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OEOHOE H. TZSCHUCK.
Subscribed and sworn before me this 1st
Hay of June, 1900. M. D. HUNG ATE.
(Seal.) Notary Public.
rAllTIIlS MOWING ruil SUMMER.
I'nrllm leaving thr oily for
(lip summer tuny Imvp Tlic lice
Kent in tlii'in rcKUlnrly by
millfjIiiK Thu lice nuslnpsn
ofllpr, In person or by mull.
Tim nililre wilt lie changed
ns often iim ilenlrcil.
If tho prohibitionists enn tnko n Kwnl
low the other parties should he nhle to
stand a full glass.
Tho assets of the Ice trust not only
shrink In delivery, but suffer u severe
contraction when the tax assessment is
to be mnde.
Hryan should he careful to have his
)Ibs and chickens carefully guarded out
on tho farnrMvhen the Tammany tiger
conies, to visit him.
While referring to trusts do not over
look the political trust formed by com
bination of democratic, populist and sil
ver republican organizations.
Hrynn evidently thinks he will have
more debating than he can attend to
with his opponents without being forced
to have ono with his running mate.
In 1800 Nebraska furnished candidates
to head two presidential tickets the
popocratle and tho prohibition. This
year Its apportionment seems to have
been cut down.
Is It simply a coincidence that that
11111 boom met with Its lirst frost In Ar
kansas, tho statu of Chairman Jones,
tho Intimate political contldant or Wil
liam J. Bryan?
If J. Sterling Morton speaks with au
thority for the gold democrats the In
vitation to climb up on the Chicago
platform and embrace Hrynn is' declined
without even thanks.
Tho European powers are united on
the proposition that China must not be
partitioned for the reason they cannot
agreo among themselves which Is to
liavo tho choicest portions.
Tammany making a pilgrimage to
Lincoln to pay homage at the shrine of
Bryan should furnish tho theme tor an
other great picture pretty enough to
frame for every reform household.
Ttin deadly cannon cracker Is already
beginning to get In Its work, although
the Fourth of .Inly is nearly ij week off.
The list of killed and wounded when
made up will be longer than any that
was cabled from Cuba during the last
war.
The popocrats all poso as I.lncolns
und Washlngtons, hut the commandant
nt the Mllford Soldiers' homo falls short
of tho Ideal tJeorgo owned up when he
chopped down the tree and did not try
to shift the responsibility onto someone
else.
The city of Omaha is almost on tho
point of doing business on a cash batis
and sinking tho current warrant In
debtedness. In this connection It Is
worthy of noto that City Treasurer
1 leanings, under whoso administration
this result has been brought about, Is a
republican.
No sooner Is the Investigation held at
the Mllford Soldiers' homo than ono Is
ppruug nt tho Orand Islam! institution
It might bo more economical, as well as
convenient, for the governor to appoint
permanent committee ou investigation
of state Institutions. Tho only trouble
.would be to induce anyone to accept tho
place on account of tho great amount of
Work Involved.
County Attorney Shields has (piashed
tho last information against the alleged
school board boodlers on tho pretenso
that tho evidence at hand would not
Justify probecutlon. Tho chief souvenir
of tho Incident which roninlns for the
people therefore takes tho shape of an
Interesting reivort from tho school board
investigating commltteo and n tnoro in
teresting bill of expenses paid to the
lawycru couductiug the Investigation.
amkiiilax moors ivti ciiixa.
There Is some criticism of President
McKlnley for ordering troops to Chliiii.
It has been characterized as a usurpa
tion of executive authority and also
as a wrong against a country with
which the United States is at pence.
Tho antl-Imperlallsts promise to make
use of It to further their cause. The
Anglophobes will profe.xn to sec In It
a purpose to help England, although It
manifestly can be of no more bcni'lU
or advantage to tlntt country 'than to
any other of the powers having Inter
ests In China.''
It is a very delicate and serious (pies
tlon, certainly, but wo are unable to
see. any good reason for t lie ehrtrgo of
usurpation on the part of tho president.
Is It not his duty to do nil that Is pos
sible to protect or to secure protection
for American olllclals and citizens In
China whose lives nnd property are In
peril? When our minister at 1'ekln re
ported that the legation was In dnuger
and asked for protection, what would
have been thought of the president If
ho had replied that tho government
could glvo them no protection? There
nro some who think that the American
missionaries in China, who are there
under treaty agreement, should be loft
to take caro of themselves, but it Is
clearly the right and duty of this gov
ernment to Insist that China shall ob
serve treaty obligations.
It Is to be hoped It will not be neces
sary to send any more troops to China,
but we believe the administration has
acted In tills grave matter from n high
sense of duty and purely with refer
ence to American Interests and wo do
not doubt that Its 'course will bo ap
proved by the Intelligent nnd fair-
minded Judgment of the country.
ACCKl'T AMXESrr.
The acceptance of amnesty by nine
prominent I'llipino leaders who were
held as prisoners at Manila Is the first
result of the proclamation recently Is
sued by General MacArthur and It Is
Important. The men who have taken
the oath of allegiance and acknowledged
the sovereignty of the United States
are among the ablest and most Influ
ential of the Filipinos who organized
tho insurrection and their course can
not fall to have a decided effect upon
niauy of their countrymen. It Is safe
to assume that when it shall become
generally known among the Filipinos
that such leaders as Buencanilno nnd
General IMo del Pilar have accepted
the terms of tills government, thou
sands of them will conclude that these
terms are fair and just and will lay
down their arms.
