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THE OMAHA DAILY JEE: SATURDAY, MAT5CII 21, 1000.
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STATEMENT OP CIHCUI,ATION.
State of Nebraska, Douglas County, ss.:
Qcorgo U. Tzpchuck, secretary of Tho Ueo
Publishing Company, being duly sworn,
says thut tho actual number of full nnd
comploto copies of The Dally.- Morning,
Evening and Sunday Bee. printed during
urn inuniii oi rcuruary, jjw, was as
lows:
l 2d. tno
IS.
.20,750
2 yr.,rMo
3. ., uo.ono
4 U7,IHK
5 U7.II20
c ud.nno
7 2(1,710
8 20,720
9 2(1,010
10 2(1,. KIO
it 27, nr.
12 lio.r.oo
13 20,820
14 so.r.ao
16.
17.
13.
19.
20,70(1
20.HIO
20.H80
20.O10
20 20,700
:o,7iu
:o.hio
23 20.7H0
21
2.1
26
V:(l,MiK
:to,:ton
20.710
27,120
20,I70
27.
23.
Total 758,(59.1
Less unsold and returned copies.... 10,000
Net total sales 7-18.R80
Net dally average 20,735
GEORGE B. TZSCIIUCK.
Boc'y and Treas.
Subscribed and sworn to before mo this
28th day of February, A. D. 1900.
(Seal) M. B. HUNGATE,
Notary Public
Tho proclamation for Arbor day in
Nebraska 1b out, so tho trees may feel
freo to beslu budding.
Neither Cnrneglo nor Prick appeared
fo lio anxious to open the big jack pot
and wisely decided to pull the stakes.
Mayor Moores will shako hands with
himself next Monday mid Introduce
himself to tho next mayor who Is to be
his successor.
Of the making of books thero Is no
end. But the failure of Applcton & Co.
on tho heels of tho receivership for the
Harpers 'reminds us that many book
makers como to untimely ends.
Tho indictment of the Sapho players
in New York carries the game beyond
the point of free advertising and prom
ises to enable the lawyers to got back
what the newspapers have lost
Colorado republicans are following
tho lead of Nebraska republicans by
going Into tho harmony business. Colo
rado can bo redeemed as well as Ne
braska If the republicans all get to
gether. If that Hnmburg robber was search
ing for railroad passes he made a mls
tako holding up President Burt of the
Union Paclflo. Ho could havo made a
much larger haul by lying for a train
which had a Nebraska popocratlc state
olllclal aboard.
Some other quarters than tho state
eapltol building should be secured for
tho meeting of the various state boards.
The eapltol building Is not flreproof nnd
tho heated arguments and warm re
marks characteristic of the sessions of
lato are likely to start a conflagration.
The season of tho year Is at hand
when tho careless man with a match
puts in his tlrao starting prairie tires
which get beyond control nnd burn up
neighboring property. Ho Is a good
jnau to keep an eye on, as he belongs
to the en mo class as the ono who docs
not know a gun Is loaded.
It is unkind of Mr. Tibbies to insinu
ate that Treasurer Meservo was noting
as tho attorney of tho railroads in tho
hearing before the State Board of Trans
portation. Mr. Tibbies' Intimate con
nection with tho popocratlc machino
should havo taught hlin better thau to
give state secrets away In that manner.
Tho state of Nebraska Is to get Its pro
rota of tho dividends on tho $i!:iO,000
that went up with tho Capital National
bank. Thero is no prospect, however,
of tho dividends amounting to enough
to pay the attorneys' fees expended In
tho effort to prosecuto its rights against
the custodians of this money nnd their
bondsmen.
Foreign highwaymen do not And
American girls easy victims. Tho latest
attempt of an Italian to hold ono of
them up resulted in tho robber getting
choked for his pains. If ho wanted tho
American ghl's money ho made a se
rious mlstako lu not paying court to her,
ns that process Is easier and not nearly
so dangerous.
The popocratlc orguu Is hard up just
now for material on which to build Its
stories of republican dissension. It Is
dumb ns an oyster over tho big holes
that wero knocked into tho fusion fenco
at the, recent three-ringed circus at Lin
coln, i With fusion clubs threatening to
expel whole batches of members on
charges of disloyalty tho harmony doc
tor has all ho can do to keep htm busy
In tho fusion camp.
Tho governor of Idaho has spiked
anotlicr popocratlc gun. Tho use ot
troops lit that state durlug tho mining
riots had been stored away us good
campaign material, but tho governor
steps In and asserts thnt the troops
acted under his orders and those of men
ho had designated for that purpose. As
the governor wns elected ns a demo-pop
and still clings to that faith, tho point
of tho democratic argument Is consider
ably dulled.
