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Omaha daily bee., 1899-11-02
THE SCRAP IN AFRICA.

Kansas City Times: The London news
papers have quit poking fun at Dom Paul
because of his fondness for beer His guns
are attracting their attention.
Detroit Journal: In the meantime, while
interest is suspended over the situation at
Ladysmith, we may find no little relief from
the strain by contemplating the chances Of
Jeffries putting out Sharkey
Buffalo Express: General Joubert's note
of sympathy on the death of General Symons
is calculated to remind England that those
who are compelled to fight and die are not
those who brought on the quarrel. -
Minneapolis Times: four hours bonn
bardment of Mafeking resulted In the death
of dog. No sculptured creation setting
forth in imperishabe stone the horrors Of
modern warfare will be complete without the
Matanzas mule and the Mafeking dog.
San Francisco Chronicle: 1t is douby
! absurd to think the United States would,
however indirectly. help Great y Britain
against the Beers. If this country did any
thing at all officially 1t would be to encour-
age the Beers, as we did the Greeks in their
early fight for independence the Mexicans,
South Americans and the Hungarians. That
Is the common sense view and this is the
| reason, probably, why it Is not acceptable
to the yellow correspondents abroad.
Cleveland Plain Dealer: 1t was a little
| humilating to Lord Wolseey to be accused
! of doctoring dispatches from the front and
| then to have the charges substantially
proved. Lord Wolseey is an old cam
paigner, of course, and hardened, but 1t
| must have grated little on his feelings to
have such rasping things said of him. No
| doubt he thought his motive was good when
he turned down the seamy side of the news,
and besides all's still fair in love and war.
| New York Tribune: Evidently the Boer
war is war Of men. Every engagement is
stubbornly contested, and the number OF
killed and wounded in proportion to the mum
ber of combatants is appallingly large. Those
who reckoned the war would be walkover
| for either party were far away from the
| truth. The end Is inevitable, but it Is not
| yet, and before it is reached we shall doubt
less see more than one truly Homeric con-
test. More's the pity that two so brave peo-
pies should be pitted against each other in
deadly strife.
| st. Louis Republic: In the light Of the hu-
| name treatment of British prisoners taken
| by the Beers and their care of the British
wounded. accounts Of which come through
official British channels, it seems that these
horrifying tales Of Boer brutality and indig-
| mites to fugitive men and women from Jo-
hannesburg and of wanton firing into trains
OF sick and wounded were baseless and
wicked ISLANDERS. Joseph Dunn, the Repub-
| lies correspondent, who was taken prisoner
at Dundee. and subsequently escaped, bears
witness to the consideration and Kindness
which he and his fellow prisoners received
| from their captors.
Omaha daily bee., 1899-11-02
Profits of Sleeping Cars.

Isn't 1t rather odd that the Wagner Pal
ace Car company was never incorporated
1t was simply a joint stock association, with
an authorized capital of 100000 00O. But 1t
paid per cent a year, and its shares sold
at 208 in the etreet. II Wagner could afford
to pay per cent on $2O,O00,O 900 how much
could Pullman afford to pay on $54 900 900;
One has abou. 700 cars, the other over 5000
One operated on the Vanderbilt lines, the
other had a field Of 100000 miles of road
1t is comforting that Pullman should have
been raised to an s per cent stock as soon
as it absorbed Wagner.
Omaha daily bee., 1899-11-02
INVENTOR OF rnn hNorYrE.

