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It Is nppnront Unit tlio nc\v pisollne
Iniups do not wlied light inilforinly unou
the lionils of tliu coiiucllmuii.
The council Is receiving tliu bills for
Us city Iinll Jnll folly iintl It Is safo. o
Iirotllct flint tliL-re will lie very llttlo
left In tliu city hull fund liy the time
all these claims nrc ndjimtud.
At the county convention hold nt
SnrluglU'ltl , 111. , ex-fJovonior MeKluley
got the cheers , but Huiiutor Culloin got
the votes. I'nder the circumstances
Mr. Culloin will probably bo content to
dispense with the cheers.
The republican state convention to
fiolect tlelegntes-ut-lnrgo to St. I.niils
meets In Omaha sl.v weeks from today.
For six weeks , nt least , therefore , gu
bernatorial politics will have to ) > o su
bordinated to presidential politics.
There were but nlnetuon cases of con-
tnsloiis disease reported In this city
during the month of February. This Is
a most gratifying evidence of the healthfulness -
fulness of Omaha , In support of which
fact many claims have beeu made.
Congress Is apparently of the opinion
that borrowing money to pay running
expenses of government can bo jus-
tilled only on the ground of war ex
penditures , and Is , therefore , anxious
to acquire a war to relieve the admin
istration's sense of consistency.
The recent snow was'general through
out the state and has already given
slight Impetus to trade. There Is every
prospect that' u full quota of moisture
will be vouchsafed to Nebraska farmers
this spring , which will place them again
on the highway to a prosperous year. '
Should the proposed now electric
lighting plant at the state penitentiary
serve to keep the light of. publicity ou
all transactions connected with the
management of the Institution and the
lease of the convict labor , It may be
well worth the price which It will cost
the taxpayers.
Secretary Carlisle's proposed removal
to Now York is becoming a common
topic of newspaper discussion. It will
bo remembered by readers of The Heo
that the Ilrst public Intimation of this
probability was made by Henry Walter-
son In an Interview published In this
paper when he was in Omaha last No
vember.
The battle of Nebraska Is on. The
pronnnclamenlos and connter-pronuncla-
mentos to the republican rank and flie
have been issued and it only remains
wow for the men who carry the torches
and march In the processions to range
themselves In battle array and , like the
immortal Ito/.zarls , strike till the last
armed fop expires , strike for their altars
and their sires , strike for their homes
and their native land.
Attorney General Churchill had to go
all the way to Washington at the state's
'oxponsb to lot the people of Nebraska
know through a public Interview that
In his valuable opinion the frctf silver
democrats will nominate William J.
ISryan for governor and the populists
will endorse the nomination. Of course
the democratic Mlvcrltos and populists
of Nebraska were only waiting for Mr.
Churchill to tell them what to do. Wo
submit the suggestion to the tender
mercies of Mr. IJryan's paper.
Naturally the United States expects
nothing from the foreign press but adverse -
verso criticism of Its position on almost
every question affecting Its foreign re
lations , and uo no one is disappointed
nt the attitude of the ICuropean papers
on the Cuban question. At the same
llmo we can often learn much from
our honest critics and there can be no
question that they are pointing out
Honiii of the weak spots In our position.
True , patriotic statesmanship consist's
partly In giving them their due weight
and authority.
Secretary Morton has made ofllclal
proi'liuimtlon that although his friends
In congress may bo able to miiko him
Invest an appropriation In seeds and
distribute them to their constituents ,
yet they cannot , compel him to hire
people on their recommendation to put
the seeds up Into packages. Mr. Mor
ton's opposition to the free seed distri
bution may liavo boon evaded , but It has
not been broken , Another onslaught
upon the seed statesman who would
rather sucedu from his otllco than re
cede , may bu hourly expected. Whether
it will BueceeU In another quutitlou. i
run nrawKSf * OUTLOOK.
It would bo well If public attention
could bi > diverted for awhile from the
consideration of International Issues nnd
controversies to a contemplation of the
practical affairs and questions which
concern the futuic material welfare of
the American people. If this were
done perhaps the politicians nt Wash
ington would be Induced to give moro
attention to such matters and would
show more zeal In the effort to provide
the means essential to the restoration
of confidence and the return of pros
perity.
Wo nro In the first month of spring ,
when there ought to bo exhibited some
signs of what the Immediate future of
business Is to be. Is there anything
encouraging In the outlook ? There
are some facts In the situation which
Invite hopefulness. There has been n
considerable Improvement In exports.
Cotton Is going abroad more freely nnd
at n better price than rt year ago.
The foreign demand for wheat Is In
excess of what It was at this time last
year and the price Is higher , with every
prospect that s.tlll belter figures will
be realized by the American producers.
I'hls Is due to reduced Husslaii nnd
Argentine competition , the wheat sur
plus of those countries for export being
less than a year ago. There Is also
a very much larger export of corn.
