Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, September 28, 1903, Page 4

THE OMAHA DAILY BE MONDAY SEPTEMBER 28 1903 THE OMAHA DAILY BEE E. ROSEWATER, EDITOR. SHED EVERY MORNING SUBSCRIPTION. Sunday), One Year day, One Year o Year r ar ner PUBIL | TERMS OF ily Bee (withou aily Bee and Justrated P ==~ D i=c DELIVERED BY (without § e (wit nday), per 2 day), per week...1%0 Sunday), per week..17¢ » (without Bunday), per week be ening Bee (ncluding Sunday), per eck Complainis of i ould be addresse artment OFFICES. maha—The Bee Bullding outh Omaha—City Hall Bullding, Twen- fth and ",'E'U £ PEELEL reguintities in delivery 1o City Clreulation De- ar] Street. Unity Buildin w I e S —————— CORRESPON 3 s relating to new ould be addressed: Editorfal Der ent. RE Remit by dra and edl- Omahe ee, s or postal order ayable to The blishing Company. nt stamps accepted in payment of Counts Personal checks, except on or_enstern exchanges, not accepted. ISHING COMPANY. STATEMENT OF CIRCULATION. Btate of Nebraska, Douglas County, 8. | _George B, Tzschiick, secretary of The Bee | Publishing company, being duly sworn, says thet the actual number of full aud'com- | Dlete coples of The 1 Morning, Evenin and Sunday Bee printed during the mont ©of August, 198, was as follows: 1. 17, 3 18. 19, 2. . «. 20,800 29,290 20,330 EREBEEE | ‘Fotal | YLess unsold and returned copl Net total sales.. Net average sales GEORGE B. TZSCHUCK. Bubscribed In my presence and sworn to | Before mo this fist day ot August, A, D, 166 NGATI (Beal.) stary Pubil PARTIES LEAVING THE CITY. Parties leaving th any th went to them regularly by motifylng The Bee Basiness office, 'a person or by mi The address will be changed as often as desired. ————————————— . President Burt denies most emphatic- ally that he has gone to New York to arbitrate anything. The portrait of the earl of Cork in the last edition of Laslie’'s Weekly has an unmistakable Irish brogue. | was The patched quilt, sham, nenpartisan Judiclary does not seem to be galning much favor among the commnn-peox')le. E—— The machine has beén thrown into ' the scrap plle and the anti-machine has been sent to the machine shop for re- ) SET———— During = Ak-Sar-Ben week the new market house will be kept open at both ends, and so will the saloons in that nelghbortiood. 4 EEm—— For the present and for some time in the future there is no prospect of the consolidation of the gas company with the electric lighting company. The slaughter of inflated industrials is still progressing, but the impression prevails in Wall street that the water is about all squeezed out. This is the harvest season of the plc- torial candidate holdup whose puffs are as nauseating to the general puhlic as codliver oil to the wretched consump- tive. ——————we—— The sultan of Turkey has taken a dis- *like to American warships, and prayers are offered in all the Beyroot mosques that the American ironclads may depart in peace. . —— If you know anything about candi- dates who have entered the lists for the primary election races, don't be “Wemealy-mouthed, but talk out mow be- fore the polls are open. Now, if the weather clerk will give us a large area of Indian sunjmer for the next ten days, he will be forgiven for all the cold water he has thrown on Ne- Dbraska within the past three months. President Roosevelt managed to saw mand split a few cords of wood before starting back for the White House, Mhat explains why no visitors were al- lowed during the last hours of his stay at Oyster Bay. — The seizure of a large coln counter- feiting plant near Marinétte, Wis., re- calls the fact that the fabrication of 45-cent silver dollars is the most profit- sble industry any man or set of men could engage in. And now his canny Scottish country men are abusing Carnegie for making Edinburgh university a gift of $10,000,- 000 in shripkable Steel trust bonds. This recalls forcibly the adage that you should not look a gift horse in the mouth. Why Ques not sowe enterprising fakir erect a stereopticon show with portraits of political candidates alternating with seript pufls setting ‘forth their marvel- ous achievements in peace and in war, THE PASSING OF MATHEWSON. When Charies P. Mathewson was appointed to the responsible position of the Omaha five years a who was malodorous record amazed at the ited by Senator mending a un to and Winnebago everybody in liar with his bank wrecker recklesness exhib. Thurston in recom- an 6f this stripe to a po- sition that demanded moral courage and integrity of the highest order. While the eastern press severely de- I\l\l"l;l'I'd Mathewson's appointment, the Nebtaska newspapers, including The Bee, refrained from remounstrance, content- ing themselves merely with expressing the hope that Mr. Mathewson would redeem himself in his position. In this instance, however, the adage that “You cannot make a crooked stick straight” only repeated itself. As an Indian agent, Charles P. Mathewson distinguished himself no better than he had as a banker and legislator. The traders and land grabbers, who flut- ter around the Nebraska Indian reserva- tions like flies around a molasses bar- rel, found in him a most supple tool Instead of protecting the Indians from