Boston Globe; The obituary Of ottmar
Mergenthaler, the inventor OF the linotype,
who has Just died at the age OF 20, will be
set upon Mergenthaler llnotypes In prae-
tically every newspaper office or any
consequence In the country.
Minneapolis Tribune. The death OF 0ttmar
Mergenthaler. inventor OF the linotype, re-
moves the master mind in point OF intri-
cate mechanical achievement OF the pres
ent century Tho linotype machine as
now perfected is a marvel OF delicate ad-
justment, uniformity OF operation and per-
iection OF results, and in watching the we'll
nigh human intelligence OF its automatic
movements one Is impressed with the al
most limitless possibilities OF genius. re-
Gently published history OF the life OF the
late inventor shows that he shared the fate
of most OF his class in being denied in
large measures tho fruits OF his own efforts
by the greed of the capitalists who aided
him in exploiting his ideas to their full de-
velopment.
Cleveland Leader: He revolutionized the
work of getting newspapers ready for tho
press. His invention is one OF the most
ingenious and effective ever known. In
this case the rewards OF genius were not
withheld Capitei's'7 made a great deal
OF money out OF the linotype machines which
thaler was enriched. too. He was not one
of the luckless inventors to die in poverty
while others reap the harvest OF fields eown
by genius. Consumption was this gifted
mans foe. 1t has slain him in early mid
die age in spite OF all that could be ac-
complished with change OF climate, good
physicians and other resources which money
can command. 1t Is a melancholy Illus
tration of human helplessness in the face
hi 49,, .N,,Ii inJ n,Nd
struggled with for many centuries.
Philadelphia Ledger: What Hoe did for
the printing press Mergenthaler did for
typesetting The perfecting press displaced
the labor Of the men who fed the sheets
OF paper into the rolls, but in cheapening
and making presswork more satisfactory 1t
broadened the field of labor by offering an
opportunity for new and more extensive
publications. BY reducing the relative cost
Of typesetting savings were effected, but
under the stress of rivalries and competi-
tion the newspapers have increased their
disbursements, SO that, while the channel
has been altered somewhat, the river has
not been dammed-the volume OF water
continues to flow undiminished The ulti-
mate result of labor saving devices Ia
larger opportunity for labor. not to speak
of the greater benefit Of the consumer.
Notwithstanding the potentialities OF his
invention, 1t is said that Mergenthalers
personal profit was quite modest. II SO,
he shares the common fate of most men OF
mechanical genius.
Omaha daily bee., 1899-11-02
Trading on Samoa.
Philadelphia Record.


Great Britain, 1t Is said, will relinquish
her rights in Samoa to Germany il the latter
shall agree to cede the German portion OF
Now Guiana. the next largest island in the
world after Australia. New Guiana is di-
vided into three approximately equal parts
owned respectively by Holland, Great Britain
and Germany. Kaiser Wilhelm's Land, which
is the official name of the German part of the
island, has an area of 10000 square miles,
Including the Bismarck archipelago lying off
its northern coast. The interior is almost
unknown country, but 1t is supposed to con-
tain gold, while its forests of ebony and
other valuable woods are an assured source
Of wealth. II Great Britain should secure
possession of this prize in exchange for an
ili-defined third interest in the Samoan
protectorato she would certainly get the
bes; o. tho bargain.
Omaha daily bee., 1899-11-02
Personal AND OTHERWISE.

Hanna's slogan for 1900 is, Full dinner
buckets and expansion"
The Matanzas mule now has a counter
part in the Mafeking dog, which was killed
as a result of four hours bombardment of
the place.
The monument over the grave OF Miss
Winnie Davis in Hollywood cemetery, Rich
mond, Va, will be unveiled on November 8
next. r. B. Mumford of Richmond will de-
liver the address.
President Mckinley Is very rapid reader,
and, although his duties leave him but little
time for light reading, when he does have an
opportunity to indulge in that he reads a
book at one sitting
After graduating from the Baptist semi
nary, where he is now studying, Robert
Green, the ex-pugilist, will return to Bos-
ton, to be ordained minister. He has al
ready licensed to preach by the Calvary
Baptist church of Boston.
Floy Sing, the 1l-year-old son of All Sing.
st. Louis Chinese laundryman, has just
been admitted to the St. Louis public schools
and is the fret of his race who ever at
tended them. He Is quick and bright and
always stands well In his class.
Prince sergius Wolkonsky, who has Just
been made superintendent OF the Russian
imperial theaters, is fairly well known in
America. He visited this country in 1893,
the representative of the ministry OF educa-
tion in his own country. He lectured at
Harvard and at Cornell and three years later
he delivered series OF lectures in Boston.
A friend of Alfred Belt, the African bill
lionaire, says "He now is probably worth
about a thousand millions, but II he would
let the price Of rough diamonds go below
from 2S to 80 shillings per carat no one
knows how much he would realize. For no
one else except Rhodes knows how many
barrels of diamonds they have salted away
down there to keep the market steady"
Omaha daily bee., 1899-11-02

Colonel Bryan is publicly compliment
Ing NJ. c. Harrington for his unseltisn
sacrifice for the cause of fusion in with
the Sixth district. The chance of being
defeated and spending his good money
for no purpose constitutes the extent
of the sacrifice so far as material things
are concerned. His principal contribu-
tion to the campaign still remains his
frank avowal of the intentions of the
democratic leaders to swallow what re-
mains of the populist party after the
present campaign Is concluded.
Omaha daily bee., 1899-11-02
SOME PERTINENT FACTS.

