Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, November 24, 1903, Page 6

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Communications relating to news and edi- 1al_matter should be addressed: Omaha & Editorial Department REMITTANCES, Remit by dra’t, express or postal order ayable to The Bee Publishing Company. nly 2-cent stamps accepted in payment of Personal checks, except on rastern exchanges, not accept THE BEE PUBLISHING COMPANY. Omaha—T! Bouth Omaha- ty-fifth and M b nfizfizfiior'cincu&xr:on. tate of Nebraska, Douglas County, ss: George B. Taschuick, secretary of The Bee ing Company, bein uly sworn, the actual number of full and coples of The Dally Mornix and Bunday Bee printea duri h of October, 1%3, was as follows: SO0 1 28,830 26,160 80,280 80,370 30,790 38,715 82,820 20,000 1,170 1.100 1,160 30,040 40,650 33,383 EERERRREEERSEE Leas unsold and returned coples. Net total sales............ 000 922,363 Net average sales........ tiiees 29,783 GEORGE B. TZSCHUCK. Subscribed in my sence and sworn_to before me this 4th day of October, A. D., 1908, M. B, HUNGATE. _______ _ ___ ————} Never be too busy to push Omaha's ,grain market. It is for the good of Omaha, the cit 10,458 The Missouri Pacific lends a hand to the Omaha grain market, realizing that a baby with prospects is a good one to coddle. EEmm——— General Salpzar of Colombia is ready for war—and has been ever since he lost his job as governor of the department of Panama. All Oklahoma is preparing to march in solid phalanx upon the national cap- ital to demand the passage of a state- hood bill. —_— Sioux Falls soclety doesn't know whather to admit the woman who was until recently Mrs. Molineux. And Sloux Falls is in Sonth Dakota! The, spectacle of a passenger train speeding directly across Salt Lake Js one of the marvels not disclosed to Brigham Young in the original revelations. The Clyde yachtsmen will compete at home before they come over to try for America’s cup, A wman doesn't like to build a boat and never beat anybody at | Pr—— Speculations as to the senatorial suc- cession of 1905 ave slightly premature. A good many unexpected things may happen before the next legislature con- 4 vence. If the sultan of Turkey really has a eancer and that cancer should do what most cancers do, we will all try to be bruve, bowing to the will of the Infinite without demur, eT—— Oregon 18 to have an extra session of 1ts legislature to deal with the tax prob- lem. Every time Nebraska sees a sister state in that sort of struggle it feels like extending the hand of sympathy. E———— The commission of Postmaster Crow will expire on December 14, but Senator Millard has not yet divulged who among the ten aspirants is to recelve that $4,000-8-yenr sugar plum as a Christmas girt. —_— No more free meals to shippers, under penalty of $30 fine, declares the National Live Stock association. Step by step we approach the time when business will be business, and polite hoodwinking have no part in jt, E—— Governor Mickey laid u caressing hand upon the bare shoulder of a penitentiary vow and the cow resented it. All of which enly emphasizes again the reserve and decorum characteristic of the gentler sex in Nebraska. —— Senator Hanna spent forty-eight hours in New York last week and the political soothsayers have discovered forty- eight different combinations that will project Hauna upon the presidential race track as a dark horse, — A grand jury has been called in To- peka for the specific purpose of offically passing upon the alleged padding of legislative payrolis. If the Kansas in- quisition’ shall result in a general cut- EXTRA SESSION IMPERATIVE. The conclnsions reached by the di- vision of the supreme court commission, that had under comsideration the con- stitutionality of the revenue law enacted last winter by the legislature, fore- shadows a decision by the snpreme court that will make an extra session of the legislature imperative. There is nothing of more vital moment td the people of Nebraska than uniform and equitable taxation. The revision of the revenue law was the main issue upon which the legisiature was elected in 1902, The greater part of the ses- sion was devoted to formulating the new revenue law and all the machinery for the assessment and levy of taxes was reconstructed to meet the demands of the day. ‘While the new revenue law was doubt- less formulated under the supervision of the attorneys of the railroad corpora- tions, whose ingenuity was exerted in securing provisions calculated to favor the corporations, there were neverthe- less many features of the law that com- mended themselves to the rank and file of the taxpayers, Now that the court has pointed out the defects of