It has been stated, on the authority
of Agouclllo, that Agulnaldo will not
accept amnesty and will continue re
sistance to American authority,, but the
Filipino chief may soon lind himself
without followers or with wo few as to
offer no resistance of consequence, even
In the form of guerrilla warfare. The
offer of amnesty will remain In force
ninety days and it Is possible to ac
complish a great deal in that time, par
ticularly If the pronilnoirt Filipinos who
have accepted It shall make an effort
to induce their countrymen to follow
their example, as It is to bo presumed
they will. A favorable beginning has
been made and It gives promise of grat
ifying results. The puelllcntlon of Lu
zon seems a possibility of the not re
mote future.
JO CUM' till Willi Bit V AX.
Representative Sul.er of New York.
who wants the nomination for the vlcu
presidency nt Kansas ity, Is on his
way to liiucoln to co, m- with Mr.
Rrynn, It Is said at the .'quest of thu
latter. Sulzer Is the most ardent, if
not tho most conspicuous, among the
urynnltes of the Umpire state. Richard
Crokor, tho Taniuiany boss, and former
United States Senator Murphy, will
leave New York today, also for a con
ference with Mr. Rrytin. It Is stated
that Crokor Is out for 10 to I, because
he is convinced that Uryun would not
accept the noiniuatiou unless this Issue
were well set forth tn the platform.
Ills object In going to Lincoln, there
fore, Is probably to ascertain who the
lender prefer as his running mate.
There are several Now York asplrantf,.
but Crokor has refused to indorse any
of them, so that he Is free to throw
tho Tannnany Influence and votes to
whoever Mr. Hryan shall designate.
Murphy favors tho reatlirniatioii of the
Chicago platform in its entirety and
would probably not object to taking the
second place on the Kansas City tjeket,
though he Is not likely, to bo serlouslv
thought of In view of the fact Mint he
Is the leader of a faction of the New
York democracy and therefore not of
the highest availability.
There will prolmbly be other confer
ences with Mr. Hryan before tho na
tional convention, but none will havo
greater Interest than that of tho Tam
many chieftain, particularly for tho
populist supporters of .Mr. Hryim. They
know that Crokor as a politician has no
real sympathy with their principles.
They know that he Is a wealthy' man
who did not acquire his wealth In
legitimate business und did not Inherit
It. They know that he spends most of
his time ami money In Fngland, where
ho maintains a stable , of racing horses
nnd is a prominent llgure in sporting
circles. Crokor may not be quite as
corrupt a nian as was his predecessor
at the head of Tiunniauy, Ross Tweed,
but ho is not generally regarded as an
example of integrity. Crokor is not In
politics from a sense of patriotic duty
or with an unseltlsh motive. He has
made It pay and Is still making it pay.
If Rrynn should bo elected thu Tam
many chieftain would have a claim
upon him which would be urged for all
It was worth and it Is not to be doubted
that he would command for his organ
ization all tho recognition he desired.
Tnniuiany would very likely becomo a
greater factor in uatlonal politics than
It has over been.
Croker, Murphy nnd Sulzer. Theso
are representative of the class ;,of polltl-
I clans who would be most influential
ui. it- i i i, .it M'i,r
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would have much to say In the selec-
lion oi a camnei ami mo appointment
of ambassadors and ministers, as well
numerous olllclals at home. They
these men, refuse to listen to their coun
sel and to In some degree heed it.
MAKH XU XKW MISTAKKS.
The Hoard of Education is at liberty
to expend $lo),000 for the erection of
the proposed High school building or
rather one of the wings of the structure
planned by its architect. In exercising
tho discretion vested in It under Mie
bond proposition, members of the board
should always ifoar In mind that they
are expected to use their best Judgment
in the interest of the city of Omaha
rather than follow their private Inclina
tions. In other words, they should en
deavor to ninke such expenditure of tho
money as will insure for Omaha a llrst
class llreproof High school building
commensurate with the need of Greater
Oinaha and creditable from every point
of view as a public building.
It is patent to all who have given the
subject any consideration that $150,000
will not sulllco for the erection and
completion of the mnln front of tho pro
posed structure unless the construction
Is cheapened and the llreproollng aban
doned. If this is done tho new building
will be as much of a llretrap as the old
one and the prime object of the friends
of tho public schools w.ho voted the
bonds will bo frustrated.
It Is self-evident that tho proper
course for the board to pursue under tl,o
circumstances Is to erect tho west wing
of the building llrst, which can bo built
of lireproof materials and completed In
every respect wlthlu tho limit of the
fund nt Its disposal. The mere fact that
an excavation has already been made
for the main front would not Justify
the board In building a llretrap on the
east front of the old High school, nor
will tho community sanction the ex
penditure of the entire ?1."0,000 on the
superstructure with tho Idea that tho
additional money necessary to complete
the Interior will be voted at the next
election. There Is always an uncer
tainty about voting bond issues and If
tho bonds should fall cither at the polls
of by technical defect in the Issue
Omaha would bo deprived of High
school facilities for an Indellnlto period.
When public bodies mako mistakes It
is much better to retrace Minn to persist
In the wroug course just to punish the
peopk who pointed out the mistakes, or,
worse, to Inflict an Irreparable injury
upon a whole community.
Tho sliver men among tho democrats
are evidently not absolutely certain that
Ri to 1 will meet with favor at the com
ing convention. They are bringing all
the lights of free coinage to Kausus
City to hold a silver campiueotlng dur
ing the days preceding the convention
in hopes that enough Inspiration will
bo loft over lo carry them through the
convention.
