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?ny that the aetual number of full and
complete copies of The Dally, Morning.
Bvenlng nnd Sunday Hee. printed during
the month of .May, 1900, wns as follows:
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; 7,,-.ni) ii ati.iioo
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Subscribed nnd sworn before me this 1st
day of June, 1900. M. H. Hl'NOATK.
(Seal.) Notary Public.
1'AIITIKS IjUAVIXJ! FOR SUMMUH.
Vnrtle lemlni? Hie city for
iUf summer mny hnvt The Hco
nent 1 tlinii rFRtiliirlr 1y
notlfjIiiK The Hee IminIiichk
oilier, In person or ly mnll.
The iiililress will ho l-linuucd
nil often iin ilcslred.
Stand up before tlio census mnn-or
woman nnd be counted.
The cpiihuh enumerator Is now abroiul
In thn land nnd the bulldog .should be
chained down.
Tho American marines have landed In
I'okln, but that does not signify that
Uncle Sam Is about to taUe a slice of
China.
To lake the census of the United
States will renulro the services of 5'-!,G0
enumerators now at work. A mighty
nnd prosperous nation.
There Is music In the air In the popo
cratlc camp In Douglas county and tho
band will bo carried along to the three
ringed circus nt Lincoln next month.
Wanted Something which will pro.
duco a mild attack of calamity. Will
pay liberally for something which will
bo effective until November. Apply to
popocratlc campaign committee.
Democratic opposition to tho anti
trust measure In tho house Is easily un
derstood. Democracy prefers to have
tho trusts remain as a political Issue
to having them exterminated for the
benefit of tho people.
Tho Now York messenger boy beat tho
British into Pretoria and delivered his
message of sympathy from tho school
children of Philadelphia. The weather
la generally sultry when tho American
messenger boy gets left.
Women are playing a greater part In
Iho taking of the 1000 census thnn In
any previous enumeration ot the popula
tion. Tho mere suggestion of a woman
census-Inker would have been scouted
not so many decades ago.
Congressman Stark desires It under
stood that ho Is not a candidate for tho
fusion nomination for governor, but his
declluatlon of gubernatorial honors has
a long string to It which the popocrats
aro at liberty to pull on .tuly 11.
It may now be In order for Attorney
Ocneral Smyth to lnstltuto contempt
proceedings against State Oil Inspector
Vanning and Ald-de-Camp Molse for liu
pngnlng the dignity and honor of the
new clerk of the supreme court.
It must bo a terrible shock to the
populist reform oillelals who contrib
uted to the campaign fund to hear It
Insinuated by men on tho Inside that
tho money was used to purchaso dia
monds for -democratic iKilItlclans in
stead of votes for the fusion ticket.
If the Turk really desires to placate
this country and even matters up for
the failure to pay the damages to mis
sionary property he could readily do so
by purchasing his dry goods In this
country. He does not use many war
ships, but his demand for trouser goods
must be Immense as long as the present
stylo Is In vogue with him.
Former (Jovernor Holes has written'
another letter, this time asserting that
tho renomlnation of Hryan on the Chi
cago platform realllrmed means not only
defeat next fall, but also tho practical
destruction of the party's Influence In
natloual affairs for years to come. Hut
tjio democratic leaders aro not expected
to listen to tho wisdom of experience
llko that.of Holes.
Tho number and amount of farm
mortgages paid off In Nebraska during
tho past year, as compared with tho
number placed upon farms during dem
ocratlo days, Is the strongest argument
of tho campaign ami our for which the
popocrats have no answer. The ex
plaining machine has been at work for
three years, but no explanation has
been evolved which will pass muster,
except that It Is due to republican pros
perlty.
EMVlllE STATE VEMOrflATS. I
The democrats of New York will hold ,
their state convention next week and It
promises to be more Interesting than any
other state democratic convention of the
year. As now Indicated It will deter
mine whether Klehard Croker or David
I!. 1 1 111 Is lo be the democratic leader
in liu- Umpire state.
I It Is well understood that Croker's
I declaration for Mr. Itryaii, recardless of
wlin I the Kansas city platform may be,
was Intended to keep Hill out of the
leadership to which he again aspires.
Hill was willing to acknowledge Hrynu
a i the parly leader, but he did not want
an Instructed delegation to the national
convention, nor the party In New York
committed to the Chicago platform.
Croker's order to Tnnimaiiy, spoiled the
program. It Is believed, that 1 1 til and
the nntl-T.iniuuin.v faction of- the narty
had arranged, and while this will not be
definitely determined until the conven
tion meets, there Is every assurance
of n very spirited factional light. It Is
possible, of course, that some sort of
omproinlse may be arranged, but the
buncos are that the Tammany dictator
v 1 1 1 refuse to modify his position and If
so It will hardly be possible to harmonize
the New York democracy.
