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About Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922 | View Entire Issue (Jan. 20, 1900)
THE OMAHA DAILY REE : SATURDAY , ,1AM1 AIM i0 , 15)1)0. ) ) THE OMAHA DAILY ! 13. HOS13WATEII , Kdltor. PUBLISHED EVBHY MOUNINO. Dnlly lite ( wllhojt Sunday ) , One Yenr.B.W Dully Hce und Sunday. Ono Year S.W Ufllly. Sunday and Illustrated. Ono Year 8.25 Eiutiaay nml Illustrated , Ono Ycnr - Illustrated IJco. Ono Year 2.00 HunJny Uce , One Yenr JJ Saturday Uce , One Year ' i-J ? Wttkly Uce , Ono Year . OFT1CES. Omnha : Tim Hco Hulldlng. , m _ _ Bulldlns. South Omaha : City Hall Twenu-.flfth nnd N streets. Council Uluffs : 10 Pearl street. Chic1MB , Unity Building. New York : Temple court. Washington : SOI Fourteenth Street. COUIIESPONDENCE. Communications relating to news nml edi torial matter should be addressed : Omana Bee , Editorial Department. BUSINESS LETTERS. Business letters und remittances should be addressed : The Bco Publishing Com pany , Omuha. Omuha.REMITTANCES. . order , Remit by drnft , express or postal . pnVftbln to The Bee Publishing Company. Only 2-cent stamps accepted In payment 01 checks , except on mall accounts. Personal . Omahn or Eastern exchange , not acccpica. TUB BEE PUBLISHING COMPANY. _ STATUMU.Vl' OF C1HCUI.ATION. State of Nebraska. Douglas County , ss. : George U. Tzschuck , secretary ot The Ueo PubllshliiK Company , belns duly sworn , says that Iho actual number or full ana comple j copies of The Dnlly , Morning , Evcnlrid S'Miday Bee , printed during the -V. . . ' . Dot-ember , IKK ) , was as fol lows : 1 . 2-I.7HO 17 ar , sr 2 . 2-.OUO is B-I.SSB 3 . ar , 'iri ID B 1.7(10 ' 4. . . . . . ai.tmo D . a.-.ooo c . 27ir.i : 7 . 1:1,1100 23 ai.uuu 24 B , U7O 9 . a-ir uo X a : ,7oo 11 10 . . ai.diio arti : u ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ' . ! ! ! - ! * - ° 2 $ B4tlU ! 12 . at.nsn ' 13 . . , oit : ij' . I BI-IUO 11 . 2.-ina 30 BI.BJtU . . 31 BB-IO 15 . IM..MO 16 . a-i.in . . . . .77-i , : i > Less unsold ami returned copi ies. . . . il.STit ' 'Net total sales Subscribed und sworn before mo this 1st day of January. A. D. GATR. Public. . Notary ( Seal. ) The ciMiienl iiwnufnolmvrs who have nRt'i'i'tl to ruiso tin- price should htivo no tronblo in inakliiR UKasici'iiK'nt stU-k. .m ! work of the new school board has only commenced. Aflor investigation must come retreiiflimpnt and regenern- tlon. . . Kroncli toys arc proverbially expen sive , but the animated one wlileh Anna Gould purchiisc < l appears to be more so than usual. The republican city ticket will be nomi nated I'-obnmry 1 5. If the republicans of Omaha will get together they will nominate the winning ticket. A Cbadron judco has excluded testi mony which was to have been given over a telephone , probably on the ground that it was hearsay and not the best evidence. _ _ According-to the stories told by Sen ator Clark to explain the boodle dis bursements in the Montana senatorial contest Marcus Daly must be almost the bad man of Montana. Whatever may bo the ease in other branches of the human race It Is evi dent the birth rate of suckers must be Increasing , when the quality of the present generation is such that even a St. Txuis man Is able to work them. If the United States senate is having trouble finding some one willing to ac cept the secretaryship it might apply to the popoeratle pie-biting contingent In Nebraska. Several of them are out of ofllco and perfectly willing to get in. It does not make much difference to the people of Omaha which bridge the Illinois Central uses for its passenger trains , providing only it. brings Its pas senger trains to tills side of the river and lands them In convenient terminal quarters. Unless CJeneral Huller does something soon which changes the situation in .South Africa the strategists on this Lon don papers will run out of campaign plans for him ! They present a new one every day , but the present Held Is about win-Iced out. Ixral populists are trying to Hud out how much of a dividend the democrats are going to allow them In the coming city campaign. The assets are not largo enough to warrant the declaration of a very large dividend , even if most of them were nut of doubtful value. The sl/.e of the city tax levy Is still undetermined. This people of Omaha are willing to pay as much taxes as are necessary to run an elliclent government economically and honestly , but they are not willing to put up a cent for extrava gance , sinecure Jobs or corrupt steals. Hange stockmen demand the restora tion of the feedlng-ln-traiislt rate , as serting they are losing hundreds of thousands of dollars by its abrogation. The feeders and farmers who have corn to Hell iiro also ( risers , , but the. railroads arc' ' not letting anything get away from them. < , 1'ut It down that what has made Ne braska republicans a minority party Is not Hryanlsm nor factionalism , but . boodlerlsm. Had the republicans al ways possessed the courage to repudiate .and punish Itomllcrs and public thieves thc'iitatc would have been In the repub lican column right along. For once the World-Herald Is correct In Its diagnosis of the ailment of the republican parly In Nebraska. And .that Is not very complimentary to the political sagacity or moral stamina of the former proprietor of the Mammoth- Consolidated Itepublleau , newspaper , who ascribes all the disasters which have befallen republicans during tin- last twenty-five years to factlonlsm In stead of Iwodlerlnnj. AX iMritAi THMii.t The