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reiys that tho actual number of full and
eompletH copies of Tho Dully, Morning,
Ivonlng and Sunday llec. printed during
tho month of March, 1900, was u follows;
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2 "J7,r.(l( 13 1S7.007
3 U7.-170 10 7,nn
4 :7,(IXn 20 'J7.HIMI
B U7.IMMI 21 U7.0UII
8 as,17 22 a7,70
7 i!8,ll(lll 23 U7.730
V!7,l 2 H7.D70
9 27,(10 20 UH.NIO
10 27,:t:iO 2(J X7.S10
11 27,a:i,- 27 ISH.UOO
12 27.2(10 2? 20.1HO
13 27, Mil 20 2S, I70
It 27,070 30 2M.IOO
15 27.200 31 2S,fi20
16 20,070
Total S0II.1I7
lss unsold and returned coptci... lo,:ms
Net total sales sns,77
Net dally average 27.702
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M. 1), HUNOATE.
Notnry Public.
A ConiiPctliMit farmer proposes to re
create the Clinton of Kden. It It! to be
feared lie will find tin wardrobes of
those times a little thin for a Connecti
cut winter.
-i
rrof. Andrews Is said to uliow slj,'ns
of reluctance at acceptliiK the position
of chancellor of the Nebraska .State uni
versity. We wear the professor only
wants to Ihj urged.
The next meeting of the DoiiRlns
County Democracy Is to commemorate
tho Hhade of Thomas .lefferson. The
principal toast will of course be, "Was
Jefferson a Democrat?"
With Oeoijo Fred Williams as the
democratic nominee for vice president
on tho ticket with Hryan the party
would have a pair of talkers that could
not be beaten for speed.
Tho crci f "Infamies" which tho
democratic press Is cultivating Just at
present Is the la rues t In history. Tho
only trouble is that voters refuse to ac
cept the democratic classlllcntlon.
Dispatches from South Africa con
tinually report that the "Boers have
been located." The process of location,
however, scenm to be similar to that of
ascertaining the whereabouts of a hor
net. The house has declared In favor of tho
election of senators by direct vote of
tho people. Many of the senators, how
ever, are likely to have serious objec
tions to such a method. Several seats In
that body would be otherwise occupied
If the people had the direct choice.
Congressman Sutherland announces
that be is leaving the question of his re
liominatlon entirely In the hands of the
people of ids district. 1'osslbly this is
true, but. there Is no doubt that the
roads Into tho Sutherland camp have
been put into the best possible condi
tion. Southern populists are not endorsing
tho fuslou program to any great extent.
With all rights reserved on the vote-
counting machine, the democrats of that
section do not worry about the result.
They care not who docs the voting nor
how It is doue, so long as they do the
counting.
Tho Junior ovuulng paper of these
parts, which claims to bo nonpartisan,
with a powerful leaning toward democ
racy, 'has hoisted the Dowey Hag and
turned Uryaij's picture to the .wall. It
declares polut blank that Ilryau cannot
be elected. This is tho ulost unkludest
cut of all.
The Central Labor union Is threaten'
lng to launch out Into active politics,
Tho unlou should remember that it can
not be a political organization without
Inviting on alignment of Its members
along political lines. On the question
of politics the best, advice It can follow
Is-"dont."
rostmnsters lfavo every reason to bo
thankful to tho republican party. In
tho first, place, most of thoso now hold
lng olllce aro ludobted to membership
In that party for their positions, and In
tho second place the business activity
attendant upon republican policies
works a substantial liii'ieaso in their
salaries.
Omaha's now city ollicials aro discov
ering that the appropriations made by
tho outgolug council for tho conduct of
their respective departments will cnunp
their operations for tho rest of tho year.
Tho old city council knew It was cut
ting garments for somo 0110 else and
naturally had no hesitation to be saving
with tho cloth.
Chicago's chief of pollco says he would
rather have- a.good, well-trained newspa
per man for detective service than the
usual police otllcers who act as detect
ives. As a matter of fact the newspa
per reporter does more good detective
work every duy in the year than tho
nvcrago member of a city detective
force, hut the public does uot as a rule
recosulzo the obligation.
I'A in V'ML'HT MKET T; RMEUaRM'V I
With the approaching state conven
tion that is to place In the Held the
ticket and platform for which Nebraska
republicans are expected to rally, the
question forces Itself jipon the party
who are most available as standard
bearers and under whose leadership and
management the campaign shall be con
ducted. I'p to this time very few candidates
have been brought forward nnd the
danger confronts the party that It will
find Itself handicapped by too narrow a
choice for the several places to bo lllled
on the ticket. In view of tho mngnl- (
tilde of the Issues at stake, it scorns lui- i
peratlvo that men of known ability and
tried Integrity he drafted into the cam
paign no matter how reluctant they may
lie or how great sacrifice they niny have
to make.
