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OMAHA DAILY BEE
E. llOSEWATnn , Editor.
PUBMSIIUD EVCUT MOnNINO.
OF suuscniPTioN :
Dally Ileo ( Without SunJa ) ) , One Year IS CO
Dally llee and Sunday , One Year 800
RU Monttu 4 W
Three Month 00
Sunday lire , One Ycnr 200
Kntunlay lice , One Year 1 M
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rim iiren I UHUBUIKQ COMPANY.
STATIMENT : : OK cinc/ULATioN.
Etnte of Nebraska , Douglas county , ss. :
George II. Tzs'.huck , secretary of The Bee Pub
lishing company , being duly nworn , snyi that the
actual number ot full nnd comnleto copies of The
IJally , Morning. i\enltiR : nnd Sunday nee printed
during the month of Tcbruary , IMS , was na fol-
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1 20.831 ,5 21.080
t 21Oil 16 21,631
3 20.M2 17 Zl.fOJ
4 20.7C- 18 21,813
B 10 , ST ; 13 21.Ml :
C 21,050 20 21,09-
7 20,50- 21 21.3CT
8 2I.C34 2 * . . . , 21,421
9 , . * * * . . . Z1) , ' * 23 21,033
10 20.SS2 21 S1.9J3
11 . 2" 22,111
21.12S
12 21.070 M. . : : : : : . : . : u.m
1.1 21.012 27 21.4M
14 20,903 , 28 22.3J1
Total
Lees returned nnd unsold copies 9.32G
Net total sales CJJ5 ? ?
Net dally overage . 21.W3
ononciR n. TZSCIIUCK.
Sworn to Ijofore me nnd BUh erlbcJ In my
presence this 1st day of March , 1S9S.
( Seal ) N. P. I-RIU
Notary Public.
The building1 trades linvo never been
more In evidence In this city tuau they
arc thin spring.
Candidates for postolllces should not
manifest Inip.itlenci1. The administra
tion lias inure important business on
hand that It cannot neglect.
Now the Chicago men who collected
that fund for the benellt of the Spanish
< ltike who had relatives descended from
Christopher Columbus nro no longer
sorry the collections were never for-
warded.
The statement made at the recent pure
food congress that the American people
annually pay ! ? ! )0,000,000 ) for sand , saw
dust , soapgrease , etc. , In adulterations
< > t good food shows that it Is easy to ex
aggerate or that Americans have ostrich
stomachs.
The promptness with which the lightIng -
Ing companies arc executing the orders
of the council for additional ntrect lamps
is commendable. If they would bo
equally prompt whenever lamps are
ordeied removed or discontinued they
'would come In for still more commenda
tion.
Now that a big rush of minors from
the Canadian Klondike over the Hue Into
Alaska Is reported there Is less talk
about the Injustice of Canadian restric
tions on travel and mining. It is slg-
iilflcnnt.tlmt nearly all the recent strikes
have been on the American side of the
line.
Experiments are being made under di
rection of the mint officials with pure
nickel for small coins as a substance
nalil to be velvety to the touch and mag
netic. This may be true , but nothing
will ever compete successfully with gold
In largo chunks In the matter of mag-
iietlsm.
It must not be forgotten that there Is
n state Cuban relief commission that
lias been quietly carrying on Its work of
collecting supplies and other contribu
tions for the aid of destitute Cubans for
several months past The state com
mission may not have been making
much noise , but'It has been pursuing
the even tenor of its way without Inter
ruption.
Montana people are moving for a mon
ument In memory of General Meagher ,
whoso name Is connected with the or
ganization of the territory and develop
ment of early mining. Because there
uro but few public monuments In the
western states Is not owing to a lack of
great men , nor tluough failure to ap
preciate their services In the conquest
of the western wilderness.
Canadian Sunday newspapers nro not
p to the American standard and the
competition of the Sunday papers from
the American cities has become HO
strong that the Dominion Parliament
Is considering a bill to prohibit the Introduction -
troduction into Canada of newspapers
printed on Sunday or purporting to be
published on Sunday. The Canadians
have a right to do as they please about
Sunday newspapers , but discrimination
against the best never pays.
One of the police captains excuses his
non-interference with the open gambling
resorts on the ground that he Is only
carrying out the policy of his superiors.
AVliy should the police board have a
policy Unit protects open gambling ?
The criminal code of Nebraska makes
the keeping of gambling resorts In this
state a felony. Kvery member of the
police board , and for that matter of the
police department , too , Is .sworn to abide
by and enforce the law. If the police
authorities liuvo a special policy for
gamblers and bimllar law-breakers It may
be safely assumed that somebody has
been putting uj > for protection.
Governor Shaw of Iowa Is fortunate In
his selection of members of the Hoard
of Control which Is to take charge of
the state Institutions July 1 unilcr the
now system adopted. The chairman
will be an ex-governor who , during his
two terms , became more familiar with
the details of state management than
any other Iowa governor ; one member
Is a democrat who served u term on the
supreme bench and whoso ability nnd
Integrity have never been quu'MIoncd ,
and the third member is pivaldent of
the State Agricultural society and n good
buslne.ss man. The naming of these
three men I/arrabee , Kliiue and Cownle
makes It certain that the new system
will be given u fair trial under most
favorable auspice * .
