Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, December 8, 1900, Page 6

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"Taschiick, sectetary of The ‘e Publishing Company, being duly sworn, says that the actual numper of full and eomplete coples of The Dally, Morning, Evening and Bunday Bee printed during the month of November, 190, was as follows 200 1.0 llding, Twen- Street. gupNsREnn Total . Less unsold and returned coples... Net total sales Net daily average, GEO.\B. ’\"7!(‘“('(‘!\ Bubscribed in my presence before me this 1st day of l)fl‘ 1900, ‘l Byotn y Publi Are we to have a contest between the Sunday theater and the Sunday sermon as a drawing card? The Nebraska legislature convenes this time on New Year's day. An early start should mean an early adjourn- ment. Several statesmen would like to get Into the Nebraska senatorial game, but find themselves left without cards by the dealer. By the time South Omaha’s charter gets down to Lincoln it is likely to ap- pear in duplicate or triplicate and each ropy different. Tt should not be inferred from the fact that the Boers are to be confined on the race track at Pretoria that they will lead fast lives there. Mr. Bryan has already begun to break his rule about refusing to be inter- viewed on questions ralsed by current events. The Interview habit will not down. . Spsp——— Almost a week of congress has gone by and Senator Pettigrew has only in- troduced ome resolution of inquiry. The late élection must have taken the senator's breath away. Christmas presents payable on the in- #stalivent plan is the tempting balt offered by advertisers in several eastern newspapers. But beware of the gift Wwith a string tled to it. — ] In all the cry for relief for the Ne- braska supreme court the voices of the supreme court judges are inaudible. The judges do not appear to be disturbed Whether relieved or not. ——— Banto Domingo wants a reciprocity treaty with the United States. If it is negotiated the president should insist on the exclusion of that country's most prolific product—revolutions, The aunditorium promoters should find some wealthy benefactor to signalize the incoming of the new year with a big jump in the auditorium fund. Don't every one speak at once. Em———— Mr. Bryan says he has heard nothing of the Indiana movement to form a new party. Possibly the promoters are keeping the affair quliet for fear the Nebraska man will want to join it. —— Towa sheriffs are combining to ask the legislature to authorize an Increase in their fee bills. The fees of Nebraska sheriffs could be cut down to the Towa werle without any hardship on litigants who have to pay them. e ] A number of fusfon state officlals have reached the conclusion that with thelr exit from office next month they have nothing more to expect in politics. They should be given credit for reading the message, of the election correctly. Portugal and Holland are at outs and the ministers of the two countries have taken their playthings and gone home. A war between these two coun- tries s as much to be feared as a duel with brickbats at a halt mfle range. As a general thing Americans are not considered slow, but congress on its opening day was several laps behind the English Parliament in sensational fea- tures. Unless America is to fall be- bind, Texas should make haste to return Joe Balley to Washington. SEEsemp——— General Funston is back at his old tricks, swimming rivers to get at the rebels in ' the 'Philippines. General Wheeler should at once climb a tree, Just to show the country that he is not falling behind In the race simply be- :‘ul‘cin 1s on the retired list. At the tall end of his term Treas- urer Meserve has reduced the amount of school money lylng%idle by half, the uninvested portion now amount- fng to $106968. There may be * some good reason why this should not DISCUSSING THE TREATY. Discussion in the senate of the Hay- Pauncefote treaty has thus far given no eertain indication as to the probable fate of that convention. It Is assured that there will be no action on the canal bill until the treaty Is disposed of, its ratification being generally regarded as & | @ neccssary preliminary to legislation authorizing the construction of an inter- oceanic canal, Should it fail of ratifi- eation it Is possible that the Nicaragua canal bill will be passed by the senate, but in that case it is highly probable there would be danger of it involving this country in a vexatious controversy with Great Britain. Senator Morgan of Alabama, who thinks it 18 competent for the United States to proceed with the building of the canal regardless of the treaty or of Great Britain's wishes In the matter, yet said in his speech on the