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G THE OMAHA DATLY BTCEj SATl'UDAV , rBHlltTA'RY JJ , 1JUH ) . THE OMAHA DAILY DEE. U. HOSnU'ATEn. Bdltor PUliLilSIIBO KVfillY MOUN1NO. T13HMS OK SfUSCmiTlON. Dally Ueo ( without Sunday ) , pne Yenr.JRM Dally Hoc ami Sttrfilay. One Year . . 8 W Dally , Sunday nnd lllumrafcl , Ono Yenr SZj Sunday Htid Illutrated , Ono Year . . . . 2 Illustrated UPC , Ono Year . 2-W Hunilny HOP. Ono Year . J.W Saturday Hec , Ono Year . 1-jW Weekly Her , Onu Year . < * Omiiliat The Uco Htilldltiff Houtli OmahaCity Hall Building , Twi-nty-nfth ami N streets. / Council isiurrs : 10 1'earl street. rhlruRO ICW I'nlty Htllltllng. Now York- Temple Court. Washington Ml Fourteenth Street. COimiJSI'ONDHNCK. fommunlcatlonfl relatlnp ; lo news and edi torial matter should lin addre-wed : Omaha Llec , tutorial Department. iiusixnss urrrnns nuKlncs- ) letters and remittance should ho addressed. The Hee I'ubllshlnc Com pany , Omaha HiMITTANCiS Hemlt by draft , oxpiess or postal order , imjatilo to The Hee I'nulHiliiK Compnnj. Only 2-ecnt Htarnpa accepted In payment of mall BCLountH 1'er-ioiml check1 ! , except on Omaha or U-nlern exc hanses , not accepted. T1IC UCIO I'UJIU.SHINO COMl'ANY. STATUMUVr OP flltffl-VTION. Stain of NrliniHkn , DoURlas C'onnlv i- < Oeorso T7Hcliuek , jtpcrcitarv of The Hoe I'liullrhliiK Company , uMni ? duly sworn , S.IVH that Iho actual number of full and romplrto copies of The Dallv , MornlltR. i\cnliw unit Sunday Hee , printed during the month of January , 1900 , was as follows. Sec'y and Treat Siibscrlbc-cl and sworn before mo this 1st dnv of Kebruarj , A. D 1500 I Seal ) M. B HTNGATH. Notiuy Public Inltlntlve and ii'fcri'iultnu up to ( Into lias lii'i-n i-onllned clilc-lly to Yclscr's initiative of Hulls In tlio courts to get the law In winking order. In tlio popourntii ! picas Ooi'bcl 1ms suddenly liccoino n Htati'iinan. Martyr dom nciinently turns puttj political bosses Into peat liuroos. Home ciinilldntcH who bavv tliolr own shadows josterilay might lollovv tliu cx- aniplu of tin * ground hog and icitlic to their bin rows for another hix weeks. Cioverngr Taylor might justify the ad journment of the Icglslattne to London on the score that a state which had two governors ought to have two capitals. Congressman StblejS speeches : ue no longer inaikod "Khst page , sing head" In Uryanite papers. "Ituu of the paper" Is the best contiact ho can niiiko with them no\v. With the contest In the Philippines , the light In South Aft lea , several revo lutions In South Aiiicrjca. and the war in Kentucky on his hands , tlie war editor- Is compelled to woik oveitlme. The ( Si-pmlr.aUon of a silver lepnbllcan c-lnli In tills city should be an easy matter In ono icspecl. The membership will 1m so small that each of those on- tolled can have at least ono club otlice. Democrats nuisl soon despair of the attempt to build the fence high enough and tight enough to keep the heal all inside. Joe Slbloy Is not only out , but declines to be In ought Into tJio herd again , even iefusing to come up for salt and water. Well , what has come between the Commercial club and our local popo- cnitlc contemporary that It should be for the llrst time accused In its columns of pla > ing in with the lalboadsV Does the sting of Ingratitude Include the Coin- met clal chili ? The republican city convention does not take place until IVbumiy KJ. That loaves two weeks jet for new entiles Inlo the i.u-e for all the dllleient olllccs lo bo tilled. There Is a demand for good men from lop to bottom and go id men should not be backwaid about picsent- Ing themselves. Councilman Slnlit Is another of the league palilols who wants to show his patriotImn lo the lepnblic-an paity by i milling as an Independent against the icpnhllcan nominee. F.II- this he has ' pioi'odonts among Patilotlc * leagneis. League paltlollsm doc's not cMend bojond the oillcc's. State Lnbor Commissioner Kent thinks his woik has been hampeied be cause ho has not hud a branch employment mont biiioau at Omalm. It he only had a blanch In this cltj he would have an o.\cnso for locating himself heie all the year round nnd making fusion medicine with local labor organl/atlons all the time Instead of peilodlcally , as at piost'iit. Leading lepnbllcans In the state me united In the belief that with a Miong ticket the p.uly has nothing to fear Iroin a thorough discussion of the Issue's In the coming campaign. AVIth the ict-ord of liicompeteiicy or neglect of duty which the popociats , lij their own n-- cent admlssUns , lunc < made In Ne braska , n thorough ailing must leilound to the beneljt of the lopnblleans Altorney ( "iciieral Smyth has the light Idea In ivforrnco to The life's sugges tion lor the reinfoicement of the su- pi erne court by calling In unoccupied district Judges to act In an advUory c-a- liaclty similar to that of the xupicmo court commissioners. No good iciibon exists why the dlstilct judges could not f urn It-li the same assistance now and without further legislation that was previously given by the supicme couit commUsioucis lATbHfhHEW t- Pi piliionl McKInley hai very piopoil.v doc-Idr-d ( lint no oatw Im * , iet ail on to justify Intervention of tlio nntloiinl government In Kentucky. While the president , In common with nil good rill yoni , deploios the state or nlfnlis there , lie icgilidM thi > constitution : iml Inn1 ? of Kentucky us adequate , If they aio respected , to a Mettlomont of tlie conflict itnd " o long sis thote Is n disposition to abide by the laws tlu'io will be no