JV TUB HANDS OF TUB
The report of the navnl board of In
quiry la In the hands of President Me-
Kinley , whose first action In regard to
It will be to communicate Its conclusion
to the Spanish government. It Is ex-
peeled that early next week , perhaps on
Monday , the report will bo transmitted
to congress and the country be made
acquainted with the findings of the
board. Assuming that the conclusion
of the board Is that nn outside explosion
caused the disaster to the Maine , which
It seems safe to do in view of the
secrecy that has been observed In re-
fipcct to the findings , the statement to
the Spanish government may be ac
companied by a demand for reparation
and Indemnity , though It Is not certain
this will be done. The president may
simply communicate the conclusion of
the board and give Spain an opportunity
to Indicate how It Is disposed to treat
the matter. In any event It Is probable
that the Spanish government will ask
t for the testimony and In that case con
siderable time might be consumed In
diplomatic communications between the
governments. Of course If a de
mand for reparation Is made the
Spanish government must be allowed a
reasonable time to examine the matter ,
If that government desires It. Spain
may , however , llatly refuse to entertain
jn claim for damages. In that event It
would be hardly possible to avert a
u pi tire.
The great care taken to keep the con
clusion of the naval board from the pub
ic fully warrants the Inference that It
ascribes the < disaster ! to an external
agency. It Is not at all likely that were
It otherwise the public would have been
kept In suspense. It Is not Improbable ,
alsa , that the findings arc of a nature
o Justify this government In demand-
ng reparation nnd Indemnity , for while
t Is not to be supposed that Spain Is
charged with direct responsibility there
may be facts and circumstances dis
closed upon which the United States may
lustly base a claim for damages. In-
.leed , there is no longer reason to doubt
that the navnl board has decided that
he disaster to the Maine was due to nn
external agency and tlicre Is room for
conjecture only as to the opinion of the
jonrd In regard to the responsibility for
.hat agency.
Meanwhile there are the strongest pos
sible indications of a feeling at Wash-
ugton that a crisis In the relations of
[ ho United States and Spain is near at
hand. The now assignments of naval
commandeis , the movements of war vej-
sels , the examination with a view to
purchase of merchant craft that can be
made available in case of war , the in
creasing activity nt the navy yards and
the call upon the naval militia of New
York and Massachusetts for Immediate
service , are circumstances that attest a
ii'O.st anxious feeling at Washington , If
not the belief that war is Inevitable and
Imminent It Is still said to be the pur
pose of President McKinley to avert war
if possible and It is not to be doubted
that such Is his sincere desire , but event ?
may force the crisis In spite of all he
can do. With a menacing flotilla of
Spanish torpedo boats on the way to
Porto Ulco , the Maine disaster shown
to be due to an outside explosion and the
lens of thousands of starving people in
Cuba appealing for help , the president
may be unable to much longer hold the
nur-uinkiug power In check. There Is
little reason to doubt that a majority in
congress arc ready , at the slightest Inti
mation from the executive , to declare
war. But they may nt any time take
action that will precipitate war , regard
less of the wishes of the president
ANOTHER TKnillliLK JUKE'S RUST.
Mr. Rosewater has finally bullyragged his
associates on the executive committee of the
exposition to vote $3,200 Into his pocket , or
rather Into Ibo treasury of The Bee.
From the first Mr. Rcsowater has endcav.
ored to use his position as ono of the man
agers of the exposition to bring about eomo-
thlng of this kind.
With unblushing countenance he has Intro
duced resolutions and propositions proposing
to pay The Bee large sums for special edl
tlone In the pretended Interest of tdo exposl
tlon , but actually for the benefit of Mr. Rcso
water. Several weeks ago , after vainly re.
slstlcg these importunities , the committee at
last yielded and voted to pay The Bco $3,200
for four pages In the Weekly Bee , of which
Mr. Rosewater rromlsed to Issue 200,000
copies about May 1.
Next day , however , Mr. Rosewater being
absent , the committee rescinded Its action.
Now he has returned and at once proceeds to
hold up the committee , of which bo Is a mem
ber.
ber.Tho
The proposed advertlilng Is practically of
rery llttlo value. But , oven If it were a good
Investment for the cxpcHltlcn , the meth'od of
buying it Is Indecent.
The six men on the executive committee
are In control of trust funds. To vote money
Into each other's pockets on any pretense Is a
disgrace.
The newspapers of Nebraska and Iowa and
the west have been giving free apace gener
ously to the exposition , and now the ccrnmlt-
tee In charge of expenditures proposes to pay
one of Us mcmbcm $800 a page for four pages
of his particular npwspaper.
It Is time fa. an earnest protest , and for
that reason 1hi > World-Herald lays the matter
before the public and calls upon the committee
too to reconsider Its action once again.
World-Herald.
This screed bears on its fnco the con
tradiction of tlio false Impression which
the malicious fakirs sock to create.
Their manifest object is to make- the ex
position stockholders believe that n do
nation amounting to 1,200 had boon
voted away by the executive committee
to 0110 of its members and to arouse the
hostility of the state press by misleading
It Into the Idea that thousands of dollars
are being paid to The Hoe for exposition
advertising. The facts In the case com
pletely refute this llctlon and fully
Justify the action of the board.
First and foremost , The IJee. has not
hieu a deadhead In tliu exposition en
terprise. It has already given to the exposition -
position advertising space without ask
ing or expecting a penny therefor that
could not have been bought for $50,000
by its regular advertising patrons. Its
chief proprietor headed the subscription
list with ? .r ,000 and has given more
time and labor to the exposition than
could bo bought for live times that
sum.