advocates of bnniillrs on e\i > ovis in lieu of ship snbildle < < will hardly fall to see that their proposition Is Im practicable. In view of our treaties with Hx-Senator Mil- f-irelgu coiintiles. - tnmiilH having been requested by the senate committee on commerce to In vestigate the matter reported that lie had examined all the treaties be tween the United Hlaie.s and other countries on the subject of the shljis of other countries being entitled to boun ties on exports If the United States should grant bounties to its own ship * and as a result found that there are twenty-six countries whose ships would have a right > claim export bounties If this country should grant them to Its own vessels. Of course no one will seriously contend for a policy that would thus beneilt the ship owners of nearly all the maritime and commercial com petitors of the United States and prob ably would not In the least promote Un building uii of mi American merchant marine. It may bo said that these treaties could be abrogated , but that might be a very serious matter for our commercial Interests. In his communication to the senate committee Judge Kdmunds also pointed out that. If a bounty on exports Is to be granted It must apply to all exports ; It must be impartial and universal. 11 could not be eontined to the products of agriculture , but must also Include those of the mill and factory. The ad vocates of export bounties make a somewhat plausible plea , but the policy they desire is impracticable under ex isting conditions. DOCTOll IIALUUMIIK'S DIAUXOS1S. Doctor Saint A. D. Halcombe has un bosomed himself through the popocratie organ In a two-column diagnosis of the chronic disease which in Ids opinion allliets the republican party of Ne braska. I.Ike many medical doctors who cure all distases with oneremedy , Doctor Halcombo labors under the de lusion that all the Ills that have be fallen the party in the last twenty years are duo to factionism. In his narrow horizon he has been unable to see the procession of vital Issues by which the party has been torn up , nor is ho able to conceive a state of affairs that would cause a general uprising among the rank and Ille of the party against dishonest public otlicials and corrupt methods of administration. Doctor Balcombo has been reared in that old school of politics that fostered a subsidized press and ex pected party organs to stand up for thieves , jobbers and public plunderers through thick and thin so long as they held a commission from a party con vention. The good doctor started out as a drug gist , got Into politics and was rewarded for his zeal with an appointment as In dian ageut. which enabled him to save up $70,000 , In less than four years on a salary of $1,500 a year. With this Jack pot he bought the old Omaha Ilenub- lieau , which for a few years afforded him a Held for putting Into practice his Ideal of a party organ. Like other doctors wo know of , the good doctor did not swallow Ids own pills. While lie now arraigns The Hoe for kicking over the traces when party conventions have nominated notorious corruptlonists he forgets that in 1S70 the Omaha Republican , of which ho was then owner , refused to support the reg ularly nominated republican legislative ticket , although a United States senator was to be elected and no charge ot dis honesty was made against a single can didate on that ticket. What Doctor Balcombc Is aiming at or expects to achieve by his distempered dissertation and why he has broken loose at this time after keeping silence for ten years is not conceivable. All we can glean from his screed ! s that he believes the party is split from cen ter to circumference by a factional di vision for which he prescribes no rem edy and which in his opinion cannot possibly end during the lifetime of the present editor of The Bee. A PKni'JBXlSa QUESTIUX. A sub-committee of the house com mittee on ways and means has been charged with the duty of determining the meaning of the term "United States" in the provision of the constitu tion which declares that "all duties , Imposts and excises shall be uniform throughout the United States. " The determination of this perplexing ques tion Is of vital Importance In its bear ing upon the status of the new posses sions and particularly in respect to whether our customs laws must lie extended to the new territory. It is contended on the one hand that although the now possessions are a part of the nation , It Is entirely within the power of congress to say whether or not the customs laws or any other laws of the United States shall be applied to them. Those who hold this view urge that when the terms on which the new P' sessions were acquired are not lixed by treaty they are such as the new mas ter may impose. . On the other hand it Is argued that any general legislation by congress in behalf of these posses sions will make them Integral parts of the 1 tilted States and therefore entitled to all the rights and privileges provided In the constitution. The latter view has been strongly stated by a member of the Insular com mission , lion. 11. C , Curtis. He says : "If a legislature Is to be created under any system of franchise , or laws passed directly by congress , It must keep ihe constitution In full remembrance and not withhold any of the personal privi leges guaranteed to any people of the United Stales. It must provide a gov ernment republican in form. It must Insure trials by jury for all criminal offences - fences and civil cases involving JfiM , and a grand jury f > .r . all felonies. It must see that no privilege of au.v citi zen Is abridged. 