ex cuse for fodoial lutei-feionee. Aecoid- Ing to tlio icpoit of the Interview be tween Piesldont McKlnley and repie- sentatlvos of Kentucky In eongii" < s the latter WPI-P ontlii-ly wtsilod | with the altitude of the in evident. Theio ate possible eltctimstinu-oi under which It would be the right and the duly of the national government to Interpose. An Insniioetroiv which It was bcjond the power of the anthoil- ties of the slate to con t ml would be sueli a circumstance , but there Is no Insur- lection now In Kentucky. Inteiferonee with the lognlar opetatlon of the fed- ptnl courts , the poslal Bet vice and Inter state cotnmeice would constitute enu r for action by the national government , but nothing of this kind has occntied. In it word , no fcdeial Ink-lost H as yet Involved In the Kentucky contest and consequently the goncial govoinmont would not be .Instilled In taking any pait In the matter. It was u mistake , In our Judgment , on the pint of ( loveinor Taylor In at tempting to draw the national govern ment Into the controversy , lie should have been satisfied to leave the settle ment of the contest to Uie means pio- vlded by the constitution and laws of the state and we think that while he IH unquestionably the legal governor ho lias not .sttengthcncd himself In the good opinion of the country by Invoking the Interference of the national go\eminent. Meanwhile the situation continues critical , though there appears to be an Impiovlng prospect that icason will pre vail over p.isslon and that the danger of a telgn of violence and bloodshed will be nveited. Senator Itlackhntn and democtatlc icpiesentatlves In congios * fioin Kentucky have announced that they will exert their Influence to te- straln their political partisans , the younger element of whom has "been manifesting an eager deslie for a colli sion , and If they shall do this In good faith peacu may be piesotved. Among the icpublicans there Is undoubtedly a general determination to stand by (5ov- emor Taylor , but it Is to be hoped they will do nothing to Incite an aimed eon- lllet. It is easy to undcustand , how- e\er , that theie is great dlllietilty In holding In icsttalnt the intense passion on both sides and it would not Ite sur- piising If this should find vent In a sanguinary outbreak that would give fresh significance to the designation of Kentucky as "the dink and bloody ground. " .1 iro/f/ > n'i'm As the initial skirmish of the great battle of 11)00 ) , the impending city elec tion Is of special iniH ] > i < aiu'i ! to repub licans. Omaha Is a icpnbllcan city and the lepubllcan p'arty has ainuulant ma terial within its ranks to give the city good go\eminent under honest , tompe- tent and laithtnl olliceis. Hepublicans should. howo\er , lemcin her that party ties sir lightly upon the rank and lilo-of the party when It comes to ( lie choice of municipal olliceis. The taxp.tying and law-abiding icpuhlleans may be depended on to gl\e lo.\al sup- poit to every candidate on the lopnh- llcan ticket who enjoys public confi dence , but they cannot be counted on lo vote Indlscilmlnately for yellow dog can- dld.ites ovfrn though nominated by ac clamation. The Hee has nr , disposition to lolst any candidate upon the paity. It earnestly deslies to see u ticket nominated which every conscientious i-publican can vote for. .Such a ticket , icgardless of ( action , will receive Its cot dial and vigorous sup- poit. poit.The The trouble with mini ) lepnbllcans Is that they do not pintcst against dls- icputable and nototlously lotten candi dates until after they are nominated. The time to enler objections Is now , be- loie the primary delegates are chosen , and The Hee Invites the lullest discus sion through Its columns of the men who me being pushed for place on the icpnb llcan city ticket. Wo do not Invite llbelons attacks or malicious gossip by luesponslble parties. Hnt c.indld , fair ciltlcism based on the leioids the men have made , with iciisons why their nom inations would jcopaidlxe parly success or be detrimental to the public welfate , will be gl\en sp.u-e wllhln reai-onablo limits. MU.Mt ll'.lh < lKl Municipal insneishlp of stiect rnll- way.s has pio\ed a pinctlcal success in several of the laigest cities of ( iieat Hrltaln. It Is now on trial In a modi- tied form In Toionto , Canada , and has for some yeais undeigone a limited test In the operation of the railway between New York and Hiooklyn over the Hiools ln biidge. The moHt extensive and far-ieiichlng expeilment In municipal ownership ol slieel lallways In the country Is In pie - pect in the construction of the pioposcd undergiimnd rapid transit nillwuy s.\s- Icm for fiieater New Yoik. This e.\- peilment Injects beieial novel condi tions thai may eventually levolutlonl/e the ownership of the entire inllway sys lent of ( he I'lilted states. I'nditr the ngicement let-ently enleied hito by the illy of New Yoik and a contincllng sii- dlcalK the city of New Yoik will Io.ni Its ciedlt for frirMM)0,000 : to the syndicate li-r - a period of lll'Iy yetus , at the end of which time It will become the owner of the entire uipld tumult system without the tixpendlune of a lUillur. The pilnclplu at the foundutloii Is that the public can borrow money nt a lower nitii of Interest than anj citizen or pii- vate cotporatlon und Is entitled to iho iK-nefil of its Bitpeilor ciedlt. Nmv YolU city Is able to Heat bonds at U per cent , While the contractor Is glad lo boirmv at IVj per cent , Hy paying the city -I'-j per cent on the vajtie of the bonilo Ishiu-il for the