Second , the purchase of 200,000 copies
of The Weekly Hee takes no money out
of the exposition treasury , but on the
contrary will effect a savins of not leas
than $1,200 to the exposition. A gen
eral distribution of advertising matter to
the farmers In the territory within n
radius of-400 miles of Omaha Is essential
to Insure a larg > attendance of the pro
ducers. The Illustrated supplement
contracted for In The Bee Is to be the
equivalent of the thirty-two-page exposi
tion booklets. The lowest price nt
which 200,000 of these booklets could
bo purchased would bo $1,500. The
postage on 200,000 booklets would bo
$2,000 nnd the cost of procuring names
nnd addressed envelopes would be not
less than $1,000 more , making In all a
minimum of $4,000. The booklets would ,
however , not be as valuable for the pur
pose as a standard newspaper like The
Hoc , which will contain In addition to
the illustrated supplement fully two
li.iges of appropriate exposition Informa
tion. The blank paper required to
print those 200,000 copies of The Bee
will weigh twenty tons nnd the postage
charge will be100. . The talk of pay-
lug $ SOO n page for four pages of ad
vertising In The Bee Is therefore a will
ful and malignant falsehood , and so Is
the assertion that the board voted $ ,200
Into Koscwater's pocket
Incidentally It may be pertinent to
Inquire whether the board robbed the
.stockholders to put money Into the pock
ets of G. M. Hitchcock when It voted to
Invest In the World-Herald exposition
edition at 0 % cents per copy when The
Bee only charged 3 cents , Including
postage , per copy last year for a superior
exposition edition. And how docs G'/i
cents per copy for the World-Herald
abortion compare with the 1 3-5 cents
[ > er copy , addressed and postpaid , at
which The Boo has contracted to deliver
Its special Illustrated edition ?
FR/1ACB HAS A MUHAL INTKItEST.
The French minister of foreign affairs ,
M. lianotaux , Is reported ns saying that
the Cuban question Is not the business
of France , but that country has n moral
Interest In It , because of Its friendly re
lations with both Spain nnd the United
States. The minister extols the queen
regent of Spain and speaks of Americans
as a generous people and says that
"there must bo no conflict between these
two nations who are so strongly attached
to us and who are so dear to our hearts. "
Doubtless this very accurately reflects
the general sentiment In France. The
feeling Is that a war between the United
States and Spain would be a great mis
fortune , but outside of those who are
creditors of Spain there Is reason to be
lieve there are very few who regard the
Cuban qne.stlon as one with which
France has any business to concern
Itself as a nation. It Is distinctly an
American question , to be settled between
Spain and the United States without any
outside meddling or interference. The
moral interest which France or any other
country may take in the matter Is some
thing that cannot bo objected to , so long
ns It Is not made an excuse for Interfer
ence.
The expressions .of M. lianotaux war
rant the belief that there is no danger
of France giving any support to Spain
In the event of n war with this country
and since only the possible attitude of
that government has ever been in serious
doubt all appichcnsion regarding Euro
pean Interference may be dispelled. If
Spain provokes or invites war she must
do her fighting alone. She will not bo
altogether without European sympathy ,
but she will not be able to get any sub
stantial assistance.
TJW Sl'IHIT OF Tilt ! KUUT1T.
Referring to a ridiculous Idea recently
expressed lu one of the newspapers of
Havana , that lu the event of war be
tween the United States and Spain the
south nnd west would take the oppor
tunity ' to secede from the east , the Baltl-
nioro Sun remarks that instead of there
being any disposition In the south to
secede , "the south today appreciates
most fully the benefits derived and to bo
derived from the union of the states find
Is probably more loyal than the east or
west. The south Is patriotic In the ac
tive sense ot the word. Its people would
volunteer for service In the federal army
more promptly , perhaps , than would
those of the sections that obtan the larg
est share of federal pensions and other
practical benefits. " The Sun declares
that at the call of duty the men of the
south would fight with alacrity against
Spain or any other power nnd the ambi
tion of the south would be to rival other
sections to prove which could do the best
fighting' nnd the most of It.
The west yields to no section of the
union In loyalty and patriotism , but It
freely concedes that the south possesses
these qualities In equal measure with
any other portion of the country and
will as ardently manifest them if oppor
tunity offers. In the present Juncture
the representatives from the south In
congress have shown ns ready and ear
nest desire to sustain the honor and dig
nity of the nation as the representatives
of any other section nnd none have
spoken more .forcefully and eloquently
than they of the duty of Americans to
stand by the government In Its prepara
tions for the national defense. The
spirit of the south nt this time , In th , <
matter of loyalty and patriotism , Is all
right and It is exerting a most beneficent
Influence.
A few years ago the publisher of the
Omaha World-Herald made an appeal
for public contributions to a fund for
the purpose of providing the poor chil
dren and homeless waifs of the city with
Christmas presents. After the money
had been collected the Christmas trees
and presents were secured from mer
chants on an agreement to exchange for
advertising In the paper and the cash
neatly turned Into the charitable pub
lisher's pocket The same publisher Is
now engaged In receiving othei people's
money under a plea for aid tor starving
Cubans. The question Is , Will this
money be Invested In commodities pur
chased with advertising space at three
prices or will It bo turned over to the
legitimate relief association acting under
governmental authority ?
The decision of Judge Fawcett refns
Ing the Injunction prayed for to restrain
the city council from ordering pave
ments laid under the charter pro
vision dispensing with a petition
from abutting property owners for
streets within a radius of 3,000
feet from the court house should
bo promptly taken advantage of by the
city to rcqtilro the pavement of all
streets In that district not yet paved.
