Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, July 29, 1902, Page 6

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Bo far as we can learn, no date has yet ‘been fixed for the publication of the first number of President Burt's officlal railway gazette. ] Citizens of Deadwond will do well to " have their cyclone cellars put in repair before King Ak-Sar-Ben and his hosts take them by storm. Ee——e—— Everyone Is waiting to hear what kind ©of a dembnstration. the Jacksonians pro- pose to let loose as an offset to the County Democracy pienic. e ——— Pat Crowe will have té come out of his hiding right quick if he wants to re- in the laurels that have been carried away by Convict Tracy. Apprehension is felt for the wheat erop In Great Britain, If John Bull runs short, Uncle Sam might be ablé to fur- nish him a few loaves of bread. ] The clans are gathering in Iowa for the republican state convention this week. It is only a question of the size of the republican majority in Iowa. e ———— Henry Watterson is now out on the Pacific coast, drinking In the balmy air of California. That doubtless accounts ?or lils remarkable quiescence of late, o ——— . By the way, what is stopping our con- entious county atforney from seeing the enforcement of the law that re- the banks to pay interest on county deposit balancest | The burning question is, How did that ‘wonderful epistle of the deputy county ‘attorney under date of July 24 keep in ‘this midsunmer weather for four whole ‘days before breaking on an unsuspect- ing publie? 4 The parrow escape of Dr. Wilson, whose sentence of death for filibuster- ing has been commuted by the president ©of Nicaragua “out of courtesy to the United States,” forcibly illustrates the Bdvantage of being an American citizen. The congressional campalgn commit- of both political complexions may n headquarters in Chlcago, Wish- ington and New York, but when it comes to the actual work of the cam- palgn the fighting will have to be done &t closer range. Congressman Stark, when he an- mounced his refusal to be a candidate for re-election, gave several potent rea- sons why he should not be retained in service in the lower house at Washing- ton. These reasons have not lost their potency since Mr. Stark changed . his ‘mind and accepted & renomination. e For some inscrutable reason’ Colonel Bryan finds that lLarmonizing eastern demograts is even wmore of a job than fusing the Nebraska reformers with demoeratic and populistic brands., His ca o fusion conventions at e, however, ought to come in handy n the-enemy's country. ‘The Phila Inquirer has discov- ered & formidable movement of Pennsyl- vania farmers toward the west. The :west, of course, has been settled largely Dby eaptern farmers, who have followed Horace Greeley’s advice, but has room 10r mmay Wwie ’:?::cr: of ths ladus- trious variety. our Pennsylvania friends want td make sure of locating in the right place they will ot stop on their wesward uatil they reach THE OMAHA DAILY BEE: TUESDAY, JULY 29, 1902 ANTEFIMPERIALIST CHARGES, The charges made against the army by the committee of anti-imperialists cannot fail to attract general attention and to revive public discussion of a subject which it had been assumed was disposed of. The citizens who make the allegations are of high standing and responsibility and it must be presumed would not bring such serious accusa- tions against the army in the Philip- pines except upon evidence which they regard as ample. They say that there has been an extent of demoralization in the army which is not fully shown by the Investigation thus far and urge that there should be a continuance of the inquiry into the conduct of the Philip- ‘pine military forces, They allege that officers high in'command are involved and offer to hold themselves prepared to substantiate any or all charges ad- vanced should courts of Inquiry be or- dered. The letter to the president speci- fies the crimes as to which the commit- tee states evidence can be produced. It Is a.sweeping Indictinent which these anti-imperialists submit and- it would seem that it must receive con- sideration from the authorities at Wash- ington, yet a majority of the American people will not accept this statement as conclusive gnd belleve that the Philip- pine army a whole is chargeable with the crimes alleged. It will still be the opinion of a large majority of our people that the president and secre- ng | tary of war did not misrepresent when they ‘declared that the cruelties and other improper acts of American sol- diers in the Philippines were excep- tional and that the higher officers gen- erally had so borne themselves as to supply the necessary check over acts of an improper character by their subord!