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Omaha daily bee., 1899-08-23
REAPPEARANCE OF LABORL.

The temperance in the Dreyfus case
of Maitre Labori, the leading counsel,
whose attempted assassination was II
of several tragic vents associated with
his celebrated case, was marked by
the manifestations of popular gratitica-
ton which showed that the cause which
the distinguished lawyer represents is
by no means friendless, even at
Rennes. The address of the president
of the court martial to the wounded adj
vocate was in all respects c~ommendable
and the response of Labori can hardly
fail to make IA favorable impression
wherever in France 1t is read. There
was peculiar significance in his closing
words, declaring that protests and re-
examinations after the success of the
work of justice must be regarded as in
admissible.
The temperance of the leading coun-
sci was also marked in the proceedings.
Although suffering more or less pain,
Labori was aggressive and witnesses
were subjected to sharper questioning
than they had experienced at the II
of the associate counsel, NJ. Demange.
Labori is evidently Il man of the keen
est intellect and entirely fearless, while
he has completely mastered every point
in the case. His zeal, too, is intense. If
he shall come out of this ease victorious
his fame will be secure and his name
will live in history beside those of the
great advocates whose achievements
have been recorded.
The life of the distinguished lawyer is
in peril. Since his arrival at Rennes
he received two parcels which on
animation were found to be filed with
guncotton. That he has enemies-the
enemies of Dreyfus-who are eager to
put him out of the way there can be
no doubt, nor is it by any means i'm
probable that there are men in high
places who would not hesitate to coun.
tenance his assassination,
Omaha daily bee., 1899-08-23

The Dreyfus case has served to bring
out more ~despicable and more heroic
figures than any trial of recent years.
Some of the characters brought into the
light are beneath contempt. On the
other hand, the display of moral courage
on the part of others has been sublime.
OF this latter class one of the most CON
s%picuous is NJ. Labor, the distinguished
lawyer whose whole existence appears
to be wrapped up in the fortunes of his
unfortunate client. When shot down
his first thought and his first words
were of Dreyfus and his case, and
today, when he should be in the hospi-
tai, we find the weakened body but pow
erful, incisive intellect doing battle
royal in the court room for Dreyfus.
Labori is II figure which the world will
not SOC forget whatever may be the
outcome of the trial.
Omaha daily bee., 1899-08-23
sTOREHoUsE OF THE WORLD.
Increasing Dependence ol
Ii Grain Fields Of America.
L<anSac rit,y gtor

the Grain Fields of America.
Kansas City Star.
The United States is sending corn to
Europe at the rate Of 5000, 900 bushels a
week. Such large shipments were never be-
fore made at this season and the prospects
are that the exports for the year will sur
pass those of any previous year. In the
twelve months ending June 80, 1899, the
exports OF corn amounted to 172. OOO, 900
bushels; in the year previous they were
FOG, 000.0 900 bushels. and in 1897 176, 000. 900
bushels. The shipments of these three years
were Just about twice the exports OF any
other three years. and the coming twelve
month will make the fourth year in success
sion Of extraordinarily large exports.
1t might be supposed that this great in
crease in the European consumption Of corn
is the result of the efforts that have been
made by the United States government to
introduce maize as an article of human diet
in Europe. but there is no evidence that the
foreigners are eating increasing quantities
of corn bread. Almost all the corn which
Europe takes is consumed by animals. 1t Is
the increasing animal deficiency of feeding
stuffs abroad that explains the large pur-
chases of corn by Europeans. and the fact
that exports have been SO large for three
successive years. with prospects of another
year of heavy shipments, is good evidence
that foreign requirements of corn have been
permanently enlarged.
Prior to 1897 the European purchases Of
American maize never amounted to as much
as 100. 900, 900 bushels in any year except
one. The average annual shipments from
1891 to 1895 were less than so. O00, 900 bushels.
For the past three years the average exports
have been nearly 100, 900, 900 bushels, and for
the coming year they will be considerably
in excess of 200, 900, 900 bushels. judging from
the present rate of expectation.
1t thus appears that Europe is depending
on the United States. not only for a large
portion of bread and meat supplies for the
people, but also for a great quantity Of feed
ing s.uffs for animals. and. moreover. this
dependence is growing with every passing
year.
This Is a source OF great satisfaction TO
the farmers of the United States. The time
Is far away when this country will be I'M
able to easily supply the foreign demand for
its products, but this constant growth OF
foreign demand, combined with the increas-
ing consumption at home, as a result Of the
rapidly expanding population of the United
States, means continued and charging pros
perity for the farmers of this country.
Omaha daily bee., 1899-08-23
Personal AND OTHER WISE.