.'Mi" OtlKCK MIS lb ESS ACTIVITY"
The usual effect of a presidential
campaign Is to put more or less of a
check upon ilnnnclol nnd business oper
ations. The last one was perhaps the
most notable In this respect In our his
tory. Apprehension of tho success of
the Bryunlto party caused general slag
nation nnd the business depression In
all lines was unprecedented, It is not
at all probable that there will be a
repetition of this experience In 1000, but
a leading trade Journal suggests that
thero Is a possibility that "as tho year
progresses and the political campaign
opens tho character of Mr. Bryan will
work upon the susceptibilities of the
American people In such a way as to
greatly diminish industrial activity."
It might be supposed that the peoplo
arc already so thoroughly acquainted
with the character of tho popocratlc
leader thnt nothing lie may hereafter
say will have nny Influence outside of
ills present following, but there Is an
element of voters-which constitutes an
unknown quantity and there is soma
reason to think that this class Is more
numerous tills year thnn usual. There
will consequently be- more or less un
certainty lu regard to the result of the
campaign.
As to tho effect of this upon business
a great deal will depend, of course,
upon developments ns the contest' ad
vances. 'If the campaign wero to be
conducted upon precisely the lines
of four yenrs ago thero could not be a
reasonable doubt as to the outcome and
there would bo no appreciable effect
upon financial nnd business affairs.
But while tho Bryanlto party Is still
faithful to the Chicago platform In let
ter and In spirit, whllo Its. leader ad
heres with undiminished nnd uncom
promising devotion to free silver nt the
ratio of l(i to 1, there arc new issues
nnd how tho people will divide on these
Is tho perplexing question. Tho Chi
cago platform without these new Issues
would undoubtedly be more overwhelm
ingly repudiated thnn It was In 18!).
Unquestionably the financial and bus
iness Interests of tho country feel that
tho success of the Bryanlto party would
be a blow to tho material progress and
prosperity of tho country. They feel
thnt tho election of Mr. Bryan to tho
presidency would be a menace to the
entire financial structure of tho United
States. It is true that tho standard
of value is now fixed In law and can
not bo disturbed by an administration
hostile to that standard without legisla
tive authority. It Is also true that there
Is a republican senate secure for at least
four years and probably longer. Yet
tho success of the Bryaulte party would
bo a popular expression in favor of re
actionary policies thnt could not fall
to alarm the substantial Interests of the
nation nnd put a cheek upon enterprise
and development.
"Wo havo too much faith in the dis
cernment, patriotism and enlightened
self-lntcrcst of a majority of the Ameri
can people to .doubt the defeat of Bry
nnlsm next November, but at the same
time wo realize that thoso opposed to it
need to be vlgllaut, active and aggres
sive. That the campaign may cause
some check to Industrial activity is by
no means Improbable.
THE SUNDAY BEE.
Peoplo In this section who want a
live, up-to-date newspaper, with all the
popular literary and pictorial features
that go to make a modern Sunday
Journal, will road Tho Bee. As usual,
Tho Bee Suuday will be abend of all
competitors In foreign cable letters, re
flecting tho latest hnppcnings in
Europe, South Africa ami tho Orient,
und in its domestic nud local news re
ports. Tho Illustrated Bee Sunday will ho
rcpleto with handsome and Interesting
half-tone engravings. Tho frontlspTeco
Is a largo portrait of A. It. Kelly, the
republican candidate for mayor of South
Omaha, who Is making a lively cnnvnss
lu tho municipal campaign now waging
in this thriving young city. Another
echo of tho municipal campaigns Is given
In tho portraits of tho two contesting
mayoralty candidates In Council Bluffs,
tho prosperous city ncross tho river,
whoso success or failure Is to bo regis
tered at the city electlou tho first week
in April.
Tho Byron Bced collection of coins,
manuscripts nnd books, which forms ono
of tho most valued and treasured fea
tures of tho Omaha Public library,
which recognizes In Byron Iteed Its most"
generous patron, is tho BUbJect of an
historical and descriptive article, with
appropriate illustrations. The pictures
show the interior of tho room in which
tho collection Is housed, as well as tho
exterior of tho building erected on the
slto bequeathed by Mr. Heed. The
portrait of Mr. Iteed nnd a photograph
of tho memorial tablet erected to his
memory inside tho library by tho library
board aro also reproduced.
Frank O, Cnrpenter's letter Is more
Interesting thnn ordinarily, depleting
phases of country life In tho Philippines
and contrasting thetn with tho condi
tions In this country. Tho accompany
ing illustrations glvo nn Idea of farm
life in our eastern Island acquisitions, be
ing snapshots of ila pounders at work,
a typical Tagalog villago and a country
house with stables tinder tho floor for
tho horses. Kqually Interesting Is a
view of our correspondent, 'Frank (i.
Carpenter, and (Jencral Joo Wheeler,
taken together Just outside of the hit
tor's quarters.