- nates. Fair-minded men will hesitate to think that President Roosevelt and Bebretary Root have had knowledge of such crimes as the anti-imperialists charge and have ignored or winked at them. They are certainly not the men to do this. Nelther is it easy to be- lieve that Generals MacArthur and Chaffee and the commanders of divis fons generally have knowingly tolerated such erimes. It is doubtless true that some and perhaps all of the things al- leged have been dome. There have been more than 140,000 soldiers in the Philip- pines and it would be marvelous if there had been mone among them of brutal and criminal instincts. The eircum- stances 6f the service, as all reasonable persons will understand, were such as to stimulate such instinets. But the number of soldiers inclined to be brutal and criminal constituted, there is no doubt, a very small minority of the army and we belleve it to be a libel upon the higher officers to intimate that they had any sympathy with or showed any toleration of the misdeeds of this element. “Whether or mnot the 'Washitigton authorities will' give attention to -the charges of the anti-imperialist commit- tee remains to be seen, but we think it would be unwise to ignore ther. Let these gentlemen be given an opportumity to produce the facts and the evidence which they claim to have and if the crimes they charge can be established the guilty should be punished. That seems to us to be the proper course and we assume that it will be adopted. ——— COMBINATIONS ABROAD. Industrial combinations abroad are steadily increasing. A correspondent writing from Berlin says that one of the tangible results of the continued depres- sion in the German industrial and se- curity markets is the tendency toward consolidation. One by one the big firms which could not be prevailed upon to Join the sale syndicates and Kartel sys- tem during the floodtide period now sud- denly recognize the benefit of co-opera- tion. The various coal and coke syndi- cates have come to a mutual understand- ing and dropped thelr antagonism. The large industrial firms of Westphalia and the Rbhine districts have come together for the sake of economy, reducing pro- duction and working together to in- crease exports. The combination movement- is more active In Germany than in other Euro- pean countries, but there is a general and strong tendency in this direction in all the countries and the spread of the movement appears to be assured. Its prime purpose is to regulate production and to render it more economical and If Germany shall demonstrate that this can be effected by combination that sys- tem will be generally adopted wherever it is practicable. .It is not the tariffs abroad that are causing the industrial combigations, but conditions of buainess quite independent of the fiscal system. In view of this it is obvious that the Russian proposition for an international copference to consider what can be done ut the trusts is not llkely to receive very serlous attention. e SURPRISING PENSION OLAIMS. The fact that thé claims. for pensions of volunteer soldiers-of the'Spanish war far outnumber those filed by regulars, and also that those regiments which saw Ijttle or no fighting far exceed in thelr claims those which met actual service, is sald to have astonished Penslon Com- missioner Ware, He suggests as an ex- planation of the great number of appli- cations that possibly ‘when the volun- teers returned from Cuba the men were suffering from the effects of a tropical climate and felt that their health was permanently Ympaired and claims were filed on this supposition by men who have since recovered their health com- pletely. It appears that western and southern volunteers have been much less active than the northern and eastern ones in their efforts to get pensions. Kentuck- jans have filed many claims, but Tex- ans and other southerners further.off have thought less about seeking federa! aid. Bo fur Ohio aud Massachuselis iead the record In the number of claims filed, more than half the members from regi- ments of those two states having ap- plied for pensious. * The real explana- tion of this remarkable effort to get on the pension rolls is to be found In the great liberality which the government has shown to its soldlers. Penslon week- ing has been encouraged, and whenever the pension bureau has been found un- friendly to claims the claimants have generally been able to get what they ask from congress. Undoubtedly a great many of the claims filed by men who enlisted for the Spanish war will not be allowed by the pension bureau, in which case the claimants will appeal to their congressmen and generally with success. A very consideradle addition to the pension account is thus assured. EE———pg— 4 MOUNTEBANK RETOBMER. Acting Deputy County Attorney Dunon is still frothing at the mouth, but there is a good deal of method in his madness. His furious onslaught on the machine and the frenzled but hypocritical howl of the self-confessed poker expert about alleged “immorality, brazen, degrading and nauseating,” which he declares