'I'm I IT barriers must be destroyed ; for , under the constitu tion , all duties must be uniform In all parts of the United States ami no duties can be charged on impoils from any state. Malays , Chinese and Ta-a ; 1-t's , as well au the 1'uerlo Itlcans. tan freely enter our ports , for It IH the right of any i-lllzen to mluiat.i from one part of th" United Stateto any other p.iri. All these guarantees of the oonsitul ! ! > ti must be Incorporated in Ihe lo.cl Iallon which congress would enact for these1 Islands. " This , declares .Indue Curtis , is no random statement , but a principle which has been repeatedly assorted whenever laws enacted by congress for the District .if Columbia and the terri tories have come before the courts for Judicial construction. There are liti- meroiH decisions of the supreme court which appear to fully warrant und sus tain this view. If il be a sound position that any legislation by congress for our Insular acquisitions will make them an Integral part of the United States , entitled to all the guarantees of the constitution , the proposition that military govetn- ment be maintained over them for mi Indellnite time will Hud many support ers , for there are extremely few of our people who are disposed to place these neqnlsltlr.ns upon an equality with our states and territories. Meanwhile much light on the subject Is expected from the members of the ways nnd means committee having It under considera tion and great Interest will attach to the expression of their opinion. The Hoe Sunday will bo a most at tractive number from every point of view. Its special cable letters , tele graphic news and local news reports will bo unexcelled , as will also be the various features that distinguish a great weekly magazine. The Illustrated Noo. which will be delivered to each subscriber , will pre sent as the frontispiece a handsome portrait trait of Iowa's newly elected United States senator , John II. Gear. It will also show snap shots at. the prominent Hgures in the senatorial contest Just closed at Dos Molnos. Th recent convention of Iowa and Nebraska retail Implement dealers in Omaha comes In for several striking views , including jyorlralts of their of- Hcers and a group photograph of the entire convention. The school serial discusses the study of English In 'the ' Nebraska schools with pictures of school room work In Fremont and views of the handsome High school buildings In Hastings and Nelson. Among the other pictorial features arc a portrait of President Burgess of the Board of Education , a picture of the Dcwoy cup , a portrait of a young Scotch bagpiper of Omaha in costume , groups of Beatrice , Nob. , nnd Missouri Val ley , In. , foot ball teams. The fashion page shows timely liv ing models posed in latest garments that will please the women. The Bee Sunday -will be the best newspaper. Don't fail to read it. All newsdealers. THERE H'.lS AO MISTAKE MADE. Indian Agent Matthcwsou has sounded an alarm at Washington over the al leged moral degeneracy ot the Omaha and. AVinnebago Indians since the De partment of Justice dccldcdjo do away with field deputies connected with the United States marshal's oillce. Accord ing to Mr. MaHhowsou the red and white bootleggers who supply Indians with firewater are now operating with out restraint and drunkenness and de bauchery among Indians arc on the In crease because the Hold marshals are no longer allowed to round up the standing witnesses , whom they escort in crowds and droves from the agency to Omaha and from Omaha to the agency every time the federal court holds a session. It is doubtful , however , whether1 Agent Matthewson can convince Attorney Gen eral Griggs that ho lias made a mistake in stopping the most flagrant abuse that has demoralized the United States mar shal's force. The attorney general has never lived on an Indian reservation , but he knows enough to know that the periodic excursions of United States Held marshals to the Indian reservations exert no restraint upon Indians addicted to bad habits. These Indians can get all the firewater they can pay for whether the deputy marshals arc off oren on the reservation , lie knows , more over , that contact with the Indians and the opportunity to earn big mileage fees while traveling on railroad passes have had a demoralizing inlluence upon dep uty marshals as well as upon the In dians , who become professional perjurers and habitual drunkards In order to have a good time every few weeks. This is why the same old Omaha and Wlnne- lingo braves and squaws have tilled the corridors of the federal building year In and year out. Instead of reviving the old practice the Indian bureau should employ a dep uty agent specially detailed to keep down drunkenness on the agency. Such an ollicer will do more to restore good order and decency on the reservation than a small army of Held marshals. Democrats who are lighting Congress man Sutherland on the ground that the nomination next fall should go to a dem ocrat are simply wasting time' if it Is done for amusement at a period when politics Is dull the light is all right and will serve the purpose as well as any- tiling else. But when It comes to con vention lime the democrats will fall In line for Sutherland or some oilier popu list "for llryan's sake. " Just for good measure the populists may consent to give tlie democrats a road supervisor or s imethlug of equal caliber. Why should the county attorney