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.... M n. -r,-s i.i If M 4 f.i 1 CI i HARRISON PRESS-JOURNAL OBO. D. CANON. Editor. HARRISON, - - NEBRASKA KEUASKA NEWS NOTES. Seven new business bouses are be In erected at Rulo. The Nebraska State Teachers' asso eUtloa will meet at Lincoln this week. ! Frown county over fifty head of cattle have died lately from wmi strange disease. A Sour mill has been projected at Hastings, and work on the structure will begin January 1. At Plattsmouth Sunday the quarter ly conference of the Methodist Episco pal church, was held. Edwin J. Burke has been appointed postmaster at Bancroft. He has been deputy for two years. Barley Woods of West Point is hob. bllng about on crutches. He played football and has a broken leg. Thomas Oohowsky of Bancroft 1b laid up with a broken collar bone. His SI pony threw him last Wednesday. E. E, Peck has resigned the poetmas tershlp of Lenel, and ten men want the job. Crete's Catholic fair netted $1,350 tot a bad week's work. Elder Walker haa shaken the dust of Dorchester off his sandals, and la now feeding the sheep at McCook. Clearwater Is swinging Into line, and wants a town hall and street lamps. Louis Bokamper, a farmer near Til den, has cribbed 8,000 bushels of corn this year. Shlckley's town hall will be seated with opera chairs. Nothing is too good for Nebraska. A theological controversy Is being waged at Columbus. The contest for the office of sheriff at Trenton was decided Monday, when J. M. Crews, fusion, won by three votes. President Paulson of the Hastings college has returned from the east, where he procured many donations for bis Institution. Columbus must have clean streets, and the city council has ordered that all signs, boxes, scales, etc., be remov ed front public thoroughfares. Some enterprising burglars had a stealing match at Wlsner. Two stores were entered and about S7 and some mall change were secured. K. L. Barnes of Alma has been asked by Judge Scott to come to Omaha and show why he shouldn't be punished for contempt. A matrimonial epidemic prevails In dimming county. It Is a poor week when a dozen couple do not hook up and still the winter is a mild one. While shooting rats at Friend.George Wadman put a load of shot into his own anatomy. He will live to try it again. Crab Orchard Is a victim of thieves, says the Herald, and recommends dras tic measures. . . There are 407 banks and sixty build ing and loan associations doing busi ness in the state. The combined cap ital of the banks is 18.00,0000. One bank failed during the year, and ten new ones were set in motion. George Nels, a wealthy German farm er. Is Howard county's latest contribu tion to the Norfolk Insane asylum. The ladle of the Presbyterian church at Lexington took in $200 at a fair last week, and the pastor of the church wears a smile of the regulation Tal mage style of architecture. North It Co., printers, at Lincoln, will replace the senate and house Jour nals recently destroyed by a fire In Jheir establishment John Pencenstodler got a Job at the brewery at Fremont, and then thought he could run the place. He attacked two workmen with a knife and got badly bruised up for his pains. A New Tork firm has been trying to push an alleged swindling deal at Os ceola. They offered to loan money at per cent, but demanded $10 for all applications. C. W. Roper, the man ager, has been arrested in New Tork. His Viola Horlocker, whose trial at Hastings on a charge of poisoning Mrs. Anna Morey. has been pending for some time, has again been postponed. Miss Horlocker is out on bond and will go to Illinois to await the next trial A war on the society women of Pierce la being waged by the Leader editor, who wants them to remove the hats In theater and hall. He says: "Wo men with hay racks and flower gardens sa their heads, during performances, are not only vexatious, but decidedly J." POCKETS IN STOCKINGS. Stocking pocket are the latest fad, a New Tork dry goods man said th ether day. They are mad to hold a roll of bill. Jewelry and valuables that can be stored away la a small pae. The pockets are worked Into the top ef the hose, a bore the knee, aad are mad with a fastening, so that there I no danger of their con tests falling out There are so many saeak thieve who steal from bed room while the family 1 at dinner, from carriages and from other' placet wtere women are obliged to lean their money and Jewelry when they are not In use, that the safe receptacle about the clothing of the owner I an absolute necessity. Pocket are not generally found In women' dressee, M the stocking pocket ha suggested Kaelf te some Inventive genius. It look M If these new pocket would be aj Mte M any that could be devised. Dr. J. Sheldon