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    THE OMAHA DAILY SATURDAY, JUKE 25, 190.'
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-Crop conditions In . Nebraska wero
never better at tills stage of tbo season.
Nebraska. oufibt to be topaotcher this
year.
South Omaha republicans hare scored
with the first Roosevelt and Fairbanks
club. Soutii Omaha republicans were
never slow.
France and German should remem
ber that Ilaytl has offered an apology,
while Balsoull is still making faces at
Undo Sam.
Did yon compare The Bee's reports of
the Chicago convention with those of
other papers of these parts? For the
best yon must read The Boe.
We have It from reliable sources that
the Jacksonlans will be there "kitty and
all," even If they have to travel on bob
tall flashes all the way1 to St. Louis.
, It begins to look as if Secretary Hay
would have to prescribe for the "Sick
flan of Europe" again, as he shows re
newed signs of becoming bilious when
missionary claims are mentioned.
With Gray , as understudy for Pafker
nd McClellan ready to catch the fall
- ing mantle of Hearst, the fight at St
1 Louis promises to continue long after
' the principals drop by the wayside.
General Kouropatkln Is reported as
being at the head of the Russian ed-
.. vance near New Ohwang, but as this la
accompanied . by. the usual . report of
- Russian retreat It Is probable the gen-
eral la not hungry.
Who says there Is nothing In a name?
The conduct of the governor of Arkan
sas would have caused . his retirement
to private life long ago were Arkansas
democrats not wedded to the habit of
shouting for Jeff Davis. '
, The action of the federal Inspector,
- who has refused to answer Questions In
, the coroner's ""inquest over the victims
; of the General Slocum, will not bo used
. as an argument by ' those who favor an
'extension of the present civil servlco
... laws.
' Sarpy county wants to reach out across
: th Missouri and annex Lake Manawa
. to Nebraska for taxation purpose. That
7 would only' be getting even for what
, , Iowa haa don in coming over to this
aide to assort Jurisdiction over Court
laud beach. , -
- This argumont between the packing
houses and the retail dealers as to which
; advanced tho coat of moat may be ruled
0ut as totally Incompetent Irrelevant
' and Immaterial so far as the house-
. . holder la concerned. What he wnnts to
know Is when Will the price be reduced.
' It ought not to require a few fatalities
to put a stop to reckless auto driving In
crowded streets. Amend the ordinance
to provide for cancelling the licenses
issued to speedy drivers who refuse or
neglect to slow down to reasonable rates
and a few examples under the rule will
then do the business, ,
. To Judge from the tone of the Iowa
press the Chicago platform proved to be
an efficient parachute fur vthe "Iowa
idea." Both the stand-patters snd ro
Ylxers are satlsned, but one Iowa editor
is already courting further trouble by
suygeHting that tho timo has already
arrived for a change In some of tha
tariff acbedulea.
Tho rtnladtrfphla Record la now prob
ably willing to admit tts mistake In say
. Ing that "I'aol liortou Joined tho repub-
ikun party either toe earty or too Late,"
v and tha tntirnattog that ho ahonld hare
Njnouncd his Intentions during tho
tpf'n four years ago or remained
Vl affipr tho Bt Loul coavoo-
Vo s
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CABlStt VBAMOK.
It Is authoritatively announced that
Attorney General Knox will be. suc
ceeded by Secretary of the Navy Moody
and that the successor of the latter will
be Mr. Taul Morton. Secretary Cor
telyou of the Department of Commerce
and Labor, elected chairman of the re
publican national committee, will be
succeeded by Representative Metcalf of
the Third California district The
changes will go into effect July L
The transfer of Secretary Moody to
the Depsrtinent of Justice will be re
garded with very general public 'ap
proval. He has held s promiuent posi
tion in the bar of Massachusetts and it
is perhaps needless to say Is In full ac
cord with the president respecting the
enforcement of the laws s gainst com
binations that are found to be violating
the statutes. Us is a man of energy
aod force, who can be relied upon to
see that the laws are faithfully exe
cuted.