This Is a year In which the party has a
right to conscript Its most effective light
ers and shrewdest leaders. Tnless this
Is done the republicans will labor at
serious disadvantage and the prospt'et
of redeeming Nebraska will be Imper
illed. ' . "
It Is In times when the olilco seeks tho
men instead of the;' men seeking the
pjlke wjien tho best material can be se
lected. That the republican party In
Nebraska lias abundant timber to choose
from if it decrees to press tho best men
Into service is not to be questioned. The
coming state convention will be ;rterellct
In Its duty to the rank and filo if It fulls
to recognize the emergency and act ac
cordingly.
nn: unman puhpose.
The purpose of Great Itrltnln to de
stroy the South African republics and
Incorporate their territory In tho llritlsb
empire was some, time ago made clear
In' tho utterances of Lord Salisbury and
other English statesmen. It has been
again declared by Sir Alfred Mllncr,
tho British high commissioner In South
Africa, who of course speaks by au
thority. Mllncr Is' to some extent re
sponsible for tho war and he has al
ways shown himself ready to aid the
plans of that element In England whose
cupidity was aroused by tho gold dis
coveries In the Transvaal. It Is not to
bo doubted that he had much to do
with creating the outlander agitation
which provoked the conflict and that
ho was otherwise Instrumental In
fomenting disaffection against the
Boers.
This otliclal says "there must be no
compromise or patchwork in the settle
ment and no opportunity for misunder
standing, Intrigue or tho revival of Im
possible ambitions, or the accumulation
of enormous nrmaments, .Tlie British
will no longer tolerate dissimilar and
antagonistic political systems In a
country which nature nnd history have
declared to bo one." There cau be no
misunderstanding of the meaning of
this. Republican government In .South.
Africa Is to bo swept away and to give
place to the political system of Great
Britain, which, however liberal Is not
republican. British victory means that
the people who after years of hardship
and struggle established self-government
and sought to Hvu in peace, ac
cording to their own Ideas, are to bo
inado the subjects of a monarchy and
compelled to obey such laws as may be
prescribed for them. These people, to
whom liberty and independence arc as
dear as life, aro to be deprived .of the
right to enjov. these Inestimable bless
ings In their own way and to look to
an authority other than their own will
and conscience for whatever privileges
and rights they shall have No com
promise, declares M liner, speaking for
the British government, with these de
fenders of their country and their lib
erty. They must be utterly crushed and
made to yield to the rule .of Great
Britain, lest they might at some future
time challenge the schemes of that
iwwer for the promotion of Its greed.
It is a hard fate that thrcatcus the
people of the Boer republics and It ap
pears that If they are rescued from It
it will bo only through their own In
domitable courage and determination,
for they have no promise of any helping
hand. Moral support, they have In
'alrimdaucc, but that , avails little. In
sending pence commissioners to Kuiope
the Boers have again announced to the
world that they desire to end tho con
flict, but no European country will
speak for them. They have made their
first appeal to Italy, only to bo as
sured that that government can do no
more than send their proposals to Lon
don, where It Is known they will receive
no consideration. Undoubtedly a like
answer awaits them wherever they shall
go. No nation Is disposed to take tho
responsibility of making a formal offer
of mediation or Intervention In tho face
of Great Britain's unequivocal declara
tion that none will, be accepted. How
ever strong this sympathy with tho
bravo people of the South African re
publics, no government Is willing to take
a course In regard to the war which
might In the inarch of events work to
its own disadvantage and so It appears
that the Boers will be left to carry on
the Btruggle alone, albeit that means
tho inevitable destruction of republican
ism in South Africa.
Tilt: SVMIAV HER.
The Bee Sunday will, as usual, be fully
up to tho standard of the best modem
Sunday newspaper, with Its high-class
literary and pictorial features In addi
tion to all tho news of the day. The
Beo's foreign cable letters and special
domestic nows service are unequaled by
any other paper publlshod In these parts.
Tho Illustrated Bee Sunday presents
as Its frontispiece the latest portrait of
Colonel V. F. Cody, who Is without
doubt the most widely known of Ne
braska's prominent citizens, having been
entertained In almost all parts of Eu
rope and tho United States. Tho photo
graph reproduced shows him as he looks,
today, having been taken only a week or
so ago while he was stopping in Omaha
on his way east.
A strlktug group of pictures taken
specially for Tho Bee depicts a number
of representative society girls of Council
Bluffs In characteristic poses, In the
same line Is a group of young people of
Superior, Neb., who have formed a
bodul dancing elub, which met recently
under peculiar circumstances In fan
tastic garb.
The recent Nebraska elections ate re
flected by a number of portraits of
newly chosen mayors of Nebraska cltliw.
