THE OMATTA DAILY'HEE : TUESDAY , DECEMBER 2(5 ( , 18W ) .
TIIE OMAHA DAILY
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12 UOSmVATUIl , Editor.
PUULISHRD EVKKY MOHNINO.
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siys that the actual number of full ana
complete copies of The Dally. Mo.rnJPB'
Kvdnlng and Sunday Ueo. printed during
thr. month of November , 1S99 , was as fol
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( Soil. ) Notary Public _ _
' 'loto- '
riiiNtmns ( linuor lu I'
i la oeius to hnvo lioou cut on by Ihc
ntlior follow.
Will , tlio Hi"1 of'tUcM-nrlUpntytrtx
levy will nunln I"1 " 1(4 lhe < l"ostlon "IUl
' Oiunliu piopoily ( ivvuois.
mo lioer I.UKOIS . io u7il cnptuiert
1 tlio WiHIsh mo not tlio.nino KU
the KuiiMis lejiluioiit took inisse son ! ot
in the I'lilllnnlno1-
Tlio lee and the oo.il mail can sli.iKu
themselves
imnrts iind niutuallv con uitulato
selves that the vvo.itlior man 101110111-
beiod them on Cliiistinas
' dinners
Jl.ilhoatl manners' CIiiMmtis
UPIO not disturbed by tlio Rliost of
notion by tlio State Honitl of Tinmpor-
tatiou on the irelpht ate quostion.
Ml eyes in Iowa. Avill 1)0 tinned
tow . .ml'J > < " > , liom now until
tlo , 1 , - . . . oiK-ini/.os and settles
upon the v Inner lu thu sonatoiiul eon-
tost. _
rvor.v time Ilics inllio.ids i.Hsp lioifjlit
Mies llioy nssuio patrnus that they will
not have to pa.v any more on their
Milpments hut vvhou the bills come in
tlioj tell another t.ilc.
All HIP Kentucky Inteiests ate said to
lune been sold out of the Whisky trust.
The KontucKlans aio said to ha\o boon
shocked at the amount of water put
into tlio whlsk.\ .
Tlio popoL-i.itle paper dosfiiuth odito-
ilally on "the wolf nuisance , " but
falls'to saj whether it is located in the
state house at Mnooln or out on the
Nebraska ptalik" > .
The consols In South Afilca each
iccehod a bundle of blue pencils in
their C'lulstmas stocking. Tlie old
ones have boon wotkod so hard that
they aio to be placed on the letited
When it ( "unos to ( 'hinK ciodit lor the
new library building piomNod Lincoln
tlio people of that city will do well to
liiHcilbo theitoto ot thanks to Andiew
CainoKle lather than to any ol the am
bitious politicians who want ciedit for
other people's public spiiit and philan
thropy. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
The domocintlc national committee
w 111 moot at Washington on Washing
ton's blithdaj , to IK the date for
IM\an's , leiioiiilnallon , but It may safely
that neither C'hlcaco. New-
York nor I'ldladelphla will oiler ) > 1M- ( )
000 for the pihilotio of \w\\\f \ \ \ \ desig
nated as the domociatlc ( Oim-ntloii city
Inasmuoh as the siipieme coiitt has
lelloved the Insuiaiuo companies fiom
the Imposllion of a state tax the < | uos.
tlon forces Itself to the liont whether
they shall not bo loiiuhod to pay their
duo shaie of local ta.xatlon as levied
nm\er \ the p-neial ie > enno and Insurance
hnvs pi lor to the enactment of I ho
Wotner law.
tiold Inicks have been a stnmlaul
article In the ( onlldenco man'H outllt
lor many jeais , but the silver bullion-
alics now piopise to tij to woik oil
a slUer one on 1'ncle Ham tliion h the
medium of tlie Mipiomo eouit. That
body has the icputatlon ot belns com
posed of a falily wise lot of mo.ii and
the chances of Miccosstnlly wotkliif ;
the Bailie aio not
A leceher for n failed Ktinsis City
bank wound up ita afl'alis ut a total
cost ol onlj a HtlK ) over . " > per cent and
succeeded In paying all claims in full
with lptf.il Interest. That Kansax City
man has set a pieiedont which would
be a pH > d thliitf to lollou , hut nnfor
tuiiitolIheie ! me nut mail } of his
Kind Hank leceheis to > often look at |
their position as a pihato snap nnd
the Inteiest.s of the cicdltois aie ot only 1
bctondaiy conMdoiatlou I
VtAS.IS AMKnHAK. . \
Kansas and Nehnnka woio
out of the stall1 of Louisiana as ten )
toiles at the sailie time and weie po
lltlially linked together in the real
fioesoll stiuiifjle that pipoodod the
Cl\ll war. hi that stiunjilo Kansas
was luought Into much poator piom-
inonco than Nebiaska as the center of
the conflict and as a consequence at-
tiacted a laijrer number of seltlois , In
1 0 < ) Kansas had a popnlntlini of 107-
L'Oti , while Nohiaskn only had a popula
tion ol t'S.Sll. In other wouls , Kan
sas had mole than four times the pop
ulation of Nohuiska nt the outbreak of
the wat and a coiiespondlni ; piepon-
( leraiico In wealth.
This marked difference has , howo\ei ,
Kiadually loeeded and every census has
shown Xebiaska to be coining neiuer
to Kansas , both in population mid pio-
ducthe development. In 1S70 the cen
sus population of Kansas was : il- ( !
! M)1) ) ) . while the population of Nolnaska
was 1 ± J.09j ; , or one thhd. In isso Kan
sas had a COIISUH iraptilutlon ol ! Klolo ) ( ! ,
while NehiasKa had a population ol
ir > ' _ ' , 102. Tills shows a t.ulo ol two to
one In favor of Kansas. In 1WK > the
population of Kansas was 1.I'J7.0 ! ) ( !
and that of Nebiaska lor > t,7X ! ! { , or less
than 50 per cent In favor ol Kansas.