The freer more/incut / of commodities
has Improved the transportation busi
ness and the railroads have placed un
usually large orders for cars , which
means an Increased outlay for wages
In ninny munufacturlng districts. These
conditions are very satisfactory , but
there are others not. so. The cotton
and woolen goods Industries are .some
what depressed and the Immediate fu
ture for them Is not promising. Many
mills are operating on short time and
must probably continue to do so until
there is a. change In the tariff which
will reduce foreign competition. As
there Is no probability of this until the
advent of a republlcnu president nnd
congress no very decided Improvement
In the condition of. the * cotton nnd
woolen Industries Is to be expected
for some time.
There Is an abundance of money In
the country , as the heavy bond sub
scriptions fully demonstrated , for all
the requirements of legitimate busi
ness , but there Is hesitation about put
ting It Into enterprises , nnd this feelIng -
Ing Is likely to continue pending the
result of the presidential election , not
withstanding the fact that the general
opinion Is that the republicans will
elect tl c president and congress , and
all signs 'point to that result. The
banks , also , manifest uncommon cau
tion and conservatism , the effect of
Which Is to retard business recovery.
It Is a good thing not to give auj * en
couragement to speculative tendencies ,
though these are not conspicuous In any
direction , but It is a mistake to put any
obstacles in the way of legitimate busi
ness progress.
How much our International issues
have to do with preventing a restora
tion of confidence It is diillcult to de
termine , but that they have a morfj or
less disturbing and unsettling effect Is
unquestionable. So long as there ap
pears to be danger of war , even with
so Inferior a power as Spain , home
capital will bo timid and foreign cap
ital will rcanaln where It Is. There
Is every reason to believe that were our
foreign relations absolutely free from
any threatening complications a consid
erable amount of the vast sum of Idle
capital In Europe would' seek Invest
ment In this country. But the supreme
question relates to the result of the
presidential election , and until that Is
decided , and In the way tlmt will give
assurance of legislation In the Interest
of American Industries nnd American
labor , no very marked goyfrral Improve
ment In business is to bo expected.
,18 TOdULD CK11TIFIGATKS.
The treasury having an amount of
gold on hand considerably In excess
of $100,000,000 , with moro to be paid
In for the last bonds , It is reported
that the secretary Is considering the
question of resinning the Issue of gold
certificates. The law directs that whenever -
over the reserve falls below $100,000-
000 the Issue of certificates for gold
deposited shall bo suspended and this
suspension has been substantially In
force since April , 189'J. The law re
garding the issue of these certificates
Is mandatory In form , but the secre
tary Is allowed some discretion In
judging the conditions under which
they should be Issued. Secretary Car
lisle believes that all laws authorizing
the Issue of such certificates should
bo repealed , for the reason that they
afford a convenient means of carrying
gold for bankers and private" holders
and tempt them to keep gold within
their own reach which they might oth
erwise pay Into the treasury or put In
general circulation. This seems to bo
a very valid and Important objection
to the Issuing of gold certificates and
the tlmo would appear to bo most op
portune for congress to consider
whether it would not bo to the advan
tage of the treasury to give heed to
the recommendation of Secretary Car
lisle In this matter. It certainly Is not
apparent that tliu treasury would be
If the- Issuing
placed at any disadvantage -
suing of gold certificates were to per
manently cease.
His DUTY ix
Mayor Broatch has now the opportu
nity to prove by his ofllclal action
whether ho can bo depended on to protect -
tect the taxpayers by living up to the
program of retrenchment mapped out
upon his accession to olllco. The char
ter 'empowers the mayor to veto any
Item in an appropriation ordinance that
Is of ii questionable character. The
comptroller has called attention to the
fact that the salary appropriation ordi
nance for the month of Kebrunry Includes
*
cludes an allowance of $100.U ( ! for nn
acting assistant city engineer when no
such otlleo Is known to the charter or or
dinances. This allowance ! Is , moreover , In
favor of a man who Is barred by resolu
tion of the council from employment In
any city department by reason of his
non-rcdlduncc. The mayor knows fur
ther that there lias been uo emergency
or occasion to Justify the employment
of an acting assistant city engineer.
Xor can he Ignore the fact that ; the re
trenchment committee , with the ap
proval of the council , had decided ns a
mcasuro of economy there should be no
assistant city engineer until n resump
tion of public works should require It.
If Mr. Brown has rendered service as
a substitute for the city engineer while
the latter has been attending to his
duties as secretary of the State Board
of Irrigation at Lincoln , let him look to
his employer for his pay. While It may
be questionable whether any city olllcer
can farm out his work while drawing
two salaries , the least that can be ex
pected of him Is tlmt he shall not make
the public pay the cost of his substitute.
The fact that the council has voted this
Illegal salary cannot be taken to relieve
the mayor of his responsibility In the
matter. Ills duly to veto the Item for
nn acting assistant city engineer Is
clear.
UKNRItATj n'Kl'LKll'S DKAMJV.
