Nebraska Newspapers

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Anollicr ii.'issiMifjL'r station iinilr11 tlio
Tenth street vlntltict does not im-an n
union depot.
Krrnpr--tn friends of th. > Tnltinl States
oiifiht to rpnipnilifM1 tliiit tlu > olllclnl Ainor-
icnn wir : paint Is not yellow In color.
If Klondike excursionists are already
returning disgusted with Alaska , what
will they be doing later In the season ?
The blowing up of the Maine has boon
made the occasion for putting Into the
press dispatches inoro "niagaxlne" liter
ature limn ever before.
The yellow Hag sheet treats its two
penny readers with a snap shot of n
C'nbrm mob , but they will look in vain
for a. snap shot af the Hartley bond juty.
It may be noted In passing that the
Hurt ley newspaper fence Is more elam-
llke about the infamous Hartley bond
verdict than It was about the conviction
of the embezzler himself.
The Transmlsslsslppl Educational con
vention Is meeting hearty encourage
ment from educators throughout the
country. It must not be wanting In
full measure of local support.
Organized and unorganized Jabor will
remember that it is a republican county
board that has put an elght-hon'r
jHChedtile In force for laborer.- ! employed
by the county.
It may be denounced as unpatriotic to
Intimate that war would seriously crip
ple the exposition , but It is nevertheless
i fuel that every rational man must concede -
cede to be true.
The absence of a river and harbor ap
propriation by congress this year will
not prevent tlK > Missouri river from
changing its channel just as often as It
would If assisted by the government.
Can It bo possible that the gang which
runs the police really intends to close
up the town and chase away the tiger , oi
ls the raid on the Diamond simply n
grand stand play to copper the pub
lic ?
Speaker Heed , Is Haiti to make no con
cealment of hs ! opposition to Hawaiian
tinnexntion. The great majority of the
American people will make 140 conceal
ment , of their approval of the speaker's
course.
.Tim Dahlman's resignation from n
T2.000 do-nothing Job on the state rail
way commission Is' again rumored.
DiiIilman'H resignation Is one of those
things that will be accepted as a reality
when it Is accepted' by the state author
ities.
Tliu high bid ore the new city funding
bonds Is a.bid to loan money to the city
of Omaha at , ' 5.7 per cent Interest. Thfs
does not look as If the city's credit were
Buffering under the present city ad
ministration as compared with its pred
ecessors.
The Tnlted Slates must bo represented
nt the Paris exposition. Kven If courtesy
to the French government , which ac
cepted ilio Invitation to participate In
Hie World's Columbian fair , did not de
mand It , selMnterest and national pride
should Htlmnlate the government to
make an American exhibit.
The attempt made In Cleveland to reg.
iiliito tlw membership of tlio Tlppeeanoo
Hub through the courts proved a fail
ure. The club Is now at liberty to expel
tlio members who entered Into negotia
tions with the popocrats to defeat the
republican nominee for senator and If
this Is done the club will stand higher
os a political organization.
It must be confessed that ( hero are
tome advantages In the. new method of
nominating a candidate for mayor tried
Jn an Iowa city , by which the question
of a nomination was referred to the as-
sembjed spirits in the spirit world and
tlie nominee named without the bother
of , n caucus or convention , liu-t thu plan
Will never l > m > ino popular.
Tlio action taken at n mass meeting of
negroes in Chicago in regard to the Luke
City lynching exposes a weakness in the
relation between the 1'nlted States and
tlio several states. The federal courts
cannot : punish the offenders and yet It
is n case where tlio local authorities will
hardly do anything to inetci out Justice to
the fiends guilty of the murder of the
postmaster and his child.
QUESTION OF
It mny bo wcclcs before the court o
Inquiry hns completed I Li ImrestlKntlo
and reported In regard to the Maine dls
aster and meanwhile there will contlnu
to bo more or loss discussion of. the ques
lion of rcspoDHlblllty , contributions t
which are already voluminous. Owing t
the fact that there Is no precedent fo
mich a case as that of the Maine ther
Is necessarily diversity of opinion amen
these who discuss the question of re
sponslblllty. but such as speak with an
thorlty as the exponents of Internationa
law are not very far apart.
There appears to be two vital consider
atlons In connection with this matter
One relates to the privilege of extra
torrltoriallty and the other to the ques
lion of "due diligence. " The Army am
Navy .Tournal contends that under th <
privilege of cxlra-terrltoriallty recog
nlzed by International law a vessel ol
war Is entitled to the same Immunlt. ;
and Inviolability which surrounds tin
person of an ambassador and therefore
It Is the duly of the authorities responsl
ble for the government of the harbor
visited by a foreign public vessel to use
due diligence that such vessel Is not In
jured by any violence of the Inhabitant ?
or by any hidden means of Injury known
to such government , such as submarine
mines , torpedoes or other concealed
means of defense. From this that jour
nal concludes that should It be estab
lished that the Maine was blown up
either through design or want of due
diligence on the part of the authorities
at Havana Spain's responsibility is com
plete and justifies the United States in
resorting to drastic measures of redress.
