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Omaha daily bee., 1899-11-13
AMERICAN INFLUENCE.

The statement in the foreign dis
patches that the Russian and German
emperors discussed the growth Of
American influence may or may not be
correct, but there can be no doubt that
both these rulers and all others in ELL
rope fully recognize the fact that
the influence of the United States in
the affairs of the world is very much
greater than ever before and their re-
spect for this country has correspond
ingly increased. While it is well un-
derstood that this nation will continue
to observe the policy of keeping aloof
from European controversies and COM
plications, it is also seen that hereafter
the powers of Europe, in making their
plans and projects, commercial or po-
litical, beyond their own domains, must
take account of the interests and the
wishes of the United States. How
America may view their designs, what
effect upon their relations with this
country their schemes may have, are
questions which the principal European
powers will find it necessary to con
slider in the future as rhey have not
been called upon to do in the past.
Until now the respect of European
nations, with the exception of Great
Britain, for the influence Of the United
States, has not been very strong. In
our isolated position and our devotion
to home interests, with little concern
,lnt III Al In, hn or
of the world, the nations of Europe did
not seriously trouble themselves about
American opinion. They gave 1t little
consideration in connection with mat
ters outside the western hemisphere.
But conditions have changed. The
broader relations of the United States
growing out of the war with Spain, the
eager commercial competition i'm the
worlds markets that has developed in
recent years. the creation of new Amer
lean interests, have placed this country
In position TO command consideration
and exert an influence which all of the
world powers must recognize. This
was made conspicuously apparent Mt
The Hague conference and there have
been number of instances within the
last year showing how much more re-
spect Europe now has for American
opinion than ever before.
The influence of the United States
win grow If it be wisely and justly ex-
ercised We must be absolutely fair
and impartial in our relations with the
rest of the world In order to COM
mand the respect and confidence of all
nations we must show no preference
for any. 1t is absolutely necessary TO
the maintenance of our influence that
Omaha daily bee., 1899-11-13
NOTABLE NEWSPA PER SCOOP.

The Bee Sunday was the only Ne
braska paper to give it's readers COM
plete account of the disastrous wreck
on the Omaha & Fort Dodge railroad
near Denison, Ia. in which twenty six
persons were badly injured, two of
them supposedly hurt fatally. This is
one of the most notable news beats re-
corded in recent years. Although the
accident occurred scarce fifty miles
from Omaha it's alleged Omaha COM
petitor, the World Herald, did not have
single word about it.
That paper will probably come out n
day late with the vital news printed
by The Bee Sunday, as it will hardly
have the hardihood in this case to pur-
sue its usual tactics of denying that
the event took place.
This scoop, while of first moment, is
only one of many news features in
which The Bee outdid all other papers.
Attention is called to it simply because
of the striking proof it affords of The
Bees unquestioned superiority as a
newspaper.
Omaha daily bee., 1899-11-13
Land Boom in Guam

NtW UTk IT1DUHt,
Guam haa some claim to rank as one OF
those summer isles of Eden, lying in dark
purple spheres of sea in which the laureate
once imagined he would like to find refuge
and take some savage woman who should
rear his dusky race. Till lately it has not
known much change of condition since the
days OF Magellan and Alfonso da Sousa, but
since it came into possession of the United
Staten a land boom has set in, turning the
heads OF natives and foreigners alike and
impeliug the new naval governor to issue a
proclamation that land on the island shall
only be owned by Americans. 1t is too small
to hava itG soil clawed and clutched at by
tho greedy foreigner. At least Captain
Leary thinks SO, and as he is on the ground
and in authority it would seem as If he
ough. to know
Omaha daily bee., 1899-11-13