Mr. Morton, who will become secret
tary of the navy, has for some years
been conspicuous In railroad manage
ment and in that connection enjoys a
high reputation for administrative abil
ity. His appointment is understood to
be largely due to the personal friendship
of the president but those who are
familiar with the career of Mr. Morton
will have no doubt that he will make
a creditable record as tne neaa orpine
Navy department. He la a native of
Nebraska, but Is appointed from Illinois,
of which state be haa for many years
been a resident
Representative Victor H. Metcalf of
California Is said to be admirably fitted
for the secretaryship of the Department
of Commerce and Labor. He Is a man
of scholarly , attainments and a lawyer
by profession. Mr. Metcalf has rep
resented his district In congress for
three terms and has made an excellent
legislative record. It may be taken for
granted that he Is In full accord with
the president In regard to the work of
the department respecting corporations.
With these changes In the cabinet
only four of the heads of departments
that served under the-preceding admin
istration will remarn. These are Secre
tary of. State Hay, Secretary of tho
Treasury Shaw, Secretary Hitchcock of
the Interior department dnd Secretary
Wilson of the Department of Agricul
ture. It Is to be remarked that there
has been no friction between President
Roosevelt and his official advisers and
that in no case has the retirement of a
member of the cabinet been due to any
misunderstanding with the chief execu
tive. COJVPilRrjFa IMMlORATlOlf riovnKS.
The Philadelphia Record gives the fig
ures of total immigration for the years
1890, 1881, 18S2 and 1883 and for the
last four years to show that exagger
ated and false assertions are made con
cerning the great flood of Immigration.
In the former period the number of
aliens who came to the United States
was 2,619,202, while during the last four
years the total number of Immigrant ar
rivals was 2,442,279. The Record re
marks that twenty years ago the popu
lation of the United States amounted toJ
60,000,000 and Is now about 80,000,000,
so that relatively the Immigration' la not
nearly so great now as It was In the
former period. Moreover, twenty , years
ago comparatively few Immigrants re
turned to their native land, because ot
the time and cost of the voyage, whereas
now they are swiftly carried back In
great numbers by every European
steamer, some to stay and some for a
longer or shorter visit When the bal
ance comes to be struck the annual In
crease of Immigrant population As small
compared with that' of former years.
This la a fact which the antl-lmmigra-tlonlsts
find It convenient to ignore.
The Record observes that "there la no
human right more dear than the right
of locomotion and there Is no attribute
of human government that should be
more cautiously exercised than the
abridgement of this ' God-given right"
The founders of the republic recognised
this and left wide open the gates for the
entrance of the. worthy people of other
lands. That wise policy has been most
amply Justified by results and the time
Is not yet come, If It ever shall, for de
parting from It
TBS MiQMT-UOUB LAW. ' '
It la to be expected that an effort will
be made at the St ,Louls convention to
secure the Incorporation of a plank In
the platform favoring a national eight
hour law and probably It will be suc
cessful. But It la said that there will be
vigorous opposition to It on the part of
southern delegates. The sentiment among
manufacturers generally la tho south Is
represented to be strongly against the
proposed legislation and this cannot fall
to have a great deal of Influence with the
J delegates from that section. When the
eight-hour bill was before congress the
manufacturers of Georgia sent delega
tions to Washington to oppose It and
Representative Maddox of that stata,
a mejnber of the bouse committee on
labor, succetded in having the measure
referred to the Department of Com
merce 'and Labor.
It la not likely, however, that the in
dustrial and commercial Interests of the
south, which urge that a national eight
hour law would bo disastrous to them
and believe that there should bo ao
Interference by the government In the
business and with the rights of private
individuals, will have sufficient Influence
at St Loula to prevent a platform dec
laration In, favor of an eight-hour law.