is flaunted In the very faces of the people of this city day and night, is simply part of the political fireworks that pre- ceded the supreme court somersault about the police commission and is de- signed to have its effect on the appoint- ment of the new commission. It Is im- portant just now that things should be horrible in Omaha. People who have lived in Omaha for the past five years can institute com- parisons between the conditions prevall- ing during the regime of the great fu- slon reform commission, when forced contributions were levied upon vice and crime in Omaha without a word of pro- test from the mountebank county attor- ney, and conditions that have prevalled in this city for the past three years. Lest we forget, we will recall some of the testimony given by County Attorney Shields In a case pending before the dis- trict court not more than a year ago: ‘When asked what he had done to sup- press gambling In Omaba and South Omaha, Mr. Shields answered that he had written to Tom Foley and Cliff Cole to close their gambling houses, but he did not explain why hé did not file com- plaints against these parties instead of playing the role of belled cat to suppress gambling. To make a showing in his sham campaign Shields testified that he wrote a letter to Mayor Ensor of South Omaha politely requesting him to stop gambling, but Dr. Ensor in the same case testified, and that testimony was supported by his stenographer, that COounty Attorney Shields called on him to negotiate for the support of the South Omaha gamblers for his re-election as county attorney. . In the progress of the cross-examina- tion Mr. Shields admitted that he had also prepared complaints against slot machine gamblers at the instance of Chief of Police Donahue, but asserted that he was unable to discover any slot machines in South Omaha,. because former Postmaster McMillan had as- sured him t there were no slot ma- chines in operation in South Omaha. Within two hours after Shields had be- come confident that there were no slot machines in South Omaha Ohlef Dona- hue furnished bim the location of twenty-seven slot machines in operation in South Omaha, whereat Shields clalmed to-be very indignant and rolled his fist in his pocket. More entertaining, If not instructive, was the testimony of Mr. Shields in the same case when he declared that at the outset of his sham crisade against gam- bling he called on Metcalf to ascertain what was his duty with regard to the slot machines and South Omaha gam- blers. What instructions he received from Mr. Metcalf did not transpire, but in view of the intimate relations then subsisting between the salvation ex- horter and the gang that had its head- quarters at the resort of Walter Moise and its hindquarters In the office of the ‘World-Herald, we can readily cempre- hend why all the batteries of the county attorney’s office were directed at one offensive gambler, while they were splked when aimed at the favored gam- blers. The community at large, which takes no interest in any class of gamblers and has no sympathy with imposters and frauds, 1s yet to be enlightened as to the motive that impels the county attor- ney and his self-constituted guardian of law and order to direct all of his pro- nunciamentoes at the republican Omaha and South Omaha chiefs of police, while he positively refuses to issue Instruc- tions to the democratic sheriff and his deputles. 4 It is passing strange that with all the rant and_cant mot a line 1s produced frem the statutes that would justify the county attorney in assuming the func- tions of the chief magistrate of the city) His duty 1s plain and specific to flle complaints against known violators of the criminal code and to prosecute them. The plea that the late grand jury, which returned a score of indictments against gamblers and keepers of gambling de- vices, was not legally constituted, is too gauzy to fool anybody. ‘The county at- torney personally heard the testimony before the grand jury and does not pre- tend that a solitary Indictment was brought wrongfully. If the indictments falled for technical reasons, it was his duty to flle complaints agalnst every violator of the law, but he did not wish to hit the calf and miss the cow. He would like to have punished four or five gamblers and Shielded all others. ‘With a record of incompetency and im- becility unparalleled in this, or any other state, the great county attorney'and his rantankerous chief deputy are cutting & rather sorry figure in this community. E———e The delay of the United States to do something for Cuba is sald to be caus- ing the Cubans much perplexity. As con- gress does not reconvene unti December and nothing can be done’without con- gressional action, the Cubans should luullu the )mervul by dolug something for ihemaelves. It all depends upon the point of view. The Union Pacific strikers say their strike Is just beginning, while the of- | clals of the road insist it s all over. SENATOR MILLARD'S DEPT T0 MERCER. Congreasman Mercer is naturally much interested in the appointment of a radical anti-board, and it is stated that Senator Millard is of the same mind. Parties who claim to know say that the senator is very much disgusted with the continued inter- terence of Rosewater in the distribution of patronage and that he regards his former competitor as an unmitigated nuisance. It is reported here that he wants an' anti- board, and also that Rosewater has been busy sending representatives to see the senator to impress upon him that he had better keep hands off.