This view has been expressed also by
Professor Von Hoist of the University of
Chicago and in effect by Professor \Vool-
sey of Yale , both of whom Insist that a
visiting war ship must bo protected , at
Its anchorage and that there must be
due diligence on the part of the authori
ties In control of a harbor visited by a
war ship. Professor Von Hoist says that
"any power that allows a ship of a
friendly nation to enter her harbor
thereby impllcity declares that It Is safe
to do so , fortified or not. " Another au
thority s\ys : \ that the ports of a friendly
nation are regarded as open Id the pub
lic ships of all powers with whom it Is
nt police , that they enter such ports un-
ler the protection of the government and
while they are permitted to remain there
they continue under its protection. That
government is bound to exercise duo
diligence to protect them not only
ngainst its own subjects , but oven
igainst the ships of a third state. Pro
fessor AVoolsoy says : "If it were proved
that the explosion was caused by a
Cuban , or an Irresponsible Spaniard not
acting under the authority of the gov
ernment , Spain would not be responsi
ble If she had exorcised reasonable dili
gence to prevent such an act.
It will be noted bow important those
authorities regard the question of "due
diligence" and obviously this Is a matter -
tor which no court of inquiry can deter
mine. Whatever may be the result of
the Investigation In progress , an asser
tion by the. . Spanish authorities bv Cuba
that they had exercised due diligence
for the protection of the Maine could not
be disproved. Manifestly here is a dlf-
tlculty In the way of deciding the ques
tion of responsibility , In the event of its
belli' : shown that the disaster to the
Maine was not due to accident , that will
not be easy to overcome.
A CM ! XT.ll'I'KI ) BOMKirilKliB
William Jennings Hryan paused through
the city last evening on route from hie homo
at Lincoln , Xel > . , to West Point , Miss. He
arrived by the Missouri Pacific train nt C:15 :
p. m. and left by an outgoing Mobile &
Ohio train at 7:25 : o'clock. Ho was met on
his arrival by Mr. C. D. McLuro and Chair
man Sam B. Cook of the state committee ,
who entertained Mr. Hryan during his stay.
The party took supper In a private , dining
room nt the union station cafe. He- shook
hands with a few of the Terminal Railroad
association employes , but aside from these
persona , very few of the people- about the
station were aware of his presence. St.
Louis Globe-Democrat.
Were it not for the reliability of the
source It would bo dilllciilt to credit this
report. Think of Hryan being met at
the depot by only two men ! Think of
the great llryan disdaining the common
people by taking his supper in a private
dining room ! Think of William Jen
nings Hryan remaining In St. I/onls over
an hour without anyone outside of Uie
station employes finding it out !
Where were those deafening cheers
that greet him every time Hryan shows
his face ?
Where were the little girls who present
him with ilowers and sing "Hryan ,
Hryan , echo his name ? "
Where was the tottering gray-headed
man ' . ) " years old who had walked
thirty-three miles in a rubbor-tlred
buekboard to grasp his hand before ho
died ?
Where was the enthusiastic mother
who had dragged her Infant prodigy to
the train platform that he might say in
after years that he once laid eyes upon
the only Ilrynn ?
Whore was the prominent but name
less citizen who , afltir witnessing the
struggles of the surging , scrambling
mass of Immunity , exclaimed : "Hryan
may never bo president , but ho will
always bo nearer tlio hearts of the pooplc
than any man who ever occupied , the
presidential chair ? "
Where can all these familiar per
sonages have vanished ? Can it bi > that
they were all there but simply failed to
bi ) mentioned because of the unavoidable
absence of Hryan's exporleiiLvd olllclal
reporter ?
MU'ir.tr HATH \\'Mt \ \ ,
Tlio reduction by western railroads of
passenger rates to points on the Pacific
coast where these lines are subjected
to Canadian competition , as authorized
by the order of the Interstate
Commerce commission , went into
effect yesterday , so that tlio rate war
b.'tween American and Canadian
lines la now fully on. Whether
or not It will be a prolonged conflict ,
With a further cutting of rates , remains
to bo seen , everything depending upon
the course of the Canadian Pacific. It
has been intimated that that corporation
might IM disposed to restore rates or to
come to some terms with the American
lines , but there has been no Indication
that the latter are disposed to accept any
concessions , apparently preferring tc
fight the matter out with the Canadian
road , which Inaugurated tlio rate cut
ting doubtless believing that the Anwr
lacif roads would be compelled to strlctlj
observe the long and short haul prorls
Ion of the law and no relief would be
given them. Now that the American
roads have Iwon placed In a position tc
meet the Canadian rates It la not Im
probable that overtures will be made tc
them to restore 'former conditions.
Meanwhile the sentiment In favor of
actloii by the government withdraw
ing the valuable concessions to the Ca
nadian Pacific Is asserting Itself. The
Chamber of Commerce of Portland , Oregon
gen , has passed resolutions urging congress -
gross to withdraw the bonding privilege ,
declaring that the Canadian Pacific Is
making use of advantages enjoyed by It
to aid Canada ns against the United
Htates nnd that great damage is now be
ing done to the commercial -interests
of the country , especially to thoss of
the Pacific coast states. Other com
mercial bodies on the coast have been
appealed to to take similar action and
It Is more than probable they will do so.
Thus tlie course of the Canadian corpor
ation promises to stir up an agitation
against It which may have most linjwrt-
ant and far-reaching results.