their rapacity, Mathewson connived with them in all the schemes for the spoliation of the Indlans'and closed his eyes and ears to the complaints and appeals that were made on their behalf. Mathewson's personal example as sii- pervisor of the Indian reservation has been, if anything, more discreditable than his collusion with the combine that bas systematically plundered the Indians and enriched its mewmbers in the leasing and purchase of Indian lands. Thefe is no doubt that Mathew- son would have been ousted from his place years ago had it not been for the potential influence exerted by the land speculators and their allies with the Indian bureau and the®officers of the federal court in this district, whose duty. it was to. prosecute the perpe- trators of the frauds upon the Indians. It was only through the persistent and uncompromising efforts of men and women who believed that an Indign has some rights that a white man must re- speet that the whitewashing reports procured by the ring from susceptible inspectors for the benefit of Mathewson finally resulted in a searching inquiry that fully confirmed ' all the charges that had been placed in the hands of the Indlan commissioner and secretary of the interior by the editor of The Bee and others who have endeavored to right the wrongs -perpetrated upon the.Indians. It is given out from Washington that Mathewson has resigned on account of his declining health, and it is further- more given out that Commissioner Jones has expressed great regret at parting with Mr. Mathewson, whose services are said to be eminently satisfactory to the Indian bureau and invaluable in promoting the welfare of the Indians. If ‘the latter statement is correct an investigation of the Indlan office may be in order. Commissioner Jones cer- tainly cannot be ignorant of the faet that the Winnebago Indians have been confidenced and robbed by the land spec- ulators in Thurston county. Commis- slonier Jones certainly also must know that this could not have been possible had an honest Indian agent kept the Indian bureau fully informed coucerning {ne crooked methods of the combine. When the searchlight of ~ publicity is. fully turned upon Mathewson's operations after he has retired from p!um\nnd power a state of affairs wil! he un- earthed that only has its parallel in the recent disclosures of the depredations upon the Indians in Oklahoma and the Indian Territory. ——— THE LODGE CONSULAR BILL. It is probable that a very earnest effort will be made in the Fifty-eighth congress to pass the bill of Senator Lodge for reforming the consular ser- vice. This measure was considered in the last congress, but did not get be- yond the senate committee on foreign relations, which approved the bill. 1t is now announced that it will be re- introduced In the senate and in the house of representatives as soon ug pos- ¢ible after the assembling of the new congress and it is thought that wnder the pressure in favor of it that will Le exertud by the business interests of the couutry it is likely to become law. The bill has been framed with yreat care and is the result of a most thor- ough consideration of the subject to which it has reference. It contem- plates a complete reorganization of the consular service and the placing of it on a basis that will remove the service entirely out of politics,. The measure recoguizes the merit system in connec- tion with consular appointments and would do away with some of the ex- isting defects which are admitted on all hands to bé a drawback and damage to the service. Among other thiugs it proposes to abolish the fee system and to pay consuls fixed salaries, of course grading salaries according to the char- acter of the duties. It provides for an examining board to which applications for appolutment shall be submitted and which shall ascertain the fitness of ap- plicants. The qualifications for ap pointment are defined, among them being @ general knowledge of trade conditions, familiarity with the indus- tries and natural resources of the Uhited States and the country to which the applicant wishes to be assignod and a knowledge of other moderr lans suages besides English. It provides for the retention in the service of capable and efficient consuls and for thelr pro- s fa as a nska on land and on sea. That would be a novel attraction and could be made a payiug investment. ——— After nine months’ sparring for time in the criminal courts of .Charleston former Lieutenunt Governor Tillman will be put on trial today for the cow ardly wmurder of Editor Gonzales. It 18 just such procrastination in the pun- ishment of capital crimes that prompts _resort to lynching. motion. The Brooklyn Eagle urges that the bill should be passed. pointing out that the sentiment in fuvor of It s partieu- laily strong among business orgauiza- tlons directly interested in fugrdving the consular service. “That vice has been too long at the mercy of local politicians who" bappen to bave some caim upon the federal -dnuw-r says thet paper. “Appolntuents have been wmade without any detinite assarance that the capacity of the ap- printees matched the requirements of the situation. In many cases consuls who sre utterly unfit to represent