Wright, who attend at Martin Welge, 1$ year old. after h raa knocked down by a Brooklyn trol ley car. was a wltnes for the boy th ether day In hi suit against the com pany to recover $21,000 In the supreme court. Brooklyn. The physician tetl that when be was called to attend VtiTt he found hi heart displaced. It a3Ueaeq oy a nore ana vioraiea s pendulum, twinging fully two t Y M fro. wmi ur. sneiajn V mtTtI m a aas imie nop or nis f 2s)f rcwvry. I t 2Mtlat (null - I CUBA'S NEW GOVERNOR GENERAL WOOD RECEIVED WITH GREAT ENTHUSIASM. General Brooke Turns Over Office to His Successor and Will Return to United States. Havana. (Special.) Major General Leonard Wood, the new guvernor gen eral, arrived here at daybreak Wednes day on the steamer Mexico, which left New York for this port Lecember IS. The steamer was gaily decorated with Bags. From Cabanas fortress a major general's salute of thirteen guns ui fired and the Cubans from the Punta tired a governor general's salute of twenty-one guns by the explosion of petards. Civil Governor Nunez was the first man after the pilot to board the Mex ico. He was accompanied by Commis sioner of Customs Biiss, Generals Chaf fee, Richards and Humphreys, Major la Coete, a deputation from the courts and every department of the govern ment. General Wood was deeply affected upon hearing of the death of General Law to a and was unable to converse fur several minutes. Kveiy launch In the harbor, barges and row-boats, were hired and decorat ed with bunting. Even a big ferry buat, with a band, was pressed into service. Three bands played during the hour which General Wood remained on the Mexico alter her arirval. when he boarded a launch supplied by the entertainment committee! Wnlle a sa lute of twenty-one ruekets, each hav ing American or Cuban flags attached, was fired. Much enthusiasm was man ifested on every side. A large crowd received General Wood at Machina wharf and upon landing there he was greeted with hearty cheer ing. He was then driven to the Hotel Inglaterra. No reception was given to General Wood on shore, as the committee had thought to do this might show a want of proper respect for General Brooke, the retiring governor general. One of the first callers on General Wood was Senor Quesada, special com missioner of Cuba at Washington, who arrived on the steamer Mascotte at the same time that the new governor gen eral arrived on the Mexico. Geneial Wood called at the palace at noon and was received by General Brooke. During the morning there was a con stant stream of callers at the Hotel Inglaterra, where General Wood will remain until General Brooke departs The next few days General Wood will only attend to routine work at the pal ace. He Is the recipient of numerous invitations to stay at private bouses, but haa felt it wiser to stay at the ho tel. Saturday General Ludlow gave an official reception In honor of the new governor and a governor's salute of seventeen guns will be fired from Ca. banas. General Ludlow, accompanied by his staff, visited General Wood by appoint ment at 10 o'clock. He was Immedl ately followed by General Wilson and staff. Accompanied by General Chaffee and Lieutenant Brooks, General Wood call ed on General Brooke at noon, when the governorship was officially trans ferred. The retiring governor general will leave for the United States on Saturday, remaining for some time at Tampa before going further north. The only additional formal ceremony prior to Geneial Brooke's departure will be the introduction to General Wood of all the staff officers, secreta ries and Island officials of note. The paperB devote considerable space to the reception, declaring that General Wood is the most acceptable man who could have been appointed to bring Cuba out of her difficulties and Into a quiet harbor. The Lucha says: "His first act it enough to Ingratiate himself with the Cuban people, because he declared that he had no Intention of Issuing a procla mation. This is a novelty which Cu bans will keenly appreciate, as it indi cates that he means to rely on deeds rather than words." Owing to illness. General Gome was not able to be present himself. Before sunxet General Wood returned Captain Sigsbee's call, receiving a sa lute of seventeen guns from the Texas. The Nuevo Pais says: "The respect which is generally given to the dead does not suffice to impose silence on us regarding the misdeeds of the now de- funca advisory cabinet of General Brooke, and the abuse It made of power. They did not scruple to take advantage ot General Brooke's Ignor ance In legal matters, to commit in juries of a personal nature, thus plac ing the Intervening government in an atmosphere of disrepute." An immense sensation was caused in Havana by the