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THE OMAHA DAT h V nEK: S ATI TIU") AY, JTLY 2S, 1000. The Omaha JOAily Bee K. HOBKWATEIl, Editor. PUBLISHED EVKKY MOKNING. TEHMS OF SL'USCIUPTION; Dally He (without Sunday), One Yeur.l.W Dally Dec and Hundny, One Year S.w Illustrated lice, On Year 2.0J . Sunday lice, One Year Saturday lied Ono Yeur. l.W Weekly Hee, One Year...., w Ol'I'ICKdi Omahiis The Deo' HutldltiK. Houth Omnhiu City flail Uulldlng, Twen-ty-flfth nnd N streets. Council muffs: 10 I'carl Street. Chlcagos lblo Unity Uulldlng. New York; Temple Court. Washington: 501 fourteenth Street. Sioux City: 611 Park Street. CORIIESPONDBN'CE. Communications relating to new and edi torial matter should be nddresaed: Omaha Ucc, Editorial Department. IJUS1NES8 I.ETTEIIS. Business letter und remittances should be nddresfed: The Hce Publishing Com pany, Omuhu. IIEMITTANCK3. Itomlt bv draft, express or postal order, payable to The Ilee PuhllMiIng Company. Only 2-cent stumps ncceptcd In payment of mail nccount.i. Personal chocks, except on Omaha or Eastern exchanges, not accepted. THE II EE PUBLISHING COMPANY. STATEMENT OP CIUCULATION. State of Nebraska, Douglas County, s: Oeorgo II. Tzschuck, secretary of The P.eo Publishing company, being duly sworn, says that the actual number of full and romplcto copies of The Dally. MornlnK. Evening and Sunday Hce, printed during the, month of June, WOO, was as follows: 1 Sfl.O.'IO 16 20,100 2 iir,,ii:io K uo,i:i.t 3 u,tHr, is uo,:no 4 25,8110 19 Utl.TftO c 2i,ona jo uo,i7o 6 a.-.,7io 21 a7,r,u 7 an.oso 22 so.itan 8 2(1,070 23 IHl.tMIO 9 'Jd.r.r.o 21 S7,r,r. 10 as.fioo ig ao,7Ho 11 a.1,710 20 27,010 12 2n,7(IO 27 SII.StH) 13 2r,,K(10 2? 20,700 H 2(1,010 23 20,010 15 20,(J(I0 DO 27.2.-.0 Total .702,(i:tr, Less unsold and returned copies.. . 11,-IHO Net total sales 7Hi,TTn Net dally nvcrngo 2il,o:is QEonaE n. tzschuck. Subscribed nnd sworn before me this 2d day of July, 1500. M. n. HUNOATE, (9?nl ) Notary Public. PAimns i.mvi.xn rem sum.mkh. I'nrtlfn Iciivlnu the city fop lio uiiiiiicr limy Unvv The Urn ttrut to tli imii rcuuliirl' Iiy notlfyhiR 'I'll n lieu lliinliiean oilier, In person or liy niiill, Tlin nriil ream will lie t-hnnitdl n often as ilenlrrtl, Nobody thinks It worth while to coin input on iiny kind or n lint Uncle Adhil limy weur. Uryiin exprcitwH Iilnmr-lr' ns Ih-Iiir plfiiscd with tho fusion ticket in Kurt kiih. It requires very little these dnys to pleiiKo the deinoerutle candidate. The people of York will lie Invited to reciprocate the compliment when Omnha Is ready to entertain out-of-town fuists during the Ak-Sur-Hpii earnlvnl. Oemoerutle iimmiKorH who are Inullned to lie profuse with predictions are ad vised to read over iipiin some of the wild prognostications they made four years iiro. The assessed valuation of the entire Htato of Neliraska under our absurd system of tux valuation iiRKrejjntos $ 171,7 17,."!)2. This Is a standhif; plea for revenuu law revision. The sultan of Turkey Is reported to be in the h"st of health. Tills disposes of the story thnt he hail worried him self sick because of Ills Inability to pay thn diimiif;e claim tiled by the United States. The Uoxr-r uprising in New Orleans is reported to have been suppressed. A few more such outbreaks as have oc curred In that city and the Chinese may decide to send missionaries over to this country to elvill.e us. London should at once take Its elec tric, roads In out of the wet. If Huron Verkes of Chicago once gets a grip on them he will give the people of the world's metropolis a touch of high life which will be a revelation to them. Reciprocity of favors enjoyed by Omaha at the hands of neighboring towns cannot hut be beiietlclal. The en couragement of periodical excursions llko that to Hastings last fall and to York this week Is a good thing nil around. fJovernor l'oynter might test the sin cerity of the endorsement accorded him by the local popocratle organ by re ferring back to the tiles of that sheet for the Issues Just following the time when that string of Ingratitude got in Its deadly work. Indiiimi democrats complain they are unable to secure the desired reduction In rates for the Hryun notllleatlon. If tho roads are obdurate they should send for tho Nebraska state house crowd, who will show them how passes are Keetired for all the faithful. Ilryan Indicates that 1(1 to 1 will oc cupy a subordinate place In his speech of acceptance. It Is no use to attempt to hide platform mistakes at this late, day, particularly after having forced tho convention into incorporating the out-worn plank In the document. Marco Polo's famous expedition Into China dates way back Into the thir teenth century. Marco has left an ex cellent account of his visit, considering tho Ignorance of the times, but unfor tunately forgot to say whether or not ho brought home nny souvenirs In the shape of Boxers. Under the new state assessment Doug Ins county will bo privileged to pay nearly one-seventh of the expenses of tho state government, but when Doug las county ventures tho suggestion that It should have a corresponding voice In tho management of state alTairs It will bo beouted us unwarranted preoump tlon. Tho roturus of the Iowa assensors ihtiw that the actual cash value of the personal property of that state has In creased $50,000,000 during the