Tho electoral vote of tho south Is cer
tain to be given to tho democrat! tlckel
In any event and a majority of tho na
tional convention will undoubtedly eel
that a bid must be made for the support
of tho labor vote In the north. Thus
the southern 6V legation will be told
that purely as a matter of political ex
pediency tho promiae must be held out
to northern worktngmen that If the
democracy is given power it will enact
an eight-hour law.
- The democratic party had an oppor-
tunlty ten years sgo, yhen It was la
control of the executive and legislative
branches of the government to enact
such a law, for which the demand on the
part' of organised labor was quite as'
strong as It Is at present It paid .no
atfentle& to the demand then and there
Is no reason to believe it would do"o if
again given power. But it will promise
and it Is possible that It may, thus gain
a few votes from the ranks of labor. .
aaniWD raa acawaa..
Such, In brief, Is tha story of tha flqal
on of the reoubllcan national conven
tion of 1904. The slgnlncant feature of th
breaking up Is the anxiety with which Mm
republican leadera look forward tv the
domocratlo convection at St. Loula. They
are fearful of a united and enthusiasts
democracy; hopoful of discord and dis
union. They feel that with a candidate
and platform that ail democrats can sup
port tha democracy can suocassfully ap
peal to tha country against tha acta of
the oorporation-cootrolled oonvendoa that
adjourned today, and they look longingly
forward to the traditional "denmoratlo
mlataka" which they quietly admit alona
can aava Roosevelt and Fairbanks la No
rem bar. IC E. N. In tha World-Herald.
Only the Innate modesty of the World
Herald scribe prevents him from- de
scribing in detail exactly what hap
pened when the convention program
was concluded.
No sooner had Chairman Cannon
rapped the. final adjournment with bis
gavel than there was a mad scramble
toward the chlckenooop In which this
valiant quill acratcber was nesting. The
scramble threatened to become a stam
pede, chairs were overturned and ban
ners laid low as all the greatest and
most widely known republican leaders
hastened to get his ear first Senators
and governors, congressmen and cab
inet officers Jostled with one another to
claim his attention.
I dont mind telling you," whispered
ChaunceyvDepew, who as usual got In
ahead, "that the ticket suljts me to a T,
and that the platform Is Just as I
wanted ft" . .
"That confirms my diagnosis," - re
torted the IL E. N. "That proves that
the ticket la a corooratlon ticket and
the platform 'a corporation platform."
"Let me get In a word," gasped Gov
ernor' Herrick. "I wouldn't tell It to
anyone else but to you. I don't miad
admitting that all the enthusiasm that
made the magnificent scene you have
Just witnessed and roused the delegates
to awe-inspiring frensjF -was manufac
tured to order Just to make a . show."
"I knew Itl I knew It!" was the cackx
ling response. "Enthusiasm In repub
lican conventions Is always, machine
made and enthusiasm In democratic con
ventions Is always spontaneous."
Just at this moment Senator Fair
banks by reason of bis height managed
to lean over the other dignitaries, who
were surging around, and-In a low tone
saldi "
"I am anxious and fearful. ' I will tell
you Just how. J feel even though you
would not Judge it from my looks. My
f only hope is In the discord and disunion
of " the- democrats. .'; I depend . upon you,
jmy friend, to make trouble at St Louis.
The' democrats have saved uS'In' the
past b7 making- mistakes.- Please see
to It for, the that'tbey make another
mistake tbis year i y r; V;
That was all .he wanted., ' v
"I have heard enough,' he cried.