The question Involved Is not one of tak
ing propertyUvlJhout due process of la v ,
ns alleged by the obstructing property
owners , but ono of taxation , and there Is
no principle of law that says the taxing
power cannel be regularly exercised
without thcjclmsent of the parties taxed
by petition oj- otherwise. Because the
charter restricts the power of the coun
cil In levying assessments for certain
classes of st eet Improvements nnd lu
certain area's In the city should be no
"
reason why . 1 should not make full use
of Its power where nmestrleted by those
conditions.
Everybody In these parts Is anxious
to see the new 100-a-mlnute equipment
of the street railway company. Hut
after all 100 a minute is only 0,000 nn
hour , and there will bo days during the
exposition when ten times that number
of people will want to use the street
cars at the same time.
Whore ( lie "I'lill" Comes In.
Philadelphia Times.
When a man places himself In the bands of
his friends before an election there Is noino-
times competition about Itio hold on hta leg.
ArlntcuTuey Tonril Domi.
Sprlnsfleld Hepubllcan.
Michael Davltt's assertion that the Engl.'oh
aristocracy hates America Is made with dc-
llhcratlon , perhaps , yet he must remember
that a change may have como over that
aristocracy since Us Impoverished nobles ben -
n marrying the daughters of American mil
lionaires.
tiunr < lliiKtlio NnUuii'n Honor.
New Yorlt Commercial Advertiser.
Mr. Bryan deprecates war with Spain , but
declares that the "national honor must be
saved. " This Is the very object for which
the republican party haa steadily contended ,
and It matters not whether the assailants of
"r.atlcnal honor" live on the banka of the
Guadlana or of the Platte. It dealt with Mr.
Bryan In 1890 as It Is prepared to deal with
Spain now.
The
St. Touts llepublle.
For murdering fifty-four members of the
Vlrglnlufl crew Spain paid to this country
$ SOCOO and that In two Installments after
years of diplomacy. Tlis tate was about $1,400
per man. Since then the courts of this coun
try hive adopted the rule ot fixing the value
of human life nt $5,000. If we are to settle
with Spain on a money basis for the death of
the Malno crew , our own valutlon , and not
Spain's , should govern In this case.
PlncliliiKthe SiiKiir Trust.
Philadelphia Ilcconl.
The Sugar trust Is undergoing the fatal ex
perience which sooner or latec overtakes all
monopolistic violations of the laws of
trade. New rofluerlcs are springing up anil
the trust must submit to their competition
or buy them off on their own terms. Each
successive purchase at Ticavy cost of p'anta
that are not nc'eded reduces the resources of
the monopoly , and at Inst will come the col
lapse. The Sugar 'trust haa had a long and
prosperous run , biit there Is no mistaking
tdo signs of revolt against Its power.
Cmiiiillnii I. nml fJrnlilicr.i.
Jluffrilo n > press.
The action ft' ' Canadian officials In the
northwest In puttlpg their customs houses
at the summit jbt p sses on territory claimed
by the Unltedfeta cs may put to the test
that frlcndshlijlfor the United States which
Brltona are process np Just at present. The
United States may bar busy v 1th Spain , but
not too busy to , protec > l Itii own boundaries.
From any noliUvp'h vlcjv the action of the
Canadians In thus complicating a question
which was alre dy. progressing rapidly to
ward amicable and reasonable settlement
must be regarded by civilized people as dis
creditable.
Tin * Crime of 1'i-rjury.
Case nnd Comment.
The responsibility of the legal profession
for the prevalence of perjury Is very great.
There arc some lawyers who create evidence
to aid their own cases. These constitute the
most dangerous class of professional crimi
nals , and wo may hope It Is very small. But
there are many who will wink at and si
lently encourage perjury when It Is on their
side. Yet these men would scorn to receive
stolen goods. They quietly swallow the
cumel. but would ba Insulted If you offered
them the gnat. This Is because moral senti
ment Is more clearly denned with respect
to receiving stolen goods than with respect
to fronting from perjury.
POLITICAL DIIIFT.
"John Leody. " says the Atchlson Globe ,
"Is a good governor , but he Is not popular
with the populists because he doesn't con
sult them every time he wants to change hla
shirt. "
A 'Brooklyn ' ex-coroner has been convicted
and heavily sentenced for collecting $2,200
In bogus fees while In office. It serves him
right ; but , were there no bigger fish In these
waters ?
George 03. MoCIellan. son of the famous
general , Is tbo youngest man In congress.
Ho Is a chunky little man and generally he
can be seen when the house Is In session
standing In front "of the reporters' desks with
both hands rammed down In his trousers'
pockets , like -Newlands of Nevada. Ho Is a
moderately good speaker and Is regarded as
a capable , level-headed man.
All the state officers from governor down
to land commissioner become vacant in
Michigan at the close of this year , ana a
lively fight seems certain In the Wolverine
state. Parties are rather mixed In Michigan.
In the spring of 1897 the republicans polled
210,000. the sliver democrats 140,000 , the
gold democrats 20,000 , the prohibitionists
S.OOO , the middle-of-the-road pops 4,000 and
tbo socialists 2,100 votes.
Benjamin F. iMarsh of Illinois is one of the
distinguished-looking men In congress. Full
six feet tall and symmetrically built , erect
as a grenadier and Independent as a viking ,
he would attract attention In any assembly.
( Ho Is ono of the most successful far mem in
America and ono of the most extensive. .
