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SH.flOO 21 80,1 OO ft 8O.1S0 2i jto.sao M ao.ptoi) i 8o4tno M 80.HOO 27 SO.HOO g BO.TIO ta Bo.210 20 3O,Ot0 2i w,ao IS S0.830 U 2.0O 14 29.0OO 13 BO,4BO 14 8O.80O Total wao.aio Leas unsold and returned copies.... 10,S-J3 Net total snles 91S.HST Net average sales 20,a73 GEO. B. TZSCHUCK. Subscribed In my presence and sworn to before me this 1st auy or April, a. i , isut. (Seal) M. B. HUNGATE. Notary Public As a platform smasher Bryan is still peerless. Bourke Cockran likes to hoar himself roar, even wbcn be cannot scare any body. With resident musicians In line Nebraska will certainly be ia a position to toot Its own horn May 31. The records of the Missouri supreme - court niiKht assist. Secretary Cortelyou in his search for evidence against the "Beef trust." A homestead of 640 acres Is possible only in the state of Nebraska, which state has not fared so badly at the hands of the present congress. The Wyoming range war threatens to resume activity. ' It should keep quiet until it has been determined how the fight in Colorado is to end. f The United States .will have another Strong argument in favor of peace. The California, armored cruiser, to cost $5,- 000,000, hiis Just been launched. The arrest of several pickpockets at ft. Louis this early in the game is an Indication of what may be expected when the big show is in full blast. ITS WORK ACCOMPLISH!). The closing days of the first repulnr session of the Fifty-eighth congress were innrkod chiefly by partisan debate in the lower bis nth, In which the rr-p-rosoiittlres of each party made con siderable contributions to the llternture of the coming campaign. Indeed throughout the session there was a great den! of talk, particularly on the part of the democrats, intended for cam- pnlgn use and undoubtedly much of it will be so. utilized, though we are In clined to think that not a little of what was said by representatives of the minority party will be allowed to re main burled in the pages of the Con gressional Record, so far as the democ racy is concerned. Especially will this probably be the case in regard to the declarations for free trade and the personal attacks upon President Roose velt. We are inclined to think that these will not be Indorsed by the St. Louis convention and will not appear in a democratic campaign dook, dui tuey are not likely to be overlooked by the republican party. In regard to the general work of the session it should be satisfactory to the business Interests and the conservative sentiment of the country, for which the party in power has shown judicious and proper consideration. It very Judiciously declined to do anything that might cause business disturbance and thereby give a serious check to prosperity and this, it is not to be doubted, will have the ap provai of those engaged in every de- partment of productive activity and of all who desire a continuance of prosper ous conditions. Could the democrats have had thtlr way, there would have been legislation which most certainly would have unsettled the industrial and commercial affairs of the country, to the great injury of both capital and labor. A great number of bills were Intro duced, but as usual only a small propor- tlon passed, most of the measures being of no general public interest. The leg' lslatlon for which the session will be memorable is that in connection with the Panama canal, which assures the carrying on and completion of that great enterprise. In the matter of approprla tlons there was no extravagance. Wher ever there was opportunity for economy, without injury to the public service, ap propriations were kept down, the paring process reducing the estimates of the departments by many millions. Thus the promise made by the republicans at the beginning of the session was ful filled. For this the house deserves the credit The republican party can unreservedly point to the work of the first regular session of the Fifty-eighth congress as meriting the indorsement of the country. Its record cannot be justly assailed and it will certainly be approved by the legitimate financial. Industrial and com mercial Interests, whose welfare it was the aim of the party In power to con serve. These vast interests, In which are involved the well being of all our people, can proceed with their work of progress and development, knowing that so long as they comply with the laws they will be undisturbed. President Jefferson and passed by con gress in ISrn. It was slated at the time that the action thus taken was at the instance of the