T1IE ( WAITA DAILY NEK : TUESDAT. OCTOBER 5 , 1897.
'TiiK OMAHA DAILY
K. llOSEWATKIl , Editor.
t'UHMSHKD KVKnY MOltNINO.
THUMB OF SUUSC tUPTlON.
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Weekly Bee , Ono Year C1
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fitntn of Nebrnftkn , DOUR Inn County , ss. :
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actual numlnr of full nnd complete copies of The
Dally , MornliiK , Evening nnd Hundny Hce printed
during the month of September , 1837 , was ns fol
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INSIST ON H.VVI.Vd"THE 1I13K.
General Wcylcr niutlc history while In
Cuba If lie did not accomplish anything
else.
The year 1807 will be remembered In
more states than one asi a year of mon
grel politics.
The exposition Is a public enterprise
nnd Its management must be open and
above board.
The enemy may heap llatterjr upon
renegades to persuade thorn to desert ,
but they are nevertheless despised by all
as traitors.
Will Uedlleld now withdraw that cir
cular telliitfr how to mark the ballot so as
to vote for "this straight republican ticket
nnd me ? "
Several of the mongrel nominees will
need introductions to the public , but even
then they will not. improve on closer ac
quaintance.
There Is boodle in the slot machines.
Every councilman who votes to continue
licensing automatic gambling marks
himself for suspicion.
Loss whisky and more bread and meat
In those cargoes bound for the Klondike
gold fields might have satisfied more
hunger even if It would not quench more
thirst
"Weylcr's successor may count on a
warm welcome to Cuba , but not quite
eo warm as 1C he had come earlier and
In time to enjoy a little of the midsummer
mer heat. '
The resumption of the dally lists of
now presidential appointments Is the In
fallible sign tliu. - . resident McKlnley I
again In Washington doing business at
the old stand.
If the council can Increase the fire fund
out of the general fund for reasons of
necessity it can also put the street clean
ing department in position to keep the
streets clean.
If Yelser makes that telephone con
nection .without using the State Hoard
of Tranportatlon switch board he will
turn a trick which nobody seems to have
counted upon.
Fusion , like burglary , Feeins to bo best
accomplished In the midnight hours
when sleep has overcome the watchers
and empty benches permit the operators
to do Just as they please.
Ohio has five state tickets in the field ,
With one more political party to hear
from. That does not quite equal the No-
brnskn ballot , with seven state tickets
assured and others problematical.
Spain does not want to make any concessions -
cessions to the Cuban Insurgents , but
a nation , likeu man , often does things
when its pocketboolc la empty that It
would not think of doing if it hud abundant -
ant cash on hand.
The railroad engineers agree with the
city engineer that the Sixteenth street
viaduct Is in a most dangerous condi
tion. The only question at Issue Is the
old interrogatory of Boss Tweed , Well ,
what iiru yon going to do about it ?
Bryan's specchmaklng tour of Ne
braska has been postponed. . The reason
for the postponement was doubtless to
give the farmers time to finish gatherIng -
Ing in their crops and find more leisure to
listen to calamity preaching by the great
silver , sipostlfi.
That legislative investigating committee -
tee promised a number of sensations In
time for election. So far all its so-called
sensational disclosures have fallen flat
when subjected to the test of public
opinion. If the work of this committee
of tjuconters is to lie of service for cum-
paIgn capital , the sensation : ! should not
bo much longer delayed.
IT n'ovi.n JIK
A great many people who favor the
annexation of the Hawaiian Islands do
not consider the question of the probable
cost of possessing that remote territory.
They lake a more or loss sentimental
view of the matter , fancying that some
how It would ndd to the glory of this
republic to have these Pacific Islands
ns part of Its domain. The Idea of hav
ing the United States "spread out" Is
so pleasing to the average nnncxatlonlst
that he will not think of any of the
practical considerations Involved. The
cost of spreading out Is a matter of
small Importance to him.
If the United States could acquire
these Islands without any other outlay
than the payment of the public debt ,
amounting to about ? 4,000ODO , as pro
vided for In the. annexation treaty , this
expenditure would not be a serious
matter. Hut the payment of this debt
would be only n "drop In the bucket. "
The Islands would have to be- fortified
and this would require the expenditure
of many millions of dollars. Then the
maintenance of garrisons there would
involve a considerable annual outlay.
Itesldes this we should have to keep In
Hawaiian waters n larger naval force
than now. The fact that the dual
government has not been able to collect
sulllclent from taxation to meet Its run
ning expenses may fairly be accepted as
assurance that In maintaining a terri
torial government there n considerable
share of the expense would have to bo
paid by the American people. The per
sons who represent the "substantial In
terests" of Hawaii referred to by Ad
miral Ueardsleo as unanimously In favor
of annexation would , If the Islands be
came part of the United States , pay less
toward the support of the local govern
ment than they are now doing.
A western senator Is reported as sayIng -
Ing that the Hawaiian annexation treaty
will encounter little opposition In the
senate and will be promptly ratltletl.
Perhaps ho speaks authoritatively , but
wo suspect that he underestimates the
opposition to annexation , both In the
senate and In the country. And this op
position would grow If there were si
bettor understanding of what annexation
would cost. ,
TUB A'Kir ORfcB/v CAHINBT.
The new Greek cabinet appears to have
hearty popular support , but this fact
does not warrant the conclusion that it
will long retain public support. The
preceding ministry was well received by
the people when It entered olllce , but
It was not very long before It fell into
discredit and there was more or less
clamor against It until it resigned. M.
Ualli , the head of the late cabinet , is
not so popular as his immediate pred
ecessor , M. Delynnnis , who will prob
ably never again be hoard of In connec
tion with the political affairs of the
Hellenic Kingdom , but Halll has lost
prestige to an extent which Avill exclude
him from prominent position In political
affairs for a long time.
