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TUB OMAHA DAILY BEE : TUESDAY , AP1HL 11 , 1890 , 11 * m OMAHA DAILY BEE. E. ROSEWATBIl , Editor. PUBMSHUO EVHlll' MOHNIXO. TKIIMS OV 8UUSCU1PTION. Dally Bee ( without Sundny ) , One Ycnr.JCM Daily Ileo and Siinda > , One Year . 800 BIX Months . 400 Three Months . 2W Hunday He , uno Veai . ? W Haturdny Hce , One Tear . l.M Weekly IJco , one Tear . Omaha : The Hoc Hulldlng. South Omahai City Hall building , Twenty- llflh and N street . Council Bluffs. 10 I'enrl Street. Chlc KO. Stock Exchange Building. New iork. Temple Court Washington ; Ill rourttonth Street. COUIICSI'ONDUNCK. Communlcntlong relating to newt nnd edi torial matter should he addressed. bul- torlal Depurtment , The Omnlm Bee. BUSINESS LnTTHUS Business loiters nnd remittances should be nrldrcHscd to The lieu Publishing Company. Omaha. UUMITTANCnS. Hemlt by draft , express or postal order pajabte to The Bee Punishing Company Only 2-ccnt stamps accented In payment ot mall accounts. Personal checks , except on Omaha or eastern exchange , not accepted. Tiju BEE PUBLISHING COMPAN\ . STATBMK.NT OP ClltCI'IjATIO.V Stnto ot Nebraska , Douglas County. SB : George B. Tzschuck , secretary of The Heo Publishing company , being duly sworn , twin th t the actital number of full and complete topics of The Dally. Morning. Kvenlng nnd Sunday Hce , printed during the month of March , 1399 , Was as rollout 1 21Slid 17 2I , 8 2 24 , l < > < > is sri s 3 U4IIUO 19 24r * n 4 21,510 o 2ir.ii : > 6 xinno ; i 2(1,00(1 ( ( C s 1,8 IB 22 2JHO ( ! 7 U-Ji20 : " 3 24,5SO 3 ill,0(1(1 ( 24 24 , < tiO : 9 Ul.'JdO 25 2SH 10 -JI.IIO 2C 25 , HIS 11 1,71:0 27 2Iit ) : ( ) 12 21BIO 23 21,000 13 -.2ri20 29 21,810 14 ! MHI 30 . ' . .2I.OHO 16 2i , no 31 21,010 1C 2 , S20 Total 77B,8i : Iess unsold nnd returned copies. . . . 1O,11H ! Not total sales . ' . . . . . T ! i , l 8 Net dally average ai.UO.l OKORGi : B TZSCHUCK Subscribed nnd sworn to before mo this . . . April , ! . l.fede.r. , HI.pI Notary Public In and for Douglas County , Neb. How will the Jnchsonlnu c-lub kitty Htavo off stnrvntloii 1C County Attorney Shlekls refuses to relent ? Notwithstanding tlie success nttondltiR Onuiliii's latest suicide we fear the cyan ide of potassium route will never become popular. The question Is , How many of the sung expect to be la on the split-up of that ? 'Ju,000 when County Attorney Shields gets It ? Omaha will be spatcd the ttouble of taking part in the opening of the base ball season this year , but It will try to worry along just the b.une. The Hoc prints mote paid want nds every day than any other paper pub lished In these patts. If you have , any doubts , make the comparison yourself. To whom It may concern Ball bonds for protected gamblers to be had on ap plication to Colonel AValtcr Molse , tild- de-catnp on the staff of his excellency , Governor Poynter. The local popocratlc organ gives space to a poetic effusion over the name of the original Bill Dech. Can It be possible that Dech Is paving the way for another backsliding Into the fusion lanks ? The Norwegian legislators have de clined nil Invitation to sit at the ban quet table with the ctown ptince of Sweden. Unfortunately the dispatches do not state whether the pl.ttes weie to be at § 1 or $10 , pewter or gold. Itcporta from all over Nebraska Indi cate a bcarclty both of farm laborers nnd mechanics. Nebraska is preparing to wind up the century at n lively gait nnd 1809 promlhos to be the most pros perous year In Its histoiy. The governor is too busy sow ing small grain on the Boone county farm to make out ofllclal commlKbloiiH for the appoint ive ofllces nt Ills disposal , lie evidently believes that even if the ofllolal crop lb a little Into theie will be plenty of time for It to mature. The last man who thought The nee should pay him $ ' 1,000 to make good a damaged icputatlon was Comptioiler Ol- 8uu. If County Attorney Shields did not imuglno he knew it all , he might get Bomo good ndvlce on the subject by con- inking with Mr. lu an accident during a play out nt Denver the dagger of the leading lady collided with the face of ono of the other characters , Intllctlng a deep wound and incapacitating the Injured man. This should bo n'complete refutation of nil current stoiles about adamantine theatrical cheek , General MncAithur Is taking n rest , while Gcneial ln\vtou la showing what ho can do in the way of an asslmllator. Ills lltst try wan fnlily successful , though the Filipinos to the south have demonstrated they me Just as good foot- racers aa their northern brothers , Noth ing Blower than n rllto ball can catch them. When the cruiser Halelgh reaches Now York it will meet with about ns warm u reception as that which greeted It al most ono jear ago In Manila bay. The metropolis proposes to maKe fully as much noise H the Spanish nnd the olllucrti and crew tue to bo entertained In u royal manner. In a word there lb buro to bo n hot time In the old town that night. The exchange copy of the treaty of pence between the United States nml Spain has reiiuhed Washington and IB In the Jiiuuls of Ambassador Cnmbon. The French diplomat can confer a gtont favor upon an army of Spanish ollicials by hurrying un the liual formality. are waiting to Muny lucrative positions bo lUlod when peace is formally restored mid innumeiablo Spanish diplomats are at present laid on1 owing to dull times. AXOTIIKlt0AT The expedition of General l.nwton was entirely < siKH" " ful nnd another strategic point Is in posteriori of the American forces , from which operations will In- projected Into n portion of Lu/on whole the enemy has until now been undis turbed. Subsequent events will show how much Impottamv thorn Is In the capture of Santa Cruz , but It would seem that either the l-'lllplnos did not regard it as a place of any gicnt value to themselves - selves or they hnvc become so demoral ized that they cannot make n detei mined defense. It appeals that they did llttlo fighting , yet they mifi'ored n considera ble loss in killed and wounded , while our forces hud only slv men wounded. This cnptuie must tend to si 111 further demoralize the rillplno troops , while It Is piobable that It will also have an effect upon the people fnvotnblo to nn abandonment of hostilities and the ac ceptance of Ameiican rule. livery success of this kind necessarily weakens the enemy's cause , but a treat many such may have to be achieved IP- fete the rillplnos will be ready t > Hop hostilities. It Is perhaps true , as stated , Hint n largo number of the people would welcome peace , but theio 14 an element which Is deteimliiLd to keep up warf.iro and until this element Is completely o\t r- thtown hostilities will continue. Ihus while every such capture as that of KniititCruz brings the end a llttlo ne.irer It Is ptobably still far off and befoie it Is icached the government n n.v haute incteabe the army in the riidlppines to double the present force or more. Active campaigning In Lur.on will have lo halt as soon as the rainy seasu'i begins which will give the natives an oppor tunity to prepare for Its renewal and there is little rent-on to doubt that they will take full advantage of thlb. in A UK irm ; The statistics of trade between the United States and Cuba , I'orto Ulco and the Philippines ate Interesting as Indi cating whal may be expected when nor mal conditions are established in those islands. Comparing the returns for last February with the same month of liiht year , n nmiked Increase is bhown in both Imports nnd exports , the aggiegate gain in the exports being much laiger than In the Imports. This was to luno been expected as to Cuba and I'orto Him , but the largo gain in the exports to the Philippines Is somewhat surprising. That the largo trade we formerly had with Cuba will be restored and ptobably greatly Increased after the island shall have been pacified , industrial conditions Improved and a stable goveiiimout es tablished there can be no doubt and in the meanwhile our commcice with Cuba should steadily grow. The United States will alwnjs be the principal market for Cuban products and this country will supply to a greater extent than ever before the wants of the Island. Porto lllco being Ameiican territory we shall of course control that market. As to the Philippines we shall undoubtedly In time secure our share of their trade , but with the open-door policy we shall have no special advantages there and cannot expect to icnlizo an Increase in our commerce with the Islands such as will come from Cuba and Porto lllco. The statistics make a gratifying ex hibit and it is safe to assume that the future showing will be still better. THE HE ACTION IN INDUSTRIALS. The decline that has taken place within the past week in the , prices of certain "indubtiial" stocks that is , the stocks of tnibts and combinations , many of which Imve never earned a dollar tor- dividends and are not likely to Is an admonition of the danger of speculating In buch stocks which ought to be gener ally heeded. It is fatated in regard to the marked slump of Just Friday , which came very near causing a panic In Wall street , that the aggiegate depreciation represented a loss of value of about $80,000,000 and that had the close been .it the lowest quotations of the day the loss would have been very much greater. A panic was averted by the appearance of tin abundant supply of money Inr- nlshed by financial Institutions whose business Is largely deilved Irom stock speculation. Yesterday there was a re newal of heavy selling and a further de- dine in the industrials in which confi dence is lacking. The substantial stocks have naturally to some extent sympa thized with the reaction , but the decline of these has been eoitrparatlvely light and they may be expected to recover. The conservative uollcy of the banks in regard to the Industrials doubtless had most to do with producing the reaction - action , but as to many of these stocks there Is a general lack of confidence. The warnings of Secretary Gage and other financiers in regard to them have not been unheeded. As to tile position of the banks the Financial Chronicle notes that while they are ready to sup ply all legitimate demands at low rates , "call money" could not be procured on many speculative securities at even ia to 15 per cent. "This contrast , " sajb that Journal , "tells us where the seat of the disease Is and moio than that how sound and healthy the larger business Interests are. " With an netho demand for money the first secuiltles to bo thrown out weie those about which the earning power wap comparathely little known , those whose price was subject to widest fluctuations and consequently whoso value is the least stable. Hence the class designated as Industrial.