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THE 0MAIIA DAILY BEE: TUESDAY, JULY 17, 1P0G. 4 1 . I Tiie Omaha Daily Dee. K. ROSEWATER. EDITOR. Kntered st Omthi Fostofflee aa second claas matter. TERMS Or SUBSCRIPTION. Dally Bee (without Sunday), one year..$4 -W Dally Wee and Sunday, one year J h.indaf Bee, one yeaff Saturday Be, one fMr Delivered bt carrier. Dally Be (Including Sunday), per week. .170 Dally Be (with. nit B'lnday), per wak..J3o Evening pa (without Sunday), per w,""-,i5 Kvenlng Bee (with Sunday), par week. .10c Sunday per copy ' Address complaints of Irregularities In de livery to City Circulation Department. OFFICES. Omaha The Bee Bulldlnf. Bouth Omaha City Hall Building. 'ounrll Bluffs 10 I'esrl Street. I 'hica-lti Cnlty Building. New Vork-l5H Home l.lfe Ina. Building. Washington 1 Fourteenth Street. COHRE8PONDENCE. Communtcatlnna relating to newa and edi torial matter should be addressed: Omaha Wee, Editorial Department. REMITTANCES. Remit by draft, express or postal order payable to The Bee publishing Company. nly 2-cent stamps received aa payment or mll accounts. I'ersonaJ checks, except on Omaha or eastern exchanges, not accepted. THE BEE PUBLISHING COMPANY. STATEMENT OF CIRCULATION. Stnte of Nebraska, Douglaa County, aa: C. C. Rose water, general manager of The Bee Publishing Company, being duly sworn, enys that the actual number of full and complete copies of The Daily, Morning, Eening and Sunday Bee printed during the month of June, lac, waa aa follows: 1 31.T30 IS M.460 3 39,610 MJ 30,800 I 30,760 IS 3X,80 4 31,g0 1 3W10 1 31380 10 g,000 33,070 II iLMO 1 33,010 11 81,880 t 81,300 II 83,370 33,410 I 80,340 10 30.8R0 21 31.V30 11 38,300 It 81,800 It 3L830 IT 31,860 IS , 31,810 21 31,780 14 31330 It 81,700 II 3170 10 38,860 Total 854,180 l.i'St unsold copies I'M Not total aalas 843,064 Daily average 8L465 C. C. ROSE WATER, General Manager. Subscribed In my presence and sworn to before me thla 80th day of June. 1W0. 5eal.) M. B. HI." NO ATE, Notary Public. WHE1 OCT Or TOWH, Subscribers leaving; h city tem porarily shoalU have Tba Baa nailed them. Address will bs chanced aa of tern as required. Indiana's corporation laws seem to have been drawn with the special ob ject of giving work to lawyers. When the Russian soldiers under take to make their new labor union international In character the end of war may be In sight. With Brazil spending more than $15,000,000 for warships this year, another "world power" ni&y be dawn ing upon the earth. When the rice crop is ready for reapers and the cotton Is white. Lake Charles may sigh for the negro labor ers it has been deporting, The democratic., city council has been in possession of the city hall now for nearly two months, but those plat form pledges are still In cold storage. Harry Thaw intimates that he stands in greater need of a lawyer than of a press censor, and it seems difficult to secure one without the other. With the United States pressing its claims against Venezuela, President Castro may find more congenial work fcr thoae revolutionists recently re leased from prison. In the light of the work of Bunau Varilla In the Dreyfus case he may be forgiven his activity In Panama even If the big ditch costs more than he es timated. If Mayor Dahlman receives a few more letters from Colonel Bryan be er! nnlng "Dear Dahlman," the antl Dahlman bunch may refuse to play on the reception committee. . Since the toelf-lncrlrolnatlng confes sion of a Russian sailor the women of Russia cannot be accused of the death of Admiral Chouknln. and thus does history destroy romance. In offering an inducement to new settlers In the form of work on lrrlga tldn canals as well as a cheap home, Wyoming has set a pace other "seml- arld" states will do well to follow. At all events, the Baptists fared bet ter at the hands of the weather man than did the Methodists at their memorable meeting In Omaha, when It rained every day during the month of May. Spokane gets the Baptist Young People's union with Its next conven tion, to be held In 108. All that can be wished for Spokane Is that it may have as successful a meeting as that Just closed In Omaha. Bourke Cockran may have thrown light on the reason why Mayor Mc Clellan did not visit Mr. Bryan In Lon don when he says some democrat may step from the New York governor's chair to the White House. When Jamaican negroes die as re sult of the "sanitary homes In which they are placed by the Panama Canal commission experts should realise that habit has much to do with longevity something they failed to take Into ac count while laying down rules tor the American Indian. An attempt la made to explain the opposition of the Interstate association of sheriffs to the Juvenile court ma chinery on the ground that It diverts fees from the sheriff's office. That might also explain why the Juvenile court officers are its ardent and en thusiastic champions. But why not give credit tor some unselfish motives to both aides oi the