THE OMAHA DAILY" DEE: SATURDAY,
NOVEMBER
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STATEMENT Of CIRCULATION.
Slate nf Nebraska, Pouglas County, rs:
Charles C. Rosewater, general nmnager or
The. Hot, Publishing co-npunv. being di'ly
worn, ray thnt the actual numbtr nr full
and complete copies of The Pahy. Morning.
Evening and Bundav Hee printed diring tue
month vl October, 1300, as as louu
1 ....30.860
11 30.830
30,930
II 31,890
t 30,80
1 30.800
4 30,730
1 30.780
31.760
7 30,300
1 30.870
t 30,60
10 30.730
II 30.930
K 34,780
13 31.0C0
14 30400
IS 81,480
16 33,000
SO 31,830
21 31,800
2 30350
jj 30,830
;4 30,830
36 31,870
it 31.410
27 81,740
38 30,870
29 31,800
80 31,110
81 31,110
881,330
Less unsold coptca 11,033
Net total (ales 850,337
Pally average 30,853
C. C. ROSE WATER.
Oeneral Manager,
Subscribed lit my presence nnd itorti to
before me this lat day of November, 1M.
(Peal.) ' M. B. H UNO ATE,
Notary public
. . WUGH OCT OF TOWH.
abacrlbrra learlag (ha oltr tem
porarily ahoalil bTC Th Be
moiled to then. Address will be
changed a often retest4.
Later returns show "Pat" McCarren
to be the Teal winner of the New York
election.
People are bum waiting for Mayor
"JimV official report on the hold-up
Insurance graft.
; Panama may take a fancy to base
ball, but It can never know the real
strenuous life of America until It goes
In for foot bull.
Omaba Jomi wih us eiater city
across the river in extending cordial
welcome to the veterans of the Army
of tho Tennessee.
In the. court proceedings it is evi
dent that Count Boni de Castellane la
more anxious to hold his wife as an
asset than as a companion, v
As long as 1 cxas. rangers attempt to
enforce "whiteman's law" among the
descendants of Montezuma and Spau
Ish brigands romance will still linger
along the border.
The announcement of advance in
wage to Standard Oil employes will
not be hailed with delight by the gen
oral public until subsequent prices of
oil are announced.
Governor .Ma goon is losing the
friendship of Cuban liberals who have
not been appointed to office and who
are beginning to wonder why the
"revolution" was started, anyway.
Kansas could hardly have been ex
pected' to do otherwise than have a
"close" election when all other states
were going republican but it took no
backward step on national issues.
Washington county and Sarpy
county can for the first time claim the
credit of electing a congressman in
this district without lu any way asking
the aid or rousent of Douglas county.
Th president declares Herbert Par
sons to be a trump und. as all whist
players kuow. a trump can take only
on trick, hence the victory for all
democrau in N- York except Hearst
Tb reappearance of the lone train
robber in Missouri with the confirma
tion of the return of that state to dem
ocratic ranks is one of those colnci
dnta more interesting than pleasant
The initiative and referendum law
has been on the statute books in a
vate of harmless Inactivity for nearly
ten years. We shall soon see whether
or not t has been galvanized by the
recent-referendum on it into potential
energy
Returns from the Third congres
sional district afford conclusive proof
that there Is still something rotten on
the Winnebago reservation in Thurs
ton county, where the Indian land
gratters and bootleggers are still try
Ins t do business at the old stand.
Now that Callfornlans have ap
pealed directly to the State depart
ment on the subject of collecting; in
surance policies In German companies
Kmperor William has an opportunity
to show that his good will toward
America reaches as far as the pocket
00k. The light for terminal taxation is
not finished. The railroads may be
depended on to combat it before the
legislature with every artifice and iu
flutace known to its professional lob-
byitts. Those who have been psylug
cit) taxes for the railroads all thesu
eiB moat prepsre to enforce their
rUhU
THE ST. PAVL BtSATt VIOLATIONS.
Tho criminal rbal prosecutions la
the federal court at St- Taul against
four railroad companies on eleven In
dictments charging 147 violations, also
agalnft eleven individual otllclals of
tlii roads and four grain companies
receiving the rebates, are an Incident
that strikingly mark the progress of
national law enforcement. Hero all
the parties to the violation, the receiv
ers and the grantors of tho illesyil dis
criminations, as well as the corpora
tion agents who arranged It, aro called
Into court to answer.