The charge that when General Weyler
served In Cuba during the former In
surrection he permitted and encouraged
on the part of the soldiers under his
command , the most brutal and bar
barous outrages upon the Insurgents
who fell Into their hands , subjecting
to unspeakable atrocities' women and
girls , \\lio were in sympathy with tliu
Insurrection , has been unqunllllcdly
and Indignantly denied by Weyler. The
accusations are contained In a book
written by a Spaniard named Knrlquo
Donderlo , who had come over from
Spain with the Spanish troops In 1870
and who Is said to have been so Jiorror-
strlcken with the awful crimes that he
saw committed that he fled to the
United States. Senator Sherman
caused extracts from the book to be
read in the senate , and t'-o recital of
shocking atrocities Is permanently re
corded In tlie congressional record.
Nothing more terrible Is to be found In
tlie history of cruelty nnd brutality , and
If the statements are true they justify
the terms of "monster" nnd ' 'butcher"
that have been applied to Weyler.
General Weyler says that he obeyed
the orders of his superior olllcers to the
letter and he remarks that what
might have been deemed necessary at
a former period may be unpardonable
now , which Is In effect an admission
of extraordinary brutalities then com
mitted , lie could not acknowledge less
In the face of unquestionable history.
Valmasedo was at that time the com
mander of the Spanish forces In Cuba
and his barbarous methods made his
name Infamous for all time. It Is al
leged that Weyler went beyond the
brutal orders of Vnlnuisedo , and that
there Is some ground for this charge
seems evident. At nny rate General
Weyler will have to present some
stronger testimony than his personal
denial In order to acquit himself of the
accusations , and It is safe to say he
will not Invite an Impartial Investiga
tion of his record during the last
Cuban Insurrection.
It would be a wise thing on the part
nf tlln RtiniltNli f nvrntminf in v , > / > i11
Woyler and replace him with a. soldier
who has no such blemish on 'his mil
itary record , and his , character as it
man. The world well knows that he was
soloetod to succeed Campos because , of
his possession of qualities that were
expected to Inspire terror among the
Insurgents. It was not his superior
military ability that caused him to be
preferred , but his capacity for prose
cuting a savage and brutal warfare ,
and his proclamations show that this
Is what ho Intends to do , if lejt to the
unrestrained exercise of his will. The
Spanish government would gain In the
world's opinion by removing Weyler
from the command In Cuba.
AND COUKUIL.
What was the object of creating tlie
olllce of city comptroller ? Was It sim
ply to relieve the city clerk of part of
his routine work ? Was it merely for
the purpose of auditing the accounts
of the different city departments ? Was
not Its main purpose the establishment
of a check upon the illegal expenditure
of public money and a bar to the un
lawful diversion of city funds from
their proper channels ? The very name
of comptroller expresses clearly the ex
ercise of supervisory powers and re
straint upon ofllclal malfeasance. The
presumption Is that In all matters that
pertain to the Issue of city warrants
and city obllgntlons of every kind , the
comptroller's certificate Is an essential
prerequisite. Any other Interpretatloji
of the laws nnd ordinances would make
the olllce of comptroller a mere regis
tering machine ,
In calling the attention of the council
to the salary claim of the alleged acting
assistant city engineer In tlie face of the
fact that no such olllce exists , Comp
troller Westborg only did his duty. It
was ns much his duty to point out this
unlawful claim as It will be to refuse
to draw or certify the warrant against
this Illegal appropriation. Instead of
resenting this note of warning as an
unwarranted and uncnlled-for Intrusion
on the part of the comptroller , the coun
cil should have commended his vigi
lance and at least given It the consid
eration which It deserved. While the
council has. a right to define the duties
of the comptroller not specifically de-
lined In the charter , It has no authority
to override the comptroller acting
within his legitimate function. The
council itself Is as much bound by the
charter and the ordinances as Is the
comptroller. Whenever It attempts to
override the law In any matter relating
to the disbursement of public funds ,
Its acts are proper subjects for review
by the comptroller.
Where were all the watchdogs of the
city treasury when the council voted
$1U.U ( ) < ) to pay the salary of a man
who was Illegally employed to do
the work of an ofllccr who Is drawing
$250 a month from the city of Omaha
and $10(1 ( a month from the state of Ne
braska and Is supposed to devote his
t'litlro time to the service of each ?
A contributor to The Bee gives It as
his opinion that the now Russian thistle
law is a worse nuisance than the this-
tie * , and advocates the Ignoring of the
law because the legislature madp no
appropriation to enforce Its provisions
If the writ this contribution Is
correct , flu \ ffie legislature whtcl
passed the I deserving of equally
opprobrhnm icK As n matter of
fact , no one hears anything about the
Itusslan thl le pt-st now , and If It Is
only given agllttle more time , complaint
against It will die out , although the
thistle may continue to flourish.
Two novel jirritests have beeu made
hereabouts w > @ ' | are of peculiar Inter
est to the guftmerclal world. Stock
buyers objeifj jo watering cattle upon
arrival nt the yards anil before they are
weighed. The buyers do not want to
pay for water when buying live stock.
The other case" Is ono wherein opposi
tion Is made to a proposed amendment
to an ordinance which shall prevent
commission men from putting dressed
chickens on the market with crops full
of corn. Here , too , buyers object to pay
ing for corn when buying chickens.
There are tricks In all trades , but these
are unique.