The ISnltlinore Sun, which Is very
unxlotis to have the Kansas City con
dition ignore the free silver question,
egards the Croker announcement as
ominous for the national democracy and
not less mi for Mr. Hryiin. It says the
oiirse of the Tammany chieftain cannot
end to unite the party In the Umpire
date, that whether Mr. 1 1 1 11 is worsted
In the encounter or not, harmony will
not be promoted by It. The Sun refer
o the past record of Tammany as a
latlonal marplot and mischief maker
md says that take the record all through
'It Is certainly not calculated to Insnlre
Mr. Hryan with unqualified confidence
In Its present obstreperous suimort of
his candidacy.
Wo do not think that In any event Mr.
Hryan can carry New Yon;, but the dem
ocratic situation there makes tho assur
ance of republican success doubly sure.
ilAUA MUST TAKE TDK INITIATIVE,
The revival of Interest ninoni Omaha
business men In the long-deferred and
niuch-necded railway connection with
ankton and eastern South Dakota Is
hailed with satisfaction by the people
a it. . .. ... . .
i iiorineastcru AeurasKa, wiio look
pon Omaha as the natural market for
their grain nnd cattle and the emporium
with which thev desln? to cultivate
loser trade relations. Public sentl-
incur, we are assured by parties alonir
the line, Is practically unanimous In
favor of a direct "i ankton nnd Omaha
oad nnd the preponderance of senti
ment favors construction by Independ-
nt capital rather than the extension
of existing systems.
While there Is no doubt that such a
line would receive substantial encour
agement by local subsidies, the problem
o bo mot at the outset Is -whether the
bulk of the capital required for such
an enterprise can bo raised. What has
been done by other cities certainly can
bo done by Omaha. Kansas City and
Denver business men have each sue
cecded by united effort in building rail
roads opening up tributary territory
and managed for the Interest of their
respective communities. Sioux CItv.
with a population not one-third that of
omalia, has managed to tap tho Elk
horn valley by direct line, which brlnss
to It the most proiltablo trade enjoyed
by tho Jobbers.
The Isolation of Omaha from eastern
South Dakota has retarded the growth
of this city and helped to build up com
mercial competitors on trade that nat
urally belongs to Its merchants. The
time Is propitious for breaking this em
bargo, but Omaha business men must
take tho Initiative before they can ex
pect smaller towns to take active steps
for opening now channels of trade to
Nebraska's metropolis.
THE SUXDAY 1WE.
Tho stirring events transpiring In
South Afrlcn, the reception of tho war
news In London and the progress of tho
Paris exposition will be fully treated
In tho special cable letters In Tho Hoc
Sunday. Tho Heo's foreign cable service
Is a feature for which tho paper has
achieved a notable reputation unequaled
by any other newspaper published In
this section anil theto letters alone are
worth many times tho cost of each copy
of The Hee.
Tho Illustrated Hoe Sunday will pre
sent as Its frontlspleco a fine portrait of
Congressman Klmer J. Hurkett, who has
been renominated by the republicans of
the First Nebraska district for a second
term as their representative In Washing-
tlon; accompanying tho portrait Is an
extended sketch of his llfo nnd work
from the pen of our Washington corre
spondent. The delegates-at-Iarge from Iowa to
the Philadelphia convention form tho
subject of nnother biographical article,
accompanied with photographs of the
four men thus honored by tho Iowa re
publicans In their recent state conven
tion. A timely Illustrated contribution dis
cusses the chances for trading In South
Africa when the Avar is finally over,
written by tho former editor of a Johan
nesburg newspaper, whoso pictures
show tho havoc wrought by the shells
at tho slego of Hloemfonteln nnd other
Incidents of tho military campaign.
Carpenter's letter this week comprises
an Interview -with the sultan of Min
danao, an Island which has recently been
taken possession of by the expedition
under General Hates, with Interesting
sidelights upon life in tho Philippines
and new pictures which bring homo the
scenes witnessed by Mr. Carpenter.
An Illustrated article relates to tho ad
vantages of military training, with snap
shots of the annual competitive drill of
tho Nebraska University endets, present
ing tho best drilled men In tho battalion
and a blanket tossing episode partici
pated In by tho Omaha company.
Among other Interesting pictures may
bo enumerated a group of stylish society
girls of Grand Island; the portraits of
Will M, Narvls, recently elected grand
master workman of tho Iowa Ancient
Order of United Workmen; Mrs. Louise
Mathews, grand matron for Nebraska
TIIE OMAHA -DATLY BEE: SATURDAY,
of the Kastern Star; H. W. Martin,
republican nominee for congresman at
large from South Dakota; a party of
well known Omaha anglers, a snapshot
at a bunch of Omaha Juveniles aid
others.