the law there should be no great difficulty i re- vising it so as to meet all objections raised before the supreme court and give the people h revenue law that will stand the test of future litigation. Quite apart from the imperative neces- sity of the re-enactment of the revenue law, purged of all its unconstitutional provisions, an extra session of the leg- islature would be justified in order that the state may secure constitutional re- vision by the shortest cut. The proposi- tion to call a constitutional convention in 1904, which was adopted at the last seselon of the legislature and which was vetoed i!y Governor Mickey, should by all means be repealed and a series of constitutional amendments covering the most crying needs of the state should be submitted for ratification at the gen- eral election in 1904. These amendments properly submitted will be ratified by the people and the expense and time loss involved in a constitutional conven- tion will be saved. The constitution of 1875 is a strait- Jacket that can be made comfortable by letting out some of the seams. Instead of a supreme court with three members and nine commissioners Nebraska can and should have a supreme court of fiv or seven members, without any commis- sion, at salaries that would insure the best legal talent in the state. The next thing in importance, if not more impor- tant, is a constitutional amendment that will enable the state to invest its perma- nent schodl fund in securities that would be absolutely safe and at the same time yidld the largest income. And last, but not least, we need an amendment to the constitution that will enable the state to pay fair salaries to officers of the ex- ecutive department and leave no excuse for grafting under the plea that the state is not paying sufficient salaries to enable its officers to maintain themselves in decency. —_— ECONUMY THE MOTTO. There is a strong sentiment fn con- gress in favor of economy in appropria- tions and there is reason to expect that it will prevail, but there is promise that it may meet with a pretty stubborn re- sistance from an element which believes in liberal expenditures. One of the mat- §ters over which a sharp contest Is said to be likely is that of river and harbor improvements. There is reported to be a faction in the house which declares | that there shall be no appropriations for this purpose at the first regular session, urging that retrenchment must be the or- der of the day and that no appropriations should be made except for imperative needs. Another faction is insistent that there should be liberal legislation and how numerous this element is has yet to be determined, but perhaps it is strong enough to be troublesome to those who contend that economy is the proper poliey. . Of course muck will depend upon the attitude of Speaker Cannon and the un- derstanding is tlat he favors keeping down appropriations to the actual re- quirements of the government. Indeed, he may fairly be said to be committed to this policy and it is reasonably ex- pected that in making up the commit- tees he will as/far as possible select for chairmanships men who are In sym- pathy with his view. At all events it will/certainly be wise for the majority in eongress to make a reasonable econ- omy the motto and faithfully adhere to it. PHILIPPINE CONDITIONS. The report of Colonel Edwards, chief of the bureau of insular affairs, strongly suggests the necessity for some addi- tlonal legislation in regard to the Philip- pines. Particular reference Is made to the question of reducing the tariff rates on products of the archipelago exported to the United States, the report stating that the commerclal iuterests of the islands are most desirous of concessions and that the same desire has been mani- fested by slmilar interests in this coun- try. A bill has already been introduced In congress providing for free trade be- tween the Philippines and the United States, except as to sugar and tobaceo, whiek shall pay one-half of the existing duties. There is no doubt that such ting down of political sunflowers, it will not have been called in vain. Enterprising young men looking for opportunity to begin life seriously and with determination to build for the fut- ure, should give some thought to Pan- ama where reconstriction, with its ever- attendant opportunities, {s a certainty of the immediate future. ———— Oberlin N, Carter, ex-captain of engi- flag. It is conclusively shown in the re- port that if this legislation goes into effect at the time designated, the trade between the Philippines and the United States and also the coastwise trade of the archipelago will be very seriously Injured, for the reason that there are not