The new premier , M. Zaimls , is n
man of ability and of experience
in public affairs. He has a task
before him that will fully te t his
qualifications for the work of states
manship. The position of Greece among
the nations is clearly defined and It Is
a , rather humiliating position- , though it
might be worse. The aim of her states
men should now be to build up the
country by the development of its ma
terial resources and the expansion of its
commerce. The farther they keep aloof
from European politics the better It will
be for Greece. Her bitter experience
should have taught her rulers and her
people that the path of ] > eacc is the path
to national prosperity and to the world's
respect. Doubtless the hard lesson
learned in a , few weeks of war will not
soon bo forgotten certainly not while Its
burdens remain.
J'llOPOKBD I'UltOllASK UP CUHA.
Tlie plan of purchasing Cuba from
Spain Is again being discussed. Late
advices from Havana state that It Is
believed there that the government of
the United States will propose that
Spain be paid $ .2UO,000,000 for her recog
nition of the independence < uf Cuba. This
indemnity to Spain would bo paid in
cash , the republic of Cuba Issuing bonds
based on customs receipts , the Indemnity
to be guaranteed by this government ,
which would have the full management
and administration of the custom houses
of Cuba until the total debt should be
paid to the shareholders of the loan.
Several prominent Cuban loaders In New
York are said to bo favorable to the
plan , one of them observing that It
ought to bo acceptable to all parties ,
though he regards the sum proposed to
be paid as too large.
The plan of buying Cuba Is not new.
As long ago as 1831 a conference was
hold by the ministers of the United
States accredited at London , Paris and
.Madrid , nt which the purchase of Cuba
by the United States was considered , A
dispatch signed by the ministers Hn-
chunan , Mason and Soulo was sent to
the secretary of state , In which It wr.
said : "Our past history forbids that wo
should acquire the Island of Cuba with
out the consent of Spain , unless justified
by the great law of solf-pivservntlon.
Wo must , In any event , preserve our
own conscious rectitude and our self-
respect. After we shall have offered
Spain n price for Cuba far beyond Its
present value am ] this shall h.ivo been
refused It will then be tlmo to consider
the question , does Cuba , In the pos
session of Spain , seriously endanger our
internal pence and the existence of our
cherished union ? " This was forty-three
years ago , at which time there was a
very strong sentiment in this country ,
chiolly in the south , in favor of the
acquisition of Cuba.
Of course the present proposition Is
different from that of the Ostend mani
festo , since it contemplates the Inde
pendence of Cuba and not Its acquisition
by the United States , but the question is ,
will Spain bo any more disposed now
to part with the island for a money
consideration than she was in 1S54 ? It
is trim that ho is In n far worse
financial condition now than she was
then and that her resources are pretty
nearly exhausted , so that the sum of
$200,000,000 would undoubtedly be very
helpful. Hut although financially bank
rupt and without credit , Spanish pride
nnd patriotism are as strong nnd virile
ns ever they have been nnd there Is
every reason to believe that those would
lead Spain to reject , perhaps with Indig
nant resentment , the proposal that she
sell the most valuable of her colonial
possessions. Nor Is It by any means
certain that the Insurgents would accept
the plan. They scorn to be confident of
their ability to ultimately achieve their
independence by force of arms and they
want the glory of accomplishing this ,
So feeling , It scorns quite Improbable
that they will agree to buy Independence
to make a financial transaction of It.
So far as the United States Is con
cerned there are some practical consider
ations which might Justify It In guar
anteeing the payment of the holders of
Cuban bonds , but It would be assuming
a responsibility not without danger of
perplexing complications. We do not
bellove the conservative Judgment of the
American people would approve a de
parture of this kind on- the part of the
government. In the meanwhile Spain ,
If her new prime minister Is correctly
reported , does not desire and will not
accept mediation.
TJIK OA/iV IIUXKST MAX IX T11K COUHT
UOt'SK.
For nearly six months County Clerk
Mel II. Itedlleld bus posed before the
community as the only honest man In
the court hou.se. From the housetop
and the stump he has proclaimed that
he and he alone stood at all times bi1-
tween the robbers and the taxpayers ,
nnd he alone protected the people from
fee extortionists and salary grabbers.
The man who makes such loud profes
sions of honesty will always bear watch
ing.
Everybody In the community knows
that Itedlleld has boon closely Identified
with the gang of political holdups who
for years made barter and sale of public
otllces and votes In the city and county ,
but everybody does not know that the
only honest man In the court house has
systematically drawn money out of the
county treasury to which he Is not by
law entitled. The salary of the county
clerk , as fixed by law , is limited to
$ Ui > UO per annum , payable out of the
fees of his ollko. The foes of the clerk's
otllce in Douglas county have for the hist
two years fallen short of S'J.iiOO , but Ued
lleld has drawn warrants for the full
amount under various devices not con
templated by tlie law.
Although the statutes make It the duty
of comity clerks to act ns the clerk of
the Board of County Commissioners ,
Itedfleld has credited himself with ? -tOO
a year as clerk of the county board.
This salary grab is more glaring in
view of the fact that the county pays
$1)0 ) a month for the man who performs
the duties of clerk to the board which
Itedlleld is paid to perform , and in ad
dition thereto if.'O a month for n ste
nographer , who is doing other clerical
work that by law devolves upon the
county clerk. The only honest man in
the court .house charges extra feqs for
sending duplicate orders and documents
prepared by the ! ? . " > < ) stenographer , when
this work should be done by himself
without extra charge.
The county clerk is required by law to
prepare the tax list , yet he has insisted
on the county paying the salaries of
four men for six months and two men
permanently for this purpose.
The law requires the clerk to prepare
election proclamations and to attend to
the details of the election machinery ,
but the only honest man ln > the court
house credits himself with extras for
this work and charges it up to fees in
order to bring tlie receipts of his olllce
up to the ? 2.rjOO limit.