STKADY IMl'ltnVKMENT CUXTISUKA
One needs but road the current news
of the day to learn of the more prosper
ous times that have mine to the people
of Nebraska us well to the American
people generally despite calamity predlc-
lions of popocratlc orators. The opinion
expressed by the local manager or a com-
nerclal agency that the year IStlS would
be a banner year for Omaha and Ne
braska is the opinion of everyone who
ins intelligently observed what Is going
on all about him. There is confidence In
ommercial circles , improving business
mil unrivaled crop prospects. Not only
s prosperity here , but the promise for
iho future Is of still better things to
come.
The recently co.mpllod mortgage record
for Nebraska the last two years tells a
tale of prosperity that cannot be waved
iside. The figures as they come from
he bureau of Industrial statistics show
that while the amount of city mortgages
eleased in 1S ! ) ( ! exceeded the amount of
lie mortgages filed for the same year
bo farm mortgages filed e\cet'ded in
unoiint the releases of the same class of
nstruments. Last year the turn also
commenced with farm mortgages as well
is with city mortgages. The number of
farm mortgages released for 1S97 ex
ceeded the number filed during the year
> y ; ! , ! ) ( ! ! and the sum total of releases
exceeded the total of the filings by
SLVOSi.n'JO. Of city mortgages the mnn-
jor of releases outnumbered the filings
> y 2r , > : tl and tlie total excess was $ : ! ,070-
) SO. In both cases tlie releases during
tlie last half'of the year 3S97 greatly
exceeded the , number in tlie first half of
he year. Assuming the figures to bo
correct , less than two years ago the own
ers of city property were apparently bor
rowing nearly as much as they were
paying In old debts and the farm owners
were still going deeper in debt. This
s all changed ) now , and every half year
shows Improvement over the previous
leriod.
These arc only a few of the straws
pointing a steady Improvement in the
justness situation In Nebraska. News
comes from the state that farmers are
preparing for another big crop , that the
ilanting will bo extensive this year , that
he farms are better supplied with stock
low than ever before , that irrigation
irojects arc being pushed with confi
dence and that larger and liner herds of
sheep and cattle are to be seen on tlie
anges than ever before. From the
cities and towns of the state comes news
of new Industries and Improvements nnd
everything indicates greater commercial
and industrial activity and a more hope
ful outlook for the future. Tlie turn in
affairs has been for the better and is
icitlier delusive nor temporary.
THE CASK OF Mil. CiJltJiKTT.
By the very decisive vote of fifty to
dneteen the United States senate
uloptod tlio resolution of its committee
on privileges and elections declaring
hat the Hon. Henry W. Corbett was
tot entitled to a scat in tlio senate
as a senator from the state of Oregon.
In other words , it was decided that the
nppolntincnt of Mr. Corbett by the gov
ernor , after the legislature had failed to
elect a United States senator , was II-
ogal. The case was peculiar and there-
'ore the action of the senate is espec-
ally Important as establishing a prec-
MlenL It will bo remembered that
ho members-elect of the Oregon legis-
aturo met at the appointed time , but
10 organization was effected and with
out transacting any business whatever
lie members remained at tlio seat of
government during tlie allotted term
mil then dispersed. The governor there-
ipon appointed Mr. Corbet t to tlie va-
aney In tlio national senate from Or-
gon. The case was very thoroughly
onsldered Kv the committee on prlvll-
ges and elections and received extended
llscnssion In the senate , in which
Nirtlsan feeling , it may lie well to ro-
nark , bad no part. The largo ma *
orlty against seating Mr. Corbott sliowrt
tow strong is thu sentiment that under
vhatover circumstances a legislature
lay fall to elect a United States senator
ppolii'tmmt ' by the governor Is not le
al. This instance , by which a minority
f the members-elect of the Oregon legls-
atnro were enabled to deprive the state
f a part of Its representation In tlio
atlonal senate , furnishes another ur-
ent reason in favor of electing senators
> y direct vote of the people.
The suit on the Hartley bond case does
ot Involve the question whether the
ystem of bonding public ofliccrs Is need
oed one or a bad one. It arises from
lie fact that that system Is in force and
liat tlie sureties voluntarily agreed to
lake good any shortage In the accounts
f the otlicer whoso Ixmd they signed ,
f there were any premium under the
aw coming to tlio bondsmen , condl-
ioned on the faithfulness and honesty of
lie treasurer , they would not have
lesltated to exact it If ho had retired
lonorably from otllce , Why then should
lie bondsmen expect to ho released from
heir obligations simply because they arc
burdciiftomo and jjlll entail hardship !
They cannot bo released except at the
expense of the taapflyers. The trcasurj
shortage must , fglj on some one , and
therefore shoulifbejnade to fall where
It properly belongs.
The opposition Congress to a national
quarantine law Is not easily explainable
on its face. IT " "was demonstrated
last year that tire'only way to meet a
threatening plagtto'ls with the most rigid
inspection nud quarantine , and this can
not bo secured 'Yhrfough state laws ot
local regulations , Ptirlug tlie epidemic
of yellow feverBJnthe south last year
cities and towus were quarantining
against each other , and there was con
flict between the various states , and but
for the fact that the epidemic started late
In the season the disease would have
spivad all over , the south.
Put down another credit mark to the
republican house of representatives. It
has voted down a proposition to make u
present to the house employes of an extra
month's salary. It Is to bo hoped this
decision against unearned pay will stand
and bo followed up by resolute refusal
to permit It to bo .smuggled through In
any form either now or in tlio closing
hours of thei short session.