carry Ihe content Ion of Albyn Frank against the law making the otllcc of clerk of the district court a salaried position to the supreme court ? What has the county to gain by lids course Inasmuch as the fees collected by the district clerk slnco July are less than the aggregate of Iho salaries of his employes. On the other hand , why does Iho county attorney Ig nore the charge that the late clerk Iris ( alien receipts In full from the em ployes while they received only part H is really unUInd of the Maryland deiuui-raey not lo endorse Hryan ami lit to 1 , It is true they carried the Mute by turning their lmks on free sllvet and im > mltnc never to take It up again , but , Maryland democrats should not take political promises so seriously. Take n lesson from the party in Ne braska and subordinate everything tu the OIK- Idea of enhancing the silver colonel's . tmbltion. Local leadeis of the party niluht be short on olllees. but furthering the Nebraska man's cause should be satisfaction enough for any saerlllce. A .lol. rr civilization. Indianapolis Pro. 9. If we nre really trustees of civilization , tlicro Is a 1)1K job for us down In Kentucky. I'.nililcin. New York Slnll nnd Express. hot the democrats adopt the ostrich as their campaign emblem of inoo by all mean ? . Then prepare for fan when the re publican clcpbatit fans tbc ostrich with hla trunk. A SK | > eiu > l ( > Without Pnrnllrl. Chlcnuo NPWS. President KniRcr has Issued a proclama tion calling on every bui-Rlier In the Trans- vnal to go to the front and President Steyn of the OraliKo Kree State lion Issued a simi lar otic to his people. The spectacle ot cvory able-bodied man In the llttlu South African republic at the front Is one that lins no parallel in any other nation of mod ern times. ( icriiiliny nnil It * Colonh-N. San I'-runclceo Call. According to a recent ofllclal report the entire trndo between Germany and Its colonies last year amounted lo 14,760,000 marks , while the cost of maintaining them was 11,788,000 marks. , H will he- seen from the figures thnt the colony business Is much more glorious than proIlUhle , as we are likely to find out before wo get through with the Philippines. , l roN M of Shlppcm. SprliiRtleld Republican. The commercial bodles'of the country arc preparing a united protest against the re cent changes In freight classifications , by the trunk line roads , which have operated to materially advance railway charges. Hut the Interstate Commerce commission tells them there Is no power loft under the federal law to help thorn. They will have to tight It out with the road's on their own unaided strength. \Variiliiur SlKintlN for Cltlos. Philadelphia Press. The last ten years of the closing century have wltnesRcd many notable movements for the betterment ot llfo In centers ot popula tion , but few have been of greater Import ance than the general effort to Improve the water supply of great cities. The linger of science has pointed unerringly to polluted drinking water as the mo t prolific source of disease , and municipalities are heeding the warning. Ilndloy's Idea Ciocn. Kansas City Journal. "When a man operates a trust against the public good , " eays President Hadley , "don't Invite , him to dinner , don't call on his family. " That IB the right Idea. We here by glvo notice to all men who operate bad trusts that their Invitations to dlno with us are canceled and that our engagements to call on their families will not bo met. This Is harsh treatment , wo know , but It goes. President Hadley'has our warm thanks for his eminently practical , cogent and timely suggestion. * or SnfTrnuUtn. prk Tribune. The woma n''suttroglsts : of South Dakota are gencrouif.lfftfaVy are ; foolish. They not only -want toHrote'theniselves , but want the women of Huwto nice , Hawaii- and the Philippines to vbto also. It Is a question how many men11fa soirie of those places could vote , wisely , ' an Inasmuch as In. primitive : ountrles tlie women are largely drudges and lere fitted for affairs than their husbands the utility of ballots In their hands might well bo questioned even by the most ardent theoretical woman suffragists. IIAIIjUOAD HATBS. Indianapolis Press : The commission has repeatedly pleaded for legislation , and the demand for It from thlppers and commer cial organizations has been incessant. It Is i subject that the average congressman does not understand , and ho is proverbially slow to undertake the study of complicated sub- IcctH. The commission makes a suggestion that may well be taken to heart by those railroad managers that have been go active In opposing such legislation , when it dc- : lares that reasoaablo legislation now would be better for all concerned than to let the matter drift along until it gives rise to a general demand for radical and drastic measures. Springfield Republican : The Interstate Commerce commission is powerless to en force the law In any or all of its essential purposes. Step -by step , through the efforts of the roads and the Judgments ot the courts , the commission has been divested of its powers and the act has been robbed of Its vitality. The only thing of consequence which has been effected against the roads , iiul which Is hastening the Vanderbllt and athcr great consolidations , is the breaking up of such rate agreements as were repre sented in the transmlssouri and the joint traffic associations , and this was effected under the federal anti-trust law and not under the mtcrstate commerce law. Minneapolis Times : The report points