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Omaha daily bee., 1900-02-11
Personal AND WISE.

All quiet on the banks of the Tugela. Cen
eral Butler is on the safe side.
Cleveland has an appendicitis club, which
is expected to cut quite a cash in the social
life of the town.
English bachelors are to be given the
| choice of marrying or going to the front.
! Marrying parsons are ready for the harvest
of fees.
General White is denied the privilege of
seeing General Butler, but the loathsome
enemy cannot prevent him hearing the can
uon of the rescuers.
If the British officers at the front would
only heed the advice of the curbstone critics
IN London the Beers would start on the
home run Immediately.
1t is not certain yet whether General Bull
Ter ran into a kop or a krantz on his third
run, or slid into a treacherous donga. One
hing is certain-he found the Beers.
Miss Susan B. Anthony owns the best col
lection of books on woman's suffrage in the
world. She intends to give the whole to the
national library at Washington upon her
death.
The bill pending in congress proposing
improvement in the weather service may
be needed down east. The weather served
up here, though a trife ragged at times, can
not be improved on.
Mr.. Human of the Chicago Inter Ocean
and Mr.. Kohlsaat of the Chicago Times
Herald do not speak as they pass by, but
their voices rise above the din from Dear
born to La Sale.
"WiIl war never cease" asks the Boston
Globe in trembling tones. The nervous
shock produced by those phantom fleets of
1898 has not wholly subsidized. If war should
cease. what would Boston do with its cod
fish balls.
Chicago drops a solid chunk of truth into
It's drainage canal argument when it tells
ST. Louis, with cheerful assurance, that it
isn't safe to drink water without first boil
ing it. Fact is, st. Louis rarely touches the
Omaha daily bee., 1900-02-11

fluid in it's natural state. But It admires I.
as a means Of preserving the scenic beauty
and bcwitching doors OF the levee, TO assist
in putting out fires, and for mechanical pur-
noses. Drink II? Not on your litei
According to voracious testimony, 1t is no
thine for senatorial candidates
to spend 100000 during a campaign in Mon
tana. This is largely due to the practice OF
afluent candidates thoughtlessly dropping
$1,000 bills IN the rooms OF members
A parcel received a day or two ago at Cen
eral Buffers home in England, addressed
TO him, contained a medal with three clasps
given for the Red river expedition, which
took place in Canada in 1857, thirty three
years ago. This was Buffers first campaign
The city OF Chicago has now in operation
$500 arc lights supplied from its own
electric light plant, at an estimated cost OF
$50 a year each. Opponents Of municipal
ownership see in these low figures conclusive
proof Of municipal failure. They are easily
convinced.
Omaha daily bee., 1900-02-11
Chicago Tribune.


There has long been a controversy over
the question whether Cardinal Newman's
beautiful and popular Lead, Kindly Light, "
Is a Catholic or Protestant hymn. II has
been asserted that 1t was written 10 describe
the rest and peace he found in joining the
Roman Catholic church" \ correspondent
OF the Christian Register definitely settles
the dispute. lie shows that Newman went
TO Italy in December, 1882. Falling sick in
Sicily, he returned to England ia 1893, and
it was during his voyage upon the MeIiter-
ranean in that year that he wrote the hynl.
Cardinal Newman himself, In a letter writ
ten In that year, sayS: Il was aching to
get home, yet for want of a vessel was kept
at Palermo for three weeks. At last | got
off on an orange boat bound for Marseilles.
We were becalmed a whole week in the
Straits OF Bonifacio. There it was | wrote
the lines, Lead. Kindly Light which have
become well Known" As Newman did not
join the Catholic communion until October,
1915, Il follows that he wrote the hymn
when he was not only a Protestant, but was
strongly opposed to the church which he
atterward Joined.
Omaha daily bee., 1900-02-11

per cent higher than at the close OF
1898, while dairy products brought con
siderably better prices. The year ISIS
was uufavorablc for the cotton produc.
ers, but there was an Improvement in
the following year and recently cotton
prices have been steadily advancing,
being now "a cents per pound higher
than they were Il year ago. There
may he some speculation in tie advance,
but the foreign demand for American
cotton is steadily growing, while the
home consumption is not declining.
In view of such facts it cannot be
successfully maintained that the farm.
Crs Of the United States have not shared
in the prosperity that has prevailed
during the last two years. Their con
dition has been very materially i'm
proved since the period of depression
and as a whole they are perhaps better
off at present than ever before, with
wider markets for their products open
ing to them.
Omaha daily bee., 1900-02-11
THE SHARE OF AGRICULTURE