Tho announcement Is made that the
speech of Rill Oldham nominating Mr.
Hryan In the Kansas City convention
has been completed nnd advance copies
n-epared for the press. Of course It was
d by Mr. Hryan before It was ac
eo, jd U its final form. When it conies
to machine work the Kansas City con
vention will yield tho palm to none.
Now Jhat Mie war In South Africa Is
Hearing an end tho Kugllsh are waking
up to the fact that their hospital service
Is poor ami that the army ambulances
are out-of-date, sprlngless vehicles. Tho
sick and the wounded could have fur
nished this Information long sago, if
stories of correspondents are to bo be
lieved. Just Imagine any private llrm or In
dividual entering into n contract for the
erection of a building which is ulti
mately to cost a half million dollars, as
the school board Is doing with reference
to the now High school. As a sample of
architectural hypnotism the High school
promises to be a lasting inouuinent.
Tho projected series of popular con
certs should by all means, be located In
a central part of the city, but in ilxlng
on Mie location tho commltteo should
make sure that ample room Is to bo had.
it would be foolish to select a site that
would not accommodate the people who
will be uttrncted for tho occasion.
A few years ago range horses would
not sell for enough to pay tho freight
charges for shipping them In, The
other day 1,000 of them were sold on thu
South Omaha market for a good price.
Tho stimulus of republican Mines gives
work for both man and beast.
A Wlxp Precaution,
Washlnston I'ost.
In considering tho statement of a Cblnesa
ofliclal always us0 tho salt-shaker liberally.
Aitrpe to DlniiKiTp.
Indianapolis Ncwn.
So long as tho able statesmen of this
country keep on quarreling among them
selves about who shall have tho honor ot
demolishing monopolies tho trusts may con
sider themselves comparatively safe.
Cnlniult)- l'UU llnpoiMiliir.
Cleveland Lender.
Calamity walling will have llttlo effect
lhs year, when ovcry man who wants work
can llnd omploymont at good wages. When
the pockets and stomachs of the pcoplo aro
empty, us they wero during tho greater
part ot tho disastrous democrats panic, It
is easy to mako them swallow any economic
remedy that Is prescribed for their Ills,
ItevpiillnR l-'nmllr fircret.
New York Tribune.
According to the moro or less roverend
Ram Jones the Georgia democrats are 4 lot
of damnable red-nosed rascals. The testi
mony Is of doucstlo pattern, Jones being
himself a "Georgia, democrat," and knowing
all about their moral qualities and chromatic
would bo consulted in regard to policies, j man government are offered for sale la Now courteous and touching letter to' the dauah I
domestic and foreign. What kind of . Y,rk nt, 8S'i nml Interest. Money Is cheaper , tcr of Colonel Do Vlllcbols-Mareulll' tho1
an administration would It be that was 1 'Jl?,? a"y ,lnh,cr nntanclnt CP"tcr, f , Krcnc lc who fell lighting for tl.. 1
dominate, or to any extent influenced "onHerS j ?'? XlZ a rl hio !
by such politicians? And whatever municipal bonds are also offered for salo In . 8tono which I have had placed In the church'
limitless and decision of character Mr. Now, ork- T1o United states Is evidently i yanl of Uos.lof , mc ' . of yo 'c ,"uhrpLID
Hryan may have ho could not, as. a "7"'
.. . . . . . . .. , to that of n creditor nation. and If It nrove. in i, i. .t.n V. "l
i iii'nuif iiiiit innitffwi in- Tin nuciisTimrn ni I I ' - n otiuii uisu up rnt
fnflfll decorations. Tho picture ho draws Is I
not flattering, and It is open to the orgatilin- I
tlon to deny Its verisimilitude, much as tho
n,BUInCnt may lack plausibility.
MnrUril I'lnnnelnl Itrvolntlnn.
Sprlnglleld Hepubllcun.
, Ken .MIsiMiiirl Would KleU.
Kansas City Star.
In the first place It Is exceedingly doubt
ful whether the incorporation of a prohibi
tion plank In the democratic platform nt
Kansas City would lnsuro to Mr. Hryan
1,000,000 tomperanco votes. But even if It
would, where would the profit como In, of
fcnlnlng the support of tho prohibitionists
and alienating the great army of democrats
who Insist on the right of every American
citizen to regulnto tho drink question for
himself? Tho democrats couldn't carry even
Missouri on a sumptuary platform.
t 1 1 1 : o u o a 1 1 itoosii v t: ir.
An
InlerrMliiK, I'osIIIvp nml
C'on-
(iin(l- (irinrliiu: .linn."
Now York Sun.
The admiration, tho feeling of almoH per
sonal uffctlon which many millions of
Americans havo for Thcodoro Ucoicvclt
ought to make him, and undoubtedly do
nuko him, nt once very pio'ud and very
humble. No man cun help being proud
of a popularity won by no mean arts; won,
in fact, by sleadfust duty In inconspicuous
posts. No man can help feeling humblo
in tho presence ot multitudes holding tuca
sentiment toward him. They steady and
sober him. They bind him to still moro
faithful and reboluto endeavor to bo what
their generous confldenco holds him to be.
They teach him tho feebleness of ltidlvUuiI
effort and tho sustaining utrength of tbo
public.
