Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, October 23, 1903, Page 6

THE OMAHA DAILY BEE: FRIDAY, OCTOBER 23, 1908 f _OMAHA DAILY BEE E. ROSEWATER, EDITOR. PUBLISHED EVERY MORNING. TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION. Bee (without Sunday), Qne Year. Daily Bee and Sunday, Une Year., Illustrated Bee, One Year. : unday Bee, One Yea dturdey Bee, One Year.... Twentieth Century Farmer, Oue DELIVERED BY CARRIER. Dally Bee (without Bui ), per copy.. 20 ily Bee (without Sunday), pér week..12c Bee (Including Sunday), per week.17c Bunday Bee, jer copy..... e ening Bee (without Sunday), per week 6o ning Bee (including Bunday), per = Complaints of irregularities in delivery should be addressed to City Circulation De- partment. OFFICES Omaha—The Bee Buflding. Grguth Omaha—City Hall Bullding, Twen- ~fifth and streets. Counell Bluffs—io Pear] Street. Chi 18 Unity Bullding. New York—2a% Park Row Building. Washington—i01 Fourteenth Street. CORRESPONDENCE. Communications relating to news and edi- tarial matter should be addres: Omaha Bee, Editorial Department. REMITTANCES. Remit by draft, express or postal order yable to The ublishing Compiny nly 2-cent stamps accepted in payment of mall accounts. Personal checks, except on aha or eastern exchanges, not accepted THE BEE PUBLISHING COMPANY. STATEMENT OF CIRCULATION. Btate of Nebraska, Doug'as County, s8.: Pubhebig. Comassy, %’:""‘3:& e ihat e o o 4 13 Total... Less unsold and returned coplos. Net total sales. GEO HUCK. Bubscribed in my presence and sworn to this 30th day of September, A. M. B, HUNGATE, Notary Public. Register today. The financlal storm seems to be alter- pating between Pittsburg and Baltimore. Tuesday, November 5, has been set apart as general house cleaning day for the court house. The change in the management of the Omaha and Winnebago Indian agencies has been a long time coming and should prove to be something worth waiting for. e——— Omaha is in the heart of the great American grain and cattle belt and by rights should be, and in due course of time will be, a great grain and cattle mart. - N E—— The Twenty-second Infantry has al- " ways been a faverite in Omaha and Nebraska, and It starts its journey to the Phillippines with sincere wishes for a safe return. y aes—— « In order to vote you must register this year, as previous registrations do not hold good for the coming election. If you did not register last week be sure to register today. The American representatives who participated for the United States in the Alaskan houndary arbitration are on their way home. They may not be met with a brass band, but they may know that the American people are fully satis- fied with the results they attuined. E——— In this materialistic world there is no effect without cause. One reason why Omaha has been outstripped within the past few years by other cities in the erection of bulldings is because ma- terials and labor are higher and rents lower here than they are in cities like Indianapolls, Toledo, Minneapolis, St. P‘aul, Denver and Kansas City. — The announcement from Colombia that the public treasury there is on the verge of bankruptcy may be a tip as to what expect next In canal treaty negotiations. 1If the Colombian finances are as bad as they are palnted we may look for a financlal proposition by which Colomblans will attempt to raise the “dough” as the price of their consent for the construction of the Panama canal. ———— The St. Louls police captain who re- signed his commission on being indicted for complieity in naturalization frauds, declaring that he will ask reinstatement when he clears himself, has something to commend him. The usual practice for beclouded officers is to Insist on hold- ing thelr positions until their guilt is proven in court by a verdict of convie- tion—much to the demoralization of the service, S— The Omaba fusion organ is very much perturbed over the prospect that Judge Sullivan is liable to lose several thou- A TIME FOR CALMNES The Baltimore American, commenting upon the failure of financial institutions in that city, which bhas had a more or less disturbing influence upon confidence generally, urges that the situation Is one that calls for calmness and con- servatism. It points out that the diffi- culties of these istitutions are due to Indiscreet investments in certain securi- ties and a genernl policy that could not fail to result in financial trouble. Like many other financial concerns in this country the trust companies in Baltimore were reckless in taking securities of corporations whose promises seemed plausible, but whose ability to meet these promises was very meager, The Baltimore trust companies, like those in other parts of the country, were organized and conducted upon the prin- ciple that every financial and commer- clal venture, under the great prosperity of the country, was certain to pay ex- traordinary dividends for an indefinite period and that consequently there was safety in taking whatever securities were placed on the market. For several years this sort of thing seemed to be Justified by results, but