each ride than II he bought one at time
He says u am comfortably off. but
/ never felt | could afford TO pay 5 cents
| for a ride when l could get six for
| quarter"
II is a curious thing that though two mer
fell dead on election day-one In Maryland
and one In New York-just after they had
! cast their ballots, and before votes had been
counted, neither OF the ballots could have
been thrown out even il there had been
tie vote, as no one knew which they were.
The failure Of the scheme 10 reorganize
the Carnegie steel interests within the time
fixed is said to have cost four men one OF
whom was Henry c, Frck s250,OOO each
the Sl,000,000 going to Andrew Carnegie for
no other consideration than that inability to
meet the terms Of the option given to them
One OF the commendable acts of the voters
OF Detroit enthusiastically performed last
Tuesday was the approval OF proposition
! to expend Sl500O0 in improving and adorn-
| ing Belle Isle park. The island lies near
the center OF Detroit river. a trine north OF
| the harbor, and is one OF the most delight
ful spots designed by nature and adorned by
man. The blue waters Of the upper lakes
ripple by its shores. chain OF miniature
canals winds In graceful curves through the
island. Fcrest trees afford abundant shade
Beneath their overspreading branches are
miles OF walks and drives so that the
charms OF land and water may be taken in
afoot, awheel or by boat. BY daylight the
harbor and city present scene OF activity;
by night, countless lights are mirrored on
the bosom of the waters. presenting
scene of indescribable beauty. The lines OF
ealte immortalizing fair Killarney might
well be applied to Belle isle:
'MuSir fhpro
Makes each sound harmony;
Many voiced the chorus swels,
TIL IL faints in ecstacy
with the charmful tints below
Seems the heav'n above to vie,
All rich colors that we know
Tinge the cloud-wreaths in that sky,r
Omaha daily bee., 1899-11-13
BRYAS's pELUsivs FORECAST

Colonel William Jennings Bryan is
cast in the hopeful mold. His retro.
spective view of the elections Of 1S9a
admirers, but cannot deceive clear.
headed men who have staked their 20.
litlcal fortunes on his presidential pros
/ poets.
Colonel Bryan triumphantly points to
! Massachusetts, which has given the re-
publicans over $1,000 majority, while It
had given 100000 more to Mckinley in
| 1896. With the same exultant air he
tells us that in Pennsylvania the repub-
lican majority, which this year exceeds
! 100000, has been cut down one-half as
| compared with the vote of 1896. But
where democrats can derive any com
fort from these numbers or where they
can figure out transfer of the elec-
tOral vote of Massachusetts or Penn
sylvania from Mckinley to Bryan in
1900 is not visible to the naked eye.
Colonel Bryan is equally overstrung
in his conclusions about the result In
Ohio. The fact that the republican
candidate for governor carried the
state by over $4,000 plurality in spite
of the inroads made into the repub-
lican vote by an independent repub-
lican candidate for governor shows that
Ohio is as safe for Mckinley in 1900
as Vermont or Massachusetts. Colonel
Bryan declares the Jones vote Is anti
republican, but Jones himself says he
is republican and his support came
chiefly from republicans sure to fall
into line in the national campaign.
1t takes a man of most sanguine
makeup to see anything hopeful for
Bryan in the returns from Iowa, yet
the silver colonel pretends to see moth
ing discouraging for his cause in them.
Taken as d whole" exclaims Colonel
Bryan, "the election returns from all
the states give encouragement to those
who hope for the overthrow of the re-
publican party in 1900" ~.
Where does this encouragement come
from? Concede that Bryan will carry
every state south of Mason and DiXon's
line, including Maryland, West Virginia
and Kentucky, which is by no means
assured. Give him in addition his
home state, Nebraska, and the silver
states, Colorado, Montana, Idaho, Utah
and Nevada, and exclude New York as
doubtful from either column, and we
have the following result:
Omaha daily bee., 1899-11-13
APPETIZING.
Minneapolis Journal.

MliHeapollS JouIndl.
How sweet to my nostrils the smell from
That greets them whenever I enter the
An odor more grateful than altar of roses,
Or violets shedding their dainty perfume.
1t carries me back to the days of my boy
When stub-nosed and freckled, wart
DER each eye, ~ L'L..Ea.'s y Gpb
I moseyed around and each day got a
licking
This odor that comes from baking mince
pie. .,-
That mince pie so luscious, so rich. so de-
The mince pies like those that my ma used
to make.
Those mince pies of mothers-how can I
describe them,
AS out of the oven they came smoking
How grateful they were to my vacuous
And how they were sure to go straight to
With hands black and grimy I'd grab up
And down my oesophagus quickly 'twould
1 used to regret that wasn't built bigger,
So that ] could hold more Of mothers
That mince pie so tasty SO juicy, so pasty.
The bully mince pie that my ma used to
make.
I've knocked around some since the days
of my boyhood,
At times have gone hungry, at others
lived high;
But never as yet in my peregrinations
Have | found anything that could equal
that pie
haven't much money, but I'd give five
dollars,
And never let loose even one tiny sigh.
If l could get next, just tonight for my
dinner,
To one big. hot chunk of my mothers
mnce pie.
That pie so delicious so juicy so luscious,
The mlnce pies like those that my ma used
to make.
Omaha daily bee., 1899-11-13

Washington Post.