president. The measure does not prevent the adoption of the senate plHn, If the presi dent thinks proper. It leaves the whole matter to him absolutely and he can adopt the plan of the senate or set up any othier form of government he pleases. It gives him the same author ity in this respect that was given to President Jefferson over the Louisiana territory in 1803. That he will exercise the power thus conferred upon him Judiciously is not to be doubted. What ever method of administration Mr. Roosevelt shall prescribe for the gov ernment of the rone acquired by the United States from Panama will be such as confirms, as far as practicable, with our own system. There will be nothing done not entirely fair and Just to the people living in the sone. The senate plan is somewhat complicated and there was a reasonable doubt whether it would work well at the out set It provided for a great deal of ad minlstratJve machinery which is prob ably quite unnecessary at this time. A few regulations, which the people of the zone can be made to easily understand, will doubtless be found sufficient at present. Congress made no mistake in following the Jeffersonian precedent in this matter. proof headquarters building of sufficient dimension to accommodate all the de portments of the grout transcontinental. Artemus Ward is reputed to have or ganized a military company, In which every private was a brigadier general, and that plan in the main has Ixr-n adopted In the organization of the Fontenelle club, whose recruits are drilling nightly for the first "Lost Battle." Municipal taxation is the paramount issue discussed by the National Mu nicipal league that is now holding its annual meeting in Chicago, but such a trifling matter as municipal taxation does not seem to interest the Civic Fed eration in Omuha. It is hard to realize that Bourke Cock- ran has not attained the importance of a congressional Inquiry, but so few peo ple care whether he talked for cash or glory in IMMj that the cost of the investi gation mar as well be saved. If Great Britain takes too forcible an Interest in the present hostilities the czar In self-defense might import a few dervishes, as they seem to be the only people who can interrupt the British march of empire. It does not require a man of General Miles' military experience to foretell that the Russians and Japanese are likely to come to blows within the next two weeks. The Hungarian premier says that his country desires to prevent emigration of Its people, and there are many people In the United States Mho entertain the same desire. The overworked and underpaid law makers for the American people have taken a recess until next December, and tbs country will breathe easier, for a while at least. The question of ,what to do with former presidents, which was discussed In the United States a few years ago, has become a burning issue with Wil liam Jennings Bryan. . Another autl-linperiallst meeting is due. The United States has just an nexed three islands to the Panama canal sone and promises to take others if nec essary to complete the canal. - Speaker Csnuon bus resolutely set his face against the. Cannon boom for sec ond place. Uncle Joe gets all the fun be wants out of bis present Job, even if be is only a uiuxzle-loader. American desire for an arbitration treaty with Great Britain will be greatly blunted If that country persists In refusing to let 'Elijah" lowle return tottbe land of bis nativity. LJ 1 Every republican member of the Ne braska delegation in congress is in favor of Harry Lindsay for clerk of the su preme court, but meiulers of congress have no voice In the selection, of clerks of the supreme court A QAUB OF STHATMQT. There is promise of stirring events In the far-eastern war. within a short time. A game of strategy Is being played which must soon have Important developments. A St. Petersburg dis patch of yesterday said that the Rus sians will not show their band at this stage, but will continually harass the enemy, choosing their own time for a battle. So far as appears from the re ports from the seat of war, the Japan ese are at present doing most of the harassing, with the result of keeping the Russians guessing as to the enemy's plans. The disposition of his forces said to be making by the Russian com mander appear to be upon the theory that when the Japanese get ready they will advance into Manchuria and un- dertake to drive the Bu&slans out when he will draw them .Into a dangerous distance from their base and with a superior force strike them bard at a position and under circumstances of bis