suflicient American vessels to carry it on. It is pointed out that at present only 3 per cent of the exports from the Phitippines is carried in American ves- sels, while as to the coastwise trade of the islands, out of 4,125 vessels engaged in it ouly 22 are American ships. It would therefore seem to be imperatively necessary to extend for a year or two the law relative to the carrying and coastwise trade of the Philippines. There are other suggestions in the re- port and altogether they serve to em- phasize the fact that the problem of dealing with our remote insular posses- sions is still beset with difficulties. NO REASON FOR PESSIMISM. One of the leading financial journals of the country, known for its uniform con- servatism, says there is no warrant for pessimism because there is a slight in- dustrial reaction in the country. It points out that for several years we had unprecedented industrial prosperity, some of the increase being overstimu- lated, and that a reaction sooner or later was reasonably to be expected. Such as has recently taken place, which is on the whole very moderate, affords no reason for distrust in regard to the future. If the reaction were a drop from a normal high point to an abnormal low point, says that journal, there would be reason for gloom, but instead it is a re- turn from abnormal to normal condi- tions. Proceeding to point out the conditions for several years, particularly in regard to financial affairs, it says: “The coun- try has had a bountiful harvest period. The corn crop has been excelled but once and the aggregate crop of the five leading cereals is larger than that of any previous year except the extraordi- nary yields of last year. The cotton crop, owing to higher prices for the staple, will bring more money than in recent years. There has been a loss in purchasing power in eastern industrial centers, it is true. There are not so many employed and wages for various causes are being reduced, but in the great agricultural areas there 1s no diminution of purchasing power, and in the south there is an increase.” As to exports they are being well maintained, their value for last month being ex- celled in only one previous October, that of three years ago. Such facts are cer- tainly calculated to convince those who take an intelligent view of the business situation that there is no rea- son for any lack of confidence in the continuance of fairly prosperous condi- tions, at least for the next year or two. Then as to financial affairs the condi- tions seem to be altogether favorable. We are drawing gold from abroad. The banks in the money centers are reported to be on a perfectly satisfactory basis 80 far as the supply of currency is con- cgrned. The money that was drawn from the eastern centers to the west and the south is returning and there is rea- son to expect that within the next sixty % there will be more money in those enters than there was a year ago, There isa conservative tendency in all direc- tions aud this is well, but there is mani- festly no good ground for apprehension or distrust. With the great agricultural interest prosperous as never before, with mannfacturing industries generally active and with ‘labor that is not af- fected by strikes fully employed and fairly compensated, why should we not look to tlie future with confidence? The slight reaction that has taken place docs not portend disaster to our financial and industrial affairs. It means simply a return to normal conditions and there can be no doubt that this will hive a wholesome effect upon the legitimate Dbusiness interests of the country. Prohibitionists may be startled by the declaration of Prof. Edwin E. Sparks of the University of Chicago in a public lecture, that for every death caused in the United States last year by drunk- enness three others were caused by in- experienced workmen. The inference to be drawn is that lack of mechanical training bas caused scores of accidents whereby human lives have been sacrl- ficed to the greed of employers who are oblivious,of the fact that cheap fabor is dear labor, Fifteen pupils of the Terre Haute (Ing.) High school were expelled last week because they did not take ‘“high A” in the class smging. Their protest that they could not reach the note be- cguse their voices were changing was unavailing, and the expulsion has be- come a public issue. In Omaba such things would not happen even If .the puplls sing “High A" for “High O,” so loug as the singing teachers can draw their salary warrants regularly at the end of each month. District Attorney Summers claims to have prevailed upon the federal grand Jury, that held its session last June, to refrain from indicting Senator Dietrich, when, as