Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, May 19, 1900, Page 6, Image 6
Tim Omaha IulyJBkk. H. IIOSKU ATKU, LMitor. PUM-ISIIED UVKKY M0HN1NU. TEP.MS OF 8f IJSCItlPTlON. IDnlly Hen (without Hunday). Ono Ycar.JJ.lO Daily lies mid Sunday. "ne Year 8.00 Illustrated Dec, Olio Year 200 Hunday Hce, Ono Yoar S.00 Haturday Hee, Ono Year I'M Weekly Hce, Ono Year 65 OFF1CHH. Omnha: The lire Building. ., Bouth Omalm: City Mall Hulldlng, Twenty-fifth nr.d N streets. Council muffs: 10 Pearl Street. Chicago: 1SI0 I'nlty Building. Nw York: Templo Court. Washington: 501 Fourteenth btrcct. HIoux City: fill Park Street. COItUKSI'ONDK.NCK. Communications rolntlng to news and edi torial matter should bo addressed: Omaha Hec, Editorial Department. HUSINESB LHTTEHS. Business letters nnd remittances should be addressed: Tho Hco Publishing Com pany, Omaha. HKM1TTANCES. Tlemlt by draft. express or postal order, payablo to The lleo Publishing Company. Only 2-cent stamps accepted In payment of mall accounts. Personal checks, except on Omaha or Eastern exchanges, not accepted. THE HUE PUHM3IHNO COMPANY. State of Nebraska, Douglas County, ss : Ocorgo II. Tsschuck, secretary of Tho Boo I'ublljhltiK Company, being duly sworn, says thnt the. nctuul number of full nnd complcto roples of Tho Dally, Morning, Kvcnlng nnd Sunday Hco, printed during tho month of April, 1D00, was ua follows: 1 117.7 in If! 2VJIW 2 ii7,io n aT.aao us, i so is , 27,:t'-:t) 4 iis.ii'jo is i!7,8:" B u7,io si ar," 6 S7,N1!0 21 us.imo 7 Ur.SIM) 22 ItT.UJMI f '-'S,Sr, 23 U7.IIIO 117,11 10 21 BS.OIIO 10 rs,:t(io 2,-, S7,oo 11 us.:i7o ;b U7,oo 12 U7,tl20 27 l!7,Ur. 13 27,H.'IO 2S 1:7,710 H i:7,lli:o 29 S7.1MIO is us.oao so -7,aoi) Total s:i, i r.r! Less unsold and returned copies.... 10,07 1 Not total sales 8ur.,o8i Net dally average !i7.sia c.Eonoi: b. Tzsciircic. Btibscrlheri nnd nwoni before mo this 1st day of May, 1900. STOCKTON HKTir. (Sc.i1j Notary Public. OiinnlnKhiiiii It. Scott Is no lotiRor ou tho bench. Hut thoro arc other judges. And now the bilkers propose lo start a, cooperative bakery 1C they can only mako a raise. .lust now tho weather man is tho only public ofllelul actively encaged on the plilo of tho people In their tight against tho Ico trust. Tho work of defacing tho High school grounds has begun. Tho architect does not propose to let anything get away from him, If taking time by the fore lock will prevent. Oanadlan detectives are again discov ering Fenian plots with a rendezvous at Huffulo. That Fenian plot was discov ered In Omaha at the very outbreak of the South African war. Nebraska dentists have just reorgan ized for another year's campaign upon tho teeth of Nebraska people. In these days of prosperity tho dental crop ought to bo ub prollllc as any other. The government of Nicaragua has presented the American minister with a handsome walking stick. As long as lio is not presented with his walking Iapcrs tho minister will bo all right. Attorney t'ieneral Smyth seems to be too busy with politics and contempt enses to pay any attention to the Omaha Ico trust, notwithstanding tho general demand of tne people that Its extortions be curbed. Pavements sometimes get to a point where rouowal Is nioro economical than repair. That is the condition of a num ber of Omaha streets. Patching old garments after they are worn out Is poor economy. Tho Nebraska delegation to tho Meth odist general conference will earn a brass band reception 011 their return if they can bring back with them the restoration of Omaha as tho seat of the bishop for this district. The secretary of tho treasury has is sued n call for the redemption of $'V 000,000 of government bonds. More evl denco that the country Is not now liv ing under the burden of democratic hard times. The article which the fusion Judges of the supreme court object to as calcu lated to impugn their honor was printed in Tho Itoe, April 10. In a word, it has taken these Judges nearly a month to discover that their honor was c-wluii-uered. Tho .Tacksonlans and the County Democracy are preparing again to ap point themselves delegates to their Ptato and congressional conventions. Wlicro tho other democrats come In will rcaulro tho aid of a telescope to dis cover. The high court of public opinion, which Is higher than 'any other court In tho land, is always In session, it never gets insulted and docs not have to pro tect Its honor or maintain Its dignity by throttling free speech or abridging the freedom of the press. The line of communication Is down between tho governor's otllce at Lincoln and the Asylum for the Feeble Minded at Heatrlce. Latest reports from the sceno Indleato that Dr. Lang was en trenched behind a Judicial kopje and had nmple provisions to stand a siege. K.vQueen Lil of Hawaii announces that she Is going back to the Islands never to return to this country. It Is really too bail that Washington Is to bo deprived of the only lilt of royalty which gave llfo In the capital clly an aristocratic flavor, but we will try to tnuko tho best of tho situation. Former Democratic; State Chairman .Tim Dahlnum gives It out publicly that he Is for tailing the Bryan ticket up with