load the contractor not onlj cov ers the Intejcst , but provides u ulnklng i fund suflliient lo pa ) the piln-lpal at 1 the end of lifty years. , Hy the year ID.'O New Yoik City will i thereroie own and control ( he new nn- | detground rapid transit svstem and be In position either to dcilve an cnotni'.us ' revenue from Its tental under resti lo tions Instiling Mife and chenp trauspni'- tatlon. or t > opeiate It at nominal fare for the benellt of Its population. The experiment will doubtless be fol lowed by oilier Ameilcan cities as the most ptomlslng method of bringing about municipal owneishlp without Im posing gteat burdens ujioti the ta.xpav- eis or running the ilsk of heavy dellelts by Incompetent or extravagant tnnnnco- men I. It goes wllhotil salng that ( lie Minn phut could be applied to other classes of public woiks Involving huge outlays. T/// ; .S-JAV/M v IIIK. 1'cople who want the best paper will read The Sunday Hee. The coming Is sue will , as usual , lonlaln the late-it and best foreign cable let lets , the fullest telegiaphlc service and the most read able I-cal news icpmN. to say nothing of the tegular Sunday doimitmcnls and special llter.n-y featnies. The Illnstiated Hee Sunday will have as Us frontispiece a line pmtr.ilt of Judge Weaver \Vakeley , who has just been chosen piesldenl of the newly-or ganized Nebiaska State Hatassociation. . Judge Wakeley also c ntilbntes by ie- quest an nrtlcle explaining the origin of the bar association and outlining Its piogram and purposes , Of inteiest in the spoiling line is a icvlew of the iccent Omaha-Kansas Cits shoot , with lllnstiall'ms ' i ( 'producing photogiaphs of the pilnclpal marksmen In attendance , as well as snap shots at the men In actual target practice. "Ho\ ? the weather man pel forms his woik" Is the subject of another timely contribution , with plctnies showing the local foiecaster and his assistants at tending to the details of the Omaha of- llce. 1'Vw ' people know just what the weather man does to be able to tell In advance impending changes In climatic eindltions. This aiticle lepoits an In terview with Foiecaster Welsh , telling all about it. Fiank I ! . Caipenter's seiles of Phil ippine letteis of travel begins in this number , under date of Honolulu , with a description of the Hawaiian islands as they aie In the year I'.WO. As a fore taste of what Is to come in this excel lent seiies , the piesent Installment should make readers on the alert for what is to follow. The Illustiatlons show the public buildings and the main street In Honolulu. As Introductions to the prominent men about whom we lead in the congres sional proceedings , the face-to-face pho togr.iphs of senatoih and icprcseiitathes taken by Frances H. Johnston are ttik ing novelties. The two men Introduced this week are Senator Henry C.ibof Lodge of Massachusetts , known as the scholar in politics , and Geneial Chaile- , H. UrosM'iior of Ohio , iccognlxcil as the principal spokesman for l'ievident Mc- Kiilley on the floor of the house. Among the miscellaneous subjects treated pictoiially aie Hjoker T. 'Wash ington , the noted negio educator who visited Omaha last week ; the cominenie inent of work on the new Sixteenth stteet viaduct ; the new Odd Fellows lodge loom at South Omaha ; the csioit and pallbeateis at the tuneial ot the late Ceneial T. H Stanton ; the ioin- puny of little git Is organized asVond - men cadets by one ot the Omaha camps , and several otheis. The woman's page this week pie- sents a novelli in the foun of a seiies of photographs pictming the latest in women's veils , which will be accepted as timely hints by women who wish to be known as well diessed In every par tli nla r. I .Very one concedes that The Sunday Hee is lar above all allif-ed competitois. ! f i.oi a subscilber , Ini ) it lioin your newsdealer or newsboy and convince ) < < uiself. The symposium furnished b.v The Hee piesentlng the views of the dilTeient chaiimen of the icpuhllcan state com mittee dining the last few yeais on the questions of the number and time ol slate conventions and the geneial ion- duct of the campaign should give loxl lor thought to loyal lepnbllcans who want to see Nebraska biought back Into the lopuhllcan column lit the comliii ; year. While theicis a coiisldeiable dit- lereiice 41 ! opinion expicised In these communications , theie Is a ceitaln una nimity about the necessity ol an c.uly and active campaign ( or a ticket mail. ' up of men who'-e iccord and exprMlemv commend them lo popular favor. A fice Intel change of views on subjects ol such vital importance to the paity can not tall to prove benellcial. Nebiaska's slate labor commissioner admits In his icpul that the employ ment bin CM u lias been able to Und woik for all the laboieis who applied , but that not many applied. He ascilbcs thU to the location of the olliie nt the bnican. Thinking people will attribute the scat city of applications to the fact that labor has been alile to llnd cmplo.v- mciit without Inletventlon of the authorities. In order to llnd much In do the bureau should adjiitrn until deinociatic times , if such should over , by any misfortune , come upon the country. The statement of an nnglluli clcig.v- man that Pretoria was piovlsloned for two years , added to the known fact that the Boers have a huge supply or ammu nition , d'cs not lend encoiuagcmenl to the view that the war In South Alih-a Is to be speedily let minuted. The town Is stiongl ) fortllled , and with the stub born chaiactcr of the Moors It Is evident the piesent year may not