If Diogenes were still looking for an honest
man he would not waste much time in the
court room at Rennes.
Oklahoma territory takes great pride in
the fact that it has not one poorhouse within
it's borders and, moreover, has need Of none.
The people say there is not q pauper among
them.
Charles Ryan, a former policeman Of Bos-
ton, who died a few days ago. was the giant
of the force, he being six feet seven inches
in height and weighing 400 pounds. He was
born in Boston thirty-seven years ago.
The replica of the Partisan bronze group,
washington and lafayette" which Charles
Broadway Rouse has presented to the city
of New York. is to be erected next week
at the intersection of Morningside Park and
Manhattan avenue.
The people OF Beverly Farms, Mass. are
discussing a proposition to buy the residence
there formerly occupied by oliver Wendell
Holmes during the summer. The plan con-
templates laying out a park about the house,
which is now occupied by the autocrat's son,
Chief Justice Holmes.
Adjutant General Axllne OF Ohio asserts in
his annual report that Ohio sent the first
volunteer regiment into the Held In the
Spanish American war. and completed the
mastering and dispatching OF her quota OF
troops first of all the states. Its total num-
Der Of men was 1854.
1T is not generally known that Richard
Mansfield started in life in London as a
painter. He had poor luck. however, and
often used to spend his meal hours outside
of restaurant windows instead of behind
| them. This he now humorously refers to
as dining on smells"
araat national rnnVpmant has hepn
started for the observance of the one hun
dredth anniversary of the death of George
Washington on December II. The Sons Of
the Revolution and other similar organiza-
tions have the matter in hand. and are ar
ranging details of the plan.
Ruggles w. Clapp, who went TO California
in the gold craze days OF 40, is now " years
old. He is a mining expert and has a large
income, but he has never been able to con-
troll a craving for drink, which took hold
upon him half a century ago. New YORK
doctors are now trying TO save him from
delirium .remens.
A New Yorker. who was a schoolmate Of
Captain Dreyfus in Alsace, says: "Dreyfus
was an honorable. Straightforward boy when
he was in school, and about the last one !
would think would become guilty OF as base
a crime as that with which he is charged.
His father was a cotton spinner and wealthy.
The family was a good one and highly re-
spected."
There may be others engaged in ordinary
trade there. but 1t is positively known that
Of the English nobility Lord Londonderry
carries on a coal yard, the marquis Of Butte
owns a vineyard that he profits by COM
mercially. Lord sudeley turns many an
homes penny out of Jam and Lord Harring-
ton has a fruit store at Charing Gross, Lon
don, where the fruits and flowers grown on
his estate are offered for sale.
Omaha daily bee., 1899-08-23
RESPONSIBILITY FOR TAx-SH1RKING,

RESPONSIBILITY FOR TAX-SHIRKlNG.
An heroic effort recently i|naugurated
In Chicago TO do away with the fragrant
abuses in the assessments and taxation
of property has resulted in many inter
esting disclosures. The Chicago Tribune
quotes one of the members of the
Board of Assessment as follows.
members of business firms and in
dividual citizens seeking to eyade just
payment of taxes are directly RESPONSE
BILE for the tax-ixing schemes which are
being exposed. They make it possible
for the tax-ixer to operate
Commenting oil this assertion the
Tribune declares its belief that this
charge is founded on fact, and that as
the evasion of just taxes is dishonesty
there are many dishonest individuals
and firms in Chicago whose existence
Omaha daily bee., 1899-08-23

According to Bradstreet's tables of staple
articles the general price line is higher now
than it has been at any time in several
years. This is one of the indications OF
good times. Whenever there is great in
dustrial activity throughout the country the
average prices of the articles In most gen
eral use go UP. There is greater activity at
the present time in business of all sorts
throughout the United States than there has
been at any previous time since 1879, the
year at which the republican legislation of
1875 brought the resumption of gold pay
ments. Prices Of commodities will prob
ably go still higher.
Omaha daily bee., 1899-08-23

Now that the funds for transporting
the First Nebraska from San Fran
cisco to their homes nave been raised
it may not be out Of place to remark
that the policy of mastering out the
state troops 1000 miles from the point
where they were mustered into the
service is wrong and pernicious. While
the government has paid each soldier
more than enough to pay his fare home
it is doubtful whether more h 60
per cent would nave been in condition
to do so. The opportunities for spend
ing money in San Francisco and the
temptation to have Il high time are so
great that few mel would be able to
abstain from spending the travel pay.
What the government should do for
volunteers in all cases is to charter
trains just as 1t charters transports and
return every soldier to the capital of
his state or place of muster-in before
their final discharge.
Omaha daily bee., 1899-08-23
INCREASE IN IMMIGRATION.
Business Activity Swelis the Incom-
ing Tide of Foreigners.
Mo-, UorI, 1Ni,,ac