The Illustrated Hee Is the only paper
whose Illustrations are worth preserving,
as may be attested by thousands of Its
subscribers who are keeping llles of It.
If not a subscriber buy a copy on Situ
day of your newsdealer or newsboy.
(I EXE It Ah WUOl'S STATEMENT,
The gratuitous character of the cbarse
made by Senator Hale, that American
administration In Cuba has been a "car
nival of corruption and fraud In every
direction." Is shown In the statement of
(Jovernor General Wood, which will be
accepted without question by all fair
minded people In this country. General
Wood states that a thorough investiga
tion Into all the departments has been
Instituted and he Is confident that the
Irregularities In the postal servjee
already brought to light are all that
will be discovered. That service was
not under tho Jurisdiction of the gov
ernor general and If it had been there
Is every reason to believe that there
would have been no peculations.
In regard to the departments which
nro under the jurisdiction of the gov
ernor general, he says they have been
conducted In a businesslike and honest
manner. He particularly referred to tho
customs bureau, In respect to which
there have been rumors of wrongdoing.
A few subordinates in that service, It Is
true, are awaiting trial on charges of
fraud, but on the whole the service has
been honestly conducted. General Wood
also disposed of some other allegations
reflecting upon the Integrity of the ad
ministration in Cuba and concluded his
statement by saying that the general
condition of the Island Is most satlsfac-
i tory, that the revenues are In excess of
the expenditures and that there is less
discontent than is commonly Imagined.
Tho preparations for the municipal elec
tions have been conducted In an orderly
manner and the governor general said ho
did not anticipate trouble of any char
acter as a result of tho elections.
The people of tho United States have
confidence In General Wood. They be
lieve him to be an upright, conscientious
mnn and he has proved his ability for
discharging the duties of bis dilllcult
position. Tliero has been no more ca
pable and ettlclcnt olliclal In the Insular
administrations than General Wood.
Ho has shown special lltness for this
service and from the day bo first en
tered It to the present no doubt has
ever been felt regarding his integrity.
When, therefore, General Wood says
that tho departments under bis Jurisdic
tion havo been conducted In uu honest
and businesslike manner everybody who
Is not seeking to discredit the national
administration, everybody who Is not
prejudiced against tho president will
have confidence In the statement.
Tho opposition to the ttdtnlnlstratlon,
which welcomed the declaration of Sen
ator Hale, will bo able to make no cap
ital out of it with falr-mlndcd men now
that Genoral'Wood has shown how en
tirely groundless that declaration was.
As to the Maine spnator, it plnces him
In a most unenviable position, from
which he can extricate htniself only by
a frank and unqualified acknowledg
ment of his mistake. Tho proper and
manly courso for Mr. Hale the course
which alone will preserve whatever
claim ho has to popular respect and
confidence Is to confess that his sweep
ing charge against American administra
tion in Cuba was wholly gratuitous and
unjustifiable.
If the proposed reception to the Hoer
envoys nt Omaha could bo divested of
all political significance and made purely
a populnr demonstration of sympathy
the affair would bo participated In by
all classes of our citizens, Including Vveu
those who harbor no grudge against
Great Hrltaln. In this instance, as In
the case of Louis Kossuth nnd the Hun
garian patriots, tho sentiment of- tho
American people Is unquestionably
against tho destruction of republican
governments by monarchical power, but
at the same time the International ob
ligations of our nation prevent any
more substantial aid than tho expres
sion of sympathy or regrets which at
best cannot avert the triumph of Great
Britain or the overthrow of tho Hocr
republics.
Now that a democrat bus been turned
down for a populist In the First con
gressional district tho democratic or
gans are boldly declaring they must
and will ilmvo the. nominee in the Fifth
district. If they get what they de
mand It can bo put down as certain
that It is because tho populists have
lost hopes of carrying- tho district.
Populists will cheerfully concede tho
democrats tho nominee m the Second
district, whero there Is no earthly show
of an electlou, but in districts which
they think can be carried will Insist
on populist nominees. This Is a part
of the plan to glvo up everything "For
Bryan's sake."
Colonel Hryan has been freo to crltl
clso the administration for its attitude
toward the Boers. Now he Is to have
an opportunity to say what ho would
do If be bad the pow-er. As there Is
no probability of his having tho power
ho could easily mnko any promises
which he might think would aid him In
bis canvass, but for all this tho proxim
ity of tho opportunity to make a dell
nlto statement has closed his mouth.
There Is a vast difference between irre
sponsible talk and responsible action.
The Bee Is the only paper that keeps
the democrats of Nebraska fully ad
vised concerning the Inside and outsldo
of democratic politics in Douglas county.
Without pretending to speak for any
faction or taking sides In their factloual
controversies, Tho Beo prints tho po
litical news of the day that Is system
atically suppressed by tho democratic
orgau in tho Interest of the machlue.