A group picture of the new Omaha city
council as at present constituted Is given
and also the portraits of Omaha's new
Board of Fire and Police Commis
sioners. Carpenter's letter this week describes
Hollo, the second city of tho Philippines,
with half-tones of photographs made by
his own camera,
Another Illustrated article tells the ex
perience of two young girls starting out
for a trip to Paris, the views showing
tho boarding of the steamer on the stnrt
for tho ocean voyage.
The fashion pictures are timely nnd
suggestive, to say nothing of others
equally interesting.
For good wholesome Sunday reading
be sure to get The Bee.
I'USTVOSIMI CAtiAh LEGISLATION.
Mr. Morgan In the senate nnd Mr.
Hepburn In tho house are zealous in
urging Nlcaraguan canal legislation at
tho present session, but while It Is un
derstood there Is a majority In each
branch of congress favorable to the
Nicaragua project, It appears prolsible
that there will bo no legislation pend
ing the report of the commission, now
being prepared and, which will not be
ready until tho beginning of the second
session of. congress next December.
This was very strongly Indicated In
the refusal of the senate to make the
canal bill tho order of business for the
last day of the present month, while In
tho house Mr. Hepburn has received no
very strong support In his efforts to
push this subject forward, Implying
that the leaders of the majority lire not
disposed, to hasten action. It has been
decided that nothing will be done with
the Hay-Pauncefote treaty at this ses
sion and although the sponsors of tho
canal bill urge that this should not be
allowed to affect tho proposed legisla
tion, It would seem to be useless to puss
that measure until there Is such a modi
fication of tho Clayton-Bulwer treaty as
tho convention before tho senate pro
vides for. That treaty our government
has acknowledged, by negotiating
another for its modification, to be in
full force and effect, nnd by its terms
Great Britain has a voice in regard to
the construction of an isthmian canal
by tho United States. If tho treaty is
to stand as it la Great Britain will have
tho right to demand Joint control of a
cannl. The new treaty takes away this
right nnd therefore the Importance of
ratifying It In advance of any canal
legislation. It Is obviously desirable
that before congress authorizes tho
building of a canal everything that
might obstruct the carrying out of the
project should be removed.
But there Is another sound reason
why canal legislation should be post
poned. It Is not known what route the
commission will recommend. The
president of tho commission, Admiral
Wajker, Is reported to have said that
the ;inenihcrs tire In doubt which Is the
bettcY route, the Nlcaraguan, or the
l'anaiua. It was found that the pro
moters of the latter are actively at
work, employing about 2,000 men and
showing good results. They believe
they have solved the most serious proli
loms in connection with the construc
tion of the canal and Admiral Walker
said It looks as If they had done so. At
Nicaragua there Is ouly the survey of
the route and the American engineers
found some dlfllcultles which It may
not be possible to overcome. Another
member of the commission has said that
' the conditions at Panama were much
' more favorable than he. had expected to
find them. It Is not altogether improb
able, therefore, that the commission
may report In favor of the Panama
canal.
At all events it. Is apparent that con
gress should take 110 action until It has
all the Information which the thorough
Investigation of the commission will
supply. There Is no necessity for un
due luuto In the matter and a delay of
a few mouths can have no serious con
sequences. United States Marshal Matthews Is
represented as being very Indignant
over an alleged reflection on the late
Senator Ilayward through a letter from
Nebraska City that appeared in The
Bee. If Mr. Matthews Is correctly re
ported in the popocrntie organ, there Is
no occasion for hysterics or Indignation
unless it Is because the letter in ques
tion touches tho tender sensibilities of
a near relative on whose account he
was given the appointment as marshal.
There would have been no occasion for
this tempest In a teapot had It not been
for the Injudicious attempt of political
workers to pull through resolutions In
structing the Otoe delegation for a na
tional committeeman scarcely known to
the Individual delegates to tho conven
tion under cover of a eulogy for the
memory of the dead senntor and a re
buke to one of his competitors in the
senatorial contest of 1801).
Tlie insurance men In Iowa are making
a fight in the last ditch to kill tho valued
policy bill passed by the legislature
by bringing pressure to bear on the
governor to veto tho measure. Tho bill
as passed by the Iowa legislature may
have objectionable features, but the
principle Is certainly a Just one. There
Is no more justice or reason In an Insur
ance company being allowed to scale
the faco of an obligation it assumes
than in others doing the same thing.
When Nebraska passed such a law the
Insurance men predicted all sorts of dire
calamities, but their predictions all re
sulted like last failed forecasts of the
weather.
Georgo Fred Williams of Massachu
setts Is tho latest aspirant for tho tall
ship of the Bryan presidential kite. If
George Fred Williams enn do ns well as
a candidate for tho vlco presidency as
ho did as a candidate for governor of
Massachusetts no one would waste time
figuring on the result.