Another face-to-face portrait of prom
inent public men Is presented, Intro
ducing Senator Piatt of Connecticut ns
ho appears In the upper houso of tho
national legislature, with Interesting
sketches of his career and churacterls
Hcs. Still another contribution Is a let
ter written by Miss Francos Drake, tho
author and actress, who recently played
lu Omaha, describing a visit In Ilaytl
from a woman's point of view. This
article Is also Illustrated from original
photographs.
Among other timely pictures may bo
mentioned a portrait of thu lato II, II.
.Ylsscher, who was ouei of Omaha's
sturdy pioneers and built many of tho
buildings known as the lnndmnrks of
the city; a picture of tho character of
(Join Paul Kruger that took the prize at
tho recent Danish masquerade ball In
this city; a photograph of tho workmen
engaged In the construction of the new
Sixteenth street viaduct; a snapshot of
the dedication ceirmonles nt the unveil
ing of the monument erected at Colum
' bus, Neb., to commemorate the heroes
. of the civil win, mid tlm fiituti'iil iwivtixn.
j of one of the fallen First Nebraska vol
unteers at York.
Peoplo who want tho best newspaper
will read The Sunday Bee.
LOSS OF SOUTHEltA' Tf.l )-:.
The figures given out from Washing
ton showing the decline of trade be
tween the United States nnd tho coun
tries of South nud Central America nrc
surprising. It has been well understood
that our exports to thoso countries were
not growing, In spite of tho efforts of
our manufacturers to Increase them, but
tho largo decline reported gives nn un
suspected aspect to the matter. Another
fact also not geuerally known Is that
thero has been a falling off In Imports
from the Latln-Ainerlcan republics.
Tho dispatch says this Is not alto
gether due to ordinary commercial fac
tors, but is attributed to political
enemies. Vc spoke of this In a previous
article referring to the proposed Pan
umerlcnn congress to bo held lu the
City of Mexico nnd It Is noted that the
state department has been much con
cerned about the efforts to create sentl
ment ngalust tho United States In tho
southern republics, but thero Is no Inti
mation sis to whether or not nnything
has been done to correct the misrepre
sentations of tho United States by its
political enemies and commercial rivals.
Undoubtedly Spanish Influence has been
very freely exerted In thoso countries
to crente a sentiment of hostility against
this republic and It Is altogether proli
able that It lias been assisted in tills by
Herman and French merchants there,
who would profit by our loss of trade.
Thus thero Is furnished a most credi
ble explanation of why American manu
facturers and merchants have not been
able to secure a larger share of this
southern trade, while Franco and (Jer
many have been steadily increasing
their commerce In that quarter. It. may
take a long time to overcome tho feeling
of hostility that has been created, but
certainly tho southern republics are not
benefiting themselves In cherishing com
mercial antagonism to the United States
In the Interest of Kuropeau nations.
IMOKlMi UACKWAIW.
Just about a year ago the revised city
charter for Omaiia was before tho leg
islature. The bill had been carefully
prepared by a charter committee com
posed of men who knew tho wants of
tho city nud the defects of the existing
charter. The amendments proposed
wero lu the main satisfactory to tho,
great mass of tuxpnying citizens.
.The .only opposition camo from cor
porations and individuals who enjoyed
special favors in tho matter of taxation.
The railroad influence succeeded In cut
ting out the clause that subjected rail
road property to city taxation on the
same basis as ull other property is
taxed and with this provision omitted
tho revised charter passed both houses
without opposition. Yet, although It re
celved tho votes of every member of the
Douglas delegation, Including repub
licans and fuslonlsts, it wns vetoed by
Governor Poynter under tho flimsy pre
text that he desired to save Omaha
property owners from excessive taxa
tion. As a matter of fact the governor had
promised to approve the bill and would
have done so had It been passed a week
before adjournment. The real motive
for his veto was political. Instead of
being solicitous for the taxpayers of
Omaha, Governor Poynter was solici
tous to carry out the wishes of tho
Omaha gang of democratic heelers who,
whllo In control of the police commis
sion, had levied and collected thousands
of dollars of forced coutrjbutlons from
keepers of lawless resorts and profes
sional lawbreakers. The opposition of
the gang to the revised charter was In
spired by the knowledge that it re
pealed tho clauses relating to the power
of the governor to appoint police com
missioners which had been declared un
constitutional by the supreme court. As
charged by The Bee at the time, tho
clamor about excessive taxation was a
mere blind to cover the conspiracy to
reinstate tho ousted popocratlc police
commission and this charge is fully con
firmed by tho recent lawless action of
tho governor lu pretending to make ap
pointments under the dead charter
clause on accouut of which tho charter
bill was vetoed.
