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WHEN OUT OF TOWN,
abaorlbers leaving! the clly tem
porarily should The Ilea
Ilea to them. It la better thaa
at dally tetter from some. Ad
dress will ba cheated aa eftea aa
relocated.
The aiiU-1'nd -scut bog ordinance should
by rights have Ufu grafted im to the
Nebraska uo-trout luw.
Front bag fallen lu Mkuignn this week.
Thug Is Injury added to UlHoouifort and
the peach crop ognlii threatened.
It la greatly to be feart'tl thnt our
Omaha trado excurtttonlHta hare lost
their gtandl'ng an rHlnmnkors.
Omaha bricklayers are uo longer con
tent to earn a penny . every minute
their amblUon la to earn a peuuy a
second. ...
These are -the days ywicii the enter
prise of ItusHlau newspnpers Is rewarded
by suspenBlon upon orders of the gov
ernment The clubs , proposed by Chairman
Shonts of the cuual coiumlxsiou have no
relation to the big stick, but will proba
bly be equally effective.
It seems that America la producing a
new line of business the "graft" of ex
posing the "grafters" is being "worked
to a finish" In the mugnzlnes.
Here Is some free advice suggested
by certain recent locul events: Before
taking a atranger'g check, telephone the
bank to atcertain whether It is good.
Why not number all tivt car seats
and ell ticket a la theater, good for
one particular placet This would be
just ag sensible as some of the other
plans proposed.
President Ptickuey bus the right per
spective, of Jim mil's Ashland cut off.
The advantagea to. shippers or coming
Into Omaha will far offset those of
going around Omaha.
Tho Lancaster county protestanta be
fore the State Board of Equalisation
have Inadvertently drawn attention to
the extremely low asseHsment of real
estate to Xancnster county.
-
The temporary absence of a quorum In
the Board of County Commissioners
need not seriously embarrass the voting
machine agents. They will get their
commissions Just the same.
Governor Movh is trying to flud some
body willing to serve as state treasurer
of Kansas. Had Governor Iloch been
chief executive of Nebraska he would
not baTe bad any-such difficulty.
The, Weetlughouse Kqultable Life in
surance graft brake is almost as In
genious a device as the Westlnghouse
patent air brake. Its adoption would
tend to protect policy holders from bead
eud collisions.
If Russian seuistvoUts knew bow
much the American people pay lawyers
to keep lawmakers within the constitu
tion they might hesitate before asking
for such an expensive luxury as a writ
ten constitution.
For the present the number end ca
pacity of Omaha grain elevators under
construction and in sight will satisfy all
the demands of the grain market A
few more flouring mills, however, would
coine very handily Into play.
' With a legislative Investigation of the
Equitable, which Is yet to start, Mr.
Morton's Investigation, which Is still to
be completed, Mr. Ilendrick's Investiga
tion, which fell short aur Mr. Jerome's,
which may never be made, the men who
got sway with the goods may die of old
Be belt the facts art ail knewa.
TLAPiroHTOK.
A few days ago It was reported that a
Japanese army had landed north of
Vladivostok and that a complete' envel
opment of the forces was believed to be
imminent Yesterday's dispatches con
tained the statement from the KukkIhu
headquarters tliut "a landing of Jap
anese near Vladivostok would not bo
surprising and their operations appear to
be concentrating in that direction." It
has very naturally leen asMunied that
tho tuklng of the one remaining navnl
depot and muritlme fortrens of UuhhU
on the I'aclflc is an eeseutlnl part of the
Japanese military plan, since Its capture
would give Japan an advantage of the
greatest value. Indeed H has seemed
rather surprising that a movement
sgalust Vladivostok was not made
sooner, but undoubtedly there are excel
lent military reasons why It could not
have been. Until now the Japanese have
been unable to spare troops for besieging
the fortress and of course the navy
could do nothing until the Russian fleet
had been swept from the sea. Now It is
practicable to besiege Vladivostok by
land and sen, the nrmy being in a strong
position and the navy having practically
nothing to do.