New York Times.
There was a notable increase in immigra-
tion during the fiscal year ended June 30.
The immigration bureau reports the total
at 81, 707, as against 229, 299 for the preced-
ing fiscal year. The number Is by no means
so great, however, as in past years Of great
prosperity, when this country seemed all
gold to the impoverished and struggling
peoples Of the old world. In the rich year
of 1880 there we're 457. 257 immigrants; in
1881, 669, 431; in 1882, 7SS, 1892, which is the
largest number Of any year in our history.
In the prosperous years in the beginning
of the present decade the volume of immi-
grafton again swelled to big proportions.
There were 623, 0S4 in 1892, and 5O2, 6l7 In
1898, but the coming on of hard times in the
latter year checked the stream, there being
only S14,467 in 1894 and 279,94S in 1895.
The United Kingdom and Germany used
TO be the great sources of the stream. They
are surpassed now by Italy and Russia.
During the decade 1SS1-9O there was an
annual average of 146 900 immigrants from
Great Britain, of which 5000 were Irish;
an average of 145, 900 from Germany, white
Italy sent an average of only 10000, anl
Russia and Poland less than 600 a year.
Last year Great Britain sent $4,000, OF which
81, 500 were Irish, and Germany $4,000. Blu
iNais NpIlo W II olS "Na
Z 5000 immigrants, which is the largest num-
Der sent us by any other country. The re-
port Of the Bureau of immigration credits
Russia with less than 1000 immigrants LAS
year, but We suppose that tha~greater part
of the immigrants classed as Hebrews came
from that country. On the other hand, 1t
seems probable that OF the 5000 credited
to Poland the larger part must have been
Hebrews.
Norway and Sweden, which sent us an
average OF $4,000 a year during the last
decade. have fallen to 5000, including
Danes. Only one Swiss was reported as
arriving last year; there used to be about
5000 every year. There were less than
1000 Hungarians. which is a tremendous
falling of from the average OF 10000 a yeaI
that was formerly the rule. Perhaps this ID
no occasion for mourning, as this class OF
immigrants came with no intention of re-
naming. The low number reported last
year may be due in part to the memory q
the shooting at Lattimer. OF the $1,000
Italians who came to us last year, $4,000
came from the south Of Italy, not the mos
desirable class Of people to add to our popu-
lation. A good many of the South Italians
also come here expecting 10 lay up theil
wages and go back to Italy.
Following the usual rule, we should lool
for another marked increase in immigration
during the present year, A revival OF bust
ness activity and the brisk use OF none.
naturally increase the opportunities to OBJ
tain employment, and II is as day laborerI
that most OF our immigrants expect TO max
their living.
Omaha daily bee., 1899-08-23

Baltimore American.

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One of the most encouraging signs in
the administrations new policy with respect
to the Philippines is found in the fact that,
of the colonies and lieutenant colonies
selected for the ten regiments ordered to be
recruited, every one has seen active service,
and all excegt one are graduates of West
Point. The further conduct of the cam
paign Is to be left in the hands of experts,
instead of ~novices. and the result OF the
new policy will be seen in the speedy end
ing of the war.
Omaha daily bee., 1899-08-23

Hog receipts at South Omaha have
shown "A steady and heavy increase
every month of the year. Now that the
movement of range cattle is we'll under
way it is evident that in spite of the
general shortage of cattle the receipts
at this point are almost certain to show
an increase oven last year. The South
Omaha market is in the most prosper
Gus condition of any of the great mar
kets in the country and is rapidly as
Stunning the rank which the original pro-
%jectors of the enterprise predicted it
would eventually occupy.
Omaha daily bee., 1899-08-23
Growth of American Exports.