- * was the main mi floret * . Nor is it piobable that these stocks have yet touched bet tom. Some of them may realize n tem porary recovery , hut the chances mo largely In favor of their going much lower before the piocess of unloading them shall come to an end. The prices to which speculation can led them weie ten or twenty times their value nnd it Is Inevitable that sooner or later they must find their lo\el. This will mean heavy loss to a huge number , but If brought about gradually the general ef fect will perhaps not bo serious. Many weak Investors on narrow margins have ahoady been cleaned out and undoubt edly there will be moio such. The temptation to go beyond the point of safety in making speculative invest ments has been strong and It was ( jnlto time for such an admonition ns has been fmulshed dining the past week in the course of the stock market. If the of- feet "hall bo to Increase public distrust of a largo portion of the Industi Inl stocks those of the enormously o\er-cnpltal- Ized combinations nnd others nbout whoie eainlng power little Is known It will be n good thing , since It would per haps operate to check the combination movement , which is still active. TllK ; WAC'///K AT STAKK. The attempt of the piopilotois of the notorious * Molse resort to force the Hoard of Fire and Police Commissioners by mandamus to issue a license to sell liquor In the face of piotests supported by evidence of the disreputable and law less character of the place would attract little attention but for the Important principle at stake which goes to the very root of local self-government. For this reason , the action of the police board In preferring to have the Issues settled nt once nnd finally rather than to accept the numeious propositions for compro mise will have the vigorous support of the entltc community , especially as its action In this particular ease is so plainly In the Interest of law-enforce ment nnd good morals. So many confusing and misleading statements have been made In connec tion with tills bold attempt to use the eouits to perpetuate and protect a ttyst- Ing place of blackmailers and gamblers that a few pertinent temlndeis may help clarify the public mind. In the llrst place , Nebraska Is normally a prohibition state to the extent that liquor selling Is pro hibited by law except where the people of a particular locality may consent to permit Its sale by licensed parties under specified restrictions. No person there fore is entitled of light to a license to sell liquor In Nebraska. On the contrary , in most of the villages nnd towns throughout Nebraska the question whether liquor soiling shall be licensed or not is detet mined entirely by the elec tion of license or no-license members of the boards. If the popular verdict ns to liquor selling is to be carried into cllect it must be by the unmolested exercise of the licensing power by the excise board subject only to the right of appeal fiom aibltrary or illegal action. Otherwise a judge hailing from some prohibition com munity might nullify by injunction the wishes of the people alone ntlcctcd or , vice versa , some judge subject to the liquor influence might by mandamus 1m- pose saloons upon a people unanimously opposed to them. The strange part of the piesent pie ceedlng Is the peculiar position in which it leaves the judge who is now usurping PON ers vested by law exclusively in the police commission. The Ksue of liquor licenses in Omaha is no dltterent tiom their issue in any other city or town In Nebraska and the principle of judicial Interference is the same. The right ot nuulelpal homo tide , carrying with it the right to exercise all powers allecting local Interests through otllceis dhectly responsible to the people concerned , was lirst enunciated fiom the bench by the veiy judge who Is now infilnging that piiiiclple. If it is a denial of the right of home rule for a governor chosen by the people of the whole state to appoint the oiliceis vested with the licensing power Is it not an equal denial of that right for a judge chosen by the votes of the people of four counties to-exercise that power to the exclusion of the po lice commissioners lepiesentlng and re sponsible to the people of Omaha , who are alone affected by it ? If the principle of municipal home iiile Is to be upheld , it is plain that the light of municipal otllceis must be protected to peiform their duties without Interfer ence by mandamus and Injunction Horn judges whose titles aie derived from non-resident voters. Governor Roosevelt will probably bo looked upon as a broken idol liom now on by the professional reformerH. In u ic- cent speech the goveinor expressed a very positive dislike for tills flash. The dllleience between Goveinor Koosevolt and the professional reformer is that the former is practical while the other- Is not. One uses the means at hand to light evils In .i practical way while the other stands for a theory , ignoring con ditions and environment. The governor accomplishes results while the piolos- sloiml lefoimor moio often plays into the hands of the vicious than he helps the good. One deals In Idle platitudes while the other woiks. One Koosevelt Is worth more to the country than the entire collection of theorists and Imprac- tlcables. Whenever any ropoits get into the newspapeis in any way calculated to 10 fleet upon the loputatlon of Omnha as a business center the Omaha bankers are the fiist to inlso .the cry that such aiti des , although true , tend to damage Omaha in , , the east. But these same bankers are row responsible for the publication In every paper of moment in the country of fictitious clearing house icpoits calculated to make Omaha ap pear to be going backward as comp.ued with other western clearing house cities. If these bankers will not leallzo the duty they owe the community