Roosevelt is no hero or genius, but Jus',
n fine, bravo, hearty, hontst, manly follow,
trained In many schoals of life, ab o!ut ly
democratic, absolutely American, ambitloui
with a high ambition, and having a siniulur
fiUt for lnBPlrIB a personal liking or dla-
'S oax ngu. out h
You may swear by him, or you may swear
at him, but you can't bo Indifferent about
him. Ho owes almost an much to his cne
mles as to his friends. Ho Is meat to tho
caricaturists and they have helped make
him famous. Newspapers have tilcJ to
write him down. Ho has been snoared ut.
Jumped upon, ur.athoniatlzcd. He never
held any but subordinate offices until he
was governor, and yet by persistence, by
ludustry, by main pluck and essential energy
ho became a leading flguro In tho public
eye, a man to be reckoned with. Reform
ers nnd machinists have bad Jhelr quarrclu
with him. Mugwump and unregencrnte fis's
havo been shaken in his face. All tho tlm
he has been pegging away at someth ng
worth doing, and has tried to do It well
whether ho was writing books or legis
lating at Albany or cowpunchlng, hunting
mountain sheep or spoilsmen or Spaniards.
Peeplo got to suylng, "This man Roose
velt seems to do about what ho thinks Is
right and doesn't caro a rap for the conse
quences. Ho must be all right."
"Too impetuous," said some ot the men
with whom wisdom will die; "no Judgment."
Well, in 1S98 ho resigned his olllco as ais st
ant secretary of tho navy and enlisted In
tho Spanish war, against tho almost unani
mous Judgment of his friends.. They told
hlin his place wn,Hn Washington. Ho
thought his place wHln Cuba. There was
no bluster about his 'attitude. He said very
modestly and qUIetlj'' that ho thought 1.
was bis duty to go''to' war; that there he
could bo moro useful, and thnt as he had
talked war, ho ought to bo la tho fight.
This Judgment has been Justified. His im
petuosity is of speech rather thnn action,
and ho has amply demonstrnt?d his pos
session of sound Judgment In public affairs.
SUch is Thcodoro Roosevelt, an Interest
ing, positive nnd constantly growing man.
Ho Is a solid nnd stalwart character. What
further honor may yet como to him. no man
can tell; but this can bo raid of him with
Justice: Whatever he ha.i had to do so far
ho has done with honor and err lit.
HOW TUB ltl'I.K WO UK.
A Kpw ItPiiiurkM to np in ex-rain Who
Snj- l'riitPGllnii MnUen Triiato.
Philadelphia Trusts.
Every loal democrat mutt, of party ne
cessity, bo fully persuaded In his own mind
that protection Is, nmong other iniquities,
directly responsible for trusts. As a good
democrat ho cannot bo allowed to know
anything but that tho tariff is tho mother
cf monopolies and of trade combinations.
It Is to tho republican policy of fostering
domestic Industries that wo owe tho groat
combines which crush out competition on
tbo ono hand and on tho other load up tho
eharo market w-rih unlimited Issues of wat
ered stock. Thc3o evils aro tho direct re
sults of republican domination, according
to nil democratic authority. An Indirect
result, according to the samo nuthorlty, h
tho periodical reaction In tho slinro markot
by which watered stocks aro "squeezed"
and their fictitious values wiung out of
them as water la wrung from a spongo, to
tho disturbance of general business and
tho ruin of Innocent Investors. All that
Is tho work of republican protection, anJ
It Is tho duty of good democrats to fight
agnlnst this unsound policy nnd turn the
bad republicans out of power.
Yesterday tho Hank of England reduced
its discount rato of 3 per cent, partly be
cause of Increasing confidence In tho ro
turn of peaco in South Africa and partly
becauso of Improvement In tho European
financial situation. liast week was n "black
wcok" In Tiorlin and a panic prevailed
there so disastrous that It shook every
bourse on tho continent. Yesterday tho
Berlin markot was quiet and it was believed
that tho dangor of general Insolvency,
which for a time seemed impending, was
averted, at least, for tho moment. What
was the occasion for tbo panic in Dcrliu?
What happened to causo such a calamitous
excitement ns provnllod thcro during tho
"black weok?"
Precisely what happens hero when thcro
Is a collapse In tho sharo market. The
watorcd stocks of tho trusts and monopo
lies and combines wero "squeezed" and
the high prices to which they had been
marked up by 'speculative manipulation
were cut down 40, BO nnd 60 per cent and
In some cases artificial values woro wiped
out altogether. Tho disruption occurred In
tho lino of "iron industrials," that la, In
tho stocks of tho truet monopolizing tho
Iron nnd steel Interests, Theso trust stocks
broko first, but lator, demoralization spread
through tho entlro actlvo list of tho Berlin
exchange.
Aro there, then, trusts and combines and
monopolies In Germany? So It ejems! In
deed, It appears from tho stock lists there
must bo moro trusts organlzod In Herlln
than In any other known locality except,
pornaps, Trenton, N. J. A our American
I trusts nro tho direct offspring of our nro
j tectlve tariff it should logically follow that
thcro must bo a tremendously protcctlvo
1 lar,It existing in (Jcrmany to produce such
i n crP of monopolistic trusts. So far from
this being tho case, howovcr, It Is the trusts
that may possibly produce a protoctlve
tariff. It is. of all things In this world.
American competition that has punctured
the bubblo of the "Iron Industrials" In Her
lln, nnd tho Iron Interests aro demanding
protective duties to keep American Iron
ann steel out of tho German markets. It In
a poor rule that will not work both ways
and it the tariff creates trusts, why sbou'd
not trusts create a tariff J
Thrnn nnr -,, !,.,. I . I. I l .t n...