Tho damaging effect of that veto upon
tho welfare of Omaha is becoming more
npparent every day. Omaha has al
ready been crippled lluauclally by being
compelled to continue to tolerate a sys
tem of warrant shaving that takes fi per
cent a mouth out of tho earnings of
wagoworkers on tho city pay roll. Tho
lire and twlleo departments have been
reduced to mere skeletons because' the
charter limit to tho levy Is below their
requirements. Many projected street
Improvements, Including tho repaying
of Fnrnnm street, havo been blocked
altogether for want of authority.
Last, but not least, tho governor's veto
will be chiefly responsible for the fail
ure of tho consolidation of Omaha with
South Omaha and whatever injury Is
Inflicted by tho now census figures
should they fall short materially of tho
census of 1800. Had the charter re
vision bill become a law, annexation
would havo been an .accomplished fact
by this time.
DIsclplluo Is as essential to tho proper
management of tho. High school us Is
Instruction lu tho various branches
taught. Without dlsclpllno tho Instruc
tion cannot bo thorough. KtTorls of out
side parties to stir up refractory stu
dents should therefore be discounte
nanced by everyone Interested lu build
lug up tho public schools. Tho High
seiiool should set the example lu this
respect to the grade and granimnr
schools, as It Is looked up to by the
younger children as the objective point
to which they are striving. Willie
young men and women who liavo
reached the High school ought to be ad
vanced far enough to be entrusted with
a certain degree of self-responslblllty,
tiie abuse of such privileges simply tends
to disrupt and demoralize flic student
body and Justify the application of firm
correctives. For these reasons it Is to
be hoped that the disturbed discipline
In the High school will be restored at
once nnd the pupils given to under
stand that they havo nothing to gain by
taking part In schemes of Insubordination.
The promoters of the new western
base ball league are almost to tho point
of adopting their schedule of games. In
this connection It may not be out of
place to remark that tho only way the
base ball team can be made successful
In Omaha Is by conducting It on business
principles Instead of regarding It ns a
chnrltublo Institution to be supported
by tho peoplo out of sympathy or senti
ment. The management must not only
put up an entertainment that will glvo
patrons their money's worth, but it must
advertise It Just tho same as other en
tcrtnlnment projects. If the same pol
icy Is pursued on which former baso
ball projects stranded no different result
can be expected now.
Tho present appears to be an era or
getting together among' tho republicans
of the west. Members of tho party in
Colorado, many of whom went off after
the silver Cod, have come back Into
the fold nnd will be found supporting
the party of progress and prosperity lu
tiie coming campaign. Tho first break
was made when the leader and organ
izer of the silver republicans of that
state announced that he would support
the republican national ticket. Present
Indications are that the silver produc
ing stales will all bo found In the re
publican column In November.
While our amiable popocratlc contem
porary Is trying to ridicule the cheerful
reiwrts of republican prospects In Ne
braska It might with profit scan Its flies
of u few weeks ago and read Its predic
tions of 1!..1H majority for the demo
cratic cundlduto for mayor of Omaha.
Tho popocrats havo always been long
on predictions.
Ad vun tiiKt-K of
Chicago Times-llcrnld.
England will hardly go to tho length of
denying Cronjo the right to dash off a few
niagazlnq articles whllo ho lingers on St.
Helena,
KilHUtilliiur the .Money Power.
GIobo-Dcmocrat.
Moro than 200 applications have been filed
with tho Treasury department under the
new financial law. for tho establishment of
bonks in villages and rurnl neighborhoods.
Democratic members ot congress, by the
way, opposed tbla" popular feature of the
'bill, yet aro as noisy or ever about "trusts,
monopolies and tho money power."
I'n el III- Cubit- Problem.
Springfield Republican.
Tho Pacific cablo question simmers down
to two schemes government ownership and
control, and private ownership with a gov
ernment subsidy. Tho public will probably
tako tho viow that, since government money
I is Involved anyhow, the cablo had better
bo solely a government affair. Tho ecnato
measure, reported by Senator Hale's com
mitter taken that view of the case, and
Is likely to prevail over tho subsidy scheme.
lliilldliiK l'l .Hiniill HiiiiK-n.
Ind!anaiolls Journal.
Already about $90,000,000 of the $810,000,000
of bondn which can bo refunded have been
offered and moro thnn 200 oharters for banks
with a capital of $25,000 in towns of 3,000 in
habitants havo been applied for. Tho mcst
of tho applications aro from agricultural
towns in tho ratddlo west. As for the now
bonds, thoy bear 1)Ut 2 per cent Interest, yet
they already command a premium In New
York, which places tho credit of tho United
States tho highest In the world.
I'll I ii UT the Full Price.
Philadelphia Itecord.