It will also be remembered that the
only honest man In the court house , not
content with one salary Illegally Inflated ,
had himself placed on the city pay roll
as a member of tlie park commission
and drew two salaries at the samo'time
until lie began to figure for his renomi-
nation on a platform of A. 15. C. reform.
With those specimen bricks of super
fine honesty before thorn the taxpayers
of Douglas county will take Mr. Ued-
field's high-sounding self-praise at what
It Is worth.
And now we are Informed by the organ
of bogus reform that members of an
A. 15. C. reform club decline to partici
pate in the proceedings of their repub
lican ward club , although present at its
meeting In > the role of speclntors. This
is an open confession that the A. 1 ! . C's
were organized under false pretenses as
an adjunct to the popocratlc combination
and with the express object of knifing
republican candidates. The honest re
publicans who were misled Into joining
the A , 15. C's have no longer any excuse
for lending aid and comfort to the rene
gades.
Senator Fornker continues to put In
words and work for the republican ticket
in Ohio , regardless of the stories con
cocted by the popocrats to the effect
that he has turned his back upon the
party managers and nominees. That
Senator Fornker Is worrying the Ohio
popocrats mightily Is proved conclusively
by their anxiety to create false Impres
sions about his attitude toward the re
publican ticket.
The two bond propositions submitted
by the county commissioners this year
are both meritorious. One provides for
taking iii > the outstanding poor farm
claims and will effect a great saving
in interest. The other authorizes the
Issue of $100,000 of bonds in aid of the
exposition. The Importance of ratifying
both propositions must not bo under
estimated.
Only S-l.WX ) of the $10,000 appropria
tion remains nt Urn disposal of the legis
lative investigating committee. lint the
investigators have their eye on It and the
taxpayers may rest tranquil that no con
siderable part of It will bo allowed to
get away from them. i
It ought to be nbout time for tlie gov
ernor nnd state board to make another
move In the matter of the Homo for the
Friendless. The legislature passed n law
ussuuilug tlie management of that in-
stltutton to tire slnte , but the law has
never been enfu/fed. /
Orrnt In Their liny.
ChlcaRo Chronicle.
Ono of the toji j lucidly ami elaborately
handled nt thoIoiirth nmtial convocston of
mothers In HtdtlijH hall was ciltctl "Actlvo
Agents In Child Training , " but , stratiRO to
say , from beginning" to end of the discussion
on this topic iiuuincntlon Is made of the
old-fashlonci ! shlhkrb or carpet slipper.
CooliNiire Annexation IN In.
I'li'htMo'llihln ledger.
Krlcr.ils of irsVall.in annexation are say-
IriR very confidently that the treaty to that
effect will bo ratified soon after the ncnitd
reconvenes. Hut they are giving no flgurra
and mentioning no names In support ot the
assertion , and It Is evident that the wish Is
father to the thought. The more clearly the
Hawaiian annexation scheme Is understood
the more reason there appears to be for the
suspicion that It Is one the controlling1 mo
tive of which is sinister , sordid and for
bidding.
Improved ltulin-N Affair * .
I'lillndelphtn IlecorJ.
Nothing better Indicates the betterment
'In business affairs than the Increased In
ternal revenue receipts of the federal treas
ury. Up to this time the revenue train thin
source exceeds that of the corresponding
months of last year by $6,000,000.
ThU Increase serves hi some meaj-
uro to make Icia palpable the fail
ure of the revenue from customs. The
OXCCHI of expenditures over receipts for Sep
tember will not be much greiter than $3,000-
000 , bringing the deficit for the first quarter
of the fiscal year to $28,000,000.
Tlio Ii-rlKiillnii .tin ve me lit.
InilUnniiolls Xeus.
The meeting of the National Irrigation
congress at Lincoln , Neb. , Is one of the
healthful signs ot the times. The farmers
of Kansas mid Nebraska bavu given too lit
tle attentlan < n the past to the subject of
Irrigation. There are sotno years when In
both stales Irrigation is not necessary , but
oven In tlirae years It would materlilly In
crease the crops , and in dry years It would
save thorn from destruction. Investigations
of the subject made by the federal govern
ment show that much of the laud known as
"arid" can be reclaimed and made highly
productive by Irrigatlou , but It will require
largo -sums of money. When farmers as-
aomblo In convention to iMscuss the subject
there Is much ciuso for hope that It will re-
colvo the consideration 11 deserves.
fteneroiiN Trentim-iit of I
Chicago Tribune.
The city of Atlanta , Oa. , appears to have
brought a great deal of unfriendly criticism
upon Itself from southern cities by Its gen
erous course In offering an asylum to ref
ugees from the fever-stricken districts on
the gulf cost. GUI/.fiu of the north who
have never faced an epidemic of yellow fever
can have little conception of the alarm which
a visitation of the disease causes in a com
munity where Its ravages have been once
experienced. Ta them , therefore , the course
of the Atlanta people seems wcrthy ot all
praise. Keeling Efecure from Infection on ne-
count of their elevated location , they have
generously opened their dcors to residents
of other cities who have lied from their Inmcs
to escape the pestllen'tie , aud It Is to bo hoped
that nothing will occur to caufo them to
repent their gonerbus action.
Slid AivnlvcitliiK from llrrnniN.
Kilning City Star.
The sad expedience of the Llberlan colonists
nists who left this country In the spring of
1800 hould serve to admonish otlu'ra against
putting fait'n Iri the specious promise of for
eign land spoeulators. These colonists con
sisted of a bodj * of flegroM who were prom
ised liberal grdnts "ot fertile land In con
sideration of Ihcatlhg In Liberia. There
were 315 ot them and after the lapse of more
than a year two'tamHle have reached Liver
pool on their way home. These returning
pilgrims state \hat- * the lands given thorn
were absolutely worthless and that during
their residence On'them all sorts ot sufferings
have been1 endd'red.--Half thu number are
already Wc'ad'-snd'the otherannro exerting
every meaner to got 'tuck'though with mea
ger hope of success. The truth is that the
plan of solving tire race problem by coloniz
ing the negroes of America In any country
of different climate than that ! ra which they
were reared Is not only Ineffective but cruel.
