Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, July 2, 1901, Page 6

THE OMAHA DAILY _THE ©MAHA DALY BEE. EDITOR. ING, | E. ROS PUBLISHED EVE Y MORN TERME Daily | Daily iilustra Bunduy Baturday kec . ¥ sioggis Twentieth mer, One Year WMPTION 800 | 2.0 ) 1.0 | Omaha: The South Omak ty-fifth and M cli Blufts cago: 16 w York aningt Butlding Hull sullding, Twen- 1 Fou th Street, CORRESPONDENCE, Communications relating to news and edl- torial matter should be addressed: Omaha | Bee, riment 8 LETT tters cnd remittan, The Bee Publishing Business | ddressed pany, Um. Remit b ayab nly 2-cer mall acc Omahu Til PUBLIS BTATEMENT OF CIRCULATION Douglas County, s, K, secretar The 1 being, duly sworn, moer of full and iy, Morning, printed during as &l {1NG COMPANY wie 25,800 e N80 26,880 26,170 26,40 | tavor of raising all corporations, providing Total | Less unsold and returned coples | ratse Net total sales Net dally Bubscribed in_my before me this 9oth day of | A | o them notifying The office, In person s « will be changed ired. E— e s Remember that a toy pistol may maim or kill, even If it Is not loaded. City Treasurer Hennings s over- worked—so are the taxpayers. The eity treasury Is comfortably sup- plied with mone, but that does not signify that Omaha has money to burn. Bee B The annual Fourth of July slaughter of the innocents is a blot on American clvilization and a reflection on Chris- tianity. The salmon canners of British Co- lumbia have a strike on their hands. A strike is what the ordinary fisherman 18 looking for, but in this instance it 1s not welcome. If the Humane society will keep its bull's-eye lantern turned on South Omaha during the present week it will discover some things that have not been dreamed of in its philosophy. ———— Tom Hoctor is the only consistent member of the Board of County Equal- izers. He declared at the outset that he did not see anything wrong in the assessors' returns, and he did not have to change his mind very much. Salvation Army ethics are very pecu- lar. When a Salvation Army captain horsewhips her husband for gallavant- ing with a woman that wears a feather n her hat, she does so purely as an individual and not in her official capac- ity. Chicago speculators should be in no hurry to stampede on account of re- ports of damage to corn owing to the hot weather. While these stories are being circulated corn Is coming right along, attending strictly to busi- ness. General Gomez has arrived in New York to talk over Cuban politics with T. Estrada Palma. The atmosphere of New York ought to prove an Inspl- ration to them-—the air they breathe is charged with politics of the most practical kind. The Cripple Creek grand jury has come to the conclusion that the school board of that city has been unduly influenced by politiclans. If the Crip- ple Creek jury Is of the opinion that i the only place where such a con- ditlon exists it is mistaken. Enstern papers are printing storles about Nebraska farmers forcing tramps to work in the harvest fleld. Nebraska farmers could undoubtedly make use of some extra help just now, but they learned long ago that it was useless to seek It from this ss and he just puts in a few extra hours himself. == The legal questions involved in a poker gume arve rapidly being solved. An Indiana ju has decided that a man s guilty of no crime for putting & lead dollar into a jack pot and now & Miunesota jury has decided that a player who Killed an opponent whom he caught cheating 1s not guilty of murder. South Carolina objects to paying the internal revenue tax levied by the gen- eral government on retall dealers In Uquor, the business in that state all be- ing conducted by the state. The off- clals have wisely decided, however, to test the matter In the courts without golug to the extent of defying the gov- ernment. The south i undoubtedly progressing. The new cup defender met the same fate as the new challenger—defeated in the trial race by the old boat. To make sure that the cup stays on this side the New York Yacht club better get off its high horse and let the Bos- ton boat have a show in the trial races. For sentimental reasons the whole e Year. 36,00 | BEFORE AND AFTER TAKING. On Sunday morning, June 16, The Bee published the following authorized dec Inrations from the five members of the County Board of Equalization: Commissioner James P. Connolly—There should be absolutely no favoritism in the levying of taxes, and, above all, the big corporations should be made to pay their Just and equitable share Commissioner Henry B. Ostrom—I lieve ft is entirely proper to bring franchise corporation assessments up as to add $2,000,000 to the total valuation of the county. Commissioner A. C. Harte—I am con- vinerd that the franchised corporations, packing houses, bridges, smelters, stock | yards and other big concerns ought to be raised to at lexst 10 per cent of their ac- tual values, and I am in favor of imme- dlate action along this line Commissioner Peter G. Hofeldt—I am in favor of ralsing the assessments of the packing houses and big corporations