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(Seal) M. 3. H UNGATE,
, Notary public.
Thlg la Nebraska day at the World's
fair.
- "Remember the flshliuf smacks"
would hard) be as melodious a war
cry as "Remember the Maine."
' " Groat Brltnln now has a chance to
show Its real appreciation of the work
of the ponce congresses in which It has
participated.
The campaign has really opened In
Virginia. A negro who was Identified
with the republican purty has been
lynched at Norfolk.
If Father Schell were permitted to re
main on the reservation the battle of
. the' Winnebago "might become as Inter
esting os that at Ten tat.
The modesty of tho school board In
not asking at this election for authority
to tssuo more school building bonds
should and wilt be duly appreciated.
.. Bryan will wind op his campaign
work In his homo state. When the
colonel Is wound up. It is Impossible for
him to unwind except in good Nebraska
. air. .i. .
Mr. Bryan has been speaking in Ohio.
But there W no Indication that he did
. more good for Jndge Parker than be
did for himself on his previous visits to
that State,.
i, Omaha's election figures for 1004 as
compared with 1000 should reflect tho
flty's growth since the census enumera
tion. And they will if only a full vote
s registered and polled.
No one has ever recorded a battle
similar to that between the Russian
Baltic fleet and the British fishing boats
since Shakespeare wrote about Falstaff
' and his mighty in en la buckram. '
The World-Hero Id's, unnamed repub
lican knlfu-wlelders cau be easily iden
tified. They are cliroulc users of World
Tlcruld apace, though they seldom have
the courage to coin out from their
Incognito.
That new Auditorium will bare to be
used o&ner if tbe people who built it
ore to get returns on their investment
There ought to be a regular succcfelon
of variegated attractions there all tJis
jeor round.
skj-.j.lju jm '
'. Shades of Thomas A. Hendricks!
"Tom" Taggart expects to go to tho
senate from Indiana should the demo
crats carry the state legislature and
Senator Fairbanks be elected vice presi
dent at the earns time. ,
Registration In Omaha and Booth
Omnha for the first day was fslr, but
bore than half the Voters are yet to be
registered. Next registration day comes
Friday, If any one finds himself dis
franchised for failure to register, It will
not be for lack of notice.
Governor Wright has Informed tht
democratic candidate for president of
the real conditions In the Philippines,
but unless he Is decidedly different from
the average democrat in these 'parts
Judge Parker will keep right on reit
erating his misstatements.
" 1,1 "
What is the county attorney doing
about the allegations of attempted bri
bery made by the two popocratlc mem
. bers of the Board of Tubllc works All
of these officials are of the same po
litical persuasion but somehow or other
they do not seem to believe one an
other. .
The meeting of "Bryan democrats"
aud "silver republicans" called fur Mon
thly at Chicago has been poMtponed uu
til after election. It is believed that
more "Bryan detnocrsta" will be willing
to declare themselves then, as all hope
of getting postolllces next yar will have
departed.
. IftBBASKA DAT At tXPOSITlUlf.
This is Nebraska day at the Louis
iana Purchase exposition and the state
will be properly represented on tbe oc
casion t y Its public officials and distin
guished private citizens. These will
speak for tbe state as Its merits de
serve, proporly presenting its wonder
ful growth In all material and social and
educational respects during the period
since It became a state of the union
thirty-seven years ago. They will re
cite the growth of this commonwealth,
purely agricultural, and they will note
this progress as one of the most re
markable facts In our history under All
the circumstances associated with It.
Tbe organization of the Nebraska ter
ritory, a part of the Iouisinnn Purchase,
Is Identified With one of the most Inter
esting and critical periods of our his
tory. It was a time of the crucial con
test between the slavery and the antl
slavory sentiment of tha country, when
the forces were arraigning themselves
In a straggle that culminated In the
greatest civil Conflict the world has ever
known. At that time there was beard
from one end of the nation to the other,
to the exclusion of every other question,
the Kansas-Nebraska controversy, nnd
while this state had little relatively to
do with that Issue, It being almost
wholly confined to Kansas, yet the
name of Nebraska Is lndlssolubly con
nected With it in tbe history of those
times.