It Is not thought thnt the taking of
this fortress would be as difficult a task
as was the capture of Tort Arthur, but
It certainly would not be ensy. Strong
by nature, Vladivostok bas been made
aa formidable as It was possible for en
gineering skill to mnke It. The Tort
Arthur fortifications were extensive,' but
the works at the remaining Russian
naval depot are believed to be still more
elnborato and to enclose a larger area.
It Is also not to be doubted that it is
better provisioned than was the southern
port and that the supply of ammunition
and hospital stores is more abundant.
There is no information as to the
strength of the garrlsonbut the number
of men Is undoubtedly large enough to
make a prolonged and very stubborn de
fense.
If pence should not be concluded Vlad
ivostok will become a place of command
ing Interest. The siege would le pro
tracted, for it Is not probable that the
Japanese would repent the vigorous op
erations they carried on nt Tort Arthur.
They can now take their time nnd need
not make such a terrible sacrifice of men
as they dltTln taking the southern fort
ress. Having enveloped Vladivostok
they enn carry on their operations with
out great waste of life and wait a year,
If necessary, or even a longer time, for
the Inevitable result.
IXSUBANCB 1NVBST1GATIOX.
The action of the New York legisla
ture In ordering an Investigation of all
life Insurance companies doing business
In that stute Is timely and cannot fall
to have good results. The Equitable
disclosures have, as stated by Governor
Hlggins In bis message to the legisla
ture, aroused a feeling of alarm among
those who have invested their money in
policies or lire insurance, 111cre nas
been created very generally a distrust
which Is operating to the injury of the
life Insurance business and will con
tinue to do so in increasing degree until
confidence Is restored. A thorough In
vestigation of the life insurance com
panies doing business In New Y'ork, by
a Joint committee of tile legislature of
that state, will undoubtedly have a r-
ussurlng effect ujon policyholders. While
it may discover thnt some of the com
panies have not leen conducting their
business on altogether correct and sound
principles, It will at the same time give
assurance that the faults which may be
found will be corrected and measures
takeu to prevent their recurrence. Thnt
there has been looseness In the manage
ment of other Companies thnn the Equi
table Is altogether likely. The Investi
gation provided for will be comprehen
sive in its acopeland undoubtedly will be
as careful nnd thorough as It is possible
to make it
Meanwhile it is being shorfn that
there Is a growing sentiment In favor of
federal supervision and regulation and
there is reason to believe that' a very
considerable presnure will be brought to
boar on,the next congress for a consid
eration of the question whether congress
has authority to provide for national
supervision and regulation of life insur
ance. A bill making provision for this
was Introduced at the last session by
Senator Dryden of New Jersey and will
doubtless be considered at the next ses
sion.
rjvrr.rtsMKST salaries.
A commUbion is to make an investiga
tion into the general question of salaries
paid employes In the executive depart
ments at Washington. It is suld there
will be a regradiug of clerks as a result
ot this Inquiry, which promises to bring
out some interesting history which up to
this time has beeu kept under cover.
The commission wus uppoiuted by the
president who It appears has become
particularly Interested In the inequality
of salaries paid to government clerks.
The Information lo be sought relates
chiefly to the method of fixing salaries
and ordering promotions. For instance,
the commission will want to know why
certain clerks are paid (1.900 and f'i.OuO
a year while other clerks, engaged lu the
same identical work, are puld only $720
and (840 a year. It Is suggested that if
the commission cares to probe these mat
ters to the bottom It will unearth some
very iuterestlng stories about the use of
pull by political favorites who occupy
easy berths in the government service.
"This Is a rich field that has not yet
been tupped by the investigator," says
the Washington corresiondeut of an
eastern paper. "While It will not fur
nish the scandalous revelations of the
Postoftice department of a few years
ago. It will bring out some highly enter
taining facta about how the government
pay roll la. used for political purposes."