to the same percentage at which other assess- ments arc made. Their assessments are ridiculously low Commissioner Thomas Hoctor—I am not familiar with the value of the property of he big Omaha corporations, but I know that the South Omaha packing houses are assessed at a great deal lower percentage than other propert I don't think It would be policy to ralse them, except, per- haps, a little bit On Sunday morning, June 30, The Bee published the following semi-official declarations: Commissioner James P. Connolly—I think the aggregate ralse should have been $1,112,000, 1 am so on record Commissioner Heory E. Ostrom—1 was in t were all raised on an equal basls, but 1 did not want to jump up one and let the other down. 1 don’t think the corporations have been assessed at any lower percentage than have m her property owners. Compm foner A Harte—I think the we ha 1 in the corporation as- sessments 1s a good one. Commissioner Peter G, out for a larger increase, use. Commisstoner Thomas Hoctor—I am sat- fsfled with the work of the board. To comprehend the meaning of this extraordinary change of mind it is only necessary to invite attention to the fol- lowing figures: Omaha Gas company: stimated value ....... fqualized assessment . Proportion of equalized to 414 per cent. Omaha Street Rallway company: Estimated value ..... Equalized assessment . Proportion of equalized to 214 per cent Omaha Water company: Estimated value .. Equalized assessment . Proportion of equalized to 4 per cent. Thomson-Houston company: Estimated value . Equalized assessment . Proportion of equalized to 27-10 per cent. Unfon stock yards: Estimated value Equalized assessment . Proportion of equalized to 21-10 per cent. The South Omaha packing houses are equalized in Omaha as follows: Armour & Co.... Cudahy Packiug company. Swift and Company. Hammond & Co. Omaha Packing company Hofeldt—I held but it was no +$2,000,000 o 90,850 actual value, +$5,000,000 wenes 114,510 actual value, $4,000,000 actual value, $1,000,000 27,000 actual value, ,000,000 107,036 actual value, .$ 88,750 85,604 72,485 47,295 37,875 Total assessment of five packing houses .... . cerennnad $332,009 In Kaneas City, Kan., the assessment of three of these packing houses is as follows: Cudahy Packing company. Armour & Co.. Swift and Company $ 364,000 911,000 478,000 Total assessment of three pack- ing houses. . $1,753,000 It is safe to assume that the five pack- ing houses in Omaha are equal at least in value to the three packing houses of Kansas City, which are by no means as- sessed at full value, but represent about 25 per cent of the actual value. The contrast is striking and speaks for itself. WILL NEED AMERICAN WHEAT. The outlook is most favorable for a large American wheat crop. The con- ditions In FEurope promise a less than average yleld, so that there Is every probability that the forelgn demand for our wheat this year will be as large or larger than last year. According to the latest estimates the wheat crop In France cannot possibly be larger than last year and will prob- ably be less. If it should not be more France will have to import at least 40,000,000 bushels and the amount may exceed that. In Prussia wheat and rye are both very bad and in the rest of Germany the reports are more or less unfavorable. The officlal estimates are for a shortage of 6,000,000 bush- els and taking 86,000,000 bushels as an average import the needs for the coming year would rise to 62,000,000 bushels. The American consul general at Berlin reports that the cereal har- vests in Prussla will show the largest and most disastrous deficit that has been recorded in recent years. The later reports are more gloomy than the ear- lier ones. Forty-seven per cent of the winter wheat area in Prussia has been plowed up and the quality of the re maining 53 per cent was very poor. At the beginning of June the winter wheat crop of Prussla promised to be about one-half of what it was last year, leay- ing a deficit of more than 38,000,000 bushels. It Is stated that more than 11 per cent of the Prussian rye fields have been winter killed and plowed up, so that a larger {mportation of rye this year than last is probable. As now Indicated, the English wheat crop will be under the average and mediocre results are expected In Austria and Bavaria. European requirements for wheat, says the New York Journal of Commerce, promise to be larger than those of any previous year since 1897, The United States has the good for- tune to be blessed with fine harvests when those of Europe are poor. Our two largest crops were In 1808 and 1801, with or following poor crops abroad, and present indleations are that our wheat harvest this year will be the second or third best In our bistory. The tarif in France and rany works heavily agalnst our wheat and country takes a great interest In this trophy and does not wish to see any chance to retailn it thrown away. in spite of the shortage In the latter country the agrarians are asking for an | 120 increase of duties, urging that now Is the opportunity to enable them to