The merchandise exports from the United
States last month and the excess Of exports
over importations. were the largest ever re-
corded in July. The total outgo Of $94,9OS,-
900 was remarkable for a month which pre-
cedes the period for, maximum exports Of
agricultural products! 1t suggests the fact
that, in spite of higher prices and a vastly
expanded home demand for many manufac-
lures, the growth of exports of other than
agricultural products has become a perma-
nent feature of the foreign trade of the
country.
Omaha daily bee., 1899-08-23
No More Chinese Cheap Labor.

bUSIUH VIUDt.
Nobody now talks of Chinese cheap
labor in San Francisco. One is more opt to
hear of Chinese dear labor" IS cooks and
house servants, some families say that they
prefer Chinese. even though they could get
white labor for half price. 1t Is the China
man now in many lines of business in San
Francisco who is the high-priced man. In
the line of cigars, clothing, shirts, boots.
shoes, gloves and other specialties his goods
are finding increased demand
Omaha daily bee., 1899-08-23
Railroad Passes and Public omcials,

IITOHTtITupOffJ NOVS'
The public conscience is becoming quick
ened more and more to the ~incongruity of
public officials accepting of such courtesies,
such money-saving devices, such evidences
of obligation, such pensions as railway pas
SEES are, and the public. conscience will in no
long time, let us hope, reach the point when
1t shall make 1t an offense for any public
official to have a pass of any kind. Already
this condition has been reached in some
states concerning legislators. Speed the
day when it shall become UNIVERSAL!
Omaha daily bee., 1899-08-23
FRONTIER DAY At OIL CHEYENNE.
Denver Post,

Denver Post.
Frontier Day at OIL Cheyenne,
Gold o, pleasure In the pan
Waitin' till you wash 1t dow
In the oil historic town!
Mirth an jollity IL reign,
pleasure kick the pants 2, pain,
Cuttin' ripples IN the sky,
While the echoes IL be rent
With the shafts o. merriment;
Care be smothered meath a ban
Frontier Day In oil Cheyenne.
Lordy! what a rousin' spree!
What an echo 1t III be
OF the days O. long ago,
Ere the well-directed toe
OF the boot o Progress hit
bawlessness a hint to git! g.
When the man behind the gun
played his bluffin' hand IN won, .
Until called upon to cope
With the man behind the rope!
When the tide o. sheol ran
Through the streets Of OIL CheyennsI
Bronchos that kin buck the hair -
OFF their backs II sure be there. - 70 .
Topped by reckless cowboys they
Soon IL find are up to stay!
&c Co : stage coach. Of and Scared
An agin' it's wheels II hum
While the yellin' 1njuns como,
Ponies bellyin' the ground,
In their speed a circlin' round,
Air all rent with savage yells,
Echoes of a thousand hells!
Plcture OF the Gays now DEAD
When the hair sot on the head
burned Uneasy, an a prayer
Danced from lips more used to swearl
Days when men with steady grip
On their courage swung the whip
From the box, an held their teams
Down to lively work! 1t seems
But a fortn'it since the day
When that Concord sped away
On its death-trip DER the plains,
Johnny Slaughter at the reins!
Fearless Johnny, now at rest
Hid in OIL Wyoming's breast;
Fatal that last trip he ran
On his coach from oil Cheyenne!
Lots to drink an lots to eat,
Polished floors fur dancin' feet,
Music that'Il sweep the plains
In the most harmonic strains.
Weddin' feast an weddin' dance,
Girls that would the gods entrance
Hoverin' round the blushin' bride
An the victim at her side!
Pioneers IL all be there
Swappin' lies with honest air,
Claspin' hands an talkin' back
Ger the early blood-marked track;
Chinnin' o. the days when they
Fought an eat bout once a day!
Outdoor games an indoor shows,
Everything that's jolly goes
From Bersheba back to Dan
Frontier Day at oil Cheyenne!
Omaha daily bee., 1899-08-23

Prairie dogs and grasshoppers are keeping
the Nebraska scientists UP nights. At
tempts are being made to inoculate them
both with diseases. Farmers are also adj
vised to plow their land deeper than usual
this fall, so that the eggs may be de-
stroyed. Our old friend the chinch bug was
really inoculated out Of existence.
Omaha daily bee., 1899-08-23

The more the Iowa democratic state
ticket is scanned the more strong the
opinion grows that the convention was
only intended as u prologue to n politi-
cal funeral. In addition to the man at
the head of the ticket two others have
met defeat in an attempt to get into
Congressman Wagenin and Calhoun.
Omaha daily bee., 1899-08-23

Mayor Jones of Toledo again an
nounces himself a candidate for governor
of Ohio. AS the mayor has changed
his mind on this topic no less than a
dozen times it will hardly be safe to
make up the official ballot as yet.
Omaha daily bee., 1899-08-23

Is not placing power in the hands of
the warden of the penitentiary to lease
the convict labor placing considerable
power in the hands of one man and III
n place which has been too fertile II
field for scandal already?
Omaha daily bee., 1899-08-23

Omaha lungs will have just enough
time to rest between the coming of the
Pennsylvanians and the arrival of its
own soldier boys to be able to tear a
few rents in the atmosphere larger than
ever torn before in this city.
Omaha daily bee., 1899-08-23
wouIdn,t the Hnir Ely.