Undoubtedly there Is room for reform
in this matter, for a readjustment of
the salaries of employes In the execu
tive departments on a fairer basis. As
the practice novr Is some of tfe clerks
an. treated unjustly while ethers re-
celve relatively larger salaries than they
are entitled to. It Is not to be doubted
that there Is also a good deal of Injustice
In the matter of promotions, which Is en
tirely under the control of the beads of
departments and chiefs of bureaus. The
president hns done well In ordering an
Investigation of the conditions, and the
facts that may be disclosed will unques
tionably be of general interest, while
prolmbly lending to reforms thnt will In
sure fnlr and Just treatment to all de
partment employes and prove beneficial
to the service. Men do not generally put
forth their best efforts when conscious
thnt they are not being fairly treated.
Alf AMII1TWV8 I'RUURAM.
The prospectus of the sixteenth an
nual session ot the Itansmlsslsstppi
Commercial congress, to be held In I'ort
lund August 10 to August 20, is not only
handsomely printed on vellum roper, but
is decidedly attractive. The apportion
ment of representation for the states
and territories in the transmlsslsslppl
region contemplates an assembly of
4,000 or 5.000 delegates, each state hav
ing the right to be represented by
twenty delegates, every city of 6,000 in
habitants and upwards to be represented
by from one to ten delegates, and each
county In the transmlsslsslppl country
one delegate, and each business organ
ization In every village, town and city
one delegate for every fifty members.
The probabilities are, however, that tho
congress when It nisetnbles will be com
posed of from 300 to COO delegates, un
less the states, cities, counties and com
mercial bodies shall generously pay the
fare and hotel expenses of the men who
are ambitious to wear congressional
badges.
Among the subjects for discussion will
be: "The Creation of a Department of
Mines and Mining, with Its Head a
Member of the Cabinet" "The Improve
ment of Rivers, Harbors and Water
ways," "The Isthmian Canal and Its
Effects Upon Commerce," "The Mer
chant Marine," "The Consular Service,"
"Statehood for the Territories," "Inter
state Commerce Legislation," "Preserva
tion of the Forests," "Laws Governing
Waterways," "Irrigation and Mining
Between, the United States, Mexico and
Canada," "Encouragement of Home
Manufactures," "Technical Schools and
Experimental Stations for the West"
"Live Stock Interests of the Transmls
slsslppl Region," "The Tarcels Post"
"Good Roads," "The Reclamntlon of
Arid Lands," "The Union of Interests
Between Pacific Coast Ports and Torts
of the Gulf of Mexico," and other sub
jects. With all these national and Interna
tional issues and projects for discussion
the congress could readily take up ' nil
the time from the middle of August to
the end of the Portlnnd exposition, but
we apprehend thnt most of the problems
have already been solved for the con
gress by the executive committee, and
the reading of papers will be merely
a pnstlme between sightseeing and ban
qucteerlngV ' ' '
To be frank about it the trnnsmlssls
slppl commercial congresses, like the na
tlonnl fnrmers' ' congresses, are over
loaded In advance. They attempt so
much that they accomplish very little.
Their scope ranges over the domain of
the unreachable and their labors conse
quently are too often disappointing, ex
cept as they nfford an opportunity for
men eager to express their views on
topics uppermost In their minds.
The Nebraska session laws for 1905,
which have Just made their appearance,
bound in calf, are by all odds the worst
specimen of public printing that has
emnnated from the state capitol. Not
only are these session laws wretchedly
bound, more wretchedly printed nnd out
rageously pndded, but the proof read If g
is so indifferent that It requires com
parison with the original Mills In order
to make sure what the law really Is.
By leading and stuffing the volume has
been expanded so that its dimensions
are almost equal to the revised statutes.
The Inflation of Besslon laws has been
going from bad to worse from session to
session, and we are Impelled to ask why
It Is that the law books Issued and paid
for by the state of Nebraska are so In
ferior to those Issued by every other
state or territory?
And now we are told that the con
struction of a city hall In South Omaha,
which would eventually, be turned Into
a police station, will result In enlisting
the attention of some enterprising capi
talist with business foresight to build a
theater In Its vicinity as If plenty of
theaters and dance halls were not al
ready' Within easy reach.