Towne. Dahlnmn, however, Is not a member of the Nebraska delegation to Kansas City anil will have no vote thoro to cast for Mr. Towne. Neither does ho say whether or not he has had im Inspirutiou from Coloucl Bryan, HI. Uh I' OF MA fKKlXU I The siege of .Mafeklng has ociitpieil a prominent place among the Incidents of the South African war since the beginning of tho conflict and the relief of that place has naturally caused great Joy In F.nglund. The siege began on October l, isyn, two days after the declaration of war, and was led by ciieral I'roiiJe In person until he went to Klmberley to oppose Methiieu. The defense of Mafeklng wn conducted by Colonel Baden-Powell, with about L'.ooo men and one battery of artillery, and there are few parallels to the gallantry. the tenacity ami the fortitude the small garrison has shown. The place was bombarded almost dally and while oc casional sorties were made the British forco was too small and lt weapons too Ineffective to make headway against the besieging force. For sometime the garrison nnd the people of the besieged town have been subsisting on short rations, a portion of which consisted of horse and mule meat, but the hardships and privations were patiently borne, none showing greater heroism than tho women. When the full story of Mafeklng shall be told there Is no doubt It will be found one of tho most heroic Instances of de votion and fortitude In all history and It is certainly another notable example of British pluck and tenacity. Tho com mander, Colonel Baden-Powell, has demonstrated that ho Is a bravo and able boldior, who deserves to be gener ously rewarded, as no doubt ho will be, by tho government. Tho strategic Importance of Mafeklng was evidenced by the prolonged Boer Investment of tho place and Its relief must therefore be regarded as a de cided gain for tho British. 1177.1 T THE KXVurS tYAiiT. There Is reason to think that the Boer envoys are not well informed as to the obligations Imposed upon nations by International law and that they came hero with still less knowledge of the traditional policy of tho United States respecting affairs in tho Old World. At tho reception in New York ono of tho delegates Is reported to have said: "We do not ask you to tight for us, but wo ask you to say to England, 'Stop!' and wo think that if the word was said tho war would bo stopped." Perhaps the envoys seriously believe that a man date from tho United States to England to stop tho war would bo promptly obeyed. It may be that they are so disingenuous as to think that tho In lluenco of this republic Is of such com manding forco that it has but to di rect Great Britain to cease hostilities and tho order will at once go forth to Lord Koberts to halt his armies nnd prcparo for peace. But no rational American entertains any such Idea, though there are men In congress who seem to bellevo that a declaration of sympathy with the Boers by our gov ernment might cause England to at least modify her policy in regard to the republics of South Africa. It is iorhaps needless to say that If tho United States should oven intimate to the British government that In the Judgment of this country the war ought to stop, it would justly be regarded as a most unfriendly act, If not indeed fairly constituting a cause of war. Such a suggestion would most certainly bo sharply and vigorously resented and we should have to choose between accept ing a rebuff In silence or taking up arms to mako good our pretensions to settle a conflict In which as a nation wo have no Interest. Suppose some government had said to the United States, after tho destruction of the Spanish fleet at Santiago, that (lie war ought to stop, can anybody doubt what the reply of tho United States would hnve been? We should have resented such Inter ference In no uncertain terms and warned tho government that it would bo held responsible If It persisted in thus disregarding international obliga tions. Wo should expect such a response from England If our government pre sumed to say to that country that the war In South Africa ought to stop and very likely all tho nations would con demn our presumption. Persistence would bo dangerous and a backdown humiliating. Moreover, It would be a departure from our traditional policy of nonintervention in Old World affairs that might have grave consequences. The government of the United States transmitted the proposals of the Boer republics to tho British government and tendered its good otliccs In the Interest of peace In South Africa. It was cour teously, but firmly, told by the British government that tliero could be no mediation. There Is, therefore, nothing more that the United States can do, with a proper regard for Its Interna tional obligations and Its established policy. It would compromise our own dignity and offend Great Britain to re new tho tender of mediation and to propose intervention or say to England that tho conflict in South Africa ought to stop would be to Invito war. In which England might have the sym pathy of all other powers. The Boer delegates want that which It. Is Impossible for the United States to grant. THE SU.yPAY lltE. Tho Bee Sunday will