W dSIIIIlglUH f'USl.
OF course the war will now go on, and of
course tho end can mean only the extinction
o: this Dutch republics and the supremacy
OF England in South Africa But it is
frightful to think Of the sacrifices that must
bs made meanwhile-tho determination of
tho Boers and tho martyrdom Of thousands
o. England finest chivalry, merely in or
der that marauders like Rhodes and jane
son may glut their appetite for plunder and
that q demagoguo like Chamberlain may
feed his vilo ambition.
Omaha daily bee., 1899-11-13
Treatment of Sick Soldiers.


Ths Investigation into the treatment re-
ceiyed by sick soldiers who returned from
the Philippines on the transports Tartar and
Newport was made by army officers, and its
report, which has been mailed to Washing
ton, ia an official finding. 1t will be imper-
ativt. therefore, for tho government to take
notice OF it, and If it's censure of the officers
in charge OF tho transports is as severe as
unofticially reported, tho punishment of
these men should, and doubtless will, be
heavy Tho people OF tho United States will
not tolerate any abuse OF their representa-
tivei in tho ranks and they are particularly
sensitive in the case of sick soldiers. The
government discovered that in their cCm-
menti on tho treatment of the troops who
came back from Cuba, and 1t cannot have
forgotten the lesson already.
Omaha daily bee., 1899-11-13
WHERE is THE TRUST-CRUSHERa

Omaha coal dealers have mutually
thracite, which has been selling in the
Omaha market for $3.50, goes up 81,
reaching the $3.50 per ton notch. Rock
Springs lump goes up from 81 to $3.50,
Rock Springs nut from $675 to ST.
This information Is given to the pub
lie through the Bryanite organ, but the
sham reform sheet has not Il word to
say as to the manifest violation of the
state antitrust law. An advance in
the price of coal may be justified by
the advance in railroad freight rates,
but the advance by compact to prevent
competition is Il direct violation of the
law which that great trust pulyerizer,
Attorney General Smyth, has never
sought to enforce except upon the
Standard Oil octopus and one or two
other foreign corporations that can take
refuge from prosecution in the federal
courts.
The Nebraska trust-crusher is equally
Indifferent about the other combines
and trusts that are operating all around
him in defiance of the law. Take for
example the fire insurance combine that
fixes rates in restraint of competition
through compact manager in utter
disregard of the law enacted expressly
to protect the public against arbitrary
eXactions through combination, This
law has been on the statute books for
years, but remains dead letter and
will so remain SO long as the sham re-
formers remain in power and until the
people have their eyes opened to the
imposture of officials that are masquer-
aiding under the cloak of enemies of
monopolies and trusts.
Omaha daily bee., 1899-11-13
Totals .............23l

The total electoral vote is 447, of
which 224 are necessary to elect If
Bryan secures New York, which is not
at all likely, he would still have only
ZIG, as against 231 for Mckinley. If
he loses New York he cannot be elected,
even if he carries Indiana, Delaware
and Wisconsin or Michigan, Wisconsin
and Delaware, none of which are likely
to be really debatable in 1900.
Bryan has, however, not one chance
in a hundred to carry New York or any
other of these states and his prospects
of succeeding Mckinley in 1901 are de-
cidedly remote unless indeed the
country should experience miraculous
political upheaval.
Omaha daily bee., 1899-11-13
BLASTS FROM RAMS HORN.
You can'; whlno and shine at the same

You caH': whino and shine at the same
tins.
Men who come hungry for righteousness
cannot be satisfied with rhetoric
A small church full of piety has more
power than & largo one full OF pride,
Let tho 10y OF tho Lord" show forth in
you; face. not by length but by breadth,
The value OF the artificial light is de-
pendent on the vanishing of the sunlight.
Tho minister who works only for the
glory of man gets neither glory nor men.
How many of ua dare pray; Lord, do
unto me this day even as do unto others?"
Frequently tho people who are most care
full OF the gilt on their bibles care least
about the gold within them.
Omaha daily bee., 1899-11-13