The late democratic candidate for con
gress in the First district has evidently
receded from his assertion that the re
cent special election was only a "warm
ing up heat" and now declares he Is
glad,it Is all over. He has evidently dis
covered all the signs to rend that a sec
ond heat would leave him further be
hind than ever. '
Colorado democrats are now clamor
ing for a duty 6n sine ore. Here la an
other opportunity for someone to be
conle famous by "harmonizing" the
party on the subject of the tariff, but
the trouble is that there might be few
voters left In the organisation after it
becomes harmonious.
Uncle Sam is to experiment with
Chinese, Japanese and Italian labor on
the Isthmus. After the big canal la
built the government may look uion the
question of "contract labor" from a dif
ferent standpoint.
Toklo reports that Sou Russluns held
a party of Japauese for twenty-four
hours before they were defeated, show
ing that Oenersl IJnevitch must be right
when he claims that bis force Is Improv
ing. ' According to the proclauiutlon of the
county clerk, no candidates for county
assessor, register of deeds, or county
commissioners are to be nominated at
the coming Douglas county primaries.
Any one who disagrees with the county
clerk Is at liberty to take It up higher.
Defeated on a question of purely party
politics, the Balfour ministry refuses to
resign. Political absolutism seems to have
been making greater strides In Great
Britain than In the United States, al
though not as much noise hns been raised
about It
The names of the men w ho are to pre
pare the next government crop report
are announced, but as they are to be
locked In a room which bns no outside
communication, the Information will be
of little advantage to the speculators.
Ceedaeattoaal Limitations.
Philadelphia Press.
Tale has decided that, after all, it la un
wise to extend co-educatlonallam to the
swimming pool. "Pook learning" has not
driven all practical sense out Of . these
college professors' heads. In spite of scan
dalous Stories to the contrary.
Wasted TItic.
Philadelphia Inquirer.
Lawson says the thing that impressed
him most on his western trip was "the
terrible earnestness of the people." They
were probably thinking of the time they
were wasting on him when they should
have been getting In their crops.
Reaaoa Extremely Simple.
Cleveland Plain Dealer.
It appears that the highest senior hon
ors at Cornell hare gone to a colored girl.
Miss Jessie R. Fauset, who won out in
competition with 100 white students. There
appears to be no explanation of this some
what remarkable result except the ex
tremely simple one that the young woman
was the best scholar.
Tla for the Teachers.
Cincinnati Enquirer.
In his address before the National Educa
tional association President Roosevelt urged
the members to continue their necessary
work of teaching the young that there are
worthier objects to strive for In this life
than riches. A splendid sentiment. Still,
the teachers of our common school system
should not be overburdened. They do not
stand In the light of parents, and are not
engaged as moral teachers or specialists.
They are charged with the plain and simple
duty of Instilling Into the young people ot
the country a good, common-school educa
tion, and they should not wander Into the
fields where they do not belong, and ex
haust themselves In efforts to reach be
yond their environment.
Honest Men ta Control.
Philadelphia Public Ledger.
There la fraud In the publlo service and
In private business there Is also greater
publicity than ever there was before. The
low tone In public life Is the Inevitable
consequence of a long season of the spoils
system, of boss rule In states and cities,
of corporation corruption; but there Is a
reaction against the condition; reformers
are in the field; an honest man Is In the
White House, surrounded by honest men
and clean Influences, and the people of all
parties are urging him on to the work of
scandal probing, which he willingly under
takes. The dangerous time is when the
fraud exists and nothing Is done; the sign
of health is when the patient Is aware of
his disease And begins to take heroic reme
dies. Near te nature's Heart.
BU Loels Republic.
-Get close to nature, but not too close.
Even the simplest life has Its dangers.
Yesterday's newa related the sad experi
ence of the poetic young man near Chll
llcothe who chose a hay field south of
town aa a good place In which to steep
over night, and made his bod in the tall,
uncut timothy. The thrifty farmer who
owns the field started his mowing machine
at I o'clock in the morning and mowed
over the young nature lover, who awoke
to find a finger gone and his arm badly
mangled. This gives a tremendous setback
to old Walt Whitman and Pastor Wagner.