\'o Sniliii'MN lii tin * Pnrtltipr.
dlolic'Democrnt.
Carlisle's proposed removal to New York
at the end of his term goes to show that
sines Kentucky has become a republican
ctato he prefers to live whore he will not
bo constantly reminded ot the fact.
" ' " SliniliMV.
New York Press.
Copious fonts of largo , black , democratic
headline typo are being tapped just now
nnd tholr contents poured Into the "rllvcr
split" In the republican party.
There Is no such political condition. Of
the halt dozen serious candidates for the
republican nomination for the presidency
there Is not one who would not veto a bill
which added a dime piece , to the present
abnormal and disproportionate silver cur
rency of the United States. There Is not
one who has not always opposed free coin
age , though several have been blmctalllsts
when bimetallism teemed practicable.
of the MoiniilH.
New York Sun ,
Governor Dujhnell spoke for the state of
Ohio nt the annual banquet of the Archaeo
logical society. Ono of the toasts was :
"Do Any of the Earthworks of the Mound
Dullders Have Any Military Significance ? "
In the opinion of many archaeologists' those
mounds have a political rather than a mili
tary meaning , nnd are In fact the tumuli
of the prehistoric race that was driven Into
the ground by Iho ancestors of the present
race of JJuckeyos. Ohio was densely popu
lated , but as soon as the original Ohloaus
appeared they gobbled up all the land , caves ,
forts , produce , and odlcos , and actually cov
ered the sky with green balzo nnd offered to
sell sunlight by the half beam ; wherefore
the earlier race took to Its mounds.
San liia : on the Oltl Strliipr.
Minneapolis Tribune ,
When President Cleveland sent out his
Venezuelan mcssago the English papers
sneered at It aa simply a bit of campaign
bluster , but when they discovered that the
American congJpisS * nd the American people
almost to a man were behind Its spirit If
not In Its form of expression , they gradually
awakened to the fact that the Monroe doc
trine was n fcytor cf considerable strength
In International affairs , and today the posi
tion of the Unified States Is admitted by even
the most stubbirn English authorities to bo
Impregnable. I ; Is singular , therefore , that
the London papers are sawing on tlie same
old string of "election buncombe" In their
comments on th .p sJtlon taken by this coun
try In the Cuban affair ; for they will have to
toke water oncWmore when they realize that
congress has the- almost unanimous backing
of the people in'.this Instance as In the
former. „ , ,
TIIE I KESlbKV'riAI ! , FIEMJ.
Chicago Trlbxtnfr ( rep. ) : It Is understood
that the demooraUo-'presldentlal nomination
Is actively enffajy4j.at ; present In providing
Itself with a large and tenacious grappling
Iron.
Globe-Democrat ( rep. ) : Mr. Whitney re
peats that ho Is not a candidate for presi
dent. That Is to say , he emphasizes the
fact that he has sense enough to stay In
when It rains.
Washington Post ( rep. ) : Mr , Cullom's Illi
nois friends nro not doing much housetop
shouting , but they are making ample prepara
tions for carrying put plans calculated to
tlcklo his human nature.
Kansas City Journal ( rep. ) : Horace Doles
Is having a hard run of luck. No sooner has
ho effected his escape from the democratic
presidential nomination than lie finds himself
chased by tbo populist nomination.
New York Recorder ( rep. ) : Slnco Mr.
Whitney Is not a gold man , the friends ot
Cleveland do not want him. Slnco he Is not
an out-and-out silver man , the enemies of
Cleveland have no use for him. And since
the democratic party Is chiefly made up of
friends and enemies of Cleveland , Whitney
does not seem to fit the occasion. Ho Is more
than wire In refusing to permit the utw of his
name.
Cincinnati Enquirer ( dem. ) : General Gros-
vonor has figured Governor McKlnley within
twenty-four votes of nomination for president
on the first ballot at St. Louis , and thinks
If things go on no they nro going now a second
end ballot will not bo necessary. Very few
delegatca have been elected , but that does
not prevent the general from knowing1 how
they will vote when they are elected. Ho Is
a long-dletanco politician.
Denver Republican ( sll. ) : The goldlto dem
ocrats of Nebraska ore afraid to test their
strength with the blmetalllsts In a primary
election to determine whether a bimetallic
or n gold delegation shall bo sent to Chicago.
It appears that they recognize that In such
a contest they would be defeated. It may
bo presumed Bunder the circumstances that
the bimetallisms will do all In tholr power
to control the selection of delegates , and
It may bo that Nebraska will 'bo ' represented
by such a delegation In tbo Chicago conven
tion.
Plttsburg Leader ( rep. ) : The republican
voters of this commonwealth are practically
a unit In favor of- the junior senator , to
whoso efforts Is duo the present uplifting
of Pennsylvania republicanism to the very
highest piano of political morality. patriotIsm -
Ism and public usefulness. Under Mr. Quay's
leadership the way Is being cleared for the
reformation of the government of the great
municipalities , for the suppression of the
abuses' current In state , county and munici
pal politics , and for the broadest extension
of the right of suffrage , honorably used.