The east has Just made tlie discovery
that tlie Nebraska girl Is the most
shapely nnd built nearer the lines of
physical perfection than any other In
this country, Nebraska boys know
1
enough to keep a good thing to them
selves and the fact never would have
been made public If a collegiate woman
of a scientific turn of mind had not given
the snap away.
Am Icty mi (lie llli'iielier.
Philadelphia Ledger.
In the present theater of war tbe Ilasa
toe opponr to occupy an advantageous posi
tion on tho bleachers.
Cnn'l Uiiilur l'rodierlt J .
Cincinnati Tribune.
Tho democrats arq nttcmptlng to switch
Ibsucb, but, after al, they cannot Ret away
from prosperity. That stands like a rock
In their path.
Trouble In tli llnc.it Counties,
aiobe-Democrat.
Rnmn nf Hia bf.nk Aem in Nnhrnltltil
U'niibl IlkA td twin,- wtini Mr. DAwev hna
to nay about tho InlqultotM gold ntandard
and the crown of thorns upon tho brow of
labor.
All- Allied it llli the liners.
Sprlnslleld Republican.
Tho South African plateau whero tho wa
is now progressing Is so elevated that Its
atmosphere Is rarefied. Ouo roason, proba
bly, why tho Imported homes of the. Hrltlsh
aimy glvo out so quickly Is that they
cannot stand tho sudden demands upon them
In racing over tho country after Boers on
half rations of air.
Occupant n nf GlnuN Houses.
Baltimore Amerlcna
The Ilrltlsh government Is being criticised
for tho lack of transports, tho lack of
proper clothing and a few other laeke on
which Drltlsh opinion 'wns severe ut the
tlmo of our own little trouble In Spain. Ue-
lng so very clear-sighted to our shortcom
ings, onn would naturally suppose they
would havo had some, forethought about
tbelr own.
VKST O.V III.AM1 AM) 1IHYAX.
The SiioiilliiK Colonel I.IUeneil to 11
"Toll Ileal (irnilio)lione."
Kansas City Journal,
Senator Vest Is ono of those democrats
Who havn Jievpr fnriMv ni'M, u-lillu Ihnv
submitted to, tho betrayal of HIchard J.
uianu in 1110 uuicago convention of 1S0U by
W'ltllrtm .T. Itrvnn nml Ilia alltinnrtnra Tlin.u
has heretofore been no fitting occasion when
It would havo been profitable for any demo
crat to arraign the betrayers of Uland, but
uch men as Vest are patient, and patlcnco
usually brings llu reward. Mr. Vest's oppor
tunity camo wncu a epacc or time was set
apart by tho United States senato for eulo
gies upon tho lato Congressman Uland. Mr.
Vest won the principal Bpcakcr. He men
tioned no nnmeH except that of the dead
Bllvorlto, but other names could plainly be
read between the lines, notably that of Mr.
IJrynn. Tho Missouri senator hald Jn part:
"Thero was nothing spectacular nor aensa
tlonal about Mr. Uland. He wbh not a po
litical graphophonc. always speaking, nor
an Importunate mendicant for popular ap
plause. Ho was an earnest, honest and mod
At man of strong Intollect and profound
convictions of duty.
"Mr. IJland was tho father and pioneer of
bimetallism la tho United States nnd gave
his life to that cause. Ho had studied the
quostlon In all lis phases, not only In tho
writings of eminent financiers, but in the
canyons of tho mining camps of tho far
west. Richard Parks niand should havo
been the nominee of the democratic party,
naturally and logically, at tho great na
tlonalconvcntlon ot 1896. hld at Chicago.
Hut Mchard Parks Bland, the veteran
leader of blmotalllsm, who had stood by Its
banner when others faltered and dene.-ted,
was put asldo for in young and brilliant
orator, who was n school "boy when Bland
Introduced nnd pncWdv through th house
of rcpresentatlvea 11878 tho first' bill pro
viding for tho freo and unlimited coinage
of silver at tho ra'llo of 10 to 1."
So, according to vMr. Vest, Jlr. Bryan is
a "political graphophono" and "an Irapor
ttinato mendicant for popular applause "
That will do. Tako the witness.
I'OMTICAI. IMt ITT.
David Bennett Is not talking politics, but
Is diligently scooping In good round fees for
advice.
Tammanyites who thought they knew all
about It nre planning a July excursion to
obscrvo Kansas City working Its graft.
New York legislators poured out their tal
ents In 2.200 bills and pas;ed about tOO. Sev
eral Interesting bills of a different charac
ter were drawn, but not presented to the
legislature.
Tho republicans of Idaho will hold their
atato convention at Bolso on July 17. a
governor, lieutenant governor, secretary of
stato and nttornoy general arc to bo voted
for In November.
Thero will bo i stnto election la Georgia
for governor and other ofllccrs in tho month
ot October, four weeks In advance of the
presidential election, tho term of Governor
Candler and other stato ofllcers expiring on
October 29 next.