Although the rainy season In tho Philip
pines Is at hand, when actlvo military opera
tions aro impobslblc, thera aro no present
indications of flnnl pacification of tho In
habitants?. Preparations aro under way In
tho war ofllco for a continuation ot the cur
rent system of campaign throughout the
rest cf tho year which means another
twoivoraonth of warfare and further sacri
fices of tho lives ot American soldiers. In
thnt quartor, at leaHt. wo shall surely pay In
full tho prlco cf victory and glory.
Specimen of Pure (Jail,
Philadelphia Press.
Tho meat Inexcusable, proposition yet
brought beforo congresa is that to glvo a
prlvato corporation, (ho Economic Postage
neioclatlon, the privilege of manufacturing
nnd soiling postal cards and envelopes for
ubo in tho malls. As tho postmaster general
has pointed out, tho government can do this
work ihettor and cheaper than nny private
firm. Thero Is no moro reason why tho right
to raalta money out of tho postal servlco
should ho given 'by congrcjw to a prlvato firm
than that It should allow some other firm tho
privilege; of operating without competition
any other branch ot government business.
Tho proposition Is ridiculous.
V XHIIHASKA'S PAI.HH PIIOPIIIM'.
Direful PrcillctloiiN mill Dentil tory
niHcournf h of W. .1. Ilrjiin.
J. Sterllns Morton's Conservative.
Eructalory nnd direful prophecies wero a
specialty In tho desultory discourses of
Colonel Bryan during tho campaign of 1SU3.
On pago 050 of "Tho First Hattlo" a martial
biography of tho colonel tho seer with
clarified eyes gazes Into thu future nnd ex
claims: "The gold standard means dearer money;
dearer money means cheaper property!
cheaper property means harder times!
harder times means moro people out of
work; moro peoplo out of work menus moro
peoplo destitute; moro people dmtltuto
means moro piople dctipcrato; moro des
perate people means more- crime."
Tho colonel omitted tho fact that tba gold
standard would mako his prophoclcs appear
tho cheapest things in tlm United States.
A Job lot of Ilrynn forecasts of tho finances
of tho United States, mndo In 1S06, havo
been analyzed and assayed to find that they
contain only here, and thero a trace of truth
to th ci ton ot words and a grain of loglo
to tho carload of fallacies. Any enterprising
collector of oratorical and political curios,
any lover of tho mendacious In lltorary bric-a-brac,
can make a glittering collection ot
sui:h abnormalities by rummaging throuqh
tho trash and wasto paper of "Tho First
nattlo." Not a single verified forecast can
bo found In tho wholesale, predictions ot that
tremendous volume of verbosity and eolf-as-urance.
OTIIIMl IAMIS TIIAX OVHS.
It Is announced In London that M tho
termination of the war In South Africa tho
Hrltlsh government will encourage the set
tlement cf the country with British col
cnlets by offering every soldier cn his dh
, charge a free grant of 240 acres of land, on
j condition of ton years' occupancy. If any
i of tho colonials, voluntocra or yeomanry
wish to bo transferred to the Urltlnh res
I ulnr army It will not bo sanctioned, bin
I advantageous inducements will be given to
, enlist In tho chartered Hrltlsh South Afrlcin
; company's Held force, If such enlistment Is
; preterm! to tho grant of land. The doslro
Is to keip ns many of the men ns posilblo
not belonging to the rcgulnr army In South
Africa as farmers or Boldlcra. Tho Infer
ence from tho dispatch Id thnt tho land to
bo given Is that under tho limited control
of tho chartered company, lying wilhln tho
limits of what is popularly known as Ilho
desln. This Ih n vnst tract occupying tho
entire nroa between tho Transvr.nl ou tho
south nnd tho Congo Treo Stnto o'l tho
north and between tho German "rphoro of
itilluenco" on tho west nnd the PortUfitioso
African torritony on tho enst, with tho ex
ception of N'yncsnlnnd on the east. It has
na extent of 950,000 snunro "mllee, or ovjr
one-fourth tha entire area of the United
States, exclusive of Alaska and tha re
cently acquired Island possessions. Of thli
vast territory 600,000 square miles north ot
tho Zambesi river is known as British Cen
tral Africa, or North Itliodcnln, whllo the
330,000 squaro miles south of tho Zambesi
is Hrltlsh South Africa, or South Ithodcsls.
Tha latter Is far more advanced than tho
former, and Is almost ready to assume tho
character of a full-fledged colony similar
to Capo Colony nnd Natal.
Tio reports of trouble over tho eastern
question nppear to have moro foundation
than most ot tho alarming stories that oc
casionally como from tho Balkan country.
Prlnco Ferdinand of Bulgaria is said to bo
contemplating a declaration of Independ
onco from Turkish suzerainty. It Is known
thai ho has received a loan from Russia.
This must bo Interpreted to mean that ho
will havo tho upport of tho Russian gov
ernment In nny movo he. may make. An
other stntcmont concerning tho rolutlons be
tween Turkey nnd Russia is to tho effect
that troops aro being massed nt Odessa.