In other words , the man from Heaver repre
sents a now Idea In partisan politics and ono
which Is of Inestimable value to his party
In this state and'Vlds fair to command equal
appreciation abroad.
Now York Sunrfdchi. ( ) : Hon. Horace Doles
writes from Waterloo , of 111 omen though
in 'Iowa , that hairtinnot consent to be con
sidered as a candidate for the democratic
nomination for president. It Is possible that
there may bo somoi natural tears shed at
Waterloo and elsewhere over this painful
announcement , Initijtho sbodders will wipe
them soon. To wonder Mr. Doles as a can
didate hasn't yo\ \ , grown Into a habit , and
the tendency so . ( a f onslder him can bo re
pressed wlthoutiitQo. much emotion. Yet
there was a tlmq-\yjien the heart of Iowa ,
democratic ) for tn.9 first time. In a genera
tion , jumped at 1,0a name of him ; and when
the occidental sQ&hsayers said that bis was
the hand that WAS to em I to the tariff , and
his the next face't ' , , adorn the white house.
Neither the tarlirmir Undo Horace has been
changed much , .but tbo wind Is calm that
whittled around them In those days and the
dust Is white upon that stalled boom.
\AV.\IJ riiofniK.ss or run AVOUI.IJ.
I < * nrn Set Porlli lijr the
Iiitc-I1lr 'in' > Iliirctui ,
WASHINGTON. March -Tho Intelligence
bureau ot the Navy department has just
Issued Its annual volume ot note's on the
year's naval progress , which has coma to be
looked forward to with great Interest not
only by naval officers , but by every person
Interested In development. Owing to ono of
the restrictions Imposed by the last printing
act It Ims not been possible to print more
than 1,000 copies of this valuable work , not
withstanding the fact that this number Is
less than the number ot naval officers on
the active- list who nrc supposed to be sup
plied with the work In furtherance of their
technical education. So It happens that the
department has been obliged to cut off not
only the press nnd foreign legations , hereto
fore supplied ns a courtesy , but also all ot
the junior officers of the service , the very
persons who would most benefit by the study
of the volumes ,
The leading feature ot this number Is a
set of preliminary notes on the Japanese-
Chinese war , compiled by Lieutenants M. M.
Wltzel nnd L. Knrmany , who were present
In Chinese waters during the late war , nnd
thus net out compendiously the principal
events of the conflict from a naval point of
view , with the Intention of following up the
subject and treating It much more liberally
nnd especially In the matter of comment In
a special Issue to appear later .on.
A chapter on small arms shows that the
European powers have founu n caliber ns
small as17 entirely feasible for n rlflo
and In fact nro looking forward to tlll
smaller calibers. The British authorities
have been making many experiments to de-
tcrmlno the penetration of the bullets. Into
different substances with n view to ascer
taining the best protection to afford to troops
and the results are all set out In this
chapter ,
The surprising extent to which electricity
la now being used on board men-of-war Is
strikingly exhibited In an article contributed
by Lieutenant D , A , Flsko , the Inventor of
the range finder , with ninny Illustrations ot
all sorts ot Instruments of precision and
measurement nnd convenience.
The boiler of the future , that of the
tuhulous type. Is thoroughly discussed and
Illnsttatcd and Its merits compared with the
present style ot boilers , nnd there Is the
usual list ot now vessels under construc
tion by nil the naval powers , with descrip
tions of their novel features. Technically ,
however , the chapter of greatest Interest to
naval students Is that telling of the naval
maneuvers conducted last year by the
powers of Europe. H may surprise the
American public to learn that during the
British maneuvers no less than forty-eight
ships broke down In some more or less Im
portant portion of the machinery , requiring
n most cases to bo put out of action and
sent to the nearest dock yard for repairs.
Somehow the torpedo boats which did such
great service In the preceding maneuvers
lid not conio up to expectations this tlmo In
.he case of Great Britain , but on the con-
.rary In the French maneuvers they were
so effective as to lead to the conclusion that
most of the hostile fleet would have been
sunk had the engagement not been a sham.
Ono lesson derived by the Urltlsh from the
experience was that the maintenance of a
ilgh rate ot speed Is ono of the best safe-
; uards for a ship while In waters supposed
o bo Infested with torpedo boats.
U.\OIAM > HAS A GH13AT lUVAb.
Kermnu Mt < nl Worker * Are 1'rovlni ?
Tholr .Slipi-rlorlly.
WASHINGTON , March 4. Frank Mason ,
United States consul general at Frankfort , In
a special report to the State department
oils how the Germans are steadily mastering
the English metal workers and he suggests
that In. the story may bo found a lesson for
American steel nnd Iron workers , especially
n that part relating to the systematic culti
vation of foreign trade.
The report Is based upon the findings of a
commlMon of Drltlsh Iron nnd steel workers
vhlch ban made a most exhaustive examlna-
ton of the factors In the competition and
ho facts developed as set out by Mr. Mason
are of the greatest Importance to all inann-
acturers. Drlefly summed up , It appears
hat the Germans enjoy distinct advantages
over the Drltlsh Iron nnd steel workers In
moro disciplined labor , highly educated and
lompetent management , harmonious cohesion
> otween operators and assldubus success In
the cultivation of foreign markets , low royal
ties , rents and protected home market , nnd ,
above all , far cheaper Inland transportation.