this country have been kept in place for years turough political pull.” As a gen proposition this is true, but it is only fair to say that for the 'ast nalf a (o zen years at least political pull hag Léen less Influential in connection with the consular service than any pre- vious time and there ig very reod rea- son to believe that it will have litile it any effect with the presqnt admiais- tration. As heretofore noted, President Roosevelt intends to apply the merlt systein, to the.extent of his authority, to the gonsular service and his decision in this respect has met with very gen- eral and heartg approval. Still legisla- tion is necessa to effect such com- plete teform in the service as is mani- festly desirable and the Lodge Dbill, which has been endorsed by the busi- ness interests of the country, seems to fully meet the requirements. AN IMPORTANT T According to Washington advices the treaty that is being negotiated between China and the United States, and which it is understood will be signed some ten days ‘hence, is extremely important in the influence it will have upon the future of American trade in the Celes- tial ‘ehpire.” Whila of course nothing definite will be given out as to the terms of the treaty before its submis- sion to“the senate in December, it is stated that in addition te its provisions for opeéning ports it contains other stip- nlations for trade intercourse which it is claimed make it a Wetter treaty than that negotiated with China by Great Britaln. N There scems to be no doubt that Min- ister Conger has been applying himself witli great industry and zeal to the task, by no means a simple one, of ob- taining from the Chinese governmeng the reasonable and valuable conces- glons asked by the United States and which are wundoubtedly essential not only to an enlargement of our trade with China, but also to the maintenance of the opén door principle for which our government has earnestly and per- sistently contended. This latest infor- mation in regard to the treaty being negotifted appears to conclusively show that the Chinese government is no longer embarrassed by any objections on the part of Russia and assuming that to be the case it is safe to say that the moderate and entirely fair re- quests of the United States will be com- plied with. There has never been any doubt as to the friendly dispomition toward us of China, the delay in con- ceding the wishes of this coyntry being wholly due to outside lnflm‘!:co ‘which the Chinese government could not ex- pediently disregard. That influence ap- pears to have been entirely withdrawn, Every ptospect of enlarging our for- eign trade is a source of gratification, and this is particularly the case in re- gard to- commerce with Asia. We should not allow ourselves, however, to indulge an extravagant notion as to, the possibilities of this trade and thereby Dbe led to neglect an equally valuable commerce in other directions. What is being done for the promotion of our trade with China is unquestion- ably wise, but there are other markets that invite our enterprise which ought not to be ignored. Governor LaFollette's statement, that while living expenses have increased 27 per cent in the past five years wages have advanced but 15 per cent, ha® stirred up a hornet's nest among Wis- consin politicians and statisticians, but if the figures were actually reversed the main point Governor LaFollette has sought to impress upon the people, that the trusts are advancing prices in order to make good returns on their inflated capitalization, cannot be refuted. The benefits and advantages derived by the tolling mass from general prosperity spring not so much from the advance in wages as they do from the opportunity to secure steady employment. Em—————— It is eminently proper for the Com- mercial club to investigate the water works appraisement process, but it would have been much more eminently proper for the Commercial club to have investigated the Howell water works bill, which was as full of holes as Harry Deuel's skimmer. It will be remem- bered that when attention was called to the glaring defects of the bill the Com- mercial club stuffed cotton into its ears. Judge Grosscup has announced his determination not to resign from the United States circuit bench. What an awful disappointment this is to the emi- nent jurists, who had hoped to wear the Grosscup brogans, and what cause of chagrin it is to the corporation mag- nates who had hoped to get rid of Grosscup from the eclrcuit bench be- cause he i3 not regarded by them as a “safe” man. Milwaukee pastors are in favor of advertising the church as business men do their business and Dr. W. D. Cox of the Methodist Episcopal church pre- dicts that this question will be one of*the prominent subjects of discussion at the Los Angeles general confeérence next May. Manifestly the trend of Twentleth century evangelization is to be conducted on approved business lines. “Acknowledging the Corn.” New York World, The grumblers who a week ago were sure that corn was “contracted by celd" to the tune of half a billion bushels or so are made positively uncomfortable by the con- tinued sunny weather in the Middle West, Men have done thelr best to ryin the country with “undigested securi'ies,” but while nature still smiles on us we ‘shall do very well. FProphecies Lureallsed, Washington Star. @ The propbecics that new inventions will supplant estaMished lnes of business are seldom realized. Steam locomotives are sl runoing e spite of electricily; gas and petroleum are still burned In deflance of the electric light, and neither the telo- phone nor the Marconi system has serl- ously injured the telegtaph lines. Where ihe Surplus Baltimore American John D. Rockefeller's latest three-month dividend on Standard Oil was nine mil- Hons, Should this keep up much long:r he will have all the money there s and the rest will be compelled to go without pen. How John B tn Kansas City Journal. 