wise men, who had in mind the lessons of experience and the teachings of political economy, knew that sooner or later a reaction was inevitable and that when it came the effect would probably be in proportion to the excess with which speculation and inflation' had carried values. As was saild in his address by the president of the American Bankers’ as- soclation, in session at San Francisco, there sprung up among the substantial edifices of our prosperity “artificial com- merelal structures which have falled signally to stand the test of time. Over sanguine people, some probably not over scrupulous, had been capitalizing and re- capitalizing schemes of all kinds and in- ducing people, with paper profits, to underwrite flotations which they were unable to carry. The boom had gone too far, the natural reaction set in, and & general house cleaning begun where it ‘Wwas most needed in the weeding out of over capitalized and inflated securities.” This same authority, however, de- clared ;that the substantial and legiti- mate business interests of the country are on a sound basis and we do not think, that there can be a reasonable doubt in regard to this. The failure of trust companies and banks that have been putting their money into specnla- tive and inflated enterprises, while its effect is necessarily disquieting, should not destroy confidence. Thoughtful bus ness men will look beyond these inel- dents of reaction and consider the sub- stantial facts that make for a continu- ance of prosperity and no one who does this can have any doubt that the prom- ise for the future is still bright, KEEPING AN EYE ON GERMANY. It is a fact and a strange one too that according to the best advices our naval authorities are of the opinion that our next naval conflict will be with Germany. 1t is strange that this should be the impression, because as a matter of fact we have no issue today with the German empire and no quarrel with anything that Germany is to the slight- ost extent interested in. But, they say, Germany is intruding upon us in various quarters and therefore we must take measures to shut her out from every relation where she may conflict with our interests, y Possibly that suggestion 13 right. Per- haps we ought to take precautions against the pos-lqmy of Germany do- Ing something in the western hemis- phere that would be inimical to our in- terests: We have heard a good many suggestions In the last few years that were to the effect that in the course of time—and not a very great time either— we should have to measure naval power with Germany. Even so great a man as Admiral Dewey has been quoted as saying that our next great naval contest will be with Germany. However fallacious this idea may be regarded by Americans generally, it is not to be dismissed as wholly without warrant. The men who are in the con- trol of our naval establishment may not be wholly accurate in their Judgment in regard: to future events, It is not dim- cult to understand that in thefr peculinr fleld of observation they may see things differently from the ordinary observer, Yet in the main their Judgment, both as to present and future conditions, is en- titled to the highest conslderation, We do not believe that the United States is in any present danger from any foreign power and yet why is it not the part of wisdom to accept the suggestions of such wise and patriotic men as Ad- miral Dewey? MOST 'M*)t" ANTTU TAXPAYERS. The discnssion that has been golng on in the public press over the new revenue law and the litigation that has already been started to test the constitutionality of certain sections alleged to impose double taxation, emphasize the lmpor- tance of electing to the office of county ‘assessor & man who can be depended upon to put the new revenue law into sand votes on account of the decision on the Dbible-in-the-public-schools ques- tion. If Judge Sullivan loses several thousand votes on account of the con- troversy over bible reading it will be because the Omaha organ of fusion Las projected his decision to the forefront and persistently keeps up the agitation of that double-edged subject. b EE——— The establishment of the South Omaha stock yards was the forerunner of the establishment of the great pack- fng housgs that: have made Omaha & cattle market in splte of the vesistance of the rallroad trafiic mapagers who were interested in main- taining the long haul. The erection of graln elevators and flouring wills and above all the equalization of grain rates between Omaha and Kansas City will in the no distant future make Omaha a Sruin, market in splte of the resisiance ot managers and elevator syndi- : Btick & pla there, operation with a view to making it dis- tribute the burdens of taxation uni- formly and equitably upon all persons and corporations who should contribute to the support of our Sovernment. The taxpayers of Douglas eounty—the county that furnishes one-seventh of the state taxes and ralses more local taxes than any other five counties in Nebraska ~are more vitally interested in the office of county dssessor than in any other office to be