—Lincoln Corre- spondence in Sunday World-Herald. This screed Is doubtless Inspired by the political parasites who have been swarming around Senator Millard ever since his elevation to the senatorship for the purpose of Ingratiating themselves in his favor. It has been a well defined rumor that the action brought by Gur- ley and Ransom to oust the existing po- lice board was in the interest of Con- gressman Mercer, whose desperate anxfety to retaln his lucrative job at Washington s unconcealed. It is an open secret also that Mr. Mercer has en- deavored to enlist Senator Millard's in- fluence with Governor Savage for the appointment of his chief fugler, Thomas ‘W. Blackburn, as member of the police commission. 2 It is absolutely untrue, however, that I have approached Senator Millard dai- rectly or indirectly for or against any- one who may aspire to a place on the police board. While my relations with the senator have been friendly, no one can truthfully charge that I have sought to Interfere in the distribution of fed- eral patronage. The only interference on my part, if it can be called such, has been directed against the retention of disreputable and notoriously dishonest federal officlals appointed at the In- stance of his predecessor. These efforts were solely in the interest of good gov- ernment and with no idea or design of dictating who should fill these positions. That" the senator has so far shown a disinclination to second my efforts to rid the federal service of unfit and dis- honest men is regrettable because of the demoralizing effect on the party and its inevitable tendency to weaken the In- fluence of the senator ‘at Washington. There certainly is no good reason why Senator Millard. should not cheerfully co-operate with me in my endeavors to purge the party and keep it on the straight and narrow path. The intimation that I have offended the senator as his competitor 1is as stupid as it s ridiculous. Everyone who knows anything about the senatorial campaign of 1900 knows that Mr. Mil- lard was in no sense a competitor in the race and everyone in Nebraska knows that he would not occupy & seat in the senate today if Mr. Mercer had bad his way or if I had not voluntarily with- drawn to make sure that Nebraska should be represented in thé United States senate by two republicans. - If Mr. Mercer and his friends had had thelr way, Douglas county would have returned a democratic delegation and the legislature would have sent Bryan and Allen to the sepate. If after failing in this, Mr. Mercer:could have had his way, the lquulnture would have . a journed without elécting any senator. In efther case Mr. Mercer would have been in position to become chief dis- penser of federal ‘patronage for Ne- braska. Where Mr, Mercer has any claims upon either of the senators or upon Governor Savage in the face of such a record, the rank and file of the republican party of this district and state will be at a loss to know. E. ROSEWATER. Eer———— The direct nomination system of party primaries is recelving widespread dis- cusslon as a result of the issue made of it by the Wisconsin republicans. The consensus of opinion in states where it has been tried, more notably in Minne- sota, is that direct nominations can only be satisfactory where safeguarded by magjority rule. Nominations by minority contravene the vital principle of popu- lar government no less flagrantly than the barter and trade of convention dele- gations. Minority nominations also fail in commanding united support of the party at the polls, where the votes are needed. One of the pictorial weeklies repro- duces a serles of photographs showing ex-Senator David B. Hill in the various steps and attitudes of surf bathing. This ought to rule Mr. Hill out for good. No presidential aspirant should pose before the camers unless he has a rural back- ground of growing oats or new mown bay. mm— Oolonel William J. Bryan is the guest of Lewis Nixon, who succeeded Richard Croker to the boss-ship of Tammany hall. This is doubtless one of the re- wards for Bryan’s famous declaration, “Great 1s Tammany and Croker is its prophet.” —e— A Prophet Away from Home. ‘Washington Post. For a man whose state has repudiated his doctrines, MF. Bryan is doing consider- able