it will be in older for their pations and deposltois to jog their memoiles forcibly. Tills Is the season of the year for poiioulc outbreaks of labor tumbles in the building trades , It Is to bo hoped , h < n\e\er , that the differences will bo quickly adjusted nnd nctunl work begun upon n building season unequalled for years in this city. A largo number ol property owners and investors are icady to put money in building Improvements , but they must have stable conditions among artisans and mechanics befoie they will enter into contracts. For this reason a speedy settlement of differ- dices between employers and employes will be most advantageous to nil con cerned. Admiral Dewey has reiterated Ids dec. larntlon that lie will not bo u candidate for president. Gieat as the olllco Is Its possession would add little to his fame. As a naval commander lies ranks with the world's great leaders , but his whole life has been spent In a manner to unlit rather than develop him for a political career. The horde of self , seeking politicians which swnims around the executive would certainly make lifts a burden to him If they did not lead him Into nets threatening to tainl-di his reputation. The people of Omaha nre still nimble to comprehend the attitude of the county attorney tow nut law breakers. They would like him to explain why he pro > .e- elites gamblers who do not stand In with the llerdmnn gang and refuses to proo- cute protected gamblers against whom he says ho hns conclusive evidence. The attention of the public Is called to The Bee's superior news service cov ering the part ot the Nebraska loglment In the notions around Manila. The ac counts sent by The Bee's special corre spondent in the field are the most graphic , comprehensive nnd Intelligible that have been given. Kang Yu Wat , a Chinese statesman , out of job , has arrived in this country , having left home to avoid being sepa rated from his breath. If ho expects to catch on In the United States ho is doomed to disappointment. The market Is already overstocked with second-hand statesmen. County Attorney Shields asks for repa ration to the extent of SL'fl.OOO for dam age to his reputation Inflicted by The Bee. The county attoiney Is laborIm ; under a dire hallucination. H Mr. Shields' reputation has been damaged the author of the damage Is Mr. Shields , not The Bee. St. I oiiH Ileinibllc. Ohio la no hag It htvs put In only 17r)5t ) nppllcntlons for census enumerators nnd there are fully 60,000 places to fill. 'M N < MI l.i - MnilcCrnto * . Philadelphia Itccord. The heroes of the Spanish-American war whcso bodlca now rest In Arlington cemetery came from e\ery section of the union , nnJ each nowly-made grave li a pledge and as surance of an Indissoluble bond of natloml unity under the stars nnd stripes. Those biavo men vho gave their lives for then country in Cuba and Porto Hlco did not dla Inaln. . Printline ( He flood. Springfield Roimbllcan. The nestoin roads two Joined the trunk lines In entering Into n verbal promise \\lth the Interstate Commerce commission to mnlntnln published rates. This is the best the commission can do In the matter of en forcing the fcdeial law. It all depends upon the \\llllngness of the railroads. It Is an other "gentlemen's agi cement , " and vc know how binding that Is among the gentle men concerned. Dut the Interstate commis sioners feel as though thej should do some thing to earn their salaries. to Life fiom 1'lrcis. St. L/oulu Globe-Democrat. There never was a time in the history of the country when public attention was di rected more earnestly to the dangers to life from conflagrations. Speedy means of exit frcm buildings nnd fire escapes that can tie easily used are seen to be necessary. Jtany fires are the result of ciimlnal neglect. The Boston commissioners report that In 1,500 fires In that city sixty-seven were caused by kerosene lamps and sixty-five by electric \\lres. Only ono tire In thirty-eight extended to the other building's. ' Tire departments of late ha\o been far moro successful In con fining the damage to the original building than In sn\lng the lives of those whose rescue - cue depends upon the promptest action. C < -i.Hor.sIiJii i-t Mnnlln. New York iKv < jnlngPost. . One of the speakers at the Boston meetIng - Ing to protest against the war of conquest In the Philippines was iMr. H. C. Parsons , n republican member of the state senate. Among other things which he said was this : "We American peoplQ are some day to pass on this question. The first right of the American people Is to know the truth , the whole truth , as It passes from day to day , and what this country Is doing In the distant Philippine Islands. " The reference heio Is to the fact that the United States go\em inent maintains a censorship of news at Manila , and that the military authorities permit no intelligence to bo sent from the Philippines or even to the islands which docs not meet their appro\al. The cable company has warned nil persons that no dis patch will be transmitted having the lea-st relation to politics without the nssent of the military authorities of the United States. Cli irizailoii Iiitoiiriiil In St. I.oulH. Ohlcnso News. A St. Louis Judge decided yesterday that under certain conditions a husband Is Justi fied in beating his wlfo with his fists , but was strangely silent as to clubs. "In this case , " said the Judge , "tho wife was more guilty than the husband for trjing to con tradict and thwnrt her husband's will In the presence of the children and setting