1t is humiliating to our English cousins that the only way they can get any advan- tage of us fs by sending thelr bankrupt arlstocracy Over to capture our heiresses. They would like to beat us at something which requires brains, Who Would Hesitate, New York Mail and Express. Secretary Shaw has consented to take 20,000,000 worth of the 4 per cent. United States Ylnds. Secretary Shaw's differ- ence from the rest of us is evident from the fact that he had to deliberate quite a while before he decided to do this, Cheap and Effective. New York World. Since the object of warships is to carry guns that will fire shots that will hit the @nemy the recent improvement In our naval marksmanship is probably equiva- lent t6 doubling the number of our vessels, That is the cheapest form of naval n- crease we can find. Trafic in Chinese Coolies. San Francisco Call. The trafic maintained by white men in Chinese coolies in this city has already resulted In scandal to the Federal govern- ment and dishonor and death to some of those who were pals In the dishonest trade. Time after time such scandals as these have affronted the public like the recurrent symptoms of intermittent fever, and as long as the palms of federal un- derlings Itch for dishonest money, scandal and exposure will inevitably follow. a Wizard Agency. ~ Portland Oregonian. Many people are accustomed to spgak ot irrigation as a wizard agency, and to quote the two blades of grass senience, nd yet a concrete example of the wiz- ard’s power will surprise them. In a report on Egypt just made by a govern- ment expert it is shown that a tract of land no larger than the irrigable area of California supports from agriculture alone 6,000,000 people, supports an expen- sive government, and pays the interest on a national debt that is half as big as that of the United States, A Lowly Me Los Angeles Times. Another name for the temple in which 18 enshrined the record of the world's heroes —Philip Ortez, a Mexican laborer on a rail- road, but every inch a hero. According to advices from Barstow, on the Santa Fe railroad, a serious wreck was averted the other day by the prompt action of a man of that name who jumped in front of a lo- comotive to remove from the rail a heavy lifting jack that had been carelessly left where it ought not to have been. The ob- struction was thrown from the rail just in time, but the man who performed the deed was mangled to death under the flying and cruel wheels 1t is gratifylng to note that @ monument is suggested for this humble hero of everyday life. It should be raised without delay, and should remain forever on the desert to remind the passenger over- land that herolsm s of no particular na- tion, and that under the swarthy skin of a native of our sister republip to the south- ward may beat a heart of as true a hero s ever set a flag above a parapet or gave his life in forlorn hope. Honor and glory forever to Philip Ortez. Even. Irrey GENERAL GRANT AND THE CANPEEN, Forceful Appeal for the Re-Establish- ment of the Post Exchange. New York Tribune, Many officers of the United States army are anxious to have the army canteen re- established. They opposed its abolition when the question was under discussion, and they now point to deteriorations in the service which they trace to the absence of the canteen and say, “We told you s0.” Among the latest recruits to the force which stlll hopes to re-establish the in- stitution is General Frederick D. Grant, who, like many of his brother officers, thinks that the people who were responsible for its abolition and who oppose its re- establishment do not see the canteen in its proper light. While the good people who wished to benefit the soldier by wiping out the places where he could procure light drink regard these places as “vile resorts into which the poor soldier's money finds its way,” the friends of the canteen re- gard this feature of the post exchange as & soldler's club, a resort where he may find wholsome relaxation and a foll against the consclenceless rumseller who has always been the canteen's greatest enemy. General Grant is a total abstainer, ac- cording to his own statement, but he never- theless regards the abolition of the canteen, with its light beverages, as a “vital mis- fortune to the service.” In his annual report as commanding officer of the Depart- ment of Texas he says: “In every age the spirit of true soldiery has engendered true comradeship, and in no realm of soclety, in