Whatever he does he does with his whole
soul. During the war he rose from a private
to a colonel and was shot four times. Ho
soldiered In nine states.
The democratic state convention In Mis
souri has beencalled for August 10 , In
SprlniHeld , for ho nomination of several
fandldatee. moro artlcularly a Judge of the
s-ipretne court , bp present Judge of the
M sourl supreme'paurt ( his salary Is $4,500) )
wra choKVa In IS S.j The- term Is ten yearn ,
and the present Incumbent of the post had ,
when elected , a lijajprlty of only 27.000 votes
over his republicanopponent. , In the same
election Cleveland's , majority over General
Harrlsm In Missouri was 25,000 , ariJ that
ccolest may bo said , to have marked ( Cleve
land was nominated' for his second term In
St. Loulri In 1888) the low water mark of the
democratic party In" that state , for Brjan'o
majority. 1896 , waa 63,000 , and outside of the
cltv of St. Louis his lead was 73.003. The
term of the present governor of Missouri
does not explro f.ntU . 1901.
The propensity of ) Texas statesmen when
In session In Austin to establish new and
unnecessary countlcj has been carried to an
almost absurd extreme. The Lone Star utato
has 24C couities , and some of them are
counties "In name only. " In Brlscoe county ,
so-called , there were only ninety-seven
vote lu the presidential election of 1892 ,
niaety-six of them votln ; the- democratic
and ono the republican ticket. In the con
test of 189G the republican voter of Brlacoo
got a recruit , and the republican vote waa
two. In what la known as King county ,
Texas , republicans made even greater
headway. In the electlcn ot 1892 there were
eighty-one voters In King , seventy-six demo
crats and flvo populists. In 1896 , as the
cesult. perhaps , of the educational campaign ,
there appeared one republican. It has never
been authoritatively etated whether this re-
nubltcan was a former democrat or a former
DopulUt , but , at all events , he voted for
William McKUiley In 1896 , and bo enjoys the
nroud distinction of being the caly man la
his county who did.
U.ULIIOAI ) Hi ; l'lATlOM.
KoHMV of tlir Work of ( Intcrntnte
Comim-rcc CoiiinilxHlnti ,
. Henry C , Adami In the AtUntlo.
One Is scarcely at liberty to say , without
the consent of the supreme court , what the
Intention of congress was In creating the
Interstate Commerce comtubalon. Accepting ,
however , the language of the act as the otilj
basis of Interpretation , It seems clear that
the ability of tdo commission to perform Its
duties was made dependent upcn the co
operation of the courts. Had It been poo-
slblc for the courts to have accepted the spirit
of the act , and to have rendered their as
sistance heartily and without ref-erve , thcrer
Is reason to believe that ttio petntclous
discrimination In railway service and the un
just charges for tranapcctatlon would now
have beu In large measure a thing of the
past. As It Is , the most significant chapter
lu tdo history of the 001111111331011 pertains to
Its persistent endeavors to work out some
cuoJtis vlvcndl without disturbing the dignity
of the Judiciary.
The merchant , , the manufacturer and tlio
farmer , working under conditions of Indus
trial liberty , do not ocein to require any | ie <
cullar supervision on the part of the state , for
competition Is adequate to Insure tclatlvc
Justice as between custom , as well ( is ( tie
sale of goods at a fair price. But In the
railway Industry , competition dees not work
so beneficent n result. On the contrary , such
Is Its nature that It Imposes upon railway
managers iho necessity of disregarding equity
between customers and of fixing wtes with
out considering their fairness , whether Judged
from the point of view of cost or of social
results. Were this not true tdcro would bo
no railway problem.
But what , It will bo asked , Is there pecu
liar about the business of transportation
which renders It superior to the satisfactory
control of competition ? * The railway
Industry Is an txtenslvo , and not an Intensive ,
Industry. It conforms to the law of "Increas
ing" returns rather than to the law of "con
stant" or of "diminishing" retuins. This
being the case , ability to perform a unit of
service cheaply depends more upon the quan
tity of business transacted than upon atten
tion to minute details. Another way of say-
lug the eciiic thing Is tdat the expenses In
cident to the operations of a railway do not
Increase In proportion to the Increase In the
volume of traffic. As an Industrial fact , this
does not pertain to the business of the manu
facturer , the merchant or the farmer , but Is
peculiar to tbe business of tiansportatlon ;
and It Is adequate , when properly understood ,
to explain why all advanced peoples , without
regard to the form of government they may
have adopted or the social theories they may
entertain , dave surrounded the administration
of railway. . ? with r-ccullar legal restrictions.
The necessity of some sort or government
control lies In the nature of the business
Itself.
It lice in the theory of modern society that
men should succeed or fall according to
their abilities. As a matter of fact , a rall-
wo- manager has It within his power , *
through the manipulation of rates , to make
or to destroy ; to determine which persons
In the community and which communities In
the state shall attain commercial succces ,
and which shall struggle In vain for Its at
tainment. * * * Suppose , for example ,
that ono cattle dealer In Chicago Is selected
by a pool of railways to control the ship
ment of meats from Chicago to the seaboard ,
and that , In order to secure him this control ,
he receives a rate of 10 per cent less than
the rates charged other dealers ; It Is evident
that the favored shipper will quickly destroy
the business of other shippers by bidding
moro for cattle than they can afford to bid
Admitting that the discrimination la not ap
proved by common law , what remedy has
the small shipper which Is sufllclently speedy
In Its action to rescue the business which ho
observes to be slipping from him ? He has
no remedy ; and for this reason Is It essential
thai discriminations of the sort referred to
should be made a statutory misdemeanor , and
that some special method of procedure , more
rapid In Its operations than an ordinary
court , should bo established to cause the rail ,
ways to dealst from their wrong-doings.