see the end of the struggle If It Is continued until one or the other of the pintles Is ox hansted , Some of thy candidates for council arc Mild ( o have cncotmteied dllllculiy In scouring the icqulslte names of tift.v voters icgistercd In ( heir own paity on the petitions piovldlng for the mibmls bl u of their candidacies at the primary election. The councllinanlc landldalc who cannot llnd lift ) backets ought 11 pull out. . I'roinoto * * \ViiKlilriKioti 1'o-it When It comes to running Instead of RUU- ulng for liberty Agutnaldo holds that a level rice Held hdnts a kopje nil to pieces 'I'lliI nniliillrrntfil ( inolicr. Chicago Tribune. Four mlllloiiB bimlicls of peanuts are used annually In this country. In behalf ot the peanut U can be aald that no successful adulteration of It has ever yet been sprung upon the public Out- superior \\ntx , Indlannpolls 1'ieis. Americans no longer luvc an > tight tn Hhnkc their bends nnd smile , In n superior vvny over the political troubloi of the Trench nnd the triniiiR riots in which the volatile 1'nrlslans otcasldnaili' mingle. Not In many ycitr.s has Trance been so daikcned b > dla- jjrase und bloodshed ns Is KcntucKy. > 0t III M'lMl of ' Hostou Tranwilpt Geiman oillccrs with the Doers , \vrlthiR to friends In thla countrj , say that , \\hllu they went to tho'Transvaal to bo teachers , they find that thrio Is little for them lo teach , but a good denl for them to learn Gunnal Jouboit understands the men he has to lead and Is lee \vl e to attempt to curb thcli enthusiasm by trying to tcaoh them nc\\ methods In the midst of vvat \\iir MnvliiiN IP I" Dale. New York World Trust lu God and got the best guns God In tipt to be on the side of the strong est positions Uniforms do not make soldiers , nor does gold lace make generals. After a raid prepare against an invasion Thrice 1 ? ho armed who can shoot straight at long range To underrate jour enemy ll > even more foolish than to over into .vourself. Men who prepdio for battle b > sajlng ptajers and singing psalms must not be despised because they seldom take a b.Hli. Fighting colored races who wear onlj a broechclotli or pajamas Is a different propo sition than lighting Dutchmen who wear homespun trouscis nnd c.niy Mausers. iiS IN W\H. Hciston Her.ihl : The death roll In South Africa la long enough , but we must hc.uKeii back to our own civil war for the ntoi > of great carnage on the battlefield. At Get tysburg more men were Killed than In an > other battle of the itvll v\ar , 3,070 union soldiers fell , 2)52 ! ) confederates , a total of 5,562 , and those who died of wounds arc not Included. The total federal death list of the war wna J.V. > , o2S , the lonfedcrate losses amounted to 133,73. > The bloodiest battle of the Franco-Prussian war was Giavelotte , wheio the Germans lost 4,41 ! ) killed and mortally wounded , the French much less , though no figures are kept , the total Ger man losses of the war were 28,277 killed and died of wounds , the total Trench losses , though creator , are not known. The loser In a war eeldom has accurate records. Philadelphia Times Hullei's ictreit across the Tugela Inevitablj recalls , to those old enough to remember it , Uurnsldc'o ro- crosslng of the Rapp.thanuock aftei his dreadful failure at Trederlcksburg The at tempt at Splonkop was not so desperate as Uurnslde's Insensate attack upon the left of the confcdcrafe line on Mayne's helghtb , that sacrificed 8,9QOtmen needlessly and without ' ' icsult The 'tj'rillsh losses are horrible to lead of , but itllop < Mem almost trivial when we rememberT na iiumbers the Army of the Potomac lett' B'eJttgd on that bloody field nurnsldo's MoWejiisjt Fjoderlcksburg were 12,613 , and tHe * con federate IOOTCH LSI I And Trederjcksburjijui3. not one _ of the great battles of the war It was only one of those terrible e\perlencfes by which we Hlowlj learn the gravity of the ta k that had been so lightly undertaken Springfield Republican The desperate po sition of the British garrison In badjsmlth , which Is a hollow surrounded by hills , ic- calls the surrender of Harpcis Kerry , with 11,500 federal soldiers , to Stonewall Jack son In September , ! Sfi2. The military post at the Kcrrj was in a deep ravine anil was commanded on three e'dcs by steep moun tains. Jackson gained the heights r.iid made quick nnd easy game of the garrison with all the wai material collected there Horace Grcelcy , In "Tho American Conflict , " ex pressed picturesquely the popular feeling ot the day by writing "Malleck's Insisting that Harpers Keny should bo held , after he knew that the icbel army had crospcd In'o Marjland , is one of trc pules so fic- qupntly exhibited in the stiategy of that generalissimo , which must find their solu tion In Rome higher , subtler and moio leis urely oxlntonco. " The Brltlhh eeem to have their Halleck. i , nitirT. Utah will hold an election on AptII 2 to fill the congriHslonal seat .Mr. Roberts hought to warm Rhode Island Is tl'o Hist of the statro lo hold a general election In lt 00 , when a gnv- ernoi and other officers will be voted for. The democratic national committee will meet in Chicago on Washington's birthday to determine the place of holding the next na tional convention. GiIdbiiK demonatlc nowspnpcis aie ready to Join Ilourkc Cocknm In crawling umlei the democratic canvas if given ie.inon.ible assurance that the family silvers aie Is kept out of eight. Milwaukee IH shaking a purse of $ G,000 to attract the democratic national convention Kansas City hat ) $5,000 In Its ted ; for the bame