Thoreau will likely turn over uncomfort
ably In his grave and John Burroughs will
hurry into town to take out an accident
policy. Has it come to this, that the only
safe place for a nature lover to sleep is
on a golf links, where the grass is short,
and where he would probably be arrested
for trespass? Probably Ernest Sltdown
Thompson can tell us.
CHAVTAIOA AS ASD FREAKS.
Mountebanks Who Have Paraded
Themselves as Educators.
Chicago Chronicle.
Aside from the admittedly admirable lit
erary and educational features of the
chautauqu4 assembles in various parts of
the country the fact can not have escaped
attention vthat these gatherings are more
and more narked by the presence of a
large proportion ot what may be termed
"circus" attractions.
In some cases these side show features
have even overbalanced the legitimate
numbers on the program. The press agent
has taken precedence of the literary, coun
cil. It Is hardly necessary to point out that
a free platform and unrestricted discus
sion of social, political and economic ques
tions do not imply the "starring" of every
freak who achieves a certain publicity
through extravagant or outrageous doings
or sayings. Tet It appears that the sols
qualification for a cbautauqua engagement
Is the attainment of notoriety In any di
rection. The Chautauqua platform has thus
taken on a resemblance to the dime
museum platform.
Of course the Chautauqua which engages
Richmond Pearson Hobson or Eugene V.
Debs or Thomas W. Lawson for Its lea
ture course does not by any means Indorse
or assume responsibility for the personal
or intellectual aberrations of those Individ
uals. Buch persons are hired because they
are current curiosities. People go to see
them as they used to go to see the two
beaded calf, the bearded lady or the wild
man ot Borneo. The Chautauqua mana
gers engage these persons to attract crowds
and we may charitably assume that they
hope that those who come to stare may
remain to pray, aa to speak.
Perhaps somel of them do. It Is very
likely that having looked at and listened to
some wild-eyed apostle of an Impossible
ism, a professional kisser or a saloon
smasher, the average person would wel
come a speech or a lecture from an in
telligent, sane, nonsensatlonal orator.
The trouble Is that the tendency is to
give less and less bread and more and
more sack. The mountebanks and charla
tans ahd Individuals with straws in their
hair bid fair to monopolise the Chautau
qua platforms. The whole performance
tends toward the side show; the main pur
pose and mission of the assembly is for
gotten. Of course, this kind of evil Is likely to
right Itself. When the pendulum swings
a certain distance It swings back. Thus
the tendency toward making the Chautau
qua platform a mere arena for the antics
of quaoks of all sorts la certain to meet
with opposition which will eventually over
come it.
Sensible people predominate In the chau
tauquans as they are In the majority
everywhere else, and sane people will not
Indefinitely tolerate the glorification of
monomania or downright bum bug
OTHER LANDS TIIAM OTRS.
The British rulers of India are uneasy
because the native population Is uneasy
The natives have been aroused by the fact
that Japnn has demonstrated that it can
keep Itself from absorption by Europeans,
They have amongst them agitators who
argue that if Japan should be for the
Japanese, India should be for the Indians.
That's logic. There sre perhaps oo,nm,OOfl
natives of India. They are governed and
taxed by a British official and business
class which doesn't exceed 150,000. The na
tives have no voice In the government.
They are dreadfully taxed. Moreover, they
are an educated people. Their knowledge
may not match with that of Europe. Their
history Is thousands of years older than
England's. In India there are works of
art that cannot be duplicated by the most
cunning hands of the west.
India has been looted for more than a
century by the British. Its people have
been patient, bearing except In the out
break of half a century ago the exactions
and burdens put upon them without physi
cal remonstrance. But now that Japan
has shown the way they are evincing a dis
position to Insist on being given their own.
It would be remarkable If the Russian
Japanese war. In which Great BrltAln has
been virtually the ally of Japan, should
result in the expulsion of the British from
India.
