pronounced dead by inquisition of
it as a matter of glory to his. party that the supreme court Now, can't the in
cannot easily be overvalued. And per- sura nee companies who object so stren
haps he la rlpht At any rate the coun- uously to paying state taxes figure ou
try knows this, that as the result of the Borne way by which they cau get relief
last administration of Mr. Cleveland we by the Interstate commerce route?
had a most complete demonstration of
the fact that democratic policy was the General Funston denies the reports
very worst that could possibly be afc- of starvation in Alaska. These annual
plied in this country end it was re- hard times stories are ptomulgated reg-
pudlated overwhelmingly as soon as the ularly every time some stranded Klon-
people got an opportunity to give a dike adventurer wants to get free board
verdict upon It. ...... I from Uncle Sam until he can. work his
In his speech at the dinner In New! way back to Warmth and civilization,
York a few days ago Mr, Olney, who
Down in Missouri, erand lurv Indict.
menta for boodling are becoming so fre- slte 'n" of the dty tQt the .'o
qnent thatUn office holder feela alighted 01 ine PHlrac-
ha rf.a r w n Whether thia transaction with Us
" ' ' . ' - ' ' I various ramifications, beginning while
It is exceedingly doubtful whether Mr- Dietrich was still In the governor's
General Jackson would have entrenched chair, 'without a thought of senatorial
himself .and his army behind cotton aspirations, but continuing over the
bales with cotton at 15 cents a pound. period Intervening from the time of hli
election ana qualification as United
Wonder if . those policemen are not States senator, involves him in moral
stationed about Carter Uarrlsons home Jurpitude, is a question which the court
to prevent any one getting to him with was without Jurisdiction to decide and
a presidential' nomination. . I. which can hardly be determined in the
absence of the evidence on both sides.
The Deseret News has ceased its That Senator Dietrich wilfully and know
special newa service on the missing ingly entered into a corrupt bargain to
Perry Heath owing to Mr. Heath'a un- profit by the appointment of the post
willingness to stay away and let the master at Hastings few people will be-
Newa have its play out . Heve who know that with far more
lucrative natronaee at his dlsnosal as
Accepting aU rumors and threats at Governor of the state not a breath of
face value, the grain market Is consld- BU(,p,don wa. ever raised that any but
erauiy more acuve man me sparrow! considerations of good government con
mi iw. upa.auu uowna uus me omce trolled his actions. That Senator Die-
elevator clearly outclassed.
Senator Dietrich la acquitted on tech
s nlcalltiea, but the only hope of the
prosecution was to convict him on tech- fuBed to ,lDerate Jogeph g Bart,ejr tfae
trlch dishonestly subordinated public
duty to personal profit. will be believed
by none who know that he as governor
In spite of all pressure persistently re-
nlcalltlem. Perhapa It la horse and prlnpe of emDe,er9, tor whose pardon
The next move for Colombia to make Qovernor Poynter' and who 8ecured b,a
In the canal imbroglio la to recognise
the Republic of Panama and begin ne
gotiation for a share of the Indemnity
money, . - '
POIJTlCaL DRIFT.
Prof. Henry .Ixomls Nelson of Williams
college Is put flown as the chief booster
of the Olney boom.
Mayor Beth Low. accompanied by -Mrs.
Low. will leave New TorK January 19 for
three months' tour In Europe.
William J. Bryan has purchased at
Balem, 111., the old homestead In which he
was born. Its timbers were hewn by
Colonel Bryan's futher half a century ago.
The political capers of the New York Sun
furnish mlthty Interesting reading, par
ticularly itt profound respect for the per
son whom Charles A. Dana described as
'the stuffed prophet of Williams street."
Mayor McClellan of New York occupies
nearly half an hour each morning walking
to his office. He says that Jie needs the
exercise, and when In congress walked to
the capitol each morning. He Is a healthy
looking young man and seems capable of
any amount of work.