to the danger that continued failure , to make the law operative will result in an IrreBlstl- lilo demand for the most radical and drastic legislation , such as government ownership of railroads. Vast echomes of railway combination are under way and threaten to restrain competition between rival llnetf. The movement has not aa yet resulted In the actual consolidation of the great rail road companies , but enough has ( ran HP I red to show that a great railroad trust l not nil Impossibility. Under these circumstances It Is doubly Impprtant that there should bo ioniB public authority which may exert thn control necessary to prevent excessive rates and unjust discrimination. I'hlladelphla Press : The present congress may deal with ths | and It may not. Some congrrss will. The "wholesale" principle tins probably come to stay. In the long run It is probably best for the Individual , though the pontDiTko get * on without it , waxes and servos the public liberally. Hut the public IE sure lo demand some summary nnd dlicct authority to pas on the reason- nblo character of railroad rates. If a con- survatlvo congress does rot provide this tribunal and Its swift remedies the Inler- rtato Commerce commls on IB right In thinking that It , will be provided by u radl- t'ttl congress. If the rullrwds are wise they will now favor u conservative measure. If they ,14:0 : not wise they vll | get u radical measure In the next hUHln'Hs dpprc alon. Chicago Test : Obviously the commission believes that there l ronsiJorablo truth In the recent rumors of rallninl consolidation , though the railway ofllcloh hi > ve denied or pooh-poohed them. It doec not say that the tinifiiilinent proposed by U would arrest the tendency unl destroy the Incentive to unifi cation , but It Implies that tjio control which It would then exercise \void | render com- hlnatlon comparatively hmrnloss , since ex- recalvtf und oppressive rails would he set mldo and only reasonable charges allowed Id be Imposed. In the atinfi * o of mich con trol , and with the disapppaiinre of the only existing check comprtitloj- the rosultln : ; cvllB would he rpinrillrfiH There Is , how- IWT , no prospect of the rlautmrnt of any fompreVeuslve railroad legislation m IUH present aceaion. i-oi.ri'K vi , nnil r. The fusion populists are ooinldcrln * th < project of holding a national rormtttlon Ir IndlmtnpollB In the month of June. June wll be the convention month In 1000. The total number of paid employes of the New York stntp government Is 0.321. oi whom fully fi.OOO are directly connected with Albany departments , and a majority of these reside In Albany. Colonel Jack Chlnn , Kentucky's f.imous political marlismnn. was not on the flrln ? line at the recent skirmish. The colonel h shrewd enough to stick close to the com- mlpsary department. I'l ISPS the venerable Massachusetts town of Salem voted against the granting of Hanoi licenses within Its boundaries. In the elec tion ot December , 1SW ! , It voted the other Way , 2,1. for license and 2,820 against. Mr. Ooebel of Kentucky Is striving Id execute a flank movement on the Itltie Orass executive minston. Hut Oovernor Taylor has taken his measure and may be relied upon to dress him down at the right moment. Senator Sullivan of Mississippi Is an otit- Epolun advocate cf oxp.mslcn , favoilng per manent control of tlio Islands taken fiom Spain. The division among the lending democrats of the south on this question Is very marked , but It does not affect their loyalty to Hryanlsm. A bill has been Introduced In the Mas sachusetts legislature piavidlng for the compulsory tagging of lobbyists. Shades ef the Sacred Codfish , has It come to thUt ? Are Hay state lawmakers so dull or bllml that they must tag their .friends ? Hotter tie a can on the solons. The Auieitcus club of Plttsbiirg Is said to bo ready to contribute $200,000 to the re publican campaign fund if President Mc- Klnley will address the club at the Grant anniversary April 27. That Is a pretty high Ilg'uro for n campaign speech , but the club will have n first-class article or none. A party by the name of Hryan , surnamed - named John , who hulls from Indiana , em- ergon from the timber long enough to say that advances In the wages of worklngmon are a deep and dark conspiracy of the pluto crats.VorkttiRtncn thus favored will not ( object to a continuance of the "conspiracy. " The republican national committee nt Its rcccu.l meeting In Washington fixed the representation of the territories In the next national convention ns follows : Six delegates i\ich for Arizona , Now .Mexico , the Indian Territory and Oklahoma und four delegates for Alaska. The plan of admitting ter ritorial delegates to the national convention of cither political party Is based upon the theory that having representatives In con gress they should bo represented in national conventions , too. WOOD Pt'i.i' ' . "A lion : ConililiifVhoxc Urlntlvn Are CotiHtitiitly In KvlilomM' . " Minneapolis Times. There Is not In exlstenco a moro bare facedly iniquitous trust than that known as the International Paper company. Enor mously overcapitalized , without bowels ot prudejice or compassion , a "hog combine" whoso bristles : yo constantly In , evidence , a restraint upon brains as well as upon labor , a deterrent , an obstruction and a gouge , with oue manifest destiny to make enormous profits at the expense of patrons and public and to throttle competition in embryo this association of greed should no longer bo buttressed by law and uphold by statutory