arrest of nine of the chief appraisers of the custom house staff, on a charge of being In collusion with many Havana merchants to swin dle the government out of large sums. It Is asserted that the fraud has been practiced for two weeks, at least, and probably for a longer period, and It Is believed that thousands of dollars have been corruptly diverted. Colonel Bliss obtained sufficient evi dence to warrant the arrests, and as he believes to Insure conviction. The swindle was caused by a classification of article under which valuable goods went Into cheap classe. Many mer chant are likely to be arrested within the next few days. Consternation reigns among many of the principal families In Havana, at the men arrested are some of the best known socially In town, some of them belonging to the Union club, the most exclusive social -organization In the city. All assert they do not know why they have been arrested. Mem ber of the Union club are very Indig nant that their fellow clubmen should not have been allowed to take hacks on the way to the city prison. A a matter of fact, all were marched to the prison In a body, surrounded by police. Order were given that their friends should not be allowed to communicate with them. General Ludlow, who was appealed to on behalf of the mother ot one of the prisoner, made an exception In her rase, but this ha caused much dlnxatlsfactlon among the others. Those under arrest are: Alberto Co toa; Julio Messa, Jose Lata. Francisco Lope, Enrique Huertas, Juan Chacon, Enrique Cubes, Pedro Chacon and An gel Cerugedo. ALTO ELD OPENS CAMPAIGN. Aberdeen, 8. D. John P. Altgeld of Illinois will open the fusion campaign for U00 with a tpeech In thl city Jan uary 11. He will also hold meeting elsewhere In the state. The adjourned meeting of the Reformed Pre associa tion, originally set for January 1$. will b changed to the izth, that deleft te Mr hoar Mr. Alt. FREEDOM FOR DEPEIDEKCtES. Senator Hoar ntnducs a Resolu tion to That tffect. Washington. D. C (Speclai.)-Beiv-ator Hoar of Massachusetts today in troduced the following resolution in the senate: Whereas, The American people and the several states in the union have in timet past at important periods in their independence, establishing their re sponplbilitits, teen fit to declare the purpose for which the nation or state wat founded and the important objects the people intend to pursue In their political action; and Whereas, The close of a great war, the liberation by the United States of the people of Cuba and Puerto Rico In the western hemisphere, and of the Philippine islands in the far east, and the reduction of these peoples to a con dition of practical dependence upon the United States, constitute an occa sion which makes such a declaration proper; therefore, be it Resolved. That this republic adheres to the doctrines which were In the past set forth in the Declaration of Inde pendence and in its state and national conttltutions: That the purpose of :ts existence and the objects to which Its political action ought to be directed are the ennobling of humanity, the raising from the dust its humblest and coars est members, and the enabling of per sons coming lawfully under its power or influence to lead lives of freedom or honor, . under governments whose forms they are to have a share in de termining and In whose administration they have an equal share. Its moot Important and pressing ob ligations are: To solve the difficult problem presented by the presence of dlfrerent race.8 on our soil, with equal constitutional rights. To make the negro safe in his home, secure in his vote, equal in his opportunity for edu cational and employment; and to bring the Indian to a civilization and culture in accordance with hi need and ca pacity. C). To enable great cities to govern themselves in freedom, honor and purity. (3). To make the ballot box as pure as a sacrt-mcntal vessel and the election returns as perfectly In accord with the law and the truth as the Judgment of the supreme court (4). To banish illiteracy and ignorance from the land. (5). To secure for every workman and for every working wom an, wages enough to support a life of comfort and an old age of leisure and quiet, as befits those who have an equal share in a self-governing ttate. (6). To grow and expand, over the con tinent and over the Islands of the tea. Just so fast, and no faster, as we can bring Into equality and self-government, under our constitution, peoples and races who will share these Ideals and help to make them realities. (7). To set a peaceful example of freedom which mankind will be glad to follow, but never to force even freedom upon unwilling nations at the point of the bayonet, or at the cannon's mouth. (). To