Colonel Watterson sneerlngly remarks
that Cleveland Is merely "an atom of his
tory," yet millions of the unterrlfled think
ha Is the only atom to lead them from
the slaughter house and the grave,
imagine what will happen when that 300
pound atom blows away.
The Philadelphia Record insinuates that
Wayne McVegh would make mighty fine
presidential timber for tire democratlo
party. "So much Is Wayne MacVeah
esteemed in Pennsylvania for his public
and personal qualities," says the Record,
"that his nomination might maka this a
doubtful state,
Judge John T. Hodge of Newport, Ky.,
has offered to serve as county Judge of
Campbell county without compensation and
will turn over the salary to the family
of Judge-Elect John P. Newman, who
died a few days before ha was to Have
tho office. Mr. Hodge was Newman's
competitor in the election last November.
Once more rumor (this time mora able
bodied than ever), has It that David B.
Hill, ex-govcrnor and ex-senator of New
York, has surrendered to cupld and thnt
ero long announcement will be made of his
engagement to one of New York City's
best known widows. Mr. Hill's name was
connected with that of an Albany heiress
ten years ug and there is every Indication
that the young woman had doep admiration
for the bachelor statesman. Of late, when
Mr. Hill visits New York City, he never
fails to cull upon the talented woman
whose name is now bo frequently linked
with his. Another stray Is In the fact
that his sflk hat is always glossy now, his
gloves always new and his clothes always
fitting.
OTHER I. AMU TIIAS OlltS.
was attorney general and secretary of
state In the last Cleveland administra
tion, declared that In his opinion Mr.
Cleveland is the one man to lead the
democratic party to
A Triumphant Invasion.
Baltimore American.
It now transpires that there has been
an actual Colombian invasion, but that the
sola result was the. .rapture of one Indian
victory In this I chief who wasn't forking and who wasn't
year's campaign. The affection of Mr. particularly needtd at the time, anyway
Olney for his former chief can be easily ghearinn the umbi. !
understood, their mutual admiration - Courter-Journal.
Is by no .means remarkable. But It is go the dividend -on United states Steel
more than likely that the Massachusetts common, placed at. 4 per cejnt until the ln-
statesman, who obtained his first proml- 1Je,r" oou.Id aiBP0"e f thelr Btock- th
, ' , . . , , . scaled to t per cent, has now been passed
nence in the last democratic administra- entlrely, AIA lt .Bot the mriders who
tlon and might never have been known hold the bag.
of except for that has an exaggerated
Idea of the man who gave him bis dls-
Tolly of Railroad Officials.
Y. . nma m fltv Tim.,
Unction. At any rate, this can be posl- tn8 Rock ls,Bnd offlc,ai.
tively asserted, that only a very small n Topeka to "suppress" the news of the
element in the democratic party Is in wreck In which twenty or more lives were
accord with the Olney Idea that Grover Bt ucceeded fully as well as an effort
, , , , , . would succeed to conceal the June flood
Uieveiana is ine oniy man wuo can leau j, a boxcar,
the democracy in this year's campaign
with a reasonable show of winning.
The prestige of Grover Cleveland was
destroyed eight years ago. It cannot I
be revived, ne understands that better
Statesmen Shrink Little.
. New York Trlbupe.
Many of the new congressmen who fur
nished full page biographies of themselves
for the extra, session edition of "The Con-
than any of his foolish followers and gresslonal Directory" have evidently re
pented their facility in sen portraiture, in
the newer edition many cuts of these In
genious self glorifications are noticeable,
This Is not to ba wondered at, tor there
is no experience more likely to Impress
therefore he says that he la not a can
didate for the democratic nomination.
It Is somewhat remarkable that a man
of the ability of Mr. Olney should still
cling to tbe Idea- that there is any chance
tbr the democratic party In the nom
ination of Mr. Cleveland.
a man with a full sense of his own In
consequence than a first struggle with the
rules, precedents and customs of our great
and glorious house of representatives. .