In the earlier stages of the effort to
punish rebate violations such a thor
ongh proceeding; was impossible be
cause of the difficulty in procuring tho
r.ecesnary legol proofs, although exten
sive habitual disregard of the law on
the part of the carrier companies and
shippers was notorious. It was In
deed a notable achievement of the
Roosevelt administration when it suc
ceeded in securing convictions against
railroad rebators by using the testi
mony of parties to the offense even at
the cost of immunity. But the de
clHlons of, the supreme court of the
United States that have resulted from
arduous prosecution, the remedial leg
islation at the late session of congress
and the turning Inside out of the
whole subject by judicial, commission
and legislative investigation have at
length so fortified the government,
while correspondingly weakening the
rebaters as to lay them all open to at
tack, whatever part they may have
bad in the violation.
These comprehensive prosecutions
at St. Taul, la line with others else
where already begun or In prepara
tion, establish the salutary fact of pub
lic polity that the antl-rebato law In
a living fact, making it dangerous for
all offenders, whether those who give
or those who receive, or tho go-betweens,
in the consummation of its
defiance.
MVRVER OS "BELIEF-"
What appears to be a deliberate
murder committed by a conspicuous
member of society who was at once a
judge and a congressman-elect crit
ically raises the question whether in
Louisiana the law penalizing homicide
Is a farce. The sole suggestion on be
half of the culprit is the one, in gen
eral terms, that ho "followed the un
written law," acting in the belief that
he was avenging an affront to his fam
ily, a plea that competes In favor
with that of "emotional Insanity,"
where tho fact of deliberate murder Is
indisputably certain.
The law provides appropriate rem
edy for serious affront to family, and
belief, even though it were warranted,
that affront had been offered, not only
is no excuse for murder, but may con
ceivably aggravate the crime. The
notion that belief or even knowledge
that an offense has been committed
authorizes the individual to take a life
is utterly inconsistent with the funda
mental conception of law and civilized
society.
Yet in this sensational Louisiana
case there Is obvious intent, bo fla
grant re the circumstances of the
crime, to resort to the demoralizing
and anarchistic heresy of "the unwrlt-'
ten law," a plea which Is a denial of
all law aud which If allowed generally
would plac human life at the hazard
of Individual caprice, belief or malice.
rendering legal safeguards a mere
f,ham. It is up to Louisiana justice to
decide whether such a precedent shall
be established in our day.
FEZSS YLVaXIA rutteskess.
The duty Incumbent upon the state
government of Pennsylvania, In abso
lute disregard of election statistics, is
to attack and clean out the monu
mental corruption which has been dis
closed in its operation. The fact that
the republican party has secured con
trol of all departments only enhances
the obligation upon It to punish tho
wholesale frauds that have gone on
la state administration, and the evil
Is so flagrant that failure now would
be only an aggravation of the offense
by sanctioning and protecting It
The stenchful scandal concerning the
new utate tapltol is already nation-
grotesque Brit. u puuuv
treasury was mea to tae tune 01
$9,000,000 for the furniture and
decorations of a $4,000,000 building
shall be forthwith probed officially to
the last detail of spoliation aud the
guilty condlgnly punished, the shame
of Pennsylvania will be confirmed and
complete and the fault of the republi
can organization obvious. It would be
absurd to make prcteuso of reform in
minor brunches of the state service,
however much it is needed, if such
towering robbery were let go unmo
lested. Fortunately there is ground for hope
that the Incoming administration may
grapple with the rnoustrous local
abuses, though powerful Influences
within the party are implicated.
Whether it be true that President
Roosevelt received assurances to that
effect, it is a fact that the state leg
islature at its last session enacted a
remarkable series of reform legisla
tion, among other improvements
greatly enlarging the legal means for
dealing effectively with Just such a
rotten state of affairs aa had lately
been exposed.
It will take at least u year and a
half for the new telephone company,
to whom a franchise has Just been
voted, to get Its plant built and its ex
change open. But there Is nothing to
prevent the city authorities from niov-
j ing for an immediate reduction of
i rates ou business telephouca supplied
by the present company alnq.. the
1 Hue uf it vffor of a tsw ik a.o.
If & dollar a month can bo mved on
eaih business telephone in this' city
for elchteen months the concession
will b? worth having, tven If rothluK
more i-t secured. The fact that the
present company offered this reduction
voluntarily Is pretty good tvldenco
that it would not bo unreasonable.