4
No intelligent person should need to
be told that the agricultural producers
OF the United States have had a gen
erouS share of the prosperity of the
last two years. The evidence of if is
to be found in every agricultural state
IN the cancellation of farm mortgages.
in the accumulation of bank deposirs
to the credit of farmers, in the improved
business of those who trade with agri-
cultural communities and in the better
ment Of the condition generally of this
class of producers. Still there are some
who endeavor to make it appear that
the of this country are as a
whole no better off than they were in
the period of industrial depression and
have really had no share in the
prosperity that has come since that
time and still prevails.
Besides the enormous exports of farm
products during the last two years. the
home market has consumed more of
these products than in any previous two
years in our history. The great in
dustrial activity and the consequent
advance in the price of labor has
enormously increased the consuming
capacity of the American people and
they are at this time eating more and
wearing more than ever before. Ac-
cordins to II bulletin of the Agricultural
department, the average annual exports
Of farm products during the last five
years have amounted II over S6G3,OOO.-
oo ana 1t is safe TO estimate the home
consumption at five times this amount
1t Is from the latter that the agri-
cultural producers derive their greatest
profit ana hence the Importance of
maintaining Il policy that will promote
the activity and development of our
Industries and keep al our labor well
employed and well paid.
n comparison OF prices, made by the
bureau of statistics ut Washington,
upon the closing days of December,
1899, with those mt the close of the pre-
ceding year, shows that while cereals
were slightly lower Mt the end of last
year other agricultural products were
higher than at the close of the preced-
ing year. Live stock had materially ad-
yanced, wool was considerably higher
and so We're dairy products. The
American .Agriculturist estimates that
the total increase in the market
value Of farm live stock I'm the United
States, since 1896, has been no less than
SIU,O0O,OOO. most of the gain being in
the value of the animals, not in their
number. The rate of increase in value
has been no less than 81 per cent ana
for every So represented by farm
animals four years ago more than an
other dollar has been added. In the last
year the average increase in market
value for all kinds of live stock on
farms is calculated 10 have been l5la
per cent. The price of wool at the
close of last year MAS from % 10 80
Omaha daily bee., 1900-02-11
THE ST. LOUIS EXPOSITION

The projected exposition at st. LOU
the Louisiana purchase, is an enterprise
that merits the hearty encouragement
of the country and particularly that
portion Of it embraced in the territory
purchased from France in 1903. 1t is
contemplated to make the exposition, 10
Which all countries will be invited to
contribute, a most comprehensive eX-
hibit of American achievement and
progress in all directions and undOuDt-
eddy in this respect it will far surpass
the Chicago Worlds fair. There will
be opportunity to make exhibits from
the new possessions an important at
traction and of course this will be done.
There will doubtless be Il large rep
resentation of the industries and the
products of most of the countries in
the western hemisphere, while it is to
be expected that the European countries
which have extensive commercial re-
lationS with the United States will be
generously represented in the EXPOSE
ton.
st. Louis being the most populons
and the wealthiest of the cities in the
region embraced in the Louisiana pur-
chase, it was properly determined by
IA convention of the representatives OF,
seventeen states to locate the exposition
there and it is not to be doubted that
| the enterprise of the people of that city
will make it Il success. The promoters
| ask aid from congress to the amount OF
s. 5000 900. conditioned upon their rails
ing double that sum. A bill is before
congress appropriatlng S~5,OOO,oOO for
the exposition and there should be no
question as to the wisdom or eXpediency
of extending this governmental aid to
| the enterprise, since there Is every
reason TO believe that the beneficial re-
| suits TO the country reasonably to be
| expected from the exposition will much
more than repay the expenditure. a
great industrial and commercial eX-
hibit, such as is proposed, is helpful
to all sections. Its influence and its
| benefits are not merely local, but reach
out all over he country, promoting in
| dustrial and commercial development.
Having in view, therefore, the general
welfare, congress may properly give
the st. Louis exposition the financial
assistance asked for and it should do so
without delay, since prompt action by
congress would stimulate the promo
ton Of the enterprise.
Omaha daily bee., 1900-02-11
4 CB1upJnY or UOuAN