own selection. If this is General Kouropatkln's pro gram he Is likely to find that ha Is mak ing a mistake. There Is not the slight est probability that the Japanese strate gists will be fooled in this way. They have not thus far shown any evidence of a lack of ability or sound judgment Their operations up to the present time have commanded the admiration of mili tary experts and there Is no doubt that they are at least the equals In strategy of the Russian commanders. At all events the latter have as yet done noth ing to warrant a different opinion. Un doubtedly there will be some surprises in the deep game of strategy that is being played along the Yalu river and not all of them will be favorable to either side, but it Is safe to say that the Russians will be disappointed if they expect to draw the Japanese into any such trap as it is conjectured Kouropat kin Is planning. That unquestionably able soldier has yet to prove that he Is a more skillful strategist than the com manders who confront him. UB9AQB TO PIBLtO BATBTY. The controversy between City Elec trician Mlchaelson and tbe Omaha Elec trie Light and Tower company does not merely involve the right and duty of the city electrician to enforce the ordi nances and regulations governing the Installation and Inspection of electric street lamps, but the disposition of all wires and appliances to safeguard life and property. Whether the arc lights are suspended over the center of the street crossings or from an Iron pole planted on tbe sidewalk is of cotupara tlvely small moment but it Is a matter of very grave concern which of the two methods of suspension affords .the great est safety to the public. City Electrician Mlchaelson asserts that the present method of suspending arc lamps Is a menace to life and prop erty. He asserts that the current car ried on these arc lamp wires is nearly five times as dangerous and conse qucntly more deadly than the current used at Sing Sing for the electrocution of murderers. The current by which convicts are electrocuted in the New Tork penitentiary Is charged with 1,700 volts, while the electric light wires overhanging our street crossings are charged with 8,000 volts. "With this fact in view," says the city electrician, "can any sound-minded man claim that tbe flimsy way in which these wires are suspended on an iron messenger, with loose loops permitted to swing subject to wind storms in the climate peculiar to this country, argue that such suspension is safe to human life, even If It be wrongly admitted that the lamps will give more light than If they were suspended in a more Safe manner on iron poles?" This is cer tainly a startling revelation that should not be ignored or brushed aside by the mayor and council. If It Is true, and there can scarcely be any doubt of it that the people driv ing or walking In tbe thoroughfares of Omaha during a great wind storm are liable to be instantly killed or maimed by electric light wires. Is it not the manifest duty of the authorities to pro vide against such deadly accidents by compelling the electric light company to take down Its arc lamps and place them on poles where they will constitute tbe least menace to public safety? The Boodler's Safea-vara. Chicago Record-Herald. Boodler Ames is to be tried again in Minneapolis, but he Isn't worrying much. He has sublime faith in the great American technicality. Why Russian Leaders Blander. St. Louis Republic. Russia, with a population of 141.000,000, has only ninety dally papers. Of course, the generals and admirals are not instructed on how to make campaigns. Needless Cariosity. Philadelphia Ledger. Two Russian noblemen traveling In this country asked permission to witness the execution of the car barn bandits in Chi cago. It they are fond of that sort of thing it's too bad they couldn't have been at home to see AlexlefTs official head drop Into the czar's basket. Olney His Own Platform. Philadelphia Record. Not within recollection has a neater com pliment been paid to any public man In the United States than that paid by the democrats of Massachusetts to Richard Olney. He Is not only their choice for president, but he Is their platform. They don't pretend to think outside of the Olney record. Growlna- Wise with Events. Springfield Republican. vln war It Is the practical man who does best, for he takes things as they are; other wise his enemy takes him. Evidently the new Russian admiral ordered to Port Ar thur understands this principle, for It is announced that he Will not be quite so bold as his predecessor. He couldn't be with the