In all these respects the Germans exceed
American manufacturers In the same degree
that they do the Drltlsh.
SUI'I'OIIT T1I13 1 > I.\OIKV HILL.
Semite TnlceN Up ( he MeiiHiirc Author
izing Kxleriiilimtlott or the SenlH.
WASHINGTON , March 4. The senate
comtnlttco on foreign relations decided to
report the DInglcy bill authorizing the ex
termination of fur seals unless England ccn
sents to further arbitration without amend
ment. There was but one dissenting vote ,
which was cast by Senator Morgan.
Senator Fryo was authorized to make the
report of the committee on the seal ques
tion , and Senator Morgan gave notice that
ho would file a minority report In which ho
will take the position that the regulations
made by the Paris tribunal are sufllclcnt for
the protoc'ion of the seals If properly en
forced. In this position ho will be antago
nized by all the other members of the coin-
in It too who contend that at the present rate
there will be no seals left in the course of a
very few years unless an agreement can be
reached fcr a suspension of their slaughter
for the present and its careful regulation in
the future. , _
GUIIAX HI-SOIUTIO.VS ITIII2 SENATE
Tlioxc 1'jiHMeil liy the IfnitKc Likely
to lie Accepted.
WASHINGTON , March 4. The eenato
committee on foreign relations today voted
to recommend that the senate should non
concur In the house substitute for the senate
Cuban resolutions and should ask for a con
ference.
The greater part of the committee meet
ing was devoted to the Cuban question. The
senate and house resolutions were carefully
analyzed and compared. Several of the mem
bers expressed themselves as satisfied to ac
cept the house resolutions and the opinion
was ventured by one "or two of them that the
house substltuto was In better form than the
senate's original mcasuro. In vlow ot this
fact ft appears probable that If the house In-
ulcta upon Itu substitute It will win and the
house resolutions bo accepted as the ex
pression of the joint opinion of the two
bodies.
VKNR/.Unr/A WILL NOT filVC UI .
Dccllnt-n to Mnke li Hrpnrnto IHHIIU of
the Yuriiiiii Inelileiit.
NEW YORK , March 4. A dispatch to the
Herald from Caracas says : Venezuela has
refused the demand of Great Britain that the
Uruari Incident bo regarded as a distinct
Issue/ and that reparation bo made and an
Indemnity paid. Tim government declares
that to grant England's demand would bo a
virtual recognition ot Drltlsh rights In the
territory In dispute between the two nations.
It also declared that the whole Issue must
await the result ot arbitration.
Officials again express fear that England
will try to enforce payment of damages.
Hnlf-llrccilH MnkltiK Trouble.
KANSAS CITY , March 3. A special to the
Star from Peiry , Okl , , says ; Couriers ar
riving today from Pawhuska , In the Osage
nut'in ' nlato that considerable excitement
exists there among the half-brcer Indians of
that tribe , owing to the refusal of Govern
ment Agent Freeman to pay their annuity.
Freeman Is now paying the l.COO full-bloods
there , but It Is said ho refuses to pay the
half.breods because of their disobeying cer
tain orders. The half-breeds , It ls said ,
charge Freeman with tyranny and corruption.
Conservative men fear that they will resort
, o violence.
Highest of all in Leavening Power. Latest U. S. Gov't Report
Baking
Powder
ABSOLUTELY
TltU Cl'U.\N ISSt 13.
Chicago Tlmes-HcraM If Spain will not
listen to friendly tnurpntitlon ! r Cuba ,
the American penplc will not lies talc in
duo time to ctnnldor their responsibility as
to Cuban IndepcnJonco or nnnuxatlon of the
Island to the United Sl.ntcp.
Kansas City Star ; The prosnoct ft war
between the United States ami Spain has
been promptly abated by Spain's prudcn
course in making a voluntary apology lethe
the asfuult on the American consulate a
Ilircclona , The cffcr of reparation \\ltliou
any suggestion from the Department of Statu
at Washington Is creditable to the government
mont at Madrid.
New York Sun : The direct nnd Immediate
results of recognli'ng the Cuban lnfiirient
as belligerents , although they have been
sometimes overestimated , will he of con
sldcrablo Importance. The Indirect am
eventual consequences of such nn act wll
In nil likelihood be tantamount to the llbera
tlon and salvation nt the Island , Such i
consummation may bo looked .for nt nn
earlier date , ' %
New York Tribune : There Is no use h
mincing words. This net ofcongress , I
concurred In by the president , will ptobably
mean a rupture of friendly relations , am
possibly a war , with Spain. That Is the
fact which the house of representatives , nm
after It the president , have to consider
They have also to consider the alternative
That Is , to have a human slaughter house
maintained nt our \ory doors.