Among those who have championed
the equality of woman aud labOrCd for
the amclioration of the sex, Susan i.
Anthony occupies the leading place.
Next Thursday will be the cightieth an
nivCrsary of her birthday, she having
been born February II, 1920, and ON that
day she will retire from the presidency
of the National Equal suffrage associa-
ton ard transfer to another the task
with which she has been for many years
identified. The occasion will also be
made memorable by a tribute tn Miss
Anthony in Washington City from
members Of the association and others
in sympathy with the cause she rep
rcsents.
Miss Anthony is eminently worthy of
the highest consideration that Ameri-
can women can beStow. She has
labored in their behalf with benefcent
results. While successful to only II
limited extent in her work for woman
suffrage and for the political equality
of the sex, she has accomplished much
in securing legislation in the interest
of women and this will be Il perpetual
monument to her ability, zeal, courage
INC fidelity. A III of strong in
t~ellect, indefatigable energy and az
gressivc nature, she was a leader who
commanded the admiration and con
tidence of her host of followers and
challenged the earnest attention of
everybody. Miss Anthony achieved
some reputation as an anti-slavery ad-
vocate, in which cause she enlisted as
earnestly and unseltishly as in that of
equality for women, out her fame was
won in later years and his is not con
fined to her w country, for her name
is almost as well known in England
as it is in America.
An oc~tOgenarian, the greater part of
whose life has been devoted to Il CON
Scientious effort to benefit her sex, Miss
Anthony will hand over her work to
younger hands, taking with her in re-
firing the assurance of the respect
of all-men as well as ~women-who APP
preciate true wOmanhood.
Omaha daily bee., 1900-02-11

An American naval officer visiting in
that the completion of contracts now
under way will make the German navy
beat the American navy twofold by
1903. If this is true Germany is in II
fair way to maintain the largest naval
equipment of any civilized country, and
with that determination it would be
useless for the United States to try to
compete with it. When it comes to the
efficiency of the navy, however, the
American officers and crews will wei
come comparison with Germany or any
other country of The world.
Omaha daily bee., 1900-02-11
Whitewnshcr'. Excuse.
WHAT THE CAR WHEELS SANG.

Frank l.. Stanton in Atlanta Constitution.
With a scream of the whistle our farewell
said,
TO meet the dawn;
Under the sky whore the stars burtSed red:
Past hills that stood where SLOWS were
Ghostly white as the shrouded dead;
or and on
To meet the dawn;
True hand at the throttle and hope ahead!
The steel rails ringing
The swift wheels singing:
ITO kith and kin. O hearts that roam
In vine-wreathed cot and marble dome
Over the world we bear you homer
whirled through the dark where the black
Are Joys and sorrows of human lives:
Laughter and weeping,
And children sleeping
On the breasts of glad mothers, and wistful
wives:
The ciank OF chains and the grip of gives!
To meet the dawn
Where Light the soul of the Darkness
The steel rails ringing
The mad wheels singing:
ITO gloam or gladness. o hearts that
To daTkened dwelling or marble dome
over the world we bear you home!'
III.
There are hearts that listen with hope and
fear
For the signal thrill of the engineer;
That throb and thrill
At that signal shrill,
Does it bring them the rose or the rue 10
wear?
The song. the sigh. or the burning tear?
on and on
To meet the dawn
The black night dies and the hills stand
clear!
What are you bringing,
O swift wheels singing
O daisied meadow and dew-sweet loan?
THE hearts that hunger-the hearts that
roam
over the world we bear them home!'
".
Old friends, old lovers. in a rapture wild
Kiss of the mother and clasp of the child;
The night Is gone
We have met the dawn;
Never so gladly the sweet sun smiled.
Never the spirit of Night beguiled
The hand 50 true,
That the throttle knew
Bearing the burden of mother and child
On and on
To the joy o. the dawn!
With ever that song to the hearts that
roam
''ro vinc-wreathed cot and marble dome
over the world we bear you home!'
Omaha daily bee., 1900-02-11