traveling in order to advise the demo- crats of other states. Chane: r & Handout. Baltimore American. As long as the sultan of Turkey is re- ported to be giving dway the ruins in his dominions, he might as well present his government to some responsible neighbor. Surely & Mistake Somewhere. Springfield (Mass.) Republican. The report of & fist fight In this morn- ing's paper may lead some to suppose that the United States senate is still in session But that {s not the case. The pugilists in San Francisco did not even fight under the senate rules. Plerpont Morgan Versus Britannia. Chicago Chronicle. There is really something pitiful in the spectacle which is presented by Britannia, who ‘once ruled the wave, going into hys. terics at the operations of Mr. Morgan, who mow rules them. The almost childish glee of the London newspapers at the pros- ipect of a line of Anglo-Capedian steamers to compete with the Morgan combination shows to what extremities British pride is reduced. And the worst of it Is that Brit- sunia will probably wake up some morning to find that Morgan has gobbled up the | pew Anglo-Canadian line, too. . | udge in 1895 and re- IN THE CONGRESSIONAL CAMPAIGN. Burwell Tribune: Kinkaid will be the next congreesman from the Bix Sixth. It's eafe enough to bank on. Falls City Journal: The man who is to run against Hon. E. J. Burkett for congre: is evidently waliting for the office to him. Kearney Hub: General Barry has so ef- fectually disappeared since he recelved the fusion nomination for congress that it fe not altogether certain that he has not been lost in the shuffie. Wayne Herald: The election of J, J. Me- Carthy to succeed Congressman Robinson does not worry republicans any, but a great many are busy figuring on how much Mr. MecCarthy’s majority will be. Most every- one puts it in four figures. Wayne Republican: ‘Will Robinson make his eampaign on national issues? If 80, someone please tell us his subject. .The democratic party will also be pleased to got a tip, as the whole gang down at head- quarters are desperately short on issues. Here Is a chance for Robinson to get away up to the top of democratic fame if he will discover a natlonal issue. Wayne Herald: The talk now Is that in Wayne county Mr, J. J. McCarthy will se- cure & majority of not less than 200. A few demoorats who would llke to vote for Mr. Robineon realize that the only way for this section of the state to secure anything is to elect a republican who 1s in touch with the sdministration and who thus can ac- complish something for his portion of the st The farmers are beginning to real- ize this and the vote will be urpriee to fusionists in this county this fall. Tekamah Journal: Congressman Robin- son has been renominated by the fusion- Ists for his third term as congressman. If the republican strength is all polled for the republican candidate Mr. Robinson will be defeated. There is no reason why it should not. Mr. Robinson, while a good, clean man, has done little else in congress but secure information desired by his con- stituency and ald In formulating and car- rying out plans to embarrass and harrass the republican administration. No re- publican should vote to continue such a policy. Norfolk News: The campaign has not yet opened in the Third district sufficiently determine just how the opposing forces a: lining up, but from all appearances the republicans are well united under Me- Carthy’s leadership and are assembling themselves 7in a solid phalanx that will sweep across the district in a fashion to carry all opposition before it to a magnifi- cent victory. The fusion forces that have been dwindling through several campaigns will dwindle some more this fall and the district will again be {n the republican column when the votes are counted. Leigh World: For the third time John 8. Robinson of Madison has been nominated for congress from the Third distriot, twice he has been elected, but the third election where he will fall short. In the other two campaigns in which Robinson figured the district was hopelessly fusion, it s differ” ent now. The district is almost evenly di- vided politically, with odds in favor of the republicans, besides the republicans have a strong and able candidate in the person of J. J. McCarthy of Dixon, who is clean, able and a vote getter, and In the face of al these difficulties the fusion foraes can hardly expect to win. North Platte Tribune: The Alllance Grip, one of the ablest democratic papers in the Sixth congressional district, recently sal “The nomination of P. H. Barry, popull practically ineures the ction of Judg Kinkald. Barry has been a life-long re publican and quit tI party to secure an .. With democrats it s a choice be- tween a good republican and a bad repub- nd, while a great many democrats will refuse to vote for either, those who do vote will no doubt decide for Judge Kinkald, who is a gentleman of