no walk of life, has the radical reformer succeeded in changing the natural disposition of man to the ex- tent of eliminating this sentiment. To say that the soldier as a man must be unlike his brother in all the other walks of life—be- cause he Is a soldler he must be denfed all privileges of even the most moderate con- viviality among his’ comrades—because he is a soldier he must be subjected to un- usually strenuous conditions and submit to radical reformatory methods, which can- not be applied to any other class of men a8 a body in any other phase of life—is a species of fanaticism, which, it is respect- fully suggested, lawmakers can well aftord to ignore, if not to condemn. While pas- slons may be held in bound, nature cannot be wholly reversed or changed by stringent laws and rules, and the sooner rules are made looking to moderation, instead of ab- stinence, the better will be the morale and the higher the standard of individual de- portment in (hé"United States army.” ‘The earnest plea for the re-establishment of the canteen is only an echo of utterances by bundreds of officers, many of whom have shown by carefully prepared tables that lower moral conditions, increased ill- hees and a higher percentage of desertions have followed the closing of the canteen. T these officers the facts which the report contain are well known, but to.the people who fancled that a great blessing had come to the soldiers of the United States army when the order closing the canteen depart- ments of the post exchanges was issued these words of ‘a close and impartial ob- server will probably place the subject in a new light: “To close the doors of the soldier's garri- gon club and send him out into the haunts of iniquity and vice, run by moral vultures, who, degraded themselves, set up no stand- ard of morality, but, breaking down all barriers of restraint, invite and indute sol- diers to join In all sorts of depravity and infamy, 18 & wrong to the soldier as well as a wrong to the community in which the soldler s located."” ROUND ABOUT NEW YORK. Ripples on the Current the Metropolis. Many curions advertisements appear in the personal columns of New York City newspapers. Some of them are light and flippant and some reveal the skeletons of ovil lines, Sunday a week ago there was one ‘“personal’ that plalnly indicated a desolate home and a heart-broken mother and father. Tt was simply addressed to “Nellle" and signed by her father—no name, no address, only these touching lines Dear Nelll For many returning, For many years we've prayed to see your face, For many vears with longing and heart- yearning We've hoped you'd come back home and take your place. For many years your mother has been Tonely, I've tried to cheer her up and dry her tears; Won't you please come back? and_you only, Oh, we've waited now “for many years." DADDY of Life rs we've watched for your We love you, The birth rate figures of New York My, calculated by feérfods of time by Dr. Louls Haupt of the Board of Education, have been made public. The figures for the first quarter of this year give a general rate for the entire city of eleven bables born every hour. This Is apparently an enormous increase over the birth rate for the corresponding quarter of last year, but Is not really a more tham normal increase, and is ac- counted for by the natural increase in the adult population The figures are more comprehensive than ever before, and that makes the apparent difterence. Nevertheless, a birth rate of eleven chil- dren an hour is very great,'and shows the rapld progress of the city toward being the greatest in the word. Dr, Haupt con- jectures that the birth rate in the more thickly populated districts of the east side is fifteen an hour, and in the most con- gested districts at least twenty an hour, He admitted that he thought a conjec- tural rate of one baby a month in the ultra-fashionable districts, including Murray Hill, would be a fair estimate, but he sald that e would not want to be responsible for that estimate. On the west side, above Fourteenth street, the birth rate Dr. Haupt believes to be from eight to fifteen an hour. The sections of the city built up with what are known as apartment houses have a birth rate of approximately five children an hour. Residing in the home of a prominent and exclusive Brooklyn family is an S-year-old mulatto girl, who up to a few days ago believed she was of white blood. In the home where she was reared as a loved adopted child it was not known that she was of negro blood until she grew old enough to take on the unmistakable physi- cal traits of the African race. It was a startling discovery to the childless couple that had taken her for their own daughter —to bear their name. From a home of refinement, where all had been happiness and ease, she was sent back to the cold, forbidding charities build- ing where, nearly elght years before, she had been a walf. For seven days, in which the girl cried herself thin and wan, she waited for some one to take her and give her gnother home. Then her foster parents’called to claim her and take her back into thelr home. De- spite the bar, they loved her and missed her &0 much that they could not endure