WAMMJ W.l IV .1MIICA.
lrtHs nnd Incident, OvrrlnoUc.l I.,
I H.-iM.i-tPr,.
i uespuo mo voiunio ot criticism fired at
j txird Methuen of Moddcr river memory, his
I heart Is tenderly sympathetic and his cour-
to you. I could not place vour fatherVa hn.lv
In a Roman Catholic churchyard, as I feel
sure you would have wished, but the funeral
rites wero carried out by Monsieur lo Compto
do llroda, and mllltury honors wer ncrnr,ii..i
I mm. wo nil regret tho death of an accom
j pllshed nnd gallant soldier, but ho preferred
death to becoming a prisoner. Let me con
vey to you my sympathy nnd the sympathy
of my comrades In your sorrow."
Whllo In Pretoria, writes Webster Davis
In tho July Success, I saw n Doer who had
been wounded eleven times with a JJrlttsh
lnncc, that awful weapon ot tho horse dra
goons, and is alive and recovering. Ho said
he was only anxious to got out and fight
again.
On my way to tho Transvaal capital I saw
n whltc-halrcd man of 73, his son of IS. nnd
his grandson of 14, side by sldo tn a trench;
nnu sucu scenes were not uncommon
At u 1..... 1 . , .
r i nr, ,, Col0tV,an1 the Tugela
L , Cnnnn "Uo bchI,,(1
V mu. Ai a ranroau
? li.u I lna oUiman lacl"S th l'lnt -
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on another occasion. I mot tin nep.i Ur.fr
riding toward tho Tugela with a barefooted
boy
"Can you shoot, my boy?" I asked.
Ha replied: "if father is killed I get his
gun nnd place."
Tho earl of Alrlle, who was killed In battle
near i-roioria, at which Lord Roberts de
. , . n .....
feated Commandant Hotha. boasted n utin
m. . .I01 Vor 150 ycarB bcfore
tho creation of the earldom In 1633 his an-
costers had been parous Ogllvy of Alrlle.
Davie Stanley William Druramond Ogllvy
was his full name. Ho was born In 1806
mm umereu me nrmy young, becoming n
lieutenant nt 18 and gradually rising In rank
until he becamo colonel of tho Twelfth Royal
Lancers. Through generation lifter genera
tion nis lamny lias been noted for the gal
i,.mry ol us sons, and the dead earl was Is an "official gate," but tho term Is ap
no exception, ' pie(1 t0 tuo cntirQ crolln r buildings com
,,,
Gcorgo . an Slclcn of New York, chair-
nan of tho American Hoor commlttej. has
ssucd a pamphlet called "American Scntl -
Issued a pamphlet called "American Scntl -
mont 011 the Boer War." It contains the
rcsuiis, or a poll taken by clergymen of th' wall, which Is entered through a wide gato-Unltc-d
States on tho opinion of their con- way with high, carved pillars on cither hand
gregatlons with regard to tho llocr war. and huge, painted doors. In the center of
Tho clergymen woro asked to have tho ! tho mass ot buildings are the private living
members of their congregations subscribe rooms of tho ofliclal nnd those of his wlfo
tO OUe Or tho Other nt thnaa lii-rt .In.n.ln. nnd rnnpnhlnpH If ho Vina nnv. In thn plrnln
uvun.
1. bach person whose namo and address
uic suuscnoea nereto votes In favor of tho
United States offering to mediate between
Great Ilrltaln and the two South African
republics, for tho purpose of putting a flop
10 ine war now going on.
'i. Each person whose namo and address
aro subscribed hereto votes In favor of
Great Britain In her war to connuer tho
.. ... 1
two soutn Atrican renubllrs
Up to June 12 Mr. Slclcn says that he
had received answers from 2 D00 clergymen accon'l'Ilshed. If tho ofllclnl be a maglstrato
The numbers of the slgne-s of tho votes s-nt his Yamen also contains a prison, nnd his
back to him by tho clergymen stood as fol- uan"-n at an,y
lows:- No. 1, 106 830- No " 1 345 , execute tho sentence pronounced by their
' ' ' ' master on the culprits brought before him.
i-mU U,lr,SC"k WIn0 'S B.n(il"S oxcclI(,nt Tho policemen ofrekin are. or at least
vl X rJi V? AT,ranByaBl to th0 N'ow were, armed chiefly with small drums, which
ork Commercial Advertiser. Is to wrlfo a they beat loudly In order, It is presumed, to
book about the war for tho Harpor'r. Scull jet burglars know that they aro coming. All
Is a young American who starlcJ for tho night long tho watchmen beat their way
Transvaal with no natural advantages ex-1 around tho streets, and as a natural con
cept a Harvard education. Fomc money and sequence aro said to make fow arrests. The
credentials as correspondent of tho Cora-1 pigeons ot Pekln havo each n light whlstlo
morclal Advertiser. In London he applied tied to their tails, which give forth a loud
In vain for a correspondent's pats; dc'ay ' sound as they fly. Tho blind also use drums
aftor dolay occurred; meanwhile nuller hal'to unnounco their coming and warn other
left tho coast. "Glvo It up," advised tho ' people to get out of their way.
newspaper men of London. "Your pass will I
como too late." One street in Pekln Is constantly filled
"I'll go without a pass," said Mr. Scull. ! with processions of big, shaggy two-humped
"Preposterous!" said the law. respecting camels from Mongolia and Manchuria. Some
Britons. ' of them aro gaunt, starved-looklng beasts,
Mr. Scull sailed for Capetown, was do- their coats grimy with coal dust. It Is their
talned there, slipped into a rifle brigade and work to carry sacks of coal from tho wost
mndo his way to tho front without a pass. " bills into tho capital. Other fatter and
Another correspondent fell ill nnd was ro- i better-kept animals are used to transport
called. Mr. Scull took that correspondent's ,eu from tne capital far away over the great
place. brown plains to tho north.