Waving back the Other statesmen still
elamorlng to speak , to him, he picked
up bis paper pad and pencil and
marched straightway from the conven
tion hall to the telegraph office. : - "
' According, to our correspondent's re
port the GasS county teachers' Institute
at Plattsmouth was addressed by State
Superintendent Fowler, who told the
teachers In attendance that they are
underpaid, that Cass county' can afford
to pay better salaries and that Its school
levy Is too low. If Mr. Fowler Is cor
rectly quoted the question Is quite perti
nent Why should a state officer who is
employed to supervise the school Inter
ests of the state, go Into any county and
Incite the teachers there to demand more
pay? Why should such an officer seek
to stir np a movement to Increase the
taxes Imposed on the property owners
In any part of the state? The salaries
paid to teachers In Cass county consti
tute a matter peculiarly local to the
people of Cass county and so long as
they enforce the accepted standards of
teaching qualifications, It Is not tho
business of the ttate, superintendent to
find fault much less to breed dissension
and dissatisfaction by this sort of talk.
If Mayor Moo res decides to remain in
the east for six or eight weeks to rest
and recreate, . the vacation will be one
that haa been well earned. The mayor
has been on continuous and uninter
rupted duty now for' nearly two years
despite periods of Impaired health, and
be has devoted more time and attention
tothe affairs of the city than any of his
predecessors In the office. 'This may be
because with the growth of the city the
public business constitutes a growing
tax upon the executive head, but it la
none the less truethat Jf strict attention
to business entitles a person to an occa-
I atonal layoff Mayor Moores has the best
kind of a right to stay away for a few
weeks.
- Down in Lincoln they, are beginning to
complain of a prospective school levy of
20 mills, which by Us very terms looks
big and burdensome. The 20 mills, how
over. Is on a one-fifth valuation and la
equivalent therefore to a 4-mlIl levy on
a full Valuation such as Is used as the
basis in Omaha, where the school levy
of 34 nulls would bo 17V4 mills figured
on the- other plan. - In Omaha, too, the
Independent sources of revenue for the
school fund are proportionately larger.
If the brakes are not held down, the
school taxes will run away with us
for they have been growing more rap
Idly tfhaa the taxes for city, county and
state purposes.
Tho report that Russian found brandy
In the flasks of dead Japanese soldiers
mawt bo a Muscovite concoction to make
the soldiers more determined la their
attack upon the enemy.
patttaa; It.Pratty StralT.
' Chicago Tribune.
Tha ma who makes toy pistols is potea
tlally a murderer, and tha man who sells
them IS accessory before tha tact.
ProvofctagJ Ne41eas 'Worry,
: Chicago. Record-Herald.
It would have been Just as' easy tor
MrV ralrbanka to have coma out three
moatha ago aod thus make It possible for
several other gentlemen to quit worrying.
' "Fly lag Datehaaaa" Oatdoma.
i . ; ; Chleago Inter Ocean.
Not slnoa Cervera's squadron was sighted
from Newfoundland In the morning and
from the Florida coast In tha evening has
as that w'hloh has just emerged from Vlad
ivostok. - -
Who's What
Cincinnati Enquirer (dent.).
Tha fact that Jerry Simpson served as
foreman of a jury tn New Mexico tha other
day should be taken as encouragement by
other statesmen out Of a Job. Tha lesson
might run aa far north as Nebraska. Not
that anybody In particular up there Is out
of occupation Just now. On the contrary,
there seems to be uncommon activity.
There la, however, tha prospect of a dull
saaaon soon.
AsklmaT Too Mack.
Louisville Courier-Journal.
Mr. Bryan, In his Cooper Union speech
opposing tha nomination of Judge Parker,
said that the Judge's friends .had "openly
bought men and conventions, and any man
Who countenances that work does not de
serve, the offlo of president." This is a
new charge to be brought against Parker.
But while Mr. Bryan was denouncing those
who buy men and conventions, how was It
that though 'mentioning the name of
Hearst in another connection, he had no
Word of condemnation for that candidate T
Faaatlcal BraVery In Battle.
Springfield Republican.
The cheerful readiness of the Japanese
soldiers to die on tho captured army trans
ports rather than to surrender was nothing
but a form of suicide. It Illustrates, how
ever, their fanatical bravery In battle and
adds further evidence to support the the
ory, which some now hold, that the Japa
nese soldiers can be depended upon for des
perate work on the battle field which no
European or American soldiers could equal.