her loss. They took her with them and told her that everything would be as before. She will be heir to a latge fortune. Tentative plans for a moving stdewalk across the Willlamsburg bridge and ex- tending through a subway to the Battery were approved by a committee of the rapid transit commission. The aity is to be so- cured by an Indemnity bond for the full amount of the contract, which s expected to amount to about $,000,000. The property is to revert to the clty after a term of years, and fare on the moving sidewalk will not exceed 2 cents. It is estimated ghat the speed of the side- walk on its fastest platform, where scats will be provided, will be ten miles an hour, moving continuously, making the trip from Bowling Gleen to Willlamsburg in about fifteen minutes, without change, as com- pared to the hour the journey now takes. It 1s estimated that it will be possible to transport about 70,000 seated passengers an hour, Therg are to be stations every two blocks, The Bowery's sporting men couldn't talk of anything yesterday but the Juck. of Barney, the Milkman, when he broke a poolroom not far from Fourteenth street, relates the Sun. Barney went into the poolroom and, after studying the card on a St. Louls race in which Crime was entered, shouted: “I blay Grime, Efferybody biay Grime, Grime alvays vins ven & man gambles.” He bet 310 each way on the horse, which the poolroom quoted at 25 to 1 to win, 8 to 1 for place and 4 to 1 for third. Crime won, Barney did a war dance when he cashed in his §370. ‘When the odds were posted on the sav- enth race at Gravesend, Barney picked Eagle at 10 to 3 and even, playing $20 each way on him. The crowd followed him this time. Mordella came in first and Eaglo second, but Mordella was disqualified, Barney almost went Into hysterics as he pocketed 3250 more winnings. His next pick was the horse Frank Collins in one of the 8t. Louls races. The price was 12 to 1 to win, 4 to 1 for place and 2 to 1 for third. When the crowd saw Barney play $20 each way on Frank Collins they almost fell over each other to get their money down. Frank Collins won with ease and Barney made $360 mores His last play was 30 straight on Orfeo at Chicago at 9 to 5. Barpey had so many fol- lowers by this time that when Orfeo won it was announced that the bank roll was gone and the crowd had to wait while the management sent out for more money. The poolroom folks said they had lost $5,000 on the day. Barney won $,100 With tears rolling _down his cheeks, Thomas Gowan appearéd as a prisoner in the-Harlem court Wednesday morning and told the magistrate that he had stolen some doorknobs in order to get food for his wife and children. The éomplainant was Bella Conway. Gowan sald that be.was a driver, tormerly employed by coal dealers, but, with the other drivers employed by the firm, struck on Labor day. “I can't get any work mow,” he told the tourt, “and the union has ordered me to ay out. When I went home last night T found my children crying for fcod and my wife so weak that she could hardly walk. In order to save them from starving, I stole the doorknobs, hoping to sell them.” Rewards of Publie Life. Boston Herald. Speaking of the pecuniary rewards of public life, they are tellilng of & United States senator who had an income from his law practice of $20,60 a year and a for- tune of $100,000 when he entered public life, but today, after @ quarter of a century of public service of the most eminent and useful sort, he no law practice at aM, his fortune has disappeared, his salary is insufficlent to keep him and his family in jodest comfort, and he is driven to writ- f... magazine articles during the recess of congress. What an awful fatel TALK OF THE ATE PRESS. Fairfleld News-Herald: Having known Judge Barnés for over twenty-two years and having lived neighbor to him in the city of Ponea, Neb., several years, we feel Justified in saying that the republican party of this state siever put up a better candi- date for justice of the supreme court Monroe Republican: Now that Bryan has prepared for the final flop into the ranks of | the reorganizers by endorsing the gold can didate for United States senator, the fu- slonists are wondering where they are at One element is in favor of following the lead of the Denver conference, another will fol- low Bryan and the remainder will form a new party. This is one of the results of confusion for office only Hasting Tribune: Kearney has captured the state normal. No matter how she ac- complished it, she has won out and she will have the school regardless of all that 18 belng sald and put in public print. The Tripune Is anything but a “quitter,” but it knows enough to let go of a red-hot poker, and therefore suggests that the state lose no time in opening the new normal at Kearney, Chadron Journal: The Journal is glad to welcomo back into the ranks of the repub- liean party this fall quite a number who left a few years ago when popullsm was sweeping the country and gathering up the votes of many honest men. In leaving the grand old party they were actuated by good impulses, but the “way that seemeth right i& not always right and these good men having satisfied themselves that they were wrong In