subject Thurs- day that he bad no doubt that if the United States should proceed with the construction of the canal without first taking steps to secure the neutrality of the waterway Great Britain would be grievously offended. He thought it not tmpossible that the offense would be considered sufficlently grave to lead to hostilitics between the two countries. We do not think there need be any ap- prehension on this scors. Great Britain would not go to war with the United States for such an offense. But this country cannot afford to disregard an International duty and obligation, even though it may do o with Impunity. Wi have a treaty with Great Britain wh our government has admitted is in full force and effect. That treaty—the Clay- ton-Bulwer convention of 1850—provides for joint npeutralization of a canal and forblds exclusive control, together with fortification and colonization. The treaty before the senate modifies the terms of the convention of half a cen- tury ago. It ylelds the prohibition of control, but retains the theory of joint guarautee of neutrality on the lines of the Suez canal internationalization, If the new treaty falls international duty will require that the United States ob- serve the terms of the old treaty until such time as it could be abrogated and it 1s not to be doubted that President Mec- Kinley would veto a canal bill that dis- regarded our international obligation. 1t is not probable that the British gov- ernment can be induced to make any further concession. It may be re- garded as absolutely certaln that it will not yleld on the question of the neu- tralization of the proposed canal and in this it will have the moral support of the commercial nations of the world. The principle established in regard to the correct principle and Great Britain, in insisting upon it in connection with the Nicaragua canal, will have all the com- merclal nations on her elde. Can the United States afford to create a situation of this kind? We do not think it can and we have been unable to find in the arguments of those who oppese neu- tralization any sound: reason for be- lieving that the policy they advocate would give this country any substantial advantages. ; NEEDED PAVING LEGISLATION. One of the tasks devolving upon the legislature, which concerns Umaha par- ticularly, conslsts in straightening out the jumble created in the legislation governing paving by reason of the nu- merous court decisions which have given new interpretations, playing havoc with the old and established practices. Omaha has already done a great deal in the last few years in putting fits streets in good condition for traffic, but has yet considerable paving to do. ' Hav- fug started out with the plan of assess- ing the cost against abutting property, any change, forced by defective legisla- tion, throwing the expense upon the gen- eral community would compel property owners who have already paid for their own paving to bear a second burden for others equally able to pay for them- selves. If it 1s possible, and no good reason exists why it should not be poulhlc, to correct the errors which have led to the vacation of so many paving tax levies, it should by all means be done. If there is a way further than that to frame the law so that the courts will give the public the benefit of legal tech- nicalities rather than the tax-shirking property owners trylng to evade thelr obligations, that, too, should be done. Ih justice to the taxpaying public at large, the validity of these levies should be upheld irrespective of minor tethni- calities, unless it s shown that actual fraud bas plays part, or gross injus- tice would ensue. In most cases, how- ever, where paving assessments have been Invalidated there has been neither fraud nor injustice, and the only way to secure exact justice s to relmpose the levy and enforce collection. Such as- sessments have been valldated by legis- lative actlon over and over in other states whose examples should be fol- lowed by the coming legislature, READY FOR STATEHOOD. The report of the governor of Okla- hgma shows that the territory is pre- ‘pared for statehood. It is in a highly prosperous condition and s steadily growing in population and in the devel- opment of its resources. Really no state or territory can show a record of growth In the past decade that compares with that of Oklahoma. The territory has a population of 308,245, which 1s more than eight of the states have, and this population is of the progressive kind, which goes in for public schools and banks and is Industrious and thrifty, The governor says there is an excellent public school system and that there are five higher institutions of learning which