past year nnd that $ W.OOO.OOO of this Increase Is in tho" Item of livestock. Still our pop, ocratlc friends would tell us that the farmer has no share In tho prevalliug prosperity. - - THU NATIONAL HKSI'OSSlnlUir. Ilepreseiilallve Llttlelleld of Maine, one of the ablest members of congress, In a recent Interview very clearly de tlues the attitude of the republican party In regard to the Philippines. In a recent Interview he points out that the treaty of Paris Is not only an ac complished fact, but the fact that it could not have been ratllled without the aid of seventeen democratic votes and the personal Inilueiice of Mr. Ilryan leaves the democratic party ami Its eandldnti equally responsible with the republican party for Its existence. Helug the supreme law of the laud It must be obeyed and sustained by both executive and people. The republican party proposes, said Mr. Llttlelield. that the republic shall fearlessly, faithfully and properly dis charge the duties and responsibilities devolved upon It by the treaty of Paris. More than this Is not required or pro posed by the party In Its platform. "The establishment of law ami order," said the Maine congressman, "the pro tection of persons, life nnd property in tho Philippine archipelago against In surrection or violence from nil quarters, Is thu constitutional duty of the presi dent. The authority to which the peo ple of the archipelago had the right to look for this protection prior to the treaty was Spain. We have driven Spain out and in so doing have assumed her duties and responsibilities, nnd we must manfully accept and discharge them. This Is not Imperialism or empire; It is simply an excmplillcatlou of the fundamental proposition upon which our Institutions rest, that ours Is a 'gov ernment of laws and not of men.' " This Is the rational view, which must commend Itself to all who nre not stark mad on the subject of so-called Imperial ism. The Philippines, as President Mc Klnley has declared, are ours ami being ours we nre charged with the duty of establishing nnd maintaining order there and protecting the lives nnd prop erty of the people who are not engaged in insurrection against American au thority. Kvery citizen of a foreign country living In the Philippines has a claim to the protection of this govern ment and not to give It would be to disregard ono of the most Important of International duties. The charge Is made that the president Is exceeding his constitutional authority In the Phil Ipplnes. it Is utterly groundless. When the senate ratllled tho treaty of Paris, transferring the sovereignty of the Phil Ipplnes to the United States, the presi dent as comuuuuler-ln-chlef of the army and navy, had full authority to uphold that sovereignty. It was his imper ative duty to do so. It Is an interesting fact to which Mr. Mttlctlcld calls attention, thai while many rambling suggestions were made and there was a great deal of carping and .fault-llndlng by democratic repre sentatives during the last session of congress, no democratic representative or senator undertook to formulate any measure, even a tentative one, for tho disposition of the Philippine archipelago. "They apparently preferred." said Mr. Iilttlcllehl, "to leave the subject to the luocuous method of a declaration In a national platform" it characteristic democratic practice. The republican party recognizes the duty and responsibility of the nation In the Philippines and will go on fear lessly and faithfully meeting them, con lldeut that It will be sustained In so doing by the Intelligent nnd patriotic opinion of the country. AN USACCUl'TKl) I'UOI'USITIOX. The proposition, presumed to have cmiuated from 1,1 Hung Chang, for a suspension of operations against Peklu In return for the delivery of the foreign ministers at Tleti Tsln, was promptly declined by our government. This was obviously the proper course, since to have accepted It would have cut the United States off from the other powers and placed 11 In a position where It could no longer claim any support for Its Interests or demands from the other nations con cerned In Chinese affairs. Kven Mio conciliatory and fair conditions pro posed by President McKlnley, as prelim inary to An offer of mediation by this government, were regarded In lOurope as Indicating a purpose on the part of tho United States to separate from the other powers. It Is, therefore, certain that had our government not rejected the Chinese proposition It could not have further co-operated with the other powers in the effort-making to repress the disorder In China. According to Washington advices, the administration, Instead of being dis posed to suspend military operations against Pekln, is very desirous to have them pushed. It Is stated lu regard to the matter of selecting a commander for the allied forces lloueral Chaffee has been Instructed to do everything In his power to facilitate the choice and that the government will cheerfully ac quiesce In the selection of any ono of the foreign commanders on the ground. It Js said that the chief anxiety or this government Is to have a start made for Pekln as soon as practicable. The State department has acted with the best pos sible Judgment lu this latest matter and Its course will undoubtedly be uni versally approved. rim svmu v mm. The Hee Sunday will be fully