'AMI OTHERWISE.
Most of the returning Klondlkcrs appear
til ba richer In experience than In anything
else.
John Ilampdonr the great English patriot ,
who waa slain nt Chalgrovo Field In 1643 ,
has Just had dedicated
to his memory a
stained glass In the parish church at Great
Hampden.
Emperdr Monclek of Abyssinia has ordered
at the Paris mint 3,000,000 of golden pieces ,
to bo coined after a new pattern , nnd the
workmen are working night and day to com-
iilete his order.
Two Itinerant umbrella menders
were re
cently fortunate enough to be hit by an en-
Kino on the Lehlgh Valley railroad , nnd the
couri has Just awarded them $4,000 with
which to repair their damaged corporosltles.
Ceorzo W. Vandcrbllt Intends to continue
the development of his model village of Bill-
more. N. C. . by the erection of a school
housl for white pupils , the building of sev
eral handsome dwellings nnd the establishment -
ment of an electric light plant.
Under an old ash tree In the quiet ceme
tery in Milton , a few miles out from Boston ,
, a .UKO bowlder wfalch bears on the south
? .hm f / , ' - ) " : "Ann and Wendell
? iPIi ! ° thi.0 ° rderl ) glvlnE datcs in
1880 and 1884 , each aged 73 years.
The real name of the distinguished French
painter known aa Carolus Duran Is Charles
Auguste Emll Durand. Mr. Diuandwho Is a
self-made man and proud of It , has Just
arrived in this country , and durln ; his stay
will paint the portraits of several well known
men and women of this country.
A bust of the German emperor Is to bo
placed in the famous Walhalla of Bavaria
? . , Tue Ll.y : next > the anniversary of his
birth. This hall of fame was founded by
King Louis I. of Oavarla , to commemorate
the great men of Germany. It stands on a
beautiful summit overlooking the Danube
near Regensburg.
John O. Kunltz , now a liveryman at ApPleton -
Pleton , iWIs. , was Bismarck's coachman
twenty-five years ago , and for years drove
the Iron Chancellor In Berlin and elsewhere.
He was paid $30 per month , with board and
livery , liberal and frequent tips , enabling him
to lay by quite a sum for Investment on his
arrival In this country.
Booker T. Washington , In an address de
livered last week , said the trouble with his
race was that It Is In too big a hurry. The
preachers , he said , wanted to bo D. D.'s before -
fore they knew divinity ; they want blog- a
raphlfs before they have lived ; they want
Latin and Greek before they know a pronoun
In English ; they -want postonices before they
know how many stamped envelopes to give
for 11 cents ; whereas , they should stick to
Intelligent 'farming , build better houses , have
better j homes and never go to a town unless
they have something to sell.
Austin Gollahor , who has been remembered
In biographies of Abraham Lincoln as hiv
ing saved the future president from drown
ing In his boyhood In Kentucky , died M his
homo at Hodgensvllle , Ky. , on February 22
last. The Incident referred to occurred when
Lincoln was about 6 years of ago In conse-
qncnco of his falling Into a swollen stream
which ho was crossing on a log , and out of
which ho was dragged by Gollaher. who was
some four years his senior. The story lo
told on Gollaher's authority In Miss Tarbell'e
llfo of Lincoln and In probably other biog
raphies of the great emancipator.
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The report ot the SweJUh and Norwegian
committees on the union between the two
countries has been submitted to the Swedish
Riksdag anil the Norwegian Storthing. The
majority report of the Swedish committee
rcconuncnda the appointment of A common
foreign minister , who may bo either a Swcdo
or a Norwegian , but Is cot to bo a member
cither of the Riksdag or the Storthing. U
also advocates the constitution of n council
of state for fotclgn affairs , to consist of at
least two Swedish and two Norwegian coun
cillors. With regard to the common foreign
mlnlstor'n responsibility , the report provides
that ho may bo Impeached bcfcre a supreme
judicial tribunal ot the united kingdoms , con
sisting of the elx c.cinlir ( Judges of the im-
promo courts of both countries , twelve mem
bers of the Riksdag , and the same number ot
the Storthing. It Is proposed , further , tint
diplomatic and consular representation bo.
common to both countries , The report of
the majority of the Norwegian committee
recommends that each country contribute to
the cxpcndltuic on account of the foreign
ministry In proportion to Its population , and
that the consular representation bo common
to both countries for a period of fit teen
years , after which each fhall be entitled to
Or in nnd the dissolution ot the consular union.
Tliet-o In also a Norwegian minority report ,
which recommends a separata foreign min
uter and eeparato diplomatic and consular
representation for each of the two countries.
has a population of 130,000,000 , with
an army of about 1,000,000 men on n pcaco
footing and 2,500,000 on a war foiling. She
Is accordingly reckoned comtumly the most
formidable power l Europe. But In the Na
tional Rovlow of March the Idea that she
Is so very formidable In ridiculed. "Tiro
Russian bogey , " according to the Review ,
docs Indeed terrify many nations , who "tum
ble over one another for the czar's favors , "
but close examination reveals elements of
wMknwa. Within the limits of European
Ruscla nnd In a defensive war Russia maybe
bo co-needed the first place. Napoleon's ex
perience and study of the statistics of hut
present resources make her title to that clear.