puiposo. Democratic mamigeiH will revel in ilover piosently. Theio hi a been a aon city In Massachu- retts hlncn January 1 the former town of Melrctie It has a ma > or , seven aldermen- at-largo and two ward aldermen from each ward , making one board of twent-ono aldermen The Junior senator from Alabama In point of sei vice , hut not In yeais , In IMinnnd W. Pettus , who la 78 yeais of ago. Ills tlmo ex pires on Maich 4 , 1D03 , In which jc-ir he will attain his 82d birthday. Ills pi ddrcejsor , now 70 , was 77 at the close of hf | teim In 1897. There are fifteen Insurance men In the Mis."achuhHtH ; legislature this year , two phy- , tup fishermen , ono Janitor , a v.Ino merchant , a utuier , a laundijnuin. a silver- 11 plater and one statesman , who gives his oc cupation as "superintendent of heinlimry grounds. " The cltv f Chliago has nou , ' ! ,000 eloctrtu lompb for purprjri of Illumination , an InrrcaHs of 1,000 over the number of a > cnr ago As the territorial boundaries of Chicago are extended from time to tlmo the icqulrcmonts of public lighting aie Increased Politicians of Philadelphia , who ihecr- fully guaranteed { 100,000 for the expenses of the republican national convention weie not quite so gay when called upon to put down the cast ) Very little of the amount has been raised , and envious ilvals cruelly hint that tbo Quakeu unloaded a gold brick U la pointed out that In the distribution of chairmanships of the Fifty-sixth house of icproaentatlvtu1 committee * Ohio U not the most favored state. Ohio has four chair manships , Illinois 8 , New York 5. Pennsjl- vania 4. Iowa 5. Maine 2 , Vermont 2 , Minnesota seta 3 , .New Hampshire 1. Massachusetts 3 , Connecticut 3 , California 1 , Kansas 2. Wis consin 2 , Nebraska 1 , Michigan 4 , Indiana 1. Missouri 1 Oregon 2 New Jersey 2 , South Dakota 1 Rhode Island 1 and Murjl.uiJ 1 No southern tate has a chairmanship ' KHVIl < IvVH I'OMTIl , IHUiKin. t Philadelphia Record The fuel that Oocbrl 1 Is one of the worst politicians before the 'American publicnnd one of the most dan gerous , unscrupulous bo ( * e In the country , should not be considered In the cnse nt nil , except Insofar ns kt makes clear to every body the danger which nefrmarlly will fol low when the people permit sueh reckleis and unworthy men an Gocbcl to gain the 'power nnd Influence to arouse violent ( ns. slous h > the exercise of unscrupulous par tisanship. j Springfield Republican U Is Idle to place i the entire icsponslhlllt } for till * bloodshed j upon the strained status of Kentucky poli tics , foi other commonwealth * have passtd through partl an controvcrslis over rtli of fice without resoit to n isoln.iUon Th shootlin ? of Mr ( Soebel i faults Hot from political tension so much as fiom the spirit of Inwlestiiess which the unlveiPiil nletol habit and the prevalence of Ijnch hw have blown ns H dark cloud over the civilisation of the state. New Yoik World : Goebel beeitniP con spicuous by making himself an as. assln He- plotted la mal.c himself govcrnoi of Kentucky by the assassination of lefirenen- tatlvo government under the cover of a cunningly unjust tnstem of laws of hl.s own devising. There was n counter plot to de feat him In this assassination by the counter a sapHlnntlon of that which Is even more fundamental than repicsentatlve government eoclnl 01 del Itself YoMerdn } In the very hour of his evil triumph he was assassinated , fulling apparently mortally wounded Into tin- arms of two of hl.s friends , one n notorious assassin , the othei a notorious bravo. Washington Pc t Goebel s u sntlnnt ha- ? not even the pool merit of open attack Ho did not emulate the hoodlum who faces his enemy In full view Ho shot from cover , from ttc.u'hcroiis ambush , and ho was , nt heart nnd In Intention , as craven and Us cruel an assassin ns ever figured In the chronicle of crime. No cause can prosper upon such \vlcKcd methods No good end can be .served through the operation of such Infamous machlnerj We have no right to assume that the opposition to Goohel had any pait In or guilty knowledge of this frightful deed. Hut we arc quite sure that that opposition will be Injured In the public mind and that Infinite harm to all worthy Intelifts will be Its evil fruit Indlannpolls Press All this but em- phnslres what wo said a day or two ago , that It Is "a time for cool counsel , " n time for submission to law us It stands. There will he tlmo enough for Jtistke to be clone bj legal methods The thing to do now is to prevent further violence und preserve the fabric. If not the dignity , of popular gov- cinment In Kentucky H Is a time for reckless jotith and fuilous manhood to be taken quietly hy the houlder and sent home , to stay until hot blood has time lo cool nnd excited binlus have time to think rationally U is possible that the appalling shock of this dastardly crime may have the effect of sobering men's judgments Let us hope that this much of good may come of gicat evil. Baltimore Sun The situation In Kentucky exemplifies anew the e\lls of bosslsm In politics There is an Irreconcilable conflict between good government and bosslsm and until the people of Kentucky put an end to political despots thej will alwajs be exposed to the intriguer nnd the lawlessness of dei- perato men But Uolent measures are not necessary. Murdei Is not required to con vince Kcntucklaim that boss rule Is a tjianny of whdh they should rid them selves If they would preserve their liberties under .1 republican formof government When they fully appieclate the enormltj of the crime Involved in the deliberate suppress slon or subversion of the nlll of the ma jority the > will nnd an ample lemedy In the ballot box Honeht election laws , enlight ened public sentiment and independence in \otin = ; will dcstioy any boss systemthi1 was over devised to thwart and nullify the will of the people. 