Tho new French minister of war has
slcnallzed his entrance Into olliclal life
by Instituting contempt proceedings
ngalnst an offensive editor. The French
warrior Ua evidently drawn his lnaplra-
tloti from Nebraska. Militarism and
government by contempt go baud In
hand.
I. el Mull Cnrrlern ttejolee.
Philadelphia Ledger.
The postmaster general has Issued n
fraud order excluding from the mnlU 1eMer
addressed to Dorges Frlgycsbankhaza ot
Budapest, which sotms to be In tho nature
of n kindness to Mr. Frlgycsbankhazn,B
correspondent.
I'rnctlclim Wlin 1 They Preached.
San Francisco Call.
The circulation of counterfeit dollars con
taining ns much silver as the genuine dot
lam Implies that some of tho free silver
fellows havo abandoned all expectation ct
electing Hryan and gone to work nt freo
coinage on their own book.
.Mnnlln Iln) Iloiinty.
Philadelphia Hecord.
The brilliance of Admiral Dewey's per
formance at Manila Is In no degrea less
ened by tho decision of the L'nltcd States
supreme court that his squadron was not
entitled to all the bounty tuonoy which hid
been claimed for It. He nnd his sub
ordinates will over bp remembered for a
most glorious achievement. But glory Is
ono thing and federal law another.
Ilnnelfsn Anftert Ihmk.
New York Tribune.
It Is curious that nn American firm should
undertake, tho manufacture of a lot of sub
marine cable for the government. It was
only the other day that we were nssurod
with reduplicated emphauls that It wao a
good deal worse than. folly to require that
a cablo laid by tho government should be
of American mako, because cables were not
and could not bo made In America. So, by
ine way, wo were told that tlnplate could
never, never, never bo mado here.
o lliisfiit Hfinll Kiic ii pe.
Indianapolis Journal.
Since tho first dlncoVerv nf nnstal frnii.l
In Cuba every step taken by the adminis
tration, anu congress lias shown a determi
nation to probo down lo tho hottnm nml
punish tho guilty persons. Tho best men
that could bo found .In Washington hnvo
been sent to push the Investigation, and
tho dispatches show thev aro dolnc thnr.
ough work. Tho extradition bill reported
by Senator Fairbanks from thn enmnilttnn
on Judiciary Is another evidence of the
name purpose. No guilty man will escapo
If tho administration can prevent It.
I Thrrr n Drmoern t It; I'nrtj-f
St. Louis Globe-Democrat.
What may bo called the democratic ma
chinery Is Btlll la existence. But who are '
running it? Certainly the democrats of
1892 or any previous year are not at the 1
holm. Populists do tho talking and cut i
out tho work. A question arise.? ns to tho
continued existence of tho democratic party. I
It may bo moribund or cataleptic or simply ,
In a stato of torpor through a transfusion
of populist blood. Onco Andrew Jackson
was Its spokesman. Now Pettlgrew Is Its i
oraclo In the senate. Bryan Jolllea a llttlo
squad al democrats In Nobrarka and then
whoops up a coliseum full of populists In
tho same town. Towne Is posing ns a dem
ocratic Barkis. Allen coaches Bryan on del
icate political points. It will puzzle tho
democratic party to prove that It Is nllva
Tho mime survives, but tho organization
Iteelf Is either in the graveyard or snoring
away the years somewhero In Sleepy Hol
low. FOIIKION Insi IM POUTS.
.Hnii Sums I'nld for Imported Fooil
nnd Wrarlnwr Appurol.
PhlladApnltt Times.
In our pride and self-sufficiency we think
that wo feed the wqrld and that wo could
clotho it as well tr tho rest of the world
were sensible. " V point to our cnonnoiu
exports of agricultural products as the proof
that the world could, not get bread nnd moat
to eat and clothed to wear without the aid
of American farmers Lnd planters. Two-
thirds of our enormous annual exports con
sist of farm products In a raw or partially
manufactured state, rtnd- the contemplation
of theso millions tends to produce vanity
and tho malady known as swelled head.
We should lose a little of our self-con
ceit if we would analyze the Import figures
and lcirn from them how much of what
wo eat, drink and wear wo ar Indebted
for to the farmers and planters of other
countries. Tho sum of these Imports Inst
year amounted to $355,000,000, or a llttlo
more than ono-half of our totnl Impwis.
Here aro some of tho Items: Wo Imported
of raw silk and cocoons, $32,000,000; hides,
$42,000,000; wool. $8,000,000; tobacro, $10,-
000,000; Jute fibers, cotton, etc., $25,000,000.