And no Nenraskan regrets today that
such Is the case. On the contrary, he is
proud of the fact that this state had Its
Kbare In the great task of staying the
effort of human slavery to Invade north
ern territory and looks back upon the
stand of his forebenrs in this respect as
one of the most honorable facts In our
Whole history ns a nation. It placed
Nebraska in the front rank of tbe states
contending for human freedom.
The history of Nebraska as a stato
dates back only thirty-seven years, little
more thau a generation, yet it has ac
complished a great deal In that short
period. The disadvantages that con
fronted It at the outset of Its career, and
Which to many Deemed almost insur
mountable, have teen to a very larga
extent overcome, so that today this Is
one of the most productivo and prosper
ous of the (agricultural states. It has
also many mannfncturinir Industries,
representing a very considerable Invest
ment of capital and a largo employment
of labor. In both these respects it is
steadily advancing. Educationally no
other state ranks higher and in the.roat
ter of literacy Nebraska is In the front
rank. The people of no stato are to a
higher degree law respecting or mora
patriotic. ,
In short, this great state. Industrially,
commercially, socially and morally,
compares favorably with any other in
our great union of splendid common
wealths, and every Ncbraskan who par
ticipates in the Nebraska celebration at
St. Louis today can Justly feel proud of
the record and the worthy fame of the
Antelope state.
MAKlM BASTE SLOWLY. ,
The taking of the Inventory of the
water works plant Is now progressing
and the task Imposed upon tho apprais
ers will probably be completed within
twenty days. Then will come the dis
cussion of several complex features that
will present themselves for final adjust
ment before the city can acquire tbo
works. .
One bone of contention will be tho
South Omaha extension ef tht; water
works from tbe main body that has its
source of supply at Florence. The water
works company will doubtless Insist that
Its South Omaha pips lines and appur
tenances shall bo Included In the ap
praisement of the Omaha plant, but inas
much as the contract with Omaha was
made long before South Omaha was even
thought of It will become a mooted ques
tion whether tbe purchase of the Omaha
works shall also Include the works In
South Omaha.
Under the original contract tho privi
lege of taking over the works at the ex
piration of twenty years on the three
appraisers plan expressly provided that
no allowance should be made for the
franchise. The South Omubiv extension
was made under a separate contract
with the city of "South Omnha and tho
water company will doubtless Insist tbnt
allowance for Its plant In South Omaha
shall include, not merely tbe value of
the plant, but also the value of Its fran
chise, which would be computed by tbe
length of time Its contract to supply
South Omnha with water for fire protec
tion and private consumption still has to
run. ,
Tha hydrant contract with flijs city
will expire on September 4, 1008. The
contract with South Omaha, recently re
newed, will not expire until 1013. tt Is
a foregone conclusion that unless a mu
tual agreement Is reached between the
dty and the water company the con
troversy over South Omaha will become
a source of litigation that may last not
only to the expiration of tbe contract
with Omaha In 1008, but beyond that
period and up to the final termination
of Its contract with South Omaha,
" Much will, of courso, depend npon the
aggregate amount of the appraisement,
but In any event advocates of "municipal
ownership, who are, anxious that the
water works shall be acquired before
the city establishes Rs own electric
light plant, would have to, postpone mu
nicipal ownership altogether for an In
definite period,
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Truth la often stranger than fiction.
Here wa have (he Onfaba Beal Estate
exchange rushing to the rescue of th
electric lighting monopoly. Three years
ago this great privileged corporation,
which up to that time had bonis but
a small fraetkiu of the tax burduns that
belonged on It, fought by tho most un
scrupulous means the efforts of tbe Ronl
Estate exchange to secure . a more
equltsbla assessment Its agents In thvt
council abut tbo door In tht face of the
Ileal Estate 'exchango committee and
force! tht latter to go to the s terns
court to get even a bearing. Two years
ago the electric lighting monopoly had
a band In the desperate attempt to get
the legislature to nullify all the achieve
ments of tbe real estate tax committee
by Inserting a section into the new
revenue law changing entirely the
method of assessing corporate fran
chises, which would surely have suc
ceeded but for the vlrrorous work of
The Bee to prevent. The falsified tax
returns of the electric lighting monop
oly, made after as well as lofore the
supreme court decision, are on file in
Tax Commissioner Fleming's office. But
now we see the Real F.sfato exchange
helping to pull electric lighting monopoly
chestnuts out of the fire.