A I.EADKHI.KSS PAHTY.
"Ye that Have Tears to Shed Prepare
to Shed Them Now."
Chicago fNewg.
Nothing could Illustrate better the anom
alous con ".Itlou In which tho democratlo
party finds Itself 'than the fact that now,
within less than six months of the quad
rennial conventions the question where a
candidate shall be found Is as much a mys
tery as it was two years ago. The dinner
given by Tammany in New York Monday
evening was meant to be a love feast In
vltaltans had been sent to most of the
party leaders and, while the candidates
eligible for nomination remained away, the
"reorganlzers" were well represented. It is
In Itself no slight cause for wonder that
democrats of such widely divergent views
and proclivities as Richard Olney, David
B. Hill and Bourke Cockran found It expe
dient to meet on a footing of fraternal in
terest and amity. Yet so far as the pub
lished extracts from the jpeeohes Indicate,
there was but one demonstration of Interest
in any candidate and the recipient of that
honor was the one man whom thj ma
jority of the democratlo pai'.y believes to
have retired permanently fo.n politic.
The fact that Mr. Olney's outsooxiin dec
laration In favor of Orover Clevctml and
his assertion that tha, former prosldoht was
the only man who could lha party to
victory elicited the one definite expression
from those present Is significant. It tends
to revive the question whether, after all.
It Is possible that the democracy li po:ng
to turn to Its former leader In spite of him
self and of his "unalte.-aole and conclu
sive" determination not to consider the
question. Were there a single eligible can
didate of commanding Npersona'lty in the
field It Is hardly probable that Mr. Cleve
land's name would be mentioned In such
connection. That his name will come
before the convention still seems wholly
unlikely. The fact remains that as time
goes on none of the nw leaders appears
to be gaining strengtn ana as yet no
dark horse" has been found who shows
ability to make a winning fight against the
heavy odds with which the next democratlo
nominee will have to contend.
The Importance attached to Mr. Cleve
land's attitude Is, of course, a high com
pllment to him, but In the circumstances
It Is an even more eloquent reminder nf
the leaderless condition of h's party.
The French Chamber has. In accord with
M. Etlenne's report Just adopted the bill
for the construction of a railway, seventy
kilometres long, front Tlemcen to the Moor
ish frontier at Lalla Mnghrnla. This Is
generally regarded as the first' step In that
policy of the "pacific penetration" of Mo
rocco which seems to have been accepted
by all parties In Prance, lt Is understood
that to put an end to the anarchy pre
vailing In Morocco, the first essential is to
relieve the Sultan from his financial em
barrassments, and the French, says a
writer In the Paris Temps, are quite dis
posed to advance the neoessary amount of
money if they can obtain guarantees that
it shall not be squandered, but shall be
employed In the establishment of a per
manent police force, capable of Insuring
the regular working of the administration.
When safety of life and property Is as
sured, says the Temps, the moment will
have come for 'the execution of publio
works, such as railways, which are the
most powerful Instruments of civilisation
In a barbarous country-. But to serve the
Interests of France, adds the writer, the
Moorish railways must be connected with
thoso of Algeria. The Tlemcen-Lslla
Maghrnla line Is destined to be the link
between them, and to a certain degree,
pledges the French Parliament to pursue
the project of building railways In Mo
rocco, and of endowing North Africa with
a grand trunk railway extending from
Tunis to the Atlantic,
Among the things unexpected that are
quite likely to happen In the near future
Is the development In Central Africa of
cn electrical power plant that will be the
largest In the world, leaving that at
Niagara Falls as a bad second. Tho en
terprise has been carefully considered by
engineers and is reported to be entirely
feasible, so that the region known to men
of the present generation as "Darkest
Arrlca may possess within a few years
the most stupendous source of electrical
energy that human enterprise has been
able to achieve. Tho proposed plant Is to
be established at Victoria Falls, and will
be of enormous value to the country, whore
there is a great lack of coal and suitable
wood for fuel purposes. The region around
the falls Is rich in resources of many kinds,
but Its exploitation has been financially
Impossible because every manufactured ar
ticle used in the development of any kind
of industry has to bo Imported at heavy
cost. The operation of electrical power
generated by the great falls will provide
means for establishing manufactories In
the country Itself an thus promote its ex
ploitation In every c'itectlon.