ability and Inteflectual attainments, who will not de- stroy his usefulness to the district by con- tinually denouncing men capable of ma- terially alding the district as enemies of th people. Dellver us from a republican popu- Ust.” Broken Bow Republican: Judge Sullivan exercised an unusual amount of good com- mon sense when he declined the nomina- tion for congress at Kearney last week, which was twice tendered him by the pop and democratic conventions. A salary of $5,000 a year with the honor of represent- ing the Sixth district In congress would be tempting to most of us and had there been certainty of the election the office would Dot have gonme begging. Judge Sullivan was not the only one that could interpret the writing on the wall. Congressman Neville, the present incumbent, declined before the convention convened to be & candidate for renomination and Judge West- over, who resides in Judge Kinkald's G trict, positively declined to be consid and Mike Harrington, who was a pop at Grand Island and a democrat at Kearney, declined. It was when everybody else re- fused to stand that the conventions finally put P. H. Barry of Greeley on their ticket. It was evident they considered him a weak sister, but it finally came down to him or nobody and he was accepted. Since the fuslon crowd has practically conceded thelir defeat in the opening of the campaign, it 1s now only & question of the elze of Judge Kinkald's majority. A Cambridge Clarion: The career of Judge Norris, the republican candidate for con- gress in this district, should be an incentive to every young man with energy and am! tion. Beginning, as most young attorneys do, in a country town, he proved himself & lawyer in the true sense of the word, by bis absclute loyalty and fidelity to his cllents and by the zeal and emergy with which he guarded their interests. No client ever regretted employlng George Norris; the zeal and earnestness with which he went into a case made success certaln. Recog- nizing bi aracter and ability the people of Furnas county made him county attor- mey, motwithstanding the fact that the county was fusion by a large majority. The same zeal of fearlessness characterized his acts as oounty attorney, as did his acts while in the employ of other clients. That personality, perseverence and straightforwardness, which endeared him to his clients and to the people of Furpas county, elected him district cted him to that po- sition in 1899, notwithstanding bis party was largely in the minerity at both eleotions. As & judge George W. Norris has won the esteem ard respect of all who have come in contact with him without regard to party afllations. His success as & lawyer, his & judge, his popularity as a thor- er and his personality as & urance that the Fifth congres: sional district will be represented in the next congress by publican. Consolati L Lobsters. Boston Transcript. It does not appear that there s any such shortage of lobsters as has been reported, although the prices to be pald for the crustacean are of a character to make & director in the beef trust feel envious. this season of the year there a scarcity of lobsters, due to the many of the shore fishermen who have lob- ster traps also have their baying to do and give more attention to agriculture than to fishing. At the present prices for lobsters there is profit emough to warrant the fish- ermen in paylng more aftention to thelr Jobster traps; but baying, according to the old farm saying, Is ome of those things which will not walt. WIGH PRICE OF BEEF. Injunction Ag: Meat Packers Une e to Br Prices Down. Chicago Tribune. A few weeks ago there was a national outburst of wrath over the high price of beet and the Chicago packers who it was popularly belleved were responsible for it They were ordered by the courts to abstain trom practices which it was alleged they had been gullty of, whose assumed effect had been dearer meat. Beef costs Mmore mow than it did when the restraining order was {ssued. Mutton is cheaper, but this is not such a mutton- loving country as England ls. Elther be- cause the mutton is not particularly good or because of long indulgence in beef there Are many consumers who prefer dear beef to‘clieap mutton. But though beef is more expensive than it was when curses were being heaped upon the packing house ‘‘monopolists nobody is much disturbed. Nobody charges the packers with dis- obedience of the orders of the court. It seems to bo assumed that as they have been directed not to meddle with prices they are not meddling with them. The advance In the price of beef, pork and poultry is ascribed to natural causes by all who talk about the subject and nobody contradicts them. of the people who were blaming the pack- ers for the advance in prices early in the year are not s now but what it was due to natural causes. Undoubtedly, the beef eaters of the coun try are not reconciled to prices