IiLLARD rUTS IT VA K.
Although elected by a substantial
Diajority over an oppoutnt whose cam
paign was waged solely on the ques
tion whether ho was legally entitled
to compensation for tho entire term
Of the succession to Mr. Uurkett, or
only for that part of It actually served,
Congressman Pollard has nevertheless
decided to return to the government
the l,i0 in dispute. The letter,
which he has made public, transmit
ting his check for that amount to the
disbursing officer of the houpc Is cer
tainly creditablo to his sincerity, but
probably dismaying to hl3 accusers.
.Congressman Pollard admits that
he has found no precedent exactly on
all fours with his own' cage, and as
Eferti that under the circumstances he
does not want to place himself in a
position of holding or claiming any
thing to which he has not a clear
right.' Had ho responded to the de
mands of his political enemies during
tho campaign ho would surely have
beeu pilloried as confessing willful
wrong-doing and would have in no
way strengthened himself In the pub
lic estimation, whereas bis present
course cannot fail to secure for him
credit, at least, for good Intentions.
In the meanwhile, tho public will
wait patlontly to learn whether the
example Bet by Mr. Pollard will be
followed by the late Candidate Shal
lenbcrger with reference to the mile
age which he drew from the govern
ment as congressman , In reimburse
ment for railroad fare never paid out
when he rode down to Washington on
free transportation. If Mr. Shallen
berger will now "put it back" a new
political standard will have been es
tablished on both sides of the political
fence In Nebraska.
H ORK OF Tflf GRAM) JVRT'
The grand Jury, which has Just made
its report aud been discharged, has, so
far oa external appearances go, done
its best to get at the facts as to the
existence of combinations in restraint
of trade among local dealers, which
was the special purpose for which it
was called.
The only cases in which a sufficient
foundation was found to base Indict
ments proved to be those of the Coal
exchauge in Omaha and its auxiliary
In South Omaha. Whether the organ
izations maintained by the coal deal
ers, although the purpose Is undis
guised, really come In. conflict with the
provisions of the law against trusts
will have to be developed upon hear
ing later. What the people want is to
break up Illegal combinations, pun
ishment being only incidental to this
object. It goes without Baying that
these cases should be tried by County
Attorney Slabaugh before he goes out
of office, because his successor, Mr.
English, is on record as having ap
proved the constitution and bylaws,
which the grand Jury has declared
warranted indictment.
As to other alleged trusts among
the ice men, the milk men und the
fire insurance men, the finding of
the grand Jury Is a lack of specific
proof of law violation. It uhould be
notice, however, to those connected
with these branches of business to
mend their ways and give the people
the benefits of absolutely freo com'
petition.
The grand Jury's recommendations
for the county jail will hardly meet
with public approval'. An addition or
wing to the present Jail building, as
suggested, is out of the question, be
cause what is needed is an entirely
new structure, either on another site
or In connection with a new court
house.
Otuuhrt has Just voted more bonds
to pay the city's share of extending
the area of paved streets. In " the
meantime, however, the street pave
ments we now have are being shame-
fnllv tieirlected on tho urueu thit
there is no money to pay tor street
1 cl(.aninK amJ r,almio-. ThisHtua
tion reminds us very much of a man
who builds a costly house and tht-n
lets it fall to pieces without any effort
to keep It up.
Political gossips down at Lincoln
seem to have been taken 6oby surprise
by the republican majorities in Doug
las county that they aro trying to ex
plain by the mosi. ridiculous theories.
Douglas county weut republican be
cause It is normally republican when
ever the republicans have a clean
ticket In the field that can command
the undivided party strength and ap
peal to the Independent voter.
The Hou. Pat Crowe la billed for
another star performance before an
audlencu of twelve trusted Jurors gooi In everything." My old friend, the
sworn to Impartiality in tl criminal I la'9 s!"lr Joh" J- Ina11" or Kansas.
. ,, , said to be something of a pessimist, wrote
court of Council Bluffs next month. a pfK.m on -opportunity.- whin, i ,m dis
It U much to be v feared, howevc-r, po4 to read to you, and then I want to
that the great kidnaper's drawing!11 rrly to ,l h" southern Jurlst-
nowers have been materially Impaired J"'- w','r Ma,on ot Memphis."
. ' ' . This is the reply, truth from the ether
from a bo omce standnoint sin.e bin ,
I - -- - -
last puuiic exniMiwuii.