MB. CLEVELASD'S MITE.
Ex-President Cleveland has contrib
uted bis "mite" to the Parker compalgn
and It Is perfectly safe to say that it
will have no influence bcyoud tbe lim
ited circle of admirers of the "sage of
Princeton," which is by no means as ex
tensive as it wa a few years ago and
there Is very good reason to think is
steadily narrowing. The speech of Mr.
Cleveland at Carnegie hall last Friday
was one of the most commonplace ef
forts that has emanated from that orac
ular source of democratic doctrine for it
very long time. It was rather more
platitudinous than the usual utterances
of its uutbor and it did not offer
anything In the way of argument.
It was essentially a campaign speech
In matter and manner and one not
at all above tbe average of the
speeches of the ordinary democratic
spellbinder In the present campaign.
This must be very disappointing to those
democrats who regard the ex-president
as the greatest living exponent of tho
principles of the party and tbe one man
in the nation capable of controverting
republican arguments.
A enreful reading of the speech of Mr.
Cleveland discloses nothing that answers
republican contention or weakens tho
republican position. On the contrary,
the tendency of everything he said is to
strengthen both. There Is a lack of
virility and force, ns well as of origi
nality, In nil that be says. It is evident
throughout bis talk, of course carefully
prepared, that he wns struggling with a
dilemma that perplexed him. Only in
one or two Instances is there' manifested
a feeling of confidence In bis position.
To a most extraordinary extent for him
there Is shown a feeling of doubt and
rncertninty in the treatment of promi
nent questions, as if ho was apprehen
eive of saying something that might not
be in exact accord with the attitude of
the democratic candidate for president,
or whlih might prove a disturbing note
to the party.
There la flo doubt that Mr. Cleveland
most earnestly desires democratic suc
cess. No one will question his sincere
devotion to what he believes to be true
democratic principles. But he Is under
constraints. For one thing he . knows
that there la a very large clement of the
democracy that has not the slightest
sympathy with his views and regards
him as the very worst enemy the party
has eve"r had in Its ranks. 'Another thing
is that his relations to the great com
binations, or so-called trusts, have been
such that he cannot decently or without
danger of self-condemnation unquali
fiedly attack the combinations. It Is still
a matter of public recollection that they
fennd no enemy In Mr. Cleveland when
he was president.
The contribution of Mr. Cleveland to
the democratic campaign will have very
little effect nnd indeed is quite as likely
to be Injurious as helpful to the demo
cratic national ticket.
Don't forget that the last legialature
amended tho law relating to the election
of county commissioners so that the
candidates are to be voted on by the
electors of the entire county instead of
as formerly, merely by those of tho dis
trict la which they reside. Douglas
county Is1 a republican county and the
responsibility will rest on the repub
licans whether or not they want to con
tinue a democratic management of
county affairs.
The Philadelphia North American
goes to great troublo to prove to Its own
satisfaction that had tha confederate
states been engaged In manufacturing
rather than in farming they could have
continued hostilities longer, nnd possibly
have been ultimately successful. The
fact Is that bad tbe south been a manu
facturing section no war to defend slav
ery wpqld ever have occurred, as slav
ery Is unprofitable except In a farming
country.
Cbaro'erltle Poae.
Chicago Trlbuno.
To be sure, it I hard for candidal to
make a campaign on two such widely sepa
rated Issues as th Philippine and th
Panama canal without exposing himself to
th chars cf facing both ways.
A Pnr'y of Knockers.
Baltimore American.
The republican party la tha party that
builds; democracy yearns to destroy ex
isting conditions without hiving the ma
terial or the plan ready to erect new
structure on th sites of the old.
Preacht-iw uni' Practical.
Ctilcego Post.
It require wonderful self-contrql for
Bou-ke Cockran to keep a straight ftc aa
ho denounces republican prosperity and
thinks of hi private car In which he lux
uriously travel over tho United State at
th expense of th democratic national
committee.
Too Vtim Ir n t I new vcnlent.
Bprlngileld Republican.