The Cleveland Leader has made a
canvass of seventy-eight factories in
that city, showing the condition of af
fairs now and at the corresponding time
in 1896. 1t appears from this that the
number OF men now employed in these
factories is 81 per cent larger than three
years ago. while the total sum paid per
month as wages is IS per cent greater
than in 1896. The average wages in
those factories show an increase of
ST.25. A partial canvass made in the
Miami valley, an important manufac-
turing section, shows that in ninety-two
factories and shops the number of men
now employed is Ga per cent larger than
three years ago, the increase In the total
wages paid per month Is 90 per cent
and the increase in the average monthly
wages is $S31 Figures obtained from
255 shops and factories scattered
through the state show 6S per cent in
crease in the number of men employed
as compared with the corresponding
time in 1896 and 80 per cent increase in
the total monthly pay roll.
The Leader says: "a conservative
estimate based upon these facts shows
that in the state of Ohio the workers
in the shops and factories are now be-
ing paid $3,OO0000 more per month in
wages than they received in the last
year of the last democratic ma
tional administration" Ohio is not
exceptional in this respect. The
same prosperous condition of af.
! fairs exists in all the manufac-
| turing states and it is quite possible
| that in some of them the conditions
are even better. An investiga ton Of the
| great iron and steel industries of Penn
sylvania would probably show that the
number of men employed is nearly or
quite double that of 1896 and that the
average increase in monthly wages is
| larger than in Ohio. Assuming that the
workers in the shops and factories Of
Ohio are now being paid S3,O0O,OoO more
per month in wages than they received
in 1896, it is possible to estimate what
the increase has been for The entire
country. This cannot be less than from,
$5O,O00,000 to $t,SOOo,00O, OF from $780,
100000 to $7OO,OOO,OOO year.
| These figures are well worthy the at
| tention of wage earners and the great
improvement in the condition of
| the labor market which they show
is due largely to the policy of
the republican party. There is no es
cape from this conclusion, in the light OF
experience under the operation of demo
cratic policy. Such facts furnish IN OBJ
ject lesson which cannot fail to make
an impression upon intelligent working
men and which are a conclusive argu
ment against the popocratic assertion
that there is no real prosperity AMI nc
substantial improvement in the condi
tion of the laboring classes.
Omaha daily bee., 1899-11-02

In speech at Creighton hall Tuesday
night John p, Altgeld proved to his own
satisfaction that prevailing good times
came to the people in spite of the repub-
lican party; that prosperity is due to
the Klondike gold harvest and to famine
in India; that it is transitory If not arti-
fetal, and is not the particular brand Of
prosperity for which the people yearn.
He admonishes the voters to work for
the free coinage of silver at the Bryan
esque ratio if they would usher in an
era of permanent prosperity. Altgeld
recalls the Arabian Nights story of Abu
Hassan, who on awakening in the bed
chamber of the caliph and finding his
bed surrounded by the imperial cham
berlains, asked one of them to bite his
finger that he might know for sure
whether he was awake or dreaming.
Altgeld evidently has not walked up to
the fact that American prosperity is
real instead of being a figment of the
imagination. But the wageworkers,
merchants and farmers know better.
Omaha daily bee., 1899-11-02
DEATH OF ALVIN SAUNDERS.

Nebraska mourns the loss of one of
her most eminent pioneers. For nearly
forty years Alvin Saunders was a con-
spicuous figure in every movement that
had for its object the upbuilding of this
commonwealth. Coming to Nebraska at
the outbreak of the civil war, commits
stoned by Abraham Lincoln as terri
torial governor, Alvin Saunders be-
came an active and potential factor in
the development of the territory and its
final admission to statehood. AS war
governor of Nebraska he raised and
equipped its quota of volunteers for the
preservation of the union and inciden-
tally organized a force of militia for the
protection of Nebraskas frontier set
tiers against the incursion of hostile In.
dians.
AS United States senator he secured
legislation enlarging the boundaries of
the state and labored earnestly and
faithfully for every project that tended
to promote the welfare of his constitu-
ents. AS citizen Alvin Saunders was
broad-minded, public-spirited and enter
prising. To Alvin Saunders as much as
to any other man Omaha will forever
remain indebted for the location of the
terminus of the pioneer overland rail
| road, the Union Pacific, and the conse-
quent location of a dozen other rail
roads that converge at this point and
make it great center for industry and
| commerce.
But his activity was by no means con-
| fined to the location and extension OF
feeders for the growing commerce of
| Omaha. Other enterprises, including
the erection of public buildings, hotels,
mills and factories, received invaluable
aid at his hands, and although grown
feeble by advanced age he was actively
identified with the last great project
Omaha had undertaken, the Transmits
sissippi and International Exposition.
Whatever We're his distinguishing
traits Alvin Saunders was above all
things a patriotic American, loyalty de-
voted to his country, state and city, and
ever ready to serve them. Honored
with the highest office within the gift
of the people of Nebraska his name and
/ fame are forever interviewer with its
history and his memory will be cher
ished by it's people for many genera
tions to come.
Omaha daily bee., 1899-11-02
WAYS OF MAIDENs FAIR.
S. q. Kjser in Times-Herald