He had started from America cn an errand Tno caravans of camels aro arranscd In
apparently hopeless nnd when Duller's n curious way. Twenty of the great beasts
forces entered Ladysmlth Mr. Scull was tha 1 wl" bo ',,accd um,er lho of " 8lnKl0
first man within tho town.
I'KHSOXAl, IMMNTUUS.
Ex-Governor Taylor of Kentucky will en
gago la the Insurance business in Indian
apolis, where he will In future reside.
Tho Journalists' club of London proprhes
to raise a monument to Archibald Forbes,
the famous war correspondent, and has
begun tho collection of funds for that pur
pose. In addition to knowing the Oriental char
acter ns well ns any diplomat In tho east.
Edwin Conger, tho American minister to 1
China, has the -distinct advantngc of being
ablo to speak several Chinese dialects
It Is reported In London that Lord Roberts '
wil be back In thnt city by September, that ;
ho has raado several engagements for that
month nnd that ho has ordered his town
houso to bo ready for his arrival nbout that
time.
Pat Sheedy met Howard Gould in Paris
tbo other day nnd declined to play a friendly
gamo of cards with the millionaire, who hap
pened to bo lonely, on tho plea that the
young magnate's letter of credit would not
stand tho strain.
Whllo tho northwestern spring wheat crop
Is in dnngcr from persistent drought, cot
ton and corn la the south are suffering from
Incessant rains. Since April 1 last twenty-
two Inches of rain has fallen In central
Alabama, ono-third of it during the current
month.
General .Miles says that his first promo
tlon was backward. Having tcsn elccied ministers nre hung several Chinese motions,
second nontenant la the Twonty-qocond which, by those familiar with tho dovlous
Masjachusdts voluntcors ut tho outbreak methods of Oriental diplomacy, nro looked
of tho civil war, he soon rccelvol a capUln's upon as fine cxamplrs of Irony. "To do gool
commission, and then it few days later a ( Is tho highest pleasuro" Is a literal trans
nontenant's, with tho Information that the 1 latlon of ono of tho mottoes. ".May hoaven
first was sont by mistake.
Tho Rev. Dr. Arthur H. Smith, who Is one
of tho missionaries In peril from the Boxeni
In Chluu, U a Chicago man. For over a
quarter of u century ho has been connected
with tbo work of tho American board of
foreign mhslons In China. Recently he has
been stationed nt tho Congregational hos
pital at Shan-Tung, near Pekln.
"I ncknnwledgo your superior Judgment
for Roosevelt's unanimous nomination."
Such Is the wording of a dispatch said to
havo been sent by M. A. Hanua In Phila
delphia to T. C. Piatt In New York after It
was all over. A diagram Bhould proporly
go with this story to show whero Mr.
Hanna stood when ho winked tho othor oyo.
Tho Now York Prcfs sounds a noto of
warning against much drinking of strong tea.
"Tho, highly astringent qunllty of strong
ten," It says, "produces ns unhealthy con
striction of the alimentary canal, obstruct
digestion and leads to more than half the
diseases of thn human race. Necessity Is
the mother of Invention, experience the
mother of learning, constipation U tho
Aiotner 01 maiaum,--
Thk Nkxt Numhkr
or
The Illustrated Bee
Will Contain n Notable.
Series of
Bryan
. PLCTyRES
Hhowlnc MR. 11 R VAN AT
HOME and ON HIS FARM.
1'notograpbs ruado for The Ueo by spe
cial nppotntmcnt with Mr. Drycn by
The Hoe's stalT photographer.
rrontUploce
PORTRAIT OK MR. II RYAN.
On! .Inly 1-llny It.
Tli:. TSI.V AM) l'HKIN.
Sonip KnclR Aliont Two Timm Wliprp
Trouble In UrpwIiiK.
Tien Tsln. the second Chinese city
occupied by tho allied forces, is the river
port of the province Che-Li. It Is a walled
city situated at tho Junction of the Grand
canal with tho Pel-IIo eighty miles south
vi 1 tniu uuij uuuub iiiuij-inr uiuva ui mi-
riVCr from Taku, which was reduced by tho
flsn shlpB on the 17th Inst. Until 1872
of I'ekln and about thirty-five miles up tho
Tien Tsln was merely n military post for tho
1 protection of river commerce, but tt Is now
1 io Huoums nnn me settlements, wnicn are
nrinn rn... ...1.1.1. n.i ... .1...
natives tho Red Hnmboo Grove, are situated
two miles from the city nnd consist of
French, Drltlsh nnd American concessions.
The threo divisions of Tien Tsln nro sur
rounded by a rampart known as Snn-ko-lln-san's
Polly, because It was thrown up In 1858
by tho tartar general, Sung-ko-lln-sln, ns n
' Ml'lttDC flfciUlHDi lilU UltllOM. 1 Ul! til MUa
1 ,t-..i .1 . i ,u
defense against the British. Tho city was
there in 1S3S, but it was not until 1863 that
, it was opened to foreign commerce and
! trade. Tien Tsln is pronounced "tyen cheen"
I by tho Chinese and literally translated Is
Heaven's Pord.