provision. The Times has a right to speak its mind about , the Paper trust because it has spoken In similar repre- tienslon of brethren of the brood. This paper Is not a convert because of the wringing of personal withers. It has contended carn- Bstly and insistently that when a trust be comes a monaco to Industry and legitimate business enterprise , It should bo wounded In a'Vltal part when the weapon Is at hand reUJ } which to Inflict the wound. Such a " weapon"we Tiave as" against the Paper trust and It Is the same that could be wielded with advantage agalnat others of like ilk. Make wood pulp free of duty and the price n ! paper would fall almost as rapidly ns it has risen not quite , for it is true that lack at water In many streams and the scarcity of spruce in the United Stales are factors which have weight In determining prices ot paper. Wo are Informed that the resolutions In- troduccd by Mr. Galnre , providing for a material reduction in the duty on wood pulp , have been plgoon-holed In the ways uid means committee of tbo house of repre sentatives. They must come out of that receptacle or others must be Introduced and Lhc- question made vital by dobate. Repub licans will find it hard to defend the Paper rust , for whose sole use and benefit the pulp inriff exists , and democrats will violate an utlcle of doctrinal faith If they oppose such CKolutlons. Wo deslro to make it plain that wo believe reduction , or abolition , of the duties on many articles of common uao and consump- , ! on would bo effective in scotching , If not tilling , numerous harmful trusts. Let wood pulp bo the entering wedge , as It wore , ind If wo bring the Paper trust to Its senses by putting It on a leveJ with other ndustrles , wo may reasonably bopo that the ulvsntago will bo followed up and other : iogs find their bristles shaven , their tusks Jrawn and their stomachs constricted. OI,1 > Kl.Vfi COAI- . I'lic MirrjOlil Soul IC.vli'mlliin IIU I'otvt'r Alironil. Philadelphia Record. For the first time in its history the United States has surpassed Great Britain n the production ot coal. Year by year iVD have been chronicling Iho Increasing production of bituminous coal in this coun- : ry through the constant development of lew dourcca of supply , and we have also ! rom tlmo to time noted the fact that Britain's great coal fields are slowly but nirely becoming exhausted. When thla statement waa first put forth tentatively not nany years ago by a few careful observers n England it was greeted with derUlon ; low , however , it is accepted us a fact and ts truth Is admitted by the highest author- ! Ics. If wo may accept the preliminary es- Imatcs of the Engineering and Mining lournal as approximately correct this coun- ry produced In 1899 no lens than 214,681,87.1 onn of coal. The official record of Urn Jnitod States geographical survey showe hat In 1898 ( which was Itself a record year. ' , vo prcduced 1CCS92,023 short tons of bl- uminoiia coal and 47fG3,07G ! long tone ot inthraclto coal , all of the latter having iccn mined in Pennsylvania. Ten years igo wo mlucJ but iTiC85ri43 short tons of iltumlnous and 40,714,721 long tons of au- hraclte coal. Ileuent cable dUpatches from various purta if Europe have mentioned that a serious md widespread coal famine Is now prevall- ng to Mich an extent , Indeed , that In many , iliU'c.s Industrial manufactories have been j ibllgcd to shut down for want of fuel. The ' irlro of coal has been steadily rising in ! Europe on account of inert-ami cost of I iroductlon. while in this country the cost , la * been Htcartlly declining. The cxporta- lon of American e-cal to Europe nan brcomu i reality and wo venture to predict that one | > f the surprises of the near future will bo j in oiiormoun expansion cf tills business. The tiloro of bituminous coal In the Jnlted .States Is'of unknown quantity , but inough had been uncovered to enable us to mow that it Is practically Inexhaustible' , , ' ivcn th'ufih production should continue to ncnmso at u more rapid rate than in thn I a.st ten years. Our known supplier of coal i ire i-o large that wo can afford lo draw upon ! hem far moro lavishly than wo have done I is yet : therefore , it is eminently proper I hat we should take the product to the mar let * of the uorld while there la an uu Imlted demand for U. OIIIIIll t\MI.S TII\N till ! * . Hombay Is a city of about l.OfiO.OOO in hfihltrmts. It has a high death rote. Ilk most Orlfnl-.il and practically nil IIURCIn dlnn wntcrs of population. Ordlnarllj about eventy-f1vc' persons die there ever ( lav. That number Ic about twice an grcn ns It would be If the mortality vcre n heavier than It Is In Cleveland , In proper tlou to thn size of the city. Now the deal latt In Hohibay lias risen to more than n.i a day. It la nearly live times as great a the normal mortality. The cause Is the bu bonlc plague. The pestilence Is killing th people of Hombay at the rain of nbou no.000 n yenr. If Its ravages cannot b checked soon , the great western port o India will rapidly dwindle In size and Ini parlance. io far , there Is little to Jtistlf ; hope of such a change. The plague ha ; been , Increasing In virulence- and the exton of Its deadly work. India has many othc ' Infected cities. The same destroyer whirl Is reaping an awful harvest In Hombay I .spreading through the neighboring prov lures. It will surely find e\nsy fuod fo greater ravages where , the famine- now bring Inpc tens of millions to the verge of starva tlon and dttith In leaving multltmlm feohli