With the Trlncess Mathilda Sonaparte
the last flicker of Napoleonic rlorv vanishes
j Into tho past for France The surviving
csarlna could tell too well tba Irony of
such a popular fallacy.
At Rochford. F-ssex. England, the whls- Jt
per court Is a strange observance held r
nually under the euperlntendenoe of the
steward of the manor. The business of the
court is carried out at midnight In the open i
air; the absence of a tenant Is punishable
by a fine of double his rent tor each hour
he falls to be in attendance. No artificial
light, except a firebrand, la permitted and
the proceedings are recorded by means of
one of the embers of the brand. The roll
of fourteen tenants Is then called over and
answered to In a whisper, and then they
kneel down and swear allegiance. Very
many years ngo the lord of tbe manor.
after an absence from his estate, was re
turning home by night. On the war be ac
cidentally heard some of his discontented
tenantry plotting his assassination.' Thus
warned, he returned home by an unex
pected, route. Then he ordered that each
year his tensnts should assemble at the
same time to do him homage around a post
which he erected on the spot where the
plotters met.
A royal privilege has Just been confirmed
by the republican government In Franoe.
Some eighty years ago King Louis XVIII
granted to the holder of the Office of pub
lio executioner exemption from that obliga
tory srrvico In the army or navy to whlh
all French, citizens are subjected. This
privilege was maintained by the empire
of Napoleon III, and was continued until
recently, when the Increased strictness
which has been inaugurated In the matter
of Immunity from military service led the
authorities to call upon Anatole . Delbler
and his sons, who are his aaslstanta In
connection with the guillotine, to perform
their military service. They at once In
voked their former privilege and asked for
Its continuance. The matter waa referred
to the Parliamentary commission on mili
tary maters, and It Is on the letter's
recommendation that the French govern
ment has now decreed that Ma the future,
as In the past, the publio executioner end
his assistants are free from military ser
vice.
freedom later with the active assistance
and Intervention of District Attorney
Summer from bis successor, Governor
Ravage, who sprang colncidently from
self-admitted poverty to comparative at
Tiia anniversary of the Chicago fire I ftaence. If there is anything discredit
holocaust might suitably be designated 'hie In the Hastings leasing transaction
for an annual Inspection of theaters In those who know Senator Dietrich will
very city In the. country. Lest we ascribe lt to the blundering disregard of
forget Its lessons. I the change in his official status from
governor to senator while the negotiu.'
II no better expedient presents, the tlons were in progress. For not care-
eounty Tboard might have the court fully avoiding even the suspicion
house equipped with straps, a la atrt 1 wrong-doing the senator is, however.
car, for the accommodation of officials certainly blamable,
and clerks who can not find desk room. If there la any way to secure throuith
i senatorial Investigation the vludlca
The home-coming reception to Colonel tlon which the Jury's acquittal has failed
j Bryan is to be a strictly nonpartisan up to give Senator Dietrich ought to court
rising, of the common peoplerxcept it. both for his own reputatlou and for
that the unrepentant democratic bolters the state's honor.
of 1WHJ and 1U00 are specifically Invited
i TBm rir.iPiNiia Ai.mt.