a matter of fact, he did his level best to get Dietrich indicted. Joe Bartley's running mate has been afilicted with an impediment to his veracity so legisiaticn would be helpful to the trade of the islands, but jt cannot be confl- dently predicted that, it will be adopted, although there is understood to be a con- siderable sentiment in congress favor- able to It. The matter was pretty thor- oughly discussed in the last congress and undoubtedly it will receive.equally earnest attention from the present con- gress. Another matter. of importance, to many years that be could not tell the truth now if he wanted to. emee—m— In the first three weeks of the present November, Omaha's building permits represented an aggregate investment six times as large as the total represented by all the permits issued during all of ovember, 1902, Certainly it does seem that only a very agile mah will be able to avold work this winter. Jobs will \ Deers, U. 8. A, who has served a three | which the report refers, is the legisla- [ confront him any way he dodges. year sentence within the walls of the United States pehltentiary at Fort tion regarding the carrying trade - be- tween the islands and the United States. e \ According to latest advices from Leavenworth for embéuslement of gov- | This requires that after July 1 of next | Washington the restoration of the army ernment funds, will carve his furkey | year all this trade, as well as the coast- | cantpen has been indefinitely postponed in the _ more - curried on in vessels fiylag the American h be has only three | wiso commerce of the slands, -shoil be |for political reasons, and the private sol- diers_ of the American army will con- tinue their present dangerous practice of bestowing their custom upon the groggeries and dives which have been built upon the outskirts of army posts. The prospects of an extra session of the legislature this winter seem to be growing brighter from day to day. All legislatures of Nebraska have devoted four-fifths of their sessions to repealing what the preceding legislatures have enacted. An extra session will enable the legislature of 1903 to do its own repealing. The prospective war between the new Republic of Panama and the old Repub- lic of Colombia has created a rush of free-lance adventurers to obtain com- missions as colonels and generals in the Panama army. A sombrero, a shirt col- lar and a pair of spurs constitutes a general’s full dress uniform on the Isth- mus. e ——— In days of old, every time Nero re- turned to Rome the band played and there was a dance in the town hall. The king and queen of Italy arrived home yesterday and for all the cables tell, Emmanuel himself may have had to climb in at a back window and unlock the house. and Eftective, Chicago Chrenicle, Carrie Nation's disturbance at the White House, which cost her $25, advertised her lecture to the amount of a hundred times that wum, and that is what it was for. ‘Washington Star. It is too much to expect Unele Sam to go into mourning because Panama decided to set up an Independent goyernment and cor- rect some of Colombla’s injudicious de- cisions. Washington Post. Senator Hanna would probably have less difficulty in smothering his presidential am- bitions if folks would quit sending him coples of that medical treatise showing that bee stings are a sure-cure for rheumatism. Con of the Gove: Chicago News. Before making the recognition of the Re- public of Panama a campaign issue the democrats will ‘do,_ well to observe that in this case their favdrite “eonsent of the gov- erned” doctrine is working In favor of Panama. P the Bottle, Ple Louisville Courler-Journal Considerable diversity, is observable among our contemporaries in calling the people of Panama Panamaians, Panama- nians, Panamists and Panamese, But the people of Panama will agree that the proper name for the United States is Panamamma. — Where the Weed is a Necessity. New York Tribune. In the Philippines the use of tobacco is univer: The native child acquires the tobacco habit as soon as it is able to walk. In the northern provinces, especially, it is no common sight to see a child 5 or ¢ years old puffing vigorously at a big cigar. The ‘women smoke fully as much as the men, and commonly smoke cigars where the men use cigarettes. In the northern parts of Luzon immense cigars, often a couple of feet long and as thick as the wrist, are used. Such a cigar is suspended from a rafter of the house by a string, and smoked during the day by all the members of the family as desired. —_— P Dope, Ple Boston Transeript. Graclously, tenderly it lingers—the Indlan summer, with its soft alr and its tonle of the ripened year, that superabundant ethereal wine