Charley Towne, tho silver foghorn of Min
nesota, Is in a receptive mood. Ho does not
know exactly whero ho la "at" on the sacred
ratio nnd Is willing to modify tho platform
He Is, however, reasonably sure of his will
ingness to run for vlco president.
A Philadelphia cnndldato for congress on
tho republican ticket to succeed "tho Kathor
of tho House," Alfred C. Banner, Is Colonol
Bdwnrd V. Morrell, who gave $100 to the
convention guaranty fund. Tho district Is
overwhelmingly republican.
Somo big attorneys' fees were paid In the
case of Senator Clark. Kx-Scnator Faulk
ner ot West Virginia, who looked after Mr.
Clark's Interests, will recclvo a handsome
check and cx-Scnator Edmunds, who has rep
icscntod Marcus Daly, is understood to havo
beon paid $10,000 already.
Tho folfllcr voto of Now York City at the
recent election was as follows: Ono In the
Twolfth assembly district, ono in tho Fif
teenth, ono in the Seventeenth, one In the
Twenty-third, 0110 In tho Twenty-fourth, one
In tho Thlrty-socond, two In tho Thirty
third nnd eight In tho Thirty-fifth, a total
of sixteen. Tho cost of the count was (COO.
Tho stato of Now York has expended In
tho last twenty years $1)53,020 for Investi
gating committees of various kinds, tho ex
pense of tho Lexow c.mmlttcu In ISOf hav
ing been $SS,C"0, of tho Fnisett committee
III 1890 $39,872, of tho Glbbs committee $20.
107 In 1SSI. and ot tho Mazct committee, to
tho extent that bills havo been met, $28,313
during tho last fiscal year.
Tcnnesseo has a warm patriot In congress
who utauds at all hours for the flag and an
appropriation. In an address to his con
stituents asking their support for another
term, ho thus recounts his triumphs as a
statesman: "Eight hundred nnd twenty
threo war claims put through, amounting to
$1,200,000; C3 private ponslon bills; 41 men
commissioned in tho army by his influem-o;
29 postmasters appointed; 71 new postofllcea
established; 12,000 calls at tho pension olIUo;
29,000 packages of seeds sent; 27,000 pam
phlcta and books sent; 1C7.000 copies of his
own 'speeches sent out; 17,000 letters to his
constituents."
Attention Is again directed by some south
ern republicans to tho anomalous condition
of suffrago In three southern states, namely,
la Mississippi, whero tho vote cast at tho
last election for seven congressmen was 27,
114; la I-oulslana, where It was 32,731 for
tlx, and in South Carolina, whero for seven
it was 28,832, In tho Sixth district of South
Carolina, which Included much of tho black
belt seaboard, 1,916 votes woro cast for
member of congress out of a population of
168,851, the ordinary proportion of voters
to population being one In six, aud In off
years ouo hi sevcu,
SUBMARINE BOAIS FOR NAVY
Government Sign Contract for Construction
of VeiseW.
BOATS TO BE OF THE HOLLAND TYPE
Itullilci-A A V 1 1 1 rnrnlfili IIiert tu
Triiln a I'reiv fur the Hunt of
(lint .Nome Volunteers ot
I.neUliiK.
WASHINGTON, April 13. Tho Navy de
partment has signed a contract with the
Holland Submarine Boat company for tho
addition of some of its boats to the navy.
By tho terms of tho contract tho govern
ment pays $150,000 for tho Holland. It
also agrees to pay $175,000 each for any
boats of tho Holland type It may purcluue
hereafter, provided that tho boats shall bo
similar in dimensions to the new Holland,
which will bto larger than the old one.
The company undertaken to protect tho
government against any claims for Infringe
ment of patents and also to sell to tho gov
ernment at n prlco to be ftxed by a board
ot appraisers any ot tho patents used In the
construction of tho boat which It may bo
desirable for tho government to possess.
A further obligation upon tho company
Is to furnish experts for a reasonable tlmo
to train a navnl crew In tho management
of tho Holland. Tho company nlso bonds
itself in the sum of $90,000 to complete tho
Plunger.
Now that tho Holland has become a naval
vessel, under tho itcrms of tho contract
tho government must proceed within ta
reasonable tlmo to provldo a commander
nnd craw for It. Notwithstanding tho
novelty of tho craft, and tho clement of
danger supposed to be Involved, itherc Is no
lack of applicants for tbe first command
from Junior naval ofllccrs.
Tho disposition Is to retrain from order
ing nnyono to tho post, but to give It to n
volunteer.
SECRETARY PORTER RESIGNS
George II. (or(elyou Sueocetl III111 n
I'reslilen(N Conllilentliil.
.11 11 ti.