At last It la beirinnluir to dawn nnon " 'reay rererrea to ine ae-
the people of Omaha that the' compul- cUlon ot tUe ul"'aie court of tbe United
aory water worke purchase act known 8tate" ln retfard to tb .ueu whether
as tba Howell bill, waa a iuoatvpernl- the people of Porto Ulco are alieuB. Tbe
doue piece of legislation, Just as The Importance and the far-reaching effect
Bee predicted It would be when It was 01 ln" a111"" win undoubtedly bo
pending. I generally recognised. It manifestly bus
a decided bearing upon all tbe other
Tho suddea darkness enveloping the I cases before tbe courts which have refer-
enate wing ot the capitol at Wasblug- euce to the relations of the people of
ton is explained by a fire ln one of theour insular possessions to the United
electrical ducts. But the senators are I States.
frequently groping in the dark even! There is manifestly a very important
when the machinery for electrical lllu-1 question involved as to which the deel
ailnatiou ia In perfect working order. I slou ot the highest tribunal In tbe nu
tlon does not furulnu a complete sola
Tb city ot Omaha is paying out a lot tion. This is as to whether the people
ot money in preparation 'for the new I of our insular possessions are actually
scavenger tax collection law on a 'chance I cltlaeua of the United States. Tbe mi
that the law may not stand fire in the I preme court decision in the Gonzales
Courts. Would lt not be a good idea to I case doe not determine this question
have t test case decided first before! It simply points out that any people
making expenditures that may possibly I within the Jurisdiction of this country
prove, useless later Here is a. t ha nee and subject to its control are uot aliens
for tho city attorpey to do souicthlag to- and consequeptly have a right to enter
war earning bla salary the United States on the same term as
Evsporatloa la Steel.
BAHR1MA1I ASD Tit CMOit PACiTlO. Chlcaao Chronicle.
The election of Edward IL Harrlman Mr. Morgan's billion-dollar steel trust
to the presidency of tbe Union Pacific P the dividend on Its common stock
1 - 1 , , . . s ... with a matter-of-course air which Is hardly
railroad was foreordained and foretold, n wnh the idea prevalent at one
consequently lt creates not surprise time that a wizard of finance was behind
either among railway men or business It. The stock market evaporated a good
men erf this "community. A. chairman ZZ: A.Z.
of the board of directors, Mr. Harriman nave dnvn off most of the remainder.
has in reality been tbe executive head Mr. Morgan's financiering ln this case ap
cf the Union Pacific system and his re- pears to have followed the old familiar
latlons to the road are not materially
changed by the assumption of the presi
dential title.
Mr. Harriman is above all things a
keen, progressive business man who re
alizes that the prosperity of his trans
continental system depeuCs largely upon
the good will and prosperity of its pa
trons. It goes without saying that Mr.
lines both ln Its methods and In Its re
sult. The great; trick of lifting one's self
oven a fence by one's bootstraps Is r.o
nearer than It waa in the days when Mr,
Morgan was unknown.
Only One Qaestioo at Issue.
Philadelphia Ledger.
The governor of Michigan, one Biles,
should recognize the fltness of things and
resign. A notorious bank wrecker has been
niMinn, hv htm. And he attcmDts to
Harriman Is as fully alive to tbe lrame-1 ,hleia himself under th shadow of a peti-
diate and future wants of tbe region tlon on which It appears there were mat.y
rr.nt nf tho Mlmumri traversed bv the forged signatures. Tha names cf some of
. . . ,., he depositors In the loc-trl bank wero
Union Pacific railroad aa be is familiar th.etltlon anQ vt wur80 ,hat
with their resources and possibilities of ,.registible o a modern governor, who Is
future devoiomuent. I nothing If not merr.rui v. in ii.icr wno
.i- it i i i.t- a i.. i ..,. I Btanla hv wholeaala. J re weak aroverr.or
air. iiurniiiuu aiiu ma uunui-iai nsnv - - i . ir,.nul,..i , .
cannot see ine puu;in uia iv inireai, ne ... uo bum muv re.
THE WORLD'S CrOLD PRODlCTION
Hlgb Mark of the Prophets' JMIII la
the Dlatanoe.