'
tu f..tiw.ii,,,-- r..n,t ..f .v,
den will set up the claim that Ne
braska's stuto penitentiary has become
self-supporting. In view of the h!s-
lorv nf the in at it lit Ion . nnd emni lull v
of the money that has been e.iu n up
or stolen out there in past yiarn, the
taxpayers of tho state will liuvo to be
shown.
The president will have the most
arduous task of his life if he a'ui.ipi-
to reconcile all the conflicting state
ments about tho canal eone; but the
people await with Interest hio own re
port un the situation.
Hold Kt 10 flood 'I blag.
si. I.iuls UlobcjHvnoi'ral.
A powerful combination of letter Is O.
11. 1'. us King us It glands tur Otlp 011
IYosptflly.
Oa the Urooitd Floor.
Washington Fost.
The public debt 'was reduced by J,0T4.VS
n Octolr. Unce Sam must be getting
his groceries and household surplus
cheaper than the rest of vis.
Unoogh and to Spare.
Philadelphia Record.
As a mitigating circumstance the Japan
ese may possibly recognise the fact that
the people of Kan Francisco have Quite
enough to do in educating their own chil
dren. tin-at Opportnuttj for Got. Ilnithra.
New Vork Pun.
The people expect gr-at things of Mr.
Hughes. He was born Into public In
a momentous conjunction of the stars. Ho
takes hts trust from the hands of the
whole people. He Is master of his destiny
and of the dusting of tho state. H Is a
noble and an inspiring prospect. May he
seize It In a master grasp!
Rivalry I Die; Hattlrablpe.
Chicago Record-Herald.
British admiralty offlcera have found that
tho great battleship Dreadnaught is al
ready outclassed by Germany" latest war
ships, and that It will, therefore, be neces
sary for Great Britain to at once begin the
work of building- aome bigger one?. The
contest la an Interesting one, but how lone
are the English and German taxpayers go.
ing to permit It to continue?
A Warning to Combines.
Pittaburg- Plspateh.
But one fact ahould be set down by the
corporate and flmvnetal classes. Whatever
strcrpth Hearst has, and whatever danger
to the future he personifies, have been
given to him by the abuses of the corporate
ona. iie would be rowerlew. if thxm
were not a foundation of truth for his
attacks. It Is because of the speotacle of
corporate lawbreakers and trust-fund
manipulators going oh with Impunity that
frothy and designing men like him have
power to call out the dangerous energies
of the masses.
1
Admission and Kxplanatlon.
Brooklyn Eagle,
,tn'-rose Bierce, the author, today ex-
1 Mud that he was the writer of the
linos:
1 he bullet that pierced GoebeVs breast
Cannot be found In all the west;
Good reason: It Is speeding here
To stretch McKtnley on his bier.
Major Bierce explains he vu writing
for the Hearst papera when Governor
Goebel was killed. The bullet could not
be found. Major Bierce was a friend of
rresiaent MeKlnley, and, he says, wrote
the lines, not for the purpose of Instigat
ing aassl nation, but In prophecy that
If such crimes as that aralnst Gotl.el
went unpunished, then the assassin's bu;
let would strike higher un. Tt,-ntv
months Inter the prophecy was fulfilled,
and Mc.Klnley was killed.
It was then. Major Bierce says, the
enemies of Hearst dug up the lines.
wrested them from thetr context and
used them. Just as Secretary Root did in
his Utah speech, to make It appear Hearst
papers Incited Mckinley's removal.
VICTORY FOR THE PEOPLE.
Significance or Republican Soereaa In
' Xebraaka.
Kansas City Times.
The corporation issue In Nebraska, since
the state conventions were held, has not
been acute for the. reason that the cor
porations lost out In both conventions.
But while good tickets, pledged by strong
platforms, were nominated by both par
ties, tho corporations threw their influ
ence to the democratic side, probably be
cause Sheldon, the republican candidate
for governor, and Brown, the candidate for
the United States senate, had made their
reputatione In fighting the abuses of the
railroads. The opposition to Sheldon and
Brown included not only the combined
strength cf the railroads, but also the
milling and lumber interests of the stata.
Because of the character of this fight, the
republican victory in Nebraska is a peo
ple's victory. It Is one more blow to cor
poration interference. It is a new evidence
that the people, brought face to face with
the issues of reform, are ready to wipe
out or greatly reduce traditional majori
ties in favor of the right. It Is a lesson
In popular strength and it also should be
a lesson to corporations that have inter
fered la politics.