The business men may figure that
each merchant is bound to be caught
with so many advertising fakes each
year , but that is no reason why he
should not take ordinary precautions
not to bo caught himself. Advertising
in reputable and responsible newspaper-
is the only full value advertising that
can be had.
If the Heal Estate exchange can jxor-
suadu tlie council to put the street
cleaning force In motion and have our
thoroughfares swept regularly from no\\
until tlie close of the exposition , it wil
earn for itself the lasting gratitude of
the community.
lili ill curl In tlio Klnlit IMncc.
1'lilIaili'lpMa 1'rcss.
President Paul Krui er's whiskers may 'bo '
cut bias , but his heart in alt right , as Indi
cated by Ills telegram on the Maine disaster
No I'liur.for Dot-cut Fih.
Chicago Trlliune.
Among the reasons given by some of the
experts for the opinion that the Mulnu waa
net blown up by a torpedo Is that no dead
fish were seen floating near 'the scene after
the oxplot'lon. If the waters of Havana har
bor are as 111 thy as they arc represented 'to
bo no self-respecting fish could live in them
but a little matter of that kind Is not llkelj
to troflblo an expert who lias a theory.
.South DliKodiy anil the Kxji
.MlnncaiWilU Tribune.
TliB citizens of South Dakota arc waking
up 'to the necessity of 'having the state rep
resented In the Transmhslsslppl exposition
in Omaha , and It lsr not unlikely that a
proper showing will be made. It has been
several years since conditions warranted an
effort of thlssort- , but there Is no longer any
question about the'Valuo and variety of the
e.'ato's resources , and fill they need Is to be
brought to the attention of the homes'eeliing
people from the eastern and central states.
Stand Ilohlnil the 1'ro.tlilciit.
1'hllnxlelplila Press.
It Is Just as Important now ns It was In
the first hours of 'the- Maine disaster not to
form premature conrluslcus and to accept
with reserve statenicnts which are not official
or fully authenticated. The admirable self-
restraint and sotyrlety which have dis
tinguished public men , responsible Journals
anj the country at largo should still bo
continued. Having wisely started with a
determination to await accurate and assured
knowledge or the report of the board of
Inquiry every consderatlcei of patriotism and
Interest urges that this attitude should bo
maintained.
iiiKChliic.io HoiiilH.
New York Tribune.
Londcn rises to the new Chinese loan like
a trout to a fly or a jillte to the exposed
bullfrog of the marsh. Half of It , amounting
to about $40,000,000 , Issued at 90 , was fully
subscribed for one day this week , and there
Is no doubt that the other half , to be offered
a week hcnco , will go off with equal celerity.
There are the best of political reasons why
England should take up the loan , nor Is there
any doubt that under Judicious management
John Chinaman Is perfectly good for It. Ho
has not yet begun to find the measure of his
resources , which will bo practically limit
less as soon as ho adopts the Industrial and
business methods of the west , which he Is
now proceeding to do as rapidly as circum
stances will permit.
Cool I n Kn IloiiNtfnl Colonel.
llaltlmorc American.
It Is hard to convince an American who
has kept watch of the war In Cuba that
the Spanish soldiers arc- great fighters. It
was not very long ago that a Spanish colonel
in Cuba was bragging of what ho could do
with his regiment. Ho declared that ho
could land at Key "West and march straight
to WaHhliigton , Dnltlmore and Now York.
General Bradley T. Johnson ot this city
heard the Spaniard's boast and aesnred the
don that ho was very much mistaken. "Wo
Americans , " said General Johnson to the
colonel , "aro the most orderly people In
the world so orderly , In fact , that at the
first village your Spanish soldiers reached
they would all be run In by the police with
out any fighting at ull. " The Spanish
colonel had no more to say.
GOLD CU.M1.VR KUHOI'K.
Mavoinoiit of Soimil Money
( o TJifM Country.
KatisHB City btnr.
The gold which people of the United States
have been permitting foreigners to uoo for
some mrntbs past is beginning to come homo.
Arrangements were made Saturday for the
shipment of $2,000,000 from Paris and Lon
don to this coratry , and the state of the
forolfii exchange market Indicates that a
good many millions more arc likely to coino
within the next few weeks. Under ordinary
condltlcBs the movement at thle season of
the year lias been the other way , and Inter-
uatlcnal bankcm liavo accumulated a large
credit balance abrpqd to meet the demand
for spring remittances. This credit balance
in favor of the Uiiltw ] . States U greater than
over beforennd probably amounts to somi"
thing like$100,000,000. . Hankers in tula
country have found1 it moro profitable to
leave this money .loaned out abroad than to
br'iiK It to the Unltui ) States , where It has
l t been needed aptl where Interest rates
have been low.
The present Import -movement Is partially
duo to London purrhasea of Mocks in the
United States , bui.tliD principal inotlvo for
It , probably , Is the desire of capitalists In
the United States to bo ready to take gov
ernment bonds , ! n cose It should be neces
sary for this eouyffy , to mnko largo expen
ditures for the maintenance of the army
and navy on a war' ' footing. If war should
be declared , It would'ibo necessary to onor-
raoutly increase , tlif | government expendi
tures , tud though there Is a largo cash re
serve In the treasury- the present tlrao ,
the administration could not afford to draw
on that to the extent of encroaching on the
gold reserve , and therefore a bond1 Issue
would bo made very soon after a declara
tion ot war.