re. coup. It 1s not at all likely that any | heed will be given to this demand, since it will have a most determined opposi- tion from consumers, but In any there will be no reduction this year in the European demand for Amerfcan | wheat and this must certainly tend to keep up the price. It fs a situation upon which the American producers can be congratulated and which will do much to maintain prosperity here. even A HURTFUL CONTROVERSY The controversy regarding FPension Commissioner Evans is sald to be do- ing a great deal of harm. The Wash ington Post remarks that its tendency s not only to embarrass the commissioner biniself, “but to undermine his author: ity and, in the same ratio, to demoral the pension office fors No one knows what the president intends doing in the matter and in consequence there Is among the employes of the bureau a state of suspense and irresolution. “In fac says the Post, “the whole office labors under a languor fatal to effective and harmonious achievement,” and that paper urges that the president could well afford to speak plainly and thereby put an end to the wmischievous gossip and unfortunate uncertainty. The effort to bave Commissioner Evans removed has assumed a more acter than heretofore be- cause of the active part taken in it by Daunjel K. Si who two ) was an earnest supporter of the commissioner. Gene claims to have found reasons since then for concluding that Mr. Evans' admin- istration of the pension office is not sat- isfactory and he also alleges that he was ussured, during the last presi- dential campaign, by members of the publican national committee, that in the event of McKinley's election the commissioner would be removed. He uot pretend, however, that the president was committed by any such assurance. In his opposition to the re- tention of Commissioner Evans it s doubtless true that General Sickles rep- resents 4 majority of the Grand Army, but it 18 not easy to reconcile his pres- ent attitude with that of two years ago. President McKinley will undoubtedly speak when he thinks the proper time has cswe to do so, In the mean- while It is safe to assume that he does not share the opinion of Sickles and other opponents of the pension com- missloner, for he certainly would not | retain in that position a man whom he belleved to be unfair and unjust to the union soldiers. —_— e INDEMNITY QUESTIO ETTLED. It had been supposed that the ques- tion of the indemnity to be paid by China was settled and disposed of, but such is not the case. It appears that the aggregate amount of claims by the elght powers Interested in the indem- nity is less than China agreed to pay and now the powers must agree among themselves as to what they will do with the excess. A Washington dispatch says it s known there that Japan is not satisfied with her share of the indem- nity, which s less than the cost of her military operations in China, and it 1s expected she will ask for an increase of her indemnity. Germany, also, is understood to be disposed to increase her claim and it is possible that some of the other powers will ask for more indemnity. Against anything of this kind it is be- lleved that Great Britain will protest, while the United States will not go beyond the claim 1t has made, but will probably propose that the excess of- fered by China be returned to that count: It Is hardly necessary to say, however, that no such proposition would be accepted by a majority of the other powers. It seems very remarkable that China should have offered more than was claimed by the powers, but the explanation 1s offered that the Chinese imperial authorities, in order to bring the question to a settlement, were willing to promise any sum, no matter how big, knowing that the foreigners did not rely on the Chinese to collect and pay the indemnity, but would them- selves uttimately be forced to assume the responsibility for payment. The meaning of this is that the powers must take the control of the customs taxes, which some of them are in favor of dolng, the consequence of which would be a lasting bar and impedi- ment to the complete open door to China. The British forelgn office, it 1s said, looks upon the Indemnity as a per- petual charge on the Chinese customs und therefore that there will be no open door to trade with China, the effect of the indemnity being to defeat all plans for commerclal intercourse with that empire, It is an entirely reasona- ble view to take of the matter. It was proper to demand some indemnity, but had the powers adopted the suggestion of the United States and been moderate fn thelr claims, looklug rather to com- mercial concessions than to a money consideration, there can be mno doubt that in the end they would have bene- fited by it. As it is they will get back no more than they have expended and a restriction will be placed on commer- clal intercourse with China for muny years. kles, does The mayor of Lincoln has issued a proclamation forbidding Fourth of July fireworks and firecrackers within the boundaries of the Cupital City. The mayor gives as an excuse for