Complaint against the new form of the
official ballot that il tends to confuse the
voter does not really rest upon the form
of the ballot, but upon the fact that can
didates try to secure special advantage
upon it through certificates of nomina-
tion by two OF three different parties.
If each political party had its own set
of candidates appearing on the ballot
there would be no cause for complaint.
What confuses the voter is the fusion
manpulations and not anything to be
found in the provisions of the law.
Omaha daily bee., 1899-11-13

The wrecking company expects TO
begin the demolition of the large en-
position buildings within a few days on
stipulation not to cart the material
shall have been disposed of by the
courts. This will be eminently satisfac-
tory to the residents in that quarter,
whose fear of a confagration will not be
quieted until the great structures are
raZed to the ground.
Omaha daily bee., 1899-11-13
Admiral schley has been presented

Admiral Schley has been presented
an elaborate silver dinner service, all
made from Spanish silver coins recov-
cred from the Spanish war ship Cristo-
bal Colon and valued at more than
$1,000. With this substantial souvenir
of the sinking of Cervera's feet the ad-
miral should be able to eat his dinners
in comfort and entertain his friends in
manner that would befit silver
In ron
Omaha daily bee., 1899-11-13

The silver republicans of Omaha, who
number about as many voters as the pro-
hibitionists, soon will assemble them
selves in solemn conclave to nominate a
mayor and full city ticket. 1t takes
II good deal of sublime audacity to keep
up such farce from year to year.
Omaha daily bee., 1899-11-13

In order to make the Omaha Com
mercial club power it must be re-
organized on commercial lines. A
bureau of entertainment and statistics
is all right as an adjunct 10 the Com
mercial club, but SO long as IL Is the
main thing the club will remain mere
farce.
Omaha daily bee., 1899-11-13

According to Associated Press dis
patches all the way from Seattle the
transcontinental rate war Is growing
more serious, but nobody in these parts
outside of railroad headquarters cares
a continental
Omaha daily bee., 1899-11-13
Custer on the Army Mule.

Sidiu j VI no Wv. b.| iiSi'lo.
1t waa General Custer who said, some
thirty years ago, that warfare in a mountain
Qua country was, almost impossible without
the aid of mules. In view of the things
which resulted from q mule stampede near
Ladysmith the other day the British War
Office will probably rank Custer as an Ameri-
can humorist of malicious disposition.
Omaha daily bee., 1899-11-13

1t is amusing to see so many repub-
licans under suspicion of giving aid and
comfort to the fusion ticket rushing to
the fusion organ to set themselves right,
In doing so, however, they simply
darken the shadow resting on them.
Omaha daily bee., 1899-11-13
Testing England's Strength.


Perhaps the most disquieting bit OF in
formation on the Boer campaign thus far is
tho report that, although, military operations
have scarcely begun England has already
decided to call out her whole fighting
strength with tho exception of part of
the militia. This illustrates the serious
character OF the struggle better than any
accounts OF victories or reverses in the
fiClN.
Omaha daily bee., 1899-11-13

For the ''steenth time we are assured
that sugar beets planted in the
neighborhood of Omaha can be culti-
waited profitably But up to this TIME
no Omaha capitalist has ventured To
Omaha daily bee., 1899-11-13

The ramshackle depot at Tenth and
Mason should be photographed and the
pictures deposited in the curio room of
the city library for the edification of
coming generations. The demolition of
the shack should be celebrated in some
Omaha daily bee., 1899-11-13

A warrant has been sworn out
against Congressman Roberts for VIC
lating the anti-polygamy law and if he
is brought back to Salt Lake he will
not be able to take his seat in congress
for some time to come. But Mr.. Rob
erts will take care that he is not found
until after congress has determined
his right to occupy a seat in that body.
Omaha daily bee., 1899-11-13

Now there is talk about organizing Il
war ship trust. That would be the most
harmless trust of them all, since 1t can
not raise the price Of anything the COM
mon people use.
Omaha daily bee., 1899-11-13

The un-Patriotic league wants to per-
petuate itself. Why not join the Jack
sonian club and work out in the open
instead of playing bushwhacker under
Omaha daily bee., 1899-11-13

The Pacific Express company may be
able to remove its offices to St Louis
but 1t cannot take its building away
from Omaha, and as long as 1t keeps
and occupies the latter Omaha will be
one of the principal local centers for its
hncinaaa
Omaha daily bee., 1899-11-13
Ups and Downs of Life.