The population of Kansas as i elm nod
by the assessors for the Hist daof
March , kSUl ) , Is l.l''o.lltt , A\hlch shows
a slight dociease since the census of
IS'.XJ ' and indicates that the census pop
ulation of 1KH ! ) will not exceed lf 00-
t)00 ) A loiceast for the two states can
thoiofoie saloly be made on the basis
that the pieponileianco of KanwiH over
Nebiaska at the opening of the con-
tiny will be less than l r per cent and
11)10 ) will IIml the two suites , neck and
1
neck.
The same will al-o be tine with ic-
said to the pioductlvo industiies and
jceneial wealth of the two states In
lsi)0 the f.um ptoducts pi Kansas JUMP
estlimited at a fiaction over .s.-V-MtOO-
( K30. the acieage of fanning lands being
HI 1 , " 1,000 , as against Nebraska f.uni
pioducts valued at S37.70S,1)11 ) lor
un acioage of ll.Oll.S'JC. Thl jcar. ac
coiding to the lepoit of the Kansas
State Hoaid of AgilcuUuie , which mav
be icganled as lellable , the total aiea
under cultivation Is ! ino.OOl ) acios
and the estimated value of ( aim pied
ucts SKKttill.OoO. U is to be doploied
tliat the State Hoaul of AgilcuUuie In
Nebraska lacks the systematic collec
tion of statistics that has for jeais ( Us
tlngulshod the Kansas state boaid. but
estimates ol Nebiaska's faun aciengo
and ptoducts that may be legaulod as
i ( -liable place the aiea of cultivated
lands at neatly 1. 000,000 acies and
their ptoduct at a fiaction over ! ? 10i.V
000,000.
The Kansas state boiml estimates
the value ol animals slaiightoted and
sold tor slaughter foi the joar at < r.O- .
r : n,7 7 and the value of other pnducts
evduslvo of gialn ciopn , viponltiy : ,
eggs , wool , butter and choose , timber ,
honey , etc. , at a fuution over lit.OOO-
000. With tlio e estimates it would be
impossible to make a compatlsoii for
want of tellable data.
Thoie is little doubt , however , that
Nebiaska can match the aggiegate
value of these varied piodnctions , if it
does not in some paiticulais outiank
Kansas. For example , the boot sugar
pioduct of Nebiaska exceeds in value
! , .l,0KOtH ( ) ) a jear , while Kansas has as
jr-l established no beet sugar lactoi.v.
Although tlio estimate of cattle uilseil
and slaughtoied may bo lonoit the
value of the moat pioducls should nol
all he added to the genetal aggiegate
ol piodnctlon , inasmuch as a huge poi-
contago of the coin piodncts of the two
states is coin 01 ted into moat and on
the pilnciple that joti cannot eat jour
pie and Keep it at the same time , jou
cannot consistently llguie the value of
the coin In the fill ) and llguie it again
inside the hog.
The ( ompailson of the population
and laiin statistics of Kansas and Ne
biaska Is In other ipspeds very Intel-
osting and instructive. It shows ,
among other things , that Nobiaska'- ,
motiopolis has a linger population than
the tlitoe laigost cities in Kansas , but
Kansas boasts 10 ! towns of over 1,000 i
population , while NehitiBka can scaicoly |
muster hall that number. That tact In- j
dliates the possibilities of Nebiaska
for additional towns and the tendency
of tlio imal population to cluster In
cinimuiiitles vvlieievor they po-slhlj lind
dosliable location ,
II Alt HKVHM'fi 1AXATIUX
It has boon undoistood that thoie
would be no change in \\.ir levonue
taxation by the piosoiit congress , or
at any tale at the Hist wesHlon , but It
appeals that an olfoit Is to be made to
mollify the law in some it-spools. Hop-
icsontallvo Hussoll of Connecticut , who
Is a member of tlie vva.vs and moans
committee , thinks that the state of the
levennos Is likely to continue so sat
Isfactoiy as to vvanan ! congicss in ic-
moving or lodncing Home of the taxon
under the sjioclal act and It Is said that
he will make an ellott to have this
done If the reioipts of the gov eminent
keep up to it point that will JiistHj It.
Mr. Hussell favois lomoval ol the
ta.x on aliohol used In the aits , It being
uiged that the pioMint ta.x IK tar above
the revenue point It Is so high , It Is
wild , that it dotoats Its own ptnpose ,
besides handicapping seveielj many
Amoilcan industries Anothei tax of
whhli thiMO is a good deal ol complaint
Is the expioss stamp and still anothoi
Is the patent medicine slump. It K | i
cxpi'dod that a strong eftort will be j
made to have those proprietaiy siamis |
abolished and doubtless the laige ion-
cents which make those aititles will
dj till they tan lor the icpeal ot the
tax. An olloit will also bo made lei
j
the topoiil ot the beer tiu in the war
icvonue act , a bill tot this puipose hav
ing ahoadj boon Intiodiicod in iho
house by llepiei > entative llahcock of
WIsiotisln. who ol ioui e will have
the nulled supput of the blowing In
totosts Indeed it Is st i"-d that th s
Intel est alieadj luih < ' iioj at \\i\t-\\ \ \ \
iiifflon lepiosentlng sr > per ( out of tlu
tiade In the I titled States
At incbeut the reveuuea of thu gov-
aio favotable lo efToils for
, modlfjlni : win unoiiuo laxa'mi bin II
j Is voiv questionable whoilu .nijn-- >
will doom It vvlsfi inintidcin i make
am changes wlikh w uld 10
time the liHome ol tln gov-
iMiimoiit ( luting the ne\t .vear
or two. I'.ut U It should bo thought
expedient to do s0 only stieh taxes
should lie ioitioved or modlllod as will
give geneial relief and not moiolj ben-
olll paitlcular Interests. If this polity
shall rant tot It is qulto ceitain that
neither the patent medicine stumps nor
the boor ta.x of the war revenue act
will be abandoned , sliue in neither rase
would the general public be benefited.