But In war beyond her proper borders Russli
labors under many disadvantages and Is not
a paitlcularly efficient military powcc. The
Crlircan war , for example , ended In Russia's I
humiliation and the ruin of her finances. The )
war in Turkey In 1877 won to have been a. )
triumphant promenade , but It lasted a whole I
year and permanently depreciated the rouble
to the extent of one-third of Its value. War
In the far east would not. therefore. It secim.
bo at present a picnic for Russia , If she had
Japan alone to contend with , and might bo
a hopeless struggle If Japan enjoyed the as
sistance of arc ally.
In the light of the pers'stont rumors con-
cernlns the strained relations existing be
tween Great Britain and the Transvaal , a
recent speech delivered by Sir Alfred Mll-
ner. governor of the Capo of Gcod Hope ,
acquires n good deal of significance. In ad
dressing trfo Afrikander Bond he said thit
he preferred to take their loyalty for ;
Granted. What reason could they have for j
disloyalty when they enjoyed freedom , self- j
government. Justice and equality , the llrst '
principles of British policy ? But he could
not shut his oyefl. ho went on to say , to un- j
pleasant facts. .At any prospect of n. differ1 1
cnco between the Imperial government nnd
the Transvaal a mass of people In the colony , I
without even the semblance of Impartiality , ,
espoused the cause of the Transvaal. He be
lieved that their motive was peace , but they
were totally wrong , for their policy rested
on the assumption that Great Britain had
some occult design on the Independence of
the Transvaal , which was opposite to the
truth. The earnest desire of the British waste
to avoid a quarrel and to Insist only on the
minimum of external control necessary for I
the future transciulllity of South Africa. This
was her attitude , and she could not be
frightened out of It. If the Dutch of Capo
Colony wished to help the Transvaal , they
should Induce It to assimilate Its Institutions
and what was more Important the spirit
and temper of Its administration to those of
the Jrco communities of South Africa.
* *
In the termination of the uprising among
the hill tribes of northwestern India a costly
and bootless struggle has been brought to.an
end. Great Britain , It is true , has reas
serted her authority among these savage
fanatics. She has given the world fresh Il
lustrations of English intrepidity and valor ,
notably at Dargal Ridge. She has demon
strated anew the firm hold ehe has on the
mixed population of India. But this prac
tically Is all she has gained. She has prac-
acqulred an ell of additional territory or ex
tended the area of British Influence. She
has simply quelled a rebellion of her own
subjects. On the other hand , a great num
ber of lives has been lest in the conflict and ,
on the British side , a vast amount of treasure.
C ! course. Great Britain cannot bo held
responsible for the war except Insofar as It
was needlessly prolonged through misman
agement on the part o ! the chiefs of the
British forces. The Insurrection had Its /
origin In fanaticism and superstition , some
thing like that which precipitated the Sepoy
outbreak , and stern measures were required
for its suppression.
The persistence and Increase of the plague
In India Is exciting grave apprehensions In
Egypt , especially In view of the impending
pilgrimage to Mecca. The Quarantine board
at Cairo has appealed to the Egyptian gov
ernment to prohibit the pilgrimage for thla
year , and the ministers- have forbidden pro
visionally the ITSue of passports to intending
pilgrims. The final decision rests with the
Khedive , who , it Is thought , will not refusa
his assent to a measure necessary for the
protection ot Egypt and Europe , as , If the
plague Is once introduced on the Nllo there.
Is a strong probability of its remaining
there for yean3. Religion enjoins but ono
pilgrimage , and only upon those able to
afford It , end It is believed that a large pro.
portion of the population would approve ot
Its suppression during the present danger.
The suppression of the pllgrimago need not
Interfere with the festival of the Holy Car
pet or the annual subsidy of wheat to the
holy cities , which could bo dispatched as
usual.
According to the recent statement of
correspondent of the London Times at
Kirln. the second largest city In Man-
choorla , that place , with Its 200,000 Inhab
itants , Is being Russified with great rapidity.
Samovars may bo seen at every Irn , and
tarantasses carrying Russian officials , cs-
corted by Cossack" , Jsah through tbo crowd * !
streets. Indeed , the Russians have but llttN
moro to gain In Manchoorla. They have thi
right to build rail wo ) s and bouse * , to work
mines nnd to Import all ktada of machinery
for railway nnd mining use. They also havt
the right to unrestricted navigation of Inland
waters , as well nn the right to protect them-
eolvcs by force , Independent of the Chinese.
Wlthnl the natives seem content , and are
quite prepared to welcome further change *
which would release them from tbo rule ol
the rapacious mandarins. While other pow
ers squabble over ports on the Chinese coast ,
Russia quietly absorbs the hinterland.
With what an Iron hand Russia etllt
crushes the liberties of despoiled Poland hai
been made strikingly apparent to the world
lii the police Interference with the proposed
Mlcklowlcz celebration nt Warsaw. Adam
Mlcklcvlc * Is the greatest name In I'ollsh
. literature In fact , with the Russian Touah-
kin , he must be looked upon ns one of the
two chiefs of Sla\onlc poetry nivl genius.
The memory of Mlcklewlcz , however , Is In
delibly associated with the patriotic strug
gles of Poland with her futile , but glorlotM ,
efforts to shake off the Russian yoke. Rather
than breathe under the caitcH ; of Muscovy
Mlcklewlcz oxcllcd hlnuclf , flist In Rome and
then In Paris. Earnest In bis patriotism to
the end , he was sent at the outbreak of
the Crimean war to Constantinople , whcro
ho sought to raisea regiment of POCT ! for
the French army. And amid this work ho
died , In ISjo , believing that perhaps the war
was open at last for 1'olriulVi freedom.