S. Z. Kiser in imes-Herald.
They looked the new moon in the face.
Now, make a wish,' said she.
II will If you will make one too"
He answered pensively.
They gazed up at the crescent that
Hung in the western sky.
And wished and turned away, and each
Broke off a little Sigh.
They sat alone unon the steps,
He and the maiden fair:
She looked around to be assured
No one lurking there.
What was your wish?" she sweetly asked; /;
"Ah something good. 1 know;
Confess. and will tell you mine,
Perhaps, before you CO."
He looked into her upturned eyes,
Her little hand sought his.
MY wish tonight" he said was what
My fond wish always is:
wish that ], somehow, might find
The road that leads to fame
That, dying, l may leave behind
A great, an honored name"
She pulled her little hand away.
She sighed another sigh.
What fools they are who wish" she said:
Good evening and good-bye!"
And going home he wondered at
The sudden change of air
Some people know so little of
The ways of maiden fair.
Omaha daily bee., 1899-11-02

Registration figures show conclusively
that in this county the populist voters
are already inside the democratic whale
TO large extent. AS a factor In local
politics they will soon cease to exist
at the present rate. The only thing
botherng the democratic machine man
ayers Is the fact that defections TO the
republicans at the other end of the line
are more than absorbing the accretions
from the popocratic ranks.
Omaha daily bee., 1899-11-02

When Edmsten was selected chair
man of the populist committee it was
generally supposed to be in recognition
of his ability as n vote-counter rather
than vote.getter. Latest develop
ments indicate that this surmise was
correct. But other eyes besides those
of popocratic workers will be on the
ballots when they are counted this year
and the man or men who attempt to
tamper with them are likely to get a re-
ceipted board bill at one OF L.incoln's
prominent hostelries.
Omaha daily bee., 1899-11-02

serts, the trusts would be forced out of
business. How would 1t be with the
Standard Oil trust? How would 1t be
with the flour and beef trustsy How
would 1t be with the gas trusts, the bis.
cult trusts and the scores of trusts
whose products are on the free list and
which have always enjoyed free trade.
Would there be any greater chance to
break up these trusts with free silver
than there has been with free gold
Does Altgeld take the people of Ne
braska for natural born fools?
Omaha daily bee., 1899-11-02
Free speecIrgin Enrlnnd

. London SPECTATOR.
I'VE think it most unfair, az well as most
injudicious. to talk as if the supporters of
the Beers here were traitors and enemies OF
their country. They are nothing Of the sort.
They are foolish and msinfonmed If you
will, but we admire their courage and con-
scentioushess in sticking UP for an unpop-
ular cause and in daring to declare that
they think the vast majority of their coun-
trymen are Ia the wrong. :
Omaha daily bee., 1899-11-02

Last year the fusion parties We're
three parties in order to get the names
of their candidates on the ticket three
different times, but this year they pre-
tend to be one party in order to get the
names of their candidates in the val-
tage position above the republicans.
Now you see 1t, now you don't.
Omaha daily bee., 1899-11-02

An Idaho miner is reported to have
been lost somewhere in Nebraska. He
got off the train at a station and has
not been heard from since. Perhaps
he has wandered into one of our big
cornfields and lost his way.
Omaha daily bee., 1899-11-02

The managers Of railroads which op-
crate lines in the midwest are discuss
ing the proposition to abolish the prac-
tice of making reduced rates for street
fairs, corn palaces, fall festivals, expo
sitions, etc, projected by certain cities
to the detriment of other cities. All of
which leads to the query: Are cities
built up for the benefit of railroads or
are railroads operated for the advantage
of cities?
Omaha daily bee., 1899-11-02

South Dakota is wrestling with it's
maximum freight rate case before the
United States supreme court. If South
Dakota has as good luck as did Ne
braska it may expect the court to spend
about three years in hearings, rehear-
ings and counter-hearings
Omaha daily bee., 1899-11-02

If there is anything in analogies the
'English have reason to be downcast.
The capture of two regiments of in
fantry and battery of artillery is cited
as the greatest reverse for British arms
since the surrender of Burgoyne at Sara
disasters were brought about in the en-
deavor to crush a people fighting to be
free
Omaha daily bee., 1899-11-02
Make 1T Unanimous.