furnish readers with unusual high class literary and pictorial features in addition to all the news of the world. The Bee stands unrivaled In Its news service, em bracing special foreign cable letters, special telegraphic correspondence anil readable reports of all the local news events. The regular Sunday depart ments are moreover complete, compre hensive and up-to-date. The Illustrated Beo Sunday varies Its frontispiece by reproducing a handsome photogiaph of one of the line palm specimens in llanscom park In a pic ture artistically perfect in every detail. An article illustrated by a second view of the palm house explains the rare varieties of tropical plants which few people In Omaha know are at their very door. A page of Lincoln society girls posed In costumes appropriate for tho differ ent athletic sports which they pursue will be of Interest not only to their friends at the state capital, but where- THE OMATTA over plitures of intelligent beauty ate appreciated. Two character sketches, one of Sir William Van Home as the most versa tile American railroad man. and the other of Congressman Moody of .Massa chusetts, with portraits of the subjects, cover timely topics. Carpenter's letter tells of his trip to some of the Muni chiefs, particularly the sultan of .toK with pictures show ing Carpenter himself lined up with the Datto and his favorite wife and son, together with glimpses of life In our eastern Islands. A group of snap shots at the field day games of the State university, In eluding the pole vault, hurdle race, 1(h) yard dash and the university mascot, will prove attractive to lovers of col lege sport. Among the miscellaneous subjects pic tured are a group of an Initiation team of the Knights or Ak-Sar-Ben; a view of the new Jungmauu school at South Omaha; a group of candymakers In nn Omaha factory; a uniformed guard of tho Maccabees In Perry, la.; portraits of Uev. B. M. Stephenson, the new pas tor of the Second Presbyterian church in Omaha; of Dr. Karl A. Council, an Omaha prize winner at au eastern med ical competition, and of Nixon Water man, formerly au Omalia newspaper man, who has attained literary honors. Taken altogether, the issue of The Bee Sunday sets a standard unsiirpas-ed by any metropolitan newspaper. Be sure to buy it. If not already a sub scriber. -4 OrXIDtJObV IiAME UEFRXSK. Tho Bryanlte organ of these parts has rushed to the defense of tho fusion State Board of Equalization, composed of tho governor, treasurer and state au ditor, In Its scandalous exhibition of subserviency to the railroad corpora tions. In the, face of the notorious fact that the railroads have added millions of dollars worth of rolling stock to their equipment, "and made millions of dollars worth of terminal and roadbed Improvements, and In the face of the fact that their earnings have more than trebled within the past five years, the sham reform olllcials have tixed the rail road assessment for lflOO at the very same tlgures as that of 1SK8 nnd 181M. In justification of tills shameless be trayal of trust on tho part of these fusion state otllcers tho mortgage rec ords of Douglas county are cited and garbled to show that the proprietors of Tho Beo building are taxed much lower as compared with actual value and In come than are the railroads. If this wero true, It would still be no defense for tho outrage perpetrated by Governor Poynter nnd his colleagues upon the other taxpayers of Nebraska. But It is not true. In tho llrst place, the mortgage on Tho Bee building, which Is quoted at ?410,000, Is only $210,000, and the gross Income, quoted at .$tH,000, was only $.".1,000 for tho year 18!)!). In the next place, the total amount of taxes paid on Tho Bee building for 1S! Is over $1,000 more than it was In 1S07, notwithstanding that the income from the properly has decreased, whereas tho aggregate tax levied on railroad property Is left the same, while their property value and Income have enormously increased. Incidentally the figures quoted by the World-Herald, which Is championing tho flagrant disregard of duty on tho part of the Board of Equalization, are also false as regards the rental paid by the water company for its olllces In The Beo building, which it lias persistently paraded as ?(5,000 a year, when In fact it never reached that ligure and Is now less than $,",000. It Is not. however, to bo expected that anything relating to The Beo or its owners would receive decent and honorable treatment In the columns of tho World-Herald. Quito apart from any personal matter, tho farmers of Nebraska, who care noth ing about tho mortgage on The Beo building, have a right to ask, Why have Governor Poynter, Treasurer Meserve and Auditor Cornell, who were elected on pledges to equalize ttie burdens no toriously evaded by the giant corpora tions, violated their promises and closed their ears to tho demand of the tax payers, whose interests they are sworn to protect? When Governor Poynter asks for an endorsement of his 1 ofllelul acts this fall how will ho explain this dereliction of duty, Vhlcli he will not bo allowed to shift upon Meservo nnd Cornell, who have nothing further to expect from the