leaving and heartily repenting of their misdoing we extend the right hand of fellowship to each of this class and say most heartily, welcome, thrice welcome. Geneva Signal: A citizen of this county after returning from a trip to the coast and through the northwest commenting upon the political situation said that throughout his trip it was necessary even after reading the papers to inquire the political afilla~ tions of the paper. It seems that the demo- cratic papers vie with the republicans In commendgtion of Roosevelt and his admin- istration, 'all agreeing as to the wisdom of his re-clection. In fact, the enthusiasm for Roosevelt in convention and at the polls next year will be furnished from the sturdy impetuous west, and that enthusiasm should and will be forecasted in the big republican majorities in counties and states thls fall. Nebraska and Fillmore county will take no back seats. Fairbury Gazette: The general political campaign in this state is one of the most remarkable ones ever conductéd. There is absolutely no interest whatever anywhere, save in the eastern part of the first ju- diclal district, where there is a factional fight on hand. The state and county com- palgns are unusually qulet all over the state. Such a state of affairs has been un- known for years. It it possible that the enemy has decided to “lay down" without a struggle of any kind? It looks that way. Locally there is nothing doing in this county. The people are too busy and too prosperous to pay any attention to polltics The facts of the case are that politics have been a detriment to many good men and they have wisely decided to let the game alone—let the candidates do their own fight- ing, as they are the ones who receive the benefits derived therefrom. Plerce Call: Four years ago Holcomb was elected supreme judge on the fusion ticket by 16,108 majority. Last fall Secre- tary Marsh, republican, carried the state by 13,048, Treasurer Mortensen by 15,108 and State Superintendent Fowler by 16,272. Four years ago the fusionists captured elght of the fifteen judges of the state, In many in- stances their maforities solng over the thousand mark. At the election last year the republican ticket, based on the secre- tary of state, recelved & majority In every Judicial district of the ‘state, except one, the Sixth, and there the fusion majority was cut down to 268, In our uwn ludiclal district, the Ninth, comprising Antelope, Knox, Msdison, Pierce and Wayne countles, the fuslon majority fiur years :go was 1,34, Last fall Marsh, (he republican can- didate for secretary of state, cirried the district by 1,02 majority, a change of 3,841 votes in favor of the republicans. These figures tell eloquently what the fusion forces are up against this year. GOLD AND SILVER OUTPUT, Government's Return on Production of Precious Metal St. Louls Globe-Democrat. From the returns which have been re- celved at the office of the director of the mint, he figures that the United States output of gold and silver in the calendar year 1902 was a little in excess of §109,- 000,000 in the aggregate. Of this sum $29,000,000 represented silver and $50,000,000 stood for gold. The aggregate differcd only slightly from 1901, but there was an Inerease of gold in 192 and a decrease in silver. Colorado still stands at the front among American communities in output of each metal, with a yleld of $28,000,000 in gold and $5,000000 in stiver. California is second in gold, with a product a little less than $17,000,000, and Montana s second in silver, $7,000,000. An interesting feature of the govern- ment's tabulation is the increase in gold which is shown for Alaska. The output of the yellow metal in that province in 1802 was 98,000,000, a gain of $2,000,000 over 1801 It should be remembered that the Alaska here referred to is the United States terri- tory of that name. In some.estimates of the yleld of Alaska the British settlements in the neighborhood of the American line are loosely counted in. In the estimate of the director of the mint it is evident that it is the United States territory which is meant. The Klondlke region is close to the United States line, but as that belongs to Canada, it has no business to be counted in with the American territory when figur- ing the gold yleld or anything else. There has been but little change in the United States' agsregate gold output in the past few y the gains which have been made In Alaska being partially offset by losses in the rest of the country. ' The probability is that there will be a falling off in the gold product of the continental portion of the country this year. Its most productive field, the Cripple Creek district of Colorado, has been tied up with str for several weeks, and even before the strikes began there was a slight falling off in the yield there as compared with 1901 Colorado's lead over California will not be so great in 1908 as It was in 1%2, it 18 pro- able. Alaska, however, promises to Keep We trust doctors. They trust Ayer’s Cherry Pectoral for coughs. PERSONAL NOTES. ‘There is a merchant in Nevada, Mo, of the name of Gosh, and it is sald you can swear by him The musically gifted firemen of New York found .a blazing plano in