Detroit Free Press : The gravity of the
situation Is Increavd by the general belief
that the United St.itos has nothing to fear
from n war with a bankrupt power llko
Spain ; yet It should ho borne In mind thai
war cvon with so comparatively Inslgnincani
a power Involves a good deal of horror and
wilt at least glvo the Uo to our profosslons
of faith In the superiority of arbitration as
a moans of aettllng disputes between na
tions.
Chicago Chronicle : War talk Is glibly
uttered. He Jests at scars who never felt
a uound. If Americans were plunged In a
war of aggression , such , for Instance , as n
war with Spain , would the politicians who
now cry out for blood , would the crcat edi
tors who are egging on public feeling to
the point where declaration ot hostilities
may bo possible. Imperil their persons by
joining the ranks of soldiers nnd sailors
charged by the United States with Iho proso-
cutloti of that war ?
Chicago Post : Ono thing Is certain. Wo
did not want war with Spain or Cuba , nnd
wo are not likely' to have It. The principles
and apart from those of humanity the con
siderations at stake , arc nothing as com
pared with those Involved In the pending
dlfllculty with Great Britain. In both cases
popular uproar nnd the claptrap of young
congressional jingoes should gtvo way to
those fixed 'rules of governmental action
which are the outgrowth of many ycard of
study of our national duty and welfare.
Chicago Journal : Though In recognizing
the belligerency of Cuba wo should be actIng -
Ing well within our rights , much has been
said In congress to Inflame the Spaniards ,
much that was quite as reprehensible as the
Intemperate patriotism of the mob , and that
was uttered tn the same spirit In which that
mob acted. Before wo criticise too severely
the "proud , unreasoning , belligerent" people
of Spain for their Intensity of feeling In this
matter. It would too as well for ua to take nn
account of our own emotions , good and bad.
Chicago News. Is this Spain that wo are
about to wlpo off the face of the earth that
same Spain upon whoso venerable neck wo
were shedding tears of filial affection some
three years hick ? Is It the land of Princess
Eulalla nnd the duke ot Verngua ? Have ,
alas ! thcso World's fair tics of love effer
vesced with the champagne In which they
were cemented ? It It Is that same Spain
and If we do wipe It off the earth , let us
not forget the old scores. Lot us see to It
that the duko's hotel bill la Included In the
war Indemnity.
Philadelphia Times : Congress Is not pre-
HUined to know all the delicate Aornpllcatlons
of cur relations with foreign governments ,
nnd It Is wise , therefore , to give the presi
dent some latitude In declaring the bellig
erent rights of the Cubans. It might bo
unwise today to do so , and yet wise to do It
tomorrow by changed conditions In our re
lations with other governments , but that the
president will act upon the emphatic1 expres
sion given by congress cannot bo doubted.
If ho were to fall for any length of time ,
congress would pass the same resolutions In
a different form , requiring fils approval or
veto , and thus bring the Issue directly be
fore the executive.
PI3IISONAL , AM ) OTIIISllWISIi : .
Yvetto Gullbcrf scooped In $34,000 In this
country. French wrinkles come high.
Charles Carleton ColTln. the distinguished
war correspondent nnd author , died in Boston
a few days ago.
It may be stated without fear of contradic
tion that democratic presidential candidates
are not numerous enough to crowd the band
wagon.
New York believes In maintaining peace
ful relations with foreign lands. Having
kicked out Dunravcn , the city took on a
largo section of a London fog.
Attorney General Harmon follows the rul
ing of his predecessors In pronouncing "bond
Investment" schemes lotteries , and not en
titled to admission to the malic.
The famous relnsman W. H. Doble , who Is
dying , was the first man to drive a trotter
fuster than 2:17. : This feat ho accomplished
In 1872 at Mystic park , when ho drove Gold
smith Maid against Lucy In 2:1G : % , and bent
by a quarter of a second the time his moro
fnirons son , Budd Doble , had made with the
M M All of tits ten * hove become cola *
I brntcd as driTcr * .
I liy the cxcrr.so of iho iistirtl mratlo power 1
the Antor c tala In Now York City shrank
i $2.000.000 in > aUto In the report of the us-
sessor. Thfre has been no depreciation In
rcnto , however.
A dl\lno hpAlor did a hnd emeo biulnpsi
at Springfield , 111. , the olhcr day. and created
a sensation by earning the mulcted against
tendering money tor his services. The local
hosiers were dumbfounded.
The llrltlsh expedition to AMianlco was ft
blooming success , Iicsldcs battering th
royal tile of King Prempoh the Ilrltlshcr *
happed J.100,000 above cxpenso ? . U Is hardlr
necessary to add that the surplus was gold.
Colonel ( leorgoV. . Olio , who his Just died
In Philadelphia , lud nn honorable record In
the civil war. Ho commanded the military
display t the second Inauguration of Pres
ident Lincoln , and also commanded the mili
tary cortege nt his funeral.
M. Munkacsy. the great Hungarian artist ,
who bus lived In Paris for many years , will
loiuo that city In April to take up a per
manent residence In lluda-Peslh. H wan
In Paris tlmt Mnnkacey won lila first suc
cesses. Ho has long harbored the Intention
ot spending his last years In hl natlvo
land nnd of doing what he can for the cause
of art In Hungary.