forces now at his disposal. A Novelist's Characters. William Archer's Real Conversations. Stevenson said that George Meredith once read him some chapters of "The Egoist' while It was still In manuscript. As the character of the Egoist developed he (Stev enson) grew mora and more uncomfortable, until at last he Interrupted the reading and said: "Now,' own up, Meredith, you drew Sll Wllloughby from me." "Meredith burst Into his 1 Homeric laugh and said No, no, my dear fellow he Is all of us, but I found him (tapping ' his own breast) mainly here." Impending: Revolution. New York Tribune. Some of the ablest and most tfar-slghted railroad presidents In the .country predict the substitution of electricity for steam upon their systems of transportation within a' comparatively short period. They pre dict also that for short trips in suburban service and the like the trolleys must dis place largely the running of passenger trains of the present type upon all rail roads. We thus seem to be rapidly ap proachlng a marvelous revolution In rail road methods and management. The local demo-pop paper has made the' discovery that propositions have emanated from the machine camp that the antls shall have the nominee for congress, providing Mr. Rosewater is permitted to go to the national conven tion as delegaterat-large and allowed to designate what anti shall have the nomination. Tbe demo-pop Fakery has also discovered that "tbe antls had an ticipated some such generous offer and have turned it down with a savage thump." Inasmuch as nobody on either side of the factional fence bas even sug gested such a deal, the fakery is entitled to a copyright for Its enterprise. Tbe Omaha Bridge & Terminal com pany, whose properties in Nebraska are all located within the county of Doug las, baa filed Its schedule of assets with the State Board of Assessment when by rights the property should be as sessed by tbe tax commissioners of Douglas county and Omaha. Tbe mani fest object of filing with the state board Is to secure a lower appraisement than, could be procured from the local assessors, who, being at short range, are better qualified to make the appraise ment than the state board located at long range. Keen It In, Willie! Kansas City Journal. Let Mr. Bryan not tire in his good work of berating the republican party. Its lead ers and Its policies. Let him continue call Ing them the tools of plutocracy, the hire lings of the trusts, the violators of the constitution and the oppressors of the masses. The republican party doesn't mind this kind of treatment at all. It grows fat on It, as was shown In 189 and 1900. There Is nothing Mr. Bryan can say or do that will harm the Republican party as long as he stands firmly on the Kansas City platform and will have no other. he should show1 signs of wavering If h should quit fighting Cleveland. Parker and reorganisation and encouraga his following to seek harmony then the republican party would begin to feel alarmed. But happily Mr. Bryan Is too set in his principles and prejudices to justify any fears on that score. The a. O. P. Is sure of Its Bryan, and also of Its victory. GOSSIP ABOVT THE WAR. Natters Rearlnar the Kllllna Peat In the Orient. "Russia and Japan face each other on he old battleground of the Asiatics, the borders of the Yalu and Tumen rivers," says the New York Evening Post. "Japan as completed the occupation of Corea and fortified the Corean boundaries. Hiie has rept up the west coast, put well equipped rmles Into the principal towns and stead ily moved north. She has probably not neglected the east coast, but definite strongholds are known only at Kllju. Gen ssn and Fusan. Several weeks ago the ppearance of Japanese troops at Posalet bay, seventy miles from Vladivostok, was reported, but this has not since been con firmed, or recently alluded to In dispatches. 'osslet bay has developed since 1899 to such degree as to be Included In the trade landings of the Ocean Steamship Naviga tion company. New wharves have been built and commercial agencies established. Quaint Siberian hongs or warehouses, and line of stately barracks meet the eye. The traveler can steam from Vladivostok to the port In about six and a half hours. At Inst reports there was a garrison of 1,000 there. "8oldlers from Posslet bay often patrol the road down the Corean peninsula, and are familiar with every mile of the east coast. A regular post road leads from the military station at Posslet bay to the Russian Novoklevsk and thence to the Man churlan frontier town, Hoon Chun. The Chinese have a neck of land running