people. Tho tenacity with which Uusslan diplomatists pursue their object is cer tainly a lit subject for admiration. When Bussla wants anything it goes to work to secure it. Its representa tives may lie denied their request, but they keep right on. To threats of war retaliation no heed Is paid. Finally, when tho matter Is supposed to have been dropped comes tho announcement that the desired concession lias been gained. Tho uew acquisition of one of tho tinest harbors in Corea Is au In stance at point. Japan threatened, Eng land and Germany Indicated their dis approval, but now comes the statement that Hussiu's request has been granted and there has been no war and no In dications of one. The governor of Montana considers that the state has some rights which are worthy of consideration In tho sena torshlp contest. The governor should be more careful In the future regarding the character of the suns he puts on when he leaves the state. A man who will purchase a seat In the senate Is none too good to resort to trickery to retain that seat when in danger of being ejected. Governor Poynter finds his white washing report on ihe condition of af fairs at the Beatrice asylum decidedly Inconvenient at present. Hail the gov ernor possessed the courage to tell tho whole truth In that report he would not now be placed In the light of con tradicting himself In order to secure the removal of the objectionable superin tendent. A democratic party organ In Chicago issues nn ultimatum that Towne must not be endorsed at Kansas City, but that T) ATLT TCTCE: SATITT?rAV, MAY 10, 1H00. Br.van must be the populist and silver republican p picseniatlve on the dem ueruttc ticket. If Bryan a good enough for them In ISl'tt he must be good enough lor them now. It says, and the other place left for a democrat. This again raises the question, Is Bryan 11 democrat V Omaha business men can well a (ford to encoitrane Yankton In it desire t secure direct railroad coiiiiecilon wlih this city. A railroad which would upon up the central portion of South Dakota to Omaha trade would be of Incalcu lable benellt. The territory Is naturally tributary to Omaha, but by reason of poor railroad facilities Omaha N at a dlsadvaiPiiue commercially over cities much further removed. I lie Spoil of Ph-no. Philadelphia North American. Extirpation of fieo government In South Africa now secmH Imminent. The Bccra nro hopelessly outnumbered and all that la loft to them seems to be iloRged retreat and tho destruction of everything In their country that tho Invaders covet. A ruined nnd desolato land may bo tho spoil of Urltaln'3 piracy. .Mllil Slnli'ini'iit of a I'nct, Olobc-Democrat. Neither of the national conventions of tho big parties of 1000 will be ns catncl.VBinli: as a Us predecessor of lMitl. Neverthe less tho gathering In Philadelphia will not only namo tho next prenldcnt nnd vice presi dent, but it will formulate, the policy which will prevail for many years In the futui-.i nnd thu will be of great consequence to the country. ll-roi- of 'hiii Warn. Chicago Chronicle. Admiral Dewey closed n memorable tour through tho south by unveiling a memorial of Admiral Farragut at I.ov;"s ferry on tuu Tennessee river. The hero of Manila nnd tho hero of Mobllo arc thu two most com manding figures in American naval history. If tho former should emtilato tho latter In refusing political temptation? IiIh name will go lown In history equally untarnished. Second I lie Motion. Washington Star. Chicago and Cleveland hnve deel .ll'nd war ngalnst tho billboard nuisance nnd propo-ie ' to mako a vigorous effort to havo it abated. Tho practlco of permitting bills and advor- I Using hlgns to bo put up In liny anil all ' Forts of places hae been carried to extremes 1 In thofio cities nnd the consequence Is th' disfigurement of pleasure grounds nnd parka 1 nnd tho Haunting In tho faco of the public of objectionable handbills. If publlo opln- ' Ion can bo awakened and crystallized tho practl :o can probably be stopped. Those cities are not the only ones, however, wh.lt h have buffered from this nuisance. A llttlo ' stricter regulation concerning these would meet with public approval. I'l AKnlnnt Tivo Talli. Huffnlo Kxuress. According to Tho Omaha nee. tho pro gram drawn by Ilryan for tho guidance of his friends In tho populist convention In cluded threo alternatives. They wero to refer tho vice presidential nomination to a commlttco with power to act; to select ev ernl names for submission to the demo cratic convention, or to nominate n man Who WOUld Withdraw If tho ilnnmprnls .11,1 not accept him. It will bo remembered that i tho first two propositions wero mndo at the I convention and defeated. It Is assumed ' that Towno represents the third plan. Hut can nryan afford to let him withdraw m case tho democrats Insist on naming their i own candidate? Wouldjhot that course tend , to drivo the fusion nouullsts Into thn mid. dle-of-thc-road party? "iioi:i;i.m; tin: wiini.n tiiino." .1 1'Vtt Pointed Itcnim-kK on the Monv I'ulln Ilenl. New York World. "Will Towno withdraw?" has become a burning question out west. Tho action of tho populist convention In nominating a full