argument t me competition roT proxies. The approaching election of trus tees and officers for the big life Insur ance companies of New York, subject to the laws passed by the last legisla ture of that state, has precipitated a llvejy competition for proxies. The tompetltlon promises to outdo any thing of that nature that was devel oped during the house-cleaning period of last year. Already committees are being formed to represent various Interests with a view to organizing policy hold ers into compact bodies to throw their votes solidly for one slate or another. At the same time the officers who hap pen to be In the saddle and want to make sure that they are not unhorsed ore arranging to have the proxies of their friends and those whom they might influence sent to some accepta ble agency or committee so that the rotes may be recorded for trustees who may be counted on to uphold the present regime. Ail the proxies that were given last year are dead, but those who had them then will doubtless undertake to resurrect them by sending out blanks with appeals for renewal of the confi dence formerly bestowed. Tom Law son has not been heard from very noisily of late, but he will surely get Into the thick of the melee before the gong sounds. What will come out of all this Is de cidedly problematic. The chances are that the big Insurance companies will And a heterogeneous assortment of trustees thrust upon them. Imbued with ail sorts of ideas as to what their mission should be. A great deal of the reorganization of the boards will be experimental, and Incidentally a lot of misfits who are sure to work them selves in will have to be sorted out afterwards or shelved until they can be Induced to make way for more use ful successors. To get all the new boards syste matized into good working order may take considerable time, but there is consolation In the knowledge that all the big insurance companies that with stood the fire of . investigation have proved themselves to be on such a sound basis that no change of official guardianship is likely to affect them seriously. OUTLOOK FOR NEXT CONGRESS. Advices from Washington, where the republican campaign managers have, been receiving reports from all parts' of the country, are of a charac ter to encourage the expectation that the next congress, like the present congress, win nave a safe republican majority. It will be admitted that for a while previous to adjournment, when most of the important measures were being held up in commute or between the two houses, the republican! leaders were Inclined to be' somewhat dubious about the , party withstanding x demo cratic assaults during the campaign and coming out successfully at the polls this tall. The fine record made by congress at the wlndup In coming to agreement upon disputed legisla tion and even passing some much de manded bills whose enactment had been despaired of has put a new face on the -"situation. The overconfident talk of the democrats about capturing the next house has largely subsided, although it is still urgent that the republicans be careful to make no mistakes If they are to hold their own In the contested districts. This does not mean that there will not be a hard fight all along the line, but unless the situation is again ma terially changed the republicans will have the best of It and the democrats be at a disadvantage. This, at any rate, is be consensus of opinion of those who are in position to observe Intelli gently and form reasonably unbiased conclusions. PLIGHT Or SAN FRANCISCO CHILDRENl One of the most deplorable conse quences of the San' Francisco earth quake and conflagration la the pitiable plight In which It has left the school children of that city. Thirty-three school houses were burned, and as If that were' not bad enough, the chil dren who attended their classes In these school houses were for the most part victims of the fire, losing every thing In the nature of clothing, books, toys and conveniences. One of the school superintendents of San Francisco, writing to a friend in the east, describes the situation by saying that at present 900 children are being taught In Golden Gate Park under his direction, divided Into thirty classes, located at intervals of over two miles and a half of territory Twenty teachers conduct these classes In tents, two In barracks, while eight have no shelter whatever from wind or weather. School text books, story books and literature In general and writing materials are recollections of the past and much complaint la made against the favoritism and careless ness In the distribution of supplies, so that while personal cleanliness Is In ststed upon by the teacher, "It Is un der such conditions aa ene would natu rally encounter upon learning that i child possesses no change cf under clothing whatever and no outside gar ment not already In use." A special plea Is made for assistance for the school children who, above all others are unable to help themselves, and