St, Louis Globe-Democrat.
The world's output of gold for the cal
tndar!year 1902, which has recently been
compiled by the director of the mint at
Washington from the final returns, makes
very Interesting reading. Australasia
heads all the other countries l.i the Hat
with iin output of fSl.000,000, the United
States being second, with (80,000,000; Africa
third, with 39,000,000, and Runsla fourth.
with $22,000,000. Canada figures with 20,
OOO.OuO and Mexico with $10,000,0(0. The rest
of the localities, all of which are below
Mexico's mark, make up the rest of the
$296,000,010 which Is put down as the world's
output for that year. Tha silver output for
1802 Is placed at $215,000,000.
Of course, the Africa mentioned here Is
practically the Rand district alone, which
furnishes four-fifths or more of the entire
output of the yellow metal of the Dark Con
tinent. Canada's production meutis, chiefly
that of the Klondike region. There was
an Increase of about $32,000,000 In the gold
output of the world In 19U2, as compared
with the previous year. The high-water
muik, $07,000,000, In production was reached
In 199, the year ln which, ln Its closing
months, the Boer war began. By closing
elates, the owners of the Union Pacific,
gases only on the signer of the vr.ai. i-
are not engaged In railroading for the Iaolured peiltlois and t.el.- -otlng ;xtn
sake of humanity, or as a matter of tlallty. The ai question In ouch cases
benevolence. They have acquired the Ms. Did the ma v.reca the bang and waa
... ., - I he duly convicted! If so let th whole
properties and expended millions for ' petition: the duty of the gov-
thelr improvement because they have trnor ia to uphold the law and Jts moral
confidence In their ability to make theiu effect.
profitable as an Investment Everything The t h.ii- steer.
that can be done for the upbuilding of v k -
tbe section tributary to the Union Pa-1 where la-that Chicago man Crane, who
clllc will doubtless be done by Mr. Har-1 has such a scorn of college menT Has he
riman directly aa has been done under watched the work of Dr. Lllsha Benjamin
t, ,, , , . ... . Andrews' I'niversity of Nebraska? Did he
his direction by President Burt. Ao(!ce whQ got th prlM at th Natlona,
While Omaha is no longer dependent Llv9 stock exposition In Chicago? Chai-
Ulon any single railroad system, the I lenger, "half Hereford and hal Nebras
r.IA hxi lwn and will aln-nva ksn." .fed and owned by tho uVlverslty,
v - - - I .... . i ,
remain, its main artery of commerce.
the great champion steer." As Colonel F.
M Woods savs oroudly. "this Is' a creat
Omaha business men are fully loi-1 eVent for Nebraska." It Is a still greatar
pressed With this fact and they are not I event for the University of Nebraska. Hear
Hlrolv tn onimir In ini ronfllet nr eon-I Colonel W ooda once more:
. . ..w .... ,.,,r-r7, .k "He (Challenger) is our trump, and the
livirnj v. nil i ii rr l uiuu I .iiui,
duclng the world's supply by $ti0,000,0j0 or
more annually, the production figures
shrank In the next few years, even though
soma of tbe other regions have kopt on
increasing their output.
The tftU.000,000 mark In the world's an
nual gold production, which the experts a
few years ago were figuring on arriving
very' soon. Is still in the distance. As the
world's output ln IH however, just before
Bryan's first campaign, was only $193,OU,0uO,
the gain which has, been made Is very en
couraglng. The narrow gap separating us
from the $200,000,000 mark was undoubtedly
crossed In 19 j3, nowlthstanding the strikes
in tti Cripple Creek Held, which cut dow
the production of that rich gold belt. The
Hand's Increase alone Is sure to make up
tha dellclency in the l'nlted States and
help to swell the yield to more than $300,
000,000. The scrambling for gold betwee
the nations, which Bryan eloquently x
patlated on a few years ago, has ended.