ticket nnd making a platform a yard long In tho smallest typo has "complicated tho situation." When the Sioux Falls convention meem blcd those who were opposed to nominating a candidate for vice president said, with greaf generosity, that "something ought to be left to tho democratic convention." This was not unreasonable In' view of the fact that tho democrats must furnish at least 7,500,000 of tho 8,000,000 votes which a fusion ticket Is expected to poll. Hut modesty Is not n characteristic of the populists! And bo, not content with selecting a presidential candidate) and making a nlatform for tho democrats, tho convention nominated Mr. Towne, a recent republican, for vice presi dent. This la what might be called, In the ver nacular of tho sagebrush states, "hogging tho wholo thing." Hut the nominee Is be lloved to bo willing to withdraw should tho democratic convention decide that It was, entitled at least to select a candidate of Its oun for the second place. It Is perhaps for tunate thnt the populists are willing to conccdo so much. TIIU'.I) YOM'NTHKHH. Snlillern In the Philippine Sulil lo lie AVenry of tho .lob. Philadelphia North American. Between 500 and 600 volunteer officers In tho Philippines, it is reported, havo ten dered their resignations, giving tho expla nation that they want to return homo be cause it Is sure death from dlseaso to re main In tho Philippines. Ono of tho offlcero says: "Tho troublo Is that tho boys aro not permitted to go after tho enemy and finish them, ns is generally understood to bo tho thing In warfare. They have to do a Eort of pollen duly, and that means lying in rain-soaked camps and only occasionally having brushes with tho enemy. Death from disease always stares them In tho face." These young men either nro not good sol diers or they nro not frankly honest in giving their reasons for wishing to leavo tho service. They volunteered to perform whatever military service might be required of them, nnd tho presumption Is that they npproved tho purpose nnd methods of tho government in making wat upon tho Fili pinos nnd deemed It a patriotic duty to enlist in tho army. It is tho business of a poldlor to faco death In any form In which It may confront hlni. Ho may prefer the hullot, but ho knows that tho microbe Is lying in wait for him, und Is more likely to got him. Swamp fever and tho diseases of camp enn kill him no deader than shrap nel, If less gloriously, and If he bo a bit of a philosopher ho will reflect. "Whnt Is glory to a man when his wife Is a widow?" Fear of disease and lack of opportunity to slaughter Filipinos aro not good ex cuses for flunking. If tho volunteer otllcers think they aro serving In a bad cauae, and do not want to assist In the subjugation of tho Filipinos, that Is another mitter, but la that case let them glvo the true reason for their deslro to resign end como home, it such were their reasons, however, they could not consistently complain of not being permitted to "go after the enemy and finish them." Perhaps tho ofnrer who assumes to speak for these 500 or 600 volunteers is not au thorized to do to, and does not slate tho caso correctly. Ho may have spoken care lessly when he said tho boys were eager to "finish" tho FHIplnoa. It is morn likely that the task of killing off the natives of Luzon, being no longer novel, has becomo repugnant to them. If that be thn case, let them say so boldly and honestly, and not pretend that fear of death makf them anxious to abandon the toldlcr i tratlo of killing isd being kllltl, in iii.h i. mis than tit its. The llritlsh mial Journals arc comment Ing with miuii enthusiasm upon a scheme for the establishment of an extenshe ar mor plating arid gun plant on th banks of tho Tees, near Durham. The projector.' of this new "nntlonal forge." as It Is called, hae Just returnwl from visits to (lermnny nnd France, vherc they have sought from steel workers (he most recent Impnncmcnln In tho forging of steel plate and guns. A commission consoling of the general man ager of the Woardnle Steel company, tho general manager of the South Durham Steel company, Mr. Thomas Westworth, and Mr. Stephen Funic?, son of Sir Christopher Furness, is now on Us way to this country In order to report upon the methods of man ufacturing armor plat' nnd stool here. The Hellenic of the projectors Includes the erec tion of hydraulic presses having a force ex ceeding nny others In the world. I.athc are also to bn built having boring arrange ments lilted so that a thlrteen-lnch gun can bo bored simultaneously from both ends. Heavy duplex plating and Blotting machines are also to be net up. The site where this grwit nrmor workshop will be ojtablluhed Is practically on tho coast and the nil vantage that must accrue from Its accessi bility to water carriage Is favorably com mon ted on. It Is asserted that when these works are completely equipped they will be nblo to produce n much armor plale ns nil tho other works In Oreat Hrllnln put to gether and the country will thus hnve tho ndvnntago of n practically unlimited source of supply for the purposro of national de fense. Tho projectors hnve received every encouragement from tho first lord of tho admiralty to bring thoir work lo a practical stnto at the earliest possible moment. A significant stop has Just been taken by tho Austro-Hungarlan military authori ties In eocemptlng from military rcrvire, In certain circumstances, persons engaged In the promotion of tho export trade of tho empire. Hitherto they have maintained that tho interests of the army were para mount over all others. It is thought that their net Ion was prompted partly by tho hopo that the bitterness of the race conflict 'it homo might bo le.