who. In the Interval, besides suffering bodily discomfort, are In danger of losing their opportunities tor educa tion and mental and moral develop ment. The altuatlon must bs Indeed men aclng to the future usefulness of San Francisco school children, and It the movement for relief is hereafter dl r acted toward supplying the children's needs rather than those of the grown people, it will undoubtedly produce the most beneficial and lasting results. a pertinent question. In a letter to The Bee J. H. Dumont asks thlg pertinent question with ref erence to the recent report of the water works appraisers: "What does the representative of the city say the Omaha plant is worth?" Mr. Dumont points out that so far as appears the city's representative has made no report, although he has been paid liberally for making an ex pert study of the works, and if he does not agree with the other two apprais ers be should at least give his employ ers, who in this case are the taxpayers of Omaha, the benefit of the conclu sions he has reached. The valuation of the water works plant is the basic matter for several problems. The city cannot buy out the owners of the water plant except on an agreed valuation, but more than that, it cannot establish a new schedule of rates to private water con sumers without some idea as a starting point of the amount of revenue neces sary to take care of the fixed charges which of course must bear a propor tionate relation to the value of the plant. If the city Is to contest the finding of the majority of the appraisement board it will doubtless have to show wherein that finding Is excessive and mistaken, and to do that will have to have the testimony of its own expert as to wherein he disagrees. We surely should have a minority report from the third member of the appraisement board, who has refused to join with the others so as to be able to tell, as Mr. Dumont suggests, whether there Is any difference big enough to fight about or whether an adjustment of the two figures could not be reached by further negotiations. If we could once reach such a figure we would be In better position to decide as to the next step. Why not have a little more ener getic enforcement of the ordinance de signed to prevent wagons loaded with earth or refuse from spilling their con tents on the pavements? In no other city of Omr.ha's size and pretentions do the authorities tolerate the use for this purpose of wagon boxes that are nothing but sieves. .No one wants to put unnecessary obstructions in the way of building improvements, but reasonable precautions that would save the pavements are Imperatively demanded. Any one observing the spasms of the local democratic organ would imagine that it. was exceedingly distressed for fear the republicans might name some one for United States senator who was sure to be defeated. In the mean time Its. interest in the democratic state convention consists In prevailing on the democrats to Shuf the people out of all voice in the matter by mak ing no senatorial nomination. Assurance is given that the city has the legal right to abate the weed nuisance and tax the coat of cutting the weeds against the property neg lected by the owneis. The difficulty comes In collecting the tax in case all the legal forms are not strictly ob served. What Is needed Is quick ac tion with certainty of reimbursement without too much red tape. Every legislative nominee who ex pects to be elected as a republican should be pledged by the convention that nominates him to support and vote for the candidate for United States senator who shall be endorsed In the republican state convention. The people of Nebraska are In no mood for legislative repudiation of their ex pressed will. Some of our Lancaster county friends are inclined to complain be cause the assessment return for Doug las county does not show a still bigger Increase. Perhaps Douglas county was not undervalued so much as the others In the first place. The action of the British Railway company assuming full responsibility for the Salisbury wreck will make American railway managers wonder whether the legal departments of Brit ish companies are on the regular pay roll. A Neglected Kick. Washington Post. So far the republican party's imperialistic, policy has not been blamed for the out break of cholera In the Philippines. Is It possible that the antl-impcrlallsta have fallen asleep at tha bureau of complaints? niarht In His Line. Cleveland Plain Dealer. Eugene Zimmerman, tha Cincinnati mil lionaire, has taken his son-in-law, the duka of Manchester, Into partnership, and It Is announced that they will spend many thousands of dollars In tha exploitation of Ireland's railroad opportunities. Spending money la a Job the duka can hold. What at Spectacle! New Tork Sun. Tha spectacle of the chairman of tha democratic national committee refusing on tha witness stand to answer questions In a suit brought by the state of Indiana to close a gambling place for