filled at the coming election. Without disparaging the nominee"on the democratic ticket, we have no hesitation in saying that, in our Jjudgment, and in the Judgment of those best qualified to Speak, the republican candidate for county assessor, Harry D. Reed, is the ideal man for the place. Mr. Reed’s superior ftness springs from a residence in this city and county extending over more than twenty years, Which time he has In the course Dearly dvery foot of ground and Improvements in the district. He comes nearer being an expert in the matter of realty valuations and appralsements than any mar in the county, and his service upon the first Board of Review that passed on the assessment roll made up under the tax commisgioner system established by the new city charter has given him an insight into the details of the taxing machinery few people pos- sess. His services on the reviewing board moreover, more particularly his determined stand for higher assessments on the privileged corporations whichpre- vious to that time had been almost en- tirely exempt, gives him an additional claim to the support of taxpaying citizens. If qualifications and service alone ‘were the sole tests to be applied, all in- terested in securing equitable taxation— democrats and republicans alike—would cast their votes for Harry D. Reed, con- fident they would not be disappointed when he should take hold of Ms official duties. TRE OUTLOOK FUK OMAHA. It is a most encouraging fact, that should inspire and give a fresh hope to every citizen and business man of Omaha, that one of the most energetic and enterprising of rallroad mén has enlisted himself in the most enthusiastic way in the work of promoting the In- terests and welfaro of this city. It s a most unusual, as’ well as a most wel- come fact, that is presented in the con- cern which President Stickney of the Chicago Great Western road fs showing in the bullding up of Omaha interests and we have the utmost confidence that the work he is doing will result in con- tributing to our city benefits and ad- vantages of ‘inestimable value. Every citizen of Omaha who has a sincere interest in the future welfare of this community ought to feel a very lively interest and sympathy in the efforts of Presideat Stickney of the Great Western railrond. —— The National Association of Local Fire Insurance Agents, now in session at Hartford, Conn., is seriously discussing the multiple agency gvll and the pro- posed concentration of fire insurance business in fewer companies on a sole agency basis. It is claimed that under a proper local agency system a commis- sion of not over 15 per cent on all classes of fire insurance risks would be ample. Estimated on the basls of the business of 1902 the change would ef- fect a saving of over $10,000,000 an- nually, now expended in the payment of commissions. This program will be doubtless very attractive to stock- holders in fire insurance companies, but the question patrons of these com- panies will ask themselves is, How much of the ten millions saved will ‘be conceded to them in reductions of fire premiums and how much of it go into the pockets of the Fire Insurance trust? It the whole $10,000,000 is to be ab- sorbed by the insurance trust the premium payers will much prefer to let it be distributed in commissions to local agents. S The paper read at the Mohonk Indian conference by Agent Davis of the Indian Rights association, denouncing the pres- ent system of ‘appointing Indian inspec- tors, hits the nail on the head. The declaration that very few honest inspec- tors are obtained, most of them being given to venality and to making white- washing reports in connivance with the corrupt and incompetent Indian agents whom they are sent to inspect, has been proved over and over right here in Ne- braska. Worse than that, honest inspec- tors who have made true reports of the scandalous condition of affairs have been transferred to other places and their Integrity impeached by sending dishonest inspectors to go over the ground again and refute the original findings. Agent Davis charges this up to politics. A question of honesty or dishonesty 18 not a JDolitical question and the sooner such politics is eliminated from our dealings with the Indlans the better it will be. The managers of the St. Louis expo- sition have been painfully shocked over the resignation of United States Senator Burton from the presidency of the Jeru- salem Exhibit company, which was to reproduce the Holy City at the World's fair. The suggestive significance that attaches to this withdrawal of the Kan- sas senator from the Jerusalem Exhibit company is found in the current report that it was brought about by a row with President Roosevelt over the use of a letter from Roosevelt to advertise the scheme. President Roosevelt is sald to have accused Burton of not treating him courteously and is said to have ye- marked that thereafter, so far as he was concerned, Mr. Burton was not on the pelitical map. With the Kansas federal judgeship and other plums hang- ing in the air Senator Burton is anx- fous to be restored to the