1-111312 TJIVDU WITH I'OIITO HUM ) . l'pril | ' \Iiiir I'rolilrni I | > ( o C n rcNs for Si > tt | < > incii ( . Buffalo Uxpiess Crop ) Both the president In his messige and the secrctaij of wai In his annual lepoit recommended free trade with Porto Rico H was thougit that settled the attitude of the administration Apparently the argu ments of the opposition have made considerable erableImpiesslon on the president , nnd it is now said he Is willing a nominal rail of duly should be Imposed on Poito Rlcan pioductH The senate committee on Porto Rico is favoiablc to a nominal duty , while Iho house wi > s nnd i-ncans committee It for free trade There Is a prospect of n sharp contest over this question H ma > prove to bo tlie most Intelestlni ; topic brought up in congicss nt this session The. Washington correspondents differ as to the reasons for Imposing n nominal dtltj Some call It protf tlon It cannot he that A meiely nominal ad valorem ilut ) would not allord enough proteotl n to be worth while If a piotcctlonlEl , duty Is to be put on Porto Rlc-nii products'it must bo Inigt enough to protect , and oven the present general intes , especially on Htigai , nio no largo enough fci that Wo have to pay bounties In addition lo the tariff piolcctlon In 01 dci to produce sugar In this country. Another explanation Is that a duty Is de sired to vindicate the contention that Porto Rico Ib not under the coiiBlltution of thi- Unite 1 Stnteb and not , therefore , entitled to fice tiado with the United States Thai sounds puerile The supreme coint mus settle the constitutional qucstio-i. It would bo reflecting on the intcgrltj of the court U Mipposci that its doclhlon could ho affected by the deslio of HiistalnliiK a political | iolliv The Kuiiblblo plan would be to follow Hiicli decisions ns have been made , put Poilu lUum pioduclu on the fieo Hat foi tlio piohcnt and await the decision of n test case If the court holds that the totiEtltu- tlon clous not apply to Poito Rico , congress can then Impoho siuh duties as It thinks deslmble. In the meantime the Poito Rlc-ins will have been canlcd over the lliHt pinch of the hard times icsultlng fir.m annexation r.-nd the RIO it tcinpc t and will bo lu better posltlcn to adapt themselves to new condi tions By the coureo now being followoj nn enormous amount of claims \\lll bo piled up ngnlnst the United States In iniio thu court should decide that the constitution applies to Porlo Rico. It Is ahvnjB harder to pay a claim for the Illcgil collection of a tax than lo fall to collect the tax In the first plate The ttrungest argument of nil , however , Is the humane one. Wo aiu driving the Porto Rlcans to ruin und starva tion by den > ing them access to our markets So long fin there Is n doubt an tnhat the constllutlon requites , wo should glvo the benefit of the doubt to humunll ) nnd chitj To thu KxprcaU seems a monstrous proposition ihat the United States can own nny land which IP noi u pail of it , that the c-cngrcbs or president of this republic can govern any people without reference lo the fundamental law which created congress and piealdent and defines their dutleu If three things ara possible under our constitution. It Is no less monstrous that they tdiould be done In practice We have no right to per- n'It our government to exercise paweia over othmhvblch wo would not permit It to exercibo over ourcolves. Having raised tlio United Slate * ( lug over Porto Rico , we hove n < J more right to protect Florida and Louisiana from Poito Illcan competition than we have to pi meet New England from Georgia competition If It luvolven too great a sacrifice of our domestic Internets lo treat Porto Rico at a part of the United States then the onlv honorable course Ie lo haul down our flag and deal with It lib an Independent nation thrown by the fortunes ot war uron our protection ' OTlir.lt I.VMS TIIVN Ot Its. With regard to the frequent rumors thai Rinslii 18 meditating come sort of nntl-Urit- Mi aMinn In I'crsli It nny he worth notlhK that the St Petersburg Novo > e Vrorcn'n , which In supposed to iccelve hints from the Russian foreign office , said only a few cl.tjs ago that Russia would not commit the blunder which she Is Invited to tnake by the German press the blunder , that Is. of com promising her freedom of action elsewhere bv too deeply engaging herself In Persia .That would be repenting the mistake of the occupation of Port Arthur after the ills- closnro of Oermanj's action In Kino Chou. the embarrassing result of whlrh political Indiscretion was that , while Russia was bur dened with nnxlct ) nnd expense , ami her freedom of action In other parts of the world serlousl ) crippled , Germany wns on- nblcd to complete her diplomatic Inroad Into Aslu Minor without opposition. The Novoyo Viemyn then ROW on to any that RusMa "should be careful to restrain her nctlvlly In Pel sin within such limits ns will not hti- pedu the wider fiecdom of nttloh which she may desire lo ex rt nt any moment , to safe guard hei more vital Interesls In the itsnr Hast " * Although theie wns a good dual thin \vns comic In the conducl of the- paw era In settling the nffnlrs of Crete , It nppc.1rs thnt the condition ot the Island has realty been very greatly