which ha, ss lessor of tha premises unlawfully uaed, pre tests that be waa not responsible, would be a national acandal If the witness were tha chairman of tha republican committee. .Tha Natiaa'a life Carrant. Louisville Courier-Journal. Tha outlook la for tha biggest winter wheat crop on record. Splendid news. In deed. Wheat Is, after all. king. It Is America's step? ertk-ls of food. It gives brain, brawn, muscle, tingh, endurance and flexibility. With corn, as a good see ond. It Is a race builder and every harveet of both Is godaend. veritable and everlast ing, to mankind. Tha abundant crops of wheat and corn now promised put ua all In good humor. Tha farmer Is pleased. Tt means to him a horns well supplied with food, tha best to be had en earth, an en larged bank account or a deliverance from debt. It will to many mean Improved home surteundipga, added Improvements and Is- creased comforts. It will send many de serving boys and girls to good schools and colleges. It will spread books and news papers, learning and culture broadcast in tha land. Do aa a lite aer. Chicago Chronicle. The man who enld the more he saw of men the better he thought of dogs must have been greatly pleased to read the story about the Newfoundland dog that swam out to where two boya were drown ing a day or two ago and. letting each of them take hold of his collar on one side, swam with them to shore, nearly perishing himself before he accomplished It. "Crankiness" that Conats. Philadelphia Record. Because Secretary of the Interior Hitch cock has tracked down about tvt land rob bers In about twenty different statea he Is called a "childish crank" by the land thieves of Oregon and their political friends. It would be money In the pockets of the people If alt other high officlala of govern ment were smitten with the same disease. Physical and Sartorial. New Tork Tribune. The expert English sartorial opinion that the American soldier la the best looking In the world will be accepted with com placency, as judicious, accurate and con clusive. It may he possible, of course, to Im prove the fit of his clothes In some micro scopic details, hut after all It Is not the clothes, but the man Insldea the clothes that really counts, In looks as well aa in efficiency. Hysteria Takes !esr Torn. Chicago Chronicle. It was a Frenchmen himself who said that the French people surpassed all other nations In esprit snd fell below all others In the matter of common sense. The dic tum Is emphasised by the attitude of the French people toward Dreyfus. Ten years ago they execrated him. today they make a hero of him. Tet Dreyfus whs Just as Innocent then as he Is now. Tt Is only the hysteria of the French nation thst has taken a new turn. Primed for All Occasions. St. I.ouis Olobe-Democrat. One of Mr. Bryan's close friends at Lin coln. Neb., says the speeches of Bryan on his return "will be opposed to extreme and radical Ideas like those of Mr. LaFollctte. and he will be moderate In his expressions as compared with Mr. Roosevelt." That depends on his nudience. Mr. Bryan will roar as gently as a sucking dove when talking to conservatives, and tear passion to tatters when a delegation of radicals lines up on his lawn. Wanted A Reapportionment. Wayne Herald (rep.). How long will this part of Nebraska be fllmfiammed out of the representation It deserves In the state legislature? The laat apportionment took place In 1SS5. more than twenty years ago. and since then northern Nebraska has done most of Its growing. Southern Nebraska was favored by earlier settlement, but has grown less In recent years. As a consequence the South Platte country gets about the representation It deserves, while It Indifferently Ignores the merits of a greatly Increased popula tion In thla part of the state. For ten years Wayne county has been entitled to a repre sentative, whereas It Is compelled to share with Stanton county, which latter also deserves more consideration than It re celves. Worse yet, Knox. Boyd, Cedar and Pierce counties must be content with one representative. In the senate we also fall short of sufficient numbers. Nine populous and prosperous enmities Wayne, Madison Pierce, Stanlon,' Dxon, Cedar, Dakota! Knox and TrmrstonV-wiggle along with only two members tin the senate. - Aa a result, thla section of the state exercises less strength In the matter of approrla tlons. passage of laws and creation of United States senators than .properly be longs to It. We should like to see -north Nebraska representatives unite tn a de termlned effort to secure a reapportionment and shall hope and pray that tha south Platte country will get out of the public trough long enough to give fair considera tion and yield to a'Just demand. LIBERTY'S SPIRIT IS MEXICO. Ambassador Thompson and President Dlaa Exchanae Greeting-. Springfield (Mass.) Republican. The Americans In the City of Mexico en gineered a Fourth of July celebration of a high order. There were no firecrackers discharged, but