-sencd somewhat by Increased commercial activity. H H notd that these privileges nrc specially extended to all persons engaged In promoting trade In countries outside of Kurope, and a large ex cursion of AUHtro-Htingnrlan youth Into South Africa Is looked for ns soon a Ihe prment war Is over and tho peaceful cur rent of buslncbs affairs Is resumed. Tho correspondent of (he Iondon Times In Vi enna says that thero is no reason why Austria should not becomo n formidable rival In manufactures of Oermnny. or even of Franco and Kngland. Austria, he argues, already excels (Jermany In tastefulness nnd In certain hand-mado goods nnd has only fallen behind In mechanical productions through tho faults of n system which it Is now proposed to remedy. Speedy prog ress, however. Is not very probable If a "top cannot bo put to the political dissen sions which parnlyze all kinds of financial nnd Industrial enterprise. Tho Uusslan Imperial council, It Is said, has abolished transportation to Siberia and nrbltrary exile without Judicial Inquiry. Such n reform has long been regarded by students of Uusslan development ns Inev itable. Tho empire's ambition to rank In nil things progressive with tho great west ern powers and to surpass them In some, could never be fully realized so long as It maintained a penal system founded on nn ancient barbarism. That tho reform has como at this time Is no doubt duo to tho rapid development of Siberia as a rich nnd vnst agricultural district nnd the deterrent effect of lis old reputation upon Immigration of the best sort. Tho enormity of tho crlnio against hu manity perpetrated In the namo of Justice Is set forth In the statemont that, thero aro in Siberia today some 300,000 exiles, half of them consigned to a living death without Judicial trial and presumably n largo per centage of them innocent of the offenses of which they were accused. The penal camps are crowded with members of noble families, with fair women nnd bravo men aged In middle life, with nn army of university stu dents who, at most, were guilty of the ardor of youth ln sympathizing with the cause of oppression. Siberia has been for many years tho srene of the greatest tragedy known to Hufsinn history. With tho curtain rung down upon it for all time, the world will bo udvaneed an other step nnd the empire will bo free fiom Its vllo3t reproach ns It knocks at tho door of western progress and emancipation from raediaevallsm. There are some Interesting facts In tho prefaco iNhleh Mr. Charles Edward Troup of tho English Homo ofllco has written to tho criminal statistics of Great nrltaln. for 1S9S. He shows that an apparent In crease In the body of offence is duo to tho multiplication of new nnd comparatively trivial statutory transgressions, and proves n considerable diminution lu what is com monly understood 'by crime. This reached Its maximum In the '60s and from 1S6S has steadily declined. Forgery and coining havo decreased at tho greatest pace. Tho only classes whkli show an Increaso aro crimes against morals and tho miscella neous claps, in the former tho Increase Is mainly duo to thn now offenses created by tho criminal law amendment act (188.1) and In tho latter partly to that cause and partly to tho Increase of charges of attempting to commit suicide. Sulcldci has Increased pretty steadily slnco 1858. Mr. Troup, dividing tho Interval Into periods of five yenrs, finds that tho nvcrago proportion of suicides to every 100,000 of the population has gone up from about lH-i to more than 0 per cent. He, notes that there Is good reason to bellevo that relatively to tho number of crimes committed tho number of persons commit ting them Is smaller and that since the re duction of sentences the greater number of misdeeds are committed by habitual offenders. It Is plain that the czar has create'.! n great and favorable Imprecslon among tho masses of his subjects by tho unpreten tious part which he took In tho religion services of Pasion wo?k In Moscow. In tho olden time It was tho custom for the czar to walk Into tho Kremlin on Palm Sun day lending an nas, In humble Imitation of Christ's entry Into Jerusalem. Tho present autocrat did not revive this practice, but ho and his wife entered tho cathedral unan nounced nnd unattended at 2:.10 o'clock In tho morning nnd, Joining Ihe body of com mon worshipers, prayed with them for an hour and a half The Pan Shvonic Svlot, commenting upon this action, rnuarkn: "Not to very long ago a mighty Christian monarch trod tho sacred ground of the Savior's pathway Into Jerusalem and. dressed In an extraordinary garb, with a riding switch in one hand