Thero Bccms to bo little doubt as to tho
activity at Odessn, for it bus been reported
by n Lloyd agent on tho ground. If it
were not for tho personal nssurance of the
czar that Russia would take no step to
embarrass Croat Britain at tho present
tlmo tho conclusion would bo lrrcslutlblo
that an attack upon Turkuy Is expected.
Pcrhnps, however, the word of tho czar Is
not so nuthorltatlvo ns he supposes, for
tho bureaucracy is very powerful. Perhaps,
too, tho forcing of concessions from Turkey,
such ns tho indepondwico of Bulgaria and
railroad rights, would not bo considered by
tho czar nn unfriendly act toward Great
Britain. Certainly the seizing of tho rev
enues of a number of Turkish provlncoi to
compensate for tho fatturo to pay tho war
Indemnity of 1S78 could not be regarded
ns bnd faith townrd Great Britain. Russia
may do every ono of tho things predicted
without neccsHarlly involving Itself In any
conflict with other powers.
It does not always follow from tho an
nouncement of tho discovery of a Nihilist
plot In St. Petersburg that tho Nihilists
actually havo resumed a policy of pernicious-activity.
That is ono of tho common
dodges of tho Russian bureaucrats, when
ever fbero Is reason' for wishing to work
on tho feelings of tho czar. But it seems
to bo certain that for some reason or other
tho police on nil the Russian frontiers havo
been exercising ot into a much more
rigoro.u surveillance than usual on nil
travelers, and especially on tho papers es
tablishing their identity, as well as on tho
letters, books, pamphlets, portraits and
pictures in their luggnge. Tho police havo
also becomo moro vigilant thnn over In St,
Petersburg, particularly at thoso hours
when tho czar leaves his palace. Tho
whole route which ho has to travel on his
way to tho barracks nnd other military
establishments, or to public exhibitions,
theaters, balls, etc., is carefully watched.
On such occasions small squads of pollco
nnd men of tho secret service, In civilian
dress, aro posted at short distances along
tho road, particularly In tho environs ot
tho winter palace and aloug the Neva
Quay. No czar Is likely to dlsbelicvo In
tho perils from Nihilists -when ho sees such
elaborate precautions taken against them.
A correspondent of a London newspaper
writing from Capetown does not draw a
very hopeful picture of tho future of tho
Boers. Commenting upon tho statement ot
Mr. Sclous that they are a most prolific raco 1
and doublo their numbers every twenty-five
years, ho asks how It Is that their country, I
after two and n halt centuries ot occupa
tion, Is ono of tho most thinly populated In
tho world. They Increased rapidly In thH
Transvaal, ho says, mainly by trek, while
thero wero new lands to appropriate,
hut now thero Is no moro fresh territory
for them. Ho declares that tho Transvaal
Boers have been growing poorer for years
and that In Capo Colony It has long been
necessary to expend public money to pro
vide employment for tho destitute Boer,
whllo tho class of "poor whites" is always
growing larger. In the neighborhood, of
Krugersdorp and Fordsburg thero 13 whlto
poverty, ho nays, of tho most degraded kind
nnd the extent of It is constantly increasing.
In thoso districts tho Boer population Is, ho
declares, worse off in many cases than tho
Kaffirs. Tho fact Is, ho explains, that tho
British nnd other Europeans, Americans
and Australians, who havo trades and In
dustries, nre, In nil directions, rapidly out- ,
stripping tho Boers, who dopend nlmost en
tirely upon cnttlc-ralslng, for which they
no longer havo sufficient land. Thoir old
occupation of carriers has been taken away
from them by tho railroads.
Tho Russian government Is at present en
gnged In carrying out an cxtcnBlvo scheme,
of emigration to tho far east. With a view
to encourage this movement tho faros on
tho Siberian railway havo been fixed nt a
merely nominal figure, tho faro from Kleft
to Khabarovsk being reduced far below tho
limits of profit. It has offered these facili
ties in order to divert tho cmlgtant t afflo
from the volunteor licet to tho rrtl.way.i,
wKh tho Intention of retaining their vessels
exclusively for tho transport of troops, laigo
numbers ot whom nre constantly being
shipped from Odessa. Thouaunds of pcat,aut3,
especially from the famine-stricken districts,
aro availing themselves ot theao nuvnntngr j
nnd will lenvo for tho Usurl region during
tho coming spring. Kach family possessing
S00 rubles will receive on arrival a plot ot
land gratis, besides being nccorded other
spcclnl privileges, such as exemption from
tnxatlon and tho grant of seed. Tho num
ber of applicants for permission to emlgrato
by sea has nlready appreciably decreased,
hut 7.000 Intending settlers nro soon to sail
from Odessa for tho far east. Five cruis
ers nnd ono Inrgo vessel of tho Rusilnn
Steam Navigation company havo been as
signed for their transport.