University of Nebraska ln producing him
ever may be at lta bead, unless they are 1 hes feathered Its cap for all time
compelled to by unbearable conditions. Bully for Challenger, the I'nlverjity of
For that reason President Harriman Nebraska and university beef But where
. . ... ,. , . la Crane? Ha la a forehanded chap. He
may rest assured of the cordial support ouj,ht t0 n(t a check . an .py to
oc umana in any measure or scneme i the breeders of the champion ateer
liiK, Hrolkrri, lls).
ft. Louis Globe-Democrat.
According to estimates n.ade by the en
Finers, It will take at least thirty years
to complete 'the 1'annma canal, no ma
ter If Senator Morgan should never ma,ke
another opposliUo, si eech.
FOISTKD REMARKS.
Maud Poor dear Fanny takes precious
care of her good looks nowadays. ;
Mabel Yes, considering the faot thst shn
parted with them years ago. Chicago
Tribune.
"I understand he waa an autbor even he
fore graduation from college."
"Yes, Indeed. Why, he is the author
of a new college yell.''. Chicago Post.
"Do you regard the trust system as
means or prosperity r
"Certainly." answered Benator Sorgh
"But in order to get all the prosperity
that's coming to you out of. a trunt you
must know how to work lt."Washlngton
Star.
rity
mule Bonapartes are nobodies, while of the
two women who knelt by her dsathbed,
Clotilda of Bavoy, the martyr for Italy's
unity, took little part In French politics,
and Eugenlo, the empress, the arbiter of
fashion, withdrew from the world when
her only son died In South Africa.
Harsh and. probably deservedly.
as the Judgment of France Is today on tho
second empire, lt cannot be denied that lt
as a period of great activity ln literature
nd art and of marked social brilliancy.
To this the Princess Mathilda, through her
salon, almost a rival court to that of- the
empress, contributed greatly. A charming.
Intelligent woman, with decided artistic
talents, she gathered about her painter
nd sculptors, poets and dramatists, pall-
tlclana and diplomats. Politics could not
be shut out; the Princess Mathilda's salon
dabbled In opposition to the government,
but It was purely playing at politics after
11, as ' has been the fashion of -Krencn
women since there has-been French history,
chiefly intriguing for offices and teats In
the academie.
M. Combes, the French prime minister.
keeps on In his revolutionary course In the
matter ot the religious orders and the
chools apparently without being in the
least oppressed by the fear of the cham
bers; and these bodies, usually so Jealous
of their own privilege of Initiative; reward
the self-assertive ministerial leader by roll
ing up larger and larger majorities in his
favor whenever he is driven by adverse
criticism to ask a vote of confidence. When
so Vllberal a statesman as former Premier
Waldeck-Rousseau attacked the venture
some M. Combes for bis headlong policy ln
attempting to accomplish In cne year a
change In the relations of the state and
church toward the educational system
which should be the work of a generation,
It was believed that "the premier was near
the end of his tether. As the proverb says.
Lowever, It Is always the unexpected that
happens in France. -
Both the czarina and the czar have made
pilgrimages, visited shrines and had public
prayers offered for the great boon of an
heir to the throne, and still this blessing Is
denied. The (fzarina is a clever woman.
well versed In the politics of her day, and
she realises the great political necessity of
the csar's having his position strengthened
by a son for his successor, and tholr mu
tual disappointment In this rsspect has
shadowed their lives. Her domestic Ufe is
said to be happy, but her trials are too
serious, evidently, for the satisfactions of
private life to be an offset, for all her pic
tures give the Impression of a profoundly
ad woman. She Is on the throne of tha
greatest snd most autocratic empire In trie
world; she Is In the highest position of
power, wealth and splendor that a woman
can occupy, but at me summit or sucn
ambition she has evidently found but dls-
ppointment, unhapplness and contlnusl
dreed awaiting her. And yet the unthink
ing say as a common truism, "As happy as
queen! The lovely put unfortunate
Clerk (at the telephone) What's the mat
ter, sir?