This theory, on the other hand, has not
yet been thoroughly1 tested -in a battle in
which the Japanese ' have mat fully an
equal number of Russians with artillery not
inferior to their own.
POLITICAL DRIFT.
" ' - ..
Ceavmtlon reporta leave the impression
that Chairman Cannon Is a big gun.
vw"hy doesn't Dave Hill speak outt Tha
country Is Weary of New Tork's dumb
show. ' . '
Later reporta front1 Missouri explain how
the supreme court happened to affirm the
conviction of two' out of eighteen bobdlers.
They were tha only,,, republicans in the
bunch. ,
There were thirty-two United States sen
ators in the Chicago convention. Hence
the proceedings moved along In dignified
grandeur.. Not a flat wheel In the ma
chine. S i ri -i. .. 'v
The Indianapolis News protests against
calling Senaior Fairbanks' "the Tall Byca
more of the Wabash. Tha title was con
ferred on tha latS'Benator Voorhees-and
wa.,burted With Wn ; r, ,
John Q. Carlisle s idea ia irai rwiw
will have to-win- aiiffco outsat of tha bal
loting, -or be thrown quickly aside. '.
'.The republican. nominee for governor of
Indiana has organWdVa. eampalgn glee
club In which he will himself sing bass. ,
. Soma Phnadelphmns -who have , been
grumbling about 'the poor work In con
structing .a city reservoir, coupled with
tha overeharare and payment of $165,000,
have had .. their eyes opened. The con
tractor hired a speelal train and tooa ail
City officials to Chicago as his guests, Now
It takes good money and lots of It to enter
tain Philadelphia .offlclala, and tha en
tertainers do not entertain solely for tha
Joy of official company. .
'.This is how a Kansas candidate opened
his speech whan addressing tha free and
Independent last wkt "When tha pit
mordla, atomic, chtmpanseefisd, up-country
' globules begin the agitation of tha
fl Ugreed aod bedizened ornamentation of
their bedlamltld imaginations. In tha belief
that they are working out tha substratum
of opld facta vln connection with state
politics, they but iriphaalaa the declaration
that great men are not always wlsa, neither
do the aged understand wisdom. M
Senator Beverldgs uses neither railway
passes nor telegram franks, in which
respect ha differs frVat most men In publlo
Ufe. On one occasion ha had been speak
ing at an old settlers' picnic land In mak
ing bis way-vthrough the crowd was re
lieved of all his money. Ha did not dis
cover his loss until- be attempted to pay
for a hasty lunch at the railway station.
He explained to tha restaurant keeper,
who said in suspicions tones: "Show your
railroad passes if you ara a senator." "I
don't use them." replied Mr. BavcrMga,
"Then you alnt no senator," said tha
landlord with oonvlotlon. Just then a
friend happened along and tha senator waa
relieved from an embarrassing situation. .
CONVENTION POINTERS.
,
Chicago Chronicle (dem.)i Former Secre
tary Root Is one of tha few orators tn this
country who combine sense with sound.
Chicago Post (rep.)t We r.peat, tha plat
form, to tha thoughtful, la significant alike
In Its omissions and Its declarations. It Is
a platform for all republicans, and It spells
harmony and oo-yj nation.
Chicago Tribune (rep.): But tha read
justment of tariff rates "cannot aafely bs
committed to any other hands than those
of tha republican party, "i Tea, that la
what tha pouple seem to think.
Kansas City Journal (rep.): There ara
two reasons why tha republican party never
overlooks an opportunity to point out that
It Is the party that does v things. It Is a
pleasant performance, and tha statement
cannot be contradicted.
Chicago Record-Herald (rep.): This con
vention Is to have tha honor of upsetting
tha superstition that a man who haa been
elected vice president can never be nomi
nated for the presidency. Otherwise there
really wasn't much for It to do.