which con- tinue to go up, but for some reason they are silent in July about a subject they had so much to say about in May. Prob- ably it was impossible for them to keep at & white heat of indignation over one griev- ance for so long a time. ' Other things have come up for them to scold about. But while less is 4 about the advance in the price of meat the effect of the advance is apparent. It {8 the one great cause of the continuous demands for higher wage scales. The workingman, so large & per- centage of whose earnings go to buy food- stuffs, discovers that the sum set apart for that purpose does mot buy so much as it used to. Then follows the almost inevitable demand for better pay. THE FOUNDATION OF PROSPERITY. It 1s the Fertility of Our Farms and Industry of Our Agriculturists. Philadelphia Public Ledger. The prosperity of the United States is in- timately associated with the fertility of its farms and the industry of its agricultur- ists. The product of American soil suppliest not only the wants of our own people, but the eurplus crop is practically a mecessity tor millions in_ allen countries. Our enor- mous yield of cereals, vegetables and other forms of agricultural products that may be utilized is attributable to the productiysne of the land, the geniality of climate, the perfection of tarm machinery and appliances and, lastly and most fmportantly, the en- ergy and intelligence of the American farmer. The actual raising of crops would not be of great avall, hawever, but for the wondertul facilities for transportation which American enterprise has provided. The rapld development of rallroads has made it possible to market crops at tant communities, and the movement' has further contributed to the welfare of the agriculturist. In olden times the routine of farm work Wwas not more monotonous than the persist- ence in clinging to traditional methods. The farmer of today—and none more so {han ti American—has & great advantage over his prototype. He makes a study of his busi- ness, appreciates fully the importance of the rotation of erops, understands the utfl- ity and ‘relativovalue of fertilizers, is al- wiys receptive of new ideas and his affairs flourish {n proportion to his intelligence and application. He is not the dull and hopeless delver of the soll, bit an independent man, with all the endowments of reason and all the pfllllbllltl\o( success that confront his| 5. city brother. The American farmer is one of the high- est products of American civilization. His forbears blazed the way through the track- less wastes, and he maintains their sturdy independence and exemplifies the undaunted spirit which characterized them in their struggle against adversity. His prosperity is but the barvest of the seed they sowed. PERSONAL AND GENERAL. King Lewanika has promised to institute a temperance crusade in Barotseland. There is now no doubt sbout it. Pat Crowe and Harry Tracy are traveling to- gether. Prince, Adelbert, third son of the kaiser, has opened a house of his own, especlally bullt for him at Kiel. The lad is 18 years old. / The emperor of Japan is to confer the highest decoration upon Lord Salisbury, it 1s sald, in honor of the Anglo-Japanese al- Hance. Colonel D. B. Dyer of Augusta, Ga., has the distinction of being the only republican who has ever been on the staff of a demo- cratic governor in Georgia. It is officially announced that Queen Wil- helmina’s stay at Schaumburg has had a very beneficial influence on her health, but precautions still have to be observed. It was expected in Berlin that the re- building of the Royal library would be made the occasion of & prize competition, but Emperor Willlam has chosen Ihne as the architect and the plans are now being elaborated by him, Governor Odell says the best way to wear a silk bat is to carry it in & grip. He is having & dress suit case made with & com- partment for his “stovepipe,”” so that he needn’t wear it when he's off duty nor carry an extra hat box. completely recovered from the effects of his rigorous treatment on the Ile du Diable. It 1s now stated that his eyesight fs seri- ously affected and that there is & danger of his becoming blind. The design which will appear in colors on all the posters and other printed matter of the Professional Woman's league exhibit, to be held in the Madison Square garden this fall, ie the work of Emma B. Shields. She received a prize of §500 for it. Mrs. Elizabeth Stusrt Phelps Ward makes return under the Massachusetts ‘‘lobby act” for herself and others that Ass P. French was pald $600 as counsel fees for helping to secure the pasage of & bill for the further restriction of the practice of vivisection. General Delarey is one of the Boer leaders for whom everyone has felt & touch of eym- pathy, for, like Lord Roberts, be lost & son in the war—a bright youth only 15 years of age, who was laid low by a bullet that struck bim