Kmployer Why, If you can holler thai
loud Into the telephone, you might as well
go out In the street snd holler over at the
man. Detroit Free Press. '
"Here Is a society reporter who wants a
iesrriptlon of your gown," said her escort.
"Mercy!" exclaimed the sweet girl, "I
don't want any r.otin-lety. Just tell him
I'm clothed In my right mind."
"I shall have to toll hlm, then, that you
are the mot gorgeously gowned woman at
the ball." Philadelphia Press.,
In the dead of night n)s landlady was
heard hammering on the door of her Illus
trious lodger's sloeptng room.
"Wake up, doctor!" the exclaimed "I
heard somebody trying to raise your wln
dow.just now!' i.
"Never mind, madam," granted lhe great
Dr. Johnson, uleerWy. "It's t-nly , Boswell,
He Is trying to fnd out Thither or not I
snore."-Chicago TYlbune.
"Bo the doctor's making money, Is he?"
"Well, I should nay so. Why, he's
reached that point of prosperity where
fashionable wOMen send for liim to treat
inem- ror imfci.tary U'a .' - Jrjlcago F.QH,
MELODRAMA. ' ' '
Lillwaukeo Bentlnel.
The mrtaln rises on a scene ' '
In which Is shown a dwrk ravins
With shady el;n trees tca'.Wed 'round.
And withered leaves strewn o'er tl.e
f round,
lero comes, a mountaineer.
Young, handsome, w:th no thought, of fear.
His only mode of doing 111
Is running an illicit "still"- ' .
(Which, In the mountains, is not though'
Despicable, unlers you're caught;.
Emerging from behind a clump
Of firs, he perches on a stump'
And, In a moment Indlscrsst,
He drops his rifle at his ttt.
Enter the villain, with a baik
Of hired scoundrela at ills back.
And, Just as fiercely aa .e can
He bellows: "Take blin--there's
man!
mil-
And though 'tis a one-irid fight,
your
They mix It Is a thriving sight.
The hero Tunds a few right swings
And .with an u, nercut he brings
The villain crain'ng to the flor
He rghts till he can fight no morn.
They lock him In a mountain cave
And then all make their exit rave
The villain when they're out of eight
He takes a let of dynamite,
Ten sticks, perhaps, or mavbe more,
And plants It 'nnnth the prison door,
Exclaiming "I'll fulfil my vow;
Curse him, hs'll not escape me now!
T'nless this fure Is dairpened some
J'H blow him clear to Klntdom Come!'' a
Then with a few ioud oralis and sneers"
He lights the fuse and disappears.
Knter the heroine (for you know
The melodrama's built iust so.
Something is lacking In the nlot
When she's not found upon th spot.)
Entering, she beholds the fue
And sees that there's no lime to lose;
She gathers up the deadly load.
Now almost ready to explode,-
And with the strength of twenty men
She hurls It far adown the glen, .
Where II xplodes with swful fore-
Nenr where the - illalri Stan, Is, nf course.
Filling lhe i.!r with stones snd sand
Ana deslovatod villain, and, .
As luck will have It, breaking loose
The door of the rrlm caln'o'xise.
The hero then, wl hout delay,
Steps hrLsklv forth end walks away,
His fair preserver by his side.
He asks tier If she'll be his brM:
"Yes, dnrllng." she replies. "I will
Provldln' you'll give up the still."
The orchestra begins to play
Soft, trembly music Just ss thpf
Walk off the stuge and close the door;
The curtain drops the play Is o'r.
Trousers Sale!
After Inventory Bargains.
200 pairs of Odd Suit Trousers,: sjzes
from 36 to 42 waist, of different materials,
values range from $350 to $750, your
choice while they last . , " ,
NO CLOTHING FITS LI KB OURS.
R. S. WILCOX, Mgr.
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