thiy emivently prudent proclamation the pro- tracted heat and consequent danger from a conflagration. This excuse was superfluous. The dangerous Fourth of July fireworks and firecracker practice should be prohibited In all citles whether the temperature 18 high or low. — Indications are that the great steel combine and organized lubor are pre- paring to lock horns in a life and | gerous.” death struggle. Both from an eco- nomie and sociological standpoint such a struggle is to be deplored. It will prove a serlous blow to our expanding steel trade no matter which wins. As long as the manufacturers and labor organizations are both strong enough to render each fearful of provoking a struggle there will be no question about the development of the Industry along legitimate lines with prosperity in sight for both laborer and employer. The country does not wish to see either the industry or the men crushed. Com mon sense should prompt hoth to sub mit their differences to arbitration. What f& a fad and what have fads done for our public schools? These | questions are propounded by a member | of the Chicago school board and answered to his own satisfaction with this conclusion: “I cannot regard the average fad as harmful or even dan- That may be true, but fads in the public schools are very costly and, being costly, they divert mouey | that should be expended for the es- sntfal branches of education in prefer- ence to the superfiuous. By robbing a large number of school patrons of the opportunity for acquiring useful and al- niost indispensable knowledge for the benefit of the few, they become harmful it not dangerous After all the talk about the American marines being responsible for looting thousands of dollars worth of prop- erty from the Chinese company which owned the buildings in Tlen Tsin in which they were quartered It appears that the property lost was rice and coal The former was distributed among the starving Chinese and the latter was used by the nav a wil- itary necessity. The American marine bas won a good name for himself wherever Le has been and the people of this country were slow to belleve that he had deliberately stolen several hundred thousand dollars’ worth of property. Chicago also nplaing of favoritism in the assessment of corporations, but the returns, as compared with Omaha, would be classed as high water mark. For example. The Unlon Traction company 18 assessed at $1,547,000; Chi- cago Edison company, $600,000; Crane Elevator company, $1,540,650; People's Gas Light company, for North Chicago, $1,000,000; General Electric company, $150,000; American Linseed Oil com- In proportion to its population Switz- erland is the greatest manufacturing country in the world. In natural re- sources there are few which are poorer than Switzerland. With the immense natural resources of the United States and the energy of its people these facts give a slight indication of what can be accomplished here when those re- sources are thoroughly developed—they are only scratched at present. Heavywelghts to the Front. Philadelphla Record. President McKinley has certainly been successful in selecting men of weight to govern the Philippin The average of the members of the Taft commission 1s 222 pounds. —_— When David led on B ‘Washington Post. One year ago today the Hon. David Ben- nett Hill made that famous journey from Kansas City to Lincoin to try to Induce Mr. Bryan to consent to a reasonable plat- form. Doubtless David feels that his posi- tion in the matter was amply vindicated by the election returns. Enough and to Spare. New York Tribune. The wheat crop which the northwest is about to harvest will, it is predicted, break all records for magnitude—a bit of news which countries with deficits in their usual stores of cereals will hear with a feeling of thankfulness that in at least oue of the world's great granaries there is always enough and to spare. Working for His Salary. Chicago Record-Herald Mr. Schwab, the president of the United States Steel company, kissed two hundred women and several babies at Braddock, Pa., the other evening. Also, he has built a church as a memorial to his mother-in- law, who is still living. Mr. Schwab is strongly suspected of trying, by exhibiting eccentricities, to prove that be is a geniua. General Harmony on Deck. San Francisco Call. It has been noted by political experts that the republican party is now tree of factions and feuds for the first time in thirty years; while the elements of opposition are more hopelessly divided than at any time since 1860. It seems as If the people as a whole have decided to settle down to sound money and protection and let re- publican statesmen run the government. Build the Best Bridges. J. Sterling Morton's Conservative, In every county in Nebraska the com- missioners should build the best bridges. They are the cheapest. The culvert made of vitrified brick or of iron sewer-pipes should be placed iustead of bridges wherever a gulch is crossed in which no watercourse flows. In Nebraska City there fs @ steel bridge which has been in