"OPPOUTl . IT V."
Helpful Hot Diametrically Opposed
Philosophy.
Springfield (Mass.) Republican.
Tim statement that no generalisation wag
evi-r moro thun half true is an Instance
of its own moaning. It is seldom that
tln't-M ro not two ways of looking at a
text und expounding from It helpful but
diaiiietricilly opposed philosophy. The .-uii-tiet
"Opportunity," by the late Senator
John J. Ingall. Is one of the tlnest aud
most-quoted bits of occasional American
verse, A copy of it, mounted under gUtaa,
in. if we are not mistaken, one of the few
things upon the walls of the president's
ofluxs In Washington. From ono point of
view the poem is an exhortation to action,
from anottvr It IS heavy with pessimism.
Lest any have forgotten It here It is:
Mauler of human destinies un I!
Fame, love and fortune oa my footiiteps
wait.
CltU-H and fields I walk; I penetrate
pent-rta and s-us remote, and iasslng by
Hovel and mart and palitco soon or late
I knock liiiliio.liil once nt tvery gate.
If wlrt-pinjr. whkc if tca-tting, rise before
I turn uwuy, It Is the boor of fnt.
And tlwy, who follow n ivio.h every toat't
.1ortlH drslr", and oiuiur . very lw
Sae death; but those w!io doubt or hcsl
tuie, Condemned to fiillure, penury and woe.
SL k mo in vain, and um lesisly implore;
I ajiswei- not, and 1 return no more.
There is truth from one side.
At a recent convention in Louisville, Ky-
Colonel It. J. Lcrwry. a banker of Atlanta.
Ga, closed an address In the, words: "I
want to say for our people that e are
optlmlsia by nature; we turn to the bright
side even in the sorest trials; we see 'books
In running brooks, sermons In stones and
j phi,, um-h i, no crrnrge oi priniism, aiui
iwi.ne or l-s poetic value tran liuiall'
, line.-, y, t worth ussotiutiuu with them:
ll'--y '"o wrong who say I com no
! They du mo wrong who say I
1 mare.
Wlnni once I knock and full to find you
in;
For every dny I stand outside your door,
And bid you wuk and rise to tight und
win.
, Wnil not for piiii,n t ham es itupxed away;
v.-i-p nn f..r nolil. n a-.n on th- wuii.-:
Uaeh nliflit 1 burn tbr ! nl of Hi? du)
At twii ifi every soul is b ru ngudi.
Laugh like a hoy
sped ;
To x iielheil Joys
it splendor that have
be blind, nnd dvaf and j
d'j i
Mv Juoaioenls seal the d-.id mst wi'h m i
d-tot. !
Liut uitii load s nuKiit-itt t Hi Iv. come. I
OTHER I.ASDS TH Ol It.
The swiping defrat f IIIitJ psrty can
didates for local offices In IMid m snd the
prnvln.rs occasions great reJol-Jng In tory
circles. I-Ine- considered a distinct rebuke
I . '. . 1 1 1 ..... I I .. 1 1 m lahAF lUf
The conditions wIU !i provoked the party
upheaval In local administrative offices re
lated to municipal problems wholly snd had
no mow relation to ministerial policies
than city eWUnns jn the United States
have to the policies of the federal govern
ment. Just aa the minority party In tho
United Ptatets chuckle and waxes Jiyful
over favorable "straws" in off years, so
likewise the tnrleo take all the romf-n-t
possible from the local elections, magnify
big their Importance for the purpose of
encouraging and strengthening party fol
lowers. The primary causrs of the revul
rlon In local administrative affairs were
STttravagume In distributing public funds,
municipal paternalism, excessive cost of
public works and the Inevitable Increase In
taxation. Taxpoyers In England would be
a rnre class lndid that did not revolt
against Increased burdens, specially when
normal taxation Is difficult to bcir. They
demanded a change and worked for It,
TTiey struck right and left with their votes,
faring little for party lMs so long ss
the candidate was pledged to economy and
relief.
An article In the North American Re
view for October in, by Krnest E. Wil
liams, an English writer upon economics,
a-ives an account of the conditions ngilnst
which thla revolt of the people lias taken
place. For a number of years past the
policy of municipalizing every possible
service haa had full swing. The London
county council has been operating street
railways and steamboats, building hounes
and carrying on public works by day labor.