Bt Louts Globe-Democrat (jrep.)t One
democratic name for the harmony at Chic
ago Is "apathy." Republicans ara entirely
willing that tho democrats should reservs
all their sort of eruptive excitement for tha
St Louis convention of weak after next.
Indianapolis N.ws Ond.): Tbs proposi
tion to reduce tha convention representa
tion of the southern states gats plenty of
applause, but tt Is very stay of . votes;
which again shows that there is a whole
lot of dlfferenre la politics between lending
a movement 'moral support and going on
record la tts favor.
Fialtlmore News Ond.): The great funda
mental political fact stares on In tha face
that tha republic an party, with eight yean
of svwer behind It, can point to a rreord
whlrfe, on tts face. Is calculated te make a
powerful hnprstoa en tha arrerage Ameri
can. This Is a fact to bo reckoned with;
a fact that is bond te be recognised as of
greater and greater political potency as the
campaign progress' . (
OTRKB UMTDS THAI OtBJ.
-
Armenia has again bee turned Into a
slaughter pen. Tha European consuls who
went to Investigate the truth of the many
rumors of massacres ara said to have re
ported that 1,000 Armenians have been
killed by the Turks tn the Saseun district,
many Armenian villages having been com
pletely wiped out. The "Purple East," as
the poet Watson called it In his scathing
sonnets, will bo purple with the Mood
of victims so long aa tha western powers
shall content themselves with making pro
tests. The "Grand Assassin" at Constant!,
nople will reform his murderous habits
only under compulsion. Too long has the
treaty of Berlin been permitted to remain
a dead letter. Armenia is far away, and
Its mountains are high and rugged; but
Great Britain can send an army to scale
the Himalayas merely to compel the Dalai
Lama to respect a commercial ' treaty.
Would It be more difficult for France and
Great Britain combined to compel respect
by the sultan for a treaty In which he
bound himse'f to give security of life and
Ian endurable system of government to his
Armenian, Bulgarian and other Christian
subjects?
Concerning the actual commercial condi
tion of Russia, authentic information Is
scarce. A prominent but unnamed merchant
of St, Petersburg, talklDg on the subject
with a representative of the Paris Journal,
says that certain branches of Industry, for
instance, warm clothing, surgical appli
ances, and bootmaking, have been bene
fited by the war. There has never' been
greater activity In them, but smaller
tradespeople are pinched as their business Is
based on credit, which has been suspended.
Dealers In luxuries are doing badly, such
as Jewelers, keepers of fashionable restau
rants, and confectioners. All the rich officers
have left, and social gaieties have ceased.
Reports reaching Paris from private
sources are much more gloomy. They are
to the effect that the strain of the war
Is already felt very severely In all parts
of Russia and that symptoms of an Impend
ing economic crisis are manifesting them
selves in every direction: An English cor
respondent In Paris says that French op
timism in relation to its Russian ally Is
disappearing rapidly, and that there la a
growing conviction that Russia, even If it
should succeed in crushing Japan In the
long run, will be so exhausted and crlpp'.ed
that it will be a very long time before It
will be able to retrieve its position in any
appreciable degree.
mi
The disposition which M. de Plehve haa
manifested recently, to treat the Jews In
Russia with greater liberality to allow
them to live outside their allotted areas
without molestation and even to ; dwell
within the forbidden distance of the west
ern frontier la supposed to have sprung
from his financial necessities. He had to
make concessions of this kind before he
could persuade any of the Jewish bankers
In Russia to come to his assistance. From
the Berlin bankers he Is said to have re
ceived greater encouragement, but - even
they asked for better treatment of the
Jews and a modification of Russian pol
icy In Finland. According to a letter In
one of the London newspapers, the dis
contents In Russia do not regard bargains
of this sort with much favor. Considering,
aa they do, M. de Plehve to be at the
root of most of the present evil tn Rus
sia, they are not anxious to relieve him
from the precarious position which he has
brought upon himself. Besides, their' pre
vious experience does not lead them to
put much faith in any of his prornlses.