map as soon as the weather will permit. Hence his withdrawal. E— Whether Daniel Freeman's predictions of the effect of the bible-in-the-public- schools decision are prophetic or not, the effect of the agitation of the biblical de- cision upon Judge Sullivan will be about the same as the effect of firing an old shotgun that does greater execution at the breech than at the muzzle, —_— A ery Eple, Philadelphia North American, Perhaps Mr. Bryan will"begin to realize that his platform is defunct, now that a Missour! silverite has had an endorsement of the Lincoln man engraved on his tomb- stone. — The Compensatl Saturday Evening Post. Before we become t00 deeply aroused on two poiuts that project from the sur- face of the matter: First—Is the sort of girl that buys a tle of & man she does not love a fit or luxury should spend it on the other side of the Atlantic rather than in America? Possibly there is just a wee bit o' siller even In the black cloud of the loss of so many bewitching and rich American girls. —_— Battie of the Ger: Baltimore American. Now it develops that laziness is a dis. ease produced by a germ whose full name is “Uncinaria Americana.”” Its only cure is the introduction into the system of the sufferer of another germ, fatally an- tagonistic to the first, the latter germ be- ing scientifically known as workum hardi- bus. Shifting Winds of Favor. New York Tribune. Pitchers and caichers and batsmen have had their months of glory and renown, and now they pass out of popular favor until next spring, while the well greaved Greeks of the football field, with their tossing locks and thelr all-incasing armor, exeite the eager spectators to & delirfum of frensied adoration. The West Not Worrying. Philadelphia Press. All reports from the west are to the effect that the railroad business there is very active, with no sign of any depression. That feeling of coming ruin is confined to Wall street, where they are squeezing the water out of the stocks of trusts and other such corporations, Raflroad business is active in the east as well as in the west. of Same Sausage. Philddelphia Record. It is more than a jest—it is food for thought—that one of the dummy directors in the United States Shipbullding company was a director in the 10-per-cent-d-week- get-rick-quick concern three of the man. agers of which are now in the penitentiary. Ammon, one of the three, thinks the finan- clal methods of the two concerns & good deal alike. How Stocks Ca Downa. Pittsburg Gazette. When the banker who represented the ock market as having walked down the stalrway from the top of the sky scraper during the past summer, instead of falling down the elevator shaft, he overlooked the fact that there were several flights of stairs down which it had been kicked or thrown. He also neglected to say whether it would take the elevator up. Sign of a False Flag. Baltimore News. Dummy directors mean nothing more than that the corporation that has them is sail- ing under false colors. This is also true of figurehead directors, who, unlike those of the dummy varlety, are usually men of wealth and reputation. If the exposures In connection with this shipbullding case arouse public disgust for corporations with either dummy or figurehead directors, it will accomplish a good purpose. Just now the promoters of other companies, under New Jersey charters, who have taken too free an advantage of the wide-open corporation laws of that state, are feeling uncomfort- able over what is coming to light In this case, and some of them will no doubt take the hint and put their management on a more respectable basis. PUTTING ON THE BRAKES, Manitestation of e lmstrial Restrie- eral Directions. ‘Washington Post. ‘There are some rather prominent indica- tions that the tide of industrial activity is beginning to ebbh, and a number of events of the presept month should serve as a warning, particularly to laboring men, that there is grave danger of a check in the industrial activity that has for several years past created a demand for labor far in excess of the supply. It must not be understood that there Is any serious danger of Interference with the present condition of general prosperity throughout the country, but there Is no mistaking or denying the fact the men who head the great combinations of ocapi- tal which has been seeking Investment in industrial enterprises throughout the country are beginning to trim sail. Every- thing has been at fever heat for several years. The demands for steel products, the output of the mills and factories of all kinds, has been so great that the own- ers of these enterprises have not hesi- tated to incur any expense necessary to keep up with their orders. Mills have been working day and night, wages have been very generally advanced. and capl- tal has been liberal, almost prodigal, in the outlay that promised quick and profit- able returns. The fancy prices for mill and manufactured products no longer ob- tain, the markets of the world are not as attractive as they have been for sev- eral years, and there is accumulating evi- dence that the industrial