Thus It appears from tho council's own
reports that In tho municipal steamboat
service $65 has been expended for evory IS
received during the winter season. While
offices of tho Imperial government have
been paying contractors IK.60 per rod of
brickwork, the public works department of
the council hns been paying 1110 per rod
for inferior work. The difference Is easily
explained when It is known th-At brick
layers working for contractors will luy
1,000 bricks a day, wliilo 330 a day is eitodgh
for a bricklayer on a public ownership
Job. The council started a municipal brick
yard, ajtd tho bricks turned out are de
clared unlit for use In building, but they
aro being used in order to prevent total
loss on the experiment. So that the coun
cil itself is doing "Jerry" building such as
it would never allow a contractor to Jo.
In all departments expenditures havo In
creased, while results are declared to bo
crude and unsatisfactory. The municipal
debt has more than doubled In the last
twenty yenrs, and taxes also have Increased
to nbnormal figures. The per.ple who pay
tVie taxes have found the situation unen
durable, and they have risen in their tnicht
and swept the municipal ownership politi
cians from power.
During the last fifteen years there have
been repeated crop failures In Russia and
the cultivators have grown steadily poorer.
The number of people drifting about
the country sometimes seeking work
!nnf arvmotlmen rnmtn It t ror vtolenpr. Ima
increased rapidly. They have no land to
cultivate, or no means of cultivating it,
and they are Industrial "floaters"-a very
dangerous clement Twenty-seven prov
inces are suffering from famine, and it Is
only a few weeks since harvest- In some
of these provinces the famine was marked
In September. From March to June there
was drouthed, and the seed did not gernil
uate. Some peasants are selling their
horses, but they have been doing that at
Intervals for several years, and there are
large sections of tho country where the
stock of domestic, animals Is entirely In
adequate for cultivation and for the manur
ing of the soil. The email production per
acre Is due In great measure to the scarcity
of cattle and horses. Other peasants are
feeding the thatch to their animals. That
has been done before, but In the end the
aninrals are lost; they cannot stand tha
winter without shelter. NVarly 30.iT0,(O3
people are doomed to starvation this wlnt".r.
The government hasn't money to do much,
and relief funds are habitually stolen. The
famine is described as more terrible than
the memorable famine following the crop
failures of 1S01.
Among the many Buddhist-Shinto saints,
whot quaint etflgios set up in every con
ceivable nook and corner of Japan make
it a "country of graven images, says a
writer in Ieslie's Weekly, one of the most
Impressive and interesting Is the pathctlo
person called Blnzuru. He was once upon
a time a member of that strange company
of Buddhist disciples known as tho "Six
teen Rakkan." But one day he fell from
grace by remarking upon the attractions
of a woman, and he was expelled from the
society of chnste brethren. The great
Buddha gave him, in return for all that his
worldllness had cost him, power to heal
human ills and to grant tho prayers of chil
less women who longed for motherhood.
But he was put outside the temples. He
must henceforth sit without, In the midst
of the passing throng, and submit himself
to personal contact with all that wus un
clean and healthlt-ss. Tho simple-hearted
people lovo him, I think, above all saints.
His wooden Images In the templo porches
are the strangest objects In all Japan.
They give biin soft cushions to sit upon,
and he ia always clothed In quaint little
cotton-stuff collars end mufflers in all aorta
of soiled-looking colors; and on his bead
his devotees usually keep a curious 1 1 t e
cotton cap.
Its garrison having departed, the famous
Island of St. Helena bids lair soon to be.
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conic tho "lono barren rock In tho midst
of the ocean" the soug describes it. Two
years ago It had but 3.9W Inhabitants, In
cluding 471 officers and soldiers of the gar
rison and 107 sailors present at tho date
of enumeration. Its resident, therefore,
can have numbered but little more than
3,3i-0. SU Helena has had no capital to
live on since the opening of the Sues canal,
but the memories of Napoleon. In a small
way St. Helena shares with Venice the
doleful distinction of demonstrating that
the prosperity of a maritime place Is identi
fied with the continuance of a trado route.
Though Venice died slowly, the discovery
of the cape of Good Hope route to the east
was a blow from which it never recovered.