"Wood mill Hip View PreMlilency.
Detroit Journal.
Thero Is ono material objection to
nominating General Leonard Wood for vico
president, nnd that Is that tho politicians
would not havo him for ono moment. An- (
other in that ho Is worth moro where ho Is
In a week to tho United Statc3 than a vice
president Id worth during his term. If wo
aro to have colonics, tho kind of talent
General Wood posscisi.'-, will bo greatly in
demand, and It would bo llttlo short of
criminal to land tho best sample wo havo .
In tho obscurity of the vice presidential
cbalr. I
POLITICAL 1)111 1-T.
Philadelphia Is nenrlng the home stretch
on tho $100,000 deal for tho republican na
tional convention. Tho fund lacks $29,000,
nnd It comes in painfully slow.
Oalutha A. Grow of Pennsylvania Is tho
only congressman who connects tho stormy
pcrldd of tho civil wnr with the perplexing
problems of the war for tho liberation ot
Cuba.
Congressman Joe Sibley is traveling nt a
hot pace since ho left tho hard luck party.
He wants the republican nomination for
governor of Pennsylvania. Joo's modcuty
Is not Biiinclent to check his ambition.
Tho Now York Sun says: "There Is no
natlvo of tho state of Nebraska among Itn
representatives In cither branch of congress
notwithstanding tho fact that Ncbraskn be
camo a stnto thlrty-threo yenrB ngo nnd
wai the twenty-fourth admitted Into tho
union,."
A Baltimore, paper, sketching the hairy
halo of n western congressman, says, in
nn off-hand way, "it might bo called red,
hut that would not bo nccurate. It Is u
curious blend between tho color of n sun
set, nn orange, a carrot and u nugget of
g ild. His mustache Is of the same radiant
color."
Ono of tho witnesses beforo the Ken
tucky leglslntlvo Investigating committee,
tho proceedings of which led to tho Goebel
tragedy, wns tho county clerk of Fayette,
which Includes tho city of Lexington. ltd
testified thut ho voted for Goebcl, but that
ho believed Taylor was elected. The nnluo
of this wltncfls wns Clnudo Chlnn.
Senator Stowart of Nevada la being
groomed for another bout with tho money
power next fall. Tho bearded sliver knight
has Invented a now drink which ho Is
diligently absorbing, nnd which takes
twenty minutes by the watch to reach tho
spot. Tho presumption In Washington is
thnt tho senator -will enter tho fray loaded
Leroy Tcmpleton, who ns populist candi
date for governor ot Indiana polled 22,000
votes In 1S02, Is said to own n farm of 5,000
ncres in Nowton county and to rnlso moro
corn nnd cattle every year than nny other
man In tho Hooslcr state. Newton Is ono
of tho northwest counties of Indiana, Its
northern boundary being tho Kankakco
river.
Tho senatorial committee, to Investigate
senators Hupposcd to bo pecuniarily Inter
ested in trusts may get nfter Senator Jones
of Arkansas for his connection with tho
Round Balo Cotton Trust. Perhaps, Indeed,
tho suggestion of such a committee had Mr.
Jones In view, nnd Is part of a plan to
depose him as chairman ot tho democratic
national committee.
Henry Watterson and tho Louisvlllo
Courier-Journal will fight In tho demo
cratic ranks this time. Tho star-eyed" god
dess Is weary of the slaughter house. With
"tho money question practically out of tho
way," says tho Courier-Journal, "no demo
crat who is a democrat Is going to balk In
front of nny platform the men In possession
of the machinery of tho party may think it
best to adopt." Political Independence cost
the Courier-Journal u modcrnto fortune in
1806. Another such doso might bo fatal.
Tho democrats have a two-thirds majority
In tho Maryland legislature, a majority ot
43 votes on Joint ballot, SO democrats to 37
republicans. Notwithstanding that fact,
nnd notwithstanding tho Implied plcdgo to
undertako soma legislation ot this sort, tho
project of tho democrats In tho Maryland
legislature to disfranchise tho colored voters
nnd placo tho school system of tho stato
under partisan democratic control hns
halted. Thero Is a presidential election
this year, and Maryland Is regarded ns ono
of tho closo nnd uncertain states ot tho
country.
Slnco 1SS3 Boston has been soverncd
under laws which wero passed by the leg
islature for ths purpose of enforcing econ
omy and provided that taxco should not
exceed $9 per $1,000 ot valuation, and that
tho city should not borrow beyond a cer
tain percentage of Its total valuation. Actu
ally It now appears th'at the city's expenses
each year have been fn excess of tho
amounts raised by taxation and that tho
extensive borrowing beyond tho debt limit
has forced tho debt to such a figure that!