tip to the high standard which it lias set for Itself far above that of would-be com petitors, Its news by cable and tele graph, as well us that gathered by Its own staff and Its special features, are all "of highest character. The Illustrated Ilee will present as Its frontispiece a striking portrait of Wharton Barker, tho populist nominee for president, taken on the occasion of his recent visit to this state by The HeeV special staff photographer. The exciting events In China form the theme for a number of interesting con tributions, bearing on different phases of Chinese lire, one accompanied by hair-tone illustrations dealing wltu the methods of campaigning In China as observed by competent critics. An article telling or the tendencies to luxury in modern dress, t-ct rortli with fashion plates reproducing tho photo graphs of living models, details tunny Instructive facts not generally known to the public. Another article In the series about women wage workers takes up the mak ing of canvas tents, giving a snap shot photograph of a woman expert In tent-making at her work lu an Omaha establishment. Carpenter's letter describes coffee cul ture lu the Philippines, more than $t0. 000,000 worth of this product being ex ported annually. The pictures show the simple methods In vogue lu hand ling this Important industry, which Is sure to be marvellously developed by the Introduction of modern machinery In the next few years. The number Is deplete with timely pictures bearing on pertinent topics, among them portraits of one of the wo men alternates from Utah to the Phil adelphla convention, who has been vis iting lu Omaha, and of another Ne braska boy appointed to . West Point from Stromsburg, a picture of the Span ish cannon given to the city of Lincoln by the federal government recently mounted lu a public place In that city and several always entertaining studies of child life before the camera, People who want the best paper al ways buy The Sunday Ilee. nn: lxitiati'i: The populists, democrats nnd social labor party have each Inserted planks lu their respective platforms favoring the initiative and referendum. As a matter of fact It Is doubtful whether ten men out of one hundred In these par ties know what the Initiative and refer endum Is. With one class the Initiative menus direct legislation by the people. This was practical In little states like Athens, but would be out of question with a na tion of 70,000,000 population. If all the voters of the country could make their own laws there would be confusion nnd anarchy in the lawmaking business. Another class of reformers Interprets the Initiative nnd referendum to be the popular Instigation of laws to be enacted by legislatures and then ratlllcatlon by popular vote after they have been en acted. This also Is experimental. While It has proved more or less satisfactory In certain cantons, or counties, in the little republic of Switzerland, it has never been successfully attempted In any country of wide territorial extent and mixed population with varied In terests. There Is, however, some merit to the proposition that representatives lu na tional and state legislatures shall be pledged to carry out the wishes of tho people they represent. These pledges should not be confined simply to Issues dellned in the party platforms, but should also Include important questions that vitally concern their constituency which party conventions have dodged or purposely Ignored. It would be right and proper for the people of Nebraska to take the Initiative In matters of legis lature by Instructing and pledging can didates to' enact such laws as arc needed for tho protection of the taxpayers and the safeguarding of public Interests. Everybody In Nebraska, for example, concedes that the state needs a new revenue code, but every effort at reve nue law revision has been thwurted by Influences exerted In behalf of favored classes, who profit by the defects or the present tax system. It Is not sullicleut that members of the coming legislature should be pledged to vote for a bill re vising the revenue law, but It Is essential that they bo committed to specific changes that will equalize the burdens of taxation and do away with favoritism and discrimination. Unless this is done shifty or crooked members will find no dltlleulty In defeating all revenue reform by supporting bogus bills or bills that could not pass muster lu the courts. The same is true with other much needed legislation. The only way to vitalize the will of the people Is to take the initiative before the election and put candidates on record before they get their credentials at the polls. The city of Omaha pays nine-tenths of all the taxes levied In Douglas county and Douglas county Is to pay ?1(!.'