down between Novoklevsk and the Corean fron tier community at Kyong Heung. This comes to a point a little over twelve miles . from the Japan sea, and from the junction Russian and Corean frontier military roads (the latter now In the hands of the Japan ese) run In close proximity. At Posslet Bay station one sees the Russian Siberian soldier In all his glory, with plenty of gold braid and vodka. Coreans, Chinese nd Manchurlans bring their beef, fish. pelts, timber, sorghum, millet, barley, maize. Indigo and tobacco through for Vladivostok shipment; and the cosmopoli tan scenes have given the station the name of "tho meeting place of all nations." Oc casionally members of the "Fishkln" tribes, Goldles, Ghilaks and Mangoons wander In to barter the fruits of the trail for Russian coin. . Skins of leopards, panthers, tigers and bears are given In return for small coin and then sent on to adorn some distant home. Russian hos pitality is memorable. Socially, the offi cial makes one feel like an old friend. Good eating, music, story telling, riding and driving make the time pass quickly. ' "Hoon Chun, though Chinese, has come under Russian influence since the Chlno Russlan agreement of 1896. The population Is Manchu, Mongolian, Corean and Chinese. Some Shantung boatmen conduct the rlyer trade. The clan system Is paramount, and it Is a great disgrace for a man to be dis missed from his clan. Small rebellions oc cur between clans, and revenge Is often carried Into several generations. The clans support temples and schools and own spe clal Industries. Both Russians and Coreans have at different times espoused clans, and in this way developed trade. The Hoon Chuns are proud of their ancesty, their branch of Tunguslo nomads furnishing the Manchu Tartars, who conquered China proper and have been its rulers ever since. Those who cling to Manchu traditions are Buddhists; a few are Moslems and others devil worshipers. Their alphabet is sylla bic. At one time they used the Mongol lan guage, so that today they understand and can converse with Mongolians. While Man chu has been forgotten almost everywhere else throughout the empire. It Is still spoken In this community. Hoon Chun Is walled and, like the average Chinese town, quaint and dirty. i - "Japanese military authorities reported that the harbor of Gensan for size, depth of water, holding ground and easiness of entrance Is one of the best in the world. The bay Is fourteen miles long and from two to six wide, sheltered by high prom ontories and islands, and landward by a chain of mountains rising 5,000 feet In some points. Though the most northern of ports opened to world-wide trade. It has never been frozen over. "The first town of the east coast from the Russian frontier Is the ancient Kyong Heung. It has an old crumbling wall, and Is a relic of Corea's stormy past. Corean soldiers are stationed here In tumbledown barracks, and In lieu of salaries often take part in town Industries. Since the '90s they have been drilled by Russians and worn Japanese uniforms. As they understand Slavonic tactics, it will be Interesting to note their behavior under fire of their In structors. In olden times the Corean sol dier was feared by both Chinese and Japa nese, but for many centuries he has been so ground between the mills of fats as to be nearly a cipher. "Street scenes In Kyong Heung would please the most critical traveler. Costumes differ from southern cities in that the eter nal linen has a blue tinge, and much colored silk Is worn. The wide trousers are tied with bright ribbons round the foot. If the long robe worn over the trousers has a stripe of blue, the wearer Is a literary man; the man who dresses In a rob en tirely of blue is a nyagg-ban, or perhaps a mandarin. As to hats,' the natives, besides the ridiculous Corean headgear, have bor rowed ideas from the Mongols and the Russian soldiers, and they often seem like merrymakers In a masquerade. Tsn n v RoosKtKir. cleaned and decorated for the event; in cense Is offered up, and gorgeous luntrrns .J strung along t lie streets. Offerings are j Delenatea So Kar rllected Almnat made to the spirts supposed to control t nanlmona for the President. Industrie; red pajiers are burned and sent i Chicago Record-Herlsd. floating through the air, gongs are beaten Thirteen slnt s and territories have elcrtei and firecrackers set off. All kinds of rmi-- j tlv-ir full iiota of delegates to the repii).. geous birds are sold on the mat markets, j liean national convention. Elshteen othc One Is confused with the nmss of flowers. , stnles have elected