It Is safe to sav , however , that ( lie
lovonuo laws will icmaln as they ale
loi' at least another year.
inn
The new congiesslonal commillees
specially cliaiged wltli mattois lelating
to the dependencies aie expected lo
have , as pail ol their duties./the cine
ol Anieilcan Inteiosts in th/far east
and paitlouhuly in China. Theio aie
two such commit tecs In tlie senate , one
on I'adlle Islands and Puoito Itlco of
which .Senator Poiaker of Ohio is
c hah man , and one on the Philippines ,
of which Senator Lodge of Massachu
setts is ehnlimnn. The house has a
committee on insular affalis consisting
ol seventeen membous , with Mr Coiper
of Wisconsin as chaliman , the other
icpubllcan membeis being the cliahmen
ol vat Ions committees.
An obvious duty of these ( oinmittees
is to foi initiate laws and legulatlons
lor the government of tlie islands , but
the.v may also have to deal with any
questions that may aiise i elating to
Ametlcan intetests and lights affected
by the now possessions. They aie con
sequently voiy impoitant committees
and some ot tlie ablest men In both
houses woio selected for them The
dialiman of the senate committee on
the Philippines , Mr. Lodge , is an eainest
suppoitor of the policy ol ictalning the
islands and his lepnblleaii colleagues
aio all piesumod to take the same view ,
so that so far as tills coiiiiulttoo is uiii-
coincd Its liuiiioiice v\lil bo excited In
favor of holding the Philippines. This
is also the position ol Iho lopublUan
mombeis of the house committee on In
sular alTaiis. Such being the < asr. it Is
icasonably coitnln that anj ortoiis to
Induce congiess to adopt a dilToioiit
policy Avill tall. It may bo act opted as
a foiogono oomlusion I hat ( ongioss will
endoise the attitude of the piosidcnt
in lospoct to the Phillppini s
With icgaid to Ameiii.ui intoiosls
and lights in China , nr the pioteetlon
ot which our govoinmonl lias .iskod
definite assutancos liom the l.uiopc.m
povveis having touitoiy in that ompiie ,
the congiesslonal commilloos u-fonod
to may be called upon to plav an im-
poilant part. It is well kiuwn thai
most of the icpuhllcan membeis of
Ihose committees aie lullv alive to Iho
iinpoilance of maintaining Ameihan
piestlge- the far east and insisting
upon the "open dooi ' in those poitlms
of China which aio under Hussian. ( ! ei
man and riencli authoiit.v. Should
those iiovvois , theiefoip , dodlne to nivo
the Tinted Slates the definite assur
aiKos it lias asked lor that Ameiiean
tu.ily lights | n Chlni will be lespedel
some expiessl n on tlio pait ol coiuu
in.ij be doomed necess.nj- . It is quite
| possible that this \ \ \ ] \ have lo be done
| in onlor to emphasl/e the attitude ot
tills goveminent as shown In the 10
quest of the ndminlstintl'in and to bet
tor Impicss upon the Iniop"an ] p > wecs
the fact that the 1 tilled Mates is de-
loiiniiiod to Insist upon having .ill its
lust lights In China icspeftod and to
saloguaid the Inletests of its uli oiis
llioio.
It is not expected that IIUK h logisl.i
tlon will be necessaij at the pies ( > nt
session ol congiess logaidlng our in
toiosts in the east , but the Insular com
mittees need not be altigothoi Idle , S'IKO '
tlioio is a good deal to be learned as
to the loqniiomonts of tlio now possessions -
sions The liaining of a sjstem of gov
ernment foi them Is not the only thing
cmgioss will have to do , nor Is It pel
haps the most dillicult.
If Uonoial Wood should caiij out his
expiessod intention , and thoie is no
le.isou to believe that he will not dose
so , of piosocutlng to the limit the deio
llet Havana customs olllulals , he will
have given the Cubans a piactical les
son in good government they will do
well to lomeinher. The accused of
ficials aie men ol influence and icla-
tlvos of the Judges on the Havana
bench , ' Tor this icason it had been
thought they would not be piosociitod ,
but fionoial Wood announces that Im
partial judges fiom other piovinces will
be called In to tiy the cases , riaud ,
open and unpunished , has been the
cinse of Spanish rule in Cuba and
other Spanish countilos and If at the
outset the Cubans aie taught tlie lesson
that olTondois , no matter how high their
station , who violate public tilists aie to
be punished It will ho a long stop
t ivv.ud good government
The opponents of the admlnlstiation
have never neglected an oppoitnnlt.v to
ildlcnle Its appointees. Major Logan ,
who was lecontly Killed , was one oi
their favoille targets , but the voice ol
slaniloi was hushed foi a time when
vvoid came that ho was Killed at the
head of his ttoops. It \\as \ only for a |
time however , and then It was Mated
that he was Killed by his own men on
auoimt ol enmities go\\ing | oin ol his j I
alleged ovoiheaiing niannoi Now that i |
It Is learned that ho died while in the
acl ot doing a Kindly soivice to a.
I
wounded pi hate soldier the tongue nt i
slandei should be bushel loiovoi I
I
I'l IINIU'l'll ) III ( ! I'O.tOllll'C. ; 1
Uliibt'-lJimucrul
In a , jeai of high iirosperlt > the Cost- i ,
olllro dcvparttnent still runs behind ! 0,0i > 0 , <
00. The present congress will hndl > no. i i
gleit to set tills niaHer rlglu
I'm Snf < M > .