They say that he would, .probably evade
fulfillment under the . . pretext, perhaps,
that the terms were exacted from b'rn un
der the pressure of . circumstances. , They
would rather run. .the risk ot. .losing, .an,
uncertain advantage than do anything' to
help him in strengthening his position'
.-...
General . de Oiorgis, the Italian general
who is supposed to have, begun the task
of reorganising .the .Macedonian, gen
darmerie, must occupy one . of the most
unenviable public . positions in the world.
Judging from current reports of the re
strictions by which he is surrounded. ' In
the first place, he has scarcely a vestige
of real authority. He cannot even send
commands to the Turkish or other ofBoera
who are supposed to be his subordinate.
His Instructions must be sent through the
diplomatic agent of the country to which
the officer happens to belong;. . Theoret
ically, tha latter is expected to obey them,
so long as they do net conflict with Turk
ish laws and regulations. There appears
to be nothing to prevent the Turks from
blocking any proceedings of which they
do not approve. Moreover, the general Is
said to be hampered at every turn by the
suspicions and Jealousies of the Austrian
and Russian representatives. . To Increase
his difficulties the foreign officers, on whom
he must rely, ara said to be entirely Igno
rant of the languages and .conditions of
the country. Even his pay is not assured.
It Is true that the Ottoman bank has guar
anteed to find the money, but the actual
distribution Is to be made by Turkish pay
masters who certainly will And soma
means "of exacting toll. Altogether the
general's prospect of reaping either gain
or glory Is exceedingly faint
.In the course of a report submitted to
a commission of Inquiry Into the adminis
tration of the French navy, M. Bertln,
chief of the. technical department for na
val construction, draws a comparison be
tween France and Bncland. Aftar rmrm
ing that the British estimates for build
ing purposes ara larger man the Svenh
M. Bertln says that the English ore supe
rior in rapidity of construction, being able
to complete two ships while the French
are finishing one. But French vessels of
the type of the Montcalm ad Hull
bear comparison, he says, with the
nntisu armored orojsers SutleJ and Cressy,
specially constructed for service at dis
tant stations. The French first ii.. k.
tleships Bouvet and Car not are equiva
lents, ne aeciares. of tha British Reputes
and Ramtlltes. Franca. M.
out, ha a considerable advantage over an
other powers in submersible, and subma
rines. Franco has already a flotilla of
submarines and submerslblea, capable of
renaenng signal service In case of war
More will be launched soon.
New Ship la Consamlssloa.
CRON8TADT. June Ja TVia n.i.. v..
tleshlp Blssol Vellky of the Baltlo fleet has
been commissioned.
Young Ha fr
That means rich hair, heavy
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always restores color to
gray hair, all the dark, rich
color it had years ago. It
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Has been tested for 50 years.
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Ayer's Hair Vigor. I mt4 oary ono
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la real thick and a little curly." Mr.
Lixzlo M. Smith, Saratora, N. T.
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BRTAK 8EI.F-COFIVICTED.
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Aaother Democratic Blast AgaJaat
"the fearless Leader."
Chicago Chronicle.
The Chronicle submits the speech of Wil
liam J. Bryan at Cooper Union, New Tork,
as complete proof of all that it has at any
time alleged against him.
Twenty years ago the leading aspirants
for the democratic .presidential nomination
were Orover Cleveland, Thomas F. Bayard,
Allen O. Thurman, Samuel J. Randall and
Joseph E, McDonald. Governor Tllden, a
former democratic candidate, was still liv
ing. -
Can anyone Imagine Samuel J. Tllden
going to Delaware, to Pennsylvania, to
Ohio or to Indiana and making ' ante
convention speeches against Bayard, Ran
dall, Thurman and McDonald, dsnounclng
them as dishonest,' treacherous, cowardly,
straddling, weak, fraudulent, negative and
subservient to 'Wall street?