DVITUTI TIVU IVoS'
Now the question arises Bs to how II
will be possible to get Champ Clark and
Mr.. Goebel of Kentucky on the same plat
form without danger that some innocent
outsider will be cracked over the head with
fying furniture.
Omaha daily bee., 1899-08-23

by the Herdmanites in turning down
the only candidate who had any claims
to reciprocity. Twas ever thus. OF all
the cardinal sins ingratitudc is the
most detestablc.
Omaha daily bee., 1899-08-23

E~x-Speaker Reed has handed in his
resignation, but Congressman Joe Bailey
should not become Respondent. Colonel
Henderson, who will be speaker of the
next house, Is amply able to furnish
the Texan all the excitement he wants.
Omaha daily bee., 1899-08-23

Why should 1t cost 1918 railroad fare
to return each member of the First Ne
braska home when the Minnesota troops
are accorded n fare OF 5000 OF n longer
haul? This is the question the Ne
braska railroads are yet privileged to
answer
Omaha daily bee., 1899-08-23

The fusion program is slipping cogs in
many of the Nebraska counties. The
abnormal appetite of popocrats for office
is responsible for this dlscord wherever
they are so hungry as to be unwilling
to yield the faint hope nomination en-
penders.
Omaha daily bee., 1899-08-23

Omaha should encourage in every
possible way the various street fairs
and carnivals which are in preparation
In interior Nebraska towns. The people
throughout the state have been most
liberal in support of the different festive
affairs gotten up by Omaha and reci-
proclty will be merely an evidence of
appreciation of fayors received.
Omaha daily bee., 1899-08-23

The South Omaha city council wants
to resolve itself into a court of inquiry
and Impeachment. Why not wait Tor
the grand jury and save the South
Omaha taxpayers needless expense?
Omaha daily bee., 1899-08-23

The resignation Of Thomas b. Reed
as n member of congress should remove
the last lingering trace of doubt that
David b. Henderson will WELD the gavel
over the lower house of the Fifty-siAth
cnnrreSS.
Omaha daily bee., 1899-08-23

he states. Instead Of $4,000 persons work
ing in these industries as there were in
1890, there would. therefore, be $4,000
persons employed this year. These figures
give one a most interesting conception OF
the country's Industrial expansion.
Omaha daily bee., 1899-08-23

Republicans should this year let the
nopocrats make all the mistakes. No
name should be countenanced on a re-
publican ticket against which there
stands a record that requires defending.
Omaha daily bee., 1899-08-23

Ak-Sar-Ben never disappoints his al
mirers. His royal entry and court
p~ageantry in past years have been uh-
eoualed and he will surpass himself
again this year. o.. ,... e..
Omaha daily bee., 1899-08-23

IIUIdIIdVUIIS JVUII
The Iowa democratic convention gave the
British lions tail a vigorous twist. This
exhilarating exercise used to be confined to
republican conventions, in the days when
the tariff was alleged to be a tax.
Omaha daily bee., 1899-08-23

Parties Leaving for the summer
Parties leaving the city for the
summer may have The Bee sent to
them regularly by notifying The
Bee business office. in person or by
mail.
The address viii be rs
often as desired.
Omaha daily bee., 1899-08-23

VOIVaEO NVCOIU'
Word comes from Louisville that the
whisky trust is about to limit the output OF
whisky. That would be a very wise thing
to do in Kentucky until after the cam
paign Is over.
Omaha daily bee., 1899-08-23
Although 1900 delegates

Although $500 delegates We're ac-
credited to the three popocratic state
conventions just held, not half that
number put in an appearance. Repub-
lican prosperity is keeping even the
popocratic farmers too busy to attend TO
politics.
Omaha daily bee., 1899-08-23
STATEMENT OF CIRCULATION.

State of Nebraska, Douglas County, S. bon
George r. Tzschuck, secretary of The Bee
Publishing company, being duly sworn, say
that the actual number of full and compae.dg
copies OF The Daily, Morning, Evening ana
Sunday Bee, printed during the month OIL
J,lv 1900 WAS az follows.
Omaha daily bee., 1899-08-23

When it comes to smooth diplomatic
work the managers OF the Burlington
railroad will not take a back seat.
Omaha daily bee., 1899-08-23

South Omaha's city council seems TO
have forgotten that the day set apart
for fireworks has passed.
Omaha daily bee., 1899-08-23

The weather indications point to a
cooler atmosphere after the three-rlng
circus has folded its tent.