!,0!H lu the state treasury for tho year lOuO. In other words, Omaha will be obliged to pay .fl.'O.OOO or thereabouts lu state taxes ; Ills year or about one-eighth of the entire tax levy of the whole state. This Is out of all proportion with the taxable wealth of the state at large. Ten years ago Omaha's proportion was only one-tenth of the state tax and no body will contend that Omaha has grown so much faster than the rest of Nebraska lu taxable property durlug the past decade. Popocratle organs are quoting tho comments of various people "opposed to Imperialism." Kvery one In the United States ,s opposed to Imperialism, but no one not suffering from political blindness can see any menace of Im perialism striking the republic. An at tempt to find some one lu this country who Is In favor of Imperialism would prove more fruitless than has the quest for the north pole. Kuropoans who were so free to crit icise the president for being tricked by Chinese pretensions have taken a second look nt the answer to the Chi nese petition for mediation and dis covered that Instead of falling Into a trap the presldint has put the Chinese government In a position which clearly leaves the responsibility for tho future with themselves. The best argument the 1(1 to 1 advo cates can bring forth Is that the sen ate will be Irredeemably republican during the next four years and their candidate could do no harm If elected. The careful voter will make It Impossi ble for him to do any barm with or without tho application of the senate brake. Our amiable popocratle contemporary has discovered that the strength of the republican party lies in Its wonderful organization, Tho wonderful organ ization, however, could not have been built up except on a foundation of sound principles. Tho strength of the re publican purty consists in the contldeu.ee it Inspires In the voters by reason of Its patriotic position on all public ques tions and the faithful performance of all pledges. The latest advices from China to the effect that the Imperial authorities have been encouraging the Hoxers Indicates that the Chinese government Is trying o ride two horses colng In opposite ill reetlons. This acrobatic feat has been tried several times lu the international arena, but never with complete success The fact that Nebraska Is prosperous Is evidenced by the fact that only 77, 000 acres of school lands In the state are not now under lease and practically all of tills Is In the western counties. where' plenty of range Is to be had at a less figure than the state valuation, A Tli for Itolierl. Denver Republican. If Lord Roberts goes to China he ought to be nblo to work off somo of those Doer tricks on the Doxcrs. The Crime of 1000. Kansus City Star. The adoption of tho gold stundard In Peru, which has been a silver country for cen turies, will probably llvo In historj as the crltno ot 1900. I'nvrcru In Perfect Unison, Wuihtneton Post. There Is ono thing In which tho powers aro In perfect unison. Wo refer to the man ner In which they aro forgetting tho pro ceedings nt Tho Hague. Illiiit-dilllc Coiiiinlsftloii Immune. New York .Mull and Express. Senator Wolcott points out that the demo cratic orators arc debarred from abusing tho bimetallic commission as deceptive nnd Incapable. Their candldato for vlco presi dent, Adlai E. Stevenson, was a member of that commission and Mr. Wolcott testifies pctfonally to tho zeal and energy he dis played during tho labors of tho commission In England and on tho continent. Lost, Mtrnyril or Stolen. ltaltimoro American. Lost, strayed or stolen ono Income tax plank from tho Kansus City convention. Supposed to havo been abstracted by somo evil-minded persons by a treacherous trick played upon unsuspecting Innocence. Of positively no value except to the owner, who Is attached to It through tender associa tions. Reward offered and no questions apked anyone returning it In good order to W. J. Rryan, Lincoln, Neb. Money for MovIiik Croni, Orange Judd Knrmer. Money Is moro plentiful in Nebraska than at any tlmo In tho history of tho state, and In eastern counties tlmo loans are being mailo at 5 to S per cent. The situation thus outlined In this giant young stato by a Ne braska banker is trtio in a general way in other portions of tho gruln belt. It now seems probable that tho cast will not bo called upon to furnleh thu usual quota of money for moving tho crops next fall. Trlbiilr n (lie (irrnt Wont. St. Louis Qlobe-Domocrat. Roth tho great parties will havo their headquarters In Chicago during the present campaign. This Is a significant tribute to the great and growing political power of the west. Campaigns can no longer bo di rected effectively in New York or Washing ton. Tho political center of gravity is not In tho states ot tho Atlantic seaboard. It nan como over Into the Mississippi valley, and thu leaders of tho great parties ore com pelled to follow',, It In mapping out their campaigns. Iloforo many moro years pass the headquartcru of tho big parties In pres idential years will "have' to bo located in St. Louis, which la nearer tho geographical cen ter ot the United States than la any other great city. The Turk I Sliockrtl. Cleveland Pluln Dealer. The sultan Is so "greatly affected by tho barbarous acts of tho Chinese" that ho Is seriously considering tho subject of sending a Turkish forco to China to co-opcrato with tho powers. That is the finishing touch. If China wns not ashamed ot itself before It certainly ought to bo now, When tho Dulgarlan ntrocltles" nnd "Armonlan out rages" aro so far outdone by the "barbarous acts of tho Chinese" that tho BUltan is greatly affected, thero Is nothing left for tho empress dowager to do but to bow her head In thu dust beforo tho foreign powers and submit to any punishment they may bo dis posed to Inflict. Hut doesn't tho Turk on the Uosphorus chuckle in his sleeve as ho squints at the powers