are mot excelled by the similar institutions of any state. The assessed valuation of property is ncarly §50,- 000,000, The governor is fully warranted In saying that Oklahoma, when Compared a8 to population, area and wealth, with have been done long ugo, but it is not| a_like condition prevalling In a large apparent to outsiders and the treasurer bas pever wade it known. number of states at the time of their admisslon into the union, awply justifies that President McKinley would feel it | to be his duty to veto the measure, since | Suez canal 18 universally accepted as the | O THE OMAHA DAILY BEE: its claims to statehood. The eight states In the nnlon today with a smaller popu- lation than Oklahoma are: Delaware, Idaho, Montana, North Dakota, Utal, Wyoming, Vermont and Nevada. Most of the states were admitted with g smaller population than that territory now has, S————— THE ARMY BILL. The democrats of the house of rep- resentatives, with three honorable ex- ceptions, voted against giving the gov- ernment the military force required to suppress insurrection in the Philippines and establish law, order and good gov- ernment in the lslands. They did this upon the speciods plen that the army bill provides for the permanent increase of the standing army. One republican, whom it is safe to assume does not rep- rescut the sentiment ot a majority of his constituents, voted with the dem- ocrats. In proposing an increase of the regulnr army the republicans are simply provid- ing for existing conditions, which are belleved to require such a force as the army bill authorizes. A succeeding con- gress may reduce the standing army to its former dimensions if circumstances shall warrant its belng done or public sentiment demands it. There Is conse- quently nothing in the talk about the increase being permanent. Republicans generally are as much opposed to a large standing army as are democrats, and'it is not to be doubted that if before the end of the next congress' the conditions shall be such as not to require so large a force as at present it will be reduced. As to the professed fear of so-called militarism, it is so manifestly ridiculous that no one of ordinary intelligence will glve it serious consideration. Seventy- six millions of people are in no danger from an army of 100,000, four-fifths of which will be employed thousands of miles away on the other side of the globe, Thé determination of a republican ad- ministration and congress to suppress the fnsurrection in Luzon has been ap- proved by a large majority’ of the peo- ple. As wys sald by Representative Hull in closing the general debate on the army bill, the president under tha treaty of Paris must assert the soverelgnty of the United States over the Phillppine Islands. “As long as the Islands were ours, we must enforce,our authority or disgrace ourselves in the eyes of the world,” There is a responsibility and an obligation to be met and the repud- lican party, baving recelved the mandate of the nation, will not hesitate to pro- vide the means for properly and fully meeting them. question which the taxpayers of aha should ask themselves Is whether the experiment of a tax commisaioner in its present form has proved a success: The original idea of creating a special tax department for the geparate assessment of property for city taxation was that a more equable valuation would be se- cured and property listed that had pre- viously escaped taxation altogether. The great complaipt had always been that real estate was bearing almost the entire burden. Has the burden on real estate been lightened by the tax com- missioner system? Have the Inequall- tles of assessment been abolished? Is tax evasion and tax shirking any less prevalent than before? Batisfactory answers to the questions would afford desirable light upon a dublous subject. Sm—— An interesting contention is in prog- ress In the Central Labor union in which the domination of the soclalists has *been manifested by proposing an amendment to the constitution of the American Federation of Labor making one of the objects of the organization the abolition of the wage system. This resolution has given the Omaha trade unionists the reputation throughout the country of being committed to soclalistic schemes, whereas we are sure that no- where In the country are the wagework- ers better satisfied with conditions than they are right here in Omaha, where they are sharing in the general pros- perity and making strides forward right along. e—— If we are to have competition between the school board and the city councll in making tax levies for city and school district the competition ought to be to keep the levy of each at the lowest pos- sible