which has power to make the dull eye eparkle and to Ballow the face of melancholy with a smila from the heart- deeps. Would you quaff the exhilarant at its purest? Then to the woods and the quiet hillsides bathed in golden sunshine, carpeted with velvety mosses and russet leaves, and all redolent of Mother Earth's preserving time. But why do we call 1t Indian summer? It sounds pretty, in a way—prettier than Iudlan mugh, for in- stance. Why not haye something apropos for a name? It isn't summer, nor is ft torrid, nor has it aught to do with the poor Indian, whose fate has been anything but summery. Let us get In touch with the poets and call this time of grace sim- ply—the afterglow. POOR OLD COLOMBIA, Refused n Handout of $10,000,000 and Gets Nothing. Philadelphia. Press. Tho warlike threats of Colombia are amusing, {n view of its financial condition. During the civil war, which lasted three years and terminated last December, Co- lomblan exchange depreclated so that six- ty-two Colomblan dollars were equivalent to about 2% cents In American money. Ex- change now ranges between 8,000 and 10,000 per cent. That country has a paper currency amounting to $655,000,00 with a population, including Indluns, of about 4,000,000, or about $164 per capita. The forelgn debt is about $14,000000, and there is & very large internal debt. Last year the government bonds sold at 14 cents on the dollar, but after the United States passed the canal blll Colombla bonds went up to 2% in the belfef that something would accrue to the holders through the payment for the privi- lege of constructing the canal. No interest has been pald on the debt for some yeas In that terrible financial condition the Colombians refused to ratify the treaty with the United States, which would have secured to them at once $10,000,000 in gold. Thelr object was to force a much larger payment. Now that Panama has resumed its former right of independence Colomblia not only loses the §10,00,000 but the annual payment which it obtained from the Pan- ama railroad. To talk of war with such an enormous debt and an empty treasury Is ridiculous. The Colomblan bonds are held in Europe, largely In England, and that may have some Influence In withholding recognition of the new Panama government. But as Frapce and Germany have entered into business relations with the new Panama government, England will do the same thing in time. Reports that the Republic of Panama would offer the $10,000,000 it will recelve for the canal privilege to Colombia is vigorously denied by members of the new government. There Is no apparent reason why it should make such an offer, The Colomblan government has done very Mttle for Panama, although recelving e considerable revenue from the isthmus. ‘That was one reason why the inhabitants of Panama were 8o incensed when Colom- bla refused to ratify the canal treaty, as the future prosperity of Panama depends on the construction of the canal This threat of independence was made when the treaty was under consideration at Bogota, and because the United States issued some orders to take effect In cage of such & revo- lution, it 1s charged that President Roose- veit knew about it i advance. He knew koow, but beyond for such » charge. OVEMBER 24, 1903. SUMMERS AND HIS TRAP. Scheme that Falled to Foree Endorse- ment from Senator Dietrich. Washington Dispatch to Lincoln Star. The correspondence between Summer: district attorney, and Attorney General Knox, s much discussed here. The view is elaborated that if Summers had from the first almed to manipulate Senator Dietrich to withdraw his opposition to Summers, and later to strike the senator down the record could not have been more skillfu manufactured as the case developed. This theory inay be summarized as fol- lows: Summers' letter to the attorhey general tells of the stopping of the grand Jury investigation into the Hastings case, and carries on its face a reluctance to o on, without the department's order, with an lhquiry involving a United States sen- ator. As any one can see that Summers letter was virtually an invitation for such an order. Then Summers could use the order to disprove that Summers had Acted vindictively towards Dietrich and in prosecuting the present grand jury work was merely obeying the mandate of the department. But this does not comport well with the assumption, very generally made, that Summers and Hahn had previously started the fire which by the letter to the at- torney general Summers makes appear- ance of a disposition to squelch. WHy, it is asked, did Summers start the mat- ter in the grand jury and as soon as it reached the convenient point for manipu lation stop it and Invite an order from the department