In I'ekln and In other Chlneso cities nil
the native ofTlcIala us well as the foreign
leprescntatlves live In what Is called
"Vnnipnn." T.llernllv trnnslutntl. 11 Ynmptl
1 prising the ofliclal resld
1 ings nre arranged In n
circles, nftcr the plan of
' within tho other, which 1
prising the olflclal residence. Theso bulld-
scrles of concentric
f flip fnitr rlMnfl nnn
' within tho other, which comprise I'ekln, and
tho whole group Is surrounded by a high
nuoui ine privnio apartments are mo rooms
of bis secretaries, his waiting rooms, and
lne '"'go omciai court, or reception room.
Around the Insldo of tho Inclosing wall nre
tho llttlo huts where llvo tho hordo ot
Befvants and "runners" by which every
vnniese punim mnn ts surruunueu. 11 m
tno duty of tuls latter cluss to shout loudly
wnen distinguished guests call upon their
maf)ter, to follow nnd form n procession bo-
l. I ... t. 1. - .. ,L. . .. r, .1
. 111,1,1 uiui m.-ii uu kuub uut ui iuc kuiu im
I to do all tho "dirty work" which he wants
man, who sits high up between tho humps
of the leader. The others nro nil fastened
to the first, a ropo running from tho nose
of each to tho tall of tho next. A big bell,
two feet In diameter, Is tied about tho neck
ill the last camel, so that when It stops Its
perpetual clanging the driver In front may bo
warned that' something Is wrong with his
charges.
The one building In Pekln which should
have, perhaps, the most Interest for for
eigners 1r the Tsung-li-Yumen, or head
quarters of tho Chinese Board of Foreign
I Affairs. Tho building Itself, like most public
buildings in China, Is not Imposing. It con- j
slats of a largo and handsomely cirved gto-
ni- with a HprlpH nf rei-nntlnn halls lia'Mni
tmnii nnri nmtiv i..nt fhinpso cardtn
)n tho center. Tho board was founded In
1S60 nnd consists of a president, eight mln- J
isters, six chief secretaries, two assistant
secretaries, und thirty clerks of departments.
Somo idea of tho relatlvo Importance In '
which tho different foreign nations aro held
by tho Chinese may bo gathered from the j
number of clerks which aro arslgned to each. ,
Thus tho English and Russian departments
havo six clerks each and tho French nnd
tho United States departments seven, whlln
four are assigned to tho Maritime Defense
department. All communications from min
isters of foreign powers to tho government
ot China are sent to this body, which also
I appoints all tho diplomatic representatives
of China to foreign countries.
In tho room in tho Tsung-ll-Yamen which
is devoted to the reception of tho foreign
and eirth enjoy great poaco" Is nnothor
and "Center, outsldo, peace, happiness" a
third. In explanation of the last quote I
motto It Is stated that China is tho center
and all tho remainder of tho earth Is In
cluded in the outside. A fourth motto, 'the
meaning of which It Is difficult to undsr
stand, reads: "When tho tea la half made
tho fragrance arises."
Hot t'l-iimiile AunhiMt TmKlnily (e.
Louisville Courier-Journal.
It behooves the other candidates for tho
vice presidency to get a move on them If
thoy expect tn hold thnlr own against
Ignatius Donnelly. In his letter of no
ceptnnce Ignatius lights Into thu money
devils, octopuses and things In linn style,
bopping onto the "beastly reptile In the
swamp, bloated with filth and sleeping away
his wrotched existence," and socking It to
tho "troglodyte In his cavern, cracking the
leg bones of his victims to extract tho
marrow for his cannibalistic feast." If the
oth'er boys don't hurry up Ignatius will havo
the whole plutocratic menagerie cleaned out
before anybody cite can get a chance
t It
THU Ml.-fl IIV CMI..
OIobe-Demorrnt Operations In China re
semble expeditions to tho north pole. The
original explorers require two or three re
lict columns tn pull them through.
Indianapolis Journal- It Is thought In
Washington that tho United States may have,
to furnish 10.000 men ns Us quota of tho
International force operating In China. Such
,n land force, with the war ships now there
or soon to bo there, would bo a fairly Im
pressive display of American stiength.
I Chicago Chronicle: Should the war be
come general It Is doubtful that the com
bined forces of Europo can suppress It In
1 ten years on account of the physical nnd
moral conditions of tho Chlneso empire.
Such a war would havo to exhaust tho teem
ing millions- before a conclusion could bo
forced.
Minneapolis Journal: Our government is
now acting with the other powers to ward
off n common danscr nnd to perforin the
urgent duty of protecting our citizens abroad.
Wo havo taken no territory from China; we
do not want to tnko any. Hut we shall de
mand Indemnity, of course, for tho dnmngrs
sustained In Tien Tsln nnd I'ekln nnd else
where, nnd future notion will bo governed by
tho conditions In which our government finds
Itself.
Chicago News: Today tho situation In
China appears to bo a modllled version of
that In South Africa nt tho beginning of the
wnr. Vast resources somo 10.000 miles from
the battlefield hnve little effect In deciding
tho contest. A horde of Chinese can over
power n handful of Europeans quite nn
easily ns though there wero no Innumerable
legions thousands of miles behind tho hand
ful. England set tho powers an example.
The two things needed In China nro men nnd
guns nnd until they arrive, apparently, noth
ing clso will do much good.