Undeterred by the experience of other
continental nations, the Italian govern
ment has decided to take over from the
railroad companies the lines Icasrd to them
since 1SS6 and to operate them Itself. This
Is a sign of distinct material progress, for
In 1R8S the government was not strong
enough to manage the network of lines It
had acquired, either by annexation, as In
the case of Lombardy and Venetla, or by
the bankruptcy ef smaller companies in
other provinces. Private enterprise has
done so well, however, that the traffic has
doubled, and aa the government has a sur
plus each year. It Is now ready to under
take the management of the property It
self, despite the fact that, as the London
Speaker points out In France government
roads are the costliest, and give the least
returns; In Belgium the state is consider
ing a return to private management; In
Bwltserland government ownerships Is a
disappointment and In Russia the railroads
represetit one of the greatest debts burden
ing the people. In Prussia alone is gov
ernment control a great success, netting
$100,009,000 a year.
In French economy today the most wor
rying and persistent question is that of
depopulation. It Is not too much to say
that the problem has assumed a very
active aspect of race suicide. Tire French
themselves are extremely agitated, and
France is flooded with literature In regard
to the subject. In Germany, It Is pointed
out, there are 600,000 more births annually
than In France, and the remark Is at
tributed to Count von Moltke that "every
year by our birth rate we gain a battle
over France." The figures that show the
depopulation trend are startling. A hun
dred years ago France had 2 per cent of
the population of Europe; today it has
only 11 per cent. Until 1850 France had
been In point of population the first of
the great European nations; It became
the second, and today Is the sixth, with
Italy closely following, and threatening
to surpass France and leave It the seventh
and last. The National alliance for In
creasing the French population Is a so
ciety which was founded In 1896 and Is
doing much to point out to everyone the
danger of depopulation. Among other In
ducements to large "families It advocates
the exemption of taxation of families with
more than three children. As to the causes
of this decrease-In the birth rate, some
people protest that it Is due to the neg
lect of religious practices and beliefs, while
others maintain that the burdensome tax
ation of the Frenchman Is the cause.
The average tax for each Frenchman is
said to have risen to $25, while in Russia
It is 1714, In England I9.S5, in Italy $10.04,
in Germany $11.19, and in Austria $13.36.
When some years ago Germany pur
chased from Great Britain the island of
Heligoland some thousands of square miles
of German territory in Africa were not
considered too much to pay for it. The
island. Indeed, was regarded as of Immense
Importance to the Germans by whom It was
fortified to an extent that has made it
little less impregnable than Gibraltar Itself.
Unluckily for its owners their new pos
session is a diminishing one. For centuries
the place has been growing "fine by de
grees, and beautifully less," and the Ger
mans are beginning to realise that some
thing must be done to stop the encroach
ments of the sea. It has now been decided
to build a sea wall, which in time will sur
round the island; but there Is no certainty
that even this will prove permanently ef
fective. The action of the waves tends
all the time to undermine the shore, and a
notable Instance of Its work is a large
rock known' as "The Monk," which once
formed part of the island, but is now sep
arated from It.
Count Albert Apponyl, the well known
Hungarian statesman, publishes In the Lon
don press a long manifesto defining the case
of the Hungarian opposition. Practically It
la an answer to the speech from Herr Tlssa,
recently quoted In this Journal. The count
says that the 'Haw of 1887 mentions a 'Hun
garian army as part of the 'whole army
Jointly to be commanded and organised' by
his majesty. In practice no trace of the
'Hungarian army' was left; unity of com
mand and organisation was transformed
Into uniformity, the German language and
Austrian emblems and flags being Intro
duced Into the Hungarian as well as Into
the Austrian military bodies. It fs clear
that such a state of things cannot last for
ever; If we are a nation In the full sense of
the word and this Is what we are and
mean to be we cannot permanently be de
prived of one of the chief branches of na
tional life, of a military establishment bear
ing In Its official language and in Its em
blems the stamp of the Hungarian nation
and the Hungarian state. Nor would the
setting up of such a military establishment
endanger mutual defense, because It would
In no way Interfere with that 'unity of com
mand and of inner organisation' vested in
the emperor and king, by means of which
all his majesty's forces are shaped Into one
'whole army.' as the law of 1867 puts it.
Foreign language and foreign flags in our
troops, on the other hand, are a source of
constant humiliation and bitterness to the
country; they symbolise that very pan
Austrian Idea which contains the denial of
our national existence, and to which we
never will become reconciled."