War In th'a ago Is largely a matter of
money. Naval equipments are expensive.
The first fierce eiialaught usually decides the
conflict , and millions expended at the start
would bo more economical , In the long run ,
than any attempt to keep down expenses that
mluht result In a prolongation of war.
There Is not the leaat likelihood that , la
case of war , a vlngle bend would need to
be sold abroad. Tlio banks and capitalists
and Hinail Investor * of this country would be
prepared to take hundreds of millions of
them , and the bankera are wise In drawing
their funds home from Europe now , to be
prepared for what way come ,
YKM.OW KID IVAtl SOAtlR ,
IV Week nt Jonrnnlliitlc Hyutorln nnd
the He ult * .
Philadelphia Tlmeii.
The convulsive -war itcaro ot last week ,
caused by the climax of the yellow kid jour
nalism In Inventing the most appalling
rumors of war , ran a very brief course , but
the security holders of the country paid not
less than JIGO.000,000 as the prlco of tha
most disreputable Journalism that has ever
afflicted this country. True , values arc
gradually recovering , but many were precip
itated Into bankruptcy by the sudden finan
cial convulsion produced by the most start
ling rumors which were the growth of fiend
ish or Imbecile Invention ,
Strange as It may seem , the yellow kid
war Journalism that produced thc > panic that
was halted In a day because of the utter
falsity of yellow kid war dispatches , has
continued to publish ovcry morning the most
sensational and disturbing war rumors in Job
letter , evidently assuming that oven In the
face of the exposure of this unexampled
prostitution of journalism , the people will
continue to welcome yellow kid war false
hoods , and greedily purchase papers which
publish them.
Ono of our yellow kid Imitators In this
city yesterday published a 7 o'clock edition
announcing In Hauling letters : "Maine's
toss at Spain's door , " with tlio additional
display line that "Spain must pay or fight. "
Another of our yellow kid Imitators took a
four'column display to announce wuat ovcry
schoolboy could have guessed , that "if foul
play Is proved , tlio administration will prob
ably demand largo Indemnity from Spain. "
( Another of our yellow kid Imitators took a
three-column display in job type to announce
the obvious falsehood that "divers again re
port that It was not an accident. "
War with Spain lias been possible at any
time during the last year , and from n single
cause. From the daytdat Sln | appreciated
the fact that her armies cannot conquer the
Cuban Insurgents , a. war with this country
has been possible , and even probable , to
enable Spain to give up Cuba on an ciiultablo
basis of compensation without revolution at
hcmo. That has been the ono source of
danger to the peace of the two nations for
more than a year pant. U is the one source
ot danger to the peace of tlio two nations
today.
It Is barely possible , but hardly within ( tie
range of probability , that a war between
Spain and the United Stitos can result from
the loss of our war vessel Maine. No ono of
average Intelligence now pretends to say that
a mine could have been exploded under our
war ship , as u mine capable of producing
the damagn dona to the vessel would have
been destructive of everything within a
radius of 1,000 feet or more. U Is barely
possible that a torpedo may have been exploded -
ploded under the llalue and caused Internal
explosion to produce the terrible wreck of
our magnificent war ship , but there Is hardly
Uie remotest possibility that if a torpedo
cau.sed tlie destruction of tlie vessel , the fact
can bo established with sufficient clearness
to warrant a demand from this government
upon Spain tor restitution.
If it shall be shown tliat our war vessel
was destroyed by an accident for which the
Spanls'h government Is fairly responsible for
restitution , the demand will be promptly
maile for such restitution , but it can be
inudi ) only upon grounds so clearly estab
lished as to command the approval of the
civilized nations of the world. War might
result from a dispute between the two gov
ernments as to tlio responsibility of Spain ,
but that could not bo until diplomacy had
been exhausted to adjust the Issue.
There Is yet danger of war with Spain but
tlio danger Is in the tingle cause we have
bofoio referred toi When war shall .conic ,
the actual cause of the war , whatever may
be the ostensible cause , will bo the neces
sity of Spain 'to ' accept war with the United
States to save Spain from revolution. That
revolution would bo precipitated In Spain
the day that the question of surrendering
Cuba is seriously considered by the Spanish
government , Is not doubted , and as Spain
cannot possibly conquer the Cuban Insur
gents , wo have long regarded an ultimate
war with Spain as the only solution that
government can find for the Cuban prob
lem.
lem.Wo
Wo regard the Immediate danger of war as
less today than it was ono month ago , be
cause our government Is vastly better prepared
pared for war than Spain believed us to be ,
nnd because botli governments have been
compelled to face the war question In the
soberest way during the last week. Neither
government desires war. The United States
will not precipitate war unless there Is no
way of avoiding It with honor , nnd Spain
will not force war unless It shall become a
: holL-o between war with the United States
and revolution at home. Thus while war
might como suddenly any day , there Is no
reason to apprehend danger of Immediate
war with Spain , and if Spain can escape
domestic revolution without war against the
United States , the peace of the two nations
will not bo broken.
CAST Sl'AI.V AFKOItl ) IT ?
CoiiNiMiuoiicoN of n Collision with thu
Unltoil Stnto.s.
Philadelphia Press.