there was much open-air merry making, with dlgnlfled, formal exer cises, which Included speeches and tha reading of the Declaration of Independ rnce. The American colony gathered at Tlvoll park and were complimented by the presence of President Dial, members of his cabinet, tha representatives of for elgn governments Snd leadjng cltlsens of the city. The address waa delivered by t'nited States Ambassador Thompson, who embodied in his talk much gracious com pllment to Mexico and Its president, say Ing among other thinks: "In extolling the greatness of our native country, let us not forget the kindly con slderatlon and the privileges accorded us by the government of Mexico, on whose soil we have assembled, snd whose Illustrious president and wise counselors of state gra ciously honor us by their presence. Two flags greet us today; both are embleme of liberty; under each, by the blessing of heaven, the hopes and aspirations of a free people have been realised. It may be doubted If any land In the world, outaide of our own country, contains so many pros peroua Americans as does this beautiful Mexico. While great rewards for Industry are offered at home, the Industrial develop ment and enterprise of our sister republl have tempted here many thousands of active, talented Amerirsns. The activities of these colonists are adding to tha national wealth of Mexico, and prosperity and plenty reward the efforts of all earnest, honest. working Americans In this republic. Let ua make due acknowledgment to the eoun try offering us so much and to the admin istration and government that has brought about such happy conditions and mad such prosperity of the American colonists possible." Luncheon was served, at which President Dlas waa the guest of honor. There will be Interesting reading what ha said In re sponse to the very complimentary toaat "The entrance of your country Into the concert of free peoples marked an event of universal Importance, an event worthy of undying commemoration among the bright est and most solemn anniversaries of hu man annuals, not only for you, but for us Mexicans and all nations which cultivate with yours relations of friendship and com mere. This Is why we take part In your festivities today and offer you our eon gratulattons In the absence of any othe way of evincing to you more tangibly how fully we share In your rejoicings This Is why we drink to the prosperity of the land of Washington snd to the health of Mr. Roosevelt, who now worthily guides Its destinies. I cannot conclude wrhout thanking most sincerely the chairmen of the executive committee for the extreme kindness with which he bs been pleased to characterise as beneficial my work as ruler! ' But In truth a hat I have been abl to accomplish Is simply due to the Indus try. the patriotism and good sense of the Mexican people." Tt will bo seen that the president of Mex tco Is not wanting In tact, aa his clostn words of tnbuts to tba Mexican fopl demons trata. Xr.nS AKl KATOM 4L CAPAIG Admire a Fighter. Kearney Democrat tlnd ). Mr. Rosewater won a magnificent victory In Omsha and Douglas county at the pri mary elections last week. While everybody In Buffalo county Is for Norrts Rrown. yet they admire a man who can lick his ad versaries at home where everybody ought to be loyal to a home candidate. Xnt Mneh After All. Humboldt lieader (rep). The Fonlanelle club did not do much to Edward Rosewater after all. 5o Moonshine Business. Center Register (rp.. The republlran county convention in thl roiintv bns not vet heen railed, but a move ment Is now under way In the committee to have It called In the nenr future. It seems to be the general sent'ment of lead ers of the party that the convention should send the delegates to Lincoln Instructed to ote for Edward Rosewater for T'nited States senator and this will undoubtedly be one. Mr. Rosewater should have been In the senate years ago and the people at large will fix it this year so the legislature will be monkeying with a swiftly running bussaw If It attempts any of the moon- hlne business Incident to previous ses sions. As It Looks to an Observer. Sutherland Free Lance (rep.). This, evidently, is Rosewater's year. Ko Apprenticeship Required. Plattsmouth Journal (dem.V If F.dward Rosewater was elected to the senate he would need no Introduction to those with whom he would be associated. He would not have to stand around for six years, as Brown would, to get acquainted. He Is known, and knows. He would drop right Into the bringing about of the meas ures that he has advocated for years, while Brown would be hanging about the com mittee rooms trying to get appointments for some of his friends. If the next sen- tor Is to be a republican, these are rea sons why the Journal wants to se Edward Rosewater elected. Looks Like a Sore Winner. Butte Oaxette (re;0. Rosewater will go to the state convention with numerous pledged delegates and he will undoubtedly have the newspaper fra ternity backing