nnd the other hand resting up-n his sword (even before Ihe Holy Sepulchre), he proclaimed aloud Ihe prwer and glory of his people That pilgrimage brought direr, material advantage. What a contrast havo we hero! Not in the panoply of a warrior, not In a splendid co.tumo invented for thn occasion, nor In the midst of military at tendants In a foreign Mohammedan coun try having pehf'JMnn of the holy places. b'H In bis own clly, the cradle of Russia, with out tho members cf his suite, with his wife on his arm und In ordinary every-d.iy drn,s. the czar worshiper mixes with his pcoplo and humhly bends tho knee before the Iird." It is to be noted, however, that no circumstance of eciieslshllcil, military or regal pomp whs absent when tho var par ticipated Inter oo In the mldmsbt ecruc of Eiater eve. IS THIS CONTEMPT Of COURT? The Articles of Which Complaint is Made that the Honor of the Supreme Court is Impugned Sentences in Brackets Arc Innuendoes Inserted by Attorney General, cor vr i. WORTHY OF SKIHOUS CONSIDKHATtONV Have you formed or expressed an opinion In this ease? Is the ijues tlon asked of every Juror before he Is sworn. If he answers in the atllrniatlve, the question Is asked whether ho still retains the opinion expressed. If he says he does, the Juror Is promptly excused from solving liy reason of being disqualified. The test of Impartiality applied to Jurors Is equally applicable to Judges. It Is au established principle that It Is not proper for it Judge to try an Indictment signed by him ns prosecuting attorney. The same principle finds expression In tho constitutions of many states that disqualify Judges from sitting lu any oao In which they have direct or Indirect Interests, or In which they had nn interest before they be came Judges. The point raised by City Attorney Council In the Omaha I'ollce Commission case (meaning thereby to refer to the objections which had been llled by said Council as counsel for the said mayor and city council of the city of Omahu to Silas A. llolcomb, one or the Judges of the supreme court of the stnto of Nebraska, participating us a Judge of said court, lu the iletennlnatlon of the eause of the Stale of Nebraska on relation of Constantino .1. Smyth, attorney general, against Frank A. Kennedy, et ul, aforesaid, then pending lu said court), thnt .ludgc llolcomb (meaning said Silas A. llolcomb. one of the Judges of said court) Is disqualified from taking part lu Its (mean ing the said case of tho Stnte of Nebraska against Frank A. Kennedy, et nl, pending ns iiforesald) homing Is worthy of serious considera tion. While acting ns governor .Midge llolcomb intonnlng Hie said Silas A. llolcomb, Judge aforesaid) was n parly lo the proceeding (meaning the proceeding and cause of the said Stale of Nebraska against Kennedy, et al, pending as uforesald), which the supreme court (ineaulng the supreme court of Nebraska), of which he (meaning the said Silas A. llolcomb) is a member, Is now asked to reopen and review, (lovernor llolcomb (meaning the said Silas A. llolcomb. Judge ns iiforesald) was not merely a parly lo the appointment of the dis placed board, but he was a partisan In Its behalf. His views (meaning the views of the said Silas A. llolcomb. Judge ns aforesaid), on the validity of the I'ollce commission law (moaning the law the validity of which wits Involved In the said case of the state of Nebraska against Frank A. Kennedy, et al, as aforesaid), that was declared un constitutional by the supreme couit, were published while that ease was pending, giving lu au exhaustive form the reasons why lie (mean ing the said Silas A. llolcomb, Judge as aforesaid) believed the court (meaning the said supreme court) to be wrong. Having prejudged the case (meaning thereby that the said Silas A. llolcomb. one of the Judges of the supreme court of Nebraska, hail prejudged or decided In advance of the deterinlnallon thereof by the court the said case of tho Slate of Nebraska against Frank A. Ken nedy et al). Judge llolcomb (meaning thereby the said Silas A. llol comb, Judge as n foresaid), must certainly realize that It would be in conflict with the spirit, If not tho letter, of the constitution and the laws for him (meaning thereby the said Sllai A. llolcomb. Judge as aforesaid), to use his Judicial position (meaning thereby the Judicial position of the said Silas A. llolcomb. as Judge, as aforesaid). 'to sus tain himself (meaning thereby said Silas A. llolcomb, JiiiIrc. as aforesaid). In his former declarations (moaning thereby the deilara tlons of the said Silas A. llolcomb. Judge, as aforesaid, and mean ing also thereby to charge that, the said Silas A. llolcomb, as Judge of said court, would, by participating In the decision of the' said cause of the State of Nebraska against Kennedy, et al. pending as aforesaid, violate the constitution of the state of Nebraska, the laws of s"ald state and the oatb of ofllco of the said Silas A. llolcomb, as judge of said court, und would decide the cause aforesaid not according to law, but In violation thereof.) To set the precedent by participating in this case (meaning the case of the State of Ne braska against Frank