halting on tho Pie Ho through Jealousy of each other? Woro Abdul Ilamed near enough, wouldn't ho slyly wink at Tsl An nnd motion to her that 'threatened folks llvo long," when the thrcatcners suspect each other, as his own caso shows? POLITICAL SIllELKillTS. Montana In growing an enormous crop ot wool this year, but designing politicians will hardly bo ahlo to pull any of it over tho oyc3 of tho Intelligent voter. As yet no democratlo cnmmltteo hr.s-for mally notified drover Cleveland of Uryan's nomination for president. This In doubtless why Cleveland has nothing at all to say. Colonel Prank O. Lowdon, who la men tioned as a successor In tho scnato to Sena tor Cullom of Illinois, is 39 years old, and began teuchlng school nt ID, by which means ho paid his way through tho Iowa Stato uni versity. Tho next congress will Includo two men of the same namo from Mississippi. Tho present member from tho Sixth district is Patrick Henry, and another Patrick Henry will roprcsent tho Third, for the Inst fifteen years represented by General Thomas C. Catchlngii. , Chicago woman, who wants to bo gov ernor of Illinois, has Issued a platform, In which oho declares herself a republican, u democrat, several kinds of populists and a teinperanco advocate. Unfortunntely, plu ralities of platforms do not always mean pluralities of votes. After Interviewing n number of tho load ing (lerman-Amcrlcans in St. Louis tho Globo-Deniocrat says that thoy will voto for McKlnley this year, as they did In 189C. The St. Louis Westlach Post, the most Influential German newspaper In tho west, will support the republican ticket, Its editor, Dr. Emit Preetorlous, saying that "expansion Is nn ncademb' question; free silver Is a practical question." In predicting that. In caso of tho ro-clcc- Hon of McKlnley, thero will bo no moro Fourth of July celebrations, Ilryan may not havo made a vote-catching statement, says tho Dos Molnit Loader. Tho cannon fire cracker has been so developing In born and muzzlo power that not a few would wclcomo tho abolition of the glorious as a means of escape. Mryan is in dangor of losing the nervous vote. Tho confidence of tho republicans of West Virginia that they will carry the state this fall for McKlnley and Itoosovolt Is bn3cd cn tho marvelous development In coal and lum ber now In progress, mado possible by the beneflclent provisions of tho Dlnglcy tariff law. In nil sections of the stato unprece dented activity prevails and labor Is ut n premium. There aro constant calls for men, which other etates aro supplying, The coal output for 1899 was nearly 18,000.000 tons, an Increase of 1,500,000 tons over tho pro ceding year. Moro coal is being mined this year than ever beforo, and tho total product will reach far above tho 20,000,000-ton mark. Scores ot new mines aro bolng opened aind miles ot now railway are belpg built. Oil 1 1: It l,M)M THAN (lllt.s, After a longer period of quiet than usual the little kingdom ot Servla has another sensation. Klpg Alexander, who Is only HO years old and who haj tried to marry al most every princess of the smaller houses In Eurcpe, has announced that he Intends to marry a charming widow, formerly lady lu waiting to his mother, tho accomplished and beautiful ox-Queen Natalie. The younjt man's father, tho ex-klng. Is nngry nnd tho Servian ministry has resigned. A crisis, therefore, such as Servla has experienced many a time, Is expected. Tho young king is a chip off tho old blcck. He Is described as like his father, coarse and cruel, with a fondncjs for associates of a low order. Hits elan Inllucncc Is generally strong In Servian affairs, as It Is in nit tho Dalkan states. It Is In reality the dominating power. If the Servians had a decent ruler thero would bo less disquiet among the people. Milan In his day drained the natloral treasury and his son will ntsj go to the limit unless the people rise against him. Milan nnd Natalie nro both said to be opposed to tho proposed match, and It remains to be seen how far they can restrain their Impetuous son. Rus sian diplomats being now busily engaged with weightier matters in tho east, may not bo able to devote much tlmo to tho love affairs ot a passionate young king who has been Jilted at' nil the smaller courts on tho continent. According to the reports In tho English press, thero Is one corner of Europo where tho Chlmini havo been finding plenty of sympathy In their nntl-forelgn crusade, and that is Turkey. Tho sultnn regards the troubles of tho powers who havo no long kept him upon the anxious seat with calm ness If not complacency. One can so of his satisfaction is that while they nro engaged so busily lu the tar cast they have no time to pay much attention to him and ho Is availing himself, with characteristic astute ness, of his opportunity. Tho other day, for Instance, ho appointed Enls Pasha to be vail of Aleppo. This gentleman has been an especial favorite of his ever slnco he pro moted tho great massacre of Armenians at Ularbckr in 1895, but the Europrnn am bassadors have been less partial to him and havo hitherto contrived to keep him out of olllcu. As soon as attention had bceu di verted from him ho got his reward. He started for Aleppo on July C, and none of his opponents knew of his appointment until ho had been safely Installed la olllce. Soon after this tho sultan