Government for Phlllnplaes.
San Franslsco Chronicle.
Some one has struck the Idea that we
should have a colonial department to ad
minister to ' affairs pf our Island posses
sions. One of the arguments made In favor
of the creation la that the War department
should confine Its attention to military mat
ters solely, and not meddle with such
things as Philippine government and can
als. The War department has sole charge
of our rivers and harbors since Its forma
tion, and has disbursed vast sums in taking
care of them amounts which in the aggre
gate make the appropriation for the Isth
mian canal seem small. Other departments
have looked after territorial affairs In an
equally satisfactory manner, and If con
gress had sense enough to discern the fact
they would supply the Philippines with gov
ernmental machinery of the same kind, and
not make any dubious experlmenta,
PRRSO4t, KOTKS.
Reglnnld C. Vanderbllt assures his friends
that he will serve on the Rhode Island
grand Jury, for which he was recently
summoned. Mr. Vanderbllt says that he
consolers It a high honor to serve.
Major J. H. Btlno, president of the United
States Historical society, la soon to estab
lish branches In all the states, and believes
It will eventually become one of the great
est historical bodies ever formed In the
United States.
Cardinal Richelmy has Instituted a move
ment to secure funds for the erection of
a monument to Christopher Columbus In
the neighborhood of St. Peter's, Rome,
to commemorate the 4tmh anniversary of
the great discoverer's death.
William E. C. Nairo of Dorchester,
Mass., will be sent shortly to Ianama to
study the welfare, ot the cnnal employees.
He Is a graduate of Harvard, and Is a
nephew of Captain A. T. Nairo. now sta
tioned at the Navy Yard In this city.
Sir William McGregor, governor of New
foundland, will mnke an expedition Into
Ibrador this summer for the object of
fixing the longitude of some of the prin
cipal points there and making astronomical,
botanical and other scientific investiga
tions. Lord Roscbery's most curious possession
Is a mammoth silver wine beaker which Is
used at the christening of his children. At
the christening of his younger eon three
dsen bottles of champagne were poured
Into the beaker, which was even then but
one-third full.
Mme. Sarah Bernhardt's Paris house ex
emplifies her extravagance In every way.
Her bed room Is hung In purple embroidered
with the golden flower of France, the coll
ing Is painted and the windows are draped
with wonderful white laoe curtains worked
with peacock plumes.
Admirers of the late Secretary Hay in
Cleveland propose to start a fund for the
erection of a monument to his memory,
which will take either the form ef a shaft
In Lakevlew cemetery, or it may be a
new building at Western Reserve univer
sity named after Secretary Hay.
Following the annoncement that Lieuten
ant General Nelson A. Miles would accept
the democratic nomination for governor it
tendered, it Is stated that he will sail for
Europe In a few weeks, and Intends at
that time to tender his resignation as In
spector general of Massachusetts militia.
No modern occupant of a throne has
traveled more frequently abroad since his
accession than Prince Ferdinand of Bul
garia. He became ruler of the principality
in 1887, and since then has spent 1,700 days,
or nearly a quarter of his reign, abroad.
His people know him by the nickname of
the "traveler."
Prof. N. A. Cobb of Spenoer, Mass..
who has been in the employ of the
Australian colonial movement In New
South Wales, has been engaged by Secre
tary Wilson to push scientific farming In
the Hawaiian islands. He will assume
charge of the new United States experiment
station at Hawaii.
Rev Stephen Innes, a Protestant Episco
pal minister of San Franslsco, feels it
his duty to enter the Roman Catholic
church, and will go td Rome to ask the
pope to sanction a divorce from his wife.
Mrs Innes will accompany him to Rome,
and if the pope sanctions the divorce will
enter a religious order.
Browning, Ming & Co
CLOTH IN, FURNISHINGS, AND BATS
SATURDAY
VALUES i
A quiet investigation into the ex
travagant advertisements that are
thrown broadcast to the public sooner
or later results in finding out the dif
ference between
FACTS AND FICTION
The former we deal with the latter we don't..