( 'Illl IgO ( 'III > 'Ill It
Milfipil Austin is out nnh uiiuiliu
poem rotltled 'To Anna' which ib written
to mbpiro the enlistment of > oiunteeis
And It la very likely to accomplish ita ob
ject Almost anyone would prefer to face
1 Hoer IntllftB In South Africa inther ( linn re
main In Ktishnd to he i-iiKtilfcl In tin trf
l < rnl of Mrustln s ' | ) r tr
I'hllndclDliln
1 lie iucoiiiorntlon of n now sugni compnnv
v < lth n permitted cnpltnl of $100000,000 to
opcrato In the colonlei polnti to a vigorous
light lu nnd out ol cotigrcsn between tlio c\v
conccia n d the old sugar tiusi. It will
attain Its first lini ortalico when the question
of the status of tin.- Islands nnd their com-
niierclal relations with the United States
comes up for nettlempiit. Alreadj thcic have
been protista ngalnst admitting the stticar of
I'orto Itlco fico of duty and the piotpst
against that from olhcr inlands which are
r.ot o elearly part of the fulled States at
imseni will be stronger. Uut Is It too much (
to ask that congress shall consider the people
ot the United States rather than HIP rival
sugar concerns la deciding thcso impel taut
questions ?
PIBM. -imiirslilii fn Miuilln.
Atltineniiolls Times
The Manila Demo-racla , a rillplno paper
favomblc to Anieilcan conttol , hai sus
pended publication because of an older
from the provost marshal to icti.ict certain
criticisms of the management of schools.
The Manila Times hns also Inclined the
enmity of tlu > powers that bo b > suggest
ing the ci cation of a board of cluritj com-
mlssloncis The papers icmplaln that the
ceiiHotshlp i-MMelscd over them Is aibl-
turj nnd unreasonable Suppicsslon is
thicntencd for trinhig errors In news atatc-
inents not pertaining to publh affairs.
Censorship of the local press Is necessarv
In the present unsettled state of affairs ,
but there Is othci evidence than the state
ments ot the Manlli pipers that It Ins
been exercised under the Otis le&lme In a
tjramilcal and umcasonable manner There
Is still a suspicion In the public mind that
Oeneial Otis Is exactly the right man for
some other position than the one he now
holdt ,
M VTUII AMVIM > ( .
I'm oil SM | > i > ulaU ( < stncKM shiUltiK In
Tholr l'ioi-r I.IM i > l.
Philadelphia Times
AVe have had the huulcine of liquidation
and Itf Etiddcn loductlon of $100,000,000 In
the sharcf , of less ban fift > prominent corpc-
I rations , chlclly Industrial The storm ccn-
I tcr lai bcrn brolirn , and an Immense
amount of liquidation was accomplished at
fcaiful lo s to holders and binkruptcj to
imm\ .
immWe
We have now Impioved monetaiv eondl-
tlons and thej aie llKel > to continue to Im
prove , but If an > assume that the woiK of
lltltiliHllrni ha" been accomplishel t'icj ' are
grlcvousl ) mistaken The liquidation npcei-
snrv to plico our shires and securities vvhl h
are so largclj si emulated in on the stock
F \r 'itingpB on a sound and rnfo basis h Js
onlj been falily begun and it must ron-
tlnuo until the work Is cniihiinuialed The
tcmpp tuou = liquidation of Mondaj lust enl >
stiitetl in violence whit must continue un
der more , tnnqull conditions until hundred"
of millions of oui present pinch speculative-
shares pro effaced from the marl P !
All persciis of average Intelligence will
icccpt the admonition so Imprc ivch given
bv the panic of Mr-itlaj H 1 ° notice that
the purely speculative shaics without pres
ent cainlngs ind with little prnopcct. ot
future profits must be abindoncd bv those
who have Invented In them , and new invest-
mc"itn made In "e-uritles which 1m o not
onlj preent , but substintlal and enduring
profits That rhould bp tbr Inflexible lule
of all who seek to Invest in the present un
settled condition of tl-e market It IB no
time to speculate , but It Is the be = t op
portunity llkels to bo bad for sometime
to make Investments In securities which arc
certain of satlsfictoiy and continued ie-
turns
The eiso with which securities without
anj intrinsic value bi\q been floated rn
the markets , tt onormcUFly Inflated prices
v\lll make holders of such shares , reluctint
to part with tl-em The ) will hope fir an
other lido of Inflation and o\peU to ieUl"ve
their Icsses but tl'cre is no reason v hat-
ever to.in.int sii"h conclusion Specula
tive rntoi prices whose profits are sole'\
founded on the exaggerated thenij that the/
will be realized In the distant future , em
never IIO.VP an inviting maikct hereafter
The one thing that all dealers hive been
triight Is that It Is tafo tr > Invest onlj In
ihnroi v > Mch command credit as enllaleral
brcauss of their positive earning cnpacltv
Thus the liquidation that Ins begun In
the tempest must go on mere quletlv until
tlio purclj Fjierulatho Hues of oui sto-k
markets have brcn practically eliminated
Thcso who judge otherwise v ill boerv
likely to lose their monej while tlio-t who
nt once turn to picsent profit-earning
and substantial securities will use their
money most wisely Piofit-earnlng PC-
cmlties must steadlh advance , and these
\ hith aru without profit earnings niust
steadily decline Such Is the Inexorable
maudato of the liquidation hurilcanc of
Mondaj last
\TU > .
IVului-os of ( lie llooonl ofrrMnlN
for SIM oiiilicr.