The Spanish Ministry and public arc
scarcely considered by Americans In discuss
ing the chances of collision between the
United States and Spain , but the present
SpanUfi situation is the most serious and
perilous element In all the various factors
which make for peace or war.
Spain Is so nearly bankrupt and her re
sources are so nearly oxhnusted by the
Cuban struggle that most Americans deem
war next to Impossible on the part of the
peninsula. In addition , the Spanish navy Is
notoriously inefficient and the Spanish army
almost worthless. Individual courage the
Spaniards have. History hns no finer In
stances of headlong courage than occur In
Spanish annals. The Idea that Spaniards
will not fight Is ncnscnso , but In the century
since Wellington recorded the brutal Judg
ment that ills dispositions must bo made ex
actly IB If ho had no Spanish troops , be
cause In action they were worse than worth
less , th'Te ' has been no reason to revise this
opinion. Spanish amis have had no success
In a cei'tury and Spain In tdat time has
been twice invaded without appreciable re
sistance from the Spanish army. While Im
potent In organized warfare , Spaniards pos
sess both pride and individual courage. Fail
ure In Cuba has been oti Intolerable national
disgrace. The monarchy Is In grave danger.
No Spanish public man can permit hlnuelf
to bo associated -with the surrender or loss
of Cuba. It Is doubtless If the throne would
stand 'the shock of such an event , A short
war with the United States could not injure
Spinlsh credit , because It Is gone. An Amor-
lean Invasion nt Spain Is deemed out of tdo
question. Spain has no mercantile marine
Many Spaniards from those near the throne
down undoubtedly feel that the dynasty
would bo safer and the position of the r.a >
lion Improved before Huropo If Cuba were
lost at the end of the war ullh a power
live times the size ot Spain tlir.oi If the Il
l-mil wrenched itself free and left Spain Im
potent , exhausted and discredited ,
The practical result of this Is that If the
Maine disaster ends In a diplomatic demand
'or ' Indemnity Spain Is In a situation and
Spanish public opinion in a pcsturo which
may malio it "practically " Impossible for a
Spanish ministry to do anything but rcfuio
ami court war aa the best way to reach de-
'cat ' without disgrace. Granted that the
Mains was blown up by negligence on the
iart of the local authorities , on adjustment
would bo far easier with any one of the
olx great Kuropeau powers than wltli
Spain.
The big country could pay the bill and
jo done with It. Spanish pride and prcj-
idlco are exactly of uucli a typo and tcm-
> cr as to niako frank reparation danger-
mi for any ministry , and perhaps Impossible.
t our government , therefore. Is forced to
ask some reparation , the consequences may
io most esrloiis , ciot because our claim wtn
dot Just , but because a powerful party in
Spain has long urged war with us as the
way out of a bad business.
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MAICIMU i.imrr OP it.
IDoston Oloboi Many ot these who are
eaRCT for n war with Spain are younn men
who do not know from llvlni ? memory nl
the agony ot suffering -that war Implies.
Minneapolis Times : When Freedom from
hnr mountain height unfurled her banner ( o
the air , ho yelled : "Thoso Spaniards I wll
fight ! " Said Hilly Mason ; "Put her there ! '
Cleveland Plain Dealer : Spain has placet
an order In this country tor 3,000,000
cartridges. U would bo grimly odd If Amcrl
cans should he shot at with ammunition o
their own make.
St. Louis llopubllc ! It was nil right for
the Spaniards In Havana to have n big
dance following the destruction of the Maine
They may thereby bo In more nimble trim
wlic-n Uncle 6am asks them to dance to
another tune.
Xow York Commercial : The truth of the
matter from CoiiRicssman Cannon's stand
point Is that "many of the men who are
loudly shouting for war are nROiilr.Ing to
shod their blood In selling supplies to the
government. "
Chicago Tribune : H Is ROIIIO sntlsfactlon
to leirn by n dispatch from Havana that a
"package of chewing gum has been rallied
from the wreck of the Maine. " It Indicates
that some progress IB being made toward
ralsliiR the vessel's cargo.
lan Francisco Chronicle : And now the
"maimed sailor" denies that he ever salt !
anything about a torpedo approaching the
Maine. Nobody over thought he did except
the hypnotized victims of yellow Journalism.
The story was a humbug on Its face.
Springfield Uepubllcaii : Still another ab
surd rumor of tlio last few days Is that Spain
haii substantially effected a combination of
South American republics against the United
States. Hut Mexico , Venezuela and Urazll ,
It Is said , will not join , which relieves onc'a
fears enormously.
'Chicago ' ( Hecord : It Is unnecessary for
Undo Sam to go to the expense of hiring
divers to go to the bottom of the sea to
find out how the Malmhappci.od to blow up.
He can Just row ashore nud nsk the yellow
correspondents under his protection In
Havana hotels.
liroolclyn Eagle : If the man who saw the
torpedo approaching that destroyed the
Maine wishes to argue his point with the
man who saw the mine that had been laid
beneath It , there ure vacant lota In which the
argument mny be carried on in shirt alcoves
and wo do not care a rap which wins.
Toledo Uco : Yes , Johnny , run along and
get your gun. Polish up. your armor. Pack
your haversack. Put on your bullet-proof
chest protector and n few porous plasters.