Th Postoftico department made a - net
profit of I3.?8.403 on Its money order bual
nea laat flaeal year. This show that th
charges for transmission of money are too
h'ljh and th method employed, moreover.
In very Inconvenient. It 1 to be hoped con
sre will' speedily author! a better and
cheaper substitute, i
Taalna- privet f ar Unas.
Ban Francisco Chronicle.
Thore I but on way to deal with th
private ear vlt, and that la to completely
uproot ' It, and doubtlet th rasltst and
ctmplleat court, a avoiding undecided le
gal questions with their resulting Inter
mingle delay, I to tax private car out of
xUrtnc. A Us of I cent per mil on all
prtvat freight cars employed la Interstate
commerce would make an end of th whole
business. Congress ha th unquestionable
power to Impose thl tax. sad th quicker
It I don th better.
fixtewt of Democratic AftltatloB,
Philadelphia Pre.
The only democrat who r on or near
the anxious seat are those who are In office
and want to stay there, and tho who are
out of office and want to "get there." For
those there Is abundant sympathy and emo
tion; but not on account of them will tha
mass of voters decide to exchange a tried
and true administration for one the na
ture of which not even a prophet would
dare to prophesy.
The Pol!e)- of Na"i.
Kansas City Star (Ind.)
This year the democrat ild: Let us
change the policy of the government; let us
find a man who will not be o rash as to do
things. Ar.d they were very lucky In hitting
upon Judge Parker, who not .only want to
undo everything that th president ha
dor.e, but who will not even say what he
thinks ought to be done. Having decided
on a policy of negation, the democrats have
made no mistake In their candidate, and
what he will not do aa president Is already
denoted by the wave of enthusiasm for
Roosevelt that Is sweeping the country.
BANK ADVERTISING.
Leave from the Ledger f Experience
with Kcnapapera.
Philadelphia Record.
Pittsburg Is noted for the number of It
banks and trust companies and the mag
nificence of the bulldlnga which they oc
cupy. A :o for tha number of Its well
paid worklngmen. It was mainly to Im
press the wage earners with tho Import
ance of thrift that an enterprising barker
first adopted modern advertising methods.
So great and impressive were the results
that the example was followed by a ma
jority of theflnanclal Inatltutlons. This
success was based on the public Ignorance
of banking. The people were told, In brief
but well displayed newspaper "ads" how
simple It Is to open a bank account, how
easy It Is to save and how profitable. Here
Is a specimen of the arguments: "You've
paid the bir of course you have, but have
lost the receipt. Why don't you pay bills
by checks? The check 1s always a re
ceipt." Or, again: "You'll probably not
need a safe deposit box after the burg
lary. Better rent one today." Again:
"One dollar opens a savings account at
this bank, and that dollar, and every dol
lar you deposit afterward wl'.l earn 4 per
cent Interest." Men, women and children
by tha thousands were induced to become
avers and bank depositors.
There are various advertising mediums,
but the greatest numter of well known
successful merchants and other prefer
the dally newspapers. The book publish
ers, who formerly expended large sums en
artistic posters, now use newspaper space
almost exclusively. One of them has said:
"The plainest bit of argument In two
inches of newspaper space has' more ad
vertising value than the retailer's name
cha'ked on .ill tha doorsteps In town."
Cammeyer, the shoe man, ha aald: "We
'have used the magazine and tried outdoor
display, but we have withdrawn from
Ihent and other kinds of advertising In
order to expend all our appropriation on
the dally newspapers th dally being the
only medium that pounds constantly." At
the meeting of tha Pennsylvania Banker'
association at Atlantic City last week,
Banker William S. Powers of Pittsburg
("tho home of bank advertising"), affirmed
as a result of practical experlencei "News
papers are the best medium for advertis
ing." He quoted statistics showing "th.
Immense gain of bonks, which advertise
llbera.ly In the newspapers over those
which have refused 10 adopt modern meth
ods of publicity." Two year ago tt was
computed that 1600,000-' was spent in that
year by the Pittsburg tank for newspaper
advertising. -..t-t-.iO )u -
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PRICB OP. EXPLOVftlKXT.
Sobriety aa Essential to a. Plaee oa
h Wnt List.