abstain from Interfering with the freedom and Just rights of other na tions or peoples and to remember that the liberty to do right necessarily in volves the liberty to do wrong; and that the American people has no right to take from any other people the birthright of freedom because of a fear that they will do wrong with It. CONDENSEO NEWS NOTES, Germany is suffering from Intense cold. Snows from five to ten feet deep lie on the budeten mountains, Germany. Miners of West Virginia will ask an Increaae of 15 per cent next April. PrusHian authorities are offering a bounty for rat scalps at the seaports. The project of the Berlin underground railroad proposes an outlay of 160,000,(j0( marks. A tunnel under the Spree has Just been opened, connecting Trotow with Berlin, Germany. The tug Vigilant has started on a second search for Whaleback 115, lost on Lake Superior. Bids will be asked for an Improved mail service between San Francisco and Sydney, Australia. Kev. F. IX Newhouse, presiding eldei of the Mankato, Minn., district, Meth odist church, it dead, aged 42. Lester and John Relfl have returned to their home at Toledo, O., from their victories on the London turf. A meeting of the Scottish. Liberal as sociation in London voted confidence In Sir Henry Campbell-Bannerman. The various departments at Washing. ton will advertise for bids to furnish them with typewriters in opposition to the trust. The sawmill and salt block of Mc- Ewen Bros. A- Co., Bay City, Mich., have burned. Loss, $78,000; insurance, 124.000. The trial of Julia Morrison, the act ress, who killed Stage Manager rFank Leyden at Chattanooga, Is set for Jan uary 4. Broltkopft & Haeertel. publishers, Ijelpsig, Germany, offer 1.000 marks for the words and music of a German na val war song. Navy department officials do not ap prehend any embarrassment because of the closing ot the Columbian Iron Works, Baltimore. Herr Eggert, editor of the Deutsch- aslat Warte, Kiao Crou, China, has been sentenced to three weeks' Impris onment for criticising the German ad ministration there. At the request of Governor Plngree the Michigan legislature authorlxed the attorney general to bring tuit to re cover moneys alleged to have been lost through the neglect ot the state mili tary board, Washington, D. C The government has finally adopted "Puerto Rico" at the official spelling of that Island, and hereafter all official document will adhere to that form. Washington, D. C The president haa granted a full pardon to James H. Bacon, who was conlcted In ISM and sentenced to Imprisonment for seven years In the Utah penitentiary for mak ing a false report to the comptroller of the currency of the condition of the National Bank of Salt Lake City, of which he was president. Boston, Masa A prisoner alleged to be W. Baker, alias Charles Hoyt, alia Dr. Harris, was taken Into custody here on suspicion of being the person who I wsnted In Pittsburg for larceny of $10,- 000 worth of diamonds. The arresting officer recognised the man from a like ness he had seen In a sporting paper. Leavenworth, Kan. Corporal Prank Sample, company C, Twentieth Kansas volunteers, died here from the effect! of a bullet wound In the head, received In battle at San Toman, Philippines, May 4. Sample's case Is remarkable. The bullet entered near the temple and went through the brain. When remov ed from the field he was supposed to he desd, but revived and was sent home on the hospital ship Relief. Up to last Saturday he was able to walk about. New Tork. The best Information ob tainable In Wall street was to the ef fect that at least 15.006,000 gold will be tent out on Saturday's steamer. Ru mor credit several of the leading for eign houses with contract to export, and several band, banking house and trusts will vary likely do the mow. WM. J. BRYAN ON While the president's message covers a large numuer or suDjecta, the three questions which excite most interest are the money question, the trust ques- tion and the Phllpplne question. At I expect to comment upon the trusts more at length in a short time, 1 shall connne myself at this time to tne nrst and last questions mentioned. jne president nas piacea me money authority, the Influence of the admin quettlon first in order, and the repub- istratlon was used to defeat the Bacon licana in congress, by taking the mat ter up at the very beginning of the session. Indicate that they regard It at first In Importance. Certainly the money question cannot be dead, when in legislation It takes precedence over a question Involving the principles of our government ana the rights of millions of people with whom we are at war. If the president's message can be ac cepted as representing the sentiment of his party, the republicans