.Minuv :
Clilfnfjo Hccorit.
She never told her love nh , no :
Her hcnrt of pride suppressed It.
Hut she KIIVO him timid sinners , so
He promptly up mid guessed It.
Detroit Journal.
In cloth of sack and ashes ,
With flshs the we\ry clny.inrp spent.
Sorry for all lier Hlns ? Oh , no.
Sony there's auch a thing as Lent ,
OilcnKu Tribune.
"And o , " ho Plioutoil , In a rnge ,
"Yo como huri but to scoff !
Jly friends all egged me on the stage ,
And nowMyou egg mo off ! "
Jud o.
No lagging's by the Rites ntlowetl ,
The houl that plans gets hardest rapsi
And bo with ginger rich endowed
il'Icks up the best of Fortune's snaps.
ChlonKo News.
"This pink rose , darling- nr It
In your hair , " hU fond note * ald ,
But she- smashed It did not spare It-
He forgot her hair was rod.
Detroit Journal.
"It take.3 a thief to catch n thlof , "
The proverb-milker weens.
Docs that reflect on nil police ?
Oh , not by any means.
Chicago Tribune , _
Wo nrc coming1 , Uncle Samuel , we're coming
once again ,
From the coal mine nnd the counting1 room ,
from hill top , brake , nnd fen.
\\u're re.ulv now to back It up our swag-
Kciliitf Yankee brai ?
And to hen ! that uiand old rebel , Fltzhugh
Lee , uphold thei ling.
Starving Cuba's voice has reached us , and
, we'll answer with n shout :
"Hold the fort , for we are coming1 , and we'll
clean the Spmlards out ! "
We'ro w.iltlnK now to hear the Indana' !
opcnliu : roar.
If ] yen need u ? . Uncle Samuel , we'll como ten
million ! ) more !
OX TIIK Til A I.V. .
The maddening cllelo of the- wheels ;
The landscape ) that lllcs swiftly by ;
The little fat boy In the aisle.
Who's i > itliir ( a hujre-plefe of pie ;
The wonderful ( 'hecks In the suit
Of the iliummcr , who sits 'cross the nlsle )
The fat German woman who bums
And eats noisy cheese all tliu while ;
The RiillclcsH old fellow who askfi
"Will you tell me , what plico IH this ? "
The tow-headed , taffy-chinned elf ,
Who puts up her face foi' a kins :
The lonesome young gill -who Inquires ,
"Did you come that long wny alone ? "
The dapper conductor who asks ,
"DC" you go straight through ? That youf
homo ? '
The Htout Swedish g-Irl chewing Kum ;
The rough minim ; man , with a cold ;
The talkative wldcMi who "came.
Twelve years ngo here , to grow old ! "
Tlio bovvno persuades you to buy
Periodicals bought lonir before ;
The waiter , while-coated , who yells ,
"Last call ! Only ten minutes moro ! "
The mother who talks baby talk ,
And Joggles her child when It cries ;
Politicians who argue , but prove
On them the whole nation relies ;
The light-hatted Johnny , who asks ,
"Pnwdon mo ! Haven't r\e met before ? "
The hport In the corner who's lost ,
Say he's "game yet , but feelln' dead sorel *
The theatrical troupe who talk simp ;
The cherubs who chase up tlio nl-lo ;
Tim little prlm-looklnB. old maid ,
Who reads a dry book all the while ;
The swagKcr society girl ,
Who BA ops In with a rustlp of silk ;
The woman with bundles galore ,
Drinking1 bottles of coffod nnd milk ;
A llttlo , red , freckle-faced boy ,
Who's trying his best not to cry ;
A new married couplu who spoon ,
And hold hands when they think no
one's by ; (
Was It old Billy Shnke penrel miho Mld ,
That every man Jack had to learn
To BO on this told vaudevlllo stage.
Of an earth , nnd do his llttlo turn ?
Well , I thlnlo that Shakespeare wus right.
Uuli rot all the Kood places to see
A rehearsal of comedy parts i
The train Is the best ono to me.
me.E. . M. R
ODIX
Syracuse Herald.
Oh , light overcoats are out ,
Yi's. they're out ;
On the thin man or the stout ,
Or the stout :
And the yountr chick nnd the lambkin
Now replace the pDrk and hamkln.
And the oyster nnd the clamkln ,
Don't you doubt !
Oh , the coal bln'n bleak nnd bare ,
Bleak and bare ;
Not n clinker now dwells there ,
Now dwells there ; '
And they hang outside the pirrot
With his plumage ipreen nnd carrot ,
And the gas stove leaves the garret
Don't you care !
Oh , the front stands nlsrli the beer ,
Foaming beer ,
With a KalV > n full of cheer ,
Amber cheer !
Wo know It by the bonnet ,
Uy the poet's sickly sonnet ;
You may bet your last cent on It ,
Spring la hero !
Now is
the time
To buy your Spring or Easter Hat. Our complete assort
ment is ready and includes all the popular blocks and shades.
Our windows give you but a slight idea of the many styles we
iiave to show. Extensive alterations have delayed us some , be
ing cramped for room we have been unable to show half our
large stock. That has been overcome , and if you want a stylish
spring hat , come here. You can buy one for $ J.OO or $4,00.
Whatever price you want to pay we can suit you with the very
best there is in the market for that money.
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