enterprises upon which this success has been based are beginning to study plans of retrenchment and reduction of expenses. The Vanderbilt lines of rallway, the Southern Pacific system, and a number of other rallway companies throughout the country have already issued notices reducing the number of their employes in certain departments. Some 5,000 men have been lald off in the repair shops of these companies, the excuse being given that the freight business 1s slackening up, and that, as most of the rolling stock of the roads is new or in good repair, there is no demand for the services of such a large force. It Is also intimated that the retrenchments of the working forces In difterent departments of the roads. An- other discouraging sign Is found in the report of bullding operations in the larger cities of the country for the nine months of the present year, as compared with the corresponding period of last year. This report shows a decrease of something more than $60,000,000 In New York. Chicago, Philadelphia, Pittsburg, 8t. Paul and Min- neapolis, while other citiés report a general 108s In this direction. This loss is attributed directly to the disturbed condition of the labor market. Notice is already being served that the outlook for next season's operation is not promising. Investors are hesitating to go Into bullding propositions until the labor sit- uation becomes better adjusted. Then too, there is always more or less stagna- tion in Investment circles on the eve of a presidential election, and, If there were no other disturbing factor to the situa- tion, this fact alone would result in a noticeable curtallment of large Investments for 1504. Perhaps the most discouraging feature of the situation to laboring men is the posting of & notice at the Carnegle Steel company, at Pittsburg, that the wages of all employes will be revised on January 1. Under an agreement with its employes the company undertakes to continue Its schedule of wages for one year, unless notice is posted three months In advance, calling for a revision of the scale. The glving of this notice by the Carnegie com- pany does not necessarfly mean that wages are to be reduced at the end of the present year, but it is hardly probable that th company proposes to sdvance them. The production of iron and steel has fallen off, owing to a lack of demand, and profits are declining. so that the natural Inference must be that the company proposes to seek WALL STREET AND MONTANA. Some Things Done Under the Oloak of “Respectability. Hartford (Conn.) Courant. Respectability has this nominal advan- tage—that it can do a lot of things that are not permitted where respectabllity is lacking. To be sure, this privilege carries with it a moral obligation to behave—what goes under the old-fashioned head of no- blesse oblige—but these are new days, and ‘“‘old-fashioned” Is not the sure passport to acceptance. High finance has within a few years developed striking {llustrations of the priv- fleges of respectabllity, a few of which are perhaps worth recalling to mind. Take the case of the famous Pgnnsylvania Coal com- pany. The rich concern had for a long time been in a sort of opposition to the companies which both mine and transport it, and its eminently respectable managers, In the Interests of the dear public and after a long fight, secured a charter per- mitting them to bulld a road of thelr own to tidewater, thus making them independ- ent of the combination which had been demanding toll from them. This was a great triumph for the people against monopoly and dictation. As soon as the layout was approved and the road was an assured thing, the managers sold out to the coal combine at an enormous price, and the dear people, whose representatives had granted the charter, found that they had got left, while their benefactors had colned millions by selling the charter that d been granted free in the public inter- ont. If this was not a betrayal of a trust, it certainly was a surprise, and as for the other toal companies, they had to pay big money, and very big, to head off a threat- ening competitor. It was put up or shut up, and they put up about $8 for each $1 of capital. On one side the people got left, and on the other the coal companies got well roasted. But the management, respectable to begin with, made new mii- lions and so grew in grace. The Loulsville & Nashville pallroad de- cided to increase its capital stock largely, and, according to rumor, insiders, anticl- pating_ that the advent of the new stock would lower the price of the old, kindly let “the market'” have all it wanted—and then suddenly dlscovered that the new stock could not be delivered for a considerable time, owing to formalities of the stock ex- change not previously taken into account by the sellers, but very clear to the buyer. There they wers, and the “market” in this Instance had happened to be an operator already advdnced in respectability through immense profits in the steel deal. He had the company and could do as he pleased with it. He Rindly and most respectably let those other rallroads (which