LAWFUL AND Law LESS COMBINES.
That free competition is impossible
where combination is possible has be-
conc an indisputablc axiom, but there
is n broad line of dcmarcation between
combinations for mutual benefit and
combinations in restraint Of trade or
for the destruction of competition.
The distinction between lawful and
unlawful combination 10y capital or
labor has just been laid down in a de-
cision rendered by the supreme court
of Minnesota. This decision prOmul-
gates the principle that within proper
limits it is both lawful and proper for
men to combine for the purpose of main
tanning or seeking higher wages or Sc
curing better returns upon business in
vestmcnts, but it is unlawful for any
set of men TO combine for the purpose
Of injuring the business Of competitors.
The one class comprises trades unions
and labor organizations acting in con
cert for the promotion of their in
dividual interests; the other class re-
u w N'iibliltlNlDlo " Nlt pun I'H'
of destroying the business of rivals out
of malice and not to advance any legiti-
mate interests of their own.
In the case just decided it appears
that Il dealer in farm produce set up
the claim that he was doing n business
on which the profits earned amounted
10 $4,000 when the members of the
Produce Exchange company of Mime
apoliS, Il combination including prac-
tically all of the commission men of
Minneapolis from whom he had bcen
purchasing his produce, refused to
longer deal with him and used every
cndeavOr to induce his customers to
cease purchasing from him. The Pro
hand claimed to be organized for mu-
tual protection and asserted that its
course was legitimate warfare upon a
business competitor.
The supreme court holds, however.
that the action of the Produce exchange
members was not to advance any legiti-
mate interest of their own and was not
confined to the members of the eX-
change, but that it was done with II
view maliciously to injure the plaintiff
n his business. Based upon this line
of reasoning the court awarded the
plaintiff $4,000 damages.
In view of the principles enunciated
this decision is far reaching and cannot
fail to operate as a wholesome restraint
upon combinations that have resorted to
the boycott to break up the business
of competitors. incidentally the Min
nesota decision reattirms a principle
recognized in other states that it is law
full and proper for workmen TO COM
bine for the purpose of seeking higher
wages or of resisting reduction in
wages, providing always that their con-
duct Is within the due bounds of law
and order. fhis of course would in
clude labor strikes which are carried
on within peaceful limits and without
infringement upon the right of other
may see fit to accept.
In a word, the right of workmen to
combine in labor unions for mutual pro
lection and for the amelioration of
their condition is affirmed. But the
abuse of that privilege either by a re-
sort to violence or public disturbance
or boycott of employers is unlawful
II subjects the offenders to the pen
alties prescribed by the laws against
lawless combinations.
Omaha daily bee., 1900-02-11

would not apply to any commercial re.
lation which a European country
might make with an American state.
The proposed isthmian canal win h.
Il commercial highway, like the Suc2
canal. How neutralizing It, so that
the ships Of all nations shall have the
right TO use il uron equal terms. under
provide. would be a surrender of the
Monroe doctrine we are quite unable To
see. The territory through which the
waterway will extend. If the hill now
before congress shall be enacted, must
be obtained by the United States from
Nicaragua and Costa Rico and will he
under the jurisdiction and control OF
this country. No British or other liu.
ropean political system could by any
conceivable possibility he established
there. The ships of the maritime ma
lions would simply have the right at
all times to pass through the canal.
subject to American regulations apply.
ing equally to all. 1t would he n
commercial matter purely. with which
the Monroe doctrine has absolutely no
relation, any more than it would have
with the establishment of an intcrna-
tiona bank or any other business Ell.
terprise.
1t Is to be supposed that the Central
American governments are somewhat
solicitous in regard TO the maintenance
oil the Monroe doctrine and they cvi.
IDENTITY have not discovered that it is in
danger from the Hay-pauncefotc agree.
ment, since that has received their mn.
qualified approval. 1t is n very weak
opJectioh to the new treaty that it i'm.
pcrlls the Monroe doctrine.
Omaha daily bee., 1900-02-11

Under the provisions of Il bill which
has already passed the lower house of
the Iowa legislature the salary of the
governor is 10 be increased from $1,000
TO $4,000 annually. This sum is
certainly not too large for the chief eN-
ecutive of a great state. Nebraska, I'M
fortunately, has a constitution which
limits the salaries Of its state officers
to sums fixed by the constitutions
makers twenty-five years ago and while
the people would gladly approve an
increase Of the salary it is beyond the
power of the legislature 10 do so.
Omaha daily bee., 1900-02-11
A sTRAINED

one of the reasons given for opposi.
ton to the agreement between the
United States and Great Britain regard
lug an isthmian canal is that ii in,
wolves a surrender of the Monroe doe
trlne. This seems TO us to be a de.
cidedly strained conclusion, quite as
untenable as that of some European
newspapers which advanced the view
that the steps taken 10y our govern
ment to safeguard the trade # the
United States with China involved the
abandonment Of the Monroe doctrine.
That doctrine applies to designs of Eu-
ropean powers against the territory oi
independent countries in the western
hemisphere, with a view 10 establish.
ing their political institutions here. Its
purpose is distinctly political aud
Omaha daily bee., 1900-02-11