and desperately | > oor. About 3,000,000 mci are working on government relief undcrtak Ings to get food enough to keep life In theli bodies. Including their famlllcrt and tin millions who arc being fed by charity nm theft , there must bo n population of 20 , < OOti.OOO or more sorely aftllctcd by the fam > Ine. They will bn natural prey for th ( plague. * * Japan has offered lo establish a srhoo of Instruction for Chinese army officers li Pfklu nnd It Is reported the Chinese gov- eminent Is likely to so far smother UF pride as to accept such aid In developlnp a decent power-of resistance to outride en- en.les. Japan Is anxious to fortify the Chinese empire. If possible , against division among tlio great powers of Europe. Kor Japan that menus morn chance to escape ultimate engulfing In the tide of Russian gtottHh and conquest Hut what Chlnn needs Is not RO much better training for her officers as it is something of the love of country and wllllngnesn to dlo In Its defense thit"havo : made Japan -ono of the great powers of the world. Chinese patri otism means llttlo moro than dislike of the ways and characteristics of other pee ple. It knows hardly anything of devotion lo China , steadfastly as It clings to ChlncMc In tbo light of the contradictory reports that como by cable concerning Russia's menace to Afghanistan , a 'paper read re cently before the kaiser at , the Hcrlln Mlll- lary society is deemed to have considerable significance. Colonel Count York von War- tcnburg , chief of a department of the gen eral etaff , was tbo author of the paper , the title of which was "Afghanistan and the \nglo-Russlan Rivalry Insla. . " The count , ifter comparing the Russian nnd British military forces In Asia that would Imme- llatcly bo engaged should war break out , revealed the probable plan of operations of both countries. Ho said that the occupa tion of Herat by Rusela would bo followed t > y the seizure of Kandahar by tbo British , ind this would glvo rise to a struggle for the possession of Kabul. In such a case m Important point would be the attitude 3f the natives of Afghanistan , and It would remain to bo seen which side the Afghan forces of 37,000 men would espouse. Count i'ork von Wartenburg believes that diplo macy will be employed in winning over the jrnccr before a military struggle arises for : ho possession of Afghanistan , and that : ho victor in diplomacy will then proceed : o decide the question by war , for which ; ventuallty Russia's "position " Is not unfavor- ible. The ameer , the count pointed out , ft-ould feel far less concern at the seizure 3f Herat than at Iho occupation of Kan- lahar , since the latter place , in comparison with * Herat , Is more closely allied to Af ghanistan. Moreover , Great Britain has ; lven way so frequently , while Russia iltherto has always steadily carried out ts own aims. The count asserted that If ) nce the Russians gained Kabul , India vould be seriously threatened. On the other land , if Great Britain succeeded In pre- rentlng Russia from occupying Kabul and Irlvlng it from Herat , then the present : ondltlon of affairs would simply be re- itorcd. It was Impossible , ho said , for Jrcat Britain to attack and defeat decisively ho Russian fighting strength at Samarcand ind Mcry , and In the event of war In that eglon Russia would have at stake only i part of Its forces and political position n Asia , while Great Britain would he risk- ng Its all. As Count York von Wartcn- mrff la an acknowledged military authority n Germany , his remarks are widely cited ind commented on by the military press of Juropo. * * * According to the correspondent of the Condon Times in Vienna , Germany , In so- mrlng the concession from Turkey for the iroposcd Bagdad railway , was careful of ho susceptibilities of other interested pow- irs. In order not to offend Russia , the lew line will not start from Angora , but rom Konlch , thus avoiding too close an ipproach to the Russian frontier. Frances s directly interested in the new undertak- ng. Last summer an agreement was ar- Ived at between the Deutsche bank In Ber- In and the Ottoman bank in Paris , that ho latter should supply 40 per cent of the : apltal required. Immediately after the im- lerlal irado had been issued the German imbassador gave official information thereof o the French , which Is held to prove that he agreement in question Is still in force. Moreover , the French expect to obtain com pensation from u concession to prolong the iclriit-namascus railway to Mesopotamia , ind connect It with the new Bagdad line. \K \ regards the English they are supposed to lave too much upon their hands In Africa tu ie looking ; for any trouble clstiwhere. Rus- Ian comment , as might be expected , IR not Itogether favorable. The Novosll of St. 