HutTiilo ] } \ : ) rosA
A maiked Incieaso In Immigration It. noted
In New- York During November the num
ber of newcomers was 2G,4f 0 , in comparison
with IS 1 % during the corresponding month
of last year Poi the preceding four months
the flgurcn are as follows October , 2S7'H ,
against 1D.G74 for tint month last ) eu , for
September , 21ICO , against 18,061 for August ,
18.C7C , against 12,021 , for Jul ) , 17,59X against
13,0 6 The gain comes principal ! ) from
Italy and Austro-Hungary nnd Iheio also
has been n conslderablo Influx of Syilans ,
Arabs and Armenians The movement from
Aubtro-lhmgary Is so largo that It Is attrict-
ing attention In the dual empire According
to the statistics of the Hugailan minister
of the Interior , more than 0,500 pastes for
pmlgiatlon to the United Statcb have been
furnished In cloven months for n single
crunty in Iho noilhcin part of the king
dom Moreover , It Is believed that at least
5,000 ) oung men who arc near the mili
tary ago have come hither without regular
pafscs during the same period The emi
gration affects Houmania. Servln and Bul
garia , as well as Austria and Hungaiy ,
Many of iho emigrants arc going to ( ! er-
miuiy under laboi contracts While , there-
foie , the exodus Is In largo numbois. It
In not directed exclusively toward the
t'nllcd States
The reason of this movement appaifntly
Is the ver ) simple one of extreme' poveit )
Throughout the enllro region vagis arc
Miiall and taxes so burdensome that there
Is veiy little Inducement for the Inhabit
ants to remain and continue the fruitless
l&tiuggle with an unfavorable environment j
The unsettled political conditions of thene ,
countries uUo may have something to do
with the desire to go clsowheio for 11 Is.
admitted that great changes may take place
In Iho whole legion when Hie Au&trlan em
peror dies The Internal nllalrfe ofubtila
show no Impiovoment In Hungai ) It i
the Intention of the government to pie
IICMO legislation Intended to counteract the
departure of BO man ) pinlgianu The
movement however , is a modern symptom
ami It Is like ! ) lo grow rather than d (
01 rase , since facilities for going clsiulicic
have Increibcd with the knowledge that
better oppoitunltlob for making a living aie
to bo found In othei countries |
\u increase in Immigration to the t muJ ,
'
States Is an inteiestlng phenomenon but ii
I tobabh will not be considered u un- I
porlant OH ii was > few ) eaib ago 13\Mi
Ibc fact thai ihp IICWKIHUTK anfor ( he |
moil pan from non T nglHb speaking oun |
tries ban Icsb siKiiin.uiKr than It did tin
the fact of ultimate aeilmllatlon Is unquet- i
tlonable.
S ( ( II 'I ISO \HHT M'llll V.
si Uouls Itepublli Lord Uobpits probably
calls for the native- Indian cnvalr ) because
he Intend" lo Sikh PHI on the Noen
| t'hkago Post Getifial Methuen does no
[ have to look foi the Hoers The ttouble
I with him appears to be that ho can't ICMO
'
i thrm'
1
Washington Stni The Hoers might be
Immediately brought to submission by
equipping the military exports on the I < on-
I don prose with tiintminltlon and letting them
tnko nn ncllvo hand.
I
i New Yolk World The' one redeeming
of ttieiit Urltnln's assault on the
Hoer lepubllcs l the pattfotlsiii and LOUI-
nKe with which the British public meets
the humlllntlon of defe.u and disappoint-
meiit Thu cause may be bad , but the splilt
Is good and It pocs to explain how IlnglntiJ
panic to be Orent Britain nnd then Ot eater
Britain.
Louisville Couiler-Journal The Hoer
who conceived the Idea of bonding the BritIsh -
Ish a Joke , Incased In a bombshell had , per
haps , lunid of the proveiblal dlllleult ) In
making Kngllshmen see a Joke nnd took thin
violent and fotclblc menus advisedly. lie
phoiild have the thanks nnd u.spocl of the
many American humorists who have
been more or IP'S humiliated b ) Ilrltlsh
audience's
Chicago Chtoiilclobout Ihe eruelent
blow that llilllsh vanity has vet oNpciiencrd
Is contained in the Intelligence , which comes
to the London Standard via Madrid Unit
"the. tlooiB aie disposed to bo modeiato lu
legard to peace conditions. " It was bad
enough to have been thrashed at Modtler
liver , nt Stormbeig , at Tugela liver and at
vntlous othei places , hut tints lo be notified
that the Boera deem themselves In a posi
tion to dlctnlo Icinis of peace Is the last
diop In the cup of bitternesbnd the
worst of It Ih that the situation justifies
the position of the Afrikanders If thcio
Is to bo peace the Hoers , not the Blillsli ,
have earned the tight to name the conditions
soi.iiir.it or Tim citoss.
Minneapolis Times A great preacher , a
splendid American , has p.tsscd away and his
miceeseor will not soon nppe-ar.
Huffalo IXpiess The secret of his success -
cess undoubted ! ) la > In his gieat slnecrll.v
Tew evet heard him without being convinced
thu ho believed fulh what he said lie did
not arouse antagonism bj engaging In con-
tloveiaj Many ma > have ween reason to
question his theologv , but fpw ener disputed
that his work made for good
Chicago Tribune It Is now fort j-tin cc
sears Mnce Hiothci Moodv dedicated himself
to his life work During all tint tlmo he
nevci waveied in his advocacy of "the plain ,
I radical gospel , " and thousands of men and
worn-Mi have been undo bettet bv It His
vas an hon-st , earnest , sincere , well-
loundcd life A good man has pitscd on to
his lew aid
Minneapolis Jouinal Mood ) did not believe -
lievo the blblo to bo a "back number" Ho
believed il lo be the living word of God ,
with God dhectlj back of it , and In It Ho
challenged the opposition to prove It to be
i "back number" obsolete , disci edited by
the progichslve age , and pointed to the fact
that never has the blblo been In laiger nnd
more earnest demand at home and abroad.