The .Hoon mill \ViuKliiN.
New York Hun.
Hon. Weather Wiggins of Montreal Is hav
ing his regular fall attack of storm. The
moon la giving him a good deal of trouble.
Today she Is to be In conjunction with
Jupiter and Mercury , besides crossing the
celestial equator. On Monduy she has an ap
pointment with Mars. Various other dates
and junctions and conjunctions indicate to
the sl < 5'-readlng eye of Mr. Wiggins that a
line old elemental hullabaloo la at hand.
"I.anS nlnlit the moon h.nil a ROlden rlns ,
Anil tonlKht no nicun we pee. "
It Is Impossible not to venerate the in
dustry of Hon. Weather Wiggins. 'He '
launches so many prophecies that some time
some of them may float. Still , whl'cve have
confidence In the Industry ot Mr. Wiggins ,
we also have confidence In the moon. The
moon always goes over her route , and be
sides she Is the goddess of the silver men.
Consequently she must bo trustworthy ,
calumnies to the contray notwithstanding.
Neither the moon nor Wiggins ought to' bo
distrusted by Ingenuous souls.
I'KAHV'S MI3T.KOIHTI2.
A Mouxler Chunk of Iron from ( lie SUy
by AViiy of Cireenliinil.
St. Inuis Globe-Uemociat.
Lieutenant Peary Is bringing back from
the northwestern coast of Oreonland a
meteorite that for size reduces all other ob
jects of the kind to Insignificance. The Cape
York meteorite , as It Is called , Is twelve
feet long and eight feet wide , and weighs
about 100 tons , or about thirty-three times
moro than the largest now in the United
States. Meteorites are of thrro classss ,
these composed wholly of Iron ; those in
which Iron and earthy matter are mixed
and thcflo entirely of Rtone , the last being
by far the most common. In tno Cipo York
metcorlto Iron Is : no chief Ingredient , with
Homo nickel anil traces of copper and tin.
Its texture resembles the tough nlckellfcrous
Iron used for armor In war ships , and la
believed to bo throughout a perfect speci
men of crystalline structure. There are le
gends of larger meteorites , but thuy have
never been found. The depression In Canyon
Diablo , Arl/ . , nearly a milu In diameter and
100 feet deep , Is attributed to an enormoim
meteor , but the largest fragment picked up
In the vicinity , ,14'fllghs but half < i ton.
When the great pfpenland specimen roaches
Its future resting piaco In the American
Museum of Natifral History , New York , It
will bo a steady'Jdttrrfctlon for visitors ,
It Is asserted tliat ilO.OOO.OOO meteors reach
the atmosphere tf itb < r earth every day , com
ing from Interstellar space , where the tem-
[ ic'uture Is 400 degrees below zero , On strik
ing the outer oWVt | 'Ihls planet the friction
causes a heat JfTSOW,000 degrees , and the
missile , flying 2.SQO Dulles a minute , Is In-
ftautly converted'futn gas. Hut occasionally
the muss of the meteor Is BO great that some
of It reaches thtftiHa , becoming visible at
a distauco of 100 miles. No substance un
known on the " "EMItt lias been found In
meteorites. Iron Is their predominant metal.
They have ebowp Imbedded diamonds , but no
gold. The fragments are occasionally scat
tered over an area'ofmtles ' , a fact proved by
their tilting Intni-oayh other. Greenland's
meteorites werefirst heard of through tbo
natives , who tipped their weapons with the
tough Iron tent do\Vn from the skies.
A swarm of meteorites is supposed to
travel around th , " Jjucv aa small bodies , and
their Journey la uninterrupted until they get
too near a larger body , which usually re
sults In their passing Into the gateous state.
> l2ay f stronomcrs hold that meluora are frag
ments of comets , and that a comet Itself Is
but a large meteor , with a tall ot reflected
night. One of the most remarkable meteors
of modern times burst over the City of
Madrid , February 10 , 1S9G. The glare was
tillnding , though the sun wan high , and the
noiEO was deafening , Several buildings fell ,
and the city was violently shaken. The
phenomenon was visible throughout moro
than half of Spain , and meteoric fragments
were picked up In several places. Eminent
geologists contend that the structure of the
earth la similar In materials to that of
meteorites , and that the central mass IB
Iron and other heavy metals , In a molten
condition at present.
I'OMTIOAI. S'SA.P SHOTS.
Minneapolis Journal ; The Nebraska re
publican * have very properly protested
against the use of the name "silver repub
lican" on the ticket of the free coinage
lfi-to-1 fellows , who acceded from the repub
lican party and have repudiated republican
principles. It Is a piece of unparalleled Im
pudence for them to usn the name repub
lican , They are not republicans , but popu-
llals.
St. Louis Olobc-DemocrAt ! Henry George-
was a traveling newspaper correspondent
last year , and wrote to his paper that llryan
would receive largo majorities In Towa , Illi
nois , Minnesota and New York. Those * states
went republican In the order named by 05-
S52 , 143.09S , 53,875 and 268,469. Mr. George
should take steps to prove that his theories
of government are bettor than his predlc
tlons.
Philadelphia Leader : Populism In Kansas
receives n sotb.ick when It comes In contai-
with the courts where populist judges do
not preside. Judge Williams' rebuke of tbo
Insurance ! superintendent's arbitrary pollcj
as "an assumption ot authority In a minis
torlal ofllccr that Is startling , " together with
his permanent Injunction restraining tha
official from Interfering with the business
of eastern companies , will have a salutary
effect on the vainglorious assumptions ot the
populist placo-holdcrs.