con- stant use night and day for thirty years. It s the best and cheapest bridge Otoe county ever owned. Quality of Infallibility, Kansas City Star According to Mr. Bryan's theory of poli- tics, once an issue always an lseue. In his scheme of procedure there Is no such thing as dropping, modifying or repudiat- ing a declaration once made. Every com- mitteeman or delegatc must subscribe to the last national platform. Delegates and committeemen must make thelr new dec- larations conform to that plattorm. No matter what the people say, the ‘“organi- zation," otherwise the “machine,” must seo that this plan is carried out. Under such & rigid system it would be impossible to correct an error. Only a supreme egotist lke Bryan, who attributes to himself the quality of infallibility, would formulate party policles along such line The Speaker nnd the King. Springtield Republican. Speaker Henderson is getting laughed at s0 much because of his remarks about his qulet chat with King Edward that he may really be compelled to announce that he was not reported accurately by the London branch of the Associated Press. It I3 some time since anything quite so delicious as Henderson on this occasion has been granted to us. Speaking with due reserve to his 76,000,000 of countrymen concerning his visit to royalty, the lowan still cannot rerain from anunouncing the joyful news “While the details of our conversation may Dot be repeated, I can assure my American friends that England may be depended upon in any ordinary controversy that iay arise between the United States and the reat of the world." Blessed be David! He and Edward have fixed it up, and we are sale, 1 ‘ Proof of Prosperity | Baltimore Those who care to study closely the puise | of American business will find it | ing to bow persistently that continues to beat with active ener year when this country seemed the midst of an unusual prosperity | were some who claimed that it i | ficial, insinuating, in fact, that it was being | factitiously stimulated in order to have [a favorable ipfluence on the presidential | election. Those same cynics predicted that before this time this year there would be such a serlous relapse in busiuess con ditions that the change would be akin to | & pantc | Events have so emphatically contradic | their prophecies that the people have al | most forgotten that such prophecics were | made. Inetead of business suffering a re verse, it has gathored in successfully an extra measure of prosperity. Our country has progressed, rather than retrogressed Trade s more flourishing now than it | was a year ago. The percentage of growth actually exceeds that of last season’s splen | i record. Everywhere, in every direction | —north, ecast, south and west—the same Teports are heard. Nor Is the verification [ of this claim dependent solely upon hear- say testimony. There are facts and fAgures to corroborate It in every detail. No bet ter witness is needed than the doings of | the raflroads. They prosper with ! perity, and languish when business i« quiet | For that reason their reports are usually conclusive proofs as to what the true con- note n there be Pros- American ditions may be. When increased earnings are the prevalling rule that Indicates a corresponding increase in the volume of busin The larger the stream of mov- ing commodities, the greater will be the receipts fnto the rallroad exchequer. Now, what do the reports reveal? The last complete authentic monthly compila- tion, representing 133 roads, shows an in- crease in net earnings over the same period | of last year equal to 17.80 per cent. That! becomes doubly significant when it I8 r called that last year itselt was 13.07 per cont better than the year preceding. It 1s thus scen that 1900, which was 8o glorfous because of its great business achievement, has been eclipsed by the steady advance- ments made fn 1001, Nor has this record been made possible by any speclal local- ized growth. The whole country has felt the impulse. This can be seen by refer- ence to the different sections of railroads The net earnings of the trunk lines showed an increase of $885,444; the anthracite coalers, an increase of $158,161; the east- rn and middle roads, au increase of § 070; the middlowestern roads, an Increase of $620.576; the northwestern roads, an in- crease of $197,718; the southeastern, an in- creq an increase of $382,226; the south Pacific roads, an increase of $783,641, and the south- ern roads, an increase of $220,385. It is thus seen that the expanded volume of business has favorably affected all sections of the nation. © of $1,303,023; the north Pacific roads, | BITS OF WASHING Scenes and Inc Natlona » Observed at the Capltal, The Washington correspondent Chicago Chronicle, commenting shocking death of Adelbert S. Hay Haven, says his record as consul at Pre- torla was one that any American could find pride . He went to the capital of the Transvaal republic under circumstances that were highly prejudical to success and came back with the knowledge that he had won the entire confidence of President