When Mrs , Mary Loneo was shown the
dispatch from Detroit saying that Jerry
Simpson said she uovcr had been anything
but n disturbing clement In politics ; that
she nluajs wants to bo the- great "I am , "
nnd that rho Is heller In the pulpit than tn
politics , she said : "Life Is too short and
my tlmo too fully occupied to pay attention
to every barking cur or plop on every worm
that cra\\ls across my path. "
JUST roil mix.
Chicago Kr-cord : "Doctor , I nm getting
horribly oDipulont. "
"Yes. you will have to diet. "
"Isn't there nny other way to reduce my
"Well , you might tnko n course of folding
bed. "
Philadelphia Ilccordi "lllobbs-IIcllo. old
ninn ! How nro you ?
Slobbs I'vo got chills nnd fever ,
lllobbs Thnt so ? So hnve I.
Slobbs Idol's shake on It.
Somervlllo Journal : There nro very few
ovlli In modern civilization that nn expert
politician cannot trnco directly to the tnrlft
policy of his political opponents.
Detroit Free Press : "I see that you hnvo
taken down the barometer tlmt used to hang
on your wnll. "
"Yes , It was toi suggestive. There vtaa
always a storm brewing. "
Boston Transcript : Mrs. Aycbec Men nr
such funny things. When Aycbco nsked mate
to l > o his ho was the most disconsolate man
Imaginable.
Mrs. Codec I can well believe that.
Cincinnati Enquirer : "Your name , slavoT"
shouted the Infuriated Oes" > ler.
"Wllllnm Tell , " said the unblanchlnff
pr.trlot.
"What Tell , Hill ? " Immediately ejaculated
.ho tyrant , nnd the court reporter jotted
lown the saying with the Intention of wrlt-
ng a book nround It.
Chicago Tribune : "Say , you won the
jlcyclo race , didn't you ?
"Yes. "
"Your name Is Walker , Isn't It ? "
"Yes. "
"Well , I won the pedestrian match , and
my name la Ilyder , "
"Great Scottl Let's go and take somo-
thliiff. "
Dallas News : A young1 man In a crowded
street car must always stand up for hla
ady friends.
New York Weekly : Tobacco-Chowlnpr
Husband ( after n&ccnulng the stairs ) I am
nil out of breath.
Wife Then kins me , plcaso.
Harper's nazar : "Was the lecture tha
other night a Kood one ? "
"Quite. "
"Humorous or pathetic ? "
"Well , somebody nut a package of red
pepper in the stove and there was hardly a
dry eye In the room. "
LTnnAUY NOTES.
Chicago Record.
What Is this paltry llttlo pllo
Of vo'.umes boastful spread ?
It represents the monger pllo
Of booka which I have read.
And what this overwhelming heap
That towers to the sky ?
Oil , thee are books wlilch I Intend
To master by and by.
THIS GOOD TIMI3 COMING.
Wnslilngton Capital.
3ald the theater KM : "I will wear a small
hat
Whenever I go to the play. "
3ald the theater man : "IJetwcen nil of tha
acts
In my sent I will quietly stay. "
said the masculine star : "I'll lot some on *
el.io take
My plnco In thci front of the stage. "
3ald the feminine star : "I will play only
parts
That do not conflict with my nRC. "
Che chorus girl bald : "I'll give some of my
time
To music Instead of my gown. "
3ald the comedy man : "I'll endeavor to beAn
An netor Instead of a clown. "
3ald the playwright : "I'll write them a
sure enough play
Without bnrnynrd or buzz saw or wheels. "
3ald the public : "We'll give a full house
to that play
Just to see how the company feels. "
! heard In my dream all these beautiful
"And when will It happen , " Bald I.
iald the bicycle maiden who blooms In the
spring :
"They'll occur In the sweet by and by. "
Is h Time
of our
Discontent
And with very Rood reason. Jtmt got In a shipment of spring Top '
ContB nnd Suits , "Hot ones , too , " to show you , when on comes this
snow. Wo are glud to KUO It , but dislike to bo disappointed. You
won't wnnt a spring suit todny , unless It's to get first pick of the as
sortment , which wo would approve of. IJut you may wnnt one of
those medium-weights we are making a sale on now.
15 DOLLAR SUITS FOR
$1O.OO
Ou display In our front windows. And why don't you take ndvnnt-
ngo of the opportunity given In our Overcoats nnd Ulsters. Soon bo
tlmo for us to pack away what wo have. You could pack ono away
from hero nnd get lots of wear out of It yet this season , and bo just
that much ahead next. Think It over , and see If It won't pay. You
will find the prices all rlght-and you know our long suit , "Sloney'tf
worth or money buck. " The Hellablo Clothiers ,
Wo are sole agents
for the Celebrated
Youman Hats.
Browning , King & Co.
Bjliable Olotbiers , Hatters and FurnfsliorB ,
Cor. 15th and Douglas.
This 1s the Spring Block.
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