Can anyone Imagine Bayard going to New
fork In advanoe of the oonventlon for the
purpose of assailing Cleveland, or Cleve
land going- to Ohio "and 'Indiana for tha
purpose of making . apeeohes against' the
candidacies. of Thurman and McDonald?
-The reason why Bryan assumes this at
titude toward Judge Parker la to be found
in the fact thai he is not and never has
been a democrat. He ia at liberty to slan
der. Judge Parker Just as ha has always
slandered - Mr. . Cleveland and oher 'con
spicuous democrats, because he is a popu
list The case again William J. Bryan appears
ts bo closed. He has convicted himself.
PASaiRO PLEASANTRIES.
told nne he was a multimillionaire.
xJf k 1'Tt,Jwys understood."
baa tho stomach of an ostrich, and he gives
Mn. vuuwflQ x nouns.
w. tW uvui w-Ain i 11 aisguBung ae
way deee foreigners 1 crowding In every
where? Next House Noonan Fierce; de last time
I wus lit Jail day put roe In a cell wid a
' imau no. fvr nut o aaiT
Puok.
"What's tha matter with Mra. Pmri
thla evening? I never saw her look ao dis
consolate," ,
'Fseka scandalised. She left her babv
with that bachelor brother of hers, and
In . clothing his body ons must us
lets head.
Beau Brummel to His Valet. .
Did You Ever Stop to Think
This la one of tha times it pays ytu.
Trioy aay clothe don't moko tho man.
x Cut thoy'll Improve him.
Have you aeon the man Improver we v
are aolling at
$10.00
All broken and slow selling line of
$10, $18, $20, $20 and $28 'autts bulnea
and frock.
A Genuine Pre-Inventory Clearing Sale.
"No Clothing Fits Like Ours."
Look in Our Douglas Street Windows.
WLbs
. R..S. Wijcox,
whon aha came back the VOUnaster
sitting in the front yard playing with .a
deck of cards and a quart of poker chips."
Detroit Free Press.
Mra Newllwed I wonder what are proper
calling cards? '
Mr. Newllwed (absent mlndedly It de
pends altogether on whether you think the
other fellow haa a good hand or 1 merely
bluffing. Philadelphia Ledger.
Gutenberg had Invented tho printing
"""You can now read," he explained, "that
Mr. Bud Turnlpseed of Painted Post is
visiting his cousin, Mr. Sy Corncob of
Squasn Hollow." '
Perceiving the merit of the process, tho
pedple eagerly welcomed the Innovation
New Tork Bun. A, ,
"We Willi sing 'Awake, Te Saints;' Im
mediately before the sermon tomorrow,
announced the minister at choir practice on
Saturday afternoon
Don't you think," Inquired the ob
servant tenor, "that It would be more ap
propriate to sing It Immediately after tne
sormon?" New Orleans Picayune.
WHAT JUDGE PARKER, SATS.
New Tork Town Tonics. ,
Say, Judge, will you be kind enoug . .
, Tp ell us where you stand -
Upon the questions tha-dlstur1TvK xa
The people of this land? . . .
And the Judge said!. .
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About the tariff, what of it? : '
Are you for mere reform,
Or do you want the other kind
That's strenuous and warm?
And the Judge saldi
7 T 7 T 7 T T. T r
And what about the money potsf
In your Judicial mlnd - '
Are they to be of gold within? . ..,
' Or merely silver lined?
And tne juore saia
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Likewise the far off Philippine.
And other stars that gem
Our Occidental and Orient crown-"
What do you think of them?
And the Judge said:
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And what of capital's demands, ,
And what of labor's plaoe.
In their direct relation to
The Presldental raoe? .
And the Judge said:
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Say, what of these, and all the rest?
Now come out good and flat
And let the country know for sure
' Exactly where you're at, -And
the Judge said:
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