them a bad example , \\hlbh ho had .1 right to re buke. " If the cnso was one In which a drunken husband attempted to go to bed with his hoots on ( the children not being present ) and the wlfo protested , what sort of rebuke , accordion to the St. Louis code , would the husband ha\o been Justified In \isltiug upon the wlfo because of her pro test ? And if the children were present what additional punishment should he measure out ? However , the St. Louis Jurist clinches his rinding In these wouls "There are times when n wife initates her hus band to such an extent that ho cannot con trol himself nnd uses his hand or list. " This sort of unansweiable logic must of neces sity come from experience. siiu.vum ; Tin : j , A MILS. Baltimore American : Ono of the sane Investors of this city who takes advantages of markets because ho studies them nnd can afford to run the risks of his Judgment , said In reply to the question where the specula tion nnd o\crcapltnllzatlon will end1 "As usual , upon those who can lenst afford it. That is one of tbo mysteries of speculation. The men wlio lm\o the money get out with their profits , but the llttlo fellows stay In until they are sheared , " Now York Herald1 Many banks and othfr lenders of money had become wary of mak ing ad\ances unon new and unseasoned shares of Industrial combinations and were apparently Inclined to check the wild ad vance In them. Hence overventuresomo speculators were compelled to liquidate , with the resultlns fall In prices , and when thceo forced sales ceased there was n sharp re covery. Neither the foregoing speculative rise In these shares nor Prlday's fall had any bearing on the business or Investment Intercbts of the country. Chicago Chronicle There are still cool wlnii from the north , hut notwithstanding the early season the customary shearing of tbo Iambs has begun in earnest. The only time when Wall street Is feared by ( Cie silly Iambs Kcciiis to be , as usual , the day after a sudden descent upon the Hock , when they stand In n huddled and bewildered attitude of surprise and nakedness. If anyone 1m- aglnea there Is to be a big slump In the In- trltiBlc value of stocks , railroad or Industrial , let him ponder over tha enormous purchases by the trust magnates whllo the market was nt Its lowest during the recent Hurry. The time happened to be ripe for squeezing out a llttlo water , as it alva > s will be ripe when the bulk of the water has been purchased at hleh tleures by tha confldlnir tpnderfpeu i * < n M nit v\n Tim A 01,1 Hcrnlil When Governor Pojnter \etoed the net properly recognizing the braxo Nebraska \olunteor ho committed n cownrdlj net nnd tlro\o many nnlls deeply Into hla political coflln. Such hporlgy will not stand with the people of this state Albion News (3o\rrnor PojntcretoeJ a Joint resolution passed unanimously by both branches at the legislature expressing the appreciation of the people of Nebnaki for our boys In Manila. The \ olonn purely on political grounds and Indlcites that our governor Is more n politician than n states man. Iloldrcgo Citizen. It Is to bo greatly re gretted that the chief executive is such a narrow politician that hoctocd n bill expressing - pressing thanks to the Tlrst Nebraska regi ment for the gallant nnd effective work It had do no nt .Manila. H Is snld thnt lu < vetoed the resolution nfttr consulting with Colonel Dryan. Some people try to mnKo evnry matter t'.at cornea before thorn a political ono. Pnwnco Republican Governor Poj liter vetoed the concurrent resolution of the sen ate nnd house commending the Plrst Ne braska regiment for Its gallantry In sus taining the honor cf the state In the Phil ippines , on the ground that he was opposed to the war In those Islands. The veto mes sage \\ns not sent to the senate until after the return of "Colonel" Bryan from the south. Poor Pojnteil Poor llrvan ! Grand Island Independent : Govcrnot Poyntcr has committed the somewhat ludi crous blunder to veto a vote of t luniks passed by our legislature to our Nebraska regiment , which fights so gloriously ngnliiHt Aguliuldo and his misled forces , because the light against these Insurgents and their arrogant leader cloca not suit his notions. Ho doesn't want , as ho expresses It , to give "official appioval to the statement that tlu war of conquest now carried on In the far away Philippines la In defense of the prin ciples of our government and Is adding new gloiy to our Hag. " This Is the same- kind of talk which the "copperheads" during the civil war were happy to make. They also denounced the war against the rebellion and denied that the fight for the union of the states was adding glory to our flag. The great gallantly of our Nebraska bojs , who in every battle nre at the front nnd are n terror to the enemy , ought to be recognized nnd praised whatever n man's opinion about our government's policy may be. Central City Nonpareil : The Joint reso lution passed by the legislature commend ing the soldiers of the Tlrst Nebraska regl- meijt for their valiant service in the field has come to a very unexpected death , offi cially speaking. Surprising as It may seem , Goveinor Pointer killed It with his voto. Nothing will bo detracted from the moral force of the resolution , as it had the al most undivided support of the legislature as well as the citizens of the state , although the governor has by his action Killed it officially. Governor Pointer's excuse for his remarkable couisc Is that his signature to the resolution thanking our soldleis might bo