A. Kennedy, et al. iiforesald), after Inning formed and expressed an opinion (meaning thereby that the said Silas A. llolcomb, judge, as aforesaid, bad expressed an opinion in tho said cause of tho State of Nebraska against Kennedy, et al) would lower the standard of the tribunal (meaning the supreme court of the state of Nebraska), In which Impartial nnd equal Justice Is expected to be administered (meaning thereby that If the said Silas A. llolcomb did participate as Judge in the determination of the said cause .of the State of Nebraska against Kennedy, et al, Im partial and equal justice would not be administered by said court lu said last mentioned cause)and whose unbiased Interpretation of the constitution Is tho bulwark of our freo institutions. (?0 -3 POLITIC I, I)It 1 1" If IMck Croker Is socially ostracized In Kngland, as threatened, Tammany will cease Its h's forthwith. Philadelphia has raised all of the con vention fund. The last quartor of It re quired a surgical operation. Candidate Parker hah Jumped Into tho arena of prophecy, The sad fate of Dill Jones doesn't work as a warning, The Hon. Tom Patterson of Denver dropped a few chunks of his voice at Sioux Palls and the Jasprred town Is sizzling jet. i Voters too fastidious to support nominee) i of old parlies may fall back on Swallow and YVolIey. There Is a ticket "as Is a ticket." Montana Clark may not bo a circus ath lete, but the manner In which he landed on the spot he left shows he can do a neat "turn" when nece:cary. In order to accommodate tho weary demo crats Kansas City hotels will put five beds In each room and sockltu'um for $5 a day. That's letting them off chenp. Mr. Towna's front porch at Duluth will not bo enlarged for campaign purpoaw. Tho risk of encountering a frot In that locality is too great to Invite a crowd. Tho campaign for governor In Illinois has been opened with a corkscrew. Opponents of the republican nominee charge his loug dead father with a weakness for Jags. Hon. Jim Helford, known to fame aB thn "Red-headed Rooster of the Rockies," flew the silver coop tho other day and landed In the republican poultry yard without ruffling a feather. Democratic congrrHslunal leaders aro amusing themsflveti counting unhatcho.l po litical chickens. Imagining they will havo a majority in tho next house several of thorn are bolng groomed for tho speaker fblp. Winficld T. Durban, the republican nom inee for tho governorship of Indiana, his had a varied career. After completing his education In a district school and In a business college ho biv.imo a school teicher, thon turned traveling Kilcman and ftn.illy became successful as a banker. Straw Hats W Underwear AND Most men, when the first warm days of Spring come, begin to think of lighter underwear and straw hats. A good many buy these articles without thought. They don't discover that straw hats of heavy weaves and loaded down with a sort of varnish, arc heavier than the old winter derby. We have the light-weight hats in cither rough or smooth straws, and with plenty of room for choice as to the height, width and band. Same with underwear we have the cool kinds. Have you looked at our soft shirts? Browning, King & Co., R. S. Wilcox, Manager. I Omaha's Only Exclusive Clothiers (or Men and Uoy. (.0 (?) (i (?) - 0 0 iuti;i:,v ami iiuuniT. liidlunapolH Journal: "Aunt Minerva, did you ever Ret up In the night nnd taks a doxo of medicine lu tho dark?" "No, dear; I tried It once or twice, but It always turned out to be shoe polish or hair tonic " Philadelphia Times: Vacation Is becom Ing quite an earliest subject of school study. The word really means "emptiness," 'yet who will say there's nothing lu It? Chicago Tribune: "Fellow citizens." tho Impassioned orator exclaimed, waving his hand aloft, "I stand light by tho plat form'" "What s the matter with standing on It?" piped a thin vnlee In the crowd. Detroit Journal: The Layman-Do vou think your church Is being run hs It would be If the Lord Himself were pastor? The Pastor Vou perhaps mean If the Lord were president of the Ladles' aux iliary. Chicago Record: "What Is tact, pa? "Tact, son Is nhllltv to know you-ve dons the wrong tiling without waiting for some body to come almig and toll you you-vo done It." Cleveland Plain Dealer: Ilriggs I hopi you have nut been worrying about that nvn I one you?" flrlsfs Not a bit. old man. If I had I never would have !et you huvo It. Wllll.V V Tll Kit HMiNS A CUKCK. Huston Courier. They've lately served poor father up In quite sureastie truck, "When father sings a lullaby," "When father carves the duck," And when he monkeys this or that To any rhymester s beck. Hut no one yet has sung about When father slcns a check. Tho old man isn't up to dale lu table manners, p'raps, And doesn't talk, or walk, or dress I.Ike modern college chaps: Hut on his liuslnes- habits, sir. There's neither Itaw nor tick You've got h paper good as sold When father signs a i heck He uses tbe i-olomal nulli The let (!.. of l-i nanii Are rugged .i ihe band thai writi I'nevenlj tbe same Hut miii i. in bet till iewel n Thnt kliiKlv i low ns bide. K The hanks rminl out lie mii.isll lien falher signs a hr k V i i i i