Boston Transcript.
President Mckinley had to shake hands
for seven blocks to reach the polling booth,
while eX-President Cleveland was ordered
ou: O: the election booth by a policeman.
Omaha daily bee., 1899-11-13

The bridge motor company enjoys
n franchise covering certain Omaha
streets which it acquired by contract
with the Omaha Street Railway com
pany The latter has now leased It's
Fifteenth and Sixteenth street tracks TO
another bridge motor company, which
Omaha daily bee., 1899-11-13

Now that the members of the do
nothing State Board of Transportation
have finished their campaign work they
will all take much-needed rest: -.
Omaha daily bee., 1899-11-13

The question for the Bohemians who
bolted the republican ticket to help the
fusionsts to ask themselves now is:
"Where do the Bohemians come in?''
Omaha daily bee., 1899-11-13

One thing to the credit of the British
nobility is that they send their sons to
active war and expose them to the
same risk taken by the common soldier
on the firing line.
Omaha daily bee., 1899-11-13

Kentucky is the only state in the
union where the governor has to sleep
in vault, dress in steel armor and
surround himself with n military guard
when walking the streets of the cap
.,y
Omaha daily bee., 1899-11-13
Simply n Bit Shy.

Ph!IadeIphla Ledger.
Tha: $20C 600 combine to control the
output of bicycles and automobiles doesn't
scare those who still put their faith in
horses.
Omaha daily bee., 1899-11-13
STATEMENT OF CIRCULATION.

State of Nebraska, Douglas County. S.:
George B. Tzschuck, secretary of The Bee
Publishing company, being duly sworn;
says that the actual number OF iull ana
compIete copies of The Daily, Morning,
Evening end Sunday Bee, printed during
the month of October, 1899, was as follows:
Omaha daily bee., 1899-11-13

The Sunday Bee had several most i'm
portant items of news found in no
other paper published in this section.
The Bee is always the best news
Omaha daily bee., 1899-11-13

Queen Victoria has generously do
mated $50 to Il woman who has seven
sons in the British army. That is just
STA for each son.
Omaha daily bee., 1899-11-13

will divide the traffic. Yet the old
bridge company makes no protest. This
leads to the inference that one or both
of these old companies are In the new
deal. At any rate the projectors of the
new line ought to take the people of
Omaha into their confidence.
Omaha daily bee., 1899-11-13

Over-enthusiastic popocrats who bet
on $4,000 plurality for the head of their
state ticket will have to step up to the
counter and settle.
Omaha daily bee., 1899-11-13

Coal prices are going up. A mild Win
ter would be Il compensatlng Denent 10
the man who has to burn coal.
Omaha daily bee., 1899-11-13

The New York bank surplus is re-
ported low, but banks west ana south
are abundantly supplied with money.
Omaha daily bee., 1899-11-13

For the time being the seat of war is
confined to the Philippines, South
Africa and Kentucky.
Omaha daily bee., 1899-11-13
POINTEDLY PUT,

Chicago Tribune: Been having an en-.
counter with rheumatism, old man?'
Yes, a joint debate"
Omaha daily bee., 1899-11-13

Judge: Customer (emerginE from harsair
| counter crush)-Eielp! MY leg is hrokenl
| Floor Walker-You will find the crutcb
department, sir, on the fourth floor, in the
rear "
| Chicago Tribune: II wouldn't feel so bad
| over it, Dick said the kind hearted sailor
| to the cabin boy whom the mate had just
warmed with a ropes end. you didn't get
| 1t half as bad some of 'em does
II don't care for the lickin'," sobbed the
| boy. but them welts he made on me ia
just the Kind mother used to maker
Washington Star: II don't believe pro-
fessors know so very much" said Mamie.
why! How can you talk so?" rejoined
Maud
well, 1 don't see why Mr. Fulpate should
have seemed so surprised and puzzled when
asked him how to say 'rubberneck' in
Greek"
Chicago Post: "He told me last week
that he had to cconomize. but l don't see
that he has been doing it."
30, well. you wouldn't notice it, anyway
You see. he economies by cutting down his
wife's expenses"
Indianapolis Journal: "Have you noticed
nearly every variety show nowadays has
female baritone? They didn't have em
when you and | were boys"
Yes, have noticed it, and between you
and me, ] think it is a sign that woman
suffrage. is coming apace with giant
strides"
Omaha daily bee., 1899-11-13
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