Philadelphia Hccord : Thu national labor
convention voted down a resolution advlelnu ,
striking workmen to arm themselves to reels
the compulsory maintenance of order , be
cause , It was argued , It would be poor polic )
to glvu the people warning beforehand
ami It voted for a free silver amendmcu
to Its platform , because the western dele
gates announced that unless the amendment
should be adopted no moro money would be
contributed from the weal to help easten
strikers. Policy , not principle , seems to bo
thu governing consideration In labor con
ventions ns well as In some other convcn
tlons wo re-id about.
TIIU lUKHJATlOV COXVI8XTIO.V.
New York Mall and Express : More Inter
est than ever will be taken this year In the
National Irrigation Congress , which began
Its proceedings yesterday at Lincoln , Neb
The east Is becoming more familiar with the
Importance to Its own markets and to the
future relict of Its surplus population of
the opening to settlement of the vast ex
panses ot territory , estimated to amount to
about 40 per cent ot the total area of the
United States , which need only a supply of
water to be made prolltably fertile. The ex
haustion of the supply of free public land
that Is already tillable will aid In calling
public attention , east as well as west , to
these vast and undeveloped regions.
Minneapolis Tribune : The recout Irriga
tion convention In Lincoln , Neb. , may not
have accomplished any direct practical re
sults , but It has served to call attention again
to the actual needa of portions of several
of the great agricultural states of the west.
For It cannot bo denied that there are regions
In the western Dakotas , In Kansas , Nebraska
and Wyoming where sufliclent moleture can
not bo rolled upon from year to year to In
sure the proper maturing of the crops. So
far as the DaUotas are concerned they have
the remedy right at baud In the unques
tioned artesian supply which extends under
the greater part of both states , and which
In many localities has already been utilized
to good advantage. The chief thing to con
sider , however , L ? ai feasible method of gen
eral application to the surface which shall
not prove too expensive to the farmer of
small meins.
Chicago Times-Herald : Congress has
voted millions aud millions'of acres of land
for the purpose of building the great con
tinental lines of railway , and the people
have sanctioned that bounty. Such works
are of national value and confer a benefit
on all the people. The same may bo said
of the reclamation ot tbcise arid lands. It
concerns all the people , because the produce
of those lauds reaches Uio markets of the
whole country. The fruits and vegetables
grown on the Irrigated lands of California ,
New Mexico and Arizona have already
greatly Increased and cheapened the health
ful food supply , and brought It within the
reach of the humblest puise. The thing to
ho < lone Is for congress to bestow on tbo
several sta.es concerned the public lands
that lie within their borders , on tbo condi
tion of reclamation. These lands would
afford an ample revenue for the maintenance
of Irrigating works of the best and most
enduring kind , and the states could adopt a
generous policy In granting the lands that
would encourage actual settlement and thus
increase their population. This is the true
policy for the leaders In this great move
ment to adopt , and wo are sorry the Lincoln
convention did not tome out squarely In
support of it.
IMSIlSOXAlj AXIJ OTIIISItWISIi : .
In the present emergency It Is highly
probable that It Mrs. Luctgert would re
turn all would bo forgiven.
The proposition to annex Greenland to the
UnltPd States Is rer-flved with cheerful
coolness ir. Ii-c pcudllng circles.
The stories about the poverty of Mark
Twain are definitely contradicted. He Is at
Vienna with an Interesting case ot gout.
Denmark would probably bo willing to sell
Green land cheap , now that Peary nas car
ried off about the only valuable thing there
was ! in the country.
The prolonged silence regarding affairs
around IChyber pass suggests that possibly
the usual efficacious ointment got In Its
work on Mad Mullah's Itching palm.
Kllon Terry , saya that to retain youth and
baauty one must work till tired , sleep till
rested , have plenty of fresh air , live In cooj
rooms , take a dally sponge bath and eat the
simplest food.
Toronto hotels have been bothered by a
man who persists Jn putting six names on
the register and ordering six rooms , al
though uu one accompanies him and ho
represents nobody but himself.
Hobert Plerle , the lord mayor of nelfafct ,
Ireland , aud president of the Harlan &
Wolff Shipbuilding company , who Is now vis
iting In this country , Is about 50 years
old , and has traveled nearly all over the
world.
Down In Buffalo , defiplte the Illumine
power of electricity , the principal commenda
tion of a candidate for mayor Is that "ho
has never voted anything but the regular
ilumocratie ticket. " A chronic case of "yol-
low" fever.
Hon. Jerry Simpson of Kansas and Eddy
Durko of Omaha substantially agree that the
country Is going to the ilomultlon bow-wows.
Aa both draw their salaries with cheerful
regularity the situation isn't bad enough to
get rod-headed over.
Mr. Ashbol P. Fitch , comptroller of the
city of New York , Is < nn artist In throw
ing political somersaults and landing on
his feet and In olllce. In ten years lie has
changed parties three times , aud scarcely
lost an hour out of olllce.
Lake City , Fla. . has set out to make the
dancer pay the llddler In a novel way. The
town has appointed a single night watch
man aud decreed that ho shall bo paid at
thu rate of $2.50 'or each arrest made , the
prlboner to furnish the money.
Milton G. Walker , a well known negro of
Doston , lias been awarded honorary mem
bership In the council of the' Doston Con
servatory of Music. Ho was born a Hlavo
In Augusta , Ga. , In 1847. Ho has always
taken an Interest 'In music and Is very
proficient on the piano.