it could seriously injure) have his share of it, which carried the control, at an enormus profit to himself and at about 60 points above its present market value. It will readily be seen that this shrewd operation added alike to his respectability and his wealth. The * IN. A. & C.” rallroad fell into trouble and was conservatively and suc- cessfully reorganized by the Morgan inter- ests. This done, the property was left to go‘on by itself and was doing well. Its stock was sold on the exchange. All of a sudden the fact came to light that the control had been quietly picked up and that the property was in hands that could use it to the gerlous detriment of other roads till then in harmonious relations with it Rather than have such a thing happen these roads offered to buy it out at an enormous profit to the seller, and rather than open the war and lose money the oper- ator let them have it, and took his profits and another long step up in respectability. He cquld have brought on a hot railroad fight, but for a price he did not. Instead he grew in stature as a financler. ‘These are several recent illustrations of what success in Wall street means. Now look west and out in Montana you will find that a band of citizens, called brigands by the successful operators in Wall street, have notified the Northern Pacific road that, if they do.not receive $50,000, they will inaugurate a rallroad war which will prove very disastrous to the property. This price is not a week's Interest on what has been made by the hold-ups in Wall street, but these western operators, sadly lacking in respectability, are branded as black- mallers and in danger of prison. Thelr ignorance of polite methods is shocking. PERISH THE THOUGHT! Sarcastiec Comment on Rallroad Man- agers and Women Stenographers, New York Sun. A little while ago the Chicago agents of the Grand Trunk raflroad put up in its Chicago offices some impertinent rules for the reproof and correction of the women stenographers. They were not to turn the offices into lunch rooms, and so on and so on. The animus of the officlals was clear. They were bound to discharge all the ‘women stenographers. They would have been much wiser to drive the woman out without so frivolous and thin a reason. More than twenty of the gowned profeseors of shorthand have been put out. The rest will have to go. The sunperintendent of the western divis. fon of the Grand Trunk makes no bones about speaking frankly: “We dont want any more .women. We have nothing agalust members of the weaker sex, but we have come to the con- | clusion that they are not fitted for railroad work. Civil service prevalls to a great ex- tent in rallroad work, and every employe looks forward to promotion to the position above him. Women stand in the way of this system, because they are not fitted for promotion from stenographers to chief clerks and simlilar position: That's all right. It is the privilege of the road to employ whom it pleases. It is the duty of the officials to employ the persons whom they belleve to be most competent. But why should the Chicago agent of the Grand Trunk whip up flubdub like this? “They gossip about their matrimonial ‘chances’ during office hours, and their manuscripts are often besmired with a too liberal quantity of candy and creampuff filling. A wholesale discharge is about the only way to preserve decorum in the offices and do away with chats about masculine admirers of the night before.” Women stenographers are often in the way. No doubt of that. They check the tree torrent of sulphurous speech. They also impede the recital of pleces of mag- culine literature of a certain kind. In many other respects the inferiority of women is evident. Thank the stars, men, old, mediaeval or young, never, in their business hours talk about women, horses, base ball, the “little time" they had last night and so on. They devote their minds, thoughts and conversation exclusively to bustness. Hence thelr towering superiority to the weaker veseels. Twin Specimens of Graft. Buffalo Express. It has been discovered that one of the original incorporators of the United States Shipbullding company was also an incor- porator of the famous Franklin syndicate, which was operated by ‘520 per cent” Miller, Both Miller and Bob Ammon are serving time for promoting this syndicate. Apparently the young man in question was an incorporator of the Shipbullding trust for the same reason that he was connected with the Frankiin syndicate—to facilitate the organization of the concern. It is pos- sible that one of the resuits of the ship- bullding affair will be a change in the wethod of orgunisaiion. “PRESIDENTIAL YEARS, Tradition of Bad Markets Before Eleo- tion and Its Basis. New York Evening Post. There has been rather more talk than usual, this week, of the probable bearing of the coming ‘‘presidential year" on trade and finances. It s a recognized tradition of both stock markets and commercial markets that presidential years are apt to be unfavorable. The main reason Is that uncertainty usually exists, until the cam- paign is ended, over contested