part of their deles, fruits, game, fish, pigs, horses, tumbling , tlons. Kstlniates of how the delegates acrobats, monolooists rerltinc scene from ! stand, printed hitherto, were given on village life; Incessant twang of queer guitiirs and harps, and the sounding of many dia lects. The barter, after all, is said not to amount to much; the chief thing Is social Intercourse. A In all other cities, the women are allowed on the streets at certain hours, when they wear their best clothes and take vlstiiig females about. Tho Inhabitable part of Ilamheung is built In a bowl of green rolling land surrounded by hills. Just at Its head Is an old tem ple called God's Crown. "The next center is Gensnn, where there Is a substantial Japanese colony. It ha telegraphic communication with Seoul, and Is connected by steamer with the main Corean ports, Vladivostok, Kobe, Naga saki, British-Chinese ports, Che Koo, New Chwang and Tien Tsln. Its Corean popula tion Is about 10.000. The main road from Gensan to Seoul, about IRS miles, has been considerably Improved. It passes through fertile valleys and has some queer Inns slong Its borders. The native town Is situated to the south, on Broughton bay, while to the north Is Port Lazareff, or Yehung, the name of the prefectural town on a small river which empties Into the bay. It Is In the basin of this river that l gold Is found and worked. The trade Is about equally divided between exports and Imports. Cloth, oil, canned goods and silks are Imported, and gold dust, hides, Ash, rice and beans exported." the ha sis of claims made. The following classification Is made up from actual re ports of delegates elected, so that it Is correct to date (the flrst column repre senting Roosevelt and. the second unln-rtrurtod): 4 North Carolina 4 .. Ohio 10 .. Oregon A .. Pennsylvania . 4 .. South Carolina. 4 HiTennetsee 20 ..Texas ft . Il tali J. Vermont 4 ..Virginia . 14 ..I West Virginia. 12 6 Wisconsin s i Arlonn I .. New Mexico.... .. Oklahoma S 4 'Indian Terrify Total So2 Alabama 2 Delaware 6 Florida in Georgia ?R Illinois 14 Indiana lit Iowa 4 Kansas 8 lotilstana Maine 12 Massachusetts 8 Michigan 2 Minnesota 20 Mississippi ..... 8 Montana 6 Missouri 20 Nebraska 4 Nevada S New Vork 44 14 In some of the states where the dele gates are unlnstructed the convention in dorses the administration of President Roosevelt, and the delegation Is under stood to be friendly to his candidacy Senator F.lklns of West Virginia has his state delegation for vice president, while C. P. Walbrldge of Missouri has his dele gatlon for the same honor. Senator Falr-I banks lias two delegates In Indiana in structed for him for vice president. PERSONAL, ROTES. The deadly tornado has started getting In Its work In the southwest. The vil lage of Nip and Tuck, Tex., was visited and It was nip and tuck for the Inhabi tants. Governor Cummins of Iowa, who Is so journing at French Uck Springs, lnd., for his health, attended the republican state convention on Tuesday as the guest of Governor Durbln. Augustus Flllcy, a clerk In the money order department of the St. Louis post office, who died on Monday, was born and lived all his life In a house on Olive street. He was 48 years old. Mr. and Mrs. F. M. Smith of Cali fornia have presented to Mills college, an Institution for the education of women at Oakland, a bell tower built after the old Spanish models used at California mis sions. The theory of the New York Education Board's committee that women teachers destroy the manliness of boy pupils sug gests tho possibility that we all made a mistake In having women for mothers. Probably the oldest stage driver In the world has just been retired with a pension by the Swiss government. He Is Michael Danleth, who for fifty-three years drove it stage across the Italian frontier from Como Into Switzerland, before St. Gothard tunnel was cut. Senator Wark of Frederlcton, N. B., who Is over 100 years old, journeyed to Ottawa last week to resume his senatorial duties He Is the oldest legislator In the British empire and recently received the congratu lations of Klr.j Edward upon the attain ment of his 100th birthday. Master Norbert Welner of Cambridge, Mass., who knew the alphabet at 18 months; rcsd Latin, Roman, German and Frenoh at 8, and at 9 found his chief diversion In Socrates, expects to be ready to enter Har vard at 10. Master Norbert Welner will probably enter heaven at 11. Senator Elklna of West Virginia makes no secret of his satisfaction over being Indorsed for vice presidential honors by the republicans of his state. But when the