Detroit Journal: Tho Chlneso seem to
havo somo fight In them. Their forts' guns
face outward. They aro at least not cow
nrdly whero thoy outnumber tho allied
forces a hundred to one. Somehow they
shoot strulghter than was expected. The
namo of the Boxers Is legion. What thn
government Is doing, what it will do Is a
profound secret. Pekln has becomo sud
denly as remoto ns when, forty years ago,
England declared war ou China for seizing
nnd destroying opium bolo'nglng to British
merchants, and claimed the Island of Kong
Kong as the penalty for tho attempt lo
break up their Immoral trade.
Chicago Tribune: Merely as a picturesque
and remarkable combination of soldiers this
international army is enough to fire ono's
Imagination. If there should bo actual bat
tles it will bo both Interesting and Instruct
ive to noto tho comparative fighting powers
of tho different forces, from tho ovcrdrlllod
and automatic Russians) to tho undcrdrtllcd
nnd Individualistic Americans. The incen
tive to emulation should bo grcnt nmong
such varied rivals. It Is to bo hoped tho
Chlneso government and people will como
to their senses beforo there Is any real
war, hut If they continue their present
courso tho next fow months may bring grave
and Important events for all concerned.
Detroit Free Tress: Tho tlmo for the dis
mantling nnd parceling out of the ancient
empire, greater In extent than all the Euro
pean countries combined, In at hand, pro
vided only that there can bo amicable agree
ment ns to distribution of the spoils. There
hna been no conformity to the rules under
which modern wars aro reached or averted.
The accepted requirements of diplomacy
have been brushed aside. Tho prerogatives
ot government havo been transferred to
army and navy otllcers, nnd thoso at homr
selected to cxerclao tho supreme functions
of control are In tho dark. It Is a re
minder of medloval control by dominant
strength rather than tho equities that are
supposed to prevail in our modern civiliza
tion. I
1
ClIAl'I-' THAT GIIUHItS.
Philadelphia North American: "What a
heathenish lot theso Chinese boxer., nre."
"Oh, I don't know, thcro's that St. Louis
mob."
Chicago Record: "Pa, who was the pre
historic man?
"Ho was a Joyous being who didn't lmv
to buy threo or four pairs of children's
shoes every Saturday night."
Philadelphia Press: "I suppose the demo
cratic leaders will wax hot over the trusts."
"O! I think not. They'll liuve the New
York Ico trust to keep them cool."
Harper's Bazar: "What was tho cause
of tho latest quarrel between Mr. und Mrs.
Bickers?"
"Mrs. Bickers eaught her husband lying
on 0110 of her sofa cushions."
Washington Star; "Sometimes," said
Uncle Ebcn, "a mun gits lef by beln' too
Intelligent. He done wanes his tlmo puttln'
up nhgumcnts while de yutliuh folkh Is out
liuatUn' fuw votes."
Homcrvllle Journal: Vouna; Professor
Give mo an example of sarcasm.
Sweet Junloress The phrase "Man's
superiority to woman."
Puck: She Two wcekH seems such a
short vacation.
He That depends on whero you spend it.
I struck a place whero It seemed long.
Chicago News: Biggs (to cabman) What
will .vou charge to tako mo and my wlfo to
Blank's liolul?
Cuhman Ono dollar, sir.
Biggs And how much for taking me
alone?
Cnbinun Tho sumo ono dollar.
Biggs (to his wife) There, my dear, you
see how much you nro valued at.
Detroit Journal; There was a sensation
when the debutante entered.
"A veritable child of nature!1' cried tha
poet, la rapture.
Tho society woman raised her lorgnette,
"Ah!" she observed. "But who, pray, ure
her grandparents?"
This", after all, wns the important con
sideration. Chicago Tribune: "Moat of tho crowd,"
said tho matron with the sqtiaro Jaw, who
was presiding at tho picnic, "seems to
havo gono boating down tho creek. Is there
any one hero that ever HvpiI on n farm
und hns n good voice for culling hogs?"
"Yes'm," unswered ono ot tho men stand
ing by.
"Wilt T wUli vnllM IiimI ,1.111,1 in Mi
bank mid. holler
out that tho dinner's
ready.
so.m; ok tiii: camp.
Bayard Taylor.
"Glvo us a song!" the soldiers cried,
Tho outer trenches guarding,
When tho heated guns of the camps allied
Grew weary of bombarding.
Tho durk Hedan, In silent scoff,
Lay. grim and threatening under:
And tho tawny mound of tho Malukoff
No longer belched Its thunder.
Thero wns a pause. A guardsman said,
"Wo storm tho forts tomorrow;
Sing whllo wo may, nnothor day
Will bring enough of sorrow."
They lay along lho battery's side
Bolow tho smoking cannon;
Brave hearts from Severn and from Clyde,
And from thu banks of Shannon.
They sang of love- nnd not of fame;
Forgot was Britain's glory;
Each heurt recalled a different name,
But all sang "Annie Laurie."
VoIch after voice caught up the song,
Until Its tender passion
Rose like 1111 anthem rich and strong -
Their battlc-ovu confession.
Dear girl, her itume he dared not speak,
But, as the song grew louder,
Something upon tho soldier's cheek
Wushed oft the stnlna of powder.
Bevond the darkening ocean burned
The bloody sunset's embers,
While all tho Crimean vnlleyH learned
How English love remembers.
And oneo again a fire of hell
Rained (in thn Russian quarters,
With i-crenm of shot and hurst of shell
And bellowing of tho mortars!
And Irish Nnru's eyes are dim
For a singer dumb nnd gory:
'And English Mnry mourns for hlin
Who Bung of "Annie Laurie."
Sleep, soldiers! still In honored rc.Jt
Vour truth and valor wearing;
The bravest nro tho temlerest
The loving nro tho during.
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