questions of public policy~usually currency or tariff. It is admitted that the money question will not come up In formidable shape next vear. How far the tarifft question will figure, the financial community does not feel certain. All are convinced, however, that the trust question will play a leading part. The recent Wall street scandals, and the heavy losses by thousands of small in- vestors, are belleved to make this a politi- cal certainty. Precedent is rather odd In this matter of “presidental years." In the majority of them, eircumstances have been such as to disturb the markets, quite irrespective of political uncertainties. Thus, 190 was & year of violent reaction in the jron trade, Dot in any respect connected with the po- litical campaign. The money question did, however, cause some unsettlement, and was the one cause of the bad markets of 1896 It could not be sald that the electoral cam- palgn was a dominant influence in 1882, the controlling force in finance and business, that year, being the currency tangle result- ing from the Sherman act. On the other hand, 1888 was a year when tariff discus- sions serfously checked business, the rather unusual fact being that both parties demanded a radical change which made planning for the next trade season dificult. In 1884 the campaign itself was a minor in- fluence, the depression following Wall street's May collapse being the year's real influence. Taking the record as a whole, it is safe to say that while an electoral canvass never helps business, it does not always have the single and overshadowing influence which s ascribed to It. PERSONAL NOTES. United States Senator Russell A. Alger of Michigan s inspecting a vast tract of tim- ber land In northern Mexico which has been acquired by him and a number of other Michigan capitalists. General C. A. Whittler, who was in charge of the United States customs serv- ice in Mania, has just returned to this country by way of the Siberlan railroad, having crossed Siberia in fourteen days. Morris Salmonson, for seventeen years marriage license clerk in Chicago, is able fluently as well as talk Yiddish, French, Italian, Danish apd Swed- ish and is at present studying Bohemian. Officlal announcement is made in New Or- leans that all the vast Hogg-Swayne inter- ests in Loulslana and Texas, together with those controlled by General Nelson A. Miles, are to be combined in one. Thereby the general will become an ofl magnate. Charles H. Voorhees has just died sud- denly at Lexington, Ky., at the age of 62 He was perhaps the most famous American duelist that was ever graduated at Heldelberg, having on his body at least twenty scars caused from wounds recelved in dueling. Some eminently practical guests were among those who aided In celebrating the golden wedding of Mr. and Mrs. John Holt at Independence, Kan. Useful and orna- mental gifts there were in abundance, in- cluding an overcoat for the husband and a set_of false teeth for his wife. ¥, Johr Howard Parnell, who had been se- lected to contest South Meath in opposi- tion to David Sheehy, is a brother of the late Charles Stewart Parnell and city mar- shal of the city of Dublin. Mr. Parnell rep- resented one of the divisions of Wicklow in the 189 Parliament. This time he was de- feated, being opposed by the United Irish league. Well-tubbed Great Britaln is excitedly discussing the question of the use axd abuse of soap. Some say that the use of it removes the natural ofl of the skin and ren- ders the system llable to contract cold: rheumatism and various other maladies others maintain that nothing but soap has prevented utter deterioration of the British physique. Considerable surprise was manifested in for State and Loeal Ticket, Lincoln Star There §s & very general interest among the republicans of the state in the result of the election in Omaha and Douglas county. The trend of the indications, o far as they can be gathered raises hope of a very large republican vote for the regular republican ticket there, county and judictal, which would, of course, be equivalent to its election, The substantial test lles in the election There was a series of efforts early in the campaign preliminaries in Douglas county looking to logal party harmony. The details of this movement, the minutlae of the diplomacy employed, are not of special concern just now, except as they bear upon the Interests of the republican party in the election. The republicans of Nebraska Wwho want to see their party made strong, will look to the election in Douglas county to judge Mow matters have been handled there. Roughly speaking, Douglas county con- tains about one-seventh of the population of Nebraska. When there is anything like an even division between the republican party and the fused opposition fn the state, the situation in Douglas county becomes vital. When that sort of division disap- pears, as it is fast disappearing before the growth of the republican party, the situation In Douglas, of course, ceases to be #o vital. But it nevertheless s, and always must be important. Under the circumstances of this year's campalgn the republicans of Nebraska will hall with special pleasure any indications of the solidification of the various ‘elements In Douglas, any sign of mutual concesston. — v 1_ecan't understan’.” sald Uncle Eben, how it Is dat some folks kin be too proud to work an' at de same time humble enough to let de fam'ly give 'em board an' lodgin' free.”"