WASHINGTON, Aprll". Owing to con
tinued III health Hon. John Addison Porter,
secretary to tho president, has tendered his
resignation, and tho president has accepted
it to take effect May 1.
Georgo B. Cortclyou of Now York, tho
present assistant secretary to tho president,
has been appointed to tho office.
Mr. Porter's health was Bcrlously Im
paired about a year ago by a snvero attack
of Illness, an'd since then he has been nt
times relieved somewhat from tho onerous
duties of his olllce, but falling to regain his
health and believing that complete separa
tion from official cares Is essential to his
Bpeedy and permanent recovery, the secre
tary has been constrained to tender hlfl
resignation, which tho president has re
luctantly accepted. His physicians enjoin
eompleto rest and change, that ho may
have every facility for rapid improvement.
Mr. Cortclyou was born In Now York City
July 20, 1SG2, nnd belongs to ono of tho old
est families. Hia grandfather, Peter Corleus
Cortclyou, sr., for forty years a member of
tho typo founding firm of George Bruce &
Co., and his father, Poter C. Cortclyou, Jr.,
wcro prominent figures in New York bus
In ceo and scclal circles a generation ago.
In 1884 he was appointed confidential sten
ographer In tho United States appraiser's
ofjlco at New York, but resigned upon tho
Change of administration In March, 1885.
In K)ctoberr'l889, he wag appointed prlvato
secretary to tho postofflce Inspector In charge
at Now York nnd two years later became
prlvato secretary to Fourth Assistant Post
master Geueral nathbonc. Ho resigned in
March, 1892, but was reappointed by Arsis
tant Postmaster General Maxwell. In No
vember, 1895, ho was appointed stenographer
to tho president and later executive clerk to
Mr. McKlnley. Ho was made assistant sec
retary to tho president In 1898.
GERMANY NEEDS FOODSTUFFS
CoiiniiI HcvlewN ItcxiiltH of l'rmciit
Hextrlotlve I.enUliillve
I'roKrn 111.
WASHINGTON, April 13. Debate which
has been in progress in tho Oerman Reich
stag over the proposed meat Inspection act
which, If passed, would practically Btop all
Importation of live cattlo and meats Into
Germany, has again revived tho question
of what would the Industrial and com
mercial classes of Germany do for food If
the Imported supply of breodstuffs and
meats should be cut off.
Consul Gcncrnl Mason at Berlin has made
an Interesting report on this subject to the
Stato dopartment under dato of March 9.
During the last century, ho says, the
population of the German empire has in
creased from 20.000,000 to 66,000,000, and u
proportionate Increase would Indicate nearly
100,000,000 pers- ns In Germany at the close
of the twentieth century. Farm, dairy and
garden production does not keep paco by
any means with tho steady Increase of
population nnd only by diverting the capital
and labor which now furthers commerce and
trndo In Germany to tho farms and fields,
can Germany's future food supply bo en
sured. But the task ot turning back tbu
young men of tho rural districts who havo
migrated to the cities and caught tho fever
of trade and traffic, to the nrudgery of farm
llfo. would be n difficult ono Indeed, ai
would alio bo that of attracting to agri
cultural pursuits the capital that now earns
such abundant profits from Industry anl
trade. In conclusion tho consul states that
tho legislation enactwl this year In regard
to tho increase of food supply will havo a
potent Influence In shaping tho economic
lr tory of Germany for years to come.
I'enxloiiN for Ciiproii AVIiIimvn.
WASHINGTON, April 13. The house fa
vorably neted upon tlfty-threo bills, among
which wcro two senato bills to Increase tho
ponslons of 'tho w'dows of Captain Allyn
Capron and Captain Allyn K. t'apron. father
and son, who fell during tho Spanish war
In Cuba. Tim senate fixed the rate for each
of those widows at $10. Tho houso reduced
tho amount to $25 In tho ca-o of tho former
and $30 In tho case of tho latter.
(iillmore .InnIuhciI to Duty.
WASHINGTON, April 13. Meutenant J.
C. Glllmore, who has been on loavo of ah
senco In this city recuporatlng from extreme
hardships Incident tr hlr. rong captivity
among tho Filipinos, today was ordered to
Iminedlntn dutv at sea as oxecutlvo ofllrer
of tho cruiser Prairie, whk-fi will be en
gaged during tho summer In short cruises
with tho naval militia of tho middle Atlantic
and gulf states.
Pollers In Tube Worl.H Hxploile,
WHEF.I.INO. W. Vn., April M.-Two
boilers la tho furnace department of Hlver
side plant of tho Natlonnl Tubo company
exploded todny. carrying tho bol'ers 150
feet and destroying three building and
boilers in the steel works nnd water workH.
Hevorul workmen were Injured, two serl
ously. Three thousand workmen will bo
thrown' out of employment for ten days.