construed nn as endorsement of the policy of expansion. Governoi Pojnter has certainly allowed his prejudice In this matter to place the state In a ildlculous predicament. Our regiment has been com mended all over the country for its brav ery and hardiness and has been in the thick est of every battle , yet the e\ecutlve branch of our state government has legally killed the resolution from Its homo fatate commending - ] mending it for Its bravery. iv \ iMJ OTIIKIIWISR. There should be untold millions In the lamp chimney combine at Pittsburg. The chief duty of lamp chlmnejs Is to break , and they are seldom recreant to that duty. Admiral Schley was brought up on a farm and his Inclinations have always been toward such a life. At one time he bought a ranch In Wyoming and seriously thought of giving up the navy. President JIcKlnley has accepted the In vitation to bo present at the unveilinc of the monument of General Grant in Fair- mount cark , Philadelphia , on April 27 , un less something unforeseen occurs A daughter of Captain I ) . S. Elliott of the Twentieth Kansas regiment , who was killed nt Manila recently , has been elected city clerk of Colfeyvllle , Kan , without oppo sition , her name being on both tickets A club formed down east to sliov\ people how to llvo 100 jears ran against n snag nt the outset. Members nre unable to agree on what Is best for themselves. That should not chill their efforts. Few doctors tnke their own medicine. Tha annual convention of ( ho DaugMers of the Revolution will bo held In Philadel phia April 21 nnd will continue a week. The official announcement of the event In dicates that the amiable Daughters of the Revolution will hnnd a few warm remarks to tbo Daughters of the Ameiican Revolu- tfn. What rules will govein remain to he settled. Senator Brown of the New York state legislature has Introduced a measure abolishing ishing all taxes on real and personal prop erty "except to meet expenses of national defense , of maintaining the union of states , of quelling Insurrection or as. required by a vote of the people on n proposition sub mitted pursuant to a Joint resolution of the scnato nnd assembly. " Tomaso Salvlnl , the Italian tragedian , acted the other night In Florence In aid of n charity. Ho appeared In the character of the youthful David , his son , Slgnor Gustavo Salvlnl , playing the moro celebrated part of Saul. ' Thin ho did nt the special request of his father. The veteran nctor was called before the curtain five or six times at the termination of each act , and was enthusi astically applauded. Spring nnd cheer , summer nnd perspira tion may now enter nnd make themselves at tiomc. The orlllamme of liberty proudly floats over Jersey and the Philippines nnd Justice firmly holds the scales. A New Jersey court holds that card plajing In private houses Is ono of the pursuits of happlnrts mentioned In the immortal deo- laratlot. , which cannot bo abridged by ofil- clous policemen. The country Is safe The building which Queen Wllhelmlna hns placed at the disposal of the peace confer ence IK ( icr palace known as the "Hula ton Bosch" ( "HoiiBO In the Wood" ) . This building was orec-ted In memory of Prince Frederic Henri of Orange In 1G47 by his widow , Princess Amcllo do Solml. The pnlnco is Interesting from an artistic point of view and bos many rooms of parllculai artistic value. The octagonal room nnd 01- nngc loom nro decorated with paintings by Jordaens , Houthorst , Lev ens , Van Thulden nnd Zuntman , all nf which reproduce Kcenca from the Ufa of 1'ilnco Frcdcilc Henri , besides - I sides an allegorical picture representing his | triumph over mil temptations. Thoio Is n Chinese room , decorated wllli rlco paper tapestry of the beginning of the last cen tury ; a Japanese room , resplendent with rale works of nrt from the mlkndo's coun try , and n dining room the wnlls of which nre decorated with mythological scenea b > Do Wit ' I'VMTIXa SHOTS \T l.rjlSlTl ( HIJ. Culbcrtson Kra Of the $1 250.000 appro priated by the state legislature for public use not a single cent will eomo west ot Kearney To the western voter niul tax- pa } cr further comment Is unnecessary. Fairmont Chronicle- The most creditable leclslatlon of the session Is the creation ot the Insurance department and the Increase In the taxes on Insurance compinlos. By changing the department the legislature only showed the contempt that the whole stnto feels for the boodle-soaked office of the state nulllor. Tecumsou Chieftain : It Is a lamcntablo fact that the more Important work of every legislature Is delayed until the closing hours The general appropriation bills nre thus hnwkcd nbout during the entire ses sion nnd subjected to the selfish whims of ever > locality , without thnt due regard for the public good that ought to characterise all enactments. The rush nt the close gives abundant opportunity for crooked work In the Juggling of bills and nut Infrequently results In the gross perversion of laws from their original Intent. Fremont Tribune : The republican legis lature hns dealt most generously with popu list officials. U has appropriated $800 for traveling expenses for the governor and $25,000 to buy an executive mansion. U hns retained three political managers on the Hallway Board of Secretaries and set apart liberal salaries for state omplojos , nil ot whom vote the fusion ticket ns a religious duty. And when the time comes these same people on the public pay loll will howl like cojotcs at the republican party for dealing generously with