—~Washington Star. ‘‘We all love to think of the time that' past and hope it will come again.” E ‘Not always. There's rag time; all glad that's [ast and we hope we've seen the last of it.""—Philadelphia Press. we'ra wThe deacon went to a_burlesaue show." Did he say he was shacked? Yes, but he was honest about {t." “How do you mean?" ““Why, he admitted that he rather lked the shock.”—Chicago Post. "Wigglesworth, the bank teller, made aw” | add ast evening and it wa my it seemed to be the matter with "His volce scattered o, They should have given him a littla window to talk through."—Cleveland Plain Dealer. Rev. Dr. Fourthly—How 1s your new cholr Paris over the fact that the king of Italy did not applaud when President Loubet took him to the opera there. Parisians did not seem to know that their distinguished guest does not care a rap for music or poetry. King Victor Emmanuel takes his pleasure on horseback or in an automoble. He is also fond of military life, being a rigid disciplinarian. Ex-Assistant District Attorney Osborne of New York spoke recently of an ex- tremely able argument presented in the course of a recent murder trial by a rising young lawyer. “I don't like his delivery or his style at all” protested an inter- ested and perhaps jealous bystander. “He uses long sentencés.” Mr. Osborne turned sharply. “There are just two kinds of peo- ple who obfect to long sentences,” he sald; “they are criminals and fools.” Glen MacDonough, who wrote the libretto for the comic opera, “Babes in Toyland,” was, sitting in a New York cafe recently with Vietor Herbert, the composer, when a waiter approached to take his order. The walter smiled at Mr. MacDonough and sald: “You don't remember me, do you? I used to sing in one of your compantes.” “I remember you very well,” sald Mr. Mac- Donough. *‘Are here as & walter “Not a bit,” replied the lbrettist, cheerfully; “you know, 1 have heard you sin Waltham Keep good time all the time. getting along? Rev.” Dr. Goodman—Peaceably, T am happy to say—as yet.—Chicago Tribune. Bhe—We should all be generous with the milk of human kindness. He—I never did like that phrase; what's g.e matter with the cream?—Detroit Free Tess, .Your story,” said the publisher, “if you will permit ‘me to s frankly, doesn't ai with which it ean b dramatized.”—Chicago Record-Herald. Elizabeth was holding the last tete-a-tete with Mary Stuart. ‘At any sald the virgin queen. “T shall glve my name to the age." “‘Well, you ought to" retorted Mary, “you look every day of it." ‘Realizing the Jig was up, Mary retired to make her will.—New York Sun. Tess—She appears to have fallen in love with him. Jess—Oh yes, some time she's suing him for breach of p Tess Counting upon getting damages for the fall, eh?—Philadelphia Press. “If T dared. Miss Thimbleton—' “Yes, Mr. Bawder." dared 1 would ask you to—"* s, yes. Mr. Sawder."” “T would ask you to lend me a street car ticket to ride’ home.’—Cleveland Plain Dealer. but now THE LONG AND BROAD FLAG. A. de Marconay In Buenos Ayres Standard. Met a feller t'other monin'— MoSt amusin’ SOrt o'cuss; Had a cur'ous sty.e about nim, Cert'nly couldn't weil be Wuss— Isays: “Where you nali i m, pardner? An’ he smiied 1 a knowin' way, AN’ repued In_forren ilugo: Porto Rico, U. B, A. Seen & feller down on Broadway, With a shockin' head of hair, An’ a jot o' tropic garments, An' & most ouv.andish alr. “Whar's ne frum? a feller shouted; An’ before we'd (ime to say, Tius yere heathen turned an’ ans'red: Honeyluler, U. 5. A. Met a feller here on Sansome, With & somber-e-ro on; Had a lot o'shaggy whiskers, Nearly all his clothes wuz gone, Stoppes . i “Whur's y Santiago, U. 8. A. Seen a feller down the Southern, h a heavy iron box, Oyercoat was lined with bearskin, Wore a dozen palir o' sox. jed him up to be a miner, J\ld’ln' by his Seen him write Circle City, U. 8. Seen a saddle-colored heathen, Wealin' earrings in his nosé, Linen cufts around his ankles, ost Indecent lack o' clothes. “Whe! this heathen guy here spring in a lofty way; frum? 1 inquired : A’ be had the nerve to ans'er: From Manila, U. 8. A. “Hully gee! I never heard of ‘These yere cannibais before, |\ Ajr these heathens also Vo ers ‘Will we stan’ fur eny more? An’ when nex’ you ask a feller ‘Whur he's frum, say, he's bound to say, With a loudly kind o’ flourish: “All creation, U. 8. A ~ Watches ““ The Perfected American Watch,”” an {llustrated book of inferesting information about watches, will be sent free upon request. American Waltham Watch Company, Waitham, Mass. 1821 Decatur shoes for men are NOT FARNAM machine sewed—the $8.50 grade are smooth inner sole welte—and the $5.00 onee are hand-sewed —hand .made—a regular made-to-order shoe—not $6 and $7—but $5 The store selling direct from maker to wearer.