Get your corns trimmed for marching. Load
your canteen to the very neck. Kiss your
mveothcart gooilby nud report Instantcr. So
get ready -below there ! Draw the draw
bridge ! Let fall the portcullis ! Close tlio
windows and shut all the doors ! Hoist the
poop-dork to the top-gallant Jib-Jabber ! Ship
the rudder and make fast the anchor to the
hurricane hatchway ! Hoof the roof , haul aft
the belaying pin , but let the flying jiblet
stay ! Now , every man to his hltfhing post !
Let not a dastard duck or dodge ! The Dlado
lies declared war. So , Johnny , get your gun !
I'HIlSO.VVIj AMI OTIIKHWISK.
Jerry Simpson Is by no moans the only
orator In whcso eyes wealth Is an unpardon
able sin only until ho Is able to commit the
eamci sin himself.
Assistant Secretary ncosevelt hns received
$1 from a little girl in Connecticut , who says
she wants him "to give It to some poor lit
tle girl that lost her papa on that dreadful
Bllip. "
Congressman Ucnton , of Missouri , owing
to scarlet fever In his family. Is bottled up
In his homo nt Washington by an order of
the "Hoard " of Health , which forbids him to
leave his premises.
General Mcrrltt , on his tour of inspection
of southern formications , went In plain
clothes , but took his uniform and sword with
him. This has significance , and the report
ers have not overlooked It.
A young woman of Kingston , N. Y. , who
has been sued for $03 for professional serv
ices by a physician , enters a counter claim
for iflOO for tlmo wasted In entertaining him
when ho was making his visits.
Thomas Wentworth lllgglnsou writes that
"when Wendell Phillips was speaking moro
tamely than usual the young abolitionists
used to slip to the back ot the room and
start a hiss. It never failed to rouse him. "
Jules Verne says that his famous "Around
the AVorld In 1-Jlghty Days" waa suggested
to him while he was studying a tourists'
advertisement , and that most of ills ttorics
have had 'their ' beginnings in such small
events.
The king ot Dahomey , who betrayed Ills
brother to the French In order to ascend the
throne , goes about his capital in a gorgeous
chariot , smoking Immense cigars and wear
ing a prodigious Roman helmet. The chariot
Is drawn by the ministers of state.
. The children of General John A. Ilawllns
have In their possession a sash on which U
written : "Presented to General John A.
Ilawlltis , my chief of staff and confidential
friend. This sash has been worn by the
the entire time from ttio battle of Slilloh
to the fall of VIcksbut-g. U. S. Grant , gen
eral United States army. "
Representative Hepburn of Iowa lias on
f > ur Important occa < ilona chosen Washing
ton's birthday as the day of his arrival In
Washington. Ills first visit was madu on
that day ; ho arrived on February 22 to at
tend the inauguration of President Lincoln ,
when ho was made solicitor of the treasury
ho arrived on that date , and again his arrival
for the Inauguration of President Harrison
was on the bamo day.
Tlio presence of a midshipman named Far-
ragut on board the Vlzcaya ought to modify
the Judgment of those who prcnounco all
Spaniards te-oachcrouu nnd cowardly. Tlio
Spanish mldshlpmato comes from the Halo-
arlc Isles whence sprung the ancestors of
our greatest naval commander , whoso father
was once a Spanish plJlcer. Farragut had a
Spaniard for a father , but for all that tfio
great admiral was a thorough-going Ameri
can , if ever there was ono.
An mi usual special pension claim Is about
to be paid by the government. It Is for a
widow of Lieutenant Michael Moore , who
died In Brooklyn last year at the ago of 'J8.
Ho had served continuously In the United
States army for eighty-five years and Is be
lieved to have hroknn a world's record in
this particular. Ho enlisted in tlie regular
army as a drummer boy at the outbreak of
the war of 1812. Hl widow writes that she
la not the young wife of an old soldier , hut
in 82 yearn -old , and ntien iior husband died
they had been married sixty-three years.
I NAVAI. TISHMS
A Tliuc-ly Uxplnnntlnn for the llciie-
111 of l.nniUnlilicru ,
. Duffnlo Kxprci * . ,
In these tlaj-fl when everyone Is talking
of war , there In much confusion In the publla
mind over the terms battleship , crulsor.i ,
gunboats , torpedo boats , dispatch boats and
thu like. A gunboat Is popularly considered
flflyciie of theao different claiwcfl , 'and few
| x > oplo are able to dcfluo the difference be
tween them.
Lot us first consider a Itattlrnhlp. Such A
vessel is designed for withstanding heavy
fighting with the least posslblo damage to
herself. Her offensive and defensive ele
ments must bo no proportioned aa to
produce the most formidable vrasrl poaslhlo
on a given displacement. A flMt class battle
ship has more ami heavier guns nod armor
than a second class , and is naturally a larger
vorael. Classes , It may thus bo seen , ar
purely arbitrary.
Crullers are armored and protected.
Those of the first division carry a moderate
amount ot armour , con lined mostly to gun
positions and deck. The offensive and do-
fttislvo power ot such a boat Is less than
that of a battleship , hut tier displacement
may bo na much or more , tlio nddml weight
going to machinery and fuel , thus giving
li r n higher rate of speed and an ability
to inako longer cruises without rccctillng.
The protected cruiser must have the hlgluut
rate of speed for next-going vessels ami
the highest posslblo steaming radlous , Shu
has ttio minimum offensive and defensive
qualities for righting vessels. Her guns
are seldom moro than six-Inch , but nro
rapid fire. She has an armored deck and
shields at the gun positions.