Our clothing, our prices and .our statements al
ways match our ads.
"Our Entire Clothing Stock Has
Been Reduced."
$25
$3.50
$5. $6
Honesty In clothlne." "T pa
said Meau rummel. "Is f.JW and $0.dU rafilS Aj.lW
not only good policy, but
a virtue.
Straw Hads Hedf Price.
Boys Blouse Waists that sold for 75c now 65o
Boys' Star Blouse Waists that sold for $1 now 80c
Child's Wash Suits, 3 to 10 year, that eold up
to 13.00 now J1.00.
A Big Reduction on Men's
Negligee Shirts.
WW
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Fifteenth and
Douglas Sis.
I T 4 iway mt tlm sMr 1 NXW if
jut ron nn.
"Wasn't that woman's rluh a siieoeaef
"No; It was all the discomforts of home,
Brooklyn Ufe.
Hicks Ton
rou saw that new play last night
like It? Was It good? Wlcks-4
w. I haven't ren.l the erlllolsm
I1d you Ilk
In tlm mornlna oaDers yet l'ubllo Ld
gr.
"Mr Rnrn bnuaht a box of cigars fot
tin, kiiah. ,vyf an. 1 xwtia one stole them.
I'm sorry for him." "Hoggs or tM
thl.f 7" Judge.
Rav, father, 'what Is a 'nobody?" "A
polxxiy, by son, is a prominent woman
husband." Washington Ufa.
The bnae bull umpire has his troubles,"
said the gramlstnnd enthusiast.
"Tes," ansmercd the friend with a pa
tlent look. "He has troubles. But he
never was chairman of a a-olf club house
committee." Washington Star,
"Too say there's no such word as fallt
"I certainly do."
"Well, you'll admit, won't ynu. that
there s such a word as assignment!" MU
wauhee Journal.
"Did his wife have anything when he
married her?"
"Three children. Tou knew she was a
widow, didn't you T" Chicago Reoord-Her
aid.
Ananals had kept back a part of the pries
he had received for the land.
"I'm entitled to my little drawback," he
said to himself. "All the other fellows are
getting it." . .
But the prompt application of the Square
Denl principle laid him out. Chicago
Tribune.
Rownrls Of course It was business that
detained me last night
Mm. Rownrls Veaf
Rownrls Yea. You know I wouldn't de
ceive you. ,.
Mrs. Hownds No. George, you wouldn t
deceive me no matter what you said,
Philadelphia Ledger.
"So you are really In society?" said the
friend of earl lea years.
"I wouldn't say for sure." knswered Mr.
Cumrox. "Nobody has ever approached me
with any proposition to. write up my past
unless I palo to stop. m." Washington
Star.
BETTER THAN GOLD.
Philadelphia Ledger.
"I want to bring you some gold." he sale.
With a flush on his warm little cheek, rose
red. And a shake of his tresses sunny.
"Before the rainbow had faded away,
I climbed to the top of the hill today.
To dig for the pot of money.
"I parted the grasses that grew on the
knoll; v. . ,
And dug and dug such a deep, deep hole.
But 1 wish my hands were stronger.
I'm sure that the rainbow touched the
ground .
Just there, end I might have fouud
The gold If I'd waited longer.
"But I grew so tired and hot pretty soon
ThM, when all the bells were ringing fot
noon,
1 gave up trying to find it.
I don't much think, after all do you?
The story they told me can be quite true
But, please, oh, please, not to miud it I
"For look what I gathered and brought
you Instead,"
With a dimple in each round cheek, he
said:
"I think they are Just aa splendid
A posy as big ss my hand would hold.
Of buttercups shining and yellow as gold.
That grew where the rainbow ended."
He poured the gay blossoms out over my
knee.
And lifted a pair of red lips to me,
With a kiss that was sweeter than
honey;
And never was treasure so fair In my
sight.
Nor would I give one of his buttercup
brlgbx
For a pot "running over with moneyK
Suits $20 $20 Suits $1 6.50
$18 Suits $15 $15 Suits $12.50
and $4.00 Pnts $150
and $6.50 Pants $3.50
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