have now dropped the mask of International bi metallism and have adopted the Wall street Ideas of finance without limita tion or qualification. Most of the ad vocates of bimetallism believed the re publican platform promise of interna tional bimetallism to be a delusion ana a snare, and for this reason a large number of sincere blmetaillsts left the republican party In 'K6 and have not returned. A "HOPE" FOR THE WEST. On the 6th of June, Just before the meeting of the republican national con vention, the Chicago Times-Herald, whoBe editor has been conspicuous as one of the President's advisers, con tained the following editorial: "Any reference to an International agreement is shifty and futile. It de ceives nobody, because everybody now knows, first, that there Is not the slightest possibility of an international agreement at any ratio; and, second, that If such an agreement were formal ly entered into, no government could be bound to abide by It a day longer than its own induatrial and commer cial interests would appear to war rant." After the convention had adopted a platform pledging the republican party to promote an international agreement for the restoration of the free coinage of silver, the Times-Herald said: "The qualifying words used by the committee pledging the party to en deavor to promote an International agreement are Intended to strengthen the platform from the political point of view, without in any way weakening It as a frank and fearless declaration for the gold standard. As It is and has been the republican policy to promote International bimetallism, and as such bimetallism Is earnestly desired by al most every one In the country of both parties, nothing Is lost and something Is gained by giving the western repub licans a ray of hope In the future." OPEN FIGHT FOR GOLD LIKELY. During the campaign the republican leaders Insisted that the republican party was friendly to bimetallism. Im mediately after his Inauguration Mr, McKlnlcy sent a commission to Europe to ask aid in the restoration of bi metallism. It was pointed out by Sen ator Wolcott, when he returned, that Secretary Gage, by advocating the gold standard, had embarrassed the work of the commission, but not until the re cent message was sent to congress has k i ." i ii.r-j. the gold standard been clearly and un- w,Kv.r.n ..mm,,.H t(i... equivocally recommended. It Indicates that in the next campaign the repub licans will make an open fight for gold monometallism. Heretofore all parties have advocated the double standard, differing only at to the means of restoring It. Now It will be a clear cut Issue between the double standard and the single gold standard. If the gold standard is ac cepted by the American people it will only be a question of a short time when silver will be denied legal tender quail ties and reduced to the level of sub sidiary coinage. Then the Increasing volume of debt will be dischargeable in gold alone, and the creditor class will be given a still larger control over the property and livelihood of the debtor and producing classes, FEARS GOLD WILL MAKE US SUF FER FROM FOREIGN PANICS, If we chain ourselves to gold alone our financial rystem will be dlttjrbed by every panic In the gold using coun tries of Europe, and our stock of stand ard money will be subjected to an ad ditional drain every time a new nation adops the gold standard. Our nation will become more and more dependent upon foreign fianciers and less and less liable to have an independent Amer ican policy on any question. The president's recommendation that the greenbacks when once redeemed shall only be reissued In exchange for gold is a covert method of retiring them and substituting gold certificates. The plan has all the force and effect of retiring the greenbacks without the candor required for the open method. When the president is compelled by law to redeem greenbacks in gold, and then authorized to Issue bonds and buy gold for that purpose, the treasury will be placed at the mercy of those financier who have for some years been seeking to drive the government out of the bus iness of Issuing money. In order that tbey might make a profit out of the Issue and control of the paper circula tion. The proposition to Increase the privi leges of national banks Is a part of the gold standard plan. A review of mone tary legislation for the last twenty year show that the advocate of the gold standard. Instead of boldly pro claiming and defending their scheme. have moved with slow and stealthy tread, biding behind one pretence and then another, and never taking the people Into their confidence. In the last campaign per cent of the people voted for candidates pledged to the double standard as against the gold