Arc You
"V T E ARE and it's time for you. Tho
V V weather is here and our clothing; fop
mon and boys is hero the hand
somest fop spring wear that you ever saw.
The best clothing bears tho name of Drowning,
King & Co.- -not merel y because wo say so, but
because we mako it so. If ws wore content to
sell tho ordinary sorts of clothing we could
maKe money by closing up our factory and
buy as nearly all tho retailers do anything
that looks sightly and Is cheap, regardless or
Us wearing and fitting qualities. We mako
overy garmont we 30II and we guarantee the
fit and fit you as perfectly as the best merchant
tailors. Every ploce of our clothing is cut sep
arate and tho goods shrunk not piled up in a
heap and slasned with a big knife dczons at
a clip and shaped from patterns thut fit one
man out of a hundred.
No man wants to be "cheap"
"Cheapness" is almost as vulgar as extrava
gant display. Nordois a man want to pay
too much for his clothes. Wo have some suits
at $10 and $12.60 that we would llko to show
you and some handsomo mixtures and
stripas at $15 fine cheviots and worsteds, in
chotc? patterns at $18, $20 and $22. Finer
ones at $20. No ono but tho hono3t manufac
turer knows how easy it would be to make
up clothlng tha'. would be good enough to sell
but it would not wear and a quartor tho
wear at three-quarters tho price is a poor In -vestment.
Browning, King & Co,
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II. S. Wilcox, Manager.
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HEADACHE
Pain back of your eyes? Heavy
pressure in your head? And arc
you sometimes faint and dizzy?
is your tongue coated? Bnd taste
In your mouth? And docs your
food distress you? Are you nervous
and Irritable? Do you often have
the blues? And aro you troubled
about sleepinR? Then yourllver Is
allwrong. Buttherclsacurc. 'TJs
They act directly on the liver.
Th:y cure constipation, bilious
ness, sick headache, nausea, and
dyspepsia. For GO years they have
been the Standard Family Fills.
Prlct 25 cenli. All Dmtihti.
" I have taken Ajrcr's Pills regularly for
six mouth". Thoy havo cured, me of u
acrcreheadaclifi.and I can now walk lrom
two to four miles without petting tired or
out of breath, something I lute not been
ablo to do for many jrarn."
S. E. Wjilwotik,
July 13, 1890. Salem, Mass.
tho pnymcnts needed for if have grown
from $3,000,000 a yenr In 1883 to $6,500,000
in 1000. Tho nggrcgnto municipal expenset
of Boston, which wero $15,000,000 In 18S5,
aro now $29,000,000.
WIIITTLKD TO A 1MM.NT.
Washington Star: "Do you regurd
tho
I'orto ltican ns n lirotnerv
"Yes," answered Senator Sorghum. "But
ho's n little brother und 'ho's gdt to stand
around und do what tho big boys tell him
to."
Indianapolis Journal: Corn Look at thnt
horrid man with his feet stuck out In t'ho
ulsle!
Dora Yes; but never mind, dear; If .wo
cet out 1oforo ho does wo can both trnmp
on his toes.
Philadelphia, Press: "Friend." said tho
sanctimonious clergyman, "aro you not
ashamed to make your llvlnsr playing
poker7
"Huh! you nnd I nro very much alike."
replied the xinregcnenito man. "When wo
hold n good hand wo don't corn to accept
n call unless thero Is a raise, with It."
Boston Beacon: "As I understand It,"
snld the tnlkutlvo one. "tho Afrikander!
trekked from, tho voorlooper to tho Uopja
nnd dorned It from 'the spruit to the dlsncl
boom. It stands to reason, too. for
"I don't understand golf," tho other cut
lu wearily.
Somervlllo Journal: Men nro not vain, of
course, but when n man ncqulres his first
uniform ho nlwnya goes to a photographer
and has his plcturo taken.
Dotrolt Journal: Tho iProlctarlnt wept
bitterly.
"f nsk you for bread," It protested, "ana
you glvo mo a stonol"
"Oh, I thought you asked for conn" said,
tho Bourgeoisie, with briizon front. '
Chicago Post: "Why don't you learn to
punctuuto?" asked tho kind friend.
".Punctuate!" cried tho young woman,
"Why I put moro commas nnd dawhes In
what I wrlto than anyone else I know of."
(Philadelphia Press: "Ho's thn most un
gullant young man I ever saw," exclaimed
airs. Fattenforty.
"I don't sco how you enn sny that. Ho
pave you his scat In tho car today," urged
her husband. ,
"Yes." sho replied, "but when I politely
protested, ho cried: 'Ileally, I Insist. I
hato to sco nn old ludy standing.' "
Dotrolt Freo Press: "Caroline, you act
so unnaturally slnco wo moved."
"Woll, Julius, thero aro some nelchbor
hooda thnt you ean't mako nny Impression
on unless you put on nn awful lot of nlrs."
Ready?