circumstance Is referred to In his hear ing he remarks: "I believe that West Vir ginia Is a safe republican state, and you remember that fable of the dog told by Aesop several thousand years sgo. You will recall that the dog was crossing a river with a fine piece of mutton In his mouth." And without repeating all of the fable Senator Elklns proceeds to talk of something else. Explosives stored In a city warehouse have just claimed two more victims in "New York. Every fireman lu Omaha is subject to the same dauger when tbe alarm comes from the wholesale district. Is life cheaper than precaution? Tbe prospect now is that the Juue rise iu the Missouri river will begin in May and the old Muddy will Insist on foreclosing Its mortgage without pub lication notice and regardless of the land laws of Nebraska and Iowa. There was grim irony in the folucl- dence which caused an eudorsemeut of a well known proprietary medicine by number of preachers to be published simultaneously with a 'statemeut that the remedy contains more than 23 oer Cent -alcohol. TUB PRtSlDtST TO (iUV B Rlf. The action of the bouse of representa tives in tvgsrd to the government of the Panama canal zone prevailed and the administration of affairs there will be under the direction of President Roose velt until congress shall otherwise order. A measure had been Introduced in tbe senate providing for a comprehensive system of government for the gone, to bo administered by a special commis sion. There was objection to this on the ground that there might lie clashing be tween the canal commission and tbe ad ministrative body. Tbls presented a rather perplexing situation, and after direful deliberation the bouse adopted an exact duplicate of the measure which provided for the government of the Louisiana purchase, drafted by With the coming of spring comes re newed rumors of extensions by tbe street railway company, but the public can be assured that there will be no rumors that have not been heard before, be cause at the time of tbe reorganization of the company the rumor factory laid track on every available piece of ground in the county." "Lest we forget." It might not be in appropriate to call attention to the pro vision that all parties who aspire to represent the Second congressional dis trict in tbe republican national conven tlon must file their names, accompanied by tbe requisite fee. with tbe secretary of tbe committee before next Tuesday noon. If Mr. Ilarrlman finds time to take a bird's-eye view of the situation In Omaha he may conclude after all that it is more- economic and advantageous for tbe Union Pacific (o keep Omaha as headquarters for tbe entire system and to construct a commodious and ere- WHKX BHYAN HIKED A HAM. Chicago Chronicle: W. J. B.'s Chicago speech was In the nature of a statement showing why sentence should rot be passed upon him by Judge Parker. Minneapolis Times: Mr. Bryan says he has not expressed a preference for any candidate and will not do so. Mr. Bryan has a preference, but it isn't necessary for him to express It. Buffalo Express: Honestly, we don't be lieve Bryan Is going to leave enough of the democratic party by the tune he Is through with It to make It worth while for any man to accept Its presidential nomination. Philadelphia Press: Judge Parker's opin ion was that Bryan would be amenable to reason. That, however, was before the Chicago speech. If Judge Parker has been able to get himself together since that event he has probably changed his mind. Philadelphia Record: In his Chicago speech Saturday night Mr. Bryan maft a number of additions to his list of pro scribed democrats. It may be that Mr. Bryan Is patterning after a deeply religious member of the Church of Scotland who led a secession. Later be grew convinced that the majority of his followers had not the true Idea and he again seceded, with one follower. Finally he disagreed with his follower, and, again seceding, proclaimed himself the Church of Scotland. Chicago Tribune: When, after the down fall of Napoleon, the Bourbons were restored to the throne of France, they started in again to misgovern In exactly the same way that their ancestors had done. Tbe U-saons of the French revolu tion were lot upon them, and It was said of them "that they had learned noth ing and forgotten nothing." This saying may be applied to William Jennings Bryan. He seems to Insist that the democratic party shall seek the presidency on Issues which the people have tce disapproved. This rosy be sincerity, but It Is not politics. "Kyong Song, the next settlement, la an embattled