1t Ia noteworthy fact that two dis
tinguished ecclesiastcs, enc Of high rank in
the Protestant Episcopal church, and the
other OF higher rank in the Roman Catholic
church, have openly endorsed President
McKinley's Philippine polcy-while the
Methodist clergy almost to a man are its
enthusiastic supporters The Protestant
ecclesastic alluded to is Bishop Doane OF
Albany and the Roman Catholic is Arch
bishop Chapelle of New Orleans.
Omaha daily bee., 1899-11-02

People who read the World-Heaald
would imagine that Rosewater was run
ming for every office to be filled this fall,
but when they go over their official bal
lot they will search in vain for his name,
The only men whose candidates. are be-
fore the people are those whose names
appear on the official ballot
Omaha daily bee., 1899-11-02

The coming election is the first one in
years at which the people will not be
asked to vote bonds for some purpose or
another. No bond propositions to worry
the taxpayers this time.
Omaha daily bee., 1899-11-02

The lights have gone out on the ex-
position, but the success Of the great
project that materialized in the Trans
mississippi Exposition will be-a beacon
light of western push and progress for
all history.
Omaha daily bee., 1899-11-02

And now the popocratic machine is
trying to run in betting bluff in hopes
of influencing the election. This only
goes to confirm the well known fact that
the pOpocratic organization in this
county is in the hands of professional
gamblers and hold-ups.
Omaha daily bee., 1899-11-02

If Tammany only knew what an in
satiable appetite the fusion crowd in
Nebraska had it would never attempt to
satisfy it with anything less than a pipe
line. Ordinary methods Of transporting
political oil are entirely inadequate for
the purpose.
Omaha daily bee., 1899-11-02

Not a word yet in the World Herald
about the populist embezzler who is run
ming on the fusion ticket for commits
sloner. 1t does not think it worth while
to explain how Il defaulter secured its
livery of reform.
Omaha daily bee., 1899-11-02

Popocratic orators should hang up a
sign before speaking commences, Don't
ask questions; they are embarrassing
those relating to prosperity specially
barred" :"
Omaha daily bee., 1899-11-02

The percentage of illiteracy in Ne
braska is low and the average intelli-
gence of voters is high. No paid cam
paigner, discredited in his home state,
is competent to tell Nebraskans what
they ought to do. They know where
they are at.
Omaha daily bee., 1899-11-02

Even Altgeld admits the country is
prosperous. He denies that prosperity
breeds trusts and great combinations of
capital, the existence and growth OF
which he attributes to the fostering care
of the republican party. Under policy
of free trade and free coinage, he as
Omaha daily bee., 1899-11-02

figured out in advance that Bryan was
to carry Nebraska by just $4,000 plu-
rality. Its figures fell short only 10000.
If its guesses this year are as good the
success of the republican ticket is as
Omaha daily bee., 1899-11-02

In 1896 j. b. Weaver as chairman of
the Iowa populist committee, issued a
proclamation announcing that Iowa was
sure to go for Bryan. This is the same
General Weaver who has been trying to
save Nebraska for Bryan this year, and
his word is just as good in 1899 as it
was In 1906
Omaha daily bee., 1899-11-02

Bryan is now talking to counties that
contain less than 400 votes altogether
Never before did he think it necessary
to spend his time in communities where
so few voters were TO be affected. What
better proof that the leaders realize that
the grasp of the popocratic machine on
the state of Nebraska is almost broken
Omaha daily bee., 1899-11-02

The White city will soon be wrecked
city, but the picture of it's beauty will
never be effaced from the memory of
anyone who enjoyed the enhancing
scenes on the exposition grounds during
the past two years. .p-..-
Omaha daily bee., 1899-11-02

Registrars sit next Saturday for the
last time. If you have not yet regis
tered Saturday will offer the only op-
portunity to have your name enrolled
and no one whose name is not enrolled
will be entitled to vote. Be sure to reg