Tho tubo works woro not affected. Loss
about J50.00O
"Tnllnw Dli'lt" Miih Anmver.
FP.ANKFOUT. Ky.. April 13. It. C Ben
jamin, tho colored attorney for "Tallow
Dick" Combs, began to argue tho demurrer
ho (llod to tho responso of tho common
wealth to tho writ of habeas corpus this
morning beforo Judge Cuntrlll, but the
court ruled that it demurrer wns not the
proper way nf procedure, and gavo Ben.
Ininln until tomorrow to file an answer to
the response.
OTllKIt I, AMIS TIIAV (It IIS.
Statistics compiled la Ixindon show tha
the present famine in India Is the forty
fifth that has occurred during the present
century, nnd Is the greatest and most
devastating of all. According to thoso fig
ures, almost every second year during the
whole century has been a famine year, and
tho visits of tho scourge are growing more
frequent, since thero havo been sixteen In
the last twcnty-oiio years. It Is a showing
that reflects severely on the enlightened rule
ot philanthropic England, for It will not do
to say that the causes ot famno nro acts of
Providence, for which the governing power
Is not responsible. A wlso system of gov
ernment would either so nrrango public
works nnd encourage private enterprises as
to rcducu tho danger of famino to a mini
mum, or would manago In some other way
to prevent tho full development of its hor
rors. England, it seems, Is not only not
preventing these vlsltatlous, but Is permit
ting them to Increase, and even now sho Is
paying very llttlo attention to the appeals
of her suffering subjects in India, while
sacrflclng thousands of men and millions of
money to gratify tho ambition of a group of
sordid politicians In South Africa.
Tho Australian delegates nnd the British
crowa ofllccrs nro In a deadlock over the
proposed constitution of tho federal com
monwealth of Australia. That Instrument,
which has been adopted by tho Australian
colonics and submitted for approval to the
queen, contains a clauso providing that the
decisions of tho proposed supremo court of
tho commonwealth shall be final In nil cases
Involving tho Interpretation ot tho federal
constitution or tho constitutions of the
various colonies, Tho clauso Is objected to
by tho crown olllcors as bringing n new
element Into British imperial affairs, tend
ing toward separation and being inimical
to a posslblo future scheme of imperial
federation. Hitherto tho privy council at
London has been tho nnal court of appeals In
all cases adjudicated in the colonial courts.
Tho Australians nro likely to havo tbelr
own way In tho matter, whether or not tho
ties between tho mother country and tho
colonics shall be loosened In consequence.
This Is a part of tho price which Great
Britain must pay for aid In South Africa.
Eveu -whllo cable dispatches wcro an
nouncing hero a few days ago that a rup
ture was Imminent between Itusila aud Tur
key, the Porto had already decided to grant
the nu.vlan railway concessions In Asia
Minor without modification, nnd to make, no
opposition to tho establishment of a Bus
slan coaling station cither In Lomnos, lm
bros or Mltylene. Ofllcial circlea in Con
stantinople, however, continue to be dis
turbed by a dlsputo which has arisen be
tween a German nnd a British company,
which tho Porto Ih expected to settlo with
out offenso to their rcspectlvo countries.
In Kobruary, 1899, the sultan Issued an Irado
practically granting to a German gyndlcato
authority to lay a cable between Kustcndjl,
In Uoumanln, and Constantinople. This con
cession, which only recently was
mado known, Is considered In London and
nt tho Brltlwh embassy In Constantinople, to
bo a deliberate violation of tho firman to
tho Eastern Tolegraph company (British),
which specifies that the company shall havo
prior rights in tbe laying of any cuble be
tween Ottoman ports or between Ottoman
und foreign ports. Tho Eastern company,
therefore, supported by the British em
bassy, has lodged an energetic protest
agulnnt tho lrado in question with the Porto,
Insisting on recognition of Us rights. A
fortnight ngo tho Germans approached the
Turkish authorities with a view to soltllng
details regarding tho landing of tho cable,
as tho syndlcato was almost ready to take
tho work In hand. U Is believed that the
Germans affect to disregard absolutely tho
protest of tho Eastern Telegraph company,
which, they say, concerns only tho Porto.
The syndicate contends that tho English
company cannot lay tho lino fulling the
consent of tho Roumanian government,
which has mado exclusive arrangement with
tho Germans, and that, therefore, the claim
of tho Eastern company to prior rights falls
to tho ground. It lu said to bo the opinion
of German officials in Constantinople that
they will bo nblo to induce tho Porto to
overrule tho privileges of tho English com
pany. Tho British embassy Is said to have
asked for advlco from Downing street In
the matter.