Of sugar wo Imported $95,000,000; coffee,
$55,000,000; fruits and nuts, $18,000,000; tea,
$10,000,000; wines, $0,500,900; oils, $5,000,-
000; rlco, $4,000,000; spirits, $3,000,000; ma!t
liquors, $1,500,000. Of these articles wo
produco wool, hides, fruits and nuts, cot
ton, sugar, rice, spirits, wines, oils and malt
liquors in this country on a largo scale.
Toa, coffco and silks we have not success
fully grown as yet.
These figures show that we aro depend
ent to a very Important degree, upon our
foreign neighbors for our meat, drug and
wearing apparel, and that It becomes us
under tho circumstances to bo modest.
While? wo could, If wo must, go without
soma of tho things wo Import and produce
more than we do of others, wo do not want
to nt present, and It will pay us to be polite
and good-natured.
POLITICAL OH I IT.
Utah and Idaho each send a woman dele
gato to tho republican national convention.
Mr. Taylor of Kentucky announces that
ho will run again. When did Taylor cease
to run?
Bomo wubbly democrats Insinuate that
Sioux Falls rocks will prove millstones on
the party's neck.
Dick Croker declares ho Is for Bryan.
Just how he stands on tho Tammany Ice trust
question in what Interests Now York.
Charley Towne Is rubbering between Du
luth and Kansae City, expecting that po
litical lightning will strike twice In the same
place,
O. Fred Williams of Massachusetts Je
cllneti to bo considered a. vice presidential
possibility. What Is more to the point, ho
hasn't been asked.
Tho bores of Philadelphia have decided
to bombard the English with petitions.
Theso aro as inoffensive as the hot nlr
poured out at tho town meeting.
"Vass 1st los tnlt Coogan?" He's all right
for secretary of state of the fusion camp.
A contribution of $100,000 to 'the campaign
fund entitles him to a front seat.
Colonel Mose Wetmoro ot tobacco fame is
plugging around .Missouri expectorating dire
predictions. Instead of masticating his fa
vorlto product ho Ik chewing the. calamity
rag and extracting mighty little Juice.
Tho Philadelphia Press expresses regret
that tho types mnde It say the city ad
ministration was "dishonest" when it In
tended to say "dishonored," then It lam
basts tho administration and proves that It
Is both,
David Bennett Hill is still struggling for a
seat In the New York band wugon. The sage
of Wolfe.rt's itoosfls anxious to get a com
mission as delegate to Kansas City, but Is
handicapped by a lack ot American Ice com
pany stock.
The Indianapolis Journal cautions the
friends ot Senator Fairbanks against putblni.
hlra for the republican nomination for vice
president boforo ho has declared his willing,
ness to aocept. Sound advice, But how
could he "declare his willingness to ucccpt"
before the nomination' Is tendered?
JUNE 2, 1900.
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NEWSPAPERS AND THE COURTS.
0
Hurlnstleld lletuibllcan
The measure pending In the .Massachusetts legislature, which
limits the power of courts lu contempt cases, Is designed especially
to protect the publishers and editors of newspapers lu commenting
upon the affairs of the courts, it limits punishments for contempt to
cases of misbehavior lu the presence of the court or so near thereto
as to obstruct the administration of justice, and to cases of resistance
to any lawful orders, wilts or processes of the court. This measure
would protect newspapers from court Interference lu commenting upon
cases on trial before a Jury, and Is not liked by the Judges, who contend,
with reason, that such comment, while a cause Is on trial. Is calculated
to Iniluetice the Jury, and would compel them to adjourn the case to a
new beginning-making It a costly matter to the community. We may
add that no reputable newspaper ever Intentionally thus Interferes with
an Impartial trial of a case while It Is befoie a Jury.
Having conceded so much to the courts, there evidently remains
something for the lafter to concede to the public press. A case lu
point comes up from Nebraska. There the state supreme court has
ordered P.dl tor Kdwiird Hosewater of The Omaha Hee to appear before
it on June fi nnd show cause why he should not be punished tor con
tempt.. Mr. Itosewater's offense consists' In having made temperate com
ments in his newspaper adversely to the action of the court In respect
to a law placing the appointment of the tiro and police board of the
city of Omaha lu the hands of the city government. The old law vested
the appointment In the governor of the state. Hut the governor now
being a populist and the government of Omaha republican, the Hpullsts
now seek an ".muniment of the new law from the supreme court, two
of whose three members are populists. One of the two Is Judge Ilol
coinb. who. while governor, Mr. Hosewater bus contended, had shown
himself partial to the old law. He was thus, said The Hee, dlsiuiallllcd
to sit in the present case. And for comment along this line he Is now
placed In danger of punishment at the bands of a tribunal whose power
In the matter Is unlimited. His punishment may bo made very grievous
and there will be to lilin no redress.