point consistent with eficient ad- minlstration, rather than for the one to get ahead of the other. When two In- dependent authorities are empowered to fix the tax rate the taxpayers usually get the worst of it. The Indlan supply depot at Chicago has been developed into a great instity- tion, handing hundreds of thousands of dollars’ worth of goods every year. Omaha is better located than Chicago for the purpose of distributing Indlan supplies and there Is no good reason why the Omaba supply depot cannot. be built up in the same way with equal benefits to the local jobbers and manu- facturers. S——— We Can't Lose 'Em. Indlanapolls Press. Nobraska's dream has been rudely shat- The populists are not going to eml- Guam wants a ltile of our overflow pros- ity. And whatever else may be sald not be charged that we hesl- tated to glve to our distressed neighbors out of our abundance. The rellef vessel s @ pecullarly American imatitution. n Well Founded. Springfield Republican. Reports from Nebrasks have it that the populists there are plaming an extended emigration to the Indlan Territory. Som etired at t cent t in the movement— ovidently belng convinced that Nebraska has returned to the republican fold to stay. e Keen Se f D Kansas City Star. It was noted at the opening of congress that the offerings of flowers were mostly on the republican side of the ho that the fallure te decorate their desks was rompted by & sense of delicacy and by the SATURDAY, thought that flowers under certain circum- stances may be oclated with bereave- s well as with victory and rejofoing. The c racy At this time is der floral attentions rassing. somewhat embar- Senator ¢ les A. Towne, This much at least may be said of Charles A. Towne's appolntment to the United States scnate: However objectionable his political views may be to republicans, it must be conceded that he is a man of abllity. Hence, not even for a fow weeks, will there be a break In the record Min- nesota is acquiring for sending able men to Washington. Election of Senators. J. Bterling Morton's Conservative. The Conservative hopes that the election of the senators by the next legislature may be apeedily and satisfactorily accomplished. Thére should be no stubborn chicane, cor- rupt bargaing®or personal pique postponing results, as in the legislature two years ago ~when the lamented Hayward was elected. The state needs and demands the selection of two practical, reputable and able men to represent its commercial Inter and the of its public lite, The government has shown a warrantable DECEMBER 8, liberality in the expemditure of money to turn the battlefields of the civil war into publie grounds set apart and beautified in honor of the natton's dead. It would be Justifiable expansion of this use of the puv- lic funds to p Representative McAleer's bill ‘appropriating $200,000 to establish a military park at Valley Forge. The whole country has a revolutionary pride and a revolutionary heritage in that hallowed ground. As 800u as the Tagals cease to engage In hostile acts against the government and the Philippines are permitted to work out thelr career In peace and quiet, the con- clusion reached in the case of Porto Rico will be'applied to our islands in the Pacific as well as those In Atlantle. " The genius of our institutions will not permit the making of flesh of one part of our ter- ritory and fowl of the other. No matter what the outcome may be—even if it 1s only good red herring—we will be sure as & people to inslst on a square deal all around. — IRRIGATION AND FORESTRY. Twin the Government ve Together. Minneapolis Times, In his annual report the secretary.of the Interior urges the fmportance ot govern- mental ald in the réclamation of the arld lands of the west by irrigation, though he does not go further in the line of practical suggestion than to recommend that & com- misglon composed of experts now engaged in the examination of water and forest re- sources be formed to put the data acquired In compact and (intelligible form and present thelr recommendations to con- gress. The last congress appropriated $100,000 to be used by the geological survey in its study of the problem of irrigation the secretary advises a further in- se. It Irrigation is to be prosecuted on a large scale ln the west, the participation ot the federal goveroment in the work seems unavoldable. enterprise may reclalm compa land and control stre but it tlore 18 t be any adequate conserva- tion of “th T supply on the water- sheds for tm‘lnn of considerable stretches of there must be federal assistance, apd it is the bellef of many students of Slmweubjoct that this aid could be exten “(vnh dirgct profit to the treas- ury. For