to go on with it, and in fact so put the matter to the department that such an order was absolutely cer- tain? It 1s further insisted that after Sum- mers had taken the Dietrich case to the grand jury and then stopped it and re- ported it In a manner which compelled tha department to order it continued, Sum- mers was then in a position, If so disposed, to control the further proceedings of the grand jury, If Dietrich should cease his opposition to Summers' appointment, Sum- mers by a full showing of the facts and evidence to the grand jury could prevent indictment and at the same time make a record that would be perfectly satisfactory to the department. If Dietrich persisted as he had done in his opposition to Summers, the latter could go on under the depart- ment's order and by withholding material witnesses and using Hahn and hostile wit- nesses sccure an indictment. It was neces- sary for Summers to guard against tige imputation of acting in revenge against Dietrich, and this contingency could ot under the circumstances be better provided for than by inveigling the department to issue the order which it did issue. This theory would explain every cir- ocumstance, although it puts Summers in the attitude of a party in interest and.a cunning conspirator all the time. If correct all admit that the job was skilfully put up. From the standpoint of art, the job would seem to have only one defect, that of being a little too neat and somewhat overdone, 50 much so as to be likely to attract attention. P — WATTERSON DECLINED, Wouldn't Be Tl s Legatee, as New York Sum. The newspaper discussion of William Jennings Bryan's course in accepting a legacy from Philo 8. Bennett has provoked Henry Watterson into a statement of what he once did in a similar situation. The rich man in that case was Samuel J. Tilden. Mr. Watterson declined the proffered bene- taction. . All this came out In the course of & spat between the Loulsville Courler-Jourtial and the Salt Lake Herald. The Courier-Jourral having remarked that “if there is some- thing noble In the rejection of money one has not earned or Inherited in the regular order, there must be & touch of the ignoble in accepting It,” the Salt Lake'Herald re- torted: “Which is to imply that Mr. Bryan is dolng something ignoble in making a fight for what he belleves to be his rights in matter of the Bennett estate. We can't help wondering if the editor of the Courl Journal, himeself a public man of almost as much prominence as Mr. Bryan, would not, under the same circumstances, do ex- actly as Mr. Bryan Is dolng, The answer was not long in coming from Marse Henry, and here it fs: “The late Mr. Tilden desired to make the editor of the Courier-Journal a legatee in his will, and, 4n that default, to name one of his children, and, though the benefaction was urged upon him, he gratetully, but firmly, declined to permit it to be done. “Mr. Bryan himself wrote gie Bennett will, It was written, not in %‘nnnacueuz. whero Mr. Bennett lived, but away out in Lincoln, Neb,, under Mr. Bryan's own roof. Contested by the widow of Mr. Bennett, Mr. Bryan is contesting it in the courts, ‘What boots it that he says he will donate the money to. public uses?" — PERSONAL NOTES, Mary Maclane is in Rockland, Mas: working hard on the writings left un- finished by the late Maria Louise Pool. South Carolina has thus far raised but $2,000 for a monument to Wade Hampton, and is about to bestir itself to collect more. Canada 18 handicapped in fts race for independence by not having a trans- isthmian canal route which the United States wants. President Roosevelt was only apply- ing his “race sulcide” theory when he assisted in adding the infant Republic of Panama to the family of nations. General Wood has started a vigorous campaign against the Moros. Let the senate walt awhile and that much-desired military record will be fortheoming. An effort to add high art to the litérary glories of Indiana received a rude shock in the bud. The originator of the art of painting one-dollar bills so as to look ke tens has had himself and his studio trans- ferred to jalle ‘Whether we are prosperous or panicky, the steamship companies which carry large numbers of third-class passengers a certain to keep going. Nearly 30,000 people have been carried back to Eirope by steer- age since October 1. Senator Money of Mississippl has made a record in bill introducing. He began the week in the senate by intreducing 233 bills, over 200 of which were for claims. Other senators have introduced more measures during the entire session, but Mr. Money's is the record for one day's work. Mayor Feeney of Woburn, Mass., was the youngest chief magistrate in any city In the United