This great and Irresponsible iKJWer, which the Nebraska court as
sumes to exercise, Is possessed by the courts of Massachusetts as I he
law now stands, and may at any time and for any cause be put In mo
tion. It may be employed not merely against uewspapAs which com
ment on a jury trial in progress, but against those which venture to
criticise or adversely comment upon the acts and opinions or the Judges.
To be sure, few Massachusetts Judges will ever be found so Indiscreet or
arbitrary as to exercise such power as the supreme court of Nebraska Is
exercising; but, on the other hand, few newspapers will tie found dis
posed to mix themselves up with a Jury trial In the midst of Its progress.
If, then, the newspapers cannot safely be left to their own sense of do
coney and propriety for regulation of conduct In respect to the courts,
can the courts safely be left entirely to their own discretion In the exer
cise of this vast and Irresponsible power of punishment for contempt V
We should ordinarily say that they could. But when we consider
not alone such cases as this which comes from Nebraska, but the great
stretch which the courts are everywhere giving lo their powers of
eiiulty Jurisdiction, some hesitation may fairly enter into any such ex
pression of confidence. The courts are making the itiestIou of So-called
"governmeht by Injunction" a vital one. They are Investing that phrase
with a world of reality. And lu the execution of certain processes
called equitable, but which are In fact not so, they are tending greatly
to Justify the fear, which finds strong popular expression, that due anil
reasonable discretion Is being cast to the winds by lliem In a desire
to magnify their authority and assume functions that belong only to
nbsolute and unrestrained power. This Is a matter which the Judiciary
of the nation needs to lake Into more serious consideration If It would
escape the enactment of laws which, In niiiilinr to divest It of extra
ordinary and Improper powers, also place arbitrary and hurtful restric
tions upon the exercise of legitimate Judicial authority.
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OTIIUll I, AMIS THAN OUHS.
Apparently nothing but a war of exter
mination will re-eetabllsh British supremacy
throughout Ashnntl. For nearly three
months Sir Frederick M, Hodgescn, the
governor of tho Gold Coast colony, hrs tesu
practically shut up In Kumatsl. lie has
made frequent sorties nnd hns been rein
forced rrbni time to tlrao by bodies of
I-agcs police. Ho has lost few men and ha3 !
slaughtered hundreds among tho revolted
tribesmen, who, vanquished, return to the
charge In swarms until mowed down by
the Maxims and magazine rifles. The .Uono
fort nt Kumnssl Is practically Impregnable
to nny assault which tho enemy with his
archaic weapons any make upon It. But
tho fact that ho has been Inspired to mako
such assaults which can only end In his
ultimate destruction Is very deplorable. Tho
war has now assumed such proportions that
only an overwhelming force of troops
trained to the country can subdue the
rebels. According to recent cable dis
patches tho laM ' iclnforcements sent to
Kumassl have been unable to break through
tho enemy's lines. The, friendly Bekwa s,
between whom and the Ashantls a perpetual
feud exists and from whom Sir Frederick
had expected so much, are apparently loath
to take tho Held In any large detachments.
Of course there Is no doubt of the ultimate
result of the war. Nevertheless Its peculiar
features are particularly distressing nnd un
fortunate at this time.
Reports from Bulgaria represent the re
cent agrarian riots In tho Ituatchuk district
as a veritable peasants' revolt, aggravated
by tho fact that tho troops, men and officers
at any rate, in some places fraternized
with the rioters, with whom, oa peasants'
sons themselves, they heartily byiupathlzed.
Tho cause of tho disturbance was tho new
tithe law. By this measure, which It was
hoped would add 8,000,000 to 10,000,000
fiancs yearly to tho revenue, tho land tax,
payablo In money, was replacod, as regards
cereals, by a tithe from threshed corn. For
tho last two years the harvests havo been
failures, but the land tax wus nevertheless
exacted, or charged against tho landholders
ns a first mortgage. Many of the peasantry,
therefore, found themselves destitute and
in that condition wore only too ready to
listen to agltatorB who talked of the luxury
of Prlnco Ferdinand and his court and the
eagerness ot tho czar to help them against
their oppressors. They wero greatly an
gered, moreover, by tho refusal of Prlnco
Ferdinand to rece-lvo a pcaant delegation.
It was lu a dangerous mood that they assem
bled In thousands at Varna, nustchuk anJ
other places, and in several regions It be
came; necessary to proclaim martial law.
The reports of bloody conflicts with the mil
itary and of drumhead courts-martial held
upon soldiers who refused to take part
against their countrymen wore probably ex
aggerated, but that the whole country Is In
a most Inflammable stato seems to be beyond
doubt.