him; these facta, together with his ability as a fighter, makes him a sure winner, senator Rose'sater sounds O. K. Senatorshlp or Nothing-. Lincoln Politician (rep.). The Douglaa county delegation to the state convention has declared that it is first, last and all of the time for Edward Rosewater for United States senator. The claims of no other candidate for state office In Douglas will be listened to by the mem bers of the delegation and any candidate outside of Douglaa desiring the support of the delegation will be expected to deliver what support they have to the editor. The action of the delegation la entirely proper and one which the home county delegations of other candidates should emulate. Readlnar the Slarn. Blue Springs Sentinel (rep.). It begins to look aa though tha entire northeast corner of the state would be solid for Rosewater for United States senator at the coming state convention. First In This Field. Tork Times (rep.). The telegram sent by Mr. Rosewater to tna Times naa provoaea considers oie com ment. No one challenges his claim to be lng the original antt-rallroad man in Ne braska. He was first In tha field, as every body knows, and has stayed there regard less of all opposition. His claim that It waa his efforts and the activity of Tha Bee Bea that influenced the state board to put the railroad assessment so high that they would not submit to It Is disputed by some. If :t was his efforts that Induced the board to make the high assessment the rest of tha proposition stands unchallenged. Had the high assessment not been made there would have been no appeal to the courts and consequently no occasion for the testimony of Charles Weston and the prosecution by Norris Brown. How far Mr. Rosewster Influenced the state board It Is of course Impossible to state, but he waa the only one, so far as we know, who took up the tight and virtually constituted himself plslntlff In the caae. Members of the board have told us frankly that his efforts did have effect, though of course none of them would be expected to ssy the result was materially changed by It. There Is no doubt In our mind that the assessment of the railroads Is higher than It would have been had Mr. Rosewater been as Indifferent as every other clttxen of the state seemed to be. His arguments and the showing made by him could not fsll to have aome Influence with Intelligent, fair men. who were seklng facts and rea sons. He Is at least entitled to credit for doing much more In that direction than any other man In the state and that without any special obligation or duty ex cept that of good citlxenshlp. While pub lic officers did their duty honestly snd fairly how many of them would have butted In on behalf of the people, aa Edward Rosewater did, without any official obliga tion? . PERSOXAL XOTES. Mr. Rockefeller does not see any partic lar reason for visiting Ohio, anyhow. A portrait of the late Thomas B. Reed has been hung In the rotunda of the state house, Augusta, Ma, presented to the state br Mrs. Reed. Senator Tillman has abandoned the pl'.ch fork and the trusts and for the next few montha will give his attention to the peace, ful pursuits of the farm. At bis home In South Carolina Tillman Is famois as gardener. In commemoration of Prof. Charles E Carman's twenty-fifth year as teacher of philosophy at Amherst thirteen of his former students presented him u volume of essays they have written called "Studies In Philosophy and Psychology." Dr. Hugh de Vriea of the University t Amsterdam, who Is giving a course of lec tures at the University of Calrornla on the "Biological Principles of Selection In Plants." hss become a close friend of Luther Burbank and spends mucii time a the latter'a plant breeding farm. General Lula Terraxas, whoae Health Is conservatively estimated at (100.000.000, celebrated the seventy-fifth anniversary of his birth at home In Chihuahua. Mexico, few days ago. Terrs ta a Is ssld to be the largest Individual land owner In the world. his estates In western Mexico apptoximat Ina more than li.000,000 acres. He .owns several hundred thousand head of cattle horses, sheep and goats. The French philosopher, M. Le Bon. com mentlng on the motto of the revolution, 'Liberty, equality and fraternity," declared that the real difference between the French and the British Isy In tha fact that the French were enamored of equality and cared little for liberty, while the British Insisted on liberty and never gave a thought to equality. And when some one quoted this to Rudyard Klpllr.g he Instantly addad his own comment to tha effect that what the American really preferred was fra ternity. ''Ha Is a good fellow felir.se If and bs expects you to be one.' J . f ' ARY noMir IV WAHHC.TOV Carrent Events (ileaned from the Army and lav? ftentater. There are now fifty-four arpllr11ons with the surgeon general of the srmy from young men, graduates of medlcsl colleges, who are anxious to be examined on July SI for appointment aa first