city with walls and picturesque official homes. The sub-prefect lives In truly Oriental style, and entertains Chinese and Corean nobles in the accepted Asiatlo manner. Ha cares not for the fankwal (or foreign devil). Russian, Englishman. American' or Japanese are all fankwsl to him. The Chinese merchants passing through the capital enter his ysmen with royal splendor. For them a theatrical per formance, dancing girls and acrobats are Introduced, and a great feast prepared. The dwellings remind one of Kyong Heung, but there Is mors pomp and ceremony In the custom and the Russian coloring Is absent In the wearing apparel of the people. "When the approach Is made through wooded country to Kllju a perceptible difference Is noted. This Is a newly opened trade center and the Japanese for two years have exerted a powerful Influence. There are clean, busy shops where one may purchase salmon from the United States, oil from Russia, knives from Eng land, lacs from Germany and silk from China. The effect upon the Coreans has been salutary. They are good imitators and vie with the Japanese In trade and home-keeping; The mikado men. so called who introduced bath tubs, having loaned these utensils until they were worn out. started a brisk trade In there, and the citizens seem to think that the bath tub la the badge of western civilization. The surrounding country is filled with game and tbe Kllju markets sre famous for geese and pheasants. "From Kllju to Ilamheung the town sub slat on fishing, the raising of food stuffs, ginseng and mining In the billy country to the west. Some communities where Japanese colonising has been attempted InSlude Sopuk, Nondo, Wuchungka, Coo- hop ho. Cbangsaju and Puk Chon. "Hamheung has come to considerable Im portance since the telegraph lines have been run through It from Gensan. It Is the central town for Industrial fairs, which sometimes Usl weeks. Every aonat is JABS OP THE JOKERS. "No. sir he didn't evea shudder when hisl wire said Tomorrow we take ud the Darloi carpets and clear out the pantry.' " tie aion i : "No. lie's deaf." Cleveland Plain Dealer Ragson Tatters Say. Willie, suppose Ve rmel a cool thousand, what would yer do'. Weary Willie Gee! I bet I'd aet over- ncaieu. i nuaacipnia t ress. When a friend tells vou an old inke laugh just as heartily as if you had never near a it Derore. iou niny want to norrow money or mm some uay. eomervuie jour Hal. "What's the matter with me. doctor?' asked the patient. i m not exactly sure as yet. reniie- the nhvslclan. "hut vou heedn t worrv. I'll se that your widow has explicit Informs tlon on that point. Chicago loat. 'All a man cares for Is a good dinner.' said the cynical woman. mat s very unjust, said tne miifl-man nered one. "My husband will miss his din ner any day for the sake of looking at i base ball game." Washington Star. . He watched the deft hands of the man) curlst as she polishes his nails. i suppose you gel a gooa many tips, n you not?" he asks. "Yes; finger-tips," she tells him. swinging! tne cnamois poilsner a little more vigor ousiy. juuge. "I've Just been reading the biography ofl tnat seir-maae millionaire we were talkln about. His esse Is most remarkable." "Oh, there are hundreds Just like him." "No. he appears to be an exception. H was never a barefooted, freckled country? Doy. jr-niiaaeipnia tress. A Rl OF YEWS. New Tork Times. The editor stood at the case. As printers were once used to stand. With a cynical smile on his face And a composing stick In his hand. He gave his hot forehead a wipe. All damp with the grlmt and the. heat And put the reports Into type For readers of his little sheet. "The Japs have forsaken Yalu. They ve gone up the opposite brink. They're moving en masse on WIJu, They'll soon light a battle, we think. "The army has gone from Aniu, The' march of tha troona has heun. The latest war news from Che Foo Shows the Russians to be on the run." So he set up the types. Of Kwsngsu And Anju and WIJu he told, And Che Foo and Yalu, New Chwang, and the others enrolled. Then In a few minutes ha dropped His stick and looked down at the case, In puzsled confusion he stopped Setting type, with a frown on his face. Then he added this to his retxirte: "We'd give yew some more of the newaj It these names aid not yews sll the sorts We've yewsed every one of owt yews." s sikKSsiua ca Styles. HOOSE your next suit at a store that can show you the new Kirschbaum See how easy it is to find something becoming and that just suits your purpose. Kirschbaum Clothes (War ranted). 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