Prof. S , N. Hopkins , > who has just been
appointed territorial superintendent of
public Instruction and ex-ofllclo auditor of
Oklahoma , Is about 40 years of age , and
wout to Oklahoma from Iowa , where he
was a teacher for a number of years and
county superintendent for three terms. He
has been superintendent of the KIlcno \
schools eight years , secretary of the Ter
ritorial Hoard of Health three years , Is
president of the Territorial Teachers' as
sociation , and , was almost unanimously In
dorsed by the educational people of the
territory.
Irish-American societies of Washington
have protested against the omission of the
name of Tom Moore from the list of bards
whoso memory U ' to bo perpetuated In tab-
leta en the walls'of the new library of conV
Kress. The reason assigned for the omission
1s that Moore , while taking first rank as a
molodlflt , did not possess the pootlc flrik-to
such a lofty degree as did Dyron , or Shelley ,
or Browning , who represent Kngland's poetic
fame la tne library memorial tablets. Sim
ilar action waa taken In Omaha when the
library building was under way , although
Mooro's name appeared on one of tbo win
dow tablets in the original drawings of ( be
building.
TAKES A SIIOTnHN TO HIS IVOIUC.
Mlnlnter Who TroiiiMCM to Protect
lllnmeir.
ST. LOUIS , Oct. 4. Ucv. II. J. KcllOKK ,
pastor of little Congregational church In
Denvcrsldo , not far from Bast St , Ixmls , on
tbo Illinois side of the river. Is building n
parsonage under the protection of a double-
barreled shotgun. Nov. Kellogg WAS
formerly pastor of the Summit avenue
Methodist Kplscopal church of Hast St.
Louis. He put $ COO of hla money Into the
Denvcrsldo building and was ordered to
turn It over ml go elsewhere. The Con-
gregatlonallsts bought the church and ho
was made Its permanent pastor. Ho wanted
a parsonage. The congregation was too poor
to build him one. Ho said ho would build
It himself , with what help 'ho could get
from the congregation nnd others. lx\st
Monday a week ngo U. C. Palmer , n olllcer
ot the carpenters' union , demanded that
nonunion men be discharged nnd union men
taken In their places.
"I have no objection to employing union
men. " said Uev. Mr. Kellogg , "but I will
not discharge my neighbors to make places
for others , "
While at work olono on the parsonage
Mr. KellogR has been assaulted by n gang
of seven ; cn , who compelled him to dis
continue work for the time being. He secured -
cured a shotgun , and hereafter he will take
it to the building and keep It handy for
Instant use should another attack ba made
on 'him. Thcso facts became public today
when Hev. Mr , Kellogg went to East St.
Louis and applied for warrants.
I'MSY ' TO lIUIliU IXTO KI.OMHICH.
lloiiie from Cniiiiilliin rncllle < > Colil
KlelilMol HIllliMilt.
SAN rilANCISCO , Oct. 4. The construc
tion of a railroad from Vancouver , or from
some point east ot that place on the Cana
dian Pacific line to Uawson City and the
Klondike country In general , will not bo a
very dlnicult or expensive undertaking In the
opinion of Collnwood Schrleber of Ottawa ,
who Is now In the city. He has arrived with
a party of Ottawa people , including New-
comb , deputy minister ot Justice. In dis
cussing the building of a road to Dnwaon ,
Mr. Schrleber said two surveys arn now be
ing made from different points on the Ca
nadian Pacific. The latter company Is mak
ing ono of the surveys and the government
Is making the other.
The chief object of the deputy minister's
western visit Is to Inspect the progress ot
work on the Crows Nest Pass railroad , which
virtually means another Canadian transcon
tinental railroad. The government has
granted It a subsidy ot $10,000 a mile. It
Is being built by way of Nelson on Lake
Kootenal , and will run through the Uossland
mining district. It Is undecided yet
whether or not the new overland Hue will
he extended west to tidewater or join tbo
Canadian Pacific at Hope , which is eighty-
eight miles east ot Vancouver. The total
length ot the line will be snout COO miles.
IIMOX 5IH.V I113PUHIAT13 AXAHCHV.
Decline l < > I'lirdelpiite 111 Celebration
for Kveeiited AitnrelilnlM.
CHICAGO , Oct. 4. Anarchists who are ar
ranging for a demonstration In memory of
the in on executed for the Haymarket massacre
have dropped a bomb , so to speak , Into the
council of the Chicago Federation ot Labor ,
by asking for the official Indorsement and co
operation of union labor. The invitation
stirred up a half hour's violent debate. The
executed men were declared to have been
both the brothers and enemies of man as
fast as succeeding speakers could get the floor
and express themselves. At length the high
C"unolf of union labor went upon lecord by
rr-.iudl.Ulng any Implied fraternity between
unionism and anarchy , and flatly refused to
take any part In the coming exercise- * . The
Invitation to take part In the memorial serv
ices was rejected by a vote of about four to
one. After the vote a majority of the an
archistic element left the hall In a body.
The anarchists will hold the memo-lal meet
ing as usual , but It Is expected the gathering
will be a tame nffalr.
HOW THU XATIV1CS FKKI * .
Kent lliMViillnii Opinion on ( lie 1'ro-
l > OMe < ] AniieviiHon.
Springtide ! ( Maes. ) Itcpubllcan.
Heforc wo arc done with It , the parlous
attempt to moke the Hawaiian Islands Amer
ican territory should bo considered from the
standpoint of the Ilawailans themselves.
How do these 40,000 natives view it ? They
form nearly one-half of the population and
are about fifteen times In excess of the
Americans who now form a small but select
capitalistic class of mldoccan oligarchs.
Early this month , jusi before the Hawaiian
senate ratified the annexation treaty , a mass
meeting of natives was held on Palace
square In Honolulu to protest against what
Ihey understand to be tbo open-handed rob
bery of their country. They were genuine
natives. If we may Judge by the names
of the olllcors and speakers of the occasion.