- . Bt. Paul Despatch.
A protest mad by sdme business men of
Breckcnrldge to General Manager Ward of
the Oreat Northern against the action of
th division superintendent at th place In
prohibiting employes of th railway from
drinking Intoxicant while on duty and
from frequenting saloons when off duty,
stated that unless this order be revoked
and th superintendent be notified not to
Interfere with the Business of soiling liquor
the protectant would have their "freight
handled by a carrier that Is content to con.
fine Itself to tha railway business and let
our business alone." Mr. Ward's reply wa
not conciliatory. He told the Brecken
ridgera that If th superintendent had dis
couraged the drinking habit in that town
he had "given us th very best reasons
why h should b continued In his present
position." i
Thl Incident Is but on phase of a move
ment In the railway and business world
that Is doing more for sobriety than all th
legislation that encumber th atatute of
tatea. While the latter' wa the result ot
sgitatlon by well-meaning but impracti
cable folk, who,' seeing th vll of in
ebriety, Invoked the law to suppress them
by removing their secondary causa, the sal
of llqucr, leaving Intact th primary cause,
tho thirst of men, th former I th applica
tion of business prudence to business In'
terests. The books of statutes might b
plastered from beginning to end with act
restrictive, prohibitive and punitive with
out Inspiring any man with th conviction
that it waa for hi best Interest cither to
abstain or refrain. But when employer
begin to realise that the drink habit de
prive their employe of ability to render
th aervlc for which they are paid, and
begin to discriminate between the sober
and the uncober man, there 1 th strong
pressure of self-interest brought to bear
upon those blbulously Inclined.
Railway manager caught the movement
several year ago, and . began adopting
and enforcing th rule which glv such
offenaa to the "business" men of Brecken
ridge. It I no new thing, Invented by the
division superintendent of th Qreat North
ern, but a practice tested by trial In other
sections and proved to be beneficial to the
railways, to their employe and to the
public whom they serve. The movement
wi. especially necessary In th rallwny
work, for railway serve the public and as
sume responsibilities to the public which
th ordinary buslnrss man does not In
addition to the moflv to hav Its employe
In condition to glv efficient service durlnj
duty hours railways hav th added incen
tive of responsibility for th da mag to
patrons resulting from set of employes.
Nothing mor unfits them from doing good
sen-ice, from command of needed faculties
when at wotk, than do brains befuddled by
excessive use of liquor.
This movement, motived by self-interest
a It Is, lacking the philanthropy of th
prohibitionist it may, has been the most
powerful factor among th forces that hav
produced the general obrlety that make
today so bright a contrast with condition
fifty years ago. Its effect are not limited
to employes, but affect all classes. Man
ager of business ar mor generally habit
ually sober men. In tit profession th
drunkard I now the exception where ha
wa th rule. Rarer I heard the excuse
thst It la a pity b smart man should
drink, i'nd no longer I there th old no
tion that drunkennes was a badga of su
perior ability. In the many direction In
which men ar getting better that of In
dulgence la Intoxicants is on. (
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JOH!f L, KE1SEDT.
I have known Mr. J. L. Kennedy for th
past nineteen year and hav always found
him to b aa honest, upright man. never
undertaking anything but What he could
accomplish, being an exceptionally hard
worker aryl a good student.
During this acquaintance I have possibly
been placed In a position to know trior
of the man than the average cltlsen, and
have always found Mm ready to meet the
laboring nun, mechanic and the buslnes
man, treating all with courtesy. I consider
th people very fortunate In securing so
honorable and upright a man as their
candidate for congressman. I will give
Mm try vot and support to secure hi
election. A. t. VIERLINO.
Why should John tt. Kennedy be elected
to congress ? Because he la a republican,
worthy of the party and well qualified for
the position. JOHN C. COWIN
John Lt. Kennedy should go to congress,
because he I a man of broad principles,
competent, honest and a man of hi word.
JACOB I JACOBSON.
PERSONAL AND OTHERWISE.
Manchuria ha definitely outo'assel
American railroad as a cemetery pro
moter. The wll! of the lat genator Vest of
Missouri dlspoae of an estate valued at
flSO.OGO among hi lawful heir.