reservation and the irriga- ton of arid lands are \twin problems and the solution of one carries with it the considerution. of the other. The co-o) tion of state and national governments in putting a s 0 the waste of resources now in progress is of imminent importance, ———— A BRILLIANT RECORD, ms ‘here and there, 'ved Co! 8, Progressive P Boston Transcript. It was a gratifylng evidence of har- mony In the administrative family that the president should k all the mem- ©of the present et to remgin in their several positions and continue give him the bemefit of their counsel. It has been hinted that Becretary Wilson of the Agricultural department might wish to rotire at the end of the present term, but we trust the hint is without authority or significance, for the reason that it would hardly be possible to Ml his place as isfactorily as he has been filling it, and, while giving his colleagues due credit for distinguished ability, the same can hardly be sald of any other cabinet offic The dutles of the secretary of agriculture are hardly ever as dramatic as those which fall to eral of the other departments, and events of great national and {nternational importance have very strongly emphasized this contrast during the last three years. He deals with unseen though powerful forces and the evidences of service have to be looked for in results rather than in proces: Applying the test at that point, we find @ record of almost marvelous progress in work that Intelligently and practically pro- motes the interests of our natlon's funda- mental industry. To begin with, the serv- ce I8 onme that the secretary thoroughly understands from its broadest relations to its smallest details. He is a practical farmer In the largest sense, possessing not only a profound knowledge of routine affairs, but of scientific principles as well Before he was called to his present position he had been a successful and prosperous farmer, had been in charge of the JYowa experiment .station and a lesturer at the sgricultural college, It has been sald that the Agricultural department is a colossal expertment station, and for that purpose be has employed the resources at his command with striking and In some ca even brilllant results. What he has done has not been alone of interest and value to this country, but has at- tracted the attention of educated agri- culturists and sclentific bodles abroad. Secretary Wilson an enthusiast, an suggestive mind. He has been Impartial In his labors and Investigations and has studled the conditions in every section of this broad land. He has imp; Thim- self in mo many ways upon agricultural lopment th t 1s diffeult to particular- 1%6. One of thewe ways, however, which Is widely appreciated 18 the extenslon of the work of the weather bureau during the last threa years. The establishment of stations around the Caribbean sea during the war proved of such great benefit to the commerce of all mations that steps were taken to make the service permanent and we have an advance guard in the region of4{ storms that has already proved of great value and promises inestimable service in the future. Dally for and warnings to rural communities have been fnc ed trom o8, in 1897 to 72,000 the present year, res looking to the improvement of the storm-warning service in the lake reglon have been adopted; the conditions of mountain snowfalls‘and irrigation have been carefully studle of rainfall, trosf #nd many more evidences of the sec tary's value te the country are mo new discovery, t tvely small tracts of | 40 1900, OTHER LANDS THAN OURS, The attack on Finland's independence, which included a constitutional government and its own system of military religlous and_educational organization, was initiated on February 16, 1890, when a ukase of the czar practically made the legislature of the Grand Duchy a mere council for consulta- tion and for the recording ot his imperial wishes. Though the horror with which this order was received in Finland came to the crar's ears he refused to recelve any Fin- nish petitioners and no change 4n the ad- ministrative plans made. It fs true, in July, 1899, he Issued a rescript explain- ing that the Finnish Estates misunderstood the governor's position, but the fact re- mnhu that the practical effect of the order 1899, was to undermine the the Grand Duchy, rules as a grand duke and not as the czar. In consequence the coun+ try is on the high road toward becoming a mere Russian province. Imperial laws now apply there, as elsewhere, without modifi- cation and it Finnish immigration continues and the educated peasantry are replaced by {lliterate Russion moujiks it will not be long before the country that had the lowest