the street and promptly played upon it the aggregate gold output close to the high- est mark ever touched. “Young Mr, McClellan," tavorite for mayor, can talk politics in four languages. This Is very convenlent for one who 1s expected to be all things to all men John Crump, a mulatto who served with istinction under Farragut, and was se- verely wounded during the battle In Mobile Bay, has been obliged, at the age of 102 years, to seek a home in the Denver poor house. Alfred Gilbert, the English sculptor, has undertaken an art school of unusual magni- tude at Bruges. He has hired an enormous disused factory, which yields, besides great studios, living accommodations for about 300 pupils. He proposes to do all his work in the presence of his classe: Knowing his own failing, a dentist in Quenemo, Kan.,, publishes the following card n his local paper: “I kindly ask ail my patrons and frienda to not bring any intoxicant to my office. While I know many wish a stimulant when having teeth ex- tracted, I wish they would take it befors coming to my office, It is a temptation that I would like to resist, and kindly warn all to refrain from bringing it to or about my office.—~E. F. Medearis.” H. H. Vreeland. the New York traction magnate, was out for a spin in his auto- mobiie recently and found his way blocked by a wagon and palr of skinny horses. Thinking to have some fun with the team- ster, he sald: ““What are these animala you are driving?” The man replied: “Them ia what's called horses. Sometimes they are used to take automobile drivers to the hos- pital, see?’ Mr. Vreeland saw and indulged in no more sarcasm. LINES TO A LAUGH. Tammany's Nell-The idea of your being engaged to him! What do you want to be married for? Belle—1 don't; but T want to ghow that I can be if I want to.~Philadelphia Ledger. “Have you ever had palpitation of the heari?” asked the insurance examiner. “Well,”" replled the young man, blush- ing vividly, “I'm engaged to be married."— Philadelphia Press. 8o the_physicians thought you had ap- pend tis? "Q( s, answered Mrs. Cumrox, “and I was ever £o relieved (o Jearn that they were mistaken. Appendiciiis is golng completely out of style, you know. ngton Star. Btruggling Author—Do you think I ought to have my_ porirait as & frontispiece (o The bock ? Publisher--We can put It there ¥f you wish. It will cost you something extra. Struggling_Avthor—Well, I'm willing, if you fnsist, Here's my pbotograph.—Chicago Tribune, Jokey—Here's a conundrum for you. What's the éifference between a man and is wife h‘lonpu None, unless the man is so un- wise as to have an opinion of his own.— Detroit Free Press. “Good evening!” he managed to stam. mer. He hud proposed to her by mail and e nswer. pad come for her a bla akid Tt “I have read your lotte oem—a regulay poem. 231505 e uroaned ‘and fled fn_despair, realizing the dread import of her words, for she was an editor's daughter.—Philadel- phia Press. “Didn't you once tell me that time was money 7" usked Senator Borgum, & littie Im‘pntl(‘nll\' “Certainly,” answered the viser. “Well, where is the nec spending my time argulng for votes it I am Willing to put up the equivalent?'—Wash- ington Star. serious ad- Now know I what is love! It 18 a nude nonetity that knocks Against the bosom once and only once. Then sneaks away forever. puusing only To bid & last farewell to the fond heart That felt it for a Jjifty ere It wen When love comes first, the soul blooms like a meadow, ‘With yl’lhmruua. duflod]ldn{ld ailo‘gf:ll.!n‘:lh with buttercups an oa . Ao ZHIIWI\IKM Sentinel. HIS FIRST DAY IN SCHOOL. W. D. Nesbit in Chicago Tribune, She lost her little boy today Her eyes were moist and sweet And tender, when he went away To hurry down the street. She stood there for the longest while And watched and watched him; then She sald—and tried to force & smile— “He'll not come back again." Inside the house, her tears would. come. Bhe sank into a chair And sobbed above the battered drum And trumpet lying there. The sunshine stole into the place— It only made her sad With thinking of the pretty grace His baby tresses had. She minded-all his Jittle wi Bhe went to see his crib Up in the attic; then to gase At platter, spoon and bib, And all the frinkets he had thought 8o fair to look upon— Bach one of them this murmur brought: “My little boy has gone.” §he wandered through the house all day, To come on things he'd left; And O, she missed his romping play And felt herself bereft! When he came home. with shining eyes, To_tell of sehool's deligh She kissed and held him motherwisa With something of afright. This ts the pain in mothers’ hearts When school days have Begun: Each knows the little boy departs ‘And baby days are done; Each mothe rllnlu lWnuh.i fl"“ her ears And hush the calling bel For. somehow, in its tone she hears The sounding of & knell. From Kiog Samson IX— “Know ye my Univereal decree,” The Decatur is from this day the all bis male subjects, both in their official shoeist to His Majosty and daily walks of life and while in attendance st the Great Court Ball, October Bih of the present year. Shoes for the wearer w0 Wear and $3.50 and $5.00 1521 FARNAM that make the dresser dressed. From maker fo wearer