There re numerous vacancies In the
Mcnchurlan armle for men anxlou to
pluck glory at th cannon' mouth.
Mortuary expert ar wrestling with the
question whether drinking wood alcchol
in New York U a deadly a drinking
water In Chicago,
The Idea that Chicago doctors pay com
missions on new business Is a scandalous
Invention ot the enemy. Any undertaker
will awear it Is a fabrication.
"The Aetna Express Company of Chi
cago, Capital 15,000,000," presents an ex
hibit calculated to paralyse the receiver.
That functionary found 80 cent and a
package of cigarette papers. Did he want
the earth?
An Ingenious Inventor with up-to-date
Idea ha fashioned a device by which tha
number on an automobile may be at
tached to the rubber tires. By this means
the runover victim will have the number
embossed on hi person aa a souvenir of
tho occaaion.
After nine years of litigation a Chicago
girl of 15 secured a verdict for 140,003
damages for Injuries sustained on a Chi
cago atreet car. Thl 1 th third trial
of th case, each jury Increasing th
amount sued for. The legal department
of that corporation has a kick coming
to It.
Boston I noted for It llterallty In dis
tributing Idea for th benefit ot th human
lMwhere. Th latest Idea come In the
form of an Insurance scheme by which
mother ar promised sums ranging from
$100 to $300 at tha birth of each child, pro
vided the prospective mother takes out a
policy In advance nnd pays an Initiation
fee of $3 and a monthly charge of $4. Lest
policy holders should became unduly
thrifty,. It Is provided that eighteen
months must elapse between the birth of
ach child. Boeton women originated the
scheme. How many policies they hav
taken out is a family scrt.
A COMEDY OV MIDDS.
How Marylanders Propo to Rassle
Da as I e the Illiterate Vote.
Chicago Record-Herald.
What with their exceptionally elastic bal
lot law and their Ingenious praotloal efforts
to neutralise th "Illiterate vote," th
politician of Maryland hav succeeded In
producing a situation that will fill comlo
operetta librettist with envy and admira
tion. Congressman Sydney E. Mudd Is th
republican candidate for the house In th
Fifth district to succeed himself. ' In order
to confuso the Ignorant element of th col
ored voting population of the district th
demooratio manager put up another Mudd
against him. Tbe full nam of this nomi
ne I John E. Mudd. The surname leaves
nothing to b desired, and tha Initial In
th middle is a veritable godsend, but th
"John" was a source of embarrassment,
for th republicans were Instructing the
Illiterate to look for th first nam with an
"ox yoke" th letter Y in Sydney and
vote for that without fall.
A there wa no ox yoke In th nam
of tho gentleman the democrats had taken
from tha Mudd family, tha republican
strategem was a poser for a time. Not
for a long time, however. Th domocratlo
politician determined to find another Syd
ney, Imagine their Joy when their search
was rewarded by the discovery of a man
wno not oniy gionea in me inrisimn nam
"Sydney," but who had an E to hi credit
In th middle! The poor Illiterate will
find this assortment on th ballot staring
him in the face: John E. Mudd. Sydney
E. Mudd, Sydney E. Mercer. In th cen
ter of Illiteracy in th Fifth district thor
will be no party emblem at the top, but
merely a designation after th candidate's
nam.
To make confusion won confounded for
th sovereign but untutored voter John
E. Mudd Is described as "independent re
publican" and Sydney E. Mercer as ''Re
pudiation" word that looks somewhat
Ilk "Republican" to the Illiterate. What
Mr. Mercer "repudiate" th reports do not
state.
To cap the climax there Is another Mudd
on th ballot democratic candidate for
presidential eleotor. The Illiterate who can
find his way to the right Mudd must be a
genius. Wbo say no fun abldnth In
political
AW OTHER ftlKSTIOJI OP VERACITY
Atnaslng Parkerlsna Assertion
I'nsnpportad br Paet.
Chicago Tribune.
Cost of Pb 1 pp:ncs In t eatury a
entlmatea ..-judge l-rer in
his letter of acceptance $670,000,000
Coit of hi.lppu.e la iriiasury a
estimated by Wil.lim H. Tan,
former governor gei.eml of ll.