percentage of illiteracy in Europe will not differ so much from the rest of the czar's empire as to Invite the envy of its free institutions that have been its downfall. The admirers of Nicholas excuse his part In the dragooning of Finland by declaring he is not aware of what is being done, but unless he should reverse all that has been done when he recovers from his {liness Fin- land {s just as apt to suffer under a czar supposed to be liberal as under one kmown to be reactionary. It now seems that while the question of a general amnesty for all persons concerned in the Dreyfus case was being examined by a commission of the French senate, Com- mandant Esterhazy, who was then in Lon- don, made an exhaustive deposition before the local French consul general, which, however, was either not communicated to the commission or rejected by it. A recent number of the Independence Belge, pub- lished in Brussels, contains the full text of the deposition, which s sworn to by Ester- hazy. Coples of the documents to substan- tlate the declarations are also fn some in- stances presented. The deposition incrimi- Dates Colonel du Paty de Clam, Colonel Henry, General Billot, General Bolsdeffre, General Gonse and General Saussier. HEsterhazy swears that the bordereau, which was the sole legal plece of evidence alnst Dreyfus, was forged by Eaterhazy and that, therefore, the examination of it by the handwriting experts was fllusory. He practically confirmsgthe conclusions ar- rived at by the Cour de Cassation as far as they went, admitting the truth of the charges made by this court nst him, but declaring tbat in forging the dooument he acted in obedience to orders. Moreover, he declares that the alleged letters from the kaiser containing evidence of Dreyfus' trea- son were simply fabrications. o During a general discussion In the French chamber the other day upon the budget, M. Puech complained of the constant growth of expenditures, and urged the necessity of a revision of the fiscal aystem in order to lighten the burden of taxation M. Calllaux, the minis- in replylng, maintained that mal in Fraoce than elsewhere. It amounted in England to 36 per cent in eleven years, he sald, whereas in France is was only 6 per cent. He argued that the outlay on Da- jonal defence, the postal service, and pub- lic works was indispensable. The defloit of 158,000,000 francs caused by the incor- poration of the special military budget with the ordinary budget would be partly met, he declared, by the sale of national prop- erty, ylelding 15,000,000 or 20,000,000 francs and by that of the fortifications of Patls, which would produce about 160,000,000 i The floating debt was reduced y year, and a first step had been taken for the reduction of the permanent debt of 22 milllhrds, In five years that debt would be automatically reduced by 500,000,- 000 francs. The cost of the expedition to China and the occupation of the oases of Twat would be met, he sald, by increased revenue and by an indemnity from Ch! France was prospering, he asserted, would be still more prosperous it certain politiclans did not constantly represent her as being ruined. The remodelling of the drink and succession duties, he added, would be a financial reform which had been awalited for fifty years. ey ‘The Bosnlan rallway question, which for some time has been a cause for dispute between the two parts of the Austro- Hungarian monarchy, has temporarily been settled by a compromise, which, according to the Neue Frele Presse of Vi *‘concesaion, but no comprom gary gets the line from Serajevo to the sandjak of Novi Bazar and the Servian frontier, While Austria, which pays two- thirds of the cost, gets nothing.” The sur- render, it is reported in Vienna, will be keenly felt all over Austria, where the papers of all political parti government organs, in the faot that the Austrian minl: inadequate to deal with that of Hungary. In the latter country the ministry i drawn from the Parllament, and, in order to exist at all, must have at its back a strong ma- jority of the legislators, while in Austria the cabinet officlals hosen by the sov- erelgn, with no Parllamentary support whatever, and at present represent a coun- try divided against itself, and one In which legislation has practically been impossible for the last three years, The compromise, however, Is sald to hold out some hope In Austria that the condi- tlons may be modifled, provided that the January elections to Parllament shall make it possible to break the legislative dead- lock. The prospect held out {s that the line to the Dalmetiun frontier, to be begun in three years, is subject to the approval of the Austrian and Hungarian Parliaments, and consequently