States when first elected four years 0. Five years in the office will rob him of that distinction, but he has won another ~that of being the only five-time winner in the Bay state. Fred Landis, the new congressman from Indiana, is very thin. He was sitting in a Washington street cdr when & fat man came in and absent-mindedly sat down on his knee. The stout party apologized and Mr. Landis sald: “It's all right, but tell me, did you think I was painted on this seat Princess Serge Beloselsky of Russia, a daughter of General Whittier of the United States army, has amazed everybody by an- nouncing her intention of going with her busband to Siberia and living there quietly, for a lving, until they can to return and pay their The -‘:‘ enjoys & high standing make debta. at the DOINGS IN THE ARMY, Carrent Events Gleaned from Army and Navy Register, At the quartermaster ‘“:,2‘” office In the War department consideration is being the glven to a new cap Intended for enlisted | men and to be worn by them on transports | and as a covering for the head while asieep out of doors. The cap is a collapsible affair which may be folded so as to go In the pocket. It resembles the Scotch cap with- out the streamers. There have been received at the surgeon general's office In the War department the new fleld cases intended for fssue to hos- pital stewards. These are to be used in emergencies and are simflar to the russet leather-cases carried in the garrisons. The cases contain compact drugs in the form of tablets.. There has also been received the case of instruments to be carried by sur- &eons in the fleld. The fnstruments are contained in a gyooden case which in turn is enclosed In o durable leather cover. In addition to these emergency cases and the caso of instruments each hospital corps man will, of course, carry a package of dreesings. This provision gives all the nec- essary médical and surgical supplies likely to be required In emergencies in the field. Quartermaster General Humphrey has recommended to the secretary of war, and the latter has approved the recommenda- tion, that the number of post quartermas- fer sergeants in the army be increased from 150 to 300. Of course this suggestion will require legislation and to that end a bill will be sent to the military committees with the stamp of departmental approval. General Humphtey also belleves that the POSt quartérmaster sergeants should re- celve higher pay, and In recommending the increase in the numerical strength the quartermaster general has outlined a plan which provides tBat 150:of the post quar- termgster sergeants shall be of the first class and shall receive pay equal to or even greater than tHat at present recelved by hospital stewards. The remaining 150 post quartermaster sergeants, he belleves, should receive as much pay as, or more pay than, they do now. In this memorandum to the tary of war General Humphrey points out the importance of retaining in the service good men and he describes the responsibilities of the duties devolving upon the sergeants as entitling them to this in- crease in compensation. The law officers of the War department are giving their consideration to a means which will enable courts-martial in this country to obtain depositions of Cuban wit- nesses whose testimony s desired in certain urt-martial trials among the troops re- tly withdrawn from the island. It seems that while our troops were in Cuba the subpoenas fssued by the military courts were usually horored by Cubans and the question of authcrity was never directly presented. With courts which meet In this country depositions desired from Cuban sources cannot be obtained except in a for- mal way and by methods which are im. posed by international comity. There are some fifty candidates among army officers for the position of major and Judge advocate fn the army to take the place which becomes vacant on the retire- ment tomorrow of Colonel Edward Hunter, There are, in addition, three civillan candi- dates. If the selection is made from among the latter class there will have to be, under the law, an examipation. In the case of the candidates from the army there is no ex- amination, All of the candidates are grad- uates of law schools and the list does not, by any means, include all of the army ‘of- ficers who are thus equipped. Judge Ad- vocate General Davis is understood to favor the appolntment of an army officer and has made a recommendation to the sec- retary of war which includes the names of several officers who are regarded by him as éompetent to discharge a judge advo- The War department has r‘ereh-ed the record In the case of Lieutenant O. §. Esk- ridge, Twenty-second infantry, who has been sentenced