began to Indulge his prejudices against tho Armenians, causing tho arrest of 100 of them on tho allegation that they had been concerned la somo way with the manifestos of tho young Turkey party. It seems to bo almost as easy today to start a scaro la tho Ilrltlsh Islands on the subject of a French Invasion as It wus In tho times of tho llrst Napoleon. This sub ject has nlways hud a peculiar charm for certain French newspapers and the other day one of them published what It called official plans for tho descent of a French fleet on tho south coast ot Ireland, the spe cified points being Qucenstown and Hero- haven. Wild as the whole story Is, It was treated quite gravely by some London Jour nals and was elaborated by descriptions of (he panic which tho mere supposition had created among tho Uritlsh military nnd naval authorities. Somo ot tho Irish papers wont a little further still, describing the steps which bad bceu taken to repel the expected Invasion. Thus tho Cork Examiner related how 100 men belonging to thn garrison of Royal artillery in Cork had been cent hur riedly to Ilerchavcn to mount largo quick firing guns and put tho placo generally in a statu of defenso ut a cost ot $15,000,000. How long tho 100 men were to bo in expend ing this sum wns not specified. Tho next thing, of courso, was to cablo to this coun try, ns was done, the startling assertion that the Ilrltlsh channel fleet had been strength ened in caso of a sudden French descent upon tho English coast. All the liars are not In Shanghai. Tho population of China has always been a matter of guess work, and estimates have run all tho way from 350,000,000 to 450,000,- 000, the number bolng usually set nt 400, 000,000, In round numbors. William Bar clay Parsons, an American onglneer, who has traveled In China, thinks all these esti mates too high and would put tho number ot Chinese at 200,000,000 or less. In India. however, slnco careful enumerations of tho population were begun by the Ilrltlsh author ities, It has boon found that the actual num ber ot Inhabitants has outrun the traditional estimates nnd slnco China Is both larger and according to common report much moro crowded than India, which has somo 300,- 000,000 people, It seems quite impossible that tho population should fall greatly below the 400,000,000 commonly assigned, while it Is posslblu that a complete, census would show a much larger population. Put tho matter is of little consequence. No ono disputes that thero aro Chinamen enough. General Bobrlkoff, governor general of Finland, recently urrlved in St. Petersburg with tho Intention of luylng beforo tho czar tho details of tho popular movement In Fin land against tho superior authority of Rus sia which lately found expression in tho Senate's refusal to promulgato tho Imperial decree for Husslantzatlon ot tho postage. Tho moaning of tho decree Is that for postal purposes Finland must make ubo of Russian stamps, us bho hus no authority to publish her own. The Senate, fortified by recently tnklng a general voto of the Fluus, regnrded the order of tho Imperial power as a gross violation of the fundamental laws ot Finland, being in fuct nothing but tho exer- clso of "forco majeure." It is now behoved In St. Petersburg that tho suppression of tho Senato as a "body prejudicial to Russia" Is Inevitable. It Is expected that tho czar will shortly perma nently dissolve tho Senate and grant Gen eral Hobrlkoff full power as viceroy over the duchy, and that In pursuance of the func tions of his olllco ho will promulgato de crees which will practically placo Finland under martial law. Hitherto tho Finnish contingent of the Russian army has been permitted to servo their tlmo In tho duchy. As, however, the contemplated measures nro likely to cause some disturbance, tho Finnish recruits have been withdrawn nnd ordered to take part in tho manoeuvera betweon Koursk and Vlnsma, with tho possibility of being later dispatched to Join tho urmy rorps that Is now being formed In Siberia. Two divisions of tho Russian troops from tho Caucasus havo been sent to garrison tho towns of Finland. ... Tho Swiss Society for Co-oporatlvo Con sumption has been In operutlon for thirty- two years. It has a membership of 6,710 perfons twice that of two years ago and a capital of $12,500, with as much moro In tho reserve fund. Its sales laBt year amounted to $450,000 In value, with n net profit of $35,000. This Is divided among the mem bers, who nlso get their goods at wholesale prices. There aro 3.10 such societies in Switzerland, with annual tales amounting to $10,000,000. Tin- I'ariimimiil Inmiip, Philadelphia Press. The parnraount Issuo Is whether the people will voto themselves Into the poorhnuso or favor continued prosperity. In (lio IIiiiiiIk of Ills I'rlcncU, Wuslilngton Star. No cautlhlnto whb over moro completely "In the hands of bis friends" than Mr. Charles A. Towne. "I?n-m'' (iiiinlr)" i:iiinillim. ISultlmoro Amerlcun. Ilryan will find that his enemy's coun try In 1900 is oven larger than It was In 1696. IK) Ot WANT A (HlMiKf SlrlMtm (Mijei'l l.rou for Tlionulil f it I f'oiiNlilrrnlloii of Volrm, Dus Moines Capital The Capital will havo no apology to offer for making elaborate us.1 of figures from now on to the close of the present cam paign. Tho present contest is to be one In which wo believe the