while he was standing by his tather’s side at Modder river. hris” Magee, the Pittsburg millionaire attended by a Philadelphia physician, who sent in & b0l of $360000. Mr. Magee's exeoutors retused to pay and the doctor sued. '] court eut bis bill to $80,000, but the medical man le not satisfied and will appesl. They have & Suaday closing ordinance in Joplin, Mo., and under its provisions only necessaries may be sold. A grocer was socused of selling plug tobacco on Sunday, hut his attorney raised the point that chewing tobsceo is & necessity. Judge Brown, before whom tbe case was tried, took the same view and discharged the sccused. Then he took a fresh chew of plug and called the next case. It may be that somse | h; FARM LANDS AS AN INVESTMENT, No Better or Safer Security for Capital to Be Had, . Bt Louls Republio A Cinclnoat! paper calls attention to the investments which are now being made In western farm lands and claims that this is the one unhealthy sign in speculation. Ao- cording to this alarmist, the buying of western farm lands is the result of the fear which wi roused by the narrowly averted panic in May of last year. Though there has been much buying and welling of land In the middle west during the past year, it cannot be sald that con- ditions have not justified the movement. For the past five or six years all of the central western states have had bumper crops, with the exception of the corn fall- ure last summer, an ocourrence uRpre- cedented in the history of the Mississippl valley, . This yoar the prospects are equally goo The spot with anything less than an aver=| age yleld s the exception. The whes! harvest has been up to standard. Corn was never better, except on bottom lands, where there have been floods. In the area stricken by the drouth last year the hay orop has been a third heavier than usu: In some neighborhoods, one sea: 's orop been nearly enough to pay for the land, taking the price prevailing during the early part of the '00s. With corn and wheat selling high, the farmer's income has been large enough td, justify investment in improvements which ten years ago would bave been deemed unnecessary. If farms are such excellent producers of wealth for the farmer, why not for the investor who has money lying idle in the banks? KEven those men who cepted western mortgages in the ’'80s have lost nothing if they have been fortunate enough to hold their foreclosed properties. They were a good investment. It was the men who “boomed” townsites and additions that made some western investments unprofit- able. There {s no danger that farm lands will g0 too hi They are as good as gold bonds. They have proved veritable bonanzas to those who have been fortunate enough to own them. With the closer set- tlement of the country they are sure to increase in value. There is no inflation at the present time. Compared with some of the industrial stocks, the farms of the middle west are selling much below value, MIDSUMMER MERRIMENT. Washington Star; * . were nnally Ceptaedr “ADd bow o as completely worn out,” lled western desperado. s 1B y fatigue and hinger?” Ivin’ newspaper men Interviews an’ havin' my picture took." Punch: Lady Visitor (at Work Girls Qlub, giving some advice on manners)— And, you know, ladles never s w gentiemen without an ‘introduction. - Liza—We knows yer 't, y R ortin Ditien JUrL | e New York Times: “There,” remarked {Eve, s she held her creation'off at arms’ . ™ latter mysel this is even i it 18 home made.r > 1 e And, indeed, the artistlo arrangement of six_pterodactyl wings in front and ten {&rds of Florida moss hanging down tho ack gave It quite o 1000 ffect. ms:‘:emhnv N?:al: Mrs. l({omer—?eor Eve e a’ m st have ied > monotanous exiptence Homer—Why do you think so? Mrs. Homer—Because she had no neigh- bors to come around and borrow things. Ch, Record-Herald: *‘Y & cozy home here,” her u.uar".".l!i"‘ h ‘‘Yes,” she replied. “Sometimes I almost e teel like glving up my club work ing in, it nre s ' New York Sun: “I would be willing to work,” sald Tyre Dout, “if I could get the sort of job I want." ¥ "What would that Job be? “Well, I wouldn't ‘mind calling out the stations on an Atlantic liner.” . Washington Star: “Curious man, Binx.” - #hat “What has_he been doing?"’ “Nothing. It is what he refrains oing that makes him remarkable. m Just purchased a residence out of town and/ Dover says & word about being obliged jo Puck: Gladys—Is he 8o absol pant and worthinay o S0 aheolutaly Mg he? Why, every girl h eots re she discovers nro,bl. III'EI in at only need dwmfly & trug She 1414 11 T ot o n, lied “the cleri, ‘but we have fifty or eixty diffs it Py 8 Y y different names For first there came the nelghbor's hens And scratched the garden up, And then one day there was & hole Dug by the doctor's pup. And then there came & chilling frost That froze the seedlings Alas! Poor Gladys! Woe is her! She has no luck at ail.