to three months of con- finement within the limits of the Cuartel de Meisic, where he is serving with his com- pany, and to forfeit $25 per month of his y during that perfod. It appears from the evidence submitted at the trial that Lieutenant Eskridge was detafled as of- ficer of the guard on the evening of Sep- tember 3, and that when he disappeared for dinner at about 8 o'clock he was ex- pected back In an hour or so, but falled to turn up untll after midnight, having gone to a formal spread. The result was a court« martial, with Major Jackson of the Elev- enth infantry as its president. The ac- cused officer plead guilty and the finding and sentence of the court was approved by the reviewing authority, General Ran- dall. 8o many amendments proposed for the Army Regulations aré now under considera~ tion in the general staff that that body has decided to have a general revision of the book. The latest edition was In 1901, since which time there has been an -appendix containing changes wrought to December 31, 1902. Between that time and the present time there have been so many amendments made to the regulations that a new edition of the book 1s regarded as imperative/ Added to this, the change In army organi- sation and administration in the last few months has required further extensive amendments. There are now before the gfn- eral staff 50 many proposed changes that it is considered an economy of official Mtera- ture and a desirable contribution to clear- ness of style to have a complete revision and a new edition of Army Regulations, This will probably be undertakenat once. ~ GRAIN MARKET LOOKS GOOD T0 'EM, & Tmperial Republican: All of the rallroads | centering in Omaba have reduced the grain rate between that city and Et. Paul and Minneapolie. It would mean a great deal for Nebraska if Omaha would become a great grain market. Holdrege Citizen: The Omaha people are making strenuous efforts to build up a grain market at that point. When It comes to A contest Letween Omaha and Chicago, most evers loyal Nebraskan will toss up his hat for Omaha. Custer County Republican: The business men of Omaha are entitled to the moral Support of the state in their efforts to bufld up a grain market in that city. The stock market that has been bullt up there in the t few years has been of great value to e ralsers and feeders of stock in Ne- braska and western lowa, and there is no reason why a grain market would not be a great financial benefit to the farmers of the state, Fairbury Gazette: Omaha Is striving to build up a grain market. This is something they should have had years ago. It will require a steady and united pull to bring about the desired end, but they can sucoeed with loosened wallet strings and a pull all along the line. There Is no good reason why Omaha should sit back in her easy chair and permit Kansas City to gather in and grow fat on what rightfully belongs to Nebraska's metropolis. Howells Journal: Omaha papers are en- thusiastic over the establishment of a grain exchange In that city and every resident of Nebraska should rejoice with them. The exchange means another great enterprise for Omaha, as well as a net gain in price on every bushel of grain raised in our great state. What the South Omaha stock yards have done for the stock raisers of Nebraska the Omaha Grain exchange will do for the growers of wheat, corn and other gratne. The exchange commences business on Jan- uary 1 and the men behind the enterprise are a sufficlent guaranty of its success, PASSING PLEASANTRIES, “A man makes a bad! bargain’ said Uncle Eben, “when he has to git along wif half a consclence in order to double his money."—Washington Star. Novelist—What will you charge me for advertising my new novel? 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Mrs. Nexdore—That plano we bought for our daughter was a great bargain. We bought it at auction, you know. Lllu Pepprey—Oh! that may account for Mrs. Nexdore—Account for what? Mrs. Pepprey—The fact that it's going, going, going. “You told him to diet himself,”” sald the young docto! "‘Well, yes,” replied the old one, “I told mm to_eat only the plainest food and a pos: 0 you think that will help him Tt will help him to pay my bill" delphia Press. —Phila- The handsome lady rushed wildly Union station, “Give me a ticket for Sloux Falls,” she panted. “With or without?" asked the polite el * she said, and received a beauti- yard ticket, with divorce coupon at- tached.—Ehltimore World. Httle boy, “‘Reciprocity, my son. is an arrangement by which you' undertake to give up some- il hat you don't value very highly xchange for something that you do, Washington Star. 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