them. Holdrego CitizenTho Into legislature was very liberal , to say the least , In Its appropilntlons with the stnto institutions. This , notwithstanding the fact thnt the money would bo expended by populist odlce- holders. The popullsttt In the state Insti tutions were strong In their demands for appropriations for the institutions under their charge , notwithstanding the loud howl about their cconomj. Wo suppose In the next campaign these snmo populists will go on the stump and denounce the republican legislature for Its extiavaganco. Weeping Water Ilepubllcau : The twenty- sixth session of the Nebraska legislature adjoin tied Sunday evening at 6 o'clock after n continuous session lasting from Friday morning. Some good laws were enacted by this legislature and somu good ones were killed. Some useless ones were passed that might bettor have been killed Tbo largo appropriations mode lor state buildings will prevent It from being called an economical session , but tnko It on the whole It will average up better than most of the other twentj-flve. Hastings Itecord- The legislature passed an Insuianco commission law which takes the Insurance business out of the hinds of the state auditor and places It In the hands cf a commissioner to bo appointed by the governor. This is the scheme originated by Sain Llchty when he opened lire upon Au ditor Cornell. This bill was passed In his interest , with the promise at that time that he should be the commissioner. The Investigation of Cornell placed Llchty in su.h nn unfavorable light that the gov ernor dare not appoint him to the position and now- the governor Is looking arouud for some other ono of the faithful to fill the place. The Insurance men nro watch ing the governor's ofllce to prevent the ap pointment of another holdup commissioner. York Republican. The legislature died a peaceful , happy death. The staunch repub lican members stood by the flag and prevented - vented It from doing any harm. Some combinations were effected nt the last which prevented Its doing good that it might otherwise have done. It did the right thing and adjourned at the right time nnd It may be considered as a successful and creditable body. The exuberant poll-j tlclon , who -follows you and inundates jou with caressing slaps nnd handshakes when' ' ho thinks jou may bo able or willing to | serve him , and who passes you with an unwinking glare and unrecognlzing stare when ho finds that ho cannot use you , has departed from the lobbies and corridors ami galleries. A quiet that might bo counted has settled Into the interstices among the oval-topped cedar paving blocks. Hoover & Son are busy reckoning up their profits and the village that contains the state house has settled down to the serious busi ness ot waiting for the legislature to con vcno. Kearney Hub : The Nebraska legislature has adjourned after a troubled session that c.\tended two weeks beyond the sixty days' limit for which the members could receive compensation. Notwithstanding the ex treme length of the session there was a great accumulation of business to ho cleared up during the week and some of It had to bo disposed of finally without careful consld- eiatlon There had been a mania for the Introduction of bills , which clogged the cal endar , some of them good , many of them bad , and the best standing llttlo more chance than the worst In the ultimate tangle. The pressure for Increased appropriations was never greater. The state Institutions , most of which had come out of the last blennlum with a deficiency , were nil demanding an Increase of allowance. The atato oinclals and appointees were equally clamorous for moro and htlll more. The republican ten dency was toward n close economy , but the pressure of the Institutions and the dwellers In the state house prevailed nnd the appro priations passed the expected limit. COLOMAMSM AM > MU'KIIIAMSJI IIi-lllNh MrllioilM , IIH a Mmlol for Aiurrli'iuiN. Springfield ( Mas ? . ) Republican. Prof. Patrick Goddes of IMlnburg , who hns been lecturing In this country on the evolution lution of social nnd economic institutions , makes a distinction between colonialism and Imperialism. Colonialism extends to lands occupied anil developed by men of ono race Imperialism is the ruling of other races for tribute. In the ' use of Great Britain , Can ada and Australia nro examples of colonial ism , nnd the parallel In the United States Is our occupation of the western territory It Is accordingly the view of Prof. Geddes thnt the United States Is now engaged in an Imperialist enterprise. Ho expresses himself ns follows In nn Interview In the New York livening 1'ost "Imperialism Is Illustrated by our holding of India and our Innumerable minor de pendencies In the trdplcs , where wo cannot possibly do ph > slcnl work or ralso children , much loss permanently settle and multiply , nnd to which wo r n sen I only the soUlur , the nclmlnlstiator , and the tax collector. " "And do you consider that for the United States to hold the Philippines would bo parallel with this' " vn * asked. "Geography scttleH that , " answered Prof GmldeH. "White men cannot possibly mul- tlplj In the tropICB " "Do ) ou consider that British occupation Is foi the good of the natives' " "Thnt Is too largo a question to answer nt onto and generally But If jou should ask mo If our governing class , our colonial olllco , understand the countries and people Makes the food more delicious and wholesome KOTAl BtKINa POWOIH CO hCW VOBlC. they govern , I dnro not siy they