Philippine, In til speech at In-
dlanapoU on October 0,000
Discrepancy 71,000,0O3
Tn days after Secretary Tft' correc
tion Jud,' Parker made hi now famous
speoch cn the Philippines. H paid r.a at
tention U what SecreUry Tift had ald.
; He did not even try to dispiov it He
Imply contented hlrtvieir wltn raiterau.ig
that th Philippines hid eon $70,00O.9.O.
And, to th astonlnhme.it of th country,
he added, that "In tho tt:mpt to bolster
th option on th Undi. tnmat Mid
hereditament of this victim (th Filipino)
wa have acrflcd over I'OO.OOO lives."
Add together all th American tl let
who ar ar who hav ever bien la ih
Islands at any time. Add to them o y
Amerlcsa who ha gins to th arc! I.ieligo
In any official ca.wclt;-, whclhr a
toehr, JudgN clerk or admlrl trat:r, tnd
th tool falls under 200,000. Th nura'cer
of our troops, Including th U lp:no con
stabulary, who hav d.d In th IsbUi
from wounds, dl'eas or natural ciuie 1
less than 8.000.
Will Judge Parkar kindly ris to tx
plain Just what bo mtraii by h's stat
mnts? He fay hav ta merely misin
formed when h wrote hit letur cf o
ceptanc. but wby tea day after Seem
tary Taft's correction did he calmly re
peat hi estrarrdlnary itlmeto of t;o,va,.
OCT And, abov all thingi, why In th
nam of th Uodds of Truth did he tack
on that smaxlng aerUea about 100,000
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ARMY GOSSIP I WASrtiaoTO.
Carrcnt Event Oteaned from the
Arr and Kavy Register.
Th War department 1 In receipt of
Utter from th opponent of the ean'.aen
wno ar prompted to an expression of opin
loa by the various official report filed this
year in favor of the restoration of that In'
tltution. Of epeclal aggravation appears
to M th official remark of th Inspec or
general of th army, of whom at least tn
Inat correspondent expressed himself In
language pointed and vlgorou. Thl ge
to show th prrjiidlc which exists In lomt
quarters and which I continually on guard
Ilk a faithful scntlntl. It I an evidence.
too, of th alertn. with which any at
tempt to legislate the canteen Into exist
ence again will be rigorously antagon.sed,
Secretary Taft ha In most Instance re
turned to' the bureau chl.f their annutl
estimates recently submitted to him. He
does this with the remark that it la ob
served that th sum named for depart
mental consideration. In connection wl.h
th recommendation to congress, are re
garded In some cases as excessive. H
points out that these recommendations
may have been based on th theory that
th estimate will be cut down by th
congressional committees and that It la
ntcce a-.ry to calculate on a pre Iminary
pruning In that direction. Mr. Taft re
gard thl theory as Improper and says
that th authors of estimates should
Imply ask for what I actually needed and
no more. On thl basis ot revision, the
War . department will be In position to
send the estimate to congress with the
statement thst they represent the real ne
cessities of th service, to be mt without
question. It I believed that with such a
certificate of merit on the bureau recom-
mtndatlon, the committee will be mor
deeply Impressed and will b les Inclined
to feel that they must reduce the esti
mate at all hasarda. Some of the offi
cial do not believe that the required re
vision of the estimate will Impress th
military and appropriations committee to
any such extent and that those who look
over the estimate at the capltol will still
be disposed to slash, no matter what a er
ment of the Integrity of the figure may
come from the secretary of war.
Th War department will mak some ex
periments with a new type of field wire
which the chief signal officer has obtained
from Vienna, which 1 considered as an
swering the purpose of field telegraphy.
Authority ha been given for th purchase
of ten mile of this standard Insulated
field wire, which la not to replace the new
temporary light wire which was recently
adopted and teated with such satlsfactdry
result during th combined maneuver in
Virginia, The wire now to be tried 1
heavier and la used to lay or run on th
ground over which large bodies of troop
are traveling.
The army signal offloe has published an
admirable and useful map ct Alaska. A
red line shows plainly the complete Alas
kan algnal telegraph system of 1 426 mllei,
of which I.C7J miles ar cable, i.tst mile are
land lines and 107 m:le are wireless. The
map also shows all telegraph stations, the
town, postofflces, military garrisons, etc.