Improved A correspondent of a London newspaper , not an organ of the government , gives a vcr > favorable account of the progress made under the govern ment of Prince George He SBJS Ihat since public affairs have been administered \vlth common Justice and honesty , Christians and Mussulmans have been living In harmon ) Not only they , but man > of the Cretan Mus sulmans who emlgiatcd at first have re turned to enjoy tbu benefits of n rule fur preferable lo Ihat of the Turks In Asia Minor Meanwhile , the mountaineers have surrcudeted their aims , and a force of 1,200 gendarmerie has been found silfllcleut to keep order In a countrj Hint wad s-cthlng In turbulence a short tlmo ago The cor respondent goes on to declare that , In his opinion , the present political experiment In Crete should bo allowed to continue long ' enough for the Cretans to acquire better political moials than Uie molher country can bo.iKt of Ho thinks thnt If the union of the two countries Is Judiciously deferred Crete will bo nblo to teach Giccce some salutnry lessons In the art of government when It docH ultimately take place. * A * Tor some time past minors have come f l oin Cairo to Iho London pi ess that Iho re- lallons between the khcdive ot ligypt and hl.s nominal master , the sultan of Tut key , had become Intensely strained H soclhs thnt the trouble began when Ohazl Ahmed Mukhatar Pasha , Iho Turkish high commis sioner in Egjjjl , wrolo to the sultan a frank letlcr regarding the necessity of certain re forms In Turkey , and was promptb dis missed for his Impertinence When the khedlve , Abbas Pasha , heard of the dismissal , he caused It to be Intimated to the sultan tint Iherc was reallj no cause for punithlng Mukhalnr Pasha , na he had only expressed the views of all the Moham medans In Egypt , who , without distinction , were most anxious to sec reforms Introduced tlnoughcut the empire. The khedlxe's mes sage closed with the remark thai. In his opinion- the beet way of raising Iho prestige of Islam In Curope would be to take the ad vice offered by the high commissioner. Since Ihls outspoken m simge , It Is said , the rela tions between the sultan and the khedlve hae become to strained that Ihc former Is contemplating deposing Abbus Pasha It Is believed in Cairo , however , that Greit Brit ain would not permll such Inlerfcrcnce with the Egyptian go\ eminent * * * Some curious and Interesting facts in con- _ ncctlon with English trade unions are ecu- j taincd In a icpoit of Iho Board of _ Trade , | which has Just been Issued 11 appears thnt In 1808 there wns a decrease of forty In the total number of trade unions , due to amalK.i- mallonn as well ns lo dissolutions On the other hiind , there wan nn Increase by several hundieds lu the niimbei of branch unions The growth In Ihc memboishlp of Irade unions fell from 8 pel cent In 1S07 lo 2 per cent In 18' 8 a phenomenon which la lit- tilbuted to n decline In thu membership of the ullway group of unions. Unregistered bccletlrs Include more than thi co-quartern of the total members and more than twoI I thlrdH belong to the building , mining , shipbuilding - ' building , metal , engineering nnd textile j trncles A considerable number of unions , j chiefly relating to the. textile trades , admit I fcnmlo members , nnd Home , but very few , I arc- wholly feminine. During 1818 there was ' a decrease alike lu the income nnd In the ' expenditure of the principal unions , as com- j paicd with the figines for the previous jeat i This was due , apparently , to the effect of the gieat engineering stiike The report gives some noteworlhj figures In regard tc > outla > . It enows that In seven years , out of a sum of noirly 11,000,000 , about dO per cent was expended on frlendlj and benevo lent purpceeH , 2i per cent on disputed pay and the remainder on working expenses The total amount of the funds held bj the irlnclpal unions appears to be Increasing At ll'c end of 18r2 | it was about in shilling' ! n member , in 1807 It h.id i cached the sum of 2 guineas , lu IS)8 ! ) It was a little ovct ( id shillings ? . The Kusfclan adinlnlhtiatlr.il . In Finland lias Just Introduced further icstilctive and j icprcsslvo measures for dealing with the | Tlniiish prci-8 A fine of f)00 mniks Is to | lo litipi sed foi nn > attempt to elude a pro- j hlbltlou to publish The light IK given the gcnornoi general to demand n change of the icpprnslhlo publisheis on pain of supI I iicsslon of the Jouinal. A consultative com- mltteo on picds affnlrx , which Is to Include i cf nsoi 'h bureau , composed of six memberh , li 12 nlBo been nppclnlcd by the governor genornl Moieovci , the Tlnnlsh Join mils may not publish Imperial decisions until tho/ have appealed In the government or gans , not the doings of scientific hoclotlc's , confeiriucb , public- speeches , not commei- clnl affairs without having first obtained the ccvisent of the governor genoinl. * * Piobably thu HtattiH of the British army In tlu matter of racial representation has not cimiigc'd greatly elnco .Jant-'ui > i , isiis. On ( hut dale , out of 212 308 oaVets and men ( onstlltitlnR the British regulnr rm > 1 * fififi vvert' nnllves of PnglAtul. ItMSS were horn In Scotland and 26.3N crc born In Irelnml Of the icst S.J7S were "natives ot India nnd the colonies 14i forelRnrrn ami the nativity jf 2.SSI wns not leportcl It will bo Rcen that rather 1N thvi 1. . per cent of British iuliUwnrrc 'rlsn- ' not 113 per cent , as might hive been pxpc'ted froro ibe culORlums which their countrymen hn\ passe 1 upon them as the