Chicago Chronicle ITrcmotlonal people
and mam men of religious minds and habits
looked with unconcern , perhaps with dlsap-
piovnl , on the labors of Mr Moodj and of
pieachors in the same class , but inferior to
him In abllltv and pulpit power Yet It can
not be denied that ho and all evangelical
picachers accomplished great good in moral
and social reforms Ills laboi Is accom
plished ho has seen the harvest
Kansas City Star The last words or
Dvvlght L Moodv demonstrated the lealltj
of faith In this world. ' I see earth iceedlni ; ,
heaven is opening , God Is calling me" In
thcso tiiumphant words the true believer
summed up , at the last , the foundation of
a hope that had sustained him In a lifi :
of laboi the belief In a God who knows and
cares for Ills own and In a icsl that re-
maincth bejond the grave Mr. Mood ) was
an example of a perpetual and unwavering
faith H was his most precloua possession
Irom south to age H stronglj sustained
him and he unhesitatingly .and boldl ) pro
claimed It to thousands nnd hundreds of
thousands direct ! } and indircctlj to mil
lions There was no doubt , no qualification
"I know God " was the meaning of his last
utterance , "because I hear His voice I
know heaven becaujo I see It ' The ica- j |
son men , women and children embraced the 1
fplth of "Brother" Mood > as the people
cilloil him was not the arguments ho ad
duced In favor of It , but on account of hhs
own simple , steadfast belief of It His life
and death dlsplnjcd the power of a victo
rious faith
PHHSON VIM > OTIir.liAVISi : .
Justice Harlan of the supreme couit Is
a regulai newspaper reader and a subscriber
to half a doyen dally pipers In different
parts of the country.
Walter Williams , n millionaire lesidont
of Columbia , Mo , edits two ncwspapcia , la
president of the school boiid , trustee of the
State university and tenches a Sunday school
clafrs of 150 scholars
William G. Tachan , n Kentuckhn , was
second among the 100 or moie contestants
for admission to the Paris FJcole dc s Beaux
Arts' section of mchltoUuro nt the recent
examination He Is n graduate of Iho
architectural school of Columbia college
An old Interviewer of Washington says
that Senator Hoai Is the baldest man to
Interview ho has ever met "Ho Is vcrv ret
icent , " saB the writer , "and , unless they
know him pcibonall ) , a despair to all newspaper -
"
paper men
When General Law ton was killed the
oilier day ho was wearing the first ami
only officer's uniform mnilo In tha Phila
delphia United States AiHennl'n tillering
establishment , which , oidlnarll ) , turns out
clothes for privates enl )
Congressman Flotcboi of Minneapolis was
offeied the chaiinianshlp of the pommltteo
on enrolled bills , but declined ItVlnt
do the peoplu of Hcnnepin count ) , Minnesota
seta , care w bethel the bills are enrolled or
not'1 ho talil afterward when dlscufwlns
the offer
Kor continuous seivico A H Burr nf the
Hnitford Times is piobabh Iho oldest edltoi j
In the countr ) On January 1 next 1 will
be sixty-one yenia slnco .Mr Buir pur
chased an Interest In the Weekly Times
Two ) ears later ho lurnol H Into a dolly
paper Ho If , still In active service , though
81 ) o.ais old
In the TratiHViial wai the British hav > > j
ah pad ) lost more cnmmlMloned ofllceifa
killed In action 01 dltd f wounds than wo' '
have lost In the Philippines wlnec IJcwoj i
Died the Hist shot nt the Spanish fleet Tin j
DlitlEh casualty liht imluOea < uhi.\ seven
ultima de > ad while outs foi th I'lilllpiilne |
la flf- < L\cn and the laitti jiiipiebtnd .
( hose who luu fallen vlMlms to dis < > a > tt > '
wpll as ihti-c killed ni moilalh uuinlrl .
I nosi : HOOD ot.ii n vs ,
Piittllonl Mniitllft n ( online \H < > unit
.Minneapolis Tlmo
Through many of the eulogies pronounced
| on ( Icorge Washington on the hunJredth an
niversary of his death , there scorns to run
nn undercurrent of prHslmlsm L'tterancei
fiom the pulpit , from the rostrum and b )
the press assume that these be degonn its
ldas In which we are living It Is presented
ns almtst nn article of faith that n man like
Washington with his Icftv nlms nnd In-
roirupllblo ptoblt ) . could not b ) any possl-
I ullltv be plodliced b ) the present ago Now
there la corruption In high places and a
politic Inn must be without a conscience In
order to be successful In the days of Wash
ington , rn the other hand there vvcro RCIHI-
Inr statesmen nnd p'ltilots , and the pallttMl
, ehUanpr ) for v\hlch our present men In nil-
thai It ) are notorious was n thing unknown.
Now evcrv school child knows that Wash
ington wno flist In war , first in pence , llrst
In the hem Is of his oountomcn , nnd that
we have hid no mich nnothei tlo looms up
out of the pages of lilstor ) as the grant !
Ideal Amcilcaii , Incomparable from every
point of view But there may possibly be-
some doubt about the tiuth of the assump
tion that the political moinllty of a bun
dled yonis ago was anv bcllei than tint of
I today Distance' lends enchintnient to the
I view \Vc > natitlallv and properly dwell
on thu shining v It tups ot oui fathom
whatever dnik spots there ma ) have been
are leas conspicuous. But we bhould not be1
honoilng our fathers If we had not advanced
even In the ethlis of nlntecrnft As a mat
ter of hlstorv. cot nipt political practices
weio icsortrd to a hundred ) e.us ago is
well a In oui time Aaron Hun vns i
notoriously prolllgate and unscrupulous man
but he became United States enntoi and
. vlco president and came within one vote
' of being elected president of the United
1 Statps Hamilton and Jefferson could give
| llanna nnd Crokei pointers on miueuver-
Ing nnd finessing to can ) an election Wash
ington himself was a man apart , but even
j he did not cfccapo calumny The abithe of
I which ho was made the taiget during the
i second term of his presidency was at leaat
as vituperative as any now heaped on the
Jpipsldent by his bitterest political opponents
I and certainly dors not sustain the thcor )
' that the sen o ot public < lccenc\ was more
hlghlv dovclo.cd ) In tint age than In OUIH
Dm Ing iho war Washington complained that
"thero aio men among lib iso babel ) sordid
as to counteract all our oxortlons for the-
sake of a little gain ' Theie was bo rte-
daicd , such a deaith of public splilt , such
want of v little , such stock jobbing am ?
fertility In all the low , arts to obtain ad
vantage that he ticmbled at the prospe-t
We believe In optimism If a man Hko
Washington Is needed again ho will bo
forthcoming. In all the hitUor ) of the woild
there Is evidence that the people have the
power to evolve ! the men demanded by
great emeigrrcles There Is no good sense
In taking the dark view that our own times
are hopelcsslv out of joint , and that our gen
eration cannot produce a mm as wise and
as honest as anv that ever lived since time
began.
i.vvviov 'i in : itr.ci i , VH.
lilNtoii to tlio Ili-t-oril tit IIN ! Spi \ Ice ,
for Thli ( s-s - > eniars. .