conditiopal. It is true that the extension to the sandjak of Novl Bazar, which is to be begun at once, I8 also subject to Parllamentary sanction, but, while it 1s sure of being adopted by the Hungarian Chamber of Deputies, the chance of its even being serlously con- sidered by the Austrian Parllament is a to be extremely doubtful, in which ¢ emperor may impose his prerogati: ase According to the officlal statement of the French government the ral'®ad o the | French Soudan has been completed at the beginning of the present year to the extent of 136 miles and by the end of 1900 156 miles will have been completed. Next year ffty m will be bullt and by 1904 the line will reach Koullkoro, on the Niger, 355 miles from Kayes, the cost per mile having been $23,000. It will be run for many years by subsidies amounting to some $200,000 & year, the traflic rece being under $200 @ yoar. It is a great point of French policy to tap the trade of the up reaches of the Niger by means of this railroad for the French port on the Atlantic and prevent it from going southward to the sea through British or German territory. The com- merce of Timbuctoo and the adjacent re- glons may be diverted, it Is thought, into exclusively French hands. The new bill on strikes, which the French government, through the agency of its so- cialist member, M. Millerand, has just In- troduced Into the chamBer provides that in every factory employing fifty or more men a printed notice shall state whether not arbitration is one of the condition: employment. In case of the aMrmative— and all state contracts will require this— the men are to elect delegates, who will submit any complaiat or demands to the — employer and, falling an agreement, both may nominate arbitrators. If the em- votes of a majority of those present and of one-third of the men employed are neces- sary. There must also be & weekly vote to decide on the continuance or cessation of the strike. —_— POLITICAL DRIFT. Senator Tillman is the lat: the prevailing fashion. He has had cut The cost of the electlon in South Caro- lina was 40 cents per vote. In Ka City the cost was $1 per vote. The Mobile (Ala) Register, sobered by the result, bluntly denounces fusion as A “sacrifice of principle for pap.” Senator Stewart, the patriarch of free sil- ver, is now settled in the republican band wagon. His name appears in the party caucus roll. Sonator Welllugton of Maryland, who drifted to Bryanism last fall, has repented. He bas put his name on the caucus roll ot vepublican senators. Some Indlana democrats, nettled over the conversion of young W. H. English to re- publicanism, revenged themselves by mu- tilating his father's statue. Hon. John Wanamaker of Philadelphia Is being tried at Beaver, Pa., on the charge of eriminal lbel, the ovtgrowth of a speech nst the Quay machine delivered two years ago. ‘Ex-Governor k of Wisconsiu, father ot “Peck's Bad Boy "' Is about to return to his old tricks. He has accepted the editorship of the comic section of the New York Sun- day World, Mr. Woolley has th tistaction of kuow- ing that he recelved more votes at the re- cent election than Mr. Debs. The moral of this Is that it pays to advertise, even to the extent of hiring a speclal traln. Pennsylvacia’ ber 30, and the come was the largest in any year of its history. The receipts amounted to $17,494,- 211,78, an Increase of over $2,000,000 over the preceding year. The mayor of Springfield, Mass., received & flattering compll t at the polls last Tuesday. His majoritd was greater than the vote cast for his opponent. This be- cause he required local corporations to live up to their contracts with the city. The late Senator Cushman K. Davis had a lucrative law practice, but his absorption in public affairs during the last years of his lite preyented him from accumulating much property. His estate, it is sald, will not much exceed $75,000, uside from his library, which 18 a valuable one. When Senators Hanna and Jones ex- changed greetings in the semate chamber last Monday Bryan's manager remarked: “You'll h to fix up that of yours it you wre going to run for president mext time.”” “A republican without legs can out- tun any democrat in 1904, retorted Hanna. Senetor Dolliver's term as representative did not expire until the day he took the oath as sepator, thus avolding a vacancy in the pay roll. When the senator was given @ place on the committee on agriculture Senator Proctor, chairman, extended a cheary greeting. “We farmers,’ he ex- claimed, “must affiliate or we are lost." FRIEN P WORTH HAVING. Recovery from the Late War. - Cleveland Leader. ‘We have taken several occasions to com- ment upon the evidence of Spain's re- markable