It extends from Seattle on th south
east to Dutch Harbor on the west and
to Point Barrow on the north and has
the merit of Including all that I ab.o
lutely necessary in regard to Alaska and
nothing mor. It shows also the system
of river and trails, the work of army sig
nal officers during the past few years. Th
Interior surveys as conducted under th)
army signal office wr made by Captain
George 8. Oibbs along 'the Tanana and
Yukon river for TOO miles, Captain Wil
liam Mitohell from Eagle City to Tanana
river and Captain Oeorge C. Burnell from
that liver to Valde. Th labor of the
three officers were Important contributions
to geographical information In that section
ot tha country. -. . --, ., ; -
Lieutenant Colonel John A. Hull, judge
advocate, who wa senior member of the
board to settle the damage to property
during the cqmblned maneuvers In Vir
ginia,, has returned to duty In the Judga
advocate general' office. He ha made
a preliminary report to General Corbln,
who commanded the maneuver corp and
h will make a report In detail to th
Judg advocate general. . The amount of
damage allowed Is represented by the
modest sum of $13,700, much less than waa
expected on sccount of the large number
of troops engaged In the operations and
the extent of country covered by the
maneuver. On of the feature which
Impressed the board on damage was the
fairness and reasonableness of th claims
presented. There war som curlou de
mand made, however, one being for dam
age represented by dust which settled on
th millet erop of a farmer and another
for th loss of a cow which pad been
treated by an army veterinarian.
"It Is worth even the butlett man's while to be well dressed."
Bess Brummel, to hi Grand Nephew.
"Get Ready Now"
The frost and ice are with us, but when
the cold weather really comes you'll be in
a hurry, If you know our superior kind of.
clothing, you won't need to be told how good
Browning, King & Co.'s
Suits and Overcoats are. . But those who
don't know it, have not given clothing
ready-to-wear a fair trial. The garments
we make are thoroughly well taiiored and
finished, and what is more.,.
NO CLOTHING FITS LIKE OURS.
GLOVES UNDERWEAR HOSIERY
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Patient AppendlcitiT . ,
Physlclan-1 m all out of that but I eai
tlve you something equally good. New
I'ork Sun.
saaBnassan
"I don't keer for no Coal trust now."
'-fftiw nnmA?"
"well, de new preacher say he gwlnt
preach 'bout hell nr all d winter.' At
lanta Constitution.
I understand." said Unci Eben. "dat
dem sclen title folks has discovered a lasi
ness germ. Dey done waa'e delr time,
Whut dis worl' need is an lndustriousne
germ." Washington Star.
The lnundryman examined the collars.
"That's the fifth time he's sent this batch
her " he aald. "How long does h think
a collar ought to last anyway?"
Whereupon ne proceeaea 10 mangi amm
tor keep. Chicago Tribune.
"I hope he's not aa green aa he looks."
"WhoT"
"The man who juat sat down on that
newly painted bench." Cleveland Plata
Dealer.
Mamma What did you learn at cooking
school? . j
Mabel There wasn't any school; teacher
waa alck. . .
Mamma An, a com, suppose.
Mabel No. ma'am. Indigestion. Phila
delphia Ledger.
Mrs. Suburb Dorat Dorat
Daughter Y. ma. ,
Mr. Suburb Run to th piano and play
'Hall to the Chief." Here comes the nW
hired glrL New York Weekly.
Mr. Hoyle I hear that your husband
died Intestat. .
Mr. Doyle wen. I aon t snow wnat ma
trouble wa, but h had to hav aa opera
tion, Town Topic.
DAKS OV PROMISE.
8. E. Klser in Chicago Record-HeraH,
Each life has one day of promise,
Though 'tis mingled joy and pain.
When tor treasure taken from us
Ther Is compensating gain.
Though the sun may fall to brighten '
Any hour of that long day,
Ere It end the clouds will lightest
'N-tath hope' benerlolal ray.
Then the flower of love upsprlnglng
Blossom with Immortal dew,
In the heart a bird keep singing
"Love Is sweet and love is true'
Friend! Forget tbe useless grieving
For the chance thrown away
Know thl glorious achieving
Day of promise Is today.
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