Kru- ger and his farmers, Young Hay dis- charged his duty fearlessly and impartially. He protected Americans and American | terests, and on several occasions alded in looking after the interests of citizens of other countries. While enroute to Pre- torfa young Hay stopped m London and incldentally called upon Lord Salisbury, the British prime minister, whose guest he be- ame at luncheon. That visit aroused a storm of protest and convinced the South African patriots that the new American consul was not only prejudiced against their cause, but that he was coming to| Pretoria in the capacity of agent for the British government. It took young Hay a long time to disabuse the minds of the offi- clals of the South Atrican republics on the score of supposed friendship for Great Britain and perhaps some of them still belleve that he was as much Lord Salis- bury's agent as he was a diplomatic officer of the United States. The most important duty young Hay performed n South Africa was to compel General Lord Kitchener to modify an order concerning the distribution of army stores among noncombatants, so that Americans would not be confronted by the alternative of starving or enlisting in the British army. Kitchener's admitted purpose lu issuing the order was to force into the English army foreigners who were in Pretoria. The consuls of other nations had protested against cnforcement of the order, but the English general bluffed them into tacit acceptance of its terms. He tried the same tactlcs upon young Hay when the United States consul called and presented & respectful protest against American citizens being deprived of the right to buy food. Mr. Hay ‘“called” Kitchener's bluff so promptly and emphatic- ally that the British general began to re- treat. He sald he would modify the order | so that it would not apply to citizens of tho United States. Mr. Hay informed him | that he would have to modify it so that it | would not apply to the citizens or subjects of any natlon, except Great Britain. Of course Lord Kitchener was too dumb- founded by the audacity of the United States consul adequately to express his feelings, and the interview ended in Mr. Hay Faving his own way. of the on the | at New | The superintendent of the rural free de- livery has run against a bunch of trouble. Carriers on many of the deliveries have become sales and delivery agents and the country merchants are Kicking vigorously This Is not the most serious aspect of the activities of the carriers. They have en- tered into arrangements with several whole- sale liquor firms that have discovered the advantages of the new system and ar selling and dellvering wines and whiskies in considerable quantities. This traflic is carried on not only in states where there is mo prohibition or local option, but in states like lowa, Kansas and Malne, where the sale of liquor is prohibited or seriously restricted. The department is afrald that if its carriers keep up the traffic they will get Into trouble with the local authorities, and the superintendent is anxlous to avoid this It possible. A rule prohibiting the carrlers from becoming agents for whis- Kies, beer or alcoholic boverages of any description will be promulgated at once. | The problem of preventing the carriers | from selling groceries and supplies of city | wholesale houses is a different thing, how- | ever, and the department may experience difculty fn putting an end to it. A blunder on the part of the deslgner of an envelope stamp recently made meat for | the philatelists, who, however, have to thank the carelessness of some employe of the firm contracting for the supply of the envelopes. In 1565 Uncle Sam got it into his head that he wanted a new d-cent | stamped envelope, printed in brown and bearing the bust of Lincoln. The firet fssue | got out, but “Pro Bono Publico," “0ld Citl- | zen,” “Taxpayer” and those fussy people who like to kick under cover at everything Uncle Sam does, feil to eriticising the new design. It was true that the martyred pres ident was somewhat ~Svengaliesque, as shown up by the designer. His whiskers curled up from his chin, as it to meet his | nose, which member iteelf was very aqui- line. Uncle Sam soon suppressed the fssue. Then the designer got in his work the sec- ond time on “Old Abe's’ physiognomy, with | worse result still. More sinister was the countenance and to cover the elongated neck of the first design the bust of the second was closed, showing a collar and necktie. This second design did not sult Uncle Sam, either. A third was mccepted | and we sec it today. | Through the carelessness of some em- ploye of the firm supplying these enve opes & box printed from the second or re- jected die got into the presses and re- | celved the card of a firm in the New York Produce exchange. A whole box was sent to the firm, which used nearly all before some shrewd philatellst awakened to what was going on. Only three entire speci- | mens, unused, remain. They command a | blg premium Merely the stamps cut out | of used specimens scll for $15 each. Even the