mainstay of Brit Isli mllltnr } power If Gient Brllnln limit It clinic- Hit now to obtain rcrrulls In Ire land Ji probablv Is neither surprised no discouraged In view of the slight contribu tions Ireland bus foi > ears made to tut strength uf tinicgulnr nrm > I.OOKIMl IIVrKWUtl ) . \HmtNKu of lnj mill .1 Hlerllng Mortem Conservative When The Conservative first settled upon Nebraska prairie In 1S5I flip covole wns a , majority of the animal world along the west bank of the Missouri A little further tt > nnrdfl sunset , Just bejond wheie Mnoolu , embellished with fitntcsincn , enlt wcllx. uni versities and the ponltontlnr ) . now flout - Ishes. were vnsl herds of buffnlo , bnnds of Innuiucrnhte nnlclopo und grenl dtovca cif deer But Ihe cooli > wns discontented There v\ns not enough meat , per capltn , la cli dilation from bin wolfish and Indolent standpoint erf view. The1 to > oto wns the original wnlklng delegate. Ho nevei worked except to destio } . Ho never sought nn > Job except n Job ot feeding , eating , dcvoniing something which ho did not earn. And even when his stomach was full of stolen food he would uncomfortably scat himself on a knob of pinirle and raining his wicked c > es and bid llttlo face towards heaven , like n populist orntor talking of the money octopus bowl his discordant discontent nt the starry skies. The coyote was the primi tive populist and original howler of No- biaska But he perished from the earth. He. could not fatten on discontent. The politicians who Imitate tjio co > oto will like wise vanish from sight nnd llko him only bs remembered as a nulsnnce. TVIIT Tiuriis. ritlcitro Post"Oh Poll.v ! What n . lvl- Ish hat1 "Isn t it sweet" Jack dimmed It for mo at our mUlhu'ij church social" Indianapolis Join mil : "What do vou think of the ostrich as a democratic campaign blrd ? " "Just the thlnir1 Theostilch , jon know , has a more imwerfnl kick than a hort-e " Uetiolt Journal "Pahson Johnslng. ' re- niarkecl the good Mrs Waslilncton upon re turning1 home fiom set vices , "ho prciu-h to- dav on < Ic lex" , 'Tek no thawt ol > termorrcr' nue = s lie done p'poso hubbln' de VMishln' did Toosd ys' ' " Washington Star "H seems to me. " said the diplomat , "thai there Is s-omethliiK to be walil on both sides of this ciuestlon " "Ma e so" answcrod the Boer teneral "But jou'll bine to gel somcbodv else to faV' It I'm not talking ; these dnjs. " Chicago Record " .Miss BliiR. nhy do you i-efupp to marrv me' ' " "BecntiRe. vou me In the dry ccioils bim- Iness nnd I'd never have a chance to wkk up bargains at other shops Philadelphia Pi ess "That's a funny habit the ostrich has of sticking his /bill / In the K iml. ' remarked the monkey "Ye * ? , ' snlckerecl the laughlnp hyena. "If he has sum ! enough lo cover the WII why doesn't he pay If ' Detioit Journal Finn Citizen of the Re public l'.indldlv , did % ciu nee nnv iea on \\liy thc > rluireh should be exempt from tax ation ? Second CltUen of the Republic Well , the chinch Is \ civvc.ilthv. . jou know l'lc\eland 1'laln Dealer. "See here , mv sou , tell mehonestlv , don't jou consider clgaiettc MiiokliiR Injurious ? " "Koi n mini of your age , yes , daddj don't becln " Dollolt I''reo Press. "How did \oti llko lhu.M > iiili | ny c oncer -ij'ked-the t JOUIIR woman "Well , " answered it IIP youngin in , "It's hftter than u KOOC ! many shows IJvo scon Intclv There wasn't anything suggcstlvo lu U ' , Indianapolis Pre .s : JMIss Piihsay Though I do saj so I bad a lepulnltoa as a beauty when I wtis 3,0111 .IBP. The Other Glil-Oh. no doubt , lint stand aids of bcaiitv have had so much time to change since then ( Philadelphia Press Bob I'm a victim of that faithcuic myself. Billy-How oV Bo1 ! ) 1 li-nt pooi Di\p J10 to pa > his men- tnl healer , and In- died A C\SIJ OK TIT KOIl TXT. Uenvcr 1'ost He'd pupped ( lie vital question , her answer had been pioinpl , And on his bieiiHt wns glued her little bend. While tlnoiii ; ] ! their Icive-tliilllcd bosoms HIP god of raptinc lomped , AH swlfth on the happy moments sped Then turning up her Klancc-s to mlnglo with his own This iiiurj | at In r darling ; one she shoved Her accent half u dove coo and half u doubtful moan : "Am I the only gill you evei loved ? " Ho swallowed a lump that nrosp In his nock. Ills fncp wore n second-hand blush Ills \olc < > seemiid ,1 sad unavaUublo " rei' ' : itpfiiHliii ; to linnlsli HIP hush , And Into her ejes came a Dicker of M.llll , i H -r lips pursed in iiucstlonlng pout And ( itilckly she Hied the name mieiy iiBiiln , Her bosom all rldcllejl with doubt Then came an liiKilriitlon | like lightning from the skies , HIM hcilrt rc'trenled to Its usual place , HP sent his counter glances deep down Into her eyes , . The hoi. robo-tlntcd blushes quit hln face l.lko letiltmtlvc music- the painful sentence rii And struck her pinky ears with cruel Mini AH uulPlly ho HHkeil hn : "Am T the only inn-- You ever fired Unit old oiiiiiindiuii ) at ? " She snuggled nKuIn awful close to his llU'.iHt , Thci heat of her bliiHhcH he felt Clear tlirougli his shirt front and re- VPrhlblo vest Till IKI thoiiKht thej vvciiild blister Ills pelt. And IIP grinned like u llcml from ndown the dark stalls Whc'ro the red ( lie nnqiienehably IJlfllH , And they handled Ihclr Kiibseciucnt HparkliiK ulTiilis Without fiulnif In hind the leluiim The Absolutely Pure Made from Grape Cream of Tartan * . ' \ Baking powders made from alum and other harsh caustic acids are lower in price , JDtrt inferior in work and injurious to the stomach. ROYA. BAKING POWDER CO , , iEW YORK. f