lleutensnt and assistant surgeon In the army. There will rrtbably he ten or fifteen more during the rest of the present month snd It Is ex pected that at least sixty candidates will be permitted to appear before the exam ining experts, which will meet on July SI In different parts of the country at places convenient to those who wish to be examined. Arrangements hsve been made to send out 1,170 emergency rations for special trial by Infantry of a device designed by fie ordnance department for carrying the ra tion on the belt of the soldier. An effort was made to have the fixtures applied bv a firm under contract, but the expense In- nlved was so great that the speclnl at- achmcnt has heen made at the Rock Isl.mil arsenal. These rations will be shlpred at once to Forts Torter. Sheridan. McPherson. Missoula, Leavenworth, Files and Douglss, Vancouver Barracka and the Presidio of San Francisco, at each of which garrisons wo companies of Infantry will he equipped with the device, which will be worn by the troops In the field. The officers In command of the companies will take special mesns of observing the value of these attach ments and report, as well, the merits of this type of personal transportation of the ration. The status of bandsmen, musicians and similar enlisted men of the srmy as to target practice has been the subject of con sideration at the War department. A ques tion arose as to the construction of various paragraphs of the small arms firing reguls- tlons In regard to these classes of enlisted men, as to whether a band Is to have an individual figure of merit; Whether trumpet- era and musicians are to be Included In making up the Individual figure of merit of their organisations; whether the band should be reported as an organisation for pistol practice; And whether the post non commissioned staff Is to be Included In making up the Individual figure of merit of a post. The affirmative was decided upon In the first three points, and on the fourth point It was decided that only such members should be Included aa actually fire. The session of the Army Signal Corps school at Fort Leavenworth closed on June SO with seven graduates Major Charles McK. Saltsman. Signal corps, honor grad uate; Lieutenant O. A. Wiecsorek, Seven teenth Infantry, distinguished graduate; IJeutenant Olney Place, Sixth cavalry, dis tinguished graduate; Lieutenant O. C. Lewis, First Infantry, distinguished grad uate; Lieutenant P. W. Beck. Fifth In fantry, distinguished graduate; Lieutenant C. L. Wlllard, Twenty-ninth infantry, dis tinguished graduate, and Lieutenant IS. D. Warfleld, Thirtieth Infantry, graduate. The next session of the school wilt begin about September I, with Major O. O. fiquler, Sig nal corps, as assistant -commandant. Tha student officers of the Signal corps who will attend Include Captain William Mitchell, Lieutenant E. E. Jeunet and Lieu tenant John E. Hemphill, who will return from Alaska by that time. There will also be In attendance Company A of tha Signal corps, under Captain L. D. Wlldman and Lieutenant George E. Kumpe. It la also proposed to send to the school a larger number of Una officers than were present in the session Just ended. A' very unusual case In regard to post exchanges, which, although presenting some difficulties, will probably rarely occur, has bcenfcrought to, tha attention of the War department. A hospital corps detachment at an army post brought Into the post ex change at that post on a basis of twelve men to the detachment. - The number of men has now been reduced to six, and the dividends of the exchange era 'distributed to the detachment on the basis of that number. The post surgeon asked what the remedy Is for that condition. The War de partment replied that the post exchange regulations provide that the amount to be paid by an incoming organisation shall be determined by the per capita membership of the organisation, and therefore In the case In question the purchase price waa properly fixed on the basis of a detachment of twelve men. It la clearly the Intent of the regulations that, while membership In an exchange shall be by organisation, tba slse of the organisation shall be considered, and the same rule applies to the distribu tion of dividends, except that the slxe o the organisation at Joining la taken from the number of men present at the time of Joining, whereas the proportion of divi dends due to an organisation Is calculated on the basis of the whole number of men who have been present with the organlsa- Browning, Ming Ml Co OIIGINATORS AMD SOLE MAKE1S Of IALP SIZES IN CLOTniNO. Cfotiiitf a!ic3 This is the season when everyone is bidding for your trade. Some will offer fair goods and honest values, while with others it will be ;,- . . Well, we won't name it. At this CLOTHING SALE of our you can get the best clothing the country affords at a very low price. ; . This clothing is OUE OWN MANUFACTURE. ,No auction or special suit gotten up for express sale purposes. . .