Th hotel of tho late Dr. Evans, In the
Avenuo du Bols de Boulogne, Paris, which
has been rented by tho French government
from tho city of Philadelphia for tho ac
commodation ot distinguished personages
who may bo the ofllcial guests of Franco
during tho expositlou. has been thoroughly
refitted and redecorated, and Is now receiv
ing the furniture, which Is blng supplied
from the National Gardo Meuble, or govern
ment storehouse.
Tho only offlclal visit to France during tho
exposition of which tho French government
has had as yet formal Intimation Is that of
tho shah of Persia. Several other royal and
distinguished personages are expected to
attend, but In most cases tho foreign office
has been advised that theso visitors will
preserve Incognito during tho greater part
of It, If not throughout, tbelr stay, without
prejudice, however, to their calling in their
ofllcial capacity on President Loubet, and
attending receptions which will bo given by
tho latter. It Is llkowlso understood in
Paris that tho personages in question havo
expressed tbe desire that tho cholco may
bo loft open to them of accepting hospitality
in the hotel now styled by Parisians "The
Houso of Forolgn Sovereigns," during a por
tion of their stay, and of residing the re
mainder of the tlmo In tho embassies of
tholr respective countries.
Tho member of Parliament who has gone
to tho war after hanging up tho Houso ot
Commons so that It cannot consldor peace
propositions, Is thus literally a hoot In him
self. Beforo departing for tho Capo, the
member In question, Hubert Duncombo,
conservative, gave notice of a motion on the
conditions of peaco. This Is known In tho
Commons as a "blocking bill," and used to
bo tho chief weapon of tho Irish obstruc
tionists. Until Duncombe moves tho no
tice, or removes it, no member discussing
the war will be ablo to troad In tho slightest
degrco the ground covered by it. The Houso
of Commons will thus bo unablo to discuss
posslblo terms on which tho war may ha
cloted. Surely, this Is a peculiar stato ot
things; but precedent Is precedent in tho
fast-anchored Isle, and Great Britain Is as
likely to drift away from her geographical
moorings ns she Is to break away from tho
bonds cf precodent.
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!,At (illl.( CAS.
Detroit Journnl: Wo nro very quick to
boast of our Anglo-Saxon courage. But.
candidly, do wo nil of us always go and
get our teeth fixed Immediately they need
fixing?
Chicago Tribune: "You kiss the bald spot
on top of your husband's head? How
funny!"
"Not funny nt all. lie got that b.ild npot
scratching- to make a living for ir.o and tho
children."
Indlnnnpnll Journal: "Don't you ever
worry. Billy?"
"Never!"
"How do you get out of It?"
"In daytime I'm too busy, nnd at night
I'm too sleepy?"
Chicago Post: "It's easy enough to tell x
10 to 1 man." remarked the man who
'boasts that ho Is 11 student of human na
ture. "Not If you nre trying to tell htm ins
tiling except 10 to 1," answered tho man
of cynicisms.
Clovoland Plain Dealer: "Mine Is a touch
ing tale," murmured tho stranger with a
heavy sigh.
"Consider me touched," said tho editor
promptly an ho laid n dime before tho
caller and then resumed his editing.
Indianapolis Journal: "Daughter, you
ought to press out that wrinkled plaro In
the back of your dress."
"Oh, pu, you're too foolish! Thoso
wrinkles aro stylish; they show that I
know enough to hold my skirt up In the
right idace."
tiii: niiAii old l-AiiM.
Joo Cone In Puck.
9'hey write ubout tho "dear old farm" In
yards and yards of vorse;
I know of not a subject now that could bn
nny worse.
What Is this "dear old farm," pray tell,
which poets n'er embrace,
This wayback, lifeless, out-of-dnte, old
fashioned humdrum place?
Tho "dear old farm," they sing and ."lng
In ballads full of tire;
Tho "dear old farm," tho echo comes from
off Parnusstis' lyre;
Tha "dear old farm," tho dreamer sighs,
and oyory day Is writ
A thousand lines of tender vers in loving
praise of It.
I'vo lived upon the "dear old farm," and I
can hardly sen
Why poets should bo lauding It to such a
high degree.
There's nothing thero but mllea of woods
whero birds sing all the day,
And pastures on the sunny slopes whers
little lambkins play;
Them's nothing thero but miles of spaco
where breezes sweet nnd mild
Float over from the meadow lands with
Ilowers growing wild;
Thero's nothing but a rlvor there, reftcct-
Intr nuturn's face,
A wludlncr stream of no account, n gleam
of liquid space.
There's nothing thero but fields of com,
und rye and rolling wheat.
With music of tho droning bees who sip the
honey sweet;
Thero's nothing there but orchurds full of
fruit trees bending low,
And lunes whero lovers seek tho shado till
oveiilim's afterglow.
There's nothing there hut rest nnd peace,
where old age looks behind,
Across the years of honest toll with well-
contotited mind.
And so I cannot understand what poets se
to charm
Them into wrtsfng yards of verso about
tho "dear old furm."
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