recovery from the effects of the war with the United States and from the ng drain of men and money which sgolng on in the struggle with the Cuban ‘révolutionists and the Tagals of Luzon. . Varlous proofs of better conditions have been noted, but the most remarkable of ‘all 1s found in the statistica of the growth of the world's merchant marine in the last twelve months. Unless there is some explanation which in no way appears surface, those figures demonstrate a most remarkable development of Spanish shipping. The net gain in steam tonnage since the autumn of 1809 is stated at 637,000 tons for Great Britaln, 186,000 tons for Germany, 136,000 tons for the United States, 47,000 tons for France, 62,000 tons for Norway and 76,000 tons for Spaln. Other natlons show smaller gains, where any are reported. All the rest of the world has made an in- crease of but about 166,000 tons. Sweden, Japan, Holland, Italy and other countries of no little maritime activity and prestige are included In that total ‘When Spain can beat France or Norway Effects of promise in the Spanish nation. end of the war with the United States Span. ish business houses and the Spanish peo- ple have manifested a dlsposition to en- courage trade with America. They should be met more than half way. A BUNCH OF l-ll-u/ Chicago Record: “Well, ne: an settle down and think agout Christmas. " “Bettle down? Get stirfed up, you mean.” Detrolt Journal: “You eould bhardly call herthe pink of propriety ! "0t course nol! Pink is obviously not her color! abittsburg (‘hrnmr uch lce as he did, In his "Who, doesn't?" “Tae lce man. o doesn't cut so mu Bnagss she, innocently. remi asked Datroll Journ; There erably less a lelluwnhln |? 1t m drunk In cod liver ol Indianapolls Pres: % learn to dfe like a hero," an with aspirations. ol e youn donl yuu Mffn practicing® go Tribune: Mr- Pnurdnhnn{ num’ 80 fat these days I can hardly let u\l( his clothes fast enoigh to keep up with r. n'el‘— t's all right! Lel im R 9 fat as will. llll' akin Il":‘rlh § W square theh. 1, #hould ltke to sald the young woman, ‘“‘why ington_ Star: fuppose you will .} to got in the harnens et ® Sld Flen wish you woudn't use that phrase'* twared the Benaitive member of congress. 2ounds, (00 much as It I were depending on a pul the DI E. F. in Chicago Post. The Illll. m-ld WIO sighing, f course'} aaked her why. 1'd bought' nor in my folly I thoughit would pleass hor eye. She had, of course, a-plenty— Th l..‘Hfl"'m lhwnnl) o uper! Yet here she was nownlnn. Bome i That wak Sonceatedt trom me. “I prithee, maiden pretty, » \faiden pretty And tell me whu I've done." "Twas lhul wul Inquiring, To pleass the fttle one. “The doll that I have bouht you, And brought you, costumed as & bridl aught wrong Hor Has fashion be “Oh, no,"" she sald, “this dolly u Jolly, And goes well with the rest. 1 ‘Wanted her to" MAFTY. r. ry— The boy doll 1 fike best, "L got them all quite ready, To act as hll I»I For hrldo.m Iflu 1 hld Norl\ _Matilda Vs and"Nan. "But—dwl. me!—~the gladness dnes The brld. is In des r. They .llh!rod 1o be En.nln‘h‘ Bul No yfl.ch.r doll was there.” I passed it oft by laughing, And chafMng— She would not have 1t 8o, But held that it was fearful, tearful, And meant a life of woe, mean and spitetul, ot frighttul. ried, “For you "’a'" CtRere smioking, And laughing at e bride. “Her cup n! roe 18 heaping; he'a weepi nj afri That Ihe(l [ mmles'ne\er— Will ever Remain a poor old maid." 8he's like some fathers, thers, fome fathers, mothers, This little girl ! We scorn ouf' m"mf" 1" tredsuren, And pleasures; For what we lack we Mn& 'ONTENT. Mother’s Glasses A nice palr of Gold Glasses for mother's Christmas wight be just what she needs. Other Suggestions Solid Pearl Opera Glasses. .. .$5.00 Fancy House Thermometers.$1.00 Solid Nickel Reading Glasses 78¢ J. C. Huteson & Co,, Consulting Opticians, IGZO.Douglns Street. Looks and Service. These are attributes of all our clothing for chil. dren—it is sure to be the fashion and becoming— and it is also durable in material and workmanship —and this is important, The choice we offer you in vestee suits, sailor suits and 2-piece suitsm Today at $5.00 are extra value and quality—We ask you to exam- ine them, They will show you at a glance why our clothing is far superior to the common kind. NOW is when the boys are changing from soft to stiff front shirts—and we want to cal]l atten- tion to our magnificent line at 75¢c and $1.00. AND boys from, say 15 to 18, who have had trou- ble in being fitted in gloves and mittens—can be ac- commodated here— 75c $1.00 and up. Hats, caps and furnishings as well. rowning, King & Co., |, R. S. Wilcox, Manager. Omaha’s Qaly Exclusive Clothiers for Men and Boya