standard, and yet the republican party I endeavoring to make the gold stand ard permanent GREENBACKS TO BE RETIRED BT INDIRECTION. In the last campaign neither the re publican platform nor the republican candidate hinted at the retirement of the greenback, and yet greenbacks ar to be retired by Indirection, while the national banks. In return for campaign contributions, are to be given authority to organise a paper money trust. While the president gives to the money question priority In the order of treatment, he devotes far greater space to the Philippine question. The keynote of the president's policy Is to be found In the assertion that providence has brought the Philippines within our jurisdiction. It Is to be regretted that the president did not explain whether he received this Information direct from the Almighty, or. If at second hand, what republican endowed with the gift of prophecy ha revealed It. A the president himself Is responsible for every act upon which authority In the Philippines I based, he ought to be able to defend hi course by argu ment or els glv concluslv proof of hi Inspiration. The president dictated th term of the treaty, way aid he provide lads- enano nr enntw ua tar tM NATIONAL ISSUES of the Philippine Islands to the United States? Why did he promise lndepend ence to the Cubans and only "benev olent assimilation" to the Filipinos? Congress wat in session for neany three months after the treaty was signed. If he had desired the Independence of the Filipinos he could have asked author Uy to promise It. But Instead of asking resolution. A DISTINCTION BETWEEN CUBAN AND FILIPINO. According to the resolution of Inter vention, the people of Cuba "are and of right ought to be free;" according to the president's theory, the Flllplnot are and of right ought to be subjects. When did Providence point out this dis tinction between the rights of the Cu bans and the rights of the Filipinos? Must we hold the Philippine islands permanently because Dewey destroyed a Spanish fleet at Manila? Schley de stroyed a Spanish fleet at Santiago, and yet the president promised the Cubant Independence. Must we remain perma nently In the Philippines because Amer ican blood was shed thereT American blood was shed at San Juan Hill and at El Caney, and yet the president promised Independence to the Cubans. Must we hold the Philippine islands permanently because the American flag has been raised over them? The American flag was raised at Havana the 1st of January last, and yet the president has promised to haul it down as soon as the flag of a Cuban republic Is ready to rise In Its place. Must we hold the Philippine Islands permanently because the people are not capable of self-government? Admiral Dewey, In communicating with our government, asserted that the Filipinos are far mure capable of self-government than the Cubans, and yet the president nas promised Independence to the Cubans. RIGHTS OF THE GOVERNORS AND THE GOVERNED. Clav. in defending the right of the neonle of South America to self-gov eminent, administered a telling blow to the doctrine that God made a few to exercise authority and the rest to oe ervants to the few. He said it in the doctrine of thrones tnai man la too Ignorant to govern himself Their partisans assert this Incapacity In reference to ail nations, it tney can- nnt command universal assent to the nmrumitlnn. It la then remanded to particular nations, and our pride and our presumption too onen mane coir verts of us. I contend that It is to ar ralgn the dispositions of Providence Himself to suppose that He has cre ated beings Incapable of governing themselves and to be trampled on by kings. Self-government Is the natural government of man. After more than a century of conten tion for the rights of man, our nation, under the leadership of the republican party, is asked to turn Its face back to ward the barbarous doctrine that might makes right. The president says that It docs not seem desirable for him to recommend at this time a "specific and final form of government for the Philippine Isl ands." He, however, describes In de tail the government establlnhed In the ' . f " J; " , , ' I; f , . ' ' able beginning and po ntg to It as being ..," i. ! .,, ,i..,,.t tiZ deserving of special consideration. He Island of Negros says that it Is a not says that the people of that Island adopted a constitution looking to the establishment of a popular government, but that it was impossible to guarantee to the people of Negros that the con stitutlon of the United States would be the ultimate form of their government, because such a question was, under the treaty, left to congress. GOVERNMENT OF NEGROS UN LIKE HOME GOVERNMENT. The government now In operation there