voters of Amcrha will do more sound nnd Independent thinking than they ever have done before. We be lieve that the vast majority earnestly de sire that that administration shall have control ot the affairs of government which shall bo nblo to insure the greatest good to the greatest number. And wo aro thor oughly convinced, furthermore, thnt tho one thing needful this year is to gel the facts before the people. The Capital will labor with that end In view. Among tho striking object lessons which merit tho voter's thoughtful consideration Is the tact that the value of our exports last year has never been exceeded, tho largest previous total being for 1S9S. when they wero $163,000,000 less than lu the year Just ended. The following table shows our Imports and exports In each fiscal year since 1S90: Yrnr. 1890 1891 IS'J'J 1833 1891 189: i8tm 1897 , 189S 1899 19J0 linnnrts. Exnorts t;89.31(U09 $ 8B7.S2.S.6M 841,910.190 M4.4SO.SIO M7,40J.4C' 1,030,278.1 IS MJti.tnu.'J'.'S 8l7.W.,r.n 0,WI,6?J S9-M 10.572 731,9i,965 .SOT.tAS.KS 7.9.72 1.G74 8S2.fi06.KSS 7til.730.412 1.0.VI.!i'.l3,556 tilli.UIO.UVI l.ZilMIZ.KSU 697.H8.4SS 1.227.02.1,302 tl9,71l,:i2J 1.391,179.211 Next It Is of Interest to show tho totnl volumo of our import and export trade, with our fnvorablo or unfavorable baance In each year, thus: Total Foreign Favorublo iear. Trade. Ilaluuee. 1890 $1,617,139,(193 $ 68.518,275 1891 l.TlTJ.Kif.COti IKI.dfil.nil 18U2 l.SjT.l.sn.MO 202.87r..fM 189.) 1,711,1,60,110 18,737.728 1891 l.r,74.ir..9M 237.145.9.V1 1895 1,539,508,130 75,WW,2uO J3'.j l,Mi'.-,;i,ll,ei2 IU2,N8;,2I 1897 1.M5.72.1.96S 286.263.144 189S 1,817.531.984 615.132,07 1899 1,921,171,791 529.874,813 UW0.., 2.211,193,513 5H,7CI.SS5 Tho only year that was unfavorable, was In 1893, and that, too, under a democratic administration. During tho last four years our favorable foreign trado balance, has reached almost $2,000,000,000 to bo exact, $1,976,335,618. During tho three complete fiscal years, 1S98, 1899 and 1900, under the administration of President McKlnley, our favorablo for eign trade balance aggregated no less a sum than $1,690,072,374. Wo aro more than n $2,000,000,000 country as far as our foreign trado is concerned wo nro well on the way to being a $3,000, 000,000 country. This is expansion of the best kind. Now, for one more comparison, showing how- the foreign trade of tho United Stntcs compares with that of Great Britain and of Germany, tho figures for tho two latter countries being for tho calendar year end ing December 31, 1899, while those for the United States, aro for tho fiscal year ending Juno 30, 1900: Countrv. Ininorts. Exports. Orent Britain $ 2,360,989 $1,289,071,030 OcrillftllV 1,236,888,380 9I9.937.960 United States 849,714,329 1,319.479,214 Thu Imports of tho United States aro tho smallest and our exports aro tho largest. Thcreforo our trade balance, must bo tho most favorablo. Let us seo what it is: Trade, Countrv. Total Foreign. Balance. C.reat Britain $3,650,591,028 $1,070,618,9)0 Oermnnv 2,186,846,310 286,900,420 United Stutcs 2,244,193,513 644,761,885 Last year Great Britain had nn unfavor able trado balanco that exceeded $1,000,000, 000. Germany's uufavorablo trado balance amounted to $2S6,930,420. But the trado bal anco in favor of tho United States amounted to $544,701,885. Another fnct that is very important la this: Tho United States is now n larger ex porting nation than tho United Kingdom, our exports last year exceeding those ot the mother country by $104,608,175. Do you want a change? DO WOMEN CAIIB TO VOTBf Itrnutln In Colorniln Are Not AVIml Woman SnfTriiKlnta I'rcdli'leil. Iowa State Register. In tbo last Issue ot Harper's Weekly thero is an articlo by B. S. Martin which con tains much interesting comment upon tho question of woman suffrage. He says that women have voted for tho lust five years in Colorado, hut apparently no political mfl lcnnlum has struck the state, and It Is even averred that if tho question of woman sut frago was submitted toduy to tho women ot that stato a majority of them would voto against it. Mr. Martin tells of reports pro parcd by J. C. Dana for the Boston Trans cript, In which was a great amount of In formation as to tho feelings of tho women on tho question. Mr. Dana submitted a list of questions to u Denver polltlclun nnd to a woman resident of the same city. They both thought that women's votes bad raised tho tono of Colorado politics In a very slight degree, it at all, nnd they agreed that tbo quality of tho women' who take active In terest In political matters and elections has decidedly deteriorated during tho five years. Tho politician said that before tho women had tho right of suffrage in Colorado the bad men ran things. "Now," ho said, "the bad men and tho bad women run them." Tho politician and the woman Interviewed both said that tho Interest of women In the elections is becoming less every year. Mr. Dana believes, personally, that thn Colo rado women who have held olllce havo done Just as well as the men who have prccedod them, and he believes, too, that suffrage has improved to some extent tho position ot womon in Colorado, has caused them to. be treated with more defcrenre by the men and to tnko moro interest In public affairs. Mr. Dannu. however, quotes a Colorado lawyer who says: "Tho women s voto hns no Influence in deciding elections, because tho women who vote, voto as their male relatives waut thcin to." Some "Values for Saturday" This is t lie season of t ho your when wo lmtko a joiiem! clean-up of our different lines. Mark down and close out all broken and odd lines and sines. There nro splendid values in every department. Straw Hats for young and old at cost and way below cost Uric to $2.00. Two-piece Suits for boys at $15. HO that were double. Wash Tain O'Shanters at l.V that wero 'Joe and fiOe. Ami there are some great suit values for men sit, about half price. And Ties wo have placed ALL of our fiOo N'oekwear all shapes on sale Saturday foi .'fie each for $1.00. 