Thero is uneasiness lu Morocco over the
proceedings of the French along their
southeastern frontier, which tho latter de
scribe as establishing motes and bounds
to tholr Algerian territory, but which tho
Moors regard as acts ot aggression and In
vasion. The prediction of Prlnco Blimarck
that Morocco would tomo day bo tho cause
of a breach ot tho peace of Europe Is not
likely to be verified In the Immediato fu
ture, for tho activity of tho French Is at
prrsont confined to a locality In which other
powers have no particular Interest; but tho
Moorish sultan disposes of 60,000 fighting
men and In the present Instanco he would
be assured of tho loyal co-operation of the
Kifllan mountaineers, whoso fellow tribes
men are the victims of tho French acts of
aggression, Tho nifflans, unsupported by
tho Moors, ami, Indeed, acting contrary to
tho wishes of tho sultan, gavo the Spaniards
(i very hard fight several years bro, and the
French might llnd tho mountaineers of the
Atlas, backed up by the sultan's 00,000,
very tough customers to doal with.
Tho correspondent ot the London Times
In Vienna says that Information from pri
vate sources shows that popular discontent
with exiatent abuses has reached such a
pitch In Turkey that a crisis nf some sort
H likely to arise at any time, Even In
Constantinople Itself the situation U catd
to be wtous. He wrltei: "For ome yean
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past the chronic unrest nmnnir Hi,. ,io.,i,
of tho Balkan peninsula has not nosumr.'l ' I'd p asliamed to gn llshlng Deco
such threatening proportions nhu'S I JfT ,?SM uV'S
Besides even tho more prosperous cf tho I'unce "
Balkan states are in financial Htllcultle3. I
ture which they cannot afford to continue ,, 'i"e., and sincere affection?
Indefinitely. The maintenance of the status ' Aunt Hannah Are they? You ought to
quo means bankruptcy to them. Their rres- ' ,ny tiiislmnrt gloating over tho rare eld
ent cmbarrawraent seems to produce the , ',n,)l,18 1,1 "brftry'
impr:s3lon with some of them that they i
hnvo more to gain by war than peace. It is 1
an unsatisfactory and well nigh desperate I
stnte of affairs, which taken together with '
the condition nf Turkey Itself cannot fall lo 1
inspire those Immediately concerned with
anxiety,"
There nro but 12,000 foreigners In all of
tho twenty-eight treaty ports In China,
which ports taken together contain n na
live population of moro than 7,f00,000.
Even by adding 8,500 whites resident In
(long Kong the Caucasian Invasion of China
r.'ould not appear to have assumed such
proportions as to give coubo for Chinese
hostility. From the Occidental point of
view the cause for wonder In that so many
as 20,000 white persons should be willing to
endure llfo In Chlua. Tho Boxers should
direct their agitation not against the few
thousand foreigners residing In their midst,
but ngnlnst the spirit of the age, which
is beginning to prnetrata oven Chinese
eislf-sufflcloncy, Tho Intangible Influence
of modernity cannot be defeated, however,
by bludgeon blows nnd the effect of west
ern civilization will bo felt In China with
constantly Increasing force In spite ot nil
efforts of native bigots and corruptlonlstB
to raise barrleis against It.
In former days when tho success of a
battle, depended upon the attack of manses
of Infantry the Russian soldier was a dan
gerous antagonist, hut under existing con
ditions the Kusslan tnldler is greatly In
ferior to his German confrere. Tho Rus
sians, notwithstanding that their popula
tion Is nearly double that of flermany, aro
not ns well prepared as their Teuton rivals
to take the offenslvo, owing to the fact that
130,000,000 subject of tho czar aro scat
tered over a territory of 218,000,000 miles,
whereas tho HO, 000, 000 Hermann Inhabit a
country of only 320,000 nqunre miles.
KlKnlinaril nf Sui'ci'M,
Globe-Democrat.
In the last presidential campaign both
parties claimed to point tho road to pros,
perlty, but only ono Is able to produce Its
signboard this year.
"Popularity',
No fabric holds its popularity bettor than the serge.
We havo serge suits at $10.00 and good ones. We
have sorgo tmits in single and double breasted
styles. We have serges in tho silk lined Tuxodo
style. Wo havo sorgo suits of all shades of blue
these are all guaranteed goods and perfect fitting.
If you want a change from sorgo havo you ever
thought of flannel. You will seo a good many worn
this summer. Wo have them that are good enough
for any man
$12-50
We havo tho higher priced ones too $15, $'18, $20
Browning, King & Co,,
R. S. Wilcox, Manager.
Omaha's Only Exclusive Clothiers for Men and Hoys,
a ho t',i) with Tim no.xnn.o.
Dotrolt Journal: On tho other hnd, tho
Boxers ought not lo be permitted to go on
ns they have been going until It Is decided
whether they arc to hit In th brak-awy.
Baltimore American: The announce
ment that there arc 11,000,000 "Boxers" In
China who are looking for a fight should
open
n new field to the pugilists of this
country, who complain that they cannot
make any matches.