envelopes first circulated and objected | to sell at twice their face value. A few days ago President McKinley re- celved a handsome souvenir from a water | power company at Seattle. It was the In- tentlon of the company to present it during ‘ the president's visit to the northwest, but the changes in the president's plans owing 1to the iliness of Mrs. McKinley, made thiy tmpossible. The souvenir is a reproduc- tion in gold of the famous waterfall from which the company takes its power, and through turbine wheels harnesses it to clectric motors. The representation of the falls 18 in gold and silver. The water I8 in £0lid silver and the banks and trees are in solid gold. More than sixty ounces of gold and silver were used fn bullding the sou- venir, which stands more than seven inches high. Beneath the waterfall is a complete reproduction of the company's power houses, the machinery and piping being in solid gold. PERSONAL NOTES. Senator Vest Is now at Hot Springs, Ark He is very emaciated and weak amd his friends are much worried over his condition. Three generations of a colored family have graduated from Oberlin college— John M. Langston, in 1849; his son, Arthur D. Langston, & teacher in St. Louls, in 1877, and his grandson this year. The Bismarck room in the official resi- dence of the imperlal chancellor at Berlin has now been removated and Count von Buelow has entered into possession, using as his desk a table bearing the inscription: “Writing table of Prince Bismarck, 1878- 1890." More than 50,000 horses in New York City are disabled by a disease which the veterinary surgeons say is the grip. The symptoms are the same as those shown by human beings with that disease, includ- ing the suddenness of the attack and the subsequent weakness and collapse. A monument to the memory of Dr. Thomas King Carroll was dedicated in Cambridge, Md., the other day. It was the testimonial of the people in Dorchester county, where Dr. Carroll had practiced his profession for more than fifty years with untiring devotion to his patients and with herofc self-sacrifice in time of pestilence. A. Yamada, a representative of the Japan Cotton Trading company, limited, of Osaka, is on the Pacific coast to select the best port from which to export cotton and other American products to Japan. After attending to this matter he will spend three years in an exhaustive examination of American methods, especially in relation to the cotton industry. The Fair estate, which has been in the executor's hands for six and a half years, is at last declared by the executors to be | in a proper condition for distribution. The total now asked in fees is $2,260,000. The cash value of the property by a new ap- pralsement, it {s calculated, will amount to about $18,000,000. The millions go to Fair's two daughters and one son. Gradually the government is doing away with the distribution of ratlons to Indians. In five years the system will be practically abolished. There are now in the United States 268,000 Indlans, Of this number 45,- 250 draw ratlons rogularly, while 12,600 more are provided for at various times when they are unable to work or do mot feel like It. In the latter class are in- cluded most of the Indians who have grown old and are deserted by their young relatives. St. Paul lets go & mighty roar against the threatened desecration of Summit ave- nue, the swell residence street of the city, by the erection of an apartment house flush with the street. At present the resi- dences have large, beautiful lawns in front, lined with shade trees. Should the apartment house be built planned it would destroy the perspective of lawn and shade. Property owners and press are s0 warm over the matter that they do not look at the thermometer roosting at N century mark. Rov. Henry C. McCook of the Tabernacle Presbyterian chureh, Philadelphia, is one of “the fighting McCooks,” having made a record In the civil war. The wholesale rascality in connection with street rallroad franchises there stirred the old soldier up and from the pulpit last Sunday he de- nounced the corruptionists in unmeasured terms. The theft of the tranchises, he sald, was municipal ireason, and the curse of God would rest on the men who for personal ends betrayed their city. Mr. McCook has been a litelong republican, EFFECT OF BAD REPUTATION Fallure of the City of Philadelphi Obtaln Bids on a1 Philadelphia Record The Record takes no pleasure fn ing the fallure of the effort to plac lntest 1saue of city bonds, but it wit that a wore complete fallure before followed upon the loan off this or any other American muu Thero must be a reason for this fias 1t 18 not because Philadelphia cannot pay its obligations that this loan has not taken place. The hundreds of millions of pro erty that afford security for Philadelphi promises to pay are still held by thrifty citizens whose industry and econor created the enormous aggregate. It is not because there is not enough and to spure of capital meeking investment. At but a shade above the rate of intercst offered by Philadeiphia little