'one reserved (except black) seo windows. Como in and look around. You will find something that you want, at a very low price. OI'KN SAT IMS DA Y X I 1 II T TILL !l O'CLOCK. Browning, King & Co., R. S. Wikox, Manager. Omaha's Only Exclusive Clotliieru (or .Ucu und Hoy. POINTED HtlMAItK. Cleveland Plain Dealer; inmipi' talks. " "They sy that "Perhaps It does. I never had nny In my possesilon long enough to catch tho lingo. Iinllannpolls Journal: "John, If Prynn Is elected, how will till Id to t affect Us' Exactly this way, Caroline -when you ask mo for money and expect $lfi, you'll gel $1." (Iilengo Post: "I iiiiderstninl thnt fail ure once stared him In the face," he said. "Possibly, possibly." she roplled, "but t Implicit to know that no kind of n store would disturb him In the least. I once tried It myself." Boston Transcript i Proud Parent-If yoll rnll In the evening you probably will hear my daughter singing. Artless Friend Oh, I shan't mind that You ought to hear too fellow down our way practicing on tho cornet. It Is simply aw ful. Philadelphia Press: Mrs. Movnbout Yes, I like that house yoll sent mo to see. It will bo much cooler for the summer, but tho dining room Is only half ns largo as this one. Mr. Movnbout So much the better It will only bo iionslblo for halt us many tiles to get into ft. Detroit Jourtinl: Love does not usually laugh nt a parrot which says; "Now, George, yoll slop!" although to our mind this Is much funnier than tho average lock smith. Chicago Record: "Don't you think every man Is master of his own destiny?" "Oh, I don't know; he gets out of n lot of blnme by letting somebody elso boss things." Detroit Journal: Our notion of a or4u Ions man is u man who thinks all tho mo tions a baseball pitcher makes aro neces sary. Detroit Freo Press: "What brought on Jnls. dreadful coolness between you and Viola. Lllllnn?" "Why. you seo, Bertha, she told me n lot of uw'fully menu things you stild nbout mo.'' Cleveland Plain Denier: "No, he dnesn t seem to have nny heart lu his work." "I'm afraid ho hasn't any work In his heurt." Cleveland Plain Dealer: "Does Kitty en joy the art galleries nbrond?" "It seems not; she writes that nil the famous Volume nho has seen nro ns ugly us u mud fence." "Washington Star: "A ninn should never take anything that doesn't belong to him," remarked tho youth. "That's right," nnswered Senator Sor ghum. "There's no uso of it. If n man with money behind lilm sees something ho wants them's no uso of reaching out for It. violent. Whnt ho wants to do Is to get u good lawyer and let lilm asset u title to It. WHEN PA TAKES CA II IS OF 51 H. Frances Churchill Williams In August New I.ipplncott. When Pa tnkes care of me, Ho suys to Ma. "By Jlng! It seems that everything Comes on me when I've got the most to do; But I suppo.io l'vo got to get It through With; so you necdift fuss one bit nbout Him; I'll tuko charge of him while you ar out." Hut Ma makes lilm rope.it nil she has snld About whnt he's to do; gucxs she's afraid To let lilm try his way Of watching- me, the day When I'd cukes cure of me. When Pa tukes care of me, Ho puts mo on a rug, Qlvcs mo n kiss and hug. Then brings In every pillow he e.in find. And piles them up In front, ut sides, behind Me: "So that you can't hurt yourself," hi says. f. And then ho gets my picture books nnd lays Them down beside me, and my blocks and toys, And says: "Now go ahead; mnke nil thn nolso You wini to; I don't enre." And I thero and stum, When l'n takes caro of me. When Pa takes cam of me No book or toy or gnmn Seems, somehow, Just thn same. And by and by I'm through with every one, And when I cry Pa says, "Hnve you heirun Already? What's the matter, unyway? There's everything you own. Way don't you play? Stop crying, now! You won't? Well, what Is wrong? Come, now, Til ellig:" ' And then he"starts somn nong About "Bye, Baby, Bye!" And I llo fist and cry When Pa takes cure of me. When Pa takes earn of ms I In grabs mo up at lust, And stnrts to walk real fast, And talks to me and pats my hack and tries To net us If ho liked It: but hn slchs, And fclghs, nnd keens n-lookln' nt the clook And out thn window, up und down tha block For sight of Ma; and when she does como film grubs me quick and snys, "It Is n sin'" And Pn looks mad, nnd I I'm glad the time's gono by When Pa takes enro of mo. Amateur Photographers what are you paying for your supplies? ON SATURDAY WK SKLL 25c developing trays 2 C 25o printing frames 25c drying racks -4 ef for IOC 25c squeegee boards -4 for IOC $1.00 4x5 card mounts, 7fe per 100 J U $10.00 Magazine Cyclone, r fm 4x5 O J J. C. HUTES0N & CO. MANUFACTURING OPTICIANS, 1520 Douglas St. s