New York Press
Law ton' ' It Is the old , old storv of the
regular Not that ho died on the field In
the performance of his duty , for , if neccs-
sar ) , tlio death In action of n reguiir is
mere i online service But that after thlrty-
ecvcn ) ears of service and mail ) vcirs of
that seivleu the hardest kind of lighting , of
dailng , of saciiflce , of heroic achievement
ho was shot and died' No , but that he
was shot nnd that he died uniowaided'
V brilliant soldier and olllcer throughout
the civil war at its close he began his mili
tary career all over again as a ficcond lieu
tenant Tor more than a quarter of a cen-
lurj aftei the close of tint most teniblc of
wars , in which he won reputation and honor ,
IIP pegged along unicco niyed b ) his civII-
1 in hi tliers , unrewarded l his govern
ment , as a icgular army officer Did ho In
that long time do nilthing worthy of men
admiration and a nation's praise' \ \ ' / \
he did everthing that came within the { /-un
of his dut ) nnd more ? He became a great
Indian fighter for one thing H < > was a
whlrlvlnd fighter And not only could be
outfight any man who wore n blue unit im
with him , but he could outride him. cut-
inarch him and outstarye him' ' He clnsed
.town , for another thing , Geronimo , and nn-
other man , with pollM-al backing and a
Washington "pull" got the ciedit for It
and the promotion , while Law ton well ,
when the Spanish war broke out Liwton
was ml ) ct n full colonel
But In the Spanish war it was Law ton
who was put to set the lighting pace at El
Cane ) And after the Spanish war It was
Lin ton who was sent post-haste to the
Philippines to lead the United States troops
in the field Leul them' Ho led them with
the thunderbolt stroke of the old civil war
d.i)8 of more than thlrtj-flve' ) CIUH before'
D-'shlng after the Insurgents , he led thorn
till their Fhors fell off In bits of Ipatber
He led them till they were naked Through
nw.unps and mountain passes and Jungle ?
and sunken rlco fields , ho led them , starv
ing anl lagged but adoring him , till ho had
fought ever ) lobel leader whom he could
catch to a .standstill
What then ' After the civil wni , after the
Indian wars , after the Spanish war , aflei
the war In the Philippines aflet neail )
fort ) ) cars of service and toil and war and
bittlc , what was this whirlwind of a sol-
diet whose long yeais of dut ) wiio brllllnit
ovciy one of them , with splendid military
achievements' Ho might have been listen
to the generous reward bestowed on a gal
lant officer In the legular aimy for thirty-
seven ) e.aia a bicathless mcssengei runs
between the White- House and the' War
dopaitnient to nnnounco that I.awlon might
have boon a bilgmllcr If hu 1ml lived" "
This Is the end of Law Ion Law ton , the
regulai
i > VNcr.itm s ( 01i , VTIH ; vi , .
I : ! ! < < < of ( lie 'iliimp on < , ( ( ( nnd Iliul
' 1CCIII itloh ,
Baltimore American
The break In Iho Hocurlty inatket has nc.
compl'shcd ' ono L'ood lOJult U has dlffu-
ontlalod the good Issues from the bad cnco
The record of the lape tells which se'ciirltlt' :
rro btckcMi b ) real subsianco and which are
constituted mostl ) of giis 'lo Hut extent
Iho public and the financial Institutions do-
pemk'iit IP on the public , huvo bceen bune-
flted Doth are Informed now as lo whit
claew of .stocks are dangci us to handle
The infoimittlon , ns a rciiuli , ahoulil be : -
ccpt ( 1 as a wainlng
Thu nntlonitl banks especially should
profit b ) what has happonol They are the
institution. ! which have been the luckb nol
of Baltlmoica credit Home tinnetcsalt , ]
fin i x < iptknul foreJlght Jut now U"cl -
Icn.Ijjnlung based on ixtir np li'ks Is cer- ]
tti n in ( > mo lo Krii' Th" pi K Ing 'f Ionia
in hiiipU ( OIK. ( oIluK ii ' i t > ne c Uii of tha
i.\iiiini ii U win 'i ' i"l ItuxiiHiblc !
APERFECT
IN RANT AUOOK FOIt
, ROOCD. MOTMHRit
CONDCHOtD MILK CO. NEW VORtt
[ The banK . therefore arc- right In
their "lean eceunt < to a drastic culling pro
CPK All collateral of n questionable
character should be displaced , , ul the loans
iMlIng therwn should be cither called < i
better fottlfled. There Is no aelii'e In waitIng -
Ing for n more opportune lime to tal.c iu ii
n ilrp It Is a duty the banks owe the
credit of the cltv aside from ( heir own
safetv , tint they lid IhcluselVe-s nt cmo of
all collnteral which Is not ttntnped with tin.
elements of the mo l s-lld ce urliy
Such n pollc ) maj lesull In the further
llqulihtlon of watered Issues nnd a const
( ini'iit pluiiRo In pilcc" If the break n.tpets
fictitious values enl ) , thru the icsiilt will
prove ) more beneficial than otherwise l *
should not Injuie the bettor clan ? cf Issue * ,
because there Is no osculon for dlsprlmlnni
ing agnlii'i thom. Hut no Mvoi should i
1 shown the IsssitPS of dolibl. There la a large
I supply cf ( bat tjpe In circulation Tluv
were put upon the > market diirlnK the petlod
of Inflation , nnd Inflation Ui tlirlr chief
characterl" IP Theiofnre the banltg should
avoid thom ns untlenlrnble Thov arc
hazardous enouKh e-ven when Innnthn is
boiinlUR , bul In times llko these the1) should
IIP absolutel ) I ejected
I.1CM1'M > MltlCH'l' .