municipalitios ail over the state can borrow all they want, Tho city of New York recently found no dim culty in placing a loan at 2 r e Why fs it, then, that Philadelphia has passed out of the rank of highest credit and in order to float ber loans must offer an increased rate of interest that will duly reflect the current capitalistic estimat the (ncreased financial risk involved’ | 18 because the people of Philadelphin by allowed the management of their aff pass into the hands of men whose destroy rather than imspire confidc: but $5,000 was offered when $0,0( asked for! It is character that commands the premfum in all the affairs of life. Philadelphia as a municipality must pay the inevitable penalty of a bad reputation Therefore the rate of fnterest has beem warked up. POINTED REMARKS. Detroit Journal: *“Miss Passay seems (o disiike Mr. Phuttinet Yes, he tried to pay He made the mistake was in the prime of | Puck: He (watc He tn—or—somewhat he wealthy? She—Very lfkely. 1 pre marry him just on ace Chicago Tribune: 1 wonder what has caused the coolness between Aggamore and his_wite." “What makes you think coolness " I 'know there fs. Last week he had nome photographs taken and she sald they flattered him.’ her a_compliment of, telling her she Ife." ing_another couple)— Older than she. 18 atan't ago sume_ sho unt of his there s any Brooklyn Life: He—It seems to amuso you when I offer to give up all my sipation if you will only marry, m he—Yes. "It strikes me as funny think of your denying yourself the thing that could possibly occupy mind, New York Weekly: Mr. Bronston—Mr. and Mrs. Upton both had on new suits in church today. Mrs. Upton's dress was tallor-made. Mrs. Bronston—Huh! it_was tailor-made? Mr. Bronston—Because clothes were ready-made. Philadelphia Press same class with me scornfully declarcd the nickel-plated pin YOn, you haven't any cause to be stuck up,” retorted the ordinary pin Sperk ing of classes, mome of us have opcup el in the' foremost sch and ¢ your How do you know Mr. Upton's u are not In the chairs leges.” “You find spring water in dalrying, 1 Detrolt Journal: a_ very great advantage presume?” “Oh, 1 don't kno sald the milkman. yThe ‘average person buying milk doesn't know the difference between spring water and any other kind." Pittsburg Chronicle bore this long journe man in the white flannel suit “Why, 1_thought you were taking this trip for pleasure,” commented the other ‘hat a dreary exclaimed the man. “1 am—for the pleasure of my wife and daughters.’” — A SONG TO THE POPPY. Glorlous mid-summer poppy, Radiant child of the sun, Are you not proud, brave blossom, Of the homage you have won? For we bow before the splendor Of your petal's wondrous sheen In_these royal days of summer You are queen, fair flower, queen! May flowers spilled thelr perfume, June passed while the roses held sway, 8till with drooping head you were plar This miracle of 'today. You knew the other flowers would go When the days grew hot and long, That_the rose would droop and languish: And you sald: ‘I will walt and grow Bo_you drank of the sun's golden glory, Drank deep of his wine of light, And all the tints of the rainbow Were yours as you burst on our sight; No jewel, however brilliant, Can rival you In your pride, Red as the glowing ruby Or pure and white, like a bride. You bathed In the dews of the evening, Absorbed the moon's mystical light, And deep In your heart lie hidden All the witcheries of the night. No wonder the bees and the butterfiles Wooing forever in vain, Grow suddenly faint with thelr sense of 088, Dizzy and faint with pain. Yet, In seeming cruelty, you are kind, For their paln feeling only regret, As with soothing, subtle, mysterious power, You help them'at least to forget None may think to gather and hold you, Brave to bloom, but of contact shy, A breeze too familiar, a touch too bold, And a splendid ruin you lle. Beautiful dream haunted poppy, Frail, but so pnssing fair, That I fancy’ even though footed in earth, Ye are kin to the spirits of air; And that when your brief reign is ended You wiil float on & sunbeam away To shine In & color symphony In the light of eternal day. Others may sing to the peerless rose, The lily, the violet biue, And all lowers born to the purple— But, poppy, 1 &g to you Others may acorn and pass you by And hint at your origin mean, But I love you, midsummer poppy! And welcome and hail vou queen. ARLETTE WOLCOTT. Omaha. “NO’ places. We can’t find those you some mighty cool things Take yesterday for an example. Sir ? You won't be able to buy anything but fire-crackers the 4th.” Every one will be looking for cool spots and shady for yon—but we can find to wear. How nice one of our thin, light weight coats would have felt. Or one of those loose, cool flannel suits or a soft shirt that is so comfortable and dressy that a coat or vest is not necessary—and narrow belts, instead of cum- bersome suspenders. Warm weather wants and thoughts are taken care of here. NO CLOTHING FITS LIKE OURS. Browning, King & Co. Exclusive Clothiers R. S. Wilcox, Manager. and Furnishers.