ilo. 1 hnve seen llttlo evlden-e of It " Anl as Orcnt Britain wont forth to In- dla nnd the tropics essentially in the chnr- ncier of bandit and pirate , BO we go forth to the Philippines U ! expansion In n militant form , nnd after ISO years of British contact with the natives of India this close Scotch student of the problem la uiiflblo to say that It has been for the good of the native * . Wo shall hardly < ! o much better. Contrasted with this expansion Is nn economic form commercial expansion. The "commerce" In whose name wo nro grab bing distant island * li a bnstnnl vntlcty , a product nnd dependency ot force nnd a breeder of wnr nnd mischief wherever It Una gone. It lelles upon conquest to open mnrkets nnd upon nibltrary power to keep thorn open nnd It works In this way , ns de scribed by Prof Geddei "Tho soldier , the administrator , the tax collector trnvorsM , In far moro wajs than ho knows , the ordinary life , economy ami Instincts of the people he tries to govern. They refuse or the > rebel lie thinks them 'half-devil nnd hnlf child' aeeonllnglv , ami determine * to 'maintain order' nn order , nlas' which , in many of our wars , I am bound to say , I think moro than hnlf-dov- Illsh , and maintained with nn ignornnco moro than half-childish. Of course the civ- Hirer who can really educate , really develop greater prosperlt ) , Is he who promotes com merce , not he who promotes successful war , or even successful older and taxation. " This Is very close to the beginnings and professions of American Imperialism In the enst. enst.Tho The real chlllzer Is the commerce which sprc.ids on Its own merits nnd which stands In no need of war ships and armies to help It nlong. This is the grent agency of jieaco through the world , and this Is what -no nn < deserting for the sake merely of In dulging in a demonstration of brute power nnd ministering to an nppetlto for larger landed possessions. ciinnnv THAT run. Cleveland Pliln Uinlor : "How snlendld'y the new Hamlet pronounced the line 'Ave. there's the rub1' " "YLS , ho used to bo a massage expert , " Post : "Do you expect both these chlldie.ii to tr.ivel on OJID rtUckct ? " naked the condlic-tor. "Cerlalnl.v not , " replied the woman. "I merely expect them to travel on ono train. " HQ let it go at that. Indianapolis Journal : "Out of th frylnu pan Into the lire , " quoted her friend To which .she nnsweied : "Why not ? A broil Is moio iceheiclu' than a fry and not near so conducive to npop y " Ohlcapo Tribune : Clnrlbol-You told me you were nner going to vvrlto to young- JIavvklnson .ignJti. Angle 'Ho's ' written mo n dozen letters I haven't answered , but In ihls last one ho left a page out , nnd I had to write and nsk him < what It was albout. Star : "I'm nfrald this town doesn't cnro for Shakespeare , " said Mr. Stomnlnffton Uarne.s "Don't jou mnlto tlmt mistake , " answered Pluto 1'e.le . who WHS spokesman of the committee In waitingt the stage door. 'Shake .pearo Is nil rlsht , as lar as wo know. You're the fellow vve'ie after. " Detroit Free Press : "Julius , jou don't mind my house-cleaning , do j-ou ? " "No , ilc.irJp , jou don't innko half as much mu'js nml discomfort as my mother used to mnke. " Imllnnapolls Journal : Hungry Illgglns Hero 1a. . ad in the paper that says : "Savo jour old r.iRS " Wearv Watklns That sounds nil rlfrht. hut I 1)et the. foller that give that nxlvlco never hail no barb wire fence In front of him an" u. Wg dog bhlnd ' 1m. Cleveland Plain Dealer : "Georg-e , do you know of any nlco iiulot restaurant vvhero I can got my meals for awhile ? " "Why , what's the matter , old fellcvw , any trouble nt homo ? " "Yep. Jly wife has begun ito talk about taking up carpets. " Chicago Tribune : "What strikes me , In looking at this magnllicent temple , " re marked a visitor at King Solomon's court ono day , "Is that jou are building It with out the use of nn ax , < ir hammer , or any Implement of Iron. That adze luster to the achievement. " Klnir bolomon. was so Impressed with this that ho Immediately ordered a copiper to watch that visitor until the going down of the sun. I IVO.MJKIl. Philadelphia Press. I -wonder if you'll remember , I wonder If you'll care When Time , the nich dissembler , HHS ceased to paint me fair. When June hasi turned December And stripped jour red heart bar v I wonder if joirll remember , I wonder if you'll care. The days of pain and pleasure , The miles of land and sea , Are quick to steal our treasure , The jeweled memory ; We turn to other wooing- , To weave some other sonsr , Ami Ilnd our own undolncr , For , lo , tha pern Is gone' AVe sleep but for a minute , Wo smllo but ono brief day ; Wa Usten to the , linnet That plpe-s one hour avvaj- ; "Wo turn about our faces To see one moment what Now earlands deck the crnces And , lo wo have foreot ! So does Time ijuench the ember JjO\e Isft alicht aitd fair I wonder If you'll remember , - I wonder if you'll care , -4 I'm off and I can lllne Time Dellance as I go , r-or r have had your SnrlPBtim * Whoever have j'our snow ! A horse sheer would probably make a sorry job of trimming a lady's hat. We've seen some products of the "tailor shapes , " which bear a strong impression of having been cut out with a saw. Maybe that's why they tack on ten or twenty dollars to the price. You won't know a perfect fit at a legiti mate price till you come to us. We can fix you out at $8 , or we : an do so for less or go up to $25. We handle all grades all you liave to do is to make /our wants known and ive will do 'the rest