Now York World: Those Chinese "Do
crs" appear to look upon nil foreigners,
whether missionaries or not, as their legltl
mnto punching bags. Their wnr cry Is
"Chlua for tho Chinese!" A barbarous
slogan no doubt, but It sounds qulto like
the cry of "America for Americans only!"'
which caused n lot ot trouble In this coun
try fifty-odd years ago.
Philadelphia Ledger: The Boxers uf
China aro taking the best possible meons
to ruin their country and expedite Its
division among thu foreign powers that are
waiting to seize it. They havo already
made so much mischief that It Is consld
eiM Imperative to send forolgn ttoop 'o
l'ekln Itself, and If Uuropcnn troops are
once landed In the country, there will bo
Stoat difficulty In getting them out again.
New York Times: It Is a questl:n, In
view of the recent and continuing disturb
ances, whether It does not behoove the
powers which llnd their Interests to be op
IKised to partition to concert with the Chinese
government some effective system of In
ternal police. That has been tried soeral
tlmcA uiyi not satisfactory results. But It Is
plain to and It should be plain to the
Chinese oillelals, that their government Is
doomed to speedy nnd unlamcntrd collnpse
If It docs not llnd some means of guar
anteeing tho safety of foreigners who havo
put themselves under Its protection.
Buffalo IC.xpuss: Now the Kuropean na
tions must choose whether thoy will go for
ward and make theft grasp on China com
plete or reverse their volley and endeavor to
maintain the Integrity of tho empire under
Chinese ofllclals. When appropriation has
been begun. however. It Is more
apt to proceed. For tho good name
of tho l'nltcd Slates It Is to be said
that It has done nothing to ca-
i courage this dismemberment of China.
! Neverthtlres lu citizens will be under tho
bnn of the Boxers and the administration
must act concurrently with European nations
In providing asylum for those In danger.
Chicago Iterord: Possibly, In the face
of determined action, the "Boxers" wilt
' disperse until a more fnvorablo oppor-
timltv nri-ipnts Itself. Hut In anv uvent
there appears to be but one course for tlu
civilized nations lu the present omargency.
Uvery power which has citizens or subjecto
In China has a clear legtl right and a.
moral obligation to defend their liven.
There Is still a chance, of course, that
this may be accomplished by n mere show
ing of force, but If not China Cannot ex
pect the civilized powers to recede from
their position until It Is deHnllo'y asau'id
that the "Boxer" movement has h?en f-
teoiuauy suppress.
s in to ii i : itn v.
Pittsburg Chronicle: "President Kruger
Is ready ror flight," remarked the Observ
ant Boarder.
"Well, this Is lllght-tlme," added the
Cross-Kyed Boarder.
.Tnuriiiil; "Dave, rnlnr tlsll-
in n. ..-million iluv?"
Cleveland Plain Dealer: "Is Mr. Mangier
a salt water sailor? There s something so
suggestive nf the brine about blm.
"I guess It's 'cause be'n corned so often.
I'hleago Tost: "I see thai u Baltimore
girl was ejected from church for flirting
with the lender of the choir."
"Yes, they are unite strict lu Baltimore.
It appears that the girl was not a member
of thu church."
Cleveland Plain Dealer: "I ?co there In a
movement on font to present I.aily Hnrnn
Wilson, the heroine of MafeklliB, with u
sword. In token of her bravery under dis
couraging circumstances."
"That's foolish. It would be much morn
sensible to give her n meal ticket good at
some tlrst-cltiss restaurant for nn entlro
year."
HIS XUW IUtOTHKK.
Ii. A. V. Bulletin.
Say. I've got n little brother.
Never teased to have him, author.
But he's hero;
They Just went ahead nnd bought nlm,
And Inst week tho doctor brought him.
Wa'n't that aucer?
When I heard the news from Molly,
Why. r thought at llrst 'twas Jolly,
'Cause, you see,
I s'posed I could go and get lilm,
And then mnmm.i. course, would let him
Play with me.
But -when 1 had onco looked nt him.
"Why," 1 says, "ray sakes, Is that hlm7
Just that mite!"
They said, "Yes," anil "Ain't lie cunnln'?'
And 1 thought they must be funnln'
lie's a sight!
He's so fmall. It's just nmazln,
And you'd think that he wns blazln'
lie's so rod;
And his nose Is like n berry,
And he's bald ns Undo Jerry
On tho head.
Why, be Isn't worth n dolfrtr!
All he does Is cry and holler
More and more.
Won't sit up; you can't arrange him
1 don't see why pa don't change him
At tho store.
Now wo'vo got to dress and feed him,
And -wo really didn't need him
More'n n frog;
Why'd they buy a baby brother
When they know I'd good deal ruther
Have a dog?
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