The chairman was J. K. Kaunamano , and
among those on the stand were J. K. Kaulla ,
president of the Aloha Alna society ; Kalauo-
kalanl , president of the Kalal Alna society ;
Llllkalanl , and others. The leading spcak-
ere were Messrs. Kaulla and KalauokalanI ,
and wo wish to call attention to tbo special
) olnts they made agulnst the annexation
scheme. It was the central thought of both
that annexation meant thu rapid extinction
> f the Hawaiian race. Mr. Kaulla said :
"Wo have been told over and over again
by some people what a g.od thing annexa
tion will bo for these Islands- the laud of
our birth ; but I tell you , If wo ever get
annexation to the United States , wo may
consider ourselves In the position ot being
burled alive , rorelgiiers will pour In hero ,
and then , my friends , to what place will
we be scattered ? ( Answer from the people :
"To the mountains. " )
If we are annexed today , the morrow
will bring us no good. Not so with the
rich people , the men In power today. They
will reap the harvest. Our profit will be-
where ? Our giln will be from what source ?
Let us stand apart aud against this measure
hat Is so obnoxious to us , for If the people
with the white skins como they will take
everything. You know that. It Is the his
tory of all times. "
Mr. Kaulla went on to express bis con-
Ideilce in the people of the United States
who , bo believed , would not depart fiom
ho path of justice and deprive the Ha-
wallans of their country It they realized
mw strongly the natives are opposed to
hu treaty. Hut the poor man may not
( now the people of the United States. The
speech of Mr. Kalauokalanl , which fol-
owi-d , revealed In a slgnllloant way the
great dread that haunts the minds of the
lawallan people. Ho said :
"This Is our land , Wo arc the people and
this Is where wo belong. Are you in favor
of giving your country to another , U > al
ow yourselves to bo swallowed up by
anothtr and lose your Identity , without a
iroiestlng voice ? In other words , do you
vant annexation ? ( CrUs of "no , no ! " ) Shall
wo remain Independent ? ( Cries of "Yes ,
yes. " ) To tell you truly , It shall profit us
milling to be annexed. Wo are under a
epubllc now and wo are getting no good ,
f we go under another republic we may get
vorso. ( Whispers of "Tho fate of the In-
Hans. " ) When we are thrown Into the
Jnlted States , then the deluge. "
"Tho fate of the Indians ! " The native
lawallans , It appears , are "up" on the his-
ory of the red man In America and to them
annexation portends tbo name deathly of
irutallty , wrong and final extermlnatlciu
vhlch has been and utlll IB tbo lot of the
ndlans to suffer. Arc they not well Justified
n this fear ? No ono can deny that the
natives are regarded by the Americans u *
in Inferior race doomed to dwindle and die
away In contact with the "stronger race. "
s'o ono can deny that in all the discussion
of this annexation question the future of the
10,000 natives hardly receives a moment's
serious consideration from the advocates of
ho treaty. The IBwallans are doomed , wo
calmly say , and wd know well , as these naIve - <
Ivo orators have pointed out , that they have
10 future under the American flag. Korty
liousaml human beings are to bo exter
minated , slowly but surely , and for what
The candid editor of the Hawaiian Oa/.ctlo
reveals to us the whole secret In a remark
able editorial upon tbo ratification by tbo
Hawaiian senate of the annexation treaty ,
In which bo describes tbo feelings of the
different races regarding tbo senate's act.
To the native , ho writes , "the philosophy1 of
blttory , tbo sequence of events , U quite be
yond hi * thought. " "The very few remiln-
ing mlnMonarlrfl nee In U the wheel * of the
jttKKcrjiaitt of modern progress , pasMng over
the llttlo autonomy which they labored to
crento nnd preserve , and present to the
world , with romantic faith , ns a Polynesian
New England In the tropics , " Hut "tho
recent Anglo-Saxon , " for whom the whole
business Is contrived and done this ono ,
what thinks he ? And the Hawaiian editor
answers :
"With llltlo Interest In Its history , no
love for Its traditions , ho sees In It above nil
things a firmer footing for tbo god 01) ) the
world gold which cve-n the atheists do not
deny. lie tees Iti the net of ratification a
writing over every mountain aud valley slite ,
'Good business chances here. " "
That Is the secret of It , "Good business
chances here" for a few. The great workIng -
Ing class of America will fmd ! no El Dorado
In Hawaii , for thp Chlneso and Japanese h.ivo
conquered the Hawaiian labor market Hut
the capitalist , the sugar planter , the cofTco
king , with millions to Invest , will find "good
business chances" there.
13.\IM3Itnil3XTI\ i WITH TH13 11I3.VP.
Covoriiiir llolcomli nnil the Imrr
Kiiinll | > - to Illninc.
TJin North Dakota Hauner , published by
the students of the School for the Deaf at
Devil's I/ako , N. 1) . , comments ns follows on
the removal of Prof. Glllcsple from the
superlutcndency of the Nebraska Deaf nnd
Dumb Institute.
The Omaha Heo , one of the leading dal
lies ot Nebraska , b.is the following to say
nnont the forced retirement of Prof. 011-
lesplo , who has foi nineteen years been the
superintendent of the Nebraska school :
"Placing the hclpleso InmaUw of the
State Institution for the Deaf and Dumb
under the charge of a man who knows noth
ing about them , nnd had no experience
whatever with thp care or Instruction of
deaf nnd dumb people , la almost the saimi
as robbing these p.or people of the educa
tion to glvo them which the taxpayers have
paid Yet this In whit Governor Holcomb
1ms done In otxlcr to provide a lucrative Job
for A political favorite. "
While wo believe that Governor Holcowb
Is to blame for this change , In that ho
allowed pjllUcs and not Justice to govern
him In this matter. wi < bclluvc the laws
of Nebraska are also to blame In placing
such a power In the hands of one man. Our
own slate lisa arranged this matter In the
following way :
The board , of trustees appoints the super
intendent , but restricted by the following
law : "Tho principal shall bo a capable per
son , skilled In the sign language and all
the methods In use in educating tlie deaf ,
and shall have knowledge of the wants and
requirements of the deaf In their proper
training and Instruction. "
TAI'PIM. ! TIII3 KUXXV 11(1X13. (
Indianapolis Journal : "Any spicy features
In the new play ? "
"Woll , " the lady answered , "John had bis
mouth full of cloves. "
Puck : "What is an octopus , anyhow ? "
"An octopus Is a monster which Is found
chiefly iu political speeches. "
Chicago Record : "You don't Rcom to mind
the courting going on In your olllce. "
"No ; the typewriter girls that spell the
worst get married lirst. "
Detroit Krco Press : She Don't you adore
the first touches of autumn ?