Chicago Xovvs romiuon Poison Hive
ivou ovoi nu * the tnlontod Mies Ituns"
I Cn ! U Author X i , nevel The tnlfntod
Ml s liuiiK hniiHi mo aevernl HIIIOM , how-
i ov er
Dctiolt Kf'.o Press "Cllrls mo getting
aw fttllv llnlel ! ) "
"V\hnt s the until r now ? "
"That c'rl tefilscd mo'
"Dlfl ho filvo niiv tendon' "
"dbo MHVH I mnvlo u pun while 1 vvun pro-
1 ofIIIK to hei
Motion Oour'oi ' Seokr-r That's qullo n flno
hni-s < - jnu've been btivliiK Wlint have jou
named liliu"
Patcmaii Oroat HniRiiln
Seeker Ah' ( lipnt Bargain , ohV Then It
wns nnothei of voui "liienvd InvostitientM ?
Snuenwn Oh thai had nothing to do with
the. name I uill him Gloat Haigiln bo-
cuu c mv wlfo can dilvo him
Washington Star "What blanch of irt
docs join f i lend prefer ? ' nuked the MIUIIR
woman
" 1 don t lciuivatisvveipd ntlsn I'avonne ,
"but I should * i > In Is un Impio MlonlBt '
"Hup ho produced nn ) thing remarkable In
th.'t Hue' '
"V ( , the Inipiu lnn thnt ho Is an nit'sl "
Cbloaffo Tilbunc1 "Siv , nien't ) ou the
teMinstpr wlui bplfied mo up u suep bill
when I wits out with mv automobllp tbu
otbei dnv ' '
" 1 am , h '
"All light I 11 HtniL voui balk ) hot e fur
v011 bv jiii lilng tbp wagon up against him
with m ) automobile * Theie , Mi , we ie
'
even
Clilrngo Post "Well at niiv i He we are
burning a greut niinv things finm tlio
bimth Afrlenn war" s ild the niiRlHliniiin
"And nmonir IliPiit " rctu/ned tbr Ameil-
i in , "inn } bo iiioutlonoil the- fuel that u
wai Is no picnic In anv elmi
lloconl Barber Aioou for
KiiKlnnd In this war , sir
.Man In l/athoi Wh are vou for ?
Buboi What difference docs that make ,
Man In Lathci I've got bcnso oiiougb not
to w int < o niguo v\lth a man who has a
i ior
"IMI
ltu < Inid Klnllnis'N Vorxos l.drd
I'.oliortn.
Theie's 'i little led-fncccl man ,
Whleh Is Bobs
Hides the tallest 'orso 'o can
Our Hobs
If It budks or kliks or reir * .
'TI cm ° lt foi twentv veirs ,
With n smile round both 'is cars-
Can t ) ci , Hobs '
Then 'PI Ob to Hobs Bahadut
Llttlo Hobs Bobx , Hobs' '
"JI's oui pukKH Kamlnhadcr
Plgbtln Bobs Hobs , Hobs' '
'K s the Uook of AKjjy Cbul , *
12 s the m in tint < 1 < > iiti us well ,
An' we'll follow Im to 'ell-
Won t vve. Hob- * '
If H llmbei s slipped a trace ,
'Ook on Hobs ,
If a marker s In-ft Is place ,
Dre s 1)1 Hobs
Kor 'e's ovs all up 'Is coat ,
An a busle In is throat ,
An' joii will not plnv the goat
Undei Hobs
'K'B a lilt IP- down on drink ,
Chaplain Hobs ,
Hut It k ( epi us outer clink
Don't It Bobs'
So we. will not complain ,
Tlio' 'c h vvntei on the bi.iln ,
It 'c leads us sir-light ng-aln
Hluc light Hobs
If joii stood Im on 'Is 'end ,
IM tiler Bobs ,
You could "Pill a ( | tinit o' Irad
Cutcr ) Uob-j
'I"s been at it tblitj ) eirs ,
Au-ama i-ii ! Foiivenifrfs
In thu vvuv o slugs nn' ppcnis
Aln t ver , Hobs ?
What 'o does not ki.on of wni ,
i Oen'iil Hobs ,
You can nisi tlio whop next door-
Pan t 1bey , HobH7
O Vs llttlo but ( 's who ;
'IV ti tenor for 'Is size ,
An' 'e does not idv ertlse
Po ) cr , HobH' '
Now tbev'vomido a bloomln' lonl
Outer Holn
AVhlc'h was bul Is full toward
Worcn t it Bobs '
An' o II wo.ir a poronet
AVheio 'It 'olmet uxpd lo set :
Hut e know vou won't forgot
Will .ver Bob '
'I lieu 'eie's to Bobs Habi.dlll
LUMP Hobs Bobs , Hobs'
Porkct-VVVllln'ton an' 'uiil r *
I-lhhtln' Bob" . Bob Hobs'
This ain't no h ] ininlii * ode.
But vou'V ( 'elped thn soldier s load ,
An for iHiiellth bestowed ,
JCT , BolS' '
Go nhend * * And i half
A suit for evening dress
used to be a costly luxury.
Only the best tailors could
offer you a satisfactory fit.
We have changed all
that.
that.Our
Our newest patterns are
simply pzrfect and the prices
are half what the tailors
charge.
And at the same time
v/c can supply you with
' shirts collars ties
rrcj'er , , ,
shi s'uds and cuff buttons
and shirt protectors , as well
as the right thing in over
coats in fact , with every
thing but shoss ,
niul Excluiltc FuruUbcri ,