Gunboats have 2,000 tons or less displace
ment and are designed for BtTvlce In rivers
and shallow waters whore mi consldiralilo
force would bo likely to bo met. They have
little armor , a moderate battery and do not
paedcw * high .speed.
In torpedo boats everything Is 'sacrificed
to extreme speed. They have no defensive
power , and their safety depends entirely oti
Ihc-lr ability to get wlttiln range of the
formidable vessels to bo destroyed by
torpedoes , fire nnd got away again before
being observed or very soon thereafter.
Willie nearly all modern vessels of war curry
torpedoes those carry nothing except tor
pedoes , save n few machine guns to repel
small boat attacks.
Dispatch boats are not armored , and are
not considered as lighting fthlps. They have
some means of defense , but their chief 11.10
Is to carry dlsrvitclica to or from the llcot
In the shortest possible time.
.Mimtv .M.vitrii intii/.i.s.
Cliloigo News : "Julli's. If wo have War
with Spain , will you go anil leave 1110 ? "
"You , dear ; I'll start at once for tlie Klon
dike. "
1'rooklyn Life : "Your majesty , " said the
cannibal kind's chef , "tin-re Is among the
prisoners a native of Scotland. "
"flood ! " replied the dusky monarch.
'Serve him Mizzling- from tlio broiler. I have
often woiideri.il what a hot Scotch tastes
Ike. "
Philadelphia North American : "Jones Is
ookliiK all over town for you. "
"So I umlerstand ; but I'm keeping under
cover. It must be that I owe him money
or that ho wants to owe .me some. "
Somorvllle Journali When n woman rcnlly
ovea her husband , she Is willing even to
ve.ir it mustard plaster for Tilm when ho
las an aching back.
Washington Star : "What Intensely red
mlr that young man tins ! " exclaimed Maud.
'I'm Hiirprlsed that you seem to like him
so well. "
"Oh , " replied Mamie , "I don't like lilm
very well. I never Invite him to uiiythlne
but pink teas. "
Somrrvllle Journal : "Anil If I marry you ,
whnt then ? " she asked.
"Oh , como , " said he , earnestly , "let's not
borrow trouble. "
Indianapolis Journal : "We want to < lo
somotlilntr orlclnnl to celebrate our man
ager's birth "ay , " s < ald the shoe clerk board-.r.
"Give him a banquet at i hotel , " .su-j-
KC.sted .the Cheerful Idiot. "That uvould ba
nn Inn-ovation. "
Tribune : "When T reified thai
the Father of-His Country , could not tell n
Hi1 , " observed tbc\ professor , comlnir out of
Ills brown study , "and when I note bow
many KCnoratloiiA have passed away - without
out producing * anybody like him In that re
spect , I am Impelled to the conclusion that
what wo call atavism Is merely fortuitous
and In no sense , the cropping out of an In
herited tendency. "
Detroit Free Tress : "A peed name la bet
ter than rle-lics , Chumpley. "
"That's just where you're1 off your trolley ,
old mon. lily name Is above * reproach , liul-
lion is tl'ei rankest kind of a fraud , but ha
lias all kinds of money and he knocked mo
galley wept at the last election. My tjood
name didn't get me a. decent minority. "
Cincinnati Knqulrer : Mrs. Ferry That
lillsbaiid oC Jenny McCluezer's is the moat
heartless wretch I "ever heard of.
Mr. Ferry He-ally , my dear , you seem In
dignant.
"Who wouldn't be Indignant on l-.earlng-of
a man who was tryingto train his baby to
e-ry ovcry mornlnK at C o'clock , so that Ha
father won't oversleep himself. "
THIS i : SUUIUJT. ,
PllCif.
From Adam's arrival In this wicked world
To the wonderful ngu we nra In ,
Our wise mon have shuttered some pretty
hard nuts ,
Am' also committed much sin.
Hut ono of the problems that's ballled
them all ,
And has put nil their science to rout ,
IH something concerning1 the sex wo ailoro ,
What u woman Is thinking about.
Her eyes may bo laughing nt something
wo wear ,
And her faro may be solemn as death ;
Her tongue may bo wapslng- forty-odd
themes
Till Hhu'H really gasping for breath ;
IJut the wisdom and hclenco of ul | th
world
Isn't able to rlearly find out
What lilts through her mind , or can even
nurnilso
What u woman Is thinking about.
Her lips may bo saying a host of sweet
things ,
And her eyes with true love bo en-
Hhrlncd ;
Her lover mtiy think that 1 > o UIIOWH every
thought
In her Kutitlo nnd feminine mind ;
nut the very next breath her mood la
transformed ,
And nho's having a myntlcnl pout ;
All , nil of love's logic cannot mnko It cleur ,
What u woman IH thinking about.
< 6He that buys
That he does not want ,
Will soon want
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Old Proverb.
You do not have to take what you do not want here , You
get your money back if you are not wholly satisfied.
There is this trouble , however , and that is that you are sure
to want what we show you , We admit that there's a certain
temptation offered to all of our visitors. That cannot be helped.
Our clothing is attractive ,
But if you buy here , you v/ill not have to buy as often as
if you bought the common sorts of cheap clothing , and you'll
have money left to live on.