He Yes , If they ore not financial.
Typographical Journal : Kdwlua Don't
you think short skirts make a woman look
shorter ? "
K'tliol Yes ; but they make the men look
longer.
Truth : Hlzzley You must dislike New-
comb very much.
Grizzly I hate him as llcrccly as a barber
hates a bald-headed man with n full beard.
Chicago Tribune : "Hegorra , " exclaimed
Mr. O'Hoollhnn , "I iln't blame the pcoplu
av Hosansville f'r rebellln' flgln a naygur
po4tmaslhr ! They'd aythcr have to do that
or change the name iav their dom'd town. "
Plttsburg Chronicle : "Tho deceased had
partaken freely of Welsh rabbits only a few
hours before he died. " testified ono ot the
wltnc.ises at the Inquest.
"They must have been graveyard rabbits , "
commented tbo coroner.
Detroit Journal His hand was upon his
sword.
"I pray you , Reginald , " she exclaimed ,
do not kill my father. "
'ihe youth knit his knightly brows.
"It : iou do , " she protested , shuddering ,
"It will almost certainly become known to
the noifihb.rs here that I am a bride. "
To protect her terrible secret bo wouli
forbear.
WADIILY. ' i
Itiltlmme World.
When Soaklev hies him to tbo club ,
Despite his wife's persuadln' ,
Ho comea home In the wee sma' hours ,
Full Jagged and deeply laden.
Ho cannot work the front door key.
And crawls upon his knees ,
And when ho tries to walk upstalra
His
Kootsteps
Are like ' ' I
These.
AMKKIUAX UXITY.
.TnMi Kenililck Hanoi In Hnrper'n Weekly.
Monotonous our land ? Perhaps. It seemed
To mo much more so than I'd over dreamed.
Prom east to west , from west to cast , the
aaniu.
Yet why selzo on our sweetest , grandest
claim
As though It were reproachful to our name ?
Why not look on the other side , and say
Hero Is a clan ? Nat founded for a day ,
Jlut , "ppltD the hopes of enemies , or foara
Of friends , or prophecies of errant seers ,
A compaH made for the eternal years !
Monotonous ? 'Tla true. The glory of ouf
land ,
The people are the same on every hand ,
Kor nearly half the earth , from east to
west ,
Wo are the same , praise God ! Ilo It con
fessed.
There's ono wbo deems "monotony" the
btst.
Tls union ! Brotherhood ! A splendid clanl
Where all men meet , and gather man to
man ,
Ah ! when It comes to nations , glvo mo
This gift of God this wondrous unity ,
Involved In your reproach , 'Monotony !
NOW ON EXHIBITION AT
TI1H PUBLIC UIJIUHY
lth ! ) nnd Ilarnoy strcott ) , from 10 a , in ,
until l ( ) p. m. The
.JOHNSON COLLECTION
of HKiH CLASS EUROPEAN
PAINTlWiS
from the carols of thu inojt
cd musters of thu present diiy-coinprUliii {
KlKUrou , IjnmUcupos , Marino Yluwx , Klowen * ,
I'rultu , otc.
ADMITTANCE 2So
Under tlio atispicoa of the Western Art
Association.
A few of the artluts rnproaotitod
A. Tainlmrlnl , t'lorencej U. Itlnuldl , rioi nc i
Prof. U Hteffanl , Ploraicn ; A , Koppl , Clortncvt
O. Ualll. Florence ; U. Turrlnl , Klorcnoej 1 % Mu * .
eanl , Kloitnce ; I'rof. U , I'lltz , Munich ; 1'rul ,
V. Urtllcb , Munich ; I'rof , Carl illtz , Munich ; O.
11. Kotchl-nrtltrr , Munich ; ] ; , Mliel , Munich ;
irn ; t Muller , Munich ; Mariano llarlmian , llomt *
J. J. ( iurate. Kuinu ; A. Kent , Itomu ; V. Kuril ,
Jtoim > ; 1 * iJinckow , Home ; J'rof. Boatful , Homo ;
Alfred Htcvcnn , I'arlt ; Vun HcliuU-n. I'alli ; Uellm
Helltcour. 1'arln ; Victor ( lllbert , 1'arla ; U , Ji-un.
nln , Turin ; I'aul Helgnuc , 1'arU ; Ucu , lldiiuetto ,
rails ; K. Hlcliler , 1'arU ; A. 1'lot. I'arU ; l.ulxt
Loir. I'arli ; Charles IVmdelle , Paris ; l.\i\u\ \ \
Itm , 1'urli ; I > I'trrjut. : I'erli ; J , Oeljbtit , I'arij ;
Otto lie Tlioien , 1'arU ; I. . Japy , 1'arU ; A. Hut-
Lor. , 1'arU ; A. Gilbert , I'arlt ; Jean Uernuud ,
J'arli , I' , urolleron , 1'urli ; Lfroy , I'arli , anil
many othern I do numeroui to mention lu un ad *
vcrtUtmtot.