The Illinois Practice commission. an
pointed by resolution of the last legis-
lature in that state to revise practice
laws, is holding sessions to listen to
suggestions to be incorporated into its
work. 1t is doubtful if such a revision
would not be IA good move in nearly
every state where complicated court
practice has grown up, ~obstructing
justice and confusing litigation. We
are sure such Il reform would be wei
coined in Nebraska and must be brought
about sooner or later. Among the i'm
portant subjects which the next legis-
lature should take up in this state is
that Of coditication and the simplifica-
ton of the laws relating TO judicial
proceedings should not be lost sight OF.
Omaha daily bee., 1900-02-11

unite what evil could stand against
Them asked the Judge. But the
suggestion of a church trust did not 20
any further. As a matter of fact
various attempts have been made to
create church trusts ever since biblical
times, each church insisting that it
taught the only rue creed and that all
others should he swallowed 10y it. That
was the theory of the apostles and
founders of the successful religious
orders. The church trust, however, has
never secured a firm roothold anywhere
ana the prospect for successfully float
ing it now is hardly good.
Omaha daily bee., 1900-02-11
DOMESTIC pLEAsANrRIEs.

indianapolis Journal; she-You hesitatcl
when I asked you if | were the only girl
YOU had ever loved,
Hc-Ncs; l couldn't tell from your eN-
preston whether YOU wanted me to say
no or yes
claimed, 81 would do anything I could to
make him miserable"
"Thcn why don't you marry him" asked
her dearest friend swcctly.
Boston Transcript: servant-A gentleman
at the door wants to know II Mr.. Brown
lives here"
Mir, Erown-Tcll him no; that mir. Brown
boards here. Mrs. Brown is probably the
person he wishes to see.
Chicago Tribune. MIR. Mecker, who had
gone to the front door To answer the post
mans ring, put his head inside the door of
the room where his wife was sitting
ITS a letter for me, my dear, he said.
shall | open it,
Philadelphia Record: 81 sec you have
some mugs marked Tom and Jerry
said Miss lncH Sense to the china salesman.
Haven't you any labeled Harry or
VINE"
Chicago News: ",Marriases1 quoted the
moralizor, are made in heaven"
Perhaps they are planned there re-
marked the demoralizer, but the cere-
monies are performed at a safe distance
Golfers Weekly: Wife Cwho has been
out shopping all dayton, dear, how tired
and hungry | am!
Husband-Didn't YOU have any luncheon
in town?
Wife-A plate of soup only; | didn't feel
that | could afford to have more.
Hushand-Did YOU find the hat you
wantedP
Wife-Oh. yes; it is "A perfect dream,
John, and ii only cost $2S.
Whitewnshcr's Excuse.
Chicago Tribune.
"I'd offer thee this hand" he said,
Maiden divine,
But how can /? It's all smeared up
With calcimine.'
But the maiden, as she looked at him.,
Said simply. "Bosh!
'Tis your heart that's smeared with calci.
mine.
And that won't washl'
Omaha daily bee., 1900-02-11

For once AT last the United States APP
pears TO have secured the best of il in
an international trade. The portion of
tho Samoan group # islands which
falls 10 the lot of this country not only
contains the best harbOr in the Pacific
and the only good n in the islands but
the peoplea are the only ones of the group
who are c~ontented and in no way IN
clined to make trouble.
Omaha daily bee., 1900-02-11

While the Transvaal republic occupies
such Il prominent place in the panorama
of the world it may not he map
propriatc to recall the fact that Isaac
Transvaal. travelled all the way from
Pretoria to Washington in 1881 20 take
part. as II representative of the South
African republic, in the Universal
Postal congress. and that among thu
Signatory powers to the postal treaty
of Washington the Transvunl was one
of SiXty-two nations. which would in
dictate almost conclusivcly that within
the postal union the Transyaal was On
an equal footing with all other nations.
Omaha daily bee., 1900-02-11

Anyone who doubts that the populist
state officials are economical can be
satisfied by visiting the state house.
No sooner is n vacant room found in
the building than they give up the
room occupied by political headquarters
in a hotel and move in as a free tenant
of the state. When the rent money is
coming Il of their own pockets the
fusion officials are decidedly thrifty.