Is a military government, instl luted by military authority and pre sided over by a military governor, who is In turn under the military governor of the Philippine Islands, who In turn acts under the direct authority of the president. As the military governor appoints judges and other officers and has a flna veto on all legislation, sub ject only to the will of the military governor of the whole Philippine lsl ands, it Is evident that we are giving the people of Negros not tuch a gov ernment as we enjoy, but such a gov ernment as we think they ought to have. The flag does not mean In the Phil ippines what It means In the United States. Here It stands for self-government; there for military despotism. If this Is the form of government for peo ple who, according to the president, "unreservedly proclaimed allegiance to the United States," what Is to be the liberty guaranteed to those who re sisted our sovereignty? The president says that the future government of the Philippine Islands rests with congress, and adds that but "few graver responsibilities have ever been confided to us." Certainly few graver questions have ever fallen to us for solution. If congress undertakes the permanent government of the Philippine Islands It will enter upon the work which par liament undertook for the American colonies and the Spanish cortes for Cuba. If congress attempt! to carry the flag beyond the limits of the con stitution and to govern subject peoples by aribtrary power. It will mark an epoch In American history and a de parture from the doctrines set forth In the Declaration of Independence. FORCING A DOCTRINE ON WEAK ER PEOPLE. Before we Invest this new doctrine with the sanctity of a divine command we should examine the credentials of those who attume to tpeak with au thority from above. If our forefathers relied upon the aid of Jehovah when they resisted the doctrine of taxation without representation, who shall say that the same unchangeable God leads us to force the same odious doctrine on a distant people simply because they are inferior to us In civilisation and weaker In physical strength? The president says that the Island "are ours by every title of law and equity." Does he rely upon a title se cured by conquest or upon a title se cured from a Spanish monarch whose rebellious subject we ourselves fur nished arms? If governments derive their Jutt powers from the consent of the governed, how can we acquire title to people by force or by purchase? The president says that If we desert the Filipinos we leave them "st once to anarchy and finally to barbarism." The Bacon resolution declared that we would first establish a stable govern ment and then turn that government over to the Inhabitant. Would th president aum the pen pie Incapable of taking car of them selves If their plain and valley wtr not rich an inviting? Ha not covetousnes always resorted to some plausible pretext for th em ployment of force? W must deal with th Philippine question according to American print dptea o ceas to bo a moral factor la Of taw worn. Labor and Industry, America makes 20,000,000 false teeth tnnually. Over twenty important product are now manufactured from corn. Fifty-seven new cotton mills have been built In the south, during the last twelve months. During the month of October the American Federation of Labor, char tered eighty-two local unions, aside from those granted by its subordinate national and International unions. A man at Lawrencevllle, III., Is ad vertising for 1,000,000 pounds of sun flower seed. He haa bought three fourths of a million pounds of sunflower seed and expects toship 6,000.000 pounds. Practically ail of this crop raised iu the world goe out of Lawrence coun ty. III. At San Francisco during the months of September and October, the capac ity of the glass factories was enlarged so that it was necessary to bring out a number of men from the east to take extra places thus provided. Another factory will be started In about a month, which will require the service of about thirty blowers and 100 helping hands. All glass factories not controlled by the trust are now In operation. Alto gether fifteen factories were started In the country December 9, with a capac ity of 375 pots, making a total of over mi pots in opposition to the new trust. Six independent and co-operative win dow glans companies are to be formed in Pittsburg, and many others In vari ous parts of the gas belt In Indiana and Ohio. Preaching on the question of work ing women, Itev. 8. G. Smith of ins People's church. In St. Paul, said last Sunday that the great increase in the number of such women in the last de cade had been in girls under 18 yenr of age. and that such Increase in the clothing trade alone