- But "top-notch" garments in every respect that carries our guarantee for style quality and wear, and a look will convince any one of trust worthy bargains. ' $25 Suits $22.50 Suits, $20 Suits, $15 Suits $18 $16L $15 $10 ETC. ' ;."! 4 $1.60 Soft fihJrU. 91.00 Bolt Shirt , Boys 91 Soft Shirt,'. $1.15 85c 65c Fifteenth and Douglas Sis. way ad te fttrnef sVTW lion during tlie period covered by th dis tribution. This method of determining the amount of s dividend seems entirely equita ble and fairly meets the ordinary variation In strength which brganlx stlons may un dergo from day td day.- It does not, how ever, contemplate the permanent reduction or an organisation to the half of Its orig inal site. Ft 1.1. S ATinl. n tSKF.T, t'nrlvalled Ttecord of Material De- elopment. New York Sun. All present signs Indicate that there will bo a good Increase In the contents of tho national basket this year. Wheat, corn, cotton,, tobacco, all promised khtindant yield. There is activity In all lines of Industry. Wages are high and show a tendency to rls rather than fall. The sun of prosper ity continues to shine with unlescened radiance. Out of this abundance many will get much and all will gt something. Unless supply snd production be curtailed by some unforeseen disaster, the United States will raise more foodstuffs then It can consume and more rsw materials than it can minufucture, and turn out of lis mills and factories more wares than It needs. In addltinn to w-hat will be re quired for the enormous home demand, there Is now every reason to expect a sur plus output, the value of which for the fiscal year Just beginning will be" not far short of $:,onn,ono,ocr). No lonaer ago than 170 the total value of the farm products of the country for the year was a trlflle less than $2,flno.(no,. 000. For this year It will probably be "not far from IT.ono.ono.ono. The value of man ufactured products In WTO Is given by the census return as 4.:32,S2M2. For the present year it will be about llS.nnn.nnn.nno. Tha cottbn crop of 170 was S.IH.VOi bales. The crop of this year Is reported as prom ising a yield In excess of 11.000,000 hales. The corn crop of 170 a little exceeded 1,000,000.00(1 bushels. The Indicated crop for thla year is 1.700.000.000 bushels. The whest crop of 1R70 was 29,0OO,OPO bushels. The Indlested crop for this year exceeds 700.000,000 bushels. Since 1870 Imports have been multiplied by three and exports by four. The export of manufactures has In creased from 68,ooo.ono to tooo.ooo.ooo. This ta an astounding record of material development within a single generation. Along with this material growth has gone a parallel gain In physical comfort and convenience not to be estimated In fig. ures, either actual or comparative. What is somewhat loosely called the "standard of living" has been raised for wjige' earner, farmer, clerk and millionaire. ' By wage earner as well as by millionaire many of the luxuries of 1870 are regarded as neces sities today. PASSING PLEASANTRIES. Sllllcus-Do you - believe the igood die young? - . . CynicuaWell, it's a problem to know whether they die young or outgrow It. Philadelphia Record. Tou admit you were at fault In that in vestigation ?' "Oreatly at fault," anawered the trust magnate. "I see now where I could have taken far better precautions for conceal ment." Washington Btax. Mamma No, dear,' the Atlantic ocean never freasaa over, i ' Elsie Oh, but it must! I heard papa telling Mr. Gay ley tha. t when he was com ing across from Europe the last time he had his skates on -aU the time. Philadel phia Ledger. "That young- Jenks' Is a useful fellow to meet in a sudden shower, for bo alwaya carries an Umbrella." "Yes; the girls all oaTl him their rain beau." Baltimore American.. Lawyer My wife bought this rug In my office at an. suction aala, - ,- Client She paid a bur,prtoe for It, took, . ' Lawyer Hew- do yoil knowf- r1 Client I . aoid It to her. Detroit Free Press. .,..,.. ., , ., "Look out fob. pride," aid TJne.le Eben. "It's generally when a man is braggin' to hlsse'f 'bout what a good card player he la dat he gets ketched off his guard and loses all de mos Important tricks." Wash ington Star, "lent It awful," remarked Growella, looking over bis gas bill for the last quar ter, "isn't it surprising how gas bills run up7" 1'Not so surprising," replied Kidder, "con sidering how many thousand (eel they have," Philadelphia Press. 'WOMAN'S WAYS. Dwlght Anderson In the Bohemian, The young man kissed the maiden fair ' And she did not resist, , Nor any protest offer aa She twice and thrice was kissed. But when ha smacked her once again With a resounding pop,- . .. She stamped her pretty foot and cried, "Don'tr "Stop!' The young man was chagrined to be So frigidly repelled; , , He mutely drew his head away And freed the hand he held. De?p silence reigned one rotgnt have heard A tiny hairpin drop . , , Until at last the maiden, lisped, . "Don't Stop!" OMAHA NED W YOBkt facwy. pagae ftej