'ctcrsburg , for Instance , maintains ( hat lermany meditates u peaceful conquest of urkey by means of a campaign of railroads ml colonization , nnd suggests that her lollcy In Asia Minor Is an example of what luttsln ought to do In Persia. * * For commercial and political reasons the apuneso have sceured control of the rall- oad , twinty-Hlx n 'Ie ' ; lonp. from I'hemulpo , n the coast of Korea , to Seoul , the capital. tta has taught us how to make tlie best Emulsion in the world ; Experience has proved that this Emulsion is worthy of entire confidence. There are many imitations of and all kinds of substitutes for it ; but none equal it. If your doctor recommends you to take Cod-Liver Oil , or you know yourself that you need it , get SCOTT'S EMULSION ; it is the best Cod-Liver Oil in the best form. If we had your address we would send you n sample nnd a pamphlet telling more about it. joe. and 1 1. oo , lldrutttiti , SCOTT & BOWNE , 415 ftuSt. \ . , New Y k. i 'The ' rend was begun by Ainerkntvs three 'years ' ngo and hn now bef" completed to llip Ilau liver. A bridge roslltiR Jl.Onnnort Is bring built across the rlvo.r > nnd In n few . months It will bo possible to run lriin < from the tonsl right Into the city of lentil j The Japanese have a concession for another i railroad from Fuson , on the southeastern 'coast , lo the capital , nnd wilt.by means of It , lnrrenii their bold upon tlio country. In many ways Japanese Interests In Korea arc being multiplied. In view of the present s.trciiRlli of Japan's fleet.It . Is unlikely tli.it I llussla will ask her nut of Korea as she ' asked her out of Chlnn. IMIMtKSSIVK l'llltr/ ( < . Ill four year ? the convict population of Xew York state ha dcclluM from IS.fiSI to 1 HUSO. I Them were only 107 lynchlngs in the 'tilted States' last year , against 2,15 In the jtar 181)2. ) ThlMgo people appreciate the public bain * . The city has two houses .for the purpose , and laftt year these gave 301.ICS free baihs Municipal bond Issues and sales last In the United States , neconlliig to tht elal Ohronlclo'ss record , aggregated $ tts - 113,00.1 , against $103,081'.TO.I during the , preceding - : ceding year. The original cost ot the Krlo canal , rarry- lug four feel f water , w s $7.ft02.00i ) . Us first enlargement cost $41,415.1.41-1. Slnre then $0,000,000 moro has been spent In Im proving II. IlB total construction cost as It stands Is therefore about JGl.noo.ono. The gcu-riior's canal commission now rcrom ir.endfi that It bo converted Into a ship canal at an additional cost of nlino l rxictl ! > the sr.me amount , the estimate being JGO.nno.OOO , In ISM the number of savings banks In the United States wan 1,017 , with deposits amounting to $1,811,000,000 nnd surplus nud other assets making tlu-lr holdings $2,013- 000,000. In If99 the number pf stu-h banks v.as 012 , with deposits aggregating $2,19- ! ) 000,000 and other assets making a total of $ : .401,000,000. Thus thu savlngw hanks In- ct cased their deposits nnd assets $338.000.000 In live , years. The number of depositors hni IncrenKiKl fi)3,000 ! ) and the avcrogo deposit per pcirson has risen from $360 to $39,1. KI.ASI11SS OP KIN. Detroit Journal : Tlir Hoo'r Hliauld bow to the > inevitable. It would br very nleo If ho would also pay'"t'lmwmed ! ' . ' Cleveland I'lulii Dealer : "There arc 70.00J ( lltnoM In ( bat Dettcy loving Clip. " "Think of It ! Thal'H equal tn 70,000 drinks ! " Brooklyn Llfo : lljillllng. "It's a very un- SMtlsfartnry story ! " " " , "Ves ? "Ob , very ! I've roml the first chapter Mini the last chapter , and I , don't Know yet how It turns out. " ClilciiBn News : "That palm render wild ho luitl tlio most unbounded faith In my futura. " "Well ? " "Then he made me plank down $1 In nd- vnnce. " Detroit Free Press : "Our literary club Is going to study the Kllzabctlmn era. " "Isn't that rather Imcknoyetl ? " "Yes ; but In discussing people who nra dead , you know , wo won't be tempted to UO.asljJ. " Chicago Tribune : "All the same , " mut tered Aladdin , "It keeps mr scratching to get even the necessaries of life ! " Hereupon lie wearily rubbed the old lamp again and ordered his faithful ueiilo to brlutr him a fresh lump ot Ice from tli north polo. Tndlutmpolls Journal : "His editorials aru not so Intensely mugwump ns they were " "Ob , not by any means. T haven't seen the expression 'right-thinking people' tn. them to exceed a dozen times In the last fix months ! " Chicago Post : " \Vliy do yon think hs Isn't much of a criminal lawyer ? " "He completed his speech in three hours , when ho might just as well have strung It out for usmany tiny * nnd added several hundred dollars to ljls ( bin. " , Cleveland Plain Dealer : "I BCO that Cap tain Hob Kvans Is again by the side , of Grover Cleveland. " "Perhaps lie can ilo those rheumatic twinges verbal justice when they begin to pull taut. " Washington Star : "What I want , " said Senator Sorghum , "Is the most stringent laws to punish any Irregularities In an election. " "What for ? " "Why to scare tlio other fellows with W folks know where we stand , all right " SIJIIMMIC I-'OIiI.V. Spnldlnfr. Subllmest folly ! from their camps uprise Two mighty armies , eager for the fray , The drumbeat rolls , the brazen trumpets bray , Ami trun-s and bayonets flasfli against the skies. Now shall l > o rthown on Which side victory lies ; Swords gleam , the booming' cannon hurl illsmaiy ; The quick , sh'arp ' rifleshots for death wake wny , On ihlB'li the bird of evil omen cries. Mc-n fall ns ! u tihe Held the 'full ripe grain Where bendlnor r iper swlii ? Uio sickle * blnrib. In ranks they fall , nnver to rlso again Hut wherefore the dread holocaust tlnif made ? Thnt r > 'J t all doubt man : nay make this t ru tii plain , On honor , moro than Jlfe , his heart li stayed. * Untold Riches" Await the man who will find a way to keep trousers from bagging at the knees up to this time the near est approach to such a boon is an extra pair. In our fall and winter suits were many extra pairs of trous ers and there are many pairs of odd ones several hundred altogether and more than we want right now and some very tempt ing prices have been placed on them to help this de crease. You can find just what you want at Or ot Whatever you want to pay.