has been 233 per cent. "Forty-five per cent of the man ufacturing in the United States is now done by women," said the preacner. "We may well be ashamed to use the appliance of modern civilization when we remember that they mean the lif blood and agony of delicate woman hood, the paralysis of our homes and the stopping of that abounding Amer ican physical vigor which has marked us for a century, because America oa hitherto been the paradise of women." Some Late Inventions. Spots of thread are held In a conen lent position for use by a new bracelet, which has two spring clips to grip th wrist, with two spindles supported end to end, to be inserted In the holes of the spool. Telegraph poles can be easily erected with a new machine, which has a crank shaft set on the top of a long tube, to rotate a screw-threaded sleeve.whlch projects a rod out of the sleeve to raise the pole Into a vertical position. Fruit jars can be quickly and easily sealed or opened by a new machine, which has two Independent levers, pro vided with adjustable collars, to en gage the cover and Jar respectively, a pull on the levers tightening th col late and turning the cover. A Chicago man has patented a mu sical bicycle, which has a number of vibratory strings secured to a detach able frame, with a toothed rolier re volved by the propulsion of the bicycle, to operate on a series of spring ham mers and play tunes on the strings. A New York woman has designed a fastener fur veils, comprising a double-ended wire loop, with prongs at the center to attach It to the hat or hair, gaiety pins Ix-lng provided with hooks to engage the loop after the pins are inserted in the veil. To harden the plaster rapidly after an Impression Is taken for a set ot teeth an Improved dental Impression tray Is provided with a hollow under portion, with pipes attached for con nection with the water around the tray. Two Minnesota men have Invented an Inflatable tube for Insertion In a chair rocker, the under side of the latter be ing hollowed out for the Insertion of the empty tube, which Is then Inflated and bulges out beneath the rocker to form a cushion for the chair. In a new street sweeping machine, to be operated by one man, there la a shaft supported on two small wheels to carry a brush frame, with a t cep tacle balancing the brush and the two handles at the rear by which the brush Is pushed along the pavement A detachable tie retainer has been designed for une with plain collar but tons, a flat piece of metal being slotted through the center, with an enlarge ment at one end for the Insertion of the head, the ends of the device being bent over to form an open loop. Gas burners can be fitted with elec tric igniters without the necessity of wiring the whole house by using an Il linois man's attachment, comprising a metallic casing adapted to encircle the chandelier and contain the battery and Induction coll, which are connected to the Igniter for use. A combined light-Increasing device and smoke bell or Indondetcent gas Ights Is formed of two conical tec tlons of mica Joined together by braces the under one being open at the center and resting on the top of the chimney to obstruct the pasnage of the heat and Increase the combustion. Domestic Pleasantries, Richmond Dispatch: Mrt. Penners . Don't you fret about burglars. John. Any man that thinks he can steal Into this house and walk away with any of rny belongings don't know what he' got to deal with. Mr. Peppers If he did, Marthy, he'd never try, Chicago Post: "What Is a coquette. papa?" she asked a she looked up from ner nog. -a coquette." replied the old gentleman, "Is a girl who gets lota of admiration and nary a husband. " Chicago Post: "My love for you." he 4 to the homely heiress, "Is like this ring." "How sweet!" she exclaimed. "To umean It ha no end." "Precise ly," he said, and then he added under his breath Just to square himself with nis conscience, "and no beginning." Cleveland Plain Dealer: "H-e here, my child, what do you know about this younb man?" "I know the only thing I care to know." "And what Is tlyit?" "That he Is unmarried." Chicago Tribune: "This Is Mr OusMeirh's portrait. I It?" snld the raller. "I should hardly have recogniz ed It. The rhin doein't look at all like her." "Perhaps," suggested the hut band of Mrs. OustiMgh, "yoll navB never seen her chin In repose." Detroit Free Pre: "I couldn't ttnnd her father; he was everlastingly tam. ing shop." "Telling you about hi oros perlty In buines?" "No; talking it m ibout the builne he thought I ousht to get Into." " Indianapolis Journal: "My wife sel dom eats breakfast with me." "Why Is that?" "By the time she hs succeeded In getting me up she so worm sat rto ha to ei back to bed - .', . 1 r - 5 -A