Until tho Sues cannl was put In operation,
St. Helena was a great place of call for
the eastern trade. The harbor of James
town was often crowded with vessels of all
nations. It was also a favorite place for
recuperation with American whalers. All
except the whalers have gone, and they
aro few. These Is a steady stream of
emigration from the island to South Africa
and the United Plates, and before long only
the visits of the curious to the last dwelling
place of Napoleon, which is owned by the
French nation, will prevent Ht. Helena
from passing out of the world's Intercut,
POLITICAL DHIFT.
Tammany is shedding no tears. The tiger
swiped aU the local spoils In sight.
Mr. Bryan's condolences to Hearst are In
order. The former knows how It feels.
Hawaii Is safe, but Porto Rico Is off
color. Thus Is the equilibrium of liberty
assured. ,
Mr. Bryan's native state. Illinois, and his
adopted state. Nebraska, continue firmly
anchored in tho enemy's, country.
The election of all but the head of the
democratic ticket In New York state is not
calculated to appease the wrath of Happy
Hooligan.
The plurality of Charles K. Hughes is
nearly four limea that which Theodore
Roosevelt received when he was elected
governor of New York.
For the second time John A. Johnson, a
lone democrat. Is elected governor of Min
nesota. All the Johnsons rallied to hip sup
port and that settled It.
The railroad scored in Oklahoma. Twelve
railroad attorneys have been elected mem
bers of the constitutional convention
elven democrats and one republican.
The New York election furnishes two
quaint coincidents. Candidate Hughe, a
man wHth whiskers, voted In a barber shop.
Candidate Hearst cast his ballot In the
room of an undertaker.
CMMirn renuhllcans should tender a vote
of thanks to Hearst. The Independence
league ticket arew enougn aernocrai;c iuin
to e-Ive the republican county ticket a clear
road to victory In Cook county.
Tim reference' of Congressman Bourke
Cockran to Hearst as divinely appointed to
free New Tork deserved the ridicule it re
ceived. But some allowance snouia ds maaa
for the mental vagartes or a spaiiDinuer
about to wed.
rowning,
OIIGINAIORS AND SOLE MAKES
Ktew
We have over 300 Juvenile Suits
made in Russian Blouse Buster
Brown Eton Sailors, and little coat
styles,, in sizes 2i to 7 years that
we sold for $5 $6 $6.50 $7
$7.5 0 $8 and $8.50.
We have placed these on a
table by themselves and will sell
them while they last for
$50 JOO
Every suit
early and get a
See Our Doughs
mteenth and
Douglas Sts.
rna4wsy at 8a troo
iVEW
PLEASANTLY PIT.
"The doctor Is a man of much depth ot
feeling."
"Vts, h thumped my left side In a
truly heartfelt way." Clcvsland Plain
oculcr.
"That man walking over there Is a no
torious grafter."
" hy, bo doesn't look like a politician.
"He Isn't."
"Then how is it that he is a grafter?"
"He's a skin doctor, and grafting's his
special'.-." italtlmore American.
"In the states where they have euual
suffrage the women gossips must be a
great belp to their party?"
"In what way?"
"They ought to make such good re
peaters." Baltimore American.
"What did you think of mv article?'
asked the ambitious young Journalist.
"It made me prouder of my country than
I have ever been before," answered the
frank friend. "It shows that we are living
in a land where the freedom of the pre.-s
is absolutely unrestricted.' Washington
Star.
"Poor Jenks looked like a goner the last
time I saw him."
"o; he's sure to live for four years at
least. The president Just appointed him to
an office." Philadelphia Press.
Jonah looked up from the market re
ports. "Well, well," he muttered, "if I'd known
'hnlebon would ever reach fl.VOOO a ton
that old spouter I traveled with wouldn't
have got away so easily."
And be helved a sigh of regret. Cleve
land Plain rcalr.
HER FAITH.
Chicago Rcord-Herald.
"While you have faith In me." he said.
"I will have strength to do my best!''
The blushes on her cheeks were red.
The Joy was cuep within her breast.
She pledged him all her faith, and pride
Whs- in her heart as day by day
He pushed the obstacles aside
That once hud seemed to oar his way.
With many a longing, tender smile
She read of triumphs which he had;
She gave him to the world a While.
And heard men pralso him and was glad.
The goal that in his youth hsd seemcu
So far away waa won, and then
Another goal boyond hlm gleamed,
. .Wherefore be pre.seijaheaij again.
Through dismal hours she sat alone.
Through dismal daya she vainly wept
And longed to claim as oil her own
Him that the world had won and kept.
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